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Oppn walk-out in RS over farmers’ issue

(L) Opposition leaders stage a protest in Rajya Sabha on Tuesday. (R) Iron nails placed near the barricades to stop farmers from crossing Tikri border. (RSTV/PTI)

‘Build bridges not walls’

ernment to the agitation.

He embraced Tikait as they spoke to the press inside a tarpaulin-covered shelter off the stage.

When reminded that opposition parties are demanding a discussion in Parliament, he said, demands won’t fetch anything. This movement started from the roads and will stay there.

Taking a swipe at the government, he said, had the roads on China border been blocked this way, Chinese soldiers wouldn’t have been able to get into Ladakh. But Delhi Police Commissioner S N Shrivastava defended the new security measures at Ghazipur, Singhu and Tikri border points, citing the violence when tractors were used on 26th January to attack policemen and barricades were broken.

Support is growing swiftly for the ongoing farmers’ agitation in Haryana with a large number of farmers turning up at dharna sites at toll plazas on the national highways on Tuesday.

At the Landhri toll plaza on Hisar-Sirsa national highway near Hisar, thousands of farmers vowed to wage a long battle against the three farm laws that they described as “anti-farmer”.

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JCPI ultimatum on Scientists fear COVID-19 UK CM to enact RIIN variant has mutated again

DIMAPUR, FEB 2 (NPN): Joint Committee for Prevention of Illegal Immigrants (JCPI) has urged upon chief minister Neiphiu Rio for passing a legislation to make Register of Indigenous Inhabitants of Nagaland (RIIN) an Act during the ensuing winter session of Nagaland Legislative Assembly scheduled from February 12.

In an open letter to the chief minister, JCPI convener Atomi Swu and secretary Tia Longchar maintained that RIIN was of utmost importance for the citizens as it is the basis and system to identify, regulate and entitle each citizen under the appropriate provisions under the State.

The signatories further stressed that as Bengal Eastern Frontier Regulation, 1873 or ILP and RIIN are synonymous , JCPI which was the spearheading committee of apex tribal bodies and CSOs, was of the strong opinion that the cut-off year of December 1, 1963 should be same in both the cases.

Further they said an official copy of the “much awaited Banuo Commission report on RIIN” was yet to be given to JCPI before it becomes an Act. JCPI also reminded that an ultimatum was submitted on February 24,2020 to the CM’s Office but due to the pandemic it was kept in abeyance.

JCPI cautioned that if RIIN was not enacted with the above cut-off year, it will be left with no option but to “launch various democratic means of protest in the state of Nagaland.”

LONDON, FEB 2 (PTI): The highly transmissible and possibly deadlier variant of COVID-19 detected in southern England at the end of last year is showing signs of further mutation, UK scientists warned on Tuesday. Tests conducted on samples of the Kent variant, named after the region in England where it was first detected, show a mutation, called ‘E484K’, already detected in the South Africa and Brazil variants.

There are fears that this mutation could evade the immune system and that the vaccines currently being administered may prove less effective against these further mutating variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

The findings form part of yet-tobe peer-reviewed results of research at the Cambridge Institute of Therapeutic Immunology and Infectious Disease (CITIID), University of Cambridge, in collaboration with the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) COVID-19 BioResource.

“Of particular concern, though, is the emergence of the E484K mutation, which so far has only been seen in a relatively small number of individuals. Our work suggests the vaccine is likely to be less effective when dealing with this (E484K) mutation,” said Professor Ravi Gupta, the lead researcher at the CITIID. He said that the variant is expected to continue to acquire mutations seen in the other variants of

concern. “So we need to plan for the next generation of vaccines to have modifications to account for new variants. We also need to scale up vaccines as fast and as broadly as possible to get transmission down globally,” he said. The data, which relates to a small sample of patients, also suggests that a significant proportion of over-80 olds may not be sufficiently protected against infection until they have received their second dose of the vaccine. “Our data suggest that a significant proportion of people aged over 80 may not have developed protective neutralising antibodies against infection three weeks after their first dose of the vaccine. But it’s reassuring to see that after two doses, serum from every individual was able to neutralise the virus,” said Dr Dami Collier, the main co-investigator on the studies.

The scientists used blood samples from 26 individuals who had received their first dose of the Pfizer/ BioNTech vaccine three weeks previously, to extract serum, which contains antibodies raised in response to the vaccine. The age range of the volunteers was 29 to 89 years.

The findings come as the UK is conducting urgent door-to-door surge testing in south-east England to try and trace every case of the South African variant of COVID-19, which was detected in two people within the community with no travel history connecting them to South Africa.

NEW DELHI, FEB 2 (PTI/ AGENCIES): Cement barriers, barbed wire, spikes on roads and policemen in large numbers dominated farmers’ protest sites on the city’s borders Tuesday as the Opposition created a ruckus in Parliament over the three agri-marketing laws which the protesters want repealed.

Both Houses of Parliament faced repeated adjournments as Opposition members disrupted proceedings, demanding a discussion on the central laws enacted last September. A ruckus erupted in the Rajya Sabha with the Opposition staging a walk-out after a discussion on the ongoing farmers’ agitation against the three

farm laws was not allowed in the Upper House. As the Parliament convened for the Budget Session, notices of suspension of business were given by opposition leaders, including Sukhendu Shekhar Roy of TMC and Ashok Sidharth of BSP. Rajya Sabha Chairman, however, refused the demand of the Opposition to hold a discussion on farm laws, following which the opposition leaders walked out of the Rajya Sabha. Similar scenes were witnessed in Lok Sabha, which had to be repeatedly adjourned even as Speaker Om Birla assured agitating MPs that they can raise their concerns regarding farm laws during the ongoing Question Hour.

CBSE class 10, 12 exam from May 4

Mobile operators MHA gets extension to frame Citizenship 3 injured in rockslide along NH-29 assure quality service

NEW DELHI, FEB 2 (PTI): Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) announced on Tuesday the schedule for classes 10 and 12 board exams which will begin on May 4. As per the datesheet, the exams for class 10 will conclude on June 7, while those for class 12 will conclude on June 10.

Usually, practical exams are conducted in January and written exams begin in February and conclude in March. However, the exams were delayed this session in view of the pandemic.

The exams last year had to be postponed mid-way in March and later cancelled and the results announced on the basis of an alternative assessment scheme.

The syllabus for both class 10 and 12 exams were reduced by 30%. The board exams will have 33% internal choice questions. The practical exams will be held from March 1.

COVID tally 12101

DIMAPUR, FEB 2 (NPN): Nagaland Tuesday reported two new COVID cases from Dimapur, taking the caseload to 12101. As on Tuesday, the state recorded 55 active cases while 11819 recovered from the infection.

India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 1,07,66,245 and the death toll increased to 1,54,486 on Tuesday.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Tuesday slammed the Centre for barricading protest sites across various Delhi borders with spikes, nails and cement walls.

Quoting legendary American revolutionary martin Luther King Junior, Rahul Gandhi said, “build bridges and not walls”.

“Modi style of governance -- Shut them up.

Cut them off. Crush them down,” he said in another tweet.

Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut visited Ghazipur Tuesday to meet BKU leader Rakesh Tikait and extend the full support of his party and the Maharashtra gov-

Tetseo also informed that four vehicles were damaged in the incident- Wagon R, Bolero, Mahindra pick-up and a Gypsy. The Gypsy was completely damaged, he said.

DC orders road closure

Vehicles damaged by the rockslide on Tuesday. (Social media)

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DIMAPUR, FEB 2 (NPN): Three persons, a female and two other males, were injured, one in critical condition, following a rockslide incident along National Highway-29 Tuesday morning near Chümoukedima

Police check post.

Commissioner of Police Dimapur, R. Tetseo informed Nagaland Post, that the incident occurred in the morning. Tetseo said that one among the three injured was in critical condition. All the injured were rushed to the nearest hospital, he said.

Following the incident and in view of heavy rockslide along NH-29 from Chümoukedima Police check post till New Chümoukedima Village, deputy commissioner Dimapur R. Soundararajan has ordered total restriction of all movement from Chathe river Bridge (Patkai Bridge) to Kukidolong with immediate effect till further orders.

In this regard, the alternative route for those travelling to Dimapur-Kohima/Kohima-Dimapur (light vehicles) will be via 7th Mile-New DC officeShokhuvi-Razaphe-Mhaikam-Pimla-MhainamtsiJhornapani/Medziphema and vice versa.

Hundreds of Myanmar lawmakers under house arrest

This is it!

Armored vehicles block a road leading to the Parliament building on Tuesday. (AP Photo)

“These days, everything is organic, even the chemical used.”

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DIMAPUR, FEB 2 (NPN): Mobile network operators in Dimapur-- Jio, Airtel, BSNL, Vodafone and Idea (now VI) have assured to provide quality service to its customers immediately.

The assurance was given during a coordination meeting that Dimapur Naga Students’ Union (DNSU) leaders held with representatives of the mobile network operators here on Tuesday.

The meeting followed an appeal made by the union on January 11 to all service providers to ensure quality internet service amidst the online exams in the State, DNSU media cell stated.

In this regard, DNSU has asked the students and teachers to send their location and the name of the network service providers via WhatsApp at the following helpline numbers if they faced any network issue-- 8794399471, 9089517081, 7005836154, 9862531781.

The union assured to take prompt and appropriate action within 24 hours upon receiving the complaints.

YANGON/WASHINGTON, FEB 2 (AP): Hundreds of members of Myanmar’s Parliament were under house arrest Tuesday, confined to their government housing complex and guarded by soldiers a day after the military seized power in a coup and detained senior politicians including the country’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi. One of the detained lawmakers said he and about 400 others spent a sleepless

night, worried they might be taken away, but were otherwise OK. They were able to speak with one another inside the compound and communicate to the outside by phone, but were not allowed to leave the housing complex in Naypyitaw, the capital.

He said Suu Kyi was not being held with them.

“We had to stay awake and be alert,” the lawmaker told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.

He said police were inside the complex, where members of Suu Kyi’s party and various smaller parties were being held, and soldiers were outside it.

The coup came the morning lawmakers had gathered in the capital for the opening of a new parliamentary session.

The military said the seizure was necessary in part because the government had not acted on military’s claims of fraud in Novem-

ber’s elections — in which Suu Kyi’s ruling party won a majority of the parliamentary seats up for grabs — and claimed the takeover was legal under the constitution.

But the move was widely condemned abroad.

The coup highlights the extent to which the generals have ultimately maintained control in Myanmar, despite more than a decade of talk about democratic reforms.

It wasn’t yet clear how Myanmar’s people will react to the seizure. On Tuesday in Yangon, the country’s biggest city, the streets were quieter than usual, but markets were open, street vendors were still cooking food and taxis and buses were still running. There were no outward signs of heavy security — but an unease has set in. People were removing the once ubiquitous red flags of Suu Kyi’s party from their homes and businesses.

Act rules; no decision yet on NRC: MoS

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NEW DELHI, FEB 2 (NPN): Union minister of state (MoS) for Home Affairs, Nityanand Rai informed the Lok Sabha Tuesday that the ministry has been given extra time till July 2021 to frame and notify the rules to implement the Citizenship (Amendment) Act. The additional time has been granted by committees of the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha, Rai said in response to a parliamentary question. Responding to a question by Congress Lok Sabha MP VK Sreekandan, the Home Ministry said that the Citizenship Amendment Act had been in force since January 10, 2020, but rules were “under preparation”.

The Act which was passed by the Lok Sabha on December 9, 2019 and the Rajya Sabha on December 11, 2019, cannot be implemented until the rules are not notified. President of India Ram Nath Kovind gave his assent to the legislation on December 12, 2019.

Parliamentary rules state that “statutory rules, regulations and byelaws will be framed within a period of six months from the date on which the relevant statute came into force”.

It also states that in case of delays the concerned ministries and departments “should seek extension of time from the Committee on Subordinate Legislation, stating reasons for such extension”, and that these extensions cannot be for more than three months at a time.

The Act proposes that people from six religions-- Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi and Christian-- from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan will be granted citizenship if they arrived in India before 31 December 2014. The CAA triggered protests in several states, including Assam and Bengal, both of which are due to hold Assembly elections.

No decision on nationwide rollout of NRC: Home Ministry has said that it has not yet come to a decision on a nationwide National Register of Citizens (NRC).

“It has been clarified at various levels in government time and again that till now no decision has been taken to create National Register of Indian citizen,” the ministry told the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs headed

by Congress leader Anand Sharma, according to a report tabled in Parliament Tuesday.

TPO, BOA reaffirm to uphold 2017 arbitration undertaking DIMAPUR, FEB 2 (NPN): Tenyimi Peoples’ Organisation (TPO) and the Board of Arbitrators (BOA), at a joint meeting, have unanimously reaffirmed to uphold the arbitration what was undertaken and signed by the Angami, Mao and Maram people in 2017 vis-à-vis the dispute in Kezoltsa/Kozür ü/Kazing and some part of Dzükou Valley.

This was stated in a joint communiqué by BOA member secretary K Gwanilo Himb and TPO general secretary Vipopal Kintso . They said the meeting had unanimously reaffirmed to uphold the arbitration undertaking signed by the three parties with special emphasis on the agreed points that the land belonged to the

people and not to any State or government. They have also agreed to resolve the dispute based on Naga customary laws and usages (Tenyimi) and would not approach any court and commit to abide by the decision of BOA and co-operate with TPO for strict implementation of the decision given by the Arbitral Tribunal.

Both agreed that all activities in the disputed area should be stopped and also decided to cut-off all vehicular roads leading to Kezoltsa/ Kozürü /Kazing at the points where it was cut prior to the fire that had razed the area early this year. To this effect, the House agreed to take action on or before February 8 with volunteers from the three communities.

The meeting further agreed that, as undertaken, hunting in the area should completely stop and people going about with guns should be viewed very seriously.

The members decided to hold the next meeting at Hotel Millennium in Kohima from February 9.

The communiqué stated that Tenyimi Peoples’ Organisation, in its effort to resolve the pending dispute in Kezoltsa/Kozürü/ Kazing and some part of Dzükou Valley between the Angami, Mao and Maram people, had undertook a series of exercises from January 27, which included physical visit to the area, both manned and unmanned aerial surveys and marathon deliberations and communications.

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VDBA annual conference in Pughoboto

Y. Vikheho, MLA 13 AC Pughoboto and VDBA Pughoboto RD Block Ghathashi members during the 16th annual conference on January 30. (DIPR)

DIMAPUR: 16th annual conference of Village Development Board Association (VDBA), Pughoboto, RD block Ghathashi was held on January 30 at Town Hall Pughoboto.

According to DIPR report, chief guest, Y. Vikheho, MLA 13 AC Pughoboto, credited the success of VDB model to AM Gokhale who was secretary in the Department

of Rural Development during the governance of the regional party UDF under the leadership of Vizol Angami in the 1970s.

Swu said that the elected VDB secretaries from 24 villages under Pughoboto sub-division had important roles to play for the development of the rural masses in the region and asked them to set mid-term as well as long-term targets to uplift

the economic condition of their respective village.

He urged VDBs to start vegetable farming as short term goals, animal husbandry as mid-term goals and to take up various trees and other plantation as long-term goals as Pughoboto sub-division had close proximity to the state capital and shared border with four different districts.

He further reminded that the role of VDB secretary was not only to disburse funds to the beneficiary but also to assist, supervise and assure that funds are utilised judiciously for the development of the sub-division.

