July 16, 2020

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NPF to move HC on speaker’s ruling Correspondent

KOHIMA, JUL 15 (NPN): Describing as “arbitrary” the dismissal of its disqualification petition against its seven suspended rebel MLAs by the Nagaland Legislative Assembly (NLA) Speaker Sharingain Longkumer, NPF Legislature Party (NPFLP) leader T.R. Zeliang said the party has decided to move the high court with the consent of party president Dr. Shürhozelie Liezietsu.

Briefing media persons at the NLA here Wednesday, Zeliang said the decision was taken at the NPF legislature meeting here Wednesday but none of the suspended rebel MLAs were invited. Speaker Sharingain on Tuesday dismissed the disqualification petition against the seven NPF MLAs on the plea that they had not attracted provisions under the Tenth Schedule.

The NPF legislature however maintained that the seven rebel MLAs by openly defying the party , had voluntarily given up membership of the party, a contention which did not find favour with the Speaker.

NPF had filed the peti-

Patton, BJP legislators test negative in Delhi DIMAPUR, JUL 15 (NPN): Dispelling rumours that some legislators had tested positive for COVID19 after coming in contact with a driver attached to Nagaland House in New Delhi, an official attached to deputy chief minister’s office claimed that test results of all the legislators turned out to be negative and urged everyone not to create confusion.

The official said deputy chief minister Y Patton and his party colleagues would soon reach Dimapur.

But they would quarantine themselves at a government quarantine centre by following the standard operating procedure and other official guidelines despite initial tests and subsequent TrueNat tests proved negative.

Odd-even system extended in Kohima DIMAPUR, JUL 15 (NPN): Kohima district administration has extended the implementation of ‘OddEven’ system for movement of private vehicles under the jurisdiction of Kohima municipality except on Sundays with immediate effect and remain in force till July 31, 2020.

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tion over a year back seeking disqualification of the rebel MLAs for openly defying party decision to back the Congress candidate in the recently concluded Lok Sabha election in 2019.

While acknowledging that the proceedings on Tuesday was held in fair manner for the first time in NLA history, Zeliang however said the order was “arbitrary” and that justice had not been delivered.

The fate of the seven suspended rebel NPF MLAs will hang on the outcome of a judgment by the high court. The MLAs against whom NPF had filed the disqualification petition included- Kejong Chang, E E Pangteang, Eshak Konyak, B S Nganlang Phom, Toyang Changkong Chang, N Thongwang Konyak and CL John.

Governor meeting WC a positive sign: Zeliang also welcomed the political talks held between Governor of Nagaland and Interlocutor R.N. Ravi and Working Committee of the seven Naga National Political Groups (NNPGs) in Dimapur Tuesday.

He expressed happiness at the progress of the talks at a time when the current pandemic appeared to have put everything on hold.

However, Zeliang said NPF was unaware of what was discussed at the meeting.

Zeliang also hoped that the process should also resume with NSCN (IM).

He expressed the hope that the resumption of talks would bring the final result very soon. “The approach was appreciable and a good step forward after a long time,” he said.

S t a t e B J P c h i e f ’s appeal to UGs: Zeliang also said he fully endorsed the recent appeal made by Temjen Imna Along to undergrounds (UGs) to exempt higher education department from any demand. He also expressed the hope that other ministers would also do the same. He added that the point now was how the

State COVID-19 tally now 902 NAGALAND COVID-19 STATUS AS ON july 15, 2020 District Dimapur Kiphire Kohima Longleng Mokokchung Mon Peren Phek Tuensang Wokha Zunheboto Total

ACTIVE CASES Asymptomatic Mild 152 15 0 0 104 0 2 0 5 0 83 0 154 0 8 0 28 0 1 0 2 0 539 15

DIMAPUR, JUL 15 (NPN): With six more COVID-19 positive cases reported from Dimapur on Wednesday, the state’s total tally crossed the 900-mark, while one each from Dimapur and Kohima recovered from the infection.

In a tweet, Health minister S. Pangnyu Phom said out of 170 samples, 6 had tested positive for COVID19 in Dimapur.

All the positive persons were receiving medical care at the designated COVID-19

Recovered

Total Cases

161 0 78 0 0 0 81 9 16 0 3 348

327 0 182 2 5 83 236 17 44 1 5 902

hospitals and COVID Care Centres and active surveillance and contact tracing was in progress to prevent further spreading of the infection.

Further, Pangnyu also said that two patient-- one each from Kohima and Dimapur had recovered.

“We are monitoring the recovered patients under close observation,” he added. With this the total number cases in the state stood at 902-- 554 active and 348 recovered.

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The 4-lane arch bridge over Sanuorü river, Wednesday. (NP)

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Temporary entry ban on import of essentials to 4 dists DIMAPUR, JUL 15 (NPN): In view of the rise in COVID-19 cases in the neighbouring state, three business bodies-- MCCI, ZCCI, TCCI and LCCI have decided to temporarily restrict entry of all vehicles importing essential commodities and other goods into the districts with effect from July 16.

This was done so to curtail possible community spread of the pandemic, presidents of-- Mokokchung Chamber of Commerce & Industry Tsukti Longkumer, Tuensang Chamber of Commerce & Industry Dorothy Chang, Longleng Chamber of Commerce & Industry A. Bonshi Phom and Zunheboto Chamber of Commerce & Industry Kikheto Muru stated. They also appealed to the public to not panic and assured that enough essential items were available.

Further, they also urged the state government and respective District Task Force for COVID-19 to understand that the restriction was being applied in larger public interest and should not be construed as a contravention of laid down SOPs.

KO H I M A , J U L 1 5 (NPN): Construction of the four-lane arch bridge over Sanuorü river would be completed within 12 months. This was stated

by PWD (R&B) south division executive engineer Vizotuo Seletsu, who is supervising the ongoing

construction, during a media interaction at the site on Wednesday.

Despite missing the deadline to complete the two-lane arch Sanuorü bridge by March-April, the department and contractors expressed the confidence that the fourlane arch bridge would be completed within the

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Drug smuggling case: Manipur Cong demands CM’s resignation Correspondent

IMPHAL, JUL 15: Manipur Congress Wednesday demanded resignation of chief minister N Biren Singh on morale ground after he was accused of favouring a drug kingpin in an affidavit of an MPS officer.

The opposition also demanded handing over the drug haul case involving former ADC chairman, who was also a BJP leader, to a neutral investigative agency like CBI in the interest of justice.

Demands of Congress come in the backdrop of recent allegations against high profile persons (a state BJP leader claiming to be a close acquaintance of state chief minister and top police officers in favour of the accused drug smuggler of the infamous 2018 drug haul case) in an affidavit submitted to High Court of Manipur on last Monday.

MPS officer Th Brinda, who served as additional SP of Narcotic and Affairs of Border (NAB), in her affidavit to the High Court of Manipur gave a detailed ac-

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count of pressure mounted on her while investigating into the case.

Brinda is facing a suo motu contempt case for her “offensive” remarks on Facebook allegedly undermining and criticising the judiciary after the alleged drug kingpin Lhukhosei Zhou was granted a three-week bail by the court of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act in the 2018 drug haul case.

Zou, who was then serving as chairman of the Autonomous District Council (ADC), Chandel was arrested by a team of the Narcotics and Affairs of Border in 2018 from his official quarters at Lamphel reportedly with 4.6kg of heroin powder

and 2,80,200 numbers of “World is Yours” tablets estimated to be worth around Rs 28 crore.

While describing the details of the sequence after drugs were seized from Zou, the MPS officer alleged that in 2018 after arresting Zou with drugs from his residence, a BJP leader came to her residence and pleaded to release Zou as he was an ADC member.

The same politician came more than once to Brinda’s place seeking the release of Zou, according to the affidavit.

After submitting the charge sheet on December 14, 2018, Brinda was called for a meeting with the DG and DG asked the whereabouts of the charge sheet.

The chief minister wanted the charge sheet removed from the court, she was told, according to the affidavit.

Even the IO of the case was asked to withdraw the charge sheet. An advocate and one SP had been to the court making attempts to remove the charge sheet, she alleged.

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PCAN seeks spl assistance from govt NDPP reacts to statements DIMAPUR, JUL 15 (NPN): Highlighting impact of COVID-19 pandemic on educational institutions in Nagaland, the Private College Association Nagaland (PCAN) has appealed to state government to grant a special financial stimulus to the private colleges and also enhance the annual grant-in-aid.

In a letter addressed to the state chief minister, PCAN president Dr. PS Lorin and general secretary Vezuhu Keyho also sought one-time financial assistance to compensate the loss during this Covid-19 pandemic by helping the students through fee reimbursement or some other creative solution. PCAN pointed out that private colleges of Nagaland charged amongst one of the lowest fees in the country.

PCAN also suggested the state government extend a special package in terms of one time grants/

assistance of 30 to 50% of students fees to compensate the lockdown impact of Covid 19 pandemic directly to the needy students.

It asserted that without a special financial dispensation from the state government, the private colleges did not have the liquidity to pay faculty and staff.

Further, appreciating the state government for setting up the Core Group for Economic Affairs to work out strategies and action plans for strengthening the State Economy vis-avis Covid-19, the PCAN requested that the Core Group for Economic Affairs to consider the dire situation and needs of the 44 private colleges of Nagaland.

PCAN pointed out that the Higher Education budget during 2018-19 was 113.01 crore and allocation to Private Colleges was Rs 0.64 crore, which it said constituted a meager 0.57%

Sanuorü bridge to be completed in 12 months

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“Couldn’t register this vehicle due to lockdown.

So it’s neither odd or even number.”

UGs would react to his appeal and how Temjen would take the matter forward, otherwise Temjen was “absolutely right”.

Arunachal incident: Zeliang condemned the encounter between security forces and NSCN (I-M) in Arunachal Pradesh where six cadres were killed. He said both sides should maintain the ceasefire ground rules. “We always oppose to such encounters and killings taking place despite the ceasefire agreement. The incident was unfortunate,” he stated, while stressing that such incidents should not recur in future.

On Governor’s letter: On governor’s letter dated June 16,2020 to chief minister Neiphiu Rio, Zeliang observed that as the matter involved head of the executive and constitutional head of the State. He said it was the duty of the government of the day to minutely discuss and reply to every point raised in the Governor’s letter. He said if the government failed to do that then people will suffer due to lack of governance. He added that there was a vast difference “between government and governance”.

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12 months. Earlier on November 25, 2019, contractors KC Angami and Vilelie Khamo assured chief minister Neiphiu Rio that the two-lane road would be completed

by March-April 2020, while the four-lane bridge would be completed and handed over before the 2020 Hornbill Festival.

It may be mentioned that the bridge over Sanuorü stream was washed away during the 2016 monsoon season.

During the media interaction, the executive engineer admitted that the department had failed to complete the two-lane bridge by April and attributed this to the poor condition of the Dimapur-Kohima road, due to which the materials could not be brought to the site on time, and lockdown

owing to COVID-19 outbreak. However, he assured that irrespective of the monsoon or winter season, the department was committed in completing the bridge within one full working season.

Explaining that arch was the heart of the bridge, he acknowledged that its construction was taking time and causing delay in the construction. He, however, assured that the two-lane arch would be completed by this month.

Despite the work order having been issued on July 14, 2016, Seletsu said actual work of earth cutting began only on July 15, 2019. He asserted that finance was not a constraint and claimed that the contractors were giving priority in completing the project at the earliest.

of the total budget of H.E. Stating that there was no significant change during 2019-20, the association has, however, expressed hope that it would be changed in subsequent years.

PCAN has urged the state government and responsible departments to strategise their vision statements, planning and policy decisions to overhaul and upgrade the existing system by taking forward the stakeholders for future posterity.

Meanwhile, PCAN has expressed hope that the state government must be considering its earlier appeal.

While highlighting some few concerns in the field of higher education, the Private College Association Nagaland had on April 23, 2020 appealed to the state government to consider reopening of educational institutions.

DoSE warns against school reopening DIMAPUR, JUL 15 (NPN): Principal Director School Education Shanavas C, has warned schools that reopening of schools in any manner in violation of the ‘lockdown order’ is strictly prohibited.

He warned that severe disciplinary action including invoking Section 188 IPC will be initiated against the head of Institutions and members of the school management committees/ boards violating the lockdown order as per appropriate provisions of law.

The department said that it has taken note of a few schools that have reportedly issued notifications regarding conduct of examinations/resuming of classes etc. in violation of the lockdown order issued by the state government.

DIMAPUR, JUL 15 (NPN): NDPP on Wednesday reacted to the recent statements made by the opposition NPF and former chief minister and former governor, Dr. S.C. Jamir.

NDPP rebuffed NPF’s call for PDA government to step down owing to spike in COVID-19 cases in the State and termed the demand as not only absurd but bordering on insanity.

Pointing to rise of COVID-19 cases across the world, NDPP reasoned that if the rising numbers were to be attributed to the failure of the government, then people world over should be clamouring for their respective governments to step down.

Reacting to NPF president Dr Shurhozelie Liezietsu supporting the stand taken by his party, the ruling party expressed surprise how an octogenarian politician and a former chief minister could defend and support such a stand. It said the veteran leader, who had been

a member of the cabinet on numerous occasions, was expected to be aware that governments could not be made to step down at whims and fancies of the opposition. NDPP accused the opposition party of creating confusion in the minds of the people by repeatedly stating that governor RN Ravi had lost confidence in the government.

But NDPP pointed out that the governor in his letter to chief minister Neiphiu Rio had at no time mentioned that he had lost confidence in the government, adding such callous statements made by the so called oldest regional party were unbecoming and immature.

Pointing out that PDA welcomed constructive criticisms in order to bring about good governance and welfare to the people, NDPP however asserted that it would not remain silent when such criticisms were based on lies and decep(Cont’d on p-8) tion.

State NPP unit concerned over extension of AFSPA DIMAPUR, JUL 15 (NPN): NPP has expressed concern over extension of the draconian Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act or ASFPA in the State by another six months at a time when the State was looking forward towards a peaceful and lasting solution to the vexed Naga political issue during the tenure of governor RN Ravi, who is also the Centre’s interlocutor in the peace talks with various Naga national political groups.

In a statement, the party’s State unit also termed as worrisome that people of Nagaland had remained silent over extension of ASFPA while raising hue and cry over the ban on sale and consumption of dog meat.

NPP said the State government should understand the ground realities and properly apprise the Central government that peace and tranquillity was revisiting Nagaland and that all national political workers, civil

society organisations, political parties, etc, were eager and enthusiastic over resolution of the Indo-Naga political problem, recognised not only by the Indian government but also by international forums.

Under such a situation, the party pointed out that declaring the entire State of Nagaland as a disturbed area would only send wrong signals to the people. It hoped the Central government would introspect on its hasty decision of extending the inhuman Act in the whole of Nagaland for another six months and review it at the parliament level to repeal it as soon as possible.

NPP further requested the State government to promptly take up the matter of repealing AFSPA with the Prime Minister and conclude the Naga peace talks as soon as possible so that the efforts of “our predecessors” to usher in an era of peace and good will did not go in vain.

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DLCW-MSK Mokokchung conduct various activities

A hoarding appreciating women frontline workers against COVID-19 displayed in Mokokchung.

DIMAPUR: District administration and the District Level Centre for Women (DLCW) - Mahila Shakti Kendra (MSK), Mokokchung under the

banner of Beti Bachao Beti Padhao carried out various online competitions during the month of May and June 2020.

A press release by

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

2 Timothy 4:7 ‘I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.’

1929 – 5.07.2020 With deep sense of gratitude, we the family & relatives express our sincere and heartfelt gratitude to all those who stood by us with prayers, physically, materially and financially during the prolonged illness and at the sad bereavement of our beloved mother Late Kuqheli Ghulakha Wotsa (Prayer House Keeper, NCRC Sümi, Pughoboto Town) of Mishilimi Village on the 5th of July, 2020.

We deeply regret our inability to mention and thank each and every individual for your kind sympathy in our moment of despair, but we pray that Almighty God bless you all abundantly for your kind deeds.

Loving brothers, children, grand children & relatives.

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DLCW Mokokchung stated that, various competitions consisted of father & daughter selfie competition, skit competition on account of World Day against Child

DC Mon reminds on COVID-19 guidelines DIMAPUR: In view of the lifting of total lockdown on July 15 in Mon district, DC Mon, Thavaseelan K has notified that the following guidelines will be enforce in the whole of Mon district till further orders.

According to DIPR report, everyone should treat himself/herself as asymptomatic carriers of COVID19 and should take necessary safety precautions and stigmatization of returnees release from the quarantine centres, wearing of mask is compulsory in public places, in workplace and during transport. A fine of Rs.100 will be imposed for violation.

Spitting of public places is strictly prohibited, selling of tobacco, gutka and other tobacco products is strictly banned. Persons above 65years and children below 10years are advised to stay at home except medical emergencies. Large public gathering for social, religious, cultural, academic purpose will continue to remain prohibited. Not more than 20 people will be permitted in case of funerals. The concerned ward/village task force are strictly enforce this provision. All shop owners will sell goods to customers only upon production of the household movement permit/authorization letter issued by the district administration. Hair cutting saloons, beauty parlours, hotel and dine in restaurants will remain closed. Home delivery is permitted. Only one person per household is allowed to come out for procuring essential commodities

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

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

2 Timothy 4:7

10/02/1985 – 10/07/2020

Lt. VICALIE YASHÜ Pastor Gospel Mission Church Chumoukedima Founder & President Go Light Your World Ministry You were a good father, a loving husband, dearest in the family, a good shepherd and an anointed servant of God. You are now with the One, whom you have lived and served wholeheartedly throughout your life. You will always be remembered fondly but your legacy of faith and soul winning will continue to live on.

We the family and church members of Lt Vicalie Yashü offers our heartfelt gratitude to all the churches, servants of God, believers, ministry partners, well-wishers, friends, people from various villages, colonies and neighbours who supported us prayerfully, financially, physically and morally from the time of his sickness and departure.

We sincerely regret our inability to mention and thank everyone individually but may our loving Heavenly Father who is all-knowing bless you all with abundance of blessings.

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Labor, debate competition basing on the women, home music video of Girls’ Band. All the winners were awarded with cash prizes and certificates and the participants with certificates and gift hampers.

Furthermore, the top scoring girls of HSLC and HSSLC from government schools under the district at the recently declared state board exam along with the state toppers among the girls from the district were awarded with cash and certificates as part of the BBBP campaign component.

The best performer anganwadi workers from all six ICDS projects were also felicitated with cash prize along with certificates on July 14.

Hoardings appreciating the women front line workers of COVID-19 were put up at different junctions in and around Mokokchung district.

