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Vol XXXI No. 272

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Petrol, diesel prices slashed DIMAPUR, SEP 5 (NPN): The prices of petrol and diesel have been lowered by at least 15 paise per litre by the state-run oil marketing companies (OMCs) across the country on Sunday, after keeping them unchanged for three consecutive days.

After the price revision, petrol price in Dimapur cost Rs. 99.63 a litre and diesel Rs. 90.63 per litre. In the state capital Kohima, the retail prices of petrol and diesel were Rs.100.72 a litre and Rs. 91.53 a litre respectively.

In the national capital New Delhi, petrol is retailing at Rs 101.19 per litre and diesel stood at Rs. 88.62 per litre.

The OMCs have kept fuel rates steady in the past few days even after international crude oil prices remain weak. In addition to this, fuel rates differ from state to state due to valueadded tax (VAT) and freight charges.

SP Tuensang leaves town after public outcry

DIMAPUR, SEP 5 (NPN): A day after hundreds of citizens staged a protest at Tuensang town against the alleged “tyrannical attitude” of SP Tuensang Amit Nigam and demanding his removal within 24 hours from Tuensang district, the SP on Sunday morning left Tuensang town.

Though the official transfer order was yet to be out, DIG (Range) Mokokchung, who was tasked to hold consultation with civil society organisations on the matter, informed Nagaland Post that Nigam left Tuensang around 6.30 a.m. on Sunday and reached Mokokchung. DIG said that he was still in Tuensang and will be leaving soon.

Confederation of Chang Students’ Union (CCSU) had accused Nigam of physically assaulting a constable “using tribal identity” and also made “the victim repair the accidental damages”, besides other allegations against the SP.

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Nikki-led NSCN (K) to sign CF with GoI of the overwhelming sentiments among Nagas for an early solution to the protracted issue. “We expect Government of India to respond positively by honouring our decision as a confidence building measure in the larger interests of peace in Nagaland and Naga people in general,” the statement read.

Interacting with a group of people including some media persons on the outskirts of Dimapur in January this year, Nikki asserted that his group will take into confidence the wishes and desire of the Naga people for achieving an honorable and acceptable solution to the decades-old Naga political issue.

He further stressed that unity among the Nagas was paramount for any kind of lasting solution that would be acceptable to all. “If all

the groups cannot come and sit together and the public representatives cannot bear witness, there is no point in having dialogue,” he said.

Nikki maintained that the decision to join the peace talks or to revive the ceasefire was to fulfil the wishes and aspirations of the Nagas- to give peace a chance and not with the expectation that the Government of India withdraw the cases against him.

Nikki said his only wish was that Nagas unite.

While indicating that the group led by him will remain as a separate entity like that of the NSCN (I-M) and WC, NNPGs- in the peace talks with the Government of India, Nikki said that there may be differences among various groups, but unless all three-- NSCN (IM), WC NNPGs and NSCN (K)- sit together, there cannot be any head way.

Centre issues guidelines to identify fake vax

Assam Police seize drugs worth Rs 8 cr in Karbi Anglong

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DIMAPUR, SEP 5 (NPN): Nearly a year after deciding to revive the cease fire with the government of India-- which it had unitarily abrogated in 2015, the Nikki-led NSCN (K) is set to sign the formal ceasefire agreement with the Government of India by Tuesday or Wednesday.

Highly placed sources informed Nagaland Post that a delegation of the Nikki-led NSCN (K) group will be leaving for Delhi on Monday, where they will be meeting Home ministry officials to sign the ceasefire agreement.

It was also learnt that the Cease-Fire Monitoring Group chairman, Lt. Gen. (Retd) Amarjeet Singh Bedi is also likely to be present during the signing of the ceasefire.

NEW DELHI, SEP 5 (PTI): Centre has shared a set of parameters with all states and UTs to enable service providers and monitoring teams under the national COVID-19 vaccination programme to identify any fake Covid-19 vaccines so that they are not administered in the country.

This comes days in the backdrop of concerns flagged by the World Health Organization (WHO) over counterfeit/falsified Covishield vaccine being identified in the South-East Asia and Africa region of WHO. It said that a genuine Covishield vial bottle will have the parameters like the SII product’s label shade in dark green, the brand name with the trademark mentioned on the original vaccine and dark green aluminium flip-off seal.

The font of the generic name is un-bold, (Recombinant) is printed at the end of the generic name, overprinted with CGS NOT FOR SALE. The SII logo is printed on the adhesive side of the label and at a unique angle

Nikki Sumi (NP File)

It may be mentioned that ‘lt. gen.’ (retd) Nikki Sumi on December 23, 2020 announced that his group, in order to facilitate the peace process, decided to revive the cease fire with the government of India.

In his statement issued in December, 2020 Nikki said the faction had been striving for years to achieve an honourable and acceptable political solution to the Naga issue. He said NSCN/ GPRN was also conscious

HOW TO IDENTIFY COVISHIELD SII product label Brand name (Covishield) with trademark should be there The font of the generic name will be un-bold “(Recombinant)” would be mentioned below the generic name in the same font.

CGS not for sale stamp There will be an SII logo on the adhesive side of the label.

Label colour shade is dark green and the aluminum flip-off seal is dark green.

COVAXIN Invisible UV helix (DNA like structure) on the label of the vial that will be visible under UV light Green foil effect in “X” of COVAXIN’s spelling Holog raphic effect on COVAXIN spelling

and position which can be identified by only a select few who are aware of the exact details. The lettering is printed in special white

ink to be more clear and readable. According to the parameters, the entire label has been given a special texture honeycomb effect which is visible only at a specific angle.

At strategic locations, the honeycomb design has been altered slightly and certain additional special elements added to the texture design such that it is not visible to the layman, but people who know the subtle changes can easily check and verify the authenticity of the label and vial.

As for Sputnik, imported products are from two different bulk manufacturing sites from Russia and, hence, there are two different labels for both these sites. While all the information and design are the same, only the manufacturer name is different.

For all the imported products till now, the English label is only available on the front and back of the carton of 5 ampoule pack, while for all other sides, including the primary label on the ampoule, it is in Russian.

DIPHU, SEP 5 (AGENCIES): Assam Police seized a huge quantity of heroin worth Rs 8 crore and arrested five people in two separate operations in Karbi Anglong and Karimganj districts.

Based on intelligence input, a police team from Karbi Anglong district led

by SDPO Bokajan Jon Das, launched a search operation at Balijan Forest Gate Tiniali under on Sunday and intercepted an autorickshaw bearing Nagaland registration number.

The police team found around 1 kg of heroin packed into 78 soap cases which were kept hidden inside the autorickshaw. Police said that the market value of the seized drugs is estimated at around Rs 8 crore. A person hailing from Morigaon district was booked along with the contraband drugs.

In a separate operation, police arrested four drug peddlers and seized 48 grams of heroin and Rs 13.90 lakh cash in possession of them in Karimganj district on Saturday night.

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Sukhalu urges teachers to adopt changes brought by NEP

KT Sukhalu with the awardees during the State-level Teachers’ Day celebration. (NP)

Correspondent

KOHIMA, SEP 5 (NPN): Advisor School Education KT Sukhalu has urged teachers to adopt the changes brought about by the New Education Policy (NEP) 2020 to improve the State’s overall education scenario.

Speaking at the Statelevel Teachers’ Day celebration at the directorate of school education (DoSE) here on Sunday, Sukhalu said Foundational Literacy and Literacy Programme under NEP 2020 must be given due importance at the pre-primary level, adding that primary education must provide a strong grasp of the basics so that students did not struggle in higher classes.

On the occasion, 21 teachers from across the State, including PGTs from 11 government schools and

10 private schools, received the State Teachers’ Award for the year 2021. The awardees of 2020 comprising of seven teachers from government institutions and six from private institutions were also awarded.

The award comprised Rs 15,000 in cash, a medal and a citation. DoSE also announced cash award of Rs 20,000 each to five needy teachers from different districts.

Congratulating winners of the national and State teachers’ awards, Sukhalu commended the services rendered by them, especially during the pandemic. He remarked that he wished to see many more Math and Science teachers in the awardees’ list in future.

He urged the teachers to participate in Capacity Building Programme un-

der National Initiative for School Heads’ and Teachers’ Holistic Advancement (NISHTHA) by registering and upgrade their skills to take forward the teaching profession to a higher level.

Remindingthem that Continuous Professional Development (CPD) was an important element of school education ecosystem, the adviser said NEP 2020 envisaged that each teacher would participate in at least 50 hours of CPD opportunities every year for their professional development opportunities every year which will systematically cover the latest pedagogies regarding foundational literacy and numeracy, formative and adaptive assessment of learning outcomes.

He stressed that teachers must improve their skills for ensuring a better future (Cont’d on p-8)

Swedesunuo receives national teachers’ award DIMAPUR, SEP 5 (NPN): President Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday awarded 44 unique teachers from all over India with the National Teachers’ Award 2021, on occasion of Teacher’s Day. From Nagaland, Swedesunuo Zao, head teacher of Government Middle School, Jakhama received the prestigious “National Awards to Teachers 2021”, through a felicitation programme conducted virtually.

The award certificate

Swedesunuo Zao

and medal will be presented to Swedesunuo Zao by School Education department special secretary, Kevileno Angami, on behalf of President of India in the coming week.

The programme was also attended by Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan, Union minister of state for education Annpurna Devi and Union secretary, department of school education & literacy under Union education ministry Anita Karwal, among others.

Woman missing since Sep 1 found dead; 3 arrested State logs 54 fresh Covid cases ZRSU shut down offices of

Staff Reporter

DIMAPUR, SEP 5 (NPN): A female, who reportedly went missing on September 1, was found dead at a jungle in Shokhuvi village area on September 3.

The deceased, aged around 20 years, has been identified as Rfn (female attendant) Jones C Malswamkimi from Mizoram, who was working at Assam

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Rifles Composite Hospital, Shokhuvi since February this year.

Confirming this to Nagaland Post, commissioner of police Dimapur , R Tetseo said a missing report was filed by the hospital authorities at women police station on September 2.

Soon after receiving the report, CP said police launched a manhunt and later found the body around

4.30 p.m. at a jungle in Shukhovi village area on September 3.

The body was taken to District Hospital Dimapur (DHD) for postmortem and the report was awaited, he added.

The CP said investigation was currently on and the cause of death would be known only after the post mortem report was out.

He further informed

that with the cooperation and support of village authorities, the police detained seven persons in connection with the case for interrogation, of which three were later arrested.

Referring to several messages being circulated on social media, police cautioned that unless the post-mortem report was out, people should not jump to any conclusion.

DIMAPUR, SEP 5 (NPN): Nagaland on Sunday recorded 54 fresh Covid-19 positive cases while no deaths were reported during the day.

Of the fresh cases, 15 were reported from Mon, Kohima-13, Dimapur-11, six in Phek, five in Mokokchung, three in Wokha and one in Zunheboto, taking the total caseload to 30356.

PTI: With 42,766 people testing positive for the

novel coronavirus infection in a day, India’s infection tally rose to 3,29,88,673, while active cases registered an increase for the fifth consecutive day, the Union health ministry said on Sunday.

T h e C OV I D - 1 9 death toll has climbed to 4,40,533, with 308 new fatalities, according to the ministry data updated at 8 am on Sunday.

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Opposition-less govt would be a fraud on people, says TNR DIMAPUR, SEP 5 (NPN): Claiming that governance and constitutional obligation of an elected government had nothing to do with the ongoing peace talks between Government of India and Naga political groups (NPGs) or the question of unity among NPGs, The Naga Rising (TNR) said the decision to form ‘Nagaland United Government’ by the NDPP-led PDA government along with opposition NPF in the name of unity and solution was hardly convincing.

In a statement, TNR said the fact that there was already a parliamentary panel on Naga issue represented by members from both the ruling and opposition parties made it even more bizarre.

It said the PDA government deciding to abdicate its governance responsibility and NPF absolving itself from playing the role of a responsible opposition were driven by misplaced reasoning, adding that political solution, reconciliation or coming together of NPGs

should not be mixed up with the functioning of parliamentary democracy.

TNR asked the chief minister and ruling alliance to instead focus on providing good governance to the State and fulfilling the mandate on which they have been elected – corruptionfree government with the slogan “change is coming”.

If at all, TNR said the Parliamentary Panel on Naga issue, already represented by both the ruling and opposition parties, should come out with a

clear formulation/draft and timeline for NPGs to work together towards one solution.

Mentioning that people of Nagaland could do without a “role model opposition-less government”, TNR said they would rather have the elected government and opposition perform their respective constitutional obligations. It quoted American writer Walter Lippmann, “…in a democracy, the opposition is not only tolerated as constitutional, but must be maintained because it is

indispensable.”

It pointed out that in a representative democracy, people exercised their adult franchise to elect legislature, to which the real executive/ government, or the council of ministers, should be responsible.

“Collective responsibility is, therefore, a basic feature of the constitution and it is for the Legislative Assembly to enforce the collective responsibility of the council of ministers to itself as provided under Art 164 (2). (Cont’d on p-8)

Office of a telecom service provider lockded by ZRSU.

DIMAPUR, SEP 5 (NPN): Zunheboto Range Students’ Union (ZRSU) has shut down offices of all telecom service providers (TSPs).

This followed as part of the union’s next course of action after its 15-day ultimatum to TSPs to ensure stable network connectivity in Zunheboto ended and the authorities concerned failed to meet its demands.

Earlier, ZRSU had made several appeals and

requests to the TSPs to improve their network in Zunheboto, but failed to get any positive response. As such, the union shut down all offices of the service providers in Zunheboto for an indefinite period.

ZRSU further warned the telecom service providers that an “intensive and substantial” course of actions would be initiated against them if they fail to address its demand.

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WRD inks MoU to offer skill training

Director WRD, Vilone Sakhrie with skilled unemployed women and other officers in Kohima on September 3. (DIPR)

and its related activities) initially for a period of six months.

He stated that, e n g a ge m e n t o n “ Pay Pe r - P r o d u c t i o n b a s i s ” programme started in 201920, where trainees from Multi Training Centres (MTCs) of the department as well as other skilled unemployed women tailors and weavers were given the opportunity to enable

sustainable livelihood as well as for enhancement of Myki apparels & accessories production output.

Since then, every year, various skilled unemployed women individuals were engaged in these activities.

He further pointed out that, provision was made for engagement of these skilled unemployed women for extending the period of their services through an

VLO office opened at Aghunaqa block

Kethosituo Sekhose and others at the inauguration of VLO office.

DIMAPUR: Project Director & District Mission manager, DRDA Dimapur, Kethosituo Sekhose inaugurated the Likhuphu Village Level Organisation (VLO) office under RD block Aghunaqa, Ghoshito village on September 2.

In his inaugural speech, Sekhose cong ratulated the team for successfully forming VLO in their village and encouraged the women

folk to come together and work towards uplifting the society and community.

He also encouraged them to utilize the resources available at their village and generate income activities within their household.

Deputy Project Officer, DRDA Dimapur, Narola Imkong also congratulated V LO f o r s u c c e s s f u l ly achieving a milestone.

Additional District

Program Manager Dimapur (DMMU), M Yimok Phom highlighted the activities of NSRLM while, Block Program Manager (BMMU) Limawati Aier briefed the activities of SHG at the block.

The programme was attended by officials of DMMU Dimapur, BMMU Aghunaqa, village council members, SHG and VLO members.

MoU if their performance was found to be satisfactory and commendable after completing the initial period of six months.

These women have been actively engaged in production of three-layered face masks with the advent of Covid-19 pandemic in the State and subsequent lockdowns where production continued from their respective homes.

AR organise interactive session, donate items DIMAPUR: Assam Rifles (AR) battalions under the aegis of HQ IGAR (North) organised an interactive session with the students and donated essential items to children of orphanage home on September 2.

Ko h i m a b a t t a l i o n organised an interactive session with first semester students of Modern College in Kohima, as part of commemorative event towards “Swarnim Vijay Varsh”.

Meanwhile, Jalukie battalion provided solar lights and essential items to children of child care orphanage at Tening town, Peren. In a press release, PRO (Def) KohimaLt Col Sumit K Sharma stated that the children were also informed about various health and hygiene concerns along with use of sanitizers and masks due to Covid -19.

DIMAPUR: North East Institute of Social Sciences and Research (NEISSR) Dimapur organized a programme on handing over- taking over for students’ council on September 4 at NEISSR hall.

D u r i n g t h e eve n t , message was delivered by NEISSR and founder of peace channel, DimapurFr. C.P Anto. Student welfare officer, Dr. Deben Sharma, who also spoke at the programme, congratulated the newly elected members.

M e a n w h i l e, t h e newly elected president, Livino S Zhimo thanked the outgoing Students’ Council for being steady, assured and determined in their leadership. NEISSR former general secretary Renchamo handed over the files on behalf of the outgoing Students’ Council and thanked the faculties for motivating and advising them in the best ways.

MZS organizes Covid sensitization prog

Members of MZS at the sensitization programme.

DIMAPUR: In commemoration of its 25 years, Mulujempong Zünga Soyim (MZS) organized Covid -19 sensitization programme at BABU Tzübu Amphitheatre, Ungma on September 4.

Addressing the p a r t i c i p a n t s, Z L O & Nodal Officer DMHP M o k o k c h u n g , D r.

Te m s u ya n g e r, l a u d e d the achievement of 90% vaccination at Ungma and encouraged to strive for

WDCRO members at Chubi Bridge, Wokha on September 4.

D I M A P U R : Wo k h a District Consumer Rights Organisation (WDCRO) h a s i n i t i a t e d va r i o u s

(L-R) ADC Peren, K. Mhathung Tsanglao planting a tree sapling. Anganwadi workers and others at the launching of Poshan Maah in Mon.

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impor tance of proper nutrition for women and children.

He also said women should know which types of food to consume during the time of pregnancy.

Meanwhile, junior specialist, DH Longleng, Dr.Waulong briefed on importance of nutrition and preventative measure from grassroots level.

Peren: ADC Jalukie, K. Mhathung Ts a n g l a o g r a c e d t h e launching prog ramme of PoshanMaah at KejanglwaVillage, Peren on September 2. The programme was organised

by Peren ICDS project under the department of social welfare.