Guest of honour, project director & DPCDRDA Zunheboto, Inavi Chishi spoke about various programmes that the department was implementing and therefore asked VDB secretaries of 24 villages to avail the facilities and to utilise them judiciously.

Presidential address and report of the association was presented by president VDB association, Pughoboto RD block Ghathashi, Vikato M. Swu, who highlighted the major development achieved during his tenure of construction of VDB conference hall which was one of the best assets among the eight blocks under DRDA. E a r l i e r, we l c o m e speech was delivered by VP of VDBAP, Bosukha Swu and vote of thanks by GS VDBAP, Viyito Wotsa.

Anti-Leprosy day observed in Wokha

DIMAPUR: Anti-Leprosy day was observed on January 30, at Chief Medical Officer (CMO) office Wokha under the theme “Last war against Leprosy”.

Delivering the keynote address, Chief Medical Officer Wokha, Dr. C.W. Tungoe stated that ending prejudice and stigma is essential to end leprosy.

“We must eliminate barriers prevent which families from availing treatment on a curable disease like leprosy”, Chief Medical Officer Wokha added.

Chairing the programme, zonal leprosy officer Wokha, Dr. Mhonchan Kithan called upon the health workers to create awareness on Leprosy in churches and community meetings.

D r. M h o n c h a n i n formed that NLEP staffs will be carrying out case findings and awareness activities on leprosy in the next few days at grass root level.

Nagaland Post, Dimapur WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2021

news in Brief DC Peren prohibits plying of heavy vehicles: Deputy Commissioner of Peren, Sentiwapang Aier, has informed that in view of the ongoing work on “up-gradation of road from Mhaikam to Jalukie”, the plying of heavy vehicles including timber-loaded trucks along this road (Mhaikam-PimlaMhainamtsi) shall be prohibited w.e.f.

February 1 to March 31 to facilitate completion of the road upgradation.

All have been requested to cooperate and bear with the inconvenience.

Meeting for 2 lane NH 129(A) affected landowners under CVC: Chümoukedima Village Council (CVC) has convened a meeting with the affected landowners under Chümoukedima village jurisdiction (from Khuova river stretch till Rüzaphema/ Peren boundary) of the proposed two lanning of NH 129(A) DimapurPeren-Imphal on February 6, 10 a.m. at Chümoukedima Village Council auditorium. The meeting would discuss and deliberate on certain issues concerning matters regarding the proposed project and the affected landowners in the aforementioned stretch. Those landowners whose plots are affected by the proposed road have been requested to attend the meeting. In the event of any landowner(s) failing to attend the meeting, Chümoukedima Village Council categorically stated that it will

not entertain any claims or complaints made to the council thereafter.

NLSF second federal assembly: Nagaland Law Students’ Federation (NLSF) has convened its second federal assembly on February 10, 9:30 a.m. at Mokokchung Law College, Mokokchung. All unit president and general secretaries have been requested to attend the assembly. For further information, members may contact at 8118945592 or 8794329046.

DPDB Dimapur monthly meet: Deputy Commissioner (DC) Dimapur and DPDB vice chairman Rajesh Soundararajan has convened the Dimapur District Planning and Development Board (DPDB) monthly meeting for the month of February on February 6, 11 a.m. at DC conference hall. All the members have been requested to attend the meeting.

Meeting of NLA committee on subordinate legislation: MLA and chairman of the Nagaland Legislative Assembly (NLA) committee on subordinate legislation, Dr. Imtiwapang Aier has convened a sitting of the committee on subordinate legislation on February 8, 2 p.m. at the committee’s room of assembly secretariat, Kohima. All members of the committee on subordinate legislation have been requested to attend the meeting.

ATMA Akuluto block organizes demonstration prog

DIMAPUR: Agriculture Technology Management Agency (ATMA) Akuluto block organized demonstrations on the topic “Introduction of Knol khol as a commercial crop” and “Handling of maize shellers for small scale farmers” on January 29 at VK Town.

A press release from ATMA Zunheboto Akuluto block, stated that ATM Kaiho Achumi and BTM Akuluto block, Tsuktilemla were the resource person. A total of 15 farmers attended the programme.

The programme was followed by an interaction with farmers on maize sheller and seeds distribution.

Meanwhile, ATMA Akuluto block conductA three-day sensitization training on COVID-19 for NGOs, NCOs, Home Guards, ed two demonstrations on Civil Defence & SDRF Personnel of Dimapur district got underway on February 2, January 27, at orange farm at district commandant Home Guards, Civil Defence & SDRF office, Dimapur with school, Alaphumi village under the topics “DemonZonal Leprosy Officer, CMO office Dimapur, Dr. Heto Swu as resource person.

AR apprehend NSCN (K-2) cadres

Participants after the demonstration programme.

stration on cultivation practices of French bean” and “Demonstration on cultivation practices of Coriander”.

BTM Tsuktilemla stressed on the importance of both crops which plays and active role in any kitchen garden.

She explained that French bean is one of the most important leguminous vegetable crops of North eastern region which is cultivated for the tender vegetable, shelled green beans and dry beans. It is very rich in

commercially grown in the area and can also garner economic profits.

The programme was chaired by ATM Kaiho Achumi. A total of 11 farmers attended the demonstration. The programme was followed by interactive session with farmers and seeds distribution.

1ST DEATH ANNIVERSARY

Of our beloved Father LATE HOMESUL KIN

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT We, the bereaved family of Lt. Mrs. Ketsozülie-ü (Azüle) would like to convey our heartfelt gratitude and love to every individual, friends, neighbours, churches, relatives and well wishers for your support, love, prayers, sympathy and generosity at the demise of our beloved mother on 12th December 2020.

We deeply regret our inability to mention each and every individual, it is our sincere prayer that Almighty God bless you abundantly.

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DIMAPUR: Security forces in a joint operation along with police representative apprehended two NSCN (K-2) in general area Burma camp, Dimapur on January 29.

According to PRO HQ IGAR (N), based on specific input, security forces alongwith police representative launched an operation and apprehended two NSCN (K-2) cadres and recovered four numbers of extortion slip of NSCN (K-1), two numbers of work permits issued by NNC, two mobile phones. The apprehended individuals along with recovered items have been handed over to East Police Station, Dimapur for further investigation.

protein, vitamins and minerals. French bean being a short duration crop, farmers get more profit in a short period. Besides, coriander an annual herb plant used as a spice in kitchen mostly grown for its fruit and green leaves to provide flavor in dishes. She further stated that these two crops can be

Loving Children, Grand Children & Relatives

Blessed are those who die in the Lord.. For they will rest from their hard work; for their good deeds follow them (Revelation 14:13) This day is remembered and quietly kept No words are needed, we shall never forget, For those we love don’t go away They walk beside us every day.

Unseen and unheard, but always near.

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AR apprehend one NSCN (KN) cadre

DIMAPUR: Security forces in joint operation along with police representative apprehended one NSCN (K-NK) in general area Khowoboto colony, Zunheboto on January 29.

According to PRO HQ IGAR (N), based on specific input, security forces along with police representativre launched operation and apprehended one NSCN (K-NK) cadre and recovered one point 22mm Rifle country made, one Samsung mobile phone.

The apprehended individual along with the recovered items have been handed over to Zunheboto Police Station, Zunheboto for further investigation.

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WEATHER FORECAST February 3

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Agartala Sunny and pleasant

27 10

Sunny and pleasant

24 5

Guwahati Sunny and pleasant

27 10

Sunny and pleasant

25 6

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Itanagar Pleasant with sunshine

24 12

Shillong Mostly sunny

19 4

Kohima

Plenty of sunshine

Dimapur Sunny and pleasant Mkg

Nice with plenty of sunshine

Tuensang Sunny and cooler

20 7 26 10 22 8 15 4

Plenty of sunshine

20 11

Zunheboto Plenty of sunshine

19 6

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Nagaland Post, Dimapur WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Adinno Phizo (2nd from right) and V Metha (C) with other functionaries at Chedema on Tuesday. (NP)

Correspondent KOHIMA, FEB 2 (NPN): Naga National Council (NNC), which was formed on February 2, 1946 celebrated its 75th anniversary at Peace Camp, Chedema on Tuesday.

In her address, NNC president Adinno Phizo called on the people to know their history, embrace their heritage and be ambassadors of the nation.

Extending anniversary greetings to the people, she also paid tribute to all patriots who had sacrificed everything in defence of “our country” and honoured them with a pledge

not to let their sacrifices go in vain.

She attributed the nation’s survival to God and thanked Him for His faithfulness, unfailing love and grace.

“All Nagas are NNC members and every newborn Naga becomes NNC by birth. Let us be thankful and proud that the Naga nation is growing stronger with the passage of time in spite of many setbacks caused by India all these years,” Adinno remarked.

She obser ved that in the past 75 years as a nation, Nagas had faced different challenges and experienced pain, untold suffering and sadness in the

hands of “our enemy”.

Mentioning that there were groups thriving on lies and deceit depriving Naga society of the culture of independence, Adinno urged the people not to be discouraged by dissension in “our national affairs” under India’s occupation of “our country”.

She stressed the importance of keeping the age -old culture of honesty by earning one’s bread with the sweat of one’s brows which, she said, would earn respect and also God’s favour and become the basis for “our future”.

The NNC president further called on the

younger generation to respect their culture while remembering their mother tongue and never forget the sacrifices made by their forefathers.

She cautioned them to stay away from gifts that they have not earned and always be aware of divisive plans to divide “our country”.

Adinno later unveiled the jubilee souvenir and handed out medals and certificates to former executives, members and individuals who performed “extraordinarily” in various fields. (Full speech on Page 6) E a r l i e r, t h e p r o gramme was chaired by planning committee convenor Lhouvitsü, while Rev Dr Zelhou Keyho and Rev Savito Nagi pronounced the opening and closing prayers respectively.

FGN kedahge (retd) Viyalie Metha and Naga Women Federation vicepresident Tiyongmenla extended jubilee greetings, even as Pfüchama village GB Lhouchato Paphino gave a short speech.

Sanctuary Choir and Joyous Messengers made special presentations, while 75 young men and women in traditional attires performed a traditional song to commemorate the occasion.

Seminar on ‘Road Safety’ held in Noklak Police, Noklak, Dr. Pritpal Kaur explained on three arms of driving - driver, machine and road and bridges.

She elaborated on driving license, registration, insurance, emissions test certificate, mobile and alcohol usage and sense of humanity. “In case of transport vehicles, certificate of fitness and all necessary permits should be properly maintained”, SP added. She also elaborated on sign, symbols and traffic rules, do’s and don’ts and punishment under IPC and MV Act. Hands on demonstration on first aid Participants of the seminar on road safety at Thang Old Council Hall, Noklak village responses were also given. on February 1. (DIPR) Later, SP Noklak flagged off the Bikers Club rally DIMAPUR: Seminar on Noklak village on Febru- Raksha”.

“Road Safety” was held at ary 1 under the theme, According to DIPR of Frontier Royal Enfield Thang Old Council Hall, “Sadak Suraksha-Jeevan report, Superintendent of RE enbloc.

Officials and members of NGMA after the annual general meeting on Tuesday.

DIMAPUR: Nagaland Garo Mother’s Association (NGMA) conducted its annual general meeting on February 2, hosted by Samaguri village.

A press release by NGMA general secretary, Holika D Sangma stated that leaders of Nagaland Garo Tribal Council and Garo Student Union Nagaland Zone who attended the meeting expressed their happiness and gratefulness to all the Garo mothers for their contributions and ef-

forts to keep all the mothers united and intact and also for always being there in times of need.

The leaders also encouraged the mothers to come forward and take part in building and strengthening the society as a whole.

Others who spoke in the meeting includes, Samaguri village head GB, Starson R Marak and NGMA executive member, Mariam Sangma.

Earlier, the meeting

was chaired by NGMA president, Atuba R Mara,k invocation prayer was pronounced by GMA Samaguri village president, Narola R Marak, welcome address was delivered by NGMA vice president, Severina W Sangma, financial report was given by NGMA general secretary, Holika D Sangma, vote of thanks was delivered by NGMA treasurer, Aruna G Momin and benediction by NGMA advisor, Fringibel K Sangma.

TSUD supports foothill roads construction

DIMAPUR: Tenyimi Students’ Union Dimapur (TSUD) has extended its support for the ongoing construction of foothill roads (Trans Naga Expressway) and called for the expedition of the project.

In a press release issued by TSUD president, Rukewezo Wetsah and finance secretary, Asin Rengma has expressed that the road is of paramount importance to every Nagas irrespective of tribes or region and believed that it will boost the economy.

Apart from shortening the time of travel amongst various Naga regions, TSUD said that it will facilitate the movement of goods and services and people within the state which is vital for its social, economic and growth of connectivity.

TSUD has appealed to all the legislators to extend support as it is for the betterment of everyone. The union further extended its appreciation to the NFHRCC for zealously pursuing the issue.

NIIT Dimapur announces lucky winner for CSR activity

Short speeches were delivered by TRPO president, Hangthing and president Frontier Royal Enfield RE enbloc, Changkamba Chang.

ASI, S. Phee spoke on Motor Vehicle Act while project manager TI project, Noklak, J. Khumong spoke on Prophylaxis and first aid.

The programme was chaired by SI, Mongthei and welcome address was delivered by advisor MDU, Noklak.

Free medical camp for drivers was also held in the venue by the 45th Assam Rifles, Noklak.

The programme was organised by Noklak po- Special invitees, Dr. Andrew Ahoto, Dr. Fr. C. P. Anto and others during the programme lice as an observation of on February 1 in Dimapur. the National Road Safety DIMAPUR: NIIT DimaSpeaking on the occa- NIIT Dimapur center at month. pur center on February 1 sion, Dr. Ahoto appreciated regular intervals, Dr. Fr. announced the result of its the head of center of NIIT Anto cited his long assoCorporate Social Respon- Dimapur center, Daniel ciation with NIIT Dimapur sibility (CSR) activity in Changkiri for his decade and it’s MD Ajay Sethi as a the presence of the special long association with the fruitful association. He said that a brief history on the invitees Livingstone Foun- center. that computer education struggles faced by the Chü- dation International chairHe also exhorted the was a necessity for today’s moukedima Hindu Yuva man, Dr. Andrew Ahoto applicants to aspire to be generation.

Nagaland (CHYN) and and peace channel director IT professionals and urged He also wished the the achievements from Dr. Fr. C. P. Anto. Out of them not to worry if they applicants & NIIT team the 2008 till date was shared the 90 applicants for the free cannot be the lucky winner best in their endeavour. and deliberated by CHS diploma in computer ap- of the course through lot“Freshest Technolworking president Pintu M plications, Saraswati Ghale, tery draw, rather they can ogy First” being the aim Ghosh.

4th semester student of Pub- avail various other schemes of NIIT, MD Ajay Sethi The programme was lic College of Commerce of NIIT. dwelled upon the fact of attended by president Ben- was the “lucky winner”.

Lauding the team for change being the only gali Samaj Dimapur and A press release issued their dedicated services constant and the frequent convenor Non-Naga Com- by NIIT Dimapur head of in building the careers of up-gradations of NIIT curmunities Dimapur, KK centre, Daniel Changkiri the youth of Nagaland, he riculums, faculties compePaul, president Hindu Seva stated Ghale is a resident of appreciated the managing tence and technologies by Samiti, Gopal Sharma, Purana Bazar in Dimapur, director of the center, Ajay the center, which has led president Gujarati Samaj who aspires to become a Sethi for upholding the CSR it to teach computers to Members of Chümoukedima Mandir Committee and others after the meeting on January 31.