Loving wife, children, families, in-laws & church members

and withdrawing of cash from the banks/ATMs. Failure to do so will invite strict disciplinary action under section 188 of the IPC. Vehicles plying from Assam carrying essential commodities for Mon town and various subdivisions will be allowed from Monday and Saturday. The total lockdown will continue to remain enforce in containment zones unless notified otherwise. All activities within containment zones will be strictly monitored by the ward task force, village task force for delivery of essential goods/ services. Any person violating these measures will be liable to be prosecuted against as per the provisions of the section 51 to 60 of the Disaster Management Act, 2005, besides legal action under section 188 of the IPC and other legal provisions as applicable. In another order, DC informed that the following activities are banned with immediate effect, commercial import and trading of dogs and dog markets and commercial sale of dog meat in markets and dine in restaurants. Any person found violating this order shall be punished under Section 428 & 429 of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960, Section 11 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 and any such other provision of law as may be applicable.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Late T. Richungkiu Tikhir Born on: 01/03/1961 – Died on:11/07/2020 We the bereaved family of Late T. Richungkiu Tikhir would like to extend our heartfelt gratitude to all the individuals, organizations and societies who extended their support and prayer during the prolonged illness and demise of our beloved father and in times of our grievances.

We’d like to mention some: 1. Tikhir Baptist Church Kiphire 9. CIHSR (Referral) Hospital 2. Youth Department TBCK Dimapur 3. Women Department TBCK 10. Mission Compound Ward 4. Tikhir Baptist Church Dimapur Kiphire 5. Tikhir Tribal Union Kiphire 11. Tikhir Women Association 6. Anatongre Village Union Kiphire 12. Tikhir Women Union Kiphire 7. Tikhir Students’ Union Kiphire 13. Er.S.I Asangba, EE (Electrical) 8. Agriculture Department Kiphire and family.

Loving family and relatives.

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We the family members of Late Nrio Humtsoe would like to thank each and every individual who supported us physically, financially and spiritually during the prolonged illness and ultimate demise of our beloved father on 15th June 2020. As it would be inadequate to thank individually, we convey this message of acknowledgement as an expression of our deepest gratitude to one and all. May our Almighty God bless you all abundantly.

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Loving Wife, In-Laws, Children and Grand Children

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT We, the bereaved family of Lt. RONGSENYASHI, S/o Mr. Watilemba & Mrs. Watisangla, extend our profound gratitude to all our well wishers who stood and supported us physically, morally, materially, financially and spiritually at the sudden demise of our beloved.

We also convey our special thanks to: 1. The Commandant of 10th NAP BN (Indian Reserve) Zhadima, Nagaland.

2. The Superintendent of Police, Phek.

3. 10th NAP BN (IR) Baptist Church, Zhadima 4. 10th IR Unit.

5. Zuketsa Pfutsero Sub-Division.

6. “A” Coy 2 Platoon Khezakeno Police Station 7. 10th NAP (IR) “C” Coy Fellowship.

8. ADHOC Coy 10th NAP BN (IR) 9. Echo Coy 10th NAP BN (IR) 10. Friends from Chakhesang Community, Pfutsero 11. Ao Baptist Church, Pfutsero 12. Changtongya Village Council 13. Sunrise Ward Union Changtongya Town 14. Changtongya Town Baptist Church 15. Sabang Züngar Changtongya village 16. Longzüng Mepu Sepai Telungjem Changtongya Village 17. Mr. & Mrs. Imnatiba, MLA & Advisor to the Govt. of Nagaland We deeply regret our inability to mention all the names individually but in return may Almighty God bless you all abundantly.

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~ Loving Wife and Relatives

Rongsenyashi (Changtongya) Born: 09/11/1986 – Died: 11/07/2020

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

We the family of Late Phuhoi Chishi, Rtd Govt. school teacher would like to offer our heartfelt gratitude to each and every individual(s), Churches, Friends, and well-wishers who stood by us emotionally, spiritually, physically and financially during the tragic accident that happened to the father-son duo on the fateful night of 8.7.2020 that took the precious life of the father.

We would also want to thank you for being with us till he was laid to rest at his native village.

We convey our special thanks to: 1. Shri. G. Kaito Aye, Hon'ble Minister 16. Satakha Town Baptist Church of Agriculture & Cooperation, (SBAK Nito Mount) Government of Nagaland.

17. Satakha Town G.Bs 2. Er. Ghukhuyi Zhimomi, former NDPP 18. Satoi Area GBs Candidate, 36 A/C Satakha 19. Satoi Area Public Union Zunheboto 3. Shri. Zheito Chophy, former NPF 20. Sumi Baptist Akukuhou Zunheboto Candidate, 36 A/C Satakha (SBAK Aizuto) 4. Shri. Uniel Kichu, S.P Zunheboto 21. Sumi Baptist Church Zunheboto 5. A.D.C Satakha and staff (SBAK Nito Mount) 6. O.C & staff, Police Station Satakha 22. Thakiye Village Union Zunheboto 7. Doctor and staff, PHC, Satakha 23. Aghunato Sumi Baptist Church 8. Sky Enterprise Mudutsugho 24. Khetoi Village Baptist Church 9. Mudutsugho Community 25. Tokiye Town Baptist Church 10. Xuivi Village Community 26. Aghiyili Village Baptist Church 11. Kilomi Village Community 27. Yezashi Village Baptist Church 12. Satakha Town Community 28. Sutimi Town Baptist Church 13. Satakha Village Community 29. Thakiye Village Council 14. Satakha Town UBC 30. Thakiye Baptist Church 15. Satakha Town Baptist Church (SBAK Aizuto) Your contributions made our loss more bearable. We are unable to thank each and everyone individually but your good deeds will always be remembered and may our good Lord bless you all.

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From, Loving Wife, Children, Grandchildren and Relatives.

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nagalandpost.com Poll Q.: Are spikes in COVID-19 cases in India calling f o r m o re s t r i n g e n t lockdown?

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DMC contest for ‘cleanest colony’ CNC calls for national day of

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WEATHER FORECAST July 16

(Temperature in ºC)

Max Min

Agartala Some sun with a stary t-storm 33 26 Aizawl

Mostly cloudy with a t-storm

Guwahati A thunderstorm in spots Imphal

Cloudy

Itanagar Cloudy with a thunderstorm

29 21 36 26 30 22 28 23

Shillong

A morning thunderstorm in spots 19 6

Kohima

A heavy afternoon t-storm

24 18

Dimapur Partly sunny and delightful

33 24

A p.m. thunderstorm in spots

27 20

Tuensang Mostly cloudy with a t-storm

21 16

A t-storm around in the p.m.

27 21

Mkg Wokha

Zunheboto A thunderstorm in the area

24 16

UGC GH & PLS qcs declared as containment zone

DIMAPUR: In connection with detection of two positive COVID-19 cases, one each from UGC Girls’ Hostel (GH) Yingli College and Phom Lempong School (PLS) quarantine centre, Longleng, the deputy commissioner Longleng in the interest of public health and safety has declared the above quarantine centres as containment zone as per Standard Operating Procedure issued by directorate of Health & Family Welfare, Nagaland.

According to DIPR report, DC Longleng also issued relaxation order for entry of vehicles from Assam. The timing for entry of vehicles bringing essential commodities from Assam has now been relaxed and entry of such vehicles will be permitted between 3 p.m to 6 a.m.

Further, owners of such commodities have been directed to ensure that occupants (driver/ handyman/helper) of such vehicles remain inside the vehicle on entry to the district/exit from the district and also during unloading of commodities. Non compliance to the aformentioned directives and all other SOPs in existence to contain and control the spread of the Coronavirus will invite immediate cancellation of permit/permits and also strict legal actions as per relevant sections of the existing laws in force.

This order will come into effect from July 15.

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Nagaland Post, Dimapur THURSDAY, JULY 16, 2020

DMC administrator Albert Ezung with some of the panel of judges during the meeting held on July 15.

DIMAPUR: Towards A Better Dimapur initiative, the Dimapur Municipal Council (DMC) will hold “cleanest colony in Dimapur competition 2020” in the month of July only because of the lockdown.

A press release by EAC & convenor Khiuzan Kaurinta and vice-president DNSU & member secretary, Sentimeren Pongen stated that, the panel of judges held a meeting with DMC administrator Albert Ezung on July 15 and decided to start the said competition for the year 2020.

All the colonies under

DMC have been encouraged to keep their colony clean and also asked all colony GBs and chairmen to mobilize residents and take active part in the competition and initiate cleanliness drive from time to time. The team also appealed the public to maintain civic sense and have a community mindset, not for money or prize but for a better Dimapur.

The judging is based on six criteria, namely garbage management, drainage management, stagnant water, road maintenance, sanitation, and colony community participation. Under

DMC, out of 23 wards more than 100 colonies have been demarcated into small and large colony. There will be no elimination round and subsequently all colonies will be given points every month. Points will also be given for e-waste management.

Judges comprise of Khiuzan Kaurinta (EAC) as convenor and Sentimeren Pongen vice-president Dimapur Naga Students’ Union (DNSU) as member secretary. Other judges include one member from Naga Council Dimapur (NCD),Tsenthungo Nyamo

president Dimapur Urban Council Chairmen Federation (DUCCF), Vimeno vice-president Naga Women Hoho Dimapur (NWHD), Onen Jamir general secretary GBs Union Dimapur.

The judges will undergo checking every week.

The prizes for winning colony are Rs. 1,00,000 (winner), Rs. 30,000 and Rs. 20,000 for 1st and 2nd runners up respectively for both big & small colonies. Prizes of Rs. 10000 respectively will also be given to the winner of every quarterly competition for both small as well as big colonies.

DIMAPUR: The Council of Nagalim Churches (CNC) has declared a national day of fasting and prayer on July 19 Sunday, keeping in mind that the hard earned ceasefire and peace process which is supposed to be on the verge of final solution, on the basis of 3rd August, 2015 Framework Agreement signed between NSCN (National Socialist Council of Nagalim) and GoI (Government of India) is at stake.

A press release by CNC general secretary, Ikato Chishi Swu has appealed to all the responsible individuals, young and old, rich and poor, educated and uneducated, general public and national workers, government servants and retired, employed, self-employed and unemployed, prayer groups and prayer centers, all the denominations and churches in Nagalim, all the regions, units, battalions and brigades under it to seriously observe a day of fasting and prayer on the said day in respective places and earnestly pray

to God for His divine intervention from spiritual and physical bondage. CNC also requested all the Naga national leaders to come and participate in this important programme at CHQ Church Hebron.

The following prayer points are: Pray that, God will enable all the Naga leaders and the people to genuinely confess, repent, turn from their wicked ways, and seek God’s face so that, they can experience God’s forgiveness, restoration, peace and healing. (2 Chronicles 7:14); Pray that, God will pour out His Holy Spirit to rule and reign in the hearts and minds of the Naga people so that, He can accomplish His will, here in Nagalim as it is in heaven. (Ezekiel 37:14, Matthew 6:10); Pray that God will destroy all the visible and invisible spiritual forces that are working against Naga nation by influencing the hearts and minds of our adversaries, especially the leaders who are in the decision making position. (Ephesians 6:10, Revelation 12:8-9); Pray

IEC awareness programme Tetso College’s faculty development programme underway on COVID-19 at Jalukie town

Frontline workers, church and youth leaders with DWSM PHED Peren officials on July 14.)

DIMAPUR: DWSM PHED, Peren division organised IEC awareness programme on COVID-19, sponsored

by Sanitation and WSSO, Kohima at Jalukie town on July 14.

A press release by

DWSM PHED, Peren stated that, the highlight of the programme was to educate the general public on the importance of maintaining social distancing, to inculcate safe hygiene and sanitation habits during this pandemic

and beyond.

Programme was attended by the frontline workers working day in and out, cooking and taking charge of the people in quarantine centres in the district, including church and youth leaders.

DIMAPUR: A five-day online faculty development programme (FDP) on the topic “rethinking critical theory and praxis in the humanities and social sciences” organized by the Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC), Tetso College, got underway on July 13, with professor Pardeshi Lal, vice-chancellor, Nagaland University, as the special guest during the inaugural session.

A press release by Tetso College stated that, in his inaugural address, professor Pardeshi Lal stressed on the importance of critical theory as it influences the different components of the society. In a nutshell, he observed that critical theory was characterized by the attempt to extend the notion of critique to all social practices by linking substantive social research

to philosophy which has brought about important political and social insights through the crossfertilization of academic disciplines. According to him, it also provided a continuingly fertile and imaginative perspective from which problems and contradictions of existing society can be explored.

In his welcome speech, principal, Tetso College, Dr. P.S. Lorin mentioned the significance of the FDP and its aims and appreciated all for participating in the programme. Dr. Lorin briefly highlighted the history of Tetso College and the journey since its inception in 1994.

While introducing the resource speakers, Dr. S. Elika Assumi, dean and FDP coordinator, Tetso College maintained that the goal of the programme

was to be at par with standards and guidelines of the university governing authorities at the same time ensuring the quality of collaboration and imparting knowledge.

The participating resource persons were Dr. WalunirTzudir, associate professor at Amity Institute of English Studies and Research, Amity University, Dr. Samata Biswas, from the Sanskrit College and University, Kolkata, Dr. Parthasarathi Muthukkaruppan, from the English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad, Dr. M. Shafeeq Karinkurayil, from Manipal Centre for Humanities, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Karnataka, Dr. Chandan Kumar Panda, from Rajiv Gandhi University, Arunachal Pradesh, Dr. M.

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Dickens Leonard, from University of Hyderabad, Dr. Achuth A, from St. Joseph University, Nagaland, Dr. Vipin K. Kadavath, from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Dr. Basil Darlong Diengdoh, from Dibrugarh University, and Dr. Shreesha Udupa, from Nalanda University, Rajgir.

The first session was held with Dr. Walunir Tzudir speaking on the topic “incredulity towards knowledge in contemporary studies” while the second session saw Dr. Samata Biswas speak on “Feminisms.” The first day witnessed a total of 187 participants, 115 participants from across the country and 72 from Nagaland. The inaugural programme was chaired by Anjan K. Behera, assistant dean, Tetso College.

Wokha DDMA deliberates on monsoon disaster preparedness Consultative meeting with JAC

DIMAPUR: Wokha District Disaster Management Authority (WDDMA) held a meeting to discuss on disaster during monsoon season at DC’s conference hall, Wokha on July 15.

According to DIPR report, DC & chairman WDDMA, Orenthung Lotha in his opening remark said that due to COVID-19 lockdown, all the other activities have been stalled and the district could not conduct the meeting on time. DC further said, with the onset of monsoon one must be prepared within one’s capacity. SDRF gave a briefing on their activities in the district, Road & Bridges highlighted on maintenance of roads, and the Health and

Family Welfare highlighted on the present status on COVID19 in the district.

Sharing the experiences from the last 2 search operations at Doyang due to drowning, EAC Sanis, Seyiekhrietuo Solo, said there was need for a proper SOP specific to search operations as it has become a yearly affair. He also opined that a timely co-ordination with the DHEP officials was required as switching the machine off indefinitely during search operations was not possible. Solo said that as Doyang river was the biggest water body in the state and prone to drowning incidents, whereby the district immediately require equipment like better boats, deep diving

gear, drones, sonar scan and under water cameras. Commandant Home Guards & Civil Defense, Vikiho, highlighting about 30 dedicated state disaster response force (SRDF) under the establishment of district commandant HG &CD Wokha. He added that the service of HG& CD (SDRF) personnel can be utilized for search & rescue of trapped victims/casualties/ dead bodies, administering and providing first aids to victims before transporting to advance care unit or hospital. Department of Road & Bridges while reporting on damage report, stated that in spite of the monsoon season all the PWD existing roads were plyable. Chief medical

officer, Wokha C.W. Tungoe said that, so far Nagaland state reported 896 positive cases but only one positive case at present in Wokha district. There are no cases of quarantine spread or community spread till date, although Wokha district is bordered with Assam state.

Department of Food & Civil Supplies highlighted on the status of rice distribution during the pandemic crisis and said that ANBY was a part of government of India initiative for economic measures for providing food grains free of cost to the stranded migrants and labourers, not covered under National Food Security Act or state public distribution system (PDS).

DIMAPUR: Advisor of Water Resources, Namri Nchang held a consultative meeting with JAC at Jalukie ‘B’ village council hall during his visit on July 15.

A press release by PS to advisor, Iteigong Kauring stated that, speaking at the meeting advisor called on the leaders to stand for the cause of the people without any political colours.

Despite some shortcomings the government was doing its best to provide the various facilities, whereby Namri said that every individual needed to be more obedient and disciplined. He further asked

the youth leaders to educate the uneducated youths instead of leading them on the wrong path, and not to politicise the issue at any cost because COVID-19 was not “a political cause or problems” but involved lives to be saved.

Cautioning that stigmatisation may yield bitter result, Namri called upon the members to stand by the truth and to “differentiate the virtuous if so we deserve to be in a better place.”

He also reminded that with love and endurance of the hardships faced, everyone should work together to overcome the

Kronu, Therie condole Chiephobozou undertakes SRI CUTB (N) appeals for

DIMAPUR: Minister Neiba Kronu and NPCC president K. Therie have condoled the demise of late Rev. Prof.

Kelhizülo Lasuh at Kohima on July 15. Late Rev. Prof.

Kelhizülo Lasuh was the executive director of KBCA till date and was also the first professor among the Chakhesang community. He had also served as professor at Eastern Theological College, Jorhat and was former principal of Baptist Theological College, Pfutsero.

Neiba Kronu: Minister of Planning & Co-ordination, Land Revenue, Parliamentary Affairs, Neiba Kronu in a condolence message, described late Lasuh as a mentor, scholar, humble God fearing person, noble, honest and dynamic leader who was an inspiration to

that, God will protect the Naga territories and its people from all sickness, infirmities, famine and all kinds of natural and unnatural disasters, which may be the consequence of our own sin also. (Ezekiel 7:10-12, Psalm 91: 10-11); Pray that the spirit of forgiveness, reconciliation and unity among Naga brethren and all the NPGs (Naga Political Groups) may prevail so that, together we can achieve our common goal in oneness. (Matthew 6:14-15, Psalm 133:1-3); Pray that, God will grant wisdom, strength and will to both the negotiating parties to bring this protracted IndoNaga political issue to a logical conclusion on the basis of 3rd August 2020 Framework Agreement at the earliest and in accordance to the will of God. (Proverbs 19:21); Pray that, God will sanctify, prepare and rededicate the hearts and minds of Naga people to enter into new Nagalim, which shall follow the pattern of Christ Kingdom. (Matthew 6:10, Revelation 21:1-2).

all the Nagas. Kronu further conveyed deepest condolences to the bereaved family at this moment of grief and that the departed soul rest in peace.

