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Speed up road projects for devp: Reddy Staff Reporter

DIMAPUR, SEP 25 (NPN): Union minister for Culture, Tourism and Development of North East Region (DoNER), G. Kishan Reddy on Saturday urged the state government to accelerate road projects, asserting that road connectivity was crucial for all round development.

While assuring that the Centre was ready to provide more funds, Reddy asked the officials concern to complete the DimapurKohima four lane project at the earliest.

“This road will be the game changer for Nagaland,” Reddy said this at a function at Nagaland State Cricket Stadium, Sovima, after unveiling the commemorative plaque of the road (NH-29) connecting Sovima village gate to Thahekhu village, Dimapur.

The road project was funded by DoNER ministry, under North East Special Infrastructure development Schemes (NESIDS).

Maintaining that road connectivity was crucial

G. Kishan Reddy with others after unveiling the commemorative plaque on Saturday. (NP)

for Dimapur, Reddy was optimistic that the newly inaugurated road would benefit citizens of Dimapur, by reducing traffic congestion and improve social and trade relations. “Primary goal was to enhance over all development for Dimapur and provide alternative bypass road”, he said.

Terming Nagaland as “land of opportunities” blessed with natural beauty, rich culture and traditions., Reddy, however, stressed on the need for better infrastructural improvement, increase in resources and development activities so

Motor Vehicles (Driving) Regulations, 2017 Issued by: Dimapur Traffic Police “Cares for You” Initiative, 2021

that inflow of tourist would increase.

Pointing out that many Indians go abroad for holidays, the minister lamented that the same people do not visit the North Eastern Region. “The North East region has natural beauty which we cannot get anywhere. Therefore, we should meet the expectations of the tourists,” he added.

He also urged the people of the region to discuss with their state governments, and support development of the region, assuring that the Centre would

implement all schemes with commitment.

Reddy said the Centre under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi was focussed on developing the North East, and quoted Modi that “without the development of North Eastern Region, India would not move forward.”

Addressing the function, deputy chief minister Y Patton, who is also the minister in-charge for roads and bridges (R&B), acknowledged government of India, ministry of DoNER for sanctioning various schemes under NESIDS. He said that the newly inaugurated road was among seven projects sanctioned during 2019-2020, under NESIDS. Patton further acknowledged the contractor, M/s Vilelie Khamo & Sons and associates for completing the road project despite the pandemic and also applauded the dedicated supervision and management carried out by officials of the R&B department.

Maintaining that roads were the only means of transportation and com-

munication within the state, as Nagaland being landlocked, Patton said socio economic activities entirely depended on road infrastructure. He impressed upon union minister that the State would require more assistance for construction and improvement of road infrastructure for promoting tourism, trade, industry and all round development.

He also requested that the funding under NESIDS be extended till such time that roads were fully developed and road conditions of the state were at par with that of other States in the country. PWD (R&B) chief engineer, Er. Kahuli Sema presented the technical report of the project. The programme was chaired by principal secretary (W&H) Menukhol John while secretary (W&H) Kevekha Kevin Zehol proposed the vote of thanks. A special number was also presented

by Kekhrie Ringa.

Reddy lays foundation stone for ISTT cum exam centre, read on p-2

Definitions: “right of way” means the right of a vehicle or any other road user to proceed in a lawful manner in preference to another vehicle or any other road user approaching under such circumstances of direction, speed and proximity as to give rise to danger or collision unless one grants precedence to one over the other Regulation – 3: Duty towards other road users and the general public: No vehicle shall be driven, stopped or parked on a road or in a public place in such a manner as is likely to endanger the safety of, or cause inconvenience to, other road users.

Punishment: Violation of road regulation is punishable u/s 177A MV Act with a fine of Rs.500/- to Rs.1,000/-

When India grows, world grows & when India reforms, world transforms: Modi UNITED NATIONS, SEP 25 (PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that when Indians make progress, it also gives an impetus to the development of the world as its growth is linked with the globe.

Addressing the 76th UN General Assembly session here, Modi said that today, every sixth person in the world is an Indian.

“When Indians make progress, it also gives an impetus to the development of the world,” he said while speaking in Hindi.

“When India grows, the world grows. When India reforms. The world transforms,” Modi said.

He said that the science and technology-based innovations taking place in India can make a big contribution to the world.

The scalability of tech solutions and cost effectiveness are both unparalleled.

Over 3.5 billion transactions are taking place every month in India through the Unified Payment Interface (UPI), Modi said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaking at the 76th UN General Assembly session in New York. (Eduardo Munoz /Pool Photo via AP)

He said that India today is moving forward on the path of integrated equitable development. “Our priority is that development should be all inclusive, all pervasive, universal and one that nurtures all.

Modi further said that he represents a country which is proud to be known as the mother of democracy and cited his own rise from a tea seller at a railway station to that as prime minister to underscore the strength of India’s democracy.

Modi said: “We have had a great tradition of democracy that goes back

‘District Action Plan’ to combat crime in Dimapur Move to ‘desanction’ NERPSIP scheme in Mkg irks AWUMT Total No. Of Cases Regd

Person Arrested

June 2021 to 23/09/21

65

1. UG's = 57 2. Others = 37

Total

65

94

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(R) R. Tetseo and PRO Bharat Laxman briefing media persons. (NP)

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Policing in Dimapur district confronted with an unnatural front due to indeterminate & vague CFGRs

Staff Reporter

DIMAPUR, SEP 25 (NPN): Close on the heels of the September 16 Statewide closure of shops and businesses in protest against multiple taxation

by NPGs and government agencies, the Dimapur police has set up a ‘District Action Plan’ to fight against rampant extortion/illegal taxation, kidnapping and other illegal and anti-social activities.

Informing this at a press briefing here on Saturday, Commissioner of Po-

lice (CP) Dimapur, Rothihu Tetseo said that extortion and illegal taxation continued to be a challenge for Dimapur police, given the fact that it accounts 13% of the total number of criminal cases registered since January 1, 2020.

CP attributed this to unauthorized presence of various factions of the Naga political groups, due to the prevalent cease-fire and peace talks between Centre and the NPGs, governed by the cease-fire ground rules (CFGR).

CP further pointed out

Seizures Arms And Ammunition 1. Arms = 31 Nos 2. Ammunition = 313 Nos 3. Cash = Rs 1,28,790/(Suspected extortion money) 4. Grenade = 05 5. Detonator = 16 Nos 6. Cordtex wire = 02 metres 7. Vehicles = 05 8. Others = 20 Nos -

POLICE-PUBLIC RATIO Dimapur District Statistics  Population (2011 Census) 3,78,811 927 Sq. Km  Area 410 per Sq. Km  Population Density Police-Public Ratio (As per Police Station posted manpower) Police-Public Ratio 1:883 Police-SQ/KM RATIO 1:2.1 SQ/KM

that policing in the district is confronted with an unnatural front particularly due to the indeterminate, superfluous and vague CFGRs. However, Tetseo said that the ‘District Action Plan’ was for mulated with realistic objectives of achieving a substantial reduction in extortion/ illegal taxation cases, with optimum utilization of limited resources at hand.

In order to enforce DAP at micro levels (with officers/NGOs), CP said

that Dimapur district has been divided into 39 micro sectors-- each micro sector consisting of an average of seven colonies/villages under one NGO. He said that DAP is currently being implemented for-- preventive action, confidence building measures/deterrent action, deployment of forces for area domination, escorting of transport trucks operation and assault team, striking reserve force, first respondent team etc. (Cont’d on p-8)

BDDC reiterates demand for Bhandari district DIMAPUR, SEP 25 (NPN): Bhandari District Demand Committee (BDDC) along with various civil society organizations of the Lotha Lower Range reiterated its demand to upgrade Bhandari ADC Hq to that of district status.

This is it!

“We have created a connection web. It will need a genius to respond to complaints.”

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During the meeting held on Saturday at DBSS Hall, Bhandari, BDDC convenor, W. Yingashumo Kithan and general secretary Chenithung Humtsoe said the house unanimously resolved to urged the state government to consider the

demand at the earliest for an inclusive development and prosperity in the area.

As one of the oldest sub-divisions, BDDC said Bhandari had been economically backward for years.

It may be recalled that

the committee had submitted a memorandum to the state government after obtaining NOC from the apex Lotha Hoho and recommendation of the Wokha District Planning and Developmental Board (DPDB) for upgradation.

DIMAPUR, SEP 25 (NPN): All Ward Union M o k o k c h u n g To w n (AWUMT) on Saturday took strong exception over the move to “desanction” the North Eastern Power System Improvement Project (NERPSIP) scheme in Mokokchung district, which is being executed by the POWERGRID. In representation to state chief secretary, AWUMT president Limanungsang and general secretary Jongpongtemjen said that the Ministry of Power, Government of India had written to the state government on September 20, 2021 for “desanctioning” NERPSIP scheme, “reason being that the project which was sanctioned in 2018 could not be completed

within the stipulated schedule of December, 2021.”

The ward union said they learnt that the project could not take off in time due to land issue. However, on April 29 this year, AWUMT said they met the land owner and mutually resolved the matter.

Thereafter, on June 23, AWUMT said the union along with Mokokchung District Planning & Development Board (DPDB) chairman, district administration and other officials including chief engineer (power) jointly visited the site and also held thorough discussion at the DPDB meeting the same day in the presence of POWERGRID officials.

Subsequently, the matter was flagged to the Power

department to take up the matter with all seriousness, to which the department assured to take up the matter in the State Land Acquisition Authority (SLAA) for purchase of the required land, it said.

However, even after the lapse of over two months, AWUMT said no tangible step had been taken to address the land issue and commence the already delayed work.

It said that the District Land Settlement Board had also forwarded the matter of land acquisition to the Commissioner Nagaland as resolved on July 15, 2021 in order to take it up at the State Land Acquisition Authority (SLAA) meeting for approval.

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to thousands of years”.

“I represent a country that is proud to be known as the mother of democracy.

On 15th of August this year, India entered into the 75th year of its independence,” he said. “Our diversity is the identity of our strong democracy,” he said.

Without once naming Pakistan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi also ripped his Pakistan counterpart Imran Khan’s harsh rhetoric targeting India by slamming “countries with regressive thinking that are using terrorism as a political tool”.

Farmers call for Bharat bandh on Sept 27

NEW DELHI, SEP 25 (AGENCIES): Samyukt Kisan Morcha, the farmers’ union leading the protest against the Centre’s three farm laws, has called for a nationwide strike -- Bharat Bandh -- on September 27 from 6 am to 4pm.

Transport and markets are expected to remain shut on a large scale. Protests will also be held against the continuous rise of LPG and petrol-diesel prices.

“This would include all government and private offices, all educational and other institutions, all shops, industries and commercial establishments, all public events and functions. Public and private transport will also come to a halt during this period,” said SKM.

(Read more on p-7)

Abonmai’s killing: JAC threatens to impose bandh, block NHs 48-hour deadline on Manipur govt to fulfill charter of demands Correspondent

IMPHAL, SEP 25: The ‘Joint Action Committee (JAC) Against the Brutal Murder of Athuan Abonmai’ has served a 48-hour deadline on Manipur gov-

ernment to translate into action the charter of demands put forth by the committee on September 23.

JAC warned of imposing a 48-hour road blockade along NH-29 and 37 starting from September 27 midnight in the event the state government failed to fulfil their demands and also impose a state-wide 24-hour total shutdown from September 29 to 31. This was resolved at

a meeting held on Saturday at Grace Academy School, Imphal.

Among others, JAC demanded replacement of the chairman of the inquiry committee-- IGP (INT) K Radheshyam Singh-- to probe into the abduction and killing of former Zeliangrong Baudi (Assam, Manipur & Nagaland) president Athuan Abonmai, alleging that his “negligence, inef-

ficiency and ineffectiveness that created the security lapses led to the abduction and subsequent killing of Abonmai” during the state government sponsored programme “Go to Hills 2.0”, attended by chief minister and other cabinet colleagues.

JAC also demanded that the state government translate into action all the assurances made by chief minister N Biren Singh.

Nagaland witnesses 35% increase in Covid-19 cases, says Health department DIMAPUR, SEP 25 (NPN): Though there has been a decline in Covid-19 deaths during the week (September 18-24), the state witnessed a 35% surge in positive cases at 305 during the week as compared 225 between September 11-17.

Most of the cases were reported from Dimapur, Kohima and Tuensang while eight deaths recorded during week were all from Dimapur.

In its weekly bulletin, H&FW department also informed that hospitaliza-

tion increased to 55 during the week as compared to 47 the previous week.

Advisory for schools: With schools set to reopen for classes 5-10 from October, the department has issued advisory to ensure safety of all students and faculties.

The Health department stressed on the need for stringent adherence to universal masking for staff and students matched by hand hygiene, physical distancing, adequate ventilation.

DISTRIBUTION STUDENTS DISTRIBUTION OF OF CONFIRMED CONFIRMED CASES CASES AMONG AMONG STUDENTS 2020 2021 Age Group Deaths Cases Deaths Cases 0 4-10 223 0 557 2 11-17 312 0 1168 1 18-24 339 0 1028 0 25-32 40 0 63 3 TOTAL 914 0 2,816 It further said that vaccination of teachers, non-teaching staff and eligible students should be prioritized.

While stating that the level of community trans-

mission in a district should be the key parameter to guide reopening (positivity rate < 5%), the department said called for high level of testing and contact tracing within schools.

H&FW also suggested redesigning of classroom routines to limit student interaction inside and outside the rooms.

The department pointed out that this year alone 2816 Covid-19 cases were reported from among students while three succumbed to the infection.

(See table) It cautioned that Delta variant was likely to drive substantial increases in cases, hospitalizations, and deaths in places with low vaccination rates.

Milestone in Covid vaccination coverage: The state also reached a milestone in Covid-19 vaccination as total doses administered crossed 10 lakh doses.

As on September 25, a total of 10,19,604 persons have been inoculated against Covid-19 (683316 first dose and 336288 second dose) WSPR at 5%: The weekly sample positivity rate (WSPR) has remained less than 5% for six consecutive weeks in the state.

However, Dimapur (5.4%) and Phek (5%) showed an

increase in current week.

3 4 f r e s h c a s e s, 1 death: Nagaland on Saturday on recorded 34 fresh Covid-19 positive cases while one more patient succumbed to the virus.

Of the fresh cases, 26 were from Dimapur, six in Kohima and two in Mokokchung, taking the total caseload to 31119.

One more death was reported from Dimapur, pushing the death toll to 662 (including 15 nonCovid deaths but with positivity).

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Reddy lays foundation stone for ISTT cum exam centre

Correspondent KOHIMA, SEP 25 (NPN): Union Minister for tourism, culture and DoNER, G Kishan Reddy, laid the foundation stone for In-service teachers training (ISTT) cum examination centre with residential facilities at Pherima, Medziphema on Saturday.

Speaking at the foundation stone laying programme, Reddy expressed happiness on laying the foundation stone and said that many schools were opened for children, but training centre for teachers were not set up.

After 33 years, he claimed that the central government initiated the New Education Policy after consulting with several scientists, experts, professors, teachers and civil society groups. In the new education policy, Reddy said priority would be given to promotion of local language, culture and traditions songs and music up to professional level courses.

Union minister said that the upcoming centre would serve as a centre of excellence in art, informa-

G Kishan Reddy with others after laying the foundation stone at Pherima, Saturday. (NP)

tion, communication and technology and provide short-term course besides serving as examination centre. He exuded confidence that the institute would be taken up on priority basis.

Reddy reminded that no person, family, state or nation would progress without education.

In this regard, the union minister called for achieving 100% literacy in North East Region.

He said that Nagaland’s rich culture and tribal tradition should be respect-

ed and protected.

In his brief address, minister planning and coordination, land revenue and parliamentary affairs, Neiba Kronu, thanked the union minister for his concern for the state and leaving his footprints by laying the foundation stone for setting up the ISTT centre.

Asserting more fund may be required since ISST centre was located in a hilly terrain, Kronu urged the union minister to consider as and when approached.

Advisor school educa-

tion, KT Sukhalu, in his address, acknowledged the union minister for his commitment to bring Nagaland on a par with the rest of the country.

Sukhalu said the initial amount for the centre was Rs. 20 crore and the Centre has approved Rs.15.5 crore whereas the state’s share was Rs.4.5 crore. However, Nagaland being a resourcecrunch state, the advisor urged the union minister to consider the state’s share so the project would be completed without any hindrance.

Advisor sericulture, excise and minority affairs, Zhaleo Rio, in his address, also lauded the union minister for choosing Pherima to set up the centre. He assured to extend logistic support in all ways possible.

Earlier, the union minister and the dignitaries unveiled the plague for the centre followed by plantation of saplings.

The programme was chaired by principal director school education, Shanavas C, while vote of thanks was proposed by special secretary SE&SCERT Kevileno Angami.

PMKSY- WDC prog culminates in Wokha

DIMAPUR: Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana- Watershed Development Component (PMKSY-WDC), the erstwhile Integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP) VII, VIII, IX, X, XI under Batch IV, V and VI culmination programme was held on September 24 at Youth Centre DBHSS organised by department of Land Resource (LRD) Wokha.

According to DIPR report, five projects under PMKSY-WDC covering 44 villages and 45 microwatersheds have been culminated.

Special guest, Deputy Commissioner (DC) Wokha, Orenthung Lotha said LRD was one of the most performing departments in the district and that it has immensely con-

tributed towards the upliftment of the public.

Lotha thanked the department for playing proactive role which would ultimately uplift the economy of the rural people to high level in the days to come.

He also encouraged WDC members from different villages to play a proactive role as the successful implementation of the particular schemes largely depend on them.

District Project Officer, Wokha, Tepunol Yore, while highlighting on IWMP said the department would continue and strive hard to achieve greater heights.

During the course of five years project plan, he said many community assets were created and also plantations of various

groups were achieved.

In spite of the COVID-19 lockdown, Yore said the department has done tremendous job to uplift the economy status of the district by taking up various schemes.

He said the district has witnessed economic progress of 2020 through rubber tapping adding that the district has yielded 31.54lakhs kgs from 66 villages covering 1013 household with a turnover of Rs.37.84 crores, besides huge earning from other crops like tea, arecanut, coffee and parkia, besides other horticulture crops.

Yore said that the district has currently achieved the total plantation area of 1586 hectare, under rubber plantation 428. Ha of Areca plantation, 414.Ha of coffee plantation and

ANPSA Kohima unit holds meet Correspondent

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Market Shed inaugurated at Yanpha Village DIMAPUR: A newly constructed market shed supported by NABARD was inaugurated by NABARD general manager/ officer incharge Tiakala Ao, on September 18, at Yanpha village under Ralan block, Wokha.

The Market Shed was implemented by the Yanpha Village Council under NABARD’s Rural Haat Scheme.

SDO (Civil), Ralan block, Meyazungba Jamir, chairman of the village council, Limhathung Humtsoe, other members of the village council and local villagers/beneficiaries of nearby villages were present on the occasion.

GM, NABARD in her inaugural address congratulated the Village Council and local villagers for successfully constructing the Market Shed as per NABARD’s specifications.

SDO (Civil), Ralan Block Meyazungba Jamir, thanked NABARD for the initiative which will benefit the local people and will directly service 30 nearby villages. The chairman, Village Council of the area expressed gratitude on the initiative of NABARD.

