23 July 2022

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Vol XXXII No. 227

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PM urges citizens to strengthen ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ movement

NEW DELHI, JUL 22 ( AG E N C I E S ) : P r i m e Minister Narendra Modi on Friday appealed to citizens to strengthen the ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ movement by hoisting or displaying the national flag at homes between August 13 and 15.

In a tweet, Modi said the movement, an initiative of the ministry of culture to mark ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’ celebrations for India’s 75th year of Independence, will help “deepen our connect with the national flag”.

“This year, when we are marking Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, let us strengthen the Har Ghar Tiranga Movement. Hoist the Tricolour or display it in your homes between 13th and 15th August. This movement will deepen our connect with the national

Ex-minister Vejoi Vero passes away DIMAPUR, JUL 22 (NPN): Former minister and three-time MLA, Vejoi Vero, passed away in Kohima Friday after a prolonged illness.

Vero, who won the assembly polls from 19 Phek assembly constituency for three consecutive terms (1977-1987), was undergoing treatment in Kohima. He is survived by his wife, six children and three grandchildren. Born in 1947 at Chiepoketami village under Phek district, Vero graduated from St Edmunds’ College, Shillong and completed his LLB from Bombay University in 1976.

State chief minister Neiphiu Rio, who led others in mourning the death of former minister, said he was “deeply shocked” to learn about the demise of Vero.

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ASF detected at Phusachodu village

DIMAPUR, JUL 22 (NPN): Following the confirmation of African Swine Fever (ASF) at Phusachodu village under Phek district, ADC Pfutsero, Japheth Woch, has declared the area coming within 1 km radius i.e. whole Phusachodu village as infected and containment zone. In a restriction order, which notified several measures with immediate effect, ADC also declared area falling within 10 km radius i.e.

Thipuzu, Rihuba, Kikruma and Rukizu Colony, Pfutsero as surveillance zone. ADC has prohibited inter village transportation of live pigs and pork from the affected area till further orders.

This is it!

“Look at that bill, everything is GST even the paper in which it is written.”

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To mark 75 Years of India’s Independence, citizens urged to hoist national flag at homes between Aug 13 & 15 flag,” he wrote on the microblogging site. Modi also noted that it was on July 22, 1947, that the tricolour was adopted as the national flag.

“Today, 22nd July has a special relevance in our history. It was on this day in 1947 that our National Flag was adopted. Sharing some interesting nuggets from history including details of the committee associated with our Tricolour and the first Tricolour unfurled by Pandit Nehru,” he said in a separate

tweet, while sharing details of official communications leading to the adoption of the national flag.

Modi also shared a photograph of the first tricolour unfurled by the country’s first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru.

Union home and cooperation minister Amit Shah also called upon citizens to join the ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ campaign. “Our national flag not only unites every Indian but also strengthens

their spirit of devotion to the nation…,” he tweeted.

Rio appeals citizens

Meanwhile, Nagaland chief minister Neiphiu Rio also appealed to the citizens of the State to hoist the Tricolor at their respective homes from August 13 to 15.

“Nagaland is joining the rest of the country in #HarGharTiranga campaign commemorating #AzadiKaAmritMahotsav,” Rio said in a tweet.

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Nagaland logs 20 fresh Covid cases DIMAPUR, JUL 22 (NPN): Nagaland on Friday recorded 20 fresh Covid-19 positive cases while no deaths were reported during the day.

Of the fresh cases, 12 were from Dimapur, seven in Kohima and one in Mokokchung, taking the total caseload to 35,675.

With 11 more recoveries, the State currently has 92 active cases-- 13 admitted to Covid hospitals and 79 under home isolation.

PTI: India saw a single day rise of 21,880 Covid-19 cases taking the total tally of cases to 4,38,47,065, while the active cases rose to 1,49,482, the Union Health Ministry said. The death toll climbed to 5,25,930 with 60 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated.

The active cases comprise 0.34 per cent of the total infections, while the national Covid-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.46 per cent, the ministry said.

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RPP launches online signature campaign for President’s Rule DIMAPUR, JUL 22 (NPN): Rising People’s Party (RPP) has launched an online campaign seeking dismissal of the UDA government and imposition of President’s Rule in the State.

The campaign has been launched through online portal change.org and aims to gather at least 10,000 signatures, which would then be submitted to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take a resolute action.

In a statement, the party recalled that it had submitted a representation to the Central government on May 12 this year pleading for President’s Rule in Nagaland on grounds of financial emergency in the State.

The situation had worsened a lot since then and it was only befitting that RPP continued to raise the issue on behalf of the suffering public, the statement added.

RPP also reiterated

some of the “dis-honourable achievements” of the ruling coalition, which included Nagaland being bracketed as Worst Performing State under six parameters – poverty, health, affordable energy, sustainable cities, industries and infrastructure – as per SDGI index (NITI Aayog) 2021; Worst Performing State as per State Energy and Climate index (SECI), 2022 of NITI Aayog (ranked 33rd out of 35 States and eight Union Territories); perpetual deficit State budget (minus Rs 2,212.74 crore for 2022-23); non-payment of salaries to 130,000 State government employees; fiscal irresponsibility as per the latest CAG report, including fraudulent withdrawals amounting to thousands of crores of rupees in almost all government departments.

Fur ther, the par ty pointed out that Nagaland had been ranked as the

Worst Performing State under National Health Index 2019-20 (NITI Aayog), while Nagaland University was ranked as the worst in the Northeast with score in the 151-200 band under National Institutional Ranking framework (NIRF).

As per the latest NITI Aayog Innovative Index 2021 released on July 21, 2022, Nagaland was the worst and the last ranked State among the “NE and Hilly States” comprising 10 states. Also, Nagaland High Court building remained incomplete even after 15 years, while Nagaland was presently the only State in India without a medical college.

RPP also cited non-implementation of Centrallysponsored schemes (CSS) and non-release/parking of CSS funds in civil deposit (CDs), breakdown of law and order situation with increase (Cont’d on p-8)

BJP Nagaland celebrates Droupadi Murmu’s victory NSF asked to vacate Naga Club building Correspondent

KO H I M A , J U L 2 2 (NPN): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Nagaland state unit organised a special programme at Mhacha-ki here to celebrate the victory of NDA candidate Droupadi Murmu in the Presidential election, when she scripted history by becoming India’s first tribal president.

Speaking at the programme, BJP Nagaland state president and Minister for Higher Education and Tribal Affairs, Temjen Imma Along, described it as a “red-letter day and a proud moment for tribals in the country”.

Temjen Imma Along

He said that out of 133 crore people about 12 crore population were tribals and therefore Murmu getting elected was a momentous achievement.

“To have a tribal woman become the 15th president of world’s largest democracy is a huge achievement and a moment of great satisfaction for all the tribals

across the country,” Along said. “For the first time in Independent India coinciding with the 75th year of Indian Independence what could be more befitting to see a tribal woman representing women empowerment getting elected to the highest post in the country,” Along maintained.

He said the “emergence of a mother from a minority community” to lead the country was in stark contrast and a depiction of a country headed under BJP rule. He thanked the political parties in Nagaland for unanimously voting 100 percent for NDA candidate and displaying the undeniable

DIMAPUR, JUL 22 (NPN): Naga Club (NC) has requested the Naga Students’ Federation (NSF) to vacate the Naga Club building at Kohima on or before August 27, as the Club executive council has unanimously decided to begin the construction by September 1.

In a letter to NSF president, NC said that reconstruction of the building was a long-felt need. Though NSF was an “endeared tenant”, the club stated that the allotment of the rooms by the then general secretary Naga Club Vilavor Liegisie on rent basis was given to NSF in a demi order note (Cont’d on p-8) specifically mentioned on the

tribal bond evident across the country. He also thanked state chief minister Neiphiu Rio and NPF president Shürhozelie for displaying unity in spite of the political differences.

In his short speech, Minister for Soil & Water Conservation, Geology & Mining and chairman, NSMDC, V Kashiho Sangtam, said Murmu’s victory was a good opportunity for Nagaland as a tribal has been elected to the highest post in the country.

He also expressed his appreciation to the Prime Minister for nominating a tribal lady.

body of rental application letter dated April 4, 1983.

It said NSF paid Rs 500 in rent for the month of April 1983 on April 7, 1983, after which the federation never paid Naga Club house rent from May 1983 till date. However, as a student organization, the club said it treated them as children, and therefore never questioned non-payment of house rent.

NC said it consider itself as parents and elders and therefore NSF’s nonpayment of house rent has never been made an issue in the past for all these years since May 1983 nor has it been made an issue today, for the same reason. However, with the passage of time,

NC said that its property had undergone the severest of depreciation and stood dilapidated without proper amenities, projecting Nagas particularly the Naga Club and all that it represents, in a very poor light, as though it were in a deep slumber.

The club said it was, therefore, imperative and inevitable to demolish the existing building in its entirety and build a totally new building, well equipped with facilities providing all modern amenities for the welfare of all the Nagas. It therefore requested NSF to vacate the building in toto on or before August 27, so as to enable its “humble and noble venture” of building reconstruction.

NFR land issue: LURC cites Art 371 (A) Metsubo calls for innovation to protect environment DIMAPUR, JUL 22 (NPN): Landowners Union Rangapahar Crossing (LURC) has drawn the attention of the elected members, ‘concerned organization(s), state government and public to the news items: “MLAs slam Rly land encroachment” published on July 16 and “DNSU flays NFR, state govt on land grab” on July 20 (both in Nagaland Post).

In a rejoinder, LURC president Hetokhu Awomi said while the matter over land encroachment was under litigation, the documents furnished by Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR), claiming ownership of 134.503 acres (almost

half of Dimapur City) could “neither be validated nor substantiated.

(It may be mentioned that the NFR had alleged that total encroached railway land over which pattas have been issued totaled 30.283 hectares or 74.8 acres out of 53.806 Hectares or 132.92 acres).

Awomi asked if Nagas could “afford to give up such a vast area of land by disowning their rightful ownership?”

Further, Awomi said land owners were not averse to any fresh development by railway department but such development “should not be carried out at the cost of the

people (destruction of developed land and properties.)

Awomi asserted that it was the bounden duty of all responsible citizens and social organization “to protect the right of the Nagas” and for which NFR also should “take cognizance of land holding system of Nagaland” existing since inception of a state under the Indian union. He maintained that in order to protect the rights and interests of both NFR and landowners, adequate land compensation should be paid to all rightful land owners in order to clear the deck “for smooth functioning of NFR in the state of Nagaland”.

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KOHIMA, JUL 22 (NPN): Rural Development minister Metsubo Jamir has appealed to engineering fraternity to adopt innovative systems for protecting environment, while also ensuring that development did not stop.

Addressing a two-day Indian Engineers’ Federation (INDEF) Northeastern Region (NER) Midterm-cum-Annual Council Meeting organised by Federation of Nagaland State Engineering Service Association (FONSESA) here on Friday, he said the region lagged behind in

(2nd from R) Metsubo Jamir with officials at INDEF Northeastern region mid-term-cum-annual council meeting. (NP)

development.

He reminded the engineers from the region to ensure that local needs took priority over everything else.

He acknowledged INDEF, as an apex body of nearly two lakh engineers in public and private sectors along with those self-

ENSF demands equitable distribution of projects DIMAPUR, JUL 22 (NPN): Easter n Naga Students’ Federation (ENSF) has demanded that all proposed/ approved projects under various departments of the State be reviewed and allocated with equity in the larger interest of Nagas.

In a statement, Eastern Naga Students’ Federation president Chingmak Chang and assistant general secretary Kaibo Konyak also strongly objected the alleged biased distribution of funds in the recent selection process.

ENSF cautioned that the trend of inclining towards a section of people/areas in

the process of development would only jeopardise the very fabric of Naga integration in the near future.

ENSF said that though various State government departments took up many schemes, programmes and development projects for the overall development of Nagaland, there had been a lot of disparity in implementing the same.

The federation acknowledged that developmental activities had been pursued under the present State government in Eastern Nagaland and Nagaland, but the lion share was enjoyed by a few section of society.

ENSF alleged that the eastern areas and people were being deprived at large.

To buttress their allegation, the federation pointed out that out of Rs 279.72 crore, just Rs 11.95 crore was allotted for Eastern Naga areas under Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakram (PMJVK), while out of 30 projects in the list of priorities projects under NorthEastern Council (NEC) for 2022-23, only one project at an estimated cost of Rs 3.50 crore was earmarked for Eastern Nagaland.

Similarly, out of Rs 9,09,30,000 for 17 projects as special assistance for Tribal

Sub-scheme in 2020-21 (for creation of non-recurring capital asset), only Rs 1.5 crore was allocated for Eastern Nagaland.

ENSF said that such biased gesture was a clear manifestation of lackadaisical and step-motherly treatment towards Eastern Nagaland, adding that such attitude had been maintained since the inception of Nagaland as a State.

The federation alleged that suppression and deprivation that denizens of Eastern Nagaland had faced since time immemorial still continued.

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employed, for contributing to nation building process in various capacities and helping the country keep pace with the developed nations.

Jamir said engineers were directly contributing to the overall well-being of the society, adding that their contribution to make

lives better was well recognised and appreciated by all.

He commented that their contribution would impact government initiatives in the Northeast and would be a deciding factor for success or failure of these initiatives.

With the Act East Policy, he noted that that the engagement of Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) had become a central pillar of India’s foreign policy and the North-eastern States played an important role as a bridge between India and ASEAN countries.

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Dimapur DPDB to purchase street sweeping machine DIMAPUR, JUL 22 (NPN): Members of Dimapur District Planning and Development Board (DPDB) have agreed to purchase truck-mounted sweeping and cleaner machine with the seed money allocated for Dimapur district.

According to DPRO Dimapur, the idea for buying the high-tech sweeping machine was mooted by Dimapur DPDB chairman, Moatoshi Longkumer, MLA, to keep Dimapur city clean.

Speaking at the DPDB meeting on Friday, Moatoshi said the cost of machine comes to Rs. 31 lakh whereas the common pool fund for Dimapur was Rs. 23 lakh.

In this regard, MLA said he

would approach the concern higher authority for the remaining requirement. He also sought contribution from the members for making it a reality in keeping Dimapur city clean.

Agreeing with the idea, DC Dimapur, Sachin Jaiswal, assured that he would extend full support for such a noble cause for the district.

With numerous proposals for registration of societies, Moatoshi stressed the need for monitoring the registered societies by the authority about their actual performance on the ground and to see whether they were living up to their aims and objectives.

Meanwhile, DC Dimapur has appealed all members to attend the monthly DPDB meetings regularly.

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CS stresses on utilisation of funds

DIMAPUR: State chief secretary, J. Alam on Friday, asked the departments to ensure that funds were being properly utilised and that the schemes were reaching eligible beneficiaries.

According to a DIPR report, CS was speaking at the review meeting with departments of Fisheries & Aquatic Resources, Land Resources and Soil & Water Conservation in the conference hall of the CS, civil secretariat, Kohima.

At the meeting, F&AR department informed that during 2021-2022, fish production of 9,151 MT was achieved and 280 lakh fish seeds were supplied to fish farmers at subsidised rate.

The target of the department is to achieve 11 kg per capita consumption by 2030 and to achieve 22,000 MT fish production by 2030. The department also pointed out shortage of technical staff and vehicles.

State chief secretary, J. Alam addressing the departmental meeting on Friday. (DIPR)

The department said unless commercial fish farming was tried, the production would be low.

CS advised on identifying areas of common fish farming and pointed out poor quality of data.

In this regard, he suggested GIS to be used for comprehensive data. LRD said the state had high potential for coffee plantation and the target stood at 50,000 hectares. It informed that 21 coffee bars have been es-

tablished in the state, with the department providing the machineries.

On shortage of technical staff, it said that conversion of excess casual staff to technical staff was not feasible as casual staff did not possess required qualifications. CS pointed out that either the activities of the department should increase or the strength of the staff should be reduced.

He advised the department to focus on cadre

Workshop on ‘transition to alternative use of SUPs’

DIMAPUR: The Nagaland Pollution Control Board (NPCB) on Friday, organised a workshop/orientation programme on “Transition to Alternative use of Single Use Plastics (SUPs) in line with implementation of Plastic Waste Management (Amendment) Rules, 2021” for all the ULBS in the state, at the Convention Centre, Kohima with principal secretary, Urban Development department & Municipal Affairs, I. Himato Zhimomi.