NPCC: President of Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC), K. Therie in a condolence message said that late Rev. Lasuh led by example showing the path through his own actions in life. He described the departed as a treasure trove of knowledge, experience, and was a library in himself and in his demise, society has lost an abundant source of knowledge. Therie along with his wife and children conveyed condolences to Mary K. Lasuh and children and that God comfort and grant peace to them.

with paddy hybrid under NFSM

DIMAPUR: The SDAO Chiephobozou establishment is undertaking a System of Rice Intensification (SRI) with paddy hybrid MTU1010 under National Food Security Mission (NFSM) at various villages.

A press release from SDAO Chiephobozou office stated that, one such is at Nerhe Model which is performing well. The farmers are trained from nursery seedbed preparation with banana pseudo stem to transplanting into the paddy field. Thereafter, Cono weeder usage is taught for

Two elderly farmers working with Cono weeders at their SRI field. (Vizokhonyü Yhome)

weeding purpose. The four main components of SRI viz soil fertility management, planting method,

weed control and water irrigation management are put into practice for better crop yields.

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DIMAPUR: Chairman Union Tening Block (CUTB) has appealed the concerned authority to assess the situation in Peren and provide the requisite needs of the area without delay.

In an appeal to minister in-charge for COVID-19 management Peren district, the CUTB (N) president Wangkung and vice president Namkiebui pointed to the pathetic condition faced by the public due to the escalated COVID-19 menace in the area. CUTB (N) claimed that inspite of the unfortunate situation being faced by the public due to the spate of COVID-19 positive cases

in the community, the government has not intervened and afforded the immediate needs of the area. It stated that ambulance, test equipments and financial provision for the management of COVID-19 should be provided. Pointing out that till date “there is no ambulance, no test equipments etc,” which shows the unpreparedness and apathetic attitude of the concern authorities, the CUTB (N) said that “persistent delaying the vital emergency procedures by the concern authority in the area will be accountable for further fall out of the COVID-19 in the area.”

deadly pandemic. He further congratulated the JAC members for their tireless efforts and asked them to continue the good work with more cooperation and coordination, so the district can become a safer place.

Retd. SP and former c a n d i d a t e N D P P, 7 t h Peren, Iherie Ndang also spoke briefly at the meeting and called for collective good work leaving no room for any disastrous acts.

Earlier, meeting was chaired by JAC convenor, Dr. Tumda Newme and attended by members of JAC, leaders from various churches’ associations and public leaders.

CMO Mkg office informs

DIMAPUR: Office of the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Mokokchung has informed that as part of “Population Stabilization Forthright” being observed from July 11-24 under the theme, “provision of family planning services even in crisis, full responsibility of competent nation and family” free services are being provided.

In a press release, CMO office has informed that services such as tubal ligation, CuT insertion, distribution of pills and condoms are being provided in all health units under Mokokchung district except for female sterilization which can be availed at IMDH Mokokchung. Any person wanting to avail these services have been asked to avail the same from the nearest health units on any working days.

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Assam flood situation worsens

28 new COVID cases reported 66 dead, 36 lakh affected in 26 districts in Meghalaya

Flood affected villagers sit on a boat in front of their partially submerged house, at Chandrapur in Kamrup district, Wednesday, July 15. (PTI)

Guwahati, Jul 15 (IANS): Seven more deaths were reported from four districts of flood-hit Assam on Wednesday, taking the death toll due to the monsoon deluge to 66, while around 36 lakh people in 26 of the state’s 33 districts have been affected, officials said.

According to forest officials, at least 66 animals were killed while 117 animals were rescued as 95 per cent of the world-famous Kaziranga national park, home to more than 2,200 one-horned Indian rhinoceros, was inundated.

Officials of Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA)

said that over the past four weeks, 66 deaths due to the floods were reported from Sonitpur, Biswanath, Tinsukia, Lakhimpur, Bongaigaon, Kamrup, Golaghat, Sivasagar, Morigaon, Tinsukia, Dhubri, Nagaon, Nalbari, Barpeta, Dhemaji, Udalguri, Goalpara and Dibrugarh districts, while 26 others have been killed in separate landslides since May 22.

The ASDMA officials said that two persons drowned on Monday in Dhubri and Morigaon districts but these deaths were not flood-related. They said more than five rivers, including the Brahmaputra, are

flowing above the danger mark in many places in 12 districts.

Quoting reports from the districts, they said that the floodwater has submerged 3,376 villages, affecting around 36 lakh people and 127,647 hectares of crop area in 26 districts.

The district administrations have set up 629 relief camps and distribution centres in 23 districts, where over 36,000 men, women and children have taken shelter.

Though the flood hit 26 districts, 23 - Dhemaji, Udalguri, Darrang, Biswanath, Sonitpur, Baksa, Lakhimpur, Chirang, Barpeta,

Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar, Dhubri, South Salmara, Goalpara, Kamrup, Golaghat, Jorhat, Sivasagar, Majuli, Dibrugarh, West Karbi Anglong, Karbi Anglong and Tinsukia - are the worst-hit Besides erosion of river banks at a large number of places, roads, embankments, bridges, culverts and other infrastructure have been damaged at many locations in 26 districts, the ASDMA officials said, adding that several hundred houses were fully or partially damaged due to the flood.

Around 22 lakh domesticated animals and over 14 lakh poultry birds were affected due to floodwater.

Apart from Kaziranga national park, located on the edge of the Eastern Himalayan biodiversity hotspots of Golaghat and Nagaon districts, the Manas and R.G. Orang national parks, the Pabitora wildlife sanctuary, and the Tinsukia wildlife division were also affected.

The National Disaster Response Force, and State Disaster Response Force personnel, along with the local administration, are continuously working to rescue the affected people and render relief services, including distribution of necessary material to the marooned villagers.

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Meghalaya to close all entry points to the State from July 23

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Shillong, Jul 15: Meghalaya on Wednesday reported 28 fresh COVID19 cases taking the total number of active cases in the State up to 297, even as one trooper of the Border Security Force (BSF) recovered from the viral infection.

Health and Family Welfare Minister Alexander Laloo Hek said that of the 28 new cases, 19 are from the BSF Meghalaya Frontier and nine from the armed forces comprising of include six from East Khasi Hills district and three from Ri Bhoi district.

He also informed that one BSF trooper from West Garo Hills district has recovered from the viral infection taking the total number of recovered persons to 47 and two deaths as on Wednesday evening.

With the latest 19 new detection of viral infection in the BSF, Hek said the total number of active COVID-19 cases among the BSF troopers have climbed up to 198.

He also informed that a six-year-old boy from Khanapara in Ri Bhoi district has also tested positive for COVID-19.

Hek, however, refused to divulge details as to how the toddler contacted the viral infection.

Shillong, Jul 15: The Meghalaya government has decided to impose temporary closure of various entry points to the state from midnight of July 23 till July 30.

The entry points are; Byrnihat in Ri Bhoi district, Ratacherra in East Jaintia Hills, Bajengdoba in North Garo Hills, Mirjumla in South West Garo Hills district, Tikrikilla, and Hallidayganj in West Garo Hills district.

“We have decided to close all entry points of the State from July 24 to July

31 to unburden our health, frontline workers and district administration engaged in intensive surveillance for the past 4 months,” Chief Minister Conrad Sangma said. “Only emergency, medical services, essential commodities and transit movement of Assam vehicles will be allowed,” he informed.

The CM said that during this period the entry point of Byrnihat will be shifted to a new location for smooth movement of people and vehicles. He informed that the entry points will reopen from August 1. “Our Health Department and the

Community COVID Management Teams will also be engaged in individualized Behaviour Change Management Training in their respective localities during the period,” Sangma said.

On other hand, Deputy Chief Minister Prestone Tynsong has requested all the returnees to stay back wherever they are during this period as their entry will not be allowed.

He said that this was essential to unburden the health and other frontline workers as well as district administration who have been engaged intensively for the past many months.

M’laya RTI activists seeks info on wedding revelers, COVID-19 Correspondent Shillong, Jul 15: An RTI activist on Wednesday sought the list of all positive COVID- 19 patients detected along with their addresses and locations in Meghalaya.

RTI activist Curtis Rani sought the total amount collected from violators for violation of the Regulation of the Meghalaya Epidemic Diseases COVID-19 Regulation.

“In case of the above-asked information is held by or related to another public authority, you are requested to transfer the application or such part of it as may be appropriate to that other public authority with an intimation to the undersigned (Section

6(3) of Right to Information Act, 2005),” Rani wrote to the Public Information Officer, Deputy Director of Health Services (MI), Meghalaya.

He also sought information regarding the magisterial inquiry reports both from Ri-Bhoi and East Khasi Hills Districts on the COVID-19 protocol violation by the wedding party candidates, submitted to the government.

Further, Rani also sought information about the names of all the 41 attendees of the wedding party at Greenwood Resort, Khanapara, Assam and the action taken against them besides copies of all car pass applications for inter-state movement that were approved by the Deputy Commissioner, East Khasi Hills District.

Many senior bureaucrats test Baghjan well fire on for 50 days; likely to be doused by Friday positive for COVID-19 in Assam Guwahati, Jul 15 (PTI): Several senior bureaucrats, including the Commissioner and Secretary to Assam Governor, have tested positive for COVID-19, officials said on Wednesday.

At least five senior officials have tested positive for novel coronavirus in the last 2-3 days, an official told PTI. Commissioner and Secretary to the Governor of Assam, S S Meenakshi Sundaram, his wife and mother have tested positive for COVID-19 and they are being treated at the Gauhati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) here.

Senior IAS officer Oinam Sarankumar Singh, the Commissioner of Industries Department and also the MD of Assam Industrial Development Corporation, has also tested positive for COVID-19, he said.

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dergoing treatment at hospital after he tested positive for COVID-19.

The PS to the Principal Secretary of the Chief Minister, Rajibuddin Ahmed has tested positive for coronavirus and was admitted to a hospital for treatment, the official said.

Additional Secretary of the Industries Department Isaan Bardalai has also tested positive.

Additional Chief Secretary and the Chairman of the Board of Revenue, V S Bhaskar’s cook has also tested positive for COVID19, the source said.

Meanwhile, 608 police personnel have tested

4 persons without travel history test COVID positive in Jiribam Correspondent IMPHAL, JUL 15: After Jiribam, locally transmitted cases of COVID-19 were reported in Manipur’s Thoubal district too.

Four persons with no recent travel history were tested COVID-19 positive in Thoubal district, an official source said on Wednesday.

The four comprised of a padhan, a member of a gram panchayat, a security guard and one volunteer who served at a quarantine centre in the district, the source said.

The four have a history of exposure to known local risk factors. There is no evidence of community transmission going on in the district, a statement of the COVID-19 Common Control Room, however, said.

Local transmission of the virus had already been reported in Jiribam, the district bordering Assam after the mass infection of over 50 personnel of Jiribam police station.

With evidence of local clustering of the cases,

the district has been under complete lockdown as a measures to contain further spread of COVID-19 in the district.

Including the four persons, 28 persons (19 males and nine females) were confirmed as new COVID-19 cases in the state in the last 24 hours, the statement informed. Ten of the confirmed cases were from Imphal West, 11 from Thoubal district, four from Kamjong district and one each from Jiribam, Kakching, and Tamenglong districts.

Except the four confirmed cases from Thoubal district, all others were returnees from other states of the country and lodged at different quarantine centres, the statement said.

All necessary medical precautions like containment and contact tracing were put in place, it added.

Meanwhile, with 60 persons were discharged after they were found free of COVID-19 during RT PCR test. The total number of recovered cases in Manipur stood at 1080 today.

COVID-19 positive across the state, of whom one has died and 272 have recovered, Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) G P Singh said on Twitter.

On Monday, the Senior Officers’ Colony, commonly known as IAS Colony, was partially sealed after it was declared a ‘Containment Zone’ for an indefinite period after four cases of COVID-19 were detected there.

The entire Raj Bhavan campus and its surrounding areas were declared a containment zone and sealed on July 4 after two members of the Governor’s Office tested COVID-19 positive.

Guwahati city has reported a total of 8,171 COVID-19 cases so far, of whom 7,728 persons tested positive since June 24.

The 14-day lockdown imposed from June 28 in Kamrup Metropolitan district, under which Guwahati city falls, was extended by a week till July 19.

Tripura registers 90 new COVID-19 cases; total 2,184 Agartala, Jul 15 (PTI): At least 90 fresh COVID-19 cases have been reported in Tripura on Tuesday raising the state’s virus count to 2,184, officials said.

Altogether 1,538 persons have recovered from the disease and at present there are 630 active cases, they said.

Of the 90 patients, 29 were detected from West Tripura district, 9 from Khowai district, 16 from North Tripura district, 7 from Gomati district, 12 from Dhalai district, 7 from South Tripura district, 6 from Sepahijala district and 4 from Unakoti district.

Two c o r o n av i r u s deaths have been reported in the state while 14 persons have migrated.

The state government has set a target of testing over two lakh samples for COVID-19 in the next one month and seven thousand tests would be conducted daily, senior minister and cabinet spokesperson, Ratan Lal Nath said.

Guwahati/Dibrugarh, Jul 15 (PTI): Energy major Oil India Limited (OIL) on Wednesday said the blaze at the damaged Baghjan gas well in Assam has continued unabated for 50 days and the final push to extinguish the fire will begin soon.

A senior official of the PSU told PTI that the fire is expected to be doused

by Friday.

Major debris from the well plinth area has been cleared and a detailed inspection was undertaken jointly by experts from OIL, ONGC and Singapore’s Alert Disaster Control to decide the next course of action.

“The main operation for capping and killing the well is yet to begin. The well continues to be on fire,” the oil exploration major said on its official Twitter handle.

Describing a report published in an English daily that the fire has been extinguished as “factually incorrect”, the company said the debris has been re-

Well number 5 at Baghjan in Tinsukia district has been spewing gas uncontrollably since May 27 and it caught fire on June 9.

moved from the well site and preparations are on for the well capping operation.

Well number 5 at Baghjan in Tinsukia district has been spewing gas uncontrollably since May 27 and it caught fire on June 9, killing two firefighters of the OIL at the site.

Giving an update of its efforts to put out the massive flame, the OIL said, “Equipment being placed at Kill Pump area at the site... activities are on for carrying

COVID-19: Arunachal Pradesh reports 75 cases in a single day I tanaga r , J u l 1 5 (PTI): Arunachal Pradesh reported its highest singleday spike of COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, with 75 more people testing positive for the infection, a senior health official said.

The fresh cases have taken the nor theaster n state’s virus count to 462, he said.

The state registered its previous highest singleday spike on July 3 when 37 COVID-19 cases were reported.

Forty-nine of the 75 fresh cases were reported in the Capital Complex region where a lockdown is imposed, while 12 were registered in East Siang district, five in Lepa Rada, three in Namsai, two in Lower Dibang Valley and one each in Changlang, Tirap, Longding and Siang districts, State Surveillance Officer, Dr L Jampa, said.

Siang district reported its first COVID-19 case, he said. All barring 11 new patients are asymptomatic and they have been admitted to COVID care centres, Dr

Jampa said.

Eight more people have recovered from the disease.

They have been advised 14-day home quarantine and self-monitoring upon their release from hospitals, he said.

The Capital Complex region comprising Itanagar, Naharlagun, Nirjuli and Banderdewa areas has so far registered 193 cases, the highest in the state, followed by the districts of Changlang (33), Namsai (16), West Kameng (15), East Siang and Lower Subansiri (12 each).

Of the 462 cases, 306 are active while 153 people have recovered and three patients have died, Dr Jampa said, adding 33,807 samples have been tested so far.

Ar unachal Pradesh had remained virus-free till May 23. It witnessed a spurt in COVID-19 cases after residents started returning from other parts of the country. The state government has decided to convert the newly-constructed MLA apartments at Chimpu near here into a dedicated COVID-19 hospital.

out the well capping and killing operation.”

Later, the company said in a statement that the water reservoirs are being filled up periodically and three heavy duty pumps of the ONGC and OIL are ready for use.

Meanwhile, protests and blockades were being staged by locals leading to heavy production loss in the last few months, the company said.

“Blockade still contin-

Spl NIA Court grants bail to KMSS leader Guwahati, Jul 15 (PTI): KMSS leader Bittu Sonowal, who was arrested by the National Investigation Agency for his alleged role in violent anti-CAA protests along with Akhil Gogoi and two others, was granted bail by a Special NIA Court on Wednesday.

Sonowal, Gogoi and another KMSS leader Dhaijya Konwar are being treated at Gauhati Medical College and Hospital after testing positive for COVID-19.

“Bittu was granted bail today by the Special Judge of the NIA Court. The court granted him bail against a bond of Rs 30,000,” Sonowal’s advocate Santanu Borthakur told PTI. Bittu and the three other Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) leaders were arrested in the same case of Gogoi, he added.

Manash Konwar another KMSS leader arrested along with them was on Monday granted bail by the Special NIA court here and was released from the jail on Tuesday.

ues at Baghjan EPS. Due to the blockade, four gas wells and eight oil wells under Baghjan EPS had to be shut since July 7. As a result, approximately 1.51.6 MMSCMD gas has gone out from the grid, which ultimately led to curtailment of gas supply to all consumers,” the statement said.

The OIL said there was a production loss of 441 MT of crude oil and 1.34 MMSCM of natural gas on Tuesday because of

disruptions in 11 oil wells and four gas wells due to blockades.

“Cumulative production loss since May 27, 2020, due to bandhs and blockades: 12,657 MT crude oil, 23.38 MMSCM of natural gas,” the release said.

The PSU said various assessments and impact studies of the blowout as well as the blaze in villages and nearby forest areas by multiple agencies such as ERM India, TERI and CSIR-NEIST are going on at present.

About the relief and rehabilitation process, it said surveys for assessment of damage for compensation by the district administration are in progress in both Tinsukia and Doomdooma circles.

“Total number of families surveyed till July 14 in both Tinsukia and Doomdooma circles is 1,491,” it added. Over 9,000 people were initially shifted to 13 relief camps after the well suffered a blowout in May and subsequently caught fire last month.

Dearest dad, Our almighty god have been great & faithful in bringing thus far. On this 75th birth anniversary we all wish you a very happy birthday. It is our wish & humble prayer that god will protect & keep you safe from all harm. May our almighty god grant you good health & long life.

Wife, children, grandchildren & relatives.

