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NPCC slams govt’s Republic Day speech Says, govt trying to escape from Oting massacre through AFSPA DIMAPUR, JAN 28 (NPN): Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) has accused the State government of trying to wriggle itself out of the Oting massacre by focussing on the repeal of Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA).

Therie was reacting to the Republic Day speech of the government read by the chief guest at Pfütsero in which he had attended.

On the Oting massacre, he said it was common knowledge that 21 Para Troopers were involved in the massacre at Tiru Valley, that led to deaths of 13 innocent lives and another death at Mon. Therefore, he asked what more facts do the army’s Court of Enquiry and State govern-

ment’s Special Investigation Team (SIT) need?

Therie said Tiru Valley was within Nagaland and the responsibility for safety and security of people in the State lay with the chief minister and dy.chief minister . He demanded to know from both as to why the police was not used, if there was any law and order problem?

Therie asked: “Who gave the order to 21 Para Troopers to operate against NSCN(K) at Oting (Tiru Valley)? Why did 21 Para troopers have to come from Jorhat? Is this with the collaboration of Assam’s chief minister? He added that some could be fooled but not all.

He said the state government was crying hoarse against AFSPA without knowing the root and that given the opportunity, the fact will be known sooner or later and criminals booked.

Therie also maintained that the deaths at Oting will not go unpunished and that justice delivered and AFSPA rooted out.

He also accused the State government of being against implementation of solution (to the Naga political issue) by wanting negotiations to resume again despite talks having been concluded.

The NPCC president said if the government wanted a solution, then it must agree with the Agreed Points and stakeholders and urge the Centre to implement them.

Therie mentioned that when Congress had pressed the Centre to implement solution by citing that stakeholders, including 14 tribal organisations, NGBF and other civil society organisations had indicated their desire for implementation of solution, he said the centre had responded positively, but said it would also have to respect “people’s government”.

He acknowledged that “people’s gover nment” could not be ignored in democracy, but alleged that “this people’s government” had lied.

Recalling that the State

government had committed to the people to pave the way once an acceptable and honourable solution was found, Therie said the stakeholders have also accepted and honoured the Agreed Position. However, he alleged that the “people’s government” did not want to implement the agreement.

He mentioned that this was the exact situation with Nagaland and termed the State government’s stand as a “betrayal of trust”.

Therie mentioned that it would have been more appropriate to state that law and order was under the control of factions with nine ceasefire monitoring cells located at Dimapur and “guarding all gates” in the State.

Therie also clarified that he respected Republic Day because this gave the people the Constitution of India. However, he said while returning back from Pfutsero, he had felt betrayed by the contents of the speech read out by the chief guest.

According to Therie, the priorities spelt out in the speech were all routine and regretted that the government showed no desire to address the growing needs and problems of the State.

He alleged that major sectors in infrastructure, load-shedding every alternative hour, acute shortage of water to all major towns and State Capital, health coverage in rural areas and coverage for the terminally ill and creation of jobs were are all ignored.

Therie also lamented that people could not depend on State transport anymore and even old age pensions were drawn by ruling party workers. He also accused the government of totally ignoring traffic congestion and having no plan to promote growth of economy nor the industrial sector. He said the government has no intention of developing Institutions, colleges, and centres of higher learning and therefore, revealing that it has abandoned any commitment to development.

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Nagaland’s first State Chaplain Rev. Yankey Patton passes away DIMAPUR, JAN 28 (NPN): Nagaland first State Chaplain Rev. Yankey Patton passed away on January 28 afternoon at his residence in Diphupar. He was 94.

His wife predeceased him in 2014 and is survived by his son, seven grandchildren and three great grandchildren.

According to DPRO report, the funeral service of late Rev. Patton will be held on Sunday (January 30) at 9 a.m. at Lotha Baptist Church, Diphupar.

After the funeral service the body would be taken to his native village, Raman for burial. Born on March 15, 1927, Rev. Patton served as the State Chaplain for 15 years from 1989 to 2004. He also served as the Police Chaplain for two years (1987 to 1988).

CM, DyCM condole

State chief minister Neiphiu Rio and deputy chief minister Y Patton have condoled the demise of State’s first chaplain Rev Yankey Patton. Terming Rev Yankey as one of the

Late Rev. Yankey Patton

most well-known and respected pastors in Nagaland, Rio in a message said in his death, the State lost a stalwart in the field of church and public service, and the void created by his death would be difficult to fill.

He also conveyed his heartfelt condolences to members of the bereaved family and prayed that Almighty God grant them solace and strength in their hour of bereavement, and his soul rest in peace.

Recalling that Rev Yankey became the first State chaplain in 1989 and continued to serve the State and

its people in that capacity for around 14 years, till 2003, the chief minister however mentioned that he felt comforted in the knowledge that he was now with the Lord, whom he had served faithfully throughout his life.

Further, describing Rev Yankey as a dedicated and humble servant of God, Rio recalled that during his earlier days as a State chaplain, no government facilities were given to him, not even a vehicle for his movement.

“So, holding his humble umbrella and walking on foot, he used to visit the legislators at their respective homes. Such was the degree of his sense of duty and humility. At the same time, he was a very honest and courageous servant of God, always saying the hard truth, including those that are uncomfortable to say,” Rio added.

DyCM: In a separate message, the deputy chief minister said he was saddened to learn about the demise of Rev Yankey Patton.

(Cont’d on p-8)

Army follows HM’s line of defence on Nagaland killings, SIT unconvinced State logs 130 fresh Covid cases, 4 deaths MUMBAI, JAN 28 (AGENCIES): On December 6, just two days after Indian security forces – allegedly the 21 Para Special Force based in Assam – killed 13 unarmed civilians in Nagaland’s Mon district, Union home minister Amit Shah claimed in parliament that the incident was an outcome of “mistaken identity”. Shah’s statement attracted flak from all quarters for being insensitive and attempting a “hasty cover-up” of the killings, reports The Wire.

But, over a month later, the army too has adopted Shah’s statement as its line of defence. The Wire has learned that the 37 secu-

New SBI rules on pregnant women elicit criticism NEW DELHI/MUMBAI, JAN 28 (AGENCIES): The country’s largest lender State Bank of India (SBI) has put in place new rules wherein a woman candidate with more than three months pregnancy will be considered “temporarily unfit” and can join the bank within four months after delivery.

The move has elicited criticism organizations like All India State Bank Of India Employees’ Association and All India Democratic Women’s Association.

(Cont’d on p-8)

This is it!

“How many times should we excuse them from not paying tax due to pandemic? We too need to survive.”

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rity personnel who deposed before the Special Investigation Team– set up to investigate the firing and the subsequent deaths – have unanimously stuck to the version that the intelligence inputs they received proved to be wrong, leading to the killing of 13 persons.

Of these 37 army personnel examined, 31 were involved in the operation, the report stated. The SIT has also examined another 85 civilians, mostly from Oting village where the incident took place. Of them, two statements have been recorded before a magistrate.

These two witnesses, the SIT consider, are “crucial”

to the investigation and they won’t budge from their statements.

The army officials involved in the operation – one brigadier, one colonel, a few subedars and other lower-rung personnel – were summoned on different dates and their testimonies were recorded between December 6 and mid January.

A senior police official privy to the investigations carried out by the SIT has confirmed that the “half-baked alibi”, however, has “led to more questions than answers” – more particularly, why the army had ignored identical intelligence inputs received several times in

recent months, but acted specifically upon the one received for December 4.

These inputs, the police officer confirmed, were received through the Multi Agency Centre (MAC), a common counter-terrorism grid under the Intelligence Bureau (IB) that was made operational post the Kargil war in 2001. “All agencies create a common pool of intelligence inputs on a regular basis and operations heavily depend on these inputs. If any input goes wrong, it has a serious bearing on the subsequent operations planned,” a senior police officer, privy to SIT’s work, told The Wire.

According to The Wire,

DIMAPUR, JAN 28 (NPN): Nagaland on Friday recorded 130 fresh Covid-19 cases while four more patients succumbed to the infection.

Of the fresh cases, 98 were from Dimapur, 15 in Kohima, five each in Mokokchung and Phek, two each in Longleng, Mon and Peren and one in Wokha, taking the total caseload to 34189.

Further, four more patients succumbed to the infection in Dimapur, pushing the death toll to 713 (including 17 non-Covid deaths but with positivity).

PTI: With 2,51,209 (Cont’d on p-8) people testing positive for

the SIT has found out that for December 4, intelligence inputs had been received from the police, the IB, the military agency and also a few sister agencies. These inputs are now being closely scrutinised.

The officer also told The Wire that the team is now in the process of closely comparing the intelligence inputs that had been received in the past and on the day of the event. “The army receives such inputs on a daily basis. Each one indicating movement of ‘extremists’. But we don’t see such operations on a daily basis,” he said.

COVID-19 STATUS AS ON JANUARY 28, 2022 District

Dimapur Kiphire Kohima Longleng Mokokchung Mon Peren Phek Tuensang Wokha Zunheboto Total

Asymptom- Mild atic 584 4 49 0 18 6 18 9 29 25 1 743

45 0 79 3 16 0 0 0 0 0 3 146

ACTIVE CASES Symptomatic SEVERE Moderate ICU On On (without Oxy- Oxy- ventilagen gen tor) 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0

RecovDeath ered

ICU (On ventilator 3 14406 429 0 257 9 2 9265 125 0 287 0 0 2269 57 0 1128 12 0 926 6 0 581 18 0 1102 13 0 377 11 0 595 16 5 31193 696

Non Covid Deaths Miwith gratCovid 19 ed Positivity 12 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 17

993 1 221 18 69 18 19 9 3 18 12 1381

Total Cases

16478 271 9739 310 2428 1168 969 617 1146 435 630 34189

*17 deaths not due to Covid-19 *0 deaths under investigation

the coronavirus infection 4.06 crore, according to the in a day, India’s total tally Union Health Ministry data of cases increased to over updated on Friday.

Centre to rethink precaution dose policy ‘Parental vax against Covid-19 protects children as well’ NEW DELHI, JAN 28 (AGENCIES): Centre is mulling over the relevance of the precaution dose which is currently being administered to the frontline and healthcare workers along with 60 plus population as some experts are sceptical about the benefits of the third dose.

The National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI) for Covid-19 held a high level meeting with NITI Aayog on January 26. A source said that the NTAGI group is sceptical about the benefits of the third dose being administered.

“NTAGI presented

some research papers on third dose administered in several countries which has not helped in curbing infection, to the NITI Aayog in the meeting”, a source told IANS. Some cases of getting infected even after third dose have also been reported in India. The source said that experts from NTAGI assessed the data from the countries where booster doses have been administered. It has also studied the impacts of third dose against the infection.

NTAGI is expected to meet the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) next week with some more

fact-finding papers on the third dose, source said. However, the policy on booster or precaution dose could be revisited for the extension of the policy among other age group beneficiaries. As per the source, the precaution dose may continue among healthcare and frontline workers and 60 plus population.

Meanwhile, according to health ministry report, total 97,03,569 precaution doses have been administered so far which includes 29,87,993 for healthcare workers, 31,02,620 for frontline workers and 36,12,956 for over 60 population.

WASHINGTON, JAN 28 (PTI): Parental vaccination against COVID-19 confers substantial protection to children residing in the same household, according to a study that reinforces the importance of immunisation to curb the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, and protect those who cannot be vaccinated.

A team of researchers from Harvard University, US, Clalit Research Institute and Tel-Aviv University in Israel, analysed one of the world’s largest integrated health record databases to examine the indirect protection provided to unvaccinated children.

The study, published in the journal Science on Thursday, shows that not only is a vaccinated parent less likely to experience a documented infection, they are also less likely to transmit the infection to other household members if infected.

“Vaccination not only provides direct protection, it also provides indirect protection to unvaccinated individuals living with the vaccinated individuals in the same household,” said Samah Hayek, senior researcher at Clalit Research Institute.

“This study highlights the indirect protection provided by vaccinated parents to

their unvaccinated children, irrespective of household size or the child’s age, for both the Alpha and the Delta variants,” Hayek said.

Between June and October 2021, a wave of infections dominated by the Delta variant swept through Israel. During this period, the researchers studied 181,307 unvaccinated children from 76,621 distinct households.

They compared parents vaccinated with a third dose of the Pfizer preventive to parents who received only two shots at least five months prior. The study estimated that a single boosted parent decreased the risk of

infection by 20.8%, while two boosted parents decreased the risk for infection by 58.1%.

The researchers also conducted a similar study during an earlier wave from December 2020 through March 2021, in which the Alpha variant was dominant.

During this period, they studied 400,733 unvaccinated children and adolescents from 155,305 distinct households. They compared unvaccinated parents to those receiving two doses of the vaccine and found the indirect protection of parental vaccination on children to be even stronger.

‘NeoCov’ coronavirus found in bats may pose threat to humans in future, scientists caution BEIJING, JAN 28 (PTI/ AGENCIES): A type of coronavirus, NeoCov, that spreads among bats in South Africa may pose a threat to humans in future if it mutates further, according to a study by Chinese researchers.

The yet-to-be peer-reviewed study recently posted on the preprint repository BioRxiv, shows that NeoCov is closely related to the Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS), a viral disease first identified in Saudi Arabia in 2012.

Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses that can cause diseases ranging from the common cold to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS).

Researchers from Chinese Academy of Sciences and Wuhan University noted that NeoCov is found in a population of bats in South Africa and to date spreads exclusively among these animals. In its current form, NeoCov does not infect humans but further mutations may make it potentially harmful, the researchers

 Scientists from Wuhan have warned that the NeoCov strain has a high death and transmission rate  NeoCov was discovered in 2012 and 2015 in Middle Eastern countries and is very similar to SARS-CoV-2 (coronavirus) in humans noted. “In this study, we unexpectedly found that NeoCoV and its close relative, PDF-2180-CoV, can efficiently use some types of

bat Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) and, less favourably, human ACE2 for entry,” the authors of the study noted.

ACE2 is a receptor protein on cells that provides the entry point for the coronavirus to hook into and infect a wide range of cells.

“Our study demonstrates the first case of ACE2 usage in MERS-related viruses, shedding light on a potential bio-safety threat of the human emergence of an ACE2 using “MERS-CoV-2” with both high fatality and transmission rate,” they said.

The researchers further noted that infection with NeoCov could not be cross-neutralised by antibod-

ies targeting SARS-CoV-2 or MERS-CoV. “Considering the extensive mutations in the RBD regions of the SARS-CoV-2 variants, especially the heavily mutated Omicron variant, these viruses may hold a latent potential to infect humans through further adaptation,” the authors of the study added.

A receptor-binding domain (RBD) is a key part of a virus that allows it to dock to body receptors to gain entry into cells and lead to infection. Studies show that the COVID-19 vaccina-

tions may not be adequate enough to protect the immune system of the people.

“Furthermore, our studies have shown that the current COVID-19 vaccinations are inadequate to protect humans from eventuality of the infection caused by this virus,” added the study published by bioRxiv website.

Meanwhile, a report by the Russian news website Sputnik also said, “Our study demonstrates the first case of ACE2 usage in MERSrelated viruses, shedding light on (Cont’d on p-8) K Y M C

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Conference on energizing MSMEs in Kma Lotha Students Union celebrates golden jubilee international trade held in Dimapur Correspondent

Staff Reporter

D I M A P U R , JA N 2 8 (NPN): A national conference on “energizing MSMEs in international trade” organised by Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC), in association with Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, under the theme “2021-2022, Governance for Growth” was held at Hotel Saramati, Dimapur on Friday.

Addressing the gathering, general secretary, Business Association of Nagas (BAN), Dr. Yan Murry, stated that the association have many plans for the benefit of business establishments, adding that by February, BAN would launching its online registration portal, where one can access the portal to become a member of BAN. He also informed that Nagas from any part of the world, who are into business could register and become a member of the association.

Murry noted that the association was on the process of starting micro finance division in banks, which would assist small Naga entrepreneurs to avail loans. He informed that this would be accessible only by members of BAN, further adding that the interest’s rate would be very less.

(L-R) Dr. Yan Murry and Sashi Wapang, IRS speaking at the conference on Friday in Dimapur. (NP)

He revealed that the association will tour all districts of the state and conduct financial leadership programmes, which will also be available in online platform. In this, Murry asserted that Nagas were still in the first generation of business, stating that the programmes would dwell on how to do accounts, file GST, how to form a company or private limited, how to take loans and repay them, etc.

He reminded that BAN on 2017 organised Nagaland International Trade Expo where a threeday business summit was observed with a team from Buthan to discuss on international trade sector. He also added that the team from Bhutan gave them the offer to export Naga Horti products to Bhutan.

Murry however la-

mented that the state was not able to reach their demand and said that Nagas should focus on value addition, so as to reach the demand level in the international market.

Deputy director, department of Horticulture, Sashi in his speech stressed on the importance of scaling up production, so as to commercialise the products in the international market.

He informed that the state government has assigned different districts for procuring and aggregating designated agri and allied products, citing the example of Pineapple for Dimapur, Pickle for Kohima, Kiwi from Phek, Fish products from Wokha, Naga Mirchi from Peren, etc.

He however noted that the same products could also be manufactured

from other non-designated districts, adding that the main initiative and marketing would be taken by the designated district.

F u r t h e r m o r e, a d ditional commissioner CGST, Dimapur, government of India, Sashi Wapang, IRS, in his speech, dwelled on how goods and products for the international market (import and export), could be done only through designated custom stadiums notified by the central government.

For North east, he said the Inland Container Depot (ICD) at Amingaon, Guwahati, allows goods and products to be imported and exported to international market.

Earlier, keynoted address was delivered by joint director and HOO, MSME Development Institue, Tali Longchar, while virtual messages were delivered by chairman and managing director, NEDFi, PVSLN Murty, deputy general manager-SME, SBI, Prithvijit Das, asst. general manager, SIDBI, Ghty, Ashim Baidya, and several others.

