19 April 2022

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Vol XXXII No. 132

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NIDA’s three-day ‘mass casual leave’ begins CS convenes meeting with NIDA on Apr 19 Correspondent

KOHIMA, APR 18 (NPN): As a mark of resentment against the lack of response from the state government to their demand for increasing the retirement age from 60 to 62 years, the government doctors under the banner of Nagaland In-Service Doctors Association (NIDA) began the 3-day “mass casual leave” across the state on Monday.

NIDA had decided to launch its phase-II protest in the form of “mass casual leave” after the state government failed to address its demand.

Earlier, in phase-I, NIDA members wore black badges as a form of protest, but called off after state government’s appeal and written assurance on April

Lt Gen Manoj Pande to be next Army chief

Lt Gen Manoj Pande

NEW DELHI, APR 18 (PTI): Lt Gen Manoj Pande will be the next Army chief succeeding Gen MM Naravane whose tenure ends by the end of this month, officials said on Monday.

At present, Lt Gen Pande is serving as the Vice Chief of the Army Staff.

Gen Naravane’s tenure will come to an end on April 30.

Before taking charge as the Vice Chief of the Army Staff, he was heading the Eastern Army Command tasked with guarding the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh sectors.

Lt Gen Pande was commissioned into the Bombay Sappers in December 1982.

In his distinguished career, he has held several prestigious command and staff assignments in conventional as well as counter-insurgency operations in all types of terrain. He also served as chief engineer in the UN mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea. He was also the Commander-inChief Andaman and Nicobar Command (CINCAN).

17, 2021 seeking one year period to settle the matter.

In view of the absence of striking doctors, services in government hospitals and health centres were affected across the state, but the emergency department and ICUs remained open.

Patients with serious ailments were received at the district hospitals but owing to closure of OPDs, were transferred to private hospitals.

Meanwhile, it was learnt that the state chief secretary has reportedly convened a meeting with the NIDA on April 19, 2022. NIDA officials informed that the first day of the protest passed off peacefully in all districts.

They said that OPD remained closed in all the districts, but serious patients were shifted to private hospitals.

Interacting with media persons, NIDA members at Naga Hospital Authority Kohima (NHAK) expressed regret about the outcome

Patient being taken away for test from NHAK Kohima to a private hospital on Monday. (NP)

despite their reluctance to go to the extent of mass casual leave. They said NIDA had no other option by the government but to resort to such measure. They said the medical department was one of the pillars of the government and such a situation should never have happened had the government fulfilled its “written assurance” given on April 17, 2021.

The NIDA members said their patience had been tested for the last six years.

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NIDA members however expressed hope that the state government will take the matter seriously and resolve the issue soon.

At NHAK, the first day witnessed 27 patients, who had arrived for emergency check-up, including pregnant women, paediatrics and ENT while serious cases being referred to private hospitals.

Angami Students’ Union (ASU) representatives were also present at NHAK monitoring the situ-

ation. Interacting with media persons, ASU core committee co-convener Khrielievi Chüsi said the union has deployed volunteers at all the health centres under Angami jurisdiction to ensure that patients were not deprived of health services.

Chüsi said the issue has flared because of the government’s inability to resolve the issue. He reminded that as it was not a law-andorder issue, deploying police or district administration officials at NHAK was not necessary.

He said that after collecting the data of certain issues, ASU will submit the report of the government to resolve the issue. He said that the government should not take the matter lightly.

PTI adds: NIDA’s demand is under consideration by the state government but no final decision could be arrived at as there are oppositions to it from certain quarters, chief secretary J Alam told PTI.

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Cong leader Adhir Chowdhury writes to Shah for early resolution of Naga issue

NEW DELHI, APR 18 (PTI): Leader of the Congress in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury wrote to Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday urging him to implement the two agreements signed between the central government and the Naga groups for resolving the Naga issue.

Chowdhury said the late Rajiv Gandhi had offered to hold unconditional talks with Naga insurgents over three decades ago and the negotiations started in 1997.

“At present, we have two official agreements between the central government and Naga insurgents — the Framework Agreement signed at the residence of Prime Minister on August 3, 2015 between R N Ravi, Interlocutor, and Th. Muivah, general secretary of NSCN (I-M), and the Agreed Points signed between R N Ravi and (Cont’d on p-8) the working committee of

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the Naga Nation Political Groups (NNPGs) on November 17, 2017,” he said.

“Stakeholders, after consideration of the agreed points, are demanding for implementation of the agreements. In view of the above, I request you to kindly implement the above mentioned agreements so that the Nagaland issue is resolved,” Chowdhury said in his letter to the Union Home minister.

Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury also said that Governor Ravi, in his address to the Nagaland Assembly in February 2021, had de-

clared that the talks have concluded.

“Thereafter, chief minister Neiphiu Rio moved a resolution demanding resumption of talks instead of endorsing the implementation of agreements. This is what we call a flip-flop,” the Congress leader alleged.

The Naga issue has been pending for long and peace talks have been stuck over some matters.

The Centre has been holding peace talks with various factions of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN) and the Naga National Political Groups for resolution to the Naga issue and bringing peace to Nagaland.

Even though a framework agreement between the NSCN-(IM) and the Centre had been signed, a final resolution of the peace talks is pending as the talks are stuck over some matters.

NSSB issue: ENSF to launch indefinite stir from Apr 21 Need to ensure greater unity: Along

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KO H I M A , A P R 1 8 (NPN): Miffed by state government’s failure to fulfil its six-point charter of demands, the Eastern Naga Students’ Federation (ENSF) Monday announced launching of an indefinite agitation at the State capital Kohima starting April 21, 2022.

The federation, which held a crucial meeting in Kohima on April 8, had unanimously resolved to proceed with “further course of action”.

Addressing a press conference at DUDA guest house here on Monday, ENSF president Chingmak Chang, said that even after

waiting for more than a year, the government has failed to give any positive response.

He said the federation had asked the government to incorporate the exempted eight departments and posts under the purview of Nagaland Staff Selection Board (NSSB), but the government has not met the demands till date.

Besides not fulfilling the demands, he said the two points were not raised even once during the meetings between ENSF and the committee formed to review ENSF demands.

Chang pointed out that having run out of all options and waiting long enough, the federation was now compelled to initiate

the democratic form of agitation.

He stated that the sole purpose of constituting ENSF was to encourage meritocracy and discontinue backdoor appointments.

However, Chang said that by not including those two genuine demands, the whole purpose of having an NSSB would be defeated even before the board began functioning. He disclosed that the proposed agitation was in continuation of ENSF’s five-day agitation that was previously launched in all the Eastern districts.

He said the federation was equally serious with its demands and would not concede unless the government comes out with a posi-

tive and concrete response to its demands.

ENSF president also clarified that the federation was not against the functioning of NSSB and that the only contentions were the modalities of the board.

Former president of ENSF and now advisor, Sepini L Sangtam, supplementing Chang, said the call for agitation was a general appeal to all the Nagas since the demands put forward by the federation was not just for the Eastern people but for benefit all the Nagas. He said ENSF had registered its displeasure with the reply given by the government during the meeting between the two parties then and there.

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DIMAPUR, APR 18 (NPN): Minister for Higher Education & Tribal Affairs, Temjen Imna Along on Monday categorically stressed on the need for Nagas to have greater unity in order to go forward.

Addressing the introductory session of the twoday Central Nagaland Students’ Association (CNSA) 4th general conference, which commenced here at Agri expo site, 4th mile on the theme “Beyond boundaries”, Along said: “To make our presence known, we need to make sure that greater unity is achieved traditionally, economically and culturally.”

Temjen Imna Along (NP)

He also said that “if we take the right path, we will be an epitome for all tribes.”

Expressing regret on division within the society, the minister called upon CNSA to foster the spirit of unity among the Nagas.

He also asserted on building better narratives of the Naga society in order to usher in a new Nagaland.

“We need to update the narratives in the right way taking guidance from our elders, so that we all be able to exist in prosperity, peace and unity,” he stated.

Along also suggested organizing conclaves that would provide platform to speak about new narrative and also focused on digital Nagaland and tribal rights of the people.

The minister encouraged CNSA, that being leaders of the future they needed to shoulder the responsibility to build a new Nagaland. In his opening remark, organizing committee convener S Zhevihe Sumi explained about the objectives of CNSA. (Cont’d on p-8)

AK Mishra in Nagaland; Small aircraft to be used for last mile connectivity CSU condemns Apr 17 incident DELHI, APR 18 craft is in the making. the ministry.” He added, KOHIMA, APR 18 (NPN): the minor. CSU said it was begins parleys with NPGs NEW (AGENCIES): After two In an exclusive chat “I am very confident that Chakhesang Students’ Union perplexed and shocked by

AK Mishra (File) Staff Reporter

DIMAPUR, APR 18 (NPN): Government of India’s representative for Naga political talks, AK Mishra arrived in Nagaland on Monday on a weeklong visit.

Soon after his arrival, Mishra met several leaders of the Naga Political Group(s) at Police Complex,

Chümoukedima. He also met some civil society organization leaders on Monday.

During the back-to-back meetings held separately with the NPG leaders and CSOs, Mishra was reportedly briefed about the present status of the talks, sources said.

It was also learnt that Mishra will be holding several rounds of parleys with leaders of the NSCN (I-M) and the Working Committee of the NNPGs. He will also be meeting the members of the Parliamentary Core Committee on Naga Political Issue headed by chief minister Neiphiu Rio.

years of slowdown, India’s aviation industry is looking at clearer skies. Domestic air passenger traffic crossed the 4 lakh mark on the April 17 for the first time since the COVID outbreak.

According to the data, domestic traffic on Sunday touched 95 percent of preCOVID levels.

Union civil aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said the current air traffic demand is sustainable and expects more domestic and international flights in a month. He added new UDAN scheme to provide last mile connectivity using helicopters and small air-

with CNBC-TV18, Scindia said that the UDAN scheme will now provide last mile connectivity to customers with the help of helicopters and small aircraft, which will roll out soon.

He added, “We are now in process of working on UDAN 4.2 where we will also bring in the earlier flights. Along with this, we are positioning ourselves for last mile connectivity by bringing in place a scheme for smaller aircrafts which include up to 19-20 seaters and helicopters. So there are many initiatives new and innovative initiatives that we are working on within

connectivity will increase in the days to come. In the next 30 days to 45 days, I think you will see many more planes being diverted towards India with regard to the very robust demand for international traffic also that the country is projecting.”

State-owned regional airline Alliance Air, which was excluded from Air India’s recent privatization, has officially separated from Air India.

Vineet Sood, CEO of Alliance Air, says Alliance Air is now selling tickets through its own channels and has its own unique flight code.

(CSU) has vehemently condemned the heinous crime perpetrated against two minors in Kohima on Sunday.

In a condemnation, CSU president Avezo Kevin Kapu and asst general secretary, Asalü Veswuh alleged that the accused one Yankiuba Yimchunger, a neighbour of the victims, had allegedly “lured and abducted” the siblings-- boy (8 years) of class 1 and girl (12 years) of class 7 at around 5:30 p.m. on April 17 on the pretext of buying candies.

CSU said the accused left the boy alone at around 10:30 p.m. and took the girl away and allegedly raped

such inhumane and barbaric act meted out against the minors, instigating fear psychosis in a civilised society which was highly deplorable.

The union appealed to the law enforcing agencies to probe into the matter and award befitting punishment to the accused without delay. CSU said the accused deserved non-negotiable punishment as per the law of the land. Further, the union expressed solidarity and sympathy with the victims and the family.

According to police sources, the accused was apprehended and under police custody.

spell likely to continue in NE This is it! ‘Omicron more likely to cause upper airway infections among children’ DWet I M A P U R , A P R 1 8 laya, Nagaland-Manipur-

“I remember you were so anti-private hospital before. I hope you take a kinder view from now on?”

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WASHINGTON, APR 18 (PTI): Omicron is more likely than other coronavirus variants to cause upper airway infection (UAI) among children, putting them at risk of heart attack and other severe complications, according to a study.

The researchers from the University of Colorado, Northwestern University, and Stony Brook University in the US analysed data from the National COVID Cohort Collaborative pertaining to 18,849 children

under age 19 who were hospitalised with COVID-19.

The study, published last week in the journal JAMA Paediatrics, also found that Omicron causes UAI in younger children with the mean age of hospitalised children falling from about four years and five months during the preOmicron period to about two years and one month during the Omicron period.

The researchers conducted the study to determine if cases of UAI among

children increased when Omicron became the dominant SARS-CoV-2 variant in the US. The propor tion of children with a paediatric complex chronic condition was not significantly different in the pre-Omicron period compared with the Omicron period, they said.

Overall, 21.1 per cent of children hospitalised with both COVID-19 and UAI developed severe disease requiring measures like inserting a tube into the

lungs to assist with breathing, known as intubation.

“Children with severe UAI are at risk of cardiac arrest from rapid-onset upper airway obstruction.

They may require therapies typically provided in intensive care units, including frequent administration of nebulised racemic epinephrine, helium-oxygen mixtures, and intubation,” the authors of the study noted.

Nebulised racemic epinephrine is typically reserved for patients in

the hospital setting with moderate-to-severe respiratory distress.

“While the rate of SARS-CoV-2 paediatric UAI is not overwhelmingly high, understanding this new clinical phenotype and the potential for acute upper airway obstruction may help guide therapeutic decision-making,” they said.

Omicron strain of SARS-CoV-2 became dominant in the US the week ending December 25, 2021.

(NPN): Under the influence of strong southwesterly winds from Bay of Bengal to North Eastern States at lower tropospheric levels, rainfall is likely to continue in many parts of the region during the next five days, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicted.

IMD informed that fairly widespread/widespread rainfall accompanied with thunderstorm/ lightning/gusty winds was very likely over Arunachal Pradesh, Assam-Megha-

Mizoram-Tripura & SubHimalayan West Bengal & Sikkim during next five days. It also informed that isolated heavy rainfall was likely over Assam-Meghalaya during next 5 days.

Further, it informed that thundersquall (wind speed reaching 50-60 kmph) & Hailstorm at isolated places was also very likely over Assam-Meghalaya & Nagaland-Manipur-MizoramTripura & Sub-Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim on April 19, 2022.

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Jacob inaugurates Sodzülhou village gate

DIMAPUR, APR 18 (NPN): Minister for Public Health Engineering Department (PHED), Jacob Zhimomi inaugurated Sodzülhou village gate, here, on Monday.

Speaking at the inaugural programme, the minister in his speech congratulated the village and urged upon them to unite and work together for the welfare of the village.

The minister stated that the relationship between Chakhesangs and Sümis traced back to history and that as one family, he said the two communities need to support each other.

Zhimomi also encouraged all everyone to work together for progress be it in religious, social or economic field.

Police recover unidentified body DIMAPUR: Dimapur police recovered one unidentified body of a male (around 35 years) inside a ring well at Duncan Bosti, Dimapur on April 15.

According to police PRO, inquest was conducted over the dead body which was highly decomposed and on completion of all legal formalities, the body was shifted to District Hospital Dimapur morgue for PM examination. Claimants of the deceased have been requested to contact officerin-charge, West PS Dimapur at 7085055024.

NEWS IN BRIEF DES to launch online registration of births & deaths: Department of Economics & Statistics has informed that online registration of births & deaths would be launched in the directorate of Economics & Statistics conference hall, Kohima on April 19.

RCZN to commemorate 50 years: Ratakhrie Chü Ze-Naki (RCZN) would be commemorating its 50 years on April 23, 11 a.m. at Jakhama Local Ground. All members have been requested to attend the programme.

BVP Dimapur elects office bearers: Bharat Vikas Parishad Dimapur branch held an annual general meeting and selection of new office bearers at Hanuman Mandir conference hall on April 17. The new team for the term 2022-2025 would be led by advocate Yoginder P Gupta as president, Ajay Mundhra and Juel Acharjee as vice presidents, Dr. D R Sharma as chief advisor, Arijit Sharma as general secretary along with other members.

UNPG NNC-PB suspends two: UNPG NNCPB has informed that cadres of “Naga National army” NNC-PB, C-in-C K Kiuthsangkhiung and ‘lt. gen’ A.B Kiurunkiu have been suspended with immediate effect. The group through its general secretary Toshi Walling informed that the two were suspended “for undermining the office of the collective leadership (NNC-PB) thereby creating a confusion among Naga National Workers.”

Further, they have been directed to report to the “central office NNC-PB” and “substantiate the reason as to why a termination order should not be served against them” on or before May 10, 2022.

The group said failing to comply with the order may invite stern and punitive action.

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On the ongoing IndoNaga political peace talks, he called on all the stakeholders to extend their support and cooperation.

The minister also said that resolution might take place by the end of this year, for which it was unclear whether elections would be held or not. “Let’s just hope that whatever decision be it, will be for the betterment of the society and that we the Nagas will find solution at the earliest” the minister added.

The programme was chaired by Sodzülhou village chairman Mezhülhou Koza and dedicatory prayer was proposed by pastor Sodzülhou CRC, reverend Sevie Koza.

Later, vote of thanks were proposed by head Jacob Zhimomi along with GBs and others after the inaugural programme GB of Sodzülhou village, on Monday. (NP) Alhou Ngone.

Tseminyu DPDB discuss dev activities DIMAPUR: Tseminyu District Planning and Development Board (DPDB) members discussed various developmental activities for the newly created district during monthly DPDB meeting on April 14 at the office chamber of Deputy Commissioner (DC) Tseminyu.

According to a DIPR report, the meeting held under the chairmanship of advisor, animal husbandry and women resources and chairman, DPDB Tseminyu, R. Khing discussed on

up gradation of various departments office under Tseminyu district.

The meeting also proposed for master plan for Tseminyu district Headquarters and agreed to send the proposal to the government to acquire 250 acres to 500 acres of land.

The house also took up matter relating to creation of new administrative units and invitation of development activities under kasha jurisdiction. The members deliberated on introduction

of science and commerce streams at Government Higher Secondary School (GHSS)Tseminyu.

Construction of office building for SDEO Tseminyu, establishment of District Education Officer (DEO) office and up gradation of deputy CVO office to Chief Veterinary Officer were also discussed.

The house also discussed on establishment of Eklavya Model Residential School at Chunlikha under Article-275(1).

Language school inaugurated at Kushiabill

DIMAPUR: A language school, “Gyanswrng Fwrwng Shali” under the motto, ““Unity, Perseverance, Triumph”was inaugurated on April 17 at Kachari Community Hall Kushiabill, Dimapur.

In a press release, Kushiabill Kachari community informed that the school for the Kachari community of Kushiabill Village was inaugurated by Kushiabill head GB,

Subhas Mech. The release stated that the initiative to open the language school by the dedicated youths of the community was applauded by the leaders.

The inauguration was attended by GB Langkang Mech, community chairman Dharma Dhaj Sonowal, council secretary Biswajit Mech, VDB secretary Dip Mech and other well-wishers of the village.