Addressing the gathering, K. Mhathung stressed on benefits of planting saplings which had medicinal and nutritional values.

He encouraged the gathering for optimum utilisation of available land and start practicing organic kitchen garden in order to enhance the nutritional level in the diet.

The ADC requested CDPOs and staff from different blocks to work with full commitment for the successful implementation of the month-long celebration programme.

L a t e r, t h e A D C declared the launch by planting a neem tree at Kejanglwa village.

The programme was attended by block CDPOs, DPRO Peren, AWWs, village councils, officials from district mission management unit, block mission management unit, NSRLM, RD block Jalukie and Peren.

At Jalukie, the monthlong programmewas launched at Tening, led by district administration and department of social welfare.

C D P O Te n i n g , Ya n b e n i H u m t s o e highlighted on the activities to be carried out throughout the month.

Speaking at the prog ramme, EAC Te n i n g , T u m b e n P. Ts a n g l a o e n c o u r a g e d the department officials,

especially Anganwadi workers to create awareness on holistic nutrition for children and mothers.

He further reminded how more than 50% of children in the country were suffering from at least one type of malnutrition and

even after vaccination.

M e a n w h i l e, C h i e f Ve t e r i n a r y O f f i c e r, M o k o k c h u n g, D r. B. M Sunep, spoke on “How to stay healthy” based on health is wealth. He also spoke on the importance of cultural values, world view- secular/geo-Christian view and its contribution to staying healthy. The programme was attended by representatives of village council, churches and NGOs.

WDCRO initiates steps to strengthen markets

steps to strengthen the The decision to initiate markets for the interest and steps was taken at its annual welfare of Wokha district meeting-cum-picnic held consumers. on September 4 at Doyang.

Poshan Maah 2021 launched in Longleng, Peren and Mon

DIMAPUR: Department of Social Welfare launched Poshan Maah 2021 under Poshan Abhiyan, a central gover nment scheme at Longleng, Peren and Mon on September 2 and 3.

The scheme aims t o e n s u r e c o m mu n i t y mobilisation and bolster people’s par ticipation to improve nutritional outcomes for pregnant women, lactating mother, children and adolescent girls. Poshan Maah 2021 has been subdivided into weekly themes with a focused approach to improve holistic nutrition.

Longleng: Poshan Maah was launched at EBRC hall Longleng with ADC Longleng, D.Robin as special guest.

According to a DIPR report, while welcoming t h e g a t h e r i n g, C D P O Longleng, Longlang Luckpan briefed on Poshan Maah and urged all convergence department to cooperate to make the activities a success.

In his speech, ADC L o n g l e n g , D. R o b i n emphasised on the

100% vaccination.

He added that Ungma village will be an example to the neighbouring as well as villages across the district.

He also presented data in connection to Covid infection, death, recovery in Mokokchung district and the effectiveness of Covid vaccine. He further highlighted on the SOP in relation to dead body handling and encouraged strict observance of SOP in their day to day activities,

how the programmecould help in improving the nutrition status with an emphasis on micronutrients that were vital for a child’s mental well-being apart from other physical aspects.

Mon: Poshan Maah was launched at DRDA

hall in collaboration with blocks (ICDS) Mon, under the theme on September 3.

According to a DIPR report, in his address, ADC Mon, Chingak Konyak encouraged frontline wo r k e r s, s u p e r v i s o r s, p o s h a n c o o r d i n a t o r s, a n g a n wa d i wo r k e r s, helpers and convergent departments to render cooperation, dedication and achieve the target with satisfaction.

He also urged the staff and masses in rural areas to maintain COVID-19 SOPs. A briefing on children (0-16 years) was given by district coordinator childline Mon, Eunice Thalih where she informed that their toll free no 1098 service was available 24×7 for assistance towards child abuse, injury, missing, molestation and rape cases.

Speaking at the meeting, WDCRO president Abel Enni said that the organisation will be checking unhealthy and unhygienic practice carried out by slaughter houses. He said that various unhygienic slaughterhouses and hotels will be intensively surveyed. In this regard, the organisation has invited the consumers of Wokha to approach the office of WDCRO in the event of any complaints.

At the meeting, the W D C RO a f f i r m e d t o work for the interest of consumers and therefore sought cooperation and support from the citizens of Wokha district.

Meanwhile, WDCRO stated that after it took up the issue of shortage of LPG cooking gas, DC Wokha has directed all commercial establishments (hotels/restaurants) to use commercial gas rather than domestic gas.

1st death anniversary

Lt. KoteLe VaLeo 6th September 2020 It’s been a year since you left us for your eternal home, but your love and smile remain fresh in our heart. Missing you always and will always remember you forever in our heart till we meet again.

“If we live, we live for the Lord; and if we die, we die for the Lord.

So, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.”

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2nd death anniversary of Lt. ahoto swu

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WE,THE BEREAVEd FAMILY MEMBERS OF LT. KENEINGULIE RIO, AKA KEVIMEdO RIO, WOULd LIKE TO EXTENd OUR dEEpEST GRATITUdE TO ALL THE FAR ANd NEAR ONES, WHO STOOd

BY US dURING THE UNTIMELY dEMISE OF OUR BELOVEd ON THE 2Nd OF SEpT, 2021. WORdS WOULd BE INSUFFICIENT TO EXpRESS HOW TRULY ARE WE BLESSEd BY YOUR GENEROUS HANdS ANd FAITHFUL pRAYERS, ON THAT FATEFUL dAY, WHEN WE WERE HARdEST HIT. WE WOULd EVER REMAIN INdEBTEd TO ALL. WE WOULd LIKE TO CONVEY OUR SpECIAL THANKS TO: 1. VILLAGE COUNCIL , SOVIMA. 2. CHRISTIAN REVIVAL CHURCH, SOVIMA. 3. BApTIST CHURCH, SOVIMA. 4. SOVIMA YOUTH. 5. CHIECHA KUdA UNION, dIMApUR. 6. SEYIEMA MAIpFÜKO KROTHO, dIMApUR. 7. THEpFÜSATUO RIO, ETC,ETC. WE REGRET OUR INABILITY TO THANK EACH ANd EVERY INdIVIdUALS, BUT YOUR NAMES WILL BE EVER IMpRINTEd IN OUR HEARTS. LOVING WIFE, CHILDREN, SISTER, IN-LAWS AND RELATIVES. dp-4330

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DIMAPUR: In a bid to ensure skill development and employment opportunity to women, the Directorate of Women Resource Development on September 3 has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with nine skilled unemployed women.

According to DIPR, as per the MoU, collaborative programmes and production activities under Apparels & Accessories Programme of Transformative Livelihood Intervention Project for a period of two years on a ‘Pay –Per- Production’ basis will be taken up.

During the signing of the MoU held at the d i r e c t o r a t e, d i r e c t o r, Wo m e n R e s o u r c e D e ve l o p m e n t , V i l o n e Sakhrie stated that as part of Livelihood Intervention and Support programme of the department, skilled unemployed women will be engaged for production works (tailoring, weaving

NEISSR handingtaking over of students’ council

NAGALAND POST, DIMAPUR MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

In life, we loved you dearly, in death we love you still.

In our hearts you hold a place, no one else will ever fill.

Loving Wife, Children & Family Members.

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WEATHER FORECAST SEPTEMBER 6

(Temperature in ºC)

Max Min

Agartala Heavy afternoon thunderstorm 33 25

A t-storm in the afternoon

28 20

Guwahati A stray afternoon t-storm

33 26

Aizawl Imphal

A stray a.m. t-storm; cloudy

Itanagar A morning t-storm in spots

27 20 30 24

Shillong

Cloudy with a thunderstorm

25 18

Kohima

Cloudy with a stray t-storm

25 19

Dimapur Cloudy with a stray t-storm

31 24

Cloudy with a t-storm or two

26 20

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

20 15

Cloudy with a stray t-storm

27 22

Zunheboto Cloudy with a thunderstorm

22 18

Mkg Wokha

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DC Mokokchung, Limawabang, teachers and AKM members. (NP)

Members of Lion and Leo Club and teachers.

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was not only to educate the students, but also to build their character. The advisor pointed out that the government will make policies, but it was the duty of teachers to bring changes in the generation.

He further exhorted the teachers to forsake bad habits and urged to start taking responsibility to mould students, and not to compromise on quality.

He lamented that Sümis have more teachers, but lacked behind others in education, and questioned whether “Sümis were working for salary”.

Stating that enrolment of students had drastically de-

cally described as walking encyclopaedias but, today, they are best described as Data Bank”.

He said teachers of today must be able to keep up with the vast advancement in the digital technology in order to mould the delicate minds of the future. The speaker also praised the efforts of the teachers during the pandemic by conducting “online classes”.

Earlier, a short speech was delivered by DC Mokokchung, Limawabang Jamir and the welcome note was delivered by AKM president, Nungdokyanger Ao while vote of thanks was said by AKM educa-

DIMAPUR/MOKOKCHUNG, SEP 5 (NPN): Wester n Sümi Baptist A k u k h o u Kü q h a k u l u (WSBAK), Ao Students’ Conference (AKM), Lions and Leo Club of Dimapur and Christina Memorial Higher Secondary School (CMHSS) celebrated Teachers’ Day by organising special programmes on September 5.

Advisor, School Education, K T Sukhalu, who graced the programme at Chekiye Village Baptist Church organised by WSBAK, reminded the teachers that their role

creased among government schools in Sümi region, he said it was discouraging to see children not being sent to government schools.

Sukhalu also assured the congregation to the representation letter submitted

by Chikiye Village Council, to construct the school building at the government school in the village.

It was learned that students were currently taking classes at the building of Primacy Health Care centre, as there was no school building.

E a r l i e r, t h e p r o gramme was chaired by secretary, department of women ministry, WSBAK,

Kakheli Inato Jimo, while blessing prayer for the teachers were offered by Sr. pastor, TVBC, Rev. Dr. Hevukhu Achumi.

Short speeches were also delivered by president, WSH, Shikaho Zhimomi, president, WSKH, Vihuto Yepthomi, and Sr. SDEO (SEO charge), Kisheli Shikhu.

AKM: The ‘60th Teacher’s Day celebration 2021’, was organised

by AKM at Town Hall, Mokokchung with (retd. principal) Akok Walling as the key speaker.

In his speech, Walling said that till late 1990s, “teachers were metaphori-

tion eecretary, Chubameren Imchen.

Lions and Leo Club of Dimapur: 35 teachers from different schools in Dimapur were felicitated at the felicitation ceremony organised by Lions & Leo Club of Dimapur at Lions Centre on September 5.

The ceremony was presided by Lion president, Vikas Maheshwari.

The programe was organised under the chairmanship of Lion Nownit Ajmera and Leo Rashika Jain.

CMHSS: CMHSS celebrated the day by organising a short programme at its school premises on

September 4. The programme was attended by the teachers, faculty, managing board and wellwishers of the school.

Short speech was delivered by Aoyimti pastor Temsu Jamir, where he acknowledged the role and hard work of the teachers.

He also congratulated the school for the outstanding report and prayed for many more such achievements in the near future.

On the occasion, the school also gave away the “best teacher” award, which was bagged by Imtinaro Ao. The teachers were presented with gifts as a token of appreciation.

Zhaleo inaugurates ‘Sadbhav SJC, FAC organise webinars on various topics Mandap’ at Vihokhu village

Zhaleo Rio inaugurating the Sadbhav Mandap at Vihokhu village local ground.

DIMAPUR: Advisor, Sericulture, Excise & Minority Affairs, Zhaleo Rio on September 4 inaugurated the newly constructed multi-facility centre, Sadbhav Mandap, under the aegis of minority affairs cell at Vihokhu village local ground.

In a press release,

NDPP 5 GhaspaniII A/C media secretary stated that, Zhaleo while speaking at the function as special guest, said that the common facility centre was constructed through sponsorship from the ministry of minority affairs under PMJVK during 2019-20.

He said that Nagas could be considered as minority as Christians were a minority at national level and informed that setting up of minority community blocks were in the process since Niuland sub-division was the lone recognised block in the state.

Zhaleo also expressed satisfaction with the construction works and all those involved in the successful completion of the multi centre.

He advised the public to utilise it to the optimum and at the same time, manage and maintain the centre as a priority.

While speaking on the pandemic situation, he noted that the third wave may hit anytime, therefore, encouraged every eligible person to get vaccinated.

He also cautioned the public to remain vigilant and follow all guidelines even after vaccinated.

DIMAPUR: St. Joseph’s College (Autonomous) Jakhama (SJC) and Fazl Ali College (FAC), Mokokchung organised webinars on various topics on September 3.

Department of Mathematics in collaboration with IQAC, SJC organised a “national webinar” on the topic, “Real life application of mathematics”.

The webinar was organized through offline and online (Zoom) modes.

The inaugural session which was chaired by asst. prof., SJC (A) Toshiwapang T Lemtur and dean of Science, SJC (A), Rev. Fr. Peter Solo, delivered the welcome address.

The first session technical session was chaired by asst. Prof., SJC (A), Chonbeni Yanthan, wherein the resource person, Dr. Pallab Changkakoti asst. professor from Kohima Science College (Autonomous), presented on the topic, “Uses of statistics in our day to day life”.

Participants of the webinar at St. Joseph’s College (Autonomous) Jakhama.

The second session was chaired by SJC (A), Jakhama asst. Professor, Dzuvino Judith Kuotsu.

The resource person for the session was Lhilo

Kenye, Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad who spoke on “The essence of mathematics in computer science and information

technology.”

The webinar was organized in tune with the College and its tradition for pursuit of quality education in the field of

higher education in the state and in the region.

FAC Mokokchung: Department of philosophy and IQAC of Fazl Ali College organised two webinars on different topics.

A webinar on the topic, “Talk on Indigenous Philosophy” with Dr. Karilemla, asst. prof. department of Philosophy at SavitribaiPhule Pune University as guest speaker. The session was moderated by Dr. Bendanginla, asst. Prof. department of Philosophy.

Around 50 faculty members participated in the webinar. Meanwhile, IQAC of the college organised another webinar on the topic “Green Campus Policy” with Amba Jamir, senior consultant, sustainable landscapes and restoration WRi India, executive director SDFN, VP IMI, board member NESFAS as speaker where 54 faculty members attended the session.

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Assam Rifles Freedom Cycling Rally Police encounters unabated in from Shillong to Delhi flagged off Assam, two more accused injured

Director General Assam Rifles Lt Gen Pradeep Chandran Nair flagged off the ‘Freedom Cycling Rally’ between Shillong and New Delhi.

MUMBAI, SEP 5 (PTI): A 3,000-km-long cycle rally organised by the Assam Rifles as part of Azadi Ka Amrut Mahotsav, the government’s initiative to mark 75 years of India’s Independence, was flagged off on Sunday.

Director General Assam Rifles Lt Gen Pradeep Chandran Nair flagged off the ‘Freedom Cycling Rally’ between Shillong and New Delhi, an official said.

The rally commemorates 75 years of progressive India and the glorious history of its people, culture, achievements and also promotes the Fit India Movement, he said. It will touch important places associated with India’s freedom movement en-route. It also includes interactions with locals to include them in the Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav celebrations’ spirit.

Present at the launch at the Directorate General Assam Rifles headquarters at K Y M C

Laitkor, Shillong were Krishna Lahkar, a 94-year-old freedom fighter, Captain Keishing Clifford Nongrum, Maha Vir Chakra awardee, Maj David Manlun, Kirti Chakra awardee and all ranks and families of the Laitkor garrison.

Lt Gen Nair highlighted the role played by Assam Rifles towards peace and security in the North East. Assam Rifles, known as the ‘Sentinels of the North East’ is a force that binds the region, he added.

The nearly 55,000-strong Assam Rifles has been guarding India’s 1,640-km long border with Myanmar and also parts of the Arunachal Pradesh border opposite China during the war under the operational control of the Indian Army.

The Assam Rifles, raised in 1835, also carries out counter-insurgency operations in militancy-infested states in the NorthEastern region.

GUWAHATI, SEP 5 (PTI): Two persons accused of different crimes were injured in police encounters in Assam’s Guwahati and Dhemaji when they “tried to escape from custody”, a senior officer said on Sunday.

Special Director General of Police (Law and Order) Gyanendra Pratap Singh said sleuths in Guwahati had to open fire on one accused in self-defence when he tried to flee custody.

The person, who sustained a bullet injury on his leg, was recently arrested from Delhi for allegedly supplying cocaine in a rave party in Guwahati last month, he said in a tweet.

Talking about the other case, Singh said a man accused of attacking a college girl, who later succumbed to her injuries, tried to snatch a police weapon in Dhemaji district on Saturday evening.

He was injured in police firing, Singh added.

Since May, at least 23 suspected militants and criminals were shot dead in police encounters in the state as they reportedly tried to snatch service weapons or attempted to escape from

custody, while 38 accused were injured along with some policemen.

The rising number of shoot-outs has whipped up a political furore with the opposition alleging that the Assam Police has turned “trigger happy” under the Chief Minister Himanta

Biswa Sarma-led regime, which assumed charge on May 10.

Unfazed by the criticism, Sarma had on July 15 said in the Assam Assembly that the state police has “full operational liberty” to fight against the criminals within the ambit of law.

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Group to stage ‘Knife Surrender Rally’ to force Meghalaya govt to suspend cops

Correspondent

SHILLONG, SEP 5: A group of people under the banner of Ka Sur Ki Nong Mawlai (The Voice of Mawlai People) will hold a ‘Knife Surrender Rally’ on Monday to mount pressure on the Meghalaya government to suspend three senior police officers in connection with the killing of a former militant leader.

Pressure groups and family members of Cherishterfield Thangkhiew, the founding general Secretary of the outlawed Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC), claimed that Thangkhiew was killed in a “fake encounter” in a pre-dawn raid by the Special Operation Team (SOT) of the Meghalaya police on August 13 at his residence in Mawlai.

However, police officials has maintained that Thangkhiew had attacked the SOT personnel with a

Cherishterfield thangkhiew knife in an attempt to escape and the police exerted their right to “private defence” by firing a single round, which hit him.

