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Govt cuts basic duty on edible oils Spl. Correspondent

NEW DELHI, NOV 5 (NPN): In a bid to reign in continuous rise in the cooking oil prices, the Centre has cut the basic duty on crude palm oil, crude soyabean oil and crude sunflower oil from 2.5% to nil.

According to the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, the agri-cess on those oils has been brought down from 20% to 7.5% for crude palm oil and 5% for crude soyabean oil and crude sunflower oil.

Following the reduction, the total duty is 7.5% for crude palm oil and 5% for crude soyabean oil and crude sunflower oil. The basic duty on RBD Palmolein oil, refined soyabean and refined sunflower oil has been slashed to 17.5% from the current 32.5%.

Before reduction, the agricultural infrastructure cess on all forms of crude edible oils was 20%. Post reduction, the effective duty on crude palm oil will be 8.25%, crude soyabean oil and crude sunflower oil will be 5.5% each.

To control prices of edible oils, the government has rationalised import duties on

Gov, CM, Dy.CM extend Tokhu Emong greetings D I M A P U R , N OV 5 (NPN): Nagaland governor, Prof. Jagdish Mukhi, chief minister, Neiphiu Rio and deputy CM, Y. Patton have extended Tokhu Emong greetings to the Lotha community.

In his message, Prof.

Mukhi said “this beautiful festival represents the rich cultural heritage of our people.” During the postharvest festival, he said people rejuvenate through the celebrations after a period of tremendous hard work in the field. Mukhi said that the festival also signifies ending of all bitterness and strengthening the familial and social bonding and also a celebration of unity and gratitude.

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Meet on NagalandAssam border issue

DIMAPUR, NOV 5 (NPN): State chief minister Neiphiu Rio, convenor of NLA select committee to examine the Nagaland-Assam border issue, has convened a meeting of the committee on November 22 at 10:30 a.m. at the NLA Committee Hall. All the members have been requested to attend the meeting.

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"Ok, the government may have slashed petrol and diesel price but that doesn't mean it has slashed everything."

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Retail edible oil prices drop by Rs 5-20/kg in major markets palm oil, sunflower oil and soyabean oil, futures trading in mustard oil on NCDEX has been suspended and stock limits have been imposed. Prices have been reduced to give relief to consumers during festival season.

According to the ministry, the edible oil prices are still higher than a year ago but there has been a declining trend from October onwards. “Despite international commodity prices being high, interventions have been taken by Central Government along with State Governments’ pro active involvement have led to reduction in prices of edible oils,” it said.

Retail edible oil prices drop (PTI adds): Edible oil prices in the major retail markets across the country

have declined by Rs 5-20 per kg after various measures, including an import duty cut, by the government, Food Secretary Sudhansu Pandey said on Friday.

“The government has taken a number of steps to ensure consumers get relief from high prices. We are happy to share the trend from 167 centres.

Edible oil prices have declined quite significantly in the range of Rs 5 and 20 per kg in the major retail markets across the country,” Pandey said during a press briefing.

For instance, retail palm oil price in Delhi declined by Rs 5 to Rs 133/ kg on November 3 from Rs 139/kg, while it fell by Rs 18 to Rs 122/kg from Rs 140/kg in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, while by Rs 7 to Rs

125/kg in Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu from Rs 132/kg in the said period, he said.

Even retail price of groundnut oil declined by Rs Rs 5-10/kg, while soyabean oil by Rs 5-11/kg, and sunflower oil by Rs 5-20/ kg between October 31 and November 3, he added.

In the case of mustard oil, the Secretary said, “we have not seen a significant reduction in prices,” but the steps taken by the government including import duty rationalisation will have an impact on prices of mustard oil as well.

Domestic edible oil prices have soared in tandem with the global prices which shot up due to reduced availability of edible oils for food use following diversion for biofuel in Indonesia, Brazil and other countries.

No proposal to extend free ration scheme NEW DELHI, NOV 5 (PTI): The Centre on Friday said there is no proposal at present to extend free foodgrains supply via the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) to provide relief to ration card holders, in view of recovery in the economy and good disposal of foodgrains in the open market under the OMSS policy.

Initially, the additional free benefit under the PMGKAY was provided for a period of three months (April-June 2020) to ameliorate distress caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

However, with the crisis continuing, the pro-

gramme was extended for another five months (JulyNovember 2020).

After the onset of the second wave of the pandemic, the PMGKAY was once again rolled out for a period of two months (MayJune 2021) and was further extended for a period of five months (July-November 2021).

Asked if the Central government will further extend the scheme, Food Secretary Sudhansu Pandey said, “Since the economy is also reviving and our OMSS (open market sale scheme) disposal of foodgrains has also been exceptionally good this year. So, there is no proposal to extend Prad-

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han Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana.”

The OMSS policy has been consumer-friendly this year, he told reporters during a press briefing on falling edible oil prices.

The government has been selling rice and wheat to bulk consumers under the OMSS policy to improve availability in the domestic market and check prices.

The Centre is providing an additional quantity of 5 kg foodgrains per person per month, free of cost, to more than 80 crore beneficiaries over and above the normal quota under National Food Security Act (NFSA).

Tripura police book 4 SC lawyers under UAPA

president Dr. Tolto Metha stated that the three unions at a joint meeting convened

by ASTD at the request of KUDD and CKU “seriously deliberated against the use of the name Ao tribe by the two assailants and assaulting the victim Aremchang Imchen using lethal weapon causing serious injuries which made the victim comatose due to injuries.”

ASTD expressed its unhappiness over the act of the assailants, but after thorough

deliberation, the unions resolved that “all the parties shall not take the matter on tribal lines and amicably settle the matter.”

The house was of the “unanimous opinion” that such brutal assaults had “no place in this day and age” when Nagas were yearning for peace, goodwill and harmony amongst the Naga brethren. They urged all members of the organisations to refrain from such “barbaric, senseless and de-

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NHRC to take up Samuel, Rosy Sangma death case; issues notice to Haryana DG

AG A RTA L A , N OV 5 (PTI): Tripura police have registered a case against four Supreme Court lawyers under the stringent UAPA and various sections of IPC for allegedly promoting communal disharmony with their social media posts about the recent violence targeting Muslims, a senior official said on Friday.

The lawyers have also been served notices asking them to appear before police by November 10 for questioning, Superintendent of Police of West Tripura district Manik Das said.

“A group of Supreme Court lawyers visited Tripura on Tuesday last and after their visit we noticed that several posts were made in social media expressing their discontent regarding the recent communal incidents...,” Das told PTI. If convicted under the tough UAPA, an offender may face imprisonment up to seven years.

that the ministry of home affairs (MHA) on July 13 had also directed the Central Bureau of Investigation to probe the mysterious deaths of Rosy Sangma and Samuel Sangma.

Rosy Sangma died at a private hospital in Gurugram on June 24 after a medical condition. “On the next day, June 25 the Delhi Police (which has a special police unit for the northeast region) received information regarding the death of Shri Samuel Sangma in New Delhi,” the statement said.

“The family of the deceased has alleged that Ms. Rosy Sangma had died due to negligence on part of the hospital. They also attributed some alleged foul play in the death of Shri Samuel Sangma by the hospital personnel,” the home ministry statement said.

Before his death, Samuel made videos in the hospital accusing the doctors of

State logs 11 fresh cases, 1 Covid-19 death

RPP highlights anomalies in DUDA

G U WA H A T I / N E W DELHI, NOV 5 (AGENCIES): Four months after the mysterious deaths of Rosy Sangma and Samuel Sangma, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken up the case and issued notice to the District Magistrate of Gurgaon and Haryana Director General of Police (DGP) seeking a detailed report within six weeks, a TNT report stated.

Following a petition filed by Garo Development Council (GDC) chairman Alex K Sangma and vice chairman Thengsil Sangma on July 1, the commission has also registered a case (No 1504/7/5/2021) on the deaths. The NHRC will take up the case on December 20.

Samuel, hailing from Dimapur in Nagaland, was living on rent with his aunt Rosy, an air hostess, in the Bijwasan area of Delhi.

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D I M A P U R , N OV 5 (NPN): Nagaland on Friday recorded 11 fresh Covid-19 positive cases while one more patient succumbed to the infection.

Of the fresh cases, 10 were from Dimapur and one in Kiphire, taking the total caseload to 31905.

Further, one more patient succumbed to the virus in Dimapur, pushing the death toll to 688 (including 15 non-Covid deaths).

Meanwhile, 12,17,940 persons have been inoculated against Covid-19 (713801 1st dose and 504139 2nd dose).

PTI: I n d i a l o g ge d 12,729 new cases taking the country’s total tally of Covid-19 cases to 3,43,33,754, while the death toll climbed to 4,59,873 with 221 fresh fatalities, according to the Health ministry.

ASTD, KUDD, CKU resolve to amicably settle assault case DIMAPUR, NOV 5 (NPN): Ao Senso Telongjem Dimapur (ASTD), Khezhakeno Union Dimapur District (KUDD) and Chiecha Kuda Union (CKU) have resolved to amicably settle the physical assault on Aremchang Imchen by Kevechulo Koza of Khezhakeno and Keneiletuo Zumvü of Chiechama on October 13, in Dimapur.

In a joint declaration, ASTD president Meren Longchar, KUDD president Mezhulhou Koza and CKU

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spicable activities” in the future.

Further, the unions, while considering that they would continue to live together in Dimapur district, resolved that the members would “embark on a new journey of camaraderie and kinship; and also, to make an appeal to all like-minded organisations to join us in this voyage so as to usher in a new era of better understanding and relation in the society.”

D I M A P U R , N OV 5 (NPN): Continuing its fight against corruption, Rising People’s Party (RPP) has once again highlighted anomalies in the Department of Under Developed Areas (DUDA).

In a statement, RPP pointed out that the Central government had released Rs 43.83 crore approximately for 2019-20 for development of Eastern Nagaland and other areas of the State under the Underdeveloped

Area Programme (UDAP) and Border Area Development Programme (BADP).

However, while perusing through the 121 work orders, RPP said the amount sanctioned was calculated at Rs 43.83 crore approximately, whereas the RTI reply furnished by DUDA mentioned the released amount as only Rs 32. 69 crore.

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feeding her ice-cream while she was in the intensive care unit, and insisted that their negligence led to her aunt’s death.

The local police, however, treated his death as a suicide. But his family alleged that Samuel’s body had marks on his body, possibly due to assault.

His family also stressed that he had no reason to give up his life and it was only on his insistence that his aunt- he referred to her as elder sister in the video clips - was taken to hospital on June 22 on account of severe pains.

Several prominent leaders from the northeast including Lok Sabha member Agatha Sangma, former Meghalaya chief minister Mukul Sangma and Meghalaya governor Satya Pal Malik had also written to Union Home minister Amit Shah to seek a thorough probe into their deaths.

keep on getting the work orders year after year, thereby indicating that there was a syndicate in the State government.

Mentioning that it had already published the work orders and list of firms that were awarded contracts for 2011-12 in newspapers and social media, the party said, due to paucity of time, it would publish the work orders awarded between 2012-2013 and 2018-2019 in (Cont’d on p-8)

Wankhede to no longer probe cruise drugs case; NCB transfers 6 cases to SIT MUMBAI/NEW DELHI, NOV 5 (PTI): Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) officer Sameer Wankhede has been taken off the controversial cruise drugs case in which Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan was arrested, with the agency transferring the investigation in the matter and five other cases from the Mumbai unit headed by him to an SIT. Wankhede, who is facing several personal and service-related allegations, will continue to be the Mumbai zone director of the agency.

Officials cited “administrative grounds” for the decision to transfer the six cases, which also include the one involving the son-in-law of Maharashtra cabinet minister Nawab Malik who had launched a tirade against Wankhede and levelled several allegations against him.

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Aryan Khan

The NCB issued a statement on Friday to say that the six cases are being “taken over” by the special investigation team (SIT) of officers from the Delhi operations unit as they have “national and international ramifications and in order to conduct a deeper investigation to find out forward and backward linkages.”

It said, “No officer or officers have been removed

from their present roles and they will continue to assist the operations branch investigation as required until any specific orders are issued to the contrary.’’

The NCB reiterated that it functions across India as a single integrated agency.

The NCB operations unit has a pan-India jurisdiction and it is currently headed by DDG Sanjay Kumar Singh.

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Gene common in South Asians may explain severe Covid-19 in Indian Subcontinent: Oxford Study LONDON, NOV 5 (PTI): Scientists at the University of Oxford have identified a gene that may double the risks of lung failure and death from Covid-19, and could explain why people of South Asian ancestry have a higher risk of severe disease. The LZTFL1 gene changes the way the lungs respond to viral infection, and is the most important genetic risk factor identified so far, the researchers said.

They noted that the gene version is carried by nearly 60 per cent of people

with South Asian background, compared with 15 per cent of those with European lineage. The finding, published in the journal Nature Genetics on Thursday, could also partly explain the impact of Covid-19 in the Indian subcontinent.

The researchers used a combination of artificial intelligence (AI) and new molecular technology to pinpoint LZTFL1 as a gene responsible for the increased risks. LZTFL1 blocks a key protective mechanism that cells lining

the lungs normally use to defend themselves from the viral infection, they said.

When these cells interact with SARS-CoV-2, which causes Covid-19, one of their defence strategies is to turn into less specialised cells and become less welcoming to the virus. This process reduces the amount on the surface of cells of a key protein called ACE2, which the coronavirus uses to attach itself to the cells.

However, for people with the LZTFL1 gene this process does not work as

well, and lung cells are left vulnerable to infection by the virus. The researchers noted that it is particularly important to offer vaccina-

tion to communities that are at greater risk of serious Covid-19 infection as a consequence of carrying this genetic predisposition, as their increased risk should be cancelled out by immunisation.

Independent experts said the findings are important but warrant further investigation.

“The discrepancy between the risk of serious disease and death in different ethnic groups has previously been attributed in part to socio-economic

differences, but it was clear that this was not a complete explanation,” said Professor Frances Flinter, from Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, UK. Evidence that LZTFL1 has emerged as a candidate causal gene, which is potentially responsible for some of the two-fold increased risk of respiratory failure from Covid-19 in some populations, provides a big step forward in our understanding of the variable susceptibility of some individuals to

serious disease and death, said Flinter, who was not involved in the study. Simon Biddie, from the University of Edinburgh, UK, said the study provides compelling evidence to suggest roles for LZFTL1 in severe Covid-19 that warrants urgent further investigation.

“The finding will need further experimental verification to provide direct evidence for regulation of LZTFL1, using for example genome engineering approaches,” said Biddie, who was not a part of the study.

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Mmhonlumo stresses on promoting culture, tradition

DIMAPUR: Tokhü Emong & Mini Hornbill Festival 2021 began on Friday at public ground, Wokha with advisor, IT, science & technology and NRE, Mmhonlumo Kikon as special guest.

Extending Tokhü greetings, Mmhonlumo dwelt on the rich Lotha culture and expressed strong desire to prioritise and promote our culture and tradition.

He stressed on how storytelling was an important and powerful medium of communication and how discussions were essential for preserving one’s culture.

Mmhonlumo encouraged the gathering to contribute and strengthen the apex body in any capacity

Mmhonlumo Kikon speaking at the programme on Friday at public ground, Wokha.

they can.

He stated that a few individual interests should not dilute the Lotha tribe and that they should rather support the apex body “Lo-

tha Hoho” which he said would bring many changes and elevate the community.

He pointed out that Lothas may have stayed low for some time and that it was

a time where we they should come out of the shallow and lead Nagas on the forefront.

The advisor called for an equitable, fair and just solution and urged the gathering to consider the sacrifices made by leaders of Lotha for the Naga cause.

He advised the people to clear negative thoughts on COVID-19 vaccination and urged them to get vaccinated. Mmhonlumo stressed on “unity in purpose” and encouraged the people to volunteer and sacrifice for the betterment of the community. Meanwhile, Witter Theological College (WTC), Vankhosung and Wokha Town Longsa Eloe

Cultural Group presented Lotha cultural songs while Wokha Town Phiro Cultural Organisation presented a traditional folk dance.

Declaration of indigenous games competition was done by Lotha Hoho chairman, Mhondamo Ovung.

Earlier, the inaugural session was chaired by Lotha Hoho joint secretary, Amos Odyuo, in invocation prayer was said by Yikhum Baptist Church associate pastor, Sanjamo Odyuo and welcome address was delivered by Lotha Hoho advisor, N. Thungjamo Lotha.

The declaration of indigenous singing event of

Tokhü Emong was declared open by accounts officer, DRDA, Wokha, Benrithung Kikon as special guest.

Vaccination booth to be installed at venue Deputy commissioner (DC), Wokha Orenthung Lotha has informed that the Wokha District Task Force (DTF) for COVID-19 would install vaccination booth at the Tokhü Emong Mini Hornbill festival venue.

The DC informed that both first dose and second doses could be availed at the booth.

Further, the DTF has appealed to the public to come forward and avail the opportunity as responsible citizens.

Training on nutritional growth monitoring Registration drive of E-Shram held in Noklak

DIMAPUR: Training on nutritional growth monitoring was held at District Hospital (DH) conference hall, Mon on November 2.

In a press release, NHM, Mon media officer Leevan Chemshy informed that resource person, Dr Penjei MO Shangnyu PHC gave detailed presentation on the overview of the training.

He spoke about the definition of the pur-

pose, aims, importance of growth monitoring, assessment of physical growth, growth chart, schedule, role of AWW and nutritional programme in India.

Meanwhile, the district review meeting was also conducted on the same day where block programme managers (BPMs) presented their second quarter service delivery data through PowerPoint presentations.

Each block laid down the monthly performance of their respective health unit on ANC, deliveries, OPD/IPD and immunisation.

The programme was attended by deputy chief medical officer (CMO), senior medical officers, medical officers, district programme manager, block programme managers, district community mobiliser and ASHA coordinators.

TCRC spiritual awakening prog held

DIMAPUR: Tsiesema Christian Revival Church (TCRC) held its spiritual awakening program from October 29-31 with Koinonia prayer centre assistant, H Rokopra Mekro as the main speaker.

