July 7, 2020

Nagaland Post

Watch us on YouTube

www.nagalandpost.com

Vol XXX No. 211

DIMAPUR, TUESDAY, JULY 7, 2020 Pages 12 ` 5.00

Meet to decide Nepal PM’s future deferred

Follow us on @Nagaland_Post

international, Page 9

nagalandpostofficial nagalandpostofficial

Southampton shock Man City 1-0 in EPL sports, Page 12

Letter-gate: NPF, NPCC demand removal of govt

Only President can decide on Gov’s PDA govt has no moral right to continue, says NPF NPCC wants Gov to ask Centre to dismiss PDA govt spl. powers: NPCC DIMAPUR, JUL 6 (NPN): Reacting to NDPP’s defence of the government reply to RN Ravi’s letter to chief minister Neiphiu Rio, opposition NPF has reiterated that the PDA government has no moral right to continue and therefore, should resign for failure on all fronts.

NPF in a communiqué also clarified that there was no question of souring of relationship between the governor and State government as it was already a foregone conclusion that Raj Bhavan did not trust the ruling PDA because there was no semblance of governance.

NPF said even the general public has no hope and confidence whatsoever on the PDA government.

NPF said that the PDA government, in its reply to the Governor, mostly mentioned about the August 3, 2015 Framework Agreement and conclusion of the political talk on October 31, 2019. NPF said that this was also picked up by NDPP in their statement, by claiming to be the champion of the two important events on the Naga political issue.

NPF demanded to know as to what were their contribution on these two important political events?

It pointed out that the Framework Agreement of August 3, 2015 was signed during the NPF-

Varsities allowed to conduct exams

NEW DELHI, JUL 6 (PTI): Home Ministry (MHA) Monday allowed universities and other academic institutions to conduct examinations during the ongoing ‘Unlock 2’ phase. In a statement, MHA said it has sent a letter to the Union Higher Education Secretary permitting universities and institutions to conduct examinations.

“The final-term examinations are to be compulsorily conducted as per the UGC guidelines on examinations and academic calendar for the universities and as per the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) approved by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare,” the statement said.

led DAN government. It further reminded that an NPF delegation comprising the party’s legislative wing led by TR Zeliang had camped at New Delhi for almost two weeks.

Further NPF said the party had kept in close touch with NSCN (I-M) and NNPGs during the last round of negotiations that successfully concluded on October 31, 2019.

NPF said it was amused as to how the PDA government and the NDPP were attempting to take shelter on these two significant political events without an iota of contribution from their end.

On thousands of complaints emanating from quarantine centres, NPF said it was hilarious that the PDA government claimed to be providing good healthcare, food and accommodation to thousands of returnees.

It said after mishandling the Tuensang returnees, the government had to dismantle the State Coordination Committee on COVID-19 headed by chief secretary and reconstitute it with chief Neiphiu Rio and deputy chief minister Y Patton as convener and co-convenor respectively.

However, NPF said the situation had only worsened, as the way the government had handled the Jalukie episode only proved its failure and inefficiency in tackling the pandemic.

properties and disruption of normal life in Kohima for a month, “are too fresh in the minds of the people.”

NPCC also said the recent Tuensang fiasco has only ended up with the state cabinet “pleading with ENLU and ENPO to forgive and forget.” This, said NPCC, was a clear indictment on “the failure of the chief minister and his coterie” who it described as running around like “headless chickens, in matters of governance, especially during the COVID-19 lockdown period.”

NPCC also accused NDPP and its ally, the BJP for their “lip service” on the Naga issue. It said during January-February 2018, despite calls for “solution before elections”, candidates of the two parties filed nominations and betrayed the people. NPCC said both NDPP and BJP then coined their phrase “Election for Solution” to fool the people and despite more than two years, they continue to shift the “goalpost for Naga political solution” with no solution in sight.

NPCC said since the PDA coalition has become the biggest obstacle to final agreement, Ravi who is also the Interlocutor for Naga talks “must prevail upon the Central government to remove the state government” that was sailing on two boats by attempting to escape responsibility in maintaining law & order situation and delivering good governance.”

DIMAPUR, JUL 6 (NPN): NPCC expressed astonishment at the statement made by the state government claiming that Article 371A(1)(b) was made redundant by state assembly resolution in 2013.

NPCC working president Khriedi Theünuo pointed out that Art. 371A has four clauses from (a) to (d) under which (1)(b) provided special responsibility to the state governor on law and order. In this regard, NPCC said since the special responsibility was enshrined in the constitution, only the President of India, if he is satisfied, can direct the state governor to cease such a responsibility. Theünuo said that mere passing of resolution in the assembly on December 17, 2013 to do away with the special responsibility granted to the governor was “unjustified” since there has been no amendment or rectification over Article 371A(1)(b) by the parliament.

Therefore, he asked the state government to put the record straight and follow procedures if the clause is to be effected.

DIMAPUR, JUL 6 (NPN): Joint Action Committee (JCA) COVID-19, Peren district has alleged that the inefficiency of the state government and its machineries at the district level has given rise to “ever increasing positive cases” and said the situation has been aggravated by blunder committed by the two doctors leading to fear and panic amongst the people of the district.

In a press release, JAC secretary, Mathiuthai Gonmei, warned that should community transmission happened and the people become victim and casualty to the virus, the two doctors and the government would be held solely responsible for the “wilful negligence and inaction.”

JAC said that the release of 96 Haryana returnees from quarantine centres to their respective villages by two doctors on June 23, 2020 without conducting second test to ascertain their COVID status has given ample room for community transmission and mass casualties amongst the villagers.

In this regard, JAC has demanded that the

government immediately initiate action against the duo under the relevant section of the law and instill confidence in the minds of the public that the government would be impartial and cares for the well being of the public.

It said that giving absolute immunity to irresponsible doctors, citing the excuse that the state was short of manpower, was only harming and inviting more disaster besides demeaning the selfless and hard work of the doctor community in the state.

JAC has also appealed to the government to “take cognizance of this blunder” and take up immediate appropriate measures to help contain the spread of the virus in the district before it becomes uncontrollable and mass casualties happen.

It said that the government “lackadaisical attitude” towards the people of Peren district was “on a tipping point” as demands of the people have fallen on deaf ears, adding that step-motherly treatment meted out to the Peren district was inexcusable. (Cont’d on p-8)

Nagaland COVID-19 tally crosses 600-mark COVID+ve rate in Peren 13% against State’s overall 3%: Kikon NAGALAND COVID-19 STATUS AS ON july 6, 2020 District Dimapur Kiphire Kohima Longleng Mokokchung Mon Peren Phek Tuensang Wokha Zunheboto Total

Positive cases 56 0 66 0 2 62 167 8 20 0 1 382

382 active & 243 recovered cases

DIMAPUR, JUL 6 (NPN): Nagaland COVID-19 tally crossed the 600-mark on Monday after 35 more persons tested positive for the infection, taking the total tally to 625-- 382 active and 243 recovered.

In a tweet, state health minister S Pangnyu Phom DIMAPUR, JUL 6 (NPN): said 20 cases were reported In view of the outbreak of from Mon and 15 from Di“African Swine Fever” in mapur district. the neighbouring states, the state government has reiterated that there would be ban on import of pigs from other States into Nagaland.

In an order, principal NEW YORK, JUL 6 (PTI): secretary, Abhijit Sinha, More than 200 scientists has directed all deputy com- from 32 nations have written missioners/CP Dimapur/ to the WHO, saying there is superintendents of police/ evidence that the coronavirus chief veterinary officers to is airborne and even smaller ensure strict compliance of particles can infect people, a significant departure from the order. the UN health agency’s claims so far that COVID-19 is spread primarily through coughs and sneezes.

A report in The New York Times says that clusters of infections are rising globally as people go back to bars, restaurants, offices, markets and casinos, a trend that increasingly confirms that the virus lingers in the air indoors, infecting those nearby. “…in an open letter to the WHO, 239 scientists in 32 countries have outlined the evidence showing that smaller particles can infect “I could sell cheap when I people, and are calling for the sold from my stall. Now I agency to revise its recomhave to pay daily to many collectors just to sit here” mendations,” the report said, adding that the researchers

Govt reiterates ban on pig import

Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) has issued its counter-rejoinder to the ruling NDPP’s defence of the PDA government over ‘Letter-Gate’ in which the state Governor R.N. Ravi had pointed out the worrisome law and order situation in the state. NPCC slammed the NDPP rejoinder as having exposed their leaders led by chief minister Neiphiu Rio who has been “ruining Nagaland for the past 17 years in different political colours.”

NPCC pointed out that the “current confusion” of NDPP and its government on law and order was fully apparent especially when the state government refuted the Governor on “the precarious law and order situation” then NDPP claiming there was cordial relationship with the Governor while raking up the past and forgetting the present difficult situation. NPCC said “their hypocrisy stands fully exposed.”

NPCC also slammed NDPP’s mention of the aborted ULB elections in 2017 in reminding people about the Judicial Inquiry Commission constituted to probe into the events. NPCC said the JIC report remain suppressed for over three years despite NDPP running the government. NPCC demanded that the JIC report be made public and action taken against those responsible for the unrest, loss of lives besides destruction of public and private

JAC demands action against two doctors

Recovered 157 0 58 0 0 0 17 1 7 0 3 243

Total Cases 213 0 124 0 2 62 184 9 27 0 4 625

Meanwhile, 12 persons recovered from the infection and were discharged from different COVID-19 hospitals across the state.

As per distribution of cases by domicile district (state health department data), Peren recorded the maximum number of COVID-19 cases-- 260, followed by Dimapur- 114, Mon- 87, Kohima- 52, Tuensang- 32, Phek and Wokha-10 each, Zunheboto6, Kiphire- 4, Longleng and Mokokchung- 2 each and others- 46.

India’s COVID-19 tally crosses 7 lakh

NEW DELHI, JUL 6 (PTI): With another big single-day jump in coronavirus cases, India’s COVID19 tally crossed the seven lakh-mark on Monday, just four days after the number of infections in the country had reached six lakh.

The death toll due to the disease climbed to over 20,000, while the total number of tests for detection of COVID-19 also crossed the one-crore mark in India on Monday. According to Health ministry figures updated in the morning, a big single-day jump of 24,248 COVID-19 cases took India’s tally to 6,97,413.

However, a PTI tally showed India’s COVID-19 caseload at 7,11,878 and the death toll at 20,139. The tally has been compiled as per information provided by respective states and UTs.

Pangnyu Phom, Imna Along and Mmhonlumo Kikon after a meeting.

Correspondent

KOHIMA, JUL 6 (NPN): While the State’s overall COVID-19 infection rate was less than 3%, Peren registered a massive 13%, the highest among all the districts.

Speaking to Nagaland Post after a meeting with Health & Family Welfare minister Pangnyu Phom and Higher Education and Tribal Affairs minister Temjen Imna Along at the secretariat here on Monday, High Powered Committee (HPC) spokesperson and advisor Mmhonlumo Kikon

remarked that the high rate of positive cases in Peren district indicated “not-sosatisfactory” adherence to quarantine norms and protocols by inmates at the quarantine centres.

Mentioning that flouting of quarantine norms, indulging in unruly behaviour and disobeying instructions of frontline workers by a section of the returnees only aggravated the situation, he remarked that all the returnees should own some responsibility for the good of everyone. Mmhonlumo emphasised that adherence to quarantine norms by re-

turnees and observing preventive measures were the only weapons to break the chain of the transmission of the virus.

He observed that apex community-based organisations (CBOs) could play a crucial role in maintenance of discipline at quarantine centres, while faith-based organisations (FBOs) and NGOs could organise spiritual counselling programmes for promoting gainful and meaningful activities among the inmates. He appealed to the CBOs, FBOs and NGOs to continue extending their help and support to frontline workers in management of the quarantine centres.

Stating that frontline workers had been directed to strictly follow the standard operating procedures (SOP) issued by the State government, Mmhonlumo urged the community not to compel or insist the frontline workers to deviate from the (Cont’d on p-8) SOP.

No community transmission yet Mmhonlumo Kikon informed that community transmission has not yet started in Nagaland, and pointed out that the COVID19 positive cases were from amongst the returnees at quarantine centres while the few frontline workers who tested positive were engaged in battling the pandemic.

14 frontline workers test positive for COVID in state: The adviser informed that 14 frontline workers across the state, who were actively involved in discharging their responsibilities, had been infected by the virus.

He said that aggressive and extensive contact tracing and tracking were activated to identify the primary and secondary contacts, after which mandatory quarantine and testing were carried (Cont’d on p-8) out.

COVID is airborne: over 200 scientists tell WHO AR bust NSCN (I-M) ‘extortion module’

This is it!

K Y M C

plan to publish their letter in a scientific journal next week.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has long held that the coronavirus is spread primarily by large respiratory droplets when an infected person coughs or sneezes.

“If airborne transmission is a significant factor in the pandemic, especially in crowded spaces with poor ventilation, the consequences for containment will be significant. Masks may be needed indoors, even in socially-distant settings. Health care workers may need N95 masks that filter out even the smallest respiratory droplets as they care for coronavirus patients,” NYT report said.

It said ventilation systems in schools, nursing homes, residences and businesses may need to minimise recirculating air and add powerful new filters. “Ultra-

violet lights may be needed to kill viral particles floating in tiny droplets indoors,” it said. WHO’s technical lead on infection control Dr Benedetta Allegranzi, however, said in the report that the evidence for the virus spreading by air was unconvincing.

“Especially in the last couple of months, we have been stating several times that we consider airborne transmission as possible but certainly not supported by solid or even clear evidence. There is a strong debate on this,” she said.

Interviews with nearly 20 scientists, including a dozen WHO consultants and several members of the committee that crafted the guidance, and internal emails “paint a picture of an organization that, despite good intentions, is out of step with science,” the report said.