A short message was also addressed by superintendent, ICD Amingaon, Ghty, Nobinchandra Singh, while vote of thanks was offered by deputy director, ICC, Pranjal Barua.

KOHIMA, JAN 28 (NPN): Kohima Lotha Students Union (KLSU) began its two-day 50 years jubilee celebration at Naga Solidarity Park, Kohima on Friday.

Special guest for the event, advisor, Information Technology, Science & Technology, New & Renewable Energy, Mmhonlumo Kikon said youths were the leaders of tomorrow.

Urging the students’ community to introspect their thinking and work together in the common issues faced by the Lotha people, Kikon said the younger generation would inherit the problems

Mmhonlumo Kikon releasing the jubilee magazine. (NP)

faced now. He challenged the youths to be creative and at the same time develop a habit of being constructive and not criticize each other. On the occasion of the jubilee, Kikon urged the students to make a pledge to remain united and subse-

ANPWDFWA units support parent body’s demand DIMAPUR: All Nagaland PWD Field Worker’s Association (ANPWDFWA) PWD (R&B) Housing and National Highway Dimapur, Noklak and Mon units have extended support to its parent body call for indefinite agitation if pending salaries of work-charged employees under B, C and D categories were not released within January 31, 2022. A press release from ANPWDFWA Dimapur unit president Aso Chang and secretary L Bendangchuba stated that the physical verification which was completed almost five months and said that report had not declared till date.

Furthermore, it has cautioned that if the government failed to comply then it shall be solely responsible for any untoward incident. It also called upon all the units to come together and be ready for the agitation.

In a press statement, PWDFWANU president Lamsong and general secretary Lamsong while extending to the parent body said the unit was ready to go for the proposed strike agitation. In a separate press statement, PWDFWA Mon unit president N Wakho Konyak and secretary Mosa Konyak said the unit was ready to launch indefinite agitation if pending salaries was not released.

quently lift up everyone in the community. He exhorted the students to be disciplined in order to secure themselves a good future.

Sharing the exhortation, Dr Chumben Murry, MLA, said jubilee was the right time for a person to

understand and weigh their prospects for a better future.

He said the world had now become a global village and therefore it was important for the students to question if they were moving fast enough and at par with the rest of the world or if they were refined or where they stood.

Murry called on the students to lead a holistic life at the same time learn the altitudinal principles through education and one’s culture.

He observed that once the students reach a higher level in their education, they would develop a view and would see things from a different perspective.

NEWS IN BRIEF

SMK to hold conference: Sumi Missionary Kuposhukulu would be holding its 8th biennial missionary conference on February 11-13 at Ayinato Prayer Centre, Vihokhu. All Sumi missionaries working under any association, organisations and individual have been requested to attend the conference.

WSYF executive meeting: Western Sumi Youth Front has convened an executive meeting on January 29, 10 a.m. at Western Sumi Hoho Office Chekiye Village. All members have been asked to attend the meeting.

DPRO & IA Wokha clarifies: In a clarification regarding celebration of National Girl Child Day at Longsa Village under Wokha district, DPRO & IA, Wokha have clarified that “Wokha District has the 4th highest number of Teen Pregnancy compare to other District as per National Family Health Survey-5 (2019-2020)” and not as published.

IC holds debate competition: Immanuel College organised a debate competition on “Science and Art: Which is Better?” on January 27 at the College Conference Hall.

4th RYTK held: The 4th Rev Yemhi Tilimi Kuposhukulu was held on January 27 at Merhulietsa (Para Medical) colony, Kohima under the theme, “The house of the servant of God shall be blessed forever” (2 Samuel 7:25-29) with NBCC general secretary Rev Dr. Zelhou Keyho as the guest speaker.

7th DEATH ANNIVERSARY

IN REMEMBRANCE

With

1st DEATH ANNIVERSARY OF

Heartfelt Gratitude

LATE ALEMLA ZHIMOMI

OF OUR BELOVED SON LT. MENTO ZHIMOMI

Years has passed by since you left us, your life was a blessing, your memory a treasure.

You are loved beyond words, missed with grief beyond all tears.

May God hold you in the palm of His loving hands.

Loving Dad, Mom, Brothers, Sisters and In-Laws Born : 15 May 1979 – Died : 29 Jan 2015

dp-397/22

1st Death anniversary of our beloved Lt. P. Chibenthung Ngullie

“My soul finds rest in God alone; my salvation comes from Him...”

We would like to express our sincere appreciation to all

for your support, presence and love shown to us during the sudden demise of our beloved on 23rd January 2022.

The outpouring of your kindness will always be remembered.

It is our prayer that you experience the goodness and favour of God.

(Promoted to glory on 29-01-2021) THIS DAY WAS YOUR LAST DAY ON EARTH AND YOUR FIRST DAY IN HEAVEN. HOW BEAUTIFUL HEAVEN MUST BE. THE BEAUTIFUL FLOWER GARDEN THAT YOU CARED FOR AND LOVED SO MUCH HAS GROWN MORE BEAUTIFULLY AND IT MIRRORS YOUR SMILING FACE. INDEED, A THING OF BEAUTY IS A JOY FOREVER.

The family of

“ALL THAT I AM, OR HOPE TO BE, I OWE TO MY ANGEL MOTHER” LOVING HUSBAND, DAUGHTER, SONS, IN-LAWS AND GRANDCHILDREN. db-63/22

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Late RINGOLÜ KHÜSOH (01.12.1948 – 07.01.2022) “Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me.”

-Psalms 23:4 Through this column, we would like to convey our profound gratitude to various churches, organizations, individuals and neighbours and all those of you who had helped us with much sympathy, kindness and generosity at the sad demise of our dearly beloved Late Ringolü Khüsoh on 7th January 2022.

We deeply regret our inability to thank each one of you individually, yet, it is our sincere prayer that Almighty God bless you all richly in return.

-Loving Children, Family Members & Relatives, Rikhuba Colony, Chozuba Town. k-176/22 K Y M C

Late Talimenba Ao dp-431/22

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

We, the bereaved family of Late NITOSHE ACHUMI would like to extend our sincere gratitude to each and every individual who stood by us physically, morally and financially at the sudden demise of our beloved on 9th January 2022.

We convey our special thanks to: 1. Doctors, nurses of CIHSR (Referral Hospital) Dimapur 2. NCRC Sumi, Vihokhu Village 3. Vihokhu Baptist Church 4. St. Francis of Assisi Church, Lazami 5. NCRC, Lazami 6. Head GB, GB's Vihokhu Village 7. Vihokhu Village Council 8. Lazami Social Welfare Dimapur 9. Mrs. & Mr. Ayekuto Swu, 4th Mile, Diphupar Even though, we are unable to thank everyone individually, it’s our humblest prayer that our Almighty God bless you all abundantly. dp-428/22

Loving Wife, Dad, Mom, Brother, Sisters and In - laws

Died on 29/01/2021 One year has passed away since you left us to rest. Still your heart, love and your presence remain with us every day, the everlasting feeling and the wonderful memories we had.

We miss you deeply and we will continue to cherish your good deeds forever in our hearts. dp-421/22

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Loving family members and loved ones

ACKNOWLEdGEMENT

LATE AWA PHOLAM LATE RAJU GURUNG BORN ON : 02/12/1990 – DIED ON : 09/01/2022 We, the bereaved family members and relatives of LATE RAJU GURUNG express our sincere and earnest gratitude to all individuals, friends, neighbors, organizations and well wishers who stood by us and supported us physically, materially and financially in our time of mourning when he left us for his heavenly abode on 9th January, 2022.

We deeply regret our inability to thank each and everyone. However, we humbly pray that our Almighty God showers His abundant blessings in reciprocation of your benevolent deed. dp-427/22

Loving Dad, brother, sister, friends and relatives

Born : 29/01/1991 – Died : 05/01/2022 Through this column, we, the bereaved family members of Late Awa Pholam would like to convey our heartfelt gratitude and appreciation to all those who stood by us physically, spiritually, financially, materially and shared our pain through your love, support and prayers during our moment of grief.

We regret our inability to thank and mention each and every one of you individually but your act of kindness shall be forever in our hearts. We pray that our Almighty God shower His blessings upon each and every one of you abundantly.

“Happy Birthday Awa Pholam Loika-1.3, To us, you were someone special, Someone Kind and True, never a day Begins or Ends Without thinking of You.” dp-424/22

Loving Parents, Family Members and Relatives K Y M C

nagalandpost.com Poll Q . : Who will win most states that go to the polls in February?

100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0%

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CPO meet discusses Naga Kaito, Pukhayi grace SKK biennial conference issue, repealing of AFSPA

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27% BJP. Fifty-fifty between BJP and 40% other parties.

Major ity by 33% other parties.

NEXT POLL

Q: D o e s t h e f r e e z i n g

temperature this winter indicate hotter summer this year?  Yes.  No.  Can’t Say.

WEATHER FORECAST JANUARY 29

(Temperature in ºC)

Max Min

Agartala Hazy sunshine

23 7

Hazy sunshine

18 4

Guwahati Hazy sunshine

23 8

Aizawl Imphal

Sunshine

Itanagar Sunny

20 3 19 8

Shillong

Mostly sunny

14 2

Kohima

Mostly sunny and cool

15 3

Dimapur Sunny to partly cloudy

21 9

Mostly sunny and cool

18 4

Mkg

Tuensang Plenty of sun; but cooler Wokha

Mostly sunny and cool

Zunheboto Sun mixing with clouds; cool

11 -1 15 7 15 2

Members of CPO, CMA, CYF and CSU after the cordination meeting on January 27.

DIMAPUR: Chakhesang Public Organisation (CPO) in its first coordination meeting for the year 2022 with Chakhesang frontal organisations discussed the importance of unity between Naga Political Groups (NPGs), illegal taxation within Chakhesang jurisdiction and to repeal Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), 1958 among other issues.

A press release by CPO general secretary, Chepetso Koza stated that the meeting held on January 27 at Phek Town was attended

by Chakhesang frontal organisations namely Chakhesang Mothers’ Association

(CMA), Chakhesang Youth Front (CYF), Chakhesang Students’ Union (CSU).

The release stated that the meeting stressed on the importance of unity amongst various NPGs, removal of illegal taxations in Chakhesang land and repeal of AFSPA (1958).

The house also deliberated on issues such as monitoring educational institutions both in the government and private sectors for productive and effective outcome, revival of cultural identities, significance of farming, the urgent need to revive the two pig farms in the district, self-reliance and entrepreneurship amongst

others.

The values, visions and missions of the frontal organisations were shared and deliberated at length in the meeting for the welfare of the community in particular and Nagas in general, stated the release.

Earlier, in his address, CPO president Vezuhu Keyho emphasized on the need for mutual understanding and cooperation amongst various frontal bodies. He also encouraged the gathering to have a more forward outlook and plan yearly action targets accordingly.

The coordination meeting was chaired by CPO vice president Vecito Dozo.

Sumi bodies call on Assam minister Atul Bora

A team of Sumi bodies after meeting the Atul Bora in Jorhat on January 26.

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der affairs, assam accord and cooperation, government of Assam, Atul Bora on January 26 at Circuit House, Jorhat.

A press release by Western Sumi Youth Front (WSYF) vice president Otoka H. Yeptho stated that the youth front accom-

panied a team of Sumi Frontal Organisations namely Sumi Hoho, Western Sumi Baptist Association, Dimapur GBs Association, Sumi student leaders etc. led by Agriculture Production Commissioner (APC) Y. Kikheto Sema and paid a courtesy call on Atul Bora.

At the meeting, WSYF said Kikheto and other Sumi leaders apprised the minister of how Nagas in that area were permitted by the British to establish their village way back in 1904 and have been existing there even before India was independent or Assam became a constituent State of India.

The Sumi leaders asserted that Nagas, settled in Assam, have been actively contributing for the wellbeing of state and implored the minister to look into the affair and protect the rights of these minority people.

To this, WSYF said minister Bora assured to visit the area and to look after the affairs and rights of the people while also assuring to look into future developmental affairs of the villages.

DIMAPUR: Minister agriculture and co-operation as the introductory guest, Kaito Aye and advisor, Food and Civil Supplies (F&CS) LM&CP, Taxes de par tment, Pukhayi Sumi graced the ongoing 50th Biennial General Conference of Sumi Kiphimi Kuqhakulu (All Sumi Students’ Union) as introductory guest and cultural guest respectively.

A press release by SKK media and publicity stated that speaking at the introductory session, Kaito said student bodies play a major role in bringing

Kaito Aye and Pukhayi Sumi speaking at the conference.

change in the functioning of the government and called upon the students to remain united and be the light of the society.

He also encouraged SKK to be the torchbearers

of the student community and led them towards a better and just society.

Discouraging the dependency on “backdoor appointments”, Kaito said the present genera-

tion students are smart and fast learners and that they should not depend or encourage “backdoor appointment” practices rather work hard to secure jobs.

In his address, Pukhayi deliberated on the importance of preserving the rich culture and traditions passed down by the ancestors.

Cultural competition and cultural presentations were the highlights of the programme. Greetings were also delivered

by Sumi Hoho president Nikheto Sumi, ENPO president R. Tsapikiu Sangram and Sumi Totimi Hoho president and Kheholi Assumi.

Public encouraged to utilise bamboo products DIMAPUR: In an effort to lessen plastic waste which is detrimental for environment, member secretary, Nagaland Po l l u t i o n C o n t r o l Board and ENVIS Coordinator, ENVIS Hub Nagaland, K. Hukato Chishi has encouraged usage of bamboo products over plastic products.

In a press release, ENVIS Nagaland stated that Chishi was speaking as a guest of honour Friday at the inaugural function of Green Skill Development Programme (GSDP), a two-month certificate course on ‘’Value Addition and Marketing (Plant Origin): Bamboo Crafts”, conducted by ENVIS Hub Nagaland and organised by Nagaland Pollution Control Board.

Highlighting on the different products

K. Hukato Chishi along with other participants after the inaugural funtion of GSDP.

that could be made out of bamboo, Chishi encouraged the people to replace plastic with bamboo products in their day to day lives.

He also spoke on the importance of self-sustenance and encouraged the trainees to make best use of the course offered by the department.

Altogether 15 trainees would be undergoing the intensive training on bamboo crafts. The programme was hosted by programme officer, ENVIS Hub Nagaland, Limitsa S Sangtam; welcome address was delivered by senior scientific assistant, NPCB, Mhasizonuo Angami; a power point pre-

sentation on “introduction to GSDP” was presented by information officer, ENVIS Hub Nagaland, Khriehunuo Rutsa and vote of Thanks was delivered by the host.

The programme was attended by all the trainees and officials and staffs of Nagaland Pollution Control Board.

‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ observed at Thizama & Meluri

(L-R) Vekhoyi Chakhesang speaking at the programme. Yitachu Thurr speaking at the programme at Meluri village.

DIMAPUR: As part of government of India’s initiative to celebrate and commemorate 75 years of progressive India, “Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav” was celebrated at Thizama village and Meluri Village.

According to DIRP report, the first annual general body meeting of Ciephobozo block level cum celebration of “Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav” was held on January 27 at Thizama village council hall.

Speaking on the occasion, Additional Deputy Council (ADC) Chiephobozou, Vekhoyi Chakhesang encouraged the self-help groups to produce quality products to assess higher demand for better marketK Y M C

ability.

While highlighting the various schemes, he said NRLM aims to alleviate rural poverty and create sustainable livelihood opportunities for the rural people.

He said NRLM also seeks to promote sustainable community-based institutions which would facilitate provision of financial services, economic services and other entitlements to the rural people.

The programme was chaired by CBLF member Rusoma, Neitsonuo Kera; importance of Covid-19 vaccination and Covid-19 appropriate behaviour was highlighted by AC, SI/SD Chiephobozou, Neikiesanuo

Z. Peseyie; success story of AGEY was given by Seyiekhrielie Rio BDO cum BMM RD, Vizobei-ii Theiinuo; Chiephobozou also gave a brief introduction of the program, Arhenuo Pienyii presented a special song and vote of thanks was delivered

by CBLF vice president, Neilhousieii Soliezou.

Meluri block: Women Self Help Group (SHG) block level Federation Meluri Block, 3rd annual general body meeting cum celebration of “Aazadi ka Amrit Mahotsav” was held at Village Council Hall, Meluri Village.

According to DIPR report, guest speaker Extra Assistant Commissioner (EAC) Meluri, Yitachu

Thurr deliberated on the theme, “empowering women, empowering humanity” and SMO CHC Meluri, Dr. Chukhusie emphasised on the importance of COVID-19 vaccination and COVID-19 behaviour.

Earlier, keynote address was delivered by block program manager NSRLM Meluri Block, Zapoyi Sapu.

As per the statistics of the organization, it was recorded that there are 1284 members of SHG under block level federation of Meluri Block.

The programme was chaired by MBK Akhegwo VLO, Lichumla. Around 150 SHG members, public leaders and heads of offices under Meluri sub-division attended the programme.

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Family members of student Traffic on Mnp section of NH-37 ‘NE to suffer if environmental leader hopeful to get justice hit due to indefinite bandh regulation weakened’

NEW DELHI, JAN 27 (IANS): Urging to revoke the new ranking framework incentivising state authorities to clear projects without due environmental compliance, Lok Sabha MP from Assam, Pradyut Bordoloi has warned the Environment Minister that the northeast will suffer further if environmental regulation is weakened.

Bordoloi expressed his concerns about the recent move to “incentivise” State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) through a ranking based on efficiency and speed in which environmental clearance are granted through a letter to the Union Minister for Environment, Forest, and Climate Change, Bhupender Yadav.

“As per the parameters provided, state authorities would be ranked higher for granting clearances in shorter periods of time, seeking fewer essential details and conducting fewer sight visits. This will lead to clearance of projects without due diligence at a time when India is seeing worsening air and water quality, an eight-year-low in forest cover growth by the government’s own record and a decline in forest cover as suggested by independent

Pradyut Bordoloi

reports,” he said.

