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Two opinions evolve on vaccine for children

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NEW DELHI, JUN 23 (NPN): As India prepares to roll out Covid-19 vaccine for children below 12 years and against the backdrop of the widely speculated third wave likely to hit the country with devastating effect on children, two schools of thought have evolved- one explaining the reasons why children below 12 should be vaccinated and the other, recommending that parents hold off on vaccinating children for COVID-19.

One view favouring vaccination for children referred to a report where 400 children in the United States had died of coronavirus and thousands hospitalized.

Some experts in India said there was evidence to show that more children were affected in the second wave than the first. Over 9000 children were tested positive during the second wave in Maharashtra and recently, Meghalaya reported 5,000 Covid cases in the age group 0-14. In the first wave, 4% of the infected population were children. This share has increased to about 10%-20% in the second wave. So far, the mortality rate in children is low, the report said.

NH-29 stretch declared ‘no litter zone’ DIMAPUR, JUN 23 (NPN): Chumukedima Town Council (CTC) has declared the entire stretch of the National Highway-29 under Chumukedima town as a “No litter Zone” in the interest of public service, health and safety.

In an order, CTC administrator Seyiekhrietuo Solo cautioned that anyone found littering or discarding/disposing waste in an improper fashion would be penalized an amount of Rs.1000 or called for mandatory “Community Service” in lieu of the penalties so prescribed. CTC stated that implementation of the order would be carried out through constant monitoring/checking by ‘anti-litter squads” headed by CTC inspectors.

CTC said the current pandemic, which has been an eye opener for all citizens of the town, has reminded that cleanliness and hygiene were biggest protection against all kinds of diseases.

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However, according to its June guidance, the World Health Organisation said that more evidence was needed on the use of the different COVID-19 vaccines in children so as to make general recommendations on vaccinating children against Covid-19.

To add to the evolving theories on Covid-19, an interim result of an ongoing study jointly conducted by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi and the World Health Organisation (WHO) said that the third wave was unlikely to disproportionately impact children.

Amidst such concerns, D r V K Pa u l , M e m b e r (Health), NITI Aayog explained that though children were not immune from this infection and do/can get infected, the virus has not taken serious shape in children.

He said that the infected children would either show no symptoms or there will be minimal symptoms.

State governments, including those in Delhi and Maharashtra, have been raising alarm over paediatric capacities in hospitals and vaccines. The high-level expert committee set up by the Karnataka govern-

ment to analyse, advise and control the third wave of COVID-19 has estimated that around 3.4 lakh out of the total 2.3 crore population in the State, who are in the 0-18 age group, might get infected during the peak.

These fears have also emerged as a result of the new Delta variant, which countries like the UK and Singapore believe is also affecting children. However, Indian paediatricians say that while it is important to focus on saving children from Covid-19, it is equally important not to lose sight of the fact that the virus continues to impact the elderly and those with comorbidities.

But doctors now worry that focusing the fears of the third wave around children is needlessly alarmist. To quell these fears and put them in perspective, the Indian Academy of Paediatrics (IAP), a representative association of paediatricians, recently released a detailed statement.

“Children are as susceptible as adults and older individuals to develop infection but not severe disease.

It is highly unlikely that the third wave will predominantly or exclusively affect children,” it said.

Vax for children above 2 years by Sept; ICMR says children may not need vax

As the country has intensified its Covid vaccine drive, now you can expect a vaccine for children by September, director of Delhi AIIMS Dr Randeep Guleria has made this revelation. Dr Guleria, a renowned pulmonologist and crucial member of the government’s task force on Covid-19 told India Today TV that Covaxin’s data for children after completion of the Phase 2/3 trials will be available by September and the approval is expected same month.

He also said that if Pfizer-BioNTech’s vaccine gets a green signal in India then that could also be an option for children. Notably, Delhi AIIMS has already started screening children for these trials on June 7 and has involved children between the age of 2 to 17.

‘Young children may not need Covid vax’: Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) is entitled to a royalty of 5 per cent on the sale price of Covaxin and while trials are on to include children in the Covid-

19 vaccination programme, it is possible that young children may not need to be inoculated at all, ICMR Director-General Dr.Balram Bhargava is believed to have told a committee of MPs Wednesday.

Bhargava also is learnt to have told the Parliamentary Standing Committee that it could be possible to break the chain of transmission if a vaccine has 60-90 per cent efficacy and if 30 per cent of the population can be given even single dose coverage. At present, 17.42 per cent Indians have got at least one dose of the vaccine.

Bhargava told the MPs that while the jury is still out on Covid vaccinations in children and only the US is vaccinating minors in the 12-18 years age group, the experience from UK and Scandinavian countries seems to show that very young children are automatically protected and do not need vaccinations. Both the UK and Scandinavian countries had briefly opened primary schools.

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Dimapur to conduct aggressive testing, vax drive against Covid-19 DIMAPUR, JUN 23 (NPN): Team Dimapur on COVID-19, which held a coordination meeting Wednesday to take stock of the pandemic situation and plan out strategies for future course of action, has decided to carry out aggressive testing and vaccination in the district.

According to an official bulletin, the meeting held in the office of Commissioner Police Dimapur resolved that ongoing random testing in Dimapur would be conducted on a war footing till June 30, 2021 in crowded areas and markets. Stating that the testing was carried out for the safety of the general public, the team Dimapur has sought the cooperation of the citizens.

Deliberating on the issue of vaccination, Team Dimapur observed that the death rate was showing a declining trend as many people have started to take vaccine.

Acknowledging the state government for giving sufficient vaccination doses earlier for Dimapur district, the team Dimapur has further requested the government to provide more

Members of ‘Team Dimapur’ at the coordination meeting. (DIPR)

vaccines considering the high population of the district.

The team noted that presently available 13719 doses in the district could have a shortfall as the medical department would be taking up aggressive vaccination till June 30 throughout the district.

At the meeting, the nodal officer for Dimapur district and APC, Y Kikheto Sema, emphasised on the need for creating awareness among the people to continue to practice COVID-appropriate behaviour and get vaccinated. He said that the war was still on as the third wave was expected between September/October as per experts. He also lauded the district administration, Police and the medical department for working in close coordination.

DC Dimapur, Rajesh Soundararajan, said that the district was now better prepared and observed that the present restrictions in place has worked favourably. DC said the district would now have to prepare to fight the third wave. DC also expressed concern for business community and suggested taking a calibrated approach.

Commissioner Police (CP) Dimapur Rothihu Tetseo informed that from May 17 till date there has been around 400 penalties.

He said that public response has been very positive.

Others who attended the meeting included, CMO and Dy.CMO Dimapur, Dr Kevi Theyo from District Hospital Dimapur, DMC administrator, and DPRO Dimapur.

State logs 103 fresh Covid cases, nil deaths CM inaugurates oxygen generation plant in Phek DIMAPUR, JUN 23 (NPN): Nagaland on Wednesday reported zero deaths for the first time since the outbreak of the second wave of the pandemic in the State while 103 fresh Covid-19 positive cases were reported.

Of the fresh cases, 24 were from Dimapur, Kohima-20, Tuensang-16, Mokokchung-11, nine in Phek, eight in Zunheboto, seven in Phek, six in Wokha and one each in Kiphire and Mon, taking the total caseload to 24,541.

Further, Nagaland also recorded more recoveries than fresh cases for the 18th consecutive day with 277 patients recuperating from the infection.

COVID-19 STATUS AS ON June 23, 2021 District

Asymptom- Mild atic

Dimapur 402 Kiphire 17 Kohima 238 Longleng 10 Mokokchung 393 Mon 31 Peren 56 Phek 39 Tuensang 90 Wokha 14 Zunheboto 37 Total 1327

46 3 108 7 9 0 0 0 4 3 7 187

ACTIVE CASES Symptomatic Severe Moderate ICU On On (without Oxy- Oxy- ventilagen gen tor) 8 4 9 0 0 0 14 6 0 2 0 0 2 5 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 35 15 11

PTI: India’s total tally of Covid-19 cases crossed the three crore mark with one crore infections being added in 50 days.

RecovDeath ered

ICU (On ventilator 2 10921 301 0 130 7 1 6533 79 0 117 0 0 794 28 0 888 7 0 575 0 0 311 16 0 675 7 0 177 6 0 369 12 3 21790 463

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

Total Cases

497 12198 1 157 111 7390 11 149 39 1270 15 950 3 635 3 373 3 778 5 206 8 435 696 24541

The tally mounted to 3,00,28,709 with 50,848 new infections, while the death toll climbed to 3,90,660 with 1,358 fresh fatalities.

DIMAPUR, JUN 23 (NPN): State chief minister Neiphiu Rio inaugurated an oxygen generation plant at District Hospital, Phek on Wednesday.

Speaking on the occasion, Rio thanked UNDP India and Government of Japan for their support in setting up the plant in Phek district. “We are indebted to you both for this help, which strengthens our health facilities and furthers our ability to be able to succeed in mitigating this unprecedented health crisis,” he remarked.

He also sought continuous support of the public for the developmental activities that were taking place. Taking part in the

Rio inaugurating the oxygen plant on Wednesday.

inaugural programme via video conferencing, Japan’s ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to India, Suzuki Satoshi said: “Japan is always happy to provide development assistance to the Northeast, feeling a special closeness based on our

shared history. I hope these oxygen generating plants will serve well and help as many the people as possible for a long time to come.”

UNDP’s resident representative in India Shoko Noda, on her part, said that the UNDP stood committed

to supporting Government of India to fight Covid-19, in partnership with development partners and UN sister agencies.

“I am pleased that our several months of effort to provide end to end service, to install and set the oxygen generation plants up and running have come to fruition. Together, we can better prepare for future crises,” she added.

The programme was attended by H&FW minister Pangnyu Phom, planning & coordination, land revenue and parliamentary affairs minister Neiba Kronu, legislator Azo Nienu, senior government officials and public leaders.

Gov trying to criminalise Naga pol movement: NSCN (I-M) India reports around 40 cases of Delta plus variant DIMAPUR, JUN 23 (NPN): Reacting to the statement issued by the office of the Government of India Representative & Interlocutor for Naga Peace Talks, that the government did not recognise the right of any group to collect “tax” from people and that forcible collection of money by any entity was extortion, which was a criminal offence punishable under laws, NSCN (I-M) has accused Nagaland Governor

RN Ravi, who is also the interlocutor for Naga talks, of “trying to criminalise the Naga political movement by questioning its taxation right of the NSCN.” Expressing surprise that this whole issue has cropped after 23 years of peace talks, NSCN (I-M) referred to history to point out that taxation was deeply rooted in the history of Naga resistance even before Naga National Council (NNC) came into the scene.

It contended that the focus had shifted now on it as it was at the helm of affairs leading the Naga political struggle.

As brought about by the 23 years of Indo-Naga political talks, the group declared that Nagas’ stand for sovereign existence was before the world and not a question of obscurity.

Claiming that tax collection was an inherent part of the Nagas’ way of political existence as sovereign

people since time immemorial in order to manage their own affairs, NSCN (I-M) explained that it collected taxes to support the Naga people’s political movement that began in 1929 even before India got independence from the British.

“Opposing the Naga tax is nothing short of obstructing the Naga political movement and to let the Naga people to be enslaved

by India,” NSCN (I-M) sated. (Full text on p-4)

NEW DELHI, JUNE 23 (PTI): Around 40 cases of the Delta plus variant, classified as a variant of concern (VOC), have been detected sporadically in Maharashtra, Kerala and Madhya Pradesh, the Union Health Ministry said on Wednesday.

Delta variant as well as all Delta sub-lineages including Delta plus are classified as VOC, it said.

“As of now among the samples sequenced (45000+)

in India, Delta plus variant— AY.1—has been observed sporadically in Maharashtra, Kerala and Madhya Pradesh, with around 40 cases identified so far and no significant increase in prevalence,” the ministry said.

