July 21, 2020

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Oxford COVID vaccine trials safe

LONDON, JUL 20 (PTI): A coronavirus vaccine developed by the University of Oxford appears safe and induces a strong immune response within the body, scientists announced on Monday after the first phase of “promising” human trials against the deadly disease that has infected over 1.45 crore people and claimed more than six lakh lives across the world.

Doses of the vaccine were given to 1,077 healthy adults aged between 18 and 55 in five UK hospitals in April and May as part of the phase one clinical trial and results, published in the ‘Lancet’ medical journal.

The results show they induced strong antibody and T-cell immune responses for up to 56 days after they were given. T-cells are crucial for maintaining protection against the virus for years.

The findings are seen as promising, but experts feel it is too soon to know if this is enough to offer protection as larger trials get underway.

“There is still much work to be done before we can confirm if our vaccine will help manage the Covid-19 pandemic, but these early results hold promise,” said

CP for strict compliance of lockdown norms D IMA P U R , J UL 2 0 (NPN): Commissioner of Police, Dimapur R. Tetseo has directed the district police force to ensure strict compliance of lockdown measures in place in Dimapur district.

CP said that many shops/business establishments were open even after 2 p.m., violating the government standing order.

CP also noted that there has been an increase in movement of non-essential traffic after 2 p.m.

In this regard, CP, in an order, directed all ACPs division/OCs PS to ensure that no shops/business establishments remain open after 2 p.m. in their respective jurisdictions.

Further, all ACPs division/ACP (Trf)-I & II, OCs PS- Traffic-I & II have been directed to regulate/restrict all non-essential traffic movement after 2 p.m.

Police personnel have also been asked to setup traffic barricades at major traffic intersections after 2p.m.

DCP Traffic/DCP Zone-I & II will monitor and ensure strict compliance, in coordination with the District Magistrate having jurisdiction, CP Dimapur stated.

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Professor Sarah Gilbert, coauthor of the study.

Scientists behind the trials found the response could be even greater after a second dose.

“The Phase I/II data for our coronavirus vaccine shows that the vaccine did not lead to any unexpected reactions and had a similar safety profile to previous vaccines of this type. The immune responses observed following vaccination are in line with what previous animal studies have shown are associated with protection against the SARS-CoV-2 virus, although we must continue with our rigorous clinical trial programme to confirm this in humans,” said Professor Andrew Pollard, Chief investigator of the Oxford Vaccine Trial at

Oxford University and coauthor of the study.

“We saw the strongest immune response in the 10 participants who received two doses of the vaccine, indicating that this might be a good strategy for vaccination,” he said.

The University of Oxford is working with the UKbased global biopharmaceutical company AstraZeneca for the further development, large-scale manufacture and potential distribution of the Covid-19 vaccine, with plans for clinical development and production of the Oxford vaccine progressing globally.

“We are encouraged by the Phase I/II interim data showing AZD1222 was capable of generating a rapid antibody and T-cell response

against SARS-CoV-2,” said Mene Pangalos, Executive Vice President of BioPharmaceuticals Research and Development at AstraZeneca.

“While there is more work to be done, today’s data increases our confidence that the vaccine will work and allows us to continue our plans to manufacture the vaccine at scale for broad and equitable access around the world,” Pangalos said.

Oxford and AstraZeneca are collaborating with clinical partners around the world as part of a global clinical programme to trial the Oxford vaccine. The global programme is made up of a Phase III trial in the US enrolling 30,000 patients, a paediatric study, as well as Phase III trials in low-to-middle income countries including Brazil and South Africa which are already underway.

A UK Phase 1 and 2 trial began in April testing the Oxford coronavirus vaccine named ChAdOx1 nCoV-19.

The next step in studying the vaccine is to confirm that it can effectively protect against Covid-19 infection.

India’s COVID19 case tally crosses 11L NEW DELHI, JUL 20 (PTI): India’s COVID-19 case tally crossed the 11-lakh mark on Monday, while the total number of recovered patients increased to over seven lakh, according to Union health ministry data.

The death toll due to the disease rose to 27,497 with 681 fatalities reported in one day.

The data updated at 8 am on Monday showed that a record single-day jump of 40,425 COVID-19 cases had taken the total number of cases to 11,18,043.

I n d i a ’s C OV I D - 1 9 tally crossed the 11-lakh mark, just three days after it crossed the 10-lakh mark.

This is also the first time that the single-day spike in cases has crossed the 40,000-mark.

There are 3,90,459 active cases in the country, while 7,00,086 people have recovered and one person has migrated. The recovery rate stands at 62.62 per cent.

As many as 22,664 COVID patients recovered from disease in the last 24 hours. The number of recovered COVID-19 patients exceeds India’s active caseload by 3,09,627, as on Monday.

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State COVID count crosses 1000-mark NAGALAND COVID-19 STATUS AS ON july 20, 2020 District

Hema Chowdhary in Police custody. (PRO)

Correspondent

KOHIMA, JUL 20 (NPN): Animal rights activists Hema Chowdhary, who allegedly made objectionable remark against Nagas and people from the North East on social media, was brought to Kohima on Monday night around 8.30 p.m. Hema was brought to Nagaland (Kohima) from Mumbai via Delhi and Imphal by flight.

Upon reaching Kohima, Chowdhary along with other police officials who had accompanied her were taken straight to Naga Hospital

Accordingly the investigation will begin as per the laid down procedures of law, Kumar said.

He said that a cyber crime case has been registered against Hema for her posts in YouTube/Facebook under Cyber Crime PS Case No. 08/2020 U/S 153A/153B/505(1)/505(2) IPC R/W 3(r)/3(s)/3(u) SC/ST (POA) Act. She had made derogatory statements against Nagas conducing to public mischief and also promoting enmity between different groups of people, which is prejudicial to maintenance of harmony, he said.

In this regard, a nonbailable warrant of arrest was issued by the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kohima and subsequently a team of Nagaland Police led by a Dy.SP rank officer arrested Chowdhary from her Mumbai residence in Oshiwara locality on July 17, Kumar stated.

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Dimapur DH Dimapur CCC SIHFW ARC Hospital Dimapur ITI CCC Dimapur ARTC Dimapur Kohima NHAK Kohima Chedema Jakhama Army Hospital Kohima 24 AR Chieswema Mon CCC Peren CCC Jalukie Peren Covid Hospital Peren CCC ISBT New Peren New Peren Rseti CCC (Ladies) Tuensang DH Wokha DH Zunheboto DH Kiphire DH Longleng DH Mokokchung IMDH Phek DH

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DIMAPUR, JUL 20 (NPN): Nagaland’s COVID-19 tally crossed the 1000-mark after 33 fresh cases were reported from across the state on Monday.

In a tweet, State Health & Family Welfare minister, S. Pangnyu Phom said the fresh cases were detected out of 454 samples that were tested. He said 16 cases were reported from Dimapur, 12 from Mon and 5 from Kohima. With

this the state’s tally rose to 1021-- 537 active and 484 recovered cases.

According to state Health department’s bulletin, one of the patient was in critical condition and admitted to ICU with ventilator while 533 cases were asymptomatic, 2 with mild symptoms and 1 with moderate symptom.

As per distribution of cases by domicile district, Peren district has so far re-

State Total

Speaker, alleges NPF

DIMAPUR, JUL 20 (NPN): Opposition NPF has alleged that in view of “discrimination” meted out to the party by Speaker of Nagaland Legislative Assembly (NLA) Sharingain Longkumer, it was constrained to issue a statement for the “general awareness” on the how the present government (PDA) was making a “mockery of democratic practices in the state”.

Stating this in a communiqué NPF through its two legislators-- Dr. Chotisuh Sazo and Amenba Yaden, narrated the events that took place on July 20 at the Business Advisory Committee(BAC) of the NLA held at the Committee Room to finalise the provisional programme for the 6th session of the 13th NLA. At the meeting, the two said NPF requested the Speaker (chairman of BAC) to accommodate the proposal for discussions under issue of public importance, such as- Naga political issue, COVID-19 and SARFAESI Act,2002 during the one-day session.

However, they said, the request was turned down for reasons best known to the Speaker and the ruling coalition. The NPF legislators said since the Naga political issue has reached a “crucial stage” it has to be deliberated more than before since “we cannot afford to speak in different voices” after 23 years of political dialogue. NPF reminded that the issue had been deliberated for two consecutive days on July 23 and 24,2015 and opined that it was more significant that the issue found a room for discussion (Cont’d on p-8) on the floor of the house.

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Kohima, Jul 20 (NPN): LPG distributors in Kohima municipality under the banner of All Kohima Indane Distributors’ Association (AKIDA) will continue with their indefinite suspension of all LPG services, which began since July 13.

When asked if AKIDA has agreed to re-open LPG services as stated by AKMWP, AKIDA president Kuolachalie Seyie clarified that, since the demands of the distributors remain unfulfilled, the issue of re-opening of LPG services did not arise.

AKIDA, as per a representation addressed to chief secretary, commissioner and DGP on July 18 demanded legal action against miscreants involved in the assaults on LPG drivers on July 4 and 9,2020 and protection of the lives and security of LPG distributors (AKIDA) and business community in the state in general.

Asked about the discernible lack of trust with the law enforcement, the AKIDA president said that the miscreant involved was caught by employees and later handed to police. He said even after so many days, police have not been able to ascertain as to which particular faction the accused was from.

The AKIDA president also expressed apprehension that the accused will also be ultimately released on bail as with all such cases.

AKMWP, AMK appeal AKIDA to restart services

Association of Kohima Municipal Wards Panchayat (AKMWP) and Angamimiapfü Mechü Krotho (AMK), while expressing solidarity with the demands of the striking All Kohima Indane Distributors’ Association (AKIDA), have in separate statements, urged upon authorities to redress grievances of AKIDA and also requested the latter (AKIDA) to resume supply of LPG services to public.

According to AKMWP president Neibulie Kiewhuo and general secretary Thejao Sekhose, a joint meeting was held Monday among AKMWP , AKIDA and AMK to discuss the ongoing total and indefinite closure of LPG showrooms in Kohima since July 13, in protest against extortion and assault on employees of LPG dealers.

AKMWP said according to AKIDA despite trying its best to serve LPG consumers in and

around Kohima municipality, where despite hurdles for delivering cylinders to consumers, dealers were subjected to extortions at national highways and assaults on their employees.

Further, AKMWP said AKIDA also informed that despite several complaints, the enforcement authority had taken no concrete steps till date. After being appraised by AKIDA on its predicament, AKMWP urged upon the government enforcement agencies to speed up investigation on the matter and redress the grievances at the earliest.

AKMWP also urged upon the enforcement agencies to act promptly to built confidence of AKIDA. It also acknowledged the hardship faced by AKIDA as well as consumers and therefore appealed to the latter to resume delivery of LPG adding that AKIDA “agreed” to the (Cont’d on p-8) request.

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ported the highest number of cases at 324, followed

by Dimapur- 304, Kohima126, Mon- 120, Tuensang49, Phek- 18, Wokha- 11, Mokokchung and Zunheboto- 7 each, Longleng- 5, Kiphire- 4 and others- 46.

According to reports, security personnel comprise more than 20 per cent of the total number of cases in the state. As on July 20, the recovery rate in the state stood at 47.40%.

NNPGs condole PHED (Urban) EE office sealed in Kma deaths of NSCN DIMAPUR, JUL 20 (NPN): (I-M) cadres In view of the detection of one DIMAPUR, JUL 20 (NPN): Working Committee (WC), Naga National Political Groups (NNPGs) Monday said the “brutal killing of six Naga sons” near Nginu Village in Longding district, Arunachal Pradesh by the Indian Army was “a perversion of military code of conduct in a conflict situation.”

WC through its media cell, said the “gallant men” were murdered in cold blood and as the plan was “to take no prisoners and kill at any cost”. WC said the “Indian Army has, by the very act, transgressed ethical and moral treatment of enemies even though there is ceasefire and political talks.” On the other hand, WC reminded the Indian Army commanders, that 78 Indian Army personnel were captured by Naga freedom fighters on March 24, 1956, at Satakha, under Sumi Region.

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AKIDA to continue with closure of LPG outlets 4 smuggled pigs test Correspondent

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Hema Chowdhary brought to Nagaland Discrimination by NLA Authority Kohima (NHAK) where a team of doctors and nurses conducted tests for COVID-19 and other necessary medical formalities. The swab test result is expected to be out by July 21.

All standard operating protocols as per the guidelines issued by state Health & Family Welfare department relating to Covid-19 pandemic were being adhered to, SP (Crime) & PRO Nagaland Police, Manoj Kumar stated.

According to sources, Chowdhary is likely to be kept at Thizama 4th NAP camp where the interrogation will be held.

It was learnt that Hema allegedly tried to jump-off while in the lock-up in Mumbai and sprained her ankle and injured her wrist. This was the reason why she was brought in a wheelchair.

Police said that they have been given a transit remand of four days by the Mumbai Court on July 18.

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Asymptomatic

positive for CSF: V&AH

Staff Reporter

DIMAPUR, JUL 20 (NPN): Out of 12 smuggled pigs confiscated on July 17 by police, eight were found dead and the remaining four were kept on seven-day quarantine for observation. Out of the four, one pig died on July 18 and then two more died on July 19.

District veterinary hospital, Dimapur in-charge, Dr. KN Zubemo Humtsoe, Monday told Nagaland Post that as per ELISA test results all the four pigs were tested positive for classical swine fever (CSF), also known as ‘hog cholera’. Dr. Humtsoe said that one live pig was still being kept under observation.

Informing that sometimes there could be a coinfection between African Swine Fever (ASF) and CSF, Dr. Humtsoe said that the tissue and body fluid samples of four pigs have, therefore, been sent to North Eastern Regional Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, Guwahati for ASF confirmatory diagnosis. He said the test result would take a week’s time.

On the confusion concerning Swine flu, CSF and ASF, Dr. Humtsoe clarified that swine flu was a highly contagious viral infection of pigs while African swine fever (ASF) was caused by a large DNA virus of the Asfarviridae family. Whereas, Dr.Humtose said CSF was a contagious viral disease of domestic and wild pigs caused by a virus of the genus Pestivirus of the family Flaviviridae.

COVID-19 positive staff in the office of the executive engineer, PHED (Urban), Kohima, the District Task Force (DTF) Kohima at an emergency meeting held on July 19, 2020 decided to seal the office with effect from July 20, 2020.

In an order, the deputy commissioner (DC) Kohima, Gregory Thejawelie, notified that EE office has been temporarily closed/shut for 48 hours. DC said fumigation of the premises was being initiated besides following all health safety measures and SOPs of the government.

The sealed area has been mapped and cordoned off and the public have been advised to follow all safety precautions of wearing masks all the time, frequently washing hands and maintain social/physical distances to ensure public hygiene and personal safety within the proximity of the sealed area.

Jan Shatabdi train cancelled till Aug 2

DIMAPUR, JUL 20 (NPN): Northeast Frontier Railway has decided to continue with the cancellation of the Jan Shatabdi Express 02067/02068 GuwahatiJorhat Town-Guwahati till August 2, 2020 in view of the Assam government’s ban on inter-district travel to restrict the spread of COVID-19.

NFR chief public relations officer Subhanan Chanda said that services of the train was earlier cancelled with effect from June 29, 2020 in view of the imposition of complete lock-down in Kamrup Metropolitan district.

1-day NLA session on Jul 30

DIMAPUR, JUL 20 (NPN): Business Advisory Committee (BAC) of the Nagaland Legislative Assembly, which sat in the assembly committee room under the chairmanship of NLA speaker Sharingain Longkumer on July 20, 2020, has decided to hold a one day session on July 30, 2020.

A statement issued by the NLA secretariat informed that the committee also finalised the provisional programme for the Sixth Session of the 13th Assembly.

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Aokong-Lenrijan bridge inaugurated ANTPEUU conducts online video conference

Moatoshi Longkumer inaugurating the bridge at a short programme held on July 20.

DIMAPUR: The long awaited bridge connecting Aokong/Veterinary Colony, Mon Bosti with Lengrijan was inaugurated

by Moatoshi Longkumer, MLA, Dimapur II AC on July 20.

A press release stated that, Toshi initiated the construction of two bridges under his constituency under the “Iconic Project” of LADP, for the year 2020-21. The first bridge connecting Borlengri to

Assam Rifles apprehend NSCN-K (YA) cadre DIMAPUR: In continuation with crackdown operations by security forces on insurgent groups, the 32 Assam Rifles apprehended one active cadre of NSCN-K (YA) from general area of Alahuto Colony, Zunheboto on July 17. According to PRO HQ IGAR (N), based on specific intelligence regarding presence of a UG cadre in general area Alahuto Colony, Zunheboto, the security forces launched an operation and apprehended ‘self styled corporal’ Aputo Awomi of NSCN (K-YA). The cadre had infiltrated into Indian territory from Myanmar along with four accomplice in May 2020, one of whom was apprehended earlier in May. Recoveries included one 9 mm pistol with two live rounds. The apprehended individual along with recoveries was handed over to Police Station, Zunheboto for further investigation.

LRC Colony and Notun Bosti was inaugurated on January 18.

Addressing at the brief inaugural programme, Moatoshi said that construction of the bridge could materialise as the government of Nagaland increased the LADP allocation by Rs.50 lakhs more, to be used for the “Iconic Project” in his constituency. He stated that though the guideline for the sanctioned money was

to take up just one project, the amount was less for a big undertaking but was sufficient for the construction of two bridges as this was in high demand by residents of the mentioned colonies, considering the hardships faced by them.

Taking this into consideration, the two bridges were constructed successfully. He further added that no project was too big or impossible if the funds were used judiciously. He

thanked all individuals involved in making bridge inspite of the many problems faced during the lockdown.

Member of Aokong Council, in his speech expressed gratitude to MLA for constructing the much needed bridge, and said that today might be the happiest day for people of Aokong, Mon Bosti and Lengrijan as this bridge was the lifeline for the people of these colonies. Chairman of Lengrijan, further reiterated that the bridge was always on their developmental agenda as it benefited residents living on both sides, but he cautioned that one should be vigilant against movement of social evils traversing the bridge.

District planning officer also conveyed his appreciation for the good work done on behalf of the department and urged the colony residents to plants more trees.The inaugural programme chaired by pastor of Sumedem Fellowship was attended by council members of Lengrijan, Aokong, NPF Party functionaries and well-wishers.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

We, the bereaved family members of Late Mrs. CHUMDENO T. KIKON would like to express our sincere appreciation to each and every individual, relatives, friends, neighbors, churches, organizations and well-wishers for comforting and upholding us in your prayers, and for all the physical, material, financial, emotional and loving support we received during the brief illness and untimely demise of our beloved on 17th July 2020.

Our profound acknowledgement to the various organization/association and individual: 1. Doctors, nurses and staff of Kohima Hospital 2. Doctors, nurses and staff of K. P. Bethesda Hospital Kohima 3. Lakhuti Baptist Khumshum, Kohima 4. Kohima Lotha Baptist Church 5. Lower Agri Colony, Kohima 6. Shri. Y. Patton, Hon’ble Dy. CM Nagaland 7. Shri. Mhathung Yanthan, Hon’ble MLA & Advisor, Nagaland 8. Shri. Elias Humtsoe 9. Shri. Soren C. Kikon LT. Mrs. CHUMDENO T. KIKON 10. Shri. Mhathung Kikon 11. Shri. Mhao T. Humtsoe 16.08.1984 – 17.07.2020 12. Police Baptist Church, Wokha 13. Wokha Town Baptist Church 14. Suren Colony & Youth Fellowship 15. New Colony, Wokha 16. Old Riphyim Wokha Town Union 17. Wokha Town Lakhuti Ekhung & Pongdenro Though we are unable to individually mention and thank each and every one personally, it is our most fervent prayer that our Almighty God blesses you all abundantly. We are overwhelmed by your magnanimity and shall remain ever grateful.

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DIMAPUR: All Nagaland Trained Physical Education Unemployed Union (ANTPEUU) conducted an online general meeting via video conference on July 16, to discuss various health issues, the anxiety and stress and importance of physical fitness.

