19 June 2022

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early to speculate on NDPPPerformance incentive grants for govt schools Too BJP seat sharing: Imna Along

DIMAPUR, JUN 18 (NPN): The Nagaland Education Project- The Lighthouse (NECTAR) on Saturday announced Performance Incentive Grants (PIG) for all government schools in the State in three batches over a two-year period, based one certain criteria.

PIG which will be made available for all 1953 government schools is part of the governance and capacity building component of NEP-The Lighthouse (NECTAR), a project funded by the World Bank.

According to the project director of Nagaland Education Project - The Lighthouse (NECTAR), Thavaseelan K the project, with the focus on strong culture of community led development in Nagaland, emphasizes to reinforce the relevance of “Communitisation” of schools and strengthen the community’s

Category of School

Total Grant Amount over 2 years in INR

Amount per Installment in INR (6 months)

GPS

3,00,000

75,000

GMS

6,00,000

1,50,000

GHS

8,00,000

2,00,000

GHSS

10,00,000

2,50,000

Performance Incentive Grants available for all 1953 Government schools in three batches over a two year period role as guardians of public institutions.

Thavaseelan said, of the total 1953 government schools, 1741 applications were received, out of which 743 applications were shortlisted for the first batch based on specific set of criteria after thorough screening of the applications.

Orientation and Capacity Building for the School Management Committees (SMCs) and School Management and

Development Committees (SMDCs) of the shortlisted schools covering all the districts were conducted in the District Headquarters from May 16 to 24.

PIG proposals for 738 schools have been approved and the funds will be disbursed directly to the SMC and SMDC accounts by the last week of June 2022 post signing of the memorandum of understanding (MoUs). The work implementation period is from

July 1 to November 15, 2022. In order to ensure accountability, he said a robust monitoring mechanism has been put in place.

In the event of any misuse of funds, SMCs/SMDCs may be blacklisted and furthermore excluded from availing future grants from the project/department.

All shortlisted schools have been informed to contact the District Project Assistants (NECTAR) or EBRC co-ordinators (SAMAGRA) for signing of the MoU on or before June 24, 2022.

Thavaseelan noted that lack of information and capacity of SMCs and SMDCs has hindered their involvement in the school system. Therefore, he said in order to build capacity and to enhance participation and promote commitment of the SMCs and SMDCs, the Performance Incentive Grants is being

made available for all government schools.

Criteria: Thavaseelan said SMCs and SMDCs will be given the liberty to make their own need-based proposals (Action Plan). While the guidelines discourage major infrastructural works, the committees are encouraged to focus on improving and augmenting the school learning environment and undertake urgent repair and renovations.

As part of community engagement, activities like monthly SMC/SMDC meetings, half yearly Parent Teacher meetings, outreach to dropouts and vulnerable groups have been made mandatory. The committees are also encouraged to come up with innovative activities and ways to revive indigenous practices through story telling sessions, hands-on sessions in handicraft, weaving, gardening, farming, etc.

Agnipath row: Govt announces incentives; offers talks as protests spread NEW DELHI, JUN 18 (PTI): The Centre on Saturday announced several incentives including reserving 10 per cent vacancies in the defence ministry and paramilitary forces for Agnipath retirees as violent protests raged on against the new military recruitment scheme in many states and opposition parties stepped up pressure for its rollback.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, however, strongly defended the scheme saying it was brought after wide-ranging consultations and suggested a misunderstanding was being spread for political reasons. “I would like to ap-

Agnipath protest: Centre asks states, UTs to be on alert KOLKATA, JUNE 18 (IANS): In the wake of growing tension over Agnipath, the proposed scheme of the Central government for short-term services in the Indian armed forces, spreading from one state to another, the Centre, on Saturday, sent a note of caution to all states and Union Territories (UTs) regarding tackling the continued agitations on this count.

The letter signed by deputy secretary to Central government, Archana Varma, has been addressed to all chief secretaries, advisors to administrators of all states and UTs, DGPs, police commissioners of Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, and Chennai.

SOME MEASURES ANNOUNCED FOR AGNIPATH RECRUITS

 10 per cent vacancies in Central Armed Police

Forces or CAPFs and Assam Rifles to be reserved for Agniveers by MHA.  10 per cent jobs in the coast guard and state-run defence firms to be reserved for Agniveers by the Defence Ministry.  Three years in age limit relaxation for recruitments in CAPFs and Assam Rifles for Agniveers.  Employment opportunities in merchant navy for Agniveers from Indian Navy, six service avenues for induction by the Shipping Ministry.  The National Institute of Open Schooling to launch customized courses for 10th-pass Agniveers and help them obtain 12th-pass certificate. peal to the country’s youth suggestion, you can place that path of violence would your views.... Government not take you anywhere. is always ready to consider ... If you have any better with an open mind,” he said

and suggested the protesting youths come for talks with the central government.

Union Minister Anurag Thakur appealed to the youths to shun violence and come forward for talks, asserting that the government is ready to look into their grievances with “an open mind” and make changes, “if required”.

Singh also met Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari, Navy Chief Admiral R Hari Kumar and Vice Chief of Army Staff Gen B S Raju and is learnt to have discussed a quick rollout of the Agnipath scheme and ways to pacify the agitators.

Protests continue: Despite the Centre’s steps to assuage concerns, there was no let-up in the protests.

Mobs set ablaze Taregana railway station in Bihar during a bandh on Saturday and vandalised Ludhiana railway station in Punjab, as protesters continued to target railway properties on the fourth day of the stir and blocked roads and rail tracks in several states including West Bengal, Haryana, Rajasthan, Odisha and Uttar Pradesh.

There was also cross-firing and journalists covering the clash were assaulted in Bihar.

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programmes and directives of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and national president JP Nadda at all levels.

He also maintained that a good government in the state should be like a government in the kingdom of God, where Christian principles should be followed.

BJP party functionaries during the State BJP Executive meeting here at IMC Hall, Saturday. (NP)

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DIMAPUR, JUN 18 (NPN): State BJP president and minister for Higher Education and Tribal Affairs, Temjen Imna Along on Saturday said it was too early to speculate anything about seat sharing with the NDPP for 2023 Assembly elections.

Though the Central leadership was committed to the current alliance with NDPP (40:20 seat sharing formula), Along said things would be made clear at the right time.

Speaking to Nagaland Post on the sideline of the State BJP Executive meeting here at IMC Hall, Dimapur, Along further said that the party was yet to discuss about seat sharing with the NDPP. He was of the view that nothing was definite as the final call will be made by the Central leadership.

After the recent merger of 21 NFP legislators, the ruling NDPP now has 42 legislators in the 60-member House.

As reported earlier, the recent merger has all the more created an uneasy within the BJP over the 2018 pre-poll seat sharing pact of 40:20 between the NDPP and BJP. With NDPP con-

sidering two independent MLAs as part of the party, this will obviously mean NDPP will have 42+2= 44 ticket aspirants.

NDPP will now have to contend with the claims of all 44 for NDPP tickets.

This would arithmetically mean that BJP will have only 12+4=16 seats.

Meanwhile, delivering the presidential address at the State BJP Executive meeting, Along, while referring to the seat sharing issue, called upon the party workers to remain steadfast as the Central leadership would decide on what was best for the party.

Along also urged party workers to give ear to the whispers of the political wind in the state, and also tune their minds in line with the directives of the Central leadership, instead of the state giving them the directives. “We need to listen to the whispers of Nagaland and hear the voice of our central leaders”, Along stated.

Acknowledging the active participation of all morchas at every booth level, Along stated that BJP was emerging to be a socially active political party, connected to the grassroots level, whilst carrying the visions,

4-point resolution

At the meeting, the party adopted a four-point resolution, among which the State BJP unit unanimously resolved to extend full support to the BJP led government under Prime Minister Narendra Modi and congratulate the successful eight years completion of the Modi government.

The party also resolved to activate membership drive across the State, with objective to strengthen BJP Nagaland State at all levels.

The State BJP karyakartas firmly resolved to stand and abide by the directives of the Central leaders in every political aspect.

With the creation of new administrative districts-- Tseminyu, Shamator, Chümoukedima, Noklak and Niuland, the house resolved to propose Central BJP HQ for creation of new district BJP office in the newly created Districts.

Earlier, the programme was chaired by state BJP vice president Kavili Achumi and invocation offered by associate pastor DABA, Imnatoshi Longkumer, while lighting of lamp was initiated by state BJP president Temjen Imna Along and colleagues, and welcome address was delivered by advisor for power Tovihoto Ayemi.

NPCC demands roll back of ‘Agnipath scheme’ India logs over 13,000 Covid-19 cases after 113 days DIMAPUR, JUN 18 (NPN): With massive protest across the country against the Centre’s decision to implement ‘Agnipath’ scheme for the recruitment in the defence forces, Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) has demanded the roll back of the scheme until the government comes up with a better plan for the future of the youth.

NPCC president K. Therie said Agnipath should be withdrawn instead of simply adopting a wait-andwatch policy on the outcomes of the scheme. Stating that the scheme would destroy the future of the youth at their prime age of learn-

ing, Therie said that 75% of the proposed ‘Agniveers’ would be unemployed by their mid 20s with low educational qualifications, which would end up destroying their future prospects.

Moreover, he said the intended benefit (Seva Nidhi Package) for approximately 12 lakhs could not be termed as “an adequate resource to sustain lifelong livelihood” and that the 75% of Agniveers could not be left with an uncertain future after making huge sacrifices for the country.

He also pointed out the possibility of candidates who would be trained as Agniveers and complete

service but end up in “fringe elements and organisations” which will be detrimental to the interests of the nation.

Therie said four years (inclusive of just about 6 months training), along with the current leave was also not adequate to build a strong battle worthy army with camaraderie. He said the army relied to a great extent on this trait which could only be built with time. As soldiers normally require years to train, he said six months training would mean a “short cut in training” and would definitely have serious compromises on a force tasked with defense of the nation.

NEW DELHI, JUN 18 (AGENCIES): India recorded yet another singleday spike on Saturday as the daily case count of new Covid-19 cases crossed 13,000-mark.

The health ministry data shows that this is the first time after 113 days that India has seen more than 13,000 cases in a span of 24 hours.

The gover nment records show that India logged 13,216 fresh Covid-19 infections in the last 24 hours. The country also recorded 23 Covid deaths, pushing the death toll to 5,24,840.

The more troubling

trend is the sharp spike in active case count. The present tally is nearing 70,000mark.

The health ministry’s morning bulletin showed 68,108 active cases across India. While the daily positivity rate stands at 2.73 per cent, the weekly positivity rate has been recorded at 2.47 per cent, the Centre’s records show.

Genome sequencing: States and Union territories have been asked to submit “larger number” of samples for whole genome sequencing from districts and areas which have seen a surge in COVID-19 cases over a period of seven days, official

sources said on Saturday.

The direction was issued during Friday’s meeting by the INSACOG which reviewed the COVID-19 data to check the possibility of any new emerging variant or sub-variant and ascertain the reasons behind the breakthrough infections.

“The idea behind asking states and UTs to send larger number of samples is to keep a closer watch over the current circulating sublineagues of Omicron and its correlation to the current epidemiological picture,” an official said.

“Also, we want to see if we are missing out any important clues regarding

newer sub variants during routine sequencing through the sentinel surveillance,” the official added.

Thirty-two districts in India including eleven from Kerala and five from Maharashtra are reporting a weekly Covid positivity rate of more than 10 per cent while in 35 districts including 9 from Delhi, the weekly positivity is between 5 and 10 per cent, sources said.

As on date, 10 states and Union territories -- Maharashtra, Kerala, Delhi, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, West Bengal and Gujarat have over 1,000 cases.

Killing of hornbill: 4 to be booked under Wildlife Act GNF seeks Sarma’s intervention for ‘inclusive’ Naga pol solution

(Cont’d on p-8) D I M A P U R , J U N 1 8 den (Wildlife Division Di- bill in such a merciless and effort to create awareness

This is it!

“If only he was as good a husband as he is as a father.”

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(NPN): Wildlife wing of the state Forest department informed that the four individuals apprehended for the brutal killing of endangered Great Indian Hornbill, will now face charges under various provisions of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.

As per Section 51 of Wildlife Act, a person shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term that shall not be less than three years but which may extend to seven years and also with fine.

The accused were currently under judicial custody in district jail, Wokha. Informing this, Wildlife War-

mapur) H. Tokaho Kinimi (IFS) said that the four have been identified as Myanthung Ezung (shooting and injuring); Nribemo Patton (beating the Hornbill with a bamboo pole and stomping on its neck); Rhyuzamo Patton and Renthungo Mozhui charged for plucking feathers, all residents of Bhandari town.

Tokaho said that the Great Indian Hornbill is a protected Schedule-1 species which is accorded the highest level of protection and killing of such an animal carries the harshest of penalties under the law. He said the killing of the Horn-

inhumane manner deserved condemnation from all sections of the society, and especially having occurred in a state where the Great Indian Hornbill is revered and embedded into the culture of its people.

To k a h o r e m i n d e d all that hunting has been banned throughout the state and that there was a standing order from the government “that hunting/killing of any wildlife can lead to complete cessation of all developmental funds to any village caught violating the order.”

Her further stressed on the need for a collective

on conservation of wildlife and environment with the involvement of all stakeholders including village councils, churches, student unions, NGOs and all other local bodies including government agencies.

While not denying that Nagas have had a history of hunting, he said there was a special need to work towards changing the mindset of the people as empathy towards wildlife has to come from within and this challenge still looms. “Let us all collectively work for conservation and may such an incident never occur ever again,” he stated.

DIMAPUR, JUN 18 (NPN): Global Naga Forum (GNF) delegation, which met Assam chief minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma in Guwahati on June 16, conveyed its desire for a solution based on-“Respect for Naga historical and political rights; official recognition of Naga flag and the constitution; inclusive solution-- a solution for all the Naga political groups and Naga areas; demilitarization of the region and complete autonomy in governance over all the ancestral Naga homeland.”

In a representation to Sarma, jointly signed

by GNF convenor Chuba Ozukum, co-convenor Prof Rosemary, secretary, Prof Paul Pimomo, and advisors, James Wanglat and Dr. Visier Sanyu, sought Sarma’s on intervention on their behalf, stating that he was “in a key position to influence a peaceful resolution of the long-running Indo-Naga political problem.”

GNF maintained that Nagas believes the government of India understood the nature of Naga cause and that there has “got to

be a meeting place between this understanding and the long-held Naga aspiration for a just and honourable settlement.”

“We have confidence that a just solution based on these commitments will restore Naga dignity and rights, end the armed conflicts in the region, and bring permanent peace not only in the region but in India and Myanmar,” GNF stated.

The forum said that for the Naga people, the stand was clear-- “commitment to our human dignity and rights as a people.”

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Tokizhe sub-centre inaugurated

DIMAPUR: Deputy chief medical officer (CMO) Zunheboto, Dr. K. Akaho Sema on June 17 inaugurated sub-centre Tokizhe under Suruhuto block.

In a press release, district media officer, Keneikhrietuo informed that while speaking on the occasion, the guest of honour, Dr. Akaho spoke on the importance of government facilities and advised the village leaders and public to utilise such facilities.

He said every sub centre or primary health centre should be at a prime location which was convenient and easily accessible to all.

Stressing on the importance of community contribution, the deputy CMO stated that the department had now established the sub-centre but to progress ahead for better facilities in the future, he said that it all depended

Deputy CMO Zunheboto, Dr. K. Akaho Sema along with village leaders and other representatives.

on community contribution and performance of the health unit.

He appealed to the community for coordination and participation on every health programme and activities carried out by the department.

Dr. Akaho also briefed on the department policy on health expansion and public health to the community.

The programme was

chaired by DPM (NHM) Z u n h e b o t o, Ro s e m a r y Vitoli, who addressed the people of Tokizhe and briefed on the importance of Village Health Committee (VHC) and selection of committee members, and roles of ANM, ASHA and AWW. Earlier, invocation was offered by Shikato Akheu, welcome address was by Tokiye Akukau

while traditional folk song was presented by Khukiye Qomi. Later, vote of thanks was proposed by Zhekiye Akukau and benediction by Mughatoli Akheu Totimi.

The programme was attended by civil society organisations (CSOs), DPO DAPCU Hokishe Chophy, DSM Hekato Chishi, medical officers, CMO staff and people of Tokizhe village.

NAGALAND POST, DIMAPUR SUNDAY, JUNE 19, 2022

One sentenced to 7 months jail for extortion DIMAPUR: The chief j u d i c i a l m a g i s t r a t e, Kiphire, Phuleto Yeptho has sentenced one Seliba to seven months imprisonment for extortion under section 384 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) on June 15.

According to assistant public prosecutor, Sashilemba Kichu, the accused “committed extortion” on August 10, 202, in connection to a Kiphire police station case.

W h i l e d e l i ve r i n g the judgment, the court held that the prosecution “ p r ove d a l l t h e f a c t s constituting the ingredients mentioned in section 383 IPC beyond reasonable doubt”.

The case was conducted by Sashilemba Kichu while UBSI, Merenwati was the investigating officer.

AWO, ASU felicitate toppers

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KO H I M A , J U N 1 8 (NPN): Angami Women O r g a n i s a t i o n ( AWO ) and Angami Students’ Union (ASU) felicitated H i g h S c h o o l L e av i n g Certificate (HSLC) and Higher Secondary School L e av i n g C e r t i f i c a t e (HSSLC) toppers from Angami community at AWO conference hall, here, on Saturday.