These three states have been advised to strengthen surveillance and take appropriate public health measures. After the report of AY.1 by the Public Health England on June 11, retrospective analysis of samples

revealed the first occurrence of this lineage from a sample collected from Maharashtra.

The sample was collected on April 5.

As of June 18, 205 sequences of AY.1 lineage was detected worldwide, with USA and UK having over half of the known cases, the statement said. INSACOG had recently identified a viral variant (delta, B.1.617.2).

This viral variant has also been seen in nine other countries of the world.

‘Black Day’: Veterinarians protest against Maneka over ‘abusive remarks’ PMGKAY extended for 5 months DIMAPUR, JUN 23 (NPN): Veterinarians across the country observed a black day and sported black badges on Wednesday to protest against BJP MP and animal rights activist Maneka Gandhi over her alleged use of unparliamentary language while scolding a veterinary doctor, their association said. The nationwide protest call was given by the Indian Veterinary Association (IVA).

Responding to the call of Indian Veterinary Association (IVA) by observing

Veterinarians during the ‘black day’ protest on Wednesday.

June 23 as ‘Black Day’ to, Nagaland Veterinarians’ Association (NVA) president Dr. KN Zubemo Humtsoe strongly condemned the “ghastly and highhanded

act” of MP Maneka Gandhi for “use of abusive and filthy language against a fellow Veterinarian Dr.L.N Gupta.”

NVA said the members

observed the ‘Black Day’ by wearing “black batch/band” as a mark of protest.

IVA called for protest after an audio surfaced on social media, wherein MP and animal rights activist Maneka Gandhi was purportedly heard telling a police officer to register a case and slap a veterinarian, whom she accused of breaking a dog’s leg, which was denied by IVA. In the audio, Maneka Gandhi reportedly used unparliamentary language toward the arrested veteri-

nary doctor and ordered the police to recover the cost of treatment from that veterinary doctor.

A statement issued by IVA said it felt aggrieved and registered its strongest condemnation in the strongest terms for Maneka Gandhi’s high-handed act for using abusive and filthy language against a veterinarian.

IVA threatened to intensify the agitations, if MP did not reverse her attitude and refrain from obnoxious comments on Veterinarians of the country.

Spl. Correspondent

NEW DELHI, JUN 23 (NPN): The Centre has approved allocation of additional foodgrain under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana (Phase IV) – for another period of five months (July-November 2021).

Under the programme, 5 kg foodgrain per person per month is provided free of cost to 81.35 crore beneficiaries covered under National Food Security Act (NFSA) (Antyodaya Anna Yojana and Prior-

ity Households) including those covered under Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT).

The proposal was approved at the Union Cabinet meeting chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday.

This additional free of cost allocation of food grains will be over and above the regular monthly food grains allocated for beneficiaries covered under the NFSA. The entire cost of this additional allocation under PM-GKAY would be borne by the Centre.

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WEATHER FORECAST june 24

(Temperature in ºC)

Max Min

Agartala Mostly cloudy with a t-storm

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A stray afternoon t-storm

Guwahati Mostly cloudy with a t-storm Imphal

A thunderstorm in spots

Itanagar Mostly cloudy with a t-storm

26 20 34 25 28 21 30 24

Shillong

A stray morning thunderstorm 24 18

Kohima

A thunderstorm in spots

Dimapur A t-storm around in the p.m.

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A thunderstorm in spots

Tuensang Mostly cloudy with a t-storm Wokha

Urges power deptt and public to come to an understanding over land issue

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Mkg: Tongpang inspects NERSIP power project site

A t-storm around in the a.m.

Zunheboto A thunderstorm in spots

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Tongpang with the stakeholders at Power House, Mokokchung. (NP)

Correspondent MOKOKCHUNG, JUN 23 (NPN): DPDB chairman & minister of PWD (housing & mec h a n i c a l ) , To n g p a n g Ozukum, Wednesday, visited Mokokchung Power House (Mokokchung Power Division) and interacted with the officials and stakeholders with regard to the land issue on constructing the 2X10MVA 33/11 kV S/S at Mokokchung Town Power House under North East Region Powere System Impowerment Project (NERSIP).

Tongpang stated that this particular project was funded by the Government of India and the World Bank, which has been completed in most of

the districts in Nagaland.

He said that the project may lapse, if not for the COVID-19 grace period and that the project could not be implemented in time due to the land issues.

Therefore, the minister on behalf of the DPDB and the people fervently appealed upon the land owners and the responsible department to come to an understanding and resolve the matter at the earliest and start the work. Later, the minister and his entourage visited the site of a stationed transformer, which would be enhanced to entirely feed Ungma village and its surrounding areas, of which he instructed the department to sensitise the villagers, about the

technicalities and benefits.

While visiting the Mokokchung Municipal dumping site at Mokokchung village jurisdiction, Tongpang appealed to the land owners (Atsongchanger & Longkumer clans) to willingly sell the presently leased land for future welfare and benefit of Mokokchung town. He urged upon the department to be sincerely responsible to initiate a hazard free environmental dump site once the land matters were resolved amicably.

The minister was accompanied by frontals of the Mokokchung Regional, Independent Party and members of the All Ward Union Mokokchung (AWUM).

Nagaland Post, Dimapur THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 2021

Organisations condemn sexual assault on minor girl

DIMAPUR: Several organisations have condemned the June 20 sexual assault on a 15-year-old girl in Mon district by six persons.

KSU: Konyak Students’ Union said it was appalled by the report of sexual assault on a minor by six youngsters, saying that the uncivilized and barbaric act of accused persons was not only a sense of utter disrespect towards women but also the highest degree of uncultured and anti-social behaviour.

In a condemnation note, KSU said that adulthood was a crucial period in life to learn and develop good character and reputation and not indulge in such self-humiliating practices.

The union has appeal the concerned agency to arrest and deliver timely justice with strong punishment as per the relevant law of land. KSU has also appraised the concern authority for necessary measures to ensure physical and mental stability of the innocent victim.

Further, KSU has appealed all sections of society to condemn the act and avoid tolerance towards any forms of crime and violence within the community. It has also reminded families, churches and societies to sensitise younger sections on their responsibility to create safe and secure environment for women in particular and citizens at large.

LUK: Langmeing Union Kohima has strongly condemned an inhumane act of sexual assault and “attempt to murder” on a minor by a group of six youngsters.

Condemning the act, LUK has appealed the concern authority to award befitting punishment to the perpetrators as per the law and urged all right thinking citizens to condemn such heinous crime.

CYO, CCU & CUA: Chaoha Youth Organization Chaoha Citizens’ Union and Chaoha Union Aboi have vehemently condemned the sexual assault on a minor girl by six people.

In a joint condemnation note, media cell of the organisations condemned the barbaric act and called for immediate action against the perpetrators so as to address violence against women across the state.

The organisations said violence against women was not a women’s issue but a human rights issue as should be able to live safely, feel protected and grow up free of violence.

Further, the organisations cautioned that it would resort to its own course of action if justice were not delivered. It has urged the concerned authority to investigate into the matter and ensure that the accused are brought to book under the stringent penal provisions and secure the severest punishment to deter such offence in the future.

Medziphema Town Youth Organisation and Medziphema Town Students’ Union along with the administration conducted a surprise checking of shops on June 23 where some of shops were caught selling expired goods/product. The shopkeepers were let off with a warning and the confiscated goods were later burned in the presence of ADC and elders. (MTSU)

SF nab armed FGN cadre in Phek

DIMAPUR: Security forces in a joint operation with the state police apprehended an “armed cadre of Federal Government of Nagaland (FGN)” in general area Kadie Kami village under Phek district on June 20. According to PRO HQ IGAR, security forces and the police recovered one 303 rifle with magazine, one M 20 pistol with magazine and “some incriminating documents”. The apprehended individual along with recovered items was handed over to Pfutsero police station, Phek district for further investigation, PRO informed.

Speaker condoles ex-minister’s demise

DIMAPUR: State Assembly (NLA) speaker Sharingain Longkumer has expressed pain over the passing of Yeshito Chishi, former minister, on June 22. In his condolence message, Sharingain Longkumer said late Yeshito was a member of the 3rd NLA during which he also served as a minister of State. In his death, the State, especially the people of Atoizu, has lost a committed leader who always worked for the betterment of the poor, he said.

“His contributions shall always be recognized and remembered,” Longkumer said. The speaker, on behalf of the members of the 13th NLA, conveyed heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family members and prayed that Almighty grant them strength to bear the loss.

10 th DEATH ANNIVERSARY

CON DOLENC E The Pastor, Board of Deacon and believers of Hezheto Village Baptist Church (WSBAK) expresses our deepest grief and sorrow at the untimely demise of Late. Er. KHETOVI ASSUMI retired Chief Engineer PHED, a philanthropist who during his life time had rendered many yeoman services for the welfare of the poor and needy people. Today, though he is no more amongst us but we thank him and remember him for the good deeds he has done for our village in constructing our church building in 2012. At his demise we have lost a true Christian gentleman and a mighty man of God who loves to serve God by serving poor and needy people. His demise will be deeply felt at this moment of grief we as a church pray for the departed soul and for the bereaved family.

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Yours in Christ Mr. Hutoka Kibami Pastor

LATE Mrs AKHELI G. YEPTHOMI Lions Club of Dimapur, which is a leading club of Nagaland, has added a new feather by inaugurating an Auditorium at its premises, Lions Center Dimapur, Nepali Bosti, PWD Road.

Inaugurated by Shri Hariram Gupta (Babuji), eminent business man and social worker of Dimapur, Nagaland, on Wednesday 23rd June 2021. All members were present.

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Because someone we love is in heaven.

There is a little bit of heaven in our home.

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Nagaland Post, Dimapur THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 2021

Complaint against ex-NRC chief for ‘manipulation’ Guwahati, Jun 23 (PTI): The Assam Public Works (APW), an NGO whose petition in the Supreme Court led to updation of the National Register of Citizens, has filed a complaint with the CID against former NRC state coordinator Prateek Hajela and others, accusing them of manipulating the exercise to include names of alleged illegal migrants in the document.

The NRC, an official record of bonafide Indian citizens living in Assam, was updated under the supervision of the Supreme Court and released on August 31, 2019, leaving out more than 19 lakh applicants. However, it has not been notified by the Registrar General of India.

Hajela, a 1995 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre, had been ap-

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Prateek Hajela

Shillong, Jun 23: The Meghalaya Board of School Education (MBoSE) would conduct a special examination in the second week of July for those students who failed to appear for their board examinations due to COVID-19 pandemic.

State Education Minister Lahkmen Rymbui said the special

examination would be conducted in the second week of July provided the pandemic situation normalises.

“The entire matter was discussed with the MBOSE officials in a meeting on Wednesday following which it was decided to conduct the examinations at the earliest, which would be the “last chance” for these candidates,” Rymbui said.

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Rights body seeks removal of women commission chairperson

NE COVID-19 UPDATE 482 new Covid cases, 9 deaths in M’laya Manipur logs Shillong. Jun 23: in East Khasi Hills district Nine deaths due to Coro- and one each in South West 629 new cases

Correspondent IMPHAL, JUN 23: A rights body on Wednesday requested Manipur Governor and chief minister to remove the incumbent chairperson of the Manipur State Commission for Women.

While seeking the immediate termination of the incumbent chairperson Mainam Binota, Youth’s Forum for Protection of Human Rights (YFPHR) alleged her of misusing powers and functions of the commission repeatedly.

The repeated and intentional act of Binota was totally against the welfare of women, YFPHR alleged while saying “we fear a dark future for the women of Manipur if she is kept as the chairperson of the commission.”

“We have strong fear that the commission is no longer a statutory body

complaint with the CID Additional Director General of the state bordering Bangladesh.

The Supreme Court ordered Hajela’s transfer from Assam to his home state Madhya Pradesh and he was released from the charge of NRC State Coordinator on November 12, 2019.