In a press release, ENVIS (Environmental Information System) Nagaland informed that Himato spoke on the menace of solid waste which was increasing every day and affecting the environment.

Citing the example of Kohima, he said the wastes were causing climate change with the rising temperature and urged upon the ULBs to work towards zero waste policy. In his welcome and keynote address, K Hukato Chishi spoke on the role of NPCB as a statutory body in receiving directions from ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, CPCB or NGT. He also briefed on how the directions were notified to ULBs, district administrators, municipal and as ULB, if they were following the directions in terms of wastes.

Technical sessions on different topics such as “Transition to Alternatives to Single Use Plastics”,

“Brief overview of Plastic Waste Management (Second Amendment) Rules, 2022”, Plastic recycling & opportunities for effective utilization of plastic wastes”, “Demonstration on CPCB Monitoring Module for Compliance of SUP & SUP Public Grievance Redressal APP”, Rulings of NGT Order on Solid Waste Management” by Er. Aghali A Swu, environmental engineer, Sentinaro Angami, senior scientific assistant, Akangmeren Imchen, Scientist B and Yanathung Kithan, Scientist B from NPCB. Earlier, Pelenuo, who started the NGO named “Züb züb” shared the story of how she started her movement.

review properly and to address the problems there.

In its PowerPoint presentation, S&WC department highlighted objectives and various schemes of the department. The department said proposal for upgradation of State Soil & Conservation Research & Training Centre at Sechu-Zubza to Regional Centre was being discussed.

CS asked the department to implement the Digital Agriculture Mission under National EGovernance Plan Agriculture scheme as it would involve many departments and agencies. He said that soil testing works were going well at the directorate and the districts, and asked the department to make sure that operation, maintenance and service remained active in the long run. The meeting concluded with Alam advising the departments to carry out proper publicity and advertisement of schemes.

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NCSU welcomes INDEF (NER) council meeting delegates

DIMAPUR: Nagaland Contractors’ and Suppliers’ Union (NCSU) has welcomes delegates from different state level units of Indian Engineers’ Federation (North East Region) [INDEF (NER)] and apex body of Indian Engineers Federation (INDEF) to Nagaland for the two-day INDEF (NER) midterm cum annual council meeting hosted by Federation of Nagaland State Engineering Service Associations in Kohima. In a press release, NCSU president, Pele Khezhie and general secretary John Kath NCSU acknowledged the concern of engineers of NER towards developmental aspects of North East. It expressed hope that the business sessions would deliberate various developmental and infrastructural drawback faced by North East Region and work out mechanisms to put North East Region at par with other parts of the country.

KASU condemns July 17 murder

DIMAPUR: Khaghaboto Area Students’ Union has vehemently condemned the murder of Vitoho Achumi of Sahoi village, whose body was found on July 17 evening.. In a condemnation note, KASU president Niuka Awomi and general secretary Kiviboli Ayemi stated that the union condemned the “truculent” act and expected responsible authorities to apprehend the perpetrators and be brought to justice immediately. KASU extended its solidarity condolences to the bereaved family.

SC holds commencement day

DIMAPUR: Shamator College held its 4th commencement day for the batch of 2019-2022 on July 21 with NBRM chairman, L Thronghokiu and commandant 14 Assam Rifles, Col. Anand Reddy as special guest and special invitee respectively.

NEWS IN BRIEF KMC consultative meeting: In pursuance of notice issued by the State Election Commission, Nagaland, Kohima Municipal Council has convened a consultative meeting on July 26, 2 pm at KMC office to discuss issues relating to the intensive revision of electoral roll for KMC which would commence on August 3, 2022.

All ward chairmen, GBs along with one representative from each ward, and political parties have been requested to attend the meeting.

DGC informs: Dimapur Government College (DGC) has informed that it would be celebrating its 56th College Foundation Day on July 25, 10:30 a.m. onwards at the College Seminar Hall. DGC has invited all retiree (officers, faculty and staff) to the celebration.

Police retrieve unidentified body: Dimapur police on July 21 recovered one unidentified dead body of a male (30-40 years approx.) on foot stairs of Hazi Park, Hongkong market, Dimapur, adjacent to Flyover Bridge. According to police PRO, deceased had visible tattoo of an initial GH on his left forearm.

On completion of all legal formalities, the body was shifted to District Hospital Dimapur Morgue for PM examination. Claimant(s) of the deceased have been requested to contact officer-in-charge, East PS Dimapur at 7085055020.

RPOC installation programme held: The installation programme of Rongmei Pui (Mother) Organisation Chümoukedima (RPOC) under the aegis of Rongmei Council Chümoukedima District (RCCD) was held on July 18 at Rongmei Christian Fellowship Hall, Chümoukedima. The RPOC team would be led by Aniliu Dangmei and Prisca (Gaikinliu) as president and general secretary respectively.

UD deptt gives away ‘cleanest colony award’ in Dimapur Staff Reporter DIMAPUR, JUL 22 (NPN): Sapangtu Colony of Naga united Village 3, Block II was declared the cleanest colony at the Urban Development department’s, “Cleanest wards/ colony award-2022” and Dimapur Municipal Council’s (DMC) “Best sanitation worker award-2022” programme, hosted by DMC, at Hotel Silhouette, here, on Friday.

At the programme, Bank Colony also bagged the second prize under Dimapur Municipality area while Jonak Brahma and Wogtokiu B Yimchunger (drivers), Betoi Chishi and CH Dharmarad (sardars)

and G Mohan Rao and K Ariya (labours) were declared winners under “best sanitation worker award”.

Addressing the gathering, DMC administrator, Albert Ezung stressed on the importance of living in a healthy and clean environment and said cleanliness should not only be practiced for competition but should also be a way of life.

The DMC administrator said the state government for the first time organised a state level “cleanest ULB award” where Dimapur bagged the second position.

He added that two more wards/colony were awarded by the depart-

Consultative meet of building, construction unions

Winners along with DMC officials and members of civil society organisations. (NP)

ment. the colonies/wards were Albert informed that a judged on 13 parameters. third party was engaged for On Dimapur winning assessment, under which, the second position in the

Cleanest ULB award, he acknowledged the public for providing assistance in keeping Dimapur clean and lauded the services rendered by DMC workers.

Pointing out that Dimapur was home to Nagas and people from other communities, he urged upon all to continue to live peacefully.

Short speeches and words of encouragement were also delivered by DABA associate pastor, Imnatoshi Longkumer and members from Dimapur Urban Council Chairmen Federation (DUCCF), Naga Council Dimapur (NCD) and Dimapur GB Union.

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Dr. Kekhrie Yhome and others at the meet on Friday. (NP)

Correspondent KO H I M A , J U L 2 2 (NPN): A consultative meet of building and construction union(s) was held in the conference hall of Hotel De Oriental, here, on Friday.

Speaking at the programme, Nagaland Building and Other Construction Workers’ Welfare Board (NBOCWWB) chairman, Dr Kekhrie Yhome briefed on the schemes and welfare funds for construction workers and their families.

Yhome said the board was first in the state where

direct transfer of benefit took place with no cash handling as part of e-governance.

He informed that it had 12,500 active beneficiaries and 34,000 in active beneficiaries and that many were still unregistered.

He urged upon them to get registered to avail benefits. Pointing out that building and construction workers were the “most exploited people”, who had temporary jobs and moved from one place to another depending on the nature of their work.

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ICU building inaugurated at Peren district hospital DIMAPUR: Deputy commissioner (DC) Peren, Vineet Kumar on Friday, inaugurated a new ICU building at district hospital, Peren town. According to a DIPR report, the DC in his address, asked the gathering to invest more energy and cooperation to witness smooth functioning and development in the district.

Congratulating the people of Peren on achieving the structure at the right time, he also requested the medical fraternity to make the best use of the facilities.

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struction of ICU. In a brief report on the construction of ICU building, PTWO president & member, construction committee, Pelingrangle acknowledged various donors including the churches, organisations and individuals for their contributions towards the successful construction of the building.

She informed that the amount received through public contribution was Rs. 19,34,721. The programme was chaired by SDO (C) Kemciyile while short speeches were delivered by deputy CMO Peren and PTWCU president & member, construction committee, Gaigwang Hegeu.

ment Registered ClassI Contractors’ Union (NGRC-I CU) secretary, Abel Shohe said laborers in the state were not properly categorised.

On labour registration, he suggested good coordination among the union in screening out labourers and categorising them into subdivisions and suggested that labourers be provided with proper id-cards for authentication with a form of security.

With random and no proper fixing of working rates in the state, the meeting highlighted that this

was a major challenge.

It was proposed that the workers should have a badge or common uniform for daily wagers and wages to be streamlined.

With several workers from outside the state to operate heavy machinery, the meeting suggested that proper training for labourers be looked into along with certification of their work so that local people were given equal opportunity in the state and the system.

The programme was chaired by CEO, NBOCWWB, T Chubayanger.

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of our beloved mother Lt. Mrs. nyimtseno ngullie of Okotso village

Born : 04.04.1930 Died : 23.07.2021 It’s been a year now without you in our lives, words cannot express how much we miss you and long for your presence. Until we meet again, you will forever remain in our hearts and memories.

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Loving children and family members

15.01.1958

19.07.2022

“For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain”. Philippians 1:21 The immense love and support rendered to us during the sudden demise of Late Rev. Dr. L. Tsanso has touched our hearts beyond measure.

We deeply appreciate and gratefully acknowledge all those who stood by us during our difficult times. Your presence, kind words, sympathy and condolences has held us up and made our loss more bearable.

The special funeral arrangement, flower presentation, tributes, generous gestures and the respect shown was deeply felt by us. It would be impossible to thank everyone of you individually but we humbly pray that the Lord Almighty God bless and enrich your lives.

Our special gratitude to :1. LBCA Office bearers & staff 2. NBCC General Secretary & staff 3. Representatives from different churches & associations 4. Doctors & nurses of NHAK, Bethel Hospital Kohima & Zion Hospital Dimapur.

5. Blood Donors “Your exemplary life will always continue to be our guiding star.

And even though you are gone, your memories will live in our hearts and lives forever”. k-1697/22

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APC speaking at the NE food processors meet on Friday. (NP)

WEATHER FORECAST JULY 23

(Temperature in ºC)

Max Min

Agartala Mostly cloudy with a t-storm

31 27

Mostly cloudy with a t-storm

26 21

Guwahati Mostly cloudy with a t-storm

32 27

Mostly cloudy with a t-storm

28 21

Aizawl Imphal

Itanagar A stray afternoon t-storm

31 25

Shillong Couple of thunderstorms

23 19

Kohima Couple of thunderstorms

25 20

Dimapur An afternoon thunderstorm

32 24

Mostly cloudy with a t-storm

27 21

Tuensang Mostly cloudy with a t-storm

22 18

Mkg Wokha

A p.m. t-storm in spots

Zunheboto A shower and thunderstorm

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NAGALAND POST, DIMAPUR SATURDAY, JULY 23, 2022

Correspondent KOHIMA, JUL 22(NPN): State agriculture production commissioner (APC), Y. Kikheto Sema said there was no scope of other large and medium scales industries in the state and that the state can earn revenue and employ the youth only through agri based industries.

The APC was speaking at the “North East Food Processors Meet for the Technology Upgradation, Bankers, and Investors” at Hotel De Oriental Grand, here, on Friday.

Pointing out that Na-

galand was the only state which was formed out of political agreement, APC said even after statehood, there was no time to invest in economic development which resulted in the state lagging behind, especially in food processing system.

In this regard, Kikheto said it was time to invest and that, with diverse agro climatic zone, there was scope for agro-based industry in the hilly terrains.

He stated that the peculiar land holding system and diverse cultivation also posed as challenges.

Kikheto appealed to the bankers and investors

present, to invest in the state and not to “shy away” from the state as the state government has provided 200 and 20 crores which he said, was yet to be spent.

He informed that the meet was organised with an objective to have a practical idea of what was happening in the food processing sector outside North East India and to showcase new technologies, latest schemes and benefits of the government of India.

Speaking on the scope of food processing sector in the state, director, Horticulture said there were plenty of fruits for food processing industries.

He said the demand for processed food were on the rise and cheaper workforce could be effectively utilised to setup large low-cost production markets bases for domestic and export good investment opportunities existed in many food processing industries.

He encouraged the bankers to create awareness for farmers and entrepreneurs about various government schemes.

Earlier, welcome address was delivered by one of the representatives of Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC), followed by technical sessions.

T h e p r o g r a m m e wa s jointly organised by ministry of Food Processing Industries and ICC.

GPRN/NSCN to hold fasting and prayer programme

DIMAPUR: GPRN/NSCN “National Prayer Organising Committee” has informed that a one-day “fasting and prayer of the wives and widows of the national workers” will be held on July 30, 7 am–12 noon at CHQ Church, Naga Unification Camp, Khehoyi.

GPRN/NSCN through

its MIP has requested the wives and widows of “national workers” and women members of GPRN/NSCN both from the civil set up and Naga Army to attend the service “to seek benevolent guidance and blessing of the Almighty God in the political journey of Naga people’s national movement.”

Recruitment rally under Agnipath DIMAPUR: Army recruitment rally under the recently announced Agnipath Scheme would be held for all districts of Nagaland from September 7-23 at Bhagat Stadium, Rangapahar Military Station, Dimapur.

In a press release, PRO (Def) Kohima has informed that online registrations for the candidates have begun from July 5 and would close on August 3. In this regard, PRO has informed that detailed notification giving out eligibility criteria and QRs would be available on www.joinindianarmy.nic.in.

NASU to follow ASU ‘code of conduct’

DIMAPUR: Adhering to the “code of conduct” passed by the Angami Students Union (ASU), Northern Angami Students Union (NASU) said it would conduct “field checking” within its jurisdiction.

In a press release, NASU vice president, Atouzo Kerhüo and education secretary, Meteituolie Talie said the union would strictly deal with any student found at alcohol joints, cyber cafes or any other places in uniform during class hour.

The union said it shall not tolerate any student found indulging in any immoral activities in uniform, forming gangs and involving in gang fight, taking intoxicant or any abusive substances and that stern action would be taken against the defaulters.

NASU also cautioned students in uniform below 18 years of age not to drive vehicles and has also prohibited usage of government vehicles for dropping and picking up of students from school.

Further, the union has informed students to avail 50% fee concessions on bus fare as it’s resolution with CBOUK stands still.

DC Tuensang issues traffic advisory

DIMAPUR: In view of the damage of Hamilton Bridge between Chare and Trongar village, Mokokchung to Tuensang road and ongoing repair work, deputy commissioner Tuensang, Kumar Ramnikant has advised travelers to take alternative road on July 22 for five hours from 1 pm-6 pm. Alternative route includes—Trongar - Alisopur- Longmisa- Mokokchung and Yangli- Suruhoto- Mokokchung.

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B’desh court to hear ULFA weapons case on Oct 18

DHAKA, JUL 22 (IANS): The appeal and death references of smuggling 10 trucks loaded with weapons at the Chittagong Urea Fertiliser Ltd. (CUFL) jetty for the separatist group, United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), have now been scheduled for hearing on October 18, said the Bangladesh High Court bench of Justices Shahidul Karim and Fatima Najib.

The Supreme Court and the High Court bench of Bangladesh have fixed a date for hearing of death reference and appeal in a case on smuggling 10 trucks loaded with weapons in CUFL jetty in Chittagong.

The 10 trucks full of weapons were seized in April 2, 2004, despite suspected efforts of certain “influential quarters” for their safe passage to ULFA in the presence of its military wing chief Paresh Barua during the Bangladesh Nationalist Party-Jamaat coalition government.

As many as 13 others, including Jamaat chief and the then Bangladesh Industries Minister Matiur Rahman Nizami and the then State Home Minister

The 10 trucks full of weapons were seized in April 2, 2004 near near the Karnaphuli river.

Lutfozzaman Babar, have Rahman Nizami, Jamaat been sentenced to death top leader Ali Ahsan Mufor smuggling the 10 trucks. zahid, Lutfuzzaman Babar The trucks were seized and the then chief of the two at the jetty of the CUFL intelligence agencies, Briganear the Karnaphuli river dier General (retd) Abdur while weapons were being Rahim and Major General loaded on them for delivery (retd) Rezzakul Haidar Chy. to ULFA. The court will also anAs many as 4,930 so- nounce its verdict on Banphisticated firearms of dif- gladesh Nationalist Party ferent types, 840 rocket de facto chief Tarique Rahlaunchers, 300 rockets, man, staying in London for 27,020 grenades, 2,000 gre- more than a decade to evade nade-launching tubes, 6,392 punishment after conviction magazines and 11.41 mil- for his involvement in the lion bullets were recovered. August 24, 2004, grenade A special court in Chit- attack on Chief Minister tagong handed the death Sheikh Hasina leaving the sentence to Tareq Rahman, latter injured and killing 30 son of former Prime Min- Bangladesh Awami League ister Khaleda Zia, Matiur leaders and activists.

