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Vol XXXI No. 333

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State govt mulls partial prohibition

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KOHIMA, NOV 6 (NPN): In a major development, the government of Nagaland is mulling to partially lift the Nagaland Liquor Total Prohibition (NLTP) Act 1989 when the cabinet decided to constitute a committee headed by the state chief secretary to work out the modalities and submit its report within a month.

This was confirmed when Nagaland Post contacted several highly placed government sources who pointed out that the government had undertaken a series of exercises by holding discussions and consultative meetings with stakeholders over NLTP Act 1989.

The sources said the partial lifting of the NLTP Act 1989 was mooted several years back though the government had not taken any concrete steps.

The dry law has always been controversial since enactment has proved so much easier than enforcement. Criminalization of alcohol consumption or possession, has not deterred people who go to nearby Assam to either consume or purchase liquor.

Besides Civil Society Groups, the government had also sought inputs from government departments particularly Tourism department as well as Excise & Prohibition Department.

The main proponents who oppose any lifting of prohibition remain the Church (notably NBCC) and some women groups.

S o m e h ave a l s o claimed that bootleggers and smugglers are also among the strongest proponents of the dry law.

Sources told Nagaland Post that the Tourism department had given its observation based on the postHornbill event that sale of local rice brew (a popular part and parcel of cultural traditions) was prohibited under NLTP Act 1989.

The Tourism department observed that the NLTP Act 1989, enacted to curb sale and consumption of liquor including organic beverages has instead only encouraged bootlegging and sale of spurious alcohol was hazardous to health and life of mostly young people.

According to the sources, the department had also pointed out that manufacture and distribution of spurious alcohol has

resulted in untimely deaths of many people across the state.

The Tourism department opined that the Act needed to be reviewed and reformed for partial lifting so that distillation plants can be set up to produce local brew or wine through scientific methods to improve quality and ensure food safety.

The department also maintained that its opinion for partial lifting of the dry law was to cater to tourism trade and not only for consumption.

The Tourism department also said if the NLTP Act is lifted partially, sale of alcohol should be strictly monitored so that it is not allowed to be sold to minors.

As per the assessment of the Tourism department, during Hornbill Festival, stalls used to sell some 10,000 litres of local brew during the ten-day event.

The brew used to be sold at Rs. 200 per litre and this generated a total sale of Rs. 200 x 10,000 or Rs. 20,00,000 in ten days.

The popularity of the local brew during Hornbill Festival has a potential to be developed as a major revenue source as well as

Dr. Jamir calls on Prime Minister Modi Spl. Correspondent

NEW DELHI, NOV 6 (NPN): Veteran Naga politician, former governor and former four-time chief minister, Dr. S.C. Jamir on Saturday called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi at his Lok Kalyan Marg residence in Delhi.

Taking to twitter, Modi said he had exchanged views on several issues with Dr. SC Jamir. “It was wonderful to meet Shri SC Jamir, the former CM of Nagaland and respected statesman. We exchanged views on several issues. I also have fond memories of working with him when he briefly served as the Governor of Gujarat back in 2009,” Modi said.

According to highly placed sources, Dr. Jamir was called by Prime Minister Modi to Delhi to deliberate on the Naga political issue. Dr. Jamir is also likely to meet other Central officials/leaders during his stay in Delhi.

It may be mentioned that Dr. Jamir

Dr. SC Jamir with Narendra Modi in Delhi on Saturday. (Via twitter @narendramodi)

had been the Governor of Maharashtra and Odisha and had held the additional charge of Goa and Gujarat. He was one of the few Governors appointed during the Congressled UPA government to continue after the Narendra Modi led NDA government came to power in 2014.

Deptt directed to clear pending advt bills D I M A P U R , N OV 6 (NPN): State chief secretary, J Alam, who reviewed matters relating to payment of pending advertisement bills with various departments on Saturday, asked the departments to clear all pending advertisement bills and expedite the process at the earliest, DIPR stated.

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Alam said that all bills should also be paid on priority bases in the future and should not be kept pending.

With State Advertisement Policy in place, Alam said the policy should be followed religiously through a single window in order to avoid confusion and accumulation of bill.

IPR director, Er. Z Tokishe Sema, informed that only 25 departments have so far submitted names of their nodal officers to DIPR. The chief secretary directed all remaining departments to submit the names at the earliest and to coordinate with DIPR with matters related to advertisement.

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generating employment besides boosting tourism, observed the department.

Excise: The Excise and Prohibition department in its annual report (2020-21) tabled by chief minister Neiphiu Rio during the Nagaland Legislative Assembly (NLA) session in February this year, stated that a total of 1,187 cases involving liquor and narcotics were registered during April to December 2020 and 1,187 persons arrested. Of this, 1,180 were liquor related and seven were narcotics related.

During the period, a total of 32,080 bottles of IMFL, 10,874 bottles of beer and 1,795 litres of country liquor were seized among other banned substances.

Enforcement of the NLTP Act 1989 has been overwhelming as besides black marketing and bootlegging, it has spawned a huge syndicate and promoted setting up of big distilleries at Khatkhati whose produce are meant to quench the thirst of consumers of Nagaland. There are also scores of small illicit distilleries even within Nagaland.

T h e a p p r ox i m a t e amount of revenue being

lost due to Nagaland Liquor Total Prohibition Act may be in terms of several hundred crore rupees but the greatest loss has been the deaths of many due to spurious alcohol.

The church in Nagaland, the Nagaland Baptist Church Council (NBCC) along with the Naga Mothers’ Association (NMA) were instrumental in enactment of the Act. NBCC general secretary Rev. Zelhou Keyho has however made it clear that the church should also play its role to make the enforcement affective.

In an earlier statement, Rev. Keyho felt that the church needs to discuss the Act threadbare and also work with experts, civil society groups and government if the Act is to be effectively implemented.

The NBCC general secretary also admitted that both the state government and the Church in the State have failed to get the act together and particularly stressed that the Church simply cannot hold on to the Act without doing anything systematically, professionally and intelligently and also to take criticisms positively and constructively.

4 dengue cases reported in Dimapur D I M A P U R , N OV 6 (NPN): Amid the ongoing pandemic, Dimapur district has reported four dengue positive cases this month.

According to joint director & SPO (National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme), Dr. Neisakho Kere one case each has been reported from Indisen, Signal Basti, 4th mile Diphupar A and Lomithi colony.

In order to contain dengue spread, Dr. Kere has fervently urged the community/public to observe “one dry day in a week” where water in all the containers around the house like flower pot bases, empty vessels, coolers, tyres, buckets etc. are emptied out into a dry area since dengue mosquitoes breed in stagnant water.

“Keep all water filled vessels and tanks tightly covered and throw out any rubbish lying around like plastic cups, old containers, tyres, coconut shells etc. and check around the compound every week,” Dr. Kere stated.

Dr. Kere further appealed all to sleep under mosquito nets during day and night, especially pregnant women and children, and to immediately consult a doctor in case of high fever.

NVBDCP has been conducting various activities like entomological studies, larvicidal operations, larvivorous fish distribution for open drains, water bodies, fogging, house to house fever survey, dengue awareness etc in order to contain further infection.

Unless every household actively participates in controlling dengue breeding in and around their surroundings, combating dengue disease only through the endeavours of the programme alone is futile, Dr. Kere said.

NVBDCP urged all to ensure that surroundings of homes, schools, settlements and businesses are clean and that there are no stagnated water in drains, discarded containers, disposed vehicle tyres and other medium of storage.

State Covid-19 weekly positive rate at 2.2% D I M A P U R , N OV 6 COVID-19 STATUS AS ON NOVEMBER 6, 2021 (NPN): With marginal ACTIVE CASES Symptomatic decline in Covid-19 posiNon Covid Deaths MiSEVERE AsModtive cases, the State’s weekRecovTotal District Death with gratymperate ICU ICU ered Cases ly sample positivity rate Covid 19 ed tom- Mild On On (without (On Positivity atic Oxy- Oxy- ventila- venti(WSPR) stood at 2.2%. gen gen tor) lator In its weekly bulletin, Dimapur 75 9 2 3 0 4 13534 412 11 691 14739 Health & Family Welfare 0 Kiphire 5 0 0 0 0 246 9 0 1 261 (H&FW) department said Kohima 24 5 2 2 0 1 9111 123 1 203 9469 that though the weekly sam- Longleng 0 0 0 0 0 0 287 0 2 18 307 0 2192 54 0 63 2338 ple positivity rate remained Mokokchung 25 4 0 1 0 Mon 4 0 0 0 0 0 1124 12 2 17 1159 below 5% for the last 12 Peren 2 0 0 0 0 0 897 6 0 15 920 weeks, Kiphire and TuenPhek 7 0 0 0 0 0 570 18 0 9 604 sang reported weekly sample Tuensang 3 1 0 0 0 0 1079 13 0 3 1098 positivity rate 6% and 5.6% Wokha 8 0 0 0 0 0 365 11 0 16 404 respectively from the week.

Zunheboto 1 0 0 0 0 0 593 15 0 11 623 During the week, 94 Total 154 19 4 6 0 5 29998 673 16 1047 31922 cases and four deaths were *16 deaths not due to Covid-19 *0 deaths under investigation

reported from the week.

H&FW also recorded 23 new hospital admissions from the week.

17 fresh cases, 1 death: Nagaland on Saturday recorded 17 fresh Covid-19 positive cases while one more fatality was reported during the day. Of the fresh cases, 13 were from Dimapur and one each in Kiphire, Kohima, Mokokchung and Phek, taking the total caseload to 31922.

With one more fatality being reported in Dimapur, the death toll rose to 689.

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Smart pre-paid meters to be mandatory by 2023: Tovihoto Staff Reporter

D I M A P U R , N OV 6 (NPN): Advisor for power, H. Tovihoto Ayemi on Saturday said that smart prepaid metering system will be made mandatory in the state by December 2023.

This was in line with Power ministry’s notification to install prepaid smart meters by December 2023, as part of the first phase under the Revamped Reforms-Based ResultsLinked Scheme.

Speaking at the inaugural programme of the upgraded 33/11 KV, 5 MVA to 10 MVA Referral sub-station, at Christian Institute of Health Sciences and Research (CIHSR) Dimapur, Tovihoto said that the prepaid metering system would be beneficial for consumers to track their electricity usage in real time and also and buy power as per their budget.

With the introduction of online payment mode, he said it would not only be time saving but will also do away with erroneous billing.

He therefore, urged the public to be mentally prepared for installation of

H. Tovihoto Ayemi speaking at the inaugural programme. (NP)

prepaid metering system.

Tovihoto said that the department has so far installed around 19,000 prepaid meters in the state-10,000 in Dimapur and 9000 in Kohima.

Stating that it was an achievement for the department to upgrade the sub-station, Tovihoto said that for any development or progress, stable power supply was a prerequisite.

On the issue of frequent load shedding and unstable power supply, Tovihoto maintained that though the government and the department was trying its best to provide better and uninterrupted power supply, non-payment of bills by consumers was a major concern contributing to the huge losses in revenue generation.

The adviser also informed that the department would be launching the official social media page/ account to address public grievances and also update consumers about load shedding, or any power related problems.

Addressing the gathering, chief engineer (D&R), Er. Moa Aier sought the cooperation of all so that the department could provide better and uninterrupted services.

With consumers increasing in Dimapur, he said the district would need to upgrade/add a minimum of 50 to 60 MVA substation every year. He also acknowledged CIHSR for providing the space to setup the upgraded sub-station.

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Seithogei to IG Stadium by-pass road to open before Hornbill Fest: Patton

Y. Patton and others during the inspection, Saturday. (NP)

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KOHIMA, NOV 6 (NPN): As Nagaland gears up to celebrate the 22nd edition of the Hornbill Festival after a gap of a year, deputy chief minister Y. Patton assured that the Seithogei to IG Stadium by-pass road in Kohima will be made motorable before the Hornbill Festival.

Patton, who walked on foot to inspect the 11 kms road stretch, informed Nagaland Post that the road would not only ease traffic congestion in the state capital but also shorten the travel

distance by around 6 kms for those travelling to Wokha, Mokokchung, Tuensang and Zunheboto.

Major portion of the road was damaged due to landslide during the monsoon season last year.

While appreciating the village councils of L. Khel and T. Khel model village for assuring full cooperation to complete the road, Patton urged the department to take full advantage of the support and complete within the stipulated time. Lamenting that most of the development projects in the State

were stalled due to interference from many areas, Patton, however, said that the eagerness to facilitate development and the unflinching support assured by the two village councils will be an example for many to follow.

While urging the department to ensure quality work, Patton also asked the officials to complete the work as per the targeted time plan.

Principal secretar y R&B, Menukhol John informed that the road was not only meant for the citizens of Kohima but will benefit those travelling to and from Wokha, Mokokchung, Longleng etc.

NPF legislator of the area, Khriehu Liezietsu thanked the Patton for showing his concern by inspecting the road and assured smooth completion of the road.

R&B department chief engineer Er. Kahuli Sema while thanking the deputy CM for personally inspecting the road, said that the works will begin from November 8.

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Population control: Plea in SC Core panel on seeks to make states as parties Naga issue to NEW DELHI, NOV 6 (PTI): A fresh plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking to make states and UTs as parties in a PIL that has sought certain steps, including two-child norm, to control the country’s growing population. The plea filed by lawyer Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay said population explosion is the root cause of many problems, including the excessive burden on natural resources.

Upadhyay had filed the PIL challenging Delhi High Court order that dismissed a plea seeking certain steps, including two-child norm, to

control the growing population. Centre had earlier told SC that India was unequivocally against forcing family planning on its people and any coercion to have a certain number of children was counterproductive and leads to demographic distortions.

In an affidavit filed in the SC, Centre said family welfare programme in the country was voluntary in nature, which enabled couples to decide the size of their family and adopt family planning methods best suited to them, according to their choice and without any compulsion. (Cont’d on p-8)

meet on Nov 9

D I M A P U R , N OV 6 (NPN): A meeting of the Core Committee of the Parliamentary Committee on Naga Political Issue has been convened on November 9at 3 p.m. in the Residential office of chief minister at Sovima, Dimapur.

The panel’s member secretary Neiba Kronu has requested all members to attend the meeting.

The panel is headed by chief minister and DyCM Y Patton and NPF leader TR Zeliang as co-convenors and legislators, including the two MPs as members.

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CMO Mkg convenes 3rd quarter review meeting NAAC peer team visits Unity College

CMO Mokokchung, Dr. R. Chubala Aier speaking at the 3rd quarter district review meeting.

“focus” of the third review meeting, she stated that biomedical waste management & infection control to be the topic of discussion.

With regard to vaccination, she informed of the overdue in second dose and that there was a lot of work to be done. She therefore, called for support on door to door vaccination campaign and instructed all the medi-

Phek block level federation meeting held DIMAPUR: Women Self Help Groups (SGHs), Phek block level federation under Nagaland State Rural Livelihoods Mission (NSRLM) held its first general body meeting on November 5 at Phek Town hall with SDO (C) Phek, Zhoi Lohe as guest speaker.

According to a DIPR report, while speaking at the meeting, Zhoi said that everyone needed to know how to earn and live their livelihood economically while simultaneously enhancing the living standard.

Zhoi stated that women had opportunities in various areas such as capacity building, quality development to look after families and as society.

Acknowledging SHGs on their various successes, he urged that there was still a long way to go and catch with the rest of the world.

He stressed on the need for transparency in cash and accountabilities so that each member would work tirelessly.

The meeting was chaired by vice president of the federation, Zhoveshelu Venuh, welcome note was delivered

by BLF Thenole Akami, folk tune was presented by Chepoketa village while Vebulu Lohe performed a song.

Block development officer-cum-BMM NSRLM, Phek, Sezokholu Rhakho delivered greeting message, Heipeunding Ilunglung exhorted the gathering, SBI bank manager delivered a speech while secretary report was given by general secretary, Khrukulu Rhakho.

cal officers to monitor and supervise the health centres from time to time so that they could identify the gaps, problems and difficulties.

Since the government was focusing in health infrastructure, she said it was the responsibility of healthcare workers to work together with stakeholders.

Meanwhile, NVBDCP & DSO, Mokokchung pro-

presentation on Root cause analysis, and action planning and its methodology.

Earlier, NUHM Consultant, Sentirenla Longchar gave a PowerPoint presentation on SWOT analysis.

She made a brief introduction to SWOT as a tool to identify strength, weakness, opportunities and threats by strategic use of data and information gained from situation analysis of internal and external environments while psychiatric nurse, DMHP IMDH, Akumjungla presented an overview of activities undertaken.

All the SMOs & Mos presented a PowerPoint presentation on bio-medical waste management and infection control, its challenges and suggestions.

The meeting was attended by all programme officers, senior medial officers, medical officers, staff of DPMU, NHP, RBSK and IEC.

Discipleship Bible College observes freshers’ day gramme included choreography by students of M Div II, special presentation

by Achumdi and entertainment by Pentong, Shahyong and Metnyei.

Prayer for the freshers was said by principal, DBC, Rev S Wati Aier and benediction was pronounced by associate professor, Dr. Alem.

NAAC team along with faculty members of the college.

ture of India through the performance of Chang folk dance, Kathak dance and display of traditional attires.

On the second day, the peer team interacted with various committees, cells and examined their activities.

The exit meeting was chaired by IQAC coordinator Dr. Adani Ngullie, welcome address was delivered by the principal, Dr.

Lichumo Enie.

The peer team members lauded IQAC and the college fraternity.

They also encouraged the institution to emphasise on quality education, pedagogy, physical education and more research activities.

Later, the NAAC report was handed over by chairman of NAAC team Dr. Chengappa PG to the principal.

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Freshers of DBC presenting group song at the DBC 41st freshers meet. (Inset: Dr. T Lima Jamir). (NP)

Staff Reporter D I M A P U R , N OV 6 (NPN): Discipleship Bible College (DBC) observed its 41st Freshers Day on the theme “Here I am, Lord” at the college campus here, on Saturday.

Addressing the gathering, chairman, board of governors, DBC, Dr. T Lima Jamir encouraged the freshers to stay focused, strive for leadership by way of influencing the society and to take decisive and bold actions.

Advising them to never compromise their values, Dr. Lima said that they were “on a mission with a purpose”.

He also encouraged the gathering to be committed to the Lord in all that one does in order to

succeed in life. He pointed out that God measured success against their faithful stewardship of the resources entrusted to people and that God loved seeing His children bear fruit and become successful.