Sarma on Wednesday said that the present NRC Coordinator had filed an affidavit both in the apex court and the Gauhati High Court highlighting “anomalies” in the NRC as names of about 40 per cent illegal and doubtful persons were inserted in the list.

“The inclusion of a very high percentage of illegal and doubtful persons’ names in the NRC, leads to the suspicion that there have been manipulations in the family tree verification,” he said.

pointed by the apex court as the NRC state coordinator in 2013. Hajela and his close associates manipulated the Family Tree Verification process “in collaboration with some officers of migrant background, data entry operators, some minority leaders and also with some anti-national elements... to insert the names of the illegal migrants in the updated NRC”, according to the complaint.

APW President Aabhijeet Sarma lodged the

Special exam for students affected by pandemic: MBOSE

Northeast/State

but a body which can be influenced by other organizations as seen in the recent cases,” the right body stated in a release.

YFPHR, in the release, drew the attention of the state Governor and chief minister and other concerns to immediately terminate Mainam Binota as the chairperson of the MSWC. She should be terminated from the post of chair person as per the Section 4 (3) the National Commission for Women Act, 1990 at the earliest in the best interest of women of the state, YFPHR demanded.

YFPHR pointed out the misuse of power by Mainam Binota could be vividly learnt from the recent incident wherein the High Court of Manipur has suspended the proceeding of a case (Case No: 42 of 2021) of MSWC.

navirus-related complications increased the fatality figure to 797 and 482 new cases added up to 4312 active cases, while 434 more recoveries from the viral disease surged the number of recoveries to 41, 349 on Wednesday in Meghalaya, which has so far registered 46, 458 confirmed cases of infection so far.

Director Health Services (MI), Dr. Aman Wat said the new COVID-19 related deaths recorded in the past 24-hour were four in Ri-Bhoi district, three

Arunachal reports 289 new Covid cases

Itanagar, Jun 23 (PTI): Arunachal Pradesh’s COVID-19 tally rose to 33,664 as 289 more people tested positive for the infection, a senior health official said here on Wednesday.

The coronavirus death toll in the frontier state rose to 160 after a woman from Namsai district succumbed to the disease on Tuesday, State Surveillance Officer, Dr Lobsang Jampa said.

M’laya CM halts felling of iconic trees

Correspondent

SHILLONG, JUN 23: Meghalaya chief minister Conrad K Sangma on Wednesday came to the rescue of iconic English pine trees lining the road at Upper Shillong, opposite the Eastern Air Command (EAC) Headquarters, some of which were being felled for widening of the Shillong-Dawki National Highway, evoking widespread protests.

“These images (felling of trees) are indeed disturb-

ing. I have asked NHIDCL to stop it immediately till we can find a better solution. We need to balance between development and environment,” the Conrad tweeted.

“After the team from PWD led by ACS (PWD) visited the site the iconic stretch is mostly intact and not touched and will not be touched. We are further examining the matter,” he further tweeted.

Meanwhile, State Forest and Environment minis-

Khasi Hills district and West Jaintia Hills district.

With 1,333 active COVID-19 cases and 601 deaths due to the viral infection, the East Khasi Hills, that includes state capital Shillong is the most affected district, followed by Ri-Bhoi district with 581 active cases, West Garo Hills district with 574 active cases, West Jaintia Hills district with 573 active cases, while the seven other districts in the state have less than 300 active cases each as on date.

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Arunachal Pradesh n ow h a s 2 , 5 4 8 a c t ive COVID-19 cases, he said.

As many as 279 patients were cured of the disease on Monday taking the total number of COVID19 recoveries in the state to 30,956, Jampa said. The COVID-19 recovery rate now is 91.95 per cent while the active percentage stands at 7.57 and the positivity rate at 5.11 per cent, he said.

IMPHAL, Jun 23: Manipur has crossed the 65 thousand-mark in COVID19 cases, after reporting 629 new positive cases in the last 24 hours, officials said on Wednesday. The state also reported nine deaths related to the pandemic, pushing the fatality toll to 1074, the state health department said. The 629 fresh cases including two CAPF personnel took the total number of Covid-19 cases in the state to 65,622.

Currently, there were 9,291 active Covid-19 cases in Manipur as the total number of recovered cases reached 55,257 with 543 patients recuperated from the viral infection on Wednesday.

The recovery rate of the state stood at 84.20%.

As per the latest data of the health department, the 629 fresh positive cases were out of 5,336 samples tested over the past 24 hours. The positivity rate of the day was 11.79%.

(Correspondent)

Sikkim reports 131 103 jail inmates among 430 new Covid cases new Covid patients in Mizoram

ter, James Sangma said that only those trees which were “absolutely necessary” to be felled were brought down.

“Present instance of tree felling in Upper Shillong being a major road project for which 16.107 ha of forest land is affected, felling of trees is unavoidable. However, utmost care has been taken to ensure that only those standing trees which are considered absolutely necessary are permitted to be felled,” the forest minister said.

Gangtok, Jun 23 (PTI): Sikkim re por ted 131 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, pushing the tally to 19,589, a health department bulletin said on Wednesday. East Sikkim district registered 75 new cases followed by South Sikkim (36) and West Sikkim district (20). Sikkim now has 2,390 active COVID-19 cases, while 16,652 people have recovered from the disease, it said.

Aizawl, Jun 23 (PTI): Mizoram’s COVID-19 tally soared to 18,409 on Wednesday as 430 more people, including 103 jail inmates, tested positive for the infection, a health official said. All the infected prisoners are inmates of Central Jail, Aizawl, he said. A total of 73 children, six security personnel and two healthcare

workers are also among the new patients, the official said. On June 21, as many as 528 coronavirus infections were detected in an orphanage and rehabilitation centre in the state capital. Mizoram now has 4,424 active cases, while 13,900 people have recovered and 85 patients have succumbed to the infection so far.

State

Patton, others call on Assam CM Condolence messages from organisations and leaders DIMAPUR: All Nagaland Hindi Teachers’ Union (ANHTU) has mour ned over the demise of N Khevito Zimomi.

In a condolence note, ANHTU said that late Khevito was a capable officer who always took right decisions in respect of all departmental works.

The union described him as a dedicated officer and someone who contributed took big steps for the development of Hindi Patton and others meeting Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.

DIMAPUR: BJP Nagaland led by state deputy chief minister Y Patton, accompanied by state BJP president & minister Temjen Imna Along and minister Kashiho Sangtam paid a courtesy call on Himanta Biswa Sarma and congratulated him on behalf of the BJP legislators and karya-

kartas of Nagaland on his assuming office as chief minister of Assam.

A press release from Dy CM media cell informed that various issues were discussed, where Himanta Sarma encouraged the BJP delegation to “continue their good works for the people”. The delegation

expressed appreciation to the chief minister of Assam for his concerns for the North East region.

The delegation expressed confidence in his leadership and thanked the people of Assam for giving their mandate to BJP consecutively in the assembly election.

language in the state.

ANHTU conveyed its condolences to the bereaved family members and prayed that the Almighty would grant them strength in this time of sorrow.

Jimomi Hoho: Jimomi Hoho has expressed deep sadness over the demise of Khevito Zhimomi.

In a condolence note, Jimomi Hoho president Ahovi Jimomi and Phu-

kato Jimomi described late Khevito as an upright and dedicated officer who was God fearing and a humble person.

The Hoho said that in his demise, it had lost a tall leader “who has helped the people at various times and level”.

Further, it conveyed heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family members and prayed that the Almighty would provide them solace and peace.

Thenucho Tunyi: Former NLA speaker Thenucho Tunyi has expressed sadness over the demise of Yeshito Chishi.

In a condolence note, Thenucho said late Yeshito’s enthusiasm towards life and work were his stand out qualities.

The former NLA speaker described him as a politician, a man of high caliber who displayed a level of competency that was admired by his

peers.

“Both in his professional and personal life, he showed a stability and sincerity that is often rare”, he said, while lamenting that in his demise, the people had lost a great social worker and thinker.

Further, Thenucho conveyed condolences to his family members and prayed that the Almighty would grant them peace and comfort at this moment of grief.

NPGN/NNC/NA (MK) informs DIMAPUR: NPGN/NNC/ NA (MK) has informed all the armed cadres to report to their respective area/ region commander with their details on or before June 28.

The group, in a statement issued by ‘lt, col’ T

Chophy, cautioned that action would be taken against those who fail to report within the stipulated time as per the Yezabo.

Fo r f u r t h e r i n f o r mation, one could contact at 7085875406 or 8730085190.

Governor provides medical kits to villages in Tuensang

DIMAPUR: Governor of Nagaland, R.N. Ravi aided ten villages in remote area of Tuensang district by sending basic medical kits through the Deputy Commissioner (DC) Tuensang office.

According to DIPR report, the packages were distributed by DC and chairman DTF Tuensang, Kumar Ramnikant, in the presence of the CKS president, Nungsanglemba Chang Wednesday at the DC’s office, Tuensang.

Head GBs of three villages, viz. Waoshu, Yimpang and Taknyu were handed over with the packages from the DC’s office while the packages meant for Losolo, Keyanru, K Longsor, Kephore, Longtuker, Shongkiu and Khonangpong were handed over to the respective administrative officers for delivery to the concerned villages.

The DC said the medical accessories are meant for medical emergencies, which need to be utilized with proper consultation from the staffs of the respective PHCs and health centres.

The village councils were also told to make propK Y M C

er use of items received so as to benefit the villagers during such pandemic situation.

HoDs hold meeting at Kiphire: Head of offices, Kiphire held meeting on COVID-19 activities and strategies on vaccination drive on June 22 at DPDB conference hall, Kiphire under the chairmanship of DC, Kiphire, Rahul Mali.

The DC briefed the members on COVID-19 status and importance of vaccination drives in the district. He said that the pandemic could overcome through collective effort and urge the members to come forward with active participation. He also assured to extend support in every possible way.

DIO, Kiphire, Dr. K. Pewezo Khalo highlighted on coverage report on COVID19 vaccination drive, and briefed on certain strategies to be adopted in the district for effectively carrying out the drive.

He also suggested line departments to adopt certain number of villages and to disseminate proper information on COVID-19 vaccine and informed the members

to supervise and monitor about the government directions to be implemented at the village level on pandemic issues.

Mon holds DPDB meeting: District planning and development board held its meeting on June 23 at the conference hall of the office of DC, Mon. According to DIPR report, MLA & chairman DBDP Mon, E.E. Pangteang lauded DTF for COVID, district administration, frontline and healthcare workers for handling both waves remarkably. He asserted that the annual plan booklet of DPDB should be thoroughly checked and updated for addition or omission of any information on a yearly basis, urging the planning department to consider the matter on priority As for LADP 2021-22, he highlighted that the elected members of Mon district have collectively decided to reserve an amount of Rs. 50 lakh from common pool for use during emergencies.

The amount was in addition to Rs. 10 lakh allocated from each assembly constituency for Covid

activities as per guidelines issued by the state government, he informed.

The agenda for the meeting included: approval of proposal by the board and forwarding of the same to the concerned departments such as registration of Kenchenshu Students’ Union; registration of Anghlam Welfare Society Y. Kenchenshu; registration of Counseling & Prayer Ministry Society, Aboi; registration for compensation for the loss of Holy Cross School’s property.

Creation of Nagaland Village Guard (NVG) post at: Chingkao Nyaho Village, Angjangyang, Yaphang, Changkhong, Ukha Lamping, selection of Tobu as aspirational block in Mon district, registration of Yingang School, Aboi, registration of Wungmei Entertainment and Management as a society and upgrading of existing health unit at United Yonghong Village to Primary Health Centre (PHC) and that of Angjangyang to PHC or CHC. The board accepted the request for grant of fund by the district hospital Mon and various health units for

Covid related activities to be channelled through the LADP fund.

