February 20, 2021

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NLA passes `22,816.61 cr budget `365.33 Cr deficit for 2021-22; to close at `2679.46 Cr

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KOHIMA, FEB 19 (NPN): Nagaland Legislative Assembly (NLA) passed the Rs 22,816.61-crore budget for the fiscal 2021-2022 by voice vote on the concluding day of the seventh session of 13th Assembly here on Friday.

Leader of the House and chief minister Neiphiu Rio, who also holds the finance portfolio, presented the budget on Thursday with an estimated deficit of Rs 2,679.46 crore, gross receipts at Rs 22,451.28 crore and gross expenditure at Rs 22,816.16 crore.

After a day-long debate, the budget was passed after opposition legislators Moatoshi Jamir, Amenba Yaden and Yitachu raised cut motions on the Fisheries and Health & Family Welfare department, citing alleged malpractices.

The leader of the house, Neiphiu Rio and Health minister, S Pangnyu Phom, however, assured to take up the matter with the concerned departments, following which the cut motions were withdrawn.

The assembly also passed four other bills-- the Nagaland Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management (Amendment) Bill 2021, and three other appropriation bills.

In his closing remark, Rio asserted that the budget was “very well-balanced”

NLA session adjourned sine die DIMAPUR, FEB 19 (NPN): Nagaland Legislative Assembly speaker, Sharingain Longkumer on Friday adjourned the seventh session of the 13th Assembly sine die, after five day of intensive deliberation.

In his concluding remarks, Longkumer acknowledged all the members for their active participation and contribution. He also noted that the discussion on the Naga political issue and the decisions and resolutions adopted during the session were a huge milestone and would be remembered throughout the course of history.

No new COVID case

DIMAPUR, FEB 19 (NPN): No new COVID19 case was reported on Friday in the State, while nine more patients recuperated from the infection in Kohima. As on February 17, state’s COVID caseload stood at 12191 with 20 active cases.

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that talked about welfare, innovations and youth activities and therefore asked opposition leader TR Zeliang not to brush it away by terming it as contractoriented budget.

Admitting that deficit was a big concern, he however said the mounting deficit did not happen in recent times as deterioration in State’s finances began following change in the funding pattern for annual plan from 1989.

He said the position was aggravated by nomadic approach of 13th Finance Commission (FC), which largely ignored special status and requirements of special category State, pointing out that even though the 14th and 15th FCs were more sympathetic towards the State, the adverse effects could not be wiped away.

“This was the main reason why the State’s deficit kept increasing year after year,” he added.

He said the year 20202021 was estimated to close with a deficit of Rs 2,358.81 crore because of COVID-19 pandemic, due to which the estimated State’s share of Central taxes was reduced

by Rs 1,341.99 crore even as the State’s revenue reduced

by Rs 86.19 crore. Therefore, the total reduction in the expected receipt for the current fiscal was Rs 1,428.18 crore, he added.

This being the case, he said the “closing deficit of 2020-21 would have been as much as Rs 3,786. But we made it Rs 2,358.81.”

Referring to the deficit in power sector, the chief minister said this started 2010-11. While in 2014-15, the power purchase loss was Rs 129.29 crore, this increased to Rs 1,132.83 in 2015-16, Rs 182.26 crore in 2016-17 and the accumulated deficit now was Rs 1,685.73 crore, adding that this was the reason why the sector requires reformation.

He pointed out that the State government alone could not employ all people and hence the State required private sector. But the private players would be reluctant to invest unless there were proper land laws, uninterrupted power supply and a conducive atmosphere, he added.

He said as his government’s priority was good roads and, the contract terms and conditions made it incumbent upon the contractors to construct roads as per the specifications and maintain the roads three years, else their security would be forfeited and they would be blacklisted.

Rio hailed roads & bridges (R&B) department for doing a better job and observed that ride quality improved significantly, even as three bridges were completed, one of which was inaugurated, in the last one-and-a-half year.

He said departments that wanted to complete construction of buildings have been given emphasis as in the budget proposal as his priority was health, road and education sectors.

Stressing rationalisation of the large manpower with the State government, he said it was time to curtail government expenditure and give more importance to revenue generation so that resources were available for development.

On agri and allied sector, Rio said new initiatives have been proposed like Naga Integrated Settled Farming to raise productivity up to commercial level and make farming sustainable, as integrated farming would help increase production volume and would be commercially viable.

KOHIMA, FEB 19 (NPN): Leader of Opposition (LoP), TR Zeliang, taking part in the general discussion on budget on the last day of the seventh session of the 13the Nagaland Legislative Assembly, Friday described State’s budget 2021-22 as “hollow, bereft of innovation and contains no plans and programmes” to ease the hardship of the common man at a time when the State economy has been ravaged

by COVID-19 pandemic.

Reiterating that budget 2021-22 was a contract-oriented budget, Zeliang said the budget contained mostly of ‘construction budget’ focused only on construction of infrastructures for various government departments.

Claiming that the budget would benefit people at the helms of affairs running the PDA government,

the LoP said there was no intention to bring in welfare-oriented policies and programmes for the general public of the State except construction related works.

Even as COVID-19 pandemic has created a big hindrance for the State financially, Zeliang said putting the entire blame on the pandemic despite assistance from the Centre was unfortunate.

LoP asserted that 15th Finance Commission in its report titled ‘Finance Commission in COVID times’ had reported Nagaland as the second highest debt state in the entire country.

He asserted this should serve as an alarm to the PDA government because, as per the report, although Nagaland’s Debt/GSDP had reduced from 55.5% in 2011–12 to 42.7 in 2018–19, the 15th FC said it was still much higher than the

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National Health Education Standards (NEHS) average of 29.61%.

Further, LoP said budget 2021-22 had no provision to decrease the mounting debts of the State, but has only worsened the condition of the already debt-ridden State.

He also questioned the chief minister whether his government was satisfied with the recommendation of 15th FC to discharge payment of salary under non plan expenditure for five years.

Zeliang also pointed out that unemployment rate was increasing sharply in the state, but budget 2021-22 has no provisions to ease the burden. As per the Ranking in NITI Aayog’s Sustainable Development Goals Index (2019), Zeliang said Nagaland was placed 19th out of 29 States.

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CAG detects anomalies in various govt depts 15 depts fail to submit DCC amounting to Rs. 205.83 cr NPS: Short transfer of Rs. 62.01 cr to NSDL DIMAPUR, FEB 19 (NPN): Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India in its report (Finance Accounts Vol-I, 2018-19) for the year ended March 2019, tabled in the recently concluded Assembly session detected financial anomalies in various departments.

In its report, the CAG pointed out that 15 departments failed to submit 124 detailed countersigned contingent (DCC) bills amounting to Rs. 205.83 crore before closing of the accounts for the financial year 201819. Therefore, CAG said that there was no assurance that the expenditure of Rs.

205.83 crore was actually incurred during the financial year for the purpose for which it was authorized by the legislature.

In addition to this, CAG said that 167 AC bills amounting to Rs. 320.94 crore drawn up to 2017-18 were also outstanding as on March 31, 2019.

As a result, CAG said 291 AC bills involving Rs. 526.77 crore were outstanding as of March 2019. Advances drawn and not accounted for increased the possibility of wastage/ misappropriation/ malfeasance etc., the report stated.

Further, 18 departments failed to submit 59 utilization certificates (UCs) involving Rs. 115.89 crore which were due to be submitted during the year 2018-19 and therefore, there was no assurance that the expenditure of Rs. 115.89 crore was actually incurred for the purpose for which it was authorized.

DISTRICTS Dimapur Kohima Kiphire Wokha Mokokchung Mon Tuensang Noklak Peren Longleng Zunheboto

Petrol/LTR Rs.92.61 Rs.93.54 Rs.95.52 Rs.94.15 Rs.94.68 Rs.95.13 Rs. 95.61 Rs.95.37 Rs.92.87 Rs.94.70 Rs.94.95

dependent to meet its needs.

Brent oil crossed USD 65 a barrel on Thursday as a worsening US energy crisis took out almost 40 per cent

DIMAPUR/KOHIMA, FEB 19 (NPN): Members from both the treasury and the opposition bench held discussion on the budget 2021-22, presented by chief minister Neiphiu Rio, on Friday.

Initiating the discussion on general budget, opposition MLA, Imkong L Imchen appreciated the unanimous adoption of the resolution on Naga political issue, which he said will benefit in the ongoing peace talk to arrive at an early solution.

Imchen further suggested that the resolution should be taken into practical steps and bring it to the notice of the Prime Minister of India and the stakeholders especially the participants in the negotiations parties.

Also commenting on the budget 2021-2022, Imchen said that in all the successive terms, the government had presented deficit budget but not as alarming as this year’s budget. He stated that Naga people have every right to expect better financing, disciplining and management. However, he

DIMAPUR, FEB 19 (NPN): GPRN/NSCN warned that it would not tolerate defection of any member civil/military irrespective of position or rank in compliance with the anti-defection laws in place, saying “such act of iniquity shall be regarded as anti-people and traitor.”

GPRN/NSCN through its MIP stated that “such defector(s)” were not only hazardous to Naga unity and peace, but also “a threat towards an aspired honourable political solution.” Therefore, GPRN/NSCN has served a ten-day ultimatum on all defected members/ cadres to immediately report and re-join their respective government. Further, MIP stated that all members of GPRN/NSCN, “who are on prolong leave or absence”, have been directed to immediately report back to their respective unit commanders, mobile commands, ministry/ department within ten days.

MIP said that the top civil and military decision-making body of the group has undertaken active consideration and decision regarding the subject of anti-defection laws in place (Cont’d on p-9) amongst the seven NNPGs entities.

lamented that the budgetary and financial management were never as per exception of the people which needs serious introspection.

On the sectoral allocations he said that the allocations are mostly spent on construction activities adding that the department have not proposed any developmental initiatives but on assets and constructions.

Imchen also highlighted on Kelhoshe Polytechnic Atoizu and pointed out that it was the first Polytechnic institution the government established and therefore he reiter-

Diesel/LTR Rs.83.55 Rs.84.27 Rs.86.09 Rs.84.83 Rs.85.31 Rs.85.74 Rs.86.13 Rs.86.01 Rs.83.77 Rs.85.42 Rs.85.50

of the nation’s crude production. In 11 days, retail petrol prices have risen by Rs 3.24 a litre and diesel rates up by Rs 3.47.

144.91 crore, the government transferred Rs. 111.47 crore only to designated authority (National Securities Depository LimitedNSDL) and did not transfer Rs. 33.44 crore to NSDL for further investment as per the provision of the scheme.

It said that there was a “short transfer” of Rs. 62.01 crore (Rs. 33.44 crore not transferred + Rs. 28.57 crore short contribution) to the NSDL and the current liability stands deferred to future year(s).

The report also pointed out that the state government created interest liability on the amount not transferred to NSDL, incorrectly used the funds that belonged to its employees and created uncertainty in respect of benefits due to the employees affected/ avoidable financial liability to the government in the future, leading to possible failure of the scheme itself.

Varsities, colleges, tech institutes to reopen from Feb 24 DIMAPUR, FEB 19 (NPN): State government has decided to re-open the campuses and permit holding of regular classes in all the universities, colleges and technical institutions functioning in Nagaland with effect from February 24, 2021.

In an order, chief secretary J Alam has, however, issued the standard operating procedure (SOP) for safety of students, faculty members, and all others concerned. For details log on to www.nagalandpost.com

Will not tolerate any Aqahuto area CSOs to impose defection: GPRN/NSCN indefinite total ‘chaka bandh’ DIMAPUR, FEB 19 (NPN): Aqahuto Area civil society organisations (CSOs) Friday announced launching of first phase agitation starting from February 22, 2021 in the form of “complete chaka bandh” on all roads crossing Shokhuvi village, Kiyevi village, Shitovi village, Kiyeto village and Khehoi village over government’s failure to respond to their charter of demands.

In a representation addressed to the DC Dimapur, the CSOs stated that all vehicular movements would be stopped from 6am to 6pm starting from February 22, 2021 until their charter of demands were fulfilled.

They have, however, exempted paramilitary forces, ambulances, fire and medical emergencies from the purview of the proposed bandh.

NLA: General discussion on budget 2021-2022 Correspondent/DIPR

In addition, CAG said that 128 UCs worth Rs. 644.83 crore due for submission up to 2017-18 were also outstanding as on March 31, 2019. In this regard, 187 UCs worth Rs. 760.72 crore were due for submission as of March 2019. “High pendency of UCs is fraught with risk of misappropriation of fund and fraud,” the report stated.

Meanwhile, it said that the government collected Rs. 86.74 crore from employees as contribution towards National Pension Scheme (NPS) and contributed only Rs. 58.17 crore as government’s share towards the scheme. It pointed out that the government did not discharge its statutory liability as it failed to contribute Rs. 28.57 crore as government’s matching share under NPS. Further, the report stated that against the total collected funds of Rs.

Petrol, diesel prices touch new high

DIMAPUR, FEB 19 (NPN): Petrol and diesel prices climbed again for the 11th consecutive day Friday reaching new highs across the country.

According to a price notification of state-owned oil marketing companies (OMCs), petrol price was hiked by 31 paise per litre and diesel by 33 paise. Today’s rate revision pushed the petrol price to Rs 90.19 a litre and diesel price to Rs (Cont’d on p-8) 80.60 a litre in the national capital Delhi.

According to PTI report, the increase follows a spurt in prices of oil in the international market, on which India is 85 per cent

Budget 2021-22 hollow, bereft of innovation, says T.R. Zeliang Correspondent

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ated that it should be made a full-fledged Engineering college of the State. Imchen also drawing the attention of Health department said that cost of COVID testing was on the higher side and called on the department to clarify on the high cost of the test.

He also highlighted on various issues of state finance and power sectors.

NPF legislator, Dr. Chumben Murry pointed out that the State faced unprecedented hardship due to the COVID-19 pandemic and therefore urged the government to be prepared for

any such crisis. He opined that the presentation of State’s financial statement or budget should have been based on the State’s our own economic parameters, however, it was on the contrary and that the opening paragraphs sounded more like a beginning of Union Finance Minister’s budget speech.

Dr Murry also suggested that the government should review the liquor prohibition issue and exploration of the State’s natural resources in order to improve its own tax and non-tax revenue (Cont’d on p-9)

The signatories of the representation included Aqahuto area GB Union (AAGBU) president Kakiho Achumi Hd GB; Aqahuto Area Sports Association (AASA) president Mughalu Yepthom; Aqahuto Sumi Totimi Hoho (ASTH) president Sumiholi Swu; Aqahuto Area Youth Front (AAYF) president Ashito Sumi and Aqahuto Area Students Union (AASU) president Akai Swu. The civil society organisations, while accusing state government of neglecting Aqahuto area, had served a seven-day deadline and threatened that failure to comply with their charter of demands would compel them to resort to their own course of action by imposing complete bandhs on all roads in Aqahuto area.

Leopard relocated to INP

DIMAPUR, FEB 19 (NPN): Wildlife wing of the environment, forest and climate change (EF&CC) department safely relocated trapped problematic leopard (Panthera pardus) to Intanki National Park on February 19, 2021. In a press release, wildlife warden wildlife division Dimapur, H Tokaho Kinimi, stated that the leopard (approximately 10 years) was trapped at Tsuremmen village, Mokokchung district.

According to Tokaho, after the report of a trapped adult leopard at Tsuremmen village was received on February 17, through DFO Mokokchung Dr. Sentitula, a tranquilizing unit from wildlife division Dimapur was immediately dispatched. According to Tsuremmen village council the leopard was straying frequently into human habitation lifting livestock and poultry. This prompted the villagers to set a cage trap to capture the leopard.

It was decided that the animal be relocated to a secure location through chief wildlife warden, Nagaland, Vepal Singh. After medical examination by veterinarian Dr. TR Wati, the animal was escorted by staff of Intanki National Park and Wildlife Division, Dimapur and safely released.

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Various activities mark ‘national road safety month’

DTO officials with traffic personnel during the road Okusa Toyota team members with traffic personnel. safety month. (DIPR)

Members of VWS, volunteers and traffic personnel during the road safety advocacy program.

DIMAPUR: Various activities and awareness programmes were conducted under “national road safety month” in Nagaland.

Wo k h a : D e p a r t ment of Transport Office, Wokha, conducted various programmes and activities during the “national road safety month 2021” which was held under the theme, “sadak suraksha - mjeevan raksha” (road safety-protect life). According to DIPR report, various programmes were conducted from January 18, 2021. The Department erected of six road safety banners at different locations around Wokha town (main police point, NST Junction, DTO office, Essar Petrol Pump, Vankhosung Zero Point, Regional Taxi Counter). On January 20 to 21, the staff of District Transport office distributed road safety pamphlets at

programmes to promote road safety awareness to students. The team presented facts and statistics of accident rates in India along with the emotional aspect of it.

They also presented real life examples of road accidents such as driving while using phones, not buckling up seat belts or not wearing helmets. As a special guest, motor vehicle officer, Motor Vehicle Department, Dimapur, Akum Temjen delivered an awareness speech to all staff members of Okusa Toyota and customers.

He stressed on proper checking of all safety features in a vehicle and reiterated that the road safety should be a priority for everyone and not only of the government to promote.

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various locations in the town and on January 25, an awareness programme was conducted by DTO MV dept. in coordination with Traffic Control, Wokha. As decided at the District Road Safety Committee meeting, a joint inspection by DTO enforcement staff and traffic control was conducted for dumping of building materials and machineries on the road side causing obstruction of traffic from January 27.

The identified sites were: M/S. Steel Fabrication Orchid colony; Opposite M/S Steel Fabrication; Block Office Junction; Longsajung Baptist building, near Gas Agency.

On January 29, an awareness programme was conducted by DTO office in coordination with NST office and Traffic Control at NST traffic point while

on February 4, a road safety interactive seminar was conducted by DTO office with the executive and unit leaders at All Nagaland Taxi Association (ANTA) Wokha unit.

Wokha District Administration & DLCWMSK (District Level Centre for Women-Mahila Shakti Kendra) in collaboration with District Transport Office, Wokha also organised a distribution driving licence for girls under BBBP on February 4.