Speaking at the p r o g r a m m e, I G F i r e and Emergency Services (F&ES) and AGOK president, Dr. Neilasa Sopfü advised the students to remain humble and place God first, in order to succeed in life.

Po i n t i n g o u t t h a t children were “gradually losing” their culture, he asked them to speak more of their languages.

D r. N e i l a s a a l s o urged upon the toppers to maintain consistency

Members of AWO and ASU along with the toppers on Saturday.

and in their studies and to value the sacrifices their parents had made. He also challenged the student toppers as well as the parents present to preserve one’s culture and identity in this fast-changing world.

Altogether, 12 toppers were felicitated along with the certificate of excellence

by ASU to six HSLC toppers, three HSSLC toppers from the arts stream, o n e f r o m c o m m e r c e, and three toppers from the science stream. The program was chaired by

ASU education secretary, Thepurüya Theünuo while scripture was read by AWO president, Neilhouzono Nagi and welcome address

by ASU president, Bisevi Nakhro.

Greetings was delivered by AWO general s e c r e t a r y, C h o z h ü l e Kikhi and felicitation and blessings were offered

by UBC pastor, Rev Dr. Rachülie Vihienuo.

L a t e r, a s p e c i a l song was presented by T h e j a s e nu o K i r e a n d Nourhengunuo Zatsu.

Liquor destroyed; team KSU demands professors & revocation of transfer order inspects check gates in Kiphire

DIMAPUR: A total of 663 bottles of assorted Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) seized on different occasions during routine check was destroyed on June 15 at the office of the judicial magistrate.

According to a DIPR report, the seized consignment was destroyed in the presence of EAC Kiphire, SDPO Kiphire, APP, OC/ PS, and PI Kiphire.

In a separate event, Kiphire inspection team EAC Kiphire, Police personnel and others at the inspected the check gate destruction site on June 15. (DIPR) located at Jail Ward, st Kiphire town on June 15. The team made spot verification of the authorised check gate to of see whether the laid down Atsolie Mekrisuh directives issued by the gover nment are being Since you left us, we pray to strictly followed.

Almighty that we continue to The inspection team receive blessings that shall found out that there were guide us on the right path. no unauthorized or illegal collection activities carried Loving Daughters, Sons, out, DIPR report stated.

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1 Death anniversary

DIMAPUR: Highlighting the problem of inadequate teaching faculties at Wangkhao Government C o l l e g e ( WG C ) a n d g ove r n m e n t s c h o o l s, Konyak Students’ Union (KSU) has asked the state government to enhance number of faculties at the college and revoke transfer orders of two teachers from two particular Government Middle School (GMS).

In a press release, KSU president, T. Noklem Konyak and general

secretary, A. Pangnan have demanded “immediate enhancement” of two professors for English, three for Education, two for Economics, one for History, three for Political Science and three for Sociology before the resumption of this academic session for the smooth functioning of WGC. KSU reminded that the union submitted a representation to the Director Higher Education Nagaland: Kohima, through

the Deputy Commissioner Mon on June 17, 2021, citing the inadequate teaching faculties at WGC in comparison to the other Government Colleges in Nagaland.

The union pointed out that the college has only 26 assistant professors, out of which 14 are on contractual basis and the 12 others on regular basis.

KSU expressed dee p anguish that the responsible authority did not pay any heed to the

demands made by the union and the authority of WGC regarding shortage of assistant professions which lead to rejection of hundreds of students every year because of insufficient creation of section for new semester.

The union has also expressed dismay over “blatant misuse of power” by the department of school education by transferring

two teachers from GMS Yannu Village and GMS Phuktong Village without reliever, without knowing the “fact that both the government schools lack adequate teachers”.

Demanding that the department immediately revoke the transfer orders of the two teachers, KSU said it would not tolerate transfer of any teachers from Mon District without reliever.

FIRST DEATH ANNIVERSARY

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith” (2 Timothy 4:7) We, the bereaved family of Late Veyikha Lase would like to express our profound gratitude to each and every individual, families, churches, villages and organizations who stood by our side and supported us physically, spiritually, financially at the demise of our beloved father.

We are also grateful to all those who took the pain to travel all the way to Chathe Prayer Centre to attend his funeral service despite their busy schedules.

Our sincere gratitude and indebtedness goes to all his fellow workers with faith and the leaders of the 5 villages for bearing with him all these years in his ministry at Chathe Prayer Centre.

We extend our special thanks to the doctors, nurses and staff of CIHSR who gave their best services to treat our 22/11/1943 – 03/06/2022 Father.

We sincerely apologize our inability to address each and every individual personally. Kindly accept this acknowledgement as an expression of our heartfelt gratitude. It is our humble prayer that Almighty God bless you all abundantly.

Loving wife, children, grandchildren & Relatives

A TRIBUTE

Our father Lt. Veyikha Lase was a man of purpose who found his purpose in life and kept on track until he passed away to be with the Lord. In response to his early call to join Chathe Prayer Centre through a revelatory call way back in 1979, he left home for Prayer Centre and never looked back. He served in Chathe Prayer Centre from 1979 to 2022 till his last breath. His life and existence was the prayer centre. He was our prayer warrior and fortress. His prayers shielded us and gave us courage as we sailed through life. He was a great father who prayed for us day and night.

Father! Your prayers will always keep us going! We will keep the faith and be courageous to face life as you have shown us to be strong in the Lord.

Apo! Though you are no more with us, you have shown us how to live by faith and lived a victorious Christian life. We will walk in the path you have walked.

Apo! We miss you terribly on this Fathers’ Day! and will miss you always till we meet again. dp-2956/22

of Lt. Inovi T Shohe 22/07/1987 – 19/06/2021

It's been a year since you passed away!!!

“We thought of you today, but that is nothing new, we thought about you yesterday, and days before that too, we think of you in silence, we often speak your name, all we have are memories and your picture in a frame, which we cherish.”

There’s not a single day that we don’t miss you, God has you in His Arms, we have you in our hearts. db-629/22

Loving father, siblings and loved ones.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

“I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.” 2 Timothy 4:7

In Loving Memory

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT We, the bereaved family of Late Mr. R. Tomusu Thomas would like to extend our sincere gratitude to all those who stood by us during our grief. We are deeply indebted to those who helped us financially, physically, morally and through prayers for which we are comforted by your support.

Though we couldn't mention each individual, we would like to mention few: 1.

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Tikhir Tribal Council Yimkhiung Tribal Council Tikhir Students' Union Shri. L Khumo, Advisor to Fishery, E&S, Evaluation, Nagaland.

5. Shri. Yangseo Sangtam, Deputy Speaker, NLA 6. Shri. Pongom, Ex. Minister 7. Shri. Tokim Tikhir, Collective Leadership, Saramati Region NSCN (IM) 8. Shri. Setsathong Sangtam, Rtd. Additional Director, RD Nagaland 9. Shri. Benei Lamthiu 10. Shri. R. Tohanba, Ex-MLA 11. Shri. Kekongchem, Former ENPO President 12. Shri. Yanba Showba, Advisor YTC 13. Shri. Tokiu, Ex-Candidate 14. Shri. Y.P. Chilleo, Ex-Candidate 15. Ms. Tsusu Mary, Shalom Home, Kiphire 16. Shri. Vioto Aye 17. St. John Church, Kiusam.

18. Kiusam Town Baptist Church.

19. Tikhir area GBs, DBs and Village Councils 20. Tikhir Union Kohima 21. Tikhir Women Union Kohima 22. Chikiuponger Joint Citizen 23. Tikhir Baptist Biti Atukhianti 24. Fr. Benjamin Chang, St. Peter's Parish Church, Kiphire 25. Well wishers from Shamator, Pungro, Kiphire and Thonoknyu.

Always with loveChildren, Grand children, relatives and In-laws.

Late Wothungbemo Ezung

Late Mr. R. Tomusu Thomas Born : Unknown Died on: 15-06-2022

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01st June 1966 – 13th June 2022 We, the family of Late Wothungbemo Ezung, would like to acknowledge and express our heartfelt thanks and sincere gratitude to each and every individuals, families, friends, churches and well wishers who stood by us and supported us spiritually, physically and financially during our moment of grief.

We would like to convey our special thanks to: 1. Lotha Baptist Church, Dimapur 2. Wancho Baptist Church Association, A.P 3. Wancho Baptist Fellowship, Dimapur 4. Holistic Institute of Mission, Itanagar 5. Longsai Ekhung Dimapur & Chumukedima 6. Dimapur Nkonjan Ezung Ekhung 7. Notun Yankho Ekhum ‘A’ & ‘B’ 8. Lotha Community Balijan ‘C’ 9. Notun Bosti & Balijan Youth 10. Lotha Hoho Karbi Anglong We deeply regret our inability to thank each and everyone individually. Yet, it is our sincere prayers that our heavenly Father bless you all abundantly in return. dp-2972/22

- Loving family K Y M C

STATE

NAGALAND POST, DIMAPUR SUNDAY, JUNE 19, 2022

Upgradation to GHSS based on performance: Sukhalu

nagalandpost.com Poll Q.: Is the Supreme Court ruling on demolitions in UP a lesson for other states?

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C e n t r e ’s p l a n s t o implement Agnipath is going to face more problems?  Yes.  No.  Can’t Say.

WEATHER FORECAST JUNE 19

(Temperature in ºC)

Max Min

Agartala Cloudy, a shower and t-storm

29 25

Cloudy, a shower and t-storm

22 20

Guwahati Cloudy, a shower and t-storm

29 25

Cloudy, a shower and t-storm

25 21

Aizawl Imphal

Itanagar A shower and t-storm; warmer 25 22 Shillong

Cloudy, a shower and t-storm

22 18

Kohima

Cloudy, a shower and t-storm

23 18

Dimapur A shower and t-storm; warmer 27 23

Clouds, a shower and t-storm

23 19

Tuensang Cloudy, a shower and t-storm

18 15

Mkg Wokha

A shower and t-storm; warmer 22 20

Zunheboto Cloudy, a shower and t-storm

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K.T Sukhalu and others after unveiling the plaque on Saturday. (DIPR)

DIMAPUR: Advisor for school education and SCERT K.T Sukhalu said state government was “willing” to upgrade existing Government High Schools to Government Higher Secondary Schools provided the school’s performance was “up to the mark” with required student enrolment and good results.

According to a DIPR report, Sukhalu while inaugurating the newly upgraded GHSS Pughoboto Saturday said certain criteria like enrolment of students, good results and overall school performance was

taken into consideration for upgradation to GHSS. Encouraging parents to enrol their children to government schools, the advisor said cost of private education has catapulted and that parents could provide quality education to their children through government schools which are right at their own doorsteps.

Sukhalu also urged the village leaders and elders to promote and support the school faculties and help government schools in building strong foundation for the students.

Advising the students not to waste their time on mobile phones, he asked them to listen and learn from their teachers and parents and strive to be distinguished persons.

In his address, Y. Vikheho Swu, MLA, urged the landowners not to hamper the government development activities and also requested to department to restore the downgraded GHS under the Pughoboto sub-division. He highlighted how this up-gradation was initiated and approved by the government through SDPDB Pughoboto.

Principal director school education, Thavaseelan K congratulated the Pughoboto people and called upon them to continue to be focused and work hard.

He said several challenges and issues in the department are being resolved on a timeline and asked them to extend support for multiple projects improvement for the school teachers and other mission components.

Director for School Education, Nagaland, Wonthungo Tsopoe said everyone needs quality education and that education as a weapon could change society.

The school was established in 1945 and with the approval of NBSE started the HSLC centre in the year 2017. The GHSS was dedicated by SABAK, Pughoboto, executive secretary, Tovishe Shohe; welcome address was delivered by Pughoboto Town Adoch Town council, Hokqihe Sheqi; the programme was chaired

by GHS Headmistress Keyeshe Sema and the vote of thanks was delivered by president Sumi Aphyumi Hoho, Inva Swu.

Thematic exhibition underway

DIMAPUR: Thematic exhibition sponsored by the office of the development commissioner (handicrafts), Ministry of Textiles, government of India and organised

by Nagaland Empowerment of People through Economic Development (NEPED) got underway on June 17 at Capital Convention Centre, Kohima. The exhibition would culminate on June 23.

In a press release, NEPED informed that the exhibition was inaugurated by special guest, NEPED chairman, Kevechutso Doulo in the presence of guest of honour, Sr. assistant director (H) HSC, Kohima, T. Rolliee Vareishim and NEPED team leader, K. Libanthung Lotha.

The special guest while inaugurating the exhibition thanked the development commissioner (handicrafts), Ministry of Textiles for giving the opportunity and platform for the artisans to exhibit and sell their products.

He also urged the public to visit the exhibitions to witness the attractive handicrafts, textiles, jewellery, jute craft and other items.

NEPED has informed that 20 artisans from Nagaland and Assam are participating in the exhibition.

3 Tseminyu DPDB meet discuss development activities DIMAPUR: Tseminyu District Planning and Development Board (DPDB) meeting on June 17 discussed developmental activities to be carried out in the newly formed district.

According to a DIPR report, the meeting was held in the official chamber of Deputy Commissioner (DC) Tseminyu with advisor, animal husbandry & veterinary services and women resources development and DPDB chairman, R. Khing.

At the meeting, Khing urged officers of the district to give their best to the activities and make necessary proposals that were required for DPDB approval.

He asked the officers to review and update the latest development taken up in their respective departments and to make them available in the office for the public.

Chairing the meeting, DC Tseminyu, Dr. Zasekuolie Chusi while welcomed ADC Tseminyu, Longasen Lotha and EAC

Tumben Tsanglao.

The DC reviewed the last meeting minute for the up-gradation of the departments in the district and members discussed the posting of various department officers were discussed.

Stating that without acquiring land, there cannot be development, DC said three rounds of discussions were held with the landowners. The members also discussed creation of a new administrative headquarters in the district and the creation of an EAC post at Tseminyu were also discussed.

Rengma Hoho, president, Pollem Tep and the board resolved to nametag Tseminyu district as “Historical District” as suggested by the chief minister, Neiphiu Rio on the inauguration Day of Tseminyu district.

The Board agreed with SP Tseminyu to avoid speed breakers in NH2 and to maintain drainage within the Town area and NH2.

CSUMTU organises seminar for students Orientation programme

Resource persons along with the participants and organisers of the seminar on Saturday. (NP)

Correspondent MOKOKCHUNG, JUN 18 (NPN): Chakpa Students’ Union Mokokchung Town Unit (CSUMTU),

under its motto, “Hard labour, Key to success” organised a seminar on “self-exploration” at Penli Community Hall with Dr. Moakumla Longkumer

and Dr. Aotemshi as resource persons, here, on Saturday.

While exhorting the student community, Chakpa Senso Telongjem Mokokc-

hung president, Lanutoshi Longkumer stated that the rich tradition and culture should be inculcated as it embodied the discipline and dignity for success in life.

He also said technology was important but that excessive use of it could have a negative impact.

In this reheard he said, “books”, should take precedence in the life of students.

At the programme, associate professor, Allahabad Bible Seminary, Dr. Moakumla Longkumer deliberated on “self-discovery” while associate professor, Fazl Ali College, Dr. Aotemshi spoke on “self and the Bible”.

The seminar was attended by more than 100 Chakpa students.

held in Phek district

DIMAPUR: An orientation on “alternative career options” was organised by Pick a Book Nagaland, a non-profit organisation, and supported by Youth Involve (YI), Bosco Institute, Jorhat on June 15 at Christian Home High School, Phek Town

with local entrepreneurs, Razoukhruyi Dozo and Cheweku Rhakho as resource persons.

Razoukhruyi shared his experiences and advised the students while Cheweku urged upon the students not to shy from doing manual works.

MARCOFED chairman and national vice president, BJP, M. Chuba Ao on Saturday, called on Dehradun chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami and discussed MACROFED van dhan products outlets sale at tourist destinations in Uttarakhand, which the CM agreed to implement. On the need for North East guest house, the CM assured that he would allot a land for construction of the house.

DIMAPUR: With an objective to create awareness the farmers for adoption of millets cultivation, department of GPB, School of Agricultural Sciences & Rural Development (SASRD) Nagaland University (NU) Medziphema organised an awareness programme on June 16 at New Jalukie Village.

In a press release, NU: SASRD Medziphema informed that recently ICARIndian Institute of Millets Research, Hyderabad sanctioned a scheme for promotion of millets cultivation in Nagaland and the awareness programme was organised in the same.

At the training, coordinator, millets promotion scheme, department of GPB, NU: SASRD, Dr. Pankaj Shah, highlighted nutritional importance of millets and emphasised on the ecological importance and health benefits of millets. Dr. Pankaj appealed the farmers to adopt millets cultivation as it was already in practice since among tribal communities.

He informed that a primary processing unit for millets would be established at SASRD-NU, Medziphema so that initial processing and value addition could be done.

Later, research scholar, Dr. Moatoshi Jamir described the production technology of finger millet and foxtail millet.

Altogether, 56 farmers and farm women associated with Women Integrated Action for Development and Empowerment Network (WIDEN), New Jalukie, Peren participated in the training.

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Assam reels under devastating floods

GUWAHATI, JUN 18 (PTI): Assam reeled under devastating floods caused by incessant rain, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi taking stock of the situation and Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma visiting several relief camps sheltering affected people on Saturday, officials said.

As many as 19 lakh people remained affected by the deluge in 28 districts. A total of 55 people have died due to floods and landslides in the state this year.