“Whether carried aloft

by large droplets that zoom through the air after a sneeze, or by much smaller exhaled droplets that may glide the length of a room, these experts said, the coronavirus is borne through air and can infect people when inhaled,” it said. Experts pointed out that WHO’s infection prevention and control committee is “bound by a rigid and overly medicalized view of scientific evidence, is slow and risk-averse in updating its guidance and allows a few conservative voices to shout down dissent”.

The report says that many experts said the WHO should embrace what some called a “precautionary principle” and others called “needs and values”-- the idea that even without definitive evidence, the agency should assume the worst of the virus, apply common sense and recommend the best protection possible.

The arrested persons along with the seized items. (PRO-Defence)

`1.58 cr cash, weapons, RDX explosive seized DIMAPUR, JUL 6 (NPN): As part of its ongoing crackdown, Assam Rifles troopers along with state police representatives busted an “extortion module” of the NSCN (I-M) and apprehended two NSCN (I-M) cadres along

with four accomplices near Green Park, Dimapur on July 4, PRO (Defence) Lt. Col. Sumit K Sharma said.

In a statement, PRO said that the troops recovered one .22 Pistol (Made in USA), one AK 56 Rifle with magazine, one .22 Rifle Zerujorka with magazine, one Model CZ 99 Precision Calibre .22 Long Rifle with magazine, two pack-

ets of RDX explosive, Rs 1,58,72,800 (Rs.1.58 cr) in cash, besides other incriminating materials and warlike stores. The operation was carried out based on specific intelligence regarding illegal cash transaction, PRO said.

The apprehended persons along with the seized items were handed over to Diphupar PS for further investigations.

K Y M C

state

2

Phek DPDB meeting approves LADF

Neiba Kronu speaking at the meeting held at DPDB hall on July 6. (DIPR) DIMAPUR: Monthly meeting of Phek DPDB was held under the chairmanship of minister for Planning & Coordination, Land Revenue and Parliamentary Affairs, Neiba Kronu who also is the chairman of Phek DPDB on July 6.

According to DIPR

report, the legislative members from Phek district also attended the meeting.

The chairperson briefed about LADF of every constituency of Phek district and LADF for each constituency was approved by the house.

Discussions were held about the spread of COVID-19

disease for which there was need to spread awareness to the people, where administration, Medical, Police and NGOs have been requested to do the needful. Chairperson thanked frontline workers for giving their best service during the pandemic situation.

Fire incident contained in Tuensang

KSH extend Tuluni greetings to Sumi community members DIMAPUR: Kohima Sumi Hoho (KSH) has extended greetings to Sumi community on the occasion of Tuluni festival, observed annually on July 8.

A message from KSH president Khevito T. Shohe stated that, due to the pandemic situation the Sumi community is not able to celebrate the festival collectively this year. However, for the benefit of the younger generation in particular, Khevito highlighted in brief about the significance of the festival. He urged that while celebrating the day, one should rediscover some of the noble qualities of the ancestors who had lived with honesty, kindness, gen-

erosity, integrity and bravery aptly called “Warriors.”

Khevito further said that one should not forget the tradition passed down through the ages because this was the very foundation of one’s origin and to preserve the good practices of love and respect for one another. Khevito also added that KSH stands for social harmony, peaceful co-existence and social coordination at all times.

It must be noted that, Tuluni is celebrated to welcome the arrival of the new crop/fruit from the field, where prayers are offered to God and other social activities like engagements take place with a feast.

HYS online quiz contest held

DIMAPUR: Hindu Yuva Sanga (HYS) culminated the week-1 of Aarambh with “quiz-buzz”, the online quiz contest on July 5. A press release from HYS Dimapur stated that, there were hundreds of participants from across the nation and a few from neighbouring countries also. The winners of the competition were Siddhart Sankar Rout, Sneha Paul and Akshay Sarkar as first, second and three respectively.

Nagaland Post, Dimapur TUESDAY, JULY 7, 2020

Webinar on ‘World Zoonoses Day’

Resource persons during the webinar session held at Jalukie on July 6.

DIMAPUR: College of Veterinary Sciences & Animal Husbandry (VS&AH), Jalukie organised a webinar session on the occasion of “world zoonoses day” on July 6.

A press release from CVS&AH stated that, Vice chancellor, Central Agricultural University, Imphal, professor M. Premjit Singh was the chief patron of the occasion organised by

CVS&AH dean Dr. Arun Kumar Sangwan. He also delivered a session on emerging threats of zoonotic pathogens.

Dr. Raghubir Singh, assistant professor of Veterinary Public Health and Epi-

demiology spoke on sylvatic zoonoses and strategies for prevention and control.

The programme was coordinated by associate professor of Veterinary Public Health and Epidemiology, Dr. S Mukherjee.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The family of Late Hotoli P. Awomi (W/o Phutoi Awomi) wishes to acknowledge the many expressions of sympathy and gestures shown to us during her illness and demise.

Our special gratitude to the following:

Fire personnel fighting fire at Loyem ground on July 6.

DIMAPUR: Tuensang. Fire and Emergency Services mobilised a quick response team from Fire Station Tuensang on receiving fire call from Loyem ground on July 6 at 11 a.m.

A press release from F&ES deputy SP T. Shilu Jamir stated that, three fire tenders along with sufficient equipments and fire personnel were pressed into action. Traditional morung used for quarantine kitchen centre for COVID-19, traditional morung belonging to Yunyu Union Tuensang were completely burnt

and two traditional morungs belonging to Khudei and Nakshou Union Tuensang were partially burnt in the inferno. Property worth 5 lakhs approximately was lost in the inferno.

However, timely response from fire team contained the fire and prevented its spread to the adjoining traditional morung. Cause of fire was due to electrical short circuit, and no casualty was reported. The response team was led by duty commander SI Thenuosielie Pielie and NK/Clark Lalal Gante.

DP-3067

1. Shokhuvi Baptist Church 2. Kushiabill Sumi Baptist Akukuhou 3. Toluvi Baptist Church 4. Valley View Sumi Baptist Akukuhou 5. Kiyekhu Baptist Akukuhou 6. Youth Secretary, Youth Promoter and Youth Executive Members WSBAK 7. WSTH 8. Eden Hospital, Doctors, Staffs and Nurses 9. Shokhuvi G.B and Village Council We regret our inability to thank each one of you individually for your tireless love and support extended to us physically, financially and morally but the Almighty knows and shall bless you manifolds in return.

DP-3066

With prayers, Husband, Children, Grand daughters, Son-in-laws, In-laws, and Family Members.

Acknowledgement Born on : 13/03/1973 Died on : 01/07/2020

5 cadres of NSCN (I-M) arrested from Tseminyu

LT. SHWENCHWITHONG SEB Born on April 1950 – Died on 01/07/2020 We the bereaved family members would like to acknowledge each and everyone who stood by us physically, spiritually, morally and financially through the course of his sickness and sad demise of our beloved father Lt. Shwenchwithong Seb. Words are inadequate to express our heartfelt gratitude to each and every individual. Your kind expression of sympathy and friendship will always remain in our memories, it is our sincere and humble prayer that Almighty God bless you all abundantly.

Loving wife, children, in-laws, grandchildren and relatives K-1188

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

“The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.”

Job 1:21

The arrested accused persons in police custody at Tseminyu PS. DIMAPUR: Kohima Police along with security forces (SF) arrested five cadres of NSCN (I-M) from Tseminyu on charges of extortion and illegal possession of arms on July 4.

According to PRO/ Police, the arrested accused persons have been identified as ‘SS. Capt.’

Tenyenseng Seb (51 years), K Y M C

‘SS 2nd Leut’ Somingam Shang (32 years), ‘SS Pvt.’ Somirin Tangkhul (21 years), ‘SS. Capt.’ Bopai Konyak (34 years) and ‘SS. Sgt. Maj.’ Nagawangbou Wijunamai (29 years).

In this connection, 84 numbers of extortion slips, 2 numbers of .32 pistols, 10 rounds of .32 live ammunitions, 5 mobile phones, 5 pairs of camouflage uni-

form, 2 combat bags, Maruti Gypsy b/r. No. NL031769 along with ignition key and documents, 3 pen drives and a cheque book were recovered and seized from their possession.

Accordingly, a case vide Tseminyu PS case no.

0008/2020 was registered against the arrested accused persons and investigation taken up.

DP-3070

Late Ruokuobeilie Mere Born on 03/05/1973 – Died on 28/06/2020 We the bereaved family members and relatives acknowledge the sympathy and kind gestures shown to us during the illness and sad demise of our beloved Late Ruokuobeilie Mere.

We extend our profound gratitude to all who stood by us physically, morally, financially, materially and spiritually.

We deeply regret our inability to thank everyone individually but it is our sincere prayer that the Almighty God bless you abundantly for showing immense love and support towards our family.

Loving parents, wife, children and relatives K-1189 K Y M C

State

Nagaland Post, Dimapur TUESDAY, JULY 7, 2020

nagalandpost.com Poll Q.:Have prices of essential commodities sharply risen due to lockdown?

100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0%

A B C

NBCC holds youth week and Sunday

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

A

B

Yes. No. Can’t Say.

C

100% 0% 0%

Next poll

Q: By keeping all return-

ees together initially without testing, has it spread COVID-19?  Yes.  No.  Can’t Say.

WEATHER FORECAST july 7

(Temperature in ºC)

Max Min

Agartala Mostly cloudy with a t-storm

33 27

Aizawl

A p.m t-storm in spots

Guwahati A t-storm around in the a.m Imphal

A little morning rain

Itanagar A t-storm around in the a.m

29 22 34 26 30 23 30 23

Shillong

A p.m t-storm in spots

26 19

Kohima

Couple of thunderstorms

25 20

Dimapur Mostly cloudy and comfortable 31 25 Mkg

A thunderstorm in the area

Tuensang Rather cloudy with a t-storm Wokha

Mostly cloudy

Zunheboto Mostly cloudy with a t-storm

25 20 20 17 26 22 23 19

(Inset) Rev. Vikuo Rhi, youth secretary, NBCC. Khedi Baptist Church choir on NBCC Youth Sunday, July 5.

DIMAPUR: NBCC Youth Week and Youth Sunday under the theme, “stronger together” was conducted by Nagaland Baptist Church Council (NBCC) from July 1 to 5 with essay writing competition on the topic, “God in a pandemic”.

A press release from NBCC youth secretary,

Rev. Vikuo Rhi stated that, the best three essays will be awarded commendation certificate with cash, while the best essay shall also be published in both NBCC news letter and local dailies. In essay writing, the first position went to Bitsa K. Sangtam, Longkhim Town Baptist Church under United Sangtam Bap-

tist Lithroti Ashimukhong (USBLA), second position to Kilentola Jamir, Mangkolemba Baptist Church under Ao Baptist Arogo Mungdang (ABAM) and third position to Rüübino Peseyie, Calvary Baptist Church, Jotsoma under Angami Baptist Church Council (ABCC).

Daily Bible study

was also held from July 1 to 5 with prepared Bible study materials. During the week, the NBCC also telecasted music, sports, and Youth Sunday message through YouTube channel @ NBCC youth ministry featuring some young artistes each day.

Youth Sunday on July 5 was observed with

prayer & fasting all over the state.

In his Youth Sunday message at Khedi Baptist Church Kohima the speaker Rev. Vikuo Rhi, youth secretary, NBCC urged the youth ministry to be Christ-centered focusing on soul-winning rather than being overly programme oriented or entertainment-centered.

Speaking on the need for multiplication through discipleship making, impacting and imparting Christian values into young people’s heart, recognizing and valuing the potentials of young people and utilizing them, the speaker called upon the church to place youth ministry on top priority of the Church ministry.

He also added that the church must be able to effectively use modern information technology and new media tools for evangelism, Church growth and furtherance of God’s kingdom building.

He further challenged the youth to live above pandemic by citing the story of Jesus and Peter walking on the water found in Matthew 14:25 – 34. NBCC has 1661 local churches with 2, 12, 307 youth members.

MK innovation sanitiser machine installed 1 apprehended by Assam Rifles DIMAPUR: Troops of Assam Rifles in an operation apprehended a person with illegal weapon near New Colony at Zunheboto town on July 3.

According to PRO (Defence) based on specific inputs received while on patrolling duty, the troops swung into action and apprehended an individual in the area. The apprehended individual has been identified as one Viboka T, age 25 years, r/o Amiphuto Colony, Zunheboto town.

On detailed search of the individual, the troops recovered one point 22mm pistol (country made) along

The accused. with 5 live rounds. The apprehended person along with recovered weapon and ammunition has been handed over to Zunheboto Police Station for further investigations.

NSCN (I-M) Rengma region condemns AR raid

Deputy resident commissioner Nagaland House, New Delhi, Kethosituo Sekhose along with Mhaleu Metha, Kesosilie Kennao and others.

DIMAPUR: MK innovation hand sanitiser machine was installed at Nagaland House (NH), New Delhi in the presence of deputy resident commissioner of NH, Kethosituo Sekhose.

A press release from NH, New Delhi, OSD, Planning and Co-ordina-

tion, Thomas Thailu stated that, the auto-sensing hand machine that sprays alcohol based sanitiser when the user places their hand under the dispenser was created by Mhaleu Metha and Kesosilie Kennao, young entrepreneurs from Delhi.

They made the ma-

chine under the logo MK Innovation, Made in Nagaland, which is suitable for frontline public services, offices hospitals, home, schools, churches, bank, shopping complexes etc.

D RC N a g a l a n d House congratulated the two entrepreneurs for

their innovative creation and further urged them to come up with more such ideas, which would motivate more youths in the state.