A press release from ANTPEUU stated that, during the conference discussion was focused on coping with the pandemic situation, staying safe and following the right protocol and main-

taining a healthy hygiene, where health education and physical education can be the main tool towards the preparation of an individual’s immunity against this virus. The union also requested the Youth Resource and Sports department to work hand in hand with School Education department in identifying young talents in the field of sports at the early age. Union also encouraged all the physical teachers and physical students to stay physically

AR provide water storage tanks DIMAPUR: Shamator Battalion handed over 10 water storage tanks to residents of Shamator village, facing acute water shortage on July 19.

According to PRO HQ IGAR (N), lack of

perennial water source aggravates further during dry season and to mitigate the shortage, Assam Rifles provided ten 2000 litres tanks to be used for water storage during rainy season.

active and keep imparting the reliable knowledge through online teaching, both practical and theory. It also pointed out that physical education degree course was also a technical course equivalent to undergoing many higher degree courses like MBBS or Engineering.

The conference also urged the unemployed

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

In memory it broke our hearts to lose you but you did not go alone. A part of us went with you, the day God took you home. In life we loved you dearly, in death we love you still in our hearts you hold a place no one could ever fill.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Through this column, we would like to express our immense gratitude and thanks to all, who stood by us, at the sudden demise of our beloved son Mr. CHUBA CHANG on 10-07-2020. We are deeply touched by the kind gesture shown to us by various associations, churches and individual for their support in times of our grief.

W e d e e p l y r e g r e t (Born: 17.09.1983 – Died: 10.07.2020) our inability to make a mention and express our gratitude individually.

May God bless you all abundantly.

Loving Family members.

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trained physical education teachers who are on the verge of overage to stay fit by keeping in touch with physical activity and maintaining a positive mindset.

Union also said that it would conduct activities related to physical education in the coming days and to promote physical education through proper channels.

Loving wife, children N. Phei-E Phom and family members Born: 03.02.1946 – Died: 20.06.2020

1ST DEATH ANNIVERSARY OF OUR BELOVED FATHER

LT. SAGHAM JEMU

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 1/6/1953 - 21/ 7/2019 Epa, we cherish precious memories of you and find strength in knowing that even though you are gone, you still live on in our hearts forever.

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1st DEATH ANNIVERSARY of our beloved

Lt. Lobenkokba Jamir Born : 17.10.1949 – Died: 15.07.2020 We the bereaved family of the Late TEKATEMJEN WALLING (Khar Village) would like to convey our sincere gratitude to every individual, churches, unions, Village Council, relatives, friends and well wishers who stood by us physically, financially, spiritually and in prayers from the begining of his illness until his eventual passing. Your presence has been a great source of strength. We may not be able to thank each and everyone of you individually in this acknowledgement but please know that your names are imprinted in our hearts and it's our prayer that our ALMIGHTY GOD bless each and all.

Loving wife, daughter, son, grand daughter and relatives.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Loving husband, son, daughter, family members & in-laws 21st July 2019

LATE JEMTIBA

Born : 14/04/1983 – Died : 13/07/2020 You have been laid down in a beautiful casket to be together with our Lord. Until then, you will be immensely missed but with assurance that we will, one day, meet happily in the abode of the angels.

Words of thanks seem so inadequate for all of the kindness that has been bestowed upon our family during the illness and demise of our beloved son, JEMTIBA on 13th July, 2020. We find comfort and strength in knowing that earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot heal.

It is our sincere prayer that our good Lord blesses you with bountiful blessings.

Loving, parents, daughter, sisters & relatives.

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You gave no one a last farewell, nor ever said good bye.

You were gone before we knew it, and only God knows why. A million times we will miss you. A million times we will cry. If Love alone could have saved you, you never would have died. In life we loved you dearly, in death we love you still. It broke our hearts to lose you, but you didn’t go alone, for part of us went with you, the day God took you home. We will meet again someday we know in a better place. We thank God He made you our brother, a son and a father, while you were here on earth.

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Loving son & family members.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

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Through this column, we the family members of Lt. HANGLIANG ZELIANG, express our profound gratitude to all who stood by us physically, materially, financially and through prayers support at the sad demise of our beloved on the 18th July 2020.

We are specially grateful to :1. The Senior SP, and all Ranks of DEF Kohima.

2. Police Baptist Church, New Reserve, Kohima.

3. Kohima Zeme Baptist Church, Nagabazar.

4. Kohima Zeme Bau. 5. Lerie Chazou colony members, Kohima.

Though words are inadequate to thank you all, it is our sincere prayer that the Almighty God bless you all abundantly. Your love, support and prayer in time of our grief will be always remembered.

Loving children & relatives.

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BORN ON: 18/11/1964 – DIED ON: 15/07/2020 We the bereaved family of Lt. Moaliba Longkumer would like to extend our heartful gratitude to all individuals, organizations and societies who supported us through your selfless giving- financially, materially, physically and strengthening through your prayers.

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

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-Loving wife, children and relatives.

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nagalandpost.com Poll Q . : W i l l re o p e n i n g o f daily markets spike up COVID-19 cases in the state?

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WEATHER FORECAST july 21

(Temperature in ºC)

Max Min

Agartala Cloudy with a thunderstorm

29 25

Cloudy with a thunderstorm

26 20

Guwahati Couple of thunderstorm Imphal

Cloudy, a t-storm in spots

28 25 25 22

Itanagar Showers and a heavier t-storm 25 22 Shillong

A shower and t-storm around 20 18

Kohima

A p.m t-storm in spots

21 19

Dimapur A t-storm in spots; cooler

27 23

Cloudy, a t-storm in spots

24 20

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Tuensang Cloudy, a thunderstorm Wokha

Dmu DTF outsources production of masks Officials inspect STK under NEC scheme

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Cooler

Zunheboto Cloudy, a t-storm in spots

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DC Dimapur Anoop Khinchi addressing the Dimapur DTF meeting on July 20 at DC conference hall. (DIPR) DIMAPUR: Deputy commissioner Dimapur Anoop Khinchi convened a meeting of the Dimapur District Task Force (DTF) members on July 20, and deliberated on matters pertaining to COVID-19 pandemic in Dimapur district.

According to DIPR report, expressing concern about poor section of the society, who could not afford to buy disposable mask daily, the meeting decided for manufacturing washable cotton mask in collaboration with women group, police and civil societies to be distributed free of cost.

In the meeting, Anoop Kinchi emphasised on the need for proper disposal of

medical waste generated at home so as to avoid spread of COVID-19 and for which DMC has been entrusted for devising a special mechanism The members also recommended to the higher authority for TrueNat testing in all private hospitals and also for antigen tests to at least the high risk group of people.

DC Dimapur while informing that doctors were working for contact tracing to avoid community transmission, further appealed the citizens to always follow the guidelines to stay away from the virus.

Meeting further decided that shop timing

Farmers carry on with their normal routine of jhum cultivation at Pathso Nokeng, Noklak for their sustenance. (Khumong T)

DDCC handing and taking over ceremony

DIMAPUR: Dimapur District Congress Committee (DDCC) has appointed Tsenthungo Nyamo as the new DCC president on July 20 at Dimapur.

A press release by DDCC stated that, handing and taking over ceremony for the 12th DCC

president was chaired by DCC vice president L. Temsu Longchar. Short speeches were delivered by the outgoing president A. Bendang Jamir, Temjen Yanger secretary NPCC, Jonathan Ao vice president NPCC as well as from the new DCC president Tsent-

hungo Nyamo.

The nomination and acknowledgement was presented by general secretary enrolment Odinungsang.

Earlier, invocation was offered by DCC secretary Lima Pongen and benediction by executive committee member, Temsu Ao.

would continue from 9 a.m to 2 p.m and appealed to the shopkeepers as well as the shoppers to adhere to the lockdown guidelines. It also cautioned that shopkeepers and public who do not wear mask would continue to be penalised and stringent action initiated against defaulters repeatedly flaunting the guidelines.

Deputy CMO, Dr. Antoly reminded that it was the responsibility of one and all and the colony/ village elders for creating more awareness and to follow up the programmes.

She also felt the need to adapt to the situation and change one’s lifestyle by maintaining social distanc-

ing, wearing mask and following hand hygiene besides being vigilant.

In the meeting, members including director CISHR Dr Sedevi, DCCI official Shikuto Achumi and several others felt the need for continuing extensive community training for creating social awareness. Meeting also decided that training programmes conducted in collaboration with CISHR would continue and announcements through PA system will also be intensified covering the colonies and villages.

The meeting was attended by CP Dimapur, DMC administrator and all other members of DTF Dimapur.

OPD, other services still continuing in Dmu

DF&AR and ICAR-DCFR project on aquaculture

DIMAPUR: OPD (Outpatient Department) and other medical services are still continuing in Dimapur, deputy chief medical officer (DCMO) Dimapur, Dr. Antoly, said during the district task force meeting July 20, 2020.

Informing that government has a policy not to stop immunisation, DCMO informed all the colony/village leaders to convey the message to the wards to avail the required vaccines.

Presently the OPD services were functioning from Urban Primary Health Centre Duncan Basti and Burma camp.

Further, medical superintendent Dimapur Dr. Kasheto informed that ART centre was presently functioning Opposite Fire Brigade; District Tuberculosis centre was functioning Opposite Super Market; District Mental Health Programme at Urban Primary Health Centre and Oral Substitute Therapy at Super Market Dimapur.

DIMAPUR: Department of Fisheries & Aquatic Resources (DF&AR) in collaboration with ICARDirectorate of Cold Water Fisheries Research (ICARDCFR), Bhimtal, Uttarakhand under the project “Socio economic development through scientific fish farming under Tribal Sub Plan Scheme (TSP)” distributed aquaculture inputs such as fish seeds, fish feeds and enclosure nets to 30 fish farmers of Kohima village under Kohima district on July 3.

According to DIPR report, deputy director and nodal officer of the programme, Neitho-o Kuotsu highlighted on the importance of the project and the significance of scientific culture of fish farming practices.

He stated that sustainable, productive fisheries and aquaculture improve food and nutrition security, increase income and improve livelihoods, promote economic growth and protect our environment and natural resources.

He also urged the farmers and entrepreneurs

DIMAPUR: Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has enacted the Food Safety & Standards Act 2006 and the Food Safety & Standards (Food Products standards and Food Addictives) Regulation 2011, to regulate the safety of food articles safe for human consumption.

According to DIPR report, in consonance with the provision of the Food Safety & Standards Act and regulation, the commercial import and trading of dogs and dog markets and commercial sale of dog meat in markets and dine in restaurants are banned with immediate effect.

Any person found violating this order shall be liable to be punished under section 428 and 429 of the Indian Penal Code 1860 and section 11 of the prevention of cruelty to Animals Act, 1960.

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Ban on import & sale of dog meat in the state

Joint secretary of Soil and Water Conservation along with other officials at directorate premises, Kohima. (DIPR) DIMAPUR: Inspection of the on-going construction of Soil Testing Laboratory (STL) at directorate premises Kohima under NEC funded project was undertaken by joint secretary and officials of Soil and Water Conservation department, Kohima.

According to DIPR report, deputy director Z. Amenba Ao in-charge of NEC scheme explained that the project work was badly affected due to the

collapse of Sechu-Zubza bridge and occurrence of landslides in the 4 lane road construction during the monsoon season of 2019 and followed by the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown. The project was supposed to be completed during March 2020.

At the time of inspection, the construction works were going on smoothly in full swing and expected to be completed by the end of current

year. Joint secretary has encouraged all the officials involved to sincerely monitor and supervise the on-going works till its completion.

He added that the STL once completed, will be the asset of the department and particularly Nagaland as a whole.

The STL will cater as data banks to the farmers and all the land user departments inside and outside the state.

Fisheries department officials along with fish farmers at Kohima village on July 3. (DIPR) of the state to take up scientific system of fish culture to uplift economy and reduce dependency on low quality fishes imported from other states.

Fisher y inspector, Khriezato Nakhro speak-

ing on the management practices of fish culture mentioned the importance of provision of good quality fish seed and feed for a successful fish farming business enterprise.

Aselie Kire, a fish

farming enthusiast, thanked the Fisheries & AR and ICAR-DCFR, Bhimtal for the project and assured on behalf of the beneficiaries that they will endeavor for the success of the project.

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Modi govt reaching out to remotest parts of NE: Jitendra New Delhi, Jul 20 (PTI): Union Minister Jitendra Singh said on Monday that the Modi government is reaching out to the remotest areas of the Northeast and doing its best to fulfil the aspirations of the region.

Inaugurating a mega food park in Mizoram through video conference, Singh said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has accorded highest priority to the Northeastern region in the last six years.

The Union Minister for the Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) said that soon after the Modi government took over in 2014, the prime minister had stated that every effort would be made to bring the Northeastern at par with more developed regions of the country.

The Modi government is reaching out to the remotest areas of the Northeast and doing its best to fulfil the needs and aspirations of the region, he said.

As for Mizoram, even though it is one of the smallest states of India, Singh

2 arrested in Mnp with drugs Imphal, Jul 20 (PTI): Two persons were arrested with drugs worth lakhs of rupees in Manipur’s Thoubal district, police said on Monday. A vehicle and a weapon were also seized in two separate operations to nab them on Sunday, they said.

Acting on a tip-off, police along with members of All Lilong Anti-Drugs Association raided the house of Md Aslam Khan in Lilong Haoreibi Sambrukhong and arrested him with 542 Yaba tablets, Superintendent of Police Soibam Ibomcha Singh said.

The seized drugs are worth over Rs 5 lakhs in the international market, officials said. A car used was also seized.

In another raid, police arrested Md Wahidur Rahaman from his house in Lilong Haoreibi Awang Leikai.

Six grams of heroin and a 12 bore double barrel gun were seized, officials said.

Jitendra Singh recalled that the prime minister paid a visit to Aizwal to dedicate a 60-MW Tuirial hydropower project in December 2017, thus making Mizoram the third power-surplus state in the Northeast after Sikkim and Tripura.

He said the “intent, commitment and sincerity of the Modi government for the holistic development of the Northeast is quite obvious and the DoNER Ministry is carrying forward this mandate and the agenda”. He said there is a need to bring rest of India closer to the Northeast as “the tiny states offer so much to learn” from their

rich and diverse cultural experiences.

Hailing the inauguration of the Zoram mega food park, Singh said it will help in doubling the income of farmers in the area by doing away with the middlemen.

Referring to nearly 40 per cent wastage of fruits in the absence of any processing unit, the minister said the rich and high variety of fruits could also be sold as pure packaged juice in major metropolitan cities in India.

The food park, located near National Highway 54, will help in overcoming the transportation constraints and will soon become a major milestone for the storage and processing of high variety of foods, spices, fruits and vegetables grown in the region, he said.

The minister expressed the hope that the Northeast will take a lead for India to emerge as an economic power with the support of its huge natural and human skill resources in the postCOVID era.

Nagaland Post, Dimapur TUESDAY, JULY 21, 2020

ILP to come into effect Badal inaugurates Mizoram food park on July 21 in Manipur Correspondent IMPHAL, Jul 20: Manipur government will resume the implementation of Inner Line Permit System (ILP) with effect from July 21 at all the designated and police stations.

The ILP came into effect in Manipur from January 1, 2020, making it the fourth north-eastern state after Nagaland, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh, to come under the ILP regime.

However, the state government suspended the issue of the permit with effect from March 18 as part of precautionary measures to check the spread of COVID-19 in the state.

A notification of the state home department said that the resumption of the issue of the permit was due to demand of the CSOs to deport non-Manipuris, particularly migrant workers who entered into the state during the suspension period.

While pressing the state government to deport them, the Joint Committee on Inner Line Permit

System (JCILPS) alleged that as many as 23 migrant workers have entered the state recently.

The body also demanded booking of all persons involved in flouting norms to bring in the migrant workers into the state.

The resumption of issue of the permit was also amid rising cases of the pandemic in the state despite the lockdown to check spread of the disease.

With 14 new cases detected in the last 24 hours, the tally of COVID-19 infections in Manipur rose to 1952 on Monday, according to a report of the state health department.

Of the total cases, 605 were active cases and the recovery tally rose to 1320 after 85 persons were discharged on Monday.

The recover y rate stood at 68.57 percent, the report said and added that the recovery rate in Noney, Pherzawl and Tengnoupal have reached 100 per cent.

Of the 14 new cases detected in the last 24 hours, nine were males and five females.

New Delhi, Jul 20 (PTI): Food Processing Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Monday inaugurated a mega food park in Mizoram that has been set up at a cost of Rs 75 crore and will benefit 25,000 farmers as well as generate 5,000 job opportunities.

The 55-acre food park, located at village-Khamrang in Kolasib District, Mizoram, is promoted by Zoram Mega Food Park Pvt Ltd. This is the first mega food park operationalized in the state.

The project is likely to attract a further investment of Rs 250 crore from about 30 processing units which will be set up in this park.

Speaking at the function, Badal emphasised that food processing sector has a potential to generate huge job opportunities for youth, boost farmers income and reduce food wastage in the country.

She rued that the processing level in India was still only 10 per cent currently as against 80-90 per cent in many countries including smaller ones.

With the setting up of this new mega food park in Mizoram, Badal said

the farmers of this north eastern state, which has abundance of fruits and vegetables, would benefit immensely.

Zoram Mega Food Park will provide direct and indirect employment to 5,000 persons and benefit about 25,000 farmers in the CPC (Core Processing Centre) and PPC (primary processing Centre) catchment areas.

Badal said the Park will leverage an additional investment of about Rs 250 crore in about 30 food processing units in the park and would eventually lead to a turnover of about Rs 450-500 crore annually.

Badal virtually inaugurated park in the presence of Rameswar Teli, Minister of State for Food Processing Industries and Jitendra Singh, Minister of State for Development of North Eastern Region.

Lanunmawia Chuaungo, Chief Secretary of Mizoram, R Lalthangliana, Mizoram Minister of Commerce and Industries, R Lalzirliana, Mizoram Minister of P&E, C Lalrosanga, Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha, Mizoram, were also present.

Badal said the modern infrastructure for food processing will benefit the farmers, growers, processors and consumers of Mizoram and adjoining areas immensely. It will give a big boost to the growth of the food processing sector in the state.

Badal shared that, so far, a total of 88 ministry-supported projects have been sanctioned in the North Eastern Region and 41 have been implemented.

She said the projects worth Rs 1,000 crore approximately have been sanctioned with a subsidy support of over Rs 520 crore.

Badal said that 88 projects when fully completed, would create processing and preservation capacity for 8.66 lakh tonnes to handle agro produce worth Rs 2,166 crore.

Under the Mega Food Park Scheme, the government provides financial assistance up to Rs 50 crore per Mega Food Park project.

Presently, 18 mega food park projects are under implementation in various states and 19 parks have already become functional in states.

Arunachal records highest single Make handlooms a better business opportunity: Irani day spike; COVID tally reaches 740 Correspondent

Itanagar, Jul 20 (PTI): Arunachal Pradesh on Monday recorded its biggest single-day jump of 90 COVID-19 cases, taking the state’s tally to 740, a senior Health Department official said.

Capital Complex reported the maximum number of the new cases at 56, followed by 14 in Papum Pare district.

Seven cases were reported in Upper Siang, five in Namsai, three each in East Siang and West Siang, one each in Leparada and Lower Dibang Valley districts, State Surveillance Officer L Jampa said.

Capital Complex, comprising of Itanagar, Naharlagun, Nirjuli and Banderdewa, is under total lockdown at present.

Seven of the new cases in the region were detected in a quarantine centre and the rest were found in

various areas during rapid antigen tests, he said.

The new cases in Papum Pare, Upper Siang, Namsai and Lower Dibang Valley were found among those who returned to the state from other parts of the country and are under quarantine at present.

Two cases each in East Siang and West Siang districts were also detected among those quarantined.

The person who tested positive in Leparada district is a health care worker, Jampa said.

Only six of the new patients have symptoms, he added.

Eight people -- four from Changlang, and two each from Namsai and West Kameng districts -- were discharged from hospitals on Sunday after recovery, Jampa said.

They were advised two-week home quaran-

tine and self-monitoring, he added.