A boat carrying floodaffected people has capsized in Hojai district, leaving three children missing while 21 others have been rescued.

A group of 24 villagers were moving to safety from inundated Islampur village late on Friday night when the boat hit submerged a brick kiln and capsized in Raikota area. Modi called up Sarma and enquired about the flood situation, while also assuring the chief minister of all possible help

People use a banana raft to move to a safe place at a flood-hit village in Nalbari. (PTI)

from the Centre.

“Earlier today, spoke to Assam CM and took stock of the situation due to floods in the state. Assured all possible support from the Centre. I pray for the safety and well-being of the people of Assam affected by flooding,” Modi tweeted.

Sarma, replying to the prime minister’s tweet,

thanked him. “Very kind of you to have called to take an update on the relief and rehabilitation work in flood affected areas of Assam. We are closely monitoring the situation and providing best help to people,” he tweeted.

The chief minister visited flood-affected Rangia in Kamrup district, and reviewed the situation with

state BJP chief and local MLA Bhabesh Kalita. Sarma also visited relief camps at Fatima Convent School and Kolajal. Speaking to reporters, Sarma said the district administration is ready to face any exigency.

“Officials concerned have been directed to ensure evacuation of people from vulnerable areas to relief

camps. The Army is ready to provide assistance and the deputy commissioners have been asked to take help from the forces when required, while National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) personnel were evacuating affected people to safer places,” he said.

Sarma assured the inmates of the relief camps that all necessary measures are being taken to assist them. More than 1.08 lakh people are taking shelter in 373 relief camps across the state.

Landslides have been reported in Dima Hasao, Goalpara, Morigaon, Kamrup and Kamrup (Metropolitan) districts in the last 24 hours.

Meanwhile, a bulletin issued by the Central Water Commission (CWC) on Saturday said that Kopili River is flowing above “high flood level” at Kampur in Nagaon district.

NAGALAND POST, DIMAPUR SUNDAY, JUNE 19, 2022

Over 10,000 people homeless due to heavy rains in Tripura AGARTALA, JUN 18 (PTI): Over 10,000 people have been rendered homeless in Tripura due to inundation caused by incessant rainfall since Friday but there is no report of any human casualty, an official said.

The inundation has been confined to Agartala and its neighbourhood in West Tripura district, where the Howrah river overflew its banks mostly in the low lying areas of Agartala Municipal Corporation and its neighbourhood, he said.

The district received 155 mm of rainfall in the past 24 hours and the civic body area is the worst affected, senior official of the State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA), Sarat Kumar Das said. Chief Minister Manik Saha held a meeting of senior officials on Saturday to take stock of the flood situation, Das said.

“During the meeting,

A woman carries a child through a flooded area after heavy rains, on the outskirts of Agartala, Saturday. (PTI)

the Chief Minister asked the officials to assess the damage caused by the flood so that affected people could get compensation at the earliest,” he said.

Due to the inundation in Agartala and other sub-divisions a total 2057 families having over 10,000 members have taken shelter in 39 relief camps, he said.

In Agartala 1921 flood affected people took shelter

in 34 relief camps. Three camps have been set up at Jirania in West Tripura district, he said.

The Howrah river, which was flowing above its danger level at 4 pm, has receded as there has been no rain in about eight hours.

The situation is expected to improve further on Sunday as the Met department has predicted light rain in the next 24 hours, he said.

2 more bodies recovered in Meghalaya Arunachal Congress protests against Agnipath scheme

Photo of the a bridge washed away due to heavy flood in Meghalaya.

Correspondent SHILLONG, JUN 18: Incessant rain that led to widespread damage and loss of lives in Meghalaya over the past three days, subsided on Saturday, bringing much relief to the people in general even as the body of a two persons died in rain-related incidences were recovered from two different districts, taking the number of fatalities to 21.

A government official said the dead body of a man identified as Robino Kynter who was reported missing during the landslide at Kenmynsaw village, was retrieved late Friday night.

Another dead body of the handyman of a truck that fell into the pit at the National Highway 6 near Lumshnong toll plaza in East Jaintia Hills district on June 16 was recovered on Saturday afternoon, the

official said. The dead body has been identified as that of Bishujit Chakrabarty , a resident of Teliamura Santinagar under Khowai, West Tripura, the official said.

Meanwhile, government has set up 26 relief camps have been set up for the flood affected people in the Garo Hills region in Rerapara, Betasing, Zikzak Block at South West Garo Hills. Food grains, drinking water etc. are being provided to the inmates in the relief camps.

According to government data, 752 villages across the State have been affected either by landslide or flood.

The total number of people affected by the natural disaster is 5, 85, 86. So far 3,956 houses have been either damaged partially or fully.

ITANAGAR, JUN 18 (AGENCIES): The Arunachal Pradesh Youth Congress (APYC) on Saturday termed the Agnipath scheme of the Central government “a deceit with the unemployed youth and people of the country,” reports East Mojo.

“The BJP is putting the security of the entire nation at risk and misleading the youth by engaging them on a four-year contract in the Indian Armed Forces without any rank or pension.

The RSS motive behind the scheme cannot be denied and they plan to penetrate the armed forces and get the entire system into their hands,” APYC youth president Tarh Johny said.

Agnipath is a new

scheme introduced by the Centre for the recruitment of soldiers below the rank of commissioned officers into the three services of the armed forces.

Johny, who on the day led a protest of the youth congress against the scheme at the Rajiv Gandhi Bhawan here, said the other main agenda of the BJP government in launching the Agnipath scheme is to divert the attention of the agitating nation from their false promises of providing 2 crore employment every year and depositing Rs 15 lakh into every citizen’s bank account.”

Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government has once again shattered the dreams of millions of

“At present, more than 55 thousand highly skilled jawans retire from the three services of the armed forces every year, but only one or two present are reinstated in another job. In these circumstances, what is the guarantee that the ‘Agniveers’ (who will retire after 4 years) will be recruited for another job?” he questioned.

The home ministry SatThe APYC also burnt the effigies of PM Modi, Rajnath urday announced to reserve Singh and Amit Shah on Saturday.

10 per cent vacancies in the youths by introducing the job after 4 years, the facts Central paramilitary forces Agnipath scheme which and figures, however, tell a and the Assam Rifles for has also been considered a different story.

Agniveers. flawed strategy by several retired army personnel, he said. The APYC president further said though the government is promising that the ‘Agniveers’ will be given a chance to opt for another

Agnipath scheme will burn India: Manipur CPI cautions IMPHAL, JUN 18: Agnipath scheme will burn India, Communist Party of India (CPI) Manipur State Council warned on Saturday while calling the Centre to review the decision of introducing the new scheme.

Opposition, including Left parties, object the scheme, said CPI Manipur State Council secretary L Sotinkumar, at a news conference at the party office today.

He warned that the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be better to step back from its decision of introducing the scheme at the earliest. The state CPI leader alleged that since the BJP-led NDA government came to power eight years ago, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been creating troubles in the country.

Modi has been giving emphasis on privatization and as such many government undertaking sectors have been in the hands of the private individuals, corporates and big businessmen.

Since its very inception, the BJP-led NDA government had passed many controversial bills and enforced them as Acts. But, all of them had failed to yield positive results. The BJP had promised to impart employment to two crore youths per year.

Instead, crores of youths have been made jobless due to the faulty policy of the government, he said.

Despite the failures, he came up with a new scheme “Agnipath” that created unrest across the country with massive protests against the scheme. Opposing the scheme, massive protests erupted across the country.

States with non-BJP governments have also registered

This was the result of the dictatorial attitude of Modi. Opposition parties, including left parties, had strongly demanded to discuss the proposed scheme on the floor of the house of parliament.

But the BJP turned it down and it is a habit of the Laishram Sotinkumar Modi and BJP to turn down strong objections to the suggestions from the opposition parties, he alleged. scheme, he asserted.

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I, mr. KhuKIye sema, son of Late Khumutsa Sema, resident of H.No. 229, Chishis Home, Thahekhu Village, Dimapur Sadar, Dimapur, Nagaland declare through an Affidavit No. 1883/2022 dated 14.06.2022 that my name in-advertently appeared as ChIshI KhuKIye in some of my documents. That KhuKIye sema and ChIshI KhuKIye is the name of same person i.e. me.

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DIRECTORATE OF SCHOOL EDUCATION

KOHIMA : NAGALAND NO. ed/eST-1/GT-AdVT/2022 Kohima, the, 17th June 2022

NOTIFICATION The provisional list of candidates eligible to appear for the Written examination for the recruitment of Graduate Teacher (Maths/Science/Hindi) who have submitted applications in response to this department’s advertisement of even number, dated 16/03/2022 read with corrigendum of even number, dated 04/04/2022 & 30/05/2022 and advertisement of even number, dated 30/05/2022 along with the list of rejected candidates with reasons for rejection are made available at the department’s websites https://education.nagaland.gov.in/ and https://dosenl.in If the name of any eligible candidate is missed out, they may contact the concerned section through email <dosenl.recruitment@gmail.com> Or Whatsapp Helpline 8730882165 on or before 24/06/2022.

The Written examination will be conducted on 07/07/2022 from 9:00 am to 12:00 noon at ruzhukhrie government higher Secondary School, Kohima, nagaland.

Candidates may download Admit Cards & Sample OMr Answer Sheet for the written examination w.e.f. 1:00 PM of 29/06/2022 from https://dosenl.in.

Candidates are provisionally allowed to appear for the recruitment examination on the basis of information furnished by them in the application form. The candidature of the candidates is liable to be rejected/cancelled at any stage of the recruitment process if it is detected that they fail to fulfil the minimum eligibility criteria at the time of issuing the advertisement for the recruitment or have furnished false information. (thaVaSeelan K) IaS Principal director Dc-529/22

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Notice is hereby given that Shri K. Yentsao Tsopoe a resident of Dimapur who has applied for issue of mortgage clearance concerning to Patta No. of 801, Dag No. 1193 measuring an area 00-02-10 located at Block No/Village Padumpukhuri, Mouza No. 03 which has been mortgaged with SBI Bank/Society.

Claims/ objections concerning to the said land if any & should there be any, should submit to this court on or before 7 (seven) days from the date of publication in local newspaper.

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famIly Court dImaPur : nagaland Summon for Settlement of ISSue (Order-V, rule-1,5,20)

Case No. : divorce 46/2021 Petitioner : G. Hekishe respondent : Vikali To, Smti. Vikali d/o. Avitho r/o Thilixu dist. dimapur, Nagaland Whereas the above named petitioner has instituted a case against you for u/S 27(1) (b) of the Special Marriage Act 1954.

You are hereby summoned to appear before the Court in person or by pleader duly instructed and able to answer all materials questions relating to the case on 21/7/2022 at 10:30 AM without fail.

Take notice that in default of your appearance on the date mentioned the case will be heard and determined in your absence.

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Empowerment of women Mother inspired me to focus on ‘garib kalyan’: Modi on her birthday Mother told must for development: Modi me never take

VADODARA, JUN 18 (PTI): Asserting that empowerment of women and their rapid progress is necessary for the speedy development of the 21st century India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said making the lives of women easier and providing opportunities to them to move ahead are among the top priorities of his government. India is making plans and taking decisions keeping in mind the needs and aspirations of women, he said, adding that his government has opened doors for women so that they can pursue career in the fields of their interest - be it armed forces or mines.

Modi was addressing a rally here after launching a project of the Gujarat government addressing the nutritional requirement of pregnant women and a similar programme targeting tribal women. On the occasion, he also unveiled via video link 18 railway projects worth Rs 16,000-crore, laid the foundation stone

Narendra Modi

for the permanent campus of the Central University of Gujarat and the new building of Bharatiya Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya.Gujarat Assembly elections are due by the end of this year.

“Rapid development of women, their empowerment is important for the rapid development of the 21st century India. Today, India is making plans, taking decisions keeping in mind the needs, aspirations of women. From the armed forces to mines, my government has opened all doors for women to join the career of their liking,” he said.

“We have created many

new programmes by taking into account all the stages of a woman’s life cycle. Making the lives of women easier, reducing their troubles and giving them opportunities to move ahead - these are some of the topmost priorities of our government,” the prime minister said. Modi said when he took over as the chief minister of Gujarat two decades back, malnutrition was a big challenge.

“Ill-health not just affects a mother, but also the coming generations (her child). It determines the life of the child as well... Malnutrition was a big challenge here two decades ago when Gujarat gave me an opportunity to serve,” he said.

Since then, the government started working in this direction by taking steps one after the other, and its positive results are being seen today, he said after the launch of Rs 800-crore Mukhya Mantri Matrushakti Yojana that will ensure nutritional food to pregnant woman during the initial days of her motherhood.

bribe: PM Modi

NEW DELHI, JUN 18 (PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi wrote a blog dedicated to his mother as she entered the 100th year of her life on Saturday, highlighting her sacrifices and various aspects of her life which “shaped” his mind, personality, and selfconfidence.

He also met his mother in Gujarat and sought her blessings. Modi said his mother always inspired him to have a strong resolve and focus on “garib kalyan” (welfare of poor), a theme of his government’s numerous welfare schemes.

When the BJP picked him to be the Gujarat chief minister in 2001, he said, his mother was ecstatic and told him, “I don’t understand your work in the government but I just want you to never take a bribe.”

Modi said his mother found happiness in other people’s joys and was extremely large-hearted.

He recalled that his fa-

Prime Minister Narendra Modi takes blessings of his mother Heeraba on her 100th birthday. (PTI)

ther brought home his close friend’s son, Abbas, after his untimely death.

“He stayed with us and completed his studies.

Mother was as affectionate and caring towards Abbas just like she did for all of us siblings. Every year on Eid, she used to prepare his favourite dishes. On festivals, it was commonplace for neighbourhood kids to come to our house and enjoy mother’s special preparations (sic),” he said.

“In my mother’s life story, I see the penance, sacrifice, and contribution of India’s matrushakti. Whenever I look at mother and

Getting death threat on phone from ‘Dawood brother’s man’: Pragya BHOPAL, JUN 18 (PTI): BJP MP Prag ya Singh Thakur on Saturday complained of getting a call, in which the caller identifying himself as fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim’s brother Iqbal Kaskar’s man, threatened to kill her for “spreading venom against Muslims”, police said.

A purported video that runs a little over two minutes has gone viral on social media, which shows Thakur speaking with the caller when he made the threat call. Thakur, who represents Bhopal Lok Sabha constituency, lodged the complaint at T T Nagar police station

Pragya Singh Thakur

early on Saturday.

“Following her complaint about getting the threat call, a case under Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 506 (criminal intim-

idation) and 507 (criminal intimidation by an anonymous communication) was registered in the wee hours on Saturday,” T T Nagar police station’s in-charge Chen

Singh Raghuvanshi told PTI. The complaint says that she received the call on Friday night, in which the man who claimed to be close to Iqbal Kaskar, threatened to kill her, he said, adding that further investigation is underway.

In the video, Thakur is seen sitting on a chair talking to the caller, who claims that he is Iqbal Kaskar’s man and will kill her soon for making comments against Muslims. When she asked who Iqbal Kaskar is, the caller said she would know soon about him when she gets killed.

When Thakur asked

the caller to point out her comments against Muslim for which he wanted to kill her, the caller said, “You are spreading venom against Muslims and targeting the community.” In her reply, Thakur is heard saying, “What do Muslims do?

Do they sprinkle nectar?”

The caller then said he was only informing her that she would get killed. Thakur then asked the caller to reveal his identity if he is not so fearless. Thakur had recently supported nowsuspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma over her controversial remarks on Prophet Mohammad.

Karan Johar was on Bishnoi Malda-based intl fake Indian gang’s target list for extortion currency notes cartel busted formation about the Moosewala murder conspiracy and named Santosh Jadhav and one Nagnath Suryavanshi as having been involved in the killing, the official told PTI. He also provided information about future plans of the Bishnoi gang, which is suspected to be behind Moosewala’s killing, the official said.

The gang had allegedly planned to extort Rs 5 crore from Johar by threatening him, he said.

As per Kamble’s statement, Vikram Brar, brother of Canada-based gangster Goldie Brar, had discussed these plans with him on Instagram and Signal apps.

A woman involved in drug trafficking and a doctor who had allegedly desecrated a holy book of the Sikh community were also on the target list, the official said.

NEW DELHI, JUN 18 (PTI): Police have busted a Malda-based international fake Indian currency notes (FICN) cartel and arrested two persons here with currency having a face value of Rs four lakh, officials said on Saturday.

Those arrested have been identified as Aniqul Islam (24) and Shariqul Sheikh alias Sahim (21), both residents of Malda district in West Bengal, they said. A total of Rs four lakh fake currency in the denomination of Rs 2,000 notes were recovered from them.

The recovered notes are of high quality having all the security features, including security thread and watermarks etc, police said.

According to police, it was revealed that FICN is being pumped in India through the porous IndoBangla border.

On the basis of a tipoff, a raid was conducted on Friday and the suspect, members of Malda-based international syndicate, were apprehended near Dilshad Garden Metro Station when they reached there to deliver the recovered consignment of FICNs to one of their associates, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) Rajiv Ranjan Singh said.

The duo was working for this syndicate for the last two to three years. They used to procure FICNs from their other associates at Malda and supply it in Delhi/ NCR and UP. These FICNs are being smuggled from Bangadesh, through bordering areas, the DCP said.

They also revealed that they used to get FICNs from their associates at Malda at a lower price and supplied at higher price.

