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JCPI demands deadline for SLCC report on RIIN OBJECTS NON-STAKEHOLDERS AT MEETINGS

D I M A P U R , AU G 4 (NPN): Joint Committee for Prevention of Illegal Immigrants (JCPI), under the aegis of the Nagaland Tribes Council, which spearheaded the move to cover Dimapur district under the BEFR Act 1873 or ILP has reminded the government of the Register of Indigenous Inhabitants of Nagaland (RIIN) whose report was submitted to the government by the Banuo Commission in 2019.

JCPI through its media cell, pointed out that when Nagaland became the 16th state of the Indian Union on December 1,1963 , it was duly mandated by the constitution of India for enforcement of BEFR Act 1873/ ILP over entire Nagaland state with December 1,1963 as cut-off date and year for identification of indigenous inhabitants of Nagaland.

JCPI said successive governments however left out Dimapur district from the purview of BEFR/ILP till the present government issued notification on December 9,2019 but with a different cut-off date and year for identification of indigenous inhabitants of the state. JCPI said this not only violated established laws of the land but also went against with wishes of

the people of Nagaland. It said the arbitrary notification was done with reasons best known to the people in authority which subsequently led to the formation of the Banuo Commission on RIIN. JCPI also recalled that in an open letter addressed to the chief minister, it had sought enactment of the Banuo Commission report on RIIN at the 7th session of the 13th NLA from February 12,2021 but the voices of the people was ignored.

As reaction against the government’s failure to take up enactment of RIIN, JCPI said it organized protest rallies on March 19,2021 in Kohima & Dimapur and submission of memorandums for implementation of RIIN exercises through an ordinance with December 1,1963 as cut-off date and year.

JCPI said the government of Nagaland, instead, called for a consultative meeting on April 16,2021 by constituting and Statelevel Joint Consultative Committee but where “non stakeholders without legal tribal recognition, were being also included with no time frame.” Further, JCPI said as per the reply of the chief minister to the assembly , that RIIN will be tabled at “

HMAD resolves to ban import of cement to Dmu DIMAPUR, AUG 4 (NPN): Hardware Merchants’ Association Dimapur (HMAD) Wednesday resolved to put a ban on import of all kinds of cement into Dimapur until the responsible authority intervened and paid heed to the difficulties and grievances being faced by cement traders.

In a letter addressed to the deputy commissioner Dimapur, HMAD vice president Robin Sema said that following the revision of safe axle weights for transport vehicles by the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, the cement merchants were compelled to adhere to the revised guidelines

and reduced the volume of consignment. It stated that a ten-wheeler lorry carrying a total of 700 bags per trip had been reduced to 400 bags per trip.

HMAD said it has become impossible to operate with the enforcement of new policy coupled with number of other factors prevalent in Dimapur especially in terms of various forms of donations and contributions.

Further, HMAD urged the DC to apprise DMC to consider the existing revised policy of the ministry and revise the toll-tax levied on the transporters and to strictly enforce the permissible safe axle weights of goods.

the right time”, it was again deliberately not tabled at the subsequent 8th session of the 13th NLA. JCPI said the covid-19 pandemic SOPs did not allow democratic form of protests against the government inaction on RIIN. It said the state government was only indulging in dilly-dally tactics to hamper implementation of RIIN that was a pre-requisite for enforcing ILP in Nagaland.

According to JCPI one of the primary reasons of RIIN is to prevent issuance of fake indigenous certificates and to take safety measures since thousands of such certificates will be issued after the declaration of results of recent postmatriculation and secondary board examinations.

In this regard, JCPI has demanded immediate documentation and authentication of any indigenous inhabitant certificate issued henceforth and also demand a deadline be set for the final report of the constituted State Level Consultative Committee (SLCC). It also demanded that participation in such consultative meetings by “non stakeholders” for determining the status of indigenous inhabitants of Nagaland is objectionable and demanded an explana-

State logs 145 fresh cases, 2 Covid deaths

DIMAPUR, AUG 4 (NPN): Nagaland on Wednesday recorded 145 fresh Covid-19 positive cases while two more patients succumbed to the infection. Kohima reported 49 fresh cases, Dimapur-36, Mokokchung-16, Longleng-15, Peren-10, six in Wokha, five in Zunheboto, four in Phek, three in Kiphire and one in Mon, taking the total caseload to 28217.

Two patients-- one each in Dimapur and Mokokchung, succumbed to the virus, pushing tally to 579 (including non-Covid deaths). Meanwhile, a total of 778153 (1st and 2nd dose) persons have been inoculated against Covid-19.

Higher compensation proposed in hit & run accidents NEW DELHI, AUG 4 (AGENCIES): The transport ministry has proposed a substantial increase in the compensation to be paid in case of death of a person in hit and run accidents to Rs. 2 lakh, from Rs. 25,000 now, to

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bring immediate support to the kin of the deceased, reports The Economic Times.

Compensation of Rs. 50,000 has been proposed in case such an accident causes “grievous hurt” caused to the victims, up from Rs.

12,500 at present. “As per the Motor Vehicles Amendment Act, compensation is to be increased for death and serious injuries to victims of hit and run road accidents,” a senior government official told ET. (Cont’d on p-8)

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Rise in Covid cases, R number in some states worrying: scientists NEW DELHI, AUG 4 (PTI): The rise in fresh Covid cases and the effective reproduction number indication of how fast an infection spreads-- in many states is worrying but don’t panic. Instead, mask up and get vaccinated, say experts, stressing that it is too early to declare the beginning of a new wave.

In fact, it could be that the second wave is not over, said several scientists who have been closely monitoring India’s Covid graph and have noted the surge in a few pockets.

In the North East, for instance, cases have certainly not gone down to the low levels that are being seen in Delhi and other Northern states, observed Gautam Menon, professor, Departments of Physics and Biology at Ashoka University

in Haryana. Menon agreed that while it is too early to declare the third wave, the surge in cases is certainly worrying. “The next few weeks will be critical to see whether the rise in case numbers, currently confined to the south and North East of India, will spread across other parts of the country where cases have been declining for the past month,” Menon told PTI. “In that sense, we are likely seeing a continuation of the second wave rather than the initiation of a new Covid wave distinct from the previous one,” he explained.

India’s Covid situation is seemingly under control.

However, 13 states/union territories recorded a surge in coronavirus infections last week with Kerala reporting half of India’s daily new cases.

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Next few weeks will be critical to see whether the rise in case numbers, currently confined to the South & NE, will spread across other parts of the country With the government warning that the pandemic is ‘still raging’, there is also an increase in India’s effective reproduction number (R) which represents the number of susceptible people one Covid positive person may infect.

A recent analysis by researchers at the Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai, found that the

effective R number in India has crossed 1 for the first time since May 7.

The government on Tuesday also said the Rvalue is more than one in eight states and UTs, which is a cause of concern.

Researcher Sitabhra Sinha, who has been tracking the value of R since the beginning of the pandemic, is alarmed that this rise is not driven by the increase in cases in any particular region but seems to be resulting from several states having R values greater than 1 roughly around the same time.

“Apart from Kerala which has had R above 1 for more than a month and the North Eastern states where the second wave has not yet subsided after beginning in July, we saw in the past week R increase above 1

Pegasus row: SC to hear Police forces withdrawn from Vihoto area batch of pleas today NEW DELHI, AUG 4 (PTI): Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Thursday a batch of petitions, including those filed by the Editors Guild of India and senior journalists N Ram and Sashi Kumar, seeking independent probe into the alleged Pegasus snooping matter.

As per the cause list uploaded on the apex court website, a bench comprising Chief Justice N V Ramana and Justice Surya Kant will hear nine separate pleas on the issue related to reports of alleged snooping by government agencies on eminent citizens, politicians and scribes by using Israeli firm NSO’s spyware Pegasus.

An international media consortium has reported that over 300 verified Indian mobile phone numbers were on the list of potential targets for surveillance using Pegasus.

EGI has sought in its

plea that a special investigation team be set up to conduct probe into the reported surveillance of journalists and others.

The guild’s petition has said that its members and all scribes have the duty of holding all branches of government accountable by seeking information, explanations and constitutionally valid justifications for state action and inaction.

The apex court would also hear senior journalist Paranjoy Guha Thakurta’s separate plea, which seeks directions to the Centre to disclose materials with respect to investigation and authorisation pertaining to the purported use of Israeli spyware on his mobile.

The court would also hear a separate petition filed by advocate M L Sharma who has sought a courtmonitored probe by a SIT into the reports of alleged snooping.

Nagaland and Assam police personnel during the dismantling and withdrawal process. (DC’s office)

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MOKOKCHUNG, AUG 4 (NPN): The dismantling/ withdrawal of all temporary huts/tents, bunkers and disengagement of police forces along the Assam and Nagaland border at Vihoto area of Vikuto village under Tzurnagkong range in Mokokchung district has been completed on Wednesday.

The dismantling of camps and withdrawal of

troops, which was initiated on Monday, was delayed due to heavy rainfall, sources said.

The process was however completed on Wednesday under the supervision of the joint committee that was set up earlier.

Both Assam and Nagaland had set up a joint committee comprising of ADCs of Mangkolemba and Jorhat; Addl SPs of Mokokchung and Jorhat; Border Magistrates of

Micro-isolation zones to be implemented in Kohima

D I M A P U R , AU G 4 (NPN): Kohima District Task Force (DTF), as notified by the state government, has decided to implement Micro-Isolation Zones (MIZ).

In this regard, deputy commissioner (DC) Kohima and DTF chairman, Gregory Thejawelie called for collective efforts from all wards and colonies in assisting the DTF to identify households and provide required information to implement MIZ effectively to break the chain of Covid-19 transmission.

Addressing a meeting of representatives of wards and colonies on Wednesday, Gregory appreciated AKMWP, wards and colonies for extending their cooperation to authorities and their efforts in containing the spread of the disease so far. He urged for their continued support and efforts in the fight against the pandemic, to prevent the situation from getting worse in the district.

He cautioned that the second wave was not over yet, adding that the prevailing Covid positivity

rate and the risk associated with the impending third wave were matters of great concern, and the district needed to scale up testing and vaccination.

He explained to the gathering that the concept of MIZ had been conceived with the aim to cause minimal disruption to normal life and economic activities by isolating a defined small geographical area, which might even be a building.

As in containment zones, restrictions on movement, social distancing, enhanced active surveillance,

testing all suspected cases, isolation of cases and intensive IEC on Covid appropriate behaviours and other preventive and safety public health measures would be put in place. Gregory said, depending on the number of Covid-19 cases and number of houses with Covid-19 cases, a cluster of houses or a locality – colony or block or khel or ward or village – would be declared as MIZ. Chief Medical Officer Kohima Dr Vezokholu Theyo and DIO Dr Rupert Peseyie also addressed the informed the gathering.

State exports 600 kg of pineapples to Kolkata Long-lasting Covid symptoms D I M A P U R , AU G 4 (NPN): Nagaland exported at least 600kg of pineapples through air cargo to Kolkata on Wednesday.

In a press release, deputy director department of horticulture and in-charge marketing, Meya Sashi, said that Nagaland pineapples were considered as one of the sweetest and juiciest pineapples in the world and certified as 100% organic

by OneCert International.

Sashi informed that at present, the area under organic certified pineapple cultiva-

Molsang Organic Pineapples Producer Company Ltd in partnership with Agri & Horti departments dispatch pineapples to Kolkata. (DIPR)

tion in the state was 850 hectares under Mission Organic Value Chain Development, sponsored by Government of India.

The project is being implemented in three vil-

in Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh, and Haryana, and possibly in Uttarakhand,” Sinha, from the Institute of Mathematical Sciences, told PTI. The need of the hour is to press the accelerator on Covid protocols.

“We need to be prepared but not overtly panic.

It is time people mask up and get vaccinated,” Delhibased physician-epidemiologist and health systems expert Chandrakant Lahariya told PTI, adding that the numbers clearly indicated the need to be cautious.

The results of the fourth national serosurvey by the ICMR have shown that nearly 79% of samples from Madhya Pradesh had antibodies against coronavirus, while the seroprevalence was the lowest in Kerala at about 44%.

lages-- Molvom, Bungsang and Mhainamtsi—consisting of 500 farmers.

He also informed that the production of certified organic pineapple in Nagaland was 10,000 to 12,000

metric ton with turnover of Rs.15 crores per year.

Sashi said that the state horticulture department under MOVCD NER vision 2030 was contemplating creating an organic pineapple corridor along the foothill road covering an area of 10,000 hectares.

Nagaland on July 28 exported 250 kg of king chilli (raja mircha) to the United Kingdom. This is the first export consignment of the chilli that has Geographical Indication (GI) tagging.

rare in children: Lancet study

LONDON, AUG 4 (PTI): Most children who develop COVID-19 symptoms recover after six days, and the number who experience symptoms beyond four weeks is low, according to a large UK study published in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health journal.

The study, based on data reported through a smartphone app by parents and carers, provides the first detailed description of COVID-19 illness in symptom-

atic school-aged children.

“It is reassuring that the number of children experiencing long-lasting symptoms of COVID-19 symptoms is low. Nevertheless, a small number of children do experience long illness with COVID-19, and our study validates the experiences of these children and their families,” said Professor Emma Duncan, lead author of the study, from King’s College London.

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Tzürangkong and Mariani; SDPOs of Mangkolemba and Titabor, to oversee the withdrawal/dismantling of police outposts/camps.

It may be recalled that the chief secretaries of Nagaland and Assam signed an agreement on July 31 to de-escalate the tense situation prevailing in two locations in the Dessoi valley reserved forest /Tsurangkong valley and withdraw police forces from the border area.

‘Samagra Shiksha Scheme’ extended for another 5 yrs NEW DELHI, AUG 4 (PTI): The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved continuation of the 'Samagra Shiksha Scheme' for school education for another five years.

Provision of training of master trainers for Anganwadi workers, incinerator and sanitary pad vending machines in all girls' hostels are among the initiatives in the revised scheme.

Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said the scheme would continue from April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2026.

Under 'Samagra Shiksha Scheme 2', financial outlay of Rs 2,94,283.04 crore, which includes central share of Rs 1,85,398.32 crore, has been made to implement the scheme.

It will cover 1.16 million schools, over 156 million students and 5.7 million teachers of government aided schools.

Under the scheme, additional sports grant of up to Rs 25000 will be to schools in case at least two students of that school win a medal in Khelo India school games at the national level.

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Obay village achieves 100% vaccination

BTF Tobu members along with elders of the village and others during the vaccination drive.

DIMAPUR: COVID-19, Block Task Force (BTF) Tobu on August 3, conducted a vaccination drive at Obay village which is one of the remotest villages under Mon district, nestled alongside pillar no. 148 along the Indo-Myanmar international border on the Indian side.

In a press release, BTF Tobu informed that as the village had no road connec-

tion, the team led by ADC Tobu Keyirangding Hegui accompanied by medical staff of Tobu Community Health Centre (CHC), BDO Tobu and one Red Cross volunteer has gone to the village on foot.

In a relentless effort to make vaccination available to everyone in the sub-division, the BTF said it was one of the onerous vaccination drives executed by the

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41st SGPB meeting on Aug 6: Department of geology and mining has informed that 41st session of state geological programming board (SGPB) meeting would be held on August 6 in its conference hall, Dimapur.

The department informed that renowned scientist, technocrats and policy makers of related organisation/ departments would participate to evaluate ongoing departmental activities and formulate the coming field season programme.

Zbto DC informs: DC Zunheboto, Peter Lichamo who is also the vice chairman of District Planning Development Board (DPDB) has informed that monthly DPDB meeting for the month of August, would be held on August 11, 11 a.m. at DC conference hall, Zunheboto.

All members have been requested to attend the meeting.

PTC to organise mass social for I-Day: ADC & administrator, Peren Town Council, K. Mhathung Tsanglao has informed that a mass social for preparation of 75th Independence Day would be conducted on August 7, 7 a.m. onwards. Wards/government departments have been directed to clean their respective wards and office premises. Vehicles for collection and disposing the waste materials would be detailed in all the nine wards. Peukwakram, Keltzai, Nsetning (tata mobile- 8787638578); Ndining, Mdipuiram (tipper truck- 8787376810); Bana, Nkozai, Beilikui (Bolero Pick-up- 8837073955).

Landowners/pattadars informs: Office of Landowners/pattadars has informed concerned members whose lands were occupied by Army in Dimapur town to update their membership for submission of final list.

No request for updating would be entertained after submission of the same. Members have been requested to contact 7005053101 (for Dimapur) and 8974452812 (for Kohima).

Tunesang DTF reviews unlock 4 guidelines DIMAPUR: Tuensang District Task Force (DTF) for COVID-19 held a meeting in the conference hall of the deputy commissioner (DC) on August 3.

The meeting was chaired

by DC and chairman DTF Tuensang, Kumar Ramnikant.

According to a DIPR report, the DC lauded the achievement of HoDs on intensive vaccination drive in the district and asked tribal leaders to encourage citizens to get vaccinated.

The members reviewed the unlock 4 for the district. The increasing positivity rate of the district within this week was also a concern discussed in the meeting. Addendum for reopening of schools was also reviewed and decided that respective education officers of the town and sub-divisions carry out spot verification of the schools as per the SOP check list and certify for reopening of the schools.

Closure of the government polytechnic, Sedem CCC on account of reopening of the institution was also discussed and earmarked August 11 for closure at the meantime new CCC would be established at district hospital Tuensang. The house also discussed on enhancing COVID-19 vaccination and testing in the district.

