28 MAY 2022

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Vol XXXII No. 171

DIMAPUR, SATURDAY, MAY 28, 2022 Pages 12 ` 5.00

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Core Committee, NSCN (I-M) to hold meeting today Staff Reporter

DIMAPUR, MAY 27 (NPN): Parliamentar y Core Committee on Naga Political Issue and the NSCN (I-M) will be holding a meeting at Police complex, Chümoukedima on May 28.

As reported, the meeting with NSCN(I-M) comes in the wake of strong speculations that the government of India may have already made up its mind about securing a broadbased agreement to solve the Naga political issue.

Sources also said that the core committee meeting with the NSCN (I-M) was crucial as NSCN (IM) is scheduled to hold its “Emergency National Assembly” on May 31, during which the group is expected to make major decision/ adopt resolutions.

The core committee may also likely meet with the WC, NNPGs. With momentum for Naga political solution gaining significant grounds, there were speculations doing the rounds that something can be expected soon.

Road work: PH accuses contractor of threatening leaders

D I M A P U R , M AY 2 7 (NPN): Pochury Hoho (PH) has accused the contractor and proprietor of M/S Rhino Construction, who has been awarded three road contract works under Meluri sub-division, of threatening and intimidating the area leaders.

In a press release, PH president Chonpa Jurry stated that the contractor Lhuosakuolie Metha (L Metha) of Tichüma village, Kohima district, was awarded contract for constructing—Lephori to Molhe (26 Km), Akhen to Star Lake (15Km) and T01 (Akash Bridge) to Kanjang (38km).

However, PH said without executing the works the funds have been withdrawn.

PH, the apex body of the Pochury community, said that people of the area have been appealing to the contractor for proper execution of works as per specification. However, the contractor instead of executing the works, threatened intimidated the area leaders.

During the meeting between the contractor and public leaders on Feb 23, 2020 at Lephori village, PH claimed the contractor had gone to the extent of threatening the Pochury citizens living in Kohima.

ACAUT sets demands to curb illegal tax collection

D I M A P U R , M AY 2 7 (NPN): ACAUT Nagaland has expressed its appreciation and gratitude to governor Prof Jagdish Mukhi for exercising special power provided under Article 371(A) vis-à-vis law and order by issuing the comprehensive Home Department notification of 19 May 2022 with stringent directives to curb “illegal collection of money at check gates” throughout the State.

Claiming that it had always asserted that unabated taxation was one of the main causes of factionalism, ACAUT in a press release hoped that the latest notification against illegal taxation would lead to a step closer for Naga Political settlement.

The group termed setting up of control room with 24×7 helpline numbers, constituting inspection teams in all districts and putting up prominent signage in

all check-gate as truly commendable strategic decisions.

Meanwhile, as specific order was to be obtained from the Home Department for interstate check-gates to operate after May 31, 2022 ACAUT said it would like to ensure that there was no stone left unturned to implement this landmark notification. Hence, it placed forth 10-point charter of demands in public interest.

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ACAUT’S 10-POINT CHARTER OF DEMANDS 1. With the Goods and Services Tax (GST) imposed nationally since 2017 all other taxes are subsumed. The Nagaland State Goods and Services Tax (SGST) Department should ensure that no Act or law on taxation should not be in contravention with the Central GST. 2. The imposition of royalty and tax on forest and mineral items with transit permit (TP) from other states by both by the Department of Forest and the Department of Geology and Mining is unlawful in the first place and amounts to double taxation which should be done away with immediately.

3. The insistence of paper slip for entry of commercial vehicle with registration number at whichever check- gates serves as the information centre for tracking and sending SMS system for Illegal tax collection. Instead, GST e bill should be scanned and verified.

4. Any authorized

toll/tax levied should have services and facilities provided. For instance, the Department of Veterinary should have a quarantine for animals at the border check gates for issuing of the mandatory pass.

5. Any aggrieved party or individuals should now be able to send photo or video evidences anonymously in the given helpline numbers and email. CCTV should also be immediately installed in all authorized check gates.

6. The lessee system practiced by Municipal Councils in Nagaland, should henceforth be done away completely.

7. The Divisional Bench should uphold the 18/5/2022 Home Department Notification, to make it a statutory judgment to serve as a precedent in all cases related to illegal taxation in Nagaland.

8. The police should be given more teeth and power by the State by legislating an Act like the ‘Maharashtra Crime Control

Act’ and ‘Uttar Pradesh Goondas Act’ to act as a deterrent.

9. The High Powered Commission (HPC) headed by Justice H K Sema was the outcome of the ACAUT Public Rally in 2013 and had submitted its detailed report in 2015, with findings and recommendations which should now be intra vires for any investigation or legal proceeding and in policy making for the whole gamut of illegal taxation in the State of Nagaland.

10. Other than deployment of normal personnel and officers, a dedicated unit, comprising of upright police personnel along with magistrates in a particular district may be tasked for overseeing the enforcement of the Home department Notification, adequately backed with ground mobile police squad for patrolling within zones in a district.

Special police units of two or more districts may be placed under the rank of a senior SP or a DIG.

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SH, AKM, CNSA back Nagaland leaders for speaking for Naga political solution D I M A P U R , M AY 2 7 (NPN): More organisations expressed dismay over tirade between NSCN(I-M) and other Naga leaders, including Dr. S.C. Jamir for voicing their stand on Naga political issue.

SH: Taking note of the “current media tirade between NSCN (I-M) and tall Naga leaders including Dr. SC Jamir”, Sümi Hoho has appealed to the leaders of all the Naga political group and the public leaders to refrain from attacking each other.

In a press release, SH president I Nikheto Jimomi and general secretary Dr. Vihuto Asumi said that the Nagas, for more than half a century, have been eagerly anticipating an amicable political solution to the vexed Naga political issue. However, SH said that the issue has been dragging on thus far “much to the disappointment and against the wishes and

desires of the Naga people”.

The hoho said that the hopes and aspirations of the Nagas have “almost reached a point where all hopes have faded and the patience and trust on the negotiating parties has slowly reached the lowest diminishing point.”

SH stated that tribal Hohos and organizations of Nagaland have been demanding from the Government of India and Naga political groups to bring out the “charter of demands/ competencies” to the public domain as the demands were for the people.

However, SH said that much were still concealed from the public. The hoho expressed the view that such “hidden competencies” should be brought to the knowledge of all the stakeholders before the inking of the final agreement in order to avoid any “acceptance issues” that could arise post-

Isolated heavy rainfall likely

NSCN (I-M) asks legislators not to go overboard on Naga political issue

D I M A P U R , M AY 2 7 (NPN): Nagaland State Disaster Management Authority (NSDMA) has predicted that the state would experience isolated heavy rainfall in the coming days.

NSDMA joint chief executive officer, Johnny Ruangmei, stated that there could be heavy rainfall from May 28-31 all over the state.

However, thunderstorm accompanied with lightning and gusty winds was very likely to occur in certain pockets in the districts of Kohima, Wokha, Kiphire, Mokokchung, Tuensang, Mon and Longleng during this period.

D I M A P U R , M AY 2 7 (NPN): NSCN(I-M) has drawn attention to what it described as use of “unparliamentary and intemperate language” by Nagaland BJP ministers and an NPF political leader, over the Framework Agreement (FA), Naga national flag, constitution and integration.

NSCN(I-M) through its MIP said while such enthusiasm shown by state political leaders was appreciated, this would however tantamount to “over stepping their role as facilitators, when they started jumping beyond their assigned role,

agreement, adding that the negotiating parties “should be aware of such facts.”

It stated that Naga public leaders including Dr. SC Jamir, Y Patton, Temjen Imna Along and others have “voiced out the minds of the people of Nagaland” and have made known to the Naga public the intentions and facts of the Central leaders. As stakeholders, SH said every concerned Naga leader had the right to express their views, opinions and facts to the people “in the interest of early political solution to the vexed Naga issue.”

At such a juncture, the hoho said it was expected from every Naga leader and organization to focus on the earliest amicable settlement of the “Indo-Naga” issue rather than exchanging war of words, which it warned could derail the peaceful atmosphere and cause “adverse developments on the

making bewildering statement on Naga issue”.

NSCN(I-M) noted it was “very amusing why Nagaland BJP ministers and other party leaders are spitting venom against the NSCN”. MIP reminded that NSCN(I-M) had signed the 1997 cease fire for meaningful political dialogue with the government of India in order to secure lasting solution that is honourable and acceptable to Nagas.

Despite a deadlock situation, NSCN(I-M) said it stood for exploring every available means to find a meeting point for a lasting

hopes of the Naga people on the ongoing peace process.”

SH, therefore, appealed to all Naga political groups and public leaders to refrain from attacking each other, but instead come to an understanding with each other “at such a time as this” when the Government of India and the Naga negotiating parties were “seriously engaged to come to a conclusion.”

Further, SH has appealed to all the Nagas to extend the “fullest cooperation and sincere prayers” as the Government of India and the Naga negotiating parties were striving to “hammer out amicable political solution.”

AKM: Ao Students’ Conference (AKM) said it was extremely dismayed by the recent allegations against the veteran Naga political leader by NSCN (I-M) about the former’s statements on the Naga political situation.

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Naga solution. Noting that Nagas had tasted the bitter fruits of the past accords/ agreements, NSCN (I-M) said in no way should another blunder be committed to allow Nagas to be flattered again.

MIP said that the Naga issue was a sensitive because it encompassed historical and political rights of Nagas to exist as free people.

It said this therefore, demanded that the Naga solution should be issue-based guided by the principlebased movement that had lasted for over six decades.

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WVC asks govt to probe into death WHO fears possible community spread of monkeypox of police personnel posted at Delhi D I M A P U R , M AY 2 7 (NPN): Wokha Village Council (WVC) under Wokha district has appealed to the state government to order a speedy investigation into the “strange circumstances surrounding the death of late Renchio Yanthan, lance naik, 7 NAP while posted at Delhi” on April 5, 2022 so that “foulplay, if any… be brought to light and responsibility for same fixed by booking the culprit/s under relevant section/s of law in order to prevent such incident/s in

the future as many Nagaland Police personnel are posted outside in their lines of duty”.

The appeal, signed by WVC chairman Vandan Erui, and handed over Friday to deputy chief minister who is also incharge of the Home, adviser for Law and justice, and DGP Nagaland among others, said late Renchio, hailing from Wokha Village, was posted at Delhi as part of the “Department’s Company rotational posting”.

The appeal, a copy of

which was made available to Nagaland Post, said that on April 4, 2022 late Renchio Yanthan went on routine duty (from 7 a.m. till 2 p.m.).

At around 3 p.m., Erui said Renchio “went to meet one of his friends, Ekonthung Kikon, No. 73553, D. Company, to request him to pay him back some money owed him by the later as he had been granted official leave a week before to go home to Wokha with his train ticket already booked for April 5, 2022”.

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GENEVA, MAY 27 (REUTERS): A World Health Organization senior official on Friday expressed fear about the possible community spread of monkeypox but said that the virus can be contained with the right measures.

Monkeypox, typically a mild viral infection, is endemic in the African countries but its spread to nonendemic countries such as in Europe and the United States has raised concerns. So far, there are more than 200 confirmed or suspected countries in around 20 cases where the virus was not previously circulating. “We think if we put

the right measures in place now we can contain it easily,” Dr. Sylvie Briand, WHO director for Global Infectious Hazard Preparedness said at a technical briefing to member states at the UN health agency’s annual assembly.

She stressed that there was a window of opportunity to prevent further spread, urging the general public not to be worry since transmission is much slower than other viruses such as the coronavirus. WHO officials said that there was no need for mass vaccination at present, but targeted vaccination where available for close contacts of people infected.

“Case investigation, contact tracing, isolation at home will be your best bets,” said Rosamund Lewis, WHO head of the smallpox secretariat.

During a public briefing on Friday, UN health agency said there are still many unanswered questions about how the current epidemic arose, but there is no evidence that any genetic changes in the virus are responsible for the unprecedented epidemic.

Doctors in Britain, Spain, Portugal, Canada, the US and elsewhere have noted that the majority of infections to date have been

in gay and bisexual men, or men who have sex with men. The disease is no more likely to affect people because of their sexual orientation and scientists warn the virus could infect others if transmission isn’t curbed.

Briand said that based on how past outbreaks of the disease in Africa have evolved, the current situation appeared “containable.”

Still, she said WHO expected to see more cases reported in the future, noting “we don’t know if we are just seeing the peak of the iceberg (or) if there are many more cases that are undetected in communities.”

PCC co-founder Margaret Shishak no more Former PD Health dept Power deptt cautions

(Cont’d on p-8) DIMAPUR, MAY 27 (NPN):

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Patkai Christian College (Autonomous) co-founder Margaret Anne Shishak passed away at a private hospital in Dimapur on Friday after a prolonged illness. She was 80. She is survived by her husband, Rev. Dr. Tuisem A Shishak, three sons, three daughters-in-law, two granddaughters and two grandsons.

Born on November 25, 1941 in Washington DC, Margaret Shishak arrived Nagaland in 1973 and founded the PCC at Seithekema, Chumoukedima together with her husband Rev. Tuisem Shishak in 1974.

Family sources said that the funeral service would be held on Monday (May 30) 2 p.m. at Bundrock Auditorium,

Lt Margaret Anne Shishak

Patkai Christian College.

State chief minister Neiphiu Rio has expressed grief over the passing away Margaret Anne Shishak, who he said “does not need any introduction to the people of Nagaland, as she has already become a legendary figure in our State.”

In a condolence message,

Rio said Margaret left a successful and outstanding career in the field of music in USA after her marriage to Rev. Dr Tuishem A Shishak and came to Nagaland and together they started the Patkai Christian College, which was now one of the best colleges in Nagaland, with a deemed university status.

From the very beginning, the chief minister said she was the Director of Music at the PCC, and had groomed hundreds of qualified musicians.

Rio said the void created by her death would be difficult to fill. “At the same time, I salute her for her extraordinary contributions to our society, adopting Nagaland as her home,” the chief minister said

Dr. Medikhru passes away

DIMAPUR, MAY 27 (NPN): Dr. Kevichusa Medikhru, retired principal director (PD), health & family welfare (H&FW), passed away at a private hospital in Dimapur on Thursday night.

Dr. Medikhru first joined government service as assistant surgeon at Naga Hospital, Kohima in 1986.

Besides holding several posts, Dr Kevichusa also held many important assignments in mission mode programmes such as state programme officer of NHRM, mission director, National Health Mission (NHM), nodal officer of Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme as well as Health Intelligence Bureau. He retired from service as PD H&FW department in April 2021.

State chief minister Neiphiu Rio has led others in mourning the demise of the retired officer. Rio expressed deep sadness over the sudden and untimely passing away of Dr. Medikhru and said that his death was a great loss for the State in general, and for the Chakhesang community (Cont’d on p-8) in particular.

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D I M A P U R , M AY 2 7 (NPN): Power department has reminded electricity consumers, especially the bulk consumers (consumers with their own distribution transformers), that some miscreants were continuing to steal the energy meters, cut-out/Kit-Kat and cutting off the copper wire.

In a public notice, Dimapur electrical division executive engineer Y Akito Sema has advised consumers of all categories to secure their energy meters and all other electrical equipment in their premises by way of fencing it properly or customize an enclosure for the energy meters. The department cautioned that it would not bear the cost of

replacements for the energy meters, copper wire or cutout/kit-kat. The department has, therefore, requested consumers to report immediately to the concerned sub-divisional officers to enable the department and the police to catch the culprits.

Further, iron scrap dealers have been cautioned not to entertain/purchase any unauthorized electrical equipment, but contact the concerned sub-divisional officers for any such suspected dealers.

Meanwhile, department has warned that severe action would be initiated against its employees under Dimapur electrical division involving in such activities without further notice.

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STATE

CS stresses on online public services

DIMAPUR: The chief secretary of Nagaland, J Alam on Friday, said the state’s government departments should work towards bringing public services online.

He said that this would not only save time and bring ease of doing business for government offices and public but would also enhance transparency and accountability in the working system.

According to a DIPR report, Alam was speaking at the departmental review meeting of Food & Civil Supplies (F&CS) and Land Records and Survey in the conference hall of the chief secretary, Kohima.

Alam stated that with the state government banning all check gates in the state, prices of essential commodities should come down. In this regard, he directed the department of F&CS to monitor the situation.

The chief Secretary said due credit should be given to the F&CS department for successfully seeding 95.06% of Aadhaar status for NFSA ration card holders. With the availability of a robust Grievance Redressal and Social Audit mechanisms, all complains should be taken up on prior-

J Alam addressing the departmental review meeting on Friday. (DIPR)

ity basis, he further stated.

While giving a PowerPoint presentation on the activities carried out by the department, F&CS director, V Lovitoly Sema said the department has been implementing various welfare schemes and programmes across Nagaland.

She stated that the Grievance Redressal Mechanism was in place and the department was conducting Social Audits and maintaining Grievance Redressal System. Lovitoly also informed that one could check the details of NFSA ration card, allocation, supply chain, online sales and other services at https://

feast.nagaland.gov.in while details of food grains transaction under “One Nation One Ration Card” could be found at http://www. impds.nic.in/portal.

The director also informed Nagaland was the first state in the North East to launch the sale of 5 kg FTL cylinder through FPS with the assistance of IOCL. She informed that the cylinder was available in 78 FPSs under Dimapur Sadar and the same would be rolled out in other districts in phase-wise manner.

She further said the department had completed 100% online allocation,

100% supply chain management, 95.06% Aadhaar seeding status as of March 1, 2022 for NFSA ration card.

Later, the department of Land Records and Survey in their presentation stated that the department was in the process of creating a Record of Rights from their level.

It also informed that it would digitise all existing maps and upload it online to enable the public to access their land records.

The department was advised to rollout an online single window system for land transactions for the benefit of the public.

NBOCWWB regional Hq inaugurated

Kohima inspection team visits check gates

NBOCWWB chairman Dr. Kekhrie Yhome inaugurating the regional headquarters on Friday. (NP)

MOKOKCHUNG, APRI 27 (NPN): Mokokchung Nagaland Building & Other Construction Workers’ Welfare Board (NBOCWWB) regional headquarters was inaugurated at the basement of the assistant labour commissioner office, Penli ward, by NBOCWWB chairman, Dr. Kekhrie Yhome, here, on Friday.

D e l i ve r i n g c h a i r man’s address, Dr. Kekhrie Yhome said the regional headquarters was established at Mokokchung Town since it has been the elder brother to many districts.

He infor m ed tha t the regional headquarters would cater to the needs of Longleng, Tuensang,

Noklak, Shamator, Zunheboto and Wokha, and expressed optimism that the people of Mokokchung would nurture the newly established Mokokchung NBOCWWB regional headquarters to fulfil the aims and objectives of NBOCWWB. Dr. Kekhrie said the main objective of NBOCWWB was to register, provide welfare assistance to ease the burden of building & other construction workers from every nook and corner of the state.

In his brief speech, deputy commissioner (DC) Mokokchung, Shashank Pratap Singh acknowledged the responsible department for setting up

Mokokchung as the headquarter and assured all possible assistance from the district administration.

