6 July 2022

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CNTC interact with Lotha CSOs on oil, foothill road and Naga political issue DIMAPUR, JUL 5 (NPN): A week after it reminded chief minister Neiphiu Rio about its demands for resumption of oil exploration and extraction in Nagaland, the Central Nagaland Tribes Council (CNTC) held meetings with various Lotha organisations, including Lotha Hoho, and discussed three points – exploration of oil in Nagaland, Foothill Road and Naga solution.

CNTC media cell said that the council held a consultative meeting with Lotha Hoho (LH) at Wokha on June 29, followed by meetings with Lotha Lower Range Public Organisation (LLRPO), Bhandari Town Council, Lower Range Officers’ Union, Lower Range GB Association, Bhandari Town Women Hoho, Yamhon Area Public Organisation (YAPO) and Bhandari Town Students’ Union.

Thereafter, meetings were also held with Changpang oilfield owners in the presence of LLPRO, Lotha Hoho, Changpang Village Council and Tssori Old members on June 30.

Apart from meetings, CNTC along with the above-mentioned organisations also visited Chanpang oilfield to father first-hand information on the problems faced by oil bearing landowners.

During the course of meetings, CNTC president T Lanu Imchen said Lothas in particular were losing out due to non-exploration of oil from their land. Since the council could only act as pressure group for resumption of oil operations, he advised the oil-bearing

VP polls: Nomination process begins DIMAPUR, JUL 5 (NPN): The Election Commission on Tuesday issued notification for the August 6 poll to elect the next vice president, setting in motion the process of filing nomination papers by candidates. July 19 is the last date for filing nominations, the notification said.

The term of incumbent M Venkaiah Naidu ends on August 10 and the next vice president will take oath on August 11. The scrutiny of nomination papers will be done on July 20 and the last date for withdrawal of candidature is July 22.

In the event of the election being contested, the poll will be taken on August 6, 2022 between the 10am and 5pm at the place of polling fixed under the rules.

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CNTC officials along with leaders of Lotha organisations during consultative meeting.

villages of Chanpang and Tssori, being the first villages in Nagaland to have oil production, that whatever modalities were agreed upon should be beneficial to all Nagas.

CNTC general secretary Tsungrosan Kithan gave a brief account on the oil issue and reminded the landowners that there would always be differences of opinion, but there would be always a way out of the situation.

He said Lotha Hoho had filed a PIL against the regulation of Oil Act by the State government keeping in mind the rights of landowners in particular and Nagas as a whole. In this regard, he requested the landowners to be aware of the content of the tripartite talks.

Highlighting the recent interaction of the council with general manager of Oil India Limited (OIL), Kithan said the PIL filed

by LH was squashed by the court, while the next hearing on the suo moto case would be taken up by the court soon.

CNTC vice-president Hukiye was of the view that the council had gained more

recognition after the recent meet at Wokha hosted by LH on oil exploration. He wondered why the State government was prolonging the oil extraction and encouraged all three apex tribal hohos under CNTC to supplement any demand by the council to give more weight to the demand.

LH chairman Mhondamo Ovung, who chaired the consultative meeting at Wokha, referred to the PIL filed by the hoho in 2018 and said the PIL had already been withdrawn after a written assurance by the State government to amend some rules and regulations of the Nagaland Petroleum and Natural Gas Rules.

At the interactive session, Oil Bearing Union of Tssori and Changpang chair man John Kikon thanked CNTC for the visit and requested the council to ponder over Article 371 (A) and on the way forward to utilise the Article for the benefits of Nagas. He also requested CNTC and civil society organisations (CSOs) for pressuring the government and other parties involved for the resumption of oil exploration and extraction, while informing

the House on the tripartite negotiation involving the Centre, Government of Nagaland and Government of Assam.

Kikon said since the closure of oil extraction in 1994, no NGO and CSO nor even the government had taken up any remedial measures to date to contain oil spills that posed serious environment risks.

He claimed that landowners were never compensated for the oil bearing areas that had been sealed since the closure of oil extraction. He demanded that all Nagas should be consulted for negotiations on oil royalty as Changpang and Tssori were not the sole oilbearing areas in Nagaland.

Earlier, at the interactive meeting between CNTC and Chanpang Oil Field Owners, chairman Changpang ONGC, Nzanbemo Yanthan informed the House that altogether 31 oil wells were drilled by ONGC and out of which 21 wells were oil-bearing and two were gas-bearing.

He said ONGC was doing horizontal deviation, alleging that all land encroachments by Assam had taken place after the discovery of oil in Changpang and Tssori areas.

Foothill Road: Meanwhile, on the Foothill Road, the CNTC president highlighted the recent amount sanctioned by the State government and said maintenance was stopped for the time being owing to unsuitable weather conditions, but would resume when the weather became favourable.

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State Ranking Index for NFSA: Nagaland 4th in special category Spl. Correspondent

DIMAPUR, JUL 5 (NPN): Nagaland has been ranked fourth among the special category states/UTs in the first ‘State Ranking Index’ for the National Food Security Act (NFSA).

Odisha was adjudged the top ranked State followed by Uttar Pradesh at the 2nd spot and Andhra Pradesh at third amongst the General Category States.

Among the Special Category states/UTs, Tripura stood first followed by Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim and Nagaland respectively.

Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Piyush Goyal, released the 1st edition of ‘State Ranking Index for NFSA’ during the conference of Food Ministers of States/UTs on ‘Food Nutrition and Security in India’ organized by Department

of Food and Public Distribution in New Delhi on Tuesday. The “State ranking Index for NFSA” attempts to document the status and progress of implementation of NFSA and various reform initiatives across the country, post consultation with states.

It highlights the reforms undertaken by States and UTs and create a crosslearning environment and scale-up reform measures by all states and union territories.

The present Index is largely focused on NFSA Distribution and will include procurement, PMGKAY Distribution in future.

The Index for ranking the states and UTs is built on three key pillars which covers the end-to-end implementation of NFSA through TPDS. The pillars include i) NFSA— Coverage, targeting and provi-

level can be arranged on the dates coinciding with special campaign dates during special summary revision, where the electors can be persuaded to give their Aadhaar number voluntarily in Form-6B in hard copy.

DIMAPUR, JUL 5 (NPN): Nagaland on Tuesday reported six new COVID-19 cases, taking the total caseload to 35,522. Of the six cases, two each were from Dimapur, Kohima and Peren.

The state currently has 15 active Covid-19 cases.

All patients with asymptomatic cases are under home isolation (5 each in Dimapur and Peren, 2 each in Kohima and Longleng and one in Mokokchung.

The COVID-19 death toll remained unchanged at 761 (including 4 non-Covid (Cont’d on p-8) deaths but with positivity).

According to a law ministry notification, using the newly-introduced Form-6B, existing voters may share their Aadhaar number will poll authorities. “In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-

DIMAPUR, JUL 5 (NPN): Association of Nagaland Literature Boards (ANLB) has lauded the state government and the department of school education for the permission to study Mother Tongue of 14 tribe languages of the state from Class IX-X in high schools as requested by the association.

In a press release, ANLB secretary information and publicity Leinkhohao Chongloi exuded confidence that the state government’s “noble acts” would “definitely” yield the desired impetus of learning the Mother Tongue, which

section (5) of Section 23 of the Representation of the People Act, 1950 (43 of 1950), the Central Government hereby notifies the 1st April, 2023 as the date on or before which every person whose name is included in the electoral roll may intimate his Aadhaar number in accordance with the said section,” read the notification.

“The notification uses the term ‘may’ and not ‘shall’ which makes sharing details voluntary,” a senior functionary had explained recently.

Asserting that furnishing of Aadhaar number is “purely voluntary”, the

letter said the electoral registration officer (ERO) “will make it clear to the electors that the purpose of obtaining of Aadhaar number is for authentication of his entries in electoral roll and extending better electoral services to them in future...

It is emphasised that submission of Aadhaar by electors is voluntary”.

The letter reiterates what was mentioned in the Election Laws (Amendment) Act, 2021 that the ERO will not delete any entry in the electoral roll on the ground of inability on the part of any existing elector to furnish Aadhaar number.

would strengthen the process and effort to refine and further develop Mother Tongue.

The association also expressed belief that imparting Mother Tongue as alternative language option based on three language formula would boost the status of Mother Tongue among the younger generations, which have been challenged

by English and other common language.

“It is a blessing that Mother Tongue will regain its rightful place among the young generations,” ANLB stated.

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(L) Kikheto Sema speaking at the Tuluni programme. (R) Women presenting folksong on the occasion. (NP)

of the district changed their mindset, adding that one should strive to be much better than what they are today. “We need to transform from normal Niuland to a better

Niuland, normal Sumi to a better Sumi, normal Naga to a better Naga,” he remarked.

He suggested Niuland citizens to have a thorough deliberation on

DIMAPUR, JUL 5 (NPN): BJP-led NDA Presidential candidate, Droupadi Murmu will be arriving Nagaland on Wednesday accompanied by union minister for Ports, Shipping, waterways and AYUSH, Sarbananda Sonowal, to seek support for her election scheduled to be held on July 18.

According to officials, Murmu will arrive Dimapur by a special flight and head to Niathu Resort where she will meet chief minister Neiphiu Rio and the State legislators. Murumu’s visit to Nagaland will barely be for two-three hours, officials said.

what Niuland should be in the next five to ten years.

To set “Vision 2032” for Niuland, Kikheto suggested organizing workshop or seminar involving all legislators, like-minded

people, business persons, Sumi architects and town planners, village elders from neighbouring villages, church leaders, women and student leaders.

Speaking on the theme “Our Culture, Our Identity,” Kikheto said that Tuluni, like any other festivals celebrated by the Sumis, is also related to agriculture.

He, however, expressed dismay that the age-old practices have been forgotten and “today we are celebrating such important festivals while others toil our fields.”

In order to preserve culture and tradition, he

GANGTOK, JUL 5 (PTI): Around 100 students of an engineering college in East Sikkim suffered severe skin infections after coming in contact with Nairobi flies, officials said Tuesday.

Nairobi flies, native to East Africa, are growing at a rapid pace at the campus of the Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology (SMIT), they said. A student who was recently infected by the flies had to undergo surgery on his hand, they added.

These flies do not bite, but if disturbed while sitting on anyone’s skin, they release a potent acidic substance that causes burns, officials said.

Army recruitment under Agnipath scheme in Dimapur DIMAPUR, JUL 5 (NPN): Army recruitment rally under the recently announced Agnipath scheme would be held for all districts of Nagaland at Bhagat Stadium, Rangapahar Military Station, Dimapur from September 7-23, 2022.

In a press release, PRO (Def) Kohima Lt Col Sumit K Sharma informed that detailed notification giving out eligibility criteria and QRs were available on www. joinindianarmy.nic.in Online registrations for the candidates would be open from July 5 to August 3, 2022.

Set vision 2032 for Niuland district: Kikheto’s Tuluni message N I U L A N D, J U L 5 (NPN): Agriculture Production Commissioner (APC) Nagaland, Kikheto Sema, Tuesday urged the citizens of newly the inaugurated Niuland district to set a vision for the district for the next ten years and even beyond to make the district “a model habitat” for its residents.

Addressing the Tuluni festival at Niuland town as “Tuluni papuh”, Kikheto said, however, said that the change in administrative headquarters would not bring transformation unless the citizens

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Aadhaar-voter list linkage: EC warns officials against leaking data

NEW DELHI, JUL 5 (PTI): Days after rules were issued allowing linkage of Aadhaar with voters list to weed out duplicate entries, the Election Commission has warned of “severe” disciplinary action against electoral registration officers for any leakages of physical forms filled by electors to share their Aadhaar details.

The Commission has also emphasised that submission of Aadhaar by electors is “voluntary”.

In a letter sent to chief electoral officers of all states and Union territories on July 4, the poll panel said special camps at cluster

sions of the Act, ii) Delivery platform, and iii) Nutrition initiatives.

NFSA was enacted on July 5, 2013 and in order to celebrate the day, the conference was organized to deliberate and discuss nutritional security, food security, best practices followed in Public Distribution System, crop diversification, reforms in PDS and storage sector.

Speaking on the occasion, Union minister Goyal said that India is now 100% connected under One Nation One Ration Card (ONORC). He complemented PM Modi for visualizing this pathbreaking initiative and all those associated with it. He said that 45 crore transitions have taken so far providing the beneficiaries the freedom to collect ration from any State/UT in the country. He said that during COVID, ONORC supported migrants.

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urged the citizens to start working on their own and reap what they sow during Tuluni and enjoy the harvest during Ahuna season.

The two-day Tuluni festival is being organized

by Niuland Area Students’ Uniuon and Niuland Area Sumi Totimi Loka. Cultural presentations from Children Ministry, SBAN (Aphilo Kuwo), Yeveto Village (Thishole) and special presentation by Ni-Ghakutsa Lejo were the highlights of the festival. The festival concluded with a Tuluni feast, which was sponsored by “Tuluni papuh” and family.

PRO informed that online registration was mandatory for participation in the rally.

Candidates would be intimated date of attendance through admit cards 10 days before the rally.

For the present recruiting year, the government has given a relaxation in age by two years.

The scheme also allows bonus marks for candidates, who have qualification from gover nment recognised ITIs. All details related to the rally are available in the notification published on the website.

Night curfew reinforced along border

DIMAPUR, JUL 5 (NPN): As a precautionary measure, the additional district magistrate (ADM) Sivasagar, Assam has reinforced night curfew from 6pm to 6am in the 5km belt in Assam side of Sivasagar district bordering Nagaland state with effect from June 4, 2022 for 60 days.

In an order, ADM Sivasagar stated that night curfew was reimposed to prevent the occurrence of unlawful activities coming across the Assam/Nagaland border in the belt of Sivasagar district.

ADM Sivasagar informed that movement of any person/group of persons/any vehicular traffic was prohibited during the period of night curfew.

However, the magistrate, security personnel of Army/CRPF/Police, and civil officials deployed on duty are exempted from the purview of the prohibitory order.

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Awareness on waste management held in Bhandari

ADC Bhandari, Rohit Singh presenting the “Cleanest Ward” award to Medical colony on Tuesday. (DIPR)

DIMAPUR: An awareness and sensitisationcum-felicitation programme was held in town hall, Bhandari on Tuesday.

According to a DIPR report, additional deputy commissioner (ADC) Bhandari, Rohit Singh called on the public and leaders to cooperate with the initiative of the district administration.

He also asked the town council to participate and play a proactive

role in achieving the vision of zero waste generation in Bhandari.

Pointing out that a clean environment and healthy life were interdependent for a healthy society, he said community participation was equally important.

The ADC stated that under the Swachh Bharat Mission, systematic waste management, disposal or recycling of eco-friendly waste generated through daily activities would be

implemented soon.

He cautioned against the use of single-use plastic and encouraged alternative products which were eco-friendly and less hazardous.

Meanwhile, EAC & nodal officer SUP, BTC, Ro h b i S a n g t a m w h o spoke on introduction of Swachh Bharat Mission & Waste Management, spoke on the environmental and health benefits and importance of waste management, individual and

public health sanitation, segregation of waste, etc.

He appealed to the public, churches and student leaders to continue to create awareness and sensitise the public on achieving a free open defecation (ODF) zone in their respective areas and colonies.

Inviting like-minded people to join a club that will be opened soon, he said that the club will work to achieve an eco-friendly, clean and waste-free environment.

At the programme, Medical and Etsü colonies were awarded first and second prizes for being the cleanest wards.

E a r l i e r, t h e p r o gramme was chaired by EAC Bhandari, Wetsho Lasushe, DHSS principal, Father Rhanben Matthew led in pledging to clean Bhandari while LLRPO president, Eloe Hoho president, BTLHH chairman and Head GB delivered speeches.

T h e awa r d p r o gramme was organised by the department of Urban Development.

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NDPP 5 Ghaspani-II holds coordination meet

UZYF is now ZYON

DIMAPUR: United Zeliangrong Youth Federation (UZYF), the apex youth body of Peren district has informed that it has been unanimously resolved to change its nomenclature to Zeliangrong Youth Organisation Nagaland (ZYON). ZYON president R John Zeliang and general secretary Keyi Sephe stated that this was decided while affirming resolution No. 1 of the ZYON consultative meeting-cum-installation Zhaleo Rio and senior vice president (central) Charlie Sekhose along with members on June 11. of the party.

Dimapur police retrieve unidentified body

DIMAPUR: The executive members of Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) 5 GhaspaniII assembly constituency held a coordination meeting at the residence of advisor for Excise & Minority Affairs, Zhaleo Rio, on July 4 at Sovima.

In a press release, NDPP 5 Ghaspani-II media secretary, Thejangukho Yalietsu informed that while addressing the meeting, Zhaleo said NDPP was a “people friendly” party, inclined towards uplifting the common man “through infrastructural development”.