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task force. Altogether, 41 eligible beneficiaries were vaccinated It may be mentioned that Obay village has 30 households and a population of 100.

Special vax drive to be conducted in Wokha: Wokha medical department in collaboration with the district administration has informed that it would be conducting intensified

CEO informs on special summary revision DIMAPUR: The chief electoral officer (CEO) Nagaland, Shashank Shekhar, has notified that the Election Commission of India (ECI) has announced the schedule for special summary revision of photo electoral rolls with reference to January 1, 2022 as the qualifying date.

In a press release, CEO Nagaland informed that the pre-revision activities including removal of all DSEs/multiple entries, logical errors etc., H2H verification through BLOs and proper formation of sections and rationalization of polling stations would be carried out from August 9 to October 31).

CEO also informed that revision activities such as publication of integrated draft electoral roll would be conducted on November 1; period for filing claims & objections from November 1-30; disposal of claims and objections by December 20 and final publication of electoral roll by January 5, 2022).

special COVID-19 vaccination drive dated August 7, 9 a.m. onwards.

On the same day Random Rapid Antigen Test would also be conducted for individuals who willing to know COVID-19 antigen status or requiring the test for special reasons.

The vaccination team at the session site would also entertain people with disabilities, mental illness

and those unable to come to the session sites due to old age / associated with co-morbidities.

All the illegible beneficiaries above 18 years have been requested to avail the opportunity. The colony session sites are: Blue Hill/ Upper Zuvotong- Blue C h a i r m a n Re s i d e n c e ; PWD /Lower Church Colony- Church Community Hall; Saron /Niropen- Niropen Community Hall; Upper Church Colony GA Colony - GA Community Hall; Midland / NST- NST Community Hall; Tsumang A/B- Town Hall; Airfield/ LCMHS- Airfield Sunday School Building; Molonsu/ GHSS- Molonsu Community Hall; Vungoju /DH- DH; Etchutchukha/ UMTC Titapen/ LMTCGPS UMTC; Likya/ New Colony / Suren- UPHC. Zuvotong- Chairman Residence; Forest/Hayichan- Forest Community Hall and Tchuyiro/ Rachan/ Chanka- Santsuo School Rachan.

cians “not to lobby for their own candidate if at all they support the institution to truly function as per the Act”.

Maintaining that the Lokayukta and its role in Nagaland needed to be strengthened, the organisation has therefore urged the state government to select the right person Fo r t h e p o s t o f Upa-Lokayukta, NVCO claimed the Naga people did not want retired government servant, bureaucrats, technocrats, etc.

It also said that Lokayukta should not be someone “having record of cor-

WSYF to monitor extraction of sand gravels, boulders D I M A P U R : We s t e r n Sumi Youth Front (WSYF) held a meeting on July 31 at WSYF office, Dimapur and deliberated on the issue of rampant extraction of boulders and sand gravels at Atu Ghoki Nuiland.

In a press release, WSYF general secretary Bohoi K Yepthomi informed that the following resolutions were adopted at meeting: to permit only 40 dumpers trucks to carry boulders and sand gravels from Atu Ghoki Nuiland; all dumpers/trucks shall get registered from WSYF; registration is open from August 5-10 (10 a.m.-4 p.m.); vehicle without WSYF registration would not be allowed to transport boulders/sand gravels from Atu Ghoki Nuiland; vehicle carrying boulders and sand gravels from Atu Ghoki Nuiland would be allowed to ply till 8 p.m.

The meeting resolved not to allow extraction of boulders, sand gravel within 500 feet from the bridge.

CRIME BEAT Dmu police arrest 4 for extortion

DIMAPUR: Dimapur police arrested one Kilemtoshi Ao (31) on charges of extorting money from vehicles at LRC colony near DMC toll gate on August 4.

According to Dimapur police PRO, the team recovered a cash of Rs. 3000 from his possession.

In this connection a case was registered with West police station.

Meanwhile on August 2, Dimapur police arrested one Elithung Lotha (42) ‘SS dy. Kilonser’ of “NPGN/ NNC(NA)” on charges of extortion at supermarket area near essar petrol pump and recovered the following incriminating documents from his possession – two note pad [tax demand slip-NPGN/NNC (N/A)]; two note pad budget order allotment NPGN-NNC (N/A) ministry of home affairs; two tax slip NPGN/ NNC(N/A); one mobile handset and cash amount of Rs. 2150.

In this connection a case was registered with East police station.

In another incident, Dimapur police on July 31 arrested two persons—Nito Aye (27) ‘SS 2nd lieut’ and Rolax Aye (38) SS. Leacy of “NSCN K (Nikki)” on charges of extortion at Burma Camp area.

According to PRO, the team recovered the following items from their possession—three tax slips (cash receipt) – NSCN/GPRN (K); one tax slip – NPGN (NNC/NA); five tax slips – GPRN ministry of chaplee affairs; one note pad and two mobile phones.

A case was registered with East police station, PRO said.

Vehicle recovered from Niuland area

In connection with a case registered in PanBazaar PS Guwahati, Dimapur police on August 4 recovered one vehicle (Maruti Swift) from Niuland area, Dimapur and was subsequently handed over to the rightful owner in the presence of Assam police.

‘Sumi patriots’ day’ observed in Zunheboto

DIMAPUR: “Sumi Patriots Day” was observed at Sumi Patriots Monolith, Alahuto Colony & Old Town Colony Junction Zunheboto on August 4, organised by Sumi Kiphimi Kuqhakulu (SKK).

In a press release, SKK informed that representatives from all Sumi Hoho, Sumi Kukami Hoho, Sumi Totimi Hoho Apex, Sumi Totimi Hoho Zunheboto, Zunheboto Area Public organisation, Zunheboto Range Students’ union, Eastern Sumi Students’ Union and Zunheboto Town GBs’ Association.

Speaking at the event, former president Sumi Hoho, Dr. Huskha Yepthomi said that the Sumi Patriots Day was started in the year 1997, the death anniversary of ‘general’ Kaito Sema however it was also observed in honour of all the 448 Sumi patriots who were killed by Indian army.

He said that Sumi should mark August 4 as Sumi Patriots Day and December 28 as Sumi Mar-

SKK representatives along with other leaders of the community on August 4. tyrs Day in a very favourable manner.

Further, speaking on ‘general’ Kaito, Dr. Huskha said that he was among the gifted persons who was born with charisma and that his dying last words was “tell my father not to be ashamed of me”.

Earlier, SKK general secretary Bokalu Jimo

Lokayukta: NVCO urges govt to select right person DIMAPUR: Even as the state government constituted a search committee for identifying candidates to be considered for appointment as Lokayukta Nagaland, the Nagaland Voluntary Consumers’ Organisation (NVCO) has warned the state government “not to commit the same mistake while selecting a person for Lokayukta or Upa-Lokayukta”.

NVCO through its media cell said committing such “mistake” would amount to playing with the highest institution in the state.

It also warned politi-

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rupt practices and pending cases against them with scam or political party affiliation”.

While stating that the main objective of Lokayukta was to curb the menace of corruption, NVCO said that it was essential that the three pillars of democracy—legislature, judiciary, and executives were strong in structure and un-corrupted.

NVCO has appealed to the public to “come forward to voice for strong Lokayukta in Nagaland” in order to let the state government select the right person.

chaired the programme, ZTSBC youth leader Aketo Yepthomi said the invocation, SKK president Hutoshe Kits gave introductory remarks, flower wreaths was laid by organisations and benediction was said by SBCZ associate pastor Ghunato Assumi.

It may be mentioned that the “Sumi Patriots

Day” is observed annually on August 4, which is the death anniversary of ‘lt. general’ Kaito Sema to

commemorate the Sumi patriots who was slained by the Indian army for the cause of Nagas.

Obituary

01.01.1945 – 29.07.2021 With profound grief we inform you of the sad demise of our beloved Talimoa S/o Lt. Metongnikchaba of Japu Village on 29th July 2021 at Mokokchung. May your soul rest in peace.

Deeply mourned Family members. mkc-273

aCKNOWLEDGEMENt

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1st Death anniversary KeDi naGi

(05.08.2020)

OBITUARY

Born : 22.05.1974

Died : 31.07.2021

Heartfelt gratitude to everyone who had showered their love through prayers, presence, financial support and help during the illness and death of our beloved Moayanger Longkumer, Naga United Village Dimapur. May God bless you all. dp-3744

Loving wife, sons and family members

We, the family members of Lt. Limatoshi ao (Changki) would like to express our immense gratitude and inability to thank each and every individual who stood by us physically, spiritually and financially at his sudden demise.

Words are inadequate to express our deepest gratitude to each one of you. May the good Lord bless each one of you abundantly. You will forever be in our hearts till we meet again. dp-3747

Loving wife, children and family members

No longer by our side, but forever in our hearts.

We thank God whenever we remember you and all our prayers are filled with joy.

Phil 1:3-4 dp-3742

Loving family members.

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WEATHER FORECAST AUGUST 5

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Agartala A morning t-storm; some sun

34 25

A afternoon thunderstorm

Aizawl

28 20

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

34 26

Partly sunny; a stray t-storm

29 21

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

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Imphal Shillong

A stray afternoon t-storm

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Kohima

Partly sunny with a t-storm

27 18

Dimapur Periods of sun with a t-storm Mkg

Partly sunny with a t-storm

Tuensang A thunderstorm in spots

34 25 29 19 23 16

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Zunheboto Partly sunny with a t-storm

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Zabo/Zabϋ farming system featured on “innovation in agricultural extension”, publication of Michigan state university-extension-USA & MANAGE, Hyderabad. (DIPR)

DIMAPUR: Agriculture department officials, along with representatives of Agricultural Technology Management Agency (ATMA), Phek visited Kikruma village in Phek district on Wednesday and held an interaction with village council and farmers on the unique farming system being practised.

In the shor t programme chaired by ATMA, Kohima deputy project director Keviu Shuya, ag-

riculture joint director Dr. I Amenla shared the book “Innovations in Agricultural Extension” (a joint publication of Michigan State University-Extension-USA & MANAGE, Hyderabad) which featured the Zabo/ Zabü farming system of Kikruma village.

Village council chairman Thipuzhoyo Thira and member Veto Kezo interacted with the officials on behalf of the village.

The officials also

handed out copies of ATMA success stories published by ATMA Nagaland and the recently released District Crop Calendar published by the agriculture department, along with some winter vegetable seeds.

Zanehu, a farm school teacher and owner of Razü (Zabo) Farm School of ATMA, provided a field tour on Zabo/Zabü. This was stated in a press release.

ANCSU visits ECC, Cornerstone college

ANCSU representatives and others during the college visit on August 4.

DIMAPUR: All Nagaland College Students’ Union (ANCSU) visited Eastern Christian College Dimapur and Cornerstone College Dimapur on August 4.

In a press release, ANCSU media cell informed that

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in continuation of ANCSU tour to colleges, the union discussed with the principals of the two colleges.

Matters and agendas relating to college fraternity such as the New Education Policy (NEP), Choice Based

Credit System (CBCS), college developments, visions and aspiration of the colleges as well as the union were discussed.

The union informed that it would tour more colleges.

SXC bags one distt one green champion award

DIMAPUR: St. Xavier College (SXC) Jalukie under Peren district was awarded the “one district one green champion award” under Swachhta action plan 2020-2021 during an online workshop programme, organised by Mahatma Gandhi national council of rural education, department of higher education, ministry of education on August 3 at the chamber of the deputy

commissioner (DC), Peren.

According to a DIPR report, DC Peren Sentiwapang Aier handed over the award to the principal and students of St. Xavier College, Jalukie.

It may be mentioned that the award is presented to educational institutions that have proactively participated in maintaining a hygienic campuses.

DIMAPUR: Mopungchuket village under Mokokchung district has been selected to implement a “zero waste pilot project”, a part of The Himalayan Cleanup which is an annual flagship programme of Integrated Mountain Initiative (IMI) conducted across the Himalayan states of India and anchored by Zero Waste Himalaya (ZWH).

The zero waste pilots of IMI and ZWH is supported by the European Outdoor Conservation Association (EOCA).

In a press release, The Greensight Project (TGP), Mopungchuket, informed that the eight-month long pilot project would be implemented by TGP under the title “zero waste Mopungchuket” with resource support provided by IMI for which a memorandum on “Terms of Reference” was formalised on August 2 last.

Responding to a call for proposals announced

by IMI and ZWH earlier this year, TGP submitted its proposal and was one of the five proposals selected for the pilots from all over the Indian Himalayan states.

It may be mentioned that Mopungchuket village is regarded as one of the cleanest villages in Nagaland and has in recent times emerged

JPN bats for forest conservation DIMAPUR: Jalukie Pumling Nko (JPN) held its 46th general meet-cum-election on July 31 at Old Jalukie village sector-A Mtei Ki where several vital agendas were discussed and adopted.

In a press release, JPN chairman Kumui Nring and general secretary Irangbui Hingleu informed that among other issues, the house discussed the vulnerability of Old Jalukie Community Conserved Area (CCA).

JPN said despite several efforts from nature lovers of the district, CCA remained vulnerable as unscrupulous miscreant continued to take advantage of the abundance of flora and fauna within the area.

JPN also reaffirmed its decision to uphold the ban imposed on collection of nontimber-forest-produce and other decorative items from CCA. In this regard, the council has called upon the public, irrespective of community to come forward and support the conservation in every possible manner and capacities.

It also urged all citizens of the area to refrain from such illegal collection of forest produce and hunting of wildlife in the protected area.

The southern view of Mopungchuket village.

as the frontrunner in the state’s campaign against plastic pollution.

The Greensight Project was launched in the year 2016 and has been facilitating all cleanliness drives in the village in association with the village level organisations and stakeholders since its inception.

All activities of TGP circle around its twin core principles of instilling behavioural change towards cleanliness and advocating sustainable practices for

preservation of natural environment among the villagers.

The Greensight Project was launched by Mopungchuket village students’ organisation (MALT), which is a mandated apex body of the village established in the year 1932.

The principal focus of Zero Waste Mopungchuket pilot project would be on sensitisation campaigns and onsite interventions to encourage behavioural change among the villagers

to adapt zero waste lifestyle in a sustained manner.

Some of the objectives of the pilot according to the Terms of Reference would include sensitisation through IEC resources, a campaign to “make at home” promoting local unpacked food items, provision of locally sourced dustbins, streamlining ongoing waste management, strategic partnership with village authority, exploring feasible option for providing alternatives to single use plastic items, etc.

YRS launches ‘Launchpad education & career fair’

DIMAPUR: Launchpad Education & Career Fair was virtually launched at the directorate of youth resources & sports, Kohima on August 4.

According to a DIPR report, advisor, youth resources & sports, Er. Zale Neikha lauded the department, YouthNet and supporting department, school education for working tirelessly to help students with career guidance and expressed hope that the programme would improve the society to move forward.

He also announced the Launchpad awards where smartphones were awarded to Ethel A Konyak of Government Higher Secondary School, Tizit, Leyang B. N Shiu of Government Higher Secondary School, Tuensang and Ayimwati of Mayangnokcha Government Higher Secondary School.

Laptops were awarded to Nithosano Nagi of Jotsoma Gover nment Higher Secondary School and Dina Rai of Government Higher Secondary School, Dimapur. Scholarship for graduation was

Er. Zale Neikha, representatives of YouthNet and others during the launching programme. (DIPR)

also awarded to Rosy Konyak of Government Higher Secondary School Mon, graduation in English at Government College Dimapur, Tsarobi of Government Higher Secondary School Kiphire, graduation in Economic at Zisaji Presidency College Kiphire, Muthiam P, Government Higher Secondary School, Noklak graduation in History at Capital College, Kohima, T. Chijava, Bautung Government Higher Secondary School, graduation

in Education at Yingli College, Longleng.

B e s t s c h o o l wa s awarded to Tizit Government Higher secondary school, Mon and best teacher was awarded to Chubarenla Imsong of Bautung Gover nment Higher secondary school.

Earlier, YouthNet d i r e c t o r, N u n e s e n o Chase highlighted on the overview of the Launchpad, welcome address was delivered by YRS director, Akumla Chuba

while vote of thanks was delivered by public information officer, Libemo Jami.

KSU, PRSU condemn alleged molestation of minors

DIMAPUR: Khiamniungan Students’ Union (KSU) and Pathso Range Students Union (PRSU) have condemned the alleged molestation of two minors by former DC Noklak, Reny Wilfred.

In a condemnation note, KSU media cell that KSU being indigenous guardian of the future of Khiamniungans cannot re-

main as mere spectator to any social elements and urged upon law enforcing agencies to thoroughly investigate on the case free from any outside interference.

Appealing that the culprit (s) be booked under relevant sections of law, KSU said that it would keep a close watch on the handling of the case.

In this regard, it said that any miscreants involved would be seriously noted and there would be no space for “outrageous person in the ancestral land of Khiamniungan”.

Reminding that “delaying tactics to deliver justice is denying justice to the innocent victims”, the union urged upon the responsible agencies for speedy deliver-

ance of justice and warned not to test the patience of the peace loving people.

Meanwhile, PRSU in a condemnation note through its information and publicity team alleged that “the incident occurred at his official residence and practiced silencing of victims, for long, with threat using his position”.

The union stated that

such person should not have any place in the society and must be uprooted once and for all by rewarding stringent legal actions.

The union further requested responsible authorities to carry out fair investigation and deliver justice to the victims without any delay and bias and with same yardstick as per the law of land.