TB MUKT Bharat Campaign: As per the Government of India’s goal of eradicating TB by 2025 and in pursuance to the letter received from the principal secretary H&FW, the board resolved to extend full cooperation and assistance in achieving the goal. The board also approved LADP 2021-22.

Traffic, police personnel, DBs oversee odd-even vehicular movement: The Dobashis, police personnel, armed forces and traffic manned the “odd-even rule for vehicular movement” within Mokokchung town municipal area, Wednesday, at the town square.

It may be mentioned that vehicle registration numbers (odd) would ply on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays and even registration numbers would ply on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.

This SOP would be in effect till June 30 till further notice from the Mokokchung district task force on COVID19. (Correspondent) K Y M C

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Nagaland Post

Post-mortem

Vol. XXxI NO. 198 Dimapur, THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 2021

Fact and Fake

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n old clip, re-circulated in social media, showing some unnamed and unidentified persons packing ‘plastic rice’ at a godown in Dimapur went viral especially as some in the media reported the alleged “scam”. The irksome report attracted unwanted attention. Though police doubted the entire matter, yet this had to be decided through a laboratory test. The team comprising of officials from the district administration, Food and Civil Supplies department, state branch of Food Safety and Standards Authority and Police went to the spot, collected samples of alleged plastic rice and sealed the godown. The samples were then sent for tests in the FSSA and after a few days, the reports confirmed that the news was fake but the rice was real. It is now up to the police to take action against those spreading fake news which sparked apprehensions and tension among public. Even before the laboratory were conducted, Dimapur Police held strong suspicions that there was motive behind the alleged scam. Police officers told this newspaper that the so-called scam fell apart on several grounds. First, making plastic granules to look like rice, required a more sophisticated machine and not those found at the godown. Secondly, ‘manufacturing’ plastic rice require basic raw materials such as Polypropylene and Polyethylene. These raw materials are expensive and thus, trying to sell the so called ‘plastic rice’ would be expensive and unaffordable for public. Thirdly and most important, plastic is not something that is digestable and it would eventually be exposed. Police also concluded, that the godown where the plastic rice was being manufactured, was in reality, a packing unit where high quality rice was mixed with inferior quality to be sold at huge profit in the market. On the issue of ‘plastic rice, the video clips were reportedly originated in China in 2010. It was said that plastic rice was mixed with real rice in order to trick consumers.

Chinese social media, and showed workers feeding plastic waste into a machine, with the end result being white, rice-like granules. However, it later turned out that that at that time, the factory was merely producing plastic granules aimed for industrial use. rumours have persisted that plastic is being sold as rice, fuelled by videos which show people bouncing rice balls.

However, a BBC report after investigation by its journalists concluded that rice, when prepared in the right way and squeezed into balls can actually bounce. The report also added that the natural characteristics of rice are carbohydrates and proteins and they can be made to bounce. However, there are four easy tests to confirm if a sample is plastic rice-1. On burning with matchsticks, plastic will emit smell; 2. If there is no fungus on leaving boiled rice in a bottle for two or three days; 3. If it melts when hot oil is poured into it;4 if the ‘rice’ floats on top when it is poured into a bottle and stirred. Now that the test result is out, police will have to identify and book those spreading fake news so that such persons are punished as per the law and also to act as deterrent against such persons who habitually and purposely create misgivings.

DailyDevotion “Acquainted With Grief” He is…a Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. —Isaiah 53:3

We are not “acquainted with grief” in the same way our Lord was acquainted with it. We endure it and live through it, but we do not become intimate with it. At the beginning of our lives we do not bring ourselves to the point of dealing with the reality of sin. We look at life through the eyes of reason and say that if a person will control his instincts, and educate himself, he can produce a life that will slowly evolve into the life of God. But as we continue on through life, we find the presence of something which we have not yet taken into account, namely, sin— and it upsets all of our thinking and our plans. Sin has made the foundation of our thinking unpredictable, uncontrollable, and irrational.

We have to recognize that sin is a fact of life, not just a shortcoming. Sin is blatant mutiny against God, and either sin or God must die in my life. The New Testament brings us right down to this one issue— if sin rules in me, God’s life in me will be killed; if God rules in me, sin in me will be killed. There is nothing more fundamental than that. The culmination of sin was the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, and what was true in the history of God on earth will also be true in your history and in mine— that is, sin will kill the life of God in us.

We must mentally bring ourselves to terms with this fact of sin. It is the only explanation why Jesus Christ came to earth, and it is the explanation of the grief and sorrow of life.

Quotes

That which does not kill us makes us stronger. ~ Friedrich Nietzsche

Nagaland Post, Dimapur THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 2021

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India needs a third generation of reforms

n India’s development journey, two major policy departures in its approach to growth and development stand out. In each case, there was an acceleration in growth, which then started petering out. We are at a similar crossroads and it is time to usher in a third generation of reforms.

The first generation of economic reforms took place soon after Independence. This was based on planning and import substitution.

India’s growth witnessed a notable acceleration from the early 1950s to the mid-1960s, a significant transformation from stagnation of the past. This was followed by policy sclerosis, resulting in a growth downturn over an equivalent period till the late 1970s.

The much delayed second generation of economic reforms finally began in 1991, and was again characterised by a growth-oriented approach. India was finally catching up with the prevailing global predominant thinking on development strategy — an open economy market-oriented framework. Fuelled by higher savings and investment, the economy ascended to a higher growth path of around 7% annual GDP growth over the next two decades. Industrial and export growth accelerated, along with a comfortable and stable external sector, and poverty reduced significantly.

But, once again, the development engine started sputtering from the early 2010s. The slowdown is broad-based across all the sectors, agriculture, industry, and services. India’s economy is in trouble once again and hence needs a major reboot.

There has been an inadequate generation of quality employment for the increasing Indian labour force throughout the development process. There seems to have been almost no net generation of jobs over the past 15 years or so. What is needed now is a special thrust to promote employment-intensive export-oriented manufacturing, which will need continued openness and not increased protection.

But the key development failure, right through India’s history has been the lack of adequate attention to nutrition, health, and education. This is hampering the employability of new entrants to the labour force as new economic activities require an increasing level of educational competence.

Thus, the next generation of economic reforms needs a special resolve to deliver efficient public services, particularly focused on the long-neglected social needs related to nutrition and health services, primary and secondary schooling, a major quality upgrade of tertiary education, water supply and sanitation, other public infrastructure and urban development; all public services that need enhanced government expenditure and technical competence and ability to deliver. The absence of these services is hobbling the performance of the private sector.

The main organising principle of the second-generation reforms was freeing the private sector from the myriad government controls that had hobbled its performance. This process still needs to be pursued. But similar attention has not been given to improving the government’s performance.

Consequently, the third generation of economic reforms must focus on a similar empowerment of the public sector to deliver growth-enhancing public goods and services

What can we do to avoid the third wave of Covid?

for the benefit of all segments of the public, private sector, and corporate entities alike.

The “public sector” encompasses all levels of governments from the local, state to national, and their entities which deliver public goods and services, and includes regulatory and standard-setting authorities. They all need to be strengthened.

The last 30 years have seen a clear private sector supply response to the increased demand for health, education and other services, reflecting the failure of their public provision in both quantity and quality. The way forward is not so much to restrict this private provision, but to improve significantly both the quality of public services leading to greater trust in the provision of these services, and their scale and quantity to promote universal accessibility.

This would free up money in the hands of the less well-off for enhanced demand for growth, promoting other essential goods and services.

There must be a renewed clear understanding that it is the government’s role to deliver public goods and services that only it can provide, and that such services cannot and should not be privatised.

This kind of quality improvement cannot take place without a significant enhancement of government’s own technocratic competence and implementation capacity. The availability of economic competence enabled the formulation of reforms at the macro level in 1991, and then their implementation in the ensuing two decades. There needs to be a system change in the approach to public administration, away from the traditional colonial approach.

The first condition for sustained growth is an enhancement of investment levels, both public and private. This would imply an overall increase in fiscal expenditure along with a shift in composition towards higher public investment for the delivery of public goods and services, which, in turn, would crowd in private investment rather than crowding it out. But buoyancy in the tax-GDP ratio does not reflect the sustained growth in GDP of the past three decades, particularly the stagnation experienced over the past decade. Focused attention now needs to be given, to increasing efficiency and compliance in tax-revenue collection so that India’s overall tax-GDP ratio rises to levels consistent with comparable international experience, to finance the needed enhanced public expenditures.

The key departure from current received wisdom that I am making is to emphasise the role of the State in promoting economic growth. Countries that have been most successful in maintaining high sustained growth rates have done so by setting up growth-promoting governmental institutions to coordinate public investments, while also incentivising the private sector to make investments necessary for a growing, dynamic economy. Niti Aayog needs to be strengthened technically, and in its powers to perform such a role.

The current government structure is simply not designed to take India to the next stage of development. The third generation of economic reforms must therefore focus on improving the government’s own competence, both administrative and technical, at all levels.

Rakesh Mohan President, Centre for Social and Economic Progress

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aced with constraints on vaccine supply, India needs to urgently adopt a targeted vaccination strategy to avoid a possible third wave of Covid-19 infections. There has already been a lot of discussion on improving vaccine supply. However, there is a need to find ways to better utilise the existing supply. Faced with limited resources in any situation, optimal utilisation of the scarce resource has to be a key strategy.

At present, in most states, if not all, there is no significant prioritisation of vaccination of persons in the 18-45 age group. In the absence of any specific targeting or prioritisation, those with smartphones, better internet connectivity and who are more perseverant in trying to book slots are getting priority.

This is certainly neither an intended nor a desirable policy objective. It has created unintended inequity in the administration of vaccines. The inequity has been further exacerbated by drivethrough vaccination centres in some cities. Vehicle owners being prioritised is, perhaps, the last thing a public health specialist would recommend.

The primary goal of the vaccination programme should be to tame the virus, control the spread of infection and save lives. Presently, the public discourse is centred mainly around the number of people vaccinated and the percentage of population covered.

There is an urgent need to change this.

How many people have been vaccinated is important, but who those people are is equally important.

The 45-plus age group has been the target group since April 1, and, rightly so, as there is credible evidence to show higher mortality in this group. This is an evidence-based policy decision which is likely to help significantly reduce deaths in case there is a third wave. However, a major policy gap is observed in inoculating the 18-45 age group.

After the latest announcement by the Prime Minister, the procurement of vaccines has again been centralised.

This was a much-needed course correction. In its subsequent advisory, the Union Health Ministry has explicitly authorised state governments to devise state-level prioritisation policies within the 18-45 age group. It is imperative that state governments urgently utilise this option. A policy that targets certain high-risk groups within the 18-45 age group is the need of the hour.

Broadly speaking, the population in the 18-45 age group can be divided into three categories. Category A comprises people who have already caught Covid-19 and have developed antibodies. Category B includes those who have not yet been infected.

Within this group, there is a small subset of high-risk groups and potential super-spreaders which we can call Category C. The third category includes street vendors, auto-rickshaw drivers, milk and vegetable vendors, newspaper vendors, journalists, restaurant workers, fuel-pump attendants, delivery boys,

shopkeepers and others. They are those who interact with many on a daily basis.

They are more likely to get infected than others, and are also more likely to infect others. Priority should also be given to persons with comorbidities within the 18-45 age group. This will further help in reducing the number of deaths. While a few states have taken some initiatives in this aspect, it would be desirable that the central government issues a detailed advisory on this.

The present vaccination strategy in several states, by design or default, is focused more on urban centres, especially for the 18-45 age group. Though the Government of India has advised that infected persons should defer being vaccinated for three months after recovery, implementation of this policy on the ground may not be happening to the desired extent. Additionally, there is the issue of a large number of people, especially in big cities, who would have been infected by the virus, but are not aware about it. Thus, probably, a large percentage of jabs are going to people who already have antibodies.

