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Fake Covishield vax found in India, Uganda: WHO NEW DELHI/AHMEDABAD, AUG 19 (AGENCIES/PTI): The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday said fake Covishield vaccines were in circulation in India and Uganda and asked governments of both countries to urgently notify the discovery of false batches to the world body.

The WHO asked people who may have used fake doses to report adverse events, if any, to the national drug regulators and pharmacovigilance bodies and other countries to enhance vigilance in their Covid vaccine supply chains.

Issuing a medical product alert on falsified Covishield vaccines identified in its African and South-East Asia Regions, the WHO today said, “The falsified products were reported in July and August 2021. The genuine manu-

Falsified COVISHIELD, 2ML (4 DOSES) identified in India (Source: WHO)

facturer of Covishield (Serum Institute of India) has confirmed that the products listed in this alert are falsified. These falsified products have been reported at the patient level in Uganda and India.”

Nagaland CM, State BJP leaders rush to Delhi D I M A P U R , AU G 1 9 (NPN): Days after the NDPP, BJP and NPF signed a joint resolution, endorsing the concept of ‘United Government’ under the plea of facilitating the Naga political issue for achieving an honorable and acceptable solution, chief minister Neiphiu Rio, deputy CM Y. Patton, state BJP president and minister Temjen Imna Along and others have flown to Delhi Thursday to meet BJP central leader for an emergency meeting.

According to reports, the state leaders (except NPF) were summoned by the BJP Central leadership. Sources said that the state leaders will be meeting Union Home minister Amit Shah, during which the issue about the all party-government with inclusion of NPF will be discussed. Though the NPF has not put any pre-condition

in forming an opposition-less government, it is till not clear if the NPF will be accommodated in the cabinet.

As reported earlier, that in order to strike a balance, a cabinet post that fell vacant following the demise of senior NDPP member and minister CM Chang may be given to NPF with its leader TR Zeliang likely as deputy CM. State BJP sources had categorically stated that the BJP central leadership may not have issues with an allparty government in the State if the present ministry is not disturbed.

Rio earlier also hinted that the present ministry would continue even as an all-party government was formed. He had also asserted that an all-party government would send out a message for unity on the Naga issue whose solution was now in an advanced stage.

The WHO said only genuine Covishield vaccine was indicated for active immunisation of individuals 18 years or older for the prevention of Covid-19 disease. “Falsified Covid-19 vaccines pose a serious risk

D I M A P U R , AU G 1 9 (NPN): Nagaland Foothill Road Coordination Committee (NFHRCC) has once again reminded the state government of the 30-day deadline to positively respond to the plea of making the foot hill road “pliable while waiting for the proposed mega project.”

NFHRCC convenor

This is it!

Supu Jamir, general secretary W. Lemba Chang and assistant general secretary Chenithung Humtsoe, said that the Dimapur based Tribal hohos, students’ bodies and CNSA during the consultative meeting held at Hotel Saramati on August 16 reaffirmed the NFHRCC August 7 resolution and resolved to hold an indefinite agitation if the state government failed to respond positively.

NSH backs NFHRCC ultimatum: Northern Sumi Hoho (NSH) has affirmed to support the ultimatum

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State govt’s consultative meeting a sham, says NPCC

D I M A P U R , AU G 1 9 (NPN): N agaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) has termed the consultative meeting of the State government with tribal hohos on Wednesday as a “sham” and in particular, slammed the government led by chief minister Neiphiu Rio for washing its hands off by not taking decisions on several issues.

NPCC said that whatever transpired at the consultative meeting and going by the speeches of chief minister and others, as reported in the media, law-making in Nagaland has shifted from Nagaland Legislative Assembly to State Banquet Hall as all 60 elected members have abdicated their responsibilities to focus only on raiding State exchequer.

NPCC in particular, referred to the chief minister’s address at Wednesday’s consultative meeting wherein Rio reportedly requested the 14 Naga tribal hohos to resolve the boundary issue between Dimapur and Peren through customary practice and a spirit of brotherhood. ments dealing with all kinds would be penalized as per According the NPCC of goods/items/ articles the provisions of Sec. 51 to and also all shops located 60 of the Disaster Managein New Market, Hongkong ment Act 2005 besides legal Market and Hazi Park have action under Sec.188 of the D I M A P U R , AU G 1 9 been permitted to open from IPC. 6a.m. to 6 p.m. on Monday, It may be mentioned (NPN): Nagaland on ThursTuesday, Thursday and Fri- that the respective District day recorded 59 fresh Covday.

Task Forces (DTFs) have id-19 positive cases while not DC also informed that been authorized to impose deaths were reported during duration of the night cur- stricter measures or rolling the day. Of the fresh cases, few would continue to be back certain relaxations in 19 were from Mokokchung, enforced from 8 p.m. to 4 specified areas in the district, Kohima-18, Dimapur-13, a.m. DC cautioned that any if an exceptional situation three each in Kiphire and Phek and one each in Mon, person violating the order arises.

Peren and Wokha, taking the total caseload to 29390.

PTI: India added 36,401 new Covid-19 infecCommissioner of Police, Dimapur Rothihu Tetseo tions, taking the total tally of has ordered that essential movement of all vehicles within cases to 3,23,22,258, while Dimapur district would continue to ply in Odd-Even the death toll has climbed to system from August 19 till September 2, 2021.

4,33,049 with 530 more faIn an order, CP Dimapur Rothihu Tetseo informed talities, according to Union that vehicles in exempted category would be exempted health ministry data upfrom the purview of odd-even system. All officers and dated on Thursday. staff in the exempted category have been advised to carry The ministry said that identity card issued by respective HoD. active cases have declined to

D I M A P U R , AU G 1 9 (NPN): In addition to the state-wide ‘Unlock 5’ guidelines issued by staet chief secretary, deputy commissioner (DC) Dimapur Rajesh Soundararajan has notified that existing lockdown measures would continue to remain in force in Dimapur district with the additional relaxations with effect from August 19, 2021 to September 2, 2021.

In an order, DC Dimapur stated that shops and business establishments dealing with essential goods and commodities such as vegetable, fish/meat vendors, milk booths, bakeries, local grocery stores, public utility services like LPG and E- commerce services etc would remain open on all the days from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.

However, all other shops/business establish-

served on the state government by the Nagaland Foothill Road Coordination Committee (NFHRCC).

In a press release, NSH president Kughavi Chophy and general secretary Vikai Yeptho appreciated NFHRCC’s effort to make the project a reality for the people living in border areas and the state in general.

The hoho has, therefore, urged the state government to “exercise its commitment and show its sincerity” to the people by at least making the Foothill Road pliable.

this was nothing short of conveniently outsourcing policy making and governance to 14 tribal hohos.

NPCC reiterated that it cannot remain silent when the State government and its cronies continue to indulge ‘in fooling people without any hesitation’.

Added to this, NPCC said now that NPF has joined the government to form the ‘Nagaland United Government (NUG)’ under the plea of facilitating Naga political solution, the intensity of political gimmicks will increase while common people will continue to suffer without any end in sight, it warned.

Dimapur-Peren boundary issue: NPCC reminded that the State government had already set up two committees in the past and whose reports were already with the government. However, it said that instead of a taking decision, the government has thrown the ball into the court of 14 tribal hohos.

NPCC blamed the government of being fully responsible for allowing inter-

NEW DELHI, AUG 19 (NPN): Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) on Thursday notified the Electronic Monitoring and Enforcement of Road Safety, which would enable authorities to monitor traffic movements and also challan online to defaulters who do not follow the rules.

The ministry issued a notification amending the Central Motor Vehicle Rules 1989 for “Electronic Monitoring and Enforcement of

Road Safety”. The ministry stated that the notice of offence would be sent within fifteen days of the occurrence of the offence and the electronic record collected by way of electronic monitoring should be stored till the disposal of challan.

The ministry directed the State governments to ensure that electronic enforcement devices are placed at high-risk and high-density corridors on National Highways and State Highways, and at critical junctions, at least in major cities with

village disputes on boundary demarcations to take the form of inter-tribe dispute by turning blind eye to various instigators perched on some CSO platforms.

It alleged that rather than taking action against those instigators, the government had washed off its hand and shifted the responsibility to 14 tribal hohos.

NPCC said such a move will be counterproductive and asked the government to recall this “senseless decision”.

RIIN: According to NPCC, Rio backtracking on RIIN by not making any firm commitment, was another sign of cowardice despite forming an all-party government. NPCC said Rio was the one responsible for coming up with concept of RIIN, but was now parroting his concern for other citizens of India and thereby diluting the very purpose of having RIIN. NPCC said that when the Commission on RIIN or Banuo Commission had held exhaustive consultations with various tribe (Cont’d on p-8) hohos,

State logs 59 fresh Covid cases, nil deaths

Odd-even system to continue

COVID-19 STATUS AS ON AUGUST 19, 2021 District

Dimapur Kiphire Kohima Longleng Mokokchung Mon Peren Phek Tuensang Wokha Zunheboto Total

Asymptom- Mild atic 350 16 111 3 203 19 16 4 8 23 37 790

33 2 129 13 2 0 0 0 6 0 2 187

ACTIVE CASES Symptomatic SEVERE Moderate ICU On On (without Oxy- Oxy- ventilagen gen tor) 5 3 4 0 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 0 10 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 24 12 4

RecovDeath ered

ICU (On ventilator 4 12178 361 0 208 8 3 8389 109 0 244 0 0 1748 49 0 1054 11 0 860 3 0 457 17 0 965 11 0 291 11 0 521 14 7 26915 594

Non Covid Deaths Miwith gratCovid 19 ed Positivity 10 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 14

Total Cases

585 13529 1 235 146 8895 12 275 49 2063 17 1104 7 888 2 481 3 994 12 341 9 585 843 29390

*14 deaths not due to Covid-19 *0 deaths under investigation

3,64,129, the lowest in 149 days, and comprise 1.13 per cent of the total infections, the lowest since March last

year. A reduction of 3,286 cases has been recorded in the active Covid-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.

Aug 18 incident: Prohibitory orders clamped in Tizit sub-division D I M A P U R , AU G 1 9 (NPN): In the wake of tension in Tizit sub-division, Mon district over boundary dispute, the Mon district administration has ordered promulgation of the prohibitory order U/S 144 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 for maintaining public safety and peace and tranquility in the sub-division.

In an order, the additional deputy commissioner (ADC) Tizit, Pakon Phom, stated that a land dispute between Jaboka and Yannu village over Konhoa Area occurred on August 18,

2021 resulting in damaged to paddy fields, burning of shacks, huts and cutting down of plantation crops and trees.

ADC stated that there were sufficient grounds for promulgation of the prohibitory order.

As per the ordered, gathering of more than five persons at a time in public or private places was prohibited. Besides the movement of public, all vehicular movement of non-essential nature including passenger vehicles has also been prohibited.

The order would however be exempted in respect of district administration, police, para military forces, magistrate on duty, doctors and medical staff and persons engaged in emergency services.

In addition, all movement of essential commodity would be exempted. The order would come into force with effect from 6am of August 19, 2021 and remain in force till further orders.

ADC cautioned that anyone violating the order would be liable for punishment under Section 188

of the Indian Penal Code.

In a joint statement, Scheduled of the areas: 2Km chief Angh of Yanyen stretch from Loakho village Shomwang Jongwang and junction to Longting village. Yansa Wanghoa customary court secretary M Thakngam Wangyin said Yansa village, which has 11 feeder villages under it, and Yannu Reacting to several village had been in a good reports on that it had de- relationship even before Instroyed plantations and dia’s Independence in 1947. properties at Yannu vilThey claimed that it lage on Wednesday, Yansa was due to Yansa’s piv(Jaboka) village in a clari- otal role that Yannu was fication asserted that they re-established in 1957 after acted only against the al- it had come under severe leged illegal encroachment backlashes and was on the and did not disturb the verge of collapse.

(Cont’d on p-8) peaceful environment.

Yansa village refutes reports

MoRTH notifies 'electronic monitoring and enforcement of road safety' Spl. Correspondent

"Now that we're done with fighting, I guess all of us will be unemployed again."

Indian government is probing this claim, and will take action if it found any substance to the allegations,” he told reporters in Rajkot.

Covishield is the Indian-made version of AstraZeneca’s jab and is the most widely used vaccine in India with more than 486 million doses administered so far.

Serum had supplied millions of Covishield vaccines to countries in Asia, Africa and South America - as part of deals that were inked with various governments and the global Covax scheme for poorer countries.

India, which is the second worst-affected country in the world, aims to vaccinate all its people by the end of this year. About 13 per cent of the population has been fully vaccinated since the beginning of the drive in January.

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‘Unlock 5’: Lockdown curbs relaxed in Dimapur; night curfew to continue

NFHRCC reminder on 30-day deadline Threatens to launch indefinite protest if govt fails to act

to global public health and place an additional burden on vulnerable populations and health systems,” it said, calling for urgent detection and removal of falsified product batches in India and Uganda to prevent harm to patients.

The world body also asked nations and regions likely to be affected by the falsified Covishield product mentioned in its alert to enhance vigilance within supply chains.

Probe on, says Mandaviya: Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Thursday said the government has launched an inquiry into a report claiming that counterfeit versions of Covishield, India’s primary anti-COVID-19 vaccine, had been seized.

“It has been claimed that duplicate versions of Covishield vaccine were sold in the country. The

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Traffic violations to be monitored electronically 

Electronic devices will be used for issuing challans 

Offenders will get traffic e-challan within 15 days 

more than 1 million population, including 132 cities mentioned in the notification. Dimapur and Kohima in Nagaland have been listed in the 132 non-attainment cities.

The rules specify the detailed provisions for placement of electronic enforcement devices (speed camera, closed-circuit television camera, speed gun, body wearable camera, dashboard

camera, Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR), weigh in machine (WIM) and any such technology).

The footage from an electronic enforcement device having electronic stamp for location, date and time can be used to issue challans against offences such as not driving within the prescribed speed limit; stopping or parking vehicle at an unauthorised location; not undertaking safety measures for drivers and pillion riders; and not wearing protective headgear or helmet and

other offences, including jumping red lights, the ministry said.

The ministry also said that all challans issued under Rule 167 in electronic form, using auto-generation of challan through the electronic monitoring and enforcement system, shall be accompanied by information like clear photographic evidence highlighting the offence, the licence plate of the vehicle, date, time and place of the offence and notice specifying the provisions that have been violated.

‘Yimchunger’ is now ‘Yimkhiung’ D I M A P U R , AU G 1 9 (NPN): As reported in Nagaland Post, the State cabinet on July 31 approved the nomenclature/spelling of Yimchunger to Yimkhiung.

In this regard, the State government through a notification has rectified the nomenclature “Yimchunger” Naga to “Yimkhiung” Naga.

It stated that the name “Yimkhiung” would be used in all official correspondence. The order was issued with the approval of the Cabinet on July 31, 2021.

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Noklak DTF reviews COVID situation

DC Noklak Hiazu Meru, DTF members and others during the meeting. (DIPR)

DIMAPUR: Noklak district task force (DTF) on COVID-19 held a review meeting with the district nodal officers for COVID-19, additional secretary, horticulture, Zarenthung Ezung and joint director, H&FW Dr. Thanghoi Lam was held on August 19 at the conference hall of the deputy commissioner (DC) Noklak.

According to a DIPR

report, additional secretary, horticulture Zarenthung Ezung informed that the state had already faced two waves of the pandemic and the third wave was now expected for which he said they need to be prepared.

He urged the house to ramp up COVID-19 testing and vaccination in the district and requested healthcare workers to continue

their efforts in fighting the pandemic. Zarenthung said though there was a lack of infrastructure in the district, if the people took enough precautions, got vaccinated and followed SOPs, then the third wave could be prevented.

Meanwhile, joint director, directorate of health & family welfare (H&FW), Dr. Thanghoi Lam updated the

ASHAs Mkg training on ‘paediatric care’

ASHAs and CMO staff during the training programme.

DIMAPUR: Training on “Paediatric care in COVID-19” for Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs) in Mokokchung district commenced on August 18 at Mangkolemba block.

In a press release, chief medical officer (CMO) Mokokchung office informed

that the training was for preparedness of any sudden surge of COVID care in the paediatric age group.

CMO Mokokchung office said the training would be held cluster-wise in the remaining blocks and would conclude on August 30.

ASHAs would be trained

USSC laments poor network, internet service DIMAPUR: United Sangtam Students Conference (USSC) has expressed deep distress over the poor telecom network connectivity and internet services within Longkhim-Chare jurisdiction under Tuensang district.

In a press release, USSC president Samuel B Sangtam and assistant general secretary Tiakaba Sangtam said telecom services and internet has become an integral part of daily life especially for students who depend upon internet for online classes and other important activities.

The conference stated that the poor network connection and internet services and disconnection of the same for the past few weeks in Longkhim-Chare under Tuensang district has caused “intense problems” which has affected the students in particular and citizens in general.