Dear Ayeten Amiyra Shaikh, Happy Birthday to you my daughter Ayeten Amiyra Shaikh. Many many happy returns of the day.

It’s your first birthday and we rejoice your presence in our lives. We are blessed to have you.

Be blessed and remain blessed dear Ayetan Daddy and Mummy AFFIDAVIT (CORRECTION OF NAME)

Regd. No. 2262 Dt. 11/07/2020 I, Shri ROBERT TACHU alias L. RAKHU, S/O THEYIEKIELIE TACHU, resident of RUSOMA VILLAGE, KOHIMA DISTRICT, NAGALAND, do hereby solemnly affirm on oath and state as follows: 1. That I am a bona fide citizen of India.

2. That in some of my important documents, my name has been recorded as ROBERT TACHU and in some of my other documents as L. RAKHU, hence, the above stated name ROBERT TACHU and L RAKHU represents the same person having single identity i.e my name.

3. That henceforth I have rectified the same and declare that my official name is ROBERT TACHU and the same will be used for all official and references.

4. That my Date of birth has been inadvertently written as 03.03.1994 in some documents and 17.02.1992 in some other documents. That my actual Date of birth is 06.06.1993 and henceforth I have rectified and declare that the same will be used for all official and references.

5. That the statements made in the above paragraphs are true to the best of my knowledge and no material facts has been concealed herein and I sign this affidavit before the competent authority on 11th July 2020.

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India, China hold marathon military talks

Follow all agreed protocols for border management, India tells China

Naravane was apprised about the details of the negotiations following which he held discussions with senior military officers. He is scheduled to hold another meeting with a number of senior military officers later in the day.

Tuesday’s discussions were the longest negotiations between the two armies after the tense standoff that began on May 5. The third round of Lt General-level talks on June 30 lasted 12 hours.

During this round, both sides agreed on an “expeditious, phased and step wise” de-escalation as a “priority”

to end the standoff.

The sources said the main focus of the latest round was on finalising a framework for a “timebound and verifiable” disengagement process from all the friction points like Pangong Tso and Depsang and pulling back large numbers of troops and weapons from rear bases along the LAC as part of modalities for further de-esalation.

“It was clearly conveyed to China that it must follow all the relevant provisions of agreements and protocols that govern management of the border by both the sides,” they said.

The Indian side insisted on “total restoration” of status quo ante in all areas of eastern Ladakh prior to May 5 when the standoff began following a clash between the troops of the two countries in Pangong Tso, they said. The Indian delegation also conveyed concerns over China’s “new claim lines” in the region, and insisted that Beijing must adhere to earlier framework on carrying

Priyanka Gandhi slams UP govt over COVID-19 pandemic handling

Govt allows invalid pension for soldiers

NEW DELHI, JUL 15 (PTI): The Indian military conveyed a “very clear” message to the Chinese army during a nearly 15hour-long talks that status quo ante must be restored in eastern Ladakh and it will have to follow all mutually agreed protocols for border management to bring back peace and tranquillity along the Line of Actual Control, government sources said on Wednesday.

During the course of the intense and complex negotiations between senior commanders of the two armies that ended at 2 am on Wednesday, the Indian delegation also apprised the Chinese PLA about the “red lines” and conveyed that the onus was largely on China to improve the overall situation in the region, the sources said. The two sides agreed on certain modalities for rolling out the next phase of disengagement and are expected to get in touch with each other after discussing agreed points with the higher authorities of both

NEW DELHI, JUL 15 (PTI): Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday attacked the Uttar Pradesh government over its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, saying the ground reality is completely different from the “propaganda” of the Yogi Adityanath dispensation.

“Looking at the condition of the coronavirus ward of the medical college in UP CM’s home district (Gorakhpur), you will know how much the ground reality is different from the false propaganda of the UP government,” Priyanka Gandhi said on Twitter.

The COVID-19 ward of the medical college is full of drainage water. The patients are worried and there is no system of draining out the water, the Congress general secretary in-charge of UP East tweeted in Hindi along with a video of the ward with drainage water.

In a tweet earlier, Priyanka Gandhi said that

Army vehicles move towards Leh, Wednesday (PTI)

sides, the sources said.

The fourth round of Lt General-level talks began around 11 AM on Tuesday at a designated meeting point in Chushul on the Indian side of the LAC, they said. There was no official word on the outcome of the talks.

The Indian delegation was led by Lt Gen Harinder Singh, the Commander of the Leh-based 14 Corps, while the Chinese side was headed by Major General Liu Lin, Commander of the South Xinjiang military region.

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Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (File)

according to media reports, first it was stated that the report of a deceased person was negative for coronavirus and the body was handed over to the person’s family.

Then it was said the report was positive, but the ambulance came to take the body after 16 hours, Priyanka Gandhi said.

This happened in the home district of the CM in Gorakhpur, she said.

“Is this how the UP government is fighting coronavirus?” Priyanka Gandhi said.

Congress leader also slammed the Yogi government over the deteriorating

law and order situation in Uttar Pradesh, citing a kidnapping case in Kanpu.

In a Facebook post, she said a young man was kidnapped by miscreants in Kanpur and his family was asked for a ransom for his release.

“The family collected Rs 30 lakh by selling their house and wedding jewellery. At the behest of the police, the family handed over the bag full of money to the kidnappers and the police could neither catch the miscreants, nor their son could be freed,” Priyanka Gandhi said.

The family members of the kidnapped man are distraught, the Congress general secretary in-charge UP East added.

“This is a case from Kanpur where such a big incident had taken place a few days ago. Now you can imagine the state of law and order in UP from this,” Priyanka Gandhi said, referring to the Vikas Dubey episode.

NEW DELHI, JUL 15 (PTI): The defence ministry said on Wednesday it has allowed invalid pension to those armed forces personnel who have less than 10 years of qualifying service.

Till date, invalid pension was granted to those armed forces personnel who had more than 10 years of service and were invalided for reasons that were neither attributable to nor aggravated by military service.

The ministry said on Wednesday: “The government has taken a decision to allow invalid pension to armed forces personnel with less than 10 years of qualifying service.” It said that an armed forces personnel, whose service is less than 10 years and who became invalided due to any bodily or mental infirmity that is neither attributable to nor aggravated by military service, and which permanently incapacitated him from military service as well as civil re-employment, will be benefited by this decision.

out patrolling in the areas, the sources said.

The talks took place days after implementation of the first phase of the disengagement process from the friction points.

China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has already completed pulling back troops from Gogra, Hot Springs and Galwan Valley and significantly thinned down its presence in the ridgeline of Finger Four in the Pangong Tso area in the last one week as demanded by India.

In line with a mutually agreed decision, the two sides created a minimum buffer zone of three kilometres in most of the friction points where they were locked in a standoff.

The formal process of disengagement of troops began on June 6, a day after a nearly two-hour telephonic conversation between National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on ways to bring down tension in the area.

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IIT Delhi launches ‘Corosure’ diagnostic kit Claims to be the world’s most affordable diagnostic kit for corona NEW DELHI, JUL 15 (PTI): Claimed to be the world’s most affordable diagnostic kit for coronavirus, a low-cost test kit developed by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) here was launched on Wednesday.

According to IIT officials, the base price of the the RT-PCR assay developed

by IIT Delhi is Rs 399. Even after adding the RNA isolation and laboratory charges, the cost per test will go upto Rs 650 and will be considerably cheaper compared to currently available kits in the market. It can deliver results within three hours.

HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriya l ‘Nisha nk’ launched the test kit named “Corosure” which will now be available for use at authorised testing labs.

“The Corosure Kit has been developed indigenously and is much cheaper than other kits. The country requires cheap and reliable testing for the country which can help control the pandemic. The kit has re-

D r. R a m e s h P o k h r i y a l launches the COROSURE in New Delhi, Wednesday.

ceived ICMR approval with the highest score and DCGI approved with a very high sensitivity and specificity,” he said at the launch.

Re f e r r i n g i t t o a s world’s most affordable COVID-19 diagnostic kit, the HRD Minister said the innovation is a step towards “Make in India”.

IIT Delhi, which became the first academic institute to get ICMR nod for a COVID-19 testing method, gave non-exclusive open licence to 10 companies for commercialising the test, but with a price rider of R 500 for the assay needed for testing.

The kit Corosure has been commercialised by Newtech Medical Devices.

According to the team at IIT Delhi, the current testing methods available are “probe-based”, while the one developed by them is a “probe-free” method, which reduces the testing cost without compromising on accuracy.

Using comparative sequence analyses, the IIT Delhi team identified unique regions (short stretches of RNA sequences) in the C OV I D - 1 9 a n d S A R S COV-2 genome.

“These unique regions are not present in other human coronaviruses providing an opportunity to specifically detect COVID-19,” Professor Vivekanandan Perumal, lead member of the team, had said.

“Primer sets, targeting unique regions in the spike protein of COVID-19, were designed and tested using real-time polymerase chain reaction. The primers designed by the group specifically bind to regions conserved in over 200 fully sequenced COVID-19 genomes. The sensitivity of this in-house assay is comparable to that of commercially available kits,” Perumal added.

CBSE Class 10th board results declared Over 91 pc students pass class 10 exams, number of students scoring above 90 and 95 pc drops

NEW DELHI, JUL 15 (PTI): Girls outshone boys yet again in class 10 examination, results of which were announced by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Wednesday, recording a pass percentage of 91.46.

There has been a marginal increase of 0.36 per cent in the pass percentage as against last year. However, the number of students scoring above 90 per cent and 95 per cent have reduced this year by 3 per cent and 1 per cent, respectively.

The board did not announce any merit list this year in view of the exceptional circumstances amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

While girls have achieved a pass percentage of 93.31, pass percentage of boys and transgenders is 90.14 and 78.95, respectively.

Over 1.84 lakh students scored above 90 per cent and more than 41,000 students scored above 95 per cent marks. A total of 18.73 lakh students appeared in the exam, out of which 17.13 lakh students passed.

A total of 1.5 lakh student have been placed in compartment.

Trivandrum performed best amongst all regions with 99.28 pc pass percentage, followed by Chennai re-

gion with 98.95 per cent while Bengaluru stands at third position with 98.23 per cent pass percentage.

The pass percentage in Delhi was up by around 5 per cent. While the pass percentage in 2019 was 80.97 per cent, it has been recorded at 85.86 per cent.

The foreign schools affiliated to the CBSE have achieved a pass percentage of 98.67 per cent. Last year, their pass percentage was 98.75 per cent.

The best performance has been achieved by Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs) with a pass percentage of 99.23 per cent, followed by that of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas (JNVs) with 98.66 pass percentage.

While the class 12 exams were rescheduled to be held in July in all the parts of the country, class 10 exams were rescheduled only in North East Delhi, which was affected by riots in March. However, later all exams were cancelled, following spike in COVID19 cases.

For subjects for which exams could not be conducted, the board has announced the results on the basis of an alternative assessment scheme.

As per the assessment scheme,

for students, who had appeared in the exams in more than three subjects, the average of the marks obtained in the best three performing subjects has been be awarded in the subjects whose examinations have not been conducted.

For students who have appeared in the exams in only three subjects, the average of the marks obtained in the best two performing subjects has been awarded in the subjects whose examinations have not been conducted.

AI to send certain employees Punjab chief minister urges NIOS must declare results by Aug 7: SC on LWP for up to five years farmers to defer agitation

NEW DELHI, JUL 15 (PTI): Air India has started the process of identifying employees, based on various factors like efficiency, health and redundancy, who will be sent on compulsory leave without pay (LWP) for up to five years, according to an official order.

The airline’s board of directors have authorised its Chairman and Managing Director Rajiv Bansal to send employees on LWP “for six months or for a period of two years extendable upto five years, depending upon the following factors - suitability, efficiency, competence, quality of performance, health of the employee, instance of nonavailability of the employee for duty in the past as a result of ill health or otherwise and redundancy”, the order said on Tuesday.

The departmental heads in the headquarter

as well as regional directors are required to assess each employee “on the above mentioned factors and identify the cases where option of compulsory LWP can be exercised”, stated the order dated July 14.

“Names of such employees need to be forwarded to the General Manager (Personnel) in headquarter for obtaining necessary approval of CMD,” the order added.

In response to queries regarding this matter, Air India spokesperson said,”We would not like to make any comment on the issue.”

Aviation sector has been significantly impacted due to the travel restrictions imposed in India and other countries due to the coronavirus pandemic. All airlines in India have taken cost-cutting measures such as pay cuts, LWP and fir-

ings of employees in order to conserve cash flow.

For example, GoAir has put most of its employees on compulsory LWP since April.

India resumed domestic passenger flights from May 25 after a gap of two months due to the coronavirus pandemic.

However, the airlines have been allowed to operate only a maximum of 45 per cent of their pre-COVID domestic flights. Occupancy rate in Indian domestic flights has been around 5060 per cent since May 25.

Scheduled international passenger flights continue to remain suspended in India since March 23.

The passenger demand for air travel will contract by 49 per cent in 2020 for Indian carriers in comparison to 2019 due to COVID-19 crisis, said global airlines body IATA on Monday.

CHANDIGARH, JUL 15 (PTI): Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Wednesday appealed to farmers to postpone their agitation against Union government ordinances due to the curbs imposed to check the coronavirus spread in the state. The CM’s reaction came amid reports that several farmer unions have decided to go ahead with their protest on July 20 despite the restrictions in place.

The BKU (Rajewal) and the BKU (Ekta Ugrahan) had earlier announced to hold a statewide protest against the Union government legislations related to the agriculture sector and fuel prices.

The Centre had recently introduced the Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Ordinance; Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Ordinance; and the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Ordinance, which is being opposed by them. The chief minister in an official statement urged them not to take a “confrontationist approach” in the current circumstances, given that Section 144 of the CrPC is in place and all gatherings barred in the state.

Restraint is the need of the hour, he said, calling upon the farmer unions to

help the state government in checking the spread of coronavirus in the interest of Punjab and its people.

Though the issue of the farm ordinances is vital to the state’s interests, any physical protest at the moment will harm Punjab, said Singh. He advised the farmer bodies to use social media to express their anger and garner support against the ordinances, which according to him, are against the federal character of the nation.

On July 13, the state government had issued revised coronavirus guidelines, disallowing public gatherings due to a spike in infection cases.

Meanwhile, the chief minister urged political parties not to hold any gathering in view of the pandemic.

These are tough times with infection cases rising across India, Singh said in a letter to all political parties, urging them to rise above politics and strengthen his government’s efforts to “save lives” and “protect” future generations.

Politics and protests of any kind can wait, but coronavirus won’t, the chief minister said, adding that it is a collective battle. The Shiromani Akali Dal on Tuesday had announced to postpone all the political programmes of the party for next 15 days keeping in view the coronavirus situation.

NEW DELHI, JUL 15 (PTI): The Supreme Court Wednesday said the National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) must ensure that results of the current academic year are declared by August 7.

A bench headed by Justice A M Khanwilkar was informed that NIOS has issued a notification on July 10 cancelling the secondary and senior secondary examinations, which were earlier rescheduled, amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Considering the fact that...NIOS has already issued notification on July 10, 2020, after institution of these petition(s), nothing

survives for consideration in the present writ petition(s) except to observe that...

NIOS must ensure that the result for the current academic year is declared not later than August 7, 2020,” said the bench, also comprising Justices Dinesh Maheshwari and Sanjiv Khanna.

“In other words, the time-line for declaring the results by...NIOS is now specified as August 7,” the bench said. The NIOS, in its notification, had said that consequent upon the prevailing pandemic situation in wake of COVID-19 spread, it has been decided that “conduct of March 2020 secondary and senior

secondary course public examination rescheduled to commence from July 17, 2020 and further postponed, now stands cancelled”.

The apex court passed the order while hearing two petitions which have raised issues of NIOS classes X and XII examinations in wake of the pandemic. One of the petitions had sought the top court’s direction for cancelling the pending exams to be conducted by NIOS and also for declaration of results of classes X and XII examinations. It had said conducting the remaining examinations amid the pandemic would pose health risk to the students.

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Vol. XXx NO. 220 Dimapur, THURSDAY, JULY 16, 2020

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even suspended Naga People’s Front (NPF) rebel MLAs and the ruling Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party(NDPP) will heave a sigh of relief after Nagaland Assembly Speaker Sharingain Longkumer on July 14,2020 dismissed the disqualification petition filed by the NPF. Later briefing media, the Speaker reiterated that the seven suspended rebel MLAs had not attracted provisions under Para 2(1)(a) of the Tenth Schedule and thus, did not attract disqualification. The particular clause states that a legislator(s) of any party can only be disqualified if he/she has voluntarily given up membership of such a political party. Based on this, it was clear that the Speaker based his ruling on this clause, that since the seven suspended rebel MLAs had not ‘voluntarily’ or so, given up membership of their party(NPF), they were exempted them from being disqualified. The Tenth Schedule has been time and again, been argued in the court when matters involving disqualification(s) or action(s) of Speaker(s) was/were contested.The seven rebel MLAs had certainly gone against the decision of the party and the legislature by issuing a press statement on March 25,2019 and which appeared in the local media, of their decision to extend support to their party’s rival and Progressive Democratic Alliance(PDA)consensus candidate in the Lok Sabha election 2019. After being served with show-cause notices on March 26,2020, the rebel MLAs affirmed that they had decided to support the NDPP candidate who was also the consensus candidate of the ruling PDA coalition. Then on April 24,2019 the NPF filed a petition for disqualification of the rebel MLAs with the office of the Speaker NLA. On May 24,2019 then Speaker Vikho-o Yhoshu admitted that he was in receipt of the petition which was under his active consideration. The matter got delayed further when Vikho-o passed away on December 30,2019.

Sharingain was then elected as Speaker on February 7,2020 and took up the case and framed the issues on March 21,2020. The Speaker then fixed the next date of hearing for April 24,2020 but it was cancelled through an order dated April 18,2020 due to COVID19 pandemic lockdown. In view of prolonged delay and in lieu of the directive of the Supreme Court to conclude the case, the NPF filed a petition with the high court. In its hearing on June 2,2020 the court directed the Speaker to conclude the case within six weeks. Final hearings were also held on July 6 and 7,2020. As the case stands currently, the NPF will again take the case up with the high court to challenge the Speaker’s ruling. With 25 members, the NPF is the largest single party in the 58-member house(after the demise of two legislators) while the NDPP has 20(after the demise of the previous speaker) and BJP 12. If the court disqualifies the seven rebels, by election will be held to nine seats. In any byelection, it will be advantage NDPP and BJP because even if NPF retains all eight seats (including one vacant seat), it cannot come to power. On the other hand, NPF has the option of letting matters lie and still keep the suspended rebel MLAs on leash(since they are still bound by party whip) and hope to woo BJP to form an alternative government. These are speculative and it all depends on whether the BJP is willing to play ball.