At present, Arunachal Pradesh has 455 active cases. While 282 people have recovered from the disease, three died.

Capital Complex has recorded most of the cases at 272, followed by 33 in Changlang, 30 in Namsai, 24 in East Siang, 22 in Papum Pare, and 14 each in Lower Subansiri and Lower Siang.

A total of 39,288 samples have been tested in the state so far, according to Jampa.

The state has witnessed a surge in COVID19 cases since July 1, with 549 cases reported in the last 20 days.

The northeastern state remained virus-free till May 23. It witnessed a spurt in COVID-19 cases after residents started returning from other parts of the country.

Shillong, Jul 20: Union Minister for Textiles Smriti Zubin Irani on Monday underscored the need of systematic approach to make handlooms a better business opportunity particularly the north-eastern states.

“For far too long, I think the handloom legacy of our country has been romanticised with the element of poverty, and I think from the marketing perspective, we need to reposition ourselves and look at the larger consumption market,” Irani said addressing an e-symposium on Handloom Sector under an e-Symposia Series on Emergent North East India: Strategic and Developmental Imperatives, hosted by the Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Centre for Policy Research & Analysis under the aegis of IIM Shillong.

Stating that sustainability has become the

Smriti Zubin Irani buzzword not only for manufacturers, buying agents, and international chains that can leverage the handloom opportunity, the Textile minister also stressed on the need to encourage weavers to have a business plan and a pathway to success.

“Instead of looking at a minute segment, we need to look at a product range for a larger consumer base,” said Irani.

Exhorting the youth population of the region, Irani reiterated the need for youngsters to retain the

craft through use of available design technology so as to reduce the challenges that the weaving community face.

“The government at the ministry level is encouraging a lot of people to come together as producer companies,” said the minister.

Enlightening the government initiatives towards credit facilities such as Mudra Yojana, wherein post access to the scheme, a weaver’s income increases by at least 50 to 60 per cent, Irani called for more and more research which can build credibility to such outreach programmes.

Expressing his thoughts on handloom sector, Director of IIM Shillong, Prof D P Goyal said, “Sincere thanks goes to the nameless weavers of North East India who have not only been the ambassadors of the culture and heritage of the region but also its true custodian, who for hundreds of years

have carried the knowledge of handloom by practicing and passing it on to the next generation.”

In the technical session on ‘Handloom Sector: Energizing the potential catalyst for growth and development’, Prof Keya Sengupta, Centre Coordinator, said, “We hope the policies that shall be drafted for the handloom sector will help us to achieve the policy goal of Act East envisioned by our Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and make the sector commercially viable.”

Member of the Board of Governors, Atul Kulkarni while moderating the session opined, “the handloom sector is one which is caught between subjective perception and objective reality. It is an activity which is in deep crises with low productivity, low wages, low literacy level, with firmly entrenched middlemen system and very little formal finance arrangements.”

‘Strict rules kept M’laya Police safe’ M’laya class 10 result declared Correspondent Shillong, Jul 20: Strict adherence to health protocols and overall discipline of strict social hygiene has largely kept the Meghalaya Police relatively safe at a time when police organisations in other parts of the country have been affected by COVID-19.

Several strategies have been adopted by the State police, including installation of wash basins in all the Police Stations, Outposts and Duty Posts. “ Re g u l a r m e d i c a l check-up, psychological counselling programmes are also being provided to police personnel besides One-horned rhinos take shelter at a highland in the flood-hit Kaziranga conducting random test are National Park, in Golaghat district, Monday, July 20, 2020. Nine rhinos are being carried out with the among the 108 wild animals that have died during this year’s floods at State Health and Family Assam’s Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve (KNPTR). (PTI) Welfare department in bat-

talion headquarters, especially with those personnel who are deployed in areas where there is a possibility of high risk contacts,” Meghalaya police spokesperson, Gabriel Iangrai said.

He said the department has also constituted a health and hygiene committee in all districts and inits, as well as in police headquarter, Shillong.

“Reception System has been introduced in all units where by only one visitor is allowed for a particular work and in all police stations and outpost FIR and other complaint are being submitted at the reception and entry is restricted,” Iangrai informed.

“An individual entering the establishments of police is being scanned for thermal temperature and

thoroughly sanitise before entering the premises besides strict social hygiene is being followed where by all personnel uses face mask and frequently sanitised themselves,” he said.

Iangrai also informed that PPE kits are being issued to all units of the state police, which police personnel can utilize in response to any emergency.

He added that SOPs, circulars and orders are being issued from time to time instructing the officials of the department on the do’s and don’ts during the pandemic.

The Nongmynsong Police Outpost in the city and another police outpost at Saipung in East Jaintia Hills had been temporarily closed recently for carrying out sanitisation.

Over hundred BSF personnel test positive in Tripura Agartala, Jul 20 (PTI): Tripura has detected 223 new cases of COVID19, taking the state’s tally to 2,892, Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb said.

Of the new cases, 101 were detected among BSF personnel, he said.

There are 1,114 active cases in the state at present, while 1,759 people have recovered.

Five people have so far died and 14 patients have migrated to other states.

Among the new cases are six people who returned to the state on flights, Deb said on Sunday night.

Thirty of them tested positive after coming in contact with COVID-19 patients and 179 were found positive in antigen tests, he said.

Only eight of the new patients have symptoms, he added.

The chief minister said to tackle the pandemic the government is focusing on

testing, tracing and treatment.

“We are conducting the maximum number of tests to ensure safety of everyone, we have adequate medical infrastructure to tackle the pandemic. Requesting everyone to co-operate & not to panic,” he tweeted.

The BSF said all the newly-infected personnel are being treated at the COVID Hospital set up at its state headquarters in Salbagan here.

“Our hospital is quite equipped to treat such patients. We have all facilities.

Salbagan was also declared a containment zone,” a BSF spokesperson said.

“BSF personnel go home on leave and come back and many personnel are also transferred from outside. So, there is a risk of infection,” he said.

The BSF guards the 856-km-long border between India and Bangladesh that falls in Tripura.

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Shillong, Jul 20: The Meghalaya Board of School Education on Monday declared the mostawaited Class 10 results (Secondary School Leaving Certificate), in which a total of 50.31 per cent students passed the examination.

The overall pass percentage this year was the lowest in five years compared to the previous years, which recorded the overall pass percentage was 55.72 per cent in 2019, 56.76 per cent in 2018 and 54 per cent in 2017.

Chetna Bose of Sherwood School in Tura topped the list with 568 marks out of 600. Sainava Modak of St. Thomas Higher Secondary School,

Shillong secured second position with 565 marks and the third position was grabbed by Ainamdaphisha P Byrsat of Little Flower School, Shillong securing 561 marks.

Of 50,081 students who had appeared for the SSLC examinations, 25,195 students, including 16,035 regular students and 4,910 private candidates successfully cleared the Board exams West Jaintia Hills topped among districts with pass percentage of 69.96 per cent. The worst performing district is South Garo Hills with pass percentage of 26.57.

East Khasi Hills district which is considered the major hub of educational centre recorded 68.94 pass percentage.

IN THE COURT OF PRINCIPAL DISTRICT & SESSIONS JUDGE DIMAPUR :: NAGALAND

Dear, Apili.

May your life be filled with sweet moments, happy smiles and blissful memories. May this day give you a new beginning in life. Happy birthday dear brother.

From, S Litingse Sangtam HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Aya Azitpü.

May God richly bless you and give you good health and happiness,long life filled with God’s grace.

From all of us,family members from Dimapur,Kohima & Kiphire.

NOTICE

S/C.NO. 262/20

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

Whereas application under Succession Act 1925 for grant of Succession Certificate for the estate/pension benefits of Late Rukuto Lohe has been applied by Shri Khosato Lohe, B/o Late Rukuto Lohe, R/o H.No. 63, Toulazouma village, Dimapur, Nagaland for possession of; 1. Pension Benefits 2. SBI A/C No. 31940745171 Notice is hereby given that any person interest in the administration of the estate/pension benefits of the said deceased may if she/he so desire appear in this court on or before the said day of 20/08/2020.

Given under the hand and seal of the court on this the 20/07/2020.

PRINCIPAL DISTRICT & SESSIONS JUDGE DIMAPUR :: NAGALAND DP-3263

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Gehlot continues to launch attacks on Pilot

JAIPUR, JUL 20 (PTI): Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Monday called Sachin Pilot “useless”, using the Hindi word “nikamma” in a no-holdsbarred attack on his former deputy with whom he is locked in a power tussle.

Referring to the dissident leader’s tenure as the Pradesh Congress Committee president, Gehlot claimed that nobody raised questions for the sake of the party even when they knew that he didn’t work.

“We knew he is `nikamma’ (useless), he is `nakara’ (idle) and not doing any work,” the chief minister told reporters, his choice of blunt words indicating that there is no chance now of a reconciliation between the two.

Gehlot did not mention Pilot by name, referring once to him as his “young colleague” and recalling that the he had been given important posts by the party at an early age.

The chief minister claimed that Pilot used to say, “Did I come here to sell vegetables? I came here to become the chief minister.”

He said Rajasthan was the only state where there had been no demand to change the PCC president over the last seven years, suggesting that this was to

hotel stay of the MLAs who Pilot. He also used to go to are holed up in a resort near Delhi driving himself, leavthe state capital. ing security behind,” the He claimed that BJP chief minister said. state president Satish Poonia He claimed that the and Deputy Leader of Op- dissident MLAs are not alposition Rajendra Rathore lowed to use their mobile travelled to Delhi secretly, phones. returning overnight.

On the petition filed BJP leaders had ear- by the 19 dissident MLAs lier denied the suggestion, in the high court, the chief which implied that they met minister said he hoped that the dissidents who are said justice will be done. The disAshok Gehlot and Sachin Pilot. to be camping in hotels in sidents have challenged the disqualification notice they prevent trouble within the ing the December 2018 elec- Gurgaon near Delhi.

“They are lying be- received from the assembly party. tions. His supporters insisted Gehlot said he had that it was Pilot’s leadership cause they are learning from Speaker. talked about a conspiracy to as the state Congress head topple his government, but which led to the victory. nobody believed that someLast week, Pilot and 18 Rajasthan HC hearing to resume today; Speaker’s body with an “innocent other MLAs rebelled openly, counsel says rebels’ petition ‘premature’ face” could be involved. defying a party whip to atThe Rajasthan High from the House.

He repeated his re- tend two Congress Legisla- Court will on Tuesday reHe said there was marks about Pilot having a ture Party meetings. He was sume hearing the petition no scope for interference good command over Hindi then sacked as deputy chief filed by Sachin Pilot and by a court over the show and English and an influ- minister and PCC chief.

18 other dissident Congress cause notices issued by the ence over the media across Gehlot said it was un- MLAs, challenging the dis- Speaker. the country. fortunate that Pilot was qualification notices issued The disssident MLAs Gehlot accused Pilot playing this “game” even to them by the assembly had moved court on Friday of “backstabbing” the Con- after getting important as- Speaker. amid the infighting in the gress, saying it was unfortu- signments within 10 or 12 The hearing remained state unit of the Congress, nate that a PCC president years. inconclusive on Monday as Chief Minister Ashok had been trying to make his He reminded that se- and Chief Justice Indrajit Gehlot and his now sacked own party sink by colluding nior advocates Harish Salve Mahanty said it will be deputy Sachin Pilot tussled with the BJP. and Mukul Rohatgi have concluded Tuesday. The for power. The petition was He said that the BJP appeared in court in the past order is also likely to be taken up a by a bench of move to topple his gov- for the BJP and the BJP-led pronounced on Tuesday.

Chief Justice Indrajit Maernment would prove self- government at the CenA b h i s h e k M a n u hanty and Justice Prakash destructive for that party in tre, and claimed that they Singhvi, counsel for the Gupta. the next elections. charged crores for each ap- Speaker, argued that the The proceedings rePilot has been upset pearance. He asked if Pilot petition was premature as a sumed on Monday mornafter the Congress picked would pay their fees. decision was yet to be taken ing and continued till the Gehlot over him for the Gehlot said the Con- on disqualifying the MLAs evening. chief minister’s post, follow- gress party will pay for the

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First five Rafale jets likely to be inducted by July-end: IAF New Delhi, Jul 20 (PTI): The first batch of five Rafale fighter jets is likely to be inducted into the Indian Air Force (IAF) on July 29, according to an official statement.

It said the final induction ceremony will take place in second half of August. “The first batch of five Indian Air Force Rafale is likely to arrive in India by end of July. The aircraft will be inducted at Air Force Station Ambala on July 29 subject to weather,” the IAF said. “ I A F a i r c r ew a n d ground crew have undergone comprehensive training on the aircraft, including its highly advanced weapons systems and are fully operational now. Post arrival, efforts will focus on operationalisation of the aircraft at the earliest,” the IAF said.

Official sources said the Rafale jets are likely to be deployed in the Ladakh sector as part of the IAF’s efforts to enhance its operational capabilities along the Line of Actual Control with China in view of the border row with the country.

In a separate statement, the IAF said the top commanders of the force will take stock of the current operational scenario and

deployments at a three-day conference here beginning Wednesday.

“The plan of action for operational capability enhancement of the IAF in the next decade will also be discussed,” it said.

Officials said arrival of the Rafale jets will further strengthen the IAF’s combat capabilities.

India had signed an inter-governmental agreement with France in September 2016 for procurement of 36 Rafale fighter jets at a cost of around Rs 58,000 crore.

The aircraft is capable of carrying a range of potent weapons. European missile maker MBDA’s Meteor beyond visual range air-toair missile and Scalp cruise missile will be the mainstay of the weapons package of the Rafale jets.

Meteor is the next generation of BVR air-to-air missile (BVRAAM) designed to revolutionise airto-air combat. The weapon has been developed by MBDA to combat common threats facing the UK, Germany, Italy, France, Spain and Sweden.

It is powered by a unique rocket-ramjet motor that gives it far more engine power for much longer than any other missile, said an official.

Besides the missile systems, the Rafale jets will come with various Indiaspecific modifications, including Israeli helmetmounted displays, radar warning receivers, low-band jammers, 10-hour flight data recording, infra-red search and tracking systems among others.

Shekhawat questions authenticity of audio clips after police seeks voice sample

Pune shocked as Covid kills 3 brothers in 9 days

Babri demolition case: Advani to depose on July 24; Joshi on July 23

Covaxin human trial begins at SRM Hospital

The BJP has called these clips “manufactured” and demanded a CBI probe, questioning if the state police tapped phones of politicians in violation of rules.

The FIR registered by Rajasthan Police mentions details of alleged conversations of rebel Congress MLA Bhanwarlal Sharma with Gajendra Singh and a third man, named Sanjay Jain. The police has arrested Jain.

The Congress claims Gajendra Singh, the name mentioned in the FIR, is a reference to Union minister Shekhawat.

Rajasthan plunged into a political crisis after Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot’s deputy Sachin Pilot rebelled against him. The Congress later removed Pilot as the deputy chief minister and also as the party’s state unit head.

Pune, Jul 20 (IANS): In a shocking case, three brothers died of Covid-19 in the past nine days, stunning their families and the people of Pimprigaon village near Pune, official sources said here on Monday. The three brothers - Diliprao Kalapure, 61, Dnyaneshwar Kalapure, 63 and Popatrao Kalapure, 66 - were admitted to the same hospital in PimpriChinchwad - where they succumbed in quick succession on July 10, July 15 and July 17, respectively.

The Kalapure family got the first shock on July 5 when one boy in the clan tested Covid-19 positive.

Later, another 17 members of the family also tested positive and they were all admitted together at a private hospital. Within the next nine days, the three brothers succumbed while under treatment.

LUCKNOW, JUL 20 (PTI): A special CBI court on Monday set July 24 for recording the statement of former deputy prime minister L K Advani in the 1992 Babri mosque demolition case.

The 92-year-old BJP leader’s statement under section 313 of CrPC will be recorded through video conferencing.

In his order, Special Judge SK Yadav also fixed July 23 for recording the statement of BJP leader M u r l i M a n o h a r Jo s h i through video conferencing.

The court is recording the statements of the 32 accused under Section 313 of CrPC to enable them to plead their innocence, if they so want.

The court, which is conducting day-to-day hearings to complete the trial

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DIMAPUR, JUL 20 (NPN): The human trials of Covaxin begun at SRM Medical College Hospital and Research Centre, Kattankulathur, Tamil Nadu on July 20 where volunteers were screened for first trial.

Covaxin is developed by the Bharat Biotech International limited in Collaboration with Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune. It has got the nod for human trials from Drugs controller of General of India.

The trial has already begun in AIIMS Patna, PGIMS Rohtak and Nizam’s Institute, Hyderabad. The volunteers in the institutes were given the first dose of vaccine. They will be given the second dose of vaccine after an interval of 14 days.

NEW DELHI, JUL 20 (PTI): Union minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on Monday questioned the authenticity of the audio clips, cited by the Congress to allege his involvement in a purported bid to topple the Rajasthan government, after the state police served him a notice to give his voice sample and record his statement.

In a statement, Shekhawat, a senior BJP leader from Rajasthan, sought to know the source of the audio clips and how the state police got them.

His office received the notice served by the Rajasthan Police SOG (special operations group), which is probing the case, on Saturday, he said.

Shekhawat said, “They (police) should first clarify about authenticity of these tapes. Who recorded it and

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where did the SOG get it from. Investigation should be carried out to find out if these tapes are genuine or not.”

His remarks indicate that he is unlikely to join the probe amid a raging political controversy over the audio clips. The Congress has alleged that the BJP leader’s voice figure in them, a charge refuted by him.

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by the Supreme Court, set July 22 for former Shiv Sena MP Satish Pradhan to depose before it through a video link. On Monday, it recorded the statement of accused Sudhir Kakkad who appeared in person, though earlier he wanted to depose through a video link.

Like the other accused, Kakkad claimed that he was innocent and was falsely implicated by the then Con-

gress-led central government for political reasons.

The court will record the statement of accused Ram Chandra Khatri on Tuesday.

BJP leader Uma Bharti had earlier this month appeared in person before the court. She had also accused the then Congressled central government of framing her due to political vendetta.

Failure of institution that person like Dubey got bail: SC Great time to invest in India: PM Dubey died of tells IBM CEO Arvind Krishna excessive blood loss NEW DELHI/ KANPUR, JUL 20 (PTI): It is a “failure of the institution” that a person like Vikas Dubey got bail despite several cases lodged against him, the Supreme Court Monday said on Monday, while asking the Uttar Pradesh government to consider having a former apex court judge and a retired police officer in the inquiry committee probing the encounter of the gangster.

“This is the failure of the institution and the person, who should have been behind the bars, got bail,” a bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde said, adding, “We are appalled to the fact that a person like Vikas Dubey got the bail despite so many cases.”

The bench, also comprising Justices A S Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian, told the Uttar Pradesh government that they have to “uphold rule of law”.

The top court asked Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, who was appearing for Uttar Pradesh, to look into the aspect if the Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister of the state have made certain statements and then something has followed.

“You as a state have to uphold the rule of law. It is your duty to do so,” the top court said while hearing a batch of pleas seeking court-

monitored probe into the encounters of Dubey and his alleged associates.

The bench also sought a report on the court orders which were passed in cases related to Dubey.

The bench said it cannot spare a sitting top court judge to become a part of the inquiry committee.

The bench suggested changes in the inquiry panel and sought a draft resolution from the state government

by July 22.

The Uttar Pradesh government, in an affidavit filed in the apex court in the matter, has said that it has appointed a judicial panel of Justice (retd) Shashi Kant Agarwal, a former high court judge, as a single member commission of inquiry to probe into the encounters of Dubey and his alleged associates.

During the hearing on Monday, Mehta told the apex court that he will produce a draft notification with regard to the changes suggested in the inquiry panel by July 22.

Mehta said law has been set in motion in the matter and the inquiry has started. Referring to the records, he said Dubey was on parole and he was facing cases in 65 FIRs. Eight policemen, including DSP Devendra Mishra, were ambushed in Bikru village in Chaubeypur area of Kanpur when they were going to arrest Dubey and fell to bullets fired from rooftops shortly after midnight on July 3.