Meanwhile on February 5, a seminar with local taxi drivers (Chukidong) was organised; road awareness campaign at Police point Wokha on February 9; seminar with local taxi drivers at Bazaar-Hospital line, Town-Longsa Village line, Niro range Line on February 12; and awareness programme on the issue

of protruding cargo was conducted with the transporters and drivers of commercial vehicles. Section 184 (dangerous driving), Sub- section (a) of section 194 (driving vehicles exceeding permissible weight) and other relevant section of the Motor vehicles Act, 1988 were discussed on February 15.

Dimapur: Okusa Toyota Dimapur initiated road safety promotion activities on February 16. The team members in alliance with Traffic Control Department, Dimapur distributed pamphlets and road safety awareness to the public, drivers, riders and pedestrians. The dealer team also distributed helmets to two wheeler riders who were found without them.

Meanwhile, the team visited Unity College Dimapur as one of their activity

Society (VWS) organised “road safety advocacy program” near Kigwema Local ground on February 17 under the guideline of Ministry of Road Transport and Highway for Sadak Suraksha Jeevan Raksha program.

A press release by VWS stated that during the programme, the society distributed pamphlets to vehicle drivers in the presence of traffic police personnel.

Meanwhile, chairman VWS, Eyosa Kikhi highlighted activity plans for the next day in the school on “painting and essay writing” for students on the topic of road safety advocacy program.

Secretary VWS, Vimehie Pucho expressed gratitude to all the participants, District Administration, traffic police and volunteers.

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news in Brief DC Peren informs: DC Peren, Sentiwapang Aier has informed all concerned that allotment of plot to private individuals at Peren Hq. as per SLAA approval list would be done on February 26, 2021 at DC’s conference hall, through draw of lots. All concerned have been requested to be present or send a suitable representative through authorisation.

COVID-19 vaccine orientation workshop: Department of Health and Family Welfare will be conducting an orientation workshop on COVID-19 vaccine for Civil Service Organisations and faith leaders. The workshop is scheduled to be held on February 24, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at conference hall, Directorate of Health and Family Welfare.

NSCN (R) expels six members : NSCN (R) president, Y. Wangtin Naga has expelled secretary finance, Tokato Acchumi, ‘lt. col.’ Abel; ‘maj.’ Khetoshe Aye; ‘capt’ Asato Aye; ‘2nd lt.’ Zakhalu Aye and ‘sgt. maj.’

Jospeh Chophi from the party on account of “antinational” and “anti-party” activities with immediate effect i.e. February 18, 2021. According to secretary to president NSCN (R), Manka Konyak, all the expelled cadres have been directed to submit all “government” property including ID cards issued by ceasefire supervisory board (CFSB) within five days to CFSB office, Mon. Failing to do so would be considered as willful undermining of the authority, NSCN (R) cautioned.

NTWTADD annual picnic: Nagaland Two Wheeler Taxi Association Dimapur District (NTWTADD) has informed that it would be organising an annual picnic on February 20 and that there would be no two wheeler taxi service in and around Dimapur district on the day mentioned.

SOUD convenes meeting: The new team of Sumi Officers’ Union Dimapur (SOUD) has convened a meeting on February 27 to discuss various issues for the welfare of the union. Office bearers have been requested to attend the first meeting and to place agenda if any for deliberation.

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CoVSc&AH staff and others at the training programme.

DIMAPUR: Five-day shortterm training programme on “clinico-pathological techniques and their interpretation for animal disease diagnosis” was inaugurated at College of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry (CoVSc&AH), Jalukie,

Peren, Nagaland on February 16. According to a press release, the training programme was organised as part of the skill development training for field veterinarians of line Department.

Dean, CoVSc&AH, Prof. AK Sangwan em-

phasised that the training programme would provide platform for field veterinarians to learn and update their understanding of techniques and interpretation in better diagnosis and treatment of animal diseases.

Gracing the inaugural

function as special guests, DC Peren, Sentiwapang Aier and addl. DC Jalukie, Dr. Tinojongshi Chang congratulated the organisers and hoped that the programme would benefit field veterinarians to update their knowledge on better disease diagnosis.

Vice chancellor, Central Agricultural University, Imphal and Prof. RK Saha, director (Extension Education), Central Agricultural University, Imphal also spoke at the inaugural programme.

Earlier, associate professor and head, Dept. of Veterinary Medicine and Training coordinator, Dr. Gunjan Das proposed vote of thanks. 14 VAS from different district of Nagaland has participated in the training programme.

Excise Dimapur seize assorted IMFL

DIMAPUR: DIMAPUR: Dimapur District Excise party manning Newfield Excise check gate recovered assorted IMFL from an Imphal-bound truck on February 19, 2021.

According to superintendent of Excise and Prohibition, Dimapur, T. Arilong Longkumer, the duty party on frisking of vehicle recovered 524 cases of assorted IMFL concealed under several bags of potato. In this connection, one Nongmaithem Sabitkumar Singh (29) of

Wangjing, Thoubal, Manipur, was arrested and booked under relevant sections of NLTP Act 1989.

According to investigation report, the IMFL consignment was loaded at Guwahati and was on its way to Imphal, Manipur.

The duty party was led by AIE Allen Jami, AIE (Prob.) Tonika, h/constable Tsuknung, lady h/ constable T.K Medom and constables Akahoto, Khekavi, Thejong, Khalenthong, Tsathongli and lady The accused along with seized constable Sorila. consignment.

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5-day training prog inaugurated at CoVSc&AH

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

We , t h e b e r e a v e d f a m i l y o f L AT E Z .

KIHOVI SEMA would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to all those who stood by us and supported us physically, morally and financially at his demise on 14th Feb. 2021.

We convey our special thanks to: 1. Sumi Baptist Church, Born : 03/03/1969 Sovima Village Died : 14/02/2021 2. Surumi Community, Dimapur 3. Fishery Department, Dimapur Though we are unable to thank each and everyone individually we pray that our Almighty God bless you abundantly.

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Loving Family Members

IN LOVING MEMORY of our beloved

Lt. KEVEHÜ THISA Born in : 1917 – Died on : 13-02-2021 We, the bereaved family members of Lt. KEVEHÜ THISA would like to express our profound gratitude and appreciation to each and every individual, churches, organizations, neighbors, neighboring villages, friends and well-wishers who stood by us physically, financially, materially and spiritually.

We deeply regret our inability to thank each and everyone personally but it is our sincere prayer that our Almighty God bless you all abundantly.

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Loving Wife, Children, Grandchildren and Relatives

2nd DEATH ANNIVERSARY of Late Sakholie Zutso

LT. ZAKIELHOUVINUO (DONUO) on her 2ND DEATH ANNIVERSARY 20.02.2021

NLA session: CM lays down administrative reports

DIMAPUR: State Chief Minister, Neiphiu Rio laid down various administrative reports and bills in the ongoing seventh session of the 13th Assembly session, Friday.

According to DIPR report, the reports were copy of each of the following departments for the year 2020-21: Department of Finance; Department of Justice and Law; Department of School Education; Personal & Administrative Reforms Department; Information and Public Relations Department; Department of Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Services; Department of Environment, Forest & Climate Change; Department of Legal Metrology & Consumer Protection and Department of Technical Education.

He also laid down the copy of second annual report of Nagaland Lokayukta, January 2020 to December 2020, state finances audit report of the Comptroller & Auditor General of India for the year ended March 31, 2019 (Report No. 1 of 2020), Finance Accounts (Vol-l & Vol-ll) 2018-19.

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Power, 2020-21; Transport Department, 2020-21; Department of Rural Development, 2020-21; Department of Social Welfare, 2020-21; Nagaland Public Works Department, Works & Housing, 2020-21; Department of Soil & Water Conservation 2020-21; Department of Geology & Mining, 2020-21 and the Department of Higher Education, 2020-21 were laid on the table. Chief minister and minister in-charge of Finance, Neiphiu Rio also moved the Nagaland Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management (amendment) bill and the Nagaland appropriation (No.1, No. 2, No. 3) Bill 2021 and passed the bills.

Member and chairman, Committee on Subordinate Legislation (2020-21), Dr. Imtiwapang Aier presented a copy of the following reports: Sixty Second and Sixty Third Report on Nagaland Agricultural Produce Marketing (General) Rules, 2006 (62nd Report) and Nagaland State Biological Diversity Rules, 2012 (63rd Report), Sixty-Fourth Report on Nagaland Information and Public Relations Service Rules, 2013, Sixty-Fifth Report on the Nagaland

Government Printing Press (Technical) Service Rules, 2015.

Member and chairman, Committee on Estimates (2020-21), Pukhayi Sumi presented copies of the following reports: 141st report on action taken on the observation/ recommendations contained in the 136th Report of the Committee on estimates pertaining to Technical Education Department (state technical scholarship & minority scholarship); 142nd report on action taken on the observation/recommendations contained in the 137th report of the Committee on estimates pertaining to Public Health Engineering Department (Rural & Urban Water Supply) and 143rd report on action taken on the observation/recommendations contained in the 139th report of the Committee on estimates pertaining to the Transport Department (Motor Vehicles Department & Nagaland State Transport).

Meanwhile, supplementary demands for regularisation of excess expenditure for the Year 2012-2013, 2013-2014 and supplementary demand for grants for the year 2020-21 were passed by the House.

Born on : 19/04/1962 – Died on : 20/02/2019

“I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.”

2 Timothy 4:7

YOUR LOVE WAS SO STRONG WE DIDN’T REALIZE WE’RE LIVING IN A MELANCHOLY SINCE YOU LEFT US. UNSEEN AND UNHEARD BUT YOU’ RE ALWAYS PLACED IN OUR HEARTS FOR ETERNITY Loving husband, children & family members DP-701

It's been two years since you have left us physically for your eternal heavenly abode but your love and care for us still remains the same.

Dear Apuo, we fondly remember you always.

Unseen, unheard, but always near; still loved, still missed and very dear. We’ll all meet again in heaven.

“For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands” 2 Corinthians 5:1

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nagalandpost.com Poll Q . : I s h o r t i c u l t u re a potential area for promoting the state’s economic growth?

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for 2021-22 good for economic growth?  Yes.  No.  Can’t Say.

WEATHER FORECAST February 20

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Agartala Sun and areas of high clouds

31 16

Aizawl

Sun through high clouds

25 12

Guwahati Decreasing clouds

31 14

A thick cloud cover

25 9

Imphal

Itanagar Sun and some clouds

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Officials from ICAR Nagaland Centre, Medziphema, staff and tribal farmers at the training programme.

DIMAPUR: ICAR Nagaland Centre, Medziphema organised three-day training programme on “scientific backyard poultry farming for enhancing the tribal farmers income” on February 17 and 19.

A press release by ICAR Nagaland centre, Medziphema stated that 27 participants from Chesezu village of Phek district attended the training programme.

The training involved importance of scientific backyard poultry farming, housing management, brooding of chicks and

Orgns decry poor telecom services DIMAPUR: All Nchangram Students’ Union (ANSU).

Peren and Phek Chamber of Commerce & Industries (PCCI) have raised concerns over poor network in Peren and Phek.

ANSU: All Nchangram Students’ Union (ANSU) based under Peren district has expressed dismay over the incessant recurrence of poor BSNL telecommunication facility at Tening Area since its inception in spite of repeated appeals to the concerned department to ameliorate the service conditions.

In a press release through its president, Kibouwi Zeliang and general secretary, Dithu Newmai, the union demanded the department to immediately install an “uninterruptible battery backup” within 14 days. ANSU stated that the constant power failure affected the smooth functioning of banking services at Tening town and with feasible network to be used in the Area was BSNL telecommunication, majority of students relied on it to attend online classes. The union claimed that Tening town despite being one of the oldest towns in the state has been neglected by the government.

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dents’ Union further stated that it would initiate volitional course of action if the department failed to comply towards the demand of the inhabitants of Tening area within the stipulated time, and that in the event of any untoward incident, the union would not be held responsible under any circumstances.

PCCI: Phek Chamber of Commerce & Industries (PCCI) has raised concern over poor telecom service in Phek district.

A press release by its president, Chetezo Akami and general secretary, Thupuhu Venuh stated that there were no sign of network improvement since January 2021 and that the network fluctuation and call-drop problems had been a serious issue.

Expressing its concern to the service providers, Peren and Phek Chamber of Commerce & Industries has appealed the concerned authorities to deliver proper network service at the earliest.

Meanwhile, it also requested the state government to allow 100% seating of passengers as per capacity in all public transport vehicles as the fare had been hiked double the rate since lockdown.

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feeding management.

Health management of birds under backyard condition and vaccinations training was imparted to the tribal farmers and handson training on different vaccination in general and Ranikhet disease was demonstrated to the farmers.

Speaking at the closing function, chairman, Farmer’s Union of the village shared about difficulties in getting improved chicks and different inputs to the villagers.

He also stated that there used to be high mortality of chicken and pigs

in his village due to lack of knowledge and skills.

Meanwhile, joint director, ICAR Nagaland Centre exhorted the youth about poultry farming on commercial basis. Farmers were also provided with different inputs such as Vanaraja chicks, feed and medicine, etc. for starting the backyard poultry unit at their homes.

Dr. Mahak Singh, Dr. Ebibeni Ngullie and Dr. R Talimoa Mollier from ICAR Nagaland centre delivered the lectures and demonstartions to the participants.

DC Kohima informs on land compensation DIMAPUR: DC Kohima, Gregory Thejawelie has informed concerned landowners that land compensation for 2 Lane Kohima-by-pass at chainage 10+500 to chainage 13+800 (package-2) would be paid in the office of Deputy Commissioner, Kohima on February 20, 10 a.m.

According to DIPR report, concerned landowners have been informed that land compensation for 2 Lane Kohima -by-pass at chainage 21+000 to chainage 29+960 (Package-3) would also be paid in the office on February 22, 10 a.m.

In this connection, concerned village chairman or representative appointed by the chairman have been directed to be present for identification of landowners.

Further, concerned landowners of both the above have been requested to be present physically and to bring along four recent passport size photos (not to scan) and aadhaar card (Xerox)/ID proof and a copy of bank passbook (front page Xerox). Payment to any other representative other than the concerned person would not be entertained.

SH organises SLB farewell & induction

Sumi Literature Board (SLB) members, Sumi Hoho and others at the function.

DIMAPUR: Sumi Hoho (SH) organised a farewellcum-induction programme for outgoing and incoming members of Sumi Literature Board (SLB) at Sumi Hoho Ki on February 17, 2021.

SH through its media affairs stated that outgoing SLB chairman, Dr. Hokishe Yepthomi while speaking on behalf of the outgoing team lauded Sumi Hoho for organising the programme.

He reminded the gathering on the sacrifices and commitment the elders and leaders had made to form SLB in order to provide the Sumi community a platform to continue learning Sutsah and also stressed on the perseverance the team had made to achieve its

present status.

He lamented that the outgoing team could not attain due recognition for Sumi students to take up Sutsah as a subject at graduation level thereby, challenged the new team with the same task of earning recognition.

He also added that with the change in the spelling pattern, present MIL textbooks needed rectification to avoid confusion for students taking MIL and suggested that eminent writers and scholars among the Sumi community who help SLB in its work.

Speaking at the function, elected Chairman of SLB, Vihoshe Muru said that he was in awe of the elders and leaders who in the year 1947 felt the need

of forming SLB for the future generation and added that a plan was made years back to introduce MIL even in private schools but that plan could not be materialised.

He further stated that aside getting the recognition for BA course, another challenge would be to bring out the textbooks at high school level so that MIL could be introduced even in private schools.

E a r l i e r, t h e p r o gramme was chaired by president, Sümi Hoho, Hekhushe Shikhu, invocation by Rev. Vishepu Yepthomi and benediction said by Pastor, NCRC, Rev. Kihoshe Assumi, who also led thanksgiving prayer for the successful end of the tenure.

Angami Youth Organisation to conduct cleanliness drive

DIMAPUR: Angami Youth Organisation (AYO) has informed that it would be carrying out a cleanliness drive in Kohima town on February 22 from 7 a.m. till 10 a.m. as part of the Sekrenyi festival, 2021. A press release by its president, Kekhrie Pfukha and

secretary environment, Neiba Bio stated that the cleanliness drive which would be conducted three days ahead of the premier festival of the Angami Nagas would be carried out in collaboration with Kohima Municipal Council and Kohima Chamber of Commerce

and Industries, along the stretch of Kohima town: From Lerie to High School area; TCP Gate to Paramedical Colony. Youth volunteers and officials from all the four Angami ranges including SAYO, NAYO, WAYO and CYO would participate in in the

Kma among top 25 in ‘Nurturing Neighbourhoods Challenge’ DIMAPUR: Smart Cities Mission, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, announced 25 shortlisted cities for the “nurturing neighbourhoods challenge” cohort, in collaboration with Bernard van Leer Foundation (BvLF) and technical partner WRI India.

A press release by CEO, Kohima Smart City Development Limited, Kovi Meyase stated that the challenge was a 3-year initiative aimed at supporting early childhood friendly neighbourhoods under the government’s “smart cities mission”.

The nurturing neighbourhoods challenge launched on November 4, 2020, invited participation from all smart cities, capitals of states, UTs and cities with population above 5 lakhs to participate.

During the three-month

application period, over 100 cities were engaged through remote or in-person discussions and online capacitybuilding workshops under the challenge.

The first stage of the challenge involved an open call for applications from city agencies and closed on February 7, 2021. 63 cities from across India submitted applications proposing neighbourhood-level pilot projects in public space, mobility, and access to services to enhance the physical and psychological health of young children and their caregivers.

From the list of applicant cities, the evaluation committee chose 25 cities based on the strength of their applications.

Cities proposed a diverse array of pilot projects, including creating toddler-

friendly walking corridors in residential neighbourhoods; safer commutes to early childhood services for vulnerable young children and caregivers living in urban slums; increasing opportunities for nature play and sensory stimulation and adapting underused open spaces within government school grounds into public play areas after school hours.

Besides streets and open spaces, other proposed pilots aim to address the need for early childhood amenities in government office premises, bus shelters and transit hubs; developing Anganwadis with nutrigardens and ageappropriate play equipment; and transforming outdoor waiting areas for PHCs with shade, seating, and lactation cubicles.

cleanliness drive. Meanwhile, AYO has requested shopkeepers along the stretch of Kohima town to clean their respective shops and the adjacent areas. Further, AYO resolved for removal of old rickety vehicles/structures which have been stranded on the road/

highway for too long and have been obstructing smooth vehicular movement. In this, the ward panchayat/colony officials have been requested to take the initiative in informing the concerned vehicle owners and do the needful at the earliest.