Stating that the intellectual challenge of studying at a college was stimulating and enjoyable, he stated that a person also learned about the subject matter of their interest.

In this regard, he said that a person would expect to take responsibility for one’s own learning, manage volume and pace of workload.

Later, Dr. Lima challenged the freshers to strive to complete the journey and to emerge from the college with skills to contribute and impact the

society.

Earlier, the programme was chaired by Kirenthung and Alemtula and invocation was offered by associate professor, Dr. Imsenperong.

Speech on behalf of the freshers was delivered

by Merennungsang while Amekali P Asumi delivered speech on behalf of the old students.

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In Loving Memory of our Father Late Lochamo Ezung

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DIMAPUR: The third quarter district review meeting was held in the conference hall of the chief medical officer’s (CMO) office, Mokokchung on Saturday.

In a press release from DPMU Mokokchung, CMO Dr. R. Chubala Aier urged the participants to continue to be vigilant since COVID cases were slowly increasing. Speaking on the

gramme officer, Dr. Tiasunep presented an overview of COVID-19 in the district.

While presenting a statistical data, he informed that there were 77 testing sites, the rate of daily and weekly positivity as per the reports collected in the second quarter 2021 and data on percentage of death as per gender, age and comorbidity.

MO, RBSK (Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram) Mokokchung, Dr. Imsongienla presented on screening process/mechanism of RBSK and activities undertaken, covering Anganwadi centre and government school in the month of September and October.

MO, Mongsenyimti PHC, Dr. Maongkala highlighted the gap analysis and action planning and re-oriented the participants on the process and activities involved in conducting gap analysis. She also made a

DIMAPUR: The University Grant Commission (UGC), National Accreditation and Assessment Council (NAAC) peer team visited Unity College, Dimapur from November 4-5 2021 for the second cycle of NAAC assessment report.

In a press release, the college informed that the NAAC peer team was led by chairperson Dr. Chengappa PG along with member coordinator Dr. Lokanath Mishra and member Dr. Pralhad Pawar.

The peer team interacted with the principal, IQAC coordinator and members, heads of the departments, dean of students’ welfare and the faculty members.

The team inspected the staff room, college library, departmental mini library, counselling centre, first aid centre, NCC, NSS, YI Yuva, eco club, history museum, computer lab, students common room, students council room, alumni office, yoga centre, women cell, mock-trench site, vermicomposting site, college girls hostel, sports facilities, rainwater harvesting facility and solar energy facility.

After the visit, the NAAC peer team also planted trees in the college campus.

Earlier, Unity College Students Council (UCSC) organised a cultural event on the theme “unity in diversity” where the students showcased the diverse cul-

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

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A year has passed, yet profound memories did not fade. Even though our time together was short, we are lucky and fortunate to have had such a special and wonderful FATHER. We cherish you and all your good deeds. You will always be in our hearts forever.

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WEATHER FORECAST NOVEMBER 7

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Agartala Hazy sunshine

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Guwahati Sun through high clouds Imphal

Sun mixing with clouds; nice

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Dr. Chumben Murry speaking at the festival on Saturday.

Mmhonlumo Kikon inaugurating the memorial stone at Bhandari town. (DIPR)

WOKHA: Dr. Chumben Murry, MLA, graced the morning session of Tokhü Emong & Mini Hornbill celebration as special guest on Saturday.

In a press release, joint secretary media, Lotha Hoho (LH), Abenthung Kikon informed that during the occasion, Dr. Chumben Murry exhorted how the Lotha community was blessed with rich flora and fauna and a major water body.

He encouraged the people to recall the past and compare it with present generation and the environmental changes.

secretary, Yihamo Patton.

Lotha traditional songs and music event were held in the evening session which was graced by superintendent of police, Wokha, Menangmeren Ao as special guest and chaired by LSU president, Ashanthung Humtsoe.

The main event and culmination of Tokhü Emong celebration programme would be held on November 7, 8 a.m., at public ground Wokha and would be graced by advisor horticulture & border affairs, Mhathung Yanthan.

Bhandari Town celebrates 42nd Tokhü Emong

Dr. Chumben talked about the economic damage due to the pandemic and called for prevention and necessary precaution in order.

Through the celebration of Tokhü Emong he hoped that the people would carry forward the essence of the festival and reconcile in the spirit of Christian brotherhood.

He called for a change through every individual and with the celebration of Tokhü Emong the MLA also encouraged the youth to wake up from the slumber and make a common move for a better future.

CBCKMH celebrates ‘World Sunday School Day’ DIMAPUR: Chakhesang Baptist Church Ministers’ Hill (CBCMH) Kohima celebrated “World Sunday School Day” on the theme “Worry not, fear not, have faith in God” on Saturday.

In her sermon, Sunday school superintendent, Akrole Ngachu said that “worry” was a waste of time

since focussing on problems and worries would fail in recognising who Jesus was.

Trust and have faith in the Lord. Do not worry about tomorrow for it will worry about itself, she exhorted the children.

Altogether, around 400 children and teachers participated in the programme

where the children took part in singing of songs, reciting memory verses and other activities.

Earlier, Sunday school teacher Thsope Medo led the congregation and a special presentation was made by Lütsolü Hesüh, Wephrü-ü Medo, and Lerie Sunday School team.

WSSU warns private tutors for overcharging DIMAPUR: Taking note of several complaints about some private tutors charging exorbitant fees, Western Sumi Students’ Union (WSSU) has warned of necessary action and urged them to charge only as per service provided.

In a press note, WSSU president A. Kughato Achumi and general secretary X. Hinoka Chophi said that though schools and colleges have been taking online classes/course in view of the pandemic, many institutions were not able to achieve the desired levels of performance.

As the government has allowed schools and colleges to resume offline classes with alternate mode of days, WSSU said that most many parents were compelled to give their children private tuitions, at the same time struggling to find good tutor available

for private tuitions, ready to sacrifice any amount of fees charged by the tutor.

Knowing this predicament, WSSU said tutors in Dimapur were taking undue advantage by charging exorbitant tuition fees. Despite struggling to paying school fees, WSSU said parents were often forced to pay higher tuitions fees, especially home tuitions. It said that “with no proper mechanism to check this kind of daylight robbery, parents are often compelled to give in to the demands of the tutors. While schools and colleges have reduced their fees during pandemic, private tutors get what they demand since there are no rules for fixing their fees.”

WSSU therefore requested parents and students to come forward and to report to its office in the event of such incidents.

In the morning session, traditional folk songs and dances from Kümali Vontso and Tsungiki Village Cultural Troupe enthralled the gathering.

During the event, a traditional tug of war competition was held among the 27 colonies of Wokha Town where Dr. Chumben Murry pronounced the competition open.

The programme was chaired by LH general secretary, Abenthung Ngullie, New Riphyim Baptist Church pastor, Moyithung N. Murry said the invocation and a welcome note was delivered by LH joint

WSBAK, SDF extend condolences

DIMAPUR: Western Sümi Baptist Akukuhou Küqhakulu (WSBAK) has expressed grief over the demise of H. Hezheto Yepthom, who passed away on November 5.

In a condolence message, WSBAK executive secretary, Rev. Dr. Phughoto Sema described late H. Hezheto as an upright man with a big heart who contributed in the ongoing ministry of WSBAK. WSBAK said that he was the finance convener of WSBAK platinum jubilee, member of WSBAK finance committee, executive council member & chairperson of department of Christian education ministry, WSBAK. WSBAK conveyed condolences to the bereaved family members and prayed that the Almighty would give them comfort and strength to bear the irreparable loss.

SDF: Sümi Discussion Forum (SDF) has expressed deep pain over the untimely demise of Hezheto Yepthomi, who was junior accounts officer, DRDA Zunheboto and elder brother of advisor for tourism art & culture, Khehovi Yeputhomi.

The forum said described late Hezheto as a God-fearing person, a humble and dedicated officer who was judicial secretary, Western Sümi Kukami Hoho (2007-2009).

His demise has left a big void among the Sümi community and the Nagas in general, SDF said.

It hoped that late Hezheto’s contribution would not go in vain and that although he was no more, his works and deeds would remain.

SDF conveyed deepest condolences to the bereaved family members.

Bhandari Town celebrated the 42nd Tokhü Emong on the theme “Senjümta” (reconciliation) at the public football ground, Bhandari on Saturday.

According to a DIPR report, special guest, advisor, IT, science and technology & NRE, Mmhonlumo Kikon lauded the public of Bhandari for having managed the pandemic situation effectively and coming together to celebrate the festival with adherence to COVID-19 SOPs. The special guest also pointed out that the public should encourage one another and cooperate

with concerned departments, agencies and the government for systematic delivery of developmental projects and initiatives.

Meanwhile, deputy commissioner (DC), Wokha Orenthung Lotha said that Tokhü was a time to reflect and retrospect the achievements or failures of the past year as individuals and as a community and to redirect attention in a renewed manner for a fruitful year ahead.

In his greeting note, joint director, agriculture, Jacob N. Yanthan called on the people to live up to the spirit of reconciliation

in order to march forward as progressive community.

M. Yanthan IAS Rtd, Y. Limomo Jami, NCS Rtd, Merithung Ovung, former range council chairman, president Lotha Lower Range Public Organisation, convenor Lotha lower range elders and officers’ forum, Rev. Ellis Odyuo and Rev. Fr. Matthew also participated in the programme.

Earlier, a memorial stone in commemoration of Bhandari administrative headquarter having completed 50 years in 2007, (1957-2007) was inaugurated by Mmhonlumo Kikon, which was donated by administrative officers of the Lotha Lower Range, past and present with co-initiation by executive committee of DBs and GBs union, Bhandari sub division.

Former NBCC finance secretary, Rev. R.P. Murry pronounced the dedicatory prayer.

Highlights of the programme included folk song and contemporary Lotha songs presentations and football exhibition match between MLA11 and Tokhü organisers committee where MLA11 won by three goals with Mmhonlumo scoring the first goal against the opponent team.

CEO Nagaland meets electoral roll observers L.Akato Sema, Anoop Khinchi, Anenla T. Sato, Vikeyie Kenya, IAS, Shri.

Kenilo Apon, IAS and Mohamed Ali Shihab were appointed as electoral roll observers by the election commission of India.

The EROs would undertake three visits to their respective assigned districts during the period of summary revision till the publication of final electoral roll.

The meeting was attended by additional chief Electoral roll observers at the meeting with the CEO Nagaland electoral officer, N. Moa on November 5.

Aier, joint chief electoral officer, Ruokuovituo Khezhie DIMAPUR: Chief electoral and fair election, an accurate and deputy chief electoral officer (CEO), Nagaland V. and error-free electoral roll was officer Awa Lorin.

Shashank Shekhar had a brief- the most important prerequisite. ing meeting with electoral roll CEO pointed out that for observers (EROs) at his office enhanced participation of elecchamber on November 5, with tors in the electoral process and regard to the special summary to avoid electoral malpractices, revision of photo electoral rolls. it was essential to improve the A press release from the registration processes which CEO officer informed that would in turn increase fidelity during the meeting, the CEO of the electoral rolls. highlighted the importance of He expressed confidence the role played by electoral roll that with the active involvement observers during revision period of observers in the revision in ensuring the fidelity of the process, the state would have an electoral roll and taking timely error-free and healthy electoral corrective measures wherever rolls for conduct of the coming necessary. elections.

He informed that for a free O. T Chingmak Chang,

GHS Dzülhami celebrates platinum jubilee NEWS IN BRIEF

Wonthungo Tsopoe and others at the programme on November 5.

DZÜLHAMI (PHEK): Government High School (GHS), Dzülhami celebrated its 75th platinum jubilee on the theme “honouring our past and creating our future” with director of school education, Wonthungo Tsopoe as special guest on November 5.

Addressing the gathering, Wonthungo said the celebration was possible because of the unity among the people and sacrifices made by the pioneers, present leaders, teachers and students.

He said that a teachK Y M C

er’s duty was a mission as they took responsibility not only as a teacher but as a parent, guide, mentor and counsellor for children.

He suggested that the school introduce extracurricular activities such as scouts and guides, national cadet corps etc., and emphasised on the importance of vocational education in the form of music, fine art and computers.

Our government school is second to none, we can do better because we have a rich deposit of qualified teachers Wonthungo stated. He

however pointed out that without student enrolment, school development would not take place.

He appreciated the leaders of GHS Dzülhami for producing eminent personalities, missionaries, public leaders, academicians and other professionals.

Meanwhile, SDEO, Chozuba, Phek, Meyawabang released the souvenir of platinum jubilee and delivered a speech.

Short speeches were also delivered by former minister, Nagaland GHS,

Zachilhü R. Vadeo on behalf of alumni GHSD, Züneyi Shijo on behalf of GHSD retired teachers and Razoukhrü Vasa, chairman, Dzülhami Outsider Welfare Union, project director, DRDA Phek.

Earlier, the special guest unveiled the jubilee monolith with Chakhesang Student Union former president, Seve Vadeo as leader followed by opening display song by Dzülhami Students’ Union while Village Council Dzülhami chairman, Zavepra Nyekha delivered greeting note.

Dimapur DPDB meeting on Nov 9: Deputy commissioner and vice chairman District Planning and Development Board (DPDB) Dimapur, Rajesh Soundarajan has informed that the monthly DPDB meeting for the month of November is scheduled on November 9, 11 a.m., in the conference hall of the DC. Members have been requested to attend the meeting.

DC Kma informs on COVID-19 ex-gratia: DC Kohima, Gregory Thejawelie has informed the concerned next of kin of COVID-19 victims that ex-gratia forms (annexure-A) and checklist of required documents could be availed from DDMA cell office of the DC, Kohima during office hours.

Niki-led NSCN (K) greets: Niki-led NSCN (K) has extended warm Tokhü Emong greetings to the Lotha community. As the Lotha community joyful celebrate the festival, the group wished the community prosperity and a bright future. It also hoped that the festival would be an occasion to strengthen unity and brotherhood not only among the community members but to all Naga community.

KMC informs: In view of the forthcoming Hornbill festival and Christmas, Kohima Municipal Council has informed all shopkeepers and business establishments within its jurisdiction to clean and whitewash/paint the front face of their respective establishments on or before November 15. KMC informed the same to put up decorative lights by November 30.

Wokha DPDB Nov 8: Deputy commissioner (DC) and vice chairman DPDB Wokha, Orenthung Lotha has informed all board members that the monthly District Planning and Development Board (DPDB) meeting would be held on November 8, 11 a.m., in the DC’s conference hall. Members have been requested to note the change and attend the meeting.

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UAPA against 102 Twitter handles: Tripura police were being spread by some “anti-national” and “disturbing” elements.

He said, “No fire incident took place at any mosque in Tripura. The police have registered specific complaints and started probing on whatever had

happened. And, regarding the malicious campaign in social media, cases were also registered”.

Earlier, DIG Northern Range Lalhimnga Darlong had also said, “Exaggerated and perverted rumours were being spread in social media

that could spread high tensions between two religious communities.” He, however, said that some miscreants indulged in violence as the Vishwa Hindu Parishad carried out a protest procession against the attacks on Hindus in Bangladesh.

Tripura police seeks details of FB, Twitter users spreading fake news

AG A RTA L A , N OV 6 (AGENCIES/IANS): Tripura police have invoked the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) against 102 Twitter accounts for allegedly spreading misinformation about the recent violence that took place at Panisagar in North Tripura last month.

“Tripura Police have taken up a case against a total of 102 Twitter accounts under Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) for spreading fake and distorted information related to the recent violence that took place at Panisagar North Tripura,” said Jyotishman Das Choudhary, Public Relation Officer of Tripura Police. He added, “The case which was earlier inves-

tigated by police is now transferred to the Crime Branch division of Tripura police. The police have been trying to trace the handlers of the accounts.”

Earlier this month, six persons were arrested by the state police in connection with various incidents of communal violence in the state and several persons were booked for spreading rumours to create hatred between two religious groups in the state.

Tripura Inspector General (IG) Law and Order In-Charge Saurabh Tripathi had last month had said that fake photos and videos were being widely circulated on social media depicting the violence at Panisagar in Tripura, adding that these

Meghalaya govt decides to cut VAT on fuel by Rs 5.20 per litre

S H I L L O N G, N OV 6 (AGENCIES): Two days after the center’s decision to reduce exercise duty on petrol, the Meghalaya government on Friday decided to cut Value-Added Tax (TAX) on petrol and diesel

by Rs 5.20 per litre each.

The decision was taken in a state government’s cabinet meeting, reports The Sentinel Assam.

The centre on Tuesday announced a reduction in exercise duty on petrol and diesel by Rs 5 and 10 respectively. Meghalaya Deputy Chief Minister Prestone Tysong reminded that the state government in February had already slashed VAT on petrol from 31.62 per cent or Rs 17 per cent litre to 20 per cent and from 22.59 per cent or Rs 12.50 per cent on diesel.

Tysong also stated that

the state government will incur a revenue loss of about Rs 100 crore for the next five months from November to March 31, 2022. The Assam government too reduced the price of diesel by Rs 17 per litre and that of petrol by Rs 12 per litre. The price of diesel fell by Rs 17 per litre and petrol by Rs 12 per litre in the state. Last year, the State Government had cut the prices of petrol and diesel by Rs 5 per litre due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

“Heartening to learn the Central Government’s decision to reduce excise duty on petrol and diesel.

In consonance with the decision of the Prime Minister, the Assam Government will also reduce VAT on petrol and diesel by Rs 7 per litre with immediate effect,” Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma had tweeted.

The Tripura police has asked Facebook, Twitter and YouTube to provide details of over a hundred accounts from which various fake and provocative posts were made in connection with some reported incidents in the state after the communal violence in Bangladesh, officials said on Saturday.

The police has filed criminal cases and started taking action against over 70 persons including Supreme Court lawyers, activists and religious campaigners.

A senior police official said that the investigating officers have sent separate letters to social media platforms -- Facebook, Twitter and YouTube -- seeking details of 101 accounts from which provocative and twisted posts were

made about the reported incidents in the state last month. The official who refused to be named, said that the authorities of the social media platforms have also started taking action against these account holders. “Cases were filed against 71 persons under various provisions of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) and the Indian Penal Code (IPC). Those who are booked in these cases were asked to appear before the investigating officers on November 10,” he told IANS. The police have, so far, arrested eight people from different districts. According to police officials, strict action is being taken against those who are trying to create communal disharmony in the society.

Patrolling and security at religious institutions and places was enhanced in around 150 mixed population areas.