IGP (Range) Limasunep Jamir and members of Ao Youth Organisation (DAYO) at the inauguration of DAYO office near Hotel Saramati and AKTD park, Super Market, Dimapur on Saturday.

Exporters Conclave in Kohima

DIMAPUR: Expor ters Conclave organised by the District Industry institute Kohima in collaboration with the department of Industries and Commerce Nagaland was held at the Conference Hall of Industries directorate, Kohima on Saturday.

According to DIPR report, the event was graced

by Additional De puty Commissioner, Kohima, N.Bhavani Sri as guest of honour.

Speaking on the occasion, Bhavani said one of the problems faced by the farmers was the lack of linkage with the market.

She added that though the climatic conditions gave surplus production most of the time the produce gets

NEWS IN BRIEF GBUD meeting: GB Union Dimapur (GBUD) has convened a meeting on September 27 at 10 a.m. at its office to discuss the social work scheduled to be held on October 2 at Old Naga Cemetery in collaboration with Dimapur Municipal Council. All GBs executive members have been asked to attend the meeting.

MMC holds freshers’ meeting: Mount Mary College, Chumukedima celebrated its 9thFreshers’ meet on September 25 at the College Auditorium.

Kohima police clarifies: Apropos the news item ‘One held for robbery’ published on September 25, Kohima police has clarified that the name of the absconding accused is Zelhoulie Mets and not as published. Kohima police has regretted the error.

1st Death anniversary OF OUR BELOVED T. MUZUNG 26/09/2020 – 26/09/2021

spoilt due to lack of proper packaging and cold storage facilities.

She therefore encouraged the farmers to go for crops that suit the soil and climatic conditions and informed that the recent inaugurating of soil testing laboratory in Kohima will be able to identify the types of crops which will enable to boost the productions level.

Bhavani mentioned that focus should be based on the natural resources available and the need to encourage entrepreneurship.

The guest of honour also inaugurated the exhibition stall of the Exporters Conclave.

Joint director, Er. Y. Lipongse Thongstar in his keynote address said that the

conclave was to showcase export oriented products inorder to promote trade and export of local Agri-horti produces, processed food products, Handloom and Handicrafts and various exportable products and also to commemorate the 75th anniversary of India independence under the theme “Showcasing India as a rising Economic Force”.

The event was organized by the District Industries Centre (DIC) Kohima, in collaboration with Directorate of Industries and Commerce, Agriculture and Export Products Development Authority of India (APEDA), Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) and District Administration.

25th Death anniversary of Lt. Neilakuolie Belho

You are gone but never forgotten.

Your are missed but always loved Memories are a gift to treasure And ours of you Dad will lost forever.

Fondly remembering you on your 25th Death Anniversary. k-1860/21

Forever in our hearts, Children, Grand children & Great Grand Children

“A good name is better than fine perfume, and the day of death better than the day of birth” God looked around His garden and He found an empty place meant for you, so He put His arms around you and lifted you to rest.

Our hearts still aches to lose you but you didn’t go alone for part of us went with you.

The day God called you home.

We love and cherish you always.

Loving, wife, children, grand children, great grandchildren and in- laws

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KO H I M A , S E P 2 5 (NPN): All Nagaland Private Schools’ Association (ANPSA), Kohima unit held its annual general body meeting at Baptist High, here Saturday.

Speaking as the resource person on the theme “The way ahead for educators on the post pandemic world”, Task Force for Music & Arts (TaFMA), project director, Dr Hovithal Sothu lauded the unit for pushing through inspite of the odds.

He addressed the gathered educators as the “most elite people” of the society for their contributions in educating the general population.

He pointed out that with the onset of the pandemic all the schools came to a standstill for almost two years now.

However, the educators were quick to adapt to the situation and came up with online classes which helped mitigate the losses incurred on the student community, Dr. Sothu said.

Successive lockdowns affected both government and private establishments and while gover nment employees receive their salaries, in a stark contrast private school teachers had to bear untold miseries with their salaries slashed in halves.

He commended the teachers for their level of perseverance even in when confronted by such hardships. He added that de-

29. Ha of Tea plantation and was expecting to earn a total of Rs.115.64 crores per year.

During the programme, short speeches were delivered by the Watershed Committee members from different villages. Altogether 44 villages watershed committee chairman, secretary and committee members under Wokha district attended the programme.

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Dr Hovithal Sothu (2nd-L, backrow ) with ANPSA officials after the meeting on Saturday. (NP)

spite the downsides of the pandemic it was during this time that many parents have realised the burden shouldered by the teacher looking after young kids on a daily basis.

Sharing his observations on the theme, Dr Sothu stressed on six points which would play crucial role especially in the education sector: (1) Enhancing health and safety measures at educational institutions, (2) Adaptability blended learning, (3) Taking care of the issues of haves and have-nots, (4) Creativity, training and support to teachers and staff, (5) Hand holding of less privileged schools and (6) Proper platform for students with learning difficulties. He expressed optimism that the world was now headed towards a covid-free world soon with heightened vaccination and personal hygiene.

“The post covid world will belong to those people with the right attitude, work ethic and right approach,” Dr Sothu said.

He later handed over

the prizes winners of online solo and duet competitions organised by ANPSA during the lockdown period.

Winner of State award for teachers Purnima Kayina was felicitated during the meeting.

Earlier, the meeting was chaired by Kepelhouto Nakhro while Rev. Dr. Mechiehol Savi invoked God’s blessings.

Father C Jaison delivered the welcome address and Purnima Kayina offered the benediction.

ANPSA general secretary Kaikhü Achumi and treasurer Rokono presented their reports respectively.

Special numbers were presented by solo competition winner Chumrenthung Humtsoe from St. Mary’s Cathedral Higher Secondary School and duet competition winners Chinia Kayina and Chovoa Kayina from Mezhür Higher Secondary School.

It may be mentioned that ANPSA Kohima unit is a conglomeration of 83 private schools.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT In the hand of God. Ecclesiastes 9:1 We, the family members would like to express our sincere and profound gratitude to all who stood, showed, helped and supported us, prayed for us, prior to and after the funeral in so many different ways, at the demise of our beloved daddy, Lt. B Meren Tzudir Yimjenkimong.

Our Special Gratitude to : Doctors & nurses of Oking Hospital Kohima  Clairvoyance Technologies Pvt. Ltd  PHQ, IGP (CID) Kohima  Kohima Ao Baptist Arogo, Christian Education Dept.  Kohima Yimjenkimong Telongjem  Tajung Telok, Kohima  Chumukedima Ao Senso Telongjem  Chumukedima Langpangkong Senso Telongjem  Chumukedima “A” Village Ao Baptist Arogo  Chumukedima “A” Village Ao Baptist Arogotsur  Chumukedima Ao Students' Union  Chumukedima Yimjenkimong Fellowship  Yimchunger Baptist Fellowship Chumukedima “A” Village  Nagamese Baptist Church Chumukedima “A” Village  Dimapur Yimjenkimong Senso Telongjem B MEREN TZUDIR  United Baptist Church Women Department 09.06.1959 – 16.09.2021  Dimapur Yimjenkimong Tzuditsur Telongjem  Dimapur Yimjenkimong Fellowship  Dimapur Yimjenkimong Tsur Telongjem  Dimapur Kilengmen Senso Telongjem  Ao Senso Telongjem Medziphema Please accept this press acknowledgement as a token of our heartfelt appreciation to every individual. May our Almighty God bless you and all of your families abundantly in days to come. k-1849/21

Kind Regards & Prayers Family Members

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

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We, the family of Late I. Martin Ao remain indebted to all the people who stood by us during our time of bereavement. We acknowledge your emphatic gestures shown towards us.

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WEATHER FORECAST

SEPTEMBER 26 (Temperature in ºC)

Max Min

Agartala Partly sunny and very warm

34 25

Aizawl

A stray afternoon t-storm

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

Imphal

30 20 35 25

A strong morning thunderstorm 29 19

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

32 22

Shillong

More sun than clouds

27 18

Kohima

A stray afternoon t-storm

28 18

Dimapur A strong afternoon t-storm Mkg

A p.m. t-storm in spots

34 23 31 19

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

23 15

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TKK organises seminar on ‘language our identity’

DIMAPUR: One day seminar on the theme, “Die U kelhoubo-u(language our identity)” was organised

by Tenyidie Kephrünuoko Krotho (TKK) on Saturday at AMK Building, Kohima.

A press release by TKK stated that speaker of the formal session, Vilhoukhoü Solo of Ura Academy while speaking on the theme shared her experiences and asserted the importance of one’s mother tongue.

In the second session, president of Ura Academy and advisor, TKK Dr. Shürhozelie Liezietsu said there are more than 7000 languages that are been spoken while many

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are near extinction or endangered. He highlighted some initiatives of the Ura Academy in Tenyidie promotion and challenged the young generation to take up the same.

Session speakers Vipralhou Kesieziespoke on “National Education Policy 2020 basing on mother tongue”, Thinuokhrieü Tseikha on “Our ethical culture”, MetuoLiezietsu on “The role of public in enriching the language” and Vizonyü Liezietsu on “Tenyidie Usage”.

The first session was chaired by TKK president Meteitoulie Talie, invocation was said by evangelist Koinonia Baptist Church,

Ruokuotuo Kuotsu and special song by Neilaü Thaprü.

During the session break, Thepfuneituo Talie enthralled the audience with a song while short speeches were delivered b y T h o s e K r a h o, D r.

Khrüvolü Keyho and Dr. Metseilhouthie Mor. The second session was chaired by TKK vice president Keneizenuo Solo, greetings by Kohima Science College assistant professor Sepole Hesuh, special song by Ato Nienu, TKK advisor Kikruneinuo Liezietsu delivered vote of thanks and benediction was pronounced by Rev. Mhalevilie Yongo.

Mon celebrates Poshan Maah DIMAPUR: Social Welfare Depar tment Mon celebrated Poshan Maah 2021 on September 24 at Council Hall Mon, under the theme, “Converging towards a healthy walk through life”.

While briefing on PoshanMaah, super visor, Mon Block, Ngupya Wangshu stated that the programme aims at reducing malnourishment in children by 2022. Ngupya added that the programme targets 0-6 years, lactating mothers and adolescent girls.

S u p e r v i s o r, M o n Block, L. Amei Konyak delivered an awareness on Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) where she stressed on the importance of breast feeding.

Resource persons of the programme: Block Program Manager, RD Mon Block (NSRLM), S. Yatao Konyak spoke on kitchen gardening; City Coordinator Childline Mon, Eunice Thalih highlighted the emergency services provided by Childline 1098; HIV/TB dots Plus, Supervisor, Loshon, gave a detailed explanation on Tuberculosis and ICTC Counselor, Nyemnyei gave a detailed explanation on HIV Aids.

State gets PIB exam centre for TA DIMAPUR: For the first time Preliminary Interview Board (PIB) exam 2021 for Territorial Army will be held in Dimapur on Sunday (September 26). Dimapur is one among 22 centres across the country that will conduct the TA exam.

The first batch of Naga youth who will be writing the exam at Dimapur Centre had an opportunity to interact with Lt. Col (Retd.)

Doshehe Y. Sema and Maj. (Retd.) Vikuto Asumi on Saturday.

Aspiring to become officers in the Territorial Army, the first batch were motivated and encouraged by the two retired servicemen.

Interacting with those aspiring to become officers in the Territorial Army, Lt. Col. Doshehe called upon the youth to be sincere and focused on what they attempt to achieve in life and to be resolved to try again even if they are not successful in the first attempt.

Recalling how difficult it was in the yester years to pursue to become officers in the army due to lack of access to information and also having to travel long distances to appear for interviews and exams, Doshehe pointed out that these days things are much easier, with easy access to information

Lt. Col. (Retd.) Doshehe Y. Sema and Maj. (Retd.) Vikuto Asumi with aspirants at Hotel Saramati on Saturday.

and having an exam centre in Dimapur itself gives the Naga youth more advantage to prepare for such exams.

Doshehe, who is also a former minister, appreciated chief minister, Neiphiu Rio for being instrumental in the formation of Tri-services Coordination Committee on Recruitment in 2006.

Through the formation of the committee 5 additional battalions including Territorial Army and Naga Regiment were raised and more than 10,000 Naga youth have been employed, which he said, was possible only because of the visionary leadership of Neiphiu Rio. Nagaland state getting an exam centre was a result of long and tireless pursuit of 16-17 years led by chief minister Rio, Doshehe maintained.

The committee is also pursuing for raising of more battalions besides shifting of Naga Regimental Training Centre to Nagaland, establishing other centers including NCC Directorate in Nagaland, he added.

Also encouraging the first batch of PIB Dimapur Centre, Maj. Vikuto called upon them to be mentally strong and equip themselves with information in order to be able to compete with others. The former major of 1 Assam Regiment said there is no dearth of talent in Naga youth and therefore Nagas can be at par with others if not better if only there is determination and focus.

The two retired officers assured the youth of their guidance and support as they pursue their goal.

AR conduct SDTF Tening holds review meeting Children trained on doormat making in Kohima various activities

Children at the workshop on doormat making in Kohima.

DIMAPUR: Two-day workshop on doormat making was organised for students and children with special needs on September 22-23 by North East Zone

Cultural Centre (NEZCC), Ministry of Culture, government of India in collaboration with department of Art & Culture, Nagaland and Cherry Blossoms

Society, Kohima.

A press release by Cherry Blossoms Society, Kohima stated that students from four schools namely Cherry Blossoms

School, Jo Foundation, Tabitha Enabling Academy and Government Middle School (GMS)Aradura along with two teachers and eight children with special needs attended the training under the guidance of Seli Tucker, Naomi Domeh and Purnima Kayina.

In the closing ceremony, special guest, deputy director of art and culture, Lampha Konyak said such training was essential for an individual to earn livelihood.

The children pronounced the Lord’s prayer both verbally and in sign language which was followed by dance, singing and cerography by every participating schools.

DIMAPUR: Assam Rifles (AR) under the aegis of Headquarters Inspector General of Assam Rifles (North) organised various activities for citizens across the state.

Kiphire Bn: Kiphire battalion of Assam Rifles organised medical campcum-Covid awareness programme on September 19 at Vongtsuvong village, Kiphire. The main objective of the camp was to “reach out to the people of the remote areas and establish faith and build cordial relations with locals”. The battalion also assisted the district administration and medical authorities of Kiphire in organizing a special Covid-19 vaccination drive at Kiphire.

DIMAPUR: Tening SubDivisional Task Force (SDTF) on Covid-19 held a review meeting at Tening Town Hall on September 24 under the Chairmanship of ADC Tening, Rosietho Nguori, who is also the chairman of SDTF. The meeting was held to discuss various ongoing activities being carried out in the sub-division, DIPR report stated.

Medical departm e n t Te n i n g l e d b y MO.AYUSH, Dr. Nuksung Jamir gave a brief report on the current vaccination status and Covid random testing which was conducted at various villages and commuters checkpoints.

He said a total of

58th Covid positive cases have been detected in the sub-division and all were contained.

ADC Tening also suggested the members present in the meeting to scale up vaccination drive similar to 100% vaccination in Mbaulwa village and requested the members to utilize all platforms to continue the Covid sensitisation and make available of all data from village wise to SubDivisional Task Force members.

OC Tening PS, Singson raised his concerned on shortage of manpower and personnel to supplement the efforts of SubDivisional Task Force in enforcing the SOPs.

The house also discussed on the reopening of schools and enforcement of relevant SOPs from October 1 as per the directives of DoSE. Fur ther, Sub-Divisional Task Force has decided to have to tour village which have low vaccination areas in October.

Webinar on ‘entrepreneurial potentials of apiculture’

The webinar in progress at St. Joseph’s College (A) Jakhama.

DIMAPUR: Two-day national webinar on the topic, “entrepreneurial potentials of apiculture” was organised from September 24-25 by the department of Zoology, St. Joseph’s College (A) Jakhama in collaboration with IQAC of the college.

A press release by the college stated that at the inaugural session, keynote speaker associate professor, head of zoology department, Nagaland University, Lumami, Dr. Bendang Ao reflected on the theme and emphasised on beekeeping and its products including the important aspects in ecological generation and feasibility.

He also highlighted the status of apiculture in India, particularly in Nagaland.

At the technical sessions, resource person assistant professor, Department of Zoology, Assam Down Town University, Guwahati, Assam Dr. Seydur Rahman while speaking on the topic, “economic and scientific perspective of honey bee” discussed on various role of honey as valuable commodity and how it was used for K Y M C

medicinal purposes.

Resource person, assistant professor, department of zoology, Kohima Science College (A), Jotsoma, Dr. Limatemjen spoke on the topic meliponiculture, benefits of stingless bee and also its culture as to how it is practised in Nagaland.

He encouraged the students on rearing the stingless bees in future.

Beekeeping entrepreneur, Guwahati, Rahul Bikram Das spoke on the topic, “journey from being a corporate professional to a beekeeping entrepreneur” and also shared about the process of extraction of honey.

A total of 135 students and some faculties from different colleges and universities participated in the webinar. The inaugural session was chaired by Dr. Ramita Sougrakpam, welcome address was delivered by principal of St. Joseph’s College (A) Jakhama, Rev. Fr. Dr. George Keduolhou Angami and concluded with a vote of thanks by dean of Science, St. Joseph’s College (A) Jakhama, Fr. Peter Solo.

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PFI behind conflict in Darrang: Himanta Biswa

GUWAHATI, SEP 25 (PTI): Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday claimed the Popular Front of India (PFI) was involved in violence during an eviction drive in Darrang district which saw police firing on peasants claiming two lives, including a 12-year old boy, and left over 20 injured, and sought the organisation’s ban by the central government.

Sarma said his government had prepared a dossier on PFI and would be taking action against the outfit in the state. ‘’The state government has sent a dossier to the centre seeking a total ban on the PFI and we are also doing whatever needs to be done against the outfit’’, the Chief Minister said here on the sidelines of a meeting here.

Mangaldoi MP and BJP national secretary Dilip Saikia had earlier on Friday alleged that ‘’third parties, including the PFI’’ could be

involved in an alleged attack on police personnel during the eviction drive but the outfit’s state President Abu Shama Ahmed had denied the allegations saying that it has no cadres in the areas where evictions were carried out and none of its leaders had visited the area.

The Chief Minister claimed there were intelligence reports that six people, including a college lecturer, had collected Rs 28 lakh during the last three months from poor landless families saying that they would convince the government to stall eviction. ‘’We have the names of six people with intelligence reports that Rs 28 lakh was collected and when they could not prevent the eviction drive, they mobilised those people and created mayhem on that particular day,” Sarma said.

He claimed that using the pretext of providing food to evicted people, PFI had visited the site. ‘’These details have emerged so far

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and we are sure that when a judicial inquiry begins, more explosive information will emerge’’, the chief minister said.

Sarma said that he had called representatives of All Assam Minority Students’ Union (AAMSU) to his office to discuss the eviction drive and then directed them to meet the Darrang administration. ‘’My message to them was very clear-that if these people were landless, we would give them two acres of land, on condition that they do not possess any land in any other place in the state. (However) most of these people have land and

are not landless as a section of the national media has portrayed them to be’’, he claimed.

AAMSU President Rejaul Karim Sarkar told reporters on Saturday however said affected people were not given any land or compensation and those evicted are now living in temporary structures without proper drinking water or sanitation facilities.

