January 11, 2021

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Co-WIN foundation of COVID-19 inoculation drive New Delhi, Jan 10 (PTI): The Centre on Sunday said Co-WIN, an online platform for monitoring COVID-19 vaccine delivery, shall form the foundation for the anti-coronavirus inoculation drive which shall be citizen-centric so that the vaccine is available anytime and anywhere.

India will launch 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.

As part of preparations for the nationwide rollout of COVID-19 vaccine, the Health Ministry on Sunday held a video conference with officials from states and Union Territories to discuss feedback on the Co-WIN software and its operational use gathered from the vaccination dry runs.

The meeting was chaired by Ram Sewak Sharma, the chairman of Empowered Group on Technology and Data Management to combat COVID-19 and member of National Expert Group on Vaccine

Dimapur Police nabs 4 NSCN (I-M) functionaries D I M A P U R , JA N 1 0 (NPN): Dimapur Police said it has apprehended four NSCN (I-M) functionaries on Friday while they were allegedly trying to “hijack a vehicle (SUV)” near New Medziphema area.

In a press note, ADCP & PRO identified the apprehended persons as- KS Yaoreingam (45 years) of PO/ PS Litan, Ukhrul district (Manipur) ; Hovishe Yeptho (40 years) of PO/PS Aghunato, Zunheboto district; Sashimatsung (41 years) of PO/PS Chuchuyimlang, Mokokchung district and Kohringtha (19 yrs) of PO/ PS Chakpikarong, Chandel district, Manipur.

ADCP & PRO disclosed that police also seized a Maruti vehicle used by the accused, and that a case has been registered under Medziphema police station in this connection.

Meanwhile, the crime branch personnel apprehended one person identified as Wisdom Yurnganing (34 yrs) of PS and district Ukhrul, Manipur for alleged illegal possession of crystal Meth drugs weighing 990 gram approximately from Naharbari junction area here. A case has been registered with East PS in this regard.

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CoWIN-India plans the world’s largest vaccination programme

CoWIN app launched to ensure equitable vaccine distribution

Registration and verification of beneficiaries

CoWIN is a digitalized platform to effectively roll out and scale up vaccination nationally

Scheduling inoculation

Text reminders for schedule and dosage follow-ups

Dry runs of the vaccine is already being done all across India

Reporting adverse incidents post immunisation e-Certificate post vaccination Source - Govt of India

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Administration of COVID19. Giving an overall view of the CoWIN software and the principles that shall underpin the technology backup for the vaccination exercise, he said robust, dependable and agile technology shall form both the foundation and the back-up for the country’s COVID-19 vaccination drive.

“The process should be citizen-centric and built on an approach that the vaccine shall be available anytime and anywhere,” Sharma was quoted as saying in a statement.

He stressed on the need for flexibility without com-

promising on quality and reiterated that inclusivity, speed and scalability have been kept in mind while designing the digital platform with all its components being portable, synchronous without excessive and unnecessary dependencies.

Underscoring the importance of capturing the vaccination data in real time, Sharma said, “This is non-negotiable.”

He also highlighted the caution one needs to exercise to ensure there was ‘no proxy’ at all, while reiterating that the beneficiaries of the vaccination drive need to be uniquely and undeniably

identified.

About the use of the Aadhaar platform, Sharma advised the states to urge the beneficiaries to seed their current mobile number with Aadhaar for registration and consequent communication through SMS. It is extremely important to clearly identify a person who is getting vaccinated and keep a digital record on who gets vaccinated by whom, when and which one, Sharma stressed.

The meeting was attended by principal secretaries of states, National Health Mission Directors, state immunisation officers

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and senior officers of the Union Health Ministry.

India had recently granted emergency use authorisation to two vaccines, Oxford’s Covishield being manufactured by Serum Institute in India and Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin. Both vaccines, the statement from the Health Ministry said, have established safety and immunogenicity.

A f t e r va c c i n a t i n g healthcare and frontline workers, priority will be given to those above 50 years of age and the under50 population groups with co-morbidities, together numbering around 27 crore, a government statement said.

M e a n w h i l e, t h r e e phases of dry runs have been conducted across the country, with the third dry run conducted on January 8 across 615 districts covering 4895 session sites in 33 states and UTs. The Health Ministry said the entire vaccination exercise is underpinned by the principles of people’s participation (Jan Bhagidari); utilising the experience of elections (booth strategy) and universal immunization programme (UIP).

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Chakhesang tribe celebrates 75 years of rechristening Correspondent

KOHIMA, JAN 10 (NPN): Chakhesang tribe celebrated their 75th anniversary of the community’s rechristening at Phek town under the aegis of Chakhesang Public Organisation (CPO) on Sunday.

The celebration was held on the theme “Recognize, Celebrate and Inspire.”

It may be recalled that the Chakhesangs were earlier called ‘Eastern Angamis’ under the British administration before their nomenclature was changed to ‘Chakhesang’ in its present form in 1946.

Extending greetings to the Chakhesang community on the occasion, Minister of Planning & Coordination, Land Revenue and Parliamentary Affairs Neiba Kronu, who was the host of the event, urged the people to forgive and forget the past mistakes, if any, and march ahead for the society’s progress. Dwelling on developmental activities in Phek district, Kronu suggested that villages located on the highway and touched by the road project were fortunate

Neiba Kronu and others at the celebration of 75 years of Chakhesang tribe on Sunday. (NP)

and should be considered as “benefitted villages” and not as “affected villages”.

Appealing to the community to extend support and co operation to the State government and implementing agencies of various developmental projects, the minister advocated doing away with the practice of registering complaints hampering smooth execution of the works. As compensation amount involved huge sums of money, he advised that the people receiving compensation to invest the money wisely, while advocating money circulation within the community.

He urged the Chakhesang community to strengthen the CPO resolution on protection and conservation

of forest and wildlife within its jurisdiction.

In this regard, Kronu offered Rs 2 lakh to CPO for undertaking proper mechanism and strict implementation of the restriction on burning of jungles and killing of wild animals.

The minister assured a corpus fund of Rs 10 lakh towards market linkages in the agriculture sector.

Kronu also encouraged the people to give more efforts towards large scale production to boost rural economy. He also said the corpus fund would facilitate transportation of agricultural produce and enable the farmers to sell their produces in proper marketing sheds at Kohima and Dimapur.

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Indonesia plane crash: Black boxes located Bird flu virus gets killed at ‘cooking temperature’

JAKARTA, Jan 10 (Reuters): Indonesian authorities on Sunday located the black boxes of the Sriwijaya Air jet that crashed into the sea soon after taking off from the capital Jakarta, as human body parts and pieces of the plane were retrieved.

The Boeing 737-500 with 62 passengers and crew was headed on a domestic flight to Pontianak in West Kalimantan on Saturday before it disappeared from radar screens four minutes after take-off.

Indonesia National Transport Safety Committee (KNKT) chief Soerjanto Tjahjono said the locations of Flight SJ 182’s two black boxes had been identified.

“Hopefully, we can retrieve them soon,” said military chief Hadi Tjahjanto, without giving an estimated timeframe.

Search will continue into the night, a search and rescue official said, but ef-

An Indonesian Navy diver shows debris recovered from the water during a search operation, Sunday. (AP/PTI)

forts will be limited to sonar scans by boats.

Pieces of wreckage were brought to Jakarta port by rescuers, including the plane’s altimeter radar, emergency chute and a piece that was suspected to have come off of the bottom part of the plane’s tail, KNKT official Nurcahyo Utomo said.

One twisted piece of metal was painted in Sriwijaya Air’s blue and red colours. Authorities said

they came from a depth of 23 metres (75 feet) near a group of islands off the Jakarta coast.

Indonesian authorities said they had also retrieved body parts and clothing.

Police asked families to provide information such as dental records and DNA samples to help identify bodies.

The plane had 12 crew and 50 passengers on board, all Indonesians and including 10 children.

Poor internet worries online examinees Staff Reporter

DIMAPUR, JAN 10 (NPN): In view of the prevailing situation owing to COVID-19 pandemic, Nagaland University (NU) has notified that the under-graduate odd semester examinations will be conducted online from January 18 to February 4. Appreciating the varsity’s move to hold the exams online, many students and parents are however worried that poor internet connectivity in the State could act as spoilsport, affecting the examinees.

Further, many parents maintained that the students also go through a lot of trauma while submitting their answer scripts online.

An assistant professor who spoke on condition of anonymity, explained that the students were more worried about whether they would be able to submit their answer scripts on time

due to bad internet connectivity. A student of Dimapur Government College admitted that the hurdle of submitting answer scripts online was much more as compared to writing the exam physically. The student appeared to hold the internet service providers responsible for putting the future of students at stake.

Other students voiced similar concerns. They said submitting online answer scripts on time was a bigger challenge than writing the exams.

When contacted by this reporter, majority students from different parts of Dimapur complained of shoddy and erratic internet by several service providers with very low internet speed, no network stability, weak signal strength, unprofessional customer care service, etc. Though one internet service provider received major flak for its

services, the students said other network providers were no better. A student from Delhi currently residing in Dimapur due to the pandemic, remarked that though recharge rates were almost the same throughout the Northeast and all over India, the network speed differed a lot in Nagaland.

Further, a young entrepreneur dealing in locallymade products, who runs his business through Instagram and Facebook, lamented that it was an arduous task keeping up with orders and replying to queries of clients due to the bad internet connectivity. It may be noted that Nagaland Post had several times in the past, reported about poor connectivity issues faced by residents of Dimapur and other parts of the State. However, there has been no improvement in the service nor any attempt made to redress the customers’ grievances.

New Delhi, Jan 10 (IANS): Contrary to what some people think that the bird flu virus, also known as Avian influenza, is spread to humans via consumption of cooked poultry products, health experts on Sunday stressed that it usually does not infect people as the virus is heat-labile (degraded and killed when subjected to heat).

Avian influenza refers to the disease caused by infection with avian (bird) influenza (flu) Type A viruses. These viruses occur naturally among wild aquatic birds worldwide and can infect domestic poultry and other bird and animal species.

According to the World Health organisation (WHO), cooking of poultry (e.g. chicken, ducks and geese) at or above 70 degree Celsius so that absolutely no meat remains raw and red, is a safe measure to kill the virus in areas with outbreaks

Dzükou wild fire: operation continues DIMAPUR, JAN 10 (NPN): Though there was no report of fresh smoke or fire spotted in Dzükou valley in the last two-days, the fire ground operation team continued to assess and monitor the situation. According to DIPR, the ground operation team led by SDO, Kohima Daniel Angami informed that SAYO volunteers and NDRF monitor the situation beyond the last ridge of the valley where the fire line cutting was carried out earlier. The team reported that in one location low intensity smoke was visible with no fire where IAF helicopter carried out the operation. Meanwhile, Kohima DDMA informed that partial de-induction of ground operation team will be carried out on January 11 by deploying effective number of forces to monitor the situation and carry out necessary operation.

in poultry.

Richa Sareen, consultant (pulmonology) at Fortis Vasant Kunj in New Delhi, said the virus is heat-labile and it gets killed with cooking temperatures.