Dubey was killed in an encounter in the morning of July 10 when a police vehicle carrying him from Ujjain to Kanpur met with an accident and he tried to escape from the spot in Bhauti area, the police had said. Prior to Dubey’s encounter, five of his alleged associated were killed in separate encounters.

During the arguments, Mehta said that eight policemen were killed and their body mutilated when they had gone to raid Dubey’s place. The bench observed that there was big difference

between the last year’s Telangana case, in which four accused in gang rape and murder case of a veterinary doctor were killed in an encounter, and the incident involving Dubey.

“You have to be very careful and you have to follow the law,” the bench said, and asked Uttar Pradesh to add a former apex court judge and a retired police officer to the inquiry committee. “We don’t want people to go to Allahabad and conduct an inquiry there in pandemic times,” the bench said, while observing that locally available former judge could be a part of the inquiry panel. One of the petitioners in the matter requested the bench not to allow Uttar Pradesh government to choose the members of the inquiry committee.

In an affidavit filed in the apex court, the state government has said that police party escorting Dubey from Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh to Kanpur had to “fire back in self-defence” as he had tried to escape and was killed.

The UP government has constituted a threemember SIT, headed by UP additional chief secretary Sanjay Bhoosreddy on July 11, to look into the crimes committed by the dreaded gangster and the alleged collusion between Dubey, police and politicians, the affidavit has said.

Slain gangster Vikas Dubey’s post-mortem report, which was put in the public domain on Monday, confirmed that he had died of excessive blood loss.

The autopsy findings confirmed that the dreaded gangster had received three bullet injuries.

Dubey succumbed to the injuries sustained in a police encounter in the Sachendi area on the outskirts of Kanpur on July 10.

The post-mortem was performed by a panel of three senior doctors -- AK Awasthi, SK Mishra and V Chaturvedi -- and the entire process was videographed

by Arvind Trivedi.

According to the postmortem report, there were a total of 10 wounds on Dubey’s body, said an official on the condition of anonymity.

“Six were entry and exit wounds of bullets, while the four other wounds were on the right side of the body,” he said. These wounds on the head, elbow, ribs and abdomen were due to falling on the ground after Dubey was shot thrice, the official added.

The first bullet pierced through the right shoulder, while the other two went through the left side of his chest, he said.

NEW DELHI, JUL 20 (PTI): This is a great time to invest in India and the country is welcoming investments in the tech sector, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told IBM CEO Arvind Krishna on Monday.

In a virtual interaction with Krishna, the prime minister noted that while the world is witnessing a slowdown, FDI inflow in India is increasing.

Modi said the country is moving forward with the vision of a self-sufficient India so that a globally competent and disruption resilient local supply chain can be developed, according to a statement from the Prime Minister’s Office.

Ta l k in g a b o u t t he impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on business culture, the prime minister said ‘work from home’ is being adopted in a big way and the government is constantly working towards providing infrastructure, connectivity and regulatory environment to ensure that this technological shift is smooth.

Modi also discussed the technologies associated and challenges involved in the recent decision of IBM to make 75 per cent of its employees to work from home, the statement said.

The IBM CEO briefed the prime minister about his

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company’s huge investment plans in India and expressed confidence in the vision of an ‘Aatma nirbhar Bharat’ (a self-reliant India), the statement said.

“The prime minister highlighted that this is a great time to invest in India.

He said the country is welcoming and supporting investments taking place in the tech sector. He noted that while the world is witnessing slowdown, FDI inflow in India is increasing,” the statement said.

In the course of interaction, Modi explored the possibilities of creating India-specific artificial intelligence (AI)-based tools in the healthcare sector and development of better models for disease prediction and analysis.

He underlined that the country is moving towards

developing an integrated, tech and data-driven healthcare system which is affordable and hassle-free for the people.

Modi noted that IBM can play an important role in taking forward the healthcare vision.

Krishna appreciated the prime minister’s vision for Ayushman Bharat (the all-India healthcare scheme) and talked about using technology for early identification of diseases.

Modi appreciated the role played by IBM, in association with CBSE, towards launching of AI curriculum in 200 schools in India.

He said the government is working towards introducing students to concepts such as AI and machine learning at an early stage, to further the tech temperament in the country.

Krishna said teaching about technology and data should be in the category of basic skills like algebra, which needs to be taught with passion, and should be introduced early.

Other areas of discussion included the issues of data security, cyber attacks, concerns around privacy and health benefits of yoga.

Modi also congratulated Krishna on becoming the global head of IBM earlier this year.

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Under scanner

or every citizen of India, Delhi holds a place of pride because it is the national capital as well as having a rich culture and history and a symbol diversity where major communities exist. There have been dark pages in Delhi’s past history but they are less remembered than the ghastly 1984 anti-Sikh riots when, officially, some 3000 Sikh men, women and children were killed. Another dark chapter, though of less ferocity was the February 23,2020 riots over the Citizenship Amendment Act at several parts of north east Delhi where over 50 were killed. A combination of political and communal mix is believed to have led to the riots. The anti-Sikh pogrom in 1984 following the assassination of then prime minister Indira Gandhi continues to rekindle deep hurt and bitterness as the wheels of justice appear to be slower than a tortoise.

After volumes have been written in various reports on the 1984 riots, it seems no lesson has been learnt. A fact-finding committee appointed by the Delhi Minority Commission on the February Delhi riots has held the Delhi Police “complicit” in the violence. The report accused Delhi Police of inaction during the peak of the violence and carrying out a biased investigation. The report also did not spare the AAP government which has been indicted for allegedly failing to rehabilitate victims properly even four months after the violence.

The committee has squarely laid the blame for the riots on Delhi Police, which is under the control of the ministry of home affairs and not the Delhi government.

In its report, the committee, said Delhi Police had encouraged or even participated in the February 23 riots in several parts of north east Delhi. Though the sin of omission or commission by the Delhi Police may be subject to an impartial and high-level inquiry; yet there is no doubt that such reports in the past have failed to bring changes. What is clear in the committee report is that Delhi Police failed to nip trouble in the bud. According to the committee, violence erupted in parts of North East Delhi on February 23,2020 soon after BJP leader Kapil Mishra made a short speech calling for forcefully removing anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protesters at Jafrabad, a “Report of the Fact-Finding Committee on the North-East Delhi Riots of February 2020” has noted. No police action was taken despite his speech being widely telecast on national media for days. Mishra was earlier a minister under the AAP government but was sacked on allegations of corruption. He was disqualified as MLA and later joined BJP. In January 2020, he stirred up a controversy when he likened the 2020 Delhi Legislative Assembly election to an India versus Pakistan contest. On February 26,2020 the Delhi High court had ordered FIRs against BJP leaders- Kapil Mishra , MoS finance Anurag Thakur and Parvesh Verma MP. The Delhi Minority Commission’s report, released five months said that the violence “was seemingly planned and directed to teach a lesson to a certain community which dared to protest against a discriminatory law.” However, in a twist to the riots, a group of “intellectuals and academicians” submitted another report on March 11,2020 in which they had squarely blamed the riots as the handiwork of an “urban-Naxal-Jihadi’ network. In this case, it is not reports alone but an absolutely fair, impartial and high level probe that can unearth the facts.

DailyDevotion Dependent on God’s Presence

Those who wait on the Lord…shall walk and not faint. —Isaiah 40:31 There is no thrill for us in walking, yet it is the test for all of our steady and enduring qualities. To “walk and not faint” is the highest stretch possible as a measure of strength. The word walk is used in the Bible to express the character of a person— “…John…looking at Jesus as He walked…said, ‘Behold the Lamb of God!’ ” (John 1:35-36). There is nothing abstract or obscure in the Bible; everything is vivid and real. God does not say, “Be spiritual,” but He says, “Walk before Me…” (Genesis 17:1).

When we are in an unhealthy condition either physically or emotionally, we always look for thrills in life. In our physical life this leads to our efforts to counterfeit the work of the Holy Spirit; in our emotional life it leads to obsessions and to the destruction of our morality; and in our spiritual life, if we insist on pursuing only thrills, on mounting up “with wings like eagles” (Isaiah 40:31), it will result in the destruction of our spirituality.

Having the reality of God’s presence is not dependent on our being in a particular circumstance or place, but is only dependent on our determination to keep the Lord before us continually. Our problems arise when we refuse to place our trust in the reality of His presence.

The experience the psalmist speaks of— “We will not fear, even though…” (Psalm 46:2)— will be ours once we are grounded on the truth of the reality of God’s presence, not just a simple awareness of it, but an understanding of the reality of it. Then we will exclaim, “He has been here all the time!” At critical moments in our lives it is necessary to ask God for guidance, but it should be unnecessary to be constantly saying, “Oh, Lord, direct me in this, and in that.” Of course He will, and in fact, He is doing it already! If our everyday decisions are not according to His will, He will press through them, bringing restraint to our spirit. Then we must be quiet and wait for the direction of His presence.

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We all have ability. The difference is how we use it. ~ Charlotte Whitton

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Post-mortem

Ordinances to transform agriculture sector

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or a very long time, reforms in agriculture marketing have been debated, but no decisive action had been taken.

It required leadership and political will to unshackle the farmers from the vicelike grip of intermediaries who take away a large slice of farmers’ income by resorting to cartelisation and unfair arbitrage.

Two landmark ordinances were recently promulgated by the President of India, which have the potential to fundamentally transform the agriculture sector and facilitate more holistic development of agriculture markets, from farm to fork, furthering the government’s vision of doubling farmer income by 2022.

The aim is to help the farmer become an entrepreneur rather than being subservient to unholy nexus of regulated markets and intermediaries. The first of these Ordinances, The Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion & Facilitation) Ordinance 2020, provides freedom to farmers to sell when they want, where they want and in whichever market they want, which was restricted by stringent (and variable) APMC regulations.

There were previously four key restrictions for farmers - location of market (restricted to the nearest geographic market), number of buyers (limited to licenced traders leading to cartelization, restricting competition and reducing farmer price realization), infrastructure availability (due to lack of private investment outside the mandi) and price transparency (limited visibility of inter-state prices, potential for intermediaries to gain through arbitrage at the cost of farmers).

In addition to these restrictions, farmers face multiple operational challenges including prohibitive transportation costs to the nearest market, long queues at market and delays in auction, local mafia raj, etc. Further, the choice of APMC mandi and procurement at MSP, will continue uninterrupted.

Finally, in order to protect the interest of farmers, the government has mandated an expedient and simple dispute resolution process. With the new Ordinance in place, a vibrant ecosystem will be created for farmers and traders creating an unrestricted market with 3 key benefits First, choice of market, allowing a farmer to sell in any state or national market that offers the best prices. This will limit the high dependence on local traders and enable farmers to realise the best prices for their produce, without having to pay commissions and fees to middlemen. A competitive marketplace will be created with large number of buyers leading to higher price realisation for farmers.

Second, choice of place, allowing farmer to sell from any location including farmgate, storage points like warehouses or silos, private mandis or the APMC markets. With the option to sell at farmgate or warehouse, farmers can reduce transportation overheads and improve net realisation in addition to sidestepping the challenges faced in current markets.

Third, choice of timing, allowing farmer to store produce and sell post price discovery. Previously, farmers would have to transport their produce to the mandi, incurring significant transportation

costs. This would result in a need to sell irrespective of prices, in order to avoid incurring a reverse transportation cost. Under the new Ordinance, a farmer can store and sell, due to choice to market and place.

While historically there has been limited investment in infrastructure along the value chain, in order to support smooth implementation of the Ordinance the government of India has announced an Agri Infra Fund of Rs 1 lakh crore. The fund will catalyse otherwise stagnant investment from cooperatives, FPOs and private sector to facilitate creation of physical infrastructure like assaying and grading facilities, cold chain etc, allowing farmers to store and sell, and reduce wastage or distress sales.

While the first Ordinance facilitates better price realisation post-harvest, the second Ordinance, The Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Ordinance 2020, enables market linkages at the sowing stage, thereby limiting both production risk and price risk.

The lack of a legal framework for contracting between farmer and buyer in India has historically led to limited private sector participation in production. This Ordinance provides a uniform framework for private investment in markets, without challenging a farmer’s ownership rights or right to cultivation - which will provide farmers three benefits.

First, risk mitigation and greater predictability of income. Farmers will have the option to enter into agreements with buyers before sowing, securing

the price for their sale.

Further, they may be able to enter into agreements that protect them from harvest losses as well, thereby insuring against output risk. This provides greater certainty for farmers in scenarios where either the crop output or market prices are highly variable, but enables them to grow risky crops and benefit from the upside.

Second, access to market intelligence and hence higher value per acreage.

With limited forward linkages, farmers don’t have access to consumer demand trends and hence, are not able to optimize crop and varietal mix. This Ordinance will enable stronger linkage with both domestic and export markets.

Third, access to better technology and knowhow for farm management and hence, higher yield. As private sector will now have framework to better integrate with farming practices, they can channel expertise to farmers as well as make direct technology investments (e.g. geo monitoring setups, IoT, etc) driving higher yield and promoting sustainable agriculture over long term.

Beyond the benefits, this ordinance also safeguards farmers by providing clear guidance and support to enter into fair trade practices, a stringent dispute resolution mechanism, penalties for misconduct by buyers, etc.

Collectively, these reforms will herald a new dawn for agriculture in India, transforming farmers into vibrant producers, integrated with the national and global economy, who have freedom, choice, higher price realization for their produce and security of livelihood.

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NDPP reacts to NPF and NPCC

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he NDPP is issuing this press release to set the record straight with the recent statements of the Congress and the NPF President. The State Government has issued a comprehensive statement on the overall law and order situation in the state and despite the rhetoric being created by the opposition parties the NDPP stands by the government’s statement on all related issues.

The NDPP also reiterates the resolutions adopted by the PDA on 10th July, 2020, wherein it is clearly stated that the PDA categorically rejects the rhetoric of the opposition parties demanding the stepping down of the PDA Government.

The PDA is a democratically elected government that enjoys the mandate of the people which has been reinforced in successive Lok Sabha and assembly bye elections and the PDA will continue to carry out its constitutional duties with utmost comment and dedication in the greater interest of the people.

It is indeed ironical to observe the issue of “moral grounds” being raised by the NPF president as he should be the last person to be speaking about political morality.

The public have not forgotten the last NPF government when internal backstabbing and groupism within the NPF resulted in the honourable governor directing the NPF President who was occupying the chair of chief minister to prove his majority in the floor of the Nagaland Assembly in a floor test.

The Chief Minister not only failed to prove his majority but also failed to turn up in the Assembly floor to face the floor

test.

shame and discourage this most unethical behaviour of the opportunist and spineless politicians both in our private discourses and public speeches and writings. The public representatives must behave with honour and a sense of responsibility and not for personal aggrandisement.

These political tourists are also ‘political merchants’. They deal in the sale and purchase of other politicians during all political crises. They act as touts and power brokers. They thrive on corrupt practices unabashedly and brazenly as a way of life. Their activities are one of the main causes for corruption and political immorality in Nagaland state politics. They are very smooth operators, shrewd manipulators, slanderers and horse-traders.

They worship money, position and power more than anything else. Their greed

is insatiable. They can easily sell their own souls for material possessions. They should never be allowed to open shops in our locality or constituency lest they contaminate the morality of our people by their behaviour and bring ignominy to the locals or constituents.

Hopefully, one day, when we can reduce the number and harmful influence of these notorious ‘political tourists’, the state of Nagaland may have a more stable government and prosper with less corrupt ministers and officers, and, will not have the political leaders who can win elections only, but, also, the statesmen of high integrity and honesty, and, then, we may begin to see a new era of developments in every field like any other progressive states in India.

(Concluded) Besesayo Kezo, IPS, Retd. DGP

This resulted in a first of its kind when the governor was forced to remove a sitting Chief Minister.

This was then followed by the NPF staging a “beef party” where the honourable governor was also invited! These sequence of incidents, deeply touched upon religious and social sentiments setting precedents that had never been done in Nagaland.

As far as the Congress is concerned, its president, a former expelled congressman himself, seems to be barking up the wrong tree without fully understanding the facts.

Likewise the former chief minister Dr. S. C. Jamir, is also apparently unaware of the present realities. In so far as responsibilities regarding transfer and postings of officers are concerned, this decision was based in a resolution adopted by the Nagaland Legislative Assembly during the 12th House of the NLA. The resolution was based on legal opinion submitted by legal luminaries and constitutional experts.

The assembly proceedings and legal submissions are an open book.

Moreover, as seasoned politicians, these leaders should understand the fact that Nagaland cannot be unequal to any other State of the country. Rather Nagaland, as the 16th state of the Indian union, is a special political state and is amongst the senior members of the world’s largest democracies.

These leaders should understand the redundancy of the outdated rules and stand up for the principles of democracy instead of trying to take the state back to the 1950s and 1960s.

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Simple thoughts (From previous issue) Nevertheless sometimes many of them often talk unitedly against the ‘outsiders’, meaning the non-Nagas, who appear to be very different from them in many ways. But they are not able to take any collective action against them because of the tribal divisions.

It seems most of them have not yet developed any other world view different from the traditional tribal insular mindset despite exposure to modern civilisation. They are still very suspicious and afraid to openly embrace the concept of the Indian nationalism lest they lose their typical identity as a ‘distinct people’ in the sea of humanity. These fears and apprehensions appear to be genuine and valid and they always draw a huge sympathetic crowd and warm response readily from the indigenous people.

They don’t want to lose their political and cultural identity completely by merging with whom they consider as foreigners. This cautious approach to the ultra-nationalism from mainland is highly justifiable because it directly threatens their very identity without pretension.

Notwithstanding their sharp differences, broadly speaking, almost all the Nagas in Nagaland do feel the threat to their cultural and political identities and economic interests by the presence of overwhelming alien population and culture and their activities which may one day obliterate them completely from the place of their birth.

This feeling of existential threat and suspicion is being

exacerbated by the enormous demographic changes that have taken place in Dimapur and the continuing and unabated invasion by the non-Nagas into all important places and towns elsewhere in Nagaland, in varying degrees, cannot be easily ignored. Nor the monopoly and domination of the commercial activities and their syndicates unjustly organised by the outsiders in the state to the detriment of the indigenous businessmen be tolerated. Thus, only a strong political ideology based on preservation and protection of the identity of the indigenous people can instil confidence and security in their minds and allay the fear of being swamped by the outsiders. In this way, a very strong regional political party is indispensable for the people of Nagaland and the integrity of India.

It can mitigate and even remove the fear psychosis that always exists in the minds of many indigenous people and restore peaceful social order and harmony in the state.

The ordinary simpleminded Nagas have developed their political ideology based on being separate from the others for over a 100 (hundred) years (since 1918) and it won’t be easy for them to give it up without concrete physical and psychological assurances from the majority community and government of India. They need a regional political party which represents their special interests and aspirations, and, also protects and acts as a buttress against the unwanted influence, intrusion and

interference from outsiders.

They must have a political platform that can peacefully, freely, articulately and convincingly express and exchange their views and opinions on any contentious issue honourably to and with the people of India.

Accordingly, in order to maintain a politically healthy balance between the existing virulent centripetal and centrifugal elements in the state, there must be 2 (two) strong political parties in Nagaland for the good of the citizens, namely, national political party and regional political party. Their principles and objectives must be clearly and distinctively defined as per the desires, needs and political and social aspirations of the indigenous people so that they can easily identify with any one of them without any problem.

Once the politicians identify themselves with either of them, namely, national and regional, none of them should change colours without compelling reasons. Winston Churchill said, “Some men change their party for the sake of their principles; others their principles for the sake of the party”. We wouldn’t really know who is for which.

But the frequent change of party allegiance is a menace and it has been causing havoc to the stability of the state governments everywhere in India. Since the anti-defection law has failed miserably and become ineffective to prevent the political defections, it must be made socially very costly, embarrassing, disgraceful and difficult by the 2 (two)

political parties in the state with diametrically opposite and irreconcilable political ideologies, one representing the nation, and, the other, the region, for the potential politician to defect at will.

Perhaps, in this way, by social control, hopefully, we may develop politicians with better integrity, honesty and morality.