Weekly Friday bazaar re-opened in Kiphire

DIMAPUR: Mahila Shakti Kendra (MSK), Kiphire “weekly Friday bazaar” was officially re-opened on February 19 at Bamboo Hut, KTC Market Complex.

According to DIPR report, District Administration, DLCW-Mahila Shakti Kendra, Kiphire Town Council in convergence with National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM)

successfully mobilised and invited various SHGs and women from Longmatra block and Sitimi block as the first phase to sell agro products at the bazaar.

It may be noted that the weekly market under the banner of MSK is aimed at facilitating women SHGs from all eight blocks on rotation basis to sell their produce at the urban market with the help of the

network of SHGs under the NRLM. Th e M SK we e k ly market aims at providing platform to rural farmers by providing transport to sell their produce at the nearest urban towns such as Kiphire and Pungro.

Earlier, President, Akehda Sangtamlaru Thsingmujang Apila Sangtam inaugurated the weekly Friday bazaar.

Land Resource Department organises inter-district tour

Land Resource Department, Longleng and Peren team during inter district tour programme.

DIMAPUR: In order to alleviate common practices and to gain more knowledge on different methods of field activities implemented by different districts of the state under various schemes and project, Land Resource Department (LRD) under Longleng and Peren district organized inter-district departmental tour from February 16 to 17.

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According to a press release, a two day inter-district field tour programme for Longleng and Peren district was hosted by the LRD, Longleng.

Six members each from the two districts took part in the tour to various projects implemented in Longleng district. The teams were led by DPO Longleng, K. Kughalu Chishi and DPO

Peren, Alemla Aier.

The team members visited activities implemented under Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) a watershed development component project-VIll, under batch-VI (PMKSY-WDC, erstwhile IWMP) at Yongam village and inspected coffee plantation, black pepper plantation and arecanut plantation.

Under soil and moisture conservation works, the team visited water harvesting structures and gully plugs and inspected springshed based watershed development programme implemented at Dungkhao village, sponsored

by NABARD. The team also visited Agroforestry plantations undertaken and developed by covering nine hectares of land and 800 numbers of staggered contour trenches and dugout ponds constructed in the potential recharge zone of Amchongyung and Dungkangyung for springs rejuvenation.

At Mongtikang village, the team inspected some of the activities undertaken such as half-moon terrace, orange and rubber plantation, sugarcane cultivation etc which was implemented under PMKSY-WDC projectVI under batch-V. Assistant inspector, Land Resource Department Peren, also emphasised on stem borer complication and pest management in litchi and

orange orchards at Mongtikang village.

While interacting with farmers and beneficiaries at Yongam and Mongtikang village, district project officer Peren, Alemla Aier encouraged the farmers especially the youths and women folk to take up farming and other agri/horti related activities.

The visiting officer also lauded the farmers of Longleng district especially the farmers from Yongam, Dungkhao and Mongtikang villages for carrying out activities according to the instruction for implementation.

She added that the activities implemented by farmers of Longleng district would be replicated and taught to farmers back in their district.

Before their landing in Longleng district, the Peren team also toured Mon district on February 15 where they inspected tea plantation, rubber, coffee etc. at Sangsa, Phuktong and Chi villages under Tizit block.

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villages will help achieve Cong gets ‘gamocha’ from first anti-CAA martyr Atmanirbhar Atmanirbhar Bharat: Narendra Tomar

Family members of Sam Stafford handing over an anti-CAA gamosa to former Congress minister Rakibul Hussain on February 19.

Six new COVID-19 cases push Mizoram’s tally to 4,405 Aizawl, Feb 19 (PTI): Mizoram on Friday reported six new cases of COVID19, including four students, pushing the coronavirus caseload to 4,405, an official said.

Of the six fresh cases, four were reported from Lawngtlai district and one case each from Aizawl and Champhai districts, he said.

The four students were diagnosed with COVID-19 during a mandatory test

before entering hostels, he said.

Mizoram now has 23 active COVID-19 cases, while 4,372 people have recovered from the disease.

The COVID-19 death toll in the state is 10.

The state has tested 2,24,471 samples for COVID-19 till date, including 1,023 on Thursday.

The COVID-19 recovery rate in the state is 99.25 per cent, while the infection rate is 1.97 per cent.

Educationist and former Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) activist Mukul Chandra Saikia demanded a complete roll back of the CAA and handed over a ‘gamocha’ to Hussain with his comments and signature on it.

Social activists Rajiv Handique and Bijit Handique handed over their signed ‘gamochas’

with anti-CAA messages to Congress Legislature Party Leader Debabrata Saikia in Tinsukia.

Social workers Sushanta Dutta and Binita Hore, both Hindu Bengalis, did the same. I am a Bengali Hindu and I do not want CAA to be implemented, Dutta wrote on his ‘gamocha’. Congress spokesperson Bobbeeta Sharma said

IMPHAL, Feb 19: 3.5 Collective, a civil society coalition in Manipur has urged the 60 MLAs of the state on Friday to prevent Manipur becoming the next “Golden Triangle,” while pressing the house of state Assembly to discuss the demand of women based organisations of the state.

A conglomeration of well-respected 11 Meira Paibi (women torch bearers) groups has been pressing the state government for re-investigation and re-trial of the infamous multi-crore drug haul case of Luhoisei Zou, former chairman of ADC Chandel, who was caught red-handed with 270 million rupees worth of narcotic drugs from his

official residence in Imphal’s Lamphel and was summarily acquitted by a judgment of Special Court (ND&PS), Manipur passed on December 17, 2020. Dissatisfied with the judgment of the court, the women based organisations were pressing the state government to appeal to the high court against the judgment.

They have also been lobbying with almost all the key ministers, MLAs, MPs, leaders of various political parties for more than a month on the issue.

They further demanded the state government not to remain silent on another recent judgment of the Special Judge (ND&PS) Thoubal in another case where all the accused were acquitted in the seizure of narcotic drugs

Barpeta (Assam), Feb 19 (PTI): Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Friday asserted that there is no anti-incumbency in Assam but a pro-incumbency for the Sarbananda Sonowal government due to its relentless development work and corruption-free administration.

Addressing a meeting after inaugurating a statue of Swami Vivekananda here, Singh also said insurgency and violence has been eradicated by the Sonowal government in Assam and

worth 4 billion rupees at Phoudel, Thoubal district in 2019, involving a Myanmar national, amongst others.

Demanding that the issue of drug menace in the state should be thoroughly deliberated in the ongoing budget session of the state Assembly, a large number of women from the 11 organisation marched towards the state Assembly complex Imphal on Thursday.

The women demanded that Manipur should be saved from the looming catastrophe of the drug menace. They alleged that despite the verbal assurances of the MLAs belonging to both in the ruling as well as opposition parties during their one-to-one meeting; none of them raised the issue of drugs so far in the ongoing

Anganwadi worker dies after seven days of COVID vaccination in Manipur Correspondent IMPHAL, Feb 19: A week after COVID-19 vaccination, a 48-year-old female anganwadi worker died on Friday.

The autopsy report confirmed she would be the first victim of Covidsheild vaccine in Manipur.

The state health department has said that the exact cause of her death will be known only after autopsy.

Family members has however blamed the COVID19 vaccine as the cause of death claiming that she had no history of suffering from any major illness.

Naorem Sundari Devi, wife of N Roken Singh of Kumbi Terakha of Bishnupur district died around 7 am on Friday at Moirang CHC in Bishnupur district where she was rushed on the way to a hospital in Imphal.

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a complaint of rashes and fever before she breathed her last.

However, family members said that her health condition deteriorated from the evening of the same day she received the first dose of the Covidsheild on February 12 last.

They said that after she complained of weakness after vaccination, they brought her to local healthcare where doctors suggested it was due to low BP. When rashes were found on her body on the fourth day of the vaccination, she was again rushed to the healthcare centre where the doctors said she has allergy and recommended drugs to relief from allergy.

As her health deteriorated further, the doctors referred her to a hospital in Imphal early morning on Friday. However, she succumbed while arrangements were made for transporting

Narendra Singh Tomar distributes agro-equipments among beneficiaries. (PTI) Both the central and state governments along with the ICAR and farmers are working towards doubling farmers’ income by 2022, the minister said.

Tomar, who is BJP election in-incharge of Assam polls, is in the state since Wednesday.

The government under Atmanirbhar Bharat package has announced an agriculture infrastructure fund of nearly Rs 1.50 lakh crore and farmers can take the benefit of this fund to increase their income, he

said.

Highlighting that the land of Assam is full of resources and its climate and soil are suitable for farming, he urged the farmers to put their efforts to increase the production of their crops to cater to the demands.

He further said that this government was committed to bring progress to the farmers of Assam and to bring inclusive development which will make them able to contribute towards the goal of making an Atmanirbhar Bharat.

No anti-incumbency for Sonowal govt: Jitendra Singh

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there has been no incident of shoot-out or blast in the last five years.

“It does not happen very often. But it is happening in Assam. There is no anti-incumbency. Fact is, there is pro-incumbency for

Manipur could become next ‘Golden Triangle’: CSO Correspondent

Guwahati, Feb 19 (PTI): Union minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar on Friday said only ‘Atmanirbhar’ villages by arming small and marginal farmers can help fulfil Prime Minister Narendra Modis vision of making an Atmanirbhar Bharat (selfreliant India).

Villages must be made self-reliant and for that it is important to focus on small farmers and marginal farmers in the country, Tomar said at a programme to distribute agricultural machineries and equipment under the Chief Ministers Samagra Gramya Unnayan Yojana (CMSGUY).

The farmers can earn profit only when attracted to valuable produce, connected to new technology and linked to the market.

Considering this, the government has decided to make 10,000 Farm Producers Organisations (FPOs) on which Rs 6,850 crores will be spent and this will be fruitful for the farmers of the country, he said.

her to Imphal, the family members said.

After her death, anganwadi workers of the area along with family members and locals converged at district chief medical officer (CMO) office at the Bishnupur district headquarters and lodged a complaint, alleging that she died of Covid vaccine.

They further lodged a complaint to the DC of the district.

On the other hand, daily vaccination data of the state health department showed as 46 people who had received the first dose of Covidsheild vaccine developing mild reactions.

The 46 mild reactions reported were on home care and have fully recovered, the report said.

On the other hand, with 2751 people vaccinated today, the total number of Covid vaccine beneficiaries in the state rose to 38,484 on Friday.

assembly session. However, the demonstrating women were stopped by a strong team of police before they reached the Assembly complex. After pushing them back till the Khoyathong area, the police picked up as many as 71 of them. They were detained at Imphal police station and released later in the evening.

The 3.5 Collective, in a statement today, strongly denounced the detention of the womenfolk, claiming that they were carrying out a peaceful demonstration to save the state from the jaw of drugs. It said that hundreds of peaceful sit-in-protest were organised throughout the length and breadth of Manipur by the grass-root Meira Paibi groups, the state.

the Sonowal government,” he said.

The Union minister said people have already decided that they will vote for the return of the Sarbananda Sonowal government.

“This government has delivered a corruption-free administration. People have realised this. They have realised that their as well as their children’s future is secured under the Sonowal government. People want that the development work of this government should

continue for another five years,” he said.

Assembly election is due in Assam in AprilMay. Singh, Union minister for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) said Assam’s “popular chief minister Sonowal took the state to the road of peace and progress” in the last five years.

He also highlighted the efforts of the Narendra Modi government to bring development into the entire Northeastern region.

Army provides food, medical help to stranded tourists in Sikkim

stuck at JN Road Axis about 40 km from the state capital on Thursday afternoon due to heavy snowfall while returning from tourist destinations like Tsomgo lake, Nathula, Baba Mandir, Memencho Lake and Kupup, the official said.

Gangtok, Feb 19 (PTI): The Indian Army provided food, medical help and warm clothes to over 400 tourists who were stranded in East Sikkim district due to sudden heavy snowfall, an official said on Friday. Around 447 tourists in 150 vehicles were

AFFIDAVIT

Regd No. 15/2021

Date: 10/02/2021

I, Shri. Krishna Bahadur, aged 53 years, S/o Late Karna Bahadur, resident of Officer's Hill Colony, Kohima, Nagaland do hereby solemnly affirm and declare as follows:1. That I am a bonafied citizen of India and a resident of aforesaid locality.

2. That my father's name is KARNA BAHADUR. However, in some of my official documents my father's name has been entered as KARNA CHETRI. Therefore, the aforesaid name referred to the same identical and one person.

3. That this affidavit shall be used as a piece of evidence to prove the fact that ‘KARNA BAHADUR' and ‘KARNA CHETRI' is same identical and one person and this shall be produced before the competent authority as and when required for to prove the aforesaid facts.

4. That the statements made in paragraphs 1 to 3 are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.

And I signed this affidavit on this 9th day of Feb' 2021 at Kohima, Nagaland.

Notary Public Deponent

GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND

DIRECTORATE OF HEALTH & FAMILY WELFARE NAGALAND : KOHIMA

No.DHFW-5/TRG/STIPEND/MISC/2019/6805-808

Dated Kohima 19th Feb’2021

NOTIFICATION ON ONLINE SCHOLARSHIP SCHEME It is hereby notified to all the students and institutions that the online submission under common scholarship portal of Health & Family Welfare Department is hereby extended till 15th March 2021 under URL https://Scholarship.nagaland.gov.in (Dr. KEVICHUSA MEDIKHRU) Principal Director Directorate of Health & Family Welfare Nagaland : Kohima Issued by DIPR

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DIRECTORATE OF HIGHER EDUCATION NAGALAND : KOHIMA

NOTIFICATION

Dated Kma, the 19th Feb. 2021

It is hereby informed to all the beneficiaries of Scholarship under Department of Higher Education that there are some cases whereby the scholarship amount cannot be credited to the beneficiaries account due to invalid/frozen account.

Therefore, students whose names are in the beneficiary list but are yet to receive their scholarships for the periods 2017-18, 2018-19 and 2019-20 are directed to email his/her Bank Account details along with the serial number in the beneficiary list to the email given below.

The last date for scholarship claim is on or before 20th March 2021. Unclaimed cases will be declared null and void and duly reported to the Government.

Email: query.hescholarship@gmail.com

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From, okharo Ren ___________________ Happy Birthday Dear Zakie, The LORD blesses you and keeps you; the LORD makes his face shine on you and be gracious to you; the LORD turns his face toward you and gives you peace.

May your birthday and your life be as wonderful as you are.

From, Mom, Dad and Siblings

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To MyFianceLivityYeps Hi... LivityHappy Born Day may the lord God continue to bless you endlessly as you step ahead to grow a year old.

Wishing you a day filled with joy and happiness on your special auspicious day.

Thanking you Sir. From your, Forever A Chophy IN THE COURT OF DISTRICT AND SESSIONS JUDGE WOKHA : NAGALAND S/C NO. 18/21 NOTICE NOTICE INVITING CLAIMS/OBJECTIONS 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 Yibomo Lotha has been applied by Smti Atula, W/o, Lt. Yibomo Lotha, Wokha, Nagaland for possession of : 1. S.B.I A/c no.11766599759 2. Service benefits of G.I.S, GPF, Leave encashment, Family pension and other benefits.

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 appear in this court on or before the said day of 17/3/21.

Given under the hand and seal of the court on this the 17/2/2021.

District & Sessions Judge Wokha : Nagaland DP-986

AFFIDAVIT Regd No. 16/2021 Date: 10/02/2021 I, Shri. Krishna Bahadur, aged 53 years, S/o Late Karna Bahadur, resident of Officer's Hill Colony, Kohima, Nagaland do hereby solemnly affirm and declare as follows:1. That I am a bonafied citizen of India and a resident of aforesaid locality.

2. That my name is KRISHNA BAHADUR. However, in some of my official documents my name has been entered as 'KRISNA BAHADUR', KRISHNA BAHADUR CHETRI'. Therefore, the aforesaid names referred to the same identical and one person.

3. That this affidavit shall be used as a piece of evidence to prove the fact that ‘KRISHNA BAHADUR', ‘KRISNA BAHADUR', and ‘KRISHNA BAHADUR CHETRI is same identical and one person and this shall be produced before the competent authority as and when required for to prove the aforesaid facts.

4. That the statements made in paragraphs 1 to 3 are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.

And I signed this affidavit on this 9th day of Feb' 2021 at Kohima, Nagaland.

Notary Public Deponent Regd. No. 25/2021

GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND

NO.HED/SCHO-1/2016/

Dear Sof, happy birthday Sof. As you celebrate your big day, may the light of this beautiful day fill your heart and make your life shine as bright as the sun.

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the right to kill my innocent son? I demand justice for him,” she said.

Five persons were killed in police firing during the violent protests which had raged across the state against the Act that seeks to grant Indian citizenship to non-Muslim religious minorities from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan.

that the party is getting “massive support” from the people for its drive as women, college students, entrepreneurs, senior citizens, private sector employees are handing over signed ‘gamochas’ to its leaders and workers.

The state party unit took up the project to keep its anti-CAA stand at the forefront of its election campaign in the state.

Meanwhile, six senior Congress leaders have posed six questions to the BJP on the CAA and asked the saffron party to clarify its stand on them.

Assam Pradesh Congress President Ripun Bora asked the BJP to tell if CAA benefits Assam or not.

The Congress Campaign Committee Chairman, Pradyut Bordoloi asked Union Home Minister Amit Shah to clarify whether CAA will be implemented across the country or only in Bengal as the saffron party is aggressively campaigning for the Act in the run up to that state’s assembly elections, which is due in April-May.

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GUWAHATI, FEB 19 (PTI): The family of Sam Stafford, who was the first person to be killed during the protests against antiCitizenship Amendment Act(CAA) here, Friday handed the first ‘gamocha’ to the Congress for display at the party’s ‘Martyrs’ Memorial’.

The Cong ress has launched a drive to collect 50 lakh ‘gamochas’, the traditional red and white woven cloth offered as a mark of respect in Assam, with anti-CAA messages which will be displayed at the memorial to be set up in the city if the party comes to power in the coming state election.

Sam’s mother, Mamoni Stafford handed over the ‘gamocha’ to senior Congress leader Rakibul Hussain and demanded justice for her 17-year old son who succumbed to bullet injuries sustained in alleged police firing during the anti-CAA protest that rocked Assam in December 2019.