Bordoloi’s letter came in response to the January 18 Office Memo brought out by the Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) that offered incentives to the states through rating their respective Environment Impact Assessments (EIA) authorities based on how fast they grant clearance to projects.

“This endeavour to fast-track environmental clearances will have disastrous impacts, especially on the North-East Region, which is already seeing intensified loss of forests and tree cover, as per the recently published India State of Forest Report 2021 (ISFR2021).

Home to some of the richest biodiversity, in India and world over, it is concerning that the NE states report the highest reduction in forest cover. Weakening the environmental regulation in this situation will not only

have adverse effects on biodiversity, but also on many communities in the region whose lives and livelihoods are intrinsically linked to the environment,” the Congress leader said.

While balancing economic, social, and environmental interests are crucial, SEIAAs have a specific mandate to safeguard the environment, which will be undermined by this ranking framework, Bordoloi said, adding, “Our efforts, instead, should be geared towards strengthening the mandate of SEIAAs so that they may function independent of business interest and focus on upholding environment protection.”

Appealing that the quality, rather than quantity, in appraisals be encouraged coupled with higher transparency, the MP from Assam’s Nagaon said: “This ranking framework SEIAAs is in violation of the Environment (Protect) Act 1986 as well as the Constitutional obligation towards protection of the environment.”

The government has already clarified that the EIA Notification already provides time-lines for all EC processes and that there is no negative marking proposed for not meeting the criteria for ranking.

GUWAHATI, JAN 28 (AGENCIES): The family members of Kirti Kamal Bora, the former student leader, on Friday expressed hope that they will get justice.

While appearing before the inquiry commission headed by Additional Chief Secretary Pavan Kumar Borthakur at Nagaon Circuit House today, the father of Bora expressed hope that the policemen who had shot at his son would be punished. ‘’ My son was shot at for no reason by the police and we have faith in Himanta Biswa Sarma and are hopeful of getting justice,’’ Bora’s father said, reports The Sentinel Assam .

Kirti Kamal Bora was injured in a police firing on January 22 and presently is now undergoing treatment at Guwahati Medical College.

Meanwhile, the Assam Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has taken suo moto cognizance of the incident and directed the Chief Secretary of Assam to show cause by February 28 as to why an amount of Rs 1.5 lakh should not be paid to the victim as interim relief as per Clause (c) of Section-18 of the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993. “Sources claimed that a team from

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the Anti-Narcotics Squad on last Saturday evening launched a search operation against drugs peddlers near Kachalukhuwa Tinali and during the operation, the police personnel in civil dress picked up youth and caned him on the road. Incidentally, a former student leader reached the spot and enquired about the reason for thrashing and caning the youth. Infuriated on being questioned, an SI of police, Pradip Bonia, shot at his (Kirti’s) lower limbs and injured him,” AHRC said in an order dated January 24.

The AHRC also observed that “a bullet that was embedded in a lower limb of the student leader was surgically extracted by the doctor, though another surgery was pending.” The AHRC also stated that it had found a prima facie case of violation of human rights in the incident and that it is felt necessary to issue notice to the Chief Secretary of Assam.

Over 100 migratory birds found dead in Tripura’s Sukhsagar lake AGARTALA, JAN 28 (PTI): More than 100 migratory birds from California in the United States have been found dead in Sukhsagar, a sprawling lake in Tripura’s Gomati district, forest officers said on Friday.

The carcasses were found floating on the lake, they said.

Gomati Divisional Forest Officer Mahendra Singh and Udaipur Subdivisional Forest Officer Kamal Bhowmik visited the site on Thursday and collected one carcass for post-mortem examination.

“An inquiry has been ordered and the carcass sent to Agartala for au-

The issue came to light after local people captured videos and photographs of dead birds and shared them with the authorities. ( Photo from local residents) topsy,” Singh said, without tail. Another forest officer, said that poachers might divulging any further de- on condition of anonymity, have poisoned the water

body with pesticides, and the migratory birds, which have been coming from California for the last one decade, might have died after consuming the water.

“The carcasses were found scattered across the water body and it is very difficult to give the exact count.

However, it seems that more than 100 birds have died. The reason is yet to be ascertained but prima facie, it seems that the birds died due to insecticides,” officials said.

Locals claimed that many people have collected dead birds for consumption and stray dogs have taken away many carcasses.

IMPHAL, JAN 28: Normal vehicular movement along Imphal-Jiribam section of NH-37 was disturbed on Friday due to an indefinite bandh imposed to protest non-disbursement of compensation for the land affected by the highway expansion. The indefinite bandh commenced from last midnight.

Vi l l a g e A u t h o r i t y Chairmen’s Council (VACC) of 12 villages called for the indefinite bandh call alleging that compensation for the land and houses affected by the highway expansion were not disbursed despite their repeated plea to the concerned authorities.

VACC leaders said that they were compelled to impose bandh on the highway, the second lifeline of Manipur after no positive response from the state government despite an ultimatum serving a January 25 deadline.

They said the bandh will continue until the state government considers their demand positively, Hundreds of vehicles, including Imphal-bound loaded trucks and inter-state buses plying from Assam were stranded midway, official reports said.

The police also stopped all kinds of vehicles originat-

into AUW. The farmer’s daughter will be pursuing her studies of UG programme in subjects of Politics, Public Health and Philosophy and Economics at the Women University in Bangladesh.

Syngenta which is a global leading agriculture company in a statement informed that the scholarship amounts to Rupees 2.8 crore i.e. 375, 000 dollars. The scholarship money will cover every sector of the girl’s education including health coverage, hostel room, tuition, books among others.

There is also a possibility of an Internship oppor-

Hmangaihzuali tunity from the agriculture firm Syngenta as per the scholarship. The women university endeavors all possible ways to nurture effective, skilled and innovative professionals.

On speaking about her achievement Hmangaihzuali said that she had a dream of studying in a good uni-

Meghalaya Cabinet approves to increase number of seats in ADCs Correspondent

SHILLONG, JAN 28: The Meghalaya Cabinet on Friday approved the recommendation of the State government to increase the number of seats in the three Autonomous District Councils (ADCs) and appointment of traditional heads as chairmen of the village councils. Chief Minister Conrad Sangma said the Cabinet deliberated to amend to the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution which the number of seats in the three district councils would be increased from the present strength of 30 to 40 seats.

Under the Sixth Schedule of the Indian Constitution, Meghalaya has three

district councils – for the Khasi, Jaintia and Garo Hills – having powers on myriad issues such as forests, tax collection, and so on.

He said primarily the discussion revolved around the number of seats in the district councils and also the formation of the village councils.

“Regarding the increase of seats have been discussed threadbare and most of the issues have been resolved,” Sangma told reporters. “As far as the increase of seats is concerned, the state government has proposed that the Khasi Hills and Garo Hills Autonomous District Councils district would have not more than 40 members, out of

which four members would be nominated,” the Chief Minister said.

In the Jaintia Hills Autonomous District Council, Sangma said there would be 32 members and two members would be nominated by the Governor. The Chief Minister said the Cabinet has proposed that the village councils will be an elected body, but the chairman will be an ex-officio member.

The Rangbah Shnongs (Village Headmen) in Khasi Hills, Sirdar (Village Headmen) in Jaintia Hills, Nokma (Village Headmen) in Garo Hills) would be the de-facto chairman of the village council. The Secretary will be elected as well as the other members.

versity and now her dream has come true after getting enrolled in the prestigious university in Bangladesh to complete her higher studies.

She thanked the Syngenta Company and also expressed her happiness in receiving the scholarship.

The managing director of Syngenta, Rafael Del Rio stated that the major initiative is meant for recognition of the essential economic contribution of women in the sector of agriculture. He further says the initiative is aligned to the commitments of the women’s university in Bangladesh and Syngenta in view of increasing the

opportunities for the success of the women living in rural areas. All the winners of the Syngenta scholarship were chosen among those interested students coming from farming communities.

They are mainly selected on the basis of demonstrated leadership quality and their academic performances.

During their five-year scholarship period, the students will be learning English for one year under the university’s rubric of ‘Pathways for Promise.’

The Head of Asia Group and APAC Head of Diversity & Inclusion, Pamela

adding that the fresh infections were detected from 7,554 sample tests. At least 325 children were among the newly infected people, he said. Mizoram had on Thursday reported 1,535 fresh infections. The northeastern state now has 13,721 active cases, while 1,53,413 people have recuperated from the disease so far, the official said. The recovery rate among COVID-19 patients is at 91.46 per cent.

The state has conducted over 16.53 lakh sample tests for COVID-19 so far.

State immunisation officer Dr Lalmuanawma Jongte said more than 7.92 lakh people have been inoculated till Thursday, with 6.13 lakh of them having received both doses of COVID vaccines.

and blocked the roads by burning debris, stretching logs and bamboo.

The strike ended today at 6 pm peacefully.

The PRIs alleged that despite funds sanctioned for MGNREGS and other developmental activities through the PRIs, the state government withheld the funds.

President Abdul Latif of the parishad said that the Centre had already released a fund amounting to Rs 330 crore in August last year for implementation of the works under MGNREGA but the state government failed to release the same further to the PRIs after releasing Rs 160 crore.

He said that owing to withholding funds for a long time, the PRI functionaries were unable to clear wages for the job card holders even as the beneficiaries were pressing them to pay out the due wages.

Correspondent SHILLONG, JAN 28: Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma would hold a meeting with his Assam counterpart Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday in Guwahati to finalise a solution in the first six locations before their second round of meeting with the Union Home Minister Amit Shah.

“We will be meeting the Assam Chief Minister tomorrow (Saturday) evening in Guwahati and we are hopeful that once that meeting is over we should be able to come to a final conclusion on the first six locations that

Gonzalez spoke about the great initiative by Syngenta and the AUW that aims in empowering these rural women to become the leader with proper access to quality education.

He said that these women facing various challenges are the important factor to achieve the required economic and social changes for the sustainable development Syngenta aims to aid in the secure feeding of the globe by taking care of the earth. The company helps in the improvement of global food security by allowing farmers the proper use of available resources.

Mizoram’s COVID-19 tally rises to Arunachal logs 1,67,725 with 2,064 new cases 455 new COVID-19 AIZAWL, JAN 28 (PTI): Mizoram on Friday reported 2,064 new COVID-19 cases, the second-highest singleday spike since the advent of the pandemic nearly two years ago, taking the tally to 1,67,725, a health department official said. The state had on Tuesday registered the maximum one-day count of 2,222 fresh coronavirus cases. The death toll remained at 591 as no new fatality due to the infection was reported for the second consecutive day, he said.

Aizawl district reported the highest number of new cases at 1,435, followed by Mamit at 171 and Lunglei at 137. The daily positivity rate dipped marginally to 27.32 per cent from 27.51 per cent the previous day, he said,

ing from Imphal midway fearing untoward incidents or likely attacks by bandh supporters along the route.

The bandh continued peacefully with no untoward incident related to the strike on day one.

Meanwhile, normal life was severely hit in the rural areas across six valley districts of the state for the second consecutive day, owing to the 38-hour total shutdown call given by the elected functionaries of panchayati raj institutions (PRI). In the rural areas covered by the PRIs, almost all shops and business establishments, oil pumps, ATM booths etc. remained closed today, for the second consecutive day even as vehicles, particularly commercial vehicles, stayed off the roads.

Shutdown supporters, mostly MGNREGA card job card holders came out on the roads in large numbers

Meghalaya chief minister to meet Assam counterpart today

Mizoram farmer’s daughter wins Rs. 2.8 Cr scholarship to study in B’desh A I Z AW L , J A N 2 8 ( AGENCIES): The daughter of a smallholder farmer named Hmangaihzuali has received a scholarship for getting admission into the prestigious AUW (Asian University for Women) in the country Bangladesh.

Hmangaihzuali is a resident of Thingsul area in the Aizawl district of Mizoram state.

She has got the opportunity to explore her education in the all-women international university through the Syngenta scholarship, reports The Sentinel Assam.

A total of five students won the 5 year period scholarship for admission

Vehicles stranded along NH-37 on day one of the indefinite bandh on Friday.

cases, one fatality

I TA NAG A R , JA N 2 8 (PTI): Arunachal Pradesh’s COVID-19 tally rose to 61,247 on Friday as 455 people tested positive for the infection, 261 more than the previous day, a senior health official said here.

The northeastern state had recorded 194 cases on Thursday, the official said.

The death toll increased to 285 as a 60-year-old woman patient succumbed to the infection at a health facility here, State Surveillance Officer (SSO) Dr Lobsang Jampa said. The Capital Complex region registered the highest number of 142 new cases, followed by 33 in Lohit and 31 in East Siang district, he said.

Himanta Biswa Sarma and Conrad Sangma. (File)

we are trying to resolve,” Sangma said after a cabinet meeting here on Friday. On Thursday, the Chief Minister had said that a solution has been arrived at in 98 per cent of border areas in the first phase under dispute and differences in the remaining 2 per cent will be resolved

soon. Sangma and Sarma had met Shah in presence of Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla on January 20.

The Union Home Minister had expressed happiness on the initiative taken by both the States to resolve the vexed inter-state boundary dispute.

IN THE COURT OF DISTRICT & SESSIONS JUDGE WOKHA : NAGALAND NOTICE S/C No. 5/2022

NOTICE INVITING CLAIMS/OBJECTIONS OF OTHER CLAIMANT(S) FOR ISSUE OF SUCCESSION CERTIFICATE UNDER PART-1 OF INDIAN SUCCESSION ACT 1925.

Whereas application under Succession Act 1925 for grant of Succession Certificate for the estate/pension benefits of Late Mhathung Ezung has been applied by Smti. Agnes Kikon, W/o Lt. Mhathung Ezung, R/o Wokha, Nagaland for possession of: 1. SBI A/c No. 11766601704.

2. NSCB A/c No. 101410006112582.

3. All service claims and benefits.

Notice is hereby given that any person having interest in the administration of the estate/pension benefits of the said deceased may, if she/he so desire appear in this Court on or before the said day of 28/02/2022.

Given under the hand and seal of the Court on this day, the 27/01/2022.

District & Sessions Judge Wokha : Nagaland WC-18/22

In the Court of DIstrICt & sessIons JuDge Zunheboto : nagalanD No. JUD/SUCC-34/19-20/125

Dated Zbto. The 24th Jan 2022

notice Calling objection for the issue of succession Certificate Whereas application has received from Smti. Alivi Aye U/S 372 of the Indian Succession Act, resident of D.C. Hill Colony, Zunheboto for Succession of SBI Bazar Branch A/c No. 30084081875, LIC’s Jeevan Saral (with profits table 165) bearing Policy No. 444308040, GIS, GPF, Gratuity, Leave encashment, Pension & service benefits, debts & securities of Late Atoi Sema.

Notice is hereby issued for filing objections to all who has interest in the said claims(s) within 45 (forty five) days from the date of publication to this notice.

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IN THE COURT OF PRINCIPAL DISTRICT & SESSIONS JUDGE MOKOKCHUNG : NAGALAND

NOTICE S/C NO. 13/2022 NOTICE INVITING CLAIMS/OBJECTION OF OTHER CLAIMANT(S) FOR ISSUE OF SUCCESSION CERTIFICATE UNDER PART-I OF INDIAN SUCCESSION ACT 1925.

Whereas application under Succession Act 1925 for grant of Succession Certificate for the estate/pension benefits of Late Rongsenlemba Ao has been applied by Smti. Aosangla Longchar, W/o Late Rongsenlemba Ao, R/o H.No. 1603, Mokokchung Compound Sector, Mokokchung, Nagaland for possession of: 1. GPF 2. GIS 3. Gratuity 4. Leave encashment 5. Pension etc. 6. Closing of Account Notice is hereby given that any person having interest in the administration of the estate/pension benefits of the said deceased may if she/ he so desire appear in this Court on or before the said day of 24.02.2022.

Given under the hand and seal of the Court on this the 24.01.2022.

Principal District & Sessions Judge Mokokchung : Nagaland MkC-37/22

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Rail, road traffic hit as students call for Bihar bandh

PATNA, JAN 28 (IANS): The Bihar Bandh called by the students in protest against “irregularities” in the Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) exams affected normal life on Friday as a large number of students and political party workers blocked rail and road traffic at several places.

The bandh is being supported by several ruling and opposition political parties, including VIP, HAM which are in power in the state.

Besides, RJD, LJP (R), JAP, AIMIM and Congress parties are extending complete support to the agitating students.

A large number of students and RJD supporters headed by Mukesh Raushan blocked the busy Mahatma Gandhi Setu at Hajipur on Friday morning leading to a huge traffic snarl on the bridge connecting Patna to Hajipur on the Ganga river.

Tyres were also burnt on the road.

In Jahanabad, students

Security personnel detain a protester during the Bihar bandh protest over alleged erroneous results of RRB NTPC exam, in Patna. (PTI) blocked busy NH 83 in the morning hours. They burnt tyres on the road thus disrupting the traffic movement.

Several student groups blocked Ashok Rajpath and Bhikhana Pahadi road

in Patna as well. These localities are known for a large number of coaching institutes, Patna university campus, several hostels and lodges where students reside and prepare for competitive examinations. Last Sunday,

India inks deal with Philippines Cong to raise to supply Brahmos missiles farmers’ issue during Budget

NEW DELHI, JAN 28 (IANS): India joins the elite club of missile exporters on Friday with the Philippines signing a $374.96 (Rs 2,770 crore) million deal for procuring Brahmos shore based anti-ship variant supersonic cruise missiles.

Philippines signed a pact with Brahmos Aerospace Pvt ltd for the supply of three batteries of 290 kilometers range BrahMos missile system for its naval force. The Philippines Navy is ramping up its naval prowess to counter China’s belligerent behaviour in the South China Sea. The country has territorial disputes with Beijing in the region as China claims sovereignty over the sea that has a huge source of hydrocarbons.

The first ever contract to export Brahmos missiles, which India has developed jointly with Russia, will pave the way for more such deals.