BJP ST Morcha holds executive meeting LFI college celebrates ‘World Heritage Day’

DIMAPUR: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Scheduled Tribe (ST) Morcha Nagaland State Unit held its executive meeting on April 16 at Hotel Japfu, Kohima with BJP National ST Morcha President and MP, Sameer Oraon and minister for tribal affairs & higher education and Nagaland BJP president, Temjen Imna Along Longkumer along with a host of party leaders.

In a press release, the party informed that in his address, Sameer Oraon claimed that BJP was the only party that has recognized and brought the tribal community of India to the socio-economic and political forefront of the country.

Oraon said from the time of Late Atal Behari Vajpayee, BJP has always worked

for the welfare of the tribal community. He further added due to the visions of BJP, 12.5 million tribal people in the country are now in the political and economic forefront of the country.

Speaking at the programme, Along lauded ST Morcha, Nagaland unit for always being at the forefront in the service of the people and congratulated the Morcha for their humanitarian works especially during COVID-19 pandemic.

BJP ST Morcha, Nagaland state unit, president, Awan Konyak said the ST Morcha BJP was often considered as the “light brigade” where the karyakartas render help in every way possible for the welfare of the people.

F&CS commemorates ‘azadi ka amrit mahotsav’

DIMAPUR: Department of Food and Civil Supplies (F&CS) commemorated “Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav” by celebrating “anna yojana and public distribution system” on April 12 at CPO Hall, Chümoukedima.

In a press release, the department informed that in a brief report on Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY), deputy director F&CS, I. Anungba Sanglir said “anna yojana and public distribution system” under “azadi ka amrit mahotsav” was an initiative of the government of India to celebrate and commemorate 75 years of progressive

India and the glorious history of its people, culture and achievements.

He added that, the department of F&CS was focused on the successful implementation of PMGKAY, which is an additional allocation of food grains to all the beneficiaries covered under Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) free of cost.

Sanglir also pointed out that during the first and second country-wide lockdown, the staff of F&CS department rendered their service to the people of the state and while on the line of duty some of the staffs even

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Born : 17th May 1937 – Died : 12th April 2022 We, the family members of Late Whedi William Naleo, S/o Late Vipon Naleo would like to extend our sincere gratitude to all the individuals, churches and organisations for showing solidarity to our beloved father and family in kind and prayer support during his time of illness till his demise on 12th April 2022.

May the Almighty bless you all abundantly for your kind gestures.

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lost their life to covid-19.

Special guest of the programme, Additional De puty Commissioner (ADC) Chümoukedima, Dr. Kuzonyi Wideo congratulated the state government and the department of F&CS for prompt and timely implementation of the PMGKAY scheme.

A short speech was also delivered by divisional manager, Dimapur, P Vanlalpak K Gante and the programme concluded with vote of thanks by Sr. Inspector of Supplies, Dimapur, Ilitemsu.

DIMAPUR: Livingstone Foundation International (LFI) college, department of History celebrated World Heritage Day on the theme “Heritage and climate” on Monday.

In a press release, LFI informed that while speaking at the programme, Pranabananda Women’s College vice principal, C. Narola Ao deliberated on the theme.

She said World Heritage Day was celebrated to spread awareness of the rich cultural diversity and the importance of preserving ancient heritage.

On the value of heritage in the context of Naga society, she said the ancestors left a trail in our history and how we developed, which makes the people understand and explain why and how we they were. Naga art and culture are closely associated with socio-religious rituals, customs and practices, she said.

In the ethnographic heritage of the traditional Naga society, Narola said one could witness abundance of songs, oral traditions and practices and

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT We, the bereaved family members of A . Akavi Sema wishes to acknowledge our deepest expression and kindness to share during his prolonged illness.

Our heartfelt thanks to blood donors, New Colony Sumi Baptist Church, neighbours, friends and well wishers who stood by us physically, financially, materially and spiritually throughout our DieD oN 13 ApRiL, 2022 difficult times.

We deeply regret our inability to thank each and everyone individually, but it is our humble prayer that our Almighty God bless you abundantly. dp-1726/22

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Students of LFI College along with faculty members and speaker. festivals.

The passion for beauty and artistic work which inspired the Nagas to give artistic touch to almost each and everything surrounding them, appeared in their everyday life, she further pointed out.

She cited the example of Hornbill festival as a way of Nagas celebrating and

preserving their heritage.

Narola viewed that Nagaland could be “Heritage state” of the world if all the districts maintained Heritage sites for preservation of their rich cultural heritage.

While maintaining that protecting heritage, values and traditions were impossible through a single individual or group, she

advocated for community participation and awareness which would change things and help the rich and varied culture.

The programme was chaired by K. Dantsula (BA II semester), History honours and welcome note was delivered by head, department of History, Mhayano A. Odyuo.

RecoRD of the DiScuSSioNS iN the MeetiNg With NiDA oN 17th ApRiL, 2021 At 02:00 pM. A meeting with the office bearers and representatives of the Nagaland In-service Doctors' Association (NIDA) was held under the chairmanship of the Chief Secretary Nagaland and other senior officers (Meeting attendance enclosed) in the Chief Secretary's Conference Hall.

The meeting deliberated on the issue of superannuation age of the doctors and the proposed agitation of NIDA in this matter.

The Chief Secretary reiterated the appeal made on 10th April 2021 not to go ahead with the proposed agitation in view of the present COVID situation in the State and the threat of second wave. The Chief Secretary informed that the Government is actively considering the matter relating to the increase in the superannuation age of the medical doctors, and offered to resolve the matter within a period not exceeding one year.

(J. ALAM ) IAS Chief Secretary, Nagaland

Attendance Sheet Meeting relating to NIDA Demand held in the Conference Hall of Chief Secretary, Nagaland on 17th April, 2021 at 02:00 PM.

Dr. Zaselhulie Peseyie 19th April 2021

Today marks one year of your passing, this time last year was the last time we held your hand, the last time we held you close and said our goodbyes.

Though it has not been easy without you, we are so lucky and thankful to have had you in our lives and we will cherish every memory of you. We miss you deeply. dp-1720/22

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District Legal Services Authorities conduct first UTRC meetings

DIMAPUR: During the first quarter Under Trail Review Committee (UTRC) meeting held across the districts in the month of March, the committee considered the case of 49 Under Trial Prisoners (UTPs)/ Convicts; 14 UTPs/convicts were recommended for bail/ release and five applications were moved post recommended while two UTP/ convict were subsequently released.

In Dimapur, the 1st quarterly UTRC meeting was held at the chamber of PD&SJ Dimapur on March 24.

The meeting was attended by Inalo Zhimomi, PD&SJ, Seyielenuo Mezhii, CJM, C Motsunthung Yanthan, Supt of jail, District Jail, Yanshumthung Jungio, assistant jailor, Central jail, Tiamenla ADCP, Sonile

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Seb, retainer lawyer and EAC Nukshimatong.

During the meeting, 10 UTPs were identified and recommended for release.

Meanwhile, two UTPs from central jail were found to be mentally unsound and in this regard the jail authority was directed to take them to the psychiatrist to evaluate their mental condition and place the report before the chairman of DDLSA. Kohima: DLSA Kohima conducted UTRC meeting on March 23 at district and sessions court building Kohima.

UTRC chairman Y Longkumer & principal district and sessions judge Kohima, Nokshei Kano (CJM and secretary KDLSA member Teisi Thou (jailor District Jail Kohima) member and Imsentila Pongen PL in-charge legal aid clinic

jail attended the meeting.

Mokokchung: Mokokchung DLSA conducted UTRC meeting at district court. The meeting was chaired by secretary, MDLSA, WV Patton.

MDLSA chairperson, Somet Chang, SP Aotula, Mokokchung, EAC Vitulo from district administration, Jessica, jailer from SP jail, APP attended the meeting.

Mon: In Mon, the UTRC meeting was conducted through video conference.

At the meeting, eight UTPs were recommended to be released on bail. The committee also reminded to inform their families about two UTPs who were already recommended during last UTRC meeting to be released on bail and the bail order was passed by the court but yet to execute

the surety. All 57 UTPs and 15 convicts were reported from the jail authority. WV Patton (NJS) chief judicial magistrate cum secretary DLSA Mon, Chingak Konyak ADC Mon, Imtiakum SDPO, Thungdemo Lotha, Asst Jailor and M Moba, Retainer Lawyer attended the meeting.

Longleng: Longleng DLSA conducted UTRC meeting on March 30 headed by CJM Longleng.

The members present were superintendent of police, Longleng, EAC Roko, public prosecutorcum-government, pleader, panel lawyer, LDLSA. Presently, there are 16 UTPs lodged in Mokokchung District Jail.

All UTPs were legally represented and three UTPs were identified for default bail and informed of their

right under Section 167(2) Cr. P.C. Tuensang: Tuensang DLSA on March 30 conducted quarterly UTRC meeting in the office of the superintendent of jail Tuensang. The members decided to start having physical production in the court and three UTPs were recommended for legal aid.

Presently, 28 male and one female UTPs and four male convicts (S.I) five male (R.I) in the district Jail Tuensang. The meeting was attended by SP Jail Tuensang Solezhol Neikha, Soteth Anar project assistant, Antimangyang Chang retainer lawyer, T Sangle jailor Tuensang, Chubasangle Chang assistant jailor and Muthiam front office assistant TDLSA. Peren: The UTRC meeting for Peren District

SASU raises concern over April 11 incident

KOHIMA: Following the April 11 incident where a private bus ferrying students of St. Joseph’s College met with an accident, Southern Angami Students Union (SASU) expressed concern over reckless driving of drivers carrying students and also private buses that ply on the national highway.

In a press note, SASU said it had witnessed several such incidents of reckless driving. Taking note of the April 11 incident, SASU such rash and negligent driving not only puts the life of students at stake, but also the Indian Red Cross Society (IRCS) Longleng district branch conducted a seminar villagers who commute returnon blood & blood donation & recruitment of junior Red Cross members at ing from fields, and the public in Borgohain Hall Yingli College Longleng on April 12. Altogether, 31 students general.

In this regard, SASU asked from Yingli College were recruited as junior Red Cross members.

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Agartala A strong thunderstorm; humid

36 25

Aizawl

A strong afternoon t-storm

Guwahati Humid; a strong p.m. t-storm Imphal

Mostly sunny and nice

31 18 31 19 29 16

Itanagar Warmer; an afternoon t-storm

27 18

Shillong

Periods of sun with a t-storm

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Kohima

Partly sunny; a stray t-storm

24 15

Dimapur A strong afternoon t-storm Mkg

Warmer with a thunderstorm

Tuensang A thunderstorm in spots

30 19 27 16 19 13

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Zunheboto Partly sunny with a t-storm

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ZSU members, village representatives and others at the installation programme.

DIMAPUR: With an objective to make Zhavame a cleaner and greener village, Zhavame Students’ Union (ZSU) conducted the third phase of dustbin installation in the village on Monday.

During the programme, APO, Planning and Coordination department, Danyi Domeh installed the dustbins which were painted in green and made out of tin containers and wooden frames.

Domeh in his speech highlighted about the harmful effects of nonbiodegradable substances and called upon the villagers to properly dispose plastic wastes.

He expressed happiness to see Zhavame be-

come one of the cleanest villages in Phek district.

Domeh also briefed on the Smart City development taking place in India and challenged the villagers to make Zhavame village a Smart village through the initiative of Cleaner Zhavame and by encouraging a tourist friendly environment.

Meanwhile, head GB, Sanyi Shupao said the village had now become cleaner with the initiative of the students’ union and urged upon the villagers to utilise the bins properly.

VDB secretary Tho-o Shupao and head teacher Charles Krocha also commended the student body for the initiative.

During the pro-

gramme, a total of 80 dustbins were installed.

E a r l i e r, t h e p r o gramme was chaired by ZSU advisor Visapa Movi while invocation was said

by ZSU advisor Muvi Domeh.

It may be mentioned that ZSU initiated dustbin installation in the village in the year 2018 and the activity is being carried out in line with the declaration of Zhavame village a “plastic free zone” in 2017.

ZSU has also been carrying out sanitation drive and sensitisation program every season in the village in its endeavour to keep the village clean. The dustbins would be installed in and around the village and at Kapamodzü peak.

Jail was conducted on March 29 which was presided by the Peter Resu CJM Peren and attended by James Jami, SDPO Peren, Ihoilung EAC Peren, Asungbe N Hau (retainer lawyer PDLSA), Italang Ramlia (project assistant PDLSA) along with Bankathung Patton (assistant jailor). The committee discussed medical facilities to be accorded to inmates of the jail and urged upon the jail authorities to provide necessary medical aid and facilities to the inmates at the earliest.

Meanwhile, SDPO, Peren James Jami also reassured that proper security were detailed for transportation of inmates for medical or any other purpose.

The budget allocation for medical expenses for inmates was also discussed at the meeting where the

DIMAPUR: In view of the mass casual leave protest called by Nagaland In-service Doctors Association (NIDA) from April 18-20 and in pursuance to office memorandum dated April 16, deputy commissioner (DC) Dimapur, Rajesh Soundararajan has informed that a District Level Control Room has been formed for coordination and real time monitoring of the situation.

In an order, DC informed that the Dimapur District Level Control Room has been constituted with SDO (C) Hotolu Sema, EAC Avonuo Kire, chief medical officer (CMO) Dimapur, medical superintendent, District Hospital Dimapur and representative for commissioner of police Dimapur and DPRO Dimapur.

DC informed that the control room should be in constant touch with State Level Control Room and provide regular status updates for effective monitoring.

The control room would provide guidance to any individual needing access to health care facilities during the period and may be contacted at 7641823998/6009924366.

Tovi Yeptho (DPA), Easter Yepthomi (RL) and Inolito Swu (PL).

Wokha: Wokha DLSA conducted UTRC meeting on March 15 at district & sessions judge room. The members present were chairperson/district & sessions judge Wokha, Duvelu Vero, secretary/JMFC WDLSA, Khrievono Seletsu, SDPO Imkongsangba Jamir, superintendent of Jail Wokha, Yanrenthung Kikon, APP Wokha, Akatoli Achumi, WDLSA DPA Shanchobeni P Lotha, retainer lawyer WDLSA Meribemo A Lotha and panel lawyer District Jail Wokha Renbonthung Tsanglao.

Kiphire: Kiphire DLSA conducted the first quarter of Under Trial Review Committee meeting on March 9 at District Court Complex, Kiphire.

ATMA Chunlikha block conducts training

college buses and private buses carrying students to drive at a speed limit of 40 kmph, and all the drivers, both college/school buses plying along Southern Angami area to adhere strictly to this notification for the safety of all.

It warned of strict action if such incidents occur in the future, where both the driver and the owner would be held liable for any casualties, adding that SASU would also take its own course of action.

SASU further informed if any students found any college or school bus driver under the influence on duty hours, one could contact SASU executives at 9612161313/8731896457.

District Level Control Room formed in Dmu

jail authorities highlighted that the sanctioned budget for medical expenses for Peren District Jail was inadequate to meet the required expenses. It was informed that charitable contribution from jail officers and staff were being done to meet any urgent and immediate medical expenses.

Zunheboto: In Zunheboto, the UTRC meeting was conducted on March 22 at district court complex, Zunheboto. The meeting was chaired by secretary, ZDLSA Wokono Yhoshii.

At present, there are 16 UTPs and six convicts Meanwhile, one recommendation was made by the committee. The programme was attended

by Shikato Swu (SDPO), Mopling Phom (EAC), Jenithung, (assistant jailor), Katoli T Chishi (APP),

DIMAPUR: ATMA Tseminyu district, Chunlikha block conducted a training programme on application methods of tricoderma on summer vegetable crops on April 12 at Chunlikha village.

During the programme, resource person ATM Kebegi Kent taught farmers about trichoderma, how it helped in controlling various fungal diseases and promoted crop growth.

She instructed on various application methods and dosages of the bio-control agent.

The resource person informed the participants that trichoderma not only fought diseases but also enhanced plant growth and could be used as dry or wet formulation.

Its other uses were in seed treatment, nursery treatment, seedling root dip and foliar application, etc., she AT M A f u n c t i o n a r i e s a l o n g w i t h further informed. participants.

Book launch at T. Haralu’s 100th birth anniversary

DIMAPUR: Marking the centennial birth anniversary of Thepfurüya Haralu, a book titled “In No Strange Land” was launched on Monday at the residence of Khamba Haralu, the son of late T. Haralu, in Kuda Village, B Khel, Dimapur.

The collected writings are a tribute from some of the people who knew him and his children’s memories of a father.

Thepfurüya Haralu, was an officer of the Indian Frontier Administrative Service (IFAS) in the North East Frontier Agency (NEFA) and was also the first Naga recipient of the Padma Shree award in 1964 for services rendered during the Chinese invasion in 1962.

In 1959, Haralu was involved with rehabilitation of the first wave of Tibetan refugees who came to India along with the Dalai Lama.

Thepfurüya Haralu

Later, he went on to become the first deputy commissioner (DC) of Kameng district from 1963-66.

On October 29 1966, the first Indian army team to scale Gorichen Peak was led by him.

The same year he was called to serve in Nagaland by the then NNO government where he served briefly as secretary of Agriculture and Animal Hus-

bandry before becoming the first Naga DC of Kohima district on May 1967.

Haralu began his administrative services in 1949 as a young development officer in the Naga Hills and spent years in Tuensang frontier division. He later opened the Longleng outpost in 1950 and in 1955 he established Mon HQ. In June 1944, he received a mention in dispatch (MiD) from the British government for his voluntary service as a guide and interpreter and for accompanying the allied troops behind enemy lines.

Thepfurüya married Lhusileü who passed away in 2015. Together, they raised four daughters and three sons, one of whom passed away in 2018. The couple is survived by 23 grandchildren and six greatgrandchildren.

Several shops destroyed in fire Staff Reporter DIMAPUR, APR 18 (NPN): Around seven to eight shops were destroyed in a fire that broke out at New Field check gate area here Monday evening.

Officials from the fire department in-

formed that five fire engines from Dimapur and one from Assam were pressed into action to douse the fire. They said that Rs. 10 lakh worth of goods were damaged in the fire, but there was no report of any casualty.

The officials suspected a short circuit may have caused the fire.

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Arunachal CM meets Rajnath Biren briefs PM on Manipur’s peace initiative discusses development agenda

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IMPHAL, APR 18: Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh on Monday called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and briefed him on the initiatives taken up by his government to sustain peace and development in the state.

Singh, who left Imphal with his cabinet colleagues, is currently in the national capital. He along with the cabinet colleagues met the Prime Minister this afternoon.

After meeting with the Prime Minister, Singh, in a Facebook post, wrote “During the meeting, I had the privilege to discuss various initiatives that the state government has taken up to sustain peace and development in Manipur”.

He also apprised him (Prime Minister) about the concrete steps that his government has taken up to fight drugs and corruption in the state.