In this regard, USSC has asked the service providers namely Reliance Jio and Airtel to restore quality network connectivity at the earliest.

on the danger signs, surveillance, signs and symptoms of COVID-19 in paediatric age group, prevailing myths related to COVID-19 in children, roles and responsibilities of ASHA in the community. The district trainers include SMOs, MOs, CHOs of different health unit.

overall scenario of the pandemic and advised on how to manage the ongoing crisis. He urged DTF to make use of the BSL lab 2 which was installed in Tuensang.

Dr. Lam also talked on contact tracing, vaccination and other logistics necessities for the district.

On vaccination, Dr. Thanghoi Lam elaborated on awareness campaign on vaccination and advised them to rectify the rumours that spread on social media.

While chairing the meeting, DC Noklak Hiazu Meru welcomed the team from Kohima and briefed on the preparedness on COVID-19 and also highlighted the steps taken in managing the pandemic in the district.

The meeting was attended by DTF members, HoDs, civil organisations and religious leaders.

ZSB, RSB interact with ex-servicemen DIMAPUR: Zilla Sainik Board (ZSB) and Rajya Sainik Board (RSB) officials interacted with ex-servicemen (ESM) in Kohima and Dimapur on August 10 and 13 respectively.

According to PRO HQ IGAR (N), during the meet, the boards apprised the ex-servicemen about the welfare measures introduced and also shared on the development of existing issues.

They were also informed of hospitals in Kohima and Dimapur empanelled for ECHS.

Exercise on COVID information dissemination DIMAPUR: Kohima District Task Force (DTF) culminated the exercise of information dissemination on COVID in vernacular on August 17 with deputy commissioner, Kohima, Gregory Thejawelie releasing the Nagamese brochure.

According to a DIPR report, the brochure would also be available in soft copy version for social media. Kohima DTF, through IECC committee launched the brochures in Tenyidie and Rengma.

The DTF has so far printed out 5000 copies in Tenyidie and Rengma which have been distributed to public through village councils and faith-based establishments.

NAGALAND POST, DIMAPUR FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 2021

SJC organises webinar on physical & mental well-being DIMAPUR: A webinar on “physical and mental wellbeing during COVID-19 pandemic’’ was organised by the students’ well-being and peer counselling committee of St. John College (SJC) Dimapur on August 18. A press release by SJC Dimapur stated that the resource persons were Imtikala Ao (MSc. nutrition for Global Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) and Imlibenla Mongro (RCI Licenced Clinical Psychologist from CIHSR, Dimapur).

Imtikala Ao highlighted how physical fitness could be maintained during the pandemic by maintaining good sleep routine, exercise and proper diet. She also cleared many myths associated with covid vaccine.

Imlibenla Mong ro

District rural road seminar in Dmu

DIMAPUR: District rural road seminar was held on August 19, at PWD complex, Dimapur with Azheto Zhimomi, MLA as special guest.

In a press release, PWD (R&B) Dimapur division informed that technical paper presentation on role of PMGSY in rural roads was delivered by PWD (R&B), EE, Z Inahoto Sema, while

PWD (R&B), SDO Musivoyi Ringa presented on role of PMGSY-III, and PWD (R&B) SDO Nagashe Swu on use of new technology in rural construction.

Earlier, the programme was chaired by PWD (R&B) circle-1, Kohima, SDO Ahoto Sema and vote of thanks was delivered by PWD (R&B) DD, SDO, K Kihozhe Sema.

important; vote of thanks was delivered by assistant professor of economics SJC, Sumita Banik Saha.

Acknowledgement

Azheto Zhimomi, MLA, staff and officers of PWD (R&B) Dimapur division during the seminar.

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spoke on the importance of mental health and how during pandemic mental health could be ensured by giving a structure to daily life but at the same time by avoiding making it too rigid.

She also emphasised on the importance of staying connected with the loved ones if not physically then digitally.

SJC administrator Peter Banks also spoke on the steps taken by the college to ensure that campus classes do not threaten the health of the students and staff.

The event was hosted

by Mhonbemo Kikon, 5th semester student; Heilam, 3rd semester student said the invocation; SJC principal professor S.T. Janetius gave an introductory speech in which he spoke how physical and mental health are interrelated and equally

Late Khutovi Yeptho Born on : 01/03/1982 – Died on : 14/07/2021 "You didn't tell us how to live, you lived and let us watch you do it" We, the bereaved family members of Late Khutovi Yeptho, S/o Kakiho Yeptho of New Phuye Village would like to convey and express our heartfelt gratitude to all the individual, neighbours and churches who stood with us physically, spiritually, financially and materially at the demise of my beloved husband.

We convey our special thanks to : 1. Sumi Baptist Church, Kohima 2. Gorkha Baptist Church Zaka.

3. Nguvihe Baptist Church.

4. Vishiyi Baptist Church.

5. Xukhepu Union Dimapur 6. Directorate of Art & Culture Driver's Unit.

7. State Child Protection Society (SCPS) Kohima.

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“…Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged for the Lord your God will be with you where ever you go.” Joshua 1:9 With heartfelt gratitude, we, the bereaved family of Late TEPUZO KHIEYA would like to acknowledge each and every individual who stood by us physically, financially, materially, morally and through unceasing prayers during our time of grief.

We would like to convey our special thanks to : 1. Christian Revival Church 14-04-1973 to 10-08-2021 Pezielietsie Kohima 2. Jakhama Christian Revival Church 3. Jakhama Village 4. Jakhama Union Kohima 5. Zhadima Village 6. Zhadima Union Kohima 7. Christian Church Zhadima 8. Tsiemekhuma Village 9. Kezieke Welfare Board 10. Kezieke Women Organisation 11. Kezieke Youth Organisation 12. Dr. Kezha & family 13. Dept. of Zoology St. Joseph College Jakhama (A) We deeply regret our inability to thank each and everyone of you individually, but it is our humble prayer that our Almighty God bless you all abundantly.

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12.05.1979 – 15.08.2021 Words are inadequate to express our heartfelt gratitude to one and all who stood by us at the grief and untimely demise of our beloved LATE PURNUNGBA AO on 15th August 2021.

We would like to convey our special thanks to: 1. Naga Hospital Kohima 2. Crime Branch PHQ (Kohima) 3. New Reserve Ao Fellowship (Kohima) 4. Police Baptist Church Kohima 5. Mokokchung Village Union (Kohima) 6. Purnungsang & Moalong Batch Mkg Village 7. Mr. & Mrs. Imrongtuba (Asangma Village, Kma) We express our regret for our inability to mention and thank each and every one of you. But it is our humble prayer that our Almighty God bless you all abundantly.

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FIRST DEATH ANNIVERSARY

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LATE NUNGDOKSASHI JAMIR 20-08-2020

KLC conducts consecration service

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13 January 2010 – 17 August 2021 We, the bereaved family of LAte ZUCHANBeNI KIKON would like to express our sincere gratitude to all the well wishers, individuals, friends, relatives, churches, organizations and neighbours who stood by us through prayers, physical presences and financial support during her illness and till her last breath on 17/08/2021.

We specially like to thank: 1. Kohima Lotha Baptist Church 2. Seluku Baptist Church 3. Mr & Mrs Ezomo Tsopoe 4. Mr & Mrs Aben Kikon 5. Kohima Seluku Khumshum We deeply regret our inability to mention and thank each and everyone individually, however we earnestly pray that our Lord bless you all abundantly.

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On this day, you left us silently for your heavenly abode. But we fondly remember your smile, humbleness and patience. May you lay in peace till we meet again.

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DIMAPUR: Kohima Law College (KLC), evangelical union conducted a consecration service on August 17. KLC through its media cell informed that during the programme, speaker, KLC assistant professor Kezhokhoto Savi congratulated the outgoing officebearers for completion of their tenure and delivered a speech.

The service was led

by Thejasenuo Vitsu, invocation by Longtsubeni Humtsou, special number by outgoing office bearers while outgoing president Pheniang Lushing and president Ekyanrhoni P. Lotha delivered speeches.

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WEATHER FORECAST AUGUST 20

(Temperature in ºC)

Max Min

Agartala A stray afternoon t-storm

28 24

Clouds with afternoon rain

24 20

Guwahati Cloudy with a few showers

29 25

Aizawl Imphal

A morning shower; cloudy

Itanagar A t-storm around in the a.m.

25 21 25 23

Shillong

A thunderstorm in spots

21 18

Kohima

Cloudy with thunderstorms

21 18

Dimapur Rain and drizzle in the a.m.

27 23

A stray a.m. t-storm; cloudy

23 20

Tuensang Cloudy with a thunderstorm

18 16

Mkg Wokha

Cooler; brief morning showers 22 21

Zunheboto A morning t-storm; cloudy

20 18

DIMAPUR: New office building of the Child Development Project Officer (CDPO) under Chessore ICDS project was inaugurated by director, social welfare department, K. Atoli Sema on August 14.

In a press release CDPO informed that during the programme, the director expressed gratitude for the support, help and co-operation extended to the department.

She reminded that the office building was constructed under mobilised funds taking note of its remoteness and constraints faced by functionaries in de-

DIMAPUR: Nagaland State Ru r a l L ive l i h o o d s M i s s i o n (NSRLM) in collaboration with CSC Wokha organised training cum distribution/Activation of Morpho device to BC/Digi pay sakhi on August 17 at the Conference Hall of Deputy Commissioner (DC) Wokha.

livering ICDS service packages to target beneficiaries.

She also appealed to the leaders to be caretakers of the new office building.

Meanwhile, deputy director Hutoi Sema in his speech also spoke on the collective responsibility for the growth and development of the department.

S. Longnyei Konyak SDO (C), Chessore Area People’s Forum president, Y. Kiumukam, treasurer GBs Association, L Chuba, AWWS & AWHS president Z Tsusola also delivered short speeches where they acknowledged the department for creating

infrastructural assets for the people in one of the remotest areas.

S. Longnyei urged the people to take care of the government property and also expressed gratitude to the director for fulfilling the long felt need of a proper office building after 24 years.

Meanwhile, CDPO N. Ekonthung Kikon also expressed gratitude to the director for giving the people a proper office building which would not only serve as a hub for all AW activities and programmes but also serve as a reminder of the department’s care

biopesticides, organic approaches of insect pests’ management, eco-friendly insect pest management in major crops in NEH region were covered during the training.

Altogether 22 participants from different districts attended the training.

The entire training session was chaired by deputy project director SAMETI, Janet Chishi and vote of thanks was delivered by deputy project director, Yezaho Swu.

and concern for the people of Chessore.

He also declared the multipurpose hall as “K. Atoli Sema hall”.

Earlier, the function was chaired by field officer NL Tangsoi, ceremonial prayer was said by CTBC pastor Z. Tokiumong and invocation by principal, St. Christopher School Chessore, Rev. Fr. David K. Tithong while a welcome song was presented by Z. Tsusola and group.

Benediction was offered by Doki Allen Pastor CVC and vote of thanks Department of agriculture, Mangkolemba conducted farmers field school under was delivered by field of- Integrated Pest Management (RKVY) on August 16 at Japu village with AI Nungsang ficer Badhi Ram Thapa. as the resource person.

A press release by NSRLM Wokha stated that the training was in commemoration of “Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav” wherein distribution and activation of morpho device was carried out by DM-CSC Wokha, Wochanthung Ngullie.

Presenting IIBF certificates

to the candidates, ADPM DMMU NSRLM Wokha Samuel Kithan encouraged them to be dedicated and do their assigned works in helping the rural community.

Kithan said the main objective of the programme was to train and place the identified BC/ Digi pay sakhi in order to provide

banking facilities at the grassroots level in rural areas.

The programme was chaired

by Orentsani C Kithan, welcome address was delivered by AC-FI BMMU Bhandari, Shanjos E Kikon and vote of thanks by AC-FI BMMU Ralan block, L. Philip Ezung.

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and horticulture crops to the participants.

Resource persons for the training program were scientist Dr Tasvina R. Borah from pathology division of crop science, ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, Umaim, Meghalaya and scientist Dr. Sandip Patra from entomology, ICAR, Umaim.

Participatory lecture on the topic organic management of diseases in vegetables crops, importance of biocontrol and

Director, social welfare department, K. Atoli Sema, CDPO, field officers and others during the inaugural programme.

Training cum distribution of morpho device in Wokha

D I M A P U R : Va r i o u s blocks under Agricultural Technology Management Agencies (ATMA) have been conducting training and demonstration programmes for the welfare of the farmers.

C h e s s o r e : AT M A Chessore block, Tuensang district organised field day, training and demonstration on various topics on August 16-18 at Shiponger village and Kiutsukiur village.

A press release by the block stated that during the training on post-harvest management of potato on August 17 at Kiutsuliur village, ATM Dekhingbe emphasised on post-harvest management.

Dekhingbe said postharvest management was an important factor not only in preventing post-harvest losses but also in maintaining its nutritional value.

A farm school on apiary was inaugurated on August 17 at Shiponger village with Pongji as the farm school teacher. At the programme, BTM Merenjungla highlighted the concept and function of farm school followed by demonstration on management practices of brood comb.

AT M A C h e s s o r e block also conducted field day on potato on August 18 at a farmer’s field at Kiutsukiur village where farmers from Kiutsukiur village, farmers friend and ATMA functionaries participated in the event.

Meanwhile a new food security group and

SAMETI organises training on plant protection measures

D IMAPUR: Two-day virtual training on “important plant protection measures for agriculture and horticulture crop” was organised by State Agricultural Management and Extension Training Institute (SAMETI) on August 18-19.

A press release by SAMETI Medziphema stated that the training was aimed at imparting technical knowledge on important plant protection measures for agriculture

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Satakha block

Lunso FIG was form and mobilized where seed money was given to the food security group through direct benefit transfer.

Kikruma: Agricultural Technology Management Activities (ATMA) Phek, Kikruma block organised training, demonstrations and field day.

A press release by ATMA Kikr um block, stated that ATMA Phek district officials and Kikruma block functionaries revisited Rüza (Zabo) farm school on August 3 at Kikruma village.

The block also conducted training cum demonstrations on “control of fall army worm using biopesticides and cultivation of carrot and broccoli” on August 5 and August 7 at Rihuba and Phusachodu villages respectively.

The team also conducted a field day at Coffee Farm School and mobilized new Food Security Group (FSG) in Phusachodu village.

Altogether 50 participants including the officials attended the programmes.

Satakha: ATMA Satakha block has organised a field day on the topic of ecological restoration for protection and conservation of natural resources to help tackle climate change on August 5 at Shena New Village and conducted two trainings and six demonstrations on August 6 and 7 at Shena old and Usutomi village.

In a press release, the blocks informed that a

training on soil and water conservation engineering for climate smart agriculture and demonstration on rain water harvesting for natural pond, demonstration on rain and stream water harvesting for TRC and demonstration on watering technique for tree plantation was conducted at Shena old village on August 6.

Meanwhile, training on soil and water conservation engineering for climate smart agriculture and demonstration on rain water harvesting for natural pond, demonstration on watering technique for tree plantation and demonstration on contour trenching, contaur bunds and staggered contour trenches was conducted at Usutomi Village on date August 7.

Resources person for the training/demonstration programmes were BTM L. Chichamo Shitini ATM X kuto Kinimi and ATM V Jimomi ATMA Satakha block.

They give brief explanation through audio and visual display with demonstration and also stressed on the important benefits, positive effect to its wider impact on agricultural and environment as a whole.

The main aim of the programme was to encourage farmers to plant more trees, to practice farming in sustainable way, stop river and stream pollution, protect soil and water degradation but to conserve and restore the biodiversity for a climate smart agricul-

ture and environment sustainability to fight climate change.

Coffee farm school was inaugurated on August 7 at Usutomi village, mean while Kashiho was appointed as farm school teacher during the inaugural programme the concept of farm school and training on coffee plantation was delivered by ATM, Tovi V Jimomi.

AT M A S u r u h u t o block, Zunheboto conducted field demonstration programme at integrated farm school Tichipami on August 5.

Demonstration on “mass trapping of male moth using pheromone trap” was conducted where ATM Moanenla expounded that lures being a natural compound mimic natural pheromone attracted and trapped male moths and subsequent decrease in insect reproduction.

Later, use of plastic mulch in vegetable field for the conservation of water was demonstrated

by ATM Kaoto where he explained the main objective of mulching and also showed how by use of proper plastic mulch drop in moisture evaporation from the soil cools the soil surface and reduces the impact of sunlight energy by acting as a barrier to the evaporating moisture vapours In a separate programme on August 6 at Kiyetha, BTM Livika demonstrated organic seed production of cabbage on

nursery seedbed where some management techniques for maintaining long-term soil fertility were explained. Further, use of organically accepted fertilizer products that provides plants with nutrients for good yield was shown.

Seeds of cabbage were also distributed to the farmers.

Altogether 35 farmers attended the training programme.

Awareness programme held at NU, Medziphema

DIMAPUR: An awareness and animation programme on “prevention and control of communicable diseases” between human and animal was held on August 10 at Nagaland University, Medziphema campus.

A press release by School of Agricultural Sciences and Rural Development (SASRD) NU Medziphema stated that the programme was organised by Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) - All India Coordinated Research Project on pig, Nagaland Centre.

The programme aimed to create awareness among farm attendants as a result of emerging zoonotic diseases such as avian flu, severe acute respiratory syndrome, brucellosis, tuberculosis in the North East region.