Dimapur, Mahesh Kote- business woman. She will activities regularly. more than 30,000 youth Exhorting the appli- of Nagaland in schools, DIMAPUR: Chümouke- Chümoukedima Hindu So- ima Town towards the cause In a press release is- cha. The programme was start her learning for the dima Mandir Committee ciety held its first meeting on of Mandir construction in sued by CMC secretary, chaired by CMC finance DCA programme from Feb- cants to avail the oppor- colleges, corporates and (CMC) under the banner of January 31, at Chümouked- Chümoukedima. ruary 4 (Thursday). tunities being offered by the center.

Prakash Chetri stated secretary Sujit Dey.

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official release said. The committee will be headed by commissioner and secretary Moloy Bora and has V S P Ganjala, DIG of Eastern Range, and Shyamal Kumar Bhuyan, manager of staterun PSU AMTRON, as its members.

“The Committee will ascertain the fact and circumstances behind the technical glitches and disturbances in the public address system... and whether there was any lapse on the part of system or individuals, and if so, fix responsibility,” it said.

The committee will also suggest measures to avoid recurrence of such incidents in future during VVIP programmes, it added.

Powerful IED found planted in front of shop in Manipur IMPHAL, Feb2: A powerful remote control Improvised Explosive Device (IED) was found planted in front of a shop in Manipur’s Imphal East district late Monday night.

The IED was found planted in front of Sabana Enterprises, a shop at Khestrigao under Porompat police station of Imphal East district last night, around 11.30 pm.

Locals who found a suspicious object lying in front of the shop immediately informed the police.

Police who rushed to the spot called out experts of the state police bomb detection and disposal squad who safely defused the same in the wee hour of today.

Later, the remote control IED was destroyed in a controlled explosion on Tuesday morning, around 9 am, a senior police officer said. (Correspondent)

One new COVID-19 case in Mizoram, tally rises to 4,373

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SHILLONG, FEB 2: The Aizawl, Feb 2 (PTI): Meghalaya government on Mizoram reported a single case of COVID-19 on Tues- Tuesday lifted several reday, taking the coronavirus strictions to ease the State tally in the state to 4,373, an out of its COVID-19 pandemic restriction. official said.

Meghalaya had imThe single COVID-19 posed several restrictions case that of a 19-year-old student was detected in after the country went into Aizawl district, the official a lockdown following the outbreak of the pandemic said.

The state now has 31 last year.

It however lifted some active COVID-19 cases, while 4,333 people have of the restrictions in the recovered from the disease last Winter after the state witnessed a decline on so far.

At least nine people COVID-19 infection.

Several restrictions still have died in the state due to COVID-19 so far, the continue like the getting a mandatory COVID-19 test official said.

Mizoram has so far for visitors into the State The police pushed tested 2,09,012 samples for and the night curfew from back them till Nupi Lal COVID- 19, including 1,234 11 pm to 5 am.

Memorial Complex which on Monday.

After a review meeting is 100 meter away from the secretariat and convinced them to remain there and seek appointment from the chief minister first.

However, on failing to get an appointment, the contractual healthcare workers dispersed with disappointment.

Before leaving the place, a healthcare worker said that they hoped to meet the chief minister and air their grievances.

“We want to meet the chief minister and convey our demands. We hoped that the chief minOFFICE OF THE ister would willingly meet KHEZHAKENO GAZETTED OFFICERS’ FORUM them. However, he did not HQ: Kohima-797001, Nagaland. give the appointment,” she FELICITATION said.

The Khezhakeno Gazetted Officers’ Forum (KGOF) would She strongly condemned the manner the like to convey its heartiest congratulations to the following state government treat- members on being promoted to higher grade: ed them saying that they 1. Shri. Pfukrulhou Koza, on his promotion to the post of Deputy Director under the Dept. of Rural Development. seemed to have forgotten 2. Dr. Ngopelo Keviechu, on his promotion to the post of Senior the service they rendered at Specialist, under the Dept. of Health & Family Welfare. the Covid care centres.

3. Shri. Vikuo Kevie, on his promotion to the post of “We have worked in Superintendent, under the O/o Commissioner, Nagaland. different Covid care centres The Forum wishes them success as they take up higher with utmost sincerity and responsibilities and also prays to the Almighty God to give them dedication to save the life of more wisdom and knowledge for all their future endeavours. many Covid patients, risk(Mr. MEDOVILIELADU) (Mr. SEYIEVIELO SONO) ing our lives,” she said.

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FELICITATION We congratulate Dr. Imlimaong Aier, son of Mr. Temjen Aier and Mrs. Asangla Lemtor of Mopungchuket Village, on scoring your Ph.D Degree in the department of Applied Sciences from IIIT Allahabad.

Dr. Imlimaong's thesis entitled, "Unravelling the mechanism of resistance in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma" is a research on pancreatic cancer involving the use of genomic data integrated with systems biology techniques to look for potential treatment options with help of drug and repurposing.

May your work scale new heights in bringing about much needed breakthrough in the field of cancer research.

Cheers to now and bright future.

Lhilo Kenye, Rahul Semwal and friends (Ph.D Scholars) IIIT Allahabad

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IMPHAL, FEB 2: Protesting contractual COVID-19 healthcare workers of Manipur health department on Tuesday stormed the chief minister’s secretariat, demanding extension of their services.

With Covid-19 pandemic spiralling out of hand, claiming many precious lives in the state, the state health department appointed 150 staff nurses, 100 MTS (Multitasking Staff) and 74 medical officers in August 2020 to engage them in the government run Covid care centres on contractual basis for three months.

Their services which were due to end by November 2020 were extended for three months and the extended period ended on February 2.

Well ahead of the expiry of their service period, the contractual staff members have been demanding extension of their services.

They also demanded clearance of their due salaries for four months.

Pressing the government to address their demands, they had earlier stormed the office premises of the state health department on January 30 last.

They even locked the office chamber of the director with a padlock.

On Monday , they staged a sit-in-protest in Imphal to air their demands.

Wi t h n o p o s i t i ve response from the state government , the contractual healthcare workers on Tuesday marched towards the chief minister’s secretariat in Imphal.

When they almost at the gate of the secretariat, a large number of police rushed to the spot and blocked them while they were knocking at the chief minister secretariat.

David Nongrum dedicated his life for the service of the people.

Expressing his sadness at the untimely demise of the legislator, Chief Minister, Conrad Sangma said, “He was a young, dynamic and vocal leader who executed an impactful tenure.

My heartfelt condolences to the family in this hour of grief. May his soul rest in peace.”

Power Minister, James Sangma in his message said: “extremely shocked and saddened to hear of the demise of David Nongrum. His death is a loss not only to the people of his Constituency but also to the State. I extend my deepest sympathies to the bereaved family and may God give them strength in this time of grief.”

Lone Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) legislator and chairman Privileges Committee Meghalaya Assembly, Saleng Sangma said, the members of recalled their association with Nongrum and his contributions to the House and Committees.

The Congress Legislature Party has also condoled the sudden demise of Nongrum.

Messages expressing grief over the sudden death of the young legislator have been pouring in from several quarters, even as people in his constituency have been making a beeline to pay their last respects to the departed public leader, who was known for his impeccable and friendly personality across the board.

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SHILLONG, FEB 2: Sitting Congress legislator in Meghalaya, David Nongrum suddenly passed away on Tuesday morning following a massive cardiac arrest. He was 42.

Nongrum was the son of senior Congress leader and former Assembly Speaker, Charles Pyngrope.

He was first elected as an member to the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly in 2013 as an independent candidate and had joined the Congress in 2018.

Nongrum was declared brought dead by doctors of the North East Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (NEIGRIHMS) hospital, Pyngrope said.

“He (Nongrum) died due to a massive cardiac arrest,” Pyngrope said.

During his political career, Nongrum served as an Assembly Committee member for Scheduled Caste and Scheduled tribe and Public Undertakings.

In his condolence message, Assembly Speaker, Methbah Lyngdoh said, Nongrum would be remembered as a “young and promising legislator” who

on COVID-19 pandemic, Deputy Chief Minister Prestone Tynsong said that one of the most important decisions was allowing 100 percent public transports to ply across the State by withdrawing restrictions which had allowed public transport to function on an odd-even basis.

Earlier, only 50 percent of the public transport could operate as the government allowed these

vehicles to ply on an oddeven basis.

Tynsong however said for private transport, odd and even number will continue till further orders.

The Deputy Chief Minister informed that restriction on places of worship in which only one-third of the total strength could attend such places has also been revised.

“Now 75 percent of the total strength of mem-

DECLARATION

Through this column, the family members and relatives of Late Salew Chakre declare and notify that Mr. Salew Anthony, Son of Late Salew Chakre of Punanamei Village, resident of Lower P.W.D Colony, Kohima working in P.W.D Office Kohima: That any individual, group or organization dealing with him in any property or monetary matters shall be doing so at their own risk, the family shall not take any responsibility and will have no obligations towards any such dealings.

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APPRECIATION The Aghunaqa Area BJP Unit extends our appreciation and gratitude to the Honourable Minister of Public Health Engineering Department (PHED) Shri Jacob Zhimomi for providing water facilities to the public in the area. We are indeed very grateful for your kind work of providing water facilities to 13 villages under Aghunaqa Area through Jal Shakti Abhiyan to ensure water source sustainability in rural areas.

The Unit also extend our appreciation to the JE and his team for your guidance, hard work and dedication.

May God always be with you and guide you in your future endeavours and may you continue to work for the benefit of the people.

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AFFIDAVIT

Date 09/11/2020

I, do hereby declare that Niesiezo or Neisiezo U Yhome refers to the same person and my correct official name is Neisiezo U Yhome and my correct date of birth is 12/02/1981 and not 04/05/1965 as inadvertently entered in my Aadhaar Card.

Deponent

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Whereas Mrs. Rehtsala Sangtam, wife of Late Lithrongchem presently resident of Yungphang Sector, Tuesang Town, District Tuesang has applied for issue of Succession Certificate to operate/draw/transfer/withdraw the debts & security in respect of her late husband, who expired on 30/12/2020.

Now therefore, public are hereby asked to file claims/objections if any within 30 (thirty) days from the date of publish of this notice.

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WOKHA : NAGALAND

With immense pride and honour, we the Tsarü Suro Union Dimapur extend our heartfelt congratulations to Smti. Lithrila Sangtam, D/o Rangkamong Sangtam for being conferred Commendation Certificate by the Hon'ble Governor of Nagaland for her outstanding service rendered. The Union would also like to congratulate her on being promoted to SDO. The Union further wishes a grand success in her service career.

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NOTICE NOTICE INVITING CLAIMS/OBJECTIONS OF OTHER CLAIMANT(S) FOR ISSUE OF SUCCESSION CERTIFICATE UNDER PART-1 OF INDIAN SUCCESSION ACT 1925.

Whereas application under Succession Act 1925 for grant of Succession Certificate for the estate/pension benefit of Late Mhathung Ngullie has been applied by Shri. Zejamo, S/o. Lt. Mhathung Ngullie, Wokha, Nagaland for possession of: 1. SBI A/C No. 11766523870 2. P.P.O No. NL/F/08517 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 27/02/2021.

Given under the hand and seal of the court on this day the 27/01/2021.

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Dated : 21-01-2021

I, Mr. Huikeulang Newme, son of Namui Newme, permanent resident of Mhaikam Village, P.O Chumukedima, P.S Jalukie, DistPeren and presently residing at Police Complex, Chumukedima Town, District-Dimapur, Nagaland do hereby solemnly affirm on oath and declare as under: 1. That I am a bonafide citizen of India and presently residing at the above mentioned address.

2. That inadvertently my name has been entered and recorded in my Service records as "JITEN" instead of "HUIKEULANG NEWME" which is my correct and official name.

3. That this affidavit is made for the purpose of declaring that the name "JITEN" and "HUIKEULANG NEWME" is one and the same person and also to put the record straight for all purposes and intends.

4. That the statements made from para 1 to 3 are true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief and nothing false has been stated therein.

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sports were allowed in the State.

“All sporting activities would be allowed in the State. But the participation can be only 75 percent,” Tynsong said.

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I, Mr. Mhalelhou Albert Yhome, Son of Mr. Chapemo Seb do hereby declare that in all my academic documents and records my name has been entered as Mhalelhou Albert Yhome or Mhalelhou Yhome and my Father’s name has been recorded as Suolalhie Yhome, Chapemo Seb and Chapemo Yhome.

I, do hereby declare that Mhalelhou Yhome or Mhalelhou Albert Yhome are one and the same person and my Father’s Name Suolahie Yhome, Chapemo Seb or Chapemo Yhome refers to the same person.

Toshiho Sumi President Aghunaqa Area BJP Unit

bers, in a particular place of worship, are allowed to attend prayer services,” he informed.

Similarly, restrictions have been lifted in sports.

Earlier only non contact

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Narendra Modi

Earlier, the Sivasagar district administration had conducted a magisterial probe to find out the cause of the disturbance in the sound system.

Sivasagar De puty Commissioner Bishnu K Borah had said an additional deputy commissioner conducted a probe into the incident. The report was received on January 27 and was forwarded to higher officials in the secretariat.

On January 23, Modi had launched the allotment of land pattas to 1.06 lakh landless people at the historic Jerenga Pothar in Sivasagar by distributing ownership certificates to 10 indigenous beneficiaries from across the state.

With the sound system creating disturbances in between his speech, Modi was heard saying “Rectify the microphone, it is creating noise while speaking”.

A source said the noise had continued for about 20 seconds when a TV microphone was placed in front of the monitor sound box.

There was no noise after the boom was removed.

above the sea level.

Because of its peculiar location, Majuli gets inundated not only in severe floods but also in normal floods.

Erosion on the southern side of the island has been going on since 1950, constantly reducing the area of the land, eroding many villages and ‘sattras’.

The embankmentcum-road, once constructed, is expected to solve the problem of erosion of Majuli and provide comfort for road travel around the island.

According to the 2011 census, the total population of Majuli is 1.67 lakh who live in 248 villages.

The Kamakhya temple, located in Guwahati, is one of the biggest Shakti shrines in the country.

Situated on the Nilachal hills, this temple is an important pilgrimage centre for tantric worshippers and Hindus. It is also considered important as it is the temple where the beliefs and practices of the Aryan communities coincide with non-Aryan communities.

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G U WA H AT I , F E B 2 (PTI): The Assam government formed on Tuesday a high-level inquiry committee headed by a senior IAS officer to probe the cause of disturbances in the sound system during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s rally in Sivasagar on January 23.

This is the second official inquiry committee after another probe was conducted by the Sivasagar district authority few days ago.

The prime minister is scheduled to visit Assam on Sunday to address a public function at Dhekiajuli in Sonitpur district.

Issuing a notification, the commissioner and secretary to the home and political department has formed the committee and asked it to submit the report within 15 days.

“Government of Assam has constituted a threemember enquiry committee to enquire into the incident of disruption in the public address system during Prime Minister’s speech at Jerenga Pathar in Sivasagar district on 23rd January last,” an

New Delhi, Feb 2 (PTI): Assam’s Majuli will have a new embankmentcum-road around the island as the 15th Finance Commission has recommended for it along with a project for comprehensive development of the Kamakhya temple in Guwahati.