MUMBAI/PUNE, JUN 18 (PTI): Siddhesh Kamble alias Mahakal, an alleged member of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, has told investigators that Bollywood filmmaker Karan Johar was on the list of persons whom the gang planned to target for extortion, a police official said on Saturday.

But a senior official also war ned that these claims have not been verified yet, and there was a possibility that there was an element of bragging in Kamble’s statements.

Kamble was a close aide of Santosh Jadhav, a suspected shooter in the Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala murder case, and well aware of the murder conspiracy, a police official said.

While Kamble is in the custody of Pune rural

police for an earlier case registered in the district, teams of Delhi Police’s Special Cell, Punjab Police and Mumbai Crime branch have questioned him in connection with the Moosewala murder and a threat letter received by Bollywood actor Salman Khan and his father Salim Khan earlier this month.

In his statements before the investigating teams, Kamble disclosed a lot of in-

Delhi court dismisses Satyendra Jain’s bail plea

Cong appoints India expresses ‘deep concern’ Khera as chairman over attack on Gurudwara in Kabul of media & publicity

NEW DELHI, JUN 18 (PTI): A court here Saturday dismissed the bail plea of Delhi minister Satyendra Jain, arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in a money laundering case.

Special Judge Geetanjli Goel denied the relief to Jain, saying the stage was not fit for grant of bail to him. “The Bail application is dismissed,” the judge said.

The court had reserved order after hearing arguments from Jain as well the ED. The ED had arrested Jain in a money laundering case. He was taken into custody under criminal sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

Jain is currently in judicial custody.

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Fire tenders at the site of explosion at a Gurudwara, in Kabul, Saturday, Jun 18, 2022. (PTI)

NEW DELHI, JUN 18 (PTI): India on Saturday strongly condemned the “cowardly attack” on a Gurudwara in Kabul in which at least two persons are reportedly injured, and said it was closely monitoring

the situation following the incident.

Several blasts were reported near the Gurdwara Karte Parwan on Saturday, in the latest targeted attack on a place of worship of a minority community in war-

torn Afghanistan.

“The cowardly attack on Gurudwara Karte Parwan should be condemned in the strongest terms by all. We have been closely monitoring developments since the news of the attack was received. Our first and foremost concern is for the welfare of the community,” External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar tweeted.

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said India is “deeply concerned” over the attack.

“We are deeply concerned at the reports emanating from Kabul about an attack on a sacred Gurudwara in that city,” MEA Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said.

NEW DELHI, JUN 18 (PTI): Congress president Sonia Gandhi has appointed Pawan Khera as the chairman of media and publicity in the new communications department of the party.

Earlier, she had appointed Jairam Ramesh as the new AICC general secretary in-charge of communications, replacing Randeep Surjewala.

The par ty had resolved to revamp its communication and media department at the threeday brainstorming session in Udaipur last month to improve its connect with people and change its communications strategy.

crores of women like her, I find there is nothing that is unachievable for Indian women,” Modi said in his blog post, which is available in several regional languages besides Hindi and English.

“My mother is as simple as she is extraordinary.

Just like all mothers,” he said The prime minister noted there were only two instances when his mother accompanied him publicly.

Once, it was at a public function in Ahmedabad when she applied tilak on his forehead after he had returned from Srinagar where he had hoisted the national flag at the Lal Chowk after

completing the Ekta Yatra, he said.

The second instance was when he first took oath as Gujarat’s chief minister in 2001.

Modi said a life lesson his mother taught him was that it was possible to be learned without being formally educated.

He said once he wanted to publicly honour all his teachers, including his biggest teacher -- his mother.

However, his mother declined, saying she was an ordinary person. “I may have given birth to you but you have been taught and brought up by the Almighty,” Modi recalled her as saying.

Modi said though his mother did not attend the event, she made sure that he invited someone from the family of Jethabhai Joshi, his local teacher who taught him the alphabet.

“Her thought process and far-sighted thinking have always surprised me,” he said.

Describing his mother as “a symbol of resilience”, Modi recalled the hardships she faced during her childhood after losing her mother at a very young age.

She does not even remember her mother’s face or the comfort of her lap as she spent her entire childhood without her, he added.

The prime minister recalled that his family stayed in a small mud house in Vadnagar with clay tiles for a roof. He also mentioned the everyday adversities that his mother encountered and successfully overcame.

“During the rains, our roof would leak and the house would flood. Mother would place buckets and utensils below the leaks to collect the rainwater. Even in this adverse situation, mother would be a symbol of resilience,” he said.

He said not only did his mother do all the household chores herself but she also worked to supplement the meagre household income. She used to wash utensils at a few houses and take out the time to spin the ‘charkha’ to help meet the household expenses, he added. Modi said his mother also had deep respect for those engaged in cleaning and sanitation work.

Cleanliness was something that his mother was always extremely particular about, he said.

Sonia Gandhi recovering well, stable : Hospital sources NEW DELHI, JUN 18 (PTI): Congress president Sonia Gandhi is stable and recovering well, sources at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital here said on Saturday, nearly a week after she was admitted to the facility owing to post-Covid issues.

She was detected with a lower respiratory tract infection after her admission to the hospital, according to the Congress.

Hospital sources said Sonia Gandhi’s “condition is currently stable” and she is “recovering well”.

Sonia Gandhi

Sonia Gandhi, 75, had tested positive for COVID-19 on June 2 and was recuperating. She was admitted to the hospital on Sunday. Her son and former Congress president Rahul

Gandhi and daughter Priyanka Gandhi Vadra had visited her at the hospital on June 13.

Jairam Ramesh, general secretary in-charge of the Congress’ communications department, on Friday said a fungal infection had been detected in the party president’s lower respiratory tract upon admission to the hospital. “She is currently being treated for it along with other post-Covid symptoms. She continues to be under close observation and treatment,” he said.

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Honouring fathers

uring the 20th Century, two American women were instrumental in reminding societies of the need to honour the father and the mother whose contributions have been taken for granted and unheralded. The two American women- Anna Jarvis of Philadelphia, who is credited with having Mother’s Day observed first in the USA in 1914 and Sonora Dodd from Washington, was instrumental in making Father’s Day a national event in the USA in 1910. Father’s Day is observed on the third Sunday of June every year while Mother’s Day is observed on the second Sunday of May every year. Father and mother as parents, find mention in the Bible which instructs them to be obedient to their parents in the Lord. The bible instructs parents to bring up their children in the way of the Lord- `Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it (Prov.22.6). A mother is the first teacher of the child in kindergarten and the father is the second teacher from primary level. Both parents build foundations of the child’s character and personality. The foundation formed through biblical teachings also promote ethical values. That is why Ephesians 6:1-3 says “Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right; that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the earth.” Exodus 20:12 is also explicit when it says : “Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.”

The Bible places much value on obedience and honour to the father and mother. Obedience is not a one-way traffic for children but also involved both father or mother. Ephesians 6:4, says “ Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.” The Bible presents the power of the father as the primary authority of the family for many centuries. His word was unquestioned, his decision final, his influence dominant in all matters relating to family. Few of the qualities that make a good father are – dependability, involvement in family affairs, takes interest in everyone on a daily basis ; values and respects the children’s mother; is honest and ensures that children value integrity; is a friend to his children and is hardworking and a model of healthy work ethic. A father still makes a difference even in the changed environment and can be a teacher, encourager and role model to his family. A good father makes all the difference in a child’s life. On the flip side, however a man may be good but can be a bad father. This is clearly illustrated in the Bible regarding Eli (the high priest of Shiloh). According to the Bible, Eli was guilty of fathering errors. As high priest he was a model but failed to impact godly values in his sons. There is a term called ‘fatherhood’ to include child rearing responsibilities and fathering activities as well, regardless of whether they are carried out by biological or non biological fathers.

The lack of fatherhood or failure to provide the direction has resulted in many problems in contemporary society. On Father’s Day, honour also means rededicating themselves to their godly responsibility as dutiful, faithful husbands and loving guides and companions to their children.

DailyDevotion Keep Recognizing Jesus

…Peter…walked on the water to go to Jesus. But when he saw that the wind was boisterous, he was afraid… — Matthew 14:29-30

The wind really was boisterous and the waves really were high, but Peter didn’t see them at first. He didn’t consider them at all; he simply recognized his Lord, stepped out in recognition of Him, and “walked on the water.” Then he began to take those things around him into account, and instantly, down he went.

Why couldn’t our Lord have enabled him to walk at the bottom of the waves, as well as on top of them? He could have, yet neither could be done without Peter’s continuing recognition of the Lord Jesus.

We step right out with recognition of God in some things, then self-consideration enters our lives and down we go. If you are truly recognizing your Lord, you have no business being concerned about how and where He engineers your circumstances. The things surrounding you are real, but when you look at them you are immediately overwhelmed, and even unable to recognize Jesus. Then comes His rebuke, “…why did you doubt?” (Matthew 14:31). Let your actual circumstances be what they may, but keep recognizing Jesus, maintaining complete reliance upon Him. If you debate for even one second when God has spoken, it is all over for you. Never start to say, “Well, I wonder if He really did speak to me?” Be reckless immediately— totally unrestrained and willing to risk everything— by casting your all upon Him. You do not know when His voice will come to you, but whenever the realization of God comes, even in the faintest way imaginable, be determined to recklessly abandon yourself, surrendering everything to Him. It is only through abandonment of yourself and your circumstances that you will recognize Him. You will only recognize His voice more clearly through recklessness— being willing to risk your all.

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n earlier times, a man would say, ‘my wife is pregnant.’ Now, with more inclusive words, a man says, ‘we are pregnant.’

An inclusive word like ‘we’ sounds authentic and more participatory in the process of pregnancy, childbearing and child-raising.

Inter national Fathers’ Day reminds the world about the participation of ‘fathers’ in raising families, forming children, and contributing to society and the world. This day does not merely praise ‘fathers’ but critically scrutinizes their role in societal growth – politically, religiously and socially.

Political Fathers In the context of India, the ‘so-called’ democratically elected Members of the Legislative Assembly are supposed to be lawmakers. I used the word ‘so-called’ to hint at incidents where some legislators are not elected freely and fairly. It is a good sign that more and more educated MLAs are filling up the honourable seats at the assembly halls.

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Fathers as leaders

The danger lies in notso-educated legislators who could be influenced by money, muscle power or ethnic lines. All the same, voters look up to MLAs as their political fathers (mothers) as they have sworn to uphold the constitution of India and work impartially for all people. With that trust, people approach them to address their concerns and bring peace and development to society.

MLAs have a significant role to play as political fathers for the people of their constituencies and states they belong.

When Lal Bahdur Shastri was the Railway M i n i s t e r, h e t o l d h i s mother that he works in railway. He once came to an event organized by Railway where his mother also came, asking that her son is in the railway.

People asked, what is his name? She said, ‘Lal Bahadur Shahstri’. People thought she was lying.

She insisted that her son has gone for work in the railway. People took her

infront of Lal Bahadur Shastriji and asked, ‘Is this your son?’ She said, ‘Yes, this is my son’. People showed the minister, ‘Is this your mother?’ Then Shastriji called his mother and sat with her and after sometimes sent her home.

So the reporters asked, ‘Why didn’t you give a speech in front of your mother?’ Shastriji said, ‘My mother does not know that I am a minister. If she comes to know, she will start recommending people and I will not be able to refuse … and she will also have arrogance.’ Everyone was shocked to hear the answer. We always look up to Shastriji as our ideal.

Religious fathers While the Catholic church uses the ter m ‘Father’ to address their priests, other Christian denominations use words like pastor, evangelist, reverend, etc., to address their religious heads.

Whatever the form of address is, they are all religious fathers trying their best to care for the spiritual well-being

of their members. Of course, it is high time to oversee the education, emotion, psychology and environmental well-being of the people under their mentorship. Shouting ‘Halleluiah, Praise the Lord, Amen’ alone will not work now in this fastchanging global inflation crisis and deteriorating ecology. God has to be found in the Bible and outside the Bible too. All created things on earth should be respected and nurtured. Humans should cease to think that we are the epitome of creation.

Inclusive existence philosophy has to creep into our untaught minds and enlarge our idea of spirituality. Church leaders should expand themselves a n d t e a c h p e a c e, c o existence, environmental c a r e, r e s p e c t f o r a l l communities, and the true meaning of ‘spirituality’.

Since ordinary people take what the church leaders say as gospel tr uth, it is pertinent to appoint theologically sound persons as church leaders.

Social fathers Innumerable social leaders rise above ranks, a r e l ove d b y p e o p l e, a n d g i ve t h e m s e l ve s for people’s welfare (or section of people). Their area of popularity may depend on their influence and community spread.

We have national, state, district, and village social leaders. Entrepreneurs, educators, artists, actors, lyricists, book writers, journalists, commentators, philanthropists, activists, and motivators can be called socially-oriented fathers (mothers). They either reflect on the past and present; or foresee the future and add their master y touch to ar t, creativity, sciences, social sciences and the like. They are influential persons who can mould people’s minds towards a particular goal. A society that curbs i t s p e o p l e ’s c r e a t i ve and original thinking potentials is a new form of dictatorship. And we know what dictatorial regimes are experiencing in the world.

There will be various other forms of ‘fatherhood’ in our lives. To have educated, balanced, intellectually matured fathers, we must educate our sons today.

Holistic education plays an important role here.

Sectarian and cocooned types of education will give us an inverted notion of education. We need to study philosophies of the world, histories, and psychological positions of the world so we can be locally effective for our people. We need the existence of democracy where dissents are welcome for the holistic picture of a thing. We require a secularist worldview. We hope to see and experience overall societal growth through our ‘fathers’ wisdom.

Fr Paul Lelen Haokip is a PhD research scholar Department of Sociology and Social Work Christ University, Bangalore, Karnataka paulhowkeep20@gmail. com

The 50 years of journey: Lions Club of Dimapur

n initiative for opening a Lions club in Dimapur was initiated by Lions Club of Imphal, Manipur in the year 1971. The first meeting for this purpose was held in the residence of Shri Hari Shankar ji Singhania. The meeting was attended by a team o f f ew ve r y e m i n e n t personalities of Dimapur t ow n l i k e L a t e L i o n Iqbaljit Singh, Late Lion Govind Chandra Paira, Late Lion Sabu Meruno, Late Lion Radha Binod Singh Khoijam, Late Lion Chain Roop Bakliwal, Late Lion Sohan Lal Jain and Late Lion M.P Jain.

Several meetings were held in the same premises where the sponsoring Club explained the structure of Lions International, aims and objects, financial obligation of the members & many more aspects.

The team decided to open a Club by motivating a few more service-minded p e o p l e o f D i m a p u r.

E v e n t u a l l y, L i o n s Club of Dimapur was inaugurated on 11/01/72 and was char tered by Lions International on 15/02/1972 with 34 enthusiastic members with Late Lion Govind Chandra Paira as Charter President, Late Harish Jain as Secretary, Late Lion Sohanlal Jain as Treasurer and Late Lion Chainroop Bakliwal as the Extension Chairperson. In the absence of a meeting hall, the Club’s meetings were held in the Guest House of the Power Department in Nagarajan. The present site was allotted to the Club in the name of Leo Park to be established in future and Lt. Col. Murty was the guiding factor to get the land from the State Government. Late Lion Sohanlal Jain took the initiative to construct the Lion Center. The work was completed under the Presidentship of Lion I. K. Vadera. In 1984, Lion R. K Katial conceived the idea of a Health Center with a shopping arcade and constructed the major part during his Presidentship.

The first f loor of the shopping arcade was completed during two years of Presidentship of Lion Kapoor Chand Sethi in the year 1987-89. The health club was started on the first floor during the Presidentship of Late P. K Dutta, PDG, but later it was converted to a Meeting

Hall, as the old meeting building was demolished in the year 2006-07, and the club started to build a multipurpose building both for club and community purposes. The project was started in the year 201213 under the leadership of Lion Praveen Jain and was inaugurated during the District Conference in the year 2020-21 under the Presidentship of Lion Gopal Sharma.

“More hands means more services”, keeping this view in mind Lions of Dimapur sponsored the Leo Club of Dimapur in 1975-76, which is our youth wing, Lions Club of Kohima in 1978-79, Lions Club of Diphu Greater in 1993-94, Lions Club of Dimapur Blue Vanda which is the first lady Lions Club of undivided District 322D in 1995-96 and Lions club of Guwahati Care in the year 2009. We are proud that two Charter Members of our Club happened to be ex-chief Ministers of two different states. They are late J.B. Jasokie - Chief Minister of Nagaland from 1978-82 and Late Radha Binod Koijam, Chief minister of Manipur, 2001.

And Padma Bhushan Shri S.C. Jamir who was also the Chief Minister of Nagaland. It is also a matter of pride that Lions Club of Dimapur has given three District Governors, namely Lion Raj Kumar More (1997-98), Late Lion P.K. Dutta, also known as Somu Dutta (2008-09), and Lion Lalita R Khadria (2020-21). Besides this Lions Club of Dimapur has also given 1 District Secretary namely Late Lion P.K. Dutta and 3 District Treasurers namely Late Lion Ajoy Jain, Lion P.K. Jain and Lion Neeraj Kala. During its journey of 50 years, Lions Club of Dimapur hosted 8 Cabinet meetings, one multiple council meeting, two District Conferences of District 322D, and n u m e r o u s Re g i o n & Zone Meetings. The first conference was hosted in the year 1987-88. We are proud that this conference was graced and blessed with the presence of Late Lion Rohit C. Mehta and Late Lion Ashok Mehta, who later on became Lions International Presidents.