After assuming office

Manipur CM N Biren Singh during his meeting with PM Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Monday. as chief minister of the state, Singh while declaring ‘war on drug 2.0’, had announced that his government’s first task would be to make Manipur a corruption-free state and will work day and night to root out the corruption from the state.

Today’s meeting with the Prime Minister was

the first time after N Biren Singh assumed office as the chief minister of the state for the second term.

Singh was in the national capital with three of his senior cabinet ministers - forest and environment minister Th Bishwajit Singh, education minister Y Khemchand and works minister Govindas

Konthoujam.

The chief minister was later joined by the three senior cabinet ministers and discussed various issues concerning the state.

“I along with my cabinet colleagues shared our vision to give an impetus to the growth trajectory of Manipur,” Singh wrote in another Facebook post.

He added that the new BJP government in the state will walk extra miles to make Manipur another growth engine of the country under the Prime Minister’s mantra of Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Prayas aur Sabka Prayas.

After securing absolute majority by winning 32 seats in the 60-seat Manipur Assembly which the elections was held recently, N Biren Singh took oath as chief minister of the state for the second consecutive term.

The council of ministers of the nearly one month old BJP-led government was expanded by inducting six more cabinet ministers –five from BJP and one from NPF. However, the chief minister was yet to allocate portfolios to the new ministers.

Reliable sources said that the chief minister will allocate the portfolios after his return from New Delhi.

NEW DELHI, APR 18 (NPN): Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister and BJP leader Pema Khandu, on Monday, met Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh in New Delhi. Khandu and Rajnath Singh had discussions on various aspects of development along the border areas of the Northeastern state.

Taking to Twitter, CM Khandu also informed that he participated in the National Institute of Mountaineering and Allied Sports Executive Committee meeting along with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh. In the meeting, the top diplomats discussed various agenda points and passed to strengthen the activities of the institute, a report by RepublicWorld stated.

The National Institute of Mountaineering and Allied Sports (NIMAS) is autonomous institute under the Indian Ministry of Defence, which provides specialized training in mountain rescue, mountaineering and adven-

Arunachal chief minister Pema Khandu with Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh in New Delhi. ture sports. The institute is located in Dirang Village of Arunachal Pradesh.

Recently, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh recently attended the India US 2+2 dialogue in Washington DC. Singh, in a strong message to China said that if harmed, India will not spare anyone.

He asserted that India under Prime Minister Narendra Modi has emerged as a powerful country and is headed to be among the top three economies of the world.

In his address to the Indian-American community in San Francisco, Min-

ister Singh also sent a subtle message to the US that New Delhi does not believe in a diplomacy of “zero-sum game” and its relationship with one country cannot be at the expense of the other.

The Defence Minister also travelled to Hawaii for meetings at IndoPACOM headquarters and then to San Francisco. Furthermore, without making any direct reference to the American pressure with respect to Russia because of the Ukraine war, Singh said India does not believe in a “zero-sum game” diplomacy.

‘Loudspeakers not integral M’laya most gaming-friendly state in India: UKIBC report Assam Youth Cong neta joins Ulfa growth; combat corrup- censes for it would be issued. DIBRUGARH, APR 18 to religion’, says Assam CM UKIBC Managing Di- (AGENCIES): The youth tion; enhance the integrity Congress vice president of Assam’s Tinsukia district stunned everyone on Sunday when he announced on a Facebook post addressed to his pregnant wife that he has joined the banned United Liberation Front of Asom (Independent) in the outfit’s jungle hideout in Myanmar.

According to TNN report, Janardan Gogoi’s announcement reinforced reports about a recent surge in youths across Assam leaving their homes to join the militant group headed

by Paresh Baruah.

Chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has said that 47 “boys and girls” have joined Ulfa (I) recently, but many senior cadres have quit the outfit.

Sarma has time and again asked youths not to join the group waging an armed conflict for a “sovereign” Assam for the past four decades.

The 44-year-old Janar-

DISPUR, APR 18 (AGENCIES): As the political debate surrounding the demand for a ban on loudspeakers in mosques heats up, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, on Monday, said that “our civilisational value has been under attack for a long time”.

He said that loudspeaker is not integral to religion and wherever it is there, it causes inconvenience and added that it is the duty of a secular state to switch off such irritants. CM Sarma also weighed in his thoughts on jihadi activities in Assam, various communal clashes across the country, and the future of the Congress.

“Our civilizational value has been under attack for quite some time. So if there’s a genuine demand around exams (to not play loudspeakers), don’t play it... in a secular state, it’s a duty to shut anything irritant to students/other communi-

ties,” ANI quoted the Assam CM as saying.

Chief Minister Sarma said that in the last decade, there have been several attempts by fundamentalists to create a base in Assam with the help of sympathisers but Assam Police have thwarted their plans. There has been an integrated action amongst states against jihadis, he added.

“There’s an integrated action amongst states against jihadis. We got inputs from Central agencies regarding the presence of jihadi elements & have acted upon that and a probe is underway.

I’m confident more people will come to light with some nexus with jihadis. We’re looking parallelly to whether PFI & CFI are linked to fundamentalists and jihadis.

I cannot confirm, but we have already requested the Centre to put a ban on PFI & CFI for their fundamentalist activity”, the Assam Chief Minister said.

Three arrested ‘jihadists’ brought to Assam

Body of TT players handed over to family members 16 more pigs die of ASF in Mizoram NONGPOH, APR 18: The body of Deenadayalan Vishwa, the young Table Tennis player from Tamil Nadu, was handed over to his family members by hospital authorities in Meghalaya on Monday.

The 18-year-old paddler died in a road accident at Shangbala area on the Gauhati-Shillong road in Meghalaya’s Ri-Bhoi district on Sunday. The driver of the tourist taxi also died in the accident.

Vishwa was travelling along with three other teammates - Ramesh Santosh Kumar, Abinash

S H I L LO N G, A P R 1 8 (AGENCIES): Representatives of the UK India Business Council (UKIBC) met the state Cabinet Minister James PK Sangma and several UK businesses to discuss the online gaming and sports betting landscape in the State and to launch the UKIBC’s industry report: Gaming for Growth – India’s Sports and Gaming Market Potential.

According to Shillong Times, the UKIBC’s Gaming Industry Index reveals Meghalaya to be the most gaming-friendly state in

Prasannaji Srinivasan and Kishore Kumar - by taxi from Guwahati to Meghalaya’s state capital Shillong for the 83rd Senior National and Inter-State Table Tennis Championships, which began here on Monday.

“The body of the deceased has been handed over to the parents and all legal formalities have been completed,” Giri Prasad, the district police chief of Ri-Bhoi told UNI. Ramesh Santosh Kumar, Abinash Prasannaji Srinivasan and Kishore Kumar, who travelled with Vishwa, suffered injuries in the accident are admitted

Manipur University celebrates water festival

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IMPHAL, APR 18: Manipur University Vice-Chancellor Prof Naorem Lokendra Singh stressed the need for a comparative research work on the cultural similarities between Myanmar/ Burma and Northeast India in general and Manipur in particular.

The research should be done through folklore and ancient texts and materials as it will help understand the land and the people of the region, he said.

The VC was speaking at the concluding function of the celebration of the Thingyan (water festival) of Myanmar hosted by the Centre for Myanmar Studies of Manipur University.

He further highlighted

the need for an alternative historiography which can encounter the historiography developed by British colonialism.

Considering the importance and significance of the neighbouring country, Myanmar, the University has also sent an appraisal to the Union ministry of external affairs for adoption of the Centre for Myanmar Studies of the university, he said. Thingyan, commonly referred to as the water festival, is celebrated across Myanmar as a New Year’s Day celebration.

The festival was celebrated with multiple events which included among others ngamu thaba (releasing of ngamu fish), tree plantation and painting competition.

India. The Index measures the extent to which each State has legalised gaming and betting based on their stance on seven different games: lottery, horse racing, sports betting, poker, rummy, casino, and fantasy sports. Meghalaya scored 92.85 (on a scale of 0 to 100 where 100 is fully legalised) with licenses applicable in all seven games in both states.

UK India Business Council, through its report, reveals how a clearer approach to regulation would attract FDI; create jobs and

at Super Speciality North East Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (NEIGRIHMS) hospital, Shillong.

“Their health condition is stable and all necessary medical assistance have been provided to them,” Director NEIGRIHMS, Dr. Nalin Metha said.

Vishwa, a promising player with several national ranking titles and international medals to his credit, was to represent India at the WTT Youth Contender at Linz, Austria, from April 27. Vishwa, a product of Krishnaswamy TT Club in

Anna Nagar, was trained

by Ramnath Prasad and Jai Prabhu Ram had come in for praise from none other than Sharath Kamal. The ace paddler rated him as a highly-talented boy with a lot of promise.

Vishwa’s rise to stardom was also steady. His transition from Cadet to Sub-Junior to Junior section was an eye-opener for any teenager aspiring to make it big. He had won the Cadet and Sub-Junior National titles also. The B.Com student of Loyola College won the Under-19 Boys title during the Dehra Dun National Ranking Tournament this January.

rector, Kevin McCole, said: “We applaud the Government of Meghalaya on its forward-thinking approach to the license of games of chance in the state, which will help to contribute greater revenues and bring jobs to the state. A regulated market also provides safeguards and protection for players, safeguards that are not available in the unregulated sector. It is clear that both the unregulated and regulated gaming sector in India will continue to grow significantly. There are therefore strong reasons to work towards this growth taking place under regulations. To do so, we recommend the Government of India adopts the Law Commission’s 2018 recommendation that sports betting be regulated. Not least because it will attract FDI, stimulate domestic investment, create jobs, generate government revenue, tackle corruption, and enable responsible playing.”

AIZAWL, APR 18 (PTI): At least 16 more pigs died of African Swine Fever in Mizoram with the toll due to the disease rising to 770 in the state in a little over two months, an official said.

At least 124 pigs have been culled to prevent the spread of the infection since February this year, he said.

“Besides, 205 pigs have died due to suspected African Swine Fever. At least 17 villages in Aizawl, Champhai, Lunglei and Saitual districts have been affected due to the outbreak,” animal husbandry and veterinary department joint director Dr Lalhmingthanga said.

The state government

Parshuram Kund to be developed into a major tourist destination, says Mein

ITANAGAR, APR 18 (AGENCIES): Arunachal Pradesh deputy chief minister, Chowna Mein said that Parshuram Kund is going to be one of the biggest pilgrimage site in the country and will be developed into a major tourist destination Mein reviewed the progress of 37.87 Crore Parshuram Kund Development Project(PKDP) being implemented at the holy pilgrimage site in Lohit District.

According to Economic Times, the project is executed by Public Work Department and funded

by Govt of India under PRASAD Scheme.

While reviewing the progress, DCM asked the

executing agency to expedite the work in war footing. He said that Parshuram Kund is going to be one of the biggest pilgrimage site in the country and said, “it will be developed into a major tourist destination”.

He asked the Deputy Commissioner, Tezu to map the earmarked area of 75 hectares in Parshuram Kund and to make it free from all encumbrances. He further asked the Project Manager of Parshuram Kund Development Project to prepare a master plan indicating all the components like River Front restaurant, view point, children park, Guest House, etc which can be taken up in the Phase-II

of the project.

He infor med that fund for flood protection and boundary wall for Parshuram Kund has already been sanctioned by the State Govt. He further said that Rs 1 Crore as annual grants-in-aid will be provided from the State Government to the Committee for Parshuram Kund for running and maintenance of the pilgrimage site and for organizing annual Mela in the site. He asked the Deputy Commissioner, Tezu to form a committee involving the Parshuram Kund Development Trust and local people to oversee the functioning and maintenance of the pilgrimage site.

is making efforts to prevent the spread of the pig disease as per the ‘National Action Plan for Control, Containment and Eradication of African Swine Fever, he said.

Mizoram has already banned the import of pigs and pork products from other states after ASF cases

Janardan Gogoi dan from Uday Nagar in Tinsukia district’s Sadiya town wrote to wife Reema on Facebook that he “couldn’t wait to see our own people being destroyed since they are helpless in their own state…

Our culture, our language and identity are being erased systematically”.

DGP Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta said many missing youths are “suspected” to have become Ulfa-I insurgents, while Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi had alleged that unemployment has driven people to join the militant ranks in frustration.

broke out this year.

Altogether 33,417 pigs had died due to the outbreak of ASF last year, causing monetary losses to the tune of Rs 60.82 crore.

The infectious disease was reported for the first time in the state in March last year.

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN This is to inform the general public that any person dealing/purchasing any moveable/immovable property from Mr. Vikuto Zhimomi of Ghukhuyi Village, resident of Administration Hill, Satakha Town without the consent of his children and grandchildren shall do so in his/her own risk and responsibility.

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GUWAHATI, APR 18 (PTI): Three persons arrested in Tripura for alleged links with a “jihadi’ group based in Bangladesh were brought to Assam on Monday in connection with a case registered against them, a police officer said.

The trio was engaged in recruiting and creating sleeper cells for their outfit, he said.

The three accused Abdul Kashim, Hamid Ali, and Imran Hussain –were brought to Bongaigaon during the day, the police officer said.

“They hail from Sepahijala district of Tripura. A Tripura court handed them to us on transit remand on Saturday on the basis of a case registered against them in Jogighopa police station in our district,” he said.

They had been arrested in Tripura on April 8.

The suspects are believed to be members of the Ansarullah Bangla Team, a fundamentalist militant outfit in Bangladesh.

On possible links between the trio arrested from Tripura and those apprehended in Barpeta district of Assam, the police officer said more details will be known after interrogating them.

Eleven suspected “jihadists” have been arrested in Barpeta district since March, including six on Friday.

A Bangladeshi national was also among those arrested in March.

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Representatives of the UKIBC with officials in Shillong.

of sport; increase the tax revenue in the State; and support the State’s wider tourism sector. The report proposes a series of recommendations to capture the large and growing opportunities for India to benefit from the sector’s growth.

Currently, different aspects of the industry, such as betting on sports, vary in regulation and legalisation across States. India’s gaming industry is broadly split into ‘games of skill’ and ‘games of chance’. Some States, such as Meghalaya, Goa and Sikkim, have created exceptions within their gambling acts for authorised gaming, issuing licenses for games of chance in casinos on land and offshore.

In 2021, Meghalaya enacted the Meghalaya Regulation of Gaming Act 2021, wherein licenses pertaining to games of chance mentioned in its schedule are allowed under a license.

It is expected in 2022 that li-

Regd. No. 1036/2022 Date: 18/4/2022

Notary Public AFFIDAVIT

Regd. No. 623/2020 Dated: 06/03/2020 I, Smti. Kekhriele-ü Kiso, resident of Sakhabama Village, Kohima District, Nagaland, do hereby solemnly affirm on oath and declares as follows: 1. That I am a bonafide citizen of India.

2. That I am government servant serving as Medical Attendant under CMO, Kohima, Government of Nagaland.

3. That my correct and official name is Kekhriele-ü Kiso.

4. That however in my Appointment Order/Service records/documents and my name has been entered as Mhovinuo instead of Kekhriele-ü Kiso.

5. That my names Kekhriele-ü Kiso and Mhovinuo refer to one and the same person i.e. myself.

6. That this affidavit is made to declare that my correct and official name as Kekhriele-ü Kiso and the same shall be used for all official purpose and future references and correspondences.

7. That this affidavit shall also be used as a piece of evidence of the fact and proof as mentioned above and also to be used for rectification if arises in future.

That the statements in the above para are true to the best of my knowledge and nothing false has been stated. I signed this affidavit before the competent authority at Kohima, Nagaland on this the 6th day of March, 2020.

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Lakhimpur case: SC cancels bail of Ashish Mishra When will PM sack Ajay Mishra? asks Cong after SC cancels bail of Ashish

‘Tearing hurry’ shown by Allahabad HC with a ‘myopic view’ of evidence

Ashish Mishra being taken from crime branch office to be produced before magistrate, in Lakhimpur Kheri. (PTI file)

Narendra Modi sack Ajay Mishra, the Union Minister of State for Home, the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait said the court decision has given hope of justice to farmers.

On October 3 last year, eight people were killed in Lakhimpur Kheri during the violence that erupted when farmers were protesting against Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya’s visit to the area.

Four farmers were mowed down by an SUV, in which Ashish Mishra was seated, according to the UP Police FIR. Following the

incident, the driver and two BJP workers were allegedly lynched by angry farmers.

A journalist also died in the violence that had triggered outrage among opposition par ties and farmer groups agitating over the Centre’s now-repealed agricultural reform laws ahead of the Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh and four other states.

Family members of the deceased farmers had challenged the February 10 order of a single-judge bench of the high court giving bail to Ashish Mishra, who had spent four months in custody. Ashish Mishra is the main accused in the case,

Rahul giving up party chief post showed lack of stability in decisions: P J Kurien

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“I did not say that Rahul lacks stability,” Kurien said.

Regarding who should be president of the party, he said the G-23 would welcome Rahul as the Congress chief if he wants to take the mantle or it will accept anyone else with the calibre to lead the party even if he or she was not from the Gandhi family.

But I never said a nonGandhian has to be made president of the party, he

CBI now part of Interpol’s anti-child abuse database NEW DELHI, APR 18 (PTI): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has joined the international child sexual exploitation database of Interpol, a move which will bolster its fight against sex abuse of minors and help in identification of victims and abusers using sophisticated analytics software, officials said.

Sources in the agency said the CBI recently joined a select group of agencies of 67 countries that are connected to the database.

Interpol database on paedophiles and disseminators of child s ex u a l a b u s e m a t e r i a l (CSAM) on the internet r e l i e s o n mu l t i - m e d i a from various countries which are analysed based on a specialised “image comparison software” to identify the victim and the accused from photos and videos, they said.

Once the national central bureau of a country, the CBI in the case of India, gets that information they proceed against them according to local laws.

The Interpol mechanism takes help from financial institutions, internet service providers and software developers, besides crosssector partners, in tracking CSAM and shutting down illegal distribution channels.

further clarified.

He said the G-23 wanted someone to be elected as president of the party, but Rahul was not taking any step or decision in that regard.

K u r i e n , h o w e v e r, admitted that he did say that Rahul only listened to the suggestions and advice of some persons who were very close to him and not the senior leaders of the party.

He also claimed that the article in the vernacular magazine was based on a “casual conversation” and was not a proper interview.

Regarding his absence from the KPCC political affairs meeting held during the day, Kurien said he had some personal difficulty due to which he could not attend it and had communicated it to KPCC president K Sudhakaran.

presence of ‘state’ in the bail proceedings “does not tantamount to according a hearing to a ‘victim’ of the crime”.

It took note of the submissions of victims that they were not heard in the high court as the video connection of their lawyer was lost and said, “we are constrained to express our disappointment with the manner in which the high court failed to acknowledge the right of the victims.”

The verdict considered questions including whether a ‘victim’, as defined in the CrPC, is entitled to be heard at the stage of adjudication of bail application of an accused.