From a public health perspective, a vaccine going to a Category A person is akin to a waste of vaccines at this juncture. A vaccine going to a Category B person ahead of a Category C person leads to sub-optimal utilisation of a scarce resource. It makes eminent sense to target high-risk groups and potential super-spreaders for vaccination. This should not be delayed any longer on account of perceived implementation challenges, which are certainly not insurmountable. Targeted vaccinations will also enable a faster resumption of economic activities and will reduce the stress on economically vulnerable groups.

The shortage of vaccines is a reality. We can argue endlessly whether things could have been done differently because everyone is wiser with the benefit of hindsight. However, that should not make us lose sight of the situation we are currently in. We should focus on choosing the best course of action from here on. If we have a third wave, in all likelihood, we would not have vaccinated enough people by then to achieve herd immunity. What will matter at that point of time is who did we vaccinate with the limited supply we had. A brute force method has to make way for a policy which is more imaginative and intelligent — even if it is less popular. The central government has already permitted on-the-spot registrations. State governments now need to take the initiative and plan for targeted and prioritised vaccinations of high-risk groups and potential superspreaders. This has to be done through a combination of explicit policy as well as better venue selection for conducting the sessions.

Vijay Nehra (This column first appeared in the print edition of Indian Express on June 23, 2021. The writer is an IAS officer. Views are personal)

Gov trying to criminalise Naga political movement: NSCN (I-M)

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t is highly unbecoming of the Governor of Nagaland state desperately trying to criminalize the Naga political movement by questioning the taxation right of the NSCN. Surprisingly, this comes after more than 23 years of Indo-Naga political dialogue. Placed under this situation, NSCN puts on record to go back to the history to point out that taxation is something which is deeply rooted in the history of the Naga resistance movement even before the Naga National Council (NNC) came into the scene. Now the focus has been shifted to National Socialist Council of Nagalim (NSCN) which is at the helm of affairs leading the Naga political struggle.

As brought about by the 23 years of Indo-Naga political talks, the Nagas’ stand for sovereign existence is before the world domain and not a question of obscurity.

It has become pertinent to mention the background of Naga history to drive home the point that tax collection was the inherent part of the Nagas way of political existence as sovereign people since time immemorial in order to manage its own affairs. The NSCN collected taxes to support the Naga people’s

political movement which started in 1929 even before India got independence from the British. Opposing the Naga tax is nothing short of obstructing the Naga political movement and to let the Naga people to be enslaved by India.

Taxation was there during the Naga National Council (NNC) time and now under National Socialist Council of Nagalim (NSCN) which has taken over to spearhead the Naga political movement.

NSCN is a genuine political group and a government of the people with total commitment to find an honorable political settlement and it should not be treated at par with other outfits that have different objectives that are not going to benefit the Nagas in the final moment but only for temporary benefits. It may be noted that NSCN is not working for packages from the Government of India but for an honorable and acceptable political settlement with India and the nominal taxations will continue as it is. The irony is that while other outfits are taxing the people they work as the agents of adversaries that are remotely connected with the Naga political interest. Naga are

thus, made to suffer by the GoI under the garb of Naga Political Groups (NPGs).

As per the Framework Agreement, the Nagas are the masters of their own lands both below and above.

So, why should India interfere in the internal matter of the sovereign Naga people? The Government of India opposing taxations by the NSCN instantly violates the FA wherein the two entities have agreed to coexist peacefully as two different entities sharing sovereign power.

Moreover, taxation is the legitimate right of every government of a nation state. The Nagas declared their independence status as a sovereign nation one day ahead of India and defended its sovereign right thus far. The Naga nation does not require permission from the Government of India for taxation. The matter remains loud and clear that at no point of time the Nagas became Indians either by conquest or consent.

Thus, it is too farfetched for the Governor of Nagaland state to issue such an outrageous statement on taxation.

The Naga political movement has not started yesterday necessitating the

unwarranted statement on taxation issue, which is the birth right of the sovereign Naga people.

It is worth mentioning that during the course of Indo-Naga political talks, passing through the hands of three interlocutor-ships, this taxation right was acknowledged indicating that NSCN have the right to tax to carry on its movement and no fuss was made out of it. The press statement issued by the Governor’s office contradicts this stand which violates the spirit of the hard earned Indo-Naga talks crossing more than 23 years.

Following the signing of the Framework Agreement of the 3rd August, 2015, this taxation was included in the competencies. No one can deny these factual records of the Framework Agreement and the competencies. No wonder, the Framework Agreement mentioned of the sharing of sovereign power and declared that according to the universal principle in democracy sovereignty lies with the people.

Certainly, it has become a serious matter of indignation on the statement of taxation that is so exasperating, inconsistent

and banal that it speaks of the worst kind of undermining the Naga political issue. It has to be taken note that the sovereign rights of the Naga people to tax cannot be denied.

Moreover, the Indo-Naga political talks is yet to be finalized as critical issues are waiting to be considered from the perspective of the Framework Agreement.

MIP, NSCN/GPRN

Reader’s Post

Network issues in Nagaland

Sir,

Nagaland has forever been plagued with poor network connections. Even if there are a lot of developments taking place within the State, no sort of reformations has been brought about in the field of telecommunications so far.

In various part of Dimapur itself, Jio, Vodafone and Bsnl network connections are non-existent and with such erratic networks, how can one expect a cent per cent performance from a student or a working youth?

Since time immemorial, a lot of organizations and apex bodies have voiced out against these service providers yet it fell on deaf ear.

Therefore, it is high time the government put forward a foot and take up this issue seriously.

Vili Chophy, Dimapur

Correction

Apropos to the article ‘Call for a successful Covid19 vaccination in Nagaland’ published on June 23, the signatories should be read as president and general secretary Ao Students’ Union, Kohima and not as published.

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.

Chaos at parl panel meet as BJP, Congress spar on vaccine policy

however, pressed on with questions on the disparity between the price at which the makers sold the vaccines and what people were paying for the shots. On Monday (June 21), India saw record vaccinations as the government’s new policy of free vaccines to all above 18 kicked in. Before that, free shots were restricted only to those above 45. Vaccinations of those between 18 and 44, handled by states and private hospitals, were paid.

BJP MPs protested the question, asserting that the panel is related to the

Science and Technology Ministry that is involved only in research and development.

“This ministry has nothing to do with the procurement of vaccines or their prices. There should not be any attempt to politicize the issue by raising such questions,” a BJP MP reportedly said.

The BJP MPs claimed any discussion on vaccines at this stage “would affect the frontline workers and health workers who are fighting the pandemic”.

Other members pointed out that the committee

Poll strategist Prashant Kishor meets Sharad Pawar, 3rd time in a fortnight NEW DELHI, JUN 23 (AGENCIES): Political strategist Prashant Kishor met Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) supremo Sharad Pawar in New Delhi on Wednesday, a day after leaders of eight opposition parties gathered at Pawar’s residence and discussed various issues facing the country.

According to sources, the closed-door discussions between Kishor and Pawar, held at the latter’s residence in Delhi, lasted for about an hour. This was their third meeting within a fortnight.

Kishor, who was instrumental in the thumping victory of the Trinamool Congress in the West Bengal Assembly polls, had met Pawar over lunch at his residence in Mumbai on June 11. He again called on the NCP chief at his residence in Delhi on Monday.

These meetings with Pawar has fuelled speculations about the possibility of opposition parties coming together to form a third front against the BJP. Pawar on Tuesday hosted a meeting of the leaders of eight

Prashant Kishor and Sharad Pawar

opposition parties including the Trinamool Congress, the Samajwadi Party, the Aam Aadmi Party, the Rashtriya Lok Dal and the Left at his residence in Delhi.

However, leaders who took part in that discussions asserted that it was a “non-political” meeting of like-minded individuals by Rashtriya Manch that was floated by former finance minister and TMC vicepresident Yashwant Sinha along with others.

Before the opposition leaders’ meeting on Tuesday, Pawar also chaired NCP’s national executive meeting the same day and had “a detailed discussion” with his party leaders on its “future

policies, its role in the next Lok Sabha polls and current national issues.”

The opposition party leaders’ meet at Pawar’s residence was attended by National Conference’s leader Omar Abdullah, SP’s Ghanshyam Tiwari, RLD president Jayant Chaudhary, Sushil Gupta from the AAP, BinoyViswam from the CPI, NilotpalBasu from CPI-M and TMC vice-president Yashwant Sinha among others.

Former Congress leader Sanjay Jha and Janata Dal-United’s (JD-U) exleader Pavan Verma also participated in the meeting.

Besides politicians, several eminent personalities such

Rs 9,371 cr seized assets of MallyaChoksi-Nirav transferred to banks: ED

Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi

NEW DELHI, JUN 23 (IANS): The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday said it has handed over assets worth Rs 9,371 crore belonging to fugitive businessmen Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi, Mehul Choksi to state-run banks to realise the losses on account of the fraud committed against them.

The ED in a statement said that Mallya, Nirav Modi and Choksi have defrauded public sector banks by siphoning off the funds through their companies which resulted in total loss of Rs 22,585.83 crore to the banks. The ED has booked the three on the basis of the FIR filed by the Central Bureau of

Investigation (CBI).

The financial probe agency said that the ED has taken swift action by unearthing myriad web of domestic and international transactions and stashing of assets abroad.

“Investigation has also irrevocably proved that these three accused persons used dummy entities controlled by them for rotation and siphoning off the funds provided by the banks,” the ED said. It further said that the ED has attached or seized assets worth Rs 18,170.02 crore which included assets worth of Rs 969 crore located in foreign countries. “The quantum of the attached and seized assets represents 80.45 per

cent of total bank loss of Rs 22,585.83 crore,” it said, adding that the investigation by the ED has proved that substantial part of these assets were held in the names of dummy entities, trusts, third persons, relatives of these accused and these entities were proxy of these accused to hold these assets.

Tu e E D h a s f i l e d charge sheets against all the three accused after completion of PMLA investigation.

“Extradition requests have been sent for these persons to the UK and Antigua and Barbuda. The extradition of Mallya has been ordered by the Westminster Magistrates Court and confirmed by the UK High Court. Since Mallya has been denied permission to file appeal in the UK Supreme Court, his extradition to India has become final,” the ED said.

It further said that the Westminster Magistrates Court has ordered extradition of Nirav Modi to India.

Nirav Modi has been in London Jail for last two years and three months on the basis of extradition request by India.

had already started deliberations on the vaccine policy, the availability of Covid shots and their production with a full presentation by the Department of Biotechnology at least seven months earlier and this was a bipartisan meeting cutting across party lines.

VK Paul, who heads the Covid task force, did not attend the meeting and his absence was questioned by a member. Jairam Ramesh, however, didn’t pursue the subject. Balram Bhargava, the chief of top medical body Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) was present and fielded questions.

Members asked him why the sample size was so small -- only 40,000 -- for genome sequencing to track variants. That was 0.013% though it should be at least five percent, they said.

Dr Bhargava pointed out that the ICMR at present needs monkeys for testing and these were not readily available.

HC refuses to stay CCI notice to FB, WhatsApp NEW DELHI, JUN 23 (PTI): The Delhi High Court has refused to stay the Competition Commission of India (CCI) notice asking Facebook and WhatsApp to furnish certain information in relation to a probe ordered by it into the instant messaging app’s new privacy policy.

A va c a t i o n b e n c h of Justices Anup Jairam Bhambhani and Jasmeet Singh said an application seeking stay of further steps in the investigation already stands filed in which notice was issued to the Director General of CCI in which no interim relief was given by the division bench on May 6 and is listed for consideration on July 9.

“We also find that there is substantial overlap, in fact near identity, as between the prayers made in… (earlier application) and those made in the present application.

For the foregoing reason, we do not consider it appropriate to stay the operation of impugned notice dated June 8, at this stage,” the bench said in its order passed on June 21 and made available on Wednesday.