DailyDevotion My Life’s Spiritual Honor and Duty

I am a debtor both to Greeks and to barbarians… —Romans 1:14

Paul was overwhelmed with the sense of his indebtedness to Jesus Christ, and he spent his life to express it. The greatest inspiration in Paul’s life was his view of Jesus Christ as his spiritual creditor. Do I feel that same sense of indebtedness to Christ regarding every unsaved soul? As a saint, my life’s spiritual honor and duty is to fulfill my debt to Christ in relation to these lost souls. Every tiny bit of my life that has value I owe to the redemption of Jesus Christ. Am I doing anything to enable Him to bring His redemption into evident reality in the lives of others? I will only be able to do this as the Spirit of God works into me this sense of indebtedness.

I am not a superior person among other people— I am a bondservant of the Lord Jesus.

Paul said, “…you are not your own…you were bought at a price…” (1 Corinthians 6:19-20).

Paul sold himself to Jesus Christ and he said, in effect, “I am a debtor to everyone on the face of the earth because of the gospel of Jesus; I am free only that I may be an absolute bondservant of His.” That is the characteristic of a Christian’s life once this level of spiritual honor and duty becomes real. Quit praying about yourself and spend your life for the sake of others as the bondservant of Jesus. That is the true meaning of being broken bread and poured-out wine in real life.

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“No disease that can be treated by diet should be treated with any other means.” ~ Moses Maimonides

Nagaland Post, Dimapur THURSDAY, JULY 16, 2020

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Stop painting tribal colours!

enerally, tribals are large hearted people with happy faces. But in particular, the flavours of tribalism at all times and seasons can kill all the goodness they possess. Tribals are good in so far as you praise them and keep them so that both the parties are at peace. Anything beyond the boundary of good words will only end up in summoning letters or tribal clashes leading even to violence and war.

Nagas are not new to tribal enmity leading to a type of war like situation which are not settled till date. All the same, they still get along with each other till the next season. The war of silence between different tribes is the branded virus in our Naga society. Some people act as agents of antivirus, while some are as equal as tribal organic virus capable of destroying every software and hardware community life.

The beautiful multicolours of Nagas can be replaced with tribal colours if we fail to appreciate each other or mismatch all events and incidents in the tribal line. Most unfortunate happenings are branded with tribal colours; Ki manu ase? Ki laga tribe ase? Ki laga bosti ase? Ki laga khel ase? Ki laga side - North, South, East, West, etc… nijor manu ase koile to hoi jabo, alak manu ase koile kitiabi nacharibo. Wow! Your reactions are purely subjective.

The more you lose sight of the big objective, the lesser human you become. Nagas are more human within their own tribe, but they can be most inhuman when dealing with sensitive issues with other tribes or people of other jurisdiction. Shall we continue to live as Nagas or as nijor laga tribe? As you appreciate and love your own tribe, do the same

to people of other tribes.

This is how we build up good community in society. Allow goodness to be contagious. Never promote tribalism of any sort. It is injurious to community life.

Nagas are good in painting and art. They know how to paint tribal colours to all events, incidents and occasions. They know the art of pulling and pushing the story. If the story favours them, they pull all advantages for themselves. If it is against them they push the same towards others and play the game with utter disgust.

We need not paint tribal colours for anything and everything. Unfortunately, God did not allow us to be born as one tribe. All the same, God did not fail to fashion us as human beings capable of knowing what is good and bad. Paint the good picture of others and cultivate the art living to-

gether in spite of the many differences that exist in our society. We cannot create or re-create homogenous group. But we can create a better society where everyone, every tribe is given the same respect and dignity as you desire yourself and your own tribe to be. There is no forward or backward tribe in Nagaland.

The issues of Delimitation and Solution are also becoming tribalistic day by day. There is twisting and squeezing. The tribes of Nagaland will be divided even more by these two pertaining issues.

The common objectives of Nagas are standing on watery ground. It is being replaced by tribalism where some tribes change their colours from time to time as per their advantages or disadvantages. Is there any worthy Naga Apex Body that can have a final say for the whole Nagas irrespective of tribes or villages, un-

dergrounds or overground?

Are all associations becoming the apex body creating further unending issues for Nagas? Can Nagas talk the just words; walk the just way and not always talk in tribal tune or walk the tribal roads? What are we aiming for? Is it to gather Nagas or disperse them according to tribes? No one should form divisive policies which harm the greater interest of the whole Nagas.

Let us not hide under the bush of Article 371A as a tribe. Let us not boast about our cultural heritage in words alone. Rather let us work towards unity as Nagas in good and bad times. The said Article will have no positive impact if we go on travelling the same tribal road from womb to tomb. It is already a favourable time to march together as Nagas. For this, we must lay aside the dark shadows of tribalism. Be a good tribal, but do not be

driver of tribalism because the road ahead of us is narrow and risky.

We should not lose sight of the common good if we want to live in peace and harmony as Nagas belonging to different tribes.

Who should initiate or bring peace for Nagas? It is not the Central Government or State Government.

It lies largely on every tribe of Nagaland. Every tribe has its own heritage and practice of welcoming the good and avoiding evil. The same must be implemented in the present context of the Naga society.

Let us stop painting tribal colours for anything and everything. Let us see the brighter side of life where all are equally important. May God continue to show us the way towards good living in a just society.

God bless us all.

Rev. Fr. G. L. Khing, Kohima

Problems & solution of traffic Humble Response to DAYO’s Letter congestion vis-a-vis even/odd nos F

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f late, several opinions has been shared in the media appreciating for implementation of EVEN/ ODD NOs of vehicles running in Dimapur jurisdiction to ease the traffic congestion which was later on followed by the Kohima traffic that relieved the vehicle owners from heavy traffic congestion, parking problem and time consumption. And I too convey my gratitude to the concerned authorities for taken up such a measure which reduced the traffic congestion to a large extend by implementing the even/odd number system in the daily movement of vehicles.

While appreciating the authorities for taking such a positive move in the interest of the general public, I would like to express my personal views based on my experience and observations while following the system both in Dimapur as well as in Kohima. Of course, the traffic congestions has been reduced to a large extend by the even/odd number system but still witnessing the continuous traffic jam especially during the busy hours which is attributed by the ever increasing number of vehicles day by day.

Comparatively, Dimapur is a vast and plain area and there are enough parking spaces in every residential compound at least to park the cars of the respective owners, but unlike Dimapur, the biggest challenges face by the Kohimaians is that, Kohima, being the hilly areas with limited spaces, parking of vehicles in their respective residence is also a big problem. As such,

almost 80% of the vehicles are permanently parks on the road side which causes more traffic congestion in Kohima.

The only possible way to solve the problem of traffic jam in Kohima is to work out the possibility of diversion of national high way from the main town and shifting of all the VVIPs official quarters to the New Capital Town (Secretariat areas). Further, It has been observed that large numbers of vehicles with EVEN numbers are seen plying on ODD number Day daily and vice versa citing with various reasons that cause more traffic jam on the road. In other words, complete EVEN/ODD Number System is not successfully enforced in practical both in Kohima and Dimapur.

As we are all aware of the fact that Dimapur is the fastest developing city in the State being the commercial centre. We have been witnessing the continuous increase of human population as well as the number of vehicles enormously with rapid expansion of commercial activities due to better communication, transportation and health care facilities made available besides expansion scope in terms of areas and space. The above mentioned factors will compel to augment traffic jam chronic problem perpetually unless the citizen of Nagaland would seriously ponder over it which has adverse consequential effect in all round activities of life.

In view of the above, it’s my humble suggestion that the government should work out some modalities and take up some mega projects for con-

struction of flyover in Dimapur Town especially at several places like Golagat road junction police point near Dragopan Hotel, Nagarjan Police point junction, Patacharali police point junction and Dobinalla police point junction besides early completion of under construction of bridge near purana bazaar crossing dhansari river towards supermarket and another bridge construction works near Power House towards Kuda village so that there will be no problem for crossing the main town. Towards mobilization of funds for such a mega projects, I am sure the Central Govt. will never deny the proposal since the said facilities are the urgently and genuinely need of the citizen.

Moreover, so far as the contribution of State share towards this specific project is concerned, the citizen of the State will never say NO to collect revenue by levying a token amount on all the running vehicles on the basis of daily movement. In other words, the general public is always willing to pay taxes if the purpose is for actual development and to serve the interest of the people. Therefore, as a bonafide concerned citizen of the State, I earnestly appeal to the State authorities as well as the general public to come out with a strong will power and firm determination towards achieving this herculean task collectively otherwise Naga people will never catch up with the ever rapidly growing outside world for which posterity will definitely blame the present generation. Kuknalim!

Lanuzulu, Landmark Colony, Dimapur

rom reading the letter written by the Dimapur Ao Youth Organisation (DAYO) published in the local dailies, two broad arguments from their letter have been drawn for the purpose of this write-up. Firstly, the number of constituencies in each state with regard to Lok Sabha and State Assembly Constituencies have been fixed till 2026 through different constitutional amendments vis 42nd amendment, 84th amendment, and 87th amendment. This is because even though the Constitution provided that the number of seats of Lok Sabha and State Assemblies should be adjusted after every decadal census, it was necessary to control population growth.

India’s population is expected to stabilize by 2026, by which time, redrawing of constituencies of both Lok Sabha and State Assemblies will take place with the next available census, namely, 2031 census.

Secondly, drawing from the first argument, the territorial constituencies in Nagaland with respect to the state assembly cannot be redrawn as per the 84th amendment and 87th amendment.

While the first argument is correct, in my humble opinion, the second argument is wrong. Let us look at the constitutional provisions and amendments step by step. Article 170 (2) provided that a state will be divided into territorial constituencies in such manner that the ratio between the population of each constituency and the number of seats allotted to it shall, so far as practicable, be the same throughout the State.

Article 170 (3) further provided that upon the completion of each census, the total number of seats in the Legislative Assembly of each State and the division of each State into territorial constituencies shall be readjusted. Without 42nd amendment, this population would had meant 2011 census in our case. The

42nd amendment, 1976, done during the National Emergency, froze the number of seats in the Lok Sabha and the state legislative assemblies on the basis of 1971 census till 2001.

In 2001, the then Atal Bihari Vajpayee government decided to postpone the delimitation again by 25 years. This it did through the 84th amendment, 2001. However, it provided that adjustment and rationalisation of seats within a state could take place by using 1991 census without increasing or decreasing the number of seats in a state.

The 84th amendment thus provided two things: 1. Number of Lok Sabha and State legislative assembly seats in each state would remain as it was.

2. Adjustment and rationalisation of territorial Constituencies within the state would take place on the basis of 1991 census (this is the part DAYO missed out - deliberate or oversight). For the second provision, since the 2001 census was already out, the question then was “why use 1991 census which was already outdated?” This is where 87th amendment kicked in.

The 87th Amendment Act of 2003 provided for the adjustment and rationalisation of constituencies on the basis of 2001 census and not 1991 census as provided under 84th Amendment, 2001. Thus, adjustment and rationalisation of constituencies is not “unknown” as argued, nor is it “highly illegal and unconstitutional”.

Let’s come back to article 170: “Each State shall be divided into territorial constituencies in such manner that the ratio between the population of each constituency and the number of seats allotted to it shall, so far as practicable, BE THE SAME THROUGHOUT THE STATE”. At present, this provision of Art 170 is being violated in Nagaland.

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Lockdown or community policing?

(From previous issue) 19 related expenses. crowding even amongst expenses.

Who will ensure the the volunteers by not al4. It will provide tem. Powers and methpolicing? lowing more than two in porary employment to the od of policing to be 1. Colony Panchayats a specified place.

Community youth. clearly defined to How will the Com5. Fines will discouravoid overlap and clashes to take over the community policing within their munity Policing Benefit? age offenders. with other Govt authori1. It will ensure and 6. It will not only help ties. Mobile photography locality through youth volunteers. enforce the use of mask prevent the spread of the before leveling charge for 2.

Youth Volunteers by any person in public disease by ensuring the penalty wherever appliof a bigger Organisation to places. This will help to use of mask, but will also cable would be desirable take over the National and break the chain of infec- ensure a cleaner and safer and serve as evidence of State Highways, Markets, tion within the commu- environment by the preventhe offence in cases of and roads that fall between nity. It will also check tion of spitting in public disputes. two panchayat jurisdiction, any intentional spread by places.

3. Fines can be im- or any other areas not cov- unscrupulous people as The Government exist posed for offenders. Govt/ ered by the Panchayats. witnessed in the Nizamud- for the people that forms Municipal receipts to be is3. Coordination with din Markaz incident and the community, and the sued for accountability and the District Task Force subsequent viral videos community forms the govtransparency. A percentage at all times required. All depicting such people on ernment that governs it. of the fines collected can disputes to be settled under a mission to spread the The constructive participabe retained for community the authority of the DTF. corona virus. tion of both is inevitable to fund and to pay hono4. All personnel in2. It will reduce the successfully overcome the rarium to its members/ volved in implementation manpower and work de- Covid crisis. youths enforcing the order. should observe the same mand of the Police, MuThe proposal for comThe remaining percentage order they intend to imple- nicipal and administrative munity policing to enforce of penalty realized can be ment and violators should personnel. various health advisoriesdeposited to the Govern- be penalized in the same 3. It will earn revenue most importantly the wearment Covid-19 fund after manner. for the Government to be ing of mask, prevention of audit, to be used for covid5 . Re s t r i c t i o n o f used for Covid related spitting in public places, Reader’s note: Articles or letters published in any of the columns do not reflect the view of this

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hand washing/sanitization and maintaining social distancing can be introduced on a trial basis and its efficacy studied. If a desirable result is achieved, the same may be replicated across the state.

(Concluded) Kevinourheno Seyie, President, Angamimiapfü Mechü Krotho (AMK) & General Secretary Shürhivino Nakhro

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Play proactive role

With the COVID-19 positive cases almost reaching the thousand bracket in Nagaland and with some legislators having come in contact with a positive case in Delhi, it has become a big concern for people in the state. Although the government is taking all preventive measures especially when it comes to the returnees, the public also need to play a proactive role. Public must abide not only with the SOPs but learn to stay at home if there is really no urgency to go into town. We need to take care of ourselves and those whom we love so that the pandemic does not lead to community spread.

Shukla Das, Signal Basti, Dimapur newspaper nor that of the Editor in any manner.

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aid scam: TMC expels party PM attends EU-India Virtual Summit Cyclone leaders; BJP, CPI(M) talk tough too

PM Modi attends India-EU Summit amid COVID-19 pandemic, via video conferencing, in New Delhi. (PTI)

international institutions, inclusivity, multilateralism, freedom and transparency,” he said.

The prime minister said India-EU partnership can play an important role in economic reconstruction and in building a humancentric globalisation.

The European Union delegation at the summit is headed by President of the European Council Charles Michel and President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen.

The EU is a strategically important grouping for India. The EU as a whole was India’s largest trading

partner in 2018. India’s bilateral trade with the EU in 2018-19 stood at USD 115.6 billion with exports valued at USD 57.17 billion and imports worth USD 58.42 billion.

PM takes up SinoIndia border issue

Prime Minister Narendra Modi informed about the developments on the Sino-India border during the India-EU summit, the European Council president said on Wednesday, asserting that the 27-member bloc supports all efforts to maintain a channel of dialogue for peaceful solution.

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Rio calls on Rajnath in Delhi DIMAPUR, JUL 15 (NPN): Nagaland chief minister Neiphiu Rio called on Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Wednesday in Delhi.

Rio on Tuesday left for Delhi to meet the central leaders to discuss issues concerning the state.

According to reports, Rio, during the meeting Rajnath Singh discussed about the situation in the state and also briefed him about Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh with Nagaland CM measures taken to contain Neiphiu Rio during a meeting in New Delhi. (PTI) COVID-19 in the state.

20,572 patients recover from COVID-19 in 24 hrs

NEW DELHI, JUL 15 (PTI): India’s COVID-19 recovery rate rose to 63.24 per cent with 20,572 patients recuperating from the disease in 24 hours till Wednesday morning, the highest so far, even as the country saw yet another record daily jump of 29,429 cases, according to Union health ministry data.

Aggressive testing, timely diagnosis and effective management of patients either through supervised home isolation or active medical attention in hospitals have led to a surge in recovered cases which exceed active COVID-19 cases by 2,72,191 as on date, the ministry said.

The country’s total COVID-19 tally surged to 9,36,181 on Wednesday, while the death toll climbed to 24,309 with 582 new fatalities. This was the fourth consecutive day that coronavirus cases have increased by more than 28,000.

The number of recoveries stood at 5,92,031, while there are 3,19,840 active cases of the coronavirus infection at pres-

ent in the country, the health ministry data updated at 8 am showed. All the active cases are under medical supervision.

“The recovery rate has climbed up to 63.24 per cent today,” the health ministry said.

“The gap between recovered and active cases has been consistently growing.

It stands at 2,72,191 today. The number of recovered cases outweighs the active cases by a factor of 1.85,” it said in a statement.

The health ministry said the norms and standards for home isolation along with the use of oxymeters have helped to keep a check on the asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic patients without putting pressure on hospital infrastructure.

Medical infrastructure in India to treat COVID-19 patients includes 1,378 Dedicated COVID Hospitals, 3,077 Dedicated COVID Health Centres, and 1,0351 COVID Care Centres equipped with 21,738 ventilators, 46,487 ICU beds, and 1,65,361 oxygen beds.

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DIMAPUR, JUL 15 (NPN): Zeliangrong Baudi (Assam, Manipur, Nagaland) withdrew the Zeliangrong people’s mandate given to NSCN (I-M) forthwith as the latter had derecognised it and its frontal organisations.

This was decided at the 10th Dimki session of the organisation held at Imphal on Wednesday via video conference and attended by its leaders from Assam, Manipur and Nagaland, besides ZB Mother, Zeliangrong Youth Front, Zeliangrong Students’ Union representatives and senior leaders of Zeliangrong community.

Chaired by ZB (AMN) speaker Pou Meidinlung Pamei, the house reaffirmed the previous 8th and 9th Dimki resolutions unanimously after a threadbare discussion. It also reviewed resolution no.7 of the 8th Dimki, 2018 regarding affiliation of ZB Senapati zone in NPO. Since ZB Manipur has ceased to be a constituent unit of UNC, it was decided and resolved that ZB Senapati Zone would not seek any affiliation in any organisation but shall remain as one of the constituent units of ZB, Manipur.

