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Vol XXXII No. 63

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‘Leader of tukde-tukde gang’: PM launches vitriolic attack on Cong

NEW DELHI, FEB 7 (PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday launched a no-holds-barred attack on the Congress, saying the Britishers have gone but the party has made the “divide and rule” policy its character and has become the “leader of the tukde-tukde gang”.

Replying to the debate in Lok Sabha on Motion of Thanks to President Ram Nath Kovind’s address to the Parliament, Modi said the Congress’ “arrogance” has not gone away despite multiple electoral defeats and its “misdeeds” seem to indicate that it has made up its mind not to come to power for the next 100 years.

He said that many states have sampled and rejected the grand old party while sharing data of states that rejected Congress. “After losing so many elections there is no change in your (Congress) ‘Ahankaar’ (ego),” he said.

“Nagaland voted for Congress 24 years ago, Odisha voted for you 27 years ago. You won with a full majority in Goa in 1994, which is 28 years ago. In 1988, Tripura voted for Congress 34

Narendra Modi speaks in the Lok Sabha during the ongoing Budget Session of Parliament, Monday. (SANSAD TV/PTI Photo)

years ago. UP, Bihar, Gujarat last voted for Congress government in 1985,” PM said.

He asserted that many people have come and gone but the country is immortal.

The country has been united and great, is so and will remain so, he said.

The Congress was winning elections since 1971 on the slogan ‘eradicate poverty’, however, poverty didn’t end but people ousted that party, he said and added that people in several states have rejected the party for decades. “The question is not about elections, it is about intentions. Despite being in power for 50 years, why are the people of the country repeatedly rejecting them? Wherever people have

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taken the right path, they did not allow you (Congress) to enter again,” he said.

Modi noted that if the BJP loses one election its ecosystem works on it for months and slammed the Congress, saying that after so many defeats, “neither your arrogance goes away, nor your ecosystem allows your arrogance to go away”.

The Prime Minister went on say that the Congress “crossed all limits” during the COVID pandemic. During the first wave, when people were following lockdowns and COVID norms, the Congress was standing at Mumbai Station and scaring innocent labourers into fleeing to their native states, he said.

“You have committed a big sin,” he added.

D u r i n g h i s n e a r ly 100-minute speech, he also accused the opposition party of indulging in “blind opposition” and strengthening separatism. It is true that criticism is the ornament of a vibrant democracy, but “blind opposition” is an “insult to democracy”, he said.

Modi said it would have been good if the Opposition would have accepted and welcomed with an open heart whatever the country has achieved by ‘Sabka prayas’.

Hitting out at the Congress, Modi said, “Sometimes a thought comes to my mind, with their statements, their programmes, their misdeeds, the way you speak and connect with issues, it seems you have made up your mind of not coming back to power for 100 years.

Nobody does this.” “If they had little hope that people would bless them they would not have done so. However, if you have only decided to (not come back to power) for a hundred years, I have also made preparations,” he said.

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SPORTS, PAGE 12

Nagaland Covid-19 caseload nears 35k mark; 3 more die DIMAPUR, FEB 7 (NPN): Nagaland on Monday recorded three more Covid-19 deaths, pushing the toll to 746 (including 4 non-Covid deaths but with positivity) while 71 fresh cases were reported during the day.

Two deaths were reported in Kohima and one in Dimapur while 38 fresh cases were from Kohima, 23 in Dimapur, six in Mokokchung, two in Wokha and one each in Mon and Tuensang.

As on February 7, the cumulative Covid caseload stood at 34927.

Meanwhile, a total of 14,21,340 persons had been inoculated against Covid-19 (804460 first dose and 616880 second dose) while 15982 received their booster dose. Altogether, 50934 teenagers got their first dose of Covaxin.

PTI: India on Monday reported 83,876 fresh Covid-19 cases that took its total tally to 4,22,72,014, the health ministry said.

This is the first time in around 32 days that daily cases have dropped below one lakh.

The death toll climbed to 5,02,874 with 895 more fatalities.

Complete ban on sale and consumption of alcohol not feasible, says Governor Staff Reporter

DIMAPUR, FEB 7 (NPN): Nagaland governor Prof Jagdish Mukhi on Monday said complete ban on sale and consumption of alcohol was “not feasible”, but the extent of consumption and sale of alcohol could be curtailed in a gradual or phased manner.

Answering a question raised by one faculty member during his visit to St Joseph University (SJU) at Ikishe model village, Chümoukedima on Monday, Prof. Mukhi spoke of his experience as excise minister of Delhi government and lieutenant governor of Andaman & Nicobar Islands.

He said that a thorough study conducted in the two territories proved the fallacy of prohibition. He claimed that the increase in sale of alcohol would result in higher income for States.

He remarked: “Even if a State were to earn higher revenue through sale of alcohol, it would be spending more than the revenue in terms of healthcare, law and order and judicial processes.” This was stated in a press release issued by SJU. Earlier, the governor

Prof Jagdish Mukhi during his visit to CIHSR, Monday. (NP)

visited Christian Institute of Health Sciences & Research (CIHSR) and held a meeting with the district administration and police at Police House, Chümoukedima.

After inspecting the wards at CIHSR, he addressed some staff of the hospital, during which he acknowledged the services of all frontline warriors, including doctors, nurses and paramedics in handling Covid-19 pandemic effectively.

He expressed happiness that CIHSR was breaking new grounds of learning as the only teaching hospital in the State running postgraduation DNB courses in Medicine, Surgery, Family Medicine and several other subjects. The Governor said that as two professions of healthcare and education

formed the twin foundations for development of a nation, CIHSR combined within itself both of these and was now ready to offer high quality medical care to people.

He further remarked that students and administration of CIHSR have a crucial role to play in promoting access to quality healthcare and taking healthcare services to remotest corners of the State.

With the goal of providing universal healthcare, he urged the State government and hospital management to take steps to make affordable healthcare services available to the farthest regions in the State, which would in turn aid in a progressive Nagaland marching ahead in the 21st century.

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Konyak CSOs, AR and Mon dist admn hold first roundtable talk Assam to lift all Covid curbs from Feb 15: Sarma  Reiterate demand for booking all officers & men involved in Dec. 4 Oting massacre  All army camps located in civilian areas to be vacated DIMAPUR, FEB 7 (NPN): Konyak civil society organisations (CSOs) have reiterated their three demands-- 1. that all officers and jawans involved in the massacre of 14 innocent Konyak youth be booked under applicable civil court and the action taken report be shared in public domain; 2. all Indian Army camps located in the

Konyak CSOs with Assam Rifles and district administration officials.

vicinity of civilian areas be vacated immediately and 3. Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) repealed.

These demands were conveyed at the “first roundtable tripartite talks” between the CSOs (Konyak

Union, Konyak Nyupuh Sheko Khong and Konyak Students’ Union) with Mon district administration headed by DC Mon Thavaseelan K. and Assam Rifles headed

by IGAR (North) Maj. Gen. Viskhas Lakhera, Brig. Sandip

Chatterjee of 7 Sector Tuensang, commanding officer 27 AR Mon, Rippon Bora and Lt Col Atong Konyak, held at the conference hall of DC Mon. The Meeting was chaired by DC Mon and was also attended by additional SP Mon. To the issue raised by Assam Rifles on non-cooperation and total restriction on movement of convoy and patrolling by armed forces in Konyak jurisdiction since December 5, 2021, CSOs said the non-cooperation against the armed forces will not be withdrawn until justice was delivered to victims of the Oting massacre and moreover, such decision shall be taken at the (Cont’d on p-8) ENPO level.

G U WA H AT I , F E B 7 (AGENCIES/PTI): Assam will withdraw all Covid restrictions from February 15, chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said Monday, citing a sharp decline in new cases over the past two weeks.

“In view of the improving COVID-19 situation, we've decided to withdraw all restrictions from February 15, but protocols for use of masks and sanitisers will continue,” Sarma said.

There will be no night curfew, and shopping malls and cinema halls can func-

tion at full capacity, he said, adding that weddings could be held so long as guests are double vaccinated.

School board examinations, municipal elections, and the by-elections to the Majuli assembly constituency will be held in the next two months, Sarma announced at a press conference here.

“I request eligible (school) students to complete vaccination before the start of their exams,” he said.

There will be no night curfew, malls and cinema halls will open with full capacity, and weddings can be

Rev. Terhuja passes away No protests sans consultation, APO reiterates 1996 resolution

DIMAPUR, Dimapur.

FEB 7 (NPN): He also A we l l - k n ow n s e r ve d a s t h e church leader and vice president of resident of Dimathe Asian Bappur, Rev. Rüüntist Federation, gukho Terhüja, North East India passed away on Baptist FellowMonday after a ship general secprolonged illness. Late Rev. R Terhüja retary and also He was 88 and is survived general secretary of Baptist by his wife, three sons and Union of India. grandchildren.

A funeral service was He was the first head- held at Christian Higher master of Christian Eng- Secondary School comlish School, now Christian pound here on Monday Higher Secondary School after which late Terhüja and also served as pastor was laid to rest at Kuda of Town Baptist Church, Village, B-Khel.

This is it!

“Who'll remain in the party if her only response to complains is to shut up or leave?”

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DIMAPUR, FEB 7 (NPN): Angami Public Organisation (APO) has reiterated its resolve of discouraging and disallowing staging of protest rallies, strikes, imposing bandhs, etc, in the State Capital by any organisation, union and society whether registered or unregistered without its prior consultation.

Reaffirming the February 3, 1996 resolution in this regard, APO president Razouvoto Chatsu and general secretary Savilie Kruneilie in a representation to the chief secretary

said the idea behind the resolution was to maintain and ensure peaceful atmosphere for a healthy living and all-round development.

Noting that organising protest rallies in different forms by various organizations had become a regular event in the State Capital, thereby affecting normal life of citizens, particularly the students and business community, APO said many precious lives were lost and properties, both private and public, worth crores of rupees were dam-

aged in the past when such protests took a violent turn.

APO acknowledged that public protest and staging a dharna for demanding justice from the government might be a constitutional right of citizens, adding that APO was even prepared to render its full support and cooperation through proper consultation.

The organisation however appealed to Naga public in general not to misconstrue that APO was imposing its diktat upon others by virtue that State

capital fell under its jurisdiction or for that matter the national highway passed through the entire length and breadth of Angami’s land as often heard.

APO explained that their main objective of adopting such a resolution was to protect and preserve the sanctity of true and vibrant Naga society from being spoiled and corrupted by few groups of people for self-aggrandisement and also to gain cheap popularity overnight at the cost of innocent public.

state of affairs in which private witnesses turn hostile for “obvious reasons”.

“Long adjournments are being given after the completion of the chief examination, which only helps the defense to win them over at times, with the passage of time,” a bench of Justices S K Kaul and M M Sundresh said. “Thus, we deem it appropriate to reiterate that the trial courts shall endeavor to complete the examination of the private witnesses both chief and cross on the same day as far as possible,” the

bench said in its judgement.

The top court delivered the verdict on the appeals filed by four appellants challenging the Allahabad High Court verdict which had sentenced them to life in connection with a case lodged in 2004.

The bench said the apex court had already expressed its views on the need for a legislative remedy to curtail the menace of private witnesses turning hostile for obvious reasons.

“Notwithstanding the above-stated directions is-

sued by this court …. we take judicial note of the factual scenario that the trial courts are adjourning the cross-examination of the private witnesses.....without any rhyme or reason, at the drop of a hat,” it said.

“To further curtail this menace, we would expect the trial courts to take up the examination of the private witnesses first, before proceeding with that of the official witnesses,” the bench said. The top court said that copy of its judgement be circulated to all the

Mission Indradhanush 4.0 launched

NEW DELHI FEB 7 (AGENCIES): Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Monday virtually launched the Intensified Mission Indradhanush 4.0 that aims to protect children and pregnant women from life-threatening diseases. Mandaviya said the government is implementing the largest inoculation drive globally where annually over 3 crore pregnant women and 2.6 crore children are covered through the Universal Immunisation Programme.

The mission Indradhanush 4.0 will have three rounds and will be conducted in 416 districts, the health ministry said. The 1st round will start from February to April and will cover 11 states including Assam, Uttarakhand, Gujarat, Jammu and Kashmir, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tripura and Chhattisgarh.

Rio to campaign for NPF in Manipur

KOHIMA, FEB 7 (NPN): Nagaland chief minister Neiphiu Rio is likely to join the election campaign for the 10 NPF candidates in Manipur, where Assembly polls are sched(Cont’d on p-8) uled on February 27 and March 3. Highly placed sources informed Nagaland Post that the chief minister might kick off the election campaign officially for the NPF candidates.

NPF has fielded 10 candidates in Chandel, Tengnoupal, Phungyar, Ukhrul, Chingai, Karong, Mao, Tadubi, Tamei and Tamenglong assembly constituencies. (Correspondent) trial courts, to be facilitated through the respective high courts. The bench noted that DIMAPUR, FEB 7 (NPN): Parliamentary Affairs minister the expression “hostile wit- Neiba Kronu has asked all elected members to attend the ness” does not find a place joint parliamentary meeting of UDA (NDPP, BJP, NPF in the Indian Evidence Act and Independent) to be held on February 8 at 2 p.m. in and it is coined to mean tes- the CM residential complex- State Banquet Hal, Kohima. timony of a witness turning to depose in favour of the opposite party.

DIMAPUR, FEB 7 (NPN): The Postal department has “We must bear it in deferred the launching of Core System Integration (CSI) mind that a witness may de- which was scheduled to be rolled out on February 8, and pose in favour of a party in will be launched on February 11, supdt. of post offices whose favour it is meant to Razuzakie Phinyo informed in a press note. CSI plans to be giving through his chief integrate all the post offices across India into one single examination, while later on Central server, with robust IT infrastructure that will enable change his view in favour of better customer service with a facility like track and trace the opposite side,” it said. on real time basis, Phinyo said.

Examine private witnesses first: SC to trial courts NEW DELHI, FEB 7 (PTI): The trial courts across the country shall endeavour to complete the examination of private witnesses on the same day as far as possible, the Supreme Court has said while taking judicial note that cross-examination of such witnesses is adjourned without any reason at the “drop of a hat".

The apex court said it is constrained to record its anguish on the deliberate attempt to derail the “quest for justice” as day in and day out, it is witnessing the sorry

held through the night but guests must be double vaccinated, Sarma said.

Wearing masks will be mandatory in all places, he added.

Last month the state government banned non-vaccinated people from entering public places (except hospitals) as it sought to contain the spread of the virus.

People were asked to carry proof of vaccination while going to public places.

Overall Assam has reported more than 7.2 lakh COVID-19 cases since the pandemic began.

NLA joint parliamentary meeting today

Postal dept defers launching of CSI

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Namri Nchang with officials from school education and others at the inaugural programme. (DIPR) DIMAPUR: Advisor for water resources, Namri Nchang on February 4, inaugurated the newly upgraded Gover nment Higher Secondary School (GHSS), Tening.

According to a DIPR report, addressing the gathering at the inaugural programme, Namri expressed gratitude to all the government officers, civil society organisations (CSOs) and public leaders present for the support and active participation.

He said that it was a

remarkable achievement for people of Tening area.

The advisor acknowledged the state government, advisor, school education, K.T. Sukhalu and director school education for their support in upgrading Tening GHS to Tening GHSS. Namri also lauded the people of Tening for placing trust on him and said that because of them, various developmental works could be taken up.

Fur ther, he urged upon the gathering to strive

forward together to achieve greater success in the coming days. In his speech, deputy commissioner (DC) Peren, Sentiwapang Aier pointed out that public support was important for development to take place and urged upon the teaching faculty and other government departments to render service for the welfare of the society.

Meanwhile, director, school education, Wonthungo Tsopoe stated that the biggest development in life was educating children.

In this regard, he advised the teaching staff to rededicate themselves in the field of teaching.

Wonthungo also assured to provide all possible help once the schools begin functioning effectively and normally.

Short speeches were also delivered by Tening block chairman union president, Pelenkeng, Mbaulwa chairman, Namlia and president BJP, Peren district, Huzantadbo.

The advisor was accompanied by director and deputy director, school education, officials from district administration, police and others.

Earlier, Town Baptist Church Tening pastor, Rev. Kamwang Rentta said the dedicatory prayer while dedication was done by the advisor and “traditional howling” was presented by Tening village council.

The inaugural programme was chaired by EAC Tening, Tumben. P. Tsanglao, traditional folk tune was presented by Tening Students Union, special song by Bamile Pame and vote of thanks was proposed by ADC Tening, Rhosietho Nguori.

SASSU withdraws letter NEWS IN BRIEF submitted to government DIMAPUR: Sitimi Area Sangtam Students’ Union (SASSU) has informed that it has withdrawn a letter submitted to the government with regard to upgradation of EAC Sitimi Hq to SDO (C).

In a press note, SASSU president Edward P Sangtam said that the union, in 2017, submitted a letter to the Commissioner Nagaland through DC Kiphire to keep the upgradation in “abeyance” due to some unresolved social issues between the two communities.

SASSU said that the union during the 25th anniversary celebration in December (20-21) last year, held a thorough deliberation on the long pending demand for upgradation of EAC Sitimi Hq to SDO (C),

and unanimously decided to recall the letter submitted to the government so as to promote peace and harmony and to foster socio-economic development in the area. Therefore, on February 5, 2022 SASSU had officially written to the Commissioner Nagaland through DC Kiphire informing about its decision.

SASSU further appealed to all intellectuals, stakeholders, organisations and citizens of both the communities of Sitimi area to come together as one to take area to a newer height, SASSU said. SASSU said it also look forward to cooperate and collaborate with the government for any matter regarding future development of the area.

Checking of face masks continue in Dimapur DIMAPUR: Members of “Protect Dimapur COVID-19” along with district task force (DTF) Dimapur, district administration conducted checking of face masks and awareness campaign, covering several areas of Dimapur on Monday.

According to a report from DPRO Dimapur, the group divided into four teams covered DC court area, G.S. road, New Market and City Tower Dimapur.

The teams penalised defaulters and educated them on COVID appropriate behaviours.

According to the report, “Protect Dimapur COVID-19” was started in 2020 and initiated by Lotha Baptist Church Dimapur, associate pastor, Yanbemo Lotha.

Va r i o u s C OV I D awareness campaigns have been organised for the public in Dimapur since July 2020.

The forum consists of NGOs, CSOs and Christian organisations and has distributed around 5,000 masks to the public in Dimapur.

Yanbemo informed that the current awareness campaign and checking of face masks would continue more sternly and the forum would assist district task force (DTF).

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Tuensang DPDB meeting on Feb 10: Monthly meeting of the Tuensang District Planning and Development Board (DPDB) for the month of February would be held February 10, 11 a.m. in the conference hall of the deputy commissioner, Tuensang. All DPDB members have been requested to follow COVID-19 SOP and attend the meeting.

SAYO convenes first presidential meet: Southern Angami Youth Organisation has convened its first presidential meeting, 2022, on February 12, 10 a.m. at SAPO hall, Jakhama village, Kohima. Presidents and general secretaries of all the unit villages under SAYO have been informed to attend the meeting. Agendas from the units may be sent to the general secretary at 9865303230 on or before February 10.

NBCYD bid farewell to NBCC youth secretary: Office bearers of the Nagamese Baptist Churches Youth Department bade farewell to outgoing NBCC youth secretary, Rev Vikuo Rhi on February 7 in his office.

