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Vol XXXII No. 74

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Govt focussing on empowerment of women entrepreneurs: NLA speaker

NLA speaker Sharingain Longkumer speaking at the conclave in Kohima on Friday. (DIPR)

DIMAPUR, FEB 18 (NPN): Speaker Nagaland Legislative Assembly (NLA), Sharingain Longkumer, Friday said that the state government was focussing on the empowerment of women entrepreneurs so that the socio-economic development of Nagaland could improve.

The Speaker said this while addressing the evidence-based policy consultation on enabling women entrepreneurship—a multistakeholder conclave—organized by the Investment and Development Authority of Nagaland (IDAN) on at Capital Convention Centre, Kohima on Friday.

According to a DIPR, IDAN is partnering with Deutsche Gesellschaftfiir Internationale Zusammen-

IPS officer arrested for ‘leaking’ secret documents to LeT NEW DELHI, FEB 18 (PTI): National Investigation Agency (NIA) Friday arrested its former superintendent of police and IPS officer Arvind Digvijay Negi for allegedly leaking secret documents to an over ground worker of the banned Lashkar-e-Taiba terror group, its official spokesperson said.

The spokesperson said that Negi, a police officer who was promoted to IPS batch of 2011, was arrested in connection with a case registered by NIA on November 6 last year. The case pertains to the spread of network of over ground workers (OGWs) of the banned Laskhar-e-Taiba (LeT) for providing support in planning and execution of terrorist activities in India.

The NIA had earlier arrested six people in the case.

“During investigation, the role of A D Negi, IPS, SP posted at Shimla (since repatriated from NIA) was verified and his houses were searched. It was also found that official secret documents of the NIA were leaked by Negi to another accused person who is an OGW of LeT in the case,” NIA said.

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arbeit GmbH (GIZ), a German development agency, project Her & Now and Dhriiti -The Courage Within, to promote women entrepreneurship in Nagaland.

The objective of the conclave was to create a policy brief/policy whitepaper on the women entrepreneurship ecosystem of Nagaland through a stakeholder consultation process.

The NLA speaker invited the Women Entrepreneurs Association to send a delegate to attend the upcoming Budget Session in March 2022 to view the deliberations that take place in the highest policy-making institution in the State.

In Febr uar y 2019, NLA speaker said the state government announced its new start-up policy, under

which the state government was allocating 25% fund for women entrepreneurs and plans to facilitate 500 startups in five years, through Start-up Nagaland, a nodal department under the department of industries & commerce.

Stressing the need for the policy consultation to also focus on rural women entrepreneurs so they were benefitted, the NLA speaker said unless women entrepreneurs suggested policy requirements, the government would not know which were the sectors to focus on.

Longkumer expressed hope that through this conclave right questions and suggestions will be put across so that thoughts become policies, and policies become acts. He said this will eventually help to build the socio-economic development of the State through women entrepreneurship and empowerment. Delivering the keynote address, IDAN’s CEO Alemtemshi Jamir expressed hope that the conclave would be the beginning of conversations for women entrepreneurs and remove the prevalent conditioning and ecosystem

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that were not supportive of women entrepreneurship in the State.

CEO called on the women entrepreneurs to not only focus on profit, but also base their model focussing on people, compassion, collaboration instead of competition, which he said could be their unique selling point. Asserting that policies have to be the collective effort of the people, Jamir said the suggestions, through the Conclave, will impact the government policies. He also encouraged the women to build on their strengths such as their unique culture and natural resources.

Founder, Dhriiti, Anirban Gupta, and Ullas Marar from GIZ addressed the Conclave, while presentations were given by various entrepreneurship support organizations.

Government policymakers and implementing departments, women entrepreneurs, financial institution/ funding organisations also took part in the Conclave. A roundtable discussion session (virtual format) was held on February 3 & 4 with all stakeholder groups separately.

Nagaland logs 12 fresh Covid-19 cases DIMAPUR, FEB 18 (NPN): Nagaland’s Covid-19 cases have been on a declining trend in the past few days as the state on Friday recorded 12 fresh Covid-19 positive cases and nil deaths.

Of the fresh cases, eight were from Dimapur, two in Kohima and one each in Mokokchung and Wokha, taking the total caseload to 35340.

Fur ther, a total of 1434365 persons have been inoculated against Covid-19 till February 18 (810608 first dose and 623757 second dose) while 20473 received their booster shot. Also, 67363 teenagers received their Covaxin shots (55885 first dose and 11478 second dose).

PTI: With 25,920 people testing positive for coronavirus infection in a day, India’s tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 4,27,80,235, while the death toll climbed to 5,10,905 with 492 fresh fatalities, Health ministry stated.

The active cases further declined to 2,92,092 comprising 0.68 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has further improved to 98.12 per cent, the ministry said.

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Centre not releasing funds as most Hindi teachers not qualified: Sukhalu Staff Reporter

DIMAPUR, FEB 18 (NPN): With the state government under pressure to clear the pending salaries of Hindi teachers under centrally-sponsored scheme, adviser school education KT Sukhalu Friday informed that the Central government has refused to sanction funds as many failed to fulfil eligibility criterion of Hindi teachers. Sukhalu said this while addressing the inaugural upgrade programme of Government High School at Toluvi village.

Sukhalu said that as per National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) norms, a teacher should be at least class 12th pass and also hold a diploma in Hindi. He however pointed out that “most of our Hindi teachers in Nagaland were only class 10th pass.” This was the reason whey the Centre did not sanction funds, he said.

Sukhalu also disclosed that the department has taken up the matter with the State finance department for release of funds from the state’s exchequer.

However, the department had informed that unless the teachers fulfil the eligibility

Advisor KT Sukhalu along with Toluvi village council members and DEO Dimapur staff on Friday. (NP)

criteria, it would not be able to release funds.

Sukhalu further informed that recruitment of Hindi teachers will be made shortly and only those who passed at least Class 12 and hold Hindi diplomas would be eligible to apply.

Staffing pattern: The adviser also informed that the government was working on a staffing pattern of teachers in government schools to maintain a healthy studentteacher ratio and ensure quality education.

Sukhalu said the staffing pattern in all government schools would be worked out so that schools did not face shortage or excess teachers. A notification in this regard would be issued shortly, he added. He also unveiled a monolith on the occasion.

Speaking on the school’s upgrade, Sukha-

lu said the education department aimed to impart quality education and turn government schools in the State into centres of excellence. And achieving this, he stressed was not the responsibility of the department alone, but equally important for the people of the State to extend full cooperation.

The adviser assured that additional classroom construction for classes 9 and 10 would be taken up in the next financial year, but at the same time said that downgrading of government schools was the prerogative of the State government.

Acknowledging teachers for their dedication and people of Toluvi for their support, the adviser urged the villagers to take the responsibility of maintaining the school and ensure that it was run properly.

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GPRN/NSCN questions cadre’s death in Meluri

DIMAPUR, FEB 18 (NPN): GPRN/NSCN Friday questioned the circumstances leading to the death of its cadre identified as “sgt maj” Turhuli Thupitor, who was allegedly was found dead in police custody on February 16, 2022.

GPRN/NSCN through its MIP stated that the nature and circumstances leading to the “unfair arrest and queer death of the Naga army cadre” under the police custody was not justifiable under any circumstances.

GPRN/NSCN said it

was seriously concerned and “fully convinced” that there was a foul play in the death of “sgt maj” Turhuli Thupitor.

According to MIP, “sgt maj” Turhuli Thupitor was taken away from his residence at Muluole colony, Meluri town by the C-Coy, 38 Assam Rifles of Meluri outpost and Nagaland police, Meluri on charges of extortion and illegal possession of arms on the night of February 13 2022, at around 10:35pm “in what can be construed as an act of ap-

RPP to undertake ‘a walk to save Nagaland’ campaign DIMAPUR, FEB 18 (NPN): Rising People’s Party (RPP) Friday announced its plan to undertake the “task of walking around Nagaland” on the theme “A Walk to Save Nagaland”.

In a press release, RPP said the proposed walk was also the beginning of its campaign for the next general assembly elections.

RPP said the walk, which would begin from Dimapur on February 21, 2022 and culminate in

Dimapur, would traverse Mhainamtsi – Thekrujuma – Piphema – Kohima – Jakhama – Pfutsero – Meluri – Kiphire – Tuensang – Tobu – Aboi – Wakching – Tamlu – Merangkong – Tuli – Yajang – Foothill road – Niuland – Dimapur.

Through the proposed walk, which is estimated to take 40 days covering a distance of over 1200km, RPP said it wished to highlight issues that had “kept the state backward for too long.”

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parent recurrence of Assam Rifles and police orchestration of atrocity/encounter”.

MIP claimed that “with no such credible evidence of the said charges”, the AR Company and Meluri police “conspired together” and arrested its officer by “sinisterly setting a country-made 9MM pistol upon him.”

Subsequently, MIP said that on February 16, 2022 morning “sgt. maj.” Turhuli Thupitor was found dead in police custody “in a suspicious manner.”

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Wet spell very likely over NE DIMAPUR, FEB 18 (NPN): India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted that wet spell was very likely over Northeast region on February 20 and February 21, 2022.

In its bulletin, IMD informed that scattered to fairly widespread light/moderate rainfall was likely over Arunachal Pradesh during February 19-22 and over Assam-Meghalaya and Nagaland-Manipur-MizoramTripura on February 20 & 21.

It also said that isolated heavy rainfall was also likely over Arunachal Pradesh on February 20, 2022.

Guidelines on EPR for plastic packaging NEW DELHI, FEB 18 (PTI/AGENCIES): Taking forward the clarion call given

by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to eliminate singleuse plastics, the environment ministry has notified comprehensive guidelines on Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) on plastic packaging, Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav said.

Announcing the notification of the new Plastic Waste Management (Amendment) Rules, 2022 through social media late Thursday night, Yadav said

the guidelines provide a framework to strengthen the circular economy of plastic packaging waste and promote alternatives to plastic.

“The guidelines not only provide a framework to strengthen the circular economy of plastic packaging waste, but also promote development of new alternatives to plastics. They provide a roadmap for businesses to move towards sustainable plastic packaging,” Yadav said in the tweet.

According to the notification, the new guidelines shall come into force with

immediate effect.

The guidelines on plastic packaging also fixes responsibilities on producers, importers and brand owners for managing products in environmentally sound manner until the end of its life-cycle.

It has for the first time also set up a ‘market mechanism’ for plastic waste management where efficient approach can get waste generators earn credits which can be sold and purchased.

Under these guidelines, “producers, importers & brand owners” (PIBOs) can (Cont’d on p-8)

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Dy CM inaugurates road projects in Wokha ABAM organises ‘spiritual awakening’ prog

DIMAPUR: State deputy chief minister, Y. Patton inaugurated two road projects under 37 assembly constituency, Wokha, on Friday.

According to deputy CM media cell, inauguration programmes for Wokha Town to N/Longidang (Nyiro Range) upgradation road and Yikhum Village circular road at Englan range were held.

In his speech, Patton, who is also the in-charge of PWD (R&B) said that road development was for every individual to stay connected.

During the inauguration of N/Longidang (Nyiro Range) road, Patton said that the road would now become a lifeline for people of Nyiro range and neighbouring district Zunheboto as envisioned.

He said that the bridge construction which was heading completion, connecting Old Shena and Longidang would now become a business and commercial road.

Patton along with officials from PWD (R&B) department and others at the inaugural programme.

Assuring to bring more development, Patton during both the programmes said that it was the will and desire of the people to see more development in the area.

In this regard, he sought for the cooperation and support of the public.

He urged upon the

people to reach out to him with grievances and extended gratitude to the department of PWD (R&B) and contractors for timely completion and to the public for rendering their cooperation.

It may be mentioned that the road project for N/ Longidang, Nyiro Range

road upgradation was done under NESIDS (DONER) while the Yikhum village circular road black topping project was constructed under iconic programme (LADPF) 2021-2022.

In a brief technical report, E.E PWD (R&B) Wokha division, Mhathung Kikon said that a

three years of defect liability would be taken care of by the contractor and that natural calamities were not under the purview.

The department informed that it would keep an eye for maintaining the road within the three years.

It also reminded the people of N/Longidang to keep checking the drainage for effective lifespan of the road and to keep the road and drainage free from blockage as this was not accountable under defect liability.

E a r l i e r, t h e p r o g r a m m e wa s c h a i r e d by chief engineer PWD (R&B), Kahuli Sema while dedication of N/Longidang, Nyiro Range road upgradation was done by Niroyo Baptist Church, Rev. L. Renathung Yanthan.

At the inaugural programme of Yikhum village circular road black topping, dedication was done

by Yikhum Village pastor, Zaben Kithan.

Pastors under ABAM at the spiritual awakening programme.

DIMAPUR: Under the supervision of church and mission, Ao Baptist Arogo Mungdang (ABAM), a “spiritual awakening” programme was organised for pastors under the aegis of ABAM from February 1718 at Impur.

A press release from ABAM informed that during the welcome speech, secretary, church & mission, ABAM, Rev. Yapang Mollier said that given the “sesquicentennial celebration”, the series of spiritual awakening programmes for all the full-time church workers were held.

This, the reverend said also marked the first time in the history of ABAM’s existence to have such a programme. Executive secretary, ABAM, Rev. Dr.

Mar Pongener who spoke on the topic “where are you?” Genesis 3:9 said that one needs to answer these questions to realise the present scenario of their ministry. He called upon the pastors by saying that the systemic structure of ministry that waits for the sheep to come has to be reversed by going out to search the lost sheep at any cost.

We n e e d p a s t o r s whose eyes are full of tears for the lost sheep, he stated.

M e a n w h i l e, R e v.

Lanuyanger, Nükmen who spoke on the topic “give the diligence to make your calling sure” 2 Peter 1:10 said as pastors, their calling was not general but rather personal. Knowing the seriousness of God’s calling,

we need to avail ample time for thorough care of our sheep, he said.

On the topic, “go deeper” Luke 5:4, senior pastor, Kohima Ao Baptist Church, Rev. Sentisashi said the lost sheep were not in the highways but were hidden in the deep and dark corners.

He said that unless the pastors went out of their comfort zones, they would hardly find one.

Time demands a deep biblical nurturing and deep commitment, he said and further encouraged them to get down from their chairs and go to the deepest corner and find those that were yet to be found.

Altogether, 135 pastors from 112 local churches attended the programme.

Sangtam bodies mourn demise of Mock exercise on earthquake held at Jalukie community’s first MBBS graduate

DIMAPUR: Sangtam bodies have mourned the demise of the first MBBS graduate from Sangtam c o m mu n i t y a n d f i r s t among Eastern Nagas to hold the post of director in the department of Health and Family Welfare (H&FW), Dr. N.T Meren Sangtam, who passed away in Delhi on February 16.

USLP: United Sangtam Likhüm Pümji (USLP) has expressed deep sadness over the demise of Dr. N.T Meren Sangtam.

In a condolence message, USLP president, T. Seopi Sangtam said “Dr. N.T Meren was known for his integrity and honesty” and always worked relentlessly to uplift the society.

United Sangtam Likhüm Pümji said that late Dr. N.T. Meren was a “towering figure among the Sangtam community” who diligently executed his work as chairman of Sangtam literature board for almost a decade.

It said that his demise was a colossal loss for the Sangtam community as a reformer, thinker and a voice of reason.

Conveying its sincere condolence to the bereaved family, USLP prayed that the Almighty would grant peace and strength to the family at this hour of pain and sorrow.

USGOU: United Sangtam Gazetted officers Union (USGOU) in a condolence message through its president, Er. H. Alongse Sangtam said that its esteemed lifetime member late Dr. N. T. Meren Sangtam was a man of integrity respected by both young and old.

The union said that he contributed immensely towards USGOU, Sangtam community and the state government by serving in various capacities with unflinching enthusiasm and integrity.

USGOU said that his legacy would be forever imprinted in the lives of its

members and his contributions and achievements towards the Sangtam community would never be forgotten.

F u r t h e r, U n i t e d Sangtam Gazetted officers Union conveyed deepest condolences to the bereaved family members and prayed that the Almighty would give them strength and solace to bear the irreparable loss.

DIMAPUR: District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA), Peren, under the aegis of Nagaland State Disaster Management Authority (NSDMA) organised the annual mock exercise on earthquake at Goevernment High School Ground, Jalukie on Friday.

According to a DIPR report, deputy commissioner (DC) & chairman DDMA Peren, Sentiwapang Aier who was the main observer said the overall exercise was a success, however, during the rescue operation,

November 2021 and urged upon the responsible department and state government to clear salaries and arrears (November 2021 to date) without any delay. The unit stated that the teachers were solely dependent on their salaries for their livelihood.

Further, it also appealed them to look upon the matter without any further delay and to ensure timely release of salary in the future.

some communication gaps proved. and public participation in The DC lauded the ofaffected areas were there ficials involved, public and which needed to be im- students for their coopera-

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It’s been a year since you left us. This day, yet your memories still remain embedded in our hearts. Nothing fills the void you left behind but the good deeds of yours will be cherished till we meet again.

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You left us without saying goodbye Now all we do is fight back our tears Our hearts ache with sadness To think that you are really gone.

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“For this God is our God for ever and ever, He will be our guide even to the end” - Psalm 48:14

Your place no one can fill Having you in our lives We’ve all been blessed All the good you have shared will live on.

We hold you close within our hearts And there you will remain To walk with us throughout our lives Until we meet again at Jesus’ feet.

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We , t h e fa m i ly m e m b e r s o f Late Thepfurei-o Mario, would like to convey our sincere thanks and gratitude to each and every individual who stood and supported us physically, spiritually, financially and materially during the prolonged illness and sad demise of our beloved father on February 10, 2022.

We also convey our special thanks to: Shri Neiphiu Rio 13. GHS Zhadima Dr. Neiphrezo Keditsu 14. Prayer Centre Zhadima Shri. Peter Kuotsu 15. Salvation Ministry Dr. Albert Bethesda Zhadima Hospital 16. Baptist Church Zhadima Northern Angami Youth 17. C.C Church Zhadima Organization 18. New Life AG Church Ziezou Zhadima Village Council 19. Ziezou-Phekerkriezou Zhadima Youth & Sports Miario Krotho Organization 20. Tsosünyu & Longwesunyu Zhadima Union Kohima Village Kathu Kami 21. Miario Miapfü Krotho Zhadi Bawe AG Church Zhadi Basa AG Church Zhadima CRC Pezielietsie Kohima 22. Doctors, ICU & Staff NHK Viphoma Baptist Church

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25/10/1936 – 16/2/2022 We, the bereaved family of Lt. SURJAN LIMBU, express our heartfelt gratitude to all our relatives, friends and well-wishers, who stood by us spiritually, physically and financially at the time of illness and demise of our beloved father. Our father lived a respectable and fulfilled life, we are ever grateful to everyone who shared a moment of their life with him. We humbly request that everyone accept this acknowledgement as an expression of our appreciation and gratitude.