For more details, one may contact at 8448230932/8130168766 and email: mkinnovation985@gmail.com.

DIMAPUR: NSCN (I-M) Rengma region has condemned the “raiding and unwarranted arrest of NSCN members” stationed at Tseminyu town by 40th Assam Rifles E Company under the command of Major RK Tahir.

A press release from NSCN (I-M) secretary for central administrative officer (CAO), Rengma region stated that the Assam Rifles has “time and again been violating the agreed ceasefire ground rules at the place of their choosing”.

It stated that AR had “brazenly targeted Tseminyu” and that such recklessness on the part of 40th AR was highly regretted. Further, NSCN (I-M) Rengma region asserted that “creating mistrust and alienation would not help promote peace process” in any manner but rather “discredit the role of AR for creating nuisance in the town” and disturbing the peace of the place.

Assam Rifles conduct civic action programmes

3

news in Brief DMC bans sale of dog meat: Dimapur Municipal Council (DMC) administrator Albert Ezung has informed that commercial import and trading of dogs, dog markets and slaughtering and commercial sale of dog meat in markets and dine-in restaurants have been banned with immediate effect within the DMC jurisdiction. Any person found violating the order shall be liable to be punished under section 428and 429 of Indian penal code 1860 and section 11 of the prevention of cruelty to animals Ac 1960 and any such other provision of law as may be applicable. For any complain, one may contact at 9862929908/9436605973.

NLA informs departments to submit government business: Commissioner & secretary, Nagaland Legislative Assembly secretariat, Dr P.J. Anthony has requested the commissioner & secretary of Parliamentary Affairs, to collect information relating to government business (financial and non-financial) proposed to be transacted during the sixth session of the thirteenth Nagaland Legislative Assembly. All concerned departments are requested to submit all their businesses in soft copies/digital formats (pen drives or CD/DVD) latest by July 18.

DoSE notifies on admission fee: Principal director of School Education Shanavas C has notified all concerned that the schedule for class XI admission process at government higher secondary schools has been modified in consideration of requests received from candidates for extension of last date for payment of admission fee due to the prevailing COVID-19 lockdown in several districts of Nagaland. Last date for payment of admission fee on July 9; Payment of fee by candidates opting change of stream, from July 13 to 14 and payment of fee by candidates selected from waiting list, from July 13 to 16.

Departments to submit write-up materials: Principal secretary, Abhijit Sinha has requested all concerned departments to submit the write-up to be incorporated in chief minister’s speech on the occasion of Independence Day 2020. Home department will prepare the draft speech for the same basing on the inputs of the write-up received from various departments of the state government. All the concerned departments have been directed to submit the write-up through their concerned administrative heads of departments and that the write-up to be written exactly in the way the departments would like to appear in the final speech.

The write-up should be in brief narrative form and carry important achievements of the departments and plans for the coming year. Write-up should be submitted along with CD (soft copy) latest by July 10.

Clarification from NCD: Apropos the news item published under the headline, “NCD appoints ‘selection commission’” published on July 6, the same should be read as Munthin Newmai from Tenyime zone as member secretary and Joyous Shingnaisu from Southern Naga zone as member and not as published. NCD general secretary Thsapongkyu Sangtam has expressed regret for the inconvenience.

Corrigendum: Apropos the news item ‘Cong files FIR for derogatory post’, published on July 6, the designation of Ajit Gogoi should be read as NPCC general secretary minority department and not as published.

Lost and found: NSCN-UT has recovered one two wheeler Bajaj Pulsar 180cc, with Chassis No-MD2A11CY4HRD01738, Engine No. DHYRHD88144. Rightful owner is hereby informed to claim it by producing original documents or by contacting 7085596462, within seven days from the date of this publication.

NSCN (I-M) condolence

DIMAPUR: NSCN (I-M) has expressed grief over the untimely demise of late Imkongsungit, son of Temjenmeren, ‘Leacy’ of NSCN/GPRN from Asangma village under Ao region on July 5.

A condolence message from NSCN (I-M) through its MIP said that late Imkongsungit joined the Naga national service in March 2006 served with unwavering patriotism until his demise.

While the void created by his demise would be difficult to fill in, the NSCN (I-M) stated that his selfless contribution to the Naga national cause shall be recorded in the pages of the Naga history and his sacrifices for the Naga nation shall ever be cherished.

Further, MIP conveyed deep condolences to the bereaved family members and friends of Imkongsungit and prayed Almighty God to grant his soul eternal peace.

134 returnees arrive Dmu by flight

Returnees at the Dimapur Airport go through Shamator Battalion personnel restoring the Noklak-Tuensang road disrupted Residents of Pessao village availing the free medical camp organised by mandatory screening procedures on July 6. (DIPR) by landslide on July 6.

Tuensang Battalion.

DIMAPUR: A total of 134 kata while Indigo flight DIMAPUR: Tuensang Shamator Battalion: rainfall. tate vehicular movement. HQ IGAR (N), the aim of awareness about the im- people reached Dimapur brought 74 from Kolkata. and Shamator battalions Shamator Battalion asAccording to PRO Tuensang Battalion: medical camp was to pro- portance of timely vacci- by flight on July 6. Ac- After the medical screening of Assam Rifles under its sisted civil administration HQ IGAR (N), the road Tuensang Battalion or- vide medical consultation nation, personal hygiene cording to DIPR report, and mandatory procedures civic action programme in restoring Noklak-Tuen- being the only lifeline ganised a free medical and treatment to residents, and sanitation. Total 202 out of 134 returnees Air were done all the returnees carried out various activi- sang road, disrupted by a used by residents from the camp at Pessao village on especially the aged. Free males, 199 females and 60 India flight brought 14 were transported by buses ties in Pessao and Noklak landslide on July 6, owing two towns required to be July 4. medicines were provided children benefitted from from Guwahati, 24 from to their respective quaranImphal and 22 from Kol- tine centres. villages. to heavy and incessant cleared urgently to faciliAccording to PRO in addition to imparting the camp.

K Y M C

K Y M C

4

northeast

10 new COVID cases in Arunachal; tally rises to 269

Itanagar/ IMPHAL/ Shillong, Jul 6 (PTI): Ten more people have tested positive for COVID-19 in Arunachal Pradesh, taking the northeastern state’s tally to 269, a senior Health department official said on Monday.

Of the 10, three are from the Capital Complex comprising Itanagar, Naharlagun, Nirjuli and Banderdewa, while two each are from Namsai, Changlang and Lower Subansiri districts and one from Upper Subansiri, the official said.

Both Upper and Lower Subansiri districts remained Coronavirus-free until Saturday.

All fresh cases were reported from isolation centres, where people are being placed under quarantine following their return from other states, State Surveillance Officer (SSO) L Jampa said.

“All are asymptomatic and shifted to Covid Care Centers,” he said.

The positive cases from Namsai were returnees from Tamil Nadu while the persons from Changlang have returned from Uttar Pradesh, the persons from Lower Subansiri have returned from Assam and Pune respectively, he said.

The case from Upper Subansiri is a returnee from Delhi while the cases from Capital Complex were detected at quarantine centre at Lekhi, near here, Dr Jampa said.

On Sunday two persons have been released in the Capital Complex after their swab samples tested

Manipur migrants leave from Guwahati for their native place during coronavirus lockdown. (File) negative for two consecutive times as per standard operation procedure of the union Health ministry, Dr Jampa said, adding, they have been advised for 14 days strict home quarantine and self monitoring.

Ar unachal Pradesh currently has 190 active cases, while 78 people have recovered from the disease so far.

A 43-year-old lady from West Kameng district has succumbed to the infection.

A total of 26,808 swab samples have been tested for COVID-19 so far.

The capital complex has registered the maximum number of coronavirus cases in the state at 83, followed

by Changlang district at 54, West Kameng at 21 and

Namsai at 12.

The state government had on Saturday declared imposition of a “total lockdown” in the capital complex for a week starting from Monday evening, following spurt in cases.

The decision was taken during a cabinet meeting convened by Chief Minister Pema Khandu.

The shutdown will be in force for seven days from 6 pm on Monday he said, adding that no vehicular or pedestrian movement will be allowed unless absolutely necessary.

The northeastern state which remained virus-free until May 23, had witnessed sudden spurt in COVID-19 cases after people started coming back from other states.

Complaint against M’laya scribe over FB post Shillong, Jul 6 (PTI): A police complaint was filed on Monday against veteran journalist Patricia Mukhim by a village council in Meghalaya over her Facebook post, claiming that it might incite communal tension, officials said.

Mukhim, a Padma Shri awardee and the editor of The Shillong Times newspaper, had hit out at the Lawsohtun village ‘dorbar’ (council) on Facebook for failing to identify the “murderous elements” after five boys were at-

tacked at a basketball court on Friday.

Police have detained 11 suspects for questioning, but no one has been arrested in the case, East Khasi Hills district Superintendent of Police Sylvester Nongtynger told PTI. The police are examining the complaint against Mukhim regarding the comments, he said.

In the complaint, Lawsohtun headman Lurshai Shylla said her statement incited communal tension and might instigate communal conflict.

According to the complaint, some media houses in West Bengal had publicised the issue by giving communal colour because of her post mentioning the 1979 conflict between tribals and non-tribals.

Therefore, it put all Khasis outside in extreme danger, the complaint stated. “We are examining it (the complaint). You will get to know,” the SP said.

Reacting to the complaint, Mukhim said: “I will fight it out (in court).”

Minor girl tests positive for COVID in Manipur

An eight-year-old girl who was under home quarantine tested positive for COVID-19 and the locality within the Imphal city was declared as containment zone on Monday.

The girl, who tested negative, in her first test was kept under home quarantine after both her parents were found tested positive for the virus. Her parents are currently undergoing treatment at Covid care facility of RIMS hospital, Imphal.

Sources said that the Surge in COVID-19 family returned from Delhi on June 22 and the parents cases in Meghalaya Meghalaya witnessed tested positive on June 28.

However, authorities a surge in COVID-19 cases sent out their daughter af- on Monday after five more ter she tested negative with troopers of Border Security

Guwahati, Jul 6 (PTI): The flood situation in Assam improved considerably on Monday even though one more person lost his life in the deluge, which has affected nearly four lakh people across 15 districts, officials said.

According to the daily flood report of the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), one person was killed in the flood at Raha of Nagaon district.

With this, the total number of people losing their lives in this year’s flooding and landslide has gone up to 62 across the state, of whom 38 persons were killed by flood and 24 died due to landslides.

ASDMA said more than 3.86 lakh persons are affected due to floods in Dhemaji, Sivasagar, Biswanath, Chirang, Nalbari, Barpeta, Kokrajhar, Dhubri, Goalpara, Kamrup, Morigaon, Nagaon, Golaghat, Jorhat and Tinsukia districts.

Barpeta is the worsthit district with around 2.23 lakh people suffering, followed by Goalpara with more than 68,500 people and Dhubri with over 27,000 persons.

NDRF, SDRF and district administrations have rescued 128 persons during the last 24 hours in two districts, the bulletin said.

Till Sunday, more

than 6.8 lakh persons were suffering due to the deluge across 17 districts.

At present, 647 villages are under water and 32,215.39 hectares of crop areas have been damaged, ASDMA said.

It further said authorities are running 76 relief camps and distribution centres across six districts, where 4,226 people are taking shelter currently.

The authorities have distributed a total of 1311.93 quintals of rice, dal and salt, and 121.41 litres of mustard oil along with other relief materials such as tarpaulin, milk, potato, candle, drinking water, match box, biscuit, wheat bran, face mask

Dehing Patkai Wildlife Sanctuary to be upgraded: CM G u wahat i , J u l 6 (PTI): Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Monday announced that the state government has decided to upgrade the Dehing Patkai Wildlife Sanctuary into a national park.

The Dehing Patkai Elephant Reserve, which surrounds the Dehing Patkai Wildlife Sanctuary, was in the middle of a major controversy recently after the government gave preliminary approval to Coal India to mine it despite the PSU carrying out illegal mining inside the forest for 16 years.

“Our government has decided to upgrade the Dehing Patkai Wildlife Sanctuary in Assam, which is home to a vast variety of flora and fauna, to a national park,” Sonowal tweeted.

“In a meeting with senior officials in Guwahati today, I have directed them to take necessary steps in this regard,” he added.

The Dehing Patkai Wildlife Sanctuary is spread across 111.42 sq km, while the Dehing Patkai Elephant Reserve with 937 sq km of area surrounds the sanctuary in its periphery across Dibrugarh and Tinsukia districts.

Though it was mining since 2003, Coal India Ltd (CIL) sought clearance in 2012 only, but it was rejected then. It applied again in 2019 for clearance of 98.59 hectares, out of which CIL was carrying out mining activities in 73 hectares.

In May, North Eastern Coalfields, a unit of CIL, had accepted that mining was going on since 2003 and claimed that it had applied for renewal of its lease in 2003, but the Assam government did not act upon this for a long time.

The Centre gave stage I forest clearance to the public sector undertaking (PSU) for 57.20 hectares in December 2019 with 28 conditions, including fines and action against responsible officers violating the Forest Conservation Act. Accordingly, the Assam Forest Department in May slapped a penalty of Rs 43.24 crore on CIL for carrying out illegal mining activity inside the forest, which is termed as the Amazon of East, for 16 years since 2003.

In its last meeting in April, the Standing Committee of the National Board of Wild Life (NBWL) under the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change recommended CIL’s proposal for legalising the illegal mining for approval provided it fulfils the 28 conditions.

On June 4, the Gauhati High Court issued notices to the Centre, state, CIL and other stakeholders after filing a suo moto case against coal mining inside Dehing Patkai, the largest rainforest of Northeast.

Two more PILs were filed by advocates and a mountaineer in the high court, which fixed July 20 for next hearing of the case.