My son was neither a terrorist nor a hooligan.

Who gave them (the police)

Dr. APENI LOTHA DIRECTOR HIGHER EDUCTION Issued by DIPR

NOTICE

Date 19/02/2021

This is to inform to all concern that Shri. Kumar Rai (Kakuto), S/o Late SS Rai is the absolute owner of the land located at Shokhuvi Village, Dimapur measuring about 11 Puras located between Shokhuvi Gate and Shokhuvi Village.

That I am the legal wife of Shri. Kumar Rai (Kakuto) and we, Kumar Rai (Kakuto) and Obeca K along with our children do not have any intention to sell in whole or part of the above mentioned land whatsoever.

Any individual or group purchasing or going against this notice/declaration, the consequences shall be upon themselves.

The above notice/declaration has been drawn with consultation and full knowledge of Shri. Hokugha Zhimo, eldest brother of Kumar Rai, G.B Shokhuvi Village and Council authorities.

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Modi invokes Tagore’s world view Asks Visva Bharati to help farmers, artisans access global market Santiniketan (WB), Feb 19 (PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday praised the world view of poet- philosopher Rabindranath Tagore and asked Visva-Bharati students to help farmers and artisans of nearby villages find global markets.

He said Guru Rabindranath Tagore had not envisioned the university as a typical educational institution but one that will help Indian culture realise its full potential globally.

Addressing online the convocation of Visva Bharati university that was launched by Nobel laure-

Narendra Modi ate Tagore in 1921 and designated the first central university in 1951, Modi said knowledge was not a “still and static but a dynamic concept”. He asked the institution’s students to prepare a 25- point vision document for the next 25 years that will lead all education establishments in the country to emulate it and enhance India’s image globally.

“A s t a r t i n g p o i n t could be that the students under mentorship of teachers of this inspirational institution begin helping farmers, artisans living in villages nearby to find

Ready for Kerala CM if BJP wins: Metroman Sreedharan New Delhi, Feb 19 (PTI): Set to enter the political fray by joining the BJP next week, technocrat E Sreedharan on Friday said his main aim is to help the party come to power in Kerala and that he will be open to chief ministership.

He also said that the focus will be on developing infrastructure in a big way and bring the state out of the debt trap if the BJP wins the assembly polls that are likely to be held in April-May this year. Known as ‘Metroman’ as well as for the efficiency in completing big infrastructure projects, Sreedharan told PTI that he will contest the assembly elections if the party wants and will also be open to chief ministership if the party asks. The 88-yearold technocrat also made it clear that he will not be interested in governorship, saying that it is purely a “constitutional position and no powers at all” and that he won’t be able to make any positive contribution to the state in such a position.

“My main idea is to bring BJP to power in Kerala. If BJP comes to power in Kerala, there will be three to four major areas we want to focus. One is infrastructure development in a big way and another is to bring industry to the state,” he said.

Speaking over phone from Ponnani in Kerala where he is based now,

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E Sreedharan Sreedharan said that a finance commission could also be formed for the purpose of improving the finances of the state, which is in a “debt trap today”.

“The state is in a debt trap today, so much of borrowings. And debt burden on each Malayalee is Rs 1.2 lakh today.... That means we are heading for bankruptcy and the government still continues to borrow. The state finances need to be propped up and for that, we need to find a solution,” he said.

His entry into the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is being seen as a major boost for the party in election-bound Kerala. The state is being ruled by the Left Democratic Front (LDF) and the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) alternately for the past many years. “If BJP wants, I will contest (the assembly elections),” he said during an interview over phone.

global markets for their products. That will be a step towards building an ‘Atmanirbhar’ (self-reliant) Bharat,” he said. He said West Bengal can become an example of how unity can boost national growth and progress.

“Bengal is an inspiration for Ek Bharat-Shreshth Bharat campaign. Visva Bharati will play a big role in the 21st-century knowledge economy, taking Indian knowledge and identity to every corner of the world. Students should prepare a vision document for the next 25 years about the 25 biggest goals of Visva Bharati in 2047,” he said.

He told the gathering that with knowledge comes responsibility and the knowledge attained by the students was not theirs alone but a legacy for future generations.

“Your knowledge is not only yours but society’s... it is the heritage of

Maha politicians panic as leaders in Covid grip Mumbai, Feb 19 (IANS): Sending alarm bells ringing, several Maharashtra leaders across political parties have been infected by Covid-19, including two who have tested positive for the second time, officials said here on Friday.

The infected dignitaries include Nationalist Congress Party State President and Water Resources Minister Jayant Patil, Health Minister Rajesh Tope, Food & Drugs Administration Minister Dr. Rajendra Shingne, Minister of State for Labour and Prahar Janshakti leader Bachchu Kadu.

Maharashtra Congress President Nana F. Patole has gone into isolation after two of his staffers tested positive and his test reports are awaited, said a party source.

Besides, Home Minister Anil Deshmukh is also in isolation at his Nagpur residence after testing positive earlier this week, and senior NCP leader Eknath Khadse is also infected.

Both Kadu and Khadse have tested positive for the second time, while the latter’s daughter-in-law and BJP MP from Raver Raksha Khadse has also been infected.

the country. Your knowledge and skill can make a nation proud or push society into the darkness of slander and ruin,” he said.

Modi said some highly educated and skilled people were spreading terror and violence in the world, while others were toiling day and night to free people from a global epidemic like COVID-19.

“It is not about ideology but the mindset, whether it is positive or negative,” he said.

Modi said it was for the students to decide whether they wanted to be part of the problem or solution, and asked them not to be afraid of taking risks.

“If your intentions are clear and your loyalty is to ‘Ma Bharati’ (Mother India) every decision of yours will take you towards finding a solution. It’s for you to decide whether you want to be a part of the problem or solution.

“You may not get the

results you thought you will after you had taken a decision, but you should not be afraid of making a decision,” he said.

The prime minister said the new National Education Policy (NEP) was a major step towards building a self-reliant India as it gave impetus to research and innovation.

He said the NEP broke the old restrictions and allowed students to realise their potential, promoted entrepreneurship and selfemployment, research and innovation.

“This new national education policy is a major milestone in the making of an Aatmnirbhar Bharat,” he said.

In his speech peppered with references to Tagore, a native of Bengal but idolised by all Indians, Modi said, “Gurudev believed that we have to discover ourselves among the varied Ideologies and differences.”

Lalu’s bail application rejected in Dumka case

Ranchi, Feb 19 (PTI): The Jharkhand High Court Friday rejected Lalu Prasad’s bail application in a fodder scam case, dashing the RJD president’s chance of immediate release from jail.

Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh turned down Prasad’s bail request in the Dumka treasury case, an offshoot of the multi- crore rupees fodder scam.

The court said since the RJD supremo has to serve two more months in jail to complete half of the

tenure of his total sentence in the case, the bail plea is not granted and asked him to file a fresh application after two months.

Prasad has already acquired bail in three out of the four cases of the fodder scam in which he has been convicted and acceptance of his request in the case related to illegal withdrawal of Rs 3.13 crore from the Dumka treasury could have helped him come out of the jail.

Prasad is in AIIMS Delhi presently.

Two held in Unnao deaths case: Police Unnao (UP), Feb 19 (PTI): The Uttar Pradesh Police on Friday held two people in connection with the death of two teenage girls at an Unnao village, a senior official said.

Another victim in the case battling for life at a hospital. One of the accused held in the case is a teenager, according to police.

“Vinay and a teenager have been held in connection with the case. The matter is a fallout of one-side love affair. The accused gave some pesticide with water to the three girls,” Lucknow Range IG Laxmi Singh told reporters here.

Earlier in the day, the last rites of the two teenage girls found dead in an agriculture field in Babuhara village of the Asoha police station area were performed amid tight security arrangements, officials said.

Three girls -- aged 16, 15 and 14 -- were found in the field by some villagers on Wednesday night. They had left their home to bring

Officials investigate at the site where bodies of two minor Dalit girls were found in a field near Baburaha village. (PTI)

fodder for cattle.

Apart from Section 302 (murder) of the IPC, police have slapped Section

201 against the accused for causing disappearance of evidence on a complaint of a victim’s father, police said.

Shah summoned in defamation case filed by TMC’s Abhishek Banerjee Ko l k ata , F e b 1 9 (PTI): A designated MP/ MLA court in West Bengal issued summons to Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday to appear either personally or through a lawyer before it on February 22 in connection with a defamation case lodged against him by Trinamool Amit Shah Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee.

Shah is “required to appear The special judge of in person/by pleader” at 10 MP/MLA court at Bid- am on that day. hannagar directed that The judge directed

that Shah’s attendance either personally or through a lawyer is necessary to answer to a charge of defamation under section 500 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

In a press note, Abhishek Banerjee’s lawyer Sanjay Basu claimed that Shah had made certain defamatory statements against the TMC MP on August 11, 2018 at a rally of the BJP at Mayo Road in Kolkata.

India’s next Mars mission likely to be an orbiter

New Delhi, Feb 19 (PTI): As NASA’s Perseverance rover landed on Mars in the early hours of Friday to look for signs of past life, ISRO’s next mission to the Red Planet is likely to be an orbiter.

Perseverance, the biggest and the most advanced rover ever sent by NASA, made its landing at Jezero Crater. After its successful Mars Orbiter Mission, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) called for ‘Announcement of Opportunities’ on Mars Orbiter Mission-2.

“It is now planned to have the next orbiter

mission around Mars for a future launch opportunity,” according to the Announcement of Opportunities.

But there are other major projects that are lined up. After the Mars Orbiter Mission’s success, ISRO also decided to explore Venus.

However, the immediate priorities of ISRO remain to be Chandrayaan-3 and Gaganyaan -- both projects have been delayed due

to the coronavirus-induced lockdown. Under Chandrayaan-3, ISRO will once again try to land a rover on the Moon. The mission was to be launched late last year.

Chandrayaan-2 did not yield expected results as the lander hard-landed, dashing India’s hopes to successfully land on the Moon.

ISRO plans to send three humans to space by 2022 under the Gaganyaan

(human space) mission.

The India France Joint Vision for Space Cooperation’ also mentions about the possible collaboration to explore Mars.

“CNES and ISRO, with the support of Laboratoire de meteorologic dynamique (LMD, CNRS), will jointly work on the modelling of Mars and Venus atmospheres,” the vision statement said. Mangalyaan

or Mars Orbiter Mission was India’s first endeavour to successfully reach another planet. The launch vehicle, spacecraft and ground segment cost Rs 450 crore, one of the cheapest missions to Mars so far. Designed to work for six months, the mission has completed over six years. The Mars orbiter has sent thousands of pictures totalling more than two terabytes.

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agaland continues to grapple with accumulated deficits which are a burden that have to be tackled otherwise the state could land itself in dire financial straits. Successive governments have failed to cap the figures down within manageable limits. Budgetary figures are mostly continuation of the previous budget with some changes. The state budget for 2020-21, which was presented to the assembly by chief minister Neiphiu Rio, who also holds the finance portfolio, put the estimated deficit for 2021-22 at Rs.365.33 crore and with the negative opening balance of Rs.2314.13 crore, the financial year 2021-22 will close with an accumulated deficit of Rs. 2679.46 crore. This means that Nagaland will have to raise an additional amount of a little over around Rs.200 crore every month to close the gap by the end of the new financial year. How this is possible can only be a matter of speculative debate. The understanding of proper budgetary management is the saying that one should cut one’s cloth according to one’s size. In other words, the expenditure should not exceed the income beyond a certain manageable limit. However, there is no political will at enforcing fiscal discipline and so the Act remains on paper. Part of the problem is that handling of the finance portfolio seems to be confined to getting and spending money. However the ‘getting’ is mostly from the Centre and spending is in haste but repentance at leisure especially when there is very little scope for raising internal revenue income. The political will needed to effect meaningful austerity was also buried when, despite mounting financial crisis, successive governments continued to focus on spending with an overdrive on construction projects. Opposition leader T.R.Zeliang described the 2021-22 budget as “contract-oriented” on the ground that a substantial portion included allocations for construction of office buildings and other infrastructural projects. Huge funds have been allocated or borrowed to construct palatial office buildings for creating “an ambient environment” so that the government servants can work more efficiently. However, the budgeted amount for projects invariably shoot up even up to over 100% the original estimates. Raising taxes is also not going to create any dent unless there is fiscal discipline and judicious use of funds and so not exactly a do-able solution. Creating more departments in the past came at great cost but it would have been justified had it improved governance. A state with hardly 20 lakh people has over 1,24,000 employed officially and more unofficially, has to spend nearly 60% of the budget for salaries and maintenance. The 13th Finance Commission of India had pointed out that Nagaland should spend only 35% of its budget towards salaries of government employees. The fundamentals of economic infrastructure such as power, roads, telecommunications, municipal services etc. is another area where the State will need to play a continuing role. Austerity measures cannot be achieved merely by announcing them. The state government should have set targets on all government departments with quarterly review on how much has been saved instead of how much has been spent. It is also time to stop blaming the IXth Finance Commission for change in funding pattern or the excuse of being a welfare state that demands reckless spending. It is time to realize that the entitlement syndrome has to go so as to bring accountability in all spheres to usher progress.

DailyDevotion Taking the Initiative Against Drudgery

Arise, shine… —Isaiah 60:1 When it comes to taking the initiative against drudgery, we have to take the first step as though there were no God. There is no point in waiting for God to help us— He will not. But once we arise, immediately we find He is there. Whenever God gives us His inspiration, suddenly taking the initiative becomes a moral issue— a matter of obedience.

Then we must act to be obedient and not continue to lie down doing nothing. If we will arise and shine, drudgery will be divinely transformed.

Drudgery is one of the finest tests to determine the genuineness of our character. Drudgery is work that is far removed from anything we think of as ideal work. It is the utterly hard, menial, tiresome, and dirty work. And when we experience it, our spirituality is instantly tested and we will know whether or not we are spiritually genuine. Read John 13. In this chapter, we see the Incarnate God performing the greatest example of drudgery— washing fishermen’s feet. He then says to them, “If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet” (John 13:14). The inspiration of God is required if drudgery is to shine with the light of God upon it. In some cases the way a person does a task makes that work sanctified and holy forever. It may be a very common everyday task, but after we have seen it done, it becomes different. When the Lord does something through us, He always transforms it. Our Lord takes our human flesh and transforms it, and now every believer’s body has become “the temple of the Holy Spirit” (1 Corinthians 6:19).

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Post-mortem

Reclaiming Right to Think against Narratives of Threat I n the case of Disha Ravi’s arrest, while it is clear that there is an intended assault on freedom of expression and dissent, the nature of the charges aim for something deeper.

Levelling trivial charges of changing two lines in the toolkit amounting to sedition is an unabashed assault on common sense.

It aims to unsettle our commonsensical ability through which most decide what is appropriate and what is not. It is an unapologetic attempt to change the moral valuation of events.

When trivial becomes a serious business of national interest, security concerns and India’s global image, it becomes an attempt to change the underlying cultural codes and our trust in ourselves to evaluate what is right and what is wrong. Death of common sense leads to loss of confidence, dependence on set narratives and consent for crime, conspiracy and violence as a new normal.

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implications than a ‘mere’ assault on free speech it is one on one’s ability to think and trust our evaluation of the world.

Today, while the farmers’ movement represents the strength of common sense and depth of their nationalism, the counternarrative of the regime is challenging our ability to evaluate and separate the trivial from the serious.

If a tweet can bring down India’s image then one is unsure of everything one does. If changing two lines can constitute sedition then taking part in a movement and making an assessment of it, leave alone standing in support, can count for a much more serious crime. We are condemned to discuss, with seriousness, the legality behind Disha’s arrest and how India’s image took a beating with Greta Thunberg’s tweet and therefore why it is justified to file an FIR against her.

This is a well-organised model of criminalising public culture. Being civic itself becomes a crime

by default. One is unsure where and by whom a conspiracy is being hatched.

It could be a global celebrity or a harmless student.

Under these conditions to trust is to be foolish and lack common sense, to think of a possibility of a conspiracy lurking behind such innocuous behaviour is a more prudent thing to do. To use one’s own sense of right and wrong is to be gullible, to depend on what the regime says is relatively the safer thing to do to avoid unwarranted trouble.

In other words, either individually or collectively we are not capable of knowing or even sensing who is an enemy and what kind of intentions they bear or what could be the long term damaging impact of what looks like harmless acts of expressing views on social media. Trivial can be potent enough to hurt our collective security. An ‘innocent’ looking 22-year old, woman or student living in your neighbourhood does not necessarily mean she cannot be a potential

threat to the nation. To think that we, as citizens, can decide or have an opinion about a serious issue of national security is a dangerous act against national interest. Trivial and common sense have been replaced by fears of crime and conspiracy.

The idea that Disha Ravi, under the garb of an environmental activist, was hatching a larger conspiracy alongside the Khalistanis, who are gaining ground through what appears to be a farmers’ movement, is a narrative that leaves no space for civic engagement as citizens. To engage one needs to back one’s instinct because not everything we say and do is supported by a serious study of the issue at hand or collecting detailed facts.

We act based mostly on common sense, our moral world view, our feelings and emotions that help us separate the trivial from the serious, crime from dissent, and an opinion from a conspiracy. But if the very terms of reference are inter-changed and we are

told we were too gullible all along, then a pervasive sense of self-doubt grips us and we doubt our ability to back our instincts. We are then compelled to groom our instincts around this set narrative and believe that we might have arrived at it on our own. It is a collective death of common sense.

The death of common sense in the West seems to have happened due to excessive intrusion of law into what German philosopher Jurgen Habermas refers to as the everyday ‘lifeworld’. In India, the same is happening through wanton lawlessness of state and organised groups in the name of religion and nation.

What is at stake is not just freedom of expression but freedom to think. It, by default, justifies vigilante culture at one end and a silent citizenry on the other.

It erodes everyday trust at one end and encourages undiluted loyalty at the other. It summons pervasive self-doubt at one end and blind faith at the other. It

commands omnipresence of crime and conspiracy at one end and death of common sense at the other.

It finally makes freedom a terrible cost to pay and meaningless suffering an exalted act of altruism and patriotism.

We need to reclaim not just our freedom of expression but the right to think as citizens. We need to back our own moral compass against the manufactured narratives of overwhelming threat. Not just reason and rationality but feelings and emotions are being delegitimised by the spectacle of organised crime and violence. By condemning us to deliberate on triviality we are infantilised to look for paternal protection. Democracy today needs the right to think and feel and trust in the morality of our collective common sense.