The former militant leader was declared brought dead by doctors at Shillong Civil Hospital.

“We will be holding a ‘Knife Surrender Rally’ on Monday as a mark of protest against the delay of the Government to suspend Director General of Police R. Chandranathan, East Jaintia Hills Superintendent of Police Jagpal Singh Dha-

noa, and Superintendent of Police (Traffic) Shailendra Bamaniya for their alleged role in the “fake encounter” of Thangkhiew,” said Donboklang Kharlyngdoh, one of the members of Ka Sur Ki Nong Mawlai.

The ‘Knife Surrender Rally’ on Monday is significant as six members of the group have to reply to the show cause notices issued by the District Magistrate of East Khasi Hills, Isawanda Laloo for organising unauthorised public gathering on August 25 and 26 to protest against the killing of the former HNLC leader in contravention of COVID-19 protocols.

The group has decided not to cow down to the “pressure tactic” and the “dirty politics” of the government but would continue to fight till government fulfil their demand.

The pressure group had also written to 35 legislators from Khasi-Jaintia

NE COVID-19 UPDATE COVID-19 recoveries edge out fresh cases in Arunachal ITANAGAR, SEP 5 (PTI): The COVID-19 recovery rate in Arunachal Pradesh improved to 98.07 per cent after 114 people were discharged in a single day, a senior health department official said on Sunday.

The northeastern state now has 762 active cases, and a total of 52,276 patients have so far recovered from the disease, he said.

The Capital Complex Region - comprising Itanagar, Naharlagun, Nirjuli and Banderdewa areas - has the highest number of active cases at 143, followed by Lower Subansiri (104), West Kameng (52) and Lower Dibang Valley (50).

Arunachal Pradesh’s coronavirus tally rose to 53,302 with 85 fresh infections, while two more fatalities pushed the death toll to 264, the official said.

Altogether, 10,71,513 samples have been tested in the frontier state, including 2,993 since Saturday. Meanwhile, State Immunisation Officer Dimong Padung said 9,96,954 people have been administered COVID-19 vaccines thus far.

79 new cases push Sikkim’s COVID-19 tally to 30,242

GANGTOK, SEP 5 (PTI): Seventy-nine more people tested positive for COVID-19, taking Sikkim’s tally to 30,242 on Sunday, a health bulletin said.

The Himalayan state’s coronavirus death toll remained unchanged at 373 as no fresh fatality was registered. The positivity rate stood at 11.8 per cent.

West Sikkim district recorded the highest number of new cases at 41, followed

by East Sikkim (20), South Sikkim (15) and North Sikkim (three).

The state now has 967 active cases, while 28,617 people have recovered from the disease, and 285 patients have migrated to other states so far. The recovery rate among the coronavirus patients in the state stood at 95.5 per cent. Sikkim has tested over 2.34 lakh samples for COVID-19 so far, including 666 in the last 24 hours.

Hills region seeking their support to force the government to place the three police officials under suspension.

On August 18, the State Gover nment had assigned the Meghalaya Human Rights Commission chairperson Justice T. Vaiphei to head the judicial probe into the encounter death of Thangkhiew.

The report has to be submitted within three months.

Chief Minister Conrad Sangma has maintained that action will be taken against those responsible for the death of Thangkhiew based on the report of the judicial inquiry.

“The government is committed to doing that once the judicial inquiry report comes in giving us all details of the case. Once the report comes, we will we be able to identify those responsible and take action,” Sangma said.

NAGALAND POST, DIMAPUR MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

Partial lockdown in Aizawl extended till September 18

Woman among 3 drug peddlers arrested with Heroin in Manipur

AIZAWL, SEP 5 (PTI): The Mizoram government has extended partial lockdown in Aizawl Municipal Corporation (AMC) area and certain COVID-related restrictions in other parts of the state till September 18, with a few relaxations in the curbs, an official said on Sunday.

An order related to the COVID curbs was issued as the restrictions, imposed on August 20, were in place till Saturday, he said. Educational institutes have not been allowed to reopen in AMC area, while schools and colleges in COVID-free localities in other parts of the state were permitted to resume physical classes, the official said. Places of worship have been allowed to reopen in COVID-free localities outside the Aizawl city. However, churches for worship services will continue to remain closed in the AMC area. Mizoram now has 10,318 active cases, while 53,243 people have recovered from the disease.

Correspondent IMPHAL, SEP 5: Manipur police have arrested three alleged drug peddlers, including a woman, with a huge quantity of Heroin (No.4) in Thoubal district.

A team of Thoubal district police arrested the three persons, during an operation based on credible information regarding movement of drug peddlers at Lilong area Saturday evening, around 4 pm. The arrested woman drug peddler was identified as Deineihoi Haokip (25) wife of Hemminson Haokip from the border town, while the other two were Md Mujibur (43) of Lilong Atoukhong Maning Leikai, and Minlan Tuboi (37) son of Jangpou Tuboi from Moreh.

Addressing a press conference, Thoubal district SP Jogeshchandra Haobijam said that the contraband drugs packed in 22 soap cases were seized during an operation on Saturday evening at Lilong area of the

Three persons including a woman arrested by police with a huge quantity of Heroin powder by Thoubal police district, based on credible information. He said that a police team comprising commando personnel of the district on frisking and checking at Lilong Idigah Road detained Md Mujibur who was moving on foot in a very suspicious manner.

During a check to a polythene bag he was carrying, the police detected 22 soap cases containing suspected Heroin powder.

On spot interrogation, police came to know that the item was handed over to him by two persons who came on a Bolero vehicle, around 10 minutes earlier. Then, the police team chased after

the vehicle immediately by contacting them through Md Mujibur’s phone. The team intercepted the vehicle at Lilong Bazar, near an oil pump. Two occupants in the vehicle including a woman were detained along with the vehicle (NL 03 2267).

The SP suspected that the two occupants of the vehicle transported the illegal drug from the border town, Moreh, and handed it over to Md Majibur. The police seized the illegal drugs along with three mobile phones and the vehicle and handed it over to concerned Lilong police station for further investigation.

Manipur honours nine govt teachers on Teachers’ Day Correspondent IMPHAL, SEP 5: Nine teachers of government schools were honoured as Manipur celebrated Teachers’ Day on Sunday.

The teachers were honoured with Manipur State Teachers’ Awards, recognizing their selfless dedication towards their services in a state level Teachers’ Day 2021 celebration held in Imphal’s City Convention Centre.

The Appreciation Award for Teachers of Education (U), SCERT & Education (S) was also presented to personalities from the teaching community on the occasion.

Ningmareo Shimray, a lecturer at Ukhrul Higher Secondary School was also honoured during the programme for winning the

National Teachers’ Award 2021.

State chief minister N Biren Singh, in his speech, maintained that the government, since its formation, had been working on all sides to ensure easy access to welfare programmes and benefits by its people.

He said that education acquired from a teacher had a very important role in everyone’s achievement while reminding the importance of celebrating the day.

The yearly celebration also made the younger generation know the role of teachers and imbibed them with the culture of paying respect and honouring their mentors, he added.

While appreciating the award winners for their selfless service in guiding students of the state, Singh expressed hope that teachers

Teachers’ Day celebration in Imphal on Sunday. would continue to render their services with much dedication.

On the occasion, the chief minister announced that coaching classes for UPSC Civil Service Examination would be started soon at the State Academy of Training.

A total of 200 students

would undergo face-to-face training by best IAS mentors from Delhi, he added.

The state government will arrange for VSAT classes at different locations to accommodate more students. He further announced that the government was starting its “Go to Hills-2” to ensure door to

door delivery of services and benefits of various schemes to the people of hill areas.

Delivering his speech, state education minister Sorokhaibam Rajen said that Teachers’ Day was celebrated every year in all parts of the country honouring the teachers’ role in shaping the society by guiding their students in the right path.

While stating the necessity of teachers being honoured for their selfless dedication in their service, he appealed to the teaching community to continue their guidance in producing bright students.

He said that the state education department was putting in best efforts to provide education to students even during the hard times of COVID-19 pandemic through online classes.

NEP to focus on four thrust areas, says Pema Khandu Assam flood situation improves, number of affected people comes down to 1.18 L

ITANAGAR, SEP 5 (PTI): Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Sunday said that under the New Education Policy (NEP), the government will focus on four thrust areas to shape future scope and dynamics of education scenario in the state.

Speaking at a function to celebrate Teachers’ Day, Khandu said that the thrust areas include, Foundational Literacy and Numeracy, Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE), e-Governance and Digital Education and Vocational and Teachers’ Education.

The chief minister claimed that the New Education Policy introduced by the Centre is one of the biggest reforms ever in the

education sector. He said the state government is all set to achieve the vision of 10 years as proposed in the policy for which two state task forces have been constituted and several rounds of consultations have already been held by them.

“We have recently launched ‘Mission Shiksa’ with an aim to provide good quality education to the students in an improved educational environment and uplifting the morale of teachers. We have also declared 2021 as ‘Year of Education’ and will invest sufficiently through convergence to overhaul our education system,” Khandu said.

Arunachal had only three primary schools at the time of Independence

Pema Khandu and now the state boasts of about 4000 schools, Khandu said. However, he lamented that the quality of education instead of growing has degraded in these years.

“We as a state have certainly faltered somewhere.

We grew from three primary schools to 4000 schools. The number of teachers also increased manifold but we are still struggling to improve

our quality of education.

So many drawbacks and complaints still continue to haunt the system,” Khandu said.

“On records we have a sufficient number of teachers but still so many schools across the state report shortage of teachers. This has to be resolved. Our Education department is working on it and soon transfer and posting will be digitally and transparently rationalized which will be available on the department’s web portal,” Khandu informed.

He also said political interference or influence in transfer and posting, particularly in health and education will not be allowed.

The chief minister expressed that at the start

certain reforms do hurt certain sections of people but, he claimed, in the long run results will be sweet and gave the example of State Staff Selection Board.

“Earlier, job-for-vote culture was prevalent. To stop it, we established the Staff Selection Board. At the beginning it did hurt some people including few politicians, their supporters and people looking for government jobs in return for votes and cash. But today, the scenario is different. Everybody knows that to get a job you need to go through the Board exams. Today people are actually working hard and only eligible people are getting government jobs,” he explained.

GUWAHATI, SEP 5 (PTI): The flood situation in Assam improved on Sunday with the number of people affected by the deluge coming down to over 1.18 lakh and no new fatality reported, a bulletin said.

According to the daily flood report of the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), at least 1,18,300 people are suffering from the deluge in Barpeta, Chirang, Darrang, Dhemaji, Goalpara, Golaghat, Morigaon and Nagaon districts.

Golaghat is the worsthit district with around 48,300 people affected, followed by Darrang and

Morigaon. Till Saturday, nearly 1.77 lakh people were hit by the deluge across 12 districts of the state.

The total number of persons losing their lives in this year’s flood stands at seven, the bulletin said.

Four more persons have drowned, but the ASDMA said these were cases of “general drowning” and not included in the flood toll. At present, 646 villages are underwater and about 19,659 hectares of crop areas have been damaged across Assam, the bulletin said.

Authorities are running 24 relief camps and distribution centres in nine districts,

where 2,333 people, including 439 children, have taken shelter. The administrations have distributed 10.65 quintals of rice, dal and salt, 11.25 litres of mustard oil, 419.25 quintals of cattle feed and other flood relief items during the day.

Massive erosion was witnessed in Barpeta, Biswanath, Bongaigaon, Dhubri, Kokrajhar, Morigaon and Sonitpur districts, the bulletin said.

Roads, bridges and other infrastructure have been damaged by floodwaters in Dhubri, Goalpara, Kamrup, Nagaon, Sonitpur, Golaghat and Udalguri, the ASDMA said.

There goes Spider-Man! Arunachal Chasma Bandar’ population rising in Tripura despite loss of habitat youngster casts web of cosplay ITANAGAR, SEP 5 (PTI): He dashes and jumps off terraces, flips and vaults on the streets wearing a cape, leaving people in absolute awe. Who is he? Arunachal’s own friendly, neighbourhood Spider-Man! Takam Todo, 22, has slowly but surely aced the cosplay of his favourite comic superhero - SpiderMan, imitating stunts of the caped crusader at will.

A resident of Itanagar, Todo started parkouring, which involves running, jumping, swinging, vaulting and climbing, around 2014.

“I sense action and opportunity everywhere.

If there is a wall, it’s just a wall for others. But for us, we can land on it and jump from it,” he told PTI. Todo’s Spider-Man antics began two year ago

Takam Todo in Pune, where he was pursuing a diploma in civil engineering. He bought the costumes online and got into the act, posting a video of him vaulting over two motorcycles, on social media.

Initially, the video garnered only around 500 views, but after the coronavirus lockdowns, “it suddenly got viral”, Todo said.

Titled ‘Spider-Man Jumping in Pune’, it has over 25 million views so

far on YouTube, where he has over 77,000 subscribers.

He also uploaded a new video of parkour moves a day before the teaser of ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ released on August 24. Todo’s cosplay videos of the comic superhero are typically filled with stunts atop terraces and dancing moves, but he remains nonchalant about the dangers associated with the acts.

“There are lots of deaths due to road accidents. Still, people ride vehicles,” he said. “We progress through training. We just go for the basics at first and slowly develop.” The young man claimed that despite his daredevil stunts, he was yet to suffer any serious injury.

“It looks painful, but it’s not much of a pain for us,” Todo quipped.

AGARTALA, SEPT 5 (PTI): Only chosen few are born bespectacled and they happen to be the Phayre’s leaf monkey or the species popularly known in the country as `Chasma Bandar’ (bespectacled monkey).

These shy, agile, deep forest dwellers are now threatened with extinction as humans are increasingly encroaching on their natural habitat.

According to International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Phayre’s leaf monkey is listed as endangered and its population is estimated to have more than halved over the last three generations (36 years, given a monkey generation length of 12 years), due to a combination of habitat loss and hunting.

In India, it is a schedule 1 species under the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972.

The leaf monkey de-

rives its local name from the chalk-white patch around its black eyes, close to the bridge of its nose. The primates are general tree top dwellers and hardly descend even to drink water.

They are named after Sir Arthur Purves Phayre, a British Indian Army officer who “discovered” the species.

They prefer to collect water from dew and rain drenched leaves and survives on fruits, flowers and leaves. When surprised they sound a guttural alarm. The only other sound they make is a kind of squeal.

Tripura’s Sepahijala Wildlife Sanctuary is known as the abode of the prized leaf monkey. The central zoo authority of India has deemed Sipahijala wildlife sanctuary as a National breeding centre for bespectacled monkey, State Wild Life Warden, Nirad Baran

File photo of a `Chasma Bandar’ (bespectacled monkey).

Debnath told PTI. The monkey which is also the state animal is spotted in north eastern states of Tripura, parts of Assam and Mizoram, neighbouring Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh, southwestern China, parts of Southeast Asia including Myanmar.

“Even as the primate is dwindling in numbers elsewhere, their numbers are rising in Tripura. We have noticed about a two percent rise of the Phary’s

langur in Tripura. A recent study in Sepahijhala concluded that seven troops, comprising 100 individuals, were present in the sanctuary”, Debnath said.

Interestingly, the monkey, which is folivore also has in recent years developed a habit of thriving on rubber leaves. Tripura has a large number of rubber plantations.

“The areas under natural forest are shrinking gradually due to human encroachment and

the monkeys, which move in herds, often raid horticultural gardens and even kitchen gardens for jackfruits, drumsticks, carrots and other vegetables. They also changed their nature of eating due to habitat loss and developed the habit of eating rubber leaves and its twigs”, the official said.

“The species is adapting to life in rubber plantations in Tripura. There is a high dependence on rubber leaves,” confirmed primatologist Joydeep Bose. In a study, Bose and Bhattacharjee (2004) reported that more than 75 per cent of the annual diet of the species in Tripura comes from rubber plants.

The forest official said, “This primate can consume wide range of fruits and leaves and can digest easily and play an important role in the health of the forest and in seed dispersal,”

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NAGALAND POST, DIMAPUR MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

dies of Nipah virus in Kerala, 44 teachers bag National Teachers’ Award Boy Central team rushed to state NEW DELHI, SEP 5 (PTI): President Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday conferred the National Teachers’ Awards on 44 teachers from across the country for their contribution to developing innovative methods of teaching.

The national-level aw a r d s a r e g i v e n o n Teachers’ Day to celebrate the unique contribution of some of the finest teachers in the country and to honour those who, through their commitment, have not only improved the quality of school education but also enriched the lives of their students.

Noting that every child has different capabilities and talent, the President said teachers need to focus on the all-round development of students keeping in mind their different needs and interests. “ Te a c h e r s s h o u l d pay special attention to the fact that each student has different abilities, t a l e n t s , p s y c h o l o g y, social background and environment. Therefore, emphasis should be laid on the all-round development of each child according to

VP M. Venkaiah Naidu conferring the 11th Annual Medical Teachers’ Day Awards in Hyderabad, Sept. 5, 2021. (PTI)

their special needs, interests and abilities,” he said during the virtual award ceremony.

“The primary responsibility of combining the inherent talents of the students lies with the teachers. A good teacher is a personality-builder, a society-builder and a nationbuilder,” he added.

Kovind congratulated all the teachers who received the award for their distinguished contributions.

“Such teachers strengthen my belief that the future generation is safe in the hands of our wellqualified teachers. Teachers have a very important place in everyone’s life, people

remember their teachers lifelong. Teachers who nurture their students with affection and devotion always get respect from their students,” he said.

The President urged teachers to inspire and enable their students to envision a golden future and acquire the aptitude to fulfil their aspirations.

“It is the duty of teachers to inculcate interest in studies in their students.

Sensitive teachers can shape the future of students through their behaviour, conduct and teaching.

Noting the challenges posed by the pandemic, Kovind said for the last one-

and-a-half years, the whole world is going through a crisis caused by coronavirus.

“In this situation, even when all schools and colleges were closed, teachers did not allow children’s education to stop.

For this, teachers learned to use digital platforms in a very short time and continued the education process.