The commission has recommended Rs 1,075 crore for the construction of the new embankment-cumroad around the world’s largest inhabited riverine island and Rs 300 crore for the comprehensive development of the Kamakhya temple complex.

The 15th Finance Commission, headed by N K Singh, submitted its report to Parliament on Monday.

Majuli is also the seat of Assam’s Vaishnavite monasteries (sattras).

It is a part of the vast dynamic river system of Brahmaputra basin with a total length of 2,706 km and a catchment area of 580,000 sq km. The island extends for a length of about 80 km, 10-15 km in breadth with a total area of about 875 sq km and at an elevation of 85-90 metres

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Date : 02/02/2021

I, Shri. SHINGNYA M, S/o. Muno Khiamniungan, permanent resident of Pangsha New Village, Dist- Noklak: Nagaland and presently residing at H/No. 343, Lengrijan Colony, Dimapur: Nagaland, do hereby solemnly affirm and declared on oath as under: 1. That I am a bonafide citizen of India and an indigenous inhabitant of Nagaland, residing at the aforementioned address.

2. That in all my official documents my name was registered as SHINGNYA M, whereas in my father's service record, my name was recorded as SINGNYA. 3. That the initial M-stands for my father's name i.e. MUNO KHIAMNIUNGAN. 4. That the variation in my name such as SHINGNYA M and SINGNYA pertains to the name of one and same person.

5. That the declaration made by me in Para 1 to 4 are true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief and nothing material is concealed thereof.

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Govt ready to discuss farmers issues: Tomar

Another TMC MLA joins BJP

Dipak Haldar

Baruipur (WB), Feb 2 (PTI): Diamond Harbour MLA Dipak Haldar joined the BJP on Tuesday, a day after he quit the Trinamool Congress.

The two-time legislator, whose assembly segment is part of Diamond Harbour MP Abhishek Banerjee’s constituency, joined the BJP along with several other local TMC leaders and workers at a public meeting here in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district.

Haldar quit the ruling party accusing the TMC leadership of not allowing him to work for the people.

Narendra Singh Tomar

As opposition members, including from Congress, DMK, Trinamool Congress, SP and BSP, trooped near the well, Speaker Om Birla appealed to them to go back to their seats so that House can taken up normal business.

“This House is for debate and discussions. Please go back to your seats,” he said.

However, the unrelenting opposition continued their protests, leading to the Speaking announcing the second adjournment till 7 pm.

Earlier, as soon as the House met at 4 pm, opposition members disrupted the

Question Hour to press for repeal of the three “black” laws and raised slogans.

Members from the Shiv Sena were seen raising slogans from the aisles.

Former Union minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal of the Shiromani Akali Dal was also seen holding a poster demanding repeal of the contentious agriculture legislations.

The Speaker urged the members to return to their seats and follow the COVID-19 protocol. He said in the ongoing Question Hour, questions related to farmers were listed and members can raise their issues at that time.

He also said during the debate on the Motion of Thanks to the President’s address, members can raise these issues. But opposition members refused to relent forcing him to adjourn the proceedings around 4.10 pm.

Several farmers unions have been staging protests at various border points of Delhi demanding repeal of the farm laws.

No formal talks until harassment stops: SKM New Delhi, Feb 2(PTI): There can be no “formal” talks with the government until “harassment” by police and administration stops and detained farmers are released, the Samyukt Kisan Morcha said on Tuesday.

In a statement, it alleged that increased barricading, including digging trenches, fixing nails on roads, setting up barbedwire fences, closing internal roads, stopping Internet services and “orchestrating protests through BJP-RSS workers” are part of “attacks” being organised by the government, its police and administration against the farmers. The umbrella body of farmers’ unions protesting the Central farm laws termed the “frequent Internet shutdown” at protest sites and blocking of many Twitter accounts related to the farmers movement “direct attack on democracy”.

Twitter on Monday blocked several accounts and tweets after the government asked the microblogging platform to take action against 250 handles and posts for containing ‘false and provocative content’ related to the ongoing farmers’ agitation, according to sources.

Farmers raise slogans during their ongoing protest at Singhu Border, in New Delhi, Tuesday. (PTI)

“It appears the government is extremely fearful of the rising tide of support for the ongoing protest from different states,” the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) said.

Farmers, mainly from Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, are protesting the Centre’s farm laws for more than two months at the borders of the national capital, choking highways to neighbouring states.

“The SKM decided in its meeting on Monday that there can be no formal talks with the government until police and administration’s harassment of different kinds against the farmers’ movement is immediately stopped,” the SKM said.

It also said no formal proposal for talks has been

received by it.

“Though no formal proposal for talks came from the government, we clearly state that the talks will be held only after unconditional release of farmers who are in illegal police custody,” the statement said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi in an all party meeting on Saturday had said the government’s offer to suspend the farm laws for 18 months was still on the table and the Agriculture minister Narendra Tomar was just a phone call away to take the talks forward.

The Morcha had reacted to Modi’s statement by reiterating its demand for repeal of the three agri laws.

The government’s ne-

gotiations with protesting farm unions hit a roadblock on January 22 as the farmer leaders stuck to their demands for a complete repeal of the three farm laws they find pro-corporate and a legal guarantee for minimum support price, even as the Centre asked them to reconsider its proposal for putting the Acts on hold for 12-18 months.

Unlike the last 10 rounds of talks, the 11th round could not even reach a decision on the next date for the meeting as the government also hardened its position saying it is ready to meet again once the unions agree to discuss the suspension proposal. On Republic Day, a tractor parade by farmers in the national capital turned violent and many protesters were arrested.

The SKM, in a statement, said the Delhi Police has released a list of 122 agitators who have been taken into custody.

It said, “The SKM strongly condemns the arrests and detention of many protestors in different police stations and the seizure of vehicles of farmers. Scores of people are reported to be missing and this is a matter of great concern to us.”

12 children given sanitizers instead of vaccine in Maha Yavatmal (Mahar a s ht r a ) , F eb 2 (agencies): In a case of huge negligence, 12 children were given sanitiser instead of oral polio vaccine in a village in Yavatmal district of Maharashtra, about 700 km from state capital Mumbai, an official said on Monday, reports NDTV..

The affected children, all below 5 years of age, were admitted to a government hospital, where their condition is said to be stable, the district official said, adding that three healthcare workers will face action for the lapse.

The incident was reported on Sunday at a primary healthcare centre in a village when the National Pulse Polio vaccination drive for children between 1-5 years of age began, the official said.

Yavatmal Zilla Parishad CEO Shrikrishna Panchal said 12 children below 5 years of age were given sanitiser instead of polio drops.

Subsequently, one of the children complained of vomiting and uneasiness, he said.

Use more, pay more — graded water tariff likely soon as govt accepts finance panel suggestion

NEW DELHI, FEB 2 ( AG E N C I E S ) : I n d i a could soon implement a system of graded water tariff across the country, reports The Print.

The Narendra Modi government has accepted the recommendation of the 15th Finance Commission, which has suggested fixing a graded water tariff to reform the water sector.

“It is imperative to fix an appropriate price for water on a graded basis, wherein higher consump-

tion entails higher charges,” the commission has said in its report, uploaded on its website.

According to the commission, fixing water tariff is necessary because “inappropriate water pricing” is one of the major causes of over-exploitation of water in the domestic sector.

“Tariffs do not get revised on a periodic basis, resulting in a large gap between the cost of supply of water and the revenue collected,” the commis-

sion stated.

Talking to ThePrint, Secretary, Expenditure, T.V. Somanathan said, “It’s a good recommendation. We have accepted it.”

This is, however, not the first time that a recommendation to fix water charges has been made.

Many government reports in the past have batted for levying water fees.

In April 2020, a task force set up by the finance ministry to finalise the

ambitious National Infrastructure Pipeline had also suggested levying of user charges for availing infrastructure services.

“Free services can often be overused leading to dire consequences, especially for limited natural resources such as water.

Fair value is also important as the need is to provide quality infrastructure to end users,” the task force’s report had stated.

More recently, the draft National Water Pol-

icy 2020 had also recommended a graded fee system for water users that will help recover the operations and maintenance cost.

The draft policy has also recommended setting up independent water resources regulatory authorities in all states and union territories, with a clear mandate to fix water charges.

The draft policy was submitted to the Union Ministry of Jal Shakti last

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The Entrepreneurs Associates & Group of Social Ventures solicits application from interested candidates for the following positions.

Position Qualifications, Skills and Experience (No. of posts)

TGT (Hindi) (i) Graduation. (ii) B.Ed/JBT/ETT/Similar Qualification.

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(i) Graduate or ten years service as a clerk (for Exservicemen/ AR). (ii) Computer literate. (iii) Typing with minimum speed of 40 WPM. (iv) Knowledge of Computer MS Office (speed 8000 key depression per hour). (v) Basic knowledge of accounting.

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• B.Com and above, preferably MBA Finance, with at least 3 years of experience in handling finance and accounts • Knowledge of Tax filing (GST/TDS), RBI compliance and Tally; and Experience of Liaisoning with shareholders and partners • Salary negotiable (based on last package drawn)

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• Excellent verbal and written communication skills • Salary negotiable (based on last package drawn)

Grade-IV For looking after the children, cleanliness of the school, (Maid/ Safai Karamchari) etc.

• • Project Associate • (1) • • • Marketing Executive (1)

B.Sc Agriculture/Horticulture, Experience in Agriculture promotion projects desirable Assist in overall implementation of project Provide technical support in Agriculture improvement Willingness to travel and conduct field visits Fresh Graduates may also apply

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Asst. Accountant • B.Com, with at least 3 years of experience dealing with accounts (1) and Knowledge of Tax filing (GST/TDS) and tally.

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2. Candidates who are willing to work in Assam Rifles Public School (High), Dimapur only to apply. Application with mobile number of the candidates and copy of Aadhar card must be submitted online at email address artcschool@gmail.com on or before 15 Feb 2021. Address of school for official correspondence is as under:OIC Assam Rifles Public School (High), Dimapur ARTC&S 3 Miles, Kohima Road Dimapur (Nagaland) PIN : 797115 3. For any queries, please contact 9927426396 (School NCO) or email at artcschool@ gmail.com.

4. All expenses will be borne by the candidates themselves.

5. Pay and perks will be as per prevailing scales in comparable institutions.

Note: All candidates are required to show PAN Card / UID or any other valid Identity Card.

The Entrepreneurs Associates & Group of Social Ventures solicits application from interested candidates for the position of Community Mobilizers in Dimapur (2), Wokha (2 ) and Kiphire (1). These positions are reserved only for permanent residents of Khonsa block (Kiphire), Ralan Area (Wokha) and Dimapur. Any graduate with working knowledge of computer can apply.

Please apply on or before 10th February 2021.

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Commission has also highlighted the need to ensure optimum utilisation of surface water for the Jal Jeevan Mission in view of overexploitation of groundwater in large parts of the country.

As part of the Jal Jeevan Mission, the Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation is running the Nal Se Jal scheme, which aims to provide potable tap water connection to each and every rural household by 2024.

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month by a high-level committee headed by water policy expert Mihir Shah, who was also a member of the erstwhile Planning Commission.

While batting for an affordable basic service fee for everybody to cover the operations and maintenance cost, the Shah-led panel also said economic service for commercial and industrial usage should be charged at an “economic cost”.

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NEW DELHI, FEB 2 (PTI): The government on Tuesday asserted in Lok Sabha that it was ready to discuss issues related to farmers both inside and outside Parliament amid vociferous protests by the Opposition which forced the House to adjourn twice, first for almost an hour and then for nearly two hours.

Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said during Zero Hour, which began at 5 pm, that the Modi government is always committed to discuss the farmer’s issues.

“Government is ready to discuss issues related to farmers inside and outside Parliament,” he said amid sloganeering by opposition members.

Tomar’s reply came after Congress leader in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury claimed that 170 farmers have died during the ongoing agitation against the three contentious farm laws.

“Atrocities are being committed on farmers. Situation is similar to British rule,” he alleged.

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Please apply on or before 15th February 2021. Mail your CV to connect@eanagaland. org or you can personally drop in your CV at EA Head Office, Next to PWD traffic point, NH 29, Kohima. For any queries, feel free to contact us during office hours (9:00 am – 5:00 pm) Tel:+917641008033 K-274

Postponement of LEST Class IX 2021-22

As per Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti, Regional Office, Shillong letter No. F.40-4/2017/NVS (SHR)/ Trg/ dated 12/01/2021, the LEST-2021 for admission into Class IX in all 11 JNV’s (Kohima, Wokha, Dimapur, Peren, Longleng, Tuensang, Mon, Zunheboto, Kiphire, Mokokchung, Phek) in Nagaland which was scheduled earlier to be held on the 13/02/2021 is postponed and a new date fixed to be on 24th February 2021 (Wednesday) at 11:30 am. Therefore all the candidates/parents are requested to note down of new date of LEST entrance test.

Sd/Principal, JNV Kohima On behalf of all JNVs of Nagaland DC-99

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Dated: 02nd February 2021

RE-TENDER NOTICE

Sealed tenders are invited from the registered Electrical Contractors empanelled with Nagaland University for the under mentioned work.

Earnest Tender Fee Tender Value Money (through Completion Particulars Deposit NU Challan) time [`] [`] [`] Internal Electrification of Type-B 01 (One) Quarter No. 1,41,190.00 2,825.00 500.00 month 02 (1 Flat) at NU, Hqrs.

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Tender documents can be obtained from the Engineering Section, NU, Hqrs. Lumami on working days upto 8th February 2021 and the same should be submitted in a sealed envelope addressed to the Registrar on or before 9th February 2021 (upto 2:00 PM). Nagaland University reserves the right to accept or reject any tender without assigning any reason, whatsoever.

(Dr. ABEMO) DC-93 Registrar

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Nagaland Post Vol. XXxI NO. 58 Dimapur, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2021

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nion finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s third union budget has fuelled both expectations and disappointments and that is not unusual given the fact that budgeting is not easy.

For the record, it was her shortest budget speech that was over in one hour and forty minutes and also the first time that it was on tablet and not paper. The budget has been hailed by some, damned by some while there are those who would prefer to see how it unveils. If a budget is pro-business it is termed as crony capitalism. If it is pro-poor it is termed as populist and if it seeks to tread the middle path, it is termed as a “please-all and tame and insipid budget”. Meeting diverse expectations is a herculean task where a finance minister will be damned by any segment irrespective of the merit.

A budget that seeks to promote the economy has to promote revenues in core areas and at the same time find money to fund them. There is no debate that Covid-19 has ravaged the country, shrunk its GDP, sent unemployment soaring and added to the distress of a banking sector that was already in crisis. Despite all these, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's budget aims to spend big to push growth. Outlays in key areas such as healthcare and infrastructure have been ratcheted up to spur economic activity. Given that there is no increase in direct taxes, this exacerbates India's delicate fiscal position. However, the take-away from the budget and the budget numbers is that the BJP has given up on reviving the economy or accelerating the growth rate or promoting private investment or increasing efficiency or creating jobs or winning a greater share of world trade.

This may be seen from the figure of India's fiscal deficit - the gap between its revenue and expenditure - for the current financial year that is set to rise to 9.5%, the highest since the country opened its markets to the world in 1991. The Budget for the next fiscal is a bid to pull the economy out of the pandemic-induced trough. For 2021-22, the deficit is being targeted at 6.8%, significantly higher than the consensus estimate of 5.6%. Sitharaman said the goal was to halve it in the next five years.

