24 July 2022

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Vol XXXII No. 228

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Monkeypox declared global health emergency

G E N E VA / LO N D O N, JUL 23 (AGENCIES/AP): The expanding monkeypox outbreak in more than 70 countries is an “extraordinary” situation that qualifies as a global emergency, the World Health Organization chief said Saturday, a declaration that could spur further investment in treating the once-rare disease and worsen the scramble for scarce vaccines.

The decision was announced Saturday morning after WHO convened its second emergency committee on the issue on Thursday.

“I have decided that the global monkeypox outbreak represents a public health emergency of international concern,” WHO DirectorGeneral Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced on Saturday morning.

Ghebreyesus made the decision on calling monkeypox a global emergency despite a lack of consensus

State logs 8 fresh Covid cases, 1 death DIMAPUR, JUL 23 (NPN): Nagaland on Saturday recorded eight fresh Covid-19 positive cases while one more patient succumbed to the infection.

Of the fresh cases, six were from Kohima and two in Dimapur, taking the total caseload to 35,683.

One more Covid-19 fatality in Dimapur pushed the death toll to 766 (including 5 non-Covid deaths but with positivity).

The State currently has 90 active cases out of which 13 are hospitalized and 77 under home isolation.

India adds 21,411 cases, 67 deaths

P T I : I n d i a ’s C O VID-19 tally climbed to 4,38,68,476 on Saturday with 21,411 fresh cases, while the number of active cases increased to 1,50,100, according to Union health ministry data.

The death toll climbed to 5,25,997 as 67 more people succumbed to the viral disease, the data updated at 8 am stated.

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

An increase of 618 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.

The daily positivity rate stood at 4.46 per cent and the weekly positivity rate at 4.46 per cent, the ministry said.

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Tedros Ghebreyesus addressing the media on Saturday.

among experts on the U.N. health agency’s emergency committee, saying he acted as “a tiebreaker.” It was the first time a U.N. health agency chief has unilaterally made such a decision without an expert recommendation.

He added that while he was declaring monkeypox a public health emergency of international concern, “For the moment this is an outbreak that’s concentrated among men who have sex with men, especially those who have multiple partners,

that means that this is an outbreak that can be stopped with the right strategies in the right groups.”

WHO defines a public health emergency of international concern, or PHEIC, as “an extraordinary event” that constitutes a “public health risk to other States through the international spread of disease” and “to potentially require a coordinated international response.”

The organization’s emergency committee on monkeypox first met in late

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There are two ongoing public health emergencies: polio, which began in 2014, and Covid-19, starting in 2020. Four other PHEICs have been declared since the regulations were put into place: H1N1 influenza from 2009 to 2010; Ebola from 2014 to 2016 and from 2019 to 2020; and the Zika virus in 2016.

Meanwhile, India has confirmed three cases of monkeypox, all reported in Kerala.

India on Friday reported another case of monkeypox after a 35-year old man, who came to Kerala from the UAE earlier this month, tested positive for monkeypox, making him the third case of the virus from the country as well as the state.

Kerala health minister Veena George said the Malappuram native arrived in the southern state on July 6 and had fever since July 13.

NEW DELHI, JUL 23 (PTI): Outgoing President Ram Nath Kovind Saturday asked citizens to use Gandhian means to express opposition and pursue demands, and said parties should shun partisan politics to deliberate on what is necessary for people’s welfare by keeping in mind that the nation is supreme.

In his farewell address to parliamentarians at Parliament’s Central Hall, the President likened the Indian parliamentary system to a big family and emphasised on the values of peace, harmony and dialogue to resolve all “family differences”.

Citizens have constitutional rights to convey their opposition and apply pressure in support of their demands but they should use their rights peacefully using Gandhian means, he said.

In his message to political parties, he said, “As in

President Kovind being felicitated by Vice President Venkaiah Naidu and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla during the farewell function. (PTI)

any family, Parliament has at times differences and different political parties may have different views on the way forward. But we are all members of this parliamentary family whose top priority is to work continuously in the interest of the giant family which is our nation.”

His comments assume significance at a time when parliamentary proceedings have been frequently disrupted due to the Opposition’s

vocal protests over a number of issues in both Houses of Parliament. Different parts of the country have also witnessed protests, at times violent, at different points of time.

Political parties and people have many constitutional means to express their opposition, he said, noting that Mahatma Gandhi had used peace and non-violence to achieve his goals while also respecting the other side.

CJI lashes out at TV media trials, calls After killing woman youth pastor, man takes own life them ill-informed Kangaroo courts Staff Reporter

RANCHI, JUL 23 (PTI): Agenda-driven debates and kangaroo courts being run by the media are detrimental to the health of the democracy, Chief Justice of India (CJI) NV Ramana said on Saturday.

Delivering the inaugural lecture instituted in the memory of Justice Satya Brata Sinha here, CJI Ramana said media trials affect the fair functioning and independence of the judiciary.

“Media trials cannot be a guiding factor in deciding cases. Of late, we see the media running kangaroo courts

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at times on issues even experienced judges find difficult to decide. Ill-informed and agenda-driven debates on issues involving justice delivery are proving to be detrimental to the health of democracy,” he said.

“Biased views being propagated by media

CNTC demands equal distribution of schemes DIMAPUR, JUL 23 (NPN): Central Nagaland Tribes Council (CNTC) has expressed dismay over the recent allocation and distributions of various schemes and funds in the state and demanded that funds should be “equally distributed district wise and not tribe wise”.

In a press note, CNTC pointed out that the recent allocation of funds was a clear indication of lackadaisical and step motherly treatment towards the central Nagaland. The council there-

fore demanded that chief minister Neiphiu Rio review the funds and projects and ensure that they are equally distributed.

CNTC said it was demanding its due share as the region had been deprived at large for the last 20 years. It also urged the 25 legislators of Central Nagaland, who have been elected by the people, to speak up on this matter.

CNTC said that if the legislators cannot fight for the people, they should rather resign on moral grounds.

Tells 25 CNTC MLAs to speak up or resign

are affecting the people, weakening democracy, and harming the system. In this process, justice delivery gets adversely affected. By overstepping and breaching your responsibility, you are taking our democracy two steps backward,” he added.

Print media still has a certain degree of accountability, he said, adding that electronic media has zero accountability as what it shows vanishes into thin air.

At times, there are concerted campaigns in media, particularly on social media, against judges, he said.

DIMAPUR, JUL 23 (NPN): In a shocking incident, a man reportedly shot dead a woman who was serving as youth pastor at

Kiyevi village before he took his own life. Commissioner Police Dimapur, R Tetseo informed Nagaland Post that one Kitoka Yeptho (25) s/o Nihoto Yeptho of Pihekhu village shot and killed Alivi

Swu (30), d/o Avishe Swu of Vihuto village then killed himself.

CP said the incident took place between 5.30 to 6 a.m. in the house of the victim. On receiving infor-

mation, police went to the crime site and recovered a country made .32 pistol.

A suo moto case has been registered at Chümoukedima PS and investigation was on, police said.

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Govt tweaks flag code; now can be flown day, night NEW DELHI, JUL 23 (PTI): The government has changed the country’s flag code by allowing the tricolour to fly both day and night and be machine-made besides use of polyester.

The move came as the government is going to launch a ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ (hoisting of flag in every home) from August 13 to 15 as part of the ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’.

In a letter to secretaries of all central ministries and departments, union home secretary Ajay Bhalla said the display, hoisting and u s e o f (Cont’d on p-8)

WSH, NGOs of Niuland district say no to taxation; invite investors

WSH functionaries and members of NGOs under Niuland district.

“Even if the heat is unbearable at least don’t show it.”

June, when its members reported serious concerns about the scale and speed of the virus outbreak but said it didn’t constitute a PHEIC. Tedros reconvened the committee in order to provide the latest information, he has said.

The PHEIC designation comes from the International Health Regulations created in 2005, and it represents an international agreement to help the prevent and respond to public health risks that have the potential to spread around the globe.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention describes the regulations as “a legally binding agreement of 196 countries to build the capability to detect and report potential public health emergencies worldwide. IHR require that all countries have the ability to detect, assess, report, and respond to public health events.”

Outgoing Prez Kovind asks parties to rise above partisan politics

DIMAPUR, JUL 23 (NPN): In order to make newly created district Niuland as the next educational and commercial hub of the state, Western Sumi Hoho (WSH) and NGOs under Nuiland district held a joint meeting

Saturday at DC conference Hall Niuland town.

At the meeting chaired

by WSH vice president Tohoshe Awomi, WSH and NGOs of newly created Niuland district, issues discussed included- unabated

taxation by NPGs; land allotment and controlling of free flow of liquor and drugs to Niuland area were discussed.

With regard to ‘lapses and omissions’ in land allotment to various individuals by Niuland district administration, done without following proper norms, the meeting has set up a five-member committee to investigate the matter.

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Look beyond govt jobs: Tongpang

Tongpang Ozüküm along with faculty members and students of the college.

KMC informs supervisors & enumerators DIMAPUR: Kohima Municipal Council (KMC) administrator and ERO, T. Lanusenla Longkumer has informed all supervisors and enumerators appointed for intensive revision of electoral roll in respect of KMC that a training would be held on July 27, 10 am for supervisors (1 to 4) and enumerators (1 to 52) and 1 p.m. for supervisors (5 to 8) and enumerators (53 to 103) in the conference hall of the deputy commissioner (DC) Kohima. KMC administrator has directed all the supervisors and enumerators to attend the training.

ing as a guest speaker at the 10th Freshers’ Day celebration organised by C-Edge College (CEC) on July 22 at G.K. Auditorium, informed a press release by the college.

With thousands of students graduating every year, the minister stressed on the issue of educated unemployed, saying that

momi as special guests. In a separate event, Institution’s Innovation Council (IIC) of St. Joseph University, Dimapur organised AICTE and MIC sponsored Impact Lecture Series on “entrepreneurship and innovation”.

Padmavani Arts & Science College for Women principal, Dr. Harikrishnaraj spoke on “creative idea can make your life” while head, department of Commerce, KSR College of Arts & Science for Women, Tiruchengode, Obulikrishnan spoke on “entrepreneurship and innovation”.

04.04.1980 – 12.07.2022 We convey our sincere acknowledgement to many expressions of sympathy and gestures of kindness from friends, relatives and to everyone who reached us physically, emotionally and financially during the prolonged sickness and bereavement of our beloved Herato H. Achumi on 12th of July 2022.

With profundity, we are truly grateful and thank you all.

God bless you big.

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“I Have Fought The Good Fight, I Have Finished The Race, I Have Kept The Faith”.

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Itanagar Some rain and a thunderstorm 29 25 Shillong An afternoon thunderstorm

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Tuensang A stray morning thunderstorm 21 17

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Vekuto Vero, NcS

Under Secretary, IT&C Government of Nagaland

The family of Late Vekuto Vero wishes to acknowledge the many expressions of sympathy and gestures of kindness shown to us during our time of loss and grief.

We offer our heartfelt gratitude to the churches, associations, departments, villages, administration, police, youth groups, Hoho leaders, medical workers, friends and all well-wishers. Although we are unable to thank each person individually, please accept this acknowledgement as an expression of our deepest gratitude. God bless you all abundantly.

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From the family of Late Vekuto Vero.

Born : 1952 Died : 23-06-2022 We, the bereaved family members of Lt. GHONILI. M. YEPTHO, wife of Lt. Mulato Yeptho would like to express our sincere gratitude to all the relatives, friends, churches and well wishers who stood by us physically, financially and spiritually at the demise of our beloved mother. Your act of kindness has helped us in all ways and shall always remain indebted in our hearts.

We convey our sincere thanks to: 1. Shri K. T. Sukhalu (Rtd IAS) & family, Advisor School Education, SCERT, Govt. of Nagaland 2. Shri Pukhai Sumi & family, Advisor, Food & Civil Supplies, LMCP, Taxes, Govt. of Nagaland 3. Shri Atieu Keditsu & family 4. NDPP 35 A/C Zunheboto 5. Sukhalu Ghami Baptist Church 6. Seventh Day Adventist (Zunheboto, Kohima, Dimapur) 7. D.C. Hill Prayer Fellowship 8. Upper Agri Colony Kohima We regret our inability to thank each and everyone individually, as we pray that God's blessings be bestowed upon each and everyone.

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Loving family members

We, the bereaved family of our beloved father Lt. Neinhieo chielie, would like to convey our deepest appreciation and gratitude to all organizations and individuals who stood by us spiritually, physically and financially during his time of illness till his last breath.

We convey our special thanks to: 1. CRC High School Area Kohima 2. Nagaland University Kohima 3. Nagaland University Non-Teaching Staff Association Kohima 4. Nagaland University Students' Union Kohima 5. Nagaland University Private Bus Department Kohima 6. Nagaland University Drivers Association, Lumami 7. Dr. Mhashevishül Sothu (NHAK) 8. Doctors and nurses of NHAK(ICU) 9. Neighborhood Welfare Group 10. Hurutsu Youth Meriema 11. Meriemiapfü Kewhira Krotho 12. Rising Society, Kohima 13. Brotherhood Society, Kohima 14. Khrietho Society, Kohima 15. Friends, relatives, and well-wishers.

We earnestly regret our inability to thank each and every individual but it is our humble prayers that our Almighty God bless you all immensely.