“Though no fresh incidents of attack and intimidation were reported from anywhere in the state during the past two weeks, the security forces remained alert to foil any attempt to disturb the communal harmony in the bordering and mixed population state,” the police official said.

After a few incidents involving the minorities, the north Tripura district authorities had promulgated prohibitory orders under section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code in Panisagar and Dharmanagar sub-divisions on October 26 as a precautionary measure, which still continues.

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Arunachal logs two fresh COVID-19 cases ITANAGAR, NOV 6 (PTI): Arunachal Pradesh’s COVID-19 tally rose to 55,176 as two more persons tested positive for the infection, a senior health department official said here on Saturday.

The frontier state had reported zero COVID-19 cases on Thursday, seven cases on Wednesday and six on Tuesday. Arunachal Pradesh now has 61 active COVID-19 cases of which 11 are in Tawang district and 10 each in Lohit and East Siang district.

Nine more patients recuperated from COVID-19 on Friday, taking the total number of recoveries to 54,835, State Surveillance Officer (SSO) Dr Lobsang Jampa said.

The COVID-19 recovery rate now is 99.38 per cent, Dr Jampa said.

The COVID-19 death toll in the state remained at 280 as no new fatality was reported in the last 24 hours, the SSO said. As many as 11,87,903 samples have been tested for COVID-19 thus far in the state, including 440 on Friday, Jampa said, adding that the positivity rate stood at 0.45 per cent.

Rajkanya chargesheeted in hit-and-run case

Rajkanya Baruah

G U WA H AT I , N OV 6 (AGENCIES): Guwahati city police on November 5 filed chargesheet in the sensational hit-and-run case in which model Rajkanya Baruah, a former 2016 Femina Miss India contestant, had knocked down eight labourers of Public Works Department (PWD) with her car at Rukmini Gaon in the city on the night of October 1, reports The Northeast Today.

The police have filed the chargesheet before the court of the chief judicial magistrate without naming the organisers of the event at Hotel Taj Vivanta.

Baruah was alleged of driving the car in intoxicated state, and injuring eight PWD labourers in the process. The legs of Joseph Marak, one of the injured labourers, had to be

amputated.

However, she had managed to get bail soon after the incident which triggered uproar and protest across the state.

Not satisfied with police action, Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma had directed the police to review the case and suspend the police officer who granted her bail.

To evade the arrest, Rajkanya got admitted to a GNRC Hospital and didn’t appear before the investigating officer on October 3, despite being summoned, citing health reasons.

Later, the police re-arrested her from the hospital after the six-member board of the GMCH submitted a report to the police that she has no health complications.

Bar uah was also “shown arrested” in a separate case of a car accident in 2017. The model-turned-entrepreneur had allegedly hit one Karan Jyoti Handique with her speeding vehicle way back in 2017. A case was filed by the victim at the Dispur Police Station. The accused model is currently lodged at the Guwahati Central Jail.

Silchar to host Northeast Green Summit from Nov 16 Tripura civic polls: 821

S I LC H A R ( A S S A M ) , NOV 6 (PTI): Sustainable development and conservation strategies for the Northeast and its contiguous biodiversity zones, a round table of forest ministers of the region, besides green art and green music events are on the agenda of the three-day Northeast Green Summit beginning here from November 16.

The focus area of the sixth edition of the summit is ‘Greening after Covid: Regional Cooperation, Innovation & Entrepreneurship’.

Union Minister of State for Environment Ashwini Chaubey is expected to attend the summit, where delegates from Bangladesh, Bhutan and Myanmar will also brainstorm on various issues.

Several stalls showcasing sustainable products from across the northeastern region will be part of

the summit, which is organised by Vibgyor NE Foundation and supported

by United Nations Environment (UNEP).

As a run-up to the event, a green cyclothon is being organised on November 8 to create awareness among the public about the rapidly-depleting resources.

The rally also aims to promote the heritage points of southern Assam, also known as Barak Valley, and eco-tourism and create awareness on sustainable development.

“The agenda of the forest ministers’ round table will be primarily to

focus matters of common concerns - climate change, animal migration, movement of forest produce, management of natural resources on interstate and internat3ional borders, forest and wildlife offence with ramifications across each other’s territory among many other issues,” says former IFS officer C P Marak, who is an advisory board member of the summit.

A Silchar Declaration may be unveiled at the end of the round table, subject to consensus on the issues raised, Marak adds.

According to Rajdeep Roy, Lok Sabha member from Silchar and one of the brains behind the summit, the forest ministers’ round table is expected to come out with certain consensus and resolutions to evolve guidelines which will positively contribute towards conservation of natural

resources and livelihood of forest-dependent people.

Atul Bagai, India head of UNEP, says while the northeast is comparatively at a better position in terms of greenery and natural resources, the effect of global warming and climate change is evident with delayed rains and longer summers.

“It is the time to act so that we can give back what belongs to nature.

Like previous years, Northeast Green Summit 2021 will act as a catalyst in the northeastern region to combat global warming and act towards conservation,” he says.

The summit espouses #BuildBackBetter as the mantra for the Northeast post-pandemic since a “green recovery” could benefit not just the climate but also human health and prosperity, says Marak.

nominations found valid

AG A RTA L A , N OV 6,(PTI): As many as 821 nominations filed for elections to 20 civic bodies in Tripura – comprising Agartala Municipal Corporation (AMC), 13 municipal councils and six nagar panchayats -- were found valid after scrutiny, officials in the state election commission said.

Civic body elections in the northeastern state are scheduled to be held on

November 25. Results will be announced three days later, on November 28.

As many as 334 seats, including 51 of the AMC, will be up for polls.

The ruling BJP has fielded candidates in all 334 seats, while the opposition CPI(M) has named nominees for 212 seats, the CPI for six seats, AIFB for five seats and the RSP for two seats.

Mizoram reports 513 new Covid cases, positivity rate at 9 per cent AIZAWL, NOV 6 (PTI): Mizoram on Saturday reported 513 new COVID-19 cases, taking the tally to 1,24,539, a health department official said. Among the new patients are 162 children, he said. The death toll rose 445 as five more people succumbed to the infection, he added.

The single-day positivity rate dipped to 9.20 per cent from 14.18 per cent on the previous day, the official said.

There are 6,044 active cases in the state at present, while 605 people recovered on Friday.

36 cases of dengue cases detected in M’laya Efforts on to clean Arunachal river after water turns black

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S H I L LO N G, N OV 6 : Health officials in Meghalaya on Saturday confirmed 36 cases of dengue fever in West Garo Hills district.

“Thirty six cases of dengue fever so far have been reported from the urban area and the maximum cases have been reported from Tura Civil Hospital quarters and Hawakhana in Tura,” Ram Singh, the district magistrate of West Garo Hills, said.

In view of the reported cases of dengue in the Garo Hills region, Singh had convened a meeting with the District Vector Borne

Disease Control Officer and the representatives of the localities in Tura at DRDA Conference Hall on Friday.

During the meeting, the Deputy Commissioner urged the concerned authorities to closely monitor the situation and to take preventive measures in both the urban and rural areas before the spread of dengue in the district.

He also informed that the Testing Centre for dengue is functional at Tura Civil Hospital.

Stressing on the need to make the people understand the situation and to take precautionary measures, Singh also urged the

representatives of the localities to support and cooperate with the concerned authorities in mosquito breeding source reduction by proper solid and liquid wastes, proper storage of water, etc.

He also asked the representatives to hold meetings in their respective localities to sensitize the people in tackling the viral disease.

The District Vector Borne Disease Control Officer, highlighted the symptoms of dengue, types of dengue like probable and confirmed, transmission from mosquitoes to human, roles of various laboratories under NVBDCP, methods and tools for vector control.

I TA NAG A R , N OV 6 (IANS): Various organisations along with experts from different parts of the country have swung into action to clean Arunachal Pradesh’s Kameng river water which turned black following erosion and landslides leading to the death of thousands of fish, officials said on Saturday.

East Kameng District De puty Commissioner Pravimal Abhishek Polumatla said that organisations from Bengaluru and Kolkata and experts teams from the Central Water Commission accompanied by local bodies and villagers are jointly working on a war footing to

clean the water.

“Though the condition of the river water including turbidity oxygen level is improving, all precautionary measures including prohibitory orders under Sec 144 CrPC would continue to prevent people from venturing into the river,” the Deputy Commissioner said.

The death of fish in Kameng river has continued for the past nine-ten days after the water turned black following erosion and landslides. To review the situation the Deputy Commissioner, accompanied by the Disaster Management Department Secretary, independent researcher Chintan

Seth and officials of the National Disaster Management Force conducted an aerial survey on Friday.

“During the aerial survey it was observed that in the Warriyang Bung river there was intense erosion of river banks resulting in deposition of mud, debris, boulders and trees. This could be possibly due to a landslide or avalanche in the upper reaches of the Warriyang Bung river which could not be observed due to the presence of thick clouds.”

“The width of the Warriyang Bung river has increased to a certain extent due to erosion. It was observed that the erosion

happened approximately up to 30 kms downstream.

Preliminary observation shows that no water body has been formed along the river,” Polumatla told the media. The Warriyang Bung River is upstream of the Kameng river.

He said the Fishery and Primary Health Engineering Departments were continuously testing the water and samples were also sent to a Guwahati laboratory for testing. The condition of the aquatic life including fish was being monitored very closely. “Like an ailing person’s treatment, we have to treat the Kameng river with a combined effort.”

The Deputy Commissioner said that all waste from Seppa town and household discharges are regularly going into the Kameng river, polluting the water. The remote sensing agencies are also helping out and satellite images are being monitored.

Polumatla said that to avoid food poisoning or any other health issues, restrictions have been imposed on the sale and consumption of fish from the Kameng river.

Local volunteers and police personnel are patrolling the river banks and the authorities have requested the local people not to venture into the river till the situation improves.

Assam TET invigilator arrested for leaking question paper Meghalaya Cabinet approves creation of Eastern West Khasi Hills District

G U WA H A T I , N O V 6 (AGENCIES): On Tuesday 2 November Police arrested a teacher from Hailakandi district for uploading the question paper of the Teachers Eligibility Test on social media platforms, reports The Assam Sentinel.

The exam of Teachers Eligibility Test 2021 was conducted on 31 October. Police hold the accused person after the complaint registered by Mustafizur Rahman the Principal of MHC Higher Secondary School in Cachar district. Following the FIR lodged against the teacher, police identified the person as Baharul Alom Kausar Barbhuiya who is an employee at MHC Higher Secondary School. He was then taken to the Rangirkhari police station on Tuesday evening. The Superintendent of police of Cachar district said

the teacher has been arrested under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.

He was the invigilator at the examination centre of MHC Higher Secondary School which was one of the 60 examination centres in the district of Cachar.

The TET question paper was uploaded online after the examination at around 4 PM and went viral in a very short period of time. The question paper shared online had the roll number of one of the TET candidates which have been used for identification of the centre from where the paper was leaked.

While questioning the Invigilator, Borbhuiya admitted that he had taken a photograph of the question paper after the completion of the examination however he has denied uploading the question paper

on social media. On Tuesday, Barbhuiya told to media at the police station that he knew that it was illegal to take photographs of question paper but he did it only for reading and with no other purpose.

He further said that that he is a teacher by profession and he analyzes all possible study materials.

The booklets are not allowed to share in public until the declaration of exam results therefore taking photographs of the question paper is a violation of the guidelines of the Teachers Eligibility Test.

Barbhuiya explained that he had shared and discussed the papers in WhatsApp with his roommate Aszad Hussain who is also a teacher.

He said he got to know about the question paper leaked and his involvement in the matter when his friends

called him after returning from duty at 2:30 PM. An investigation on the departments has also been initiated by the Inspector of Schools of Cachar. One of the officials from the education department said that departmental action against him might be taken apart from the judiciary actions. The technical expert group under the police department is investigating the matter to find the link about the initial uploading of the question paper.

On October 31, 2021, the primary TET examination was held across 587 centres in 27 districts and 3, 96,561 candidates appeared in the primary-level TET examination.

2, 30,482 of them appeared in the ‘Lower Primary TET examination while 1, 66,079 were candidates for the Upper Primary-level TET.

SHILLONG, NOV 6 (AGENCIES): The Meghalaya Cabinet approved a proposal to upgrade the Mairang civil sub-division to a full-fledged district on November 5. It will be called Eastern West Khasi Hills district, Deputy Chief Minister Prestone Tynsong said, as per a report on The Assam Sentinel..

Currently, Mairang is now a sub-division under the West Khasi Hills district. “Proposal to upgrade the Mairang Civil SubDivision to a full-fledged district has been approved by the Cabinet today. Happy to announce that the new district will be named Eastern West Khasi Hills and will be inaugurated on 10th Nov 2021,” Chief Minister Conrad Sangma said on Twitter.

Further questioning about the expenditure for the new

Meghalaya cabinet assessing the proposal to upgrade Mairang sub-division as Eastern West Khasi Hills District. district, Tynsong said the government has instructed the department concerned to work out all details, and this will be reflected in the state budget next year.

The creation of the new district will ensure that administration will remain closer to the people besides implementation

of various schemes will also be more effective, he added.

Meanwhile, the Meghalaya government has also decided to cut Value-Added Tax (TAX) on petrol and diesel by Rs 5.20 per litre each. The decision was taken in a state government’s cabinet meeting.

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Maha hospital fire: 11 COVID patients killed

Modi, Shah, Rajnath greet SMOKE, CRIES, PANIC AS FIRE ENGULFED ICU; MOST VICTIMS SENIOR CITIZENS nation on Bhai Dooj

PUNE, NOV 6 (PTI): As many as 11 coronavirus patients were killed after a major fire broke out in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the district civil hospital in Maharashtra’s Ahmednagar city on Saturday, officials said.

The blaze er upted around 11 am in the ICU where 20 COVID-19 patients, many of them senior citizens and some on ventilator or oxygen, were undergoing treatment.

Ahmednagar city is located 120 km from Pune.

The fire was doused around 1.30 pm, said chief fire officer of the city civic body Shankar Misal, adding that a short circuit was suspected to be the cause though it was yet to be confirmed.

After the incidents of fire at hospitals treating COVID-19 patients elsewhere, fire audits had been ordered across the state.

As per Ahmednagar district collector Rajendra Bhosale, such an audit had been carried out at this hospital too. But according to Misal, after the audit, the work of installing necessary safety systems was

Charred remains at the ICU of Civil Hospital after a fire broke out, in Ahmednagar, Saturday, Nov. 6, 2021. At least 10 people died in the fire. (PTI)

incomplete due to “want of funds”. As injured patients were rushed to a nearby hospital, 10 of them were declared brought dead, police said. One patient succumbed later.

As many as 15 patients were on ventilator or oxygen in the ICU. “Saving them was the priority. But due to their critical condition, to remove the oxygen support and bring them out was a tough decision,” said

one fire brigade official.

“After discussion, we decided to bring them out anyhow and later put them back on oxygen or other support systems,” he added.

Most of those who died were aged between 65 to 83, according to hospital officials. A probe committee headed by Misal will look into what led to the tragedy, the collector said.

According to Misal, after the recent fire audit,

the hospital had been told about the measures needed to be taken. It was asked to put in place an effective firefighting system including a pipeline and a sprinkler system.

But the work was incomplete due to “want of funds” thought “they had fire extinguishers at the hospital,” he said.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray expressed grief over

the tragedy. He spoke to district guardian minister Hassan Mushrif and chief secretary Sitaram Kunte and asked them to ensure that other patients admitted at the hospital get proper treatment without any disturbance, a statement from the CMO said.

“The CM said an indepth probe will be conducted by the district collector,” it added.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi also expressed grief over the incident.

In a tweet, Modi said, “Anguished by the loss of lives due to a fire in a hospital in Ahmednagar, Maharashtra. Condolences to the bereaved families. May the injured recover at the earliest.” Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said, “My condolences to the kin of those who lost their lives. I appeal to congress workers to assist in the relief work.”

BJP leader and former Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis described the incident as “very shocking and disturbing”.

Condoling the deaths, he sought “in-depth inquiry” and strict action against those responsible.

NEW DELHI, NOV 6 (IANS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and BJP National President J.P. Nadda greeted the nation on the occasion of Bhai Dooj on Saturday.

Taking to Twitter, Modi said: “Best wishes to everyone on the auspicious occasion of Bhai Dooj.”

“Best wishes to countrymen on the auspicious occasion of Bhai Dooj,” Shah also tweeted.

Taking to microblogging site, Rajnath Singh posted: “Heartfelt greetings to all the countrymen on the occasion of ‘Bhai Dooj’, a symbol of the strength of the sacred bond of brother and sister and the affection between them. Congratulations.”

Nadda tweeted: “Hearty greetings to all the countrymen on the occasion of Bhai Dooj, a festival symbolising the unwavering love of brother and sister.

“On this festival of mutual harmony, just wish that mutual brotherhood and affection increases and everyone’s life is filled with joy, gaiety and good health.”

Anil Deshmukh gets 14-day judicial custody

Former Maharashtra Home minister Anil Deshmukh being taken to special court for remand by ED officials in

MUMBAI, NOV 6 (PTI): A special holiday court here on Saturday remanded for mer Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh in 14-day judicial custody in connection with an alleged money laundering case.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED), probing the case, sought his remand for nine more days, but the court refused the probe agency’s plea and sent him to judicial custody.

Deshmukh was arrested by the ED late Monday night after 12 hours of questioning. A court had on Tuesday remanded him in the agency’s custody till

November 6.

He was produced before the special at the end of his ED custody.

The money laundering case against Deshmukh and others was made out after the CBI booked him in a corruption case related to allegations of at least Rs 100 crore bribery made by former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh.

Besides, The ED had initiated a probe against Deshmukh and his associates after the CBI filed its FIR against the NCP leader on April 21 on charges of corruption and misuse of official position.

Pentagon report: Congress asks PM to Waze, Param Bir extorted money from bookies: Mumbai Police ‘withdraw clean chit’ to China, apologise NEW DELHI, NOV 6 (PTI): The Congress on Saturday sought an apology from Prime Minister Narendra Modi and asked him to “withdraw” his “clean chit” to China that no one has entered into Indian territory while citing a Pentagon report that claims China has entered 4.5 km into Arunachal Pradesh.

Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera said the prime minister must give answers and give deadlines on when there will be status quo ante as on April 2020 on all our borders with China.

The demand came after the Congress cited the Pentagon report.