DIMAPUR: Dimapur police on Tuesday retrieved one unidentified dead body (50 years approx.) at Railway Bazaar, Dimapur.

According to Dimapur police PRO, the deceased was wearing a green t-shirt and grey half pant, bald, brown complexion and around 5 feet 5 inches (approx.) in height. On completion of all legal formalities, the body was shifted to District Hospital Dimapur morgue for PM examination. Claimant(s) of the deceased have been requested to contact officerin-charge, GRPS Dimapur DIMAPUR: Kezekevi Theat 7085055021. hou Ba Trust held an executive council meeting on July 2, attended by members from Northern Angami, Southern Angami, Western Angami and Chakhro

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tograph, detailed address, mobile number, bank A/C no with IFSC with application on or before July 12 during office hours.

NHHDC has informed that the stalls will be provided free of cost with lump sum travelling allowance & dearness allowance (TA/DA) and freight will be reimbursed as per prescribed rates of National Handloom Development Programme (NHDP) guidelines.

It also informed that a competition among participants for the best three stalls will be held during the expo.

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We, the bereaved family members of Lt Thenüvil Thomas Chaya express our heartfelt gratitude and sincere appreciation to each and every individual who have supported and helped us physically, financially, materially and through prayers during his illness and demise on 23/06/2022 at Oking Hospital Kohima.

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

Three years ago you were separated from us, but we felt your presence in our hearts. Your love, obedience, humbleness, your sweet voice will never be forgotten. We miss you We w i l l m e e t i n Heaven.

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dar and decided to support Naga Club’s proposal to reconstruct a building that would represent the “historic meaning of the site” and for the welfare of Naga people.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

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(03-03-1975 – 03-07-2022) We, the family members would like to express our sincere gratitude to all who have supported us spiritually, financially, materially and through prayers during her brief illness and sudden demise.

Our special thanks to: 1. International Khutak Prayer Centre (Director, Pastor & Co-Workers) 2. Longjang Baptist Church 3. Longjang Compound Baptist Church 4. Khanimu Baptist Church 5. Mangkolemba Baptist Church 6. Alongtaki Baptist Church 7. Alongtaki Govt. High School Staffs 8. All Wards Mangkolemba Town 9. Yunen / Yimak Jupang MBA Unit We regret our inability to thank each and everyone of you personally but we pray that our Almighty God bless you all abundantly Loving husband, daughters, son & family members

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The house unanimously decided to acknowledge Kohima village for allotting land to the Naga Club near Old Secretariat Complex Kohima, Kohima Sa-

DIMAPUR: The Zunheboto district administration in collaboration with Indian Social Responsibility Network (ISRN) will be organising a COVID-19 vaccination drive in the office campus of the DC, Zunheboto for ages 12 years and above on July 6, 10 am onwards. All eligible persons have been asked to avail the opportunity.

IN REMEMBRANCE

A year has passed since you left us for your heavenly abode but not a single day goes by without remembering you.

We deeply miss you in silent tears.

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on enrolment and concluded that exclusive effort for enrolment drive would be undertaken without.

It also unanimously affirmed support to Zhaleo Rio in the forthcoming election and to support the party.

Earlier, the meeting was chaired by Khekiho Ayemi, Nungpao offered invocation, NDPP 5 GhaspaniII A/C president, Dosau Kuotsu gave introductory remarks, followed by report presentation from different organisations of the party while Yekuto Yepthomi offered benediction.

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NHHDC to organise state handloom expo in Dimapur

DIMAPUR: Nagaland Handloom & Handicrafts Development Corporation (NHHDC) Ltd. Dimapur has informed that a state handloom expo will be held at Urban Haat, Dimapur from July 15-28.

In a press release, managing director, Zakabo V Rotokha has instructed interested cooperative societies, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), apex societies, self-help groups (SHGs), etc. to A total of 31 mothers graduated during the 7th batch of Duranno apply at project cell, NHHDC Ltd, Mothers’ School organised by Dimapur Ao Baptist Church (DABA) Half Nagarjan, Dimapur along Women Ministry from June 27-30. with a copy of passport size pho-

Meanwhile, NDPP senior vice president (central), Charlie Sekhose asked the party members to play proactive roles so that they may become strategic decision makers in the society.

He informed that Dimapur region will conduct a sports week-cum-get-together for different constituencies sometime later this year.

The executive meeting resolved to re-organise and strengthen NDPP at all levels while “welcoming anyone to the party fold” and work to unite people for the welfare of Nagas in general.

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"We would rather be away from these earthly bodies, for them we will be at home with the Lord."

2 Corinthians 5:8

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Those we love are never really lost to us-we feel them in so many special ways-through friends they always cared about and dreams they left behind, in beauty that they added to our days... in words of wisdom we still carry with us and memories that never will be gone...

Those we love are never really lost to us-for everywhere their special love lives on.

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We, the family members of Lt. Doyiheile Pochury extend our profound gratitude to all who provided us sympathy and comfort during our time of mourning on 30th June 2022.

We would like to extend our gratitude to :1. Zeme Baptist Church (Dimapur) 2. Pochury Baptist Church (Dimapur) 3. Pochury Baptist Church (Chumukedima) 4. Hallel Christian Church 5. Zelu Dimapur 6. Western Pochury Hoho 7. Yitachu MLA, 20 Meluri A/C 8. Zion Hospital Dimapur Our sincere gratitude to every individual and organisations for the help and support provided to us during our time of grief, financially, materially, physically and through prayers.

May the good Lord bless you all abundantly for all the love you have rendered.

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Programmes for AHTUs held in Wokha and Noklak districts

DIMAPUR: Capacity building programmes for Anti Human Trafficking Units (AHTUs) and other stakeholders dealing with prevention of human trafficking and rehabilitation of human trafficking victims were held in Wokha and Noklak districts where various discussions surrounding rehabilitation of victims, tackling human trafficking and the crucial roles of government agencies and organisations were held.

Coordinated effort required to tackle human trafficking: DC Wokha Wokha district administration & Sakhi One Stop Centre (OSC) supported by National Commission for Women organised a training and capacity-building programme for anti-human trafficking unit and other stakeholders dealing with prevention of human trafficking and rehabilitation of victims under Wokha district on Tuesday, in the conference hall of the deputy commissioner (DC).

According to a DIPR report, DC Wokha, Ajit Kumar Ranjan in his keynote address said no single organisation could handle issues such as human trafficking single-handedly.

DC Wokha Ajit Kumar Ranjan addressing the gathering on Tuesday. (DIPR)

In this regard, he urged upon the stakeholders, NGOs and government agencies to extend support in tackling such illegal crimes.

Stating these issues revolved around various departments in the government along with civil societies, DC said there should be good coordination between various agencies for detection of human trafficking right from the village level organisation to the churches, police and other concerned government agencies.

He pointed out that the agencies and organisations should work out a

system to ensure that works were done in a coordinated manner when it came to detection, rescue and rehabilitation of victims.

DC also said rescued victims and families should be extended support from all sections of the society and that the public should be provided with information on protection available to safeguard victims.

At the programme, Wokha Bar Association p r e s i d e n t , A dv. O r e n Humtsoe highlighted the concepts, different patterns and dimensions of human trafficking while SI Wokha police station, Nzanbemo Kikon and nodal officer,

SP Noklak Dr. Pritpal Kaur speaking at the programme on July 4.

OSC & project assistant WDLSA, Adv. Shanchobeni P Lotha dwelt on cases reported/modus operandi of human trafficking in the district.

They also underscored the role of anti-human trafficking units, existing response system and legal mechanism to address human trafficking.

Meanwhile, in the second session, DCPO (Social Welfare) Moasenla, case worker OSC Thungbeni Kikon, psychiatrist DMHP and Lotha Eloe Hoho president, Thungbeni Ngullie spoke on rescue and rehabilitation services for trafficked women &

children (schemes under MWCD), psycho-social impact of trafficking and support system required, role of civil societies in preventing human trafficking and challenges & way forward to address human trafficking.

The training programme was chaired by central administrator OSC, Renthunglo Kikon.

Legal mechanisms, case studies highlighted in Noklak State Resource Centre for Women (SRCW), Noklak police and District Legal Services Authority (DLSA) Tuensang supported by National Com-

Assam Rifles conduct seminar Unknown miscreants on drug abuse in Tuensang distt loot travellers at Pherima Correspondent

AR personnel along with Tuensang district administration and others.

DIMAPUR: Zunheboto battalion of Assam Rifles under the aegis of HQ IGAR (North) in collaboration with Tuensang district authorities conducted a seminar on “Drug Abuse: Awareness and Prevention” at Longkhim under Tuensang district on July 2.

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According to PRO IGAR (N), the purpose of the programme was to raise awareness about the effects of drugs.

At the programme, the community was sensitised on the medical, legal, psychological and security aspects associated with drug abuse. Speakers from

the district administration encouraged the youth to support law enforcement initiatives and refrain from using drugs.

The programme was attended by around 500 participants of the area.

Meanwhile, the youth were also made aware of Agnipath scheme.

KOHIMA, JUL 5 (NPN): In a delayed report, five persons travelling to Dimapur from Senapati were reportedly looted by unknown miscreants in broad daylight somewhere at Pherima on June 30.

According to the victims who were travelling in a Hyundai Venue car, the vehicle was trapped with one ahead and another behind by two unregistered Mahindra Bolero (one silver and one white colour) at around 2 pm.

The victims said the three unknown miscreants “pretended to be police personnel” and claimed that they were from crime branch who received a tip off that they (victims) were carrying illegal materials.

The five victims included chairman of Kodom Khavü village and his wife, a college lecturer, a staff from district election office Senapati and a friend of the village chairman who

were heading to Dimapur for personal works.

The victims said though they identified themselves, the three miscreants forcefully hijacked their car and took it towards Patkai bridge and detained them there for around three hours.

On returning to their car after forceful detention, they found their belongings including two mobile phones, cash amounting Rs. 10,000 and other valuables were missing.

The spare tyre was slashed with a knife while car window channels and accessories were damaged and stolen, the victims narrated.

The victims said they reported the incident to the Poumai Hoho Dimapur and later filed a First Information Report (FIR) at Chümoukedima police station.

It may be mentioned that no arrests were made till the filing of this report.

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One of the speakers at the inaugural programme at Longkhim. (DIPR)

DIMAPUR: The fifth lap of the “demand-driven skill development training programme” for the youth of Nagaland in the construction sector got underway on July 4, at Longkhim Town under Tuensang district.

According to a DIPR report, the training is being organised by the department of Employment, Skill Development and Entre-

preneurship and District Skill Committee, Tuensang with Zynorique Initiative Society as empaneled training partner.

At the inaugural programme, a short speech on the importance of skill development and opportunities in the construction sector was shared by additional deputy commissioner (ADC) Longkhim, Phuleshe K Yepthomi.

Earlier, welcome address on behalf of the department was delivered by government ITI Tuensang, vice-principal, Er. Netenba Ajem while dedicatory prayer for the youth and the training was offered by Longkhim Town Baptist Church pastor, Dr. Longre.

Altogether, 50 unemployed youth will be trained in “plumbing and electrician works.”

Out of the total amount Rs. 2,08,100, RPP said MILAAP (an online crowd-funding agency) deducted 4% as service fee and the balance amount of Rs. 1,96,638.40 was with the party.

On June 26, RPP said the party met some officials of the state PWD in Kohima to hand over the money. However, it said the officials pleaded the department’s inability to accept the amount on “technical grounds”, and the same was reiterated some days later by the department

“after apparent consultation with the state government, perhaps.”

RPP said it was now “amply clear” that UDA coalition was not going to accept public contribution.

Therefore, RPP has requested that all opinions be given within a week by either mailing the party at risingpeoplesparty@gmail. com or to WhatsApp numbers 9856311798 and 7005633696.

RPP said the party would not take any further steps till public opinion was sought.

SFS parish conducts first holy communion ceremony

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Skill development training underway at Longkhim town

DIMAPUR: Rising People’s Party (RPP), which initiated a crowd funding campaign to raise Rs.10 crore for completion of Foothill road, has sought the opinion of the Naga public as to what should be done with Rs. 1,96,638.40 it had raised through the campaign.

RPP stated that though the amount raised was small, the campaign was “an overall success” since the it managed to wake up the “pretending-to-sleep UDA coalition government.”

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human trafficking.

Later, DLSA Tuensang secretary & JMFC, Cheliam Khiamniungan spoke about legal services available for trafficking victims, victim compensation schemes and other services through which DLSA could provide help.

In his speech, KTC president, Thangou urged upon the villages to give awareness and maintain a strict action against child labour.

KMH general secretary, Chongkoi also shared incidents of child trafficking and urged upon everyone to monitor and prevent the same while KSU president, Sangchiu added that children should not be sent for child labour and that there was a need to monitor drug abuse and other intoxicant-related crimes.

At the painting competition which was conducted at Holy Angels School, Tsujang bagged the first prize while Chao and Thangpong M. bagged the second and third prizes respectively.

The programme was attended by all ward chairmen, NGOs, organisations, school teachers, students and public.

Patton fetes police personnel for RPP seeks public opinion on amount nabbing hit-and-run case accused received through crowd-funding

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mission for Women and Nagaland State Commission for Women organised a painting competition for students and capacity building programme for AHTU and other stakeholders on July 4 in the office of the SP Noklak.

In a press release, SP Noklak, Dr. Pritpal Kaur informed that during the programme, SDO (Civil) Noklak, Phuniang in his keynote address said prevention of child trafficking should be a combined effort and that it was the responsibility of everyone to prevent children from trafficking.

SDPO Noklak,

Sangthing explained about roles and responsibilities of AHTU in DEF Noklak and highlighted case studies and modus operandi such as misuse of social media by money and muscle power etc.

Sangthing stated that CUG numbers of Noklak police could be contacted anytime for any help.

He also placed poster boards with CUG numbers and QR scan for “Call your cop” app at conspicuous places in the district.

M e a n w h i l e, S P Noklak explained about Immoral Trafficking (prevention) Act 1956 and Juvenile justice Act 2015.

Kaur urged to implement Right to Education Act 2009 in principle and soul where everyone in society should unite to guide the youth in the right direction.

She also explained about cyber fraud cases, phishing, sextortion and other cyber modes of exploitation prevalent today.

At the programme, Adv. Yemlong Chaba (best PLV zonal 2016) also explained on Immoral Trafficking Act, POCSO Act and existing response systems along with legal mechanisms to address

Patton along with the five Nagaland police escort personnel. (DPRO Dimapur)

DIMAPUR: State deputy chief minister and minister in-charge for Home, Y. Patton on Tuesday, felicitated the five Nagaland police escort personnel attached to him for their prompt action in intercepting a truck, which was involved in a hit and run case.

According to a DPRO Dimapur report, Patton lauded the police personnel for showing “extraordinary courage and presence of mind”.

He encouraged them to

be ever ready in order to take initiatives beyond their call of duty.

The deputy CM acknowledged the five escort personnel with a cash award of Rs. 20,000 each as a token of appreciation.

The police department was also instructed to give “befitting recognition for their exemplary action.”

It may be mentioned that on July 2, a truck rammed into a Maruti Eeco taxi near

ICAR under ADC Medziphema sub-division and fled the spot.

The accident resulted in the death of five persons while three others were grievously injured.

Upon reaching the site of accident, the escort party who were on their way to Kohima after dropping the deputy CM at the airport intercepted the truck after a hot chase.

Later, the truck driver was apprehended.

DIMAPUR: St. Francis De Sales (SFS) parish Kohima, conducts its first Holy communion ceremony on July 3 at the parish main church with parish priest Rev. Fr. Mhabemo Matthew as the main celebrant.

In a press release, SFS parish informed that Fr. Mhabemo shared that the ceremony coincided with the feast of St. Thomas, the Apostle. In his sermon, he said St. Thomas was the first Christian missionary who came to India to “sow the seeds of Christ’s message of love”. In this regard, he urged upon the congregation to “live an exemplary life and respond to the call of God in whatever ways possible”. The ceremony was assisted by Rev. Fr. Alex Tep and Rev. Fr. Martin.

Earlier, the children were instructed and trained by SFS sisters under leadership of superior sister Mariam for 10 days to receive the holy communion.

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cooking gas cylinder Murmu in Tripura, campaigns for president IOCbydelivers boats in flood-hit Assam tendered his resignation from the Upper House of Parliament.

Several major opposition parties, including the

Congress, the NCP and the TMC, fielded former Union minister Yashwant Sinha as their candidate for the upcoming presidential poll.