“Some teachers have d eve l o p e d r e m a r k a b l e infrastructure in schools with their hard work and dedication. I appreciate such dedicated teachers and hope that the entire teaching community will keep on changing its teaching methods according to the changing circumstances,” he said.

The President said that the National Education Policy (NEP), which was implemented last year, has set an ambitious objective of establishing India as a global knowledge superpower.

“We have to provide such education to students that would be helpful in building a just society based on knowledge,” he said.

The education system should be such that

students develop a sense of commitment towards the constitutional values ??and fundamental duties, it strengthens patriotic feelings among them and makes them aware of their role in the changing global scenario, he added.

The National Awards to Teachers were first instituted in 1958 to recognise the excellence and commitment of teachers in shaping the minds as well as the future of the youth. From the mid-60s onwards, September 5 came to be the fixed date for the function on account of the birthday of Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan, former president of India and an eminent educationist.

The awards accord public recognition to meritorious teachers working in elementary and secondary schools.

This year, online selfnomination process was followed by a three-tier selection process at district, state and national level.

A documentary film on each of the 44 awardee teachers was also shown during the virtual award ceremony.

KOZHIKODE, SEP 5 (PTI): A 12-year-old boy died due to Nipah virus infection at a hospital here, Kerala Health Minister Veena George said on Sunday.

The samples of the boy, which were sent to the Pune National Institute of Virology, confirmed the presence of Nipah virus.

The Central Government has rushed a team of the National Centre for Disease Control to the state, which will be reaching on Sunday.The team will provide technical support to the state.

Nipah virus is spread by saliva of the fruit bats.

Giving details of the case, the minister told reporters, “Unfortunately, the boy passed away at 5 in the morning. The condition of the child was critical on Saturday night. We formed various teams and have started the tracing. Steps have been taken to isolate those who were the primary contacts of the boy”.

The minister said the infection was confirmed by the Pune NIV on Saturday

Body of the 12-year-old boy being buried by health workers.

night. “Three samples-plasma, CSF and serum-were found infected. He was admitted to the hospital with a heavy fever four days ago. But on Saturday, his condition became worse.

We had sent his samples for testing the day before yesterday,” the minister said.

George said none of the close contacts of the boy are showing any symptoms as of now and that the health department has already traced out the contacts of the child.

“There is nothing to worry about. The health d e p a r t m e n t i s c l o s e ly following up the situation.

Special officers have been

posted and special teams were formed. The patient was first taken to a private hospital, then to the medical college and from there again shifted to a private hospital.

So we have traced all his contacts. The friends he played with in his locality, his cousins and others, the health depar tment had completed the identification and tracing of all these contacts,” George said.

The minister also asked the neighbouring Kannur and Malappuram districts to remain cautious.

Hospital sources said the boy will be cremated today itself following the health protocol.

Owaisi faces seers’ ire Modi’s approval rating shows RSS distances itself from article attacking ‘Infosys’ support to his policies, says BJP ahead of his Ayodhya visit

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bearing the name Faizabad are not removed, Owaisi’s entry in Ayodhya would be barred and the public meeting at Rudauli will be disrupted.”

One of the oldest plaintiffs in the Ayodhya title suit, Iqbal Ansari, too, has condemned Owaisi’s political foray into Ayodhya.

“Muslims should be cautious about Owaisi, who should stick to Hyderabad and not play with the sentiments of lakhs of Muslims in Uttar Pradesh. I appeal to the people not to be influenced by his polarisation tactics,” he said.

AIMIM district president Shahnawaz Siddiqui, meanwhile, said, “We are habituated to calling Faizabad by its old name. It takes time for the new name to sink in. This is a minor issue and should not be blown out of proportion.”

TN to organise 10,000 vaccine camps on September 12 CHENNAI, SEP 5 (IANS): Tamil Nadu is planning to organise 10,000 Covid vaccination camps on next Sunday to inoculate 20 lakh people on a single day, state Health minister Ma Subramanian said on Sunday.

“We are conducting these camps, as directed by our Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin, on September 12. A meeting to discuss the finer points would be held with the District Collectors, Joint Directors, and Deputy Directors of the Health Department in a day or two,” Subramanian told IANS. He said that he will be visiting the K a n y a k u m a r i , T i r u n e l v e l i , Te n k a s i , and Virudhanagar districts to check on the arrangements of these camps.

NEW DELHI, SEP 5 (IANS): After Panchjanya’s article attacking software company Infosys for hurting the country’s economic interest was published, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on Sunday distanced itself from the comment made in it. In a social media post RSS’s Akhil Bharatiya Prachar Pramukh, Sunil Ambekar said that the article published by Panchjanya reflects the individual opinion of the author.

“As an Indian company, Infosys has made seminal contributions to the progress of the country. There might be certain issues with a portal run by Infosys, but the article published by Panchjanya in this context only reflects individual opinion of the author,” Ambekar said.

“Panchjanya is not a mouthpiece of the RSS and the said article or opinion expressed in it should not be linked with the RSS,” Ambekar added.

In its cover story titled ‘Saakh Aur Aghaat’ the Panchjanya accused Infosys of helping ‘Tukde-tukde gang’, naxals and other anti-national forces.

Pointing to regular incidents of glitches in IT portals developed by Infosys, resulting in trouble for tax payers and investors, the Panchjanya article said that such incidents brought down the trust of taxpayers in the Indian economy. The article called Infosys ‘naam bade aur darshan chhote’ (great cry and little wool). The Panchjanya article claimed that this was not the first time Infosys had done this to a government project.

“First time mistake can be called a coincidence but if the same mistake happens repeatedly, it raises doubts. There are accusations that the Infosys management is deliberately trying to destabilise India’s economy,” the article said.

The article also claimed that Infosys has been accused of helping ‘Naxals, leftists and tukde-tukde gangs’.

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“Infosys is accused of providing assistance to Naxals, Leftists and the Tukde Tukde Gang. The issue of Infosys directly or indirectly supporting divisive forces in the country has already

come out in the open,” the article said. The magazine article has alleged that “the direct and indirect support of Infosys has come to the fore for many disruptive activities going on in the country”, that it is behind certain propaganda websites, and groups engaged in spreading caste hatred are beneficiaries of its charity.

“Shouldn’t the promoters of Infosys be asked what are the reasons behind its funding anti-national and anarchist organisations. Should a company with such a dubious record be allowed to participate in government tendering processes,” it had asked.

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AYODHYA, SEP 5 (IANS): Saints and seers in Ayodhya are up in arms against AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi’s Ayodhya visit on September 7 after his party posters used ‘Faizabad’ instead of Ayodhya.

Faizabad district was renamed as Ayodhya by the Yogi Adityanath government in 2018.

Threatening to bar his entry in Ayodhya, the saints said that the ‘mischief ’ was deliberate and an attempt to polarize people on religious grounds.

The seers also threatened to stop his rally being held under the aegis of ‘Shoshit Vanchit Samaj Sammelan’, if Faizabad was not dropped from posters.

Owaisi is scheduled to address a public meeting at Rudauli, a Muslim-dominated c o n s t i t u e n c y, a b o u t 4 0 kilometres from the Ram Janmabhoomi on September 7.

Mahant Raju Das of Hanuman Garhi said, “Why is Owaisi renaming Ayodhya as Faizabad? We condemn h i s c o m mu n a l i d e o l o g y and demand removal of the posters.”

Mahant Paramhans Das of Tapasvi Chavni, said, “Owaisi’s anti-Hindu move is also an insult to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. If posters

NEW DELHI, SEP 5 (PTI): BJP leaders on Sunday cited a global survey, which ranks Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the leader with the highest approval rating, to assert that this shows popular support to his pro-people policies.

The data by Morning Consult, which regularly tracks popularity ratings of a host of global leaders, has put Modi with 70 per cent approval on the top of a list which included US President Joe Biden and UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

“The highest ranking for the country’s top leader Narendra Modi in the global approval rating is a matter of pride and honour for the country. This is a result of people’s blessings to his welfare policies for the masses,” BJP president J P Nadda said.

The party’s chief spokesperson and Rajya Sabha MP Anil Baluni said India’s prestige has risen in an unprecedented manner under Modi.

BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra said, “Global leader with highest approval ratings, that’s our Prime Minister Narendra Modi ji with 70 per cent approval ratings. Congratulations.”

Will ally only with small parties for UP polls: Cong’s state chief under the leadership of Priyanka Gandhi we will win the polls, and form the government in 2022,” Lallu said, adding that he was in touch with small parties on alliances but could not talk

about the details now.

Both the SP and BSP have also ruled out tying up with the Congress, with SP’s Akhilesh Yadav saying the party will forge alliances only with small parties and

Mayawati asserting that BSP would go solo in the polls.

Lallu claimed that SP as the main challenger to the BJP was a media creation and it was the Congress that was standing resolutely.

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GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND

Gandhi as she is the general secretary in-charge of the state and a call on the issue of chief ministerial face will be taken by the national leadership.

Asked about the Congress’ stand on alliances for the UP polls and if there was still a possibility of a tie-up with the SP and BSP, Lallu said, “The Congress’ stand on alliances is clear, we will forge alliances only with small parties. We will not even think about aligning again with big parties.”

Pointing to the reaction of SP and BSP to a Congress booklet that talked about misrule under the nonCongress governments in the last 32 years, he said it is clear that “we will align with small parties” on the issues of the poor, farmers, youth and women’s security. “ We a r e m o v i n g forward as a strong opposition force and

DIRECTORATE OF HEALTH & FAMILY WELFARE NAGALAND HEALTH PROJECT NAGALAND: KOHIMA- 797001 No. NHP/AdMIN-II/2017(PF)/

dated Kohima; the 6th of September 2021

CONTRACTUAL RECRUITMENT The Nagaland Health Project (externally aided Project) under the directorate of Health & Family Welfare, Government of Nagaland invites eligible individuals for contractual engagement for the following post.

Position Field demonstrator

Monthly Minimum Educational Qualification Number of Post Remuneration Graduate degree preferably in 3 sociology, Social-work, Public Health

Rs. 25,000

Junior Engineer (civil Bachelors in civil Engineering/ 1 Engineer/ diploma diploma Engineers from a AIcTE Engineers) recognised college 1 Year Experience for civil Engineering background and 3 years for diploma Engineers background in civil works, preferably in Water and Sanitation area.

Rs. 35,000

Interested candidate may download the application form from the Nagaland Health Project website https://nagalandhealthproject.org/. Applicants are requested to submit detailed Resume/c.V along with two passport photos on or before 16th September 2021 by 4:00 PM to nmhp.wb@gmail.com. Only shortlisted applicants will be intimated for interview. For result declarations kindly visit https://nagalandhealthproject.org/ Sd/- Project director Nagaland Health Project directorate of Health & Family Welfare, Kohima; Nagaland nmhp.wb@gmail.com dc-861

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NEW DELHI, SEP 5 (PTI): Virtually ruling out an alliance with the SP and BSP for the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls, Congress’ state unit chief Ajay Kumar Lallu on Sunday said his party will forge alliances only with small parties and will “not even think about” joining hands with the big ones for the elections.

He also said the gover nments of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and Samajwadi Party (SP) that have ruled Uttar Pradesh in the last 32 years, when Congress was not in power, failed to live up to the expectations of the people and the Congress was set for a comeback in the state.

In an interview with PTI, Lallu said that in the eyes of the people of Uttar Pradesh, the Congress is the main challenger to the BJP in the polls next year and expressed confidence that the party would win the elections under the leadership of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, and form the next government.

The Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee president said the party will fight the polls under the “supervision” of Priyanka

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OPINION/EDITORIAL

Nagaland Post VOL. XXXI NO. 272 DIMAPUR, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

Of Peace and Justice

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or those in Nagaland who were old enough to remember the turbulent 50s, September 6, 1964 is a historic and memorable event after statehood on December 1,1963. It was on September 6,1964 that the first Naga Cease Fire came into effect. September 6 was also observed as ‘Peace Day’ throughout Nagaland to commemorate the first cease fire agreement signed between the Government of India with the undivided NNC that came through untiring efforts of the church amid untold sufferings of the people. After years of violence throughout the erstwhile Naga hills and Naga Hills Tuensang Area(NHTA) during the fifties, when villages were grouped and people placed behind barricades; the inhuman suffering of the people was indescribable . In order to save the innocent people from such tragedies which went unmentioned in the national media, Baptist Church leaders led by Rev. Longri Ao and Rev.Kenneth Kerhuo took up the dangerous challenge of initiating the church resolution adopted at the Wokha town convention from January 31 to February 2,1964 to for bringing peace between two warring sides- Indian armed forces and Naga nationalists. The church leaders then requested the government to provide services of freedom fighter Jayaprakash Narayan; chief minister of Assam Bimala Prasad Chaliha and Anglican churchman Rev. Michael Scott. The three worked to restore peace in the newly created state of Nagaland under the name of Nagaland Peace Mission. The NPM worked under very trying and often dangerous situations to bring about a cease fire so that negotiations could be held for as peaceful solution. Although, the Ceasefire came into effect on September 6, 1964, it was actually signed on 23 May 1964. The ceasefire facilitated hectic negotiations between the government of India under prime minister Indira Gandhi and the FGN delegation led by its ato kilonser Kughato Sukhai. One of the notable impacts of the cease fire was that there was wide jubilation among people across Nagaland as they were able to experience the fruits of peace after the creation of Nagaland as the 16th state under the union of India. The fruits of peace was fast-paced development and progress that made Nagaland state a model for small states. This phase of peace and progress was to continue through the decades till the mid 1980s despite the first split within NNC in 1969. Such a phase was possible because the then armed groups did not bother the civilians.

Today, in contrast, cease fires had not prevented factional killings and given rise to gun culture. What September 6 also reminds Nagas is that peace should mean more than cease fires and signatures.

Unless there is true agreement, beyond signatures, among people that differences can only be narrowed if there is a civility and non violence; peace will only be brittle and Nagas have experienced it too many times. Peace also followed by its natural ally, unity that can help build bridges over divisions and enlarge the process of understanding and towards a lasting and peaceful solution. It will serve well for Nagas to remember what the late Rev.Martin Luther King described about peace when he said: “ Peace is not merely the absence of war but the presence of justice, of law , of order- in short, of government.”

DailyDevotion Watching With Jesus Stay here and watch with Me. —Matthew 26:38 “Watch with Me.” Jesus was saying, in effect, “Watch with no private point of view at all, but watch solely and entirely with Me.” In the early stages of our Christian life, we do not watch withJesus, we watch for Him. We do not watch with Him through the revealed truth of the Bible even in the circumstances of our own lives. Our Lord is trying to introduce us to identification with Himself through a particular “Gethsemane” experience of our own. But we refuse to go, saying, “No, Lord, I can’t see the meaning of this, and besides, it’s very painful.” And how can we possibly watch with Someone who is so incomprehensible? How are we going to understand Jesus sufficiently to watch with Him in His Gethsemane, when we don’t even know why He is suffering? We don’t know how to watch with Him— we are only used to the idea of Jesus watching with us.

The disciples loved Jesus Christ to the limit of their natural capacity, but they did not fully understand His purpose. In the Garden of Gethsemane they slept as a result of their own sorrow, and at the end of three years of the closest and most intimate relationship of their lives they “all… forsook Him and fled” (Matthew 26:56).

“They were all filled with the Holy Spirit…” (Acts 2:4).

“They” refers to the same people, but something wonderful has happened between these two events— our Lord’s death, resurrection, and ascension— and the disciples have now been invaded and “filled with the Holy Spirit.” Our Lord had said, “You shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you…” (Acts 1:8). This meant that they learned to watch with Him the rest of their lives.

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Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

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CEA stokes hope amid Asian gloom

fter a long time the Chief Economic Advisor Surbramanian Krishnamurthy boost the confidence of the nation with his assertion that the Indian economy is poised to grow as macro-economic fundamentals are strong, reassures Chief Economic Advisor Krishnamurthy Subramanian.

The CEA is categorical that the country has the capacity to march on despite withdrawal of stimulus globally. He expects a double-digit growth though it would be on minus 23.9 percent growth of 2020-21. It is reassuring for a nation that has stagnated for almost 18 months on a decelerated growth during the previous two years.

At this stage any positive growth boosts the confidence of the businesses and creates a favourable political atmosphere.

The Economic Survey (ES) estimated a growth of 11 percent and the budget 10.5 percent. UN ESCAP predicts a troubled ‘K’ shape recovery. The latest RBI Monetary Policy puts it at 9.5 percent. And the first quarter recovery is stated to be 21.4 percent, an improvement over the forecast made in June over

the 18.5 percent. The CEA, however, is modest and says that the growth will be higher than pre-covid19 level and possibly “the budget and ES predictions should be achieved”.

The nation hopes that the nation comes out of a negative psyche and sprints on. The first sign has come with the eight core sector continued expansion of 9.4 percent. The CEA says that he agrees with the April-June quarter growth rate. He says there is a base effect. At the same time, it has happened during a much more intense second wave. There is across the board improvement in a lot of high frequency indicators.

The recovery is “V” shaped, he says and would continue to be so. He revels on the 49.6 percent year-on-year growth of the manufacturing sector compared with a 36 percent contraction last year. The construction grew 68.3 percent. even farm sector did better in Aril-June with 4percent growth and against 3.5 percent posted earlier.

What Subramanian indicates that the nation has come out of a gloomy period and now is poised

grow positively. He does not disagree with some hiccups but the 9.4 percent recovery of coal, crude oil, natural gas, petroleum & refinery products, fertilisers, steel, cement and electricity is far better than contraction 7.6 percent in June 2020. The core sector has maintained the growth for the fifth consecutive month.

There are positive indicators but still a lot needs to be done as overall there is a financial crunch and the budget deficit at the end of July was at Rs 3.2 lakh Shivaji crore – 21.3 percent of the full year target. It is stated to be modest as as the figure a year ago was Rs 8.2 lakh crore and pre-covid level of 5.5 lakh crore.

But there are other problems. The GST realization and other revenue realizations are lower. The economy has not yet come back to health so that revenue realizations, key to further recovery, grow at healthy pace. Personal citizen economy is still not in a happy state with loss of jobs, wages and salary cuts.