SASRD stated that animal attendants, paraveterinarians and veterinarians are the first in-contact high risk persons for contracting and or transmitting zoonotic diseases.

Therefore, it said the imparting basic preventive measures was all important for the people involved in production of livestock and poultry.

SCC conducts faculty development programme

DIMAPUR: A national level online faculty development programme under the theme, “academic writing” for teaching faulty of college, universities and research scholars was organised by IQAC and Research Committee of Sao Chang College (SCC), Tuensang from August 4-10.

A press release by the college stated that the objective of the programme was to learn about details involved in writing effective research paper and to understand the process of publication.

Re s o u r c e p e r s o n s assistant professor (department of Education) Mizoram University, Dr. Kabita Kumari spoke on “Research Writing: Exploring the Paradigms” and “Research Writing: Building Blocks” and assistant professor (department of chemistry) SCC, Dr. Shokip Tumtin spoke on “An Elementary Approach Towards Publishing Review Papers in Journals”.

Another resource person, head, government polytechnic, Gaya, Dr. N.

K. Prasad while speaking on “Article Writing: Best Practices” briefed the characteristics of scholarly article and explained how to write article and how to publish them in reputed peer reviewed journals.

Assistant professor, Regional Institute of Education, Bhopal, National Council of Educational Research and Training, Dr. Vanthangpui Khobung spoke on “Details: I” while resource person, assistant professor (department of education) Mizoram University, Dr. Kabita Kumari spoke on “Citing References”.

In a keynote address, director, Higher Education Nagaland, Dr. Apeni Lotha encouraged teachers to stay driven in order to excel in one’s chosen field.

The programme saw active participation and interaction between the resource persons and participants along with practical exercises and discussions. The six-day national faculty development programme concluded with a valedictory session.

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HNLC leader death: normalcy BJP slams Surjewala Cease work strike of Manipur for ‘terrorist’ remark govt employees enters third day in Shillong, curfew relaxed Correspondent

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SHILLONG, AUG 19: Meghalaya’s State capital Shillong remained peaceful as overall normalcy prevailed in day-to-day life with extension in the curfew relaxation period, restoration of mobile internet services and business back to average.

There has been no report of any law and order situation in the city or its suburbs with people going about their essential daily chores, prompting the administration to further extend curfew relaxation by one more on Friday.

“Based on the present situation, it is deemed appropriate to continue with partial lifting of curfew August 20,”said District Magistrate, Isawanda Laloo in her order on Thursday announcing relaxation of curfew in the Shillong Agglomeration from 5 am to 6 pm on August 20.

Opening of essential and non-essential shops will be allowed till 5 pm tomorrow before the cur-

File photo of Center Point in Shillong. few is re-imposed from 6 for us to be back to busipm till 5 am of August 21, ness as we were faced with the order said, while un- uncertainty as curfew derlining that any kind of had been imposed,” said gathering, public meeting one among a group of or rally is not permitted. vegetable vendors from Curfew, which was nearby Smit village, who imposed in the whole of have been selling locally the Shillong Urban Ag- produced vegetables by the glomeration from the night street-side. of Independence Day in Retired Chief Justice the wake of violent pro- of Tripura High Court , tests following the death of Justice T Vaiphei, who former Hynniewtrep Na- is currently the chairpertional Liberation Council son of Meghalaya Hu(HNLC) general secretary, man Rights Commission Cheristerfield Thangkhiew (MHRC) chairperson, will in police firing during a head the judicial inquiry raid on his residence on into the killing of the surAugust 13, was relaxed rendered militant leader, as for 13 hours from 5 am to announced by Chief Min5 pm on Thursday. ister, Conrad K Sangma on “It is a great relief Wednesday.

SHILLONG, AUG 19: The BJP Meghalaya State Unit has condemned the statement of Congress General Secretary, Randeep Singh Surjewala for branding the local youth of Shillong as “terrorists”. At a press briefing on Wednesday, Surjewala had said “terrorists” are moving around in Meghalaya’s state capital Shillong.

The Congress spokesperson was referring to miscreants snatching arms from a police vehicle and later torching the vehicle in protest against the killing of surrendered HNLC militant Cheristerfield Thangkhiew here on August 13. “The statement of the senior Congress leader is adding fuel to the fire by provoking the already agitated local youth,” BJP National Council member, Bashailang Khongwir said.

Stating that militancy in the northeast had witnessed its peak during congress regime, Khong-

wir said, “The congress during its tenure both in the state and centre had done nothing to resolve HNLC issue. “ The BJP also appreciated the prompt responsiveness of Meghalaya Chief MinisterConrad Sangma by not sending police force to the sensitive areas of the city and also decided to fulfill the long awaited desire of the locals to remove the CRPF Camp from Mawlai. Khongwir also commended the immediate response of the MDA government by initiating a judicial probe into the killing of Thangkhiew.

Accusing the Congress of politicising the current sensitive issue by aggravating the situation “right from local to the National level”, Khongwir said, “State Congress leader, Mukul Sangma should have worked together with the Government in this time of crisis as a responsible opposition instead of trying to destabalise the government.”

Tripura BJP MLA asks workers to attack TMC leaders in ‘Talibani style’

AGARTALA, AUG 19 (PTI): A ruling BJP MLA in Tripura, Arun Chandra Bhowmik, has stoked a controversy by allegedly saying that his party activists should counter Trinamool Congress leaders in “Talibani style” if they land at Agartala airport.

The saffron camp, however, said it is the MLA’s version and not that of the BJP. With an eye on the Tripura Assembly polls in 2023, TMC leaders, including its national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, are visiting the hilly state frequently to try and build a base and an organisation for the party which till now has been confined to West Bengal. “The TMC is try-

ing to harm the Biplab Kumar Deb-led government in Tripura that came to power by ending the 25-year-long Communist rule. All these are happening due to the instigation of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee,” the legislator who represents Belonia constituency said. Bhowmik made this remark Wednesday during a felicitation ceremony for newly inducted Union minister of state for Social Justice and Empowerment, Pratima Bhowmik at Belonia old town hall in South Tripura district. “I appeal to all of you that we need to attack them in Talibani style. We need to attack them once they land at

Arun Chandra Bhowmik the airport here. We will protect our government led by Biplab Kumar Deb with every drop of blood,” he said.

A video clip of his comments went viral on the social media inviting wide criticism. Reacting to his remarks, Tripura TMC leader Subal Bhowmik demanded the BJP MLA’s arrest. “West Bengal TMC leaders were harassed last

night at a private hotel in Agartala where they are staying. The incident happened after the MLA made this provocative remark,” he claimed. BJP Tripura chief spokesperson Subrata Chakraborty said the comment made by Bhowmik is exclusively his own and the party does not take any responsibility. “ It is entirely his responsibility. This is not the culture of BJP,” Chakraborty told PTI. When contacted, Bhowmik said he had made the remark as an example to justify how to counter the TMC seriously. “I used the word ‘Talibani’ to make it clear that the way the Trinamool Congress is trying to harm the BJP government

in Tripura, it needs a strong reaction. Use of the word ‘Talibani’ might have sent a wrong message, but my intention was just to narrate how to counter them seriously,” the BJP legislator said. Clashes between the TMC and the BJP have been reported from Tripura over the past few weeks.

On his first visit, TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee’s convoy was allegedly attacked

by BJP workers in Tripura on August 3. The TMC had claimed that two of its youth leaders from West Bengal sustained injuries after being attacked by BJP workers in Dhalai district of the north-eastern state on August 7.

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IMPHAL, AUG 19: The indefinite cease work strike launched by the employees of Manipur government under the aegis of Manipur Government Services Federation (MGSF) entered its third day on Thursday.

On the third day of the strike, employees of various sections of the state secretariat services staged a sit-in-protest at the New Secretariat complex in Imphal.

Placards at the protest site read : “Pay DA 28%”, “Fulfill our demands”, “Fill up all promotional vacant posts,” “Give promotion timely,” “Rectify pay anomalies,” etc. The employees staged the protest under

6 detention centres in Assam renamed as ‘transit camps’

GUWAHATI, AUG 19 (IANS): The Assam government has changed the nomenclature of the state’s six detention centres for foreigners to transit camps, which at present house 181 inmates, 61 of whom are declared foreign nationals and 120 are convicted foreign nationals awaiting deportation, officials said.

An official of the state’s Home and Political Department said that the 12-yearold notification was modified to rename the six detention centres as transit camps for detention purposes.

According to a notification issued by Niraj Verma, Principal Secretary in the Home and Political Department, “The nomenclature of detention centre is changed to ‘transit camp’ for detention purpose”, in partial modification of a June 2009 notification.

While the official refused to divulge the reason for renaming the detention centres, political observers felt that it was done to harmonise the purpose and

Goalpara detention camp which can accommodate over 3000 people. play down the negative psy- along with their nine mothchological effect associated ers. Of the 22 children, two with the detention centres. are above 14 while 20 are The detention cetres, below 14 years of age. or transit camps as they According to the offiwill be called now, are lo- cial statistics, 2,551 people cated within the central jails have been sent to the detenof Dibrugarh, Goalpara, tion centres between DeJorhat, Kokrajhar, Silchar cember 23, 2009, and June and Tezpur.

30, 2021, after they were The first standalone declared non-Indian citizens detention centre to house by various Foreigners’ Tribu3,500 foreigners is under nals (FTs). The first inmate construction at a cost of Rs in the detention camp was 46 crore at Agia in western Krishna Biswas of Goalpara Assam’s Goalpara district district. So far, 29 declared adjoining Meghalaya. ‘foreigners’ died in these Three of these centres centres while many have -- Kokrajhar, Silchar and been granted bail since 2009.

Tezpur -- house 22 children According to the of-

ficials, 2,98,471 cases have been disposed of by the FTs, whereas 1,36,173 cases were pending in these tribunals till April 30.

In all, 1,18,216 people were declared as Indian citizens while 1,39,900 people were declared as foreigners by the FTs till April 30.

According to a Supreme Court order dated May 10, 2019, 273 declared foreigners were released following their appeal after three years in detention, while 481 others were released after another apex court order in April last year reduced their detention period to two years in view of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Border Wing of Assam police is tasked with detecting such foreigners or ‘illegal immigrants’.

The people they suspect to be non-citizens are served notices to appear before any of the 100 FTs and submit the relevant documents to establish their Indian citizenship, failing which they are sent to the detention centres or are deported.

Adi Cascade Frog was also known as Abor Hills. The findings have been published in a scientific article titled ‘Phylogenetic position of the poorly known montane cascade frog Amolops monticola (Ranidae) and description of a new closely related species from Northeast India” in the Journal of Natural History, London, the statement said.

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demands of the employees, he alleged.

The DA of the employees, the Central government and other states have been increased to 28% since July last. However, the employees of the state government were enjoying only 7%, he said. He said that even during the pandemic, the Central government has hiked the DA for its employees by 11 per cent with effect from July 1 last, aggregating to 28% leaving a large gap as the DA of the state government employees remained stuck at 7%. The current DA rate was not suited with time as the prices of petroleum products and essential commodities have been hiked many folds, he said.

Commercial flight operation starts from Tezu airport ITANAGAR, AUG 19 (PTI): The Tezu airport in Lohit district of Arunachal Pradesh started operating commercial flights on Thursday when an ATR 72 aircraft of Flybig Airlines, with 30 passengers on board, flew to Guwahati in Assam.

As Chief Minister Pema Khandu flagged off the flight, Tezu became the second Advanced Landing Ground (ALG) in the state to start commercial operations after Pasighat in East Siang district, from where Flybig commenced service to Guwahati in May. “Operationalisation of the Tezu airport will boost connectivity of Eastern Arunachal that will facilitate easy and fast accessibility to economical activities, business and health services to the people,” Khandu said after attending the inaugural flight ceremony virtually from Itanagar.

He said that starting a flight service from Tezu attains much significance as the North-eastern state shares international borders with three countries – Bhutan, China and Myanmar.

“A large chunk of the Indian Army and paramilitary personnel are serving in different parts of the state. Now they will also have a faster travel option to and from home,” he said.

The chief minister announced that all army and paramilitary personnel availing the Flybig flights - Guwahati-Tezu and

New frog species discovered in Arunachal NEW DELHI, AUG 19 (PTI): A team of biologists from Delhi University, Wildlife Institute of India and North Carolina Museum of Natural Science (USA) has discovered a new species of frog from the Adi hills Arunachal Pradesh, according to an official statement.

The new species of Cascade Frog has been named Adi Cascade Frog (Amolops adicola) after the Adi hills, which are home to Adi tribes, an indigenous group of people from the Himalayan regions in the state.

The literal meaning of Chief of Staff Eastern Command Lt Gen KK Repswal during his visit to DG Assam Rifles HQ on August 19 was briefed by Lt Gen PC Nair, DG Assam Rifles. COS appreciated the Adi is “hill” or “mountain performance of the Force in the North East. top”. Historically, this region

the aegis of Manipur Secretariat Services Association (MSSA) in support of the cease work strike launched

by MGSF. Normal official works of the secretariat services, the backbone of state administration, were disrupted owing to the protest.

Taking part in the protest, MSSA general secretary Purujit Lairikyengbam lamented that staff of the various sections of the secretariat were highly dissatisfied over the adamant attitude of the state government. Even as the cease work paralyzed normal official works at the state secretariat and various major departments, the state government was silent, instead of addressing the

The discovery was made as biologists investigated a group of medium to large sized Cascade Frogs from Northeast India over the last five years. Dr. Abhijit Das, from Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, said the new species was discovered while revisiting the century-old Adi expedition in 2018 and named after the land of Adi tribe in Arunachal Pradesh where this species dwells particularly during the post-monsoon season. According to the researchers, the “Cascade Frogs” are named so because of their preference for small waterfalls or cascades in flowing hill streams.

AFFIDAVIT

(Name Correction)

Date : 12/07/21

I, Miss Livi Zhimomi aged about 18 Years, Daughter of Late Vitoshe, Resident of Churches Colony, Dimapur, Nagaland, do hereby solemnly affirm on oath and declare as under :1) That I am a bonafide citizen of India, belonging to Sumi Naga Tribe.

2) That my name has been inadvertently entered as Zhimomi Livi Vitoshe in my Maharashtra State Board Secondary and Higher Secondary Education, Pune Examination Certificate. Whereas, in my Birth Certificate and other documents, it is entered as Livi Zhimo and in my Aadhar Card it is entered as Livi Zhimomi.

3) That this affidavit is made to affirm that the names Zhimomi Livi Vitoshe, Livi Zhimomi and Livi Zhimo are of one and the same person and refers to me.

4) That henceforth, as and when the name Zhimomi Livi Vitoshe, Livi Zhimomi and Livi Zhimo appears, it shall be read and understood as Livi Zhimomi for all intents and purposes.

5) That the statements in this affidavit are true to the best of my knowledge, every part thereof is true and nothing material has been concealed there form.

And I Sign this affidavit on this the 12th day of July 2021 at Dimapur, Nagaland.

Sworn and declared before me.

Deponent Notary Public dp-4062

AFFIDAVIT

Regd. No. 230/21 dated 19/08/21 I, Smti Mhonbeni K. Nsarangbe, W/o lluheing Nsarangbe, aged about 49 years, presently residing at phezoucha colony, New Secretariat Area Kohima Sardar Kohima, Nagaland do hereby solemnly affirm and declare on oath as follows: 1. That I am a bonafide citizen of India.

2. That my correct official name is Mhonbeni Kikon Nsarangbe.

The Middle name Kikon refers to my Father's surname and Nsarangbe is my Husband's surname.

3. That by virtue of been married to Iluheing Nsarangbe, that my surname be changed to Nsarangbe. Henceforth, Mhonbeni Kikon Nsarangbe shall be use in all official correspondence.

4. That this affidavit shall declare that, I shall be called Mhonbeni Kikon Nsarangbe and this declaration of my name shall be used for all official communication and records.

5. That this affidavit shall be use as a piece of evidence in reference to the above paragraphs in all official correspondences and records.

6. That I verify that the averment of this affidavit are true to my knowledge and nothing has been concealed and verified at Kohima on this day, the 19th of August 2021 at Kohima.

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Guwahati-Pasighat - will pay only Rs 75 for one way fare till December 31 this year.

The gesture from the airline company is in commemoration of India’s 75 years of Independence, he said, thanking Flybig founder and Managing Director Capt Sanjay Mandvia.

“Adding glorious chapter in Aviation history of Arunachal. Flagged off today @flybigairlines. Flight for TezuGuwahati route from Itanagar through VC. Tezu is 7th domestic destination in NE under UDAN, giving boost to regional connectivity as envisioned by PM @ narendramodi Ji, Khandu tweeted later.

The CM requested Mandavia to explore possibilities of extending similar services to the rest of the Advanced Landing Grounds (ALGs) operational in the state.

Khandu said that Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia has recently assured him that the state will get three more airports in West Kameng, Dibang Valley and Upper Subansiri districts.

He said the process of land acquisition is under process.

“The exotic hill hamlet, Tezu our newest destination is all set to welcome you! Now fly non-stop between Tezu & Guwahati 4x weekly w.e.f 19-Aug at fares starting INR 1199,” Flybig tweeted.