In a press release, TCRC informed that during the programme, Rokopra Mekro exhorted how the apostles were first commissioned to do the work of God by receiving the spirit of God. He said that the spread of gospel was through receiving of the Holy Spirit however, many churches today were dying as they were not fulfilling the commission of

God and failed to receive the Holy Spirit.

He further shared about the work of the Holy Spirit and challenged the believers not just to be listeners but doers of the word and to continuously love one another.

During the three-day revival programme, healing and deliverance was also ministered to the congregation.

The culmination service was led by associate pastor Lhouvituolie, bible reading by deacon Razousilie special praise by the Rubies, Evangelist Neilhou Sopfünuo and Mozo & friends.

cluded on November 25. In a press release, VLCs/CSC informed that the drive would be carried out village-tovillage in the entire district.

It may be mentioned that the E-Shram is a National Database of Unorganized Workers (NDUW) under ministry of labour and employment.

The registered-workers details are seeded with primary occupation, Aadhaar, bank details and other details.

As per department of labour and employment, the target for enrolment under Beneficiaries at the E-Shram registration drive at Noklak district is 16569 and Pangsha new village. as of November 3, Nagaland DIMAPUR: Following Noklak villages on Novem- has registered 55032 unorthe direction of the dis- ber 1 is scheduled to be con- ganised workers in total. trict administration and In Loving Memory department of labour and of Late Yekivi Swu employment, Village Level On his 4th Death Anniversary Entrepreneurs/ Common 06/11/2017 Services Centre (VLCs/ CSC) of Noklak have been My Soul Finds Rest in God alone carrying out registration My salvation comes from him drive for E-Shram in Noklak district. The drive which He alone is my rock and my commenced at Kusong and salvation

(Psalm 62: 1-2)

Always loved and remembered

Acknowledgement

Loving wife and children

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NEWS IN BRIEF Mokokchung DPDB meeting: Deputy commissioner & vice chairman, Mokokchung District Planning and Development Board, Limawapang Jamir has informed that the monthly DPDB meeting would be held on November 8, 11 a.m., in the conference hall of ADC (planning), Mokokchung. DPDB members have been requested to attend the meeting.

Vaccination & animal health camp: ICAR-NRCM Mithun, Medziphema, for Mithun Conservation Unit of Khonoma Village conduetd a vaccination & animal health camp on November 3 under Tribal Sub Plan. Altogether, 67 animals were vaccinated against FMD, HS and BQ with participation from 40 farmers.

Tuensang DPDB meeting on Nov 8: Monthly meeting of the Tuensang DPDB would be held on November 8, 11 a.m., in the conference hall of the DC. DPDB members have been requested to follow COVID-19 SOPs and attend the meeting.

PDLUN formed: Following a meeting on November 4, Peren District Labour Union Nagaland (PDLUN) was formed “for the welfare of unorganised section of employees/workers in the district”.

Altogether, 17 members representing the four blocks of Peren district attended the meeting. The union would be leaded by Ahingbe Zeliang as president and Haicheulak Hegui as general secretary.

NSCN (R) extends Tokhu Emong greetings: NSCN/GPRN (Reformation) has extended warm greetings on the occasion of Tokhu Emong to the Lotha Nagas. The group said that Lothas were one of the advanced Naga tribe known for their hard work, dedication and sincerity and expressed optimism that with these qualities Lotha brothers and sisters would continue to inspire and lead other Nagas from the forefront.

34th DEATH ANNIVERSARY Died on 07-11-1987

In Loving Memory of our Father Late Lochamo Ezung

It had been thirty four years since you left us but your presence is always missed.

Your devotion to Almighty God has always been an example to us and it shall be passed on for generation.

May you rest in peace, till we meet again.

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“And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased”.

Hebrews 13:16 e could’ve never asked for a more precious mother and a more loving wife. Although our hearts still yearn for you to be in our midst, our great and gracious Father saw through all your pain and sufferings and took you under His loving embrace. Dearest Azuo, we hope you will continue to pray for us from above until we meet again in the fellowship of our most loving Father.

Though we are unable to thank or mention each and everyone who stood by us in our times of grief and need, may the Almighty God bless you all in abundance.

We would also like to convey our special thanks to : CRC Merhülietsa, Kohima, CRC Merhülietsa: Miapuonuo, Miazuonuo, Khriesarüü, Jr. CYE Krotho, CRC Nachama, CRC Nachama, CRYF, CRC Tsiepfütsiepfe Thenumiapfü Krotho, UCRC New Market Thenumiapfü Krotho, CRC Bayavü Miazuonuo Krotho, CRC Bayavü Kohima, CRC Kohima Town Sub Council Women Union, Kohima Town Christian Revival Churches Sub-Council, Chakhesang Baptist Sector Church, Lerie, Chakhesang Baptist Church, Ministers Hill, Mrs & Dr. Neikiesalie Nicky Kire, Mrs & Dr. Chotisüh Sazo, Dharmendra Prakash, PCCF & HoFF, Pr. Vizolie Zhale, CRC Merhülietsa, Rev. Dr. Vevo Phesao, Chakhesang Baptist Church, Ministers Hill, Northeast Cancer Hospital, Guwahati, Dr. B. Borooah Cancer Institute, Guwahati, Dr. C.W. Nyuthe, Naga Hospital (ICU) Kohima, KOHIMAS Hospital, Kohima, NDPP Youth Wing, Forest Colony, Kohima, NDPP Forest Colony Unit, Forest Colony Union (Council), Kohima, Forest Colony Youth Organization, Lower Forest Colony Women Union, Lt. Visenuo Sanchu Lushe Women Welfare Society, Forest Colony, Born: 16-07-1976 Died: 31-10-2021 Forest Colony (Mewibogei) Women Fellowship, Mewibogei Youth, Kohima, Village Council, Nachama, Nachamiapfü Kiya Chazou Tuoketako Krotho, State Silviculturist & staff, Chiephobozou Range (Forest) staff, Fernwood School 2011 Batch, Oriental Theological Seminary, M.Div II, Bade, Dimapur.

Azuo, you will be forever missed and fondly remembered, Loving family members.

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Mhathung Yanthan addressing the gathering at the programme. (DIPR)

DIMAPUR: Advisor, horticulture & border affairs, Mhathung Yanthan on Friday said that a state like Nagaland with rural based agrarian economy had large scope on beekeeping or apiculture.

Speaking at the awareness programme on “scope & importance of bee, beekeeping & honey” initiated

by Nagaland Beekeeping & Honey Mission (NBHM) in collaboration with Central Institute Horticulture (CIH) Midziphema at Sanis town under Wokha district, Mhathung urged the trainees to protect and preserve the bee.

Stating that Nagaland Beekeeping & Honey Mission (NHBM) had come a

long way since its inception in 2007, he expressed happiness that the mission had achieved many laurels under its belt.

He lauded NHBM for venturing into new activities, broom and mushroom cultivation in the form of providing a livelihood support to beekeepers and to the community.

The advisor said that beekeeping was not very popular in the area which he was representing and that during his day as team leader of NHBM, he had encouraged the area people on beekeeping however, they were receptive.

In this regard, he expressed happiness as people have now realised the

Skill development training conducted in Longleng

Trainer Phenmei Phom with trainees at Vomshak’s Treat Kitchen.

DIMAPUR: Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP), District administration & Mahila Shakti Kendra (DLCW) Longleng organised a fourday skill development training on baking for educated

and unemployed women from October 28-31 at Vomshak’s Treat Kitchen Longleng.

According to a DIPR report, a total of eight girls from Longleng sardar un-

derwent the baking class with trainer Phenmei Phom.

The training was aimed at generating self-employment and to empower women on starting small enterprises.

importance of beekeeping.

Mhathung said beekee ping was cr ucially important for agriculture well-being of the state and the natural and biological interdependence that came from bee pollination and production of seeds be it agriculture, horticulture or other forestry produce largely depended on availability of bee in large scale.

He acknowledged the nodal department for conducting such awareness programme and urged the trainees to be actively involved and to share their experiences with others.

Meanwhile, delivering the keynote address, commissioner & secretary to governor of Nagaland

‘Kala Utsav 2021’ held in Dimapur DIMAPUR: Regional level virtual “Kala Utsav 2021” was organised at Kendriya Vidyalaya Dimapur on October 28.

In a press release, Kendriya Vidyalaya informed that jury members of different events were assistant professor, University of Hyderabad, Dr. Pragya Pyasee, principal, Natraj Music College, Dimapur, Nilima Deb, consultant (museum) UPSC New Delhi, Dr. Vijay Kumar Mathur, assistant professor, Dr. W W Patankar PG Girls college, Durg, Chhattisgarh, Yogendra Tripathi, TGT (art education) JNV Peren Sourabh Basak.

The competitions were held under guidance of venue principal in-charge, Dr. Sajida Siyahi. Activities performed in regional level Kala Utsav 2021 were vocal music (classical, traditional folk), instrumental music (classical and traditional folk), dance (classical and folk), visual arts (2D and 3D), indigenous toys and games.

ABAM CEM committee holds interface meeting

ABAM CEM committee members along with representatives from CSOs at the meeting on Friday.

DIMAPUR: Under the initiative of Ao Baptist Arogo Mungdang (ABAM) Clean Election Movement (CEM), the ABAM CEM committee and civil societies of Mokokchung held an interface meeting on at Süngkomen Baptist Church meeting hall on Friday.

In a press release, ABAM informed that during the meeting, ABAM executive secretary Rev. Dr. Mar Pongener said that the interface was convened to take stock of cooperation and discuss the future areas of collaboration and exchange views on mainK Y M C

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taining clean election in Mokokchung district.

He said that if there should be a change in the electioneering system, it was their faithful participation during the election.

Quoting from one of Abraham Lincoln’s statements that read, “people cannot change the truth, but the truth can change the people”, he said that unless people allowed the truth to prevail, they would continue to be enslaved by the dreadful electioneering system.

Speaking at the meeting, ABAM CEM convenor (Pastor Ungma BC), Rev. Dr. Noklen Longkumer

opined that, unless they robustly repudiated all the human power, the worse thing was conspicuous.

He therefore said that regardless of the situation, one must elect a God-fearing person with integrity and someone who loved the people over his/her own family.

He further pointed out that declaration of the village candidate was intolerable.

Meanwhile, ABAM former executive secretary, Rev. Dr. Kari Longchar strongly opposed the present political scenario and appealed to all concerned

that they could not afford to procrastinate their rightful voices against the corruption.

“It is high time for every citizen to fight and even reject leaders who do not adhere to the need of the people” he stated.

During the discussion, leaders from all civil society organisations (CSOs) in consent declared that they were ready to go hand in hand in the fight against prevailing malpractices during the election.

They also hoped that the total coverage of such interface meeting, especially to the youth cells would have a significant impact.

Earlier, ABAM acknowledged Süngkomen Baptist Church for its hospitality and for hosting the meeting.

It also stated that it looked forward to seeing changes in the coming Nagaland Legislative Assembly (NLA) election as they collaboratively fight against all insidious plans and actions.

The meeting was attended by Ao Senden, Watsü Mungdang, Ao Kaketshir Telungjem, All Ward Union Mokokchung and Mokokchug Town Lanur Telungjem.

and team leader NHBM, T. Mhabemo Yanthan said sustaining the economy of the rural people was very important in any kind of society for any government of the day.

He said that the potentiality of beekeeping was conceived by the then team leader of NHBM, Mhathung Yanthan in 2007.

In this regard, he said the nodal department was doing a good job and that some of its activities was brought honour and prestige.

He said that the department received national award, the best award for wild honey and mushroom cultivation under ministry of tribal affairs, under van Dhan Vikas Kendra (VDVK) and had received nine awards.

It may be mentioned that the objective of the programme was to encourage farmers on income generation and crop productivity and production through bee pollinating services. The programme was also targeted on quality control of honey and marketing strategy Altogether 70 beekeepers and horticulture farmers from 15 villages under Sanis division attended the awareness training programme.

Imnatiba along with the graduates and faculty of FTC during the graduation ceremony.

DIMAPUR: Faith Theological College (FTC) held its 12th graduation ceremony on in the college campus on November 4.

A press release from FTC informed that while speaking at the programme as special guest, advisor industries & commerce, labour & employment, skill development & entrepreneurship, Imnatiba congratulated the graduates to be more disciplined and committed for the work of God. He also encouraged them to have Christ-like character and assured to help the college in every possible way.

Meanwhile, guest speaker of the ceremony, Fellowship of Naga Baptist Associations (FNBA) general secretary, Rev. H. Gideon encouraged the gathering from Exodus 3:1-7.

He challenged the gathering based on the calling of Moses and advised them not only to work for God but to work with God. Later, he dedicated the newly graduates of FTC. The prog ram was chaired by lecturer Kasuidi Gangmei and invocation was said by Lotha Baptist Church, Purana Bazar, senior associate pas-

tor Rev. Khyolamo Jami.

Conferring of degrees was done by principal and academic dean followed by charge to the graduates by founder principal, Rev. Dr. S. Gangte.

Valedictory speech was given by Zachisato Tetseo (M.Div) & Bendangsenla Ao (M.Th), vote of thanks was proposed by board chairman, Dr. L. Yezhekhu Sumi followed by benediction from Unity Village Sumi Baptist Church pastor, Rev. Dr. Khetoshe Aye. Altogether, 20 students of the B.Th/M. Div/M.Th courses were graduated.

New ANCSU team takes over Correspondent KO H I M A , N OV 5 (NPN): The new team of All Nagaland College Students Union (ANCSU) office bearers led by Toito D Chishi as the president took over during a “change of guard” programme held at NSF office conference hall, here on Friday.

In his speech, assistant law professor, Kohima Law College (KLC), Kezhokhoto Savi urged the student leaders not to trade one’s right for the sake of development.

Kezhokhoto who was at a tribunal general of ANCSU in 1999 said some recent policies and steps taken by the government had posed a threat to the provisions enshrined in Article 371 (A) which granted special status to Nagaland.

Citing examples including Securitization and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Securities Interest Act (SARFAESI

Students career interaction programme held DIMAPUR: Modern Institute of Teacher Education Kohima (MITE), organised a “career need analysis” programme for higher secondary students on October 30.

In a press release, MITE informed that convener Dr. T. S. Pandian in his speech said many students in Nagaland without authorised agencies for guidance and counseling had been misguided and entered the wrong careers.

With an objective of connecting individual’s potentials, desires and opportunities and informing the students at the right time, the data were collected on student’s career options, misconceptions and apprehension through questionnaires and interaction as first step.

The convener stated that the follow-up programmes would be conducted by inviting experts for individual career guidance based on the data collected.

Altogether 110 students from arts and commerce participated in the workshop.

ANSCU members during the change of guard in Kohima on Friday.

Act) and Register of Indigenous Inhabitants of Nagaland (RIIN) which were a direct threat to the ownership of land in the state and indigenous rights of its people.

He urged the union to be aware of such nefarious designs which would affect the people in the long run.

Kezhokhoto encouraged them to take up issues

which were in the interest of the people.

He lamented that the current society was marred by corruption, however he said the student’ community would be able to make amends in those areas.

He called the student leaders to be disciplined and propagate the habit of being generous.

Meanwhile, outgo-

ing president Vimeyiekho Vitso said with the current change of educational system nationwide, it was pertinent for students and parents to adapt to such changes.

Earlier, elected president Toito D Chishi assured that he would work with utmost sincerity and carry on the legacy of the union to greater heights.

ATMA organises field day

DIMAPUR: Agricultural Technology Management Agency (ATMA) Dimapur, Medziphema block organised a field day and winter vegetable seeds distribution programme at Seithekima-A and Jharnapani village in convergence with KVK Jharnapani on October 30.

In a press release, ATMA Medziphema block informed that during the programme, ACTO, KVK

(ICAR) Jharnapani and BTT Convenor, ATMA (Medziphema block), E. Lireni Kikon spoke about the improved varieties of winter vegetable seeds, field preparation, method of sowing, importance of spacing, and pest management measures for better growth and productivity.

Meanwhile, Lireni gave a short account on the importance of soybean cultivation during a field

day.

Lireni also delivered detailed hands-on field demonstration on raised nursery bed preparation in both the villages.

Altogether 19 women farmers participated in the programme.

Rabi vegetable seeds such as onion, radish, turnip, Chinese cabbage, etc., were also distributed to Sede and elite FIG’s from both villages.

Nzau Namsan village, Nzau village and Nzaulun Aruang Tening town jointly repaired the road stretch from Tening-Nzau Namsan on November 3, through donation of cash, transportation and tools. The road repair work was initiated due to innumerable potholes and was participated by 150 people.

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Tripura police book 4 SC lawyers

SC lawyers Ehtesham Hashmi, Amit Srivastav, Ansar Indoori and advocate Mukesh at the PCI on November 2. ( Twitter)

Correspondence

IMPHAL, NOV 5: Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh on Friday appreciated the state police department for its ‘sincere efforts’ towards restoration of peace in the state. The joint passing out parade of the 48th batch of civil police constables (male) and 55th batch of riflemen (MR/IRB) was held at Manipur Police Training College (MPTC), Pangei in Imphal East district on Friday. In a speech at the passing out parade of newly recruited constables and riflemen in the state police department, Singh claimed that the state government has able to concentrate on development works as peace was restored in the state.

“Manipur police had played a great role in making it possible,” he declared.

The chief minister asserted that police-public relation has now become immensely cordial unlike the past. “People no longer feel uncomfortable and insecure when they come across police and security personnel,”

he said. The chief minister who also appreciated the roles of the police in the ‘War on Drugs’ campaign of his government, said that “police should be always vigilant to prevent all sorts of unwanted incidents.”

There was no point in wearing a police uniform if they do not protect people or stand as a silent spectator when any scuffle happens or any suspicious crowding comes into sight, he said.

He also exhorted the passed out personnel to serve the state and the nation with full devotion at the places of posting and be nice to the public and help them when they are in need.

In all, 2722 newly recruited personnel passed out from the college today.