PHE deptt conduct activities on ‘Azadi Ka Amrut Mahotsav’

Swachhata Shramdhan (cleanliness drive) of traditional Swachhata Shramdhan was organised at Xelhozhe village led by WATSAN wells, ponds, drainage were carried out in villages under Mon chairman with the initiative of PHED (R) division Dimapur as part of “Azadi Ka division from July 28–August 2.

Amrut Mahotsav” calender of events.

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Ruckus in Assam assembly over boundary dispute

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Two Mizoram ministers, home secy to visit Assam: Top official

OPPN DEMANDS PROBE BY CENTRAL AGENCIES

Speaker Biswajit Daimary tried to pacify both sides in vain and finally adjourned the House for 40 minutes.

G U WA H AT I , AU G 4 (PTI): The Assam assembly witnessed pandemonium on Wednesday as ruling and opposition members engaged in heated exchanges over the boundary clash with Mizoram, forcing the Speaker to adjourn the House for 40 minutes.

The entire opposition, comprising Congress, AIUDF, BPF, CPI(M) and Independent MLAs, rushed to the Well of the House demanding a neutral probe

either by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) or the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and showed placards with slogans such as “give protection to border residents”.

In a rare instance, ruling BJP legislators also rushed to the Well of the House to counter the opposition’s allegations.

Members of the two sides, separated by the desk of the assembly secretary, pointed fingers at each other

and banged the desk several times. Speaker BiswajitDaimary tried to pacify both sides in vain and finally adjourned the House for 40 minutes. Earlier, Congress MLA KamalakhyaDeyPurkayastha raised the issue as a Point of Order and informed the House that problems started with Mizoram from October 2020.

“We had given a letter to the Union government informing it about the issue. Even after that, why did personnel of Assam Police die? Whose fault was this?” he said. Replying to the question, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pijush Hazarika said that Assam and Mizoram are not two different nations, but two neighbouring Indian states.

“We have to solve our problems through dialogue and the process has already started. But I would like to inform the House that 34 people died in their (Congress) tenure (in inter-state clashes) since 1974,” he said.

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AIZAWL, AUG 4 (PTI): Three representatives from Mizoram -- Home Minister Lalchamliana, Land Revenue and Settlement Minister Lalruatkima and home department secretary Vanlalngaihsaka -- will be engaging in talks with delegates from Assam to find a solution to the inter-state boundary dispute, a top official said on Wednesday.

Mizoram Chief Secretary LalnunmawiaChuaungo told PTI that the meeting of ministers and officials of the two states will be held at Aijal club here at 11 am on Thursday.

Sources in Assam said the HimantaBiswaSarma government will be sending cabinet ministers Atul Bora and Ashok Singhal to participate in the talks.

A festering border dispute between the two states

had triggered a bloody conflict on July 26, leading to the death six Assam Police personnel and one civilian.

Over 50 people suffered injuries in the incident.

Taking to Twitter, Chief Minister Zoramthanga said that he was certain the meeting would help the two states arrive at a solution.

“Tomorrow that is 5th of August, 2021 representatives from Assam Govt. led by senior minister will meet representatives of Mizoram Govt. led by senior minister.

I am sure important steps will be achieved for the solution of the border problem,” he tweeted.

The two sides decided to hold talks to defuse the escalating tension following Union Home Minister Amit Shah intervention, highly placed sources said.

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BJP to blame for mishandling AssamMizoram border issues: Congress

G U WA H AT I , AU G 4 (AGENCIES): The Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) has strongly condemned BJP’s statement blaming the party for fomenting tension along the Assam-Mizoram border, reports The Times of India.

APCC working president KamalakhyaDeyPurkayastha and president of the All India Mahila Congress and ex-MP, Sushmita Dev, on Tuesday criticized the BJP government for its ‘mishandling of border issues’ and ‘failing to maintain law and order’.

“The fact that the Assam and Mizoram police resorted to violent clashes the very next day of meeting the Union home minister showed how seriously the northeastern chief ministers had treated that meeting. An exponent of divisive politics, it’s the BJP which is fueling hatred and infighting in the northeast,” read a statement by the two Congress leaders from the Barak Valley where the skirmishes took place.

Referring to the BJP statement that ‘external force’ was involved in the attack, the APCC said if

this were true, then it would be a matter of concern as home minister Amit Shah is answerable for this ‘intelligence lapse’. The APCC has also demanded a judicial enquiry into the matter.

Sushmita Dev maintained that the attack on the Assam Police is a total failure of the North East Democratic Alliance (NEDA), the northeast version of NDA. Both the ruling BJP in Assam and the Mizo National Front in Mizoram are part of NEDA and NDA. “Assam chief minister and NEDA convenor, HimantaBiswaSarma, is responsible for this deterioration in relationships among states in this region,” alleged Sushmita and changed the acronym NEDA to North East Disaster Alliance.

“The BJP leadership’s concern for NE India is proved from the fact that both PM Modi-ji and home minister Amit Shah have refrained from making any public statement for the people of NE India in this critical time. The only direct reference to the northeast in their tweets was on 28 July when the PM shared

the ‘wonderful news’ about the BhootJolokia chilli from Nagaland reaching London!” Congress said. Both the Congress leaders condemned the response of the Assam government and demanded a public apology from chief minister Sarma for his statement on surrendering Barak Valley and parts of Assam up to Guwahati and Nalbari to Mizoram if the Centre wants. The APCC leadership accused the BJP of making such hollow statements to cover up their own lapses, failure to resolve border disputes and to create confusion among the public for their ‘narrow political motive’.

“The fact remains that the Assam government filed an FIR for murder of six policemen and the people of Assam still need to know who is responsible directly and indirectly for these deaths,” read the Congress statement. “It’s not an issue that impacts two CMs who can play games with FIRs and indulge in mudslinging through Twitter but the interests of two states.

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RNPC meets Assam governor PM Modi assures help to Manipur in tackling COVID-19 Correspondent

Left to Right: ChenobuSeb (Media Secy.), ThongloNyenthang (Advisor), KeniloRengma (President), Honorable Governor, Aga Rengma (General Secretary).

DIMAPUR, AUG 4: The Rengma Naga Peoples’ Council( RNPC) which is based in KarbiAnglong, Assam met the governor of Assam, Prof. JagdishMukhi at Rajbhavan, Guwahati on August3.

A press release by the RNPC media cell stated that the council submitted a memorandum to apprise the Governor of the Rengma peoples’ aspirations which was based on the history of RengmaNagas in As-

sam. Among other things discussed, developmental needs were prioritized and the Governor assured that the basic needs and developments of the Rengma people would be looked into at the earliest.

Visitors barred from Meghalaya Secretariat due COVID-19 spike

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SHILLONG, AUG 4: With rising cases of COVID-19 cases, the Meghalaya government has decided to impose restrictions on entry into the State Secretariat, the central seat of power in the State, which houses the

offices of the Chief Minister, Cabinet ministers and senior government officials.

“In view of the sudden rise of positive cases amongst the working staff of Main, including YojanaBhavan and additional buildings, no visitors will be allowed to enter

the Secretariat Buildings with immediate effect from August 4 till further orders without proper authorisation from VIPs/officers,” Additional Chief Secretary in-charge Secretariat Administration Department, Donald Philips Wahlang said on Wednesday.

Fear of ‘black-man’ grips Dhubri

IMPHAL, AUG 4: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given assurance of all possible assistance in Manipur in its efforts to tackle the grim COVID-19 situation, during a meeting with state chief minister N Biren Singh on Wednesday.

The COVID-19 situation in the state is grim with a rapid rise in the infection since the second wave of the pandemic hit the state in the last week of March this year.

Last month (July), the state witnessed the peak of the second wave with an average of 1000-mark daily infections and over 10 fatalities daily.

Manipur CM N Biren Singh with PM Narendra Modi in Delhi on Wednesday.

The Prime Minister further accepted the state chief minister’s invitation for laying foundation stones and inauguration of several major projects, said state chief minister’s office (CMO), in a release.

Chief minister N Biren Singh is currently camp-

ing in New Delhi. He left Imphal on July 31 last.

After meetings with key Union ministers, including home minister Amit Shah and defense minister Rajnath Singh, the chief minister called on the Prime Minister at his official residence at LokKalyan Marg,

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Mizoram logs 885 new COVID-19 cases, 3 more deaths

AIZAWL, AUG 4 (PTI): Mizoram reported 885 new COVID-19 cases, including 178 children, pushing the tally to 40,996, a health department official said on Wednesday.

The COVID-19 death toll in the state climbed to 156 as three more persons succumbed to the disease in the last 24 hours, the official said.

The new cases were reported from various districts with Aizawl reporting the highest cases at 613, followed by Kolasib (125)

and Lunglei district (65), he said. The official said that 338 new cases were confirmed through RTPCT test, 520 were detected through Rapid Antigen Test and the remaining 27 through TrueNat test.

Ten patients have travel history and the rest 875 were found to have locally contracted the disease, he said.

The single-day positivity rate was 9.65 per cent as the fresh cases were detected from 9,170 samples.

Of the 885 patients,

351 have developed symptoms of COVID-19 while the rest 534 were asymptomatic.

Mizoram now has 12,663 active COVID-19 cases, while 28,177 people have so far recovered from the infection, including 535 people on Tuesday.

The state has tested over 6.44 lakh samples for COVID-19 till date.

According to state immunisation officer Dr Lalzawmi, more than 6.3 lakh people have been vaccinated till Tuesday.

Sikkim logs 217 319 new COVID-19 cases push Arunachal Pradesh’s tally to 48,884 new COVID cases

Locals in Dhubri guarding against the ‘Black Man.’ DHUBRI, AUG 4 (AGENCIES):Even after multiple attempts by Dhubri Police to discard all rumours regarding ‘Black-man’, people are coming out at night to protect their area from the unseen gangs robbers that are believed to come in black dresses, reports The Assam Tribune.

In many villages as well as in many areas of towns in Dhubri District, men and women from all age groups soon come out of their homes carrying bamboo sticks and even swords to protect their families from the gang of prowl, ‘BlackMan’. Out of fear these people have been guarding their areas since last one month, every night till dawn. In a few areas the guarding system has been managed by a

committee that distributed duties of night guarding against ‘Black man’.

Talking to this correspondent the villagers have expressed that none of them has seen ‘Black Man’, but they are scared of unfortunate events that may be caused as they have heard of the incident by this group of robbers dressed in black, who take lives. Most of the people guarding their society have expressed that they have come to know about Black Man either from social media or through word of mouth.

“We know that police is saying that Black-Man is a Rumour, but we can’t wait till an unfortunate incident happens”, said Vijay Choudhary an educated youth guarding his colony at Bahadurtari area of Dhubri

Town he also added that they starts guarding at 11 PM and continues it till 4 Am. “Will the administration take risks, if a life is lost due to Black man”, added Choudhary. JyotiKumari, A student from the same area explained, “Black Man is an idea. It may not be anything specific but it’s a concept against the rising crime during the night time. We are guarding our society against the increasing incidences of theft and robbery, with the onset of the ongoing Pandemic situation”.

Meanwhile, Dhubri SP AbhijitGurav stated that Police will take steps against any person who are spreading rumours of ‘Black Man’ and has requested the people to not get terrified by any such rumours.

ITANAGAR, AUG 4 (PTI): Arunachal Pradesh’s COVID-19 caseload rose to 48,884 as 319 more people tested positive for the infection, a senior health department official said here on Wednesday. The COVID-19 death toll in the northeastern state remained at 234, as no fresh casualty was reported in the last 24 hours, State Surveillance Officer (SSO) Dr LobsangJampa said.

Arunachal Pradesh currently has 3,352 active COVID-19 cases, he said. The number of COVID-19 recoveries rose to 45,298 as 475 more patients were cured of the disease on Tuesday, Jampa said. The COVID-19 recovery rate in the state now is 92.66 per cent while the active percentage stands at 6.86 and the positivity rate at 5.55 per cent, the official said. Altogether, 9,52,988 samples have been tested for COVID-19 in the state so far, including 5,746 on Tuesday, Jampa said. Meanwhile, State Immunisation Officer (SSO) Dr DimongPadung said that a total of 8,64,240 people have been administered COVID-19 vaccine doses so far in the state since the inoculation drive began in January this year.

G A N G TO K , AU G 4 (PTI):Sikkim reported 217 more COVID-19 cases, which took the tally to 27,342, while one fresh fatality pushed the toll to 349, according to a bulletin released by the state health department on Wednesday.

East Sikkim registered 80 cases, followed by West Sikkim at 78, South Sikkim at 58. North Sikkim recorded just one new case.

Sikkim currently has 3,404 active cases, while 277 others have migrated out of the state. As many as 23,312 people have recovered from the viral disease.

Meghalaya logs 521 new COVID cases SHILLONG, AUG 4:The deaths of seven Covid-19 inflicted persons in Meghalaya, none of whom were vaccinated against the virus increased the fatality figure to 1,125 on Wednesday. The State also reported 521 new cases of infection taking the number of active cases up to 5,516 active cases, even as 572 more recoveries surged the number of recovered cases to 60,375 in the State, which has registered 67,016 confirmed cases so far.

Director of Health Services (MI), Dr.Aman War said the deaths due to COVID-19 included four in East Khasi Hills district and one each in East Jaintia Hills district, South West Garo Hills district and South West Khasi Hills district. , Of the 8,65,374 persons tested for COVID-19 across the State till Wednesday, 7,98,358 persons were tested negative for the virus.

New Delhi. “Called on Hon’ble PM Shri Narendra Modi Ji at 7 LokKalyan Marg today & apprised him about the developmental projects that are being taken up, law & order and other important matters of the state. Also, presented a detailed account on overall management of covid situation in Manipur,” Singh posted in his facebook page.

The CMO release said that during his meeting with the Prime Minister, Singh had a detailed discussion on a wide range of subjects in various sectors including roads and bridges, water resources, drinking water supply, building infrastructure, airport development, Regd. No. : 42/21

livelihoods and law and order, amongst others.

The chief minister also elaborately tabled the prevailing situation of COVID-19 pandemic and the state’s efforts in tackling the same. Thanking the Prime Minister for all the assistance and guidance provided by the Central government in tackling the pandemic, Singh highlighted the state’s focus on ensuring timely progress of ongoing works and also sought assistance of the Centre in meeting developmental gaps.

Further, he invited the Prime Minister for laying foundation stones and inauguration of several major projects.

AFFIDAVIT

Date : 04/08/21

I, Smt. Atule Semp, wife of Shri. Hilo Semp, resident of H/No - 485, Pesozou Khel, Sovima, Village, Dimapur, Nagaland do hereby solemnly declare and affirm as follows :1. That I am a bonafide citizen of India hailing from Rengma Naga Tribe.

2. That However in my Axis Bank Account and Pan Card my name has been inadvertently recorded as :(a) In my Axis Bank Account bearing No. 378010100099970, my name is recorded as "Khonte Semp". (b) In my Pan Card No. CEBPK6773B, my name has been reflected as "Atule Kent".

3. That the variation in names such as "Atule Semp", "Khonte Semp" and "Atule Kent" are same and single person i.e me.

4. That this affidavit is sworn for rectification of my different Names before any competent authority.

5. That this affidavit is declare before the competent authority and shall be used as a piece of evidence to support, clarify and to correct with regard to my Name and the same shall be considered legally right and genuine in future.

Deponent Sworn and declared before me on 4th day of August 2021.

Notary Public dp-3751 Regd. No : 266/2018

AFFIDAVIT

Date : 23/03/2018

I, Shri. Om Prakash Upadhyay, aged about 27 years, son of Shri. Rajendra Upadhyay resident of New Reserve Colony Kohima, Nagaland do hereby solemnly affirm and swear as follows : 1. That I am a citizen of India and presently residing at the aforesaid locality.

2. That "Shri. Om Prakash Upadhyay and Abhay Kumar Singh" are the same, identical and one person.

3. That Shri. Rajendra Upadhyay is the father of Shri. Om Prakash Upadhyay also known as Shri. Abhay Kumar Singh.

4. That this affidavit shall be used as a piece of evidence to prove the fact that "Shri. Rajendra Upadhyay is the father of Shri Om Prakash Upadhyay also known as Shri Abhay Kumar Singh and this shall be produced before the competent authority as and when required for to prove the aforesaid facts.

5. That the statements made in paragraph 1 to 4 are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.

And I sign this affidavit on this 22nd day of March 2018, at Kohima.

Deponent dp-3745

Regd. No. : 1286/2021

AFFIDAVIT

Date : 02/08/2021

I, No. 4368708W, Rank. Hav, Name. Pakha Khiamniungan, son of Langmong Khiam, of 6th Assam Regiment, C/o. 56 APO. Permanent resident of Vill Choklangan, P.O. & P.S. Tuensang, Dist. Tuensang, Nagaland do hereby solemnly affirm and declare on oath as under :1. That I am a bonafide and law abiding citizen of India.

2. That I am presently serving at 6th Assam Regiment, C/o. 56 APO bearing No. 4368708W, Rank. Hay, Name. Pakha Khiamniungan.

3. That my actual and correct details i.e. my name as well as my father's name is Pakha Khiamniungan (self), son of Langmong Khiam (father's name), the same has been recorded in all my official documents including my service documents and records.

4. That my details were inadvertently recorded as Pakha Khiamniungian (self), son of Longmong Khmn (father's name) in my Pan Card bearing Pan No. BEPPK3253K 5. That I have rectified my Pan Card and my details are now appearing correctly as Pakha Khiamniungan (self), son of Langmong Khiam (father's name).