IN THE COURT OF DISTRICT & SESSIONS JUDGE WOKHA : NAGALAND

NOTICE

S/c No. 72/21

NOTICE INVITING CLAIMS/OBJECTIONS OF OTHER CLAIMANT(S) FOR ISSUE OF SUCCESSION CERTIFICATE UNDER PART-1 OF INDIAN SUCCESSION ACT 1925.

Whereas application under Succession Act 1925 for grant of Succession certificate for the estate/pension benefits of Late Jimmy Lotha has been applied by Smti. Mhonimi Lotha, W/o.

Lt. Jimmy Lotha, R/o Wokha, Nagaland for possession of: 1. SBI bearing A/c No. 37965316016 2. SBI A/c No. 11766539347.

Notice is hereby given that any person having interest in the administration of the estate/pension benefits of the said deceased may, if she/he so desire appear in this court on or before the said day of 16-09-2021.

Given under the hand and seal of the court on this day, the 16-08-2021.

District & Sessions Judge Wokha : Nagaland Wc-196

IN THE COURT OF DEPUTY COMMISSIONER DIMAPUR DISTRICT DIMAPUR : NAGALAND NOTICE

No.M-328/21/2522-23 Dt. Dimapur the 5/8/2021 Notice is hereby given that Shri Susangnuken Jamir Vrs Smti.

Tsino Viya, resident of Sechü Village in the District of Kohima, Nagaland under Rule 50 & 51 of Assam Land Revenue Regulation 1886 have applied for Mutation of land described in the schedule below:The undersigned under Rule 52 of the said Rules do hereby invites Claims/ Objections concerning to the said land if any & should there be any, should submit to this Court on or before 1(one) month from the date of publication in local newspaper.

SCHEDULE OF LAND AND BOUNDARY Name of Patta Holder : Shri Susangnuken Jamir Village/Block No. : Ekaranipathar A.K Patta No. 1243 Dag No. 15/1505 Area 00B-01K-13Ls North : Approach Road East : Approach Road South : Sashi Ranla West : Tsino Viya Sd/- RAJESH SOUNDARARAJAN, IAS Deputy Commissioner, Dimapur dp-4058

GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND

OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE MOKOKCHUNG, NAGALAND

NO. MDP/RO-15/21-22/1141

To,

Dated Mokokchung, the 17th August, '2021

CALLING NOTICE

NCE :- Nausad Ahmed S/o :- Manzoor Hasnain Village :- Bal P/O :- Chainwa P.S :- Rasulpur District :- Chapra State :- Bihar You are absenting from bonafide Government duty with effect from 17/05/2021 till date without any leave or permission from the competent authority. 3 (three) calling notices were issued directing you to report back to duty vide this Office Order (1) No.MDP/RO-15/21-22/633 Dated 08/06/2021, (2) No.MDP/RO-15/21-22/744 Dated 25/06/2021, (3) No.MDP/RO-15/21-22/901 Dated 23/07/2021.

Hence, you are directed to report to duty within 7 (seven) days from the publication of this notice, failing which legal action will be taken against you. dc-788

Superintendent of Police, Mokokchung, Nagaland

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‘National security challenges becoming complex’ Moplah rebellion’s ‘correct’ NEW DELHI, AUG 19 (PTI): Noting that India’s national security challenges are increasing and becoming “complex” in view of the changing geopolitical situation globally, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday strongly pitched for a strong, capable and completely ‘self-reliant’ defense industry in the country.

S i n g h ’s c o m m e n t s came amid growing concerns in India and elsewhere over the Taliban sweeping across Afghanistan this month, seizing control of Afghanistan following the collapse of the US-backed government.

“Today, the security scenario in the whole world is changing very fast. Because of this, the challenges to our national security are increasing and becoming complex. There are constant changes in the global geopolitical situation,” Singh said, without making specific references.

He was speaking after launching the ‘Defence India Startup Challenge 5.0, an initiative under the

Rajnath Singh launches DISC 5 as Chief of Defence Staff Gen. Bipin Rawat (L) and Defence Secretary Ajay Kumar look on, at South block in New Delhi, Thursday. (PTI)

Innovations for Defence Excellence (iDEX) that acts as an umbrella organisation to promote technology development for the defence sector.

Singh said considering the fast-changing security challenges, India must focus on having strong, capable, and ‘self-reliant’ defence industry to cater to the needs of the armed forces.

“It is necessary that we not only create strong, modern and well-equipped

forces, but also develop our defense industry, which is equally strong, capable, and most importantly, completely ‘self- The defence minister called upon the private sector to contribute in strengthening the defence manufacturing sector.

“While assuring all possible cooperation from the government, I call upon the private sector to come forward and contribute in building a strong and selfreliant defence sector,” he

said. “There is neither a shortage of talents in our country, nor is there a lack of demand for talents. But in the absence of a common platform, the two could not match. ‘iDEX’ platform has been successful to a large extent in bridging this gap,” he said.

In the last couple of years, the government has unveiled a series of reform measures and initiatives to make India a hub of defence manufacturing.

Last August, Singh announced that India will stop the import of 101 weapons and military platforms like transport aircraft, light combat helicopters, conventional submarines, cruise missiles and sonar systems by 2024.

A second negative list, putting import restrictions on 108 military weapons and systems such as nextgeneration corvettes, airborne early warning systems, tank engines and radars, was issued recently.

In May last year, the government announced increasing the FDI limit from 49 per cent to 74 per cent under the automatic route in the defence sector.

The government has been focusing on reducing dependence on imported military platforms and has decided to support domestic defence manufacturing.

The defence ministry has set a goal of a turnover of USD 25 billion (Rs 1.75 lakh crore) in defence manufacturing by 2025 that included an export target of USD 5 billion (Rs 35,000 crore) worth of military hardware.

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history is known: Ram Madhav KOZHIKODE (KERALA), AUG 19 (IANS): The BJP/RSS combine never loses an opportunity to take on the Communists and that was the scenario here on Thursday too, when top RSS leader Ram Madhav raked up the 1921 Moplah rebellion which is also known as the Malabar rebellion.

History says this was an armed revolt staged by the Mappila Muslims of Kerala against the British authorities and their Hindu allies in 1921.

The six-month-long rebellion led to the loss of about 10,000 lives, out of which 2,339 were rebels.

This is often perceived to be one of the first cases of nationalist uprisings in Southern India.

But for long this topic remained highly debated among historians, as to what the real motive of the revolt was and it’s here that Madhav while speaking at an event held here in remembrance of the victims of the violence during the 1921 rebellion in Kerala,

Ram Madhav took on the Communists.

“The national leadership is aware of the correct history and therefore, it will not give any space to such Talibani or separatist forces to create violence or divide people in the country, be it Kashmir or Kerala,” said Madhav.

For long the BJP/RSS here has been raising this issue and former Kerala BJP president Kummanam Rajasekharan has been vehemently campaigning that the Malabar rebellion of 1921 was the first case of Jihadi massacre in the state.

He said that to consider the large scale murder of Hindus to be part of the freedom struggle is an insult

to history.

Madhav reiterated that this was one of the first manifestations of the Taliban mindset in India and the Left government in Kerala was allegedly trying to whitewash it by celebrating it as a Communist revolution.

Opening up on the present events in Afghanistan, he said now everyone’s attention is focussed on Taliban’s capturing of power in Afghanistan and they are being reminded, by the media, about the atrocities committed by the Taliban in the past.

But Madhav drew a parallel to the Moplah rebellion.

“For India it was not a new story as this Taliban mindset, born out of certain fundamentalist radical Islamist ideology, first manifested here in the form of the Moplah rebellion and as the media presence then was not what it is now, the atrocities committed then were not widely publicised,” added Madhav.

BJP welcomes Cal HC order on Gehlot, Pilot ‘fighting for Army JCO, terrorist killed in encounter CBI probe on post- poll violence chair’, says Bhupendra Yadav KO L K ATA , AU G 1 9 (PTI): BJP on Thursday welcomed the Calcutta High Court order directing CBI probe into cases like murder and rape in alleged post-poll violence in West Bengal and hailed it as “a victory of the Constitution”.

The ruling Trinamool Congress in the state hinted at appealing to the higher court.

Welcoming the order, BJP national general secretary and in-charge of West Bengal Kailash Vijayvargiya said “The incidents of postpoll violence in West Bengal took place under the protection of the state government and the TMC,” he said.

BJP state president Dilip Ghosh said the verdict is a moral victory for the victims of the violence, including “mothers and sisters who have been oppressed and deprived by the TMC and the

Rahul vows to be the voice of those being silenced

Rahul Gandhi NEW DELHI, AUG 19 (IANS): Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday vowed to fight for the people and be the voice of those being silenced.

In an instagram post, the Congress Lok Sabha MP from Kerala’s Wayanad said, “With your blessings

I renew my pledge to fight for our people. To be a voice for those being silenced. To stand up for those who are forced to kneel. To defend the rights of those who face grave injustice. To hear the cries of those in pain.”

Along with the post, Rahul shared a photograph of a senior citizen taken during his recent Kerala visit.

Rahul Gandhi has been critical of the Centre and has been raising his voice over several issues.

He has criticised the Modi-led government over the fuel price hike, alleged Pegasus snooping row, three farm laws and several others in recent times.

Complaint filed against Ram temple trustees by seer

AYODHYA (UP), AUG 19 (IANS): Mahant Dharam Das, the seer of Hanuman Garhi temple in Ayodhya, has filed a police complaint against Ram Mandir Trust secretary Champat Rai, all trustees, MLA Deep Narayan Upadhyay, Ayodhya mayor’s nephew Rishikesh Upadhyay and sub-registrar of Faizabad tehsil for criminal conspiracy, fraud and misusing the funds donated by devotees of Lord Ram in buying Nazul land.

Dharam Das is the disciple of late Mahant Ram Abhiram Das, who had reportedly placed the idols inside the disputed structure on December 22 midnight in 1949.

Das, a prominent face of Ram Mandir Movement and one of the main litigants from Hindu side in the Ram Janmabhoomi title suit, lodged the complaint at Ram Janmabhoomi police station.

He has accused the members of temple trust of criminal conspiracy, fraud and misuse of funds donated for Ram temple construction. Das has also named Faizabad subregistrar S.B. Singh as accused.

the BJP for inciting violence in the state.

“Before the vote, the BJP leaders had made provocative statements such as ‘We will kill you and you won’t get people to take the bodies to the crematorium’.

Every threat is known to all. The BJP has repeatedly made such provoking statements in order to incite violence. They are doing the same now in Tripura,” Ghosh said in a series of tweets.

“The HC order cannot be openly opposed. It gave instructions. The government and the party’s (TMC) top leadership will respond to the directions. Possible legal aspects will be considered. We think the NHRC report is purely politically motivated. I will not comment on the HC order now,” he added.

On Thursday, the Calcutta High Court ordered a CBI probe into grievous cases such as murder and rape in alleged post-poll violence in West Bengal.

Bhupendra Yadav JAIPUR, AUG 19 (PTI): Union Labour Minister Bhupendra Yadav on Thursday began his Jan Ashirwad Yatra in Rajasthan from Alwar district and targeted the ruling Congress, saying there is a “fight for the chair” between Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and senior leader Sachin Pilot.

During the BJP’s Jan Ashirwad Yatra to introduce the newly inducted Union ministers, Yadav addressed a public gathering in Alwar and highlighted the achievements of the central government. The yatra began from Alwar bypass in Bhiwadi.

He was received by the party leaders and workers. The yatra then moved to the BJP

office in Bhiwadi. Addressing the gathering, Yadav said the government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi is transforming India into ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’.

He also targeted the ruling Congress in Rajasthan, saying there is a “fight between Ashok Gehlot and Sachin Pilot for the chair (chief ministership)”.

The BJP leader exuded confidence that the party will form the next government in the state.

After the address, he resumed the onward journey in a specially-designed vehicle. Yadav, along with Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Shekhawat, Rajasthan BJP president Satish Poonia, Deputy Leader of Opposition in the state Assembly Rajendra Rathore and other leaders, was mounted on the vehicle painted in saffron. The yatra was escorted by party workers on motorcycle by a large number of cars and other vehicles were also part of the yatra which is scheduled to reach Jaipur by the evening.

bullet injuries in the encounter. He was immediately evacuated to the nearest medical facility, but succumbed to the injuries,” Defence Public Relations Officer (PRO), Jammu, Lt Col Devender Anand said.

The officials also said that a terrorist was killed in the encounter.

SP Rajouri Sheema Nabi Qasba said the encounter is going on.

This is the second encounter between terrorists and security personnel in August this year.

One August 6, two LeT terrorists were killed in an encounter with security forces in the Thanamandi belt.

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West Bengal government”.

“The HC order today for CBI probe into post-poll violence in West Bengal is a victory of the Constitution,” he added.

BJP had been alleging violence by the TMC against its party workers and their families since after the April-May state assembly polls.

According to TMC sources, the state government is likely to move to a higher court challenging the order by the HC. “The court has given an order. We respect the judiciary. But if the CBI comes in in every law and order matter, which is entirely within state government’s jurisdiction, it is a transgression of the state’s right. I am sure the state government will look into the order and might take a decision to appeal to a higher court if necessary.” senior TMC leader and MP Sougata Roy said.

TMC state general secretary Kunal Ghosh blamed

JAMMU, AUG 19 (PTI): A Junior Commissioned Officer of the Army died in a fierce gun fight with militants in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district on Thursday in which a terrorist was also killed, Army officials said.

Security forces had launched a search operation in Thanamandi belt following inputs about the presence of terrorists there, a police official said.

The search operation turned into an encounter after the terrorists opened fire on the forces who retaliated, he said.

“A Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) of the Rashtriya Rifles had suffered

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Post-poll politics

engal 2021 was not a normal election. This was the most audacious political heist attempted in recent times by the party in power at the Centre. Bengal was the final frontier that the BJP needed to cross to consolidate its hegemony over eastern India. The party chose the West Bengal election to launch an all-out attack. It threw everything into it-tons of money, host of pliant media willing to use planted stories, the awesome organisational machine and the king of election campaigns- Narendra Modi. BJP even threw every caution and norm to the winds, from the sanctity of the Election Commission (EC) in scheduling an unbelievable 8-phased polls while covid-19 was peaking across India to deployment of lakhs of security forces to protect BJP voters. West Bengal (with 292 members) had an 8-phased poll whereas Tamil Nadu (with 234 members) had only a single phase and Assam (with 126 members) had a fourphase poll. Elections in West Bengal ended on April 29,2021 and results were declared on May 2,2021.

The entire nation awaited what the voters of Bengal will do as Mamata was being pushed to the wall and her close aides began deserting her in droves Mamata fought a lone and lonely battle against the might of the Modi-led government. Her closest aides and party workers began deserting her in droves. It seemed like the beginning of the end of the stormy petrel of West Bengal. Mamata did not back down but fought like a wounded Tigress from a wheel chair against ‘Ashwamedha Yagna’ of the BJP. As the nation waited for the expected, the voters of West Bengal however delivered the unexpected- a huge humiliating blow to the BJP and its turncoats in the state. Voters of Bengal gave Mamata a huge thumbs up with 213 seats, up by three seats it won in 2016. In any state, post-poll violence is a rare phenomenon since everything is forgiven or forgotten. However, in West Bengal the elections were most bitterly fought and every trick was used by both TMC and BJP. In West Bengal, the BJP had the state governor as its inspiration. The governor Jagdeep Dhankhar has never shied away from attacking the TMC government. Even on the day he administered oat of office to the new TMC government, the governor reminded Mamata to quell the post-poll violence. Needless to day, even central probe agencies had been making life difficult for TMC leaders with their now familiar story of summoning them, detaining them and harassing them.

These harassments stopped if the targeted leaders switch sides.After the din and dust of the election campaign has settled down almost three months back, yet the BJP continues to kick up the dust in West Bengal. True, that post-poll violence is a serious offence and should be looked into. However, there were also pre-poll violence in West Bengal which are equally serious. The Calcutta High Court has ordered a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the post-poll violence in West Bengal this May. The CBI probe will be monitored by the HC. The post-poll violence pertains to instances of murder, crime against women soon after the results of the 2021 West Bengal Assembly elections were declared. Hopefully, the probe will expose those responsible and bringing them to book so as to end goonda-giri in elections.

DailyDevotion Self-Awareness

Come to Me… —Matthew 11:28 God intends for us to live a well-rounded life in Christ Jesus, but there are times when that life is attacked from the outside. Then we tend to fall back into self-examination, a habit that we thought was gone. Self-awareness is the first thing that will upset the completeness of our life in God, and selfawareness continually produces a sense of struggling and turmoil in our lives. Self-awareness is not sin, and it can be produced by nervous emotions or by suddenly being dropped into a totally new set of circumstances. Yet it is never God’s will that we should be anything less than absolutely complete in Him. Anything that disturbs our rest in Him must be rectified at once, and it is not rectified by being ignored but only by coming to Jesus Christ. If we will come to Him, asking Him to produce Christ-awareness in us, He will always do it, until we fully learn to abide in Him. Never allow anything that divides or destroys the oneness of your life with Christ to remain in your life without facing it. Beware of allowing the influence of your friends or your circumstances to divide your life. This only serves to sap your strength and slow your spiritual growth. Beware of anything that can split your oneness with Him, causing you to see yourself as separate from Him. Nothing is as important as staying right spiritually. And the only solution is a very simple one— “Come to Me….” The intellectual, moral, and spiritual depth of our reality as a person is tested and measured by these words.