This also affects purchasing capacity, a necessity for increasing market activities. Besides, repeated and

sporadic surge of covid19 fears often put activities at bay.

The private equity and venture capital (PEVC) deals have tapered in early August despite a bullish stock market crossing 57000 points at the sensex.

It has raised questions on the nature and quality of investments. Total PE-VC deals were 112 against 126 in July. Despite optimism, the investors are yet shy of entering into deals as the investors have still problems of cash f l o w. I n Sarkar vestments flows are dependent on how the line-up IPOs performed. The liquidity has not hit its peak yet. There are more offers for sale and the buyers are not revving up to the offers.

Another not so good indicator is the diesel sales.

It has recorded the sharpest fall in monthly sales since May. It is ascribed to monsoon conditions having hit demand from the farm, trucking and construction sectors majorly. August data show minor gains in sales over 2020 but it remains 9.7 percent less than 2019. Even LPG sales fell marginally – 1.7 percent less than in July 2019 and

2.4 percent less than August 2019. This shows that at the household level the recovery is not bright. All eyes are fixed on the ensuing festival season when overall activities and demand are expected.

So amid this scenario 4 percent dip in GST is not surprising. The July collections were Rs 1.16 lakh crore. It dipped to Rs 1.12 lakh crore in August. July collections were 30 percent higher than last year and 14 percent more that in 2019. On an average, except in June, the collections were over Rs 1 lakh crore a month. The compensation formula for the states will be decided on September 17, when the GST Council would meet in Lucknow.

Still experts are cautious on the recovery path indicated by the moderation in the August purchasing managers’ index (PMI). Overall unless the individual financial status improves, the demand would continue to vascillate.

The UPI transaction value officially is showing improvement but during June to August it has decelerated. The growth rate of transaction value also moderated. There are also apprehensions that even the

actual transactions show are not real in many cases.

Overall manufacturing activities are hit by PMI. It hovers around 52.3 in August. The 50 point mark the separates the contraction from expansion. It is an indicator that not everything is that glorious as is made it out to be.

Global and Asian trends are yet not positive. Japan government offered a bleaker view of the economy in August.

It says the downside risk is heightening – it means overall growth is falling though for August.

Overall Asian economy sees the corporate profits declining, falling sales of cars in China and Toyota cutting September production. Factory activity in the Asia Pacific contracted sharply in July. There are signals of slowing down in southeast Asia and Pacific.

Asia’s largest firms are likely to post profit decline of 6.2 percent, according to a calculation of Refinitiv Elkon.

Amid such scenario, the CEA’s statement keeps hopes alive for Indian economy. The market would like to see Subramanian’s prediction coming true despite all odds. Would it happen?

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Letter to Rising People’s Party (RPP) on suspension of regular appointments to lift more back door entry

irst of all, greeting you all in the name of young political party and let’s go straight to the point.

1. If Rising People’s Party (RPP) is genuinely fighting for unemployment problems, backdoor appointments and hard working public aspirants, why should they even file PIL to suspend appointment for those posts which come under the preview of NPSC? If they are actually standing for the benefits of hardworking aspirants, they should press hard on government to lift ban of appointment to the services instead of suspending it.

As we are all aware that the state government totally banned fresh appointment and halted open recruitment for almost two years and it brought so many untold hardships to the genuine aspirants and most importantly, for those aspirants who are on the verge of overage.

After 2 years, the state government finally ordered to partially lift appointment with effect from July/2021. Perhaps, it was good news for those genuine aspirants who successfully cleared NPSC-2019, various departmental exams and also for those aspirants who have been waiting to get job in Nagaland.

However, it was just the opposite because the main motive of RPP is to discourage open recruitment and encourage more backdoor entry thereby filed PIL to delay and suspend appointment even for open recruitment. As we know, when the appointment to the public services is halted, it will simply defeat equal opportunity in employment as enshrined in Article 16.

The Supreme Court order stated that “as the government offices can’t function with skeletal and unsupported staff at all levels and keeping in view of availability of vacancies, importance of duty, in the interest of public services and in view of

administrative exigencies, the government has right to engage any qualified/ experienced profession for certain job as stop gap arrangement till such time regular recruit is made available “.

I don’t know how this stop gap arrangement is made in Nagaland state but it’s the duty of RPP to know as they’re well learnt but keeping in mind that that this court order of stop gap arrangement will always encourage political set up and bureaucracy to violate the soul of Article 14 & 16 by trampling over the height of other eligible and more meritorious persons through the backdoor entry.

Even though the service of those backdoor appointees will never be regularised as in the case of Supreme Court Judgement case of Umadevi vs Karnataka State, they will extend their service till regular recruit is joined.

So in a nutshell, by suspending appointment through direct recruitment, RPP is indirectly encouraging more backdoor entry and also extensions service for those backdoor appointees.

2. On the issue of Nagaland State Staff Selection Board (NSSB), the state government has taken so many commendable steps on their part to make it operational at the earliest.

As we know the state government already implemented NSSB recruitment rules with effect from July/2020 and in this regard, Applications for the post of chairman, members, ministerial and supporting staff were invited through open advertisement by recruitment/ deputation. However, the same was put on hold due to ENSF exorbitant demands for the post of Chairman & Members on rotational basis amongst the tribes of Nagaland and also 45% reservation for six tribes of Eastern Nagaland.

In this connection, the government held sev-

eral rounds of meetings with students and tribal bodies from all over Nagaland but it didn’t reach to an amicable agreement so the government constituted a special committee to review the demands and reservation of ENSF. The controversy of ENSF exorbitant demands may or may not be resolved even within a year or decade but the government has every rights to keep NSSB in abeyance till further orders to prevent any utter chaos and untoward incident in the larger interest of public.

As the entire problem on the delay in setting up NSSB lies within the general public, the government has nothing to be blamed. The unsolved problem lies within the public, students bodies and tribals bodies for their involvement on unreasonable and unconstitutional demands, which will eventually lead to resort violence, agitation, damage public property and disturb peaceful environment.

S o, h ow c a n we blame government when the entire problem lies within the public? Why blame government for delay in setting up NSSB when public are so uncooperative? How can we expect NSSB to function without chairman, members, supporting staff, etc?

If RPP is so concerned about NSSB to become operational at the earliest, they should first consult all the NGOs, Groups, Communities, Students and Students bodies from all over Nagaland on the controversy of ENSF exorbitant demands before approaching state governments.

PSAN, ACAUT and NSF have come this far to resolve these problems so never try to outsmart without knowing the ground reality and details on the subject matters (being an infant political party) before taking such extreme step or else, you will always end up being a clown.

3. In direction of supreme court and Departmental of Personnel & Training’s circular, it’s absolutely necessary for the central/state government to access vacancies and fill out vacant posts at all levels so that every year vacancies that may occur are filled.

For this pur pose, timely steps are required to be taken for assessment vacancies, issue of advertisement, conducting of examinations and interviews, declaration of finals results and issue of appointment orders.

Further, the UPSC recruitment rules clearly stated that any post which doesn’t come under the preview of UPSC will be directly recruited by concerned department, SSC or any subordinate services. Likewise the posts which don’t come under the preview of NPSC will go to concerned department for recruitment till NSSB is made functional.

Keeping in view of the supreme court judgement which clearly stated “ Departmental recruitment on appointment to any post under the central/state government is constitutional valid, if it is made after a proper advertisement and inviting applications from all eligible candidates and holding of selection by a body of recruitment board whose members are fair and impartial through a written examination/ interview for judging the inter se merit of candidates who have made in response to the advertisement made.

And every recruitment board should maintain minute details of records throughout the entire recruitment process for fair and transparency in selection.

However, any allegation made without any sufficient proof and evidence will not be entertained at any stage of recruitment process “.

Therefore, till such time NSSB is made functional, RPP should urge government to speedily fill

up vacancies through open recruitment, inter se merit, fair and transparent means by preventing backdoor entry.

If RPP is suspicious about malpractices in departmental recruitment, they have every right to collect data of all the candidates during the entire stage of recruitment process, which is allowed by supreme court for fair and transparency in recruitment.

RPP should not simply keep suspending departmental recruitment as clearly stated in point (2) as it will only hamper the career of those aspirants who are on the verge of overage. Keeping in mind that even though RPP is the largest political party in Nagaland, they don’t have any authority to grant age relaxation to those candidates who become overage even by just 1 day.

They should just go ahead with government decision on departmental recruitment till such time NSSB is made functional by strictly keeping vigilant during the entire process of recruitment.

If there’s any suspicious during the recruitment process for RPP, the recent supreme court judgment of ‘Tainted SSC examination of 2017’ and ‘Cash for jobs scam’ of Assam state will be helpful.

Lastly, It’s true that the allegations made by any political party is full of fake and baseless until it’s proven in the court of laws with sufficient fact and evidence.

Most of them will simply go into conclusion without knowing any subject topic and civil servants will always

end up finding the introduction throughout the century.

That’s the reason even the most brilliant IAS and UPSCs successful candidates are suffering from those political parties on the issue of “To be or not To be” 4. Lastly, NPSC (Civil services) has been lapsed for almost 2 years, Combined educational services is under process.

Combined Technical Services will be held shortly in this month. Even recruitment for the post of Stenographer is already advertised.

Therefore, RPP should urge NPSC to notify NPSC (civil services) advertisement without further delay and conduct all the notified advertisements under NPSC and fill up vacancies at the earliest instead of suspending appointment.

Or else, RPP will end up paying heavy costs to those successful NPSC -2019 and departmental exams whose appointment get delayed.

Because there’s no merit in RPP’s PIL as clearly stated above in brief.

5. Lastly, even if NSSB is formed, the entire credit will always go to PSAN so I don’t want the young political party (RPP) to be excited.

(RPP), being the youngest political party, has so many homeworks to be done, they shouldn’t simply jump into conclusion.

They have so many things to be done and fulfilled. Otherwise, the party will simply turn into Fooling People’s Party (FPP).

Ghunavi G Kinnimi Sumi, Email: ghuna77kinny@ gmail.com

Reader’s Post

Sir,

Request to conduct Hindi Teacher exam

84 post of Hindi teacher exam was advertised on 16th Jan 2020 Advt.No ED/HT/ADVT-1/2-16/12.

Therefore, on behalf of the aspirants would like to request the concern authority to conduct the said exam without delay, as the Hindi Teacher exam was not conducted for many years.

Toli sumi, Dimapur

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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Farmers hold ‘Kisan mahapanchayat’; aim to oust BJP Will ‘campaign in the name of

Farmers in large numbers attend Kisan Mahapanchayat against Centre’s farm reform laws, in Muzaffarnagar, on Sunday. (PTI)

manding the repeal of the laws which they are afraid will do away with the MSP system, leaving them at the mercy of big corporations.

Meanwhile, the Muzaffarnagar district authorities have ordered closure of all wine shops in view of the mahapanchayat.

BJP terms ‘Kisan Mahapanchayat’ ‘election meeting’

The BJP on Sunday termed the ‘Kisan mahapanchayat’ organised in Muzaffarnagar an “election meeting” and accused its organisers of indulging in politics with Thousands of farmers from Uttar Pradesh and neighbouring states gathered at Muzaffarnagar on Sunday for the ‘Kisan Mahapanchayat organised by the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) to protest the Centre’s controversial farm laws.

The BJP’s ‘Kisan Morcha’ head and MP Rajkumar Chahar claimed in a statement that it is politics and not concerns for farmers which have been on the agenda of those behind the ‘mahapanchayat’.

PM’: Rakesh Tikait mocks BJP

MUZAFFARNAGAR, S E P 5 ( AG E N C I E S ) : Farmers protesting against the Centre’s farm laws will “campaign in the name of the Prime Minister” because that’s what the BJP does too, farmer leader Rakesh Tikait said in a tongue-in-cheek message today, making it clear that the nature of their “publicity” will be very different, reports NDTV. “We are giving publicity to the PM only,” Tikait told NDTV in an exclusive interview today. Then he went on to add: “He (Prime Minister Narendra Modi) is selling everything. We will tell people what all is being sold off. There will be publicity of the PM. Electricity, water, etc are being sold off.

Is it wrong to tell people these things?”

The farmers have declared that they will campaign against the BJP in next year’s state elections in Uttar Pradesh. They even dubbed today’s megameeting in Muzaffarnagar “Mission Uttar PradeshUttarakhand”, indicating

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their plans to focus on the two BJP-ruled states where elections will be held next year.

After the farmers’ protest meet, Tikait said such farmers’ meetings will be held in other districts of Uttar Pradesh as well.

“The second PMO (Prime Minister’s Office) is in Varanasi (PM Modi’s Lok Sabha seat). Panchayats will be held there as well as in Lucknow,” Tikait told NDTV. Asked if a maha-panchayat will be held in Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s hometown Gorakhpur, he said: “Woh kisan ka sheher, Yogi ji ka toh mandir hai (That city belongs to farm-

PATNA, SEP 5 (PTI): An MLA of the ruling JD(U) in Bihar, who hit the headlines for travelling by a New Delhi-bound train in undergarments and quarrelling with co-passengers when they took umbrage, has been booked under various sections of the IPC besides the SC/ST Act, officials said here on Sunday.

They said the FIR was lodged on Saturday at the GRP police station in Ara, based on a complaint lodged against the MLA Gopal Mandal.

The complainant, Prahlad Paswan, had recorded his statement at GRP New Delhi on Friday soon after the train reached its destination.

He alleged that he was traveling in the same compartment of Tejas Express as the legislator and had expressed his discomfort when he saw Mandal going towards the toilet in his vest and underpants.

Paswan has alleged that he was physically attacked by the MLA and his cohorts, who asked him to disclose his name and abused him making reference to his caste.

Paswan has also alleged that the attackers robbed him of some valuables, which included a finger ring, and forced him to drink water drawn from the lavatory tap.

A zero FIR was lodged on the basis of Paswan’s JDU MLA Gopal Mandal in his undergarments in a train.

Bhopal women catwalk on pot-holed road to draw govt’s attention and made the video viral on the social media.

The roads in Danish Nagar, a locality on BhopalHohangabad Road are in bad shape which has angered the local people. Several women from the families residing in the posh locality came up

with this unique protest by dressing up for a catwalk on the streets along with their young daughters. Women walked on the potholed roads carrying placards with various slogans written on them highlighting the condition of roads. Rajni Singh, a

woman who lives in Danish Nagar colony, says, “There are nearly 500 houses in the colony. We have been living here for the last two decades but the road leading to the colony is still not built. Even the streetlights in the colony also do not function.

complaint at New Delhi which was forwarded to authorities concerned here.

The MLA, who represents Gopalpur constituency of Bhagalpur district, has so far not reacted to the various allegations made in the FIR though he had responded to the public outcry with the claim that he was suffering from dysentery and had felt the urge to relieve himself as soon as the train chugged off from Patna on Thursday evening. When asked for his comments, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who is the de facto leader of the JD(U), said he would not like to say anything till investigation was on.

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ers. Yogi-ji only has the temple)”. Before becoming the Chief Minister, Yogi Adityanath ran the famous Shiva temple which gave the town its name.

The choice of the venue for the meeting is also significant. Muzaffarnagar as the site of massive violence eight years ago, in which around 60 people – most of them Muslims – died. Asked if the HinduMuslim divide is over in Muzaffarnagar, Tikait said, “All that is over now… The farmers’ protest has bridged that gap… This is Mohabbatnagar (city of love). A start has been made”.

The farmers have decided to continue with such protests to every village in the state.

The Samyukt Kisan Morcha -- the umbrella body of 40 farmer unions spearheading the farmers’’ agitation – has said the “mahapanchayat” will prove that the agitation has the support of “all castes, religions, states, classes, small traders and all sections of the society”.

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KOLKATA, SEP 5 (PTI): The Trinamool Congress Sunday officially announced Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee as its candidate for the by-election in Bhabanipur.

TMC’s campaign in the seat in south Kolkata is already underway with the Election Commission announcing the bypoll on Saturday, following a request from the state government to avoid a constitutional crisis.

Banerjee, who lost the election in Nandigram, has to win this by-poll to retain her chief minister’s post.

The BJP, Congress, and CPI(M)-led Left Front are yet to announce their candidates for the bypoll.

The bypoll will be held on September 30 along with the elections to two seats in the Murshidabad district

NEW DELHI, SEP 5 (PTI): More than 66.89 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses have been provided to states and UTs so far, and over 1.56 crore doses are in the pipeline, the Union Health Ministry said on Sunday. The ministry said over 4.37 crore balance and unutilised COVID-19 vaccine doses are still available with the states and UTs to be administered.

The vaccination drive has been ramped up through availability of more vaccines, advance visibility of vaccine availability to states and UTs for enabling better planning by them, and streamlining the vaccine supply chain, the ministry said.

the event will prove that the agitation has the support of “all castes, religions, states, classes, small traders and other sections of the society” “The mahapanchayat of September 5 will make the Yogi-Modi governments realise the power of farmers, farm labourers, and supporters of the farm movement. The Muzaffarnagar mahapanchayat will be the biggest ever in the last nine months,” the SKM had said in a statement.

It had said 100 medical camps had also been set up for the farmers attending the mahapanchayat.

A total of 32 farmer unions from Punjab have given a deadline of September 8 to the state government to withdraw cases against protestors, it said, adding that if the cases are not withdrawn, the farmers will prepare a roadmap for a bigger protest on September 8.

The farmers’ protest against the three contentious laws have completed over nine months since they first arrived at the Delhi borders.

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-- Samserganj and Jangipur where polling could not be held during the eight-phase assembly elections earlier this year.

The counting of votes will take place on October 3.

Jakir Hossain is the TMC candidate in the Jangipur seat, while Amirul Islam is contesting as the party’s candidate from Samserganj.

Ve t e r a n p o l i t i c i a n Sovandeb Chattopadhyay stepped down as the TMC MLA of Bhabanipur, allowing Banerjee a chance to become a member of the state legislative assembly by fighting the bypoll.