Despite the pandemic, the conference was a grand success with participation of more than 700 Lions from different parts of

Lions District.

Ser vice activities of the club: With the international motto We Ser ve, Lions club of Dimapur has worked t o w a r d s t h i s m o t t o, and has been providing yeoman services to the society. In the year 1972, the club constructed two Waiting at Kohima Road, Dimapur. Later, 3 more waiting sheds were constructed at ADC Cour t, Chumukedima and Piphema. We have provided Hearing Aids and constructed Children’s Park at Deaf & Dumb School, Naharbari under the presidentship of Lion Pawan Maheshwari. Since the construction of the health center, the Lions Club of Dimapur has been rendering its services to the needy by providing various types of vaccinations like polio, hepatitis B and other vaccinations to the children as per the Child Immunization Prog ram. He patitis-B Vaccination was provided in association with Alkem Pharmaceuticals at a very subsidized rate. The Club also assisted 25 other clubs of the district to provide the vaccinations in their areas. More than one lakh children have been vaccinated at our Health Center. The club is proud of the fact that it is the first club of the District to start the Covid vaccination project, and our Club is the second largest Center in Nagaland in providing Covid vaccination. Under the Chairmanship of Lion P. K. Jain, altogether 89727 persons, including c h i l d r e n h ave b e e n vaccinated. Besides Covid vaccination, the Club also provided cooked food, grocery items, medicines, etc. during the pandemic.

Lion Basu Damani took up a noble initiative of providing free medicines to all Covid patients. This initiative started from 5th May 2021 and is still continuing. Our health centre is one of the most sought after in our town for child immunization.

When Lion Lalita R. Khadria was appointed as the coordinator of Measles Rubella Vaccination Campaign (MRVC) in Nagaland by Lions International, in the year 2018-19, under the presidentship of Manoj Chhabra 100% Children ofNagaland were vaccinated with

the suppor t of LCIF in association with the Government of Nagaland.

SIGHTFIRST, being the signature project of Lions International, the Lions Club of Dimapur organized the first free eye screening and operation Camp in March 1979 in Ram Krishna society which was inaugurated b y L a t e M r. C h a l e Kevichusa. The camp was successfully completed with the support of Late Lion Dr. G. K. Saraf, eminent Eye Surgeon of Asia from Kolkata.

More than 600 people were screened in the camp, and 36 operations were successfully performed.

During 2001-2002, under the presidentship of Lion R. Khadria, the club undertook this as a Permanent Project, and organized the free eye screening camp along with free IOL Operations in collaboration with Lion Eye Hospital of Jorhat.

More than 10,000 patients have been examined, and 1064 operations have been performed. Under Rural Development program, our Club adopted Darogajan Village for overall development during the year 1977. A weaving center in the village was started along with interestfree loans and yarns to villagers. A permanent s c h o o l b u i l d i n g wa s constructed. Agricultural seeds of improved variety were distributed. Drinking water & medical facilities were provided. For this project, our club got the award for the best District Project of that year, and also an award from first District Governor - Late J. N. Bawari for fulfilment of District Slogan “Lift up Villages”. The Club has also constructed a children’s park in Nagarjan Village, Pimla Village and Ram Janaki School. We in association with Lumba foundation distributed 40 sewing machines in 2018-19. Under the project “Jal hai to Jiwanhai”, the Club from its inception provided water facilities in many villages. 10 ring wells and 8 tube wells have been constructed.

Regular filtered water is being provided to people of nearby areas from the Club. Peace Poster Contest, being the Lion Clubs International program, the club has been organizing this contest on different themes every year

since 1998-99. Participants from many schools get the chance to showcase art & talent. Under “Beti Bachao Beti Padhao”, we contributed to the governor of Nagaland and sponsored education to many girls. With the b e l i e f t h a t e ve r yo n e deserves healthy life, since 1994, Lions Charitable Dispensary has been providing facilities and has been working to improve health of Children and Adults around the District through various health programs relating to hearing loss, Diabetes Control, taking care of physically handicapped, Children Health, TB, and Cancer. Many Mega Medical camps with free m e d i c i n e s h ave b e e n organized in different villages. We also provided wheel chairs and crutches to needful people. Our club is the first Club in Dimapur District to provide Ambulance Service to the needy at nominal charge.

We also had (Rehearse Van) Service. The Club also owns 15 Oxygen Cylinders, which are made available to the Society in case of medical emergency.

D i m a p u r L i o n s h ave made a profound impact by providing assistance during times of disasters.

The members are ready to provide necessary items like food, clothes, medicine and utensils to the victims. Lions Club of Dimapur also supports youth through scholarship p r o g r a m s, r e c r e a t i o n facilities & providing books and stationeries.

Dimapur Lions are proud that within the last four years, they have partially sponsored two Lions youth camps and exchange programs. Youth from different parts of India and even outside India visited Nagaland, and they had a very wonderful tracking journey to Dzukou valley.

4 Lions Quest teachers training workshops were organized where teachers from different schools were provided training on Personal Growth, Skills for Adolescence & social emotional learning. We also organized marathon race under the theme “RUN FOR PEACE” where more than 4000 student participated. “Under Save the Environment” the club has planted more than 5000 plants in different areas of the town. Under “Swach Bharat Abhiyan”,

the club distributed jute bags to the public of Dimapur and conducted an awareness program on “Say No to Plastic”. The club on the occasion of Golden jubilee year has constructed 5 Pay and Use toilets (2 for Ladies and 3 for Gents) for public use under the chairmanship of Lion Manoj Chhabra.

We regularly take up projects as advised by Lions International & the Lions District. We have also donated generously to Lions International for their humanitarian efforts across the globe. We have donated & arranged for blood in times of need & do various activities as per need of the hour.

All these Projects which we undertake require lots of Funds. We organize Deepawali Mela every year which is our Fund Raising project. The Mela is a fun filled family event in which there are lots of games for both kids & adults along with delicious food. The mela over the years has been graced by eminent personalities of our state including governors, chief ministers, cabinet ministers, MLAs & distinguished guests.

The completion of the 50th years of the Club and Golden Jubilee Celebration under the Presidentship of Lion Vikas Maheshwari & Chairmanship of Lion Sandeep Bakliwal gives us an opportunity to look back with pride on our wonderful accomplishments during this long journey. But this is not the end of our journey; we still have a long way to go. For this, we need more passion, dedication, more hands and more resources.

We have to look forward with more hope for doing something big, something unique, something special.

It is the challenge of the time and we must accept the challenge and fight for it. We would like to thank all the club members since inception and citizens of Nagaland & Dimapur in particular for their generous contribution to our club. A Small seed planted in the year 1971 has now grown like a “Banyan Tree”.

Long Live Lionism Long live Lions Club of Dimapur (History Compiled

by Lion Lalita R. Khadria & Lion Pawan Maheswari)

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PM will become ‘maafiveer’: Rahul on Agnipath scheme NEW DELHI, JUN 18 (PTI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said that just as Prime Minister Narendra Modi had to withdraw the farm laws, he will have to accept the demand of the youth and rollback the Agnipath defence recruitment scheme.

The former Congress chief also said that for eight consecutive years, the BJP government has “insulted” the values of ‘Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan’.

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra also stepped up her attack on the government over the Agnipath scheme and urged the Centre to understand the pain of the rural youth preparing for recruitment in the armed forces.

A man was shot dead in police firing in Telangana’s Secunderabad, trains went up in flames, and public and private vehicles were attacked, as railway stations and highways turned into

Sonia says Agnipath ‘directionless’

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battlegrounds in many states on Friday amid burgeoning protests against Agnipath.

In a tweet in Hindi, Rahul Gandhi said, “I had said earlier also that the prime minister will have to withdraw the black farm laws.”

“In the same manner, he will have to accept the demand of the youth of the country by becoming ‘maafiveer’ and take back the ‘Agnipath’ scheme,” he said.

In a tweet in Hindi, Priyanka Gandhi said, “Understand the pain of the rural youth preparing for Army recruitment. No recruitment for the past three years.”

Congress president Sonia Gandhi Saturday termed “directionless” the Centre’s ‘Agnipath’ scheme for recruitment in the armed forces, and said her party will work for its withdrawal.

She also appealed to the youths protesting against the scheme to adopt peaceful and non-violent means to fight for their demands.

“It is unfortunate that the government has announced a new armed forces’ recruitment policy, which is completely directionless and it has done so while ignoring your voices,” she said in a statement in Hindi, addressed to the youths.

Declaring her party’s support for them, the Congress president said along with the youths, several ex-soldiers and defence experts have questioned the scheme.

7 Agnipath row: Govt announces incentives; Plea in SC for SIT probe into protests against Agnipath offers talks as protests spread NEW DELHI, JUN 18 passed in a suo motu case NATIONAL

(From p-1) Railways cancelled 369 trains on Saturday and passengers faced a harrowing time. Over 200 trains were cancelled a day earlier after the railways faced the brunt of the protests.

The agitation also spread to the southern states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala, with aspirants doing push-ups on roads at some places to register their protest.

With the protesting youths alleging that they will be left in a lurch with no retirement benefits after the end of the four-year contract under the scheme, the ministries of home affairs and defence announced concessions and incentives that will assist retirees in their further employment.

The central government indicated that other departments too were working in this direction after several BJP-ruled states like Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh and Assam announced various measures

Centre to move SC on ESZ around protected forests

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, JUN 18 (PTI): The Centre on Saturday said it would be approaching the Supreme Court in connection with its order to create a one-kilometre eco-sensitive zone (ESZ) around all wildlife sanctuaries and national parks in the wake of rising protests in the high ranges of Kerala against the apex court direction.

Responding to a query on the ongoing protest in Kerala over the apex court order, Union Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public

Distribution and Environment, Forest and Climate Change Ashwini Kumar Choubey said any verdict of the Supreme Court has to be accepted.

Expressing their anguish over the implications of the Supreme Court order, farmers in high range areas of the state had been holding various forms of protests including hartals for the past two weeks urging the Centre and state governments to seek legal remedies to exclude human habitations from the one-km eco-sensitive zone around protected forests,

national parks and wildlife sanctuaries.

The state government has said it would explore the legal options to take care of the livelihood options of the people living in such areas.

The apex court recently issued a direction that each protected forest, including national parks and wildlife sanctuaries, must have an eco-sensitive zone of one kilometre and banned mining activities within such parks across the nation.

The high range areas of Kerala, particularly ar-

eas in Idukki, Wayanad, Kottayam and Pathanamthitta districts, had been witnessing hartals by various political and farmers’ groups against the apex court order delivered on June 3.

Issuing a slew of directions, a bench headed by Justice L Nageswara Rao had on June 3 ordered that no permanent structure will be allowed within such ESZs and said if the local law or other rules provide for an ESZ of more than one kilometre then the earlier provision would continue to apply.

to encourage the youths to apply under the Agnipath scheme and assured them reservation. Several state governments have also announced that Agniveers, after serving the armed forces for four years, will be given preference in filling vacancies in state police forces.

What Centre has offered: The Ministr y of Home Affairs (MHA) said it has decided to reserve 10 per cent vacancies for recruitment in CAPFs and Assam Rifles for Agniveers.

“The MHA also decides to give 3 years age relaxation beyond the prescribed upper age limit to Agniveers for recruitment in CAPFs & Assam Rifles,” the ministry tweeted. Further, for the first batch of Agniveers, the age relaxation will be for five years beyond the prescribed upper age limit, it said.

At present, jawans between the age of 18-23 years are recruited into the paramilitary forces.

A 10 per cent reservation will be implemented in

the Indian Coast Guard and defence civilian posts, and all the 16 Defence Public Sector Undertakings, according to Defence Minister Rajnath Singh’s office. It said this reservation would be in addition to the existing quota for ex-servicemen.

“Defence Public Sector Undertakings will be advised to make similar amendments to their respective recruitment rules. Necessary age relaxation provision will also be made,” it said.

“It is bringing revolutionary changes in the recruitment process in the armed forces. Some people are spreading misunderstanding about it. Maybe, there could be some confusion among the people as it is a new scheme,” Singh said speaking at the conclave organised by a media group.

Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said the PSUs under his housing and petroleum ministries are working on hiring ‘Agniveers’ and also slammed the Opposition for spreading “misinformation”.

(PTI): A PIL has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking a direction to set up a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the damage to public properties including that of railways and violent protests against the Centre’s Agnipath scheme.

The PIL has been filed by advocate Vishal Tiwari, who also sought directions to the Centre and Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, Bihar, Haryana and Rajasthan governments to submit a status report on the violent protests.

Tiwari in his plea also sought a direction to set up an expert committee under the chairmanship of retired apex court judge to examine the scheme and its impact on national security and Army.

He further sought directions to the Centre and the states arrayed as parties to appoint claim commissioners under the guidelines laid down by the apex court in its verdict of 2009

initiated after incidents of damages to public properties.

“The petitioner through this present Public Interest Litigation (Civil) under Article 32 of the Constitution of India would like to bring to the court’s attention the devastated condition of the country resulting from the Agnipath scheme launched by the Respondent No.1 (Union of India) through its Ministry of Defence,” the plea said.

It said that the consequence has been far reaching for the citizens of this country resulting in intensified vandalism and protest leading to severe destruction of public property and goods.

“The country is yet again witnessing another such societal upset and fatal condition due to the recent launch of the Agnipath scheme dated June 14, 2022 by the Respondent No. 1 through its Ministry of Defence,” it said.

Youth killed in firing was selected for army

HYDERABAD, JUNE 17 (IANS): The youth who died in police firing at the Secunderabad railway station during the protest against new armed forces recruitment policy ‘Agnipath’ was preparing to join the army.

Son of a farmer, D. Rakesh, 22, hailed from Dabeerpet village of Warangal district of Telangana.

Rakesh, who was in his final year of graduation in Hanamkonda, was selected for army recruitment six months ago and was preparing for the writ-

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ten exam.

He is survived by his parents, a brother and a sister. His sister is said to be working in the army.

Rakesh was one of the youth who had reached Secunderabad railway sta-

tion Friday morning from various parts of Telangana to stage the protest against the new scheme, which they believe will dash their hopes of joining the army.

The protestors resorted to violence, setting afire trains and cargo and vandalising the station.

Railway police opened fire to bring the situation under control. Rakesh, who was hit by a bullet, was shifted to Gandhi Hospital in a critical condition.

Doctors said they tried CPR but could not revive him.

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shocked his father Kumaraswamy, a farmer, mother Poolamma and other family members. They rushed to Hyderabad.

After an autopsy at Gandhi Hospital, the authorities handed over the body to his family members.

Twelve injured were also admitted to hospital.

Doctors said they were trying to ascertain if these were bullet injuries or not.

Barring Jagannath Rangaswamy, who is from Kurnool in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh, all the injured are from Telangana.

Awareness campaign for constitutional There is need to strengthen Railways Act: Vaishnaw rights and duties to be launched integration of Parliamentary Library with all the major libraries of the country.

During the last three years, the Lok Sabha has touched new heights under the leadership of Speaker Om Birla, the press note stated. The Lok Sabha has established many important milestones under the leadership of Birla in the direction of moving the nation on the path of Navnirman along with fulfilling the hopes and aspirations of the people.

Ashwini Vaishnaw

will listen to all your concerns and they will be addressed.”

Over 340 trains were affected on Friday and

speed pillars have already been constructed on a 60km stretch between Vapi and Ahmedabad.

He said, “170 km of foundation work has already been done. Work on the bridges on seven rivers ongoing at full speed. By 2026, India will run its first bullet train,” he said.

Ashwini Vaishnaw also said that while the public in Maharashtra wants the bullet train to run in the state, it will only be operational only when the “state gover nment wants it.”

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so that railway property can be further protected,” Vaishnaw said.

C u r r e n t l y, t h o s e found guilty of damaging railway property are charged under section 151 of the Indian Railway Act, which has a provision of a maximum of seven years of imprisonment.

He also said damaging railway property and disrupting rail services is not a solution for the protestors.

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NEW DELHI, JUN 18: On the initiative of Lok Sabha Speaker, Om Birla, a massive campaign will be launched across the country for the students and youth of the country to learn about the Constitution and to become aware of their constitutional rights and duties.

According to a statement, it mentioned that under the guidance of Birla, several citizen centric programmes are being started in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.

Various competitions will be organized at school, college and university level.

The winners of these competitions will get an opportunity to visit Parliament House on January 25, 2023.

They will also participate in the Republic Day celebrations on 26 January.

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In this regard an action plan is being prepared for participation of students and youth in the offering of floral tributes organized on the birth anniversary of great leaders in the Central Hall of Parliament. Apart from this, other competitions including essay competitions will also be organized on the lives and works of these great leaders.

Further, the process of integrating libraries of 12 Legislative Assemblies with Parliament Library is in progress. Apart from this, in coordination with NITI Aayog, work is being undertaken on the project of

more than seven trains set on fire by those protesting in Bihar and other states against the Centre’s ‘Agnipath’ scheme for recruitment in the armed forces on a short-term basis.

“We have to understand that the Railways is your own property and it provides service to that section which cannot afford flights and where no flight services exist,” Vaishnaw said.

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NEW DELHI, JUN 18 (PTI): The government will take action towards further strengthening the Railways Act to protect the property of the national carrier, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw Saturday said, as Agnipath protesters disrupted train services in parts of the country and damaged assets.