Manipur CM re-allocate portfolios to deputy CM

Correspondent

IMPHAL, Jul 6: Days after the political crisis that shook the BJP-led coalition government in Manipur, deputy chief minister Y Joykumar was allocated the portfolios which he held earlier.

The deputy chief minister was allocated the minister in-charge of finance, science & technology and economics & statistics by an order of the state chief secretary Dr J Suresh Babu.

The order was issued late Sunday.

Flood situation in Assam improves

A man crosses a flooded area on a make-shift raft at Mayong near Morigaon district, in Guwahati.

advice for home quarantine.

The swab sample of the girl, however, tested positive on Sunday.

Following the result, a medical team picked the girl along with her uncle, grandfather and grandmother and were being kept at IIT Mantripukhri quarantine centre.In view of the threat of COVID-19 spread, Imphal West district magistrate declared the locality of the family, Thangmeiband Polem Leikai, as a containment zone, banning entry and exit to the locality completely.

(Correspondent)

Force (BSF) tested positive for COVID-19 taking the total active cases to 36.

Health and Family Welfare Minister, Alexander Laloo Hek said that one person got infected with the virus after attending a wedding ceremony at Greenwood Resort in Assam’s main city of Guwahati recently.

With five more new active cases in the BSF, Hek informed that the overall number of the BSF who had contracted the viral infection has increased to 16 as on Monday. A woman who had returned to Tura from Guwahati, tested positive for the viral infection on her arrival and another person tested positive for the same in Ri Bhoi district, he informed.

Meghalaya so far has registered 80 COVID-19 cases, which includes 36 active cases and one death, while 43 have recovered from the viral infection.

21,846 swab samples have been sent for tests till date, out of which, 21,223 samples tested negative for COVID-19, Hek informed, adding that the number of people from outside who came to Meghalaya till Monday was 20,282.

Giving a break up of active cases in district wises, out of 36 positive cases, Hek said that East Khasi Hills recorded 17 cases including 16 BSF men, 12 in Ri-Bhoi district, 3 in West Garo Hills, 2 from South West Garo Hills and 1 from East Jaiñtia Hills.

(Correspondent)

Nagaland Post, Dimapur TUESDAY, JULY 7, 2020

and soap.

The Brahmaputra is flowing above the danger mark at Nimatighat in Jorhat and Dhubri town in Dhubri districts.

Its tributaries Disang at Nanglamuraghat in Sivasagar, Jia Bharali at NT Road Crossing in Sonitpur and Kopili at Dharamtul in Nagaon are flowing above the danger mark.

Embankments, Roads and many other infrastructure have been damaged at various places in Goalpara, Sivasagar, Udalguri, Dhemaji, Baksa, Dibrugarh and Majuli districts.

Massive erosions have been witnessed at different places of Lakhimpur, Charaideo and Udalguri districts, ASDMA said.

ASDMA also said that a total of 20 camps out of 223 at Kaziranga National Park, one out of 40 camps at Rajiv Gandhi Orang National Park and 12 out of 25 camps at Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary have been affected by the deluge.

The deluge has so far taken away the lives of 47 different animals in Kaziranga National Park, the bulletin said, quoting an official of the Eastern Assam Wildlife Division.

The flood has also affected 9,09,108 domestic animals and poultry across the state during the last 24 hours, it added.

The re-allocation of the portfolios to the deputy chief minister came up after the chief minister’s recent two-day visit to New Delhi amid the COVID-19 lockdown.

The re-allocation of the portfolios to the deputy chief minister came up in less than a week after the chief minister met with national leaders of the BJP. The four NPP MLAs were also brought back to the coalition government after national leaders of BJP and NPP intervened to resolve the political crisis

that shook the saffron led coalition government.

It was after a series of meetings between the national leaders of BJP and NPP that the latter agreed to return to the coalition government.

To resolve the crisis, the four MLAs of the NPP were even taken to Delhi to meet with BJP national president and Union home minister.

The reallocation of portfolios to the deputy chief minister came up even as leaders of both BJP and NPP were tight-lipped on

Meghalaya HSSLC result to be declared on July 9

S hill o n g, J u l 6 (PTI): The Meghalaya Board of School Education will announce the results of the Higher Secondary School Leaving Certificate (HSSLC) examination on July 9, an official said on Monday.

It will not be displayed in any office of the Meghalaya Board of School of Education (MBOSE) but will be available online due to COVID-19 crisis, he said.

Over 30,600 candidates had appeared for the examination held in 103 centres across the state in

March and June.

The class-12 board examination had to be suspended midway due to the coronavirus outbreak.

“The MBOSE will declare the HSSLC results on July 9. The results can be downloaded from the website of the board,” MBOSE controller of examination T R Laloo told PTI. A total of 24,867 students had appeared in arts, 3,615 in science and 2,203 students in commerce streams from 629 affiliated schools and over 1,124 unaffiliated institutions.

Dear Dad Azhove Soho!!!

On this Day, the 7th of July, you have entered to this beautiful world and successfully travelled against all odds and obstacles and still immensely healthy to this day.

We really felt glad and proud of you for being our dad by caring and loving us with all that we are longing for.

We are indeed happy that you have been keeping yourself like a blooming rose even in the midst of the thorns and walked forward with big dreams and visions and have brought love, peace, oneness, trust etc into our family that we deserve.

May you continue to live like a blooming flower that generously feeds an insects with it’s enlightened fragrance. “A very happy birthday, dad Azhove Soho.”

-Lots of Love from loving Wife, Children & dear ones.

what conditions the NPP had agreed to return to the government.

The chief minister, who had visited the national capital a few days ago, refused to divulge the agreement between the two parties.

A source close to the BJP said that the reallocation of portfolios to the deputy chief minister was part of the agreement and similar steps affecting re-allocation of portfolios to the remaining three ministers of NPP will be coming up soon. It may be mentioned here that

the political crisis erupted after nine MLAs including four MLAs of NPP, three BJP MLAs, the lone AITC MLA and an Independent MLA withdrew supports to the government on June 17, two days ahead of Rajya Sabha elections held on June 19.

The four NPP MLAs tendered their resignations as ministers while the three BJP MLAs resigned from being members of the state Assembly and joined hands with the Congress in an attempt to form a new government.

AFFIDAVIT

Regd. No. 975 Date 02/07/2020 I, Shri. Peletuo Zhale, permanent resident of Rüsoma Village, Kohima, Nagaland, do hereby solemnly affirm on oath and declares as follows :1. That I am a bonafide citizen of India.

2. That I am a government servant serving as Peon at Nagaland Civil Secretariat, Government of Nagaland.

3. That my correct and official name is Peletuo Zhale.

4. That-however, in some of my service records such as in my service extension Order and also in my Regularization Order my name has been entered as Peletuo.

5. That the name Peletuo Zhale and Peletuo refers to one and the same person i.e myself.

6. That this affidavit is made to declare that my correct and official name is Peletuo Zhale and the same shall be used for all official purpose, future references and correspondences.

7. That this affidavit shall also be used as a piece of evidence of the fact and proof as mentioned above and also to be used for rectification if arises in future.

That the statements in the above paras are true to the best of my knowledge and nothing false has been stated. I sign this affidavit before the competent authority at Kohima, Nagaland on this the 2nd day of July, 2020.

Notary Public Deponent K-1194

IN THE COURT OF DISTRICT & SESSIONS JUDGE WOKHA : NAGALAND S/C No. 32/2020 NOTICE NOTICE INVITING CLAIMS/OBJECTIONS OF OTHER CLAIMANT(S) FOR ISSUE OF SUCCESSION CERTIFICATE UNDER PART-1 OF INDIAN SUCCESSION ACT 1925.

Whereas application under Succession Act 1925 for grant of Succession Certificate for the estate/pension benefit of Late S. Penchilo Ezung has been applied by Shri. S.S. Ezung, H/o Lt. S. Penchilo Ezung, R/o H/No…., Wokha, Nagaland for possession of; Notice is hereby given that any person having interest in the administration of the estate/pension benefits of the said deceased may, if she/he so desire appear in this court on or before 25/07/2020.

Given under the hand and seal of the court on this day the 25/06/2020.

Sd/- District & Sessions Judge Wokha : Nagaland WC-169

IN THE COURT OF DISTRICT & SESSIONS JUDGE WOKHA : NAGALAND NOTICE

S/C NO. 54/20

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 Yanarao Lotha has been applied by Smti Tsumoni Kikon, W/o Lt. Yanarao Kikon, R/o Wokha, Nagaland for possession of: 1. S.B.I A/C No. 30772924827 2. P.P.O No. NL/S/22055 Notice is hereby given that any person having interest in the administration of the estate/pension benefits of the said deceased may if she/he so desire appear in this court on or before the said day of 26.07.2020.

Given under the hand and seal of the court on this the 26.06.2020.

District & Sessions Judge Wokha : Nagaland DP-3071

national

Nagaland Post, Dimapur TUESDAY, JULY 7, 2020

Chinese troops withdraw from some areas NSA Doval and Chinese FM Wang agree on ‘expeditious’ disengagement along LAC

5

BJP slams Rahul for not attending meeting of Parliament on defence

further agreed that both sides should complete the ongoing disengagement process along the LAC expeditiously. The two sides should also ensure a phased and stepwise de-escalation in the India-China border areas,” the MEA added.

It was re-affirmed that both sides should “strictly respect and observe” the LAC and should not take any unilateral action to alter the status quo, besides working together to avoid any incident in the future that could disturb peace and tranquillity in the border areas. MEA said the 2 special representatives agreed that the diplomatic and military officials should continue their discussions, including under the framework of the Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination on India-China border affairs, and implement the understandings reached in a timely manner.

It was also agreed that the two special representatives will continue their conversations to ensure full and enduring restoration of peace and tranquillity in the India-China border areas in accordance with the bilateral agreements and protocols, the MEA said.

NEW DELHI, JUL 6 (PTI): The BJP on Monday launched a fresh attack on Rahul Gandhi for not attending a single meeting of Parliament’s standing committee on defence, and accused him of trying to demoralise the nation.

Leading the attack, BJP president JP Nadda said Gandhi skips meetings of all important parliamentary standing committee on defence but continues to “demoralise” the nation and question the valour of armed forces Nadda’s tweets came following reports that Gandhi has not attended the committee’s meetings so far.

There was no immediate reaction from the Congress to Nadda’s attack.

“Rahul Gandhi does not attend a single meeting of Standing Committee on Defence. But sadly, he continues to demoralise the nation, question the valour of our armed forces and do everything that a responsible opposition leader should not do,” the BJP president said.

He added, “Rahul Gandhi belongs to that glorious dynastic tradition where as far as defence is concerned, committees don’t matter, only commissions do. Congress has many deserving

COVID-19 positivity rate has declined As Chinese troops start moving from 30 pc to 10 pc in Delhi: Centre back, Cong seeks apology from PM

Covid +ve scribe jumps from 4th floor of AIIMS, dies

NEW DELHI, JUL 6 (PTI): In the first signs of tensions easing, the Chinese military on Monday began a limited pull-back from a number of friction points in eastern Ladakh, a day after NSA Ajit Doval and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi agreed on completing the ongoing disengagement process along the LAC “expeditiously”, government sources and officials said.

Doval and Wang, who are designated ‘Special Representatives’ on Sino-India boundary question, held a telephonic conversation on Sunday during which they had a “frank and in-depth exchange” of views and agreed that a “complete disengagement” of troops at the “earliest” was necessary for full restoration of peace in the border areas, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Monday.

Government sources said Chinese troops removed tents and are pulling back by up to 1.5 km from the area around patrolling point 14 in the Galwan Valley besides starting rearward movement of vehicles and troops in Hot Springs and Gogra.

There were reports that Chinese troops have also removed some tents from

NEW DELHI, JUL 6 (PTI): The Centre on Monday said the average number of samples being tested per day for COVID-19 has gone up in Delhi from 5,481 to 18,766 in about a month and in spite of increased testing, the positivity rate has declined from around 30 per cent to 10 per cent in the last three weeks.

The government also said that the national positivity rate, percentage of samples testing coronavirus positive from the total number of samples, has also reduced and now stands at 6.73 per cent.

The Union, state and union territory governments have made a joint and coordinated effort to effectively manage the COVID-19 pandemic in the country, the Union health ministry said in a statement.

As part of the coordinated efforts, the Union government has emphasised on increasing testing, prompt contact tracing and timely clinical management of cases, the statement said.

It has also helped states to significantly ramp up testing capacities, the ministry said.

This has resulted in reduced positivity rate in the country and the national positivity rate stands at 6.73 per cent, it said.

As on July 5, the states

Wang Yi and Ajit Doval. (File)

areas around Finger 4 in Pangong Tso. However, the sources said a clear picture will emerge only after a thorough verification is carried out. Sources said the disengagement is taking place as per a decision arrived at during the military talks on June 30 that both sides will create a minimum buffer zone of 3 km in the area around Galwan river, and Indian troops are also moving accordingly.

The Indian Army will carry out a thorough verification of the Chinese pull back, said a source.

In the talks, Doval and Wang re-affirmed that both sides should “strictly respect” and observe the LAC and should not take any unilateral action to alter the status quo, the MEA said.

The two special rep-

resentatives agreed to continue their conversations to ensure “full and enduring restoration” of peace and tranquillity in the IndiaChina border areas. They also emphasised on not allowing differences to become disputes between the two countries, government sources said.