Droupadi Murmu to visit M’laya today

Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha welcomes NDA’s presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu upon her arrival, in Agartala. (PTI) AG A RTA L A , J U L 5 (PTI): NDA presidential nominee Droupadi Murmu arrived here on Tuesday to seek support for the July 18 election and will meet MPs and legislators of ruling BJP and its ally IPFT, Tripura Assembly Speaker Ratan Chakraborty said.

Murmu, a former Governor of Jharkhand, was accorded a rousing welcome at Maharaja Bir Bikram Airpor here as artistes performed traditional dance.

Chief Minister Manik

Saha, Deputy Chief Minister Jishnu Dev Verma and Union Minister Pratima Bhoumik welcomed Murmu at the airport.

“Draupodi Murmu, the NDA presidential candidate, arrived here as part of her campaign for the election.

She will have a meeting with MPs and MLAs belonging to the BJP and the IPFT in a city hotel to seek votes for her,” the Speaker said.

The BJP has 36 MLAs in the 60-member state Assembly, while the Indig-

enous People’s Front of Tripura has a strength of eight legislators, including Brishketu Debbarma who has tendered his resignation that has not been accepted by the Speaker till now.

The opposition CPI (M) has 15 MLA and the Congress has only one legislator.

The saffron party has two Lok Sabha MPs, while Rajya Sabha seat from the northeastern state fell vacant after Chief Minister Manik Saha had on Monday

BJP-led NDA’s Presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu is scheduled to visit Meghalaya on Wednesday to garner support for her candidature, senior BJP legislator Alexander Laloo Hek said on Tuesday.

She is scheduled to address public representatives in the state at the Orchid Lake Resort at Umiam (Barapani) near here at 12.30 pm on Wednesday.

“The NDA strongly believes in empowering women and uplifting tribals and backward classes.

It will be a matter of pride and honour for all of us to have a tribal in the constitutional position of the President of India,” BJP national executive member and in-charge presidential election, Hek said.

Hek, a former minister, appealed to all public representatives in the state to “rise above party lines” and support the first tribal lady as a presidential candidate.

The BJP, which has two MLAs, is part of the National People’s Party (NPP)-led ruling Meghalaya Democratic Alliance (MDA), which is a constituent of the NDA. Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma, who is also national president of the NPP, was one among those who had accompanied Murmu while filing her nomination papers in New Delhi recently.

The NPP, and other constituents of the MDA, including the United Democratic Party (UDP) have already announced their support for Murmu.

However, the opposition Trinamool Congress in the state, which is led by former chief minister Mukul Sangma, has not yet made its position officially known, though it is widely expected that the party would support the candidature of Yashwant Sinha of the opposition.

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GUWAHATI, JUL 5 (PTI): In flood-hit Assam, LPG delivery vans of PSU major Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) have been replaced by boats for the seamless supply of the fuel to keep the burner flames on, a senior official said on Tuesday.

At least 180 people have died and more than 89.13 lakh people suffered cumulatively across 34 districts since April 6 in one of the worst floods Assam witnessed in recent times.

The challenge increased manifold with severe landslides in several neighbouring states such as Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur, Indian Oil Corp Executive Director (IndianOil-AOD) G Ramesh told PTI here.

“Indian Oil rose magnificently to the occasion and ensured an uninterrupted supply of LPG as well as petrol and diesel to affected areas. Our dealers and distributor network rolled up their sleeves and also made food and water available to stranded people,” he added.

The IOC official particularly praised the Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) cylinder delivery channels, which never stopped working

File photo of delivery of cooking gas cylinder by boat. despite immense difficulties in reaching households that were completely submerged by flood waters. “The LPG door-to-door delivery continued through boats. Boats replaced delivery vans. This resulted in achieving an enviable LPG cylinder backlog in Assam of only 1.03 days during the peak of floods last week,” he said.

Currently, the backlog period for delivery of LPG cylinders has improved to 0.7 day for the entire state, the official said. Ramesh claimed that the waiting period for LPG cylinders in Silchar town and other places of Cachar, Karimganj and Hailakandi districts of Barak valley, which saw unprecedented flooding this time,

is just 1.88 days at present.

He said that the retail outlets were instructed to prioritise the supply of diesel to mobile tower operators to keep the communication channels alive in the face of continuous power cuts during the massive deluge.

The gover nment deployed NDRF, Army and Air Force, besides various state organisations, which required an uninterrupted communication network for relief and rescue operations. “During this crisis, the efforts of the entire team of Indian Oil, primarily our frontline workers, comprising the location staff, contract workers, tank truck crew, security guards, LPG delivery boys, have been unprecedented.

2 Indians killed in neighbouring Myanmar Resurgence of COVID cases reported in few NE states

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IMPHAL, JUL 5: Tension gripped Moreh in Manipur, a town bordering Myanmar, after two Indian nationals from the border town were shot dead in Myanmar on Tuesday. The area at the Indo-Myanmar border observed a snap total shutdown in protest against the killing.

The deceased were identified as M Iyanar (28) of Moreh ward no. IV and P Mohon (27) of Moreh ward no. II. The two residents of the border town were reportedly shot dead by armed miscreants in Myanmar’s Tamu town bordering Moreh around 11am on Tuesday. The duo had gone to Tamu town to visit their friends on Tuesday morning.

Armed miscreants who reportedly came on twowheelers shot them dead at Tamu Ward No 10 near Buddhist Temple of Myanmar. Locals suspected Pyu

The Tamil youths from Moreh who were shot in Tamu.

Shaw Htee, a militia based in Myanmar, behind the killing. Myanmar authorities were yet to hand over the bodies till the time of filing this report. The bulletridden dead bodies were deposited at the morgue of Tamu hospital.

P Mohon was an auto rickshaw driver who got married around two weeks ago, while M Iyanar was ran a small time business in the border town.

The killing triggered a protest in Moreh where various civil society organizations based in the border town also imposed a snap total shutdown.

All shops, business establishments and others pulled down their shutters.

Almost all passenger service vehicles, particularly auto-rickshaws, stayed off the road in protest against the killing.

The CSOs have also reportedly convened a joint meeting at Moreh Tamil Sangam office to discuss the future course of protest.

Meanwhile, large number of residents of the border town converged at Sunrise Ground near international border gate 1, awaiting for theMyanmar authorities to hand over the dead bodies to the Indian authorities.

Meghalaya CM for use of Khasi and Garo languages in Assembly

SHILLONG, JUL 5 (PTI): Seeking to promote the use of local languages in the Assembly, Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma has said that MLAs should be allowed to speak and debate in Khasi and Garo languages inside it.

An Assembly official told PTI that Sangma had a discussion on the issue with Speaker Metbah Lyngdoh and leaders of the ruling Meghalaya Democratic Alliance on the use of the two languages in the coming session of the Assembly.

While English is the

as a 94-year-old man from Aizawl died on Monday, he said.

The new cases were detected after testing 595 samples, recording a positivity rate of 23.19 per cent.

Monday, it was 22.12 Mizoram reports 23% On per cent with 48 cases being COVID positivity rate detected, he said.

Mizoram on Tuesday The Northeastern state reported 138 new COV- now has 368 active cases.

ID-19 cases, the highest Assam logs 161 new single-day spike in over COVID-19 cases two months, a health official said.

Assam reported 161 The toll rose to 706 n ew C OV I D - 1 9 c a s e s, N O RT H E A S T, J U L 5 (PTI): After a long period of COVID cases being checked, Mizoram and Assam have reported a sudden increase in COVID cases in the last few days.

official language in Meghalaya, Khasi and Garo languages are considered its associated official languages.

Taking to the Twitter, Conrad said on Monday “Members in Meghalaya Legislative Assembly should be allowed to speak and debate in Khasi and Garo languages in the House. A step towards promoting our languages.” When asked, he told journalists “We are of the opinion that both Khasi and Garo languages should be allowed to be used to a certain extent with translation in the Assembly”.

The development comes in the wake of several discussions initiated by the state government to get the local languages included in the eighth schedule of the Constitution of India. The official said the Assembly secretariat could take some time to prepare itself for the transition and work is on to allow members to debate and speak in their native languages apart from English.

the highest in nearly five months, the National Health Mission (NHM) said.

The state recorded 198 cases on February 14, 2022.

A total of 161 COVID-19 patients were detected across the state on testing 1,631 samples on Monday, registering a positivity rate of 9.87 per cent, the daily bulletin said. There has been no death due to the virus in the last 24 hours.

The state has recorded a total of 7,25,271 COVID-19 cases. Of them,

7,16,573 COVID-19 patients have so far recovered.

There are 710 active cases in the state at present.

Sikkim logs eight new COVID-19 cases

Sikkim on Tuesday reported eight new COVID-19 cases, six more than the previous day, with the tally rising to 39,264, according to a health department bulletin.

East Sikkim registered all the eight fresh cases.

The Himalayan state

Mnp landslide: Assam toll at 11; two more bodies cremated

MORIGAON (ASSAM), JUL 5 (PTI): The number of Assam residents killed in a massive landslide in Manipur’s Noney district has reached 11 so far, while at least 10 others from the state are still missing, an official said on Tuesday.

Bodies of nine people have already been cremated in their native places, while two more bodies were yet to be transported back to Assam, he said.

The state government has compiled a list of 26 names from the state engaged at the Tupul railway yard construction site when the landslide occurred on June 29.

“Out of these 26 people, bodies of 11 have been recovered and five were res-

phalia said,”Bodies of eight victims from our district have reached so far and last rites have been performed.”

Of the two bodies of victims from Assam that were recovered on Monday, one is from Morigaon, he added.

“The other has not been identified yet as it has been decomposed,” Gharphalia said.

As many as 21 people from Morigaon were at the accident site, of whom five were rescued.

They were flown back to Assam on Monday and are currently undergoing treatment at Morigaon civil hospital.

Rescue operations underway after a massive landslide in Noney district of Manipur. (PTI) cued safely. The rest are still bodies reached Morigaon on missing,” the official said. Tuesday and were cremated Altogether 47 people later in the day. have been confirmed dead in Morigaon Deputy the landslide so far, while 14 Commissioner P R Gharmore are still missing from the incident site.

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obJEctioN NoticE Whereas Shri. lioSE r. tHoNGEr son of Late BILONGKYU resident of Kipongya Ward, Kiphire District (LIC of India Insurance nominee of Lt. Sejungmong Sangtam) has applied for issue of Succession Certificate under the Indian Succession Act.1925 in order to draw/receive the payment of movable/immovable properties of his brother Late Sejungmong Sangtam who was serving as a constable (GD) under 13th NAP (IR) BN Yajang, Nagaland and expired on 20/01/2020.

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1. GPF, 2. GIS, 3. LIC of India, Insurance Policy No - 442657809.

4. Any other dues etc.

From the Office of the Commandant, 13th NAP (IR) Battalion, Yajang; Nagaland.

Public are hereby asked to file objection/claim if any within 30 (thirty) days from the date of issue of this order. If no objection/claim is received within the given time, Succession Certificate will be issued in favour of the applicant.

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PUBLIC NOTICE Regd. No. 467/2022 Date 05/07/2022 I, Smti. Viliebeinuo Khro, Mother of Smti Neilabeinuo @ Agu Khro, resident of Lower Bayavü Hill Kohima, Nagaland do hereby solemnly affirm and declare on oath as follows:1. That I am the biological mother of Smti Neilabeinuo @ Agu Khro.

2. That it has come to our knowledge that my daughter, Smti Neilabeinuo @ Agu Khro had borrowed certain amount of money from different persons without my knowledge or my consent or consent from any of our family members.

3. That I have never initiated or entrusted any of the family members to take or borrow such amount, as such the family will neither claim/hold any responsibility towards any transaction.

4. That it is for general information that any transaction in the name of Smti Neilabeinuo @ Agu Khro, the family will not be responsible. Anyone dealing with her will be doing so at his/her own risk and responsibility.

5. That this declaration shall stand as a piece of evidence if any complication that may arise in future.

6. In witnesses whereof, I signed this declaration before the competent authority at Kohima on 5/7/2022.

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Regd. No. : 762/18 Date 14/11/2018 I, Shri. C LEMEI, D/o. Chingkai R/o. Phuktong village, PO/PSMon, District: Mon, State: Nagaland do hereby solemnly affirm and declare as follows: 1. That I am a bonafide citizen of India a resident of the above mentioned address.

2. That my name has been inadvertently entered as C. LEMEI KONYAK in my Appointment Order as per Govt. vide Order No. ED/EL/C/1/2010-11 Dated Kohima, the 10th Feb, 2012.

3. That my name C. LEMEI KONYAK and C. LEMEI is same and one person.

4. That I and hereby declare that my original name shall be called and known as C LEMEI in all my document and future undertakings.

5. That this affidavit is sworn to aver the above statements.

VERIFICATION I, hereby verify that the statements made in Para 1-5 are true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief and nothing material is concealed therein.

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Regd. No. 117/2022 Dated 05/07/2022 I, Smti. Atovili Shohe @ Atovili, daughter of Shri. Yehokhu Shohe, aged about 31 years, resident of Rotomi Village, Atoizu Sub-division, Zunheboto District, Nagaland do hereby solemnly affirm and declare as under:1. That I am a bonafide citizen of India and resident of the aforementioned address.

2. That my first name is “Atovili” is my surname/title is “Shohe”.

3. That in my Appointment Order bearing No. ZSJ-2/(PT-I)2011-12/601, dated 06-05-2015 as Female Warden, issued by the Office of the Superintendent of Jail, District Jail, Zunheboto and my AADHAR bearing No. 268345928478, I have used my full name i.e, “Atovili Shohe”.

4. That however in my other documents viz, Birth Certificate bearing No. 11050, HSLC Class-X Admit Card bearing No. 902405, NBSE Marksheet bearing No. 905633 and in my PAN Card bearing No. AYQPA3919E, I had only used my first name without my surname/title i.e., “Atovili”.

5. That the names “Atovili Shohe” and “Atovili” is referred to one and of the same person.

6. That this declaration is sworn in for the purpose of declaring as mentioned in Paras 2 to 6, for producing the same before the concerned authority/ authorities on the strength of this declaration.

7. That the statements made in this declaration are true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief and nothing false has been stated herein.

And I signed this Declaration on this 05th Day of July, 2022, at Dimapur.

Identified by : DECLARANT Notary Public DP-3234/22

now has 50 active cases, while 38,005 people have recovered from the disease and 755 patients migrated out, the bulletin said.

The death toll due to the infection stood at 454, it said. Sikkim tested 142 samples for the infection in the last 24 hours.

The daily Covid positivity rate is at 5.6 per cent, the bulletin added.

Congress slams govt on GST changes

the prime minister cares for.

At a press conference at the AICC headquarters here, Congress spokesperson Gourav Vallabh said the Narendra Modi government’s decisions over the last eight years prove how a regime’s “cluelessness and incapability” can singlehandedly destroy a nation’s economic potential.

“The GST, which was planned as a progressive tax structure, has been so badly mishandled that rationalis-

flour, buttermilk, unfrozen meat/fish (not frozen), and puffed rice (muri). These will now be taxed at 5 per cent, at par with branded items, he noted. Exemptions have also been withdrawn for hotel accommodation up to Rs 1,000 per day and these will now be taxed at 12 per cent, Vallabh said.

Tax rates have been increased from 12 per cent to 18 per cent on products such as printing, writing or drawing ink, knives with cutting blades, spoons, forks, paper knives, pencil sharpeners, and LED lamps, he said.

Vallabh pointed out that the Group of Ministers had finalised a uniform tax 28 per cent GST on casinos, horse racing, and lottery but this decision was asked to be reviewed, and the GoM

has been given a 15-day period to review its decision.

The GST Council last Wednesday deferred its decision on levying a 28 per cent tax on casinos, online gaming, horse racing and lottery pending more consultations with stakeholders, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had said.

A group of ministers headed by Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma has been asked to consider submissions of stakeholders again on the valuation mechanism and submit its report by July 15, she had told reporters here.

Attacking the government, Vallabh said these rate revisions are unwelcome at a time when inflation is putting pressure on the pockets of the common person.

Hurt by turn of events but will make Around 20 percent of naval Sena stronger: Uddhav Thackeray ‘Agniveers’ will be women

Sanjay Raut

MUMBAI, JUL 5 (PTI): Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Tuesday said the Uddhav Thackeray-led party will win more than 100 seats if mid-term polls are held now in Maharashtra and claimed that people are angry against the rebel MLAs. Attacking the BJP and Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, Raut said the Sena cannot be hijacked by using money power or mounting pressure through Central agencies.

“Shiv Sena will win over 100 seats if mid-term polls are held in the state today, looking at the anger against the rebels and enthusiasm in favour of the party.

If an MLA quits the party it does not mean that Shiv Sena has lost its voters,” Raut told reporters.