Tareq Zia and Lutfuz Zaman Babar, the paid agents of Inter-Services Intelligence, are appealing against the death sentence in both cases.

Tareq met with ‘D’ company in Dubai, before the grenade attack on Hasina, said close associates of Tareq to IANS requesting anonymity.

Following the upcoming election in 2023, the opposition BNP and its ally Jamaat-e-Islami have been embroiled in fresh controversy.

Officials familiar with the investigation said their extended probe found Chinese firm NORINCO to have produced the alleged seized weapons.

The ship of QC Shipping that carried the illegal consignment to Bangladeshi territory is owned by Pakistan paid BNP leader and war criminal Salauddin Quader Choudhry.

On October 1, 2013, S.Q. Chy was convicted of genocide, killing thousands of Hindus, including legendary businessman and Ayurvedic legend Nutan Chandra Singha in 1971, who saved several hundred

academicians, including Anisuzzaman, Padma Bhushan awardee, and sentenced to death by the ICT. He was hanged on November 22, 2015. “Like the (Hindu) Goddess Durga, this case too has 10 hands, which are very strong. Very influential quarters of the then BNP-led government were involved in it who should be brought to justice with caution,” Chief prosecution lawyer of the case, Kamal Uddin said before the court.

The case documents and judgment have reached the High Court as death reference from the lower court while several convicts in the case have filed separate appeals with the HC challenging the earlier verdict against them.

Fourteen people were sentenced to life imprisonment and seven years each under two separate sections of the Arms Act. Two of the convicted, Jamaat Islami Chief (Amir), Matiur Rahman Nizami. Another top Jamaat leader Ali Ahsan Muzahid was sentenced to death when convicted in the 1971 war crime trials for genocide and atrocities with Pakistan Army.

Another convicted former top Intelligence official Abdur Rahim died of Covid-19. The appeal by those convicted will bring back the focus on the active patronage to weapons and terrorism during the BNPJamaat alliance government in 2001 and 2006.

Since the Chittagong arms seizure was followed by the deadly grenade attack on Sheikh Hasina, the then opposition leader during a meeting before a rally of Awami League within five months, an attack that nearly killed Hasina, clearly exposes the unholy and coveted alliance Tarique Rahman held with Pak-paid Jamaat to destroy the secular community and IndiaBangladesh friendship.

However, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday credited Chief Minister Hasina for taking adequate steps that curbed militancy in his state.

Lauding Hasina’s efforts, the Assam Chief Minister said crackdown by Hasina’s government on the insurgent group ULFA inside Bangladesh has saved Assam.

NAGALAND POST, DIMAPUR SATURDAY, JULY 23, 2022

Chouhan offers prayers at Tripura Sundari temple

Shivraj Chauhan planted a sapling at the Sundari temple.

AGARTALA, JUL 22 prabhari (in charge) of the (PTI): Madhya Pradesh party’s membership earlier.

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh That time too I had offered Chouhan offered prayers at puja and sought blessings for the Maa Tripura Sundari peace, prosperity and develtemple in Tripura on Friday. opment of Madhya Pradesh Chouhan, who arrived and the country,” he told the here on a chartered flight on media. Chauhan also plantWednesday and was accom- ed a sapling at the temple panied by his wife, said he premises in the presence of prayed for the welfare of the Tripura Tourism Minister people of Madhya Pradesh Pranajit Singha Roy and and the country.” “I rush to local MLA Biplab Kumar Maa Tripura Sundari temple Ghosh. The 15th century whenever she calls me. I temple is considered as one visited the temple when I of the 51 Shakti peeths of paid a visit to Tripura as a the Hindus.

Japanese Encephalitis claims Himanta claims 15-16 Assam Cong MLAs voted for Murmu 38 lives, infects 238 in Assam

GUWAHATI, JUL 22 (IANS): At least 38 people died of Japanese Encephalitis in Assam in the last three weeks while 238 were infected, prompting the Health Department to undertake various measures to deal with the disease, officials said on Friday.

According to the National Health Mission (NHM), since July 1, at least 38 people have died and 238 people have fallen ill after being infected by the vector-borne disease in more than 20 of the 35 districts.

With the direction

of the NHM authorities, District Rapid Response Teams were constituted to keep a close watch on the situation and to take preventive measures.

Japanese Encephalitis and malaria kill many people in Assam every year, specifically during the monsoon season that usually starts in May and stretches to October.

Principal Secretary, Health, Avinash Joshi and National Health Mission Director M.S. Lakshmi Priya are in close touch with the district authorities and asked them to remain

pro-active to deal with the situation.

The NHM has also issued a standard operating procedure and guidelines to tackle the situation arising with the outbreak of the Japanese Encephalitis.

The health workers have been conducting massive awareness against the Japanese Encephalitis.

Last year, at least 40 deaths were reported due to Japanese Encephalitis, officials said.

Japanese Encephalitis is transmitted by infected mosquitoes mainly during the monsoon.

GUWAHATI, JUL 22 (PTI): Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday claimed that of the 22 opposition MLAs of the state, who voted for NDA nominee Droupadi Murmu in the presidential election defying their party line, 15-16 are from the Congress. Altogether 124 MLAs of the 126-member assembly exercised their franchise in the presidential election on July 18, while two legislators from the AIUDF were outside the country.

Compared to the NDA’s strength of 79 in the House, Murmu secured 104 votes, while joint opposition candidate Yashwant Sinha

got 20. There are 44 opposition MLAs in the state assembly. Of the 22 “extra” votes that the NDA candidate received, “15 to 16 are from the Congress and the remaining may be from the AIUDF or Independent”, Sarma told reporters here.

Assam state Congress president Bhupen Bora admitted that there was crossvoting in the presidential poll and claimed that at least six MLAs from his party voted in favour of Murmu, defying its stated support for the opposition candidate.

“In a presidential election, MLAs and MPs vote according to their conscience and not as per their

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parties’ affiliations.

“I don’t want to say much or create any political controversy on the voting pattern. I also don’t believe that there will be any division in any political party on this issue,” Sarma said.

Bora said, “Altogether 24 Congress MLAs along with the lone CPI(M) leg-

TMC threatens to take M’laya govt to court for denying power supply

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SHILLONG, JUL 22: The Trinamool Congress on Friday threatened to drag the Meghalaya Energy Corporation Limited (MeECL) and the Meghalaya government to court if power is not restored within a week in villages across the State.

TMC spokesperson, Saket Gokhale wrote to Deputy Chief Minister incharge Power, Prestone Tynsong regarding the “criminal practice” of denial of electricity to entire villages due

to a few “defaulters”.

“I have been apprised of a shocking and inhuman tactic employed by the state government and the MeECL against poor villagers. Numerous reports and firsthand accounts have said that MeECL shuts down electricity to an entire village when a few villagers are late in paying their power bills.

Even when the majority of villagers have paid their bills, the main electricity transformer to the village is shut down on the grounds that a handful of villagers

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have not made payments,” Gokhale, who is currently visiting Meghalaya, told Tynsong.

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COCOMI, UNC demand Manipur State Population Commission Correspondent

IMPHAL, JUL 22: Two major pressure groups in Manipur on Friday demanded passing a resolution on setting up Manipur State Population Commission during the ensuing monsoon session of the state Assembly which will commence on July 25 and have 11 sittings and will continue till August 5. A joint statement of the Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity (COCOMI) and the United Naga Council (UNC) issued today demanded that the state Assembly adopt a resolution to set up the state population commission.

The joint statement reiterated their demand for deportation of illegal migrants and checking mushrooming of unrecognized villages in the hill areas of the state. The joint committee drew the attention of all the members of the state Assembly to adopt the decision and send a proposal to the Central government for taking up necessary steps to check demographic imbalance in the state, arising out of the influx of illegal migrants into the state. The two pressure

groups further demanded updating the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in respect of the state of Manipur with a fixed cut-off base year to identify illegal immigrants. Earlier, on June 4, the COCOMI and UNC had submitted a joint memorandum to Manipur chief minister drawing his attention to initiate steps to check influx of illegal immigrants in the state.

The copy of the memorandum was also submitted to the Prime Minister and Union home minister on June 10. In the memorandum, the two bodies sought immediate steps on the part of the Centre to check the demographic imbalance in the state. Other demands contained in the memorandum were to update NRC and deport illegal immigrants or to initiate alternative arrangements so as not to harm the interests of the indigenous people of the land.

The two pressure groups pointed out that the demographic imbalance brought about by the influx of illegal immigrants adversely affected the socio-political, economic and cultural aspects of the indigenous people of the state.

ate” restoration of power, the TMC Spokesperson said, denying villagers’ power who have paid their bills on time is “not only atrocious but a criminal act of collectively punishing an entire villagers for the default of a few households.”

“In case action is not taken immediately and the situation is not rectified, the government of Meghalaya and the MeECL would be made respondents in petitions at the appropriate judicial forums including the High Court of Meghalaya,”

Gokhale told Tynsong.

“Neither the government of Meghalaya nor the MeECL has any right to deny electricity to villagers who have been making timely payments of their bills,” the TMC spokesperson added.

Giving specific examples of villages, Gokhale said, Rari and Kosi Chora villages under Bajengdoba in North Garo Hills have had the transformer and electricity supply disconnected for the past two months only because a few

households had not made their payment.

Similarly power was disconnected in Dingrepa and Matchu Ki villages over the same “frivolous issue” of some villagers not paying their electricity bills on time.

“Let me remind you that under the Indian law and our Constitution there are no provisions for medieval practice like collective punishment. In fact Article 21 of the Constitution of India guarantees life and liberty to every person,” Gokhale noted in the letter.

islator and an Independent had attended a meeting where opposition nominee Yashwant Sinha was present to seek their support. It is obvious that some of them had links with the ruling camp.”

He also stated that the party “will identify them and necessary action will be taken”. Asked whether the opposition AIUDF MLAs had voted for Murmu, Bora said, “Before looking into what other parties did, we will have to deal with our MLAs who did not support the opposition nominee”.

AIUDF chief Badruddin Ajmal had earlier announced that his party

would support Murmu but in a turnaround a day before the presidential poll, it had decided to vote for the opposition nominee. On the day of the election, AIUDF MLA Karimuddin Barbhuiya had claimed he had evidence that “20 Congress members, if not more, voted in favour of Murmu”.

The AIDUF has 15 MLAs in the state assembly but two of them did not vote in the election as they were not in the country.

The ruling NDA has 79 MLAs in the state assembly, while three BPF members, who support the alliance in the House also voted for Murmu.

IN THE COURT OF DISTRICT & SESSIONS JUDGE WOKHA : NAGALAND

NOTICE S/C No. 66/22 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 T. Asali Lotha has been applied by Shri. Phyanyamo Murry, H/o. Lt. T. Asali Lotha, R/o H/No. Wokha Village, Wokha, Nagaland for possession of: 1. Account Book Post Office, bearing A/c No. 6159641077, Wokha Branch.

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 to appear in this court on or before 22-08-2022.

Given under the hand and seal of the court on this day the 21-07-2022.

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gets Y category security Oppn members walk out of parl panel meet TMC’s decision to abstain from Rajbhar amid growing proximity to BJP for not taking up Agnipath, says Venugopal VP poll disappointing: Margaret

NEW DELHI, JUL 22 (PTI): Opposition’s vicepresidential candidate Margaret Alva on Friday described the Trinamool Congress’s (TMC) decision to abstain from voting in the August 6 election as “disappointing” and said this is not the time for “whataboutery, ego or anger”.

Her reaction came a day after the Mamata Banerjee-led party announced that it will abstain from the vicepresidential election as it did not agree with the manner in which the Opposition candidate was decided, without keeping it in the loop.

“The TMC’s decision to abstain from voting in the VP election is disappointing.

This isn’t the time for ‘whataboutery’, ego or anger. This is the time for courage, leadership and unity. I believe, Mamata Banerjee, who is the epitome of courage, will stand with the opposition,” Alva wrote on Twitter.

The leaders of 17 Opposition parties, at a meeting, decided to field Alva, a former governor of Rajasthan and Uttarakhand, as

Margaret Alva their candidate for the vicepresidential poll.

The leaders of the TMC and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) were not present at the meeting that took place at the residence of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Sharad Pawar last Sunday.

Pawar subsequently said he was in touch with both Mamata Banerjee and AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal and was confident of getting their support.

The TMC and the AAP had supported the joint Opposition candidate for the presidential election, Yashwant Sinha.

The ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA)

has nominated former West Bengal governor Jagdeep Dhankhar as its candidate in the vice-presidential poll.

“There is no question of supporting the NDA candidate, especially Jagdeep Dhankhar. The TMC lawmakers have unanimously decided not to take part in the vice-presidential election,” national general secretary of the party Abhishek Banerjee said on Thursday, after a meeting of the party MPs at Mamata Banerjee’s Kolkata residence.

Abhishek Baner jee, the nephew of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, alleged that the Opposition candidate was decided without proper consultation and deliberation with his party, which has 35 MPs in both houses of Parliament.

“We disagree with the process of announcing the Opposition candidate, without keeping the TMC in the loop. We were neither consulted nor was anything discussed with us. So we cannot support the Opposition nominee,” he said.

LU C K N OW, J U L 2 2 (PTI): The BJP-led Uttar Pradesh government accorded ‘Y’ category security to Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party president Om Prakash Rajbhar, a move seen in the context of the SP ally’s growing proximity to the ruling party.

The development comes days after Rajbhar’s party broke ranks with the Samajwadi Party (SP) and voted for NDA’s presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu, who has defeated opposition pick Yashwant Sinha.

The move has irked the Samajwadi Party which claimed that Rajbhar has been rewarded for his recent aggressive postures against the party leadership and that the party was aware of his continued links with the BJP ever since it returned to power for the second consecutive term in the Assembly polls earlier this year.

According to a letter dated July 15 sent to the additional director general of police (security), Joint Secretary of the Home Department Vinay Kumar Singh said it has been decided to

extend ‘Y’ category security to SBSP president and Zahurabad MLA Om Prakash Rajbhar.

Singh has also asked the ADGP to complete necessary formalities.

Under the ‘Y’ category security cover, a protectee is provided 11 security personnel, including two personal security officers (PSO).

When contacted, SBSP national spokesperson and Rajbhar’s son Arjun confirmed the party president being provided ‘Y’ category security. Reacting on the development, senior Samajwadi Party leader IP Singh termed the security extended to Rajbhar as the reward for his recent statements against them.

Rajbhar has been in contact with the BJP ever since the return of the Adityanath government for the second consecutive time, I P Singh said.

“All of us in the party are aware of it and in alert mode,” I P Singh said.

Senior SP leader Udaiveer Singh saw grant of the ‘Y’ grade security to Rajbhar as part of quid pro quo between the two parties.

Hybrid militancy a new Airlines can’t deny boarding to disabled challenge by Pak: J&K DGP passenger without doctor’s opinion: DGCA

S R I NAG A R , J U L 2 2 (AGENCIES): Jammu and Kashmir’s Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbagh Singh Friday said that Hybrid terrorism is a strategic move by Pakistan “to get the crime committed and shield the criminal in the process”.

“But so far the neighbouring country has failed to provide cover to the terrorists involved in innocent killings, “ the DGP said while talking to reporters at Anantnag after inaugurating the Women’s Police Station as per news agency KNO. “In this type of faceless militancy, hybrid militants kill people including innocents and policemen then go underground in a bid to give impression that they have done nothing. But police have busted and exposed all such underground

modules who were involved in innocent killings,” the DGP said. He said Hybrid militancy is “destined to fail as police network was very strong to counter it”.

He said that the impression about police working on anti-militancy front was “wrong and the fact remains that social crimes are also being dealt with”.

“Since terrorism has affected one and all in Kashmir, it looks like that police was focussing on handling militancy only,” the DGP said.

He said that setting up of women’s police station was a move to bridge gap between police and women. “We will upgrade the women police stations across Kashmir to provide a breathing space to women.

Such stations will also help deal with crimes against women to large extent,” the DGP said.