Yet in every detail of our lives where we are found not to be real, we would rather dispute the findings than come to Jesus

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I know the joy of fishes in the river through my own joy, as I go walking along the same river. ~ Zhuangzi

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Taliban need to do more than just make vague promises “W e want the world to trust us.” In the Taliban’s first press conference since seizing control of Afghanistan, this message was intended to allay fears of what a return to power could mean for the country.

In the wake of the Taliban’s stunning sweep across Afghanistan, attention is now focused on whether it can translate its rapid military gains to a political victory. This would require negotiating a governing system that can achieve both domestic and international legitimacy.

The movement’s media-savvy leadership has attempted to downplay fears of the return of its former repressive regime. However, the Taliban has not yet spelt out an alternative political system, aside from offering vague promises of pardons for government and military personnel and that women could continue to participate in society in accordance with sharia law.

In Kabul, which remains under the watchful eyes of the world, the group has largely shown restraint while pursuing an active media campaign. However,

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there are reports of summary executions, revenge killings of government officials and soldiers, forced marriages of young girls with Taliban fighters, and communications disruptions coming from other provinces.

For many Afghans who remember the previous Taliban regime in the late 1990s, trust will need to be earned.

Who are Taliban?

T h e Ta l i b a n f i r s t emerged in 1994 during the anarchy and civil war that followed the collapse of the pro-Soviet government of President Najibullah in April 1992.

After it took control of Kabul, the movement tortured and killed the president, hanging his body from a pole, and declared a new government, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.

The group attracted international headlines for its violent suppression of women and minorities like the Shi’a Hazaras, as well as the restriction of all civil and political rights. It banned women and girls from attending school and joining the workforce and prohibited music and photography.

The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan was led by

Mullah Muhammad Omar, a local religious figure with no notable reputation in Islamic law or Afghan politics.

While the Taliban primarily sought to establish its rule over Afghanistan, it also attracted many foreign jihadist groups – most prominently Osama bin Laden’s al-Qaeda. Following the disintegration of the Soviet Union, these groups had shifted their focus to the west, particularly the United States, as their main enemy.

The Taliban relied on brutal and excessive force to dominate much of Afghanistan from 1996–2001. The movement did not develop governance institutions that could provide for political representation – such as establishing a parliament – or perform basic state functions such as delivering social services to the people.

As a result of its repressive policies, it turned Afghanistan into a pariah state. It was only recognised

by Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. These countries saw the group as a proxy to limit the increasing influence of India, Iran and Russia, which were providing support to a coalition of antiTaliban forces. The Taliban’s

fundamental weaknesses led to its rapid disintegration following the United Statesled military intervention in 2001.

The movement’s key leaders then fled to Pakistan, where they launched an insurgency against the new Afghan government and United States-led North Atlantic Treaty Organization forces. After the death of its founder, Muhammad Omar, in 2013, the Taliban selected his deputy, Mullah Akhtar Mohammad, to replace him. He was killed in a US drone attack in 2016.

Since then, Haibatullah Akhunzada has been leading the group, though it has been years since he is been seen in public. (There were even rumours he died last year due to Covid-19, which the Taliban denied.)

Much of the international focus has instead been on the leaders in the Taliban’s political office in Doha. This was set up in 2013 to facilitate direct negotiations between the Taliban, the United States and the Afghan government.

Legitimacy issues In its attempts to establish a new government, the Taliban is likely to face some difficult choices.

First, an attempt to restore the Islamic Emirate is likely to cost it international recognition, legitimacy and aid. This will, in turn, weaken its prospect of consolidating its hold internally and limit its capacity to govern.

The challenges facing the group are immense.

Afghanistan is on the verge of a humanitarian crisis, exacerbated by Covid-19, a severe drought and a looming hunger emergency. The World Food Program says malnutrition levels are soaring and some 2 million children need nutrition treatment to survive.

The Taliban also needs revenue. The previous Afghan government was heavily reliant on foreign aid. But according to a recent United Nation report, the Taliban largely finances itself with criminal enterprises, including drug trafficking, opium production, extortion, and kidnapping for ransom. The UN estimates its annual income as anywhere from $300 million to $1.6 billion.

The Taliban spokesperson said in his press conference this week that Afghanistan will no longer be an opium-producing country.

Without significant foreign

aid, however, the question remains how the Taliban would sustain its emirate if it abandons its main source of income.

Second, if the Taliban embraces a more pluralistic and inclusive political system with fundamental human rights, especially with respect to women, it may face opposition from its more radical factions and rank-and-file members, who have spent years fighting to restore its emirate.

Another impor tant constituency that the Taliban will risk alienating is its regional and global jihadist allies. These groups are now celebrating its victory, but they may turn against the Tablian if it is seen as compromising on its core ideological principles.

The movement has so far avoided dealing with these questions through vague rhetoric. But now it is in control, these issues are becoming urgent priorities.

Niamatullah Ibrahimi is a Lecturer in International Relations at La Trobe University. Safiullah Taye is a PhD Candidate and Research Assistant at Deakin University. (This article first appeared on The Conversation)

Caste Census is inevitable for country’s inclusive growth

eople’s voice for complete Caste-based Census is gaining momentum in various corners of the country. In absence of caste census, the country is relying upon a 90-year old data to formulate its holistic developmental policies and schemes for backward and deprived sections of the society. Caste and social justice are interlinked to each other and Caste census will help the government to implement welfare schemes, with pious motto of ‘Jiski Jitni Bhagidari , Uski Utni Hissedari “.

For a welfare government, it is a constitutional obligation and commitment for inclusive growth of the weaker sections of the society. So, Caste Census is vital for social equity. A section of people argue that it may allow social tension to develop between communities in the country. Such fictional argument of a handful casteist forces is creating hurdles in way of all-round development with social justice. If religion-based and language-based census had not created division and hatred in the society as per their claim, how a complete caste-based census can create differences in the society?

Actually, the various census, conducted after independence, cannot be termed as casteless, since not only castes of Schedule Caste and Schedule Tribes are being recorded, but religion-based

census too is being conducted. It is beyond the perceive of the people that why the Centre is hesitating on a complete Caste-based Census, enumerating OBCs too.

The reference to Caste Census is found in the Rigveda and Kautilya’s Artha Shastra; although Caste or Class categorisation was not so nasty as are being seen today.

Systematic caste-wise enumeration of population was introduced by the Registrar General of India in 1881 under British Rule, which continued till 1931. In 1941 census too, the caste-wise figures were collected, but the exercise was curtailed due to World War-II and final data could not be published.

In 1951, Census exercise was revamped drastically and recording of caste, except SCs and STs, was abandoned. Thus 1931 Census, which included Pakistan and Bangla Desh territories too, became the last caste-based census in India.

The first Backward Classes Commission, headed by Kaka Kalelkar, has recommended in its report of 1955 for undertaking caste-wise enumeration of population in Census 1961. The second Backward Classes Commission, i.e.

Mandal Commission has highlighted that the report is based on 1931 Census data, which is not adequate and hence next, i.e. 2001, Census should be caste-based. The commission had no way other than to

assume inter se rate of population growth of various communities & religious groups over the last half a century to be remaining same.

But this was far from reality. The census record of year 1951 and 2011 reveals that the population of Hindu has decreased from 84.1% to 79.30%, whereas that of Muslim has increased from 9.8% to 14.23%. Similarly, the population of SC and ST has increased from 14% to 16.63% and 6.23% to 8.61% respectively. Obviously, the assumption of constant decadal growth of all communities is farce.

In December 1996, the H. D. Deve Gowda Cabinet has taken decision for caste-wise enumeration in Census 2001. But in 2001, Vajpayee led NDA government scuttled the decision on the plead of so-called caste-biases. In June 2010, The UPA government had made commitment for caste census after discussion in both Houses of Parliament. But instead of adding a column in the main decadal Census of 2011, separate SocioEconomic Caste Census (SECC) was initiated, whose final report was neither concluded and nor made public. On 31st August 2018, after reviewing progress for Census 2021, the then Home Minister has promised for collecting data on OBCs first time, but the Government took U-turn in Lok Sabha in 2021 saying No to it.

The demand for complete caste-based census emerges every time in Parliament, when it is due.

Usually, such demand comes from OBCs and other deprived sections of the society and it is constantly & aggressively opposed by the representatives from upper castes, who are dominating the power share despite having nominal population share and are afraid of losing their age-long monopoly.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is leading the chorus for Caste Census and all political as well as social institutions are in its favour. The proposal for caste census in 2021 was unanimously passed by Bihar Vidhan Sabha on 17th February 2019 and again on 27th February 2020. Such resolution has also been passed in Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha on 8th January 2021. Last year Odisha became third state to urge the centre for holding enumeration of Socially and Educationally Backward Classes along with general census in 2021. The National Commission for Backward Classes has also urged the government for the same. But, as Central Government has not accepted the proposal, the various State Government should come forward to conduct the exercise on its own resources on the pattern of Karnataka.

It may be noted that the Karnataka High Court and the

Supreme Court had directed the Karnataka State government to provide the latest percentage of a particular caste in the total population of the state, whenever the government plans to extend reservation facility to a particular caste.

So, the State government decided to conduct the caste census to know the current status of various castes in the state. The Maharashtra State Commission for Backward Classes (MSCBC) has recommended for Socio Economic and Caste Census by the State government.

Caste Census is the need of the hour, as the unavailability of reliable and authentic data regarding the exact population of each segment of the society, geographical area of their spread & density is posing a huge challenge in ensuring focused and outcome-specific planning. The latest data and statistics are the essential tool for policymaking and research, as it helps the policy-makers to determine the target and direct the course of policies & actions. With fresh assessment of the caste-wise population, the economic deprivation levels of different castes in various states could be determined and it would help to tailor reservation policy to ensure equitable representation of all of them.

Er. Prabhat Kishore is a technocrat and academician

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Reader’s note: Articles or letters published in any of the columns do not reflect the view of this

Recently, considering the fact that more than 2 lakh population of Dimapur have received at least one dose of COVID 19 vaccine, we are allowing one vaccinated attendant inside the COVID Ward during meal times.

COVID infection has affected millions throughout the world and it’s threat is everyday reality for all healthcare workers. Many health care workers have

put their life on the line voluntarily to serve people who have been affected by this pandemic.

CIHSR remains committed to serve the people of Dimapur and Nagaland during this unrelenting Pandemic and we will strive to improve our services with every passing day.

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NEW DELHI, AUG 19 (IANS): The Supreme Court observed if arrest is made routine, it can cause “incalculable harm” to the reputation and self-esteem of a person as it emphasised that it is not mandatory to take the accused in custody at the time of filing a charge sheet.

A bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Hrishikesh Roy said: “If the Investigating Officer has no reason to believe that the accused will abscond or disobey summons and has, in fact, throughout cooperated with the investigation, we fail to appreciate why there should be a compulsion on the officer to arrest the accused.”

The bench emphasised if trial courts were to insist on the arrest of an accused as pre-requisite formality to take the charge sheet on record in view of the provisions of Section 170 of the

Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC), then “we consider such a course misplaced and contrary to the very intent of Section 170 of the CrPC”.

It stressed that personal liberty is an important aspect of the constitutional mandate.

“The occasion to arrest an accused during investigation arises when custodial investigation becomes necessary or it is a heinous crime or where there is a possibility of influencing the witnesses or accused may abscond,” it noted.

The bench pointed out merely because an arrest can be made because it is lawful does not mandate that arrest must be made.

“A distinction must be made between the existence of the power to arrest and the justification for exercise of it. If arrest is made routine, it can cause incalculable harm to the reputation and self-

Union ministers commence ‘Jan Ashirwad Yatra’

Union minister welcomed with gunfire in K’taka, FIR lodged

NEW DELHI, AUG 19 (IANS): The BJP’s ‘Jan Ashirwad Yatra’ involving newly-inducted Union Cabinet ministers seeking people’s blessings commenced across states on Thursday.

While the new Ministers of State (MoS) had taken out the Yatra for three days from August 16-18, the newly-inducted Cabinet ministers are taking out the Yatra for three days from August 19-21.

Apart from seeking blessings, the Yatra is also aimed at telling people “how the opposition parties, primarily the Congress, did not allow Prime Minister Narendra Modi to introduce these ministers, who came from ordinary backgrounds, in both Houses of the Parliament on the first day of Monsoon Session”.

The Union ministers are also utilising the Yatra as an opportunity to explain to the people about the welfare measures adopted by the Modi government in the last seven years.

YADGIR, (KARNATAKA) AUG 18 (IANS): Bhagwanth Khuba, the Union Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilisers, New and Renewable Energy, was welcomed to BJP’s ‘Jan Ashirwad Yatra’ with gunshots here on Wednesday.

However, the action of the BJP followers and local representatives didn’t go down well with the police with district SP Vedmurthy ordering the local police to file an FIR in the incident.

The followers of BJP leaders -- former ministers Baburao Chinchansur, Raju Gowda and MLA Venkatreddy Mudnal -had gathered in Yaragol village in large numbers to welcome the Union minister.

The crowd threw all Covid guidelines into the air and even senior leaders seemed to be getting carried away by the celebrations of the Yatra.

Khuba was welcomed with celebratory gunfire from countrymade rifles with the crowd flashing

esteem of a person,” it added.

Dealing with Section 170 of the CrPC, the court said the word “custody” appearing there does not contemplate either police or judicial custody, instead it merely connotes the presentation of the accused by the investigating officer before the court while filing the charge sheet.

The top court passed the order on an appeal filed by Siddharth challenging the arrest memo issued against him in an FIR lodged seven years ago in Uttar Pradesh.

The bench said in this case, the appellant has joined the investigation, investigation has been completed, and he has been roped in after seven years of registration of the FIR. “We can think of no reason why at this stage he must be arrested before the charge sheet is taken on record,” said the bench.

guns throughout the procession.

Chinchansur himself held a gun and encouraged the crowd to fire in the air.

Karnataka Home Minister Araga Jnanendra has stated that he will direct the officers in the ministry to get details of the incident.

Khuba later said that the followers did not fire bullet shots, but only burst crackers which made a loud sound.

Newly-appointed Union ministers are taking out the ‘Jan Ashirwad Yatra’ in their respective states to seek people’s blessings and to explain the works carried out by the Narendra Modi government.

As per the plan, all the 39 newly-inducted ministers in the Union council of ministers will seek people’s blessings in the three days of Jan Ashir vad Yatra in 19 states. Together, all the 39 ministers will cover 19,567 km, 212 Lok Sabha constituencies and 265 districts of the country.

Over 3.86 crore didn’t get 2nd dose of Covid vax within time NEW DELHI, AUG 19 (PTI): Over 3.86 crore people did not get their second dose of anti-Covid vaccines -- Covishield and Covaxin -within the stipulated period of time, the government has said in response to an RTI query.

According to information on the CoWIN portal, as of Thursday afternoon 44,22,85,854 people have received their first dose, while 12,59,07,443 have also taken their second.

Activist Raman Sharma had filed a query under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, seeking to know from the government the number of people who had received the first dose of vaccines -- Covishield and Covaxin – but did not take the second within the stipulated time period.

In response to the query, the COVID-19 Vaccine Administration Cell of the Union Health Ministry said it is recommended the second dose of Covishield be taken within 84-112 days after the first, while in case of Covaxin the gap should

between 28-42 days.

“The total number of vaccinees (beneficiaries) who got their first dose of Covishield Vaccine but did not get their second dose within stipulated period of time as prescribed by the Govt of India as per the Due Report of in Co-WIN portal is 3,40,72,993 (data as on 17th August 2021),” the response said.

It further said the total number of beneficiaries who got their first dose of Covaxin Vaccine but did not get their second within the stipulated period of time as prescribed by the government as per the due report of in Co-WIN portal is 46,78,406 (data as on 17th August 2021). “It is recommended that vaccinees who got their first dose of vaccine get their second dose in the stipulated period. There is no recommendation for such vaccinees who got their first dose of COVID Vaccine but did not get the second dose within the stipulated period as prescribed by Government of India to get their first dose again,” it said.

UP poll: tablets/phones to 1 cr students Yogi govt takes notes from SP 2012 LU C K N OW, AU G 1 9 (AGENCIES): The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh Thursday appeared to take a leaf out of the 2012 Samajwadi Party (SP) campaign playbook as it announced a Rs 3,000 crore scheme to distribute tablets and smartphones among 1 crore youngsters pursuing graduation, postgraduation, and technical and diploma courses in the state, reports The Print.

The scheme, which comes months before the state goes to the polls, was announced by the chief minister in the assembly during his speech on the supplementary budget, through which governments seek additional expenses over and above the outlay laid out in the budget.