Brahmos Aerospace is the Joint Venture between India’s DRDO and Rus-

sia’s NPOM. The shore based anti-ship system of the Brahmos is a deadly conventional weapon that flies almost three times the speed of sound.

Earlier this month, the Brahmos had sent the proposal to the Philippines government, which after deliberations was accepted by them. The Philippines Department of National Defence had informed the BrahMos Aerospace about the decision through a Notice of Award.

Besides, other Southeast Asian countries, which have evinced interest in BrahMos supersonic missile system, include Thailand, Vietnam and Indonesia.

Sources in the government stated that the deliberations with Thailand are in preliminary stage, with Vietnam at an advanced stage while with Indonesia, its naval team had visited India to discuss if missiles could be fitted on the Indonesian warships.

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Brahmos missle.

NEW DELHI, JAN 28 (IANS): The Congress will raise issues like farmers’ distress, Chinese incursions, relief package to Covid victims, selling of Air India, and other key issues during the Budget session of Parliament.

A decision to this effect was taken in a meeting of Congress Parliamentary Strategy Group which was chaired by Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) Chairperson Sonia Gandhi.

The meeting comes ahead of Centre’s all-party meet on Monday convened for smooth functioning of the house in the Bugdet session.

MPs Mallikar jun Kharge, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, A.K. Antony, K.C. Venugopal, Anand Sharma, Gaurav Gogoi, K. Suresh, Jairam Ramesh, Manickam Tagore, Manish Tewari among others attended the meeting.

In the winter session, the opposition was divided with TMC parting ways from Congress and despite suspension of MPs no joint strategy was reached though Congress had tried its level best to keep TMC with them. Some fence sitters like TRS had joined opposition rank on the issue of paddy procurement in Telangana.

a clash took place between Patna police and students in Bhikhana Pahari over RRBNTPC irregularities.

As Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw considered two demands of the students, the teachers of

coaching centres are appealing to students to stay calm during the bandh.

K h a n S i r, w h o i s booked under relevant IPC sections for provoking the students, said: “The railway ministry has met the demand of students. Hence, students should not take laws in their hands and protest violently. The teachers of the coaching centres are not with the bandh. Stay focused on study.”

The student protests are by and large hijacked by different political parties of the state.

“I condemn the police lathi charge on students in Bihar. The demand of students is genuine and logical.

Hence LJP (R) is in the support of students. Peaceful protest is the birth right of students in democracy,” said Chirag Paswan, president of LJP (R). In view of the protests, Bihar police have been deployed at all sensitive zones, including Rajendra Nagar terminal, Patna

junction, Danapur, Arrah, Buxar, Sasaram, Bhabhua road, Lakhisarai, Jamui, Samastipur, Muzaffarpur to prevent untoward incidents.

The railways has cancelled several trains bound to Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai and some passenger trains and intercity express trains amid the ongoing protests.

The student protest started last Saturday after RRB issued fresh notification for another examination and also said that the students have to give two examinations in the form of preliminary and mains in future.

The fresh notification has provoked students for undeclared protests. They claimed that a notification of 35,000 jobs of various posts in Indian railway and NTPC was given in 2019 and exams were also conducted. Many students have passed the examinations and were waiting for the posting when fresh notifications came in.

Trouble for Sidhu; NRI sister Suman Toor alleges Sidhu had abandoned mother

(L) Suma Toor and (R) Navjot Singh Sidhu NEW DELHI, JAN 28 (AGENCIES): Ahead of the Punjab Assembly Election 2022, a fresh controversy erupted as Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu’s sister Suman Toor alleged that Sidhu is a cruel person who had driven his elder sister and their mother out of the house in 1986, after the demise of their father.

Their mother died in 1989 at the Delhi railway station as

a destitute.

Suman Toor who is in Chandigarh brought the allegations against Sidhu in a press conference. She said that she has documents to prove her allegations that Sidhu had been lying about their parents.

Sidhu’s elder sister said Sidhu earlier claimed that their parents were separated when he was two years old, but that is a lie. She also

showed a photo of the family and said, “Does he look two years old here?”

Toor said their mother asked him why he was lying about the relationship of his parents to which he said he denied saying those things.

Sidhu’s sister revealed that soon after their father passed away, Sidhu drove their elder sister and their mother out of their house to grab the property.

Suman came to know about all this long after her elder sister died. Sidhu had cut all ties with Suman as well and denied acknowledging her. Suman said she went to Sidhu’s residence on January 20 with prior information but Sidhu refused to meet.

Sidhu has not yet responded to the allegations yet.

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5 Yediyurappa’s granddaughter commits suicide at residence

File photo of Yedyurappa’s grand daughter Dr Soundarya with him.

BENGALURU, JAN 28 (IANS): Dr Soundarya (30), the granddaughter of former Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa, had left her ninemonth-old baby in the other room of the flat before committing suicide on Friday.

M e a n w h i l e, H i g h Ground police have lodged a case of unnatural death following the complaint by her husband Dr Neeraj.

The police are awaiting the statements from the family of Soundarya on ascertaining what made her take the extreme step.

According to sources, Dr Soundarya conducted naming ceremony of her baby three months ago.

Police sources say that there are very less chances of family dispute and reason for the suicide is yet to be ascertained. The maid and statements collected so far in the apartment said that couple lived happily.

Dr Soundarya worked at the Bowring hospital as an Assistant Professor and she was a practicing doctor.

Her husband Dr Neeraj, a Radiologist worked at the M.S. Ramaiah hospital.

Neeraj is son of elder brother of Zilla Panchayat member Mariswamy. Dr Sathish, one of the doctors who conducted autopsy of the body, stated that there is a mark in the neck and no other mark has been found in the body.

A team of three doctors conducted the post-mortem the report of which has been generated and submitted to the tehsildar, he stated. The body has been handed over to the family after the autopsy. Soundarya, the daughter of Yediyurappa’ daughter Padmavathi, got married to Dr Neeraj in 2018 and the couple studied in the same medical college in the city, sources said.

The incident has come to light at 10.30 a.m. when maid came to wake her up for breakfast. When she didn’t open the door of her room, the maid informed her husband Dr Neeraj and others.

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Nagaland Post VOL. XXXII NO. 53 DIMAPUR, SATURDAY, JANUARY 29, 2022

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Costly neglect

hen Prime Minister Narasimha Rao announced his government’s ‘Look East’ Policy of the early 1990s and afterwards the UPA-I and UPA-II had explored various ways of encouraging economic growth of the north east especially with regard to promotion of border trade. Eventually after the Modi government came to power in 2014, the focus and thrust changed from ‘Look East’ to current ‘Act East’ Policy.

The new slogan seeks to convey the message that it is time to Act instead of talking about the policy. The north east region have been familiar with the policy, earlier as ‘Look East’ and later as ‘Act East’. The present slogan describes a “new-found salience” to India’s engagement with its “eastern neighbourhood and beyond. The excitement in the region is quite understandable as it also conveys a picture trade with the ASEAN countries.However, the north east will miss the bus it the states are unable to bring a turnaround in their economies. There are few vital areas where the potential could be harnessed for the foundation to carry the Act East Policy. These include- food processing sector,hospitality sector, agro based industry and minerals etc. The region can also hope to become an educational hub if the quality of higher education can be improved with reform in the education system.

That also means education should be affordable to be competitive. The list also includes the need to promote entrepreneurial skills and to upgrade infrastructural facilities etc. Among the need was to make each of the state’s capitals and important cities interconnect by rail, road and air. Connectivity is usually taken for granted before embarking on pursuing any economic objective. In this regard, it may be pertinent to note that connectivity to the main gateway of Nagaland, at Dimapur with other states, is expected to meet needs of people travelling to and from Dimapur by road, rail and air. Roads linking Dimapur with Assam, till the inter-state check gates are well maintained. However, roads in Dimapur are showing signs of deterioration while national highways in Assam have attained the status of super highways either four-lane or six-lane.

Air passengers emplaning at Dimapur have to walk to board the Air India flight while Air IndiGo provides a bus to the plane. Since expansion of Dimapur airport could not be done due to lack of area or due to encroachment airports such as Dibgrugarh and Jorhat grew. Dibrugarh airport has two aerobridges and situated over 386 acres and the length of the runway is 7500 feet. Dimapur airport has been reduced to an area of around 300 acres out of the 621.58 acres acquired by the government. .Rail connectivity in Nagaland is acutely inadequate to serve the rising number of passengers. Instead, Dimapur railway station is eventually going to be abandoned in terms of development since a double track cannot be constructed due to rampant encroachment. Assam has six airports and others such as a proposed airport at Diphu is underway. The state government since 2003 is not interested in either developing Dimapur airport nor ensuring eviction of encroachers from railway lands for expansion. Unless the gateway is developed, Nagaland will face certain problems in development as this requires prioritising objectives based on economic ground realities and not other considerations.

DailyDevotion How Could Someone So Persecute Jesus!

Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? —Acts 26:14

Are you determined to have your own way in living for God? We will never be free from this trap until we are brought into the experience of the baptism of “the Holy Spirit and fire” (Matthew 3:11). Stubbornness and self-will will always stab Jesus Christ. It may hurt no one else, but it wounds His Spirit. Whenever we are obstinate and self-willed and set on our own ambitions, we are hurting Jesus. Every time we stand on our own rights and insist that this is what we intend to do, we are persecuting Him. Whenever we rely on self-respect, we systematically disturb and grieve His Spirit. And when we finally understand that it is Jesus we have been persecuting all this time, it is the most crushing revelation ever.

Is the Word of God tremendously penetrating and sharp in me as I hand it on to you, or does my life betray the things I profess to teach? I may teach sanctification and yet exhibit the spirit of Satan, the very spirit that persecutes Jesus Christ.

The Spirit of Jesus is conscious of only one thing— a perfect oneness with the Father. And He tells us, “Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls” (Matthew 11:29). All I do should be based on a perfect oneness with Him, not on a self-willed determination to be godly. This will mean that others may use me, go around me, or completely ignore me, but if I will submit to it for His sake, I will prevent Jesus Christ from being persecuted.

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If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you’ll never get it done.

~ Bruce Lee

NAGALAND POST, DIMAPUR SATURDAY, JANUARY 29, 2022

Post-mortem

India-Russia ties in times of tectonic geopolitical flux “I f you ask anyone in India who is our country’s greatest friend, every person, every child knows that it is Russia.” These were the words of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to President Vladimir Putin during their maiden meeting at the BRICS Summit in Brazil in July 2014.

It is no surprise then, that in December 2021, Putin broke precedence when he chose to visit India for the 21st Annual India-Russia Summit, and the inaugural round of 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue; he had earlier declined to leave Russia to attend the G-20 in Rome, followed by COP 26 in Glasgow citing the Covid pandemic.

And why not!

The two nations indeed share a special and privileged strategic partnership.

Since the mid-1950s, Soviet socialist democracy has assisted the Indian economy; be it military cooperation, food aid, steel plants, trade delegations, or agricultural expertise, to name a few. India has also not forgotten the Soviet ‘Treaty of Peace and Friendship’ in August 1971, which offset China’s plan to open a second front to support the ‘evil empire’ of Pakistan, when it started the Indo-Pak War in De-

cember 1971.

And then, the year 1991 shares the national memory of both India and the Russian Federation (RF); RF for the dissolution of USSR in December 1991, India, for its own glasnost (openness!) moment, the balance of payments crisis followed by the liberalisation of the economy.

The RF has consistently supported India in its bid for a permanent seat at the UNSC, and membership of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG).

Both countries are also engaged in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) as also in groups such as BRICS and RIC (Russia India China).

Russia is also sympathetic to Indian cause of being a ‘victim of terror’ due to ‘policy of state sponsored terrorism’ from neighbouring Pakistan and has extended its support to India on abrogation of Article 370.

Some might argue that since 1991, successive Indian governments have cultivated closer ties with the United States.

Nothing could be further from truth. While Indo-US strategic relations have significantly improved, especially after the historic 2006 Civil-Nuclear deal, this has happened alongside even

stronger bilateral relations between India and Russia.

As in chess, where an ‘Indian Defence’ is a popular opening for those who find themselves playing black, India’s strategic options have continued to get complicated after the end of the Cold War. Much like the India of the Mahabharata era, the world in the 21st century is ‘multi-polar.’

New Delhi, then, has learnt much from the chess wizard Avon Nimzowitsch’s ‘Nimzo Indian Defence’ to create latitude for itself and foster stronger ties with Russia, while cooperating with the United States to foster a healthy balance of power relationship in Asia.

Vladivostok-Chennai Maritime Corridor (VCMC) In September 2019, during his visit to Vladivostok, PM Modi unveiled India’s ‘ct Far East Policy’ while at the same time both sides signed an agreement to develop a Vladivostok Chennai sea route. This is a win-win paradigm for both nations. While becoming India’s springboard in the East Asian market, this maritime corridor also provides Russia a much sought after ‘Pivot to Asia.’ A vibrant sea route between Chennai and Vladivostok will help upscale trade

relations between the two nations. This will bolster bilateral maritime trade between India and Russia from the current $11 billion to $30 billion by 2025. For India, then, the VCMC corridor will demand what the American naval theorist Alfred Mahan said, “to secure commerce, by political measures, conducive to military, or naval, strength.” And then to secure their national interests, the Indian Navy and Russian Navy will require establishing an increased maritime presence in the disputed waters of Western Pacific Ocean. This in the long run will balance China’s rising maritime hegemony in Asia.

Nuclear Cooperation Russia was the first foreign country to engage in India’s nuclear power industry including the evolution to exercise and operate nuclear submarines. On the civilian nuclear co-operation, over ten atomic plants are planned to be set-up in Kudankulam in Tamil Nadu. On the military side, the lease of Chakra SSN for two successive cycles of 10 years each, assistance in operationalising the nuclear triad onboard the SSBN Arihant, and continuing support for India’s indigenous SSN program are good examples of longterm relationship between

the two countries. While France and the United States have emerged as prospective options to diversify India’s nuclear engagement, it seems that in the near future, Russia will continue to be our strongest ally in terms of transfer of nuclear technology.

Capability Development and Capacity Building Russia has been the most consistent and reliable partner for India’s security interest in the region.

Around 60-70 per cent of India’s defence imports are from Russia. The ‘Indra’ (India and Russia) series of maritime exercises between Indian Navy and Russian Navy since 2003 has grown from strength to strength.

In its latest edition, in July 2021, Nav’s frigate Tabar attended the 325th RuFN Day celebrations at St Petersburg by sailing across 8,000 nautical miles (approx 15,500 kilometers across the Mediterranean Sea, Atlantic Ocean and North Sea).

The joint development of the Brahmos (Brahmaputra and Moscow) supersonic cruise missile (to be developed under the aegis of ‘Make in India’) is yet another classic example of strengthening ties between the two nations. In addition, India’s only aircraft carrier, the Vikramaditya

and its air wing, is the crown jewel testimony of vibrant India-Russian ties.

Finally, as news is coming in (as recent as 14 Jan 2022!), of Biden administration’s decision to waive CAATSA sanctions against India for buying Russian S-400 air defence system, it is yet another proof of an emerging multi-polar world order.

The Way Forward In times of tectonic geopolitical shift in the broader Indo-Pacific region, India and Russia have one fundamental common interest; the desire to evolve a multi-polar world order.

This enduring interest will continue to drive close co-operation between the two largest nations in Eurasia. As natural allies, India must continue offering its resources and support to Russia; in return Russia provides the support of its power to India.

The endeavour must be that while India and Russia are operating as individual instruments in an orchestra (with their distinct pieces of brilliance), both nations must obtain a wide-ranging set of “symphonies” that will establish and sustain cooperation in areas of mutual national interests.

Sumit Kumar Singh, IANS

Budget must consider global supply chain crisis Scientists identify factors that can lead to long Covid E conomists and all big and small entrepreneurs are eyeing the upcoming budget session of Parliament.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is scheduled to present her fourth Union Budget on February 1, 2022. The budget session of Parliament will begin on January 31, in which President Ram Nath Kovind will address both the houses. The session will be conducted in two parts, the first part will end on February 11, while the second part will run from March 14 to April 8, 2022. Each industry is setting its own expectations from the annual budget. For various reasons, this time the budget is very important for startups, electric vehicles and garment exports industry. Startups are expecting support from the government. The expectations of the startup ecosystem are with respect to some tax exemptions and startup-friendly measures.

Similarly, the textile and export industry has proposed certain steps. The industry experts complain that India does not have a global shipping line and large cap container manufacturing unit. Industry body, Home Garments Exporters Welfare Association (HEWA) suggests

that the time is rife for India to take some concrete steps to make way for a global shipping line.

Vikas Singh Chauhan, Director, HEWA, says that the Production Linked Initiative (PLI) Scheme should be started for micro, small and medium industries (MSMEs) with an minimum investment of Rs 10 crore. There is a need to increase the RoDTEP budget, especially for handicrafts, handlooms and other labourintensive sectors. The Finance Minister is requested to remove the import duty on cotton yarn to reduce the pressure on supply and demand imbalance. In order to encourage exports of finished goods, export incentives on raw materials should also be withdrawn for a certain period. After two weeks, there is going to be a situation like October last year, when the cost of freight and container was very high. The budget should draw inspiration from the global supply chain crisis. It is unfortunate that India does not have a global shipping line and large cap container manufacturing unit. The time has come for India to take concrete steps to make it a global shipping line. The budget also needs to

announce some mechanism to prevent overcharging due to rollover, exchange rate, spot booking, booking cancellation, weight variation etc. Almost all exporters have to shell out a hefty amount to meet such expenses.

Meanwhile, the electric vehicle (EV) era has begun in India, which will be further boosted by the rapid development of charging infrastructure and advanced EV models in 2022. The EV industry expects the central government to announce new initiatives to encourage local EV manufacturing and facilitate easy finance, and create a new EV ecosystem.