Speaking at the TV9 Global Summit, Vaishnaw also appealed to the protestors to not take law into their hands. “ T h e g ove r n m e n t

BUSINESS Swiggy deactivates ‘creepy’ executive

India, EU trade pact to help unleash significant untapped potential: Goyal

BRUSSELS, JUN 18 (PTI): With India and the European Union (EU) formally resuming negotiations for proposed agreements on trade, investments and geographical indications (GI), Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has said implementation of these pacts would help unleash the significant untapped potential for enhancing economic ties between the two regions.

India and the EU on June 17 formally resumed negotiations on the proposed agreements, after a gap of over eight years.

Goyal said they were here to relaunch the negotiations for a fair, equitable and balanced free trade agreement (FTA) between the EU and India.

“We have our teams in place...It will further strengthen our relations.

Our bilateral trade has grown significantly in the last few months...There is a significant untapped potential which we will hope to

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unleash with the execution of these three agreements -trade , investment and GIs,” he told reporters here.

India had started negotiations for a trade pact, dubbed the Bilateral Trade and Investment Agreement (BTIA), with the 27-country economic bloc in 2007, but the talks stalled in 2013 as both sides failed to reach an agreement on key issues, including customs duties on automobiles and spirits, and the movement of professionals. Asked about the key demands from the Indian side, Goyal said India wishes to engage with the world on modern products and look at areas where it can gain in terms of new technology

and investments.

“All cards are on the table and we are coming with an open heart and an open mind... Agreements do not have to always be about gain or demands, I think agreements also have to be which is good for both negotiating teams and for the people,” he said.

He added that there was a time when India was “super sensitive” on issues like gender and sustainability, but in the last few years, the country has demonstrated to the world “very deep commitment on these subjects”.

“We are looking at technology, we are looking at long term larger finance and low cost in order to transition much faster on the sustainable side,” he added.

European Commission Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis said both sides are aiming for an ambitious and comprehensive FTA. When asked about the major demands of the EU on automobile,

ByteDance shuts game devp studio, lays off over 100 HONG KONG, JUN 18 (IANS): China-based ByteDance has shut down a game development studio, laying off more than 100 employees, media reports said. ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company, shut down the ‘101 Studio’ in Shanghai it had acquired three years ago. “TikTok owner ByteDance is disbanding one of its main game studios due to its disappointing

performance,” Nikkei Asia reported. The gaming studio had around 300 employees and according to the report, some of them have been transferred to other verticals within ByteDance.

ByteDance’s 2019 acquisition of the core group behind 101 Studio was “seen as laying the groundwork to challenge the dominance of Tencent Holdings in mobile gaming”. The development

came as TikTok is reportedly planning to make a major push into gaming.

The short-video making platform has reportedly conducted tests that let users in Vietnam play games within its app.

According to TikTok, the only game currently available to users on its platform is Zynga’s “Disco Loco 3D,” a music and dance challenge mini-game.

Agnipath protest: Centre asks states, UTs to be on alert (From p-1) “…In social media a call for Bharat Bandh and protest at Jantar Mantar, Delhi on 20.06. 2022 is under circulation. There is a likelihood that the protest

may continue for some time,” the letter read.

In view of the above, Centre has added that “It would be imperative to put in place adequate security arrangements at im-

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portant installations and facilities, especially Railway stations/lines, National Highways and important government officers to maintain law and order, peace, and tranquility.”

wines and sustainability issues, he said, “According to WTO (World Trade Organisation) standards, these kinds of agreements have to cover essentially all trade.

There can be some specific exemptions...As regards sustainability, I will say no modern agreement in the EU is possible without ambitious trade and sustainable development chapters.”

These chapters typically cover issues related to employment, broader environment, human and labour rights, he added.

“The next round of negotiations will take place from June 27 till July 1 in New Delhi. We are pursuing an ambitious timeline and we aim to conclude the talks by the end of 2023,” Dombrovskis said.

The EU and India are already major trading partners, with an annual trade of 120 billion Euros. The EU is India’s third largest trade partner, accounting for almost 11 per cent of Indian trade in 2021.

NEW DELHI, JUN 18 (IANS): After a woman shared ‘creepy’ messages like “miss you lot,” from a Swiggy agent who delivered groceries at her doorstep, the company on Saturday said that the delivery executive has been ‘deactivated’ from the platform upon investigation.

After the delivery employee began texting her on WhatsApp, Prapthi, as per her Twitter handle, claimed that she had filed a complaint with Swiggy’s support team. Among other things, the delivery agent started sending her weird messages like “Miss you lot” and “nice your beauty, wonderful behaviour”.

“I’m sure that most women here can relate to this. I got a grocery delivery from Swiggy Instamart on Tuesday night,” Prapthi wrote on micro-blogging site Twitter.

“The delivery guy sent me creepy messages on WhatsApp today. Not the first time, not the last time.

Something like this is happening,” she added.

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BAN expresses concern over land occupied by CRPF

Members of BAN at Industrial Estate on Saturday.

DIMAPUR, JUN 18 (NPN): Business Association of Nagas (BAN) has alleged that the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has been occupying a good portion of the Industrial Estate and some industrial sheds for many years. BAN stated that the CRPF’s stay at the Industrial Estate was supposed to be temporary but the CRPF has extended their stay.

On Saturday, the commissioner & secretary for industries and commerce

Kekhrievor Kevichusa, DC Dimapur Sachin Jaiswal, managing director of Nagaland Industrial Development Corporation (NIDC) Zuvito Waths, president of the Business Association of Nagas (BAN) Mongkum Jamir, department officials, and BAN members inspected the Industrial Estate, at Firing range Dimapur.

BAN stated that the continued occupation of the Industrial estate by the CRPF is a loss for Naga entrepreneurs who could

Indian investors wary as mega crypto sell-off continues

NEW DELHI, JUN 18 (IANS): As foreign portfolio investors continue to pull out money from the Indian equity market, the sell-off in the crypto market and the digital asset space has also accelerated in the wake of global economic meltdown.

More than $200 billion were wiped off the entire cryptocurrency market this week and the globally crypto market capitalisation fell below $1 trillion for the first time since February 2021, according to data from CoinMarketCap. The already sinking cryptocurrency market in India is also witnessing a huge sell-off as the prices of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies nosedive amid volatile market conditions triggered by factors like high inflation, rising in-

terest rates, the RussiaUkraine war, and China lockdowns.

According to experts, crypto investors and traders in India are currently exercising caution and a distinct dip in crypto buying has been noticed.

Nischal Shetty, cofounder of cryptocurrency exchange WazirX, said: “Indian investors are cau-

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Bitcoin (BTC), the world’s largest cryptocurrency, has plunged about 70 per cent since its record high of $69,000 in November last year.

It was hovering around Rs 20,000-Rs 21,000 per coin this week.

According to analysts, Bitcoin may hit a grim

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Ethererum, the second-largest digital token, fell as much as 12 per cent to $1,045, a new 15-month low.

The current decline means that Ethererum has shed 77 per cent of its value since November 2021.

According to Cointelegraph, Ethereum sell-off resumed this week, with its price risking another 25 per cent decline in June.

However, in such a gloomy scenario, India’s own Gari digital token by short-video making app Chingari has risen about 40 per cent. Chingari, the fastest-growing Blockchain social app, this week an-

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Optimism on global growth has fallen to a new low. Net percentage of FMS investors expecting a stronger economy fell to minus 73 per cent, lowest since 1994.

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The survey finds that inflation will nonetheless remain high relative to history so by far and away the most popular description of what the economic backdrop will be in the next 12 months is “stagflation”, 83 per cent (up from 77 per cent), highest level since June 2008.

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nounced the ‘GARI Mining’ programme to empower 4 crore monthly average users (MAU), becoming the first social app in the world to offer crypto to its creators and users on its platform.

“This programme will ensure a level playing field for big and humble creators.

Now, creators and users on the app can earn GARI tokens which can be traded on exchanges for money and creators will not be at the mercy of brand collaborations as their only source of income,” said Sumit Ghosh, Co-founder and CEO, Chingari and GARI token.

Meanwhile, the fate of cryptocurrencies in India is still hanging in balance, and the much-awaited crypto bill is yet to see the light of the day.

All-time low in global growth optimism, finds survey

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have availed the industrial sheds at reasonable cost, adding that a good number of employments can also be generated if industrial activity takes place.

BAN informed that officials inspected the area and also met the CRPF Assistant Commandant-in-charge.

BAN expressed the need for the occupied area to be vacated at the earliest, adding that the department of Industries and Commerce has assured to take appropriate steps in this regard.

investors than at any time since GFC/Lehman expect inflation rates to decline.

As per the BofA survey, global profit expectations fell to net minus 72 per cent (from 66 per cent), the weakest since September 2008. The survey notes that the big lows in global profit expectations all occurred at other Wall St crisis moments (LTCM, Dotcom bubble burst, Lehman bankruptcy and Covid). Investors are now telling companies to “play it safe”. Investors want companies to strengthen their balance sheets (at 44 per cent up from 41 per cent, highest since January 2021) rather than increase spending on capex or return cash to shareholders via buybacks.

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Taliban fighters guard at the site of an explosion in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday. (AP/PTI)

PRESS NOTE

MADRID/ROME, JUN 1 8 ( I A N S ) : A n e a r ly summer heatwave continues to fuel a series of wildfires in northern Spain as the mercury has touched 42 degrees Celsius in most parts of the country.

Flames have destroyed almost 13,000 hectares of forests and scrubland over the past three days, including 9,000 hectares in Sierra de la Culebra hills in the province of Zamora, sources with the local rescue service said.

A fire caused by lightning strike on Wednesday night has led to the evacuation of 650 people from their homes in six towns in Zamora, reports Xinhua news agency.

Meanwhile, rescue services have also reported

Forest fires have erupted in Spain in the earliest heat wave to hit the country in more than 40 years.

fire in the communities of Catalonia, Navarra and Aragon.

Three more fires in Catalonia have so far destroyed 2,000 hectares of forests. The Catalan fire brigade warns that high temperature and strong winds may still devastate the situation.

Felicitation

With immense happiness, the Yimpeni Students’ Union (Waromung Compound) congratulates our dear Dr. t. Wapang, son of Lt. K. Temsu and Lt. Latongkumla on being promoted to Director (Family Welfare) Department of Health and Family Welfare, Government of Nagaland.

The Union wishes him good health and success in his future endeavours.

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The Kivikhu Ghami Kuposhukulu Dimapur would like to congratulate Dr. Khekato aye on being promoted to second-in-command 107 RaF(cRPF) and shri. hotoshe chophy gB Sematilla on being elected as Asst. Finance Secretary of Nagaland GB Federation. The KGKD would like to thank you both for bringing laurels to our people through your success.

It is also our utmost prayers that may you strive ahead and achieve greater heights in your new ventures.

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Italy’s heatwave The Community of Navarre, which borders sparks emergencies Castile-Leon and Aragon, A heatwave swe pt has also lost 500 hectares across Italy this week,

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with immense pleasure and pride, the Sakraba Students' union congratulates shri Vekusu cükhamu, Deputy Ranger being promoted to the post of Forest Ranger, environment, Forest and Climate Change Department, Government of Nagaland.

The union wishes him the best in his future endeavours.

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With immense pride, the New Tsarü Village Students' Union extends our sincere appreciation and heartiest congratulations to shri. l.t. sangtam, Advocate for being appointed as the Additional Advocate General for the state of Nagaland.

The Union with great honour wishes him great success in his future endeavour.

Three of these four cities declared a 24-hour emergency status.

In Turin, however, the status is predicted to continue for several days and escalate into “red” on Sunday, the most severe status. Temperatures in some parts of the north topped 40 degrees Celsius.

The agricultural association Ag ricotori Italiani said as much as half of the agricultural production in norther n Italy was now at risk due to drought conditions.

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We, the Lotha Community Sovima, would like to congratulate Miss Renthunglo Yanthan, D/o Thungsumo Yanthan from St. Joseph Higher Secondary School, Chumukedima for securing Top 10 (b) in HSSLC Science Stream.

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We extend our best wishes and prayers for all your future endeavours.

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sparking emergencies in at least four cities and putting half of the agricultural production in the north at drought risk.

An orange heat emergency, the second highest emergency level, was declared on Friday in cities of Brescia, Turin, Florence and Perugia, reports Xinhua news agency.

The most vulnerable, the elderly, children, the chronically ill, and pregnant women, are advised to stay indoors during the hottest hours of the day.

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of woodland in fire. The regional government said the fire is under control, but the flames are yet to be extinguished.

The wildfires were attributed to the worst early summer heatwave to hit Spain in over two decades which has lasted for a week and is expected to continue until at least Sunday.

Eleven out of Spain’s 17 autonomous communities are on orange alert for high temperatures.

Reservoirs are at an average 48 per cent of capacity, 10 per cent down from the 2021 level and 20 perc ent lower than the average for the last 10 years.

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Ndang also congratulated the Farmer producer Company (FpC) working based on apiculture for the new office set up and wished all the best for the future. He encouraged the team to start mobilizing the neighbouring villages and carry out the best extension. He shared the importance and potential of forming an FpO and requested the farmers to give their best. FpO will also help the farmers to avail production technology and market linkage he said. dp-2982/22

due to prolonged power cuts, and asked teachers to conduct classes online, the Daily Mirror newspaper reported.

Sri Lanka is facing power outages for upto 13 hours in a day for the past several months now.

Earlier this week, Sri Lanka’s cash-strapped g ove r n m e n t a p p r ove d several measures, including imposing a 2.5 per cent social contribution tax on companies based on their tur nover and declaring Fridays as holidays for most public sector employees, to facilitate the economic recover y and mitigate energy and food crisis.

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from the targeted camps in central and northern Gaza Strip and eastern Gaza City.

No Palestinian group claimed responsibility for the rocket fire but the Israeli military blamed Hamas.

An Israeli military raid in the West Bank early Friday, in which three Palestinian militants were killed and eight wounded, could have triggered the rocket attack from Gaza.

A l s o o n F r i d a y, an Israeli obser vation balloon crashed and fell in northern Gaza Strip.

The Israeli military said it was investigating the incident but clarified the balloon was not downed by Palestinian militants.

limits on fuel supply, the weak public transpor t system and the difficulty in using private vehicles this circular allows minimal staff to report to work from Monday,” the Public Administration and Home Affairs Ministry said in a circular issued on Friday.

However, those employed in the healthcare sector will have to continue reporting to work, the circular stated.

The Sri Lankan Education Ministry announced that all government and g ove r n m e n t a p p r ove d private schools in the Colombo city limits would remain shut in the next week

felicitatiOn The ASSu, Nagaland with great pleasure and honour would like to convey our heartiest congratulations and appreciation to Dr. therila sangtam on being awarded the degree of Ph.D in Geography from Nu on the topic “Rural Development & its Sustainability in Tuensang District, Nagaland: A Geographical Analysis.”

The ASSu wishes the best on her future endeavours.

Sd/SeThRONGChem President, ASSu

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JERUSALEM, JUN 18 (AP): Palestinian militants fired a rocket into southern Israel early Saturday, shattering a two-month lull in violence at the GazaIsrael border in contrast to soaring tensions in the occupied West Bank.

The Israeli military said aerial defense systems intercepted the projectile, which activated warning sirens in the souther n coastal city of Ashkelon.

There were no reports of casualties.

Hours later, Israeli aircraft car ried out a series of airstrikes on four military sites for Hamas, the militant group that rules Gaza. Videos on social media showed plumes of smoke and fire rising

Three-wheeler drivers wait in queue to buy petrol due to fuel shortage in Colombo on June 17, 2022.

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C O LO M B O, J U N 1 8 (PTI): Crisis-hit Sri Lankan government has announced a shut-down of public sector offices from next week, beginning Monday, due to severe fuel shortages as the island nation continues to reel under its worst economic crisis.

The Sri Lankan Education Ministry has also asked teachers in all gover nment and g ove r n m e n t a p p r ove d private schools in the Colombo city limits to conduct online classes from next week due to prolonged power cuts, the Daily Mirror newspaper reported.

With its existing fuel stocks fast depleting, Sri Lanka is under intense pressure to get foreign exchange to pay for its imports, which has brought several sectors of the country’s economy to a grinding halt.

C o n s e q u e n t l y, spontaneous protests have been reported at filling stations around the country where consumers have been waiting in long serpentine queues for fuel for hours.

“Taking into consideration the severe

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Associated Press quoted the Interior Ministry spokesman as saying.

Khalid Zadran, a spokesman for the Kabul police chief, said the police operation ended after the last attacker was killed several hours later.

“The security forces were able to act quickly to control the attack and eliminate the attackers in a short period of time to prevent further casualties,” he said.

In New Delhi, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday strongly condemned the “cowardly attack” on a gurdwara in Kabul and said the government was closely monitoring the situation following the incident.

has in the past claimed responsibility for attacks on mosques and minorities across the country.

“We heard a huge blast in Kart-e-Parwan neighbourhood at around 6 am local time. The blast was followed by another explosion which occurred about half an hour after the first blast. The whole place has now been sealed off,” China’s state-run Xinhua news agency quoted an eyewitness as saying.

The security forces have cordoned off the area for precautionary measures, he said.

The blast sent a column of thick smoke into the sky and triggered panic, the witness said.

There were less than 700 Sikhs and Hindus in Afghanistan at the time of the 2020 attack. Since then, dozens of families have left but many cannot financially afford to move and have remained in Afghanistan, mainly in Kabul, Jalalabad and Ghazni, according to AP. S i n c e t h e Ta l i b a n took power in August last year, the country has seen continuing attacks by rival Sunni Muslim militant group Islamic State.