Chattopadhyay had defeated BJP’s actor-politician Rudranil Ghosh by around 28,000 votes from Bhabanipur. Banerjee had won from Bhabanipur twice since 2011. She had moved out of her traditional seat to fight in Nandigram during the assembly polls earlier this year but lost to his former close aide Suvendu Adhikari who contested on a BJP ticket.

Adhikari is now the Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly.

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a helicopter on the mahapanchayat in honour of the agitating farmers.

The district authorities have posted police personnel at the residences of Union minister Sanjiv Balyan and BJP MLA Umesh Malik here, as a precautionary measure.

The SKM on Saturday claimed that thousands of farmers from 15 states had reached Muzaffarnagar to participate in the mahapanchayat’. The umbrella body of 40 farmer unions spearheading the farmers’ agitation against the Centre’s three farm laws said

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Meanwhile, the Muzaffarnagar district administration denied the request of the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) to sprinkle flowers from a helicopter on the venue and participants of the mahapanchayat.

City magistrate Abhishek Singh rejected the request, saying it cannot be allowed due to security reasons. RLD chief Jayant Chaudhry had earlier sought permission from the district authorities to allow sprinkling of flowers from

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LUCKNOW/MUZAFFARNAGAR, SEP 5 (PTI): A large number of farmers from different states on Sunday participated in a ‘Kisan Mahapanchayat’ held in Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar district in protest against the Centre’s controversial farm laws.

The mahapanchayat organised by the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) was held at the Government Inter College ground in Muzaffarnagar, ahead of the crucial UP assembly polls next year. Bharatiya Kisan Union media in-charge Dharmendra Malik said farmers belonging to 300 organisations spread across different states like Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab, Maharashtra, Karnataka, among others, have gathered for the event.

He said over 5,000 ‘langars’ (food stalls), including some mobile stalls, have been set up for the participants. The farmers, including women carrying flags of different organisations and wearing different coloured caps, were seen arriving at the venue in buses, cars and

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The expansion is in line with Amazon India’s continued efforts to heavily invest in the country and create tens of thousands of direct and indirect work opportunities. Amazon India’s overall fulfillment network will be spread across a floor area of more than 10 million square feet. This is more than the land size of 125 football fields, housing millions of products from notebooks to dishwashers.

Also, over 11,000 offline retailers and neighbourhood stores from Maharashtra are now part of ‘Local Shops on Amazon’.

With the upcoming festive season, Amazon is focused on helping Local Shops sellers grow their business and recover from the recent economic disruption caused by the pandemic.

Amazon has committed that it will create around 20 lakh direct and indirect jobs by 2025. It has already created around 10 lakh direct and indirect jobs. Deepti Varma, HR Leader, Corporate, APAC, and MENA, Amazon, said that even during the pandemic, the firm nearly created around 3 lakh direct and indirect jobs across technologies, content creation, retail, logistics, and manufacturing.

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Amazon India plans to expand its fulfilment network in India, with a nearly 40 per cent increase in its storage capacity over the last year. With this expansion, Amazon.in will have more than 43 million cubic feet of storage capacity, across 15 States, supporting around 850,000 sellers across India.

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BENGALURU, SEP 5 (AGENCIES): E-commerce firms such as Amazon and Flipkart are strengthening their supply chain networks with the addition of new facilities ahead of the upcoming festive season.

They are also scaling up their hiring initiatives to meet consumer demand, Business Standard reported.

The coronavirus pandemic has accelerated the shift to e-commerce, with an increasing number of consumers shopping online at a higher frequency.

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Emphasising on building moral character in students, he appealed to the teachers to also nurture the talent of their students and help them realise their true potential.

Sukhalu reminded the teachers that their words and actions both insideand outside classrooms influenced future citizens of the country and hence urged them to be mindful of what they utter and do.

Observing that society was becoming more inclusive, he remarked that children with disabilities and special needs, who would not have dreamed of education even 10 years ago, were now attending schools. He urged the teachers to embrace such changes, as an inclusive education system would create an inclusive society.

In her introductory note, school education special secretaryKevileno Angami said without teachers there would be no nation builders. Hence, she pointed out that the teachers were described as backbone of society.

Congratulating the awardees, Angami stressed that not only academic teachings, but even ethical and moral values were equally important and urged the teachers to focus on them. She appealed to them to embrace the challenges, keep themselves updated and continuously engage with the students. On the occasion, the adviser and special secretary also released department of school education (DoSE) newsletter. Earlier, school education director WonthungoTsopoe delivered welcome address.

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“The Nagaland United Government, even if it goes ahead, is detrimental to the essence of representative democracy as it does not represent the views of the electorate faithfully. The spirit of the constitution, therefore, demands that the chief minister should first tender his resignation along with his council of ministers and then reconstitute the new government, if the situation so warrants,” the statement demanded and said that elected leaders should not act in a way that ridiculed the institution of democracy.

25.5 per cent.

However, exports have been stagnating around the current levels after a sharp spike in March 2021. Top exports in August (over August 2020) were gems and jewellery (88 per cent), engineering goods (58.8 per cent), cotton and handloom products (55.6 per cent), and chemicals (35.8 per cent).

Imports in August increased 51.5 per cent to $47 billion while increasing sequentially by 1.3 per cent (July: $46.4 billion).

Non-oil import was at $35.4 billion increasing 43.9 per cent, while increasing sequentially by 5.6 per cent.

Compared to August 2019, imports were higher by 18 per cent and non-oil imports increased by 22.6 per cent.

“We expect the overall external sector to remain comfortable but will be subjected to risks from a widening trade deficit, high commodity prices, and policy normalization in the US, and spread of Covid cases,” it said.

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(From p-1) The people of Nagaland deserve a responsible government and a responsible opposition,” it stressed.

In an opposition-less government, TNR further pointed out that there could be no ministerial responsibility nor any effective supervision of the government of the day. Referring to the important role played by the Legislature vis-à-vis money Bills and spending power of the government, TNR said the constitution has provided that no money should be appropriated, except in accordance with law. The government cannot spend public money without parliamentary sanction and financial control by the Legislature provided checks and balances, it added.

And without an opposition, TNR pointed out that the government would enjoy power without responsibility

NEW DELHI, SEP 5 (IANS): India’s trade deficit is likely to continue widening during the second half of the current financial year.

Kotak Economic Research report noted that imports in August increased further as economic activity continued to normalize and exports continued to be strong but have stagnated at the current levels, for now, leading to a widening of the trade deficit.

“We expect the current trend to continue in 2HFY22 and maintain our FY2022E CAD/ GDP estimate at 1.1 per cent. We continue to pencil in USDINR within 72.5-74 in the near term,” it said.

Exports in August increased 45.2 per cent to $33.1 billion but declined sequentially by 6.5 per cent.

Non-oil exports at $28.6 billion increased 36.6 per cent while falling 3.3 per cent sequentially. Compared to August 2019, exports were higher by 27.5 per cent and non-oil exports increased by

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NEW DELHI, SEP 5 (IANS): Foreign portfolio investors (FPI) remained net buyers in August with total net investment of Rs 16,556 crore as per the NSDL data.

The net investment in the equities segment stood at Rs 2,083 crore, while that in the debt segment stood at Rs 14,376 crore, including those debt investments made through VRR. Further investments in hybrid securities, consisting of the investments in REITs and InvITs stood at Rs 97 crore.

Further, during September 1-3 also FPIs remained net buyers. Total net FPI investments during the first three days of the month stood at Rs 7,743 crore, including Rs 4,787 crore in equities. Shrikant Chouhan, Executive Vice President, Equity Technical Research at Kotak Securities: “Going ahead, global investment continues to stay challenging. The market is focusing on the sustenance of growth in developed economies.

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Elaborating on the current market situation, Srivastava noted that the sales this year were expected to be better than last year’s but these were still behind the peak years of 2017-19.

“While we compare with last year, it looks positive this year. But when you compare it to the peak of 2017-19, then we are still 22-23 per cent off that peak so I think we would have to be very careful in saying whether the market situation is better. It looks better than last year but when you compare it with the peak

are working towards transforming the way we deliver experience to our customers.

“The core focus is now to deliver a delightful customer experience, and we are leveraging all our digital tools and assets to enhance customer experience end-toend,” he said.

Nakra noted that with the recent reveal of XUV700 and the launch of Bolero Neo in July preceded by the all-new Thar last year, the company is seeing a sizable turnaround of demand.

Given the steep increase in overall input costs, especially due to the continuing rise in commodity price, M&M has taken calculated price hikes and taken necessary steps to reduce costs, he added.

“Further, the semiconductor shortage continues to be a global issue. This is leading to increased waiting periods across our brands.

We are finding credible and innovative methods to address the challenge on priority.

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told PTI. The company would intend to build sufficient inventory before Navaratras to serve the spike in demand, but of course it all depends on the semiconductor supply situation, he added.

MSI’s current inventory level is around 23-24 days while the appropriate level would be 30 days, Srivastava noted.

It is going to be a difficult task for the company as it has already announced that its vehicle production in September would be just 40 per cent of the normal output due to the semicon-

in 2017-19, we are way off, Srivastava noted.

When asked if the company would be launching new products during the festive period, he said: “We can’t reveal product plans but we have been strong when it comes to the product front. We have always introduced new models, product refreshes and we intend to do the same in the future as well.”

Mahindra & Mahindra Automotive Division CEO Veejay Nakra noted that the opening up of the markets post the second wave of COVID-19 has led to a rebound in overall demand and the early signs indicate a good festive season with strong demand compared to last year.

“Utility vehicles (UVs) will continue to dominate the space of festive demand contributing to almost half of the PV segment. We are committed to enhancing the festive season offerings and focussed on making the new launches a big success and

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NEW DELHI, SEP 5 (PTI): Leading automakers Maruti Suzuki, Toyota Kirloskar Motor and Mahindra & Mahindra expect sales to be better this festive season compared to last year even as the chip shortage continues to make situaton challenging with companies struggling to sustain production schedules.

The festive season, which began with Onam, culminates with Diwali celebrations in November.

Automakers have witnessed robust demand so far and are now looking to spruce up supplies to dealers in order to serve customers during the peak of festive period in October.

“At the moment demand looks ok. It is slightly better than last year. If we look at the bookings, enquiries, retails, these are robust.

On the supply side of course we may have some adverse effects, we are monitoring that,” Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) Senior Executive Director Shashank Srivastava

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Taliban terrorists are left in each province, as the majority of terrorists have been COPENHAGEN, SEP 5 (PTI): Denmark is India’s sent to Panjshir.” “very unique partner” in its efforts to grow back greener due to the central European nation’s strengths, experiences and best practices IDPs who arrived in Pan- which are enormously helpjshir after the fall of Kabul ful for a country like India and other large cities are at this stage of its developstuck inside these Valleys ment, External Affairs Minand suffering from the con- ister S Jaishankar has said. sequences of this inhuman Jaishankar, who is here blocked (sic). If no attention on the last leg of his visit is paid to this situation, a to three European nations full scale human rights and -- Slovenia, Croatia and humanitarian catastrophe Denmark to boost bilateral including starvation and ties and further strengthen mass killing, even genocide India’s cooperation with the of these people are in the European Union (EU), comaking.” In an exclusive in- chaired the fourth round of terview with CNN-News18, the Indo-Danish Joint ComSaleh had accused Pakistan mission Meeting (JCM) of being at the “service” along with his Danish counof Taliban. “It’s very clear terpart Jeppe Kofod on Satthat the Taliban were never urday. under pressure; they used In a statement issued Pakistan as their support after the JCM meeting, the base. Not sanctuaries, the External Affairs Minister whole of Pakistan was at said what is unique about the service of Taliban,” he India’s relationship with had said.

Denmark is that Denmark is Saleh had said that the the only country with which US attempts to “buy” Paki- India has a green strategic stani cooperation yielded partnership. no results as “the more they “Everybody says build paid, the more it embold- back better, but we also want ened the Pakistanis to pro- to grow back greener. And vide more services and aid in growing back greener, to the Taliban so the issue we think Denmark is a very, of a nuclear state sponsoring very unique partner, because terrorism and insurgency you have strengths and exagainst western allies in periences and best practices Afghanistan was never ad- which are enormously helpdressed”. ful for a country like India

Pakistan ‘helping’ Taliban fight Panjshir resistance, ‘airdrops special forces’

Men prepare for defense against the Taliban in Panjshir, Afghanistan August 22. (Reuters)

Northern Alliance claims 1,000 terrorists trapped KABUL, SEP 5 (AGENCIES): The Taliban has been wiped from the Pajshir Valley and at least 1,000 terrorists have been trapped due to roadblocks, the Northern Alliance claimed on Sunday.

According to Northern Alliance spokesperson Fahim Dashti, at least a thousand Taliban, were trapped due to the obstruction of the return route and exit during their invasion attempt of Panjshir.

Several of these terrorists have also been captured with the help of the resistance forces while fleeing and retreating from Panjshir.

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Forces has also revealed that several of these captives were ‘foreigners’ hinting at the possibility of them being Pakistan-based operatives.

Just days ago, Pakistan’s active involvement in the fall of Afghanistan was exposed after ID cards of a Pakistani terrorist was shared by the Northern Alliance. The document being found on the outskirts of Panjshir Valley clearly suggested how Pakistani forces continue to extend cooperation with the Taliban to capture Panjshir.

“From the filth of existence (Taliban) was completely cleaned. At least 1,000 terrorists were trapped due to roadblocks, all attackers fleeing and retreating were either killed, surrendered or captured by locals with the help of fighters.

Lots of these (are) foreign

captives and more...” Fahim Dashti’s tweet roughly translated from Pashto read.

The news of 1,000 Taliban terrorists being trapped comes after the Northern Alliance led by forces of Ahmad Massoud and Amrullah Saleh blew up a mountain in the Danah area in a bid to prevent the infiltration. Following the blast, the terrorists of the Taliban were trapped in the Dashte-Rivet area, and the resistance forces claimed to have killed 200 of them. They further claimed to have seized the defence equipment left behind by them, including 1,870 humvees.

Taking to his official Twitter handle, an Afghan politician from Panjshir, Saleh Registani communicated a message from the Afghan commander in Pashto,

Pakistani forces are aiding the Taliban in their fight against the last remaining foothold of opposition Panjshir Valley, sources close to the resistance headquarters have told CNN-News18.

Pakistan is providing air support to Taliban fighters in Panjshir, the sources said, adding that some Special Forces have been airdropped to fight the Resistance. The sources said all major supplies and roads have been blocked by the militant group. Both sides - Taliban and Panjshir resistance - have sustained major casualties in the ongoing operations, they added. Yesterday, ISI Chief Hameed Faiz had extended his support to the Taliban, in a visit to Kabul.

Earlier in the day, ‘acting’ President Amrullah Salleh had written to the United Nations, asking national and international aid agencies to immediately mobilise their resources to end the “war crimes” committed by the hardliners.

In a letter to UN, Saleh said: “Around 2,50,000 people, including local women, children, elderly and 10,000

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at this stage of its development,” Jaishankar said.

It was Jaishankar’s first visit to Denmark and the first by an Indian foreign minister in 20 years, according to the Ministry of External Affairs’ press release issued in New Delhi.

The two countries went through the Joint Commission which had devised a joint action plan for the next five years, he said.

“We looked at how the joint action plan has delivered even in the middle of Covid,” Jaishankar said as he complimented officials on both sides for their work in the last one-and-a-half year to ease all the travel problems.

“We had 10 working groups in our joint commission. We just added an 11th one, on health. Its relevance is obvious given the context of the Covid,” he said.

On enhancing the bilateral trade ties, Jaishankar said he met five chief executive officers of “very important” businesses, the key businesses who are in India, who can make a big difference, companies like Grundfos, Vestss, Maersk, Haldor, Topsoe and CIP as well as the major chambers who are concerned with business which includes DIDE, Danish shipping and Agriculture and Food Council.

“We have 200 Danish companies operating in India. We have a growing number of Indian companies today here. We also discussed how apart from our own bilateral cooperation, how we could carry forward, our larger trade investment agreements with the European Union and which we have, I believe have Denmark’s support.

13 police killed in Taliban suicide bomber blows himself up in Pak; 4 killed Nepal govt warns citizens against any suspected IS attack action that may hurt friendly nations in northern Iraq KATHMANDU, SEP 5 (PTI): The Nepal government on Sunday warned its citizens against carrying out any “reprehensible and disgraceful” actions that may hurt the dignity of the friendly nations after some people burnt effigies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi during protests in the country.

In a statement, Nepal’s Home Ministry said that in the past few days, “the activities of chanting slogans, holding demonstrations and protest and burning effigies to tarnish the image of the neighbouring friendly nation’s Prime Minister has caught” its attention.

The home ministry statement, however, did not identify the leader. But it expressed objection towards such “reprehensible and disgraceful” actions.

The strong statement came after some students and youth organisations belonging to both the ruling alliance and the Opposition burnt effigies of Prime Min-

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ister Modi during protests over the death of a Nepalese youth when he was crossing the Mahakali river near the border with India in July. “ T h e G ove r n m e n t of Nepal wishes to have a friendly relationship with all friendly nations and is determined not to let any activities that may harm the national interest. We request everyone not to carry out any action that may hurt the dignity and respect of the friendly nations,” the statement said.

Nepal has a long tradition of solving the dispute with the neighbouring nation through diplomatic

channels and mutual dialogue, the statement said.

“In future as well, diplomatic initiative and mutual discourse will be utilised while solving any dispute,” it said.

The Home Ministry will take action to control the activities targeted against the friendly neighbouring nation and will punish those who involve themselves in such unlawful activities, it warned.

Jaya Singh Dhami, 33, of Byas rural municipality in Darchula district, is stated to have jumped into the river from the carriage of the tuin (a makeshift ropeway with a box attached for seating) he was clinging to after he saw an approaching patrol of the India-Nepal border guarding force Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB). Officials in India said the man was crossing over to the Indian side “illegally” using the tuin and was coming from Darchula in Nepal to Gasku in Dharchula in Uttarakhand’’s Pithoragarh district.