In Beijing, the Chinese Foreign Ministry also issued a statement which said that Wang and Doval reached “positive common understandings” over easing the current border situation, and underlined the need to act promptly on the consensus reached by their military commanders to complete the disengagement of the front-line troops at the LAC as soon as possible. It was the first time that Doval and Wang held talks during the

A health worker collects sample from a woman for COVID-19 testing in Gurugram, Monday, July 6. (PTI)

with their positivity rate lesser than the national average and tests per million higher than the national average are Puducherry (5.55), Chandigarh (4.36), Assam (2.84), Tripura (2.72), Karnataka (2.64), Rajasthan (2.51), Goa (2.5), and Punjab (1.92).

In Delhi, efforts being made by the Union Territory were significantly bolstered by the central government to ensure an increase in testing, the ministry said.

Tests were ramped up through increased RT-PCR testing along with the new Rapid Antigen Point-ofCare (POC) tests which gives results in only about 30 minutes, the Centre said.

“As a result of concerted and focused efforts by the government of India to

augment efforts, the average number of samples being tested per day which was only 5,481 (June 1-5) has witnessed a huge increase to reach an average of 18,766 samples per day between July 1 to 5,” it said.

“In spite of significantly increased testing in Delhi, the positivity rate has seen a substantial decrease from about 30 per cent to 10 per cent in the last three weeks,” the statement said.

There are around 25,000 active cases in Delhi and of these, 15,000 people are currently in home-isolation.

On Sunday, Delhi recorded 2,505 fresh coronavirus cases, taking the tally close to the one-lakh mark, while the death toll from the disease mounted to 3,067.

ongoing stand-off. The conversation is learnt to have lasted for around two hours.

Government sources said India is strictly monitoring whether China was withdrawing its troops from the friction points, adding that global support to New Delhi and PM Narendra Modi’s strong message during his visit to Ladakh last week may have had some impact on Beijing agreeing to move back its army.

In sync with the mutual understanding, India is also likely to bring down the number of troops from certain face-off areas, sources added. The MEA said Doval and Wang agreed to “take guidance from the consensus of leaders” that maintenance of peace and tranquillity in border areas was essential for the further development of bilateral ties and that two sides should not allow differences to become disputes.

“Therefore, they agreed that it was necessary to ensure at the earliest complete disengagement of the troops along the LAC and de-escalation from IndiaChina border areas for full restoration of peace and tranquillity,” it said.

“In this regard they

NEW DELHI, JUL 6 (AGENCIES): Amid reports that the Indian and Chinese troops have started moving back at PP14 in Galwan area in first signs of disengagement between the two sides, the Congress on Monday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to apologise to the country for his earlier statement that neither has anyone intruded into the Indian territory nor has anyone captured any military posts.

The Congress also said that either the Prime Minister or the Defence Minister Rajnath Singh should brief the nation about the ground situation in Ladakh now.

“Our brave Army has been trying to push the Chinese PLA back and we are very happy to see these reports that we have succeeded. We are proud of our Army. We never had any doubt about the ability of our Army to do that. They have done that in the past… whether it was Pakistan or China.. our Army does not need anybody’s certificate,” Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera told reporters.

He then referred to the Prime Minister’s statement after the all-party meeting last month and said that the “statement, unfortunately, within a matter of two hours, was used by the Chinese government as a clean chit by the Indian

Pawan Khera (File)

Prime Minister”.

“In the same breath, the statement by the Chinese government also said that the Galwan Valley was theirs. It belonged to them.

That is unfortunate that somebody as tall in stature as the Prime Minister uttered those words which immediately got lapped up

by China and used as a clean chit. The entire world was watching.”

“The Prime Minister should today use this opportunity… to come out and address the nation, take the country into confidence, apologise to the country… say that, yes, I went wrong.

I misled you or maybe he wants to use some other words that I was incorrect in my assessment…” he said.

Khera said that the Prime Minister should tell the nation that “the Chinese have withdrawn by ‘X’ kilometres” and clarify “how much of our territory is still under their occupation”.

Three more policemen suspended over Kanpur encounter KANPUR/LUCKNOW, JUL 6 (PTI): Uttar Pradesh police have suspended three more of their men, suspecting that they tipped off Vikas Dubey whose gang members killed eight policemen in an ambush at a village near Kanpur last week.

Police on Monday also increased the reward for Dubey arrest to Rs 2.5 lakh, up from the Rs 1 lakh offered earlier.

UP Director General of Police H C Awasthy said police are conducting raids to track down the gangster, based on information they get. Police had earlier suspended Vinay Tiwari, station officer at Chaubeypur station and were examining the possibility that he informed Dubey that a police team was heading to his Bikru village to arrest him.

The gangster, who has faced about 60 criminal

cases over the years, then allegedly set up an ambush for the policemen, killing eight of them in the early hours of Friday.

Kanpur’s Senior Superintendent of Police Dinesh Kumar P said more Chaubeypur policemen have now been suspended.

“Three police personnel have been suspended for their suspected role in leakage of information,” he said.

They are sub-inspectors Kunwarpal and Krishna Kumar Sharma and constable Rajiv.

“A preliminary enquiry has been initiated against the three suspended policemen,” he said. Superintendent of Police (Rural Area) has been asked to probe the matter. He said an FIR would be lodged against the suspended policemen if the inquiry showed their involvement in the attack at

JP Nadda addresses a virtual public meeting after at BJP HQ in New Delhi, July 6. (PTI)

members who understand parliamentary matters but one dynasty will never let such leaders grow. Really said”.

Stepping up the attack on the Gandhi-scion, BJP spokesperson GVL Narasimha Rao said Gandhi chose not to attend as many as 11 meetings of Standing Committee on defence held so far.

“The dynastic family is only interested in defence matters when commissions are involved,” Rao alleged, demanding an explanation from Gandhi as to why he chose to be absent from all the meetings of Standing

Committee on Defence.

The BJP spokesperson further said that Gandhi also chose to not attend a field visit to Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh which proved to be a very important visit for the committee.

“He must apologise to the armed forces,” Rao said.

Gandhi has been leading his party’s sharp criticism of the central government over a host of issues, including the continuing standoff between Indian and Chinese armies.

The BJP has in turn accused him of lowering the morale of armed forces.

Maharashtra hotels, lodges to open with limited guests

New Delhi, July 6 (IANS): A 37-year-old journalist, who jumped from the fourth floor of AIIMS’ trauma centre on Monday, has been declared dead by the hospital administration. He passed away at 3.35 p.m., nearly one-and-a-half hour after the incident.

At around 2 p.m. on Monday, the journalist had jumped off the trauma centre building. He was rushed to the ICU immediately.

The scribe was admitted to the Covid ward of the trauma centre on June 24 after he had tested positive for Covid-19. Hospital authorities told that he was making significant recovery from his Covid symptoms and they planned to shift him to the general ward on Monday.

As per the official statement by issued by Aarti Viz, spokesperson of the hospital, the journalist ran from Ward No. 1 of the trauma centre to the fourth floor, broke the windowpane and jumped off the building.

The administration told that the attendants tried to stop him but to no avail.

“He was immediately moved to the trauma centre’s ICU where he was intubated, and resuscitation was tried, but unfortunately he succumbed to his injuries,” the statement read.

MUMBAI, JUL 6 (IANS): Nearly four months after the lockdown, the Maharashtra government on Monday permitted all hotels, lodges, guest-houses, resorts, and others providing accommodation services to welcome guests again from Wednesday, but operating at only 33% capacity.

While malls have not been allowed to restart since some are being used partially (33%) as quarantine centres, the government has permitted the local authorities to utilise even the balance (67%) for isolation purposes if required.

The development came a day after top representatives of the hotel industry called on Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and discussed ways and means to restart the crucial sector which contributed 10% to the national GDP and accounts for 12.50% of the employment in the country. #MissionBeginAgain Phase V will start from July 8 (Wednesday) outside specified Covid-19 containment zones all over the state, including all municipal jurisdictions of Mumbai Metropolitan Region, Pune Metropolitan Region, and Solapur, Aurangabad, Nashik, Malegaon, Dhule, Jalgaon, Akola, Amravati and Nagpur.

Incidentally, a majority of these like Mumbai, Thane, Pune, Aurangabad,

Nashik, Jalgaon, Akola have reported the highest number of Covid deaths and cases.

Hotels will now be required to maintain physical distancing among staff/ guests with markings for queues and suitably configure seating arrangements, restrict the number of people in elevators with compulsory thermal screening at entrances to restrict the entry of any symptomatic persons.

Reception spaces must have a glass shield, sanitisers to be made freely available all over the hotel, the management must implement ‘contact-less’ procedures like QR codes, online forms, digital payments, etc for check-in/check-out, placing orders, etc.

Air conditioning will have to be maintained at 24-30 degrees with 40-70% humidity range with adequate cross-ventilation and maximum fresh air intake.

For all those asymptomatic guests permitted, wearing of face mask is compulsory always within the hotel premises, along with installation of Aarogya Setu app, full details of their travel history, medical condition, and minimise use of housekeeping services.

While swimming pools, gyms, gaming arcades, children’s areas will remain closed, meeting halls with 33% capacity or maximum 15 persons shall be allowed.

GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND

DIRECTORATE OF HIGHER EDUCATION NAGALAND : KOHIMA

NO.HED/SCHO-1/2016/

Police personnel at the site of ambush near Kanpur.

Bikru village.

A police officer said all three policemen had accompanied the then Chaubeypur station officer Vinay Tiwari in the raid, meant to arrest Vikas Dubey following a complaint by local businessman Rahul Tiwari that he

was thrashed the alleged gangster.

On Sunday, police arrested Vikas Dubey’s alleged accomplice Dayashankar Agnihotri, who said that the gangster had summoned his men after learning from someone at the police sta-

tion that policemen were on their way to arrest him.

Hours after the failed raid on Thursday-Friday night, police had killed two alleged accomplices of the gangster in an encounter.

Vikas Dubey, however, remained on the run.

Dated Kohima, the 6th July, 2020

NOTIFICATION ON POST MATRIC SCHOLARSHIP (PMS) FOR ST STUDENTS OF NAGALAND AND STATE MERIT & RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIP It is hereby informed to all the beneficiaries of Post Matric Scholarship for ST students of Nagaland whose Parent/guardian annual income does not exceed 2.5 lakh that the Scheme Implementing Agency has started disbursing the 1st installment of PMS for the year 2019-20 and accordingly uploaded the beneficiary list of both PMS and State Merit & Research Scholarship of the said Schemes in the Directorate’s website i.e. highereducation.nagaland. gov.in. Students whose names are in the beneficiary list but failed to receive their Scholarships by 17th July 2020 may contact the office in the given numbers during office hours or e-mail in the given website.

The Department has also disbursed State Merit & Research Scholarship for the year 2019-20 in the month of May 2020.

Com. Programmer. 7005405552 OSD (Scho). 9615021554 Email: hescholarship@gmail.com.

DC-586

Sd/DIRECTOR HIGHER EDUCTION NAGALAND: KOHIMA. Issued by DIPR

6

OPINiON/EDITORIAL

Nagaland Post

Post-mortem

Vol. XXx NO. 211 Dimapur, TUESDAY, JULY 7, 2020

I

Warning signs

t is not about raising a false alarm or exaggeration of fears that COVID-19 in Nagaland is likely to enter Stage-3(community transmission where there is no travel history of those infected) as stated by NPF Medical Cell in-charge Dr.Chumben Murry. First of all, it would have been helpful if the ruling PDA coalition had included a person like Dr.Murry in its High Powered Committee(HPC) since he has a medical background and could have represented the only opposition party in the panel. Be that as it may, Dr.Murry, in a statement, had maintained that the primary objective of the state government for containment of COVID-19 pandemic failed. He pointed out that the strategy for returnees was not well planned and neither was the concept of quarantine properly communicated or perceived. Owing to the consequent missteps, Dr Murry believed that, the primary objective of containment had failed. This, he noted, was the reason why some of the returnees were infected during quarantine period when protocols were ignored. He also noted with concern that two districts having very high number of COVID-19 cases such as Peren and Mon “are in grave situation” even as the state authorities were trying to contain similar spread to other districts. From reports, there is enough ground to be concerned about over the handling of mishandling of COVID-19 in Peren district. By and large, Dr.Murry said that so far, COVID-19 cases among returnees showed it has gone to Stage-II (local transmission from person to person and with travel history). However, he said unless the general populace take great care of health and hygiene, COVID-19 in Nagaland could go to Stage-III (when the disease is contracted from the community and the virus has spread so much that the source is untraceable). That itself is a dreadful scenario and which could turn catastrophic.On the other hand, the health and family welfare department maintained that all the positive cases were restricted within the various quarantine centres and among the returnees and so there was no need to worry about community transmission as of now. It may be mentioned that nearby Assam, especially Guwahati is already experiencing a community transmission although the Centre and state government appear to be disinclined to admit. Guwahati in particular, is experiencing spike in COVID-19 cases each day even as the entire city has been placed under total lockdown till July 12,2020.

This has also rendered other north eastern states most vulnerable to COVID-19 spread because Guwahati is the centre for trade and commerce as well as the main transit point of the region. Even in Delhi, the COVID19 scenario is very grim but despite clear evidence of a community spread, the centre especially the Indian Council of Medical Research(ICMR) refuses to call a spade, a spade. Even on June 9, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain had said the source of Covid-19 infection in 50 per cent of the cases in Delhi was unknown.

However, he left it to the wisdom of the Centre to declare whether the city had entered the community transmission phase. India’s foremost epidemiologists, Dr. Jayaprakash Muliyil had also admitted that the stage of community transmission has already set in the country. Nagaland’s COVID-19 tally at 625 as of July 6 is telling indeed and the question is- whether it does warrant stricter enforcement of Lockdown?

DailyDevotion Visions Becoming Reality

The parched ground shall become a pool… —Isaiah 35:7 We always have a vision of something before it actually becomes real to us. When we realize that the vision is real, but is not yet real in us, Satan comes to us with his temptations, and we are inclined to say that there is no point in even trying to continue.