The chief minister also blamed the media and claimed it had taken sides in the conflict. “The so-called national left-liberal media should stop taking sides … An aberration had occurred when a photographer behaved in an outrageous manner - he has been arrested and an inquiry is being conducted,’’ he said.

The Chief Minister asserted that he wants to give a ‘’clear message that Assam cannot be cowed down. We have orders from the Gauhati High Court on several occasions to evict people from forests and

other encroached areas. You cannot occupy large tracts of forest or land belonging to indigenous people.”

He said that he had offered ‘’two acres of land and also a PMAY house to the landless... I did my job and they should not have attacked the police on that day’’.

Among those killed were a 12-year old boy Shaikh Farid who was returning after collecting his Aadhar card from the post office and 28-year old Moinul Haque who in a video that went viral on social media was seen shot dead by the police while a photographer, hired by the district administration to document the situation, was seen kicking, and jumping over his body.

The photographer was later arrested.

The Darrang district administration has so far evicted 800 families since Monday and demolished four ‘illegally’ constructed religious structures at Sipajhar.

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Cong questions Shah’s silence over Assam border row, Sipajhar NEW DELHI, SEP 25 (PTI): The Congress on Saturday questioned the silence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah on the Assam firing incident and also the open shootout inside a courtroom in the national capital.

Congress spokesperson Gourav Vallabh also asked whether Shah “does not have the time to resolve the issue in Assam”.

Vallabh said the BJP leadership made several tall promises ahead of the Assam elections and asked where are those promises now. The Congress spokesperson said never in the country’s history has one police force fired upon the police force of another state and killed cops and the home minister is still silent, referring to the Assam-Mizoram border row. Seven people were killed and 50 injured in an exchange of fire between the police forces of the two states this July.

“The country’s home minister does not have time to visit Assam and sort out the issue through talks. He does not have time to resolve this matter. Has he also gone to America?” Vallabh asked.

Commenting on the situation in Assam, the Congress spokesperson questioned why the home minister was not giving any statement when leaders of opposition, the principal opposition party leaders are asking that the central government should interfere.

“Have you seen any statement by the home minister on that? In the past also we had seen that a state police of one state is fighting against the state police of another state? What is going on? Everybody is silent; nobody is making any comment on that, what is the reason for these things,” he asked. The spokesperson also talked about the eviction drive in Gorukhuti village in Assam’s Darrang

district on Thursday that turned ugly. Clashes broke out between the police and alleged encroachers resulting in the death of two persons and injuries to 20.

A shocking video showing a man hitting an apparently dead person with a bullet wound on his chest and jumping over his body also surfaced after the incident, drawing widespread condemnation. The man, who was a photographer engaged by the district administration, was later arrested and a judicial probe has been ordered.

Referring to the Delhi courtroom firing, the Congress spokesperson said, “The country’s law and order situation is worsening, with firing taking place inside a courtroom in the national capital, killing people. There are 10-20 rounds of firing inside a courtroom and where is the home minister. Where is his statement?”

When ‘poison of hatred’ is being spread, Manipur CM congratulates 6 from state who cleared IAS then what is ‘Amrit Mahotsav’: Rahul Correspondent

NEW DELHI, SEP 25 (PTI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said freedom does not mean anything when it is not for everyone and asked what ‘Amrit Mahotsav’ meant when the “poison of hatred” is being spread in the country.

His remarks come in the wake of clashes between police and alleged encroachers during an eviction drive in Assam’s Darrang district on Thursday that left two persons dead and 20 injured.

A shocking video showing a man slinging a camera and hitting an apparently dead person with a bullet wound on his chest also surfaced after the incident.

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The man was later arrested and a judicial probe has been ordered into the incident.

“When the poison of hatred is being spread in the country then what is ‘Amrit Mahotsav’? What does freedom mean if it is not for everyone,” Gandhi asked in a tweet in Hindi, using the hashtag ‘Assam’.

Assam’s confers highest civilian award on V Naidu

GUWAHATI, SEP 25 ( IANS): The Assam government will confer the Lokapriya Gopinath Bordoloi Award for National Integration and National Contribution on Vice-President M. Venkaiah Naidu during his proposed visit to the state on October 3, officials said here on Saturday.

According to the officials, the prize amount of the biennial award, which was named after Gopinath Bordoloi, a freedom fighter and the first Chief Minister of Assam after India’s independence, was increased to Rs 5 lakh from Rs two lakh. The award also carries a citation. Bordoloi was called the architect of modern Assam and he was

bestowed the Bharat Ratna for his contributions to the society in1999. An official in the Assam Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) said that the award had become irregular over the years and the cabinet in its meeting chaired by CM Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday decided to scrupulously make the award a biennial affair.

The CMO official said that the cabinet also decided to change the names of the state’s highest civilian awards, to be given in various fields. Assam Ratna award from now onwards will be known as Asom Baibhav, Assam Vibhushan as Asom Saurav and Assam Bhusan and Assam Shree award as Asom Gaurav.

Congress leaders have met Assam Governor Jagadish Mukhi urging him to stop the eviction drive at Sipajhar in Darrang till a proper rehabilitation package is announced.

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday asserted that discussions were held for over four months before an eviction drive was launched to clear the land at Gorukhuti village in Darrang district where police firing claimed two lives during the exercise.

A 12-hour bandh called by various organisations to protest against the incident affected normal life in Darrang district on Friday.

IMPHAL, SEP 25: Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh on Saturday congratulated six natives of the state who cleared the Civil Services Examination, 2020 conducted by the Union Public Service Commission.

Successful candidates from the state were Parikshit Thoudam (AIR-60), Waikhom Nydia Devi (AIR-180), Heikrujam Prasanjeet (AIR578), Kshetrimayum Deepi Chanu (AIR-621), Hatchinghoi Haokip (AIR-673) and Lourembam Nelson Mangangcha (AIR-757).

The chief minister further expressed satisfaction on learning that Lourembam Nelson Mangangcha who secured 757th rank in the examination is one of

Correspondent IMPHAL, SEP 25: Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh on Saturday inaugurated Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya Multi Utility Youth Centre at Haraorou of Imphal East district.

Speaking on the occasion, Singh stated that the newly inaugurated Multi Utility Youth Centre would have facilities like gym, television connected to well news channels and other accessories which would be useful for youths in channelizing their energy in a positive direction.

Informing that construction of nine other multi utility centres was in progress at different places both in hill and valley regions, the chief minister said that the state government was

An IED fitted big paper made star found planted in Imphal East on Saturday.

IMPHAL, SEP 25: A powerful IED was found fitted onto a paper made giant red-colour star displayed allegedly in connection with the raising day of People’s Liberation Army (PLA), the armed wing of Manipur based rebel group, Revolutionary People’s Front (RPF). Red star is a symbol used by the PLA, the armed

wing of RPF that celebrated its 43rd raising day today.

A team of Irilbung police station of Imphal East district on night patrol in its jurisdiction found the giant star displayed on an RCC culvert over a canal at Khongman along with a banner that read, “43 Suba Mapok Kumon” (43 raising day) of People’s Liberation Army nearby the spot, last night, around

men and 216 women - have been recommended for appointment. The candidature of 151 candidates was provisional.

Mnp CM inaugurates multi utility youth centre planning to construct 10 more such centres across the state.

The chief minister appreciated yesteryears’ leaders like Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya and Syama Prasad Mukherjee for their vision of eradicating poverty and advocating oneness of all communities.

He maintained that India had attained substantial growth in many sectors under the supervision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and as such the state had also witnessed inclusive development in the last four and half years through various welfare schemes like Ujjwala, Ayushman Bharat and Jal Jeevan Mission among others.

The state government had always aimed to provide access to all services for its people affordably, the chief minister said.

He then asked the public to

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the aspirants sponsored under Chief Minister’s Scholarship Scheme for Civil Services.

It may be mentioned that the state government launched the Chief Minister’s Scholarship Scheme for Civil Services Coaching on March 7, 2019 to provide scholarship and the much needed support to deserving and meritorious civil services aspirants to help them realize their dreams.

Mention may be made here that the main examination was held in January this year and the personality test conducted in AugustSeptember.

The UPSC on Friday declared the final result of the Civil Services Examination, 2020 and said that a total of 761 candidates - 545

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Suspecting something fishy, the police team called out personnel of the state police bomb detection and disposal squad (BDDS) after cordoning the area.

When examined by BDDS personnel, a powerful remote-controlled IED weighing around three kg was found fitted on the star.

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successfully defused the IED after around two hours of struggle, around 3.30 am and destroyed it at an open safe place later.

The BDDS also found a similar star at a place a few meters away from the same spot but it was found to be a hoax bomb.

The Raising Day was celebrated at its general headquarters, tactical command, strategic command, 252 mobile battalion and Central Bureau. Various units of the outfit also celebrated the day, as informed by a statement of the deputy publicity secretary Roben Khuman of Revolutionary People’s Front (RPF), the political wing of the armed outfit.

Hoisting of the outfit’s flag and offering of tributes to departed cadres of the outfit were the main highlight of the functions which were held by observing strictly the COVID-19 SOPs, the RPF press statement said.

apply for the Manipur StartUp scheme if the latter had any innovative ideas for starting a project.

He asserted that one could avail loan for different kinds of farming-related activities from Manipur State Cooperative Bank Ltd. Prevalence of work culture and hard work amongst people would contribute much in making the state self-reliant, he added.

After inaugurating the centre, the chief minister also paid floral tribute to the portrait of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya on his 105th birth anniversary.

Deputy Commissioner of Imphal East Khumanthem Diana, project director of Manipur Development Society Ranjan Yumnam and other officials also attended the programme among others.

The civil services examination is conducted annually by the UPSC in three stages - preliminary, main and interview.

Chowna Mein urges DCs to ensure sustainability of govt projects ITANAGAR, SEP 25 (PTI): Arunachal Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein has urged the deputy commissioners of the districts to focus on the factors that will ensure the sustainability of any project developed by the government. Many good infrastructures have been developed by the government but due to non-sustainability of the project, they get damage sooner or later, Mein said while addressing the conference of deputy commissioners on sustainable development goal here on Friday.

The deputy chief minister informed that most of the government infrastructures are of North East Frontier Tract (NEFA) days and are in dilapidated conditions which need to be replaced and re-constructed.

He requested the Centre for providing one-time special fund for replacement and reconstruction of

Assam govt seeks Centre’s help to popularise traditional weaves GUWAHATI, SEP 25 (PTI): The Assam government has sought the Centre’s help in popularising creations by Assam weavers globally as well as modernising the textile industry of the state, official sources said on Saturday.

The request for these interventions was placed before Union Minister of State for Textiles Darshana Jardosh during her two-day visit to the state, which concluded on Friday.

During Jardosh’s meeting with Governor Jagdish Mukhi, the latter sought the Union minister’s special attention towards the textile sector of the state, the sources said.

He requested Jardosh to take up specific schemes for empowerment of women weavers of the state.

Mukhi also sought her help in popularising the traditional design of the state’s textile in outside markets.

Shubham Kumar topped the prestigious exam while Jagrati Awasthi and Ankita Jain have got second and third ranks, respectively.

Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma also sought similar interventions from the Centre in the textile sector during his meeting with Jardosh, the sources further said. He requested the Union minister to set up an Indian Institute of Fashion Technology in the state’s largest city Guwahati.

He sought the Union Textile ministry’s intervention to help the textile industry in Assam with modern technology and enable the Assam weavers’ creation to occupy global market.

The Union minister also reviewed the implementation of various schemes of the ministry with senior state government officials during the visit.

She emphasised on the convergence of technology for increasing the beauty and demand of Assamese traditional garments across the globe at the review meeting, the sources added.

old infrastructure saying that a proposal in this regard had already been submitted to the Centre by Chief Minister Pema Khandu.

Mein disclosed that the state government under Khandu had taken various reforms including administrative, financial and transparency, and added that the government is planning to bring-in more financial reform in connection with movement of files for financial concurrence by fast-tracking the process given that all the check-lists provided by the Department of Planning and Finance are fully furnished. He expressed hope that after the conference, DCs would be more focussed on their monitoring mechanism from the SDG perspective, as they are vital to steer the development process in their respective districts as they understand the unique issues and circumstances of their districts.

AFFIDAVIT

I, Smti. Maryia Apon, D/o Maleo Apon resident of K. Station, Kohima, Nagaland through an Affidavit Regd. No. 617/21 dated 15.07.2021 declare that my name Maria Apon, D/o Malio Apon inadvertently appear in my Aadhar and Marriage Certificate refers to the name of one and same person i.e. me. Henceforth my name should be used as Maryia Apon for all official and other purposes.

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Regd. No. 424 Dated: 17/09/21 I, Miss HELIMAKLE, D/o Shri. Namkie Zeliang, a permanent resident of Nzauna Village, Dist. Peren, Nagaland do solemnly affirm and declare as under: 1. That I am a bonafide and law abiding citizen of India.

2. That my father name has been entered and recorded wrongly in some of my official documents as LIPOK JAMIR instead of NAMKIE ZELIANG. 3. That henceforth my father official name will be called and recorded as NAMKIE ZELIANG from this day.

4. That, the statements made above by me are true and correct to the best of my knowledge, belief and nothing is concealed therein.

5. And I have signed this declaration in sound mind and body on this 17th day of September 2021 at Jalukie, Nagaland.

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India welcomes US’ return to Paris Agreement

Indian PM Narendra Modi, left, and President Joe Biden listen during the Quad summit with Australian PM Scott Morrison and Japanese PM Yoshihide Suga. AP/PTI

WASHINGTON, SEP 25 (PTI): India has welcomed America’s efforts to combat climate change and its return to the Paris Agreement as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Joe Biden held their first inperson bilateral meeting at the White House.

President Biden, in his talks with Prime Minister Modi in the Oval Office of the White House, expressed

support for India’s intention to achieve a domestic goal of installing 450 GW of renewable power by 2030, according to the US-India Joint Leaders’ Statement issued after their meeting on Friday. The meeting holds importance ahead of the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in UK’s Glasgow where leaders of nearly 200 countries will gather

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to discuss way forward to tackle climate action and the updated targets will be submitted.

India welcomed the US leadership on climate action and its return to the Paris Agreement, the statement said. In February, the US officially returned to the Paris climate accord, 107 days after it left at the behest of former president Donald Trump. During

their meeting, Biden also acknowledged the importance of mobilising finance for investments in renewables, storage and grid infrastructure that will guarantee clean, reliable power for millions of Indian households.

Through the two main tracks of the Strategic Clean Energy Partnership (SCEP) and the Climate Action and Finance Mobilization Dialogue (CAFMD) under the US-India Climate and Clean Energy Agenda 2030 Partnership, the United States and India will accelerate clean energy development and deployment of critical technologies to advance a clean energy transition.

India welcomed the United States joining the Leadership Group for Industry Transition.

The 26th conference of parties (COP 26) to the United Nations Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) holds significance this year as it is expected to discuss the status of climate finance promises by developed nations to developing nations. India has time and again maintained that it is suffering because of the mistakes of others and

is not responsible for the climate change. It has also reiterated that the countries responsible for climate change should finance what they committed to and make technology available at an affordable cost. Under the Copenhagen Accord, developed countries committed to a goal of mobilising 100 billion dollar a year by 2020 to help developing countries mitigate climate change.

Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav had last month said that India is committed to the UNFCCC and its Paris Agreement and had extended support to the UK, which will host the international climate conference.

Under the Paris Agreement, India has three quantifiable nationally determined contributions (NDCs), which include lowering the emissions intensity of its GDP by 33-35 per cent compared to 2005 levels by 2030; increase total cumulative electricity generation from fossil free energy sources to 40 per cent by 2030 and create additional carbon sink of 2.5 to 3 billion tons through additional forest and tree cover.

PM Modi raised issue of H-1B visas with President Biden: Shringla WASHINGTON, SEP 25 (PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his firstever in-person meeting with President Joe Biden raised a number of issues involving the Indian community in America, including access for Indian professionals in the US and speaking about the H-1B visas, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla has said.

Prime Minister Modi described as “outstanding” his first bilateral meeting in the Oval Office with US President Joe Biden who said the Indo-US relationship is destined to be “stronger, closer and tighter”.

The prime minister and his counterparts - Scott Morrison of Australia and Japan’s Yoshihide Suga – also attended the meeting of Quad leaders hosted by US President Biden in the US capital on Friday. “He (Modi) spoke of the issue of getting access for Indian professionals to the United States. In that context he mentioned H-1B visa,” Shringla told reporters at a news conference on Friday.

The most sought-after H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa

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that allows US companies to employ foreign workers in specialty occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise. The technology companies depend on it to hire tens of thousands of employees each year from countries like India and China. “He also spoke of the fact that many Indian professionals who work here contribute to Social Security.

The return of those contributions in the United States is something that affects the number of Indian workers,” Shringla said.

A fact sheet issued by the White House later said that the United States was proud to have issued a record 62,000 visas to Indian students so far in 2021. The nearly 200,000 Indian stu-

dents in the United States contribute USD 7.7 billion annually to the US economy.

Celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Fulbright Programme worldwide, the programme has been bringing Americans and Indians closer together for 71 years since its launch in India.

“In 2008, we welcomed India’s decision to jointly fund these fellowships with the United States, and renamed the program the Fulbright-Nehru Fellowship Program. Over 20,000 fellowships and grants have been awarded under this exchange programme, and the United States looks forward to building on these successes,” it said. “The Partnership 2020 programme continues to foster higher education cooperation to promote economic growth and technological advances. In collaboration with the University of Nebraska at Omaha, this programme funds 15 research partnerships between US and Indian universities in the fields of advanced engineering, artificial intelligence, public health, and energy, among others,” the White House said.

Country needs at least 600 Bengal BJP chief allotted 7 new faces likely in Punjab cabinet formation ‘Z’ category security medical colleges, 50 AIIMS

Nitin Gadkari

PUNE, SEP 25 (PTI): The country needs at least 600 medical colleges, 50 AIIMSlike institutions and 200 super-specialty hospitals, Union minister Nitin Gadkari said on Saturday as he called for the need to replicate the infrastructure development sector’s publicprivate partnership model in the health care and education sectors.

The Road Transport and Highways Minister was speaking at the felicitation of COVID-19 warriors in Karad city of Maharashtra’s Satara district.

He said the cooperative sector should also come forward to set up medical facilities. “Once during a discussion with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, I told him about the scar-

city of ventilators. He asked me how many ventilators were there in the country, to which I replied there must be around 2.5 lakh. But he told me that there were only 13,000 ventilators when the coronavirus pandemic broke out in the country,” Gadkari said.

There was lack of oxygen, beds, and other medical facilities at that time. But doctors, paramedical, nurses helped a lot in those times, he said, adding, “I appreciate their work.”

Apart from the government-run hospitals, the contribution of medical facilities set up by the cooperative and private sectors was commendable, the minister said. “The publicprivate investment model in the road and infrastructure development sector can be replicated in health care and education sectors. The country needs a minimum of 600 medical colleges, 50 AIIMS-like institutions and 200 super-specialty hospitals. The government is also thinking of providing help to those social organisations that work in medical and education sectors,” Gadkari said.

KO L K AT A , S E P 2 5 (IANS): A couple of days after newly-appointed Bengal BJP President Sukanta Majumdar was allegedly manhandled by the Kolkata police during his rally with the body of slain BJP leader Durjati Saha near Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s residence here, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs on Saturday allotted ‘Z’ category security for the MP from Balurghat. Speaking to the media, Majumdar confirmed the security allotment and said, “I have received a letter from the Ministry of Home Affairs

wherein I was informed that I have been given ‘Z’ category security.”