BAGHDAD, SEP 5 (AP): Gunmen opened fire at a federal police checkpoint in rural northern Iraq, sparking clashes that killed 13 police, a security official said Sunday. He blamed the attack on Islamic State militants. The attack late Saturday on the checkpoint in Satiha village in Kirkuk province also wounded five police. The security official said the clashes with the militants lasted for nearly an hour. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to reporters.

The militant group did not immediately claim responsibility for the attack.

But northern Iraq has been a hotspot for IS activity since its territorial defeat in 2017 by Iraqi security forces with assistance from the US-led coalition. Iraqi forces routinely carry out anti-IS operations in the rugged mountainous northern region and the deserts of western Iraq where they are known to be holed up.

KARACHI, SEP 5 (PTI): A suicide bomber of the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan blew himself up in the country’s restive Balochistan province on Sunday, killing at least four security personnel and injuring 20 people, a top police official said.

The attack targeted a Frontier Corps (FC) check post on the Mastung road in Quetta, the provincial capital, Deputy Inspector General of Quetta police Azhar Akram said.

Akram told reporters that an initial investigations suggested that the suicide bomber drove an explosives laden motorcycle into a vehicle carrying Frontier Corps.

“The bomb disposal squad has estimated that the motorcycle was laden with six kilogrammes of explosives,” he said.

Akram confirmed that four people were killed in the blast while 20 others, 18 soldiers and 2 bystanders, were injured in the attack.

“Condition of some of the injured is critical and

Security officials examine the site of suicide bombing in a checkpoint on the outskirts of Quetta, Pakistan, Sunday. (AP/PTI)

the casualties could rise,” he said.

According to the Counter-Terrorism Department of Balochistan, the blast was a “suicide attack” and was carried out near the Sona Khan check post.

The banned Tehreeke-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for

the attack, sending a grim signal that the change of government in Kabul might not end the woes of Pakistan as the country looks towards the Taliban to rein in the TTP rebels who are hiding in Afghanistan.

According to security forces, the vehicle targeted in the attack was providing

security to vegetable sellers belonging to the Hazara community of the province.

Condemning the attack, Prime Minister Imran Khan took to Twitter to offer condolences to the families of those killed.

“Condemn the TTP suicide attack on FC checkpost, Mastung road, Quetta.

China seeks common stand with Iran on Afghanistan under Taliban Jeans, sportswear not parliamentary dress code, Speaker Hoyle warns UK MPs BEIJING, SEP 5 (PTI): A wary China is seeking to strike a common position with Afghanistan’s key neighbour Iran to firm up its growing role in the war-torn country as it waits for the Taliban to form an “open and inclusive” government that makes a “clean break” from all terrorist groups.

China is already coordinating its evolving policy on Afghanistan with its “all-weather ally” Pakistan and Russia which also share borders with Afghanistan.

Beijing, which has kept its Embassy open in Kabul along with Pakistan and Russia, is awaiting the formation of a government by the Taliban to decide on recognising it amidst firm indications by the US, the UK and other western countries that they will not be in a hurry to endorse the new government.

China is also keeping a close watch on the Panjshir Valley fighting between the Taliban and the militias of Ahmad Massoud-led National Resistance Front (NRF) which has reportedly delayed the formation of the new government in

A Taliban fighter stands guard near Afghan military aircraft after the Taliban’s takeover inside Kabul airport. (AP/PTI)

Afghanistan.

On Saturday, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held a telephonic conversation with his Iranian counterpart Hossein AmirAbdollahian.

Iran, which is struggling under the US sanctions over its nuclear policy, has warmed up to China in recent years with Beijing steadily expanding its investments in the oil-rich nation which shares its borders with Pakistan.

In his talks with AmirAbdollahian, Wang said China has noted that the Taliban might announce the

formation of a new government in the coming days.

He hoped that the “the new government will be open and inclusive, make a clean break with terrorist organisations, and establish and develop good relations with other countries, especially neighbouring countries”, according to a press release issued by the Chinese Foreign Ministry.

“As common neighbours of Afghanistan, China and Iran need to strengthen communication and coordination to play a constructive role in achieving a smooth transition and peaceful re-

construction of Afghanistan,” he said.

Wang has also lashed out at the US, saying that “the claim of the United States that the withdrawal from Afghanistan allows it to shift its focus to China and Russia not only serves as an excuse for its own failure, but also reveals the nature of its pushing for power politics in the world”.

If the US is unable to learn due lessons, it is bound to make mistakes more serious than those in Afghanistan, Wang warned.

Amir-Abdollahian said that the root cause of the chaos in Afghanistan is the irresponsibility of the US. “Iran also holds that Afghanistan should establish a broad and inclusive government reflecting the interests of all ethnic groups in the country,” the press release quoted him as saying.

“The Iranian side calls on the international community to spare no effort to provide humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan and prevent any turmoil in Afghanistan from triggering a wave of refugees,” he said, adding that “Iran is ready

to strengthen coordination with China to help Afghanistan get out of difficulties at an early date”.

S i n c e t h e Ta l i b a n seized power in Afghanistan, China has been vocal in expressing its concern over the Uygur militants of the East Turkistan Islamic Movement (ETIM) fighting for the independence of Xinjiang, regrouping in Afghanistan under the rule of the Afghan militant group as the volatile province shares a narrow border with the warravaged country.

Beijing has already extracted a firm commitment from a Taliban delegation headed by Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar during a visit to China in July that they will not permit the ETIM to operate from its soil.

China, at the same time, is eyeing the extension of its USD 60 billion China Pakistan Economic Corridor to Afghanistan besides exploiting the mineral-rich mines there.

The Taliban has already said that China has a big role to play in Afghanistan in the reconstruction of the war-raved country.

LONDON, SEP 5 (PTI): Britain’s members of Parliament will return to the House of Commons on Monday at the end of their summer recess and have been issued a warning note by the Speaker to dress appropriately in “business attire”.

Sir Lindsay Hoyle, the Commons Speaker, has updated the “Rules of behaviour and courtesies in the House of Commons” to address any laxity that may have set in during the COVID-19 lockdown when rules were relaxed to allow MPs to be able to connect virtually with the chamber.

The new upgraded Commons guidance states that MPs must remember how they dress, “should demonstrate respect for your constituents, for the House and for the institution of Parliament in the life of the nation”.

“Members are expected to wear business attire in and around the Chamber,” read the new rules. “Jeans, chinos, sportswear or any other casual trousers are not appropriate. T-shirts

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and sleeveless tops are not business attire. Smart/business shoes are expected to be worn. Casual shoes and trainers are not appropriate.

Men are encouraged to wear a tie, and jackets must be worn,” it notes.

“It is a privilege to serve as a Member of Parliament and your dress, language and conduct should reflect this,” it adds.

The new rules represent a toughening of the advice from Hoyle’s predecessor John Bercow, who was known for a more relaxed approach and believed there was “no exact dress code”

for MPs. It follows a few instances where Hoyle has intervened to point out an MP’s choice of attire, including former Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt being told he was not dressed smartly enough during a Commons debate on COVID-19 back in December 2020.

Hoyle has also moved to clamp down on rowdiness in the Commons and the new rules state that “singing and chanting are not permitted in the chamber” and that “clapping is also not allowed as it eats into the time available for debate”.

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Worst Foods for Your Eyes

About 250 million people around the world have mild to serious vision loss. Did you know that the health of your eyes is directly connected to the health of your heart and blood vessels? What you eat and drink can have a lasting impact on both your cardiovascular health and your vision.

Bread and Pasta

Researchers have linked simple carbohydrates, like those found in white bread and pasta, with a higher chance of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a leading cause of vision loss for older adults. The reason: Your body digests this type of carb quickly. This causes a spike in blood sugar. To prevent this, health experts suggest that you swap white bread and pasta for wholegrain versions.

Processed Meats

Hot dogs, bacon, and deli meats are loaded with sodium. This salt spike can eventually lead to high blood pressure (hypertension). In your eyes, this may cause: • Hypertensive retinopathy, blood vessel damage that causes blurred vision or vision loss • Choroidopathy, a buildup of fluid beneath the retina • Neuropathy, a blockage of blood flow that kills nerves and causes vision loss Try to limit your sodium to 2,300 milligrams or less a day.

Fried Foods

Deep-fried foods cooked in trans fats raise your LDL (“bad”) cholesterol levels and could lead to heart disease, stroke, and type 2 diabetes. They also create molecules called free radicals that can damage and kill cells. This all connects to eye disease -- AMD and diabetic retinopathy. Fight back against free radicals by eating fruits and veggies full of vitamin C like citrus fruits, tomatoes, and red bell peppers.

Cooking Oils

A landmark study 30 years ago linked too much linoleic acid, a type of unsaturated fat, with a higher chance of AMD. You can find it in these cooking oils: • Safflower • Sunflower • Corn • Soybean • Sesame Health experts suggest cooking oils with less than 4 grams of saturated fat per tablespoon. Stay away from ones with hydrogenated oils and trans fats.

Margarine

It’s made with vegetable oils, so it has unsaturated “good” fats. All things considered, it may be better for you than butter. But some margarine also has trans fat, which raises your cholesterol levels and the chance of heart disease and eye problems. The more solid the margarine, the more trans fat it has. Instead of a stick, use the spread or liquid kind. You can also look for brands with 0 grams of trans fat on the label.

Ready-to-Eat Foods

Prepackaged foods -- things like soup, tomato sauce, and canned goods -- often have high amounts of sodium, up to 75% of the suggested amount.

Eating less of these foods can lower your chance of high blood pressure and related eye problems. When you shop, look for “low sodium” or “no salt added” versions of your favorite foods. Add your own spices and herbs for a natural flavor boost.

Sugary Drinks

Soda, sports and energy drinks, lemonade, and other sweetened drinks are full of sugar -- sometimes 7 to 10 teaspoons. They’re also the number one source of calories and added sugar in the U.S. diet. All that sugar ups your odds of type 2 diabetes and heart disease. This can lead to related eye conditions like diabetic retinopathy and AMD. Water is your best bet for a healthy drink.

SpaceX’s first all-civilian mission to launch on Sep 15

Fish and Shellfish

Most of us have no reason to worry about the mercury in fish and shellfish in moderation. But at high levels and for certain groups of people, it can cause serious health problems, including eye damage.

Health experts say pregnant women, those who are nursing or may become pregnant, and children should stick with 8-12 ounces of fish and shellfish each week.

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paceX, run by tech billionaire Elon Musk-run, is all set to launch to orbit its first all-civilian mission ‘Inspiration4 on September 15. “#Inspiration4 and @SpaceX have completed our flight readiness review and remain on track for launch!” the Inspiration4 mission team said in a tweet.

Early this year i n Fe b r u a r y, S p a c e X announced the charitydriven mission named Inspiration4, which will be commanded by tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman and will have three others.

They will orbit the planet aboard SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule every 90 minutes along a customised flight path.

Upon conclusion of the three-day journey, Dragon w i l l r e - e n t e r E a r t h ’s atmosphere for a soft water landing off the coast of Florida.

The 37-year-old Isaacman is founder and CEO of integrated payment processing company Shift4 Payments and a trained pilot.

Billionaire Issacman purchased the flight as part of an effort to raise millions for St Jude Children’s Research Hospital. He has given St. Jude two seats on the Inspiration4 mission and has committed to give $100 million to St. Jude.

He is joined by Haley Arceneaux, Sian Proctor and Chris Sembroski, Space.com reported.

Arceneaux, a childhood bone cancer sur vivor and St. Jude

physician’s assistant, was chosen to represent the charity, while Proctor and Sembroski were selected as part of a global contest for a trip on the flight.

Inspiration4 will blast off from NASA’s Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on September 15.

However, the exact liftoff time will be determined just a few days before launch, the report said.

Since the Dragon will not visit the International Space Station, unlike previous Crew Dragon missions, its docking port was removed and replaced with a dome window.

The window, inspired by the Cupola on the International Space Station, will provide the crew with incredible views of Earth, according to the Inspiration4 team.

Issacman, Arceneaux, Proctor and Sembrowski are set to arrive at Kennedy Space Center on September 9, ahead of their planned launch, the report said.

The Inspiration4 mission marks SpaceX’s latest private astronaut mission.

The company’s Ax-1 mission, also planned for the end of 2021, hosts a crew of four private astronauts paying $55 million each for an eightday trip to the ISS. In 2018, Musk also a n n o u n c e d Ja p a n e s e b i l l i o n a i r e Yu s a k u Maezawa will hitch a ride around the moon on SpaceX’s new rocket system Starship, which is under development.

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Caffeine

Alcohol

While not a food, alcohol is something you put into your body that experts link to eye disease. Drinking too much alcohol can lead to cataracts at an earlier age, a common condition that causes a cloudy area in your eye lens.

The caffeine in your morning cup of coffee or tea may raise the pressure inside your eye, or intraocular pressure (IOP). Studies show this pressure goes up in people with glaucoma or ocular hypertension (OHT) who’ve had caffeine. IOP that’s too high can cause vision loss and blindness.

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On Teacher ’s Day, we honour the Shishaks- Rev. Tuisem and Mrs Margaret- for giving the best part of their lives to the cause of pioneering quality education to students of various communities and races at Patkai Christian College.

The book “As We Know Them- The Shishaks” written by the alumni of PCC is just a part of so much that could still be written about the two most respected servants of God. From: All past, present pupils and well wishers of Patkai Christian College, Seithekema

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US Open: Djokovic lets emotions show; Barty loses Aries Rifle and Pistol Shooting Academy

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a man in more than a halfcentury, Djokovic moved into the fourth round at Flushing Meadows for the 14th consecutive appearance, coming back to beat Kei Nishikori 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-3, 6-2.

“I don’t plan to have those kind of emotional moments on the court, whether good or bad. It just happens,” Djokovic said. “In the heat of the battle, when you feel like the moment is very important ... you just want to get those things out of yourself, out of your system — try to, I guess, ride on that energy wave that you create, whether it’s with yourself, whether it’s with the crowd.”

So the No. 1-seeded Djokovic managed to avoid

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the rash of upsets that have hit the tournament, but the top-seeded woman, Ash Barty, did not. A day after defending champion Naomi Osaka and two of the top five men, Stefanos Tsitsipas and Andrey Rublev were beaten, Barty blew a big lead in the final set and lost to 43rd-ranked Shelby Rogers of the U.S. 6-2, 1-6, 7-6 (5) on Saturday night.

Rogers was a quarterfinalist in New York a year ago, while Barty owns titles from the French Open in 2019 and Wimbledon this July but never has been past the fourth round at Flushing Meadows.

Coming into this match, Barty was 5-0 against Rogers and then went up two breaks at 5-2 in the

third set.

Djokovic, a 34-year-old from Serbia, is now 24-0 in the sport’s four most important events this season, having won the Australian Open in February, the French Open in June and Wimbledon in July. The last man to go 4 for 4 at the majors was Rod Laver in 1969; Steffi Graf was the last woman, in 1988.

Win four more matches next week, and Djokovic also would earn his 21st career Slam trophy, breaking the men’s mark he currently shares with Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal.

It was in the fourth round last year that Djokovic’s U.S. Open ended, defaulted late in the first set for hitting a ball after ceding

Italian women’s volleyball team wins European Championship

Warrington rematch with Lara ends in draw

NEW YORK, SEP 5 (AP): Novak Djokovic did not seek to keep his thoughts to himself on court Saturday, the way he mostly did through his first two U.S. Open matches. Instead, he let it all out, slapping his chest or sneering with a fist raised to celebrate success, pointing to his ear to ask the crowd for noise.

This was the Djokovic everyone is so accustomed to seeing — yes, winning on the Grand Slam stage, of course, as he always does in this magical season, but also animated and into it, encouraging the spectators to join him for the ride on his path toward tennis history.

Taking another step in his bid to complete the first calendar-year Slam by

B E LG R A D E , S E P 5 (AGENCIES): European champions Serbia lost their title to Italy after enduring a 3-1 (24-26, 25-22, 25-19, 25-11) defeat in the final of the Women’s European Volleyball Championship on Saturday at the Belgrade Arena.

Cheered by the local fans, the Serbian team took the lead after a fierce first set, which they won by just

a tight two-point margin.

The Italians dominated the second and third sets to overturn the scoreboard, before Serbia, the Olympic bronze medalists in Tokyo this summer, gave up chasing their third consecutive European gold, allowing their opponents to climb to the European throne.

Paola Ogechu Egonu was unstoppable with 28

points for the Italians, while Tijana Boskovic stood out with 20 points scored for the losing team.

Previously Turkey slammed Netherlands 3-0 in the battle for the third place of the tournament, held in Serbia, Bulgaria, Croatia and Romania from August 18 to September 4, with 24 teams competing for a place in the final in the Serbian capital.

First Brotherhood Coordination meeting was held on September 4 with WCYF, CYO and WSSA at Hotel Cedar Dimapur under the theme “Eradicating ‘Ism’ among the Rizes through sports”. It resolved to conduct sports annually which will be hosted annually among the Rizes alternatively and the 1st historical event will be hosted

by WSSA on October 12, 2021 at DDSC Stadium Dimapur.

LONDON, SEP 5 (AGENCIES): Josh Warrington’s rematch with Mauricio Lara ended in a technical draw after the Mexican suffered a huge cut above his left eye following a clash of heads in the second round.

The ringside doctor waved off the bout as Lara’s corner were unable to stem the bleeding from his gaping wound.

It was a major disappointment for both fighters after a pulsating start in front of a partisan crowd in Leeds.

Lara won their fight in February to take the IBF world featherweight title.

Speaking to BBC Radio 5 Live, Warrington said he was “absolutely gutted” with the outcome.

“I am confused, I don’t know what to say. Honestly felt I could burst into tears when the ref waved it off,” he said. “I thought I caught him in the first round and I thought I could see a nick there and keep targeting it.

When I dived in there was a head clash and I am absolutely gutted.”

Looking to avenge his only professional defeat, Leeds-born Warrington was roared on by 20,000 fans at Headingley.

a game and inadvertently hitting a line judge in the throat.

Now he’ll play wildcard entry Jenson Brooksby, who edged 21st-seeded Aslan Karatsev in five sets to become, at 20, the youngest American man in the round of 16 at the U.S. Open since Andy Roddick in 2002.