On Monday, after win-

ning the trust vote in the Assembly, Chief minister Eknath Shinde said the BJP and the Shiv Sena led by him will together win more than 200 seats in the next Assembly polls and if that does not happen, he will go back to farming.

Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray had also dared the BJP to hold mid-term polls in Maharashtra.

Taking a dig at the newly elected Assembly Speaker Rahul Narvekar, Raut said the Uddhav Thackeray-led Sena is the original party and if a decision on the disqualification of party MLAs is taken, then he should return his law degree.

Narvekar is a lawyer by profession.

O n M o n d a y, t h e Shinde camp had issued a whip asking all Sena MLAs to vote in the favour of the government.

After winning the trust vote, the Shinde faction on Monday night issued a notice to 14 legislators from the Uddhav Thackeray camp for violating the whip issued

by Shiv Sena chief whip and Shinde loyalist Bharat Gogawale.

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NEW DELHI, JUL 5 (PTI): Around 20 per cent of the ‘Agniveers’ to be inducted by the Indian Navy this year will be women, Navy officials said on Tuesday.

The Navy plans to recruit about 3,000 personnel this year under the ‘Agnipath’ recruitment scheme and has started the registration process for the aspirants on July 1. The Navy will recruit women sailors for the first time through the new scheme.

“Twenty per cent of the naval Agniveers will

be women subject to their meeting required criteria,” said a senior Navy official.

The Agnipath scheme, announced on June 14, seeks to recruit youths between the age bracket of 17-and-half years to 21 for only four years with a provision to retain 25 per cent of them for 15 more years.

For 2022, the upper age limit has been extended to 23 years. Under the scheme, the three services are set to recruit 46,000 personnel this year and the number is going to increase in the coming years.

Devendra Fadnavis

NAGPUR, JUL 5 (PTI): A day after the Eknath Shinde-led Maharashtra government won the trust vote in the Assembly, Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said the state cabinet expansion will be done soon.

Speaking to reporters at the Nagpur airport on Tuesday, Fadnavis expressed his determination towards the development of the state’s Vidarbha region.

“The cabinet expansion will be done soon,” Fadnavis said.

On his arrival to his hometown Nagpur following the formation of the new government in the state, BJP workers accorded a grand welcome to the deputy CM, who was accompanied by his wife Amruta Fadnavis.

From the airport, the BJP leader embarked on a ‘jallosh yatra’ (victory celebration) organised here by his supporters.

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Sabha constituency in which he or she is residing.

The four other nominations will come up for scrutiny on July 20. These nominations are set to be rejected as they were not supported by 20 parliamentarians as proposers and 20 other as seconders.

For a successful nomination as a candidate in the vice-presidential election, a nominee needs 20 MPs as proposers and 20 others as seconders.The term of incumbent M Venkaiah Naidu ends on August 10 and the next vice president will take oath on August 11.

The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has a clear edge in the election, in which the members of the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha, including the nominated ones, are eligible to vote. The political parties are yet to name their candidates for the election.

The vice president is also the chairperson of the Rajya Sabha.

The electoral college in the vice-presidential polls comprises a total of 788 members of both houses of Parliament. Since all the electors are members of Parliament, the value of the vote of each MP would be the same -- one -- the Election Commission aid in a statement issued on June 29.

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AURANGABAD, JUL 5 (PTI): Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray has said that he was “hurt” to see some members ditching the party despite getting benefits and will visit Hingoli in Marathwada soon, party leaders said on Tuesday, a day after local Sena MLA, Santosh Bangar, crossed over to the Eknath Shinde faction just ahead of the floor test.

Interestingly, Bangar, the MLA from Kalamnuri in the Hingoli district, was recently seen weeping ask-

NEW DELHI, JUL 5 (PTI): Five people, including one who goes by the alias “Ramayani Chaiwala”, filed papers on Tuesday, the first day of the nomination process for the August 6 vice-presidential election.

The nomination papers of one candidate were rejected for failing to furnish a mandatory document.

July 19 is the last date for filing nominations.

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Overdue censure

n a significant development, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on July 1,2022 has directed the state government, DC Dimapur, Dimapur Municipal Council (DMC) and Nagaland Pollution Control Board (NPCB) to reply para-wise to the issues raised in the petition before it by the Sunrise Colony Burma Camp Dimapur. The colony had earlier filed its original application in 2017 with the Gauhati High Court Kohima Bench. After filing of affidavits by the respondents, the matter was listed for hearing on March 14 ,2022 . While the case was being heard, the state government counsel raised the maintainability of the petition since the subject under the PIL fell under the jurisdiction of the National Green Tribunal. The next day on March 15,2002 the High Court Bench then ruled that the Colony was free to take the case with the NGT. When the matter was heard on July 1, the NGT, directed the state government, DC Dimapur, DMC and NPCB to file their responses para-wise to issues raised by the Sunrise Colony. According to information given by the litigant colony and also earlier newspaper reports, the crux of the matter was the sprawling garbage dumping ground of the DMC located along the highway near Burma Camp and close to Dhansiri river Dimapur.

The scene of mountains of garbage located within the City’s zone is not only an eyesore but also poses grave health hazards to people living within its vicinity. Sunrise Colony has listed out several issues in its pliant and one among which is to directed the state, district and DMC to shift the garbage dump away to another location. That the DMC dumping ground has been in operation for over a decade and in clear violation of the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016 is an offence. It is clear that the present dumping site poses direct health hazard to people around it and which is made worse due to bad maintenance.

The site is also located at a low lying area and the accumulation of waste materials lead to percolation of chemicals. These contaminate the ground water resources through leaching and therefore has a direct effect upon the life and health of the residents of the area. Garbage also mainly contains every day use plastic, rubber and other toxic material which are being burnt openly by the DMC. The chemical reaction of all these materials cause toxic smell in the air.

There is also clear evidence that the DMC dumping site is less than 30 meters away from the Dhansiri River while there are human habitation some 40-50 meters from it. The district authorities including the NPCB need to take a serious look at such matters.

The DMC needs a thoroughly professional team to manage problems of city dwellers. The drains in the city are at best of hardly much use while the socalled side walks built over these so-called drains permit only a single pedestrian to walk on and in case another comes from the opposite direction, then one has to step aside in order to ensure peace and harmony. The DMC also levies charge on those who dump garbage at the site. Unfortunately, DMC has become synonymous with taxation not administration. The PIL by Sunrise Colony is therefore a wake up call for DMC as well as the city dwellers who feel they have no responsibility for cleanliness.

DailyDevotion Don’t Plan Without God

Commit your way to the Lord, trust also in Him, and He shall bring it to pass.

—Psalm 37:5 Don’t plan without God. God seems to have a delightful way of upsetting the plans we have made, when we have not taken Him into account. We get ourselves into circumstances that were not chosen by God, and suddenly we realize that we have been making our plans without Him— that we have not even considered Him to be a vital, living factor in the planning of our lives. And yet the only thing that will keep us from even the possibility of worrying is to bring God in as the greatest factor in all of our planning.

In spiritual issues it is customary for us to put God first, but we tend to think that it is inappropriate and unnecessary to put Him first in the practical, everyday issues of our lives.

If we have the idea that we have to put on our “spiritual face” before we can come near to God, then we will never come near to Him. We must come as we are.

Don’t plan with a concern for evil in mind. Does God really mean for us to plan without taking the evil around us into account? “Love…thinks no evil” (1 Corinthians 13:4-5).

Love is not ignorant of the existence of evil, but it does not take it into account as a factor in planning. When we were apart from God, we did take evil into account, doing all of our planning with it in mind, and we tried to reason out all of our work from its standpoint.

Don’t plan with a rainy day in mind. You cannot hoard things for a rainy day if you are truly trusting Christ. Jesus said, “Let not your heart be troubled…” (John 14:1). God will not keep your heart from being troubled. It is a command— “Let not….” To do it, continually pick yourself up, even if you fall a hundred and one times a day, until you get into the habit of putting God first and planning with Him in mind.

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Can planting trees mitigate climate change?

s the world is struggling to combat climate change, one idea – planting trees – seems to be taking hold as a panacea for curing the ills of pollution, soaring carbon emissions, and degrading soil health.

But just planting trees is not a cure-all for tackling global warming and climate change, multiple studies have found.

Ill-planned and unscientific tree plantation programs could in fact lead to maladaptation, as pointed out by some authors of the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group II report. Maladaptations are actions that may lead to increased risk of adverse outcomes such as increased greenhouse gas emissions, increased or shifted vulnerability to climate change and inequity.

What happens after trees are planted?

Most saplings, after being planted, also need to be watched over and nurtured before they grow strong and independent, and begin their work in sequestering carbon. Caring for and monitoring planting efforts over time are critical, but have not yet become a core part of tree-planting drives and programs.

According to studies in the Central Himalayas and the Coromandel coast (southeastern coast of India), planted trees showed hugely variable survival rates over 5-10 years. Depending on whether these were native or exotic species, in mixed- or monospecies plantations, the planted saplings’ survival ranged from 51–87% at one site, 0–100% in another, and 35–100% in yet another.

While 100% sapling survival over 5 years sounds like a positive trend, this is true only for very few species.

Krutika Ravishankar, Co-founder and Executive Director Farmers for Forests, who is working to turn barren, degraded pieces of land in Maharashtra into

thriving forests, writes in an article about the challenges her team faced, from financing operations to bargaining with vendors for setting up drip irrigation systems and chasing sapling vendors to provide the right species of trees for planting. In the 2020 article she recommends that when one pays to plant a tree somewhere, hold the organisation accountable by asking for not only the geo-tag but also regular data on the health and status of the tree, satellite indices and if a visit to the plantation site is possible.

What makes some plantation efforts fail while others succeed?

One of the main reasons why saplings often do not survive much longer than a year or two after mass planting drives, is because they are unsuited for the places they are planted in.

In many cases, this is due to a lack of good quality seeds and saplings, but in others, it is simply a lack of good planning. For example, planting the wrong kinds of trees in the wrong places.

A 2022 study on afforestation in Himachal Pradesh showed that nearly 40% of the money spent on planting efforts were centred on places that already had moderate to high tree density. Only 14.1% of the budget was spent on recovering degraded forests that had high reforestation potential. Yet another study conducted between 2012 and 2016 in the same state shows that following afforestation undertaken to compensate for hydropower development, not only was there less than 10% survival of planted saplings over a span of 10 years but only 36% of the funds budgeted for mitigation work had been used.

The projects have further been riddled with issues ranging from interspecies conflict, infringement on local land use, and damage by wildfires and landslides.

One of the key reasons that

the afforestation targets have not been met is the lack of suitable land for reforestation, the author of the study has noted in a news report. A third study published in Nature in 2021 further finds that large-scale tree planting in Himachal Pradesh has neither met climate mitigation goals nor is it supporting local livelihoods.

Despite these setbacks, there are some afforestation efforts that have seen some success. The afforestation of the Aravalli hills – a project dubbed as ‘rewilding’ a former mining site in Haryana – has brought together citizens, corporates and local administration to create a natural forest that stands in the bustling city of Gurgaon. In the neighbouring state of Rajasthan, local efforts are exploring the Miyawaki method of plantation using native trees to combat desertification, groundwater salinity, and soil nutrient loss.

In other places, however, it is reported that many of the compensatory afforestation programs that the environment ministry has used to allow forest clearance for mining or industrial projects, simply do not exist. These ghost plantations have either never seen any planting activity or are no longer being taken care of; and in one worst-case scenario, the plantation shows up on the map as located in the middle of the Arabian Sea. In other places, a rush to plant trees ‘for regenerating the ground water table’ or to ‘increase biodiversity’ are leading to unscientific mass tree-planting frenzies using fast-growing eucalyptus, pine, or acacia. Such plantations often consume more water than they help to conserve. In some cases, such planting activities may even reduce biodiversity, rather than improve it, as has happened in Chile, where planting commercially valuable trees has led to losses of biologically valuable forests. Worse still,

many of these plantations are in areas that are primarily grasslands or savannahs, which are misclassified as wastelands or degraded forests. Far from being such, savannahs are better at carbon sequestration than artificial forests, harbour unique biodiversity niches, and provide sustenance to pastoral communities.

The potential of trees to mitigate climate change is overestimated The global fascination for planting trees – be it local projects, nationallevel programs by corporate entities, or global initiatives like the Trillion Trees campaign – is rooted in the belief that trees perform essential services. While it is common belief that planting trees and reforestation can suck the carbon out of the atmosphere, scientists warn that it may not be so simple. While it is true that trees are important carbon sinks, there is much data that shows that the global potential for trees to mitigate climate change – by absorbing up to 200 gigatons of carbon – is grossly overestimated.

This estimate, which was made in in a broad, sweeping paper published in 2019 in Science, projected that the Earth could support an additional 0.9 billion hectares of forest. However, in a series of four separate comments, published by Science, different groups of scientists pointed out several serious concerns about the assumptions in this paper.

For example, much of the land described as ‘available’ for tree plantation, turned out to be savannahs, which are ecosystems that are already substantial carbon sinks. In all, it was argued that the study had overestimated the carbon storage potential of trees by a factor of five.

A study in January 2022 in Conservation Letters used a machine learning framework to demonstrate that the climate mitigation potential from forest restoration in India has also been

exceptionally overestimated. The results of the study indicate that India’s ability to create more carbon sinks via afforestation will meet less than one-fourth of the country’s commitments to the 2015 Paris Agreement.

In addition to this, there is another worrying trend that scientists have noted in a 2020 Nature article. As increased carbon dioxide (CO2) levels in the atmosphere are stimulating tree growth, the faster growth rate will also lead to trees dying at younger ages.

This is due to a universal growth-lifespan trade-off (faster growth is associated with earlier deaths) that is seen in almost all species in all environments. This means that at current rates, although there will be a net carbon uptake by trees in the short term (this century), a lagged pattern of mortality will eventually neutralise these carbon gains over a longer period of time.

How do we plant trees in an effective manner?

Despite these concerns, planting trees can be beneficial in many ways; however, the focus needs to move away from afforestation (planting new forests) to reforestation (restoring forests). Active restoration efforts can help fragmented forests recover and if properly planned, could even support local livelihoods.

A study in Valparai, Tamil Nadu has shown that reforestation efforts with native species rather than monoculture tree plantations, yield forests that are better at sequestering and storing carbon.

In addition to reforesting, much greater efforts need to be made to halt deforestation. In 2017, changes in land use, primarily deforestation, contributed nearly 1.5 gigatons of carbon (GtC; roughly 10%) to the global total of 11.3 GtC. A new study in Nature Sustainability now shows that this may have been a underestimation – that between 2015–2019, carbon emissions due to

deforestation were double those in 2001-2005. Much of this loss has been from tropical regions; scientists fear that if deforestation in this region does not slow down, the Amazonian rainforests could soon turn into carbon sources rather than remaining as carbon sinks by 2050.

In India, major changes need to be made in how forests are managed. Not only does India have no clear national forest policy, but the costs of clearing out forests are appallingly low.

India’s policies on forest cover are also outdated, having been based on French estimates during the colonial period. Despite all these setbacks, which also include issues with poor onground data and research, difficulties in correctly identifying available areas for tree planting, conflicts of interest with stakeholders, poverty, and finance, there are still great opportunities for reforestation in India.

However, these opportunities must be developed hand-in-hand with input from local communities at the grassroots level to be effective. By looping in the private sector and attracting corporate players, especially through corporate social responsibility spending, India can do much to restore its degraded forests and turn them into active carbon sequestration units.

But it is amply clear that nature-based initiatives are not going to be enough, whether it be planting trees or encouraging blue carbonbased approaches to climate change mitigation. All these efforts must be synchronised with strategies that work towards decarbonising economies.

Anusha Krishnan is a part-time science writer and editor and full-time mom from Bangalore, India. She loves writing about new scientific discoveries, and believes that the art of storytelling is crucial for successful science communication.

(As published in Mongabay India)

Post-mortem

July 6 is World Zoonosis Day Prevention of zoonotic diseases in livestock and in your family World Zoonosis Day is observed every year on 6th July to create awareness on the growing threat of zoonotic diseases and ways to prevent them.

The theme for this year is: Let’s Break the Chain of Zoonotic Transmission. Protecting and managing the health of animals that live alongside human is vital. When we prevent diseases in animals, we safeguard the health of the people.

Zoonotic disease is defined as any diseases that are transmitted from animal to man and vice versa.

Most of the emerging diseases are becoming zoonotic in nature due to adverse climatic condition, deforestation, rapid urbanization, environmental pollution and increase in human - animals contact. Some of the important zoonotic diseases are Rabies, Anthrax, Brucellosis, Bovine Tuberculosis, Avian Influenza, Measly pork and emerging zoonotic diseases are Ebola virus, Nipah virus, Dengue, Chikungunya, Psittacosis, Bubonic plague, Bovine spongiform encephalopathy, Japanese encephalitis etc.