When asked whether the high security was provided because of the threat perception, Majumdar said, “That I cannot say because I have never asked for any kind of security. Even before coming here, I used to go to the market on my Scooty.”

The enhancement of security is significant because on Thursday, he was seen being forcefully pulled up by the state security forces when he tried to sit in front of the vehicle that was carrying the body of Saha.

CHANDIGARH, SEP 25 (PTI): Seven new faces are likely to be inducted in the Charanjit Singh Channi-led Punjab cabinet while five ministers who were part of the Amarinder Singh-led government are expected to be dropped, sources said Saturday With the list of ministers for the new cabinet finalised, Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi Saturday met Governor Banwarilal Purohit at Raj Bhavan here around 12:30 pm.

After meeting the governor, Channi told reporters the oath-taking ceremony for the new ministers will

Charanjit Singh Channi

take place at 4:30 pm on Sunday.

His meeting with the governor came barely hours after he returned from Delhi having held a final round of discussion with the party high command on the cabi-

net formation.

Pargat Singh, Raj Kumar Verka, Gurkirat Singh Kotli, Sangat Singh Gilzian, Amarinder Singh Raja Warring, Kuljit Nagra and Rana Gurjit Singh are likely to be included in the cabinet, according to the sources.

The party is also learnt to have decided to retain Vijay Inder Singla, Manpreet Singh Badal, Brahm Mohindra, Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria, Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa, Arunu Chaudhary, Razia Sultana and Bharat Bhushan Ashu from the Amarinder Singh government.

However, five legislators -- Rana Gur mit

Singh Sodhi, Sadhu Singh Dharamsot, Balbir Singh Sidhu, Gurpreet Singh Kangar and Sunder Sham Arora -- who were ministers in the Amarinder Singh-led cabinet are likely to be dropped, the sources said.

A consensus on the names for the Channi-led cabinet was reached during his meeting with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and other senior party members in the national capital.

Channi was summoned to Delhi by the Congress high command on Friday to discuss the cabinet formation. The visit came within hours of him returning from the national capital.

to contest Goa Assembly polls, Kanhaiya Kumar, Jignesh Mevani to join Cong on Sep 28 TMC will declare CM candidate: O’Brien NEW DELHI, SEP 25 (IANS): Former JNUSU President Kanhaiya Kumar along with independent Gujarat MLA Jignesh Mevani will join Congress on September 28, sources close to the CPI leader and Mevani have confirmed.

The Congress has decided to make it a high profile induction with presence of senior leader Rahul Gandhi during the joining of both the leaders. The day coincides with the birth

anniversary of Shaheed Bhagat Singh.

While both the leaders have switched off their cell phones and only phones of those close to them are working.

Both the leaders had met Rahul Gandhi recently and sources say that talks have been finalised between these leaders and the Congress party. The Congress wants to rope in these two leaders ahead of assembly polls and particularly Mev-

ani before Gujarat polls for their oratory and crowd pulling capabilities.

Mevani is an independent MLA in Gujarat and has won election with the support of the Congress.

The trio of Alpesh Thakor, Hardik Patel and Mevani was with the Congress in 2017 elections when Congress did put up a good show but could not win elections and now Congress wants to rope in Mevani ahead of polls while Alpesh has

joined the BJP. Sources in the Congress say that he has been meeting Rahul Gandhi in the past and the offer to join the party has been pending since the last Lok Sabha polls.

Sources also said that during the talks in the past, Kanhaiya Kumar had emphasised on having his own team to work in Bihar in order to start a movement and then gradually take it to the national level.

PANAJI, SEP 25 (PTI): Trinamool Congress leader Derek O’Brien on Saturday said his party would be contesting the next year’s Goa Assembly polls.

The par ty will announce its chief ministerial candidate soon, he added.

“We are here as a serious contender against the ruling BJP,” the MP told PTI. The Mamata Banerjeeled party has no “high-com-

mand culture” and will pick credible local leaders in the coastal state, he said.

Since arriving in Goa on Friday, O’Brien has been meeting representatives of civil society as well as political leaders. The state was looking for a party which would keep the BJP at bay and if there was one leader who can best Prime Minister Narendra Modi, it was Mamata Banerjee, he said.

Rohini shootout: Pleas for safety in subordinate courts ‘Legislature needs to revisit

Security high tightened at Rohini Court, a day after the shooting incident, in New Delhi, Saturday, Sept. 25, 2021. (PTI Photo/Shahbaz Khan)

NEW DELHI, SEP 25 (PTI): An application has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking directions to the Centre and the states to take immediate steps for security in subordinate courts in wake of the shootout inside a district court in Delhi on Friday that left three gangsters dead and a law intern injured.

It said that gangsters and hardcore criminals may be produced from jails

through video-conferencing before the trial court instead of producing them physically.

The application was filed by advocate Vishal Tiwari even as another lawyer, Deepa Joseph, moved the Delhi High Court urging it to direct authorities to take requisite measures for the safety and security of district courts in the national capital. Jailed gangster Jitender Maan alias Gogi

and two assailants of a rival gang who were posing as lawyers were killed in a shootout in Rohini district court here that also saw police fire bullets in retaliation.

Chief Justice of India N V Ramana had on Friday expressed deep concern over the shootout inside the crowded courtroom here and spoken to the Delhi High Court Chief Justice D N Patel in this regard, an

apex court official had said.

The application by Tiwari has been filed in the apex court in a pending plea which raised the issue of safety and security of judicial officers and advocates while referring to the alleged mowing down of District and Sessions Judge-8 of Dhanbad court, Uttam Anand, by a vehicle on July 28 in Jharkhand.

While referring to the Delhi shootout, the application said such incidents are not only a threat to the judicial officers, lawyers and others present in the court premises but also to the justice delivery system.

It has sought the apex court’s direction to the Centre and the states to take immediate steps and measures to ensure security in subordinate courts.

“Such incidents are not only threat to our judicial officers, lawyers and people present in the court premises but it is also a threat to our justice system,” it said.

It said apart from securing the judges against any threat, it is also important that court premises are secured against any attack by militants or other criminals.

laws to suit practical realities’

C U T TAC K , S E P T 2 5 (PTI): The Chief Justice of India, Justice N V Ramana Saturday said the Legislature needs to revisit laws and reform them to suit the needs of time and people so that they match “practical realities”. The CJI while inaugurating the new building of the Odisha State Legal Service Authority here, also said there is need for the executive and the legislature to work hand in hand in realising “constitutional aspirations.” He also said the judiciary has decided to launch a country-wide “robust legal awareness” mission in the upcoming week.

“I emphasize, our laws must match with our practical realities. The executive has to match these efforts by way of simplifying the corresponding rules,” Justice Ramana said.

He also emphasised that it was important for the Executive and Legislature to “function in unison in realising Constitutional aspirations.” The CJI noted that it is only then, the Judiciary would not be compelled to step in as a law-maker and would only be left with the duty of applying and inter-

preting laws.

At the end of the day, it is the harmonious functioning of the three organs of the State that can remove procedural barriers to justice, he pointed out.

Stating that the Indian Judicial system is faced with twin challenges, the CJI pointed out that the first one is that of “Indianisation of Justice delivery system”, while the second is of enabling the people to “Decode the Justice Delivery System by Raising Awareness”. Even after 74 years of Independence, traditional and agrarian societies which have been following customary ways of life, “feel hesitant to approach the courts,” he noted.

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shooting incident at Delhi on Friday morning has exposed alarming loopholes in the security system when dreaded gangster Jitendra Gogi was shot dead in a broad daylight inside Rohini courtroom by hired assassins of a rival gang. Jitendra Mann alias Gogi’s old enemy Sunil alias Tillu is lodged in Mandoli jail itself. According to various reports, the conspiracy was hatched days ago, to kill Gogi from inside Delhi’s Mandoli Jail. Tillu Tajpuria is lodged in the High-Risk Ward of Mandoli Jail and many of Tillu’s henchmen are also lodged in this jail. Police also learnt about the gang rivalry and the extreme possibility of a shootout. According to reports, Gogi was being produced to court for a hearing when the two assassins, dressed in lawyer’s cloaks whipped out pistols and pumped several bullets into the gangster. The shooters are alleged to be members of the gang led by his friend-turned-rival Sunil Maan, also known as Tillu Tajpuriya. It may be pointed out that there was heavy police security provided to the gangster as his life was under threat allegedly by the rival gang.

The two assassins, in the garb of lawyers, were also killed by police while an intern was also injured.

Media reports pointed out that the incident is not the first inside a courtroom in Delhi. In the recent past, there have been incidents of shooting in the Dwarka Court, a firing near the Saket Court in May 2019 and earlier in 2017, an under trial was killed after being shot inside the Rohini Court Complex.

A shocking incident similar in line to the incident in Rohini Court was the killing of a Delhi Police head constable when four armed assailants open fired inside a courtroom at Karkardooma Court Complex in the year 2015. On Friday, the ease with which the two assailants entered into the court premises in the attire shows that they were well aware that it is easy to get access into the court by wearing lawyer’s attire. It is baffling that a highly reputed police like Delhi Police with highly trained manpower and led by the finest of police officers in the country, could not even prevent the most likely of incidents. If Gogi was under threat and his security cover beefed up; it is then expected that even the route inside the building which the gangster and the securitymen would be taking should be sealed.

There should have been check on the identities of those who were to be inside the court room and not to speak of the normal frisking that ought to have been done. Since the lapses were too glaring, it is doubtful whether the killing could have been undertaken without the involvement of some people having connections with powerful persons. Delhi police is under the home ministry with Rakesh Asthana as commissioner of police. Such a shocking incident can happen only in Al Capone’s time. However, the fact that such killings inside courts happen in the national capital, reveals that the Central home ministry is unable to tackle law and order. Had such incident happened in any north eastern state, the Centre would have roasted the state government.

Since there is suspicion of nexus between criminal dons and political mafias, it is hope the Supreme Court will order a probe over which it will monitor to unearth and expose the dirt hidden inside.

DailyDevotion The “Go” of Relationship

Whoever compels you to go one mile, go with him two. —Matthew 5:41 Our Lord’s teaching can be summed up in this: the relationship that He demands for us is an impossible one unless He has done a supernatural work in us. Jesus Christ demands that His disciple does not allow even the slightest trace of resentment in his heart when faced with tyranny and injustice. No amount of enthusiasm will ever stand up to the strain that Jesus Christ will put upon His servant. Only one thing will bear the strain, and that is a personal relationship with Jesus Christ Himself— a relationship that has been examined, purified, and tested until only one purpose remains and I can truly say, “I am here for God to send me where He will.” Everything else may become blurred, but this relationship with Jesus Christ must never be.

The Sermon on the Mount is not some unattainable goal; it is a statement of what will happen in me when Jesus Christ has changed my nature by putting His own nature in me. Jesus Christ is the only One who can fulfill the Sermon on the Mount.

If we are to be disciples of Jesus, we must be made disciples supernaturally. And as long as we consciously maintain the determined purpose to be His disciples, we can be sure that we are not disciples. Jesus says, “You did not choose Me, but I chose you…” (John 15:16). That is the way the grace of God begins. It is a constraint we can never escape; we can disobey it, but we can never start it or produce it ourselves. We are drawn to God by a work of His supernatural grace, and we can never trace back to find where the work began.

Our Lord’s making of a disciple is supernatural. He does not build on any natural capacity of ours at all. God does not ask us to do the things that are naturally easy for us— He only asks us to do the things that we are perfectly fit to do through His grace, and that is where the cross we must bear will always come.

Quotes

I believe things cannot make themselves impossible. ~ Stephen Hawking

NAGALAND POST, DIMAPUR SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

Post-mortem

World Peace: An approach to the concept of living together

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n contemporary times, many organizations are talking and debating about world peace. This clearly shows that there is no peace worth its name in the world. We have seen the two World Wars. Most human beings thought that after these two World Wars, peace would prevail in the world. It is said that when atom bombs were dropped in Japan the carrier of the bomb started crying and chanting some lines of Bhagavad-Gita. What does it indicate? My humble answer is that the one who carried the atom bomb in the plane started commenting on the possible catastrophic effects of the bomb while throwing the bomb. Politicians, scholars and other leaders of public organizations thought that perhaps peace and tranquillity would prevail in the world after this unprecedented incident.

It may not be out of place to state here that just the reverse is happening in the world. We are all aware of what is happening in the neighbourhood of different countries, the persistent border conflicts. My objective is not to point out or target any specific state for its gross fault. In other words, border issues among states throughout the world are day to day phenomenon.

In this connection, I wish to point out the maxim, that is: how much land a human being needs? I wish to humbly point out that human being has not learnt anything from the past mistakes. If we look at the human history, we find that we have been suspecting one another and constantly indulging in perpetual conflict with each other from the beginning of our existence. The two great Indian epics tell us that cousin brothers fought among themselves for power and supremacy. The Pandavas

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wanted only 5 villages for 5 brothers. But the Cauravas did not want to give even an inch of land without fight and war. As a result of rigid stand, battle started and all 100 brothers of Cauravas were killed. The epic of Mahabharata is a myth but it tells us very important and significant things about human nature. I may point out in this connection that the earth belongs to all human beings. Whoever comes to the world has to live in this world but frequently we humans forget these basic facts of human nature.

We humans have failed to learn lesson from the two World Wars. So many international institutions and organizations have been set up to establish peace and harmony in the world but we all know what is happening in different parts of the world.

Whenever we open the daily newspapers we come across conflict among countries.

What could be the reason?

In spite of so much writings on peace and non-violence, it seems human being has not learnt any lesson. So much development of science and technology and writings on non-violence, peace and interdependent coexistence and yet newer problems and conflict keep occurring in our world. Without mentioning any name of a country, neighbouring countries around the world create tensions and conflict over even an inch of land. It appears that we have made tremendous material progress but in the sphere of ethics and moral living, we remain stagnant till today.

If we open pages of ancient history including that of India, we come across great men and women like prophets, seers, saints and sages. What they have been saying is relevant even today. In the context of In-

dia, Vedas and Upanishads have been sources of morality, spirituality and religion.

By religion, I do not mean sectarianism or dogmas with rituals. Upanishads tell us to live together and not to indulge in conflict.

“Sahanau...avatu” (Let us live together, eat together and flourish together). But I am sorry to say we have forgotten all this. The question is what should we do? How to protect not only human beings but also other living beings?

First of all, I wish to suggest that groups of neighbouring states should come together and find solution to their border problems with open mind dialogue. It may not be out of place to mention in this connection that the border problems of India, Pakistan and China are persisting for many years.

What could be the reason or reasons? No human problem is insoluble. We should have sincere intention and determination to solve our problems. In spite of so much development of science and technology is not going to guarantee humanity the eradication of poverty, disease and persisting border conflicts among countries. Interference by powerful countries into the internal affairs of weak and small countries is still common for the vested interests.

What is needed is to come together and solve our problem with open mind and heart and help each other.

Epics have been written to solve human problem. But we have not been careful.

Therefore, what is necessary and needful at this juncture all nations should come together and sort out problems. It is a fact that United Nations and many other international bodies have been created for the purpose of resolution of conflicts and living together

peaceably among countries of the world. But I am sorry to say that we have not been successfully taking and using these bodies. I wish to say in this connection that all religions and all societies have emphasized the following: It is human being who is responsible for human problems. Almost all traditions in the world have emphasized peaceful coexistence. It may be pointed out in this connection that in the contemporary world science and technology have developed very fast. As a matter of fact, we have made astounding discoveries and inventions in science and technology and other branches of knowledge.

But what has happened?

As a matter of fact, we are suspicious of each other.

This mutual suspicion is clearly seen from the defence expenditure of almost all countries. It may not be an exaggeration to say that almost all countries spend a good portion of their budgets on defence. Poverty, inequality, illiteracy and diseases either go on increasing or remain stagnant and yet we never cut down on the expenditure for defence.

This is really paradoxical.

Ancient traditions of almost all countries in the world lay emphasis on peaceful coexistence and inter-dependent living. In ancient Indian tradition that is to say Vedas, Upanishads and BhagavadGita have emphasized love for fellow beings including animals and cosmic wellbeing. But unfortunately we have forgotten such good virtues and values instead retained some wasteful and meaningless rituals from our ancient traditions. In Upanishads, it has been stated that we should live together and think together. BhagavadGita has grown out of Vedas and Upanishads. Seeing in this light, it can be said that

the ancient Indian philosophical system laid emphasis on peaceful coexistence.

But in due course of time we have forgotten all these values and ideals. In modern times Jiddu Krishnamurthy laid emphasis on attentive introspection and inquiry on all traditions and peaceful coexistence. But I am sorry to say that we have forgotten Jiddu Krishnamurthy’s philosophical ideas and including those of great saints and seers. The messages of Confucius, Lao-tsii, Mahavira, Buddha, Jesus and Mohammad are equally important. However, in due course of time these messages of great saints and seers we have forgotten. As a result, we have mutual suspicion, hatred and animosity throughout the world today.

This can be overcome by following traditional ancient good values of all cultures. I am not saying only ancient Indian tradition contain these values. In other words, almost all religions and philosophical traditions advocate and contain similar values. We have polluted our air, water and land. How to go about it? How to protect and save mother earth?

I wish to suggest that we should make judicious use of science and technology.

Science as a pursuit of the knowledge of the universe is alright. Technology is the outcome of science.

But creating and designing technology for destructive purposes has made our existence vulnerable to the point of possible complete wiping out of life on earth.

This statement may sound obtuse and unacceptable but this is not at all an impossible prediction by the ongoing current state of affairs in the world. How to solve this riddle? Perhaps we should consume that much which is necessary to keep body and mind together healthy. Over-

consumption or conspicuous consumption has been creating endless problems for us all. This is the reason why Jainism, Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, etc. have emphasized curtailment of consumption. It is gradually becoming evident and clear that overconsumption has created problems of the world. Perhaps Jainism and Buddhism have emphasized this point more than any other traditions. Some scholars are of the view that even Bhagavad-Gita is a storehouse of this kind of knowledge and wisdom. It is imperative to point one historical fact from India.

Ashoka king of Pataliputra was a very cruel and ambitious man who invaded Orissa (Kalinga). In this war approximately 100,000 people were killed and an equal number of people were injured. While one Buddhist monk Upagupta was wandering, he met king Ashoka after the war and asked him what he had achieved in the war. To this question king Ashoka was baffled and felt greatly disturbed and later he embraced Buddhism and gave up all wars. He was converted to the life of nonviolence. As a consequence he sent his son and daughter to other places to preach non-violence and peace.

This is not a mere story but historical fact which is evidenced by the presence and popularity of Buddhism all over the world today. I wish to suggest that religious values and morality should be an integral part of our educational program. Perhaps it will go a long way to change human being.

Ancient moral values are in sorry state of affairs. We are losing day by day.

(To be concluded)

By Xavier P Mao, Department of Philosophy, NEHU, Shillong

Nature’s call for ‘Green Building’ revolution

eople spend major part of their life time indoor i.e. inside the buildings, which may be their homes, offices, hospitals, shops, factories, educational and other places.