During the 2012 assembly election campaign, the SP had announced a scheme aimed at distributing free laptops to Class 12 graduates in the state. The party subsequently won the election, and the laptop

UP CM Yogi Aditiyanath speaks during the Monsoon Session of the State Assembly in Lucknow, Thursday. (PTI)

promise is seen as a key factor behind the victory.

“One crore students will be selected under a scheme of Rs 3,000 crore and provided tablets or smartphones for studies. We will also provide a ‘preparatory allowance’ to students preparing for competitive exams… for a maximum of three such exams,” Adityanath said. The details of the scheme will be released at a later date.

‘Focus on youth’ The Uttar Pradesh government Wednesday presented a supplementary budget of Rs 7301.52 crore for 2021-22.

A source in the UP

government said the tablet/ smartphone scheme “is the BJP’s answer to the SP’s laptop distribution initiative ahead of the elections”.

“This will also help the BJP woo first- and secondtime young voters. The Akhilesh government’s laptop scheme gained a lot of attention during his regime.

Now, the government does not want to lose the support of students before the polls,” the source added.

“In the whole supplementary budget, the main focus was on youth, employees & farmers.”

The SP said the initiative was just another “false promise” by the BJP.

Rare nasal tumour removed from 4-year-old child at SRM

D I M A P U R , AU G 1 9 (NPN): A rare nasal tumour in a four-year-old girl child, which had blocked both her nasal passages and was menacingly extending into her left eye, has been remarkably removed in two well spacedout precision surgeries in a first-of-its-kind medical feat at the SRM Medical College Hospital and Research Centre, Kattankulathur.

This was a medical saga over a six-month period

since the female child was brought by her parents to the Hospital’s ENT Out-Patient Department with complaints of nasal blockage, snoring, protrusion of the left eye and excessive tearing from left eye since infancy.

The girl’s medical history revealed that a biopsy done on her when she was ten months old in another hospital, had diagnosed a very unusual tumour- Myofibroblastic tumour, and the child

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had undergone 30 cycles of chemotherapy. Despite the treatment, the tumour had grown and blocked both nasal passages. It had also extended into the poor girl’s left eye and was displacing it “outwards and downwards”, the hospital authorities said.

Further Investigations by expert doctors at SRM revealed a very extensive tumour in the left nasal cavity with extension into the left eye, engulfing the left

eyeball and displacing the eye outwards. The team of doctors, including Prof. Lt. Col. Dr. A. Ravikumar, Dr. Shivapriya, Dr. B. Gayathri, Dr. Radhakrishnan, Departments of ENT, Anaesthesiology & Opthalmology, SRM Medical College Hospital and Research Centre after conducting two procedures. On recovery, the eyeball has regressed back into the socket, the girl’s vision has been preserved and she

is now normal. The child is being followed up at regular intervals and is free from any of her earlier symptoms.

This successful treatment of an extremely unusual nasal malignancy spreading to the eye was made possible due to the team work and expertise of ENT Surgeons, Anaesthesiologists and Ophthalmologists, aided by modern endoscopes and instruments available at the SRM Hospital.

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TENING VILLAGE COUNCIL through infections. Three of them had been tested for Covid because unvaccinated individuals in their household had symptoms while one person tested positive during the hospital’s routine screening.

According to the researchers, this failure rate is higher than what had been seen in phase 3 trials of the vaccine, where 0.05 per cent of the vaccinated participants had a breakthrough infection, seven or more days after receiving the second dose.

In the phase 3 trials of the Pfizer vaccine, out of the 21,720 participants who received the BNT162b2 vaccine, eight people got Covid-19 at least seven days after the second dose.

TVC, TSU, TVWO &TVYO lauds the Upgradation of GHS to GHSS The Tening Village Council (TVC), Tening Students' Union (TSU), Tening Village Women Organization (TVWO) and Tening Village Youth Organization (TVYO) in a joint press release, extend sincere appreciation and expresses immense happiness towards the Government of Nagaland particularly the School Education Department for up-gradation of Govt. High School Tening to Govt. Higher Secondary School.

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NEW DELHI, AUG 19 (AGENCIES): The B.1.1.7 or the Alpha variant caused a higher number of breakthrough infections than expected among healthcare workers in Germany who had received the Pfizer vaccine, a new study has found, reports The Print.

Breakthrough infections refer to infections among fully-vaccinated individuals.

In a small study, published in The New England Journal of Medicine Wednesday, researchers looked at 1,137 health care workers who were fully vaccinated with the PfizerBioNTech (BNT162b2) mRNA vaccine.

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public sector agency offering services in water, power and infrastructure development, isn’t certain if it will bid for new projects in Afghanistan, executive director A N N Prasad told a financial daily.

India has been the largest regional contributor to Afghanistan’s development and reconstruction projects, investing more than $3 billion in the Islamic nation, in the last two decades. The period also saw the entry and exit of some Indian companies such as Tata Motors and Hyderabad-based BSCPL Infrastructure.

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They said Yanwanghoa believed in peaceful solution and still welcomed Yannu to amicably settle the issue.

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harmed any livestock or disturbed the peaceful environment.

“There was no such attack on the lives of villagers of Yannu as claimed and made viral by some sections of people in social media and local newspapers. These are false allegations made upon Yansa by

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They sad claimed that Yansa Wanghoa Court (apex customary court) also sent letters of invitation to Yannu village for a joint sitting eight times. “But they chose to ignore our call for peace” and instead continued to allegedly encroach. “At the behest of Yannu village, even a section of NAP outpost was deployed at the site,” they added.

In the light of the above, they said Yansa village had no other option but to resort to protest against the illegal encroachment of land by Yannu. Hence, a handful of people from Yansa had on August 18 marched towards the encroached land area to carry out eviction.

They claimed that during the course of action, not a single person from Yansa had intruded an inch into Yannu village nor

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by Yansa thenceforth”.

However, over the years, they alleged that Yannu village began to “exaggerate a lot” and the loyalty was broken and an attempt was made to disassociate with Yansa, that created a crack in the long cordial relationship between the two villages.

Thereafter, adding fuel to the fire, they alleged that Yannu started to encroach on lands at two locations– Konhoa and Thamnu – that were “undisputed ancestral lands” of Yansa. Despite being warned of such encroachment on several occasion from carrying out any form of illegal activities like cultivation, plantation, etc., they said that their plea fell on deaf ears

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a sustainable environment for the farmers and the industry -- be it the pricing mechanism or other subsidy measures towards increasing crop cultivation.

“The benefits of the Cabinet announcement will accrue to the farmers -- the most important stakeholder in making widespread oil palm cultivation a reality and whose welfare the association has been fighting for. Today’s announcement by the government will have a tremendously positive impact on the sector, and also have a huge impact on foreign exchange savings.”

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to the oil palm farmers for the fresh fruit bunches (FFB), a mechanism to fix and regulate FFB prices (MSP), considering the annual average crude palm oil (CPO) price of last five years.

This move will protect the farmers from the fluctuations in international CPO prices and also from the price volatility.

We l c o m i n g t h e Union Cabinet decision, Sanjay Goenka, President of OPDPA, said, “OPDPA as the nodal agency has been relentlessly pursuing the government to bring about reforms in the sector to help create

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HYDERABAD, AUG 19 (IANS): The oil palm industry has welcomed the Central government’s initiatives to encourage oil palm production in the country.

The Oil Palm Developers and Processors Association (OPDPA) said the slew of measures announced by the government on Wednesday will make it viable for the industry to operate and ensure the country is self-sufficient in meeting its edible oil requirements.

The Union Cabinet on Wednesday cleared the setting up the Rs 11,040 crore National Mission on Edible Oils-Oil Palm to boost palm oil production in India and reduce dependence on expensive imports from Southeast Asia.

In the project, the Central gover nment’s share will be Rs 8,844 crore, while the states will contribute Rs 2,196 crore as their share for the mission.

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(From p-1) civil society organisations (CSOs), pressure groups and other stakeholders before submitting its report to the government, again seeking opinions of CSOs or going for multiple rounds of consultations was just a ploy to delay and thwart the implementation of RIIN. “We therefore condemn the State government for double standards and demand that RIIN be implemented with December 1, 1963 as the cut-off date without further delay,” demanded the party.

Women Reservation and ULB polls: NPCC termed the discussion on women reservation in urban local bodies (ULBs) but without representation from any women bodies from the State, as a big insult to women.

NPCC mentioned that the violence and mayhem during ULB agitation in 2017 was still fresh in the minds of the people and that though four years had since elapsed, the government had so far failed to book the instigators and perpetrators of violence.

“As long as Nagaland remains a part of Indian Union, constitutional obligations will have to be fulfilled and sourcing twisted opinions or interpretations on legal aspects of women reservation and its applicability in Nagaland vis-à-vis Article 371A will not address the discrimination and betrayal to our women folks,” stated NPCC.

digital licensing, online judicial proceedings, digital taxation, that were initiated as a knee-jerk reaction to the pandemic in 2020, there is a still long way ahead to achieve full potential as digital inclusion is not fully met in the country.

The forthcoming 5G spectrum auction in India will aim at solving some of these challenges related to digital inclusion in 2022, the report noted.

“In India, with increasing investments on cloud and cyber-security, the prime focus of IT spending by government organisations is on building collaborative partnerships, along with technology solutions,” said Kaushik.

As cloud deployments and implementations further the digital agenda, privacy and security continue to be government CIOs’ top concerns in the country.

Key technologies that government CIOs in India will be prioritising their spending on in 2022 will be digital workplace and business continuity solutions, business intelligence and data analytics, responsible AI and blockchain along with improved data privacy and data sharing tools, the report elaborated.

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MUMBAI, AUG 19 (IANS): The IT spending by the Indian government is likely to reach $8.3 billion in 2022, an increase of 8.6 per cent from this year, a new Gartner report showed on Thursday, as the digitalisation initiatives took a giant leap in 2020 because of the pandemic.

The software segment is forecast to achieve the highest growth of 24.7 per cent in 2022 as the adoption of citizen service delivery applications with use of artificial intelligence and machine learning will improve across citizen initiatives.

“The pandemic forced the government to shift priorities as supply chains and revenue streams dwindled,” said Apeksha Kaushik, senior principal research analyst at Gartner.

“As vaccination rates increase throughout the country and public health improves, the governments will focus on furthering the digitalisation efforts on concerns such as ‘citizen experience’ and digital inclusion,” Kaushik added.

Moving from legacy systems to digital will be a major reason for IT spending growth in 2022.

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jriwal, a Kalpataru Power Transmission spokesperson said, “The overall situation in the region is still evolving and it would be premature to speculate on its long-term outcomes.”

Taliban took control in Afghanistan after two decades following the drawdown of the US military. In its first presser on Tuesday, the fundamentalist Islamic force said Afghanistan’s interactions with foreign countries will continue and assured security to international organisations.

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MUMBAI/HYDERABAD, AUG 19 ( AGENCIES) : Taliban seizing control in Afghanistan presents a fresh challenge to Indian companies inking new business deals in the strife-torn nation, reports Times of India.

Though companies such as KEC International and Kalpataru Power Transmission will complete ongoing infrastructure projects in Afghanistan through locals, they face business uncertainty following the changed situation on the ground. Both companies have recalled their Indian employees.

While the existing projects are financed by international agencies and are insured, Indian companies are wary of business prospects under the Taliban regime.

“We are following the emerging situation in Afghanistan. We will wait and watch and then decide. It’s very early to comment on new contracts,” said KEC International chief executive Vimal Kejriwal.

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KABUL, AUG 19 (AGENCIES): Flag-waving protesters took to the streets of several Afghan cities on Thursday as popular opposition to the Taliban spread, and a witness said several people were killed when the militants fired on a crowd.

“Our flag, our identity,” a crowd of men and some women waving black, red and green national flags shouted in the capital, a video clip posted on social media showed, on the day Afghanistan celebrates its 1919 independence from British control.

One woman walked with a flag wrapped around her shoulders. Some of those marching also chanted “God is greatest”.

A Taliban spokesman was not immediately available for comment.

The Taliban have presented a moderate face to the world since they marched into Kabul on Sunday, saying they want peace, will not take revenge against old enemies and will respect the rights of women within the framework of Islamic law.

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People wave Afghan flags during an anti-Taliban protest in Afghanistan.

dle the protests, which have included people tearing down white Taliban flags, according to media, could determine whether people put faith in their assurances that they have changed since their 1996-2001 rule, when they severely restricted women, staged public executions and blew up ancient Buddhist statues.

In Asadabad, capital of the eastern province of Kunar, several people were killed during a rally but it

was not clear if the casualties resulted from Taliban firing or from a stampede that it triggered, witness Mohammed Salim said.

“Hundreds of people came out on the streets,” Salim said. “At first I was scared and didn’t want to go but when I saw one of my neighbours joined in, I took out the flag I have at home.

“Several people were killed and injured in the stampede and firing by the Taliban.” Protesters also

Suspected extremists kill 47 in northern Burkina Faso

OUAGADOUGOU (BURKINA FASO), AUG 19 (AP): Suspected Islamic extremists ambushed a convoy in northern Burkina Faso on Wednesday, killing at least 30 civilians along with 17 soldiers and volunteer defence fighters, the government said.

While there was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack in Burkina Faso’s Sahel region, militants linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group are increasingly targeting security forces in the West African country. One recent attack elsewhere in the north killed 30 people including 15 soldiers and four volunteer fighters. And about a week ago, suspected extremists

ambushed a group of soldiers in western Burkina Faso, killing 12 of them.

The militants have demonstrated their ability to attack civilians even under military escort, said Rida Lyammouri, senior fellow at the Policy Center for the New South, a Moroccan based organization focused on economics and policy.

“This shows the level of information they have on the locations of security forces and transit routes they are going to use,” Lyammouri said.

Extremist violence and the military’s response already have killed thousands and displaced some 1.3 million people. Locals say they’re scared the uptick

in violence will continue spreading. “The populations of Gorgadji and Arbinda are shocked and concerned about the escalation of terrorist (attacks) against civilians in the region,” Ibrahim Kagone, a local journalist in the nearby town of Dori, told the AP by phone.

The ill-equipped and undertrained army has been struggling to stem the violence and the deteriorating security is prompting unrest across the country. Widespread protests last month demanding the gover nment take stronger action, prompted President Roch Marc Christian Kabore to fire his ministers of defense and security and appoint himself minister of defense.

took to the streets of the city of Jalalabad and a district of Paktia province, both also in the east.

On Wednesday, Taliban fighters fired at protesters waving flags in Jalalabad, killing three, witnesses and media reported. Media reported similar scenes in Asadabad and another eastern city, Khost, on Wednesday. First Vice President Amrullah Saleh, who is trying to rally opposition to the Taliban, expressed support

for the protests.

“Salute those who carry the national flag and thus stand for dignity of the nation,” he said on Twitter.

Saleh said on Tuesday he was in Afghanistan and the “legitimate caretaker president” after President Ashraf Ghani fled as the Taliban took Kabul on Sunday.

Call for end to airport crowds In an op-ed for the Washington Post, Amad Massoud, leader of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan, based in the old anti-Taliban stronghold of the Panjshir Valley, northeast of Kabul, called for Western support to fight the Taliban.

“I write from the Panjshir Valley today, ready to follow in my father’s footsteps, with mujahideen fighters who are prepared to once again take on the Taliban,” wrote Massoud, the son of Amhad Shah Massoud, a veteran guerrilla leader assassinated by suspected al Qaeda militants on behalf of the Taliban in 2001.

KATHMANDU, AUG 19 (PTI): Nepal’s main opposition CPN-UML, the largest communist party of the country, has officially split, with one of its factions led by dissident leader Madhav Kumar Nepal applying for registering a new political party, after the government backed a controversial ordinance to make it easier for political parties to split.

Nepal on Wednesday submitted an application at the Election Commission (EC), for registering a new political party named CPN-UML (Socialist).

Earlier on Wednesday, on the recommendation of the Council of Ministers, President Bidya Devi Bhandari issued an ordinance to amend the Political Parties Act 2071, aimed at easing the procedure for political parties to split.

The amendment ordinance stipulates that 20 per cent or more members of the parliamentary party and the central committee of a political party can split their mother party.

Before the amendment, provisions of the Political Party Act required

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dissidents to have the support of 40 per cent of members in the parliamentary party and the central committee to split their mother party.

The ordinance introduced by the Sher Bahadur Deuba government has led to splits in at least two parties, marking what observers say an unprecedented political event, The Kathmandu Post reported.

The ordinance was introduced by Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deubaled government on Tuesday, to make it easy for the dissidents to split their mother parties, The Himalayan Times reported.

The ordinance is likely to help Madhav Kumar

Nepal-Jhalanath Khanal faction of the CPN-UML faction that has been playing a crucial role in the formation of the current coalition government, and is vital to ensure its continuity.

Earlier, former Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli had also tried to issue the ordinance seeking to make it easy to split the party.

However, his move was met with fierce criticism within the CPN-UML resulting in the President rescinding the decision.

The registration of a new party by Nepal brings to end a long-standing feud between him and former Prime Minister Oli in the UML. Nepal, a former prime minister, had gone against the party and supported the then Opposition alliance in its bid to topple the government led by Oli. On Tuesday, Oli had expelled Nepal and 13 other lawmakers.