After a lengthy discussion, the Dimki further resolved to support the proposed delimitation of Assembly constituencies in Assam, Manipur and Nagaland.

JAIPUR/NEW DELHI, JUL 15 (PTI): The Congress has sought the disqualification of Sachin Pilot and 18 other dissident MLAs from the state assembly even as it repeated that the party has not closed its doors on him.

Rajasthan Assembly Speaker C P Joshi confirmed that disqualification notices have been sent out Tuesday on the basis of the complaint made by the party. The dissidents have to reply by Friday.

Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot also talked tough, accusing the former deputy chief minister of being directly involved in the alleged horse-trading with the opposition BJP to bring down his government.

He did not refer to Pilot by name but spoke about the “deputy chief minister” and the “PCC president”, both posts held by the leader before he was stripped of them on Tuesday as he tussled with the more senior Rajasthan leader for power.

But, amid this tough posturing, the Congress said the dissident MLAs can still return to the Congress fold.

Avinash Pande, the AICC in-charge of Rajasthan indicated this in a tweet in the morning and party spokesperson Randeep Surjewala followed that up while interacting with the media in the afternoon.

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KOLKATA, JUL 15 (PTI): As protests continued in parts of West Bengal over alleged misappropriation of monetary compensation to the people affected by cyclone ‘Amphan’, the ruling TMC cracked down on several party leaders and expelled them, while the BJP and CPI(M) said that they won’t stand by those who have been proven guilty of corruption.

Although Trinamool Congress (TMC), which controls nearly 80 per cent of the state’s panchayats, has been at the receiving end of the public ire, the opposition BJP and the CPI(M) have also faced protests in some areas over allegations of fraud related to the ‘Amphan’ aid delivery.

The protests have been taking place in various parts of East Midnapore, South and North 24 Parganas, the worst- affected districts by the cyclone ‘Amphan’ which hit West Bengal on May 20, killing 96 people and leaving behind a trail of destruction.

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Pilot has said he is not joining the BJP but not spelled out his next move.

“The party’s doors have not closed for Pilot. May God give him good sense and he realises his mistake.

I pray that he comes out of the BJP’s illusory trap,” Pande tweeted in Hindi.

Senior leader Surjewala said all grievances will be heard and solutions found.

“Come back to your family, sit with your family and place your view before the family,” he said at Jaipur hotel where MLAs in the Gehlot camp are holed up.

He said if Pilot is not joining the BJP, he should not accept the “hospitality” of BJP-ruled Haryana, referring to reports that the MLAs close to the rebel leader are camping in two Gurgaon hotels.

The Congress has made clear that it is going for revamp of the organisation in the state.

On Tuesday, Avinash Pande announced that all cells and departments of the state Congress are dissolved so that they can be reconstituted under the leadership of

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NEW DELHI, JUL 15 (PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday pitched for bringing out an “action-oriented” agenda to further expand ties between India and the 27-nation European Union within a stipulated time frame.

In his inaugural remarks at the 15th EU-India summit, the prime minister said he was committed to enhance ties with the grouping, noting that a long-term strategic perspective should be adopted to boost the relationship.

“We should go for an action-oriented agenda to expand ties and it can be implemented within a stipulated time frame,” Modi said at the virtual summit.

Calling India and EU as “natural partners”, the prime minister said the partnership is beneficial for peace and stability in the world.

“India and EU share universal values like democracy, pluralism, respect for

Indian and Chinese troops were locked in a bitter standoff in multiple locations in eastern Ladakh for over eight weeks since May 5.

The tension escalated manifold after the violent clashes in Galwan Valley in which 20 Indian Army personnel were killed.

However, following a series of diplomatic and military talks, the two sides began a mutual disengagement process on July 6 and withdrew troops from most of the friction points.

On whether India is more strategic for the European Union than China, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said China and India were both important to the bloc, but both were very different.

“If you look at the topics we have with China and with India -- common interest is the fight against climate change. China and India are very important if you want to be successful in the fight against climate change,” she said.

She said the EU has strong trade relations with both countries, but in very different fields.

was received, we took action against the accused leaders and party workers.

We have either suspended or asked them to return money. We have zero- tolerance towards corruption,” a senior TMC leader said.

Several local level TMC leaders were recently expelled from the party for their alleged involvement in corruption and nepotism, he said.

West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC president Mamata Banerjee recently said that her government was rectifying the “lapses” which might have occurred in its effort to pay the compensation to the cyclone-hit victims quickly.

She had earlier warned a section of the party leaders of stern administrative action for being involved in corruption over the distribution of relief materials to the cyclone- affected people and said the party wouldn’t stand by the wrongdoers.

The opposition BJP, which have been accusing the TMC of indulging

the new PCC president. On Wednesday, he announced a similar disbanding of all district and block committees of the party.

In the harshest words spoken so far by any Congress leader against Pilot, Ashok Gehlot on Wednesday accused his sacked deputy of being directly involved in horse-trading with the BJP. He claimed there is proof that money was being offered.

“Our deputy chief minister and PCC president himself was doing the deal and was giving statements that no horse-trading was taking place. What clarification are you giving when you yourself were involved?” he asked.

“Speaking good English or Hindi, giving a good byte is not everything,” he said. What matters, he added, is commitment to the party’s programmes and policies.

The Rajasthan Assembly secretariat sent notices to 19 MLAs, following a complaint by Congress chief whip Mahesh Joshi who

in corruption, also faced protests in some areas, where the party controls the panchayats.

Last week, BJP panchayat leaders in Bagda area of North 24 Parganas, had faced public ire over allegations of irregularities of distribution of monetary compensation.

The BJP leadership, however, said these protests were orchestrated by the TMC to malign the saffron camp.

“In areas where the BJP is in power in Panchayat, they hardly have any power to exert.

All the powers are vested with the local administration. Most of these allegations are baseless.

“If there is any iota of truth, let the administration take action. We won’t stand by them, if they are proven guilty,” BJP state general secretary Sayantan Basu said. The CPI(M) leadership has said that it wouldn’t stand by leaders and workers from the party if they are found guilty in corruption over the distribution of aid.

sought their disqualification from the House.

The party said the MLAs had defied a whip and skipped the Congress Legislature Party meetings on Monday and Tuesday. It also referred to their “hostile” media statements.

It wanted action under paragraph 2 (1) (a) of the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution, which disqualifies MLAs if “voluntarily” give up the membership of the party which they represent in the House.

The Congress letter said the Supreme Court has “unequivocally held” that the provision comes into effect when the conduct of an MLA leads to this inference.

Among those sent notices are Vishvendra Singh and Ramesh Meena, who were sacked along with Pilot from the state cabinet after their rebellion against Ashok Gehlot.

Others include Deepender Singh Shekhawat, Bhanwar Lal Sharma and Harish Chandra Meena, who had also given statements to the media challenging the Gehlot government.

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President Charles Michel made the remarks after the 15th EU-India summit. While the Indian side was led by Prime Minister Modi, the European Union delegation was headed by Michel and President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen at the virtual summit.

Asked at a press conference whether Chinese aggressiveness and the recent incident at the SinoIndia border was discussed, Michel answered in the affirmative.

“Probably you know, a few weeks ago, we had a video conference summit with Chinese authorities.

The relationship between the EU and China is complex. We need to tackle different issues and topics.

And indeed we are in favour of a peaceful solution,” Michel said.

“Prime Minister Modi had the occasion also to inform us about the latest developments regarding this incident with China and we support all the efforts in order to maintain a channel of dialogue in order to find peaceful solutions,” he said.

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MUMBAI, JUL 15 (PTI): The rupee opened at 75.35 against the US dollar, then gained further ground and touched 75.28 against the US dollar, up 14 paise over its previous close.

The rupee appreciated 14 paise to 75.28 against the US dollar in early trade on Wednesday tracking weakness in the greenback and gains in the domestic equity market.

Forex traders said, investor sentiment strengthened after the human clinical trials for COVID-19 vaccine were initiated in India.

The rupee opened at 75.35 against the US dollar, then gained further ground and touched 75.28 against

the US dollar, up 14 paise over its previous close.

It had settled at 75.42 against the greenback on Tuesday The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Tuesday said human clinical trials for a potential vaccine for COVID-19 had been initiated in the country with approximately 1,000 volunteers participating in the exercise for each of the two indigenously developed vaccine candidates.

The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has permitted two vaccines — one developed by Bharat Biotech International Limited in collaboration with ICMR and another one by

Zydus Cadila Healthcare Ltd — to go in for the first and second phase of human clinical trials.

The number of cases around the world linked to the disease has crossed 1.32 crore and the death toll has topped 5.77 lakh.

In India, the death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 24,309 and the number of infections spiked to 9,36,181, according to the health ministry.

Meanwhile, the dollar index, which gauges the greenback’s strength against a basket of six currencies, fell 0.05 per cent to 96.21.

The 30-share BSE benchmark Sensex was trading 516.58 points higher at 36,549.64 and broader NSE Nifty rose 148.65 points to 10,756.00.

Foreign institutional investors were net sellers in the capital market as they sold shares worth Rs 1,565.62 crore on Tuesday, according to provisional exchange data.

Brent crude futures, the global oil benchmark, rose 0.44 per cent to USD 43.09 per barrel.

NDPP reacts to statements

(From p-1) The ruling party further observed that though NPF continues to claim that it was the oldest regional party and that it stood for Naga political issue, it had not made its stand clear on the Naga political issue and the ongoing peace process.

The ruling party noted that Naga civil society groups, tribal organisations and massbased leaders had expressed their opinions and concerns in an outspoken manner, but NPF had steered clear of the political dynamics of the issue. It also asked the opposition party whether the latter agreed with the terminology Naga political groups and supported a political solution that was honourable and acceptable to the people and a negotiated solution that ensured lasting peace by ac-

knowledging the political rights of the Nagas.

Further reacting to former Nagaland chief minister and former governor of Goa, Maharashtra, Gujarat and Odisha Dr SC Jamir’s views on Article 371A (1) (b), NDPP asked him whether he wanted to make Nagaland an “unequal State of the Indian union” or turn the clock back by taking Nagaland to the 1950s and 1960s.

As a former democratically-elected head of State and an active proponent for peace, the party asked him to stand up for democracy by supporting the State government’s stand that the clause under Article 371A was redundant in today’s context.

“Nagaland of today is not the Nagaland of the 50s and 60s when law and order in the

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M U M B A I , J U LY 1 5 (IANS): In a mega investment announcement, Reliance Industries (RIL) Chairman Mukesh Ambani on Wednesday said that Google will invest Rs 33,737 crore in Jio Platforms for an equity stake of 7.73 per cent.

Google is investing at an equity valuation of Rs 4.36 lakh crore, said an RIL regulatory filing. “Jio Platforms Limited, a subsidiary of the Company, today signed binding agreements with Google International LLC pursuant to which Google would invest Rs 33,737 crore for a 7.73 per cent equity stake in Jio Platforms Limited on a fully-diluted basis. Google is investing at an equity valuation of Rs 4.36 lakh crore,” it said. The transaction is subject to customary regulatory approvals. Speaking at the Annual General Meeting of RIL, Ambani said that he looks forward to working with investors in Jio Platforms in a collaborative way. Making another major announcement, the RIL Chairman said that Jio has designed a complete 5G solution and it will be available for trials as soon as spectrum is available.

newly-created State was chaotic with insurgency at its peak,” the statement emphasised.

To this effect, NDPP recalled that the 12th Nagaland Legislative Assembly had passed a resolution on December 17, 2013 stating that Article 371A (1) (b) of the Constitution of India was redundant in Nagaland, considering the vast improvements in the law and order and insurgencyrelated activities following the ceasefire between Government of India and the Naga national political groups and the peace talks for resolving the Naga political issue.

Therefore, it hoped that leaders like Jamir would defend “our right for democracy and together work towards strengthening our State as an equal member of the Union of India”.

ecosystem for the masses in the country, Reliance Jio Platforms and Google on Wednesday announced to launch an entry-level Android smartphone soon.

Jio Platfor ms and Google have entered into a commercial agreement to jointly develop the entrylevel affordable smartphone with optimisations to the Android operating system and the Play Store.

“I am excited that our joint collaboration will focus on increasing access for hundreds of millions of Indians who don’t currently own a smartphone while improving the mobile experience for all,” said Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai.

“Together, we are excited to rethink, from the ground up, how millions of users in India can become

a feature phone called JioPhone in 2017 that currently has an installed base of 20 per cent among the country’s feature phone users.

“Google has empowered millions of Indians to access helpful information and, like Jio, is a force for change and innovation.

Together, we hope to play a strong facilitative role in the transformative journey of building a new, Digital India,” said Mukesh Ambani, Chairman and Managing Director of Reliance Industries.

In a mega investment announcement, Google announced to invest Rs 33,737 crore ($4.5 billion) in Jio Platforms for an equity stake of 7.73 per cent. This is the first investment from the $10 billion ‘Google For India Digitisation Fund’ announced earlier this week,

through a mix of equity investments, partnerships, and operational, infrastructure and ecosystem investments.

According to Google, the majority of people in India still don’t have access to the Internet, and fewer still own a smartphone.

Tarun Pathak, Associate Director, Counterpoint Research, told IANS that Jio has the potential to undercut its rivals in pricing as we have seen before.

“Google’s partnership will give it more flexibility to offer stable hardware and software experience. Individually, both Jio with initial 4G smartphone launches and Google with Android One programme did their best in the past to capture entry-level smartphone user base but didn’t succeed,” Pathak explained.

that Rs 10,000) which sells anywhere close to 60 million smartphones annually in India.

“However, we see this happening once 5G networks are live,” said Pathak.

Google said it wants to work with Jio and other leaders in the local ecosystem to ensure that smartphones together with the apps and services in the Play Store - are within reach for many more Indians across the country.

“We believe the pace of Indian innovation means that the experiences we create for India can ultimately be expanded to the rest of the world,” said Sanjay Gupta, Country Head and VP, Google India.

Google opened its first Indian campuses in Bengaluru and Hyderabad in 2004.

Odd-even system extended in Kohima

(From p-1) In an order, the deputy commissioner (DC) and chairman of District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) Kohima, Gregory Thejawelie, said that the odd even system was being implemented in

Drug smuggling case: Manipur...

the interest of public safety and to minimize non-essential movement of vehicles.

DC reiterated that prohibition and restriction of movement of vehicles would, however, not apply to the exempted categories.

Local taxis will be allowed to ply within kohima municipality as per the colour-coding.

DC warned that violation of the order would be liable to be penalised under Section 51 (b) of the Disaster Management Act 2005.

Maruti, Toyota recall over 1.41 lakh units to replace faulty fuel pumps

(From p-1) In March 2019, Brinda along with SP, SPP, ND&PS Lamphel met the chief minister at his bungalow in the morning, said the affidavit. There, she claimed that the chief minister scolded her stating “Is this why I gave you gallantry medal”.

In her affidavit, she stated that she still did not understand why they were reprimanded for “dutifully discharging our lawful duty to that day”.

She alleged, in the affidavit, that such highprofile persons were looting the state and destroying the youth, and that the government’s war on drugs was only eyewash.

Opposition leader and former chief minister O Ibobi Singh told reporters at Imphal Congress Bhavan today that “This is a serious allegation which should not be taken lightly.

He said that if the government was sincere enough while dealing the cases related with illegal drugs, the case should be handed over to a neutral investigative agency like the CBI. Chief Minister N Biren Singh should convene a cabinet meeting immediately and adopt a resolu- The company, through its authorised dealerships, will recall around 6,500 vehicles of tion to hand over the case to an independent body Glanza for a possible issue with the fuel pump motor, like the CBI, he demanded.

NEW DELHI, JUL 15 authorised dealers in due recall the vehicles for re(PTI): The country’s larg- course of time, MSI said. placement of the concerned Across est carmaker Maruti Suzuki In a similar statement, part, free of charge to cus4. Handgun (6) India (MSI) on Wednesday TKM said: Keeping in line tomers,” TKM noted.

7. Slaughter (8) said it is recalling 1,34, 885 with our customer first phiOwners of the subject 8. Loves intensely units of WagonR and Bale- losophy as well as bearing vehicles under this recall (6) no to in order to replace the safety of our custom- campaign will be contacted 10. Tall pole (5) faulty fuel pumps. ers in mind, the company by company dealers for in13. Ship’s company Toyota Kirloskar Mo- is proactively and volun- spection and replacement (4) tor (TKM), which sources tarily recalling all variants of the part, it added.

14. German man (4) Baleno from MSI and sells of Glanza manufactured In March 2018, Toyota 15. Drop (4) it as Glanza, also said it is between April 2, 2019 and and Suzuki had concluded recalling around 6,500 units October 6, 2019.

16. Put on (3) a basic agreement for supof the premium hatchback 17. Among (4) The company, through plying hybrid and other to fix the same problem.

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Donald Trump signs Hong Kong Act Ends preferential economic treatment for Hong Kong

China summons US envoy over HK Act; lodges diplomatic protest BEIJING, JUL 15 (PTI): China on Wednesday summoned US Ambassador Terry Branstad and lodged a diplomatic protest over the passage of the ‘Hong Kong Autonomy Act’ by the US to end the preferential treatment to the former British colony in retaliation to Beijing’s new controversial national security law.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry summoned Branstad to convey its protest over the Hong Kong Act, state-run People’s Daily reported. Deputy Foreign Minister Zheng Zeguang told Branstad that the act grossly interfered in China’s internal affairs and seriously violated international laws and norms, the report said.

China will take measures including sanctions on American entities and individuals in order to protect its interests, Zheng told Branstad.

Earlier on Wednesday, China warned the US that it will “definitely hit back” with sanctions if Washington goes ahead with the implementation of President Donald Trump’s ‘Hong Kong Autonomy Act’.

President Trump has signed an executive order to end the preferential economic treatment for Hong Kong after China intro-

duced a controversial national security law in the Asian trading hub to curb autonomy and democratic freedoms.

Reacting to Trump’s announcement of signing the ‘Hong Kong Autonomy Act’, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said the US should not implement it.

“We urge the US side to correct its mistake, not to implement the so-called ‘Hong Kong Autonomy Act’ and immediately stop meddling in Hong Kong affairs and China’s internal affairs in any way,” she told a media briefing here.

“This act smears our law on safeguarding national security in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). If the US insists on going on the wrong path, China will definitely hit back,” she said. The US attempt to obstruct China’s national security legislation for the HKSAR will be to no avail and China will make necessary responses to protect its legitimate interests and impose sanctions on relevant US personnel and entities, she said.