Politics got a better deal when national highway projects and infrastructure corridors have been cleared in poll-bound states such as Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam and West Bengal. Former finance minister Chidambaram, said Sitharaman had “paid special attention to election-bound states” for the four states. He also took on the mind boggling Rs.2,23,846 crore allocated to ‘health’ which saw a “breathtaking rise” from Rs.94,452 crore for the current year. He described the huge rise as “a conjurer’s trick” when the Finance Minister added the one-time cost of vaccination ((Rs 35,000 crore) and the Finance Commission grants amounting to Rs.49,214 crore and also included the allocations to the Department of Water and Sanitation.

Shorn of these add-ons, the allocations for Health was actually Rs 72,934 in 2020-21 and Rs 79,602 crore in 2021-22, Chidambaram said. With India's real GDP (Gross Domestic Product) estimated to contract by 7.7% in 2020-21, compared to a growth rate of 4.2% in 2019-20; unless Sitharaman pulls a rabbit out of the hat, the projections and expectations could meet a dead end.

DailyDevotion The Compelling Force of the Call

Woe is me if I do not preach the gospel!

—1 Corinthians 9:16 Beware of refusing to hear the call of God. Everyone who is saved is called to testify to the fact of his salvation. That, however, is not the same as the call to preach, but is merely an illustration which can be used in preaching. In this verse, Paul was referring to the stinging pains produced in him by the compelling force of the call to preach the gospel. Never try to apply what Paul said regarding the call to preach to those souls who are being called to God for salvation.

There is nothing easier than getting saved, because it is solely God’s sovereign work— “Look to Me, and be saved…” (Isaiah 45:22). Our Lord never requires the same conditions for discipleship that he requires for salvation. We are condemned to salvation through the Cross of Christ. But discipleship has an option with it— “If anyone…” (Luke 14:26).

Paul’s words have to do with our being made servants of Jesus Christ, and our permission is never asked as to what we will do or where we will go.

God makes us as broken bread and poured-out wine to please Himself. To be “separated to the gospel” means being able to hear the call of God (Romans 1:1). Once someone begins to hear that call, a suffering worthy of the name of Christ is produced. Suddenly, every ambition, every desire of life, and every outlook is completely blotted out and extinguished.

Only one thing remains— “…separated to the gospel…” Woe be to the soul who tries to head in any other direction once that call has come to him. The Bible Training College exists so that each of you may know whether or not God has a man or woman here who truly cares about proclaiming His gospel and to see if God grips you for this purpose. Beware of competing calls once the call of God grips you.

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Kites rise highest against the wind - not with it. ~ Winston Churchill

Nagaland Post, Dimapur WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Post-mortem

Farm laws must be redrafted, sent to standing committee M uch has been written about the merits/demerits of the three farm laws passed by Parliament. In this article, I intend to discuss the procedure adopted by the government to get these laws passed and implemented — though it has recently announced, under pressure no doubt, that the laws may be put on hold and their implementation delayed by 18 months.

The problems faced by the agriculture sector are as old as agriculture itself. Some areas are in dire need of reform, but, perhaps, not in the manner the government has attempted to implement the three farm laws.

These laws — they relate to trade and commerce in farm produce, farmers’ agreement on price assurance and farm services and amendments to the essential commodities act — were first promulgated as ordinances in June, 2020. There is much to be said about the manner in which they were passed by the two Houses, especially Rajya Sabha, in clear violation of rules and procedures. But why were

they promulgated as ordinances in the first place?

The Constitution gives powers to the President to make laws through ordinances. But the procedure, which has evolved over the last 70 years, also lays down the circumstances under which this power has to be exercised. A brief look at M N Kaul and S L Shakdher’s Practice and Procedure of Parliament would show how this issue was a matter of animated discussion between the first Lok Sabha speaker G V Mavalankar and the first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.

In a letter to the Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, dated November 25, 1950, Mavalankar said, “The procedure of the promulgation of Ordinances is inherently undemocratic.” The reply to this letter was sent by Nehru himself. He wrote: “I think all my colleagues will agree with you that the issue of ordinances is normally not desirable and should be avoided except on special and urgent occasions.” In his letter of July 17, 1954, Mavalankar reiterated that

“the issue of an ordinance is undemocratic and cannot be justified except in cases of extreme urgency or emergency”. He went on to warn the government by adding, “it is not a question of the present personnel in government but a question of precedents; and if this ordinance issuing is not limited by convention only to extreme and very urgent cases, the result may be that, in future, the government may go on issuing Ordinances giving Lok Sabha no option but to rubber-stamp the Ordinances.” We realise now how full of foresight his observation was.

It seems that nobody in this government cared to read Kaul and Shakhder, perhaps not even those in the bureaucracy who are advising the government.

Or are they too scared to speak? There is no doubt, however, that passing these laws through the ordinance route was bad in law and in clear violation of established parliamentary practices.

There was nothing urgent which could not have waited for Parliament to assemble.

Speech of NNC Prez Adinno Phizo on 75th NNC Formation Day

(2nd February, 2021 At Chedema Peace Camp, Chedema) My dear fellow Nagas, Wishing you all Happy Anniversary and warm New Year greetings on this most auspicious day for the Nagas everywhere.

Today is the 75th Anniversary for the Naga National Council Formation Day established by our visionary leaders at Wokha in Lotha region on 2"d February 1946. We thank our Almighty God for His faithfulness and unfailing love and grace. We owe Him our survival as a nation up to this day. It is a great honour for me to greet you today and thank you and celebrate with you on this 75th Anniversary of NNC foundation day. Thank you for your prayers, love and support, your loyalty and passion for our country has renewed our strength and hope in the building of our nation. All the Nagas are NNC members and every new born Naga child becomes NNC member from birth.

Let us be thankful and proud that the Naga nation is growing stronger with the passage of time in spite of many set- backs caused

by India all these years.

I want to dedicate a very special moment to pay tribute to our patriots who sacrificed everything they had in defense of our country. Against all odds and confusion at the time of the withdrawal of the British imperial rule, the Naga National Council formally declared our Naga Independence on 14th August 1947 while certain territory of our land were still under the then British administration.

India was granted her independence on 15th August 1947, one day after NNC's declaration of Naga Independence. Our declaration of Independence was again ratified by our Naga National Council Plebiscite of May 16, 1951 conducted by NNC led by A.Z.Phizo with the result of 99.9%. The Government of India was informed ahead to openly witness the Plebiscite, and so there were Indian observers too. But India again brought ballot boxes to the then Naga Hills for voting in 1952, in the first Indian general election after her independence. But true to our National Plebiscite of 1951 the Nagas maintained a firm national stand of total non-participation and not a single vote was cast. It is in the record.

Even while some of us were under the British rule, our people sensed that the British would be going one day from this part of the world. So, with this concern for the future, 20 Nagas representing all the Nagas, submitted a memorandum to the Simon Commission in 1929 that the Nagas should be left as they were before the British came. Therefore, the whole Naga Hills were left as Excluded Area by the House of Commons by

the Government of India Act of 1935.

The Indo-Naga problem started when Government of India sent her Army to Tuensang area in 1954 by ignoring the above cited historical facts of Nagaland not being part of India. Justice demands a peaceful and an honourable withdrawal of India's occupation from our country, Nagaland. This will usher in a new era of international relations in South East Asia as Nagaland is the nation between China and India, the two biggest nations in Asia, and in the world.

Today, as we celebrate the 75th Anniversary, let us remember those who had sacrificed their whole life and honour them with our pledge not to let their sacrifices go in vain. In the last 75 years as a nation, our people faced different challenges by experiencing pain, untold suffering and sadness in the hands of our enemy.

Today, there are a group thriving on lies and deceit, depriving our Naga society of our culture of independence. Let us not allow ourselves to be discouraged by the dissension in our national affairs under India's occupation of our country. Let us keep our old culture of honesty by earning our bread with the pure sweat of our brows. This will earn us the respect of others and also God's favour which can become the basis of our future.

Finally, I would like to call upon the young generation to never forget the sacrifices made by your forebears. Know your history and embrace your heritage.

Wherever you go, be an ambassador for your nation, whatever you do, do it with utmost sincerity. Respect your culture and never forget your mother tongue. Fear God and always seek His counsel. Stay away from gifts that you have not earned and always be aware of divisive plans to our country.

I believe the dawn of great challenges and opportunities is fast approaching.

Though it will not be roses all the way.

It will bring countless opportunities and hardships as well. It will depend on our people how to face the great challenges with the right response and fortitude. I have strong faith in you that you will rise up to the occasion to face the sea of inevitable changes ahead of us. Our future as a nation depends on how we respond to this. With God given ability and your industrious zeal, you will overcome all the hurdles in your way and you will be able to usher our people to a bright and fruitful future.

May God's grace be always upon our people. Long live Naga National Council and Nagaland.

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Over the years, the procedure for passage of bills in the two Houses of Parliament has been refined. In most cases, the bills, after introduction, are referred to the concerned standing committee for examination and report. Only in rare cases are they passed directly by the two Houses. This was the procedure earlier and almost meticulously followed, even during the UPA regime. As chairman of the standing committee on finance between 2009 and 2014, I can vouch for the fact that we used to be extremely preoccupied with the examination of pieces of legislation and in preparing reports on them. In fact, the Companies Amendment Bill was examined by the committee not once but twice despite the opposition of the then corporate affairs minister Veerappa Moily and because of the support I received from Pranab Mukherjee. During the UPA regime, over 70 per cent of the bills introduced were referred to standing committees. The figure came down to 25 per cent during NDA 1,

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and I understand that during its second avatar not a single bill has been referred to the standing committees so far.

Naturally, this list also includes the three farm bills.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has described the passage of the bills as “a watershed moment in the history of Indian agriculture”. The farmers are not equally convinced. But PM Modi had also bowed his head at the steps of the Parliament building when he first entered it as PM in 2014 and again before the Constitution when he was reelected in 2019. Which is real, these acts of obeisance or giving the short shrift to Parliament and the Constitution? I leave it to your judgement.

The procedures established by Parliament over the years, the conventions, practices and precedents provide safeguards to ensure that the two Houses do not err in the passing of bills and the bills serve the public purpose for which they are meant. Yet, it is possible that it may make mistakes and that is why we have the power of review vested in

the courts of law. The Supreme Court has stayed the implementation of the laws.

There is enough ground for it to set these laws completely aside — for not following the established procedure, stepping over the power of states, the government itself agreeing, however reluctantly, to keep them in abeyance for 18 months and the opposition mounted by the farmers for whose good all this is being done.

Gover nments make mistakes, and at times, even commit blunders. The government has already eaten crow. My recommendation is that it should withdraw the laws entirely, redraft them if necessary and send them to the standing committee on agriculture. Passing legislations is the preserve of Parliament. Do maintain that sanctity. An obstinate attitude will only invite interference from unwanted quarters, including the judiciary, and invade the sanctity of this exclusive turf.

Yashwant Sinha The writer is a former Union minister.

Imagined Fascism

rom the UK to Pakistan to Canada and within India itself, we have a lot of destructive forces ever willing to damage the soul and fabric of India.

These forces write and speak on imaginary things – what we generally term as ‘makebelieve’. No concrete issue to tackle about but to beat around the bush and cry wolf – this is their way of staying relevant. Even the opposition politicians are no less. They shout and scream the supposedly extinction of democracy in India under a ‘fascist’ government, forgetting that it is the same democracy which kicked them out of power and rendered them powerless. One party in particular has the tendency to blame EVMs every time it loses elections but when it wins, the EVMs are not an issue at all. This is the hypocrisy of the left-liberals. They fail to grasp the reality that is staring at them with contempt.

They fail to understand that it is the people who kicked them out of power for their sheer mismanagement of the country’s affairs in the past.

The party that I had just mentioned is again guilty of this. After all, this party has always served the interests of one particular family rather than the national interest.

In fact, if anyone is to be pronounced guilty of undermining democratic values, norms and institutions, it is that one family which we are all so familiar with.

I remember when Trump came to power in 2016, becoming the 45th President of the USA. The left-liberal ecosystem reaction was appalling, to say the least. They issued statements saying that Trump was not their President, which they persisted with till his last day.

Leading American political leaders (Democrats to be specific) did everything in their power, backed by the powerful media, to discredit Trump at all levels. Yes, Trump was an eccentric leader prone to many unpredictable actions

but the amount of vitriolic he had to face during his presidency was something else. So, if Trump is to be blamed for the country’s divisions and racial tensions, the blame lies equally with the left-leaning Democrats as well because, instead of accepting Trump as their President, they continued to divide the country further and deeper. I would even go to the extent of saying that they exploited race and ethnicity to suit their narrative. Of course, there’s no denying that racial tensions still exist in the USA in some quarters.

One might wonder why I brought Trump up. The reason is there for all to see, which is rather simple. Ever since PM Modi became the PM of India, there have been constant attacks by the ecosystem- from politicians to media people to so-called “think-tanks”, some anxious celebrities and the list goes on. Similar to what President Trump had to endure during his presidency, PM Modi also has had to bear the vitriolic directed at him. You have these “woke” public figures saying how PM Modi is not their PM, how the Constitution is under attack by a fascist government, how the institutions of democracy are cowering under fear and how fundamental rights are being trampled upon. These are the same people who recently shared fake news on social media alleging that the President of India had unveiled a portrait which was not of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose.

Worse was that they didn’t even bother to apologise to the highest office of the land. Such is their duplicity and arrogance. When they insult and hurl abuses at the PM, it is freedom of speech and expression, but if someone else speaks their mind, especially on their favourite prince, they decry the erosion of the sacred fundamental rights. However, there is a difference between Pres.

Trump and PM Modi. PM

Open letter to the hon’ble Chief Minister Nagaland

Sub: Enact RIIN into an ment of Nagaland will en- strong opinion of JCPI as ary 2020 but with the onset Act during the ensuing Assem- act the report of the Banuo's the spearheading Commit- of the Pandemic everything bly Winter Session to be com- Commission on RIIN into tee of apex tribal bodies was kept in abeyance. menced from 12 Feb/2021. an Act. To register the in- and CSOs, the cut-off year Therefore, if the RIIN Respected Sir, digenous Inhabitant of the of 1-12-1963 should be Act is not passed with the New Year's greetings State of Nagaland is of the same in both the cases. aforementioned cut off year from the Joint Committee outmost importance for its An official copy of the the JCPI is left with no for Prevention of Illegal citizens as this is the basis much awaited Banou's Com- other option than to launch Immigrants (JCPI). It is and system that identify, mission report on RIIN is various democratic means with great expectation that regulate and entitle each yet to be given to the JCPI of protest in the state of this open letter is written, citizens under the appropri- before it becomes an Act. so that during the ensuing ate provisions to be enjoyed JCPI would like to Nagaland.

Winter Assembly Session under the State. As BERF remind your honourable Of- Atomi Swu, Convenor, commencing from 12th Act 1873/ILP and RIIN fice that an Ultimatum was JCPI; Tia Longchar, Secretary, JCPI. February 2021 the Govern- are synonymous, it is of the submitted on the 24th FebruReader’s note: Articles or letters published in any of the columns do not reflect the view of this

Modi is a calm, composed and visionary leader who is connected to the masses- the silent majority. The silent majority knows and appreciates his vision for the nation.

The people’s aspirations are what powers him forward and as such, he doesn’t allow himself to be affected.