We would like to mention our special thanks to the following organizations and individuals.

1. Dr. MHASHEVISU SOTHI 2. MEITEVI ZAO 3. OMH PANCHAYAT 4. OMH YOUTH ORGANIZATION 5. NHAK DOCTORS, NURSES AND STAFF 6. ASSAM RIFLES EX-SERVICEMEN ASSOCIATION 7. SUKHANAMA WOMEN’S GROUP 8. NEXPAESYA JANA NEPALI SOCIETY OMH 9. GPPK 10. RAI LIMBU WELFARE SOCIETY KOHIMA Loving Family k-337/22

his office.

Later, the Incidence Response Team (IRT) responded with prompt action. Meanwhile, at St. Xavier School, the operation was carried out by DEF while the drill at ITMS was carried out by 12BN NDRF personnel.

It may be mentioned that the exercise is being carried out to create awareness among the communities and to check the preparedness of the district on how to effectively respond in the event of an earthquake.

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ANHTU Kma unit appeals state govt

DIMAPUR: All Nagaland Hindi Teachers Union (ANHTU), Kohima unit has appealed to the Education department and state government to release pending salaries of Hindi teachers appointed during 2012-2015.

In a press release, ANHTU Kohima unit president, Vizothal Zhotso stated that Hindi teachers were left unpaid since

NSDRF personnel carrying out a mock rescue drill on Friday at Jalukie. (DIPR)

tion. Simulating the effect of an earthquake of 8.7 magnitude, the exercise was carried out in two schools that had been seriously affected - St. Xavier School where five casualties were reported and ITM School, Jalukie where 15 casualties were reported.

The exercise began with sounding of an emergency siren at 11:00 a.m. by the Fire & Emergency Services personnel followed by briefing chaired by responsible officer, ADC Jalukie, Dr. Tinojongshi Chang at

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We, the family of LATE HUBERT ASHULI convey our heartfelt gratitude for the overwhelming gestures of love and concern extended to us at the time of our loss and grief.

Late Nukshitola Pongener(Chungtia) (19.04.1967 – 08.02.2022) We, the family members of Late Nukshitola Pongener, would like to convey our profound gratitude to all the friends, neighbours, unions, church members, individuals and well wishers who have shown us sympathy, kindness and generosity at the sudden demise of our beloved mother on the 8th of Feburary, 2022. Special thank you to the doctors and nurses of Lenjem Hospital, Mokokchung and CMO, Mokokchung.

Even though, we cannot thank each and every one of you individually, it is our humble prayer that our Almighty God bless you all abundantly.

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Our eternal indebtedness to the Good Samaritan, Mr. Mezhieleto Keyho of Piphema who helped to reach at Community Health Centre, Medziphema and others who assisted him at his last moment, St. Francis de Sales (SFS) Parish Church, Medziphema, Town Authorities of Medziphema, Mao HoHo Dimapur, various Churches, Organizations, Neighbours, Friends, Well Wishers and Extended Family from far and near, for your moral, physical and financial support.

We are deeply touched.

It is our sincere prayer that our Almighty God showers rich blessings upon each and everyone.

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Department officials and participants at the capacity building training programme in Kohima, Friday. (NP)

Correspondent/DIPR KO H I M A , F E B 1 8 (NPN): Industries and Commerce (I&C) department, director, K Hokishe Assumi stressed on producing quality local products and packaging to make them eligible for export.

Hokishe remarked that at the end of the day packaging mattered and urged Nagas to emulate the packaging from products imported from countries like Australia, New Zealand, etc.

He said this while addressing a one-day ca-

pacity building training programme on packaging for export of agri food, handloom and handicraft products under Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav held here at directorate of Industries. The programme was jointly organised by directorate of Industries & Commerce (I&C) and Indian Institute of Packaging (IIP) under Ministry of Commerce & Industry.

“We say our products are organic. But our packaging and branding should also be presentable,” he emphasised.

While asserting that every culture had a specific

Meeting of AHoDs and HoDs held in Kohima Govt to strictly ensure ‘no work no pay’ rule DIMAPUR: The monthly meeting of Administrative Heads of Departments (AHoDs) and Heads of Departments (HoDs) was held under the chairmanship of chief secretary Nagaland, J Alam in the secretariat conference hall on February 17.

According to a DIPR report, CS in the meeting stated that all state government offices should start functioning normally with the improvement of COVID-19 situation in the state.

Pointing out that the government spent a “huge amount of money on salaries”, Alam said if government employees did not attend their offices, their “pay should be withheld”.

The house opined that there should be strict monitoring of attendance and office timings and agreed on implementing “no work no pay” with immediate effect.

Alam also requested the AHoDs and HoDs to give special attention to the pending court cases of the state government.

He said that proper parawise comments should be prepared and the government lawyers should also be briefed

standard for products, Hokishe maintained that local products were mainly agrobased and there were some bottlenecks. He informed that the department also intended to set up a testing laboratory and a warehouse at Dimapur soon.

Mentioning that the State government had a plan to brand agro products, besides handloom and handicrafts, Assumi said if this materialised, then local products could be sold under the brand.

He stressed that Nagas should have their own packaging and brand.

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59 BJP mandal executive meet held

earnestly so that the state government was in a better position to defend the cases.

State govt to organise CSR conclave A PowerPoint presentation was also made by CEO Investment & Development Authority of Nagaland (IDAN), Alemtemshi Jamir where he informed the house that the state government would be organising a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Conclave, possible in April 2022.

Pointing out that Nagaland needs to attract cooperate companies to contribute their social responsibilities for the development of the state, Alemtemshi urged upon the departments to come up with ideas and plans and work out various projects to be submitted to the companies.

While stating that the state was “fund constrained”, he encouraged the departments to take up developmental activities available through CSR. In this regard, the CS instructed all departments to submit their proposals and projects to IDAN at the earliest for compilation and submission.

Development commissioner Nagaland, Amardeep Bhatia also said that implementation of CSR projects in the state would bring good practices.

DIMAPUR: The 59 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) mandal executive meeting was held at Thsingaki river, Kiphire on Friday.

A press release from state BJP media cell informed that while speaking at the meeting, minister for soil and water conservation and G&M, Kashiho Sangtam said that the BJP office bearers and legislators in the state were intact and working closely for the welfare of the party.

Urging upon the “karyakartas” to work sincerely for the party, the minister encouraged the party members to maintain “party discipline” and take commitment to educate the people about its policies and programmes.

While assuring the people of his constituency that he would work with conviction to bring more development, he also urged them to stay steadfast and not be swayed by rumours “being spread by unscrupulous elements.”

He further assured that the government was working closely to bring more development and progress in the state.

Short speeches were also delivered by state executive members, Tsasepi and Kiheto, Chopiba, PS to minister, Hobbs, president Kiphire district, and mandal presidents from Longmatra, Sitimi, Seyochung and Amahator area unit.

Earlier, the programme was chaired by organisation secretary, Liose and invocation was said by Tsalito while welcome note was delivered by 59th Mandal vice president, Setsaba.

Toshiho K. Yepthomi delivered the presidential address while general secretary, Tethsolen delivered vote of thanks. The meeting was attended by party leaders and “karyakartas” from 59 mandal and Kiphire district.

sans and entrepreneurs not to think of immediate returns, while continuing to bring innovations in their products and packaging.

Speaking on the occasion, MSME-DI Dimapur director Tali Longchar urged the gathering to avail loans under MSME schemes, but reminded them to develop soft skills to be a successful entrepreneur.

He called for focus to achieve something instead of imitating others and make good use of available raw materials and products to compete with others.

Citing the instance of Mizoram, he claimed that the banks there approached people to avail loans, but in Nagaland the case was just the opposite.

He declared that the State government was prepared to help if anyone possessed soft skills and promote their work.

Tali said the union ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises would set up a technology centre for medicinal and aromatic plants by March this year.

During the training, ‘Basic concepts, principles and functions of packaging for export of Agri food, Handloom and Handicraft products of Nagaland’ and ‘CFB Transport Packaging of Agri food, Handloom and Handicraft products of Nagaland’ was presented by Dr. Babu Rao Guduri, joint director & head training & education division, Indian Institute of Packaging, Mumbai; ‘

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Author Meyisongla with I Temjen Tsudir launching the book on Friday. (NP)

village to ashes.

She revealed that during that time, the villagers had to abandon their homes and take refuge in the remote jungles.

Meyisongla said that many Nagas suffered untold miseries and died due to the atrocities of the Indian Army.

She revealed how God miraculously paved

her way from all these obstacles and enabled her to take up nursing training in Shillong.

Later, she went on to complete more courses in Delhi, America, Australia and retired as deputy director in the medical department in 1999.

She said these incidents inspired her to write the autobiography to tell

Flexible packaging for export of Agri food, Handloom and Handicraft Products of Nagaland’ was presented by Puneet Agarwal, director, M/s Manjushree Polypacks Pvt. Ltd. Guwahati, and ‘Live demonstration and screening of a video of packaging for export of Agri food, Handloom and Handicraft products of Nagaland’ was presented by Rishu Gautam, assistant director, IIP Kolkata Centre.

The program was chaired

by Rishu Gautam, Assistant Director, Indian Institute of Packaging, Kolkata Centre, who also delivered the vote of thanks.

The one-day capacity building training program was organised

by Indian Institute of Packaging, Kolkata Centre, and sponsored

by Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Department of Commerce, Government of India, in association with Department of Industries & Commerce, Government of Nagaland. Altogether, 180 participants took part in the training program.

The main objective of the workshop is to disseminate information about the trends and technology in the packaging of processed food, create awareness about the importance of Agri food, Handloom and Handicraft products, and also promote the export market with the use of innovative packaging designs & developments, standardisation etc. under the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav.

NKPO meets two Peren legislators over road project DIMAPUR: Nsong Kebai Area Public Organisation (NKPO) held a consultative meeting with the two elected representatives of Peren district—advisor water resources Namri Nchang and UDA chairman and former chief minister TR Zeliang—at Jalukie Town on February 17, 2022.

In a press release, NKPO secretary Deichungbe Zeme stated that the meeting discussed “inordinate delay” in the execution of Rs.123 crore two-lane project from Tening Zero Point to Leikie Road, sanctioned under NERSD Scheme in July 2019 due to court cases by contractors.

NKPO stated that the road leading to Nsong EAC circle covering eight villages and EAC Hq. had been left unattended for the last three decades. It stated that the sanction for new road to the area by NEC was as a big relief to the sufferings of the area people.

Therefore, the house after thorough deliberations unanimously resolved to request both the elected representatives of Peren district to immediately find ways for out of court settlement between Contractors for early start of the road project.

The meet also resolved to ask the contending parties of Contractors to refrain from carrying out unauthorised work without proper “Work Order “ on the said road project before settlement by agreement of out of Court or otherwise.

Further, the house asked one contending contractor viz Nagami Tech to halt the work that began started on February 16, 2022 till such time the agreement was reached between contending parties in order to avoid further delay of the project.

The meeting was attended by 185 representatives from all the villages under Nsong and Kebai areas.

Manpower shortage poses challenge for DoPN DIMAPUR: Association of Power Engineers Nagaland (APEN) president, Er. Penrithung Yanthan on Friday said that the Department of Power, Nagaland (DoPN) had been “incurring heavy losses commercially and technically due to shortage of manpower” which posed a challenge for the department.

A press release from APEN informed that he was speaking at the APEN general conference in the conference hall of the engineer-in-chief, power.

In his address, Penrithung stressed on the importance of setting up renewable power project in the state as out of a demand of 200 MW only 27 MW was from own generation.

He said that many new substations, transmission lines, sub transmission and distribution lines had been set up but “without any increase in manpower.”

While highlighting various issues faced by the department during the pandemic, he said that the workforce of the department led by its power engineers were the “undesignated” frontline workers.

Penrithung also pointed out that installation of prepaid meter was a major activity of the department which would move towards

Members of APEN at the general conference on Friday. conservation of energy and do away with nonreceipt of electricity bill and delivery of wrong and erroneous bills.

In this regard, he urged upon the members to spread the message on the importance and benefits of installing prepaid meters.

Recalling the journey of Association of Power Engineers Nagaland since its inception in 1974, he expressed happiness that the golden jubilee which would come in two years would be a celebration of achievements of the de-

Autobiography of Meyisongla released in Kohima KOHIMA, FEBRUARY 18 (NPN): An autobiography titled “Mamatoktetba Taochi” authored by retired deputy director, nursing, Meyisongla was released by Ao Senden Literature Board (ASLB), secretary, I. Temjen Tsudir at hotel Japfü, here on Friday.

The book titled “Mamatoktetba Taochi” is written in Ao language and translates to “Unforgettable Grace” in English.

The book chronicles the love and guidance of God over the life of Meyisongla, who is 83 years now.

Meyisongla was a recipient of Governor’s Inauguration Medal on December 1, 1963.

Her book reveals the terror she witnessed during the Indian army operation on April 30, 1956 when her native village, Mongsenyimti saw heavy firing by the Indian army who later, razed the whole

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the world about how the Lord delivered her from darkness and brought her into the light.

The author said that the book also signified the close bond she had with her paternal grandmother and the many sacrifices her grandmother made for her.

Recollecting the days after the end of World War II when school was still a new concept, Meyisongla recollected how she had wanted to attend school but was unable to since she had to babysit her younger brother Lanuakum who is also a retired additional chief engineer.

She narrated that she attended school and the teacher was kind enough to let her sit through and offered an empty bench to let her sleeping brother lie while the class was in progress.

She said seeing her zeal to get education, her grandmother pitched in to babysit her younger brother so that Meyisongla

could attend school.

Of the many things her grandmother Repayula did for her, the author said she would not forget her volunteering to babysit because this act made her who she was today.

The author conveyed her gratitude to Border Affairs, deputy director, Tali Imsong for assisting her in writing the book.

ASLB secretary, I. Temjen Tzudir said that he had closely read the book twice during which he learnt that the book had substance and carried a soul.

He hoped that the book would benefit many people if it was translated into English as it would in turn reach a larger audience.

Watsu Unit Kohima, president, Nukshirenla and O. Chubala also delivered short speeches.

The book was published by Woods Publishers. “Mamatoktetba Toachi” is the eighth book Meyisongla had authored.

partment and not simply a celebration of 50 years of its existence.

In his speech, C.E (D&R), Er. Moa Aier encouraged the members to be resilient even though the department had various challenges and urged them to respond for improvement in performance.

Meanwhile, engineerin-chief, Power, Er. Nribemo Mozhui also spoke on the occasion and acknowledged the achievements of APEN. He lauded the members for being efficient

and for coming up with solutions to any kind of problem.

During the discussion of various agenda, a new team of office bearers and executive members were also elected for the term 2022-2025, led by the Er. Kasho Chishi as president.

Earlier, the conference was chaired by joint secretary APEN, Er. Shiludi Lkr, invocation was said by Er. Myingthungo Ngullie followed by presidential address and vote of thanks from Er. T. Lithrichum Sangtam.

NPCC launches INC digital membership drive

D I M A P U R : Na g a la nd Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) president, K Therie on Friday launched the INC digital membership drive at Congress Bhavan, Kohima.

A press release from NPCC media cell informed that during a brief programme, technical aspects of Congress party membership app and the process for enrolment was explained and demonstrated by general secretary, NPCC I/c organisation, Capt GK Zhimomi.

During the programme, an interactive session was also held where all PCC office bearers, PCC frontal organsiations and various department heads participated, to clear doubts.

Later, they were enrolled as “verified enrollers” to undertake enrolment of those willing to apply for INC membership till March 31, 2022.

NPCC informed that 60 chief enrollers had been appointed in all 60 assembly constituencies and that they would be responsible for appointing enrollers in every

polling booth.

NPCC has informed that those willing to take up INC membership must have possession of EPIC/ voter ID card and an active mobile number while

approaching the nearest District Congress Committee (DCC) offices. Further details for INC digital enrolment would be available on INC Nagaland social media platforms.

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BJP intensifies poll campaign in Manipur PM MODI WILL VISIT MANIPUR ON FEB 22 AS PARTY’S STAR CAMPAIGNER

Correspondent IMPHAL, FEB 18: The ruling BJP intensified its poll campaign to garner the support of the public with just 10 days left to go to the first phase of the two-phase elections to the Manipur Assembly.

While many of its leaders were camping in the state to take part in poll campaigns, many more leaders including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and union home ministers are scheduled to arrive in Imphal to campaign for the party candidates.

Modi will be arriving in Imphal on February 22 for a few hours visit in the state. An advance team of the SPG (Special Protection Group) arrived in Imphal today ahead of his visit.

The SPG personnel inspected places where the Prime Minister will take part in the poll campaigns of the party.

Union home minister Amit Shah is also likely to visit the state on February 26, a source close to the party said.

Meanwhile, Union minister for women and child welfare Smriti Irani was among some leaders

Union minister Smriti Irani at the flag hoisting ceremony of party candidate in Imphal on Friday. of the BJP who arrived in Imphal on Friday and took part in party election rallies.

Chief minister of Tripura Biplab Kumar Deb also arrived in Imphal today and campaigned for the party candidates.

National leaders of the party and Union ministers like Pratima Bhoumik, Dr Samit Patra, camping in the state are also busy in election rallies of party candidates.

Attending a flag hoisting ceremony of BJP candidate and state education minister S Rajen, Union minister Smriti Irani came down heavily on the Congress, saying that even its leaders have no more faith in the party.

“People should not keep faith in such a party,” she said, alleging that Rahul Gandhi himself has no faith in the party he is leading.

She further criticized the AICC leaders while alleging that its Central leaders did not know Manipur is a state of Indian Union.

“How can you believe such a party when its leaders like Rahul Gandhi do not know Manipur,” she asked.

Irani stressed the need for BJP retaining the power in the state this time with absolute majority so as to be able to implement the promises made by the party in its poll manifesto like generation of jobs for the youths, empowering women and welfare for the senior

citizens.

“BJP needs to form a government of its own so as to be able to keep the poll promises,” she said.

The Union minister also took part in rallies of party candidates at different constituencies and talked about BJP’s initiatives for the empowerment of women and education of the children.

She claimed that the promise for free laptops to the meritorious students of Class-XII exam and scooters to meritorious female college students made by the BJP were part of its commitment to empower the women and welfare of the children.

Tripura chief minister Biplab Kumar Deb who took part in the aggressive poll campaign of the ruling party claimed that the wave of development was clearly visible in the state under the BJP rule.

He added that the people of the state were ready to give its mandate to the BJP and the saffron will retain power this time with absolute majority.