Even though their training commenced in 2019, the passing out parade for both the batches was deferred due to COVID-19 pandemic.

MPTC director RK Tutusana administered oaths to the newly recruited constables and riflemen and presented reports of the two training batches.

Correspondent

IMPHAL, NOV 5: Four alleged inter-state drug traffickers, including a woman, were arrested in Manipur with one kg of ice-drug(crystal methamphetamine) worth rupees two crore in the international market.

Sleuths of Narcotic and Affairs of Border (NAB) of Manipur police arrested the four alleged drug traffickers during an operation at Mantripukhri and Sekmai along NH-2 on Thursday evening.

The confiscated drug would worth over Rs one crore in the international market, the police said.

They said that the sleuths first arrested three persons - Md Azad Khan of Lilong Haoreibi, Mustaqeem of Lilong Chandrakhong and Annie Khumlo Anal of Lilong Haoreibi - from Mantripukhri after the suspected crystal methamphetamine was recovered from their possessions.

On their revelation, the NAB team arrested the fourth person identified

Massive fire in Rangia, Assam RANGIA (ASSAM), NOV 5 (PTI): Several houses and commercial establishments were gutted and property estimated to be worth crores of rupees destroyed in a fire in Rangia town of Assam’s Kamrup (Rural) district, an official said on Friday.

No person was injured in the fire incident on

Aerial shot of houses built by China in Arunachal Pradesh (File Photo) “PRC (People’s Republic of China) officials, through official statements and state media, had also sought unsuccessfully to prevent India from deepening its relationship with the US during and subsequent to the standoff, while accusing India of being a mere ‘instrument’ of US policy in the region,” it stated.

The department also asserted that Chinese officials have warned US officials to not interfere with the their relationship with India.

Elaborating about India and China border dispute in the last 18 months, it stated that despite the ongoing diplomatic and military dialogues to reduce border tensions, the PRC has continued taking

and the both state and Central government do nothing, it raises a question on the rule of the law as well as the justice system,” he added.

The JuH said that it was a shame that the mob chanted slogans during the procession and set fire to mosques and shops in the Muslim-majority areas, while the police and the administration remained a mute spectator.

Madani said: It is being believed that the violence came as retaliation to the attack on Hindus in Bangladesh. But if something happens in a foreign country, is it is right to take revenge on the citizens of one’s own country?

“We had strongly condemned the violence in Bangladesh. It should not happen in any civilised society.”

“Strongly condemning” the violence against the Muslims in Tripura, the JuH demands that the state government not only ensure their protection, but also take strict legal action against the culprits,” he said.

If such people are shielded, they will get emboldened and continue to pose a threat to the law and order situation, he added.

I TA NAG A R , N OV 5 (PTI): Arunachal Pradesh did not report any new COVID-19 case in the last 24 hours, while 17 more people recuperated from the disease, pushing the total number of recoveries to 54,826, a senior health official said here on Friday.

The COVID-19 tally in the frontier state remained at 55,174, the official said.

Ar unachal Pradesh now has 68 active COVID-19 cases, State Surveillance Officer (SSO) Dr Lobsang Jampa said.

The COVID-19 recovery rate now is 99.37 per cent, Jampa said.

The COVID-19 death toll in the state remained at 280 as no new fatality was reported in the last 24 hours, the SSO said.

Tawang district has the highest number of active cases at 14, followed by East Siang (11), Lohit (10) and Lower Dibang Valley (9).

As many as 11,87,463 samples have been tested for COVID-19 thus far in the state, including 201 on Thursday, Jampa said, adding that the positivity rate stood at 1.53 per cent.

Four interstate drug traffickers Assam Cong blames BJP for misgovernance held with drug worth Rs 2 cr in Mnp

Thursday night, he added.

The fire broke out near Mrittunjay Shiv Temple in the town on Thursday night during Diwali celebrations, engulfing several houses, shops and godowns.

Eight fire tenders were able to douse the fire with the help of local people after more than two hours, the official said.

China built village inside Arunachal: US NEW DELHI, NOV 5 (IANS): China has built a large 100-home civilian village inside disputed territory between the Tibet Autonomous Region and India’s Arunachal Pradesh, claimed the US Department of Defense in its annual report to Congress on military and security developments involving China. These and other infrastructure development efforts along the IndiaChina border have been a source of consternation in the Indian government and media, it stated.

The report also specifically points out that China has attempted to blame India for provoking the standoff through India’s “increased infrastructure development” near the Line of Actual Control (LAC).

Asserting that its deployments to the LAC were in response to Indian provocation, Beijing has refused to withdraw any forces until India’s forces have withdrawn behind the its version of the LAC and ceased infrastructure improvements in the area, it stated. Chinese statecontrolled media forcefully asserted China’s intent to refuse any territorial concessions demanded by India.

NEW DELHI, NOV 5 (IANS): Jamiat Ulema-iHind (JuH) President Arshad Madani on Friday blamed Tripura’s ruling BJP for the riots in the state and said that it is very unfortunate that no action has been taken against the culprits so far.

“Tripura shares borders with Bangladesh but it has nevertheless remained a peaceful state. However, since a party with a particular ideology has come to power, sectarian elements and their organisations have been given a lot of freedom,” he said, after a JuH delegation to the state submitted its report on Friday.

According to the report, “the brutality and barbarism displayed by the sectarian organisations shows how deep the poison of sectarianism has penetrated in the hearts of the people.”

Madani said that 12 mosques were attacked by frenzied mobs, and arson caused severe damage to places of worship and shops and other property.

“The Tripura riots have tarnished the image of the country. If such tragic incidents take place in a democratic country where all the citizens enjoy equal rights,

incremental and tactical actions to press its claims at the LAC. The report stated that tensions with India along the LAC sparked an ongoing standoff between Chinese and Indian troops in mid-May 2020, which lasted through the winter.

The standoff escalated on June 15, 2020 after a skirmish ensued in the Galwan Valley in Ladakh between the Indian Army and PLA troops that resulted in casualties on both sides, including the deaths of 20 Indian soldiers.

In February 2021, the Central Military Commission (CMC) announced posthumous awards for four PLA soldiers, “though the total number of PRC casualties remains unknown”.

The current standoff between the two nations resulted in the first deaths in the last 45 years.

Despite agreements to disengage in the spring of 2021, both sides maintain troops along the LAC as Corps Commanderlevel negotiations progress slowly.

The report stated that differing perceptions of border demarcations along the LAC joined with recent infrastructure construction, led to multiple unarmed clashes, an ongoing standoff, and military buildups on both sides of the border.

It also stated that throughout the standoff, PRC officials sought to downplay the severity of the crisis, emphasising Beijing’s intent to preserve border stability and prevent the standoff from harming other areas of its bilateral relationship with India.

The PRC seeks to prevent border tensions from causing India to partner more closely with the US. As of June 2021, the PRC and India continue to maintain large-scale deployments along the LAC and make preparations to sustain these forces while disengagement negotiations have made limited progress, the report stated.

as Joseph Th of Khoibee village of Senapati district who was to receive the suspected contraband drug from the trio from Sekmai, near a hotel.

A cash amount of Rs 1,00,000 was also recovered from his possession, the police said.

Preliminary investigation revealed that they were part of an inter-state drug traffickers and the seized drug was smuggled from Myanmar and was about to be transported to other states of the country via NH-2, the police alleged.

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GUWAHATI, NOV 5 (IANS): The Congress in Assam claimed on Friday that according to data from the Public Affairs Index-2021 (PAI), the BJP’s handling of governance in Assam has led to the state slipping to the 14th position among 18 states of the country, a matter of deep concern and shame for the people of the state.

Assam Congress General Secretary Bobbeeta Sharma said “It is dismaying that the BJP is busy grabbing power at any cost when the people of the state are finding it hard and extremely difficult to make ends meet.” Sharma, who is also the chief spokesperson of the Congress in the state, claimed that since the BJP came to power the rate of unemployment has increased rapidly in the state as well as the country. “Before the elections, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma had promised jobs to 25 lakh unemployed youth but we have not seen any steps being taken in this regard. The BJP government is

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pushing the youth towards a dark future,” Sharma said, demanding swift steps to address the unemployment problem plaguing the state. The government which promised development and ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ has not done anything for the development or welfare of the people, she told the media.

The Congress leader said that while the BJP government has been making announcements of setting up medical colleges one after another, the reality is that there is a shortage of 1,382 doctors across the state.

Along with growing maternal mortality, Assam stands in third position in the infant mortality rate, she added.

There are no ICUs in hospitals in 16 of the 34 districts of the state, the Congress leader said, asking the BJP government to stop misleading the people with false promises and get down to the real business of governance that will touch every aspect of people’s lives.

In the Court of

PrInCIPal DIstrICt & sessIon’s JuDge

I, Smt. YANBOLUMI LUCY YIMCHUNGER, W/o Rakhoukiu Yimchunger, resident of H/No. 65, Dieze Colony, Ward-08, Chumukedima, Dimapur-797103, Nagaland do hereby solemnly affirm and declare as under:1. That I am a bonafide citizen of India and a resident of the above mentioned address.

2. That my official name is "YANBOLUMI LUCY YIMCHUNGER" as entered/ recorded in my Aadhaar Card bearing No. 8850 1181 2109 and PAN Card bearing No. AOLPL4432Q, however, in some of my documents my name has been recorded as "YANBOLUMI LUCY" and "LUCY LOTHA".

3. That, the names "YANBOLUMI LUCY YIMCHUNGER", "YANBOLUMI LUCY" and "LUCY LOTHA" belongs to the same and single person i.e. me.

4. That, wherever the names "YANBOLUMI LUCY YIMCHUNGER", "YANBOLUMI LUCY" and "LUCY LOTHA" appears it shall be construed to be the same and single person by all concern for all my official purposes.

5. That, this affidavit is sworn to declare that the aforementioned names belongs to the same and single person i.e. me.

That the statements made by me from Para 1 to 5 are all true and correct to the best of my knowledge, belief and information and nothing material is concealed therein.

DEPONENT Solemnly sworn and declare before me on this 05th day of November, 2021.

NOTARY PUBLIC DP-5317/21

KIPhIre, nagalanD No/PD&SJ.KPE/SUCC-12/2021-22/418 Dated 5th Nov. 2021 obJeCtIon notICe Whereas Tokheli Sumi wife of Late Vinito Sema of Phisami village has applied for issue of Succession Certificate under the Indian Succession Act,1925 in order to draw/receive the payment of moveable/Immovable properties of her husband Late Vinito Sema. He was a Rtd/ PT under the establishment of Sr.SDEO Kiphire Nagaland who expired on 05/10/2021.

Description of properties.

1. Pension case.

2. Any other dues., from the Treasury Office Kiphire.

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. sd/- Principal District & session’s Judge Db-348/21 Kiphire, nagaland

OFFICE OF THE

With immense pride and honour, the YONGNYAH UNION LONGLENG extend our heartiest congratulations to T. Baüang Phom, S/o Late Taüpen for promotion to the post of Sub-Divisional Officer (SC) under the Department of Soil & Water Conservation. The Union conveys best wishes in all his future endeavours.

PHELUNGRE VILLAGE COUNCIL

P.O & District Kiphire- 798611: Nagaland

APPRECIATION Phelungre Village Council appreciated the Planning and Co- Ordination Department, Government of Nagaland under the able and dynamic leadership of Shri. Neiphiu Rio, Hon'ble Chief Minister and Shri. Neiba Kronu, Hon'ble Minister Planning and Co-ordination for selecting Phelungre village jurisdiction to establish EMRS School under Kiphire Sadar, Kiphire which was a long cherished dream of the people. It is to be noted that the department has shouldered the responsibility against all odds despite pressure to shift the location by few vested individuals.

The Council also acknowledges the contractor for executing the work at a very rapid pace.

The Council believes that the firm will be able to complete the work on time and it will greatly benefit the citizens of Kiphire District, especially the down trodden children and weaker section of the society.

The Council assured to the department and contractor concerned to extend full co-operation and support towards construction of school and infrastructure development till completion. It further conveys its best wishes and hopes that the Project would accomplish in time.

Sd(KURAKIU) Council Secretary, Phelungre Village

Sd/(TONGPISE) Chairman, Phelungre Village Council

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Manipur CM lauds police for its role in restoration of peace

Notices were served to Estesham Hashmi, lawyer of the Supreme Court of India, advocate Amit Srivastav, Coodinator of Lawyers for Democracy, NCHRO national secretary Ansar Indori and PUCL member Mukesh Kumar.

They were alleged to have claimed that the Muslim community was targeted, including women, and a mosque was vandalised.

The team demanded appropriate police action against the attackers, those who spread rumours and officials who remained inactive during attacks that occurred in the aftermath

incidents of disturbance occurred. Tripura Police registered 11 cases including 4 in North Tripura, 3 in West Tripura, one in Gomati district and three cases in Sepahijala district.”

In the notice to the lawyers, police asked them to delete the social media posts and appear before the investigators by November 10. The Trinamool Congress, which is seeking to make a political foray into the state, approached the NHRC with a complaint about the incidents of violence. The human rights panel has forwarded its complaint to Tripura Chief Secretary Kumar Alok and Director General of Police V S Yadav, and asked them to submit an “action taken report” within four weeks.

In its complaint to the NHRC on October 28, the TMC alleged that despite reports of violence against people from the religious minority community, the state government didn’t take proper action.

Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb recently announced compensation for losses incurred by the victims of the violence.

No new COVID-19 case in Arunachal

SUMI STUDENTS’ UNION MOKOKCHUNG PoeM WrItIng Contest result

1st – Smti. Imnichetla Jamir 2nd – Smti. Kitheli K. Yepthomi 3rd – Smti. Swuli Chishi Consolation Prizes 1. Abetoli Zhimomi 2. Akabo S. Aye 3. Yanchabeni Ngullie 4. Vikitoli S. Achumi 5. David Zhimomi

(Sl.No.65) (Sl.No.62) (Sl.No.67)

(Sl.No.14) (Sl.No.30) (Sl.No.79) (Sl.No.66) (Sl.No.45)

Judges: 1. Dr. Lanurenla HoD, Department of English FAC 2. Dr. Imwapangla Imsong Asst. Professor English Department FAC 3. Ms. Machileule Hau Asst. Professor English Department FAC Prizes along with certificate will be distributed during the 50th Anniversary Celebration program on 18th Nov. 2021 at Town Hall Mokokchung.

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ing disharmony, enmity or feelings of hatred between different groups on the grounds of religion, race etc, 469 (forgery), 504 (intentional insult, provocation), 120 (b) (criminal conspiracy), besides section 13 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. If convicted under the tough UAPA, an offender may face imprisonment up to seven years.

The lawyers belong to different organisations including Lawyers for Democracy, National Confederation of Human Rights Organization (NCHRO) and the PUCL.

of violence against Hindus in Bangladesh during Durga Puja.

A mosque was vandalised and two shops were set ablaze at Chamtilla during the October 26 Vishva Hindu Parishad rally which was called to protest against the communal violence in neighbouring Bangladesh.

Three houses and a few shops, reportedly owned by Muslims, were also ransacked in nearby Rowa Bazar, North Tripura Superintendent of Police Bhanupada Chakraborty had said.

The state government had on October 29 alleged that a group with vested interest from outside had hatched a conspiracy against the administration to create unrest in Tripura and malign its image by uploading fake photographs of a burning mosque on social media after the October 26 incident.

In a video message on Wednesday, DIG (Southern Range) G K Rao said, “Some mischievous incidents are happening in the state since the last few days.

There was some minor loss of property and some

No action taken against culprits of Tripura riots: JuH

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AGARTALA, NOV 5 (PTI): Tripura police have registered a case against four Supreme Court lawyers under the stringent UAPA and various sections of IPC for allegedly promoting communal disharmony with their social media posts about the recent violence targeting Muslims, a senior official said on Friday.

The lawyers have also been served notices asking them to appear before police by November 10 for questioning, Superintendent of Police of West Tripura district Manik Das said.

“A group of Supreme Court lawyers visited Tripura on Tuesday last and after their visit we noticed that several posts were made in social media expressing their discontent regarding the recent communal incidents. Police has registered a case and wants to know if the posts were made by them or were fake posts,” Das told PTI. The case was registered at West Agartala police station on November 3 under various sections of IPC including 153 (a) and (b) related to promot-

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PM predicts a decade of devp for U’khand

DEHRADUN/KEDARNATH, NOV 5 (PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday predicted a decade of development for Uttarakhand and an end to migration from the hills, as he inaugurated a rebuilt samadhi of Adi Shankaracharya in Kedarnath.

Addressing a gathering of priests and devotees, he said the redevelopment of centres of faith in India shows the country’s growing pride in its ancient saints and philosophers like Adi Guru Shankaracharya and Swami Vivekananda.

A grand Ram temple is being built in Ayodhya to restore its glory after centuries while the work on the Vishwanath Dham project in Kashi is nearing completion, the prime minister said.

Modi also inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of reconstruction projects worth over Rs 400 crore at Kedarnath in Uttarakhand where the Assembly elections are just a few months away.

Mentioning the underconstruction Chardham all-weather road and the Rishikesh-Karnaprayag rail link projects, he said the pace at which infrastructure projects are being carried out in Uttarakhand more pilgrims will visit the state over the next 10 years than

Narendra Modi inaugurates 12-feet statue of Guru Shankaracharya during his visit to Kedarnath. (PTI)

in the last 100 years.

“The third decade of the century belongs to Uttarakhand. Take it from me.

I am saying this from a holy land,” Modi said.

The growing network of homestays will create livelihood opportunities for locals at their homes and stop migration from the hills by the youth in search of employment, he said.

“I have reversed the old saying that ‘Pahad ka Pani aur jawani kabhi pahad ke kam nahin aate’ (hills never benefit from its water and youth).” Describing Uttarakhand as a land of bravehearts who don’t hesitate to lay down their lives to protect India’s frontiers, the prime minister said the modernisation of the defence sector had boosted the morale of the forces and increased their valour. “Problems related to the armed forces are

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being resolved on priority. I had the fortune of fulfilling their demand for One Rank One Pension which was pending for four decades,” the prime minister said.