Ajay Gudavarthy Associate professor at Centre for Political Studies, JNU (This article was first published in The Wire on February 18)

Gates Foundation and CSIR to promote health research

ill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to support the development, conduct and promotion of health research in India. Gates Foundation and CSIR will work together to identify opportunities to initiate scientific and technological collaborations. These will focus on developing and testing new preventions, therapies and interventions that can help to solve major health concerns that affect India and other developing countries.

Areas of research collaboration would include genetic diseases that impact infant and neonatal mortality; new

diagnostics and devices for infectious disease and environmental surveillance; development of cost-effective processes for drug, vaccines, biologics, and diagnostics manufacturing; novel microbiomedirected foods; socio-economic impact of science and technological tools; and other areas of health and development.

The MoU was signed by Hari Menon, Director, India Country Office on behalf of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Dr GN Dayananda, Head, Technology Management Directorate – Industry Interface, CSIR. Talking about the importance of this collaboration, Hari Menon stated, “Under this MOU, we look forward to

collaborating with CSIR on many important themes linked to India’s health and development priorities. We are excited about the innovation potential of CSIR’s wide network and the promise of our partnership to develop innovative tools and solutions for public health challenges in India and globally.”

“The opportunity to work closely with Gates Foundation on broad spectrum of activities in health and development, will accelerate the R&D and implementation of innovations in the coming years that are not only relevant to India but to the world’, said DG-CSIR, Dr Shekhar C Mande.

Council of Scientific & Industrial

Research (CSIR) is India’s premier S&T organization comprising 37 research laboratories focused on diverse scientific and industrial research areas. CSIR’s research covers a wide spectrum of science and technology – from aerospace, oceanography, geophysics, chemicals, drugs, genomics, biotechnology and nanotechnology to mining, aeronautics, instrumentation, environmental engineering and information technology and provides significanttechnological intervention in many areas with regard to societal efforts which include environment, health, drinking water, food, housing, energy and agricultural sectors.

(India Science Wire)

My experience of online learning Now or Never: A Thought on Indo-Naga Conflict and teaching during pandemic era A

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s Nagas near towards the completion of the first quarter of the 21st century, it is vital to calmly and without any strings attached retrospect their current socio-political crisis and decide on the trajectory they want to embark on. The world today finds itself in a unique position – China asserting its power in the global stage persistently, the pandemic of Covid-19 continues to challenge every nation with its fuller consequences yet to realize, ecological crisis of cataclysmic proportion appears to be looming in the horizon. It is within this global scenario Nagas ought to ask some straightforward but penetrating questions such as: Who are we? What have gone wrong? And what is the solution? For once these questions need to be answered objectively without letting our emotional prejudices and avarice dilute our vision.

Of late, a narrative has been weaved of the Nagas as a case of self-inflicted tragedy.

This needs to be put in right perspective. Nagas’ journey since 1947 has been singularly consumed by her aspirations for self-determination. There is no doubt that the conflict between India and Nagas has exerted the Nagas mentally, physically and morally.

However, no Naga will claim that it is wrong to assert their self-determination. The fact is that Nagas have been forced to live in an artificial political system with constant tinkering of external reconnaissance.

In such an environment it is just not possible for a people group to be organic and unadulterated. Yet the Nagas as a whole, despite the vicious effort of the external force, have remained committed to their aspirations.

The work of the propagandistic machinery of the external force has no doubt made the vision of the Naga society opaque. The former has achieved in creating deep

wing to the overwhelming Through e-learning has made presence and spread of the inroads into school education and Corona Virus or COVID-19 at students are turning to it to gain a faster rate, lockdown was imposed knowledge, we must not forget that in all schools, colleges, and other a significantly larger percentages of educational institution of Nagaland students hails from rural areas. Parsince March 16, 2020 (if not mistaken ents’ education and occupation are the date). It goes without saying that also related factors to the modernizaamong many of the affected things, tion of education whether capable the academic life of our school go- of adjusting to continually changing ing children have been tremendously situations and demands. affected since they were confined to The teaching method should be surroundings of their four walls for based upon interest of the child. The fear of being infected by the fatal educand should actively participate in disease. the learning process. They should be Such closure accelerated the taught to think independently. Free development of online learning sys- exchange of ideas should be develtem as the only option to cope with oped. It includes the education that the enormous challenge. Very soon comes to the child by playing with schools and teachers have adopted another child, speaking to another various online platforms in order to child, imitating other children words, teach their children. Despite of their pointing to others errors, trying to relentless efforts even by burning help others. The children should be midnight oil to prepare their lessons taught practical things. for connecting through online, the The child should understand the desired results could not be achieved, reality by his self-experience, should rather it was trifling. explore things himself and should not Some of the notable drawbacks depend on others. We find a young that attributed to it or hindered on the child of 4 or 5 operating a cute moway for smooth functioning of online bile phone, but fail to realise that the class were: (1) Many parents who child is not even to understand the became redundant employees had meanings of words appearing on the to face extreme financial stringency screen. We do not use our memory to clear their school fees as well as to and ‘Google’ everything. We do not purchase android mobiles counting on even to do simple calculations in our the number of children. (2) Illiteracy head, why? Because we have calculaor Little knowledge of many parents tors. We must realise that too much to assist their kids in online lessons. reliance on technology is a serious (3) Many schools could not equip issue. Our brain is like any other themselves properly for online facil- muscle that we have in our body. If ity. (4) Most of the schools situated we don’t exercise it enough then it is outskirts or in interior areas had to also prone to get weak. Today slowly face the problem of disruption on and gradually we are coming back to internet service frequently or lack of our normal life because the situation communications. (5) A good number has improved and we can definitely of students were found reluctant or say that the third wave of pandemic disinterested in online learning. At the is on the wane but not over. initial stage of spreading COVID-19, Let us pray and hope for early few children also left their respective normalization of the situation and places and went elsewhere not giving commencement of offline classes in much importance in their lessons. (6) full swing soon for the greater acaEven some of the teachers were not demic interest of the children. properly trained or capable to take Shibdas Ghose online classes and to create interest PWD Rental Housing Complex, among the children therein.

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friction among Naga tribes.

Moreover, it has also made the Nagas outlandishly crave for money and power at the expense of common good for the society. These impacts have caused such a myriad of social misery and triggered a fast downward spiral of political disintegration. Nagas as patriotic people should be able to visualize and name the evils that not only threaten but also have become the cancer of our ailing society. It is now or never that the Nagas should unite and take swift and pragmatic decision towards fulfilling their aspirations.

There are Nagas who have become disillusioned and apathetic toward their perennial struggle for self-determination. For many of them the Naga conflict is senseless because it does not appear to have existential relevance to their lives. A sympathetic ear should be lent to this section of people. Concurrently, the disillusioned Nagas should understand the complexity that has been injected to the Naga conflict by the external force. Nagas need to be weary about the fabricated story that is circulating today – the story that it is Nagas who are killing one another, desecrating churches and destroying their own society instead of developing. Interestingly such story

is weaved by some people who have succeeded the prestigious Indian Civil Services. Individuals with such distinction should be able to display sound judgment. The aforementioned narrative is fabricated because it is unintelligent and lacks critical analysis of the actual happenings. In fact if one looks at the Naga history it is vivid that Naga villages were burnt down, people were put in concentration camps, women were raped inside the church and Indian army was given the right to draconian law. In spite of all these obstructions it is commendable that the Nagas have labored through this rough terrain, although not without consequences. But the present reality demands on the Nagas to come together and objectively review their vision understanding the intricate presence of the external agents that have made the present context complex and almost unrecognizable of the pristine vision of the Nagas. It is crucial, therefore, that Nagas should be able to transcend their man made exertions and work together to achieve their rightful aspirations. To that end, may God grant the Nagas unity and wisdom.

M. Sashi Jamir Associate Professor Oriental Theological Seminary

Reader’s Post Sir,

Call of Duty

On 13th of February, (Saturday) as I was passing Supermarket Nagarjan junction, I saw a young man in police uniform drunk and quarrelling in a mineral water shop (alcohol). Needless to say, IRB personnel were also there on duty watching the entire episode. I was so grieved to see that we Dimapurians are in their hands whose sole duty is to restrict such incidents.

Respect to all the sincere Police personnel manning their duties sincerely and tirelessly but such open disrespect of uniform and laws should be avoided which many of us often come across. The faith in policemen by general public must not be subdued due to the acts of some clowns who think they own the street donning the prestigious uniform.

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Police personnel detain a suspected youth while cordoning off the area, at Baghat Chowk in Srinagar, Friday. (PTI)

incident, he said Pakistanbased terrorist organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba, which has adopted a new modus operandi of floating new terror organisation and reviving some old ones, chose a soft target to terrorise non-locals “in its cowardly attempt” to disrupt the ongoing peaceful

Disha Ravi blames Nikita, Shantanu SKM firm on Tikait’s ‘Maha Panchayat’ during questioning, says police

New Delhi, Feb 19 (IANS): The Delhi Police on Friday told a city court that climate activist Disha Ravi has been evasive in giving replies during the interrogation and shifted the blame onto co-accused Nikita Jacob and Shantanu Muluk.

The police requested the court to send her to three-day judicial custody, as they have served a notice to co-accused Shantanu, who will join the investigation on February 22, following which both will be

confronted.

“She has been evasive in giving replies. We have served notice to coaccused Shantanu who will join the investigation on February 22. She has to be confronted with the co-accused,” Public Prosecutor Irfan Ahmed told the court.

The prosecutor added, “During the course of interrogation, Disha Ravi has shifted the blame on Nikita and Shantanu. All the accused need to be confronted with each other. That’s why

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schools (which had reopened for select classes) for ten days in view of the rising cases of coronavirus. Tikait, one of the leaders of farmers’ agitation against the new farm laws on Delhi borders, was scheduled to address the rally at Azad Maidan

ground in Yavatmal city on Saturday. However, the district administration had denied permission for it.

The organisers said that they have submitted a fresh application to the administration seeking its permission for the public meeting. However, response to it is still awaited. Talking to PTI, SKM’s Maharashtra co-ordinator Sandip Gidde said, “We are firm on holding the Maha Panchayat in Yavatmal tomorrow. Rakesh Tikait along with several other leaders of the Sanyukt Kisan Morcha will address the public meeting.

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Bengaluru, Feb 19 (PTI): Three more Congress MLAs are set to resign from the Assembly in Puducherry, a key BJP leader claimed on Friday even as he asserted that the beleaguered V Narayanasamy government would lose the trust vote.

Two of the four Congress MLAs who quit the House – A Namassivayam and E Theeppainthan -- have already joined the BJP. BJP in-charge of the Union Territory, Nirmal Kumar Surana said the other two Congress MLAs -- Malladi Krishna Rao and A John Kumar -- would join the J P Nadda-led party.

“The two will be joining the BJP. They are speaking with our leadership,” Surana, also Vice-President of Karnataka unit of the BJP, told P T I. “Certainly, 100 per cent”, he said when asked if the Congress government would lose the vote of confidence in the House.

“That’s the only option, I feel”, Surana responded to a question on whether imposition of President’s Rule is a possibility in the poll-

bound Puducherry.

The newly appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Puducherry Tamilisai Soundararajan directed the Assembly Secretariat on Thursday to convene the House on February 22 for the Trust vote.

Surana declined to name the three Congress MLAs he claimed would quit the Assembly.

“I cannot talk now.

They are unhappy with Narayanasamy and they want to resign. Hundred per cent they are going to resign”, he said.

On whether the BJP is open to taking these three MLAs into its fold, Surana said whoever accepts BJP’s ideology and whoever wants to join for the development of Puducherry, his party is ready to take them.

Ruling Congress MLAs met in Puducherry on Thursday night after the Chief Minister was asked to prove his majority in the assembly on February 22.

They did not take any decision on the future course of action and resolved to meet again a day ahead of the trust vote.

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Climate activist Disha Ravi being produced at Patiala Court in connection with ‘toolkit case’, Friday. (PTI)

three days judicial custody is being sought.”

Metropolitan Magistrate Akash Jain will pronounce the order on the police application seeking three-day judicial custody at 4 p.m.

The court was also informed that Disha Ravi has moved a bail application which will come up for hearing on February 20.

The 21-year-old activist was produced before the court amid high security at the end of her five-day police custody.

Ravi was arrested from Bengaluru on February 13 in connection with allegedly editing and sharing a ‘toolkit’ on social media related to the farmers’ protest.

She was then remanded to five-day police custody. The Delhi Police sought it to identify ProKhalistani Group -- Poetic Justice Foundation and its active members, and to recover the deleted WhatsApp Group.

The Cyber Cell had lodged an FIR against “pro-Khalistan” creators of the “Toolkit” for waging a “social, cultural and economic war against the government of India”.

Nagpur, Feb 19 (PTI): Even as the district administration in Maharashtra’s Yavatmal has denied permission to the February 20 ‘Maha Panchayat’ of farmer leader Rakesh Tikait due to rising COVID-19 cases, its organiser- Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM)- on Friday said it is firm on holding the public meeting there.

The SKM said that if Tikait and other leaders are stopped in Yavatmal, then a sit-in protest would be held.

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mediately after the attack on Wednesday evening, when the envoys from 24 nations were on a two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir, police teams under the supervision of Deputy Inspector General Amit Kumar were formed to probe the case.

Giving details of the

in contact with Gazi, an active terrorist, and had undergone training under him locally a month ago.

He conducted the recce of the Dalgate Durganag area along with other terrorist associates 10 days before the attack.

On the day of the attack, the trio came to Krishna Dhaba on Suhail Ahmad Mir’s motorcycle around 7:15 pm and fired indiscriminately at the staff members, critically injuring Aakash Mehra. Mehra was rushed to the SMHS Hospital, where his condition was stated to be stable.

Kumar said the Pakistan-based terrorist organisations have adopted new strategies by recruiting local youths who are in their teens and allowing them to mix up with family friends and live normally and training them for a day or so.

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Dhaba located in a highsecurity area of the city, was shot at from a close range and critically wounded on Wednesday evening. The Muslim Janbaz Force, a terror outfit which was active in early 1990s, had claimed responsibility for the attack.

Kumar said that im-

atmosphere in the valley.

Krishna Dhaba is popular among tourists and locals and the attack was also an attempt to disrupt tourist arrivals which have gone up in the past two months.

Immediately after the attack, the Srinagar police with the help of CCTV footage and technical assistance zeroed in on certain clues and tied up with their Pulwama and Anantnag counterparts.

On the basis of intelligence, many suspected spots were raided by a joint police team of Srinagar and Pulwama which led to the arrest of Vilayat Aziz Mir. Subsequently, Suhail Ahmad Mir and Owais Manzoor Sofi were arrested.

Sofi was charge-sheeted by the police in December 2018 in another terror case, police said.

Police said Vilayat was

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S r i nag a r , F e b 1 9 (PTI): In a swift operation, the Jammu and Kashmir Police has arrested three persons allegedly owing allegiance to a shadow terror outfit of the banned Lashkar-e-Taiba for their involvement in the attack on the son of the owner of a popular eatery here earlier this week, a senior officer said on Friday.

“We have arrested three men who were involved in the attack at Krishna Dhaba in which one civilian was injured,” Inspector General of Police (IGP) of Kashmir zone Vijay Kumar told reporters here.

The arrested accused have been identified as Suhail Ahmad Mir and Owais Manzoor Sofi of Nowgam in Anantnag and Vilayat Aziz Mir of Pulwama.

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Stressing for upgrading their skills and machineries to make them more viable, he said he would assist the farmers by equipping them with machineries.

On the objection to having too many agri-link roads by opposition members, he explained that it was difficult to evacuate agricultural produce due to difficult terrain and that there was a huge demand for agri link roads.

He remarked that upgrading model piggery and fisheries was vital for the State’s economy because Nagas were non-vegetarian, adding that the effort was to reach food selfsufficiency.

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contributions, identify land and assist the government in purchasing of land, if the government did not posses any.

To be funded by Pollution Control Board, he said two parks have been selected for the current year, one each in Kohima and Dimapur, adding the same would be taken up in other districts in future.

On posting of doctors in remote areas, Rio assured to take corrective measures stating that justice would be done.

On Zeliang’s suggestion to write a letter to law & justice department’s deputy secretary to revoke the letter regarding SARFAESI Act, Rio pointed out that as per the Assembly decision, the mat-

ter was referred to select committee.

Therefore, he assured that, if required, more discussions would be held.

He however said there was no need to revoke the letter as Assembly resolution and decision would overrule everything.

He said there were 53 bridges under PMGSY, out of which 23 were in ENPO area, and assured to expedite them.

In response to opposition members’ charge, Rio clarified that the budget did not make mention of NH, CSS or NHIDCL as these were Central projects, though the State could discuss, supervise and them.

As the Naga political issue always took centre stage in NLA, he said this remains

the top agenda of his government too, adding that the Assembly held deliberations and even adopted unanimous resolutions in this regard.

He insisted that inclusive agreement should encompass all Nagas so that the solution was longlasting and the mistakes of history were not repeated, while appealing to the negotiating parties for an early, honourable and inclusive solution.

He urged all stakeholders to constantly strive towards unity and oneness.

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stitute the committee at the earliest and take the issue forward on a priority basis and, if needed, even call a special session of the Assembly. Assuring full cooperation, the body said it was ready to give any input as the committee might require.

CNCCI also appealed to every stakeholder across the table to cooperate and understand the need for a policy change and reformation in the existing system regarding economy, land and banking sector of the State. It added that only then can the State move ahead with the changing dynamics and pave better ways and opportunities for entrepreneurs and younger generation, creating a sustainable ecosystem along the way.

pointed out by opposition member Dr Chotisuh Sazo, the chief minister said the pigs were transported from the UK to Delhi.

However, as the pigs were required to be quarantined between 30 days and five months and Government of India did not allow their transportation to Nagaland, he said the pigs were under the care of Punjab government.

He exuded confidence that once situation normalised, the veterinary department would take care of the rest.

Further, he informed the House that as Green Park inaugurated in Dimapur was doing well, the government wanted to replicate this in all the districts.

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the brunt without any respite.