DSE clarifies: Reacting to the arrest of four persons on charges of possessing heroin, the Dimapur Sanis Ekhung has clarified that one of the accused identified as Paul Humtsoe was from Lakhuti village and not as published.

Foundation stone for mutli-utility building at DTC

DC Kma issues directives on reopening of schools DIMAPUR: In compliance to the directive of the state government, deputy commissioner (DC) Kohima, Gregory Thejawelie has issued various directives for strict implementation throughout Kohima district with immediate effect till February 15, 2022.

According to a DIPR report, the DC informed that all existing restrictions in the district for preventing the spread of COVID-19 as issued in the earlier orders. including social, religious, political, sports, academic, cultural, entertainment gatherings etc, would continue.

Offline or physical classes for students of Class-

es I-VIII would be allowed up to 50% attendance from February 15 subject to parental consent of the student concerned.

For students who do not have parental consent to attend physical or offline classes, present system of online teaching by schools would continue.

All other conditions on vaccination, testing and other generic preventive measures and planning as mandated in the SOP dated February 4 should be fulfilled and intimated to the district task force Kohima during application for permission.

Due permission

of DTF Kohima may be sought through the district education officer, Kohima. Applications may also be sent to warroomkohima@gmail.com, helpline numbers 6033833879 and 9362705742 may also be contacted for assistance.

DC has warned that any person/group of persons acting in violation of the directives and other existing orders for preventing the spread of COVID-19 would be liable to be prosecuted under relevant sections of Disaster Management Act, 2005 besides action under IPC, Section 188 and other legal provisions as applicable.

D I M A P U R : A dv i sor for Industries & Commerce, Labour & Employment, Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, Imnatiba inaugurated the foundation stone of multiutility building at Doulos Theological College (DTC), Dimapur, on Monday.

In press release, the college informed that in his speech, the advisor exhorted the faculty and student community to exercise their faith and receive more empowerment of the Holy Spirit to face the challenges of the world today.

The programme was chaired by academic dean, Lichumlo M. Odyuo, invocation was said by assistant professor, Phungnyu Phom and welcome address was delivered by founder & president of the college, Dr. Onen Jamir.

Later, students presented the college anthem and vote of thanks was proposed by board m e m b e r, M e f u t i b a while benediction was said by principal, Rev. Medical officer and health workers along with beneficiaries during the launching of Dr. Nuklu Longkumer. “intensified mission indradhanush” on Monday, at Alempang sub-centre, Mokokchung.

2nd Death anniversary inOvi K sWU

Died : 08.02.2020

It doesn't matter how old the years get, or how painful the goodbye, we always go back to missing you– inevitably finding you within.

Our memory of you is remarkable!

Rest in love and courage. dp-567/22

Loving family members.

1st DEAtH ANNIVERsARY of our beloved HIKA sWU

For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible.

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Namri Nchang inaugurates upgraded Tening GHSS

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Loving Mom, Dad and Relatives

06-06-1989 to 08-02-2021

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

"And think of him as living in the hearts of those he touched..

For nothing loved is ever lost and he was loved so much.."

LATE Er. AGWASENG KENT

Born on: 01.09.1962 – Died on: 01.02.2022 We, the bereaved family members of Late Er. Agwaseng Kent, would like to express our heartfelt thanks and profound gratitude to each and every individual, various organizations, churches, relatives, friends and well wishers for your expression of sympathy, assistance, words of empathy and your memorable tribute to our beloved father.

We regret our inability to thank each individual but pray that our God Almighty bless you abundantly.

Our special thanks to:1. Shri. Jacob Zhimomi, Minister PHED, Govt. of Nagaland 2. Shri. R. Khing, MLA & Advisor, Dept. of Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Services, Women Resources Development, Govt. of Nagaland.

3. Er. Trathrichem Chief Engineer (C.E) WSSO PHED & Sanitation.

4. E. Mhombemo Patton, IAAS Principal Secretary PHED (Govt. of Nagaland) 5. Directorate Welfare Fund Office of the Chief Engineer PHED Nagaland 6. Directorate PHED Kohima 17. Rengma Baptist Church 7. PHED Mon Division (Chumukedima) 8. E.E (PHED) Mokokchung Division 18. Rengma Baptist Church (Wokha) 9. E.E (PHED) Wokha Division 19. Maram Baptist Church 10. Rengma Public ORG. Kohima 20. Ehunu Baptist Church 11. Sovima Rengma Community 21. Tsonsa Baptist Church 12. Kithagha Service & Pensioner 22. Tsaphime Baptist Church Union 23. Kithagha Union Baptist Church 13. Kithagha Welfare Society Kohima 24. Bethel Baptist Church (Tseminyu) 14. Rengma Officer Forum 25. Kandinu Baptist Church 15. Rengma Baptist Church (Kohima) 26. Hosanna Prayer Centre 16. Rengma Baptist Church 27. Ehunu Prayer Centre (Padumpukhuri) 28. Nsunyu Prayer Centre Loving Wife, Children, In-laws & Family Members k-247/22

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There are many people in this world who never fail to bring joy in our lives.

The reason of their greatness is far more mundane yet far more precious and unique. They will forever be remembered in our hearts because of the roles they played and the part they filled in all our individual lives. And we can be certain that no one was a better person, a better son, a better husband, a better father, a better brother than he. And though he now rests beneath the earth, far from all the carnage of the living world, we can now be at peace knowing that we will meet again on the other side.

The bereaved family of Late Albert Solo, Rtd IFS (Addl. PCCF Rtd., Chairman SEAC) who went to be with our Lord on the 7th of January 2022, cannot go without mentioning and thanking each and everyone for all the love, kindness and support you have shown us in many ways. It gave us the greatest comfort during our sorrow.

We deeply appreciate your thoughtfulness and thank you most sincerely.

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WEATHER FORECAST FEBRUARY 8

(Temperature in ºC)

Max Min

Agartala Hazy sunshine

25 10

Aizawl

Plenty of sunshine

Guwahati Hazy sunshine

20 5 22 11

Nice of sunshine

21 3

Itanagar Cooler; a little morning rain

18 9

Shillong A shower in the afternoon

13 2

A shower in the afternoon

15 3

Imphal

Kohima

Dimapur Mostly sunny and delightful

22 9

A morning shower; some sun

17 6

Tuensang Cooler with partial sunshine

10 2

Cooler with partial sunshine

14 8

Zunheboto Cooler with partial sunshine

14 4

Mkg Wokha

Y. Kikheto Sema and others inaugurating the Automatic Weather Station on Monday. (DIPR)

DIMAPUR: Commissioning programme of the state’s first two agromet automatic weather stations (AWS) was held at Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK), Lumami and K V K , Yi s e myo n g o n Monday, with agriculture production commissioner (APC), Y. Kikheto Sema as special guest.

A press release from the department of soil & water conservation informed that in his keynote address, deputy director general, Indian Meteorological Depart-

ment (IMD)-NE, Dr. K. N. Mohan stated that this was “just the beginning” and IMD was looking forward to installing agromet AWS in all the district headquarters.

Dr. Mohan also gave a brief technical report on different sensors that AWS was equipped with and its functions while a demonstration was presented by scientist-E, IMD, Sunit Das. In his speech, vice chancellor, Nagaland University, prof. Pardeshi Lal said that with the help of

Programme on ‘Atma Nirbhar Bharat’ conducted at MITE

NYKS Kohima, director in-charge, John Makhabo.

DIMAPUR: A youth orientation programme on “Atma Nirbhar Bharat” was organised by Keze Society, Kohima, sponsored

by Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS), Kohima at Modern Institute of Teacher Education (MITE), Kohima on Monday.

A press release from MITE Kohima informed that a brief introduction about NYKS was deliv-

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ered by director in-charge, NYKS Kohima, John Makhabo.

During the introduction, John highlighted contributions of Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan for the youth and encouraged the participants to start small scale industries within the state.

Meanwhile, resource person, assistant professor, Dr. Velankanni Alex spoke on the topic “entrepre-

neurship”.

I n t h i s t a l k , D r.

Velankanni encouraged the students in and provided tips on star ting businesses in small scale industries.

While pointing out that skills were prerequisite for successful entrepreneurs, he shared various types of entrepreneurship and their steps.

He suggested that proper plan, finance and legal environment were important in protecting the business.

Later, he interacted with students where a trial demonstration was carried out.

E a r l i e r, t h e p r o gramme was compered

by Betoka L Chophy, invocation was said by Kekhrieseno Khoubve, vote of thanks was proposed by associate professor, Dr. G Jaganmohana Rao and benediction by Sungdiyala Pongen.

AWS, people should be able to forecast the weather way ahead of time and prepare and adapt for eventuality.

He lauded IMD for the installation at the university campus and hoped that it would be beneficial for both the farming and science community.

M e a n w h i l e, A P C Y. Kikheto Sema in his speech thanked IMD for working closely with the state government for improvement of weather-related services in the state.

He acknowledged Dr.

Eviction: WSKH appeals state govt to intervene D I M A P U R : We s t e r n Sumi Kukami Hoho (WSKH) has appealed to the state government to “look into the hardships” faced by the tribal people living at Balijan area.

In a press release, WSKH president Vihuto Yeptho and general secretary Kawoto X. Aye stated that the tribal people had been residing there peacefully for the past 40 years “with proper land documents purchased from the Karbi people”.

Wester n Sumi Kukami Hoho also stated that the people had not encroached or forcefully occupied Assam and urged upon the state government to take necessary steps with the government of Assam for early settlement.

It also asked the state government to provide “assistance to the affected tribal families at the earliest”.

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ter petty theft cases. Since we hardly receive any report or FIR about such cases, there are hardly any data on it,” the PRO stated.

Bharat also said that although the culprits could not always be nabbed due to lack of evidence, informing the police would help in better policing and in having proper data which

ADC Bhandari, Tiameren Chang and sub-divisional officers at the farewell programme on Monday.

DIMAPUR: Bhandari administration on Monday organised a farewell programme for additional deputy commissioner (ADC) Bhandari, Tiameren Chang at the Dobashi Court.

According to a DIPR report, ADC in his farewell speech expressed gratitude to the administrative colleagues, departmental officers, public leaders and civil societies and the people of Bhandari for their cooperation in different capacities.

He highlighted some achievements which were executed through coordinated effort especially maintaining a peaceful

atmosphere in and around the border areas of the subdivision, several initiatives for internal and external growth of people and successfully containing and preventing COVID-19 in the sub-division on a war footing.

SDO (Civil) Bhandari, Sulanthung Lotha, SDO, PHE Hukato Shohe, Lotha Lower Range Public Organisation (LLRPO) president, head Dobashi Bhandari and others who spoke at the programme said the commendable contribution which the ADC delivered would have a long-lasting positive impact.

They said that introduction of checking of

Inner Line Permit (ILP), construction of marketing sheds and traffic island and introduction of compulsory computer training for administrative staff were benefiting the people.

They also acknowledged him for starting the sub-divisional departmental monthly coordination meeting and the departmental sports week.

The programme was chaired by EAC Bhandari, Rohbi Sangtam, Baptist church Bhandari associate pastor, Zuchanthung Yanthan said a prayer of blessings for the ADC while APRO Bhandari, Lily Ngullie presented a special song.

Power deptt to continue disconnection drive

DIMAPUR: The Special Revenue Team (SRT) of power department in its meeting held at SLDC Dimapur on Monday, decided to continue with raid and disconnection drive for revenue improvement along with operation and maintenance activities for the welfare of consumers.

According to a report from DPRO Dimapur, chairman of the meeting, team leader and joint secretary, power, Sara S Jamir acknowledged EE (E) Chumukedima & EE (E) Dimapur for their effort on improvement in collection of revenue.

She expressed gratitude to EE (E) Chümoukedima division for increase in revenue collection of 52.94% and EE Dimapur division for increase in 24.3%, comparing to previous years revenue collection ending January 31, 2022.

The team leader also appreciated EE (Trans) and team for ensuring maximum power availability

Joint secretary, power, Sara S Jamir along with members of SRT team at the meeting.

(DPRO Dimapur)

even in situations that saw reduced supply as compared to previous year.

Thanking the consumers of Chümoukedima and Dimapur, she said that the revenue drive would not have been a success without their cooperation.

On prepaid meters, EE (E) Dimapur reported that installation of prepaid

meters had been completed and commissioning of prepaid meters were in progress.

On load shedding, EE (Transmission) clarified that due to drought like situation last year, quantum of power availability was very less.

He however informed that Dimapur transmission division and distribution

division of Chümoukedima and Dimapur had been coordinating and working hard to minimise power outage.

Sara also pointed out that while revenue collection was equally important, welfare and grievances of consumers and improvement in maintenance and stable power supply should not be neglected.

PDMAS organises workshop at Pfütsero

DIMAPUR: Phek District Music and Arts Society (PDDIMAPUR, FEB 7 MAS) in collaboration with (NPN): Dimapur has been the Nagaland Choral Direcwitnessing a rise in unretors Association (NCDA) ported theft cases and small organised a “choral conductbusiness establishments ing workshop” from February with no CCTV cameras 3-6 at Pfütsero Town Baptist have been easy targets with Church (PTBC). mobile phones, wallets, According to a press rebags and other accessories lease, during the introduction being sought-after items. programme, CBCC youth Speaking to Nagaland secretary, Muluvoyi Nienu and exhorted the participants.

He said that church choir conductors must know God personally in order to lead choir members to God and to praise Him. A total of 34 choir conductors from 19 churches under Phek district participated in the four-day intensive training on choral conducting.

Resource persons for the workshop included Vimezo Iralu, Hito Kiho, Kevisekuo Sechu, Pfotokho Kayina and Mhonroni R Lotha from the NCDA. Earlier, PDMAS and NCDA deliberated on conducting a choral competition in the month of September 2022 as a follow up programme.’

The trainees would form Nagabazar Youth Organisation (NYO) along with Nerhu Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS) Kohima conducted their own choir and the Naa sanitation drive under “swachh Bharat” at Nagabazar Colony on Monday. The programme was initiated by galand Choral Directors AsNagabazar Sanitation Board (NSB) and supported by NYK under “clean India mission”. (NP) sociation would mentor them. Members of the PDMAS and NCDA along with participants of the workshop.

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Post, Dimapur police PRO, Bharat Laxman disclosed that many people were hesitant to lodge a First Information Report (FIR) or inform the police in such cases.

He said that though the number of registered cases of petty thefts were marginal, the actual numbers could be higher.

“People hardly regis-

K. N. Mohan, DDG IMDNE for promptly bringing visible developments in the field of meteorology during his tenure and for personally visiting the state to take stock of the ground situation.

APC said that the due to climate change, prediction of seasonal weather had become challenging without the aid of modern observing equipment like the one that was commissioned.

He stated that meteorology was still a delicate subject as far as the state was concerned.

In this regard, he assured that the state government was willing to extend all possible help in setting up of infrastructure required to build a strong network for weather forecasting.

Earlier at KVK, Lumami the prog ramme was chaired by senior scientist and head KVK, Zunheboto, Dr. Rakesh K Chaurasia and vote for thanks was proposed by DSCO, Zunheboto, Y Hetoho Swu. At KVK Yisemyong, the programme was chaired by senior scientist and head KVK, Mokokchung, Dr. Keviletsu Khate while vote of thanks was proposed

by DSCO, Mokokchung, Ruokuosietuo.

would only benefit the public.

In this regard, the police PRO urged upon public in the district to lodge FIR or at least inform the police if they had been robbed.

It may be mentioned that victims of such thefts are often seen sharing their stories on social media platforms instead of informing the police.

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achievement limited 2 Tripura BJP MLAs quit; likely to join Cong toBJPlipgovernment’s service only: former Mnp CM Ibobi

AG A RTA L A , F E B 7 (IANS): In a major political jolt, two more dissident MLAs of the ruling BJP -- Sudip Roy Barman and Ashis Kumar Saha who are strong critics of Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb for the past more than two years -- on Monday resigned from the Assembly and the party before leaving for Delhi to decide their next course of action.

After submitting their resignation letters to Tripura Assembly Speaker Ratan Chakraborty, both Roy Barman, a former Minister, and Saha told the media that they have also sent their resignation letters to the BJP’s state President Manik Saha.

“We are going to Delhi today (Monday) and will come back here on Saturday, then we will tell you everything in detail about our future political course,” Roy Barman told the media just after submitting resignation letters to Chakraborty and before leaving for the national capital.

He said: “The BJP government led by Deb utterly failed to deliver the goods.

An autocratic rule has been prevailing in the state. A reign of terror has been go-

Ashis Kumar Saha and Sudip Roy Barman ing on in the state. People are in serious distress. We want to work for the people as we are unable to do this while remaining in the BJP.” Sources close to Roy Barman and Saha said that they might meet Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and other leaders in Delhi and may join the party. Roy Barman and Saha, strong critics of Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb and other BJP leaders, were earlier in Congress before joining TMC in 2016 and then to BJP next year (2017).

Earlier, BJP MLA Ashish Das after strongly criticising the saffron party and its leadership including Chief Minister, joined the Trinamool Congress (TMC) on October 31, 2021 following which he was disquali-

fied from Tripura Assembly by the Speaker on January 5 (this year). BJP, on the other hand, downplayed the resignations of Roy Barman and Saha and said that the duo’s quit from the Assembly membership would not be any constitutional crisis in the state. “It was in the expected line that Roy Barman and Saha left from the Assembly membership and the party. They have been openly criticising the chief minister and other party leaders. Their resignation from the Assembly and the party has no importance to BJP,” state BJP spokesman Nabendu Bhattacharjee told the media.

Roy Barman and Saha and three other BJP MLAs -- Ashish Das, Diba Chandra Hrangkhawl and Burba

Mohan Tripura -- in August last year held a big gathering in Agartala which was attended by many local BJP leaders and workers.

Roy Barman, Saha and few other BJP MLAs and leaders for the past more than two years met BJP’s National President J.P. Nadda and other central leaders and Ministers and Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and apprised them about the “misgovernance in Tripura and Chief Minister’s authoritarian style of work”.

To curb the rebellion in the party organisation and to set the governance right, several central party leaders led by BJP’s North East Zonal Secretary (Organisation), Ajay Jamwal, had visited the state several times. In the presence of the central party leaders, three BJP MLAs -- Ram Prasad Paul, Sushanta Chowdhury, Bhagaban Chandra Das -were on August 31 last year inducted into the Tripura cabinet in its first cabinet expansion after the BJP-IPFT (Indigenous People’s Front of Tripura) alliance assumed charge in March 2018.

The open dissent and internal dispute in the rul-

ing BJP began after Roy Barman, who was holding the Health and Information Technology departments, was sacked in May 2019 following differences with Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb. The BJP came to power in Tripura on March 9, 2018, after defeating the CPI (M)-led Left Front for the first time in 25 years after the latter first came to power in the northeastern state in 1978 along with West Bengal and again in 1993 (after a gap of five years - 1988-1993, when Congress-led coalition government governed the state).

M e a n w h i l e, I P F T MLA Brishaketu Debbarma resigned from the Assembly in June 2021 and joined the TIPRA (Tipraha Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance) headed by Tripura’s royal scion, Pradyot Bikram Manikya Deb Barman. Debbarma’s resignation was, however, not yet accepted by the Assembly speaker.