Khera said the Chinese intrusion has now been confirmed by the Pentagon to the US Congress in its annual report. The villages

Pawan Khera

across the border are of dual-use that have not only civilian population but act as cantonment for the Chinese army.

He said in June 2020, BJP MP in Ar unachal Pradesh Tapir Gao had written to the prime minister and the home minister warning them of the transgressions made by China into Indian territory. Khera said the prime minister and

the home minister denied the transgressions and it has been 17 months since Modi gave a “clean chit” to China.

“That clean chit is a dark chapter in our history because it was used by China across the world. China was emboldened by this clean chit, not just in Arunachal Pradesh and Ladakh but also in Uttarakhand, where PLA entered and destroyed our infrastructure,” he told reporters.

“This is a very serious issue. The prime minister must withdraw his clean chit given to China and give a deadline to the nation and tell when the status-quo ante of April 2020 be restored across all our borders with China, whether it is Depsang, Gogra Hot Springs, Daulat Beg Oldie or Arunachal Pradesh,” he said.

MUMBAI, NOV 6 (PTI): Mumbai Police officer (now dismissed) Sachin Waze, along with then city police commissioner Param Bir Singh extorted huge money from cricket bookies by threatening them with arrest, police told a court here while seeking an extension of Waze’s custody in an extortion case registered at suburban Goregaon police station.

The Mumbai Police’s crime branch had taken Waze’s custody on November 1 based on the complaint filed by builder-cumhotelier Bimal Agrawal, in which Param Bir Singh is also named as an accused.

Waze was produced before a holiday court on Saturday as his remand expired.

Police sought an extension of his custody for seven days for further

Param Bir Singh

Sachin Waze

probe, which was allowed by the court till November 13. Police told the court that Waze and the wanted accused Param Bir Singh extorted a huge amount of money from cricket bookies by threatening them with arrest.

How this was done has to be investigated, the court was told.

The crime branch further said they wanted to probe whether Waze took money from anyone else at the instance of Singh and who else, apart from Singh, helped Waze in extortion.

The crime branch said it wanted to probe the trail of the extorted money.

The crime branch also wants to probe how many other such offences have been committed by the accused.

Waze is close to Param Bir Singh and the crime branch wants to question him on the current whereabouts of the senior IPS officer, it said, adding the complainant’s (Agrawal’s) voice samples have been sent for a forensic test and witness statements have been recorded.

Mobile phones given to Sachin Waze by the complainant as part of the extortion have also been seized, police said.

Agrawal had alleged that the accused extorted Rs 9 lakh from him for not conducting a raid on two bars and restaurants, which he ran in partnership, and also forced him to buy two smartphones worth around Rs 2.92 lakh for them.

The alleged incident occurred between January 2020 and March 2021, police had said.

One of the absconding accused, Alpesh Patel, was arrested from Mehsana railway station in Gujarat, the crime branch said.

Patel destroyed a mobile phone and a SIM card used during the offence.

Hence, section 201 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) has been invoked on the

ground that possible evidence in the offence has been destroyed, it said.

According to the crime branch, Waze has volunteered to give his voice sample while in custody which was recorded in the presence of two.

It told the court that Waze is not cooperating and giving evasive replies when questioned about the extorted money. He is not giving relevant information, the crime branch said.

Waze’s lawyer Rounak Naik said they agreed to (extension) of Waze’s custody as he “volunteered” to cooperate with the probe agency. Waze, 49, was in judicial custody after his arrest in March by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in the ‘Antilia’ bomb scare and businessman Mansukh Hiran murder case.

Dilip Ghosh asks Goa BJP chides media for Woman sarpanch killed; BJP national executive meet to deliberate six injured in clash in MP ‘upset’ Tathagata not praising fuel price drop DAMOH strategy for 5 state polls, discuss other key issues (MP), NOV 6 (PTI): A 40-yearRoy to leave party

Pramod Sawant

PANAJI, NOV 6 (IANS): Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant and state BJP president Sadanand Shet Tanavade on Saturday blamed the media for not praising enough for the drop in fuel prices, which have pulled the rates of petrol and diesel in the coastal state below Rs 100 for the first time in weeks.

Tanavade also linked the high rates of fuel, before the pre-Diwali drop in prices, to the expenditure incurred by the central government for the development of the Covid vaccines and the countrywide free vaccination drive, which has seen over 100 crore persons being administered Covid vaccine doses throughout India.

“We also used to feel awkward when you (media) used to ask us questions (about fuel hike). We would find it awkward to answer.

Therefore today we congratulate the government.

But you have not given publicity in the manner it should have been done,” the state BJP president told reporters at a press conference on Saturday. “The vaccination

(effort) costs crores of rupees... Despite this, he has borne a loss of Rs 1.80 lakh crore... Government expenses increased during the pandemic, though Government’s income decreased.

Plus it took a great deal of money to develop the vaccine and to give it free across India and Goa. More than 100 crore people have taken the first dose. Despite these rising costs, I congratulate the PM and his cabinet for its decision to lower the fuel rate,” Tanavade also said.

On Wednesday, the central government had slashed prices of petrol and diesel by Rs 5 and Rs 10 respectively, with effect from Thursday, by reducing excise duty on the fuel.

Soon after, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant had also slashed state duty by Rs 7 on petrol and Rs 7 on diesel, thereby cumulatively reducing the price of diesel

by Rs 17 per litre and petrol

by Rs 12 per litre.

After the price drop, petrol and diesel in Goa is now selling at Rs 96.38 and Rs. 87.26 per litre respectively as of Saturday.

old woman sarpanch was killed and six others injured in a clash between two groups at a village in Madhya Pradesh’s Damoh district, police said on Saturday.

A violent clash took place between two groups in Ganj Barkheda village on Friday night, Batiagarh police station in-charge Manish Mishra said.

Village sarpanch Genda Bai Lodhi was critically injured in the attack and died while undergoing treatment at the district hospital in Damoh, he said. The deceased sarpanch’s 24-year-old son and six persons belonging to both groups were injured in the incident and were admitted to the hospital, the official said. As per initial information, the two groups had some old enmity, which resulted in a dispute on Friday night, Mishra said.

A case has been registered and the police are on the lookout for absconding accused involved in the clash, he added.

NEW DELHI, NOV 6 (PTI): The BJP’s strategy for the upcoming assembly polls in five states will come up for extensive discussion in the party’s national executive meeting on Sunday as the key organisational body meets for the first time following the COVID-19 outbreak.

Addressing a press conference, BJP general secretary Arun Singh said 124 national executive members, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, party president J P Nadda and many Union ministers, will attend the meeting physically while the members based in various states, including chief ministers, will join it virtually in line with the

Covid protocol. Among other pertinent national issues and customary agenda items, the five assembly polls scheduled for early next year will be particularly deliberated, he added. One political resolution is expected to be passed at the meeting where Modi will deliver the valedictory address, which is expected to shape the party’s views on a variety of issues.

Nadda will deliver the inaugural address. The party will also pass a condolence message for Covid victims.

The meeting assumes an extra significance as it comes against the backdrop of the results to 29 assembly and three

Lok Sabha bypolls spread across 13 states in which the party’s performance has been mixed.

While it did well in Assam and Madhya Pradesh, it lost all three assembly and one Lok Sabha seats in Himachal Pradesh and was decimated by the TMC in West Bengal.

At the venue of the national executive meeting, the party will hold exhibitions about the Modi government’s “Aatmanirbhar Bharat” programmes and propoor measures like providing free grains to the poor and the Covid vaccination exercise.

The party will highlight its efforts to help people during the pandemic.

Lakshadweep to become first in Pakistan’s refusal to attend Afghanistan meet not surprising: India India to achieve full vaccination NEW DELHI, NOV 6 (IANS): With Pakistan refusing to attend the Delhi Regional Security Dialogue on Afghanistan on November 10, India has said that it’s decision was unfortunate but not surprising.

Pakistan has declined attending the National Security Advisors’ meeting being hosted by India and its NSA Moeed Yusuf has publicly announced he would not participate, describing India as ‘spoiler’ while China is yet to respond.

The meeting, which will be chaired by India’s N S A A j i t D ova l n ex t Wednesday, got a huge response from the participat-

ing countries as Iran and Russia have confirmed their participation. The officials, aware of this development, said that there has been an overwhelming response to India’s invitation.

Noting that the highlevel participation in the meet is reflective of “widespread and growing concern of regional countries about the situation in Afghanistan and their desire to consult and coordinate with each other wherein India has an important role to play in this process”, the officials added.

This is the first time that almost all countries of Central Asia will be participating in this meet, the

sources said, adding that the enthusiastic approach of all central Asian countries reflect the growing concern for Afghanistan after the Taliban took over the reign there in August this year.

“The overwhelming response to New Delhi’s initiative also shows the importance attached to India’s role in regional efforts to promote peace and security in Afghanistan,” the officials further said.

India and central Asian countries have been expressing concern over the spillover from Afghanistan which has been increasing every day since the Taliban took over.

NEW DELHI, NOV 6 (IANS): Union Territory Lakshadweep is likely to achieve complete Covid vaccination of its eligible population soon.

Lakshadweep may become the first among states and Union Territories to achieve complete vaccination coverage of its eligible population. A source said that the UT has vaccinated 99.2 per cent of the eligible population with both doses.

As per the Health Ministry’s statewise Covid vaccination data, a total of 1,01,759 doses of vaccines have been administered in the UT so far. It includes 55,144 shots as the first dose

and 46,615 as the second dose. Meanwhile, India’s mass vaccination drive has crossed the 108 cr landmark achieving 108,18,66,715 vaccinations on Saturday.

The cumulative number of the first dose administered in India so far stands at 739322908, while the total number of the second dose stands at 342543807, as per the health ministry report.

The ministry earlier said that 78.7 per cent of India’s adult population has received at least one dose of the Covid vaccine. Among all the states and Union Territories, nine of them have administered the first dose to all the 18 plus population.

KOLKATA, NOV 6 (PTI): BJP national vice-president Dilip Ghosh on Saturday hit out at veteran colleague and former Meghalaya governor Tathagata Roy over his recent criticism of the organisation’s style of functioning, and sought to know why he wasn’t leaving the party if he was so upset.

Roy had been critical of the decisions taken by former West Bengal minder Kailash Vijayvargiya, Ghosh, who was earlier the party’s state president, and senior leaders Arvind Menon and Shiv Prakash, blaming them in a series of tweets for the saffron camp’s poor show in the MarchApril assembly polls.

He also claimed that there was “no chance” of Vijayvargiya returning to the state to oversee the operations of the Bengal BJP unit.

Asked to comment on Roy’s frequent jibe at him, Menon and Vijayvargiya, the former BJP state president told reporters, without taking any name, “If you are so upset and ashamed of all that is happening within the party, why don’t you just leave?”

The Midnapore MP, who was on his way to Delhi to attend the BJP central working committee meeting, further stated, “You (Tathagata) did nothing for the party in the recent times.

But the party did everything for people like you.”

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OPINION/EDITORIAL

Nagaland Post VOL. XXXI NO. 333 DIMAPUR, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2021

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Religious politics

ndia is a creation of the British imperialists who did no one any favour, when they cobbled together all kingdoms and provinces to exploit the land and resources of the native people. During the British rule in India, there were nearly 40 crore people who would one day become the citizens of a free India in 1947. Many princely states like Hyderabad, Goa and others were forcibly integrated into the new nation. India was and continues to be a multi-cultural and multi-religious nation among its people some of who belong to over 300 castes, 4000 sub-castes speaking over 100 major languages and more than 300 dialects. According to records, the British rulers were more interested in peace so as to carry on with their business. To ensure peace over the colony, the British played their favourite ‘divide and rule’ policy among the natives that also meant pitting one religious community against the other. Before the British arrived, hundreds of independent provinces and princely states dotted the subcontinent. They were people who followed various religions and practised different cultures. The British kept the balance by ensuring that there was no fraternity among people of various religions. The British viewed Indians in terms of their religion, and exploited this to create an entrenched sense of communal identity to “artificially” divide Indian communities. The creation of separate electorates was one such strategy that forcibly pitted Hindus and Muslims against each other, and increased social tension. This was seen as the only way to reduce internal tensions is to inculcate tolerance and co-existence. Even though the British were mainly from the church of England and Anglican church, yet they ensured that religion the natives of their East India Company remained secular. This was the way in which the Indian colony was dealt with as a secular colony with a pluralist tradition of over thousands of years. The use of religion for political purposes was almost nonexistent at the time of independence. The transformation came about decade just before independence when communal politics gained strength after about 40 years of national government. Since the ‘60s, Indian politics has seen drastic changes in style, language, modes of behaviour, reflecting the actual cultural understanding of rural Indian society. According to a recent report, vote bank politics, worked against the concept of free, liberal and pluralist India. From the 60s, this gave rise to two variants of this expression of Indianness. One is the overt religious concept of Hindutva; and the other is the “secular” expression of Indianness as based on ancient Indian culture.

The first is a religious concept, the second a cultural one; but both together relate Indianness to the tradition of what is now identified as Hindu civilisation.

According to the lines drawn above, the political parties of India may be grouped as religion-leaning and secularism-leaning. The politics of exploiting religious sentiments has virtually led to the dramatic shift of openly discarding any pretence of pluralism.

Today, India’s politicians especially of the BJP, are more than eager to make a beeline to meet high priests and offer pujas at mandirs across the nation.

Even the Congress, a party brands itself a secular party because its “idea of India” is secularism, has joined the mandir and masjid pilgrimage in recent years. Maybe it has accepted that to win, it has to follow the saying “ if you can’t beat them, join them.”

DailyDevotion Intimate Theology

Do you believe this? —John 11:26 Martha believed in the power available to Jesus Christ; she believed that if He had been there He could have healed her brother; she also believed that Jesus had a special intimacy with God, and that whatever He asked of God, God would do. But— she needed a closer personal intimacy with Jesus. Martha’s theology had its fulfillment in the future. But Jesus continued to attract and draw her in until her belief became an intimate possession. It then slowly emerged into a personal inheritance— “Yes, Lord, I believe that You are the Christ…” (John 11:27).

Is the Lord dealing with you in the same way? Is Jesus teaching you to have a personal intimacy with Himself? Allow Him to drive His question home to you— “Do you believe this?” Are you facing an area of doubt in your life? Have you come, like Martha, to a crossroads of overwhelming circumstances where your theology is about to become a very personal belief?

This happens only when a personal problem brings the awareness of our personal need.

To believe is to commit. In the area of intellectual learning I commit myself mentally, and reject anything not related to that belief. In the realm of personal belief I commit myself morally to my convictions and refuse to compromise. But in intimate personal belief I commit myself spiritually to Jesus Christ and make a determination to be dominated by Him alone.

Then, when I stand face to face with Jesus Christ and He says to me, “Do you believe this?” I find that faith is as natural as breathing. And I am staggered when I think how foolish I have been in not trusting Him earlier.

Quotes

Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it. ~ George Santayana

NAGALAND POST, DIMAPUR SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2021

Post-mortem

Indian roads need better speed management, not higher limits

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he Union government has recently announced its plan to introduce a Bill to increase speed limits on Indian roads to 140 km per hour on expressways, 100 km per hour on national highways and 75 km per hour on city roads.

This announcement contrasts with what is widely known as a fact – higher speeds increase the likelihood of crashes. Road traffic crashes are defined as collisions or incidents that may or may not lead to injury, occurring on a public road involving at least one moving vehicle.

Road traffic fatalities are defined as deaths occurring within 30 days as a result of the crash. According to the World Health Organisation, every 1% increase in mean speed results in a 4%-5% increase in fatal crash risk.

Globally, approximately 13.5 lakh people lose their lives due to road traffic crashes every year. India is no stranger to this epidemic.

With a 58.7% increase in road traffic fatalities be-

tween 1990 and 2017, India has the worst road safety record in the world. Every hour, 16 people die and 53 are injured on Indian roads.

This is alarming since India accounts for only 2% of the global motor vehicle, and yet is responsible for 11% of all road traffic deaths.

Speeding initiates crashes Speeding initiates deadly crashes – the faster a vehicle travels, the greater is the likelihood of impact and the higher the severity of the consequences of the crash. Speeding can cause a driver to lose control of the vehicle, fail to anticipate oncoming hazards in time and even cause other road users to misjudge the distance and speed of the vehicle.

Furthermore, the time taken to stop the vehicle is also greater at high speeds.

A vehicle travelling at 50 km per hour takes 28 meters to stop, whereas a vehicle driven at 90 km per hour takes 70 meters to stop.

The 2018 “Road Accidents Dashboard” of the Ministry of Road Transport

and Highways also identified speeding as the primary cause behind road crashes in India. In 2019, speeding accounted for 71.1% of total crashes and 67.3% of total fatalities, marking an increase from the previous year.

Crashes and fatalities attributed to speeding have been on the rise since 2014.

According to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data, between 2014 to 2019, the share of road traffic fatalities in India attributed to speeding rose from 34% to 56%, almost twice that of highincome countries (30%) and slightly more than low and middle-income countries (at 50% of all road traffic fatalities).

Even during the nationwide lockdown in 2020, with stringent restrictions in place, India recorded 600 road crashes and 143 fatalities – 57% of which were attributed to speeding. In the face of such evidence, considerations to increase speed limits must be re-evaluated.

Commitment to safety

The true cost of digital consumption

Ebook vs paperback 622 million active internet users Reading an ebook on a (43% of the population). Statista phone or a computer appears estimated internet penetration at cheap because people only con- 50% in 2020 and 45% in 2021. sider the ebook’s selling price. In addition, the average selling Imagine the electricity and price of a smartphone in 2020 maintenance cost of reading was Rs 11,500, which is only an ebook ten thousand times. slightly less than the per capita It would depreciate a mobile income of India in 2020 at Rs device to its salvage value. Read- 12,167 ($1947/12 in INR) a ing those many hours on a month. These figures likely computer might cost more --in won’t change anytime soon. It electricity-- than the computer is only reasonable that India was itself. An ebook can never be the largest market for feature fully paid for, because it is not phones in the fourth quarter of a complete product. It is like a 2020. In fact, some people still service. It costs every time it is like and buy feature phones. used. It is unusable without a However, aggressive advertising compatible device and a power may convince Indians to give up a month of their labor to plug nearby.

In comparison, a book is purchase a smartphone so they a complete product. It depends can consume free games and neither on a device nor on movies for three to five years.

Another comparison electricity. It can be read ten A movie theatre charges thousand times with little to no additional cost. Post-purchase, more because they provide evthe only cost is storage. Unlike erything needed to watch a the cost of reading ebooks, the movie. They must also quickly cost of reading paperbacks is resolve any technical difficulties finite, equal to only a bit more that may arise during the show.