Modi, who began his visit to Kedarnath by offering prayers at the Himalayan temple, said visiting the place has always been an overwhelming experience for him.

“Every time I come to bow at the feet of Baba Kedar, the glowing peaks that surround the temple and the winds that blow here take me to a different world. The experience is so overwhelming that I cannot describe it in words,” he said.

Talking about the extensive damage caused to Kedarnath by the 2013 deluge, he said the devastation was so huge it was almost impossible to think of rebuilding things.

“But my gut and also my experience in reconstructing the earthquake-hit Kuchch always told me that Kedarnath will get back on its feet even stronger than before.” However, the credit for the reconstruction works in Kedarnath should go to Baba Kedar without whose blessings nothing could have been done, he said.

Modi also thanked Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami for the urgency with which took up the completion of projects and the labourers who worked in sub-zero temperatures to implement them. Quoting from ancient Sanskrit texts, the prime minister spoke at length about the eighth-century saint and philosopher Adi Guru Shankaracharya’s contribution towards the conservation of Hindu philosophy and ethos in India at a time when it was reeling under the shackles of slavery.

“Having read and understood the Vedas at a very young age, Shankaracharya explained to the world the core of Hindu philosophy and traditions in which there was no room for hatred, envy or caste-based discrimination,” he said.

Modi asked people to take their children not only to places of historic sig-

nificance but also to the holy shrines and centres of faith to familiarise the younger generation with the country’s great traditions going back thousands of years.

A Buddhist circuit is being developed by connecting Buddhist sites at Sarnath and Kushinagar in Uttar Pradesh and Bodh Gaya in Bihar. Similarly, centres of faith associated with Lord Ram are also being connected and developed into an integrated circuit, the prime minister said.

All this is happening because today’s India is setting new goals for its future with confidence in the path shown by its ancient saints and philosophers like Adi Guru Shankaracharya, he said.

“At a time when the country is setting new goals for its future on the occasion of the ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’, Adi Guru Shankaracharya can be an inspiring icon,” Modi said, asking why shouldn’t every Indian identify with his philosophy.

He also described his experience while sitting in front of the reconstructed statue of Shankaracharya after unveiling it. “I felt a light emanating from Shankaracharya’s eyes which filled me with hope about a grand India in the making,” the prime minister added.

Navjot Singh Sidhu withdraws resignation as Punjab Cong chief CHANDIGARH, NOV 5 (PTI): Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu on Friday said he has withdrawn his resignation as Punjab Congress chief, over a month after he took the decision to step down from the post.

“I have taken back my resignation,” he said.

Making the announcement at a press conference here, Sidhu, however, said he will assume charge the day Punjab will get a new Advocate General.

He had earlier expressed his reservations over the appointment of senior advocate A P S Deol as the state’s advocate general.

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Deol had represented former DGP Sumedh Singh Saini, who headed the state police six years ago during the incidents of sacrilege and police firing on protesters. Sidhu asserted that offices of AG and DGP are

crucial to take to logical conclusion the issues of Bargari sacrilege and drugs.

He had on September 28 resigned as the chief of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee.

In a letter to Congress president Sonia Gandhi, Sidhu, had, however, said he would continue to serve the party. He had taken over as the state party chief in July this year. “The collapse of a man’s character stems from the compromise corner.

I can never compromise on Punjab’s future and the agenda for the welfare of Punjab,” he wrote in the resignation letter.

Wankhede to no longer probe cruise drugs case; NCB transfers 6 cases to SIT

(From p-1) an independent witness in this case alleged He is an Indian Police Service (IPS) an extortion bid by those involved in the officer of the 1996 batch Odisha cadre. investigation. Wankhede had denied any As these cases have “wider and inter- wrongdoing. Aryan Khan was released on state ramifications”, they have been trans- bail on October 30. ferred to the operations unit in Delhi, NCB A team from the Delhi NCB operaDeputy Director General (north-west re- tions is expected to reach Mumbai on Satgion) Mutha Ashok Jain told PTI on Friday. urday and camp in there to take the probe Jain said the order for the transfer of in these cases forward, the officials said. cases has been issued by NCB Director Wankhede refuted that he has been General (DG) S N Pradhan. “removed” from the investigation in the It was not clear if the 2020 drugs case Aryan Khan case and said the agency’s of actor Rhea Chakraborty was also trans- move is about coordination between NCB ferred to the operations unit from Mumbai. teams of Mumbai and Delhi. However, Sources said the agency has found Maharashtra Minister Malik said the NCB “certain issues” in the probe in these six officer’s removal from the case “is just the cases and hence they are being taken away beginning”. ‘’Sameer Wankhede removed from the Mumbai unit. The NCB had ar- from 5 cases including the Aryan Khan rested Aryan Khan and at least 19 others case. There are 26 cases in all that need to in the drugs on cruise case on the interven- be probed. This is just the beginning... a lot Meanwhile, a large ing night of October 2-3 and Wankhede is more has to be done to clean this system and number of supporters of facing a departmental vigilance probe after we will do it,” the NCP leader said.

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The father-son duo is being probed for the alleged money-laundering case filed against them arising out of the letter alleging corruption written by ex-Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh in March.

The ED followed up by attaching properties worth around Rs 4.2 crore linked with the Deshmukh family and also arrested several of his aides for involvement in the alleged money-laundering racket.

Known for laying great store by every popular verdict, however materially insignificant it may be in the broader context, the BJP leadership may review the party’s affairs in West Bengal, where its fortunes have been sliding since the high of the 2019 Lok Sabha poll, and Himachal Pradesh and Rajasthan, two states where the Congress has put up an impressive performance.

The BJP is in power in Himachal and as such the Congress’s complete sweep of the bypolls in a Lok Sabha and three assembly seats there has caused concerns in the party.

The party has, however, registered a strong show in Assam, where it won all five seats with its ally, and Madhya Pradesh, where it won the lone Lok Sabha and two of the three assembly seats at stake.

A party leader said price rice may have been a factor and added that the Modi government has done the course correction by slashing the petrol and diesel prices followed by the BJP-ruled states giving further relief to people by slashing the Value Added Tax on the fuel prices.

That the oppositionruled states have not done so may come handy for the BJP leaders in attacking the rivals when they meet.

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NEW DELHI, NOV 5 (PTI): The recent bypoll results, which were a setback for the BJP in some states, have added new dimension to the party’s national executive meeting on Sunday as its top brass is likely to cast a fresh look at its affairs in places like West Bengal, Himachal Pradesh and Rajasthan while deliberating its strategy for the upcoming assembly polls.

All “important” issues will be up for deliberations, a BJP leader said of the meeting, adding the party is also likely to laud the central government for its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, including the vaccination drive, and hail Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his development initiatives and successful foreign visits.

The robust revival in economic activities with the record GST collection last month following a slump due to the pandemic is also likely to come up for deliberation at the meeting.

However, it is the bypoll results in three Lok Sabha and 29 assembly seats spread across 13 states and a union territory that may weigh on the minds of the party leadership as it meets for the first time in a physical meeting following the pandemic’s outbreak last year.

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Advocate Inderpal Singh said Hrishikesh Deshmukh was called for questioning by the ED, but he did not appear as he is likely to move the sessions court or the Bombay High Court for bail.

Singh added that he has sought a week’s time to appear before the ED and he also may approach the courts for anticipatory bail.

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Beyond ten days

ue to the pandemic in 2020 the annual Hornbill Festival was held virtual since even if it was not, there would have been hardly any takers. This year the government of Nagaland is eager to re-start the festival which is going to be held for ten days from December 1. A lot has been written and spoken about the festival in all its relevance during the past 21 years.

Since 2000 the state government has been organizing the annual Hornbill Festival with the objective of preserving Naga culture and promoting cultural tourism and of course, expecting some economic benefits for local enterprises. Admittedly, the Hornbill has become the Seven-star status that Nagaland has achieved in re-inventing itself. It is a fact that the festival has become the pride of Nagaland and for which Nagaland has earned international recognition for the way it continues to evoke excitement. The state’s bureaucrats and those involved in planning and execution have proved excellent event managers. When it was conceptualized, the Hornbill was meant to show case Naga culture and bringing all Naga tribes together.

It soon evolved into a mix of culture and commerce and eventually gave way to being used as a vehicle for tourism. It is interesting to note that the concept of tourism running through the legs of cultural festivalHornbill Festival since 2000 has finally democratised into ‘mini hornbills’. It means that the Hornbill from Kisama the cultural Eden for the Hornbill Festival will also herald the celebration of each tribal festival in all 11 districts throughout the year. Having opened public celebration with the main Hornbill Festival, it is expected that the mini hornbills involving celebration of cultural festival of every tribe in 11 districts of the state will be in the pipeline today tourism is a global industry which is growing at a phenomenal rate. The celebration of the Hornbill Festival during the one week or ten-day period plunges the entire state capital Kohima and the gate way Dimapur into a frenzy. It has given a direct as well as an indirect boost to tourism trade during the dry season. After the end of ten days of hectic activities at Kisama and Kohima, the festival ends. That also means there is no more focus on tourism as everybody, especially the organizers, have earned a well-deserved long Christmas holiday break.

This brings up the issue of what needs to be done during the remaining 355 days of the year after the ten-day carnival is wrapped up and visitors go back?

Tourism cannot be promoted or packaged only on the wheels of the ten-day Hornbill Festival. If the mini-bills are given needed backing- events, infrastructure and connectivity, then tourism will have a deeper and broader significance. The other aspect about ‘promoting Naga cultural tourism’ when it comes to Hornbill, is the dominant role played by the government. Due to the over dependence on government largesse this ‘dependency syndrome’ has practically killed the spirit of entrepreneurship. The government is everywhere, the tourist somewhere and local people unaware.

Government has to play its role as a catalyst instead of getting involved directly and being an inhibitor. That is why there is need to segregate a ten-day programme from a year-long real tourist trade and travel.

DailyDevotion Partakers of His Suffering

…but rejoice to the extent that you partake of Christ’s sufferings… —1 Peter 4:13 If you are going to be used by God, He will take you through a number of experiences that are not meant for you personally at all. They are designed to make you useful in His hands, and to enable you to understand what takes place in the lives of others.

Because of this process, you will never be surprised by what comes your way. You say, “Oh, I can’t deal with that person.” Why can’t you? God gave you sufficient opportunities to learn from Him about that problem; but you turned away, not heeding the lesson, because it seemed foolish to spend your time that way.

The sufferings of Christ were not those of ordinary people. He suffered “according to the will of God” (1 Peter 4:19), having a different point of view of suffering from ours. It is only through our relationship with Jesus Christ that we can understand what God is after in His dealings with us. When it comes to suffering, it is part of our Christian culture to want to know God’s purpose beforehand. In the history of the Christian church, the tendency has been to avoid being identified with the sufferings of Jesus Christ.

People have sought to carry out God’s orders through a shortcut of their own. God’s way is always the way of suffering— the way of the “long road home.”

Are we partakers of Christ’s sufferings? Are we prepared for God to stamp out our personal ambitions? Are we prepared for God to destroy our individual decisions by supernaturally transforming them? It will mean not knowing why God is taking us that way, because knowing would make us spiritually proud. We never realize at the time what God is putting us through— we go through it more or less without understanding. Then suddenly we come to a place of enlightenment, and realize— “God has strengthened me and I didn’t even know it!”

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Post-mortem

Modus operandi of the wealthy countries

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OVID-19 is at its pace and thus continues by inflicting pain to the humanity at large. Hardly we have any clue as to when it would leave us in peace. Till it leaves, we would continue to experience its impact in multiple ways in terms of waves. Initially, a tiniest virus remained mysterious, but currently it is no more mysterious. However, human beings in their behavioral patterns respond and act in unpredictable ways. Since 2019 coronavirus has been dictating all aspects of human life. It went right into all activities of humans and has changed everything.

Pandemics and catastrophes are the appropriate and opportune times for the politicians especially those who control the requisites and essentials that are needed to meet the challenges so that the aftermath of the devastations caused by the inflicting agencies be brought under control. The rulers want to maximize their control by expanding their power base by using the pandemic and catastrophe to their advantage.

The capitalists and global corporations take advantage by maximizing their profits – be it war, conflict, pandemic or catastrophe.

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when catastrophes strike, they use them to suit their interests and intents – be it political or economic or social or religiocultural.

Neo-colonialists and expansionists have been using the current pandemic situation to their advantage. When COVID-19 hit the world hard in such velocity and gravity, the wealthier nations of the world with their monopolistic over capital, technology and technical know-how started exercising their control by placing orders for vaccine doses.

Vaccine manufacturing corporations predominantly located in the developed and wealthier countries came out with apt vaccines for coronavirus in about 16-18 months.

The rich countries that ordered vaccines in advance paying millions of US dollars procured billions of doses from the global multinational pharmaceuticals, whereas the poor and underdeveloped countries due to financial crunch such as balance of payments, foreign exchange problems, international debts and host of others are unable to procure much needed vaccine doses.

As a result, the poorer and underdeveloped countries are paying the price.

Hundreds and thousands of lives lost and huge numbers are suffering without be-

ing vaccinated. What made the wealthier countries not to share or donate vaccine doses to the poorer counties?

Despite huge loss of lives and infections scaling high, the rich countries do not want to help the poor countries.

Nonetheless, there is only one factor that underlines the other subsidiary factors.

All of us are aware of the fact that the rich nations have procured more vaccine doses than what they require.

Having completed both the jabs, why do they not want to part with the excess.

The questions that arise are: Why do they behave in such ways? What makes them to keep the surplus without giving away to others as they would expire soon? How is it the wealthier nations selfishly protect their own people and leave others in the lurch?

What we have been witnessing in recent years is nothing short than gross inequality and rampant inequity of vaccine procurement and vaccine delivery.

The wealthier nations decide who to give and how to go about show clearly manifests the neo-colonial mind-sets of the rich capitalist countries.

Apart from these questions, a few critical questions that emerge are: Who is to be vaccinated and how is it to be vaccinated – all decided by the

pharmaceutical companies.

For instance, In the light of vaccine inequality, DirectorGeneral of WHO urged the G-20 leaders to share vaccine supply which is about 240 million surplus doses to poorer countries.

In a letter to G20 leaders that met in Rome requires “Over six billion doses have been administered worldwide, but seventy percent of these doses were administered by only a few countries … and only to per cent of people in low-income countries have receive a vaccine dose” – gross inequality.

The data clearly shows that only 2 per cent of people in low-income countries are vaccinated. The rest might get vaccinated either in 2022 or the following years. By then we need to develop new vaccines as the virus would take new forms that benefits the vaccine manufacturers and research institutes. Vaccine manufacturing is monopolized only by a few countries.

Having understood the gravity of the problem, Indonesian President asked the rich countries and those who control vaccine production to spread vaccine manufacturing to all counties. He seems to have reiterated that the rich must do more to distribute vaccine and there should be global solidarity to battle pandemic.

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ably be put into backburner.

The data mentioned above convey a clear message that the wealthier countries are not doing enough and do not want do enough as it failed to distribute and share the vaccine equitably and thus created vaccine inequality and inequity that would have ramifying effects.

What we have been witnessing and experiencing is ‘neo-colonialism’ in a new format. The expansionists employ diverse mechanisms to control the poorer and underdeveloped countries.

Concepts and slogans such as inter-dependency, global solidarity and globalism have become redundant and in tatters. We are at a decisive moment that requires decisive leadership. The world in which we live is shrinking and increasingly becoming closed and self-centered.

The wealthier nations can keep and waste the remaining vaccine doses, but would not give them to those who die and get infected due to non-availability of vaccines and poor financial resources. At this juncture let me bring to the fore of what happened in mid-1960s.

After two successive years of horrifying drought, India was desperately in need of American wheat under the American Public Law 480 (480 PL) in return of rupees

payment and at relatively low prices because of foreign exchange crunch to buy wheat in the world market. The request was turned down by the American administration because of India’s criticism of American bombing of Hanoi.

Neo-colonialism could go to any extent to dumping of its wheat and the surplus into sea than giving away to the countries that need food wherein millions perish from the face of the earth due to poverty and hunger. Further, the neocolonialists control the poorer and under-developed nations under the sophisticated banner vis-à-vis ‘policy-lever’, but is one of the ‘neo-colonial’ tendencies.

As rightly pointed out by former American President John F. Kennedy that, “Foreign aid is a method by which the United States maintains a position of influence and control around the world.” Political economy works in subtle ways. Expansionists, totalitarians and empire builders use technology, technical know-hows, capital, pandemics, catastrophes, vaccine manufacturing and distribution to control and dominate the poorer countries. The modus operandi could be different, but does characterize neo-colonial tendencies.

Dr. I. John Mohan Razu Professor of Social Ethics

Strategies for augmenting livestock production

ivestock production is an integral part of the majority of the rural population of the North-Eastern Hill Region (NERH) of India, which contributes substantially to household nutritional security, employment, as well as poverty alleviation through increased household incomes. The scope for livestock production is very high in the region because of the food habit of the inhabitants, being mostly non–vegetarian. Having the huge demands for livestock products as well as socio-cultural importance of the livestock, unfortunately, the region is yet to be tapped its full potential in livestock farming for improving the livelihoods of the poor farmers and self-sufficient in eggs, meat, fish, and milk. This might be due to hilly terrain topography, poor infrastructure like roads & rail links, markets, ICT infrastructures, mostly confining to the traditionally age-old breeding, feeding management practices by the farmers, and other challenges like high vulnerability to climate change and natural calamities like floods, submergence, landslides, soil erosion, etc. Therefore, the concrete strategies should be developed for the region and its strict compliance for augmenting livestock production, thus uplifting socio-economic status of the farmers.

Strategies for sustainable livestock farming for improving livelihood of farmers in this region are 1. Action plan for im-

provement of genetic resources – The region requires one comprehensive breeding policy and establishment of breeding stock of superior germplasms/ improved breeds for each livestock species for easily accessibility of superior germplasm to the farmers. At the same time, utmost care needs to be taken for the genetic improvement of all indigenous livestock, which are relatively well adapted to their own ecological niche, grow faster, disease-resistant, and can be reared with minimal inputs with the locally available feed sources. Focused attention is also required on propagation of superior germplasms through artificial insemination at the farmers’ doorstep.