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Islamic Emirate forces and an Afghan Sikh national were killed in the incident.

Seven others were injured and hospitalised.

According to the statement from the Interior Ministry, an explosive-laden vehicle aiming to target the place was thwarted before reaching its goal.

The gurdwara was a t t a c k e d e a r ly i n t h e morning when up to 30 people were inside, the BBC reported.

Takor said a vehicle full of explosives was detonated outside of the gurdwara but that resulted in no casualties.

First the gunmen threw a hand g renade which caused a fire near the gate of the gurdwara, the

“The cowardly attack on Gurdwara Karte Parwan should be condemned in the strongest terms by all. We have been closely monitoring developments since the news of the attack was received. Our first and foremost concern is for the welfare of the community,” Jaishankar tweeted. “ We a r e d e e p l y concerned at the reports emanating from Kabul about an attack on a sacred Gurdwara in that city. We are closely monitoring the situation and waiting for further details on the unfolding developments,” the spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs also tweeted.

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has strongly condemned the attack and urged the Centre to extend immediate assistance to ensure the safety of minorities in the Afghan capital.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack.

However, the attack is suspected to have been carried out by from ISIS Khurasan.

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KABUL/NEW DELHI, JUN 18 (PTI): Several blasts tore through a gurdwara in Kabul on Saturday, killing two persons, including a Sikh, and injuring seven o t h e r s, w h i l e A f g h a n security personnel thwarted a bigger tragedy by stopping an explosive-laden vehicle from reaching the place of worship of the minority community in the war-torn country.

In the latest targeted assault on a place of worship of the Sikh community in Afghanistan, Gurdwara Karte Parwan in Kabul’s Bagh-e Bala neighborhood was attacked early Saturday morning and a gun battle l a s t i n g s e ve r a l h o u r s between the terrorists and Taliban fighters ensued, said Abdul Nafi Takor, a spokesperson for the Interior Ministry.

Three attackers were killed by the Taliban forces, the Pajhwok news agency reported.

Takor confirmed that at least one member of the

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Website of Photography Club Dimapur launched by Abu Metha A A

achieved in the true sense”, Metha stated.

Briefing about the club, PCD president Letminthang Kingpen said the club started in the year 2013 and comprised of 40 members at present.

The club inclines with the concept of organising photography festival called “The first Nagaland Photography festival” which has is scheduled to be held on August 19 and 20, in Dimapur. The event has been conceptualised with an objective to take Nagaland into World Photography map.

He said through the event, the club hopes to take the photography community to expose to better platforms.

He also said photography clubs will be inviting photographers from all over the North East.

The event will comprise of seminar, workshops, interaction with renown photographers apart from

stalls and participation from different communities.

He informed that the federation of India photography, an apex body of MHA photography will be assisting the club for the upcoming event. On the online photography competition, Kingpen said that it will comprise of four genres—color, monochrome, photo journalism and photo travels where everyone can participate.

The event will be partnered with TaFMA. Further, the president highlighted on the activities carried out by the club.

The programme was chaired by Veduvolu Khusoh, invocation was offered by Town Baptist Church pastor Vilodi Sakhrie and vote of thanks was proposed by PCD secretary Wati Jamir. The launching programme was also attended by TaFMA advisor Theja Meru.

(Staff Reporter)

What to know about men and stroke

stroke, sometimes called a “brain attack,” happens when blood flow to an area in the brain is cut off.

The brain cells, deprived of the oxygen and glucose needed to survive, die. If not caught early, permanent brain damage and death can result.

Strokes are the fifth leading cause of death in men (and the third most common cause of death in women), yet most guys can’t name one stroke symptom. Here’s how to recognize and prevent them.

Why Should I Care About Strokes?

If you’re like most middle-aged guys, you probably don’t spend much time worrying about a stroke. After all, strokes are a risk we associate with later in life -- something to think about after we retire and are fitted with our first pair of dentures.

But maybe we should be a little more concerned.

They are indeed more likely in men over age 65, but they can happen at any age.

Strokes are also more likely to be fatal and strike earlier in men than in women.

The consequences of a stroke can be devastating.

Not only can a stroke kill you, but nonfatal strokes can leave you severely debilitated, paralyzed, or unable to communicate.

However, the news isn’t all bleak. About 80% of strokes are preventable.

So it’s time to improve your odds. If you’re at risk, you need to learn the signs of stroke and make some changes in your lifestyle.

Knowing the risk fac-

tors and signs of a stroke is the first step in stroke prevention.

There are two types of stroke: Ischemic strokes are similar to a heart attack, except they happen in the blood vessels of the brain.

Clots can form either in the brain’s blood vessels, in blood vessels leading to the brain, or even blood vessels elsewhere in the body that travel to the brain. These clots block blood flow to the brain’s cells, choking off oxygen to a part of the brain.

Without oxygen, brain cells first go into shock and then start dying. So the longer you go without stroke treatment, the greater the damage to your brain. Ischemic strokes can also happen when too much plaque (fatty deposits and cholesterol) clogs the brain’s blood vessels. These are the most common type of stroke. About 80% of strokes are ischemic.

Hemorrhagic strokes happen when a blood vessel in the brain breaks or ruptures. The result is blood seeping into the

brain, causing damage to brain cells. While less common, these strokes can be more devastating.

Although the cause is different from an ischemic stroke, the result is the same: Brain cells can’t get the blood they need.

More than 60% of people who have a hemorrhagic stroke die within a year, and those who survive tend to be much more disabled.

The most common causes of hemorrhagic stroke are high blood pressure and brain aneurysms. An aneurysm is a weakness or thinness in the blood vessel wall.

The most common symptoms of a stroke are: Weakness or numbness of the face, arm, or leg on one side of the body Loss of vision or dimming (like a curtain falling) in one or both eyes Loss of speech, difficulty talking, or understanding what others are saying Sudden, severe headache with no known cause Loss of balance or unstable walking, usually combined with another

Fans and stars pay tribute to Paul McCartney on his 80th birthday

symptom Immediately call 911 if you or someone you know has symptoms of a stroke. Stroke is a medical emergency. Immediate treatment can save your life or increase your chances for a full recovery.

The American Heart Association uses the memory tool known as F.A.S.T. to recognize signs of stroke: Facial drooping Arm weakness Slurring of speech Time to call 911 Up to half of strokes are preventable. Many risk factors can be controlled before they cause problems.

Controllable risk factors Include: High blood pressure Atrial fibrillation Uncontrolled diabetes High cholesterol Smoking Heavy drinking Being overweight Carotid or coronary artery disease Uncontrollable risk factors include: Age (People over age 65)

Felicitation

Mr. HiMal Kunwar, son of Mr. AMrit KunwAr resident of nepAli GoAn, diMApur, nAGAlAnd hAs been inducted As flyinG officer in the indiAn Air force. his fAMily is very proud of hiM for his AchieveMent.

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fELicitAtiON Celebrating the achievement with thanks giving to God. The office of the Tamlu Village Students’ Union would like to convey our heartiest congratulations to Smt. Vangngoi Phom, wife of Shri. Shahkup Buchem, for being conferred Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) in Education basing on the thesis; “A Study on the History and Status of Education in Longleng District of Nagaland” from Nagaland University (NU) under the supervision of Prof. Lungsang Zeliang.

The Union is immensely proud of your accomplishment and your dedication and determination is an inspiration to many. The Union wishes you a bright future.

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old footage of McCartney, shot by Harrison himself.

Seán Ono Lennon, son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, shared an acoustic rendition of ‘Here, There And Everywhere’ in tribute to the singer-songwriter.

“A little birdy told me this was one of your your fav Beatles tunes,” Ono Lennon wrote in the video’s caption.

“So Happy Birthday! Thank you for all the beautiful music. You have mine and the whole world’s undying love and respect. (This version is a bit rough because it’s such a pretty song I kept getting choked up and staring again!)”

Paul McCartney is set to become the oldest Glastonbur y headliner when he takes to the Pyramid Stage next Saturday evening (June 25). He’ll top the bill alongside Kendrick Lamar and Billie Eilish, the latter of whom will become the festival’s youngest-ever solo headliner.

On June 16, McCartney joined forces with Bruce Springsteen as he wrapped his ‘Got Back’ US tour in New York. McCartney welcomed The Boss onstage at the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey as a “birthday present to myself ” to perform the latter’s 1984 classic ‘Glory Days’ before the pair played The Beatles‘ ‘I Wanna Be Your Man’. (Rolling Stones)

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he highly influential musician, known as both a hugely successful solo artist and member of the legendary Beatles, as well as founder of the band Wings, was born James Paul McCartney on June 18, 1942, in Liverpool.

His honours include two inductions into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame (as a member of The Beatles in 1988 and as a solo artist in 1999), an Academy Award, 18 Grammy Awards, an appointment as a Member of the Order of the British Empire in 1965 and a knighthood in 1997 for services to music.

Today (June 18), fans, friends and entertainers have been sharing stories, tributes, photographs and more to mark the singer’s landmark birthday.

“They say it’s your birthday Saturday happy birthday Paul love you man have a great day peace and love Ringo and Barbara love love peace and love,” McCartney’s Beatles bandmate Ringo Starr wrote on Twitter. The official Twitter accounts for McCartney’s late bandmates John Lennon and George Harrison each posted a birthday message. Lennon’s birthday shoutout came alongside a playlist of the pair’s greatest songwriting collaborations; Harrison’s included some

Gender (Men have more strokes; women have deadlier strokes) Race (African-American people have a higher risk) Family histor y of stroke Your doctor can evaluate your risk for stroke and help you control your risk factors.

Ways to do this include: Exercising for at least half an hour on most days of the week Eating right, preferably a diet low in saturated fat (such as that in processed meats) and high in fruits and vegetables Maintaining a healthy weight Not smoking. Smokers are twice as likely to have a stroke.

Low-dose aspirin can reduce stroke risk, although it may not help younger men already at low risk for stroke. Talk to your doctor before starting aspirin therapy.

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dvisor to the chief m i n i s t e r, A b u Metha launched Photography Club Dimapur (PCD) website www.

PCD.ORG.IN at Nagaland coffee shop, here, on Saturday.

The advisor, who was special invitee at the programme pointed out that “a picture and photograph can speak a thousand words”.

On advancement of social media, the advisor said knowledge was available to everybody and there was no excuse for not knowing.

In this regard, he said people should use the information and power of social media to empower oneself to pursue dreams.

He said Nagaland in the past faced many challenges, but despite that, he said Nagas were able to succeed in many ways.

“The success ratio has become much higher considering the challenges and the problems that we face”, he stated.

With regard to the photography festival which was discussed by the club, the advisor said it should be a “wholesome festival” celebrating the Naga way of life and asked them to use that platform to spread the goodness of Naga people.

The advisor said the festival which the club had envisioned should not only be an asset for the state. “As we have hornbill festivals, we want more festivals to grow in different fields so that Nagaland slogan of “Land of festival” is

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Ranji Trophy: MP to face Mumbai in final Bengal added 79 runs to their overnight score of 96 for 4 and with 83 overs set to be bowled, Kartikeya and MP wrapped it up in just 28.2 overs.

“It’s Manoj’s dismissal last evening that was the turning point,” admitted MP coach Chandrakant Pandit, the man who incidentally was skipper when

the team last played the finals in the 1998-99 season.

No wonder, the players that impressed the national selectors were Kartikeya and Rajat Patidar.

It was some sight as their teammates curiously watched from the dressing room door seeing chief selector Chetan Sharma speak to the duo.

Mumbai march into final

Kartikeya leads Madhya Pradesh to 174-run win over Bengal.

ALUR/BENGALURU, JUN 18 (PTI): Bengal needed 350 runs to win a tough semi-final but left-arm spinner Kumar Kartikeya bowled out an under-pressure team to exactly half of the target to take Madhya Pradesh to Ranji Trophy final after 23 years.

Kartikeya, who has been impressive in an otherwise disastrous IPL campaign for Mumbai Indians, bowled 32 overs out of the 65.2 overs that Bengal faced to make 175. His final figures read 32-1067-5 for a match haul of 8 for 128.

It wasn’t the defeat that will hurt Bengal but the manner in which they

lost would hurt them the most. It was an abject surrender.

Kartikeya actually played with the opposition batters’ minds and even their top-scoring skipper, Abhimanyu Easwaran (78), looked beaten from the start.

It was evident when Abhishek Raman, who bagged a pair, forgot to take guard on Friday afternoon.

On Saturday morning, Anushtup Majumdar suddenly realised that he has forgotten to wear his thigh guard.

It was nervousness as he edged the first delivery without showing any footwork. It was a delivery that he would have left on any

other day.

Easwaran seemed too intent to impress the troika of national selectors, present to watch the match, rather than trying to be be counter offensive. An innings that could make him a worthy contender for a spot in the Test team. Easwaran certainly lacks the ability to win tough games.

He quietly accumulated runs but not for once did it seem that he is going for the chase.

Once Kar tikeya knocked his off stump back with a delivery that kept a touch low, the writing was on the wall. Sayan Sekhar Mondal had a match he would like to forget in a hurry.

Domestic giants Mumbai completed the formality of qualifying for the Ranji Trophy final by virtue of first innings lead on the final day of their last-four match against Uttar Pradesh, here on Saturday.

The 41-time champions, Mumbai thoroughly dominated from the first ball of the game, which ended in a draw, at the Just Cricket Academy ground.

Mumbai had posted 393 in their first innings and then bundled out Uttar Pradesh for a meagre 180, to gain a massive first-innings lead.

When play ended on the fourth day on Friday, Mumbai had piled up a mammoth 449 for 4 in their second essay, courtesy hundreds by Yashasvi Jaiswal and Armaan Jaffer. At stumps of Day 4, Mumbai took an overall lead of 662 runs, making it amply clear that there was only one result possible from the match.

On Saturday, play began after lunch due to wet out-field and overnight batters Sarfaraz Khan and Shams Mulani continued to torment the UP bowlers.

Both Sarfaraz (59 not out) and Mulani (51 not out) completed their half-centuries, after which both the captains decided to shake hands.

Mumbai posted 533 for 4 in their second essay.

Sarfaraz hit one boundary and three sixes, while Mulani hammered six fours.

Mumbai will meet Madhya Pradesh in the final, which will be played at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium from June 22. The final will be a battle between two former Mumbai players Amol Mazumdar and Chandrakant Pandit, who are coaches of Mumbai and MP respectively.

Bagnaia takes surprise German Grand Prix pole

SAXONY (GERMANY), JUN 18 (AGENCIES): Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia set a lap record at the Sachsenring in practice and capped off his Saturday by grabbing his third pole position of the season to start at the front of the grid at the German Grand Prix.

On a track where Ducati have struggled in recent years, Bagnaia was the only rider to finish his qualifying lap inside the one-minute 20-second mark (1:19.931).

Bagnaia, last year’s runner-up in the championship, had set the lap record during FP3. He will be joined on the front row by two Frenchmen - Yama-

Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia in action during qualifying.

ha’s world championship leader Fabio Quartararo and Pramac Racing’s Johann Zarco.

“I’m happy, we’ve done a great job in these conditions. It’s very hot and tomorrow will be even hotter. It was a great session,” Bagnaia said in a pit

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lane interview.

“I was surprised to start the week like this but the (good) feeling has grown session by session and now I feel very comfortable with everything.”

Aprilia’s Aleix Espargaro, second in the standings, will start fourth on

the grid alongside Fabio Di Giannantonio (Gresini Racing) and Ducati’s Jack Miller, who could receive a grid penalty for crashing under yellow flags.

Gresini’s Enea Bastianini, third in the riders’ standings with three race wins this season, had another disappointing qualifying session as he failed to move into Q2 for a second straight grand prix and will start 17th on the grid.

Suzuki will have only 2020 champion Joan Mir competing for the Japanese team on Sunday following Alex Rins’s withdrawal after the third free practice session due to a wrist injury.

Osaka withdraws from Wimbledon

LO N D O N, J U N 1 8 (AGENCIES): Former world number one Naomi Osaka pulled out of Wimbledon on Saturday with an Achilles injury.

“My Achilles still isn’t right so I’ll see you next time,” the four-time Grand Slam winner posted on Twitter.

Osaka, 24, was already considering not playing over the ATP and WTA tours decision to strip Wimbledon of ranking points after the All England Club banned Russian and Belarusian players in response to the invasion of Ukraine.

Osaka’s tweet, although not mentioning Wimbledon specifically, was accompanied by a photo of herself on a grass court, and an emoji of a blade of grass.

The Japanese player

Naomi Osaka

first suffered the Achilles problem in her opening match in Madrid in May, the injury forcing her to pull out of the following Italian Open.

This month she posted a video of a training exercise on social media accompanied by the caption; “Here’s me running on a underwater treadmill because my Achilles is being stubborn still I must be aging or something.”

Osaka’s name had ap-

peared on the singles entry list for Wimbledon when it was released last week, but she has not featured in any of the grass-court warm-up events.

Osaka, who has never got beyond the third round at the All England Club, raised the possibility of missing the grass court Grand Slam after her first round loss at last month’s French Open.

“I’m leaning more towards not playing given the current circumstances. I’m the type of player that gets motivated by seeing my ranking go up,” she said.

“I feel like if I play Wimbledon without points, it’s more like an exhibition,” she continued.

“The intention of this measure was good, but the execution is all over the place.”