The DC also urged upon NBOCWWB to engage the services of the village councils and town authorities, in the data collection, so that no one would be left out.

The inaugural programme was chaired by chief executive officer, NBOCWWB T Chubayanger and a song was presented by Imkumnaro while welcome note was delivered by Ao Senden general secretary Imtipokyim.

Earlier, the regional headquarters was dedicated

by UCF pastor, Rev. Wati.

DIMAPUR: Following state government’s directive on measures to combat illegal collection of money from vehicles at check gates and other locations in the district, the inspection team of Kohima district conducted inspection drive Friday. According to a DIPR report, the team led by district administration, police, transport and IPR inspected and made spot verification of all the unauthorised check gates at Jakhama, Phesama, by-pass, Meriema and Keyake BSF Camp area under the district municipal area.

During the inspection, the team observed that all the unauthorised check gates within the municipal areas have been closed down by concerned government departments and unions as per the directive. However, in two locations, the sign board/banner were found at the site whereby the team removed the board as an immediate action. Besides that, no other gate was found functioning within the municipal area, stated the report. The team also took updates on the functioning of the interstate check gate at Khuzama, where the authorised police personnel were carrying out the routine frisking and checking for any illegal form of transportation.

Student bodies condemn hit-and-run incident

DIMAPUR: Student bodies have condemned the hit-and-run incident where Mapuienla Longkumer, a student of St. Joseph University was hit by a vehicle on May 25. She succumbed to injuries on May 26.

CNSA: Central Nagaland Students’ Association has expressed deep saddens over the tragic demise of Mapuienla Longkumer and stated that the death of a bright and promising young student was a tragic loss for society.

CNSA said the reckless and inhumane act of the unknown driver who hit the victim and fled the scene was unacceptable and should be punished by the rule of the law. Further, the association urged upon the law enforcing agencies to expedite the investigation and apprehend the culprit at the earliest.

AKM: Expressing deep sadness over the demise of Mapuienla, Ao Students’ Conference (AKM) K Y M C

stated that the inhumane act of a reckless driver led to the loss of a precious life who could have contributed so much to society.

AKM while condemning the “cowardly act of the culprit” has urged upon the law enforcing agencies to investigate the matter at the earliest and serve deserving punishment to the culprit so that justice will be delivered to the deceased and her bereaved family.

ASUD: Ao Students’ Union Dimapur has strongly condemned the hit and run incident where a bonafide member of the union, Mapuienla Longkumer was hit and later succumbed to injuries.

Condemning the act, ASUD has appealed to the law enforcement agencies to identify and arrest the culprit at the earliest and award befitting punishment as per the law.

CALT: Chumukedima Ao Lanur Telongjem has appealed to the law enforc-

ing agencies to identify the culprit at the earliest and award befitting punishment as per the law.

CALT also demanded that the rate of such gruesome incidences be brought down and stated that the competent agency should strictly check speed limit, drunk, rash driving and other factors that put human lives at risk.

D’B’ASU: Expressing sorrow over the tragic demise of Mapuienla, Diphupar ‘B’ Ao Students’ Union has vehemently condemned the incident and demanded the law enforcing authorities to expedite the incident and apprehend the culprit at the earliest.

SKK: All Sumi Students’ Union (SKK) while condemning the hit and run incident at the “highest term” has requested the competent authority to book the culprit and award punishment at the earliest as per the law of the land.

SKK said public safe-

ty and social security was threatened because of such reckless driving. Terming the incident as a “heinous crime”, the union said the driver should be arrested and punished without any compromise in order to avert any such incident in the future.

SSUD: Sangtam Students’ Union Dimapur in a condemnation note, appealed to the law enforcing agencies to prioritise the case as crucial and said the culprit should be given befitting punishment as per the law. “This incident must be taken with seriousness, not only by punishing the culprit and by providing justice to the victim, but also by bringing a permanent change and improvement in the system”, SSUD stated.

The union also asked the minister of Transport to strongly enforce existing traffic rules and regulations, particularly on individuals with past traffic violation history and on drivers under the influence of intoxicant.

NBSE to introduce Mathematics in Arts stream

DIMAPUR: Based on recommendation of National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 for multi-disciplinary approach to education, Nagaland Board of School Education (NBSE) has informed that Mathematics will be introduced as an elective subject in the higher secondary Arts stream from academic session 2022.

In a press release, NBSE chairman Asano Sekhose informed that the subject will be introduced in Class XI in 2022 and Class XII in 2023 academic session. In this regard, NBSE has informed all concerned higher secondary schools affiliated with the board that students of Arts stream can offer Mathematics as elective subject.

Interested institutions have also been informed to introduce Mathematics as a subject of study in their respective institutions and appoint qualified teachers to teach the subject. Further, as emphasised in NEP 2020, all higher secondary schools have been requested to introduce more subjects as given in the existing syllabus at higher secondary level so that students may be given more choice of subjects.

NAGALAND POST, DIMAPUR SATURDAY, MAY 28, 2022

SAMETI organises training for ATMA functionaries

SAMETI director and IETC principal, Dr. Watimongla Jamir along with resource persons, officials and trainees.

DIMAPUR: A four-day EEI off-campus collaborative training programme on “hydroponic agriculture technologies and micro irrigation” for Agricultural Technology Management Agency (ATMA) functionaries was organised by State Agricultural Management and Extension Training Institute (SAMETI) on May 24-27 at SAMETI, Medziphema.

In a press release, SAMETI Medziphema informed that resource persons for the training were EEI (NE Region) Jorhat, Dr. S. Borua, EEI (NE

Region) Jorhat, M. Dutta, Thunglamo (ATMA) and Alex Khathing, CGO – Future Farms, Chennai in partnership with Freshies Nagaland.

SAMETI said the participants were taken for a field visit to ML Grows Farm, Indisen Dimapur, where the proprietor Marbong gave an introduction to hydroponics farming and talked about the various systems, crops and system selection, planning and dos and don’ts in hydroponic farming.

Addressing the participants, SAMETI direc-

State CIC, Central CIC discuss misuse of RTI DIMAPUR: State chief information commissioner (CIC), I. Meyionen Jamir paid a courtesy call on chief information commissioner, Central Information Commission, Y. K. Sinha at CIC office, New Delhi on Friday.

In a press release, PRO Nagaland House, New Delhi, Kuolie Mere informed that the meeting discussed various issues with regard to effective implementation of the Right to Information (RTI) Act in the state.

The misuse of the Act by RTI applicants for personal benefits, blackmailing of government departments and disrupting normal functioning of office and measures to tackle such issues were also discussed.

The CICs also discussed misuse of the Act

by PIOs and department officials by negotiating with applicants to avoid parting with information/ documents to cover up misdeeds of the departments.

Later, Jamir attended the board of governors

Central CIC, I. Y.K. Sinha with Nagaland CIC I. Meyionen Jamir on Friday.

meeting of the National Federation of Information Commissions in India at CIC Bhavan, New Delhi.

It may be mentioned that Nagaland is one of the few states where Suo moto

Work delayed due to ‘internal hiccup’: Firm responds to LMRSU

DIMAPUR: Responding to Lotha Middle Range Students Union (LMRSU) seven-day ultimatum to expedite road works of Sanis Zero Point-Lakhuti village under PMGSY II (20192022), the road construction firm M/S Northeast Enterprise said the work was delayed due to some “internal hiccup”.

In a press release, LMRSU media cell stated that in the letter, M/S Northeast Enterprise said the road work was delayed due to proposal for change in technology and implementation of soil stabilisation which could not take off on time.

According to the union, the firm, however, said the matter was sorted

and assured that mobilisation of required machineries was under process.

Firm also reportedly assured that work would commence by first week of June 22 and completed within the given period, which is September 2022.

Meanwhile, the union said that the firm has sought cooperation from all the stakeholders for timely completion of the project.

LMRSU has acknowledged the firm and responsible contractors for responding to the ultimatum. It expressed hope that the work would be completed as specified in the DPR with no further complaints as promised. The union also assured to extend all support and cooperation to the contractors.

disclosures by the public authorities are available on their official websites.

The state is also one of the nine states maintaining 100% responsiveness to the RTI applications.

tor and IETC principal, Dr. Watimongla Jamir encouraged them to implement the skills and knowledge they have acquired during the training to their respective posting places.

The programme was chaired by deputy project director, SAMETI, H. Mhonthung Merry; feedback on training was given by all the participants of 11 districts of ATMA (ATMs) and certificates were distributed to the trainees.

The programme concluded with vote of thanks from DPD SAMETI, Tiajungla Longchar.

CID Dimapur arrest ‘drugs smuggler’ DIMAPUR: CID (Crime Branch) Dimapur in an operation arrested a drug smuggler on May 26 at Blue Hill Station, Dimapur and recovered 600 grams of brown sugar.

According to SP (crime) and PRO, CID Dimapur on receipt of credible information about the movement of “drugs smugglers” conducted an operation and apprehended L Songtin Kom alias Elvis, “SS dy. Secretary Ministry of Internal Security (MIS)” NSCN/GPRN (I-M) son of L Lenjathang of Mahoutera, Chandel district, Manipur.

PRO said the team recovered the brown sugar wrapped in silver colour foil and one motorbike B/R.No. DL7SBZ0238 (Pulsar) from the possession of the accused person.

PRO informed that the apprehended person along with the seized items were handed over to the officer in-charge East police station, Dimapur for further investigation.

NEWS IN BRIEF

PLU seniors consultative meeting: Phenshünyu Lowjvü Union has convened seniors consultative meeting on May 28, 10 a.m. at Conference Hall, Directorate of Social Welfare, Kohima. All the former, seniors of PLU, retired and in-service officers and all concerned members have been asked to attend the meeting.

CTAN 1st general conference: Combined Technical Association of Nagaland would be holding its first general conference on May 28, 11 a.m. at State Academy Hall, Kohima under the theme, “equal opportunity in employment”.

Mass cleanliness at Pfütsero town: ADC Jopheth Woch Pfütsero has informed the public of Pfütsero town that a mass cleanliness drive will be conducted on May 28, 7 a m onwards in view of the onset of monsoon season. All ward authorities have been directed to conduct a cleanliness drive within their wards.

DC Mon issues advisory: In view of the RCC bridge at Chunrei Nullah located below 100 RCC GREF Camp, Mon to Aboi road being partially washed away due to incessant rain, DC Mon, Thavaseelan Khas issued an advisory strictly prohibiting plying of heavy vehicle, buses, trucks, etc., along the route till further orders.

Health camp conducted at Azedon school

DIMAPUR: Kevi Children Home, A.G Kohima and Azedon School in collaboration with Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram (RBSK) Kohima, Mobile Medical Unit (MMU) Kohima and Urban Primary Health Centre, (UPHC) Porterlane conducted a free health camp-cum-celebration of “Menstrual Hygiene Day” at Azedon School on May 24. During the camp, screenings, lab and blood pressure tests were carried

out by MO, UPHC Poterlane, Dr. Thejangunuo Rutsa, MO, MMU Kohima, Dr. Neivizonuo Rio and MO, RBSK Kohima, Dr. Medozhatuo Keretsü along with nurses and lab technicians.

Meanwhile, counsellor, Adolescent Friendly Health Clinic, NHAK, Dietholenuo Liezietsu conducted individual counselling, group counselling and awareness programme on “Know about Menstruation” for the girls, to

commemorate Menstrual Hygiene Day, which is celebrated on May 28.

Earlier, medicines and referral cards were also distributed to the children. Altogether, 170 beneficiaries including children and staff were benefited at the medical camp. The main objective of the medical camp was to bring awareness to the children and staff, and aid them in accessing basic health care services.

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DC Peren informs DIMAPUR: The deputy commissioner (DC) of Peren has informed all concerned that a video conference on prime minister cares for children scheme will be held on May 30, 9:45 am at Peren town hall.

In a circular, DC has informed that the PM will release benefits and services to children who have lost both parents/ legal guardian/adoptive parents to COVID-19.

In this regard, all concerned have been asked to attend the programme.

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Southern Angami Cultural Society presenting a song at Ura Academy on Friday. (NP)

Correspondent KOHIMA, MAY 27 (NPN): The two-day 52nd seminar of Ura Academy held at Ura Academy Hall, Kohima which got underway on May 26 concluded, here, on Friday.

Speaking at the programme, Ura Academy president, Dr Shürhozelie Liezietsu said Ura Academy was a reputed institution which has contributed a lot till today.

D r S h ü r h oz e l i e a l s o urged upon the gathering to continue working for the preser vation of Tenyimia culture and stressed on the need to “intensify the level” of Tenyidie literature.

Meanwhile, retired Agri director & member, board of post graduates studies, Nagaland University (NU), Tenyidie department, Vizonyü Liezietsu expressed concerns on diminishing of Tenyidie with the fast-moving generation.

Vizonyü also encouraged the gathering to promote Tenyidie in schools, colleges and to keep-up the virtue of their culture and tradition.

In the story writing competition, Neiphresienuo Kheletsu from Baptist High bagged the first position while Kevineiu Kerhuo of Northfield and Khrievinuo Nyusou from Mezhür Higher Secondary School won the second and third positions respectively.

Under poetry writing, Künükhwulü Veswuh from GHSS Seikhazou won the first prize while Mhasilhoubei from Ruzhükhrie HSS and Vituotsonuo Ketho from Don Bosco HSS won the seoncd and third prizes.

Nourhengunuo Kire from Khedi Baptist Higher Secondar y school was declared the winner of extempore speech competition while Medong u nu o T h e ü nu o f r o m

Grace Higher Secondary School and Kepebeinyü Alvin Rame from Don Bosco Higher Secondary School bagged second and third prizes.

E a r l i e r, t h e p r o gramme was led by secretary general, Ura Academy, professor D. Kuolie while scripture was read

by Khedi Baptist Church pastor, Dr Ruokuovilie Sachü and special number was presented by Southern Angami Cultural Society.

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NAGALAND POST, DIMAPUR SATURDAY, MAY 28, 2022

NE can be trade link with ASEAN: Himanta

GUWAHATI, MAY 27 (PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s thrust on Act East Policy has brought a paradigm shift to the development narrative in the Northeast, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Friday.

Inaugurating a conclave on ‘Act East through North East’ here, Sarma said that the state government is striving to position Assam as the gateway for South East Asian countries.

“Northeast India has witnessed rapid transformation since 2014 under the dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. His aim to ‘Act East and Act Fast’ gives new hope, energy and force to our people to bring a paradigm shift to connectivity, infrastructure, economy and development in all sectors,” the chief minister said.

“PM Modi has described the Northeast as the growth engine of the country. We also share his

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma being greeted by Ambassadors and High Commissioners of ASEAN countries in Guwahati (PTI) vision that the region is the sunrise area of the Indian economy,” he added.

Northeast has the potential to become the link for developing trade and commerce with South East Asian nations, Sarma said.

“We have 5,300 km of international borders with a host of countries such as Myanmar, China, Bhutan,

Nepal and Bangladesh. The Northeast is truly India’s gateway to South East Asia, and I believe the emerging connectivity with the ASEAN nations will play a defining role in enhancing our shared prosperity,” he said.

He said that the law and order situation in Assam has improved consider-

ably with the Armed Forces Special Power Act (AFSPA) removed from certain areas, while there has been phenomenal development of connectivity in the state.

“Railway network has been expanded to all the state capitals in the region, state-of-art highways have come up, digital infrastructure has improved consider-

10 civil society organizations demand capital punishment for Mnp activist

ably and apart from these, the mindset of the people has changed tremendously as they now want development, prosperity and to contribute to the growth and development of the country,” Sarma said.

Assam Industry Minister Chandra Mohan Patowary said that prior to the announcement of Act East Policy, Assam was considered the last part of India but now it is regarded as the centre of India’s relations with the ASEAN countries.

Member of the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council Sanjeev Sanyal and High Commissioner of Singapore to India Simon Wie Kuen were among those present in the conclave organised by the state government’s Act East Police Affairs Department.

On the sidelines of the conclave, the chief minister held discussions with Sanyal on issues related to Assam’s economic growth and development.

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IMPHAL, MAY 27: Ten Manipur based civil society organizations (CSOs) demanded capital punishment for Dr Mark Thangmang Haokip who was brought back to Imphal from New Delhi on Friday.

The 10 Manipur based CSOs who lodged a complaint against Haokip way back in November 2021 for his denigrating remark on freedom fighter Rani Gaidinliu today demanded harsh punishment for the controversial human right activist.

T h e c o n t r ove r s i a l rights activist was arrested by a team of Manipur police from Kishangarh area of New Delhi on May 25 in connection with a FIR case against him for his alleged objectionable posts on social media.

The Indigo flight carrying him landed at Imphal airport around 11 am. From there, he was immediately taken away by a police team.

Haokip who is said to be the president of the Manipur chapter of International Human Rights Association (IHRA) was arrested for allegedly inciting enmity among communities through his social media posts.

Addressing a press conference here, leaders of the 10 CSOs, in a joint letter to state chief minister, sought capital punishment for Haokip.

The press conference held at the Imphal office of Zeliangrong Union was attended by leaders of IPSA, AKOM Lup, PANDAM,

Mizo activist protests Flood situation in Assam improves to protect environment as water level of most rivers recede

Ruatfela Nu

AIZAWL, MAY 27 (PTI): Well-known social activist Vanramchhuangi, popularly known as ‘Ruatfela Nu’, said she will launch a silent sit-in protest here from Friday to protest environmental violations due to different developmental projects.

She alleged that forests and rivers are being destroyed indiscriminately by various projects, which is also wrecking the socioeconomic dynamics of indigenous people.

“I will launch a silent sit-in demonstration in front of the state Environment, Forest and Climate Change Department’s office from Friday morning to protest the environmental violations by different developmental

projects,” she told PTI. Vanramchhuangi said she will also submit a representation to the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests demanding a stay order on the construction or widening of national highways by the National Highway Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (NHIDCL), which is affecting the ecology.

She said she will also launch an awareness campaign in other districts where national highways are being widened or being constructed.

The social activist said she has been campaigning against the ill-effects of road projects without proper assessment and injudicious disposal of earth from construction sites for the last three years but to no effect.

She alleged that the NHIDCL has violated environmental and social considerations while indiscriminately disposing of earth which severely affected agricultural lands and polluted rivers.

GUWAHATI, MAY 27 (PTI): The flood situation in Assam improved considerably on Friday with waters receding in most rivers even as over 5 lakh people continued to suffer in the deluge in ten districts of the state, an official bulletin said.

The toll due to flood and landslides remained at 30 with no reports of any death in the last 24 hours, as per the bulletin issued by the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA).

Kopili in Morigaon district was the only river flowing above the danger mark, it said.

At least 5,00,852 persons are suffering due to the floods in Cachar, Dima Hasao, Goalpara, Golaghat, Hailakandi, Hojai, Kamrup, Kamrup (Metro), Morigaon and Nagaon districts.

Nagaon is the worst affected with over 3.11 lakh people affected, followed by Cachar with nearly 1.47 lakh persons and Morigaon with more than 41,036 people suffering.