“This US move has grossly interfered in China’s internal affairs and seriously violated international law,

as well as the basic norms governing international relations,” she said.

After passing the national security law which drew global condemnation and criticism, China on July 8 opened its first security office at the leading global hub for international business.

The office facilitated for the first time the presence of China’s security establishment in the global business hub after it came under the control of Beijing in 1997. Till now, the security was maintained by Hong Kong police.

The new national security office places mainland Chinese agents in the heart of the territory for the first time.

China passed the sweeping national security law on Hong Kong to take full control of the former British colony which witnessed massive protests by millions of locals opposing Beijing’s growing controls over the city’s seven million population.

The Trump administration has been openly critical of Beijing’s sweeping national security law aimed at limiting Hong Kong’s autonomy and curb political dissent against the ruling Chinese Communist Party.

were having the worst year economically in 67 years,” Trump said.

“I do not want them to have a bad year. I want them to have a good year, but they were taking advantage of the US for years and that is stopping. But then the virus came in and the world is a different place, but we are now getting back and one of the reasons the market is doing so -- it is almost at the point that it was at prior to the plague,” Trump said.

“It is a great thing, it is an amazing thing what our people have done and what they have endured,” he said. Trump also signed the Hong Kong Autonomy Act.

“The Hong Kong Autonomy Act was passed unanimously by the Congress,” he said, adding that the law gives his administration powerful new tools to hold responsible the individuals in the entities involved in extinguishing Hong Kong’s freedom.

“We have all watched what happened, not a good situation. Their freedom has been taken away, their rights have been taken away and with it goes Hong Kong in my opinion, because it will no longer be able to compete with free markets.

“A lot of people will be leaving Hong Kong, I suspect, and we are going to do a lot more business because of it because we just lost one competitor,” he said.

He said America has lost a competitor it incentivised to take a lot of business and do well.

“We gave them a lot of business by doing what we did. We gave them things that nobody else had the right to do and that gave them a big edge over other markets, and because of that edge, they have some really historic business, tremendous business, far bigger than anybody would have thought years ago

when we did this gift. It was really a gift to freedom,” Trump said.

Trump said no administration has been tougher on China than his administration.

“We imposed historic tariffs, we stood up to China’s intellectual property theft at a level that nobody has ever come close to,” he said, while noting that the US has acted against Chinese technology and telecom providers.

Trump said America has convinced many countries not to use Chinese telecom giant Huawei because “it is a big security risk”.

“I talked many countries out of using it. If they want to do business with us, they cannot use it,” he said. UK on Tuesday banned Huawei from its 5G telecom network, reversing an earlier decision to allow the Chinese tech giant a limited role in building the country’s super-fast wireless infrastructure.

The US placed Huawei on a trade blacklist last year over national security concerns and has led an international campaign to convince allies to exclude Huawei from their 5G networks.

Polish president fooled by phone pranksters claiming to be UN chief

UK PM promises independent probe into COVID-19

Security scare as Macron accosted by protesters

United Nations chief, Antonio Guterres does not pronounce the name of Polish vodka brand Zubrowka as well as the caller did.

But he conceded that the “voice was very similar.”

The president ended his tweet with an emoticon of tears of laughter. Polish state security is investigating how the prankster got through to the president and whether Russia’s secret services were involved.

The Internal Security Agency said in a statement the call had been authorized by an official with Poland’s mission to the United Nations and that his actions are under investigation.

Poland’s relations with Russia are tense, especially over Poland’s support for Ukraine’s drive for closer links with the European Union. The caller congratulated Duda on his reelection but took the president to task for his hostile campaign comments about the LGBT community, drawing Duda’s assurance that he has “huge respect for every human being.”

LONDON, JUL 15 (PTI): British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday confirmed an independent inquiry into the government’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, some time in the future.

Pressed on the issue during the weekly Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs) session in the House of Commons, Johnson made the commitment to hold a probe for the first time, having previously dismissed Opposition demands for an immediate investigation.

“I do not believe now, in the middle of combating the pandemic, is the right moment to devote huge amounts of official time to an inquiry,” he said in Parliament.

“But of course we will seek to learn the lessons of this pandemic in the future and certainly we will have an independent inquiry into what happened,” he said.

His comments followed a question posed to him in the Commons from Sir Ed Davey, acting leader of the Liberal Democrat party.

WARSAW, JUL 15 (AGENCIES): A Russian prankster posing as the U.N. secretarygeneral managed to reach Poland’s president on the telephone and rendered him speechless with questions about Ukraine, Russia and his reelection on Sunday.

The prankster, Vladimir Kuznetsov, known as Vovan, posted a recording of the 11-minute call on YouTube. President Andrzej Duda’s office confirmed Wednesday that it was authentic.

At various points in the conversation, conducted in English, Duda sounds surprised at the line of ques-

tioning but still refers to the impostor as “Your Excellency.”

Kusnetzov and his partner have previously embarrassed a host of world leaders and celebrities, including Prince Harry, Boris Johnson, Elton John and French President Emmanuel Macron.

D u d a t we e t e d o n Wednesday that he realized “something was not right” during the conversation, which took place Monday afternoon while the president awaited official word of his election victory.

Duda said he was suspicious because the real

World population likely to shrink after mid-century

WASHINGTON, JUL 15 (PTI): The world’s population is likely to shrink after mid-century, forecasting major shifts in global population and economic power, according to a new study which predicts global, regional, and national populations for 195 countries, and their mortality, fertility, and migration rates.

The analysis, published in the journal The Lancet, used data from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 to project future global, regional, and national population for countries, including India, China, Japan, Italy and the US. It noted that the US is projected to have population growth until just after mid-century, 364 million in 2062, followed by a moderate decline to 336 million by 2100 -- the world’s fourth most populous country.

According to the scientists, including those from the University of Washington, in 2100, the US is forecasted to have the fourth largest working-age population in the world (around 181 million), after

India, Nigeria, and China.

They said immigration will likely sustain the US workforce, with the country experiencing the largest net immigration in absolute numbers -- more than half a million more people are estimated to immigrate to the country in 2100 than will emigrate out.

However, the researchers warned that the US liberal immigration policies have faced a political backlash in recent years, threatening the country’s potential to sustain population and economic growth.

The research also predicted huge shifts in the global age structure, with an estimated 2.37 billion individuals over 65 years globally in 2100, compared with 1.7 billion under 20 years, underscoring the need for liberal immigration policies in countries with significantly declining working age populations.

“Continued global population growth through the century is no longer the most likely trajectory for the world’s population,” said Christopher Murray from the University

of Washington, who led the research.

“This study provides governments of all countries an opportunity to start rethinking their policies on migration, workforces and economic development to address the challenges presented by demographic change,” Murray said.

In the research, they used novel methods for forecasting mortality, fertility, and migration to estimate that by 2100, 183 of 195 countries will have total fertility rates (TFR), which represent the average number of children a woman delivers over her lifetime, below replacement level of 2.1 births per woman.

The scientists noted that the global TFR is predicted to steadily decline, from 2.37 in 2017 to 1.66 in 2100 -- well below the minimum rate (2.1) considered necessary to maintain population numbers (replacement level)-- with rates falling to around 1.2 in Italy and Spain, and as low as 1.17 in Poland.

They said even slight changes in TFR translate

into large differences in population size in countries below the replacement level.

According to the study, increasing TFR by as little as 0.1 births per woman is equivalent to around 500 million more individuals on the planet in 2100.

Based on the findings, they said in several countries, populations will decline unless low fertility is compensated by immigration.

Much of the anticipated fertility decline, according to the scientists, is predicted in high-fertility countries, particularly those in sub-Saharan Africa where rates are expected to fall below the replacement level for the first time.

T h e y s a i d i t m ay change from an average 4.6 births per woman in 2017 to just 1.7 by 2100.

In the African country Niger, where the fertility rate was the highest in the world in 2017 -- with women giving birth to an average of seven children -- the study noted the rate is projected to decline to around 1.8 by 2100.

French President Emmanuel Macron reviews the guard of honour during the annual Bastille Day military ceremony in Paris.

in the video were wearing face masks, recommended for preventing coronavirus contagion.

The heated exchange, with security guards looking on, lasted about six minutes.

“It poses a real security problem,” the head of the opposition rightwing Republicans party, Christian Jacob, told French television. “How can the president of the republic take such risks?”

Leftist leader Jean-Luc Melenchon said Macron should have been more “cautious” as “a president walking in the Tuileries where there are so many

DIMAPUR NKONJAN OVUNG KHUMSHUM FELICITATION

Dimapur Nkonjan Ovung Khumshum (DNOK) would like to extend hearty congratulations to the following members.

1. Mr. R Nyimshio Ovung, S/o Lt. Rulumo Ovung, promoted to District Education Officer under the Dept. of School Education.

2. Er. N Nyamo Ovung, S/o Lt. Nribemo Ovung, promoted to Sub Divisional Officer under Works & Housing Dept.

3. Er. Thechano C Ovung, D/o Mr & Mrs. R C Ovung, promoted to Scientist-C (BIS) under Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Govt. of India.

May the Almighty God continue to bless and guide for their future endeavors.

Khozamo Ovung Chairman, DNOK

Samuel Ovung Secretary, DNOK

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people should expect to come across detractors”.

But gover nment spokesman Gabriel Attal said on Wednesday the incident underlined Macron’s “absolute openness to dialogue”, pointing out that his opponents often criticise him for being too distant from the people.

“The president of the republic can leave the Elysee, and fortunately so,” Attal said of the official presidential residence.

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Eastern Sumi Students' Union would like to convey our heartiest congratulations to Mr. Jepika H. Yepthomi, s/o Hoshito Yepthomi of Ngozubomi village for clearing the recent NPSC exam as Extension Officer under Sericulture Department.

The Union further wishes and prays that our Almighty God continue to bless you in all your future endeavour.

Hukato V Yeptho President

Vinato Z Awomi General Secy.

To the concerned authorities of the Aircel Telecom Company, the Aircel Telecom tower ‘TOLOVI DMO 69’ which has been set up in 2009 at Purana Bazar ‘B’ has been out of operation till date. Since the annual payments have stopped since Oct’17, it is our intent to notify anyone concerned that it will be demolished within 10 days from the date of publication of this notice. If no reply has been received, it is in the best interest of the private resident to demolish the tower and salvage the materials as the tower has been set up within the private property of the concerned party and no contact has been made to the owner of the property.

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It is a proud moment for KTDSSU (KIPHIRE-TUENSANG DISTRICT SUMI STUDENTS’ UNION) to honour and congratulate well-deserved candidates who have successfully cracked NPSC exam in the recent past and for bringing laurels to Sumi Students community of Kiphire-Tuensang District.

The Union takes immense pleasure to mention the achievers in the following manner; 1. Mr. PIKETO H., S/O HOIKHE L. YEPTHO for securing the post of SECRETARIAT ASSISTANT (S.A) through B.T Kiphire NPSC 2018.

2. Mr. SHEKIMU H., S/O HOIKHE L. YEPTHO, for securing the post of JUNIOR SOIL CONSERVATION OFFICER (JSCO), SOIL & WATER CONSERVATION DEPT. through NPSC 2019.

3. Ms. OMEKALI, D/O HOKHEI YEPTHO for securing the post of AGRICULTURE OFFICER THROUGH NPSC 2018.

The Union further conveys our hearty congratulations to all the achievers of various departmental exams in the recent past and wishes all of them more success in future.

(MR. ANATO) (MR. V GRITO) PRESIDENT, KTDSSU GEN/SECRETARY, KTDSSU

In the video, Macron is seen repeatedly urging the group confronting him to “be cool” while taking time to listen to some of their gripes.

He said he understood their “feeling of injustice” but in response to complaints about alleged police abuses, he pointed out that “there are also violent people among yourselves”.

“This is a public holiday, I am taking a walk with my wife, and you are heckling me,” Macron tells one of them, referring to Bastille Day, a national holiday in France.

According to an official count, about 2,500 demonstrators and 1,800 law enforcement agents have been injured in weekly yellow vest protests that kicked off in November 2018.

The protests had largely faded by the summer of 2019, though sporadic protests drawing much smaller crowds have continued almost weekly since then.

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PARIS, JUL 15 (AGENCIES): The security arrangements of French President Emmanuel Macron were brought into question on Wednesday after he was confronted by protesters during a walk in a public garden in Paris.

A group of anti-government “gilets jaunes” (yellow vests) demonstrators hurled abuse as he and his wife Brigitte walked with bodyguards in the Tuileries Gardens in Paris on Tuesday.

In a video posted on the Gilets Jaunes Infos page on Facebook, what appears to be a few dozen protesters boo and shout “Macron demission!” (Macron resign) as they surround the presidential party, many filming on their phones.

“It’s incredible, we’ve stumbled upon the thorn in our side,” one protester is heard saying.

Macron then engages in a close encounter with agitated men who wave fingers in his face while complaining about economic inequality and heavyhanded policing of protests.

Neither Macron nor the demonstrators shown

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KOHIMA YAONGYIMSEN SENSO TELONGJEM “Telongjem nung Terenlok” FELICITATION The Kohima Yaongyimsen Senso Telongjem (KYST) with immense pride and honour extend our heartiest congratulations to Shri. O. Limanungsang Ao (JE) on being promoted to the post of S.D.O under Chief Engineer P.W.D (H) Kohima.

The Union wishes you greater achievements in future endeavours.

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as mainland China. No special privileges, no special economic treatment and no export of sensitive technologies. In addition to that, as you know, we are placing massive tariffs and have placed very large tariffs on China.

“First time this has ever happened to China, billions of dollars have been paid to the US, of which I have given quite a bit to the farmers and ranchers of our country because they were targeted, and that has been going on for three years,” he said.

“This was the first time anybody did anything like that and prior to the plague pouring in from China, they

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President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House, Tuesday. ( AP/PTI)

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WASHINGTON, JUL 15 (PTI): US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to end the preferential economic treatment for Hong Kong after China imposed a controversial national security law in the Asian trading hub to curb autonomy and democratic freedoms.

The Trump administration has been openly critical of Beijing’s sweeping national security law aimed at limiting Hong Kong’s autonomy and curb political dissent against the ruling Chinese Communist Party. Trump said he also signed legislation to sanction Chinese officials responsible for cracking down on political dissent in Hong Kong.

“Today, I signed legislation and an executive order to hold China accountable for its oppressive actions against the people of Hong Kong,” Trump said at a White House press conference on Tuesday.

The president also said he signed an executive order ending US preferential treatment for Hong Kong, a former British territory handed over to China in 1997. “Hong Kong will now be treated the same

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he Himachal Pradesh High Court has restrained the prestigious Lawrence School at Sanawar in Kasauli hills, which boasts of alumni like Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt, from receiving additional fees for holding virtual classes owing to the pandemic.

A Division Bench of Justices Tarlok Singh Chauhan and Joytsna Rewal Dua directed the state Education Secretary and the school headmaster to file reply or instructions before the next date of hearing on July 20.

In a one page order on Tuesday, the court restrained the school from receiving the balance amount of fee of Rs 170,800. The court passed the order on the petition of Deepak Gupta, who moved the court on July 7.

His son is in Class 8 of the boarding school located in Solan district.

“Sending the child to the boarding is a big decision which is always taken by the parents for the betterment of child’s future so that he could become physically and mentally strong,” the petitioner said.

He said the school de-

manded a total fee of Rs 636,200 in January as it was payable in two installments.

The first installment was of Rs 401,700 and was paid before February 15. The second installment of Rs 2, 34,500 was to be paid on or before July 15. He said the school opened on February 15 and the child was taken to home on March 17 due to the pandemic.

The petitioner said the state higher education on May 27 directed the private schools not to charge any fee, except tuition fee, and the tuition fee could not be collected on a quarterly ba-

sis. Nearly 140 parents sent a digitally signed representation requesting the school for waiving the school fee.

Ignoring the parents’ request, the school on July 3 demanded Rs 1,70,800, instead of Rs 2,34,500 from the parents, reducing the fee merely to 11 per cent (Rs 63,700).

The school started the online classes on April 6, comprising four sections of 120 students in one go compared to regular classes of 20 to 30 students. Moreover, the petition says, there are no extracurricular activities along with no board and lodging facilities extended to the students amid the lockdown.

The residential Lawrence School also boasts of alumni like Punjab’s former Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal and former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah. (IANS)

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ore than 25 artisans and entrepreneurs from NE region are participating and displaying their exquisite crafts in theme pavilion set up during 49th edition of IHGF-Delhi fair virtual being held from July 13 to 19. They are displaying the complete range of handicrafts of the region such as water hyacinth, muga silk and eri silk, apart from products made out of cane, bamboo and terracotta.

The North Eastern Region theme pavilion was inaugurated by development commissioner (Handicrafts) Shantmanu, wherein he said that India

has a rich culture, heritage and variety of crafts all over the country, and the North Eastern State has exclusive range of sustainable crafts out of nature. He said that the need of the hour was that products should be sustainable, ecofriendly and also socially and environmentally compliant, where products of North Eastern states meet the criteria and have great demand in the International markets.

Regional convenor from NER, Jesmina Zeliang said that EPCH has made special efforts to provide hand holding and business opportunity to the entrepreneurs of the eight North

Eastern states. She hoped that the entrepreneurs will benefit from this first ever Virtual Fair, which was the new normal and will give a new marketing boost to the entrepreneurs from the region.Large numbers of overseas buyers across the countries will be accessing the virtual fair.

The exports from these North Eastern states of India during the year 201819 was to the tune of Rs. 1323.39 crores over the previous year which can be further increased with the help of focused export promotion programmes according to director general EPCH Rakesh Kumar.

The Kohima Asangma Senso Telongjem, Kohima Asangma Tetsur Telongjem and Kohima Asangma Shisashir Telongjem extend our heartiest congratulations to Miss Chubakatila Jamir, D/O T. Temsu Jamir and Alila Longkumer, from St. Anthony's Higher Secondary School Shillong for successfully securing top 3 (Arts) in the recently declared Higher Secondary School Leaving Certificate Examination 2020 result, conducted by Meghalaya Board of School Education.

We are immensely proud of you and grateful to Almighty God. It is our sincere prayer that you continue to excel in your future endeavours.

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The Sumi GB Dimapur Sadar heartily congratulates Shri Phushito Ayemi, Head GB of Phushito village, son of Lt. Viyiho Ayemi on being elected as the President of Western Sumi Kukami Hoho. The Sumi GB Dimapur Sadar is optimistic that the WSKH under his able leadership would scale greater heights and uplift the image of Western Sumi GBs in particular and the Western Sumi people in general. We extend our full support and cooperation to the leadership of Shri Phushito Ayemi.