“At this time, people should eat fully cooked chicken and eggs and not raw or partially cooked ones. One should avoid going to open markets that sell poultry as they are the focal point of the spread,” Sareen told IANS. “People who handle poultry should take special precautions. They should wear PPE, gloves and masks while handling birds and should practice frequent hand washing,” she added.

Although the virus causing bird flu usually does not infect people, but rare cases of human infection with these viruses have been reported, especially in individuals working with infected domestic birds.

“The possible cause

of infections in humans is when they come in contact with birds with the viruses and enough viruses get into a person’s eyes, nose or mouth, or is inhaled through the excretions of birds,” said Kunal Kothari, Senior Physician, Internal Medicine, SMS Medical College in Jaipur.

“The spread of Bird Flu from one individual, who is sick to another has been very rare and data is limited, inefficient and not sustained but as a precaution, we should all be watchful of public health advisory,” Kothari added.

Bird Flu is a communicable virus among the avian population and human to human spread is not too prominent with the current strain. However, viruses are prone to mutation, so if this virus undergoes mutation in future, it has the potential to spread from human to human and cause a pandemic.

Bird flu mostly infects the respiratory system of humans. Common symptoms are fever, runny nose, sore throat, cough, muscle aches, etc.

“If severe, it can cause ARDS, multi-organ involvement and even death. The sporadic data on bird flu from the past shows very high mortality, to the tune of 60 per cent. Thus, it becomes important to take precautions now,” Sareen mentioned.

Nevertheless, maintaining distance from birds in the environment is important as the spread of the avian virus is through the saliva, faecal matter of an infected bird.

“The avian virus is airborne. Notify the community health department on seeing sick or dead birds and try not to come in direct contact with these birds without proper masks, gloves and disinfectants,” Kothari noted.

Nagaland COVID tally 11,978 COVID-19 STATUS AS ON january 10, 2021 ACTIVE CASES Symptomatic AsympCritical-ICU District tomMod- Se- With- With On atic Mild erate vere out Oxy- VentiOxygen gen lator Dimapur 54 6 3 0 0 0 2 Kiphire 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kohima 29 0 1 0 0 2 0 Longleng 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mokokchung 2 6 1 1 0 0 0 Mon 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Peren 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 Phek 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tuensang 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Wokha

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DIMAPUR, JAN 10 (NPN): Nagaland on Sunday reported three new cases taking the COVID -19 tally in the state to 11978.

The three cases were reported in Dimapur, Kohima and Mokokchung.

Further, the distribution across various categories

include 4658 cases from the armed forces/police, 1844 returnees, 4908 traced contacts and 568 frontline workers.

India’s COVID-19 tally 1,04,50,284

P T I a d d s : I n d i a ’s COVID-19 caseload rose

to 1,04,50,284 with 18,645 infections being reported in a day, while the recoveries have surged to 1,00,75,950, according to the Union Health Ministry’s data updated on Sunday.

The death toll reached 1,50,999 with 201 more people succumbing to the disease in a span of 24 hours, the data updated at 8 am showed.

The number of people who have recuperated from the infection so far surged to 1,00,75,950, pushing the national COVID-19 recovery rate to 96.42 per cent, while the case fatality rate dropped to 1.44 per cent.

The COVID-19 active caseload remained below three lakh for the 20th consecutive day. There are 2,23,335 active coronavirus infections in the country which comprise 2.14 per cent of the total caseload, the data stated.

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WEATHER FORECAST january 11

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Max Min

Agartala Very warm with hazy sunshine 29 14 Aizawl

Hazy sun with a stray shower 24 10

Guwahati Clouds and sun Imphal

An a.m. shower; partly sunny

25 13 25 9

Itanagar Morning showers; clouds

20 13

Shillong

Hazy sunshine

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Kohima

Sunshine and some clouds

21 7

Dimapur An afternoon shower or two Mkg

Hazy sun with a shower

Tuensang Cooler with a passing shower Wokha

LCD participates in winter relief campaign

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Leo Club of Dimapur distributing clothes during the winter relief drive.

DIMAPUR: Leo Club of Dimapur (LCD), Leo District 322D, India participated in the winter relief drive from December 20 to 30.

A press release from PRO Leo Club of Dimapur, Sneha Jain stated that a total of 59 clubs from India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal and Pakistan participated in the drive initiated by Leo Club of Dimapur (Dist. 322D),

Leo Club of Gauhati Girls (Dist. 322G) and Leo Club of Moratuwa (Dist. 306 A1). The aim of the winter relief drive was to identify people in need of warm clothes and distribute the same to them.

Leos from across the five Asian countries collected old warm clothes from their own households and distributed to the poor who sleep on the streets.

During the drive, LCD

distributed warm clothes to over 250 needy people.

The joint effort of Leos from all the clubs helped a total of 4854 people through the winter relief drive. In the drive, total Leo volunteers present were 258 and total Leo volunteers Hours was 518.

The project was witnessed

by IPDP Rishab Chhabra and was conducted under the leadership of Vishal Patni.

AR conduct coaching for AISSE

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Road renovation in Nokhu village DIMAPUR: Noklak district administration under the initiative of Extra Assistant Commissioner of Nokhu, L Mungo carried out road renovation in December last as a Christmas gift for the people of Nokhu areas and beyond.

According to DIPR, the Nokhu Village Council (NVC) and Nokhu Noking Village Council (NNVC) in a press statement expressed gratitude towards the Noklak District Administration and EAC Nokhu, L Mungo for undertaking the renovation work.

The two councils thanked the Deputy Commissioner, Noklak and EAC Nokhu for providing the much needed connectivity. “The contribution towards the people of the areas has construed to inspire as always where hard working, loyalty and diligence towards the genuine cry of general public to let reach the truth of meeting with relatives during this festive season”, the release stated.

St. Peter’s Church (SPC), Chatouphe, Diphupar celebrated its golden jubilee under the theme, “Upon this rock I will build my church” on December 19, 2020. The celebration was graced by Most Rev. Dr. James Thoppil, who also inaugurated the golden jubilee monolith and new church bell tower.

Darogapathar Block D Gorkha families with the children of Ebenezer Ophanage Home during their visit on December 31 at Indisen Village, Dimapur.

IN LOVING MEMORY OF LT HINOTO JAKHALU

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“Only a moment you stayed, but what an imprint your footprints have left on our hearts”

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Not as warm; a morning shower 20 10

Zunheboto Partly sunny and not as warm 20 7

DSSU 4th union assembly, election DIMAPUR: Dimapur Sümi Students’ Union (DSSU) has convened its 4th union assembly meeting on January 11 at 2:30pm at its banker’s residence.

The union therefore requested only units and subunits president and general secretary to attend the assembly.

Meanwhile, as per the directives of the office of Western Sumi Students Union, the election commission of Dimapur Sumi Students Union (DSSU) has invited application for conduct of Dimapur Sumi Students Union election.

Candidates have been informed to collect the nomination paper on January 11 from 10 am to 1 pm at WSSU Hiyam, Thahekhu village.

Coaching class in progress at Sainik School Punglwa.

DIMAPUR: Dimapur Battalion of Assam Rifles under the aegis of HQ IGAR (N) provided study materials to the students for All India Sainik School Entrance Examination (AISSE) 2021 on January 9.

According to PRO HQ IGAR (N), Assam Rifles took the initiatives of pro-

viding study materials as well as imparted training to the students for the upcoming exam. A total of 10 registered students along with their parents from Dimapur attended the programme. PRO said that students also collected study materials and activated used of zoom app for online classes.

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Your Mother, Sisters, Bro in Law Niece, Nephews, and Relatives

Died - 21st December 2020 We, the bereaved family members of Lt. Sanen Jamir (Longpa), would like to express our heartfelt gratitude and appreciation to each and every individual, churches, organizations, medical staff of Eden Hospital and Fellowship Nursing Home and well-wishers who stood by us through the difficult time of his brief illness and sudden demise. Your unreserved contribution physically, materially, financially and unconditional empathy through words of encouragement and prayers will continue to cherish in our hearts forever.

We deeply regret our inability to thank every individual personally but it is our earnest prayer that the Almighty God will bless you abundantly.

Loving wife, children & and family members.

COVID vaccine committee in Longleng DIMAPUR: In pursuance with the notification of the Department of Health and Family Welfare, the Longleng district COVID Vaccine Committee has been constituted to prepare, monitor and implement the Covid vaccine in the district.

The committee is headed by DC Longleng as chairman, district immunization officer as member secretary and 15 members from district administration and NGOs. Meanwhile, according to DIPR, an emergency meeting of the Longleng District Covid Vaccine Committee was held last month at DC conference hall Longleng, to have a preliminary discussion about the Covid Vaccine which is anticipated to reach the country and state soon. Chairman of the committee, DC Longleng, M. Shayung Phom briefed the house about the purpose of the meeting.

District immunization officer gave an overall idea of the stages of immunization and how the COVID vaccine should be carried in the district.

All the departments were also advised to prepare mentally to participate in the immunization process and should be ready with manpower to support the committee as and when required.

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JP Nadda on 2-day Assam visit from today

JP Nadda

three Bengali dominated districts of Cachar, Hailakandi, and Karimganj.

In the 1991 Assembly elections, the BJP had won 9 of the 15 seats in the politically important Barak Valley. In the coming polls, the party aims to win all 15 seats. That’s why the BJP national President would start his election campaign from this area, political commentator and writer Uttam Saha told IANS. BJP national Vice President Baijayant Jay Panda, who is incharge of BJP’s Assam affairs, told the media in Guwahati that the party was fully confident of securing “100 plus seats” along with its allies in the Assam elections.

“The BJP along with its allies will retain power in Assam by securing at least 100 seats in the 2021 Assembly elections,” Panda said.

The polls for 126member Assam Assembly are likely to be held in April-May, along with those in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala.

Guwahati, Jan 10 (IANS): BJP national President JP Nadda would arrive in Assam on Monday on a two-day visit and address a public rally in Silchar to kick-start the ruling party’s campaigning for the coming Assembly elections, party leaders said on Sunday.

Bharatiya Janata Party’s Assam unit General Secretary Rajdeep Roy said that besides addressing the public gathering at the Police Parade Ground in Silchar on Monday, Nadda would also meet with senior party leaders.

He would visit the

famous Kamakhya temple in Guwahati on Tuesday, before leaving for Delhi.

The BJP leader attended various party programmes in West Bengal on Saturday.

Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, Finance and Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and Assam BJP President Ranjeet Kumar Dass would accompany Nadda and also address the gathering.

Po l i t i c a l o b s e r v ers said that for the past many years, the BJP has carved out a political base in southern Assam’s Barak Valley area, comprising

17 new COVID cases in Mizoram

Sudhanshu Dhulia sworn in as new CJ of Gauhati HC

Rs 59,000cr for scholarships to backward classes in Assam Guwahati, Jan 10 (PTI): Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Ramdas Athawale on Sunday said the central government has earmarked Rs 59,000 crore for scholarships to backward classes in Assam over a period of five years.