The IPFT with eight MLAS is an ally of the ruling BJP, who secured 36 seats in the 60-member Assembly in the 2018 elections while remaining 16 seats bagged by the CPI-M.

Correspondent IMPHAL, FEB 7: Former Manipur chief minister Okram Ibobi Singh on Monday came down heavily on the N Biren Singh-led BJP’s coalition government, saying that it paid only the lip service to the people.

Singh mocked the achievements of the BJPled government, both the Centre and in the state limited to advertisements and billboards.

Addressing a party election rally in Thoubal district on Monday, the former three-time chief minister asked what had the BJP-led coalition government done in the last five years.

The people of the state expected a lot when the BJP that led the government at the Centre came to power in the state.

But, “Except telling lies to the people, this government has done nothing,” he said.

Asserting that union ministers including prime minister Narendra Modi visited the state frequently

Okram Ibobi Singh only to tell lies to the people. “The BJP-led government is looting the poor in the name of implementing welfare schemes for them,” he accused.

“The poor were not getting the benefits of the welfare schemes. They did not get proper free medical treatmenat under various Centre and state sponsored schemes,” he added.

T h e y h ave b e e n cheated in the name of constructing houses under housing schemes. And no house was constructed, the former chief minister alleged.

While asserting that the most popular schemes like MGNREGS, NFSA (National Food Security Act) and Right to Educa-

tion were implemented during Congress r ule, Singh boldly declared that BJP has not initiated a scheme comparable to these schemes so far.

“Instead of introducing a better scheme, the BJP is taking the credits of these schemes,” he added.

He said that none of the projects initiated by the then Congress government in the state was able to be completed by the incumbent BJP-led government.

Under the BJP rule, the state was facing a severe financial crunch, he pointed out while alleging that the state government was now unable to clear monthly salaries of its employees regularly.

Behind the financial crunch, there was over expenditure by the government in arranging for the visits of the union ministers and advertisements, Singh alleged.

He alleged that the visits of union cabinet and state ministers in the state were so frequent that the state government was even unable to discharge its normal service.

confessed to Mizoram conducting census of Myanmarese refugees Avalanche hits army patrol in Minor have planned IED Arunachal Pradesh; 7 trapped blasts in M’laya

Rescue operation underway as Avalanche hits army petrol in Arunachal.

NEW DELHI, FEB 7 (IANS): Seven Indian Army personnel, part of a patrol, are reported to have been trapped in an avalanche in the high altitude area of Kameng Sector in Arunachal Pradesh, the Indian Army said on Monday.

Search and rescue operations are currently underway. Specialised teams have been airlifted to assist in rescue operations, the force said.

The personnel have been stuck there since February 6.

The area has been witnessing inclement weather with heavy snowfall since the last few days, the force said.

Arunachal Pradesh is generally divided into Kameng area on the west and Rest of Arunachal Pradesh.

Indian Army Eastern Command handles the 1,346 kilometers long Line of Ac-

tual Control (LAC), including Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh.

This command has three corps -- 33 Corps (Sikkim), four Corps (Kameng Sector) and three Corps (Rest of Arunachal Pradesh) to handle the LAC. In the region, India’s Border Roads Organisation has been focusing on the area for road construction after a push from the government.

SHILLONG, FEB 7 (PTI): A 17-year-old boy, detained earlier this week in connection with a recent IED blast here, has revealed to investigating agencies that he had also planned and executed various explosions in the city last year, officials said Sunday.

The Class-12 student of a reputed college said he was involved in planting an improvised explosive device at the ruling NPP’s office here, and was part of the team that planned an IED attack in Laitumkhrah in August 2021, according to the officials. The boy was detained in connection with the blast at Police Bazaar here on January 30, and a live IED along with some bombs were recovered from his residence, Meghalaya Home Minister Lakhmen Rymbui had said. He got acquainted with his handlers on social media, where he was influenced and misguided, a senior state government official said

Mnp polls: ECI team led by CEC arrives in Imphal Correspondent IMPHAL, FEB 7: An official team of Election Commission of India (ECI) led

by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sushil Chandra arrived in Imphal on a two-day visit in the pollbound Manipur on Monday.

The CEC was accompanied by Election Commissioners Rajiv Kumar, Anup Chandra Pandey and senior officials of the ECI. The team was on a visit to the state for reviewing the poll preparedness for the ensuing general election to 12th Manipur Legislative Assembly, 2022 scheduled to go on polls in two phases - February 27 and March 3.

State Chief Electoral Officer Rajesh Agrawal accorded a warm welcome

ECI team led by CEC arriving in Imphal to review poll preparedness on Monday. to the CEC and his team at their arrival at Imphal International Airport.

On the first day of the visit, the Chief Election Commissioner and his team interacted with the representatives of national and state recognized political parties, District Election Officers (DEOs) and Super-

intendents of Police (SPs) in Imphal’s Hotel Classic Grande.

The interaction was followed by a presentation from the CEO and SPNO. CEC Sushil Chandra also launched the C-VIGIL TVC, an awareness video in local language on C-VIGIL to deter electors/candi-

dates/agents from inducements; Video on PwD electors’ participation - a video specially crafted for PwD electors in accessible format, including voice over, sign language and written messages, to participate in the electoral process and a booklet titled “No Voter to be left behind” on activities taken up in collaboration with Handicapped Development Foundation (HDF) in all districts of Manipur.

The CEC also launched the KYC- Know Your Candidate App, an explainer video in Manipuri language. During the official stay, the CEC of India will further hold various meetings with the high-ranking officials of the state and will address the media personnel.

AIZAWL, FEB 7 (PTI): The Mizoram government is currently undertaking a census of Myanmarese nationals, who took refuge in the North-eastern state after fleeing their country following a military coup in February last year, a senior minister said on Monday.

Around 18,000 people from Myanmar are now staying in Mizoram and they will be provided with identity cards by the state administration, Home Minister Lalchamliana said.

“We want to maintain proper documentation of the Myanmarese nationals for which a census is currently being conducted by district administrations where they have taken shelter,” he told PTI. According to Lalchamliana, around 2,000 more people reportedly entered the state in the last one week in the wake of violent clashes between the Myanmar army and civilian defence forces in Chin state.

A large section of the people of Myanmar who have taken refuge in the

Photo for representational purpose only. state belong to the Chin, also known as the Zo, community. They share the same ancestry and culture as the Mizos of Mizoram.

Chin is also a state in western Myanmar.

“With this fresh influx, about 18,000 Myanmar nationals are currently staying in different parts of Mizoram,” Lalchamliana said quoting the police record.

He said that the state government has so far re-

ready passed an order in the matter and it should be implemented. “At least show deference to our order when we have handled an issue,” the bench told the Tripura government counsel, adding that the SP should be informed about it.

“Why should somebody be required to run to the Supreme Court? What else is this if this is not harassment,” it said.

The apex court was hearing a plea filed by jour-

nalist Samiullah Shabbir Khan against a notice issued by police seeking his appearance under Section 41A (Notice of appearance before police officer) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Advocate Sharukh Alam, representing Khan, submitted that the court on January 10 passed an interim order restraining the police from acting against the journalist’s tweets.

As the Tripura government counsel urged the

such refugees at 53, official sources said.

The Myanmar nationals have been lodged at community halls, schools, relief camps set up by NGOs and villagers while many were also accommodated by their local relatives.

Six Mizoram districts Champhai, Siaha, Lawngtlai, Serchhip, Hnahthial and Saitual- share a 510 km long international border with Myanmar’s Chin state.

Union minister hails Assam’s power sector reforms

Nominate individuals committed to society’s devp for civic polls, Assam CM urges parties

GUWAHATI, FEB 6 (PTI): Union Minister Raj Kumar Singh on Sunday praised the reforms undertaken in the power sector by the BJP-led Assam government and urged other states to follow suit.

Speaking at a programme organised by the Assam unit of the BJP here, the minister for power and new & renewable energy lauded the Himanta Biswa Sarma government for the progress it has made in bringing electricity to rural households. According to a statement issued by the party, Singh, during the session, urged other chief ministers to adopt similar measures for the country’s overall development.

G U WA H AT I , F E B 7 (PTI): Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday appealed to all parties to field candidates who were committed to the welfare of society for the upcoming municipal elections in the state.

Nominees with no affiliation to any party or symbol would have been ideal for the polls but this decision cannot be taken without discussions, Sarma noted.

“I appeal to all political parties to ensure that people committed to improving situations in towns be given tickets for the forthcoming polls,” the chief minister told reporters here.

He also said that that

‘Don’t harass petitioners’: SC to Tripura Police on sending notice despite its order NEW DELHI, FEB 7 (IANS): The Supreme Court Monday pulled up the Tripura Police for sending notice to people for posts on social media over the alleged communal violence, despite its interim order restraining the state authorities.

A bench of Justices D.Y. Chandrachud and Surya Kant told the counsel representing the state summon the Home Secregovernment that if Tripura tary and the Superintendent Police continues to harass of Police concerned.

It said that it had alpeople, then the court will

leased Rs 80 lakh to help the refugees on humanitarian ground as the Centre could not directly provide assistance to them.

India is not a signatory to the UN Convention on refugees.

Of the 11 districts of Mizoram, Champhai has the highest number of Myanmarese people at 7,810, followed by Lawngtlai (3,761) and Aizawl (1,916). Saitual district hosts the lowest number of

court to adjourn the matter for two weeks, the bench said: “We will call the SP to court and make him answerable if we find he’s trying to evade compliance by issuing notices to the people.”

“Once we have passed an order covering the issue, you must show responsibility.” At the end of the hearing, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta appeared and assured the bench that he will look into the matter and ensure that the sanctity of

the court’s orders is ensured in letter and in spirit.

On January 10, the apex court had restrained Tripura Police from acting on its notice to Twitter Inc in connection with a journalist’s tweet about alleged communal violence in the state. The top court, in November last year, directed Tripura Police not to take any coercive action against three people, including a journalist, in an FIR lodged under the UAPA provisions.

Himanta Biswa Sarma key functionaries of municipalities would be appointed through a state-level service, and they would be transferred to different local bodies across Assam.

Dates for municipal polls are likely to be announced in the next few days.

“Many states have already adopted party-less elections at the grassroots

level and I suggest we also hold discussions on this so that we can implement it during the next panchayat polls,” he said.

The CM asserted that his government sought to develop the infrastructure of each town, for which a master plan will soon be prepared.

In each town, the government proposes to integrate the deputy commissioner’s office with all other offices and shift them all to one area that has parking facilities, he said.

The government has already sanctioned 10 stadiums and these will get reflected in the forthcoming budget allocation, the CM maintained.

IN THE COURT OF PRINCIPAL DISTRICT & SESSIONS JUDGE MOKOKCHUNG : NAGALAND NOTICE S/C NO. 1/2022 NOTICE INVITING CLAIMS/OBJECTION OF OTHER CLAIMANT(S) FOR ISSUE OF SUCCESSION CERTIFICATE UNDER PART-I OF INDIAN SUCCESSION ACT 1925.

Whereas application under Succession Act 1925 for grant of Succession Certificate for the estate/pension benefits of Late Limaakum Ao has been applied by Smti. Bangjunglemla, M/o Late Limaakum Ao R/o H.No. 393, Kumlong Ward, Mokokchung, Nagaland for possession of: 1. GPF 2. GIS 3. Gratuity 4. Leave encashment 5. Pension etc. 6. Closing of Account Notice is hereby given that any person having interest in the administration of the estate/pension benefits of the said deceased may if she/ he so desire to appear in this Court on or before the said day of 24.02.2022.

Given under the hand and seal of the Court on this the 24.01.2022.

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leaders tell lies, make people U’khand polls: Modi addresses virtual rally BJP fight each other: Akhilesh Yadav Says upcoming polls fight between creators of state and those who conspired to block it

D E H R A D U N, F E B 7 (PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said the upcoming Assembly election in Uttarakhand is a fight between those who created the state and those who “conspired to block its creation”.

Addressing a rally in Haridwar vir tually, he accused the previous Congress governments in Uttarakhand and at the Centre of not allowing development in the state as it was “created against the party’s wishes”.

“On one hand, there is BJP which under the leadership of Atal Bihari Vajpayee created Uttarakhand and on the other there are people who hatched all sorts of conspiracies to block its creation.

“Do you think that those who were against the creation of Uttarakhand will ever bring development here?” Modi asked.

He termed the previous Congress dispensations in the state and at the Centre as “double-brake” governments.

Non-implementation of the RishikeshKarnaprayag railway line during the Congress rule is a burning example of their “anti-development approach”, he alleged. “ Wo r k o n t h e Rishikesh-Karnaprayag line was to start a decade ago.

They spent only Rs 4 crore on such a big project from 2011 to 2014. But since we came to power at the Centre, nearly Rs 5,500 crore have already been spent on the long-awaited project,” the prime minister said.

The dream of having a rail link in the hills will soon become a reality, he announced Work on the DelhiDehradun highway, which wa s c o n c e ive d d u r i n g Vajpayee’s tenure, also began under the “double

PM Modi addresses virtual rally on Monday. (PTI)

engine” government of the BJP at the Centre and the state, the prime minister said.

T h e h i g h way, t h e Doon-Delhi expressway and other connectivity projects will give a major boost to industrial and tourism activities besides generating employment opportunities in the state, he added.

“Generations have waited for the fulfilment of these dreams and we are working towards that goal.”

Firing a broadside against the Congress, he alleged the grand old party has “committed the sin of throttling the dreams” of Uttarakhand. “The people of Uttarakhand will not forgive it,” Modi said.

He alleged the Congress sees Uttarakhand as its ATM and is preparing to make a comeback to power in the state to “loot

its resources”. “It is their mindset.”

To push Uttarakhand backwards, the Congress even compromised with national security by neglecting the development of border Modi alleged.

He said schemes like ‘Vibrant Village’ and ‘Parvatmala’ introduced in the general Budget will bring development to the border districts of Uttarakhand and its hills.

Modi said under the Namami Gange project, the Ganga is being cleansed.

“The previous government had declared one of the largest rivers of the world a canal at Har ki Pauri so that the mining mafia can play its game,” he alleged.

“Those who never did anything for the development of the hills are coming up with new

Shah requests Owaisi to accept protection NEW DELHI, FEB 7 (PTI): Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday requested AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi to accept Z category protection, offered by the government after a recent attack on his car, saying he still faces security threat.

Making a statement in Rajya Sabha, Shah said the Hyderabad MP has refused to take the CRPF protection.

The minister said that Owaisi had been offered security in the past too and a government assessment has found that he still faces security threat.

“We have reassessed the security of Owaisi. We have provided him in Delhi a bullet-proof car under all India level Z category security of Central Reserve Police Force on the basis of assessment,’’ he said.

“As per the verbal

Amit Shah

Asaduddin Owaisi

information sent by Owaisi to us, he has refused to take security. I request Shri Owaisi through this House to take the security immediately and address our concern (about his safety),” Shah said in the Upper House.

He also told the House that the Ministry of Home Affairs has received a report from the state government on the attack.

“The central

government has issued d i r e c t i o n s t o p r ov i d e security to Owaisi many times earlier also.

Telangana Police and Delhi Police remained unsuccessful in providing security to Owaisi due to his unwillingness for that,” the minister said.

Shots were fired at the car of the president of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM), on February 3, 2022 in

Uttar Pradesh following which two persons were arrested and arms were also recovered. Owaisi had reached Delhi safely after the incident.

Shah informed the House that the AIMIM leader did not have a scheduled prog ramme in Hapur and no prior i n f o r m a t i o n wa s s e n t regarding his visit to the district control room.

“Local police inspected the site of the incident and arrested two accused and also recovered two pistols and an Alto car “A forensic team is investigating the site of the incident and the (recovered) vehicles. Evidence is being collected.

“Uttar Pradesh Police is also interrogating the two accused. The law and order situation is normal in the district. They are on high alert,” Shah also stated.

slogans every day. Even the reconstruction of Kedarnath picked up pace when the double-engine government took over,” he said.

Modi said that schemes like Ujjwala Yojana had brought about a major change in the lives of poor women while the work on Jal Jeevan Mission is underway on a war footing.

“Uttarakhand is close to my heart. I have big plans for it. I had announced from the sacred land of Kedarnath that the decade belongs to Uttarakhand.

“So friends, don’t waste this opportunity.

Because, if a party which believes in putting brakes on development come to power it will be difficult for anyone to bring development to the state,” he told the rally.

Modi appealed to the people to remember the “sins of the Congress” while casting their vote on February 14.

Vote for a “doubleengine” government under the young leadership of Pushkar Singh Dhami so that the big development projects go on uninterrupted, he urged the people.

Terrorist killed in J&K encounter S R I NAG A R , F E B 7 (IANS): A terrorist has been killed in an encounter between ter rorists and security forces at Awatipore in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district, officials said on Monday.

“One terrorist killed.

Search going on,” police said. The firefight between terrorists and security forces took place after a joint team of the police and the security forces cordoned off the area and launched a search operation on the basis of specific information about presence of terrorists.

As the security forces zeroed in on the spot where terrorists were hiding, they came under a heavy volume of fire that triggered the encounter.

Earlier, police said encounter started at Nambal a r e a o f Aw a n t i p o r a .

Awantipora.

SAHARANPUR, FEB 7 (PTI): SP chief Akhilesh Yadav on Monday launched a scathing attack against the ruling BJP, asking the party to change its name as he alleged that its leaders tell lies, cheat people and pit them against each other.

The bigger the BJP leader, the bigger the lies he or she tells, the Samajwadi Party (SP) president alleged.

The party should change its name from “Bhajpa” to “Bhajhpa”, he said, adding that “jh” in its name meant “jhansa” (cheating), “jhagra” (bickering) and “jhooth” (lies). The party cheats people, make them fight against each other and its leaders tell lies, the former Uttar Pradesh chief minister said. “They indulge in the politics of accusations.

The BJP wants to take the elections to somewhere else,” he told reporters referring to the upcoming state Assembly polls.

He rejected the charges that the money recovered from a Kanpur perfume seller during a raid by the central agencies had any link

Akhilesh Yadav speaks during party workers’ conference, in Saharanpur. (PTI)

with his party.

“Nothing can be a bigger lie than this. People sitting at high posts are t e l l i n g l i e s,” h e s a i d , apparently referring to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who has repeatedly linked the seized amount with the Yadav’s party.

The SP chief also said woman are feeling insecure in UP under the BJP rule.

The National Commission for Women has got most complaints from UP, he said. The maximum custodial deaths have taken place in the state, he added.

“We have seen how the son of the Union minister of state for home drove a jeep over farmers. The

government wants to shield him. The government wants to crush the Constitution as it has crushed the farmers,” he said apparently referring to the Lakhimpur Kheri violence.

Police have arrested U n i o n m i n i s t e r A j ay Mishra’s son Ashish for the death of four farmers, who were mowed down by cars, allegedly being driven

by BJP workers. When asked about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s virtual programme in Bijnor, which was changed owing to weather conditions, Yadav in a lighter vein said, “No, no, it was not due to the weather. There would have been some other reason.”

Criminalising marital rape: Delhi HC grants two weeks to Centre

NEW DELHI, FEB 7 (PTI): The Delhi High Court on Monday granted two weeks to the Centre to state its stand on petitions seeking criminalisation of marital rape following Solicitor General Tushar Mehta’s submission that the government is neither in favour nor against striking down the immunity granted to husbands under the Indian Penal Code.