Mizoram records lowest infant mortality rate in country for second consecutive year

AIZAWL, MAY 27 (PTI): Mizoram has the lowest infant mortality rate (IMR) in the country with three deaths per thousand live births, as per data published by the Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.

The Northeastern state made the achievement for the second consecutive year, officials in Aizawl said.

Nagaland with an IMR of four secured second place, followed by Sikkim and Goa having an IMR of five each, as per the Sample Registration System (SRS) bulletin 2020.

While the national average was 28,

Madhya Pradesh has the highest IMR in the country at 43, it said.

Among the Northeastern states, Assam has the highest infant mortality rate of 36, followed by Meghalaya at 29 and Arunachal Pradesh at 21, as per the data.

The IMR of Mizoram in 2016 was 27.

It reduced to 15 in 2017 and further reduced to five in 2018 and three in 2019, they said.

The Mizoram Health Department attributed the achievement to the hard work and dedication of healthcare workers, and staff of departments such as education, public health engineering, social welfare and rural development.

SKM govt in Sikkim completes 3 years

GANGTOK, MAY 27 (PTI): The SKM government in Sikkim completed three years in power on Friday, with Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang expressing gratitude to the people of the state for reposing faith in his party, besides listing the development work undertaken by his dispensation.

Tamang, in his message, said his government has “continuously strived to fulfill the promises it made to the people of the state”.

The Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) had in 2019 seized power in the Hill state, ending the 25-year rule of Pawan Kumar Chamling-led Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF).

Highlighting his government’s major achievem e n t s, Ta m a n g s a i d , “Health infrastructure and services, which the previous

Prem Singh Tamang

government neglected for 25 years, have improved after our party formed government in the state. People in the state can now avail quality health services.”

The SKM government has also extended medical support to public from the Chief Minister’s Medical Assistance Cell and nonprofitable political organization ‘Garib Jan Kalyan Prakosta’, he maintained.

Sharing future plans, Tamang said the government has proposed to set

up state-of-the art hospitals, equipped with modern facilities, in Namchi and Singtam, besides a 100-bedded hospital in Soreng.

Apart from that, projects to upgrade various other health facilities are on the cards, Tamang said.

“The SKM government is also making sincere efforts to make Sikkim an education hub. In a bid to achieve this goal, worldclass educational institutes like Netaji Subash Chandra Bose University of Excellence and Khanchendzonga State University have been established to impart quality education to the students,” the chief minister stated.

He later attended a function at Manan Kendra in the state capital, which was organised to celebrate the completion of SKM government’s three years in power.

More than 62,289 people have taken shelter in 201 relief camps, with the highest of 47,749 people displaced in Cachar, the ASDMA said.

An Inter-Ministerial Central Team (IMCT) visited the flood-affected areas of Cachar and Darrang districts during the day to assess the damage.

At present, 799 villages are still under water and 35,384.12 hectares of crop

areas have been damaged.

Massive erosions were reported from Dhubri, Dibrugarh, Golaghat, Nalbari, Sivasagar, South Salmara, Tinsukia and Udalguri districts.

Embankments, roads, bridges and other infrastructure were damaged by floodwaters in Cachar, Udalguri, Dhubri, Karimganj, Nagaon, Nalbari, Dima Hasao, Goalpara and Hojai, the ASDMA said.

GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND

DIRECTORATE OF ECONOMICS & STATISTICS NAGALND : KOHIMA.

NOTIFICATION

NO.ES/Estt/Grp-C&D/Recru/Deptt/212/2022 : This is to inform all the applicant who have applied for the post of driver under the Directorate of Economics & Statistics, Nagaland, that the driving test scheduled on 4th June 2022 is hereby stands cancelled.

Sd/NEIDILHOU ANGAMI Director Economics & Statistics Nagaland, Kohima.

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DIRECTORATE OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION NAGALAND : KOHIMA

Dt. Kohima, the May 2022.

NOTIFICATION

Sd/(Er. M. NAKRO)

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GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND

DIRECTORATE OF SCHOOL EDUCATION NO.: ED/AEI-28/2021

NOTIFICATION

Kohima, the, 27th May 2022

It is hereby notified for the information of all concerned that New Admissions for Class XI in all the Govt. Higher Secondary Schools functioning in the State of Nagaland will commence from 7th June 2022 and the following directives are issued for strict compliance.

1. There will be a single Online Admission Portal for all the GHSSs. Students/Parents shall login into the ‘GHSS Admission Portal’ through the link given at the department’s website https://education.nagaland.gov.in and submit applications for schools and streams of their choice.

2. One student can submit application for any number of schools and streams of his/her choice.

3. The portal will be kept open from 07/06/2022 to 20/06/2022 for students/parents to submit applications. Students will have to upload copies of HSLC Admit Card and Mark Sheet.

4. Students/Parents facing difficulties for using the online facility may take assistance of the Common Service Centres functioning under the Department of Information & Technology.

Alternatively, they may download the ‘Admission Form’ from the portal and submit the duly filled in Forms to the respective schools on or before 15/06/2022.

5. In case of acceptance of forms at schools (offline mode), the respective schools shall make submission of the forms along with all required documents (Photograph, Admit Card & Mark Sheet) in the Online Admission Portal before the prescribed last date of submission.

6. Selection of candidates shall be done by the respective schools as per their intake capacity in order of merit.

7. School wise ‘List of Selected Candidates’ along with ‘Waiting List’ will be published at the ‘GHSS Admission Portal’ on 23/06/2022. Details of Admission Fee to be paid will also be made available at the portal.

8. Selected Students shall pay the Admission Fee through online payment mode at the Portal from 23/06/2022 to 27/06/2022. Those facing difficulties for making online payment may pay the Fee at respective schools during the above mentioned period.

9. Allotment of Vacant Seats to candidates from the Waiting List in order of merit will be done on 29/06/2022.

10. Class XI Repeaters need not submit applications. They shall make payment of Admission Fee at respective schools on or before 20/06/2022.

11. Submission of applications at the portal does not guarantee admission. Selection of candidates will be done by the respective schools as per their intake capacity in order of merit.

12. Further details will be made available through the admission portal.

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fighters of the state who sacrificed their lives for the motherland. “Today, he defamed the good image of Rani Gaidinliu, and if he is scot free, who knows his next target would be freedom fighters like Jana Neta Hijam Irabot, Bir Tikendrajit, etc.,” Golmei worried.

Above this, if such a person was freed without any harsh punishment, many criminal minded people will follow his suit which will put communal harmony in the state at stake, she observed.

Regarding the pending complaint case of the 10 CSOs, the Imphal West Chief Judicial Magistrate, on Thursday, issued a nonbailable warrant of arrest against Haokip.

In the application submitted to the court, OC of the Imphal police station mentioned that leaders of ten civil society organizations of Manipur lodged a complaint before the OC of Imphal police station stating that such derogatory and defamatory statements by Mark Thangmang Haokip had hurt the sentiments of many people and might disturb communal harmony.

AFFIDAVIT Regd. No. 231/20 Date 27/02/2020 I, Shri. Imnawati, S/o Tako, resident of H/No. 208, Imkonglenden Colony, Ward 20, Dimapur; Nagaland do hereby solemnly affirm and declare on oath as under: 1. That I am a bonafide and law abiding citizen of India and residing at the above mentioned address.

2. That my name has been wrongly recorded/ entered as “Imna Ao” in some of my official documents.

3. That my actual and correct name is “Imnawati”.

4. That I am swearing this affidavit to declare that “Imnawati” and “Imna Ao” are of the same and one person i.e. myself and further to rectify my actual and correct name as “Imnawati” for all my official records and to use this Affidavit as a piece of evidence before the Competent Authority.

5. That the statements made in paragraph 1 to 4 are true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief and nothing material is concealed therein.

DEPONENT Sworn before me on this 27th day Feb 2020.

JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE/ NOTARy PUbLIC DIMAPUR : NAGALAND DP-2442/22

PrIncIPal Judge famIly court dImaPur :: nagaland Guardianship Petition No. 07/2022

notIce

(Sec 10 of guardianship & Ward act.)

In continuation of this office Notification letter NO.DTE/ESTT2/02/2021-22, Dt. Kohima the 13 th April 2022, the last date for submission of Nagaland State Entrance Examination (NSEE) 2022 form for Para-Medical/ Agri & Allied Degree course is hereby extended upto 6th June 2022, till 3.00 P.M.

KOHIMA : NAGALAND

IPAK, Kangla Mei, KAMA and other Zeliangrong based CSOs among others.

A case against Dr Mark Thangmang Haokip filed by these 10 CSOs was pending with the Imphal police station. The FIR case was registered on November 28, 2021 after the 10 CSOs lodged a written complaint to the Imphal police station against Haokip’s remarks against the freedom fighter that appeared in the social media on November 23 of the same year. “Haokip should be awarded capital punishment as a lesson to others who play with the sentiments of the people,” KAMA general secretary Ranjita Golmei demanded.

She recalled the provoking social media post by Haokip on November 23, 2021 and said that Haokip had called Rani Gaidinliu a fake freedom fighter, a criminal and was jailed for her criminal activities.

His denigrating remark against freedom fighter Rani Gaidinliu had not only hurt the sentiment of the community she (Rani Gaidinliu) belonged to but he also disrespected the freedom

In the court of

GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND

NO. DTE/ ESTT-2/02/2021-22/ /

Activist Dr Mark T Haokip (wearing T-shirt) being brought back to Imphal by cops on Friday.

(SHANAVAS C) IAS Principal Director

Whereas an application under the Guardianship & Ward Act has been filed by Shri. T. Ahukiu for appointment of Guardian in respect of minor(s) Master Lemthy and Miss V. Vitsushu V before this Court and whereas the 30th day of June 2022 has been fixed for the hearing on the matter. notIce is hereby given inviting objection if any from the person having interest in the above named minor(s) to be furnished on or before the fixed date/or appear in person.

Given under my hand and seal of the Court on this 26th day of May 2022.

Principal Judge family court-1 dimapur : nagaland DP-2440/22

AFFIDAVIT FOR NAME CLARIFICATION Regd. No. 56/2021 Date 7/01/2021 I, Mhonchumo P. Yanthan, S/o Phyothungo Lotha, resident of H/No. rd 82, 3 Mile, Kirha, Dist: Dimapur, Nagaland solemnly declare hereby.

1. That, my father’s actual and given name is/was Phyothungo Lotha, but in my academic documents and relevant official documents the same has been spelled as Pithungo Yanthan, which is also correct.

2. That, Phyothungo Lotha and Pithungo Yanthan both are one and the same person.

3. That, I affirmed, assumed and adopt my father’s correct name as Phyothungo Lotha and the same shall be construed as his official name for all legal and future correspondence.

4. That, this affidavit is required for the correction of my father’s name.

VERIFICATION I take oath and solemnly declare/affirm that the particulars furnished above by me are correct and that I have not concealed or misrepresented any fact.

DEPONENT Solemnly sworn before me by the deponent on this the 7th day of January 2021.

NOTARy PUbLIC DP-2433/22

In the court of

PrIncIPal Judge famIly court dImaPur :: nagaland Guardianship Petition No. 06/2022

notIce

(Sec 10 of guardianship & Ward act.)

Whereas an application under the Guardianship & Ward Act has been filed by Er. Imliwapang Ao for appointment of Guardian in respect of minor(s) Master Aosanen Longchar before this Court and whereas the 30th day of June 2022 has been fixed for the hearing on the matter.

Notice is hereby given inviting objection if any from the person having interest in the above named minor(s) to be furnished on or before the fixed date/or appear in person.

Given under my hand and seal of the Court on this 26th day of May 2022.

Principal Judge family court-1 dimapur : nagaland DP-2427/22

Previous govts indifferent in technology: Modi

NEW DELHI, MAY 27 (PTI): There was an environment of “indifference” towards the use of technology in governance before 2014 due to which the poor and the middle class suffered the most, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday.

He asserted the current government has ensured last-mile delivery of services with the help of technology, including drones.

Addressing a gathering after inaugurating India’s biggest drone festival in Delhi, he said, “At a time when we are celebrating Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, it is my dream that everyone in India should have a smartphone in his or her hand, every farm should have a drone and every house should have prosperity.”

The enthusiasm being seen in India about drone technology is amazing and indicates possibilities of an emerging sector of employment generation, the prime minister said.

He said eight years ago “we started implementing new mantras of good governance”. “Walking on the path of minimum government and maximum governance, priority was given

PM Narendra Modi flies a drone at the inauguration of the Bharat Drone Mahotsav, at Pragati Maidan. (PTI) to ease of living and ease of doing business,” Modi said.

During the earlier governments, technology was considered a part of the problem and efforts were made to label it “anti-poor”, the prime minister said.

“Due to this, there was an environment of indifference towards the use of technology in governance before 2014. The poor, the deprived, the middle class suffered the most,” he said.

“Promotion of drone technology is another medium of advancing our commitment to good governance and ease of living.

In the form of drones, we have a smart tool that is go-

ing to be part and parcel of people’s lives,’’ Modi said.

There was a time when people used to spend hours standing in line for rations.

In the last seven to eight years, we have removed this hurdle with the help of technology, he said.

Claiming that earlier technological inventions were considered to be for the elite only, the prime minister said, “Today, we are ensuring that the masses are the first beneficiaries of any new technology. Drone technology is one such example.”

Technology has helped a lot in ensuring the last-mile delivery of services, he said.

PM Swamitva Yojana

Sacked Punjab minister Vijay Singla sent to 14-day judicial custody CHANDIGARH, MAY 27 (PTI): A Mohali court on Friday sent to 14-day judicial custody sacked Punjab minister Vijay Singla, who said he worked with ‘utmost sincerity’, has full faith in his party and will come out clean of corruption charges.

Before being taken to the court, Singla told reporters that there may be a conspiracy from some “outsider forces” behind the episode leading to his sacking and arrest. Singla, 52, was sacked from the state Cabinet Tuesday over graft charges by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann.

He held the health portfolio and was accused of demanding “one per cent commission” in tenders and purchases by his department. Singla and his Officer on Special Duty (OSD) Pardeep Kumar were arrested by police. Both were produced before the court of Ravtesh Inderjit Singh in Mohali after their three-day police remand ended on Friday.

Advocate H S Dhanoa, the counsel for Singla, said police requested for the judicial remand of the former minister and his Pardeep.

Vijay Singla He said the court fixed June 10 as the next date of hearing and they will be sent to the Rupnagar jail.

The counsel further said both Singla and Pardeep have agreed to give their voice samples. When Singla was asked about the corruption allegations levelled against him before being taken to the court, he told reporters, “I worked with utmost honesty in my department.”

“I have complete faith in my government, my party, police and judiciary. We will come out clean,” said Singla. To a question, Singla said there was no conspiracy in the party. However, he said there can be a conspiracy of some “outside forces”. On May 24, Singla on allegations against him

had said, “It is a conspiracy and an attempt to defame the party.”

Singla along with his OSD Pardeep Kumar, who is said to be the former minister’s relative, were booked on a complaint by Superintending Engineer Rajinder Singh, posted at Punjab Health System Corporation.

The officer had alleged that they demanded Rs 1.16-crore bribe from Rs 58 crore, which included Rs 41 crore for construction works and Rs 17 crore as payment to contractors, besides one per cent commission in government contracts.

The complainant had also alleged that he was threatened that his career will be ruined and had said that he eventually agreed to pay Rs 5 lakh to avoid the “mental harassment”.

The complainant also made an audio recording of the conversation when he met Singla and Pardeep on May 23. CM Mann himself had announced Singla’s removal from the Cabinet, which was sworn in just two months ago after the Aam Aadmi Party stormed to power, riding on the agenda of corruptionfree governance.

is an example of how drone technology is becoming the basis of a big revolution, he said, adding under it, for the first time every property in villages is being digitally mapped and 65 lakh digital property cards have been given to people.

Modi also said the use of drones will rise in sectors such as agriculture, sports, defence and disaster management.

Till a few months ago, there were various restrictions on drone technology.

The Centre has removed such restrictions in a short span, Modi said.

He was referring to the Ministry of Civil Aviation’s easing of Drone Rules in August last year, wherein it had reduced the number of forms that need to be filled to operate them from 25 to five and decreased the types of fees charged from the operator from 72 to four.

The prime minister said his government was strengthening the network of health and wellness centres across the country.

Noting that delivery of medicines and other items in villages has always been a challenge, Modi said, “Delivery of such items with the help of drones will be very

Another model found hanging in her Kolkata home KOLKATA, MAY 27 (PTI): Another model was found hanging from the ceiling of her room in her house in Kolkata’s Patuli area on Friday, the second such incident in three days, police said.

Her mother claimed that Manjusha Niyogi was suffering from acute depression after the death of her friend and colleague in the industry, Bidisha De Majumder, two days before.

De Majumder, a popular face in bridal make-up photo-shoots, was also found hanging inside her rented apartment in Dumdum area on Wednesday evening.

Niyogi’s body was sent to a hospital for postmortem examination to ascertain the cause of death, a police officer said.

“My daughter was severely depressed following her friend Bidisha’s death and since was constantly talking about her,” Niyogi’s mother said.

Popular television actor Pallabi Dey was also found hanging inside her rented apartment in Garfa area around a fortnight ago.

2 Ugandan women with cocaine worth Rs 28 cr held NEW DELHI, MAY 27 (PTI): Two Ugandan women were arrested by the customs officials for smuggling cocaine worth Rs 28 crore at the Indira Gandhi International airport here in two separate cases.

The accused, both of whom had arrived from Addis Ababa in the same flight on Sunday, had ingested capsules containing cocaine.

The passengers, who are not related to each other, were intercepted by the customs officials after their arrival.

In the first case, the passenger voluntarily admitted that she had ingested capsules containing narcotics.

“Thereafter, the passenger was taken to RML hospital for further removal of capsules/pellets from her stomach. Medical procedure yielded recovery of 81 capsules which resulted in recovery of a total of 892 grams off-white colour substance found to be cocaine, having international market value of Rs 13.6 crore approximately,” a statement issued by the customs on

Friday said.

In another case, the woman passenger was intercepted after her arrival on Sunday.

Medical procedure yielded recovery of a total of 80 capsules containing a total of 957 grams of cocaine, estimated to be worth Rs 14.35 crore in the international market.

Cocaine weighing 1.8 kg and valued at Rs 27.95 crore have been seized in these two cases and the duo arrested, it added.

Ashok Gehlot plays down upset minister’s tweet JAIPUR, MAY 27 (PTI): A day after Rajasthan sports minister asked to be relieved from his post over the conduct of the CM’s principal secretary, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday said Ashok Chandna’s tweet should not be taken seriously as he might be under pressure due to the workload.

Chandna on Thursday expressed anguish over the conduct of Gehlot’s principal secretary, referring to him as the “minister of all the departments”, and said he would prefer being removed as a minister.

Chandna made his displeasure public through

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Ashok Gehlot a tweet, saying he does not want to hold on to the “dishonourable” ministerial post.