6. That further my name has also been recorded as Pakha Khiamgian in my Pay slip.

7. That this affidavit is sworn for the purpose of declaring my actual and correct details i.e. Pakha Khiamniungan (self), son of Langmong Khiam (father's name) and that further I shall use the same for all official purposes, intent and future correspondences before the concerned authority.

8. That the averments in the foregoing paras 1 - 7 are correct and true to the best of my knowledge and belief and nothing material has been concealed therein and I signed this affidavit on this the 2nd day of August 2021.

Deponent Solemnly affirmed and sworn before me.

Notary Public dp-3756

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India builds world’s highest road at Bengal floods: PM assures Mamata of all help altitude more than Everest base camps CM accuses DVC of causing ‘manmade’ deluge

K O L K AT A , A U G 4 (PTI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday complained to Prime Minister Narendra Modi that the Damodar Va l l e y C o r p o r a t i o n (DVC) allegedly released water from its dams in an unplanned manner, thus causing a “man-made” flood situation in the state, a senior state government official said.

The prime minister telephoned Banerjee to take stock of the flood situation in West Bengal, and assured the chief minister of all central assistance to mitigate it, the bureaucrat said.

“During the conversation, PM Modi enquired whether it has been raining heavily in West Bengal. The CM told him that the situation has been man-made and the DVC is responsible for it. She also told the PM that the DVC had released water in an unplanned manner

Residential houses submerged in a flood- water at Udaynarayanpur in Howrah district, Aug 4. (PTI)

worsening the situation in the state,” the official told PTI. The DVC has released 5.43 lakh cusecs of water from July 31 till Tuesday evening, an official of the corporation said.

The chief minister, who was visiting flood-hit Udaynarayanpur in Howrah district, was learned to have told the prime minister that her administration will send a report to the PMO on the flood situation and damages caused by the deluge after completing the survey, the official said.

Later, a tweet issued by the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said that Modi assured Banerjee of

all possible support from the Centre to help mitigate the situation.

“PM @narendramodi spoke to WB CM @ MamataOfficial on the flood situation caused by water discharge from dams in parts of the state. PM assured all possible support from the Centre to help mitigate the situation. PM Modi prays for the safety and wellbeing of those in affected areas,” the PMO tweeted.

At least 15 people have died, and three lakh were displaced after heavy rain in the last few days and subsequent discharge of water from DVC dams i nu n d a t e d l a r ge p a r t s

of Purba and Paschim Bardhaman, Paschim M e d i n i p u r, H o o g h l y, Howrah and South 24 Parganas districts.

Baner jee, who was scheduled to conduct an aerial survey of the floodhit areas in Howrah and Hooghly districts, was forced to suspend the programme due to bad weather conditions, the official said.

Instead, she took the road to Amta in Howrah and may consider visiting Khanakul in Hooghly if there is an improvement in the weather condition, he said.

Standing in knee-deep water, Banerjee spoke to the affected people in Amta and assured them of all help by the state government. “ Yo u w i l l r e c e ive all help from the state government. Our ministers are on the ground looking after relief and rescue operations. I will personally visit all the affected areas soon.

“I have told the PM today that the DVC is responsible for the floods in Bengal. The DVC is not

conducting dredging of its dams which is causing an overflow following the release of water, leading to floods. The DVC should stop such arbitrary release of water,” Banerjee said while addressing the affected people.

The state BJP leadership termed Banerjee’s allegations “laughable”, and said that the state government was looking for a face-saver to hide its failure.

“The entire irrigation system in West Bengal has gone for a toss during the TMC rule. Now, they are making such laughable statements to hide their own failures. The day is not far when the TMC government might demand that the DVC’s dams be dismantled,” state BJP spokesperson Shamik Bhattacharya said.

The DVC had earlier said that the storage facilities at Panchet and Maithon dams have reached their capacities due to heavy i n f l ow o f wa t e r f r o m upstream Jharkhand, and discharge under such circumstances was “unavoidable”.

NEW DELHI, AUG 4 (AGENCIES): The Border Roads Organisation has constructed the world’s highest road in eastern Ladakh at an altitude of 19,300 feet, the government said in a statement today. The road has been constructed at an altitude higher than the Mount Everest base camps - the south base camp in Nepal is at an altitude of 17,598 feet, while the north base camp in Tibet is at 16,900 feet, reports NDTV. To put this in another perspective, most large commercial aircraft fly at 30,000 feet and above, so this road is at an altitude that’s more than half of that.

“The road at Umlingla Pass constr ucted at an altitude of 19,300 ft betters previous record of a road in Bolivia at 18,953 ft. Umlingla Pass is now connected with a black top road to enhance socio-economic condition and promote tourism in Ladakh,” the government said.

Infrastructure d e ve l o p m e n t i n s u c h harsh and tough terrain is extremely challenging. In winter, the temperature falls to -40 degree Celsius and the oxygen level at this altitude is almost 50 per cent less than at normal places.

“The Border Roads O r g a n i s a t i o n o r B RO achieved the feat due to the grit and resilience of its personnel who work in treacherous ter rain a n d e x t r e m e we a t h e r conditions,” the government said.

In making the record, the BRO constructed a 52-km-long tarmac road through Umlingla Pass,

bettering the previous record of a road in Bolivia connecting to its volcano Uturuncu at 18,953 feet.

The road now connects the important towns in Chumar sector of eastern Ladakh. “It will prove to be a boon to the local population as it offers an alternate direct route connecting Chisumle and Demchok from Leh. It will enhance the socioeconomic condition and promote tourism in Ladakh,” the government said.

Khardung La Pass in Ladakh is also one of the world’s highest roads at nearly 17,600 feet.

Naidu suspends 6 TMC MPs for the day 14 opposition parties demand debate on Pegasus, farmers’ issue

NEW DELHI, AUG 4 (PTI): Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah N a i d u o n We d n e s d ay suspended six TMC MPs for the day for carrying placards while protesting along with other opposition MPs over the Pegasus spying issue.

Ju s t a s w i t n e s s e d since the start of monsoon session, slogan-shouting TMC and other opposition MPs trooped into the well of the House, some holding placards, to demand a discussion on the issue of Israeli-made, militarygrade Pegasus spyware allegedly being used to snoop on opposition leaders, gover nment critics and journalists.

Naidu took exception to the placards, which had anti-government slogans, before adjour ning the proceedings of the House

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till 2 pm.

He first asked members to go back to their seats and then threatened to invoke r ule 255 against those holding placards.

As the members refused to budge, he ordered that those “disobeying the chair and raising placards shall leave the House under rule 255.”

He, however, did not name anyone and said Rajya Sabha Secretariat will give the list.

Later a Parliamentary Bulletin identified the six MPs suspended for the day as Dola Sen, Md. Nadimul Haque, Abir Ranjan Biswas, Shanta Chhetri, Ar pita Ghosh and Mausam Noor.

These “members of the Rajya Sabha who entered the well of the House displayed placards, disobeyed the Chair and whose conduct was grossly disorderly in the House this morning (August 4, 2021) have been directed to withdraw immediately from the Council under rule 255 by the Chairman,” it said.

The six MPs, it said, “shall absent themselves during the remainder of the day’s meeting.”

A notice under rule 267 calls for setting aside of the business of the day to take up discussion on the issue being raised.

NEW DELHI, AUG 4 (PTI): The Centre said on Wednesday that it has no proposal under consideration to further amend the Citizenship Act for granting Indian nationality to members of other minority communities.

The objective of the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), enacted in 2019, is to grant Indian citizenship to non-Muslim persecuted minorities -- Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists, Parsis and Christians -- from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan.

“No such proposal is under consideration,” Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said in Rajya Sabha in reply to a question on whether the government is considering any further amendment to the Citizenship Act by including other minorities under its purview.

Rai also said Indian citizenship to the eligible beneficiaries under the CAA will be given only after rules under the legislation are notified.

“Eligible persons covered by the Citizenship Amendment Act may submit applications for grant of citizenship after appropriate rules are notified by the central government,” he said in a written reply to another query in the Upper House.

INTENSIVE MISSIONARY TRAINING COLLEGE

A view of the Rajya Sabha during the Monsoon Session of Parliament, in New Delhi, August 4. (PTI)

Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge, NCP chief Sharad Pawar, DMK’s T R Balu and Tiruchi Siva, Congress’ Anand Sharma, Samajwadi

Party’s Ramgopal Yadav, Derek O’ Brien and Kalyan Banerjee of the Trinamool C o n g r e s s, a n d S a n j ay Raut and Vinayak Raut of

the Shiv Sena. The other signatories included Manoj Jha of the RJD, CPI(M)’s Elamaram Kareem, CPI’s Binoy Viswam, AAP’s Sushil Gupta, IUML’s M o h d . B a s h e e r, N C ’s Hasnain Masoodi, RSP’s NK Premachandran and MV Shreyams Kumar of the LJD. The statement comes after a stalemate in Monsson Session of Parliament with both the Houses paralysed by the opposition’s uproar over their demand for a discussion on the Pegasus snooping issue and farmers’ protests.

GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND

DIRECTORATE OF HIGHER EDUCATION NAGALAND : KOHIMA

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• New Admission for 2020-2021 for the above courses is on-going.

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For further queries contact: (M) 9436004945, 9362036640.

APPOINTMENT OF EX-PARTE ARBITRATOR FOR THE DISPUTES PERTAINING TO CA NO. CE (P) SWK-11 OF 2006-07 CONCLUDED FOR SUPPLY OF STACKING OF QUARRIED STONE OF AVERAGE SIZE 15 TO 20CM AND MEDIUM COARSE SAND AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS BETWEEN KM 0.00 TO 36.00 ON MAHADEV-TOLLOI-PFUTSERO ROAD FOR PMT WORKS (JOB NO 767/01 UNDER 25 BRTF SECTOR IN MANIPUR STATE) 1. It is submitted that work "SUPPLY OF STACKING OF QUARRIED STONE OF AVERAGE SIZE 15 TO 20 CM AND MEDIUM COARSE SAND AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS BETWEEN KM 0.00 TO 36.00 ON MAHADEV-TOLLOI-PFUTSERO ROAD FOR PMT WORKS (JOB NO 767/01 UNDER 25 BRTF SECTOR IN MANIPUR STATE" was awarded to M/s SK Redeem Kharay, Mobile Planet, Medikhru Complex, Traffic Point, NL Road, Dimapur, Nagaland-797112 vide HQ CE (P:) Sewak letter No. 82105/Swk-11/2006-07/02/E8 dated 19 Oct 2006.

2. Due to some disputes arisen there is a need to appoint an Arbitrator but the Contractor is not traceable. As per documents available the address of firm are as under:Contractor :- M/s SK Redeem Kharay, Mobile Planet, Medikhru Complex, Traffic Point, NL Road, Dimapur Nagaland-797 112 PA Holder :- Mr. Nagasung Raising C/o Zhimomi Publication, Army Supply Road, Dhobinala, Dimapur Nagaland - 797 112 3. As per Special power of attorney (irrevocable) submitted by M/s SK Redeem Kharay on 12 Dec 2006 the permanent address of Contractor M/s SK Redeem Kharay is as under:M/s S K Redeem Kharay S/o Shri Fasing Kharay Village - Paoyi Distt - Ukhrul State - Manipur 4. All efforts have been made to trace out and FIR have also been lodged at Dimapur and Ukhrul but no fruitful result found.

5. Now final notice is being issued and if no response from your side is received within 30 days of advertisement the department will APPOINT EX-PARTE ARBITRATOR.

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and refuses to accept the opposition’s demand for an informed debate in both the houses,” according to the statement.

“The opposition once again urges the government to respect parliamentary democracy and accept the discussions.

“The opposition par ties stand firm and united on their demand for a discussion on Pegasus issue in both the Houses, replied to by the Home Minister, as this has national security dimensions,” it said.

The opposition has also unequivocally conveyed that discussion on farmers’ issues and on agitations due to the contentious agriculture laws should follow the debate on the Pegasus row.

The statement was issued jointly by Leader of Opposition in Rajya

This is to inform all the Students and Educational Institutions that: 1. Online Scholarship Application for the academic year 2021-22 in regard to the following post matric scholarship schemes will be live (active) from 9th Aug. 2021 till 30th Oct. 2021 via the State Common Scholarship Portal https://scholarship.nagaland.gov.in. (a) Post Matric ST Scholarship (b) State Merit Scholarship (c) State Research Scholarship (d) NEC-Merit Scholarship (Renewal only) 2. Detailed guidelines/instructions for each scheme are available in the portal. Students and Institutions are directed to go through them properly.

3. For NEC-Merit Scholarship, only those beneficiaries who have applied for renewal through the State Portal in 2020-21 and seeking renewal for 2021-22 will renew from this portal till the completion of their course. The selected beneficiary list of 2020-21 is available in the Directorate’s website https://highereducation.nagaland.gov.in.

4. Last date of submission of Annexure IV/Hardcopy: 30th November 2021.

5. Applicants are requested to fill up the online application at the earliest to avoid congestion at the last hour.

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NEW DELHI, AUG 4 (PTI): Leaders of 14 opposition parties on We d n e s d a y s a i d t h e responsibility for the deadlock in Parliament lies squarely with the government and urged it to respect parliamentary democracy by accepting their demand for a discussion on the Pegasus row and farmers’ issue.

In a joint statement here, 18 leaders from 14 parties said it is unfortunate that the government has “unleashed a misleading campaign to malign the combined opposition” and blaming it for the continued disruption of Parliament proceedings.

“The responsibility for the deadlock lies squarely at the doorsteps of the government, which remains arrogant and obdurate

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OPINION/EDITORIAL

Nagaland Post VOL. XXXI NO. 240 DIMAPUR, THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 2021

For a basket of eggs

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rom what the opposition(-less) NPF has said in its defense on joining the NDPP-led PDA coalition government; although the plan is yet to be formalized by the ruling coalition members; any sane person would tend to conclude, that despite the plot being camouflaged with an emotive issue, it only exposed the entire charade as unethical and a mockery on democracy. If democracy had suffered a big blow in Nagaland, it is because everything can be justified under the pretext of Naga political issue. In this, the political issue has become like a refuge for politicians of all hues. Every aspect of life is governed by universal acceptance and truth. Democracy, as broadly defined is a system of rule by the people. People use freedom to choose the guidelines under which they will conduct their affairs. The conduct is through constitutional democracy and which Abraham Lincoln defined (democracy) as “government of the people, by the people, for the people.” When people talk much about democracy, whether in the present day or as practiced by their forefathers; it is all about a free, frank and fearless discussion and debate where all the people are involved. Freedom without rationality only reduces democracy to demagoguery. Even Christ, when the Pharisees tried to entrap Him by asking whether Jews should pay taxes to the Roman rulers, stunned them with the famous reply: “render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar’s and render unto God the things that are God’s”. The way politics has been evolving in Nagaland, particularly after the 90s, has resulted in an abnormal mixture of priorities where politicians have cleverly submerged all priorities under the Naga political issue because they have nothing good to show but plenty to hide. Buildings or mega events cannot be indicators of progress and prosperity when there is widening chasm between the haves and haves not while those who benefit under the environment are the “blessed” nouveau riche. Politics for the sake of political power and getting elected by hook and by crook, does no good to any society. Political leaders who promise changes, either change their promises or are themselves changed after coming to power. The situation that people in Nagaland find themselves today, confirms the famous saying that people get the leaders (or government)they deserve.

Even if it is all-party government or opposition-less government of assembly, perhaps people deserve them. Being with the government can mean an allparty alliance government or merger of two regional political parties of the state, with the same DNA or an act of surrender to the dictates of power sharing.

Now that the entire opposition has decided to not be an opposition but to be with the government; ironically fulfills the pledge of “equi-closeness” promised during 2003. However, there are some elected members who do not seem to share the belief that an all-party and opposition-less government is good for achieving Naga political solution. What is being said by leaders of the all-party and opposition-less government is to unite the two stakeholders of the Naga political talks for solution. The question is whether such an undemocratic step is a pre-condition to peaceful solution? Also whether the political parties involved in the state, have been so advised and if so by who?

DailyDevotion

The Brave Friendship of God

He took the twelve aside… —Luke 18:31 Oh, the bravery of God in trusting us! Do you say, “But He has been unwise to choose me, because there is nothing good in me and I have no value”?

That is exactly why He chose you. As long as you think that you are of value to Him He cannot choose you, because you have purposes of your own to serve.

But if you will allow Him to take you to the end of your own self-sufficiency, then He can choose you to go with Him “to Jerusalem” (Luke 18:31). And that will mean the fulfillment of purposes which He does not discuss with you.

We tend to say that because a person has natural ability, he will make a good Christian. It is not a matter of our equipment, but a matter of our poverty; not of what we bring with us, but of what God puts into us; not a matter of natural virtues, of strength of character, of knowledge, or of experience— all of that is of no avail in this concern. The only thing of value is being taken into the compelling purpose of God and being made His friends (see 1 Corinthians 1:26-31). God’s friendship is with people who know their poverty. He can accomplish nothing with the person who thinks that he is of use to God. As Christians we are not here for our own purpose at all— we are here for the purpose of God, and the two are not the same. We do not know what God’s compelling purpose is, but whatever happens, we must maintain our relationship with Him. We must never allow anything to damage our relationship with God, but if something does damage it, we must take the time to make it right again. The most important aspect of Christianity is not the work we do, but the relationship we maintain and the surrounding influence and qualities produced by that relationship. That is all God asks us to give our attention to, and it is the one thing that is continually under attack.