Simultaneously, the industry has urged for reduction of GST on EV purchase and rental from five per cent to two per cent.

The Finance Ministry may also reduce the tax on loans taken to buy electric vehicles.

The reduction in GST and tax benefits will play an important role in making electric vehicles accessible to all. Additionally, the government may also subsidize electricity prices to further improve the existing EV charging infrastructure in the country.

Narvijay Yadav is a senior journalist and columnist

U

S researchers have identified four factors that are linked to a person’s risk of developing long lasting symptoms post a Covid infection.

People with the debilitating condition called long Covid continue to experience symptoms, such as fatigue, shortness of breath and even trouble concentrating, weeks, months or years after SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Some estimate that up to 30 per cent of infected people, including many who were never hospitalised, have persistent symptoms.

The study, published in the journal Cell, showed the level of coronavirus RNA in the blood early in the infection, an indicator of viral load, is a reason, the New York Times reported.

Another is the presence of certain autoantibodies, antibodies that mistakenly attack tissues in the body as they do in conditions like lupus and rheumatoid arthritis.

A third factor is the reactivation of Epstein-Barr virus, a virus that infects most people, often when they are young, and then usually becomes dormant.

The final factor is having Type 2 diabetes, the report said.

For the study, a team ofA 50 researchers including from the University of Washington followed more than 200 patients for two to three months after their Covid diagnoses.

The most influential factor appeared to be autoantibodies, which were associated with twothirds of the cases of long Covid, the researchers said.

Each of the other three factors showed up in about a third of the cases, and there was considerable overlap, with several factors identified in some patients, they added.

“I think this research stresses the importance of doing measurements early in the disease course to figure out how to treat patients, even if we don’t really know how we’re going to use all that information yet,” said Jim Heath, principal investigator of the study and president of the Institute for Systems Biology, a nonprofit biomedical research organisation in Seattle.

The findings might suggest ways to prevent or treat some cases of long Covid, including the possibility of giving people antiviral medications soon after an infection has been diagnosed, the team said.

IANS feature

The dynamic decision-making process of choosing a career

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he choice of higher education and subsequent building of a career pathway on completion of school education has a profound impact on how the future shapes up for a student. With thousands of career options available, the task of picking one among many skill sets may seem insurmountable.

This is mainly due to a wider array of choices than ever before, the competitive nature of higher education admission processes, multiple pathways to careers, and the dynamically changing world of work.

The Institute Student Quest Survey has tried to develop an understanding of this dynamic decision-making process that students undertake, in choosing a career, country, college, and course.

Identifying interests As students in class XII begin to think ‘What after school?’, ‘What do I want to become or do?’, they should first anchor or identify themselves with a career and then plan backwards

for a suitable course, college and finally country (study destination).

In exploration of careers and shortlisting, the survey finds that the driving forces in the decision-making process for Indian students are passion, parents’ recommendations and expected salary at the end of the programme.

The findings indicate that students tend to prioritise programme over university.

In choosing a particular programme, three factors seem to be most significant- alignment with their interests, their perceived strength in a particular relevant area of study/ academics, and future job prospects in the career domain. Students spend a majority of their time envisioning a good career with the aim of a good quality life.

Universities serve as the bridge between school education and realisation of career aspirations, playing an enormous role in carving out the future. As per the survey results, the top three

factors in choosing a university include the institution’s placement record, rankings, and the programme design. What stands out is that decision-making at each level by students is mostly outcome driven as they all wish to see themselves as successful individuals and want to pick options that would nudge them in that direction.

Program design is an interesting addition as students do want to pursue programs that are in keeping with today’s times and are flexible in curriculum, allowing for various combinations to match their interests and strengths. Other important factors in selection of a university are fees, location, and the quality of faculty.

The ease of settling Getting the location right can be just as important as the other factors. Choosing the right setting can make all the difference to the student experience -- ease of settling in, making connections and memories, and the career outcomes. All of this

is a function of the surrounding environment, personal and professional opportunities, local culture, language and much more.

The most important factor in location choice is safety, closely followed by job opportunities in the area where the higher education institution is located.

Quite interestingly, the third most important factor is the concentration of high-ranked universities in that location – students seem to prefer locations where multiple high-ranked institutes are situated, as that potentially impacts the culture of the city too.

The survey results indicate that the reasons for choosing to study at an international destination beyond the home country are: higher quality of education, the perception of studying abroad as providing a path to eventually settling outside their home country, and prestige attached to an international qualification. Further, in

choosing a particular country, students focus on three factorshigh-quality teaching, affordability, and the opportunity to stay back in that country. Presence of multiple high-ranked universities is a factor that is common to both students wishing to study in and outside of the home country.

The right stage Parents serve as a major influence in their children’s career development and career decision- making. Interestingly, the study reveals that reliance on parents in the decision-making process reduces as students move from classes IX, X, to XI and XII. What stands out clearly is the increased need felt by students for career counseling at the right stage. As students gear up for future challenges, parents, teachers and counselors need to be cognizant of their role as facilitators and enable them to make independent yet wellinformed career choices.

Vijay GarG, retired principal Malout, Punjab.

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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Nation needs contribution of girls in defence: PM microlight flying, parasailing as well as cultural programmes.

The best cadets also received medal and baton from the Prime Minister.

The Prime Minister noted a different level of enthusiasm in the celebrations as the country is marking the Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav.

He remembered with pride his NCC connection and credited his training as an NCC cadet for giving him the strength to carry out his responsibilities towards the nation.

He also paid tributes to Lala Lajpat Rai and Field Marshal K.M. Cariappa for their contribution in nation building. “Both the brave sons of India have their jayanti today.”

Modi talked about the steps being taken to strengthen the NCC in the country in a period when the country is moving forward with new resolutions.

For this, a high-level review committee has been set up in the country. In the last two years, 1 lakh new cadets have been created in the border areas of the country,

BJP declared assets worth Rs 4,847 cr in 2019-20: ADR

NEW DELHI, JAN 28 (PTI): The BJP declared assets worth Rs 4,847.78 crore in financial year 201920, the highest among all political parties, followed by the BSP at Rs 698.33 crore and the Congress at Rs 588.16 crore, according to poll reforms advocacy group ADR. The Association for Democratic Reforms prepared its report based on its analysis of assets and liabilities of national and regional parties in 2019-20.

According to the analysis, the total assets declared by the seven national and 44 regional parties during the financial year amounted to Rs 6,988.57 crore and Rs 2,129.38 crore, respectively.

Among the seven national parties, the highest assets were declared by the BJP (Rs 4847.78 crore or 69.37 per cent), followed by the BSP (Rs 698.33 crore or 9.99 per cent) and the Congress (588.16 crore or 8.42 per cent), the ADR report said. Among the 44 regional parties, the assets of the top 10 parties were worth Rs 2028.715 crore or 95.27 per

cent of the total declared by them all combined.

In the FY 2019-20, among the regional parties, the highest assets were declared by the Samajwadi Party at Rs 563.47 crore (26.46 per cent), followed by the TRS at Rs 301.47 crore and the AIADMK at Rs 267.61 crore.

Fixed Deposits/FDR constituted the largest share of Rs 1,639.51 crore (76.99 per cent) of the total assets declared by regional parties in the FY 2019-20.

Under the FDR/ Fixed Deposits category for the financial year, the BJP and the BSP declared Rs 3,253.00 crore and Rs 618.86 crore, the top two among all national parties, while the Congress declared Rs 240.90 crore.

Among regional parties, political parties such as the SP (Rs 434.219 crore), TRS (Rs 256.01 crore), AIADMK (Rs 246.90 crore), DMK (Rs 162.425 crore), Shiv Sena (Rs 148.46 crore), BJD (Rs 118.425 crore) among others declared highest assets under FDR/Fixed Deposits.

Proud of being an active member of NCC once: PM Modi

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he said.

He elaborated on the steps being taken to open the doors of the defence establishments for girls and women.

He noted the presence of the large number of the girl cadets and termed it to be a symbol of changing attitude of the nation.

Noting the young profile of the cadets, who are mostly born in this century, the Prime Minister underlined their role in taking the country towards 2047.

“Your efforts and resolve and the fulfilment of those resolutions will be the achievement and success of India,” he said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday addressed the National Cadet Corps PM Rally at the Cariappa ground in New Delhi. PM lauded National Cadet Corps for their contribution to the country and said that the government has created over one lakh new cadets in the border areas of the country. Speaking to the young cadets, PM Modi said he was once an NCC cadet just like them, reports Times of India.

“The training I got in NCC and the things I learned here have provided me immense strength in delivering upon my responsibilities. Recently, I had also received an NCC alumni card as well,” the PM said.

“I am proud that I have once been an active cadet of NCC like you,” PM Modi added.

The rally will mark the culmination of the NCC Republic Day Camp and is held on January 28 every year. PM Modi said that there is a different enthusiasm in today’s celebration as the young country is witnessing such a historic festival.

“The country is celebrating the Amrit Mahotsav of its independence. When a young country becomes a witness to such a historic festival, there is a different enthusiasm in its celebration. It is visible even on this ground today. This is the vision of the youth power of India, which will fulfill our resolves,” PM Narendra Modi said.

The Prime Minister also added that in the last two years, the government have created over one lakh new cadets in the border areas of the country. At the event, Prime Minister inspected the Guard of Honour, reviewed the March Past by the NCC contingents, and also witnessed the NCC cadets displaying their skills in army action.

The Prime Minister, while noting that women were being given more responsibilities in the country’s armed forces, also pitched for more women in the NCC.

DEHRADUN, JAN 28 (PTI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday held a door-to-door campaign and addressed poll meetings in Uttarakhand’s Rudraprayag district, appealing to people to bring the BJP back to power in the state to ensure good governance for another five years.

Shah, who also offered prayers at the Rudranath temple, distributed pamphlets listing the work done by the BJP government during its tenure and what the party plans to do during the next five years if it returns to power.

He also targeted the previous Congress dispensation, describing it as a government of corruption and scams.

Addressing a gathering of ex-servicemen, Shah said, “You gave your blessings to us in 2014 and 2019 by giving all the five Lok Sabha seats to us. Then you gave us a massive mandate in 2017, giving us 57 out of the 70 assembly seats.”

“You have seen the work done by us. You have to vote for good governance

Amit Shah distributes pamphlets during his door-todoor campaign in Rudraprayag. (PTI)

for another five years so that the big projects already underway are completed,” he said.

The minister said the soldiers from Uttarakhand are protecting the frontiers of the country from Ladakh to Kutch with great valour and dedication and they have to show the same dedication in protecting democracy as well.

Citing Chardham allweather road, RishikeshKarnaprayag rail line, reconstruction of Kedarnath and Badrinath as major infrastructure projects on which substantial progress has been made in the last five years, Shah said a complete five-year tenure of Chief

Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, who has the blessings of the Narendra Modi government at the Centre, will see their completion.

Dhami took over as the Uttarakhand chief minister in July last year as his predecessor Tirath Singh Rawat resigned months after taking charge as the head of the state.

Shah described the former chief minister Harish Rawat-led Congress government as a government of corruption and scams. He also challenged Rawat, who is contesting from Lalkuan assembly constituency in Nainital district, to show the infrastructure work done during his tenure.

BJP withdrew farm laws for sake of votes: Akhilesh Goa polls: BJP faces rebellion

MUZAFFARNAGAR, JAN 28 (PTI): Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Friday asked farmers to be wary of the BJP, saying the ruling party’s government had withdrawn its controversial farm laws only for the sake of votes.

He also assured farmers that if his alliance forms the government in Uttar Pradesh, they will not allow the implementation of any such anti-farmer law in the state.

Yadav made the statement addressing a joint press conference with Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) chief Jayant Chaudhary, whose outfit is contesting the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls in alliance with the Samajwadi Party.

Ahead of the Assembly polls, the BJP is reaching out to the Jats in western Uttar Pradesh, from where members of the community had taken part in the yearlong stir against the laws at the Delhi’s border points.

Jayant Chaudhary and Akhilesh Yadav

BJP leaders had also asked the RLD chief to join hands with their party after Union Home Minister Amit Shah held a meeting with Jat leaders in Delhi on Wednesday.

Speaking on the occasion, Jayant Chaudhary said his party’s alliance with the SP is “solid” and aimed at furthering the cause of farmers.

Akhilesh Yadav said, “The BJP had promised to double the income of farmers but it brought the three anti-farmer laws. The farmers forced the government

to repeal the laws. The BJP rolled back the laws for the sake of votes. The BJP is a party, which brings laws without telling anything.”

Akhilesh asserted on coming to power, their party won’t implement any such law in the state and said he and Jayant are taking forward the cause of farmers championed by former PM Chaudhary Charan Singh, his father Mulayam Singh Yadav and the late farmer leader Mahendra Singh Tikait.

Jayant said earlier people had doubts if the

both parties would forge an alliance.

“Our confluence had taken place much earlier.

We want UP to develop and have forged the alliance as we want to take the fight of Chaudhary Charan Singh ahead,” Jayant said remembering his grandfather.

Akhilkesh had reached Muzaffarnagar late for the press conference, claiming earlier in the day that he was stranded in Delhi as his helicopter was not allowed to take off.

In a tweet in Hindi, the SP president posted a picture with a helicopter in the background and said no reason was given for it.

“My helicopter is still detained in Delhi without assigning any reason and not being allowed to go to Muzaffarnagar, whereas a top BJP leader has just flown from here. This is a desperate conspiracy of the losing BJP. People are understanding everything,” he said in his tweet.

in four seats, including Panaji

PANAJI, JAN 28 (PTI): The ruling BJP has managed to contain dissent in most areas in the run up to the Goa Assembly polls scheduled for February 14, but four seats, including the prestigious Panaji constituency, continue to be a cause for worry. In Panaji, Utpal Parrikar, the son of former chief minister and BJP’s tallest leader from Goa so far late Manohar Parrikar, is up as an Independent against the ruling party’s Atanasio Monserratte, who had quit the Congress in 2019.

Utpal has claimed his heart continues to be with the BJP but he was contesting to ensure a “wrong person”, possibly a reference to the serious cases registered against Monserratte in the past, does not get elected from a seat his father represented for several terms.

In Mandrem, former chief minister Laxmikant Parsekar, who was the BJP’s

manifesto committee head, has quit the party and is contesting as an Independent against Dayanand Sopte, who had beaten him as a Congressman in 2017.

In Sanguem, Savitri Kavlekar, the wife of deputy chief minister Chandrakant Kavelar, who had joined the BJP from the Congress, has rebelled and is contesting against the ruling party’s Subhash Phaldesai, a former MLA. Sanguem, which is near Quepem Assembly seat from where Chandrakant Kavlekar is the BJP nominee, was represented in the current House

by Independent legislator Prasad Gaonkar, who is now the Congress nominee.

In Cumbharjua, the BJP has managed to calm down Siddhesh, son of Union minister Shripad Naik, who had announced he would contest as an Independent candidate after being denied a ticket by the ruling party.

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The Prime Minister said there are ample opportunities for women, highlighting that they are taking admission in Sainik Schools, and are getting major responsibilities in the army.

“The daughters of the country are flying fighter planes in the Air Force,” said the Prime Minister during his address at the National Cadet Cor ps (NCC) Rally at the Cariappa Ground in the national capital.

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NEW DELHI, JAN 28 (PTI): Google will invest as much as USD 1 billion in Bharti Airtel in picking up a 1.28 per cent stake and in scaling up offerings of India’s second-largest mobile phone operator, the telecom major said on Friday.

Alphabet Inc’s Google will pay USD 700 million (Rs 734 per share) for a 1.28 per cent stake in Bharti Airtel Ltd and the rest towards multi-year plans that will include devices.

This will be the second investment by Google, which had two years ago committed to investing USD 10 billion in India via its digitisation fund over 5 to 7 years through equity deals and tie-up.

It had in July 2020, invested USD 4.5 billion for a 7.73 per cent stake in billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s Jio Platforms.

While the 2020 investment valued Jio Platforms’ equity at Rs 4.36 lakh crore (USD 58.1 billion), the USD 700 million investment announced on Friday values Bharti Airtel’s equity at Rs 4.1 lakh crore (USD 54.7 bil-

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lion). The US tech behemoth got a seat on Jio’s board and has co-developed JioPhone Next - the world’s most affordable all-touchscreen smartphone running on Pragati OS – an optimized version of Android OS. The funding from Google gives billionaire Sunil Mittal-led Bharti more firepower to bolster its 5G plans as well as take on market leader Jio. Google made the investment as part of its Google for India Digitization Fund. The amount Google invested in Jio was Rs 33,737 crore (USD 4.5 billion), which was 6.4 times its investment in Bharti Airtel at Rs 5,250 crore (USD 700 million).

“This will comprise-

USD 700 million equity investment in Bharti Airtel at a price per share of Rs 734,” Airtel said in a statement.

Out of the total investment, USD 300 million will go towards implementing commercial agreements, which will include investments in scaling Airtel’s offerings that cover a range of devices to consumers via innovative affordability programs as well as other offerings aimed at accelerating access and digital inclusion across India’s digital ecosystem.

“Under the larger strategic goals of the partnership, both companies will also potentially co-create India-specific network domain use cases for 5G

and other standards, with cutting-edge implementations,” the statement said.

Bharti Airtel board has approved the issuance of up to 71,176,839 equity shares of face value of Rs 5 each of the company to Google International LLC on a preferential basis at a price of Rs 734 per equity share aggregating to Rs 5,224.3 crore (around USD 700 million).

“Airtel and Google share the vision to grow India’s digital dividend through innovative products. With our future-ready network, digital platforms, last-mile distribution and payments ecosystem, we look forward to working closely with Google to increase the depth and breadth of India’s digital ecosystem,” Bharti Airtel chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal said in the statement.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai in July 2020, had announced a USD 10-billion Google for India Digitization Fund to help accelerate India’s digital economy.