Zoonotic diseases are transmitted from an infected animal to man through various agents like virus, bacteria, protozoa, fungus, parasites etc. A person may be infected with animal’s diseases directly or indirectly and through intermediate hosts through bites and scratches of animals, flies, mosquitoes, ticks, fleas, bat, rat and snail. The Various Sources of Zoonotic Diseases are: From diseased animals, inhalations of infectious organisms, accidental inoculation of pathogen through cuts / injury on skin,

infected animals discharge, contaminated soil and water, consumption of infected meat / milk Preventive Measures for Protecting your Livestock / Pet from Zoonotic Diseases: 1. Daily separation of unhealthy / sick / diseased animals from healthy one.

2. Regular health checkup and timely vaccination and deworming of your animal with proper dosage.

3. Always keep your animals in a clean, dry, well ventilated and airy shed with sufficient floor space.

4. Provide well balanced diet along with vitamin and mineral supplement.

5. Never feed kitchen or hotel wastes directly without cooking properly.

6. Daily cleaning of the animals shed, feeder/water trough thoroughly with water and disinfectant solution 7. Newly purchased animals should be kept in a separate shed for atleast a month to prevent spread of zoonotic/ infectious diseases 8. Proper drainage system in and around the animals shed in order to prevent stagnation of water.

9. Proper disposal of all animals’ waste products like faeces, litter materials and dead animals etc away from the animals shed.

10. Never open dead diseased carcass in the farm, it should be immediately buried under deep burial method.

11. Restrict visitors from entering your animals shed at all time.

12. A foot dip (mixture of water and disinfectant like phenol/potash/lime) should be kept at the entrance of your animal shed for dipping of

shoe before entering and after coming out of the animal shed to prevent spread of any infectious disease. Various Steps for Protecting your Family from Zoonotic Diseases of Livestock and Pets are: 1. Meat should be thoroughly washed and properly cooked before consumption.

2. Consume milk from healthy animals only and never consume raw milk.

3. Yearly health check-up of animals attendant.

4. Any unhealthy / diseased animals or animals under medication should not be slaughtered for human consumption.

5. Prevent contamination of meat during slaughter time from flies, dirty water and un hygienic habits of butchers.

6. Never allow your pet dogs to lick your face/hands or any household eatables / items.

7. Never enter your home directly after visiting livestock farm/market place/slaughter house or human hospital.

8. Wash hands thoroughly after handling animals, fresh meat and livestock/pet.

9. Pregnant women/infant/sick person should not have direct contact with any livestock animals/pet animals.

10. While attending to sick animals always wear separate working clothes , closed shoe/ face mask/gloves and clean yourself thoroughly thereafter Zoonotic diseases been the linkage between animals and human beings, as such collaborative efforts from all stake holders must work together to break the chain of zoonotic diseases transmission for a better sound animal health and for human health.

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Learning is a lifelong process

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person’s knowledge and his ability to learn is something that is applauded by the world. No matter, how much wealth he earns, if he doesn’t display the enthusiasm to listen and learn more each day then he cannot grow as a person.

To learn constantly from different sources around is an integral part of one’s life as it endows wisdom to a person and if it is not a constant phenomenon then life might become stagnant.The more you learn, more you grow but one’s resistance to change, which is a natural human tendency impedes his/her learning and gradually hinders the person’s growth. Imagine a scenario where people are happy with the current state of affairs and display reluctance to change then we wouldn’t have been fortunate enough to reap the benefits of numerous innovations that have happened over the years.

Had Newton not been eager to discover the reason behind apple falling off the tree towards the ground then we would have never come to know about gravity. per Thomas Edison’s teachers, he was too incompetent to learn anything; he was also fired from his first two jobs for not performing upto the mark, yet he made 1000 unsuccessful attempts to invent a bulb. Had he lacked the zeal to learn different ways to achieve his end goal then the world would have never seen such a miraculous innovation happening.

In the current scenario, if youth starts to follow the tried and tested ways while choosing a career for themselves, if they simply try to fit themselves in a comfortable job with minimal challenges then there won’t be any entrepreneurs, leading to scarcity of innovations as well as jobs.

Time and again, the world needs new ideas and revolutionary

products & services to bolster the development and to progress economically; however, the first step towards development is idea generation and that comes only if one is curious to learn new things and zealous enough to challenge the status quo. No matter how much knowledge a person gains, there is always a scope to learn something new and far more interesting than what one already knows. Therefore, one should never think that he has reached a threshold where he knows everything under the sky as that will hamper his inquisitive mind.

Having the curiosity to ask questions gives a boost to your ability to learn as it ensures that you have the capability to challenge the existing ways, therefore asking as many questions as possible forms an integral part of the learning process.

If one makes the habit of reading, discussing and asking questions on different topics as an important part of his/her lifestyle then he/she is in a position to impart knowledge to others.

A person who is rich by the knowledge that he possesses is well respected by the society and is in a position to form his/her own opinion which is not largely influenced by the external factors.

A well informed and learned person is eventually in a better position as compared to the one who displays least amount of eagerness to learn and is content with the knowledge that he already has.

As rightly said, any sort of knowledge gained is beneficial, if it doesn’t prove beneficial at the very moment, don’t worry! It will certainly prove so in the least expected ways, in future.

Therefore, an individual’s learning process should be incessant throughout.

Alivi Yeptho, Kohima

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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MUMBAI, JUL 5 (PTI): Mumbai and its adjoining areas were lashed by heavy showers on Tuesday, causing water-logging at a number of places, including railway tracks, which slowed the movement of trains and vehicles on roads.

Normal life was adversely affected in the metropolis and no immediate respite was in sight as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted moderate to heavy rain in Mumbai and its suburbs over the next 24 hours, with a possibility of very heavy showers at isolated places, said civic officials.

Maharashtra’s new Chief Minister Eknath Shinde took stock of the situation and directed state administration officials to take necessary precautions and ensure there was no loss of life or damage to property. The island city (south Mumbai) received an average 95.81 mm rainfall in the 24-hour period ended at

A school girl with her guardian wades through a flooded street following heavy monsoon rains, in Mumbai. (PTI)

8 am, while the eastern and western suburbs recorded 115.09 mm and 116.73 mm rainfall, respectively, during the same period, they said.

Between 8 am and 11.30 am, the island city received an average 41 mm rainfall, while the eastern and western suburbs got 85 mm and 55 mm showers, respectively, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) officials said.

Suburban train services, considered the lifeline of Mumbai, were affected on the Main and Harbour corridors of the Central Railway

(CR) due to water-logging on tracks near Kurla, Railway sources said.

There was also bunching of trains heading towards the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) in south Mumbai on the Main line, they said.

Tracks were inundated in Sion, Kurla, Tilak Nagar and Wadala areas of the Central Railway route, CR’s chief public relations officer Shivaji Sutar said.

Commuters complained of severe waterlogging in some subways in Panvel, Khandeshwar and

Mansarovar stations on the Harbour line in neighbouring Navi Mumbai, forcing them to wade through ankle-deep water. The BEST undertaking, which provides public bus services in Mumbai and neighbouring cities, was forced to divert its buses via alternate routes, due to inundation in Sion, Chembur, Bandra, Air India Colony, Kurla and few other locations, an official said.

The vehicular movement was slow at Dadar TT, Parel TT, Sakkar Panchayat Chowk, Wadala in central Mumbai, Tembi bridge in Chembur, and near the Mankhurd railway station due to water rising up to one to two feet, police said.

Traffic police personnel were deployed at various locations to avoid vehicular congestion, an official said.

The IMD a heavy rainfall alert for Maharashtra over the next four days, following which Chief Minister Shinde directed state administration officials to take precautions and ensure there was no loss of life or damage to property.

The IMD has issued an

‘orange alert’ for the south Konkan region and Goa and a ‘yellow alert’ for north Konkan, north central and south central Maharashtra and Marathwada regions.

The MeT department issues four colour-coded predictions based on the prevailing weather systems.

The green colour indicates no warning, yellow is to keep a watch, orange is to stay alert, while red means a warning and that action needs to be taken.

The Chief Minister’s Office, in a statement said, Shinde is in touch with collectors of Thane, Raigad, Palghar, Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg districts. The National Disaster Response Force has also been asked to remain alert. “The situation in Mumbai is also being closely monitored,” it said.

The Kundalika river in Raigad district, located near Mumbai, has crossed the danger mark, as per an official statement.

The water level of Amba, Savitri, Patalganga, Ulhas and Gadhi rivers was hovering just near the danger mark, it said.

GHAZIABAD/RAIPUR, JUL 5 (PTI): A police team from Chhattisgarh reached Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad town on Tuesday to arrest a TV news anchor from his home for playing a doctored clip of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi but he was taken into custody by Noida police instead, officials said.

While police from Congress-ruled Chhattisgarh landed at Zee News anchor Rohit Ranjan’s home in Ghaziabad’s Indirapuram area, near the national capital, early morning, the team from Noida in BJP-governed Uttar Pradesh reached a couple of hours later.

“Zee News anchor Rohit Ranjan was picked up from his home for questioning on Tuesday morning by a team of Noida Sector 20 police station in connection with an FIR lodged under IPC 505 (public mischief) on a complaint by his own channel over a doctored video played during his show on July 1,” a Noida police officer told PTI requesting anonymity.

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Rohit Ranjan Superintendent of Police Prashant Agrawal told PTI that a case was registered against Ranjan and others of Zee News on Sunday for allegedly promoting enmity between different groups and outraging religious feelings of people based on the complaint of Congress MLA Devendra Yadav.

Yadav said in his complaint that a video in which Rahul Gandhi described those attacking his Wayanad office as children and said he had no ill-will against them,was “mischievously” used by the TV channel on July 1 to suggest he was forgiving the killers of Udaipur tailor Kanhaiya Lal.

As drama unfolded outside Ranjan’s home with the police forces of two states ready to arrest the anchor, a senior Ghaziabad police officer told PTI that the local city police were not involved in the case.

Ranjan spoke out on Twitter in a post in Hindi.

“Chhattisgarh Police is standing outside my house to arrest me without informing the local police, is it legal?” the Zee News anchor asked and tagged Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and the state’s police in the post.

“There is no such rule to inform. Still, now they are informed. Police team has shown you the court’s warrant of arrest. You should in fact cooperate, join in the investigation and put your defence in court,” Raipur Police said in response.

Chhattisgarh police was not able to arrest him but said it had shown him the arrest warrant and sought his cooperation in the probe. The FIR against Ranjan has been filed in Raipur.

ED questions ex Mumbai CP Sanjay Murmu will win Prez polls comfortably: Nitish Kumar Pandey in NSE co-location case

Nitish Kumar Nityanand Rai, state BJP chief Sanjay Jaiswal and several state ministers received her at the Jay Prakash Narayan International Airport.

Former chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi was also present at the airport.

The airport compound was decorated with flowers, while BJP workers lined up along the roads outside with party flags to welcome her.

Murmu kicked off her visit by garlanding a statue of legendary tribal leader Birsa Munda near the Secretariat building in the state capital.

After that, she went to a private hotel near Gandhi Maidan, where she met the chief minister and senior leaders of all NDA allies,

including MPs and MLAs, and made an appeal for support.

“Leaders of all NDA allies including JD(U), Manjhi-led Hindustani Awam Morcha-Secular (HAM-S) and Union minister Pashupati Kumar Paras-led Rashtriya Lok Janshakati Party were present in the meeting,” Bihar Information Technology Minister Jibesh Kumar Mishra said.

The special aircraft carrying her took off from Patna airport at 2.35 PM. She went to Agartala via Guwahati, he added.

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The ED wants to understand the mandate, operations and results achieved by the company while it worked with the NSE, officials said.

A response sought by PTI from Pandey on the ED action is awaited.

The agency has already recorded former NSE Sanjay Pandey managing director and of NSE around the time the chief executive officer Chico-location irregularities tra Ramkrishna’s statement are alleged to have taken in connection with the case. place.

The company was incorporated by Pandey in March 2001 and he quit as its director in May 2006.

His son and mother later took charge of the company.

The police officer, who studied at IIT-Kanpur and Harvard University, is understood to have established the company after he resigned from service. His resignation was not accepted by the state government and

of happiness that a tribal woman is running for the highest constitutional position of the country,” Kumar told reporters after Murmu’s meeting with NDA leaders here.

Murmu was given a rousing welcome when she reached Patna earlier in the day. Accompanied by Union ministers Sarbananda Sonowal and Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, she arrived at Patna airport aboard a special flight at 11.13 AM. Deputy Chief Ministers Tarkishore Prasad and Renu Devi, Union minister

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NEW DELHI, JUL 5 (PTI): Former Mumbai police commissioner Sanjay Pandey appeared before the Enforcement Directorate in Delhi on Tuesday for questioning in a money laundering case linked to the alleged National Stock Exchange (NSE) co-location scam.

The agency recorded his statement under criminal sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), officials said.

The 1986-batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer retired from service on June 30. Before his four-month stint as Mumbai commissioner of police, he served as acting Maharashtra director general of police (DGP).

Pandey’s questioning by the ED is related to the functioning and activities of a company called iSec Securities Pvt. Ltd, one firm amongst a few others that conducted a security audit

PATNA, JUL 5 (PTI): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday exuded confidence that NDA presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu will comfortably win the election.

Murmu visited Patna during the day and met NDA leaders, including legislators and parliamentarians from the state, seeking their support for the presidential election scheduled on July 18.

“I am confident that Droupadi Murmu will comfortably win the presidential election. It is a matter

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Besides, tractor retail sales also increased by 10 per cent at 57,340 units last month, as compared to 52,289 units in June 2021.

Overall retail sales increased by 27 per cent at 15,50,855 units in June, as against 12,19,657 units in the year-ago period.

Gulati, however, noted that when compared to June 2019, a pre-COVID month, overall sales last month were still down by 9 per cent.

On business outlook, he stated that with the prices of almost all essential items having moved northwards, it has put a pressure on the common man’s household budget. Additionally, the high fuel prices have had a spillover effect on transportation and made it expensive, Gulati said.

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Two-wheeler retail sales last month rose 20 per cent to 11,19,096 units, as compared to 9,30,825 units in the year-ago period, FADA data showed.

Gulati noted that poor market sentiment especially in rural India, high cost of ownership, inflationary pressure and June generally being a lean month due to rains kept the two-wheeler sales at low speed.

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NEW DELHI, JUL 5 (AGENCIES): Passenger vehicle retail sales in the country rose 40 per cent in June indicating an improvement in semiconductor supplies even as demand, especially for SUVs, remained robust, auto dealer’ body FADA said on Tuesday.

According to the Federation of Automobile Dealers Associations (FADA), passenger vehicle (PV) registrations rose to 2,60,683 units last month, as compared to 1,85,998 units in June 2021, registering an increase of 40 per cent.

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ating NPGs should sign the final solution at the earliest.

At the interactive meeting between CNTC and LLRPO, including various organizations, the CNTC president explained the formation and purpose of the council, while stressing on the unity of the three tribes.

The CNTC vice-president focussed on the council’s participation in the consultation called by the State government on issues such as Naga political issue, RIIN, ULB, NLTP Act, etc.

On his part, cultural secretary Ekon Ezung explained that the purpose of CNTC’s visit to Lotha areas was to see the ground reality of development.

LLRPO president thanked CNTC for visiting Bhandari area and assured full cooperation to the council in the future. The members also called on ADC Bhandari after the meeting.

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Not complying with the IT rules, 2021 could have resulted in Twitter losing its immunity as a social media intermediary under Section 79 of the IT Act. In May, the IT Ministry issued a similar notice to the micro-blogging platform, directing it to appoint a resident grievance officer, a resident chief compliance officer, and a nodal contact person.

The Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules 2021 mandate that the intermediaries, including social media intermediaries, must establish a grievance redressal mechanism for receiving resolving complaints from the users or victims.

Meanwhile, Twitter banned more than 46,000 accounts of Indian users in May over violation of its guidelines, the microblogging platform said in its monthly compliance report.

According to the report, Twitter removed 43,656 accounts for child sexual exploitation, nonconsensual nudity, and similar content, while 2,870 accounts were banned for promoting terrorism.

(From p-1) He said most of the stretch of the road fell under Wokha district and hence Lothas had more to gain from the road project. Naga political issue: On the present Naga political scenario, CNTC and LH decided to reaffirm the resolution of 14 Naga Tribes that no tribal hoho should meet any Naga political group (NPG) on its own on the Naga political issue but jointly by all the 14 Naga tribes.

The LH chairman suggested that issues related to Nagas should be initiated and decided by CNTC on behalf of the three tribes – the Lothas, Aos and Sumis.