Online platforms charge less bethan the printed value.

In addition to being cost- cause they only provide content. lier, reading ebooks may not be All the other costs-- device, intergood for health. Looking at a net, speakers, electricity, repairs screen can have long-term con- and device care -- are borne by sequences. Nonetheless, ebooks consumers. In the process, they can benefit those who have no waste hundreds of hours watchspace to store books or those ing product reviews and tutorials who have to carry many books on YouTube. The experience still is not on par with going to a with them.

Digital money vs paper movie theatre. Therefore, digital content is not cheaper. People money UPI appears free because are just paying for it differently. only transaction charges are Even YouTube is not free if all considered legitimate. UPI apps the costs are considered.

Some may think that they require a smartphone that is charged, updated, and has inter- have already paid for their devicnet on it. The device still can’t es, accessories, and internet. It is be relied upon if the connection only reasonable to leverage the is weak or the battery is low. setup. It would have been so if Furthermore, no matter how electronic devices had unlimited expensive the phone is, it will life. Most electronic items have become obsolete or will be made a limited life span. According to obsolete (planned obsolescence) Dan Marzullo from HP, “your within five years. The company typical mid-range laptop should would stop providing either last roughly three years”. It will software and security updates only depreciate quicker if used or replacement batteries or both aggressively.

Conclusion within five years. Then, the The wave of electronics in free UPI app will need another smartphone to work on. The the past decade has made the same will happen every three masses believe that everything electronic and digital is cheaper. to five years.

In comparison, paper mon- Technology companies have ey costs pretty much nothing to done a great job advertising. carry. It is a complete product. Many buy multiple phones and It can be used even in a desert, laptops every few years in order where there is neither electric- to access free stuff on the interity nor the internet. The only net. The fact that there are thourisk involved is stealth, which sands of tutorials, how-to videos can happen digitally also. In and blogs summarizes how much short, UPI appears free, but it time, money and energy people is not. Using cash doesn’t cost waste to access free services. Is time not costly? Nothing is free. anything extra.

Objections and refutations Netizens may be spending a lot Some may say that such more than they think to access a comparison is useless be- things that are supposedly free. cause everyone already has a In many cases, doing things the smartphone with internet on old way may be cheaper Ujjwal Anand it. According to a report from email@ Internet & Mobile Association of Indian (IMAI), India has philosophicallyinclined.com Reader’s note: Articles or letters published in any of

India is a signatory to the Stockholm Declaration of 2020 and has also committed to achieving zero fatalities by 2030. This cannot be realised without a comprehensive approach to managing speeds on city, state and national roads.

Data suggests that even a 5% reduction in average speeds can reduce fatal crashes by 30%.

Resolution 11 of the 2020 declaration focuses on speed management, making it mandatory for member countries to adopt speed limits of 30 km per hour on city roads. Besides, the likelihood of survival of road crash victims is far higher at slower speeds, particularly for vulnerable road users. Pedestrians have an 87% chance of surviving an impact at 30 km per hour, 27% at 65 km per hour and almost zero at 80 km per hour.

Reducing speeds also offers economic benefits.

According to the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, India loses $58 billion or 3% of

Gross Domestic Product to road traffic crashes every year. Lower speeds also reduce fuel consumption and pollutant emissions, resulting in air quality gains and mitigation of climate change impacts from the road transport sector.

Though setting speed limits is a contentious issue, countries that have taken the “safe systems” approach have set commendable precedents. This systemic approach focuses on effective road design to ensure safer speeds.

This involves modifying the road environment to streamline traffic flow and vehicle speeds by incorporating traffic calming measures (speed humps, raised crossings and rumble strips) along with ensuring clear traffic signages and road markings.

Measures taken worldwide In 2015, Brazil’s Sao Paulo reduced the speed limit on highways from 90 km per hour to 70 km per hour resulting in a 21.7% reduction in road crashes.

In Bristol, fatal road

traffic injuries were reduced by 63% with the introduction of a citywide 30 km per hour speed limit between 2008-2016. The Netherlands similarly reduced road traffic fatalities from 35,000 per year in the 1970s to 661 in 2019 by designing roads for lower vehicle speeds.

Even Germany, the only country without general speed limits, is set to introduce a 130 km per hour limit on the Autobahn Highway network, to help reduce road crash fatalities and carbon dioxide emissions.

It is time India looks into setting safe speed limits and adopting the safe systems approach. By doing this, India will join countries that have achieved the greatest reduction in fatalities recorded over the last 20 years.

Ojas Shetty is Senior Associate, Sustainable Cities and Transport, World Resources Institute India Ross Centre. Views expressed by the author are personal.

(As published by Scorll.in)

Farming System and mixed farming system in relation to livestock farming

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arming system is any farm activities related to crop production, dairy, livestock or any activities related to agriculture is under farming system.

Farming is related to economic production from either plants or animals. System is something we follow with process and things are involved in inter-related and when this processed into functional unit is called a system.

When we make some links and make them into an output, then

it is a system. Both farming system and mixed farming have enterprises. In farming system the farm enterprises are interrelated i.e. they support each other. One enterprise output is useful for the enterprise of others.

This way one enterprise helps the other enterprise. Example, livestock dung and urine is used as manure in crops. In turn, the crop again will provide feed to the animals e.g. like fodder crop.

This is a complimentary type of

interaction between the enterprises. In mixed farming there are no interrelations between the enterprises. Suppose a farmer is rearing two or three cows but the urine and cow dung is not used for composting or use in crops.

So, there is no complimentary effect between the enterprises and there are separate operations in all the enterprises. The difference between farming system and mixed farming system are discussed as follows:

Farming system

Mixed farming system

Resources are used properly and efficiently.

No focus on resources use.

Profit oriented i.e. commercial purpose.

Not related to commercial farming. Usually done by small farmers who rears few chickens, 2 or 3 goats etc because of financial stress and therefore cannot afford to keep large number of animals.

Focused on sustainability and hence it is also called integrated farming No focus on sustainability. system (IFS).

Major component that deals in this is ecology where it is maintained Ecology concept is not with the i.e. like soil fertility maintenance, proper crop diversification and so farmers like soil depletion, polluthere is no adverse effect on the environment. There is also no pollu- tion of water etc. tion in this system.

Technical knowledge is used. For example, rearing of poultry birds There is no application of technirequires technical knowledge on housing requirements, brooding man- cal skills in mixed farming. agement, feed management, disease management etc.

Here appropriate combination of enterprises is involved. Enterprises is choose in such a way that it is only used up to some level, for example, fishery pond is made only to some limited extend without disturbing agricultural land for cropping or, only a limited number of poultry is reared instead of large numbers because incidence of disease occurrence might wipe out the poultry which is not a part of sustainable agriculture or farming.

The major activity here is subsistence. Farmers grow crops and rear livestock sufficient only for one’s own use, without any surplus for trade.

Here the farmer keeps account of how much capital he has and also No such considerations are taken. the locally available resources that can be taken into consideration for inputs. He also keeps tracts of market survey so that whether his produce can be sold in the market or not and accordingly appropriate combinations are kept.

Conclusion Integrated farming system or farming system (as in general) is a promising enterprise for marginal and small farmers particularly who has less farm holdings. From this study, the integrated farming system provides progressive economic growth, employment opportunities, family nutritional requirements, optimal utilization of resources of the farming

enterprises etc. Some success stories related to integrated farming system are such as where a tribal integrated farmer in Orissa who was getting the productivity as well as the profitability and sustainability after adopting the integrated farming system as compared to the conventional farming system and earned 7 times higher net monetary return as compared to traditional

methods of farming. The best advantages of IFS are increase in farm production and thereby earnings also increases. IFS is being done by combining livestock, aquaculture and poultry which is spreading rapidly all over the world.

Krishi Vigyan Kendra Animal Science Division sarendiwalling@gmail.com Tuensang, Nagaland

Reader’s Post

Sir,

The importance of mental health

For many of us, work is a major part of our lives. It is where we spend much of our time, where we get our income and often where we make friends. Last year, a survey reported that 36% of Indian employees were suffering from mental health issues. The survey which highlighted the impact of the current pandemic on the mental and physical wellbeing of employees in India only goes to show how imperative it is that we as society discuss mental wellbeing at workplace. It’s vital that we address mental health at work for those with existing issues, for those at risk and for the workforce as a whole.

The societal shifts underway have changed company cultures and employee perceptions around mental health. The future of workplace mental health demands culture change with more vulnerability and compassion. Supporting mental health in the workplace is no longer a nice-to-have but a necessity and its important for companies to lead by destigmatising mental health as a topic and redefine it by focusing on solutions.

Anen Aier, Kolkata the columns do not reflect the view of this newspaper nor that of the Editor in any manner.

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NCB DDG Sanjay Singh takes over Aryan drug case

Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) DDG Sanjay Singh arrives at the NCB office in Mumbai, Saturday. (PTI)

NEW DELHI, NOV 6 (IANS): The newly constituted Special Investigation Team (SIT) led by Narcotics Control Bureau Deputy Director General Sanjay Singh on Saturday started probe in six drug cases including of Aryan Khan lodged with Mumbai Zonal office.

Singh, a 1996 batch IPS officer, will take over the investigation of all six cases which were headed earlier by Zonal Director Sammer Wankhede including the sensational cruise ship party raid of October

2 in which Aryan Khan, son of Bollywood megastar Shah Rukh Khan, was arrested.

On Friday, the NCB constituted an SIT headed by Singh to probe into these cases and removed Wankhede from the investigating team a week after the agency initiated probe into the alleged allegations of bribery and extortion against him.

The NCB statement issued on Friday said that an SIT comprising officers from Operations Branch

of NCB headquarters has been constituted by the Director General, NCB to take over a total of six cases from NCB Mumbai Zonal Unit which have national and international ramifications, in order to conduct deeper investigation to find out forward and backward linkages.

The statement also said that no officer or officers have been removed from their present roles and they will continue to assist the Operations Branch investigation as required until any specific orders are issued to the contrary.

It is reiterated that the NCB functions across India as a single integrated agency.

However, Wankhede denied that he has been removed from the case and said, “I have not been removed from the investigation. It was my writ petition in the court that the matter be probed by a central agency. So Aryan Khan Case and Sameer Khan Case are being probed

by Delhi Special Investigation Team. It is coordination between NCB teams of Delhi and Mumbai.”

7 Withdraw last year’s price 3rd Goa Maritime Delhi BJP demands cut to begin in VAT on petrol, diesel hikes of petrol, diesel: Cong Conclave on Sunday NEW DELHI, NOV 6 hunger index,” Khera said.

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(PTI): The Congress on Saturday demanded the withdrawal of all taxes on petrol and diesel imposed during the past year, and said the government must not stop the free rations scheme before March 2022.

Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera said the government, in the name of Covid, had increased the price of petrol by Rs 13 a litre and diesel by Rs 16 a litre by way of central taxes, and the same should be withdrawn immediately as GST collections were record high.

“The government has been patting its back and boasting about record GST collection of pre-Covid times. You used Covid as an excuse to increase the price of petrol and diesel. Please withdraw that immediately now that Covid is over and GST collections have gone back to normal,” he told reporters.

“We also demand that the Garib Kalyan Yojna, under which foodgrains are distributed to the poorest of the poor, should not be stopped in November. This should continue till March 31, 2022 as we have all seen India’s position on the latest

India ranked 101 in the Global Hunger Index 2021, down from 94 in the previous year.

Asked about reduction of VAT rates on fuel in Congress-ruled states, Khera said a discussion was on and a decision would soon be taken.

He, however, said the BJP and its allies have 27 states, while the Congress has three, but the major rise in petrol and diesel is due to central excise.

“Congress-ruled states are discussing the issue and a decision will be taken soon,” Khera added.

The central government reduced excise duty on petrol by Rs 5 and on diesel

by Rs 10, and some BJPruled states have reduced VAT on the fuels this week.

The Congress has said that the BJP governments have done so following the results of bypolls in which the BJP did not fare very well.

Khera said the BJP government must withdraw further taxes on petrol and diesel soon, claiming that it may face even worse results in the upcoming elections due to public anger.

PANAJI, NOV 6 (PTI): The third edition of the Goa Maritime Conclave, the Indian Navy’s outreach initiative, will be held between November 7 and 9, where the non-traditional threats in the Indian Ocean Region and other issues will be discussed, a navy spokesperson said.

Chiefs of navies or heads of maritime forces from 12 Indian Ocean littorals - Bangladesh, Comoros, Indonesia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritius, Myanmar, Seychelles, Singapore, Sri Lanka and Thailand - will participate in the event, he said.

“The third Edition of Goa Maritime Conclave (GMC) – 2021 is being held from November 7 to 9 under the aegis of Naval War College, Goa. The GMC is the Indian Navy’s outreach initiative providing a multinational platform to harness the collective wisdom of practitioners of maritime security and the academia towards garnering outcome oriented maritime thought,” the Indian navy said in a media statement.

Delhi BJP gather near Kejriwal’s house with banners and placards.

NEW DELHI, NOV 6 (PTI): The Delhi BJP on Saturday staged a dharna near Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s residence at Flagstaff Road here, demanding cut in value added tax (VAT) on petrol and diesel.

Leading the protesters, Delhi BJP president Adesh Gupta said that the party workers will continue the agitation unless Kejriwal announces reduction in VAT on petrol and diesel.

“The Kejriwal government is not bothered about common man and that is the reason it’s paying no attention on prices of petrol and diesel,” he claimed.

There is a huge price difference now between the BJP-ruled states and Delhi ruled by the AAP. The Kejri-

wal government should also now announce reduction in VAT on petrol and diesel without any delay, Gupta stated.

The central government on Wednesday cut excise duty on petrol by Rs 5 per litre and that on diesel by Rs 10 a litre to give reprieve to consumers battered by record high retail fuel prices.

Since states charge local sales tax or VAT not just on the base price but also on the excise duty levied by the centre, the total incidence of price reduction is higher.

Petrol now costs Rs 103.97 per litre in Delhi against Rs 110.04 per litre, according to a price notification of state-owned fuel retailers.

Jinnah row: Read books again, Akhilesh to detractors Sidhu obstructing functioning of govt, spreading misinformation: APS Deol which history books have to be read -- the Indian or the Pakistani.” Singh had earlier said that glorifying Jinnah will prove costly to Yadav, as the country still considers Jinnah a “villain”.

On Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s comment that he is ready to contest polls from anywhere in the state, the SP chief said he should not do so as he is going out of power.

“Now, ‘Baba Mukhyamantri’ should not contest the elections. He is going (out). Now, what has to be done with a person who is going out,” he said.

Asked whether he will be contesting the upcoming Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, Yadav said the decision is for the party to make but indicated he is not averse to the idea.

“When we are in the election arena, then how can we move back?”

He added that if he answers the question, the next question will be “which constituency?”

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Asked the purpose of a recent meeting between Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and RLD’s Jayant Chaudhary at the Lucknow airport, Yadav downplayed the matter saying there was nothing more to it than bumping into someone at a restaurant.

The SP leader chose to sidestep the question of any possible poll alliance between his party and Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD).

“Why should I tell?

You are a friend, but the problem is that through you, the BJP will come to know about it. For this very reason, it has not been disclosed now,” he said.

On speculation about SBSP chief O P Rajbhar

giving a ticket to mafia donturned politician Mukhtar Ansari (currently lodged in Banda jail), he said it was not based on facts.

“O P Rajbhar is our ally, and as of now you do not have the information about tickets,” Yadav said.

When reminded of a recent comment by Adityanath, where he said those who fired upon ‘karsevaks’ will be made to stand in line for ‘karseva’, Yadav said the chief minister should see the temple the previous government (his) built at the chief minister’s official residence.

“Next time you meet the chief minister, please request him to show you the most beautiful temple constructed at his residence by the previous government, so that you can have a glimpse also. “If the chief minister has seen a better temple than it, then he should tell all of us. And this temple was made without a map,” he said.

Adityanath was apparently referring to an incident from 1990, when the then

Farmers’ protest: Fire breaks out in tent installed at Delhi’s Singhu border

NEW DELHI, NOV 6 (IANS): Amid the ongoing farmers’ protest at various borders of the national capital against the three Central farm laws, a fire broke out in a tent installed at the Singhu border. However, there has been no loss of human lives reported due to the fire.

According to official information, the fire broke out at the Singhu border around 8 p.m. However, the reason for the fire is not yet known. The local people present in the tent immediately doused the fire themselves. Sharing this information through social

CHANDIGARH, NOV 6 (PTI): Punjab Advocate General A P S Deol on Saturday attacked Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu, accusing him of obstructing the functioning of the state government and his office as well as “spreading misinformation to gain political advantage”.

Deol’s remarks came a day after Sidhu withdrew his resignation as Punjab Congress chief but declared that he will not re-assume charge till Deol is removed as AG and a panel set up for the appointment of the new director general of police (DGP). Sidhu had resigned from the post on September 28.

In a statement, Deol said Sidhu’s “repeated utterances seek to derail the earnest efforts of the state government to ensure justice in the drugs matter and the sacrilege cases”.

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its brakes have also failed,” Gandhi tweeted in Hindi, using the hashtag “PriceHike”.

The Congress leader also shared a screenshot of a news report which said that according to a survey, 42 per cent of people in rural areas have stopped using LPG cylinders for cooking food because they can’t afford them anymore and are back to using firewood.

Gandhi and his Congress party have been critical of the government over the issue of inflation and have been attacking the BJP-led dispensation over it.

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Rahul slams Centre over LPG price hike, says people forced to use ‘chulhas’ NEW DELHI, NOV 6 (PTI): Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Saturday hit out at the Centre over the rise in the price of LPG, saying that far away from the government’s development rhetoric, lakhs of families have been forced to use ‘chulhas’.

The development vehicle of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in the “reverse gear”, he said.

“Miles away from the rhetoric of development, lakhs of families are forced to use ‘chulhas’.

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of the government and the office of the advocate general,” he alleged.

“Navjot Singh Sidhu is spreading misinformation to gain political advantage over his political colleagues.

“There is a concerted attempt by vested interests to malign the functioning of the Congress party in view of coming elections in Punjab for their selfish political gain by politicking the constitutional office of the Advocate General of Punjab,” he added.

Sidhu, the Amritsar East MLA, has been opposing Deol’s appointment as

the state AG and Iqbal Preet Singh Sahota’s as DGP. Both Deol and Sahota are considered Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi’s choices.