2. Intensification of feeds, and fodders production & availability- There are acute shortages of feeds & fodders in the region.

Therefore, it is required measures such as optimum utilization of land resources, improving production by using high yielding fodder varieties, enhanced fodder seed production, adopting suitable crop combinations, improvement of grasslands/ wastelands and other community lands, conservation and utilization of crop residues/by-products, development of fodder banks, schemes that support fodder production and establishment of feed mill for livestock for ensuring the supply of low-cost motorized chaff and concentrate feeds to the farmers.

Also, Focused attention is needed on the rehabilitation of degraded lands through agroforestry interventions for the intensification of the fodders productions in the region.

3. Strengthen the Livestock Health care facilities: The vaccine production facility in the region should be upgraded with PPP mode to ensure the availability of biological products throughout the region. The region should have research laboratory facilities/ BSL IV laboratory for disease diagnostic, handling of Zoonotic diseases, and disease surveillance mechanisms to be put in place. A policy decision is, therefore, needed for strengthening of biosecurity measures with special reference to transboundary and infectious diseases, to manage threats of emerging zoonotic disease.

4. Strengthen the organized and unorganized marketing chain- A sound marketing structure is a need of the hour to ensure farmers’ profitability, boosting livestock trade for the holistic livestock development in the region. Emphasis should also be given to strengthening the marketing of livestock and livestock products Self Help Group, (SHG), PPP, and the development of co-operative like NDDB, etc.

5. Establishment of livestock products processing unit- Livestock product processing units like milk, meat, egg and their by-products for value addition should be established.

6. Credit inflow to the farmers- Farmers’ access to financial institutions is very low and emphasis should be put to ensure more credit inflow at a lower interest rate.

7. Intensification of the capacity building programme - Emphasis should be given on capacity building of the farmers on scientific rearing of livestock, feeding, breeding management, health care, vaccination, and productions of value-added meat & milk products through various short courses/ training, off-field demonstration, etc.

8. Promote entrepreneurship and start-ups to empower youth in livestock farming- The region has a high potential to harness the power of livestock entrepreneurship and also to motivate and attract rural youth. Hence, concrete effort to be made to promote livestockentrepreneurship through capacity building and training to enable livestock as agri-startups and improve employability in the NEH region.

9. Extension strategies- Extension efforts are required for ensuring improvement and continuation of livestock farming through various activities such as animal health Camps, free vaccination, expert lectures/ technical guidance/ Field days/ farmers Advisory services, exhibitions, TV/ Radio talk, publications on practices for pigs, dairy, poultry, goat etc. Also, the College should have a well-planned program for Research-Extension education

and transfer of technologies related to animal health, production and value addition to the end users.

10. Agricultural Technology Information centre (ATIC): There should be ATIC in the Veterinary Colleges and KVKs in the regions, which will work as a “Single Window” in providing information on various aspects of farming to the farmers.

11. Strengthening of ICT especially mobile phone technology: Establishment of mobile based ICT to transfers of livestock technologies quickly to the famers.

12. Development of weather forecasting system and risk mitigation strategies: Weather is quite uncertain in this region and adversely affects livestock production and community. Therefore, the establishment of a network of robust forecasting systems and risk mitigation strategies (cold/heat tolerant) and analysis of extreme climates on livestock farming is a must.

Therefore, emphasis should be laid on precise information delivery systems for climate change-induced extreme weather variability for mitigating the risks to the farmers.

Dr. Bhabesh Mili, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Veterinary Physiology and Biochemistry, Dr. Gunjan Das, Associate Professor & Head, Dept. of Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, Central Agricultural University (I), Jalukie, Peren.

India must ensure shorter oral regimen to treat drug-resistant TB

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magine that you have a debilitating disease that is curable – and yet you cannot be cured because of the lack of access to drugs.

Will that be justified, humane or even ethical?

Across India, those fighting drug-resistant tuberculosis are suffering terribly. Despite the emergence of new drugs, the existing health system offers little help in reducing the suffering of such patients. Adherence to tuberculosis treatment still remains dismal as patients are denied access to new regimens and drugs.

All-oral regimen There have been significant research trials that show that drug-resistant tuberculosis treatment can be reduced to as little as six months duration with an all-oral regimen. This method also shows limited side effects and higher cure rates. It should be a no-brainer that India’s drug-resistant tuberculosis patients need these regimens.

However, the only significant development on the all-oral regimen front, is

the recommendation by the National Technical Expert Group, as recapped in the India TB report 2021, to move to a longer all-oral regimen for patients that are ineligible for a shorter multidrug-resistant tuberculosis regimen.

We still see only marginal investment, attention and consideration towards shorter all-oral regimens for patients across the drug-resistant tuberculosis spectrum in India.

For instance, even as a shift to a shorter all-oral regimen would be transformational by reducing patient suffering drastically, India still does not have a comprehensive access strategy. One wonders how far we would be in making universally available an all-oral antitubercular regimen that can reduce the span of the treatment.

Access to more efficacious and less toxic drugs is essential for defeating the disease. It is not just not a priority, it should be provided as a matter of right. I say this as an extremely drugresistant tuberculosis survivor

who survived because of access to two new drugs Bedaquiline and Delamanid. I survived this dangerous form of TB not only because of a committed, informed and knowledgeable doctor but importantly due to access to these drugs and a safe system of monitoring its process.

Lack of access Today, as the world grapples without a cure to Covid-19, I want you to pause and reflect on the anguish of thousands of such patients who can be cured but cannot access medicine. They may not survive if they do not have access to these drugs. If they do survive, they will live with disabilities and life-long side effects.

Why do we not understand that there is both a human cost and a public health cost in not shifting to a safe, shorter all-oral regimen for treating drug-resistant tuberculosis? Surviving drugresistant tuberculosis is extremely hard. The treatment is long and toxic and with extreme side effects from losing eyesight, your hearing, to

nausea, vertigo, neuropathy and numerous mental health issues.

Drug-resistant tuberculosis patients, unless they are lucky enough to have access to longer all oral regimens which are not universally accessible across states, are expected to take injectables every day for six months as part of their treatment. The injection site thus needs to be changed frequently to minimise pain and discomfort.

Given the daily exposure to needles, multiple injections sites can take longer to heal despite site rotation. In such cases, one nearly runs out of places where a patient can be injected.

Thousands in India and globally suffer this medieval and painful treatment when better drugs and new regimens are possible. Why do thousands still lack access to new drugs and more acceptable regimens? Why do patients suffer when better options are available? Is this not a gross human rights violation?

There is also a public

health cost. Shorter all-oral regimens mean patients are less likely to quit treatment mid-way. In its absence, they continue to give up, and it will result in suffering but also more cases of drugresistant tuberculosis. Effectively, we will have to spend more resources in controlling drug-resistant tuberculosis.

India already has the distinction of leading the world in drug-resistant tuberculosis incidence, and we cannot afford the public health cost of a worsening drug-resistant tuberculosis crisis.

The way out To begin with, what we need is a clear strategy that details the clear position of the government on shorter all-oral regimens. We need informed decisions and clear access strategies with safeguards in place. Access, pricing, and availability to all, including the private sector, are critical.

Not the government alone, it is also the legal and moral responsibility of pharmaceutical companies that benefit from taxpay-

ers’ money for research and development, to cooperate with governments in low and middle-income countries to make drugs available through mechanisms of affordable pricing and local partnerships.

As a civil society and tuberculosis survivors, we ought to keep relentlessly advocating for the shift to shorter all-oral regimens. No one should have to wait for a drug that would cure them because they cannot access it due to bureaucratic delays, availability or pricing. I am alive today because I could get access to new drugs and a good team of doctors. Everyone is not lucky like me. It is time to recognise access to drugs as a human right. Any delay and denial on this front is nothing but a crime.

Debshree Lokhande is an extremely drug-resistant tuberculosis survivor who battled with the disease for 7.5 years. She is also a Fellow and Patient Advocate at Survivors Against TB. (As published by Scroll.in)

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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confine ex-Haryana minister, Smog shrouds Delhi after Diwali fireworks Farmers BJP leaders inside temple in Rohtak Farm fires peak at 36 pc

Vehicles make their way amid low visibility due to a thick layer of smog following Diwali celebrations, in New Delhi. (PTI)

30 more people test +ve for Zika virus in Kanpur, tally rises to 66

KANPUR, NOV 5 (PTI): Thirty more people have tested positive for Zika virus here, taking the total number of those infected in the district to 66, including 9 IAF personnel, a senior official said on Friday.

Of those infected, 45 are men and 21 women, according to officials.

The first case in Kanpur was reported on October 23 when an Indian Air Force (IAF) warrant officer tested positive for Zika virus.

“Thirty more people have tested positive for Zika virus in Kanpur,” District Magistrate Vishak G Ayyar said.

Among the 66 tested positive for Zika virus, 9 are from IAF, the DM said.

Samples were collected from various pockets in the neighbouring areas of IAF station hangars and sent to the lab at King George’s Medical University (KGMU), Lucknow for testing.

Thirty of them came back positive for Zika virus, he said.

Zika is a mosquitoborne virus and hence, getting rid of mosquitoes is the safe way out, he said.

To check the spread of the disease, health teams are undertaking sanitisation programmes including anti-larvae spraying and identifying fever patients, screening seriously ill people and pregnant women.

Health officials have been asked to step up surveillance and ensure doorto-door sampling and testing for Zika virus.

“We advise the local people not to panic regarding the sudden spurt in Zika virus cases,” Ayyar said.

A high alert has been sounded in the periphery of hangars of the IAF station, another official said.

To check the spread of Zika virus, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has directed the health department to ensure strict surveillance and to undertake frequent and extensive door-to-door sanitisation and fogging drives to prevent mosquito breeding.

According to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), the 24-hour average concentration of lung-damaging fine particles known as PM2.5 in DelhiNCR shot up from 243 micrograms per cubic metre at 6 pm on Thursday (Diwali day) to 430 micrograms per cubic metre at 2 pm on Friday, around seven times the safe limit of 60 micrograms per cubic metre.

The PM10 levels crossed the 500 micro-

CHANDIGARH, NOV 5 (PTI): Some BJP leaders, including former Haryana minister Manish Grover, were held up inside a temple complex in Rohtak district’s Kiloi for hours on Friday as several villagers and farmers staged a protest outside.

According to a police official, the incident occurred when Grover along with the local BJP leaders reached the temple complex as part of their plan to watch from there the live telecast of PM Modi unveiling a statue of Adi Shankaracharya at the seer’s rebuilt samadhi in Kedarnath. The demonstrators allowed the leaders to leave the temple complex only in the evening after the district administration and police officials pacified them. “The protest has ended and the BJP leaders have left the temple com-

Aryan appears before NCB to mark weekly presence

MUMBAI, NOV 5 (PTI): Aryan Khan, son of Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan, on Friday appeared before the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) here to mark his weekly presence before the anti-drug agency in connection with the cruise ship drugs case, sources said.

This was Aryan Khan’s first appearance at the NCB office after his release from the Arthur Road prison on October 30 following the bail granted by the Bombay High Court.

As per one of the bail conditions set by the high court, Aryan Khan reached the NCB office at Ballard Estate in south Mumbai

Aryan Khan arrives at NCB office to mark his weekly presence as per bail conditions set by Bombay HC. (PTI)

around 12.15 pm, they said.

The 23-year-old son of the Bollywood superstar was arrested by the NCB on October 3 following a raid on the cruise ship off the Mumbai coast. The

central agency had booked him under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act for possession, consumption, sale/purchase of banned drugs and con-

spiracy and abetment.

He was granted bail by the high court on October 28. However, he could not be released from the prison till October 30 as as documents related to his release did not reach jail authorities in time.

Last Friday, the high court had made available its operative order in which it imposed 14 bail conditions on Aryan Khan and his coaccused in the case, Arbaaz Merchant and Munmun Dhamecha, who were also granted bail, stipulating their release on a personal bond of Rs 1 lakh each with one or two sureties of the same amount.

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plex,” Rohtak’s Deputy Superintendent of Police Sajjan Singh said.

Earlier in the day, when the villagers and farmers came to know that the BJP leaders were at the temple complex, they cordoned the site preventing the BJP leaders from coming out.

Some reports had claimed that the protesters were demanding that Grover should apologise to the farmers over some issue. Deputy Superintendent of Police Sajjan

Singh said the opposition of demonstrators was to the presence of BJP leaders in Kiloi. Senior officials of the district administration and police of Rohtak and some from neighbouring districts were at the site throughout the day to prevent escalation of the situation.

Farmers protesting the Centre’s three farm laws enacted last year have been opposing programmes of leaders of Haryana’s ruling BJP and Jannayak Janta Party. They claim that these laws will leave them at the mercy of corporates. They are also demanding a new law to guarantee the minimum support price (MSP) for their crops. The Centre, which has held 11 rounds of talks with farmers to break the deadlock, has maintained that the new laws are pro-farmer.

‘Despite Pak denying air space, Srinagar-Sharjah flight won’t stop’ S R I NA G A R , N OV 5 (IANS): Denial of air space

by Pakistan won’t affect direct flights between Srinagar and Sharjah, J&K BJP chief Ravinder Raina said on Friday. Speaking to reporters, Raina said flights will continue between Srinagar and Sharjah, the only difference

will be that they will take a longer route. “Flight operations will continue. Flights will not use Pakistan’s airspace but take a longer route - from Srinagar to Delhi, Delhi to Mumbai and Mumbai to Sharjah. But Pak’s actions and intentions become clear before the world.”

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night, continued its upward trend and stood at 463 at 3 pm on Friday.

The neighbouring cities of Faridabad (464), Greater Noida (441), Ghaziabad (461), Gurugram (470) and Noida (471) also recorded ‘severe’ air quality at 3 pm.

An AQI between zero and 50 is considered ‘good’, 51 and 100 ‘satisfactory’, 101 and 200 ‘moderate’, 201 and 300 ‘poor’, 301 and 400 ‘very poor’, and 401 and 500 ‘severe’.

senior scientist at the India Meteorological Department (IMD).

People from several parts of the capital and its suburbs complained of headache, itchy throat and watery eyes as the thick layer of smog partially blotted out the sun. Concerned citizens and environmental activists shared pictures and videos of people bursting firecrackers on social media and termed the government ban a “joke”.

“Delhi should ideally shut down tomorrow morning, and the government’s cracker ban turned out to be a bigger joke this year. No one cares, meanwhile majority of my family is either down with severe dry cough or headaches. #DelhiAQI is 700+ and the night hasn’t even begun,” a Twitter user posted on the microblogging site.

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Date : 03-11-2021

INVITING APPLICATION FOR TWO-WHEELER TAXI PERMIT FOR KOHIMA TOWN

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NEW DELHI, NOV 5 (PTI): A thick layer of acrid smog hung over Delhi-NCR on Friday after residents flouted a firecrackers’ ban last night to celebrate Diwali and emissions from farm fires in the region peaked at 36 per cent, pushing the capital’s air quality into the ‘severe’ zone.

Residents in many parts of Delhi-NCR complained of an itchy throat and watery eyes on Friday.

Ahead of the festive season, the Delhi government had announced a complete ban on firecrackers till January 1, 2022 and ran an aggressive campaign against their sale and use. Delhi’s air quality index (AQI), which entered the ‘severe’ zone last

grams per cubic metre mark around 5 am on Friday and stood at 558 micrograms per cubic metre at 2 pm.

As per the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP), the air quality is considered to be in the ‘emergency’ category if PM2.5 and PM10 levels continue to be above 300 micrograms per cubic metre and 500 micrograms per cubic metre, respectively, for 48 hours or more.

Low temperature and fog in the morning allowed the accumulation of pollutants.

Fog conditions intensified in Delhi-NCR this morning, lowering visibility at the Indira Gandhi International Airport and the Safdarjung Airport to the range of 200 to 500 metres at 5.30 am. Visibility in parts of the city dropped to 200 metres, said R K Jenamani,

In reference to the Regional Transport Authority's Meeting dated 03-11-2021, application for two-wheeler taxi permit is hereby invited for Kohima Town from the interested indigenous citizens of Nagaland. The application form for the same will be available in the office of the Deputy Commissioner & Chairman, Regional Transport Authority, Kohima, Nagaland.

The last date of issuance and submission of application will be 15th November 2021.

Furthermore, it is informed that no application for Local Taxi, Regional Taxi and City Bus permit will be entertained till further notice.

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(S. YAONGSANGLEE CHANG) Regional Transport Officer & Secretary Regional Transport Authority

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MUMBAI, NOV 5 (IANS): India’s foreign exchange reserves rose by $1.919 billion during the week ended October 29.

The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) forex reserves rose to $642.019 billion from $640.100 billion reported for the week ended October 22.

India’s forex reserves comprise foreign currency assets (FCAs), gold reserves, SDRs, (Special Drawing Rights) and the country’s reserve position with the IMF. On a weekly basis, FCAs, the largest component of the forex reserves, edged higher by $1.363 billion to $578.462 billion.