Mehta emphasised that a “holistic view” has to be taken on criminalising marital rape which is a sensitive socio-legal issue and a request for deferring further hearing was not unjustifiable.

He also clarified that the Centre’s stand on the petitions was reflected in its last affidavit seeking time to undertake a

consultative process for a decision.

“It is not the central government’s stand that it should either go or it should retain,” he said.

“I am saying neither... The central government’s stand is reflected in the last affidavit which we have filed. Let it not be said that we are in favour of retaining (or) we are deleting it,” he added.

A bench headed by Justice Rajiv Shakdher, which is dealing with the petitions seeking to strike down the exception granted to husbands under the Indian rape law, observed that the issue has to be decided either by the court or the legislature, and granted two weeks to the Centre to formulate its stand.

Bihar BJP chief launches fresh attack on Nitish Kumar PATNA, FEB 7 (PTI): The Nitish Kumar government in Bihar came under fresh attack on Monday from state BJP president Sanjay Jaiswal whose party seems annoyed with junior ally JD(U)’s shrill demands for special assistance from the Centre. Jaiswal, who is also the Lok Sabha member from Pashchim Champaran, came out with a lengthy Facebook post asserting that Bihar was already getting more central help than states like Maharashtra and West Bengal, which were almost of the same demographic s i z e. H e p o i n t e d o u t deficiencies of the state like sub-optimal resource utilisation, hostile attitude towards entrepreneurship and reluctance to pursue

Sanjay Jaiswal

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an aggressive policy of population control.

Although Jaiswal took no name in his post, he left little doubt about the target of his attack. The former BJP chief whip attached a screenshot of questions raised in Lok Sabha last week by Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan, the JD(U)’s national president, and K a u s h a l e n d r a Ku m a r who is the party MP from Nalanda, the home turf of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.

The JD(U) MPs had sought to know whether the Narendra Modi government would consider “special category status”, on the lines of Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and states of the North East, for Bihar and other states identified as economically and industrially backward by NITI Aayog recently.

The demand for special status has been a political plank of sorts for Nitish Kumar ever since he came

to power in 2005.

His contention has been that Bihar was adversely hit by the creation of Jharkhand whereby the parent state, ravaged by droughts and f loods, stood de prived of mineral reserves and industrial units. A resolution in support of the demand was passed unanimously by the assembly in 2006 though parties have been aligning their stance to the equation shared with governments at the Centre.

The screenshot shared

by Jaiswal also contained the categorical reply of Union minister Rao Inderjit Singh who said there was no plan to grant special status to Bihar or any other state and also explained the reasons for the same. The state BJP

chief, whose running feud with the JD(U) on issues ranging from prohibition in Bihar to alleged denigration of Emperor Asoka keep making headlines, decided to twist the knife.

Pulling no punches, he praised the efforts being made by industries minister S h a h n aw a z H u s s a i n , his party colleague, but underscored the need for “cooperation of the entire council of ministers”.

Lauding the success of PPP model in Gujarat, which Prime Minister Narendra Modi had ruled as CM for over a decade, the BJP leader said, “Bihar gets done in because of a mindset that treats as a villain anybody who wishes to set up a new business.”

45,906 acres of defence land lying vacant: Bhatt Air Force since 2010, Bhatt declined to provide the details.

“The information sought is sensitive in nature and cannot be divulged on the floor of the House in the interest of the national security,” he said.

On the question on defence land, he said: “Approximately 45,906 acres of defence land under the management of different services and organisations of the ministry of defence is presently lying vacant.”

“Post corporatisation o f O r d n a n c e Fa c t o r y Ajay Bhatt Board, sur plus land of To another question, approximately 3152 acres located at 16 ordnance Bhatt said the percentage f a c t o r i e s h a v e b e e n of total capital acquisition of military hardware from identified,” he said.

foreign countries has been progressively decreasing since 2018-19.

He said the percentage of capital procurement from abroad was 48.68 in 201819 that declined to 41.89 percent in 2019-20. The figure for 2020-21 was 36 percent, while it was 39.44 percent in 2021-22. “ T h e g o ve r n m e n t has taken several policy initiatives in past few ye a r s u n d e r ‘ M a k e i n India’ programme and brought reforms to e n c o u r a ge i n d i ge n o u s design, development and manufacture of defence equipment in the country, thereby reducing dependence on imports in coming years,” he said.

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OPINION/EDITORIAL

Nagaland Post VOL. XXXII NO. 63 DIMAPUR, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2022

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Keeping our guard up

t is presently evident, that the covid wave in India is plateauing and could well be declining and hopeful ending the pandemic. This had been acknowledged by epidemiologists across India and notably WHO’s director of South- East Asia Poonam Khetrapal Singh on February 5. However the WHO official has cautioned against complacency and said that the country must now focus on reducing the spread of the virus, implement “situation-specific” public health measures and increase the vaccination against the pandemic. Singh also pointed out that the way forward was also to implement situation-specific public health and social measures and increasing vaccine coverage. Both Omicron & Delta variants causing surge in Covid-19 cases was the reason for more cases during the second wave. The third wave happened before it was completely over. After Omicron was identified as the new variant and when covid cases began rising, many generally believed that the surge was due to new variant. Fortunately, even though the Omicron variant spread like wildfire, it was not very deadly as compared to the Delta variant. As most adults were already vaccinated with both the doses, the rate of hospitalization and mortality is quite low in comparison with the second wave. However, a closer scrutiny revealed that fresh covid cases were due to both Delta and Omicron.

These two were present in the same environment and were contributing to the surge in Covid cases.

Covid cases across India have begun to decline to less than one lakh from the nearly three lakh figure last month. However Dr Sanjeev Kumar, nodal officer of Covid-19 at the AIIMS-Patna, warned that the fourth wave may hit parts of India soon as the number of new cases are declining mainly because people are gradually becoming careless, often ignoring the Covid-19 guidelines. On the other hand, Dr Satish Kumar of Nalanda Medical College Hospital (NMCH) said the positive cases have started declining after January 15 and the pandemic is expected to end within a month. He also warned about the possibility of a fourth wave. To add to concerns, a new and more dangerous variant, NeoCov, has recently been reported, with the expected mortality of one in every three infected people. According to researchers from Wuhan University, Wuhan, China in a report that is yet to be peer-reviewed, a single molecular change in the lab enabled a coronavirus called Neocov to “efficiently infect” human cells using the same pathway that the SARS-CoV-2 uses to infect human cells. It may be reminded that after the second wave began to almost disappear, people by and large, let down their guard and understandably so because they were covid fatigue through two years under the pandemic. With onset of severe cold, many have been advised not to take covid tests if they had any symptoms such as cold, cough or runny nose. These symptoms were indicative of omicron infections and probably it was one factor that had kept people away from being tested and let to suppressing covid figures. There are also many who have got covid for the second time despite having completed the mandatory two covid vaccinations.

With government relaxing covid norms and public becoming more careless, the prediction of a fourth wave needs to be taken very seriously.

DailyDevotion Spiritual Dejection We were hoping that it was He who was going to redeem Israel. Indeed, besides all this, today is the third day since these things happened.

—Luke 24:21 Every fact that the disciples stated was right, but the conclusions they drew from those facts were wrong. Anything that has even a hint of dejection spiritually is always wrong. If I am depressed or burdened, I am to blame, not God or anyone else.

Dejection stems from one of two sources— I have either satisfied a lust or I have not had it satisfied.

In either case, dejection is the result. Lust means “I must have it at once.” Spiritual lust causes me to demand an answer from God, instead of seeking God Himself who gives the answer. What have I been hoping or trusting God would do? Is today “the third day” and He has still not done what I expected? Am I therefore justified in being dejected and in blaming God? Whenever we insist that God should give us an answer to prayer we are off track. The purpose of prayer is that we get ahold of God, not of the answer. It is impossible to be well physically and to be dejected, because dejection is a sign of sickness. This is also true spiritually. Dejection spiritually is wrong, and we are always to blame for it.

We look for visions from heaven and for earthshaking events to see God’s power. Even the fact that we are dejected is proof that we do this. Yet we never realize that all the time God is at work in our everyday events and in the people around us. If we will only obey, and do the task that He has placed closest to us, we will see Him. One of the most amazing revelations of God comes to us when we learn that it is in the everyday things of life that we realize the magnificent deity of Jesus Christ.

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Expect problems and eat them for breakfast. ~ Alfred A. Montapert

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UP: Ascending SP alters 2024 course or Yogi bangs record!

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he way UP is flaring up before the first phase of elections, it may alter the course of 2024 national politics but the BJP has strength to fight back.

UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s statement, “after March 10, garmi utar dunga, May, June me Shimla bana dunga – cool you down after March 10” has changed the poll tack.

Rashtriya Lok Dal Leader Jayant Chadhury’s retort “people overwhelmingly stamping the handpump (RLD symbol) swamp the ballot box and shear the extra fat of BJP -charbi utar degi”, has warmed up the west UP poll. It has ignited debate on governance now and during the SP rule.

Acerbic expressions by both the camps ignite passion whether in Aligarh, Meerut, western UP, Allahabad or Gorakhpur in the east. A poll observer Harjinder says that strangely the ruling BJP workers are lying low. “May be they were ignored by their government during the pandemic and today they are keeping off or might be it’s a new strategy”, says another west UP journalist Sanjeev.

The BJP holds the maximum seats in the west, says

Dr Ravi Yadav but may now be in trouble. Eastern UP may be tougher as apart from OBCs even Brahmin strong groups are sliding away from BJP. Yes, Yogi’s statement was in reply to Kairana RLD candidate Nahid Hasan that “people are warming up in Kairana and Muzaffarnagar – areas known for riots around 2013”. Yogi said that he would turn these areas into cold Shimla even in the heat of May and June.

It is being seen as retribution if Yogi returns as CM, in the Jatland, as western UP is called. It has changed the otherwise normal poll campaign to an affront on Jat pride. It is to be seen how the voters react.

The mood seemingly is impacting many areas in eastern UP, which has the highest number of migrant workers ill- treated during first phase of lockdown.

The region with high poverty feels the pinch of rising prices . They were hit hard during demonetisation.

Stray cattle are bigger issue, both in the west and east as they devastate the farms.

The BJP after coming to power its numbers swelled for its ‘gomata’ –cow is our mother – approach. Linguis-

tic minorities like Bengalis and Punjabis are with BJP. Congress leaders Priyanka Vadra and Rahul Gandhi effort to activate the party and possible tacit tie-up with SP can make some difference to its numbers. BSP has committed jatav votes but other dalits may split to other parties.

The Hathras gang-rape and official violence incident may realign valmikis who voted BJP. So may UnShivaji nao incident in central UP. Since 1985, UP has not reelected an incumbent government. If Yogi does he would establish a record.

The BJP is not leaving it to chance. Even during 2017 poll, the state did not see so many top BJP leaders campaigning. Home Minister Amit Shah is continuously visiting and said to be the mastermind. Shah’s statement that if Saharanpur and Muzaffarnagar do not go his way ‘mushkil ho jayega’ is being treated as provocative.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed over 11 large rallies till the beginning of poll process attacking communal “samajwadis” keep SP in reckoning.

Deputy chief minister

Keshav Prasad Maurya contesting from Sirathu near Allahabad faces hostile crowds as many ministers like Shrikant Sharma, Suresh Rana, Sangeet Some in the west.

Sharma is being jeered all over in Mathura. Former central minister Mahesh Sharma was shooed away from his home village in Bulandhshahr for not visiting the area. In all these incidents, the BJP workers remained siSarkar lent spectators. The SPRLD has interestingly pitted Pallavi Patel, a good orator and sister of central minister Anupriya Patel of Apna Dal against Maurya cornering him in the constituency.

Would it change the voting pattern that was overwhelmingly for BJP in 2017?

Not easy to say. The state government’s reported dictat to government employees to coerce postal ballot voters has reportedly caused consternation as SP-RLD fight back and the poll staff now distance themselves.

The BJP is surprised the way SP leader Akhilesh Yadav has done his social engineering. This has led the SP penetrate hitherto impregnable areas like Agra and Mathura and many seats

in the east. The diligent home work of Akhilesh helps SP having wider alliance with caste groups beyond the Yadavs and his family. Similarly, Jayant Chaudhury has spread his wings and is emerging as more than Jat leader post year-long Kisan agitation.

The kisan, gujar, pal, baghel, prjapati and similar other smaller caste groups move to SP-RLD. There is also a conflict between ‘me’ doing in BJP and the ‘samajwadis’ in Akhilesh’s narrative. The SP-RLD accuses the BJP of grabbing credit for programmes of SP and other party governments. Even Yogi himself is said to be roughing it up in Gorakhpur as his disciple Sunil Singh on SP ticket faces him and allegedly erstwhile area strongman, Hari Shankar Tiwari’s family opposes.

But there is a different aspect to. The minority votes lining up for the SP-RLD fuel passion for the BJP’s Hindutva, Ayodhya, Vindhyavasini temples and now Krishna temple in Mathura.

An Aligarh professor Sajjad says that overtly the minorities, Jats and farmer groups appear to be together. But they may not be as cohesive

as they appear. The voting may not reflect the overt mood. RSS leader Indresh Kumar has activated his Rashtriya Muslim Manch to woo the Christians and Muslim minorities groups in Lucknow, Amroha, Moradabad and now even in Goa, Uttarakhand and Manipur to help BJP. Kumar has had separate meetings with Muslim women and his media coordinator Shahid Sayeed says the women benefited by triple talaq annulment are with BJP. Many also have PM Awas houses.

The BJP has apparently now changed tack and is reaching each community at their bastions. Congress leader RPN Singh’s entry to BJP has made its defector Swami Prasad Maurya to move from his stronghold Padrauna to another seat, Fazilganj.

The BJP in its run up to the 2024 Lok Sabha elections should not be taken lightly. It has organizational and official strength to bounce back. Its leaders say that even with lesser seats than 325 now it would have enough to be in power. A prediction is not easy but the contest is tough. March 10 will open up the cards and set the course to 2024.

Post-mortem

Material wealth and economic apartheid are not positive economics

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ammon, the biblical term for riches, is often used to describe the debasing influence of material wealth. Most economists look at what has happened and what is currently happening in a given economy to form the basis of their predictions, also known as the investigative process of Positive Economics. The fact that mammon worship and Positive Economics are poles apart will be evident even to a dimwit. But one cannot count economic wizard Jaithirth Rao among them, who equated both in a recent column and ridiculed those who adhere to the correct definition of Positive Economics. He picked international NGO Oxfam as his target in the column, asking it to “stop looking for inequality in India and go back to distributing blankets”.

Let us look at the reasons for this wrath. A widespread perception exists that in the last eight years, the Narendra Modiled Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government at the Centre has only managed to make India, arguably, the most inequitable country in the world. In an unprecedented trend, the annual income of the poorest 20 per cent of Indian households plunged 53 per cent in 2020-21 from their levels in 2015-16. In the same period, the richest 20 per cent saw their annual household income grow 39 per cent. This is revealed in the latest round of the ICE-360 Survey 2021, conducted

by People’s Research on India’s Consumer Economy (PRICE) between April and October 2021, covering about 2,50,000 households spread over 120 towns and 800 villages across 100 districts.

Splitting the population across five categories based on income, the survey shows that while the poorest 20 per cent (first quintile) witnessed the biggest erosion of 53 per cent, the second lowest quintile (lower middle category), too, witnessed a decline in their household income of 32 per cent in the same period.

While the quantum of erosion reduced to 9 per cent for those in the middle-income category, the top two quintiles—upper middle (20 per cent) and richest (20 per cent)— saw their household income rise by 7 per cent and 39 per cent, respectively.

To understand the enormity of the situation, let us look at the distressed state of the nation and the economy during the Covid-19 pandemic as revealed by Oxfam’s ‘Inequality Kills: India Supplement 2022′ report.

Poverty: About 230 million more Indians have fallen below the national minimum wage poverty line. India is back to being a ‘country of mass poverty’ after 45 years. Moreover, 63 million Indians are pushed into poverty because of healthcare costs every year — almost two people every second.

Hunger: Approximately 14 per cent of India’s population — about 189 million people — are

undernourished and 51.4 per cent of women between the ages 15 to 49 are anaemic. Furthermore, 34.7 per cent of children under the age of five are stunted and 20 per cent suffer from wasting.

Unemployment and household income loss: Unemployment in rural areas is at 14.34 per cent while in urban areas it is 14.71 per cent. The pandemic and the subsequent lockdown caused a 47 per cent decline in the average seasonally adjusted per capita real household income (42 per cent in rural and 53% in urban areas).

MSME: Around 80 per cent of small and medium enterprises across India are “insecure” about their future. A survey of 81,000 self-employed and micro or small businesses found 78 per cent of them incurred losses.

Health: The country also suffers from poor health infrastructure and access to health facilities (rural 95.0 per cent; urban 75.0 per cent) and medicines (rural 36.9 per cent; urban 10.9 per cent).

Education: A total of 320 million learners from 1.5 million schools adversely affected and transitioned to e-learning. Only 15 per cent rural households have internet access while the number stands at 42 per cent in urban areas.

Only 13 per cent individuals in rural areas—8.5 per cent of them females—can use the internet. It’s a disaster facing future India.

Informal sector: In the informal economy, where 92 per cent people are employed, about 400 million workers are at risk of falling deeper into poverty. It would take 941 years “for a minimum wage worker in rural India to earn what the top paid executive at a leading Indian garment company earns in a year”, according to the Oxfam report.

Rich getting richer during pandemic Meanwhile, to add insult to injury, wealth and luxurious living of the super-rich have boomed in the same period. In its ‘Inequality Kills: India Supplement 2022’ briefing, Oxfam reveals that 84 per cent of households in the country suffered a decline in their income in a year marked by tremendous loss of life and livelihoods, while the number of Indian billionaires went up significantly. “In India, during the pandemic (since March 2020, through to November 30th, 2021) the wealth of billionaires increased from INR 23.14 lakh crore (USD 313 billion) to INR 53.16 lakh crore (USD 719 billion),” the report said.

The Oxfam briefing categorically held that the stark wealth inequality in India is a result of an economic system and violent economic policies rigged in favour of the super-rich over the poor and marginalised. It also pointed out that the number of billionaires in India has increased from 9 in 2000 to 142 in 2021. Their total wealth is higher than the entire Union Budget of India. On average, India is producing 70 new millionaires

every day. Such predatory rigging has led to healthcare becoming a luxury good in India as the government spending on public healthcare ranks among the lowest in the world. Instead of a well-funded health service, it has promoted an increasingly powerful commercial health sector. While the country is a top destination for medical tourism, the poorest Indian states have infant mortality rates higher than those in sub-Saharan Africa. India accounts for 17 per cent of global maternal deaths and 21 per cent of deaths among children below five years.

Oxfam has urged governments across the world to take action to redress the growing divide between rich and poor. In the Indian context, just 1 per cent wealth tax on 98 of the richest billionaire families in India can finance Ayushman Bharat, the national public health insurance fund of the Government of India for more than seven years.

The briefing also advocates a 1 per cent surcharge on the richest 10 per cent of the Indian population to fund inequality combating measures such as higher investments in school education, universal healthcare and social security benefits like maternity leaves, paid leaves and pension for all Indians.