After applying for the new party, Nepal issued a statement alleging that Oli had pushed the communist movement towards dissolution.

Afghan footballer dies in fall from plane at Kabul KABUL, AUG 19 (AGENCIES): An Afghan national team footballer died in a fall from a US plane at Kabul airport on Monday, the Afghan news agency Ariana said on Thursday.

Crowds of people seeking to flee Aghanistan have thronged the airport since Taliban insurgents swept to power on Sunday, many seen trying to board a moving plane.

Ariana said Zaki Anwari fell from a USAF Boeing C-17 and that the death had been confirmed by the General Directorate for Sport. A newlywed doctor and a teenager were among the others who died falling from US planes.

major changes have taken place in Afghanistan,” Hua said.

On Wednesday, China said it will decide on extending diplomatic recognition to the Taliban in Afghanistan only after the formation of the government in the country, which it hoped would be “open, inclusive and broadly representative”.

In her media briefing on Thursday, Hua came up with Beijing’s positive assessment of the Taliban in what was seen here as a build-up towards recognising the Taliban government when it is formed.

‘No country can ‘ignore’ Pakistan as it convinced Afghan Taliban to talk to US’

ISLAMABAD, AUG 19 (PTI): No country can “ignore” Pakistan as it convinced the Afghan Taliban to hold dialogue with the US, Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed has said as he boasted of Islamabad’s significant role in ensuring peace in Afghanistan.

Pakistan’s efforts for the peace process in Afghanistan would be remembered for long, he said on Wednesday.

“No country can ignore Pakistan as it has played a

significant role in bringing the US and Taliban to the negotiating table”, The News International quoted Ahmed as saying.

He said that Prime Minister Imran Khan had also tried to convince Afghan President Ashraf Ghani to hold talks with the Taliban but he was not prepared for that.

He also said the decision to recognise any likely Taliban government in Kabul rested with Prime Min-

ister Khan and his Cabinet.

Ahmed said on the directives of Prime Minister Khan, Pakistan has offered a special package of a transit visa to Afghan diplomats and senior officials on their arrival in Islamabad.

He said that the government has decided to keep open all Pakistani airports round-the-clock for foreign diplomats, journalists, and senior officials of the IMF, World Bank, etc who are coming from Kabul.

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HQ : Pughoboto, Dist. Zünheboto : Nagaland Motto : Preserve and Growth

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FELICITATION The Ungma Senso Telongjem Dimapur expresses its heartiest congratulations to Mr. Imtiakum Longkumer, S/o Mr. Toshipokba Longkumer for securing the top rank in the merit list of JAA (Junior Account Assistant) Exam conducted by the Directorate of Treasuries & Accounts, Government of Nagaland.

The Union further wishes the best and success in his future endeavours.

Takanungba Longkumer President, USTD

Lipokmeren Longkumer Gen. Secretary, USTD

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ASANGMA SHISASHIR TELONGJEM P.O. Tuli - 798618 MOKOKCHUNG : NAGALAND

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The Asangma Shisashir Telongjem would like to convey our heartiest and sincerest congratulations to Miss Toshimongla Jamir, daughter of Lt. Er. Temsuinba for clearing the Indian School Certificate (ISC) Class XII (Arts) Examination 2021, as a school Topper securing 96.2%. The same for which was conducted by the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examination (CISCE), Jubilee Memorial School Mokokchung, Nagaland.

We wish her success in her future.

Chemtu Jamir President, AST

Arensongla General Secy., AST

With immense pride, the Sumi Aphuyemi Hoho (SAH) extend our heartiest congratulations to Er. NAGASHE SWU, SDO under EE PWD (R&B), Dimapur Division on being awarded with the prestigious Governor’s Commendation Certificate on the occasion of 75th Independence Day, 2021.

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

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FELICITATION The Prison Service Association Nagaland (PSAN), Officers and all Rank and File of Nagaland Prison Department take immense pride in congratulating Shri. B. Hamtok Phom (NJS) Superintendent of Jail on being awarded the President's Correctional Service Medal for Meritorious Service. The coveted medal is the fruit of your work ethics, dedication and sincerity which you exhibited through your indulgent mentorship and innovative programs in motivating the inmates towards Reformation.

You truly deserve the Award and the entire Prison fraternity wishes you good health and success in the days to come also.

NIKAHO YEPTHO President, PSAN

L. IMLINUNGBA LKR. Gen. Secretary, PSAN

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have openly stated that the militant group will work to resolve the problems faced by the people, meet their aspirations and strive to build an open, inclusive Islamic government, Hua told a media briefing when asked whether China is in talks with the Taliban and Beijing’s conditions for recognising its government.

“Actually, we have been saying on the basis of respecting the sovereignty of the country and the will of various factions, China maintained communication and contacts with the Afghan Taliban during the last couple of days after the

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Taliban fighters patrol in Kabul, August 19. (AP/PTI)

The Taliban has also stated that it is committed to equality for all, eliminate discrimination and has pardoned former government employees, will protect women’s freedom of speech, employment and educational rights, Hua said, responding to question whether Beijing will demand the protection of rights of women unlike when the group was in power 20 years ago.

The Taliban also said they will take responsible action to protect the safety of the Afghan citizens and foreign missions and would like to develop good relations with other countries.

They also said they will not permit terrorist groups to use Afghanistan territory to threaten other countries, Hua noted.

“We also noted Russian and other countries’ political leaders and international media recognition of the Afghan Taliban’s behaviour after entering Kabul. They believe it is good, positive and practical”, she said.

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BEIJING, AUG 19 (PTI): China on Thursday said it is in talks with the Taliban and called for an “objective judgement” on their actions after it seized power in Afghanistan, saying the militant group appears to be more “clear eyed and rational” and hoped that it will deliver on its promises, including protection of women’s rights.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said that although the situation hasn’t cleared up completely, it is believed that the “Afghan Taliban will not repeat the history of the past and now they are clear-eyed and rational” compared to their last rule.

“Actually, the rapid resolution in the country shows that there is a lack of objective judgement in this situation and failure to accurately grasp public opinion in Afghanistan, especially certain Western countries should draw lessons from this,” she said.

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What Your Waist Tells You ?

t’s an easy measuring stick for good health.

That’s partly because it helps estimate a type of fat called “visceral,” which forms deep inside your belly area and around your organs. In general, the larger your waist, the more likely you are to have it. Too much of any body fat is bad, but than others. It makes you more likely visceral fat may be worse to get a number of serious illnesses.

It’s another way to check the health of your waistline. You simply divide the distance around your waist by the distance around your hips. Anything higher than 0.85 for women and 0.95 for men could mean your health is at risk. Some doctors prefer the waistto-hip ratio to a simple waist measurement, but studies suggest the two approaches are equally good at predicting health problems.

BMI

As it breaks down, visceral fat sometimes puts too many fatty acids into your blood, which raises your chances of heart disease, Alzheimer’s, and high cholesterol. It could also make your body more resistant to insulin, which can lead to type 2 diabetes or prediabetes. Plus, proteins from visceral fat may inflame body tissues and narrow blood vessels, which can raise your blood pressure.

Body mass index (BMI) is another measure of visceral fat that collects around your middle. Online tools will calculate the number for you if you plug in your height and weight. The normal range is from 18.5 on the thinner side to 24.5 on the heavier side. Researchers say Asian Americans should see their doctor if they have a BMI of 23 or higher, since they may have too much visceral fat at that lower BMI range.

How Big Is Too Big?

Measure Your Waist the Right Way

What’s Wrong With Visceral Fat?

Everyone is different, but there are general guidelines about waistlines. In women, 35 inches or more is typically a sign of visceral fat. In men, it’s 40. These numbers may be slightly higher if your body is naturally very large. They’re lower for people with Asian backgrounds: 31.5 for women and 35.5 for men. Talk to your doctor to be sure about your waist size.

Belly Fat vs. Visceral Fat Belly fat that you see and feel pushing against your jeans is often a sign of visceral fat, but not always. It’s possible to have fat just under the skin and very little visceral fat. Sumo wrestlers who train daily, for example, often have very large waists and high BMIs and yet relatively low visceral fat. This can change very quickly, of course, when these athletes stop working out.

Is Lean Always OK? Just as a large waist doesn’t always mean too much visceral fat, a slim waist doesn’t always mean you’re in the clear. Your visceral fat may be too high even if your waist size is in the safe range. Doctors have a term for this: TOFI, which stands for “Thin Outside Fat Inside.”

Metabolic Syndrome The size of your waist is one of five things that can be a sign of a problem called metabolic syndrome. The other four are high levels of triglycerides, cholesterol, blood pressure, and blood sugar.

Any one of these by itself could be a sign of serious illness. When you have three or more of them together, it adds up to metabolic syndrome -- a situation that raises your chances of heart disease, diabetes, and stroke.

Accuracy is important. Stand up with your measuring tape.

Make sure the tape stays straight as you measure around your waist and above your hip bones -- about in line with your belly button.

And sorry, you can’t suck in your gut to get a lower number! You should be relaxed and take the measurement just after you breathe out, not after you breathe in.

Are You an Apple or a Pear?

An apple-shaped body, more common in men, means you tend to store fat around your stomach, while your lower body stays thin.

That often means more visceral fat and so more health problems. A “pear shape” means your body stores fat in the hip and thigh area. It’s more common among women and might be part of why women typically live longer than men.

Exercise

Even if you don’t lose weight, exercise can burn visceral fat and build muscle. It doesn’t take much. Take the dog for a brisk walk or go for a bike ride. Thirty minutes of physical activity on most days of the week will do the trick. Throw in some muscle-building exercise with weights, push-ups, or yoga to increase your fat-burning at rest.

Check with your doctor first if you haven’t been active much, are older, or have health problems.

What You Eat More calcium seems to help women lose visceral fat. Look for it in leafy greens, dairy, and fatty fish like sardines. Trans fats and fructose-sweetened foods, on the other hand, seem to encourage belly fat. Read the nutrition label, and try to avoid the bad stuff. And eat a variety of vegetables, fruits, whole grains like oatmeal and quinoa, and lean protein like skinless chicken, fish, eggs, beans, and low-fat dairy.

(Dr. Melinda Ratini, DO)

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World Photography Day observed in Kohima

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oining the rest of the World, Kohima celebrated :World Photography Day” with a photo exhibition and sale organised

by Team Noksa at D’Cafe, Kohima on Thursday.

In brief speech, special guest of the exhibition, rtd director DIPR, Limawati Ao, encouraged youths to take up photography as a profession unhesitatingly since it helps in promoting the State and its culture along with good earning potential.

Urging interested photographers to not lose heart because of lack of expensive gadgets, Limawati said one can start with whatever camera they have even if it was cheap ones and gradually upgrade their gears as they progress in their career.

“It is not the camera that matters but the person behind the lens who makes the whole difference,” he said.

Limawati went on to say that Nagaland was blessed with beautiful landscapes filled with natural and breath-taking sights which had earned a reputation for itself even in the global scene.

Even people from the film industry are interested to come here and shoot and therefore Nagas should

Limawati Ao (L) with Dr. Hovithal Sothu (C) and Theja Meru during the photo exhibition at Kohima on Thursday. (NP)

seize the opportunity and promote the State, he added.

An avid photographer himself, Limawati said apart from it being a profession to many people, there was also satisfaction in it.

Recalling his time working as a government servant, Limawati said he had come across many talented photographers and photo journalists in the State who were well known even in the national and international fronts.

He extended greetings to the gathered youths and also hoped that starting with this celebration there would be more of such events even in the days to come.

He later opened the photo exhibition.

Earlier Task Force for Music and Arts (TaFMA), advisor, Theja Meru in a short remark highlighted the important role a photographer plays in the daily lives of the people and the entertainment chain.

He announced that Embassy of Israel had informed of its eagerness to hold a photo exhibition and therefore he urged the photographers to come forward to collaborate for the same.

Theja expressed his happiness at the opportunity of having able to spend the day with community and further wishes them the best.

The event was attended by photographers from in and around the State.

(Correspondent)

Adult metabolism remains stable until 60, study reveals

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large study that measured the total amount of energy that people expend as they go about their everyday lives has opposed the idea that metabolism slows in middle age.

The study showed that total energy expenditure, adjusted for body size, steadily declines from a peak in infancy until around 20 years of age and then remains stable until about 60. Only then does energy use begin to fall again. The researchers were surprised to discover that, for their size, 1-year-olds burn calories 50% faster than adults.

“Of course they’re growing, but even once you control for that, their energy expenditures are rocketing up higher than you’d expect for their body size and composition,” says one of the researchers,

Dr. Herman Pontzer, associate professor of evolutionary anthropology and global health at Duke University in Durham, NC. There are several physiological turning points associated with growing older, says Dr. Pontzer, including puberty and menopause. “What’s weird is that the timing of our ‘metabolic life stages’ doesn’t seem to match those typical milestones,” he says.

Another surprise was how little energy expenditure changes from early adulthood through middle age. “Perhaps the most unexpected feature was the constancy of metabolic rate in both males and females between the ages of 20 and 60,” tweeted co-author Dr. John Speakman, of the University of Aberdeen in the United Kingdom.

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Open Respiratory Research, found that those who receive a diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea are at a significantly greater risk of dying suddenly than those who do not have the condition.

The word apnea means “without breath.” During obstructive sleep apnea, there is a reduction or com-

plete blockage of airflow during sleep. This sleep disturbance manifests itself in various ways, including excessive daytime sleepiness, fatigue, heavy snoring, and non-refreshing sleep.

Serious consequences of sleep apnea While these symptoms can potentially affect a per-

son’s quality of life, they can also have even more serious consequences.

Researchers at Penn State performed a systematic review of the literature and identified 22 studies focusing on obstructive sleep apnea, cardiac death, and sudden death. The team analyzed the combined data of these studies by meta-analysis.

The quantitative analysis included a combined total of over 42,000 individuals across the world.

The mean age of participants was 62 years old, and 64% were men. The metaanalysis showed that individuals with obstructive sleep apnea were approximately

twice as likely to experience sudden death than those who did not have the sleep condition. The study also identified that obstructive sleep apnea resulted in a nearly twofold risk of cardiovascular death that increased with age.

According to Dr. John S. Oh, assistant professor in the Department of Surgery at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and one of the study authors, many patients do not realize the seriousness of an apnea diagnosis. “Obstructive sleep apnea is a common condition that can have fatal consequences,” stresses Dr. Oh. (MedicalNewsToday)

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bstructive sleep apnea has become a globally prevalent health concern. Recent literature estimates that more than 1 billion individuals Trusted Source experience this chronic sleep disorder.

A study by Penn State College of Medicine in Hershey, which appears in BMJ

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Griezmann gets chance to shine at Barca Cincinnati: Osaka, Barty, Kerber advance

MADRID, AUG 19 (AP): As Barcelona continues adjusting to life without Lionel Messi, Antoine Griezmann gets his best chance yet to take a leading role at the Catalan club.

Griezmann will be making his 101st appearance with Barcelona when the club visits Athletic Bilbao in the second round of the Spanish league on Saturday. The French striker finally has the opportunity to take center stage and become a protagonist in Messi’s absence.

“I hope I get to play another 100 games and carry on giving everything to make history with this club,” Griezmann said. “I want to keep helping the team both on and off the pitch, in attack and defense, and enjoying being at Barça.”

He had some key performances while Messi was still on the team but has never fully met the high expectations that came when he signed from Atlético Madrid for 120 million euros (now $140 million) in 2019, a year after he was the man of the match in the World Cup final won by France.

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The 30-year-old Griezmann, who has 35 goals with Barcelona, used to play a secondary role even to Luis Suárez and youngsters such as Ousmane Dembélé and Ansu Fati. At times, he wasn’t even a regular starter and had few minutes off the bench.

Now he has the competition of Barcelona’s biggest offseason signing, Dutch international Memphis De-

pay, but coach Ronald Koeman has already hinted they will not be fighting against each other for a starting spot. Koeman said after the preseason that he “liked the connection” between Griezmann and Depay.

Both played well in the team’s 4-2 opening victory against Real Sociedad, which marked the start of Barcelona’s first season without Messi after 17 years.

The Argentina star joined Paris Saint-Germain after Barcelona failed to give him a new contract because of its financial struggles.

Other forwards for Barcelona this season include Sergio Aguero and Martin Braithwaite, who scored twice against Sociedad.

“It was very important to get a win,” said Griezmann, who is 14 goals from equaling Thierry Henry as the club’s highest scoring Frenchman. “It was a good game and hopefully we can now get another win against Athletic.”

Barcelona has won 12 of its last 15 league matches against Athletic, which opened with a 0-0 draw at Elche on Monday.

Real Madrid will also be counting on a French striker when it tries to add to its winning start in a visit to Levante on Sunday. Karim Benzema, the team’s top scorer last season, picked up from where he left off and scored twice in the 4-1 win at Alavés on Saturday.

New coach Carlo Ancelotti also saw a good performance by Eden Hazard, who struggled with injuries

throughout last season. He will still be missing a few players, including injured veterans Marcelo and Toni Kroos. Levante was the last team to beat Madrid in the league, winning 2-1 in the Spanish capital in January.