Deb arrived in the state on a two-day visit to the state to join BJP’s campaign campaign for the ensuing

two-phase state Assembly elections.

Manipur will go to poll to elect 60 members of the state Assembly in two phases –on February 28 and March 5.

The ruling BJP is fielding its candidates in all the 60 Assembly constituencies while the main opposition Congress in 53 constituencies.

NPP, the ruling partner of BJP in the coalition government and JD (U) are fielding candidates in 38 ACs each, NPF in 10 seats, Shiv Sena and RPI (Athawale) in nine seats each, NCP in eight seats among other political parties.

A total of 265 candidates including 17 female candidates are in the fray in the ensuing elections to the 60-seat Manipur legislative Assembly.

As many as 173 candidates are contesting in the first phase poll in which voting will take place in 38 seats on February 28.

Among them 15 are females.

Altogether, 92 candidates, including two females, are in the fray in the second and final phase polls on March 5. The counting of votes will take place on March 10.

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Manipur polls: Over 21% candidates have criminal cases, 53% are millionaires

IMPHAL, FEB 18 (IANS): More than 21 per cent of the 173 candidates contesting in the first phase of the Manipur Assembly elections have criminal cases and 16 per cent have serious criminal cases against them while 53 per cent are ‘crorepatis’ (millionaires).

Twenty four candidates (14 per cent) have assets valued at Rs five crore and above, a report of the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) said on Friday.

The ADR released the report after analysing the self-sworn affidavits of all 173 candidates, and said 37 candidates (21 per cent) have declared criminal cases against themselves and 27 (16 per cent) have declared serious criminal cases against them.

According to the ADR analysis, among the major parties, 10 (26 per cent) of the 38 BJP candidates have serious criminal cases followed by five (18 per cent) of the 28 JD(U) candidates, four (11 per cent) of the 35 Congress candidates and two (seven per cent) of the 27 candidates belonging to the NPP have declared serious criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

The report said the directions of the Supreme Court have had no impact on the parties in the selection of candidates for the first phase of the Assembly elections as they continue giving tickets to nearly 21 per cent candidates with criminal cases.

Of the 173 candidates contesting in the first phase of elections on February 28, 91 (53 per cent) are crorepatis with 24 candidates (14 per cent) having assets valued at Rs five crore and above.

The role of money power in the elections is evident from the fact that all major parties give tickets to wealthy candidates, the report added.

Among the major parties 21 (78 per cent) of the 27 candidates belonging to the NPP, 27 (71 per cent) of the 38 candidates from the BJP, 18 (51 per cent) of the 35 Congress candidates and 14 (50 per cent) of the 28 candidates put up by the JD(U) have declared assets valued at more than Rs one crore.

The average assets per candidate contesting in the first phase of the elections are Rs 2.51 crore. A NCP candidate, Ningthoujam

M’laya aspires to lead ‘green bloc coalition’ Two suspended Cong legislators appointed as co-chairmen in BJP-backed M’laya govt

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SHILLONG, FEB 18: Meghalaya aspires to be a leader to create a green bloc coalition to find solutions to fast depleting natural assets, State minister for forest and environment, James K Sangma said at the World Sustainable Development Summit in New Delhi on Friday.

Po i n t i n g o u t t h a t Meghalaya along with Arunachal Pradesh form the biggest carbon sinks crucial for India to honour the commitments made at the Paris Agreement, Sangma, who participated in the discussion via virtual world, also put forth the need for the North-Eastern region to be a unique green laboratory.

Pointing out that the implementation aspects of climate action, be it mitigation, adaptation and resilience, often falls on the state governments, the Meghalaya Minister along with Maharashtra Environment Minister, Aaditya Uddhav Thackeray and Tamil Nadu Finance Minister Palanivel Thiagarajan also mooted the idea of setting up a dedicated environmental council composed of representatives from the Centre and the states.

“On the lines of the GST Council, if we have the environment and forest ministers of all states along with the Union Minister of Environment in a council, I think that is where we can set targets

M’laya to raise ILP issue during next meet with Shah

File photo of Conrad Sangma with Amit Shah.

S H I L LO N G, F E B 1 8 (AGENCIES): The Deputy Chief Minister of Meghalaya, Preston Tynsong recently informed that the state government will raise the matter of ILP (Inner Line Permit) during its upcoming meeting with the Union Home Minister Amit Shah, reports The Sentinel Assam.

The Meghalaya government is looking forward to discuss with the Home Minister the problems for the implementation of Inner Line Permit in the states of the northeast. The decision is taken in concern of reducing the rising national security vulnerabilities in the region.

The deputy CM further asserted that apart from ILP, the government will also highlight all other concerned and pending issues in its next meeting discussion with the Union Home Minister. However, the date for the proposed meeting is not yet fixed as of now as clarified by Tynsong. He said that the Home Minister will select a date soon by

himself to discuss all pending issues of Meghalaya, the dates will be informed when it is decided.

In order to allow inward movement of an Indian citizen into restricted or protected regions for a limited period, the Inner Line Permit holds the permit to official travel documents issued by the Central government. This IPL was made with the aim of preserving the ethnicity and diverse culture of various tribes in the northeast. For entering the regions of the Northeast and the border areas, it is essential for all Indian citizens to get a special permit.

Earlier in late 2019, numerous incidents of violence and arson broke out over the issue of Inner Line Permit (ILP) and Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) which continued till the ignition period of the year 2020. However, the outbreak of the global pandemic COVID-19 put a stop to the large-scale agitation until it was temporarily reignited by the end of the same year.

and policies at the national level and implement at the state level,” Thackeray, said at a “Ministerial Session on Sub-national Leadership for Inclusive Green Growth at The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) annual flagship event.

Tamil Nadu Finance Minister Palanivel Thiagarajan, said, “Lot of implementation needs happen at the local body, district and the state level.

While policies are framed at the national level, bulk of the work is to be done at these levels.”

At the session, the ministers highlighted the need for newer measures and yardsticks to assess and tackle climate change related impacts.

Thackeray suggested putting out an annual environment report and suggested an “Ease of Living” report that lists out environmental steps and targets, and actions in terms of climate action such as mitigation, adaptation and resilience.

Noting that the diversity between states is vast and so are their needs and capacities, Thiagarajan observed that for India to achieve the target of netzero by 2070.

“A state like Tamil Nadu has to get there no later than 2050 for it to be a realistic outcome for rest of India as we are far ahead in terms of the average per capita income and per capita consumption, education and growth,” he said.

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SHILLONG, FEB 18: Two of the five suspended Congress legislators supporting BJP-backed Meghalaya Democratic Alliance (MDA) government, Process T. Sawkmie and Mohendro Rapsang have been appointed as cochairmen of i Meghalaya New and renewable Energy Development Agency n the government The two legislators would be enjoying perks and facilities under category A, a government notification specified.

The All India Congress Committee has suspended the five legislators

for joining the BJP-backed government headed by National People’s Party (NPP) Supremo, Conrad Sangma without getting the approval of the Congress high command.

The other legislators are Dr. Mazel Ampareen Lyngdoh who is the Congress Legislature Party leader besides Mayralborn Syiem and Kimfa S Marbaniang.

NPP sources said that Syiem and Marbaniang would also soon get their political appointments.

Deputy Chief Minister Prestone Tynsong said that the government needs people who are experienced and appointment of

advisors to the government has proved productive.

Countering claims that such political appointments have been a burden on the state exchequer, Tynsong said, these people with experience are given a “minimal token amount” and perks and the state has benefited a lot out of their advice and experiences.

“The government has taken a number of important decisions because of the advisors. We don’t waste money…we engage with calculations so that the state government can be more productive and the benefit goes down to the people,” Tynsong justified.

Himanta urges investors to invest in Assam

GUWAHATI, FEB 18 (PTI): Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma urged leading industrialists and financiers in Mumbai to invest in diverse sectors in the state and assured them of total cooperation from the government in this regard.

He held separate meetings with industry leaders at a roundtable organised by FICCI as well as with Tata Group and SRCC Children’s Hospital,

among others, winding up his three-day visit to the financial capital of the country on Friday.

“As part of our initiatives to attract private investments into the state, took part in a roundtable of @ficci_india at Mumbai today, which was attended by country’s several leading industrialists,” Sarma Tweeted after an interaction on Thursday.

“Urged them to take advantage of customisable

Two quakes hit Assam

GUWAHATI, FEB 18 (IANS): Two quakes, one moderate and another mild, hit Darrang district of Assam on Friday within four and a half hours, the National Centre for Seismology (NCS) report said.

An earthquake measuring 3.3 on the Richter scale jolted Darrang district and adjoining areas on Friday afternoon (4.39 p.m.).

Another quake measuring 2.8 on the Richter Scale had hit the same district at

12.09 p.m..

According to the Darrang district officials, there was no report of loss of life or damage to property in the quake-hit areas.

With the northeastern region, according to the seismologists, as the sixth most earthquake-prone belt in the world, the mountainous region witnessed successive earthquakes, especially Assam, Mizoram and Manipur, have the authorities concerned worried.

3 killed as truck falls into 500-ft-deep ravine in Sikkim

GANGTOK, FEB 18 (PTI): Three people were killed as a truck skidded off the road and fell into a 500-feet-deep ravine in East Sikkim, police said on Friday. The incident happened at Luing around 6.30 pm on Thursday, they said.

The driver lost control of the truck that was transporting stones from a quarry in Rey-Sama to Gangtok, and fell into the gorge, they said. The driver, the handyman and another person travelling in the truck died, police said.

The bodies were sent to STNM Hospital near Gangtok for post-mortem, they said. An eight-year-old girl was killed and her father seriously injured last Friday after their vehicle fell into a 600-feet-deep ravine at Lower Kambal on the Singtam-Dikchu highway in East Sikkim.

industrial policy & invest in Assam,” he added.

Earlier on Thursday, Sarma interacted with Tata Group Chairman Natarajan Chandrasekaran and other top office bearers of Tata Sons, Tata Consumers, TCS, Tata Technologies, Indian Hotel and Tata Motors at Bombay House, Mumbai, an official release said here.

The chief minister urged Tata Group to come forward for investment

in Assam, especially in health, education, green and renewable energy, tourism and hospitality sector. He assured that the state government will provide all necessary support, including certain policy changes and capital subsidy, to make the state a preferred investment destination of the country.

Sarma also held a meeting with Tata Trusts’ Vi c e - C h a i r m a n Vi j ay Singh, CEO Srinath Nar-

Indo-Bangla meeting agrees on Sabroom water treatment plant

AGARTALA, FEB 18 (PTI): An Indo-Bangla joint technical meeting on Friday has “primarily” agreed to allow a water treatment plant at Sabroom in South Tripura district, one of the key pending projects of the state on Friday, officials said.

The water treatment plant, which is considered a strategic facility for the people of Sabroom civic body, has been pending due to opposition from Bangladesh since 2012, they said.

Bangladesh has been objecting to the 28.32 litre per second water treatment plant at Sabroom town as it will collect water from Feni river, which flows from Sabroom to Bangladesh.

Besides, the Bangladesh Border Guards (BGB) has also opposed it as the site for the plant is very close to the Indo-Bangla border, the officials said.

“Today, a local level

Indo-Bangla joint technical committee had a meeting at Dhulbari in which there was an elaborate discussion on the water treatment plant to find an amicable solution.

The Bangladesh side headed by the chief engineer of Bangladesh Water Board, Chittagong, Ramjan Ali Pramanik primarily agreed to allow the project,” said Subrata Debbarma, the Sabroom sub-division officer of Tripura water resource department.

He said, the Bangladesh side also insisted that the water treatment plant when it comes up should be 10 m away from the barbed wire fencing and 25 m away from the river.

The Bangladesh side assured that they will take up the issue with the higher ups and let the Tripura water resource department know about its decision “at the earliest”, he added.

asimhan and Board of Trustees and reviewed the progress of construction works of State Cancer Institutes under Assam Cancer Care Foundation.

Out of 17 Cancer Institutes, seven are targeted to be inaugurated in April, 2022. The Assam government and Tata Trust are collaborating for setting up Cancer Care Units in the state, with the foundation for the project laid in June 2018.

Popilal Singh contesting from the Sekmai (SC) constituency, has declared zero assets in his affidavit.

The ADR report said 37 (21 per cent) candidates have declared their educational qualifications between classes 5 to 12 while 133 (77 per cent) candidates have declared having a graduate degree or above.

There are three candidates who are diploma degree holders. Overall, 23 (13 per cent) candidates have declared their age to be between 25 to 40 years while 115 (66 per cent) candidates are between 41 to 60 years.

There are 33 (19 per cent) candidates who have declared their age to be between 61 to 80 years and two candidates have declared they are more than 80 years old. Of the 173 candidates contesting in the first phase of the Assembly elections, 15 (9 per cent) women candidates are in the electoral battle.

The elections to the 60-seat Manipur Assembly would be held in two phases on February 28 and March 5 and the counting of votes will take place on March 10.

Goods train derails in Assam

GUWAHATI, FEB 18 (PTI): A freight train derailed between Rangapara North and Bindukuri stations under Rangia division of Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) in Assam’s Sonitpur district on Friday.

No one was killed or injured in the incident, according to a release issued by the NFR. The cement carrying goods train derailed between Rangapara North and Bindukuri stations in the branch line leading to Dekargaon station at about 8.26 am, the release said.

Train services on the Rangia Junction – Rangapara North – Murkongselek mainline section is normal, though it has been suspended temporarily on the Rangapara North – Dekargaon branch line due to the accident, it said.

A special passenger train running on the Dekargaon-Bhalukpong-Dekargaon route was cancelled on Friday, while two others are being short-terminated or short-originated for the day, it said.

“Senior officials of Rangia division are already at the site for early restoration of the section,” the press release added.

IN THE COURT OF DISTRICT AND SESSIONS JUDGE

ZUNHEBOTO : NAGALAND NO. JUD/SUCC-34/19-20/133 DT. ZBTO. 16-02-2022 NOTICE CALLING OBJECTION FOR THE ISSUE OF SUCCESSION CERTIFICATE Whereas application has received from Smti. Aholi K. Achumi, U/s 372 of Indian Succession Act, resident of Old Town Colony, Zbto for Succession of SbI A/c No. 20062762173, Leave Encashment, GIS, GPF, Gratuity, Service & Pension benefits, Debts & Securities of Late L. Nitoy Achumi Notice is hereby issued for filing objections to all who has interest in the said claim(s) within45 (forty five) days from the date of publication to this notice.

District & Sessions Judge, Zhunheboto, Nagaland k-331/22 Regd. No. 223/2022

DECLARATION

Date : 18/02/22

I, Smti. Allen Benjamin, W/o. Benjamin Hollohon, R/o. H/No.18, Hollohon Colony, Eralibil, Dimapur, Nagaland, do hereby solemnly affirm and declare as under:1. That I am a deponent of this affidavit and a bonafide citizen of India.

2. That my official name is Allen Benjamin, whereas in my Educational Certificate my name has been entered/recorded as T. Allen Sema.

3. That my name Allen Benjamin and T. Allen Sema is of the same person. As such, the above noted names stands for the same and that is me.

4. That I, hereby verify that my official name Allen Benjamin shall be used in all my official correspondence and official records, from the date of the declaration of this affidavit.

5. That the statement made above is true and correct to the best of my knowledge and nothing has been concealed therein. And I signed this affidavit on this the 18th day of February, 2022.

DEPONENT Allen Benjamin Solemnly affirmed and declare before me by the deponent on this 18th day of February 2022, at Dimapur.

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PM hosts prominent Sikh personalities CBI questions former NSE CEO Chitra

Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets with prominent Sikh personalities at his residence in New Delhi, Friday. (PTI)

from me and their blessings have enabled me to work for society.”

BJP leader Manjinder Singh Sirsa told PTI that Modi in the interaction said he wants to work for the community everyday and regretted that the previous Congress dispensations lost opportunities to bring Sikhs’ holy places like Kartarpur Sahib, which

is in Pakistan, into Indian territory.

At a press conference, Sirsa quoted Modi as saying that India could have got the territory after 1965 and 1971 wars with Pakistan if efforts were made.

Modi has often criticised the Congress for not taking measures to ensure that the Kartarpur Sahib

Expect strong action from strong govt: Varun’s fresh dig at govt on ABG fraud NEW DELHI, FEB 18 (AGENCIES): Bharatiya Janata Party MP from Pilibhit, Varun Gandhi, has indirectly criticised the Narendra Modi government over the Rs 22,800 crore loan default by former promoter, chairman and managing director of ABG Shipyard Rishi Agarwal.

In a tweet posted Friday, Gandhi mentioned Vijay Mallya and Nirav Modi and said that a “mazboot sarkar” (strong government) is expected to take strong action against the “super corrupt system”.

“When about 14 people are committing suicide in the country every day under the burden of debt, the life of such wealth collectors is at the peak of luxury,” he wrote.

Agarwal was questioned by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on the loan default and alleged bank fraud and lookout notices were issued

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against him and other accused in the case.

On 8 February, Gandhi had criticised the government’s decision to appoint Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit as the vice chancellor of the Jawaharlal Nehru University. Such “mediocre appointments serve to damage our human capital”, he had said on Twitter.

Gandhi has been voicing his opinions on various issues which often include direct or indirect criticism of the ruling BJP government. Speaking to ThePrint, a BJP leader said

Varun Gandhi is not that important. “He is a part of the party and he could have his own opinion on issues.

But the party has nothing to say on what he writes on Twitter,” the leader said.

Var un Gandhi has been speaking on issues related to the economy and agriculture too. In January, he had shared a video of a young man, spoke about unemployment and criticised authorities for their handling of last month’s student protests over railway recruitment in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.

“Unemployment is emerging as the biggest problem in the country.

Situation is becoming dire.

Looking away from it is like covering fire with cotton,” he had said.

Gandhi, along with his mother and former Union minister Maneka Gandhi, were dropped from the BJP national committee last year.

Russia welcomes Must learn to be less thin-skinned: India’s position on Tharoor on Singapore PM’s remarks Ukraine situation NEW DELHI, FEB 18 their PM to their own ParNEW DELHI, FEB 18 (PTI): Russia on Friday welcomed India’s position on the Ukraine crisis, amid spike in tensions between the NATO countries and Moscow over the situation in the eastern European nation.

The reaction came a day after India said at the UN Security Council that “quiet and constructive diplomacy” is the need of the hour and that any step that could escalate the tension should be avoided.

“We welcome #India’s balanced, principled and independent approach,” the Russian embassy in India tweeted.

At a meeting of the UN Security Council on the Ukraine situation, India’s Permanent Representative to the UN T S Tirumurti on Thursday pitched for immediate de-escalation of the situation.

In Delhi, External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi too said that India has been supportive of an immediate deescalation of tensions and resolution of the situation through sustained diplomatic dialogue.