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NAME OF FIRM

N o. o f Wo r k TOTAL COST OF Orders issued PROJECT

M/S. MERTZ BUSINESS ENTERPRISE

2

Rs.30,00,000/-

M/S. H.T ENTERPRISES

2

Rs.15,00,000/-

M/S. TSIPONG (APONG) SANGTAM

2

Rs.61,00,000/-

M/S. SENSOTO CONSTRUCTION

5

Rs.14,27,00,000/-

M/S. K.VENUH CONSTRUCTION

2

Rs.67,00,000/-

M/S. TAOLEM

2

Rs.60,00,000/-

M/S. HANJI CONSTRUCTION

4

Rs.87,00,000/-

M/S. T.M LAMANDSONS

8

Rs.1,00,00,000/-

M/S. SANGTHING&BROTHERS

9

Rs.1,30,00,000/-

M/S. VIPE ENTERPRISE

2

Rs.67,00,000/-

M/S. SENYUNGSHIE CONSTRUCTION

2

Rs.30,00,000/-

M/S. Y.O. NEMDAKLY

2

Rs.30,00,000/-

M/S. M.AKAI KONYAK

2

Rs.15,00,000/-

M/S. JORLEMP ENTERPRISES

5

Rs.1,50,00,000/-

M/S. J.K CONSTRUCTION

3

Rs.30,00,000/-

M/S. Y. CHINGNYAK KONYAK

4

Rs.63,19,000/-

M/S. C. ONGKHUM&BROTHERS

10

Rs.2,05,83,300/-

M/S. LOKTON KONYAK

1

Rs.25,49,000/-

M/S. FITHU&FITHU BUILDERS

8

Rs.1,20,00,000/-

M/S. INNOVATIVE CONSTRUCTION

2

Rs.30,00,000/-

M/S. T. ASU CONSTRUCTION

3

Rs.1,10,00,000/-

M/S. WANGNYEM KONYAK

6

Rs.94,47,000/-

M/S. Y. THONGLON KONYAK

4

Rs.51,99,000/-

M/S. SANSAM

2

Rs.10,00,000/-

M/S. E. PANGKUM KONYAK

5

Rs.1,24,46,000/-

M/S. HONGKAM CONSTRUCTION

3

Rs.87,45,000/-

M/S. N.LANGPHONG KONYAK

10

Rs.7,25,30,500/-

M/S. C. KHATWANG KONYAK

1

Rs.1,40,00,000/-

M/S. LANGVI ENTERPRISE

1

Rs.67,00,000/-

M/S. C.K.D ENTERPRISE

2

Rs.67,00,000/-

SHRI. SHAHTON KONYAK

1

Rs.30,00,000/-

M/S. T&PEN TERPRISES

1

Rs.30,00,000/-

M/S. MURU INFRA DEVELOPER

1

Rs.30,00,000/-

M/S. MEDODI CONSTRUCTION&CO

1

Rs.30,00,000/-

M/S. NOKPEN WANGNAO

1

Rs.28,53,000/-

M/S. Y. YIANGPHONG KONYAK

1

Rs.10,00,000/-

M/S. GLEAM ENTERPRISES

1

Rs.3,81,000/-

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Gov, CM, Dy.CM extend Tokhu Emong greetings

Rs.43,83,52,800/(Rupeesforty-threecroreseighty-threelakhsfifty-twothousandandeighthundredonly)

(From p-1) In a tweet, Rio said: “May the Almighty’s blessings be upon everyone as you celebrate the postharvest festival and may it foster brotherhood, peace and oneness. Best wishes for a happy and safe Tokhu Emong.”

Deputy chief minister Y. Patton, in his greetings, said Tokhu Emong is a postharvest thanksgiving and merry making festival.

Although, most of the rituals associated with it have been done away with, Patton urged the people to celebrate keeping in mind the significance of Tokhu, which is reconciliation, love and forgiveness, without which the purpose of its celebration will not be complete.

On behalf of the state BJP legislators, Patton conveyed heartiest Tokhu Emong greetings and prayed for peace and unity.

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LAND FOR SALE

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purchases within an hour of ordering, are helping the segment grow. Ola, which is operated by ANI Technologies, also has food delivery and financial services offerings. It recently launched a vehicle commerce platform, Ola Cars, to enable consumers to purchase vehicles.

The company has reported its first operating profit of Rs 89.82 crore on a standalone basis (ride-hailing business) with revenues at Rs 689.61 crore for 2020-21. On a consolidated basis, Ola saw its operational loss narrowing to Rs 429.20 crore in FY21, while revenue declined 63 per cent to Rs 983.15 crore on a consolidated basis (including food and financial services businesses).

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Customers will be able to order from an assortment of nearly 2,000 items across multiple categories including groceries, beverages, home and personal care as well pet care products.

These will be delivered from strategically placed dark stores in key parts of the city, the sources added.

While traditional ecommerce deliveries take a day or longer, quick com-

merce (or q-commerce) enables customers to get small quantities of goods to customers in a shorter period of time. Some of the players in the segment include Dunzo and Swiggy Instamart.

According to a RedSeer report, the quick commerce sector in India is expected to grow to $5 billion by 2025 from the current $0.3 billion.

Trends like shift in consumer behaviour from value seeking to convenience seeking that has led to weekly, small-sized purchases compared to larger, monthly purchases; big players like BigBasket and Grofers; and rise of instant delivery platforms that has allowed consumers to complete topup/unplanned (on-demand)

(From p-1) Facebook and other social media platforms only.

RPP appealed to the voting public in eastern Nagaland to remain vigilant and give “people’s report” regarding implementation of these projects. And if there were any anomalies, it urged them to write to risingpeoplesparty@ gmail.com. And once “people’s report” was received, the party said it would further course of action accordingly.

RPP accused the State government of turning the DUDA into a “pocket money” department and creating highest number of crore patis “out of thin air in the shortest possible time”.

could lead to more return to normalcy and for the job market to look up. Graft and social inequality are other concerns for citizens,” said Amit Adarkar, CEO, Ipsos India. The survey shows that the majority of Urban Indians (68 per cent) believe India is moving in the right direction. India is second in pecking order in optimism, Saudi Arabia remains most optimistic (83 per cent).

Global citizens stay circumspect with 64 per cent believing their country is on the wrong track. And the markets most downbeat were Colombia (90 per cent), Peru (83 per cent) and Argentina (82%).

“The biggest upside of Urban Indians is their never say die attitude. Despite the worries and hardships, they always believe the tide will turn, and it does. They do not give up mid way,” added Adarkar. Ipsos’ What Worries the World survey is conducted in 28 countries around the world via the Ipsos Online Panel system.

A total of 21,516 online interviews were conducted between September 24 to October 8 among adults aged 18-74 in the US, South Africa, Turkey, Israel and Canada and age 16-74 in all other countries. Data are weighted to match the profile of the population.

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NEW DELHI, NOV 5 (PTI): Ride-hailing platform Ola has started piloting a quick delivery service for items like grocery, personal care and pet care products in Bengaluru, making a foray into the quick commerce sector, according to sources.

The sources said Ola is starting a pilot of its ‘Ola Store’ in Bengaluru starting off with a few key localities, and then to expand across major cities in India in the coming months.

The service is aiming for a sub-15 minute delivery timeline, they added. When contacted, Ola declined to comment. The sources said the service is available within the Ola app and is rolling out to select consumers in Bengaluru.

RPP highlights anomalies in DUDA

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India’s foreign exchange reserves up by over $1.92 bn

manner and careful examination of all the facts of the case is important to determine cases(s) fit for exercising power under rules 86A,” it said.

The government had introduced Rule 86A in GST rules in December 2019 giving powers to taxmen to block the ITC available in the electronic credit ledger of a taxpayer if the officer has “reasons to believe” that the ITC was availed fraudulently.

Till early last month, taxmen had blocked Rs 14,000 crore worth of input tax credit (ITC) of 66,000 businesses under this rule.

The CBIC in its guidelines dates November 2 said the remedy of disallowing debit of amount from electronic credit ledger being, by its nature, extraordinary, has to be resorted to with utmost circumspection and with maximum care and

caution. It contemplates an objective determination based on intelligent care and evaluation as distinguished from a purely subjective consideration of suspicion.

The reasons are to be on the basis of material evidence available or gathered in relation to fraudulent availment of input tax credit or ineligible input tax credit availed as per the conditions/grounds under sub-rule (1) of Rule 86A. These guidelines have recommended monetary limits for the division of powers between commissions, joint commissioners, and assistant commissioners on blocking of the tax credit.

For blocking of ITC above Rs 5 crore, principal commissioner/ commissioner will take a decision. Where the monetary amount is in the range of Rs 1-5 crore, additional commissioner or joint commissioner will take a decision, while for those less than Rs 1 crore deputy commissioner/ assistant commissioner rank officer will take decision on ITC blocking.

poverty and social inequality (26 per cent), crime and violence (24 per cent), education (20 per cent),among others.

For global citizens, the top concerns included, poverty and social inequality (33 per cent), unemployment (30 per cent), coronavirus (29 per cent), financial and political corruption (29 per cent), crime and violence (27 per cent), etc.

“Our biggest issue is of joblessness and it remains a major area of concern for most Urban Indians. Job creation and job openings need to keep pace with expectations. Right now, there is a disconnect. But there is this happy tiding in the form of worry around the coronavirus receding which

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Ola begins pilot of quick grocery delivery service: Sources

NEW DELHI, NOV 5 (PTI): The CBIC has come out with guidelines on blocking of tax credit by GST field officers, saying that such blocking should be on the basis of ‘material evidence’ and not just out of ‘suspicion’.

The guidelines laid down five specific circumstances in which such credit could be blocked by a senior tax officer. These include availment of credit without any invoice or any valid document, or availing of credit by purchasers on invoices on which GST has not been paid by sellers.

The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) said the commissioner, or an officer authorised by him, not below the rank of assistant commissioner, must form an opinion for blocking of input tax credit (ITC) only after “proper application of mind” considering all the facts of the case.

“It is reiterated that the power of disallowing debit of amount from electronic credit ledger must not be exercised in a mechanical

N E W D E L H I , N OV 5 (IANS): Joblessness is the top concern of Urban Indians in October 2021 while global citizens are more worried about poverty and social inequality, Ipsos What Worries the World global monthly survey has said.

According to the survey, unlike earlier, concern around Covid-19 has receded both for global citizens and Urban Indians. It sat on top as the top worry of global citizens (28 markets including India) for 18 months.

Among the Indians, the urban citizens are more concerned about unemployment (42 per cent), coronavirus (35), financial & political corruption (30 per cent),

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alise and they realise that what they own is worthless. Then we could see a financial crisis on the scale of 2008,” he said, warning oil capitals such as Houston could suffer the same fate as Detroit after the decline of the US car industry unless the transition is carefully managed.

The challenge is evident at the ongoing Cop26 climate conference, where some of the nations most at risk of being left with stranded assets -- such as the oil and gas exporters Russia and Brazil -- are likely to try to slow down the transition as they have done at previous climate meetings, while those most likely to gain -- such as the fuel-importing EU -- are pushing for faster action, the report added.

The new paper, published in Nature Energy, illustrates how a drop in demand for oil and gas before 2036 will reshape the geopolitical landscape. Current investment flows and government commitments to reach net zero emissions by 2050 will make renewable energy more efficient, cheaper and stable, while fossil fuels will be hit by more price volatility.

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It highlights the risk of producing far more oil and gas than required for future demand, which is estimated to leave $11tn-$14tn in so-called stranded assets -- infrastructure, property and investments where the value has fallen so steeply they must be written off, the report said.

Countries that are slow to decarbonise will suffer but early movers will profit; the study finds that renewables and freed-up investment will more than make up for the losses to the global economy. The lead author, Jean-Francois Mercure of the University of Exeter, said the shift to clean energy would benefit the world economy overall, but it would need to be handled carefully to prevent regional pockets of misery and possible global instability, the report said.

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A a staff member checking the body temperature of children before they enter a classroom at a kindergarten in Yongzhou in China. (Photo -AFP)

NEW DELHI, NOV 5 (IANS): The latest resurgence of Covid-19 in China has shown a tendency of spreading among schools, affecting students and kindergarten children, as at least four places have detected outbreaks related to schools and kindergartens, Global Times reported.

New local infections in border city Heihe, Heilongjiang Province, have remained high over the past few days and hit a record of 44 cases.

The cumulative number of confirmed domestically transmitted cases in the province reached 189, of

which 184 were from Heihe.

At least 20 confirmed cases in Heihe have some relation with schools and kindergartens, affecting at least one primary school and two kindergartens. A local university -- Heihe College -- was closed after 10 close contacts were found, local authorities said.

Two sites of outbreaks in Hebei Province -- Xinji and Shenze -- were also found to have been relat-ed to schools and kindergartens. On Wednesday, Hebei found 23 new confirmed cases, 20 from Shenze

county and the other three from Xinji.

Students were among the 20 confirmed cases in Shenze, with the youngest said to be 2 years old.

The other three from Xinji were all 11-year-old students at an elementary school.

Gansu, which reported at least 12 confirmed cases among students, suspended in-person classes in 10,818 schools and kindergartens - 62 percent of the total local schools.

The move affected 2.84 million students and 250,000 teachers.

All universities in Gansu will be under closed-loop management.

Beijing’s Chaoyang district also suspended classes at 18 schools after outbreaks of confirmed cases recently.

Zhang Yuexin, an expert on epidemic prevention and control, told the Global Times on Thursday that epidemic resurgences relating to schools should draw greater attention because infections of students could easily lead to transmission among communities. As young people have relatively lower vaccination rates, they could be naturally more vulnerable to the virus.

Germany sees 2nd straight COVID case record BERLIN, NOV 5 (AP): Germany recorded its second consecutive daily record for new coronavirus cases on Friday as infections pick up across Europe, and its disease control center said unvaccinated people now face a “very high” risk of infection.

T h e c o u n t r y s aw 37,120 reported new infections over the past 24 hours, according to the disease control center, the Robert Koch Institute. That compared with Thursday’s figure of 33,949 — which in turn topped the previous record of 33,777 set on Dec. 18 last year.

While it’s possible that the figures were pushed up by delayed testing and reporting following a regional holiday Monday in some of the worst-affected areas, they underlined a steady rise in in-fections over recent weeks that has put COVID-19 firmly back in the headlines in Germany. Anoth-er 154 deaths

Syrian refugee girl puppet to visit UN Climate Summit G L A S G OW, N OV 5 (IANS): Little Amal, a 3.5m puppet of a 10-yearold Syrian refugee, will visit the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) from November 9 to 11.

This follows her completion of ‘The Walk’, a four-month travelling festival of art and hope over 8,000 km from the Syrian border to Manchester.

She has been invited to open the Gender Day high-level event in the COP26 Blue Zone alongside young Samoan climate activist, Brianna Fruean to represent young women and girls from the global South on this world stage.

She will also appear in the COP26 public Green Zone. In a collaboration with the National Theatre of Scotland, the Citizens Theatre and Perth Theatre, Amal will meet young

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Little Amal, a 3. 5-meter-tall puppet representing a Syrian refugee girl aged 9, arrives at Kent. (AP)

people and communities from across Glasgow. She will close ‘The New York Times Climate Hub’ on November 11.

Little Amal began her walk in Gaziantep, Turkey, on July 27. Her journey across Turkey, Greece, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Belgium, France and the UK in search of her mother

shone a light on the millions of displaced children who have made similar journeys out of acute danger in search of refuge.

As she ended her journey in Manchester on November 3, she was welcomed into a new communi-ty within which she can begin to build a new life.

Many of the young

people Amal met on her journey have been forced to leave their homes due to violence, persecution, war or poverty. These circumstances are often caused or heightened by the climate crisis.

At COP26 she will meet changemakers from many of the countries she has visited, all of which are being directly affected by the climate crisis. She will stand alongside them as they embody and ex-press the urgent need to take action.

Brianna Fruean, Pacific Climate Warrior, said: “I am looking forward to welcoming little Amal to Gender Day at the UN climate talks in Glasgow. On her journey, she has crossed areas already ex-periencing drought, extreme weather, heat and wildfires, and all the conflicts and crises that a heating world produces.”

“The difference is, she is a puppet and I am real. For a decade now, the storms in the Pacific have been getting more violent, the droughts have been longer and the floods deeper.

Fishers cannot feed their families. Family-owned shops that are flattened in a cyclone are rebuilt, only to be de-stroyed by rising water.”

“But what Amal represents is that people like me, people like her, we refuse to be just victims to this crisis. We are not drowning, we are fighting and the world will hear us.”

Kim Bryan, 350.org, said: “Little Amal has been on a long journey to get to COP26. She has crossed areas already experiencing drought, extreme weather, heat and wildfires, and all the conflicts and crises that a heating world produces.”

Medical staff members treat a coronavirus patient in the ICU of the Asklepios Clinic in Munich, Germany, Thursday.

brought Germany’s total to 96,346 on Friday.

The country’s infection rate has now exceeded its peak during a spike of cases in the spring, though it’s still short of the worstever showing in December, according to Friday’s figures. There have been 169.9 reported cases per 100,000 residents over the past seven days, up from 139.2 a week ago.

That’s still a lower rate than in several other European countries, but it

is ringing alarm bells.

In a weekly report released late Thursday, the Robert Koch Institute said unvaccinated or partly vaccinated people now face a “very high” risk to their health — a change from its previous assess-ment that they face a “high” risk. “For fully vaccinated people, the threat is considered moderate, but rising in view of the increasing infection figures,” it added.

Federal and regional health officials were dis-

cussing the response at a previously scheduled twoday meeting wrapping up Friday in Bavaria.

Ger many’s health minister has called for booster vaccinations to be stepped up, for more frequent checks of people’s vaccination or test status and for obligatory testing nationwide of nursing home staff and visitors. In highly decentralized Germany, state governments bear the primary responsibility for imposing and loosening restrictions.

Authorities also are appealing anew to German residents who haven’t yet been vaccinated at all to get their shots. They say pressure on hospital beds is rising, particularly in regions where vaccina-tion rates are relatively low.

Official figures show that about two-thirds of Germany’s population of 83 million has completed its first round of vaccination, but there are significant regional variations.

Iran says has enriched over 210 kilograms of uranium to 20% TEHRAN, NOV 5 (AP): Iran’s atomic agency said Friday that its stockpile of 20 per cent enriched uranium has reached over 210 kilograms (463 pounds), the latest provocative move ahead of upcom-ing nuclear talks with the West.

In a report carried by semi-official Tasnim and Fars news agencies, spokesman Behrouz Kamalvandi said the atomic agency had produced well beyond a 120 kilogram target for 20 per cent enriched uranium set by parliament.