The CNTC president lamented over the exorbitant taxes levied on their own people by various NPGs taking advantage of the prolonged peace process.

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NEW DELHI, JUL 5 (IANS): Micro-blogging website Twitter has complied with the IT Ministry’s last notice within the final July 4 deadline, after receiving a warning to either comply with new IT Rules, 2021 or face stricter action.

Reliable sources told IANS on Tuesday that the company finally complied with the June 27 notice sent by the Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) over taking action on some controversial tweets.

A query sent to Twitter India went unanswered.

The government had asked Twitter to act on the content take-down notices sent under Section 69A of the IT Act along with noncompliance notices issued for not taking the content down.

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The association has urged the finance minister to not allow the implementation of five percent GST on the hospital beds.

“Keeping in view the policies set by the government of India in 2017, it is recommended that no GST be levied across the spectrum of healthcare services,” it added.“The hospitals won’t get input credit on the additional five percent tax proposed by the GST Council. This will be passed on to the patients, which will be an additional burden for them,” said Gautam Khanna, Chair, FICCI Health Services Committee & CEO, P D Hinduja Hospital & MRC.

hospitals in small towns, which charge Rs 5,000 or more per day as rent for non-ICU rooms.

“I dont know there would be hospitals in smaller towns like Panipat or Meerut where the hospital rooms would be costing Rs 5,000 or above. I would also like to know how many hospital rooms are there in the country and out of those what are the percentage of rooms which are charging above Rs 5,000. I think it will be miniscule. So if I can spend Rs 5,000 on a room, I can perhaps spend Rs 250 on GST. This GST, which comes into a common pool, will be used for poor,” Bajaj said. “I don’t see any reason that there should be any such kind of messaging that 5 per cent GST on Rs 5,000-plus non-ICU room is hitting affordable healthcare,” he said, adding in case of a package deal for a treatment, the IT software can easily calculate the GST portion on the room rent.

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The Association of Working Group of Hospitals comprises Association of Healthcare Providers in India (AHPI), ASSOCHAM, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), Indian Medical Association (IMA) and NATHEALTH. “A decision like this will adversely impact patients as well as hospitals.

Applying GST on patient beds will therefore become contrary to the very spirit set in health policy of 2017, more so when the majority of the Indian population still pays for healthcare out of pocket,” Gyani said.

The 5 per cent GST on non-ICU hospital rooms costing above Rs 5,000 will not hit affordable healthcare for a large section of people and the impact of the levy would only be miniscule, a top official said on Tuesday.

Responding to the representations of the industry, revenue secretary Tarun Bajaj also rejected the demand for zero-rating for healthcare industry saying such “carveouts” may generate similar demands from other sectors, like education, and put upward pressure on taxation of other items in the GST net.

Industry body Ficci in a letter to the finance ministry on Monday said that 5 per cent GST on nonICU hospital rooms above Rs 5,000 will increase the cost of healthcare services.

The GST Council last week removed exemptions on this category of hospital rooms.

Addressing an interactive session organised by industry chamber CII, Bajaj said there are hardly any

G U WA H AT I , J U L 5 (AGENCIES): Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd., pioneers of the SUV segment in India, on July 4 launched its much-awaited SUV – the All-New ‘Scorpio-N’ – starting at Rs 11.99 lakh at Poddar Autocorp Private Limited, Guwahati. The vehicle was unveiled by Barsha Rani Bishaya, famous Assamese actress, Abhijit Basu Roy, RSM, NER, M&M Ltd., Akshay Poddar, CEO, Poddar Autocorp Private Limited and Rajdip Roy Chowdhury, ASM, NER, M&M Ltd. The All-New Scorpio-N is completely new ground-up, with no carryover components of the existing Scorpio. This allows the All-New ScorpioN to elevate existing segment benchmarks across all critical parameters: performance, capabilities, technology, sophistication, ride and handling, NVH, interiors and appearance.

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Concerns over 5% GST on hospital room rent

NEW DELHI, JUL 5 (AGENCIES/PTI): Hospital associations have expressed concerns over the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council’s decision to impose a five percent tax on hospital room rents (excluding intensive care units), saying that it will adversely impact patients as well as private healthcare facilities.

The Association of Working Group of Hospitals, in a letter to Finance Nirmala Sitharaman, said that such a recommendation will be contrary to the spirit and policy of the Government of India -- to provide affordable healthcare to all, Money Control reported.

A copy of this letter has also been sent to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya.

“It is mentioned in the order that there will be no Input Tax Credit and hence the entire cost will be passed on to the patient. This will considerably increase the total treatment cost to the patient,” the letter by Dr

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K R A M AT O R S K (UKRAINE), JUL 5 (AP): A day after Russian President Vladimir Putin declared victory in seizing an eastern Ukraine province essential to his wartime aims, the mayor of a city in the path of Moscow’s offensive warned residents Tuesday to evacuate ahead of an expected assault.

The warning from the mayor of Sloviansk underscored fears that Russian forces were positioned to advance farther into Ukraine’s Donbas region, a mostly Russian-speaking industrial area where the country’s most experienced soldiers are concentrated.

Sloviansk, which had a population of about 107,000 before Russian invaded Ukraine more than four months ago, appeared to be the next target. The city has taken rocket and artillery fire during the war, and the bombardment has picked up since Moscow took the last major city in neighbouring Luhansk

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Russia-Ukraine War: Russia has shifted its focus to the eastern Donbas region.

province, Mayor Vadim Lyakh said.

“It’s important to evacuate as many people as possible,” he said, adding that shelling damaged 40 houses on Monday.

The Ukrainian military withdrew its troops Sunday from the city of Lysychansk to keep them from being surrounded. Russia’s defense minister and Putin said the city’s subsequent capture put Moscow in control of all of Luhansk, one of two provinces that make up the Donbas.

The office of Ukraine’s president said the Ukrainian military was still defending a small part of Luhansk and trying to buy time to establish fortified positions in nearby areas.

The question now is whether Russia can muster enough strength to complete its seizure of the Donbas by taking Donetsk province, too. Putin acknowledged Monday that Russian troops who fought in Luhansk need to “take some rest and beef up their combat capability.”

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said Tuesday that the war in Ukraine would continue until all of the goals set Putin are achieved. However, Shoigu said “the main priorities” for Moscow at the moment were “preserving the lives and health” of the troops, as well as “excluding the threat to the security of civilians.”

When Putin ordered the invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, his stated goals were defending the people of the Donbas against Kyiv’s alleged aggression, and the “demilitarization” and “denazifaction” of Ukraine.

Pro-Russia separatists have fought Ukrainian forces and controlled much of the Donbas for eight years. Before the invasion, Putin recognised the independence of a pair of self-proclaimed separatist republics in the region. He also sought to portray the tactics of Ukrainian forces and the government as akin to Nazi Germany’s, claims

for which no evidence has emerged.

The General Staff of the Ukrainian military said Russian forces also shelled several Donetsk towns and villages around Sloviansk in the past day but were repelled as they tried to advance toward a town about 20 kilometers (12 miles) to the city’s north. South of the city, Russian forces were trying to push toward two more towns and shelling areas near Kramatorsk.

M e a n w h i l e, M o s cow-installed officials in Ukraine’s southern Kherson region on Tuesday announced the formation of a new regional government there, with a former Russian official at the helm.

Sergei Yeliseyev, the head of the new Moscowbacked gover nment in Kherson, is a former deputy prime minister of Russia’s western exclave of Kaliningrad and also used to work at Russia’s Federal Security Service, or the FSB, according to media reports.

NATO nations sign accession protocols for Sweden, Finland

BRUSSELS, JUL 5 (AP): The 30 NATO allies signed off on the accession protocols for Sweden and Finland on Tuesday, sending the membership bids of the two nations to the alliance capitals for legislative approvals.

The move further increases Russia’s strategic isolation in the wake of its invasion of neighbouring Ukraine in February and military struggles there since.

“This is truly a historic moment for Finland, for Sweden and for NATO,” said alliance Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.

The 30 ambassadors and permanent representatives formally approved the decisions of last week’s NATO summit when the alliance made the historic decision to invite Russia’s neighbor Finland and Scandinavian partner Sweden to join the military club.

Despite the agreement in the alliance, parliamen-

President of Finland Sauli Niinisto, left, and Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson.

tary approval in member state Turkey could still pose problems for their final inclusion as members.

Last week, Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned that Ankara could still block the process if the two countries fail to fully meet Turkey’s demand to extradite terror suspects with links to outlawed Kurdish groups or the network of an exiled cleric accused of a failed 2016 coup in Turkey.

He said Turkey’s Parliament could refuse to ratify the deal. It is a potent threat

since NATO accession must be formally approved by all 30 member states, which gives each a blocking right.

Stoltenberg said he expected no change of heart.

“There were security concerns that needed to be addressed. And we did what we always do at NATO. We found common ground.”

Every alliance nation has different legislative challenges and procedures to deal with, and it could take several more months for the two to become official members.

Chinese researchers develop device Chicago 4th July parade shooting: 6 dead, 30 injured Police find man that can test loyalty to ruling party suspected in shooting

B E I J I N G , J U LY 5 (IANS): Researchers in the eastern Chinese province of Anhui say they have developed a device that can determine loyalty to the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) using facial scans.

A short video uploaded to the Weibo account of the Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center on June 30 said the project was an example of “artificial intelligence empowering party-building”, RFA reported.

The Weibo post was later deleted, but a text summary of the video, produced in honor of the

CCP’s July 1 anniversary, remained available on the Internet Archive on Monday. “Guaranteeing the quality of party-member activities is turning into a problem in need of coordination,” the text said.

“This equipment is a kind of smart ideology, using AI technology to extract and integrate facial expressions, EEG readings and skin conductivity, making it possible to ascertain the levels of concentration, recognition and mastery of ideological and political education so as to better understand its effectiveness. “It can provide real data for organizers of

ideological and political education, so they can keep improving their methods of education and enrich content,” it added.

It said the device relies on “emotionally intelligent computing”, among other methods, to measure to what extent subjects “feel grateful to the CCP, do as it tells them and follow its lead”.

In the video, as reported by Hong Kong’s Ming Pao newspaper, a researcher in white walks into a room and sits in front of a screen to take a test, before receiving a test score and analysis onscreen, RFA reported.

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HIGHLAND PARK (ILLINOIS), JUL 5 (AP): Highland Park’s police chief said the 22-year-old man identified as a person of interest in the shooting that killed at least six people, wounded at least 30 and sent hundreds of people fleeing from an Independence Day parade in suburban Chicago on Monday has been taken into custody.

Police earlier said Robert E Crimo III should be considered armed and dangerous and was pulled over by police on Monday evening after a brief

Fort Worth Police, Chief Neil Noakes holds a news briefing at the site of a shooting early Sunday.

pursuit.

A gunman on a rooftop opened fire on an Independence Day parade in suburban Chicago on Monday, killing at least six people, wounding at least 30 and sending hundreds

of marchers, parents with strollers and children on bicycles fleeing in terror, police said. The suspect remained on the loose hours later as authorities scoured the area and police surrounded a home listed as

Sydney floods impact 50,000 around Australia’s largest city (nearly 8 inches) of rain in 24 hours, more than 17 per cent of the city’s annual average, Bureau of Meteorology meteorologist Jonathan How said.

Severe weather warnings of heavy rain remained in place across Sydney’s eastern suburbs on Tuesday. The warnings also extended north of Sydney along the coast and 60,000 people have been subjected to evacuation orders and warnings across the affected areas in Australia. (AFP) into the Hunter Valley. federal government financial assistance for flood victims.

Emergency Services Minister Steph Cooke credited the skill and commitment of rescue crews for preventing any death or serious injury by the fourth day of the flooding emergency. Parts of southern Sydney had been lashed by more than 20 centimeters

OFFICE OF THE

SANGKUMTI VILLAGE STUDENTS’ UNION KIPHIRE- NAGALAND

FELICITATION

The Sangkumti Village Students’ Union takes immense pride and joy to express our heartiest congratulations to Miss K. Tsuchungshi, D/o Mr. K Temsuba & Mrs. K Retsü for securing 3rd Rank (BA Sociology) under Nagaland University.

Further, the Union also conveys our profound happiness and appreciation to all the individuals who had successfully cleared the HSLC, HSSLC and Under Graduate (UG) Examinations 2022.

The Union wishes greater success and achievements in their future endeavours.

Retsulong K President, SSU

Tansumong T G/Secretary, SSU

France brings ASSAM RIFLES PUBLIC SCHOOL (HIGH), DIMAPUR (NAGALAND) 51 citizens home ASSAM RIFLES TRAINING CENTRE & SCHOOL from IS camps (A CBSE AFFILIATED SCHOOL) VACANCY FOR HINDI TEACHER 1. Written test and interview will be conducted on 19 JULY 2022 at ARTC&S, Dimapur (3rd Mile, Kohima Road) to fill up the following vacancy:Post TGT- Hindi

Qualification (i)

Graduate in respective subject (Post Graduate will be preferred)

(ii)

B.Ed from recognised university.(Mandatory)

2. Candidates who are willing to work in Assam Rifles Public School (High), Dimapur only to apply on or before 16 JULY 2022. Address of school for official correspondence is as under:O/C Assam Rifles Public School (High), Dimapur ARTC&S, 3rd Mile, Kohima Road Dimapur (Nagaland) PIN : 797115 3. For any queries, please contact 03862-243147 / 9927426396 (School NCO) or email at artcschool@gmail.com.

4. All expenses will be borne by the candidates themselves.

5. Pay and perks will be as per prevailing scales in comparable institutions.

Note : • All candidates are required to show PAN Card / UID or any other valid Identity Card.

• Candidates are required to apply only through offline mode. Applications along with supporting documents must be submitted in hard copy in the school’s office. No online application will be accepted.

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PARIS, JUL 5 (AP): French authorities on Tuesday repatriated 51 women and children from the former Islamic Statecontrolled areas in Syria, according to a statement from the national antiterrorist prosecutor’s office.

It’s the single largest return of women and children to France from camps in northeastern Syria since the territorial defeat of the Islamic State group in March 2019. France saw more of its citizens leave to join IS than any other country in Europe.

Tuesday’s group comprises 16 women, aged 22 to 39, and 35 minors, seven of whom are coming to France unaccompanied by adults. All but two of the women in the group are French citizens.

Interested Handicraft/Textiles artisans are hereby invited for attending 2(two) days Seminar/Workshop under AHVY Scheme at Wokha Town Hall, Wokha on 7th & 8th July 2022. Various important topics on Development Commissioner (Handicrafts) schemes, GST, e-Commerce, Importance of Handicraft Sector in the market, Handicraft Designs & Technology, Handicraft utility products, Mudra loan, Live demonstration etc will be discussed by various Resource persons. The Programme is sponsored by the Office of the Development Commissioner (Handicrafts), Ministry of Textiles, Govt. of India and implemented by NEPED, Govt. of Nagaland. For enquiry, contact No9862969555.

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HUMTSO UNION WOKHA TOWN H.Q. WOKHA -797111, NAGALAND

FELICITATION The Humtso Union Wokha Town with immense pride and honour would like to congratulate the following members: 1. Shri. N. Nyanbemo Humtsoe promoted to the post of Jr. Section Officer under the Department of Personal & Administrative Reforms (Personnel ‘A’ Branch), Government of Nagaland.

2. Shri. Benthungo Humtsoe promoted to the post of Jr. Section Officer under the Department of Personal & Administrative Reforms (Personnel ‘A’ Branch) Government of Nagaland.

3. Shri. Nzanthung T Yanthan promoted to the post of SDFO under Fisheries & Aquatic Resources Department.

4. Shri. C. Mhaden Yanthan, S/o Mr. & Mrs. E.Chibemo Yanthan selected as Bank Probationary Officer (SBI) through BPO Examination 2022.

5. Dr. L. Khyothungo Yanthan Jr. Specialist, District Hospital Longlen for achieving Recipients of Best Performing Doctor Award Nagaland on 1st July 2022.

6. Smti. Lorenda Humtsoe, D/o Mr. & Mrs. N. Yilobemo Humtsoe for securing Toppers in B.Sc. Honours (Geology) from Model Christian College with 6.45 CGPA Under - Graduate Examinations 2022.

The Union would also like to congratulate all the HSLC & HSSLC candidates who have cleared their Examinations 2022 with subject distinctions and also who have successfully cleared Under-Graduate Examination 2022 as subject Toppers.

The Union is immensely proud of your success & achievements and appreciates your effort for bringing laurels to the Union, further wishes them all the best in their future endeavours.