Loving wife, children, family members & relatives

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etsü, invocation was offered

by BMC assistant pastor, Menuolhoulie Sekhose, welcome address by advisor Khoto Testeo, special numbers were presented

by Thejasenuo Phewhuo Vethizolü Vero while vote of thanks was proposed by finance secretary Peter Chase.

The event was attended by students from a host of communities residing in the colony.

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possess god morals, respect, patience, integrity and love for each other.

Earlier, short speeches were delivered by BJP Mokokchung president, Imolemba, BJP state council member Imnakika, mandal convenor BJP Mokokchung, Imtichizung, Chuchuyimpang village

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sion, Capt. Imliakum gave a brief account of the 1999 Kargil War and thanked his comrade and God. He said now that he has retired, he would spend his time to uplift the youth in the state.

Further, Imliakum urged upon the youth to inculcate good character, to

8th March 1932 to 24th July 2021 In the silent spaces of a warm sunset, a prayer before morning tea, the tearful spells of an irreplaceable longing, and countless other moments, we remember you, your words and your laughter. The merry twinkle of your eyes, the aged shoulders that lived a fulfilled life, and the spoken blessings of your prayers; these are the bones of you in our memory. A year has passed, and decades will follow. Yet through it all, we will always carry you, as His Love leads us.

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MOKOKCHUNG, JUL 23 (NPN): On the occasion of “Kargil Vijay Diwas”, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Mokokchung felicitated Maha Vir Chakra (MVC) awardee, honourary captain Imliakum Ao, at the multipurpose community hall, here, on Saturday.

Speaking on the occa-

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Honourary Capt. Imliakum receiving the certificate on Saturday. (NP)

them to be diligent, hard- speech said “our parents working and punctual. achieved whatever they In a short speech, SDO have through hard work PHED, Er Sedevilie Suohu, and we have to understand encouraged the students and respect their dedicaby saying that through the tion”.

HSLC examination was He urged upon the just the first in a series of students to put God first exams that they would be and pointed out essential facing in the future. features which included H e s a i d w h a t eve r clear plan, priorities God, stream they choose to pur- cultivating good habits, sue should be done whole- positive attitude and preheartedly and be the best paring in advance. in it.

Earlier, the programme Kitsubozou youth leaders with students on Saturday. (NP) Social activist, Chek- was chaired by KYS general Correspondent on Saturday.

He suggested that stu- rongoi Theyo in a brief secretary Khrielezo KerSharing g reetings, dents should discern the KOHIMA, JUL 23 (NPN): Kitsubozou panchayat future course of action Kitsubozou Youth Society chairman Vimhalie Pienyü especially in choosing their FIRST DEATH ANNIVERSARY (KYS) held its first felici- urged upon the successful streams and act accordOF tation programme in the students to work for the ingly.

MR. T. DANGCHET PONGEN colony panchayat hall, here welfare of the colony.

Further, he advised

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council chairman, Temsumoa Imsong and Ungma village council tatar, Raren Longkumer.

The programme was chaired by Mahila Morcha president, BJP Mokokchung, Meyisenla Mollier while invocation was offered by Ao Senden Literature Board secretary, Temjen Tzudir and vote of thanks by minority morcha president, Rongsenyanger Aier.

Kitsubozou Youth Society felicitates successful students

SJU inducts freshers; organises lecture

DIMAPUR: St Joseph University (SJU) organised a three-day freshers’ induction programme for undergraduate students on July 20-22.

In a separate event, the college also organised impact lecture series on “Entrepreneurship and innovation” on July 21.

SJU informed that the orientation programme was divided for 19 departments with EAC Seithekema, Er. Seyiekhrietuo Solo, branch manager, South Indian Bank, Dimapur, Samudrajit Gogoi and ACP Chumoukedima, Ninoto Zhi-

degree certificate alone was not enough to call oneself educated. He said one must be well mannered, cultured, skilled and sophisticated to be called an educated person.

He encouraged students to put their heart and soul and follow their passion to achieve their goal in life. Lamenting that

BJP Mokokchung felicitates MVC Imliakum

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DIMAPUR: Keeping in mind the growing issue of educated unemployed in the state, Housing & Mechanical (PWD), Tongpang Ozüküm encouraged students to look beyond government sector for employment as there were “numerous other avenues for sustenance”.

Tongpang was speak-

the new generations are slowly moving away from their traditions, the minister encouraged students to embrace their tradition as it is their identity.

The programme was hosted by Loziini Archeof (B.A III semester), prayed

by Nyimang (BBA III semester), welcome address

by CEC president, Er. Moa Aier, pledge of allegiance

by CEC assistant professor, Obed Patton, students from H&A, ARMS incorporation presented a special number in Japanese, CEC principal, Dr. Chubatola Aier presided over the college awards, song by senior students and vote of thanks by Mhonthung (BBA V Semester). Pfotokho and Vania Wotsa of BA I semester were adjudged Mr. & Ms. Fresher 2022 respectively.

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DUDA and DMC organise ‘SVANidhi Mahotsav’ mela

Moatoshi Longkumer along with DUDA and DMC officials and others. (NP)

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vendor can request for Rs. 20,000 and later Rs. 50,000.

The prog ramme was chaired by Development Authority of Nagaland secretary, Pat Keyhie and invocation was offered by WSBAK women secretary, Kakhe-

li Inato Jimo.

Testomonies were delivered by convener SEWA & PM SVANidhi beneficiary, Rita Ghosh and SHG-G, Day-NULM beneficiary, Kesiateilak Sieringmaa.

Highlights of the programme included special number by New Market Street Vendors, folk song by Sieringmaa SHG and folk dance by Sonthao SHG. Vote of thanks was proposed by assistant director, Urban Development & state nodal officer PM SVANidhi & DAY-NULM, Kiniholi Kinimi.

The programme was followed by digital training, distribution of “parichay” boards and QR codes, registration of new street vendors, food stalls and exhibition & sale of SHGs products.

NASU education drive underway DIMAPUR: Nor ther n Angami Students Union (NASU) began its 2nd phase of education drive on July 19 by visiting government schools at Ziezou and Phekerkriema.

In a press release, NASU informed that the union completed its 1st phase of education drive on April 14, 2022 within its jurisdiction during which, the union visited all the schools.

After collecting various data and issues from the schools, the union visited Government Middle School (GMS) Ziezou and GMS Phekerkriema.

NASU also held a joint meeting with the village council, Phekerkriezou Students Union (PSU), youth leaders, teachers and school managing committees, and held discussions and deliberations for the upliftment of the schools and students.

RA organises programme for students

Staff Reporter

DIMAPUR, JUL 23 (NPN): Royal Academy (RA) in collaboration with NEXXT education organised an awareness programme on the theme “name your career” at Europa inn, here, on Saturday.

The programme was aimed at providing information on various career options in science stream including NEET, JEE, MBBS, BDS, etc. and ideas on Common University Entrance Test (CUET) which the government of India has made mandatory for students who wish to enroll in various universities.

At the programme, word of wisdom was delivered by district hospital Dimapur, orthopedic Dr. Rokoliebi Khate, who shared his experiences and how he chose his career.

For students planning to opt for medical studies, he said that with “upcoming

Dr. Rokoliebi Khate speaking at the programme on Saturday. (NP)

medical college in Nagaland sooner or later”, many opportunities would be in need and the demand for the service will be required.

Dr. Rokoliebi also advised the students to seek God’s blessings, to be dedicated, to have a strong determination and to work hard.

Topic on “choose your career” was shared by motivational speaker from Kolkata, Somwrita Sen, International career counsellor, Kolkata NA Harish spoke

on international studies and focus on CUET and NEET was shared by royal representative, Dimapur Shubham Poddar.

The programme was followed by an open forum.

E a r l i e r, K h o j a n o Ezung chaired the programme, welcome speech and introduction was delivered by Medo Sekhose and vote of thanks was delivered by co-founder and CEO Next education Sandip Saha.

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DIMAPUR, JUL 23 (NPN): District Urban Development Agency (DUDA) and Dimapur Municipal Council (DMC), sponsored by Urban Development Agency, Nagaland, organised “SVANidhi Mahotsav Mela” at Super Market, here on Saturday.

Addressing the gathering as special guest, Moatoshi Longkumer, MLA, said the festival was celebrated to commemorate the second year of SVANidhi Mahotsav scheme, which was launched on June 1, 2020.

He informed that the scheme officered financial assistance as loans with minimal interest rates to street vendors and small traders and was launched by the government of India to assist street vendors who were economically affected during the pandemic.

Dwelling on the advantages of the scheme, Moatoshi urged upon the vendors

to apply for the scheme and to follow digital transaction.

He said that it was disheartening to see that only a handful vendors were using digital transaction.

Lamenting that Nagas had many to learn from the scheme, he said Nagas did not know the art of saving and most did not maintain credit discipline.

In the welcome address, DMC administrator, Albert Ezung informed that around 2400 street vendors were recorded in Dimapur and that, 1796 applied for the scheme out of which 1090 were sanctioned with the benefits and 1047 were disbursed.

He informed that Dimapur was regarded as the best performing ULB in entire North East as far as SVANidhi scheme was concerned.

Albert informed that a street vendor would receive a loan of Rs 10,000, in the first stage and after paying back the loan, the same

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M’laya BJP leader’s farmhouse used as brothel: Police 73 YOUTHS DETAINED, 6 MINORS RESCUED FROM RIMPU BAGAN

SHILLONG, JUL 23: A farm house of Meghalaya BJP vice-president, Bernard N. Marak, which was earlier a designated camp of a disbanded breakaway faction of the A’chik National Volunteers Council (ANVC-B) militant outfit in Garo Hills, was allegedly being used as a brothel, a police official said on Saturday.

Marak, who is an elected member to Garo Hills Autonomous District Council, has refuted the police allegation. He, however, accused Chief Minister Conrad Sangma of targeting him through the use of state machinery to malign his image through a bogus police raid because he is politically weak for the Tura assembly seat. Assembly elections are scheduled in 2023.

The discovery of the farm house being used as a brothel by Marak, a former militant leader-turned politician, came to light during a police raid on Saturday night based on a police complaint of a missing case involving a minor. After the minor was traced, the victim said in the court she and her friend were taken to Rimpu Bagan and sexually assaulted.

During the raid, police found evidence and rescued six minors and arrested 73

Liquor seized from Rimpu Bagan.

people from the farm house known to many as Rimpu Bagan. A case under Immoral Trafficking (Prevention) Act, 1956 has been registered against Marak and his accomplices under Tura police station “We have seized 500 unused contraceptives condom packets, knives, one crossbow barnet with 44 numbers of arrows, several hundred bottles of liquor, an ATM card of Bernard Marak, 49 mobile phones, 36 vehicles, incriminating documents and cash of Rs. 30,000 were seized from the farm house,” Vivekanand Singh Rathore, the district police chief of West Garo

Manipur landslide: parts of two bodies recovered

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IMPHAL, JUL 23: Villagers who continued search operation for missing persons at the landslide area in Manipur’s Noney district on Saturday recovered parts of two dead bodies.

The villagers as well as the police claimed that the body parts were that of a woman and her minor son who were among the five still missing. The villagers with the assistance of the railway authority retrieved body parts -hand, head, hairs – of the two bodies late today evening.

The police as well as the villagers believed that the mutilated body parts recovered today were that of Chunthuiliu Gondaimei ( 28) wife of late Kabamgai Gondaimei whose body is yet to be recovered, and her

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minor son Jianthaoliu Gondaimei (2) of Marangching village.

The parts of the two dead bodies were retrieved by the police in presence of members of the deceased family and village volunteers. The parts were transferred to JNIMS morgue Imphal for necessary legal procedures.

The railways authority was also continuing debris clearance work at the landslide areas to retrieve buried machinery and construction materials.

With this, the death toll from the devastating landslide at the railway line construction site at Marangching of Noney district rose to 58, the report said.

Bodies of three persons -two villagers and a personnel of Territorial Army – were still missing.

Hills, said.

On thorough searching the three storied building (two floors in basement and one floor above ground level) with approximately 30 small rooms, Rathore said five children, including one girl from were also found locked inside a dingy cabin like unhygienic rooms.

“All the children were in a state of shock and were unable to speak properly.

The children were handed over to District Child Protection Officer (DCPO) for safe custody and further necessary action as per law,” the police official said.

From the materials recovered at Rimpu Bagan as

well as the design of building, Rathore said, it appears that the farm house was being used by Marak @ Rimpu and his accomplices as a “brothel” for the purpose of prostitution.

“We have verbally instructed Marak to cooperate with the investigation and surrender himself at Shillong Sadar police station immediately. However, he (Bernard) has not cooperated and is evading arrest,” the police official said.

Police records indicate that Bernard N. Marak @ Rimpu is a known criminal with more than 25 criminal cases registered against him since early 2000s. Marak was

the self-styled Chairman of the now disbanded militant outfit named A.chik Nationalist Voluntary Council (B) and even after the disbandment of the outfit, he has been indulging in criminal activities like extortion from traders of Tura market, criminal intimidation in case of refusal to pay extortion money, arms smuggling, prostitution, illegal sale of liquor, illegal sale of lottery tickets, teer counters, encroachment on other’s property, illegal collection of money for recommending issue of TNT license, police alleged.

Meanwhile, Marak has termed the raid at his farm house farm house and later at his mother’s house as “pre-meditated” and said that all allegations are targeted to arrest him with fabricated allegations.