Eddie Nketiah signs new Arsenal deal

LO N D O N, J U N 1 8 (AGENCIES): Young striker Eddie Nketiah will wear Arsenal’s iconic number 14 shirt next season after signing a long-term contract, the Premier League club said on Saturday.

The 23-year-old joined Arsenal as a teenager and has made 92 first-team appearances, scoring 23 goals.

It was only last season, however, that Nketiah began to make a place in Arsenal’s attack his own, scoring five goals in his last eight Pre-

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

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mier League appearances.

The contract is a reward for his form and handing him the 14 shirt, the number worn by club great Thierry Henry, shows the

faith manager Mikel Arteta has in him.

Theo Walcott and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang also wore 14.

“I’m delighted Eddie is staying with us. He represents what we are all about and all the values of the club,” Arteta said.

“We are very happy that he has extended his contract and now we have to get to work and continue to develop the great talent and person that we have in him.”

1st Death anniversary of our beloved father

Shri Lt. Kawoto Yepthomi

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Loving Wife, Children, Grand Children, Family & Friends

18/03/1960 – 10/06/2022 We, the bereaved family of Lt. Mr N Marcus Lotha would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to all relatives, friends, churches, neighbours, colony members, unions, organizations, groups and well wishers who extended their selfless support spiritually, physically and financially at the sudden demise of our beloved father.

We are truly moved by the overwhelming love and support we received during our darkest hours.

We sincerely regret our inability to thank everyone individually, but we pray that our Almighty God bless you all abundantly.

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Truly my soul finds rest in God; my salvation comes from Him. Psalm 62:1 We, the bereaved family of Lt. Aghotoli Awomi would like to extend and acknowledge our heartfelt gratitude to all the friends, neighbours, unions and all wellwishers who stood by us during the time of her courageous battle with prolonged illness and demise on 13/06/2022.

We also extend our much indebted appreciation to: 1. Nagaland State Transport GM Office, all officers and staff.

2. Doctors, nurses and staff of Prime Hospital, Dimapur.

3. Vizheto Village.

4. Dimapur Sumi Baptist Church.

5. East Dimapur Sumi Baptist Church.

6. Blood Bank, Civil Hospital, Dimapur.

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Neeraj wins at Kuortane Games

NEW DELHI, JUN 18 (PTI): Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra clinched his first top podium finish of the season by winning the javelin throw event at the Kuortane Games in Finland, beating reigning world champion Anderson Peters of Grenada for the second time in four days, on Saturday. The 24-year-old Chopra’s opening throw of 86.69m turned out to be the winning distance. Trinidad and Tobago’s 2012 Olympics champion Keshorn Walcott was second with a first round throw of 86.64m.

Peters was third with a best throw of 84.75m, which also came in the opening round.

C h o p r a ’s s e c o n d and third attempts were fouls and he did only three throws. That meant Chopra had single legal throw and he won the competition with it. His throw was not as big as the 89.30m effort while finishing second in the Paavo Nurmi Games in Turku, Finland, in a starstudded field but the win will surely boost his confidence ahead of the Stock-

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holm Diamond League on June 30. Finland’s Oliver Helander, who won javelin throw competition in Turku with an effort of 89.83m, did not turn up though his

name was entered. Reigning Asian and world para javelin champion Sandeep Chaudhary, who was also training at the Kuortane Olympic Training Centre along with

Pranati Nayak wins bronze in Asian Artistic Gymnastics

MUMBAI, JUN 18 (IANS): India’s Pranati Nayak has bagged a bronze medal in the vault section of the 9th Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Doha, Qatar. This is Pranati’s second medal in the Asian Championships, making her the only Indian to win two medals in the Continental Championships.

Pranati, 27, who competed in last year’s Tokyo Olympics, continued to impress as she came up with scores of 13.400 and 13.367 in the first and second vault respectively. She thus finished with an overall score of 13.367 at Doha on Friday evening.

With this score, Pranati finished behind South Korea’s Yeo Seo-Jeong (14.084) and Shoko Miyata (13.884) of Japan, who claimed gold and silver, respectively.

This is Pranati’s second medal in the Asian

Pranati Nayak (R) won Bronze Medal in Vaulting Table event in Doha, Qatar.

Championships, adding to the bronze she won in the 2019 edition in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

She thus became the first Indian gymnast to win two medals in the Continental Championships.

Ashish Kumar had won a bronze medal in the floor exercise in 2006 in Surat while Dipa Karmakar, who finished fourth in the Rio Olympic Games, claimed

a bronze in 2015 in Hiroshima, Japan, making it four medals in all in the Asian Championships. With this, Pranati also qualified for the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships to be held in Liverpool, UK, in OctoberNovember this year.

India have sent an eight-member contingent— four men and four women— to participate in the 9th Asian championships.

Chopra, also took part in the competition and finished eighth with a best throw of 60.35m. Peters is leading the charts this season with his monster throw of 93.07m while winning gold in the Doha Diamond League last month. Chopra’s 89.30m effort in Turku stands at fifth best of the season.

Chopra had made a spectacular return to competition after his historic gold in the Tokyo Olympics with a stunning throw of 89.30m shattering his own national record, which placed him second in a star-studded field at the Paavo Nurmi Games in Turku, Finland, on Tuesday.

Chopra’s first competitive event after just over 10 months was nothing short of extraordinary as he nearly touched the coveted 90m mark, considered the gold standard in the world of javelin throw. Chopra’s earlier national record was 88.07m which he had set in Patiala in March last year. He had won the Tokyo Olympics gold with a throw of 87.58m on August 7, 2021.

Prannoy loses in Indonesia Open JAKARTA, JUN 18 (PTI): Indian shuttler HS Prannoy signed off with yet another semifinal finish at the Indonesia Open Super 1000 badminton tournament after going down in straight games to China’s Zhao Jun Peng here on Saturday.

Wo r l d nu m b e r 2 3 Prannoy couldn’t find his rhythm and lacked precision and control to lose 16-21 15-21 to Jun Peng, a two-time bronze medallist at the World Junior Championships, in a 40-minute last four clash. Playing his second semifinal at the Indonesia Open, Prannoy, who turns 30 next month, fell behind from the start as he couldn’t keep pace with his opponent in rallies.

The left-handed Chinese put a lot of power in his smashes and his holdand-flick shots also caught Prannoy off guard.

Prannoy saved three before Jun Peng produced a precise down-the-line smash on his rival’s forehand back corner to make his first final of a world tour event.

NAGALAND POST, DIMAPUR SUNDAY, JUNE 19, 2022

2 Naga wrestlers win bronze at Intl Sports Festival in Kyrgyzstan DIMAPUR, JUN 18 (NPN): Two wrestlers from Nagaland Wrestling Association (NWA)— Keduovilie Zumu and Nlumrai Hegwang—have won bronze medals at the International Sports Festival—’Pearl of Kyrgyzstan’ (belt wrestling) held at Cholpan, Ata Kyrgyzstan.

In a press release, NWA president Dr. Hiabe Zeliang and general secretary Vilekho Bio informed that Hegwang participated in under 80 kg category and Zumu in 80+ kg category representing All India Traditional Wrestling & Pankration Federation (AITWPF) at the International Sports Festival, which concluded June 18, 2022.

The duo, who are also part of the Nagaland DGP Sports Team, have secured bronze medals in their respective categories, NWA informed. Around 10,000 sportspersons from 30 countries participated in the sports festival, which had more than 30 different

Nlumrai Hegwang (L) and Keduovilie Zumu (R)

sports disciplines with Judo and Belt Wrestling as the main events. Meanwhile, NWA has congratulated Zumu and Hegwang on their achievement. AITWPF senior vice president also extended congratulations to the two wrestlers

and NWA on behalf of the federation for making the country proud.

The two medallists would arrive Nagaland on June 21 and their felicitation programme would be organised in due course of time, NWA informed.

Asian Track Cycling C’ships: India bags 10 medals on Day 1 NEW DELHI, JUN 18 (PTI): India has bagged 10 medals, on the opening day of competitions, during their campaign at the Asian Track Cycling Championships, in Delhi, including a gold. The opening day of the 41st Senior, 28th Junior Asian Track, and 10th Para Track Cycling Championships witnessed 12 finals out of which four were for Para Championships. The Indians clinched one silver and six bronze medals in the senior and junior events, while one gold, one silver, and one bronze were won in the Para events.

The Indian team opened its tally with a silver medal in the junior women’s 4km team pursuit event with Pooja Dhanole, Himanshi Singh, Reet Kapoor, and Jasmeek Kaur Sekhon clocking 4:54.034s against Korean riders KIM Chaeyeon, Cheon Yunyeong, Kim Eunsong, AN Yeongseo, who clocked 4:47.360s to win the gold. Kazakhsta–

Riders of India compete in the Elite Women’s Team Pursuit qualifying round at the Asia Track Cycling Championship, in New Delhi, Saturday. (AP/PTI)

n bagged the bronze with a timing of 4:48.872s.

In the senior women’s 4km team pursuit event, the Indian riders consisting of Rejiye Kh Devi, Chayanika Gogoi, Meenakshi, and Monika Jat outclassed Uzbekistan riders Evegeniya Golotina, Madina Kakhkhorova, Margarita Misyurina, Yania Kuskova to secure a bronze medal by clocking 4:44.699s.

After a gap of 17 years, the Indian team won a medal in the senior women’s

category in any Asian Track Cycling Championships.

Gold and silver in the event were won by Korea (Jumi Lee, Jieun Shin, Youri Kim, Ahreum Na) and Kazakhstan respectively. The Indians clinched another bronze when Niraj Kumar, Birjit Yumnam, Aashirwad Saxena, and Gurnoor Poonia combined to clock 4:22.737s and finish third in the junior men’s 4km team pursuit event. Kazakhstan won the gold while Korea bagged the silver. India secured another

bronze in the senior men’s 4km team pursuit event.

Japan won the gold while Korea bagged the silver. India’s chief coach VN Singh expressed pride after the display of the home team on an opening day. “India has progressed a lot in the endurance events, around 8 years ago it was difficult to complete the race but now the scenario has changed and Indian riders are not only completing the races but also winning the medals,” he said.

In the women’s senior team sprint event, India’s Trishya Paul, Shushikala Agashe, and Mayuri Lute, who had accused former chief coach RK Sharma of sexual harassment during a recent training tour of Slovenia, won the bronze medal with a timing 50.438s.

In the elite men’s team sprint event, India’s David Beckham, Ronaldo Singh, and Rohit Singh won the bronze with a timing of 44.627s.

Japan won the gold while Malaysia bagged the silver. In the junior women’s team sprint event, Korean riders Yunseo NA, Doye KIM, and Chaeyeon KIM created a new Asian record with a timing of 51.607s to win the gold.

Malaysia won the silver while India claimed the bronze. In the junior men’s team sprint event, Korea won gold, while Kazakhstan and Malaysia bagged silver and bronze respectively.

India finished fourth.

Jabeur fends off Gauff to set up Berlin title clash with Bencic Sathiyan loses to Chinese Taipei star

BERLIN, JUL 18 (AGENCIES): Ons Jabeur kept Coco Gauff waiting for a top 10 debut as the Tunisian battled past her teenage opponent to reach the Berlin Open final.

Gauff would have secured a career-high ranking on the WTA list if she had won Saturday’s semi-final, but top seed Jabeur took it 7-6 (7-4) 6-2 to earn a shot at Belinda Bencic in the title match. Only world number one Iga Swiatek has won more matches on the WTA

Ons Jabeur

Belinda Bencic

Tour than fourth-ranked Jabeur this year, who collected a 29th win as she overcame a 3-1 career head-to-head deficit against Gauff to earn

the victory.

Gauff, at 18 years and 98 days, would have become the youngest American to reach a grass-court

singles final on tour since Andrea Jaeger was runnerup to Martina Navratilova at Wimbledon in 1983. It was not to be her day though, Jabeur breaking serve for the fourth time in the match to seal victory, encouraged by a large and vocal Tunisian following.

Re f l e c t i n g o n t h e match, Jabeur said: “When you play Coco you have to have all the shots. She’s a talented player; she’s very tough to beat. You can see I’ve lost already three times

against her. “Sometimes she takes it, sometimes I take it, and it was a great match for both of us.” This is just the second WTA tournament where 27-year-old Jabeur has been a top seed.

“I’ve tried to act like a number one seed on and off the court, and it’s a good pressure,” she added.

Olympic gold medallist Bencic had earlier claimed an impressive 6-7 (6-8) 6-4 6-4 win over Greek second seed Maria Sakkari in the first semi-final.

in WTT Contender Zagreb event

MUMBAI, JUN 18 (IANS): The sensational run of Indian paddler Sathiyan Gnanasekaran in the World Table Tennis (WTT) Contender series event at Zagreb, Croatia, ended in the men’s singles quarterfinals as he lost to Chih-Yuan Chuang of Chinese Taipei on Saturday.

Sathiyan, who had defeated world No. 6 and reigning European champi-

FIH Pro League: Indian team beats Argentina in shoot-out ROTTERDAM, JUN 18 (PTI): Gurjit Kaur scored a brace as the Indian women’s hockey team dished out a spirited performance to stun Olympic silver medallist Argentina 2-1 in the shootout after a 3-3 stalemate in regulation time in the first match of the double-leg FIH Pro League tie here on Saturday.

Gurjit’s (37th, 61st minutes) two penalty corner conversions and Lalremsiami’s (4th) field strike cancelled out Agustina Gorzelany’s (22, 37th, 45th) hattrick to take the match into the shoot-out.

In the shoot-out, Neha Goyal and Sonika scored for India, while Victoria Granatto was the lone scorer for reigning Pro League champions Argentina as the Savita Punia-led side registered a famous win

Indian Women’s Hockey Team played a breathtaking game against Argentina at FIH Pro League on Saturday.

and avenged their 1-2 defeat finals. The Indians started against the same opponents strongly in the match, domiin the Tokyo Olympic semi- nating the early exchanges.

India put pressure on the Argentina defence early on and secured a penalty corner in the third minute but Monika’s flick was saved by the opposition goalkeeper Belen Succi.

A minute later, India surged ahead through a brilliant field goal by Lalremsiami.

It was Deep Grace Ekka who created the chance with her defence splitting pass from outside the circle and Lalremsiami dodged her marker to get a brilliant touch which completely foxed the Argentine goalie. Stunned by the goal, the Argentines came out out attacking and secured two penalty corners in succession soon but the Indian defence stood firm.

Seconds before the end of first quarter, Sharmila Devi’s effort from close

range from a Navneet Kaur pass was kept out by Succi.

The Indians started on the same note in the second quarter but Argentina slowly and steadily got their acts together. Six minutes into the second quarter, Argentina earned two quick penalty corners and Agustina Gorzelany scored after her flick went in after getting of deflection of Sushila Chanu’s stick.

Argentina secured another penalty corner soon but Chanu made a goalline save to deny Valentina Costa. Seconds from halftime, India too got a penalty corner but wasted the opportunity.

I t wa s e n d - t o - e n d hockey from both the sides but Argentina surged ahead this time when Gorzelany scored from a penalty stroke in the 37th minute.

Argentina’s joy was short-lived as India drew parity seconds later through a perfect penalty corner conversion by Gurjit Kaur.

The Argentines continued to press hard and won two more penalty corners in the third quarter but the Indians defended stoutly.

Argentina secured their eighth penalty corner in the 45th minute and Gorzelany was bang on target to register her hat-trick and hand her side the lead again.

The Indians, however, did not give up and fought tooth and nail. Gurjit again came to her side’s rescue with a brilliant penalty corner execution in the 51st minute to level the scores 3-3. Thereafter, both the sides tried hard to score the winner but the defensive units stood tall to take the match to shoot-out.

on Jorgic Darko of Slovakia to reach the Last 16 earlier in the event, went down to the Chinese Taipei player in straight games, losing 7-11, 9-11, 5-11.

Sathiyan had defeated China’s Chen Yuanyu 3-0 (11-9, 11-7, 12-10) in the previous round. But he found the going tough against Chih-Yuan Chuang of Chinese Taipei and the latter controlled the rallies and

served well. Chih-Yuan won seven points on his serve in the first game as he won easily. But the second game was a bit closer and the Indian fell short by just two points.

The Chinese Taipei player did not allow the Indian opponent much chances as he emerged winner in 25 minutes. Sathiyan’s defeat ends India’s campaign in the WTT Contender Zagreb event.

Canadian Grand Prix: Max Verstappen tops practice MONTREAL, JUN 18 (AGENCIES): Formula One revved up for the first Canadian Grand Prix since 2019 with Max Verstappen setting the practice pace for Red Bull and Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz having a close encounter with a groundhog on Friday.

World championship leader Verstappen was fastest in both sessions at the island Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, setting a time of one minute 15.158 seconds in a sunny first and 1:14.127 in the second that ended just before a downpour.

Sainz was second in the opening session, lapping 0.246 slower than the Dutch driver, but team mate Charles Leclerc pushed him down to third in the later hour. Double world champion Fernando Alonso was

third and fifth respectively for Renault-owned Alpine with Sebastian Vettel fourth in practice two.

The groundhog momentarily diverted attention from ‘porpoising’, the bouncing effect causing pain for the drivers of some cars and notably Mercedes, when it crossed the track right in front of Sainz in the first practice. The Spaniard missed the lucky animal by a whisker. Ferrari are under close scrutiny after a double retirement in Azerbaijan last weekend dealt a big blow to their title challenge.

Leclerc has taken pole position six times in eight races this season, including the last four, and will have a 10 place grid penalty on Sunday after having a number of power unit components replaced.

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