Under the historic 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and the World Powers, Iran was not meant to enrich uranium above 3.67 percent. Enriched uranium above 90 percent can be used for nuclear weapons. After months of delays, the Eu-

ropean Union, Iran and the U.S. announced Wednesday that indi-rect talks to resuscitate the deal would resume on Nov. 29 in Vienna. The nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA, promises Iran eco-nomic incentives in exchange for limits on its nuclear program, and is meant to prevent Tehran from developing a nuclear bomb. Tehran insists its program is peaceful.

Kamalvandi also said that so far his agency has also produced 25 kilograms of 60 per cent enriched uranium, a level that only countries with nuclear weapons have the physical capabilities to pro-duce. The U.S. unilaterally pulled out of the nuclear deal in 2018 under then-President Donald Trump, but Britain, France,

Germany, China and Russia have tried to preserve the accord. Tehran’s strategy of deliberately violating the deal is seen as an attempt to put pressure particular-ly on Europe to provide it with incentives to offset crippling American sanctions re-imposed after the U.S. pullout.

On Sept. 15, Iran’s nuclear chief Mohammad Eslami said Tehran removed surveillance cameras belonging to the United Nation’s nuclear watchdog because of unfulfilled commitments by other sig-natories of the nuclear deal.

U.S. President Joe Biden and European leaders criticized Tehran last week for what it saw as accel-erated and provocative nuclear steps as Iran continues to enrich uranium to a higher levels.

Taliban supreme leader warns of infiltrators Sudanese Army Chief orders release of 4 ministers

NEW DELHI, NOV 5 (IANS): The supreme leader of the Taliban, Haibatullah Akhunzada, has warned the group that there may be “unknown” entities among their ranks who are “working against the will of the government”, Al Jazeera reported. The warning came in a statement attributed to Akhunzada that was circulated widely on Taliban social media accounts.

Since the Taliban took control of the country, its leadership has repeatedly warned of impostors and criminals joining the group in an effort to harm its image, the report said.

In September, acting Defence Minister Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob raised concerns in an audio message. “There are some bad

and corrupt people who want to join us... To fulfil their own interest or to defame us and make us look bad,” he said.

Yaqoob, the son of Taliban founder Mullah Mohammad Omar, added that any rogue elements among the ranks would be dealt with, the report added.

In recent months, the Taliban has expanded its recruitment as it seeks to fulfil a pledge to maintain security in the country. But the group has faced a series of deadly attacks from rivals, including the Islamic State in Khorasan Province, ISKP (ISIS-K) armed group, an ISIL-affiliate.

On Tuesday, at least 19 people were killed in an attack on a military hospital in Kabul claimed by ISKP.

The Taliban also declared a nationwide amnesty and promised to allow private media companies to continue to operate freely and independently. However, there have been reports of some Taliban fighters allegedly abusing journalists, and others have been accused of forcibly seizing property in several provinces, Al Jazeera reported.

Following the reports, Akhunzada’s office issued a decree in late September banning the group’s members from entering homes and offices “in Kabul or its surroundings under the pretext of checking vehicles or equipment. No one is allowed to take vehicles or equipment” in the name of the Afghan government, it said.

KHARTOUM/UNITED NATIONS, NOV 5 (IANS): General Commander of the Sudanese Armed Forces, Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan has issued a decision to release four Ministers of the recently dissolved transitional gov-ernment, official Sudan TV reported.

The released officials included Communications Minister Hashim HasabalRasoul, Transport Minis-ter Ali Jiddo, Youths and Sport Minister Yousif Adam, and Information Minister Hamza Balol.

A number of Ministers in the government of Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok were arrested on Oc-tober

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On October 25, the Sudanese Army took measures to end the partnership between the military and the civilian bloc within the coalition which was overseeing the transitional rule in Sudan. Al-Burhan declared a state of emergency across the country and dissolved the sovereign council and government. The FFC has accused Al-Burhan of carrying out a military coup.

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for IFFI’s Indian Panorama ‘Squid Game’ tops 3 billion FB is adding monetisation Line-up unveiled, regional films lead again minutes viewed globally features to groups T S T ech giant Facebook is bringing monetisation features into yet another part of its service -- groups.

The social network is testing new tools that allow group admins to make money, with new shopping, fundraising and subscription features, reports Engadget.

T h e c o m p a n y a nnounced the updates at its annual Communities Summit event, where it said the new features will help people who run groups “sustain” the communities they have built.

With the changes, Facebook is adding group admins three ways to monetise their communities.

The first two, community shops and fundraisers, mirror features elsewhere on the platform.

Community shops is an extension of Facebook’s existing features and allows group admins to sell themed merchandise or

other goods. Likewise, fundraisers will enable admins to crowdfund specific projects or otherwise “offset the costs of running the group”.

But the third feature is entirely new -- paid subgroups. Subgroups are essentially smaller groupswithin-a -g roup where members pay a monthly fee to participate.

While Facebook is also allowing group admins to set up free subgroups, the paid version of the feature is the company’s latest effort to create subscriptionbased products, the report said.

Elsewhere, Facebook has been hyping subscriptions as a way for creators to make money, either via newsletters or fan subscriptions for streamers. In the context of groups, subscriptions are meant to enable access to exclusive or specialised content like “coaching or networking or deeper conversations”.

In addition to the new monetisation features, Facebook announced several other updates for groups, including -- new customisation features that allow admins to change background colours, font styles and other aspects of the way groups look.

Community chats to make it easier for admins and group moderators to reach each other. A new “featured” section so group admins can pin content that stays at the top of the group Facebook also plans to start testing a new set of features that will streamline the groups and Pages experience for admins who manage both a group and a corresponding page.

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he Inter national Film Festival of India (IFFI) has announced the line-up for Indian Panorama segment films for the year 2021, and once again the regional-language movies have dominated the segment.

T h e nine-day film gala will be organised in a hybrid format -- virtual and physical -- from November 20 to 28.

The organisers have picked up 25 feature films and 20 non-feature films for screening under the Indian Panorama segment, a press release stated.

Acclaimed Filmmaker and actor S V Rajendra Singh Babu headed the jury that picked the movies for the feature category from a wide pool of 221 contemporary Indian films.

Filmmaker Aimee Baruah’s Dimasa-language movie “Semkhor” will be the opening feature film.

India’s entry for the

2022 Academy Awards, Tamil movie “Koozhangal”, will be screened in the category, which is dominated by Marathi and Bengali movies.Actor Parambrata Chattopadhyay’s directorial “Abhijaan” is among the five Bengali movies, while Marathi films include features like “Godavari”, “Funeral” and “Bittersweet”.

There are four Kannada movies in the segment as well.

Hindi-language movi e s a r e “ E i g h t D ow n Toofaan Mail” and “Alpha Beta Gamma”, besides two Malayalam films.

For the non-feature category, director Rajiv Parkash’s “Ved…The Visionary” will serve as the opening movie.

A jur y headed by documentary filmmaker S. Nallamuthu considered 203 contemporary Indian non-feature films before picking the final 20.

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outh Korean survival drama television ‘Squid Game’ has become a global phenomenon since its debut on Netflix on September 17.

It has topped three billion total minutes viewed during the week of October 4, according to Nielsen Streaming Content Ratings rankings.

Meanwhile, the Season 2 finale of ‘Ted Lasso’ was strong enough to push Apple TV Plus’ Emmysweeping comedy series into the top 10 among all subscription video on demand programs.

Marvel’s ‘Black Widow’ landed in the No. 1 slot in Nielsen’s Top 10 movie category in its first week available on Disney Plus for all subscribers. ‘Black Widow’ debuted July 9.

Overall, the MCU entr y starring Scarlett Johansson was the fifth most-streamed overall title with 676 million minutes viewed.

Notable insights from the streaming content lists include the Season 2 finale

of Emmy-sweeper ‘Ted Lasso’. The Jason Sudeikisled comedy ranked No. 9 among all subscription video on demand (SVOD) programs put the show on the overall top 10 list at ninth place and fifth place in the SVOD originals category with 507 MM. During its second week of availability, classic sitcom ‘Seinfeld’ drove 590 MM on Netflix.

About 25 per cent of the streaming audience for the show for the week was

born after ‘Seinfeld’ originally debuted on NBC on July 5, 1989. The week of October 4 encompassed the premiere of Dave Chappelle’s highly controversial Netflix standup comedy special ‘The Closer’, which inspired protests inside and outside the streaming giant for transphobic and antiLGBT sentiments.

‘The Closer’ debuted in seventh place on the Top 10 Originals List and amassed nearly 400 MM. (IANS)

Gal Gadot gives ‘Wonder Woman 3’ update Alpha Covid variant detected in dogs, cats with severe myocarditis

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an acute onset of cardiac d i s - ease, including severe myocarditis (inflammation of the heart muscle). “Our study reports the first cases of cats and dogs affected by the Covid-19 alpha variant and highlights, more than ever, the risk that companion animals can become infected with SARS-CoV-2,” said lead author Luca Ferasin, of The Ralph Veterinary Referral Centre, in the UK. “We also reported the typical clinical manifestations characterised by severe heart abnormalities, which is a well-recognised complication in people affected by Covid-19 but has never been described in pets before,”

Ferasin added. According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, reports of animals infected with SARS-CoV-2 have been documented around the world.

Most of these animals became infected after contact with people with Covid-19, including owners, caretakers, or others who were in close contact. Animals reported infected include pet cats,

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and her superhero alter ego in 2017’s ‘Wonder Woman’ and last year’s sequel ‘Wonder Woman 1984’, as well as ‘Justice League’, reports femalefirst.co.uk.

She told Variety: “I can’t tell you yet, but we’re working on the script.”

Gadot said she couldn’t reveal any potential plot points yet, with everything being kept firmly under wraps. On what would happen if she did let anything slip, she quipped: “People will come off the roof and take me away.”

‘Wonder Woman 1984’ director Patty Jenkins recently said everyone involved is “super excited” for the upcoming blockbuster. Gadot has suggested there could be some cute cameos in the upcoming third instalment after her brood and her husband, Yaron Versano, made appearances in the previous film. She said: “Well, we might.

They can get used to it. It’s a nice souvenir in each movie they’re going to be older and older.”

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Ruud broke into the top-10 of the ATP Rankings for the first time after winning three consecutive titles during the summer European clay-court swing at the Nordea Open in Bastad, Swiss Open Gstaad and the Generali Open in Kitzbuhel.

He became the first player to win three titles in as many weeks since Great Britain’s Andy Murray in 2011 at Bangkok, Tokyo and Shanghai.

The son of former world No. 39 Christian Ruud also lifted trophies at the Gonet Geneva Open and the San Diego Open.

Entering the year, he had never won more than 23 tour-level victories in a season. In 2021, the Norwegian is 53-14 and has an impressive 23-7 record on hard courts.

The 22-year-old joins Serbia’s Novak Djokovic, Russia’s Daniil Medvedev, Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas, Germany’s Alexander Zverev, Russia’s Andrey Rublev and Italy’s Matteo Berrettini in the elite ATP Finals field.

Akhtar receives apology from TV host Nauman Niaz

K A R A C H I , N OV 5 (PTI): TV anchor Nauman Niaz has offered an “unconditional” apology to Shoaib Akhtar for the on-air spat between them but also said that PTV was being “taken for granted” by the former Pakistan pacer and that also contributed in the ugly episode.

Akhtar was told to leave the set by Niaz and former Pakistan cricketer immediately announced that he is resigning as PTV’s cricket analyst. The manner in which Niaz treated Akhtar had caused a storm on social media with many demanding the termination of the TV host.

The incident took place during a T20 World Cup show in which stalwarts like Sir Viv Richards, David Gower, Rashid Latif, Aaqib Javed, Azhar Mahmood, Umar Gul and Sana Mir were also present. Akhtar had refused to appear before an inquiry committee formed by the PTV management until Niaz was sacked for his behaviour. The committee immediately took both off the air.

TURIN, NOV 5 (IANS): Casper Ruud will make his debut at the ATP Finals after clinching his spot at the Rolex Paris Masters defeating Marcus Giron of the United States. The 22-year-old is the first Norwegian to earn a spot in the season finale, to be played at the Pala Alpitour in Turin from November 14-21.

“It’s been an unbelievable year that will have the perfect end to the season,” said Ruud to nittoatpfinals.

com on Thursday evening.

“It’s been a stressful couple of weeks and months, because it’s been such a tight “Race To Turin”. It’s been fun at the same time. It’s been so exciting to watch as a tennis fan, and I’ve watched a lot as well.”

The Oslo native has enjoyed a breakthrough season in 2021, winning five of his six ATP Tour titles. The only other player who has lifted five tour-level trophies this year is Alex-

Lanka Premier League player draft postponed

Oklahoma Thunder beat Lakers with 19-point comeback victory

C O L O M B O, N OV 5 (IANS): The ‘Player Draft’ for the second edition of the Lanka Premier League 2021 (LPL), scheduled to be held on November 5, has been rescheduled and will take place on November 9.

The decision was taken to accommodate a request made by several franchise owners, owing to the fact that the draft coincides with the Diwali festival season.

A total of 600 players, consisting of 300 overseas and 300 Sri Lankan players will feature in the ‘Draft’, which will be held virtually with the participation of five franchise owners and Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) officials.

The LPL has garnered attention from a host of cricket stars including West Indies’ Chris Gayle, former India pace bowler Irfan Pathan, former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi and former South Africa captain Faf du Plessis among others. The second season of the LPL will also feature Sri Lanka’s rising star Charith Asalanka.

Oklahoma ended LA’s run of three straight victories

fourth win of the season.

Devin Booker’s 27-point haul in just 34 minutes inspired Phoenix with the help of a further 19 from Landry Shamet and 16 each from Mikal Bridges and Deandre Ayton.

For the Rockets, who led 93-86 in the third quarter, Kevin Porter scored a season-high 20 points, while Christian Wood added 18.

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LO N D O N, N OV 5 (AGENCIES): Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 28 points as the Oklahoma City Thunder overcame a 19-point deficit to beat the Los Angeles Lakers 107104.

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LO N D O N, N OV 5 (AGENCIES): Former Barcelona star Xavi is set to take over as the club’s manager with Al Sadd saying they have agreed to allow him to join the Spanish giants.

The Qatari club had previously said their 41-year-old boss would not be allowed to leave.

X av i , w h o p l aye d 779 games and won 25 titles with Barca, had said publicly he hoped “to go home” as Barca boss and that an agreement could be reached.

Al Sadd say Barca have paid the release clause in Xavi’s contract, BBC reported.

The World Cup and two-time European Championship-winning former Spain international left Barcelona for Al Sadd in 2015,

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first joining the club as a player.

He took over as head coach after retiring in 2019 and led them to last season’s league title. They are unbeaten in 36 league games.

The Qatari club tweeted that Xavi “is an important part of Al Sadd’s history” and wished him success in the future.

“The administration

Dwayne Bravo to retire from internationals after T20 WC

ABU DHABI, NOV 5 (AP): All-rounder Dwayne B r avo a n n o u n c e d o n Thursday he will retire from internationals after West Indies plays its last T20 World Cup game against Australia this weekend. Defending champion West Indies was eliminated from semifinal contention after losing to Sri Lanka.

“I think the time has come,” the 38-year-old Bravo told ICC’s post-match show on Facebook. “I’ve had a very good career … had some ups and downs, but as I look back at it, I’m

very grateful to represent the region and the Caribbean people for so long.”

Bravo played in 90 T20s for the West Indies since making his debut against New Zealand at Auckland in 2006. He scored 1,245 runs at an average of 22.23 and a strike rate of 115.38. He also picked up 78 wickets with his medium fast bowling and was effective with his variations in the death overs. Bravo was part of the West Indies teams that won the T20 World Cup in 2012 and 2016.

has agreed on Xavi’s move to Barcelona after the payment of the release clause stipulated in the contract,” the club posted on Twitter.

“We’ve agreed on cooperation with Barcelona in the future.”

Since Barcelona sacked Ronald Koeman on 27 October, Xavi has been heavily linked with a return to the Nou Camp where he spent the majority of his illustrious playing career.

Barcelona are ninth in La Liga after winning only four of their opening 11 games, leaving them nine points adrift of leaders Real Sociedad.

“Xavi informed us a few days ago of his desire to go to Barcelona at this particular time, because of the critical stage his home-

town club is going through, and we understand this and decided not to stand in his way,” said Al Sadd chief executive Turki Al-Ali. The Catalan club has this season struggled under financial pressures, and failed to extend Xavi’s former team-mate Lionel Messi’s stay because of salary constraints.

Barcelona were unable to spend any money on new signings in the summer, with Memphis Depay, Sergio Aguero and Eric Garcia arriving as free transfers and striker Luuk de Jong joining on loan from Sevilla.

Barca president Joan Laporta has previously said: “I have always said one day [Xavi] will be Barca’s head coach but I don’t know when.

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ing against the Lakers, BBC reported.

Russell Westbrook clocked 27 points, six rebounds and five assists but failed to force overtime with a late three-pointer attempt for the Lakers, who were without the injured LeBron James.

Elsewhere, the Phoenix Suns beat the Houston Rockets 123-111 for their

DUBAI, NOV 5 (PTI): New Zealand head coach Gary Stead on Friday said beating India in Tests at home in spin-friendly conditions was “one of world cricket’s greatest challenges” and he has no illusion about how tough it would be to face Virat Kohli’s men in the upcoming tour. New Zealand are set to tour India from November 17, right after the T20 World Cup. The two sides will play three T20Is followed by a two-match Test series.

“It is one of world cricket’s greatest challenges, going to India and winning Test matches. We’re certainly under no illusions as to how tough that that

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will be,” Stead told reporters.

Both sides are currently in the UAE for the T20 World Cup. “India are also in the same situation as us, they’re at the World Cup. They’ve had a long time on the road and I’m not sure what sort of team they’ll put out but we know that they’re going to be strong whoever they put out against us,” he added.

The 49-year-old coach feels it will be imperative for the touring party to have a clear plan to navigate the turning tracks.

“They have quality spinners, they know how to play in the condition so

I think one of the things for us will be getting really clear on the way we play, the way we try and score and attack against their bowlers as well. So, we don’t just become sitting ducks if it is a turning wicket.”