“It is immaturity on the side of the Chief Minister to target me and my family members just because he is losing ground politically in the State. People are losing faith in the NPP led government in the State and it’s imminent that the NPP will lose most of the seats in the upcoming election,” Marak noted in a statement issued via WhatsApp. “The desperate attempt

to malign my image and harass my family members and supporters is eminent in the way they took the law in their hands. The Chief Minister also drinks and parties and most of his supporters own the wine stores in the state and run bars but why isn’t he (Chief Minister) within the same purview of the law? Is he above it?,” the BJP leader asked.

“If he (Chief Minister) can have his private parties in his residence with alcohol being served, why can’t another citizen within the same boundary of law be allowed to do so? This is a tribal state and eating and drinking is part of culture. This vengeful act shows an ulterior motive behind the Chief Minister’s mind. Targeting my personal image with a greater intent aimed at the BJP, to create a negative impact on the voters mindset is what looks like the motive behind such an act,” Marak said.

Refuting the allegation of running a brothel, Marak said, “None of those detained were involved in any indecent activities during the raid. The police trespassed and harassed the minor students whom I was sponsoring to study and alleged them to be involved in sexual activities which is false.”

North East India Festival in Bangkok from July 29

GUWAHATI, JUL 23 (PTI): In a bid to take forward the Act East policy, the second edition of the three-day North East India Festival, 2022 will be held in the Thailand capital Bangkok from July 29.

The festival marks 75 years of India’s diplomatic relationship with Thailand and aims to promote trade, tourism, cultural exchange and people-to-people meet between the two countries, North East India Festival’s Chief Organiser Shyamkanu Mahanta said at a press conference here on Saturday.

“North East is going to Thailand to explore the shared history and to promote trade, business and people to people exchange,” he said.

The inaugural session of the festival, to be hosted by the Indian embassy

in Thailand, will be held on July 29 at the Centara Grand Hotel in Bangkok.

The first edition of the festival, organised by the socio-cultural Trust Trend MMS, was held in 2019.

A few months later, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had visited Bangkok and said that the focus has been to promote ‘’India’s North East as a part of India’s Act East Policy and Thailand’s Act West Policy’’.

The prime minister said that this was the background against which North East India festival was organized for the first time outside India and the initiative has helped in better understanding about India’s North East, Mahanta said. ‘’The prime minister’s

mention of the festival was a certificate for us and we decided to hold the next edition in 2020. We had made all the preparations but it was delayed due to the pandemic.

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‘’Finally, we are organising it this year to mark India’s 75 years of independence and also the diplomatic relationship between the two countries’’, Mahanta said.

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Dated 04/07/2022

I, shri sangay sherpa, aged about 57 years, S/o Late Tenzing Sherpa, permanent resident of Cokla Bosti, Nalacatak, P.O-Jaigon, Jalpaiguri, West Bengal, presently resident at Purana Bazar, Dimapur: Nagaland do hereby declare and state as under:1. That, I am a bonafide citizen of India and a resident of the above mentioned address.

2. That, my name is “sangay sherpa", however in some of my documents my name has been inadvertently entered/recorded as “sanjay sharma”.

3. That this affidavit is sworn for the sole purpose to declare before the competent authority, that the names “sangay sherpa” and “sanjay sharma” belong to the same and single person i.e. me.

4. That, the statements made in Para 1 to 3 of this affidavit are all true and correct to the best of my knowledge and information and no part of it is false.

DEPONENT Solemnly sworn and declared before me on this 4th day of July, 2022.

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8 of 19 missing Assam workers found in Arunachal forest

I TA NAG A R , J U L 2 3 (IANS): After 18 days, eight of the 19 Assam workers, who went missing near the India-China border in Arunachal Pradesh’s Kurung Kumey district, were rescued from a jungle, officials said on Saturday night.

Kurung Kumey Deputy Commissioner Bengia Nighee said that all the eight rescued workers were critical and their health condition is being monitored by a medical team after they were rescued from the dense forest on Friday night. The IAF chopper, which was requisitioned by the administration, came but could not search properly due to bad weather at Damin circle in spite of best efforts by its pilots.

“Remaining 11 people still missing and as per the preliminary statements of eight rescued workers, four of them were dead, and two had fallen in the river. Our rescue team didn’t recover or see the dead bodies. This death story was told by the rescued workers,” the DC said. The state government requested the IAF to evacuate the rescued workers to Naharlagun near Itanagar where they would be admitted to a hospital. The IAF chopper, which carried out a search operation for the remaining 11 workers on Saturday, was likely to be used in the evacuation.

“Their statements would be recorded once the workers recover. They were found tired and frail. We gave them food, water, and medicines,” Nighee said.

The DC, who was supervising the rescue operations himself, said after fleeing their project site camp at Huri on July 5 night, the 19 workers had entered a dense forest infested with poisonous snakes and wild animals. Subsequently, the workers split themselves into two groups of eight and 11, and the other group of 11 had moved in a different direction.

He said that a 25-member team of the State Disaster Response Force accompanied by the police and local volunteers have been conducting search operations for the remaining missing people in Damin circle.

The 19 workers, mostly Muslims and residents of Assam, had been engaged by a contractor to work for a road construction undertaken by the Border Road Organisation (BRO).

Villagers reportedly informed the police that the workers left their work site after the contractor refused to grant leave for some days to celebrate Eid. The workers had taken a shortcut jungle route to return to their homes in Kokrajhar and Dhubri of Assam.

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Regd. No. 286 Date: 19.7.2022 I, Smti NEITHING REELA, wife of KAIKHOHAO HAOKIP resident of Ahthibung town on oath as follows : 1. That I am a bonafide Citizen of India and presently resident of the above address.

2. That, I am known as NEITHING REELA and NEIKHOTING REELA for different purposes and intents.

3. That, my date of birth is 15.12.1978 for all purposes.

4. That both the names NEITHING REELA and NEIKHOTING REELA are my names, i.e the name of one and same person.

5. Expressly authorize and request all the persons at all times hereafter to designate and address me by such assumed name of NEITHING REELA accordingly.

That, the statement made in above para are true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief and nothing is concealed or false therein.

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Smriti’s daughter running ‘illegal’ bar in Goa, PM should sack her: Cong

Jairam Ramesh with Pawan Khera during a press conference at AICC headquarters, in New Delhi. (PTI)

NEW DELHI, JUL 23 (PTI): The Congress on Saturday demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi should sack Union Minister Smriti Irani, alleging that an “illegal bar” was being run in Goa by her daughter, who rejected the charge.

In a statement, the lawyer of Irani’s daughter, Kirat Nagra, said his client is neither an owner nor operating the restaurant called Silly Souls Goa, and has also not received any show cause notice from any authority whatsoever as alleged.

Nagra said various “erroneous, frivolous, malicious and defamatory social media posts being made by various vested quarters trying to settle political scores with our client’s mother, the renowned politician Smriti Irani each of which are predicated on blatant falsities”.

Terming the charges as “baseless”, Nagra said, “It is unfortunate that they have resorted to spreading a false propaganda only to sensationalize a non issue without ascertaining true facts and with a predeter-

mined objective of defaming Our Client for solely being the daughter of a political leader.”

Noting that it is a “very serious issue”, the Congress also shared a copy of the show cause notice given to the bar, and said the excise official who gave the notice is reportedly being transferred after pressure from authorities.

Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera told reporters that there are serious charges of corruption against Irani’s family and her daughter is allegedly running a restaurant in Goa, in which a bar is functioning on a “fake licence”.

“The licence by Smriti Irani’s daughter is in the name of a person who died in May 2021, and the licence was taken in June 2022 in Goa. But the person in whose name the licence is, had died 13 months ago.

This is illegal,” he told reporters.

He said according to Goa rules, a restaurant can get only one bar licence but this restaurant has got two bar licences.

Goa bar row: Charges ‘baseless, My daughter being targeted for my stand on ‘loot’ : Irani DELHI, JUL 23 says lawyer of Irani’s daughter NEW (PTI): Union minister

NEW DELHI, JUL 23 (PTI): Amid reports alleging her involvement with an “illegal bar” in Goa, Union Minister Smriti Irani’s daughter Zoish on Saturday termed these charges as “baseless” and said she was neither an owner nor operating the restaurant.

In a statement, Zoish Irani’s lawyer Kirat Nagra denied the charges against her client, saying Smriti Irani’s political opponents have levelled various “concocted” allegations against her with a predetermined objective of defaming her for solely being the daughter of a political leader. Her statement followed reports in a section of media, quoting which the Congress alleged that Irani’s daughter was running an “illegal bar” in Goa and demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi should sack the Union minister. Noting that it is a “very serious issue”, the Congress also shared a copy of the show cause notice given to

the bar, and said the excise official who gave the notice is reportedly being transferred after pressure from authorities. Zoish’s lawyer, however, said she has not received any show cause notice from any authority.

“My client , a young eighteen year old student and a budding chef who has worked in various restaurants to learn culinary arts, is sought to be scarred in perpetuity by her mother’s political opponents who with oblique and ulterior motive seek to malign her.

“These political opponents have levelled various baseless charges and concocted allegations against our client. It is unfortunate that they have resorted to spreading a false propaganda only to sensationalize a non issue without ascertaining true facts and with a predetermined objective of defaming our client for solely being the daughter of a political leader,” Nagra said in the statement.

Smriti Irani Saturday rejected as malicious the Congress’ allegation that her daughter ran an illegal bar in Goa, and said the college student was targeted because of her mother’s vocal stand on the Sonia and Rahul Gandhi’s “Rs 5,000-crore loot” in the National Herald case.

The Congress “assassinated” and “publicly mutilated” her daughter’s character, Irani said in a hard-hitting press conference, and dared the Opposition party to show the proof of any wrongdoing.

She asserted her 18-year-old daughter is a first-year college student and does not run any bar.

“My daughter’s fault is that her mother holds a press conference on the loot of Rs 5,000 cr by Sonia and Rahul Gandhi. Her fault is that her mother fought against Rahul Gandhi in 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha polls,” the MP said.

The BJP leader dared

Union Minister Smriti Irani addresses a press conference at her residence in New Delhi, Saturday, July 23, 2022. (PTI)

Rahul Gandhi to fight from Amethi Lok Sabha seat again in 2024, and vowed that she will make him bite the dust again.

“I will seek answers in the court of law and the court of people,” she said in reaction to the allegation.

The Congress on Saturday demanded that Prime Minister Narendra

Modi sack Irani as a minister, alleging that an “illegal bar” was being run in Goa by her daughter.

Noting that it is a “very serious issue”, the Congress also shared a copy of the show cause notice given to the bar, and said the excise official who gave the notice is reportedly being transferred after pressure from authorities.

Prostitution ring involving Enough time for Mamata to Murmu’s win a reply to those paying lip service foreigners busted in Delhi change mind: Margaret Alva

BSF fires at Pak drone detected along IB in Jammu

NEW DELHI, JUL 23 (PTI): The Delhi Police has busted a prostitution racket involving foreign women and arrested five people, officials said on Saturday.

Those identified were identified as Mohammad Arup (34), Chande Sahini (30), Ali Sher Tilladaev (48), Jumayeva Aziza (37) and Meredob Ahmed (48), they said.

Aziza and Ahmed are Turkmenistan nationals.

Based on a tip-off, a constable was sent as a decoy customer and agents were contacted. After finalising the deal, the decoy customer was sent to an address in Malviya Nagar, a senior police officer said.

There, Arup and Sahni asked the decoy customer to choose from the 10 foreign women in front of him.

Soon after, a raid was conducted and both the agents were nabbed.

All the foreigners were asked to produce their valid visa and passport for stay in India, but they failed to produce any legal document, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime) Vichitra Veer said.

Aziza and her husband Ahmed are kingpins of this racket.

Uzbek national Sher used to lure foreign women to India on the pretext of providing job and then handed over them to Aziza and her husband. The couple would force the foreigners into prostitution, police said.

The premise was taken on rent by an agent of Aziza and who is still absconding, police said.

Margaret Alva

NEW DELHI, JUL 23 (PTI): The Opposition’s vice presidential candidate Margaret Alva Saturday described the prevailing differences in the non-BJP camp as a “family quarrel”, and asserted they are making efforts to unite for the 2024 challenge.

The Opposition was clear it does not want a oneparty rule and that the Constitution has to be defended and democratic institutions protected, said 80-year-old

Alva, who faces an uphill task in the August 6 vice presidential poll in which she is up against ruling NDA’s Jagdeep Dhankhar.

In an interview to PTI, the former governor said the “tragedy” of today’s democratic system is that the mandate of people does not prevail and muscle-power, money power, and threats change the composition of the elected framework.

Responding to frequent disruptions in Parliament, the multi-term parliamentarian said it is happening because the Chair is “unable” to work out compromises whereby the Opposition’s point of view is considered.

She wondered how a democracy could function when the government’s slogan seemingly is ‘my way or no way’.

Union Minister Home Minister Amit Shah during the launch of the e-FIR system in Gandhinagar. (PTI)

GANDHINAGAR, JUL 23 (PTI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday termed Droupadi Murmu’s election as India’s President a “historic event”, and said her victory was a reply to those who only talk about empowerment of tribals, but divide communities.

He said empowerment of tribals is achieved not

by talking about it, but through the moves like these (Murmu’s election).

Shah added that a person belonging to a tribal Santhal community and coming from a very backward region, occupying the country’s top post is a “huge victory of democracy”.