“Our commercial and equity investment in Airtel

is a continuation of our Google for India Digitization Fund’s efforts to increase access to smartphones, enhance connectivity to support new business models, and help companies on their digital transformation journey,” Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai said.

Under the larger strategic goals of the partnership, both companies will work on the co-creation of Indiaspecific use cases for 5G and other standards.

“Airtel is already using Google’s 5G-ready evolved packet core and softwaredefined network platforms, and plans to explore scaling up the deployment of Google’s network virtualisation solutions to deliver a superior network experience to their customers,” the statement said.

As a part of its first commercial agreement, Airtel and Google will work together to build on Airtel’s extensive offerings that cover a range of Android-enabled devices to consumers via innovative affordability programs.

‘NeoCov’ coronavirus found in bats may pose threat to humans in future, scientists caution

(From p-1) a potential bio-safety threat of the human emergence of an ACE2 using ‘MERS-CoV-2’ with both high fatality and transmission rate.”

Head of the Biotechnology Laboratory of the Gamaleya Center Sergey Alkhovsky said that the danger of the new NeoCov coronavirus discovered in bats in South Africa so far is hard to estimate, “This is a rather serious, interesting discovery but it is very difficult to estimate the direct danger of

this particular strain. We can state that there is a multitude of these strains circulating in the wild and we need to study this multitude, this genetic diversity, promote research in this area,” he said.

However, World Health Organization (WHO) asserted that it still needs to be studied whether it poses threats for humans.

“Whether the virus detected in the study will pose a risk for humans will require further study,” WHO told Russian news agency Tass.

“Animals, particularly wild animals are the source of more than 75% of all emerging infectious diseases in humans, many of which are caused by novel viruses. Coronaviruses are often found in animals, including in bats which have been identified as a natural reservoir of many of these viruses,” WHO said.

WHO is aware of the new finding of Wuhan scientists and is in touch with the World Organization for Animal Health, the Food and Agriculture Organization to respond to this.

CM, DyCM condole at large and also executive secretary of Lotha Baptist Churches Association from 1975 to 1980, Patton said in his death, the Nagas lost a patriarch whose spiritual guidance and exceptional

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life would illuminate “our” paths. He said his wife and family joined him in conveying their deepest condolences to the bereaved and prayed for the departed soul to rest in eternal peace.

He described Rev Yankey as one true dedicated servant of God and a very outspoken revivalist, recalling that he committed his life from a young age to take up the cross and carried it till his death.

Mentioning that the late reverend had served as (From p-1) In its latest medical fitness guidelines for new recruits pastor in various churches, including Wokha Town or promotees, the bank said a candidate would be considBaptist Church, missionary ered fit in case of pregnancy which is less than 3 months.

“However, if pregnancy is of more than 3 months, she will be considered temporarily unfit and she may be allowed to join within 4 months after delivery of child,” as per the medical fitness and ophthalmological standards from the Central Forensic for new recruits and promotees dated December 31, 2021.

For recruitment, it said, the policy will be effective Science Laboratories in from the date of approval December 21, 2021. The revised Guwahati and Hyderabad.

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one of the most sophisticated battalions of the Indian forces. An error in their judgment reflects poorly on the preparedness of the Indian Army to handle volatile situations. The alibi of mistaken identity projected by the army is not a new one. “But perhaps this is the only time when they are being subjected to such close scrutiny,” the police officer told The Wire.

The Wire contacted Nagaland ADG (Law and Order) Sandeep Tamgadge and presented the information gathered. He refused to confirm or deny the information, and said that the report will soon be submitted to the court. “It will then be a public document and available to access.” Tamgadge also added that the team is awaiting forensic reports

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While the SIT’s investigation has focused on the reasons behind the immediate deaths of 13 civilians, the army officials, in their statements, have claimed that they observed “restraint”.

Some accused army personnel are believed to have told the SIT that they observed restraint and “in fact, they ensured that two civilians were only injured and not killed in the ambush”. Those two men were seriously injured and had to be later moved to Assam for further treatment.

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The SIT is now probing several crucial aspects of the case. One: Can the army resort to firing as its first response? Two: even if the civilians were militants, as “wrongly identified” by the armed force, can they be fired upon with the intention to kill? The police official who spoke to The Wire said that the SIT is basing its investigation on the principle of “minimum use of force”.

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) lays down the basic principles on the use of force and firearms by law enforcement officials. Minimum damage and injury, and respect and preservation of human life, are crucial to the approach it promotes.

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police officer said. “And around 9 pm, when the villagers reached the spot, they found that the bodies of their relatives were all wrapped in a tarpaulin. It is possible that the armed men wanted to move the bodies out of the spot to their camp base. This angered the villagers and they set the army vehicles on fire,” the officer further added. The army then again opened fire on the villagers and another seven were killed in the second incident that happened post 9 pm.

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(From p-1) He further added that the team had prepared an ambush and had waited at the spot in the Tiru valley’s Oting village when they saw eight villagers return in a compact pickup van. “So, it clearly was not a sudden confrontation and it wasn’t like the special forces were caught unaware.”

“The army officials at the ambush have claimed they saw something “weapon like” on the villagers,” the senior police official said. Six were killed on the spot, two were seriously injured. All were unarmed.

Although the villagers were killed around 4 p.m., the armed forces stayed at the spot beyond 9 p.m.

These five hours spent by the armed force at the spot raises serious questions, the

Ukraine-Russia tensions mount

A damaged stationary aircraft on the tarmac of Baghdad airporton January 28, 2022.

The attack was not immediately claimed. Recent months have seen rocket and drone attacks target the US embassy in Baghdad’s high-security Green Zone, a US diplomatic facility at the airport and troops belonging to a US-led coalition stationed at Iraqi bases. The attacks are rarely claimed but are routinely pinned on pro-Iran factions, who demand that US troops who were deployed to help Iraqi forces fight the Islamic State group leave the country. The US-led coalition ended its combat mission in Iraq in December, four years after Iraq’s government declared victory over the jihadists.

But roughly 2,500 American soldiers and 1,000 coalition soldiers will remain deployed in Iraq to offer training, advice and assistance to national forces.

M A D R I D, J A N 2 8 (IANS): Spain’s northwestern region of Galicia was hit by four earthquakes within an hour, said the country’s National Geographic Institute (IGN).

According to the IGN, the first one occurred at 2.57 p.m. on Thursday and measured 3.7 on the Richter scale, followed by a 4.6-magnitude quake at 3.44 p.m. local time, which was felt by residents along the coast and in such cities as Pontevedra and Vigo, reports Xinhua news agency.

Then two more lighter tremors measuring 1.9 and 2.5 on the Richter scale took place in the next 13 minutes.

The epicentre of the quakes with a depth of around 3 km was located off the west coast of the region, in the Atlantic Ocean, said the IGN.

SEOUL, JAN 28 (AGENCIES): North Korea said Friday its two latest rounds of weapons tests this week were successful while vowing to bolster its nuclear “war deterrent” and speed up the development of more powerful warheads.

It appeared North Korean leader Kim Jong Un did not attend the tests on Tuesday and Thursday, which were detected by the militaries of neighbors South Korea and Japan.

But Kim did inspect a munitions factory where workers pledged loyalty to their leader, who “smashes with his bold pluck the challenges of U.S. imperialists and their vassal forces,” state media said.

North Korea has been ramping up its testing activity in recent months, including six rounds of weapons launches so far in 2022, demonstrating

FELICITATION The Wokha Humtso Elumyo Senior Youth Welfare Forum (WHESYWF) with immense joy and pride would like to felicitate the following members.

District Level Award 1. Shri. Thechamo N. Murry (Wrestler) S/o Ngheo Murry Wokha Village 2. Shri. Zuben Humtsoe, Traffic Police Constable Humtso Village.

3. Smti. Wonchibeni T Murry, Women Police Constable Superintendent of Office Wokha.

4. Dr. O. James Kithan on being conferred D.Th Christian Ethics From UTC Bangalore.

Sd/Sd/Renchio Murry O. Jenithung Erui President, WHESYWF Joint Secretary, WHESYWF

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The Dimapur Mungya Union is honoured and privileged to congratulate Shri. Rankathung Vikram Ezung AIGP (OPS), Son of Shri. Chumdemo Ezong, IRS, Income Tax Commissioner (Retd) on being conferred the prestigious Police Medal for meritorious service.

Indeed, it is a rare and proud moment for the people of Mungya Village.

The Union further wishes him success in his service for the people of Nagaland.

The Seyochung Area Union Kohima (SAUK) would like to convey our heartiest congratulations to the following members on their promotion.

1. Shri. K. Lipongse Sangtam, promoted to the post of District Employment Officer (DEO) under the Department of Labour & Employment, Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, Nagaland.

2. Shri. K. Sepichum (Tsipechum), promoted to the post of Assistant Superintendent under the Department of Registrar of Cooperative Societies, Nagaland.

The Union further wishes them good health and success in all their future endeavour.

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The Süngratsü Officers Forum extends our heartiest congratulations to Ms. Temsunaro Aier on her appointment to the Indian Administrative Service (IAS).

The Forum shares the joy with her and takes pride on this prestigious achievement. The Forum wishes her good health and success in all her future endeavour.

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The Walling Clan Members of Khensa Village Mokokchung with pride and honour extend our congratulations to Mr T.Senka Ao (Walling) on conferring the “Padma Shri Award” in recognition of his outstanding contribution for promotion of literature.

Indeed, your laurels has paved zealously for our clan members to be more hard working and be more successful in life.

On behalf of Khensa Walling Clan members 1. Zuluwati.

2. Imnuksüngba 3. Supongningsàng 4. Watilemba

A mother and child queue for food in the Tigray region, Ethiopia.

delivering the little remaining humanitarian supplies and services on foot, where possible,” the agency said in its Friday update.

Ethiopia’s government has been wary of allowing aid to fall into the hands of the Tigray forces who once dominated the national government and have been battling the current government of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed since November 2020. The government in part has blamed problems with aid delivery on insecurity it says is caused by Tigray forces, including new fighting in the neighboring Afar region near the only approved road corridor for aid.

Aid workers, however, also blame bureaucratic

state media suggest the weapons test-fired were a short-range solid-fuel missile it apparently designed after Russia’s Iskander ballistic system.

The missile, which North Korea has tested since 2019, could be launched from launcher trucks and trains and is designed for maneuverability and lowaltitude flight. It’s seen as a key piece in the country’s exNorth Korean leader Kim Jong Un (C) inspects a munitions panding arsenal of shorterrange weapons apparently factory in a photo released by state media on Friday. its military might amid pandemic-related difficulties and a prolonged freeze in nuclear diplomacy with the United States.

While aggressively expanding his military capabilities despite limited resources, Kim is also reviving Pyongyang’s old playbook of brinkmanship to wrest concessions from Washington, which leads inter-

national sanctions over the North’s nuclear program.

The North’s official Korean Central News Agency described the two ballistic missiles launched from a coastal area on Thursday as “surface-to-surface tactical guided missile” armed with a conventional warhead and said they accurately struck a sea target.

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SUNGRATSÜ SENSO MUNGDANG Mokokchung : Nagaland

FELICITATION The Sungratsü Village Council & Sungratsü Senso Mungdang takes immense pride in congratulating Ms.Temsunaro Aier on being conferred the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) . It is a proud moment for the village.

May our Gracious Father guide and bless her in all days to come.

Sd/Lemasashi Ozukum President Sungratsü Senso Mungdang

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The Ao Senden Literature Board (ASLB) takes immense pleasure in congratulating T. Senka Ao for being conferred Padma Shri, the fourth highest Civilian Award of the Republic of India. The ASLB place on record it’s appreciation for the commendable contribution made by T. Senka Ao in the field of literature, education, social and conflict resolution.

Sd/Sd/Dr. L. Temjen Jamir I. Temjen Tzüdir Chairman, ASLB Secretary, ASLB

DIMAPUR – 797112 : NAGALAND Motto : “Homogenous Integrity”

FELICITATION We, the Lotisa Mapulu Union Dimapur would like to honour and convey our heartiest congratulations to our bonafide members for achieving high position different fields.

(1) Er. Hozheto Shikhu promoted to Additional Chief Engineer, P.W.D. Housing, Govt. of Nagaland.

(2) Mr. Katovi Chishi promoted to Deputy General Manager N.H.H.D.C, Dimapur, Nagaland.

(3) Er. Hekavi G. Chophi promoted to S.D.O, (Electrical) Sub-Division Chumoukedima.

(4) Dr. Hibuka Chophi, S/o. Khevito Chophi Hd. G.B. Lotisa New for completing M.B.B.S, (S.I.M.S) Hapur.

(5) Dr. Inolu K. Yepthomi, S/o. Khutoi Yepthomi for completing the M.B.B.S, (RIIMS), Imphal.

(6) Miss. Atolimi Shikhu, D/o. Shikuto Shikhu for clearing J.E.E, (M.B.B.S).

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The Watsü Mungdang takes immense pride and honor in felicitating the following personalities for their achievements in various fields that brought laurels and fame to the Aos in particular and the Nagas in general: 1. Wb. T. SENKA AO, on being conferred the ‘Padma Shri Award’ in (Literature and Education) 2. Wt. TEMSUNARO AIER and Wt. OPANGLA JAMIR on being conferred Indian Administrative Service (IAS) We hope and pray that through your achievements, you will continue to serve the people in all possible ways.

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aimed at overwhelming missile defenses in the region.

KCNA said Tuesday’s launches were of a purported long-range cruise missile the North first tested in September. The two missiles flew for more than 2 hours and 35 minutes and demonstrated an ability to strike targets 1,800 kilometers (1,118 miles) away, a performance that underscored their value in “boosting the war deterrence of the country,” the agency said.

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obstacles including intrusive personal searches and confiscation of items including personal medications before visits to Tigray. The new WFP report, based on faceto-face interviews with more than 980 households across accessible parts of Tigray, cited “extraordinary operation challenges.”

The war has shifted in recent weeks, with the Tigray forces retreating into their region after attempting to advance on the capital, Addis Ababa, and Ethiopia’s military saying it would not pursue them further. That opened the way for fresh mediation efforts by the United States and the African Union, with humanitarian access a key goal.

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BAG H DA D, J A N 2 8 (AGENCIES): Six rockets were fired Friday at the Iraqi capital’s airport, causing damage but no casualties, security sources said, the latest in a string of attacks the US blames on Iranlinked militias. The rockets hit Baghdad International Airport’s runways or parking areas, one of the sources said. “One civilian plane has been hit and damaged,” this source, based at the interior ministry, said.

A second security source confirmed the attack consisted of six rockets that fell around civil installations at the airport, damaging a stationary plane. A third source identified the plane as a Boeing 767 belonging to the state-owned Iraqi Airways, noting that it was not in service and was undergoing repairs.

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WASHINGTON, JAN 28 (IANS): In a letter to US President Joe Biden, Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer announced that he will retire later this year.

Breyer, a longtime liberal, wrote on Thursday that he intends the decision to take effect when the Supreme Court rises for the summer recess, assuming that by then his successor has been nominated and confirmed, reports Xinhua news agency. Biden held an event at the White House later in the day marking Breyer’s announcement. In his remarks, the President said he will nominate the first black woman to the US Supreme Court. “I have made no choice at this point.

Once I select a nominee, I’ll ask the Senate to move promptly on my choice,” he added. Currently, conservatives have a 6-3 majority over liberals in the institution.

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NA I RO B I , JA N 2 8 (AGENCIES): More than a third of the people in Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region “are suffering an extreme lack of food,” the United Nations World Food Program said in a new assessment of a region under a months-long government blockade. “Families are exhausting all means to feed themselves, with three-quarters of the population using extreme coping strategies to survive,” the WFP said in its report released Friday, noting increases in begging and relying on just one meal a day. It called for all parties in Ethiopia’s war to agree to a humanitarian cease-fire and “formally agreed transport corridors” for aid after 15 months of war.

The U.N. said no aid convoy has entered the Tigray region of some 6 million people since mid-December. Separately, the U.N. humanitarian agency said less than 10% of the needed supplies, including medicines and fuel, have entered Tigray since mid-July. All international NGOs operating in Tigray have depleted their fuel, “with their staff

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in a live interview with Russian radio stations. “But we won’t let our interests be rudely trampled on and ignored.”

Tensions have soared in recent weeks, and the United States and its NATO allies worry that the concentration of about 100,000 Russian troops near Ukraine heralds Moscow’s intention to attack the ex-Soviet state.

Russia has repeatedly denied having any such plans, but has demanded that NATO promise Ukraine will never be allowed to join and that the alliance roll back deployments of troops

deployment of the alliance weapons near Russia’s borders. He noted that international agreements say that the security of one nation must not come at the expense of others’ — and that he would send letters to ask his Western counterparts to address that obligation.

“It will be hard for them to wiggle out from answering why they aren’t fulfilling the obligations sealed by their leaders not to strengthen their security at the expense of others,” he said.

As tensions build, Washington warned Moscow of devastating sanctions if it invades Ukraine, including penalties targeting top Russian officials and key economic sectors.

Several senior U.S. officials also said Thursday that Germany would not allow a newly constructed pipeline — which is meant to bring gas directly from Russia — to begin operations if Russia invades Ukraine.

Asked about possible sanctions, Lavrov said that Moscow had warned Washington that their introduction would amount to a complete severing of ties.

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Russian S-400 Triumf surface-to-air missile systems attend a military drills in Sverdlovsk region, Ural, in Russia (AP/PTI)

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and military equipment in Eastern Europe.

The U.S. and NATO formally rejected those demands this week, though Washington outlined areas where discussions are possible, perhaps offering a path to de-escalation.

Russia’s official response to those proposals — and the ultimate decision over whether to invade — rests with President Vladimir Putin, but the Kremlin has sounded a grim note thus far, saying there is “little ground for optimism.”

Lavrov noted Friday that the U.S. suggested the two sides could talk about limits on the deployment of intermediate-range missiles, restrictions on military drills and rules to prevent accidents between warships and aircraft. He said that Russia proposed discussing those issues years ago — but Washington and its allies never took them up on it until now.