It also dealt with the issue whether high court overlooked relevant considerations while granting bail to Mishra and if so, should the apex court interfere.

Analysing the submissions, the court said until recently, criminal law had been viewed on a dimensional plane in which courts were required to adjudicate between the accused and the state and the ‘victim’ had no participation in adjudicatory process and “was made to sit outside the Court as a mute spectator”.

90% jump in India’s daily Covid cases; Kerala sees spike in deaths NEW DELHI, APR 18 (AGENCIES): India on Monday recorded a massive jump in its daily Covid counts, raising fears of another spike in infections. As many as 2,183 new Covid cases have been recorded over the past 24 hours, an 89.8 per cent jump from yesterday’s case count of 1,150 cases.

A total of 214 deaths have been recorded over the past 24 hours. This, however, includes a backlog of 212 deaths from Kerala -- a backlog of 62 deaths has been cleared following court appeals and the state reported 150 deaths between April 13 and April 16.

The daily positivity rate, an indicator of the spread of the infection in the population, has increased from 0.31 per cent yesterday to 0.83 per cent today.

The number of active

cases, however, has seen a slim dip from 11, 558 to 11,542. The country has recorded a total of over 4.30 crore cases since the pandemic struck.

Among the cities witnessing a surge in cases is national capital Delhi, which reported 517 Covid cases. The total number of Covid-infected patients in Delhi, according to yesterday’s bulletin, is 1,518- the highest since March 3 this year. Several students in Delhi and adjoining cities of Ghaziabad and Noida have tested positive over the past couple of weeks, sparking panic leading to closure of schools. A survey has shown that the number of people in the National Capital Region reporting someone getting infected in their close social network rose by 500 per cent in the last 15 days, news agency PTI has reported.

NEW DELHI, APR 18 (PTI): The Congress on M o n d ay s l a m m e d t h e Central government after the Supreme Court cancelled the bail granted to Union minister Ajay Mishra’s son Ashish in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case, and questioned when will Prime Minister Narendra Modi sack his cabinet colleague.

Congress general secretary and chief spokesperson Randee p Surjewala said that finally the Supreme Court cancelled the bail of the minister’s son who “trampled” upon the farmers in Lakhimpur.

“When will Modi ji sack Ajay Mishra Teni from his cabinet? When will the BJP stop betraying the farmers and strengthening the killer? For how long will the Modi government continue to oppress the farmers?” Surjewala said in a tweet.

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said injustice and atrocities of the “cruellest degree” were meted out to the families of the farmers killed in the Lakhimpur violence.

“The families of the victims of the Lakhimpur far mers’ massacre are fighting for justice full of struggles. Under the p r o t e c t i o n o f p o w e r,

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injustice and atrocities of the cruellest degree were meted out to them,” the Congress general secretary said in a tweet in Hindi.

“It is the responsibility of all of us to stand by the victims’ families till the end in their fight for justice, no matter how long the struggle is,” she said.

The Supreme Court on Monday cancelled the bail granted by the Allahabad High Court to the Union minister’s son in the case and asked him to surrender in a week’s time.

A special bench of Chief Justice N V Ramana and Justices Surya Kant and Hima Kohli held that the high court took into account irrelevant considerations and gave extra weightage to

the contents of the FIR. On October 3 last year, eight people were killed in Lakhimpur Kheri during violence that erupted when farmers were protesting against Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya’s visit to the area.

Four farmers were mowed down by an SUV, in which Ashish Mishra was seated, according to the UP Police FIR. Following the incident, the driver and two BJP workers were allegedly lynched by angry farmers.

A journalist also died in the violence that triggered outrage among opposition parties and farmer groups agitating over the Centre’s now-repealed agricultural reform laws.

India can help others achieve climate change goals: UN agency NEW DELHI, APR 18 (PTI): India not only has the potential to become a net-zero carbon emission country by 2070 but can also support others in achieving their climate change goals, said Rachel Kyte, a member of the UN Secretary General’s high-level advisory group on climate action.

Kyte, who was on a visit to India recently to interact with policymakers, businesses and think tanks about efforts to tackle the climate crisis, says the world will need to make big bets on India as many of the solutions for climate change can originate here.

“India not only has the potential to meet its own climate change goals -- becoming a net-zero carbon

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emission country by 2070 -- but also support other countries in achieving their target with adequate foreign investments,” said Kyte, who is also the dean of the Fletcher School at Tufts University.

“India can become a green staging post for the world and the world needs India to pursue its green agenda,” she added.

At the United Nations Climate Change Conference

(COP26) in Glasgow in November last year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced that India will achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2070 and take its non-fossil energy capacity to 500 GW by 2030.

The Glasgow Climate Pact was adopted on November 13 with United Nations secretary-general Antonio Guterres terming the outcome of the COP-26 “a compromise” and calling for action towards keeping global temperature rise within 1.5 degrees Celsius.

Under the 2015 Paris Agreement on Climate, countries agreed to cut greenhouse gas emissions to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 degree Celsius above pre-industrial levels.

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The database with over 2.7 million images and videos on an average helps in the identification of seven abuse victims across globe every day with over 27,000 victims and over 12,000 abusers identified so far, the Interpol website states.

The tool not only helps sharing of information among various investigation officers but also avoids “duplication of effort and saves precious time” as it tells the investigators if the images have already been identified in another country.

The CBI had last year cracked a major network of paedophiles and distributors of CSAM who were selling the illicit content on social media for just Rs 10 for 60 videos with payments received through Paytm.

Using artificial intelligence, the agency filtered through the identity of victims to assess if a message will fall in the category of CSAM or adult porn, sources said.

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T H I R U VA N A N THAPURAM, APR 18 (PTI): Former vicechairman of Rajya Sabha P J Kurien on Monday clarified that by his remarks regarding “stability” of Rahul Gandhi what was meant was that after having made president of the party, he relinquished the post and walked away which indicated “lack of continuity” in his decisions.

However, Kurien said his comments on this aspect as well as on who should be president of the Congress party were “misquoted and misinterpreted” by a section of the media.

Kurien, speaking to PTI, also clarified that what he had said to a vernacular magazine were the views of the G-23 leaders of the party and he had not made any personal attack against Rahul.

The top court dealt in detail with the rights of victims in criminal cases and said they are “totally independent, incomparable, and are not accessory or auxiliary to those of the state” under the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC).

“We are, thus, of the view that this court on account of the factors like (i) irrelevant considerations h av i n g i m p a c t e d t h e impugned order granting bail; (ii) the High Court exceeding its jurisdiction by touching upon the merits of the case; (iii) denial of victims’ right to participate in the proceedings; and (iv) the tearing hurry shown by the High Cour t in entertaining or granting bail to the respondent/accused; can rightfully cancel the bail, without depriving the Respondent-Accused (Mishra) of his legitimate right to seek enlargement on bail on relevant considerations,” said a bench of Chief Justice N V Ramana and justices Surya Kant and Hima Kohli.

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NEW DELHI, APR 18 (PTI): The Supreme Court on Monday cancelled the bail granted to Union minister Ajay Mishra’s son Ashish Mishra in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case and asked him to surrender in a week, observing the Allahabad High Court had shown “tearing hurry” in giving relief and adopted a “myopic view of the evidence”.

The top court also said the ‘victims’ were denied “a fair and effective hearing” in the high court, noting that a ‘victim’ has unbridled participatory rights from the stage of investigation till the culmination of the proceedings in an appeal or revision.

Holding that the high cour t order cannot be sustained and deserved to be set aside, the top court termed the Lakhimpur Kheri incident, if true as per allegations, as “an awakening call” to the state authorities to reinforce adequate protection for the life, liberty, and properties of the eye/injured witnesses, as well as for the families of the deceased.

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Idea of unity

pposition parties in India have been ranting about forging a grand alliance against the BJP-led NDA but every time someone convenes a meeting, some party or parties do not show up. After BJP swept to power in 2014, the party changed the manner in which elections were fought. It was a determined party that left no stone unturned to regain power and at any cost. The biggest contribution for the ascendency of the BJP is the Congress which has totally lost its bearings and has been outplayed and outmanoeuvred at every election. Today, the opposition parties are unable even to get together for a meeting and it is all because of ego. With two states –Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh- to go to the polls by end of 2022, opposition parties are tripping each other to propel themselves as alternative to the ruling BJP in both states. The irony of the so-called efforts to bring all opposition parties on board to forge a united alliance against the BJP in 2024 appears to be a fancy dream if not, a tall order. It may be recalled that in the 2019 Lok Sabha election, the BJP alone received a whopping 37.36 % of the votes cast countrywide. The NDA as a whole received around 45% of the votes. The remaining 55% was shared among all other non-NDA political parties. Based on this premise, opposition parties feel they could still give it a shot in 2024 to beat the BJP especially after former allies Shiv Sena and Akala Dal quit the NDA. Theoretically, the Congress is potentially the alternative to the BJP but unfortunately, the grand old party has been on a downhill slide since 2014.

Today, the Congress has been losing leader after leader even as it has also been losing one state after another in elections. The strange case with the Congress, is that it’s “elected” president Rahul resigned in 2019 after the second 2014 disastrous election which he led. The post was reverted back to Sonia by “Family loyalist/sycophants” who remains as interim president since 2019. Veteran leaders known as G 23 have been demanding overhaul of the party and election of a full time president. Instead, the Congress high command sent a strong message that the party needs the family no matter what happens and that those who differ are free to choose whether to go or stay.

The last straw on the series of missteps was the Punjab debacle where the new entrant -Priyanka Vadra- bet on Sidhu against Amarinder and what happened is history and ended up handing Punjab to the AAP. Next she brought Congress to its lowest ebb in UP when the party won only two seats with reduced vote share as against four seats it won in 2017. Aam Admi Party’s landslide win in Punjab means the party is ruling in two statesDelhi and Punjab. Mamata Banerjee wants to be projected as the leader of the united opposition bu AAP is not enthusiastic about coming under TMC or Congress. Both TMC and AAP seek to benefit from poaching the Congress yet still talk of an opposition unity. TMC and AAP are confined to a state or two whereas Congress still has a pan-India presence but it appears its high command is only fulfilling the BJP’s goal of Congress-mukt Bharat.

DailyDevotion Readiness God called to him….And he said, “Here I am.”

—Exodus 3:4 When God speaks, many of us are like people in a fog, and we give no answer. Moses’ reply to God revealed that he knew where he was and that he was ready. Readiness means having a right relationship to God and having the knowledge of where we are.

We are so busy telling God where we would like to go. Yet the man or woman who is ready for God and His work is the one who receives the prize when the summons comes. We wait with the idea that some great opportunity or something sensational will be coming our way, and when it does come we are quick to cry out, “Here I am.” Whenever we sense that Jesus Christ is rising up to take authority over some great task, we are there, but we are not ready for some obscure duty.

Readiness for God means that we are prepared to do the smallest thing or the largest thing— it makes no difference. It means we have no choice in what we want to do, but that whatever God’s plans may be, we are there and ready. Whenever any duty presents itself, we hear God’s voice as our Lord heard His Father’s voice, and we are ready for it with the total readiness of our love for Him. Jesus Christ expects to do with us just as His Father did with Him. He can put us wherever He wants, in pleasant duties or in menial ones, because our union with Him is the same as His union with the Father. “…that they may be one just as We are one…” (John 17:22).

Be ready for the sudden surprise visits of God. A ready person never needs to get ready— he is ready.

Think of the time we waste trying to get ready once God has called! The burning bush is a symbol of everything that surrounds the person who is ready, and it is on fire with the presence of God Himself.

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Post-mortem Hindrance and disparity on the The importance of wildlife

way of imparting education I D espite the efforts made by the independent India so far and a great number of experimentations in the process of education have been undertaken or some of them are underway, but the real needs of the people and the country have not been fulfilled so far. Some of the common or simple reasons which hindrances to the development process and causes disparities for the smooth management of education are not far to seek.

1) The present education policy ensures that students attend classes regularly, more and more children get admitted and there be less drop-outs. In order to ensure regular attendance, the government has introduced several measures such as the mid-day meals and no failure upto class VII (if not mistaken). Here, the stress is on the quantity of students in school, not the quality.

2) Rural residents/ communities are very different from urban areas. Mostly they are lack of awareness about the growing educational importance. Many schools in rural areas do not have good buildings, teachers and proper teaching aids. The government run schools in rural areas, which mainly cater the needs of poor section of people generally, also present an unpleasant picture.

3) There is a clear demarcation found between the rich and the poor in respect of education in big towns and cities. The children of the rich read in private schools, with good infrastructure and teaching environment, big buildings, libraries, playgrounds

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etc and the poor children to ill-equipped government schools. Obviously the children belonging to high-clan get a good quality of education and the poor have to be contented with poor standard.

4) The quality of education is becoming expensive day by day as the private elitist schools charge exorbitant fees which are beyond the reach of millions of Indians. They create a wedge between the haves and the have-nots and widen the disparities between the rich and the poor to the betterment of upper classes of the society.

5) There is a general tendency with the school authorities or inclination towards prescribing more and more costly books for various types of study to the young students. Even some prescribed books are found not in accordance with the standard of the classes rather too high standard in the respective classes. Moreover, the school going pupils are seen carrying a heavy satchel with books and note books across their shoulders or on their backs.

Parents also render their service by carrying their books.

How can we expedite the process of gaining knowledge by prescribing lots of books for study along with home assignment with no time for these growing children without any rest or recreation?

Needless to mention, teachers also face problem and always in a hurry to finish the prescribed syllabus by hook or by crook, Sometimes a few chapters remains incomplete.

The process should be pleasant experience, not a horrible happening which the children

today are faced to undergo.

It results in a sordid state of affair, instead of getting properly educated. Unless we are able to put an end to all such unhealthy trends of education at all levels, we cannot provide both quality and help in achieving the universalization of education or mass education in the country.

6) All basic education should be nationalised and the government should ensure that all schools are equipped will with all facilities so that even the children of the upper crust of the society are to depend on these institutions only.

7) In many schools, where the number of students are more, the children are deprived of getting personal attention from the teacher, The teacher cannot monitor all the students freely and easily.

8) Another disturbing feature is the commercialisation of education at every level. The management of some reputed schools do not hesitate to fleece parents by getting huge sums of money for admission and school fees.

Today, vacationalization in the field of higher educational has become a global phenomena as educationists have found tremendous potentiality in it. All over the world there is a tendency to divert the youth towards vocational education, whereas in India there is still crowd of admission seekers for arts, commerce and science degrees.

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am neither a researcher nor am I a wildlife biologist. I just want to share my knowledge about the importance of wildlife as forest guard. Wildlife includes animals, plants and also aquatic animals and plants. Wildlife meaning is very vast in definition. We cannot explain on a short page. Many of our Naga people never have had knowledge about the importance of wildlife. Even an educated person is not known of its significance; then, how the village inhabitants have knowledge about the importance of wildlife? Therefore, now is the right time to educate and to notify the importance of wildlife to them, if not, it may be late.

Now, the world has been encountering the biggest threat called ‘Global warming’. There is only one way to reduce this, i.e. the preservation of wildlife. This threat created by humans; for this reason, we have to minimize itself again. But the other contributions to global warming like industrialization, air pollution, volcanic eruption, developments and so on are less chances to minimize, as of rapidly increasing of population. Most of the factors contributed by human beings of its egocentricity.

Most of the people hunting for wild animals is, for appetite, enjoy and for business purposes. On the other hand, most of the people hewing forest trees for business purposes.

However, somewhere cutting forest is, for cultivation food grains for the survival too. We have to maintain the ecological balance, not to be cross beyond limitation to do anything.

Prior to severe condition happen, we have to pull up that deteriorating.

This aggravation cannot fight by single nation; but must take participate every individual on this world. This is the responsibility to each and every human being.

Due to the killing rapidly wild animals, many species come to an extinct; some are died due to the temperature disparity; some are died due to the dearth foods; some are died due to the wildfires and for many other factors. The wild animals are very important to human beings, because we are inter- dependent to

Tough Days Ahead for India?

he regional economic and political developments may have nearimmediate affect on the Indian economy, apart from the internal pressures.

The recent regional economic and political crises in south Asia, most of them in immediate neighbours of India, have raised concern amongst the Indian establishment. The economic turbulence in Sri Lanka, Nepal and Maldives and the political turmoil in Pakistan may affect India manifold.

The economic impact of the various crises is expected to begin manifesting themselves soon, if governments of those countries fail to address the crises quickly.

To accord priority to India’s neighbours in their international activities, programmes and projects, was stressed at the first ever Inter-Ministerial Coordination Group (IMCG) meeting organised on April 12 in New Delhi.

Sri Lanka’s economic woes The economic turmoil in Sri Lanka is currently viewed as the most pressing foreign challenge by the MEA with diplomatic and trade ramifications.

Over the years the Sri Lankan economy has failed to attract much foreign direct investment or spread its export basket, though it has transitioned into an upper-middle income country.

For most part, Sri Lankan growth was sustained through international sovereign bonds and expensive short-term external borrowing. These funds were channelled into education, infrastructure, and healthcare, besides maintaining financial liquidity and promoting better macroeconomic policy.

However, by April 2021, Sri Lanka’s external debt had touched $35 billion. In March, inflation zoomed to 17.5%, the highest since 2015, and forex reserves dwindled to $1.9 billion, enough only for a month’s imports.

Its debt-to-GDP ratio

stands at an alarming 120%.

Not surprisingly, on April 12, the government defaulted on all its outstanding foreign dues.

The country has to repay $4 billion in debt this year.

Deep political and economic mayhem has followed, as there is no money to pay for food and fuel imports. Protests have broken out countrywide.

While India is under pressure to continue supporting the island country through a series of lines of credit, political dialogue with the administration of Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has not yielded results. While protests rock Sri Lanka demanding Rajapaksa’s resignation, he has resisted both political as well as economic change by spurring plans of urgent economic reforms.

Nepal’s economy falters Nepalese finance minister Janardan Sharma on 16 April asked fellow Nepalese citizens living abroad to deposit funds in domestic banks as part of efforts to ensure the financial system has enough liquidity and to preserve foreign exchange reserves.

By depositing their savings in Nepal, overseas Nepalese would continue to “maintain their link as well as benefit from 6 to 7 per cent interest” offered by Nepali banks, Sharma said.

Though Sharma maintained that the Nepalese economy did not face a crisis and Nepal’s situation could not be compared with Sri Lanka, the fact is that the Himalayan kingdom is facing its worst economic crisis in decades and increasing anti-government protests.

In Nepal, remittances by overseas workers, which constitute nearly a quarter of the economy are crucial for external payments, they fell 3 per cent to US$5.3 billion between mid-July to mid-March, compared with a 5 per cent increase in the same period a year earlier.

Pakistan politics The political turmoil in

Pakistan has caused a stir in India’s MEA, yet many believe that it may prove to be a positive development. The country’s new prime minister, like his elder brother and former prime minister, is essentially a businessman and he may try to salvage the ties between the two countries by boosting trade amongst them, as his brother tried in the past. Reports speak of a large section of the traders favouring reopening bilateral trade ties with India.