“It is normal for one of the two contesting Presi-

dential candidates to win, but for Droupadi Murmu to become the President from Shrimati Droupadi Murmu to Mahamahim Droupadi Murmu - is a historic event in the 75 years of the country’s Independence,” Shah said at the National Forensic Sciences University, where he launched a host of projects.

To all those who talk about tribal empowerment and divide communities and play politics in its name, Murmu’s victory is a reply that tribal empowerment cannot be achieved only by using these words but by deeds like these, he said.

Shah talked about former president APJ Abdul Kalam and outgoing president Ram Nath Kovind - who were elected to the top post when the BJP was in power.

JAMMU, JUL 23 (PTI): BSF opened fire at a Pakistani drone after spotting it near the International Border (IB) in Kanachak sector of Jammu and Kashmir, a senior official said on Saturday. A blinking red light was observed by the troops coming from Pakistan side in Kanachak area at 9.40pm on Friday, he said. Alert Border Security Force (BSF) troops fired at it, he said.

The troops launched a search operation in the area, which is still going on, he said. Earlier, police had busted three Lashkare-Taiba (LeT) modules arresting seven of its members and recovering huge cache of arms, ammunition, and explosive material reportedly dropped by 20 drone sorties from Pakistan.

examine all the prosecution witnesses in the case and would wait for a government nod till July 22. If not, he would sit on an indefinite hunger strike inside the jail.

Malik began his protest when he received no information from the government about his plea to shift him to any prison in Jammu, the officials said.

The JKLF chief was arrested in early 2019 in connection with a 2017 terror-funding case registered

by National Investigation Agency (NIA). Malik had pleaded guilty in the case and was sentenced by a special NIA court in Delhi in May. Rubaiya Sayeed was allegedly kidnapped by the JKLF on December 8, 1989. She was freed from captivity five days later on

December 13 after the then V P Singh government at the Centre, supported by the BJP, released five JKLF terrorists in exchange. The case had gone into virtual cold storage and was revived after Malik was picked up by the NIA in 2019.

In January last year, the CBI, with help from special public prosecutors Monika Kohli and S K Bhat, framed charges against 10 people, including Malik, in the case that was a turning point in the Valley’s volatile history.

After the release of the five JKLF members, terror groups started rearing their heads. Rubaiya Sayeed had been kidnapped by JKLF members from Srinagar to ensure the release of their associates lodged in different jails, officials said.

Telangana Governor comes to rescue of cop on flight

NEET-PG 2022 counselling to begin on Sept 1

NEW DELHI, JUL 23 (PTI): Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik is on a hunger strike in Tihar Jail after the government did not respond to his plea that he be allowed to physically appear in a Jammu court hearing the Rubaiya Sayeed kidnapping case in which he is an accused, officials said on Saturday.

Malik, 56, head of the banned Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), began his indefinite strike on Friday as he had threatened to earlier this month, they said. On Friday morning, he refused to eat anything despite repeated requests by jail authorities, the officials said. His health is being closely monitored.

Appearing before a special CBI judge through

Yasin Malik in Tihar jail.

video conference, Malik had said he wanted to appear physically in the case related to the kidnapping of Rubaiya Sayeed, daughter of the Union home minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed, in December 1989.

Malik informed the

court that he had written a letter to the government seeking his transfer to a Jammu jail so he could appear physically in the case and contest the allegations against him.

He had said he would like to personally cross-

Tamilisai Soundararajan attending to Kripanand Tripathi Ujela onboard Delhi to Hyderabad flight.

AMARAVATI, JUL 23 ( AGENCIES): Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan discharged her duties as a doctor and saved the life of an Additional Director General of Police-

rank IPS officer onboard an Indigo airlines flight from Delhi to Hyderabad, reports NDTV. Kripanand Tripathi Ujela, a 1994-batch officer, is now undergoing

treatment in a hospital in Hyderabad after being diagnosed with dengue fever. “Madam Governor saved my life. She helped me like a mother.

Otherwise, I could not have made it to the hospital,” Ujela told PTI over the phone from Hyderabad on Saturday.

Ujela, who belongs to the Andhra Pradesh cadre, is currently posted as Additional DGP (Road Safety).

The Governor, who is a doctor by profession, attended to the IPS officer after he complained of uneasiness during the flight to the Telangana capital around Friday midnight. “My heart rate at that time was just 39 when Madam Governor measured it.

She advised me to bend forward and helped me relax, which stabilised my breathing,” Ujela said. Upon landing in Hyderabad, he directly went to a hospital where a series of tests were conducted on him. He was diagnosed with dengue and his platelet count dropped to 14,000.

NEW DELHI, JUL 23 (PTI): The National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (PG)counselling will begin on Sept 1, official sources said on Saturday.

Students who have qualified in the NEET-PG 2022 exam will be able to fill their choices with respect to courses and colleges during the counselling process for admission to All India Quota seats, state medical and dental colleges, and central and deemed universities.

The PG counselling will commence for all central universities, deemed Universities and 50%All India quota seats and 50%state quota seats.

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Nagaland Post VOL. XXXII NO. 228 DIMAPUR, SUNDAY, JULY 24, 2022

Democracy under duress

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fter the commencement of the Monsoon Session on July 18, both the Houses of the Parliament are yet to transact any significant business. Both the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha are witnessing continuous adjournments since the monsoon session began. Proceedings of the Monsoon Session were yet again marred by Opposition protests over price rise, GST on daily essentials and inflation leading to adjournment of both the Houses within minutes of start. Successive days of the current session in which both the Houses were adjourned minutes after assembling without any productivity. As Opposition parties scaled attack at the Modi government over rising prices, GST on daily essentials and the misuse of central agencies, parliamentary minister Piyush Goyal and minister of women and child development Smriti Irani refuted the opposition’s charge that the government is running away from a debate and attacked the Congress, the largest opposition party. The opposition has demanded the rollback of five per cent GST on pre-packaged and labelled food items such as cereals, pulses and flour weighing less than 25 kg. For a commodity measured in litres like curd and ‘lassi, the limit is 25 litres. The Opposition has accused the government of running away from a debate on key issues, which they claim, shows the “obstinacy” of the Modi government. With the Opposition refusing to budge from their stand, the government on Wednesday said it is ready for a debate in Parliament on price rise once Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman recovers from COVID-19. Three Opposition members on Friday walked out of a meeting of the parliamentary standing committee on defence when their demand for discussing the Agnipath scheme was turned down. The members were K.C. Venugopal and Uttam Kumar Reddy of the Congress and Danish Ali of the BSP.Rejecting their demand, committee chairman Jual Oram of the BJP said nothing outside the fixed agenda would be taken up. The three members pointed out that the scheme was discussed at the consultative committee meeting and defence minister Rajnath Singh and the three chiefs of the armed services had made a presentation before it. They requested the chairman to list the scheme for discussion at the next meeting but he rejected the demand, arguing that they can discuss the issue in Parliament. Amid the logjam in Parliament, the Congress on Thursday said the Opposition wants Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha to function but its only demand is that the first debate this session should be on price rise and levying of GST on certain food items of daily use. The regularity in which Parliament has been disrupted is unconstitutional and calls for a remedy so that the highest forum of the people’s representative is not victimised for political mileage. The BJP did it when it was the main opposition during the UPA-I and UPA-II days. Today the opposition Congress is also resorting to the same tactics which it disdained while it was in power. However, there is also a difference during the UPA-I and UPA-II period when the ruling government had faced flak from within and outside parliament. To their credit, the UPA governments did not run away from debate and had faced constant flak . Today, when the government refuses to entertain demands from opposition it projects itself poor light despite enjoying brute majority and this does not augur well for the well being of constitutional democracy.

DailyDevotion Sanctification (2)

But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us… sanctification… —1 Corinthians 1:30

The Life Side. The mystery of sanctification is that the perfect qualities of Jesus Christ are imparted as a gift to me, not gradually, but instantly once I enter by faith into the realization that He “became for [me]… sanctification….” Sanctification means nothing less than the holiness of Jesus becoming mine and being exhibited in my life.

The most wonderful secret of living a holy life does not lie in imitating Jesus, but in letting the perfect qualities of Jesus exhibit themselves in my human flesh.

Sanctification is “Christ in you…” (Colossians 1:27). It is His wonderful life that is imparted to me in sanctification— imparted by faith as a sovereign gift of God’s grace. Am I willing for God to make sanctification as real in me as it is in His Word?

Sanctification means the impartation of the holy qualities of Jesus Christ to me. It is the gift of His patience, love, holiness, faith, purity, and godliness that is exhibited in and through every sanctified soul.

Sanctification is not drawing from Jesus the power to be holy— it is drawing from Jesus the very holiness that was exhibited in Him, and that He now exhibits in me. Sanctification is an impartation, not an imitation.

Imitation is something altogether different. The perfection of everything is in Jesus Christ, and the mystery of sanctification is that all the perfect qualities of Jesus are at my disposal. Consequently, I slowly but surely begin to live a life of inexpressible order, soundness, and holiness— “…kept by the power of God…” (1 Peter 1:5).

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Post-mortem

Net zero is more than cutting greenhouse gas emissions

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ndia’s energy needs are expected to treble in the next 20 years, according to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who also said that depriving people of this energy would be the same as denying millions of people of life in his opening remarks at the World Sustainable Development Summit (WSDS). India’s power generation capacity must be increased to meet the growing energy demand.

However, we must be conscious that the world’s energy production is to blame for more than a third of the greenhouse gas emissions contributing to pollution and climate change.

Coal is a significant fuel source for energy production in India. Coal-fired power plants now produce seventy per cent of India’s electricity.

These facilities are in charge of 60% of the emissions of particulate matter, 80% of the mercury emissions, over 50% of the SO2 emissions, and 30% of the NOx emissions. These power facilities produce a lot of greenhouse gas emissions in addition to water use. In addition, pollution, deforestation, conflict with local populations, and wildlife devastation are all results of coal mining.

India also has to contend with rising coal imports. The nation imported more coal from 215 million tonnes in 2013–14 to 230,24 million tonnes in 2020–21.

Global energy costs have

increased sharply due to the escalating tensions and wars among the world’s nations, driving up the price of importing coal and other fossil fuels and interrupting the energy supply.

India presently accounts for 26.53 per cent of the world’s installed generation capacity for renewable energy. To meet 50% of its energy needs from renewable sources by 2030, the nation intends to build 500 gigawatts of renewable energy infrastructure. Through this plan, the government aims to reduce CO2 emissions by a billion tonnes and total emissions by 45 per cent. The country will benefit from switching to renewable and green energy by declining energy prices, preventing climate change, and creating jobs.

Green energy solutions like solar electricity, biogas, and others need more labour than conventional techniques. According to projections, India would generate more than a million jobs if it accomplishes its goal of constructing 500 gigawatts of renewable energy facilities. Additionally, converting to sustainable energy sources may benefit small local firms and new company endeavours.

Our over-reliance on fossil fuels for our energy requirements has another result: climate change. The nation is already dealing with the negative repercus-

sions of climate change, including floods, famines, rising temperatures, and decreased soil productivity.

India must switch from fossil fuel-dominated energy to sustainable energy generation to secure power and fulfil climate commitments.

Even if half of the renewable energy produced is utilized to replace imported coal, the World Economic Forum forecasts that by switching to renewable energy sources, India may save over $90 billion in imports between 2021 and 2030.

Decentralizing power production would lower production costs and streamline the energy supply chain. To overcome the working capital issues and high installation costs in the renewable energy sector, incentives and financial help must be made available. To encourage renewable energy generation, the biogas industry should get the right incentives through Central Financial Assistance, and incentives should be distributed more quickly.

The statement by India that it intends to achieve net zero emissions by 2070 and to fulfil 50% of its electricity needs from renewable sources by 2030 marks a watershed point in the global effort to combat climate change. India is setting the bar for a novel approach to economic growth that might sidestep the carbonintensive strategies many

There is need for more judicial restraint in India

nations have previously adopted and serve as a model for other emerging markets.

The extent of the change in India is astounding. Over the past 20 years, it has had some of the most substantial economic development in the world, pulling millions of people out of poverty. India creates a metropolis the size of London to its urban population each year through the massive new building, factories, and infrastructure construction.

Coal and oil have been the foundation for India’s economic development and modernization, providing an increasing number of Indians with access to current energy services. This has included installing new energy connections for 50 million people annually for the past ten years.

India now ranks third in the world for annual CO2 emissions due to the significant increase in the country’s use of fossil fuels.

However, India’s CO2 per person ranks it among the lowest in the world, and they are much lower when you take historical emissions per person into account. The same is valid for energy use: the typical Indian home uses a tenth as much power as the typical American household.

India’s energy consumption is expected to increase more than any other country in the future decades due to its sheer size

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and enormous potential for expansion. We calculate that the majority of the increase in energy demand this decade would already have to be satisfied with low-carbon energy sources under a pathway to net zero emissions by 2070. Therefore, it makes sense that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has set more ambitious goals for 2030, including installing 500 gigawatts of renewable energy capacity, a 45 per cent reduction in the economy’s emissions intensity, and a billion tonnes reduction of CO2.

Although these goals are challenging, India’s shift to renewable energy is now well underway. It has already met 40% of its power capacity from non-fossil fuels, about nine years ahead of its pledge.

The proportion of solar and wind in India’s energy mix has increased enormously.