Like it or not, PM Modi has ushered India into a new era. A new India which is not afraid of inflicting pain upon its noisy western neighbour and its sly northern neighbour. A new India which has shown the world that while some countries are hell-bent on bringing destruction through wars and viruses, India believes in peace and helping the world through supplying vaccines and medicines by virtue of being the world’s pharmacy.

A new India where the world looks up to India as a responsible global power and a reliable partner in pursuing mutual and shared interests.

A new India where everyone has a house, where farmers are liberated from the clutches of the middleman, where dynastic politics are pushed to the backburner and people-centric politics is at the forefront. The list is endless.

India has always had naysayers. But the ones the nation is presently witnessing is a well-calibrated and orchestrated attack - unrelenting and unforgiving.

Their hatred for one man has turned them into saying or doing things which would only make the nation’s enemies smile with joy. In their pursuit of “restoring democracy’’, whatever that is, they’ve gone overboard.

The ecosystem has had so much freedom in the past that they’re virtually finding it impossible now to stay relevant in this New India.

Imagined fascism is their drug. There’s only one thing to say to such people and their favourite prince: “The dogs bark but the caravan moves on.”

I Longkumer

Reader’s Post

Sir,

Beware of child lifters

I saw a video of a child lifter caught red handed in Itanagar, Arunachal today. These elements have reached the Northeast and in the last few months there have been a lot of children missing in Nagaland and neighbouring Manipur. The news of children missing is very disturbing and is a matter of grave concern.

The police department may contemplate setting up a special team to nab child lifters.

Mar Pongen, Dimapur newspaper nor that of the Editor in any manner.

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all-party meet demands Mamata Banerjee dances with Tribal Farmers’ protest: Delhi court Punjab probe into 26 January violence women to woo voters in Alipurduar grants bail to Mandeep Punia

He further said, “Admittedly, the accused is a freelance journalist. Moreso, no recovery is to be effected from the accused person and keeping the accused further in Judicial Custody would not serve any cogent purpose.”

He said it was well settled legal principle of law that “bail is a rule and jail is an exception”.

“Hence, considering the totality of facts and circumstances of the present case, submissions on behalf of both the parties as well as keeping in view the period of detention of the accused in judicial custody, he is admitted to bail on furnishing bail bond in a sum of Rs 25,000 along with one sound surety in the like amount,” the judge said.

The court also imposed various conditions on the accused, including that he will not leave the country without its prior permission.

“Accused shall not indulge into similar offence or any other offence in the event of release on bail.

Accused shall not tamper with the evidences in any

Take action as per law in FIRs over R-Day violence, HC to Centre New Delhi, Feb 2 (PTI): The Delhi High Court Tuesday directed the Centre and the police to take action in accordance with law in the FIRs registered in connection with the violence in the national capital on the Republic Day. A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh issued the direction while dismissing a PIL seeking immediate release of persons allegedly illegally detained by police since January 26 in connection with the protests on the Republic Day. The court, while dismissing the petition, also observed that it appeared to be a ‘publicity’ interest litigation. The petitioner, a law graduate, claims that he has come to know through news reports and social activists that people were detained from the Singhu, Ghaziabad and Tikri borders. Harman Preet Singh had claimed in his petition, filed through advocates Ashima Mandla and Mandakini Singh, that Delhi Police on January 27 said that it has detained over 200 persons in connection with the violence in the national capital on January 26 and 22 FIRs have also been registered thus far. On Tuesday, during the hearing, advocate Ashima Mandla told the bench that according to news reports Delhi Police has lodged 44 FIRs in connection with the incident and around 120 persons have been detained.

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Under the ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan, India is looking forward to increase its defence manufacturing capabilities, said Singh, who inaugurated Hindustan Aeronautics Limited’s second LCA-Tejas production plant here.

“India cannot remain dependent on other countries for its defence”, he said.

Singh said Tejas is not only indigenous, but better than its foreign equivalents on several parameters and also comparatively cheaper.

“Many countries have shown interest in Tejas.

India will achieve the target of Rs 1.75 lakh crore in the field of defence manufacturing in (a) few years”, he said.

The delivery of the Tejas LCA to the Indian Air Force under a Rs 48,000crore deal will begin from March 2024 and around 16 aircraft will be rolled out annually till the completion of the total supply of 83 jets, Chairman and Managing Director of HAL, R Madhavan said recently.

He had also said that a number of countries have shown keen interest in procurement of the Tejas and that the first export order is likely to come by in the next couple of years.

The Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS), chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on January 13 approved the Rs 48,000crore deal to procure 73 Tejas Mk-1A variants and 10 LCA Tejas Mk-1 trainer aircraft from HAL to boost the Indian Air Force’s combat prowess.

An HAL statement said Singh lauded the company’s efforts

K o lk a t a , F eb 2 (IANS): In a bid to woo voters, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee shook leg with tribal women at a mass wedding ceremony in Alipurduar’s Falakata on Tuesday.

The Chief Minister also distributed gifts to the 450 couples who got hitched at the mass-wedding ceremony. Ahead of the forthcoming state Assembly polls, Mamata handed over patta documents to at least 1,800 tea garden workers in the region. The documents were given under the project of “Cha Sundari” which is worth Rs 500 crore.

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NEW DELHI, FEB 2 (PTI): A Delhi court Tuesday granted bail to freelance journalist Mandeep Punia who was arrested by Delhi Police from farmers’ protest site at Singhu border.

The complainant, victims and witnesses were police personnel only, “hence, there is no possibility that accused/ applicant can able to influence any of the police officials”, Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Satvir Singh Lamba said while granting the bail.

Punia was arrested by police on Sunday in an FIR registered under various sections including 186 (Obstructing public servant in discharge of public functions), 353 (Assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty) and 332 (Voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servant from his duty) of IPC. The judge also noted in the order that the alleged scuffle incident of case was of around 6.30 PM, “however, the present FIR was registered at around 1.21 AM on the next day”.

relating to the farmers’ agitation.

While the BJP boycotted the meeting, the Aam Aadmi Party walked out over their demand for the deployment of the Punjab police personnel to protect farmers protesting at Delhi borders.

The Congress, SAD, Lok Insaaf Party, SAD (Democratic), BSP, CPI and CPI (M) attended the meeting, a government release said. Amarinder Singh had called the meeting to evolve a consensus on the way forward on the issue of the farm laws and the farmers’ agitation.

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Punia has told the court that he was innocent and was falsely implicated in the case.

“The offences as alleged in the present FIR are not made out against the accused. The accused is a freelance journalist and was carrying out his duties along with another journalists at the protest site of Singhu Border, Delhi,” his lawyer had told the court on Monday. It was further contended that another journalist was also apprehended by the police, but was released in the mid night.

“However, the accused was not released as he was not carrying any press ID card. Accused is a freelance journalist and used to write the articles and is a frequent contributor to the Caravan magazine,” the counsel said.

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Delhi police had opposed the bail application on the ground that the allegations against Punia were “grave and serious in nature“.

It said that the accused may again indulge in instigating the protestors and may create nuisance at the protest site with the group of different people and may hamper the investigation.

Punia was sent to 14day judicial custody on Sunday.

CHANDIGARH, feb 2 (AGENCIES): An all-party meeting convened by Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Tuesday demanded immediate withdrawal of the three farm laws while holding the BJP-led central government responsible for the substantial delay in resolving the crisis, reports The Print.

Terming the violence during the tractor rally on Republic Day in Delhi as sponsored , the meeting also demanded a judicial probe into the laxity and complicity of those responsible for maintaining peace at the Red Fort.

The meeting also decided to send an an all-party delegation to Delhi to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and raise the issue along with other matters

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New Delhi, Feb 2 (PTI): Gold in the national capital declined by Rs 480 to Rs 47,702 per 10 gram on Tuesday in-line with fall in global precious metal prices, according to HDFC Securities.

In the previous trade, the metal had closed at Rs 48,182 per 10 gram.

Silver also tumbled Rs 3,097 to Rs 70,122 per kilogram from Rs 73,219 per kilogram in the previous trade.

In the international market, gold traded lower at USD 1,847 per ounce and silver also dipped to USD 27.50 per ounce.

NEW DELHI/MUMBAI, FEB 2 (PTI): The big ticket movies were missing and ‘houseful’ signs still a dream but with several states opening their doors to 100 per cent occupancy, the coronabattered film industry hopes to put behind the dismal 2020 with a slate of new releases.

On Sunday, Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar released a new set of SOPs to ensure smooth functioning of cinema halls and permitted 100 per cent occupancy from February 1. The decision has brought cheer with theatre chain owners, distributors and producers calling it a much needed impetus for the recovery

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Guwahati, 29th Jan 2021: One of India’s leading kitchen solution brand, Kutchina, launched its biggest experience gallery centre at at A.G. Plaza, G. S. Road Road,Near. Mizoram House in Guwahati. The showroom is spread across 3000 Sqft blending with all the new and improved range of Modular kitchens , kitchen appliances and modular wardrobe.

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DIMAPUR: Hyundai Motor is offering its customers free 25 point vehicle safety check-up & participation (Govt rules applicable) in road safety activities at the nearest Hyundai dealership . Hyundai Motor is offering these services as part of its Road Safety Week Celebration Camp from February 1 to 5.

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Rs 480 crore just for the 3 crore batch of vaccination,” he said.

The remaining about Rs 2,220 crore will come from PM-CARES fund.

“Yes, that is my information,” he said when asked if the remainder of the Rs 2,700 crore cost of the vaccination drive, after accounting for Rs 480 crore from the health ministry, will come from the PM CARES Fund.

Opposition and rights activists have criticised the secrecy behind the PMCARES Fund. This is because information on donations made and expenditure has not been shared citing the fund not being a “public authority” under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2005.

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lowed by persons younger than 50 years of age with associated comorbidities based on evolving pandemic situation.

The Budget on Monday proposed a budget outlay of over Rs 2.23 lakh crore for health and well being in 2021-2022, an increase of 137 per cent from the previous year.

Sitharaman in her Budget speech had said that India has two vaccines available, and has begun medically safeguarding not only her own citizens against COVID-19, but also those of 100 or more countries.

“It is added comfort to know that two or more vaccines are also expected soon,” she said.

Somanathan said the recommendations of the Finance Commission in the area of health relating to local body grants have been accepted in full.

“Whatever the Commission has recommended in the area of local body grants for health, water and sanitation are being accepted in full and will be implemented. We have also made the necessary budget provisions for those grants,” he added.

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cost of vaccination of frontline and healthcare workers in the current fiscal is being borne fully by the central government and the money is coming from PM CARES fund and Health Ministry.

“For January-March the (vaccination) cost is expected to be about Rs 2,700 crore approximately.

Part of it is coming from the Health Ministry and some part of it is funded from the PM CARES fund.

This is for the first round of 3 crore frontline and health workers,” he said.

The entire cost of this round will be borne by the Central Government, he said.

“We had provided extra funds to the Health Ministry for incidental costs to vaccination. We made an additional allocation of

Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund (PM-CARES) was set up in March last year where people can contribute to help the government fight against coronavirus and similar “distressing situations”.

The trust is headed by the Prime Minister. The other ex-officio members of the trust are the defence minister, the home minister and the finance minister.

India in January approved two vaccines, Oxford’s Covishield manufactured by SII in the country and Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin, for restricted emergency use. The country launched its COVID-19 vaccination drive from January 16 in what Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called the world’s largest inoculation programme with priority to be given to nearly three crore healthcare and frontline workers.

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NEW DELHI, FEB 2 (PTI): The PM-CARES fund, which has been set up to provide relief during the coronavirus pandemic, has contributed over Rs 2,200 crore for the first phase of vaccination drive, which is looking to inoculate frontline healthcare workers, the Expenditure Secretary said on Tuesday.

Set up in March 2020, the exact collections made by the fund through voluntary contribution by individuals and corporates, are not known but the corpus managed by the PMO has been providing relief to pandemic-hit sectors.

With the Budget for the current fiscal, which was presented before the onset of the pandemic, making no separate allocation for vaccination, more than 82 per cent of the cost of the same during January to March is being borne by the PM CARES Fund.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her Budget for the next fiscal beginning April 2021 has set aside Rs 35,000 crore towards COVID vaccination.

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WHO team visits animal disease House Dems make case for conviction center in Wuhan as part of probe WASHINGTON, FEB 2 (AP): Donald Trump endangered the lives of all members of Congress when he aimed a mob of supporters “like a loaded cannon” at the US Capitol, House Democrats said Tuesday in making their most detailed case yet for why the former president should be convicted and permanently barred from office. Trump denied the allegations through his lawyers and called the trial unconstitutional.

The Democratic legal brief forcefully linked Trump’s baseless efforts to overturn the results of the presidential election to the deadly Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol, saying he bears “unmistakable” blame for actions that threatened the foundation of American democracy.

It argued that he must be found guilty when his impeachment trial opens before the Senate next week on a charge of inciting the siege. And it used evocative language to conjure the day’s chaos, when “terrified members were trapped in the chamber” and called loved ones “for fear they would not survive.”

“His conduct endangered the life of every sin-

The House impeachment managers leave the Senate floor after delivering the article of impeachment on Jan. 25.

gle member of Congress, jeopardized the peaceful transition of power and line of succession, and compromised our national security,” the Democratic managers of the impeachment case wrote.

“This is precisely the sort of constitutional offense that warrants disqualification from federal office.”

Trump’s lawyers responded with their own filing that denied that he had incited the riot by disputing the election results or by exhorting his followers to “fight like hell.” In any event, they said, the trial was unconstitutional now that Trump has left the White House.

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On the other side will be challenges to the trial’s constitutionality and claims that Trump’s speech was protected by the First Amendment.

“It is denied that President Trump ever endangered the security of the United States and its institutions of Government,” defense lawyers wrote in a 14-page brief.

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for an impeachment conviction.

“This is not a case where elections alone are a sufficient safeguard against future abuse; it is the electoral process itself that President Trump attacked and that must be protected from him and anyone else who would seek to mimic his behavior,” the Democrats wrote. The Democrats drew heavily on the words of prominent Republicans who have criticized the former president.

Among them are Wyoming Rep Liz Cheney, who voted for Trump’s impeachment and said there has never been a “greater betrayal” by a president, and Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, who said Trump “provoked” the rioters.

“The only honorable path at that point was for President Trump to accept the results and concede his electoral defeat. Instead, he summoned a mob to Washington, exhorted them into a frenzy, and aimed them like a loaded cannon down Pennsylvania Avenue,” the Democrats wrote in their 77-page brief.

Still, Republicans have signaled that acquittal is

likely, with many saying they think Congress should move on and questioning the constitutionality of an impeachment trial — Trump’s second — now that he has left office. In a test vote in the Senate last week, 45 Republicans, including McConnell, voted in favor of an effort to dismiss the trial over those constitutional concerns.

Though no president has been tried after departing the White House, Democrats say there is precedent, pointing to an 1876 impeachment of a secretary of war who resigned his office in a last-ditch attempt to avoid an impeachment trial.

The Senate held it anyway.

Trump didn’t incite riot: Lawyers

Donald Trump’s lawyers denied Tuesday that he played a role in inciting the deadly riot at the US Capitol and said that the Senate impeachment trial is unconstitutional.

The lawyers filed their brief ahead of next week’s trial on accusations that he provoked the siege of the Jan 6 siege of the Capitol through his baseless efforts to overturn the results of the presidential election.

Kremlin foe Alexei Navalny slams Pak SC orders release of Pearl court that may jail him for years murder accused from death cell MOSCOW, FEB 2 (AP): Opposition leader Alexei Navalny denounced a Moscow court hearing Tuesday on whether he should be sent to prison for years, calling it a vain attempt by the Kremlin to scare millions of Russians into submission.