Gehlot said Chandna had organised a state level sports programme earlier and in the same way, a similar event -- ‘Rural Olympics’

is going to be held for the first time in Rajasthan in which 30 lakh people are likely to participate.

“A huge load is on him. Maybe he (Chandna) came under tension and made some comments. It should not be taken seriously... will talk to him,” Gehlot told reporters.

The chief minister said he had not talked to the minister till now.

“He seem to be working under pressure, such a big responsibility has come on him, will see,” Gehlot said. In his tweet, Chandna had said, “I request the honourable chief minister to relieve me of this

dishonourable ministerial post and give the charge of all my departments to Shri Kuldeep Ranka ji. He is anyway the minister of all the departments,” he tweeted in Hindi, without elaborating.

Ranka is the principal secretary to the chief minister.

T h e d e ve l o p m e n t comes just days ahead of Rajya Sabha elections in Rajasthan and indicates resentment within the party.

Just a week ago, Congress MLA from Dungarpur Ganesh Ghogra sent his resignation to Gehlot in protest against a police case against him.

fast.” He said the country has been witness to the quick delivery of COVID-19 vaccine through drones.

“This (a drone) can help us send top-quality medical equipment and services to remote areas.”

People will see that not only in urban areas, drones have found their use in rural areas too, the prime minister said. “I invite investors again as this is the right time to manufacture advanced drone technology for India and the world,” the prime minister said.

“We are also moving towards creating a strong drone manufacturing ecosystem in India through schemes like productivitylinked scheme (PLI). When technology goes to the masses, possibilities of its use also increase accordingly,” he said.

Modi asked the youth to develop many more startups in the drone sector and expressed confidence that the police forces of the country will find drones useful.

“Whenever there are big events like the Kumbh Mela, the drones can be of immense help. In traffic jams, solutions can be found with the help of drones,” the prime minister said.

Seven soldiers killed in road accident in Ladakh’s Tuktuk sector

Indian Army personnel gather at the site after a vehicle carrying 26 jawans fell in the Shyok river, at the Turtuk area in Ladakh. (PTI) NEW DELHI, MAY 27 (PTI): Seven Army soldiers were killed and 19 others were injured in the Tuktuk sector of Ladakh on Friday when the vehicle they were travelling skidded off the road and fell into the Shyok river, Army officials said.

The accident took place at around 9 am at a place that is around 25 km from Thoise, they said Officials said the vehicle they were travelling in skidded off the road and fell in the Shyok river.

As many as 26 soldiers

were on their way from the transit camp in Partapur to a forward location in subsector Hanif.

“Seven individuals have been declared fatal so far. There are grievous injuries to others as well.

Dedicated efforts are underway to ensure that the best medical care is provided to the injured,” said an official.

The officials said the vehicle fell into the Shyok river to a depth of approximately 50 to 60 feet from the road.

“A party of 26 soldiers was moving from the transit camp in Partapur to a forward location in subsector Hanif. At around 9 am, 25km from Thoise, the vehicle skidded off the road and fell in Shyok river,” the official cited above said.

All the injured were initially taken to the 403 Field Hospital at Partapur.

Hours later, all 19 injured personnel have been shifted to Chandimandir in the Panchkula district of Haryana.

WVC asks govt to probe into death of police personnel...

(From p-1) Erui claimed that, at Ekonthung’s place, one of Ekonthung’s friends, reportedly “Meren Longkumer, No.7472619 of same Company, not only confronted him but also forced late Renchio Yanthan to leave the place”, which allegedly “resulted in a fight where Meren Longkumer reportedly manhandled late Renchio Yanthan.”

The following morning (April 5, 2022), WVC chairman claimed that “Renchio Yanthan was found dead on his bed. Following the unfortunate discovery, a postmortem was conducted on late Renchio Yanthan’s dead body

but without the consent of his uncle, a constable himself of the same Company posted at same place.”

Erui said that this was despite the uncle’s request to everybody not to touch his nephew’s dead body before he reaches the spot. Under these circumstances, late Renchio’s body was sent to Nagaland along with his uncle with an official message stating that his death was due to illness, the chairman said.

The appeal also claimed that “after the dead body arrived home, relatives were shocked to find bruises and cut marks on the body of late Renchio Yanthan”. Therefore, based

on the suspicious circumstances surrounding the unfortunate death of late Renchio, Erui said the bereaved family lodged FIR on April 6, 2022 night at Wokha Police Station.

Following this, officials from Wokha district administration and Police came and an inquest report was prepared on April 7, 2022, WVC chairman said. As per report, the FIR along with all details were forwarded to Delhi for further inquiry but till date the bereaved family have neither received any information on the progress of the inquiry nor even a copy of the postmortem report, WVC chairman stated.

UNION PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION PROGRAMME OF EXAMINATIONS/RECRUITMENT TESTS (RTs) - 2023

No.22/2/2022-EI(B) - The Commission's Programme of Examinations and Recruitment Tests (RTs) for the year 2023 is given below for the information of candidates. The annual calendar has also been placed on the Commission's website (www.upsc.gov.in). Aspirants and candidates are advised to retain this advertisement for use as a ready reckoner for applying for the Commission's Examination in 2023.

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Date of Commencement of Exam

Duration of Exam

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Reserved for UPSC RT/Examination

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Engineering Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2023

14.09.2022

04.10.2022

19.02.2023 (Sunday)

1 Day

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Combined Geo-Scientist (Preliminary) Examination, 2023

21.09.2022

11.10.2022

19.02.2023 (Sunday)

1 Day

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Reserved for UPSC RT/Examination

19.02.2023 (Sunday)

1 Day

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CBI (DSP) LDCE, 2023

30.11.2022

20.12.2022

11.03.2023 (Saturday)

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CISF AC (EXE) LDCE-2023

30.11.2022

20.12.2022

12.03.2023 (Sunday)

1 Day

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Reserved for UPSC RT/Examination

12.03.2023 (Sunday)

1 Day

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N.D.A. & N.A. Examination (I), 2023

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C.D.S. Examination (I), 2023

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Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2023

21.12.2022

10.01.2023

16.04.2023 (Sunday)

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Indian Forest Service (Preliminary) Examination, 2023 through CS (P) Examination, 2023

01.02.2023

21.02.2023

28.05.2023 (Sunday)

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I.E.S./I.S.S. Examination, 2023

19.04.2023

09.05.2023

23.06.2023 (Friday)

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Combined Geo-Scientist (Main) Examination, 2023

24.06.2023 (Saturday)

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Engineering Services (Main) Examination, 2023

25.06.2023 (Sunday)

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Reserved for UPSC RT/Examination

02.07.2023 (Sunday)

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Combined Medical Services Examination, 2023

19.04.2023

09.05.2023

16.07.2023 (Sunday)

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Central Armed Police Forces (ACs) Examination, 2023

26.04.2023

16.05.2023

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20.08.2023 (Sunday)

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N.D.A. & N.A. Examination (II), 2023

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Civil Services (Main) Examination, 2023

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08.10.2023 (Sunday)

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Indian Forest Service (Main) Examination, 2023

26.11.2023 (Sunday)

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S.O./Steno (GD-B/GD-I) LDCE

09.12.2023 (Saturday)

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17.12.2023 (Sunday)

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13.09.2023

06.06.2023

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Battle for Rashtrapati Bhavan

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y July 24, 2022 the next president of India will be elected by MPs of both houses including MLAs of all state assemblies. If the BJP applies PM Modi’s “no appointment to a public office after 75 years” formula, it can be safely said that the ModiShah duo along with the RSS are currently hunting for a new man or woman to occupy Rashtrapati Bhavan.

It could also be possible that the BJP could even field incumbent president Kovid as the NDA consensus candidate for re-election. While the BJP is leaving no stone unturned to ‘woo/win’ regional parties by any means, the opposition parties are badly divided. The Congress which still has the potential to turnaround is unwilling to bring about needed structural changes.

Its recent Chitan Shivir turned out to be a damp squib for those wishing the conclave would herald a new beginning. The panels set up by interim Congress president Sonia Gandhi turned out to be a non-starter.

The Gandhi siblings and their cheer leaders were included in these panels. The Congress has been losing elections because the party has lost direction. Today, majority of the opposition parties are disillusioned with the Congress for its inability to set its house in order.

Unfortunately, the leadership issue has been swept under the carpet at the Chintan Shivir and the panels formed are to carry on their assignments as if the party has no other issue. Gandhi loyalists in the party are allergic to demands for changes and opening of open debate over the role of the Gandhis. This unfixed problem is the main reason why Congress continues to be in a comatose state. Opposition parties have lost faith in Congress being able to play a unifying role as in 2004 and 2009. As the Congress grapples unceasingly with in-house issues, India’s regional parties are moving around like busy bees, wasting little time in putting up a challenge of sorts to the BJP before the 2024 elections. The presidential election, usually a contest between the ruling alliance and the opposition, might see a power play within the opposition ranks this year. Some parties such as the Trinamool Congress(TMC), the Aam Aadmi Party(AAP), the Telangana Rashtra Samithi(TRS) and the Samajwadi Party(SP) might propose a non-Congress leader as a joint candidate. These opposition parties are not keen on an alliance with Congress. The Congress has lost much of its political grip over the opposition space due to its dwindling Rajya Sabha numbers and defeat in state assembly polls. Worse for the Congress, exodus of leaders from the party continues with Kapil Sibal being the latest. Such desertions should have roused the comatose Congress but instead, the Gandhi loyalists and sycophants seem unperturbed since those who are leaving were the minority voices demanding change. Going by simple political arithmetic, ignoring existing and future political chemistry between various parties, the BJP has marginally less numbers than the entire Opposition in terms of strength in Parliament and state assemblies. This is despite its staggering numbers in the Lok Sabha.If the entire opposition fails to create political chemistry and stays arithmetically divided, with the support of a few players, the BJP will have its pick residing in Rashtrapati Bhavan till 2027.

DailyDevotion The Life To Know Him

…tarry in the city of Jerusalem until you are endued with power from on high. —Luke 24:49

The disciples had to tarry, staying in Jerusalem until the day of Pentecost, not only for their own preparation but because they had to wait until the Lord was actually glorified. And as soon as He was glorified, what happened? “Therefore being exalted to the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He poured out this which you now see and hear” (Acts 2:33).

The statement in John 7:39— “…for the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified”— does not pertain to us. The Holy Spirit has been given; the Lord is glorified— our waiting is not dependent on the providence of God, but on our own spiritual fitness.

The Holy Spirit’s influence and power were at work before Pentecost, but He was not here. Once our Lord was glorified in His ascension, the Holy Spirit came into the world, and He has been here ever since. We have to receive the revealed truth that He is here. The attitude of receiving and welcoming the Holy Spirit into our lives is to be the continual attitude of a believer. When we receive the Holy Spirit, we receive reviving life from our ascended Lord.

It is not the baptism of the Holy Spirit that changes people, but the power of the ascended Christ coming into their lives through the Holy Spirit. We all too often separate things that the New Testament never separates. The baptism of the Holy Spirit is not an experience apart from Jesus Christ— it is the evidence of the ascended Christ.

The baptism of the Holy Spirit does not make you think of time or eternity— it is one amazing glorious now. “This is eternal life, that they may know You…” (John 17:3). Begin to know Him now, and never finish.

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Unless we remember we cannot understand. ~ E. M. Forster

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May 28 is Menstrual Hygiene Day

enstrual hygiene day is held on 28th May every year. It is to spread awareness about menstrual care, hygiene and to highlight the issues faced by those who do not have access to sanitary pads, clean water, safe places to practice menstrual hygiene. The 2022 theme of Menstrual Hygiene Day is “making menstruation a normal fact of life by 2030”.

The purpose of this theme is to raise awareness about period poverty, to destigmatise, remove taboos and to make menstruation acceptable as a normal thing by 2030.

Menstruation is a biological process in girls and

women at their reproductive stage where the uterus shed blood through the vagina every month starting from menarche till menopause.

It is a natural process and can last for 3-5 days but may vary from individuals to individuals.

Girls and women go through pain, stress, discomfort during the menstrual period.

Awa r e n e s s a b o u t menstrual hygiene is very poor because of attached stigma, lack of education, social exclusion and gender inequality. Stigma around menstruation can prevent women and girls from seeking treatment for menstruation related

health problems and menstrual hygiene practices.

The teasing, shaming and discrimination around menstruation makes them feel socially isolated and affects them psychologically. They become hesitant to talk about menstruation openly and the subject becomes a taboo.

This adversely affects their dignity and prevents them from achieving of the highest attainable standard of health and well-being.

The girls become conscious of the period stain and there is high tendency of missing out classes during menstruation and their performance in classes gets affected. Girls and women from poor socioeconomic

background faces period poverty where they have to make choice between buying food and buying sanitary products.

Lack of facilities like sanitary napkins, water supply, soaps which are necessary for menstrual hygiene add to the problem and they resort to using mud, cloth pieces and leaves during the period which in turn leads to increase in the chances of getting infection.

All these tend to make them underperform in various aspects of their lives.

Access to sanitary pads, clean water, privacy and safe place to practice menstrual hygiene should be considered a priority.

Sanitary products should be treated as an essential commodity because menstruation is not a choice but a biological process that majority of girls and women experiences it for the most part of their life.

The schools and colleges should provide free sanitary napkins. There should be an awareness session in schools for young girls where they are provided platform that creates awareness, to talk about menstruation and to break the taboo surrounding it. There should be awareness programmes on sex education and reproductive health in schools.

The uniforms should be made into dark colour

so that they do not have to worry about the stain.

There should be removal of taxes on sanitary products so that they become affordable to the everyone. Observing menstrual hygiene day provides a platform for advocating better policy to treat menstrual health as a priority, to promote health and to remove the negative behaviour surrounding menstruation.

Abida Sultana (Sipong Lemla) Currently pursuing Master of Public Health Ambedkar University Delhi Bachelor of Homeopathic Medicine and Surgery

Lack of U-turn segment at Padampukhuri gate junction in NH 29

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t has been a couple of months since the completion of upgrading NH 29 that every people coming towards downtown Dimapur, approaching from Chumukedima’s direction have had to bear an avoidable traffic jams, borne from Naharbari junction.

And sometimes the jams stretch for miles till 3rd Mile. This nuisance does not only inflict Padumpukhuri dwellers but everyone destined for downtown Dimapur.

Inhabitants of Padumpukhuri and its surrounding colonies who ply through main Padumpukhuri gate, that lies along NH29’ shoulder, consists of more than five thousand households.

If we add tenants, temporary dwellers’ households, the number could more than double the original count. So, imagine, since these days every household owes 2 to 3 automobiles, contemplate the number of vehicles that has to reach Naharbari U-turn, if they are headed for Padumpukhuri Gate, approaching from 3rd Mile siding. To make a U-turn, vehicles almost come to a standstill position as the lanes are not wide enough, confining drivers to shift to the lowest gear. And for the universal sized buses and trucks, drivers have to apply their vehicles

in reverse since 180° (one hundred and eighty degree) manoeuvres is impossible in a single attempt. You can deduce the duration it adds to jams just by one heavy vehicle to make a mere U-turn.

All of it could have been nipped in the bud by allowing vehicles to veer only half-a-segment of U-turn without needing to put their vehicles in reverse, and thereby reducing jams, had the entrusted officials been conscientious enough to account another crossroad at Padumpukhuri.

This is a menace founded by imprudent officials who blindly interprets exactly what is written in the Law and follows it exactly despite the negative effects it reflects.

Herein, I do not merely vocalize to instigate any concerned Government Officials to discard or break the rules through their sole authority but many a times, there arises a valid situation for the officials to amend certain rules with the consent from the upper echelon. We the public can only place our grievance to the locally deployed officials and its an obligation for these officials to pass these grievances to the higher chain-of-command for special deliberation, if it is beyond their

allotted limitations. But unfortunately, we happen to have officials with concepts that laws the Legislative pass are inscribed on stones and, diligently, don’t believe in Amendment even in special cases which is, indeed, the cornerstone of our Constitution.

Yes, National Highways regulations impose imperative outlines for the safety of drivers and passengers alike travelling at higher speed than State and Lower Highways.

I comprehend that there has to be pre-requisite distance between the numbers of Highways’ corridors and U-turns/Crossroads segments in NH, enabling drivers enough time and distance to slow down, in order to prevent high speed mishaps and rear-ended wreck onto advanced vehicle decelerating to make a U-turn.

But such deployed measures don’t always assertively apply when NHs passes through massive inhabited urban locations. I am not merely stating but it’s a fact that I’ve witnessed in other major cities in India.

This avertible menace of Traffic jams is getting on the last nerve of every drivers and passengers, which includes auto drivers from Padumpukhuri auto-stand.

I believe that this particular issue had gone unresponsive from various officials repeatedly, although series of individuals and groups have pleaded.

Notwithstanding past pleas that yielded to nothingness, I plea to our current Deputy Commissioner, Dimapur, on behalf of all discontented Dimapurians who have to get stuck in this remediable jam, to kindly necessitate to remove portions of median divider to service a vehicular crossroad at Padumpukhuri Gate junction.

Creating crossroad in this location is a necessity to reduce traffic jams which has become a constant occurrence.

I believe the DC/District Magistrate has discretionary power over “National Highways Authority of India” when immediate remedial for crisis, arising at NHs set through populated towns is needed since it lies under his jurisdiction.

And if my perception is misconstrued, I plea to you, nevertheless, to earnestly be decisive to initiate an Amendment for the much needed Crossroad.

I’d also like to plea to our dignified Dimapur’s Deputy Commissioner to kindly tour around our city during traffic peak hours

and decree sanctions should he encounter hurdles that are accountable for creating more jams, of which Traffic Officials are devoid of authority to remove such impediments. i.e. aside from directional traffic movement.

And, I’d like to show my gratitude to our Deputy Commissioner through this article, if he’d included seldom tours in-and-around Dimapur during pinnacle hour of jams to witness if there’s any contributions he could add, despite his unstoppable busy schedules.

I also plea to all outside private forces to kindly refrain from interfering when traffic police and administration initiate different measures as circumstances persuade. It is becoming more than impossible for our traffic police in Dimapur to maintain a smooth flow of traffic, with the ever-growing number of automobiles, even without the outside interference.

I’d like to finalize my thoughts by requesting our overburdened Dimapur Traffic Police to please accept my humble gratitude for their undying endeavours they carry to completion everyday.

Viketo Nihokhe Sumi Purana Bazar, Dimapur viketo06@gmail.com

How India can make overworked teachers adapt to newer policies

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uch of the learning loss in children across Indian schools has been attributed to the Covid-19 pandemic, and rightly so. But the ASER Report 2018 had already revealed that 50 per cent of Grade 5 children could not read Grade 2 level text, largely because of their inability to recognise English letters. The pandemic has only exacerbated the learning loss, setting the progress made in education back by decades. The National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 tried to determine the causes for this consistent learning slide and zeroed in on the need for improving foundational literacy and numeracy across schools, strengthening pedagogical practices, and ensuring a better education delivery overall. At the crux of it would be highly driven education officials, principals, and teachers working with students and their parents to effect learning outcomes.