India has exceeded its commitment stated at COP 21Paris Summit. Solar power plants are less expensive to construct than coal-fired ones because of technology advancements, consistent state backing, and a thriving private sector.

Even as it aims toward net zero, India must overcome several urgent shortterm obstacles. The thirdlargest energy importer in the world is facing more threats to its energy security due to the steep rise in commodity prices and tight

markets. For many users, there is still a shortage of dependable electrical supplies. The continued use of conventional fuels for cooking harms many people’s health needlessly. Electricity distribution businesses struggling financially are preventing the sector’s fast modernization. Additionally, some of the poorest cities in India now suffer from severe pollution levels.

If fully implemented, India’s many existing policy initiatives might help to alleviate some of these issues by expediting the transition to cleaner and more effective technology. The early 2010s saw the removal of gasoline and diesel subsidies, while 2019 saw the introduction of electric car subsidies. Buildings, transportation, and significant businesses have successfully reduced their energy usage and emissions thanks to India’s effective energy efficiency policy.

Getting to net zero involves more than simply cutting greenhouse gas emissions. The population of India must gain from the country’s energy transformation, and carefully thought-out policies may reduce the likelihood of trade-offs between affordability, security, and sustainability. To achieve net zero and decarbonize the hard-to-abate sectors, green hydrogen will be a crucial component.

(As publishes in Inventiva)

The deadly heatwave

leadership that could overhaul the economic design that was leading to a climate catastrohe Supreme Court is chipping Katju, when threatened with contempt phe. To me, that is the crux away at its own legacy with proceedings by the Supreme Court, of the climate problem that arbitrary orders that take away chose to apologize to avoid going to political leadership is afraid fundamental rights of individuals, jail, whether the apology was heartfelt to take on. Unless the obseswithout due process. or not. sion with GDP as the growth One of the questions raised durThe problem with each of these matrix ends, there is no light at ing the Contempt of Court proceed- cases is that the Supreme Court’s order the end of the tunnel. Whether ings against lawyer Prashant Bhushan has become final, and a fresh pair of we like it or not, in reality it is in the Supreme Court was whether eyes will never look at whether the the economic design that has the court could be both the initiator court might have erred. This is by not only widened inequality of proceedings and the final arbiter design as the only available recourse but also has led to an ecologiof justice in that very same case. The is a Review Petition, which will be cal crisis that has also brought argument is that a Right of appeal considered by the same judges who the world at the edge of a is an absolute right of any convict, passed the original order. precipice. The need, therefore, because no court is beyond mistakes.

To be clear, the grouse is not that is for a radical economic transHowever, often Supreme Court the Supreme Court should not pass formation to fix the broken decisions condemn a citizen at the ‘erroneous’ orders. It is in the nature economic system. It can’t go very first instance without possibility of the office to deliver judgments on for long. of any redress. that are not universally welcomed, Perhaps the deadly heatTake the recent case of Teesta Se- which many may even deem to be wave has come as a shock talvad, and two officers of the Gujarat ‘incorrect’. In many courts around the therapy, a kind of awakening police force. In its judgment finding world, such as the Supreme Court of for humankind, and thereby that no further probe was required into the United States in the recent antiproviding an opportunity to go the role of the then Chief Minister, abortion ruling, the judgments might for a structural change. After Narendra Modi, in the 2002 Gujarat even be thought to be motivated or all, there is no Planet B that riots, the court also said that those pre-ordained. we can shift to. who pursued the case all the way to But even in those cases, the That there is a direct the Supreme Court were abusing the judgments are the result of careful link between gas emissions, process of law, and that these people deliberation through multiple layers climate change and wealth needed to be ‘in the dock’. of judiciary, and those prejudiced by creation has been widely acUndoubtedly, if somebody has the court’s action could claim they knowledged. The higher the abused the process of court, they were heard. This is where India pales rate of economic growth, should be made to answer for it. in comparison. In far too many cases, higher is the carbon emisHowever, this judgment essentially judgments have been passed without sions. The quest for a higher takes away their right to protest their hearing those who might be affected GDP is leading to heating of innocence. Remember, the Supreme by them. the planet. It is in this context Court was not hearing arguments on In civil cases, we are almost acthat a leading economist, whether the case against Modi was customed to these judicial excursions.

Dr Herman Daly, emeritus motivated, and therefore the petition- For instance, the judgment that that professor at the Maryland ers did not have the chance to put their national anthem should be played School of Public Policy, has, defense before the court. in movie halls, or that liquor bars in an interview with New The trio, of whom one was al- adjacent to highways should be shut York Times, argued in favour ready in jail, was promptly arrested. down were passed without hearing the of a steady-state economy.

With such a scathing observation by many parties who would be affected He says that ‘every politician the top court, almost in the form of by such orders. Thankfully they were is in favour of growth’, and a directive, it is unlikely courts will both revoked hastily. understandably so, but very feel inclined to grant bail. More A big reason for this is the SC’s conveniently they duck the recently, the same bench imposed a liberal use of Article 142 of the Conreal question: ‘Does growth fine of Rs 5 lakhs on an activist from stitution, which gives it powers to pass ever become uneconomic?’

Chhattisgarh who sought a probe ‘any order’ in the interest of complete He asks whether growth is into the alleged torture and extra- justice. While the court ought to making us really richer in any judicial killings by security forces desist from passing such sweeping aggregate sense or is it increasin 2009; and directed an investiga- orders in all cases, judicial restraint ing costs faster than benefits? tion into the motivations behind the becomes all the more important in That is a question to which complaint. One morning, a person criminal matters, where the immedimainline economists have no is a mere petitioner before the court ate consequence is jail time for the answer. seeking accountability from the State affected person.

Besides the dominant (rightly or wrongly, but it is still a Another solution, proposed by economic thinking, people’s fundamental right); by afternoon, Prashant Bhushan in a writ petition behaviour too has to change. they have become the accused. that is currently pending, is that in Reducing the economic footIn Bhushan’s case, he was pun- case of suo-motu contempt of court, print comes with a commitished for tweeting about what he felt the top court should allow an appeal ment to reduce consumption. was inappropriate conduct on the part to be heard by a different bench of We may not have created the of the then Chief Justice of India. Un- the same court. This is only a quickclimate crisis but have cerlike the usual procedure of obtaining fix. Ideally, the SC should respect its tainly helped sustain it approval of the Attorney General of constitutional mandate.

Devinder Sharma India, in Bhushan’s case, the court Abraham C Mathews is an Food & Agriculture commenced proceedings on its own advocate based in Delhi. He tweets specialist motion (or suo motu, as it is called). at @ebbruz.

(As published in The Others, like Justice Markandeya (As published in Moneycontrol) Tribune) 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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ith over 1,000 climate-related deaths reported from Spain and Portugal over the past week, as extreme temperatures break all previous records, and with Britain declaring a ‘national emergency’ over exceptionally high temperatures, expected to touch an all-time high of 40°C in a day or so, UN chief Antonio Guterres terms the ‘record-shattering’ heatwave conditions that have engulfed large parts of the globe as nothing short of ‘collective suicide’.

The planet is currently heating at the rate of over 13.3 Hiroshima nuclear bombs per second, or over 1,150,000 Hiroshima nuclear bombs per day.

Addressing ministers from 40 countries at the twoday conference on climate change, held at the beginning of this week in Berlin, the UN Secretary General reportedly warned: ‘Half of humanity is in the danger zone, from floods, droughts, extreme storms and wildfires.

No nation is immune. Yet we continue to feed our fossil fuel addiction. We have a choice, collective action or collective suicide. It is in our hands.’

The stern warning comes at a time when, smashing all previous records, extreme weather conditions appear to be fast hurtling the world towards an apocalypse. As someone said, it is not climate change but ‘climate suicide’.

From huge wildfires that have ravaged parts of Europe and North America, extreme heatwave conditions, and also incessant rains in certain regions of India, a terrible heatwave in Central Asia, the rapidly shrinking ice-shield in the Arctic and Antarctica, to drought in several parts of Africa, the global climate suddenly seems to be spinning out of control.

It wasn’t as if the havoc that climate change can result in was not known but the massive damage it has begun to inflict has come much sooner than expected.

Here is what Prof Eliot Jacobson, formerly a professor of mathematics at Ohio University, using his prodigious mathematical mind, has worked out. Writing in his blog ‘Watching the World Go Bye’, he says: ‘The planet is currently heating at the rate of

over 13.3 Hiroshima nuclear bombs per second, or over 1,150,000 Hiroshima nuclear bombs per day.’ He further calculates that the oceans are heating at the rate of over 12 Hiroshima nuclear bombs per second.

This is simply frightening. And yet, we aren’t ready for any collective action. The visibly worried and upset UN chief had earlier remarked: ‘Governments and business leaders are saying one thing, but doing another. Simply put, they are lying.’ He was reacting to the latest report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) which wants the greenhouse gas emissions to peak in 2022 if the world is to be confined within a safe limit of 1.5°C rise in temperature in this century. But that doesn’t seem to be happening. The clock is ticking fast.

Despite the repeated warnings, it is business as usual for political leaders, business leaders, neo-liberal economists, scientists and the media. These influential voices continue to convey a message that urges people not to unnecessarily panic, newer technologies will be able to fix the climate debacle.

Numerous articles continue to appear worldwide, some even denying abnormal rise in temperatures to be associated with climate change, and justifying the destruction of natural resources for the sake of economic growth.

The world is certainly witnessing a strong opposition to the kind of economics that has led to the crisis. The demand for doing away with fossil fuels is gaining. There are a lot many influential voices that don’t think like the mainline economists. British minister Zac Goldsmith is one of them. In one of his tweets, he writes: ‘As fires rip through Europe and the world, as heat records are smashed in almost every region, as forests and ecosystems are being grubbed out at a record pace... it is worth reflecting that there are still politicians being elected who think protecting our planet isn’t cost-effective.’

Ban Ki-moon, former UN Secretary General, had poignantly quipped at a recent World Economic Forum meeting that the world needed

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West Bengal minister arrested for school jobs scam

Hospitalised after arrest by ED in school jobs scam

KOLKATA, JUL 23 (PTI): West Bengal Industry and Commerce Minister Partha Chatterjee, who was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday morning in connection with the school jobs scam, was hospitalised in the evening after he fell ill.

The minister was arrested following a marathon 26-hour-long grilling at his house, an ED official said.

The Trinamool Congress said that the party and the government will take action against arrested senior minister Partha Chatterjee if he is proven guilty of the scam.

In a press conference held around nine hours after Chatterjee’s arrest, TMC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh also made it clear that presently the party would not

remove him as a cabinet minister or the secretary general of the Trinamool Congress.

After arresting Chatterjee, the central agency produced him in a local court that sent to ED custody for two days. His lawyer argued in the court that since no unaccounted money and documents have been found at his residential premises but at the house of a person not connected with TMC or the government, he should be granted bail, which the ED lawyers of the directorate opposed.

His counsel told reporters that as it was a Saturday, he would be again produced before the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court on Monday.

In the evening, Chatter jee who has several health issues was admitted to the ICCU of the staterun SSKM Hospital after he complained of uneasiness.

Several tests including

Sad that ‘mountain of cash’ found in land of Vivekananda, Vidyasagar: Pradhan

(L) Partha Chatterjee being produced at a court after he was arrested by ED officials. (R) Rs 20 crore cash seized by ED from the premises of an aide of Partha Chatterjee. (PTI)

ECG were conducted on the TMC secretary general and his condition is stable, an official of the hospital said.

The TMC secretary general was the state education minister when the alleged irregularities took place.

ED also arrested Arpita Mukherjee, believed to be Chatterjee’s close aide, from whose flat around Rs 21 crore in cash was seized

UP Police makes 5th arrest in Lulu Mall namaz case

LU C K N OW, J U L 2 3 (PTI): The Uttar Pradesh police Saturday held another person in connection with the unauthorised offering of namaz on a shopping mall premises here, which marks the fifth arrest in the case so far.

Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (South) Rajesh Kumar Srivastav said, “Mohammad Adil, a resident of Chaupatiya in Lucknow, was arrested. The accused was among the people who offered religious prayers on the mall premises without permission.”

This comes three days after the police arrested four persons in the case.

The officer said efforts are being made to arrest

other accused in the case.

None of those arrested is staff of Lulu Mall, which was inaugurated recently

by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.

The arrests have been made after Adityanath Monday directed the administration to act tough against elements “hell-bent on vitiating the atmosphere” in the state. A video of people offering namaz at Lulu Mall had surfaced on social media on July 13.

The incident kicked up a row as a right-wing Hindu outfit objected to the namaz being on the mall premises and sought permission to recite the Hanuman Chalisa there.

Some members of the Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Ma-

hasabha staged a sit-in at the gate of Lulu Mall on July 14.

Shishir Chaturvedi, who claimed to be the national spokesperson of the Mahasabha, had alleged that people belonging to a particular community were being allowed to offer prayers inside the mall.

The mall authorities should also allow Hindus and other religions to offer prayers inside the mall, he had said. Sameer Verma, general manager of the mall in Lucknow, in a video statement had said, “Lulu Mall respects all religions. Any kind of religious work or prayer is not permitted here.

We train our floor staff and security staff to keep an eye on such activities.”

during a raid on Friday, the agency official said. The TMC spokesperson said that the party has no relation with her or the money discovered from her flat.

Chatterjee, who was the state education minister from 2014 to 2021, was grilled by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in April and May this year in connection with the scam.

The TMC, which has maintained a stoic silence on the issue throughout the day, held a press conference in the evening.