This is Positive Economics at its best — analysing the present circumstances in an economy to form predictions and suggestions for the future. This is what has raised the hackles of mammon worshippers like Rao. His column consists of mostly meaningless ramblings and he rubs it in when he said, “Frankly, I don’t care if my friends Bezos-Ambani-Adani-Zuckerberg see their wealth increase from 100 billion to 150 billion. JudeoChristian teachings as well as the precepts of Sanatana Dharma tell me that I should not envy those who have been blessed by providence with greater wealth.”

Here is another masterpiece, “Our problem has nothing to do with inequalities. Our problem is the low level of total wealth.

We have to pursue artha, as our ancients have advised us and the whole country has to get richer.

Targeting the few rich people will not only not help the poor, it will actually hurt all of us, including the poor.”

Does this ex-London honcho even have basic knowledge about the fundamentals of real India?

Covid and its fallouts When the Covid pandemic broke out, India was already experiencing the ‘longest economic slowdown since 1991’ with weak employment generation, uneven development and depressed informal economy, which were primarily triggered by the devastating demonetisation announced by Prime Minister Modi on 8 November 2016. And on 24 March 2020, Modi imposed the draconian nationwide lockdown with just four hours’ notice — virtually collapsing the economy. We have already

seen the face of the depressed and distressed economy.

In reality, the total number of Indians wallowing in poverty, hunger, unemployment, malnourishment, illiteracy and poor health exceeds the population of the rich countries of Europe and the USA put together. As opposed to this, there has been a phenomenal wealth accumulation taking place in India for a few select oligarchs.

A recent report in The Economist noted that the net worth of Mukesh Ambani and Gautam Adani had gone up by 350 per cent and 750 per cent, respectively, between 2016 and 2020. In 20202021, Mukesh Ambani’s daily wealth creation increased by Rs 163 crore and his net worth is Rs 7,18,000 crore. Meanwhile, Gautam Adani’s net worth increased by Rs 1,002 crore daily at a staggering 261 per cent and has reached Rs 5,05,900 crore. Rao also heralds the “Global Championship” model of Japan and South Korea in his column. Is he ignorant that India is not a corporate state but a welfare state? India is governed by the Constitution, and the Directive Principles of State Policy (Part IV) mandates the State to promote the welfare of the people by securing and protecting as effectively as it may a social order in which justice, social, economic and political, shall inform all the institutions of the national life [Article 38(1)].

Further articles also direct the State to minimise inequalities, ensure equitable distribution of resources and avoid concentration of wealth.

In December 2020, CEO of Niti Ayog Amitabh Kant also turned these constitutional provisions upside down when he openly proclaimed the Modi government’s policies to transform India from a

democratic republic into an autocratic oligarchy. “In India we are too much of a democracy so we keep supporting everybody… For the first time in India a government has thought big in terms of size and scale and said we want to produce global champions,” said Kant.

And this is precisely what the central government, its ministers and minions are doing in the last few months with a feverish pitch to sell or alienate public sector enterprises and assets to moneybags by issuing draconian directions and guidelines, threatening CMDs with summary removal and bullying the regulatory authorities to rush through clearances. These dastardly policies of fattening the super-rich have resulted in a sharp fall in employment. For India’s employment-to-population ratio to be at the global average, nearly 600 million people need to be at work. Currently, only a little more than 400 million are at work which is a massive shortfall of 200 million. This, combined with India fast becoming the most inequitable country in the world, is turning the country into an apartheid nation.

Perhaps this is what ‘mammon worshippers’ like Jaithirth Rao want. No wonder they do not appreciate NGOs like Oxfam being spoilsports by speaking truth to power. Ironically, it is these ‘mammon worshippers’ whom the government has listened to by not taxing the super-rich and facilitating their further enrichment by promoting private investment while hastily selling public assets.

M.G. Devasahayam is a retired IAS officer and chairman of People-First. He also served in the Indian Army. Views are personal.

(As published in The Print)

Reader’s Post

Sir,

AFSPA is not logical

The army is trained to kill and win, thereby they adopted a killer instinct. Giving administrative power to army is like entrusting a Tiger to guard a herd of sheep. Oting massacre was one example out of the many such incidents in Nagaland.

Before Nagaland become a state in India, the British have ruled the erstwhile Naga Hills District of Assam for some 58 years, during such short rule they (British) precepted Naga mentality and made historic remark on the Nagas: Nagas could never be won by force but by kindness and development. AFSPA pushed many youngsters to the undergrounds out of fear or to avenge their dear ones victimised by the army. Every Naga name is so dear to the family, it represents social, economic, administrative status of the family or forefathers.

In the headhunting time whenever enemy takes away the head of a person his or her name abandoned forever unless the enemy is avenged.

It is not imaginable that the undergrounds who have no dirt of finances would work in coal mine. Secondly the DC Mon and the police team have found no ammunitions in the vehicle in which coal miners were travelling on that particular day, then why judgement is delayed so long? Is there any different court rules against the minority?

It is high time to seriously consider the positive and negative impact of the AFSPA. At the same the general public should bring about a peaceful situation in which AFSPA will not be necessary for all time to come L. Akang Jamir, A Senior citizen, MKG Town

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K’taka ‘hijab’ row hots up; CM appeals for peace

they were allowed to sit in the classrooms (with hijab) or separate classes were held for them,” Nagesh said.

Girls sitting on the road is not Indian culture, he said and went on to say: “Indian culture has given women a respectable position. Hence, a separate room for them... The innocent children aren’t aware how to reach schools.” According to him, the separate arrangement is only for a day as everyone is waiting for the hearing in the Kar-

‘Leader of tukde-tukde gang’: PM launches vitriolic attack on Cong (From p-1) Modi asked that if his government is talking about being vocal for local, is it not fulfilling the dreams of Mahatma Gandhi. “Then, why was it being mocked by the Opposition?” he said.

“We talked about Yoga and Fit India but that was mocked by the Opposition too,” he said.

The Congress has always hated such things and a “divisive mindset” has gotten into its DNA, he said.

“The Britishers have gone but Congress has made divide and rule policy its character. That is why the Congress has become the leader of the tukde-tukde gang,” he said.

He alleged that Congress has lost the desire to come to power and has a philosophy that when one is not getting anything then at least spoil something.

“They are sowing seeds that will strengthen the roots

of separatism,” Modi said.

In an apparent reference to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s speech in Lok Sabha last week, Modi said statements were made in Parliament with the intention to incite people.

While Modi did not name Gandhi during his address, he virtually took on all the criticism levelled by the Congress leader in his speech last week.

He ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ is the perfect time to think about how India can play a global leadership role in the coming years.

Post COVID-19 pandemic, the world is moving fast towards a new world order and India should not miss this opportunity, he said.

The House later passed the motion thanking the President for his address to Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha on January 31 by a voice vote.

nataka High Court over the row on Tuesday.

A group of students came in a procession today wearing saffron shawls.

They were prevented from entering the premises by their principal and the police personnel there. The students said they will wear the shawls if hijab-wearing girls were allowed in class.

They agreed to enter the classes by removing their shawls only after the principal assured them that no hijab-wearing student will

Parl adjourned for 1 hour in memory of Lata Mangeshkar NEW DELHI/BHOPAL, FEB 7 (PTI): Both Houses of Parliament on Monday adjourned proceedings for one hour in memory of Lata Mangeshkar while the Madhya Pradesh government announced that a music academy and a museum showcasing all songs of the iconic singer will be set up at her birthplace in Indore.

A s M a n g e s h k a r ’s nephew Adinath collected her ashes from Shivaji Park in Mumbai where she was cremated with full state honours on Sunday, Maharashtra BJP MLA Ram Kadam and state Congress president Nana Patole urged the state government that a memorial be built at the cremation site.

There is no word yet from the Mangeshkar family on where the ashes will be immersed.

Reacting to the demand, the Shiv Sena, which is heading the ruling coali-

tion with the Congress and the NCP in Maharashtra, said there should be no politics over the issue. The demand assumes significance as the sprawling park in Dadar is also the site where Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray was cremated in 2012 and his memorial built there despite opposition from civic groups.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid rich tributes to Mangeshkar at the start of his reply to the debate on the President’s address to the joint sitting of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, saying her contribution strengthened the unity of the country.

“Her voice mesmerised and inspired the country for such a long time,” Modi said, adding that it filled the country with emotions.

The prime minister said her contribution has strengthened the cultural heritage and unity of the

CBI arrests bank manager for demanding bribe VISAKHAPATNAM, FEB 7 (IANS): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday arrested a Branch Manager of Equitas Small Finance Bank, Dwarakanagar Branch, Visakhapatnam for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 1.30 lakh from a man.

The CBI said that role of a clerk of the State Bank of India, Vizianaga-

banning any cloth other than a uniform.

In Belagavi and Mandya, girls raised slogans demanding justice during a protest rally demanding permission for hijab-wearing.

Ahead of the High Court hearing on the row, Bommai appealed to everyone to maintain peace and said his government would take steps after the court order. He asked institutions to follow mandatory uniform rules issued by the government until the court order is out.

Speaking to reporters after landing in New Delhi, the national capital, he said, “The matter is before the High Court and it will be decided there. Therefore, I appeal to everyone to maintain peace and no one should take steps to disturb peace.”

“All should follow the State’s order (on uniform) until the court decides,” he said.

The court would hear the petitions of five girls questioning the restriction on wearing hijab.

ram is also being looked into in this case. The accused Branch Manager was identified as Akella Srinivas Arudra. A senior CBI official said the victim had been running a shop in Vizianagaram. He approached Equitas Small Finance Bank for a business loan of Rs 20 lakh.

The official said that the Branch Manager called the complainant and

demanded payment of 10 per cent of the loan amount (Rs 2 lakh) as bribe.

The accused Branch Manager further informed the complainant that the loan had been sanctioned and allegedly reiterated the demand of bribe for facilitating disbursement of the loan amount. After negotiation, the accused allegedly reduced the demand to Rs 1.30 lakh.

country. “She sang in 36 languages and this in itself is an inspiring example for the country’s unity.”

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said the Indian music industry has suffered an “irreparable loss” in the 75th year of Independence with the passing away of the ‘melody queen’, and adjourned the proceedings of the House for an hour as a mark of respect to her.

“She was famous as ‘melody queen’ (suron ki malika) both within the country and outside,” Birla said reading out the obituary reference. Recalling her performance at the Central hall of Parliament to mark the Golden Jubilee of Independence in 1997, Birla said her song -- ‘Saare Jahan se Acha Hindustan Hamara ‘ -is ‘engraved’ in our memory forever. “Her demise has caused irreparable loss to music, art and culture.”

PANAJI, FEB 7 (PTI): Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday said if her party comes to power in Goa after the upcoming elections, Rs 500 crore from the government fund would be allocated for employment generation and there would be 30 per cent reservation for women in government jobs.

Addressing a public meeting in Nuvem Assembly constituency of Goa ahead of the state polls scheduled on February 14, Gandhi also said that a staff selection commission would be formed to get rid of “scams” in government jobs allocation.

Referring to the Congress’ manifesto released on Sunday for the Goa polls, Gandhi assured 30 per cent reservation for women in the state government jobs.

She also said Rs 500 crore from the government fund would be allocated for the creation of jobs.

Under the Nyay scheme, families from weaker sections will be given Rs 6,000 per month which will help them sustain and also inject money into the economy, she said.

The Congress has assured to build hostels for working women in Margao and Panaji and increase the number of police stations supervised by women.

The party has also announced that the prices of petrol and diesel would not be allowed to rise above Rs 80 per litre, and the party government will subsidise the remaining amount.

Notably, the Congress had emerged as the single largest party in the 40-member Goa Assembly after the 2017 state polls, but the BJP then forged an alliance with some regional outfits and independents to form government.

Referring to the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls, Priyanka Gandhi reiterated that the Congress would give 40 per cent of its tickets to women in UP.

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Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Congress leader P Chidambaram in Goa.

TMC, AAP are parties of defectors: Chidambaram

A week before Goa goes to polls and multicornered contests shaping up, senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Monday termed the Trinamool Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) as the parties of defectors. He also said that both these parties lacked a winning potential but they are dividing nonBJP votes.

Addressing a public meeting at the Nuvem assembly constituency, he said that voters should not waste their votes by supporting the AAP or the TMC rather they should choose the NOTA (None of The Above) option.

“These parties have suddenly descended on in Goa. They have no roots. Is there any grassroots worker that has risen from the ranks of the AAP and TMC?” he questioned.

Later, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra also attended the public meeting in Nuvem in south Goa. “Both AAP and TMC are parties of defectors.

They have allowed the entry of defectors from other parties and fielded them as candidates,” he said.

The TMC and the AAP cannot win a sufficient number of seats to form a government in Goa, he said.

“What are they doing

here? The plain and blunt truth is that they are dividing non-BJP votes. They are cutting into non-BJP votes,” he added.

The TMC, led by Mamata Banerjee, had earlier proposed an alliance of Congress and other parties to take on the ruling BJP in Goa polls.

Last month, Chidambaram had said that the TMC’s proposal for alliance in Goa was not considered as it poached Congress leaders.

Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP has also been trying to make inroads in Goa. Chidambaram on Monday also took a swipe at the TMC which had announced that a Rs 20 lakh loan will be provided sans collateral at a four per cent interest rate if it comes to power in Goa. “I challenge any TMC leader to show me one banker who will land you money without collateral and at four per cent interest amount,” the former Union finance minister, who is handling Congress’ election affairs in Goa, said.

He also questioned the AAP’s promise to give a Rs 3,000 monthly allowance for unemployed youth in Goa. “Why the Arvind Kejriwal-led party is not extending the same benefits to people in Delhi?” he asked.

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be allowed. Two persons were arrested on the charge of brandishing knives during the hijab-saffron shawl protest by students, police said. They were arrested near the college on a tip-off that five people arrived at the spot with lethal weapons to create communal tension on Friday, police sources said.

Police are on the lookout for three other people suspected to be involved in the case. The arrested two have criminal cases pending them, said police sources.

Meanwhile, some students sporting blue scarves entered a college in Chikkamagaluru, and raised the slogan ‘Jai Bhim’ in front of those wearing saffron scarves. These students supported the hijab-wearing girls.

There were reports of some students in Chikkaballapura, Bagalkote, Belagavi, Hassan and Mandya coming to colleges wearing hijab and saffron scarves in defiance of the government order issued on Saturday

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BENGALURU, FEB 7 (PTI): The ‘hijab’ (scarf) row in Karnataka intensified on Monday with some students seeking to defy the government order mandating uniform style of clothes as Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai issued an appeal to maintain peace.

At a college at Kundapur in Udupi district of the State, the principal talked to girl students wearing hijabs and explained the government order to them. But the students insisted on wearing the headscarves, and were asked to go to a separate room arranged for them.

Education Minister BC Nagesh said students who insist on hijab-wearing will not be allowed into the government educational institutions. Then, he asked some students protesting on the street outside the college to sit in a separate room but they were not imparted lessons.

“Protesting on the road is a nuisance. So they were asked to sit in a room but under no circumstances

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three years of conviction,” he added.

He is likely to be taken to Gurugram under heavy security.

Reacting to his furlough, the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), the body responsible for the management of gurdwaras, asked the Haryana government to refrain from releasing a criminal responsible for several killings from the jail.

Earlier, Ram Rahim was granted parole on his wife Harjit Kaur’s plea that his mother Naseeb Kaur, 85, suffering from a heart disease was seriously ill.

Ram Rahim (52) is currently lodged at the high-security Sunaria jail in Rohtak, 250 kms from state capital Chandigarh.

In June 2019, Ram Ra-

him Singh had withdrawn his parole plea after the state BJP government was cornered by opposition parties for favouring the self-styled godman, who sought parole for 42 days to tend to his agricultural fields at his sect’s headquarters in Sirsa town.

Also, the high court had rejected his parole plea for attending the wedding ceremony of his foster daughter.

Ram Rahim was sentenced to 20 years in jail in August 2017 for raping two women.

A special CBI court in Panchkula this January 2019 also sentenced Ram Rahim and three others to life imprisonment for the murder of journalist Ram Chander Chhatrapati over 16 years ago.

His conviction on August 25, 2017, had led to violence in Panchkula and Sirsa, leaving 41 people dead and over 260 injured.

Ram Rahim was patronised by political leaders and parties in Punjab and Haryana for nearly two decades due to his ability to influence the votes of his followers.

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He is lodged in Haryana’s Sunaria jail since 2017 after being convicted in rape and murder cases. He has a large number of followers in Punjab, which is going to the polls on February 20.

Earlier, he was released from the jail thrice for various reasons, including his plea to meet the ailing mother.

Justifying the decision, Haryana Jail Minister Ranjit Chautala told reporters, “Ram Rahim was granted parole as per the jail manual.

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to discourage public protest and rallies within Angami H e n c e, t h e y r e a f- Public Organisation jurisdealer in Pakistan with handle @ firmed to implement in let- diction sans proper consulhyundaiPakistanOfficial had posted a ter and spirit the resolution tation and understanding. message supporting Kashmir Solidarity day, supporting what it called as “struggle for freedom”.

Following the post, #BoycottHyundai trended on Twitter in India (From p-1) be served by any means. with many people asking to stop When the Assam Ribuying the company’s products in the The CSOs, consid- fles shared their various country. On Sunday, Hyundai Motors ering the gravity of the ongoing and upcoming deIndia put out a message on social me- situation, also said that velopmental programmes dia reiterating its commitment to the the particular subject mat- under civic action plans, Indian market. ter had to be decided/ the CSOs made it clear KFC is a subsidiary of US-based tackled at the higher level “justice first, development Yum! Brands that also owns popular between the state govern- next”.

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NEW DELHI, FEB 7 (PTI): Quick Service Restaurant (QSR) chain KFC on Monday apologised following an outrage on social media over a post from its Pakistan-based franchise supporting separatists in Kashmir.

“We deeply apologize for a post that was published on some KFC social media channels outside the country. We honour and respect India, and remain steadfast in our commitment to serving all Indians with pride,” according to a message on KFC India official account on Twitter.

Earlier, in a social media post, a verified account of KFC had supported the separatists in Kashmir and posted “Kashmir belong to Kashmiris.”

The incident follows the backlash that Hyundai Motors faced on Sunday on social media after a dealer in Pakistan posted a message supporting separatists in Kashmir.

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leges and universities across India to provide education through online and making e-resources available to students.

“This shows how a university’s contribution to society can go far beyond imparting education,” he noted.

Pointing out that university was a place where ideas were nurtured and students taught, Mukhi acknowledged SJU for providing unique curriculum that emphasized on skill development to bridge the gap between education and employment.

“Education system is a choice-based credit system haying some flexibility so that students, depending upon their interests and aim, can choose interdisciplinary, intra-disciplinary and skill-based courses,” he explained.

He urged the students to keep aside rote learning and promote the idea of research in education.

Dwelling on the New Education Policy (NEP), he claimed that the policy would bring a new light as it encouraged research and

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NEW DELHI, FEB 7 (AGENCIES): The Supreme Court Monday dismissed as withdrawn a plea by the Centre seeking to recall the top court’s certain directions related to registration of CBI probe into the government decision for 26 per cent stake sale in Hindustan Zinc Ltd (HZL) in 2002.

The top court on November 18, 2021 had directed the CBI to register a regular case and proceed in accordance with law after noting that there is sufficient material in relation to the 26 per cent disinvestment of HZL by the Union government.