Last month, Sidhu had said that the Congress would have “no face” if the AG and DGP were not removed. Deol had represented former Punjab DGP Sumedh Singh Saini in cases related to the 2015 sacrilege incidents and police firing on protesters, while Sahota was the head of the special investigation team formed by the previous SAD-BJP government to probe the sacrilege incidents.

Deol had replaced Atul Nanda, who had stepped down in September following the resignation of Amarinder Singh as Punjab chief minister.

Early this week, there were reports that Deol had offered to resign as AG. However, the senior advocate refuted the reports.

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The tent that caught fire in Singhu border.

media, the protesting farmers said, “The news reports of fire breaking out inside a tent at the Singhu border are true, but there has been no loss of human life. All farmers are safe. The situation was brought under control immediately by them.”

“Such an incident is not new to the farmer organisations. The farmers have been sitting on the roads in Delhi for last 11 months and have faced all kinds of hardships both due to intense heat and cold wave. Even incidents of such nature on the day of Diwali could not dampen the spirit of the farmers.”

Mulayam Singh Yadav’s government ordered to open fire against ‘karsevaks’ who had gathered in Ayodhya to march to Babri Masjid.

Yadav trained his guns at Adityanath also for present law-and-order situation in the state. “Law and order was never so bad in Uttar Pradesh as it is today. The custodial deaths are highest in Uttar Pradesh. NHRC has sent the maximum notices to Uttar Pradesh. There is no police modernisation,” he said.

“And when a chief minister withdraws cases lodged against himself then how can he be expected to improve the police. He likes that the police are doing injustice. Deputy chief minister also withdrew cases lodged against himself,” he added.

On Adityanath inaugurating a jail in Etawah, Yadav said the act was just one of the many done in the recent past to appropriate previous government’s achievements and renaming things.

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LUCKNOW, NOV 6 (PTI): Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday sought to defend his Muhammad Ali Jinnah remark as he hit out at his detractors, asking them to read history books again.

On Sunday, Yadav courted controversy when he named Jinnah, along with Jawaharlal Nehru, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, and Mahatma Gandhi, saying they had helped India achieve independence and never shied away from any struggle. He had also said the three leaders studied at the same institute for their barristership. Asked by reporters here on Saturday at the inauguration of the office of ally Janvadi Party Socialist about that row, Yadav shot back, “Why should I say the context? I would say read the books again.”

His comments drew a sharp response from Uttar Pradesh BJP chief Swatantra Dev Singh, who in a Hindi tweet said, “The love for Jinnah still remains intact.

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NEW DELHI, NOV 6 (PTI): Days after the Centre slashed excise duty on petrol and diesel, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Saturday said the AAP government is looking into steps it can take to provide more relief to the people. He, however, demanded that the central government should reduce the prices of these fuels by at least Rs 15 each, saying states have fewer resources.

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(From p-1) The PIL said the high court failed to appreciate that the right to clean air, drinking water, health, peaceful sleep, shelter, livelihood, and education guaranteed under Articles 21 and 21A of the Constitution could not be secured to all citizens without controlling the population explosion.

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In a report, MOFSL said its in-house estimates suggest India’s real GDP grew at 8-9 per cent YoY in Q2FY22, marginally higher than “our expectations”.

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sectors coming with the investment, the economy will certainly move to the next orbit of development,” he added. On the India Pavilion, Khara said it is presenting the real India, which is Dinesh Kumar Khara full of opportunities, to the quite muted for almost two whole world in an impresyears, he said, expressing sive manner. hope that the capacity utiliReal GDP expected to grow sation will improve, and help at 8-9% YoY in Q2FY22 revive investment demand in the corporate sector.

India’s real GDP is “The government has expected to grow at 8-9 per done a wonderful job by cent year-on-year (YoY) in continuing its focus on infra- Q2FY22, Motilal Oswal Fistructure investment, which nancial Services (MOFSL) has gone a long way in terms said. The real GDP is the

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economy,” he said.

India recently achieved a major milestone in its vaccination programme against Covid-19 as the cumulative vaccine doses administered in the country surpassed the 100-crore mark. “The country has lived through one of the most challenging times and has come out of it in a very successful manner that gives the confidence that going forward, the journey should be rather easy, and we should be having a huge opportunity for growth... which I am sure will go a long way in terms of meeting the common man’s aspirations,” he said. The credit growth in the economy was

years, fuel prices have gone down across the globe but the central government did not let this happen in the county, he alleged.

It kept increasing excise duty on globally reduced fuel prices, Sisodia added. “In the last few years, they have increased excise duty on fuel prices from Rs

15 per litre to Rs 34 per litre even as petrol (fuel) prices were going down. After reducing a few paisa on fuel prices, they are asking state governments to reduce (VAT). States already have less resources.

“We are examining what impact it will have on Delhi and what Delhi (government) can do. But I request the central government to reduce petrol and diesel prices by at least Rs 15 each to give further relief to the public,” Sisodia said.

The central government on Wednesday reduced excise duty by Rs 5 per litre on petrol and Rs 10 per litre on Diesel.

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India ready to move into next orbit of growth: SBI chief

DUBAI/NEW DELHI, NOV 6 (PTI/IANS): India is ready to move into the next orbit of growth with the hugely successful implementation of the Covid-19 vaccination programme, State Bank of India (SBI) chairman Dinesh Kumar Khara said on Saturday.

The kind of vaccine drive the country has seen makes all the Indians proud, especially because the domestically produced vaccine is being used in a big way, Khara said at the India Pavilion at EXPO2020 Dubai.

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(From p-1) She also said that machineries would be placed at both the ends so that work would begin simultaneously for early completion. After completion of the road, officials informed that the road will be taken over by Kohima Smart City. Meanwhile, chairmen of T. Khel model village and L. Khel informed Nagaland Post that the villages would be monitoring the road construction works to ensure that there were no hindrances from any forces. They also thanked Patton for personally visiting the site even if he had to walk for around 6 kilometres to inspect the area. NPF legislator Kenizakho Nakhro, host of engineers and officials from R&B department and village leaders accompanied Patton.

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FREETOWN (SIERRA LEONE), NOV 6 (AP): An oil tanker exploded near Sierra Leone’s capital, killing at least 92 people and severely injuring dozens of others after large crowds gathered to collect leaking fuel, officials and witnesses said Saturday.

The explosion took place late Friday after a bus struck the tanker in Wellington, a suburb just to the east of Freetown.

The mortuary at Connaught Hospital reported 92 bodies had been brought in by Saturday morning. About 30 severely burned victims were not expected to survive, according to staff member Foday Musa.

Injured people whose clothes had burned off in the fire that followed the explosion lay naked on stretchers as nurses attended to them Saturday.

Video obtained by The Associated Press of

The burnt remains of the trucks involved in the collision.

the explosion’s aftermath showed a giant fireball burning in the night sky as some survivors with severe burns cried out in pain.

Charred remains of the victims lay strewn at the scene awaiting transport to mortuaries.

President Julius Maada Bio, who was in Scotland attending the United Nations climate talks Saturday, deplored the “horrendous loss of life.”

“My profound sympathies with families who have lost loved ones and

those who have been maimed as a result,” he tweeted.

Vice President Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh visited two hospitals overnight and said Sierra Leone’s National Disaster Management Agency and others would “work tirelessly” in the wake of the emergency.

“We are all deeply saddened by this national tragedy, and it is indeed a difficult time for our country,” he said on his Facebook page.

Knife attack on German train injures 3 people BERLIN, NOV 6 (AP): A knife attack on a high-speed train in Germany left three people severely injured, the Bavarian Red Cross said Saturday.

One man has been arrested in connection with the morning attack at the train station in Seubersdorf, where the train is currently stopped, police said. Police said multiple people were injured but were unable to provide a specific number.

The train in question, one of Germany’s highspeed ICE trains, was travelling between the Bavarian cities of Regensburg and Nuremberg at the time of the attack.

A spokesperson for the Bavarian Red Cross, which has 110 responders on the scene, said the organization processed three “severely injured” people who have since been taken to a local clinic. Local police told The Associated Press that they received a call about the attack around 9 a.m. local time.

Key CPC conclave set to endorse 3rd term for Xi BEIJING, NOV 6 (PTI): A key conclave of China’s ruling Communist Party next week is widely expected to pass a resolution on the major achievements besides “historical experience” of the 100-year-old party and pave the way for an unprecedented third term for President Xi Jinping.

Xi, 68, holding China’s all three power centres- General Secretary of the Communist Party of China, (CPC), Chairman of the powerful Central Military Commission, (CMC) the overall high command of the military and the Presidency- will attend the “high-profile Party plenum” of the Party on Monday, a lengthy commentary by state-run Xinhua news agency said on Saturday.

Titled “Xi Jinping, the man who leads the CPC on a new journey”,

China ruling party plenary to further cement Xi’s grip on power.

the commentary said “a landmark document will be tabled at this important meeting -- the resolution on the major achievements and historical experience of the CPC’s 100 years of endeavours”, it said.

The Plenum is scheduled to be held from November 8 to 11. Politically, it is regarded as a key meeting for Xi who in the last ten years of his tenure in power has emerged as the

most powerful leader after party founder Mao Zedong as he is widely expected to take up an unprecedented third term in office.

All China’s top leaders derive their power from the post of the General Secretary of the CPC. All the predecessors of Xi have retired following the mandatory rule of two five-year terms or completion of 68 years of age.

Xi is widely regarded

to be in power after the end of his second tenure later next year, possibly for life in view of a key constitutional amendment in 2018 which removed the twoterm limit for the President.

He has also been made “core leader” of the party in 2016, a status enjoyed

by Mao. Over 370 full and alternate members of the CPC Central Committee will take part in the Plenum being held in Beijing under tight COVID-19 control measures as the city in the last few weeks has reported several cases of the virus prompting officials to tighten entry and exit controls.

The plenum is being held ahead of next year’s party congress which was expected to appoint a new leadership. Except Xi, most of the officials including Premier Li Keqiang are expected to retire after completing the two terms.

8 dead, numerous injured at Astroworld Festival in US

HOUSTON, NOV 6 (AP): At least eight people died and numerous others were injured in what officials described as a surge of the crowd at the Astroworld music festival in Houston while rapper Travis Scott was performing.

Officials declared a “mass casualty incident” just after 9 pm Friday during the festival where an estimated 50,000 people were in attendance, Houston Fire Chief Samuel Peña told reporters at a news conference.

“The crowd began to compress towards the front of the stage, and that caused some panic, and it started causing some injuries,” the fire chief said. “People began to fall out, become unconscious, and it created additional panic.”

The show was called off shortly thereafter. The fire chief said “scores of individuals” were injured.

Officials transported 17 people to hospitals, including 11 who were in cardiac arrest, Peña said.

It wasn’t clear whether

Pak court grants bail to TLP leaders LAHORE, NOV 6 (PTI): An anti-terrorism court here has granted bail to several leaders of the proscribed Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) hardline Islamic outfit under a clutch of cases registered under sections related to terrorism, a media report said.

All those granted bail on Saturday were booked under sections related to terrorism, following the wave of clashes that broke out between the TLP workers and security officials in the Punjab province last month.

The latest move is seen as part of a secret deal between the Pakistan government and the banned outfit following days of violent protests demanding the release of TLP leader Hafiz Saad Hussain Rizvi and expulsion of the French envoy over publishing blasphemous cartoons.

UN draft flays attacks on journalists, urges punishment UNITED NATIONS, NOV 6 (AGENCIES): A proposed U.N. resolution would “unequivocally” condemn all attacks, reprisals and violence against journalists and media workers and urge governments to take action to end the prevailing impunity and punish these crimes.

The draft General Assembly resolution circulated Friday also urges “the immediate and unconditional release of journalists and media workers who have been arbitrarily arrested, arbitrarily detained or taken hostage or who have become victims of enforced disappearances.”

The resolution was drafted

by Greece, France, Austria, Costa Rica and Tunisia, according to U.N. diplomats, and lists 34 cosponsors including the United Kingdom, Germany and many other European and Latin American countries as well as the Ivory Coast and Lebanon.

The United States was not included on the list, but an official at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations told The Associated Press the Biden administration has signed on as a co-sponsor. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he wasn’t authorized to speak publicly,

The draft resolution must first be approved by the General Assembly’s human rights committee and it then needs final approval from the 193-member world body.

Unlike Security Council resolutions, General Assembly resolutions are not legally binding, but they do reflect global opinion.

The proposed resolution stresses that the right to freedom of opinion and expression is guaranteed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It recognizes the importance of “free, independent, plural and diverse media and access to information, online as well as offline, in building

inclusive and peaceful knowledge societies and democracies.” And it acknowledges that journalism is continuously evolving and “contributing to the shaping of public debate.”

The draft calls on governments to take legal measures to protect journalists and media workers and to “do their utmost” to prevent violence, threats and attacks against them. And it calls on them “to develop and implement effective and transparent legal frameworks and measures for the protection of journalists and media workers and for combating impunity.”

Sudan activists reject power-sharing with army, call strikes KHARTOUM, NOV 6 (AP): Sudan’s protest movement has rejected internationally backed initiatives to return to a power-sharing arrangement with the military after last month’s coup, announcing two days of nationwide strikes starting Sunday.

The movement called for the establishment of a civilian government to lead a transition to democracy.

The call came as a leader of the country’s main political party accused the military leadership of negotiating in bad faith.

The Sudanese military seized power Oct. 25, dissolving the transitional administration and arresting dozens of government officials and politicians. The coup has been met with international outcry and massive protests in the streets of Khartoum and elsewhere in the country.

The takeover has upended the country’s fragile planned transition to

FILE — People chant slogans during a protest in Khartoum, Sudan Oct. 30, 2021.

democratic rule, more than two years after a popular uprising forced the removal of longtime autocrat Omar al-Bashir and his Islamist government.

Since the coup, the international community has accelerated mediation efforts to find a way out of the crisis, which threatens to further destabilise the already restive Horn of Africa region.

The Sudanese Professionals’ Association, which

led the uprising against alBashir, said late Friday that mediation initiatives which “seek a new settlement” between the military and civilian leaders would “reproduce and worsen” the country’s crisis.

The association vowed to continue protesting until a full civilian government is established to lead the transition.

Under the slogan of: “No negotiations, no compromise, no power-sharing,”

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the association, which has a presence across the country, called for strikes and civil disobedience Sunday and Monday.

On Thursday, the top U.S. diplomat spoke separately by phone with the military leader, Gen. AbdelFattah Burhan, and Abdalla Hamdok, the deposed prime minister who was put under house arrest during the coup.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged for an immediate return to a civilianled government and for the release of those detained in connection with the coup.

Sudan’s state-run SUNA news agency reported that Burhan vowed to “complete the transition and preserve the country’s security … until reaching an elected civilian government.”

Al-Wathig al-Berier, the secretary general of the Umma party, urged the international community Friday to pressure the military to de-escalate. Since

the coup, the generals have continued to dismantle the transitional government and arrest pro-democracy leaders. The Umma is Sudan’s largest political party and has ministers in the nowdeposed government.

“We truly need to prepare the atmosphere and deescalate matters so that we can sit at the table,” al-Berier told The Associated Press.

“But clearly the military faction is continuing with its plan and there are no efforts to show good will.”

He was referring to Thursday’s arrest of leaders from the Forces for Freedom and Change, a coalition that was born out of the 2019 protest movement. The military detained three leaders of the movement shortly after they met with U.N. officials in Khartoum. The meeting was part of U.N.led mediation efforts.

Al-Berier said the mediation efforts have yet to produce results, blaming the military for that failure.

The Astroworld site is vacant early Nov. 6, 2021 after several were killed during surges in the crowd. (AP/PTI)

all eight who died were among the 17 that had been transported to hospitals.

Many people were also treated at the scene at NRG Park, where a field hospital had been set up.

About 300 people were examined at that site throughout the day, he said.

Astroworld is a twoday music festival that was scheduled to take place Friday and Saturday in Houston. The event was sold out, according to the Astroworld website.

Saturday’s perfor-

mances have been cancelled.The deaths called to mind a 1979 concert for The Who where 11 people died and about two dozen were injured as thousands of fans tried to get into Cincinnati’s riverfront coliseum.

Scott, one of music’s biggest young stars, released two new songs earlier Friday, “Mafia” and “Escape Plan.”

The 29-year-old Houston native has been nominated for eight Grammy Awards. He has a 3-year-

old daughter, Stormi, with Kylie Jenner, who announced in September that she’s pregnant with their second child.

Drake joined Scott onstage at the concert - which was livestreamed by Apple Music - and posted photos to Instagram after the performance.

Event promoters had arranged for medical units to be on scene at the festival, however once the crowd surge began, those units were “quickly overwhelmed,” Peña said.

In a video posted to social media, Scott could be seen stopping the concert at one point and asking for aid for someone in the audience: “Security, somebody help real quick.”

Houston Police Executive Assistant Chief Larry Satterwhite was near the front of the crowd and said it seemed the surge “happened all at once.”

“Suddenly we had several people down on the ground, experiencing some type of cardiac arrest or some type of medical episode,” Satterwhite said.

US House passes infrastructure bill WASHINGTON, NOV 6 (IANS): The US House of Representatives has passed a bipartisan $1 trillion infrastructure bill after months of delay amid Democratic infighting over a social spending package, sending the long-waited legislation to President Joe Biden for his signature.

The bill was approved in the lower chamber in a 228-206 vote late Friday night, with 13 Republicans joining Democrats in support of the legislation. Six progressive Democrats voted against it, reports Xinhua news agency.

Biden is expected to sign the bill, which is considered a major priority for his administration.

In late March, Biden unveiled a roughly $2 trillion infrastructure plan, which was harshly criticised by Republican lawmakers, who argued it was not targeted on infrastructure and was too costly.

After months of negotiations, a bipartisan group of Senators reached an agreement on a roughly $1 trillion infrastructure bill, which includes $550 billion in new spending on infrastructure projects, such as roads, bridges, passenger rails, drinking water and waste water systems.

The rest of the package involves previously approved spending.

The Senate approved the bill in August. Progressive House Democrats have held up the Senate-passed bill for months, demanding a vote on the larger social spending plan, the size and

Portugal’s Parl legalises euthanasia LISBON, NOV 6 (IANS): Lawmakers in Portugal voted to legalise euthanasia by approving a revised bill that fixed objections raised earlier by the Constitutional Court.

The vote was 138 in favour, 84 against and five abstentions, reports Xinhua news agency.