“We have full faith in the judiciary. If Partha Chatterjee is pronounced guilty by the court, then the party and the government will take action against him,” TMC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh said.

Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday regretted that “a mountain of currency notes” has now been discovered in a house in West Bengal, the land of Iswarchandra Vidyasagar and Swami Vivekananda. He termed the reported seizure of cash in crores of rupees from the home of a close associate of West Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee as a “matter of shame”. Chatterjee, the industry and state parliamentary affairs minister, was arrested by the ED on Saturday in connection with its investigation into the alleged school jobs scam.

“A mountain of currency notes, to the tune of Rs 21 crore, has been found at someone’s home. We must condemn the corrupt practice, which is shameful on the holy soil of Bengal,

the land of Iswarchandra Vidyasagar and Swami Vivekananda, and also the divine land of worshippers of Saraswati, Goddess of learning. Strictest action needs to be taken against the perpetrators,” Pradhan said.

He was present at a programme of East-West Metro in Sealdah station here.

Asked about the arrest of Chatterjee on the sidelines of the event, Pradhan declined to take the name of the political leader in the government programme but said “the discovery of such a huge amount of cash is a matter of shame”.

“I am from Odisha. We share a rich cultural heritage.

So the development hurts,” he added. The ED had on Friday carried out simultaneous raids at the houses of around a dozen people in connection with the probe

into the alleged irregularities in teacher recruitment in the state and seized the accounted cash.

Chatterjee was the state education minister when the alleged school jobs scam took place. TMC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh, however, said the party had nothing to do with the “seizure of cash in someone’s residence who is not associated with us”.

“We are keeping a close watch on the situation.

We will come out with a statement at an appropriate time,” Ghosh said on July 22. Referring to the TMC spokesperson’s comment, Pradhan said, “The party has stated that it is not associated with it (the discovery of cash). This reminds me of a Bengali phrase thakur ghore ke ami kala khaina (a guilty mind is always suspicious).”

Scares in the air: 9 incidents since July 5 raise safety concerns NEW DELHI, JUL 23 (IANS): Indian carriers are going through a highly-turbulent phase on account of several glitches in the recent times. Between July 5 and July 21, there have been as many as nine incidents which raised scares in the air. IANS lists the incidents which have raised concerns among the fliers about the safety of air travel.

July 21: In an incident of technical malfunctioning, an Air India Dubai-Cochin flight was diverted to Mumbai where it landed safely after the captain reported pressurisation loss. The incident was reported in the Boeing 787 flight No. AI- 934. The DGCA intervened and the flight was grounded and the flight crew was off rostered.

July 20: A Go First flight heading from Delhi

to Guwahati was diverted to Jaipur after the A320neo plane’s windshield cracked mid-air. It was the third incident of technical glitch on a Go First aircraft in two days.

July 19: In two separate cases, Go First flights were diverted to Delhi and Srinagar due to technical glitches in the engines. Go First A320 aircraft VTWGA flight No. G8-386 from Mumbai to Leh was diverted to Delhi, while its A320 aircraft VT-WJG flight No. G8-6202 from Srinagar to Delhi was turned back to Srinagar due to EGT overlimit in the engine. The first plane was diverted to Delhi due to an EIU (Engine Interface Unit) fault in engine No. 2.

July 17: An IndiGo flight from Sharjah to Hyderabad was diverted to

An indigo flight that landed in Karachi due to a technical snag.

Karachi after a technical snag was detected in the aircraft. The IndiGo flight No. 6E-1406, operating from Sharjah to Hyderabad, was diverted to Karachi after the pilot observed a technical defect. Necessary procedures were followed and as a precaution, the aircraft was diverted to Karachi.

July 16: An Air India Express aircraft from Calicut to Dubai was diverted to Muscat after a burning

smell was observed from one of the vents in the forward galley of the flight. A senior DGCA official confirmed that the Air India Express B737-800 aircraft VT-AXX operating flight IX-355 (Calicut-Dubai) was diverted to Muscat, as during the cruise, a burning smell came from one of the vents in the forward galley.

July 15: A bird was found in the cockpit of Air India Express’ Bahrain-

Kochi flight. The bird was found in the glove compartment on the co-pilot’s side when the plane was at an altitude of 37,000 feet. The plane landed safely in Kochi. Officials said that prima facie, it looked like there was a ground handling lapse at a foreign station.

Ju l y 1 4 : I n d i G o ’s Delhi-Vadodara flight was diverted to Jaipur out of precaution as vibrations were observed in the engines of the aircraft.

July 5: A SpiceJet flight from Delhi to Dubai was diverted to Karachi after an indicator light of the airplane malfunctioned. The aircraft that was heading from Delhi to Dubai started showing unusual fuel quantity reduction from its left tank mid-air.

Following this, the plane was diverted to Karachi.

Delhi BJP protests against AAP govt’s new liquor policy

Police detain Delhi BJP President Adesh Gupta during a protest against the Delhi government’s Excise Policy, in New Delhi, Saturday. (PTI)

NEW DELHI, JULY 23 the national capital protest(IANS): Bharatiya Janata ing against the Delhi governParty (BJP) workers on Sat- ment’s new excise policy. urday took to the streets of The BJP workers also

staged a protest outside the residence of Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia.

The workers in large num-

Congress demands resignation of Sisodia

The Delhi Congress on Saturday staged a protest outside the AAP office demanding the resignation of deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia over alleged violation of rules and procedural lapses in the Kejriwal government’s Excise Policy, 2021-22.

Several Delhi Congress leaders and workers gathered near the DDU Marg office of the AAP, holding banners and raising slogans against chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and his deputy Sisodia.

The Congress accused the ruling Aam Aadmi Party of being “knee-deep in corruption”.

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bers, carrying placards and party flags, raised slogans against the Delhi government and Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. There was heavy deployment of police personnel and para-military force to prevent any untoward incident. The police had placed barricades on the road to prevent the protesters from moving towards Sisodia’s residence.

But as the BJP workers trampled across the barricades and tried to cross it, they were subsequently detained by the police. “Delhi government should immediately sack Manish Sisodia as he has connived with the liquor mafia to bring this new corrupt liquor policy,” one of the leaders, who was being detained, said.

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written statements of the rival factions.

They said the requirement were made in line with the Paragraph 15 of the Election Symbols (Reservation and Allotment) Order, 1968.

Earlier this week, the Shinde faction of the Shiv Sena had written to the Commission seeking allocation of the party’s ‘bow and arrow’ election symbol to it, citing the recognition granted to them in the Lok Sabha and the Maharashtra

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NEW DELHI, JUL 23 (PTI): The Election Commission has asked the rival factions of the Shiv Sena, led by Uddhav Thackeray and Eknath Shinde, to submit documents by August 8 in support of their claims on the election symbol of the political outfit.

Election Commission sources said the two sides have been asked to submit documents, including letters of support from the legislative and organisational wings of the party and the

Assembly.

The Shiv Sena split last month when more than two-thirds of the party’s MLAs withdrew their support from the Maharashtra government led by Uddhav Thackeray, throwing their lot with Shinde.

Shinde was sworn in as Maharashtra Chief Minister on June 30 with support of the BJP. On Tuesday last, at least 12 of the 18 Shiv Sena members in the Lok Sabha expressed ‘no confidence’ in floor leader Vinayak Raut and declared Rahul Shewale as their floor leader.

Lok Sabha Speaker recognised Shewale as the leader the same day.

To ensure that neither faction is deprived of information, the poll panel has also directed exchange of documents submitted by the two groups over the past two days.

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CJI lashes out at TV media trials, calls... people and energise the nation in a collective endeavor to build a progressive, prosperous and peaceful India.

He also emphasised the need to strengthen the judiciary, saying an increasing number of physical attacks on judges are being witnessed.

“Can you imagine, a judge who has served on the bench for decades, putting hardened criminals behind the bar, once he retires, loses all the protection that came with the tenure? Judges have to live in the same society as the people that they have convicted, without any security or assurance of safety,” he noted.

“Politicians, bureaucrats, police officers and other public representatives are often provided with security even after their retirement owing to the sensitiveness of their jobs. Ironically, judges

(From p-1) Owing to the frequent transgressions and consequent social unrest, there is a growing demand for stricter media regulations and accountability, CJI Ramana said. “In fact, looking at recent trends, it is best for the media to self-regulate and measure their words. You should not overstep and invite interference, either from the government or from the courts. Judges may not react immediately.

Please don’t mistake it to be a weakness or helplessness. When liberties are exercised responsibly, within their domains, there will be no necessity of placing reasonable or proportionate external restrictions,” he said.

Asking media, particularly electronic and social media, to behave responsibly, CJI Ramana said, the power should be used to educate the

are not extended similar protection,” he said. CJI Ramana said one of the biggest challenges before the judiciary at present is prioritising the matters for adjudication as judges cannot turn a blind eye to social realities.

“I shall not fail to place on record my worries about the future of judiciary in this country… The burden on an already fragile judicial infrastructure is increasing by the day. There have been a few knee-jerk reactions in augmenting infrastructure…

However, I haven’t heard of any concrete plan to equip the judiciary to meet the challenges of the foreseeable future, leave alone a longterm vision for the century and ahead,” he said. “…It is only with the coordinated efforts by the judiciary and the executive that this alarming issue of infrastructure can be addressed,” he said.

WSH, NGOs of Niuland district say no...

(From p-1) growth and development of Niuland in any sphere and therefore, resolved to not pay any taxes to any underground faction.

It was also resolved that no land donor should ask for any land compensation from the government since “development belongs to all.”

In order to check the ‘free flow’ of alcohol and drugs to Niuland, which have become a menace and ruining lives of many youths, families and posing social problems; the meeting resolved to assign Students Union, Totimi Hoho and Citizens Forum

of Niuland to check these items.

In conclusion, WSH has appealed to all entrepreneurs and businesses to invest ‘without fear in Niuland district’ as it has high economic prospect due to its proximity with Assam and also the ongoing Nagaland Expressway or Foothill Road which will make the district the educational and commercial hub.

Along with WSH, the NGOs who attended the meeting included- Niuland District GBs Association, Niuland Area Citizens Forum, Niuland Development Council, Niuland Area GBs Association, Niuland Area Totimi Hoho and Niuland Area Students Union.

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The Bank officials handed over in-principle sanction letter to 34 piggery farmers in the village.

As part of the programme, Bank officials highlighted schemes like Piggery (Mudra) and Kisan Credit Card and also created awareness on maintaining credit discipline. Seven meritorious students and two Self Help Groups from the village were also awarded by the bank.

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Onen Nenty, the first Naga lady rider to ride across the state, launching a new Yezdi bike, at the inaugural programme of LAN Motors, which deals in Jawa & Yezdi Bikes, at Purana Bazar, Dimapur, near Medical Centre. It may be noted that this is the first store in the state that deals in Jawa & Yezdi Bikes. On road prices for Jawa bikes ranges from Rs. 2,20,542 to Rs. 2,40,849, while Rs. 2,32,574 to Rs 2,53,780, for Yezdi bikes. (Staff reporter)

(From p-1) the Indian national flag is governed by the Flag Code of India, 2002 and the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971. The Flag Code of India, 2002 has been further amended through an order on July, 20, 2022 and clause (xi) of paragraph 2.2 of Part-II of the Flag Code of India, 2002 shall now be read as under:- (xi) “where the Flag is displayed in open or displayed on the house of a member of public, it may be flown day and night”.

Earlier, the tricolour is allowed to be flown from sun rise to sun set, irrespective of weather conditions.

Similarly, paragraph 1.2 of Part-I of the Flag Code of India, 2002 shall now be read as under: 1.2. “The National Flag shall be made of hand spun and hand woven or machine made, cotton/ polyester/wool/silk khadi bunting.”

Earlier machine made and polyester flags are not allowed to be used. The Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav is being celebrated to commemorate 75 years of a progressive independent India. The ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ campaign has been launched to encourage the citizens to hoist the national flag in their homes from August 13 to 15. The home secretary also enclosed with his letter the salient features of the Flag Code including the changes made on December, 30, 2021 and July 20, 2022 and the frequently asked questions (FAQs) about the use and display of the national flag. “You are requested to ensure that these are widely disseminated among various organisations, PSUs under your administrative control,” the Home secretary said in his letter.

DIMAPUR, JUL 23 (NPN): In a bid to strengthen relationship and bonding with rural customers, a Farmers’ Connect Program – Ratri Shivir with the theme ‘Ek Raat Annadata Ke Saath’ was held on the evening of July 22 at Phaipijang village, Dimapur by State Bank of India Dimapur Region.

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portfolio outflows. He said the apex bank has been supplying US dollars to the market to ensure that there is adequate forex liquidity.

In addition, Das stated that a considerable part of the outstanding external commercial borrowing (ECB) is hedged. For India, as per RBI’s internal research estimates, the optimal hedging ratio is 63%. “Taking into account natural hedges and the exposure of public sector companies, the optimal hedge ratio condition is comfortably satisfied in the case of the stock of ECBs in India’s external debt,” he added. Following RBI’s actions, the movements of the rupee have been relatively smooth and orderly, as per Das.

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MUMBAI, JUL 23 (AGENCIES): Foreign exchange reserves fell by $7. 5 billion to $572 billion during the week ended July 15, according to data released by the RBI. Reserves fell to a 20-month low following heavy intervention by the central bank in the forex market as it sold dollars to prevent a sharp depreciation of the rupee, reports Times of India.