A bench comprising Justices D Y Chandrachud and Surya Kant took note of the submission of Solicitor General Tushar Mehta that he sought to withdraw the plea to pursue other remedies in law, including a review. The matter was then dismissed as withdrawn.

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sion, whereby the governor encouraged the hospital management to fully utilise the infrastructural advantage of the institute.

He said Christian Institute of Health Sciences and Research had established itself as one of the leading hospitals and centres of excellence in healthcare in the State serving the people. He was optimistic that doctors, nurses and paramedics would serve the State with high degree of commitment and dedication and also bring glory to the profession.

The governor later proceeded to SJU where he interacted with the students.

Addressing students and staff of SJU during a short programme, he acknowledged all students, teachers and staff for responding to the pandemic in a praiseworthy manner.

He mentioned that the Covid-19 pandemic was unprecedented in the modem era and the entire world was affected. He however stated that technology fortunately provided a solution, allowing schools, col-

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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Sunday announced postponing the meeting of the rate-setting Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) by a day in view of Maharashtra declaring a public holiday on February 7 to mourn the death of legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar.

The MPC meeting was scheduled for February 7-9, 2022. With the postponement, the policy meeting will now begin on February 8 and the outcome would

(From p-1) Even though Covid pandemic had affected the whole world, Governor Mukhi claimed it had also united all Indians in the fight against the invisible enemy.

“The resurgence has largely abated, and this would not have been possible without the immense dedication of our medical fraternity. Some sacrificed even their lives in the line of duty. Our nation will forever be indebted to them.

Our frontline workers, doctors, nurses, paramedics and others have made our country proud with their relentless service,” he added.

Speaking on the vaccination drive being carried out across the country, he maintained that the same dedication was also at work behind the largest vaccination drive in the history.

Expressing gratitude to Indian scientists, he claimed that India had not only produced Covid vaccines, but had also set new records in administering them.

An interactive session was also held on the occa-

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“Domestic markets are volatile ahead of the state elections, witnessing a steep fall led by FII selling and weak global cues. US bourses were under pressure as strong US jobs data gave rise to fears of sharper than expected Fed rate hikes, resulting in a spike in the bond yields.

“The volatility in the market is likely to continue due to high chances of interest rate lift-off by the RBI given domestic inflation and policy tightening by global central banks,” said Vinod

be announced on Thursday (February 10).

Sector-wise, BSE fin a n c e, c a p i t a l g o o d s, bankex, FMCG, healthcare and telecom dropped as much as 2.30 per cent, while utilities, power and metal mustered gains.

The BSE midcap and smallcap gauges skidded up to 1.25 per cent.

Global equities were mixed after strong US jobs report raised concerns over faster rate hikes by the Federal Reserve.

Elsewhere in Asia, bourses in Tokyo and Seoul ended with losses, while Hong Kong and Shanghai were positive.

Bourses in Europe were trading with gains in mid-session deals.

International oil benchmark Brent crude fell 1.05 per cent to USD 92.29 per barrel.

The forex market was closed on Monday.

Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) remained net sellers in the capital market, as they sold shares worth Rs 2,267.86 crore on Friday, according to stock exchange data.

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MUMBAI, FEB 7 (PTI): Equity benchmark Sensex crashed 1,024 points to end below the 58,000-level on Monday as investors fretted over policy tightening by central banks amid elevated inflation.

Unabated foreign fund outflows added to the gloom, traders said.

Declining for the third straight session, the 30-share BSE Sensex plummeted 1,023.63 points or 1.75 per cent to finish at 57,621.19.

Similarly, the broader NSE Nifty slumped 302.70 points or 1.73 per cent to 17,213.60.

The Sensex has now shed 1,937.14 points in three sessions, with the market capitalisation of BSE-listed firms plunging by over Rs 5.82 lakh crore during the period.

HDFC Bank was the top loser in the Sensex pack in Monday’s session, tumbling 3.65 per cent, followed

by L&T, Bajaj Finance, Bajaj Finserv, HDFC, Kotak Bank and Wipro.

Only five counters managed to close in the green -- PowerGrid, NTPC, Tata Steel, SBI and Ultratech Cement, climbing up to

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President Xi Jinping (R) and Argentina’s President Alberto Fernandez at the Great Hall of the People.

Argentina believes the Falklands were illegally taken from it in 1833 and invaded the British colony in 1982.

The United Kingdom sent troops and Argentina lost the two-month war for the South Atlantic archipelago in a conflict that claimed the lives of 649 Argentines and 255 British soldiers.

Argentina still claims the islands. London says the Falklands are a selfgoverning entity under its protection.

Relations with China have already been strained on multiple fronts, including Britain’s joining a U.S.-

Across Asia, spike in virus cases follows Lunar New Year SINGAPORE, FEB 7 (AP): Many Asian countries are facing a spike in COVID-19 infections after the widely-celebrated Lunar New Year holidays, as health officials grapple with the highly-transmissible omicron variant and expectations that numbers will continue to rise in coming weeks.

The Lunar New Year, which is China’s biggest holiday, was celebrated across Asia on Feb. 1 even as pandemic restrictions in many countries kept crowds and family outings to a minimum.

Hong Kong’s authorities are confronting record cases that are straining its so-called “zero-COVID” policy. The city has reported more than 300 local infections two days in a row, the highest since the pandemic began. Authorities require all cases to be hospitalised.

Hong Kong has aligned itself with China’s “zero-COVID” policy that aims to totally stamp out outbreaks, even as many other countries change their approach to living with the virus. Authorities look to impose lock downs on resi-

dential buildings wherever clusters of infections are identified, and have banned public dining after 6 p.m.

In Singapore, a dramatic rise in coronavirus infections followed last week’s holiday, with cases tripling to 13,000 on Friday.

Daily infections have since dipped to 7,752 on Sunday, amid restrictions that include limiting diningin at restaurants to groups of five and capping the number of unique visitors to each household.

Singapore has reported over 100,000 cases spanning the last month, although over 99% of the cases are mild or asymptomatic.

Across Asia, authorities are confronting a similar pattern as the more easily transmissible omicron becomes dominant in many countries. Experts say omicron also more readily infects those who have been vaccinated or previously infected with COVID-19.

Early studies also show omicron is less likely to cause severe illness than the previous delta variant, and vaccine shots can offer strong protection from serious illness.

led diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics to protest China’s human rights record.

The joint statement also said Argentina “reaffirms its adherence to the one-China principle,” a reference to China’s claim to the self-governing island democracy of Taiwan.

“China and Argentina agree to carry on with close communication and coordination in international affairs, and safeguard the overall interests of the two countries and other developing countries,” the statement said.

Canada police get tough as trucker protests continue

BERLIN, FEB 7 (AP): Talks to revive Iran’s tattered 2015 nuclear deal with world powers are resuming on Tuesday after breaking off for a bit over a week for diplomats to return home for consultations. The European Union, which chairs the talks in Vienna, announced the resumption on Monday. The United States pulled out of the Vienna accord in 2018 under then President Donald Trump and reimposed heavy sanctions on Iran. Tehran has responded by increasing the purity and amounts of uranium it enriches and stockpiles, in breach of the accord.

U.S. President Joe Biden has signalled that he wants to rejoin the deal.

Britain, France, Germany, Russia and China are still parties to the accord with Iran and have been trying to salvage it.

Diplomats from the three European countries said when talks paused after a month on Jan. 28 that the negotiations were reaching the final stage, and that required political decisions.

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The Sumi Community Bamunpukhuri 1 takes immense pride in congratulating JSo. khekuTo i SuMi, Intelligence Corps on being conferred prestigious SENA MEDAL (GALLANTRY) President's Award on the occasion of 73rd Republic Day, 2022.

The Community shares the joy with him and take pride on this prestigious achievement. We wishes him good health and success in all his future endeavour.

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The Longjang Senso Mungdang with immense pride and honor congratulates the following bonafide citizens of Longjang for their achievements: 1. Shri Meyasashi, Deputy Director, Directorate of Horticulture for receiving the Governor’s Commendation Certificate and 2. Dr. Anungla Aier, Chairman, Anthropological Society of Nagaland for receiving the Governor’s Gold Medal.

The laurels they brought through their achievements has made our heads held high and we pray that our Almighty God bestow His abundant blessings in all their future endeavors.

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ing gas and fuel supplies at a logistics encampment set up by protesters, after the city’s mayor declared a state of emergency on Sunday.

A well-organized supply chain -- including portable saunas, a community kitchen and bouncy castles for children -- has sustained the protesters. It has relied partly on funding from sympathizers in the United States, police said.

Former U.S. President Donald Trump and Tesla CEO Elon Musk have praised the truckers.

The Canadian government has refused to back

With immense pride and joy, the Lotha Students’ Union Padumpukhuri Village, Dimapur would like to express our heartiest congratulations to Shri PeTer LichaMo, who is presently serving as Deputy Commissioner, Zunheboto on being appointed as Indian Administrative Service (IAS) by the Government of India.

The union is immensely proud of his achievements and wishes him success in all his future endeavours.

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mayors, Calcalist reported.

It said the organizers of demonstrations on behalf of disabled people and Israel’s Ethiopian minority were also targeted.

Calcalist said police used the powerful Pegasus software developed by the Israeli firm NSO Group, which is mired in controversy after its spyware was linked to eavesdropping on journalists, activists and politicians in several countries.

The newspaper said police used the spyware to gather intelligence before any investigation had been opened — and without judicial warrants. It’s not clear

whether Netanyahu’s inner circle was targeted in connection with his ongoing corruption trial or for other reasons. A spokesman for the Netanyahu family did not respond to a request for comment. Bennett, who replaced Netanyahu as prime minister last June, said Pegasus and other products “are important tools in the fight against terrorism and severe crime, but they were not intended to be used in phishing campaigns targeting the Israeli public or officials — which is why we need to understand exactly what happened,” he said in a statement.

Police keep a watchful eye on protesters in Ottawa on Sunday.

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OTTAWA, FEB 7 (AGENCIES): As the protest against the Canadian government’s health measures and vaccine mandates entered an eleventh day on Monday, police have threatened to clamp down after facing criticism for lack of action that has crippled the national capital.

The “Freedom Convoy” consisting largely of truckers began as a movement against a Canadian vaccine requirement for cross-border drivers. But it has since evolved into a rallying point against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s strict measures to fight the pandemic.

Downtown Ottawa, home to Canada’s parliament, central bank, and buildings including Trudeau’s office, has been largely in lockdown after truckers occupied the streets. Late night honking and occasional fireworks have disrupted the normally quiet life of the residents in the city. A hearing into a proposed class-action lawsuit seeking an injunction to silence the constant honking by truckers will take place on Monday. On Sunday night, police began remov-

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BEIJING, FEB 7 (AGENCIES): Britain on Monday firmly rejected a statement from China that affirmed Beijing’s support for Argentina’s claim to the Falkland Islands, as relations between London and Asia’s leading power remain strained.

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said in a tweet that the United Kingdom “completely” rejected “any questions over sovereignty of the Falklands.”

“The Falklands are part of the British family and we will defend their right to self determination.

China must respect the Falklands’ sovereignty,” she wrote.

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Argentine counterpart Alberto Fernandez issued a joint statement on Sunday that said China “reaffirms its support for Argentina’s demand for the full exercise of sovereignty over the Malvinas Islands,” using the Argentine name for the territory. The two leaders met as Fernandez was in Beijing for the Winter Olympics.

Iran nuclear talks to resume today

J E RU S A L E M , F E B 7 (AGENCIES): Israeli police allegedly used spyware on the phones of former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s son and members of his inner circle, an Israeli newspaper reported Monday. Calcalist has published a series of recent reports alleging that police used sophisticated spyware against protesters and other Israeli citizens, prompting condemnation from across the political spectrum. The police commissioner has joined those calling for an independent investigation.

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said the allegations, if true, are “very serious.” In recent days, Israeli media have reported that spyware was used against a key witness in Netanyahu’s corruption trial. Calcalist says it was also used against a phone registered to his son, Avner, as well as two communications advisors and the wife of another defendant in the case.

They are among several prominent figures to have been targeted with spyware, including business leaders, former directors of Cabinet ministries and

On 24th January 2022, the Southern Angami Public Organization had a general meeting at SAPO Hall, Headquarter, Jakhama and the following new team member, were elected for the tenure 2022-2024.

1. kevipodi Sophie President 2. Zakieleto Tsükrü VP (Adm) 3. Dovizo Yakhro VP (Org) 4. Swelul Pucho General Secretary Joint General Secretary 5. Chol Ltu 6. Ayo Thami Info & Publ. Secretary.

7. Zadekhweto Zecho Treasurer 8. Thono kechü Women Coordinator 9. Vitalie Paphino Advisor 10. keriho kiso Advisor

down on the issue. Trudeau, who is isolating after testing positive for COVID-19, has ruled out using the military to disband the protest.

Trudeau and his family left their downtown home after truckers started arriving in Ottawa and his location has not been disclosed due to security concerns.

Over the weekend, protests spilled over into other large Canadian cities, in-

cluding the financial capital Toronto, and were met with counter demonstrations.

The protests, including in Ottawa, have been largely peaceful. Canadians have largely followed government’s health measures and nearly 79% of the eligible population has taken double dose of the vaccine. But recent polls have shown frustrations against restrictions are growing.

Tekrübe VIllage general MeeTIng This is to inform all the plot holders to Tekrübe Village are requested to attend the general meeting scheduled to be held on 11.02.2022, 10.00 a.m at the Church premises.

Hon’ble Minister, Planning, Coordination, Land Revenue and Parliamentary Affairs, Govt. of Nagaland Shri Neiba Kronu has kindly consented to grace the meeting.

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With immense pride and honor, we the Middle khomi Students’ Union convey our heartiest congratulations to Ms. kusalü Lohe, D/o Mr. Vepocüyi Lohe and Mrs. Duzosülü Lohe, for successfully clearing All India Bar Examination and Achieving the title of ‘Advocate’ and bringing laurels to the community.

The Union applauds her great achievement and wishes her success in all her future endeavor.

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sure “good coordination” with Biden in the call.

“The security and sovereignty of Ukraine or any other European state cannot be a subject for compromise, while it is also legitimate for Russia to pose the question of its own security,” Macron said in an interview with French newspaper Journal du Dimanche published on Sunday Putin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, described Macron’s visit as “very important,” but sought to temper expectations, telling reporters that “the situation is too complex to expect a decisive breakthrough after just one meeting.”

He noted that “the atmosphere has remained

White House officials, who briefed reporters ahead of the meeting on the condition of anonymity. noted that Germany has been a top contributor of non-military aid to Ukraine and has been supportive of the US decision to bolster its troop presence in Poland and Romania to demonstrate its commitment to NATO. On Sunday, German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht raised the possibility that the country could send more troops to Lithuania to reinforce its presence on NATO’s eastern flank.

Biden has ordered additional US troops deployed to Poland, Romania and Germany, and a few dozen elite US troops and equipment were seen landing Sunday in southeastern Poland near the border with Ukraine with hundreds more infantry troops of the 82nd Airborne Division set to arrive.

In 2015, France and Germany helped broker a peace deal for eastern Ukraine in a bid to end the hostilities between Ukrainian forces and Russia-backed separatists that erupted the previous year following the Russian annexation of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula.

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the demands. Macron, who is set to meet in the Kremlin with Russian President Vladimir Putin before visiting Ukraine Tuesday, said last week that his priority is “dialogue with Russia and de-escalation.”

Before heading to Moscow, Macron had a call Sunday with US President Joe Biden. They discussed “ongoing diplomatic and deterrence efforts in response to Russia’s continued military build-up on Ukraine’s borders, and affirmed their support for Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity,” the White House said in a statement.

The French presidency said Macron sought to en-

tense,” adding that the US.and its allies have continued to ignore Moscow’s security demands.

Continuing the highlevel diplomacy, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is set to meet with Biden in Washington Monday for talks also expected to focus on the Ukrainian standoff.

Scholz is set to travel to Kyiv and Moscow on February 14-15. National Security Adviser Sullivan, who spoke in a round of appearances on Sunday talk shows reiterated that the Russian Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline to Germany “will not move forward” if Russia attacks Ukraine. Biden and Scholz are expected to address the pipeline during their White House talk, which will mark their first face-to-face since Scholz became the head of the German government nearly two months ago.

Ahead of the visit, the White House sought to downplay Germany’s refusal to supply lethal weapons to Ukraine, bolster its troop presence in eastern Europe or spell out which sanctions it would support against Russia - moves that have drawn criticism abroad and inside Germany.

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aPPreciaTion Lakhuti Humtsoe Khumshum (LHK) is extremely honoured and shows our appreciation to two of our members for achieving a milestone in their respective careers.

1. k Libanthung Lotha, commissioner Secretary for his induction to the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) 2. M James humtsoe, SP (Border) for his induction to the Indian Police Service (IPS) While acknowledging their achievements LHK wishes them good health and wisdom as they embark on their new responsibilities with renewed vigour and determination for the service of the people.

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Ukrainian army instructors have been holding military training sessions with civilians amid fears of a Russian invasion.

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Leaders meet around the globe hoping to calm Ukraine crisis MOSCOW, FEB 7 (AP): International efforts to defuse the standoff over Ukraine intensified Monday, with French President Emmanuel Macron set to hold talks in Moscow and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Washington to coordinate policies as fears of a Russian invasion mount.

The concentration of an estimated 100,000 Russian troops near Ukraine has fuelled Western worries that it heralds a possible offensive. White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan warned Sunday that Russia could invade Ukraine “any day,” triggering a conflict that would come at an “enormous human cost.”

Russia has denied any plans to attack its neighbour, but is urging the US and its allies to bar Ukraine and other ex-Soviet nations from joining NATO, halt weapons deployments there and roll back NATO forces from Eastern Europe. Washington and NATO have rejected

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bout 40 beheaded skeletons were among 425 bodies found in a late Roman cemetery uncovered by archaeologists in southern England.

The team of around 50 archaeologists made the discovery during an excavation at Fleet Marston, near Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, on the route of the multi-billion pound high-speed rail link that is currently under construction, HS2 said.

Around 10% of the bodies were decapitated.

Many had their heads placed between their legs or next to their feet.

Archaeologists said that one interpretation could be that the decapitated skeletons were criminals or outcasts, although decapitation was a “normal, albeit marginal, burial rite” during the late Roman

Decapitated Roman skeletons found in Buckinghamshire, UK.

period.

Over the next few years, the researchers will study the exhumed skeletons, offering an opportunity to learn more about Roman civilization’s historic lifestyles, diet, and beliefs. “All human remains uncovered will be treated with dignity, care, and respect and our discov-

eries will be shared with the community,” Helen Wass, head of heritage at HS2 Ltd said.

The team also uncovered over 1,200 coins at the site, along with several lead weights indicating that this was an area of trade and commerce. Domestic objects including spoons, pins, and brooches were

New study shows we have breached Earth’s threshold for chemical pollution

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ew human-made chemicals and synthetic pollutants constantly enter production across the world even as many thousands of these chemicals are already circulating throughout the planet.

There’s so many, in fact, that we have crossed a critical threshold that heightens the risk of destabilizing the entire planet’s operating system and posing a clear threat to humanity, scientists say.

There are about 350,000 different types of artificial chemicals currently in the global market, from plastics to pesticides to industrial chemicals like flame retardants and insulators.

While research has shown that many of these chemicals can have deleterious impacts on the natural world and human health, most substances have not been evaluated, with their interactions and impacts not yet understood or entirely unknown.