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Wednesday set up a control room to provide information and assistance to Indian nationals in Ukraine. In addition, the Indian embassy in Ukraine has also set up a 24-hour helpline for Indians in the eastern European nation.

(PTI): Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Friday said it was most unseemly for the Ministry of External Affairs to “summon” the envoy of a friendly country like Singapore over remarks by their prime minister to their own Parliament, and asserted that “we must learn to be less thin-skinned”.

Tharoor’s remarks came after India on Thursday lodged a strong protest with Singapore over the comments made by its Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong that almost half of the lawmakers in the Lok Sabha have criminal charges pending against them and suggesting a decline in the country’s democratic polity from “Nehru’s India”.

“Most unseemly for MEA to summon the HC of a friendly country like Singapore over some remarks by

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NEW DELHI, FEB 18 (PTI): The CBI on Friday questioned former CEO of National Stock Exchange Chitra Ramkrishna in the view of fresh facts emerging in connection with its ongoing probe into alleged abuse of co-location facility in the NSE, officials said.

The CBI has also issued look out circulars against Ramkrishna, another former CEO Ravi Narain and former Group Operating Officer Anand Subramanian to prevent them from leaving the country. The central probe agency had booked owner and promoter of Delhi-based OPG Securities Pvt. Ltd. Sanjay Gupta and others in connection with alleged abuse of NSE co-location facility to make gains by getting early access to the stock market, they said.

The agency was also probing unidentified officials of Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) and National Stock Exchange (NSE), Mumbai and other unidentified persons. “It was alleged that the owner and promoter of said pri-

Gupta was the first to log in in 90 per cent of cases which prompted murmurs in the stock broker circuit, and resulted in a load balancer being introduced by the NSE, the officials said.

Gupta once again managed the data centre staff of NSE to get connected to the backup servers which were with zero load and provided far better and faster access of market feed to OPG Securities in comparison to other brokers, the CBI has alleged.

The probe agency has alleged that he had managed to manipulate SEBI inquiry against the role of OPG Securities in the misuse of TBT (tick-by-tick) architecture of servers by paying bribe to the officials of the stock market regulator. Ramkrishna was MD and CEO of NSE from April 2013 to December 2016, Narain was the MD and CEO of the exchange from April 1994 till March 2013. Thereafter, he was appointed as vice-chairman in the non-executive category on the NSE’s board from April 2013 and remained so till June 2017.

did not fall in Pakistan when India was divided in 1947.

Sikhs have carried a certain pain because many commitments made to them were not fulfilled but the Modi government has done “historic” works, including opening the corridor to Kartarpur Sahib and taking the decision to commemorate the martyrdom of Guru Gobind Singh’s sons, Sirsa said.

The Sikh personalities who attended the meeting with Modi included Delhi Gurudwara Committee president Harmeet Singh Kalka, Padma Sri-awardee Baba Balbir Singh Sichewal, Mahant Karamjit Singh of Sewapanthi in Yamuna Nagar, Baba Joga Singh of Dera Baba Jang Singh in Karnal and Sant Baba Mejor Singh Waa of Mukhi Dera Baba Tara Singh Waa in Amritsar, official sources said.

Jathedar Baba Sahib Singh of Kar Sewa in Anandpur Sahib, Surinder Singh Namdhari Darbar

of Bheni Sahib, Baba Jassa Singh of Shiromani Akali Budha Dal, Harbhajan Singh of Damdami Taksal and Giani Ranjit Singh, Jathedar, Takht Sri Patna Sahib also attended the meeting, they said.

Following the meeting with the prime minister, they lauded his work for the community.

Karamjit Singh quoted Modi as saying that “Sikhi” (attributes associated with Sikhs) and service, another quality identified with the community, is in his blood. This touched our hearts, he said, lauding various initiatives of the government for the community, including removal of GST on langars run by gurdwaras.

Kalka noted the SIT constituted by the government to act against those involved in anti-Sikh riots in 1984 and praised Modi.

The prime minister also posted a picture of his meeting with Uday Singh, spiritual leaders of Namdhari sect.

Over 2 crore adolescents fully vaccinated

Time to say talaq, talaq, talaq to BJP and SP in UP: Owaisi

NEW DELHI, FEB 18 (PTI): Over 2 crore adolescents in the 15-18 age group nationwide are now fully vaccinated against COVID-19, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Friday.

“Young India taking the world’s largest vaccination drive to the next level!

Over 2 crore youngsters between 15-18 age group are now fully vaccinated against #COVID19” Mandaviya tweeted.

Over 70 per cent of beneficiaries in the same age group have received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine so far, according to a health ministry data.

According to the Registrar General of India (RGI), the estimated population of beneficiaries in the age group of 15-18 years is 7.4 crores for 2021-22.

Vaccination of children in the age group of 15-18 years began on January 3 across the country.

JALAUN (UP), FEB 18 (PTI): AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Saturday said the time has come for the people of Uttar Pradesh to say “talaq, talaq, talaq” to both the BJP and the SP in the ongoing state Assembly polls.

Addressing a poll meeting in the Madhogarh Assembly constituency of Jalaun district, the Hyderabad MP sought to equate the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Samajwadi Party (SP), saying SP chief Akhilesh Yadav and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath are like brothers, who had got separated.

“The SP and the BJP are two sides of the same coin and it seems that YogiAkhilesh are brothers who had got separated. The mentality of both is the same.

Both are cruel and arrogant. They do not consider themselves as leaders, but as emperors,” he said.

Hitting out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the All India Majlis-e-Itte-

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hadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief said, “Modi talks about triple talaq. But this time, people should say talaq, talaq, talaq to both the BJP and the SP, and this will end their story (in Uttar Pradesh).”

Campaigning for the candidate of the Bhagidari Parivartan Morcha, of which the AIMIM is a part, Owaisi said, “The Uttar Pradesh chief minister thinks of himself as the wazir (prime minister) of the sultan (king) sitting in Delhi. A person who becomes an emperor in politics has to be removed.”

He said the time has come for people to make

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vate company abused the server architecture of NSE in conspiracy with unknown officials of NSE. It was also alleged that unknown officials of NSE, Mumbai had provided unfair access to the said company using the co-location facility during the period 2010-2012 that enabled it to login first to the exchange server of Stock Exchange that helped to get the data before any other broker in the market,” the CBI has alleged in the FIR. In the high-frequency algorithmic trading in the NSE, an edge of a few seconds to a stock broker in a trade can make a huge difference, the officials said.

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Adityanath and Yadav sit at home.

“One (Yadav) has to be sent to Saifai, while another has to be sent to Gorakhpur.

Dalits, backwards, minorities and the poor will be benefitted only if they are made to sit at home,” Owaisi said.

He said both Adityanath and Yadav are speaking in the same tone, adding, “They do not give any importance to the Constitution. They want to gain power for themselves.”

Sharpening his attack on the saffron party, Owaisi said, “The BJP talks about

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NEW DELHI, FEB 18 (PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi hosted a number of prominent Sikhs at his residence on Friday and highlighted the works done by his government for the community.

The meeting came two days before the Punjab Assembly polls, with the BJP going all out to woo the Sikh community as it seeks to put up a strong show in an alliance with former chief minister Amarinder Singh’s Punjab Lok Congress and the Akali Dal faction headed by Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa.

Later in tweets, Modi said these Sikh religious and community leaders are at the forefront of popularising Sikh culture and serving society.

He said, “I was humbled by the kind words from the distinguished members of the Sikh community on various efforts of the Central Government. I consider it my honour that the respected Sikh Gurus have taken Seva

liament,” Tharoor said in a tweet. “He (Lee) was making a general (& largely accurate) point. Given the stuff our own pols utter, we must learn to be less thin-skinned!” the former minister of state for external affairs said. “We should have handled the matter with a statement saying ‘we heard with interest the PM’s remarks. But we don’t comment on other countries’ internal matters, nor on debates in foreign Parliaments, & urge everyone to follow the same principle.’ Far more effective & less offensive,” Tharoor said in another tweet. Singapore’s high commissioner to India Simon Wong was called to the Ministry of External Affairs and he was conveyed that the comments were “uncalled for” and that India objected to them strongly, according to sources.

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defeating the Mughals for winning elections. The Mughals have died and their bones have melt. Only at the time of elections, they are brought back. Akhilesh talks about (Muhammad Ali) Jinnah. Hence, either of these parties coming to power will not be in the interest of Dalits, backwards and minorities.”

He said the BJP bagged the votes of the backward classes in the name of Hindutva, but gave the reins of power to “baba” (Adityanath), who spread “Thakurvad” (promoting Thakurs).

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Nagaland Post VOL. XXXII NO. 74 DIMAPUR, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2022

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rices of all items in the market in Dimapur from food to construction materials are constantly on the upswing and the helpless buyers are left with no option. Construction materials in Dimapur are rising after almost every quarter and apparently, there is no one willing to take on the powerful forces responsible behind this huge upsurge. Prices are expected to follow a rational norm and should be determined on the basis of percentage and not lump sum slab.

However, even if there are price escalations, these are within the permissible limits of 5% to 6% after a period of one or more years. In extreme cases and in case of acute shortage and huge demands, the price could rise by 10% at the most over a year or more.

However, in Dimapur, prices soar high as a routine matter to above the normal and that too within a short period of two or three or six months. To illustrate this, one can look at how the price of a 50 Kg bag of cement continues to rise in Dimapur. A bag of cement was sold at Rs.470 during the month of January,2022.

For unexplained reasons, the price shot up to Rs. 490 during first week of February. The trend continued and by mid-February one bag of cement rose to Rs.500 while another popular brand was priced at Rs.510 per bag. Even steel rod(M.S.Round) exhibited a similar trend. In Khatkhati, some 8 kms from Dimapur, MS rod is available at Rs.62 per quintal, while the same brand is priced at Rs.72 per quintal in Dimapur. The main factor that has pushed prices upwards come from collections, by government agencies, parallel authorities and syndicates. Traders do not absorb the added cost or ‘negative benefits’ but pass them to on to the helpless customers. Even after all rallies and protest marches against legal, illegal, authorised and unauthorised taxes in Dimapur since 2012, nothing has changed since those arrested are being quickly released since this is probably due to an unwritten policy of being “soft on crimes”. Those involved in collecting various taxes on every truck and item in the market are stationed at the check gates. Besides the ubiquitous political groups, who impose their taxes; others who are also involved include government agencies –excise, tax, police, geology & mining, veterinary & animal husbandry and DMC. In addition there are more than two dozen unions, associations and CSOs involved in this self-employment activity that has provided a huge windfall without any investment, except to hand out pre-written cash receipts to the unfortunate truckers and traders. This is not the end of the problem since after entering Dimapur, the market syndicates will determine that only those who are paying them will be allowed to do business. Even the rates are determined by the parallel authorities and not official authorities. It is not only the ordinary people who are facing such a situation but even many traders in Dimapur. Many of the traders have started shifting to Chümoukedima while others have decided to migrate to nearby Khatkhati in order to escape the hordes of tax collectors lined up at check gates and at market places. If that happens then Dimapur is surely going to lose its economic status and become reduced to a satellite town.

DailyDevotion Taking the Initiative Against Despair Rise, let us be going. —Matthew 26:46

In the Garden of Gethsemane, the disciples went to sleep when they should have stayed awake, and once they realized what they had done it produced despair. The sense of having done something irreversible tends to make us despair. We say, “Well, it’s all over and ruined now; what’s the point in trying anymore.” If we think this kind of despair is an exception, we are mistaken. It is a very ordinary human experience. Whenever we realize we have not taken advantage of a magnificent opportunity, we are apt to sink into despair. But Jesus comes and lovingly says to us, in essence, “Sleep on now. That opportunity is lost forever and you can’t change that. But get up, and let’s go on to the next thing.”

In other words, let the past sleep, but let it sleep in the sweet embrace of Christ, and let us go on into the invincible future with Him. There will be experiences like this in each of our lives. We will have times of despair caused by real events in our lives, and we will be unable to lift ourselves out of them. The disciples, in this instance, had done a downright unthinkable thing— they had gone to sleep instead of watching with Jesus. But our Lord came to them taking the spiritual initiative against their despair and said, in effect, “Get up, and do the next thing.” If we are inspired by God, what is the next thing? It is to trust Him absolutely and to pray on the basis of His redemption.

Never let the sense of past failure defeat your next step.

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There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still. ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Post-mortem

Indian cities need circular economy to secure urban futures Can PM’s inaugural of Indore bio-methanation plant help usher in the change?

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ities are a critical frontier in the fight against climate change.Existing urban areasare responsiblefor75%ofglobal carbon-dioxide emissions and the share could climb further as large swathes of Asia and Africa urbanize.In turn, the combined effect of climate changeinduced resourcescarcityand an increased resource footprint characterizing urban lifestyles threaten urban sustainability. With a national urban population of more than 300 million that is set to double between 2018 and 2050, India must determine how to make its cities more resource-efficient and less polluting.A fundamentalurban transformationis a necessityasIndia strives to become a ‘net zero’ carbon emitter by 2070 per its COP26 commitment.And given that urban India is set to make massive investments in wastewater and solid waste management over the next five yearsunder Swachh Bharat Mission Urban 2.0, ithas a unique opportunity to test and

scale solutions that work.

Circular economy – with its emphasis on minimizing fresh withdrawal of resources and maximizing waste prevention and recycling – could present a path forward.

Globally, early adopters of the circular economy framework, such asthe cities of Berlin, Toronto, and New York, are beginning to reap benefits from it in the form of reduced waste generation, environmental pollution, and energy consumption.

Fortunately, India has its own homegrownexamples from which to learn.One of these is thecity of Udaipur where the urban local body collaborated with the Hindustan Zinc Limited (HZL) to develop a circular wastewater management system.HZL requiredsignificant quantities of water to support its mining operations in a semi-arid region outside the city and the city needed a way to manage its wastewater.The complementarity of needs led to a Public Private Partnership (PPP) between the city, HZL, and the Rajasthan

State-Owned Urban Improvement Trust in 2014.

The arrangement tasked the local government with the development of the sewerage network, while HZL built the Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) itself with an initial capacity of 20 million liters per day (MLD) and later augmentation to 60 MLD.HZL is also responsible for its operations and maintenance for a period of 25 years in exchange for the rights to use the treated wastewater for its operations.

A second emerging example is the city of Indore which has created Asia’s largest bio-methanation plant(capable of treating 500 tons of waste per day) that is impending an inaugural by the Prime Minister Narendra Modilater this week.Developed at a cost of INR 150 crores (USD 20 mn) under a Public Private Partnership between the city, Ecosmart, and ProwepsEnviroTechGmBH, the plant is expected to generate 18 kiloliters of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) and 100 tons of compost daily.

Child education in mother language

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he Supreme Being created the universe – this is often found in the prayers of God revered in all the societies of the world.

It is also an irrefutable truth that the universe has been created, which we see with our open eyes and also feel with our inner eyes. The nature of education is also a creation. Creator is mother.

The mother, who bears the seed of the human world in her womb.

Psychologists, on the basis of research, have uncovered the fact that the seed element of human creation in the womb has an effect on the daily life of the pregnant mother. The word that appears from the mouth of the child after birth - that word is mother. The spoken language is the mother’s language. Mother’s behaviour and speech is the seed element of the life development of the baby. The first teacher of the child is the mother. The seed element of human creation and the seed element of the child-mother’s language, sow the seeds of true education. The child recognizes, understands and retains it in his conscience through his mother tongue. The child is not taught the mother tongue, it automatically learns under the guidance of its mother. Through the mother tongue, he also starts acquiring the knowledge of science and mathematics of household items in his conscience. Therefore, the initial education of the child in the mother tongue is the all-round development of the child’s understanding and knowledge power. The seed element of basic language knowledge and numerology is contained in the mother tongue itself. After that any language of the world and the door of all knowledge automatically open.

Education in mother tongue is the birth right of the child and it is the duty of the child’s parents to protect this right of the child. Education systems are imprisoned in the maze of diversity of languages. It is very difficult to get out and return to the mother tongue, because in elementary education the child has to accept the language which is not the mother’s language. The child learns another language in school, but is not able to accept the behaviour of life through that other language. The child acquires knowledge from another language, but is not able to develop his senses properly to face the challenges of life. He gets away from the affinity of mother, soil and society. By the time of his youth, his life begins to wander. He doesn’t understand what to do. He has a wealth of knowledge, but lacks the ability and courage to face the challenges arising in life. He only sees himself enrolled in the list of educated unemployed. Education is the name of development of full potential by the realization of practical life through knowledge and senses. Therefore mother tongue is the seed-element to face the challenges of life; which forms the personality of the child. In the name of education, it is not the filling of knowledge in the mind of an innocent child, but the awakening of the inherent powers of the child through education. The economic resolution for the education system by any state government should not only be excessive, but by setting a child-centred policy for child education, it should make a lot of economic resolution on education. There is a need to consider the State Child Education Commission and Child University. Due to the diversity of languages in the states, the medium of child education has been compulsorily taken by other languages. Why from other language child education? It can happen even after the end of child education. Linguists believe that when the child’s education is in his mother tongue in the infancy, then he is motivated to learn any other language very soon. But if the child’s education does not start in the mother tongue but in another language, then the child gradually moves away from his mother tongue, starts hating his mother’s language. His life remains concentrated in the language of teaching itself. A single dialect is spoken in most of the villages of the Northeast. Elementary 5-year education can be used as a place of education in the mother tongue of the child spoken in the village. Then after 5 years of child education, that child will develop into a child eligible to receive education through any language, because the scripts of the mother tongue will remain the same. Through the language of the same script, the child will receive further education. The script is important in the language. In the absence of script, there is no justification for language. I am not an educationist. Having worked in the Northeast for more than four decades, I feel that there is a lack of forgetfulness among the students. Mathematics and science are not easily understood, even if forgotten; it does not take even a little time to forget. It is a heartfelt request to respected educationists that on the basis of the role of fact think positively on the creativity of child education for the education of mother tongue medium and for implementation, the society, parents and especially teachers should give direction to the society.

Pankaj Sinha (sinhapankaj321@gmail.com) Reader’s note: Articles or letters published in any of

The city plans to usea share of the produced bio-CNG to run its public buses and municipal vehicles and sell the remaining along with the compost.Sincebio-CNGis greener than traditionally-derived fossil fuels, all else remaining the same, using it would reduce vehicular carbon emissions.The revenue derived from the sale of the two end-products, viz. bioCNG and compost, has the potentialin turn to enhance the financial sustainability of the operation.