The original bill was vetoed by President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa in March.

The new law specifies the conditions under which medically assisted death is not punishable, thus changing the country’s Penal Code.

The rules are quite restrictive, and only people over 18, who are Portuguese citizens or foreigners legally resident in the country, can resort to euthanasia, the practice of intentionally ending life to relieve pain and suffering.

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scope of which have been a source of contention within the Democratic Party.

Democrats planned to pass both the infrastructure bill and the party’s shrunken $1.75 trillion social spending package, which together made up the core of Biden’s domestic agenda, but failed to advance the latter.

Progressives and centrists, however, agreed to approve the long-delayed infrastructure bill with a commitment to take up the social spending bill no later than the week of November 15, according to Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair Pramila Jayapal.

Ahead of the vote, Biden tweeted he is confident that during the week of November 15, the House will pass the so-called Build Back Better Act, which focuses on childcare, education, health care, and climate policy.

The social spending package is expected to be approved in the Senate via the budget reconciliation process, which only requires a simple majority to pass legislation, allowing Democrats to approve the bill without Republican votes.

Democrats previously unveiled a $3.5 trillion bud-

get resolution, but the package hit a stalemate due to the last two centrist holdouts in the Senate, namely Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona.

Manchin has repeatedly taken issue with the sky-high price tag of the legislation, and has held fast to a top-line figure of $1.5 trillion for the package.

Following weeks of intensive negotiations with congressional Democrats, Biden last week unveiled a framework for a $1.75 trillion social spending package, which includes $555 billion in clean energy and climate investments; $400 billion in funding for child care and free preschool; $200 billion in child tax and earned income tax credits; and $150 billion in investments for affordable housing.

The framework seeks to impose new taxes on the largest corporations and the wealthiest Americans to raise revenue of around $2 trillion over a decade to fully pay for the social spending plan, according to a fact sheet released by the White House. Republicans have repeatedly lashed out at the massive spending plan.

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SEYOCHUNG VILLAGE UNION KOHIMA FELICITATION The Seyochung Village Union Kohima (SVUK), extend our heartiest congratulations to Shri. K Lipongse Sangtam on being promoted to the post of District Employment Officer (DEO) under the Department of Labour & Employment, Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, Nagaland.

The SVUK prays that the Almighty God bless him with good health, wisdom and success in all his future endeavours.

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NOTICE INVITING CLAIMS/OBJECTIONS OF OTHER CLAIMANT(S) FOR ISSUE OF SUCCESSION CERTIFICATE UNDER PART-1 OF INDIAN SUCCESSION ACT 1925 Whereas application under Succession Act 1925 for grant of Succession Certificate for the estate/pension benefits of Late L. Nangshikaba Ao has been applied by Smti Takanaro Ao@ T. Takanaro@ T. Takanaro Ao, W/o Late L. Nangshikaba Ao, R/o H/No. 106, Ward-6, Chumukedima, Dimapur, Nagaland for possession of: 1. PPO No. - PEN/M/S/NL/S-25441 2. SBI A/C No. - 31074111137 Notice is hereby given that any person having interest in the administration of the pension benefits/estates of the said deceased may if she/he so desire, appear in this Court on or before within a period of 30 days from the date of publication.

Given under the hand and seal of the Court on this the 18th October, 2021.

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Miss Mokokchung Moasenla flanked by Arentila Azukumer 1st runners up (left) and Alemnungla 2nd runners up (right) after the crowning.

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ontestant no 7, Moasenla, a 20-year-old BA student of Fazl Ali College Mokokchung was crowned Miss Mokokchung at a glamorous beauty pageant show on Saturday.

The winner’s answer to the common question at the top 5 finale “What would you do differently in Mokokchung if you were crowned tonight?” convinced the judges with her answer “I

have the skills and responsibilities that comes along with the crown. I believe Miss Mokokchung should be someone who is passionate to serve her own people”.

She was followed by contestant no 2 Arentila Azukumer as the 1st runner up and contestant no 10 Alemnungla as the 2nd runner up.

T h e w i n n e r s we r e awarded with a cash prize

of Rs. 50,000, 30,000 and 20,000 respectively besides gift hampers.

Alongside being crowned Miss Mokokchung, contestant no 7 Moasenla also bagged the sub-title of Miss Runway. Meanwhile, special guest of the pageant, advisor urban development & municipal affairs, Dr. Neikiesalie Kire, acknowledged the efforts of the forerunners for organizing

such shows and added that exposing talents through such platforms will go a long way.

He also said that Naga women were doing better than men in all aspects and have reached higher places.

Women should be given more chance he said.

Director youth resources and sports, Akumla also attended the pageant as special guests. The show witnessed numerous performances by renowned artist including Alobo Naga, Wapang Longkumer, Elemenz (Dance crew) and others.

Besides the three winners the following sub-titles were awarded to the following: Miss Talented – Contestant no 4 Ninotoli Aye Miss Runway – Contestant no 7 Moasenla Miss Beautiful Body - Contestant no 10 Alemnungla Miss Photogenic – Contestant no 3 Supongrenla Lkr Miss Beautiful Skin – Contestant no 5 Limisela.

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efunct photo app Phhhoto is suing Meta, for merly Facebook, on antitr ust grounds, claiming the social media platform feigned interest in working with it, but copied its features and hid its name from search results, effectively driving it out of business.

“The actions of Facebook and Instagram destroyed Phhhoto as a viable business and ruined the company’s prospects for investment,” Phhhoto says in a complaint filed in US District Court on Thursday.

“Phhhoto failed as a direct result of Facebook’s anticompetitive conduct. But for Facebook’s conduct, Phhhoto was positioned to grow into a social networking giant, similar in size, scope, and shareholder value to other social networking and media companies with which Facebook did not interfere.” Phhhoto is seeking a jury trial and unspecified monetary damages. Joe Osborne, a spokesperson for Meta said in a statement emailed to The Verge, “This suit is without merit and we will defend ourselves vigorously”.

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Latvian envoy in Nagaland for workshop on choir conducting

Latvian envoy in Nagaland for workshop on choir conducting and voice.

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atvian Ambassador to India, Artis Bertulis and wife along with resources persons Prof. Egils Jakobsons, Prof. Inita Kamarute and Prof. Gints Ceplenieks from Rigas Doma Kora Skola, Latvia arrived Dimapur on Saturday for the four-day intensive workshop on choir conducting and voice from the November 8-11 for musicians of Nagaland at Mountain

Music Academy, Dimapur.

The workshop which is organised by the Task Force for Music and Arts (TaFMA) in partnership with Latvian Embassy and coordinated by the Mountain Music Academy, Dimapur includes various activities that would be taken up in the four-day programme.

Activities include master classes; techniques;

individual lessons; live performances; live choir sessions and many more.

The programme would culminate with a finale concert at RCEMPA, Jotsoma, Kohima on November 13.

In a press release, project director TaFMA, Dr. Hovithal Sothu acknowledged the ambassador and state chief minister Neiphiu Rio for making the programme a reality.

Diabetes drug can improve kidney function: Lancet Perseverance new images from Mars show layered rocks

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“The key conclusion is that dapagliflozin is an effective treatment to slow progressive kidney function loss in patients with CKD with and without type 2 diabetes,” said lead author Hiddo Lambers Heerspink, from the University Medical Center Groningen.

“Therefore, in addition to reducing the risk of heart failure or mortality, dapagliflozin also slows the progression of kidney function decline,” Heerspink added.

The findings will also be presented at ASN Kidney Week 2021 November 4-November 7.

CKD is a long-term condition in which the kidneys do not work as they should. It is common, especially in older people. In the early stages, there are

usually few symptoms and people can have the condition without knowing it.

CKD is often caused by other conditions that affect the kidneys. These include diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and kidney infections. Making healthy lifestyle choices and controlling underlying conditions are important. CKD can get worse over time, but treatments can stop or delay this, and many people live for a long time with their condition well controlled.

Adding dapagliflozin to current standard care has been shown to significantly reduce the risk of having declining kidney function, end-stage kidney disease, or dying from causes related to the kidneys or cardiovascular system.

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ASA’s Perseverance rover, currently exploring Jezero Crater on the Red Planet, has snapped new pictures showcasing layered rocks.

The layered rocks, which form in water, may hint the existence of water on ancient Mars, NASA said.

These strikingly layered Mars rocks could also be the Perseverance rover’s next sampling target.

“Get a load of these layers! I’m getting out my abrading tool to take a look inside,” they wrote on Twitter.

“Layered rocks like this often form in water, and can hold clues about what their environment used to be like. Let’s see if this would be another good place for #SamplingMars,” they added.

Perseverance rover was launched on July 30 last year and arrived at the red planet on February 18 after a 203-day journey traversing 472 million km.

Perseverance explored the floor of Jezero Crater, which was once a lake and a dried-out river delta at the crater’s edge.

Its primary mission is to search for signs of

ancient life on Mars. The rover also aims to characterise the planet’s geology and past climate, paving the way for human exploration of the Red Planet, as well as become the first mission to collect and cache Martian rock and regolith.

The rover has so far collected two rock samples, giving scientists insight into Mars’ history. AnalyThe images also pro- for rock and sediment compounds and other evisis of the rocks samples vide insight into where samples, including those dence that life once existed show signs that they were the rover could best hunt that may contain organic there.

(IANS) in contact with water for a long period of time, boosting the case for ancient life on the Red Planet.

Re c e n t ly t h e s i x wheeler rover also sent images from Mars revealing that billions of years ago, when the Red Planet had an atmosphere thick enough to support water flowing across its surface, Jezero’s fan-shaped river delta experienced latestage flooding events that carried rocks and debris into it from the highlands well outside the crater.

The rover provided images of long, steep slopes called escarpments, or scarps in the delta, which formed from sediment accumulating at the mouth of an ancient river that long ago fed the crater’s lake.

Solar panels could power the Earth with 24/7 clean energy

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olar power has been a key part of humanity’s clean-energy repertoire. We spread masses of sunlight-harvesting panels on solar fields, and many people power their homes by decorating their roofs with the rectangles.

But there’s a caveat to this wonderful power source.

Solar panels can’t collect energy at night. To work at peak efficiency, they need as much sunlight as possible.

So, to maximize these sun catchers’ performance, researchers are toying with a plan to send them to a place where the sun never sets: outer space.

Theoretically, if a bunch of solar panels were blasted into orbit, they’d soak up the sun even on the foggiest days and the darkest nights, storing an enormous amount of power.

If that power were wirelessly beamed down to Earth, our planet could breathe in renewable clean energy, 24/7.

That would significantly reduce our carbon footprint. Against the backdrop of a worsening climate crisis, the success of spacebased solar power could be more important than ever.

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Since Bell Labs first invented the first concrete “solar panel” in the ‘50s, international scientists have been working to make Tsiolkovsky’s sci-fi fantasy a reality. They include Japanese researchers, the United States military and a team from California Institute of Technology spearhead-

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common diabetes drug can be used as an option for treating certain people with chronic kidney disease (CKD) in adults, claims a study published in the journal Lancet.

Dapagliflozin belongs to a group of medicines called ‘sodium glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors’.

An SGLT2 inhibitor works by blocking the SGLT2 protein in the kidneys. Blocking this protein alleviates kidney damage by reducing pressure and inflammation in the kidneys.

It also helps to stop protein from leaking into the urine, and reduces blood pressure and body weight.

A clinical trial of 4,304 participants with CKD revealed that dapagliflozin reduces the rate of kidney function decline in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD).

The participants were divided into two groups: With dapagliflozin 10 mg or placebo once daily, added to standard care.

Although participants without diabetes also experienced a slower rate of kidney function decline with dapagliflozin, the effect of dapagliflozin was greater in those with diabetes.

ing the Space Solar Power Project.

Space solar power “was investigated extensively in the late 1960s and the 1970s, sort of in the heyday of the Apollo program,” said Michael Kelzenberg, senior research scientist on the project.

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Celebrating 50 years of God’s faithfulness Mr. Yongna Shungtahu & Mrs. Liphong

The state of the climate is in the spotlight right now as world leaders gather in Glasgow, Scotland, for the COP26 summit, which has been called the “world’s best last chance” to get the crisis under control.

CNET Science is highlighting a few futuristic strategies intended to aid countries in cutting back on human-generated carbon emissions. Next-gen tech like space-based solar power can’t solve our climate problems -- we still need to rapidly decarbonize our energy systems -- but green innovation could help achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement: Limit global warming to well below 2

degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) by the end of the century. An unlimited supply of renewable energy from the sun might help us do that.

From science fiction to fact For decades, space solar power has lived in the minds of science fiction lovers and scientists alike.

In the early 1900s, Russian scientist-mathematician Konstantin Tsiolkovsky was steadily churning out a stream of futuristic designs envisioning human tech beyond Earth. He’s responsible for conjuring things like space elevators, steerable rockets and, you guessed it, space solar power.

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“I am my beloved and my beloved is mine”.

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NWA felicitates Naga wrestlers

Naga wrestlers with NWA officials during the felicitation. (NP) Correspondent

KOHIMA, NOV 6 (NPN): Nagaland Wrestling Association (NWA) felicitated the Naga wrestlers, who participated in the recently concluded 9th National Traditional Wrestling & Pankration Championship held in Goa from October 29 to 31, during programme at hotel Japfü,

here on Saturday.

Speaking at the felicitation programme, NWA president Haibe Zeliang said it was a time for the State to celebrate as wrestlers brought laurels to the State through their hard work sincerity and dedication. He said their victory was the beginning for a promising journey for the players as well as the State.

Encouraging the wrestlers to keep up their commitment in the game, Haibe said a good sportsperson had the potential to become the ambassador of their nation.

He said the State medal tally came to no. 5 in the country which was a great achievement in itself.

He disclosed that the international body for

wrestling was lobbying for the game to be included in the Olympics, which, he said would be a great opportunity for the State as Nagas were gifted in the game would be able to perform well.

N WA p r e s i d e n t thanked the federating units for their support and blessings in keeping their members well looked after and sending them to represent the State.

He said the association’s aim was to bring laurels to the State through the sport.

All India Traditional Wrestling and Pankration Federation (AITWPF) vice president, Mosonyi Domeh in a short speech said Nagaland had performed well in all the selected categories.

He said that out of 23 States participating in the meet, some other States had more than 200 players representing them but could not perform as well as Nagaland.

Emma Raducanu invited to join All England Club LO N D O N, N OV 6 (IANS): British tennis player Emma Raducanu has reportedly received an invitation to become a member of the exclusive All England Club.

The 18-year-old shocked the global tennis establishment by winning the 2021 US Open women’s singles title to become the first qualifier to win a Grand Slam tournament in tennis’s Open Era. Raducanu is also the first British woman to win a Grand Slam singles title since Virginia Wade in 1977, and will be the All England Club’s youngest member if she accepts the invitation.

The All England Club, a private members’ club based in Wimbledon, London, is best known as the venue for the Wimbledon Championships. Wimbledon singles champion usually receives an automatic invitation to join the Club.

SBC open volleyball tournament underway at Seiyhama

Roko Angami and others during open volleyball tournament at Seiyhama on November 6.

KOHIMA, NOV 6 (NPN): First edition of Open Volleyball Tournament 2021 organised by Seiyhama Baptist Church (SBC) at Seiyhama village under Kohima dis-

trict go underway Saturday graced by Nagaland Football Coaches Association (NFCA) president Roko Angami.

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ral programme, Roko, who is also president of Northern Angami Youth Organization (NAYO), said that sports bring people together and thanked SBC for open-

ing an opportunity to the youth to compete and have fellowship for good through volleyball tournament. To become a good sportsperson, he said one must have

strong determination, discipline, respect and obey the coaches. He said they must at the same time abide by the rules and regulations of any sports discipline.

NFCA president stated that “blame game” should not be allowed to exist in the field of sports, adding that one must avoid intoxicating things as good social behaviour was crucial for successful life.

He also maintained that one must stay focused in whatever field one was good at and give their best to attain par excellence.

Earlier, the inaugural function was led by Rheituolie Metha while Savio Metha administered oath to 23 participating teams.

Yanmhon Area FC lift Lt. Nyamo Lotha, Lt. Daniel Lotha football running trophy

Yanmhon Area Football Club team members celebrate victory.

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D I M A P U R , N OV 6 (NPN): Yanmhon Area Football Club lifted the 26th Lt. Nyamo Lotha and Lt. Daniel Lotha football running trophy 2021 after defeating Lotha colony FC 3-0 in penalty shoot-out.

The sixth-day tournament, organised by Dimapur Lotha Students Union (DLSU) on the theme “A team above all a team”, culminated at Multi-Disciplinary Sports complex

(MDSC) here Saturday.

Speaking at the closing ceremony as special guest, veterinary hospital Dimapur deputy director, Dr KN Zubemo Humtsoe acknowledged the contribution of Late Nyamo Lotha and Lt Daniel Lotha.

On the significance of “Tokhu Emung festival” (post-harvest festival), he said it was the festival of new beginning, reconciliation and thanksgiving. Recalling the honesty of the ancestors, Dr.Humtsoe

encouraged the gathering to adopt those habits to go forward in life. He also encouraged the players to be disciplined and maintain true sportsmanship, adding that participation was important than winning.

At the programme, welcome address was delivered by DLSU president Benthungo Jungi, special number was presented by Meripenu Patton and later vote of thanks was proposed by DLSU general secretary R Micheal Patton.

RPP welcomes Nagaland wrestling champions

RPP members along with wrestling champions at Dimapur railway station.

D I M A P U R , N OV 6 (NPN): Rising People’s Party (RPP) welcomed the Nagaland wrestling champions under the NWA at the Dimapur railway station on November 5, 2021.

RPP in a statement said it was a proud moment

for Nagaland that the team of wrestlers won a total of 20 medals at the 9th Traditional Wrestling and Pankration Championship 2021 held in Goa. RPP team led by its general secretary Amai Chingkhu felicitated the Wres-

tling team with a certificate of appreciation at a short welcoming programme held at the premises of the Dimapur Railway Station.

The session concluded with a mass prayer and photo session with the RPP team.

61st JYO sports meet concludes; Zhotso Khel emerges champions

Santosh Trophy 2021: Players selected for preparatory camp

DIMAPUR, NOV 6 (NPN): The following players have been selected for the preparatory camp for Santosh Trophy 2021. All the selected players have been requested to report to the camp latest by November 8, 2021. For further details, one could contact team manager Mughato Aye (9436619586) and team coach Roko Angami (8787370290).