The 44-year-old Navalny, an anti-corruption investigator who is the most prominent critic of President Vladimir Putin, was arrested January 17 upon returning from Germany, where he spent five months recovering from a nerveagent poisoning that he blames on the Kremlin.

Russian authorities deny the charge and claim, despite tests by several European labs, that they have no proof he was poisoned. Speaking in court, Navalny attributed his arrest to Putin’s “fear and hatred,” saying that the Russian leader will go down to history as a “poisoner.”

“The aim of that hearing is to scare a great number of people,” Navalny said in court. “They jail one man to scare millions.” Russia’s penitentiary service alleges that Navalny violated the probation conditions of his suspended sentence from a

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2014 money laundering conviction that he has rejected as politically motivated. It has asked the Simonovsky District Court to turn his 3 1/2-year suspended sentence into one that he must serve in prison. Navalny emphasized that the European Court of Human Rights has ruled that his 2014 conviction was unlawful and Russia paid him compensation in line with the ruling.

Navalny and his lawyers have argued that while he was recovering in Germany from the poisoning, he couldn’t register with Russian authorities in person as required by his probation.

Navalny also insisted that his due process rights were crudely violated during his arrest and described his jailing as a travesty of justice.

“I came back to Moscow after I completed the course of treatment,” Navalny said during Tuesday’s hearing. “What else could I have done?” Navalny’s jailing has triggered massive protests across Russia for the past two weekends, with tens of thousands taking to the streets to demand his release and chant slogans against Putin. Police detained over 5,750 people Sunday, including more than 1,900 in Moscow, the biggest number the nation has seen since Soviet times. Most were released after being handed a court summons, and they face fines or jail terms of seven to 15 days.

Several people faced criminal charges over alleged violence against police. “I am fighting and will keep doing it even though I am now in the hands of people who love to put chemical weapons everywhere and no one would give three kopecks for my life,” Navalny said.

Navalny’s team called for another demonstration Tuesday outside the Moscow courthouse, but police were out in force, cordoning off the nearby streets and making random arrests.

ISLAMABAD, F EB 2 (PTI): Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered to shift British-born al-Qaeda terrorist Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, the main accused in the sensational kidnapping and murder of US journalist Daniel Pearl in 2002, from the death row cell to a rest house run by the government.

A three-member bench of the apex court headed by Justice Umar Ata Bandial ordered Sheikh, 46, to be transferred to the general barracks for two days following which he should be shifted to a government rest house by Friday under tight security, where his family will be able to visit from 8am to 5pm, officials said.

However, he will not have access to a mobile phone or internet. The government will pay for his family’s accommodation

WUHAN, FEB 2 (AP): A World Health Organization team of international experts visited an animal disease center in the Chinese city of Wuhan on Tuesday as part of their investigation into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic.

Team member Peter Daszak, a zoologist with the EcoHealth Alliance, said “excellent facilities, very informative meeting” from an open window as the group left the center in minivans.

He also tweeted that they had met with staff in charge of livestock health in Hubei province, toured laboratories and had an in-depth discussion along with questions and answers. Wuhan is the capital of Hubei. Further details of the visit were not announced in what has been a tightly controlled trip, with the media only able to glimpse the team coming and going from its hotel and site visits. The team members wore full protective gear during Tuesday’s visit.

It’s not clear if they wore similar full-body suits at the research institutes, hospitals and markets they visited on previous days.

Outside their hotel and en route to and from visits, the experts have worn masks and professional or business casual attire. Intense negotiations preceded the WHO visit to Wuhan, where the

WHO experts visited an animal disease centre in Wuhan.

first COVID-19 cases were detected in late 2019. China has maintained strict controls on access to information about the virus, possibly to avoid blame for alleged missteps in its early response to the outbreak.

Fo r e i g n M i n i s t r y spokesperson Wang Wenbin said the Chinese government had provided significant support and assistance to the WHO team, responding to criticism that China has not revealed much about what the researchers are being allowed to do. “The Chinese experts have shared a lot of information and research results with the WHO team, and they had several rounds of in-depth exchanges on scientific issues of common concern,” he said. On Monday, WHO officials in Geneva pushed back against suggestions China is being

less than forthcoming about how the pandemic started. Dr. Michael Ryan, the WHO emergencies chief, dismissed critics who said any report from the mission would be incomplete. The team “deserves the support of the international community,” he said.

The data the team assembles will add to what is expected to be a years-long quest for answers involving taking animal samples, genetic analysis and epidemiological studies. China has largely stopped domestic transmission of the virus through sometimes draconian measures, including strict testing and electronic surveillance. Mask wearing in public is standard and lockdowns are routinely imposed on communities and even entire cities where cases are detected.

and transport.

The court said that Sheikh would be under guard and not allowed to leave the place where he would be kept.

However, the court again rejected the government’s appeal to suspend the Sindh High Court’s verdict on the acquittal of the accused and asked it to file an appeal against the high court’s decision.

Pearl, the 38-year-old South Asia bureau chief for The Wall Street Journal, was abducted and beheaded while he was in Pakistan investigating a story in 2002 on the links between the country’s powerful spy agency ISI and al-Qaeda. In April 2020, a two-judge Sindh High Court bench commuted the death sentence of Sheikh to seven years imprisonment.

The court also acquitted his three aides .

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lon Musk-run SpaceX has announced worlds first all-civilian mission to space at the end of 2021 in a charity-driven mission named Inspiration4, commanded by tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman.

SpaceX will chose three people to ride alongside Isaacman to orbit the planet aboard SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule every 90 minutes along a customised flight path.

Upon conclusion of the multi-day jour ney, Dragon will reenter Earth’s atmosphere for a soft water landing off the coast of Florida.

The 37-year-old Isaacman is founder and CEO of integrated payment processing company Shift4 Payments and a trained pilot.

“Inspiration4 is the realization of a lifelong dream and a step towards a future in which anyone can venture out and explore the stars,” he said in a statement late on Monday.

“This is an important milestone towards enabling

access to space for everyone,” Musk said.

The Inspiration4 mission marks SpaceX’s latest private astronaut mission.

The company’s Ax-1 mission, also planned for the end of 2021, hosts a crew of four private astronauts paying $55 million each for an eight-day trip to the ISS. In 2018, Musk announced Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa will hitch a ride around the moon on SpaceX’s new rocket system Starship, which is under development.

Inspiration4 will fly to inspire support for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Isaacman is donating the three mission seats alongside him to crew members who will be selected to represent the mission pillars of leadership, hope, generosity and prosperity.

Isaacman and the Inspiration4 crew will undergo commercial astronaut training by SpaceX on the Falcon 9 launch vehicle

and Dragon spacecraft, including a specific focus on orbital mechanics, operating in microgravity, zero gravity, and other forms of stress testing.

They will receive emergency preparedness training, spacesuit and spacecraft ingress and egress exercises, as well as partial- and full-mission simulations.

The mission will launch from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida and “will be carefully monitored at every step by SpaceX mission control”.

Isaacman has given St. Jude two seats on the Inspiration4 mission and has committed to give $100 million to St. Jude.

He is inviting everyone to join him in attempting to raise upwards of $200 million or more in support of St. Jude’s multi-billion dollar expansion aimed to accelerate research advancements and save more children worldwide.

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apper Yo Yo Honey Singh and singercomposer Vishal Dadlani have hugged each other on sets of the ongoing Indian Idol season 12, setting aside negativity and bitterness of the past.

The rift between the musicians harks back to the time when Shah Rukh Khan’s Chennai Express released in 2013, over the blockbuster song “The Lungi Dance”.

While Honey Singh offered the song at the last minute for the film’s soundtrack, Vishal of Vishal-Shekhar, who had composed the music of the film, was critical of the move.

“A lot have been said about Honey in past years to know where he has gone.

The point is Honey is here and he will stay with us. I

feel it is important for me to hug him on this stage,” said Vishal.

The patch-up happens during an upcoming episode when the two musicians come up on stage after contestant Sawai Bhatt delivers a captivating performance of the song “Tharki chhokro”.

Dadlani and Singh not only joined the contestant during his song but also flaunted beatboxing skills on stage.

While Vishal Dadlani is one of the judges on season 12 of Indian Idol, Yo Yo Honey Singh came to promote his new song Sayiyan Ji, where he features alongside actress Nusharratt Bharuccha.

The episode of their patch-up is slated to be aired over the weekend.

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Antarctica’s ice melt isn’t consistent

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ntarctic ice is melting, contributing massive amounts of water to the world’s seas and causing them to rise, but that melt is not as linear and consistent as scientists previously thought, a new study suggests.

The analysis, of 20 years’ worth of satellite data, shows that Antarctica’s ice melts at different rates each year, meaning the models scientists use to predict coming sea level rise might also need adjusting.

“The ice sheet is not changing with a constant rate -- it’s more complicated than a linear change,” said lead author Lei Wang, Assistant Professor at the Ohio State University in the US. The study, published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, is built on data from NASA’s GRACE (Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment), a two-satellite mission that measures changes in the world’s oceans, ground water and ice sheets.

Models that predict sea-level rise are typically built around the assumption that ice is melting from the world’s largest ice fields in Antarctica and Greenland at a consistent rate.

But this analysis found that, because the mass of ice on the Antarctic Ice Sheet changes depending on the season and year, those projections are not as reliable as they could be. Extreme snowfall one year, for example, might increase the amount of ice in Antarctica. Changes in the atmosphere or surrounding ocean might decrease it another year.

Overall, the researcher said, the volume of ice in Antarctica is decreasing.

But a chart of the decline on a line graph would have spikes and valleys depending on what happened in a

given time period.

To understand those changes, the team evaluated data on the gravitational field between the satellites over Antarctica and ice on the continent.

Changes to the ice’s mass -- either increases from big snowfalls or decreases from melt -- change that gravitational field.

From 2016 to 2018, for example, the ice sheet in West Antarctica actually grew a bit because of a massive snow. During that same time period, though, the ice sheet in East Antarctica shrank because of melt.

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months ago, 20 of the 30 wickets went to fast bowlers.

With that in mind, Pakistan are expected to drop Nauman, despite his wickets in Karachi, and give a Test debut to paceman Haris Rauf.

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ISLAMABAD, FEB 2 (AGENCIES): New-look Pakistan will look to end a 17-year wait for a series win against South Africa and leapfrog the Proteas in the rankings in the second Test starting on Thursday.

Victory would be poignant for Pakistan, who are hosting their biggest Test series since the deadly 2009 militant attack on Sri Lanka’s team halted international tours.

Pakistan, whose lone series win over South Africa was at home in 2003, start as favourites in Rawalpindi after last week’s thumping seven-wicket win in Karachi.

They stand to rise two places to fifth in the rankings with a series victory, while defeat would push South Africa down from fifth to sixth.

Debutant Nauman Ali and fellow spinner Yasir Shah were the heroes in Karachi with seven wickets each, along with Fawad Alam whose first-innings century set up the win.

Babar Azam, who captained Pakistan for the first time, said the win was much needed after they went down heavily in both Tests away to New Zealand in December and January.

“This win was very necessary for our group,”

said Azam. “The last series in New Zealand didn’t go very well.

“Yes, these are home conditions but South Africa is a top Test side and beating them was moraleboosting.”

He added: “We have been telling the players to be confident. I don’t want them to take pressure, learn from mistakes and do your best.”

However, Rawalpindi will provide a different challenge for both teams as fast bowlers tend to dominate.

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South Africa have long struggled in the subcontinent, with Karachi their eighth defeat in a row in India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan. They lost their last eight wickets for 112 and 60 in the two innings in Karachi, falling for 220 and 245 all out.

“I know that our record in the subcontinent is not the greatest,” said captain Quinton de Kock.

“We have won a couple of series and I have part of some but now we want to find a way to alter that.”

Experienced opener Dean Elgar is expected to be fit to play after being hit on the hand in Karachi.

The tourists are likely to drop spinner George Linde to bring in one of their fast-bowling allrounders, Wiaan Mulder or Dwaine Pretorius.

Van Dijk return this season would be a ‘miracle’: Klopp LONDON, FEB 2 (AGENCIES): Jurgen Klopp says it would be a “miracle” if Virgil van Dijk played again this season after signing Ben Davies and Ozan Kabak to combat Liverpool’s defensive crisis.

The Netherlands captain has been out of action after suffering knee ligament damage against Everton in October. The club’s other senior centre-backs, Joe Gomez and Joel Matip are also long-term absentees.

“No doctor told me there’s a chance for Virgil to play again this season,” Klopp said on Tuesday. “I don’t want to say it’s impossible but it’s not likely.”

He added: “I think we have space for Virgil on the Champions League list. If we have space for it, then Virgil will be on the (Premier League) list.

“If there is no space, we have to make a decision. If he is on the list it is only because we hope for a miracle -- that is it.”

The injury crisis forced the club to make a lastminute dip into the transfer market to sign Davies from Championship side Pres-

ICC nominates Pant, two others for ICC Men’s Player of the Month performances from both male and female cricketers across all forms of international cricket throughout the year”. The 23-year-old Pant played two Tests against Australia where he scored a 97 at Sydney to ensure a draw before an unbeaten 89 at Brisbane that led India to a historic series-clinching win.

In January, Root played two Tests against Sri Lanka, where he scored a 228 and 186 and led his team to a 2-0

Test series victory. The third nominee in the category, Stirling played two ODIs against the UAE and three ODIs vs Afghanistan, where he scored three centuries.

Among women cricketers, Pakistan Diana Baig and the South African duo of Shabnim Ismail and Marizanne Kapp were nominated for the onthly honours.

Baig played three ODIs and two T20Is against South Africa, where she led the wicket-takers with nine

wickets in the three-match ODI series against South Africa. Ismail also played three ODIs and two T20Is against Pakistan and took seven wickets in the victorious ODI series against Pakistan, before taking five wickets in the second T20I against the same opposition.

Her compatriot allrounder Marizanne played two ODIs and two T20Is against Pakistan where she made 115 runs at a strike rate of 110.57 and added

three wickets in the ODI series against Pakistan.

Explaining the voting process, ICC said its Voting Academy, comprising prominent members of the cricket family including senior journalists, former players, and broadcasters and some members of the ICC Hall of Fame, will primarily decide the winner.

“The Voting Academy will submit their votes by email and will retain a 90% share of the vote.

YR&S deptt informs

DIMAPUR, FEB 2 (NPN): Directorate of Youth Resources & Sports (YR&S) has informed all interested candidates that selection trials for admission into Indira Gandhi Academy, Kohima in the disciplines Football Girls only, Wrestling both Boys & Girls and Boxing both Boys & Girls all under 14 years of age category would be held on February 9, 2021 at Indira Gandhi Stadium, Kohima at 10am.

Interested candidates have Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp and Virgil van Dijk. been asked to report to the ton for an initial £500,000 January but was impressed venue with original Aad($680,000) and bring in with what he saw. haar Card, Birth Certificate Schalke’s Kabak on loan.

“I was a second divi- and two recent passport “At the moment we are sion player myself and we sized photos. without our first four centre- all dreamt of playing in the back choices and only one first league,” he said. “Ben of them will come back in did that as well and now it DIMAPUR, FEB 2 the next weeks and that is is a big opportunity for both (NPN): Kohima Town Fabinho -- and he is a six sides. (midfielder),” said Klopp.