BJP received Rs 276.45 cr from electoral trusts in 2019-20, Cong Rs 58 cr: ADR NEW DELHI, JUN 23 (PTI): The BJP received Rs 276.45 crore or 76.17 per cent of total donations given to all political parties from electoral trusts in 2019-20, according to a report by poll rights group ADR (Association for Democratic Reforms).

The BJP was followed by the Congress which received Rs 58 crore or 15.98 per cent of total donations received by all parties from all seven electoral trusts, it said. The report that analysed contribution reports of electoral trusts for financial year 2019-20 said top donors to the electoral trusts included JSW, Apollo Tyres, Indiabulls, Delhi International Airport and DLF groups.

JSW Steel Ltd. contributed the highest amount worth Rs 39.10 crore among all donors of electoral trusts, followed by Apollo Tyres Ltd. with Rs 30 crore and IndiabullsInfraestate Ltd which contributed Rs 25 crore to various trusts.

Eighteen individuals contributed to electoral trusts in 2019-20. Ten indi-

viduals contributed Rs 2.87 crore to Prudent Electoral Trust, four individuals contributed Rs 5.50 lakhs to Small Donations Electoral Trust and four individuals gave a total of Rs 1 lakh to Swadeshi Electoral Trust, the report said. “ B J P r e c e ive d R s 276.45 crore or 76.17 per cent of the total donations received by all political parties from electoral trusts followed by Congress which received Rs 58 crore or 15.98 per cent of the total donations received by all parties from all seven electoral Trusts. Other 12 political parties including AAP, SHS, SP, Yuva Jan Jagriti Party, Jannayak Party, JDU, JMM, LJP, SAD, INLD, JKNC

and RLD received a total of Rs 25.4652 crore collectively,” the report said.

The Election Commission had circulated guidelines for submission of contribution reports of electoral trusts to submit an annual report containing details of contributions received by the electoral trusts and disbursed by them to political parties in the interest of transparency. These guidelines were issued to seven electoral trusts formed after January 2013 -- Satya Electoral Trust, Pratinidhi Electoral Trust, People’s Electoral Trust, Progressive Electoral Trust, Janhit Electoral Trust, Bajaj Electoral Trust and Janpragati Electoral Trust.

‘Political front against BJP Rahul Gandhi to appear in Surat court today JUN visit Surat on Thursday. all have Modi as common not possible without Muslims’ GANDHINAGAR, 23 (IANS): Former Con- “Rahul Gandhi will be in surname? How come all AURANGABAD, JUN 23 (PTI): Any political front against the ruling BJP is not possible without the participation of Muslims, AIMIM leader Imtiaz Jaleel said here on Wednesday and took a swipe at NCP chief Sharad Pawar who hosted a meeting of Opposition leaders in Delhi the previous day.

Addressing reporters, Jaleel said the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) will contest the upcoming Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh and Delhi. “If an alliance is being formed against the Bhartiya Janta Party, it cannot materialise without Muslims. Muslims in the country are standing with the AIMIM. If Sharad Pawar thinks Muslims are with the NCP, he should come to Aurangabad and see how many Muslims are with him,” the Aurangabad MP said.

He said the alliance of the NCP with the National Conference will not work out. Jaleel said the AIMIM

will contest the Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh and Delhi. “The BJP and the Samajwadi Party have finished Muslim leaderships in Uttar Pradesh.

When Azam Khan was sent to jail, Muslim leaders left him. The decision on allying in Uttar Pradesh and the number of seats to be contested will be taken by AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi,” he said.

Jaleel alleged that “Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal are two sides of the same coin” “Last time we thought that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) would speak for us (Muslims) but Delhi riots disclosed that Narendra Modi and Arvind Kejariwal are two sides of the same coin. People of Delhi know this,” he added.

While talking about the local governing body elections in Aurangabad, Jaleel said the AIMIM was planning to contest from non-Muslim areas also.

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Surat at around 10 a.m. and leave the city by around 12-12:30 p.m. His visit has nothing political about it, but only pertains to his court appearance,” Chavda said.

At a Lok Sabha poll rally in Kolar in Karnataka on April 13, 2019, Rahul had said, “Nirav Modi, Lalit Modi, Narendra Modi....how come they

thieves have Modi as common surname?”

Following his remark, Purnesh Modi, the state legislator from Surat West constituency, had filed a case of defamation against Rahul in a local court. The case was filed over violation of IPC clause 499 and 500. Rahul had pleaded not guilty in the Surat court in 2019.

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gress chief Rahul Gandhi will visit Surat on Thursday to appear in court in a case filed against him by a Surat legislator for allegedly defaming the Modi community by asking “why all thieves have ‘Modi’ surnames?” at a 2019 poll rally. Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) president Amit Chavda said Rahul would

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NEW DELHI, JUN 23 (AGENCIES): A parliamentary panel meeting turned chaotic today as BJP members opposed any discussion on the vaccine policy for nearly an hour and even briefly left the meeting. For the first 50 minutes, BJP members of the Science and technology panel objected to the circulated agenda, which was on the vaccine policy.

While the panel was to discuss “the development of vaccines and the genome sequencing of Covid variants”, questions on the differential vaccine pricing controversy led to political sparring.

The BJP MPs left the room but soon returned and rejoined the meeting.

They said they had gone for discussions. When they returned, panel chairman and senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh reportedly assured that the meeting would stay on its original agenda.

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Nagaland Post, Dimapur THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 2021

NOTIFICATION NO.DSE/MISC/U-DISE/12-119/2017/530 :: Pursuant to the directives of Ministry of Education (MoE), Department of School Education & Literacy, Government of India, all States are required to implement the “Online Unified District Information System for Education Plus” (UDISE+). Data and information on schools (includes all Private Schools, Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Kendriya Vidyalaya, Schools under CBSE, ICSE, all Schools under Central and State Government) is required to be collected and furnished in the prescribed format developed by the Ministry of Education.

Under the current UDISE+, date and information of schools will be collected for the year 2020 and the exercise is scheduled to be completed by end June 2021. The duly filled-in documents will be uploaded online at the district/Block level.

The end result of the data collection/collation will reflect the status of education in the State and will enable deriving of Gross Enrolment Ration (GER), Net Enrolment Ratio (NER), Dropout Rates, Transition Rates, others.

In view of the RTE (Right to Education) Act, accountability has been set

by Ministry of Education (MoE) at all levels of data collection to check data consistency and timely submission. All School authorities are therefore cautioned against submission of inauthentic and inaccurate information pertaining to their respective schools.

The printed/ soft copy of UDISE+ formats have been dispatched to all District Education Officers and 70% of the schools have submitted the filled-up Data Capture Format (DCF) already uploaded on the Ministry of Education portal (https://udiseplus.gov.in).

The School Education Department will be constrained to invoke the noncooperation clause/ de-recognize/ presume non-existence of the School in the State for all those Private Schools, Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Kendriya Vidyalaya, Schools under CBSE, ICSE, all Schools under Central and State Government who are yet to submit the duly filled-in formats to the respective EBRC/ District Education Officers latest 26th June 2021.

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of road shouldn’t result Priyanka Cong’s ‘captain’ in UP: Khurshid Construction in destruction of biodiversity: NGT

Station, the apex medical body said Ramdev has “wilfully and deliberately spread false, baseless and malicious information” about treatment of Covid patients by established and approved methods and drugs.

Last week, police in Chhattisgarh’s Raipur had registered an FIR against the yoga guru, on a complaint filed by the Chhattisgarh’s unit of the IMA, for allegedly spreading “false” information about the medicines being used by the medical fraternity for the treatment of Covid-19. Ramdev was

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est chargesheet. “We have found evidence to show they (Goswami and Dasgupta) had exchanged confidential information about the BARC repeatedly to benefit Goswami’s channels,” the chargesheet said.

During the period between June 2017 and March 2018 when Dasgupta was working with the BARC, the TRP ratings of an English news channel were illegally manipulated so that they fall below the TRPs of Republic TV channels, which resulted in Rs 431 crore loss to that channel, police said, citing the statement of an executive of the news channel.

Police further said they possess the evidence to show that Goswami had paid Dasgupta in return for the latter’s assistance in manipulating the TRPs, “which was evident from the jewellery and expensive items seized from Dasgupta’s residence”, the chargesheet said.

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MUMBAI, JUN 23 (PTI): Senior television journalist Arnab Goswami illegally tampered with the TRPs in connivance of the then CEO of the Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) Partho Dasgupta to improve ratings of Republic TV channels and paid him for his help, as per the supplementary chargesheet filed by the Mumbai Police who cited Whatsapp chats between the duo as a “crucial evidence”.

The Crime Intelligence Unit (CIU) of the Mumbai Police on Tuesday filed a third chargesheet before a magistrate’s court here in the alleged fake Television Ratings Points (TRP) scam.

Besides Goswami, the Editor-in-Chief of Republic TV, and ARG Outlier Media that runs Republic TV channels, the police also named six other accused including some employees of Republic group channels in the lat-

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booked under sections 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant), 269 (negligent act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life), 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace) and others of the IPC and provisions of Disaster Management Act, 2005, a police official was quoted as saying by news agency PTI. Citing a video circulating on social media, the IMA had in May said Ramdev has claimed that allopathy is a “stupid science” and medicines such as Remdesivir, Faviflu, and other drugs approved by the Drugs Controller General of India have failed to treat Covid-19 patients. In the video, Ramdev also claimed that lakhs of patients died because of allopathic medicines rather than a shortage of oxygen.

South Goa, Water Resources Department, State PCB, a nominee of National Wetland Authority and a nominee of PCCF (HoFF), Goa. “The State PCB and SEIAA, Goa will be the nodal agency for coordination and compliance.

A meeting of the Committee may be held within two weeks and after taking stock of the situation, plan of action may be prepared and executed.

“The Committee may also undertake visit to the site as early as possible. An action taken report may be filed within three months by e-mail,” the bench said.

The matter is listed for next hearing on November 10, 2021. The tribunal was hearing a plea filed by Royla C Fernandes against violations of environmental norms in construction of balance

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NEW DELHI, JUN 23 (AGENCIES): Yoga guru Baba Ramdev has moved the Supreme Court seeking a stay on the proceedings in multiple cases lodged against him in various states over his alleged remarks on the efficacy of allopathy in the treatment of Covid-19, Bar and Bench reported.

Ramdev has also sought protection from coercive actions in FIRs lodged by the Indian Medical Association (IMA). Ramdev reportedly sought a stay on the proceedings in FIRs lodged by the IMA in Patna and Raipur branches and asked for a transfer of the FIRs to a Delhi court.

The IMA had last month lodged a police complaint against Ramdev seeking an FIR over his “dishonest and wrongful representations” on allopathy.

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Whereas application under Succession Act 1925 for grant of Succession Certificate for the estate/pension benefits of Late Niechochiyi Suyie has been applied by Smti Niekhosalu Suyie W/o Late Niechochiyi Suyie R/o H.No. 295 Block-7 Lhomithi Colony Dimapur, Nagaland for possession of: 1. Pension Benefits 2. ICICI Bank A/C No. 047601501386 3. SBI A/C No. 10810614223 Notice is hereby given that any person having interest in the administration of the estate/pension benefits of the said deceased may if she/ he so desire appear in this court on or before the said day of 23rd July, 2021.

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Whereas the above named petitioner No. 1 has instituted a case against you for Divorce U/S. 10-A of the Divorce Act 1869.

You are hereby summoned to appear before the Court in person or by pleader duly instructed and able to answer all materials questions relating to the case on 29/06/2021 at 10:30 AM without fail.