Quotes

A somebody was once a nobody who wanted to and did. ~ John Burroughs

NAGALAND POST, DIMAPUR THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 2021

Post-mortem

Clarion calls for regional unity within northeast for sustainable peace

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he highly publicized Regional political coordination platform NEDA has been violently shaken up due to trust deficits amongst the allies.

Public trust and faith in leaderships of the respective parties they represent has been put to test, but surprisingly it’s been cracked and hope is evaporating faster than expected.

There’s a deepening, widening crises in the credibility of certain leaderships.

Some Important Front leaders from North East are emerging without the abilities and qualities needed to lead effectively in a trouble torn sensitive region, where interdependency amongst the neighbourhoods is paramount to maintain unity and integrity of the nation. The initiative taken by the central leadership to keep the North Eastern States united is highly appreciated.

Delhi realized that “Union is Strength,” and that strengthen which is a must for the nation, can be maintained only if Northeastern states are united.

Perhaps, that could be the objective that North East Democratic Alliance was necessarily constituted to foster the unity amongst the member States of the region.

But, to achieve that objective of the political Bosses in New Delhi, a tested, matured,

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ment of India Act, 1935 was necessary at that point of time and why “EXCLUDED AREA and PARTIALLY EXCLUDED AREAS” policy adopted by the Britishers to administered the region.

Keeping in view of the intricacies, every concerned leaders must understand the geopolitical factors that include area studies, topography and demography of the region.

Geopolitics focuses on political power linked to geographical space. In particular, territorial waters and land territory in correlation with diplomatic history of the past, present and tomorrow. In other words, tracing the Origin of every stake holders in the region and their ancestral historical backgrounds is needed.

Tribes in Arunachal are originally from Tibet. Unfortunately, Assam is having serious border issues with the sensitive frontier state.

Mizos believes that they came from Shinlung or Chhinlungsan located on the banks of the river Yalung in China, the aggressive methods adopted by Assam state government towards Mizoram is there on your screen to be judged.

The Achik Mande, TibetoBurman race of Meghalaya are believes to have migrated from Tibet.

Oppressive and discrimi-

nating dada-giri caused by big brother Assam towards these peace loving Khasi, Jantia and Garos in all along the disputed common border areas is clearly evident.

Nagas believes that the Origin of the Naga tribes ancestors migrated from Yunnan in China according to the oral traditions.

Although, a temporar y peace accord has been initiated and put in place for the time being, but lasting friendship in the many disturbing common border areas is doubtful. Usual situation prevalent between Assam and Nagaland is highly hostile.

Merapani fiasco of yesteryear is one glaring example.

Assam should never treat the neighbourhoods mongoloid race as nomadic pastoralists.

All that I am saying here is, without knowing the historical background of the neighbourhoods, even by mistake, if, anyone take the risk of throwing a challenge with an ulterior motive to trample on these “Law abiding warrior race,” and with a sinister design to inflict harm upon the ethnic race in the neighbourhoods, that will definitely create crises in an unimaginable level.

Nonetheless, the current situations prevalent in northeast must be dealt with utmost care

by Government of India.

It is undeniable fact that Assam stands the tallest amongst

the states in terms of political representation in both the houses in Parliament from the region, however, Government of India should study the root cause of socio-political inequality in the region ever since India Independence.

All the neighbouring states put together may not be an important political power block in democratic India, nonetheless, they will stand united as the vanguard for Northeast India for various obvious reasons.

Over the years, there has been serious observations that Assam enjoys the confidence of New Delhi much more than the neighbouring states, which I too opine, is a bitter pill for the neighbourhoods to swallow.

Last but not the least, deployment of central neutral forces in the interstates border need to be strengthened, but with a clear guidelines that Assam should not be allowed to misuse the neutral forces against the agitated bordering states.

Government of India must ensure that discrepancies between the political boundaries and the traditional boundaries between Assam and the neighbouring states should be amicably settled through meaningful dialogue to avoid serious crises in the region.

JAI HIND. N. Thomas Lotha, Nagaland

What is the need of nation – Diamond or Oxygen?

adhya Pradesh Government had surveyed the Bundelkhand regions under “Bunder Diamond Project” through Australian company Rio Tinto in 2000-2005 to find out probability of diamond.

In the survey Kimberlite rock, which is the major source (ore) of diamonds, have been traced out in the Buxwaha forest areas.

Presently, Panna of MP is the largest repository of diamond having approx. 22 lakh carats.

It is said that Buxwaha forest contains 15 times more diamond than Panna. The State government has allotted the mining area to Aditya Birla Group’s Assell Mining and Industries Ltd. on lease for 50 years. The mining area of 364 hactare is a part of approx. 3000 hactare of Buxwaha protected forest.

The heartening aspect is that to excavate the diamond nearly 215875 trees of various species will be cut down, threatening large scale ecological imbalance in the region.

Presently not only MP, but whole world is suffering from pandemic Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), whose one of the prime cause is disturbance of the nature and ecological imbalance. Currently main thrust to counter the pandemic is the production of artificial oxygen in laboratories, which is nothing but result of neglecting natural source of this life supporting gas, i.e the trees. Ideally a country

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visionary and a comprehensive leadership is needed to guide the common political coordination forum to determine the political destiny of the region. The success of any leaderships, ultimately depends on persuading others to adopt and run with a winning wisdoms.

Nevertheless, in any given situations, when leader seated in the privileged position get intoxicated with vested political power, it destroys relationships, hamper peaceful coexistence and creates misunderstandings and disunity.

Such immature leaders usually don’t care what the people think about their leadership.

Rather, such unintelligent leaderships are all for self-expression, cheap publicity and self-glorification.

There could be serious consultations going on in the study of how the backgrounds of certain individuals, trusted by central leadership affects the policy in North Eastern Region.

Every States in the North Eastern Region have their own unique historical foundations, and everyone live with that deeply enshrined pride and dignity.

Therefore, while pursuing to implement the respective political parties manifestos in the region, the concerned leaders need to understand the history in depth as to why the govern-

must have at least 33% of its areas covered with forest, but currently it is just 20% in India.

Central as well as State governments have separate jumbo size ministries and departments for this purpose; but in spite of huge expenditure of public money all have failed to achieve the goal even after 73 years of independence.

Trees & plants are major components of environment.

They balance proportion of Corbondio-oxide in the atmosphere.

The gradual rise of temperature on the earth is not a natural disaster, but is the scientific and environmental problem. There are certain proportion of oxygen, nitrogen, carbon dioxide, carbon mono-oxide and other gases in the air. Due to steep growth of factories & motor vehicles, rapid pace of urbanization, population rise and indiscriminate reaping of forests there has been unexpected increase in proportion of Carbon di-oxide in the atmosphere. With rise in population, the consumption of oxygen and production of carbon di-oxide has also increased. There has been gradual rise in carbon dioxide gas due to conventional source of energy such as burning of coal, wood, petroleum, cowdung etc. This gas has the tendency to pass sunlight through it, increasing temperature of the atmosphere and resulting in unwanted geographical & seasonal changes.

The emitting smoke from factories & vehicles contains not only carbon di-oxide but harmful carbon mono-oxide, nitrogen oxide, lead oxide, carbon particles, heavy hydro-carbon, formaldehyde, bengene, which pollutes the atmosphere and affects the cells in the human’s lungs to become cancerous. The Ozone-layer protects us from harmful ultra-violet rays of the Sun. The industrial chemicals, particularly chloro-carbon and nitrogen oxides from nuclear and atomic explosion damages the Ozone-layer. If these chemicals are not controlled, then in coming 50 years, the Ozon-layer of the earth will be damaged upto 25 to 30%, resulting in rapid increase in atmospheric temperature and danger of cancer to human and animal bodies.

A report reveals that presently, pollution from municipality is 45.62%, Bio-medical/chemical 20%. Various mode of transport - 14%, Industry - 6.4%, Thermal power station - 6.4% and from other sources is 6.7%.

In various religious literatures, the importance of trees has been highlighted. In Sanskrit literature, trees like Peepal, Neem, Tulsi, Bargad/Vat, Anwala has been worshiped and cutting of green trees have been prohibited. Obviously, the Holy literatures have glorified the trees due to its life-supporting quality.

In Matasya Puran, a tree has been mentioned as equivalent to

ten sons (Dash Koop Samavapi Dashvapi Samohridah. Dash Hridsamah Putron Dash Putra Samo Drumah). In Bhagwad Gita (10.26), Bhagwan Krishna glorified the Vat/Bargad tree as “Ashvatthah Sarva Vrikshanam”.

In Yayurved, the tree has been said to be the reflection of Bhagwan Shiva. As Shiva ingested the poison and released the Amrit, in the same way trees desiccate the poison (poisonous gases like Carbon di-oxide) and pump out Amrit in the form of oxygen.

Gautam Buddha has attained enlightenment under the Peepal tree called Bodhi Vriksh in Bodh Gaya. As per Buddhist scriptures, nature creats as well as preserves life and it is the duty of people to preserve plant considering them as living being. All 24 Jain Tirthankars meditated under the tree to attain enlightment. Islamic literature mentioned “whoever plants a tree and diligently looks after it until it matures and bears fruit, he will be rewarded by Allah as charity”. Holy Bible says “God made the trees with seed bearing fruits. He gave us the possibility to increase their number by planting the seeds.” Actually all these aspects have been emphasised to keep in mind the social concern regarding importance of trees & plants for conservation of environment.

Forests are not just densely covered areas of trees & plants, but are the source of livelihood

Plight of RMSA subject teachers

s many may be with all the employment stuck in this rut of a “noble upgraded schools! Interaware, the fixed benefits, “RMSA” Subject profession” and whose estingly, before they were “ m o n t h l y s a l - Teachers have been denied effort and contributions recruited, the pass percentary” of under-paid SSA/ even the basic right to en- are unrecognised and un- ages of these schools had Samagra Shiksha Abhi- joy their meagre underpaid appreciated. In this toxic been abysmally pathetic; yaan (erstwhile known salary on/in time? What’s teaching environment, however, “RMSA” Subas RMSA) teachers in more, “RMSA” Subject many “RMSA” Teachers ject Teachers have proven Nagaland has been half- Teachers are “divided and are becoming demotivated themselves to be “Game yearly-who-knows-when- ruled” in batches. While and depressed, some even Changers” ever since their lump-sum salary since one batch (111 teachers) tendering resignation let- appointment in 2016. A their appointment in 2016. has already been paid the ters, as they have been good example would be For many, the salary is half-yearly lump sum sal- turned to objects of ridi- that of the HSLCE results the only “active income” ary (as per reports), the cule in the community. of GHS Longjang, a nonthat provides for their first batch of “RMSA” Despite this blatant descript rural school that families. Ever since the Subject Teachers who were discrimination directed has been producing 100% pandemic struck, many selected on merit has/ against these stigmatised pass percentage since families who have “RMSA have been unsalaried since Teachers, it must be noted HSLCE, 2018 as attested Subject Teachers” as the April, 2021. here that several RMSA- by a recently-published sole breadwinners have N o t o n l y h a v e upgraded schools have report ‘GHS Longjang : been pushed to the brink “RMSA” Subject Teach- been delivering pass per- A Notch above the Rest’. of abject poverty. Does ers been discriminated centages on an upward Many “RMSA” Subthis not make a mockery against but they have also trajectory after the ar- ject Teachers go the extraof teaching profession? been overlooked and un- rival of these “RMSA” mile above and beyond Isn’t it unfair that acknowledged by the au- Subject Teachers on the the classroom-teaching to while under-the-table thorities concerned even teaching scene. Truth be educate the young learnappointees who entered at the grassroot level! The told, out of the eleven ers. Since the students are the teaching profession very acronym “RMSA” (11) Government High from some of the most ecsome without any profes- has become a shameful Schools that delivered onomically-disadvantaged sional qualification(s) and stigma that elicits stifled 100 % pass percentage families, these Subject without facing any formal laughter or a smile of pity. in Mokokchung District Teachers are on many an written test nor interview, An acronym that stigma- in HSLCE, 2021, eight occasion, compelled to are given regular wages tises Teachers who are (8) schools are RMSA- cover the costs of meetReader’s note: Articles or letters published in any of the columns do not reflect the view of this

of human as well as other biological creatures. It is responsible for rains, reduces the effect of natural calamities like tsunami, prevents soil erosion, minimizes air pollution, produce shelter for birds and wild animals, availability of food etc. It is the source of numerous herbal plants for manufacturing medicines. In other words, it is the lifeline for millions of peoples and other living creatures.

The conservation of environment is not possible only through some government initiatives; civil society too have to come forward. Otherwise, in coming days, due to unexpected rise of carbon di-oxide and damage of Ozone-layer, the earth would be so much heated that existence of life on the earth will be in danger mode.

Although Buxwaha lush green forest is not the only natural resource whose existence is in danger, earlier hundreds of various such resources have been destroyed recklessly on the name of development causing disastrous climatic changes in those regions. No doubt, diamond or other valuable minerals are essential for nation’s growth & prosperity, but not at the cost of life-supporting natural resources, the forests and the trees. Once again, the million dollar question arises –“what is the urgency of nation - Diamomd or Oxygen?”

Prabhat Kishore is a technocrat and academician

ing the educational needs of the underprivileged “leftover children”. Given the dire circumstances to which the authorities have enslaved the so-called “Nation Builders” or “Architects of the Nation”, the authorities concerned should take steps on humanitarian grounds to right the wrong “RMSA” Subject Teachers have been subjected to sooner than later, keeping in mind

that these Teachers (like other mainstream regular/ irregular, proxy and ghost teachers?) also need immediate reinforcement and motivation in their mission to produce positive educational outcomes.

“In a time of universal deceit (corruption), telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” Anon (attributed to George Orwell) Imlitemjen, (President), NRMSATA-2016

Reader’s Post

On customers flouting SOPs Sir,

Many businessmen/shopowners like me make sure we follow SOPs. However, many customers flout the guidelines and they should be fined by the responsible authority. Some even say that they don’t care because they are vaccinated which is ignorant and apathetic on their part. Please do the needful.

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29 ministers inducted into Bommai’s cabinet

Karnataka Governor Thawar Chand Gehlot and Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai with newly inducted ministers during swearing-in ceremony to form the cabinet at Raj Bhavan in Bengaluru, Aug. 4. (PTI)

BENGALURU, AUG 4 (PTI): A week after taking over as the Chief Minister of Karnataka, Basavaraj Bommai on Wednesday expanded his new cabinet, by inducting 29 Ministers.

The new Ministers were administered oath of office and secrecy by Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot at the Raj Bhavan here.

Bommai has by and

large gone with old faces, as 23 of them were Ministers in the previous B S Yediyurappa cabinet, while six are new.

Among those in the Yediyurappa cabinet who made it to Bommai’s Ministry are Govind Karjol (Mudhol), K S Eshwarappa (Shivamogga), R Ashoka (Padmanabhanagar), C N Ashwath Narayan (Malleshwaram), B Sri-

ramulu (Molkalmur u), Umesh Katti (Hukkeri), S T Somashekar (Yeshwanthpur), K Sudhakar (Chikkaballapura), and B C Patil (Hirekeruru).

Also, J C Madhuswamy (Chikkanayakanahalli), Prabhu Chauhan (Aurad), V Somanna (Govindraj Nagar), S Angara (Sullia), Anand Singh (Vijayanagara), C C Patil (Nargund), M T B Nagaraj (MLC),

Cabinet approves continuation of fast track special courts NEW DELHI, AUG 4 (PTI): The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved continuation of 1,023 fast track special courts, including 389 exclusive POCSO courts, as a centrally sponsored scheme for another two years.

Responding to a question during a Cabinet briefing, Union minister Anurag Thakur said out of 31 states and union territories, 28 have started the scheme.

West Bengal is one of the states which has not started the scheme, he pointed out, adding “We are hopeful they will start it soon.”

The scheme would continue from April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2023 with an outlay of Rs 1572.86 crore-Rs 971.70 crore as central

share and Rs 601.16 crore as state share, an official statement said.

The central share is to be funded from ‘’Nirbhaya’’ Fund. The scheme was launched on October 2, 2019.

“Incidents of rape of minor girls below the age of twelve years and women below the age of sixteen years have shaken the conscience of the entire nation. The occurrence of such incidents and prolonged trials had necessitated the creating of a dedicated court machinery which could expedite trial and provide immediate relief to the victims of sexual offences,” the statement observed.

To bring more stringent provisions and expeditious trial and disposal of such

cases, the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2018 was enacted which made provision of stringent punishment, including death penalty, for perpetrators of rape, it said.

This led to the establishment of the fast track special courts.

These are dedicated courts expected to ensure swift dispensation of justice.

They have a better clearance rate as compared to the regular courts and hold speedy trials. Besides providing quick justice to the victims, it strengthens the deterrence framework for sexual offenders.

Currently covering 28 states, it is proposed to be expanded to cover all 31 states which are eligible to join the scheme, the statement said.

India sends warships to South China sea as part of counter-China plan drawn closer to the United States in efforts to push back against China.

Four ships including a guided missile destroyer and a missile frigate will be deployed for a two-month period to southeast Asia, the South China Sea and the western Pacific, the navy said in a statement.

“The deployment of the Indian Navy ships seeks to underscore the operational reach, peaceful presence and solidarity with friendly countries towards ensuring good order in the maritime domain...” the navy said.

and Kota Srinivas Poojary (MLC).