Reviewing implementation of various schemes of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment with officials in Assam, he said the sum has been allocated under a scholarship scheme.

“Out of this amount, 60 per cent will be from the Centre and 40 per cent from the state. Post this, every year, there will be an increase of five per cent of the Centre’s share till the share reaches 80 per cent,” Athawale said at a press conference.

Asserting that his ministry is committed to providing scholarship to all eligible students on time, the minister said seven per cent of the state’s population belong to the Scheduled Castes whereas tribals constitute 15 per cent. He also lauded the efforts of the Assam government for its commitment

towards the welfare of the SCs, STs, disabled and the elderly.

“No atrocity has been recorded against the SC and ST communities in Assam in 2020 and for which, the efforts of the state government under the leadership of (CM) Sarbananda Sonowal should be applauded,” he said.

Speaking about the schemes for the divyangs, Athawale said his ministry is working for providing opportunities and facilities to the disabled, in order to create an atmosphere that will guarantee them equality.

“This can ensure the protection of their rights and enable their full participation in the society.

Some of the schemes are like assistance to disabled persons by providing them with aids and appliances, and pensions,” he said.

The minister said 35.67 lakh cylinder connections have so far been provided in the state since 2016 under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY).

Under the Jan Dhan Yojana, a total of 1.81 crore accounts have been opened in Assam, he said.

NSCN (I-M) refutes AR report

The swearing-in ceremony was attended by Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, Law Minister Siddhartha Bhattacharya, Chief Secretary Jishnu Barua, Director General of Police Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta, high court judges and senior officials of the state government.

DIMAPUR, JAN 10: The NSCN (I-M) has refuted Assam Riffles’ (AR)report on the arrest of one of its cadres 2nd lieutenant, PanphungPangsa of Votnu village under Wancho Region, Longding district, Arunachal Pradesh, stating that he was on medical leave.

A press release by MIP stated that the 6th AR came to raid his house at around 9 pm on January 9 when he was alone and arrested him and they found nothing incrimination.

NSCN (I-M) alleged that AR gave a false report that .32 mm pistol was found in his possession along with live rounds and termed it baseless. The release stated unfounded pictures are always put on any NSCN cadre AR could lay its hands on. For the AR, “a little bit of humanity and sensitivity could have gone a long way to avoid any acrimony with the public and the NSCN,” it stated.

Mnp government college teachers threatens to resume stir from Jan 28

Another retrenched school teacher ‘dies by suicide’ in Tripura

IMPHAL, Jan 10: Teachers of government colleges in Manipur on Sunday threatened to resume their suspended stirs if the state government fails to pass an order implement the 7th University Grants Commission (UGC) Pay and Regulations 2018 on or before January 27.

Federation of Government College Teachers’ Association (FEGOCTA), a body of the government teachers have been pressing the state government to implement the 7th University Grants Commission (UGC) Pay and Regulations 2018.

The state government had also approved the adoption of the latest revised pay structures for the college teachers recommended by the University Grant Commission (UGC) in August 2020.

However, orders to this effect were yet to be issued by the state government till date, FEGOCTA alleged, in a news conference held today at Manipur Press Club, Imphal today.

F E G O C TA ge n eral secretary Dr N Somorendro said that the demands of the teachers had already been approved by the state cabinet inprinciple but it failed to materialise till date.

Agartala, Jan 10 (PTI): A week after a retrenched school teacher was found hanging inside his house, another such educator has died allegedly after consuming poison in Tripura’s Khowai district, police said on Sunday.

The incident took place inside a rubber plantation on Saturday evening, a police officer said.

The woman was admitted to a local hospital where she died later at night, he said.

Another 32-year-old retrenched school teacher was found hanging from the ceiling of his house in the remote tribal hamlet of Kamalkantapara in South Tripura district on January 2.

His wife claimed he was facing an acute financial crisis after losing his job.

The two educators were among the 10,323 school teachers who lost their jobs after the Tripura High Court in 2014 said their recruitment process was faulty and the Supreme Court in 2017 upheld the order.

The teachers were recruited since 2010 during the Left Front rule.

A sit-in demonstration by several retrenched teachers’ organisations in Agartala entered the 34th day on Sunday.

They requested to bring the body of the teacher who died on Saturday to the protest site but police denied permission for it.

They also blocked the road near their protest site for some time.

Aizawl, Jan 10 (PTI): Seventeen more people tested positive for COVID19 in Mizoram, taking the state’s tally to 4,292 on Sunday, an official said.

Eleven of the new cases were reported from the Aizawl district, four from Lawngtlai and two cases were detected in the Lunglei district, he said.

Two Army personnel and two Border Security Force (BSF) jawans were among the newly-infected people.

There are 98 active cases in the state at present, while 4,186 people have already recovered from the disease.

Mizoram has reported eight COVID-19 fatalities till date.

Altogether, 1,86,887 samples have been tested for COVID-19 in the state, including 789 on Saturday.

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Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal greets Chief Justice of Gauhati High Court Sudhanshu Dhulia on January 10.

Guwahati, Jan 10 (PTI): Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia was sworn in as the new Chief Justice of Gauhati High Court on Sunday.

Gauhati High Court acting Chief Justice N Kotiswar Singh administered the oath of office to him during a programme in Raj Bhavan.

Dr N Somorendro alleged that while the state government is yet to implement the demand for pay structures recommended by the 7th Central Commission, UGC had notified its latest regulations having 7th Pay and qualifications for recruitment and promotion of the teachers in universities and colleges on July 18, 2018.

He also alleged that even after the state cabinet approved, no necessary steps to adopt the latest revised pay structure were taken up on the part of the pertinent authority.

An executive meeting of the FEGOCTA convened on Saturday (January 9) thoroughly discussed the non-implementation of their demands till date.

The meeting unanimously resolved to resume suspended stirs of the teachers from the next day if the state government fails to issue the necessary orders by January 27, he added.

“We will be compelled to resume our suspended agitations if the state government fails to fulfil their demands by January 27,” Dr Somorendro warned.

“We have decided to suspend all online as well as offline classes, NAAC and other academic related activities along with differ-

ent forms of democratic protests from January 28,” he added.

He then appealed to the state chief minister and education minister to address the demands of the teachers considering the academic careers of the students.

He asserted that teachers were aware of brunt to be received by the students owing to the strike of the teachers, but the government’s apathy towards addressing their demands always compelled the teachers to launch strikes.

“We have no intention of doing anything that affects students’ careers, but we are forced to launch the strike by the government,” he said.

Mention may be made that on many occasions, college teachers had launched strikes including cease work strike only to be suspended after government assurances to address the demands.

The last agitation launched by the teachers under FEGOCTA was suspended in August last year.

FEGOCTA had suspended the stairs with a great hope and faith that the gover nment would implement the 7th Pay but apathy on the part of the government had shattered all, he added.

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Prof R. Bharadwaj awarded 17th ‘U N Brahma Soldier of Humanity Award’

Ramesh Chandra Bharadwaj receives the 17th Upendra Nath Brahma Soldier of Humanity Award from the newly elected BTR chief Pramod Boro, in Guwahati, Sunday. (PTI)

GUWAHATI, JAN 10: Professor Ramesh Chandra Bharadwaj from Delhi University was the conferred on January 10, at ITA Machkhowa , Guwahati. The award is named after Bodofa Upendra Nath Brahma, a soldier who sacrificed his life not for his personal gain but profound love for the motherland. He is the 17th recipient of the award which was instituted in 2004.

UNB Soldier of Humanity Award consists of a sum of Rs. 100,000.00, a memento and a citation and instituted by UN Brahma Trust. Prof Ramesh Bhar-

adwaj in his speech recalled his experience with different Bodo leaders who took part in movements in democratic way. Praising the activities of All Bodo Students Union and Bodo Sahitya Sabha, he said that one becomes disciplined when they are associated with these organisations.

The programme was chaired by Samudra Gupta Kashyap while Wasbir Hussain was the Chief guest.

Welcome address was delivered by Dr Subung Basumatary , chairman , UNB Trust ; Pramod Boro , chief executive member of BTR

gave the inaugural speech, while Dipen Boro , President of ABSU gave the keynote address .

Brief highlight on the the Bodofa Upendra Nath Brahma, UNB Trust and the UNB Soldier of Humanity Award was presented by Urkhao Gwra Brahma, Former MP (RS). Toren Boro, President of BSS and Biswajit Daimary were guests of honour on the occasion, while Amritlal Brahma, Power of Attorney, UNB Trust and Krishna Gopal Basumatary, Director, UN Academy were present apart from many other dignitaries.

Manipur tourism dept hands over assets to temple

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IMPHAL, Jan 10: Manipur government on Sunday handed over assets constructed at Shree Shree Bijoy Govindajee Temple in Imphal’s Sagolband under Swadesh Darshan Scheme of Union ministry of tourism to the temple committee.

State tourism department handed over the assets to the temple committee during a function held at the temple complex, in the presence of state chief minister N Biren Singh.

After handing over the assets, the chief minister praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a leader who has a far vision of inclusive development.

“Under his guidance, the Central government had taken up the Swadesh Darshan Scheme which aims to promote and harness the potential of tourism of our country, Singh said.

Singh fur ther assured to reconstruct and preserve the sanctity of Thangapat in Imphal’s Sagolband where the hiyang tannaba (boat race) is held every year on the occasion of Heikru Hidongba.

Citing the historical and cultural importance of the boat race, he expressed willingness to make the boat race more competitive with the participation of well trained rowers.

He also urged the tourism department to make arrangements for conducting the boat race at both Thangapats at Palace Compound and Sagol-

band in the next Heikru Hidongba festival.

Maintaining that the law and order of the state had considerably improved since the formation of his government, he stated the state government had utmost priority for maintaining peace and security of its people.

He further informed that his government had been taking up steps to maintain proper and safe boundaries of the state by sorting out issues with neighbouring states, with construction of police stations, barracks, etc.

He further stated that prevalence unity and peace among different communities is very necessary to take the state towards the path of development.

State tourism minister Oinam Lukhoi said that Manipur being a state endowed with much scenic beauty, the state government under the leadership N Biren Singh had been working to develop tourist spots at various places both in hill and valley regions.

He informed that an eco tourism park each for all the 60 Assembly Constituencies (ACs) of the state would be developed with funding of Rs 30 lakh from tourism department for each AC and Rs 20 lakh from Local Area Development Funds of respective MLAs and the encashment of funds for the same is in process.

M ention m ay be made here that the chief minister had inaugurated the development of Shree Shree Bijoy Govoindajee

Temple under Swadesh Darshan Scheme along with four other components of Spiritual Circuit in Manipur in presence of Union minister of state

for tourism and culture (independent charge) on December 21 last year at a function held at Manipur State Film Development Society.

Dear Maya, All our memories together will never be taken away, no matter how old we get and how many birthdays pass by, I will always be here for you. With as much love, as I can share, I wanted to let you know I care Enough to send some love your way, On your very special day! HAPPY BIRTHDAY From, Bidyut Happy 10th birthday to the little superhero (Langanglung Kamei), May almighty God always guide and protect you with good health and happiness.