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Ramdev moves SC seeking stay on ‘Arnab conspired with BARC multiple FIRs over his allopathy remarks CEO to boost Republic TRP’

NEW DELHI, JUN 23 (PTI): Construction of a road may be a necessity but it should not result in destruction of the biodiversity, the National Green Tribunal said Wednesday while forming a committee to monitor compliance of environmental norms during construction of a stretch of Margao National Highway Western Bypass in Goa. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel said the construction of the road in question should be consistent with the principle of sustainable development i.e adopting safeguards for protection of wetlands, water bodies and other environmental resources.

“There can be no doubt that water bodies, wetlands, mangroves and other natural resources need to be protected. While construction of a road may be a necessity, such construction should not result in destruction of bio-diversity and other environmental resources, including water bodies and wetlands. “Flood plains of river Sal also need to be protected. The studies referred to in the application support the need for such protection,” the bench said.

The NGT directed constitution of a ten-member joint Committee comprising State Environment Impact Assessment Authority Goa, Goa State Biodiversity Board, Goa State Wetland Authority, PWD, Goa, Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority, District Magistrate,

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forts by Priyanka Gandhi, Khurshid admitted that the party was not the principal challenger as of now but expressed confidence that it would be before the polls in 2022.

He asserted that the party is going to fight the assembly elections “real hard”, highlighting that Priyanka Gandhi is determined to ensure that the party fights with all its might in the polls. On whether the Congress has the capacity to go it alone, Khurshid asked if there is any alliance on the cards, and added that “nobody has specifically talked to us about an alliance as

figure this out. Do alliances work in UP, can they work in UP? What was lacking in the last alliance and what we need to do?” he said.

Khurshid, however, added that all this will not hold the party back on preparing itself for the polls.

“So we are preparing ourselves for the job (elections), we are not going to keep waiting, we are not going to be expecting, we are not going to have any excuses. Everyday we have to work towards the elections and we will work towards the election,” he said.

“We are determined to fight it hard, we are determined to fight it with everything we have got,” the senior Congress leader asserted. The Congress won just seven seats while its alliance partner Samajwadi Party (SP) bagged 47 seats in the 403-member assembly in the 2017 assembly polls.

The BJP won a thumping mandate with 312 seats and the BSP bagged 19 seats.

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I understand”. There is no point in hypotheticals being discussed, the 68-year-old leader said.

Pressed fur ther on whether the party has the bandwidth to go it alone in the assembly polls, Khurshid said the party would have to fight on its own but added a caveat on alliances -- if something happens and leadership takes a call then it may be different.

“But let us not forget the last time we fought in an alliance we did not do well. I am not even sure if the two who got into the alliance -- the Congress and the Samajwadi Party -- have figured out why they did not do well. We did not spend any time on that at all,” Khurshid said.

He said that for any alliances to happen with anybody, its ground rules must be known as to what might or might not work.

“So if someone wants to talk about alliances, I think we will have to first

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NEW DELHI, JUN 23 (PTI): Senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid has said it is up to AICC general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to decide the manner in which she will present herself to the voters in the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls, but asserted that she is a “great face” and the “captain” leading the party’s charge in the state.

He also asserted that the Congress will emerge as the principal challenger to the BJP before the assembly elections and Priyanka Gandhi is determined to ensure that the party fights the polls with all its might.

In an interview with PTI, Khurshid said the Congress would not keep waiting for alliances but was determined to fight the polls hard with everything “we

have got”. Asked if Priyanka Gandhi was the party’s best bet to be the chief ministerial face, the former Union minister said, “I am not going to answer that till such time as she does not give us an indication. But she is a wonderful, great face.”

“All you have to do is to put the picture of (UP Chief Minister) Yogi (Adityanath) in front of you and Priyanka Gandhi’s picture and you won’t need to ask any more questions,” said Khurshid, who is the chief of the party’s manifesto committee for the state. But the manner in which she will present herself, offer herself to the voters in UP will be her decision, he stressed.

“I hope that she will take a decision and let us know. As far as we are concerned she is the captain and she is leading us,” Khurshid said of the Congress general secretary in-charge of Uttar Pradesh. On the Congress still not being the principal challenger in UP despite ef-

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Nagaland Post, Dimapur THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 2021

Korea’s foreign minister President Xi speaks to Chinese astronauts Car bomb blast outside Hafiz North says no interest in US talks in space station; calls mission a milestone Saeed’s house kills 3 in Lahore

A rescue worker examine the site of explosion in Lahore, Pakistan, Wednesday, June 23, 2021. (AP)

Lahore, Jun 23 (PTI): A powerful car bomb went off outside Mumbai terror attack mastermind and banned Jamat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed’s house here on Wednesday, killing at least three people and injuring 20 others, police said.

The blast took place at the BOR Society in Jauhar Town at the police picket outside Saeed’s residence.

The Punjab police chief Inam Ghani said there could have been a “major loss” had there been

no police picket outside the house of the high-profile personality, referring to Saeed.

He said three people were killed in the car bomb blast while 20 others were injured.

“Explosive material was installed in the car.

There was a police picket outside the high-value target’s house. The car could not cross the police picket,” Inspector General Police (IGP) Punjab Ghani said, describing it as “a terror” act.

Hong Kong’s embattled Apple Daily to close by Saturday

In this June 17, 2021, file photo, a cordon line is set up outside Apple Daily headquarters in Hong Kong. (AP Photo)

Hong Kong, Jun 23 (AP): Hong Kong’s prodemocracy Apple Daily newspaper will close by this weekend after police arrested five editors and executives and froze USD 2.3 million in assets linked to the paper.

The board of directors said in a statement Wednesday that its print edition and online edition will cease no later than Saturday due to “the current circumstances prevailing in Hong Kong.” The widely expected move followed last week’s arrests. The five were detained on suspicion of colluding with foreigners to endanger national security. Police cited more than 30 articles published by the paper as evidence of an alleged conspiracy to impose foreign sanctions on Hong Kong and China.

It was the freezing

of assets that spelled the paper’s demise. The board of directors had earlier this week written to Hong Kong’s security bureau requesting the release of some of its funds so that the company could pay wages.

The police operation against Apple Daily drew criticism from the U.S., the E.U. and Britain, which say Hong Kong and Chinese authorities are targeting the freedoms promised to the city when the former British colony was returned to China in 1997.

The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) has taken over the blast site and investigating from all aspects, he said.

Ghani also claimed that “hostile” intelligence agencies could be involved in this blast.

The injured people have been shifted to the Jinnah Hospital where the condition of six of them is said to be critical.

“The injured also include policemen. The condition of six injured of the 17 admitted to hospital is critical,” said Dr Yahya Sultan of Jinnah Hospital.

It was a powerful blast that damaged a number of houses, shops and vehicles in the area. A roof of a house caved in because of the impact of the blast, says Rescue 1122.

The blast sparked rumours at the site that Saeed was present in the house.

Saeed, 71, has been serving a jail sentence at the Kot Lakhpat Jail Lahore for his conviction in terror financing cases.

Ri Son Gwon Seoul, Jun 23 (AP): North Korea’s foreign minister on Wednesday said his country is not even considering a resumption of stalled nuclear talks with the United States, dismissing hopes expressed by US and South Korean officials for a quick resumption of negotiations.

The statement by Ri Son Gwon came a day after the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un issued a message saying that US expectations of talks would “plunge them into a greater disappointment”.

Hope for a restart of the nuclear talks flared briefly after Kim Jong Un

instructed officials at a political conference last week to prepare for both dialogue and confrontation — though more for confrontation — with the Biden administration.

US National Security adviser Jake Sullivan called Kim’s comments an “interesting signal” Ri praised the statement issued by Kim’s sister, Kim Yo Jong, which he said brushed off the “hasty judgment, conjecture and expectation of the U.S.” “We are not considering even the possibility of any contact with the US, let alone having it, which would get us nowhere, only taking up precious time,” Ri said in a statement carried by the official Korean Central News Agency.

Nuclear negotiations between Washington and Seoul have been stalled since the collapse of a meeting between Kim Jong Un and former President Donald Trump in 2019 because of a disagreement over an easing of US-led economic sanctions in exchange for partial denuclearisation by North Korea.

Beijing, Jun 23 (PTI): President Xi Jinping on Wednesday spoke to the three astronauts stationed in China’s space station and told them that the project is an “important milestone” in the country’s ambitious space exploration programme.

China successfully launched its longest crewed space mission to date on Thursday, sending three astronauts to its new orbiting station, in a major milestone for the Communist giant’s space exploration plans and establishing it as a leading space power.

Xi, also the General Secretary of the ruling Communist Party and the head of the People’s Liberation Army, spoke to astronauts Nie Haisheng, Liu Boming and Tang Hongbo from the Beijing Aerospace Control Centre.

In his first direct contact with the astronauts telecast live by the staterun television channels, Xi thanked them for their work in space in a five-minute call reflecting the importance of the country’s

Chinese astronauts salute after successfully entering the Tianhe space station module as they are displayed on a big screen at the Beijing Aerospace Control Center in Beijing.

space exploration project to the Chinese leadership.

“You will spend three months in space and while in space, your work and your life will be in the hearts of the Chinese public,” he said. “Establishing our own space station is an important milestone and a significant contribution to humankind’s peaceful use of space,” he was quoted as saying by the Hong Kongbased South China Morning Post reported.

The three astronauts saluted Xi and thanked the country for its support. All three are members of the

ruling Communist Party of China (CPC) which is celebrating its centenary on July 1. This will be China’s longest crewed space mission to date and the first in nearly five years.

China previously sent the space station’s Tianhe core cabin module on April 29, and a cargo spacecraft with supplies on May 29.

The three astronauts, who will build the station, are expected to set a new record for China’s manned space mission duration, exceeding the 33 days kept by the Shenzhou-11 crew in 2016.

PM Oli claims Yoga originated in Nepal, not in India Kathmandu, Jun 23 (PTI): Nepal’s Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli has stoked yet another controversy by claiming that Yoga originated in his country, not in India, a view not shared by a leading expert here.

Speaking at a function organised to observe the International Yoga Day on June 21 at the Prime Minister’s residence in Baluwatar, Oli said that India was not even born as a separate country when Yoga originated in “this part of the world”. “Yoga originated from this part of the globe.

It originated from Uttarakhand, in particular, Nepal was the place of origin of Yoga,” he said. Some 15,000 years ago, Shambhunath or Shiva propounded the practices of Yoga. Later on, Maharshi Patanjali developed the philosophy of Yoga in a more refined and systematic manner, he said.

“Yoga doesn’t belong to any particular religion or religious sect,” Oli said.

“Shiva started the practice of Yoga on the longest day on the Earth, which

K P Sharma Oli lies on June 21 as per the Gregorian calendar. Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi proposed to observe International Yoga Day on the same day, for which we all should be pleased,” Oli

said. “In fact, Yoga originated from Uttarakhand and at that time Uttarakhand was not in present-day India,” he claimed.

“India was not even born as an independent country at that time,” he added. “Not only Yoga but also Samkhya philosophy propounded by Kapil Muni originated from our land,” he added. Samkhya is one of the six astika schools of the Indian philosophy. It forms the theoretical foundation of Yoga.

“Charak Rishi, who developed Ayurveda, was also born in this land,” pointed out Oli. A leading Yoga ex-

pert of Nepal, Yogacharya G N Saraswati, however, said that Prime Minister Oli’s claim doesn’t represent the complete truth.

Yoga originated from the Himalayas in the Bharatvarsha, which includes India, Nepal, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tibet, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh etc, he pointed out. Yoga originated from the Himalayas and developed by the Rishis, who lived and meditated in the Himalayas, Saraswoti observed. “One should not speak about historical truths without proper study, just for the sake of popularity,” he pointed out.

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Iranian media: attack on nuclear building foiled Tehran, Jun 23 (AP): An Iranian news site close to security services says that authorities have thwarted a “sabotage attack” on the country’s civilian nuclear program, without providing further information.