NEW DELHI, JUL 22 (PTI): If an airline feels a disabled passenger’s health is likely to deteriorate during a flight, it must consult a doctor at the airport and take an “appropriate decision” on whether boarding should be denied to the flyer or not, aviation regulator DGCA said on Friday.

If the airline then decides to deny boarding to the disabled passenger, it will have to immediately inform the passenger in writing and mention the reasons in that note, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) said in a statement.

The regulator had proposed the aforementioned regulations on June 3, six days after it had imposed a fine of Rs 5 lakh on IndiGo for denying boarding to a disabled boy at Ranchi airport on May 7.

No merit lists for CBSE exams to avoid ‘unhealthy competition’ among students

NEW DELHI, JUL 22 (PTI): The Central Board of Secondary Education will not declare merit lists for class 10 and 12 exams to avoid “unhealthy competition” among students, Examination Controller Sanyam Bhardwaj said on Friday.

The CBSE did not announce merit lists in 2020 and 2021 as the results were declared on the basis of alternate assessment scheme

because exams could not be conducted due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

“As per earlier decision of the board, no merit list will be declared to avoid unhealthy competition among students. The board is also not awarding first, second and third division to its students,” Bhardwaj said.

“The board will issue merit certificates to 0.1 per cent of students who have scored the highest marks

in subjects,” he added. The results for the 2022 examination for classes 10 and 12 were announced on Friday. While 92.7 per cent of students cleared the Class 12 exam, 94.40 per cent passed the Class 10 exam. In Class 12, 1,34,797 students scored above 95 per cent and 33,432 scored above 90 per cent. In Class 10, 64,908 candidates scored above 95 per cent and 2,36,993 scored above 90 per cent.

IndiGo had on May 9 said the boy was denied permission to board the Ranchi-Hyderabad flight as he was visibly in panic.

After the boy was prohibited from boarding, his parents also decided not to enter the plane.

The DGCA had asked the public to send their comments on the proposed amendments by July 2.

In a statement on Friday, the DGCA said it has amended its regulations to improve the accessibility of boarding and flying for disabled people.

The amended regulations stated that the airline must not refuse boarding to any passengers on the basis of disability or reduced mobility.

“However, in case, an airline perceives that the health of such a passenger may deteriorate in-flight, the

said passenger will have to be examined by a doctor in person - who shall in his/her opinion, categorically state the medical condition and whether the passenger is fit to fly or not,” the amended regulations mentioned.

After obtaining the medical opinion, the airline shall take an appropriate decision on the carriage of such passenger, it noted.

“In case of refusal of carriage by the airline, it shall inform the passenger in writing with the reasons therein immediately,” it mentioned.

IndiGo CEO Ronojoy Dutta had on May 9 expressed regret over the May 7 incident and offered to buy an electric wheelchair for the disabled boy.

Dutta had said the airline staff took the best possible decision under difficult circumstances.

NEW DELHI, JUL 22 (PTI): Opposition members on Friday walked out in protest from a meeting of the Parliamentary Committee on Defence, alleging they were not allowed to discuss the Agnipath scheme.

Members of Congress and BSP urged committee chairman Jual Oram to allow a discussion on the Agnipath scheme, arguing it has huge implications and required parliamentary scrutiny, but were denied the permission.

Congress MPs K C Venugopal and Uttam Kumar Reddy, besides BSP’s Danish Ali, who are members of the panel, argued with the chairman that the Agnipath scheme has already been discussed in the Consultative Committee on Defence and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and the three service chiefs have made a presentation before it.

The members are learnt to have contended that not allowing a discussion on Agnipath amounted to an insult to Parliament and that not informing the committee about the scheme

K C Venugopal is a breach of privilege.

The leaders also urged him to list the issue for discussion in the next meeting, but the chairman denied permission, to which Oram is learnt to have said that the agenda of issues to be discussed at the committee meetings is decided in advance at the beginning of the year and hence this request cannot be entertained now.

The Chairman, sources said, also told the opposition members that they could raise this in Parliament and discuss it there but did not allow the scheme to be discussed in the Committee.

Venugopal later took to Twitter to say that members Uttam Kumar Reddy, Danish Ali and himself walked out in protest from today’s meeting of Parliament

Standing Committee on Defence “for not taking up the controversial Agnipath Scheme despite our repeated requests and my earlier letter addressed to the Chairman requesting the same”.

“We urged the Chairman to clarify; Why the Parliament Standing Committee on Defence was kept in dark on the Agnipath Recruitment Scheme? Why the Scheme was not taken up in the committee’s budget scrutiny meetings despite involving financial implications?

“The Chairman turned a deaf ear to these crucial questions and the scheme was not discussed. No discussion in Parliament, no deliberations in the Parliament Standing Committees, thus goes the way of bulldozing legislations in the Modi era,” he tweeted.

Sources said the opposition members also highlighted that the Agnipath scheme was the biggest change in the armed forces since independence and needed to be discussed in the Parliamentary Committee on Defence, where government actions are scrutinised.

GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND

DIRECTORATE OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION NAGALAND : KOHIMA

Dated Kohima, the

July 2022.

NOTIFICATION NO. DTE/ESTT-2/02/2021-22/ This is to inform the NSEE-2022 appeared candidates whose merit falls within 1 to 200 that the spot counselling will be held on 27th July, 2022, at 12:00 Noon, in the Conference Hall of the Directorate of Technical Education, Nagaland, Kohima, below New Secretariat building, to fill up the reserved seats given in the table below. Selection will be purely based on NSEE-2022 merit list, options/preference exercised by the candidates.

No. of Sl. Name of Course Remarks No Seats 1 B. V. Sc.& AH 4 2 B. Sc. Fishery 1 3 B. Sc. (Hons) Sericulture 2 4 B. Sc. (Hons)Agri 1 5 B. Sc. (Hons) Horticulture 1 (8 State Nominee & 2 6 B. Pharmacy 10 endowment seat) 7 B. Sc. Nursing 11 8 B. Sc. MLT 3 9 B. Sc. OOT 3 10 B. Sc. RIT 3 11 B. Sc. (Hons) Community Science 1 Self financed Candidates failing to attend the said Counselling on the specified date and time shall forfeit their candidature for selection to the seats given above.

The spot round counselling is necessitated due to paucity of time.

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UNIVERSITY

(A Central University Established by an Act of Parliament 1989) Campus : Medziphema School of Agricultural Sciences & Rural Development Medziphema-797106 (Nagaland) NO.SAMN/Acd-1/2020(Vol-2)-1241

Dated: 20/07/2022

NU: SASRD ADMISSION NOTICE

It is hereby notified to the aspiring students seeking admission to various disciplines of M.Sc. (Ag.) and Ph.D Programme in Agriculture in the School of Agricultural Sciences & Rural Development, Medziphema Campus of Nagaland University for the Academic session 2022-23 to fill-in the online form available in the University website, www.nagalanduniversity.ac.in. Application forms and information brochures can be obtained from Nagaland University website.

Application fee of Rs. 170/- (Rupees one hundred and seventy) only for SC/ST and Rs. 220/- (Rupees two hundred and twenty) only for general category candidates must be paid online at www.sbicollect.com.

Eligibility for M.Sc.(Ag.) Candidates must possess a B.Sc.(Hons.)Ag./B.Sc.(Hort.) degree from any UGC/ ICAR recognized Institution/University with minimum 6.5 OGPA for general candidates and 6.0 OGPA for SC/ST candidates.

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OPINION/EDITORIAL

Nagaland Post VOL. XXXII NO. 227 DIMAPUR, SATURDAY, JULY 23, 2022

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Political ego trips

t was a momentary bombshell which the Trinamool Congress dropped when it announced that the party will not support opposition candidate Margaret Alva of the Congress for the post of vice president. The announcement was made by Mamata Banerjee’s heir-apparent and nephew Abhishek Banerjee, the party all Indian general secretary. The decision of the TMC to not support even the NDA candidate and former West Bengal governor Jagdip Dhankar was of lesser consequence than throwing tantrums because Abhishek alleged, that the party was not consulted before deciding on Alva. Even if TMC had agreed to support Alva, it would have not made any difference on the eventual outcome since the NDA candidate Dhankar would have sailed through with votes from BJP and NDA including regional parties like YSRCP in Andhra Pradesh and BJD in Odisha etc. Mamata’s mercurial and temperamental behaviour is legendary and the TMC’s attack on the Congress is a continuing process. Mamata sees the Congress party as an irritant to her ambitions because the grand old party has proved to be the weak link in a perceived opposition unity to face the BJP in 2024. Therefore, Abhiskek’s bombshell announcement was clearly intended to isolate the Congress even if it meant breaking opposition unity in the process. TMC should have been gracious when Congress supports its national vice president Yashwant Sinha as the presidential candidate .

The TMC’s decision to not support Alva on the plea that it was not consulted is a lame excuse. If TMC felt slighted, it should also recall that Mamata did not invite Congress for the meeting for opposition unity. Even if TMC wanted to abstain, it should have made known its displeasure when Sharad Pawar announced the name of Alva and have things sorted out instead of waiting for so many days. The whole issue of opposition unity to take on the BJP is like shooting in the dark. In fact the opposition parties oppose each more bitterly than against the BJP. Bloated egos and ambitions of each of the opposition parties such as TMC, AAP and TRS has ensured they’ll not get along. These three parties want to take centre stage in the name of opposition unity but are ready to snub each other anytime. TMC, AAP and TRS don’t want to play second fiddle when it comes to positioning themselves in the name of opposition unity .Questions arise when it comes to the need for opposition unity. The first is - who counts as opposition? ; what kind of unity is being talked about? and is opposition unity all that is needed to take on Modi’s BJP? Just being opposed to Modi does not mean they are the opposition . Unity bid without willingness to give up personal egos and ambitions is not getting them anywhere. The three parties championing unity is not relevant for most states in India. There are states such as Kerala, Punjab, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh where the BJP is still not an electoral force that calls for a unity of non-BJP forces.

The most important point is that at this time there is no leader to even comes close to Modi and ; India is not ready to elect a khichdi of bickering bunch.

DailyDevotion Sanctification (1)

This is the will of God, your sanctification… —1 Thessalonians 4:3

The Death Side. In sanctification God has to deal with us on the death side as well as on the life side. Sanctification requires our coming to the place of death, but many of us spend so much time there that we become morbid. There is always a tremendous battle before sanctification is realized— something within us pushing with resentment against the demands of Christ. When the Holy Spirit begins to show us what sanctification means, the struggle starts immediately. Jesus said, “If anyone comes to Me and does not hate…his own life…he cannot be My disciple” (Luke 14:26). In the process of sanctification, the Spirit of God will strip me down until there is nothing left but myself, and that is the place of death. Am I willing to be myself and nothing more?

Am I willing to have no friends, no father, no brother, and no self-interest— simply to be ready for death?

That is the condition required for sanctification. No wonder Jesus said, “I did not come to bring peace but a sword” (Matthew 10:34). This is where the battle comes, and where so many of us falter. We refuse to be identified with the death of Jesus Christ on this point. We say, “But this is so strict. Surely He does not require that of me.” Our Lord is strict, and He does require that of us.

Am I willing to reduce myself down to simply “me”? Am I determined enough to strip myself of all that my friends think of me, and all that I think of myself? Am I willing and determined to hand over my simple naked self to God? Once I am, He will immediately sanctify me completely, and my life will be free from being determined and persistent toward anything except God (see 1 Thessalonians 5:23-24).

When I pray, “Lord, show me what sanctification means for me,” He will show me. It means being made one with Jesus. Sanctification is not something Jesus puts in me— it is Himself in me (see 1 Corinthians 1:30).

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A mere copier of nature can never produce anything great. ~ Joshua Reynolds

NAGALAND POST, DIMAPUR SATURDAY, JULY 23, 2022

Post-mortem

India’s economic woes need far-reaching reforms

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rime Minister Narendra Modi said recently that India is the fastest growing economy at the moment. Statistics-wise, it may be true, as other countries are not doing too well on this count. But the question to be asked is this: is India’s growth story a myth or reality?

On the face of it, the Indian economy may look reasonably good right now when compared to many other countries. Particularly after the Covid pandemic, our recovery seems to be relatively good.

But the question remains: is India on the right track and is it on the proper road to recovery? It is difficult to say. The overall macroeconomic fundamentals of the Indian economy are not all that bad, but there are worrying signals and if corrective actions, some of them drastic, are not taken, the day is not far when the economy could face serious problems.

More than it being Covid induced, the economic woes are structural and farreaching reforms are needed as was done in 1991 by the Congress govt. According to experts, India’s economic woes started in 2016, beginning with demonetisation, an ill-advised move. An economy which was growing at over 8 per cent started slowing down quarter after quarter, so much so that it fell close to 4 per cent in the last quarter before the Covid pandemic hit in 2019.

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Covid only accentuated the problem, with growth touching its nadir at negative 24 per cent in one quarter of 2019-20. Even more than demonetisation, the poor implementation of GST hit the cash-based informal economy, which accounted for over 85 per cent of the employment and 90 per cent of the small businesses in the country. This led to the shrinking of demand in the entire country, which subsequently affected production, thereby the industry and the economy. Covid and the lockdown only made the situation worse.

The question that is often asked is, will India go the Sri Lanka way or for that matter, Pakistan or Nepal?

The answer is a certain no at the moment as there are several positives in the Indian economy with exports picking up, indicating some revival of economic activity. But inflation, depleting foreign exchange reserves, falling rupee, and spiralling crude oil prices are worrying and if structural correctives through the right economic policies are not taken, the Indian economy could face massive difficulties.

The negative trends are already visible, with India’s economic growth projected over nine per cent this financial year having already been revised downwards several times, and the projections now range between 7 to 7.5

expenditure and debt servicing, which is dangerous.

According to RBI’s report, Punjab, Rajasthan and Bihar are expected to remain stressed, with their debt to GSDP (state GDP) ratio likely to exceed 35 per cent by 2026-27. The other states in this situation include West Bengal, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.

The report said, “Risks to state government finances arise from macroeconomic uncertainty, declining own tax revenue, re-launch of the old pension scheme by some of the states, rising expenditure on non-merit freebies, expanding contingent liabilities and ballooning overdue to discoms, warranting strategic corrective measures.”

These are strong words and a warning to those political parties which, for their short-term electoral gains, dole out freebies promised during elections, without ensuring they earn enough revenue to fulfil those promises. Free power, free bicycles, free laptops etc to get votes are not good ideas, particularly when the state’s economy is not doing well.

If these states were separate countries like Sri Lanka, Nepal or Pakistan, they would have faced bankruptcy like those countries. Fortunately, these states have an umbrella in the form of a Central government. If such a situation continues for long, it would impact the nation as a whole,

which is also facing some structural difficulties that needed correction.

According to the revised estimate, the debt-GSDP of Punjab was the highest at 53.3 per cent, followed by Rajasthan at 39.5 per cent, Bihar 38.6 per cent, Kerala 37 per cent and West Bengal 34.4 per cent. According to various scenarios built in the RBI report, if contingent liabilities are fully invoked, Rajasthan will see an additional 8.6 per cent debt in relation to GSDP, followed by Punjab (5.3 per cent), Kerala (3.9 per cent), Bihar (3.4 per cent) and West Bengal (0.9 per cent).

The N.K. Singh-led finance commission and the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Committee had suggested a debtGSDP ceiling of 20 per cent to states. Financial restructuring or bailouts to ailing state discoms will have a severe impact on the debt-GSDP ratios, the report said. Before the pandemic, the combined gross fiscal deficit of state governments remained at a modest 2.5 per cent, much lower than FRBM ceiling of 3 per cent for states.

This is not a happy situation.

The Centre also needs some serious economic policy reforms like massive efforts to push demand, remove supply constraints and pumping in huge investments in infrastructure development to kick-start the economy

as well as providing jobs to millions of people, particularly in rural areas. No one is asking Prime Minister Narendra Modi about his 2014 promise of putting Rs 15 lakh in the bank accounts of each and every Indian by bringing back the ill-gotten money stashed abroad. At that time, the estimate was $1.4 trillion. Now, as per some sources, it stands at $2 trillion.

Already, there are reports of asset bubbles developing in many advanced economies.

China too is not doing well.

There are reports of many Chinese banks having huge and unsustainable levels of non-performing assets. Many smaller Chinese banks at district level are already moving towards bankruptcy.