The fresh faces are V Sunil Kumar (Karkala), Araga Jnanendra (Thirthahalli), Munirathna (R R Nagar), Halappa Achar (Yelburga), Shankar Patil Munenkopp (Navalgunda) and B C Nagesh (Tiptur).

Bommai, who was elected as the new leader of the BJP legislature party last week, following Yediy-

Lok Sabha passes 2 bills NEW DELHI, AUG 4 (PTI): Lok Sabha proceedings were adjourned for the day on Wednesday after the passage of two bills, amid vociferous protests by the opposition over Pegasus snooping allegations and other issues.

As soon as the House met again at 3.30 pm, Rajendra Agrawal, who was chairing the proceedings, took up the Coconut Development Board (Amendment) Bill, 2021, which was moved by Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar.

However, the opposition members continued their protest on the Pegasus snooping row as well other matters.

Amid the din, Tomar moved the bill, saying the proposed legislation will benefit coconut farmers in different states. Soon thereafter, the bill was passed without debate even as the opposition objected to the hasty approval to the bill. The bill has already been approved by the Rajya Sabha.

As the opposition uproar continued, Agrawal adjourned the proceedings for the day.

The House will meet again at 11 am on Thursday.

urappa’s resignation, had taken oath as the Chief Minister on July 28. Among the Ministers in the new cabinet are 8 Lingayats, 7 Vokkaligas, 7 OBCs, 3 SCs, 2 Brahmins, 1 ST and 1 Reddy, and a woman.

Keeping up the “promise”, Bommai has inducted 10 legislators who had joined BJP after quitting Congress-JD(S) coalition in 2019, and helped the saffron party to come to power.

Eleven of them were Ministers in the Yediyurappa government, out of them two Shrimant Patil and R Shankar have not made it the Bommai cabinet, while Munirathna has been newly inducted.

Earlier today, Bommai said there will be no Deputy Chief Ministers in his cabinet as per the high command’s directions, also Yediyurappa’s younger son and state BJP Vice President B Y Vijayendra is not among the Ministers who will be sworn-in.

India’s first IAC begins sea trial NEW DELHI, AUG 4 (PTI): The much-awaited sea trials of India’s first indigenous aircraft carrier (IAC) Vikrant, the largest and most complex warship built in the country, began on Wednesday, a development described as “historic” by the Indian Navy.

With the launch of the sea trials of the aircraft carrier, India has joined a select group of countries having niche capability to indigenously design, build and integrate a state-of-theart aircraft carrier, the Navy said.

The 40,000-tonne aircraft carrier set off on its maiden sea trials, 50 years after its namesake played a major role in the 1971 war.

The aircraft carrier, built at a cost of around Rs 23,000 crore, is expected to be commissioned into the Indian Navy in the second half of next year after it completes the aviation trials.

“It is a proud and historic day for India as the reincarnated Vikrant (IAC) sails for her maiden sea tri-

The commencement of sea trials of Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC(P71) ‘Vikrant’. (PTI)

als today in the 50th year of her illustrious predecessor’s key role in the victory in the 1971 war,” Indian Navy spokesperson Commander Vivek Madhwal said. He said it is the largest and most complex warship ever to be designed and built in India.

“A proud and historical moment in our quest for ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ (selfreliant India) and ‘Make in India’ initiative,” he said.

“With the building of indigenous aircraft carrier, India joins a select group of nations having niche capa-

bility to indigenously design, build and integrate a stateof-the-art aircraft carrier,” Commander Madhwal said.

The aircraft carrier is around 262 metres long and 62 metres wide, and has been built by the Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) In June, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh reviewed the construction of the aircraft carrier that will be able to accommodate up to 30 fighter jets and helicopters.

The warship will have a fleet of Mig-29K fighter jets and Ka-31 helicopters.

Rajya Sabha passes Bill amid opposition uproar

NEW DELHI, AUG 4 (PTI): The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday passed the Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation (Amendment) Bill amid opposition uproar, with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman saying the proposed legislation will help small depositors, including those of the stressed PMC Bank.

The bill was passed after a short debate.

The Bill proposes that even if a bank is temporarily unable to fulfil its obligations due to restrictions such as moratorium, depositors can access their deposits to the extent of the deposit insurance cover through interim payments

A view of the Rajya Sabha during the Monsoon Session of Parliament, in New Delhi, August 4. (PTI)

by the Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation (DICGC). For this, the Bill seeks to insert a new Section in the DICGC Act, 1961.

Replying to a brief debate, Sitharaman said the legislation would provide relief to small bank deposi-

tors. She said the proposed legislation will also help depositors of 23 cooperative banks which are under stress.

“PMC Bank depositors will also benefit from this bill,” she said.

Thousands of depositors of the fraud-hit multi-

state cooperative bank are facing hardship. The PMC Bank is currently under reconstruction.

The bill also seeks to amend Section 15 of the DICGC Act to enable the Corporation to increase the ceiling on the amount of premium, with the prior approval of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

Besides, it will also provide that the DICGC may defer or vary the receipt of repayments due to it from the insured bank and to empower the Corporation to charge penal interest in case of delay in repayment by the banks to the Corporation.

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Accordingly, economists and industry experts, cited that despite high retail inflation, growth concerns will act as a major deterrent for any tightening of monetary policy.

Besides, a growthboosting accommodative stance is expected to be maintained in the third monetary policy review of FY22.

“We expect a pause on rates and the stance, amid an upward revision in the inflation projections,” said Aditi Nayar, Chief Economist, ICRA. “This will inject uneasiness into the tone of the policy, even as the MPC is likely to endeavour to support growth for as long as possible.” The MPC has maintained the repo - or short-term lending rate for commercial banks at 4 per cent. It will release the monetary policy resolution on August 6. “We don’t

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ing to focus on supporting growth recovery.

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“MPC may still choose to look through the spike in inflation in the near term, with the monetary reaction function currently hinging more on growth revival becoming sustainable,” said Madhavi Arora, Lead Economist, Emkay Global.

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(From p-1) The transport ministry has come up with a draft Scheme for Compensation to Victims of Hit & Run Accidents, 2021. The draft scheme proposes setting up of committees at state and district levels, which will form detailed accident reports, besides ensuring proper implementation of the scheme. A period of 45 days has been proposed for final disbursement of claim from the date of application.

“We want to ensure timebound resolution to victims and their kin,” the official said, adding that the timeline is only tentative. Compensation will be disbursed from the Hit and Run Compensation Fund, part of the Motor Vehicle Accident Fund. As per the draft rule, where any insured vehicle is involved in a crash, the insurance company will bear the medical expenses. “We needed to find a solution to help the victims in hit and run cases or where the vehicle is not insured. So, in those cases, the government will bear the expenses.

The approved claim amount shall be disbursed by the designated agency to the hospital. If in the case of a crash involving an uninsured vehicle, the vehicle is nabbed and negligence is established, the vehicle owner will have to pay for the expenses that the government has incurred,” said a source.

SBI net profit in Q1 surges 55 pc to Rs 6,504 crore NEW DELHI, AUG 4 (PTI): The country’s biggest bank SBI on Wednesday posted a 55 per cent rise in standalone net profit at Rs 6,504 crore for the first quarter of the current financial year, helped by decline in bad loans.

The lender had reported a net profit of Rs 4,189.34 crore in the April-June quarter of 2020-21.

Sta te Ba nk of I n dia’s (SBI) standalone total income increased to Rs 77,347.17 crore in the first quarter of 2021-22 as against Rs 74,457.86 crore in the same period a year ago, according to regulatory filing.

The operating profit of the bank increased 5 per cent to Rs 18,975 crore from Rs 18,061 crore in the

April-June quarter of the previous fiscal.

However, interest income of the bank declined marginally to Rs 65,564 crore as against Rs 66,500 crore at the end of June 2020.

Net interest margin too slipped to 3.15 per cent as against 3.24 per cent at the end of first quarter of last year.

The bank’s gross nonperforming assets (NPA) of the total advances declined to 5.32 per cent at June-end from 5.44 per cent at Juneend last year.

Similarly, net NPAs also declined to 1.7 per cent in June 2020 against 1.8 per cent a year ago.

As a result, the provision for bad loans declined to Rs 5,029.79 crore from Rs

9,420.46 in the same period a year ago.

SBI said that the bank has made additional COVID-19 related contingency provisions at Rs 9,065 crore at the end of first quarter.

During the quarter, the bank reported slippages to the tune of Rs 15,666 crore while it has approved restructuring of loans worth Rs 5,246 crore as per the guidelines of Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

Provision coverage ratio as on June 30, 2021, stood at 85.93 down from 86.32 per cent. Capital Adequacy Ratio (CAR) has improved to 13.66 per cent at the end of June 2021.

On a consolidated basis, SBI’s net profit also rose by 55 per cent to Rs 7,379.91 crore as against Rs 4,776.50

IndiGo launches special fares on 15 yr anniv

NEW DELHI, AUG 4 (IANS): To celebrate its 15 years of operations, airline major IndiGo on Wednesday announced a three-day special sale offering allinclusive fares starting from Rs 915 on its domestic and international connections.

Accordingly, the offer will be live from August 4-6, 2021 and will be applicable on travel between September

1, 2021 till March 26, 2022.

“Additionally, the ‘6E’ add-ons including ‘Fast Forward, 6E Flex, 6E Bagport’ are being offered at Rs 315 while the ‘Car Rental’ service will start at Rs 315.”

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We would like to express our gratitude towards our customers and employees for their confidence in us even during the worst times.”

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Brent crude futures, the global oil benchmark, rose 0.01 per cent to USD 72.42 per barrel.

Meanwhile, the dollar index, which gauges the greenback’s strength against a basket of six currencies, advanced 0.01 per cent to 92.09.

On the domestic equity market front, the BSE Sensex ended 546.41 points or 1.02 per cent higher at 54,369.77, while the broader NSE Nifty advanced 128.05 points or 0.79 per cent to 16,258.80.

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The reason behind the recent gain is the rally in domestic equities and inflows from series of IPOs this week,” said Dilip Parmar, Research Analyst, HDFC Securities.

Parmar further noted that all eyes will be on Friday’s RBI’s stance on liquidity management and outlook for coming quarters.

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MUMBAI, AUG 4 (PTI): The rupee strengthened against the US currency for the third straight session on Wednesday, closing 9 paise higher at 74.19 (provisional) amid a rally in domestic equities.

At the interbank forex market, the rupee opened at 74.16 and hit an intraday high of 74.08 and a low of 74.24. It finally closed at 74.19, higher by 9 paise over its last close.

On Tuesday, the rupee had settled at 74.28 against the US dollar.

“It’s another fairly slow day in terms of price action, rupee stayed right

crore in the same quarter a year ago. At the same time, total income increased to Rs 93,266.94 crore as compared to Rs 87,984.33 crore in the first quarter of the previous fiscal.

Talking about challenges posed by COVID-19, SBI said major headwinds for the bank could be from extended working capital cycles, fluctuating cash flow trends and probable inability of the borrowers to meet their obligations against the loans timely.

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Taliban attacks in direct collusion with LeT, TTP NEW DELHI/KABUL, AUG 4 (IANS): The Taliban attacks in Afghanistan were carried out in direct collusion with more than 10,000 regional terrorists from the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and other outfits.

Detailing the Taliban attacks in Afghanistan in recent months and their links to terrorist outfits, Afghan Foreign Minister Mohammad Haneef Atmar said the terrorist organisations included Ansarullah, Jundallah, Al-Qaeda, East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM) and the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU).

In a meeting with the envoys of the neighbouring countries, United Nations, NATO and the European Union, Atmar said the Taliban’s war crimes were indescribable, referring to the massacre of more than 100 people in Spin

The terrorist organisations included Ansarullah, Jundallah, Al-Qaeda, East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM) and the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU).

Boldak, forced marriages, destruction of more than 300 public infrastructure, and suspension of services in the Taliban-controlled areas.

Atmar went on to say that the rise of Taliban’s bloody attacks in recent months had killed more than 3,000 people, displaced more than 300,000, and disrupted order and

provision of services in half of the country’s districts. Currently, 18 million people face dire humanitarian situation in Afghanistan.

Atmar said press releases do not suffice, and the international community should give the Taliban a serious response in the upcoming Doha meetings.

Atmar also remind-

ed the global community that since international militants are busy fighting along with the Taliban, the danger of the ongoing war is not just limited to Afghanistan.

He said the Afghan government’s security plan would be charted out and implemented soon in coordination and support of all the political and social

strata to strengthen the government’s positions at the strategic points and metropolitans.

He also highlighted the joint programme of the Afghan government and human rights organisations to document the Taliban’s crimes and hold them accountable worldwide.

Atmar elaborated on four areas of cooperation with the international community that included repelling Taliban’s attacks on metropolitan areas; preventing a human catastrophe and human rights abuses; accelerating the Afghan Peace Process; and lastly, implementing a six-month security programme.

During the meeting, the representatives of regional countries and the United Nations expressed their support for an immediate cessation of violence and strengthening the peace process.

Long-lasting Covid symptoms Imran Khan nominates Abdul rare in children: Lancet study Qayyum as next premier of PoK (From p-1) The researchers noted that some adults experience a prolonged illness after COVID-19, described as long-COVID, where symptoms persist for four weeks or longer, but it is not known whether children can develop a similar condition or how common this is.

Many children infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus do not develop symptoms, but those who do tend to have a mild illness, they said. The latest research used data collected through the ZOE COVID Study smartphone app, which includes data from more than 250,000 UK children aged five to 17 years.

The team focused on reports collected between September 1, 2020 and February 22, 2021.

Some 1,734 children developed symptoms of COVID-19 and received a positive PCR test result close to the onset of symptoms, with their symptoms reported regularly until they were healthy again.

Overall, these children were ill for an average of six days and experienced an average of three symptoms in the first week of illness, confirming that COVID-19

tends to manifest as a mild illness in children, and that they usually recover quickly, the researchers said.

The study found that most children recovered within four weeks, with a minority experiencing symptoms after a month.

Typically, they had only two symptoms remaining after four weeks.

The most common symptom experienced by children with long illness duration was fatigue.

As many as 84 per cent of children were reported with fatigue at some point in their illness, and this was the most persistent symptom.

Headache and loss of sense of smell were also common, the researchers said, adding, however, headache was more common early in illness while loss of sense of smell tended to occur later and to persist longer. Of the 1,379 children who developed symptoms at least two months before the end of the study period, fewer than 2 per cent experienced symptoms for longer than eight weeks, they noted.

Older children in the 12 to 17 years age group were typically ill for longer than primary school aged

children aged 5 to 11 years, according to the researchers.

Older children were also more likely to have symptoms after four weeks than younger but there was no difference in the numbers of children who still had symptoms after eight weeks, they said.

The researchers also assessed the children who tested negative for COVID-19 who may have had other childhood illnesses, such as colds and flu.

They found that children with COVID-19 were ill for longer compared to children with other illnesses who tested negative for COVID-19.

However, the study shows at four weeks, the small number of children with other illnesses tended to have more symptoms than those who were ill with COVID-19. “Our data highlight that other illnesses, such as colds and flu, can also have prolonged symptoms in children and it is important to consider this when planning for paediatric health services during the pandemic and beyond,” Michael Absoud, a senior author of the study and Consultant & Senior Lecturer at King’s College London, said.

Thousands flee homes outside Athens as heat fuels wildfires

detailed breakdown was available. The cause of the blaze was unclear.

“We continue to fight hour by hour, with our top priority being to save human lives,” Hardalias said.

“We will do so all night.”

“These are crucial hours,” Hardalias said.

“Our country is undergoing one of the worst heat waves of the past 40 years.”

The wind dropped later Tuesday, and the regional governor for greater Athens, Giorgos Patoulis, said this could allow the fire to be tamed after waterdropping aircraft resume operations at first light Wednesday.

“If the winds don’t grow it can be brought under control by the early morning so the planes can provide the final solution,” he told state ERT TV.

ISLAMABAD, AUG 4 (PTI): Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday nominated his party’s lawmaker Abdul Qayyum Niazi as the next premier of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir after extensive consultations.

Niazi won the recent legislative assembly election from Abbaspur-Poonch area. Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) party has secured 32 seats in the 53-member House. It is for the first time that the PTI will form a government in PoK. India has rejected the recent elections in PoK, saying the “cosmetic exercise” was nothing but an attempt

by Pakistan to “camouflage its illegal occupation” and that it has lodged a strong protest over the issue.

Reacting strongly on the elections in the PoK, Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said that Pakistan has “no locus standi on these Indian territories” and it must vacate all Indian areas under its illegal occupation. “The so-called elections in Indian territory under the illegal occupation of Pakistan are nothing but an attempt by Pakistan to camouflage its illegal oc-

cupation and the material changes undertaken by it in these territories,” he said last week. “Such an exercise can neither hide the illegal occupation by Pakistan nor the grave human rights violations, exploitation, and denial of freedom to people in these occupied territories,” he said. Pakistan’s Minister for Information Fawad Chaudhry tweeted that Prime Minister Khan picked Niazi to lead the PTI government in PoK after extensive consultations.

“After a long consultation and review of suggestions, the Prime Minister of Pakistan and Chairman PTI Imran Khan has nominated the newly elected MLA Mr Abdul Qayyum Niazi for the post of Prime Minister” of PoK, he wrote.

The minister also termed Qayyum as “a dynamic and genuine political activist, dedicated to his workers”. Khan had interviewed several elected members on Friday and Saturday, including Sardar Tanvir Ilyas, Barrister Sultan Mahmood, Khawaja Farooq, Azhar Sadiq and Niazi.

He reportedly asked them about the strategy and views on environment, tourism and national and international issues.