Nournews, a website believed to be close to Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, reported Wednesday that the attack was foiled “before causing any damage to the building.” It said the case was “under investigation.” When asked for comment, an Iranian official referred to the Nournews report. The official spoke on condition of anonymity as they did not have authorisation to discuss the matter with the media. Iran’s semiofficial ISNA news agency said the building was located near Karaj City, some 40 kilometers (25 miles) west the capital of Tehran. The website of state-owned IRAN newspaper published the same report without offering the location or other details.

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TOKIHO. V. ZHIMO 21 Dec 1975 – 18 June 2021 We, the family of Late Tokiho. V. Zhimo would like to sincerely thank all those who have sympathized with us throughout the past months of his illness till the time of bereavement.

We offer our heartfelt thanks to the many of his great friends, neighbours, relatives, church members and well wishers who continually visited our home, attended the wake, service and burial.

We are equally grateful to those who made phone calls, sent online condolences as well as those who supported in cash and kind immeasurably to comfort us during our difficult time.

We also convey our sincere gratitude to:1. SBC Niuland Town.

2. Thilixu Baptist Church.

3. SBC Purana Bazaar ‘B’ Village.

4. Nikhekhu Baptist Church (Youth Dept).

5. Palliative Care staffs of Eden Hospital, Dimapur.

6. Lovedalians (First Batch).

7. KSC, B.Sc. Sec-D 2003 Batch.

8. Staff of GMS Niuland.

9. Reginald Hughes Shaw Memorial School, Niuland.

10. Ghukhuyi Union Dimapur.

11. Asu Ghukhuyi Kughuko, Dimapur.

12. Setuou Group Medziphema.

13. TKM, Niuland.

14. Nilimi SHG Niuland.

We regret our inability to thank each one individually but we pray that the Almighty God keep and bless you all in abundance.

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D.O.B. : 18th August 1961 Died : 20th May 2021 We, the bereaved family members of Lt. Mrs. Nagaholi Sumi, wife of Lt. Huska Sumi would like to express our heartfelt appreciation and sincere gratitude to all who stood by us at the unfortunate and untimely demise of our beloved Mother on 20th May 2021.

We would like to thank the following individuals and organizations : 1. Dr. Sukhato Wotsa and family (Faith Hospital) 2. Doctors, Nurses and staff, Faith Hospital.

3. Shri. Vikheho Swu (MLA 13th Pughoboto) 4. K.L Chishi (Former Chief Minister) 5. K. Therie (NPCC President) 6. Dr. Hotokhu Chishi, (Director, Health & Family Welfare (Dental) Retired) 7. Dr. Toska Chishi 8. Dr. Heto Swu 9. Mudutsugho Village & Council 10. Chekiye Village, GBs & Council 11. Chekiye Village Baptist Church 12. Mudutsugho Baptist Church 13. Sumi Aphuyemi Baptist Akukhou Kughakulu (SABAK) 14. Sumi Aphuyemi 15. Family, friends, relatives & well wishers.

We regret our inability to thank each and everyone in person who has helped us physically, financially and spiritually. We remain forever indebted to everyone who stood by us in our darkest moment. May the Lord shower his blessings upon you all abundantly.

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Lt. T. MEREN KICHU 01/07/1951 -15/06/2021 God saw him getting tired, And a cure was not to be..

So He put His arms around him and whispered "Come to Me" With tearful eyes we watched him suffer, and saw him slowly fade away.

Although we loved him dearly, We could not make him stay.

A golden heart stop beating, Hard working hands put to rest, God broke our hearts to prove us, 'HE ONLY TAKES THE BEST'.

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EURO 2020: Spain, Sweden reach knock-out stage set up a thrilling finale. Viktor Claesson got Sweden’s winner in stoppage time.

In the knockout stage, Sweden will face one of the third-placed sides in

Glasgow on June 29. Spain, which beat Slovakia 5-0 in the other Group E game to come second, will meet Croatia in Copenhagen on June 28.

Croatia secures spot alongside England and Czech Republic

(L-R): Slovakia’s Juraj Kucka, 3rd left scores an own-goal against Spain. Poland’s Robert Lewandowski, 2nd left, vies for the ball during the Euro 2020 soccer championship group B match between Sweden and Poland at Saint Petersburg stadium in St. Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday. (AP/PTI) Copenhagen/London, Jun 23 (Agencies/IANS): Spain claimed the biggest win of the tournament with a 5-0 thrashing of Slovakia in its final European Championship Group E match on Wednesday to finish second in the group and set up a last-16 clash with Croatia in Copenhagen.

Goals from Aymeric

Laporte, Pablo Sarabia, Ferran Torres and two own goals from Martin Dubravka and Juraj Kucka sealed Spain’s progress to the knockout stages.

Dubravka saved an early penalty from Alvaro Morata but gifted Spain the opener when he attempted to punch a rebound off Sarabia’s shot over the bar, only to palm it into his

own net.

Ay m e r i c L a p o r t e doubled the lead before halftime. Sarabia was then rewarded with a goal when left back Jordi Alba swung a cross into the box and the Paris Saint-Germain winger found space to take a first-time shot that went in off the post.

Sarabia turned provider when he set up sub-

stitute Ferran Torres who scored within a minute of coming on, flicking a low cross past Dubravka for the fifth. Spain forced another own goal minutes later when Kucka failed to clear off the line.

Slovakia was eliminated as four other thirdplaced teams had either more points or a better goal difference.

Sweden finish top of Group E Sweden topped Group E and sent Poland home from the European Championship on Wednesday with a stoppage time winner to make it 3-2 in one of the tournament’s most exciting games.

Sweden appeared to be cruising after Emil Forsberg scored the second fastest

goal in Euros’ history a mere 82 seconds in, followed by a second-half breakaway strike. But Poland’s Robert Lewandowski, who hit the bar twice in the first half, narrowed Sweden’s lead two minutes later with a curling shot from outside the edge of the penalty area, then got a second in the 84th minute to

Croatia advanced to the knockout after its win over Scotland on Tuesday.

England and the Czech Republic, also in Group D, had already secured spots in the round of 16 before their game.

Luka Modric curled home a magnificent finish as Croatia shrugged off a slow start to beat Scotland 3-1 and reach the last 16 in style. Nikola Vlasic and Ivan Perisic were also on target for Croatia in a victory that lifted Zlatko Dalic’s side, so leggy and unconvincing in their first two games, up to second in Group D on four points.

Modric’s form had been called into question at the tournament, but the 35year-old shaped a delightful finish into the corner of

the net with the outside of his foot in the second half to make it 2-1, sending his side on to a thoroughly deserved victory. He fell to his knees at the whistle for about a minute before rising to his feet and pumping his fists in celebration.

Croatia bossed the ball, dominating possession for large periods before deservedly taking the lead after 17 minutes as Vlasic scored his sixth goal for his country.

M e a n w h i l e, E n g land clinched first place in Group D with a 1-0 win against the Czech Republic after Jack Grealish drove down the left and chipped the ball towards the back post in the 12th minute for Raheem Sterling to head in.

NZ beat India by 8 wkts to win WTC Athletes from North-East who have qualified for Tokyo Olympics

New Zealand players celebrate with the winners trophy. (AP/PTI)

Southampton, Jun 23 (IANS): New Zealand coasted to an unlikely eightwicket win on the sixth -- and reserve -- day of the World Test Championship final against India at the Hampshire Bowl on Wednesday.

The match, in which two days were lost to rain, saw a strong performance from Kiwis on the reserve day as their bowlers ran through the Indian batting line-up and dismissed them for just 170 runs. And then they scaled the 139-run target through a 96-run thirdwicket partnership between Kane Williamson (52 not out) and Ross Taylor (47 not out). India got a sniff

of victory when off-spinner R Ashwin removed the two openers early and bowled a tight line to Taylor. However, Taylor smashed Ashwin for two boundaries in one over to break the shackles and then coasted along.

Earlier, India, who started the day at 64/2, lost three wickets -- skipper Virat Kohli (13), Cheteshwar Pujara (15), and Ajinkya Rahane (15) -- in the first session to go to lunch at 130/5.

Kyle Jamieson (2/30) removed Kohli and Pujara while Rahane fell to Boult (3/39). Post lunch, India kept losing wickets as the tail failed to wag once again.

Rishabh Pant, who was the innings top scorer with 41

runs, was the last hope for India but he fell to a rash shot as the seventh wicket with the score on 156.

Pace bowler Tim Southee picked four wickets for 48 runs to end as the most successful New Zealand bowler. Indian seamers, in response, failed to make an impact on a pitch where New Zealand bowlers looked unplayable.

BRIEF SCORES: India 217 all out in 92.1 overs and 170 all out in 73 overs (R Sharma 30, R Pant 41, T Southee 4/48, T Boult 3/39, K Jamieson 2/30); New Zealand 249 all out in 99.2 overs and 140/2 wkts in 45.5 overs (K Williamson 52 not out, R Taylor 47 not out)

New Delhi, Jun 23 (Agencies): From Judo to Boxing and Archery to Hockey, several Indian athletes hailing from states in Northeast India will be representing India at the upcoming 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

A brief look at their individual profiles, The Bridge reported.

1) Tarundeep Rai-Archery: The Indian men’s archery team are serious medal contenders this year and this is bolstered with the presence of Tarundeep Ria. He hails from Namchi in Sikkim and first took part in the Olympics back in 2004. He has an immense amount of experience with several World Championship and Asian Games medals under his belt.

2) Lovlina Borgohain-Boxing: The welterweight boxer hails from the Golaghat district of Assam and at the age of 23 will be competing in her first Olympic Games. She has won bronze medals at the 2018 and 2019 AIBA Boxing Championships as well as the Asian Championships. She is also made the notable feat of being the first woman from Assam to have qualified for the Olympics.

3) MC Mary Kom-Boxing: Mary Kom needs no introduction.

The six-time World Champion will be vying for another Olympic

Mary Kom, Tarundeep Rai and Mirabai Chanu

Medal at Tokyo this year. She has previously won bronze at the London Olympics and will be looking to better that in what will definitely be her final appearance at the Olympic Games. She hails from the district of Churachandpur in Manipur.

4) Lalremsiami- Hockey: Her name has been plastered all over the news and rightly so for the 21-year-old will be the first person from her state to represent India at the Olympics. She hails from the town of Kolasib located north of Aizwal in Mizoram. She made her way up through the ranks of the Under 18 National team before being selected for the national side at the age of 17. She has previously

represented India at the Asia Cup, Asian Champions Trophy and was selected at the age of 18 to play at the World Cup in 2018.

5) Sushila Likmabam-Judo: The 5th Olympian from the state of Manipur is Indian judoka Sushila. She competes in the 48kg weight class and has previously won silver at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games. She provisionally qualified for the Olympics by claiming a continental quota place a few weeks back. This was based on her position on the Asian list of Judoka with Asian having 10 slots and Sushila attaining rank 7.

6) Shanglakpam NilakantaHockey: Another Hockey star from Manipur to have established

himself in the team over the years.

The midfielder hails from the East Imphal district and first made his national debut back in 2014 for the junior team at the Sultan of Johor Hockey cup. He was selected for the 2016 men’s Junior Hockey World Cup team that went on to be the victors of the tournament.

7) Saikhom Mirabai ChanuWeightlifting: Heavily touted to win a medal this year, the 26 year-old Weightlifting star hails from the Imphal East district in Manipur. She won a Gold Medal at the Commonwealth Games in 2018, silver at Glasgow in 2014 and Gold at the World Championships in 2017. All of these were in the 48 kg category that she competes in.

She has been awarded the Padma Shri and Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award for her performances in the National and International weightlifting forums.

8) Sushila Chanu-Hockey: The former Indian women’s team captain is also heading to Tokyo this year. Her selection is undoubtedly crucial as she is one of the most experienced members of the squad.

She is a halfback and has captained the team to a bronze medal at the Junior Women’s Hockey World Cup in 2013. Sushila Chanu hails from Imphal in Manipur.

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