With love & best wishes, mom, dad and all your loved ones

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Enforcing road safety

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aking cognisance of road mishaps along the National Highway 29 between Purana Bazar Dimapur to Chümoukedima, the Commissioner of Police(CP) has issued a notification restricting speed limits on the road at 40 Kms per hour for a period of one month from January 5,2021 to February 3,2021. Road mishaps along the particular stretch of the highway has claimed several lives even in the past, when the road was two-lane. The expansion of the highway to fourlane has yet to show doubling of road mishaps.

The road stretch along the National Highway 29 especially from Purana Bazar to Chümoukedima has been the scene of many road mishaps.

However, what has authorities worried, are road incidents which could increase if no speed limit is imposed. The still incomplete road construction hides many dangers for motorists. According to Traffic Police, a majority of road tragedies were due to rash and negligent driving under influence of alcohol. Dimapur heads the list where road fatalities has been high. Travelling at 40 km per hour in a wide and even road is no guarantee for safety. The Commissioner of Police, in an interview to this newspaper had admitted that implementing the speed limit was a tall order since the Traffic Police has no highway speed checking equipments to enforce speed limit.

The main objective of this system is to develop a highway speed-checker device that detects rash driving on highways and alerts, traffic authorities if the speed checker finds any vehicle violating the set speed limits on highways. The system checks rash driving by calculating the speed of a vehicle by using the time taken to travel between the two set points placed on the road at a certain distance. Without it and trying to enforce speed limits is like physically sniffing breath of drivers instead of using a breathalyser to check levels of alcohol. There is also need to install CCTVs at some points along the NH 29. Also, owing to road buffers in between the lanes, there are no inter sections over long stretches, if a driver is to make a U-turn to get to the other side. This compels motorists to ply on the wrong lane and greatly increasing accident risks. With no speed checkers, CCTVs and inadequate traffic personnel, the risks can only increase. The other issue is over driving licences. Road safety is also dependent on the one behind the steering wheels. Driving licences should be issued only after the person undergoes some tests like driving ability, physical condition, reading and understanding traffic signals and regulations before obtaining a learner’s licence before a regular licence. Suspension of license of drivers guilty of causing accident due to rash and negligent driving must be strictly implemented.

The names of such drivers whose licences have been suspended, should be uploaded in the police website and passed on to traffic police in all districts. Unless the rules are enforced, danger lies ahead for many and that is the main worry.

Invariably, traffic offences are the main cause of road fatalities that needs to be recognised as a major threat on the lives of people. Unless this is tackled firmly,road mishaps could worsen in the days to come.

DailyDevotion The Opened Sight

I now send you, to open their eyes…that they may receive forgiveness of sins… —Acts 26:17-18 This verse is the greatest example of the true essence of the message of a disciple of Jesus Christ in all of the New Testament.

God’s first sovereign work of grace is summed up in the words, “…that they may receive forgiveness of sins….” When a person fails in his personal Christian life, it is usually because he has never received anything. The only sign that a person is saved is that he has received something from Jesus Christ. Our job as workers for God is to open people’s eyes so that they may turn themselves from darkness to light.

But that is not salvation; it is conversion— only the effort of an awakened human being. I do not think it is too broad a statement to say that the majority of so-called Christians are like this. Their eyes are open, but they have received nothing. Conversion is not regeneration. This is a neglected fact in our preaching today. When a person is born again, he knows that it is because he has received something as a gift from Almighty God and not because of his own decision. People may make vows and promises, and may be determined to follow through, but none of this is salvation. Salvation means that we are brought to the place where we are able to receive something from God on the authority of Jesus Christ, namely, forgiveness of sins.

This is followed by God’s second mighty work of grace: “…an inheritance among those who are sanctified….” In sanctification, the one who has been born again deliberately gives up his right to himself to Jesus Christ, and identifies himself entirely with God’s ministry to others.

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To live happily is an i nward power of the soul. ~ Marcus Aurelius

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Brexit: Indian biz contours to change, Indian firms lose in UK

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he exit of Britain from European Union – Brexit – is likely to impact India, businesses based in the UK, IT exports and possible market and currency volatility leading to inflationary pressure on Indian economy.

Former Reserve Bank of India Gover nor Raghuram Rajan had said that “We are in the midst of an age of competitive devaluation and beggarthy-neighbor policy. When elephants fight, the grass suffers.”

India has a concern.

Britain is considered as a gateway to the EU for India, with it opting out, the advantage by India is lost.

Therefore, there is a need to get border-free access.

The Brexit issue is crucial as India’s GDP has a never before contraction since 1952 and Europe has been a major trade destination that has helped the country progress.

The UK remains the largest source of foreign direct investment to India and the Brexit deal may have a significant ripple effect back in India. According to experts, while the Brexit paves way for a free trade

agreement (FTA) between New Delhi and London, it might take the sheen away from India's planned FTA with the EU. India had a lot of contentious issues while negotiating FTA with the EU. The FTAs have their problems too and there are experts who are not in favour of more FTAs. In the new situation a fresh FTA process, and that is cumbersome, may have to be started with the UK. However, now the UK could have a different view.

Brexit may have an impact on the decisions of Indian companies to invest in the future. India’s IT sector exports 17 percent of its services, about $ 30 billion, to UK. The EU and UK together gives about $ 30 billion IT business to India There are 800 companies from the country employing 1.1 lakh persons, have set up bases there for easy access to the EU market. Their overheads and tax payment burdens now may increase. A NASSCOM report says, “ Indian IT industry is going to experience a negative influence in the short term due to Brexit.”

The return of these companies is going to be affected

because of the depreciation of the pound.

The deal announced on New Year eve means that about half of the $ 900 yearly EU-UK commerce will remain free of tariffs and quotas. However, goods moving between EU and UK will be subject to customs and other controls and additional paperwork.

It would add to cost and expected to have other major disruptions.

Even after Brexit, British companies will have to obey certain European laws if they want to maintain access to EU. Moreover, future autonomous British law Shivaji making will not be free from coordination with the EU in order to ensure market access. A relocation of banking and primary insurance business is possible and it could hurt Britain.

Idea that India could have a better relationship with the US to make for losses is far-fetched because Trump may be on exit but Trumpism - protectionist approach - is likely to continue with new US President Joe Biden.

There is another as-

pect. India is the third largest source of FDI to the UK in terms of numbers of projects. So far, India has been investing more in the UK than in the rest of Europe.

The key sectors attracting Indian investment include healthcare, agritech, food, and drink.

So the question is whether the UK would be able to ignore India. Or would India for a wider EU area would be focusing on moving out of Britain to have greater access to larger economies in the EU region.

The pattern of the way India is doing business in the region can change. There is a perception Sarkar that the UK would have to strive harder in the postcovid19 market to maintain its strength. In other words, it can become a smaller economy and not as beneficial to India or rest of the world as it may be perceived now. There are many uncertainties and that include whether in the event of its economy not remaining so robust could keep itself politically relevant or not.

These doubts and uncertainties dog the diplomatic community and the

businesses. It may be a longer wait and watch game. If doubts turn into even partial realities the global investment trend may change. India is cautiously watching it.

Its prime investment – Tata groups Jaguar (accounting for Tatas’80 percent of revenue), Japanese Toyota and BMW put down their shutters from a few days to week in November, 2019 to study the ramifications of the new deal.

The Tata motors losses have been mounting as Jaguar lost about $ 4.6 billion (Pound 3.6 billion) and sacking 4500 workers, it reported on January 30, 2020, that is pre-pandemic. In August, 2020 it reported JLR lost 413 million pounds till June due to covid19 as sales were down 70 percent. Tatas also lost Pound 371 million in the UK’s largest steelworks at Port Talbot. Lakshmi Mittal lost Pound 35 billion and became bankrupt with Pond 130 million debts in October 2020.

Thus Indian-related businesses are in a tizzy in the UK pre and postcovid19. In 2019, 56 percent of the UK companies were upbeat about doing business in India, UK-India

Business Council has said.

Post covid19 despite the enthusiasm most of these companies are not in a position to continue with their efforts for now. Interestingly, the UK is among the seven in 25 top countries with which India enjoys a trade surplus.

If businesses shift from the UK to Europe, it could be a major loss to Britain.

The UK would have to ensure that despite pressure the value of the pound is maintained. For now, though, markets remain cautious on the pound’s outlook, the currency has been gaining against the dollar. This means that Indian rupee gets devalued, import prices of goods would surge.

Forex reserves have declined to $ 469 from $ 574 billion.

It is likely to be strained further.

Brexit is changing world scenario in many ways, more so as there is weak global growth and Eurozone heads for recession. India gradually would be changing its trade contours in the West and may reduce ties with the UK and increase with countries like Germany, France and other EU countries.

Post-mortem Career with Young People The environmental challenge posed by cigarette butt litter

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ost of us who are reading this article are young people. Being students in colleges or universities or in schools we are engaged in different activities. There are few days which are focussed for young people like national youth day and international youth day. In India, 12th January is observed as youth day. I am sure that few of us are engaged in different activities inside the campus like being part of the National Service Scheme or National Cadet Corps or Junior Red Cross or Scouts and Guides. Apart from being part of a different voluntary society we can also take up our career with young people.

Are you passionate about helping young people to develop good character and life skills that will help them succeed in their life? Then, you may consider a career in youth development. Well, let us understand scopes and opportunities related to youth development in India and abroad. There are currently more than 1 billion young people between the ages of 10 and 24 in the world. This is the largest youth population ever. However, more than half of all children and adolescents aged 6-14 lack basic reading and maths skills, despite the fact that the majority of them are attending school.

India is one of the youngest nations in the world and is expected to have a very favourable demographic profile in the near future. This is a great opportunity as well as a challenge for all of us. Transforming education is possible when young people take up their responsibility and they are not deprived of their rights.

Apart from government, youth led organisations or organisations working for youth development may contribute positively for achieving targets of SDGs. Professionals working in youth development do activities like Research, create, teach, lead, and support programs aimed at improving the lives of young adults, provide a safe and positive environment in which classes or activities are held, teach classes and facilitate workshops, lead different activities, facilitate support groups, organize field trips and exposure programmes, etc . After the pandemic scopes have increased as many professionals have to be engaged in the post COVID 19 activities with students and youth to boost up their confidence level in different areas of the country.

Job titles commonly held by youth development professionals are youth development specialist, youth development program coordinator, youth development professional, youth development counsellor, program manager, program coordinator, program director, youth director, outreach director, etc . One may study courses like Master of Social Work or Development Studies. There are courses like youth development in India and abroad. Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development offers courses like M.A. Social Work (Youth and Community Development). Experienced persons may take up short term courses offered by specialised agencies on youth development.

Career prospects are in different avenues like in government projects and departments like youth development; professional practice in NGOs and INGOs; scope for advanced studies in youth in India and abroad, teaching in the field of youth studies, training and consultancy services, scope for development and practice-orientated research, etc. Professionals may explore innovative practices/modules for addressing youth issues and to ensure social inclusion and justice and they may also establish organizations in the area of youth development.