The time varies from 60 to 90 percent depending upon the nature of jobs and livings. According to UNEP, these buildings are a major source of carbon emissions (nearly 39%) causing global warning. Depleting natural resources, rapid industrialization and urbanization have led a negative impact on the environment and life-cycle. To tackle this source of global warming, “Green Building” concept has evolved.

A Green Building is one which uses less water, optimizes energy efficiency, conserves natural resources, generates less wastes & pollutions and provides healthier space for its occupants as compared to a conventional building. A green building in its design & construction minimizes negative impacts.

It is based on “Triple Bottom Line (TBL)” benefits, which accounts for social and environmental performances in addition to financial performance. The concept is also termed as 3P approach – People, Planet and Profits.

In India, as per census 2011, nearly 31.16 % population are living in urban areas. The government had informed Lok Sabha that by 2050, nearly 60% of population will live in cities as India’s rate of urbanization is dramatic.

There has been increase in nearly 700% commercial energy consumption in last four decades and there is water shortage of nearly 225 million liter per day (mld) in major Indian cities. World

Wildlife Fund (WWF) survey report reveals that, 100 cities, including 30 in India, may face acute water shortage by 2050.

In Indian context, a Green Building construction contains, as its components, all Panch-bhootas (5 manifestations of nature), i.e. Prithvi (Bhumi, earth)- Sustainable sites & materials, Apas (Jal, water)- Water efficiency, Agni (Fire)- Energy efficiency, Aakash (Space)- Daylight & atmosphere, and Vayu (Air)- Indoor environmental quality & pollution measures.

Prithvi- Material Efficiency Materials for construction should be obtained from natural, renewal sources managed in a sustainable manner. It can be obtained locally to reduce the embedded energy cost of transportation or salvaged from reclaimed materials at nearby sites. Materials are assessed at their life cycle analysis (LCA) in terms of their embedded energy, durability, recycled contents, minimum wastes and their ability to be recycled.

In-fill development, that increases density, is inherently better than building on undeveloped (Greenfield) sites. Mixeduse development, in which residential and commercial uses are intermingled, can bring down automobile use and help to create healthy communities.

Apas- Water Management In green buildings, water use is minimised through water efficient appliances, self-closing or spray tapes, low flush toilets or waterless compositing toilets. Use of potable water is discouraged in non-potable applications

such as landscaping or indoor plumbing needs. Rainwater and Greywater (i.e. water emanating from sinks, showers, bath tubs or cloth washers) catchment systems are installed, which recycle such water for toilet flushing & irrigation purposes.

Due to urbanization, infiltration of rain water into sub-soil has decreased and recharging of ground water diminished, so “Rain water harvesting” is essential for a building. Rain water may be stored on surface for future use or may recharge to groundwater.

Agni- Energy Efficiency Green building incorporates energy efficient lighting, low energy appliances and renewal energy sources such as solar panels and wind turbines. The passive solar design, high levels of insulation and energy efficient windows bring down the heating as well as cooling cost of the building.

Passive solar power design is a part of the building itself and have heat absorbing surface materials and strategic placement of windows. It employs sunshine to heat, cool and light the building without mechanical and electrical devices.

In this design, the building should be elongated on east-west axis and its south face should receive sunlight during heating seasons.

Interior spaces, requiring most light as well as heating & cooling, should be along south face of the building and less used space on the north face. The two primary elements are south facing glass and thermal mass to absorb, store & distribute heat. Compact Fluorescent Lights (CFL) are energy savers, as incandescent bulbs use only 10% of energy into

light & rest 90% produces just heat.

Actually active solar power panels would be more effective and produce sufficient energy requirement of the house as India has enormous scope of renewal energy. But its upfront installation costs are high and available equipments are of poor quality & short life, which discourages the common people. The government should give emphasis for research on renewal energy, particularly solar energy, so that the good quality equipments be available at optimum rate to all sections of the society which ultimately will aid in reducing greenhouse gas emission.

Aakash- Daylight Harvesting Natural daylight design is the way to collect and utilize natural daylight in the interior of the building, when available, to reduce the need for energy-consuming artificial lighting. Green buildings are designed to maximize that light and distribute it effectively deeper into the building. A common design of daylight harvesting uses passive devices known as “Light shelves” to direct daylight back up and further

into a space by bouncing it off the ceiling. The light shelf may be polished or reflective, and the ceiling must be of a light colour with good reflective quality. This method of providing “indirect” natural light delivers a good quality of light – diffuse and glare-free – that is superior to direct daylight and especially direct sunlight. Natural light is more pleasant, healthful and psychologically beneficial than artificial light.

Daylight harvesting can reduce energy consumption and costs of building lighting by over 25%.

Vayu- Health Concerns Non-toxic, ethical & sustainable materials should be used to improve the indoor air quality and to lessen the rate of asthma, allergy and sick building syndrome. These materials are emission free, have low VOC content and are moisture resistant to deter moulds, spores & other microbes. Indoor air quality is improved through proper ventilation system and use of materials controlling humidity. Plantation is also an important ingredient for green buildings depending upon the available space.

In case of limited space in

the house, Tulsi, Ghritkumari (Aloe Vera) & other herbal/medicinal plants in flowerpots would be a better solution.

In foreign countries, the “Green Building” concept is gaining momentum.

In India too, it needs to be popularized through enacting proper laws as well as community involvement.

In first phase, all government buildings as well as manufacturing and construction industry sectors should adopt this concept and then by popularizing its benefits with sufficient proof, people should be encouraged to adopt this concept in their houses.

Life on earth is secure so long as nature is pure. So nature must be conserved, restored and used sustainably while simultaneously meeting other global societal goals through urgent and concerted efforts. For fostering transformative changes, “Green Building” concept is the pivotal solution.

Er. Prabhat Kishore (The author is a technocrat & academician. He holds Master in Engineering from M.N. Regional Engineering College, Allahabad/Prayagraj)

Reader’s Post

10-hour load shedding not acceptable

Sir,

The supply of electricity of late has been erratic and shoddy in Dimapur. There are many of us working on our laptops from home and a 10-hour load shedding at a stretch means loss of money for many us as our laptops run out of power.

When we are struggling to stay afloat after the prolonged lockdown has hit our finances badly, the least the government can give its citizens is steady supply of electricity which is something very basic. This is indeed very disappointing.

Khekaho Zhimo, Dimapur.

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Bharat Bandh on Sep 27: Bank Terrorism a tool to change state structure: DM union, political parties to join strike armed forces to safeguard our national security interests,” he added.

Singh said that while the conventional threat remains, the “grey-zone” threats necessitate the adoption of an “all of government” approach with all elements of state power coming together to anticipate and mitigate future challenges.

The defence minister also talked about the power of knowledge, saying it allows us to understand the historical, social, geopolitical and economic realities of a country and a region.

“It tells us about the circumstances that led to the recent developments in Afghanistan,” he said.

“Knowledge and wisdom have been held as the highest attributes in our society. And those who have possessed these, have guided our destiny as a civilisation and as a country,” he said.

“The quest for the qualities displayed by Vidur and Shri Krishna remains inherent to our learning.

Similarly, we have been guided by the role played

by Kautilya in the court of Chandragupta Maurya,” he added.

NEW DELHI, SEP 25 (AGENCIES): The Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), the umbrella body of over 40 farm unions leading the farmers’ agitation against the Centre’s three farm laws, has called for nationwide strike-Bharat Bandh on 27 September, the day their ongoing protest completes 10 months.

The bandh will be held from six in the morning to four in the evening during which all government and private offices, educational and other institutions, shops, industries and commercial establishments as well as public events and functions will be closed throughout the country.

However, all emergency establishments and essential services, including hospitals, medical stores, relief and rescue work and people attending to personal emergencies will be exempted. The bandh will be enforced in a voluntary and peaceful manner, the SKM has assured.

Bank officers’ union extends support: The All India Bank Officers’ Con-

federation (AlBOC) has extended its support to the bandh. It has requested the government to have dialogue with the farmers on their demands and rescind the three laws at the centre of standoff.

The confederation said that its affiliates and state units will join in solidarity with the protest actions of the farmers all over the country on Monday.

The union questioned the Centre’s plan of doubling farmers’ income by 2022 by citing the NSS Land and Livestock holdings of Households and Situation Assessment of Agricultural Households, 2018-19 report released earlier this month.

The average outstanding loan per agricultural household has increased to Rs. 74,121 in 2018 from Rs. 47,000 in 2013. The growing indebtedness of agricultural households reflects deep farm distress, it union said.

Cong, others parties support: The Congress on Saturday extended support to the Bharat Bandh call given by farmer unions

In just 4 months, we delivered 202 CoWin certificates to mention among 505 assurances, says TN CM DoB of those travelling abroad

Parents, teachers demand reopening of schools

BJP will return to power in Maharashtra: Fadnavis

C H E N NA I , S E P T 2 5 (PTI): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Saturday said his government has kept up its poll assurances, delivering 202 among the 505 promises made in the run up to the Assembly polls to the State besides other announcements made in the legislative Assembly.

Taking pride in the unique achievement, which he claimed no other governments in the Indian subcontinent has delivered, the Chief Minister assured to meet the people once every three months, with a list of achievements, to inform them about his government’s progress.

“Of the 505 promises, 202 assurances were delivered by my government within 4 months. Of all the governments in the Indian subcontinent, such a pace of implementation can only be attributed to the DMK government,” he said in a video message posted on his twitter site. This achievement, he said should not be viewed as a momentary acceleration.

Rajnath Singh awards M Phil degrees to the graduates of the 59th NDC course during their convocation. (PTI)

“Today, there is widespread realisation amongst all responsible nations, towards a common understanding and the need to come together against this common menace,” he said referring to terrorism.

The defence minister said reverberations of the events in Afghanistan are being felt in the region and beyond.

“The recent events in Afghanistan have reinforced the reality of our times.

The only certainty about evolving geopolitics is its uncertainty. Changes in state boundaries may not be as frequent today,” he said.

“However, the fast-

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“This is how we perform and will continue to do so, every single day.

Will meet you once every 3 months to let you know of the progress we made with the list of achievements,” Stalin said.

The CM said he would meet the people not as someone who takes them for granted thinking he will have to face them only after 5 years. “It is you and my conscience that drives me.

You order. I am waiting to deliver,” he said.

Stalin said he has taken charge of Chief Ministership because of people’s votes. “Each and every vote that was cast, serve as a strong base for me to be in Fort St. George. Each one

transforming structure of states and the influence that external powers can have on it is clearly evident. These events raise questions regarding the very role of power politics and the use of terrorism as a tool to change state structures and behaviour,” he added.

The defence minister said that there is a lesson to be learnt from whatever has happened in Afghanistan.

“When these events are viewed, it is tempting to believe that terrorism, fear, medieval thoughts and actions, discrimination drawn on the basis of gender, practices that are seeped in inequal-

of you cast your votes with the belief that we will always keep up our promises. We will always deliver the best of services to our people,” he said.

He also expressed pride that his government was safeguarding the trust that the people have “invested in us.”

“You have voted us.

And we have kept most of our promises. Hence, I am talking to you, brimming with pride... presenting the DMK’s election manifesto, I said as Thalaivar Kalaignar (his father and late Chief Minister M Karunanidhi) always says, ‘we say what we do, and do as we say’,” Stalin said.

In just 4 months after assuming office the DMK government delivered upon most of the promises.

Listing some of the achievements, he said on May 7, within a few hours of assuming office he signed 5 important files including Coronavirus relief of Rs 4,000 for all 2.09 crore rice ration cardholders, reduction of Aavin milk prices etc.

UPSC CSE 2020: Shubham Azad seeks justice Kumar from Bihar secures AIR 1 for Hathras

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NEW DELHI, SEP 25 (AGENCIES): The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) Friday declared the final results for the Civil Services (Main) examination 2020. The candidates who appeared for the CSE personality test can check the results through the website- upsc.gov.in, reports The Indian Express.

In the declared results, Shubham Kumar has secured AIR 1, followed by Jagarati Awasthi at AIR 2 and Ankita Jain at the third position. Kumar has graduated in B Tech (Civil Engineering) from IIT Bombay.

Jagrati Awasthi has graduated in B Tech (Electrical Engineering) from MANIT Bhopal.

A resident of Katihar district, Shubham Kumar had first cracked the exam in 2019 and is undergoing training as an Indian Defence Accounts Service

probationer in Pune.

AIR 6 Meera K graduated with a mechanical engineering degree in 2016.

She got a campus placement in L&T services but later discontinued her working career to prepare for Civil Service exam.

The civil services (preliminary) examination, 2020 was conducted on October 4 last year. A total of 10,40,060 candidates applied for the examination, out of whom 4,82,770 appeared, a UPSC statement said. As many as 10,564 candidates qualified for appearance in the written (main) examination which was held in January, 2021, and, of them, 2,053 qualified for the personality test (interview), from which 761 candidates have been recommended for appointment.

The top 25 candidates include 13 men and 12 women. The recommended candidates also include 25 persons with Benchmark Disability — 7 Orthopedically Handicapped, 4 Visually Challenged, 10 Hearing Impaired and 4 Multiple Disabilities). The commission commenced the personality test from August 2.

The personality tests were conducted from August 2 to September 22 in forenoon and afternoon sessions.

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ALIGARH (UP), SEP 25 (PTI): Azad Samaj Party national president Chandrashekhar Azad has threatened to begin an indefinite protest if the Uttar Pradesh government fails to fulfil its promises to the family of a 19-year-old woman from Hathras who was gangraped and assaulted last year leading to her death.

Azad, who had visited the family of the woman in Hathras earlier this week, said, “Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s promises made a year back of providing financial support to the family, including job and housing, have become a cruel joke for the family.”

Azad met Aligarh Divisional Commissioner Gaurav Dayal who, he said, “assured that the promised assistance to the family would be given within one week.”

“We will begin an indefinite dharna at the Aligarh divisional commissioner’s office after 10 days if these assurances are not fulfilled and justice is not given to the family,” he told reporters here on Friday. The woman died at a hospital in Delhi in September last year, days after being assaulted and raped by four men.

ity and dogmatic thought, can sweep aside the wishes of the people and inclusive structures,” he said.

Singh asserted that injustice, however powerful, cannot and will not defeat the collective power of the goodness that is inherent to human existence.

He also referred to India’s security challenges of attempts to change status quo along the northern border with China and crossborder terrorism along the western frontier.

“We are faced with belligerence on our land borders challenging the statusquo, cross border support to terrorism, and increasing efforts to counter our goodwill and outreach in our neighbourhood,” he said.

“While it (India) is totally committed to peace and goodwill amongst all nations, it has shown its steely resolve that threats to its internal and external security will no longer be tolerated,” Singh said.

“From a security perspective, the nation and our military are acutely aware that the future military strategies and responses will need proactive synergy amongst all elements of our

NEW DELHI, SEP 25 (PTI): People who are fully inoculated and want to travel abroad will have a CoWin certificate with their full date of birth, official sources said on Saturday amid ongoing discussions between India and the UK over Covid vaccination certificates.

Currently, CoWin certificates mention the beneficiary’s age based on the year of birth besides other details.

The new feature is being introduced in compliance with the WHO norms and likely to be available from next week.

“It has been decided that a new feature will be added to the CoWin under which those who are fully vaccinated and want to travel abroad will have full date of birth on their vaccination certificates,” an official source said.

The UK on Wednesday had amended its new travel guidelines to include the Indian-made version of the AstraZeneca vaccine in its updated list of approved COVID-19 vaccines.

Fo l l ow i n g I n d i a ’s strong criticism over the

UK’s refusal to recognise Covishield, London has included the vaccine in its updated international travel advisory. However, Indian travellers vaccinated with two doses of Covishield would still have to undergo 10 days of quarantine in the UK notwithstanding the amendment, UK officials had clarified on Wednesday saying the inclusion of the vaccine would not make much of a difference.

“We’re clear Covishield is not a problem.

The UK is open to travel and we’re already seeing a lot of people going from India to the UK, be it tourists, business people or students,” British High Commissioner Alex Ellis had said in a statement on Wednesday.

“We have been having detailed technical discussions regarding certification, with the builders of the CoWin app and the NHS app, about both apps.

They’re happening at a rapid pace, to ensure that both countries mutually recognise the vaccine certificates issued by each other,” he had said.

NEW DELHI, SEP 25 (PTI): A group of parents and school teachers on Saturday staged a protest outside Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s residence here, and demanded reopening of schools for students of primary section and classes 6-8.

Following a marked improvement in the COVID-19 situation in the national capital, the Delhi government had last month announced that schools for classes 9 to 12, colleges and coaching institutions would reopen from September 1.

The Delhi government had clarified that no student would be forced to attend physical classes and the consent of parents would be mandatory.

RC Jain, president of the Delhi State Public Schools Management Association (DPSMA) said the government had said they would analyse the situation after reopening of schools for Classes 9-12 and then decide on reopening further.

MUMBAI, SEP 25 (PTI): Senior BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday said ups and downs are part of democracy and hoped the BJP would get another opportunity to form its government in Maharashtra again.

Addressing a gathering of Mathadi workers in Navi Mumbai to commemorate the 88th birth anniversary of labour leader late Annasaheb Patil, the former chief minister called for a speedy resolution of issues concerning head-loaders.

“We will again get an opportunity to come to power. Ups and downs are part of democracy, “ he said.

Fadanvis said the issues of Mathadi workers would have been resolved had his government got more time.

The Sena-led Maha Vikas Aghadi government came to power after the Assembly polls in October 2019. “Now, this government has the opportunity to resolve the problems of Mathadi workers. I am confident that the issues will be resolved. Even if the issues

against the Centre’s three agri laws and demanded that discussions be initiated with the protesters.

Congress spokesperson Gourav Vallabh said the Congress party and all its workers will support the Bandh. “We demand that the due process of discussion with the farmers should be initiated because they are sitting on the borders of Delhi for last more than nine months...”

Former Bihar deputy CM and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav has also extended his support to farmers’ call for Bharat Bandh on September 27. In a tweet, Tejashwi said that in the meeting of the top leaders of the grand alliance parties held at the residence, it was unanimously decided to participate and support the Bharat Bandh.

Kerala’s ruling LDF has also called for a statewide hartal on 27 September to express solidarity with the farmers.

The Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) has extended its support to SKM’s call for Bharat Bandh.

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are not resolved..we will get another opportunity (to solve them). But that is not an issue,” the Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra Assembly said, adding that all parties should try to work for the cause of Mathadi workers without bringing politics.

Union Labour and Employment Minister Bhupender Yadav and several other Mathadi leaders, along with BJP leaders from Navi Mumbai, were present at the function. Fadnavis requested the Union minister to resolve the issue related to exemptions granted under section 194C of the Income Tax Act, which is not addressed in the new IT portal.

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NEW DELHI, SEP 25 (PTI): The developments in Afghanistan raised questions about the role of power politics and the use of terrorism as a tool to change state structures and behaviour, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Saturday.

Without mentioning the Taliban, Singh said the world is witnessing the destabilising effects of terror and the especially dangerous precedence of violent radical forces attempting to gain legitimacy by creating “new normal”.

In an address at the National Defence College, he said India’s actions in Balakot and Galwan were clear signals to all “aggressors” that any attempt to threaten its sovereignty will be given a “swift and befitting” response.

He said the turmoil caused in the region has been brought about by “aggressive designs” and the active support to non-state players by irresponsible states, seen as a clear reference to Pakistan.

Singh said that there has been a growing realisation now of India’s concerns over Pakistan’s support to radical and terror groups.