A very veteran Naga politician calls the professional political defectors as ‘political tourists’ with reasons. They are definitely psychotic, emotionally unstable and politically diseased people. They carry the germs of political instability with them whichever party they join and infect their friends and contacts. Nobody trusts them but in a highly volatile and emerging society like ours, very often, unfortunately, they hold the key to government formation.

But every sensible citizen of Nagaland must expose,

Reader’s Post

Only after interview results Sir

I would like to bring to your notice several concerns related to NPSC results.

Firstly, I would like to assert that it is high time prelims results are declared. It has been observed that for the past few years NPSC results were given out 1 month prior to the mains which has time and again proven to be inconvenient among the aspirants. If the results are declared well ahead before the mains, roughly 3-4 months ahead, the level of mental alertness, and study timetable for mains and other central exams could be organised systematically. All this would make the aspirants life less stressful. There is also this factor NPSC has never declared the date of examination whenever advertisements are issued. This method is also not friendly for aspirants.

Lastly, NPSC should make sure that that the prelims exams are conducted only after interview results are given out.

Lanu, Dimapur

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

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Rahul attacks PM on LAC standoff BJP accuses him of indulging in mudslinging

NEW DELHI, JUL 20 (PTI): In a sharper attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday said the LAC standoff in Ladakh is not simply a border dispute but a design by China to attack his image as a “56-inch strongman”.

BJP president J P Nadda hit back at Gandhi, accusing him of indulging in “mudslinging” and describing his attack as another ‘failed” edition of ‘Project RG Relaunch’.

He also accused “one dynasty” of trying to weaken India and strengthen China.

Gandhi said the Chinese are trying to put pressure on PM Modi to act in a way they want him to, else they will destroy his strongman image, and so far he has been seen as one succumbing to it.

Attacking the Prime Minister for saying that China is not occupying any of Indian territory in Ladakh, the Congress leader said, Modi is defending his image by saying so.

“It is not simply a border issue. It is a border issue designed to put pressure on the Prime Minister of India.

And they are thinking of putting pressure in a very particular way. And what they are doing, is that they

Rahul Gandhi and Narendra Modi (File)

are attacking his image.

“They understand that in order for Mr Narendra Modi to be an effective politician; in order for Mr Narendra Modi to survive as a politician, he has to protect the idea of ‘Chhapan Inch’. And this is the real idea, the Chinese are attacking,” Gandhi said in a short video while explaining China’s strategic and tactical game plan.

The former Congress president said the Chinese are basically telling Modi that if he does not do what they say, they will destroy “the idea of Mr Narendra Modi as a strong leader”.

Nadda hit back, saying, “We saw yet another (failed) edition of ‘Project RG Relaunch’ today. Rahul Gandhi Ji was, as usual, weak on facts and strong on mudslinging. Attempts to politicise defence and foreign policy matters shows one dynasty’s desperation to

wash their past sins of 1962 and weaken India.”

“For years, one dynasty has been trying to destroy PM Narendra Modi. Sadly for them, PM Modi’s connect with 130 crore Indians is deep-rooted. He lives and works for them. Those who want to destroy him will end up only further destroying their own party,” he said in a series of tweets.

“In recent years, be it Doklam or the present, Rahul Gandhi Ji prefers briefings from the Chinese instead of believing India’s armed forces. Why does one dynasty want a weak India and a strong China?

Many leaders in Congress also disapprove of one dynasty’s shenanigans! “Since the 1950’s, China has made strategic investments in one dynasty that has given them rich dividends. Remember 1962, giving away of a UNSC seat, losing a lot of

land to China in the UPA years, MoU Signed with much fanfare in 2008, funds to RGF and more,” said Nadda.

The video is part of a series launched by Gandhi to explain his view on key issues before the country.

This is Rahul Gandhi’s fresh attack on Prime Minister Modi, as he has been attacking him and his government over the handling of the border issue with China in Ladakh and has even accused the prime minister of having “surrendered” Indian territory to China.

The Congress leader said the Chinese don’t do anything without thinking about it strategically and they have mapped the world in their thinking and they are trying to “shape the world” and “restructure the planet”.

At the tactical level, he said the Chinese are trying to improve their position.

“Whether it is Galwan, whether it’s Demchok or whether it is Pangong Lake.

The idea is to position themselves.”

“They’re disturbed by our highway, they want to make our highway redundant and if they are thinking on a larger scale, they want to do something with Pakistan in Kashmir,” he also said in the video.

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IMD warns of heavy rains at isolated places in Delhi New Delhi, Jul 20 (PTI): The national capital is likely to witness heavy rains at isolated places over the next two days, the India Meteorological Department said on Monday.

Widespread moderate rains are predicted for the rest of Delhi and neighbouring areas, it said.

“Fairly widespread to widespread rainfall with isolated heavy to very heavy showers very likely over Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana Chandigarh, Uttar Pradesh during the next two days,” it said in a weather forecast.

“The rainfall intensity and distribution are very likely to decrease significantly thereafter,” the IMD said.

The convergence of moist easterly winds from the Bay of Bengal and southwesterly winds from the Arabian Sea is likely to continue over northwest India for another two-three days, weather experts said.

The monsoon though is also running through the region. These two factors together can lead to moderate to heavy rains in Delhi-NCR in the next 24 hours, they said. The IMD’s regional forecasting centre predicted moderate rains along with winds gusting up to 40 kilometers per hour towards Monday night.

One dynasty trying to destroy PM Modi: Nadda on Rahul’s attack

New Delhi, Jul 20 (PTI): Hitting out at Rahul Gandhi for criticising Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the border row with China, BJP president J P Nadda on Monday said the Congress leader’s attempts to “politicise” defence and foreign policy matters show one dynasty’s “desperation to wash (off) their past sins” and efforts to “destroy” Modi.

Accusing Gandhi of making statements that are “weak on facts” and “strong on mudslinging”, Nadda alleged in a series of tweets that the former Congress president in recent years, be it the Doklam crisis or the current row with China, has preferred briefings from the Chinese instead of believing India’s armed forces.

“Attempts to politicise defence and foreign policy matters show one dynasty’s desperation to wash (off) their past sins of 1962 and weaken India... Why does one dynasty want a weak India and a strong China?

Many leaders in the Congress also disapprove of one dynasty’s shenanigans!” he said.

The BJP chief ’s strong denunciation of the Gandhi family came after Rahul Gandhi in a video message launched a sharp attack on the prime minister,

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saying the border standoff in Ladakh is not simply a border dispute but a design

by China to attack Modi’s image as a “56-inch strongman”.

Gandhi said the Chinese are trying to put pressure on the prime minister to act in a way they want him to, else they will destroy his strongman image, and so far he has been seen as one succumbing to it.

Dubbing Gandhi’s latest video a “failed attempt to relaunch himself ”, Nadda alleged that since the 1950s, China has made “strategic investments in one dynasty that has given them rich dividends.”

The BJP chief said as a result of that China captured land during the Congress-led UPA tenure.

“For years, one dynasty has been trying to destroy the PM,” he said, adding that Modi’s connect with 130 crore Indians is deeprooted and that he lives and

works for people and “those who want to destroy him will end up only further destroying their own party”.

Targeting the Gandhi family, BJP spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi told media later that the border dispute with China is more its “personal and unfortunate legacy” than problem of India’s foreign and defence policies.

Mocking Rahul Gandhi, he said it has taken his family four generations to understand China’s strategic design, even though it was clear from 1950s when the neighbouring country built a road through Indian territory.

Trivedi spoke of Jawaharlal Nehru’s handling of the issue and added that he and Manmohan Singh were the two most academically qualified Indian prime ministers but they could not “understand” the Chinese design.

“Rahul Gandhi has become habituated to this kind of rant. By doing so he is seen to be harming national interest and not playing the role of a positive and constructive opposition,” he said, adding that the RSS and the Jana Sangh, BJP’s earlier version, supported the then governments during 1962, 1965 and 1971 wars.

WB announces 2-day weekly lockdown Won’t hear arguments on reassessment of AGR related dues: SC

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NEW DELHI, JUL 20 (AGENCIES): Bengal will go into complete lockdown two days of the week to fight the spurt in coronavirus cases. State Home Secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay, making the announcement, said there were pockets of community transmission across the state.

This week, the state will be under lockdown on Thursday and Saturday. The next week, it will be on Wednesday. Future dates for August will be announced in the coming days. The containment zone-based restrictions will continue to be in place.

“Bengal is making an effort to break the chain of transmission. The strategy now is is to intensify the effort to break the chain. A lockdown

for 2 to 3 days a week will act as a brake. It will have a good effect,” home secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay said. “There is a perception of community transmission in some pockets,” the Home Secretary said. Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury reacted strongly to what he called was an ad hoc decision

by Bengal.

“The state had four and a half months to prepare for this situation but all we saw was half boiled and half baked decisions which has left the people in the state in the dark about what to do and where to go if they get infected,” he said. Citing the turnaround in New Delhi, Mr Chowdhury said the state should look to the capital where the recovery

rate is over 80 per cent while in Bengal it is going down.”

His remarks did not go down well with Dr Shantanu Sen, Trinamool MP and former President of the state’s medical association.

“This whole situation is the result of the centres callous handling of the migrant issue among other things.

And all that they are doing is, writing letters to the state sometimes from the health secretary sometimes from the home,” Dr Shantanu Sen said. He also accused Mr Chowdhury of playing political games. By citing Delhi as the best example, Mr Chowdhury is sending a message which the people of Bengal understand and will respond to in due course of time Dr Sen Said.

NEW DELHI, JUL 20 (PTI): The Supreme Court Monday made it clear it will not hear “even for a second” the arguments on reassessment or re-calculation of the Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR) related dues of telecom companies which run into about Rs 1.6 lakh crore.

The apex court also said it was not a reasonable proposal that a period of 15 to 20 years be given to the telecom companies to pay AGR dues.

A bench of Justices Ar un Mishra, S Abdul Nazeer and M R Shah reserved the verdict on the issue of timeline for staggered payment of AGR-related dues by telecom companies.

The top court, which on June 18 had asked the telecom companies including Bharti Airtel, Vodafone to file their books of accounts for last ten year and give a reasonable time frame for paying the AGR dues, got miffed when some senior lawyers started disputing the dues being calculated by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT).

“We will not hear arguments for re-assessment (of AGR related dues) even for a second,” the bench said and cautioned the companies that there should not be any attempt to reopen the issue of assessment of the dues once the AGR has been defined by it in the judgement.

Senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for

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Vodafone, said that the company did not want any reassessment of AGR dues, but wanted to say that a period of 15 to 20 years be given to pay AGR dues.

The top court said it was not saying that the telecom companies should be paying the entire AGR dues “right now and then shut down”, but they should be giving reasonable timeline for paying them.

It said that the period of 15-20 years sought by some of the telecom companies is not reasonable and asked the Centre as to how it would secure the payment. It also referred to the fact that some of the companies have gone into liquidation.

“How you (Centre) will secure the payment.

Can we pass an order that there will be no proceedings under the IBC,” the bench said, adding that this cannot be allowed to happen.

During the hearing, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone suggested 15 years’ time period for clearing the dues and Tata Teleservices said

that a 7-10 years’ timeline may be given.

The top court then took note of the submission of Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Centre, there were “moratorium” in place with regard to some companies like RCom and Videocon as insolvency proceedings against them have started.

The bench sought details within seven days from the Centre with regard to the pendency of proceedings against some firms under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) and said that it would like to ensure whether IBC was being misused to “escape liabilities”.

It further said that it would examine bona fides of some telecom companies going into insolvency.

The Centre had earlier urged the top court that up to 20 years be given to telecom companies for the payment of dues in a staggered manner.

On June 18, the top court was informed by the Centre that the DoT has

decided to withdraw 96 per cent of the Rs 4 lakh crore demand for AGR related dues raised against nontelecom PSUs like GAIL. The court had however asked the private telecom companies including Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea to come out with a “reasonable payment plan”, make some payment to “show their bona fide” and file their books of accounts for the last 10 years. During the hearing on Monday, when a counsel appearing for one of the telecom companies disputed the DoT’s calculation of AGR related dues and said that the figures have to be checked, the bench shot back: “Everybody is disputing the dues.

Tell us only the instal-

ment part and the time (for payment of dues). What is happening in this country.

We will not permit this to happen in this country.

“We have decided the definition of AGR and based on that, demands have been raised by the DoT and we are not going to reopen this”.

The top court has posted the matter for further hearing on August 10 on the issue related to some telecom firms going into insolvency.

The apex court had in October 2019 delivered the verdict on the AGR issue for calculating government dues of telecom companies such as licence fee and spectrum usage charges.

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MUMBAI, JUL 20 (PTI): Phone tapping is an “assault” on personal freedom and bringing down a democratically-elected government using money amounts to “treachery” with the Constitution, the Shiv Sena said on Monday referring to the Rajasthan political crisis.

It needs to be decided which one of these is a bigger crime, an editorial in Shiv Sena mouthpiece ‘Saamana’ said, claiming the Rajasthan telephone tapping episode has “exposed” many.

It said a lot of revelation will come to the fore in case someone hears secretly the conversations among Congress leaders and those (conversations) reach party leader Rahul Gandhi’s ears, and claimed some people are hell-bent to not let the

Wayanad MP work properly. This, in effect, hurts the entire opposition, the Shiv Sena said. However, the Maharashtra BJP said the Uddhav Thackeray-led party, which entered into an unholy alliance with the NCP and Congress allegedly for power, has no right to speak on these issues.

The Shiv Sena’s comments in ‘Saamana’ came in the wake of the Centre seeking a report from Rajasthan chief secretary on allegations of phone tapping after two audio clips of conversations purportedly regarding a conspiracy to topple the states Congress government emerged.

The FIR registered by Rajasthan Police’s AntiCorruption Bureau mentions details of conversations of (Congress rebel

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MLA) Bhanwarlal Sharma with Gajendra Singh (Congress claims it is a reference to Union minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat) and a third man called Sanjay Jain.

The BJP on Saturday asked if the Congress government in the state resorted to “unconstitutional” methods to tap the phones of politicians, and demanded a CBI probe into what it called a “saga of illegalities and concocted lies”.

Rajasthan plunged

into a political crisis after Chief Minister Ashok Gehlots deputy Sachin Pilot rebelled.

The Congress later removed Pilot as the deputy chief minister and also as the party’s state unit head.

“Phone tapping is an offence and assault on personal freedom. It is treachery with the Constitution to bring down a democratically-elected government using money. Hence, it needs to be decided which one (of these) is a bigger crime,” the Shiv Sena said.

“The deal which was on between the BJP and Sachin Pilot was to the extreme of exchanging money. That means it was decided that the Rajasthan government would be brought down by offering money and purchasing majority by engaging in

horse-trading,” it alleged.

“Chief Minister Gehlot exposed that Sachin Pilot’s rebellion against injustice was a lie (not genuine) and for that, brought to light the phone conversation between Pilot and BJP leaders. It is shocking and equally sensational,” it further said.

“The central power’s pressure and money was used to bring down the Gehlot government,” the Shiv Sena charged, adding that the Congress foiled it.

It further said phone tapping is an assault on one’s personal freedom and the Centre ordering a probe into the episode was right.

“Now the question is what was the emergency in the country or the state that led to the Gehlot government hearing the conversations? Activities were on in

Rajasthan to bring down a majority government and MLAs were being bought at increasing prices,” the Shiv Sena alleged.

“Pilot’s rebellion was driven more by money than morality. This is nothing but corruption and the Gehlot government has registered an offence against Union minister Shekhawat based on evidence,” it said.

The BJP is not ready to speak about the serious offences and allegations against Shekhawat, it further said.

“Why those who are seeking President’s rule in Rajasthan have not made Shekhawat resign? First make Shekhawat resign, atone for poaching of MLAs and then point a finger towards the Gehlot government,” the Shiv Sena said.

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timely implementation of this scheme remains important to clear the outstanding dues to power generating companies, which stand at Rs. 1.17 lakh crore as on May 2020.

“The overall debt on the books of state owned discoms at an all-India level as on March 2019 has crossed the pre-UDAY level and is now expected to further rise with the implementation of liquidity relief scheme being availed through long tenure debt funding from PFC and REC, mainly to meet the overdues as on March 2020, as well as the possibility of availing an incremental debt to fund the revenue gap estimated in FY2021,” said Girishkumar Kadam, Sector Head and Vice President, ICRA Ratings.

The audited book losses for discoms at the allIndia level for FY2019 have also been revised upwards to Rs 49,600 crore against the provisional estimate of Rs 28,000 crore reported

earlier.

T h e l o s s e s h ave reached closer to the preUDAY level because of the inability of the discoms to reduce the distribution loss levels in line with the regulator approved trajectory and delays in passthrough of cost variations to customers through tariff revisions.

In this context, the government has proposed several reforms through amendments to the Electricity Act 2003 and the National Tariff Policy, in the form of installation of prepaid meters, direct benefit transfer for subsidy, uniformity in appointment of regulators and privatisation of discoms in Union Territories, among others.

However, the timely implementation of these reforms, so as to improve the operating efficiencies and enable timely passthrough of cost variations in tariffs, remains crucial for sustainable improvement in the financial profiles of the discoms.

ANCSU appeals govt on end semester exam

Senior Associate Pastor of Lotha Baptist Church Dimapur (LBCD), Rev. Chumben Kyong inaugurated the Northeast India ‘4X4 ATTITUDE,’ a one stop shop for offroad costume store at 7th Mile, Dimapur. 4X4 ATTITUDE store will be Northeast distributor for Prad ‘4X4’, swastik fabs ARB, varta AGM batteries, suspension kits from Old Man EMU and profenders.

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DIMAPUR, JUL 20 (NPN): Expressing dismay over the University Grants Commission (UGS)’s revised guidelines to conduct end semester examinations for all courses throughout India by the end of September 2020, the All Nagaland College Students’ Union (ANCSU) has urged the state government to request the UGC and Ministry of Human Resource Development to consider the case of Nagaland and allow the Nagaland University to take relevant decision in the interest of the student community.

In a representation addressed to the chief secretary, ANCSU president Vimeyiekho Vitso and general secretary Imnameren N Jamir asserted that holding online exams was not feasible due to poor internet connectivity in Nagaland.

ANCSU also said that many students continued to struggle without required gadgets to go

for online exams.

Further, the union said that conducting physical mode of examination, considering the current situation of the state, was “no less than putting the entire state at risk.”

ANCSU, therefore, asserted that the Nagaland University should immediately withdraw the exam routines for all courses published on July 16, 2020. ANCSU also requested the state government and the Nagaland University to first prioritize the safety of the colleges and university fraternities before taking any decision for conduct of exams.

Admitting that NU was bound to follow the UGC guidelines/directives, ANCSU, however, said trhat the state government and NU must represent and salvage the student community during these trying times.

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Meanwhile AMK through its vice president Alebu Sanchu and property secretary Atole Khatso, expressed concern over the plight of business communities and especially took strong exception to the “outrageous assault” on drivers of distributors by miscreants.

AMK said as the apex body of all Angami women, it lamented that business communities were subjected to harassment “perhaps by known groups, masquerading as miscreants and extortionists, demanding heavy tax on someone’s sweat and toil.”

AMK said “rampant unabated tax collection” has reached its nadir where even the dignity of labour among small time entrepreneurs to survive, was being jeopardised “by some

contradicts the ethos of Naga society.”

Slamming the state machinery, AMK asked the latter to “wake up from slumber” and play the role expected in a democratic set up.

AMK also pointed out that a person booked on extortion and other charges was set free after five to ten days whereas as per the law, it invited imprisonment of up to five years.

Under such circumstances faith of people on the justice delivery system was at stake and only reflected “the chaos in an administrative set up”, added AMK. It also said the government need to do justice on the faith reposed by citizens by reining in extortion, illegal taxation and other unabated collection so as to bring back civility, harmony and normalcy in society.

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(From p-1) However, it said, not one of them was harmed even though it was in the middle of armed conflict.

WC said though the captured personnel deserved “death by hail of bullets and grenade explosions” yet the prisoners were released and later reached their homes and loved ones safely. However, only their arms were taken, added WC. WC also reminded that in 1960, a Dakota

cargo plane was shot down at Phor village in Pochury Region and all nine crew members were captured by Naga Army. WC said their lives spared and they too “reached home safely to tell the tale.”