Madrid has won only two of its last four league matches against Levante.

Defending champion Atlético Madrid also won its opener, 2-1 at Celta Vigo, and now it hosts Elche with an expected crowd of more than 20,000 at the Wanda Metropolitano Stadium after Spanish health authorities allowed the league to restart with up to 40% of fans in stadiums.

Atlético coach Diego Simeone may have trouble setting up his defense as some players are still recovering from injury and after Mario Hermoso was sent off in the match against Celta.

Suárez, Atlético’s leading scorer last season after joining from Barcelona, began on the bench in the opener but is expected to be in the starting lineup on Sunday after having an extra week to regain his best form following the preseason.

Naomi Osaka

Ashleigh Barty

Angelique Kerber

CINCINNATI, AUG 19 (IANS): Second seed Naomi Osaka of Japan survived a scare as she overcame American teenager Coco Gauff 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 to advance to the third round in the WTA event here.

Naomi, playing her first event in the American hardcourt circuit in the lead-up to the US Open, was a set and a break down on Wednesday but quelled Coco in their second-round encounter at the joint ATP, WTA sanctioned Western & Southern Open.

World No1 Ashleigh Bar ty of Australia too reached the third round with a 6-4, 7-6(3) win against Great Britain’s Heather Watson while defending champion Victoria Azarenka of Belarus beat Alison Riske 6-2, 7-5 to reach the next round. Third seed Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus was stunned 5.7, 6-2, 7-6(4) by

Paula Badosa of Spain in a Round of 32 clash.

But the spotlight was on Naomi, who has not played many matches this season as she had pulled out of the French Open and Wimbledon citing mental health issues. She was also playing her first match here after getting a bye in the first round. And her rustiness showed as Coco won the first set. The American broke Naomi’s serve early in the second set to go ahead 1-3 but the Japanese star fought back brilliantly, won the next five games, and served superbly in the third set -- she dropped just one point in the entire decider -- to emerge victorious in two hours.

Former World No 1 Angelique Kerber of Germany defeated Elina Svitolina 7-5, 2-6, 6-for a spot in the Round of 16.

Elina came into

Wednesday’s encounter with a 9-5 lead in head-to-head having won her past seven matches against Angelique.

But the German three-time Grand Slam champion could not be denied on Wednesday as she defeated her opponent from Ukraine in just over two hours. Angelique has now won 12 of the 13 matches since winning her 13th career title at Bad Homburg, Germany, in June this year. She had reached the semifinals at Wimbledon.

In other second-round matches, Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic beat Yulia Putintseva of Kazakhstan 6-2, 6-2; Belinda Bencic beat Shelby Rogers of the United States 7-6(1), 6-1; Ons Jabeur of Tunisia defeated sixth seed, Iga Swiatek of Poland 6-3, 6-3, while Spain’s Garbine Muguruza beat Carolina Garcia of France 6-4, 6-3.

Bipasha settles for silver, bronze for Simran, Sito Top seed Medvedev advances in Cincinnati

NEW YORK, AUG 19 (AGENCIES): Venus Williams was awarded a wild card Wednesday to compete in her 23rd U.S. Open, the United States Tennis Association announced.

Williams, 41, is a twotime winner at Flushing Meadows (2000, 2001) and has competed in the event every year since 2006. Her WTA ranking is No. 112, which is outside the top 104 who receive direct entry into the tournament.

CoCo Vandeweghe, who currently is ranked No. 160, also was one of the seven players to receive a wild card. She joined Caty McNally, Hailey Baptiste, Katie Volynets, Emma Navarro and 17-year-old Ashlyn Krueger.

The 2021 U.S. Open begins on August 30.

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dominated on serve against Mackenzie, winning 96 percent of his first-serve points to triumph after exactly one hour, said a report on the ATP Tour website.

Cincinnati holds special value for Medvedev as he had won his maiden ATP Masters 1000 title here in 2019.

“Mackenzie can play good. Everybody who is in the second round of a Masters [1000] can play

good tennis, we all know this,” Medvedev said in his on-court interview. “It’s not easy to go from winning a tournament to another tournament in different conditions. You’re tired physically, especially in the first matches because then you get into the tournament and it gets easier. I’m really happy that I managed to win quite easily. I was fighting a bit more for every point, trying to finish as early as

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PhUSAchODUMi YOUth SOcietY Dist. Phek ; Nagaland Motto: “Youth is the armour of the village”

Felicitation

the Phusachodumi Youth Society is immensely pride at the achievement of Shri. Vekhosa Kotso, nPS, Commandant 1 0 th N A P ( I R ) B n . , Z h a d i m a f o r being selected for the Police Medal (PM) for Meritorious Service. The PYS expresses our appreciation to Shri Vekhosa Kotso for bringing laurels to our community through his hardwork and dedication. The PYS further wishes him good health, long life and grand success in his future endeavour.

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(KUHUKRo cHotSo) Gen. Secy., PYS

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the tamlu Buhu Union Kohima (tBUK) takes great pleasure and honour to extend our heartiest congratulations to Shri K. Hamtok Phom, Superintendent of Jail, S/o Shri. Kamnyei Phom on being awarded the President's Correctional Service Medal for Meritorious Service on the occasion of the 75th Indian Independence Day on 15th August 2021 at Kohima.

The Union also congratulates Mr. Manshing Mukho, S/o Shri K. Hamtok Phom for achieving the JAA post through Departmental Recruitments Board under Treasuries & Accounts.

The Union further wishes them to accomplish greater heights and pray for good health, wisdom and guidance to serve the people.

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behind 7-3 win over Belarus’ Natallia Varakina, who led finished the first period with a 3-0 lead but could not get a single point in the second.

Simran not only found point-scoring moves, she also defended well to emerge winner.

Sito was dominant in her 55kg bronze play-off as she secured the medal with a technical superiority win over Turkey’s Melda Derenkci.

Kusum (59kg) though could not never get that one move that would give her points, losing 1-2 to Azerbaijan’s Aliyeva. She defended well but that was no enough to win the match.

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possible,” he was quoted as saying by the ATP. The top seed will next play former World No. 3 Grigor Dimitrov, against whom he holds a 2-1 Head2Head advantage on ATP Tour. They most recently played in the semi-finals of the 2019 US Open, where Medvedev triumphed in straight sets.

Fellow Russian Andrey Rublev came back strongly after losing the first set to beat Marin Cilic of Croatia 5-7. 6-3. 6-1, hitting 11 aces and saving four of five break points he faced during the two hours and two minutes marathon.

Rublev, seeded fourth here, next faces Gael Monfils of France, who advanced to the third round with his 500th tour-level victory against 14th seed Alex de Minaur of Australia.

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OFFICE OF THE ÜSOUNUOMIA KROTHO KOHIMA : NAGALAND CONGRATULATORY NOTE

The Üsounuomia Krotho, takes immense pride and pleasure in extending our heartiest congratulations to Shri. K. Martin Pienyü, IPS, IGP (INT) on being awarded the prestigious President Police Medal for distinguished Service to the Nation and the State of Nagaland on the occasion of India’s 75th Independence Day, 2021.

Today’s outstanding achievement of yours does exhibits your Yeoman Investigative Skill, professionalism, alacrity, dedication and devotion in service for the Nagas in particular and the Nation at large.

We applaud and celebrate your remarkable achievement and do earnestly seek unto the gracious Lord to bestow upon you with good health and many more years and may this achievement takes you to a higher echelon of success in your future endeavors.

With this achievement, the Krotho would also like to express our sincere appreciation to both the Govt. of India and the Govt. of Nagaland for the genuine recognition and conferment of the prestigious award upon a bonafide member of the Krotho.

Sd/Sd/KELHOULEVO PIENYÜ VIMHALIE PIENYÜ President General Secretary

Mrs. HOLIKA PIPITO CHISHI It gives us an immense pleasure to extend our sincere congratulation for achieving another new responsibility.

You are a wonderful examples of faith and dedication.

May your examples guide many along the more righteous path.

May you find more joy and satisfaction in your ministry.

We do sincerely wish you all the very best of luck and Godspeed.

Jeremiah 1:5 “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, Before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations”.

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With prayer Women Executive Ministry of Women Deptt.

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The Marok Dibuia Senso Mungdang would like to congratulate Smt. Pusa Zhule Mekro, IFS (RR-1988) (wife of L. Yanger IFS (Retd) of Dibuia village), on the promotion to the post of Chief Executive, RPRC, Odisha, Bhubaneswar, and for bringing honor to our village.

The Marok Dibuia Senso Mungdang wishes and prays that the Almighty God will continue to grant her and her family good health and perspicacity to lead the department with renewed strength and dedication for the upliftment of our nation.

Sd/ Lanupokyim Longkumer President (M.D.S.M)

Sd/ Bendangmeren Walling Secretary (M.D.S.M)

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jan’s Birgul Soltanova, who lost a bit of steam towards the end and blew away her lead.

She will fight for gold against Russia’s Alina Kasabieva.

Also moving to the final was Bhateri, who had just two bouts to win in 65kg to make the final.

Both her bouts were lowscoring as she just about managed to get the points that were enough to win.

She beat Tunisia’s Jlassi Khadija and Romania’s Amina Roxana Capezan.

She is now up against Irina Ringaci from Moldova.

Simran took 50kg bronze with a come-from-

CINCINNATI, AUG 19 (IANS): World No 2 Daniil Medvedev of Russia continued his winning streak as he raced into the third round in the ATP event at the Cincinnati Masters by beating Mackenzie McDonald of the United States in straight sets.

Second seed Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece also advanced by beating Sebastian Korda of the United States 7-6(5), 6-3.

Medvedev, who had won his fourth ATP Masters 1000 title in Toronto on Sunday, was off to a good start here with a 6-2, 6-2 win against wildcard McDonald in a second-round encounter on Wednesday.

The Russian star has won 16 of his last 18 matches dating back to the start of the Mallorca Championships, a grass-court tournament he won in June. He

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India’s Bipasha and America’s Kylie Renee Welker in action.

Saneh (72kg) hardly had any problem in dispatching Kseniya Patapovich of Belarus 6-2 in her opening round and remained untroubled against Mongolia’s Tsogzolmaa Dorjsuren, winning 7-0.

Saneh’s four-pointer on a double-leg attack stood out.

H oweve r s h e wa s blown away by American Kennedy Alexix Baldes, who pulled off a grand amplitude throw at the beginning to stun the Indian and won by technical superiority.

In other matches involving Indian girls, Pinki (53kg) made a promising start to lead 5-4 and 7-6 with a terrific four-point throw but Turkey’s Emine Cakmak never looked jittery as she pulled off timely take-down moves to snatch the bout with a 12-7 scoreline.

Mansi, competing in 57kg category, began with a confident 16-4 win over American Claire Marie Dicugno but was outplayed

by Turkey’s Elvira Kamaloglu 1-9 in the quarterfinals.

Elvira effected two stunning four-pointer on counter-attacks to pull away.

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UFA (RUSSIA), AUG 19 (PTI): Outclassed in the final, Bipasha (76kg) had to be content with a silver medal but a tenacious Sanju Devi kept her cool and relied on her stamina to secure a place in 62kg title clash at the Junior Wrestling World Championships, here on Thursday.

Simran (50kg) and Sito (55kg) won bronze medals to add to India’s tally but Arju forfeited her 68kg bronze play-off due to injury.

Bhateri also made her way into the 65kg final while Saneh will fight for bronze after losing her 62kg semifinal.

Bipasha lost her final by technical superiority to America’s Kylie Renee Welker, who executed ‘fitley’ move to finish the bout quickly.

Sanju emerged star of the day for India. She may not look athletic but was quick with her moves and reflexes as she beat Germany’s Lusia Schrel 5-2 and then erased a 0-3 deficit to edge past Croatia’s Iva Geric 4-3 in the quarterfinals.

In the semifinal too she was down 0-5 but relied on her supreme stamina to win 8-5 against Azerbai-

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Pak no match for India: Gambhir SAYS RASHID KHAN’S AFGHANISTAN CAN CREATE UPSETS IN T20 WORLD CUP

N E W D E L H I , AU G 19 (PTI): Former India opener Gautam Gambhir reckons that India will go into the T20 World Cup as a “far superior” outfit than arch-rivals Pakistan while Afghanistan led by Rashid Khan will be the team to watch out for.

India and Pakistan open their group league campaign on October 24 at the Dubai stadium.

Gambhir, who scored a memorable 75 against Pakistan in the 2007 World T20 final, said that there will be lot of pressure on India’s neighbours.

“Expectations are going to be really high from Pakistan as well, and at the moment, if you see, India is far more superior to Pakistan,” Gambhir told Star Sports.

“In a T20 format, anyone can beat anyone because it is a very individual kind of format, and

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we should not take any team for granted.” “For example, you should not take Afghanistan for granted.

People like Rashid Khan can create upsets. It’s the same with Pakistan. But, yes, there will be pressure on Pakistan.” He said Afghanistan’s IPL players make them a competitive outfit which can certainly cause a few upsets. “I have always been a believer that

if you want to talk about one team that is going to be a real underdog in this tournament, that must be Afghanistan. Additionally, they have got people like Rashid Khan, Mujeeb, and Mohd Nabi, you can’t take them players lightly.” The group 1 which comprises Australia, West Indies, England and South Africa is the ‘Group of Death’ according to Gambhir.

“That’s actually the real group. You have got four teams locked in and playing what, on day one of the T20 World Cup, that’s going to be a very exciting Saturday.” Defending champions West Indies have always been a solid team in shortest format.

“West Indies have always been very unpredictable with the kind of firepower they’ve got, they can go on to win the third time as well.

“England has also got the firepower. They have probably got the most consistent white-ball team over the last couple of years after winning the 50-over World Cup. “Australia has literally gone off the radar, probably because a lot of main players are missing, but then again, they can be very dangerous on that particular day.”

Zimbabwe to host ICC Women’s Cricket WC Qualifier 2021

DUBAI, AUG 19 (IANS): International Cricket Council announced on Thursday that the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2021 will be held in Zimbabwe from November 21 to December 5. The qualifier was originally scheduled to take place in Sri Lanka from July 3 to 19, 2020 but was postponed thrice due to Covid-19 pandemic. The tournament comprising of 10 teams will decide the 3 qualifiers for the ICC Women’s Cricket WC 2022 to be held in New Zealand from March 4 to April 3. The 3 teams will then join 5 teams who have already qualified through the ICC Women’s Championship hosts New Zealand, defending champions England, Australia, India and South Africa in the next stage.

The teams that will be seen in action in the fifth edition are Bangladesh, Ireland, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, the West Indies, the Netherlands, Papua New Guinea, Thailand, US and Zimbabwe.

NAGALAND POST, DIMAPUR FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 2021

Messi’s used tissue from his Barca farewell press conference up for sale at USD 1 million BARCELONA, AUG 19 (AGENCIES): Football fans around the world were left “shocked” and “surprised” at Lionel Messi’s sudden exit from his childhood club Barcelona. Messi broke down while walking onto the stage before conducting his news conference and was handed a tissue by his wife Antonella Roccuzzo as he fought back the tears.

The tissue, which was used by Messi to wipe his tears during the emotional farewell press conference, is up for sale for a whopping USD 1 million. The tissue was picked up off the floor by someone in attendance at the press conference and they have now put it up for sale on the international auction site, Meikeduo, with the starting price up a whopping $1 million. The seller has justified the price by writing in the description that it ‘contains Messi’s genetic material’ and can be used

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to ‘clone’ a new version of Argentina captain.

Notably, Messi has joined star-packed Paris St Germain after leaving Barcelona, the club where he had begun and expected to end his career. Messi had become the most desired free agent in soccer history after his attempts to stay at Barcelona were rejected last week by the Spanish league because the salary would not comply with financial regulations, with the Catalan club burdened by debts of more than 1.2

billion euros ($1.4 billion).

PSG coach Mauricio Pochettino quickly made contact with his fellow Argentine after Barcelona announced last Thursday that Messi would be leaving the club he joined as a 13-year-old.

Messi won every major honor with Barcelona and was granted a tearful exit news conference on Sunday to signal the end of an era. Only Cristiano Ronaldo in the current era challenges Messi’s status as an all-time great.

Leicester extends contract of winger Harvey Barnes to 2025

Harvey Barnes

LEICESTER, AUG 19 (AP): Leicester winger Harvey Barnes signed a contract extension Thursday to keep him at his boyhood club until June 2025.

The 23-year-old England international had been one of Leicester’s best players in 2020-21, scoring 13 goals in all competitions before undergoing knee surgery that ruled him out of the European Championship.

“I’ve been here for so many years now, it feels like home,” Barnes said.

”For me, it was a no-brainer. Of course, I wanted to extend my stay here.”

He’s been with Leicester since the age of 9 and rose through the club’s youth academy.

Barnes made his debut for England in a win over Wales in a friendly match last October and looked to have a decent chance of making Gareth Southgate’s squad for Euro 2020.

Leicester beat Wolverhampton 1-0 in its season opener and will play at West Ham on Monday.

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