Sd/Sd/Sd/Mhomo Humtsoe Shri. Ratsemo Humtsoe Lumdemo Humtsoe Secretary, HUWT Chairman, HUWT Secy. Info. & Publicity, HUWT

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“This event is far from over. Please don’t be complacent, wherever you are. Please be careful when you’re driving on our roads. There is still substantial risk for flash flooding across our state,” Perrottet said. The New South Wales state government declared a disaster across 23 local government areas overnight, activating

the bonds that still hold it together. “It is devastating that a celebration of America was ripped apart by our uniquely American plague,” Illinois Governor J B Pritzker said at a news conference.

“I’m furious because it does not have to be this way... while we celebrate the Fourth of July just once a year, mass shootings have become a weekly — yes, weekly — American tradition.”

The shooting occurred at a spot on the parade route where many residents had staked out prime viewing points early in the day for the annual celebration. Dozens of fired bullets sent hundreds of parade-goers — some visibly bloodied — fleeing.

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The worst flooding was along the HawkesburyNepean river system along Sydney’s northern and western fringes.

“The good news is that by tomorrow afternoon, it is looking to be mostly dry but, of course, we are reminding people that these floodwaters will remain very high well after the rain has stopped,” How said.

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R I C H M O N D, J U L 5 (AP): Hundreds of homes have been inundated in and around Australia’s largest city in a flood emergency that was impacting 50,000 people, officials said Tuesday. Emergency response teams made 100 rescues overnight of people trapped in cars on flooded roads or in inundated homes in the Sydney area, State Emergency Service manager Ashley Sullivan said. Days of torrential rain have caused dams to overflow and waterways to break their banks, bringing a fourth flood emergency in 16 months to parts of the city of 5 million people.

Evacuation orders and warnings to prepare to abandon homes impacted 50,000 people, up from 32,000 on Monday, New South Wales Premier Dominic Perrottet said.

his possible address. Highland Park Police Chief Lou Jogmen had said that police had identified 22-yearold Robert E Crimo III as a person of interest and cautioned he should be considered armed and dangerous. Police declined to answer questions about how they identified Crimo.

Authorities had described his car as a silver Honda Fit with an Illinois license plate DM 80653.

The July 4 shooting was just the latest to shatter the rituals of American life.

Schools, churches, grocery stores and now community parades have all become killing grounds in recent months. This time, the bloodshed came as the nation tried to find cause to celebrate its founding and

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Youth Department Karan Johar donates Rs 11 Director booked for controversial ‘Kaali’ poster MTBC to celebrate ‘Music Fest’ lakh to Assam CM Relief Fund T I B h e D e l h i Po l i c e has registered an FIR against Director Leena Manimekalai, a day after a complaint was lodged against her over a controversial poster of her new documentary, a senior police official said on Tuesday. The poster was shared by Manimekalai on social media on July 2. In the poster, Hindu Goddess ‘Kaali Maa’ is shown smoking a cigarette.

Delhi Police spokesperson Suman Nalwa told IANS that a complaint was received by the police regarding the poster on social media of Goddess Kaali shown smoking a cigarette.

“From the contents of the complaint and the alleged post, prima facie, an offence under section 153A (Promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, etc., and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony) and 295A (Deliberate

and malicious acts, intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs) of the Indian Penal Code was made out,” the police official said.

The FIR has been registered at the Intelligence Fusion and Strategic Operations (IFSO) unit of the Delhi Police’s Special Cell police station. “Investigation in the matter has been taken up,” the official added.

The poster sparked off a massive uproar on social media and the demand to arrest the director trended on

Twitter. The documentary revolves around the events that take place one evening, when Goddess Kali appears and strolls on the streets of Toronto.

The complaint against Director Leena Manimekalai was lodged by a Delhibased lawyer and activist Vineet Jindal on Monday.

“The Director has hurt my religious sentiments by showing Goddess Kaali smoking which is highly objectionable and not acceptable in any manner,” Jindal told IANS. “This deliberate and

malicious act, intended to outrage religious feelings of Hindu community through highly objectionable video and photo from her Twitter account by the accused which is well circulated in social media and all public platforms is an offence under section 295A, 298, 505, 67 I.T Act and 34 IPC and therefore penal action should be taken against the accused,” the complaint filed with the Cyber Cell of Delhi Police read.

The lawyer said that the objectionable video clip and photo must be banned and removed from the Internet immediately considering the defamatory impact and outrage it would cause to Hindus as it has disparaged the religious beliefs of a community.

On Monday, the Indian High Commission in Canada also urged the organisers to withdraw all provocative material related to the ‘Kaali’ documentary.

(IANS)

n view of the Coronavirus induced lockdown and going virtual for two years, Mokokchung Town Baptist Church Youth Department is all set to celebrate the XXXI “Music Fest” 2022 based on the theme “Taochi” from Thursday evening. This edition will feature some of the best talents from Mokokchung Town Baptist Church and also performances from churches of other tribes in Mokokchung.

For the first time, the two-day mega event will feature battle of worship bands, where worship teams from nine fellowships under Mokokchung Town Baptist Church Youth Department will vie for the ultimate title.

The organising committee said that the objective behind the competition is to reignite their passion to lead praise and worship and also as an encouragement to continue with the worship activities in their respective

fellowships.

Music Fest, which is one of the most anticipated and the longest running event in town has been providing platforms to the youths of the Church to discover their God given talents. It also acts as a ministry to reach out to the youths with the message of God’s unconditional love which apparently is the theme for this year’s edition.

While the planning has been going on for the past two months, the whole town anticipates to witness some exhilarating and excellent execution of talents.

In their parting note, the organising committee has extended their warm invitations to all the citizens of the town to come and be a part of this mega event and also informed that the show will go live on Youtube channel MTBA Mokokchung.

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ollywood directorproducer Karan Johar has donated Rs 11 lakh for flood relief to the Assam Chief Minister’s Relief Fund on Tuesday. ‘’Grateful to film producer @karanjohar and Dharma productions for contributing Rs 11 lakh to CM Relief Fund’’, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma tweeted.

He also acknowledged the initiative taken by Bollywood director Rohit Shetty in ‘’getting the entire film industry together for the cause of #AssamFloods’’.

Earlier, Shetty and actor Arjun Kapoor had contributed Rs five lakh each to the CMRF. Film and music producer and T-Series owner Bhushan Kumar had contributed Rs 11 lakh while singer Sonu Nigam had donated Rs 5 lakh to CM Relief Fund as assistance for flood relief and rehabilitation.

Several prominent personalities, including the head of Reliance Industries Limited’s Mukesh Ambani and Tibetan Spiritual leader The Dalai Lama had also contributed to the CMRF. Assam is reeling under devastating floods this year with 180 people losing their lives and nearly 90 lakh affected so far. (PTI)

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The Assemblies of God of East India holds leaders prayer and revival conference

A 3 days leaders prayer and revival conference of the AGEI was held from 4th – 6th July 2022 at Bethesda Celebration Centre, Central Colony, Walford, Dimapur under the theme “Will you not revive us” again . This meeting aimed at revitalizing a spirit of revival and bringing a sense of urgency of prayer in our personal lives and amongst the churches of North East India .

The speakers of the conference were Rev. Paul Thangiah, General Superintendent of Assemblies of God, India, Rev. Timothy John, Rev. Shine Thomas, Rev.Quintilan Watt, Pastor Charles and Rev. Younus Samuel.

The speakers spoke and encouraged the pastors and leaders on various topics related to leadership and ministry. The speakers also spoke on the importance of prayer and revival and encouraged everyone to start revival movements in their own places. Many were revived and received the anointing of the Holy Spirit.

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LUMKHATA SHANGRUTI MULONG Angangba Village, Longkhim-798616, Tuensang, Nagaland lumkhatashangruti@gmail.com

Lumkhata Shangruti Society in collaboration with the Govt. of Nagaland, Nagaland Police and the Assam Rifles organised a Seminar on Drug Abuse on 2nd of July 2022 at Govt. Higher Secondary School, Longkhim, Tuensang, Nagaland.

The seminar started off with welcome address from Mr. H. Yolongchum Sangtam, President of the Society followed by exhortation by Shri. Vishal, IPS, SP, Tuensang who exhorted the gathering that we are against drugs and not against anyone and that together we would fight against drugs. There were also speeches by Shri. Sheta Lohe SDPO, Police Tuensang who gave a speech on Legal Aspects followed by Dr. Senilo Magh, Psychiatrist, MO, District Hospital, Tuensang who spoke on addiction and de-addiction of drugs, Capt. Sumeet Singh 32 AR Longkhim gave a view on politics of drugs around the world and lastly Dr. Longriba Pastor, LTBL enlightened the audience on spiritual insight, and Mr. Tsingtrongse, General Secretary of the society delivered the vote of thanks.

More than 250 students and around 200 OST clients along with the students' unions and village councils of Longkhim area attended the seminar. Lumkhata Shangruti Society would like to extend our heartfelt gratitude to Shri. Kumar Ramnikant IAS, DC, Tuensang and Shri. Vishal IPS, SP, Tuensang for their unceasing support and help both financially and physically. We also convey our gratitude to Shri. Amit Kumar IPS, SP, Shamator for gracing the program with his presence and Ms. Thingrinula Chairlady, ECS Tuensang, 32 Assam Rifles Longkhim, Frontier Development Society, Longkhim and other groups and individuals who had contributed immensely towards the success of the seminar.

H. Yolongchum Sangtam Tsingthrongse Sangtam Chairman General Secretary

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FELICITATION

With immense pride and honor we the Khamima Students Union Kigwema would like to extend our heartiest congratulations to Ms. Viziesieno Yhoshü daughter of Mr. Pfüdilolhou Yhoshü and Mrs. Abvüno Yhoshü for achieving Top Rank 1 (Gold Medalist) in the recently conducted Under Graduate Examinations 2022.

The union prays and wishes great success in her future endeavours.

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he Omicron variant is less likely to give you long COVID than a previous strain of the virus, British researchers say.

What was described as the first peer-reviewed report to investigate Omicron and patients’ risk of persistent symptoms found 4.4% of Omicron cases resulted in long COVID. That’s well below the nearly 11% associated with the Delta variant, which was the dominant strain of SARS-CoV-2 earlier in the pandemic, researchers said.

But because the Omicron variant is far more contagious than Delta, more people get infected with Omicron and, therefore, more experience long COVID, they added.

“We still need to keep providing support for people with long COVID while we try to understand why it occurs and how we can treat it,” said lead researcher Claire Steves, a senior clinical lecturer at Kings College London. Long COVID can include a variety of symptoms and last for weeks, months or, potentially, years, affecting a person’s quality of life, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Sometimes the symptoms can go away or come back.

They can include fatigue, fever, malaise, trouble breathing, cough, chest pain, heart palpitations and dizziness. People can also have foggy thinking, depression, anxiety, headaches and sleep problems, as well as loss of smell and taste. Diarrhea, stomach pain, muscle ache, rash and changes in the menstrual cycle are also possible.

For the study, Steves and her colleagues used the U.K.-based ZOE COVID Symptom study app to collect data on 56,000 people infected with the Omicron strain. They were compared with more than 41,000 people infected with the Delta strain.

The upshot: Odds of getting long COVID were

20% to 50% lower with Omicron than Delta. The odds were dependent on a patient’s age and time since vaccination.

Infectious disease expert Dr. Marc Siegel, a clinical professor of medicine at NYU Langone Medical Center in New York City, said long COVID is probably more common than realized. “[Omicron] doesn’t cause as much deep lung infections, but it’s also true that there’s immune protection from the vaccine and previous infections to some extent,” he said.

It follows that if cases are less severe, there won’t be as much long COVID, said Siegel, who reviewed the findings. “That’s my personal experience,” he said.

“In my practice, I never see anyone with loss of smell and taste anymore.”

Still, Siegel predicts COVID may become a permanent part of the landscape, like the flu.

“We’re still seeing disease and hospitalizations, but we’re seeing a lot more disease than hospitalizations now,” he said. “I think that’s where we’re heading with this. I can’t be sure, but I think we’re heading into a semi-permanent phase of persistent disease, but less severe outcomes.”

He emphasized that having had COVID doesn’t mean you won’t get it again, because immunity from the infection appears to be short-lived. And breakthrough cases are possible even if you’re vaccinated, though they’re likely to be less severe than if you weren’t, Siegel said.

“Don’t count on prior infection to completely protect you and don’t count on a vaccine to completely protect you, but get as much immunity as you can,” he said.

It’s reassuring to know that Omicron appears to cause fewer long-term symptoms, Siegel said.

“Be aware that Omicron causes fewer long-term symptoms but not zero,” he emphasized. “We need to continue to be aware of this virus and to be cautious about it.” The new findings were published online June 18 in The Lancet.

By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter

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How long-Covid risk varies by variant

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Sindhu, Prannoy lead India in Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR, JUL 5 (IANS): World No 1 and former World Champion P.V. Sindhu, World No 24 Saina Nehwal, Thomas Cup winner H.S. Prannoy and 2014 Commonwealth Games gold medallist Parupalli Kashyap will lead the Indian challenge in the BWF Malaysia Masters Super 500 badminton championships in Kuala Lumpur, this week.

Two-time Malaysia Masters winner Sindhu is seeded seventh and takes on China’s He Bing Jiao in her opening match hoping to better her 8-10 head-tohead record. Saina, who lifted the trophy in 2017, starts her campaign against South Korea’s Kim Ga Eun in the opening round.

In the absence of World Championship silver medallist Kidambi Srikanth, H.S. Prannoy, who had reached the quarterfinal stage of the Malaysia Open last week, will face France’s Brice Leverdez in his opening match while Kashyap takes on Indonesia’s Tommy Sugiarto.

World half marathon cancelled due to Covid fall-out

PARIS, JUL 5 (AGENCIES): The World Athletics Half Marathon Championships due to take place in Yangzhou in China this November have been cancelled “as a consequence of the (Covid-19) pandemic” the sport’s governing body said on Tuesday.

The World Athletics Council has, though, “resolved to grant the World Athletics Road Running Championships to Yangzhou in March 2027.”

World Athletics took the decision following discussions with the local organising committee amd the Chinese Athletics Association.

P.V. Sindhu and H.S. Prannoy

Former World Championship bronze medallist B. Sai Praneeth will open his campaign against Kevin Cordon of Guatemala. The other Indian male players in the fray are Sameer Verma, who will open his campaign against fourthseed Chou Tien Chen of Chinese Taipei.

Meanwhile, in firstround action on Tuesday, India’s Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand went

down to Tan Pearly and Tinaah Muralitharan of Malaysia in a women’s doubles match on Court 1, losing 21-14, 21-14. In another women’s doubles match, Pooja Dandu and Arathi Sara Sunil lost to the eighth-seeded pair Gabriela Stoeva and Stefani Stoeva 21-17, 21-17 in 30 minutes.

Another Indian women’s doubles pair, K. Ashwini Bhat and Shikha Gautam lost to fourth

seeds Yuki Fukushima and Sayaka Hirota 21-7, 21-10.

India’s Srivedya Gurazada and her American partner Ishika Jaiswal failed to get the better of Chinese pair Liu Xuan Xuan and Xia Yu-Ting, losing 21-10 and 21-10 in 26 minutes.

In the women’s singles qualifying, Malvika Bansod went down to Malaysia’s Goh Jin Wei 21-10, 21-17 in a 33-minute encounter.

Salah in elite company along Messi & Ronaldo LO N D O N, J U L 5 (AGENCIES): Liverpool has seen the fate of two of its regular forwards go in opposite directions in the same window, with Sadio Mane leaving the team for Bundesliga Champion Bayern Munich.

According to Sportstar, Mohamed Salah, the other forward, chose to walk in a different direction, extending his stay at the Merseyside club for three more years till 2025.

After the new contract, the Egyptian has become the highest paid Liverpool player ever and one of the highest paid footballers in the world, keeping him in the list

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alongside Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Neymar.

His wages, estimated at £400,000 per week including incentives, is almost double of Liverpool’s second-highest paid footballer, Virgil Van Dijk.

In 254 matches for the Reds, Salah has 156 goals and 63 assists, becoming one of the most significant forwards to ever don the red jersey.

The 30-year-old had arrived at Anfield for a price less than Andy Carroll, but has not just become Liverpool’s best players currently, but one of the highest goal scorers in the club’s history.

Deepti, Shafali gain in Women’s ODI Rankings

DUBAI, JUL 5 (IANS): India all-rounder Deepti Sharma and opener Shafali Verma have made significant improvements to their positions in the ICC Women’s ODI Player Rankings after helping the country take a 2-0 lead against Sri Lanka in the ICC Women’s Championship (IWC) series being played in Pallekele.

Deepti, who grabbed three for 25 and scored an unbeaten 22 to win the ‘Player of the Match’ award in the first ODI, has moved up two places to 29th position among batters and three slots to 16th among bowlers. In the rankings for all-rounders, she has gained 20 rating points to reach within one point of Australia’s Ashleigh Gardner, who is sixth in the list.