WC said the “latest inhuman killing” has hurt every Naga worth his salt and that the “sadistic behaviour of Indian army is a war crime.”

WC also alleged that the six “were slaughtered and their dead bodies were

not treated with respect”.

WC said though Naga groups may be “divided by nomenclatures, ideologies and political beliefs but all are Nagas by blood, sharing same history, political right and one future.”

Stating that it was “deeply hurt by the slaughter of six Naga youth, ”WC prayed that God Almighty accept their supreme sacrifices and grant solace to their souls. It also conveyed its deepest condolences to the bereaved families.

Discrimination by NLA Speaker, alleges NPF (From p-1) NPF also said the “negative effects of COVID-19” was being witnessed in Nagaland and there was need to discuss on measures and as MLAs it was their responsibility to find our ways and means to alleviate the suffering of the people.

On Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Securities Interest (SARFAESI) Act (To provide for recovery as public demands, of loans advanced by banks and other financial institutions), NPF said there was need to deliberate on it to

kick-start economic growth after months of lockdown. (The Act seeks to provide for recovery as public demands, of loans advanced by banks and other financial institutions). The two reminded that the issue had also been finalized by the BAC on the 5th session but has been excluded for the forthcoming 6th session.

NPF said the act of the Speaker and chairman BAC to refuse its proposals was “discriminatory, unfair and unacceptable” adding it reflected the “autocratic style of functioning” of what was meant to be a neutral chair.

Decriminalisation of cheque bounce to hurt traders: CAIT

New Delhi, Jul 20 (IANS): Raising concern over the proposed decriminalisation of bouncing of cheques, the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) has advised Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman against it.

In a letter to the Finance Minister, the CAIT urged the government not to decriminalise Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 under any circumstances, and said such a move would nullify the sanctity of cheques and the banking

sector of India.

According to the CAIT, the proposed decriminalisation, if implemented, will distort the business conditions and give tremendous rise to unfair and unethical trade practices, thereby putting crores of businessmen under the severe risk of losing money to immoral and fraudulent elements of society. “Not only the traders, but others will also find it difficult to purchase any goods on EMI since EMI is always supported by postdated cheques.

Reinstate EAC Mopong under Tobu HQ: MHPF

DIMAPUR, JUL 20 (NPN): Mopong Hongkong Public Forum (MHPF) has reminded the state government to reinstate EAC Mopong under Tobu ADC headquarters, which was transferred to Angjangyang SDO (Civil) headquarters in 2014.

In a press release, MHPF president, Neangba Konyak, and vice-president A Yangkon Konyak stated that public proposal to boycott Republic Day 2020 was put on hold for time being following verbal assurance given by the government. MHPF has, therefore, reminded the state government to rectify its decision and retain the EAC Mopong circle covering 12 villages under ADC Tobu administration at the earliest.

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New Delhi, Jul 20 (PTI): Gold prices fell by Rs 31 to Rs 49,916 per 10 gram in the national capital on Monday owing to a weak global trend, according to HDFC Securities.

In the previous trade, the precious metal had closed at Rs 49,947 per 10 gram. Silver also declined

by Rs 51 to Rs 53,948 per kg from Rs 53,999 per kg in the previous trade.

In the international market, gold was trading marginally lower at USD 1,809 per ounce, while silver was quoting flat at USD 19.32 per ounce.

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to about Rs 42,000-45,000 crore in FY2021 against our earlier estimate of Rs 20,000 crore. The recovery of this revenue gap, if allowed through regulatory asset (RA) by the State Electricity Regulatory Commissions (SERCs), would require a tariff hike of 2.5 per cent to 3 per cent at an all-India level, assuming recovery of RA over a three-year period. As a result, timely implementation of such tariff hike by the respective state regulators for recovery of such revenue gap remains extremely critical for the discoms.”

Given the adverse impact of Covid-19 on discom finances, the Government of India has announced a liquidity support of Rs 900 billion for the state power discoms in the form of loans against receivables from the Power Financial Corporation (PFC) and Rural Electrification Corporation (REC).

However, there has been slow progress in offtaking these loans so far;

bunch of crooks and hooligans.”

AMK said excessive extortion and forcible tax imposition by countless groups has haunted business community like nightmare as they suffer “deep psychological harassment” and shattered their efforts to serve people.

These, it said has only pushed the business community on ventilator.

AMK also said extortion was a menace plaguing Naga society which needed to “be totally wiped out, as it is one way or the other, affecting the cycle of existence.”

It also said that many unaccounted cases went unreported because of fear of repercussion.

AMK asked if such was acceptable in a civilised society and a “Christian state”? Further, AMK said this was “ a matter of great shame and totally

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ity demand declined by 16.2 per cent in Q1 FY2021 on a year-on-year (Y-o-Y) basis because of the lockdown imposed to combat the Covid-19 pandemic. While the demand recovered from a Y-o-Y decline of 23.1 per cent in April to 10.9 per cent in June and further to 3.9 per cent in the first 15 days of July, the recovery was slower than earlier expectations of reaching pre-Covid19 level in July.

Commenting on the energy demand trend, Sabyasachi Majumdar, Group Head and Senior Vice President, Corporate Ratings, ICRA, said: “The decline in energy demand has adversely impacted the revenues and cash collection of the power distribution utilities (discoms), especially given that the bulk of the consumption decline has come from the high tariff paying industrial and commercial consumers.

“The consequent revenue gap for the discoms at an all-India level is estimated to increase further

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New Delhi, Jul 20 (IANS): With the re-imposition of lockdown restrictions in many parts of the country, the pan India electricity demand is likely to decline by 5 per cent to 6 per cent in FY2021 over FY2020, rating agency ICRA said in its latest report on power sector.

ICRA in April had estimated 1 per cent de-growth in electricity demand in the current year.

The revised energy demand de-growth estimate assumes demand decline of 3.5 per cent to 4 per cent in Q2 and Q3 FY2021 and a marginal recovery of about 1 per cent in Q4 FY2021, given the slower pace of recovery expected in industrial and commercial activities in the country.

This in turn is expected to suppress the thermal PLF on an all-India level to about 50 per cent to 51 per cent in FY2021 against the rating agency’s earlier estimate of 54 per cent and from 56 per cent in FY2020.

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An H-IIA rocket with United Arab Emirates’ Mars orbiter Hope lifts off from Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima, southern Japan, July 20. (PTI)

PARIS, JUL 20 (AGENCIES): Investigators have begun work on the flight recorders from the Ukrainian jet accidentally shot down by Iran in January, France’s BEA accident investigation bureau said on Monday.

Iranian forces say they downed the Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) jet, a Boeing 737, on Jan. 8 after mistaking it for a missile at a time of high tensions with the United States. All 176 people aboard Flight PS752 were killed.

Lab work to extract data from the black boxes got underway after a preliminary meeting with Iranian and other officials present at BEA headquarters outside Paris, a spokesman said.

The cockpit voice recorder will be accessed first, with the flight data recorder to follow, he said,

adding that the work was likely to take at least until Thursday.

The data extraction is also being observed by Canadian, U.S., Swedish and British air accident investigators as well as representatives from UIA, Boeing and engine maker Safran.

Iran agreed in June to send the black boxes to the BEA for analysis, ending a long standoff with Canada, Ukraine and France over access to the data.

Many of the crash victims were Canadian citizens or permanent residents, or had Canada as their final destination.

An interim report

by Iran’s Civil Aviation Organisation last week blamed a misalignment of a radar system and lack of communication between the air defence operator and his commanders for the tragedy.

standing settled boundaries through the use of force and aggression, the Congressional resolution says.

Noting that India and China have reached an agreement to de-escalate and disengage along the Line of Actual Control, the resolution says that on June 15, at least 20 Indian soldiers and an unconfirmed number of Chinese soldiers were killed in skirmishes following a weeks-long standoff in Eastern Ladakh, which is the de facto border between the two countries.

“The Government of the People’s Republic of China should work toward de-escalating the situation along the Line of Actual Control with India through existing diplomatic mechanisms and not through

Hong Kong on July 1, gives China sweeping new powers over the city.

UK handed Hong Kong back to China on July 1, 1997 but, as part of an agreement signed at the time, it enjoys some freedoms not seen in the Communist Party-ruled mainland.

“The National Security Law does not provide legal or judicial safeguards in such cases, and I am also concerned about the potential reach of the extra-territorial provisions.

So I have consulted with the Home Secretary, the Justice Secretary and the Attorney General, and the government has decided to suspend the extradition treaty immediately and indefinitely,” said Raab in his parliamentary statement.

Highlighting “considerable uncertainty” about the way in which the new National Security Law will be enforced, the minister struck a cautionary note: “The United Kingdom is watching. And the whole world is watching.”

The latest move follows the UK offering residency rights and a path to UK citizenship to around 3 million Hong Kongers in response to the law’s imposition.

Pak with annual fertility rate of 3.6 among top 2 fastest growing S. Asian nations ISLAMABAD, JUL 20 (PTI): Pakistan, whose total population is approximately 220.9 million, is among the top two fastest growing countries in the South Asian region with an annual fertility rate of 3.6 children per couple, according to a new report by a US-based private nonprofit organisation.

Strife-torn Afghanistan topped the char t among the South Asian countries with 4.5 children per couple, according to the 2020 World Population Data Sheet released recently by the US Population Reference Bureau.

With 1.4 billion people, India has the second largest population in the world but has reduced its fertility rate to 2.2, it said in a recent report.

At Pakistan’s growth rate — 3.6 — a population doubles in 19.4 years. A country needs to bring its growth rate down to 2 per cent a year to reduce its population. The replacement fertility rate is 2.1,

the average number of children a couple needs to have to replace themselves, the Dawn News reported citing the study.

According to the study, South Asia is among the fastest growing regions in the world. Within the region, it marked Afghanistan and Pakistan as the fastest growing populations.

Afghanistan has a faster growth rate than Pakistan, 4.5 per couple.

But because of high death rates and low life expectancy, the country’s total population is still 38.9 million, the report noted.

The total population of Bangladesh, another South Asian country, in 2020 is estimated at 169.8 million, with an annual fertility rate of 2.3. It the third fastest growing nation in the region, followed by Maldives at fourth position, India and Nepal at fifth and Sri Lanka and Bhutan sharing the last slot.

The study noted Asia as the world’s most popu-

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lous region and its overall population is projected to increase by 15 per cent from 4.6 billion in 2020 to 5.3 billion in 2050.

However, the pattern of future population change varies within the region from a 3 per cent decline in East Asia to a 38 per cent increase in Western Asia. Asia’s total fertility rate is below replacement level at 2.0.

Interestingly, the report projected China’s population, currently the

highest in the world, to decrease by 2050.

With a total of 1.424 billion people, China still has the largest population in the world but has been able to reduce its fertility rate to 1.5, the study noted.

The US has 329.9 million population and between 2020 and 2050 its population is projected to increase, but at a much slower pace than recent decades. The US has an annual fertility rate of 1.7,

US lawmakers urge China to de-escalate tension with India Kim fires officials for extortion WASHINGTON, JUL 20 (PTI): Voicing concern over the recent Chinese military aggression against India, a bipartisan group of nine influential Congressmen have introduced a resolution in the US House of Representatives, urging Beijing that it should work towards de-escalating the situation at the border through existing diplomatic mechanisms and not by force.

The troops of India and China are locked in a standoff in several areas along the Line of Actual Control in eastern Ladakh since May 5. The situation deteriorated last month following the Galwan Valley clashes that left 20 Indian Army personnel dead.

Led by Indian-American Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi, other cosponsors of the Congressional resolution are IndianAmerican Congressman Ro Khanna and lawmakers Frank Pallone, Tom Suozzi, Ted Yoho, George Holding, Sheila Jackson-Lee, Haley Stevens and Steve Chabot.

In the months leading up to June 15, along the Line of Actual Control, the Chinese military reportedly amassed 5,000 soldiers; and is trying to redraw long-

LONDON, JUL 20 (PTI): The UK government on Monday suspended its extradition treaty with Hong Kong immediately and indefinitely, weeks after China imposed a controversial national security law on the former British colony that gave Beijing sweeping new powers over the Asian business hub.

Foreign Secretar y Dominic Raab told the House of Commons that the new National Security Law had significantly changed key assumptions underpinning the extradition treaty arrangements with Hong Kong.

He said the UK was particularly concerned about Articles 55 to 59 of the new security law, which gives mainland Chinese authorities the ability to assume jurisdiction over certain cases and try those cases in mainland Chinese courts.

Raab also confirmed the government would extend its arms embargo - which has been in place with China since 1989 - to Hong Kong, stopping the UK exporting equipment, such as firearms, smoke grenades and shackles to the region.

The controversial national security legislation, imposed by Beijing on

force,” the Congressional resolution said.

It is the sense of the Congress that there is significant concern about the continued military aggression

by China along its border with India and in other parts of the world, including with Bhutan, in the South China Sea, and with the Senkaku Islands, as their aggressive posture toward Hong Kong and Taiwan.

The resolution comes days after the House of Representatives Caucus on India and Indian-Americans in a letter to India’s Ambassador to the US, Taranjit Singh Sandhu, said that over the last few months, the Chinese authorities have been acting with impunity and have attempted to transgress on

the LAC, which resulted in diplomatic discussions to implement a process for deescalation along the LAC on July 6.

It was led by Congressmen Holding and Brad Sherman and signed by seven other lawmakers.

“It is my hope that they scale back on their excessive weaponry and infrastructure at the Line of Actual Control and uphold both their longstanding and new founded agreements with India,” said the lawmakers who offered their condolences to the families of the fallen soldiers.

“We are disappointed that China has been acting in contradiction to their agreements with India, in their attempt to change the status quo and challenge Indian troops at the border,” the letter said.

Last week, Senator Bob Menendez, Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said US-India partnership, based on their shared commitment to democracy, is vital to uphold international law, international norms and the institutions that can peacefully and diplomatically resolve disputes and aggression.

linked to hospital project

SEOUL, JUL 20 (AGENCIES): North Korea’s leader has sacked officials building a hospital after they pressed the public for contributions, media reported on Monday, the second rebuke linked to the high-profile project in a country where such problems are rarely publicised.

Leader Kim Jong Un ordered the Pyongyang General Hospital to be built by the 75th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Workers’ Party in October, calling it a “top priority” in improving public health in the face of the novel coronavirus. But during his latest visit to the site, Kim fired a group of project managers, called the construction coordination commission, for failing to allocate a proper budget and supplying equipment and materials from ordinary citizens.

“He severely rebuked them for burdening the people by encouraging all kinds of ‘assistance’,” the KCNA state news agency reported, calling the incident a “serious digression” from party policy. KCNA released photographs of a serious-looking Kim speaking at the site with officials

wearing masks.

It was his second rebuke for the managers this month. He earlier criticised them for causing delays with “inattention” and violating unspecified anti-epidemic rules. Kim praised builders on the project for making rapid progress despite “difficult situations” but told the party to “investigate the performance of the construction coordination commission as a whole and replace all the officials responsible”, KCNA reported.

Yang Moo-jin, a professor at the University of North Korean Studies in Seoul, said the sackings suggested a setback for a prestigious project and hinted at broader difficulties facing the economy. “It indicates potential delays and further obstacles in meeting the October deadline given difficulties in mobilising resources due to the pandemic and sanctions,” Yang said. North Korea has not reported any cases of the coronavirus but has taken intensive prevention measures, including a ban on gatherings, an order to wear masks and mandatory quarantines for border workers.

which forces it to allow immigrants to strengthen its work force.

The data estimate the current global population at 7.8 billion. People aged 65 and above account for 9 per cent of the global population, in part because of the declining fertility rates, the report said.

According to the report Middle Africa is the youngest region where 46 per cent of the population is under the age of 15 years, while Southern Europe is the world’s oldest region with 23 per cent of the population aged 65 or above.

The world population is projected to reach 9.9 billion by 2050, an increase of more than 25% from 2020. “In 91 countries and territories — nearly 45 per cent of the world’s population — total fertility rates are below replacement level, the average number of children at which a population exactly replaces itself from one generation to the next in the absence

of migration.

And in 21 countries and territories, including several that have suffered devastating loss during the COVID-19 pandemic, people ages 65 and older account for at least 20 per cent of the population,” it said.

This trend is most pronounced in Europe and East Asia. In contrast, many countries in subSaharan Africa and some in Asia continue to experience rapid population growth and high fertility rates. The population of 25 countries is expected to at least double between 2020 and 2050.

The global total fertility rate is 2.3 births per woman, while the replacement level is 2.1 births per woman, the report said.

Referring to the coronavirus crisis, the report warned that “population density in urban areas, household size, and population aging contribute to our vulnerability to pandemics”.

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The Upper Zuvotong Colony Council Wokha with immense pride and joy convey our heartiest congratulations to Dr. Mhathung Ngullie, S/o Shri. Lumbemo Ngullie of Koio Village on his recent selection to the prestigious post of Medical Officer in Indian Army.

The Council wishes and prays for a very successful career with good health and wisdom.

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which was conceived and developed inside our national research and political institutions,” he said.

Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, said

science instruments have been designed to study the different aspects of the Martian Atmosphere.

“It’s like a three-way race to Mars this year and the UAE is headed to be the first country to reach Mars before US and China,” Ahmad Belhoul Al Falasi, Chairman of the UAE Space Agency, was quoted as saying by the Gulf News.

Most Mars missions orbit at a single local time that allows the atmosphere to be measured at only one time of day but Hope Probe will circle Mars for the entire Martian year, which is equivalent to almost two Earth years, the report said.

The mission launch was delayed twice because of bad weather in Japan.

“A s p a c e m i s s i o n launch can be delayed due to three reasons: Technical, logistical or foul weather.

With SpaceX, the rocket was about to launch but it was postponed due to a technical issue. The Russian-European mission (to Mars) was delayed by two years due to logistical issues caused by COVID-19. In our case, the delay was not due to technical or logistical issues, but purely due to weather-related ones,” a UAE Mars Mission official said.

Mars has been chosen for exploration for many reasons.

FELICITATION Phiro Village Students' Union, Village Council, Phiro Baptist Church, Eloe Hoho and Phiro Village Youth Organisation extend our heartiest congratulations to Ms. KUMALI OVUNG, D/o Late Er. K.Thungpemo Ovung & Mrs. Toshinaro Ovung for securing Top 3 (Science Stream) from G. Rio School, Kohima, Nagaland in the recently declared All India Senior School Certificate Examination 2020 result conducted by CBSE. We further pray for God’s guidance and providence upon her and all the successful candidates of Cl X and XII (NBSE & CBSE) and wishes them excellence in all their future endeavours.

Sd/Sd/Yanbemo Tungu Noyingi Tungu Chairman, Phiro President, PVSU

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UAE president Sheikh Khalifa has praised the talented team who had masterminded the landmark Mars mission. “With pleasure and great pride, we have followed up on the announcement of the successful launch of the Hope Probe, the idea of

to overcome.

“The team had to work backwards just to ensure that everything arrives in Japan before the launch period, and so that COVID-19 and the closure of borders do not affect the launch and the mission itself,” Al Olama was quoted as saying by the Khaleej Times.

The Dh735-million (USD 200 million) project, which is the first interplanetary mission by any Arab nation, took six years by a team of 135 Emirati engineers, scientists and researchers.

Hope’s arrival in February 2021 is set to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the UAE’s formation.

The Gulf News reported that around 200 days from now, the spacecraft will reach the Mars orbit and begin its mission to study the Red Planet’s atmosphere.

Thanks to proper planning and “countless sleepless nights”, Hope is now on its way to Mars, Al Olama said, lauding the contributions of the team members.