Recalling that it had time and again apprised the government through representations and during meetings with State government officials on the urgent need for implementation of the Act, which was enacted by Parliament way back in 2002, CNCCI observed that Nagaland was now almost two decades behind in implementing the Act, without which there was bleak chance or no opportunity for fast growing community of first generation young business people and entrepreneurs in the State.

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D I M A P UR , F E B 1 9 (NPN): Confederation of Nagaland Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CNCCI) has expressed its appreciation to the State government and all members of Nagaland Legislative Assembly (NLA), irrespective of party affiliations, for taking up its demand and unanimously agreeing to form a committee with regard to SARFAESI Act and its implementation in Nagaland.

CNCCI CNCCI chairman Dr Khekugha Muru and general secretary Dr Seyievilie Mor said it considered the move path-breaking, especially during this post-pandemic time when the economic scenario was bad and every stakeholder is bearing

said Rusmik Oza, Executive Vice President, Head of Fundamental Research at Kotak Securities.

Sectorally, BSE auto, metal, bankex, healthcare and finance indices lost as much as 2.59 per cent, while energy index was the sole gainer. Broader BSE midcap and smallcap indices fell up to 1.67 per cent. Global markets were mixed amid weak macroeconomic data from the US and Europe, casting a cloud over expectations of a swift economic recovery. Elsewhere in Asia, markets in Tokyo ended on a negative note, while Shanghai, Hong Kong and Seoul closed with gains.

Stock exchanges in Europe were also trading in the positive terrain in mid-session deals. Meanwhile, the global oil benchmark Brent crude slipped 1.24 per cent to USD 63.14 per barrel.

Domestic currency markets were closed on Friday on account of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti.

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0.44 per unit.

Rajasthan has also achieved the ACS-ARR Gap reduction target.

Against the target of Rs 1.40 per unit, the state has abridged the gap to Rs 1.16 per unit.

Similarly, Bihar has also achieved the ACSARR Gap reduction target by 10 per cent reductions in the ACS-ARR Gap. Successful implemen-

were among the gainers, climbing up to 1.97 per cent.

During the week, the Sensex declined 654.54 points or 1.26 per cent, and Nifty fell 181.55 points or 1.19 per cent.

“The Nifty-50 and BSE Sensex declined by 1.2 per cent this week as market mood became cautious on rising global and local bond yields. The broader markets that is NSE Mid Cap 100 Index and BSE Small Cap Index are both in the green this week. The US 10 Year Bond yields have risen from below 1 per cent to 1.29 per cent, building in economic impact of the USD 1.9 trillion stimulus package.

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cent against the target of 19.35 per cent. ACS-ARR Gap in the state has been reduced to Rs 0.36 per unit against the target of Rs 0.40 per unit.

Goa has brought down the AT&C losses to 11.21 per cent against the target of 13.53 per cent.

Karnataka has surpassed the ACS-ARR Gap target of Rs 0.50 per unit by reducing the gap to Rs

Mumbai, Feb 19 (PTI): The Sensex tumbled 435 points while the Nifty slumped below the 15,000mark on Friday as markets buckled under selling pressure for the fourth session on the trot amid a lacklustre trend in global markets.

The 30-share BSE Sensex ended 434.93 points or 0.85 per cent lower at 50,889.76, pressured by robust selling in banking and auto counters.

Similarly, the broader NSE Nifty gave up the 15,000 level, dropping 137.20 points or 0.91 per cent to 14,981.75.

A day after topping the Sensex gainer’s chart, ONGC emerged as the biggest laggard in Friday’s session, tumbling 5.06 per cent.

It was followed by SBI, Axis Bank, ICICI Bank, Bajaj Auto, Maruti and M&M, which shed up to 3.77 per cent. On the other hand, IndusInd Bank, HUL, Dr Reddy’s, NTPC, Reliance Industries and Bajaj Finserv

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of the Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) for meeting the target set for the state for reduction in AT&C losses and additional 0.05 per cent of GSDP for crossing the ACS-ARR gap target.

Uttarakhand has achieved the targets for reduction in both AT&C losses and ACS-ARR gap.

AT&C losses in the state have reduced to 19.01 per

tation of the reform has made these five states eligible to mobilise additional financial resources of Rs 2,094 crore. The permission for the same has been accorded by the Department of Expenditure.

This has provided the much needed additional financial resources to the states to fight Covid-19 pandemic, enhance capital expenditure to stimulate demand.

Besides these five states, Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh have undertaken the third reform in the power sector i.e. Direct Benefit transfer (DBT) of electricity subsisdy to farmers. Consequently, these two states were given additional borrowing permission of Rs 2,938 crore, equivalent to 0.15 per cent of their GSDP. Thus, the 7 states who have undertaken power sector reforms so far have been granted additional borrowing permission of Rs 5,032 crore.

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NEW DELHI, FEB 19 (IANS): Reform linked additional borrowing permissions are stimulating reforms in the power sector across the states.

As a part of the reform process, five more states -- Bihar, Goa, Karnataka, Rajasthan and Uttarakhand have successfully met the target set by the Power ministry for reduction in Aggregate Technical & Commercial (AT&C) losses or achieved the targeted reduction gap in Average Cost of Supply and Average Revenue Realisation (ACS-ARR).

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China admits casualties in Galwan clash

BEIJING, FEB 19 (PTI): Four Chinese soldiers were killed in the fierce clash with the Indian Army in the Galwan Valley in eastern Ladakh in June last year, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) acknowledged for the first time on Friday.

China’s military authorities have honoured two officers and three soldiers, including four who received the awards posthumously, for defending the country’s western border, the official Xinhua news agency reported, quoting the The People’s Liberation Army Daily, the newspaper of the Chinese military.

Five Chinese frontier officers and soldiers stationed in the Karakoram Mountains have been recognised by the Central Military Commission of China (CMC) for their sacrifice in the border confrontation with India, which occurred in the Galwan Valley in June 2020, the PLA Daily said. The CMC is headed

by Chinese President Xi Jinping, also General Secretary of the ruling Communist Party of China.

The title of “borderdefending hero” was conferred on Battalion Commander Chen Hongjun posthumously, while Chen

Soldiers bandage the head of PLA regimental commander Qi Fabao as Indian and Chinese troops face off during the Galwan Valley clash on June 15, 2020. (AP/PTI/Video grab)

Xiangrong, Xiao Siyuan and Wang Zhuoran received first-class merit. Qi Fabao, who was seriously injured in the skirmish, received the title of “hero regiment commander for defending the border,” the Xinhua report said.

Three PLA soldiers were killed in the combat while another soldier died while crossing the icy river when he went to support his army mates. Asked why China chose to reveal the casualties suffered during the Galwan incident after over eight months, Hua said, “the report has been

revealed to give the truth to the public because the truth is long awaited and is necessary for the people to know the true story.” India has said that 20 of its soldiers were killed in the fierce hand-to-hand combat on June 15 in Galwan Valley, an incident that marked the most serious military conflicts between the two sides in over four decades.

While China acknowledged casualties, it did not disclose details.

“These heroes will along will be remembered by the Chinese people. Their sacrifices made to defend

our territory will never be forgotten by the Chinese people,” she said.

“We all know that conflict broke out in Galwan in June last year and responsibility does not rest with Chinese side,” Hua claimed.

“We hope the border issue will be put in a proper place in our bilateral relations. We hope to work with the Indian side to properly resolve the issue and uphold the general picture and the interests of the bilateral ties”, Hua said.

“India is an important neighbour of China and restoring a healthy stable

relationship is the aspiration and also in the interest of the two peoples. I hope the Indian side will work with us towards achieving this shared goal,” she said.

Asked whether the details of the Galwan incident revealed by China today will impact Saturday’s 10th round of Commanders-level talks to discuss further disengagement of troops, Hua said these are two separate issues. “Through diplomatic and military channels of the two sides are in communications in completing the disengagement smoothly,” she added.

“We hope the Indian side will bear in mind the general interest of bilateral relations and bring the ties to the right track. What we released is just the facts and the truth,” she said.

The PLA Daily claimed that the Indian soldiers attacked the Chinese military personnel with steel tubes and cudgels and threw stones. This is the first time China has acknowledged casualties and details of these officers and soldiers’ sacrifice, four of whom died when dealing with the Indian military’s “illegal trespassing” of the Galwan Valley Line of Actual Control (LAC), the report said.

NLA: General discussion on budget 2021-2022 (From p-1) since Centre had expressed it plans to rationalize and bring down centrally sponsored schemes (CSS) in line with the 15th Finance Commission as was evident from the Union Budget 2021-2022.

NPF legislator, Amenba Yaden, participating in the session appreciated the initiative taken by the government on an innovative model of cluster Agri development called ‘Naga integrated settled farming’ and stated that Nagaland farming holding is entirely different from mainland area, therefore requested the Department to properly research and validated in considerable area before applying in mass scale.

IT&C, Science & Technology, NRE, Mmhonlumo Kikon, participating in the discussion, stated that the government has shown the leadership by safeguarding the interest of the citizen of all during the pandemic. He said that good governance has come back despite facing the pandemic and economic challenges. He stated that the government of the day is willing to discuss on good and constructive suggestions and take it positively.

On the Foothill Road issue, Mmhonlumo pointed out that although work order for Doyang bridge was issued to the contractor in 2014, the work was far from completion till now. He said he had personally inspected the progress of the work found that the contractor’s claim of more than 70 percent of the work being completed was untrue.

When more than 75 percent of fund had been released for the work, Mmhonlumo questioned why there was so much delay in completing the work. He asked the minister in-charge to initiate an investigation into the issue and take appropriate disciplinary actions.

Opposition member, Y.M. Yollow Konyak called upon the government to give equal importance to the development of all districts and not just concentrate on few.

NPF legislator, Dr. Imtiwapang Aier expressed his view that underdeveloped areas of all districts should also be included under Department of Under Developed Areas so that parity is maintained.

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also raised concern on State’s dependence on import of important commodities from outside the State and frequent economic blockades imposed by neighbouring States from time to time.

He also pointed out about the ban in transport of live pigs, from registered farms of Punjab and Haryana, imposed

by Assam government along its road.

He said that such move was a sinister designed to capture Nagaland pig market under the pretext of African swine flu pandemic.

In this connection, he said that the Centre had issued a memo to all the principal secretaries of Haryana, Punjab and the eight Northeastern states on July 22, 2020 to allow movement of pigs from Haryana and Punjab to North Eastern states. He further informed the House that Guwahati High Court had also passed a judgment that necessary transit pass be granted within 72 hours on receipt of the application on the condition not to unload pigs in Assam and should produce uptodate vaccination certificate.

Despite fulfilling the entire SOP required by the court, he said Assam failed to neither issue transit pass nor allow the pig consignment to pass through the state while it sold pork on large scale.

He said the rising cost of pork since the lockdown was understandable, however, even after lockdown has been lifted, the cost of pork could not come down due to such sinister designs applied by Assam government in the form of economic blockade.

Yitachu, participating in the budget discussion, called on the need for industrialization in the State so as to improve the economic state and solve the unemployment problem in the State. He also suggested for opening of the State to other regions of the country and even other countries for the trading purpose, with special reference to the South East Asian countries in line with the Act East Policy.

Yitachu suggested for proper planning while constructing roads in rural areas so that they do not create problems to the existing National Highways and State Highways.

He stated that governance is for all and called for balancing of the govern-

ment’s exchequer as it was needed for the State to progress.

On the Naga Political issue, Yitachu opined that there was no ruling and opposition party. He said that his party will give full cooperation towards the final solution.

NPF MLA, Dr. Chotisuh Sazo, while appreciating the government for providing various machineries to the farmers, called for equal distribution of machineries to all the districts. Appreciating the department of Information Technology & Communication and the IT sector, Sazo also requested the service providers to provide better services as their services has drastically increased due to the restrictive measures of the Covid-19 pandemic. While pushing for outsourcing of various services, Sazo suggested for improvements in the revenue earning departments of the State.

Participating in the discussion on the budget for the year 2021-2022 Toshi Wungtung, Advisor IP&R, SCERT and Village Guards highlighted the success story of the State in many aspects under the leadership of chief minister Neiphiu Rio and how the state has successfully sailed through one of the toughest times during the Covid 19 pandemic. He stated that although Nagaland was dependent on Centre with little or no revenue sources of its own, the budget has clearly covered all available avenues that has potential especially the Agri and allied sector. He also acknowledged the austerity measures adopted by the government for the good of the State as a whole.

In his concluding remarks, chief minister Neiphiu Rio stated that the House discussed the needs to bring reforms in the Power, Transport, Water and Mining sectors so as to reduce recurring expenditure of the government. He said that the government will also focus on right sizing and rationalize the large manpower in the government sector. “The time has come to curtail Government expenditure and give more importance to revenue generation so that resource are available for development”, he added.

He appreciated all members for their participation in the discussion and for their valuable inputs.

Myanmar protester dies after 10 days on life support; pressure grows on army YA N G O N, F E B 1 9 (AGENCIES): A young woman protester in Myanmar died on Friday after being shot in the head last week as police dispersed a crowd, her brother said, the first death among opponents of the Feb. 1 military coup since demonstrations began two weeks ago.

News of the death came as baton-wielding police and soldiers broke up a procession of people carrying banners of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi in the northern town of Myitkyina and thousands returned to the streets of the main city of Yangon. Mya Thwate Thwate Khaing, who had just turned 20, had been on life support since being taken to hospital on Feb. 9, after she was hit by what doctors said was a live bullet at a protest in the capital, Naypyitaw.

“I feel really sad and have nothing to say,” said her brother, Ye Htut Aung, speaking by telephone.

Protesters set up a shrine for her on a pavement in Yangon, with pictures, flowers and the flag of Suu Kyi’s party. “I’m proud of her and I’ll come out until we achieve our goal for her,” Nay Lin Htet, 24, told

down the sorts of sites they did yesterday, as some sort of threat — well, I know how Australians react to that and I thought that was not a good move on their part,” Morrison told reporters.

“They should move quickly past that, come back to the table and we’ll sort it out,” he added. Australian news organisations could not post stories and people who tried to share existing news stories got notifications saying they were blocked from doing so.

There was public outrage at how the Facebook blockade was bungled, cutting access — at least temporarily — to pandemic, public health and emergency services.

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Newspaper headlines included: “No likes for unsocial network,” and “Faceblock.” An article about how fake news would replace credible journalism in Australian feeds carried the headline, “‘Fakebook’ shows all it cares about is profit, not people.”

Some non-Australian

outlets also appeared affected, with posts disappearing from Facebook pages belonging to Britain’s Daily Telegraph and Sky News.

Both share names with news outlets in Australia.

The blockade was a response to the passage of a bill by the House of Representatives on Wednesday night that would make Facebook and Google pay Australian media companies fair compensation for the journalism that the platforms link to. The legislation must be approved by the Senate to become law.

Google has responded by quickly working out licensing content deals with major Australian media companies under its own

Anti-coup protesters hold images of deposed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Yangon, Myanmar Friday. (AP/PTI)

Reuters. Friday marked two weeks of daily demonstrations against the military’s seizure of power and its detention of veteran democracy campaigner Suu Kyi. The protests throughout the ethnically diverse country have been more peaceful than the bloodily suppressed demonstrations during nearly 50 years of direct military rule up to 2011.

But police have fired rubber bullets several times to break up crowds, as well as water cannon and catapults. The army says one policeman has died of injuries sustained in a protest.

The U.N. office in Myanmar and international rights groups called on the security forces to avoid using force. In Myitkyina, police

and soldiers sent protesters scattering down a street lined with shops, video on social media showed.

Rights activist Stella Naw said about 50 people were detained but later released. There have been clashes in Myitkyina, capital of Kachin State, over the past two weeks with police firing rubber bullets and using catapults to disperse crowds.

Police in Yangon sealed off the city’s main protest site near the Sule Pagoda, setting up barricades on access roads to an intersection where tens of thousands have gathered this week.

Hundreds of people gathered at the barricades anyway and several thousand formed a procession at another site.

Budget 2021-22 hollow, bereft of innovation...

(From p-1) He said the minister in charge of finance has made tall promises in his budget speech but in reality, the State was facing one of the worst times since Statehood.

He mentioned that there were already over 1,40,000 government employees, which was over 7.1 % of the State total population of 19,80,602 as per 2011 Census. Unless employment avenues were created for the unemployed youth, LoP said government jobs alone would not be able to solve the ever increasing unemployment rate in the State.

Further, Zeliang pointed out that state has an excess of over 70,000 government employees, which was consuming 67.3% of the budget every year. He said under such a paradigm, the youth had no place to go if the state government focused only on constructing buildings. On the Infrastructure projects under the scheme of Special Assistance to States for Capital Expenditure with Rs. 200 crore interest loan assistance, he said several new and ongoing projects including improvement of roads in district headquarters were undertaken under this programme. However, he said the never-ending trumpet about maintaining the district headquarters roads has been going on since the first budget speech in 2018. Asking how many district headquarters roads were being built and maintained besides Kohima and Dimapur, LoP said that after 2018 budget speech, there were talks about fund being released to maintain the road, but in reality nothing much have taken place on the ground and the stretch of road remained in very poor condition.

He said it would be good to see that implementation was successfully carried out on the ground instead of harping the success on such activity on paper.

While the budget speech was “overwhelmed with the topic of COVID19”, Zeliang said there was neither mention of the funds received nor the utilization of the same. He added that there was no mention of the efforts made by the state to redress the grievances of the people. Pointing out that the pandemic has particularly affected the farmers and business sector badly, LoP however said there was little mention of the assistance that the government planned to provide to help rehabilitation. Zeliang also expressed surprise that there was no mention about Kohima Smart city project, progress and targets that government had in place for the project to see the light of day.

In power sector, Zeliang said government was contemplating privatizing distribution and revenue generation sector. He, however, said that the move would be counterproductive as the department has invested a lot into prepaid metering system and other technicalities. Zeliang maintained that department would become helpless and the private cooperation would be given unparallel authority. He said govern-

Australian leader urges FB to lift its news blockade CANBERRA, FEB 19 (AP): Australia’s prime minister on Friday urged Facebook to lift its ban on news access for Australian users and return to the negotiating table with media organisations, warning that other countries would follow his government’s example in making digital giants pay for journalism.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison described Facebook’s move Thursday to prevent Australians from accessing and sharing news as a threat. The blockade has escalated a fight with the government over whether powerful tech companies should have to pay news organisations for content.

“The idea of shutting

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News Showcase model.