So far, the Chinese government has been able to prevent the imminent implosion of the banking system because of its huge foreign exchange reserves at over $3 trillion and strong macroeconomic fundamentals. But going forward, the Chinese economy too faces a bumpy road ahead. So, overall it is not a happy global economic situation. India might be the fastest growing economy at the moment, but going forward, things may change for the worse. Immediate and out-of-the-box correctives are needed to steer the country’s economy out of the woods.

KR Sudhaman (As published in National Herald)

Growing trend: More Indians giving away their citizenship

ecent trend shows that more and more Indians are giving away their Indian citizenship. Citizenship is something which is considered by every citizen in this case Indian as so precious having immense value. Over and above, Indian citizens cherish as long as they live and only as the last resort if and when all options and avenues are closed. Hence, a citizen finally opts to give away his/ her citizenship having considered all angles. In the decision-making processes they would have employed rigorous scrutiny and are careful consideration. Those who prefer to give away their citizenship that involves though many aspects, but out of them one could probably be central and crucial that triggers the decision-making processes to finality. A few days ago, in the winter session of the parliament the union minister of state for home J Nityanand Rai in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha said that a total of 1,63, 370 Indian nationals renounced their citizenship in 2021.

In 2020, the number had fallen to just 85, 248 from 1,44,217 in 2019, the highest until then. It is unbelievable that a record 1,63, 370 Indian nationals had decided to renounced

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per cent. Nomura has forecast a low of 4.7 per cent growth for the Indian economy in 2023, which may be a slight exaggeration, but it does indicate that all is not well for the Indian economy, with recession expected even in some of the advanced economies.

The Chinese economy too is not doing well, which could severely impact the sliding global economy adversely.

India may not go Sri Lanka or Pakistan’s way as the economy is quite large and some of the developed states are doing reasonably well.

But there are warning bells as according to a recent Reserve Bank of India report, 10 states in India have unsustainable levels of debt and high fiscal deficit. This is dangerous.

Each state is bigger than Sri Lanka and some of them are as big as Pakistan.

RBI has flagged the issue saying fiscal risks seem moving sub-national. Some of the states, particularly Punjab, Rajasthan and Bihar spend 90 per cent of the revenue they earn on expenditures like salaries, debt servicing and other revenue expenditures.

Hence, there is very little money left for developmental activities and capital expenditure. The other states spend more than 80 per cent of their revenue on routine expenditures, not leaving much money for capital formation.

The days are not far off when they may have to start borrowing to meet their revenue

their citizenship in 2021 that raises serious questions. Prior to getting into the reasons for their renunciation of Indian citizenship and nationality, what are their preferred destination as they reveal multiple aspects along with the key reason.

The data reveals that the highest number of applications that preferred to renounce Indian citizenship in favor of countries such as the United States of America with 78, 284, followed by Australia with 23,533, Canada with 21,549, then the United Kingdom with 14,637 and Italy with 5,986. Along with these countries New Zealand (2,643) and Singapore (2516) have also been gaining preference for India seeking nationalities. The minister of state for home did not disclose the reasons for the record number of Indian renouncing the Indian citizenship in preference to foreign nationality with a passing reference: “for reasons personal to them.”

Nonetheless, it is important to look into the matter as there could be some pivotal reasons India unlike other countries does not allow dual citizenship. And those who want to embrace foreign citizenship will have to renounce Indian citizenship.

And the way to surrendering Indian citizenship is to once for all give away the Indian passport. Those who prefer or opt for other passports attach added value or more weightage to the preferred passport that indicates better prospects and status than the country in which they were born and grown. Therefore, there’s no two-ways of going about it – surrendering/renouncing as against opting and preferred – from the country born and brought up to the country preferred and destined.

The choice those who want to renounce Indian nationality in preference to a foreign nationality is hard that runs deep-down intensely which is intriguing. It is bewildering to note that over 3.92 lakh Indians gave up their citizenship in the last three years.

The reasons are diverse that could perhaps be examined, analyzed and evaluated. To start with, it is important to know which age group is keen seeking citizenship in another country. It is not the age-group between 18-30 that by and large prefer to go overseas for education. It is the middle-age segment which is professional and entrepreneurial class wants to quit India for better prospectus. Exodus

of this magnitude and gravity is unprecedent. Why should those with professional skills immigrate to other countries? Should this phenomenon be brushed aside or undermined? Those in the ruling dispensation might offer diverse reasons that are elusive, but what is important is to seriously take the ground reality in which we live. The social and political templates echo horrendous levels of injustices and inequalities. Hate speech and hate killings have become the order of the day. Duplicity for rule of law and heckling of free-speech are new normal. FIRs against posts that questions or criticizes the dispensation of its policies.

In view of the volatile and toxic atmosphere prevailing in the country investors do not want to take risks. As long as current vicious political and virulent social climate persists, those who have invested in this country would apparently be prompted to relocate their businesses to other countries where there will be conducive social atmosphere and political stability.

Those with innovative capacity and super-skilled professionals are leaving the country for their professional growth along with their families.

This would eventually augment and escalate brain-drain. They think and argue that there is no future for them and their children in India.

For innovation and ‘make in India’, India by all means will have this class of people who are endowed with innovation skills and entrepreneurial capabilities. Over and above, in the wake of ‘brain drain’ is like one-way traffic, if it is not contained with checks and balances, India would soon become not “innovative hub”, but “imitator portal” thereby occupying the dubious distinction not “made in India”, but “made for India. Therefore, when we consider the future of India, future of our children and grandchildren, the current dispensation at the Centre should objectively take stock of the situation – why there’s exodus of this class.

Those who have been denouncing India citizenship by surrendering their Indian passports does comprise of cross-sections of the India society. Like the value of Indian rupee nose-diving every day, Indian passport should not lose its unique position.

Dr. I. John Mohan Razu Professor of Social Ethics

ENSF objects to biased distribution of funds

aster n Nagaland is a cluster of 7 major tribes of Nagaland visa-vis Chang, Khiamniungan, Konyak, Phom, Sangtam, Tikhir and Yimkhiung, with the formation of Naga Hill Tuensang Area (NHTA) erstwhile Tuensang Frontier Division in the year 1957 and Nagaland State coming into being in the year 1963 in consonance with two entities, wherein a solemn affirmation was concord between and vouched to share equated opportunities in all the Governmental aspects henceforth.

It is to note that with the arrival of the British East India Company in the early 19th century followed by British raj, it dominated the whole of the South Asia including Naga Hill but the land and the people of Eastern Nagas presently (Tuensang, Mon, Longleng, Kiphire, Noklak, Shamator) were free from any form of the colonial rule and in contrary in the quest for formation of the state of Nagaland, the Eastern Naga too have equally contributed and sacrifice to build the larger Nagaland, which too is enshrined and evident in the 16th point agreement and

article 371(A) of the Indian Constitution. Albeit the affirmation, the vouch for equated share remained futile till today and there has been an infinite disparity in orchestrating/ allocating the shares despite the constitutional rights enshrined in Article 371(2) (b) of the Indian constitution stating where any money that is provided by the government of India to the government of Nagaland to meet the requirement of the state of Nagaland as a whole, the governor shall in his discretion arrange for an equitable allocation of that money between the Tuensang District and the rest of the state. The very provision which was to cater and mitigate with the best ulterior motive to bring about the long-lasting peace, prosperity and development in the state was never maintained in letter and spirit by Nagaland state machineries.

India is the largest democratic country in the world and the constitution of India ensures all its citizens the right to Justice (Socially, Economically and politically)/ Equality (of all the status and of opportunity; and to promote among them all)/

Fraternity (assuring the dignity of the individual and the unity of the nation). The attitude maintained by today’s Nagaland state government is completely a mockery to the preamble of the constitution as the very gesture jeopardize the idea of Fraternity, Equality and Justice; radically the root for all this is biasness and Oligarchy. In the midst of today’s contemporary society flourishing with rapid globalization with intense advancement in various activities of lives, the land of Eastern Nagaland remained a remote barren land with socially and economically backward despite the surplus inbound of capital invested by the central government in order to develop the Eastern region. There is no plausible sign of development because the government of today despite being apprehensive has never shown keen interest to address the needs of the people and bid to felicitate the needs despite persistent hues and cries over the issues now and then. The Eastern most region of Nagaland state today hems in with most deplorable road condition, lack of human resource developments

and infrastructure which had potentially contributed towards the economic and social backwardness of the region.

The clandestine and arbitrary selfish motives of the government machineries in orchestrating and allocating the schemes and funds for development of state vis-à-vis the development project as a whole allocation done for the Eastern Nagaland is just a speck and it doesn’t even synchronize the allocation done to one district. Various departments in Nagaland are engulfed with numerous projected schemes, programs and developmental projects to uplift the whole lot of Nagaland state socially, economically and developmentally; but it is flabbergasted to encounter that there has been a lot of disparity in implementing the same. The question here is, who is sole responsible for disproportional discrepancies in developmental activities?

The federation is very much aware of the 5 years or more developmental activities pursued under the present government within the ambit of Eastern Nagaland and Nagaland; wherein the lion shares are been enjoyed by

the few sections of the society which is crystal clear and evident by whole lot of Nagas in general. Nagaland has more than 80 departments and the below mentioned are some micro evident facts and figures which is a classic example, in which manner the eastern areas and people are being deprived at large.

1. PMJVK under Ministry Of Minority Affairs, the Eastern Naga areas were allocated arguably with just 11.95 cr out of 279.72 cr.

2. List of priorities projects under North-Eastern Council (NEC) 2022-23 out of 30 projects under the state, an estimated cost of (normal 58.11 cr, Projection 120 cr) only a lone project, an estimated cost of 3.50 cr was earmarked for Eastern Nagaland.

3. Ministry Of Tribal Affairs (SCA to TSS Division) funds under special assistance to Tribal Sub-Scheme During 2020-21 (creation for capital asset-non recurring), out of total amounting Rs. 9,09,30,000 for 17 projects, only Rs. 1.5 cr was allocated for Eastern Nagaland.

The hoodwink and biased gesture is a clear man-

ifestation of lackadaisical and step motherly treatment towards Eastern Nagaland.

Such attitude was maintained since the inception of the state. the intensity of suppression and deprivation that the denizens of Eastern Nagaland had faced since time immemorial, and the excruciating pains inflicted upon are ineffable despite state machineries being very much cognizant of the horrendous conditions of the area, it still continues to deprive without hesitation.

In the light of the above discrepancies, the federation strongly objects over the biased distribution of funds as corroborated in the recent selection process. Hence, the Federation vehemently demands that all the proposed/ approved projects under existing departments of Nagaland be reviewed and allocate with equity in the larger interest of the Nagas. The trend of inclining towards a section of people/areas in the process of development will only jeopardize the very fabric of Naga integration in the near future.

ENSF president Chingmak Chang ENSF assistant general secretary Kaibo Konyak

Reader’s note: Articles or letters published in any of the columns do not reflect the view of this newspaper nor that of the Editor in any manner.

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Epoch in history that needs to be LG recommends probe into Delhi Excise Policy scripted: Culture min on Murmu’s win ARVIND KEJRIWAL CLAIMS MANISH SISODIA TO BE ARRESTED IN ‘FAKE CASE’

case will not hold in a court.

Manish is a hardcore honest man and he will walk free,” he said. Kejriwal also said AAP leaders are not afraid of going to jail as they have done no wrong.

At a press briefing, AAP chief spokesperson Saurabh Bhardwaj alleged that the CBI probe was recommended by the LG at the behest of the BJP-led Centre to implicate Sisodia in a fake case and keep the Kejriwal-led party at bay in the upcoming Assembly polls.

He also alleged that the Centre has been making efforts to “somehow” implicate all the ministers in the Delhi government in fake cases as Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scared of the growing popularity of the AAP and Kejriwal.

“The Centre will try to implicate more of our ministers. It has asked officials to find out anything, true or false, and launch a probe so that the AAP can be kept confined to Delhi and Punjab,” Bhardwaj said replying to a question.

RSS disrespected tricolour: Rahul takes a swipe at Modi

Kerala reports third case of monkeypox

Dubey encounter: SC closes pleas, asks BJP’s Joshua De Souza elected UP to act on panel’s recommendations Dy Speaker of Goa Assembly

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khadi,” Gandhi said.

In an apparent attack at the RSS, Gandhi said an organisation refused to adopt the tricolour for which many people of the country were martyred.

The organisation did not hoist the tricolour at its headquarters in Nagpur for 52 years and “disrespected” the tricolour continuously, he alleged.

“Today, people who have come out of the same organization are telling the history of the tricolour, are planning a ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ campaign,” Gandhi said.

“These people steeped in propaganda should just answer a few questions -Why did RSS not hoist the tricolour at its headquarters for 52 years? Why is the livelihood of those who make the national flag out of khadi being destroyed?

Why was the import of machine-made, polyester flags allowed from China?” the former Congress chief said in his post.

T H I RU VA N A N T H A PURAM, JUL 22 (PTI): A 35-year-old man, who came to Kerala from the UAE earlier this month, has tested positive for monkeypox, making him the third case of the virus from the country as well as the state.

Health Minister Veena George said the Malappuram native arrived in the southern state on July 6 and had fever since July 13. He was undergoing treatment at the Manjeri Medical College there and his health condition is stable, she said.

The minister also said all those who were in close contact with the patient are being closely monitored and their health condition is also stable.

H o w e v e r, G e o r g e made it clear that there was no need to panic over the disease as testing and surveillance have been intensified across the state.

“Everybody should be aware about the disease... isolation facilities have been arranged in all districts.

Surveillance has been intensified after setting up help desks in airports,” she said after a high level meeting of health department officials here. The minister also directed to ensure that all health workers in the state are trained to deal with the disease.

NEW DELHI, JUL 22 (PTI): The Supreme Court on Friday closed the hearing on pleas seeking relief including the re-constitution of a commission to inquire into the encounter of gangster Vikas Dubey and others and directed the Uttar Pradesh government to act upon the recommendations of the panel.

A bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana also directed that the report of the three-member inquiry panel headed by Justice (retd) B S Chauhan of the apex court be put in the public domain and uploaded on its website.

The bench, also comprising Justices Krishan Murari and Hima Kohli, agreed to the submissions of the Uttar Pradesh government that under the Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1952, the panel has run its course, its report has been filed and laid on the floor of the assembly and it cannot be appealed or assailed as happened in the case of a judgement.

“Now the inquiry commission has submitted its report. The counsel appearing for the state says that the

report of the inquiry was placed on the floor of the House for further action... and if the (PIL) petitioners are still aggrieved then the course is to pursue the remedy under the law.

“We direct the state government to take appropriate action as per the recommendations given by the inquiry commission. The copy of the report be kept in the public domain and on the SC website. With the above observations, the writ (petitions) are closed,” the apex court said in its order.

The Justice Chauhan panel, in its report, had said there is no suspicion or doubt about the police version of the killing of gangster Dubey and other members of his gang in encounters after the Bikru ambush in Kanpur in July 2020 as nobody from the public or the media came to contradict the police claim and no evidence was filed in rebuttal. The bench was hearing as many as four PILs, including the first one filed by Mumbai-based lawyer Ghanshyam Upadhyay who had sought relief including re-constitution of

the inquiry commission to inquire into the encounter of the gangster and his associates. An independent court-monitored probe was also sought in pleas.

At the outset, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta and senior advocate Harish Salve, appearing for the state government, said that the inquiry panel has filed its report which has been tabled on the floor of the house, and hence the matters here should be closed.

“This matter should be closed. There were allegations and counter allegations ...A three-member inquiry committee was constituted and they have rendered a report. Everybody cannot be happy with what everyone says,” Salve said.

“The important point is that this is the report of the Commission of Inquiry and you cannot appeal this to a court. Your Lordship wanted a thorough enquiry and now the inquiry is over.

And, if somebody says a crime has been committed then he will have to go to court. The inquiry commission report has run its course,” he said.

President-elect Droupadi Murmu with G Kishen Reddy and Naga tribal artists at her residence in New Delhi. (PTI)

be born post-independence.

Jai Hind! #AmritMahotsav #DroupadiMurmu,” the ministry tweeted and shared a photograph of her.

The low-profile politician, who is believed to be deeply spiritual, will be sworn in as the next President of India on July 25. Culture Minister Reddy also took to Twitter to hail President-elect Murmu and her historic win in the keenly-watched presidential poll held on July 18.

“A new epoch in the

Joshua De Souza

PANAJI, JUL 22 (PTI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator Joshua De Souza was on Friday elected as the Deputy Speaker of Goa Legislative Assembly as he defeated Congress candidate Delialah Lobo by 12 votes.