“I am a big believer Club (KTC) has informed “Our problem is always in opportunities and tak- all football enthusiasts that if one more thing happens ing chances. Ben sees it the the 4th edition of the Kohima Super League (KSL) then we don’t know what same way.” to do. It is not perfect, the On Kabak, who was was tentatively scheduled January window is not my on Liverpool’s radar last for the month of Mayfavourite window. year, Klopp added: “In the June. In a press release, “We have solutions last few weeks he has had a the organising committee here and now we have more really tough time. Schalke convenor, Kethozelie Liezioptions. For both players it had a lot of problems this etsu, informed that prize is a big chance and for us season but that is nothing to pool for the new edition of the KSL would be over Rs as well.” do with Ozan.

Klopp admits in normal “He has a lot of quality 5,00,000. It stated that furcircumstances he would not and he is still a talent. In a ther detailed information have gone to the Champion- stable team he can do a lot would be disseminated at the earliest. ship to bring in a player in of things really good.”

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NZ make it to final of inaugural World Test C’ship DUBAI, FEB 2 (PTI): New Zealand on Tuesday became the first team to reach the final of the inaugural World Test Championship after Australia’s away series against South Africa got cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

With Australia’s Test series postponed indefinitely, no team can surpass New Zealand’s percentage points of 70 and for all practical purposes, the series between India and England starting

in Chennai on Friday will decide the opponents for Kane Williamson’s men.

“All to play for in the upcoming India v England series with three teams able to meet New Zealand in the final of the inaugural ICC World Test Championship,” the ICC tweeted. As of now, India has highest percentage points 71.7 while New Zealand has 70 while Australia are third at 69.2 and England are currently placed fourth with 65.2 points. Per-

centage of points is won out of the total number of points contested by each team.

India will qualify if they beat England in the series by winning at least two matches. England can make it by triumphing in at least three games while recording a series victory. If the two teams end up drawing, then it will open up a chance for Australia to sneak in. The WTC final is scheduled to be held from June 18 at the Lord’s.

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DUBAI, FEB 2 (PTI): One of the architects of India’s historic win in Australia, wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant was on Tuesday nominated for the ICC Men’s Player of the Month award along with England skipper Joe Root and Ireland’s Paul Stirling.

The International Cricket Council announced the nominees for the inaugural Player of the Month Awards which will “recognise and celebrate the best

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BFC revive playoff hopes with win over SC EB Djokovic down to business,

Sunil Chhetri of Bengaluru FC during their Indian Super League match between SC East Bengal and Bengaluru FC at Tilak Maidan Stadium, Goa, Tuesday. (PTI)

VASCO, FEB 2 (PTI): Bengaluru FC snapped a winless streak of eight matches with a clinical display to beat SC East Bengal 2-0 in the Indian Super League here on Tuesday.

Both strikes for Bengaluru came in the first half through Cleiton Silva (12’) and a Debjit Majumder own goal (45’), sealing their

fourth win of the season to jump to the 6th spot on the points table.

Bengaluru went into the break with a comfortable two-goal cushion and looked livelier than their opponents. The possession stats were in favour of SCEB in the opening half but they lacked efficiency in the final third, failing to register a

single shot on target. SCEB created the first big chance of the game in the sixth minute. Anthony Pilkington fed Bright Enobakhare on the left flank. He squared the ball for Harmanpreet Singh but Ajith Kumar produced a fine block to bail his side out of trouble. However, the Blues soon drew first blood after a well-taken set-piece.

Gurpreet Singh Sandhu took the goal kick and pumped a long ball forward towards Sunil Chhetri, who flicked it towards Silva. The Brazilian took one touch before smashing the ball into the back of the net on the half volley.

The Blues doubled their lead as the first half drew to close with Parag

Srivas forcing an own goal from SCEB. Rahul Bheke made his way towards the byline and his cutback found the youngster, who struck his shot first time. The ball touched the post and then SCEB keeper Majumder’s leg before trickling into the back of the net.

East Bengal’s struggles in the final third continued after the change of ends, with Fowler’s team failing to register a single shot on target.

Bengaluru, meanwhile, kept pushing for a third.

Udanta Singh found Silva on the right wing, whose cutback found Chhetri. The Bengaluru captain made a run in to the box but blazed his shot over the bar.

Another great chance fell to Chhetri late on, and the Blues could have had a third had it not been for the crossbar coming to SCEB’s rescue.

Rana Gharami failed to deal with Suresh Wangjam’s chipped pass which was received by Chhetri. The Bengaluru talisman took a touch and hit the ball on the half volley, but his shot came off the frame.

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MELBOURNE, FEB 2 ( AG E N C I E S ) : N ova k Djokovic kicked off his season in style with a 7-5 7-5 win over Canadian talent Denis Shapovalov on his favourite Rod Laver Arena court on Tuesday before returning to lead Serbia to a doubles victory that sealed their ATP Cup opener 2-1.

Leading Serbia’s title defence in the team-based event, Djokovic was thrilled with his form in the Group A clash, a rematch of last year’s quarter-final against Shapovalov.

“It’s a great opening of the season. I hope all of you who came here enjoyed it because I certainly did,” the world number one told a small crowd at the stadium, soaking up boisterous cheers from Serbian fans.

Last year the Canadian pushed Djokovic to a thirdset tiebreak but the Serb wrapped things up more quickly on Tuesday, breaking Shapovalov as he served to stay in the match.

Himself unbroken on serve, Djokovic sealed the match with a sparkling winner, scrambling to his right to whip a curling forehand passing shot down the line.

The win levelled the tie at 1-1 after Canada’s Milos Raonic had eased past Dusan

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Lajovic 6-3 6-4. Djokovic, who will bid for a recordextending ninth Australian Open title, returned to play in the decisive doubles with Filip Krajinovic and the pair clinched the tie with a 7-5 7-6(4) win over Raonic and Shapovalov.

Thiem stutters While Djokovic, now unbeaten in 10 ATP Cup matches, enjoyed a dream start world number three Austrian Dominic Thiem slumped to a 6-2 6-4 defeat to Italy’s Matteo Berrettini in his opener.

Blasting groundstrokes metres past the baseline, the U.S. Open champion was broken four times in a rusty display at John Cain Arena as Berrettini dominated the clash of hard hitters.

Thiem rallied in the second set to break Berrettini for the first time but surrendered the match the way

he played it, with a big swing at a backhand that thudded into the net.

Having pushed Djokovic to five sets in the Australian Open final last year, Thiem is among the top contenders looking to dethrone the Serb at the Feb. 8-21 Grand Slam.

Berrettini was ecstatic to take down Thiem in the Group C tie and put Italy back on level terms with Austria at 1-1 after Dennis Novak romped past Fabio Fognini 6-3 6-2 in the morning.

“I’m really happy for my performance,” Berrettini said on court.

“Playing for your country is something special.”

There was more joy for Berrettini as he returned for doubles duty alongside Fognini to trounce Thiem and Novak 6-1 6-4 and claim victory for Italy.

Rankireddy-Ashwini enter top 20 Premier League spending slumps in January transfer window of mixed doubles world rankings

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Ashwini Ponnappa in action together. (File)

NEW DELHI, FEB 2 (IANS): Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Ashwini Ponnappa on Tuesday broke into the top 20 of the mixed doubles badminton rankings for the first time in their career. The Indian pair jumped 16 places after their performances in the two Thailand Open tournaments in Bangkok last month.

Their previous best ranking was 23rd which they achieved on July 30, 2019. “Mixed doubles duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy

and Ashwini Ponnappa enters top 20 in the latest BWF World Ranking (sic). A fantastic show in the Asian Leg ensures career-best ranking and a jump of 16 spots for the Indian shuttlers. Kudos Guys,” Badminton Association of India said in a tweet.

China’s Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong remain the top ranked mixed doubles pair.

Ashwini and Rankireddy reached the pre-quarters of the Yonex Thailand Open where they were beaten by

Chinese pair of Chang Tak Ching and Ng Wing Yung.

In the Toyota Thailand Open, the pair reached the semi-finals, where they lost to Thailand’s Sapsiree Taerattanachai and Dechapol Puavaranukroh.

Meanwhile, Ashwini and her women’s doubles partner N. Sikki Reddy went down a spot to 29 after a dismal show in Bangkok.

Ashwini and Sikki were knocked out in the first round of both Thailand Open tournaments.

I n m e n’s d o u b l e s, Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty remain at 10th position. Rankireddy and Shetty reached the second round of the Yonex Thailand Open and then reached the semifinals of the Toyota Thailand Open. In men’s singles rankings, Kidambi Srikanth has moved up by a spot and is placed at the 13th spot while Sai Praneeth has dropped a spot to the 17th place.

LONDON, FEB 2 (AGENCIES): Premier League spending slumped by more than two-thirds to a nineyear low of just £70 million ($96 million) in the January transfer window as the coronavirus crisis hit budgets.

The outlay was dramatically down on last year’s £230 million expenditure, which came just weeks before the Covid-19 pandemic shut down football across Europe.

And it is in sharp contrast to a bumper summer transfer window, when English top-flight clubs spent freely despite the lingering uncertainties to ensure total net expenditure for the 2020/21 season reached a new record level of £950 million.

Just £7 million was spent on deadline day as the Premier League comes to terms with the financial impact of the virus and new Brexit rules that make it tougher to recruit young players from Europe.

The figures, from fi-

Premier League champions Liverpool boosted their defensive resources in a quiet January transfer window.

nancial experts Deloitte, showed there were a total of 24 Premier League transfers in the winter window -- 48 percent fewer than the average for the previous three-year January transfer windows.

Manchester United’s

Amad Diallo, Aston Villa new boy Morgan Sanson and West Brom pair Mbaye Diagne and Robert Snodgrass were among the handful of high-profile permanent signings as teams made the decision to rely on their existing squads or

opted for loans.

Just three £10-millionplus signings -- West Ham’s Said Benrahma, Diallo and Sanson, accounted for more than 75 percent of Premier League expenditure.

Liverpool, Manchester United and Arsenal were

the only “big six” Premier League clubs to spend even though the race has been one of the most open in years.

Champions Liverpool borrowed much-needed defensive cover in the form of Schalke’s Ozan Kabak, along with a low-cost permanent deal for Preston’s Ben Davies.

Dan Jones, a partner at Deloitte’s Sports Business Group, said the virus, which has emptied stadiums and has hit broadcast revenues, has had a major impact on clubs’ plans.

“Premier League clubs were understandably cautious in the January transfer window given the ongoing financial impact of the Covid-19 pandemic,” he said.

“Despite this, Premier League clubs’ very busy summer window, at a time when the rest of European football was more restrained, saw total net expenditure for the 2020/21 season reach a new record level of £950 million.

Australia postpone Test tour of South Africa CAGSA meet: Thipuzu lead medal tally SYDNEY, FEB 2 (PTI): Australia on Tuesday postponed their tour of South Africa next month citing “unacceptable health and safety risk” in that country because of a fresh COVID19 outbreak, a decision that virtually knocks them out of contention from the World Test Championship final later this year.

Cricket South Africa (CSA) expressed its “extreme disappointment” and frustration after the Australian team withdrew from the tour, during which it was scheduled to play a three-Test series, and said it will have serious financial implications.

However, with the host nation battling a second wave of COVID-19 and a new variant of the virus, Cricket Australia’s (CA) interim chief executive Nick Hockley on Tuesday said travelling to South Africa is not possible given the current scenario. “...following extensive due diligence with medical experts it has become clear that travelling from Australia to South Africa at this current time poses an unacceptable level of health and safety risk to our players,

Australia were scheduled to tour South Africa for a three-match Test series in February-March.

support staff and the community,” Hockley said in a statement.

“We acknowledge the significant amount of work

by CSA in planning for the tour, during which we made it clear that CA was prepared to take on additional cost and effort to make the series happen,” the statement read.

The announcement is a blow to Australia’s chances of qualifying for the WTC

final, scheduled to be played in June in England. The top two teams in the points table will make the final.

Expressing his displeasure in a press release issued

by CSA, its director of cricket Graeme Smith said, “We are extremely disappointed by the decision of CA. “CSA has been working tirelessly in recent weeks to ensure that we meet every single expectation of CA,” Smith, a former South Af-

rica captain, added.

“This was set to be the longest tour in a BSC (biosafety cabinet or biological safety cabinet) comprising a three-match Test series that was scheduled to begin with Australia’s arrival later in the month. So to be informed about the CA decision at the eleventh hour is frustrating.”

Australia, currently third in the WTC points table behind leaders India

and New Zealand, needed to win two Tests in South Africa and prevent their hosts from winning one, to ensure their spot in the inaugural WTC decider.

“This decision has not been made lightly and we are extremely disappointed, especially given the importance of continuing international cricket at this time, our valued relationship with CSA, and our aspirations to compete in the inaugural ICC World Test Championship,” Hockley said.

For Australia to have a chance at qualification, India and England will need to draw at least twice in their four-Test series starting on Friday. “...we have been consistent since the start of the pandemic that health and safety of our people is always our number one priority and unfortunately despite best efforts to agree to a bio-security plan, the risks are simple too great at this time,” Hockley said “As difficult and disappointing a decision as this is , especially for Justin, Tim and the team, we have a duty of care to our people and their health and safety can’t be compromised.”

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PHÜSACHODÜ, FEB 2 (NPN): Thipuzu village leads the medal tally of the 50th golden jubilee of Chokri Area Games and Sports Association (CAGSA) with 15 medals (8 gold, 4 silver, 3 bronze) here at Phüsachodü village under Phek district on Tuesday.

Phüsachodü village in second with total of 17 medals (4 gold, 5 silver, 8 bronze) on day one, while Rukizu stood in third with 4 medals (2 gold, one silver, one bronze), Kikruma with 3 medals (2 gold, one bronze), Khulazu Basa with 2 medals (2 gold), Khulazu Bawe with 8 medals (1 gold, 4 silver, 3 bronze), Thenyizu with 8 medals (1 gold, 3 silver, 4 bronze), Chesezu with two medals (1 gold, 1 silver), Chetheba 3 medals (3 silver), North Kikruma with 1 medal (1 silver), Chikri Nasa yet to register any medal.

The athletic events took place on day-1 at the local ground which included track events such as 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, 1500m, 4×200m for both men and women.jump.For field event includes high

CAGSA officials with winners at Phüsachodü local ground on Tuesday.

jump, board jump, shotput, discuss throw, javelin throw and triple jump.

While the first gold of the CAGSA meet was clinched by Melevo Rose of Thipuzu (12.55 mts) in men’s shotput, with Venuzo Dawhuo of Thenyizu village in second position with 12.46mts.

For women shot put, Zuniekholu Khamo of Phüsachodü claimed the first position with 10.70 mts and Honi Medeo of Chetheba in second with 10.44 mts.

In 100-meter men dash, Kudephuyi Ruho finished the track by 11.66 seconds to get the first gold medal for Phüsachodü village, followed by Khruseto Dawhuo of Thenyizu

(11.82 seconds).

For women, Kuzhopolu Medeo track her best record finishing by 14.47 seconds for 100-meter dash to win the gold medal for Rukizu village and Honi Medeo of Chetheba in second place with 14.85 seconds, a press release from CAGSA media team stated.

While on the second day, the first football match for men will be played between K.Basa and Chesezu starting at 7:30am.

For volleyball (women) - Phüsachodü will take on Thenyizu village and Chesezu against Kikruma village on league basis. For basketball (men), Thenyizu to play their first match against K.Bawe village.

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