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The leaders high lighted the importance of resilient and secure supply chains between the two countries, and welcomed the involvement of the private sector in both countries in building stronger linkages in critical sectors such as pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, semiconductors, and information technology.

They also recognised the importance of critical and emerging technologies in delivering economic growth and achieving strategic priorities.

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“The leaders noted ongoing negotiations on an Investment Incentive Agreement that facilitates investment in development projects and committed to an early conclusion,” it added.

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WASHINGTON, SEP 25 (PTI): India and the US are looking “forward” to reconvening the India-US Trade Policy Forum before the end of 2021 with an aim to enhance the bilateral relationship by addressing trade concerns, said an official joint statement.

US President Joseph R Biden welcomed India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the White House on Friday for their first in-person Leaders’ engagement, renewing their close relationship and charting a new course to advance the partnership between the world’s largest democracies.

“They looked forward to reconvening the IndiaUS Trade Policy Forum before the end of 2021, to enhance the bilateral trade relationship by addressing trade concerns, identifying specific areas for increased engagement and developing an ambitious, shared vision for the future of the trade relationship,” said US-India Joint Leaders’ Statement issued after the meeting.

It further said the two leaders also looked forward to convening the US-India CEO Forum and the Commercial Dialogue in early 2022, leveraging the talents

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Kong and Taiwan General Manager, Amanpreet Bajaj said. Travellers are also becoming increasingly aware of sustainable travel and are making environment-friendly choices when travelling, he added. “The pandemic has helped promote environmental awareness amongst travellers and today, it’’s encouraging to see people actively seeking sustainable travel choices,” MakeMyTrip Co-Founder & Group CEO Rajesh Magow said.

In a similar vein, EaseMyTrip CEO and Co-Founder Nishant Pitti said, “We have noticed that Indian travellers have started making more sustainable travel decisions as the pandemic has made everyone think about the kind of impact they are creating while travelling.”

NEW DELHI, SEP 25 (AGENCIES): The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) on Saturday claimed that the Income Tax (I-T) Department has detected “unaccounted” income of over Rs 300 crore after it raided two private syndicate financing groups in Chennai.

According to India TV report, the searches were carried out on September 23 at 35 premises in the capital city of Tamil Nadu.

“The searches, so far, have resulted in the detection of undisclosed income of more than Rs 300 crore and unaccounted cash of Rs 9 crore has been seized,” CBDT said in a statement.

The evidence found in the premises of the financiers and their associates revealed that these groups have lent to various big corporate houses and businesses in Tamil Nadu, a substantial portion of which is in cash, it said.

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NEW DELHI, SEP 25 (PTI): With the help of large-scale vaccination programmes and new norms rolling out, the tourism sector is inching its way back to recovery, and restart of tourism will help kickstart recovery and growth, the Confederation of Hospitality, Technology and Tourism Industry said on Saturday.

It is also essential that the benefits this will bring are enjoyed widely and fairly, the industry body said in a statement. “The travel sector, especially domestic travel, appears to be heading for a comeback. Indian travellers are looking for quick getaways through road trips, weekend breaks and staycations that offer local stay experiences,” Airbnb India, Southeast Asia, Hong

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NEW DELHI, SEP 25 (IANS): The Centre has relaxed import duty norm on empty export cargo containers to improve their availability.

At present, keeping containers beyond a period of six months attracts an import duty.

The policy was designed to discourage long dwell time of containers and to promote faster turnaround.

However, an official communique, cited that the policy has been reported to “sometimes create perverse incentive among shipping lines to export empty containers to evade duty payment on containers which are lying empty”.

it to the wisdom of the government to decide on the matter prudently.

However, AWUMT cautioned that if the project is desanctioned or face short closure, the government would be held responsible and would have to answer to the people of Mokokchung for their “negligence and step motherly treatment.”

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cent YoY,” the report said.

“In FY22 YTD, private players’ GWP grew by 14.1 per cent YoY. The same for the industry grew by 16.9 per cent YoY.” Besides, the report cited that ‘Health’ business grew by 24.5 per cent YoY, with ‘Retail, Group Health’ growing by 14 per cent, 37 per cent. “Government schemes, overseas health business too saw robust growth of 22 per cent, 82 per cent YoY.” “The share of ‘Health’ segment in the overall industry GWP grew by 395bp to 34.9 per cent on a FY22 YTD basis.”

Furthermore, the report cited that ‘Motor’ business grew by 8.5 per cent YoY, with ‘Motor OD, TP’ growing by 11.2 per cent, 6.7 per cent.

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(From p-1) The union demanded to know as to why the government was exhibiting very little interest in NERPSIP scheme in Mokokchung and zero political will for its success, besides executing major developmental projects in the district.

Pointing out that it had done everything it its limited capacity, the union left

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NEW DELHI, SEP 25 (IANS): Crop insurance amongst others accelerated the year on year growth of general insurance industry’s ‘Gross Written Premium’ (GWP).

In technical parlance, GWP is the total premium before deductions for reinsurance and ceding fees.

According to a report

by Motilal Oswal Financial Services (MOFSL), overall GWP growth was driven by strong performance across all segments, with “Marine, Motor OD, Health, Crop growing by 38.6 per cent, 11.2 per cent, 24.5 per cent, 40.4 per cent.”

“Private players reported a GWP growth of 18.4 per cent YoY in August 2021, while the industry posted a growth of 24.1 per

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enforcement” has been put in place at strategic locations for over a week in view of too many two-wheeler accidents of late. Though some sections were unhappy about it, CP said that after its implementation, there have been no major accidents being reported.

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address their concern.

He also said that cooperative sector will have major role in achieving the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s target of five trillion dollar economy by 2025 and after creating a new Ministry, nobody will be able to do injustice to this sector.

He also urged the representatives of the various cooperative federations to make this sector successful, training, skill development and transparency was required for filling in posts and appointing office bearers.

Shah also said that creating the Ministry of Cooperation was the need of the hour and this will develop and make the poor, farmers, women and downtrodden of the society.

The PM Modi’s mantra of ‘sahkar se samridhi’ (prosperity from cooperation) will play an important role in poverty alleviation in rural India.

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important financial institutions will be revamped with a new software system.

The Minister also announced that a new cooperative will be created for the fishermen in the country which will help them in their business in many ways.

Noting that the Cooperative credit facility has to be made more liberalised, Shah further said many people in this country do not get small loans from banks or financial institutions as they do not have any paper or something to mortgage, these cooperative institutions will

registered and 62 persons arrested, under NLTPA/ DC act &NDPS Act: 26 cases were registered and 36 persons arrested. There were also 19856 traffic offences/ violations registered this year alone (till September 20, 2021).

All extortion cases and arrests made by police between June till September this year were registered suo moto (no formal complaint lodged by the aggrieved party against the extortionist).

He urged the public to report such matters to the police so that prompt action is taken. “Our citizens should also come forward to help us in serving them

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STF) have been deployed at check gates and business concentrated areas.

While informing that the law and order situation in Dimapur was by and large peaceful, Tetseo pointed out that out of 941 crime cases registered in the State as on August 31, 2021, a total of 529 cases alone were registered in Dimapur (56.21%).

He also highlighted the details of cases registered under various heads from June 1 to September 23 this year-- Crimes under IPC: 219 cases registered and 158 persons arrested that includes 64 arrests made in connection with extortion cases and 33 arrested in con-

NEW DELHI, SEP 25 (AGENCIES): The regional rural bank (RRB) employees are going to observe a oneday strike on September 27 opposing the government’s plan to divest its 50% share in each of the rural banks in favour of their respective sponsor banks.

According to Economic Times, the employee unions are instead demanding formation of a national rural regional bank and delinking of it with any sponsor bank. The union flag bearers are of the view that there has always been conflicts of interest between mainstream commercial banks and the RRBs they sponsor.

India has 43 RRBs with a network of around 22,000 branches mostly in the hinterlands to ensure banking facilities for farmers and artisans. These banks collectively employ one lakh people. The central government holds 50% in each of the RRBs while their respective sponsor banks hold 35%.

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NEW DELHI, SEP 25 (IANS): Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said that the government will bring a new cooperative policy with suitable changes, the new policy will be implemented by the end of this year.

Addressing the first Cooperative conference here, he said that the cooperative sector needs to be strengthened and all important units in the entire network will soon be computerised.

“Many people say that cooperative is state subject but I must tell you that we will not have any confrontation with the states and will be working with them in poverty amelioration and help them in the matter of cooperatives”, Shah said.

He also said that all Pax, district cooperative banks, National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development and other

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But despite immense endeavor and investment, we were not able in two decades to establish a self-sustaining political order in Afghanistan. My country also shares responsibility.

“And we have an ongoing responsibility, particularly toward the many Afghans who had hoped for a more peaceful, free and democratic future.

“We need to be smarter in selecting our instruments and setting our priorities.

German and European foreign policy must not restrict

itself to being right and condemning others. What we need to do is extend our toolbox -- diplomatic, military, civilian, humanitarian.”

In a pre-recorded message to the UNGA, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said: “It is imperative to ensure that humanitarian aid organisations can safely deliver assistance and that human rights, especially those of women, are protected.

“We will carefully monitor the actions, not

words, of the Taliban, to see whether or not they will honour the commitments they have publicly announced. We will also work closely with relevant countries and organisations to that end.”

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said the current situation in wartorn nation is disturbing for the long-suffering people of Afghanistan, for the women and children, and for the international community.

“We need a strong and coordinated response. The

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Biden loses ground with the American public

Demonstrators rally in favor of Indian farmers outside the United Nations headquarters during the 76th Session of the U.N. General Assembly, Saturday. (AP/PTI)

UN, SEP 25 (IANS): Four separate sparsely-attended protests were held outside the UN on Saturday as Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the United Nations General Assembly.

The groups were separated from each other in enclosures put up with police barriers, advocating different causes. The biggest group of them was that of about 100 Khalistan supporters waving yellow flags and carrying portraits of Simranjit Singh Mann, the president of the Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar).

The organisers of the other three protests disowned the Khalistanis and said they were not associated with them, pointing to the barriers separating them from that group.

One of the groups was the Indian National Overseas Congress, which supports the Congress in India and was protesting against what they said were human

rights violations.

Another was a protest organised by a local gurdwara in support of the farmers’ agitation in India focused solely on the agriculturists’ issues.

They stationed themselves far from the Khalistanis and an organiser said that they did not have anything to do with that protest and distinguished themselves with green turbans.

The Hindus for Human Rights (HHR) organised yet another protest that was sandwiched between the Congress and Khalistani protests.

An organiser said that they were not associating themselves with the Khalistanis and their enclosed barrier next to that group’s was assigned by the police.

HHR protested against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), the National Register of Citizens (NRC) and other laws and regulations, as well as what they

called human rights violations and detention of activists in India.

T h e y we r e j o i n e d by a representative of the New York State Council of Churches, a protestant organisation that also lists the World Council of Churches among its members.

Its executive director, Peter Cook, a protestant pastor who said he had been deported from India, asserted that his organisation opposed the CAA even though it gave citizenship rights to Christians fleeing persecution, because it “pits Christians against Muslims”.

The Khalistani protesters, who were not allowed by the police to demonstrate outside India’s mission to the UN, drove past it in cars flying their flags and raising slogans.

Supporters of Kashmiri separatists and Pakistanis, who held protests in the previous years, were not seen this time.

NEW DELHI, SEP 25 (IANS): With his administration facing multiple challenges at home and abroad, US President Joe Biden’s job approval rating has fallen sharply in the past two months, says a research by Pew Research Center.

Fewer than half of US adults (44%) now approve of the way Biden is handling his job as president, while 53% disapprove. This marks a reversal in Biden’s job ratings since July, when a 55% majority approved of his job performance and 43% disapproved.

Biden receives his least positive assessments for being mentally sharp. Currently, 43% say this describes Biden very or fairly well, an 11-point decline since March. Positive evaluations of several of Bide’s personal traits and characteristics have shown similar decreases. Compared with March, fewer adults say Biden cares about people like them, and fewer describe him as standing up for his beliefs, honest, a good role model and mentally sharp.

About half (51%) are very or somewhat confident in his handling of the coronavirus outbreak, but that is down from 65% in March.

The shares expressing confidence in Biden’s handling of economic policy, foreign policy and immigration policy also have declined.

Biden continues to draw less confidence for unifying the country than on dealing with specific issues; only about a third (34%) are confident he can bring the country closer together, a 14 percentage point decline since March.

Suicide attack kills 8 in Somali capital MOGADISHU, SEP 25 (AGENCIES): A car bomb exploded at a checkpoint near Somalia’s presidential palace on Saturday, killing eight people, police said, as the Al-Shabaab jihadist group claimed responsibility for the attack.

“We have confirmed that eight people most of them civilians died and seven others wounded in the car bomb blast,” district police chief Mucawiye Ahmed Mudey told reporters.

The bombing took place within a kilometre of Villa Somalia, the presidential palace, News 18 reported.

A witness said the car bomb was detonated when police stopped the driver for a security check.

“They normally stop

Civilians and security officers gather at the scene of a suicide car bomb at a street junction near the president’s residence, in Mogadishu. (REUTERS/Feisal Omar)

to check and clear vehicles stopped by the security before they can pass by the guards and it went off while checkpoint. This car was there were several other

cars and people passing by the nearby road. I saw wounded and dead people being carried,” said witness Mohamed Hassan.

The Al-Shabaab group claimed responsibility in a brief statement.

“The Mujahideen carried (out) a martyrdom operation targeting the main security checkpoint of the presidential palace. There were commanders and officials from the apostates who stayed (in) the area when the attack occurred.”

The jihadist group controlled the capital until 2011 when it was pushed out by African Union troops, but it still holds territory in the countryside and launches frequent attacks against government and civilian targets in Mogadishu and elsewhere.

LO N D O N, S E P 2 5 (AGENCIES): German Chancellor Angela Merkel has backed her centre-right party’s candidate Armin Laschet to succeed her, in an unusually tight poll campaign. In a CDU rally in Mr Laschet’s home town of Aachen, Mrs Merkel praised him as a “bridgebuilder who will get people on board”.

The election is too close to call, with polls putting the centre-right almost neck and neck with the centre-left SPD. Mrs Merkel has dominated German politics for 16 years as chancellor.

Mrs Merkel had vowed to avoid the campaign for Sunday’s election, but her CDU-CSU alliance has lost what was a comfortable lead in the polls and is now trailing just behind the SPD (Social Democrats) - the junior partners in the current coalition government.

The SPD’s success is largely attributed to its candidate, current Finance Minister Olaf Scholz, who exudes the same understated calm many have admired in Angela Merkel, says the

Outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel and her party’s candidate to replace her, Armin Laschet, spoke at a rally on Saturday.

BBC’s Jenny Hill in the capital, Berlin.

But there are a range of issues at the forefront of voters’ minds, including climate change. On Friday, tens of thousands of young activists marched throughout the country to demand greater action to tackle global warming. Climate change has been a central theme in the election campaign.

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg told crowds in Berlin that no political party was doing nearly enough to fight the climate crisis. The vote in Europe’s biggest economy, which stands at the heart of the European Union, is be-

ing closely watched by allies on the continent and around the world.

Germans are set to elect members of the lower house of the federal parliament, the Bundestag, made up of at least 598 seats, and usually more. Some 60.4 million Germans over the age of 18 are eligible to vote.

Although the winning party becomes clear on the night, the make-up of the next government is only known once the winner is able to form an absolute majority in parliament with one or two other parties, meaning Germany’s new leader will not be known immediately.

Myanmar monks march against military junta YANGON, SEP 25 (AFP): Scores of pro-democracy Buddhist monks took to the streets of Myanmar’s second-biggest city Saturday, rallying against the military coup in demonstrations that coincided with the 14th anniversary of previous clergyled mass protests.

Myanmar has been in turmoil and its economy paralysed since February when the military ousted Aung San Suu Kyi’s civilian government, ending a ten-year experiment with democracy.

Around the country, an anti-junta resistance has taken root, prompting the military to unleash a brutal crackdown on dissent. More than 1,100 civilians have been killed and 8,400 arrested, according to a local monitoring group.

Historically, monks in predominantly Buddhist Myanmar have been seen as a supreme moral authority, organising communities and at times mobilising opposition to the military regimes.

But the coup has exposed a schism in the monkhood,

Myanmar’s coup has exposed a schism in the monkhood, with some prominent clerics even giving the generals their blessing and others supporting the protesters. (AFP)

with some prominent clerics giving the generals their blessing and others supporting the protesters.

On Saturday, dozens of monks in their bright orange and crimson robes marched through the streets of Mandalay with flags and banners and threw colourful streamers in the air.

“Monks who love the truth stand on the side of the people,” a protest leader told AFP. The monks chanted for the release of political prisoners including mem-

bers of Aung San Suu Kyi’s political party, which won a landslide in last November’s election.

Some monks carried upside down alms bowls -- ordinarily used to collect food donations from the community -- in a symbol of protest to reject the junta regime, which calls itself the State Administration Council. “ We h ave t o t a k e risks... to protest as we can be arrested or shot at any point. We are not safe to live in our monasteries any-

more,” a 35-year-old monk told AFP. In 2007, Buddhist monks led huge demonstrations nationwide against the previous military junta regime -- an uprising that kicked off after a sudden hike in fuel prices.

The “Saffron Revolution” posed a severe legitimacy crisis for the then 35-year-old dictatorship, which responded with brutal crackdowns that killed at least 31 people and saw hundreds of monks defrocked and arrested.

Taliban hang dead body in Afghan city’s main square KABUL, SEP 25 (AP): The Taliban hanged a dead body from a crane in the main square of Herat city in western Afghanistan, a witness said Saturday, in a gruesome display that signalled a return to some of the Taliban’s methods of the past.

Wazir Ahmad Seddiqi, who runs a pharmacy on the side of the square, told The Associated Press that four bodies were brought to the square and three bodies were moved to other squares in the city to be displayed.

Seddiqi said the Taliban announced in the square that the four were caught taking part in a kidnapping and were killed by police. It was not immediately clear if the four were killed in a firefight with police or after their arrest.

There was no immediate comment from the Taliban.

Mullah Noor uddin Turabi, one of the founders of the Taliban and the chief enforcer of its harsh interpretation of Islamic

OFFICE OF THE KHULAZU BAWE UNION KOHIMA FELICITATION We, the Khulazu Bawe Union, Kohima with immense joy and gratitude to our Almighty God convey our heartiest congratulations to Mr. Etsongoyi Medeo, S/o Hüpoyi Medeo being promoted to Deputy Director, under the Directorate of School Education, Kohima, Nagaland.

We also thank God for enabling Mr. Vesota Resüh, S/o Lt. Mr. Vepo Resüh and Nüngoyi Medeo, S/o Mr. Methapoyi Medeo, to retire with good health as Registrar under Directorate of Animal husbandry, Kohima; Nagaland and Executive Engineer under Directorate of Geology and Mining, Dimapur; Nagaland respectively. The Union wishes them the best in their future endeavour.

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The Riphyim Catholic Youth Association (RCYA) is pleased to inform to all the Golden Jubilee Committee to kindly come and attend the Jubilee meeting as well as Committee Dedicatory Programme scheduled on 2nd October 2021, 9:00 a.m. at Riphyim Catholic Church Guest House.

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law when they last ruled Afghanistan, told The Associated Press this week that the hard-line movement will once again carry out executions and amputations of hands, though perhaps not in public.