The election for the post was held on the last day of the monsoon session of the assembly, which had commenced last week.

The Cong ress had fielded Lobo - its only woman legislator in the state - against De Souza of the ruling party.

While De Souza polled 24 votes, Lobo bagged 12 votes - 11 of the Congress and one of the Goa Forward Party (GFP).

De Souza, 33, represents the Mapusa assembly

history that needs to be scripted in golden letters.

The election of Smt Draupadi Murmu an Adivasi lady as the President of India is not merely a reflection of the innate strength of the nation but a telling evidence @ narendramodi ji’ s commitment to build a new India where social inclusiveness is the seminal Mantra. Hearty Congratulations to Madam President whose life and deed are an inspiration to all,” he said.

constituency in North Goa. He was first elected as the MLA in 2019 following the death of his father, Francis De Souza, who was then a minister in the state cabinet.

Two MLAs of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the lone MLA of the Revolutionary Goans Party (RGP) - both belonging to the opposition benches - abstained from voting. AAP legislators had earlier in the day said that they had no idea whom the opposition has fielded as its candidate for the post.

Before the election, the Congress had admitted that the opposition camp does not have enough strength to win the post, but also maintained that “anything can happen during voting”.

Assembly Speaker Ramesh Tawadkar and others congratulated De Souza on his win.

In the 40-member Goa Assembly, the ruling BJP has 20 MLAs, and the government led by it enjoys the support of five others - two from the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) and three Independents.

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NEW DELHI, JUL 22 (PTI): In an apparent swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday said the RSS “did not hoist the tricolour at its headquarters for 52 years” and people coming from that organisation are now talking about the tricolour’s history and planning ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ campaign.

His attack came hours after Prime Minister Modi appealed to people to strengthen the ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ movement by hoisting or displaying the national flag in their homes between August 13-15.

In a series of tweets, Modi said this movement will “deepen our connect with the tricolour” and noted that it was on July 22 in 1947 that the national flag was adopted.

In a Facebook post in Hindi, Gandhi said the saffron colour in the tricolour symbolizes courage and sacrifice, white symbolizes truth and purity and green is considered a symbol of prosperity.

“The 24 spokes of Ashoka Chakra made on white colour also have a special meaning, these spokes represent the 24 qualities of a human being. An important thing related to the tricolour is that it should always be of cotton, silk or

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“It is very sad for this country that the LG has recommended a CBI inquiry to implicate Manish Sisodia, the most popular education minister in the country, in a fake case,” the AAP leader said.

The CBI inquiry was recommended on the basis of a report filed by the Delhi chief secretary earlier this month, showing prima facie violations of the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi Act, 1991, the Transaction of Business Rules (ToBR), 1993, the Delhi Excise Act, 2009 and the Delhi Excise Rules, 2010, officials said.

According to sources, the LG has found “substantive indications” of “financial quid pro quo” at the “top political level”, wherein the excise minister “took and got executed major decisions in violation of statutory provisions” and notified the excise policy that had “huge financial implications”.

NEW DELHI, JUL 22 (PTI): Droupadi Murmu being elected as India’s first tribal president is a “new epoch” in the history that needs to be “scripted in golden letters”, Union Culture Minister G Kishan Reddy said on Friday.

On Thursday, the former Jharkhand governor and the BJP-led NDA’s presidential candidate, who found many other backers along her campaign trail, won by an overwhelming margin against opposition’s pick Yashwant Sinha.

On Friday, the Culture Ministry tweeted to greet 64-year-old Murmu on her triumph, who started public life as a councillor in Odisha and will now be India’s 15th president, taking over from Ram Nath Kovind. “A historical moment for India!

Smt. Droupadi Murmu is elected as the new President of India. Not only is she the first president from the Tribal community, she is also the first Indian President to

He, however, asserted that nothing will come of it and people will eventually understand everything and wonder why Modi is after AAP leaders.

Referring to the arrest of Sateyndar Jain by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a money-laundering case, Bhardwaj alleged that the Centre has been making efforts to “somehow” implicate the ministers in the Delhi government in fake cases since the AAP’s stupendous victory in the Punjab Assembly polls earlier this year.

“We have been anticipating that after Jain, the Centre will try to implicate Sisodia also,” he said.

“This is happening because the growing popularity of Arvind Kejriwal across the country has scared the Centre and Prime Minister Narendra Modi,” Bhardwaj said.

He added that the Centre is “jealous” of Kejriwal’s popularity.

NEW DELHI, JUL 22 (PTI): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal claimed on Friday that his deputy Manish Sisodia will be framed in a “fake case” by the CBI and arrested in a few days.

His remarks came after Delhi Lieutenant Governor (LG) V K Saxena recommended a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the Delhi Excise Policy, 2021-22 over alleged violations of rules and procedural lapses.

Sisodia heads the excise department of the Delhi government. At an online press briefing, Kejriwal also said he has known Sisodia for 22 years and he is a “hardcore honest” man.

“I came to know that a case has been sent to the CBI against Manish Sisodia and the agency is going to arrest him in a few days. It is a completely fake case. There is not even an iota of truth in this case,” the national convenor of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) said. “This

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He regretted that there had been continuous erosion in the status and career prospects of engineers in India since independence.

He said the role of engineers and technocrats in nation building had been recognised time and again by one and all.

He mentioned that bureaucracy should work as a facilitator for advancement of scientific and technological development and in no way should be allowed to dominate over the professionals.

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Tupe however said he was shocked to observed that engineering services all over the country were lagging behind the civil services in respect of status, pay structure and carrier progression.

Towards this, he claimed that INDEF was trying to highlight its three-point demands, which included heading and manning of technical departments by technical personnel, removal of disparity in carrier avenues of engineers vis-a-vis administrative services and constitution of Engineering Commission.

Engineers-in-chief, chief engineers and engineers from the eight Northeastern States are participating in the two-day event.

BJP Nagaland celebrates Droupadi Murmu’s victory

(From p-1) Sangtam said Naga legislators displayed unity by voting 100 percent for Murmu, which showcased the unity among the tribal people. The celebration was led

by BJP Kohima district general secretary Pelenguto Peseyie while State secretary Therali Ezung invoked God’s blessings.

Welcome address was delivered by BJP State spokesperson Ngampa Konyak and State Mahila Morcha vice president, Tsachola Rothrong gave a brief biography of Murmu. BJP minority morcha Kohima district president Raj Das gave a speech while BJP ST morcha president NEW DELHI, JUL 22 (IANS): Aviation traffic in Wangphong Konyak gave the concluding the country is growing continuously, with DGCA data remarks. showing that passengers carried by domestic airlines Dy. CM fetes Murmu grew 66.73 per cent from 343.37 lakh to 572.49 lakh in Meanwhile, state deputy chief minister the January to June period. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation data said that this also shows a monthly and BJP state legislature party leader Y Patton has congratulated Droupadi Murmu on growth of 237.65 per cent.

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being elected as the 15th President of the Republic of India. Patton said that history has been created as Murmu, a Santhali from Odhisa, was elected as the first tribal and the second woman to occupy Rashtrapati Bhavan. He termed Murmu’s election as “a befitting honor” bestowed by the BJP government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to a woman, even as India celebrates its 75th year of Independence.

Patton said Murmu’s vast experience will be useful in discharging her duties as Head of the state of Indian Union and as Supreme Commander of the Indian Armed forces. He was optimistic that Murmu will discharge her duties in all fairness upholding the ideals of the Constitution.

The deputy CM, on behalf of the state BJP legislators, conveyed heartiest congratulations and wished her all the best of health and well-being throughout the tenure.

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He said late Vejoyi Vero was a peaceful hearted man who stood upright in all circumstances. He not only upheld but endeavoured for justice and equality whenever the need arose.

“His contributions to the upliftment of society will be long remembered,” NPCC president said.

Therie offered deepest condolences to bereaved family and prayed that the Almighty God comfort them all through this painful time.

PDBA: Expressing grief over the passing away of former minister Vejoi Vero, the Phek District Bar Association (PDBA) said that he was kind hearted with great humility who had sacrificed his best service for the welfare of his people.

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NPFLP leader: Expressing grief over the demise of late Vejoi Vero, the Naga People’s Front Legislature party (NPFLP) leader Kuzholuzo (Azo) Nienu said he was shocked and saddened that late Vero, whom he looked upon as “my elder brother and a leader is no more with us.”

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Azo said he found late Vero to be “whole-heartedly dedicated to the cause of the Naga people and its welfare.”

NPFLP leader, on behalf of the rank and file of the NPF, conveyed heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family members at this hour of grief and sorrow and prayed to the Almighty to grant them solace and comfort.

NPCC president: Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) president K Therie expressed deep pain over the passing away of Vejoyi Vero.

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Das said in the upcoming policy, MPC will review the inflation projection of 6.7 per cent for FY 2023, announced in the June policy as there is softening of retail inflation.

“As it would appear, inflation appears to have peaked. Please mind my words, it appears to have peaked and it has moderated from 7.8 per cent to 7.04 per cent, and now it is 7 per cent,” Das said.

On the macroeconomic situation, the governor said the Indian economy remains relatively better placed, drawing strength from its macroeconomic fundamentals.

The financial system is well-capitalised, asset quality indicators have improved, balance sheets are stronger, and banks have returned to profitability.

There is a healthy pickup in credit demand and the external sector is well-buffered to withstand the ongoing terms of trade shocks and the portfolio outflows, he added.

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pact on the country; monetary policy tightening by other central banks and their spillovers; capital outflows and currency depreciation, which are beyond RBI’s control.

The governor said any decision of RBI with regard to liquidity and policy rates always takes into consideration the kind of impact it is going to have on growth and revival of economic activity.

However, in sequence of priorities, RBI’s focus currently is on inflation followed by growth, Das said.

Speaking on the flexible inflation targeting framework, Das said the regime has worked very well for the country.

Under the flexible in-

of liquidity and several other measures to fight the impact that the Covid was producing on the financial sector as well as on the real economy,” the governor said. He also said higher inflation leads to negative interest rates which will act as a big disincentive to savers and have an impact on the entire investment climate of any country.

He said the crisis such as Covid and the current war in Europe have produced a lot of consequences on the real sector, and hence having an inflation target and trying to achieve it ensures that the aspect of financial stability is maintained not only in India but the world over.

“Therefore, I feel that the (inflation targeting) framework has worked well and needs to continue. My personal opinion and also it is the opinion of all of us in the RBI that let us not shift the goal post to suit our convenience because the larger requirement of the economy and the financial sector is to have such a

(From p-1) In a condolence message to Mrs.Atulü Vero, the chief minister said late Vero was known as an upright man and a righteous leader.

“He was a fine gentleman and a man of conviction who always worked tirelessly for the welfare of the people,” Rio said, adding that he will be sorely missed by one and all.

The chief minister conveyed heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family members and prayed that Almighty God give them strength and courage to bear the irreparable loss.

NLA speaker: Nagaland Legislative Assembly speaker Sharingmn Longkumer expressed profound sorrow over the demise of Vejoyi Vero, former minister, and said his contributions would always be recognized and remembered.

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flation targeting framework, RBI is expected to maintain retail inflation at 4 per cent (+/- 2 per cent).

“So far as India is concerned, the framework has worked well before the pandemic, during the pandemic and even now, I would say that we are very much in line with the requirements of time in terms of steps that need to be taken,” he said.

The gover nor also said that since the adoption of the inflation-targeting framework in 2016 till the onset of Covid in February 2020, the average CPI (Consumer Price Inflation) was 3.9 per cent.

“We had a huge shock coming from Covid, and because we have flexibility inbuilt into the (inflation) target of 4 per cent (plus/ minus 2 per cent), the MPC decided to use that flexibility to tolerate a slightly higher inflation.

“It is that flexibility, which is built into the inflation targeting framework, which allowed the MPC and RBI to reduce policy rates, inject huge amount

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RBI will ensure soft landing of economy: Das

MUMBAI, JUL 22 (PTI): Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das on Friday said the central bank will ensure that the economy has a soft landing wherein inflation is closer to 4 per cent, with minimal impact on growth.

Das said retail inflation appears to have peaked and the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) in its upcoming meeting in August will review the inflation projection of 6.7 per cent for the fiscal 2022-23.

“Our endeavour shall be to ensure a soft landing for our economy where inflation is brought down to closer to the target of 4 per cent over a period of time. At the same time, the growth sacrifice is also within manageable limits,” the governor said at a banking conclave organised by Bank of Baroda.

Das said the country had reached a kind of soft landing till the war broke out in Europe. This has resulted in new challenges such as rise in commodity, crude prices and their im-

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Modi, Shehbaz may take meet in Uzbekistan at SCO

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ISLAMABAD, JUL 22 (IANS): Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Secretary General Zhang Ming is visiting Pakistan on Friday for three days and will invite Pak Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to participate in the SCO annual summit to be held in Samarkand, Uzbekistan on September 15-16, The News reported.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will also attend the summit, which will provide an opportunity to the prime ministers of Pakistan and India to come face-to-face. It is for the first time in six years that the two prime ministers will be present under one roof and avail an opportunity to see each other, The News reported.

Highly-placed diplomatic sources told The

News here on Thursday that a chance meeting between Shehbaz and Modi couldn’t be ruled out since both would be in the same compound for two days.

“No structured meeting of the two has been tied up since India hasn’t requested the same yet. In case such a request is made, Pakistan’s response will be positive,” the sources said.

China, Pakistan, Russia, India, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan are full members of the group. The group’s new chair has already outlined its priorities and tasks. These include efforts to raise the potential and authority of the organisation, ensure peace and stability in the region, reduce poverty and ensure food security.

C O LO M B O, J U L 2 2 (PTI): Sri Lankan security forces raided the main antigovernment protest camp at the President’s Secretariat here early on Friday, arresting nine people and injuring several others, as the protesters continued to occupy the sensitive area despite the resignation of Gotabaya Rajapaksa as president.

The decision to evict the anti-government protesters came a day after Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as president after ex-president Rajapaksa fled the country last week. The police, with the help of three armed forces and the Special Task Force, arrested the suspects aged between 26 and 58 as it evacuated the protesters staying in the Presidential Secretariat office, its main entrance, and around the offices in the Colombo Fort, The Daily Mirror Lanka reported.

According to the police, the Crime Scene Inves-

KYIV, JUL 22 (AP): Ukrainian emergency workers recovered three bodies from a school hit by a Russian strike in the east of the country, officials said Friday, as attacks continued in several parts of the nation.

The reported casualties follow a barrage Thursday on a densely populated area of Ukraine’s secondlargest city, Kharkiv, that killed at least three people and wounded 23 others.

In a rare sign of light, the signing was expected Friday of an accord that would allow Ukraine to resume its shipments of grain across the Black Sea and Russia to export grain and fertilizers.

Beyond that, however, there was no indication of relief from the grinding war. Russia this week has reiterated its plans to seize territories beyond eastern Ukraine, where the Russian military has spent months trying to conquer the Donbas region.

The Ukrainian president’s office said that in Kramatorsk, in Donetsk province, Russian shelling destroyed a school and damaged 85 residential buildings.

Ukraine’s state emergencies agency said it has completed work at the school, which was hit on

An armoured personnel carrier is seen at the main military base after heavy gunfire was heard early on Friday, in Kati, outside the capital Bamako, Mali, July 22, 2022.

The leader of Mali’s ruling junta Lt. Col. Asimi Goita frequently stays at the Kati camp, where he launched the 2020 coup that brought him to power.

Jihadi rebels linked to al Qaida and the Islamic State group have been fighting an insurgency in the West African country for more than 10 years. Their attacks have mostly been in northern Mali but recently

tigation Officers (SOCO) and fingerprint analysts will be called to the President’s Secretariat to obtain scientific evidence and the arrested people will be produced in court on Friday.

The police said they were investigating under the supervision of the Colombo (Central) Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) as protesters, who blocked

entry to the President’s Office since April 9, said they would continue their struggle till Wickremesinghe resigned.

Police and special task force personnel forced them out on Friday when less than 100 of them were present. The protesters had vacated the President and Prime Minister’s residences and the Prime Minister’s

office earlier after capturing them on July 9, but they were still occupying some rooms of the President’s secretariat at the Galle Face.

The protesters returned to Colombo on Wednesday after Parliament voted in six-time Prime Minister Wickremesinghe as the country’s new president.

They refused to accept Wickremesinghe, 73, as the

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A paramedic assists an injured man in an ambulance after a Russian attack at Barabashovo market in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Thursday, July 21, 2022. (AP)

Thursday, and found three bodies.