The Mission will be the first probe to provide a complete picture of the Martian atmosphere and its layers when it reaches the Red Planet’s orbit. It will also help answer questions related to the global Martian atmosphere and the loss of hydrogen and oxygen gases into space over the span of one Martian year. Three state-of-the-art

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OFFICE OF THE DIMAPUR KINUNGER SENSO TELONGJEM (DKST) has heartfelt appreciation and utmost revered congratulations:To, 1. Shri. BENDANGKOKBA SAIR F/Name Lt. Rongsenmeren Sair M/Name Lt. Alongla recently promoted to Executive Engineer PHED, Kiphire 2. Shri. IMLIKOKBA LKR F/Name Shri. Takuyaba Longkumer M/Name Mrs. Rongsentila recently promoted to District Planning Officer, Mkg Wishing you both successful in future endeavour.

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DUBAI, JUL 20 (PTI): Emiratis brimmed with joy and pride as the UAE made history on Monday by successfully launching its spacecraft “Al Amal” towards Mars from a Japanese launch centre, marking the Arab world’s first interplanetary mission.

Al Amal, or Hope Probe, weighing 1.3 tonnes was launched from the H-2A rocket from Japan’s remote Tanegashima spaceport at 1.58 am local time.

The ground control room in Dubai erupted with joy after the successful lift off.

Hundreds of scientists, space enthusiasts and the UAE’s leadership cheered as the upper stage containing the probe separated from the launch rocket, the protective shields and its solar panels were deployed with clockwork precision.

The solar panels will charge the batteries of the spacecraft for its 495,000,000 kms journey to Mars.

Within a couple of hours, it was confirmed that the ground segment at Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre in Dubai has received and communicated the first signals with the Hope Probe.

the nation watched the successful launch of the Hope probe with “pride and joy.”

“We embark on a new chapter in space, led by our exceptional youth. Congratulations to the UAE for this historic achievement,” Sheikh Mohamed tweeted.

Indian Consulate General in Dubai congratulated the UAE leadership on the achievement.

“On behalf of all Indians living in UAE, we congratulate UAE leadership and all Emirati friends for successful launch of Mission Hope to Mars today morning and salute undeterred commitment of scientists even during tough times of COVID,” the Consulate General of India in Dubai tweeted.

NASA administrator, Jim Bridenstine, also lauded the UAE’s efforts. “Congrats to the team that worked on @HopeMarsMission.

It’s truly amazing what @ uaespaceagency & @MBRSpaceCentre have accomplished in such a short time.

Hope is exactly what the world needs and thank you to the UAE & @mhi for inspiring all of us,” Bridenstine tweeted. Omar Sultan Al Olama, Minister of State for Digital Economy, Artificial Intelligence and Remote Working System, said COVID-19 was the “biggest” hurdle that the Emirates Mars Mission team had

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Kanye cries over abortion at campaign rally

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anye West cried as he admitted he and Kim Kardashian West had considered aborting their first child.

The 43-year-old rapper broke down in tears at his first-ever presidential rally, which was held at the Exquis Event Center in North Charleston, South Carolina, on Sunday (18.07.20) as he discussed the issue of termination.

Kanye wept and repeatedly yelled, ‘’I almost killed my daughter’’ before offering an explanation.

He said: ‘’In the bible it says thou shalt not kill.

‘’I remember when my girlfriend called me screaming and crying... . And I just thought to myself, ‘Please don’t tell me I gave Kim Kardashian AIDS.’ ‘’Then, she said, ‘I’m pregnant’ and I said, ‘Yes.’ .... she said ‘No.’ She was crying... [and] said she had to go to the doctor. ‘’And for one month, and two months and three months, we talked about her not having this child.

Kanye went on to explain the ‘Keeping Up With the Kardashians’ star ‘’had pills in her hand’’.

H e a d d e d : ‘ ’ Yo u know, these pills you take it and it’s a wrap--the baby is gone.’’

But the ‘Bound 2’ hitmaker and Kim eventually decided to keep the baby - and the rapper admitted his wife might not be impressed by him sharing the story.

He continued: ‘’I said, ‘We are going to have this child.’ I know people who are 50 years old who don’t have a child. ‘’So even if my wife were to divorce me after this speech, she brought North into the world, even

Snoop Dogg launches new mobile game ‘Snoop Dogg’s Rap Empire’

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noop Dogg has launched a new mobile video game via his Digital Dogg gaming and animation company titled ‘Snoop Dogg’s Rap Empire’.

The game, available for iOS and Android now, sees users playing as an aspiring rapper whose music gets heard by Snoop who helps them build a rap empire, with tasks includ-

SSR lookalike Sachin Tiwari to star in film ‘Suicide Or Murder’

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ikTok star Sachin Tiwari became an internet sensation due to his uncanny resemblance with late Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput. Now, Sachin is all set to star in a film inspired by Sushant’s life!

Sachin will play the lead in “Suicide Or Murder,” a film being pitched as an effort based on the life of Sushant, directed by Shamik Maulik and produced

by Vijay Shekhar Gupta.

The music is by Shraddha Pandit. Sachin shared a poster of his debut film on an unverified Instagram account and wrote: “A boy from small town became a Shining Star in the film industry. This is his journey.

Introducing Sachin Tiwari (@officialtiwarisachin) as ‘The Outsider’.”

He included the hashtags #SuicideOrMurder, #officialtiwarisachin # b o l ly wo o d # s u s h a n tsinghrajput with his post.

Sushant Singh Rajput was found hanging at his residence on June 14. The actor’s postmortem report stated that he committed suicide. While Mumbai Police investigate the actor’s death, several politicians, celebrities and fans have demanded a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe, suspecting foul play.

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ing building a management team, signing to a label, recording tracks and building a studio.

Digital Dogg’s previous credits include Snoop Dogg Animojis and an app for Ice Cube’s ‘Big3’ basketball league.

Later this week, meanwhile, Snoop is to face off against DMX in the next round of the Verzuz series, in what is being billed as

“the battle of the dogs”.

After starting out as a 20-song showdown between producers, the series has now seen rappers and performers facing off against each other. Snoop and DMZ will be going head to head this Wednesday (July 22). Last month, meanwhile, Snoop shared a secretly filmed clip of Dr. Dre and Kanye West working in the studio together.

In the “exclusive footage,” Snoop appears to be sat in the back of a studio while Dre and West are working on music.

The same day, Snoop confirmed that he was working on new material with country music legend Willie Nelson, their first music together since 2009’s ‘My Medicine’. More details are yet to emerge.

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when I didn’t want to. ‘’She stood up and she protected that child.’’

The ‘All Day’ singer who has North, now seven, Saint, four, Chicago, two, and 14-month-old Psalm with Kim - also praised his late mother, Donda, because he claimed his father pushed for her to have an abortion when she fell pregnant with him.

He said: ‘’43 years ago who do you think protected a child? My mom saved my life. ‘’My dad wanted to abort me! My mom saved my life. There would have been no Kanye West because my dad was too busy...’’

He then yelled: ‘’I love my daughter!’’

The Yeezy founder also sparked groans from the audience when he criticised activist Harriet Tubman.

He said: ‘’Harriet Tubman never actually freed the slaves, she just had them work for other White people.’’

Kanye announced at the beginning of the month he was running for president this year as part of the BDAY Party.

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ihanna has officially announced the launch of her new skincare line, Fenty Beauty, by sharing a promotional video with a few familiar faces.

The one-minute video sees a diverse range of models, including A$AP Rocky, Lil Nas X and Rihanna herself, flaunt their natural beauty.

The brand’s slogan of “the new culture of beauty” appears at the end.

Today (July 20), Rihanna explained more about the endeavour, saying “I’ve been working on [Fenty Skin] for over 2 years, perfecting formulas and creating packaging that is kind to our planet!! Formulas that work, and work well with makeup!!!” “Everything starts with the foundation that is your skin and we all know how obsessed I am with beautiful, healthy skinso whether you want to wear makeup, or no makeup at all, there’s always glowing skin underneath”

Actress Heard says ex-husband Johnny Depp threatened to kill her

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merican actress Amber Heard told London’s High Court that her ex-husband Johnny Depp had threatened to kill her, testifying on Monday as a witness in the Hollywood star’s libel action against a British tabloid.

Depp is suing News Group Newspapers, publishers of the Sun newspaper, over a 2018 article which labelled him a “wife beater” and questioned his casting in the “Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them” franchise.

The 57-year-old actor who earned a fortune from his role as Captain Jack Sparrow in the “Pirates of the Caribbean” movie series - told the court last week that all of Heard’s allegations of physical and verbal abuse were untrue. He denies ever being violent with her or with any other woman.

In a swor n written statement to the court, released as she began her oral evidence in the witness box, Heard said she had been severely abused by Depp.

“Some incidents were so severe that I was afraid he was going to kill me, either intentionally or just by losing control and going too far,” she said in the

statement. “He explicitly threatened to kill me many times, especially later in our relationship.”

Heard, 34, said the actor would obsess about her appearance and would call her “a slut”, “fame-hungry” and “an attention whore” if she wore certain outfits.

“The physical abuse included punching, slapping, kicking, head-butting and choking me, as well as throwing me into things, pulling me by my hair, and shoving me or pushing me to the ground. He threw things at me, especially glass bottles.” she said.

Heard also said that after his rages had abated, Depp would blame his actions on an alter ego he

would call “the monster”.

Heard was asked by Eleanor Laws, a lawyer for Depp, about allegations from his side that the couple had clashed over whether to sign a pre-nuptial agreement and that she was motivated by money. Heard said she was “not interested in Johnny’s money, never have been”. She said the actor had told her he would rip up any pre-nuptial agreement and told her “the only way out is death”.

Depp says the accusations are a hoax, with some collated for years as part of an insurance policy by Heard. Witnesses called by his legal team have concurred with his version of events.

Ellie Goulding regrets not sharing #MeToo experiences

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llie Goulding admitted she “left it too long” before speaking up about her #MeToo experiences.

In a recent interview with The Independent, Goulding discussed her latest album ‘Brightest Blue’, the public’s fascination with her ex-boyfriends and instances of abuse she has experienced while operating in the music industry.

“I feel really stupid for saying I wasn’t affected by the #MeToo movement,” she said. “Those university years were when those problems started for me.”

Goulding explained how she was the first member of her family to go to university but struggled financially – balancing a retail and theatre job while juggling her emerging career as a singer-songwriter.

Cinemas in China begin to reopen after six-month coronavirus closure

ome cinemas in Chinese cities from Shanghai to Chengdu reopened on Monday after a six-month closure, raising hope that the world’s second largest movie market can start to recover from painful losses during the coronavirus pandemic.

Chinese authorities last week said they would allow movie theatres in low-risk areas to resume operations in a restricted fashion, a long-awaited piece of news for a leisure industry that has seen many other venues revive recently.

Since March, COVID-19 infections have declined sharply and most of the country is now categorised as low-risk. In the past few days, however, parts of Urumqi, the capital of China’s far western region of Xinjiang, have been classified as medium to high risk due to a fresh outbreak.

“Last night I was so excited, so, so excited. I more or less didn’t sleep at all,” a Shanghai resident who gave her surname as Yao said as she queued on Monday to

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enter a cinema - with a face mask on - to watch the premiere of “A First Farewell”, a film set in Xinjiang. Still, many cities kept their cinemas shut on Monday as Beijing said they would leave the final decision on whether to open up to local authorities.

Theatres in the capital Beijing, which experienced a fresh outbreak last month, for example, have not reopened.

China’s largest cinema owner Wanda Film, which manages over 600 theatres nationwide, told Reuters it opened 43 theatres on Monday, 10 of which were in Shanghai.

As of mid-afternoon local time on Monday, 3.03 million yuan ($433,662.52) worth of tickets had been sold on the day, according to Chinese ticket sales platform Maoyan Entertainment.

China’s film box office revenue was 64 billion yuan in 2019. The National Film Administration forecast in April that the industry would lose more than 30 billion yuan in ticket revenue this year.

(Reuters)

“I struggled to make money for trains and that’s when producers started to take advantage, asking me to stay over. A part of me knew it was wrong. But a part of me accepted it. I thought: ‘OK, this is what happens, they help you make a great song and you owe them something’,” she said.

“I normalised too much and I am sad about that. Later, I ended up being too reliant on blokes,” she continued. “I would love to talk to more female musicians about this. I don’t have a good connection with that many female artists and I wish I did. I want to ask: what did I – what do I – have to do to prove myself as a musician?”

Goulding went on to explain how people have often told her that her re-

cords are a ‘guilty pleasure’, to which she asked, “Why? I don’t think I make embarrassing or cheesy music. Is it my soft voice?

Can you not admit to liking a feminine voice?”

L a st Fr i d ay ( July 17), Goulding released her fourth studio album, ‘Brightest Blue’. The double album has 18 tracks in total and features Diplo, Swae Lee, Juice WRLD, Lauv and Blackbear.

‘Brightest Blue’ is said to be a “reflection of [Goulding’s] vulnerability and “symbolise growing up and becoming a woman”.

According to a statement, Goulding said the album “acknowledges a complex world where relationships still dictate our happiness and heartbreak and can still be the most painful thing in the world, no matter how enlightened you are”.

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Anupam Kher’s mother is ‘healthy’ now

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nu p a m K h e r ’s mother Dulari, who tested Covid19 positive earlier this month, has been declared “healthy” by the doctors and will now be on home quarantine.

Kher took to his verified Twitter account on Monday to share the news.

“Mom has been declared healthy by all medical parametres by the doctors at Kokilaben Hospital. She will now be quarantining at home. Love heals. Stay safe but don’t be distant emotionally from Covid+ patient/families!

Doctors and @mybmc officials/employees are real HEROES. #JaiHo,” tweeted the actor.

Kher also shared a video where he says: “My mother is healthy by all medical parameters. She can now go back home and self quarantine for the next eight days. She is on her road to recovery and so are my brother Raju, his wife Reema and my niece Brinda.”

Anupam Kher’s mother and brother, actor Raju Kher, along with Raju’s wife and daughter had tested positive on July 12.

ANupam Kher has tested negative to the coronavirus.

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e ge n d s N eve r Die’, the posthumous album release by the late rapper Juice WRLD last Friday, is the most successful posthumous album release of the last two decades in the US. The Chicago-born rapper died in December 2019 from an accidental overdose at the age of 21, having already released 2018’s ‘Goodbye & Good Riddance’ and 2019’s ‘Death Race For Love’.

In the US, it recorded 497,000 equivalent album units during its first week of release, making it the biggest Billboard Chart debut of 2020 as well as

the biggest posthumous album debut in 20 years.

This accounts to 422.63 million on-demand streams, the fourth-highest amount ever earned by an album in its debut week.

‘Legends Never Die’ was released on July 10 and also topped charts in the UK, with three of its songs also breaking into the top 10 singles chart.

In a three-star review, NME said of the album: “Where other posthumous projects have succeeded – see the recent Pop Smoke album ‘Shoot For The Stars, Aim For The Moon’ – in ensuring that these larger-than-life characters are accurately represented in their cha-

risma and verve, ‘Legends Never Die’ falls flat.

“What mattered most to Juice WRLD and his fans was his voice and his message. Despite the contagious nature of most of the tracks, that message is muted or left jumbled within a meandering album.

Earlier this month (July 11), a video for Juice WRLD’s Marshmello collaboration ‘Come And Go’, in which he turns into a cartoon hero, was released. Soon after (July 13), another video in which Juice appears as an animated charter was released for new single ‘Wishing Well.’

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camps will Real Madrid held 2-2 by Leganes in La Liga goNational on, says Kiren Rijiju

M A D R I D, J u l 2 0 (Agencies): Newlycrowned La Liga champions Real Madrid were unable to maintain their perfect run of results since the season re-started as they drew 2-2 at neighbours Leganes, who were relegated on Sunday.

Real ended the campaign on 87 points after the draw interrupted a run of 10 consecutive victories, five clear of second-placed Barcelona.

Leganes finished 18th on 36 points, joining 19thplaced Real Mallorca and Espanyol in being relegated, while Celta Vigo, who finished on 37, stayed up after drawing 0-0 at Espanyol.

Sergio Ramos headed home his 11th league goal this season to put Real in front after nine minutes, as Zinedine Zidane heavily rotated his team following the 2-1 win over Villarreal on Thursday that clinched their first Liga title since 2017.

Leganes levelled on the stroke of halftime through midfielder Bryan Gil but Marco Asensio restored Real’s lead early in the second half.

Roger Assale equa-

Atletico finish third; Sociedad, Granada qualify for Europa League

Players of Real Madrid and Leganes vie for the ball during their La Liga match.

out of the top-flight for the first time since winning their maiden promotion to La Liga in 2016. “ E ve n t h o u g h we didn’t get the result we wanted, the sacrifice was worth it and we are proud to have fought until the end,” said Leganes defender Unai Bustinza. “What we have done should be seen as an example that you should never give up.”

Bustinza also reflected on the fact his side lost their

two main strikers at the start of the year, forced to sell Youssef En-Nesyri to Sevilla and then Martin Braithwaite to Barcelona in February after their buy-out clauses were triggered.

He added, “This year has been an uphill struggle because as well as the lockdown period we didn’t have that little bit of luck we needed and some very important players were taken away from us. We’ll do our best to get back up.”

It’s a natural habit, says Hazlewood on Sibley saliva error

Pak get Amir boost for England series

Melbourne, Jul 20 (IANS): Australia speedster Josh Hazlewood has reacted to the saliva faux pas by England cricketer Dominic Sibley during the fourth day of second Test against West Indies at the Old Trafford in Manchester.

Before the start of the 42nd over of the West Indies’ first innings on Sunday, umpire Michael Gough was seen unwrapping a tissue and he rubbed it on both sides of the ball.

It was later revealed that Sibley had inadvertently applied saliva on the ball and the home side brought the matter immediately to the umpires, who went ahead and sanitised the ball.

“It’s a pretty natural habit... it’s just such a reaction to see a spot on the ball that needs fixing and you go and put some saliva on,” Hazlewood was quoted as saying by ESPNcricinfo.

“You’ve been doing it since five years old, so it will take a while to break the habit but obviously conscious of it on the field.”

Hazlewood also spoke about the prospect of teh 13th edition of the Indian Premier League clashing

lised in the 78th to give Leganes a slither of hope of survival and they needed one more goal to pull off a miraculous escape from relegation.

They came agonisingly close to finding it, having a late penalty appeal turned down for handball against Luka Jovic after a VAR review.

Oscar Rodriguez then blasted over from inside the area deep in added time and the Madrid side dropped

Josh Hazlewood

with Australia’s domestic season and also with their national duty. Hazlewood is part of a number of Australian first-team players, who ply their trade in all three formats and also have IPL deals in the kitty.

“As long as we can train during that period it will be okay, it’s if we come back and we can’t train during that two-week period,” Hazlewood said. “We’ve built these loads up as fast bowlers then two weeks re-

ally hurts us coming into a summer of Test cricket.

“As far as red-ball ball cricket goes I feel I only need one, maximum two games, to get ready for a Test. There have been summers where we’ve come from a white-ball tour and only played one (red-ball game) and it’s been fine.”

“Everyone is a bit different, some guys need a bit more bowling and some less but we’ll try to get that balance right,” he added.

LAHORE, Jul 20 (Agencies): Fast bowler Mohammad Amir, who had initially pulled out of England tour, will join the Pakistan squad following the birth of his second daughter last week, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said on Monday.

The white-ball specialist and masseur Mohammad Imran underwent COVID-19 tests on Monday and they must register two negative results before they can join the squad in England, the board said.

“If their first tests return negative, they will be moved to a bio-secure environment in Lahore where their second tests will be conducted on Wednesday, with the expected departures over the weekend,” the PCB said.

All-rounder Khushdil Shah will miss the first test against England with a fractured thumb, the board said on Sunday.

The three-test series begins in Manchester on August 5, with the last two matches scheduled in Southampton.

Beginning on August 28, Pakistan will also play three Twenty20 Internationals against England with Manchester hosting all the matches.

Sevastova wins Berlin hard court exhibition B E R L I N, J u l 2 0 (Agencies): A trio of victories over Top 15 players earned Anastasija Sevastova victory in the second leg of the nonWTA exhibition event in Berlin this week.

After beating Kiki Bertens and Elina Svitolina on the temporary hard court constructed at Berlin’s Tempelhof Hangar, the Latvian rallied from a set down to beat Petra Kvitova, 3-6, 6-3, 10-5 in Sunday’s final match. “ I t w a s a lw ay s tough. Against Petra, she’s such a great player you don’t get any rhythm and she plays so fast. I just tried to stay there and wait for my chances,” Sevastova said.