Pakistani importers, especially of cotton, textiles, pharmaceuticals and chemicals and exporters of dry fruits and handicrafts are keen on the border being open once more, officials said. They added that the government expects the thaw in bilateral relations to begin from this if they happen at all.

Is China to be blamed?

Currently many theorists have blamed Sri Lanka’s economic relations with China as the main driver behind the crisis. This has been called “debt-trap diplomacy” by the Untied States.

However, in reality loans from China accounted for only about 10 per cent of Sri Lanka’s total foreign debt in 2020. In addition defaults over China’s infrastructure-related loans to Sri Lanka, especially the financing of the Hambantota port, are being cited as factors contributing to the crisis.

But the facts don’t add up. The Chinese Exim Bank financed the construction of the Hambantota port. As it was running in losses, the Sri Lankan government leased out the port for 99 years to the Chinese Merchant’s Group, which paid Sri Lanka US$1.12 billion. So in reality it actually bolstered Sri Lanka’s foreign exchange reserves by US$1.12 billion.

The situation turned bad due to two economic shocks in 2019. First, there was a series of bomb blasts in churches and luxury hotels in Colombo in April 2019. These led to a steep decline in tourist arrivals, a ma-

jor source of foreign exchange earning for the country.

Second, the new Gotabaya government carried out irrational tax reforms. About 2 per cent of the gross domestic product was lost in revenues because of these tax cuts.

Thirdly, ill thought out agricultural policies led to a drastic fall in agricultural production making more imports necessary. Due to lower export incomes, there was less money available to import food and food shortages arose.

Lastly, Sri Lanka might be forced to follow a deflationary fiscal policy, which may further limit the prospects of economic revival.

Though the situation in every country may seem different, yet they may have a cumulative bearing on India in the near future. It might be looked up to, to act as a big brother by Sri Lanka and Nepal. As regards to Pakistan it may prove to be a case for caution both militarily and politically, but indeed the times ahead seem to be challenging for the Indian foreign policy deliverers.

Though the Indian economy overall seems resilient to the external forces, yet a word of caution to some Indian states.

Some of these states may have the makings of a crisis, due to their populist policies. A recent report states that most of the non-BJP ruled states, such as Punjab, Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal may end up wrecking their economies, which are under strain due to the populist policies being implemented there.

So, in the near future Indian government may have to deal with both external and internal financial woes.

Asad Mirza is a political commentator based in New Delhi. He was also associated with BBC Urdu Service and Khaleej Times of Dubai. He writes on Muslims, educational, international affairs, interfaith and current affairs. www.asad-mirza.blogspot.com

each other in numerous fields and correlated in many fields. Moreover, human beings also social animal, living under primates family. Constant Killing of wild animals and cutting trees disturb food chain system and disturb ecological balance, as well as disturb biodiversity. Therefore, we have to preserve the wildlife both animals and plants for the depletion or curtail the catastrophes. Every individual must be cooperating with the Forest Department and have to abide the wildlife act 1972. This act has been given a lot of punishment to wildlife crimes on case matter.

Every year almost a million of hectares clear forest in case of business purposes, wildfires, and unavoidable events. Therefore, the climate change and Global warming happening.

Most of the people know how to cut the trees but less of the people know how to plant the trees. We have to change our bad habits and have to “cutting into planting”. Most of the forest trees and plants are absorb or inhale carbon dioxide (CO2), which are harmful for us and released oxygen (O2), which are useful for now and then to every living organism. Forest trees and plants give us water and fresh air to us. By forest trees and plants, we are getting enough waters and rain waters. But due to the constant killing of wild animals and cutting trees the climate change has been happening now. Decades back people had never faced scarcity of water as like today.

But examine the present situation, what we are facing? We are not getting rain water in time and globe becomes hotter and hotter. These events are all happened, because of human carelessness and selfishness.

Rain water is very important for every living organism. Without rain water the farmers could not cultivate their food grains, which we eat now and then. Without forest trees the rain water never take place in time; finally, the common people definitely face the consequences. So that, “love wildlife as your friends”. These is the short context and simple way to know the importance of wildlife.

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iverse India which has unity in diversity has actually been divided on caste and religious lines by indian constitution.

Though Indian constitution guarantees equal rights to every citizen of the country but caste-based reservation, minority community and non-enactment of uniform civil code are main reason for disharmony in the country.

The reservation for SC/ST was planned initially for ten years for social justice for those classes. This has become full grown tree and those who got into elite bracket because of reservation are continuing to enjoy its fruits for generation. This equality and social justice added OBC caste by way of Mandal has made Indians intolerant. The changes brought in Hindu personal laws on marriage and succession act by successive govt has divided Hindu families between brothers and sisters and also created suspicion between husband and wife.

The Muslim personals did not provide equality to women is still being followed. Indian politician lack goal of governance which is to accommodate economic prosperity to every citizen as social vision has given way to vote bank politics. The constitution which should have modus Vivaldi has given way to division of society on caste and religious lines. Hindu heartland of UP, Bihar, Rajasthan, MP were vote bank of Congress till OBC leaders came into prominence. But this politics have now changed to social dynamics to Hindutva and Ram Mandir agenda. Political party must think for existing disharmony because of diverse India and therefore should impose their ideas on another group. They must treat and give equal rights to every citizen of the country.

Unity in diversity of country like India where Vaisudhaiv kutumbkam is philosophy must be followed. This require implementation of uniform civil code and abolition of castebased reservation. Progress of the society and its upliftment is dependent upon progress of every individual in the society. If there is Ramnavami procession, it must be enjoyed by other community also and if it is to terrorise other community, govt must deal with iron hand. Vice versa must be followed during Moharam procession How in a free democratic country, religious procession is stopped and not allowed to go through certain roads.

Economic progress is for rural and ancient economy as vote bank. Industrial revolution which put western world ahead of developing countries, must be worked out for India by way of industrialization. The vibrant economy is feasible if mediocracy which is in main stream of governance by way of caste-based reservation must be abolished. The culture and religious harmony can be brought in the main stream by way of implementation of uniform civil code by dispensing with Muslim personal laws, minority institution etc.

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adding that four forensics teams also visited the spot to gather evidence.

Notning that some people were trying to spread rumours on social media to keep the situation tense, the Delhi Police chief appealed to people to ignore them.

Those trying to disrupt the atmosphere through social media will also not be spared, he said.

“We are analysing the social media and if required those spreading false news, misinformation or tweeting any rumour with an intention to disturb the environment will not be spared and legal action will be taken against them,” he said.

The probe will cover all angles through the analysis of CCTV footage and digital inputs, he said.

Recalling the incident on Saturday, Asthana said around 4.15 pm, a procession had started on the oc-

Hardeep Singh Puri

SURAT, APR 18 (PTI): Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Monday said 80 of the 100 ‘Smart Cities’ in the country have Integrated Command and Control Centres and the remaining will get it by August 15.

Puri was here to inaugurate the 3-day ‘Smart Cities, Smart Urbanization’ conference organised by Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs in association with Surat Smart City Corporation Development Ltd as part of the Centre’s Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav.

“Work has started in almost all government-funded projects in the Smart City Mission (SCM) and projects under SCM will be completed by next year. A total of 80 of the 100 Smart Cities have Integrated Command and Control Centres, and the remaining 20 will be operational by August 15 this year,” he said in his inaugural address.

Smart cities were selected after stakeholder con-

Road accident triggers communal clash in Vadodara

Police personnel stand guard at the site of the clash.

VADODARA, APR 18 (PTI): A minor road accident led to a communal clash in Gujarat’s Vadodara city, with rioters throwing stones, vandalising a shrine and damaging some vehicles, police said on Monday adding that three persons were injured.

Police have so far arrested 22 people- 19 for

rioting after the incident that occurred late Sunday night and three others in connection with the road accident involving two-wheelers, officials said. Three persons were injured in the clash, Additional Commissioner of Police Chirag Koradia told reporters.

A Karelibaug police station official said that the

clash broke out following a road accident involving twowheelers belonging to people from two communities in the city’s Raopura locality.

The matter escalated and in no time people from two communities gathered and hurled stones at each other in the Karelibaug locality, neighbouring the Raopura area.

A mob vandalised the idol at a shrine located on the roadside, two autorickshaws and as many two-wheelers, the police official said.

Two separate FIRs were registered at Raopura and Karelibaug police stations for the accident and rioting, respectively, and a total of 22 persons arrested so far, Koradia said.

Various sections of the Indian Penal Code for rioting, unlawful assembly, holding deadly weapons, defiling the place of worship with

Cabinet reshuffle or expansion after Delhi visit: K’taka CM

Basavaraj Bommai

BENGALURU, APR 18 (IANS): Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said on Monday that a final decision on cabinet expansion will be taken only after his visit to New Delhi.

“The High command has to give directions on my visit and it will be decided in New Delhi itself whether there would be cabinet reshuffle or just cabinet expansion in the state,” he said.

Speaking to reporters Bommai said that the matter of cabinet expansion has been discussed with party President J.P. Nadda already. He had assured that he would inform after conducting a meeting in this regard.

The statement of Bommai proved to be a dampener for cabinet berth aspirants who expected the cabinet expansion to take place immediately after Ugadi festival (April 2). With the resignation

Ashiq Ahmed Nengroo

NEW DELHI, APR 18 (PTI): Ashiq Ahmed Nengroo, a commander of banned outfit Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), was designated as a terrorist by the Centre on Monday for his involvement in various terror incidents in Jammu and Kashmir.

In a notification, the Union home ministry said Nengroo has been involved in the infiltration of terrorists into Jammu and Kashmir and has also been responsible for perpetrating various terror incidents in the Union Territory. Nengroo (34) is running a terror syndicate in Kashmir and is now “engaged in a perilous campaign to orchestrate terror in Jammu and Kashmir”, remote controlled from Pakistan, the ministry said.

In view of the danger that Nengroo poses to the security of India and in order to deter him from perpetrating terror acts, he has been designated as a terrorist under the provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (37 of 1967), the ministry said.

(IANS): National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval said on Monday that any threat in the cyberspace directly impacts the country’s social, economic and national security and therefore India must safeguard its cyberspace.

Inaugurating a National Cyber Exercise (NCX) with an aim to train senior management and technical staff of the government on contemporary cyber threats and handling cyber incidents, Doval said that digital revolution is taking place in the country. He further said that with the launch of a large number of digital services by the government, cyber security remains the foundation of any successful digital transformation and any threat to the digital world may impact the country in many ways.

The NCX will be conducted as a hybrid exercise from April 18 to 29 in association with the National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS) of the government with the Data Security Council of India (DSCI) as the knowledge partner, supported by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).

The platform for training is being provided by CyberExer Technologies, an Estonian cyber security company accredited for globally conducting several

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large-scale cyber exercises.

“More than 140 officials will be trained through training sessions with strategic exercises. The participants will be trained on various key cyber security areas such as intrusion detection techniques, malware information sharing platform (MISP), vulnerability handling and penetration testing, network protocols and data flows, and digital forensics,” an official in the NSCS said.

The NCX India will help strategic leaders to better understand cyber threats, assess readiness, and develop skills for cyber crisis management and cooperation.

This will also help develop and test cyber security skills, teamwork, planning, communication, critical thinking, and decision-making.

During the event, the National Cyber Security Coordinator, Lt. General Rajesh Pant, brought out the importance of Indian cyberspace and the necessity of keeping it secure and safe for the citizens, businesses and governments.

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NEW DELHI, APR 18 (AGENCIES): Political strategist Prashant Kishor on Monday again discussed the Roadmap for 2024 general elections with senior Congress leaders, including Sonia Gandhi. This was the second meeting of the Congress leaders with Kishor in three days.

Congress top Brass, including Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Jairam Ramesh, P.Chidambaram, K.C.Venugopal and Randeep Surjewala, were present in the meeting. Sonia Gandhi has constituted a subgroup of senior party leaders to discuss the Roadmap presented by Kishor to the party for the 2024 general elections, which is expected to report back within a week.

On Saturday, Kishor had presented a detailed

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of K.S. Eshwarappa, five posts in the cabinet are now vacant. Since, the elections are fast approaching (2023), the party is treading cautiously with regard to expansion.

Talking about the Police Sub-Inspector (PSI) recruitment scandal, Bommai clarified that there are demands for re-examination. “But, we will take a call on it only after the CID investigation report comes,” he said.

intent to insult the religion of any class have been invoked in the Karelibaug FIR against a group of named and unidentified accused.

“All the 19 persons named in the Karelibaug FIR for rioting were arrested during the combing operation carried out last night.

Efforts are on to nab the unidentified accused,” Koradia said. Also, out of 8-10 accused against whom an FIR was lodged at the Raopura police station related to the road accident, three were nabbed, he said.

Security has been beefed up in the area and the situation is under control now, he added.

“Two companies of the State Reserve Police (SRP) personnel have been deployed in sensitive areas and patrolling increased under all police stations. The situation is under control,” he said.

have been the fastest among government schemes despite the COVID-19 pandemic, Puri said, adding that the experience gained will help make SCM a people’s movement.

The Smart Cities Mission was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in June 2015 and it was designed as part of a multilayer strategy to meet the aspirations of 40 per cent of India’s population living in cities, said a PIB release.

Of the total investment of Rs 2,05,018 crore under SCM, projects worth Rs 93,552 crore were proposed to be developed by Centre and state funds, and almost 100 per cent of these government funded projects have seen work ordered, said the release. On the first day of the conference, award winners of the India Smart Cities Awards Contest (ISAC) 2020 were felicitated. These awards were earlier announced through a virtual conference in 2021 due to the pandemic.

Surat and Indore were given the Best City award, while Uttar Pradesh was awarded the Best State, said the release. During the event, several new schemes were also launched, including a “virtual hub for collaborations on urban transformation” in partnership between SCM and the World Economic Forum.

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casion of Hanuman Jayanti.

The routes taken were traditional and around 6:15 pm, those in front of the procession moved ahead.

However, those who were following them stopped after getting into a heated argument following which stones were pelted, Asthan said. The police chief lauded the effort of the force, saying this shows that the personnel separated both the groups and saved public from getting injured.

“We have registered a case and 23 people from both communities have been held so far. Eight among them have previous criminal records,” he said. He said three firearms and five swords have also been seized from the accused so far.

Elaborating about the probe, he said, digital evidence and its thorough analysis is being done based on the footage of CCTV cameras.

Based on that, more people have been identified and legal action will be taken against them after their interrogation, he said.

“Social media, video footage, digital evidence received will be investigated from all the angles,” he said, assuring that no one who is directly or indirectly involved in the incident will not be spared.

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Jahangirpuri clashes: DP say nobody involved will be spared

NEW DELHI, APR 18 (PTI): Delhi Police Commissioner Rakesh Asthana on Monday said 23 people from both the communities have been arrested so far in connection with the Jahangirpuri violence, and refuted claims that attempts were made to hoist saffron flags at a mosque during Hanuman Jayanti procession.

During a media briefing, Asthana asserted that those involved in the violent clashes will not be spared irrespective of class, creed or religion.

“No, there was no attempt to hoist any saffron flag at the mosque during the procession,” Asthana said when asked if the clashes broke out after attempts were made by some to hoist the flag. Several politicians and social media users had alleged that some people tried to hoist a flag on a local mosque in Jahangirpuri that led to stone pelting and violence.

Clashes had broken out during a Hanuman Jayanti procession in the city’s Jahangirpuri area on Saturday in which nine policemen and a civilian was injured.

The investigation into the Saturday clashes has been handed over to the Crime Branch and 14 teams have been formed to take it forward, Asthana said,

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It added that higher poverty reduction was reported in rural areas compared to urban areas. The paper stated, “Rural and urban poverty dropped by 14.7 and 7.9 percentage points during 2011-2019.”

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expected the right-thinking citizens to come forward and support them.

Sensing the need to allow NSSB start functioning as soon as possible so the youth could benefit from it, he said ENSF had agreed to the government’s request for a comprehensive review on the 45 percent reservation for Eastern Nagas issue.

He cautioned that if the government failed to heed to its demands, the federation would go all out until all its demands were met.

claimed that by the authors’ estimates, poverty has declined by an average of 1.3 percentage points per year between 2011 and 2018.

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(From p-1) Asked about the proposed agitation, Chang said ENSF held a meeting with all its seven federating units and unanimously decided to go ahead with the agitation. He said that more than 1,000 volunteers were expected to participate. Asked whether it was expecting any representatives from other student bodies, Chang said they could not go and lobby around for support. However, he said that since the demands were genuine, they

NEW DELHI, APR 18 (AGENCIES): Extreme poverty has gone down by 12.3 percentage points between 2011-2019, a rate significantly lower than that of the 2004-2011 period.

Poverty headcount rate dropped from 22.5 per cent in 2011 to 10.2 per cent in 2019 with more pronounced deductions in rural areas compared to urban areas, according to a recent World Bank working paper.

The paper -- titled ‘Poverty in India has declined over the last decade but not as much as previously thought’ and authored by Sutirtha Sinha Roy and Roy van de Weide -- posited that the “rate of poverty reduction between 2004 and 2011 is estimated at approximately 2.5 percentage points per year. After 2011, poverty reduction has slowed down.”

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The invocation was offered by Diphupar Sumi Baptist Church pastor Jacob Achumi, welcome song was presented by All Sumi Students Union (SKK) and greeting message was delivered by Lotha Hoho representative.

The programme was chaired by Bito Yeptho and K Lereni Lotha.

The inaugural session will be held on April 19, with deputy chief minister Y Patton as chief guest and Imkong L Imchen, MLA as special guest.

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He called upon the three brothers to continue to endeavor towards progress and to ensure the platform

products in it (flagship models). For us as well, this falls in that same bracket where we’re trying to give the best luxury experience to our customers through the A8 sedan,” Audi India Head Balbir Singh Dhillon told PTI. He further said the A8 is “the one car that Audi is bringing as long wheelbase in India”, equipped with high-end technology and a host of options, luxury space and better drivability.

The car is expected to be powered by a 3-litre petrol engine. It will be imported as a completely built unit.

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(From p-1) The chief secretary said that the state government has a sizeable number of contractual doctors and others working in Central Schemes, who would cater to the need of the patients during this period.

Nagaland government has said the PM’s statement was made in a political rally and no directive has been given to states.

The chief secretary said that the state Cabinet will have a meeting soon to deliberate on the NIDA’s demand.

Alam said that all the districts have not been affected by the doctors’ agitation.

The government has not sanctioned their application for casual leave, he said.

Corrigendum: Apropos the news item “NIDA’s 3-day mass CL from today; govt renews appeal to refrain from stir”, it is to be clarified that the meeting held on April 17, 2022 was only among NIDA officials, in connection with the three-day mass casual leave, and not with the State government officials as published.