Constitutionallyresponsible for the delivery and management of urban services, citiesare best-poised to lead a bottom-up shift to circular urban economies.The application of the circular economy framework to service delivery systems must start at the planning stage itself.However, designing infrastructure systemsthat enable resource recovery and recycling is not enough; cities must actively engage with all its potential collaborators in a circular economy – citizens, informal and small-

scale service providers, industries, markets, and others, to identify behavioural roadblocks that can constrain the success of the endeavor.For example, separate collection, and storage of biodegradable and non-biodegradable solid waste at the level of thehousehold (or other generators) is the simplest and cheapest approach to waste segregation.But when waste is mixed at the source or during transport, the overall system must incur costs in terms of money and time to re-segregate it before its processing and eventual recycle – resulting in constrained financial sustainability.

To makecircular urban economy asuccess, cities would need to examine the motivations of the participating actors and reorganize incentives through rewards and regulations to drive desirable behaviours.This wouldrequiremeasuring the viability of projects in dimensions beyond financing.Citizen acceptance, integration of informal livelihoods, operational reliability of

underlying technology in local contexts, and urban equity are just some of the considerations to account for.Since Indian cities are widely-varied in their socio-ecological contexts, developing a portfolio of service models that work and are scalablewarrants experimentation.

Although, some thematicnational and state policies and programs donudge citiestowards building circular economies within their specific domains, but a dedicated program or policyfrom the Government of India with a unifying vision of climate change mitigation and adaptationcould inspire cross-cutting local action.The problem looms as large as ever but armed with lessons from an audit of past programs and flexibility in time and resources, urban India can usher in a sustainabletransformation to secure our collective urban futures.

Shubhagato Dasgupta is a Senior Fellow and Neha Agarwal is a Senior Research Associate at the Centre for Policy Research, India.

Naga patient house in cities. Who benefits?

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eeing the news report of “State govt. seeks to construct `Naga Patient House’ in Tamil Nadu” (15/2/2022), a motion was put forward in the “Rethinking Socially” WhatsApp group for discussion. “We thank you for your support and for raising the need to build Naga Patient Houses in Chennai and Vellore, Tamil Nadu,” the motion states.

Nagaland Houses, specifically for Naga patients and students. This will benefit everyone, and it has been the Nagas’ dream for a long time.... Can Naga leaders consider beyond the creation of NL Houses for students and patients in cities in “Wider Sense?” Why don’t we spend our money in Nagaland on world-class educational institutions and hospitals? Are Nagaland Houses in Cities important achievements of the government?”. This clearly demonstrates the government’s ineptitude and the Naga leaders’ short-sightedness. We demonstrate to the rest of the world that Nagas are reliant on others and cannot thrive without them. In Nagaland, is there a Tamil Nadu State House or a Patient House? No! They do not require Nagaland’s assistance.

They are not dependent on us, but we are dependent on them for our health care.

Dr. Imkongmeren Longchar, a Naga public intellectual, writes, “Although the Government has an obligated mandate to play a pivotal role in the overall development strategy of the State and for its native community, it cannot deviate from its primary responsibility to provide at least one State-owned medical college in Nagaland. Although India has 542 medical colleges, Nagaland is the only state without one. Karnataka has 60, Maharashtra 56, Uttar Pradesh 55, Tamil Nadu 50, Assam 11 and even the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh, and Sikkim each have one. The government’s deficiency in planning and framing policies related to academics for strengthening and improving quality Technical & Higher Education and establishing medical college cannot be compensated by other lopsided development initiatives, including the construction of Nagaland Guest houses in other states.There has been alleged mismanagement of resources in maintaining and running the existing Nagaland Guest houses, most notably the construction of the Nagaland Guest House RK Puram, New Delhi, which took seven long years to complete but was a long-awaited dream for the people of the State for the government. It is pertinent for the State of Nagaland to initiate strategic policy for its migrant/diaspora community.

Such policy is crucial in assisting our people in distress situations and passage to Nagaland wherever returnees are stranded due to pandemics. While the State can tap resources from the diaspora/migrants

community for socio-economic and cultural development, utilize their potentials and channels to promote cultural and religious interests outside Nagaland. Many migrants are skilled in different professions and businesses; many more will leave their hometowns and migrate to cities/towns searching for jobs for education and livelihood. They can become agents of change in many aspects, they contribute remittances and promote our cultural identity. They are our intellectual power beyond State which should be considered ‘brain gain’ but not a brain drain”. Another Naga scholar, Dr. Pahrü Pou opines that “Constructing of Naga Patient’s House or Nagaland House in metro cities will be very expensive. The price of land is skyrocketing in cities. Instead of spending crores of rupees in buying land in Chennai, Vellore or Delhi, or other metro cities, the state government could invest in establishing a good medical college in Nagaland. People may be willing to donate land free of cost for such a noble purpose.

Manipur State is heavily investing in establishing sports, education, and medical infrastructure. It has produced many renowned national and international sportspersons.

The state also has 3 medical colleges producing hundreds of doctors and nurses every year. They are working both in India and abroad, especially in Southeast Asian countries. Nagaland government should invest in infrastructural development within the state so that Naga youths will be trained to become international sportspersons, educationists, medical professionals, etc. This will turn our youth from draining wealth to earning wealth.”

For cultural interchange and promotion, business enterprises, entrepreneurship, and human resource development and exchanges, Nagaland Houses are needed in all major cities, including Bangkok, New York, London, and other important cities. On the other hand, we have failed in every one of those areas. Due to bad administration and corruption, they have turned into a liability for the government rather than a source of revenue.

Who are the beneficiaries of Nagaland Houses in major cities? It is rich and a few privileged middle class. It is out of reach for the majority of the population. We won’t need Naga Patient’s Houses in other states if we build world-class medical colleges in Nagaland. The creation of Nagaland Houses or Patient Houses in cities should not satisfy Naga leaders or substitute the pressing necessity. We know families, sick people, and those who care for them face a lot of hardship, pain, anxiety and spend all their savings. But the question is what Nagaland Govt. has been doing? Nagaland is now 59 years after attaining statehood.

Nagaland is the worst-performing state in terms of infrastructure and the columns do not reflect the view of this newspaper nor that

health, according to Niti Aayog.

The Naga people deserve more than one medical college. Due to the lack of medical facilities and educational institutions, Ms. Seno Tsuhah, a social activist, says that “the poor people mortgage land to get health care and education. Very soon, we will have landless Naga families.” Government should give top priority to health care. Why Govt. is not concerned about the health of common people? Instead of investing in Naga Patient House in other cities, why don’t we invest in the newly inaugurated Medical College at Mon? “All policies of the government, all social structures must be first judged by their effects on the poor, the powerless, and minorities. Medical College in Nagaland will be more beneficial for the poor, and so government should prioritize Medical College in Nagaland,” says Dr. Sentiwate Aier. We must judge the usefulness of Naga Patient House in cities from the perspective of the common people who cannot afford even to go to Naga Hospital in Kohima.

Members also expressed the following crucial questions in relation to this issue: For the past 59 years, what have our successive Medical Ministers been up to? Nagaland is the only state in the country with no industry. We used to have a few enterprises like sugar mills, paper mills, cement factories, and so forth, but they all closed down!

Who is to blame for this? What tangible accomplishments have succeeding governments made? Is the Hornbill Festival enough? Who benefits, once again, is the question.

The wealthy individuals who own hotels and resorts in Dimapur and Kohima. We need leaders who think beyond hornbill festivals, Nagaland Houses, or Patient’s Houses in metro cities. We don’t need leaders who try to rig the educational system’s nomination process.

They are the destroyers of young Naga careers in the future.

“It is long past time for us to produce exceptional scientists, IT experts, specialized medical doctors, engineers, academics, journalists, experienced trainers, architects, and other professionals from our land and from our established educational institutions. Is this too much to hope for? What if we set a goal of connecting with the rest of the world, and by bringing in international projects, we create an environment conducive to international exchange? Instead of sending young people to work outside, create job possibilities by establishing more factories, attracting more businesses, and generating revenues for the government,” says Dr. Rensenmenla Longchar. Indeed, Nagas need to rise and hold on to the truth. We need honest and visionary leaders, thinking beyond their town, tribe, wealth, power, and fame.

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Kejriwal trashes Kumar Vishwas’ accusation

CHANDIGARH, FEB 18 (PTI): AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal on Friday termed as “laughable” allegations by a former party leader that he has made separatist comments, saying he must be the “world’s sweetest terrorist” who builds schools and hospitals.

Kejriwal has been under attack from both the Congress and the BJP who have questioned him over former AAP leader and poet Kumar Vishwas’s accusations of supporting separatists in Punjab.

The Delhi chief minister’s party has emerged as a key challenger to the ruling Congress in the state. The AAP leader said that even Britishers had called Bhagat Singh a terrorist, but the country knows there was no bigger patriot than him.

“A hundred years ago, Britishers had called Bhagat Singh a terrorist and 100 years later, history is repeating when all these parties want to prove Bhagat Singh’s follower (Kejriwal) as a terrorist, but people know the reality,” he said.

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say NCP leaders PM should probe allegations NEW DELHI, FEB 18 (IANS): the exodus against Kejriwal, says Channi of party Amid leaders from the

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gress as well as their allies have joined hands to target him over Vishwas’s accusations which he dubbed as “laughable”.

“Narendra Modi, Priyanka Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Charanjit Channi, Sukhbir Badal, Amarinder Singh, Navjot Singh Sidhu, all are now levelling allegations that for the last ten years, Kejriwal is hatching a plan to break the country into two parts and wants to become the prime minister of one part,” Kejriwal told reporters in Bathinda.

“If one goes by their claims, that means I am a big terrorist. If one goes by their logic, then what were their agencies doing, why did they not arrest me? Earlier Congress was ruling and now for last over seven

years the BJP is in power (at the Centre). Were all of them sleeping”,” he said.

The AAP leader dubbed the allegations levelled by Vishwas and other leaders as “a comedy”.

“This is laughable. Is this possible,” he asked.

Kejriwal said he has learnt that “last evening, Channi (Punjab CM) receieved a call from the Centre saying that the matter (accusations of supporting separatists) should be investigated.” “One officer told me that over the next one or two days, an FIR will be registered against me by the NIA. All such FIRs are welcome, but if the Centre deals with national security in this manner, then it is a matter of concern.”

Death penalty to 38 convicts in 2008 Ahmedabad blasts case; 11 get life term

Suspected militants in 2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts. (File)

Congress, leaders of one of the allies in the Maha Vikas Aghadi government in Maharashtra, the NCP, have suggested to the Congress leaders that if they are unhappy with the central leadership and are leaving the party, they should refrain from joining the BJP. NCP leader Majeed Memon in a tweet said, “Those senior Congress leaders who are unhappy with the party’s high command and decide to quit the party, need not compromise on their own ideology and join the BJP. There are other options open to continue to work to defeat the BJP.” The reaction comes after Ashwani Kumar, a former Union Minister, quit the Congress. Congress leaders who have quit the party and joined the BJP include J. Scindia, Jitin Prasada, R.P.N. Singh, Bhubaneswar Kalita. Many Congress leaders from Maharashtra, including Kripa Shankar Singh, Radha Krishna Vikhe Patil and Narayan Rane, have joined BJP.

Arrest those creating ruckus in schools, colleges: Union Minister on hijab row HUBBALLI (KARNATAKA), FEB 18 (IANS): Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs and Mining, Pralhad Joshi said on Friday that those who come to schools or colleges to make girl students wear or remove the hijab in classrooms should be arrested.

The hijab issue is now in the court.

When the court is seized of the matter, a ruckus is being created. “Wherever the interim order regarding wearing of the hijab and not allowing religious symbols is not being followed, implement rules strictly,” Joshi said.

Whatever may be the final decision of the court, whether it comes in favour of wearing the hijab or not, one has to follow the court orders until then. It is wrong to say that irrespective of the court order, hijab will be worn in classrooms, he stated.

Only students and teachers must

be allowed inside the college campuses.

Outsiders should not be entertained. If anyone is creating trouble, the government should take action without mercy, he said.

The hijab row is being created unnecessarily. Action has already been initiated. The court is looking into the matter in detail.

This behaviour of rowdies outside colleges which is vitiating the academic atmosphere has to be dealt with, he stated.

Commenting on the dharna by the Congress, Joshi commented that it is their job, let them be blessed with conducting dharnas in the coming years also.

This is a big state.

The people are just coming out of Covid shock, at this juncture the Congress has taken up a non-issue for vote bank politics.

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NEW DELHI, FEB 18 (PTI): The Uttar Pradesh government Friday told the Supreme Court that it has withdrawn 274 recovery notices and proceedings initiated against anti-CAA protestors in 2019 for damages caused to public and private properties. A bench of Justices D Y Chandrachud and Surya Kant said the state government will refund the entire amount worth crores of rupees, recovered from the alleged protestors due to the proceedings initiated in 2019.

It granted liberty to the UP government to proceed against alleged anti-CAA protestors under the new law -- Uttar Pradesh Recovery of Damages to Public and Private Property Act notified on August 31, 2020. The bench refused to accept the submission of Additional Advocate General Garima Prashad that the protestors and the state government be allowed to move the claim tribunal instead of directing refunds.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi at a rally in Bassi Pathana had even questioned the silence of the Delhi chief minister over the accusation. Some Congress leaders including Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu had sought clarification from Kejriwal over the allegations of supporting separatists. Chadha had asked Vishwas, “If he had any such information, then why he remained silent from 2017 till today.”

“Why did he suddenly remember these things a day before the election? If he had any evidence related to terrorism against Kejriwal, why didn’t he inform the security and investigative agencies? Was he also involved in this, which is why he remained silent for so long,” Chadha had asked.

“Why was he in the party till 2018, why did not he leave the party? Actually Kumar Vishwas did not get a Rajya Sabha seat that is why he is spreading such fake news against Kejriwal at the time of elections,” Chadha said.

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The court sentenced 38 of the 49 convicts to death under provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) and Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code. The 11 others were sentenced to life in jail till death.

Judge A R Patel also awarded compensation of Rs one lakh each to those killed in the blasts, and Rs 50,000 for each victim with serious injuries and Rs 25,000 each for those with minor ones.

The court also imposed a fine of Rs 2.85 lakh each on the 48 convicts.

Patel had on February 8 declared 49 of the total 78 accused as guilty under various offences of the Indian Penal Code, including for murder, sedition and waging war against the state, as well as under offences of the UAPA and Explosive Substances Act.

Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi has urged PM Narendra Modi to order a probe into former AAP leader Kumar Vishwas’ allegations that Arvind Kejriwal is supporting separatists during the campaign for the assembly elections. AAP leader Raghav Chadha had already described the allegations as “malicious, unfounded and fabricated.”

In a tweet, Channi said, “As CM of Punjab, I request Hon’ble PM @ narendramodi Ji to order an impartial enquiry in the matter of @DrKumarVishwas Ji’s video”. “Politics aside, people of Punjab have paid a heavy price while fighting separatism. Hon’ble PM needs to address the worry of every Punjabi,” Channi said in a tweet.

On Thursday at a rally in Abohar, Modi, who did not name Vishwas in his speech, had said that the accusation the poet, once a close friend of Kejriwal, had made was “very dangerous” and that it explained his (Kejriwal) “character”.

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AHMEDABAD, FEB 18 (PTI): A special court Friday sentenced 38 people to death in the 2008 Ahmedabad serial blast case.

As many as 56 of people were killed in the blasts that rocked Gujarat’s capital on July 26, 2008.

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ALLAHABAD, FEB 18 (PTI): The Allahabad High Court has granted bail to an accused under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act, saying that it was not intended for cases of “dense romantic affair” between teenagers.

The high court also observed that parents who “miserably failed to inculcate the values of life, the family traditions, their focus towards the life and their priorities” are to be blamed for their complete inaction and their responsibilities qua their children, and “lodging the F.I.R. would not be going to absolve them from their failure as parent”.

The applicant, Atul Mishra, had run away with a 14-year-old girl, married her in a temple and they lived with each other for almost two years during which the girl gave birth to a baby.

Allowing Mishra’s bail application, Justice Rahul Chaturvedi observed, “Growing incidents where teenagers and young adults fall victim of the offences under the POCSO Act, being slapped by the penal provisions of POCSO Act without understanding the far-reaching implication of the severity of the enactment, is an issue that brings much concern to the conscience of this court.”

In its order of January 25, uploaded recently, the court further said, “A read-

ing of the statement of objects and reasons of POCSO Act would show that (it is) to protect the child from the offences of sexual abuse, sexual assault and harassment, pornography, pursuant to the Article-15 of the Constitution of India, 1950 and the conservation on the rights of the children.

“However, a large array of the cases filed under the POCSO Act seem to be those arising on the basis of the complaints/FIRs lodged by the families of adolescents and teenagers who are involved in romantic relationship with each other.”

It added: “The scheme of the Act clearly shows that it did not intend to bring within its scope or limits, the cases of the nature where the adolescents or teenagers involved in the dense romantic affair.”

Granting bail to the applicant, the court in its order said, “No doubt consent of minor girl has got no value in the eyes of law, but in the present scenario where the girl has given birth to a baby from the applicant and in her statement before the court, she has declined to go with her parent and from last four to five months residing at Rajkiya Balgrih (Balika) Khuldabad, Prayagraj in most inhuman condition with her infant baby, this by itself is pathetic and would amount to adding to her miseries”.

LIST OF SELECTED PARTICIPANTS FOR STATE HANDLOOM EXPO AT ZUNHEBOTO W.E.F. 22ND FEBRUARY TO 7TH MARCH 2022 Sl. ADDRESS/ NAME OF PARTICIPANTS No. ID.NO. 1 Deepshika Bora, Laxmi Handloom Assam 2 Khanshiree Borhma Assam 3 Mongal Boru Assam 4 Junmoni Dolley Assam 5 Momi Terang Assam 6 Moyuri Narzary Assam 7 Sushmita Deuri Assam 8 Bhaskar Doley Assam 9 Rewat Bora Assam 10 Sushil Paul West Bengal 11 Mayanglambam Heeyainganbi Chanu Manipur 12 Mutum Jugindro Singh Manipur 13 N. Sunita Devi Manipur 14 M. Bijenti Chanu Manipur 15 K. Keinahanbi Devi Manipur 16 Merytoli Sumi Dimapur 17 Botoholi Zhimo Zunheboto 18 Nupashi Zunheboto 19 Anne Z Yeptho Zunheboto 20 Litoli V Zhimo Zunheboto 21 Easter Zhimo Zunheboto 22 Kitoholi Zhimo Zunheboto 23 Bethel H Zhimo Zunheboto 24 Hosheli Zunheboto 25 Hinovi Yeptho Zunheboto 26 Nitokhu Awomi Zunheboto 27 Atobo Aye Zunheboto 28 Qly T Zunheboto 29 N Atoli Sema Zunheboto 30 Boholi K Zhimo Zunheboto 31 Shirley Sumi Zunheboto 32 Abotoli Sumi Zunheboto 33 Kaholi Yeptho Zunheboto 34 Vinoli A Chishi Zunheboto 35 Wilson Sumi Zunheboto 36 Z. Omegali assumi Zunheboto 37 Alito Z Kiba Zunheboto 38 Vili Zhimo Zunheboto 39 Alolito Zunheboto 40 Lusheli Sumi Zunheboto 41 Hekali Zunheboto 42 I. Vishiho Sumi Zunheboto 43 Hotoni Yepthomi Zunheboto 44 Loly Aomi Aghunato 45 Alotoli Sumi Dimapur 46 Zhetoli Yeptho Dimapur 47 Mongmeth Dimapur 48 Khekatoli Dimapur 49 Bandangnungsang Dimapur 50 Merennungla Dimapur 51 Laingam Mon 52 Imlinenla Dimapur 53 Hemali Dimapur 54 M.Shenyu Konyak Mon 55 Bendangsenla Sovima 56 Sara Kuhoboto 57 Manloi Kohima 58 Bendangmongla Dimapur 59 Shivili Yeptho Zunheboto 60 Tokali Awomi Zunheboto N.B:- 1. The participants applied but not selected will be given priority in the next State Handloom Expo.