“The knowledge gaps are massive and we don’t have the tools to understand all of what is being produced or released or [what is] having effects,” Bethanie Carney Almroth, an ecotoxicologist and microplastics researcher from the University of Gothenburg in Sweden, told Mongabay in a video

interview. “We just don’t know. So we try to look at what we do know and add up all these little puzzle pieces to get a big picture.”

As scientists endeavor to identify and understand the impacts of chemicals and other artificial substances — referred to en masse as “novel entities” — industries are pumping them out at a staggering rate.

The global production of chemicals has increased fiftyfold since 1950, and this is expected to triple by 2050, according to a report published by the European Environment Agency.

While some novel entities are regulated by governmental bodies and international agreements, many can be produced without any restrictions or controls.

The mismatch between the rapid rate at which novel entities are being produced, compared to the snail’s pace at which gover nments assess risk and monitor impacts — leaving society largely flying blind as to chemical threats — is what prompted Carney Almroth and colleagues to make a weighty argument in a new paper published in Science and Technology: that we have breached the “planetary boundary” for novel entities, endangering the stability of the planet

we call home.

While change is urgently needed to mitigate the impacts of novel entities, Carney Almroth said such an industrial paradigm shift would require a “massive overhaul of systemic societal structures.”

Industries that produce novel entities are “supported by the fact that we require constant economic growth,” she said.

“This is one of the ways that they’ve been able to keep producing and using chemicals, even in the face of toxicity data, because they can show that it can grow economies, provide jobs, provide materials and so on and so forth.”

Despite the enormity of the problem, there may be opportunities for change in the near future. For instance, there are calls to form an international panel on chemical pollution, similar to those institutions focused on biodiversity and climate, such as the IUCN or the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). In February and March, the U.N. Environment Assembly (UNEA) will also be meeting in Nairobi, Kenya, to discuss a number of environmental issues, including whether to mandate a new global treaty on plastics.

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found, as well as gaming dice and bells which suggest gambling and religious activity took place there too. The Romans ruled Britain from 43AD to 410AD. “The excavation is significant in both enabling a clear characterization of this Roman town but also a study of many of its inhabitants,” Richard Brown, Senior Project Manager for COPA said.

Fleet Marston is one of more than 100 archaeological sites that have been unearthed since 2018 as the construction of the HS2 line running from London to Birmingham has been developed.

Archaeologists have been able to uncover rich details about life in Roman Britain, nearly two thousand years ago, through their excavation work.

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Akshay refuses to go on Kapil Sharma’s Show

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ollywood actor Akshay Kumar is upset that a clip from comedian Kapil Sharma’s show was allegedly leaked on the internet, despite his request for it to be removed.

Kumar and Sharma appear to be at odds, and the promotion of Sajid Nadiadwala’s upcoming Kumar-starrer ‘Bachchan Pandey’, which is set for a Holi release on March 18, appears to have been caught in the middle, as per a report by HIndustan Times.

According to sources, it all began when Kumar appeared on Sharma’s show ‘The Kapil Sharma Show’ recently. The comedian inquired about an interview he had with a “famous personality” in which Kumar inquired about his favourite way to eat mangoes. He was allegedly referring to an interview the actor had with Prime Minister Modi a few years ago. The ensuing squabble was caused by a clip of this exchange between the two.

“Akshay took all of Kapil’s jokes head-on but the dig on the PM interview seemed to mock the dignity of such a high office. So Akshay requested the channel to not air that question.

It is a right of the guests to make such a request as the show is not live.

The channel agreed, but the said scene was leaked on the internet soon after,” says the source.

How climate change will shift farming landscape for coffee, cashews and avocados

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ome countries that grow coffee, cashews and avocados will see the amount of land best suited to these crops shrink because of climate change, highlighting the need to plan adaptations now, according to new work published today in the journal PLOS One. The crops we eat depend on a variety of soil and climate conditions to grow, and climate change is expected to affect both temperature and rainfall in many areas around the world. Previous research has looked at how crops would be affected by these changes, and the findings spell trouble for some crops, including coffee. To find out where the best growing conditions for coffee, cashews and avocados are today, environmental systems scientist Roman Grüter and his colleagues combined information about what conditions these crops prefer with maps of current climate data and K Y M C

different soil or land types.

Then, by incorporating climate models, they predicted where conditions would improve and where they would decline. The final maps were precise enough that Grüter, affiliated with the Zurich University of Applied Sciences and an author of the new study, could zoom in to less than a square kilometer in resolution.

As earlier studies had suggested, the researchers found that the global area suitable for producing coffee will decrease. The new study was the first to look at cashews and avocados on

a global scale, and it found that the areas suited to growing cashews may actually increase, while avocados are predicted to lose much of their best-suited land but may see an increase in areas of moderate suitability.

Beyond the global picture, however, Grüter’s maps show how individual countries or areas -- and the farmers who live there -- may be affected. For example, Brazil may gain farmland well-suited for cashews while Venezuela may lose it. Meanwhile, most of the coffee-growing areas in Vietnam may decline in

suitability, while China may see increases. Even within a country’s borders, there may be shifts, including changes in the areas of Mexico best suited to avocados.

The crops in the study are important sources of income for farmers around the world, especially farmers with less than five acres of land. Many people may see their personal farms and livelihoods affected. Planning for how to adapt should start now, said Grüter. For instance, countries could try to help smallholder farmers by breeding or planting new varieties adapted for higher temperatures or drought.

“I think it’s important to invest not only in modeling, but also now really invest in adaptation strategies,” said Grüter. He said he also thinks countries should include the affected farmers in decision-making.

“Take the farmers on board from the beginning,” he said.

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n Instagram, veteran singer Asha Bhosle shared an unreleased childhood photo with her late sister, Lata Mangeshkar. Mangeshkar, who was 92 years old when she died, died of multiorgan failure on Sunday.

“Bachpan ke din bhi kya din the,” Bhosle wrote alongside a childhood photo of the two of them. Didi and I (oh, what wonderful days we had as children).” Bhosle is seated at a table with Mangeshkar standing beside her in the photo. ‘Bachpan Ke Din’ by Bhosle plays in the background. “Love you Aaji,” actor Hrithik Roshan wrote in response to the post. Zanai Bhosle, Bhosle’s granddaughter, shared an emotional post with a photo as well, “Humko mili hai aaj yeh ghadiyaan bahut naseeb se, thank you for the music, thank you for the love, hope I can make you proud too much lost but god has gained the nightingale of India.

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Bruce Springsteen releases recording from 1st Solo Tour In 1995

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r uce Springsteen released the live album Tower Theater 1995 today captured on December 9, 1995 in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania on Bruce’s first solo tour, which came in support of his album The Ghost Of Tom Joad. Bruce shared audio of Joad’s “Galveston Bay” to preview the live record.

In early 1995, rumors abounded of a full-blown E Street Band reunion tour.

The famed band had not toured extensively with The Boss since the late 1980s. While the group did reconvene in the studio in early ‘95 for new songs on Springsteen’s Greatest Hits as well as coming together for a few events, Bruce had other plans for the rest of the year and began recording his solo LP The Ghost Of Tom Joad, drawing its title from the protagonist of John Steinbeck’s 1939 novel, The Grapes

Of Wrath.

In his essay on the new Tower Theatre 1995 recording, Erik Flannigan likens Joad to Springsteen’s first solo album, 1982’s Nebraska, although he also notes some key differences.

Along with the aforementioned Nebraska cut “Mansion On The Hill,” Tower Theater 1995 sees Bruce performing all 12 songs off The Ghost Of Tom Joad including the title track to open along with “Adam Raised A Cain,”

“Sinaloa Cowboys,” rarity “The New Timer” and more. Springsteen also offered stripped-down versions of classics like “Blinded By The Light” (tour debut) “Born In The U.S.A,” “Darkness On The Edge Of Town” and more. Bruce delivered the final two songs from Joad, “Galveston Bay” and “My Best Was Never Good Enough,” as the final two songs of the Upper Darby concert.

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Excess weight may accelerate brain aging I t is widely known that excess body weight is associated with many health conditions. Now, researchers have found an association between adiposity — having too much fatty tissue in the body — and cognitive impairment.

At the start of a new study, which appears in JAMA Network Open, Canadian researchers determined the adiposity of more than 9,000 participants. They measured both total body fat and visceral adipose tissue (VAT) — the fat that predominantly sits around organs in the abdominal cavity.

Previous studies have associated VAT, or visceral fat, with increased morbidity and a higher mortality risk. Visceral fat increases the risk of many conditions, such as: • Heart disease, including heart attacks • Type 2 diabetes • Raised blood pressure • Stroke • Breast and colorectal cancer • Alzheimer’s disease This latest study suggests that excess fat may have mental as well as physical effects.

All participants undertook two cognitive tests — the Digital Symbol Substitution Test (DSST) and the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) — to assess a range of cognitive

functions.

The researchers adjusted the scores for cardiovascular risk factors, educational level, and MRIdetected vascular brain injury, which is known to be associated with cognitive impairment.

The researchers found that higher total body fat and higher VAT were both significantly associated with lower DSST and MoCA scores. The association was greater on the DSST, which assesses processing speed, than on the MoCA, which is a multidimensional cognitive test.

Compared with those in the lowest quartile (25%) of adiposity, the performance of those in the highest quartile was equivalent to an additional 3 years of cognitive aging.

These results are not unexpected, as Dr. Anton Porsteinsson, professor and director of the Alzheimer’s Disease Care, Research and Education Program (AD-CARE) at the University of Rochester Medical Center, told Medical News Today: “It is well-known that greater adiposity and body fat are associated with increased cardiovascular risk factors and that those are associated with increased risk of cognitive decline.

This cross-sectional study found that excess adiposity was a risk factor for reduced cognitive scores, indepen-

New device purifies water with static electricity

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tatic electricity leapt from powering party tricks to batteries a mere decade ago, when scientists learned to repurpose the process behind doorknob shocks for deployable electricity. Recent advances in the technology may ultimately improve access to clean water, though not without some upgrades.

Since the invention of the triboelectric nanogenerator, which harnesses static electricity to power a circuit, researchers have investigated dozens of potential applications -- from footstep-powered f loor lights to self-sterilizing face masks. Now, Guangqin Gu

and his colleagues at Henan University in China have developed a device that uses the same principle to kill microorganisms in water -- a process that could eventually help produce clean drinking water in remote areas. The team published their results in July in the journal Nanotechnology.

Around 600 B.C., ancient Greek philosophers noticed that after rubbing fur on amber, the fossilized sap attracted lightweight objects.

Centuries later, scientists attributed the phenomenon to the triboelectric effect, or static electricity (derived from the Greek word for “amber”).

dent of cardiovascular risk factors, educational level, and MRI-detected vascular brain injury.”

This study reinforces findings from a previous study of older adults in Dublin, which found an association between adiposity, particularly central adiposity, and reduced cognitive function.

The authors suggest that inflammation may play a role in cognitive impairment in those with overweight or obesity. One recent study involving more than 15,000 individuals found high levels of plasma C-reactive protein, an inflammatory marker, in those with a high BMI and a high waist-hip ratio.

D r. Po r s t e i n s s o n agreed with this suggestion, saying, “Systemic inflammation and glucose intolerance emerge as lead suspects.”

Dr. Laird also supports inflammation having a role. He said, “Proinflammatory cytokines from adipose tissue could also potentially be contributing to tissue damage via inflammation.”

Hypertension and reduced blood flow There are also other potential mechanisms. For example, “Adiposity can often go hand in hand with other chronic conditions, such as hypertension, which could be a separate mechanism,” Dr. Laird told MNT.

“Obesity could be associated with reduced blood flow to the brain, which may increase the risk of vascular microcellular damage, which could lead to [a] reduction in cognitive test score,” he added. In another study, which Dr. Laird co-authored, scientists found that a 1-centimeter increase in waist size gave the same reduction in blood flow as 1 year of aging.

This study confirms previous findings that overweight and obesity are associated with cognitive impairment, so what can people do to help combat this?

Dr. Porsteinsson suggested several measures that may help: “Weight loss, exercise (both aerobic and resistance training), control of diabetes/glucose intolerance, or speed of processing cognitive training are a few that come to mind.”

Citing study findings that those with a high BMI or high waist-hip ratio who did little physical activity had significantly lower cerebral blood flow, Dr. Laird added: “Since physical activity could potentially moderate obesity/blood flow associations, this [increasing physical activity] may be a cost effective and relatively easy way to help mitigate the negative impact of obesity.”

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KANDI THEOLOGICAL FELLOWSHIP (KTF) FELICITATION The Kandi Theological Fellowship with immense pride and honour would like to congratulate Dr. Mary Kath, D/o Lt. Lukiya Kath and Mrs. Yasale Kath on being conferred Doctorate of Theology (D.Th) under Senate of Serampore University from the United Theological College, Bangalore on the topic ‘A Feminist Theological Reconstruction of Tribal Migrant Women Workers of North East India’.

The Fellowship wishes her great success in her future endeavors Nonjilo Kath Haimuya Kath President, KTF Gen. Secretary, KTF

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Lotha Football C’ship: Friends Leverkusen upset Dortmund in Bundesliga 11th Club and Longsa SA enter semis

Bayer Leverkusen’ Robert Andrich celebrates with teammates after scoring against Borussia Dortmund during the Bundesliga match.

control of the proceedings and made it 4-1 on the scoreboards as Dortmund couldn’t clear a corner allowing Jonathan Tah to artistically hammer the ball into the roof of the net with 53 minutes gone.

Things went from bad to worse for uninspired Dor tmund after Frimpong’s cross the second post found Moussa

Diaby, who established a 5-1 advantage left-footed from close range in the 87th minute.

The hosts showed a sign of life in the closing stages as substitute Steffen Tigges benefitted from Youssoufa Moukoko’s good build-up work to reduce the arrears.

“It is a bitter defeat.

We never gained a foothold

Speed skating-Wust finds magic touch to claim record sixth gold

into the encounter. It is a deser ved victory for Leverkusen,” Borussia Dortmund’s head coach Marco Rose said. We utilised most of our chances, scored nice goals and showed great ballwinning. In the table we look down to ensure we stay in the top four,” Bayer Leverkusen’s head coach Gerado Seoane said.

KOHIMA, FEB 8 (NPN): NASA ‘A’ emerged as the winner of the 63rd Northern Angami Sports Association (NASA) meet with 76 medals comprising 31 gold, 25 silver and 20 bronze on Monday in Kohima.

NASA ’D’ secured second position with 6 gold and 5 bronze. NASA ‘C’ won 5 gold, 4 silver and 4 bronze and NASA ‘B’ secured 2 gold, 10 silver and 3 bronze.

Kezhaseluo-o Pienyü emerged as the champion under senior’s wrestling and walked home with the title and cash prize Participants of 63rd NASA sports meet during the money of Rs. 80,000 concluding day at local ground Kohima. (NP) while Menuolelie Chüpuo (C) secured first position 1st Death anniversary under junior’s category who received a cash prize of Lt. Dr. atopu G. Kiba of Rs. 20,000.

Under men’s category, Dzieselatuo Keretsü stood second with Rs. 50,000, f o l l o w e d b y Ke v i s e r Dzüvichü winning Rs. 30,000 and Kezhavizo Thevo in fourth with cash prize of Rs. 20,000.

Under junior’s w r e s t l i n g c a t e g o r y, Kevisonei-u Üsou (C) 28.09.1992 – 08.02.2021 secured second and r e c e i ve d R s. 1 5 , 0 0 0 , You touched hundreds of lives while you lived, third and four th were And you live through your good deeds even though you are no more.

Kevisazolie Solo (A) and A year has passed since you left us, yet your memories still linger on.

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M e n’s a t h l e t i c individual winner was bagged by Neiketoulie Belho (3 gold, 1 bronze) while women’s

Collingwood appointed Eng’s interim coach

51st Chakhroma wrestling meet on February 10 in Dimapur

LONDON, FEB 7 (IANS): Paul Collingwood has been appointed as England’s interim men’s head coach for the 3-match Test series against the West Indies in March. Collingwood was serving as the assistant coach to Chris Silverwood, who left his role as head coach last week after England’s 4-0 Ashes defeat by Australia.

Apart from Silverwood, Ashley Giles and Graham Thorpe lost their jobs as men’s managing director and batting coach respectively.

Paul took charge of England team when they lost the T20I series to Indies 3-2 last month. Currently, Paul, a former England all-rounder, is taking a break in Barbados before joining the England team arriving in Antigua on February 25.

DIMAPUR, FEB 7 (NPN): The 51st Chakhroma wrestling meet 2022 organised by the Chakhroma Youth Organization (CYO) will be held on February 10 at DDSC Stadium Dimapur.

Advisor, Sericulture, E xc i s e a n d M i n o r i t y Affairs, Government of Nagaland, Zhaleo Rio will grace the occasion as the special guest.

The release stated that to uphold the significance of the brotherhood pledge amongst the Wester n Sumi Sports Association ( W S S A ) , We s t e r n C h a k h e s a n g Yo u t h Organization (WCYO) and Chakhroma Youth Organization(CYO), VP, NDPP Central Youth Organisation, Vikato S

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Aye representing Sumi community, president Tenyimia Union Forum, D i m a p u r, Ve k h o s a y i N ye k h a r e p r e s e n t i n g Chakhesang community and president Naga Tribal Hoho Forum, Dimapur, Zhato Kimho representing Angami community will grace the event as patrons of the day.

It added that selection for athletic events and indoor games will be conducted at Vidya Bhawan and Greenwood Hr. Sec. School respectively on Febr uar y 9 for the upcoming Angami Sports Association (ASA) meet 2022 which is scheduled to be held from February 14 to 19.

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DIMAPUR, FEB 7 (NPN): Tour nament favourites Friends Club Wokha Village beat Lower ‘E’ Khel Wokha village by 3-2 in a close encounter match played at local ground Wokha in the first quarter finals match of the ongoing 11th Lotha Football Championship 2022 organised by Wokha District Football Association.

Eshong early two goals in the 11th and 31st minutes gave Lower ‘E’ Khel a lead,

but Friends Club came back strong later in the match where Aloumai and tournament highest scorer Lironthung found the equaliser for Friends Club Wokha Village in the 34th and 48th minutes of the game. Own goal from James Tsanglao in the 77th minute shattered the hope of Lower ‘E’ Khel to enter the semi-finals.

In the second quarter finals match which played between Longsa Sports Association and Englan

Range Football Club, Longsa SA won the match by 3-0, Pur-Sunep netted two goals in the 24th and 79th minutes while Iteibabe added one more goal in the 41st minute for Longsa SA. OC Police Station Wokha, Chenithung Kikon, will grace the 3rd quarters finals match as the match Patron on February 8.

TUESDAY’S MATCH 3rd quarters - NRSA Vs Tsumang Football Club 4th quarters - A1 Tsungiki Vs Titans XI

individual champion by Dziesengunuo Solo (3 gold, 1 bronze).

Senior category quar ter-finalists were Vizakietuo Suohu, M e nu o s e t u o Yi e s e, S e y i e t e i s o Ru t s a a n d Neizosetuo Kire and under junior category quarter finalists were Rüdilhou S i t e, V i v o r R i o a n d Keneilhoulie Pielie.