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NEW DELHI, APR 18 (PTI): German luxur y carmaker Audi is gearing up to drive in the new version of its flagship sedan A8 in India, which will be its second launch of the year, as it chases double-digit sales growth in the country, according to a senior company official.

The company plans to open bookings for the new A8 long-wheelbase sedan in the coming days, with launch expected to follow in the next few weeks.

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NEW DELHI, APR 18 (PTI): No-frills airline SpiceJet on Monday announced the launch of new and additional nonstop flights on its domestic and international routes, starting April 26, to meet current and emerging demands.The flights, which are being launched in a phased manner, include services connecting Ahmedabad with Muscat; Mumbai with Dhaka; Kozhikode with Jeddah and Riyadh; and Mumbai with Riyadh and Jeddah in Saudi Arabia, SpiceJet said in a statement.

On the domestic network, new flights will be launched to Goa, Bagdogra and Shirdi from Ahmedabad, while Tirupati and Guwahati will be connected with Mumbai, it said.

In addition to this service, frequencies are being enhanced on Delhi-Jabalpur, Delhi-Leh, AhmedabadDehradun, HyderabadShirdi, Mumbai-Goa and Mumbai-Srinagar routes, SpiceJet said.

finalising it with bookings “expected to open in the next few days, followed by formal launch in the market in the following few weeks”.

This will be Audi’s second launch of 2022, after the new version of its SUV, Q7, which was introduced in India in February with prices starting at Rs 79.99 lakh (ex-showroom).

Dhillon, who had in the beginning of the year ex u d e d c o n f i d e n c e o f clocking double-digit sales growth in 2022, said the company is maintaining the view despite supply chain challenges, semiconductor shor tage, lockdown in China due to COVID-19 and the war in Ukraine.

“We still maintain it will be double-digit growth,” he said, however, adding it was difficult to put an exact figure due to the current circumstances.

He expressed hope that the situation would improve in the second half of the year provided but no new challenges come up which is not good for the auto industry.

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required, he added.

Highlighting the importance of agriculture sector in Indian economy, Tomar stressed on the need to strengthen the farm sector.

The country is not only self-sufficient in the foodgrains production but also has surplus stocks which is attributed to the efforts of farmers community, research done by farm scientists and the farmer-friendly policies of the government, he added.

The minister said the

NEW DELHI, APR 18 (ANI): India’s largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki said on Monday it has increased the prices of its entire model range by an average of 1.3% due to a sharp increase in input costs. The increase in price varies depending on the model in the range of 0.9% to 1.9%. The weighted average increase across models is 1.3% – Ex Showroom Prices (Delhi), Maruti Suzuki said in a regulatory filing to the stock exchanges. The new prices came into effect from 18th April 2022. Maruti Suzuki said it has decided to increase the prices across models owing to “increase in various input costs.”

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country’s foodgrains production and the government’s procurement operation remained unaffected despite the COVID-19 pandemic.

He further emphasised on the need to strengthen the agriculture sector through government policies, research activities, focus on quality, transparency and ease of doing business to make India even more stronger.

The Centre and the State governments have taken various steps to bring reforms, attract investments in agriculture sector and improve farmers income through better agri-marketing system, he added.

The two new portals have been developed to bring ease of doing business and make systems simple, fair and transparent, Agriculture Secretary Manoj Ahuja said.

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NEW DELHI, APR 18 (PTI): Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Monday launched two new portals, including one for registration of pesticides.

Another portal is for documentation related to imports and exports of agriproducts and plants.

The minister launched the two portals — CROP (Comprehensive Registration of Pesticides) and PQMS (Plant Quarantine Management System) — in an event held at the Pusa complex, with an aim to improve ease of doing business.

Addressing the event, Tomar said the two new portals have been launched to make the process of pesticides registration and documentation process for export-import simple and transparent.

The gover nment is committed to make improvements in systems, if

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Lanka Prez Gotabaya appoints new Cabinet Russian strikes kill at least 7 in Lviv PM Mahinda only member from powerful Rajapaksa clan C O LO M B O, A P R 1 8 (PTI): Beleaguered Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Monday appointed a new 17-member Cabinet that excluded his close relatives except Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, as he called for a “system change” amidst growing demand for his resignation over the worst economic crisis faced by the island nation.

Sri Lanka is grappling with unprecedented economic turmoil since independence from Britain in 1948. The crisis is caused in part by a lack of foreign currency, which has meant that the country cannot afford to pay for imports of staple foods and fuel, leading to acute shortages and very high prices.

Earlier this month, Sri Lanka’s entire Cabinet -aside from President Gotabaya and his elder brother, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa -- resigned from their posts after thousands of people defied a countrywide state of emergency

apaksa said, calling the crisis “an opportunity to bring about the system change that the people expected.”

The President’s Media Division said that there were no changes to the ministerial positions held by the President, Prime Minister, External Affairs Minister G. L. Peiris, and Finance Minister Ali Sabry.

The Cabinet appointment came as the islandwide protests continued on Monday to force the resignation of the president and his powerful family for mishandling the economy, already hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The economic crisis also triggered a political turmoil in the island nation with citizens holding nationwide street protests for weeks over lengthy power cuts and shortage of fuel, food and other daily essentials and demanding the ouster of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.

People continued to be in fuel and gas queues while the power cuts which were not imposed during the weekend on account of the traditional Sinhala and Tamil new year returned on Monday.

Last week, Sri Lanka said it would temporarily

default on its foreign debts.

A payment on some of those bond debts was due to be made on Monday, the day on which the government is to begin bailout talks with the International Monetary Fund.

The stock exchange has also been suspended for a week with effect from Monday.

The state power entity said there will be four and a half-hour power cuts on Monday.

Adding to public woes is the Lanka Indian oil company (LIOC) announcement of further price hikes for petrol and diesel with effect from Sunday midnight.

The LIOC raised fuel prices for the fourth time since February.

A spokesman for the LIOC said the price hike was necessary due to the depreciation of the Sri Lankan rupee.

Sri Lanka rupees had fallen by over 60 per cent till March 7 when the flexible exchange rate was announced.

The price of Octane 92 has been raised by over 10 per cent to a record high of 338 rupees per litre while diesel at 289 rupees per litre has seen a 35 per cent increase.

LVIV, APR 18 (AP): Russian missiles hit the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on Monday, killing at least seven people, Ukrainian officials said, as Moscow’s troops stepped up strikes on infrastructure in preparation for an all-out assault on the east.

Plumes of thick, black smoke rose over the city after a series of explosions shattered windows and started fires. Lviv and the rest of western Ukraine have seen only sporadic strikes during almost two months of war and have become a relative safe haven for people from parts of the country where fighting has been more intense.

Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, meanwhile, vowed to “fight absolutely to the end” in strategically vital Mariupol, where the last known pocket of resistance in a seven-week siege was holed up in a sprawling steel plant laced with tunnels. Russia has repeatedly urged forces there to lay down their arms, but those remaining ignored a surrender-or-die ultimatum on Sunday.

Seven people were killed and 11 wounded in overnight missile strikes, according to Lviv Mayor

Emergency workers clear up debris after an airstrike hit a tire shop in the western city of Lviv, April 18. (AP/PTI)

Andriy Sadovyi and the regional governor, Maksym Kozytskyy. The governor said the Russian strikes hit three military infrastructure facilities and an auto mechanic shop. He said the wounded included a child, and emergency teams were battling fires caused by the strikes. A hotel sheltering Ukrainians who had fled fighting farther east was among the buildings badly damaged in the attack, the mayor said.

“The nightmare of war has caught up with us even in Lviv,” said Lyudmila Turchak, 47, who fled with two children from the eastern city Kharkiv.

“There is no longer anywhere in Ukraine where we can feel safe.”

A powerful explosion also rocked Vasylkiv, a town south of the capital of Kyiv that is home to a military airbase, according to residents. Video posted on social media sites showed smoke in the area after the blast. It was not immediately clear what was hit, and there was no official confirmation from authorities.

Military analysts say Russia is increasing its strikes on weapons factories, railways and other infrastructure targets across Ukraine to wear down the country’s ability to resist a major ground offensive in the Donbas, Ukraine’s mostly Russian-speaking eastern industrial heartland.

UK PM Boris Johnson facing new ‘partygate’ claims Imran contradicts Pak Army; insists ‘establishment’ gave him ‘3 options’

Sudan condemns Israel’s raid on Al-Aqsa Mosque

Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa before the visit.

“Gen Bajwa said we must visit Russia,” Khan was quoted as saying by Geo TV. K h a n’s c o m m e n t s came days after Army spokesman Maj Gen Babar Iftikhar said that during the deadlock between the Opposition and the government, the PM Office had approached the army chief to help find a solution to the political crisis.

“It is unfortunate that our political leadership was not ready to talk. So the army chief and DG ISI went to the PM Office and three scenarios were discussed,” he said on Thursday, recalling that one was that the no-confidence motion should be held as it was. The other were that the prime minister resigns or the no-confidence motion was retracted and the assemblies were dissolved.

KHARTOUM, APR 18 (IANS): Sudan has condemned Israeli forces’ raid on Al-Aqsa Mosque compound that left more than 100 Palestinians wounded.

S u d a n o n S u n d ay called on the international community to play its role in holding Israel fully responsible for the repercussions of such crimes and violations against the defenseless Palestinian people, their land and the holy sites, Xinhua news agency reported citing the country’s Foreign Ministry. The ministry also demanded the Israeli government immediately stop the violations and its continued attempt to Judaize Jerusalem by imposing what it called a fait accompli policy.

Sudan reaffirmed its stance toward the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination and the establishment of an independent state with East Jerusalem as its capital.

and curfew and joined street protests denouncing the government.

The previous Cabinet had to make way for the president to form a unity cabinet with the Opposition members. The Opposition, however, has rejected the offer. Rajapaksa, 72, swore in a 17-member Cabinet on Monday in addition to the three ministers he had earlier appointed.

That meant no place for the oldest member of the family Chamal Rajapaksa, Mahinda’s son Namal Rajapaksa, both of whom were Cabinet ministers and the nephew Shasheendra who was a state minister.

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2020 was allegedly “instigated” by Johnson.

“He said he wanted to say a few words for Lee and started pouring drinks for people and drinking himself. He toasted him,” the source was quoted as saying.

It has led to renewed Opposition calls for Johnson, 57, to step down. Labour Party Deputy Leader Angela Rayner said that “if the latest reports are true”, it means “not only did the Prime Minister attend parties, but he had a hand in instigating at least one of them”.

Rayner accused him

Pak Prez excuses himself from administering oaths to new cab

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ISLAMABAD, APR 18 (AGENCIES): Pakistan President Arif Alvi on Monday excused himself from administering oaths to new cabinet ministers, following which the ceremony has been postponed, a media report said, citing sources.

Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjarani is now expected to administer the oath to the members of the federal cabinet at a ceremony which is likely to take place either on Tuesday or Wednesday, Geo News reported, citing sources in the president’s house.

Last week, Sanjrani administered the oath of office to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif after President Alvi, a member of ousted premier Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, went on ‘sick’ leave ahead of the Pakistan Muslim LeagueNawaz (PML-N) leader’s inauguration. The federal Cabinet was scheduled to take oath tonight at 8:30pm (local time) on Monday; however, when the prime

minister’s office contacted the president’s office, Alvi refused to administer oaths, the channel said. His move has further delayed the formation of the new Cabinet, a week after Sharif was sworn-in.

Meanwhile, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Khurshid Shah said that the PML-N will have the majority in the cabinet with 14 ministries. The PPP will have 11, and the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) will be given four ministries.

Meanwhile, the rest of the seven positions will be allotted to other allies.

PML-N leader Marriyum Aurangzeb, who is likely to become information minister, had said on Sunday that members of the federal Cabinet “are taking oath tomorrow (Monday).”

Marriyum had said that the PML-N would get 14 ministries followed by the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) with 11 ministries.

She said that all allied parties were being accommodated in the Cabinet, including JUI-F and Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM). On Sunday, Prime Minister Sharif consulted the ruling coalition parties and met delegations of the Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) and the Balochistan National Party (BNP).

Both Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Mahinda Rajapaksa have separately addressed the nation in an apparent bid to placate the protesters. But calls for the president to resign have only grown louder.

Speaking to the new ministers, President Rajapaksa sought their support for an efficient, clean government.

He said that he expects honest, efficient, and untainted governance from the new Cabinet.

“Today, most of the government institutions are under serious economic difficulties and it is absolutely essential to rectify it,” Raj-

of deliberately misleading the British people “at every turn”.

She added: “While the British public was making huge sacrifices, Boris Johnson was breaking the law.

“The Prime Minister has demeaned his office.

The British people deserve better. While Labour has a plan for tackling the costof-living crisis, Tory MPs are too busy defending the indefensible actions of Boris Johnson.”

While Downing Street has maintained it would not comment on the issue until Scotland Yard’s investigation into the matter is concluded, Johnson will be hoping to deflect attention from the issue when Parliament returns after its Easter recess on Tuesday with other pressing matters.

The conflict in Ukraine and his scheduled two-day visit to India, starting with Gujarat on Thursday, will be among the issues he is expected to focus on in Parliament.

“As we face threats to our peace and prosperity from autocratic states, it is vital that democracies and friends stick together. India, as a major economic power and the world’s largest democracy, is a highly valued strategic partner for the UK in these uncertain times,” Johnson said, ahead of his visit from April 21 to 22.

“My visit to India will deliver on the things that really matter to the people of both our nations – from job creation and economic growth, to energy security and defence,” he said.

The visit this week, Johnson’s first as UK Prime Minister, will begin in Ahmedabad on Thursday with investment announcements in key industries in both the UK and India.

He will then proceed to New Delhi to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday, when the focus will be on IndiaUK strategic defence and diplomatic and economic partnership.

ISLAMABAD, APR 18 (PTI): Pakistan’s ousted prime minister Imran Khan on Monday insisted that the powerful “establishment” gave him “three options,” contradicting the military’s stance that the options were not put forth by it during the recent political turmoil in the coup-prone country.

The 69-year-old cricketer-turned politician made these remarks during an informal conversation with journalists in Islamabad.

“The establishment gave me three options, so I agreed with the election proposal. How could I accept the resignation and noconfidence suggestion,” the former premier said while replying to a question on the military’s clarification about the ‘three options’ given to him.

Khan was ousted after he lost a no-confidence vote in the National Assembly earlier this month,

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becoming the first prime minister in Pakistan to be removed unceremoniously from power.

Khan said that he will not say anything which will harm the country. “I am not saying anything because Pakistan needs a strong and united army. We are a Muslim country and a strong army is a guarantor of our security.”

He also said that the military was onboard over his visit to Russia and he telephoned Chief of Army

Nepal cuts fuel allowance of govt agencies by 20%

KATHMANDU, APR 18 (PTI): The Nepal government has cut fuel allowance of its ministries and state-owned enterprises by 20 per cent, as the country battles a foreign exchange crisis and the price of petroleum products sky-rockets globally, officials said on Monday. The decision was taken at a meeting of the Council of Ministers held on April 13, the Ministry of Finance officials said.

It was decided in the wake of an increasing trade deficit, decreasing rate of

remittance inflow and growing pressure on the foreign currency reserve, they said.

“Different ministries, line agencies and the public/state-owned enterprises will have to slash fuel budget from their budget under the same heading by 20 per cent. This decision is not applicable, however, to development projects, peace and security, essential service and the upcoming local level election,” the ministry said in a statement.

The Russia-Ukraine

war, which has been going on for over a month now, has resulted in a major spike in global oil prices.

Presently, major oil producers Russia, Iran and Venezuela are all facing sanctions.

Tourism-dependent Nepal is experiencing a slump in its foreign reserves after the COVID-19 pandemic brought international travel to a halt.

The cut in fuel allowance is expected to see savings for Nepal Oil Corporation which is selling

LOTHA EKHUNG SEITHEKEMA ‘C’ DIST. CHUMOUKEDIMA: NAGALALAND ***************************************

GrATITUDE

Lotha Ekhung Seithekema ‘C’ (LES ’C’) express our deepest gratitude to Dr. Roland Lotha for donating Rs. 200,000/- towards purchase of land for construction of Community Hall at Seithekema ‘C’, Chumoukedima.

LES ‘C’ also takes this opportunity to thank the following officers, individuals, departments and groups for their kind contribution towards the same: 1. DRDA, RD, Nagaland : Rs. 304000/2. C. Vanchamo Ngullie, Joint Director, Kohima : Rs. 15000/3. A. Roland Jami, Engineer, Water Resources : Rs. 50000/4. Dr. John Murry, Sovima, Dimapur : Rs. 20000/5. Elias Humtsoe, Transport Commissioner, Nagaland : Rs. 20000/6. Ben Yanthan, Director, Agriculture, Kohima : Rs. 15000/7. A. Wobenshio, Comm & Secy (Rtd), Kohima : Rs. 4000/8. Mhathung Yanthan, Advisor, Government of Nagaland : Rs. 50000/9. Mhathung Kikon, Sericulture, Kohima : Rs. 20000/10. Jamithung Patton, NCS, Addl. Secy., Nagaland : Rs. 20000/11. Mhathung Murry, Commissioner : Rs. 5000/12. Vanchamo Yanthan, Chairman, LES ‘C’ : Rs. 10000/13. Peter Kikon, Gen. Secretary, LES ‘C’ : Rs. 10000/Though we may not give anything in return, we humbly pray to our Almighty God to abundantly bless each one of you.

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fuel at subsidised rates and suffering huge losses at the present global rates.

To deal with the forex crisis, the Nepal government has urged Nepalese nationals living abroad to open dollar accounts in banks in the country and make investments.

WOKHA TOWN MEKOKLA EKHUNG FELICITATION

The wTME with immense joy and pride felicitates: 1. Dr. Renbeni Kikon, D/o Elisha Kikon for being selected as Asst. professor NU Lumami 2. Mr. Zajamo Kikon, S/o Yanpansao Kikon for being promoted to District Evaluation Officer 3. Dr. Ekonthung Ezung, S/o Samuel Ezung on being conferred Doctorate in Theology.

The Ekhung while congratulating, prays for their good health.

(Mhonbemo Ezung) (Rhonathung Kikon) Secretary Chairman

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LONDON, APR 18 (PTI): British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is facing new allegations on Monday around “partygate”, the scandal surrounding government officials breaching coronavirus rules with illegal lockdown gatherings, and will be hoping to escape some of the heat when he leaves for India on Thursday.

Johnson has already been fined for one such party, for his birthday in June 2020, when his wife Carrie brought a cake to the Cabinet Room and has also been fined along with UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak.

However, according to UK media reports, Johnson is believed to have been linked with around six out of the 12 lockdown parties under police investigation.