T h e p o l i c y h a s n’ t clarified the measures that would encourage participation from stakeholders in ensuring effective delivery of the proposed changes.

The public sector in India is fabled to be a ‘safe’ job, an incentive in itself that doesn’t need further rewards.

Unfortunately, that notion is incredibly limiting when it comes to nudging workers towards better performance or encouraging them to put in extra effort for a newer intervention.

There is far too much work to be done and every official, principal, and teacher in the education space seems to be overworked. In such a scenario, it is imperative to think, why would under-ac-

knowledged and overworked workers feel motivated to put in additional efforts to adapt to newer structures?

Reward and recognition A viable solution can be seen in the following example. The Government of Madhya Pradesh under the CM Rise Programme is doing a stellar job followed by the smaller ecosystem of South Delhi Municipal Corporation under their Project Parivartan, with support from Peepul (an NGO in the education space in India), in introducing lowpowered incentives in their education department. The reward mechanism isn’t too complex. It’s based on the teacher’s application of the training concepts they learned, in their classrooms.

Similarly, for principals and education officials, the way they are recognised is essentially based on the performance of their respective schools and clusters. There is nudging by the government that says emulating these practices will lead you to be featured on the government’s website. The recognition at that level certainly makes the stakeholders feel seen, heard, and valued in the larger ecosystem.

Incentives, rewards, and recognition can play a crucial role in ensuring the effective participation of stakeholders in the implementation of the policy.

People tend to improve the quality of their work and perform consistently when they feel rewarded for their efforts. In the absence of any acknowledgment, there is no driving force to put the extra effort into a new initiative. In the education sector, for example, an over-

worked teacher may not feel motivated naturally to come to class and start differentiated teaching. Differentiated teaching requires them to make different lesson plans according to the learning levels of different students in their classroom. The teacher has a large student strength in their class and the burden of several administrative duties, which range from data entry to maintaining a kitchen garden. It doesn’t leave them with a lot of will to put in any extra effort in their workdays.

In some cases, when teachers put in the effort to cater to the children by employing best practices or coming up with innovative pedagogical tools, their efforts largely go unnoticed and are passed off as them doing their job. However, even continuing with the status quo is them doing their job. What will motivate them to move from a stable status quo to a newer model recommended by the government? The current onground support falls short of matching what the policy needs. There is a lot of work being done around curriculum redesigning and teacher training. However, very little has been done to ensure that the people implementing the new policy are motivated to work for it.

Designing incentives Incentives for long have been contended to be an unnecessary vice that clouds workers’ inherent desire to do good work and diverts their attention from the purpose of the incentive to the incentive itself. It has been thought of as an unwarranted expense of the taxpayer’s money. This is true with the use of an extrinsic incentive

in isolation, such as a reward to mark good behaviour and encourage the repetition of it, which may not necessarily be an efficient or holistic way of incorporating incentives. With just an extrinsic incentive in a classroom context, a teacher may carry out a task with dislike or resentment towards it, to just meet the criteria for the reward in store. In the short run, that might be feasible but in the long run, it will inevitably lead to burnout for the teacher when they keep working towards a goal without finding satisfaction in it. Human beings are complex and greatly ruled by emotions and intrinsic motivations (doing something for the inherent satisfaction of it). Therefore, incen-

tives have to be designed around taking into account both intrinsic and extrinsic motivations of the workers, in this case, it would be the teachers, principals, and education officials.

There are multitudes of ways to design incentives in the public education space in India that can show a remarkable change in classroom culture and the learning outcomes of children.

If we notice carefully, just mere videos of children speaking about what they love about school brings a rush of positive emotions in strangers. Some charitable schools often share snippets of the school days with their donors, who then want to be a part of enabling it in some way because that

reinforces a positive selfimage. Imagine if videos of an exemplar school are shared in the ecosystem or a student-driven classroom is captured, the feeling of relatability would act as a base for connecting oneself with the impact shown in the video.

The realisation that your input may have brought about a positive impact brings satisfaction to the work that one does. Eventually, this translates into intrinsic motivation as time goes by.

Mayuri Purkayastha is a Project Associate with Peepul and an alumna of Teach for India. She tweets @mayuri1296.

(As published in The Print)

Reader’s Post

Appeal to concerned authority for construction of foot bridge at Burma Camp Sir,

Through this press communiqué, I the undersigned would like to bring to the notice of all concerned that Burma Camp junction being the busiest road and intersection in Dimapur Sadar connecting National Highway and State link road. Due to its’ increase of population as well as increase of vehicles and commuters, also shifting of business center in the area, pedestrian especially students and general public of nearby colony finds difficult to cross the road in the peak hour due to its traffic on connecting highway with colony approach road.

In many occasions at Burma Camp junction several of mishaps occur in the busy hour un-accounted. Whereas, according to the annual administrative report 2021-2022 of the state’s Transport Department, Nagaland reported 923 road accidents with 56 fatalities and 430 injuries between January 2021 to December 2021.

As we all know that how some of the riders and drivers follow the traffic rules and besides these, lack of strict rules from the end of the concerned law enforcing agency led to the “Khushi khushi Style of law breaker” mushrooming in our society.

And not forgetting the presence of fans of “FAST and FURIUS” in and around Dimapur, which needs to be checked. Ergo, in the interest of the public safety, appealing the concerned authority to look into the matter and take the trouble to come up with a plan to build the “Foot Bridge” at Burma Camp Junction, which is the need of the hour and shall ease the fear from the minds of pedestrians.

“Road safety is state of mind, accident is absence of mind” Kambuiga Rongmei, Former General Secretary, DNSU, Social Activist

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

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‘Preparations by Indian Navy are not NCB gives Aryan Khan clean chit in drugs case provocation to any aggression’: Rajnath touchstone of the principle of proof beyond reasonable doubt has been applied”.

“Based on the investigation carried out by the SIT, a complaint against 14 persons under various sections of the NDPS Act is being filed (before a Mumbai court). Complaint against rest 6 persons is not being filed due to lack of sufficient evidence,” it said.

It added that eight people, including Aryan Khan, were arrested by the NCB’s Mumbai zonal office on October 2 last year from the international cruise terminal and the vessel that was operated by a company called Cordelia.

Aryan Khan was released on October 30 from Mumbai’s Arthur Road jail, 26 days after he was arrested in connection with the drugs case, after being granted bail.

The government has ordered action against former NCB officer Sameer Wankhede for his alleged “shoddy” work while probing the ‘drugs-on-cruise’ case, official sources said.

Centre orders action against Ex-NCB officer Wankhede

MUMBAI/NEW DELHI, MAY 27 (PTI): The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Friday gave a clean chit to Aryan Khan, son of Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, in last year’s ‘drugs on cruise’ case in which he was arrested and spent 22 days in jail.

NCB officials said Aryan Khan and five others were not named in the agency’s chargesheet due to “lack of sufficient evidence”.

The NCB SIT found “grave irregularities” and gaps in the probe, the officials said, adding the agency’s first team that arrested Aryan did not follow rules like mandatory medical test of accused, video recording of the raids and corroborate evidence for WhatsApp chats.

NCB director general S N Pradhan told reporters in Delhi that there were “shortcomings” in the investigation and WhatsApp chat of accused had no “physical corroborative evidence” as required to prove the charges in the court.

The NCB on Friday

filed a nearly 6,000-page charge sheet before a Mumbai court against 14 accused in the case, but did not charge six, including Aryan Khan, due to lack of sufficient evidence.

“We have filed the charge sheet on the basis of whatever was found by our special investigation team on the last date of filing the charge sheet,” Pradhan said Aryan Khan’s lawyer Mukul Rohatgi said truth has prevailed.

“I am relieved, and so must my clients be, includ-

O P Chautala awarded 4-yr jail term in DA case

SC stays Allahabad HC’s bail condition Karti writes to LS Speaker over breach of parl privilege of Azam related to land of Jauhar Varsity

ED summons former J-K CM Farooq Abdullah in money laundering case

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NEW DELHI, MAY 27 (PTI): The Enforcement Directorate has summoned Lok Sabha MP Farooq Abdullah on May 31 at its Srinagar office in connection with a money laundering case linked to alleged financial irregularities in the Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association, officials said on Friday.

Abdullah (84), a threetime chief minister of the erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir state, had recorded his statement in the same case in 2019, they said. Political parties in the valley said the summons were “common to all opposition” leaders in the country.

Reacting to the development, Abdullah’s party, the National Conference (NC), said the veteran leader

would continue to cooperate with the authorities like he has done in the past.

“ED summons to JKNC President Dr Farooq Abdullah nothing new; this is common for all opposition parties in India. He has continued to maintain his innocence in the matter and has cooperated with the investigative agencies and will do so in this case as well,” the NC posted on Twitter.

PDP president Mehbooba Mufti said there was nothing to react to this as it was crystal clear that the voice of the opposition was being muzzled with the help of central probe agencies like the CBI and the Enforcement Directorate (ED).

The ED had questioned Abdullah in connection with the multi-crore Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA) scam case earlier as well.

Between 2011 and 2012, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) had given Rs 112 crore to the state cricket association for the promotion of the game in Jammu and Kashmir. It was alleged that Rs 46.30 crore from the grant was

misappropriated.

In 2015, a public interest litigation (PIL) was filed by two cricketers -- Majid Yaqoob Dar and Nissar Ahmad Khan -- in the Jammu and Kashmir High Court in connection with the alleged scam that had surfaced in 2012.

Karti Chidambaram leaves the CBI headquarters after being questioned in New Delhi, Friday. (PTI)

Region.”

Noting that INS Khanderi is the best example of ‘Make-in- India’ capabilities, the Minister said, out of the order given for 41 ships or submarines for the Indian Navy, 39 of them are being built at Indian Shipyards.

“I have myself launched two ships in Mumbai about 10 days ago,” he said, adding that the INS Khanderi in which he took the sea sortie on Friday was commissioned by him in September, 2019.

“highly confidential and sensitive personal notes and papers” pertaining to the Parliamentary Standing Committee for Information and Technology, Karti Chidambaram alleged.

“Shockingly, even my draft notes and questions which I had intended to ask witnesses summoned to the Committee, were also seized,” he alleged.

He claimed that his handwritten notes pertaining to the depositions made to the Committee by witnesses were also seized for reasons best known to the Agency.

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fact that in most of the cases in which the prosecution was initiated against him, he has been bailed out.

“However, prima facie the conditions which have been imposed by the High Court for the grant of bail are disproportionate and have no reasonable link with the conditions which are required to be imposed to secure the presence of the accused and to ensure the fairness of the trial is not impeded”, the bench said.

It said that in the impugned order of the High Court, the single judge has observed that “the present order in the bail application may sound like a decree of a civil court dealing and deciding the title over the property”.

The bench said, “Yet, prima facie the High Court while imposing the condi-

Navy is counted among the front line Navies of the world and world’s big maritime forces are ready for cooperation with India. The preparations being made by the Indian Navy is not against anyone, but it is aimed at peace and prosperity of the Indian Ocean Region,” Singh said.

During his interaction with the media here, he said, “the preparations made by the Indian Navy are not a provocation to any aggression, but a guarantee to people in the Indian Ocean

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NEW DELHI, MAY 27 (PTI): The Supreme Court Friday stayed the Allahabad High Court’s bail condition imposed on Samajwadi Party MLA Azam Khan directing the District Magistrate of Rampur for taking possession of land attached to the Jauhar University campus in an alleged grabbing of enemy property case.

A vacation bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and Bela M Trivedi said that prima facie the Allahabad High Court’s bail condition imposed on Khan is disproportionate and sounds like a decree of a civil court.

The bench, while referring to the May 10 order of the Allahabad High Court, said that it was opined that bail was being granted to the petitioner (Khan) on the ground of age and his health condition, apart from the

Rajnath Singh aboard INS Khanderi during his visit to Karwar Naval Base, in Karnataka. (PTI)

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Azam Khan being welcomed by supporters after his release from Sitapur Jail, in Rampur, May 20. (PTI)

tions for grant of bail has exceeded the settled parameters governing the exercise of the jurisdiction under section 439 CrPC”.

The bench then stayed a slew of directions of the High Court issued to the District Magistrate, Rampur to measure the land, take possession of the land attached to the University, and sought a response from the Uttar Pradesh government.

After dictating the order, the bench told senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for Khan, that it has stayed with the main directions issued in the order as the rest of the conditions are innocuous.

Sibal said that many of the conditions are not appropriate like Khan has to give an undertaking that he shall not seek adjournment on the date fixed for hearing, the trial is to be completed in one year and day-to-day trial. The bench said that it will look into those conditions on the next date of hearing and added that these conditions are innocuous and are given in most of the bail orders of the Allahabad High Court.

Sibal said that the bench should direct that these conditions shall not be applicable till this court decides the petition.

NEW DELHI, MAY 27 (PTI): Congress MP Karti Chidamabaram on Friday wrote to Lok Speaker Speaker Om Birla alleging that during a raid CBI officers seized “highly confidential” personal notes and papers pertaining to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information and Technology of which he is a member, and sought redressal for what he said was a “breach of his parliamentary privilege”.

In a letter to Birla, Karti Chidambaram also said that over the course of the past few years, his family and he himself have become targets of a “relentless campaign by the present government and its investigating agencies which are trying to silence our voices of dissent by foisting one fake case after another”. Such “targeted intimidation” of a member of the House amounts to a breach of privilege, the MP from Tamil Nadu’s Sivaganga constituency said.

Karti Chidambara’s letter to Birla comes amid his questioning by the CBI. He appeared before the CBI for the second day on Friday to answer queries related to allegations of bribe in issuance of visas to 263 Chinese workers in 2011 when his father P Chidambaram was the home minister, officials said.

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“I am very relieved and am sure that the young man and his father are equally relieved,” he said.

Asserting that the SIT carried out its probe in an “objective manner”, NCB said in a statement that “the

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NEW DELHI, MAY 27 (PTI): A Delhi court on Friday awarded a four-year jail term to former Haryana Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala in a disproportionate assets (DA) case. Special Judge Vikas Dhull also imposed a fine of Rs 50 lakh on the convict in the case of acquiring disproportionate assets from 1993 to 2006.

The judge also directed the authorities concerned to confiscate four of his properties. The court had last week convicted Chautala and said the accused had failed to satisfactorily account for such dis-proportionality by proving his source of income or means by way of which, he acquired assets during this period. The CBI had filed the case in 2005, and a charge sheet was filed on March 26, 2010, accusing him of amassing assets disproportionate to his legitimate income, between 1993 and 2006.

According to CBI’s FIR Chautala, while functioning as CM of Haryana during July 24, 1999, to March 5, 2005, in collusion with his family members and others, accumulated assets, immovable and movable, disproportionate to his known lawful sources of income, in his name, in the names of his family members.

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The government has asked the Finance Ministry to take action against former NCB officer Sameer Wankhede for his alleged “shoddy work” while probing a ‘drugs-on-cruise’ case in which film star Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan was arrested last year, official sources said. Appropriate action is also being initiated against Wankhede for allegedly providing a fake caste certificate, they added.

Aryan Khan was given a clean chit by the Narcotics Control Bureau in the October 2021 ‘drugs-on-cruise’ case on Friday. Wankhede is an Indian Revenue Service officer and the finance ministry is the nodal authority to take the action against him.

The government has asked the competent authority to take appropriate action against Wankhede for his alleged shoddy investigation in the ‘drugs-on-cruise’ case, sources said.

K A RWA R ( K ’ TA K A ) MAY 27 (PTI): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday said the preparations being made by the Indian Navy are not a provocation to any aggression, but a guarantee of peace and security in the Indian Ocean Region.

After spending hours under the sea, witnessing the combat capabilities and offensive strength of the state-of-the-art Kalvari class submarine- ‘INS Khanderi’, he termed the experience as “wonderful and thrilling”, and said, he is more assured of India’s security.

He said the Indian Navy is a modern, potent and credible force which has the capability to remain vigilant, valiant and victorious in each and every situation.

The Defence Minister is on a two-day visit to the Naval Base in Karwar, which began on Thursday, during which he interacted with the Indian Navy personnel.

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The country’s foreign exchange reserves had declined by USD 2.676 billion to USD 593.279 billion in the previous reporting week ended May 13.

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his wisdom and knowledge about the department.

Azo extended heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family members and prayed that Almighty God grant them strength in this hour of pain and sorrow.

H&FW deptt: Department of Health & Family Welfare, Nagaland has expressed grief over the untimely demise of Dr. Kevichusa Medikhru, an inspiring, very supportive and a highly motivating officer.

In a condolence message, principal director H&FW, Dr. K. Vikato Kinimi said that Dr. Medikhru’s contributions to the department will always be appreciated.

PD H&FW, on behalf of the officers and staffs of the department, has extended condolences and deepest sympathy and prayed that the “love and mercy of our Lord be bestowed upon the family during this time of grief.”

(From p-1) ing illegal taxation in the State, a PIL was According to ACAUT, since the late filed in 2020 by ACAUT, PAC and BAN 1990s there had been a continuous tussle through human rights lawyer Neiteo Koza, in the court to legitimise collection of taxes which was pending before the Divisional by various unions, organisations and gov- Bench for a final verdict. ernment agencies until the chief secretary On the other hand, Southern Angami issued a notification on June 22, 2009 on Public Organisation (SAPO) along with behalf of the State government banning its 13 village units decided to unanimously “collection of cash” at check-gates. do away with the British-era collection of (From p-1) From 2009 to 2013, 11 writ petitions tax at Phesama gate in the greater public and conveyed condo- were filed by such entities that were ulti- interest. GST goods and commodities were lences to the bereaved family, mately dismissed by Justice PK Saikia of exempted from tax purview at various interthe PCC fraternity and all the Gauhati High Court, Kohima Bench on state check-gates of Nagaland only in 2021, alumni of the college.

June 3, 2014. Over the years, with mount- ACAUT added.

LFIC: Livingstone Foundation International College (LFIC), Dimapur has expressed shock over the passing of Margaret Anne Shishak. In a condo- (From p-1) NSCN (I-M) asserted that it did not sign the FA without applying political insight lence message, LFIC principal Dr. RK Behera said that death, but that it was guided by intuition to safeguard sovereign rights and dignity as a people when it comes to a beloved one, and as a nation. NSCN (I-M) said this was the reason why it had stood its ground and was “indeed a heartrending never for other vested interests as wrongly perceived and projected recklessly, to jeopardise and agonizing experience” for the sanctity of Naga issue.

NSCN (I-M) reiterated that no amount of effort will go to waste if negotiating parties all who are left behind “in this vale of tears.”LFIC prayed that were equally determined to find the elusive solution and that mutual misunderstanding God comfort and strengthen the and respect should be the driving force to take stakeholders to the common ground.

NSCN (I-M) said what was of interest to it, was whether the “loud rumble of the bereaved family in this hour of grief and bitter tears. “May His state BJP and NPF leaders, is done with the blessing of their high command or the rumble loving presence be very close to is a mere reflection of an unstoppable juggernaut”.