Other players advancing included Wimbledon runner-up Matteo Berrettini and No. 13 Jannik Sinner — they gave Italy a pair of men in the U.S. Open’s fourth round for the first time in the event’s 140-year history — along with 22nd-seeded American Reilly Opelka and South African Lloyd Harris, who beat seventhseeded Denis Shapovalov in straight sets. In women’s action, Olympic women’s gold medalist Belinda Bencic, 2019 U.S. Open champion Bianca Andreescu, 2020 French Open champion Iga Swiatek and two-time major finalist Karolina Pliskova reached the fourth round.

After eliminating a couple of inexperienced opponents ranked 121st and 145th, Djokovic faced someone with a far better resume in Nishikori, who was the runner-up at the 2014 U.S. Open and has been as high as No. 4.

Dimapur selected as Khelo India Centre

DIMAPUR, SEP 5 (NPN): The Aries Rifle and Pistol Shooting Academy, Dimapur has been selected by the Sports Authority of India (SAI) as a Khelo India Centre under the nation’s Khelo India scheme. The centre was approved by the Department of Youth Resources and Sports, Nagaland April 5, 2021.

A press release by founder/proprietor, Aries Rifle & Pistol Shooting Academy, Merang Jamir informed that the delayed announcement was due to the pandemic situation that the world is currently facing which also prompted the academy to be shut for the last few months.

The Aries Rifle and Pistol Shooting Academy was started with a 4-lane indoor shooting range in 2010 at NST Colony Dimapur. In spite of its humble beginnings, the academy has been able to promote young shooters to participate in various competitions outside the state with promising results over the years. The academy also organises various shooting competitions within the state from

Aries Rifle and Pistol Shooting Academy, Dimapur.

time to time. The academy got a major impetus when its founder, Merang Jamir, received the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) B- Judge certificate in 2016. Only two years later, he was again awarded the D-Course Coach Certificate in 2018.

The academy strictly follows the modern shooting sport rules as prescribed by the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF). The shooting ranges of the academy are also modelled on the lines of international standards with some lanes having ISSF approved electronic scoring target systems, SIUS HS10 Hybridscore.

The academy has so far constructed a full-fledged 10m, 25m and 50m shooting ranges at Bamunphu-

kuri-1, Dimapur, where the 4th North East Zone Shooting Championship 2016 was conducted under the aegis of the National Rifle Association of India.

In view of the Covid-19 pandemic, the academy was unable to function properly since the time it was declared as a Khelo India Centre. However, with the current relaxations of restrictions by the government, the academy is looking forward to resume its regular training sessions from October. The academy being made a Khelo India Centre also has given the team a renewed strength and enthusiasm to work towards the realisation of their dream of training Naga youths to one day participate in the Olympics.

Squads announced for Thomas & Uber, Sudirman Cups NEW DELHI, SEP 5 (IANS): Star Indian shuttlers Saina Nehwal and B Sai Praneeth will spearhead the women’s and men’s teams respectively as the Badminton Association of India (BAI) on Sunday announced strong squads for the Thomas and Uber Cup Finals, scheduled in Denmark from October 9-17.

BAI has also named a 12-member Indian team for the Sudirman Cup slated to take place from September 26 to October 3 in Finland.

For the Thomas and Uber Cup, London Olympics bronze medallist Nehwal will be accompanied by top-3 singles ranks from the trials -- Malvika Bansod, Aditi Bhatt and Tasnim Mir -- in the 10-member women’s team alongside three doubles pairs, including Tanisha Crasto and Rutuparna Panda, who claimed the top spot in the trials.

The 10-member men’s team also comprised of four singles players and three doubles pairs. Alongside Praneeth and the former world No. 1 Kidambi Srikanth, top-2 singles players from the trials -- Kiran George and Sameer Verma -- have received places in the team. The country’s top men’s doubles pair of Chirag Shetty and Satwik-

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sairaj Rankireddy has been selected in the team alongside top-2 ranked pairs from the trials.

The players, for the Thomas and Uber Cup and the Sudirman Cup, were selected on the basis of their performances in the recently-concluded trials apart from the automatic selections of the players/pairs, who are placed inside Top20 in the world rankings.

The two-time Olympics medallist PV Sindhu has not been included in the squad as she had requested not to be considered for selections citing post-Olympics recovery.

“Other than the topranked Indians, we have selected players on the basis of their consistent show in the trials. In the absence of any tournaments, the trials and the new format helped us to zero in on the current in-form players as they have proved their abilities and have earned top rankings

in the trials. I believe these youngsters along with the senior shuttlers will create a good combination and all the new faces will also get much-needed experience of playing top-tier tournaments like the Thomas and Uber Cup as well as the Sudirman Cup,” BAI general secretary Ajay Singhania said.

In the Thomas Cup, the Indian team has been placed in the Group C alongside defending champions China with Netherlands and Tahiti being the other two teams in the group. The women’s team has been drawn in Group B along with Thailand, Spain and Scotland in the Uber Cup. On the other hand, in the 12-member team for the 17th edition of the Sudirman Cup, top-ranked doubles pair from the trials Dhruv Kapila and MR Arjun have been named in the squad alongside Srikanth, Praneeth and doubles pair of Satwiksairaj and Chriag, who made

it to the team on the basis of their world rankings.

Among the women, top-2 doubles pairs from the trials, Tanisha-Rutuparna and Ashwini Ponnappa-N Sikki Reddy have been selected alongside Top-2 singles from the trials Bansod and Bhatt.

The biennial tournament will see the Indian team competing alongside the defending champions China, Thailand and hosts Finland in Group A. Squads: Thomas and Uber Cup Men: B Sai Praneeth, Kidambi Srikanth, Kiran George, Sameer Verma, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, Chirag Shetty, Dhruv Kapila, MR Arjun, Krishna Prasad Garaga, Vishnu Vardhan.

Women: Saina Nehwal, Malvika Bansod, Aditi Bhatt, Tasnim Mir, Tanisha Crasto, Rutuparna Panda, Ashwini Ponnappa, N Sikki Reddy, Gayatri, Treesa Jolly.

Sudirman Cup Men: B Sai Praneeth, Kidambi Srikanth, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, Chirag Shetty, Dhruv Kapila, MR Arjun.

Women: Malvika Bansod, Aditi Bhatt, Tanisha Crasto, Rutuparna Panda, Ashwini Ponnappa, N Sikki Reddy.

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Paralympic closing marks end of Tokyo’s 8-year Olympic saga

TOKYO, SEP 5 (AP): The final act of the delayed Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics came Sunday, almost eight years to the day after the Japanese capital was awarded the Games.

The Paralympics ended a 13-day run in a colorful, circus-like ceremony at the National Stadium overseen by Crown Prince Akishino, the brother of Emperor Naruhito. The Olympics closed almost a month ago.

These were unprecedented Olympics and Paralympics, postponed for a year and marked by footnotes and asterisks. No fans were allowed during the Olympics, except for a few thousand at outlying venues away from Tokyo.

A few thousand school children were allowed into some Paralympic venues.

“There were many times when we thought these games could not happen,” Andrew Parsons, president of the International Paralympic Committee, said on Sunday.

“There were many sleep-

less nights.”

The closing ceremony was entitled “Harmonious Cacophony” and involved both able-bodied actors and others with disabilities.

The theme was described by organizers as a “world inspired by the Paralympics, one where differences shine.”

Like the Olympics, the Paralympics went ahead as Tokyo was under a state of emergency due to the pandemic. Like the Olympics, testing athletes frequently and isolating them in a bubble kept the virus largely at bay, though cases surged among a Japanese population that is now almost 50% fully vaccinated.

“I believe that we have reached the end of games without any major problems,” said Seiko Hashimoto, the president of the Tokyo organizing committee.

But there was fallout, however. Lots of it.

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga announced Friday — two days before the closing — that he would not continue

Fireworks illuminate over National Stadium during the The flag bearer carries the Indian flag into the stadium closing ceremony for 2020 Paralympics in Tokyo. (AP/PTI) during the closing ceremony on Sunday. (AP/PTI)

ganize the Olympics and Paralympics, double the original estimate. Several government audits suggested the real costs are twice that. All but USD 6.7 billion is public money.

The pandemic probably cost organizers almost USD 800 million in lost ticket sales, a budget shortfall that will have to be made up by more government funds. In addition, local sponsors contributed more than USD 3 billion to the operating budget, but got little return with few fans.

To y o t a , a m a j o r Olympics sponsor, pulled its Games-related television advertising in Japan because of public opposition to the Games.

Toshiro Muto, the CEO of the organizing committee and a former deputy governor of the Bank of Japan, framed the costs as an investment.

He acknowledged that it’s difficult to sort out what are — and what are not — Olympic costs.

“It has to be scrutinized further to segregate

which part is investment and which part is expenditure,” Muto said in an interview last week. “It’s difficult to define the difference.”

Tokyo was also haunted by a vote-buying scandal during the bid process that forced the resignation 2 1/2 years ago of Japanese Olympic Committee president Tsunekazu Takeda.

He was also an International Olympic Committee member.

Next up are the Beijing Winter Olympics, opening in five month.

They have been billed as the “Genocide Games” by rights groups that want the Games pulled from China because of the reported internment of at least 1 million Uyghurs and other largely Muslim ethnic groups in Xinjiang in northwestern China.

The US Department of State and several other governments have called the human rights violations in Xinjiang a genocide, and one major IOC sponsor — Intel — has said it agrees with the characterization.

in office. Suga hoped to get a reelection bump from the Olympics. He got the opposite as his approval rating plummeted after a slow vaccine rollout in Japan, and a contentious decision to stage the Games during the pandemic.

Suga succeeded Shinzo Abe, who resigned a year ago for health reasons. It was Abe who celebrated in the front row of a Buenos Aires hotel ballroom on Sept. 7, 2013, when then-IOC President Jacques Rogge announced Tokyo as the 2020 host

— ahead of Istanbul and Madrid.

In a sad coincidence, Rogge died a week ago at 79 after being in poor health. “ N ow t h a t P r i m e Minister Suga is forced out, taking the blame for his failure to combat the coronavirus, it would be impossible to claim that the Olympics and Paralympics were successful, a unifying moments for Japan,” Koichi Nakano, a political scientist at Sophia University, wrote in an email to The Associated Press.

The Paralympics may leave a more tangible legacy in Japan than the Olympics, raising public awareness about people with disabilities and the provision of accessible public space.

The Paralympics involved a record number of athletes — 4,405 — and a record number of countries won medals. They also saw two athletes from Afghanistan compete, both of whom arrived several days late after fleeing Kabul.

“The Tokyo Games were a model of efficiency

Paralympics: Nagar, Yathiraj help India end Tokyo campaign with 19 medals

Formulate big plans for next Olympics: Anurag

4th Test: Openers take Eng past 50 in 368-run chase

Krishna Nagar

Suhas Athiraj

TOKYO, SEP 5 (IANS): India ended the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games with 19 medals -- five gold, eight silver, and six bronze, a dramatic and historic rise for the country that had collected only 12 medals while participating in 11 editions of the Games from 1968 till 2016.

On Sunday, the final day of the Tokyo Paralympic Games, India claimed two medals -- a gold and a silver in badminton -and finished 24th among 162 nations in the overall medal tally on the basis of gold medal count, while it is placed 20th based on the number of medals (19) it won. Krishna Nagar in Men’s Singles SH6 class, won India’s lone gold medal on Sunday, storm-

ing back after losing the second game to beat Hong Kong China’s Chu Man Kai 21-17, 16-21, 21-17.

It was India’s second gold medal from the badminton courts and fifth overall in Tokyo.

S u h a s Ya t h i r a j claimed a silver medal as he went down fighting to France’s world No 1 Lucas Mazur in three well-fought games in the final of the Men’s Singles SL4 class.

An IAS officer who is currently posted as the District Magistrate of Gautam Buddh Nagar in Uttar Pradesh, Yathiraj stunned the Frenchman, the threetime World Champion, in the first game and had handy leads in the second and third but Mazur was too experienced and too

skilled and fought back from a game down to win 15-21, 21-17,21-15 in just over an hour to win the gold medal. India was expecting five medals from para-badminton but that was not to be as Tarun Dhillion lost in the bronze medal match. Pramod Bhagat and Palak Kohli, the scratch mixed doubles pair that had never practiced together till a month before the Paralympic Games, also missed out on a bronze medal as it went down to Japan’s Fujihara Daisuke and Akiko Sugino 21-23, 19-21 in two close games.

Dhillon, the second Indian in the SL4 class, who had lost to Mazur in three games on Saturday, failed to overcome the disappointment as he went down tamely 21-17, 21-11 to Indonesia’s Fredy Seitiawan to miss out on a bronze medal. Dhillon was the second seed in the SL4 class behind Mazur and expected to meet him in the final. But a loss to Seitiawan in the Group Stage meant he finished second in the standings and thus had to play the top seed Mazur in the semifinal.

BENGALURU, SEP 5 (PTI): Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Thakur on Sunday urged all the sports federations to formulate big plans for 2024 and 2028 Olympics so that India improves its position further. “All the sports federations have to play an important role and we have to work together to formulate a big project so that in 2024 and 2028, India’s position improves further,” Thakur told reporters.

Thakur is here to take part in a host of events including interaction with the athletes. According to him, the public perception towards sports has changed with the government giving impetus to athletics, which resulted in India’s impressive performance in the Olympics and Paralympics.

“The biggest thing is the changing attitude towards sports. When the government is giving all sorts of facilities and when the PM himself speaks to the sportspersons and encourages them, it has impact on every section of the society, be it individual, corporate, sports associations or any other organisation,” Thakur said.

LONDON, SEP 5 (PTI): England’s under-fire opening pair made a confident start after an indomitable Shadul Thakur and a calm Rishabh Pant ensured a 367-run lead for India as the fourth Test entered an engrossing home stretch.

Haseeb Hameed (43 batting, 85 balls) and Rory Burns (31 batting, 109 balls) put on 77 runs in 32 overs on a placid track that showed little signs of wear and tear after Thakur (60 off 72 balls) and Pant (50 off 107 balls) helped India put on a commendable 466 in their second essay.

With 291 runs out of the target of 368 required on the final day, England would at least fancy a draw if not a victory on the fifth day as the pitch has nothing on offer for the bowlers.

More so, Ravindra Jadeja (0/28 in 13 overs), whose primary skill has been overlooked by the team management, looked pedestrian during the overs that he bowled during the penultimate evening. A few balls did turn but Burns tackled them with ease.

The only bowler who made some impact was Jasprit Bumrah (7-3-110), who at least tried to exert some pressure on the

and friendliness,” Olympic historian David Wallechinsky said in an email to The Associated Press.

“If it hadn’t been for the COVID-related difficulties, these would be right at or near the top of the best-organized of the 19 Olympics — Summer and Winter — I have attended.”

The costs also set records.

A study by the University of Oxford found these to be the most expensive Games on record.

Japan officially spent USD 15.4 billion to or-

India’s Shardul Thakur plays a shot off the bowling of England’s James Anderson on day 4 of the 4th Test match.

openers.

However, India still have their nose ahead in the game largely due to the performance of the lower middle-order where Thakur the batsman exceeded everyone’s expectations with a second halfcentury in the match.

He was well complemented by Pant, who finally got some runs under his belt showing admirable restraint and sense of responsibility during the duo’s 100-run stand.

Credit should also go to Umesh Yadav (25) and Jasprit Bumrah (24), who also played their cameos in taking the target past 350run mark.

Had Thakur-Pant not

played their part, England would have ended up chasing a lesser total after yet another all-too familiar middle order collapse.

From 296 for 3, within 10 over space, it became 312 for 6 before Thakur and Pant joined forces.

It did help that the pitch became flatter as the day progressed and under bright sunshine, strokeplay became easier for both the batters as they could hit through the line.

While Shardul, who is fondly called ‘Beefy’ by team’s head coach Ravi Shastri for his Ian Bothamlike exploits, is reinforcing his value as a bowling allrounder. His three straight drives were as good as any

of the shots that his illustrious seniors Rohit Sharma and Cheteshwar Pujara hit on the third day.

It was sight to behold as he picked an Ollie Robinson (32-7-105-2) slower early and dispatched it over long-on to reach 49 and then a pull shot for a single helped him complete his fifty.

If Shardul’s 57 in the first innings had helped the team reach a respectable total, his approach in the second innings ensured that Pant wasn’t in his usually “harakiri” mode that brought about his downfall during a number of occasions this summer.

The left hander curbed his instincts to charge down the track and played as per merit of each delivery.

Only when he was in his 30’s that he lofted Moeen Ali for a one bounce four and in his 40’s charged out to slash James Anderson (33-10-79-1) over covers for a boundary.

His innings had 76 dot balls which showed that he had learnt from his mistakes but he was distraught when he failed to get the elevation, offering a return catch to Moeen (26-0-118-2).

‘Paralympics will have special place in Indian sports history’

Narendra Modi

NEW DELHI, SEP 5 (PTI): With Indian athletes putting up their best ever show at the Tokyo Paralympics, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday that their feat will always have a special place in the history of Indian sports and expressed hope to build on these successes to ensure greater participation in sports.

Modi also praised the people of host Japan, particularly Tokyo, and its government, saying they must be lauded for their exceptional hospitality, eye for detail and spreading the much needed message of resilience and togetherness through these Olympics.

He said, “In the history of Indian sports, the Tokyo Paralympics will

always have a special place.

The games will remain etched in the memory of every Indian and will motivate generations of athletes to pursue sports. Every member of our contingent is a champion and source of inspiration.”

India’s paralympians had an epoch-making campaign at the Tokyo Games where an unparalleled 19 medals, including five gold, helped them sign off 24th in the overall tally -- the highest ever.

The tally also included eight silver and six bronze medals but most importantly, it was a performance during which history was scripted almost everyday with the contingent living up to the ‘Spirit in Motion’ motto of the Games.

Modi said, “The historic number of medals India won has filled our hearts with joy. I would like to appreciate the coaches, support staff and families of our athletes for their constant support to the players. We hope to build on our successes to ensure greater participation in sports.”

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