‘The Sunday Times’ quoted a source as saying that a leaving drinks gathering for Number 10 Downing Street’s outgoing director of communications, Lee Cain, in November

Gotabaya Rajapaksa sings the national anthem during the country’s Independence Day celebration in Colombo. (AP)

WOKHA TOWN KIKON EKHUNG WOKHA : NAGALAND

Wokha Town Kikon Ekhung General Meeting cum Election of New Office Bearers Date : April 23, 2022 Time : 9:30 AM Venue : Likya community Hall, wokha Town Exhorters: 1. Dr. Zuben Kikon, Deputy chief Medical Officer, wokha 2. Mr. Benrithung Kikon, Sr. Accounts Officer, DRDA wokha 3. Mr. Y. Vungthungo Kikon, Sr. Principal, GHSS wokha 4. Er. Mhathung Kikon, Executive Engineer, PwD (R&B), wokha Division

GENERAL INfORMATION 1. colony representatives are requested to collect and bring along the Kikon household membership fee and submit the same to the Finance Secretary during the programme 2. All individuals included in the programme are requested to attend the same without fail 3. All programme participants are requested to strictly follow the Government issued SOPs on cOVID-19 wc-71/22

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or the first time in the state and second in the country, “About Us” an Indian ‘Experimental Melodic Hard Rock’ band formed in the winter of 2019 based in Nagaland and Lothas from the ‘Land of Plenty’, Wokha district of ‘gimme gimme’ fame has recently signed a record deal with Frontiers Records Srl, Naples Italy. (The label that promote established names like – Mr. Big, Def Leppard, Extreme, White Snake, Michael Kiske, Stryper, White Lion to name a few).

Manager of the band,

K Edward Ngullie in a press release announced the signing with the aforementioned label on April 8, 2022.

The band released their first singles ‘Loaded love’ on December 21, 2020 which was received with a mixed response. However, their next project garnered whole lot of reactions.

The music video was well received by listeners all over the state and beyond, reaching almost half a million viewers in a few months’ time.

Wrapping up busy 2021, the band released

their first self-titled album and their second music video “Right Now” on December 18, 2021. It also informed to all fans and listeners that all songs and videos have been temporarily deleted from streaming sites for the time being as they will be re-released worldwide by the label in a few months’ time.

Currently, as part of the agreement, the band is busy with their acoustic version of their original exclusively for Japan, which according to the manager, will be completed in a week or so.

Loss of vision leading cause of anxiety, depression in elderly: Experts

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ge-related macular degeneration (AMD), which accounts for 8.7 per cent of all blindness worldwide, is the most common cause of anxiety, and depression seen among people older than 60 years, health experts said on Monday.

AMD is a disease where abnormal blood vessels grow in the macula - centre part of the retina - causing damage to the central vision and making it difficult to cope.

Recent projections estimate that globally the number of individuals suffering with AMD will reach 288 million in 2040. In India, the overall prevalence of AMD currently ranges from 1.4 per cent to 3.1 per cent.

The earliest symptom of AMD is difficulty in seeing at night. At a later stage, AMD patients see blind spots and their ability to read, watch television, drive and recognise faces gets affected. It later progresses to blindness.

The impaired vision disturbs the routine of the patients, makes them dependent and also increases functional disability.

“People suffering from AMD, who have lost over 80 per cent of their central vision are more likely to have anxiety and depression. This is mainly as they have plans to retire smoothly, and find it difficult to read and perform recreational activities at this stage in life, which causes frustration and discomfort. Their life involves multiple visits to hospital accompanied with expensive treatments, which adds to deterioration in the quality of life,”

D r. I n d u Singh, Consultant Retinal s u r geon and Director, Dr Daljit Singh Eye Hospital, Amritsar, told IANS. A recent study by International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health also confirmed that AMD has a negative psychological impact, and it reduces the quality of life to levels comparable to severe illnesses like cancer and stroke.

While it is important to go for walks, supervise things at home, to manage depression, Dr. Vishali Gupta, Professor, Vitreoretinal and Uvea, Advanced Eye Centre, PGIMER, Chandigarh suggested the patients to engage in activities that they can do within the comfort zone of their vision.

“These patients should use magnifiers, iPads or other low vision aid devices that can help them read the script. Today there are apps that can read books to them. The idea is to keep oneself busy and feel useful,” Gupta told IANS. Another way to fight AMD related stress is to go for regular screening in order to avoid worsening of vision. Early diagnosis of AMD can help early treatment and also halt progression to vision loss.

Dr. Daraius Shroff, a retina specialist at Shroff Eye Centre in Delhi, suggested patients with AMD share with family and friends their anxieties to help relieve mental stress as well as to gain support to find solutions to alleviate depression.

(IANS)

Habitat International Film Fest (HIFF) returns to Delhi in May Artsy Naga School of Fine Arts

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he Habitat International Film Festival (HIFF) will make its return to the national capital with its third edition starting May 6, following a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic.

The festival, which will close on May 15, aims to showcase films from across the globe that push the boundaries of cinematic arts, and reflect on the realities and perceptions of a changing world.

The line-up of the festival, to be held at the India Habitat Centre (IHC) here, includes Costa Rica’s entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 94th Academy Awards “Clara Sola”, winner of the Prix du Public UBS award at the 74th Locarno Film Festival “Hinterland”, Zurich Film Festival winner “The Last Austrians”, Finland’s “The Blind Man Who Did Not Want To See The Titanic”, and Portugal’s “The Metamorphosis of Birds”.

“HIFF, though smaller and more niche in compari-

son to other Film Festivals, has carved out a special space and a loyal audience.

It is a cherry picked curation of critically acclaimed and award winning cinema, made possible by the generous cooperation and collaboration of the Embassies and Cultural Centres for which we are deeply grateful. We cannot wait to welcome back filmmakers and film lovers to Habitat,” said Vidyun Singh, Creative Head Programmes, IHC. With diversity at the forefront, the edition also brings together a pan-Indian selection of films from a plethora of Indian languages such as Hindi, Sanskrit, Malayalam, Tamil, Bhojpuri, Assamese, Bengali, and more.

Director G. Prabha’s “Taya”, Achal Mishra’s “Dhuin”, Ritesh Sharma’s “Jhini Bini Chadariya”, Ainu Baruah’s “Dimasa”, M a d h u j a M u k h e r j e e ’s “Deep 6” are some of the Indian films to be screened at the movie gala.

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ommemorating the “World Art Day”, Artsy Naga School of Fine Arts conducted online painting competition on Monday. The competition saw over more than 300 participants competing in various categories.

Founder and director of ANSoFA, Tunavi Achumi, said that the event was mainly to celebrate the artists and their creative process unleashing the inner Picasso in them.

The judges for the event were founder and director of ANSoFA, Tunavi Achumi, co-founder of wandering minds, Sentiyanger and founder Chitrakala School of fine Arts, Contemporary Fine Arts and Craft New Delhi, Kamal.

Event of the prize distribution ceremony was held at the school campus where the winners took home cash prizes, art materials, certificates and trophies.

List of winners: Open category: First – Khrieketounuo, second - Hinoka K Awomi.

Senior category: First - Rahul Alam, second - Lideno Jami Junior category: First - Mahi Poddar, second - a) Zaara Abdul. b) Repesh Roy Sub junior category: First - Jhalak Khemani, second Imlimaong Beginners category: First - Hardik Khemani, second Mishika Bhowmick.

Scientists claim zinc, copper mix food supplement can fight viruses

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sraeli scientists have claimed that a special food supplement containing zinc, copper and chemicals that are found in fruit may help fight viruses.

A team from Tel Aviv University showed that a mixture of the three food supplements, each approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), appears to be avery capable of inhibiting replication of RNA viruses in a remarkable way’, Times of Israel reported.

In the study, published in the journal Pharmaceuticals, the team tested the mixture in the lab on cells from human lungs and

elsewhere, along with RNA viruses including those that cause flu and the common cold.

Scientists found that virus replication was decreased by at least 50 per cent compared to normal circumstances.

“We have a mixture of ingredients, each of which is already approved by the FDA as a food supplement, and together ap-

pear very capable of inhibiting replication of RNA viruses in a remarkable way,” Prof Daniel Segal, from Tel Aviv University’s biomedicine school, was quoted as saying.

However, he acknowledged that the peer-rev i e w e d research took place in-vitro and gave no firm indication

so far of what impact on humans the supplements may have, the report said.

Beyond the zinc and copper, the compounds in the supplement are flavonoids, which are found in certain fruits and vegetables and are considered safe as a supplement.

Zinc is known to have anti-viral qualities, but also to struggle to enter cells.

The other ingredients in the new supplement appear to bolster its ability to do so, Segal said.

S A R S - C o V- 2 , t h e RNA virus that causes Covid-19, hasn’t yet been tested, but Segal said he is optimistic its replication may also be slowed given results on other viruses from the coronavirus family.

“Such an inexpensive combination of dietary supplements would be highly advantageous to have, alongside vaccines, as a safe prevention method affecting various RNA respiratory viruses,” Segal said.

(IANS)

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‘About Us’ signs multi record deal with international label

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Mandana Karimi eliminated from ‘Lock Upp’

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ctress and model Mandana Karimi has been evicted from reality show ‘Lock Upp’.

Mandana was getting the limelight for her fights with the contestants. She was also criticised by Kangana for body shaming beauty blogger Azma Fallah.

Zeeshan Khan called her bipolar. While Azma said she is a flop heroine.

Recently, she also got into a huge fight with Ali Merchant when he took her name after finding hair strands in the breakfast. Mandana also revealed her secret on the show about her relationship with a renowned filmmaker.

Now in the Saturday episode when Ekta Kapoor advised Mandana to improve her game and play better. Mandana said that she is playing well and was satisfied with her game.

She finally opted out of the show. ‘Lock Upp’ streams on ALTBalaji and MX Player.

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Senior National TT underway in Meghalaya

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SHILLONG, APR 18: The 83rd Senior National Table Tennis Championship began on a sombre note a t t h e S A I Tr a i n i n g Centre here in Meghalaya on Monday due to the tragic death of a 18-yearold Tamil Nadu paddler Deenadayalan Vishwa.

3 8 m e n’s a n d 3 5 women’s teams with more than 450 paddlers, the largest ever in the history of Senior Nationals is taking part in the championship organised by the Meghalaya Table Tennis Association with the support of the Meghalaya government.

Pe t r o l e u m S p o r t s Promotion Board (PSPB) a n d R a i lway s S p o r t s Promotion Board (RSPB) are the two institutional teams that made the cut as title winners of the 2019 edition.

At the inaugural ceremony, a minute’s silence was observed for Deenadayalan Vishwa, a t a b l e t e n n i s p l aye r from Tamil Nadu, who died tragically in a car accident while travelling to

Match in progress at the SAI Training Centre in Meghalaya.

Shillong from the Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport in Assam on Monday.

The passing away of the 18-year-old paddler from Tamil Nadu was condoled by the dignitaries on the occasion, including M e g h a l aya A s s e m b ly Speaker Metbah Lyngdoh, Sports and Youth Affairs, guest of honour and Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Banteidor Lyngdoh and Meghalaya Table Tennis A s s o c i a t i o n ( M T TA ) president Robert Garnet

Ly n g d o h , M e g h a l aya State Olympic Association Working president John F Kharshiing, who all expressed shock on hearing of the accident.

“His (Vishwa) contributions will always be remembered and cherished. In this moment of grief, I with a heavy heart convey sincere and heartfelt condolences to the family,” the Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Lyngdoh said while reading out a condolence message on behalf of the Meghalaya

government for Vishwa’s family.

Describing the Vishwa as a promising table tennis player, Banteidor said his death was a huge loss to the sports fraternity of India.

The minister also said that the state government was happy to support the championship, which is one of three mega-events planned for 2022, the other two being the Meghalaya Games in May and North East Olympics in OctoberNovember.

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Santosh Trophy: Meghalaya beat Rajasthan 3-2 MALAPURRAM, APR 18 (PTI): Meghalaya edged out Rajasthan 3-2 in a thrilling match of the 75th Santosh Trophy National Football championship here on Monday.

Figo Syndai scored a double, while captain Hardy Cliff Nongbri struck the winner from a spot-kick for winners while Youraj Singh and Imran Khan registered on the score sheet for Rajasthan at Kottapadi Stadium here.

In the 2nd minute itself, Youraj gave Rajasthan an early lead. He was stationed at the near post to provide a headed flick-on to a long throw-in from the near touchline.

However, despite the early setback, Meghalaya continued to plug away at their opponents in search of a way back into the contest.

Parity was restored in the 25th minute as Figo Syndai drew Meghalaya level with a left-footed shot from an acute angle from outside the box.

Rajasthan goalkeeper Gajraj Singh would have been disappointed to be beaten at the near post from long range.

Ten minutes later,

Despite the early setback, Meghalaya continued to plug away at their opponents in search of a way back into the contest. (Courtesy: @mathrubhumieng)

Rajasthan received the opportunity to get their lead back as Goutam Bissa played Youraj Singh through on goal, but Youraj failed to control the ball inside the box at the crucial m o m e n t . M e g h a l aya goalkeeper Frolicson Dkhar came out quickly to steal the ball from Youraj’s feet to deny him and made a comfortable save.

The game was turned on its head in the 39th minute as Figo Syndai secured his brace and Meghalaya scored their

second goal of the game.

Syndai was played through on goal with a delicately weighted through ball behind the Rajasthan backline, and he made no mistake in front of goal as Meghalaya carried the lead into half-time.

As Rajasthan United stepped up their efforts in search of an equaliser on the other side of the break, Imran Khan forced the issue in the 56th minute.

After a wickedly swerving long range effort was parried away by Dkhar,

‘Men’s uniforms were re-stitched for women’s players’: Vinod Rai NEW DELHI, APR 18 (AGENCIES): Former chairman of the Committee of Administrators of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Vinod Rai has spoken about his regret over the state of affairs of women’s cricket in India in a recent interview with The Week.

According to NDTV report, Rai has been in the news off late due to his book “Not just a Nightwatchman”, in which he has written about his tenure and his stint with cricket administration.

Speaking about women’s cricket in India, Rai said that he had to callup then kit manufacturers Nike to ask them to design women’s jerseys separately as earlier the men’s jersey’s were being “cut-up and restitched” for the women.

“I do not think women’s cricket has been g iven the a ttention it deserves. Unfortunately, women cricketers had not been taken seriously till about 2006, when [Sharad] Pawar took the initiative to merge the men’s and women’s association. I was aghast to know that men’s uniforms were being cut up K Y M C

File photo of Indian women’s cricket team.

and re-stitched for women’s players. I had to ring up Nike and tell them that this was not on and that their design would be different.

“I sincerely believe the girls deserved much better [when it came to] training, coaching facilities, cricketing gear, travel facilities and, finally, match fees and retainers. That was lacking and we tried to rectify it,” Rai said.

He also added that women’s cricket got its due attention after India reached the final of the 2017 ICC World Cup, in which Harmanpreet Kaur played a knock of 171 not out to power India to the final.

“That is an alibi for not doing things. Unless you

give them support, how are they going to win a trophy?

If they could not win in Australia or England, [then] the main thing was mind conditioning. Every team has those mental trainers and sports psychologists.

“My regret was that I had not given due a t t e n t i o n t o wo m e n’s cricket till the match in which Harmanpreet [Kaur] scored 171* in the 2017 Wo m e n’s Wo r l d C u p [against Australia]. She told me: “Sir, I was cramping so I had to hit sixes as I could not run much!” They were told at the hotel that they could not get the food they were supposed to, so they had samosas for breakfast that morning!,” Rai added.

Imran pounced to bury home the rebound and level the contest once again.

There was enthralling action once again in the 63rd minute as the referee awarded a penalty kick to Meghalaya after substitute S t e p h a n s o n Pa l e wa s brought down inside the box by a tackle from defender Ankit Sharma.

Meghalaya skipper Hardy stepped up to take the spot-kick and calmly slotted the ball into the bottom corner after sending Gajraj Singh the wrong way.

SAI sanctions Rs 1.28 cr for 30 wrestlers NEW DELHI, APR18 (IANS): Tokyo Olympian Anshu Malik is looking forward to the Senior Asian Championships in Mongolia, starting April 19, as a much-needed exposure competition ahead of Commonwealth Games and Asian Games.

A total of 20 wrestlers from the men’s team across the Freestyle and GrecoRoman categories and ten from the women’s team will compete at the event.

The tour has been sanctioned at cost to the Government for a tune of an overall of Rs 1.28 Crore for both teams.

The competition in Mongolia is seen as a good exposure competition ahead of the Commonwealth Games and the Asian Games, scheduled later this year.

Tokyo 2020 medalists Ravi Dahiya and Bajrang Punia, among others, will also be competing in Mongolia.

“I have been a part of various international camps and I’m happy to get all these world-class facilities at the SAI national centre of excellence on Lucknow,” said Anshu.

Tennis championship open, Assembly Speaker Metbah Lyngdoh, said that he was very happy to see youths from all states and other teams travel to Shillong for the tournament.

“It was the success that Meghalaya has had in hosting other events that helped the Table Tennis Federation of India to grant this championship to the state and the credit has to go to the minister in charge, the Sports and Youth Affairs Department, the MTTA and others,” the Speaker said, and called on the paddlers to be role models for the youth of the country.

Earlier, welcoming the paddlers to Meghalaya, S t a t e T a b l e Te n n i s Association president, Robert Lyngdoh said that he was grateful for all the teams to have come to Shillong from the far corners of the country and that he looked forward to a high standard of competition.

Dozens of matches were held today, with the team events being featured on the first day.

Nadal back in training after rib injury layoff M A D R I D, A P R 1 8 (AFP): Rafael Nadal returned to training on Monday following a fourweek rib injury layoff, with just over a month to go before the French Open in Roland Garros. “Today’s first gentle workout after four weeks without stepping on a tennis court. What excitement to step onto clay again!” the world number four wrote on Twitter alongside two photos showing him training indoors on clay.

Nadal picked up the injury in his loss to American Taylor Fritz in the Indian Wells final on March 22, announcing at the time he expected to be out for between four and six weeks.

That defeat ended his perfect 20-0 run to start 2022 which had included winning the Australian Open title. The 35-yearold missed last week’s Monte Carlo Masters and the Barcelona Open, currently underway, but could potentially return for the Madrid Masters on May 1-8.

11 I-League set to Danish Open: Madhavan allow crowds for wins 800m freestyle gold Phase 2 matches NEW DELHI, APR 19 (PTI): The I-League is set to feature crowds in selected stands and sections of the stadiums for the first time in two years when the second round matches of the 2021-22 season begins in Kolkata on April 22.

The matches will be played across three venues - - K a lya n i M u n i c i p a l Stadium, Naihati Stadium and the Mohun Bagan Ground.

“In view of the health parameters set by the Government of West Bengal in accordance with the Ministry of Health, fans will be allowed in selected stands and sections in stadiums for the Hero I-League 2021-22.” “It gives us immense satisfaction to welcome fans into select stands in the stadiums for the Hero I-League 202122. We are grateful to the vast legion of fans for all their support during the tough times in our joint endeavour to move forward together,” League CEO Sunando Dhar said in a media release.