NSCN (I-M) said it would not be cowed down into submission by relentless camyou all at this time of great agony and pain,” LFIC prayed and paigns in order to come to terms with the Centre, which was a way too short in coming assured of continued prayers. to the common target of ‘honourable and acceptable settlement of both parties.”

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and admiration of the people for his simplicity, straightforwardness and amiable nature.

NLA speaker said that his noble deeds and service to the people would always be fondly remembered.

Longkumer conveyed sincere condolences to the bereaved family members and prayed for strength and fortitude during this difficult time.

Azo: NPF legislature party leader and UDA co-chairman Kuzholuzo Azo Nienu has expressed shock over the sudden passing of Dr. Kevichusa Medikhru and said that his demise was “a personnel loss to me and I will cherish his contributions as a friend and associate.”

In a condolence message, Azo described late Dr. Medikhru as an able officer, who served the department diligently in various capacities in his 35 years of service. Azo said when he was the medical minister, Dr. Medikhru had guided him with

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(From p-1) The chief minister said that due to his hard work and effective management of the various programmes in which he was the nodal officer, and also in his capacity as PD of H&FW department, the possible outbreak of many dangerous diseases such as SARS, Avian Flu, HINI and Covid-19 were either prevented or controlled effectively.

Rio said late Dr.Medikhru’s good works and contributions will continue to inspire many, especially the medical fraternity of Nagaland.

The chief minister conveyed heartfelt condolences to the members of the bereaved family as well as to the medical fraternity in Nagaland.

NLA speaker: Mourning the demise of Dr. Kevichusa Medikhru, the Nagaland Legislative Assembly (NLA) speaker Sharingain Longkumer said that late officer was a real public servant who earned the love

land Students’ Association (CNSA) has urged all Naga citizens concerned to stop levelling accusations against each other and work unitedly towards a peaceful and fruitful Naga solution.

In a press release, CNSA president R Sunep Pongen and vice-president Lipemo M Tsopoe also announced support to all national workers who were working persis-tently to find a solution to the Naga problem. They also declared their support to the Central Nagaland Tribal Council’s statement that it was high time for Nagas of Nagaland to be “relieved off the burden of Naga political movement” and allow Nagas of Nagaland to progress on a par with other States.

Meanwhile, CNSA office-bearers held a meeting with former governor, former chief minister and Padma Bushan awardee Dr SC Jamir at his Chümoukedima residence on Friday.

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was and whether the true truth could be shared with Naga citizens.

For decades, they noted that Naga citizens had quietly endured the extortion and demands of national workers in the name of Naga nationalism, but had been de-nied the Naga solution and that there were many unanswered questions.

Questioning how long the Naga citizens would be kept in the dark, the AKM leaders reiterated the Ao Senden statement of May 22, 2022 that “competencies that are being negotiated with the government of India on the basis of the Framework Agreement, be made public without further delay”. Declaring their strong support to Jamir, the AKM leaders said they would not remain silent if he was subjected to any adverse circumstances, adding that they would look for the truth in every manner.

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costs and global logistics, and supply chain bottlenecks continue to impinge on core inflation.

“The substantial wedge between wholesale and retail price inflation amidst a sharp rise in manufactured products’ inflation poses the risk of a possible pass through of input cost pressures to retail inflation with a lag, although slack in the economy is muting the pass-through,” the central bank noted.

To control spiralling prices, the government recently cut excise duty on petrol and diesel and also waived import duty on some raw materials used in the steel and plastic industry. Besides, export duty was hiked on iron ore and iron pellets.

A rise in price across all items from fuel to vegetables and cooking oil pushed WPI to a record high of 15.08 per cent in April and retail inflation to a nearly eight-year high of 7.79 per cent.

(From p-1) Stating that they had been silently observing the turn of events and the verbal attack on Jamir by NSCN (IM), AKM president Nungdokyanger Ao and general secretary Nekmi Longkumer in a press release asserted that Jamir was by far the most coveted Indian citizen under the Indian constitution among the Nagas.

A Naga of unrivalled quality and ability, they said many people would never be able to match his wisdom and contributions. As such, to accuse someone like him as a destructive person and hurling accusations for speaking the truth seemed dim-witted, they added.

The AKM lea ders mentioned that if NSCN (I-M) believed that Jamir was interfering with the Naga issue and lying, then they wanted to know the truth. If all Jamir’s comments were incorrect, they asked what the true truth

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bouts of financial market turbulence, triggered by diverging paths of monetary policy normalisation, it added. “... the immediate impact of geopolitical aftershocks is on inflation, with close to three-fourths of the consumer price index at risk.

The elevation in international prices of crude, metals and fertilisers has translated into a term of trade shock that has widened trade and current account deficits,” the report said.

Due to the ongoing RussiaUkraine war, global commodity prices have moved northwards as supply lines have been severely impacted leading to a rise in worldwide inflation.

On the price situation, the report said there is a risk of high Wholesale Price Inflation (WPI) putting pressure on the retail inflation, albeit with a lag.

RBI said the cost-push pressures from high industrial raw material prices, transportation

(From p-1) The hoho said the same threat was repeated on Oct 12, 2020 and Oct 11, 2021 at Akhen village.

PH said the latest incident happened on April 29, 2022 in the office chamber of the chief engineer (R&B), wherein the public leaders comprising of three village council chairman—Zarpa Katiry (VCC Lephori), Jonjang (VCC Kanjang), Wilson Katiry (VCC Matikhril) and Kezüwete Wezah of Chizami village had gone to lodge official complaint against the contractor for not executing the works.

At that incident, PH claimed the contractor again attempted to manhandle the leaders and threatened with dire consequences in the presence of the chief engineer. The hoho said he abused the leaders verbally and called up some youth “with ill-motives.” PH, however, said the leaders “fortunately” managed to escape before the youth arrived.

In the light of the above, PH and Pochury Hoho Kohima (PHK) have vehemently condemned the “barbaric behaviour” of L Metha and demanded an unconditional apology.

The hoho said that such attitude had no place in a civilised society and warranted condemnation from all rightthinking citizens and civil organizations.

PH has cautioned that in the event of any harm upon the bona fide members of Pochury community in connection to the case, L Metha would be held solely responsible and the PH would take its own course of action at the appropriate platform.

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MUMBAI, MAY 27 (PTI): Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday pitched for structural reforms for sustained economic growth amid rising inflationary pressure, and asked banks to remain watchful of possible slippages in restructured loans.

In its annual report, RBI also said the number of Rs 2,000 denomination notes fell to 1.6 per cent of the total currencies in circulation as on March 2022 from 2 per cent in the year-ago period.

The central bank stressed that the future path of growth would be conditioned by addressing supply-side bottlenecks, calibrating monetary policy to bring down inflation and boosting capital spending.

“Undertaking structural reforms to improve India’s mediumterm growth potential holds the key to secure sustained, balanced and inclusive growth, especially by helping workers adapt to the after-effects of the pandemic by reskilling and enabling them to adopt new technologies for raising productivity,” it said in the chapter on ‘Assessment and Prospects’.

The escalation of geopolitical tensions into war from late February 2022 has delivered a brutal blow to the world economy, battered as it has been through 2021 by multiple waves of the pandemic, supply chain and logistics disruptions, elevated inflation and

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KYIV, MAY 27 (AP): Moscow pressed the West on Thursday to lift sanctions against Russia over the war in Ukraine, seeking to shift the blame for a growing food crisis that has been worsened by Kyiv’s inability to ship millions of tons of grain and other agricultural products due to the conflict.

Britain immediately accused Russia of “trying to hold the world to ransom,” insisting there would be no sanctions relief, and a top U.S. diplomat blasted the “sheer barbarity, sadistic cruelty and lawlessness” of the invasion.

Ru s s i a n P r e s i d e n t Vladimir Putin told Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi that Moscow “is ready to make a significant contribution to overcoming the food crisis through the export of grain and fertilizer on the condition that politically motivated restrictions imposed by the West are lifted,” according to a Kremlin readout of the call.

Ukraine is one of the world’s largest exporters of

A man walks in front of a damage building ruined by attacks in Hostomel, outskirts Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, May 26, 2022. (AP/PTI)

wheat, corn and sunflower oil, but the war and a Russian blockade of its ports has halted much of that flow, endangering world food supplies. Many of those ports are now also heavily mined.

Russia also is a significant grain exporter, and Kremlin spokesman Dmitri

Peskov said the West “must cancel the unlawful decisions that hamper chartering ships and exporting grain.” His comments appeared to be an effort to lump the blockade of Ukrainian exports with what Russia says are its difficulties in moving its own goods. Western officials have

dismissed those claims. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken noted last week that food, fertilizer and seeds are exempt from sanctions imposed by the U.S. and many others — and that Washington is working to ensure countries know the flow of those goods should not be af-

fected. With the war grinding into its fourth month, world leaders have ramped up calls for solutions. World Trade Organization Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said about 25 million tons of Ukrainian grain is in storage and another 25 million tons could be harvested next month.

European countries have tried to ease the crisis by moving grain out of the country by rail — but trains can carry only a small fraction of what Ukraine produces, and ships are needed for the bulk of the exports.

At the same time, the Russian Defense Ministry proposed corridors to allow foreign ships to leave ports along the Black Sea, as well as Mariupol on the Sea of Azov. Mikhail Mizintsev, who heads Russia’s National Defense Control Center, said 70 foreign vessels from 16 countries are in six ports on the Black Sea, including Odesa, Kherson and Mykolaiv. He did not specify how many might be ready to carry food.

The Kremlin planes were intercepted and flew back to Russia today. (Picture: Getty Images)

L O N D O N , M AY 2 7 ( AG E N C I E S ) : NATO fighter jets have intercepted Russian aircraft near Finland’s border with Norway, reports Metro.co.uk Intelligence identified the aircraft as a Mikoyan MiG-31 ‘Foxhound’ and a Sukhoi Su-24 ‘Fencer’ jet.

Nato scrambled F-35 fighter jets yesterday amid rising tensions between Finland and Russia. The Russian jets had been spotted near Finnmark, in Norway’s far north, but did not enter official Norwegian airspace.

The Royal Norwegian

Air Force posted: ‘Two Russian aircraft north of Finnmark today. CRC Sørreisa reported the aircraft, and NATO ordered our F-35s on their wings. ‘The Russian aircraft flew to the Norwegian Sea before returning east.’ The aircraft flew over the Norwegian Sea and then returned to Russia.

Russia has issued an increasing number of threats to both Finland and Sweden in recent weeks, leading to increased tensions between the nations. Both Finland and Sweden defied Kremlin warnings to announce their

bids to join Nato on May 18.

The Kremlin issued a chilling warning that the moves were both a ‘grave mistake with far reaching consequences’. Representatives from both countries will travel to Madrid next month to firm up their plans to join the military alliance.

In relation to today’s incident Stine Barclay Gåsland, of the Norway’s Air Force, called for calm.

She told local news outlet TV 2: ‘We are used to it happening, and there is nothing illegal in it. ‘We pay close attention to all activity in our local areas.’

But trespassing into Norwegian airspace would have provoked ‘a more aggressive action’, she added. There are always two F35s are always on standby, in what’s termed the Quick Reaction Alert for Nato. Pilots have to be poised and ready to become airborne in 15 minutes or less. Norway’s Armed Forces have scrambled aircraft 34 times in the last year.

Widespread disbelief over N. G-7 pledges put coal on notice, could boost climate aid SL allows private companies Korea’s tiny COVID death rate to import fuel, says Wijesekera

outbreak.

Experts say the impoverished North should have suffered far greater deaths than reported because there are very few vaccines, a sizable number of undernourished people and a lack of critical care facilities and test kits to detect virus cases in large numbers.

North Korea’s secretiveness makes it unlikely outsiders can confirm the true scale of the outbreak.

Some observers say North Korea is under-reporting fatalities to protect leader Kim Jong Un at all costs.

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appreciatiOn We, the Ura Villa Colony Council on behalf of general public would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to Mr. AjAo Kense for installation of solar street light at C K. RoAd in the colony.

We acknowledge his good deeds and wish him great success in his future endeavours.

Elmau, Germany, next month, were largely welcomed by climate campaigners.

“The 2035 target for power sector decarbonisation is a real breakthrough.

In practice this means countries need to phase out coal by 2030 at the latest,” said Luca Bergamaschi, director of the Rome-based campaign group ECCO. Coal is a heavily polluting fossil fuel that’s responsible for a fifth of global greenhouse gas emissions caused by humans.

While there are ways to

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Heavy torrential rains caused massive landslide during 2nd to 25th may 2022 and damaged road from 0 km to 16 km kohima – bokajan Road connectivity to Ghotovi Village. The damaged road is the main lifeline of many villages. 1. Ghotovi Village, Niuland district, 2. Logwesunyu Village, Tseminyu district, 3. phekerkrema Village, kohima district, 4. Yankeli Village, wokha district. The affected villagers have appealed to the department of disaster management to intervene and restore the road. dp-2435/22

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Motto: “Ever Towards Unity”

FELICITATES The Yangpi Citizen Union, Tuensang Town congratulates Miss Rangbenkumla Chang, D/o Mrs & Mr. P. Kikhasangba with eminent joy and pride for securing ‘GOLD MEDAL’ in Environmental Science (M.Sc) from Nagaland University, Lumami.

We wish her the very best in her future endeavours.

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Sd/Loseno R. Khuvung Gen. Secretary SVSU

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UNGMA BAPTIST AROGO LAISHIR TELONGJEM

Ungma, Mokokchung – 798601, Nagaland Date: May 27, 2022

iNfORMAtiON The 17th Ungma Baptist Arogo Laishir Telongjem conference will be held at Ungma Baptist Church from June 4-5, 2022.

Therefore, all the members are hereby kindly requested and informed to come and attend the conference.

Thank you.

Co-workers in His Vineyard, Sd/Mr. Nokzenketba President, UBALT

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With immense pride, the Sankitong Village Students’ Union (SVSU) extends our heartiest congratulations : 1. Dr. Mingthungroni Tsanglao, D/o Edango Tsanglao for securing the post of Asst. Professor under UPSC (NCERT).

2. Miss Achumlo Ezung, D/o Yanthungo Ezung for securing the post of Nursing Officer AIMMS Patna.

3. Mr. Zulanbemo N. Tsanglao, S/o Nchumbemo Tsanglao for securing the post of Sub-Inspector (SI) C.R.P.F. The union is very much elated for their noteworthy achievements and wishes them success in their future endeavours. db-478/22

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With immense pride and honour, we, the Elumyo Village Council on behalf of the general public extend our heartiest congratulations to the following bonafide members :1. Er. Albert Yanthan on being promoted to General Manager, Nagaland State Mineral Development Corporation Limited (NSMDC), Nagaland, Kohima on 1st January, 2019.

2. Shri. R. M. Yanbemo Lotha on being promoted to Head Assistant, Employment & Skill Development Department on 1st March, 2022.

3. Miss Renbeni Tsanglao, D/o Shri Thungyamo Tsanglao on being conferred SHRIMATI SARADA KRISHINA IYER Memorial ‘Gold Medal Award’ in M.A Political Science (2020) from North - Eastern Hill University, Shillong.

The Village Council is very much thrilled and elated at your noteworthy achievements and for bringing laurels to the community in general and wishes them success in their future endeavours.

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Sd/Chenithung Ovung Council Secretary

The Concerned Citizen Forum Zunheboto (CCFZ) had a general meeting on 22/05/22 and among others resolved that yearly membership fee be cleared for the year 2021 and 2022 respectively.

Therefore, members who have not renewed their yearly subscription within 30 days from the date of this publication shall automatically be excluded from the list of the Forum.

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reduce emissions of carbon dioxide from the burning of coal, experts say it is almost impossible to reduce it to zero, meaning it will likely have to be the first fossil fuel to be phased out.

G-7 members Britain, France and Italy have already set themselves deadlines to stop burning coal for electricity in the next few years. Germany and Canada are aiming for 2030; Japan wants more time; while the Biden administration has set a target of ending fossil fuel use for electricity generation in the

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SEOUL, MAY 27 (AP): According to North Korea, its fight against COVID-19 has been impressive: About 3.3 million people have been reported sick with fevers, but only 69 have died.

If all are coronavirus cases, that’s a fatality rate of 0.002%, something no other country, including the world’s richest, has achieved against a disease that has killed more than 6 million people. The North’s claims, however, are being met with widespread doubt about two weeks after it acknowledged its first domestic COVID-19

Officials from the G7 announced Friday that they aim to end greenhouse gas emissions from their power sectors by 2035.

United States by 2035.

A common target would put pressure on other major polluters to follow suit and build on the compromise deal reached at last year’s UN climate summit, where nations committed merely to “phase down” rather than “phase out” coal — with no fixed date.

The issue is likely to be taken up later this year at a meeting of the Group of 20 leading and emerging economies, who are responsible for 80 per cent of global emissions.

Getting all G-20 countries to sign on to the ambitious targets set by some of the most advanced economies will be key, as countries such as China, India and Indonesia remain heavily reliant on coal.

Under pressure to step up their financial aid to poor nations, the G-7 ministers in Berlin said they recognised that “action and support for vulnerable countries, populations and vulnerable groups need to be further scaled up.”

COLOMBO, MAY 27 (PTI): Sri Lankan government has allowed private companies to import fuel, Power and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera said on Friday, a move aimed at easing the burden on cash-strapped state-run fuel retailer Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC).

The severe depreciation of the Sri Lankan rupee against the US dollar, and the soaring global prices of crude following the ongoing conflict in Ukraine were some of the reasons why the state-owned entity has been struggling to import fuel.

“Approval was given to all the Private Bunker Fuel Operators to import and provide diesel and fuel oil requirements of industries to function their generators and machinery,” Wijesekera said in a tweet. “This will ease the burden on CPC and

fuel stations providing in bulk. The meeting was held yesterday,” he added.

In April, the Sri Lankan Cabinet agreed to amend the Petroleum Products Act making provisions to issue licenses to “properly identified parties” to import fuel which will end an import monopoly held by the CPC, according to the online business and political news portal EconomyNext.

The Sri Lankan government on Tuesday raised the petrol price by 24.3 per cent and diesel by 38.4 per cent, a record hike in fuel prices amid the country’s worst economic crisis due to the shortage of foreign exchange reserves. With the second fuel price hike since April 19, now the most-used Octane 92 petrol would cost 420 rupees (USD 1.17) and diesel 400 rupees (USD 1.11) a litre, an all-time high.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The Nagaland Masters Games Association would like to extend our heartfelt gratitude to various organisations and individuals who had supported financially and materially during our participation in the 4th National Masters Games held in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerela from 18th to 22nd May 2022.