While he described the U.S. offers for dialogue on confidence-building measures as reasonable, he emphasized that Russia’s main concerns are to stop NATO’s expansion and the

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‘We don’t want a war’ but ‘won’t let our interests be ignored’, says Russia

MOSCOW, JAN 28 (AP): Russia’s top diplomat said Friday that Moscow will not start a war but warned that it wouldn’t allow the West to trample on its security interests amid fears it is planning to invade Ukraine.

US President Joe Biden warned Ukraine’s president a day earlier that there is a “distinct possibility” that Russia could take military action against its neighbour in February.

“There won’t be a war as far as it depends on the Russian Federation, we don’t want a war,” Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said

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P.O KHEZHAKENO, 797107, P.S KHEZHAKENO Dist – Phek: Nagaland

Date 27/01/2022

PUBLIC NOTICE

The Khezhakeno Village Council hereby notify to all the general public that, henceforth, any individual/parties who is/are not the bonafide citizen of the village but are using the name of Khezhakeno village and tarnishing the image of the Village by indulging in anti social activities shall be dealt with serious consequences.

Further, a fine of Rs. 1.00 Lakh (Rupees One Lakh) shall be imposed as penalty for the offenders using the name of the Village.

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Tribute concert in memory of late Temjen Toy NASA’s Mars orbiter finds water flowed on Red Planet longer than thought

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he first death anniversary of late Temjen Toy then chief secretary was observed at the Regional Centre of Excellence for Music & Performing Arts (RCEMPA), Jotsoma on Friday by family members, friends and well-wishers.

Late Temjen was appointed chief secretary on January 1, 2019. Late Temjen Toy passed away on January 28, 2021 after a prolonged illness.

The memorial highlighted performance by various artists who sang late Temjen Toy’s favourite songs like Kris Kristofferson’s ‘Why me Lord’, ‘Wind Beneath My Wings’ (Bette Midler) etc. while Alezo Keditsu, brother in-law of late Temjen Toy, also performed one of his (Toy) favorite number-- ‘The Older I Get’ by Alan Jackson.

Late Temjen Toy’s friends-- advisor School education KT Sukhalu, former additional chief secretary, Alezo Keditsu (brother in-law) singing one of late Temjen Toy’s HK Khulu and Aochuba Yanger favourite song. (Top right) Friends of late Temjen singing sang ABBA’s ‘I Have A Dream’.

ABBA’s ‘I Have A Dream’ on the occasion.

Advisor TaFMA Theja Meru,

Adele’s producer Inflo to receive Produce of the Year BRIT

Salman teases his upcoming single ‘Dance With Me’

no one more deserving of this award.”

And regular collaborator Michael commented: “As a producer, Inflo is a breath of fresh air to an artist trying to find their own voice. He helps you find what it is you want to say, and always puts his stamp on the work which always elevates the music.”

Inflo has thanked the non-white producers who came before him for “paving the way”.

He added: “As the first Black Music producer to ever win a BRIT for Best Producer, I feel honoured to be a part of change. All the Black producers before me, I’m in awe and have studied you. I am you. Thank you for both paving the way and for your integral contribution to British music.”

Inflo will be presented with his award during

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ollywood star Ryan Reynolds, who hails from the Canadian city of Vancouver, is to be nationally recognised with the opening of ‘Ryan Reynolds Way’, which is located in the east end of Ottawa.

Jim Watson, Mayor of Ottawa, tweeted: “It’s clear that Ottawa has a special place in Ryan’s heart - and in his honour, I’ll be bringing forward a motion later today to have a street named after him.

Ryan Reynolds Way will be located in a new subdivision in the east end. Look forward to seeing it open soon!”

The ‘Deadpool’ star responded to the news by calling it an “incredible honour” and joked that in return he would rename one of his children Ottawa, reports femalefirst.co.uk.

In a tweet, he said: “This is an incredible honour and a deal is a deal, Mr Mayora I’ve changed my daughter’s name to Ottawa.”

The recognition comes after Ryan and his actress wife Blake Lively had several made donations to causes across Canada including the Ottawa food bank.

Ryan also collaborated with Ottawa Public Health to play Bruce, a hapless social media intern who as well as messing up basic details in news tweets also encouraged people to wear a mask and get vaccinated against Covid-19 in a string of posts on their Twitter profile which went viral.

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Experiment (HiRISE) colour camera, allowing them to see details as small as a Mars rover from space.

Using both cameras to create digital elevation maps, Leask and Ehlmann found that many of the salts were in depressions -- once home to shallow ponds -on gently sloping volcanic plains. The scientists also found winding, dry channels nearby -- former streams that once fed surface runoff (from the occasional melting of ice or permafrost) into these ponds. Crater counting and evidence of salts on top of volcanic terrain allowed them to date the deposits. “What is amazing is that after more than a decade of providing highresolution image, stereo, and infrared data, MRO has driven new discoveries about the nature and timing of these river-connected ancient salt ponds,” said Ehlmann, CRISM’s deputy principal investigator.

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13th Bengaluru International Film Festival from March 3

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he 13th Bengaluru International Film Festival (BIFF) will be held from March 3. A decision in this regard was taken at a meeting of the BIFF Organising Committee, chaired by Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai.

The film festival would be a 10-day event, Bommai said on Thursday. “BIFF has received the recognition of Federation of International Film Producers Association. Thus, the film festival would have a global stature. It is a matter of pride that BIFF is one of the 45 global level international film festivals,” Bommai said. “Kannada films had brought fame on numerous occasions in many coun-

The chief minister Basavaraj Bommai releasing the BIFF logo. tries. Best of the Kannada movies should be exhibited at the international film festival. BIFF should become a model for other film festivals,” Bommai added.

Social messages should be delivered through the film festival, he said.

The Chief Minister also released the BIFF logo on the occasion. Horticul-

ture Minister Muniratna, Chairman of Karnataka Chalanachitra Academy Sunil Puranik and other dignitaries were present on the occasion.

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Kanye West reveals ‘Donda 2’ album release date

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apper Kanye West’s sequel to last year’s ‘Donda’ is coming out next month in February.

Kanye announced that ‘Donda 2’ is set to release on February 22. The 2/22/22 release date is appropriate for the first sequel album he’s made in his career, reports variety.com.

He made the announcement with a picture of his Chicago childhood home on fire, along with the news that Future will executiveproduce ‘Donda 2’.

Last year, during one of his ‘Donda’ album listening concerts, Ye famously built a replica of his home in the centre of Soldier Field in Chicago, reports variety. com. More infamously, that was the same concert where

he brought out controversial musicians Marilyn Manson and DaBaby on the steps of his house. Earlier this month, it was revealed that Ye had begun working on ‘Donda 2’, just a few months after the original ‘Donda’ was released on August 29, 2021, after several delays; earlier this week, Steven Victor, a Universal Music executive and longtime associate of West’s said the album is coming “sooner than you think.”

However, fans of the prolific rapper know that Kanye has a long relationship with album delays and projects that are announced but never fully realised, so whether or not ‘Donda 2’ actually releases on time will likely only be revealed on

the morning of February 22.

‘Donda’, which was named after Ye’s late mother, is up for several Grammy awards, including major categories album of the year and rap album of the year.

The song ‘Hurricane’, featuring the Weeknd and Lil Baby, is up for best melodic rap performance, and ‘Jail’, featuring Jay-Z, is nominated for best rap song.

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50TH Wedding Anniversary Yekheto Shikhu & Kiyeli Chishi

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ollywood superstar Salman Khan is all set to go behind the mic once again with his upcoming track titled, ‘Dance With Me’, the teaser of which was released on Friday.

Salman took to social media and shared the teaser with his followers.

He captioned the video, “Dance with me Hum sung nachle... #DanceWithMeTeaser.”

T h e v i d e o s h ow s Salman in different avatars as he grooves to the beats of the song before he rounds it up with his voice - over saying, “Come dance with me”. (IANS)

Ryan Reynolds to have street named after him

there is life. Ellen Leask, post-doctoral researcher at Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory, along with professor Bethany Ehlmann from California Institute of Technology (Caltech), used data from the MRO instrument called the Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars (CRISM) to map the chloride salts across the clay-rich highlands of Mars’ southern hemisphere -- terrain pockmarked by impact craters.

These craters were one key to dating the salts: The fewer craters a terrain has, the younger it is. By counting the number of craters on an area of the surface, scientists can estimate its age.

MRO has two cameras that are perfect for this purpose. The Context Camera, with its black-and-white wide-angle lens, helps scientists map the extent of the chlorides. To zoom in, scientists turn to the HighResolution Imaging Science

“Grey hair is a crown of glory; it is gained by living a godly life” (Prov. 16:31)

The Awotsakilimi Union Zunheboto (AUZ) heartily congratulates

DR. OTOLI K. ACHUMI, We, the Ungma Azüponger Tushin Semchir Telongjem Dimapur would like to extend our heatiest congratulations to Shri BenDAng TemSü LongkUmer, Forest range officer, kiphire, S/o mr. Alemtemjen Longkumer & Late Achila Jamitür on being awarded governor'S CommenDATion CerTiFiCATe among Telongjem.

The Telongjem wishes and prays to our Almighty to grant you good health, wisdom and to achieve greater success in your future endeavour.

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s we join to celebrate the lasting love you share, RICH BLESSINGS we are thanking God for giving you on Your 50th Anniversary a love beyond compare.

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D/o Khutovi Achumi and Akiholi Achumi for completing Bachelor of Dental Surgery (B.D.S ) from Government Dental College and Hospital , Mumbai. You certainly have made us proud. We wish you the best for your future endeavours.

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dele’s producer Inflo is set to be honoured with the Producer of the Year BRIT Award.

The studio wizard, of the music collective Sault, has become the first Black winner of the prize.

Inflo - whose real name is Dean Josiah Cover - wrote and produced three songs with the 33-year-old Grammy-winner for her comeback LP, ‘30’; ‘Woman like Me’, ‘Hold On’ and ‘Love Is a Game’. The songwriter and multi-instrumentalist is also known for working with the likes of Little Simz and Michael Kiwanuka, who have congratulated Inflo.

Simz, who worked with Inflo on her Ivor Novello Award-winning 2019 LP ‘Grey Area’, said: “Flo is a true creative in every sense of the word. Music is in his DNA. He really loves, lives and breathes this. There is

the Red Carpet show on ITV2 between 7pm and 8pm on February 8, at The O2 arena, which is broadcast exclusively on ITV and ITV Hub. The show will be hosted by Clara Amfo and Maya Jama.

Adele and Simz have both received several nominations at the upcoming BRIT Awards with Mastercard. ‘30’ and the latter’s ‘Sometimes I Might Be Introvert’ will contend for the biggest prize of the night, Album of the Year, and both stars are up for Artist of the Year. Adele also received nods for Song of the Year for ‘Easy On Me’ and Best Pop/R&B. Simz, meanwhile, could walk away with Best Hip-Hop/Grime/Rap and Best New Artist.

The Likes of Liam Gallagher, Grime star Dave and Rising Star Award-winner Holly Humberstone are set to take to the stage on the night.

Meanwhile, for the first time in awards show history, a number of the winners will be honoured with NFTs designed by artist MRE. Fans can buy the digital collectibles for just £10 each the day after the BRITS via brits.serenade.co. All proceeds will benefit the BRIT Trust. The BRIT Awards 2022 with Mastercard will be exclusively broadcast on ITV and ITV Hub and hosted by Mo Gilligan.

YouTube Shor ts is the Official Digital Music Partner and YouTube will host a live-stream and behind-the-scenes action.

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former Music Task Force project director Gugs Chishi, Secheku Choir were among those who performed.

In her brief speech, Rouvi Toy, wife of late Temjen Toy, cited a verse from a hymn: “This is the day that the Lord has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it”, while thanking all the guests for making it possible to attend the event to celebrate late Temjen’s life. She said the family has been overwhelmed by the love and support they continue to receive.

Rouvi said Temjen always used to encourage them to “look up no matter what.” Even when the family first came to learn about the diagnosis, she said Temjen encouraged them that “life should go on.”

“And so, one year after his leaving, we are here to celebrate a life well lived to the fullest and the life that always saw the light through everything,” said Rouvi.

Colleague and friend of late Temjen, principal secretary Menukhol John, also spoke on the occasion.

t is commonly believed that water on Mars evaporated about 3 billion years ago.

But two scientists studying data from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter found signs of liquid water on the Red Planet as recently as 2 billion to 2.5 billion years ago, meaning water flowed there about a billion years longer than previous estimates.

The findings, published in the journal AGU Advances, centre on the chloride salt deposits left behind as icy meltwater flowing across the landscape evaporated.

While the shape of certain valley networks hinted that water may have flowed on Mars recently, the salt deposits provide the first mineral evidence confirming the presence of liquid water. The discovery raises new questions about how long microbial life could have survived on Mars, if it ever formed at all. On Earth, at least, where there is water,

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ISL: Jamshedpur beat FC Goa 1-0

BAMBOLIM (GOA), JAN 28 (AGENCIES): Jamshedpur FC inflicted a huge blow to FC Goa’s aspirations for a play-off berth with a solitary goal win in an Indian Super League (ISL) match here on Friday. The win took Owen Coyle’s men to second place in the league table but kept Derrick Pereira’s men stuck at ninth place with four games without a win.

The solitary goal came through Daniel Chima Chukwu (49th minute), who scored on his first outing for Jamshedpur after signing for them in the January transfer window.

The match had an eventful start with Chukwu sending his left-footed shot narrowly wide off the mark. On the other end, Ivan Gonzalez hit the underside of the crossbar with a header.

The rebound fell to Edu Bedia whose low shot was brilliantly saved by TP Rehenesh. The Gaurs threw in more subsequent attacks at the JFC defence but to no avail.

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Daniel Chukwu of Jamshedpur FC scored the only goal during ISL match against FC Goa.

The first half was very feisty to say the least, which led to three yellow cards being handed out to Alex Lima, Anwar

Ali and Daniel Chukwu respectively. The injuries and stoppages led to four minutes of added time but neither team managed to

break through the defences and score the opening goal.

The second half started with JFC pushing for a goal and they got

one through the debutant Chukwu, whose volley was too powerful for Naveen Kumar. The custodian got both hands on the ball but could not prevent it from slipping into the back of the net.

Ali came close to equalising for the Gaurs past the hour mark but the ball did not go in after hitting the crossbar for the second time. At the stroke of the 80th minute, Airan Cabrera struck the crossbar for the third time for FC Goa with a left-footed volley.

FC Goa coach Pereira made a host of changes in order to change the course of the match. However, despite creating a plethora of chances, the equaliser eluded them as Coyle’s men defended their lead with a collective force and secured the three points.

FC Goa will next face an ambitious Odisha FC in Bambolim on Tuesday while Jamshedpur FC await the challenge of an in-form Bengaluru FC on Saturday at the same venue.

11th Lotha Football C’ship kicks off

LH chairman Er. Mhondamo Ovung declaring the tournament open on January 28.

D I M A P U R , JA N 2 8 (NPN): The 11th edition of the Lotha Football Championship (LFC) 2022, organised by Wokha District Football Association (WDFA), got underway at local ground Wokha town on January 28, 2022 with Lotha Hoho (LH) chairman Er. Mhondamo Ovung gracing the opening ceremony as special guest.

Speaking at the

opening programme, LH chairman Er. Mhondamo Ovung congratulated WDFA for organising such tournament and creating platform for the youngsters to expose their talents.

He called upon the players to be discipline, hardworking and dedicated so they could achieve their goals in life.

LH chairman encouraged them to take up sports as a profession and not just as

a leisure- pursuit.

Further, he encouraged the players to exhibit their talents in the true spirit of the game.

In the opening match of the tournament, XI Brothers defeated Old Aree Sporting Club by a solitary goal which came from the boots of Along in the 32nd minute. In the second match, Lower “E” Khel defeated Longsa Sports Association by 3-1.

Ecuador hold Brazil 1-1 in drama-filled World Cup qualifier Ranji Trophy to take place range following a corner.

Ecuador were reduced to 10 men on Thursday night shortly after when goalkeeper Alexander Dominguez was dismissed for catching Matheus Cunha with a boot to the head. Brazil defender Emerson was then sent off for a second rash tackle.

It looked as if Brazil would be forced to play the last hour with just nine players when Colombian referee Wilmar Roldan penalised Alisson with a red card for a high boot that struck Enner Valencia in the face.

However, after a long Ecuador’s Moises Caicedo and Brazil’s Raphinha remonstrate with referee Wilmar Roldan Pool at Delgado, Quito, Ecuador on January 27.

as Brazil drew 1-1 with Ecuador in a controversial World Cup qualifier here.

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All Nagaland tennis c’ship in February DIMAPUR, JAN 28 (NPN): Nagaland Tennis Association (NLTA) has informed that the 32nd All Nagaland Tennis Championship would be held at the Chavino Memorial Tennis Complex, Kuda Village, Dimapur from February 1012, 2022. NLTA informed that events would include men’s singles & doubles, veterans doubles (35 years above). For more information, one could contact 9436261009, 7005124584 and 8413087643.

Odisha Open: Malvika, Ashmita reach semi-finals

CUTTACK, JAN 28 (IANS): Indian shuttlers Malvika Bansod and Ashmita Chaliha reached the semi-finals of the Odisha Open 2022 badminton tournament after winning their respective women’s singles quarter-final match, here on Friday. The 20-year-old Bansod, who beat Saina Nehwal at the India Open earlier this month, registered a hard-fought 21-13, 16-21, 21-17 win over 18-year-old Tanya Hemanth to enter the semi-finals.

Malvika won the first game comfortably. However, in the second game, Tanya Hemanth mounted a comeback and stretched the match into a decider. The third game saw the world No 67 Malvika in a spot of bother after trailing 11-10 at the break. However, the highly-rated Indian youngster used her long reach to good effect and sealed the match in 58 minutes.