Vedaant Madhavan

He had won the silver medal in the 1500m freestyle event on Friday before bettering his 200m freestyle time to finish 12th overall in the event.

Ace Indian swimmer Sajan Prakash finished fifth in the ‘A’ final of the men’s 100m butterfly with a timing of 54.24, while Tanish George Mathew topped the ‘C’ final by stopping the clock at 56.44.

The top eight swimmers in the heats qualify for the ‘A’ final, the next eight for the ‘B’ followed by the ‘C’ final.

The 28-year-old Prakash, who is preparing for the Commonwealth Games and Asian Games, had won a gold in the 200m butterfly, his pet event, on the opening day.

Indian GM Gukesh wins title at La Roda International tourney MUMBAI, APR 18 ( I A N S ) : I n d i a ’s D Gukesh, the third youngest Grandmaster in the world, has won the 48th Open Ajedrez La Roda chess tournament at La Roda in Spain, overcominng the challenge of Israeli GM Victor Mikhalevski in the final round.

Gukesh, 15, who went into the final round with seven points, defeated Mikhalevski with white pieces to finish with 8.0 points from nine rounds to top a field comprising 193 players.

Armenian GM Haik M. Martirosyan finished second with 7.5 points while Indian GMs R Praggnanandhaa and Raunak Sadhwani finished joint third with three other players -- all five ending their campaigns with 7.0 points from nine rounds.

Pragg finished third on tiebreak and Sadhwani was fourth.

This is the first Open title for the 15-year-old Gukesh and comes soon after he had lost to compatriot

Chess Olympiad will inspire youngsters, says Anand NEW DELHI, APR 18 (IANS): The long wait of almost hundred years will be ended when India will host the 44th Chess Olympiad 2022 for the first time ever in the country, scheduled in Chennai from July 28-August 10.

The excitement is palpable amongst the organisers-All India Chess Federation (AICF), players and chess enthusiasts as the world’s biggest chess event is now just 100 days away.

F i v e - t i m e Wo r l d Champion Viswanathan Anand believes that the Chess Olympiad on home soil will inspire the upcoming Indian chess generation. “It is a lifetime opportunity for youngsters to get a glimpse of their idols, watch them play and possibly interact with them,” said India’s firstever Grandmaster Anand.

World Champions, Super Grandmasters and national champions will be among the top stars participating from more than 150 countries across the world as the Chess Olympiad 2022 will see a golden chapter being added in the Indian sporting history. The first Chess Olympiad was played in 1924 in Paris however,

NEW DELHI, APR 18 (PTI): Continuing his splendid run, fast-rising Indian swimmer Vedaant Madhavan added a second medal to his kitty, a gold in the men’s 800m freestyle at the Danish Open in Copenhagen.

The 16-year-old bettered his personal best time by a whopping 11:48 to stop the clock at 8:17.28, edging past local swimmer Alexander L Bjorn by 0.10 to stand atop the podium on Sunday night.

W h i l e Ve d a a n t ’s performance was good enough to fetch him a gold at the meet, it is a long way from international standards. USA’s Robert Finke had won the gold at the Tokyo Olympics in the event last year with a timing of 7:41.87, while the world record for the event stands at 7:32.12.

However, Vedaant, son of Indian actor R Madhavan, has shown immense improvement. He has bettered his personal best times in all three events he has participated in in the ongoing meet.

Viswanathan Anand

the International Chess Federation (FIDE) began conducting it officially from 1927. “We are sparing no effort to ensure that this Olympiad will be the best ever and hope that people will be talking about it for the next 100 years,” promises Bharat Singh Chauhan, Secretary, All India Chess Federation.

Hundreds of district level players from Tamil Nadu have already put in their requests to witness the games live and soon the fever will catch up in the whole country.

The playing teams will be declared by the respective countries in the first week of May. As the top ten countries, including United States of America, China, India and Ukraine, are so evenly matched, the prestigious event is expected to witness an enthralling and exciting action in every round.

D Gukesh

Praggnanandhaa in the final round of Reykjavik Open a few days back. “ T h a n k s @48OpenLaRoda for inviting me to the wonderfully organised event!! Enjoyed the stay & hospitality in La Roda and more importantly clinching my 1st open title of the year especially coming after very near misses and hear tbreaks,” Gukesh tweeted on Monday, a few hours after clinching his maiden title in open chess.

“Relieved and Thanks to all my supporters,” he added.

Indian chess legend

Viswanathan Anand tweeted his appreciation for Gukesh’s victory. “@DGukesh wins La Roda. SadConvincing win at the back of his great performance ! Congrats to @rpragchess too Waca boys to the fore,” Anand tweeted on Monday.

Gukesh was in a tough fight with a group of players including compatriot Praggnanandhaa and Sadhwani. But in the end he claimed the title in convincing manner, winning his last round game as Pragg was held to draw by Martirosyan.

Sadhwani defeated Zhou Ren Lim of Malaysia in the ninthe round to move to 7.0 points.

Gukesh remained unbeaten in the nine rounds tournament, winning seven games and drawing two. He two draws were against his closest rivals, Martirosyan and Praggnanandhaa, in the fifth and sixth rounds respectively. The 15-yearold from Chennai ended the tournament with a strong finish, winning the last three rounds.

FELICITATION

We, the Zhadima Thenuko Krotho, Kohima extend our heartiest congratulations to Dr. Ketousienuo Kuotsu, D/o Mrs. Khriengunuo & Mr. Khriesavilie Kuotsu of Zhadima Village, on being conferred with the Doctor of Anthropology (PhD) from North Eastern Hill University, Shillong, for her thesis entitled “Ethnomedical Beliefs and Practices among the Angami Nagas” under the supervision of Professor. Henry Lamin.

We are thankful to God and incredibly proud of your achievement. We pray for God’s blessing and success in all your future endeavours.

Lhoupfenuo Metsieo Zienuo Khoubve Former President, ZTK Former Joint Secretary, ZTK

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CONGRATULATIONS

It is with great joy and pride, we convey our heartiest congratulations to Dr. LIBO Z. YEPTHOMI, D/o Mr. ZHEHEKHU YEPTHOMI on being conferred the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) in Geography from Nagaland University, H.Q Lumami, on the thesis titled, “IMPACT OF AGRCULTURAL ACTIVITIES ON ENVIRONMENT IN ZUNHEBOTO DISTRICT, NAGALAND”.

Under the guidance of Prof. WANGSHIMENLA. We wish you success and pray that our Almighty God continue to bless and guide you in your future endeavours.

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Dr. T. Ao Trophy kicks off in Mokokchung Khelo India Centre inaugurated in Mkg Phek to play Dimapur on the opening match today

G. Kaito Aye with the special guest and officials of NFA and MDFA. (NP)

Correspondent MOKOKCHUNG, APR 18 (NPN): The 22nd edition of the Inter- District Football Championship Dr. T. Ao Trophy 2022 coinciding with the 50 years celebration of Nagaland Football Association (NFA) kick started at Imkongmeren Sports Complex

Mokokchung on Monday with, Agriculture and Cooperation, G. Kaito Aye as chief guest.

The matches will commence from Tuesday, where Phek will lock horn with Dimapur in the opener.

The championship is organised by Nagaland Football Association and hosted by Mokokchung

District Football Association (MDFA). Advisor, Youth Resources and Sports, Er. Zale Neikha also graced the opening ceremony as special guest.

Speaking on the occasion, Kaito said late Dr. T Ao demonstrated not only his talents and skills, but also determination, discipline, and devotion.

Stating that Nagas are exceptionally gifted in arts, music and sports, the minister said that the government was giving utmost priority to develop in these sectors to create opportunities and platforms for the youths.

He also appealed the young participants and spectators to promote oneness among brothers by

taking advantage of the platforms provided and spread the message of unity to bring all communities under one banner.

Kaito fur ther said that his dreams of Nagaland to produce exceptional sportspersons like Dr. T. Ao, who will not only bring honour and glory but peace and unity in the land through sports.

Earlier in the programme, welcome address was delivered by president of MDFA, Meyisanger Lemtur and presidential address and jubilee greetings

by NFA president, Neibou Sekhose Minister, Rural Development, Metsubo Jamir and DC Mokokchung, Shashank Pratap Singh also extended greetings.

The programme was followed by an entertainment session with the performances by various artists and bands.

TUESDAY’S MATCHES Phek Vs Dimapur: 9 a.m.

Chümoukedima Vs Wokha: 11 a.m.

Mon Vs Niuland: 1:30 p.m.

Tuensang Vs Kiphire: 3:30 p.m.

G. Kaito Aye with the members of MDBA and others at the inauguration of the centre. (NP) Correspondent

MOKOKCHUNG, APR 18 (NPN): Minister of Agriculture and Cooperation, Kaito Aye on inaugurated Khelo India Centre (badminton) at Indoor Badminton Stadium, Mokokchung on Monday.

After inaugurating the centre, Kaito said that the government was giving its best effort to develop sports and create opportunities and platform for the

athletes.

In this regard, he encouraged both young and old to take advantage of the Centre and take up the responsibility of promoting sports culture and create unbiased atmosphere for young talents to develop and achieve excellence.

Mokokchung District Badminton Association, president, Martoshi Jamir acknowledged the de par tment of Youth Resources and Sports in setting up the Khelo India

Centre and hoped that the initiative will help produce star players to represent the state in national levels.

He also said that t h e M D BA h a s s e t a vision of producing at least one player who can represent the nation in the Olympics and for which he sought support from the department of Youth Resource and Sports in their endeavor. Earlier, the inaugural programme was chaired by Limasenla Jamir.

COVID scare in IPL: Marsh hospitalised, Buttler’s ton, Chahal’s hat-trick help Royals beat KKR by 7 runs DC’s count up to 4 with fresh cases MUMBAI, APR 18 (PTI): Australian all-rounder Mitchell Marsh was hospitalised after testing positive for COVID-19 in a second RTPCR test along with two support staff, causing fear and panic among rest of the Delhi Capitals squad here on Monday.

“Delhi Capitals allrounder Mitchell Marsh has tested positive for C OV I D - 1 9 , f o l l ow i n g which he has been admitted to a hospital. The Delhi Capitals medical team is closely monitoring Marsh’s c o n d i t i o n ,” t h e I P L franchise said in a release issued late in the evening.

It is still not clear if Delhi Capitals’ next game against Punjab Kings in Pune on Wednesday will be called off or not as the entire squad was put in room isolation for the day.

The other two who have tested positive are team doctor Abhijit Salvi and the team masseur.

The RTPCR reports of all other players have

returned negative.

A few days back, team physio Patrick Farhart had tested positive for the virus, thus taking the total number of cases to four.

“A few more members from the Delhi Capitals b i o - b u b b l e, i n c l u d i n g support staff members, have returned positive tests as well. Though they are all asymptomatic, their condition is being monitored closely by the franchise,” release further stated.

“A l l r e m a i n i n g members of the bubble are currently in isolation in their respective rooms, and will be tested regularly.”

During the day, Marsh had undergone two RTPCR tests with the first one coming negative and the subsequent testing returning positive. This was after Marsh complained of sore throat and mild fever.

“Mitchell Marsh’s RTPCR first report has come negative. However the second RT-PCR report turned out to be positive.

All other playing members

have negative in RT-PCR tests. There is no threat to Wednesday’s match between DC and PBKS,” a senior BCCI official told PTI on Monday.

“DC were supposed to travel to Pune today but the entire squad members have been told to retire to their respective rooms and as per protocol RT PCR is being done to ascertain whether there is an outbreak in the camp or it is an isolated case like Patrick Farhart,” a BCCI source had earlier said.

With all other players testing negative, the match is likely to go on as scheduled but the team will only travel after another round of RTPCR test on Tuesday.

“All teams are staying at Conrad Hotel in Pune where BCCI has created a bio-bubble. They were supposed to travel but now it has been delayed.

Obviously all those whose results would be negative would carry on with onward journey tomorrow,” the source said.

(L) Jos Buttler celebrates scoring a century. (R) Y Chahal celebrates his hat-trick. (PTI)

MUMBAI, APR 19 (IANS): Out of favour Indian spinner Yuzvendra Chahal claimed a hat-trick after Jos Buttler blasted a century as Rajasthan Royals defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by 7 runs in a topsy-turvy encounter in Match 30 of IPL 2022 at the Brabourne Stadium here on Monday.

Chahal overshadowed some brilliant batting by Shreyas Iyer (85) and Aaron

Finch (58) to claim the wickets of Shreyas, Shivam Mavi and Pat Cummins off successive deliveries in the 17th over and turned the match on its head. He ended with 5/40 in his four overs.

But there was some more drama in store in the match as Umesh Yadav and Sheldon Jackson dragged KKR to the verge of victory, 11 runs off the last six deliveries before they fell short by seven runs in the

edge-of-the-seat thriller.

It looked like KKR were cruising to victory after opener Aaron Finch struck a quick-fire 58 of 28 balls and skipper Shreyas Iyer, who hammered 85 off 51 deliveries. But Chahal turned the match on its head by claiming the 21st hattrick of IPL as he dismissed Shreyas Iyer, trapped lbw trying to whip a delivery pitching on the middle. On the next delivery of the 17th

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over, Chahal had Shivam Mavi caught by Riyan Parag and completed his hat-trick when Pat Cummins edged back to Sanju Samson -- going off for a lengthy celebration. That completed a five-wicket haul for Chahal as he had claimed the wickets of Nitish Rana and Venkatesh Iyer earlier -- the pencil-thin spinner ending with 5/40 off his four overs.

Earlier, Jos Buttler (103) struck his second century of IPL 2022 to help Rajasthan Royals post a massive 217/5.

B u t t l e r, o p e n i n g the innings, blasted nine boundaries and five sixes as

he shared vital partnerships of 97, for the opening wicket with Devdutt Padikkal (24), and 67 for the second with skipper Sanju Samson, who played a superb cameo of 38 off 19 balls, to put Rajasthan Royals on course for a big total.

BRIEF SCORES: Rajasthan Royals 217/5 in 20 overs (Jos Buttler 103, Sanju Samson 38; Shimron Hetmyer 26 not out; Sunil Narine 2/21) beat Kolkata Knight Riders 210 all out in 19.4 overs (Aaron Finch 58, Shreyas Iyer 85, Umesh Ya d av 2 1 ; Yu z ve n d r a Chahal 5/40, Obed McCoy 2/41) by 7 runs.

European giants Real, PSG and Bayern close in on league titles 7th Edition of NE car rally reach Kohima

Real Madrid players celebrate their comeback against Sevilla Neymar put PSG ahead after 12 minutes. (AP)

PA R I S, A P R 1 8 (AGENCIES): Real M a d r i d , Pa r i s S a i n t G e r m a i n a n d B aye r n Munich all took giant steps toward winning their domestic league titles after earning crucial victories on Sunday.

In Spain, Karim Benzema’s 92nd-minute winner saw Madrid fight back from two goals down to beat third-place Sevilla 3-2 in dramatic fashion.

The French striker, who netted four goals against Chelsea in the Champions League quarterfinal, delivered another brilliant p e r f o r m a n c e a n d wa s joined on the scoresheet

by Rodrygo and Nacho Fernandez.

Sevilla could have n a r r owe d M a d r i d ’s advantage to nine points with a win after stunning the league leaders in the first half via Ivan Rakitic’s amazing free kick and Erik Lamela’s accurate strike.

But Carlo Ancelotti’s side refused to give up and somehow managed to complete the remarkable turnaround in stoppage time, ending Sevilla’s 15game unbeaten streak at home this season.

Madrid now enjoy a huge 15-point lead over second-place Barcelona with only six games to

go. It would take a highly improbable collapse from the Spanish powerhouse to be dethroned in the closing stage.

“Everyone is waiting for Madrid to stumble, but Madrid does not stumble,” opined Ancelotti in the postgame press conference.

“Madrid has heart, character and quality. It was a deserved win. The league is not over yet; there are several matches left, but it was a big push for us today.”

I n F r a n c e, g o a l s from Neymar and Kylian Mbappe handed PSG a 2-1 victory over rivals Marseille at Parc des Princes, which left them on the brink of

claiming a record-equaling 10th Ligue 1 title.

W h i l e s e ve n - t i m e Ballon d’Or winners Lionel Messi endured another f o r ge t t a b l e n i g h t , h i s striking partner Neymar sparkled throughout the g a m e. T h e B r a z i l i a n superstar gave Marseille all sorts of problems with his direct running, and his early opener for PSG was his 11th goal of the season.

Though Marseille defender Duje Caleta-Car canceled out the goal, Mbappe calmly converted a penalty after Valentin Rongier was adjudged to have handled the ball inside the box.

PSG are now 15 points clear at the top, and Mauricio Pochettino’s side could seal the title if they win at Angers and Marseille fail to beat Nantes on Wednesday.

In Germany, Bayern Munich swatted aside Arminia Bielefeld 3-0 to move nine points ahead of Borussia Dortmund with four games left.

The Bundesliga leaders shrugged off the disappointment of their shock Champions League exit to Villarreal midweek.

They closed in on a 10th consecutive league title after goals from Serge Gnaby, Jamal Musiala and Barrett Laursen confirmed another easy win.

Julian Nagelsmann’s side could wrap up the title with victory at home to Borussia Dortmund on Saturday.

“A win always feels better than a loss since we experienced one on Tuesday. It’s good for the heads, of course, before a n i m p o r t a n t g a m e,” beamed Gnaby. “We have the chance to become champions at home. We’ve done the work today, and we need to finish it next week.”

Officials along with participants and Tourism officials. (NP) Correspondent

KO H I M A , A P R 1 8 (NPN): The 7th edition of North-East India InterState Friendship Car Rally 2022 which was flagged off from Itanagar reached Nagaland state capital on Monday.

Organised by International Friendship Car Rally Association, the rally aims to promote a n d c r e a t e awa r e n e s s about the tourism of the Northeastern region.

A total of 46 participants reached Kohima and a cultural exc h a n ge p r o g r a m m e was held at Hotel Japfu in collaboration with

department of Tourism.

International Friendship Car Rally Association (IFCRA),president Pem Sonam said that the objective of the rally was to provide a platform to expose the traditional and cultural association amongst the people from the eight north-eastern states and to encourage the people to explore and experience the myriad cultures and communities across the region.

Sonam said that that the rally focuses on the youth in various states to have interaction with each other and look into matters of different communities

regarding the border issues that plagues the region as the North-eastern states shared a unique and time tested relationship, characterized by tr ust, goodwill and mutual understanding at all levels. 21 year old, Gopi Lollen, who is the youngest participant, said that the rally expands exposure and gets to understand each other’s culture.

T h e r a l ly w i l l b e covering 2800 kilometres and will proceed to Assam.

The rally is sponsored by the Nor th easter n Council, Ministry of DoNER and the d e p a r t m e n t o f Yo u t h Affairs, Government of Arunachal Pradesh.

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