The forex reserves were last at $572 billion in November 2020. Since then, they had risen to a high of $642 billion in October 2021. The RBI is believed to have sold over $50 billion to stem the volatility in the foreign exchange market.

In the interbank foreign exchange market, the rupee closed 10 paise stronger at 79. 85 as against Thursday’s close of 79. 95. The rupee firmed up even as foreign institutional investors were net sellers in the equity market on Friday.

T h e d o l l a r i n d ex , which measures the greenback’s strength against a basket of six currencies, was up 0. 2% at 107. 1.

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view of schemes, with each centrally sponsored scheme (CSS) being evaluated and re-appraised before a decision on its continuation is taken. Of the 130 CSS, 60 have been merged into larger schemes and five have been wound up, reducing the number of operational schemes to 65 now.

While these moves have helped reduce administrative costs, Somanathan also argued for higher revenue mobilisation as the tax revenue of the states has been a major area of concern for several years. With the introduction of GST, states have fewer options to raise resources, as they are

NEW DELHI, JUL 23 (AGENCIES): Allaying the fear of depreciation of rupee, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das on Friday said the Indian rupee is holding up well relative to both advanced and emerging market economies on account of strong, resilient and intact underlying fundamentals, reports The New Indian Express. “The recovery is gradually strengthening. The current account deficit is modest. Inflation is stabilising. The financial sector is well-capitalised and sound. The external debt-toGDP ratio is declining. The foreign exchange reserves are adequate,” Das said at Bank of Baroda Economics Conference. He highlighted the global grim situation in view of inflationary pressures, tighter external funding situation and financial stability challenges in many countries.

Meanwhile, the Governor recognised the fact that there was a genuine shortfall of supply of forex in the market relative to demand because of import and debt servicing requirements and

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NEW DELHI, JUL 23 (AGENCIES): The Centre has suggested that states periodically revise excise duty on liquor and property tax, rationalise schemes and wind up autonomous bodies to improve their finances.

In a presentation to state chief secretaries last month, finance secretary T V Somanathan has shared the Centre’s experience, where it has decided to wind up or merge 112 of the 231 identified autonomous bodies to reduce administrative costs and break silos to improve delivery of public services.

Similarly, he pointed to the Modi government’s re-

left with excise on liquor, VAT on fuel, property and automobile registration as the main routes through which they can generate resources.

Somanathan is learnt to have told the top bureaucrats from the states that property tax could be a buoyant source of revenue, with a progressive regime that focuses on the richer segments will be in line with the recommendations of the Finance Commission, which had also suggested a periodic revision, factoring in inflation and growth.

The move will help municipal bodies, whose revenues add up to less than 0. 8% of GDP, compared to 6-7% in countries like South Africa and Brazil. Property tax collections in India are estimated at 0. 15% of GDP with the average property tax paid in India was estimated at Rs 688 in 2017-18.

The central government has also recommended higher user fee for services offered by the states.

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New N95-like face mask can capture, deactivate Covid spike protein NEW YORK, (IANS): A team of researchers, including one of Indian origin, has developed a medical face mask membrane similar to N95, which can capture and deactivate the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein on contact.

SARS-CoV-2 is covered in spike proteins, which allow the virus to enter host cells once in the body. The team developed a membrane which includes proteolytic enzymes that attach to the protein spikes and deactivate them.

“This new material can filter out the virus like the N95 mask does, but also includes antiviral enzymes that completely deactivate it. This innovation is another layer of protection against SARS-CoV-2 that can help prevent the virus from spreading,” said Professor Dibakar Bhattacharyya from the College of Engineering at the University of Kentucky.

“It’s promising to develop new products that can protect against SARSCoV-2 and a number of other human pathogenic viruses,” he added.

In the study published

in the journal Communications Materials, the team developed the membrane, which was fabricated through an existing collaboration with a large-scale membrane manufacturer.

It was then tested using SARS-CoV-2 spike proteins that were immobilised on synthetic particles. Not only could the material filter out coronavirus-sized aerosols, but it was also able to destroy the spike proteins within 30 seconds of contact.

The study reports that the membrane provided a protection factor above the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s standard for N95 masks,

meaning that it could filter at least 95 per cent of airborne particles.

“These membranes have been proven to be a promising system of advancement toward the new generation of respiratory face masks and enclosedenvironment filters that can significantly reduce coronavirus transmission by virus protein deactivation and enhanced aerosol particle capture,” the study said.

Filming Marvel series was no different from doing a B’wood film: Farhan

MUMBAI (IANS): Filmmaker-actor-producer Farhan Akhtar, who was recently seen in the limited Marvel series ‘Ms. Marvel’, shared that he didn’t come across much of a difference between working in the west and India.

Participating in a fireside chat with the director duo The Russo Brothers, who are currently in India on a promotional tour of their recent release ‘The Gray Man’, Farhan told the media: “My experience of working with Marvel was no different than working in any film from India and Marvel would back me up for saying this.”

The ‘Dil Chaahta Hai’ director further mentioned

that making films is a work of passion and to get to work with a crew that shares the same passion is a blessing.

“Filmmaking is about finding order in chaos. What you need is a crew that is passionately involved in the making. Enjoyment is really palpable when you have a brilliant crew,” he concluded. The Russo Brothers, the sibling-directors, have earlier made blockbuster films such as ‘Captain America: Civil War’, ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ and ‘Avengers: Endgame’, are promoting their recently released film ‘The Gray Man’, which stars Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans, Dhanush and the Cuban-American actress Ana de Armas.

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‘Skincare Masterclass’ organised for Miss Dimapur 2022 contestants

Beauty Barn founder, Toina Kinimi with contestants of Miss Dimapur 2022 at the workshop.

DIMAPUR: Contestants of Miss Dimapur 2022 attended a “Skincare Masterclass” hosted by Toina Kinimi, founder of K-Beauty e-commerce, Beauty Barn in Dimapur, on July 23.

Toina Kinimi while interacting with the contestants spoke on how Beauty Barn customers over the years have taken a liking for Korean skincare products for its simplicity and effectivity. “This is

why today I want to share some skin care tips with the young aspiring contestants of Miss Dimapur 2022 so that they learn the key steps to achieve healthy, glowing skin and feel empowered with the right skincare knowledge”.

The workshop was an interactive, supportive, and fun session with both theoretical and practical instructions on Korean skincare.

Dithsala Anar from the Beauty Barn team took participants through the Korean skincare routine, from double cleansing to sun protection for the skin.

She also shared recommendations for skincare products for each individual’s skin type and concerns.

The masterclass was followed by a Q&A session and a giveaway contest for Miss Dimapur 2022 contestants.

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The family joyously congratulates Dr. tumbenthung Y Humtsoe, S/o Yanbemo Humtsoe for securing Asst.

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Newtoli G Chishi, daughter of Late Ghoshito K Sumi received a Gold Nedal in Master of Social Work (MSW) from North East Institute of Social Sciences and Research (NEISSR) Dimapur, Nagaland

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Alcaraz edges closer to fifth title of 2022 in Hamburg

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HAMBURG (GERMANY), JUL 23 (AGENCIES): Carlos Alcaraz edged closer to his fifth title of 2022 on Friday when he breezed past Karen Khachanov 6-0, 6-2 to reach the Hamburg claycourt semi-finals.

“I played unbelievable today, probably one of my best matches this year,” said Alcaraz after firing 21

winners past his rival.

Alcaraz improved to 2-0 in the pair’s head-tohead series following a straight sets win in the last 16 of the French Open.

The 19-year-old Spaniard will face Alex Molcan in Saturday’s semi-final.

The Slovakian led Borna Coric 7-6 (9/7), 2-0 before the Croatian retired with an injury.

Lorenzo Musetti is poised to crack the top 50 for the first time after making the semi-finals by beating Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 6-4, 6-3.

Musetti, 20, next faces Argentina’s Francisco Cerundolo who defeated Aslan Karatsev 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (7/4).

Cerundolo claimed his maiden ATP title in Bastad last weekend.

last season, had a muted response from the nearcapacity crowd of 58,228.

He was in the action early with a superb header that was brilliantly saved by goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez, who was under siege.

The Argentine was helpless in the 24th minute when 22-year-old Sancho powerfully struck home the volley after Luke Shaw and Marcus Rashford combined well on the left side.

Amid torrential rain just before half-time, Sancho continued to menace

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Ten Hag resisted making changes at half-time, but Gerrard’s decision to bring on winger Leon Bailey proved inspired with the Jamaican nailing a long-range shot to claw Villa back into the contest.

The speedy Bailey threatened an equaliser against a new-look United -- after Ten Hag rang the changes in the 68th minute -- but it was Chambers who stepped up at the death.

THE SQUAD Goalkeepers: Syed Zahid Hussain Bukhari, Mohit Singh Dhami, Som Kumar.

Defenders: Amandeep, Halen Nongtdu, Bikash Yumnam, Sajad Hussain Parray, Raj Basfore, Brijesh Giri, Tankadhar Bag, Pritam Meetei Sorokhaibam.

Midfielders: Sibajit Singh Leimapokpam, Vibin Mohanan, Vinay Harji, Maheson Singh Tongbram, Sujit Singh, Harsh Sailesh Patre, Taison Singh Loitongbam, Macarton Louis Nickson.

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defeat in their pre-season campaign. Villa’s Premier League opener is against Bournemouth on August 6.

After heavy rain and thunderstor ms lashed Perth earlier in the day, there were fears the game might be cancelled due to a waterlogged pitch but the contest went ahead as scheduled.

Embattled skipper Harry Maguire, who copped jeering from fans in Melbourne last week reminiscent of the negative reaction he received

BHUBANESWAR, JUL 23 (PTI): India U-20 National team head coach Shanmugam Venkatesh on Saturday announced a 23-member squad for the upcoming SAFF U-20 Championship here. The team will be playing international football after almost two years when it opens its campaign against Bangladesh at the Kalinga Stadium here on Wednesday. Moving forward together, the U-20 boys will be playing the AFC U-20 Championship Qualifiers in September where they have drawn in Group H alongside Australia, Kuwait, and hosts Iraq. “The team is quite motivated to do well both in South Asia, and at the Continental level. They are aware of the value and the importance of doing well in Asia.,” the coach told the AIFF website.

“Being the best side in South Asia, expectations will be high. The tournament is special for us, and a great opportunity for the boys to have a taste of International football post the long pandemic,” the former India captain said.

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PERTH (AUSTRALIA), JUL 23 (AGENCIES): Winger Jadon Sancho continued his goal scoring form but Manchester United let slip a two-goal advantage to finish their pre-season tour of Asia and Australia with a 2-2 friendly draw against Aston Villa on Saturday.

United, wearing their white away shirts, exhibited their newfound attacking flair in a dominant first half, but conceded a header to Villa’s Calum Chambers in the dying seconds amid inclement conditions at Perth’s Optus Stadium marked by a soggy pitch.

Under new coach Erik ten Hag, United wrapped up their tour with England national player Sancho a standout to notch his third goal from four friendlies.

They had earlier notched convincing victories over Liverpool, Melbourne Victory and Crystal Palace ahead of their Premier League opener against Brighton on August 7.

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NEW DELHI, JUL 23 ( I A N S ) : T h e L e ge n d s League Cricket, the global T20 league on Saturday announced the shifting of the second season to India from Oman. “Keeping in mind the huge fan base in India for the legends of the game and the first season’s response received from India, LLC has decided to shift the base to India for the upcoming season in September 2022,” said a statement. During season two, the Legends League Cricket will add more excitement with more than 110 legends from the sport competing in the tournament. The cricket grounds are being decided upon for the league which is starting from September 20, 2022.

Cricketing legends from more than nine nations will participate. Raman Raheja, co-founder and CEO, Legends League Cricket said, “We have been constantly receiving request from fans to hold the series in India and we are excited to bring the Legends League second season back home. We have the maximum cricket fans here in India. The first season had maximum viewership from India, followed by Pakistan and Sri Lanka followed by the rest of the world.

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Gill guide India to 3-run win McLaughlin shatters 400m hurdles record inDhawan, high-scoring first ODI vs West Indies

EUGENE (OREGON), JUL 23 (AGENCIES): In the hurdles world before Sydney McLaughlin, it took years to shave fractions of seconds off records, and winning races didn’t always mean rewriting history.

This once-in-a-lifetime athlete is obliterating that mindset as quickly as she’s destroying the records she sets again and again.

For the fourth time in 13 months, the 22-yearold McLaughlin set the world record. On Friday, she ran the 400-meter hurdles at world championships in 50.68 seconds. She shattered her old mark by 0.73 seconds, a ridiculous number for a race of this distance and an amount of time that, in the world before McLaughlin, it had taken 33 years to trim.

She beat second-place finisher Femke Bol of the Netherlands by 1.59 seconds. McLaughlin’s main rival, Dalilah Muhammad, finished third in 53.13 seconds, a time that would’ve won the world title with ease a mere seven years ago.

And yet, as McLaughlin summed up her takeaways from the evening — an evening in which she delivered in a race she has

Sydney Mclaughlin celebrates after winning the final of the women’s 400-meter hurdles at the World Athletics Championships on Friday, in Eugene, Ore. (AP/PTI)

turned into one of track’s must-see events — she was far from ready to declare she had run the perfect race.