Since the Taliban overran Kabul on August 15 and seized control of the

country, Afghans and the world have been watching to see whether they will re-create their harsh rule of the late 1990s. The group’s leaders remain entrenched in a deeply conservative, hard-line worldview, even if they are embracing technological changes, like video and mobile phones.

PRANABANANDA WOMEN’S COLLEGE Lhomithi Colony, Dimapur NOTICE

This is to inform all the students of Degree Sixth Semester (Arts & Comm.) graduated in the year 2019 to collect their Degree Pass Certificate from the college office between 27th Sept, 2021 to 30th Sept, 2021 during the office hours (9.00 AM to 1.00 PM).

Principal Pranabananda Women’s College Dimapur : Nagaland

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The Kichilimi Students' Union convey our heartiest congratulations to D r. K . K a l i t o C h i s h i , W/o Dr. Hokishe Kiho for successfully completed Ph.D on the thesis, "Women Empowerment; A case study of Sumi women in Nagaland," from Nagaland University, Lumami.

The Union is immensely proud of her achievement and wishes her success in all her future endeavours.

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contribution at the international donor conference last week was an important step,” she said.

Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah also expressed concern over the situation in Afghanistan.

He called on the Taliban movement and all relevant parties to exercise utmost self-restraint in order to prevent bloodshed, provide full protection to civilians, adhere to international obligations and international law, and to preserve the security and stability of the country, as well as the gains of the Afghan people in the past two decades.

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said: “We envision a peaceful, stable, and prosperous South Asia. We firmly believe that it is upon the people of Afghanistan to rebuild their country and decide the course of the future themselves.

“Bangladesh stands ready to continue to work with the people of Afghanistan and the international community for its socioeconomic development.”

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UNITED NATIONS, SEP 25 (IANS): While addressing the UN General Assembly (UNGA), several world leaders have reflected on the present situation in Afghanistan following the South Asian country’s takeover by the Taliban after the US withdrew its troops after 20 years.

In his address on Friday, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said the failure in Afghanistan shows military strength alone does not work, reports Xinhua news agency.

“Militar y strength without the will to forge understanding, without the courage to engage in diplomacy, does not make the world more peaceful,” he told the General Debate of the 76th session of the UNGA. “We need strength at the negotiating table just as we need strength in defense.”

Describing the fall of Kabul as a turning point in Afghanistan, he said: “We achieved our goal of defeating those who wrought horrendous terror on this city (of New York) 20 years ago.

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Hubble’s new ‘molten Einstein Can eating healthy ward off infection, death from Covid? ring’ image prompts new research N

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he Hubble Space Telescope, an international cooperation between NASA and the ESA (European Space Agency), in December 2020 released a photo a striking example of a deepspace optical phenomenon dubbed an “Einstein ring”.

The observation sparked new research.

The image showcased a remote galaxy that is greatly magnified and distorted by the effects of gravitationally warped space.

The object, GALCLUS-022058s, is located in the southern hemisphere constellation of Fornax (the Furnace). The image was nicknamed the “Molten Ring”, which alludes to its appearance and host constellation.

Further, the object’s unusual partial ring-like appearance can be explained by a phenomenon called gravitational lensing, which

In this image, a remote galaxy is greatly magnified and distorted by the effects of gravitationally warped space.

causes light shining from a faraway galaxy to be warped by the gravity of an object between its source and the observer. This effect was first theorised by Albert Einstein in 1912, and later worked into his theory of general relativity, the scientists said.

“This Hubble picture exemplifies the fact that the universe is a vast stage for grand illusions. Albert Einstein realised this a century ago as he formulated his law of general relativity,”

Hubble said in a statement.

Using the picture, astronomers measured the galaxy’s distance, 9.4 billion light-years, when the universe was less than half its present age, placing the galaxy at the peak epoch of star formation in cosmic evolution.

“This was a time when the universe was going through a ‘baby boom’, forming thousands of stars at a prolific rate. The magnified image of the galaxy gives astronomers a close-

up glimpse into the distant past,” Hubble added.

To derive the physical properties of the galaxy, astronomers had to precisely model the effects of the lensing on the galaxy’s image. “The detection of molecular gas, of which new stars are born, allowed us to calculate the precise redshift and thus gives us confidence that we are truly looking at a very distant galaxy,” said Nikolaus Sulzenauer, PhD student at the Max Plank Institute for Radio Astronomy in Germany, in a statement.

Furthermore, the team determined the galaxy’s magnification factor to be 20, which effectively makes the Hubble Space Telescope’s observing capability equivalent to that of a 48-metre telescope.

This is larger than the currently planned extremely large telescopes.

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early one-third of coronavirus cases could have been avoided if people had a healthy diet that includes lots of fruit and vegetables, claims a new study.

While getting vaccinated and wearing a mask indoors and in crowded spaces is paramount, the research, published in the journal Gut, suggests that eating properly may reduce the risk of contracting Covid-19, the Jerusalem Post reported.

The study, led by researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, showed that people who had a healthier diet had a 9 per cent lower risk of contracting the virus compared to people who ate a poorer diet.

Those who ate healthier were 41 per cent less likely to develop severe symptoms.

Although doctors have stated that metabolic conditions including obesity and Type 2 diabetes can cause severe coronavirus complications, this study

is among the first to add nutrition to the equation, the report said.

Previous studies have suggested that poor nutrition is a widespread trait among groups disproportionately affected by the epidemic, but data on the link between diet and the risk of getting the virus and then developing severe symptoms is lacking, said study editor Jordi Marino, a doctoral student and instructor at Harvard Medical School.

The team analysed data collected on 592,571 people from the US and the UK between March and December 2020. Each participant completed a survey of their dietary habits, with study authors scoring people’s “diet quality,” with an emphasis on fruit and vegetable consumption.

During the follow-up period, 31,831 participants developed Covid-19.

The researchers also observed a cumulative link between poor nutrition, increased socioeconomic

deprivation and Covid-19 risk.

People who live in poor neighbourhoods and who rely heavily on fast food are much more susceptible to the virus.

Models estimate that nearly a third of virus cases would have been avoided if one of these two conditions didn’t exist, explained Marino.

The researchers called for making healthy, plantbased foods more available and affordable to help advance the end of the epidemic. “Our findings are a call for governments and those who develop protocols to prioritize healthy eating and welfare with influential policies,” Marino said.

(IANS)

Kelly Clarkson declared legally single amid lengthy divorce proceedings CNN’s Chris Cuomo accused of

source told PEOPLE she’s “more than fine.”

“She is doing great and facing forward,” a first source told PEOPLE at the time. “She’s enjoying the fact that she has the kids for the vast majority of the

time and is enjoying time spent with them.”

Clarkson filed for divorce from Blackstock in June 2020. In November, the judge granted Clarkson primary physical custody of their children River

‘Shang-Chi’ director and co-writer share favorite reactions to Marvel hit

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y a l l a c c o u n t s, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings has been one of Hollywood’s most triumphant success stories in a long time. “There was a 22-year-old young man who posted a picture of him

and his dad going to watch the movie and he just said, ‘Thank you for healing my relationship with my father,’” Cretton laughed, calling to mind the film’s deep family themes — and complicated relationship between Shang-Chi and his

omnipotent father Wenwu (Tony Leung) — that have resonated with many firstgeneration viewers. “It’s nice, because it is a family movie about a family coming together. And it’s nice to see families going together to watch the movie.”

“I got a DM from a cousin of mine,” Callaham recalled. “She sent me a very gushing DM saying how proud she was to know a person involved in the movie and that it’s the first time she felt proud to be Asian when she watched the movie, which really messed me up — in a good way.”

Rose, 7, and Remington Alexander, 5.

“When she doesn’t work, she is all about being a mom,” a second source told PEOPLE in August.

“She loves being with her kids.” “Occasionally, she even takes her kids to work,” the insider added.

“It’s obvious that she wants to spend as much time with them as possible.” Most recently, Clarkson and her two children made a summer vacation trip to Disney World in Florida.

Also in August, Clarkson requested that she reclaim her last name as a judge upheld the former couple’s prenup.

Blackstock had contested the document, which

protects Clarkson’s assets — including the Montana ranch where he is currently living, TMZ reports — and income earned during the marriage, arguing that each should instead be split between the two.

When she was granted primary custody of her two children in November 2020, a source told PEOPLE that she was “pleased” with the ruling.

“As Kelly has said, her first priority in all of this is to take care of the kids and all the hearts that are involved in this divorce,” said the source. “It’s been a hard time for everyone, but Kelly’s pleased with the court’s ruling regarding custody.”

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former ABC News executive accused CNN anchor Chris Cuomo of sexually harassing her, describing in an essay published on Friday in the New York Times how he grabbed her buttocks at a colleague’s farewell party in 2005. Shelley Ross had been Cuomo’s boss when he worked at ABC, a role she had just left when Cuomo embraced her at the party in New York City, according to the essay.

“I can do this now that you’re no longer my boss,”

Ross quotes Cuomo as telling her after he gripped her in a bear hug and moved one hand down to “firmly grab and squeeze the cheek of my buttock.” Ross wrote that she pushed him away, and Cuomo then noticed her husband was behind her, watching. Earlier this

year, Cuomo was forced to apologize to CNN viewers for giving advice to the staff of his brother, Andrew Cuomo, who at the time was facing calls to resign as governor of New York after multiple women accused the powerful politician of sexual harassment. Chris Cuomo said it was inappropriate for him to advise on the scandal while working as a CNN journalist.

In a statement, Cuomo acknowledged the 2005 episode with Ross, saying it was not sexual in nature.

Twitter shows off new concepts for filtering, limiting replies

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icro-blogging site Twitter is working to limit the toxic replies users can get on its website by offering tools that allow them to be more proactive in preventing them from going through. In the future, those tools could include a feature that lets you filter potentially offensive replies and another that lets you limit potentially unwelcome accounts from replying, Engadget reported on Saturday. Twitter Senior

Product Designer Paula Barcante has released a sneak peek of the features, which are merely concepts at the moment, to seek input from users. Barcante said Twitter will ask you if you’d like to switch on those controls if it detects potentially harmful replies to your tweets.

If your reply filter is on, Twitter won’t show you or anyone else, except the user who wrote the response, the harmful tweets it detects.

If you decide to limit unwelcome accounts, users who’ve recently shown patterns of breaking rules won’t be able to reply to your tweets at all.

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elly Clarkson is officially a single woman. A judge signed off on a legal dissolution of her marriage from Brandon Blackstock in early August, PEOPLE confirms, a year and three months after Clarkson filed for divorce.

In July, Clarkson, 39, requested that the judge declare her legally divorced in legal documents obtained

by PEOPLE. Clarkson reasoned that she and Blackstock, 44, “both deserve the opportunity to build a new life.”

In August — after an L.A. County judge ordered her to pay Blackstock 200,000 a month in spousal and child support — a

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kshay Kumarstarrer cop drama “Soor yavanshi” is set to open worldwide theatrically on Diwali, director Rohit Shetty announced on Saturday.

The 48-year-old director took to social media to share the new release date of the film hours after Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray announced the reopening of cinema halls in the state from October 22.

“Thanks to our Honourable Chief Minister, Shri Uddhav Thackeray, theatres in Maharashtra to reopen from 22nd October.

And FINALLY!!! we can say, This DIWALI…AA RAHI HAI POLICE…,” Shetty wrote.

Earlier in the day, a delegation of filmmakers and theatre owners including Shetty met Thackeray to discuss the reopening of cinema halls across Maharashtra, a key territory for movie business – which was shut since April this K Y M C

year due to the second wave of COVID-19.

In a Twitter post, Kumar also said he was grateful to the CM for allowing the cinemas to run. “So many families would be thanking Sh Uddhav Thackeray today!

Grateful for allowing the reopening of cinema halls in Maharashtra from Oct 22. Ab kisi ke roke na rukegi - AA RAHI HAI POLICE #Sooryavanshi #Diwali2021” he wrote.

“Sooryavanshi” was originally scheduled to release on March 24, 2020, but was delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic, which led to theatre shutdown across the country. The makers then planned a Diwali 2020 premiere but had to postpone it to April 30 this year.

It is the fourth film in Shetty’s cop universe, which also features blockbusters Ajay Devgn’s “Singham”, “Singham Returns”, and Ranveer Singh’s “Simmba”.

Both Devgn and Singh will be seen in cameo appearances in “Sooryavanshi”, which also features Katrina Kaif. The upcoming film is presented by Reliance Entertainment and produced by Rohit Shetty Picturez in association with Dharma Productions and Cape of Good Films.

“Sooryavanshi” will be the first big Bollywood project to release in theatres during the pandemic. It will have a box office clash with Marvel Studios’ much-anticipated epic adventure movie “Eternals”, which is scheduled to hit the screens on November 5.

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Durand Cup: B’luru FC overcome Army Green to enter semi-finals

A glimpse from the match between Bengaluru FC and Army Green (Durand Cup)

KO L K ATA , S E P 2 5 (PTI): Kolkata, Sep 25 (IANS): Bengaluru FC (BFC) came from behind to beat Army Green 3-2 in the final quarter-final encounter of the 130th Durand Cup at the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan

(VYBK) on Saturday and set up a last-four clash with FC Goa on Wednesday.

Wungngayam Muirang, Leon Augustine, and Namgyal Bhutia struck for BFC while Lallawmkima and Vibin T. V. struck for the Greens, both

incidentally via penalties.

Army Green created pressure early on and were rewarded for that as Lallawmkima scored from the spot in the 9th minute to give them the lead.

However, the Naushad Moosa-coached BFC

did not take long to bounce back as Muirang scored the equalizer in the 20th minute, courtesy of a magical free-kick that curled into the back of the net, giving Green’s keeper Sarath no chance whatsoever.

Bengaluru played an attacking game post that and created quite a few chances but failed to convert any of them in the first half.

However, they did not take long to go ahead in the second session as Leon Augustine scored the second goal for his team just minutes after the restart.

Bhutia then scored the third just before the threequarter hour mark to give the Blues a comfortable two-goal cushion.

Dip Majumdar and Deepak Singh did create some chances and put pressure on the Bengaluru goal but the Blues defence did well to keep the lead intact.

In the last few minutes, Army Green pulled one back, through another spot-kick but it was all over by then.

AFI relaxes entry standards for Under-23 Nationals

KOCHI, SEP 25 (AGENCIES): With just two days to go for the first National Under-23 Championships, the Athletics Federation of India has relaxed the entry standards for a few events in the three-day meet which will be held in New Delhi from September 27 to 29.

According to the new list released on Saturday, the qualification standard for the men’s javelin throw, which attracted just four entries, has been brought down from the original 75m to 72m. The other events where the entry standards have been revised are all in the women’s section: in the 200m (25s from 24.5s), 400m (56s from 55), 5000m (17:30.00s from 17:00.00), 10,000m (37:00.00s from 36:00.00), and 400m hurdles (1:03.00s from 1:02.00).

AFI has also brought in a fresh entry standards list for Under-20 athletes who are keen to compete in the Under-23 Nationals. The complete list is available on the AFI’s website (https:// indianathletics.in/). The registration for the event has been opened again and will now close at 2pm Sept 26.

‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’: AR flags off cycle rally in Mokokchung Correspondent

MOKOKCHUNG, SEP 25 (NPN): Mokokchung battalion of Assam Rifles under the aegis of Headquarters IGAR (North) flagged off a two-day long Cycle Rally on September 25 to commemorate 75 Years of Indian Independence with the theme “Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav”.

The Cycle Rally team comprised of 11 cyclists, who will cover a distance of 50 Kms from Impur to Changki over the next two days.

The ceremony was

ing Ao, Shaurya Chakra (Retd) who served in 3 Assam Rifles during Burmese Campaign by video streaming.

Besides being an initiative to foster the spirit of adventure and motivate the youth to join Indian Armed Forces, the expedition also aimed to spread awareness about the following issues: drug abuse and trafficking, no peace, no development, lets give peace a chance, reduce your risk of Covid-19 inParticipants of the cycle rally on Saturday. (NP) fection, stop child abuse, attended by SP Mokokc- 25 ex-servicemen from by places. The rally was say no to child abuse and hung, Aotula Imchen and Mokokchung and near- flagged off by Hav Mer- nation first, nation always.

Brazil defender Alves to not sign for any club until 2022 S A O PA U L O , SEP 25 (AGENCIES): B r a z i l defender Dani Alves Dani Alves has decided not to join any club until the end of the year, the 38-year-old said after terminating his contract with Sao Paulo following a dispute over unpaid salaries.

Sao Paulo said this month Alves would no longer play for them after he refused to

return to training and told the club he wanted to be paid. Neither Alves nor the club cited a figure, but Brazilian newspaper O Globo said the club owed him around $2 million. After his exit from Sao Paulo, Alves had been linked in local media with a host of leading Brazilian clubs, including Fluminense and Flamengo. Alves, who led Brazil to an Olympic gold medal in Tokyo last month, was left out of coach Tite’s squad for next month’s World Cup qualifiers.

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Bhupathi-Paes explain their ‘chest bump’ celebration in ‘Break Point’

MUMBAI, SEP 25 (IANS): Iconic tennis stars Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes have opened up about their chest bump celebrations, in the upcoming documentary series ‘Break Point’.

Leander said: “Mahesh was very introverted and quiet. Our opponents would always attack him and I would be the one out there fighting against the bullies like I did when I was in school. I felt that I had to evoke a sense of physical ag-

gression out of him. While Mahesh was in a shell and was quiet, I was pumping with adrenaline.”

Leander added that in one of their earlier matches, he was at the net and looked back at Mahesh after a point, and he was quiet.

He shared: “I thought I have to rattle him up a bit otherwise we are not going to win this match. I started running towards him and I could see his eyes getting scared. I just jumped up to

his chest and I thumped him in his chest. And then it became a thing.” “Whenever we were low on energy, we chest bumped. Whenever we were wanting to turn a match around, we chest bumped.”

Mahesh shared: “I am pretty sure that the first time we did the chest bump was when we played our first Davis Cup match together. Considering the height difference, everything between us was spontaneous.

It worked.

3rd WODI: Under-pressure Indian bowlers gear up to prevent clean sweep

MACKAY (AUSTRALIA), SEP 25 (PTI): India’s under-fire bowlers will need to put up a muchimproved show as they face the ignominy of a clean sweep against an Australian team, which is looking for its 27th win on the trot, during the third and final women’s ODI here on Sunday.

A marginal no-ball call off the final delivery bowled by Jhulan Goswami found India won the wrong side of the result in the second WODI. The match indeed was a humdinger but not being able to defend a total as big as 274 after having the home team on the mat for the better part doesn’t speak highly of Mithali Raj’s outfit.

There is a trend in cricket, the sides that snatch defeat from the jaws of victory in close games like India did on Friday, end up losing both momentum and confidence in their next few games.

The manner in which Beth Mooney, who opened in absence of Rachel Haynes along with Tahlia McGrath and Nicola Carey, snatched the game away would hurt for a long time.

And they could do it with ease without any contribution from one of their best batters Alussa Healy and the iconic captain Meg Lanning.

India’s bowling attack barring Goswami, who is in a league of her own, hasn’t delivered throughout 2021. A lot of it is due to the fact that the Indian cricket establishment failed to find a worthy new ball partner for Goswami once Amita Sharma left the scene a decade back.