The NMGA would specially place on record the generous contributions and support of the following : 1. Shri Tovihoto Ayemi 50,000/Hon’ble MLA & Advisor Power, Govt. of Nagaland 2. Director 50,000/Department of Youth Resources & Sports Nagaland, Kohima 3. Director 25,000/Department of Agriculture Nagaland, Kohima 4. Shri Moatoshi 20,000/Hon’ble MLA 5. Shri Jacob Yanthan 20,000/Jt. Director Department of Agriculture Nagaland, Kohima 6. Shri Roko Angami 50,000/President Football Coaches Association Nagaland 7. Shri V. Tuccu 20,000/P. Vizheto Village, Niuland 8. Shri Akito Zhimomi 15,000/President All Sumi Games & Sports 9. Shri Tsenthungo Nyamo 10,000/President, NMGA 10. Shri Basu Damani 10,000/Secretary Finance, NMGA 11. Shri P. Yanbemo Humtsoe 10,000/12. Shri Jim Khusi Kamei 10,000/13. Shri G. Kamei Rongmei 10,000/14. Shri A. Toshi Jamir 10,000/15. Dimapur District Sports Council 5,000/16. Dimapur Urban Council Chairman Federation 5,000/17. Shri Bishnu Bhattarcharjee 2,000/18. Shri Mughato 1 (one) set of football Jersey State Football Coach 19. Shri Gaihemlong 1 (one) set of bibs Engineer BSNL 20. Indian Tiger Sports 50% sponsorship of Polo jerseys & track Company Pvt. Ltd. Lower (40 pcs each) (Tsenthungo Nyamo) President NMGA

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A teacher takes the body temperature of a schoolgirl to help curb the spread of the coronavirus.

BERLIN, MAY 27 (AP): Officials from the Group of Seven wealthy nations announced Friday that they will aim to largely end greenhouse gas emissions from their power sectors by 2035, making it highly unlikely that those countries will burn coal for electricity beyond that date.

Ministers from the G-7 countries meeting in Berlin also announced a target to have a “highly decarbonised road sector by 2030,” meaning that zero emission vehicles would dominate the sales by the end of the decade.

In a move aimed at ending the recurring conflict between rich and poor nations during international climate talks, the G-7 also recognised for the first time the need to provide developing countries with additional financial aid to cope with the loss and damage caused by global warming.

T h e a g r e e m e n t s, which will be put to leaders at the G-7 summit in

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ABBA tell us what the future holds after their What’s wrong with my shoulder? ‘surreal’ and ‘fabulous’ digital concert tour Shoulder Parts

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peaking to NME on the red carpet during the opening night of their ‘Voyage’ concert residency, ABBA told us what fans can expect after their digital tour. Watch our full video interview with the Swedish pop band above.

The event, which took place today (May 26) at ABBA Arena in London’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Stratford, marked the first time in 36 years Benny Andersson, Agnetha Fältskog, Anni-Frid Lyngstad and Björn Ulvaeus were seen as a group together in public.

“It feels fantastic,” Lyngstad told NME when asked what it was like to be at the premiere. “Really looking forward to seeing the show again. I’ve seen it once on Monday evening, and it’s just that feeling, you want to see it again and again because there are so many details you can’t comprehend by just

Sean Paul releases brand new ‘Scorcha’ album

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rammy Award-winning music artiste Sean Paul released his eighth full-length album and Island Records debut, “Scorcha”, on Friday. He also unveiled a behind-the-scenes vignette for the music video of the first single “How We Do It” featuring Pia Mia. “How We Do It” received a lot of positive response and is just shy of 1 million Spotify streams in addition to gathering over 400K YouTube views on the music video. Sean recently earned a Grammy nomination for Best Reggae Album for his 7th studio album “Live N Livin”, which was released in 2021. The album is a collaborative celebration of his Jamaican heritage and dancehall roots in which Sean exchanges the mic with Buju Banton and Damian Marley. Earlier, Sean also announced his 2022 US ‘Scorcha’ tour dates as he returned to the stage after two years because of the lull induced by the pandemic. (IANS)

seeing it once.”

She added: “I also want to see the audience’s reaction again, because they were standing, clapping, singing along, dancing, having an absolute fabulous time.”

Ulvaeus told us it was “a bit surreal” to see the digital, disco era versions of themselves on stage at first, “but, you get used to it.” He added: “After all, we’ve seen ourselves in pictures and videos from the time almost every day for 40 years.”

Ulvaeus also shared the original idea that led to the digital concert, noting that after “holograms” didn’t work out, they decided to make digital copies of themselves because they found that idea “irresistible”.

“When we decided to do this project, we thought maybe we should have a couple of new songs in the show,” Lyngstad added, noting that new music was the main reason they got back together.

When asked if the

concert was a parting gift from the band, Ulvaeus said, “I think this is it. It’s sad to say that but then again, you can always take it back, can’t you? So the answer is, it could be yes, it could be no.”

Fältskog told NME she was feeling tense but very excited to see the concert, saying “I’ve seen bits of it but you don’t believe it. It’s so incredibly done, with all the music and the sound and the lighting.”

Andersson added that the five weeks in the studio they’d spent reunited working on the project, “were lovely.”

When asked if this was it for ABBA, Andersson joked: “This is what you’ll see, this is what you’ll get. Then we’ll go home and we’ll sleep.”

ABBA’s ‘Voyage’ is in support of the band’s album of the same name, which was released last November.

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use will replace Foo Fighters at this year’s Aftershock festival.

The music extravaganza will return to Discovery Park in Sacramento, California from October 6th to 9th 2022, and the British rockers will step in for the ‘Monkey Wrench’ hitmakers - who were due to headline on October 9th - after they pulled out following the death of their drummer Taylor Hawkins in March aged 50.

Muse frontman Matt Bellamy said in a statement: “It’s been too long and we can’t wait to come back to Northern California and headline Aftershock on Sunday, October 9th in Sacramento.”

In February, it was announced Foo Fighters, Slipknot, Kiss, Rob Zombie and My Chemical Romance would all be headliners at this year’s Aftershock festival, which will be bigger than ever after expanding

from three-and-a-half days to four full days. Slipknot and Zombie will headline on the Thursday, followed by KISS and Judas Priest on the Friday, and My Chemical Romance and Papa Roach on the Saturday. Rob said: “Aftershock is one of our favourite festivals.

“Always an amazing weekend. We are ready to take it to the next level this year.” Jacoby Shaddix, Papa Roach’s frontman, admitted it is a “dream come true” for the ‘Broken Home’ hitmakers to be headlining the festival. He said: “I am over the moon stoked to be one of the headliners of Aftershock this year.

“Honestly, this is like a dream come true. We have worked our whole career for moments like this, and cannot wait to be back in Sacramento, where it all began, for the hometown throwdown!

Several other acts will also perform over the four days, including Bring Me the Horizon, Evanescence, Lamb of God, and Stone Temple Pilots.

(Contactmusic)

Your shoulder has three bones: the top of your upper arm (the humerus bone) fits into a hole called a socket in your shoulder blade (the scapula bone). A combination of muscles and tendons called the rotator cuff keeps the bone centered in the socket and connects it to your shoulder blade.

Shoulder Problems

If your shoulder hurts and you have trouble breathing or tightness in your chest, call 911 right away -- those could be signs of a heart attack. You also should ask someone to drive you to the emergency room if you can’t use your shoulder to move your arm or have sudden swelling or intense pain. If the pain isn’t that bad but it doesn’t get better or your shoulder is swollen, red, tender, or warm, see your doctor. They’ll ask questions about your symptoms and see how easily you can move your arm around.

Tests

Your doctor may want to get a closer look at the inside of your shoulder. X-rays will show any obvious injuries to the bones, and a CT scan can give a more detailed view. An MRI scan or ultrasound can show if the tissues around your shoulder are damaged.

bones: your shoulder blade and your upper arm bone.

So when it swells (usually from injury or overuse) and you lift your arm, your acromion, which is part of your shoulder blade. rubs -- or “impinges” on -- the muscles, tendons, and bursa underneath. This can cause bursitis, tendinitis, and even torn muscles.

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A sudden blow or long-term wear can work the tip of your upper arm bone either partly or all the way out of your shoulder socket. You might know it as a dislocated shoulder. It can tear ligaments, tendons, and muscles, which makes it more likely to happen again. It can cause pain and unsteadiness when you raise your Arthroscopy If your doctor’s still not sure what’s going on, they may arm, and you may have arthritis there later. recommend this. They’ll make a small cut in your skin and Arthritis send a narrow tube with a camera on it into your shoulder.

If you have this in your shoulder, it’s usually a type Not only can an arthroscopy help find the problem, but in called osteoarthritis. That’s when the cartilage, which some cases, special tools can be used to correct it. covers and protects the ends of your joints, breaks down.

Along with causing pain and swelling, it also can make Bursitis Small fluid-filled sacs called bursas cushion the con- the joint hard to move. It often starts in middle age, is nections between your bones. If you make the same motion caused by wear and tear, and gets worse over time. with your shoulder too often -- like throwing a baseball Fracture or lifting something over your head -- these sacs can get You can break or crack your collarbone, upper arm inflamed. When you have bursitis, even simple things, bone, or shoulder blade. This can cause severe pain, like getting dressed or combing your hair, can really hurt. swelling, and bruising. Older people often get them from falling. Younger people are more likely to get them Tendinitis Like the soles of your favorite shoes, tendons can playing sports or in car accidents. wear away slowly over time. Conditions that inflame your Treatment joints, like arthritis, can cause it, too. In your shoulder, It’s the same for most shoulder injuries: rest and the tendons of your rotator cuff and biceps are most physical therapy -- a combination of massage, strength likely to have problems. training, and special exercises that help you rebuild shoulder strength and range of motion. Drugs may help Acute Tendinitis “Overhead” activities like tennis, baseball, and with pain and swelling, and your doctor may give you swimming can cause a form of this, especially if you do a shot of medication in your shoulder. them too often, in the wrong way, or without enough Surgery rest in between. With treatment, this kind is more likely You probably won’t need this -- rest and physical to get better than the “wear and tear” tendinitis that therapy work most of the time. But certain problems, happens over a long period of time. like a torn rotator cuff, may need surgery. It can range from simple arthroscopy to take out scar tissue to major Tendon Tear It can happen slowly over time or suddenly -- after open surgery to rebuild your shoulder. a turn or twist -- usually in the tendons of your rotator Treatment for Less Common Problems cuff or biceps. It hurts and keeps you from moving your These include infections, tumors, and nerve probshoulder easily. If it tears completely, your muscle can lems. Your doctor can treat a bacterial infection -- caused pull away from your bone, and it can take a long time to by an illness or an infected wound -- with antibiotics. heal. Depending on your age and severity of the injury, Tumors may need to be removed with surgery. Nerve your shoulder might improve with time and treatments problems may be caused by a simple pinched nerve or suggested by your doctor. However, some tendon tears diseases that affect your brain cells and nerve cells likes might not improve without surgery.

Parkinson’s disease. In those cases, you’ll probably need to see a specialist to treat the underlying issue.

Impingement Your rotator cuff is sandwiched between two (Medically Reviewed by Tyler Wheeler, MD)

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With Sincere Gratitude

It is the Lord who goes before you. He will be with you; he will not fail you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed.

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play-offs: Warriors beat Mavericks Taekwondo coach training concludes NBA to reach Finals for sixth time in 8 years

Col Sati with NTA officials, trainees and other guests at the valedictory at Kohima on Friday. (NP)

Praggnanandhaa finishes runner-up in Chessable Masters

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C H E N NA I , M AY 2 7 (IANS): The Indian boy wonder Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa launched an incredible fightback to win the second phase of his tworound final against Ding Liren of China and force a tiebreak in the Chessable Masters, the fourth leg of the nine-round USD 1.6 million Champions Chess Tour.

But his resistance ended at around 2.30 am on Thursday night as the Indian blundered to lose the second play-off blitz game, losing the match by 2.5-1.5, 0.51.5 margin in the tiebreak play-offs -- an incredible performance for a 16-year-old school kid who had defeated some top players including World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen in this event.

Pragg, as he is known fondly in chess circuit, found some brilliant tactical moves to leave the experts shaking their heads in wonder as he came back strongly in the rapid section, the short version of chess that could be compared with a one-day match (the classical version is like Test match and the blitz is equivalent to the T20).

Pragg, who had appeared for his school exam before the first round of the final after playing the semifinal encounter till late in the night, won the second game in the four-game minimatch after the first ended in a draw. He then held on to the advantage to force a blitz playoff.

urged them to be more passionate for their work at the same time be more matured in their approach to the profession.

Sharing his appreciation for the sport, Col Sati said it had always gone hand in hand with the military and that many personnel even under his command were exceptional sportspersons playing at the national level.

He hoped that the

sport would not just be a source of help for the trainees but also guiding force to even others who come forward to train from them.

He further expressed his optimism that the trainees would progress and reach national and international level events and bring laurels to the State.

Earlier, the valedictory was chaired by NTA vice president and State Coach, Visobeiu Peseyie, vote of

James-led Cleveland Cavaliers each time, but lost the 2016 and 2019 finals and missed out on the play-offs while rebuilding their roster in the past two seasons.

The Michael Jordanled Bulls won six NBA titles from 1991-1998, and Golden State coach Steve Kerr played in the last three of those wins.

“To be in the finals six times in eight years, it just takes an enormous amount of skill and determination and work,” he said.

“To get back again is

special for all of us. It’s so difficult to get to the finals.

It’s exhausting, stressful, emotional.”

‘It’ll be much sweeter if we complete the mission’ The Warriors have not lost a home play-off game this season, their first post-season run at San Francisco’s Chase Centre, which opened in 2019.

Luka Doncic scored 28 points for Dallas, who used a 15-0 run late in the third quarter to give themselves a chance after falling 25 points down.

Sri Lanka crushes Bangladesh by 10 wickets to win series ZDVBA informs on registration DHAKA, MAY 27 (AP): Sri Lanka crushed Bangladesh by 10 wickets in the second cricket test to win the series 1-0 after the host team collapsed from 156-5 to 169 all out in its second innings on Friday.

Sri Lanka easily reached the target on the fifth and final day to finish 29-0 in three overs with Oshada Fernando hitting 21 off only nine balls. Captain Dimuth Karunaratne was 7 not out. Fast bowler Asitha Fernando did most of the damage for Sri Lanka’s bowlers, registering his first 10-wicket haul in a match with 4-93 in the first innings, followed by 6-51.

“We knew the top order was struggling in the first innings so we wanted to bowl line and length first,” said Sri Lanka wicketkeeper

Asitha Fernando celebrates after a wicket.

Niroshan Dickwella.

“With Asitha’s pace and tactics with the short ball, we knew it would be hard for them. We wanted to spread the field, not to give easy runs. Then attack when possible.” Shakib Al Hasan (58) and in-form Liton Das (52) earlier helped Bangladesh avoid an innings defeat though the damage

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“We are competing for four days and then have such a bad session that there’s no way back. I am sure it is equally frustrating for the players. They are fighting back but getting behind the game at certain stages.”

Resuming the day on

34-4 and still needing 107 runs to make Sri Lanka bat again, Bangladesh lost Mushfiqur Rahim (23) in the eighth over of the day when Kasun Rajitha (2-40) bowled him with a delivery that kept low.

Allrounder Shakib, who took 5-96 in the first innings, counterattacked to keep the scoreboard ticking.

Liton, after scoring 88 runs in the drawn first test and a career-best 141 in the first innings of this test, went slowly but smoothly to deny Sri Lanka bowlers’ quest for another wicket.

The wicketkeeper-batter pushed left-arm spinner Praveen Jayawickrama through cover for a single to bring up 2,000 runs in his 33rd test.

Shakib reached his 27th half-century off 62 balls, whipping a delivery from off-spinner Dhananjaya de Silva through midwicket for a boundary on the stroke of lunch. But soon after reaching his 13th fifty off 130 balls, Liton gave a return catch to Fernando and it sparked the collapse.

Bangladesh’s hopes of saving the test took a big hit when Shakib edged behind a delivery from Fernando after hitting seven fours in his 72-ball knock.

Fernando then cleaned up the tail to give Sri Lanka a small target to chase.

Bangladesh chose to bat first and scored 365 in the first innings. Sri Lanka took control of the test and series after replying with 506.

1st Death anniversary

Of Our belOveD father lt. i. vitOkhe assumi

DIMAPUR, MAY 27 (NPN): Zunheboto District Volley Ball Association (ZDVBA) has reminded all the sub-divisional volley ball associations of Aghunato, Akuluto, Atoizu, Pughoboto and

Satakha to register their respective associations with the office of ZDVBA before May 31.

Further information can be contacted at 7005687994, 9612318997 and 9436427840.

FIRST DEATH ANNIVERSARY A year has passed since you left us for Heavenly abode, but you are always remembered in our everyday lives and in our prayers.

We know your soul is in peace and praying for us from above.

Remembering you on this day we would like to let you know how much we miss you.

From Loving wife, sons, daughters, in-laws and grandchildren. yapanGnUnGsanG JaMiR

Died on 28th May 2021

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

of our beloved father

Lt. nizhevi achumi

(hd. G.B. nizhevi village) When a very good man dies, nobody really thinks about it. Death takes away man who love God. But nobody understands why death takes them away. But God wants to save the very good man from trouble that will come soon. That is why he has died! Isaiah 57:1

Late Durga Rana 11th October 1963 – 19th May 2022 We, the bereaved family of Late Durga Rana, also known as Manu Rana a permanent resident of Upper Chandmari, Kohima wish to acknowledge everyone who supported us spiritually, physically, financially and emotionally at his sudden demise on 19th May 2022.

We deeply regret our inability to thank each and everyone personally, nevertheless your kindness and concern is truly appreciated. We pray that Almighty God continue to bless you all abundantly.

We would be observing obsequies (Thirteen day Rites) on 31st May, 2022 at our residence from 1:00 pm onwards. So, we would like to invite all the well-wishers to join us as we pay our last homage.

Loving wife, daughters, in-laws, grandchildren and relatives k-1100/22

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

DIeD : 28/05/21 Forever will be in our hearts until we meet again ever Loving Children, In-laws & Grand Children

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BLesseD aRe the peace MakeRs fOR they shaLL Be caLLeD the sOns Of GOD. Matthew 5:9

Today is the 1st Anniversary of the day you left for your heavenly abode. To lose someone we loved so much, brings pain beyond belief but the love, wisdom, guidance and good moral you instilled in us helps us face each day with hope and happy memories on our way. Though we are learning to live without you we still miss you everyday.

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Golden State Warriors celebrate with the conference trophy after defeating the Dallas Mavericks. (AP)

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KO H I M A , M AY 2 7 : Four-day long, State Level State Level Taekwondo Coach Certificate Course organised by Nagaland Taekwondo Association (NTA) came to an end on Friday at Pele Khezhie Indoor Stadium, Rüziezou.

In a brief remark special guest for the valedictory, Col Umesh C Sati, 1st Assam Rifles, Kohima,

congratulated all the trainee coaches for undertaking the course.

Exhorting the trainees, he said with their training now, they had reached a higher level and with it they were now in a new level of responsibility.

He said they would be training others who would be looking at them, their dedication, discipline and performance.

In this regard, he

NEW YORK, MAY 27 (AGENCIES): The Golden State Warriors beat the Dallas Mavericks 120-110 on Thursday to seal their return to the NBA Finals.

After missing out the past two years, the Warriors clinched a 4-1 win in the Western Conference finals as Klay Thompson scored a game-high 32 points.