It will be the first meeting between the two teams in the longest format since the World Test Championship final in June, which New Zealand won.

“It’s always exciting to go to India and play in a Test series. We obviously played them at the World Test Championship and this is the, I guess started the second cycle. It’s always a massive challenge going to India so this is a really important series for us,” he said.

The Black Caps will travel with five spinners, including the seasoned trio of Ajaz Patel, Will Somerville and Mitchell Santner.

They will be supported by youngsters Rachin Ravindra and Glenn Phillips. “ We ’ve o b v i o u s ly picked a strong spin friendly type team. Five spinners or five people who have the ability to spin the ball.”

Late Indu Valla Sood (Medosenuo) Born : 6/01/1988 – Died : 2/6/2021 We, the bereaved family of Late Indu Valla Sood (Medosenuo), would like to express our sincere gratitude to all the individuals, friends, relatives, neighbours and well-wishers who have rendered unconditional support financially, emotionally and spiritually.

Special thanks to the following: Axis Bank (Main branch), Axis Bank (Purana Bazaar branch), HDFC Bank (City Tower), ICICI Bank (Dhobinala), Angami Baptist Church (Northern Angami Colony, Dimapur), Dimapur Baptist Nhicuko Krotho (DBNK), Angami Baptist Church Council (Kohima), Lotha Baptist Church (Dimapur), DHFL Insurance Company, Military Hospital (Dimapur). May the Almighty Lord bless you all beyond measures in return. dp-5325/21

We wanted to spend the rest of our lives with you, but we are deeply honored knowing that you spend the rest of your life with us and despite these moments of heartbreaking grief, we remembered the only reason we have an empty space is because we were blessed with someone who loved us so beautifully it occupied an entire part of our soul.

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NEW DELHI, NOV 5 (AGENCIES): Manu Bhaker and Saurabh Chaudhary shot the best of 294 each but were partnered by Javad Foroughi of Iran and Heidi Diethelm Gerber of Switzerland respectively in qualifying for the second stage of the mixed air pistol event of the President’s Cup shooting championship in Wroclaw, Poland.

Manu qualified in third place with the Iranian while Saurabh with the Swiss was placed eighth, as the top eight in a field of 12 qualified for the second stage, which will determine the four teams that will fight for the medals. While Abhishek Verma qualified with Olena Kostevych of Ukraine in fifth place, Yashaswini Singh Deswal placed tenth with Juraj Tuzinsky of Slovakia, and failed to proceed.

Born : 24/09/1972 – Died : 10/10/2021 With profound gratitude, we, the family members of Lt Miss Hekali K Awomi, D/o Lt. Kuhoto Awomi (Native of Phuye Old Village) North Point Zunheboto wish to acknowledge the sympathy and gesture of kindness shown to us on the sudden demise of our daughter and sister on 10/10/2021, words are inadequate to express our deepest heartfelt gratitude to all the individuals, friends far and near, well-wishers, churches and organizations, neighbours, relatives and loved ones for sharing our grief through unreserved contributions physically, financially and unconditional moral support. Though we could not individually mention each and everyone personally, may the Almighty God bless you all abundantly .

Our daughter & sister Lt. Hekali was the epitome the rock of our family. Having the equality of selfless love giving without reserve, bearing the problems and burdens of all her loved ones.

In a blink of an eye swept by the gust of the wind, like a morning dew you have vanished, not a word of goodbyes, nothing can replace your memories in our lives but God give, He only takes the best. We will hold you in our hearts. God will hold you in His arms.

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T20 WC: India crush Scotland by 8-wkt; stay alive in semi-final race

Mohammed Shami celebrates the dismissal of Scotland’s Calum MacLeod on Friday. (AP/PTI)

DUBAI, NOV 5 (PTI): India showed their class and might with an all-round effort as they pulverised Scotland by eight wickets in a Super 12 game on Friday, ensuring that they live to fight another day in the ICC T20 World Cup. The entire match lasted a mere 24.1 overs as India first skittled Scotland for 85 in 17.4 overs and then batted for another 6.3 overs to knock off the runs, taking the net run-rate to +1.619, which is now best among all six teams, even better than top placed

Pakistan (+1.065).

To surpass Afghanistan’s current Net Run-Rate of +1.481, India needed to score the required runs in 7.1 overs and KL Rahul (50 off 19 balls) and Rohit Sharma (30 off 16 balls) added 70 in five overs to make sure that they achieve it in style.

The fastest team 50 of this edition came inside four overs and the poor Scotland bowlers had no idea what hit them as they hit a total of 11 fours and four sixes between them.

But that was the controllable part of the story. What they don’t have any control over is their fate and now the Rashid Khans, Mohammed Nabis will determine control it on Sunday against New Zealand.

A win for Afghanistan will mean that India will know how to win against Namibia and enter the semifinals when no one expected them to. A New Zealand victory, though, will knock India out of the tournament.

The disdain with which Rahul batted showed how hurt the Indian team was and at least wanted to course correct the part that they could.

In fact, it was over in the first innings itself as Virat Kohli won a toss finally on his 33rd birthday and put Scotland into bat.

India’s seasoned bowlers then made short work of the unheralded batting line-up with both Mohammed Shami and Ravindra Jadeja returning with identical career-best T20 figures of 3 for 15.

Jasprit Bumrah (2/10) surpassed Yuzvendra Chahal (63 scalps) to now become India’s highest wick-et-taker in shortest version.

Skipper Kyle Coetzer (1) was pegged on the backfoot by a Bumrah yorker first up and then he bowled a slower one which beat the Scotsman all ends up.

A lethal Shami (3/15) then sent back the dangerous looking Munsey, who failed to clear mid-on. That was the end of Scotland batting’s brief bright spot.

The disciplined Jadeja (3/15), with his ‘darts-like’ accuracy, removed Matthew Cross (2), Richie Ber-rington (0) and Michael Leask (21 off 12 balls) in quick succession to blow away the middleorder.

Jadeja varied the pace of his deliveries but occasionally bowled the ones that skid through the sur-face hurrying the batters.

Once Scotland were 44 for 4 after 10 overs, there was no looking back for the Indian bowlers.

Ravichandran Ashwin (1/29) and Varun Chakravarthy (0/15) were also accurate for the better part of their spells.

BRIEF SCORES: Scotland 85 all out (George Munsey 24, Michael Leask 21, Ravindra Jadeja 3/15, Mohammed Shami 3/15) lost to India (KL Rahul 50, Rohit Sharma 30, Bradley Wheal 1/32, Mark Watt 1/16) by eight wickets.

SATURDAY’S MATCHES Australia Vs West Indies Time: 3:30 pm England Vs South Africa Time: 7:30 pm

NZ hammer Namibia, move closer to semis

SHARJAH, NOV 5 (IANS): New Zealand produced a clinical all-performance to thrash Namibia by 52 runs in a Super 12 match and consolidated their spot in the semi-final race.

With this win, New Zealand climbed to the second spot in the Group 2 points table of the mega-event.

Chasing a challenging target, Namibia were unable to take advantage of the fielding restrictions.

However, with the asking rate rising quickly, the pressure got to Namibia as they lost their top 3, including their captain, inside the first 10 overs.

With wickets falling, New Zealand continued to turn the screws, making run-scoring even more difficult for Namibia.

There was some joy for Namibia as David Wiese and Zane Green smashed Ish Sodhi for a six each, but it was short-lived. Southee, brought back into the attack, trapped Wiese in front of the stumps for 16 to further dent Namibia’s chances.

Thereafter, there was no coming back for Namibia after that. Though Green and Smit found a boundary each, it was never going to be enough.

Southee returned for his final over and scalped the wicket of Green after being hit for a four. In the penultimate over, Boult picked up the wickets of Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton and Craig Williams for a duck.

In the end, Namibia could only score 111/7 in 20 overs and lost the match by a huge margin.

Earlier, batting first, New Zealand openers Martin Guptill and Daryl Mitchell got the team off to a great start. However, Namibia fought back well by sending the openers back inside the first seven overs.

It was Namibia’s go-to man, David Wiese, who dealt the Black Caps the first blow. Guptill, trying to go for another big one, was done-in by the lack of pace, skying the ball into the waiting hands of Trumpelmann at mid-off.

New Zealand’s Daryl Mitchell, left, and Martin Guptill, centre, run between the wickets, Friday. (AP/PTI)

Kane Williamson then joined Mitchell in the middle and both struck a boundary each in the last two overs of the Power-play. But, Mitchell got out as soon as the fielding restrictions were lifted.

Wil-liamson and Devon Conway then ensured that Namibia don’t inflict any further damage, as New Zealand were 62/2 at the halfway mark.

Just when it looked like Kiwis were making control back with a solid 38-run partnership between Williamson and Devon Conway, Gerhard Erasmus dismissed Kiwi skipper. Williamson, in the bid to up the ante, dragged on to his stumps.

Devon Conway was the next to make the long walk back. The two wickets in two overs pegged New Zealand back further, with Glenn Phillips and Jimmy Neesham tasked with the job of steadying the ship. The duo finished with an unbeaten partnership of 76 from just 41 balls, taking New Zealand to 163-4 in 20 overs.

BRIEF SCORES: New Zealand 163-4 in 20 overs (Glenn Phillips 39, James Neesham 35; Bernard Scholtz 3/15) beat Namibia 111/7 in 20 overs ( Michael 25, Zane Green 23; Tim Southee 2/15)

Tokhu Emong Badminton C’ship in Wokha 8th Kohima District Open Nagaland cross country Championships Volleyball Tournament 2021

KO H I M A , N OV 5 (NPN): The 8th Kohima District Open Volleyball Tournament 2021 (men and women) under the aegis of Kohima District Volleyball Association (KDVA) will be held from November 10 to 12 at Kohima local ground. The last date for submission of entry forms has been extended till November 8.

Entry forms will be available at Sports World, Main Town, Kohima and

The winners in various categories with the officials.

D I M A P U R , N OV 5 (NPN): Wokha District Badminton Association (WDBA) organised twoday “Tokhu Emong Open Badminton Championship 2021” at Indoor Badminton Stadium, Wokha on the theme, “celebrate in Unity”.

The championship was graced by DC Wokha, Orenthung Lotha while

welcome address was delivered by Dr. Jonsuthung Kithan.

All together 18 participants took part in the two-day event. Meanwhile, Wokha District Badminton Association (WDBA) has thanked all the sponsors.

In the men’s singles Zuchobemo (Apiro) Odyuo emerged as the

champion while Thungbemo Lotha finished as runner up.

In the men’s double category, Shanchothung and Renjamo Yanthan defeated Thungbemo and Renben to win the title.

In the veteran category, Cyrus James Tungoe and K Mhonthung Tungoe beat Nongothung and Robert in the final.

century in the format in the last five years.

In four innings in the UAE, the self-styled ‘Universe Boss’ mustered just 30 runs. The selection of Gayle, as well as 37-yearold seamer Ravi Rampaul, whose last T20 appearance was six years ago, split opinion in the Caribbean.

There was consternation that Gayle was not required to meet the fitness standards which ruled out highly-regarded batsman Sherfane Rutherford and T20 match-winning spinner Sunil Narine, a consistent star in the IPL. Rampaul’s selection backfired spectacularly with a return of just two wickets in four games at an average of 49. Pollard is 34 now. He managed 46 runs in four innings and bowled just 12 deliveries with no wickets despite being officially classed as an all-rounder.

Dwayne Bravo, 36, who like Gayle and Andre Russell is a survivor of the 2016 title-winning team, contributed just 16 runs and claimed two wickets.

“We can look at age, we can look at mobility, we can look at everything in a negative light,” said Pollard.

“But my question would

to all and entries will be opened for all participants in all the categories.

The race will be held in various categories such as seniors, under 20 years, under 18 years and under 16 years. Online entries and on-spot entries will be accepted. A total prize money of over Rs. 2 lakh will be awarded to the winners.

The selection committee of Nagaland Athletics will identify the Naga participants who have potential to excel for the Nagaland team. Those selected can-

didates will undergo an intensive coaching camp for participation in the national event.

Winners in the national events will get opportunities to represent India in forthcoming international events.

The distance for the races as per the categories will be as follows: senior (10 Kms for both men & women), under 20 (8 Kms for men & 6 Kms for women), under 18 (6 Kms for boys & 4 Kms for girls) and under 16 (2 Kms for both boys & girls).

Inter-departmental tourney in Peren

DIMAPUR, NOV 5 (NPN): The 7th Peren District Inter Departmental Badminton Tournament began at Indoor Badminton Stadium, Jalukie on November 5.

The inaugural programme of the tournament was graced by ZBCC Youth Secretary, Dr. Rampaikopoing Michui as special guest.

According to DIPR, the tournament was declared open by the special guest in the presence of ADC Jalukie and other dignitaries.

Earlier, the programme was chaired by EAC Jalukie, C. Wangan.

In the opening match, in men’s double category, 9th IR Saijang defeated Youth Resources, department. The two-day long tournament will conclude on November 6 with Deputy Commissioner Players in action at the inter-departmental badminton tournament on Peren, Sentiwapang Aier as the guest of honour.

November 5. (DIPR)

Windies’ old guard face axe after T20 WC ends with whimper ABU DHABI, NOV 5 (AFP): Once international cricket’s mostfeared side, two-time champions West Indies exited the T20 World Cup with a whimper and with their ageing A-listers facing the axe. A 20-run defeat at the hands of already-eliminated Sri Lanka on Thursday was a third loss in four second-round games for the 2012 and 2016 winners, following an eight-wicket thrashing by South Africa and a six-wicket beating by England.

In that game against Eoin Morgan’s English side, they were bowled out for just 55, a miserable performance which set the tone for the defending champions’ tournament. Even their sole victory was a nail-biter -- a three-run win over Bangladesh, who lost five games in five, only secured on the last ball.

“I think it’s heartbreaking,” admitted captain Kieron Pollard.

“It’s something that we have to dissect. A lot of different things have gone wrong from the start of the tournament and during the tournament.” Many would argue that the problems started before the tournament with the selection of the 15-man squad. Chris Gayle kept his place despite being 42 years old and with just one half-

Star Sports, near Southern Angami Sumo Parking, BOC Kohima. The inaugural function will be graced by director Youth Resources and Sports, Akumla Chuba. The tournament will be conducted under the theme “Transcending through sports” Meanwhile, KDVA ground management committee has been informed to attend a meeting on November 8 at 10 am at Kohima local ground.

DIMAPUR, NOV 5 (NPN): Nagaland will be hosting the South Asian Cross Country Championships and the 56th National Cross Country Championships on January 15, 2022. In the run-up to these national and international events, the Nagaland Athletics will be organising the Nagaland Cross Country Championships in Kohima on November 19 at the Indira Gandhi Stadium, Kohima.

According to media and IT cell of Nagaland Athletics, the event is open

have been, what if it didn’t happen? “Obviously we have to face the fact that we weren’t good enough, but I’m not going to sit here and blame all those factors.”

There were some shafts of light for West Indies. Shimron Hetmyer, 24, delivered on his promise with an undefeated 81 against Sri Lanka -- the third highest score of the competition so far -- while 26-year-old Nicholas Pooran twice went past 40.

Evin Lewis made a half-century against South Africa. West Indies still have a match to play at the tournament against Australia in Abu Dhabi on Saturday.

Having made his international debut back in 2007 Pollard, who has never played Test cricket, will not be making any rash decisions on his future.

“I have no intentions of not playing international cricket,” said the imposing Trinidadian.

“For me personally, there’s a lot of mileage in my legs. “The easiest thing for us to do is look for things to blame and chop and change and do different things. “I accept that. I take it on the chin, but I have played a lot of good cricket in the last two years so (this tournament) is not going to lead to Kieron pulling out, I’m sorry.”

Syed Mushtaq Trophy: Vidarbha beat Nagaland by 5 wkts

ANKFA win 2 gold at national c’ship DIMAPUR, NOV 5 (NPN): All Nagaland Kung-Fu Association (ANKFA) won two gold medals in “open fly weight” category in the 6th National Kungfu Championship-cum-School Orientation Camp held at Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Boys Military School and Junior College at Pulgaon, Pune, Maharashtra. The championship was held from October 2529 under the aegis of All India Kung Fu Federation, Maharashtra Kungfu Sports Association and Shaolin Tra-

DIMAPUR, NOV 5 (NPN): Vidarbha beat Nagaland by five wickets in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy on Friday.

After bowling out Nagaland for 115/ 8 in 20 overs, Vidarbha chased down the target in 17.5 overs. Batting first, Nagaland openers Jonathan Rongsen and Sedezhalie Medal winners with the ANKFA officials.

Rupreo started well and were in great form however they could not capitalize it as ditional Kung-Fu Federation deputy grand master of ANthe latter was ran out while he was on 10 of India.

KFA participated as masruns. It was not an easy task for Nagaland The gold medals were ter referee in the National batsmen to score runs playing against a bagged by Zangshi and Kung-Fu Championship prominent team like Vidarbha. However Zenom. Zinghat Konyak, and Training Camp. fine innings from the captain Jonathan Rongsen (35 runs) and Chetan Bist (44 runs) pushed Nagaland to a decent total of 115 runs.

For Vidarbha, Y R Thakur claimed two wickets while Umesh Yadav, D G Nalkande and A Wakhare picked a wicket each. In the run chase, Vidarbha had a poor start as their opener SK Wath was bowled by Abu Nechim in the second delivery of the first over. Nagaland bowlers put up a tough fight but went down by five wickets as the target was not good enough.

For Nagaland, Khrievitso Kense took two wickets (2/27). Abu Nechim (1/18) and Imliwati (1/24) claimed a wicket each.

Nagaland will now take on Mizoram on Saturday at ACA Stadium,Mangalagiri, Vijayawada at 8:30 am Meanwhile on the same day, in the Senior Women’s One Day Naga wrestlers who won 10 gold, seven silver and three bronze at the recently Trophy, Nagaland will play Bihar at Salt concluded 9th National Traditional Wrestling and Pankration Championship at Goa, Lake, Kolkata at 9 am. on arrival at Dimapur railway station on Friday evening. (NP)

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