Afghan Defence Minister targeted in car bomb attack NEW DELHI/KABUL, AUG 4 (IANS): An explosives-laden car detonated close to the residence of Afghanistan Acting Defence Minister Bismillah Muhammadi in Kabul city Tuesday night.

Local media reports said since Muhammadi was not at the residence at the time of the explosion, neither he nor his family members were harmed.

The Afghan Acting Defence Minister in a video clip confirmed that he and his family members were safe but added that several of his bodyguards were injured.

“Attacks of this sort by vampires will not weaken my morale in defending the Afghan people and my country,” said Muhammadi in his video clip.

The attack left five dead and 20 more wounded.

The report said the explosion which was heard in kilometers was followed by a gunfight between the guards at the residence and gunmen who entered the home.

Spokesperson of the Ministry of Interior Affairs Mirwais Stanikzai said the gunfight came to an end nearly four hours after the gunmen entered the home and started fighting the police Special Forces deployed at the place.

Stanikzai though did not disclose the number of assailants killed, police had said they had gunned down three gunmen.

An Afghan security personnel walks around debris following an attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021.

The assailants had taken 80 people hostage who were later saved by the police special forces.

No one has taken responsibility for the attack.

Meanwhile, Afghanistan Foreign Minister Mohammad Haneef Atmar, during a telephone conversation with the External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, talked about the escalation of violence, widespread human rights violations by the Taliban, and the foreign terrorist groups operating in Afghanistan.

Atmar emphasised the need to hold a special session of the UN Security Council on Afghanistan.

India currently holds the rotating presidency of the United Nations Security Council, a statement by Afghan Foreign Office said.

Atmar discussed the unprecedented increase in the Taliban’s brutal attacks

on the Afghan people, which have resulted in the killing of scores of civilians and displacement of many thousands of others.

Atmar highlighted the war crimes committed by the Taliban in their recent attacks carried out in collusion with foreign fighters and terrorist groups in Afghanistan, calling them flagrant violations of international humanitarian law and warned of catastrophic ramifications.

Given the catastrophic consequences of the Afghan war on stability, security, and prosperity in the region, the Foreign Minister raised with his Indian counterpart the proposition of Kabul regarding convening an emergency UN Security Council meeting on issues related to Afghanistan, particularly an immediate cessation of violence and the success of peace talks.

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Flames burn on the mountain near Limni village on the island of Evia, about 160 kilometers (100 miles) north of Athens, Greece, Tuesday. (AP)

GREECE, AUG 4 (AP): More than 500 firefighters struggled through the night to contain a large forest blaze on the outskirts of Athens, which has raced into residential areas, forcing thousands to flee. It was the worst of 81 wildfires that broke out in Greece over the past 24 hours, amid one of the country’s most intense heat waves in decades.

Civil Protection chief Nikos Hardalias said the fire north of Athens was “very dangerous,” and had been exacerbated by strong winds and tinder-dry conditions due to the heat that reached 45 Celsius (113 degrees Fahrenheit) in the area Tuesday.

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Yo Yo Honey Singh’s wife Indian scientist develops human Fully vaccinated people thrice accuses him of domestic violence, model to study brain disorders at lower risk of Covid: Study sex with multiple women A S

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ouble vaccinated people were three times less likely than unvaccinated people to test positive for the Covid-19 infection, a new research has found.

The study led by researchers at the Imperial College London is based on swab tests taken by nearly 98,233 people themselves at home and their samples were analysed by PCR testing between June 24 and July 12. Of these, 527 tested positive and 254 of these were successfully analysed in the lab to determine their origins, 100 per cent of which were Delta variants.

Pe o p l e w h o w e r e unvaccinated had a threefold higher prevalence than those who had received both doses of Covid vaccine, at 1.21 per cent compared to

0.4 per cent.

In addition, analyses of PCR test results also suggest that fully vaccinated people may be less likely than unvaccinated people to pass the virus on to others. This is due to having a smaller viral load on average and therefore, likely spreading less virus. The study carried out in partnership with Ipsos MORI is available in a preprint report and will be submitted for peer-review.

“These findings confirm our previous data showing that both doses of a Covid vaccine offer good protection against getting infected. However, we can also see that there is still a risk of infection as no vaccine is 100 per cent effective, and we know that some double vaccinated people can still fell ill from

the virus,” said Paul Elliott, School of Public Health at Imperial College London.

“So even with the easing of restrictions, we should still act with caution to help protect one another and curb the rate of infections,” he added.

The study showed that the highest infection prevalence was found in young people aged 13-24 years at 1.56 per cent or 1 in 65 infected, while the lowest was in people aged above 75 years at 0.17 per cent. Women had a lower risk of testing positive than men (0.55% vs 0.71%).

Previous study data showed that the link between infections, hospitalisations and deaths had been weakening since February.

H owe ve r, s i n c e mid-April, the trends between infections and hospitalisations were growing closer together again, although to a smaller extent for deaths. This could reflect the switch from Alpha to Delta, and a changing mix (towards younger and unvaccinated people) of hospitalised cases, the researchers said.

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halini Talwar, the wife of rapper and music composer Hirdesh Singh, popularly known as Yo Yo Honey Singh, filed a case of domestic violence against him at the Tis Hazari courts here on Tuesday.

In her 118-page complaint, Talwar has accused Honey Singh of engaging in extramarital sex with various women. She has also provided details of the physical, verbal and emotional abuse that she had allegedly been subjected to by the rapper and his family.

Honey Singh, his wife alleged in her complaint, “began having frequent casual sex with multiple women” when he was travelling and “to further his sexual intents and illicit relationships, never disclosed to the public ... that he was married”.

The rapper and Talwar got married at a Delhi gurudwara in 2011.

Talwar alleged Honey Singh kept trying to conceal his proclivities from the time they got married at a Delhi gurudwara in 2011. She accused him of engaging in substance abuse and even having an affair with a Punjabi movie actress.

Taking cognizance of the complaint, Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Tania Singh issued a notice to Honey Singh to appear before her on August 28.

The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate passed interim orders restraining the rapper from disposing of the property he jointly owned with his wife as well as her ‘stridhan’.

Initially notorious for promoting misogyny and drug abuse in his Punjabi rap numbers, Honey Singh, who grew up and lives in Delhi, is now better known for his work in mainstream films such as ‘Chennai Express’ and ‘Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety’. (IANS)

n Indian scientist has developed humanbased models to study neuron development and neuro-developmental disorders such as autism which can help design treatment strategies for such brain disorders.

Yogita K. Adlakha, a recipient of INSPIRE Faculty fellowship instituted by the Department of Science and Te c h n o l o g y ( D S T ) , h a s achieved this feat, the DST said on Wednesday.

INSPIRE -- that stands for Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research Programme -- is a scheme by the DST for attracting talent towards science.

Since decades, animal models have been used to understand brain-related disorders, and the drugs which function in animal models have failed in clinical trials, therefore Adlakha filled this gap by generating human-based stem cell model to understand brain development and dysfunction at the National Brain Research Centre, Manesar, Haryana.

At present, she works as a scientist at the Translational Health Science and Technology Institute, NCR Bio-cluster, Faridabad.

“The dearth of human models has led to

a lack of knowledge of t h e p a t h o p hy s i o l o g y o f such disorders, an essential requirement for designing their treatment strategies,” the DST said.

Yogita filled this gap and developed a human-based model that could help study how brain develops, particularly the neurons, and what goes awry during brain development leading to cognitive decline, impairment in language, and social interaction. Along with her group, she derived induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) from human peripheral blood and differentiated them into neural stem cells (NSCs).

Since levels of microRNA-137 are less in neuro-developmental disorders such as ASD and ID, her study demonstrates crucial roles of this miRNA during human NSC fate determination with an elaboration of underlying molecular mechanisms. This study was published in the jour nal “STEM CELLS” recently.

“My research using DST INSPIRE fund has definitely contributed to expanding the knowledge of neuron development and neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism and the role of small non-coding miRNA in brain-specific stem cells fate,” Adlakha added.

Along with her research g roup, she established a protocol from India for the first time by generating and producing iPSCs from human peripheral blood. They have further refined the protocol of differentiation of iPSCs into brain-specific stem cells that is, NSCs. Her group has contributed immensely towards understanding the role of microRNA in the neural stem cell fate, which revealed how certain small non-coding RNAs called microRNA, which do not form protein but regulate expression of other genes, can enhance differentiation of neural stem cells into neurons.

Her research has contributed to expanding the knowledge of neuron development and the role of small non-coding miRNA in brain-specific stem cells fate, thereby changing the face of neuroscience and stem cells.

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he Offspring’s drummer Pete Parada has been removed from the group’s upcoming tour after not getting the coronavirus vaccine.

The 48-year-old musician posted a large statement on Twitter to explain his absence from the pop-punk band’s upcoming tour, explaining that he was advised against being vaccinated by doctors.

Parada revealed in the statement that he had Guillain-Barré Syndrome, a condition that affects the nerves and can cause numbness, pain and muscle weakness.

While the condition is treatable, it can often reoccur, and Parada said he was forced to make a choice over whether or not the vaccine could aggravate the condition.

In the 17-tweet long message, Parada explained: “I caught [coronavirus] over a year ago, it was mild for me - so I am confident I’d be able to handle it again, but I’m not so certain I’d survive another post-vaccination round of

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ctress Lara Dutta Bhupathi is all set to take the audience by surprise as she plays Indira Gandhi in the espionage drama ‘Bell Bottom’, which is slated for an August 19 theatrical release.

Calling it an opportunity of a lifetime, she said it was a great responsibility to play the late former Prime Minister.

“It is a great responsibility when you portray someone who’s an iconic figure like Mrs G a n d h i . I t w a s ve r y important to get her body language right,” the 46-yearold actress said at the ‘Bell Bottom’ trailer launch.

The film, incidentally, is set in 1984, the year that saw Operation Bluestar as well as Mrs Gandhi’s assassination.

“The film is about a hijack that took place during Mrs Gandhi’s tenure,” the actress said, describing the outline of the plot.

“Given the dramatic events that were unfolding, she was extremely centred.

It was important therefore to por tray her in that way. As a result, a lot of homework and research went into the role. It was an opportunity I am very thankful for.”

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With immense joy and honour, the Konyak Union Kohima heartily congratulates Mr. Awang P. Yimpushü, son of Mr. N. PeyaoYimpushü and Mrs.TangamYimpushü for securing Top 8 in the recently declared HSLC Exam 2021.

The union expresses its joy and pride for bringing laurels to our community.

KUK also congratulates Chingang B Konyak, son of Mr. Bongti and Mrs. Wanshom for securing 100 marks in Social Science (subject topper) in the recently declared Exam 2021 and to all the successful candidates of HSLC, HSSLC and University exams and wishes them success in their endeavours. k-1443 Sd/- Konyak Union Kohima OFFICE OF THE

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The Dimapur Yachem Anuti Lunglak (DYAL) with immense pleasure and pride extends heartiest congratulations to Miss. Baunennyuchong, D/o P. Imlitemsü Phom and Mrs. S. Alem Phom for securing Top-18th Position in the HSLC Exam 2021 from Christina Memorial Hr. Sec. School Aoyimti, Dimapur. The DYAL further wishes her success in her future endeavours.

The DYAL also congratulates all successful students for clearing their HSLC and HSSLC examination 2021 and wishing them all a bright future.

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Guillain-Barré Syndrome, which dates back to my childhood and has evolved to be progressively worse over my lifetime.

“Unfortunately for me, (and my family - who is hoping to keep me around a bit longer) the risks far outweigh the benefits.”

“Since I am unable to comply with what is increasingly becoming an industry mandate - it has recently been decided that I am unsafe to be around, in the studio, and on tour,” he added.

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India bowl out Eng for 183 on Day 1 B’desh stun Aus; lead T20 series 2-0

NOTTINGHAM, AUG 4 (PTI): England were all out for 183 in their first innings against India on the opening day of the first Test here on Wednesday.

Having reached tea at 138 for four, England lost their remaining six wickets for just 45 runs in the day’s third and final session.

S k i p p e r Jo e Ro o t made 64 off 108 balls, even as the others failed miserably to stand up to the Indian pace bowling attack.

For the visitors, Jasprit Bumrah picked up four wickets for 46 runs, Mohammed Shami had 3/28, while Shardul Thakur bagged 2/41.

England scored 77 runs in 25.2 overs bowled in the afternoon session for the loss of two wickets, after scoring 61 in the first session.

The pitch had enough for the pacers in the first hour of play with the ball swinging and seaming around.

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India’s Shardul Thakur, second left, celebrates with teammates the dismissal of England captain Joe Root, Wednesday. (AP/PTI)

with four pacers, Shardul Thakur came into the side but the one spinner picked was Ravindra Jadeja, who didn’t bowl in the first session.

Dropping premier spinner R Ashwin was a big call as he had been well prepared for the series

opener with his preparation including a county game.

Earlier, the Indian fast bowlers were up to the task on the opening morning, reducing England to 61 for two at lunch.

Jasprit Bumrah, who was not at his best during

the World Test Championship final, was back in his element as he trapped Rory Burns in front with a sharp inswinger in the first over of the match after setting him up with three outswingers.

Bumrah bowled his heart out in his six-over

spell beating the batsmen multiple times. Shami, who bowled seven overs first up, too troubled Zak Crawley (27 off 68) and Dom Sibley on a number of occasions but as it often happens with him in England, the outside edge eluded him.

The pitch had enough for the pacers in the first hour of play with the ball swinging and seaming around.

Crawley, who averages little over 10 this year, batted well before being dismissed by Siraj, who was picked ahead of Ishant Sharma.

After India wasted one review for a caught behind in the same over, Siraj finally induced an inside edge from Crawley’s bat and this time skipper Virat Kohli reviewed it successfully.

BRIEF SCORE: England 1st innings: 183 all out in 65.4 overs (Joe Root 64; Jasprit Bumrah 4/46, Mohammed Shami 3/28, Shardul Thakur 2/41).

Afif Hossain and Nurul Hasan celebrate their victory against Australia. (Reuters)

DHAKA, AUG 4 (AFP): Afif Hossain and Nurul Hasan steered Bangladesh to a 2-0 lead over Australia in the Twenty20 series with an emphatic five-wicket win on Wednesday.

Chasing 122 for victory, Bangladesh depended on an unbroken 56-run sixthwicket partnership between Afif, who hit 37, and Nurul, who made 22, to achieve their target with eight balls to spare in Dhaka.

Shakib Al Hasan made 26 but Bangladesh were in trouble at 67-5 in the 12th over when Mahedi Hasan departed, stumped off Adam Zampa for 23. Pace bowler Mustafizur Rahman took three wickets to restrict Australia to 121-7 despite 45 by Mitchell Marsh, who got the same score in his side’s opening loss of the five-match series on Tuesday.

Bangladesh, who recorded their first ever T20 win over Australia in the previous match, have won two successive games against their opponents for the first time across formats. Pace bowlers Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc struck early to remove openers Soumya Sarkar, for nought, and Mohammad Naim, for nine, respectively. Shakib Al Hasan made the hosts fight back with his 17-ball knock and a partnership of 37 for the third wicket with Mahedi.

But the 21-year-old Afif showed maturity to thwart the opposition bowling along with Hasan, a wicketkeeper-batsman, and take the team home.

Earlier the tourists, who lost the opener after being bowled out for 108 in their chase of 131, slipped from 99-3 to 106-7 after Marsh’s wicket. Marsh put on 57 for the third wicket with Moises Henriques, who scored 30, after the departure of the two openers. Marsh was caught behind off fast bowler Shoriful Islam before Mustafizur struck twice on successive deliveries to send skipper Matthew Wade back for four and Agar for nought.

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Van Gaal named Netherlands coach for 3rd time THE HAGUE, AUG 4 (AP): Louis van Gaal was appointed Wednesday to his third stint as coach of the Netherlands following the national team’s disappointing showing at the European Championship.

Van Gaal succeeds Frank de Boer, who quit after the Netherlands was beaten 2-0 by the Czech Republic to exit Euro 2020 in the round of 16.

The country’s soccer federation said Van Gaal was appointed coach up to and including the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. The 69-year-old Van Gaal first coached “Oranje” from 2000-2002, when the team failed to qualify for the World Cup. But he had more success the second time, leading the squad to a third-place finish at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.

He was lauded in Brazil for tactical substitutions including when he swapped goalkeepers deep in extra

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time of the quarterfinal against Costa Rica and saw substitute Tim Krul save two penalties as the Netherlands won a shootout. Van Gaal coached Ajax to the Champions League title in 1995 and also coached Barcelona, Manchester United and Bayern Munich.

“Dutch football has always been

AFI names 28-member team for World Athletics U-20 Championships NEW DELHI, AUG 4 (AGENCIES): India on Tuesday named a 28-member team for the World Athletics U-20 Championships to be held in Nairobi, Kenya from August 17 to 22.

The selection committee of the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) under the chairmanship of legendary sprinter PT Usha picked the team. India will compete in 19 disciplines at the event, The Indian Express reported.

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prises 17 men who will compete in 11 disciplines while 11 girls will feature in eight events.

The Team: Men: Nalubothu Shanmuga Srinivas ( 2 0 0 m ) , A nu Ku m a r (800m), Sunil Joliya Jinabhai (3000m steeplechase), Tejas Ashok Shirse (110m hurdles), Hardeep and Rohan Kamble (400m hurdles), Amit (10000m race walk), Amandeep Dhaliwal (shot put), Kunwer Ajai Singh Rana and Jay Kumar (javelin throw),

Vipin Kumar (hammer throw), Donald M (triple jump), Bharth S, Kapil, Abdul Razak, Sumit Chahal and Nagar junan S (4x400m relay).