Shikha Pandey is very hardworking cricketer but could never measure up to the level of being a regular

partner for Goswami and neither the likes of Mansi Joshi, Puja Vastrakar, Monica Patel could instil any confidence.

Niranjana Nagarajan was put in cold storage by the cricket system and Meghana Singh is still raw and requires time to deliver.

The spin department was India’s strength but stronger opposition teams have now measured up how to play Poonam Yadav’s loopy leg breaks and thus she has largely become ineffective.

Deepti Sharma, at least in bowling, has been consistent but is more of a restrictive bowler without skill-sets to run through an opposition.

One could sense a bit of complacency in Yadav, who seemed to have taken her place for granted knowing that there aren’t good enough replacements in the horizon.

Ditto for Deepti, whose overall game hasn’t improved one bit in the last four years since the 2021 WODI World Cup. She still gets stuck in the middle overs where the team loses momentum and this happens even after playing in all big T20 leagues across the globe.

How Mithali, who herself is facing the heat because of her pedestrian strike-rate, would manage to lift the team is the big question.

She has scored a lot of half-centuries of late but save the one that came in an inconsequential win in England, most of those r uns has added to her growing tally of 20,000 plus international runs without much help to the team. If India lose this series 0-3, chances of which look imminent, then they would have lost nine out of their last 11 50-over

games which isn’t the best preparation going into the WODI World Cup in New Zealand early next year.

Mithali and Deepti are the two weak links in this batting line-up when it comes to scoring runs at a quick clip. They have in the past year wasted an awful lot of deliveries putting the other batters under tremendous pressure and the below-par team totals have made it even more difficult for the bowling attack.

It could be said that Indian captain’s run-out after scoring 8 off 23 balls proved to be a blessing in disguise as Smriti Mandhana and Richa Ghosh could again up the ante which was lost after Shafali Verma’s departure.

In case Harmanpreet Kaur is available, it would be great but the Indian vice-captain has also been in poor form so no one knows how much of a difference will it make in such a situation.

TEAMS FROM India: Mithali Raj (Captain), Harmanpreet Kaur (vice-captain), Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Punam Raut, Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma, Sneh Rana, Yastika Bhatia, Taniya Bhatia (wicketkeeper), Shikha Pandey, Jhulan Goswami, Meghna Singh, Pooja Vastrakar, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Poonam Yadav, Richa Ghosh, Ekta Bisht.

Australia: Meg Lanning (captain), Darcie Brown, Maitlan Brown, Stella Campbell, Nicola Carey, Hannah Darlington, Ashleigh Gardner, Alyssa Healy, Tahlia McGrath, Sophie Molineux, Beth Mooney, Ellyse Perry, Georgia Redmayne, Molly Strano, Annabel Sutherland, Tayla Vlaeminck, Georgia Wareham. Match Starts at 5:35 am IST.

Champion Atletico Madrid suffers shock loss at Alaves

Deportivo Alaves players celebrate after the match.

VITORIA (SPAIN) SEP 25 (AGENCIES): Atletico Madrid’s Spanish title defence was dealt a blow as it suffered a shock 1-0 defeat at lowly Alaves in LaLiga on Saturday.

Centre-back Victor Laguardia’s fourth-minute header from a Ruben Duarte corner was enough for the host to secure its first win of the season as it moved off the foot of the table.

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tion later on Saturday when it hosts Villarreal. “We need to improve and ensure that our games are more consistent, because right now they really aren’t,” Simeone said.

“It’s always tough when the opposition closes up shop. We didn’t have the kind of speed or skill needed to undo them. The most important thing for us is to improve and grow and I’m confident we’re heading in the right direction with the work we’re doing,” he added. Atleti huffed and puffed as it attempted to find

a way back into the match after such an early blow, but was kept out by admirable defending from the host.

Marcos Llorente, Luis Suarez and substitute Angel Correa all went close for the visitor and Laguardia headed Kieran Trippier’s shot off the line.

Tomas Pina missed a glorious chance to double Alaves’s lead nine minutes from time, but fired over when unmarked on the penalty spot - but his side hung on to claim a first victory over Atleti since 2003.

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IPL 2021: Shami, Bishnoi script win for Punjab Dijanglung wins ping pong C’ship

SHARJAH, SEP 25 (PTI): Young leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi snared three wickets as Punjab Kings dished out a clinical bowling display to beat struggling Sunrisers Hyderabad by five runs in a low-scoring but entertaining Indian Premier League match here on Saturday.

The 21-year-old Bishnoi (3/24) ran through the SRH middle order after veteran India pacer Mohammed Shami rocked the run chase early on by dismissing both David Warner (2) and captain Kane Williamson (1) cheaply in the first and third overs respectively.

Chasing 126 for a win on a slow Sharjah Cricket Stadium track, SRH ended at 120 for 7 in 20 overs to end their hopes of making it to the play-offs. Punjab, however, kept their hopes alive as they grabbed the fifth place with 8 points from 10 matches.

West Indian Jason Holder raised hopes of a dramatic win for SRH with a late onslaught of 47 off just 29 balls with the help of five sixes but in the end SRH were short by five runs.

SRH needed 21 from

Aiden Markram and Chris Gayle of Punjab Kings during match at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium Saturday. (PTI)

the final two overs and Arshdeep Singh conceded just four runs from the penultimate over. Needing 17 runs from the final over bowled

by Nathan Ellis, Holder hit a six in the second ball but SRH needed a six to tie the score and take the match to Super Over. But Holder, who had taken three wickets for 19 runs in the Punjab Kings innings, could score just one run from the final ball.

SRH were 20 for 2 after Power Play and Bishnoi took the centre stage from then onwards as he removed the next three batsmen to stifle the SRH run chase.

First, he had Manish Pandey (13) in the eighth over before dismissing Kedar Jadhav (12) and Abdul Samad (1). From 43 for 3 at the halfway mark, SRH were 60 for 5 in the 13th over.

The arrival of Jason Holder at the crease gave some hopes to SRH as the West Indian hit two sixes to take 16 runs from the 16th over bowled by Nathan Ellis. SRH needed 35 from the final four overs and Wriddhiman Shah (31) was set at the other end but he got run out in the 17th over in a horrible mix-up.

Earlier, Holder’s impressive spell of three wickets for 19 runs helped SRH restrict Punjab Kings to 125 for 7 after being sent in to bat. Punjab Kings batsmen struggled to get going on a slow wicket and failed to stitch any big partnership, the highest being the 30-run stand between Chris Gayle and Aiden Markram, who top-scored with a 32-ball 27, for the third wicket.

Captain KL Rahul had scored 49 in the previous match but got dismissed early this time as he fell to Holder’s first ball for a runa-ball 21 in the fifth over.

The other opener Mayank Agarwal (5), who had scored 67 against Rajasthan Royals on Tuesday, was out four balls later as he sliced a Holder delivery to Kane Williamson at mid off.

Punjab Kings were

29 for 2 after Power Play and could have been three wickets down the next over but David Warner dropped Markram off Khaleel Ahmed. The Mohali-based side were 55 for 2 at halfway mark. Chris Gayle shunned playing his trademark bighitting shots but got dimissed for 14 off 17 balls off the bowling of Rashid Khan.

Nicholas Pooran (8) followed his senior West Indian colleague to the dressing room the next over, while Markram’s promising innings ended in the 15th over while looking for big shots to accelerate the innings. Deepak Hooda (13) hit some lusty blows before substitute fielder J Suchith plucked the ball out of thin air in an outstanding fielding effort to dismiss the batsman.

Punjab Kings took 14 runs from the final over bowled by Bhuvneshwar Kumar to end their innings at 125 for 7.

DC thrash RR by 33 runs: Delhi Capitals thrashed Rajasthan Royals by 33 runs in their Indian Premier League (IPL) match in Abu Dhabi on Saturday.

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KO H I M A , S E P 2 5 (NPN): Reigning Nagaland Open Table Tennis Champion Dijanglung Kamson emerged as the winner at the two-day Open Nagaland Ping Pong Championship organised

by Northeast India Academy of Performing Arts (NIAPA) at Table Tennis Stadium, here Saturday.

In the final match, Kamson defeated Seyievilie Seyie in a seven-set match and went on to win the title along with certificates and cash reward of Rs 15,000.

Seyie in the runner-up position received certificate and a cash reward of Rs 10,000. Meanwhile, in the women’s singles Avitoli K Yepthomi beat Akshita Jain and emerged as the winner.

In the men’s doubles, Kevirielie Dzüvichü and Kevichatuo Liezietsu overcame Vitho Neikha and Vikou Metha to win the doubles title.

In the mixed doubles, Thejavinuo Rio and Meyinukshi Longkumer emerged as the winners beating Avitoli K Yepthomi and Limasanen in

Md Ali Shihab and Kesonyü Yhome with oganisers and winners of the championship on Saturday. (NP)

the finals.

Other subtitles of the championship included youngest male and female participants which were awarded to 13-year-old Kesinuo Dzüvichü and 16-year-old Kanishk Jain respectively while the oldest was 55-year-old Victor Joy Ezung.

Metevituo Kintso and Nancy Oinam were picked as the most promising players male and female participants by the organisers.

A total of 60 participants including nine females took part in the twoday championship.

Speaking as guest during the prize distribution ceremony, additional secretary power, Md Ali Shihab, urged the players to create their own moments in or-

der to excel in the field they have chosen.

He said every Olympian and world class athlete started their professional careers from basic platforms such as this. Shihab said that it was now the responsibility of the players to take their performance to the next level.

He exhorted them to be mindful with their leisure time and not waste it on unproductive endeavours.

Shihab also lauded the organiser for contributing to the society with such initiatives and called upon the players to emulate their benevolent gesture towards the wellbeing of the people.

Shihab later congratulated the winners and also handed out the prizes.

Sania Mirza in Raducanu decides to drop coach Richardson Lando Norris takes first pole doubles final at of F1 career at Russian GP Ostrava Open

SOCHI, SEP 25 (AGENCIES): McLaren’s Lando Norris secured an incredible first F1 pole position after a chaotic end to a wet-dry Russian GP qualifying, as Carlos Sainz and George Russell also finished in the top three while big favourite Lewis Hamilton was made to rue a pit-lane crash and a spin on his final lap.

Hamilton will only start fourth for Sunday’s race as, in dramatic circumstances, he failed to capitalise on title rival Max Verstappen’s engine penalty.

The world champion had been in control of a damp Sochi shootout before the field gambled onto soft tyres at the end of Q3 - and Hamilton hit the wall when driving slowly through the pits, and broke his front wing. Mercedes were able to repair his car but Hamilton then only had one lap on the slick tyres in difficult drying conditions, while other drivers were able to build up to one final flying effort.

McLaren driver Lando Norris celebrates taking pole position.

Sainz was the first driver to overhaul Hamilton, who had provisional pole, before Norris then stormed through to top qualifying for the first time in his dazzling young F1 career, beating the Ferrari by half a second.

“It feels amazing,” said Norris after backing up McLaren’s Italian GP win in style In more surprise scenes, Russell displayed his qualifying brilliance in the Williams once again by pipping Hamilton - his team-mate at Mercedes next year - with an epic late surge.

Hamilton, lacking grip in his tyres, wasn’t improving on his last lap and then spun and nudged into the wall in the final sector.

“Twice in the wall... that’s very rare for me,” said Hamilton. “I’m really sorry to all the team because that’s not what you expect from a champion.” He is still set to start Sunday’s race 16 places ahead of Verstappen, who he trails by five points in the championship, but missed out on a big opportunity to dominate the weekend from pole.

OSTRAVA (CZECH REPUBLIC), SEP 25 (IANS): Sania Mirza and her Chinese partner Zhang Shuai stormed into the women’s doubles final at the Ostrava Open WTA tennis championship, beating Japan’s Eri Hozumi and Makoto Ninomiya in straight sets on Saturday. Sania-Zhang, seeded second here, defeated the Japanese pair 6-2, 7-5 in an hour and 20 minutes and await the winner of the other semi-final between Pola’d’s Magda Linette and Bernarda Pera of the USA, the top seeds, and the American-Kiwi team of Kaitlyn Christian and Erin Routliffe.

Sania and Zhang had reached the semi-finals by beating Anna Danilina of Kazakhstan and Lidziya Marozava of Belarus 6-3, 2-6 10-6. In the semi-final clash, Sania and Zhang opened up a 4-0 lead and though they were broken in the fifth game, the IndoChinese pair maintained their serve after that as they won the set 6-2.

LO N D O N, S E P 2 5 (AGENCIES): US Open winner Emma Raducanu has decided to replace coach Andrew Richardson with someone who has the experience to keep her at the top level on the WTA Tour.

Richardson, who coached British youth players, worked with Raducanu at Bromley Tennis Centre near her Kent home and then went with the 18-year-old to New York, where she entered her second major in the qualifying rounds.

He replaced Nigel Sears, Andy Murray’s father-in-law, who Raducanu dropped after reaching the round of 16 at Wimbledon in July.

“After Wimbledon, I was ranked around 200 in the world and at the time I thought Andrew would be a great coach to trial so we went to the States but never did I even dream of winning the US Open,” Raducanu said at an event staged by the British Lawn Tennis Association at the

Emma Raducanu

National Tennis Centre.

“At this stage in my career, and playing the top players in the world, I realised I really need someone right now that has had that WTA Tour experience at the high levels,” she said.

“I’m so new to it, I really need someone to guide me who’s already been through that.

She said it had been tough to axe Richardson after they had shared the euphoria of her US triumph.

“Obviously having such an experience with your team, it’s tough to have that conversation

with anyone, but I think for me it’s just really what I need,” she said.

Raducanu’s seeming ruthlessness was backed up by one of the most experienced coaches on the women’s tour, Patrick Mouratoglou, who has guided Serena Williams since 2012.

Speaking to AFP on Friday the Frenchman said: “young Emma Raducanu...really impressed me. But now the ‘crap’ starts.”

Raducanu, who only played her first WTA tournament at Nottingham in June and then played two

more tour events in the run up to the US Open, said she is weighing when to return to action.

The prestigious Indian Wells tournament is due to begin on October 6.

“Wherever I play next, I’m going to make sure I’m ready. I don’t want to jump into things too early,” she said.

R a d u c a n u ’s N e w York success means she is ranked 22 in the world and could still qualify for the end-of-season WTA Finals.

“I would never even have dreamed of before because it was just so far out of reach,” she said.

“My priority is putting in the best possible pre-season that I can so I can start strong next year.”

Raducanu was feted in New York following her triumph. She attended the glitzy Met Gala and became an ambassador for New York-based luxury jewellery brand Tiffany.

“All the opportunities I’m getting have been very fun, but where I really want to be is on a tennis court.”

Fernandes misses last-gasp penalty as Villa shock Man Utd Asia’s fastest man Bingtian sees MANCHESTER, SEP 25 (AGENCIES): Bruno Fernandes blazed a stoppage-time penalty over the crossbar as Aston Villa earned a shock 1-0 victory at a below-par Manchester United in the Premier League on Saturday.

Kortney Hause’s 88thminute header put Villa on course for their first league win over United since 2009, but the defender’s handball gifted United an opportunity to steal a point, only for Fernandes to miss the target.

Since Cristiano Ronaldo re-signed for United, there has been much debate over who will take penalties and free-kicks this season – last term’s spotkick taker Fernandes or his fellow Portuguese.

It was Fernandes who took the first direct freekick on Saturday, firing into the wall, with Ronaldo getting the next one, and Fernandes, following Hause’s handball, never looked back as he placed the ball on the spot in the 92nd minute.

But last season’s top scorer missed only his second spot-kick for the club to the dismay of an expectant crowd.

Aston Villa’s Kortney Hause celebrates scoring their first goal on Saturday.

“First of all the way they (Villa players) get round the penalty spot, get round Bruno and that, that’s not to my liking,” United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said.

“Bruno is usually very good in those positions and, unfortunately, he missed this one.”

In truth, United got what they deserved. Villa had two great opportunities to break the deadlock in the first half with fullback Matt Targett blazing over from two metres out before Ollie Watkins was

denied by a fine save from United goalkeeper David de Gea. The home side, encouraged by a frustrated Old Trafford crowd, stepped it up late in the match, but Hause climbed highest to stun the hosts before Fernandes’ miss and, United tasted league defeat for the first time this season.

That second successive home loss in all competitions means United dropped to fourth in the standings on goal difference, with the top four

sides all on 13 points. Villa climbed to seventh.

Solskjaer called for a fast start from his side in his programme notes having seen his team often struggle to get going, and that is exactly what he got as Fernandes wasted a great chance inside two minutes.

However, the hosts tailed off and really should have gone behind at halftime as Targett and Watkins missed great opportunities.

The home fans were getting restless as the Premier League’s top goal-

scorers struggled to create clear-cut chances, with two headers as close as United came to breaking the deadlock before the break.

The game opened up as the second half wore on with Mason Greenwood going close before De Gea denied Watkins with another fine save.

But the Spanish stopper could do nothing as Hause powered his header home, sparking wild scenes of celebration in the away end.

The headlines, however, went to Fernandes, as his miss gave Villa a famous and thoroughly deserved success.

“It (a Villa win at Old Trafford) has been a long time coming,” Villa coach Dean Smith said. “Our performance levels have been good the last couple of times we’ve been here.

“What that does is it gives an awful lot of belief to the players now.”

SATURDAY’S MATCH RESULTS Chelsea 0-1 Man City Everton 2-0 Norwich Leeds 1-2 West Ham Leicester 2-2 Burnley Watford 1-1 Newcastle

bright future for Chinese sprinting BEIJING, SEPT 25 (AGENCIES): Asia’s fastest man, Su Bingtian, has backed Chinese sprinters to keep improving after a summer when the 32-yearold became the first athlete from the country to reach the final of the 100 metres at the Olympic Games.

Su led the United team - essentially China’s national squad - to gold in the 4x100 metres relay at the National Games on Friday, following his performance in the Tokyo Games, where he broke the Asian record in the semifinals of 100 metres.

The Guangdong native, who finished sixth in the 100 metres in Tokyo, also won gold in the individual event this week at the National Games in Xi’an.

He expressed confidence China is producing sprinters capable of following in his footsteps.

“From today’s event, I can see a bright future for Chinese sprinting,” Su, who was appearing at his fourth National Games, said according to Xinhua.

“The top four in the final all broke the 38-second barrier, which really inspires me, because only the national team could do

Su Bingtian of China

it a few years ago. “Chinese sprinting is on the right path, and the National Games is an important stage for promising sprinters before they attend the Olympic Games.”

Su set the Asian record for the 100m at 9.83 seconds to qualify for the Olympic final before running 9.95 seconds in the Xi’an Olympic Center on Tuesday to win the title at the quadrennial National Games.

Xie Zhenye is the only other Chinese sprinter to have run under 10 seconds for the distance, which he managed in 2018 before suffering a series of injuries that have affected his subsequent performances.

Winner of the National Games title in 2017, Xie ran

10.10 seconds to finish second behind Su on Tuesday as he continues his return to top form.

Xie’s “limit is definitely not 10.10,” said Su after the 100m final.

“He has been hampered by the injuries. This is not his best performance.

I trust in Xie to have better results next year when he competes at the Asian Games in Hangzhou.

“We shouldn’t just question an athlete when he’s not at his best. Instead, we need to help and encourage him to regain his momentum.

“I will use my experiences to influence more people and let them appreciate Chinese athletes.”

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