2. The selected participants are directed to report to the exhibition at Town Hall, Zunheboto on 22nd of February, 2022 at 7:00 AM 3. The participants are directed to keep their exhibits in their respective stall under lock & key. The office shall not be held responsible in case of any losses/ theft.

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core of crypto, and there is no decentralisation in a CBDC. “There is zero value in a CBDC coming from the government. Cryptocurrency was developed to work away from the government in a decentralised fashion, where the government has no control. But the decentralisation has been highly centralised since all the crypto companies and exchanges have central CEOs, they are being regulated by the same governments that they were invented to work away from, and now they are going to be taxed by them too,” Nandwani said.

“CBDC, if it is being developed to digitise anything in terms of money and payments, that is a good move, but we can also do without it,” he added pointing to how successful UPI has been in the country.

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day of the announcement a lot of volume from Indian exchanges moved overseas and now it’s going to be quite a task for the government to get TDS collected from any such transaction.

Ratna added that unless we accept the decentralised nature of this industry, there’s nothing meaningful that can be done on the policy front. She also said that these regulations should have come in a long time ago.

Padke pointed out that first, cryptocurrency should not be called that since currency is always issued by the government and is a liability of the government. Additionally, speaking about CBDC or Central Bank Digital Currency, Padke acknowledged that it could be seen as the next step of digitalising our lives, but India as a country has already grown in in leaps and bounds as far as digital payments are concerned.

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level, Narayan is of the opinion that the government is going to face challenges.

“They’re expecting TDS to be deducted on transactions which are going to happen between multiple buyers and sellers and often through exchanges and other mediums where it not possible to keep a tab on who the buyer and who the seller is,” Narayan explained and added that the tax imposed on crypto should have been different one (like a securities transaction tax) instead of one imposed on the basis of exchange.

Also, if buyers and sellers are going to do a barter, the buyer has to ensure the seller is paying the tax, which is going to be hard to do.

Policy 4.0’s Ratna felt that the crypto tax announcement was just a deterrent following a long period of volatility and months of unfettered activity. In agreement with Narayan, Ratna added that the new tax rule is not going to lead to the outcome that the government is expecting.

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NEW DELHI, FEB 18 (AGENCIES): Budget 2022 saw Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announce a 30 per cent tax on all digital assets that includes cryptocurrency and nonfungible tokens (NFTs).

Many industry players saw this as the first step towards the regularisation of cryptocurrency in the country, but that’s not exactly the truth. While it did mean that cryptocurrencies were not going to be banned in India and they were not “illegal”, crypto experts and policy makers believe that there’s a long way to go.

L Bardi Narayan, Executive Partner, Laxmikumaran & Sridharan, Sanjay Phadke, author of Fintech Future, Kunal Nandwani, CEO & Co-founder, Utrade Solutions, and Tanvi Ratna, CEO of Policy 4.0 caught up with Aayush Ailawadi for a chat on new crypto tax rules and what it meant for the future, Business Today reported.

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(From p-1) The party said it was particularly traversing the foothill road to highlight the “apathetic attitude” of the state government despite pleas from all quarters. “For the RPP, the Walk is a philosophy and an excellent medium to share the party’s ideology and vision with our people,” the party remarked.

It said that other purpose of the walk was to reach out to the grassroots and listen to their grievances and hear their “vision for a new Nagaland.”

Apart from these issues, RPP said it wanted to share its vision, its aims and objectives and its thoughts with the common man. The party added that it was a walk for clean election, for its promise of good governance, to uphold the rule of law, to uphold law and order, for a self-reliant economy, to educate people to elect Godly candidates in elections, to show solidarity to families of the Oting massacre, to highlight the danger of harbouring illegal immigrants in “our” land and to protect Naga identity.

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(From p-1) even operate schemes such as “deposit refund system or buy back” or any other model in order to prevent mixing of plastic packaging waste with solid waste.

The Guidelines also prescribe a framework for levy of environmental compensation (penalty) based upon polluter pays principle, with respect to non-fulfilment of extended producers’ responsibility (EPR) targets by PIBOs for the purpose of protecting and improving the quality of the environment and preventing, controlling and abating environment pollution.

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hood loans is that they will help the banking system prepare a comprehensive database and credit history of marginal borrowers that can be further leveraged to create new credit-worthy borrowing classes, the report said.

The present overdraft facility for PMJDY accounts in the banking system, in existence for sometime can be streamlined and tech enriched with a central nodal agency/bank to monitor and promote the scheme meaningfully, it said.

The report further said that given the significant success of vaccination in the third wave in rural pockets, the livelihood loans can be the silver bullet catapulting the broader economy to unprecedented highs.

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(From p-1) In her brief speech, SDEO of Dhansiripar, in-charge SDEO and DEO DimapurApoklaLongkumer commented that upgrade of Government Medium School to a high school at Toluvi was a dream come true for the villagers and people in its adjoining areas.

She informed the gathering that there were seven government higher secondary schools and 23 government high schools in the three districts of Chümoukedima, Nuiland and Dimapur under Dimapur district education office.

Earlier, welcome address was delivered by Toluvi Village Council chairman BohosheAwomi who also submitted a representation to the department seeking more infrastructure to add classrooms.

A short speech was also delivered by Western Sumi Students’ Union president KughatoAchumi.

Earlier, dedicatory prayer was proposed by Toluvi GBA pastor V AtosheAwomi. The programme was chaired by graduate teacher Inatoli V Zhimo while the vote of thanks was delivered by school managing committee chairman VekahoZhomomi and benediction by TGBA youth pastor Akani Sumi.

on government securities (G-sec) yields from current 6.7 per cent towards around 6.55 per cent or so,” the report said.

The report suggested that the government can offer livelihood loans, say up to Rs 50,000 to rural poor.

This loan may be given on the premise that interestservicing alone will keep the loan standard with subsequent loan renewal linked to successful repayment record, it said.

“If the government were to bear, say, 3 per cent interest subsidy, on a portfolio of Rs 50,000 crore, the outlay would be only Rs 1,500 crore during 2022-23.

And these loans will also act as a big consumption booster at subsistent levels,” it said.

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services.

Rural demand indicators, say two-wheeler and tractor sales, continued to decline since August 2021.

Amongst the urban demand indicators, consumer durables and passenger vehicle sales contracted in Q3, while domestic air traffic weakened in the wake of Omicron variant spread.

Investment activity though, is displaying a traction in pick up, with merchandise exports remaining buoyant, it said.

The report said this slower growth momentum reconfirms recent assertion that incipient growth recovery needs to be supported by accommodative policy longer than anticipated.

“We thus expect liquidity normalization may be delayed. This could have a further softening impact

(From p-1) GPRN/NSCN has stated that the matter should be “taken up and dealt in the highest manner and reciprocity”, adding that C-Coy, 38 Assam Rifles and Meluri Police should be answerable.

GPRN/NSCN affirmed that it would not “remain a silent spectator.”

Meanwhile, GPRN/NSCN has expressed anguish and grief over the untimely demise of “sgt. maj.” Turhuli Thupitor.

In a condolence message issued through MIP, the GPRN/NSCN stated that late “sgt. maj.” Turhuli Thupitor, of New Phor village under Pochury region “enrolled and dedicated to serve for the Naga nation for the past 15 years since 2007.” MIP stated that “his sacrifice and noble service for the cause and aspiration of Naga nation was most worthy to be cherished and would be remembered in the pages of the Naga history.”

GPRN/NSCN also conveyed condolences to the bereaved family members and prayed that the Almighty grant them peace and solace during this time of great loss.

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now revised downwards to 8.8 per cent from our earlier estimate of 9.3 per cent,” the report said on Friday.

The Nowcasting Model is based on 41 high frequency indicators associated with industry activity, service activity, and global economy.

The real GDP will be around Rs 2.35 lakh crore more / 1.6 per cent higher than the FY20 real GDP of Rs 145.69 lakh crore, the report said.

The report said the recovery in domestic economic activity is yet to be broad-based, as private consumption remained below pre-pandemic levels.

The high frequency indicators suggest some weakening of demand in Q3 also continuing to January 2022, reflecting the drag on contact-intensive

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MUMBAI, FEB 18 (PTI): The country’s gross domestic product (GDP) is likely to grow at 5.8 per cent in the third quarter of fiscal 2022, according to an SBI’s research report- Ecowrap.

The country’s economy expanded by 8.4 per cent in the second quarter of 2021-22, to cross prepandemic levels. However, the GDP growth in JulySeptember period was slower than the 20.1 per cent expansion in the previous quarter.

The National Statistical Office (NSO) will declare the GDP estimates for Q3 FY 2021- 22 on February 28.

“As per SBI Nowcasting Model, the forecasted GDP growth for Q3 FY22 would be 5.8 per cent, with a downward bias. The full year (FY22) GDP growth is

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Shelling, outages, fear in Ukraine’s volatile east

At Valentyna Melnychenko’s nearby home, the explosions filled her living room and hall with smoke. “I switched off the TV, and there were seven more shellings and then it stopped,” she said as she surveyed the damage outside, her hair covered in a bright pink scarf that contrasted with the gray debris behind her. Three people were wounded and half the village lost power.

Oleksandr Pavliuk, a Ukrainian army commander, said the explosions were intended to provoke

India’s crackdown on Chinese Germany to firms, apps ‘unhinged’: China lift most Covid NEW DELHI, FEB 18 (IANS): India’s crackdown on Chinese firms and mobile apps is “becoming increasingly unhinged” and the action is nothing but “politically-motivated crackdowns on businesses from China”, state-run Chinese paper Global Times has said.

The Indian government this week banned 54 Chinese mobile applications, which are posing threat to national security.

The Income Tax department on Wednesday also carried out raids at multiple premises linked to Chinese tech conglomerate Huawei across the country in connection with alleged tax evasion.

The Global Times said in an editorial that after failing to gain any advantage by stirring up tension at the border with China, which drew stern responses from Chinese soldiers, “New Delhi has shifted its outof-control jingoism toward a more vulnerable target - Chinese businesses operating in India”.

“Over the past several months, Indian authorities have banned dozens of Chinese mobile apps and raided local branches of many Chinese firms in shady ‘tax investigations’,” the editorial said late on Thursday.

Chinese telecom giant Huawei Technologies confirmed earlier media reports that Indian tax authorities raided multiple offices of the firm and questioned its local employees.

In a statement, Huawei said that it was confident that its operations in the South Asian country “are firmly compliant with all laws and regulations” and that it would “fully cooperate” with Indian authorities.

“Huawei’s response is standard for any business caught in such circumstances; however, let’s be clear, Indian authorities’ raid most likely has nothing to do with the Chinese firm’s compliance issues, but has a great deal to do with the increasing hostility of officials in New Delhi toward China,” read the editorial.

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BERLIN, FEB 18 (IANS): The German government has agreed on a three-step plan to gradually lift most of the Covid-19 restrictions

by March 20 as the country’s seven-day Covid-19 incidence rate has continued to fall. The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases said the incidence rate reached 1,385 infections per 100,000 inhabitants on Thursday, Xinhua news agency reported.

The RKI registered 235,626 new Covid-19 cases on Thursday, around 12,200 less than a week ago.

“The peak has now probably been reached,” Chancellor Olaf Scholz said as he presented the plan after a meeting with the federal state governments. A “constantly improved situation” can be expected in the coming weeks, he added.

First, Germany would drop the contact restrictions for vaccinated and recovered people as well as the access restrictions for the retail sector with immediate effect.

LO N D O N, F E B 1 8 (AGENCIES): Nearly 4,000 cars, including Audis, Porches and Lamborghinis, were going up in smoke on a freighter that

caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean near the coast of Portugal’s Azores islands.

The Panama-flagged Felicity Ace was carrying Volkswagen Group ve-

hicles from Germany to the US, a VW spokesperson said on Friday.

It caught fire on Wednesday evening, and Portugal’s navy and air

PETROPOLIS (BRAZIL), FEB 18 (AP): The death toll from floods and landslides that swept down on the mountain city of Petropolis rose to at least 117 on Thursday and local officials said it could still rise sharply, with 116 more still unaccounted for.

The Rio de Janeiro state government confirmed the rising loss of life, with many feared buried in mud beneath the German-influenced city nestled in the mountains above the city of Rio de Janeiro. Torrents of floodwaters and mudslides dragged cars and houses through the streets of the city Tuesday during the most intense rainfall in decades. One video showed two buses sinking into a swollen river as its passengers clambered out the windows, scrambling for safety.

Some didn’t make it to the banks and were washed away, out of sight.

Survivors dug through the ruined landscape to find loved ones even as more landslides appeared likely on the city’s slopes. A small slide Thursday prompted an

force rescued its 22-strongcrew.

An inter nal email from Volkswagen US said the ship carried 3,965 vehicles of the VW, Porsche, Audi and Lamborghini brands.

A Porsche spokesperson confirmed nearly 1,100 Porsche vehicles were on board. Audi also said some of its cars were on the ship but did not state how many.

The Portuguese navy was keeping an eye on the burning ship.

A Dutch salvage company would examine the possibility of towing the ship to a port, according to the Portuguese news agency Lusa.

SL court acquits 2 officials in 2019 Easter attacks COLOMBO, FEB 18 (PTI): A Sri Lankan court on Friday acquitted two top officials, including former police chief Pujith Jayasundera, of all charges of negligence in the 2019 Easter terror attacks that killed nearly 270 people, including 11 Indians.

The High Court freed Jayasundera and former defence secretary Hemasiri Fernando of all charges of negligence where they had been accused of not taking action to prevent the attacks despite the availability of prior intelligence.

According to their lawyers, the court’s order found fault with the Attorney General for filing a case against the duo. The two were arrested in July 2019, three months

after the attack. They were granted bail after their arrest and rearrested in October 2019. They were granted bail in August 2021. Jayasundera was in November last year indicted with 855 charges of criminal negligence for failing to act despite receiving prior intelligence warnings in the terror attacks.

Fernando also faced similar charges.

While Fernando obliged the then President Maithripala Sirisena’s call to resign, Jayasundera was dismissed as the police chief by Sirisena in June 2019.

The court ruling came as the Catholic Church and the Sri Lankan government were embroiled in a battle over the findings of a presidential panel appointed by Sirisena to probe

— including about 60 per cent of Russia’s overall ground forces — concentrated near Ukraine’s borders. The Kremlin insists it has no plans to invade.

But Moscow has demanded that the U.S. and its allies keep Ukraine and other ex-Soviet nations out of NATO, not deploy weapons in Ukraine and pull back NATO forces from Eastern Europe.

Washington and its allies bluntly rejected the Russian demands, and Moscow threatened to take unspecified “militarytechnical measures” if the West continued to stonewall.

Russia holds massive drills of its strategic nuclear forces on an annual basis, but the maneuvers planned for Saturday pointedly involve the Black Sea Fleet.

The fleet is based on the Crimean Peninsula, which Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014. The Black Sea Fleet has surface warships and submarines equipped with Kalibr cruise missiles, but it doesn’t have intercontinental ballistic missiles and didn’t take part in similar previous drills of the country’s strategic forces.

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Cargo ship with Porsches, Lamborghinis catches fire

The cargo ship on fire with luxury vehicles from Germany. (Image credit: Marinha Portuguesa)

MOSCOW, FEB 18 (AP): The Russian military on Friday announced massive drills of its strategic nuclear forces, a stark reminder of the country’s nuclear might amid Western fears that Moscow might be preparing to invade Ukraine.

Russian President Vladimir Putin will personally oversee Saturday’s exercise, which will involve multiple practice launches of intercontinental ballistic missiles and cruise missiles, the Defense Ministry said.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Putin would observe the drills from the Defense Ministry’s situation room and supervise the practice missile launches himself. The ministry said it planned the maneuvers some time ago to check the readiness of Russia’s military command and personnel, as well as the reliability of its nuclear and conventional weapons.

The war games follow U.S. President Joe Biden’s warning on Thursday that Russia could invade Ukraine within days.

Western fears focus on an estimated 150,000 Russian troops

NEW DELHI, FEB 18 (IANS): The Israeli Navy confirmed that it participated in a US-led exercise with Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and some other countries that do not have diplomatic ties with the Jewish state, Dawn news reported.

The US Navy said in a statement on Thursday that more than 9,000 people from 60 militaries took part in the International Maritime Exercise (IMX), which kicked off on January 31.

The participants included Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Comoros, Djibouti, Somalia and Yemen who do not have diplomatic ties with Israel.

Several countries with which Israel recently normalised relations - such as the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain - also participated.

Bahrain is a close US ally and hosts the 5th Fleet of the US Navy, the report said.

The biennial drill was launched in 2012 and has become “the largest multinational naval exercise in the Middle East”, the US Navy said.

The Israeli media reported that this was the country’s first participation in a military exercise with countries that do not have diplomatic ties with the state.

Israeli Navy chief David Salama said in a statement that their participation in the American exercise “demonstrates the strengthening connection between our fleets, based on power, mutual learning, and strategic partnership”, the report said.

The Israeli Navy, he said, was “working together with our American partners to prevent terror in the maritime arena and to strengthen the security of the region’s waters”.

the Easter Day terror attacks.

Archbishop of Colombo Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith has blamed the government for using the findings of the probe for a political cover up and not delivering justice to the victims of the attacks.

Sirisena’s panel report had found himself, Fernando and Jayasundera along with nine other senior policemen guilty for negligence.

Nine suicide bombers belonging to local Islamist extremist group National Thawheed Jamaat (NTJ) linked to ISIS carried out a series of devastating blasts that tore through three churches and as many luxury hotels on April 21, 2019, killing nearly 270 people, and injuring over 500.