“I started to serve better in the second set.

I had my chances and I knew that I had to take them at 4-3. It was just a couple of points that decided the match.”

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Anastasija Sevastova

of the tournament, but stayed ahead on serve for the first half of the second set before earning the decisive break in the eighth game.

The World No.43 later took advantage of untimely unforced errors from Kvitova’s racquet to begin the match tiebreak, as she opened up a commanding 5-1 lead at the change of ends, and had a lead of as much as 7-2 before closing out the win on her third match point.

Earlier in the day, home favourite Andrea Petkovic beat Svitolina in straight sets, 6-4, 7-6(1), to claim third place in the second leg of the competition.

Plans for Berlin’s official return to the WTA calendar for the first time since 2008 - as a grass court Premier-level event - were put on hold this year due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The six-day exhibition tournament was played with limited spectators and other social distancing precautions to ensure safe competition.

A late goal by Real Sociedad substitute Adnan Januzaj secured a 1-1 draw at Atletico Madrid on the final day of the Liga season as they finished sixth to secure a Europa League spot.

The draw left third-placed Atletico on 70 points, 17 adrift of champions Real Madrid and 12 behind Barcelona. They will be joined in next season’s Champions League by already qualified fourth-placed Sevilla, who beat Valencia 1-0.

Granada hammered Athletic Bilbao 4-0 to grab seventh place and a spot in the Europa League second qualifying round.

The third Europa League spot is usually awarded to the winners of the Copa del Rey but instead went to the team finishing seventh as finalists Real Sociedad and Athletic Bilbao requested that the showpiece, postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, be postponed until next season so fans can attend.

Needing only a point

to make it into Europe next season, Real Sociedad’s dream was almost shattered when an outrageously brilliant backheel from Atleti’s Alvaro Morata teed up the ball for Koke to blast home on the half-hour mark.

However, Januzaj’s free kick three minutes from time flew into the net, securing Sociedad a place in Europe next season.

Roberto Soldado got Granada off the mark in the 29th minute and second-half goals from Antonio Puertas, Carlos Fernandez and Angel Montoro helped them breeze past Bilbao. They finished with 56 points.

Villarreal had already secured fifth place in the standings and qualification for the Europa League group stage.

Getafe, meanwhile, missed out on Europe after a remarkable 1-0 defeat at Levante in which they had three goals ruled out

by VAR, missed a penalty and conceded an added time strike.

New Delhi, Jul 20 (Agencies): Spor ts Minister Kiren Rijiju has cleared the air on the future of resumption of national camps in India.

In an interview with Times of India, he said that the government is planning to resume training camps to prepare Olympic-bound athletes despite covid-19.

“The camps are being resumed in phases as per the situation in the states. The boxers are already in Patiala but are going through an extended quarantine. Once the quarantine is over, they will resume training as per the SOP laid down. The shooting facility has been opened up and all Olympic-bound shooters are free to resume their training.”

“The other camps will surely start but the training of athletes bound for Tokyo is our priority at this juncture,” Rijiju told TOI when asked about government’s plans for the wrestling, boxing and cycling camps.

India is currently experiencing a rise in covid19 cases.

In past 24-hours, the country has crossed 40,000

Kiren Rijiju

marks with 681 deaths in the biggest single-day jump.

Rijiju said that the government’s modus operandi for training for Olympicbound athletes would be to tread with caution, keeping their health and safety in mind.

“However, we cannot put them at a disadvantage by delaying their training.

Therefore, camps will have to be held, while making a thorough situation appraisal. Decisions will be made on a case-to-case basis. The lockdown in many states is an added challenge, like in Bengaluru, where our athletes have not been able to join the camp. We have to work keeping all these factors in mind,” TOI quoted the Sports Minister as saying.

Ballon d’Or cancelled due to COVID pandemic Paris, Jul 20 (AP): The prestigious Ballon d’Or will not be awarded this year because the coronavirus pandemic has disrupted the soccer season.

Awarded by France Football magazine, the Ballon d’Or has been given out every year since Stanley Matthews won the first one in 1956. Lionel Messi has won it a record six times — one more than longtime rival Cristiano Ronaldo.

The magazine started giving out a women’s award in 2018, but that has also been put on hold. “It’s such a strange year that we couldn’t treat it as an ordinary one. Let’s say that we started talking about (making the decision) at least two months ago,” France Football editor Pascal Ferré told The Associated Press in a telephone interview.

“It isn’t a decision we took lightly but we had to accept it couldn’t be a normal or typical Ballon d’Or winner, and what really worried us it that it wouldn’t be fairly awarded.”

Because the game’s rules have been modified during the pandemic, the award itself was impacted.

“The season started with certain rules and ended with other rules. In January and February, soccer was played in front of full stands.

Then from May and June it was with empty stands,” Ferré said.

“Then we had the five substitutes rule and not three. Then other changes happened in terms of the competitions, notably the final eight (eight-team knockout format) for the Champions League when it had started with home and away legs.” ‘With the European Championship and the Copa America postponed this year, the Champions League would have massively weighed on the award’s outcome but with a format inadvertently providing a shortcut for an eventual victor.

“The Ballon d’Or would have been decided over just three games: quarterfinal, semifinal, final,” Ferré said.

“There were loads of changes (to soccer’s rules) which are totally legitimate and which we don’t contest given the worldwide health crisis, but we couldn’t consider this as a typical year.

Exceptional circumstances led to an exceptional decision.”

The Kopa Trophy for the best player under 21 and the Lev Yashin award for best goalkeeper have also been canceled this year, Ferré said.

Ronaldo, who will be

Bayern Munich are Europe’s restart kings

LO N D O N, J u l 2 0 (Agencies): Bayer n Munich and Real Madrid were the major winners following the resumption of European football’s big leagues in the wake of the coronavirus shutdown but some clubs may wish the season had been declared null and void.

Bundesliga champion Bayern were the only club across the continent to post a 100 per cent record since the restart, winning all nine of their games, scoring 27 goals in the process.

Real Madrid looked set to emulate Bayern as they won their opening 10 games after the restart in June, a burst of form that delivered the Liga title.

They blotted their copybook on Sunday, however, when they drew 2-2 at Leganes.

Statistics compiled by sports data specialists Gracenote show that English second-tier side Brentford were the third-best performing club since the restart, winning seven in a row before a costly defeat at

36 in February, can still win an Italian league-Champions League double with Juventus this season, but he is not the only player affected by France Football’s decision.

Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski reached 50 club goals for the first time and can win a treble. Kylian Mbappé and Neymar can clinch quadruples for Paris Saint-

Germain.

“Look at Lewandowski’s performances this year, his form has been at the level of Messi and Ronaldo,” Ferré said.

“And Paris players, imagine if they win the Champions League.”

To maintain the award’s authenticity and level of suspense, players were not informed of the decision before the announcement.

25th WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

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Be priceless and courageous for each other’s love.

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FELICITATION Stoke City on Saturday put a huge dent in their hopes of automatic promotion to the Premier League.

Serie A sides Atalanta and AC Milan were the next best, gaining 2.56 and 2.50 points per game respectively.

Interestingly Liverpool, who have been the standout team across Europe, have laboured after the restart, though with the Premier League title as good as won in March, that is perhaps understandable.

In their last eight games Liverpool have averaged only 1.75 points, compared to their season average of 2.58, scored 1.63 goals per game (2.14 for the season) and conceded 1.13 (0.81).

With immense pride and joy, we would like to extend our heartiest congratulations to Ms. Limayala Aier of Hope Academy, Dimapur, D/o Mr. & Mrs. Moatemjen Aier for securing 4th Position (89.2%) along with being a subject topper in the school with 98 marks in English in CBSE (Class 10) 2020. Everyone wants success, but it only follows who makes true approach to get it; your achievement is the result of your efforts. This is our hope and prayer that you continue to achieve greater things in the future.

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Chelsea beat Man Utd; reach FA Cup final

LO N D O N, J u l 2 0 (Agencies): Chelsea beat Manchester United 3-1 on Sunday to book their place in an all-London FA Cup final, helped by two glaring errors from goalkeeper David de Gea and an own goal by Harry Maguire.

Chelsea, who face rivals Arsenal in the Aug. 1 showpiece, had lost to United three times this season but dominated the match and took control with goals either side of halftime from Olivier Giroud and Mason Mount.

Chelsea manager Frank Lampard was delighted with the discipline of his team, who ended United’s 19-game unbeaten run.

“People ask a lot at this time of the year about mentality and character and our team was full of it today,” he told the BBC after the match at an empty Wembley, the national stadium’s gates locked because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

United were forced into a change at 0-0 late in the first half when Eric Bailly was carried off after clashing heads with fellow defender Maguire, United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer bringing on Anthony Martial to create more attacking threat.

But it was Chelsea

Players of Chelsea and Manchester United fight for the ball during their FA Cup semi final match.

2020 T20 World Cup postponed New Delhi, Jul 20 (IANS): Having dilly-dallied over the last couple of months, the International Cricket Council (ICC) on Monday finally announced that the 2020 edition of the T20 World Cup to be held in Australia has been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The ICC in a release confirmed the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in Australia 2020 has been postponed due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. “At today’s meeting of the IBC Board (the commercial subsidiary of the ICC), windows for the next three ICC men’s events were also agreed to bring clarity to the calendar and give the sport the best possible opportunity over the next three years to recover from the disruption caused by COVID-19.

“The windows for the Men’s events are: ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021 will be held October – November 2021 with the final on 14 November 2021. ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 will be held October – November 2022 with the final on 13 November 2022. ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 will be held in India October – November 2023 with the final on 26 November 2023.

“The IBC Board agreed to continue to moni-

tor the rapidly changing situation and assess all the information available in order to make a considered decision on future hosts to ensure the sport is able to stage safe and successful global events in 2021 and 2022,” the release said.

“The IBC Board will also continue to evaluate the situation in relation to being able to stage the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2021 in New Zealand in February next year. In the meantime, planning for this event continues as scheduled.”

Despite ICC’s Financial and Commercial Affairs Committee (F&CA) chief Ehsan Mani as well as Cricket Australia making it clear time and again that hosting a T20 World Cup in the October-November window is practically impossible, the ICC kept waiting before finally making an official announcement.

Not just CA chairman Eddings, but also Mani -

also PCB chief - had told the media that the T20 World Cup cannot be held in a bio-secure environment.

“We have had a lot of discussions and the feeling is it (T20 World Cup) would not be possible this year. ICC has World Cups lined up in 2021 and 2023, so we have a gap year where we can adjust this event. God forbid if some player(s) falls ill or mishap occurs during the tournament, it will have a big impact and create panic in the cricket world and we can’t take that risk. Having a bio-bubble environment is feasible for say a bilateral series like Pakistan in England, but it is very difficult when 16 teams are involved,” he had said.

Cricket Australia’s interim CEO Nick Hockley echoed the sentiments when he said the biggest challenge was to get the players from so many teams into the country.

“Our biggest challenge is getting 15 teams into the country. If I compare it with the prospect of a bilateral tour, you’re talking about bringing one team in and then playing individual matches. But the prospect of bringing 15 teams in and having six or seven teams in one city at the same time, it’s a much more complex exercise,” he had said.

ball into the net.

“I know David is a very mentally strong keeper and person but of course he knows he should save that one. But that’s part of football,” Solskjaer said, adding that the Spaniard would remain the club’s first-choice keeper.

United struggled to create any chances to narrow the deficit and Chelsea sealed the victory when Maguire, under pressure from Antonio Rudiger, connected with a cross

from Marcos Alonso with his studs and diverted the ball past the hapless De Gea. United scored a consolation goal when Bruno Fernandes converted a penalty in the 85th minute Solskjaer was left to rue his decision to drop his usual FA Cup goalkeeper Sergio Romero and put De Gea in the starting team despite errors by the Spain keeper earlier this season.

By contrast, Lampard kept faith with his number

two keeper Willy Caballero who has been limited mostly to cup appearances for Chelsea this season. The Argentine had a quiet afternoon with a tired-looking United rarely threatening.

The win leaves 42year-old coach Lampard, the club’s record goalscorer, on course for a positive first season in charge of Chelsea who look on course to qualify for the Champions League, possibly alongside United, as well as reaching the FA Cup final.

‘Wawrinka is underestimated’

Indian eves likely to pull out of Eng tour

Messi voted as world’s best by Bundesliga players

Zurich, Jul 20 (Agencies): Long-time coach Magnus Norman says Stan Wawrinka is one of the best to have ever played the game but the three-time Grand Slam champion is a “little bit underestimated”.

Wawrinka, 35, was the last man to win a Grand Slam singles title outside the trio of Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic when he won the 2016 US Open. He is also one only one of three players to have defeated Federer, Nadal, Djokovic and Andy Murray at Grand Slams.

And although Norman, a former world No 2 and French Open finalist in 2000, feels Wawrinka is one of the best to have ever played the game, he says the Swiss’ achievements are underrated. “Stan is one of the best players to ever play the game, if you look at his record, if you look at winning

who took the lead 11 minutes into first-half stoppage time when Giroud flicked a cross by captain Cesar Azpilicueta at De Gea who failed to get enough of a hand on the ball to stop it spinning over the line.

Chelsea doubled the lead a minute after the restart when Mason Mount pounced on a poor pass by Brandon Williams to shoot from the edge of the box. It looked like De Gea would make a comfortable save but he could only steer the

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Stan Wawrinka

three Grand Slams, winning three different Grand Slams in the era where he had the Big Four playing,” Norman told ATP Tennis Radio.

“He’s a little bit underestimated for sure. He’s had an unbelievable career.”

Wawrinka has been making his way back up the rankings following two left knee surgeries in 2017.

He made the quarterfinals of the French Open

and US Open in 2019 and also reached the last eight at this year’s Australian Open.

After sliding down the rankings to No 263 in 2018, he is currently 17th in the world.

“It’s been a little bit up and down. He doesn’t have the same stability as Andy Murray or Novak or Roger or Rafa, but in his best moments, I think he can beat all of those names on a very good day,” Norman said.

London, Jul 20 (IANS): Indian women’s cricket team is likely to pull out of their proposed tour of England in September, according to media reports. The series was initially set to be played in June but due to coronavirus pandemic, it was pushed back to later this year.

The series was also set to be converted into a tri-series with South Africa being the third team. Team India was reportedly supposed to travel to England in August and following a 14-day quarantine period, would have taken part in the tri-series in September.

But according to a report in ESPNcricinfo, India’s participation in the series has been put on hold considering the rising coronavirus cases in the country.

Munich, Jul 20 (IANS): Barcelona talisman Lionel Messi is the best player in the world ahead of Juventus forward Cristiano Ronaldo, according to Bundesliga players, who recently voted for a number of awards related to German and world football.

Messi received 54.8 per cent of the votes in the world’s best player category followed by Ronaldo, Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich), Virgil Van Dijk (Liverpool) and Kylian Mbappe (Paris Saint Germain).

Fo r m e r B o r u s s i a Dortmund manager Jurgen Klopp was voted as the best manager in the world with 74.8 per cent votes ahead of Pep Guardiola (Manchester City), Hans Flick Lionel Messi (Bayern Munich), Julian Nagelsmann (RB Liepzig), Madrid) and Zinedine ZiPremier League was Diego Simeone (Atletico dane (Real Madrid). chosen as the best football

league in the world by the footballers in German top-division with a mammoth 74.4 per cent votes ahead of Bundesliga and LaLiga.

The biggest disappointment of the year, according to Bundesliga players, was Mario Gotze, who recently parted ways with Dortmund.

Gotze retur ned to Dortmund in 2016 after a three-year stint at Bayern Munich, but he failed to establish himself at Signal Iduna Park as the World Cup winner started just five games this season.

Gotze’s career seems to be at crossroads after being touted as one the best in the world few years ago. He had the world at his feet after scoring the winner in 2014 World Cup final against Argentina but has failed to live up to the expectations ever since.

Inter Milan held 2-2 by AS Roma in Serie A Only a quarter of Japanese want

ROME, Jul 20 (Agencies): Inter Milan substitute Romelu Lukaku’s penalty in the 88th minute salvaged a 2-2 draw at AS Roma in Serie A on Sunday as they stuttered in their pursuit of leaders Juventus.

Second-placed Inter, who had been gaining ground on Juve over the last 10 days, will see the result as two points lost since they are five behind the Turin side, who host Lazio on Monday. After that, there are four matches each to play.

The spot kick was given away in bizarre style

by Leonardo Spinazzola when he missed his kick as he attempted to clear the ball and made contact with Inter forward Victor Moses instead.

Spinazzola had scored Roma’s first goal amid protests from Inter who claimed Lautaro Martinez was fouled in the build-up.

“On the equaliser, there was a foul on Lautaro who was clipped on the heel,” said Inter coach Antonio Conte, whose side made mathematically sure of a Champions League place next season by snatching a share of the points with fifth-placed Roma.

“But I don’t blame

Tokyo Olympics next year: Poll

Inter Milan’s Romelu Lukaku in action during their Serie A match against Roma.

the referees — there was a mistake here but they don’t deserve to be attacked for it.”

Inter started with Lukaku on the bench, as the Belgian international had been struggling with fitness problems recently, and also dropped playmaker Christian Eriksen.

Ro m a d o m i n a t e d the early stages but Inter snatched the lead with their first real attack as Stefan de

Vrij outjumped two defenders to head home from a corner in the 15th minute.

The hosts levelled on the stroke of halftime when Aleksandar Kolarov dispossessed Lautaro Martinez to spark a counter attack and Edin Dzeko found Spinazzola who scored with an angled drive.

Replays suggested that Kolarov may have fouled Martinez but the referee stood by his original deci-

sion.

Inter often struggled to play their way out of defence and Roma went ahead in the 57th minute.

Henrikh Mkhitaryan burst forward and played the ball to Dzeko but it ricocheted off a defender and Dzeko was about to shoot when Mkhitaryan took it off his toe and scored.

Inter were rescued by Spinazzola’s moment of misfortune and Lukaku

sent Pau Lopez the wrong way to score his 21st league goal of the season. After that, the visitors finally found some attacking spark but they could not force a winner.

“It was a great performance,” said Roma coach Paulo Fonseca. “Inter weren’t creating any dangerous situations, they only scored from a set piece and another unlucky incident but that’s football.”

Tokyo, Jul 20 (Agencies): Just one in four people in Japan want to see the coronavirus-delayed Tokyo Games held next year, with most backing either further delay or a cancellation, a new poll shows.

Only 23.9 per cent of respondents in the threeday nationwide poll published Sunday said they wanted to see the 2020 Games held next year.

The survey carried out by Kyodo news agency found 36.4 per cent of respondents back a further delay of the Games, while 33.7 think the flagship event should be cancelled altogether. Most of those backing a delay or cancellation said they simply didn’t believe the pandemic could be contained in time for the Games, now scheduled to open on July 23, 2021.

A separate survey carried out over the weekend by the Asahi Shimbun newspaper found 33 per cent of respondents backed holding the Games next year, with 61 per cent supporting another postponement or cancellation.

Tokyo 2020 was postponed in March as the coronavirus spread across the globe, marking the worst

Gold medalists Tadahiro Nomura and Saori Yoshida light up the Olympic torch during a ceremony. (File)

disruption to the Olympics since two editions were cancelled during World War II. The nationwide polls echo a separate survey carried out last month of Tokyo residents, which found just over half of respondents backed either further delay or cancellation.

Japanese and Olympic officials have made clear that a further postponement is not on the table.

But concerns are rising in Japan about a new wave of infections, with the capital Tokyo registering record numbers of daily new cases in recent days.

International Olympic Committee president

Thomas Bach said last week the Tokyo Olympics could be “a unique milestone for the entire world” noting they “will be the first worldwide gathering after coronavirus.”

But Bach warned that the unprecedented health situation meant multiple scenarios were being considered in planning the format for Tokyo.

He said the scenario of holding the Games without spectators was one that had been examined, although he stressed that he was opposed to the idea.

The survey conducted

by Kyodo News obtained responses from 1,045 people.

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