Maroon 5’s Mickey takes leave after arrest for alleged domestic violence

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The Aqahuto Tokukuzho Kukami Kuqhakulu (GB's Union) would like to extend our heartiest congratulations to Shri. Phushito Ayemi, Hd. G.B of Phushito village, son of Lt. Viyiho Ayemi for being elected as the President of Western Sumi Kukami Hoho (WSKH).

We pray for your continued effort, initiative and endeavor for our Sumi's and the Nagas at large. Our best wishes for your continued services, good health and long life.

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aroon 5 bassist, Michael “Mickey” Madden is taking a leave of absence from the band following his arrest for alleged domestic violence, as People reports. Last month, Madden was arrested on a felony charge in Los Angeles and was released on $50,000 bond.

“I have some things that I need to deal with and address right now and so I have decided to leave Maroon 5,” Madden said in a statement to Rolling Stone.

“During this time, I do not want to be a distraction to my bandmates. I wish them the absolute best.”

On June 27, Madden was arrested in Los Angeles and charged under California penal code 273.5(a), which cites among the code’s violations anyone who “willfully inflicts corporal injury resulting in a traumatic condition” on a spouse or cohabitant, per Page Six. (Rolling Stone)

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Nagaland Post, Dimapur THURSDAY, JULY 16, 2020

Some kind of sporting activities after 2-3 months: Rijiju

L ondon, J ul 1 5 (IANS): Birmingham 2022 has launched a competition for finding a child who will design the official mascot for the Commonwealth Games that will be held in the city in two years.

The mascot will be ‘a global icon for the Games’ and should ‘represent the identity, heritage, and culture of the Commonwealth Games, Birmingham and the West Midlands.’

The competition is open only to children who are residents of the United Kingdom aged between 5 and 15 years.

“Staff members or relatives of Birmingham 2022 or any other person involved in the competition or the organisation of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games or relatives of such a person are not eligible to submit an application,” it said.

The closing date for entries is August 5.

or 3 months, depending on the situation,” Rijiju said.

He was speaking after the conclusion of the twoday virtual meeting with sports ministers of all states and union territories to chalk a way forward amid the pandemic.

Rijiju emphasised

than (NYKS) and National Service Scheme (NSS) to promote various schemes at the state level.

He said the centre and states will work together and mobilise one crore volunteers to help in India’s fight against COVID. Speaking about the need to enhance the pool of volunteers across the country, Rijiju said, “More than 60 lakh volunteers of NYKS and NSS were engaged as frontline COVID warriors as they created awareness, made and distributed masks and assisted citizens during the

pandemic.

“We have set a target of mobilizing one crore plus volunteers under the Youth Ministry schemes.

The volunteers will not only continue their fight against COVID 19 but will also help citizens gain benefit from Honourable PM’’s vision of Atmanirbhar Bharat.

“There are various provisions under Atmanirbhar Bharat that will directly help the poorest of the poor with free ration, medical assistance and more.”

During the conference, Rijiju also spoke of

LO N D O N, J U L 1 5 (AGENCIES): The Premier League and English Football League summer transfer windows will be open for 10 weeks between 27 July and 5 October, subject to Fifa approval, reports BBC Sports. In addition, the Premier League and EFL say there will be a domesticonly window between 5-16 October.

“During this window, clubs will only be able to trade with EFL clubs (either loans or permanent registrations),” said a Premier League statement.

“No transfers can take

place between Premier League clubs in this period.”

The EFL also said any new signings by its clubs could not play until the start of the 2020-21 season.

“This is applicable to clubs involved in the Championship play-offs,” it explained in a statement.

The EFL added: “The window for international registrations closes at 23:00 BST on Monday, 5 October, with an agreement in place with the Premier League for an extended two-week domestic-only window, which will close at 17:00 on Friday, 16 October.”

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With immense joy and profound gratitude we, the Western Sumi Students' Union (WSSU) convey our heartiest congratulations to Shri. Phushito Aye on being elected as President, Western Sumi Kukami Hoho (WSKH) for the tenure 2020-2023.

The WSSU wishes you the best in future endeavour.

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the relevance of the Fit India Movement during these trying times.

“I urge all states to continue with Fit India activities online during COVID and include common people in fitness-related activities.

“Enrolling schools as Fit India schools can also help to make fitness a way of life for students. There are a lot of parameters for a school to qualify as a Fit India school, but primary among them is the inclusion of mandatory fitness activities in the daily curriculum.”

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on resuming non-contact sports as and when the situation improves.

“We can start sporting events in a limited manner and for non-contact sports.

There are some states that have opened up their sporting facilities and started some sports training. As the situation improves, we must attempt to bring onfield sport back.”

Sporting activities came to a screeching halt after the government was forced to enforce a nationwide lockdown in march to stem the spread of the pandemic.

The meeting also discussed ways to engage more volunteers of the Nehru Yuva Kendra Sanga-

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The Humtso Yamo Yanpoe Yanpi Okho (HYYYO) extends our heartiest congratulations to Mr. Khephothung V Jami, son of Mr. Vanthungo Jami and Mrs. Yizano Jami, for securing 15th rank, with an overall percentage of 94.17% in the recently declared NBSE, HSLC 2020 result. The Okho prays and wishes him success in his future endeavours.

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NEW DELHI, JUL 15 (PTI): India is still some way off from resuming sporting events as sports minister Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday asked the states to not press the restart button in a hurry considering the rising COVID-19 case count.

Reviewing the possibility of resumption of sporting activities across the country, Rijiju urged the states to not start anything within the next twothree months.

“The states will have to independently decide when they can start sports activities and training.

However, I would urge all states to start some kind of sporting activities after 2

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We further acknowledge for being the ‘Recipient of Bronze Medal’ in the Final Assessment of Post-Graduate Diploma in Sericulture (Central Silk Board, Berhampore, West Bengal).

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AGNIVA MAITI

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EPL: Chelsea beat Norwich 1-0

STAMFORD BRIDGE, JUL 15 ( AGENCIES): Chelsea tightened their grip on a Champions League spot as Olivier Giroud’s header gave them a 1-0 win over relegated Norwich, reports Sky Sports.

Giroud’s header moments before half-time, against an unusually resolute Norwich defence, ensured Frank Lampard’s side returned to winning ways after their dire defeat at Sheffield United last weekend.

Wi t h M a n c h e s t e r United and Leicester, both starting the matchday a point behind the Blues, to play later in the week it was imperative Chelsea picked up three points to guarantee the pair could not leapfrog them - and a dominant display in west London deserved more than the narrow margin of victory.

Christian Pulisic saw a shot on the turn palmed onto the bar by Tim Krul while Giroud missed a number of first-half chances before scoring the only goal, while after the break Pulisic and Willian were both denied, but Chelsea

Olivier Giroud scores for Chelsea against Norwich. saw out victory relatively comfortably to move four points clear, for now at least, in third.

Norwich have rarely been seen without Teemu Pukki and Emi Buendia this season but their absence was not the only alteration from Daniel Farke, whose usually expansive side set up to frustrate their hosts from the off and avoid some unwanted history by losing an eighth

consecutive league game for the first time.

It was testament to their efforts that it took Chelsea 20 minutes to carve out a chance of note from a moment of Jorginho quality, as his lofted ball was volleyed straight at Krul

by Giroud under pressure from Ben Godfrey.

That would not be the only chance he passed up.

The Frenchman scuffed Cesar Azpilicueta’s pull-

back high and wide before failing to connect with Ruben Loftus-Cheek’s flick, while Kurt Zouma flashed a free header wide from a corner.

Chelsea’s persistence has not always paid off this season, but in first-half injury time they did finally find their shooting boots.

With Pulisic in space out wide on the left, he cut onto his stronger foot before finding Giroud with

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Pasalic’s hat-trick helps Atalanta beat Brescia in Serie A

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Kolkata , J ul 1 5 (IANS): City football giants Mohammedan Sporting club have beefed up their squad ahead of the forthcoming 2nd Division League with the signing of Trinidadian ace Willis Deon Plaza.

The 33-year-old marksman becomes the Black Panthers’ second foreign signing for the 2nd Division League and the first ever Caribbean player

at the club.

Delighted with the newest addition to the squad, General secretary Sk. Wasim Akram said: “We are very excited to get a player who will be committed and focused.

It is vital as well to have players who have experience, because we have a very good bunch of young players but you also need a good weight of experience in your team and Plaza will

contribute to that.”

Football Secretar y Dipendu Biswas said Plaza’s addition was an important one, given his penchant for scoring. “Plaza has a proven track-record when it comes to scoring and this is an area we needed to strengthen on the squad. The goals aside, he even has an eye for a quality final pass and we’re looking forward to working with him.”

Plaza, who was in talks with the Black Panthers after getting released

by East Bengal in January 2018 before the deal didn’t materialise, said he was glad to have finally made the move.

Having completed formalities, Plaza said: “I am delighted to sign for Mohammedan Sporting club. It’s a great club with top players and passionate fans. I want to score goals for the club and help the club to qualify for ILeague.”

“When I got the offer from Mohammedan Sporting Club, I didn’t hesitate for one moment that I want to be here,” the former East Bengal striker added.

Rome, Jul 15 (IANS): Atalanta continued to showcase their attacking power as Mario Pasalic’s hat-trick inspired them to a 6-2 home victory over relegation-threatened Brescia in the ongoing Serie A competition.

Atalanta entered Tuesday’s game on the back of a 10-game unbeaten run, including a nine-game winning streak which was snapped by Juventus with a 2-2 draw last week, reports Xinhua news agency.

Ernesto Torregrossa’s goal in the eighth minute cancelled out Pasalic’s early opener, but the home side ran riot in a space of just five minutes, as Robin Gosens, Ruslan Malinovskyi and Duvan Zapata all found the net, putting the Dea firmly in charge of the first half.

Pasalic added his second in the 55th minute before completing his hat-trick just three minutes later. Brescia scored a consolation goal in the 83rd minute with Nikolas Spalek’s low strike.

Atalanta temporarily move up to second place with 70 points, while Brescia rank 19th.

a curling cross which the target man buried beyond a helpless Krul, to score in three consecutive Premier League starts for the first time since January 2017.

Norwich had yet to muster a shot of any kind and despite the scoreline little changed after the break, with Chelsea again playing attack against defence while finding their path to a second goal frustrated, not least by the agile Krul.

He had to be alert to turn away Pulisic’s powerful effort at his near post, while Azpilicueta side-footed over his bar from 20 yards, and minutes later Marcos Alonso was left slapping the ground in frustration after seeing his header denied by the goalkeeper.

Giroud was denied a second with his final touch before being replaced five minutes from time, as Godfrey beat him to the near post from Willian’s low cross, but with Kepa in the home goal untested by a single shot on target all night from the Canaries, it was Chelsea singing at fulltime as they took the early advantage in the race for the Champions League.

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Suarez believes it’s ‘impossible’ for Barca to win LaLiga this season B arcelona , J ul 15 (IANS): Barcelona forward Luis Suarez has conceded the LaLiga title race to Clasico rivals Real Madrid as according to the Uruguayan, it’s impossible for them to retain the trophy this term.

Real currently hold a four-point advantage over Barcelona as they have accumulated 83 points from 36 matches, while the Catalan giants have 79 points in same number of games.

Barcelona were held to a 2-2 draw by Celta Vigo last month and Suarez said that was the moment when they lost the opportunity to close in on Real.

“If you have to be honest, the league is almost impossible,” Suarez told Spanish outlet sport.es.

“It is clear that the game against Sevilla is a game that makes things very difficult for you.

“We had options to get ahead. That day was important but in Vigo it was key. We lost our great opportunity.

“If we had beaten Celta, we would have been better off against Atletico. The

Kohima, Jul 15 (NPN): Advisor for Youth Resources and Sports, Er. Zale Neikha along with the Secretary and Director of YRS department on Wednesday attended the video conference of Ministers in-charge of Youth Affairs and Sports chaired

by Union Sports Minister, Kiren Rijiju.

The advisor highlighted the department activities taken during the Covid-19 lockdown.

He informed that the State coaches have been imparting online training to the students through whatsapp videos and other online forms of communication. Also, the coaches have undergone online training organized by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports for different disciplines like football, basketball, boxing, atheletics.

The department has participated in spreading basic sports training and inspirational messages from prominent sportspersons to the general public through whatsapp and other online medium.

2662 volunteers from Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS), National Youth Volunteers (NYS), Disaster Volunteers and

kick-off time only after the final draw, currently planned for after the March 2022 international match calendar qualifying window.

“Once the pairings are known, the possibility will be discussed of providing a more beneficial kick-off time for audiences at home, or indeed for fans in Qatar with regard to the stadium allocation.”

Four matches a day during the group stage

Aerial view of Al Bayt stadium.

The last time the showpiece event was held in the continent was in 2002 when Japan and South Korea hosted the tournament together.

“The World Cup is always a festival of football, a real celebration for the fans who come on-site and watch. In Qatar, with the compact nature, this is going to be amplified even more with 32 teams and

32 sets of supporters all in and around Doha,” FIFA Chief Tournaments and Events Officer, Colin Smith was quoted as saying in the statement.

Also, fans can witness more than one match in a day as none of the eight venues, in and around Qatar capital city, is more than an hour apart from each other, thanks to the newly constructed Doha Metro.

“The tournament’s compact nature -- with no air travel needed to move between the venues -- will allow organisers, for the first time, to optimise specific match demands for the benefit and comfort of fans, teams and media,” the statement read further.

“This will be achieved through the assignment of the group fixtures for each matchday to a stadium and

blow was in Vigo, the goal in the last minute from Aspas. It hurt. Now we have to finish well and go for the Champions League.”

Suarez also addressed rumours surrounding hostshot Inter Milan forward Lautaro Martinez, who has been linked with a move to Barcelona in recent times.

The Argentine is being seen as a natural successor for ageing Suarez at the club.

“He (Martinez) is a great player. He has been playing at a very high level at Inter,” Suarez said. “It is not easy to get to Italy from Argentina and demonstrate everything he has done in a complicated football league like Serie A. “He is young and if he comes to Barca, we will trying to help him adapt and to help him feel comfortable,” he added.

Er. Zale interacts with Rijiju via video conferencing

Er. Zale and YRS official others during the video conference on Monday.

Youth Volunteers were assigned to respective district administrations and their services were utilized in the fight against COVID-19 in areas of food & material distribution, mask distribution, sanitization in public areas with NDRF, sensitization on stigma and discrimination of frontline workers, promotion of Aarogya Setup App etc.

National Service Scheme (NSS) with a strength of 23 colleges and 340 volunteers took part in assisting the civil administrations in their respective

Hosts Qatar to kick-off 2022 FIFA World Cup at Al Bayt Stadium Doha, Jul 15 (IANS/ agencies): Hosts Qatar will kick-off the 2022 World Cup at the Al Bayt Stadium on November 21, football’s world governing body FIFA announced on Wednesday.

The group stage will last for 12 days with four matches being played in a day. According to FIFA, this is being done to give the players ample rest before the knockout stage of the tournament.

“The local kick-off times for group matches have been set for 13:00, 16:00, 19:00 and 22:00, with the simultaneous kickoffs for the last round of group games and knockout-stage timings being 18:00 and 22:00,” the FIFA statement read.

“Khalifa International Stadium will be the setting for the play-off for third place on 17 December. The final will kick off one day later at 18:00 at Lusail Stadium in front of an 80,000 crowd,” it added.

This is the second time the World Cup is being hosted by an Asian nation.

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The group games will be played over a 12-day period, with matches not being assigned to particular venues until after the finals draw in March 2022, reports BBC Sports.

Kick-off times for the first two rounds of games will be 1pm, 4pm, 7pm and 10pm local time with the eight stadiums all within a 40-mile radius of each other. It means supporters and media could attend two games on the same day.

How will the group games look?

• For all but three games there will be a three-

day rest period in between • There will also be no need for teams, supporters or media to spend time flying or taking long rail or road journeys between matches • Kick-off times in the final round of group games and knockout round matches will be at 6pm and 10pm local time Local time will be three hours ahead of UK time during the tournament, which is taking place in November and December 2022.

Where will the opening match and final take place?

The tour nament’s opening match will be played at the 60,000-seater Al Bayt stadium in Al Khor on Monday, 21 November in a game which will feature hosts Qatar.

The final venue is the 80,000-capacity Lusail Stadium in Doha on Sunday, 18 December at 15:00 GMT. A start date is yet to be announced for the European section of World Cup qualification.

districts. The NCC and Bharat Scouts & Guides also participated in the effort and assisted the district administrations.

The Union Minister stressed on the importance of staying fit during this lockdown and suggested to take measures to stay fit, specially to all the players.

The advisor informed that, in line with the ‘Fit India Movement’, the department will introduce fitness zones specially for which the department will work out the modalities. The advisor stated that the department is

keen to start the activities like District Level Catch them Young Tournament, InterDistrict/State Level Catch Them Young Department and Dr.T. Ao Inter-District Football Championship etc.

The department intends to slowly start activating by concentrating on contactless sports and follow strict safety protocols as laid out by the health authorities.

The advisor also informed that the department has initiated the process of identification for opening of Khelo India Centres (KIC) at the District Level.

England tour of India for ODIs and T20Is postponed

New Delhi, Jul 15 (PTI): The Indian cricket team’s six-match limitedovers home series against England scheduled in September is all set to be postponed along with New Zealand A’s visit of the country next month due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The BCCI is yet to make any formal announcement in this regard but it is expected that it will happen soon.

“England were supposed to play six games (three ODIs and three T20 Internationals) during late September. Obviously in the current circumstances England won’t be travelling to India,” a senior BCCI official told PTI on conditions of anonymity. India’s Future Tours and Program (FTP) calendar will be among the main topics of discussion during the BCCI Apex Council meeting on Friday.

“But I guess a formal announcement will happen once the FTP issue is discussed as it’s part of the agenda during Friday’s

Apex Council meeting. New Zealand A had a tour of India scheduled in August and even that’s also unlikely to go ahead,” the official said.

According to reports in the British media, the white ball tour may now happen in September, next year.

India currently have over 9 lakh positive cases of COVID -19 and the death toll is inching towards the 25,000 mark. India’s case load is the third highest in the world. Even if the situation in India improves by September, there was very possibility of England coming. “Our (BCCI) president (Sourav Ganguly), in a recent interview, said that they are planning for a camp in August if the situation permits. It’s common sense that under these circumstances, no matches can be held,” the official added.

Also the England tour was scheduled in the last week of September and with the ICC T20 World Cup in Australia set to be postponed, the IPL is expected to kick off during that phase either in India or abroad.

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