Verma, who is leading the run aggregate in the series with 106 runs including an unbeaten 71 in the second match, is up 12 places to a career-best 36th among batters. She is currently ranked fifth in T20Is but has been ranked No.1 in that format in the past.

Other Indians to move up the batters’ list are Pooja Vastrakar (up three places to 61st), Rajeshwari Gayakwad (up four places to 93rd) and Meghna Singh (up seven places to 100th). They have all also moved up the bowlers’ list -- Gayakwad from 12th to 11th, Meghna from 58th to 47th and Vastrakar from 57th to 50th.

Sehwag, Pathan brothers set to play in Legends League Cricket

NEW DELHI, JUL 5 (IANS): Former India cricketers Virender Sehwag, Irfan Pathan and Yusuf Pathan will play in the second edition of Legends League Cricket scheduled to be started from September 20 to October 10 in Muscat, Oman.

“I love to be in the Cricket field. I missed playing the 1st season of LLC but it would be great to go back into the field with the LLC season 2,” former India batter Virender Sehwag said “Excited to announce that I’ll be back in action p l ay i n g L e g e n d s L e a gueCricket in September.

Aur iss baar kuch naya bhi hone wala hai...so I am really looking forward to being in Oman,” Irfan Pathan said.

After the success of season 1, Legends League Cricket is back with a second season from September 20, to October 10, which features 4 privately owned franchisees.

Yusuf Pathan said, “Practice makes you perfect. And I’m perfecting my shots for action packed season 2 of the Legends League Cricket. It was fun in January, and I am get-

ting ready for September.”

The first season of Legends League Cricket had former cricketers from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Australia, England, among other cricket nations divided into 3 Teams representing India, Asia and Rest of the World. Cricket fans all across the world saw the Legends of Cricket sweat it out at their competitive best during the first season.

Football coaching and referee’s training organised by Tening Town Youth Organisation under the aegis of Peren District Football Association is underway at Tening Town from July 4-9. PDFA technical committee member, Chamchangbo is the coach and trainer.

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Mercedes are a step closer to winning again: Hamilton

India placed in Group D in FIFAe Nations Cup 2022

Z U R I C H ( S W I T Z E RLAND), JUL 5 (IANS): India have been drawn in Group D of FIFAe Nations Cup 2022 alongside Netherlands, Poland, Italy, Mexico and Morrocco after the official draw was held at Zurich, Switzerland on July 4.

The Indian team comprising Charanjot Singh, Siddh Chandarana, and Saransh Jain etched their names in the history books by qualifying for the FIFAe Nations Cup 2022. This will be India’s debut appearance at the esports showcase event, which will take place in Copenhagen, Denmark from July 27 to July 30, 2022.

In the FIFAe Nations Series 2022 playoffs, India overcame the Korea Republic and Malaysia to qualify for the FIFAe Nations Cup 2022. The Indian efootball team’s adventure began in January 2021, when the AIFF and FIFA inked a participation agreement for the FIFAe Nations Series 2021. India was one of 60 K Y M C

countries that took part and was assigned to the Middle East and Africa Zone. India came in third place in their zone, just missing out on a spot in the FIFAe Nations Playoffs 2021. India won 12 games, lost 11 games, and drew 9 games during the play-ins over four Match Weeks. India remained in Division 1 for the entire four-match weeks.

India qualified for the Playoffs by finishing second in the Consistency Points table, putting them one step closer to the FIFAe Nations Cup in 2022. India also reached its greatest global ranking of 19 during this time period.

Esports in India are on the verge of rising, as we got to see when eISL was introduced in the last edition of Hero Indian Super League. Saransh Jain who played for the Chennaiyin FC eISL team while speaking to AIFF said, “It has been a great experience to represent the Indian national team.

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Hamilton after a race won

by Ferrari’s Spaniard Carlos Sainz, with Red Bull’s Mexican Sergio Perez second. “The fact that we were able to follow and dice like that, lap on lap, is a testament to the direction I think that we’re now in.

I was just grateful that I could be in the battle. Because I’ve not been in that fight for a while.”

T h e p o d i u m wa s Hamilton’s third in 10 races but the result meant that for Lewis Hamilton the first time in a Formula One career that started of the previous races after improve performance. dominating for the past “We’ve made a step with McLaren in 2007 he eight years, brought in a closer to them. So we’ve has gone 11 races without package of upgrades to got to keep pushing,” said a victory.

Gratitude

We, the family members and relatives of Mr. IlhovI KhujuMI of AsuKhoMI vIllAge, resident of CheKIye village, dimapur would like to express our profound gratitude to each and everyone who had offered assistance physically, mentally, financially and materially, during the tragic accident of our Regional Taxi, Tata Sumo near NuNuMI vIllAge on 28th June 2022.

We sincerely convey our special thanks to: 1.

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GB’s & public of Nunumi Village Asukhomi Union Zbto.

Pastor and church staff of Nunumi Baptist church 4. ANTA Zbto Unit/drivers and Owners.

5. Madam Ruth, commandant 8 NAP for providing recovery van.

6. O.c Satakha Police Station.

7. doctors and nurses of PHc Satakha 8. Rev. kughato chophy, Pastor and staff of STBc 9. Rev. Honito chophy, Pastor and staff of UBc 10. All well wishers of Satakha Town and nearby villages 11. Asukhomi Union dimapur 12. chekiye Village Baptist church

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LONDON, JUL 5 (REUTERS): Mercedes have narrowed the gap to Formula One leaders Red Bull and Ferrari and may not be too far from winning again, seven-times world champion Lewis Hamilton said after Sunday’s British Grand Prix.

Hamilton finished third at Silverstone, a record 13th time he has finished on the podium at his home race, and led for the first time this year. He also set the fastest lap for a bonus point.

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Eng create record in 7-wkt win against India Chathe XI win NCA champion trophy

BIRMINGHAM, JUL 5 (IANS): Joe Root slammed his 11th Test century since 2021 while Jonny Bairstow hit his second hundred of the rescheduled Edgbaston Test as England defeated India by seven wickets on the fifth day of the match.

Resuming from 259/3, Root (142 not out off 173 balls) and Bairstow (114 not out off 145 balls) achieved the required 119 runs in an hour and a half to tie the series being played for the Pataudi Trophy 2-2 and deny India their first series victory in England since 2007.

The successful chase of 378 is also the highest England have chased ever in Test cricket. After chasing 277, 299 and 296 against New Zealand, England chasing 378 against India also made them the first team in Test cricket to chase four 250+ scores successfully in consecutive matches.

Root and Bairstow were efficient, flawless and dominant in their unbeaten stand of 269 as the Bazball winning juggernaut continues for England.

Nine balls into day five in front of a crowd offered free tickets, the ball was changed, not for the first time in the match. The last time ball change happened; India got three quick wickets on day four. But Jonny Bairstow quashed all hopes of

ning run to get the job done easily for England.

Brief scores: India 416 & 245 lost to England 284 & 378/3 in 76.4 overs (Joe Root 142 not out, Jonny Bairstow 114 not out, Alex Lees 56; Jasprit Bumrah 2-74) by 7 wickets

WTC points table: India slips below Pakistan

England’s captain Ben Stokes, left, and India’s captain Jasprit Bumrah shake hands after receiving the winners trophy in Birmingham, England, Tuesday. (AP PTI)

an encore, slamming backto-back boundaries through cover point and backward point.

Root survived chopping onto his stumps off Shami, but apart from this, looked in immaculate control. India were all over the place with the ball, with Shami leaking eight byes and giving England free gifts.

Another ball change happened in the 65th over, but it brought no respite for India as Root hit Jasprit Bumrah for successive boundaries -- steer-

ing through the third man and leaning forward to clip through deep mid-wicket, which also brought the 200 of the partnership.

Root reached his fifth Test century of this year by dabbing a listless Mohammed Siraj past gully. He continued to flow effortlessly, caressing Siraj for a boundary through extra cover and getting a top-edge fly past a sprinting fine leg. But the jaw-dropping shot of the day came when he pre-mediated the reverse scoop over fine leg for a six off Thakur, two balls after he danced down

the pitch to hit a boundary over the bowler’s head.

On the other side, Bairstow had to spend a quiet time in the 90s, including playing a maiden over off Ravindra Jadeja. But he reached his century with a single through square leg off Jadeja. He then treated Siraj with absolute disdain -- smashing a hat-trick for boundaries through point, down the ground and midwicket.

Root nailed a reverse sweep off Jadeja for a boundary before repeating the same shot for the win-

India slipped to fourth on the World Test Championship (WTC) points table after being docked two points by the ICC for slow over-rate during its seven-wicket defeat against England in the rescheduled fifth Test at Edgbaston on Tuesday.

The ICC announced that the India has also been fined 40% of its match fee for the offence. After the penalty, India is on 75 points (point percentage of 52.08), a rung below Pakistan (52.38%).

With six games still left for India in this WTC cycle - four against Australia at home in early 2023 and two against Bangladesh away later this year - it can reach a maximum PCT (percentage of points won) of 68.05. The Rohit Sharma-led side’s final hopes will, therefore, also hinge on the performances of South Africa and Pakistan in their upcoming tours.

Players of Chathe XI with the chief guest and others after the final match. (NP) Staff Reporter

DIMAPUR, JUL 5 (NPN): Chathe XI defeated Doyang XI by 30 runs to lift the Nagaland Cricket Association Women’s Champion’s Trophy at Sovima Cricket Ground on Tuesday. Batting first Chathe XI scored 94 runs

for the loss of five wickets.

In the run chase Doyang were bowled out for 64/8.

Sariba Khan of Dikhu XI was named as the best batter. She scored 154 runs in the tournament. Alamlie of Chathe XI, who took 10 wickets was named as the best bowler, Illuneule of Chathe XI was adjusted as

the best wicket keeper and Elina Muru of Tizu XI was named the player of the tournament.

The tournament commenced on July 1 and the final match was graced by additional deputy commissioner of police, Chumoukedima Tokavi Achumi as chief guest.

Badminton Asia Technical Committee apologises to Sindhu for umpiring error NEW DELHI, JUL 5 (AGENCIES): Badminton Asia Technical Committee chairperson Chih Shen Chen conveyed to the double Olympics medallist and champion shuttler P.V. Sindhu that after their investigation, it was found to be a human error on part of the umpire during the last Badminton Asia Championships semifinal.

It may be mentioned here that the incident happened when Sindhu was leading 21-13, 14-11 in the match, Sportstar reported. The 26-year-old from Hyderabad lost 21-13 19-21 16-21 to finish off with a bronze medal, her second in the continental

individual championship.

“The umpire told me you’re taking a lot of time but the opponent wasn’t ready at that point,” said Sindhu after the match then.

“But the umpire suddenly gave her the point and it was really unfair. I think that was one of the reasons why I lost. I mean that is my feeling because at that moment it was 14-11 and could have become 15-11 but instead it became 14-12 and she took continuous points. And I think it was very unfair. Maybe I would have won the match and played in the final.”

Court slams AFI for CWG selection; Wimbledon: Djokovic fights back; Mirza and Pavic in semis Mirza and Pavic beat Dabrowski and Peers gives time till Wednesday for final call NEW DELHI, JUL 5 (AGENCIES): The Delhi High Court on Tuesday came down heavily on the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) regarding its team selection for the Commonwealth Games, giving it time till Wednesday morning to ‘revisit the issues that arise’.

Ju s t i c e Ya s h wa n t Varma, hearing high jumper Tejaswin Shankar’s petition challenging his exclusion from the squad despite meeting the qualifying mark, told the AFI to not pick and choose selection rules arbitrarily. The AFI has been asked to report to the judge at 10.15 am with its reply on the same.

“The court heard the case at length today and went through all the selected names and their achievements threadbare.

There are quite a few who have been included despite not achieving the qualify-

ing mark set by AFI itself.

There are others who did not participate in the Inter-State meet. The court was firm that the AFI cannot pick and choose application of its rules,” Tejaswin’s counsel Malak Bhatt told Sportstar.

The judge, Bhatt added, directed the AFI to either inform its willingness to do it or else “I will be forced to pass it as part of the court order that everyone who has not qualified should be removed and you include all these five additional names that have.”

Asked about the AFI’s contention that they had sought spots from the Indian Olympic Association for

the six additional names, Bhatt said the court refused to be drawn into that.

“The court was of the view that it was between the organisers and the IOA and did not have a bearing on the merits of this case, which was about following the AFI’s own selection norms,” he added.

The court, while allowing the AFI to exercise discretion in selection, was however clear that the discretion did not extend to applying the rules. “They should include all who qualified and then they can use their discretion to stick to the quota. They cannot be selective with the rules,” Bhatt explained.

LONDON, JUL 5 (AGENCIES/IANS): Novak Djokovic stormed back from a two-set deficit to overcome an upset bid by Jannik Sinner in the 2022 Wimbledon men’s quarterfinals Tuesday.

Djokovic, who recorded 41 winners and eight aces in the five-set win, held a 4-1 lead in the opening set before Sinner surged ahead to win the first two sets.

The 20-year-old Italian couldn’t complete his quest to earn his first Grand Slam semifinal appearance, however, as the 20-time major champion found his rhythm on the return and mounted a furious comeback with five breaks over the final three sets.

Sinner, the tournament’s No. 10 seed, finished the match with 43 winners and 41 unforced errors.

Djokovic had dropped just two sets over his first four matches on the grass courts of the All England Club before getting pushed the distance Tuesday.

The six-time Wimble-

Novak Djokovic

don champion played a pair of nearly flawless sets of counterattacking tennis to get the match back level.

Sinner faced an injury scare late in the fourth set when he rolled over on his ankle, a moment initially reminiscent of Alexander Zverev at this year’s French Open, but he was able to quickly get back to his feet with a little help from his counterpart.

Maria seals maiden semifinals spot

Germany’s Tatjana Maria came up with another fighting display as she fought back from 2-4 down

in the final set to get the better of compatriot Jule Niemeier in an all-German encounter at Wimbledon to seal a maiden Grand Slam semifinal spot on Tuesday.

After losing the first set 4-6, Maria came back strongly to win the second 6-2 but was facing ouster as she was trailing 2-4 in the decider but came back strongly to win the match 4-6, 6-2, 7-5. Ranked outside the world’s top 100, the 34-yearold mother of two is proving to be the best escape artist in the draw in the grass-court tournament, winning four three-setters on her way to the semifinals.

Sania Mirza

Sania Mirza and her Croatian partner Mate Pavic reached mixed doubles semifinal at Wimbledon on Sunday.

The sixth-seeded pair defeated the fourth-seeded Canadian-Australian duo of Gabriela Dabrowski and John Peers 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 in the quarterfinal match that lasted one hour 41 minutes, Sportstar reported.

This is Sania’s best mixed doubles perfor-

mance at the All England Club. She had previously reached the quarterfinals in 2011, 2013 and 2015.

The win also takes the Indian one step closer to a Career Slam in mixed doubles. Sania, along with Mahesh Bhupathi, won the mixed doubles titles at 2009 Australian Open and 2012 French Open before going all the way at the 2014 US Open with Bruno Soares of Brazil.

Kohima inter-department tourney Correspondent

KOHIMA, JUL 5 (NPN): The second edition of Inter Department Badminton Tournament Kohima 2022 will be held from July 22 and 23 at the multipurpose hall, Assembly Secretariat Kohima.

Announcing this at a press conference, DC Kohima, Shanavas C, said the event has been organized to promote camaraderie among the government employees of various departments. He said after the success of the first edition in October, 2021, where a total of 37 departments and 8 legislators took part, this edition was likely to attract more participants since more people were now

aware of it.

He informed that there would be four categories including men’s doubles, women’s doubles, mixed doubles and 50+ which would include legislators and retirees.

For the men’s doubles, Shanavas invited two teams each from every department and one team each for the other three categories from each department. On the cash reward, he said the winner and first runners-up would receive Rs 15,000 and Rs 10,000 respectively.

He informed that any State player in any department would only be allowed to pair up with an amateur player to make up a team in order to retain fairness in the game.

Cricket trials in Longleng DIMAPUR, JUL 5 (NPN): Longleng District Cricket Association (LDCA) has informed that the open trials for all categories for the upcoming session 2022-2023 will commence from July to August 4. According to LDCA press release, verification of players will be done for all the categories namely U-16, U-19, U-23 and senior men’s at Longleng public ground on July 9 to 11. Players already registered with NCA need not produce the document, but should be physically present at the time of verification. A player will be allowed to undergo trial in only one category; Yo-yo test mandatory for all the categories; players should produce original birth certificate, Aadhaar card, pan card at the time of verification and for further security of documents. Further details can be contacted at 9366969439.

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