Ruper t Murdoch’s News Corp. has announced a wide-ranging deal with Google covering operations in the United States and Britain as well as Australia. Major Australian media organisation Seven West Media also reached a deal earlier in the week.

Rival Nine Entertainment is reportedly close to its own pact, and state-owned Australian Broadcasting Corp is in negotiations.

Morrison said he discussed the Facebook dispute with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday. Morrison was also discussing Australia’s proposed law with the leaders of Britain, Canada and France.

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ment had every right to venture into different mode if the ongoing electronic and prepaid system becomes a failure. However, he said that without the waiting for results and rushing for privatization would only mean that there was a scheme to chop off the hands and legs of the power department in the State.

In forest department, Zeliang said except for one sentence there was no mention of the important JICA project for which the 1st instalment payment was made in 2016-17. He said self sustainability and revenue generating sources was much talked about, but not giving importance to mega project only showed that there was no action and only empty words. LoP said it would be pointless to talk about foreign investment in the State when state failed to implement what was sanctioned under externally aided project. On Nagaland Rights of Persons with Disabilities Rules 2019, he said the 4% reservation of all vacant posts in government offices was issued after a delay of three years and that too only after a case was filed in the Gauhati High Court (Kohima Bench) against the government by the candidates with disabilities for non-implementation of Disabilities Act. LoP said he, therefore, failed to understand why government was taking credit for something which they were forced to do by the court.

Further, Zeliang pointed out that even if it failed to bring any new mega projects for the state, the state government should be sincere to implement and complete within specified period what was made available to them like four-lane Dimapur-Kohima, progress on Dimapur City by-pass road, and position of Kohima city bypass road, Kohima Smart City, JAICA external aided project etc. On Chiethu Airport, he asked the minister transport and civil aviation to provide detail report. Concluding his speech, Zeliang said the government seemed to only delight in extracting more money from the State exchequer and the people of the State in the name of the pandemic. He alleged that COVID-19 has been a source of income for the government in many ways while citing “instances” like fuel price hike in the guise of COVID cess and the 15% pro rata cut under non-development plan and another 15% from the development outlay of various departments.

However, LoP said there was no report of the receipt and the expenditure of the same in the budget presentation, which he maintained gives room for huge misappropriation of the funds received from these sources. He said this was a vindication that the government of the day was harping on bringing “change” only on paper and nothing in reality. Describing the budget as “new wine in old bottle”, the LoP asked the PDA government to change its slogan “Change is coming” to “Change may come someday”.

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Can’t read your chats with new privacy policy: WhatsApp

Joaquin Phoenix joins Disappointment Blvd

Rihanna faces backlash for wearing Ganesha pendant in ‘disrespectful’ new photo

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acing intense scrutiny over alleged data sharing with Facebook via new privacy policy, WhatsApp has reiterated that personal messages will always be end-to-end encrypted and the company can’t read or listen to them.

In a new blog post on Thursday, WhatsApp said that in the coming weeks, it will display a banner in its main platform providing more information that people can read at their own pace.

“We’ve also included more information to try and address concerns we’re hearing. Eventually, we’ll start reminding people to review and accept these updates to keep using WhatsApp,” the company said.

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preme Court said that people have grave apprehensions on loss of privacy, making it clear that it is the court’s duty to protect this right as it heard a plea against WhatsApp’s new privacy policy which has now been deferred till May 15.

A bench, headed by the Chief Justice and comprising Justices A.S. Bopanna and V. Ramasubramanian, told counsel for WhatsApp: “People have grave apprehensions about loss of privacy. You may be 2 or 3 trillion dollar company, but people value their privacy more than your money... we have to protect people’s privacy.”

The top court issued notice to WhatsApp and Facebook on this plea against its new privacy

policy.

WhatsApp said that it believes people are looking for apps to be both reliable and safe, even if that requires WhatsApp having some limited data. “ We s t r i ve t o b e thoughtful on the decisions we make and we’ll continue to develop new ways of meeting these responsibilities with less information, not more,” it mentioned.

WhatsApp delayed the implementation of a new privacy policy by three months after it faced backlash, with millions of its users moving from the platform to rivals like Telegram and Signal.

The policy change was originally scheduled to come into effect on February 8.

(IANS)

How screen time impacts boys and girls differently

creen time affects boys and girls differently, a new study suggests that boys who play video games regularly are less likely to develop depressive symptoms whereas girls who stay active on social media platforms may experience an increased risk of depressive symptoms.

The findings indicate that boys, who played video games at age of 11 had 24 per cent fewer depressive symptoms three years later, whereas girls who used social media most on days at age 11 had 13 per cent more depressive symptoms three years later.

"Screens allow us to engage in a wide range of

activities. Guidelines and recommendations about screen time should be based on our understanding of

how these different activities might influence mental health and whether that influence is meaningful," said

Spending time in nature may help ease stressful feelings

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andemic got you down? A little nature could help. A team of researchers suggest that pandemic hasn’t decreased the power of nature to improve mental well-being.

The study indicates that the participants in general reported greater stress levels during the pandemic, individuals with a harmony-with-nature worldview were coping better regardless of whether they lived.

“Thinking about the

natural world in an interconnected and harmonious way corresponds to improved psychological health, no matter where you are,” said researcher Brian W. Haas from the University of Georgia.

For the study, published in the journal Personality and Individual Differences, the team used a survey in US and Japan to measure worldviews on nature as well as how much the pandemic impacted people’s lives, and

ollywood superstar Aamir Khan will shoot for the final schedule of his upcoming film Laal Singh Chaddha in Kargil, a source close to the project said on Friday.

“The team is waiting for the snow to melt so that the team can go ahead and shoot the Kargil war sequence in May and June. This sequence is of great importance to the film’s plot,” said the source.

The film is an official remake of the 1994 Hollywood hit Forrest Gump, starring Tom Hanks. Besides essaying the title role, Aamir has produced the film, which K Y M C

firm whether playing video games actually improves mental health, it didn't appear harmful in our study and may have some benefits.

Particularly during the pandemic, video games have been an important social platform for young people," Kandola added.

For the study, published in the journal Psychological Medicine, the team reviewed data from 11,341 adolescents who are part of a cohort study to investigate screen time as it is responsible for much of sedentary behaviour in researcher Aaron Kandola adolescents. from the University College The study participants London. had all answered questions "While we cannot con- about their time spent on

social media, playing video games, or using the Internet, at age 11, and also answered questions about depressive symptoms, such as low mood, loss of pleasure and poor concentration, at age 14. The team said that the effect of reduced depressive symptoms was only significant among boys with low physical activity levels. They suggest that less active boys could derive more enjoyment and social interaction from video games.

Other studies have previously found similar trends and researchers have suggested that frequent social media use could increase feelings of social isolation.

(IANS)

‘Bell Bottom’ to hit theatres

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The Rotomi Students' Union with immense pride adn honour, extend our heartiest congratulations to Dr. Vivikali N. Yeptho, D/o. Late Rev. Dr. Najekhu Yeptho and Mrs. Kitoli Shohe on successfully completing her Doctorate of Philosophy (Ph.D) in Practical Theology and also receiving academic award from Korea Christian University, South Korea.

The Union further wishes her good health and success in her future endeavours.

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their current psychological health.

The survey sought to gauge whether the participants had a worldview in harmony with nature -- being in tune or connected with the natural world, or a worldview of mastery over nature -- the belief that people have the ability to control the natural world.

They also reported on their stress levels and were asked if the Covid19 pandemic has affected them personally or impacted their employment or finances.

“Clearly there’s great need for study as relates to the pandemic, not just now during Covid, but also of previous pandemics and for possible future pandemics,” said researcher Fumiko Hoeft from the University of Connecticut.

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on ‘Gladiator’.

The new historical drama will chronicle the story of French military leader Napoleon Bonaparte, who was Emperor of the French as Napoleon I from 1804 until 1814. The flick is described as an original and personal look at Napoleon’s origins and his ruthless climb to power. It will explore the often volatile relationship he had with his wife Josephine.

It aims to capture Napoleon’s famous battles and his astounding strategic mind as a military leader.

The title is derived from the saying “There is a general’s staff hidden in every soldier’s kitbag.”

David Scarpa, who worked alongside Ridley on ‘All the Money in the World’, has been tapped to write the script for the project – which is being produced by the ‘Blade Runner’ filmmaker and Kevin Walsh for Ridley’s Scott Free production company.

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oaquin Phoenix will star in ‘Disappointment Blvd’.The 46-year-old actor has chosen the new movie as his follow-up project to his Oscar-winning performance as the titular character in ‘Joker’. Phoenix had been linked with the project since last year and his involvement is now officially confirmed.

Ari Aster will write and direct the new movie although details are being kept under wraps with regards to the plot. It has been described as “an intimate, decades-spinning portrait of one of the most successful entrepreneurs of all time”.

A24 are set to produce and finance the project with Aster and Lars Knudsen are to produce under their Square Peg banner.

It is unknown when production on the film will begin but it is likely to before Joaquin begins work on the war epic ‘Kitbag’ – which will see him reunite with director Sir Ridley Scott after they worked together

ihanna h a s faced backlash from Hindu fans after sharing a “disrespectful” Instagram photo in which she wears a diamond-studded pendant featuring a likeness of the Hindu god Ganesha.

In a series of comments posted on her Instagram, the singer has been accused of cultural appropriation for wearing the elaborate pendant.

“You’re wearing a deity necklace and a Murthi [representation of a deity] of my culture that’s already been culturally appropriated enough,” one fan wrote.

“How is this OK when a person has more than enough resources to at least find out the meaning and significance of the chains and the pendant around their neck?”

Another said: “Rihanna!!

Stop using my religion as an aesthetic!! That ganesh figurine at the end of the chain is a holy and sacred figure for us hindus.”

One fan even suggested that the singer was wearing the necklace on purpose, after the singer attracted backlash earlier

this month for drawing attention to ongoing farmers’ protests across India.

“This ain’t coincidence … this is after she supported that farmer protest,” they wrote.

The singer joined Greta Thunberg in supporting farmers across India, who have protested against controversial new agricultural laws that have been introduced by the government.

It comes after Rihanna previously attracted controversy in October last year, after using a song that sampled traditional Islamic text her in her Savage x Fenty fashion show.

The song ‘Doom’ by London producer Coucou Chloe included a remixed verse from the Hadith – which is considered to be a narrative record of direct sayings from the prophet Muhammad and his followers.

She later apologised, and described it as an “honest, yet careless” mistake.

Meanwhile, it was reported earlier this week that the singer’s lingerie brand Savage X Fenty is now worth $1billion (£719m).

NME has contacted Rihanna’s representatives for comment.

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also features Kareena Kapoor Khan.

“Aamir, who is known to be a perfectionist has made ‘Laal Singh Chaddha’ his passion. He is even looking into the edit and back-end work of the film. He’s completely focused on the film and has decided to switch off his mobile phone until the film hits the theatres, enabling him to concentrate on the film hundred percent,” the source added.

Laal Singh Chaddha directed by Advait Chandan is scheduled to release around Christmas this year.

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he Akshay Kumar-starrer Bell Bottom will see a theatrical release on May 28, the makers confirmed on Friday.

“Countdown begins! #Bellbottom to release in cinemas near you on 28th May, 2021!” a tweet from the film’s production house Pooja Entertainment read.

Actor-producer JackkyBhagnani also confirmed with a tweet: “Mark your calendar #Bellbottom arrives in cinemas near you on 28th May, 2021!”

Bell Bottom is an espionage thriller set in the 1980s. The film was largely shot in Glasgow, Scotland, amid lockdown. The Ranjit M. Tewari directorial also stars Vaani Kapoor, Lara Dutta Bhupathi and Huma Qureshi.

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21st Dr. T. Ao inter-district football tourney from April 13

DIMAPUR (NPN): Nagaland Football Association (NFA) has informed all the football lovers of the state and the District Football Associations (DFA) that the 21st edition of Dr. T. Ao InterDistrict tournament 2021 will be held from April 13 to 19 at the I.G. stadium Kohima. All the football players have been directed to register themselves with their respective District FA on or before March 15. For any queries related to Dr. T. Ao tournament, one may contact the NFA officials or the president district football associa-

tion.

NFA also convened the annual general meeting of NFA officials and all District FA presidents or his representative in Kohima on March 12. All the District Football Associations (DFA) have been directed to submit the list of all the registered tournament within its district to the office of NFA at the earliest.

It also informed that any tournament related to football should be held with the knowledge and permission of the concerned DFA and the office of NFA.

NASA 62nd meet today

Manchester United’s Bruno Fernandes celebrate his goal against Real Sociedad during the round of 32 Europa League match.

Le Normand to put the ball into an empty net in the 27th minute, and then doubled his side’s lead in the 57th minute after receiving a pass from Marcus Rashford.

Rashford made it 3-0 soon afterwards after a rapid counter-attack, and winger Daniel James added a fourth in the closing minutes to leave Real Sociedad needing to score at least four at Old Trafford in order to go through.

Two goals in two minutes from Yangel Herrera and Kenedy gave Granada a 2-0 win at home to Napoli in a game which saw the Spanish side produce a solid defensive display

while always threatening on the break.

Herrera opened the scoring with a far-post header in the 19th minute, and Kenedy doubled Granada’s lead after a counter-attack led by Darwin Machis.

Paco Alcacer saw a penalty saved in the 27th minute, but opened the scoring with a close-range header following a freekick in the 42nd minute as Villarreal won 2-0 away to Red Bull Salzburg.

Fernando Nino doubled Villarreal’s lead with 20 minutes left to play after a cross from Gerard Moreno to put the Spanish side in control of the tie.

BWF’s Olympic qualification period extended till June 15

AITA U-16 tennis: Pranav, Amodini emerge champions

M A D R I D, F E B 1 9 (IANS): Real Sociedad’s UEFA Europa League adventure came to an end when they were beaten 4-0 by the Manchester United in the first leg of their round of 32 tie on.

The Basque side’s home tie was played in Turin due to travel restrictions in the UK, and after a bright start they were totally outplayed by Manchester United, who were once again inspired by Portuguese midfielder Bruno Fernandes on Thursday night.

Fernandes took advantage of a mix-up between goalkeeper Alex Remiro and defender Robin

NEW DELHI, FEB 19 (IANS): The Badminton World Federation (BWF) on Friday announced that it has extended the Olympic qualification period till June 15. This came after the postponement of the Malaysia Open Super 750 and Singapore Open Super 500 tournaments, both of which were listed as part of the qualification cycles.

The qualification was earlier scheduled to end with the Indian Open which is currently slated between May 11 and 16.

“The Olympic Qualifying period for the Race to Tokyo will now close on June 1, 2021, with the last tournament counting for qualification being the Singapore Open 2021. BWF

is working with the IOC to update the Tokyo 2020 qualification system whereby the final updated regulation will be shared once ready following formal approval by IOC (International Olympic Committee),” said the BWF in its statement.

“Preparations for upcoming HSBC BWF World Tour tournaments continue as international badminton is set to resume with the YONEX Swiss Open 2021 (2-7 March) and YONEX All England Open 2021 (1721 March),” it further said.

The Tokyo Olympics is set to be held from July 23 to August 8 this year after being postponed from its original dates of July 24 to August 9, 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

BENGALURU, FEB 19 (IANS): Rethin Pranav and Amodini Vijay, seeded No.4 in the boys and girls respectively, emerged champions in the AITA under-16 tennis tournament at the Palace Grounds here on Friday.

While Pranav stopped the giant-killer Shivaraj Chandan in the final with a 2-6, 6-2, 6-0 verdict, Amodini overcame Vanya Srivastav’s challenge 6-4, 5-7, 6-1.

Amodini, 14, could have been an easy winner but for a great fightback by Vanya especially in the second set. After taking the first set and Amodini was leading 5-2 in the second and was serving for the match until Vanya made a good comeback to win the set.

However, Amodini made the match her own when she took the final set 6-1.

Results (seedings prefixed): Boys under-16 final: 4-Rethin Pranav bt Shivaraj Chandan 2-6, 6-2, 6-0 Girls U-16 final: 4-Amodini Vijay Nayak bt Vanya Srivastav 6-4, 5-7, 6-1

Sri Lanka’s Dhammika Prasad retires from international cricket

C O LO M B O, F E B 1 9 (IANS): Sri Lanka’s Dhammika Prasad has retired from international cricket.

Prasad, 37, last played for Sri Lanka in a Test match against the West Indies in October 2014.

“I think this is the correct time for me to retire from International cricket and provide a chance to the youngsters,” Prasad told Sri Lanka’s “Daily News” on Thursday.

“I have decided to continue playing domestic cricket and already I have played for 19 years for the SSC giving my best,” added Prasad.

Prasad made his debut for Sri Lanka in an ODI match against Bangladesh in Chattogram in February 2005 and played his first Test match against India in K Y M C

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Colombo in August 2008.

He played 24 ODIs and 25 Tests, picking 32 and 75 wickets respectively.

His only T20 international appearance came against Australia in Pallekel on August 6, 2011. Notably, his career best figures of 5/50 against England at Headingley paved the way for Sri Lanka’s first-ever Test series win in England.

His last year in Test cricket was also his most successful one. In nine Tests in 2015, Prasad took 41 Tests and finished among the top-10 wicket-takers of the year. However, he then suffered a shoulder injury and had to undergo surgery after which he never recovered enough to make a comeback into international cricket.

DIMAPUR (NPN): Northern Angami Sports Association (NASA) has convened its 62nd meet on February 20, at IG Stadium, Kohima. In this year's edition, only two sporting disciplines viz: Football for men and volleyball for women will be held.

The four federating groups of Northern Angami Sports Association viz Group A, Group B, Group C and Group D (consisting of 29 villages in total) will vie for top honours. Deputy Commissioner of Kohima, Thejawelie (Gregory) Sote, will grace the opening programme as the guest of honour while president Nagaland Football Coaches Association, Roko Angami, who is also the president of Northern Angami Youth Organisation will be the special guest for the valedictory programme.

Phillip Island Trophy: Kasatkina returns to winning ways in Melbourne

MELBOURNE, FEB 19 (AGENCIES): After suffering an early exit at the Australian Open, Russia’s Daria Kasatkina made the most of another opportunity to shine at Melbourne Park by winning the Phillip Island Trophy on Friday.

The tournament, a WTA 250 event, was set up to provide players eliminated during the first week of the seasonopening major a chance to boost their match fitness following a mandatory 14-day quarantine upon arrival in Australia.