12th January is observed as National Youth Day and this kind of event brings more opportunities for people working in the field of youth development.

Though there are courses but there are individuals who have done remarkable work without much formal degree. Passion is must and important if anyone wants to work with young people. Apart from qualifications like post graduation it is important to have all required employability skills to excel in the field of youth development. Though some one may work without a very formal degree, it is advantageous to have degrees and academic qualifications as the challenges of employability have increased.

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ellulose acetate-based cigarette filter is considered the world’s most littered form of plastic.

With close to 4.5 trillion butts polluting the global environment, this form of litter accounts for close to 26,454 tonnes of waste generated annually in India. Though one of the neglected waste streams, Oceans Conservancy, an international advocacy group, categorized cigarette butts as second among the top three articles collected during beach clean-ups globally.

Numerous studies document filters as becoming accumulated masses of potentially toxic waste, posing physical harm to land and marine life when ingested and potentially polluting groundwater near landfills not containing leachate.

A recent study by the Indian Institute of Toxicology suggests that cigarette butts under ambient conditions showed only 37.8% degradation in two years, noting it may pollute long after disposal. The study also went on to suggest the “recycling of cellulose acetate after recovery from the cigarette butts” as one of the immediate solutions to the

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problem until further data is generated. “Concerned” with the manner of disposal of cigarette/bidi butts in India, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Central Pollution Control Board to lay down guidelines for the disposal of cigarette butts, in the interest of the environment, within three months.

Falling under the category of post-consumer waste, cigarette litter could easily be categorized as a public nuisance, especially for those that have fewer resources to clean it. While ignorance has been a convenient veil, clean-up and disposal costs of such waste need to be borne by the polluter. Litter clean-up costs have risen steadily around major cities in the world, leading to action against this form of pollution.

San Francisco estimated that clearing up tobacco waste costs $22 million annually, while the United Kingdom estimated the cost as close to 140 million pounds annually to clean up burnt cigarette butts. Recently, France ordered the tobacco industry to take voluntary action to help curb cigarette butts from

littering the streets and contaminating water, or face mandatory legislation. Further, the European Union issued a directive for reduction of impact of plastic products on environment by including cigarette butts under Extended Producers Responsibility (EPR) and proposing incentives to develop less-polluting alternatives.

The Government of India recently proposed draft rules for EPR, which would make a manufacturer responsible for managing post-consumer plastic waste.

There is definitely more than one reason for cigarette litter to be covered under the EPR scheme to make producers responsible and assign accountability.

This would also be consistent with article 5.3 of the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Treaty that India signed in 2004.

This may also mean that the final user will end up paying marginally more for the product and indirectly supporting environmental clean-up.

Last-mile collection may be the most challenging part of managing this

stream. India could take cue from countries such as Japan who have set up dedicated smoking zones in public/ private spaces so that butt waste can be collected and managed effectively from designated places. The Plastic Waste Management Rules 2016, combined with a slew of steps by states to curb single-use plastics, has definitely seen a political consensus in India. A steady increase in tobacco consumption is bound to exacerbate the litter associated with it. Voluntary product stewardship leading to EPR will certainly have a profound impact on increasing stakeholder awareness on this form of litter. The inclusion of cigarette butt litter under Plastic EPR will create more resources to deal with this form of waste. NGT, flagging off a pertinent issue, provides the government with a certain opportunity not only to improve its stand on cigarette butt litter but also allay concerns related to its waste management.

Kaushik Chandrasekhar is an associate fellow and Suneel Pandey is director, Centre for Waste Management, TERI. (The views expressed are personal)

Agri-reforms must focus on women farmers

he ongoing farm protests have raised a host of issues that affect the sector, beyond the laws which are being sought to be rolled back. One issue which deserves sharper focus is the largely unseen role of women in the farm sector. They are involved in mostly nonmechanized, labour-intensive farm work and much of its poorly paid, if at all. In India, according to a National Council of Applied Economic Research and University of Maryland study, women form at least 42% of the agricultural workforce though they own barely 2% of the cultivable land.

This is because they are excluded from land rights in a largely patriarchal social milieu. Many women farmers are not even aware of the entitlements they can get from the government as farmers.

Owing to their lack of collateral, they cannot access credit or navigate choppy bureaucratic waters to get support for the right inputs for their crops.

There has to be gender-neutral institutional reform in agriculture for women to get their due. In most rural areas, men still dominate administrative processes which tend to work against women farmers. When a male farmer dies, the lack of access to land records, the aversion to take on powerful male family members, and the lack of awareness combine to exclude women from their right to land and livelihood.

Women have been part of the agrarian crisis for a long time, though largely overlooked. Women farmers need access to all aspects of the sector from technical training and pricing to marketing and finances. This becomes all the more urgent

given the unacceptably high numbers of farm widows, left behind after their husbands have died by suicide. This leaves the woman to not only tend to the farm, if she is allowed to by moneylenders and predatory family members, but to also provide for her family with very little by way of resources. Since women’s work in agriculture is underreported, many are not even considered farmers so as to be entitled to the benefits that the State provides. The plight of tribal and Dalit women farmers is even more worrying.

The pandemic has left women farmers even more economically vulnerable, and added the burden of caring for out-ofschool children and the sick and elderly.

Covid-19 has also decreased remittances to women farmers left at home. With more migrants coming home, there is also greater demand on the land, putting the tenuous hold of women on land in greater jeopardy.

But there can be several positive interventions to help women farmers

and the pandemic and its aftermath should be an opportunity to address the gender empowerment aspect of farming. Using the grassroots worker system, women can be provided inputs and encouraged to invest in the right tools to enhance productivity. They can be taught the value of nutritious crops for household consumption and sustainable and lucrative crops for sale. Mobile technology can be used to train women on appropriate agricultural practices as well as their rights and entitlements.

They can also be encouraged to innovate in the form of farm-related businesses.

Investing in women farmers helps in ensuring food security for their families and the community at a time when there is a crisis brought on by the pandemic.

The farm agitation ought to highlight the importance of empowering our largely invisible women farmers.

Lalita Panicker (The views expressed are personal)

Reader’s Post

Local grounds, a holy grail for all the unholy

Sir,

The district local grounds have become a holy grail for young people to drink and practice immoral activities during the evenings. If you happen to pass by, you will see that every dark corner is either occupied by lovers or young people consuming alcohols. As a concern parent, I would like to therefore urge the district authorities and colony councils in charge of these places to keep a check on the activities around these areas.

Wati Ao, Dimapur

Reader’s note: Articles or letters published in any of the columns do not reflect the view of this newspaper nor that of the Editor in any manner.

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Loss, fear and bravery: Bhandara Civil Hospital fire

MUMBAI, JAN 10 ( AGENCIES): “I am broken. I do not know what to say, I do not know what I am saying right now...” Vishwanath Behere says looking distraught, hours after cremating his baby girl who was less than two months old and died in the state-run Sick Newborn Care Unit (SNCU) of Bhandara District General Hospital fire in the early hours of Saturday, 9 January.

While the timely intervention and attempts made by security guards, ambulance drivers and the fire brigade saved the lives of seven babies, ten others died. One of them was Behere’s daughter.

Charred beyond recognition, DNA tests confirmed their children died “I heard about my daughter’s news around 4:00 am when I was home. I asked them what was so urgent, they said they cannot tell me anything and that I must come to the government hospital immediately.

I went there and saw that many people were there. I asked a couple of people at the site about what happened, they said that there was a fire in the ICU. I was shocked, “ he said.

While Behere speaks to the media, sitting next to him on his chair is his wife, Geeta. When the camera pans towards her, she is visibly overwhelmed and unable, unwilling to speak.

Behre moves his hand to his chest as he continues,

Sudeshni’s daughter was twelve days old and has been told that her daughter’s body will be given to her after the post mortem is conducted.

“I kept telling people that my daughter was in the ICU. Then I asked here and there and everywhere about my daughter. No one told me anything. After sometime, they told us at around 5:30 am that it was all over. We both feel helpless, she was my only daughter, she was my first child.”

Behre said that he had to leave work for the last few months in order to take care of her, “Taking care of her for the last few months was priority, I left my work. My brain is not working right now. I had taken so many loans, how to pay it all back when there is no work anywhere.”

‘I want my baby back’ Vandana Mohan says she is not getting enough information about her seven-day-old baby who died.

“My baby was born and brought here on 3 January.

Her weight was less so we had to keep her here. She was improving since the last two days and had started drinking milk as well. It was all getting better for us.

But when we came to know

about this incident, we ran to see her at the ICU. All the babies who were brought from outside have died. I am very scared right now.”

Like Vandana, other parents have also brought this up. Heart-broken and helpless, they are wondering why is it that their children died but those who are from the area were saved.

Yogita Dulse, who lost her one-day-old baby girl said, “They moved us out of our ward early in the morning while we were sleeping.

We were being told that the children are fine and nothing had happened to them.

It was only after the morning that we were told that our child was dead. They conducted a DNA test and confirmed the same. But why did children who came from outside die? How were the kids who are from here saved? Whoever is responsible for this, an investigation must be conducted but either way, we will not get our daughter back.”

A n o t h e r m o t h e r, Sudeshni Dharmapalla, whose daughter was a only

twelve days old has been crying and demanding that she see her daughter’s body.

“My delivery happened in a different hospital but we shifted her here because she was underweight. She was in the ICU while I was recovering in a room upstairs. I was told at around 2:00 am (9 January) of what had happened. They’re saying they will only give my daughter to me after the post-mortem is conducted, I want my baby back,” she said.

How the lives of 7 babies were saved Of the seventeen babies, seven were saved due to the intervention of security guards, a hospital helper and two ambulance drivers,The Indian Express reported.

The fire brigade put their life on the line and volunteered to go inside the ICU to save the babies.

They went up the ladder and went through a window that the fire brigade team had broken. This is when they came across seven babies who were in an area of the hospital, where there was less smoke. “I picked three babies from the cot with all machines beeping, and handed them to the nurses who were waiting outside the door. They rushed down with the babies. Others also picked babies and handed them over. But there were a few babies in the other section, where there was a lot of smoke and fire. We could not go there,” Dahekar,

an ambulance driver who had jumped in to rescue the babies, told The Indian Express. The security guard, Gaurav Repade, said he was near the hospital when he got the alert. He had entered the hospital from the same broken window and saw the fire in the ward, realising that he needed help, he went back to get more people.

However when he returned, the entire ward was engulfed in flames. “We tried hard to enter the section where 10 babies were kept separately.

But it was impossible for us to breathe. Most of the babies… died because of suffocation,” Repade said.

With regard to the lives of the seven babies, District Civil Surgeon Dr Pramod Khandate said they were stable for now and had been kept in a different ward.

Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray will be meeting the parents of the children who died. A report by The Indian Express stated that the Sick Neonatal Care Unit had been cleared without a fire audit and that a proposal to install a new fire system had been pending for seven months. While no arrests yet, the CM and Maharashtra’s home minister has ordered a probe into the incident. “The government has ordered a high-level investigation into the incident.