Instead of the vision becoming real to us, we have entered into a valley of humiliation.

Life is not as idle ore, But iron dug from central gloom, And battered by the shocks of doom To shape and use.

God gives us a vision, and then He takes us down to the valley to batter us into the shape of that vision. It is in the valley that so many of us give up and faint. Every God-given vision will become real if we will only have patience. Just think of the enormous amount of free time God has! He is never in a hurry. Yet we are always in such a frantic hurry. While still in the light of the glory of the vision, we go right out to do things, but the vision is not yet real in us.

God has to take us into the valley and put us through fires and floods to batter us into shape, until we get to the point where He can trust us with the reality of the vision. Ever since God gave us the vision, He has been at work. He is getting us into the shape of the goal He has for us, and yet over and over again we try to escape from the Sculptor’s hand in an effort to batter ourselves into the shape of our own goal.

The vision that God gives is not some unattainable castle in the sky, but a vision of what God wants you to be down here. Allow the Potter to put you on His wheel and whirl you around as He desires. Then as surely as God is God, and you are you, you will turn out as an exact likeness of the vision. But don’t lose heart in the process. If you have ever had a vision from God, you may try as you will to be satisfied on a lower level, but God will never allow it.

Quotes

If you find someone you love in your life, then hang on to that love. ~ Princess Diana

Nagaland Post, Dimapur TUESDAY, JULY 7, 2020

T

he recent government decision to ban commercial import and trading of dogs and dog market, including sale of dog meat, has caused many dog lovers in the state to heave a sigh of relief. The timing for this decision appears ideal against the backdrop of the latest barbaric shooting of a hapless dog which has been circulating all over social media. As we are all aware, this shooting was based on a ‘shoot on sight’ order by local bodies in the concerned village, which is a gross violation of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act (PCA Act) 1960. This incident of shocking brutality towards dogs based on dubious ‘shoot on sight’ orders is the latest of what has been happening time and again in our state. Many dog owners in Nagaland, myself included, have experienced the pain of losing a beloved pet in the most traumatic, senseless and violent manner. Dogs are the most loyal, loving and amongst the most intelligent of animals.

They form an emotional bond with us and become part of the family.

In recent times, it is encouraging that local Animal Rights groups like Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SCPA) has taken initiatives in appealing the

Nagaland- No place for dogs

concerned authorities to take action against such merciless ‘shoot on sight’ orders which are being carried out indiscriminately. It was last year that the State Animal Welfare Advisory Board of Nagaland under the A. H. & Veterinary Services took measures to address these same inhumane orders. To my knowledge, most district administrations, if not all, have issued orders against illegal ‘shoot on sight’ notices by local bodies. Despite these efforts however, it is extremely upsetting that certain vigilantes are still carrying out such malicious and senseless acts of violence against dogs whilst cloaking it as ‘public service’. Unfortunately, it appears that despite government orders in place, attitudes don’t change overnight and certainly not with a piece of paper.

To be on the side of caution amidst the COVID 19 scare, the government has directed that dog owners should monitor their dogs and not allow them to roam freely to prevent dogs from going through trash and spread infected face masks, gloves etc. On our part, we dog owners should comply by being extra responsible in monitoring the activities of our pets during this COVID period. Nevertheless, shooting on sight, besides being

an extreme step, is barbaric, inhumane and shouldn’t be the first solution in any civilized society.

We Nagas are a close knit community and we often choose to be the bigger person by denying ourselves legal recourse, which does not help in the grand scheme of things. But enough is enough. I am glad that a case has been filed in the latest dog shooting incident. It is high time we educate each other and realize that these heartless acts are punishable under the law. Conveniently espousing ‘customary practice/law’ is a specious argument and will not protect the offender.

India has some of the finest provisions to safeguard animals. For example- To kill or maim any animal, including stray animals, is a punishable offence under IPC Section 428 and 429.

There are animal protection laws in place under The Animal Welfare Board of India, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. This Board has been formed under the provisions of Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1960. Under these laws, legal action can be taken against any person guilty of cruelty to animals.

There appears to be an uneasy, fraught understanding between dog owners

and enforcers of ‘shoot on sights’ that dogs must be chained at all times, the unspoken message being that unchained dogs, at any point of time, can be shot and consequently, the owner has only himself/herself to blame. In effect then, the owner has committed the violation of keeping his/ her dog unchained. This logic is faulty on so many levels and further exposes lack of knowledge in basic animal psychology. First of all, chaining of dogs at all times is a blatant form of cruelty against animals.

A dog chained for years or even months, suffers psychological damage and will become dangerously aggressive. This is because chained dogs become lonely, frustrated and suffers from stress. Furthermore, studies have revealed that chaining increases dog biting incidents. This is just one of many reasons why dogs shouldn’t be chained.

Dogs are social animals and thrive on social interaction.

They need lots of exercise to stay healthy and happy.

Despite frequent evidences pointing to the contrary, we Nagas like to pride ourselves in being civilized and progressive. So then, let us also strive to emulate humane, ethical practices of advanced nations. A broad example- twenty two

states and several hundred communities in the United States have laws banning or regulating chaining of dogs.

How ludicrous that we on the other hand, have a ‘law’ enforcing chaining of dogs at all times!

We must also consider the potential danger in allowing individuals to freely roam about in public with guns, especially at night, on the prowl for loose dogs.

There is high risk of shooting a fellow human being instead. What happens then?

Will the affiliated NGO take responsibility? It is not good to generalize and in no way do I mean to imply that all members of the concerned local bodies condone the shooting of dogs. It is therefore imperative that the mature and sensitized members make effort to keep check on the activities of a reckless few who give a bad name to the entire organization through their ignorance.

Just because a practice is in place does not mean that it is right or that it must always be so. We humans create rules and it is we who can amend it, according to the changing times. My intention in writing this article is not to belittle anyone but with the hope that a change in mindset will come about and that we evolve as better human beings.

Being a dog lover and

non dog meat enthusiast, I personally feel gratified with the latest cabinet decision banning the dog market, including sale of dog meat.

But this is a dicey issue as I do believe that the majority shouldn’t be allowed to infringe upon minority culture which includes eating habits. It would be more realistic to propagate humane and ethical slaughter of all animals in slaughter houses. In this context, I must also stress that dogs are a breed superior and cannot be compared with other farm animals.

Regardless, it is good that the government has taken proactive steps to protect dogs. We can only hope and appeal that the concerned authorities implement these orders in letter and spirit. In the meantime, there are enough dog lovers in Nagaland. It is high time we who care support each other, strengthen our local animal rights groups and make a united stand to ensure that laws in place for the protection of animals are enforced. Animals are the voiceless and it only we humans who can speak for them.

Avinuo Kire, Kohima, (The views and opinions expressed here belong to the writer and no other individual)

Nagaland: Indian State or Colony? Honourable Governor Shri. R.N. Ravi effects!

(From previous issue...) iv) Taxes or extortions, depending on the individual’s perspective, by the NNPGs are ubiquitous it is true. But this is not new. Since the signing of ceasefire agreements between the GoI and the various NNPGs, at least the killings have stopped. To this extent, it could be said that the situation was comparatively better now. A settlement of the Naga Issue would remove the raison d’etre for the NNPGs to raise taxes/extortions (More below).

Considering the above, would it be far-fetched to imagine that the GoI may be doubtful about the possible role of the Naga factions in the event of an outbreak of war with China, especially as the battle front may also move towards NE and Arunachal Pradesh? Could this be the real reason for wanting to invest the Law and Order power in the State with the Governor in preparation for any eventuality on the Chinese front?

Although GoI may say it is routine, the Disturbed Areas Act has again been extended to Nagaland, something both the people and Government of Nagaland have been asking to be removed.

It must be mentioned that where the activities of the NNPGs are concerned, the State Government has always been vulnerable regardless of whichever party happened to be ruling at any one time. This is because the vast majority of the Naga people sympathize with the Naga National Cause.

The NNPGs have been taking undue advantage of this.

They have often made the Naga people suffer in the name of the Naga Cause!

With the proliferation of splinter groups the extortions/ taxes have also increased. As a result, the NNPGs have also lost the support of many Nagas. Fed up with their demands, the various Naga tribe/community bodies, as well as public, have been raising their voices against their exorbitant demands and stating that only one tax can be paid for one cause.

The dilemma of the Naga people is that having supported and stood with the Naga National Cause for so many decades, they find themselves unable to “undefend” the Cause without a settlement to this Issue first. To do so would be like betrayal of their beliefs and themselves although sometimes they may be unhappy, even angry, with the NNPGs or their cadres. And as the

vast majority of the Nagas sympathize with the Naga Cause, all political parties in the State are likewise helpless.

Because of this peculiar situation almost all Nagas suffer from dual personality! Such a situation not only creates conditions for much confusion and instability but also makes allowances for many wrongs.

For example, for a long time, most Nagas even considered money coming from Delhi as “Indian Money” and not theirs. Naturally, accountability was not demanded and corruption was much easier.

But the situation will change once the Naga Issue is settled and the dual personality/identity issue is settled. Already, many Nagas are beginning to be vociferous and demanding accountability. A settlement of the Naga Issue will also remove any justification/ excuse for taxes or extortions by any one or group! Systemic corruption too will begin to be tackled.

We should also look at the legal provision which the Governor cited to assume the powers of the State Government. The Law and Order powers of the Governor have its roots in the Nagaland Security Regulation Act, 1962, made before Nagaland State came into existence. In turn, this law was made based largely on the practices used to fight Naga Insurgency in the 1950s and early 1960s.

This is in addition to the other draconian legislations like the Armed Forces Special Powers Act, The Assam Disturbed Areas Act and the Assam Maintenance of Public Order Act, starting in 1953, following the disastrous visit of Jawaharlal Nehru with his Burmese counterpart, Thakin Nu or U Nu, to Kohima.

Most Nagas seem less familiar with the Nagaland Security Regulation Act, 1962, although much of their sufferings could be traced back to this piece of legal crap. The infamous “Village Groupings” (concentration camps) were made possible or were justified under this Act. All the movements of people and even the routes and timings that Nagas had to take to go from one place to another were regulated under this Act. Under this Act, any item can be declared “essential” or “controlled” and any property can be interfered with in any way so that practically people have no right to private property. And, of course, the Law and order Powers reside with the Nagaland Governor and as such his powers are more that

of a Colonial Governor and not that of a State Governor within the federal structure of the Union of India.

This author had in his book, “The Naga Imbroglio” (1999) and co-authored work, “The State Strikes Back : India and the Naga Insurgency” (Policy Studies 52, East-West Center, 2009), decried this legal provision and called for its removal. In today’s age and time, why should we keep some vestiges of colonial rule? When India started visioning its Look/ Act Policies, this author wrote newspaper articles wondering how much such policies would benefit the Nagas as their right to private property could be legally taken away because of an antiquated and draconian legislation, based on colonial values, still on the statute books! Sadly, while other draconian legislations like the Armed Forces Special Powers Act were denounced vociferously by many Nagas, the removal of the Nagaland Security Regulation Act did not find much resonance although this Act is more deeply imbedded and affects them much more in their daily lives. Perhaps, this law is less visible to the Nagas because the biggest practitioners of the Act, often called NSR, are the State Police and civil servants, and not the Indian Army.

Meanwhile, the GoI of India must decide if it wants Nagaland as a full-fledged State within the federal structure of the union of India and Nagas as full citizens or it wants Nagaland only as a colony in this 21st century.

Correspondingly, Nagas must begin to think about the kind of future they can expect as citizens of India.

One thinks both sides have come a long way from the days of the Naga Memorandum to the Simon Commission when Nagas expressed their wish not to be part of India. At the time of independence, India’s leaders, who had fought British Colonialism as wrong apparently thought it was quite alright to lay complete claim to their legacy so long it benefitted them. Nehru’s own pride was much more important to him than showing respect to Naga aspirations and settling the Issue when it was much less complicated. Today, do we want to keep repeating history and living in the past? Or will we start to move forward into the future?

(Concluded) Charles Chasie

16th August 2019, a historic day as Nagaland accorded a warm and grand reception program in honour of newly appointed Governor cum Interlocutor R.N. Ravi. Maybe the grandest reception program ever held in Nagaland history in honor of its Governors.

Looking back now, it’s hardly a surprise to see the current show down between Governor on one side and the Nagaland Government, Naga Political groups and CSOs in opposite side. If we refresh Governor reception speech, we can mutually conclude that he came to Nagaland with a huge ambitions, unlike his predecessors, he means to do more than discharge his official duties, build a new Nagaland as per Central Govt. version. Now, let’s take a quick glimpse of his reception speech for better understanding of the Governor moves and the effects likely to be felt in the days to come.

Governor Ravi remarked, “that when the country moving at a fast pace, a never seen before pace for growth and development, the country is sending missions to the moon and mars and the inspirational youth are dreaming big because of congenial atmosphere, in the midst of all these it saddens me when our people in Nagaland are craving for basic necessities for a good motorable road, good education, access to proper health care, decent employment op-

portunities, it saddens me all the more because this land is richer in resources than many parts of the country and the youth is more talented than larger part of the country”.

He further pointed out that the dark shadow of unresolved Naga political issue cast shadow on every aspect of Nagas life. This cloud must go because our people deserve sunshine.

He also said of substantive issues being resolved including powers belong to the people and that people are the masters. On few symbolic issues options were offered and interlocutors were urged to explore.

He also implored on the need to work out the best, dignified honorable solution. Besides the above points, Governor spoke on the Prime Minister expressed need for the peace process to be concluded within time frame of three months and status quo which means the Nagas have to bear the burden of multiple taxations, fear of gun, dreams of Naga youth being choked and suffocated and way out to all these darkness by concluding the peace talks. He lastly assured that Article 371A will not face the same fate of Article 370 as 371A is a solemn commitment and sacred to the people of Nagaland.