“Russian strikes on schools and hospitals are very painful and reflect its true goal of reducing peaceful cities to ruins,” Donetsk Gov. Pavlo Kyrylenko said in televised remarks, repeating his call on residents to evacuate.

Russian Defence Ministry spokesman Lt. Gen. Igor Konashenkov, however, said that the Russian strike had killed over 300 Ukrainian troops who used the building of School No. 23 in Kramatorsk as their base. He said another strike destroyed a munitions de-

Explosions, gunfire at a military base in Mali

BAMAKO (MALI), JUL 22 (AP): Explosions and gunfire were heard early on Friday morning in the area of the Kati military base on the outskirts of Mali’s capital city Bamako, according to local residents, in a suspected attack by Islamic extremists.

The military has cordoned off the roads to Kati, about 15 kilometers northwest of Bamako.

Army soldiers clear anti-government protest camps after an eviction of protesters from the presidential secretariat premise in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Friday. (AP/PTI)

new president, holding him partly responsible for the country’s unprecedented economic and political crisis. The protesters, who had been camping at the Secretariat’s gate since April 9 when they started their antigovernment protest which resulted in Rajapaksa’s resignation as president last week, posted on social media on Thursday that they were planning to end their protest by 2 pm on Friday.

“There was a debate that we should respect the Constitution and stop this protest,” said a spokesman of the group.

However, the main protest group which blocked entry to the President’s Office since April 9, said they would continue their struggle till Wickremesinghe resigned.

Our victory would come only when we are able to form the people’s Assembly,” Lahiru Weerasekera, a group spokesman said.

the extremists have moved into central Mali. In recent weeks that have moved closer to the capital.

Last week gunmen attacked an army checkpoint about 60 kilometers outside Bamako, killing at least six people and wounding several others, officials said.

No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, but it appears to be by the al-Qaida-linked rebel group

known as JNIM that has carried out several other attacks around Bamako.

The attacks show “how the al-Qaida affiliate Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin continues to expand its operations outside its traditional strongholds in norther n and central Mali,” said Héni Nsaibia, a senior researcher at The Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project.

“As in other Sahelian countries such as Burkina Faso and Niger ... major cities including the capitals themselves, are increasingly surrounded by a steady spread of Islamist militancy that poses an ever-increasing risk and challenge to the security environment.”

Mali has struggled to contain an Islamic extremist insurgency since 2012. Extremist rebels were forced from power in Mali’s northern cities with the help of a French-led military operation, but they regrouped in the desert and began attacking the Malian army and its allies. Insecurity has worsened with attacks in the northern and central regions.

pot in the industrial zone of the southern city of Mykolaiv.

Konashenkov also said that Russian forces destroyed four HIMARS multiple rocket launchers supplied by the U.S. between July 5 and 20. The U.S. said it has supplied 12 HIMARS systems and will deliver four more. The claims could not be independently verified.

The Ukrainian military has used HIMARS, which have a higher range and better precision compared with similar Sovietera systems in the Russian and Ukrainian inventory,

to strike Russian munitions depots and other key targets.

In the Dnipro region of central Ukraine, three schools were destroyed in the latest Russian strikes, Ukrainian authorities said.

Seven Russian missiles hit the small town of Apostolove in the Dnipro region, wounding 18 residents.

Regional gover nor Valentyn Reznichenko decried the “senseless” attack, saying that “there are no military goals behind it and this shelling could only be explained by their desire to keep people on edge and sow panic and fear.”

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Through this column, the Mishilimi Union Kohima congratulates Mrs. Sara H (Swu) Jamir, NCS for being transferred as deputy Commissioner, Niuland. She is the first amongst Mishilimi as the deputy Commissioner of the district.

We also congratulate Ms. Qhetoli I Wotsa for clearing the NPSC Exam to the post of Research Assistant, History under SCERT department and Ms. Niloli Y Wotsa for securing the Second Runners-up position in the recent Miss Sümi contest.

The union takes immense pride to congratulate the daughters of Mishilimi for making us proud. We pray that God will bless you to bring more laurels to our village, tribe and Nagas as a whole.

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LONDON, JUL 22 (AP): The European Medicines Agency said Friday that the smallpox vaccine made

by Bavarian Nordic should also be authorized against monkeypox, as the outbreak of the once-rare disease continues to sicken people across the continent.

The European Union drug regulator said its recommendation was based on animal studies that suggest the vaccine protects non-human primates from monkeypox. It is up to the EU’s executive arm, the European Commission, to formally approve the vaccine based on the EMA’s recommendation.

“To confirm the effectiveness of the vaccine against monkeypox, the company will collect data from an observational study that will be carried out during the ongoing monkeypox outbreak in Europe,” the EMA said. It added that the vaccine’s safety profile was

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The Tuophema Village Students’ Union extend its heartiest congratulations and appreciation to Mr.Thepfuvituo Zumu, S/o duolhouzhü Zumu for being awarded with Indira Jain Awards 2022 for the most outstanding architectural student thesis across Madhya Pradesh state.

The Union further wishes him success in all his future endeavours.

Sd/Seyiekuolie Sanchu (President, TVSU)

CONDOLENCE MESSAGE

The Nagaland Economics & Statistics Service Association (NESSA) is deeply pained and saddened to learn about the demise of one of its esteemed bonafide members Late Hekato Thonger, Economics & Statistics Officer on 21st July 2022 at Guwahati.

Late Hekato Thonger was a refined gentleman who treated life with kindness and generosity, both with his words and action. Honesty and cheerfulness were few of the many virtues that defined him.

In his demise, the Nagaland Economics & Statistics Service Association has not only lost a ‘gem' of an officer but also a humble human being. The Association will always be indebted to him for the best services he has rendered for the progress of the department.

As the family mourns the loss of a son, brother, friend and an esteemed citizen, the Association sorrowfully joins them in spirit and prays to the God of peace for his unceasing grace and comfort in this time of grief.

May the good Lord grant eternal rest to the departed soul.

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“favorable” and the benefits of its use during the ongoing monkeypox outbreak outweighed the risks, noting mostly mild to moderate side effects.

The vaccine, known as Imvanex in Europe but sold as Jynneos in the United States, was already cleared for use against monkeypox

by American regulators.

Of the more than 15,000 monkeypox cases reported worldwide, nearly 70% are in Europe, with more than 30 countries across the continent affected. Doses of the Bavarian Nordic vaccine are extremely limited. Most of the world’s supply has already been bought by countries and regions including Britain, Canada, the EU and the U.S. None have gone to Africa, where a more severe version of monkeypox has killed dozens of people. No monkeypox deaths have been reported in rich countries.

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he was taking steps to form an all-party government to handle the island’s worstever economic crisis.

The crisis and its public revolt ousted former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, paving way for Wickremesinghe to be appointed through Parliament for the rest of his term.

A stalwart of Sri Lankan politics, Gunawardena, 73, earlier served as the foreign minister and education minister. He was appointed as Home Minister in April by then President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. The prime minister’s post fell vacant after Wickremesinghe, 73, was on Thursday sworn in as the

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Dinesh Gunawardena

country’s eighth president after Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country and then resigned as president.

A schoolmate of President Wickremesinghe, Gunawardena, has held various Cabinet posts in the past.

Bor n in 1949, Gunawardena is the leader of the Trotskyist majority nationalist Mahajana Eksath Peramuna (MEP), a constituent party of the ruling Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) party.

He succeeded his father Philip Gunawardena in 1979 to lead the party after returning from the Netherlands where he completed his higher studies.

His father was a prominent figure in the leftist socialist movement in the British era prior to the country’s independence in 1948.

The MEP became the ruling alliance in 1956.

Gunawardena entered parliament for the first time in 1983 from the populous Colombo suburb of Maharagama and became a leading opposition figure until 1994.

With immense pride and honour, we the Mpai Students' Union (MSU) heartily congratulates the following members of our Union.

1. Miss KIRIAHUNGLE HAIHING, D/o Mr. Akuna Haihing and Mrs. T. Mary for successfully clearing NPSC Common Educational Services Examination as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology, Govt. of Nagaland.

2. Mr. Tali Yanger, S/o Mr. Nzangbeu for securing 24th University ranking in Bachelor of Arts in the year 2022.

We are delighted with your colourful achievement and for bringing laurels to our Union and Village. We thank our Almighty God for his wonderful support, may He continue to lead and guide you in your future endeavours.

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C O L O M B O, J U L 2 2 (PTI): Dinesh Gunawardena, a veteran politician and a close ally of the Rajapaksa family, was appointed on Friday as Sri Lanka’s prime minister as President Ranil Wickremesinghe swore in his 18-member Cabinet in the hope of ending the political instability and the unprecedented economic crisis in the country.

The Cabinet was sworn in on Wickremesinghe’s first day in office.

Apart from Prime Minister Gunawardena, there are 17 other ministers in the Cabinet. Ali Sabry, who earlier headed the finance ministry, was appointed as foreign minister.

Prime minister Gunawardena has been given an additional portfolio of Public Administration Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government. The rest of the ministers were retained with their same portfolios while President Wickremesinghe continues to hold the ministry of finance.

Wickremesinghe said

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NAGALAND POST, DIMAPUR SATURDAY, JULY 23, 2022

National Film Awards: ‘Soorarai Pottru’ wins big

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irector Sudha Kongara’s ‘Soorarai Pottru’, which was partly inspired by events from the life of Captain G.R. Gopinath, founder of India’s first budget airline, swept five National Awards, including those for Best Feature Film, Best Actor and Best Actress at the 68th National Film Awards. The awards were announced in New Delhi on Friday.

Malayalam actress and playback singer Aparna Balamurali, who played the female lead in the film, was named Best Actress, and Suriya, who played the male lead, share the Best Actor honour with Ajay Devgn for Om Raut’s ‘Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior’.

‘Tanhaji’ also took home the award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment. But it was the day of ‘Soorarai Pottru’.

It fetched music director and actor G.V. Prakash the Best Background Music award.

The award for Best Music Direction (Songs) went to Thaman for the Allu Arjun superhit Telugu film ‘Ala Vaikunthapurramlo’. ‘ S o o r a r a i Po t t r u ’ , which is now being remade in Hindi, also won the award for Best Screenplay for Shalini Usha Nair

and Sudha Kongara. Critically acclaimed Malayalam superhit film ‘Ayyappanum Koshiyum’ also scored handsomely at the awards, fetching the late Sachidanandan K.R. the Best Director Award.

The film also won awards for Best Action Direction and Best Female Playback Singer. Rajasekhar, Mafia Sasi and Supreme Sundar, who did the stunt direction for the film, will collect the action award. The Best Female Playback Singer award went to Nanchamma.

Biju Menon, who came up with a sterling performance in ‘Ayyappanum Koshiyum’, got the Best Supporting Actor award.

The Best Supporting Actress

WSBAK Choir Fest commences

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Anune Dawhuo Humanities 94.2%

Divyam Jain Science 93.4%

Paridhi Jain Science 92.8%

Aafrin Khatoon Science 92.4%

Abhi Chakraborty Science 92.4%

Zakariya Ahmed Talukdar Science 91.6%

Mahi Agarwal Science 90.2%

Benjano Merry Humanities 89.8%

Yasa Aier Science 89.2%

Sentienla Longchar Humanities 88.8%

Taochirenla Longkumer Humanities 88.8%

Kuito Nyekha Humanities 88.75%

Thsaropila Sangtam Science 88.2%

Hoichingthem Limsong Humanities 87.6%

Dzewe U Tsido Humanities 87.4%

Theophil Lalhmangaiha Humanities 87.4%

Jannate Ferdousi Science 87.2%

Ripila H Jingru Humanities 86.4%

Susanna Tzudir Humanities 86.4%

Agniva Maiti Science 86%

Choden Sowa Kemp Science 86%

Limugha K Achumi Humanities 85%

Imlamongla Longchar Humanities 84.6%

Merenlemba Longkumer Commerce 83.6%

Viboli H Khulu Science 82.2%

Kalina V Nurumi Humanities 81.6%

Sukanya Bag Science 81.6%

Mhayilamo L Ezung Humanities 80.4%

Khonzan Kithan Humanities 80.2%

C Mhajamo Ngullie Humanities 80%

Mosemsanger Lemtur Science 80%

Shasank Sachan Science 80%

Humanities 94.4%

Music directors and staff of DoCMM performing at the WSBAK Choir Festival. (NP)

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estern Sümi Baptist Akukuhou Küqhakulu (WSBAK) Choir Festival commenced on Friday here at Dimapur Sümi Baptist Church.

Department of Church Music Ministry (DoCMM), WSBAK, Hojevi Kappo informed that the Choir Festival was organised in celebration of its Platinum Jubilee, to be held in De-

cember.

He informed that a total of 22 choirs would be presenting the song, whereby 11 performed at DSBC, while the remaining 11 would perform at Sümi Baptist Church Diphupar on July 23. The festival was organised by Department of Church Music Ministry, WSBAK under the theme “Praise Him Alone”.

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went to Lakshmi Priya Chandramouli for her fine performance in Vasanth’s Tamil film ‘Sivaranjaniyum Innum Sila Pengallum’. ‘Sivaranjaniyum Innum Sila Pengallum’ put up a stellar show as well, winning Best Editing, which went to Sreekar Prasad. The film also won the award for the Best Feature Film in Tamil.

Sandhya Raju won the Award for Best Choreography for the Telugu film ‘Natyam’, which also took home the award for the Best Makeup Artist.

Director Sagar Puranik’s ‘Dollu’, produced by Wadeeyar Movies, got the Best Kannada Feature Film award. Jobin Jayan won the award for Best Location Sound Recordist under the Best Audiography Award for the same film. The Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director went to Madonne Ashwin for the Tamil film ‘Mandela’.

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Suriya, Ajay Devgn share Best Actor title

Billie Eilish releases ‘Guitar Songs’ with two tracks ‘TV’ and ‘The 30th’

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inger Billie Eilish has officially released ‘Guitar Songs’ on Friday which features two acoustic tracks ‘TV’ and ‘The 30th’.

The release follows her surprise live performance and debut of ‘TV’ in the UK. Eilish shared with fans today: “Finneas and I really wanted these to be yours as soon as possible. So here they are!! Performing ‘TV’ on tour was such a highlight for us too, so we took the audio from the first night we played it in Manchester and put it in the

song.” “I get shivers every time I hear it. Hope you love the songs and thank you for letting us share our music with you.”

Last month, during her sold out Happier than ever world tour. “We haven’t played a new song live before it’s out since 2017 or 2018,” Billie told concertgoers before she and her brother Finneas performed it for the first time. It closes with live vocals from her audience, recorded in Manchester’s twenty-one thousand capacity AO Arena last month.

(IANS)

SUBJECT ENGLISH HISTORY POLITICAL SCIENCE SOCIOLOGY PHYSICAL EDUCATION PSYCHOLOGY MATHEMATICS GEOGRAPHY HOME SCIENCE ECONOMICS

HIGHEST MARKS 95 91 96

NAME

SUBJECT

ANUNE DAWHUO ANUNE DAWHUO THEJASEVINO MEYASE

FINE ARTS (PAINTING)

99 98

BENJANO MERRY

96 90 90

THEJASEVINO MEYASE DIVYAM JAIN THEOPHIL LALHMANGAIHA YASA AIER THEOPHIL LALHMANGAIHA RIPILA H JINGRU

96 78 78

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CHEMISTRY PHYSICS

BIOLOGY INFOMATICS PRACTICES ACCOUNTANCY BUSINESS STUDIES ENTREPRENEURSHIP

HIGHEST MARKS 99 99 99

NAME ANUNE DAWHUO AGNIVA MAITI AAFRIN KHATOON

95 95

ZAKARIYA AHMED TALUKDAR ABHI CHAKRABORTY

95 96 95

PARIDHI JAIN AAFRIN KHATOON ZAKARIYA AHMED TALUKDAR

73 64

MERENLEMBA LONGKUMER

93

MERENLEMBA LONGKUMER

TONIKA N YEPTHO

TOTAL PASSED 66 K Y M C

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NAGALAND POST, DIMAPUR SATURDAY, JULY 23, 2022

2022- ODI is dying a slow death: Khawaja Djokovic to join ‘big three’ for Laver Cup Ranji23Trophy to start in

LO N D O N, J U L 2 2 (IANS): It will be a treat for fans to watch the ‘Big Four’ of tennis -- Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and Andy Murray -- play together in the same team as they have joined forces to represent Team Europe for the first

time in Laver Cup history.