Those found responsible for negligence will be strictly punished,” he told media persons.

5 PM to address 2nd FB & Twitter shouldn’t curtail National Youth people’s will: Tejasvi Surya Parl fest on Jan 12 NEW DELHI, JAN 10 (IANS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the valedictory function of the second National Youth Parliament Festival (NYPF) on Tuesday, an event to hear the voice of youth between 18 and 25 years of age, who are allowed to vote and will join various careers in the coming years, including public services.

Modi will attend the event at 10.30 a.m. via video conferencing.

Three national winners of the festival will also express their views during the event, which is based on the idea given by the Prime Minister in his ‘Mann Ki Baat’ address on December 31, 2017. Lok Sabha Speaker OM Birla, Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ and Union MoS for Youth Affairs and Sports Kiren Rijiju will also be present on the occasion.

The second NYPF was launched on December 23, 2020 through virtual mode. Around 2.34 lakh youth from across the country participated in the first stage. It was followed by State Youth Parliaments through virtual mode from January 1 to 5 this year.

The finals of the second NYPF will be held in the Central Hall of the Parliament on January 11.

Tejasvi Surya said it poses a danger to democracies. “Capitol Hill violence is highly condemnable. There can be no justification for breaking rule of law/incitement for violence But censorship of content by opaque algorithms of big data firms & danger it poses to democracy is a question all democracies must address,” he said. #FoE was strengthened

by SC in #ShreyaSinghal, a case of judiciary reinforcing our faith in Constitution Citizens decide what their opinions are & are free to express themselves. FB & Twitter serve as platforms of expression & shouldn’t curtail people’s will #RegulateBigTech,” Surya said.

“Dissent is fundamental to democracy & govt welcomes it. But only constitutional authorities can decide on its resonability Lately, we’ve witnessed a sea change in actions of #BigTech Cos which have themselves assumed this role Time for us to #RegulateBigTech (sic),” said Surya.

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C hennai , J an 1 0 (IANS): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K.Palaniswami on Sunday announced issuance of free datas card for college students.

In a statement issued here, Palaniswami said owing to Covid-19 pandemic, the colleges are holding online classes for students.

In order to enable the students to attend the online classes, the government has decided to give free data cards with usage capacity of 2 GB per day between January to April.

NEW DELHI, JAN 10 (IANS): Prominent office bearers of the BJP have launched a frontal assault against the big tech companies and social media platforms calling for their regulation after US President Donald Trump was deboarded from Twitter and Facebook.

BJP Yuva Morcha President and Lok Sabha MP Tejasvi Surya said in a tweet, “If a platform is free, know that you are the product that they’re selling Time has come for all concerned citizens of the world to revisit the free service business model of internet apps.”

Surya said self regulation of social media has failed. “Self regulation of SM has failed. Pvt firms can’t be platform, judge, jury & executioner - all in 1. IT Act envisages a method where irregularities on SM is reported to independent authorities & they objectively decide & direct firms to take action on content,” he added. “IT Act defines Big Tech firms as ‘intermediaries’. Sec 79 bars platforms from altering content & are exempt from liabilities But IT Intermediaries Guidelines Rules permit them to alter content. I’ve requested govt to address this anomaly,” he said in a series of tweets.

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Farmers vandalise ‘kisan mahapanchayat’ event

KARNAL (HAR), JAN 10 (PTI): Protesting farmers on Sunday vandalised the venue of a ‘kisan mahapanchayat’ programme at Kaimla village here where Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar was to address people to highlight the “benefits” of the Centre’s three agriculture laws.

The Haryana Police used water cannons and lobbed teargas shells to prevent the farmers from marching towards the village.

The farmers, however, reached the venue and damaged the makeshift helipad where Khattar’s chopper was to land despite elaborate security arrangements made by the police.

They later took control of the helipad and squatted on it. Some protesters also uprooted the tiles of the helipad.

The farmers disrupted the ‘kisan mahapanchayat’ prog ramme by damaging the stage and breaking chairs, tables and flower pots at the venue.

In the melee, stones were also pelted as police personnel ran for cover.

Angry farmers, mainly comprising youths, damaged the stage, tent and speakers at the venue. They also tore BJP hoardings and uprooted banners in the presence of policemen.

The farmers damaged the stage and broke chairs, tables and flower pots at the venue.

Under the banner of Bharatiya Kisan Union (Charuni), farmers, who have been demanding that the laws be repealed, had earlier announced to oppose the ‘kisan mahapanchayat’.

Har yana ministers Kanwar Pal Gujjar, Krishan Lal Panwar, Karnal MP Sanjay Bhatia and Gharaunda MLA Harvinder Kalyan were part of the programme before the agitating farmers took control of the venue.

“The programme was cancelled due to an unruly act by farmers at the behest of BKU leader Gurnam Singh Charuni,” BJP leader Raman Mallik said.

Police had made elaborate security arrangements for the chief minister’s visit to the village where he was to speak to people to highlight the “benefits” of the new farm laws.

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Police (Crime) Muhammad Akil was also present at the spot.

The protesting farmers earlier carried black flags and shouted slogans against the BJP-led government as they attempted to march towards Kaimla village.

Police had put up barricades at the entry points of the village to prevent the protesters from reaching the programme venue.

However, the farmers crossed the barricade put up at Gharaunda on the Kaimla road.

The police had also parked several trucks carrying sand at one of the roads to prevent the farmers from entering Kaimla village.

Karnal Superintendent of Police Ganga Ram Punia also tried to pacify the agitators, but in vain.

“All the farmers are here to whom the CM ‘sa-

hib’ intends to explain the farm laws. We will not allow the government to hold this programme,” a protestor said.

The farmers lambasted the Khattar-led dispensation in the state, saying it was holding a programme on the central farm laws at this point of time when farmers across the country have been protesting against the same.

“The government is trying to rub salt into our wounds with this ‘kisan mahapanchayat’ programme,” another protester added.

Some local villagers and BJP workers also had a face-off with the protesters after the latter reached the venue.

The policemen, who tried to pacify the agitating farmers, had also used mild cane charge to disperse them.

Reacting to the incident, Leader of Opposition Bhupinder Singh Hooda said the government should avoid confrontation with the protesting farmers.

“Farmers have certain apprehensions over the new farm Acts, the government should rather repeal these Acts as desired by the peasantry and avoid confrontation with them by holding functions like the mahapanchayat,” he said.

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ated his demand of convening an emergent session of the state assembly.

“This government has lost the faith of its legislators and people. The Congress wants to bring a no confidence motion against the Khattar government,” he said.

Har yana Cong ress chief Kumari Selja said the mahapanchayat convened

by Khattar did not get support from the people.

“The government had lost trust of the people,” she said.

AICC general secretary Randeep singh Surjewala said the proposed mahapanchayat was a “government sponsored” event which has been shown “its true picture” by the protesters.

Meanwhile, a purported video of Haryana BKU chief Gurnam Singh Charuni making an appeal to end the arrogance of the CM by not allowing him to address the mahapanchayat circulated on social media.

Notably, on January 6, the BKU (Charuni) had threatened that they would oppose the ‘kisan mahapanchayat’ programme.

Besides addressing the programme, the Haryana CM was also supposed to announce development works worth Rs 47 crore for Karnal.

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Chakhesang tribe celebrates 75 years of rechristening (From p-1) He also released a souvenir and book on customary laws published by CPO. Also speaking on the occasion as guest speaker, Rajya Sabha member KG Kenye acknowledged the efforts of the Chakhesang community in marching ahead on the path of progress, which he said was highly commendable. Henceforth, he suggested that the community should zealously safeguard and protect the collective interest against any internal dissent or external incitement.

Kenye said safeguarding unique customary laws should be the renewed vision of the community as they are the core issues

directly affecting lives, which must not be compromised under any circumstances.

Legislators Chotisuh Sazo and Kezhienyi Khalo also spoke at the gathering.

Presidents of Angami Public Organisation, Sumi Hoho and Pochury Hoho also extended greetings to the people.

CPO president Mikha Kenye delivered the presidential address while MLA Kuzholuzo Nienu delivered welcome address.

The act of blessing was pronounced by Rev Dr VK Nuh. Several tribal hoho leaders also present on the occasion. The celebration concluded with the adoption of a six-point resolution.

Bird flu: Authorities on alert in UP; Kanpur zoo closed for public LUCKNOW, JAN 10 (PTI): Amid an avian influenza scare in various states, officials in Uttar Pradesh have sounded a bird-flu alert, with the Kanpur Zoological Park being closed for the public till further orders and the Nawab Wajid Ali Shah Zoological Garden in Lucknow opting for preventive measures.

The Kanpur Zoological Park has been closed for visitors till further orders, after the samples taken from two dead birds found there tested positive for the avian influenza virus, an official said on Sunday.

The area within a one-

kilometre radius of the zoo has been declared an infected zone and culling of birds has begun there, Additional District Magistrate (City) of Kanpur Atul Kumar said.

“Four fowls and two parrots were found dead in the zoo in the last five days and the samples of two have tested positive (for bird flu),” he said. Kumar said the samples of the dead birds were sent to the animal disease laboratory in Bhopal, which confirmed the presence of the H-5 strain of bird flu in those.

“The zoo has been closed for visitors and morning walkers. The hospital

enclosure where the infected birds were placed has also been shut down,” he said.

A 10-kilometre area around the zoo has been cordoned off and declared a containment zone for an indefinite period by authorities and the shops selling chicken and eggs there have been asked to down shutters, an official said.

“We have imposed an indefinite ban on the transportation and entry of poultry products, including live birds and unprocessed poultry meat, in the district as a precautionary measure,” District Magistrate Alok Tiwari said.

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B e n g aluru, J an 10 (PTI): An all-women cockpit crew set out on a history journey, operating Air India’s inaugural San Francisco-Bengaluru flight, going over the North Pole and taking the Atlantic route to reach the Karnataka capital at the other end of the world.

The f light number AI176 left San Francisco on Saturday at 8.30 PM (local time) and would arrive here at 3.45 AM on Monday, according to Air India sources.

Union Minister for Civil Aviation, Hardeep Singh Puri tweeted, “Way to go girls! Professional, qualified & confident, the all women cockpit crew takes off from San Francisco to Bengaluru on @airindiain’s flight to fly over the North Pole.Our Nari Shakti achieves a historic first.”

Air India has said this will be the longest commercial flight in the world to be operated by it or any other airline in India.

The total flight time on this route will be more than 17 hours depending on the wind speed on that particular day, it had said in a statement on the eve of the historic flight.

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shunting of 1,118 (5.41 per cent) district SPs and DCPs within a year or between one and two years of their posting. A total of 602 such transfers took place within a year of their posting while 516 between one and two years, the data showed.

The maximum district SPs and DCPs transferred within a year were in Tamil Nadu (134) while between one and two years were in Maharashtra (133), it showed.

The year also witnessed shunting of 153 DIG/IG Range/Joint/ Additional CP-rank officers within a year of their posting and 112 between one and two years, totaling 265 (1.28 per cent) of all such transfers, according to the BPR&D figures.