To be concluded...

Pakinrichapbo, Advocate, Samziuram village, Peren

Reader’s Post

Sir,

Dear Hema Chaudhary/PFA official

We are deeply pained and aggrieved by your unfounded allegations relating to eating of dog meat in Nagaland. Without being aware of the ground reality and any evidence, you have taken a swipe at the people of Nagaland, thereby hurting their sentiments and insulting them. People like you create the divide among the societies and communities. Please desist from it. People from Nagaland support the PFA and your pointing and accusing finger at them without verifying the current position is simply vindictive. You will do better to immediately remove your Instagram post and issuing an apology forthwith.

Don’t yearn for cheap popularity by posting derogatory posts against a society or community. You will defeat the purpose of the cause you are working for. It will be in the interest of all concerned, if you seek unconditional apology.

K. K. Paul, President,Dimapur Bengali Samaj

Sir,

You’re the hero!!

When someone says the word ‘Hero’ we primarily think of those Bollywood or Hollywood actors that we watch every day on the screen for entertainment but we seldom notice real life heroes who save others life every day. Today as situation demands, we notice many real life heroes across the globe including Nagaland. How good it is for general public to stay home and save others live, while our doctors, nurses, police, officials, leaders and many other frontline workers are sacrificing their lives putting themselves in a precarious for others. It is disheartening to learn that some of our heroes are already infected by the in intrusive virus. But my dear heroes have faith in God for everything is possible with Him. The Churches and fellowships have also been doing laudable job in every possible ways they can which help balance mental and emotional challenges faced by the inmates and the heroes. We are hoping and praying that your tremendous service will continue even in the days to come as it is said service to mankind in service to God. I request everyone to appreciate and encourage our heroes for their selfless effort towards our people. And to the heroes, we may not find ourselves physically and materially helpful to you but our prayers and emotions are with you and words are inadequate to express our gratefulness but we will remember you’re tireless efforts with profoundness gratitude.

Beyao K. Fuyashu. Kohima

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.

national/state

Nagaland Post, Dimapur TUESDAY, JULY 7, 2020

Chargesheet against suspended J&k cop 5 others were also charged for spreading terror; names Pak High Commission

JAMMU, JUL 6 (PTI): The NIA on Monday filed a chargesheet against six people, including suspended Jammu and Kashmir police officer Devender Singh and a top Hizbul Mujahideen leader, for allegedly waging “war against India” with the help of Pakistan-based terrorists and members of the country’s high commission in Delhi, officials said.

The 3,064-page chargesheet, filed in a Jammu court under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and various sections of the Indian Penal Code, names self-styled commander of the Hizbul Mujahideen terror group Syed Naveed Mushtaq alias Naveed Babu and his alleged network of aides.

If all the charges are proved in the court, the accused can be punished with death or a life sentence.

The others named are Naveed Babu’s brother Syed Irfan Ahmad as well as the group’s alleged overground worker Irfan Shafi Mir, alleged accomplice Rafi Ahmad Rather and businessman Tanveer Ahmad Wani, former president of the Line of Control Traders Association.

According to the National Investigation Agency, the accused were part of

a deep-rooted conspiracy hatched by the Pakistanbased Hizbul Mujahideen and Pakistani state agencies “to commit violent acts and to wage war against the Union of India”.

Detailing the conspiracy, the NIA alleged that Deputy Superintendent of Police Singh, who is in a jail here, was “in touch with certain officials of Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi through secure social media platforms. Investigation revealed that he was being groomed by Pakistani officials for obtaining sensitive information”. It said in the chargesheet that the probe in the case has brought “on record that the Pakistani establishment has been devising all possible ways and means to fund,

arm and sustain the terrorist activities of the banned terrorist organization Hizbul Mujahideen”.

The “so-called leadership” of the banned terror group, including its chief Syed Salahuddin, his deputy Amir Khan, operational head Khursheed Mehmood and financial head Nazar Mehmood besides officials of the Pakistani establishment were extending support to Hizbul Mujahideen cadres based in Jammu and Kashmir, the chargesheet stated.

It comprises 3,017 oral and documentary evidences, the officials said.

Singh was arrested on January 11 this year along with Naveed Babu, Rather and Mir, an advocate, when their car was intercepted by

Private train operators to share gross revenue with railways New Delhi, Jul 7 (PTI): Just like in airlines, passengers of private trains, once launched, could have to pay for preferred seats, baggage and onboard services, the earnings from which will be part of the gross revenue to be shared with the Railways, according to a document of the national transporter.

The Railways recently floated a Request for Qualification (RFQ) inviting private entities to operate passenger trains on its network.

The decision on whether to charge passengers for these services will rest with the private parties, officials said. In the document, it has said that bidders based on their financial capacity, will be required to offer share in the gross revenue at the request for proposal (RFP) stage for undertaking the project.

While the Railways has given private players

the freedom to fix the fare to be charged from passengers, they will also have the freedom to explore fresh avenues to generate revenue, according to the RFQ. “The definition of gross revenue, which is under consideration is as below. Any amount accruing to the concessionaire (private entity) from passengers or any third party from the provision of following services to the passengers on account of running of trains under the concession agreement: amount printed on ticket- fare; amount from preferred seat options, baggage/ luggage, cargo/ parcel (if not included in the ticket fare),” the RFQ stated. “The amount from on board services such as – catering, bed roll, content on demand, wi-fi (if not included in the ticket fare). Any amount accruing to the concessionaire on account of advertising,

branding and naming rights pursuant to the concession agreement,” the document stated.

The Railway Board chairman at a press conference had allayed fears that prices of tickets of private trains will be too expensive and said that they will be market driven and based on competitive pricing.

In a first of its kind initiative, the Indian Railways has invited proposals from private companies to run 151 modern passenger trains on 109 pairs of routes across the country in a project that would entail private sector investment of about Rs 30,000 crore.

The private entity shall be free to procure trains and locomotives from a source of its choice, provided such trains and locomotives are compatible with specification and standards specified in the concession agreement.

Containment zone under Ahthibung

DIMAPUR, JUL 6 (NPN): In view of the detection of COVID-19 positive cases in the Beisumpuikam community quarantine centre, the entire village of Beisumpuikam and its premises have been declared as containment area.

In an order dated on July 5, SDO (C) Ahthibung, Ruopfukuotuo Noudi, stated that all movements in and out of the de-

marcated perimeter/boundary of the quarantine centre would be strictly prohibited except for medical/emergency services and all SOPs to be strictly followed by all.

Further, SDO (C) directed the medical department to initiate immediate contact tracing as per the protocol and conduct retesting of the inmates if necessary at the earliest.

Jammu and Kashmir police near Qazigund on the national highway connecting the Valley with the rest of the country.

A search of the vehicle led to the recovery of an AK-47 rifle, three pistols and a cache of ammunition and explosives. The NIA took over the case on January 17.

The investigation found that Singh, in an apparent bid to shield Naveed Babu, had shifted him along with the advocate to Jammu and arranged safe shelter for them in the city in February last year.

Singh used his own vehicle for the movement of the Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists and also assured them help in procuring weapons, the NIA alleged.

It said Naveed Babu, a former police constable who deserted the force along with weapons, was responsible for several killings, including an attack on labourers and truck drivers after the abrogation of Article 370 in the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir.

The chargesheet said Naveed Babu made efforts to recruit gullible youths to join the Hizb and was also receiving funds from “LoC traders”. It accused Wani of providing him funds with

the help of other traders based in Pakistan occupied Kashmir.

Investigations revealed that the accused were obtaining weapons and ammunition from across the border with the help of arms smugglers and Singh. These weapons were later used for terrorist activities, it said.

Highlighting the role of Mir, who is alleged to be a double agent, the NIA said he had met top leadership of the terror outfit as well as Umar Cheema, Ahshan Chaudhary, Sohail Abbas and others of Pakistan’s spy agency ISI. He was tasked with identifying and activating the new hawala channels for transferring money to sustain terrorist activities in Kashmir Valley, the chargesheet added.

The NIA said Mir was in touch with certain Pakistan High Commission officials in New Delhi. They provided him funds to organise seminars in the erstwhile state to mobilise the masses against the Indian government.

The advocate by profession also received instructions and money from the Pakistan High Commission and facilitated visa applications for a number of Kashmiris to enable them to visit Pakistan, it alleged.

CHANDIGARH, JUL 6 (IANS): In a major development in a five-year-old theft of the Sikh holy scriptures in Punjab, the Special Investigation Team (SIT) on Monday made controversial Dera Sacha Sauda sect chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, who is serving a 20year jail sentence for raping two of his disciples, an accused in the case.

He was named as a conspirator in the crime, a senior police official told IANS. The SIT, led by Deputy Inspector General, Jalandhar Range, Ranbir Singh Khatra, had on Saturday arrested seven Dera Sacha Sauda followers from Faridkot district for stealing a ‘bir’ of the Guru Granth Sahib from Burj Jawahar Singh Wala village in June 2015. The case was registered at the Bajakhana police station in Faridkot.

Among the arrested accused, five were sent to judicial custody by a Farid-

kot court on Monday.

In 2015, two people were killed in police firing and several others injured in violent clashes during protests against incidents of sacrilege of the holy book at Behbal Kalan and Kotkapura towns. The protests after the incidents of sacrilege brought Punjab to a standstill in October 2015 with radical Sikhs and others blocking highways and roads for days together.

The Shiromani Akali DalBJP government was in power (2007-2017) during that time. Reiterating his government’s resolve to ensuring justice, Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has said the SIT, entrusted with the probe after it was withdrawn from the CBI, would get to the bottom of the case.

Another Special Investigation Team, led by Inspector General Kunwar Vijay Pratap, is probing the police firing incidents.

DC Dimapur orders sealing of QC mess

DIMAPUR, JUL 6 (NPN): To prevent the spread of COVID-19, the deputy commissioner & chairman DDMA Dimapur, Anoop Khinchi, has ordered sealing of B Mess Block Quarantine Centre at ARTC&S, Shokhuvi, Dimapur with immediate effect till further order.

In an order, DC Dimapur, Anoop Khinchi, cautioned that any person violating containment measures would be liable to be proceeded as per the provisions of Section 51 to 60 of the Disaster Management Act, 2005, besides legal action under Section 188 of the IPC.

Aiming to launch an indigenous COVID-19 vaccine

by August 15, the ICMR had written to select medical institutions and hospitals to fast-track clinical trial approvals for the vaccine candidate, COVAXIN. Experts have also cautioned against rushing the process for developing a COVID-19 vaccine and stressed that it is not in accordance with the globally accepted norms to fast-track vaccine development for diseases of pandemic potential.

The IASc said trials for a vaccine involve evaluation of safety (Phase 1 trial), efficacy and side effects at different dose levels (Phase 2 trial), and confirmation of safety and efficacy in thousands of healthy people (Phase 3 trial) before its release for public use.

New Delhi, Jul 6 (PTI): The Delhi High Court Monday directed the UGC and Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) to clarify their stand as to whether they recommend cancellation of final year examinations in all the universities across the country due to COVID-19 pandemic situation.

The high court said the stand should be made clear

by Tuesday and directed that responsible officials from the Ministry of HRD and University Grants Commission (UGC) shall join the hearing on July 7.

Justice Prathiba M Singh, who was conducting the hearing through video conferencing, also directed the UGC’s committee headed by professor R C Kuhad to submit its report on final guidelines to the authorities concerned

by Tuesday and it shall be placed before the court.

“The UGC, which is an overarching body for all the universities, ought to in fact take a decision and give its recommendations to all the Universities across the country. UGC is a party in the present petition and it is admittedly considering the issues relating to final year examinations.

“Thus, there should be no further delay in the

Lama on Monday turned 85, his birthday celebrated through prayers here at the seat of the Tibetan government-in-exile which also condoled the deaths of Indian soldiers in the recent clash with Chinese troops.

In his message to the Buddhist community from his home in McLeodganj , the Tibetan spiritual leader asked people to recite the “om mani padme hum” mantra.

With this practice, you will create some roots of virtue that you can dedicate to me — Avalakiteshvara’s messenger — to live for 110 or 108 years or so, the Dalai Lama said.

This year, the celebrations remained a low-key affair due to restrictions imposed by the government in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. Prayers marked the occasion at the community’s main temple in

UGC’s Committee submitting its report and the advisory from the UGC/ Ministry of HRD, being issued to Universities in respect of conduct of final year examinations,” the high court said.

The high court was hearing a petition by several students of the final year of Delhi University (DU) seeking quashing and withdrawal of the notifications of May 14, May 30 and June 27 in respect of conduction of online exams for undergraduate and postgraduate students, including students of the School of Open Learning and Non-Collegiate Women Education Board.

A s a n a l t e r n a t ive prayer, it also sought to direct DU to evaluate the final year students based on the previous years’ or semesters’ results in the same manner as the university has planned to promote the first and second year students.

An application for impleadment has also been moved by five students from Lady Shri Ram College, Delhi University. Out of these five students, one student is from Faridabad, two from Delhi, one from Nagaland and one from Rajasthan.

The high court noted that several students may

have already obtained employment and may be compelled to report to their jobs and others may be scheduled to pursue post graduate studies in India and abroad.

Justice Singh said administrative authorities who are in-charge of conducting examinations in universities, including the UGC and the Central Government, ought to also bear in mind that the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in enormous mental distress and agony to students.

“There are families which are suffering medical illnesses and giving of examinations is not just a technological issue but the state of mental preparedness of the students also needs to be assessed,” the judge said.