They are the first team to reach the Finals six times in eight years since the Chicago Bulls in the 1990s.

“This one is special because no-one thought this group would be back here,” said the Warriors’ Draymond Green.

“After being counted out, [people saying] ‘dynasty is over’, to get back is fantastic.”

Golden State will face either the Boston Celtics or the Miami Heat from June 2, with Boston having the chance to clinch the Eastern Conference finals at home on Friday.

The Warriors won the NBA title in 2015, 2017 and 2018, beating the LeBron

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thanks was proposed by Aliba while Moon Thapa offered the benediction.

Four senior masters including ThejaKeretsü, (black belt 5th Dan), VisobeiuPeseyie (black belt 3rd Dan), T AlemAier (black belt 3rd Dan) and Moon Thapa, (black belt 4th Dan) were the instructors during the four-day course.

A total of 40 players including seven women and 33 men from Kohima, Dimapur, Chümoukedima, Shamator, Mokokchung, Noklak, Longleng, Kiphire, Mon and Tuensang successfully completed the training.

During the training the best male trainee coach was awarded to Albert Lotha from Kohima, best female trainee coachPongam N Konyak, best dedicated trainee coachDziesekhonuo and out of the four teams, Doyang, Dzükou, Puliebadze and Mt Saramati, the best team was bagged by team Doyang.

A special Taekwondo demonstration was showcased by the trainees.

Loving Wife, Children, Grand Children and In-Laws

We, the family members of Late k. Litongchum sangtam, would like to thank sincerely to all those who sympathized during the mourning hours and sincere gratitude to all individuals and organizations.

To name a few :1. Shri. Setsathong Sangtam, Retd.

Additional Director, RD, Nagaland Kohima.

2. Executive Engineer, PWD (R&B), Kiphire.

Late k. Litongchum sangtam 3. Singrep Yangdong Born on : 02/01/1974 Thsingmüjang Kiphire Died on : 26/05/2022 Jila (SYTKJ) 4. Singrep Village Council, Kiphire.

5. Singrep Yangdong Tsungdi Mülung (SYTM) 6. Kiphire Town Baptist Lithro (KTBL) 7. Field Staff Association, R&B, Kiphire.

8. Singrep Village Students' Union (SVSU) 9. Rüdithongrü Achingkehda Tsutpu.

10. Eden Hospital, doctors & nurses, Dimapur.

We are very grateful for the generosity and support shown in so many ways from the individuals & communities, even though we could not thank each one in person. We pray and hope our good Lord bless each and everyone in plentiful.

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SPORTS

IPL: RR beat RCB by 7 wkts; to face GT in final

Jos Buttler hits over the top for six during the Indian Premier League 2022 Qualifier 2. (PTI)

AHMEDABAD, MAY 27 (PTI): Jos Buttler extended his dream run this season with a record-equalling fourth hundred as Rajasthan Royals produced a

ruthless performance to beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by seven wickets here on Friday and reach their first IPL final since the inaugural edition in 2008.

Naga lad wins Shirui Lily Marathon

as chief guest and Ukhrul ADC/ADM Chunglenmang Kipgen as special guest, Ukhrul Times reported. The Shirui Lily Half Marathon Men’s Open was organized by T-Coleve, an event management team, under the aegis of Shirui Lily State Festival Entertainment Sub-Committee. It was a 22 kilometer marathon which was flagged off by former Education Minister, MLA Dr. Th. Radheshyam Singh in the presence of Tangkhul Naga Long President David K Shimray. As part of the opening program of the event, T-Coleve also organized a Campaign Rally for ‘Drug-Free Manipur’ along with a ‘March for Kashong Timràwon’, the local name for the state flower Shirui Lily. The Shirui Lily Marathon was organized under the theme ‘Say No to Drugs’ in line with Manipur government’s ‘War on Drugs Campaign’; promoting the state flower Shirui Lily all the while setting the stage for potential athletes. Hordes of supporters gathered to witness the event.

Pacer Prasidh Krishna (3/22) came back strongly from the hammering he received in the last game to help Rajasthan restrict RCB to 157 for eight in Qualifier 2 despite a stellar 42-ball 58 from Rajat Patidar.

Buttler (106 not out off 60 balls), the leading run getter of the tournament by a fair distance, then toyed with the RCB attack to ensure the Royals romped to victory in 18.1 overs. It was only fitting that Buttler hit the winning runs as he clobbered Harshal Patel for his sixth maximum.

With his special innings, Buttler matched Virat Kohli for most hundreds in a single season. Kohli had achieved that feat in 2016.

Royals take on IPL debutants Gujarat Titans in the final here on Sunday.

The pitch offered extra bounce but after Buttler provided a flying start in the company of Yashasvi Jaiswal (21 off 13 balls), the Royals had the game in the bag.

Buttler crossed the 800-run mark this season and dispatched bowlers to all corners in his matchwinning effort comprising sixes and fours. Jaiswal,

who smashed Siraj for two sixes and a four in the opening over, too played his part as the Royals raced to 67 for one in the powerplay.

Earlier, Patidar extended his stellar run in the IPL but his effort was the lone bright spot of the RCB innings as the other batters struggled on a tricky pitch.

Royals gained the upper hand by taking five wickets in the last five overs that went for only 34 runs.

After smashing a sensational hundred in the Eliminator, Patidar played with supreme confidence after high-profile openers Virat Kohli (7) and Faf fu Plessis (25) failed to come up with impactful knocks.

Rajasthan Royals pace duo of Trent Boult (1/28) and Krishna were impressive throughout the innings.

While Boult got his inswingers going in the powerplay, Krishna, who had a horror night against Gujarat Titans in the Qualifier 1, got the ball to rise sharply from good length.

Kohli started with a spectacular six off Boult, a whip over deep square leg, before falling to a loose shot off Krishna.

Patidar joined du Plessis in the middle and again played as if he was bat-

ting on a different surface.

He was dropped by Riyan Parag at backward point early in the innings after he collected two fours off Krishna in the same over. He also went after the star spinners Ravichandran Ashwin and Yuzvendra Chahal in the middle overs and brought up his fifty with a clean strike over long-off.

Glenn Maxwell hit a six each against Ashwin and Chahal before Boult outsmarted him. Boult invited him to pull over deep fine leg and the Australian failed to clear the boundary with Obed McCoy taking a brilliant catch. Royals bowlers were able to stifle RCB in the death overs.

Krishna, hammered for three straight sixes in the final over against Gujarat, lifted his game in the slog overs as well to dismiss the in-form Dinesh Karthik and Wanindu Hasaranga off successive balls.

BRIEF SCORES

Royal Challengers Bangalore: 157 for 8 in 20 overs (Rajat Patidar 58; Prasidh Krishna 3/22, Obed McCoy 3/23).

Rajasthan Royals: 161 for 3 in 18.1 overs (Jos Buttler 106 not out; Josh Hazlewood 2/23).

NAGALAND POST, DIMAPUR SATURDAY, MAY 28, 2022

Super Cup semis: G-Sports Vs Barak; A-Yhome Vs New Market Correspondent

K O H I M A , M AY 2 7 (NPN): G-Sports, New Market, A-Yhome and Barak entered the semi-finals of the ongoing Kohima Super Cup after the last matches for the quarter final league matches concluded on Friday, here at IG Stadium.

In the first match of the day (Pool-B), Barak FC and Aphuyemi FC had a fierce contest for one of the two slots in the semifinals as all the four teams in the Pool had one win and a loss each.

H oweve r, w i t h A Yhome emerging as the leader of Pool-B by defeating Magdaline Coaching FC 3-2, Barak FC qualified as runner-up as they had a better goal difference of +3.

Despite their best efforts none of Barak and Aphuyemi’s numerous attempts could materialise and they had to settle for an uneasy and goalless draw.

The tension and fight for survival was strongly felt as the main referee, Michael Dul, had to issue five cautionary cards to players from both the teams. However, the tensed match ended amicably and the sportsmanship of both the teams was later displayed when they shook hands with each other.

Barak FC (white) and Aphuyemi FC in their last quarter final match on Friday. (NP)

In the last quarter final match, A-Yhome FC beat Magdaline Coaching FC 3-2 and emerged the Pool-B leader by winning two of the three encounters.

Tianungsung of Magdaline scored the first goal in the 15th minute of the game sending the opposing team into a frenzy all through the first half as that remained the only goal for the half.

In the fourth minute after the suspenseful break, Punuru of A-Yhome, netted the first goal for the team bringing back a ray of hope for the team.

Punuru quickly doubled his score within 10 minutes of his first goal and continued with his charm with another goal in the 72nd minute and earned himself a hattrick.

Magdaline’s relentless efforts paid off when Nosal Pucho doubled the team’s

score in the 79th minute, which, however, remained as the last and final score of the team as they unwillingly conceded defeat and bowed out of the tournament.

Earlier on Thursday after the two leaders of Pool-A, G-Sports and New Market’s match ended in 1-1draw, a lot was drawn where G-Sports emerged as the winner of the group and New Market as the runner-up as they both had an identical score of same goal difference of +11 and 7 points each.

Winner of Pool-A, GSports will now face off with the runner-up of Pool-B, Barak FC, in the first semi final match on Saturday at 2:30 p.m. while winner of Pool-B, A-Yhome FC, would play against the runner-up of Pool-A, New Market FC on May 29, Sunday, at 1:30 p.m.

French Open: Djokovic, Nadal enter last 16 AICS urges state govts European clay-court swing and, after an understandably rusty start in Monte Carlo, reached the Madrid Open semi-finals before winning the Italian Open.

Fernandez beats Bencic as Kerber knocked out

to enhance sports budget

NEW DELHI, MAY 27 (IANS): The All India Council of Sports (AICS) president Prof. Vijay Kumar Malhotra has urged the state governments to enhance their sports budget, especially in view of the fact that sports is a state subject and it is their duty to promote sports.

Prof. Malhotra said that the best-ever medal tally in Olympics shows that India is in the right direction but it needed a comprehensive approach by the state governments for promoting sports.

“State Governments should also enhance their Sports Budget, especially in view of the fact that Sports is a State Subject and it is the primary duty of the States to promote sports in their respective states,” he stated after the 14th meeting of AICS here on Friday.

“India is celebrating its best-ever medal tally in the recently concluded

Olympic Games, Paralympic Games and Deaflympic Games. The Government of India is immensely working on identifying and promoting sporting excellence since 2015 and the result we all saw in the Tokyo Olympics, Paralympics, and Deaflympics,” he said.

Prof. Malhotra said that indeed the performance of our sportspersons have improved but if compared to the showing of athletes from other countries it is clearly understood that we need to develop and market sports at the grass-root level. “A study has revealed that those countries who were on the top of medal tally invested heavily and prudently in building up the sports culture while we have a very limited budget for sports although the present NDA Government has increased the Sports Budget compared to the previous UPA Governments,” Prof.

Malhotra said.

de Zandschulp. Nadal, who was beaten by Djokovic in a gripping semi-final last year, will face Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime in Paris on Sunday.

An intriguing element to that match is Toni Nadal Rafael’s uncle, who coached him to 16 of his 21 major titles - is part of Auger-Aliassime’s team in Paris. Ninth seed Auger-Aliassime earned his spot in the last 16 with a 7-6 (7-3) 7-6 (7-2) 7-5 win against Serbia’s Filip Krajinovic. Nadal secured his victory over 26th seed Van de Zandschulp when he saw off a break point before serving

out the win. Standing between Djokovic and the possibility of a 59th career meeting with Nadal is Argentine 15th seed Diego Schwartzman, his last-16 opponent.

After a disrupted start to 2022, Djokovic is starting to look at his best and will face his biggest test so far this year at Roland Garros against 2020 semi-finalist Schwartzman. Djokovic was not allowed to play at the Australian Open, or at tournaments in the United States, because he was not vaccinated against Covid-19.

That meant he had only one tournament before the

Leylah Fernandez won a thrilling three-set encounter with Belinda Bencic to reach the French Open last 16. The Canadian, 19, came through 7-6 (7-5) 3-6 7-5 in the third round in Paris.

Three-time Grand Slam winner Angelique Kerber was upset by Emma Raducanu’s conqueror Aliaksandra Sasnovich. The 34-year-old German 21st seed lost 6-4 7-6 (7-5) while American Coco Gauff, 18, eased into the Roland Garros fourth round with a 6-3 6-4 victory over Estonia’s Kaia Kanepi. Fernandez will next face 20-year-old American Amanda Anisimova, who progressed when an injured Karolina Muchova was forced to retire from their third-round match with the score 6-7 (7-9) 6-2 3-0.

Women’s T20 Challenge: Velocity qualify for final

MI emerge most engaged club in the world: report

Fit-again Sunil Chhetri boosts India’s chances in Jordan friendly

M U M B A I , M AY 2 7 (IANS): Despite getting the wooden spoon in Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022, Mumbai Indians have yet again reiterated their widespread followership across the world and have sustained their top status on YouTube engagement worldwide, according to a study conducted by Spanish research agency Deportes & Finanzas.

According to the report, the 5-time IPL champions bettered their numbers on this count by over 50 percent in April 2022, clocking 66.1 million engagements, clear of second-placed Liverpool FC by 16m. Mumbai Indians were ranked as the most popular sports brand for March 2022 on YouTube with 40.7M engagements, beating global brands such as FC Barcelona, Liverpool FC, and Real Madrid amongst others.

“A combination of YT Shorts and traditional YT videos have led to exponential consumption on MI’s YouTube channel,” the report said.

NEW DELHI, MAY 27 (PTI): Upbeat with the return of talismanic striker Sunil Chhetri in its ranks, India still has a tough task at hand when it faces higherranked Jordan in an international football friendly match on Saturday.

The 37-year-old Chhetri last played for India during its 3-0 win over Nepal in the SAFF Championships final in October 2021, but since then was side-lined due to injuries.

The match is India’s last preparatory outing ahead of the 2023 AFC Asian Cup Qualifiers which kicks off in Kolkata from June 8. Jordan is placed at 91st as against 106th of India in the FIFA rankings.

“Another game against a stronger team will always help,” head coach Igor Stimac said about which team which reached here on Wednesday. “It’s our last friendly game prior to qualifiers, and we need to get final answers on certain questions. Some of our youngsters will have a great opportunity to gain more experience at international

Wede Tmero

D I M A P U R , M AY 2 7 (NPN): A 25-year-old Wede Tmero from Chizami village, Phek won the Shirui Lily Half Marathon Men’s Open 2022 displaying an impressive feat of 22 km coverage in one hour thirty one minutes and seven seconds.

Manipur’s H. Ngapulou, 22-year-old from Liyai Khunou, Senapati district missed the title spot by just about a minute lapse to secure the first runnerup position; Right behind Liyai was a 19-year-old Manoubi Singh from Pachim Lanka Gaon, Baluhandar Hojai, Assam. The award ceremony of the event was graced over by HAC Chairman MLA Dipu Gangmei

NEW DELHI, MAY 27 (PTI): Velocity suffered a 16-run defeat in the Women’s T20 Challenge but still qualified for the final on the basis of a better net runrate, knocking out victors Trailblazers from the tournament on Thursday. Velocity will face Supernovas in the summit clash on Saturday.

Invited to bat, Sabbhineni Meghana and Jemimah Ridrigues smashed scintillating fifties to help the defending champions post a huge 190 for five, the highest total in the history of the tournament.

But they needed to restrict Velocity to 159 to become the second team to qualify for the final but it was not to be as Kiran Navgire had other ideas.

The 27-year-old allrounder from Maharashtra lit up the night sky with five fours and as many sixes on way to her 34-ball 69 to take Velocity across the 150-mark and on the doorstep of the final.

The Trailblazers bowlers, led by Poonam Yadav (2/33) and Rajeshwari Gayakwad (2/44), eventually managed to restrict Velocity to 174 for nine to

Novak Djokovic

PARIS, MAY 27 (AGENCIES): Defending champion Novak Djokovic produced another outstanding display as he reached the French Open fourth round without having dropped a set all week. Serbia’s Djokovic, 34, won 6-3 6-3 6-2 - saving one break point in the third set - against Slovenia’s Aljaz Bedene. The top seed remains on course for a potential quarter-final meeting with Spain’s 13-time champion Rafael Nadal.

Nadal, 35, also moved into the last 16 on Friday with a 6-3 6-2 6-4 win over Dutch opponent Botic van

Rafael Nadal

parted, it was all over for Velocity. Earlier, Meghana knocked the stuffing out of Velocity attack with a 73 off 47 balls en route to a 113-run partnership off 73 balls with Rodrigues (66 off 44 balls) as Trailblazers posted 190 for five, the highest total in the history of the tournament.

NCA lauds KP Navigre

Velocity’s Kiran Navgire plays a shot during the Women’s T20 Challenge match against Trailblazers. (Sportzpics)

also open their account but they would rue their heavy 49-run defeat to Supernovas in the opening match.

Trailblazers (-0.825), Supernovas (+0.912) and Velocity (-0.022) ended with two points each but the top two teams made it to the final as they had better net runrate than the defending champions.

Velocity crossed the 159run mark in the 19th over to make it through to the final.

Set a stiff target of 191

to win, Navgire, playing her first season in the big league, showed steely temperament as she anchored the chase beautifully, adding 55 off 31 balls with Laura Wolvaardt (17) and then held on to the other end.

Velocity ke pt losing wickets under scoreboard pressure but Navgire steered them to safety before being stumped by Richa Ghosh off Shopie Dunkley in the 17th over.

Once Navgire de-

Nagaland Cricket Association (NCA) has lauded Kiran Prabhu Navgire, Maharashtra-born cricketer, who plays for Nagaland in the domestic circuit for her innings of 162 not out against Arunachal Pradesh in the domestic T20 tournament.

Her highest score of 162 not out is the highest individual score for an Indian batter — men or women —in T20s. In the ongoing T20 Women’s Challenge, Kiran Prabhu Navgire scored the fastest fifty of the tournament in just 25 balls. She finished with 69 runs off 34 balls, striking at 203. NCA wished her best in her endeavors and feel proud of her achievements.

Sunil Chhetri

level,” he added. The squad has been in a preparatory camp for over a month, first in Bellary in Karnataka and then in Kolkata, and the coach said that the fitness levels of his players “are quite good”. “We have another 10 days (before the Asian Cup qualifiers), and it should be perfect. The boys have done a great job, and they need to be rewarded with some good results in the Qualifiers,” Stimac said.

About Jordan as an opposition team, the coach said: “Jordan are ranked better than Belarus (FIFA Ranking 93) but are not as physical as Belarus. So for us, it should be a bit easier in regards to the build-up and

ball possession.” The ‘Blue Tigers’ had played against Belarus in the FIFA International window in March, a match where they went down 0-3.

The Indian squad has been bolstered by the joining of the ATK Mohun Bagan players, who missed the preparatory camp owing to their club commitments in the AFC Cup. “They came very late (on May 26, 2022 morning) after playing 3 games in 7 days, and hence, we need to be careful with them. We still have over 36 hours ahead for them to recover and I will be making a decision whether to field them or not on 28th morning,” Stimac said.

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