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per cent) during the year, the data showed. Among the states and UTs, most SHOs -- 4,209 -- were transferred in Madhya Pradesh, according to the BPR&D, which functions under the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).

Deputy SPs and ACPs together accounted for 20.90 per cent of the transfers during 2019 -- 2,424 within a year of a posting and 1,891 between one and two years, totaling 4,315 such transfers, the data showed.

Most DySPs and ACPs -- 525-who were transferred within a year were posted in Tamil Nadu, while most transferred between one and two years were in Uttar Pradesh at 701, it revealed. The year also saw

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sioners (ACPs), district SPs (SPs), deputy commissioners (DCPs), deputy inspector general (DIGs), inspector general of range (IG Range), additional CPs, and police commissioners who were transferred within a year or between one and two years of their posting.

As per the BPR&D figures, 12 police commissioners were transferred within one year while another 12 transferred between one and two years of their posting. The maximum six such transfers took place in Tamil Nadu, it showed.

Among the most transferred were SHOs across the country -- 8,540 within a year and 6,375 between and two years of posting, totaling 14,915 transfers (72.27

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New Delhi, Jan 10 (PTI): Over 20,000 police officials across states and union territories were transferred in 2019 within a period of two years of their posting, with more than 70 per cent of the shunting happening at the station house officer (SHO) level, according to official data.

Altogether, there were 20,637 transfers of police officials during 2019 within two years of their field posting, the Bureau of Police Research & Development (BPR&D) stated in its latest data on police organisations updated till January 1, 2020.

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KATHMANDU, JAN 10 (IANS): Ahead of crucial Nepal-India Foreign Minister level talks that are likely to focus on seeking longterm solution of the boundary dispute, Nepal’s Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli on Sunday said they will retrieve the Nepali territories of Kalapani, Limpiyadhura and Lipulekh which have long been “occupied” by India.

Addressing the National Assembly, he said that one of the prime items on the agenda of Foreign Minister Pradeep Gyawali on his India visit is the boundary dispute.

Gyawali is visiting India on January 14 at the invitation of his Indian counterpart, S. Jaishankar to participate in the sixth Nepal-India Joint Commission meeting at the Foreign Minister level.

As per the Sugauli Treaty, Kalapani, Limpiyadhura and Lipulekh are located east of the Mahakali River and belong to Nepal, Oli said. “We will hold diplomatic talks with

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India and our Foreign Minister is also going to India,” he said.

“Today, we are facing difficulties to get back our land because Nepali rulers never made efforts to reclaim Nepali territories after Indian military forces started to station there following the India-China war in 1962. After the IndiaChina war, an Indian army battalion is stationed in Kalapani that Nepal has been claiming as its territory,” he said.

According to Oli, a notable initiative was made to

solve problems in the relations with India by holding comprehensive dialogue.

“Some had said the relations with India would be strained when a new map was issued by incorporating Limpiyadhura, Lipulekh and Kalapani as Nepali land but it did not happen.

“Now, the discussion with India is held on the basis of friendship. Nepali land will be retrieved at any cost,” he stressed while addressing the seventh session of the parliament.

He also said that ties with China are develop-

ing in a positive way. Oli said that road connection with China is improving, a new tunnel to connect Nepal and the Tibetan Autonomous Region of China is underway and “we are fairly doing well to improve ties with both neighbours, India and China”.

Oli, who rose on a nationalist plank in 2016 after India imposed a blockade, got over 63 per cent vote in the 2017 elections.

After not getting enough support from his Nepal Communist Party, he dissolved the House of Representatives on December 20 and recommended snap polls be held on April 30 and May 10. But his decision to dissolve the house and hold fresh polls has been challenged in the Supreme Court and the hearing is going on.

Oli’s decision to dissolve the house has sharply divided opinions inside Nepal and his own party, Nepal Communist Party is on the verge of split. A case is pending at the Elections Commission.

11 killed, 14 missing in Indonesia landslides

JA K A RTA , JA N 1 0 (IANS): Eleven people were killed, 17 injured and 14 others were reported missing as landslides struck Indonesia’s West Java province, a senior disaster agency official said on Sunday.

H e av y d ow n p o u r s triggered the landslides at Cihanjuan village of Sumedang district at about 4 p.m. on Saturday, burying eight people, head of Emergency Unit of Provincial Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) Budi Budiman told Xinhua. “When search and rescue operation for the victims was underway, suddenly other landslides occurred and buried several rescuers,” he said.

Additional landslides occurred later at 7,30 p.m., and among those buried by mud and rocks were the head of the emergency unit of the BPBD in the district and military commander in Cimanggung sub-district, Budiman said. “This is because the condition of the soils on the scene is unstable,” he added.

Pak faces massive power outage ISLAMABAD, JAN 10 (PTI): Several cities and towns across Pakistan plunged into darkness overnight following a major technical fault in the country’s power generation and distribution system, the energy minister said on Sunday.

The power outage was reported shortly before midnight almost simultaneously in many cities. Residents of Karachi, Rawalpindi, Lahore, Islamabad, Multan and others faced the blackout. Pakistan Energy Minister Omar Ayub Khan, along with Information Minister Shibli Faraz, told reporters that the power supply snapped at 11:41 pm on Saturday after a technical fault at Guddu power plant in Sindh province.

“It had what we call a ‘cascading effect’ and shut down the power system, choking about 10,320 megawatt of electricity,” he said, adding that it was the precise amount of energy needed for the entire country during the winter nights. The minister said that the power plant’s safety systems started

People are silhouetted on vehicles headlights on a dark street during widespread power outages in Rawalpindi. (AP)

shutting off automatically soon after it developed a fault, the Express Tribune reported. Khan said that PM Imran Khan has been informed of the entire situation, the report said.

He said that technical teams were working to fully restore the power supply.

The minister said that the electricity supply was restored fully or partially in many cities like Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Lahore, Multan, Karachi and Faisalabad but it would take some time before the restoration of normal supply. He said it was still unknown what exactly triggered the shut-

down that caused the drop in the system frequency from about 50 to zero.

“Our teams are working to pinpoint the cause of sudden drop in frequency,” he said, adding that three major supply lines originated from Guddu power plant and it was not known which was the first to experience the drop in frequency.

Earlier, Islamabad De puty Commissioner Hamza Shafqaat tweeted that the National Transmission Despatch Company’s lines have tripped, causing outage. “It will take sometime before everything gets back to normal,” he added.

IMF says China recovering fast 4 killed in US shooting rampage ahead of most big economies The recovery is still relying mostly on public support. Private investment has strengthened recently, but consumption is lagging. Growth rates and consumption recently have been higher, but the level of consumption compared to its pre-crisis trend is still rather low, he told reporters during a conference call on Saturday on the publication of the 2020 China Article IV Staff Report.

“China is recovering fast ahead of most large economies, but the recovery is still unbalanced and fac-

ing significant downside risks. We are seeing growth at around 2 per cent in 2020 and around 8 per cent in 2021. December numbers have been surprising on the upside, so there are some upside risks to that forecast,” said Berger.

On the other hand, he said that there are significant downside risks. Domestically, there is a pandemic risk that is still around. Also, the external environment has generally become a little bit more difficult for China and its economic relations with other countries.

hua news agency reported.

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WASHINGTON, JAN 10 (PTI): China is recovering fast ahead of most large economies, but the recovery is still unbalanced and facing significant downside risks, the IMF has said, projecting an eight per cent growth rate for the world’s second largest economy in 2021.

However, the main concern around the Chinese recovery that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has is the lack of balance, said Hlge Berger, Mission Chief for China and Assistant Director, Asia and Pacific Department of the IMF.

C H I C A G O, J A N 1 0 (IANS): At least four people were killed and two others severely injured in a shooting rampage in the US state of Illinois, a media report said, adding the suspect was shot and killed by the police.

The NBC Chicago report said the first shooting took place at a pharmacy in Chicago on Saturday afternoon, resulting in the death of a 30-year-old man, Xin-

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WASHINGTON, JAN 10 (PTI): The US has lifted the “self-imposed restrictions” on contacts between American and Taiwanese diplomats and officials, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has announced, ending a longstanding policy to “appease” China.

The move on Taiwan is likely to anger China and increase tensions between Washington and Beijing as the Trump administration enters its final days ahead of the inauguration of Joe Biden as president on January 20.

China regards Taiwan as a breakaway province that must be reunified with the mainland, even by force. But Taiwan’s leaders assert that it is a sovereign state.

In a statement on Saturday, Pompeo said, “for several decades the State Department has created complex internal restrictions to regulate our diplomats, service members, and other officials’ interactions with their Taiwanese counterparts.”

The US has maintained close ties with Taiwan since it split from mainland China in 1949 after the end of a civil war.

B u t u n t i l r e c e n t ly Washington has avoided major displays of friendship so as to not antagonise Beijing, which continues to view the self-governing democracy of around 24 million people as an inseparable part of its territory.

Referring to Taiwan as a “reliable” and “unofficial” partner, Pompeo, a staunch critic of China, added that the US executive branch agencies should consider “contact guidelines” regarding relations with Taiwan previously issued by the State Department to be “null and void.”

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India 98 for 2 on Day 4 of 3rd Test Kerala Blasters beat Jamshedpur 3-2

SYDNEY, JAN 10 (IANS): India lost openers Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill on Sunday in their pursuit of the 407-run target set by Australia in the ongoing third Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG).

At Stumps on Day Four, the visitors reached 98/2, having lost the wickets of Sharma (52) and Gill (31), still needing 309 runs with eight wickets in hand to take a 2-1 lead in the ongoing four-match series.

Earlier, Australia declared their second innings at 312/6, riding on brilliant half centuries from Cameron Green, Steve Smith and Marnus Labuschagne.

Resuming the day at 103/2, overnight batsmen Labuschagne (73) and Smith added 35 before the former was caught behind by substitute wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha, down the leg-side off the bowling of Navdeep Saini. Matthew Wade (4) followed soon after as he edged one off Saini also to Saha.

Smith and Green saw Australia off to the end of the first session with no further damage, adding 34.

Resuming the postlunch session at 182/4, Smith and Green collected runs at a brisk pace and scored boundaries at will, thus adding pressure on the Indian bowlers. Smith (81), however, missed out on his second century of the match as he got out lbw against

Australia’s Steve Smith bats during play on day four of the third cricket test between India and Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia, Sunday. (AP/PTI)

off spinner Ravichandran Ashwin for the third time in the series.

Skipper Tim Paine, who came in next, started off slowly but once he got set, he punished the Indian bowlers and alongside

Green, hit the ball to all parts of the ground. Green, in particular, was highly impressive as he scored his maiden half-century.

The hosts were also helped by poor fielding by the Indian players who

dropped plenty of catches.

After reaching the milestone, the all-rounder unleashed and scored four sixes before getting out and bringing an end to his 132ball inning. Chasing a mammoth target, Sharma and

Gill once again provided India with a good start as the duo added 71-runs for the opening wicket. Both the batters collected runs at a brisk pace.