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appearing to punch Ayrton Preciado in the head while attempting to clear a cross. But Roldan once again changed his decision after consulting the video assistant.

The result leaves Ecuador third in the 10-team South American group with 24 points from 15 matches while leaders Brazil remain undefeated with 36 points from 14 games. The top four teams will earn an automatic spot at this year’s World Cup in Qatar while the fifthranked side will progress to an intercontinental playoff.

in two phases: Jay Shah

NEW DELHI, JAN 28 (IANS): Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Jay Shah on Friday said that the Ranji Trophy will be held this season in two phases. Shah said that the first phase will have all league matches while the second phase will see the knockouts being held in June.

“The Board has decided to conduct the Ranji Trophy this season in two phases. In the first phase, we plan to complete all match-

es of the league stage while the knockouts will be held in June. My team is working closely to mitigate any kind of health risk caused by the pandemic, while at the same time ensuring a highly competitive red-ball cricket contest,” Shah was quoted as saying by The Hindu.

“Ranji Trophy is our most prestigious domestic competition, which has been providing Indian Cricket with an enviable talent pool every year,” added Shah.

GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT NATIONAL HYDROLOGY PROJECT (World Bank Funded Project) E-Procurement Notice (re-Tender) The Executive Engineer, Investigation Cell, WRD, Dimapur, Nagaland on behalf of Governor of Nagaland invites bids through e-procurement for the packageSl. Tender Title Tender Reference No No 1 Procurement of Goods NHP-2021-2022-NL-893556 Equipment for Hydrology Project Convention Centre at Dimapur 2 Procurement of Non-ITC NHP-2021-2022-NL-616326 Equipment for Hydrology Project Convention Centre at Dimapur The details are available at www.nagalandtenders.gov.in Download start date: 27/01/2022

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It has been a long twenty five years since you left us on this day, the 29th January 1997 to be eternal rest in heaven leaving behind the entire family members were in dark, but your nobel deeds, love and cares towards us left behind are still fresh in our mind.

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We would also like to convey our special thanks to: 1. Khushiabill Sumi Baptist Church 2. Khushiabill Sumi Baptist Church Youth Department 3. Khushiabill Sumi Totimi Hoho 4. Ikishe Village Baptist Church 5. Ikishe Village Block ‘B’ Kuposhukulu 6. Asukhomi Union Dimapur 7. Asukhomi Azanoqo Kuposhukulu Dimapur We deeply regret our inability to thank each and every individual personally, but your kind deeds will forever be remembered. May our good God bless you all immensely.

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QUITO (ECUADOR), JAN 28 (IANS): Goalkeeper Alisson Becker had two red cards overturned

deliberation with the video assistant referee (VAR), Roldan downgraded the punishment to a yellow card, Xinhua reports. The drama did not end there.

Ecuador had a penalty denied following another VAR review before Felix Torres equalised by latching onto a Gonzalo Plata cross with a powerful header in the 75th minute.

There was still time for VAR to make another contentious intervention and it again involved Alisson.

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Scorchers lift BBL title for record 4th time

MELBOURNE, JAN 28 (IANS): A stunning fightback from Laurie Evans and skipper Ashton Turner with the bat followed by a clinical show with the ball helped Perth Scorchers thrash Sydney Sixers by 79 runs in the final and won the 2021-22 Big Bash League title, here on Friday.

With this win, Perth Scorchers became the first team to lift the BBL Trophy for the fourth time in the competition’s 11-season history. They earlier had won titles in seasons 3, 4 and 6 of BBL. At 4-25, Scorchers were in deep trouble and Evans (76 not out off 41) and Turner (54 off 35) helped them recover from the collapse as they put on 104 runs for the fifth wicket to help their side to 171 for 6.

In reply, Daniel Hughes topscored for the Sixers with 42 but it was not enough.

Chasing a challenging target, Hayden Kerr (2), who scored an unbeaten 98 against Adelaide Strikers to help the Sixers into the final, could not replicate his heroics as he fell in the second over to Jason Behrendorff slicing a catch to short third-man. Daniel Hughes

The Perth Scorchers celebrate winning BBL 11 at Marvel Stadium, Melbourne on Friday.

and Nick Bertus (15) tried to build a partnership but their association ended on 27 runs as Turner dismissed the other opener. With skipper Moises Henriques also falling cheaply, leg-before to Ashton Agar, the Sixers slipped to 46 for 3 after seven overs.

From there on, the game began to rest largely on the bat of Hughes, who despite passing a pre-match fitness test, appeared to be significantly hampered running between the wickets.

He tried to hold the innings

together but didn’t receive support from the other end as Dan Christian and Peter Hatzoglou fell in quick succession.

Hughes (42) was the next to fall, run out after a poor call from Sean Abbott in the 13th over as the Sixers slumped to 6-77. Only 25 more runs were added for the last four wickets as the Sixers were bowled out for 92 in 16.2 overs, losing the final by a huge margin of 79 runs. Andrew Tye picked up a three-wicket haul (3/15) while Jhye Richardson

bagged a couple (2/20).

Earlier, the Scorchers innings was in disarray after they were asked to bat, with only 25 runs coming in the first six overs at the cost of four top-order wickets.

Kurtis Patterson (1) was the first to depart, topedging a pull-off Jackson Bird. Inglis (13) then joined the in-form Patterson back in the shed and he was quickly followed by Mitchell Marsh and Colin Munro.

Marsh (5) and Munro (1) got out to Nathan Lyon in the sixth over, failing in

their attempts to play the loft and reverse sweep respectively as the Scorchers slumped to 4-25 in the sixth.

That was when Turner was joined by Evans and they shifted the momentum with a brilliant match-winning partnership across the next 10 overs. Both Turner and Evans brought up their half-centuries with powerful sixes over mid-wicket before veteran tweaker Steve O’Keefe (2-43) broke through to send the Scorchers skipper on his way in the 16th over.

Evans, meanwhile, collected two more sixes and remained unbeaten on 76 from 41 balls, his highest score of the tournament, with a tally of four boundaries and as many maximums.

Ashton Agar also struck three fours as Scorchers finished with a remarkable total of 171-6 that had earlier looked impossible.

Brief scores: Perth Scorchers 171/6 in 20 overs (Laurie Evans 76 not out, Ashton Turner 54; Nathan Lyon 2-24, Steve O’Keefe 2-43) beat Sydney Sixers 92 in 16.2 overs (Daniel Hughes 42; Andrew Tye 3-15, Jhye Richardson 2-20) by 79 runs.

Baichung Bhutia, Renedy Singh ICC bans Zimbabwe agree to become WSSA advisors cricketer Brendan Taylor

Baichung Bhutia and Renedy Singh along with WSSA officials.

D I M A P U R , JA N 2 8 (NPN): Wester n Sumi Sports Association (WSSA) Friday informed that former Indian football captains Bhaichung Bhutia and Renedy Singh have agreed to become its advisors.

WSSA through its media cell informed that Baichung Bhutia and Renedy Singh advised the WSSA officials to focus on under 14 category team to move up the ladder to reach National and International level. It informed that both had assured support to identified talents for trials in Indian football clubs.

According to WSSA, Padma Shree and Arjuna Awardee Baichung Bhutia also agreed to conduct and train coaches under WSSA to guide players in cluster targeted villages, preferably

players under WSSA with some past experience.

Bhutia reportedly informed WSSA officials that his club Sikkim United would play with WSSA 11 football team very soon to encourage and motivate the grassroots Naga players under Niuland, Dimapur and Chumukedima districts.

WSSA said its officials led by its president Vikuto Zhimo interacted with Bhutia, who is also the brand ambassador of Northeast Brews, Nagaland premium tea brand, and Renedy Singh, coach of east Bengal team and formal Indian football captain. WSSA said it was committed to grassroots development of sports especially football in Western Sumi areas and Nagas in general.

WSSA sports association week long sports event (Jan 24-29 2022) also included an educational visit to Atoqa tea factory, Nikhekhu on January 27.

The visit was part of various activities being planned for the teams by the association.

The participating team from 11 areas under Western Sumi region comprised of 179 villages.

The visit to complex was hosted and organised by Ato area sports association and Nikhekhu village council in collaboration with Atoqa tea factory management. Atoqa tea factory management, as part of their corporate social responsibility, would be facilitating the events and encouraging sports especially to talented children in the region.

DUBAI, JAN 28 (IANS): Zimbabwe cricketer Brendan Taylor has been handed a three-and-a-halfyear ban from all forms of cricket after he accepted four charges of breaching the Anti-Corruption Code and one separate charge of breaching the Anti-Doping Code, International Cricket Council (ICC) said in a statement on Friday.

Taylor represented Zimbabwe in 284 international matches between 2004 and 2021, scoring 9,938 runs with 17 centuries. Taylor accepted four charges of breaching the

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ICC Anti-Corruption Code and one separate charge of breaching the Anti-Doping Code. Taylor accepted four charges of breaching the ICC Anti-Corruption Code and one separate charge of breaching the Anti-Doping Code.

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Aus open: Nadal, Medvedev in final

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MELBOURNE, JAN 28 (AP): Rafael Nadal is within one victory of a men’s record 21st Grand Slam singles title. The 35-yearold Spaniard advanced to the Australian Open final for the sixth time with a 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 win over seventh-seeded Matteo Berrettini on Friday.

He’ll have to beat U.S. Open champion Daniil Medvedev on Sunday to make history. And Medvedev is chasing a piece of history of his own after reeling off the last five games to defeat Stefanos Tsitispas 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-4, 6-1 in a heated semifinal.

He’s aiming to be the first man in the Open era to win

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his second Grand Slam title at the next major tournament.

The second-seeded Medvedev has had an emotional and challenging run to back-to-back Australian Open finals.

Nadal’s run to a 29th Grand Slam final has been comparatively serene.

After the last point, he stopped, beamed a wide grin and then punched the air three times.

Nadal arrived in Australia not knowing how long he would last after months off the tour dealing with a serious foot injury and then a bout of COVID-19. He skipped Wimbledon after losing in

the French Open semifinals to Novak Djokovic, and didn’t play at all after August.

“Every day has been an issue in terms of problems on the foot. Doubts still here ... probably for the rest of my career because I have what I have and that’s something that we cannot fix,” Nadal said.

“But for me it’s amazing ... (to) just compete and play tennis at the high level again, facing the most important players of the world.”

Medevedev will need to take a calmer approach after beating Tsitsipas in the semifinals for the second year in a row at Melbourne Park. He lost to Djokovic in last year’s final, but then beat the No. 1-ranked player for the U.S. Open title.

“I’m going to play again against one of the greatest,” Medvedev said of Sunday’s final. “Again, I’m going to play somebody going for the 21st Slam. I’m ready.”

Mladenovic, Dodig win mixed doubles MELBOURNE, JAN 28 (IANS): France’s Kristina Mladenovic and Croatia’s Ivan Dodig were on Friday crowned the Australian Open 2022 mixed doubles champions, defeating Australian wild cards Jaimee Fourlis and Jason Kubler 6-3, 6-4 at the Melbourne Park here.

This is the second time in her career that the 28-year-old Mladenovic has emerged the Australian Open mixed doubles champion, with the previous title coming in 2014.

The win for the former top-10 player is her first mixed major crown in eight years, her third overall and second in Australia.

She and Canada’s Daniel Nestor reached consecutive finals in Australia in 2014 and 2015, winning the former, and the duo also won Wimbledon in 2013.

Kristina Mladenovic and Ivan Dodig after winning the mixed doubles final at the Aus Open on Friday. (AP/PTI)

Mladenovic now boasts eight total Grand Slam titles across women’s and mixed doubles.

Mladenovic and Dodig cr uised in the 78-minute final, which was a far cry from their previous games, which were keenly fought. The duo was stretched to a match tiebreak in three of

the four matches in the earlier rounds, and rallied from a set down to defeat No.2 seeds Zhang Shuai of China and John Peers of Australia in the semifinals, 1-6, 7-5, 10-2. Fourlis and Kubler were the third wildcard team to reach the mixed doubles championship in Melbourne in the past four years.

Amid pandemic and protest, Olympics return to a changed China BEIJING, JAN 28 (AGENCIES): The Beijing Winter Olympics kick off in a week, putting sports at centre-stage following preparations that have been clouded by diplomatic boycotts and the COVID-19 pandemic that has forced the Games into a tightly sealed bubble.

Beijing will become the first city to host both the Summer and Winter Games, and some venues from 2008 will be re-used, including the Bird’s Nest stadium, where the opening ceremony will again be overseen by famed Chinese director Zhang Yimou.

Almost ever ything else is different.

Where the 2008 Sum-

People wearing PPE work at the Wukesong Arena, ahead of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, in Beijing.

mer Games dazzled in what was a rising China’s arrival on the world stage, the Winter Olympics will be staged by a country that has grown far wealthier, more powerful and, under

President Xi Jinping, more authoritarian and increasingly at odds with the West.

In the COVID-19 era, China has isolated itself with a zero-tolerance policy, cancelling nearly

all international flights, meaning Olympic athletes and others must fly directly into a Games bubble on charters.

As in 2008, the Olympics have again cast a spotlight on China’s human rights record, which critics say has worsened since then, leading Washington to call Beijing’s treatment of Uyghur Muslims genocide and prompting a diplomatic boycott from the United States and other countries.

China rejects allegations of abuse and has repeatedly lashed out against the politicisation of the Games.

“The 2008 Olympics were a powerful source of

soft power for China as it aspired toward global influence. In the past year, China’s reputation has dipped significantly in the western world,” said Rana Mitter, a professor of Chinese history and politics at Oxford University.

“The Chinese Communist Party will be hoping that the Winter Olympics 2022 can do something to reverse this position.”

However, the Games are set to kick off amid rising geopolitical tension, with troops mounted at the Ukraine border by Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is expected to be in Beijing, as is U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.

Women’s Ashes: Knight’s unbeaten ton helps Eng stand tall on Day 2 Women’s Asia Cup hockey: India beat CANBERRA, JAN 28 (IANS): England captain Heather Knight’s magnificent effort of 127 not out has helped England stand tall on day two of women’s Ashes Test at the Manuka Oval on Friday. At stumps, England are 235/8 in 87 overs, trailing by 102 runs with left-arm spinner Sophie Ecclestone giving Heather company at the crease with 27 not out and the ninth-wicket partnership yielding 66 runs.

Heather’s long ranger effort also helped the tourists avoid the follow-on after Australia declared at 337/9.

Australia pacer Darcie Brown bagged her first Test wicket when her outswinger tempted Lauren WinfieldHill to drive away from her body and edge to second slip. Nine overs later, Ellyse Perry got an in-ducker to move in from a good length and went past the inner edge

Australia celebrate Darcie Brown’s maiden Test wicket on day two of the Ashes match against England.

of Tammy Beaumont to be trapped plumb in front of the stumps.

Nat Sciver hit some boundaries but couldn’t account for inward movement from Annabel Sutherland and gave an inner edge behind to keeper Alyssa Healy.

Ellyse retur ned to take out Sophia Dunkley, who hung her bat out and chopped on to the stumps.

As the England batters fell without contributing much, Heather was standing as a rock for her team. She drove amazingly throughout

her innings through cover and point to accumulate 10 boundaries, including a big slow-sweep for a six over deep mid-wicket off offspinner Ashleigh Gardner.

With other batters like Amy Jones, Charlie Dean, Anya Shrubsole and Katherine Brunt falling without doing much, Heather motored along nicely.

She drove an Alana King delivery through cover to bring up her second Test century in 213 balls. Heather did what Joe Root couldn’t do in the men’s Ashes: get a century. It was the first time a male or female England captain had scored a Test century in Australia since Charlotte Edwards did so at Sydney in 2010/11.

Heather and Sophie then held on for an unbroken partnership for the ninth wicket till stumps came.

Earlier, Australia, resum-

ing from 327/7 on day two, batted for just 28 minutes, yielding 10 runs and two wickets. Annabel Sutherland and Jess Jonassen were bowled and caught behind respectively by Katherine to claim her third Test fivewicket haul, finishing with 5/60 as Australia declared at 337/9. Australia could have got England out cheaply but Heather’s rearguard efforts and Sophie remaining defiant meant that the hosts will have to work hard on day to force a draw or even an unlikely victory.

Brief Scores: Australia 337/7 declared in 104.1 overs (Meg Lanning 93, Rachael Haynes 86; Katherine Brunt 5/60, Nat Sciver 3/41) lead England 235/8 in 87 overs (Heather Knight 127 not out, Sophie Ecclestone 27 not out; Ellyse Perry 2/35, Annabel Sutherland 2/52) by 102 runs.

China 2-0 to win consolation bronze

MUSCAT, JAN 28 (PTI): Last edition champions India defeated China 2-0 to win a consolation bronze medal at the women’s Asia Cup hockey tournament here on Friday.

The Indians left behind the disappointment of their semifinal defeat to Korea and controlled the proceedings in the first two quarters, scoring two goals in the process, to go into half time with a 2-0 lead against China. They, however, failed to score any more goals in the second half.

The Indians started brightly and earned a couple of penalty corners and from one such situation, Sharmila Devi gave her side the lead in the 13th minute, scoring from a rebound after Gurjit

Indian and Chinese players during the match.

Kaur’s initial flick was saved by the Chinese defence.

India continued in the same vein in the second quarter and had the better share of chances.

The Indians kept up the pressure on the Chinese defence with relentless raids and secured another penalty corner in the 19th minute

which was converted by Gurjit with a superb dragflick to make the scoreline 2-0. China responded swiftly, securing a penalty corner which was brilliantly kept away by India captain and goalkeeper Savita Punia.

Down by two goals, China came out with more intent after the change of ends and tried to put pressure on the Indian defence but to no avail.

The Indians kept up the pressure on the Chinese defence at the start of the fourth and final quarter but failed to create any clear cut chances.

China earned a penalty corner 10 minutes before time but the Indians defended in numbers to thwart any danger to their citadel.

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