“I haven’t had a chance to watch it, so I’ll have to do that and go back and talk to my coach,” McLaughlin said. “But I think there’s always things to improve on. I think we’re pushing the boundaries of the sport, especially in our event.”

After McLaughlin received her gold medal and listened to “The Star-Span-

gled Banner,” World Athletics President Sebastian Coe handed her a $100,000 check — the prize for breaking the record at worlds.

This marked the fourth straight major race in which she’s bettered the mark.

On a clear, perfect, 72-degree night at Hayward Stadium, McLaughlin left Bol and Muhammad behind by the 150-meter mark.

By the time the American reached the final curve, it was clear this would strictly

be a race against the clock.

“It was crazy,” Bol said. “She was so far in front at the end, I was almost doubting if I really had a good race. Then, I saw the time and I thought, ‘Wow, that explains a lot.’”

When McLaughlin finished, she bent to the ground, looked at the scoreboard and said, “That’s great, that’s great.” She clutched her knees and smiled. A minute later, the mascot, Legend the Big-

foot, photo bombed her while holding a sign saying: “World records are my favorite food.”

The 400-hurdles record of 52.34, held by Yuliya Pechonkina of Russia, had sat on the books for 16 years when Muhammad, not McLaughlin, lowered it to 52.20 at U.S. championships in Iowa in 2019.

Back then, Muhammad’s coach, Boogie Johnson, said there had long been the thought that the Russian’s record seemed “a little soft” and ripe for a takeover. Muhammad broke it again, at 52.16, at world championships in 2019.

That was a race McLaughlin lost by a mere 0.07, and one that set her about making changes.

Since connecting with coach Bobby Kersee, she has broken the record at last year’s Olympic trials (51.90), the Olympics (51.46) and nationals last month. (51.41). Now, this — a 1.4% improvement on a four-week-old record and a maiden voyage into times in the 50s.

“I definitely thought it was possible,” Muhammad said. “And after that race, I think 49 is possible.”

PORT OF SPAIN, JUL 23 (PTI): Shikhar Dhawan made a well crafted 97 while Shubmam Gill made a classy 64 in his ODI comeback before India held their nerves to pull off a three-run win over the West Indies in the series opener here.

Openers Dhawan (97 off 99 balls) and Gill (64 off 53) shared an 119-run stand before the West Indies fought back to restrict India to 308 for seven.

The West Indies needed 15 off the final over for a record chase at Queens Park Oval but Mohammed Siraj was able to stop a rampaging Romario Shepherd (38 not out off 25).

At the top of order, Kyle Mayers (75 off 68) and Shamarh Brooks (46 off 61) raised West Indies’ hopes with an 117-run stand for the second wicket before Brandon King (54 off 66) took the game deep. In the end, the West Indies fell short and ended at 305 for six.

Shardul Thakur had struck twice earlier in the chase to bring back India into the game as he removed the set duo of May-

Shikhar Dhawan (R) and Shubman Gill celebrate a fifty runs partnership against West Indies on Friday.

ers and Brooks.

The highly rated Mayers played a few spectacular strokes in his innings, including a one legged pull shot off Siraj.

Skipper Nicholas Pooran (25 off 26) came in and punished Prasidh Krishna with two flat sixes over deep square leg and deep midwicket.

The hosts needed 60 off the last 90 balls and the 56-run stand between King and Akeal Hosein (32 not out off 32) kept India on the edge. However, Yuvzvendra Chahal came up

with a timely breakthrough to make the job tougher for the West Indies.

The home team was kept in the chase by Shephered and Hosein whose valiant partnership in vain.

BRIEF SCORES: India 308/7 in 50 overs (Shikhar Dhawan 97, Shubman Gill 64, Shreyas Iyer 54; Alzarri Joseph 2/61, Gudakesh Motie 2/54) beat West Indies 305/6 in 50 overs (Kyle Mayers 75, Shamarh Brooks 46, Brandon King 54, Akeal Hosein 32 not out, Romario Shepherd 39 not out) by three runs.

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NEW DELHI, JUL 23 (PTI): The spotlight will be on Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra but the likes of Murali Sreeshankar and Avinash Sable are also strong medal contenders as the Indian athletics team eyes its best Commonwealth Games show away from home in the upcoming edition in Birmingham.

Woman javelin thrower Annu Rani and 38-year-old discus thrower Seema Antil, the most decorated Indian at the CWG with three silver and one bronze, could also finish on the podium, while India is expected to win more than one medal in men’s triple jump event.

With several worldclass athletes emerging, especially after Chopra won a historic athletics gold in Tokyo Olympics last year, India would be looking for at least half a dozen medals in the July 28 to August 8 Games. The country’s best athletics medal haul had come at the Delhi CWG in 2010 with 2 gold, 3 silver and 7 bronze. That performance will surely be difficult to match but the Indians would be looking for their

second best show ever.

The second best show from the Indian athletics contingent at the CWG till now has been the threemedal hauls (1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze each) in the 2014 and 2018 editions.

With all the six finalists in the ongoing World Championships in Eugene, USA, heading to Birmingham where competition will be relatively easier, India would fancy their chances to win a handful of medals.

The country has so far won 28 medals (5 gold, 10 silver, 13 bronze) across editions since the legendary Milkha Singh claimed a gold in men’s 440 yards event in 1958.

Sekar Dhanalakshmi, who was to compete in women’s 100m and 4x100m relay, and Aishwarya Babu, who was to feature in long jump as well as triple jump, were pulled out of the 36-member team after failing dope tests which brought shame to the country.

Dhanalakshmi would not have much chance in 100m but her absence would deal a blow to the women’s 4x100 relay team though In-

dia are not medal favourites in the presence of England, Jamaica, Canada and Australia.

Aishwarya could have been a medal contender -- for a bronze -- with her national mark of 14.14m set at the National Inter-State Championships last month.

Defending champion Chopra is, however, not sure shot for a gold medal as he will have to fight for the top honour against Anderson Peters of Grenada. Peters had finished third in the 2018 Gold Coast Games with a best throw of 82.20m while Chopra won gold with 86.47m.

Since then, Peters has won the 2019 World Championships gold and has thrown 90m-plus thrice this year.

Chopra has beaten Peters twice while the 24-yearold Grenadian had prevailed over the Indian once in their three meetings this year so far.

India can win two medals in the men’s javelin throw event as 2012 Olympics champion Keshorn Walcott, the third best among Commonwealth athletes behind Peters and Chopra, is struggling this season.

India’s DP Manu and Rohit Yadav, who made it to the World Championships final along with Chopra, are next in the season’s list among Commonwealth athletes.

Manu had won a gold at the National Inter-State Championships last month with a throw of 84.35m while Rohit qualified for his maiden final in the World Championships.

PARIS, JUL 23 (AGENCIES): Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc powered to pole position for the French Grand Prix on Saturday with Red Bull’s Formula One championship leader Max Verstappen joining his main title rival on the front row.

Red Bull’s Sergio Perez qualified third with seventimes world champion Lewis Hamilton completing the second row for Mercedes.

The pole was Leclerc’s seventh in 12 races, 16th of the Monegasque’s career, and he had Spanish team mate Carlos Sainz to thank for giving him a strategic aerodynamic tow that made a big difference.

Sainz will start at the back of the grid, on what is likely to be a hot and possibly windy Sunday afternoon at Le Castellet’s Circuit Paul Ricard, due to engine penalties.

“It was a great lap. I’ve struggled all weekend to put a lap together and I managed to put it,” said Leclerc,

Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc celebrates after qualifying on pole at Circuit Paul Ricard, on Saturday.

who is 38 points adrift of Verstappen in the standings.

“But I have to say I also had the help of Carlos and that was amazing teamwork, because without Carlos it would have been much more close, so huge thanks to Carlos and I hope that he

BCCI plans to try new age detection software

NEW DELHI, JUL 23 (PTI): The BCCI will be using a software on an experimental basis to detect age fraud alongside the existing TW3 method with an aim to save costs by as much as 80 percent. BCCI currently uses the TW3 method (based on X-ray of left hand and wrist) for age determination.

The current method costs Rs 2400 per bone test and takes about 3-4 days while the proposed usage of BoneXpert Software

will give instantaneous result and costs only Rs 288. “...we are proposing to use this software on a trial basis along with our traditional method of manual interpretation of x-rays by the radiologists,” BCCI note stated. Age fraud is rampant at the age group level across the country.

In June 2019, Jammu and Kashmir pacer Rasikh Alam was banned for two years after being found guilty of submitting an incorrect birth certificate.

Chess Olympiad: Teams start to arrive, Madagascar reach Chennai C H E N NA I , J U L 2 3 (IANS): With just five days to go, teams have started reaching Chennai for the 44th Chess Olympiad at Mamallapuram for the biggestever sporting extravaganza on Indian soil. Madagascar is the first team to reach for the event scheduled from July 28 to August 10.

The Team, rated 104th with an average rating of Elo 2143, has 22-year-old International Master (IM) Antenaina Fy Rakotomaharo rated Elo 2490 playing on the top board.

Candidate Master (CM) Heritiana Andrianiaina (2095) will play on the second board followed by

Chennai’s iconic Napier bridge painted to look like a chess board for the upcoming 44th Chess Olympiad 2022.

Toavina Razanadrakotoari- Dylan Rakotomaharo on soa (2039), Charly Mahani- respective boards. The team haja Rajerison (1912) and captain is Andrianantenain

Ramalanjaona. The team was received by volunteers of the Olympiad and escorted to their hotel in the buses specially designed for the Olympiad.

Most of the other teams are expected to arrive on July 27 but those with not-so-frequent flight options may arrive early.

“We are fully geared up to receive the arriving teams,” said Olympiad Director, Bharat Singh Chauhan. ‘Namaste World’ and ‘Welcome to Chennai’ reverberate on the internet as Mamallapuram gears up to greet and host the participants of the 44th Chess Olympiad. The biggest-ever

sporting extravaganza on Indian soil, with a record 187 countries in the fray and close to 1800 players, will be the cynosure of all eyes for the next fortnight.

Chennai sports a chequered look these days, the bridges painted in black and white squares, the metros displaying chess boards and the mascot ‘Thambi’ the huge cut-outs of ‘Thambi’ standing at strategic entrances to welcome one and all. The venue is the Four Points by Sheraton and other hotels in the vicinity all booked by the All India Chess Federation (AICF) to accommodate the players and officials.

can join us back in the fight for the win tomorrow.

Leclerc’s time of one minute 30.872 seconds was 0.304 quicker than Verstappen’s best but Ferrari will have both Red Bulls chasing on Sunday with Sainz unable to lend any assistance.

Ferrari are seeking their third win in a row, and fifth of the season, after Leclerc triumphed in Austria two weeks ago and Sainz the weekend before that.

“I think we were lacking a bit in qualifying, just general grip,” said Verstap-

pen. “It was a bit more tricky than I think I would have hoped but overall I think we still have a decent race car and hopefully tomorrow will come into our favour.

We’re quick on the straights so we can use that tomorrow.”

Mercedes had hoped to take the fight more to Ferrari and Red Bull but in the end the second row was the closest they could manage.

McLaren’s Lando Norris split the Mercedes drivers by taking fifth place on the grid, ahead of Hamilton’s team mate George Russell.

Double world champion Fernando Alonso qualified a strong seventh for Renault-owned Alpine with Yuki Tsunoda eighth for AlphaTauri.

Sainz and Fer raripowered Haas driver Kevin Magnussen qualified ninth and 10th but both will drop to the back, promoting McLaren’s Daniel Ricciardo and Alpine’s Esteban Ocon into the top 10.

Kylian Mbappe scores as PSG cruise past Urawa in Japan TOKYO, JUL 23 (AGENCIES): Kylian Mbappe scored as Paris Saint-Germain made it two wins out of two on their Japanese tour with a 3-0 victory over J-League side Urawa Reds on Saturday. Mbappe was the only PSG player retained in the starting line-up after Wednesday’s 2-1 win over Kawasaki Frontale in Tokyo, with manager Christophe Galtier dropping star forwards Lionel Messi and Neymar to the bench.

Mbappe alone was still too much for Urawa to handle, firing home a well-taken goal from a tight angle in the 35th minute.

Galtier brought on Messi and Neymar for the final half an hour, but neither were able to score in front of a crowd of 61,000 in Saitama.

Pablo Sarabia and Arnaud Kalimuendo got the other two goals for PSG, who play Gamba Osaka on Monday in Osaka in the final game of their tour.

Galtier handed a start to Warren Zaire-Emery -- just 16 years and four months old -- alongside Marco Verratti in midfield.

PSG made a sluggish start, and Yusuke Matsuo almost gave Urawa the lead after stealing past the de-

Kylian Mbappe of PSG celebrates scoring his side’s second goal at Saitama Stadium on July 23, 2022.

fence in the third minute.

Goalkeeper Keylor Navas tipped over a shot from Atsuki Ito just minutes later but Sarabia set PSG moving in the right direction with a stylish opener in the 16th minute.

Mbappe played the ball into Mauro Icardi, who laid it off for Sarabia to lash home from just outside the box. Mbappe then made it two in the 35th minute, re-

ceiving the ball wide on the left and cutting inside before rifling the ball past the goalkeeper. Messi and Neymar came on in the 58th minute and the pair combined to set up Eric Junior Dina Ebimbe to put the ball in the net, only for the linesman to flag for offside.

Kalimuendo scored PSG’s third in the 76th minute, moments after Nuno Mendes had hit the post.

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