SANTOSH TROPHY TRIAL (KOHIMA-DIMAPUR) SL Name DOB Playing Position 1. MEDONEITUO 2. LONGKHOI KONYAK 3. RAMPAUSUING CHUILO 4. MULEYI MEDEO 5. KHRUKHOTO RESU 6. PETEVIZO 7. JABU MERU 8. MENONEIKHO NAKHRO 9. MECIEVI KHIEYA 10. SHELLEN 11. DIETHOSITUO 12. NYITHONG MIDFIELD (LEFT) 13. KEVISANYU PESEYIE MIDFIELD (CENTRE) 14. WINAMTHUI 15. ALENMATSUNG DEFENCE 16. ROWLAND DEFENCE (LEFT) 17. HEKATO DEFENCE (CENTRE) 18. KAKHEVI MIDFIELD (RIGHT) 19. VINOKA MIDFIELD (CENTRE) 20. HIVI MIDFIELD (CENTRE) 21. PURSUNEP DEFENCE (CENTRE) 22. RHITSO MERO FORWARD 23. SEKETOU PIENYU GK 24. VILHOUBEITUO YHOME FORWARD 25. LONGO DANIEL DEFENCE 26. SHAMBA SAMSON FORWARD 27. VISALIE MEZHU 28. NEITHOVILIE CHALIEU GK 29. KHWETELHI THOPI FORWARD K Y M C

Players of Phema Khel (blue and red jerseys) and Zhotso Khel (black jerseys) along with Toba Khatso and JYO officials on Saturday at Jakhama.)

Vishüto Rolnu of Kulnu Khel secured the men’s individual champion title.

Khatso-Natso emerged as

the overall champion khel after the end of the sports meet with 44 points. Urban development department

executive engineer, Toba Khatso, exhorted the players and handed over prizes to the winners.

Noted cricket coach Tarak Sinha dies

NEW DELHI, NOV 6 (IANS): Dronacharya Awardee and renowned cricket coach Tarak Sinha died here on Saturday morning after a prolonged illness. He was 71.

Sinha, the soul of Sonnet Cricket Club which has given India and Delhi cricket so many gems, was battling lung cancer for a while, and recently, he had a multi-organ failure. He was a bachelor and is survived by his sister and hundreds of students.

Affectionately known as ‘Ustaad ji’, Sinha trained cricketers Late Tarak Sinha across generations at The Sonnet Club which acted as Delhi’s supply line. He identified talent and turned them into international cricketers.

He was the fifth cricket coach, after Desh Prem Azad, Gurcharan Singh, Ramakant Achrekar and Sunita Sharma, to get the Dronacharya award.

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KO H I M A , N OV 6 (NPN): The four-day 61st Jakhama Youth Organization (JYO) sports meet concluded at Jakhama local ground, about 17 km away from the state capital on Saturday evening.

Altogether, about 800 sportspersons from eight khels -- Phema, KhatsoNatso, Zhotso, Kulnu, Porütso, Naki, Pfüdia and Sophietso competed in the event of Jakhama village.

Zhotso Khel emerged

as the champions in the football (men) after defeating Phema Khel 3-0 in the final via tie-breaker after both teams ended in a 1-1 draw.

In the men’s volleyball, Naki Khel beat Zhotso Khel while Zhotso Khel defeated Khatso-Natso Khel in the women’s volleyball final respectively.

The athletic events were conducted on October 3 and 4. In the athletics, Kevikhünu Khatso won the women’s individual champion title while

St. Mary’s Hr. Sec. School holds annual school sports

D I M A P U R , N OV 6 (NPN): St. Mary’s Higher Secondary School organised its annual school sports 2021 for Class V-XII students at the school playground on November 6, 2021 graced by KK Paul as chief guest and Swapan Paul as guest of honour.

During the annual school sports, students participated in various categories of sporting events.

The overall winner was bagged by Blue House followed by Green House as runner-up.

All the winners were awarded with medals, trophies & certificate. All the

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Teachers along with winners at the annual school sports.

SOPs were maintained and Throw ball, Badminton, only a few group games Shot Put, High Jump, Long like Futsal, basket Ball, Jump etc. were played.

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SA beat Eng but crash out of T20 WC Headhunters wins 21st NSF Trophy

SHARJAH, NOV 6 (PTI): England suffered their first defeat in the ongoing ICC T20 World Cup but still qualified for the semifinals on the basis of a better net run rate, knocking out victors South Africa from the tournament here on Saturday.

South Africa pacer Kagiso Rabada (3/48) produced a sensational final over to become the first from his country to bag a hattrick in T20Is and help his side register a 10-run win, denying England an all-win record in the showpiece though it came too late in the day.

The Proteas, who had scored 189 for 2 after being sent in to bat, needed to restrict England to 131 to overtake Australia in net run rate and qualify for the semifinals but it was not to be their day.

England, Australia and South Africa ended on eight points each but the top two teams made it to the semifinals as they had better net run rate than South Africa (NRR +0.739) who were knocked out. England (NRR +2.464) topped Group 1 while Australia (NRR +1.216), who beat West Indies earlier in the day, finished second.

England crossed the 131-run mark in the 16th

caught by David Miller at long-on.

England went past the 131-run mark to send South Africa out of the T20 World Cup with Liam Livingstone hitting three sixes in a row, the unfortunate bowler being Rabada. For South Africa, Tabraiz Shamsi took two wickets while Anrich Nortje and Dwaine Pretorius got one each.

Aus beat West Indies

Dwaine Pretorius, second left, celebrates during the Cricket Twenty20 World Cup match between England and South Africa in Sharjah, UAE, Saturday. (AP/PTI)

over which sent South Africa out of the tournament but they needed 14 runs runs from the final over, which they could not achieve.

Rabada dismissed Chris Woakes (7), Eoin Morgan (17) and Chris Jordan (0) in successive balls in the final over for the third hat-trick of the tournament.

It was a bad start for the Protea bowlers as they conceded 10 runs each in the second and third overs.

Rabada was treated with disdain by England openers Jason Roy and Jos Buttler as they took 15 runs

off him with the help of three boundaries.

But Roy was taken off the field, retired hurt on 20, as he suffered an apparent leg injury. He could barely complete a single off the first ball of the fifth over and later limped out of the ground. Moeen Ali came in his place.

In-form Jos Buttler was out in the next over of the bowling of Anrich Nortje as he tried to drove to mid-off but mistimed his shot for Temba Bavuma for a low catch. England were still cruising at 59 for 1 at the

Anand to mentor Indian players as Tata Steel Chess returns to Kolkata

KOLKATA, NOV 6 (PTI): Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand will play the role of a mentor to the Indian youngsters at the third Tata Steel Chess India Rapid and Blitz tournament, starting here from November 17.

The Indian challenge will be spearheaded by Vidit Gujrathi, Adhiban Baskaran and Dronavalli Harika.

Leading the young brigade are Nihal Sarin, R Praggnanandhaa, Karthikeyan Murali, D Gukesh, Raunak Sadhwani, Arjun Erigaisi and R Vaishali.

“I will interact with the youngsters, try to give them some tips and try to spur them on,” Anand, who won the blitz tournament in the inaugural edition in 2018, said during a virtual media interaction on Saturday. As an ambassador of the event, Anand will also be part of the commentary team.

“The itch is always go-

Viswanathan Anand

ing to be there to play, but recently I’ve been dabbling a bit in commentary and find that enjoyable too.

“I will see this tournament from another angle and will be trying to explain what’s going on. I can also do a bit of commentary here and there. Basically, I will be all over the place,” Anand said.

He will also be seen

doing commentary during the upcoming World Championships in Dubai from November 24.

In the absence of Norwegian great Magnus Carlsen and Russian GM Ian Nepomniachtchi who are preparing for the World Championships, world number 10 Levon Aronian will be the top draw of the meet.

end of powerplay but they lost momentum a bit with Jonny Bairstow (1) getting out in the third ball he faced, LBW to Tabraiz Shamsi in the seventh over.

Ali and Dawid Malan got the odd boundaries to take England to 81 for 2 at the halfway mark. The South African bowlers tried hard but found it hard to get wickets or tie down the England batters for long.

Ali hit a huge six off Shamsi in the 13th over but the bowler had the last laugh as the batter went for one big shot too many and was

David Warner struck an unbeaten 89 off 56 balls to help Australia cruise to an eight-wicket win over West Indies in their final Super 12 match of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium here on Saturday.

Warner’s knock, laced with nine fours and four sixes, along with Mitchell Marsh’s 53 off 32 balls, was instrumental in Australia chasing down 158 with 22 balls remaining, giving a big boost to their net run rate in Group 1 standings.

Brief Scores: West Indies 157/7 in 20 overs (Kieron Pollard 44, Evin Lewis 29, Josh Hazlewood 4/39, Adam Zampa 1/20) lost to Australia 161/2 in 16.2 overs (David Warner 89 not out, Mitchell Marsh 53, Chris Gayle 1/7, Akeal Hosein 1/29) by eight wickets.

PARIS, NOV 6 (AGENCIES): Top-ranked Novak Djokovic beat unseeded American Taylor Fritz 6-4, 6-3 on Friday to reach the Paris Masters semifinals and remain on course for a record-extending sixth title at the tournament.

Djokovic is also vying for a record 37th Masters title. He is tied on 36 with fellow 20-time Grand Slam winner Rafael Nadal.

Djokovic, who next faces seventh-seeded Hubert Hurkacz of Poland, is playing in his first tournament since losing the U.S. Open final in straight sets to Daniil Medvedev in September.

“I felt good, considering that it was only second match back on the tour from almost two months of not playing a competitive match,” said Djokovic, who had a walkover in the third round after Gael Monfils pulled out injured.

He could face Medvedev,

Manchester City players celebrates after Manchester United’s Eric Bailly scored an own goal at Old Trafford stadium in Manchester Saturday. (AP/PTI)

Premier League win over United since March 2019 but in that time Pep Guardiola’s side has won the title twice, while the trophy hasn’t been on the red half of Manchester since 2013.

City and United do boast the world’s most expensive football squads — each assembled for more than $1 billion — but that wouldn’t be obvious watching in the lashing northern

English rain. On paper, six points now separate defending champion City in second from United in fifth. The gulf in quality, tactics and style looks greater, with City effortlessly cruising to victory. It wasn’t Guardiola’s name City fans were singing at Old Trafford. They were mercilessly mocking Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

“Ole’s at the wheel,”

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KOHIMA, NOV 6 (NPN): Headhunters emerged as the winners of the 21st NSF Martyrs Memorial Trophy by beating Mhakenyi Kro-u FC in the finals at IG Stadium, here on Saturday night.

The golden goal for Headhunters was scored by jersey no 5, Haotinmang, in the 27th minute, which helped the team win the much-coveted title and walked away with a cash prize of Rs.5 lakh.

Mhakenyi Kro-u FC failed to make any headway as the defence of Headhunters was im-

penetrable despite getting a few chances to equalise the score.

The highest scorer during the tourney was bagged

by Yhunshalo Kemp from Mhakenyi Kro-u with a total of score 15 goals.

Best Defender was bagged

by Moirangthem from Fifa FC while Best Mid-fielder was bagged by Asito Krose from Mhakenyi Kro-u and Best Keeper was awarded to Ruokuovolie Phewhuo from Berenike FC Meriema.

Player of the tournament was bagged by Haotinmang, who walked away with a brand new scooty.

Minister PWD (housing and mechanical) minister Tongpang Ozukum was the guest for the closing ceremony while advisor printing & stationary and technical education, Medo Yhokha gave away the prizes. The tournament was organised by Angami Students’ Union.

It may be recalled that the trophy is organised in honour and remembrance of Lt. Kekuojalie Sachü of Kohima Village and Lt. Vikhozo Yhoshü of Kigwema Village, who were victims to an indiscriminate firing by Armed Police from Alichen on March 20, 1986.

Djokovic, Medvedev reach Paris Masters semis the defending Paris Masters champion, in the final again this Sunday. The second-seeded Russian saved three set points at 5-4 and 0-40 in the first set before beating French qualifier Hugo Gaston 7-6 (7), 6-4.

He next plays fourthseeded Alexander Zverev, whom he beat in last year’s final. Zverev was largely untroubled in a 7-5, 6-4 win against No. 6 Casper Ruud of Norway.

Zverev leads Medvedev 5-4 in career meetings, although Medvedev won the past three contests.

A double break of serve put Medvedev 4-0 up in the second set against Gaston.

But Gaston, who won seven straight games from 5-0 down in the second set against Spanish teen Carlos Alcaraz in the third round, rallied to 4-3.

Medvedev’s 12th and 13th aces made it 5-3.

As they did against

More Old Trafford misery for United with 2-0 loss to City

MANCHESTER, NOV 6 (AGENCIES): It took only seven minutes of the Manchester derby to be in no doubt about the parlous state of United.

When Eric Bailly clumsily intercepted João Cancelo’s cross to divert the ball into his own net, it was the start of another agonizing Old Trafford encounter with a now far superior rival.

The only sur prise from Saturday’s derby was United escaping with a 2-0 loss to Manchester City after Bernardo Silva met another delivery into the box from Cancelo, got ahead of Luke Shaw and beat goalkeeper David De Gea at his near post in stoppage time Humiliation was avoided, two weeks after being routed 5-0 by Liverpool here, but it was another encounter to reinforce just how far United has slipped behind the Premier League’s elite.

“We had the game of our lives,” City attacking midfielder Phil Foden said. “Everything just went right. A lot of possession.

A lot of chances. We dominated from start to finish.”

This was City’s first

Headhunters along with the organiser after the final match on Saturday. (NP)

they serenaded the United manager, sarcastically adopting the United fan song.

Solskjaer limps on in the job, with just one win from six league games.

The only success came last Saturday against Tottenham, which acted swiftly to decide managerial change was required. And in firing Nuno Espirito Santo and hiring Antonio Conte,

the north London club snapped up a potential replacement for Solskjaer.

The Norwegian couldn’t rely on being bailed out again by Cristiano Ronaldo, whose double salvaged a Champions League draw at Atalanta on Tuesday. Instead Ronaldo cut a frustrated figure as the lack of intensity and pressing left him isolated up front. Only once did he come close to scoring what would have been an equalizer in the 26th minute, with a first-time volley from Ronaldo pushed wide

by Ederson. It electrified the crowd with the type of roar not heard again until the rarely used Donny van der Beek was brought on in the second half. Boos, though, were once again the soundtrack of the home crowd at Old Trafford.

What could spare Solskjaer from losing his job during the international break is that the fans are yet to chant against the United strikertur ned-underwhelming manager — yet.

SATURDAY’S MATCHES

Brentford 1-2 Norwich Chelsea 1-1 Burnley Crystal Palace 2-0 Wolves Brighton 1-1 Newcastle

Novak Djokovic

Daniil Medvedev

Alcaraz, the home crowd at times cheered Medvedev’s errors on serve and they roared in delight when he double-faulted on his first match point. They were silenced when he clinched victory on his next attempt.

Earlier, Hurkacz beat Australian James Duckworth 6-2, 6-7 (4), 7-5 to secure the last spot for the season-ending ATP Finals.

Following him onto court, Djokovic secured an early break for 2-0 but Fritz broke the Serb at love in the

next game.

Djokovic had a love break of his own in the eighth game but slipped to 0-40 when serving for the first set after Fritz won a 26-shot rally, and then won the next point to pull back to 5-4.

But a rushed backhand into the net gave Djokovic a set point in the next game. Fritz saved it when Djokovic sent a forehand long, but Djokovic took his next chance when the 26th-ranked Fritz’s shot

landed out.

After they traded breaks at the start of the second set, Djokovic needed to save two break points in the third game before a much-needed ace on the way to a hold for 2-1.

Djokovic took control with a forehand winner to break Fritz and then held at love for 5-2.

Serving for the match, Djokovic cruised to 40-0 and sealed the victory on his first match point with a backhand volley at full stretch that just dropped over the net.

He is 2-0 against Hurkacz, who was thrilled at making the ATP Finals, which start in the Italian city of Turin on Nov. 14.

Hurkacz reached the Wimbledon semifinals this year, beating 20-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer in the quarters. He then broke into the Top 10 for the first time last month.

WTT Contender Lasko: Manika Batra reaches singles semis; final in doubles

LASKO (SLOVENIA), NOV 6 (IANS): India’s Manika Batra remained on course for a grand double at the World Table Tennis (WTT) Contender event in Lasko, Slovenia, reaching the semi-finals in the women’s singles and the final in women’s doubles with compatriot Archana Girish Kamath In the women’s singles quarter-final played on Saturday, Manika overcame a tough challenge from Romania’s Bernadette Szocs, beating her rival 3-2, coming back from 1-2 deficit in a wellfought encounter. Manika eventually won the match 11-8, 4-11, 5-11,11-8, 11-7 to seal a place in the lastfour stage at the Sports Hall Tri Lilije.

Manika, ranked 58th in the World, started well on Saturday afternoon and won the first game but lost the next two games 4-11 and 5-11, and was staring at defeat. However, the Indian star, a gold medallist at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, came back strongly in the fourth game and from 4-4, surged ahead

Manika Batra

to win the game at 11-8, overcoming a stiff challenge from the Romanian opponent.

In the decider, Manika, who represented the countr y in the Tokyo Olympics, opened a small lead at 6-4 and slowly build on it to extend it to 10-7 before clinching the issue on the first match point for a morale-boosting 3-2 win and a place in the semi-finals. She will next meet China’s World No. 11 Wang Yidi in the semifinal. The other semi-final will pit Germany’s Sabrine Winter and China’s Liu Weishan.

Earlier on Friday night, Manika and Archana upset China’s Liu Weishan and Wang Zidi 3-2 (11-8, 8-11, 11-6, 5-11, 118) in the women’s doubles semi-finals.

The two pairs traded games as the Indians won the first and third while the Chinese levelled scores twice by winning the second and fourth games.0 In the decider, Manika and Archana conceded an early lead and were forced to take a time-out at 0-3 down. Things did not improve much as the Chinese stretched the lead to 7-2 when the Indians launched a brilliant comeback.

They levlled the score at 7-7 and took lead at 8-7, forcing their opponents to commit mistakes.

The Chinese duo levelled scores at 8-8 but Manika and Archana won the next three points to seal victory and a place in the final.

They will meet Puerto Rican sisters Melanie and Adriana Diaz, who defeated Singapore’s Lin Ye and Zeng Jian 3-1 (118, 8-11, 11-5, 11-3) to seal a place in Sunday’s final.

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