All quarter finalists under U-16 received Rs 3000, each. The games started on February 3 and 4 at IG Stadium, Kohima while Naga wrestling wrapped up on February 7 at Khuochiezhie (Kohima local ground).

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I was too nervous to watch because I know Miho is a really great skater especially on the 1500m,” Wust said.

Takagi star ted strongly, shaving three tenths of a second off Wust’s first lap, but by the 700m mark she had dropped behind and failed to close the gap.

As Wust cried and hugged team mates in joy, her rival appeared resigned.

“How I raced today?

U m . . . ,” Ta k a g i s a i d , lost for words at a news conference.

“I think today’s race is the result of the very best that I can do right now,” she said, her voice

wavering slightly.

Takagi claimed silver for the second successive Olympics in 1:53.72 and another Dutchwoman, Antoinette de Jong, took bronze in 1:54.82.

Wust won 11 medals over four previous Games since her Olympic debut in Turin in 2006.

“Words can’t describe her class. I mean, she’s the greatest of all time as her performance shows,” said American Brittany Bowe, who finished 10th.

“Another Olympic gold medal in Olympic record fashion. I’m honoured to have competed against her for so many years and even more so to call her a friend.”

Match in action between Friends Club and Lower ‘E’ Khel during the quarter final match.

NASA ‘A’ emerges 63rd NASA meet champions

BEIJING, FEB 7 (AGENCIES): Ireen Wust became the most successful Olympic speed skater in history with 12 medals on Monday after sweeping round the Beijing oval to retain her title and win gold in the Winter Games 1,500 metres by just under half a second.

Victor y put the Netherlands’ most decorated Olympian ahead of Germany’s Claudia Pechstein, who won five skating golds, and tied her with USSR skater Lidia Skoblikova who won six.

Wust’s 12 medals also put her joint third on the list for most podium finishes for men or women at the Winter Olympics.

“This is just amazing.

There’s a lot of different emotions going through my mind right now. I mean, it’s just bizarre that I was able to pull it off once again... I just have no words for it,” Wust said.

“There’s something magical that gets to me when it comes down to the Games. There’s something at the Games that brings out the best in me.”

The reigning champion set the pace with an Olympic record time of 1:53.28, then waited anxiously with her head in her hands as world record holder Miho Takagi of Japan failed to match it in the final race.

“She had to skate the last pair, so I was really nervous because I thought

Ireen Wust

Elsewhere, struggling Wo l f s b u r g e n d e d i t s losing run and returned to winning ways after easing 5-1 past last-placed Greuther Furth. Aster Vranckx’s brace paved the way for the “Wolves” seventh win of the campaign.

Meanwhile, Bayern Munich custodian Manuel Neuer will be sidelined for several weeks after undergoing knee surgery, the German record champions announced via the club’s official homepage on Sunday.

B a y e r n’s N o. 1 successfully underwent surgery on his right knee joint and will be out of action for the upcoming weeks. “All of us at the club and the whole team wish Manuel a speedy recovery. We are sure that he will soon be in top form with us again,” Bayern Munich’s sporting director Hasan Salihamidzic said.

The 35-year-old goalie has large shares on Saturday’s 3-2 victory over resilient Leipzig after diffusing five promising opportunities to equal Oliver Kahn’s Bundesliga record of 310 league wins.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

(15 each from Group A, B, C and D) and 40 wrestlers in junior category (10 each from Group A, B, C and D) will be participating at the event.

The prize money for senior category will be Rs. 80,000/- for the winner; Rs. 50,000/- for second position; Rs. 40,000/- for third position and Rs. 30,000/- for the fourth place.

In junior category, the winner will pocket a cash of Rs. 20,000/-, second Rs. 15,000/-, third Rs. 10,000/- and fourth place will receive a cash amount of Rs. 7,000/-. The quarter finalists in senior category will receive Rs. 5000/while quarter finalists in junior category will receive Rs. 2000/-.

We, the bereaved family members of Lt. er. temsu Jamir (Chuchuyimlang) express our deepest gratitude to each individuals, friends and well wishers who stood by us and supported us in prayers, physically and financially at his demise on 02.02.2022.

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BERLIN, FEB 7 (IANS): Bor ussia Dor tmund suffered a setback in the title race after third-placed Bayer Leverkusen clinched a stunning 5-2 victory at the closing of the 21st round on Sunday.

The game started with an own goal from each team in the opening stages.

D o r t m u n d ’s M a n u e l Akanji deflected a parry into the wrong goal to give Leverkusen the lead in the 11th minute before Jeremie Frimpong flicked on a Dortmund free-kick over his goalkeeper Lennart Grill to level the scores five minutes later.

Both sides remained dangerous in front of the target, but Leverkusen was a menace on counterattacks and took the lead in the 20th minute when Florian Wi r t z f i n i s h e d o f f a combination via Karim Bellarabi, Xinhua reports.

Dortmund couldn’t answer and was two goals behind at the half-hour mark as Robert Andrich drilled a free-kick from the edge of the box into the near post corner to stun BVB’s custodian Gregor Kobel.

Even after the restart, Leverkusen remained in

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Late a. Bendang Jamir 02.10.1962 – 03.02.2022 As we mourn the sudden demise of our dearly beloved mr. a. Bendang Jamir (Mopungchuket Village) who was taken from us on 3rd February 2022 by our Creator. We, the bereaved family would like to convey our heartfelt gratitude and appreciation to our neighbors, Sungkomen Baptist Church, doctors and nurses of Lenjem Hospital, Mopungchuket Union Mokokchung, Anentzübo Yimden and to each and every one who stood with us through prayers, wake service and burial, also physical presence extending emotional, material and financial support at this difficult time. For those who telephoned, travelled long distance and sent floral tributes and condolences, had comforted us during our time of irreparable loss. It is our prayer that our Almighty Father reward you in His Magnificence Loving wife, children and relatives mkc-51/22 K Y M C

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Senegal wins first-ever Africa Cup of Nations title Women’s IPL to start ‘soon’: BCCI secy

YA O U N D E , F E B 7 ( AG E N C I E S ) : S a d i o Mane showed braver y and mental strength in putting behind him an early squandered penalty to power Senegal to their first African title and bring to an exciting close a troubled tournament in Cameroon.

Mane had a seventh minute penalty saved in Sunday’s final against Eg ypt at the Olembe Stadium in Yaounde, a missed opportunity that could have proven costly as the game continued through extra time to a penalty shootout after a goalless stalemate.

But he put the trauma behind him to step up and take the decisive kick in the post-match shootout to see his country to a 4-2 win on penalties.It was as much as Senegal deserved as they dominated the final, living up to their pre-tournament billing as favourites and confirming their ranking as the continent’s top team.

It was a first Cup of Nations success for the West African country after

Senegal’s players celebrate after winning the African Cup of Nations 2022 final soccer match against Egypt at the Ahmadou Ahidjo stadium in Yaounde, Cameroon.

two lost finals in 2002 and 2019. Senegal were barely tested in the tournament, bizarrely scoring a single goal in the group stage - a last-minute Mane penalty in their opening game against Zimbabwe - and yet finishing top of their group.

They then overcame the Cape Verde Islands, Equatorial Guinea and Burkina Faso to get to the final, while Egypt had a particularly tough run.

They went into extra time in each of their knockout rounds, two of them won on post-match penalties. Their fatigue going into the final was all too evident, exacerbated by another match that went on past the 90-minute mark.

It is the second tournament in three editions that Egypt have f i n i s h e d r u n n e r s - u p, the defeat in Sunday’s final reducing captain

Mohamed Salah to tears.

The 33rd edition o f A f r i c a ’s f avo u r e d sports event will be most remembered, however, for the deadly stadium crush when Cameroon meet the Comoros Islands in the second round, with eight killed and seven seriously injured amid lax security.

Eyewitnesses reported police standing by as spectators rushed to try and push into the Olembe stadium, which

was closed for one match thereafter while the Confederation of African Football sought guarantees of better security from local authorities.

CAF str uggled to keep organisation of the event on track, postponing it in 2019 when Cameroon wa s f o u n d t o b e n o t ready and replaced as hosts by Eg ypt. Even with a further 12-month postponement from 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a rush to complete works and further discussions over whether to cancel the event.

It went ahead after Cameroon government guarantees but CFA found pitches in poor condition and general organisation tardy. The event was hit further by coronavirus outbreaks among most of the teams, as well as onerous conditions on spectators which brought poor attendance.

The next Africa Cup of Nations will be hosted in the Ivory Coast in mid2023.

NEW DELHI, FEB 7 (AGENCIES): A fullfledged women’s Indian Premier League (IPL) could begin as early as next year, with the Indian cricket board (BCCI) saying it is working on delivering the tournament “soon”.

A three-team Women’s T20 Challenge is staged alongside the men’s IPL, but many believe women deserve their own expanded tour nament with more teams and players.

The Women’s T20 Challenge will continue t h i s ye a r, b u t B C C I secretary Jay Shah said things would change soon.

“I want to assure you that BCCI is not only sincere but is taking all necessary steps to start a full-fledged women’s league similar to the IPL soon,” Shah told Reuters in an email.

“The huge interest among fans and players towards the women’s T 2 0 C h a l l e n ge i s a n encouraging sign and we are all committed to making it happen.”

Jay Shah

The entire 2020 edition of the league and the second half of last year’s tournament were held in the United Arab Emirates as India grappled w i t h t h e C OV I D - 1 9 pandemic.

This year’s IPL will begin in the last week or March and Shah was confident of staging the 10-team league in India.

“The circumstances were different in the last couple of years, and we managed to kee p the show going under difficult circumstances by shifting it to the UAE. “The BCCI is keeping a close watch on the COVID-19 situation in the country and if it is

conducive, we will stage the event in India this year and I am pretty hopeful about that.”

The board would take a “wait and watch approach” on the presence of spectators, depending on COVID-19 guidelines, he said.

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ramiz Raja has mooted an annual T20 tournament also featuring India, England and Australia.

Expanding the game wa s m o r e i m p o r t a n t than such a “commercial initiative”, Shah said.

“With the IPL window expanding and the ICC (global) events every year in the cycle, our primary responsibility is to safeguard bilateral cricket at home, with emphasis on test cricket,” he added.

“I am also looking forward to seeing cricket at the Olympics, as that will help the game grow.

“Expansion of the sport is a challenge that our game faces and we must prioritise it over any short-term commercial initiative.”

Embiid on form as Philadelphia 76ers Scotland in joint bid for Euro Sharmila reveals how Lata raised end losing run with victory over Bulls 2028 with UK and Ireland Rs 20 lakh for 1983 WC-winning team

EDINBURGH, FEB 7 for the 2030 World Cup. (IANS): Scotland have “The feasibility study joined forces with England, included an analysis of Wales, Northern Ireland the economic impact, the and Ireland in a bid to land political football landscape, hosting duties for Euro and likely costs of hosting 2028. major international “ T h e f o o t b a l l tournaments. On balance, associations of England, the five associations have Northern Ireland, Scotland, decided to focus solely Wales and the Republic on an official bid to host of Ireland have agreed UEFA EURO 2028, and to focus on a bid to host have agreed not to bid for UEFA EURO 2028, the the 2030 FIFA World Cup,” third-largest sports event in said the statement. the world,” a joint statement “It would be an honour read. A statement from and a privilege to collectively the five association boards host UEFA EURO 2028 and insists a “similar return on to welcome all of Europe. It investment” will be brought would also be a wonderful in with a “far lower delivery opportunity to demonstrate cost”, thenational.scot, the true impact of hosting reported on Monday. a wo r l d - c l a s s f o o t b a l l W h i l e t h e b i d t o tour nament by driving Philadelphia 76ers’s Joel Embiid shoot during the NBA match against Chicago Bulls. host Euro 2028 has been positive change and leaving launched, the nations have a lasting legacy across our PHILADELPHIA, FEB 7 thanks to Nikola Jokic’s 27 while Robert Covington agreed not to submit a bid communities.

(AGENCIES): Joel Embiid points, while Will Barton added 13 after the pair were reached the 40-point mark added a further 21 on traded from the Portland for the seventh time this another frustrating night Trail Blazers, but it was not season as he helped the for Brooklyn, who have enough to stop the Clippers Philadelphia 76ers beat the suffered eight successive losing for the third time in Chicago Bulls 119-108. defeats. five matches.

LONDON, FEB 7 (IANS): Jurgen Klopp has warned He made 10 rebounds Ky r i e I r v i n g t o p The Houston Rockets Liverpool’s attacking stars, Mohamed Salah and Sadio and two blocked shots, scored with 27 points for were beaten 120-107 by Mane, saying he won’t play favourites as the competition while Tobias Harris added the visitors, who were the New Orleans Pelicans, in the team is now red hot.

23 points as the Sixers missing Kevin Durant. while the Boston Celtics “First line-up, run your socks off and play as good as ended a two-game losing G i a n n i s thumped the Orlando you can for as long as you can. If you can’t do it anymore, streak.

Antetokounmpo was once Magic 116-83. another player has to be there to replace you and do the D e M a r D e R o z a n again the key man as the The Dallas Mavericks same job -- if possible, even better because he is fresher. starred for the Bulls with Milwaukee Bucks clinched came out on top 103-94 That’s the idea behind it,” Klopp was quoted as saying by 45 points, nine rebounds a 137-113 victory over against the Atlanta Hawks, mirror.co.uk Luis Diaz caught the eye in their FA Cup and seven assists. the Los Angeles Clippers, w h i l e t h e M i n n e s o t a fourth-round win over Cardiff with an assist for Takumi Elsewhere, the Denver t a k i n g 2 8 p o i n t s, 1 0 Timberwolves won 118- Minamino’s goal while Harvey Elliott marked his return Nuggets beat the Brooklyn rebounds and five assists.

105 against the Detroit after five months out injured with a superb strike. The Nets 124-104.

N o r m a n P o w e l l Pistons and the Cleveland signing of Diaz and impressive return from injury of Elliott Denver won for the matched Antetokounmpo’s Cavaliers beat the Indiana for Liverpool has prompted Klopp to acknowledge he will pick the team on form, not on the previous record. first time in three games total on his Clippers debut, Pacers 98-85.

Klopp sends Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah Liverpool warning

Lata Mangeshkar with Rajiv Gandhi and 1983 World Cup-winning team. (File)

MUMBAI, FEB 7 (IANS): Veteran Bollywood actor and wife of late India cricket captain, Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, S h a r m i l a Ta g o r e h a s revealed that legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar -- who died on February 6 at 92 years of age -- had raised Rs. 20 lakh for the 1983 World Cup-winning team.

The actor said that at that time the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) was not a lucrative body and they didn’t have funds to felicitate the players. “ S h e ( L a t a Mangeshkar) was very fond of cricket. In 1983, when we won the World Cup, she raised funds with her brother (Hridaynath Mangeshkar). They raised Rs. 20 lakh for the Indian cricket team and they got

Rs. one lakh lakh each,” Tagore told Aaj Tak on Sunday.

“At that time, BCCI didn’t have that much money. Even for Goa, with Sudhir Phadke saab (who was involved in Goa Freedom Movement), they did a concert for Goa Liberation and she contributed to that also,” added Tagore.

A member of the 1983 World Cup-winning team, Kirti Azad, fondly recollected his association with the great singer, posting a black-and-white image of the side with Lata Mangeshkar standing just behind the trophy at the Indira Gandhi Stadium in New Delhi flanked by captain Kapil Dev and Mohinder Amarnath.

Azad wrote, “Lata Didi we will miss you. The entire victorious World

Cup team of 83 will never forget your contribution to the team. Your Lata M a n ge s h k a r n i g h t a t Indraprastha Stadium, now IGI stadium, Delhi to collect funds for the team. #LataMangeshkar. We are indebted to you for life.”

BCCI president Sourav Ganguly expressed his amazement at how Lata Mangeshkar’s voice never seemed to grow old and jaded in his tweet mourning the passing of the Nightingale.

Ganguly tweeted: “RIP ... Bharat Ratna ... A very sad day for all Indians ... when u speak of talent she was one of the greatest and rarest the country has seen ... hard to believe that 20 yr lady is no more ... well her voice sounded like that every time... lots of respect and love... be in peace wherever u are.”

Real Madrid move six points clear as Sevilla held; Barcelona beat Atletico Madrid M A D R I D, F E B 7 (IANS): Marco Arsenio’s excellent 74th-minute goal gave Real Madrid a 1-0 win at home to Granada.

The forward’s powerful shot into the corner of the Granada goal gave Madrid a win they deserved for an improved second-half display after an even first 45 minutes, and moves them six points clear at the top of La Liga.

Real Madrid were without Vinicius Jr and Karim Benzema on Sunday night and in the first half they struggled without the Frenchman.

FC Barcelona moved into fourth place in La Liga after a thrilling 4-2 win over Atletico Madrid in the Camp Nou Stadium.

Atletico opened the scoring after a neat combination between Luis Suarez and Yannick Carrasco saw the Belgian beat Marc Andre Ter Stegen after just eight minutes, but Barca were quickly level after

Real Madrid’s Marco Asensio celebrates after scoring during a Spanish La Liga Barcelona’s Dani Alves (centre) celebrates with team mates after scoring their side soccer match between Real Madrid and Granada, Sunday. (AP/PTI) goal against Atletico Madrid.

Jordi Alba’s volley just two minutes later.

Adama Traore was enjoying a happy return to Camp Nou and his pace was vital as he beat Mario Her moso in the 22nd minute to cross from Gavi to head in Barca’s second and just before halftime Barca breached Atletico’s

defence a third time, Xinhua reports. Gerard Pique headed against the bar and after Ferran Torres was unable to turn the ball in, Ronald Araujo provided the finish to make it 3-1.

Dani Alves rif led a loose ball home from outside of the penalty area

to make it 4-1 in the 49th minute after Atletico again failed to clear a ball into their area. Luis Suarez then nodded Atletico back into the game and Atletico’s chances of getting a point increased when Alves was then sent off for putting his studs into the back of Carrasco’s calf.

The game got increasingly bad-tempered with several bad challenges but Barca held on while Atletico will be worried about new signing Daniel Wass who looked to suffer a knee injury in a bad challenge from Torres.

Villarreal continue their climb up the table

with a 2-0 win away to third-placed Betis thanks to a Pau Torres header just before halftime with Etienne Capoue sealing the win with seven minutes left to play.

Valencia rested several first-team regulars ahead of their forthcoming Copa del Rey semifinal in Bilbao

on February 11 for their 0-0 draw at home to Real Sociedad in a match that had more chances than the final score suggests.

Osasuna goalkeeper Sergio Herrera saved Ivan Rakitic’s 92nd-minute penalty to hold second place Sevilla to a 0-0 draw in the El Sadar Stadium.

A draw was a fair result as Sevilla looked flat against a well-organised home side and the result sees them lose ground on Real Madrid.

Two goals from Brais Mendez gave Celta a 2-0 home win against Rayo Vallecano, who made had several changes to their team ahead of next week’s Copa del Rey semifinal.

Two controversial penalties helped Mallorca to a win in their relegation duel against Cadiz, with the spot-kicks taken by Silva Sevilla and new signing Vedat Muriqi overturning Ruben Alcaraz’s seventhminute goal for Cadiz.

Elche made it five games without defeat as they came back from conceding a goal to Joselu to beat Alaves 3-1. Pere Milla netted twice after the break and Fidel added a third with five minutes left to play as Elche extended Alaves winless run to 11 matches.

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