Women: Priya H Mohan and Summy (400m and 4x400m relay), Pooja (800m and 1500m), Ankita Dhyani (5000m), Agasara and Ann Tomy (100m hurdles), Shaili Singh (long jump), Baljeet Bajwa (10000m race walk), Payal Vohra, Deepanshi and Kunja Rajitha (4x400m relay).

close to my heart and in my view national coaching is a key position for taking our soccer further,” Van Gaal said in a statement released by the KNVB. Van Gaal needs to get the team up to speed quickly after its disappointing European Championship showing. The Netherlands plays three World Cup qualifiers in early September, against Norway, Montenegro and Turkey. It currently stands second in Group G, one point behind leader Turkey. “There is not much time until the next qualifying matches, which are immediately crucial for participation in the World Cup,” Van Gaal said. “The focus is therefore immediately 100% on the players and the approach.”

He said he already has spoken to several players in the team. Another former national coach, Danny Blind, was appointed an assistant coach along with Henk Fraser.

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With immense pride and honor, we the KUWO CHISHI CLAN of Usütomi extend our heartiest congratulations to :1. Miss Inotoli Chishi, D/o Lutovi Chishi & Zhevini Chishi, for securing 100 marks in E.E and distinction in four subjects in HSLC Exam 2021 from Stella Hr.Sec. School, Kohima.

2. Miss Yepekali Lois Chishi, D/o Hutovi Chishi & Ilika Chishi for securing 95.8% in Class XII CBSE exam 2021 from Sagar School, Rajasthan.

We would also like to congratulate all the successful candidates from our clan in HSLC, HSSLC and University examinations.

The KUWO Clan felt proud and thank you for bringing laurels to our clan. We pray to Almighty God to shower His blessings and wish you a bright future.

On behalf of the Kuwo Chishi Clan.

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AshAA VILLAge PuBLIc meetIng This is to notify that Ashaa Village Public Meeting has been convened on 12th August 2021 at 10:00 Am at Chairman’ Compound.

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The President and members of the NDPP Women Mokokchung Region convey our heartiest congratulations to Mrs. Vikali Zhimomi and Mrs. Amenla Jamir for being appointed to the post of President and Working President respectively of NDPP Women organization, Nagaland. With these new responsibilities, may God grant you wisdom and knowledge as you resume office.

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year when it was played in New York because of the coronavirus pandemic.

American 21-year-old Sebastian Korda, son of former Australian Open champion Petr, has also been given a wildcard for the event.

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The Chümoukedima Village Council extends heartiest congratulations to Dr. Kelesekho Tsükru on being promoted to Joint Director, Department of Animal Husbandry & Veterinary, Government of Nagaland. He is much respected for being a hardworking, sincere and dedicated officer and it befits that he has been deservedly promoted and in doing so he has brought laurels and immense pride to the entire community.

We further wish Dr. Kelesekho Tsükru all the success in his future endeavors. May God bless him as he continues to be an inspiration to the community.

LO N D O N, AU G 4 ( AG E N C I E S ) : A n d y Murray has been given a wildcard to compete in the Cincinnati Masters this month.

The 34-year-old Briton pulled out of the individual event at the Olympics with a minor thigh strain, to focus on the doubles.

Murray and Joe Salisbury ended up losing in the quarter-finals at Tokyo 2020 on 28 July.

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the chinglong students' union, Chinglong Village, Mon district with immense pride and honour would like to extend our heartiest congratulations to miss shoiyan omega konyak, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Yeanghai Konyak for securing 100 marks as subject topper in Environmental Education (E/E) in the recently declared HSLC Examination, 2021. We also do congratulate all the successful candidates of HSLC, HSSLC and University Examinations, 2021.

It is our sincere prayer and wish that may the Almighty God continue to bless you all with His divine wisdom in all your future endeavours! m. ngonyai konyak s. tongmeth konyak President, csu g/secretary, csu

W i t h i m m e n s e p r i d e a n d h o n o u r, t h e longkhumtsür telongjem Mokokchung town (ltMt) extend our heartiest congratulations to Miss atula W MOngRO D/o Mr C. Wati Mongro and Mrs Arenla R for securing subject topper in Ao (MIL) in the HSLC Examination 2021 under NBSE from Nagaland Christian Residential School Mokokchung and for achieving Mayangnokcha Award Trust. We proudly salute you for earning this reputation and bringing laurels to our Community by achieving such a prestigious stature.

We also Congratulate all the successful Students from Longkhum village who had cleared their HSLC, HSSLC, CBSE, ICSE & Different Universities examinations 2021,and wish them success in all their future endeavours. imtimongla imchen Shilula President general Secretary

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NEW DELHI, AUG 4 (IANS): Football Delhi on Tuesday celebrated Delhi Football Day by launching the 37 Plus League, meant for players over 37 years of age.

Since 2018, Football Delhi is celebrating Delhi Football Day to honour Indian football team captain Sunil Chhetri on his birthday.

The 37 Plus League, meant for players over 37 years of age, was opened by KB Chhetri, father of Sunil Chhetri, on Tuesday.

“Keeping fit is important and it is good that retired players are getting the opportunity to be part of a league,” said Sunil Chhetri in a video message. “ We a r e g r e a t l y honoured to launch this League in the honour of Sunil Chhetri and with this league we want to create a holistic scenario for football development in Delhi where there are football activities for all age group, from 4+ to 70+,” said Shaji Prabhakaran, the president of Football Delhi.

The inaugural match was played between Old Stars and Vikas Puri Football Club at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Complex.

side and than the T20 series with some key players missing from the home side.

“The feeling developed that perhaps Misbah was not the right man or didn’t have the coaching experience to take Pakistan into the T20 World Cup,” the source said.

He said one of the options spoken about was attaching an additional specialist white ball coach with the team.

“But now since the T20 series in West Indies was badly disrupted by bad weather and three matches were abandoned it has become difficult for the board and cricket committee to make a final decision on Misbah’s future as white ball coach,” the source said.

are slotted in Group 2 along with the World Test Championship winners New Zealand and Afghanistan.

The Group 1 comprises defending champions West Indies, former winners England, Australia and South Africa.

The Groups of Super 12s have been selected on the basis of team rankings as of March 20, 2021, according to International Cricket Council.

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given that with the kind of traction an Indo-Pak rivalry generates, the match will have to be held on a weekend.

“As of now, Sunday,

October 24 looks the likely option as the first week’s Qualifying round matches starting October 17 will be held in Muscat, Oman,” a source privy to developments in the ICC board told PTI on conditions of anonymity.

“So when the main round robin fixtures are played, it is better to start with an Indo-Pak game which will have the best TRP.” India and Pakistan

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KARACHI, AUG 4 (PTI): Misbah-ul-Haq’s tenure as head coach of the national cricket team is likely to continue through the upcoming T20 World Cup after Pakistan emerged victories in the rain-hit T20I series against West Indies.

Pakistan claimed the four-match T20 series 1-0 after the fourth and final game ended in no result on Tuesday following rain.

Before the start of the four-match T20 series against the West Indians in the Caribbeans, some PCB officials and technocrats on the cricket committee were concerned about the performance of the team in white ball formats following a disappointing England tour.

“Basically everyone was keen to see how Misbah managed the team in the T20 series in West Indies as calls grew for the PCB to review his position as head coach in white ball formats,” one reliable source told PTI. He said that the board had started to look for other options as the cricket community was upset after Pakistan lost the threematch one-day series to a second string England

NEW DELHI, AUG 4 (PTI): The marquee T20 World Cup clash between arch-rivals India and Pakistan in all likelihood will be held on October 24, which is a Sunday, even though the ICC will be releasing the official schedule of the tournament in few days.

It has been learnt that the ICC normally keeps two to three sets of schedule before zeroing in on the final one. But, it is a

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Lovlina bags bronze after losing semi-final bout TOKYO/ GUWAHATI, AUG 4 (IANS): Boxer Lovlina Borgohain became the third Indian athlete at the Tokyo Olympics after weightlifter Mirabai Chanu and shuttler PV Sindhu to clinch a medal -- a bronze -- after she lost her welterweight semifinal bout to Turkey’s Busenaz Surmeneli at the Ryogoku Ko k u g i k a n A r e n a o n Wednesday.

India have now bettered their 2016 Rio Olympic Games tally by clinching a silver and two bronze in Tokyo.

The 23-year-old from Golaghat district of Assam lost her 64/69kg category last-four bout in a unanimous decision to Busenaz, who is among the best in the business and is ranked No. 1 here.

Lovlina also became the third boxer to win a medal at the Olympics for India after Vijender Singh and MC Mar y Kom’s bronze at the 2008 and 2012 Olympics respectively.

Lovlina had already assured India of its first boxing medal from the Tokyo Olympics when she defeated former world champion and fourth seed Chen Nien-Chin of Chinese Tai-

Lovlina’s name to be etched in golden letters in Assam’s history: CM Sarma

India’s Lovlina Borgohain (blue) exchanges punches with Busenaz Surmeneli of Turkey, Wednesday.(PTI)

pei 4-1 in the quarterfinals.

Earlier, she had beaten Germany’s Nadine Apetz 3-2 in the pre-quarterfinals.

Busenaz, the 2019 world champion fighting from the red corner, was attacking from the word go. She was punching well from both sides and landed her left hook easily. Lovlina started well too but became defensive midway. Though she made a late surge to get points, Busenaz won the first round, with the judges giving her five 10s.

In the second round,

Javelin thrower Neeraj tops qualification with 86.65m effort

TOKYO, AUG 4 (IANS): Star Indian j av e l i n thrower Neeraj Chopra raised India’s hopes of a track and field medal when he qualified for the final at the Tokyo Olympic Games on We d n e s day, sealing a top place from his group, and finishing ahead of Germany’s Johannes Vetter, who is the favourite for gold at the quadrennial showpiece.

At the Olympic Stadium, the 23-yearold Chopra, the junior world champion, cleared the automatic qualifying mark of 83.50 metres with his first attempt of 86.65 metres in Group A to emerge a strong contender for a medal in the final to be held on Saturday. Vetter qualified second from Group A with a throw of 85.64 metres. Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem, who shared the podium with Chopra at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakar ta, was overall third with his best throw of 85.16 metres after he topped Group B. All eyes will be on Chopra in Saturday’s final as he is on a roll this season and is the owner of the national record -88.07m -- which he achieved at the Indian Grand Prix in March.

Neeraj Chopra

Lovlina was quick on the attack. But Busenaz continued to be proactive in the ring. Both pugilists landed continuous punches but the Turkish boxer won the second round. Lovlina had five 9s from the judges, but got a deduction of one point for punching after the referee had closed the second round.

The final round saw Lovlina trying to bridge the gap with body punches. But Busenaz started to avoid her punches and landed a left hook followed by an

uppercut. Lovlina punched non-stop till the end, but it was too late to make a turnaround against Busenaz’s persistent attack.

Busenaz let out a scream when the final bell rang. The 23-year-old knew she was the more dominant and superior boxer on show. She now advances to the gold-medal bout, where she will be up against China’s Gu Hong.

Lovlina’s loss in the semifinals brings India’s campaign in boxing at the Tokyo Olympics to an end.

TOKYO, AUG 4 (IANS): Indian grappler Ravi Kumar Dahiya assured India of at least a silver medal at the Tokyo Olympics when he stormed into the men’s 57kg freestyle final with a ‘victory by fall’ over Kazakhstan’s Nurislam Sanayev in the semifinal on Wednesday.

Dahiya became only the second Indian wrestler in history after Sushil Kumar -- who had entered the 2012 London Olympics final but ended up winning silver -- to make it to the title round at the quadrennial showpiece.

The Indian wrestler, who is making his Olympic debut, will face Russian Olympic Committee’s (ROC) Zavur Uguev -- a two-time world champion -- in the final.

The Tokyo Olympic Games twitter handle ‘#Tokyo2020’ too got into the act of applauding the Indian grappler’s massive achievement, tweeting, “He was 3-9 down, with momentum and time against him. But he still

India’s Neha Goyal takes an unsuccessful charge towards goal during their women’s field hockey semifinal match against Argentina, in Tokyo, Wednesday. (PTI)

Games here on Wednesday.

India still have a chance to win the bronze medal as they will take on Great Britain in the thirdfourth place play-off match on Friday.

The Indians fought

Tokyo Olympics.” Assam Assembly, led by Speaker Biswajit Daimary, adjourned Wednesday’s session for 30 minutes to allow the ministers, MLAs and officials to watch Lovlina’s match with great enthusiasm. Tiken Borgohain, Lovlina’s father, said that her daughter fought brilliantly against the world’s number one Busenaz Surmeneli.

He said that Lovlina gave her Arjuna Award (2020) prize money for the treatment of her mother’s kidney ailment and was always concerned about her mother’s (Mamoni Borgohain) health.

Sarupathar MLA Biswajit Phukan proposed and persuaded the state government to set up a sports academy in the pugilist’s name in Golaghat district. President Ramnath Kovind, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Youth Affairs and Sports, Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur and Chief Ministers of all northeastern states congratulated Lovlina for her feat.

Wrestler Dahiya enters final; aims for gold

Ravi Kumar Dahiya didn’t lose heart and with a couple of amazing offensive moves, pinned down a two-time world championship medallist. (Clapping hands sign). Ravi Kumar Dahiya, you are a champion! (Raising hands sign)” It was a victory for the ages as the 23-year-old Dahiya -- who has trained

HOCKEY: Indian women lose in SF, to play for bronze

TOKYO, AUG 4 (PTI): The Indian women’s hockey team put up a gritty performance but it was not enough to secure a maiden Olympic final berth as it lost 1-2 to world no.2 Argentina in a hard-fought semifinal of the ongoing

Soon after boxer Lovlina Borgohain bagged a bronze medal for India on Wednesday at the Tokyo Olympics, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma tweeted to congratulate the pugilist, saying that her name will be etched in golden letters in the history of Assam.

Sarma tweeted, “Congratulations to Assam’s daughter Lovlina Borgohain for bringing home the bronze medal in the Olympics boxing.

Your name will be etched in golden letters in the history of Assam. The entire nation is proud of your phenomenal achievement.”

Assam’s Sports and Youth Welfare and Cultural affairs minister Bimal Borah tweeted, “A red letter day for Assam as the state gets its 1st Olympic medalist in Lovlina Borgohain who wins in her maiden Olympics. Wins & losses are part of life.

I am sure she will come back stronger. Take a bow champ! You have made the nation proud at the

valiantly and gave Argentina a run for their money by taking the lead in the second minute through a penalty corner conversion

by Gurjit Kaur.

But the Las Leonas bounced back strongly with skipper Maria Barrion-

uevo’s (18th, 36th minutes) twin strikes from penalty corners to secure the hardfought win.

The bunch of 18 fearless and determined Indian women had already done the unthinkable when they stunned three-time champions Australia 1-0 on Monday to enter the Olympic semifinals for the first time.

Coming into the match, the odds were totally against India but the side led by talismanic Rani Rampal and coached by master tactician Sjoerd Marijne exceeded expectations. India’s best performance in the Olympics came way back in the 1980 Moscow Games where they finished fourth out of six teams.

In that edition of the Games, women’s hockey made its debut in the Olympics and the sport was played in a round-robin format with top two teams qualifying for the final.

The Netherlands will play Argentina in the final on Friday.

under Satpal Singh at the Chhatrasal Stadium in Delhi since the age of 10 -turned the bout on its head when everything seemed lost of the Indian.

Punia to fight for bronze

American grappler David Taylor proved too strong for Deepak Punia as the

Indian lost his 86kg category semifinal bout 10-0 at the Tokyo Olympic Games on Wednesday.

The 22-year-old Punia will now fight for the bronze medal and his opponent will be known later on Thursday after the repechage. Punia was not match for the American, who used his superior technique and aggressive play to romp home to a 10-0 win on technical superiority and secure a place in the final.

Taylor, a former world champion, was quick in attack and exploited the chinks in Punia’s armour easily to score points at the Makuhari Messe, and even though the Indian tried his best, he was no match for the American. A gut wrench, followed by a few flips, were enough to snuff out Punia’s challenge of making it to the final here.

Punia will now head into the bronze medal bout where he will face the winner of the repechage match between Myles Amine of San Marino and Belarus’s Ali Shabanau.

McLaughlin smashes world record to win women’s 400m hurdles gold TOKYO, AUG 4 (AFP): Sydney McLaughlin obliterated her own world record to claim a thrilling last-gasp victory over rival Dalilah Muhammad in the Olympic women’s 400m hurdles final on Wednesday. In another classic duel between the two dominant American hurdlers, McLaughlin surged past Muhammad just metres from the line to win in 51.46sec, slicing a whopping 0.44sec off her previous mark of 51.90sec set at the US trials in June. Muhammad, the 2016 Olympic and world champion, took silver with a time of 51.58sec, well inside the old world record, with Femke Bol of the Netherlands earning bronze in 52.03sec. “What a great race,” said McLaughlin.

“I’m just grateful to be out here celebrating that extraordinary race and representing

my country.” It was another epic world record-breaking battle between the 21-yearold McLaughlin and the 31-year-old Muhammad.

Muhammad set a world record when she won the US trials in 2019 ahead of McLaughlin, before again beating her for gold at the 2019 World Championships in Doha in a near photo-finish with a new record.

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