Rescue workers retrieve a body from the mountain city of Petropolis.

evacuation but didn’t cause injuries. As evening came, heavy showers returned to the region, sparking renewed concern among residents and rescue workers.

Authorities insisted those living in at-risk areas should evacuate. Rosilene Virginia’ said her brother barely escaped, and she considers it a miracle. But a friend hasn’t yet been found.

“It’s very sad to see people asking for help and having no way of helping, no way of doing anything,” Virginia told The Associated Press as a man comforted her. “It’s desperate, a feeling of loss so great.”

As some people tried to clear away mud, others began burying lost relatives, with 17 funerals at the damaged cemetery.

Rio police said in a statement Thursday that about 200 agents were checking lists of the living, the dead and the missing by visiting checkpoints and shelters, as well as the city’s morgue. They said they managed to remove three people from a list of missing after finding them alive in a local school. “Every detail is important so we can track people,” said Rio police investigator Elen Souto.

“We need people to

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inform the full name of the missing person, their ID, physical traits and the clothes that person was wearing.” Petropolis, named for a former Brazilian emperor, has been a refuge for people escaping the summer heat and tourists keen to explore the so-called “Imperial City.” Its prosperity has also drawn residents from Rio’s poorer regions and the population grew haphazardly, climbing mountainsides now covered with small residences packed tightly together, often in areas made more vulnerable by deforestation and inadequate drainage. The state fire department said 25.8 centimeters of rain fell within three hours on Tuesday -- almost as much as during the previous 30 days combined. Rio de Janeiro’s Gov. Claudio Castro said in a press conference that the rains were the worst Petropolis has received since 1932.

“No one could predict

rain as hard as this,” Castro said. More rain was expected through the rest of the week, according to weather forecasters.

Castro added that almost 400 people were left homeless and 24 people were recovered alive. They were fortunate, and they were few. Lisa Torres Machado, 64, said “the hand of God” spared her family from tragedy.

“A little room was left at my mom’s house and she hid there with my two sisters and brother,” Machado, a resident of Petropolis for three decades, told the AP. “I can’t sleep. I still can’t believe what’s happening. We lost all our friends.”

The stricken mountain region has seen similar catastrophes in recent decades, including one that caused more than 900 deaths. In the years since, Petropolis presented a plan to reduce risks of landslides, but works have advanced only slowly.

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This is to inform to all concerned citizens of Wokha Village that, the Annual General Meeting of the Wokha Village public will be held on 26th Feb 2022 at 9:00 am positively at the Wokha Village Public Ground. Hence all the members are requested to attend the meeting without fail as scheduled.

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The Satakhami Union convey our heartiest congratulations to: 1. er. ghukhuyi Zhimomi, appointment to the post of Member of Nagaland Staff Selection Board.

2. Shri Z. nitovi Sema, promotion to the post of SubDivisional Education Officer (SDEO) The Union expresses our gratefulness to the Almighty God for blessing our people with such a dignified posts. The Union further prays that God Almighty grant them wisdom and good health for them to serve the people as desired by God. (hevito Zhimomi) President Satakhami Union Dimapur

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feliciTaTiOn Ward 21 Welfare Committee (Confluence of 4 colonies under ward 21) take this honour to congratulate one of its’ members mr. D. vishika achumi, In-charge of Special Operations Team (SOT), Dimapur District, S/o Late K. Daniel Achumi of Shena Old Village and a resident of Middle Point Colony under Ward 21, on receiving governor’s gold medal award on Republic Day 2022. This Award stand as a witness of your sheer dedication, hard work and sacrifices which makes you shine in the midst of names and fame.

We wish you success in all your endeavours ahead.

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Motto : “Progress in Unison”

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EZUNG KHUNGTSUTA With immense pride and honour, the Ezung Khungtsuta would like to congratulate the following bonafide members for their achievements.

1. Mrs. Obangla ezung, W/o Mr. Zarenthung Ezung for conferring IAS Cadre.

2. Mr. Rankathung Vikram ezung, S/o.

Mr. K. Chumdemo Ezung for receiving President’s Police Medal Award for Meritorious Service.

3. Mr. Yanrenthung ezung, S/o. Lt. Samuel Ezung selected as Director, College Development Council under Nagaland University.

4. Mr. K. Nchumthung ezung, S/o Khonthungo Ezung promoted to SDO (Civil).

We sincerely pray to Almighty God to guide and grant them wisdom while discharging their service to the people.

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of Stanytsia had already suffered more than its share.

One shell crashed into a kindergarten, blasting a hole in the wall that sent football balls flying off the classroom shelves just as the school day started. Others blasted craters into the schoolyard and shattered windows of nearby homes.

“We heard the sound of broken glass. The children were very scared. Some kids started crying immediately, and the explosions continued for the next 20 minutes,” said Olena Yaryna, the school director.

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Bricks and debris mixes with toys after reported shelling on a kindergarten in Stanytsia Luhanska, Ukraine Thursday.

a response and ultimately a counter-response, echoing the warnings from the United States. Russia denies any plans to attack.

“Our task is to control this abnormal situation in order to avoid a pretext for escalation,” Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov said Friday.

Monitors from the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe have been in place in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions since 2014 to try and maintain the cease-fire. It’s never been easy, but that task was made harder this week as they found their access repeatedly blocked. “The gradual fraying of the cease-fire ... has regretably accelerated,” Yasar Halit Çevik, the mission’s chief monitor, told the UN Security Council on Thursday. He said daily cease-fire violations had doubled since the beginning of the year. In addition to the explosions, the organisation recorded nearly 600 cease-fire violations over the course of a day, more than double the average for the past month.

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KYIV, FEB 18 (AP): Shells struck by the hundreds along the tense front lines in eastern Ukraine, drones monitoring a fragile ceasefire lost their way when the GPS signal they rely on was jammed, and then the cellphone network went dark.

In a sliver of land where pro-Russian separatists have battled for years against Ukrainian government forces, a group of international monitors tasked with keeping the peace reported more than 500 explosions in the the 24 hours ending Thursday midday, around four times as many as an average day over the past month.

As the world warily watches Russian troops massing near Ukraine’s borders for signs they’re preparing to invade, Western officials have warned that the spark could come from the volatile east: Repeatedly in recent weeks, the US has said the simmering conflict there could provide cover or an excuse for Russia to roll across the border.

The number of explosions eased as the day went on, but by then the village

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Why BA.2 can prolong Omicron wave but won’t cause fresh infection surge?

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s scientists raise an alarm over the fast rise in Omicron’s sibling called BA.2 in certain parts of the world, early studies suggest that the BA.2 lineage might prolong the Omicron wave but won’t necessarily cause a fresh surge of Covid-infections.

The BA.2 variant has spread rapidly in countries including Denmark, the Philippines, and South Africa in the past few weeks. It now accounts for roughly one in five new Omicron cases recorded across the world, according to the WHO. According to the Nature journal, a laboratory study of BA.2 suggests that its rapid ascent is probably the result of it being more transmissible than BA.1.

“Other preliminary studies suggest that BA.2 can readily overcome immunity from vaccination and previous infection with earlier variants, although it is not much better than BA.1 at doing so,” according to the report.

If real-world epidemiological studies support these conclusions, scientists think that BA.2 will be unlikely to spark a second major wave of infections, hospitalisations and deaths after Omicron’s initial onslaught.

“It might prolong the Omicron surge. But our data would suggest that it would not lead to a

brand-new additional surge,” said Dan Barouch, an immunologist and virologist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts, who led the study of BA.2. The virus is evolving and Omicron has several sub-lineages that are being tracked.

“We have BA.1, BA.1.1, BA.2 and BA.3. It’s really quite incredible how Omicron, the latest variant of concern has overtaken Delta around the world,” Maria Van Kerkhove, Covid-19 technical lead at the WHO, said at a briefing on Thursday.

“Most of the sequences are this sub-lineage BA.1. We are also seeing an increase in the proportion of sequences of BA.2,” she added.

According to Mads Albertsen, a bioinformatician at Aalborg

Salman, Katrina Kaif resume shooting for ‘Tiger 3’ in Delhi

University in Denmark, BA.2’s steady rise in prevalence in multiple countries suggests that it has a growth advantage over other circulating variants.

That includes other forms of Omicron, such as a less-prevalent lineage called BA.3.

“From a scientific perspective, the question is why,” said Barouch.

Researchers think that a large part of the reason Omicron quickly replaced the Delta variant is its ability to infect and spread among people who had been immune to Delta.

So one possibility for BA.2’s rise is that it’s even better than BA.1 at overcoming immunity potentially including the protection gained from a BA.1 infection, the Nature report mentioned.

Snapchat users will now be able to change their username

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The actors have been pictured during their shoot.

Their images have taken social media and fan clubs across platforms have been sharing pictures of the superstar. A fan named @ katter_salmania shared a picture where the ‘Dabangg’ star and Katrina are seen

taking a shot for the film.

The two are fully dressed in their spy costumes. It seems they were shooting for an action sequence in the capital.

The third instalment in the ‘Tiger’ franchise, which is directed by Maneesh Sharma, was put on hold due to the global outbreak of Covid-19. The first instalment ‘Ek Tha Tiger’ directed by Kabir Khan released in 2012. The second ‘Tiger Zinda Hai’ released in 2017 and was directed

by Ali Abbas Zafar. (IANS)

opular social media app Snapchat will let users change their usernames with a new update.

According to The Verge, Snapchat will start letting users change their usernames in an update that should arrive globally on February 23. The feature will be available on both iOS and Android.

One would be able to change username by tapping the Bitmoji icon in the top right corner, then tap the gear icon, choose “Username” and select “Change username”. Only username will be changed; contacts, memories, and other account details will stay as they were.

A user would only be able to change their username once per year.

Also, one won’t be able to choose a username that any Snapchat user has used in the past. Snapchat is also planning to start showing ads on stories, which will help creators earn money. (IANS)

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“BA.2 has a whole mess of new mutations that no one has tested,” said Jeremy Luban, a virologist at the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School in Worcester.

According to news reports, researchers in Israel have identified a handful of cases in which people who had recovered from BA.1 became infected with BA.2.

Meanwhile, Danish researchers have begun a study to determine how frequently such re-infections occur.

“That unvaccinated people are also at heightened risk of BA.2 infection suggests that properties of the virus other than immune evasion are at least partly behind its enhanced transmissibility,” said Troels Lillebaek, a molecular epidemiologist at the State Serum Institute in Copenhagen.

There are also hints that BA.2 could limit treatment options.

Over the past two weeks, cases of Covid-19 have more than doubled in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Russia and Ukraine, WHO’s Europe Regional Director Hans Kluge said in a statement.

(IANS)

h e l o n g aw a i t e d M u s i k - A Fe s t iva l commenced on Friday evening at Bamboo Resource Centre, 6th Mile, Dimapur, with advisor, Urban Development and Municipal Affairs, Dr. Neikiasalie (Nicky) Kire as the special guest for the opening event.

Delivering a brief note at the inaugural programme, Dr. Nicky acknowledged Alobo Naga and his team for organising the event, which provided the muchneeded platform to young and upcoming performers of the state.

He urged all participants not to give up on their dreams and also stressed on the three “T’s”, “Things Take Time”. He further encouraged the participants to carry on with their works and to polish them in every way possible.

Meanwhile, Alobo Naga while delivering the welcome address informed that he wanted to create a platform for the upcoming artistes, adding that the will to organise the event was successful.

It may be noted that Musik-A Festival was supposed to be held from December 7 to 9, 2021, however, showing solidarity to the incident that took place at Oting and Mon on December 4 and 5, 2021,

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or the nominees and guests attending the 94th Academy Awards, it will be imperative to furnish a proof of vaccination in addition to being tested negative twice through RT-PCR, reports New York Times. However, those performing and presenting at the awards ceremony, will not need to show the proof of vaccination, but they will still be required to undergo rigorous testing.

A source close to the situation told Variety that the decision to not require proof of vaccination for presenters and performers falls under the Covid return-to-work agreement between the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers and unions.

The agreement allows production companies the

option to mandate COVID-19 vaccinations for Zone A -- the production’s cast and the crew working closest with the actors -but it is not a requirement.

A total of 2,500 nominees and guests have been invited to attend the 94th Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre, which has a capacity of over 3,300 people. The mask mandates too will operate differently at different sections of the venue.

According to the Times, guests and nominees seated in the orchestra and parterre sections of the theatre will not be required

to wear face masks.

However, for those seated in the tightly drawn mezzanine wearing a mask may come across as a necessity.

As per Variety, with the declining trend of Covid cases in the Los Angeles area, other large companies and events are relaxing their Covid policies as well. For instance, as of this week, Disney theme parks allow fully vaccinated guests to give a miss to the face masks.

Coachella too recently announced that the upcoming festival in April won’t require proof of Covid vaccination or testing.

Meanwhile, Los Angeles is expected to lift its indoor masking mandate in late March -- but whether the rule will kick into action before or after the March 27 event, remains to be seen.

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Dr. Neikiasalie (Nicky) Kire speaking at the inaugural programme of Musik-A Festival. (NP)

the festival was cancelled.

Furthermore, the festival once again got cancelled which was supposed to be held on January, amidst the pandemic.

The first day of the festival witnesses stand

up comedies Aseno Ayemi, Afrikan Amakishiu, Hopong Naga, Boss Meren, Hobi Tsang, Mr. Smile, Inglish Maker, and songs by Nentong Konyak, Sunep Lemtur and Since 90’s.

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Robert Pattinson studied bats to play Batman

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ollywood star Robert Pattinson has revealed that he studied real-life bats ahead of shooting ‘The Batman’.

Pattinson shared on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’: “There was one thing I said to Matt (Reeves, the director), because I was talking to Zoe Kravitz, who plays Catwoman, she’s great, and she was saying, to see the way she’s moving and stuff, she’s looking at these videos, big cat videos, and how big cats fight and stuff.

“So I looked up how a bat fights and there was this one video on ‘Planet Earth’ of the technique of a vampire bat with a chicken in a cage and how it fights the chicken, it flaps around the cage for like an hour, just flap-banging on the cage until the chicken’s been scared for so long the chicken falls asleep. And then the bat sneaks into the cage and bites it on its anus.

I said that to Matt, and he’s like, ‘I’ve got an idea.’”

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ished the challenge of playing Catwoman, reports femalefirst.co.uk. Speaking about her approach to the character, she said: “I obviously understand the gravity of a character like this and what she means to so many people.

“But what felt really important was to really focus on the story that we’re telling in this moment, you know, and try and create a real human being. I don’t want her to be an idea. You know, I want her to be a real human being in a real situation, in a real city, trying to survive and reacting to her own pain, and her history.”

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‘Stranger Things’ to end with Season 5 50th Wedding Anniversary Day sons.”

“It proved too large to tell in four, but -- as you’ll soon see for yourselves -- we are now hurtling toward our finale. Season 4 will be the penultimate season; season 5 will be the last. There are still many more exciting stories to tell within the world of ‘Stranger Things’; new mysteries, new adventures, new unexpected heroes,” the letter further read.

“But first we hope that you stay with us as we finish this tale of a powerful girl named Eleven and her brave friends, of a broken police chief and a ferocious mom, of a small town called Hawkins and an alternate dimension known only as the Upside Down. As always, we are grateful for your patience and support,” the letter concluded.

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ci-fi horror drama series ‘Stranger Things’ has been renewed for its fifth and final season, reports Variety.

The premiere date of the much-delayed fourth season of the series (which premieres after more than two-and-half-years of the K Y M C

third season) was also revealed on Thursday.

As per Variety, series creators Matt and Ross Duffer notified fans through a letter that said ‘Stranger Things 4’ would be split into two parts, with the first to debut May 27 and the second to launch July 1.

The letter shared on Netflix’s blog by the showrunners, credited as the Duffer Brothers, accessed

by Variety reads, “Seven years ago, we planned out the complete story arc for ‘Stranger Things’. At the time, we predicted the story would last four to five sea-

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Barca held by Napoli in Europa League

Torres celebrates after scoring an equaliser for the Catalans from the penalty spot.

“I’m disappointed about the result, not about our game,” coach Xavi Hernandez told a news conference. “This is the way, we played well and deserved much more. The result is very unfair.”Elsewhere, Real Betis defeated 3-2 Zenit St Petersburg after scoring twice in the first 20 minutes through Guido Rodriguez and Willian Jose. But the Russian side fought back to equalise with two goals in three minutes scored by Artem Dzyuba and Malcom.

H oweve r, ve t e r a n midfielder Andres Guardado found the winner for

Betis right before halftime, as the LaLiga side held on to hand Zenit their first home loss since October 2021. Sheriff Tiraspol beat Braga 2-0 at home in Moldova thanks to goals from Sebastien Thill and Adama Traore. However, the shock of the night came in Germany as Rangers beat Bundesliga’s second-placed side Borussia Dortmund 4-2.

Later, Porto fought back to get a 2-1 home win against Lazio thanks to a brace from Spanish striker Toni Martinez. Atalanta also came back from a goal down to beat Olympiakos Piraeus 2-1 at home. In Germany, Leipzig rescued a 2-2 draw against Real Sociedad thanks to a late Emil Forsberg penalty.

In Spain, LaLiga second-placed side Sevilla won 3-1 against Dinamo Zagreb, with French forward Anthony Martial scoring his first goal for the Spanish side, and are one step closer to advancing in a competition they have won a record six times.”Our fans know the Europa League really well and they love it,” Sevilla captain Ivan Rakitic told reporters.

“We have to enjoy it step by step. I like our chances here and in LaLiga too.”

MADRID, FEB 18 (REUTERS): Barcelona were held 1-1 at home by Napoli in the first leg of their Europa League knockout stage playoff tie on Thursday, while Scottish side Rangers shocked Borussia Dortmund with a 4-2 win in Germany. Barca dominated proceedings but found themselves a goal down to the Italians after Piotr Zielinski finished off a counter-attack in the 29th minute.

Barca forward Ferran Torres equalised shortly before the hour mark from the penalty spot after the video assistant referee had

spotted a very subtle Juan Jesus’ handball from a Adama Traore cross inside the area. Barca were on the front foot throughout with their brand new attacking trident formed by new signings Torres, Traore and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, but missed several chances to take the lead.

Napoli held on as they were bombarded in the last ten minutes, with Torres and substitutes Luuk de Jong and Ousmane Dembele missing chance after chance in front of Alex Meret’s goal. The second leg will be played at Napoli next week.

India unlikely to field cricket teams in Asian Games

Indian women suffer 3 wickets defeat to New Zealand; lose series

NEW DELHI, FEB 18 (REUTERS): Cricket will make a comeback at the Asian Games in Hangzhou later this year but India, the game’s financial engine, is unlikely to field teams owing to existing commitments.

Few expected India’s men’s team to compete in the September Games risking injury to the players ahead of the Twenty20 World Cup in Australia from Oct. 16.