As per ATP, Djokovic has announced his commitment to the event, with Nadal, Federer and Murray already confirmed to participate in the competition’s fifth edition, scheduled to be held in September, 2022.

The Serbian is set for his second Laver Cup appearance and will be seeking his first match wins in the competition.

Djokovic was a part of Team Europe’s winning 2018 side, but lost two Match Tie-breaks -- one in singles and one in doubles

Tejaswin cleared to compete at CWG

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NEW DELHI, JUL 22 (AGENCIES): High jumper Tejaswin Shankar has been cleared to compete at the upcoming Commonwealth Games (CWG) in Birmingham by the organisers on Friday.

According to Sportstar report, the Birmingham CWG organisers had initially rejected Shankar’s late entry but the IOA has now got confirmation from the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) and organisers about acceptance of his entry after a Delegate Registration Meeting (DRM), a report from PTI read. “Mr Tejaswin Shankar’s entry has been approved by the CGF and accordingly accepted by the

Sports Entry Department of Commonwealth Games Birmingham 2022 during the DRM,” a communication from the IOA to AFI, said.

Tejaswin was roped in as a replacement for Arokia Rajiv (4x400 relay) in India’s athletics contingent for the Games by the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) in early July. AFI’s request was, however, struck down by the CWG Working Committee the following day citing that only a like-to-like replacement is permissible for the tournament.

“The CGF in consultation with the relevant International Federation and CGF Medical Commission may approve a permanent replacement of an athlete by

another eligible athlete only in the same sport and discipline and event(s) where there are extenuating/extraordinary circumstances (e.g., medical circumstances, Anti-Doping rule violations and appeals) that may prevent the participation of an athlete in Birmingham 2022,” the CWG organisers had said on IOA’s request for Tejaswin’s inclusion.

The 23-year-old national record holder was earlier denied a spot in India’s athletics squad by AFI after he failed to attend the Inter-State Championships in Chennai in June despite meeting qualification standards. Tejaswin opted to compete in his final NCAA track and field outdoor championships – the premier college athletics competition in the USA. The organisers have also added quarter-miler M V Jilna was also re-included in the squad. Jilna, who was named in the initial 37-member Indian athletics team as a 4x100m relay runner by the AFI was withdrawn to stick to 36 athletes as allotted by the IOA.

December: BCCI

NEW DELHI, JUL 22 (AGENCIES): The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has decided to conduct a full-fledged domestic season this time around with the Ranji Trophy beginning in December.

According to Sportstar report, the premier domestic tournament is expected to be played between December 13 and February 28, 2022.

While there will be four elite groups comprising eight teams each, the plate group will have six teams. There will be seven matches per team in the league stage of the elite group, while plate groups will have five league matches each. Group-toppers from all the elite groups will be directly qualifying for the quarterfinals, while the second placed teams from all four groups will be ranked amongst them as 5-8 based on points, wins, NRR, quotient - whichever is applicable . The eighth ranked team will play against Plate Group winners in pre-quarterfinals.

SYDNEY, JUL 22 (PTI): Australian Test opener Usman Khawaja believes ODI cricket is witnessing a slow death because of the proliferation of T20 leagues around the world and a hectic international calender.

Khawaja is the latest cricketer to join the debate over the existence of 50over cricket after England superstar Ben Stokes on Monday stunned the cricketing world by announcing his sudden retirement from ODI cricket at the age of 31.

Calling playing three formats as “unsustainable” for him, Stokes, who is also England’s Test captain, said cricketers “are not like cars” and there is “too much cricket rammed in”.

“I think personally one-day cricket is dying a slow death,” Khawaja, who has represented Australia in 40 ODIs since making his debut in the format in 2013, told reporters in Brisbane on Friday. “ T h e r e ’s s t i l l t h e World Cup, which I think is really fun and it’s enjoyable to watch, but other than that, even myself person-

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ally, I’m probably not into one-day cricket as much either.” Khawaja argued that 50-over format has lost its relevance, of late, as the T20 World Cup in knocking on the doors.

“Right now it feels like it’s not really that important because of the T20 World Cup,” Khawaja said.

“Something has to give, because you can’t have all three formats all together playing all the games; you’re going to have to decide and choose.” However, the 35-year-old was of the opinion that despite a choc-a-bloc international calendar, Test cricket will continue to remain the pinnacle of the sport.

“ Yo u ’ ve g o t Te s t cricket, which is the pinnacle, you’ve got T20 cricket which obviously has leagues around the world, great entertainment, everyone loves it, and then there’s one-day cricket, and I feel like that’s probably the third ranked out of all of them,” he said.

Khawaja feels while it is not impossible for any cricketer to be a three-format player, it is gradually becoming quite exhausting for all and sundry.

“Not impossible, very tough. So much travelling.

If you’re playing all three forms of the game, you’re not at home at all really,” he said.

PKL 9 player auction to be held on Aug 5-6

NEW DELHI, JUL 22 (AGENCIES): Mashal Sports, organizers of the VIVO Pro Kabaddi League (PKL), on Friday has announced the dates of the PKL Season 9 Player Auction as August 5 - 6, 2022 in Mumbai.

The Season 9 Player Pool has been expanded to 500+ including the 24 players from top 2 teams of the Khelo India University Games 2021, Bangalore, Sportstar reported.

The PKL teams also have a choice of retention of players from their respective PKL Season 8 squads as per the league policies.

The franchisees are allowed to retain up to 6 players under the Elite Retained Players category and up to 4 New Young Players under stipulated conditions in each PKL season. The players, who are not retained by the franchisees from the pool of 500+ players, will go under the hammer during the two-day auction process in Mumbai.

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Novak Djokovic is set to join the “Big Three” at Laver Cup.

-- in his only matches.

He teamed with Federer in doubles, but they fell to Team World’s Kevin Anderson and Jack Sock.

“Laver Cup is the only competition where you can have all the big rivals, the ‘Big Three’, ‘Big Four’ players joining in the same team,” Djokovic said at Wimbledon, where he won his 21st Grand Slam title earlier this month.

“Of course, it is a very different and exciting concept for us players, but also for the fans around the world,’’ he added.

Captain Bjorn Borg’s Team Europe has reigned supreme since the inaugural Laver Cup in 2017, lifting the trophy at all four of the event’s previous editions.

The 2022 Laver Cup will be held from September 23-25 at The O2 Arena. Felix Auger-Aliassime, Taylor Fritz and Diego Schwartzman have committed to represent Team World alongside captain John McEnroe.

India will aim for gold at CWG: Smriti Mandhana

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BIRMINGHAM, JUL 22 (IANS): India women’s cricket team vice-captain Smriti Mandhana has said her side will not just be aiming for a podium finish at the Commonwealth Games here, and that the aim was to win gold at the quadrennial showpiece beginning on July 29. Cricket is returing to CWG for the first time in 24 years, with the first women’s tournament to be played out at the multi-sport event. Eight sides will take part across 16 matches at Edgbaston, with a winner crowned and all the medals finalised on August 7.

India are in Group A along with Australia, Barbados and Pakistan, while Group B has hosts England, New Zealand, South Africa and Sri Lanka. India will play their opening game against Meg Lanning’s Australia on July 29. India will play arch-rivals Pakistan on July 31. Cricket has featured only once before at the CWG -- as a 16-team tournament on the men’s side -- at the Kuala Lumpur Games, back in 1998.

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World Athletics: Neeraj, Eldhose qualify for finals Gill, Dhawan take India to 308/7 Eldhose Paul first Indian to qualify

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EUGENE (OREGON), JUL 22 (PTI/IANS):Neeraj Chopra and Rohit Yadav qualified for the World Athletics Championships final on Thursday.

Olympic champion Neeraj, 24, opened the men’s javelin throw Group A qualification round and sent his spear to 88.39m for his third career-best throw, on Thursday. While his compatriot Rohit Yadav’s first throw of 80.42 helped him qualify for the finals.

The medal round will be held on Sunday (7:05am IST). Neeraj had missed the

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2019 World Championships in Doha as he was recovering from an elbow surgery.

Placed in Group A at Hayward Field, Neeraj, the reigning Olympic champion, recorded an 88.39m throw in his first attempt to breach the qualifying mark and didn’t take his second and third attempts on Thursday. Notably, the qualifying cut for the Oregon 2022 men’s javelin throw competition was set at 83.50m or the 12 best performers.

Neeraj, who set a national record of 89.94 metres en route to a silver medal at

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the Stockholm Diamond League earlier this year, set the tone in Group A with an 88.39 metre throw in his very first attempt. This was the third-best throw Neeraj Chopra has recorded in his career. The Tokyo Olympics champion had failed to get past the qualifying round at the 2017 Worlds in London, his debut World Championships. He missed the 2019 World Championships in Doha due to an injury.

Tokyo silver medallist Jakub Vadlejch was the only other javelin thrower in Group A to breach the

qualifying mark with an 85.23-metre effort, which also came in his first throw.

Later in the day, Neeraj’s compatriot Rohit Yadav also joined the reigning Olympic champion in the final from Group B. With a best throw of 80.42m, Rohit finished sixth in his group and 11th overall to make the 12-man final field.

Before Neeraj and Rohit, Davinder Singh Kang was the only Indian male javelin thrower to qualify for a World Championships javelin final. Kang finished 12th at London 2017.

Eldhose Paul became the first Indian to qualify for the triple jump final at the World Championships with an effort of 16.68m.

He finished sixth in Group A qualification round and 12th overall to make the cut for Sunday’s final (6:50am IST).

The 25-year-old Paul, who reached here just a few days ago due to visa issues, has a season’s and personal best of 16.99m which he had recorded while winning gold in the Federation Cup in April. The two other Indians, Praveen Chithravel and Abdulla Aboobacker failed to make it to the finals after best jumps of 16.49m and 16.45m respectively.

Chitravel finished eighth in Group A and 17th overall while Aboobacker ended at 10th in Group B and 19th overall.

Those who cleared 17.05m or the 12 best performers across two qualification round groups qualify for the finals.

Asia Cup 2022 shifted to the UAE: BCCI

MUMBAI, JUL 22 played from August 27 to (IANS): The 2022 edition September 11, in the T20 of the Asia Cup, which was format, this year. scheduled to be held in Sri During the lengthy Lanka, has been shifted to meeting, the BCCI also the UAE, the BCCI presifinalised the venues for dent Sourav Ganguly conthe bilateral games to be firmed, here on Thursday. played in India in Septem“Asia Cup will be ber and October, when in UAE, as it is the only South Africa and Australia place where there won’t be visit the country for a serain,” Ganguly said after ries of white-ball games, a the Board’s Apex Council Cricbuzz report said. meeting.

The three T20Is Earlier, the Sri Lanagainst Australia will be Sadio Mane ka Cricket (SLC) had in- inability to host the upcom- nomic and political crisis on September 20, 23 and 25 in Mohali, Nagpur and L O N D O N , J U L 2 2 formed the Asian Cricket ing edition of the Asia Cup in the island nation.

Asia Cup, is set to be Hyderabad.

(AGENCIES): Senegal’s Council (ACC) about their T20 because of the ecoSadio Mane was crowned African Footballer of the Year for the second time running at the Confederaa 12-21 21-12 17-21 loss to tion of African Football (Caf) awards ceremony in Soong Joo Ven of Malaysia the Moroccan capital Rabat. in a 55-minute match of the Mane scored the winSuper 300 tournament. ning penalty as Senegal beat Tanisha also had a disEgypt in a shootout in this appointing day as she sufyear’s Africa Cup of Nafered defeats in both the tions final to lift the trophy mixed and women’s doubles for the first time. The awards competition. returned for the first time Tanisha and Ishaan in three years after being Bhatnagar, seeded sixth, lost suspended by the corona19-21 12-21 to Malaysia’s virus pandemic, with NiHoo Pang Ron and Toh Ee geria’s Asisat Oshoala also Wei in the mixed doubles retaining the title she won match that lasted 32 minutes. in 2019. “I am very, very The 19-year-old Dubaihappy to receive the trophy born Tanisha then produced this year,” Mane, 30, said as Parupalli Kashyap a gallant fight with her womhe collected his prize. Mane beat compatriot and Chelsea TAIPEI, JUL 22 (AGEN- defeats in the quarterfinals en’s doubles partner Shruti goalkeeper Edouard Mendy CIES): Indian campaign of the singles and doubles Mishra but couldn’t go past as well as former Liverpool ended at the Taipei Open competitions respectively, Hong Kong’s sixth seeds Ng Tsz Yau and Tsang Hiu Yan, team-mate Mohamed Salah, badminton tournament after here on Friday. whose Egypt side lost Febru- Parupalli Kashyap and TaniThird seed Kashyap’s losing 16-21 22-20 18-21 in ary’s final. sha Crasto suffered narrow impressive run ended with just over an hour.

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India’s captain Shikhar Dhawan, right, and Shubman Gill knock to celebrate a fifty runs partnership against West Indies on Friday. (AP/PTI)

PORT OF SPAIN, JUL 22 (PTI): Shubmam Gill made a classy 64 in his ODI comeback while skipper Shikhar Dhawan missed out on a hundred by three runs before the West Indies restricted India to 308 for seven in the series opener here on Friday.

Gill, playing his first ODI since December 2020, played some sublime strokes in his 52-ball knock while Dhawan (97 of 99 balls) took his time before changing gears.

Shreyas Iyer, who has had his troubles of late with the short ball, was back amongst the runs with a fluent 54 off 57 balls.

The opening duo of Gill and Dhawan shared an 119-run stand off 106 balls before the former was run out in the 18th over against

the run of play. Gill, one of the most watchable batters when in full flow, was very comfortable against the fast bowlers.

Gill hooked Alzarri Joseph for a six before he delighted the crowd with a perfectly placed punch off the back foot for a boundary. He was equally attractive playing the cover drives when the ball was pitched up.

His innings comprised six fours and couple of sixes.

It took a brilliant direct hit from West Indies captain Nicholas Pooran to dismiss him. It was Gill’s maiden ODI fifty in what was his fourth game.

Dhawan, who only plays one format and had a lean run in England, paced his innings well with Gill

going strong at the other end. The southpaw collected 10 fours and three sixes.

His go-to-shot was the slog sweep off left-arm spinner Gudakesh Motie.

The other left-arm spinner Akeal Hosein impressed by getting the ball to turn sharply.

India were set for a 350-plus score but Dhawan’s dismissal for the seventh time in the 90s led to a middle-order collapse with the visitors reduced to 252 for five from 213 for one.

Sanju Samson (12) squandered a good opportunity to make an impact while Suryakumar Yadav (13) fell to a loose shot.

Deepak Hooda (27) and Axar Patel (21) took India past 300 with a 42run stand for the sixth wicket.

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Nunez scores 4 as Liverpool hammer Leipzig 5-0

Nunez poked home his third and Liverpool’s fourth after a drag back from Harvey Elliott.

LO N D O N, J U L 2 2 (AGENCIES): Liverpool’s club-record £85 million signing Darwin Nunez opened his account for his new side by scoring four second-half goals to help the Reds thrash RB Leipzig 5-0 in a preseason friendly at the Red Bull Arena.

Nunez, who moved to Anfield from Benfica earlier this summer, started the game

on the bench with Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp opting to field a strong-looking starting line-up as he continued preparations ahead of the new campaign, according to Skysport report.

However, after Mohamed Salah had given his team a half-time lead with a well-taken early finish, it became the Nunez show after the interval, with the

Uruguay striker netting a 20-minute hat-trick, before rounding off a memorable game with a last-minute goal as the visitors cruised to a comfortable victory.

With the new Premier League season now just over a fortnight away and a showdown with champions Manchester City in the Community Shield on the horizon, Klopp started with

what could be considered his first-choice XI in Germany and it paid dividends as his players produced a polished display.

With fitness levels improving with each outing, this looked more like the Liverpool team we saw in their record-breaking campaign last season than the side that were humbled 4-0 by rivals Manchester United in Bangkok ten days ago.

On it from the off, the visitors led after just eight minutes as Leipzig made a mess of clearing the ball, allowing Roberto Firmino’s clever flick to slip Salah in on goal, with the forward making no mistake with a cool side-footed finish into the bottom left-hand corner of the goal.

Both sides had chances to add to the first-half scoring, with Adrian - covering for the injured Alisson - making a smart reaction stop to deny Christoper Nkunku on the stroke of half-time, before the introduction of Nunez as the central striker for Firmino at the break.

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