However, just when things seemed to be under control for the Indian team, Gill got out to a peach of a delivery from Josh Hazlewood in the 23rd over as he was caught behind.

Cheteshwar Pujara, who came in next, survived some nervy moments in the initial stage of his innings.

Criticised heavily for his slow batting in the first innings, Pujara continued to bat in the same manner and shared a 21-run partnership with Sharma, who after reaching the 50-run milestone, fell prey to a bouncer bowled by Pat Cummins.

Trying to hit a maximum, the 32-year-old was caught at fine-leg boundary by Mitchell Starc and thus, provided a big boost to the hosts. Pujara (9*) and skipper Ajinkya Rahane (4*) then made sure India didn’t lose any further wicket till the end of the day’s play.

Australia had made 338 in the first innings and bowled India out for 244 in theirs.

Brief scores: India 244 and 98/2 at Stumps on Day 4 (Rohit Sharma 52, Shubman Gill 31; Josh Hazlewood 1/11), Australia 338 and 312/6 decl (Cameron Green 84, Steve Smith 81; Navdeep Saini 2/54)

PANAJI/ BAMBOLIM, JAN 10 (AGENCIES): Ten-man Kerala Blasters edged Jamshedpur FC 3-2 in a hard-fought contest in the ISL 2020-21, at the Tilak Maidan Stadium in Vasco.

Desperate for three points, the Men in Yellow started on the right note, taking the lead through Costa Nhamoinesu in the 22nd minute. But Jamshedpur FC restored parity through their talismanic striker Nerjus Valskis in the 36th minute. The Blasters had a couple of golden opportunities in the first half, but on both occasions Jordan Murray missed with only the goalkeeper to beat.

The second half saw Blasters defender Lalruatthara pick up his second yellow card and get the marching orders. But the 10-man Blasters continued to attack, with Murray making amends by restoring the lead in the 79th minute. Three minutes later, a fumble from Jamshedpur custodian T.P. Rehenesh allowed Murray to make it 3-1.

Though Valskis pulled one back with a pin-point header in the 84th minute, the Blasters managed to keep their slender lead and take three points, thus pulling themselves from the bottom of the 11-team table to the 10th position.

Nerijus Valskis of Jamshedpur FC celebrates after scoring a goal during the ISL match, Sunday. (PTI)

Odisha, Chennaiyin play out goalless draw

Odisha and Chennaiyin were unable to convert their chances and played out a goalless draw at the GMC Stadium on Sunday.

The match was a cagey affair but both teams had clear chances on the goal which were undone by wayward shooting.

That Odisha had only three shots on target while Chennaiyin managed just two (of the twelve shots they took) exemplified how much both sides cancelled out each other. Chennaiyin, the better side in terms of possession, had a couple of chances to get a winner but their forwards were unable

to net them. It was Chennaiyin who dominated the opening exchanges, creating multiple chances in the opening quarter. They had their first big chance during the second minute, but Rahim Ali failed to put his team up ahead. A long ball found him through on goal with only Odisha keeper Arshdeep Singh to beat. But his final touch was too heavy and allowed Arshdeep to come out and smother the ball.

Monday’s Match ATK Mohun Bagan Vs Mumbai City FC Time: 7:30 pm

LaMelo Ball becomes youngest player Racist abuse of Indian players mars Sydney Test in NBA history to score triple-double Cricket Australia apologises, International Cricket Council seeks report North Carolina, JAN 10 (AGENCIES): LaMelo Ball became the youngest player in NBA history to score a triple-double as Charlotte Hornets beat the Atlanta Hawks 113105.

At 19 years and 140 days old, Ball surpassed Markelle Fultz (19 years and 317 days) to claim the record with his 22 points, 12 rebounds and 11 assists.

Ball is only the fifth rookie in NBA history to record a triple-double.

“A 19-year-old rookie does not look like this,” said Hornets head coach James Borrego. “This is rare what you’re seeing.”

Ball is the first player to come off the bench to score a triple-double for the Hornets, who recorded their third straight win.

The third overall pick in the 2020 draft, he had narrowly missed out on his first triple-double just two nights previously with his 12 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists in his side’s win over his brother Lonzo’s New Orleans Pelicans.

“I live my life and I know what I’m capable

Charlotte Hornets guard LaMelo Ball drives down court during the second half against the Atlanta Hawks, Jan 9.

of, so stuff like this doesn’t move me like that,” Ball said. “I know that’s supposed to happen.”

Elsewhere, Easter n Conference leaders the Philadelphia 76ers fell to a 115-103 defeat by the Denver Nuggets, ending their 20-game winning streak at home.

The Sixers had only seven players available, due to both injury and the NBA’s health and safety guidelines, leading head coach Doc Rivers to say before the game that it should be postponed.

But play pressed on, with Gary Harris top-scoring with 21 points for the Nuggets and Nikola Jokic adding 15 points, 12 assists and nine rebounds.

Last season’s finalists Miami Heat ran out 128-124 winners at the Washington Wizards as Tyler Herro scored a season and gamehigh 31 points.

There was a seasonhigh too for DeMar DeRozan as his 38 helped the San Antonio Spurs to a narrow three-point victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves.

SYDNEY/NEW DELHI, JAN 10 (PTI): Indian cricketers, especially pacer Mohammed Siraj, endured racist slurs for a second successive day in the third Test against Australia here, causing a brief halt in fourth day’s play, expulsion of some spectators from the ground and an all-round condemnation of the incidents.

Siraj, still grieving the death of his father a little over a month ago, was called a “Brown Dog” and “Big Monkey” from the SCG stands, BCCI sources told PTI. The 26-year-old, on his maiden tour Down Under, followed the protocol and promptly went up to his skipper Ajinkya Rahane and the on-field umpires, who halted play for about 10 minutes and called in the security, which evicted six people.

This was after the bowler and his senior pace partner Jasprit Bumrah were abused by a drunk man on Saturday. The BCCI has already complained about it to ICC match referee David Boon. “As series hosts, we unreservedly apologise to our friends in the In-

dian cricket team and assure them we will prosecute the matter to its fullest extent,” said Sean Carroll, Cricket Australia’s Head of Integrity and Security, in a press release affirming zero tolerance to racism.

“Once those responsible are identified, CA will take the strongest measures possible under our AntiHarassment Code, including lengthy bans, further sanctions and referral to NSW (New South Wales) Police,” he added.

In Dubai, the ICC also issued a statement, condemning the turn of events and seeking an action taken report from CA. Senior off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin articulated the Indian players’ deep sense of hurt at the end-of-play press conference, saying it wasn’t the first time in Sydney.

“Look, I would like to point out something. This is my fourth tour to Australia.

Sydney, especially here, we have had a few experiences even in the past,” Ashwin said. “I personally experienced it as well. They do tend to get nasty. I don’t know why or for what reason,” he added and called

Police talk to spectators as the game is stopped after a complaint by Indian players during play on day four of the third cricket test between India and Australia Jan. 10. (AP/PTI)

for an iron fisted response to such diatribes.

Australia coach Justin Langer expressed his disgust too, calling racism one of his greatest pet hates.

“I mean, I have hated it as a player, I have hated it as a coach, we have seen in different parts of the world, it is really sad to see this happen in Australia,” he said, disappointed that racial abuse has overshadowed the engaging

cricket that has been played in the match.

Australia looked on course for a victory after setting the visitors a target of 407 on Sunday. At stumps, India were two down for 98.

The incidents of racial abuse revived memories of the infamous ‘Monkeygate’ episode during the 2007-08 series. Incidentally, that controversy too flared up during

the Sydney Test when Andrew Symonds claimed that Harbhajan Singh hurled the racist slur at him multiple times.

However, the Indian off-spinner, who denied the charge, was cleared after a hearing on the matter.

On Saturday, the abuses were directed at Bumrah and Siraj while they were fielding during the Australian second innings.

Chelsea thrash Morecambe 4-0 in FA Cup Nagaland to face Chandigarh

Chelsea team players celebrate after their score against Morecambe on Sunday.

LO N D O N , J A N 1 0 (AGENCIES): Chelsea eased into the fourth round of the FA Cup with a 4-0 win over Morecambe on Sunday to end a three-match run without a victory.

Perhaps in a sign of the growing pressure on his position after a run of one win in seven games in all

competitions, Frank Lampard named a very strong team for the visit of the League Two side to Stamford Bridge.

Mason Mount’s fine strike on the midfielder’s 22nd birthday opened the scoring before Timo Werner ended a goal drought of 827 minutes shortly before half-

time. Callum Hudson-Odoi got his side’s third and only goalkeeper Mark Halstead denied the Blues further goals until Kai Havertz powered in a late header.

Morecambe almost snatched a shock lead with 11 minutes played, Kepa Arrizabalaga - on his 100th Chelsea appearance - doing

well to stop Adam Phillips’ drilled cross from going over the line. Chelsea’s breakthrough came with 18 minutes gone, Mount given time to pick his spot from 20 yards out, leaving goalkeeper Halstead with little chance.

Werner had missed an early header but could not pass up the chance to make it 2-0 just before half-time, the forward prodding into an empty net after Havertz headed back across goal.

Havertz should have made it 4-0 only for Halstead to block at the near post and the keeper made a second fine stop to deny Christian Pulisic on the rebound, the keeper’s best moment of a good display. He could do nothing to prevent Haverz from finding the back of the net five minutes from time, though, the midfielder meeting Cesar Azpilicueta’s deep cross with a thumping header.

Man City ease past Birmingham

Manchester City eased into the fourth round of the FA Cup thanks to a Bernardo Silva-inspired 3-0 win at home to Birmingham City on Sunday. Pep Guardiola made the somewhat surprising decision to name what was essentially his strongest possible XI, and their superior quality was telling from the start as they quickly raced into a 2-0 lead.

Silva opened the scoring with a gorgeous volley and swiftly doubled City’s advantage to cap off a fine move in the 15th minute, before Phil Foden effectively killed off any hopes of a Birmingham comeback before the interval. Silva passed up the chance to complete his hat-trick as he dragged wide when the ball fell kindly for him, and that proved to be his final opportunity as City settled for a 3-goal victory.

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Nagaland senior men’s team after practice at Chennai on the eve of the T20 match against Chandigarh.

D I M A P U R , Jan 1 0 (NPN): Team Nagaland will be facing Chandigarh in the Senior Men’s T20 trophy match on January 11 at Chennai for the season 2020-21.

The Nagaland team is captained by Jonathan Rongsung with Kawaljeet

Singh (Hyderabad) as head coach.

Live scores of the match will be available at bcci.tv from 12 noon and for all other matches.

Top team of the group will qualify for the knock out round at Ahmedabad.

Fixture (Plate Group F)

11-1-21, 12 noon - Nagaland Vs Chandigarh 13-1-21, 12 noon - Nagaland Vs Arunachal 15-1-21, 12 noon - Nagaland. Vs Sikkim 17-1-21, 12 noon - Nagaland Vs Mizoram 19-1-21, 12 noon - Nagaland Vs Manipur

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