Participation of the women’s team, who will compete in the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham in July-August, now also looks unlikely.

“As far as the Asian Games in Hangzhou is concerned, a final decision on whether to send both men’s and women’s teams will be taken later and based on our existing commitments,” BCCI secretary Jay Shah told Reuters.

The Games coincides with the women team’s limited-overs tour of England where it is scheduled to play three one-dayers and an equal number of Twenty20 Internationals.

Hosting India is a lucrative proposition for any board and Shah said honouring bilateral commitment was particularly important in a post-coronavirus world.

Lauren Down took New Zealand home with an unbeaten 52-ball 64.

QUEENSTOWN, FEB 18 (IANS): India came up with their highest WODI total of the ongoing series against New Zealand but still lost the third of the five-match rubber by three wickets, thanks to Lauren Down who smashed an unbeaten 64 at the John Davies Oval here on Friday.

With this win, New Zealand Women have taken an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match series, and will be going into next month’s ICC Women’s World Cup full of confidence. Three fine half centuries from Indian batters saw the tourists amass 279 in 49.3 overs but the hosts were equally impressive and managed to overhaul the target with five balls to spare.

Requiring 128 from inside 20 overs, Down compiled a 52-ball unbeaten 64, smashing a six from the first

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ball of the last over to seal the victory with five deliveries to spare. Down was assisted by Katey Martin (35) and Frankie McKay (17 not out from 12 balls), recovering from 171/6 to complete the unlikely chase.

It was New Zealand’s highest successful chase in Women’s ODI history and second-highest overall.

Earlier, New Zealand’s reply to India’s 279 was brought to a crashing halt after the loss of Amy Satterthwaite (59) and Amelia Kerr (67), who put on 103 for the third wicket, recovering from the loss of Sophie Devine (0) and Suzie Bates (5).

Despite Jhulan Goswami continuing to bowl with the world-class quality shown in last year’s tour of Australia in claiming 3/47, Down stood her ground.

Earlier, India made an

Immanuel College conducts sports meet DIMAPUR, FEB 18 (NPN): Immanuel College conducted its 27th annual sports meet from February 16 to 18 under the theme “TEAM- Together Everyone Achieve More”.

The three day event included games like TT, Volleyball, Chess, badminton, tug-of-war, etc.

On the final day, basketball, ML and arm wrestling and dance off between the girls and boys of the college were conducted.

Earlier, at the inaugural programme, vice principal of the college, Dr. Imchanochetla Changkija delivered a message while oath taking of the house captains was led by assistant Games and Sports secretary, Imnawabang Longkuner

Ranji Trophy: Gani smashes 341, highest score on FC debut

KO L K ATA , F E B 1 8 (PTI): Bihar youngster Sakibul Gani smashed an astounding 341 in the Ranji Trophy Plate Group match against Mizoram here on Friday to break the world record for the highest individual score on first-class debut.

The 22-year-old, who was unbeaten on 136 overnight, toyed the lacklustre Mizoram attack hitting 56 fours and two sixes to get to 341 off 405 balls.

Madhya Pradesh’s Ajay Rohera earlier held the record for the highest individual score on debut when he had scored an unbeaten 267 against Hyderabad in Indore in December 2018.

The third on the list

Sakibul Gani

is former Mumbai captain Amol Mazumdar who had scored 260 on debut way back in the 1993-94 season.

Coming in to bat at 71/3, the Bihar No 5 Gani put together a massive 538run stand for the fourth wicket with Babul Kumar, who was unbeaten on 229 (398 balls; 27×4, 1×6) when Bihar opted to declare their first innings at 686/5.

Having made his List

A debut in October 2019, Gani has played 14 matches in the shorter format with 377 runs and a careerbest score of 114 at an average of 31.41.

In reply, Mizoram were tottering for 40/3 in 18 overs, trailing Bihar by 646 runs.

Brief Scores At JU Second Campus, Saltlake: Bihar 686/5 declared; 159.4 overs (Sakibul Gani 341, Babul Kumar 229 not out; Iqbal Abdulla 2/136).

Mizoram 40/3; 18 overs.

At Videocon Academy: Sikkim 302; 92.1 overs (Anwesh Sharma 87, Liyan Khan 53; Nagaho Chishi 5/51). Nagaland 300/4; 85 overs (Chetan Bisht 100 not out, Yugandhar Singh 52, Srikant Mundhe 49).

amazing start with the bat after losing the toss, racing to 86/0 at the 10-over mark, thanks largely to Sabbhineni Meghana (61 off 41 deliveries), who registered her first ODI fifty in just 33 balls.

Falling one short of reaching her first fifty earlier in the series, Meghana hit nine fours and two sixes in her 61.

Meghana was accompanied by Shafali Verma -- who compiled 51 off 57 deliveries -- though the White Ferns pulled back their opposition through both incisive bowling and professional fielding effort in the middle overs.

Rosemary Mair (2/43 off 10 overs) troubled India in the middle overs, putting the skids on the free scoring from their opening pair.

Mair and Hannah Rowe (2/52) combined in the middle overs to remove Yastika Bhatia (19) and Mithali Raj (23) respectively, with the smart work of Frankie Mackay bringing the downfall of Harmanpreet Kaur (13), catching the right-hander out of her ground with a quick return throw.

But Deepti Sharma (69 not out) resurrected the innings, played with a mix of power and patience to help the visitors post an imposing total.

Djokovic eyes Paris Olympics gold, wants to return to Australia

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BELGRADE, FEB 18 (REUTERS): World number one Novak Djokovic said he has unfinished business at the Olympics and will be gunning for gold at Paris 2024, adding that he is keen to return to Australia despite his deportation this year.

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to Germany’s Alexander Zverev, marring an otherwise stellar 2021 in which he won the first three Grand Slams and reached the final of the fourth. A day after his loss to Zverev, he went down to Spain’s Pablo Carreno Busta in the bronze medal match to return emptyhanded from Japan.

“An Olympic medal,

especially gold, is always a big wish,” the 34-year-old told Radio Television of Serbia ahead of his return to competitive action next week. “ U n f o r t u n a t e ly, I didn’t have a chance to fight for it in the past. I plan to be in Paris in 2024.

“I rewound my match with Zverev in Tokyo many times, trying to figure out what went wrong. I played superbly up to that point, but I did feel I was running on fumes, both mentally and physically.”

Last month after an 11day rollercoaster involving two visa cancellations, two court challenges and five nights in two stints at an immigration detention hotel, the unvaccinated Djokovic was deported on the eve of the Australian Open.

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Kezhaseluo wins ASA wrestling title

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KO H I M A , F E B 1 8 (NPN): Kezhaseluo Pienyü from Kohima village representing Northern Angami Sports Association (NASA) emerged as the champion in the senior category wrestling during the 50th Angami Sports Association (ASA) meet held at Khuochiezie (local ground) here on Friday.

The 23-year-old wrestler, Kezhaseluo, who stands 6.3 foot and weighing 135 kgs, beat Kezhavizo Thevo from Chedema village, also from NASA, in the final match and won the title for the second time. He had earlier won the title in the year 2018.

Er. Mhasilhousie Nagi from Jotsoma village of Western Angami Youth Organization (WAYO) beat Vizakietuo Suohu from Kohima village of NASA and emerged as the second runner-up.

The winners walked away with a cash prize of Rs 2 lakh while the first,

Winner Kezhaseluo Pienyü (arms raised) with ASA officials and match overseers. (NP)

second and third runnersup received Rs. 1.2 lakh, Rs. 80,000 and Rs. 50,000 respectively. Second runnerup, Er. Mhasilhousie was also adjudged as the best tactic and was rewarded with Rs. 10,000.

All the eight quarter finalists were awarded cash reward of Rs. 10,000 each.

WAYO and NASA with a total of 76 points each in the three rounds of wrestling were tied in the first place while Southern Angami Sports Association (SASA) with a score of 71 ½ points came in second and Chakhroma Youth Organization (CYO) with a score of 23 ½ points was placed

in the third position.

Earlier, during the inaugural programme, special guest, chief minister Neiphiu Rio, in his speech, expressed happiness over the successful conduct of the event. He said over the past two years, the Covid-19 pandemic had affected all the activities including sporting events, however, the situation had subsided substantially thus allowing events like this to take place.

He pointed out that Naga wrestling was an indigenous game passed on by “our forefathers” which needed more attention.

Rio observed that there was a need to make im-

provements in the game and opined that concerned bodies should set-up expert committees to study and look into the rules of the game with an aim to make it better and more competitive.

He added that although the practice of the game being played among equals without any category was passed on which was followed even today.

However, Rio pointed out that inclusion of more weight divisions and categories in the game would attract more players and also become more interesting.

Sharing his observation on the way the event was being held, the chief

India beat WI by 8 runs in 2nd T20; seal series

Yuzvendra Chahal celebrates after dismissing West Indies batsman Kyle Mauers during 2nd T20 match against West Indies, at Eden Garden in Kolkata, Friday. (PTI)

KO L K ATA , F E B 1 8 (PTI): Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Harshal Patel produced superb bowling in slog overs as India survived some anxious moments before walking out with an eight-run won over West Indies in the second T20I that handed them an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series here on Friday.

Chasing a stiff 187, wicketkeeper-batter Nicholas Pooran (62 off 41 balls) and Rovman Powell (68 not

out from 36 balls) hit belligerent fifties to keep them in the hunt as they needed just 29 runs from the last two overs.

But death bowling specialist, Bhuvneshwar Kumar revived India’s hopes by removing the dangerous-looking Pooran with a slower off-cutter.

Under pressure after he dropped Rovman Powell off his own bowling, Bhuvneshwar was brilliant and conceded just four runs in the over. Needing to defend

25 in the final over, Patel was hit for two consecutive sixes but he held his nerves to seal the issue for India.

This was India’s 100th win in T20Is as they sealed the series with one match to go on Sunday.

Earlier, a fluent 52 from Virat Kohli followed by a rapid 76-run partnership between Rishabh Pant (52 not out) and Venkatesh Iyer (33) helped India reach an impressive 186/5.

For the West Indies, off-spinner Roston Chase

was the pick of the bowlers, taking 3/25 and leaving India in some trouble in the middle overs.

After Akeal Hosein conceded four byes and two no-balls in a 10-run opening over, Sheldon Cottrell troubled Ishan Kishan with swing. The effort succeeded as Kishan’s struggle ended with the left-handed batter trying to flick but gave a leading edge to point.

Kohli and Sharma continued their boundary-hitting spree against Jason Holder in the fifth over.

Post power-play, Sharma’s innings was cut short at 19 when he tried to slog off Roston Chase but sliced to extra cover. Suryakumar Yadav got off the mark by using the pace off a ball from Hosein for a boundary past backward point.

But in the next over, Yadav chipped a drive off the inner half of the bat and was snapped by Chase diving to his left.

After the dismissal of Kohli by Chase, Pant and Iyer stitched the partnership to take India in a commanding position.

BRIEF SCORES: India: 186 for 5 in 20 overs (Rishabh Pant 52 not out, Virat Kohli 52; Roston Chase 3/25). West Indies 178/3 in 20 overs (Nicholas Pooran 62; Rovman Powell 68 not out; Bhuvneshwar Kumar 1/29).

Winter Games: Norway win record 15th gold

Johannes Thingnes Boe of Norway celebrates winning the gold medal. (Reuters)

BEIJING, FEB 18 (AGENCIES): Johannes Thingnes Bo steered Norway to Winter Olympic history as they won a record-breaking 15th gold in Beijing.

Bo’s victor y in the men’s mass start biathlon was his fourth gold of the Games, and his fifth medal overall. His country’s tally surpassed the previous best at a Winter Games of 14, first achieved by Canada in 2010.

Norway’s Marte Olsbu Roiseland, meanwhile, has become the first person to

win a medal in all four individual biathlon events at a Winter Games.

Roiseland took bronze in the women’s mass start biathlon, to add to the gold she earned in the sprint and pursuit biathlon events, and bronze in the individual.

The 31-year-old also won gold in the mixed relay, meaning she is the first woman to win five biathlon medals in a single Winter Games.

Justine Braisaz-Bouchet took gold in the women’s mass start event, becoming the first Frenchwoman ever to do so.

Tiril Eckhoff, in second, is the first female biathlete to win a mass start medal at three successive Games.

As Bo, 28, took victory in the men’s event, he became the third biathlete to win five medals at a single Games after France’s Quentin Fillon Maillet, who claimed gold in the individual and pursuit events at Beijing, plus silver in the sprint and both relays, and Roiseland.

Martin Ponsilouma of

Sweden took silver with another Norwegian, Vetle Sjaastad Christiansen, winning bronze.

Fillon Maillet finished fourth to narrowly miss out on a historic sixth Olympic biathlon medal.

The athletes had to battle freezing temperatures and high winds throughout both races, with the women’s event brought forward 24 hours because of forecast bad weather.

minister lauded the addition of warcries, folktunes and other traditional items as part of the event and further encouraged such special attractions even in the future.

Rio also lauded the wrestlers for displaying dedication and discipline which was evident from the level they had reached.

He later wished all the best to all the players and also wished the event a grand success.

He disclosed that with the aim to promote sporting activities of all kind, the State government was also putting all effort. In this regard, he invited sports organizations to come and

avail the facilities at the newly inaugurated Nagaland Olympic Association (NOA) office complex.

He announced that Nagaland would be hosting South Asian Cross Country Race in the month of March and also the grand finale of Indian Rally Championship in the same month.

A special attraction during the event was the “Phouse Kene” where two young boys in the age group of 8 years exhibited a wrestling match. This match was the precursor to the main event and was played in order to ensure that the whole days event played out successfully without any tragic incidents where players would be injured inadvertently.

Vikorieto Chüsi and Megotsikho Khawakhrie were the two young wrestlers in the ceremonial “Phouse Kene”. The 50th ASA meet would culminate with juniors category wrestling match on Saturday at Khuochiezie from 9 a.m. onwards.

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Team GB’s relay team stripped of Olympic 4x100m silver medal

CJ Ujah

LONDON, FEB 18 (AFP): Great Britain were Friday stripped of their silver medal in the men’s 4x100 metres relay at last year’s Tokyo Olympics after CJ Ujah was found to have committed a doping violation. Ujah tested positive for the prohibited substances ostarine and S-23, commonly used to build muscle, after the race on August 6.

The British team just lost out to Italy for the gold medal in Japan. Canada are expected to be awarded silver, with China promoted to the bronze-medal position.

A statement from the Court of Arbitration for Sport’s anti-doping division said: “Ujah is sanctioned with the disqualification of his results in the 4x100m

sprint relay final... together with the forfeiture of any medals, diplomas, points and prizes.” Ujah said in a statement that he accepted the decision with “sadness” but claimed he had “unknowingly consumed a contaminated supplement”.

The 27-year-old apologised to his teammates, Zharnel Hughes, Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake and Richard Kilty.

“I would like to make it clear that I unknowingly consumed a contaminated supplement and this was the reason why an anti-doping rule violation occurred at the Tokyo Olympic Games,” Ujah said in a statement.

“I would like to apologise to my teammates, their families and support teams for the impact which this has had on them.

“I’m sorry that this situation has cost my teammates the medals they worked so hard and so long for, and which they richly deserved. That is something I will regret for the rest of my life.”

Mizoram to get first motorsports racing track in NE

PVL 2022: Calicut Heroes trounces Spikers; keeps knockout hopes alive

AIZAWL, FEB 18 (IANS): Eastern and northeastern India’s first motorsports racing track is all set to be built in Mizoram, state Sports and Youth Services Minister Robert Romawia Royte said on Friday. The minister said that to build the Rs 10 crore racing track, an agreement was signed on Thursday between the Centre-owned Rural Electrification Corporation (REC) and the Mizoram State Sports Council. Royte, who also holds the Tourism, Industries and Commerce Departments, said that the State Sports Council would make serious efforts to ensure that the construction of the track is finished on time.

The REC officials also said that the racing track would host international events in future. It would be developed at Lengpui, where the state’s lone airport is located, about 31 kms north of Aizawl. The REC, a Navratna Enterprise under the Union Power Ministry, would construct the motorsports racing track under its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) funding. According to the REC officials, the work on the project includes construction of a 2 km long and 6 metre wide race track, two storeyed buildings for sports complex facilities like administrative building and dressing rooms, conference hall, medical room, cafeteria, VIP room and equipment room, spectator galleries.

HYDERABAD, FEB 18 (AGENCIES): The Calicut Heroes kept their semi-final hopes alive after defeating Kochi Blue Spikers 15-12, 15-9, 9-15, 9-15, 15-11 in the Prime Volleyball League at the Gachibowli Indoor Stadium here on Friday. Calicut picked up two points from this match and Calicut Heroes’ Ajithlal C was adjudged the Player of the Match.

Jerome Vinith pulled off a fantastic spike as the Heroes took the lead at 8-6 in the first set. David Lee also stood tall as Calicut continued to forge ahead. Captain Vinith produced another brilliant spike to help Calicut win a Super Point and take a four-point lead at 13-9. The Heroes rode on the momentum and eventually closed out the

Calicut Heroes ‘player of the match’ Ajith Lal in action against Kochi Blue Spikers on Friday.

first set at 15-12. Erin Varghese and Cody Caldwell produced fabulous spikes as Kochi held the edge at 9-6 in the second set. However, skipper Vinith continued his good form as the Heroes gained the lead at 10-9.

Thereafter, Ajithlal effected a couple of superb spikes as the Heroes won 9 points in a row and wrapped up the second set at 15-9 to take a 2-0 lead in the match.

Varghese pulled off a brilliant spike as Kochi dominated the third set at

10-7. Abdul Raheem and Cody Caldwell showed their brilliance to help the Blue Spikers took a five-point lead at 13-8.

The two sides played out a hard-fought contest as they were locked at 7-7 in the final set. However, Abil Krishnan MP effected two crucial spikes to help the Heroes take the lead at 13-10.

Ajithlal pulled off a magnificent spike as the Heroes closed out the final set at 1511 and walked off the court as winners of the match.

Bach disturbed by Valieva’s meltdown BEIJING, FEB 18 (REUTERS): International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach said it had been “chilling” to witness Russian teenage skater Kamila Valieva crumble under pressure at the Beijing Olympics in the wake of a doping scandal, hitting out at the 15-year-old’s entourage on Friday.

Valieva, who had been leading the women’s figure skating event after the short programme, cracked in her free skate on Thursday night, and stumbled down to fourth place as her compatriot Anna Shcherbakova skated to gold.

“I must say I was very, very disturbed yesterday when I watched the competition on TV,” Bach told a news conference. “How high the pressure on her must have been.”

Valieva failed a doping test at her national championships last December but the result was only revealed on February 8, the day after Valieva had helped the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) win the team event.

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