Playing in her first WTA final since winning the 2018 Kremlin Cup in Moscow, Kasatkina rallied from a set down to beat Czech Republic’s Marie Bouzkova 4-6 6-2 6-2 in the final.

Bouzkova produced a fighting display but eventually ran out of gas, having come through a brutal three-hour semifinal against second seed Bianca Andreescu.

Kasatkina, who was knocked out in the Australian Open second round

by Belarusian Aryna Sa-

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balenka in straight sets, rebounded to overcome four seeded opponents en route to her third WTA title.

The Phillip Island Trophy, a WTA 250 event, was set up to provide players eliminated during the first week of the seasonopening major a chance to boost their match fitness following a mandatory 14-day quarantine upon arrival in Australia.

In a bid to rediscover her best level on court, former world number 10 Kasatkina revealed she

has been working with a psychologist since the start of last season.

“It took a lot of time to rebuild my game, to rebuild my confidence, to change myself. Finally I’m feeling good,” the 23-year-old said.

“I was working with a psychologist a lot. I learned that your confidence shouldn’t depend on your results.

“To lose one match doesn’t have to kill yourself from inside, so... I think that was the main thing.”

Champions Trophy: BSCT, Dhansari CC and Flying Rabbits CC win

DIMAPUR (NPN): BSCT, Dhansari CC and Flying Rabbits CC won their respective matches of the 1st Champions Trophy T-20 Cricket Tournament oganised

by Nagamese Baptist Fellowship (NBF) Sports Ministry Chumoukedima Village at local ground Chumoukedima Town on Friday.

In the first match BSCT

defeated United XI by 2 wickets.

Winning the toss, BSCT elected to field and restricted United XI at 107 in 18.5 overs.

They managed to chase the target in 18.4 overs losing 8 wickets. Toke was declared man of the match for taking 3 wickets.

In the second match, Dhansari CC won against Vikings by 6

runs. Batting first, Dhansari CC set a target of 155 runs in 18.4 overs, while Vikings fell short of balls as they scored 149 runs losing 7 wickets in 20 overs. Mithun was adjudged man of the match for scoring 58 runs.

Playing the last match of the day, Flying Rabbits CC defeated Youngstars Club by 8 wickets.

Favoured in the toss, they elected to field first and performed well restricting the rivals at 79 runs. Flying Rabbits CC easily achieved the target in 8.3 overs losing 2 wickets.

Flying rabbits CC won the match by 8 wickets. Sandip was declared man of the match for taking 4 wickets.

PSA 57th meet-cum-first Nagastyle category wrestling DIMAPUR, FEB 19(NPN): The 57th meetcum-first Naga style category wrestling of the Phek Sports Association (PSA) is all set to be held from February 24 to 27 at Phek Village local ground. Deputy Commissioner (DC) Phek, Razouvolie Dozo and treasurer, Nagaland Wrestling Association (NWA), Vezuhu Keyho will grace the occasion as the inaugural guest and valedictory guest respectively, while TN Khel shall be the host of the meet.

President, Nagaland Wrestling Referee Board (NWRB), Hukhoneyi Soho and president, Phek District Football Referee Association (PDFRA), Vekhoseyi Keyho, will act as the field marshal and chief referee of the meet.

A four-day long meet shall feature seven each of track and field events, two game events and Naga style category wrestling as the highlihgts of the four-

day long tour nament.

Running cash prizes money of Rs. 3,45,000/- along with other individual cash prizes shall be awarded to the winners of the tournament.

Phek Sports Association has informed all the participating teams to submit flag measuring 5X3 feet, an entry fee of Rs. 2,000/-, one woodpile measuring 6X6 feet.

Only two participants from each unit shall be allowed to partake in the track and field events.

The Naga style category wrestling shall be of the following categories viz; below 65 Kg, below 74 Kg and below 86 Kg. Vegetables and lodging shall be arranged by the hosting unit to all the participating teams.

The Phek Sports Association further added that umpires’ clinic and official discussion hour will be held on February 23 at 2 p.m. at the association’s rostrum.

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3rd DEATH ANNIVERSARY Late Dikha Dacho Zehol

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wins maiden WTA title; assured ATK Mohun Bagan crush SC East Bengal 3-1 Ankita of doubles top-100 entry for first time FATO R DA , F E B 1 9 (PTI): Roy Krishna once again spelled his magic on the high profile Kolkata derby by scoring one and assisting in another two as ATK Mohun Bagan walked away with a onesided 3-1 win over SC East Bengal in the ISL, here on Friday.

In the 100th year of Kolkata derby, Roy Krishna drew first blood in the 15th minute in a dominating start by the Mariners but a blip saw Tiri accidentally head into his own net (41st) from a Raju Gaikwad throw-in as both teams headed into the break 1-1.

But it was a powerhouse display by the Mariners in the second half with the Fijian star marksman all over the pitch.

Roy Krishna magically intercepted a short pass

by SCEB captain Daniel Fox at close range before David Williams found the back of the net with a perfect finish (72nd).

There was more to the misery of SCEB as they conceded a third one in the 89th minute with Roy Krishna setting up with a

Carl Gerard McHugh of ATKMB ,Bright Enobakhare of SC East Bengal and Jose Luis Espinosa Arroyo of ATKMB in action during ISL match at Fatorda Stadium in Goa. (PTI)

clinical cross to Javi Hernandez from the right to secure their fifth win on the trot and second successive derby win of the season.

ATK Mohun Bagan, who downed Jamshedpur FC by a solitary goal in their previous outing, thus consolidated their position at the top further with 39 points from 18 matches.

It also meant that they

went five points clear of second-placed Mumbai FC, brightening their chance to walk away with the League Winners' Shield and sealing the AFC Champions League slot.

Having seen their ultra defensive approach break in by Roy krishna's incisive raids, the Red-and-Gold started looking dangerous with set-pieces but were

completely outplayed by the Antonio Lopez Habascoached side.

Roy Krishna's strong control and finishing skill was on offer early into the start when he sprinted towards goal, dribbled past the goalkeeper Subrata Paul and found the back of the net from the night for his sixth goal in as many matches.

After the cooling break, the Red and Gold Brigade suddenly looked dangerous with their setpieces and it was Tiri who became the culprit to gift a gowl to their rivals.

It seemed Tiri was blocked by their central defender Sandesh Jhingan as he could not view ball properly to get the deflection into his own net.

But it did not matter much as Roy Krishna toyed with SCEB's fragile defence and set up the two goals for Williams and Javi.

"We knew how dangerous they could be from set-pieces, but we're glad that we bounced back after the own goal. We showed the character in the second half," Roy Krishna said.

With two games left for them, the Fijian urged the team to stay grounded.

"It's huge yes, but can't get carried away and take one match at a time," Roy Krishna added.

Saturday’s Match Jamshedpur FC Vs Mumbai City FC Time 7:30 PM

MELBOURNE, FEB 19 (PTI): India’s Ankita Raina on Friday claimed her maiden WTA title by lifting the Phillip Island Trophy along with Russian partner Kamilla Rakhimova, a feat which will catapult her into the top-100 in the doubles for the first time in her career.

Ankita and Kamilla erased a one-set deficit to beat the Russian combination of Anna Blinkova and Anastasia Potapova 2-6 6-4 10-7 in the summit clash here.

The 28-year-old Indian shared the USD 8000 prize money with her partner and earned 280 ranking points, which will take her to 94 from the current 115 when the WTA doubles chart is updated next week.

Ankita will become only the second player to crack the doubles top-100 since Sania Mirza, who is a six-time Grand Slam champion.

The past two weeks have been extremely memorable for the gritty Indian, who made her Grand Slam debut at the Australian

Russia’s Kamila Rakhimoya & India’s Ankita Raina

Open in the doubles, and also won a round in the main draw of a WTA singles tournament.

Elated at her performance and the result, Ankita says the singles top-100 is also just around the corner.

“It’s been a great week.

Kamilla and I played together for the first time. We signed up just 20 minutes before the draw because there was a lot of confusion with the entry list”.

“Kamilla plays very aggressive, has good strokes and I just had to ask her to be aggressive at the net,

which she did,” Ankita told PTI. “It was not that draw was easy, we beat some good players who were tough not only in doubles but in singles, too. Kamilla has great fighting spirit.

It’s great... first WTA titles and doubles top-100, too.

I am looking forward to crack singles top-100,” she added.

“We were 7-9 down by two match points in the semis. I had some great volleys. I was working on that and when I could do that (execute) in match nothing is more exciting.”

Professional help needed: Mertens, Sabalenka clinch Aus Open women’s doubles title Kohli on mental health in cricket Medvedev beats Tsitsipas,

NEW DELHI, FEB 19 (IANS): India captain Virat Kohli has said that he would like to see more mental health awareness in cricket.

Kohli said that he had gone through a bout of depression during India’s Test series in England in 2014 and those players going through such phases need professional help.

“Personally, for me that was a revelation that you could feel that lonely even though you are a part of a big group. I won’t say I didn’t have people who I could speak to but not having a professional to speak to who could understand what I am going through completely, I think is a huge factor. I think I would like to see it change,” Kohli said in a conversation with cricket commentator

Mark Nicholas in the latter’s podcast “Not Just Cricket”.

The India captain said that players often get dropped after going through a bad patch of form but that is not a solution for those suffering from poor mental health.

“Lot of people suffer with that feeling for longer periods of time, it carries on for months, it carries on for a whole cricket season, people are not able to get out of it,” Kohli said.

“The only alternative left after that is that, the guy dropped from the team but that doesn’t solve the issue.

It’s a very serious condition that should be dealt in detail with very carefully and I strongly feel the need for professional help there.

Otherwise you are just left to figure things out on your own

and more so as men, you are just expected to toughen up and get over it. Sometimes people are not able to do that,” he further said.

Kohli scored 1, 8, 25, 0, 39, 28, 0,7, 6 and 20 in five Tests, averaging 13.50 in his 10 innings -- his lowest in a series involving three or more Tests. “...it’s not a great feeling to wake up knowing that you won’t be able to score runs and I think all batsmen have felt that at some stage that you are not in control of anything at all,” he said.

“You just don’t understand how to get over it.

That was a phase when I literally couldn’t do anything to overturn things...I felt like I was the loneliest guy in the world,” Kohli added, while citing the England tour.

MELBOURNE, FEB 19 (IANS): Second-seeded pair Elise Mertens of Belgium and Aryna Sabalenka of Bulgaria beat Czech Republic’s Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova 6-2, 6-3 to win the women’s doubles title of the Australian Open on Friday. This is the second Grand Slam title for the pair, having earlier won the 2019 US Open.

The last game went on for eight minutes as Elise and Aryana dropped three championship points. The former earned a fourth championship point with an ace and then won the title after a backhand from Katerina went wide at the Rod Laver Arena.

B o t h p l aye r s h a d reached the fourth round of the singles event at the

sets up final against Djokovic

Elise Mertens and Aryna Sabalenka celebrate with the trophy after winning the women’s doubles final.

Australian Open. While Mertens lost to Czech Karolina Muchova, Sabalenka lost to 23-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams.

Elise and Aryana had earlier beaten Nicole Melichar and Demi Schuurs in a hard-fought semi-final

I-League: Clinical NEROCA keep top 6 hopes alive, beat Sudeva 2-0 KO L K ATA , F E B 1 9 (IANS): North Eastern Re-Organising Cultural Association (NEROCA) Football Club gave themselves a fighting chance in the race to finish in the top 6 of the I-League by beating Sudeva Delhi 2-0 at the Kishore Bharati Krirangan on Friday. Goals by Judah Garcia and substitute Songpu Singsit ensured a victory for Gift Raikhan’s side in a hard-fought game against the league newcomers.

A top-6 finish will en- NEROCA FC’s Songpu Singsit celebrates after scoring sure that they don’t get against Sudeva during the I-League match on Friday.

Double high jump world champion Vlasic retires

Blanka Vlasic

ZAGREB, FEB 19(AGENCIES): Croatia’s double high jump world champion and Olympic medallist Blanka Vlasic announced her retirement on Friday after a prolonged battle with injuries.

Vlasic made her Olympic debut as a 16-year-old in

2000. She underwent surgery on a thyroid condition five years later but bounced back to claim the silver medal in Beijing in 2008 and bronze in Rio in 2016.

Vlasic, 37, said the decision to retire had “come naturally” after she had spent the last few years try-

ing to recover from a foot injury.

“Although athletics is an individual sport, I always felt like part of a team because I didn’t jump just for myself. Running the victory lap with the Croatian flag has always been the greatest honour for me,” Vlasic said in a statement.

“If I had known that the one in Rio would be my last, I would have run it with even more pride...

With peace in my heart, gratitude for every inch and every applause, I turn to the next page in my life.”

Vlasic’s personal best of 2.08 metres, which she set in Croatia in 2009, is second only to the world record of 2.09m jumped

by Bulgaria’s Stefka Kostadinova.

embroiled in a relegation battle.

NEROCA had the first sight of goal in the seventh minute, as Judah Garcia dispossessed Naorem Tondomba and his longdistance attempt hit the side-netting of Rakshit Dagar’s goal. at the other end, Sudeva’s Naorem Mahesh threaded a through pass for Shubho Paul, but NEROCA goalkeeper Bishorjit Singh came off his line to collect it.

NEROCA went ahead in the 45th minute after a move that started with

them taking a quick freekick inside their own half.

Judah Garcia got at the end of Khaiminthang Lhungdim’s cross on the quick break and the Trinidadian powered his header past Dagar.

Dagar saved Sudeva from falling further behind in the 53rd minute, showing quick reflexes to deny Garcia after the goalscorer had dispossessed Gursimrat Gill in the penalty area.

Meanwhile, Sudeva kept attacking and came close to the equaliser twice in the 57th minute.

match. The second seeds won the match 7-5 6-4 in an hour and 36 minutes.

They are unlikely to play anymore doubles matches this season as Aryna, who is in the top 10 of the singles rankings, has chosen to not play doubles this year.

Russian fourth seed Daniil Medvedev on Friday beat Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas to reach his first Australian Open final.

Medvedev was clinical throughout the match and dismantled Tsitsipas in straight sets with the score reading 6-4 6-2 7-5 at the Rod Laver Arena.

This is Medvedev’s second Grand Slam final, having made it to the title clash at the 2019 US Open where he lost to Spain’s Rafael Nadal. Medvedev will be facing Serbian world no.1 Novak Djokovic on Sunday with the latter vying for a ninth Australian Open title. The 25-yearold Russian is looking to become the first Russian

male winner in Melbourne since Marat Safin in 2005.

Medvedev was largely untroubled throughout the match except in the third set when Tsitsipas threatened to make a comeback as he did in his semi-final match against Rafael Nadal. Tsitsipas was two sets down to love in that match as well before rallying to take the match in five sets over the 20-time Grand Slam champion.

Tsitsipas got his first break to level the third set and then held his serve to lead 4-3. Medvedev then fought back to break back and lead the third set 6-5.

He then held his serve again to quell Tsitsipas’s brief fightback.

Schwazer says doping verdict better than gold, hints at Tokyo ROME, FEB 19 (AGENCIES): Banned Italian former Olympic 50km walk champion Alex Schwazer indicated on Friday he had not completely given up on competing at the Tokyo Games after a court dismissed a doping case against him.

The 36-year-old said the judge’s ruling had been the best day of his sporting career.

The court in Bolzano found it “highly likely” Schwazer’s urine samples were tampered with in 2016 to produce a positive test, Italy’s Ansa news agency reported on Thursday.

“On a sporting level I would say that it is my best day ever. Without a doubt,” Schwazer told the Corriere della Sera newspaper.

“This archiving decree is even more important than the gold medal won at the

Beijing Olympics in 2008. This is a far more strenuous victory. Much more tiring.”

The court offered a full acquittal, saying Schwazer “did not commit the crime”.

Italian media suggested the athlete could go to the Swiss Federal Court and seek to overturn the eight-year ban, running to 2024, upheld by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). Schwazer said he had achieved 90% of his target and “any return to competitive activity would only represent the remaining 10. “The key thing for me was for the court to establish, in black and white, that I am clean and innocent. I don’t have to go to the Olympics. If that happens, fine. Otherwise, patience. I have no idea about the steps to be taken on the sporting front.”

James Harden powers Nets to comfortable win over Lakers Los Angeles, Feb 19 (Agencies): James Harden had 23 points and 11 assists and Joe Harris scored 21 points as the Brooklyn Nets beat the host Los Angeles Lakers 109-98 on Thursday.

Kyrie Irving contributed 16 points and seven rebounds for the Nets, who captured their fifth consecutive victory. Reserve Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot scored 15 points while making 5 of 8 3-point attempts. Harris was 6 of 7 from 3-point range.

Brooklyn’s Kevin Durant (hamstring) missed his third straight contest.

LeBron James had 32 points on 14-of-23 shooting while adding eight rebounds and seven assists for the Lakers, who played without Dennis Schroder (health and safety proto-

Brooklyn Nets guard James Harden (13) drives to the basket defended by Los Angeles Lakers guard Wesley Matthews (9) during the second at Staples Center.

cols). They already were without Anthony Davis, who is expected to be sidelined at least two to three weeks due to a calf strain.

Kyle Kuzma contributed 16 points and 10 rebounds and Montrezl Har-

rell chipped in 10 points for Los Angeles, which has dropped two of its past three contests.

The Nets’ 3-point shooting played a big role in the outcome. Brooklyn converted 18 of 39 (46.2

percent) from long distance compared to 8 of 30 (26.7 percent) for the Lakers.

Overall, the Nets connected on 49.4 percent of their shots compared to 48.2 percent for the Lakers.

Brooklyn, which led

90-74 after three quarters, put the game out of reach midway through the fourth.

The Nets held a 31-24 lead after one quarter and increased the margin in the second. Irving followed his own miss with a basket for a 60-41 advantage with 3:08 left in the second quarter.

However, the Lakers closed the half on a 12-4 run to cut the deficit to 6453 at the break.

Overall, Los Angeles committed 16 turnovers to 14 for Brooklyn.

A f r e e t h r ow b y James late in the second quarter allowed him to reach 35,000 career points.

James, who ended the night with 35,017 points, became just the third NBA player to hit the milestone, joining Kareem AbdulJabbar (38,387) and Karl Malone (36,928).

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