The high court said the deadlines for submission of final year transcripts in all these universities would be in August-September 2020 and a large number of states, universities and institutions have cancelled final year examinations, including Maharashtra, Orissa, Haryana, MP, Punjab, NALSAR (Hyderabad), NUJS (Kolkata), IIT Kharagpur, IIT Bombay, Calcutta University, Lucknow University, Punjab University, Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam University.

Dalai Lama

McLeodganj.

The Tibetan spiritual leader too said it was not possible to hold a large celebration due to the pandemic.

“And it’s not necessary either,” he said, asking his followers to recite the mantra if they wished to celebrate the occasion.

In a statement, the Tibetan parliament-in-exile said,”We pray with great hope that His Holiness the Dalai Lama may live for a hundred aeons, that all his wishes may be seen fulfilled with spontaneity, and that the just cause of Tibet may

It said the Dalai Lama was just 24 when he entered India from Tibet on March 17, 1959, almost a decade after China began the armed invasion of Tibet.

“The Dalai Lama adopted broad-mindedness and fortitude when the Chinese government acted with brutality and violence, relying only on the non-violent method that ensured no harm to the other side,” the central Tibetan administration, also known as the Tibetan government-in-exile said.

As the situation in Tibet became “even more critical and dangerous”, it became “inevitable” for His Holiness the Dalai Lama to leave, it said. The statement said the People’s Liberation Army of the communistruled China continued to make “attempts to encroach into India from all across its border areas”.

God’s Revelation Greetings to dear believers in Christ from Bethesda Healing Prayer Centre, Chizami Baptist Church. I bring God’s word in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, that God spoke to me in regard to Covid-19 on 17th June 2020. Please spare your few minutes to read and meditate upon it.

We have been advised by the experts about our safety and how Covid-19 spreads - mainly through close contact with the infected person- and how to protect ourselves by following certain protocols such as staying indoors, washing hands frequently, social distancing, using mask, avoiding handshakes etc. as directed to us by the governments.

With the reference from the statement cited above, while praying for the Covid-19 on 17th June 2020, God revealed to me the following Bible verses – 1.

Luke 5:13. “Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. “I am willing”, he said. “Be clean!” And immediately the leprosy left him”.

2.

Psalm 118:26. “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. From the house of the Lord we bless you”.

3.

John 20:22. “And with that He breathed on them and said, receive the Holy Spirit”.

4.

The Lord said, the only answer to defeat Covid-19 depends solely on God alone and one’s individual faith in Jesus Christ. pray wholeheartedly and let your faith be your shield.

5.

Numbers 21:9. “Moses made a bronze snake and put it upon a pole. Then when anyone was bitten by a snake and looked at the bronze snake, they lived”.

6.

John 3:14-15. “Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the desert, so the son of man must be lifted up, that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life. Just as Jesus died on the cross and rose up from the dead, whoever believes in Him will have eternal life”.

7.

Why do we fear this invisible tiny virus? John 15:17. “This is my command: Love each other”. 1John 4:18.

“There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love”.

8.

John 10:11-13. “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. The hired hand is not the shepherd who owns the sheep. So when he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf attacks the flock and scatters it. The man runs away because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep”.

9.

Dear believers, where do we stand today? Mark 16:15-18. “He said to them, “Go into the world and preach the good news to all creation. Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned. And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues; they will pick up snakes with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all; they will place their hands on sick people and they will get well”.

10.

The Lord said to all the believers to believe in the word of God and unite as one to defeat this epidemic. Isaiah 55:6. “Seek the Lord while He may be found, call upon Him while he is near”. Amos 8:12. “Men will stagger from sea to sea and wander from north to east, searching for the word of the Lord, but they will not find it”.

11.

John 11:26. “And whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?” John 10:10. “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full”.

DC-584

Therefore, I in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, boldly revealed God’s word to all the believers. Our “God is a living God”. Therefore, believe in God without doubt and have strong faith in His word, pray unceasingly, that God will guide and protect us in whatever we do and wherever we are.

We are blessed with God’s gifts and talent to minister anyone who needs spiritual guidance or prayer support.

Therefore, feel free to approach the Bethesda Healing Prayer Centre as we are ever ready to help.

Thank you. God bless!

K-1178

MR’s letter which states that “it is envisaged to launch the vaccine for public health use latest by 15th August 2020 after completion of all clinical trials”.

The ICMR and Bharat Biotech India Limited, a private pharmaceutical company, are jointly developing the vaccine against the novel coronavirus -- SARS-CoV-2.

The IASc welcomes the exciting development of a candidate vaccine and wishes that the vaccine is quickly made available for public use, the statement said.

“However, as a body of scientists – including many who are engaged in vaccine development – IASc strongly believes that the announced timeline is unfeasible. This timeline has raised unrealistic hope and expectations in the minds of our citizens,” it said.

HC asks UGC, HRD ministry to clear stand on final year exams in all varsities

Ram Rahim now made accused in Prayers mark Dalai Lama’s 85th birthday (HP), be seen to prevail with indutheft of Sikh holy scriptures in Pjb DHARAMSHALA JUL 6 (PTI): The Dalai bitable certainty.”

Aug 15 target for COVID vaccine launch ‘unfeasible’: Indian Academy of Sciences

NEW DELHI, JUL 6 (PTI): The Indian Academy of Sciences, a Bengalurubased body of scientists, has said the Indian Council for Medical Research’s (ICMR) target to launch a coronavirus vaccine by August 15 is “unfeasible” and “unrealistic”.

The IASc said while there is an unquestioned urgent need, vaccine development for use in humans requires scientifically executed clinical trials in a phased manner.

While administrative approvals can be expedited, the “scientific processes of experimentation and data collection have a natural time span that cannot be hastened without compromising standards of scientific rigour”, the IASc said in a statement. In its statement, the IASc referred to the IC-

7

KOTSO WEZAH Chairman, Bethesda Healing Prayer Centre, Chizami Baptist Church.

DC-587

8

business/state

GDP likely to contract 4.5% in FY21

New Delhi, Jul 6 (Agencies): Finance Ministry in a report on Monday said that as predicted by the International Monetary Fund, India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) will contract 4.5 per cent in the current fiscal year due to the impact of coronavirus.

The Finance Ministry’s economic report for June comes days after the government declared Unlock 2.0.

“The uncertainty caused by the absence

of a vaccine against the coronavir us pandemic poses a serious challenge to the economy, the Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) said in its macroeconomic report.

The economic growth of pre-COVID times, as and when restored through fuller unlocking of the economy, will heavily lean on the reforms undertaken today to enhance its potential tomorrow, it added.

Even after the government had announced Unlock 2.0, the economy,

which suffered a lot due to the spread of coronavirus pandemic resulting in lockdown, struggles to come back on the track.

The report further said that the Centre’s structural reforms and social welfare measures will help build green shoots in the economy.

Atmanirbhar Bharat stimulus package has accelerated the reforms at a time when the pandemic has led to fiscal constraints for the government and hampered public spending, it added.

The world is witnessing an unprecedented crisis since January 2020 with the highly contagious COVID-19 hitting major economies of the world in rapid succession, according to the report.

“Since its first outbreak in Wuhan, China, it has infected more than 200 countries with total number of confirmed cases exceeding one crore and the

virus claiming more than five lakh lives,” it said.

The report also mentioned the domestic financial markets, and said that COVID-19’s impact on the economy is rapidly evolving, which is driving market volatility on a daily basis.

“With huge uncertainty around the pandemic stemming from the unknown, and the inability to plan for or know what’s next, such uncertainty is expected to adversely affect business climate and make firm delay their investment plans,” it said.

Amid the spread of coronavirus, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had in the month of May amid the lockdown had introduced an Rs 20 lakh crore stimulus package for the struggling economy.

T h e p a c k a ge h a d several sub-packages for agriculture, MSMEs, migrant workers and farmers among others.

Canara Bank lowers interest rates New Delhi, Jul 6 (IANS): Canara Bank has reduced marginal cost of funds-based lending rate (MCLR) on loans and advances across all tenors with effect from July 7.

The interest rate has come down by 10 basis points (bps).

Accordingly, MCLRs of the bank shall vary between 7.20 per cent for overnight loans/advances and 7.55 per cent for oneyear loans/advances.

The repo-linked lending rate continues to be 6.90 per cent.

After the amalgamation of Syndicate Bank into Canara Bank on April 1, 2020, it has attained the position of 4th largest public sector bank with a business of Rs 15,53,792 crore. It now has 10,403 domestic branches, 13,448 ATMs and around 6,000 Business Correspondents.

Nagaland Post, Dimapur TUESDAY, JULY 7, 2020

JAC demands action against two doctors

(From p-1) JAC said that the two doctors in gross violation of the laid down protocol, released the 96 returnees.

It said that the government instead of reprimanding the doctors for their irresponsible action has transferred them to the state capital, which it described as “akin to being rewarded for their action in spreading the virus to every village under Peren district.”

JAC said that the “total lack of will” to initiate appropriate actions against “such audacious and brash behaviour of the Doctors” would only bolster the spirit and invite more inefficiency.

Asserting that it had been “more than accommodating” and lending support to the District Task Force in every little way, JAC said even on the day it was not intimated about the issue and leant about it only on June 24 evening when irate youth tried to gherao ADC Jalukie office demanding immediate action against the duo.

Even on the morning

of June 25, JAC said it had in the presence of DC and CMO assured full safety and cooperation to the two doctors and the medical team and asked them to carry out the immediate action plan to contain the virus. By then, JAC said all the 96 returnees had reached their respective villages as potential carriers of the virus.

However, JAC said that to its “utter dismay” it came to learn that the two doctors absconded and did not report to duty thereafter.

JAC said that “such level of irresponsibility” should not be rewarded with posting in the State Capital but rather appropriate action should be taken upon them for the crime committed.

Given the “unremorseful and impenitent behaviour” of the two doctors, JAC said “it is safe to assume that they intentionally released the 96 potential virus carriers to the respective villages so that community transmission would take place and the people of Peren district would have uncontrollable casualties to this virus.”

Digital payments saw 23 pc jump in last 30 days New Delhi, Jul 6 (IANS): Digital payment transactions in India have rebounded by 23 per cent in the last 30 days, full-stack financial solutions company Razorpay said in a report on Monday. The overall digital transactions declined by 12 per cent in the last 101 days, compared to a 30 per cent drop in the first 30 days of lockdown, said the report titled “101 Days of Covid19 Era: Impact On Digital Payments”.

“The digital payments industry couldn’t escape the pandemic crisis, we witnessed a dip of 30 per cent in online payments since the lockdown began, and now seeing a rebound of 23 per cent over the last 30 days is a sign of gradual revival of the digital economy,” Harshil Mathur, CEO and Co-founder, Razorpay, said in a statement.

During the 101 days of lockdown, March 24-July 2, the online education sector grew by 23 per cent as extended lockdown has led to a rise in demand for online courses.

No community transmission yet Rupee slips by 2 paise to end at 74.68 Vs dollar

No. 4235

Yesterday’s solution No. 4234

No. 3259 Yesterday’s solution No. 3258

COVID+ve rate in Peren 13% against State’s...

(From p-1)

He said the returnees were initially quarantined at Dimapur and, after having tested negative through RTPCR, they were released, but only after having spent more than 14 days at the quarantine centres.

He claimed Peren District Task Force had exercised abundant caution in quarantining them for additional 14 days at Jalukie quarantine centre.

In these 28 days of quarantine period, he clarified that none of the returnees had showed any symptoms related/associated to COVID-19, because of which they were released.

Though they were re-

leased, Kikon said the community took extra precaution by keeping them under community quarantine and barring a few exceptions all were accounted for and had been placed at quarantine centres.

He asserted that authorities involved were following SOPs and that it would be unfair to put the blame on them.

Mmhonlumo said there were some cases of returnees having given different names at the point of embarkation at Dima-

pur railway station and on reaching Peren.

He assured that the government was on the job to investigate how this had happened, especially as in a few cases some returnees to Peren could neither speak Nagamese or English.

He admitted that the spike in cases had necessitated the government to send more manpower to manage the situation in Peren district, hoping that this would help in containing the situation in the next few days.

FOR SALE

THE VIRTUAL ACADEMY NIOS-10th & 12th Diploma/Degree/PG Courses (Distance & Regular Mode) www.thevirtualacademy.in WhatsApp/Call: 9366014407

Tata Mobil ex 2012, NL 07 Price: 2.65 negotiable Contact:- 6009402432

DP-2989(B)

Across 9. And so on (2,6) 10. Tin (3) 11. Optimistic, informally (6) 12. African country (6) 13. Argument (7) 14. Large town (4) 15. Dumbfounded (10) 17. Good-looking (8) 18. Part of a horse’s back (7) 19. Elderly (4) 21. Declare firmly (6) 24. Communications switching centre (9,8) 27. Atelier (6) 29. In addition (4) 30. Cargo (7) 33. Vegetable (8) 35. Again and again (10) 36. Musical work (4) 37. Base (7) 38. Sweet (6) 40. Collapse (4,2) 41. Illuminated (3) 42. Fluctuate (8) Down 1. Point of view (10) 2. Nought (4) 3. Figure of speech (8) 4. Feast (7) 5. Nonconformity (11) 6. Bizarre (10) 7. Counting frame (6) 8. Hobbies (8) 10. Form (5) 16. Breathed out (7) 20. Estimate (5) 22. Dawn (7) 23. Firework (5,6) 25. Skilled (10) 26. Make cheerful (10) 28. Actor (8) 31. Musical composition (8) 32. Accelerate (5,2) 34. Christian festival (6) 35. Automaton (5) 39. Strong wind (4)

LAND FOR SALE Around 20 to 25 Puras with Teak Plantations (Rs. 8 Lakhs per pura) (No Negotiation : No Broker)

Sü-Ghüna Youth Ministry Raffle Draw Result 1st - 0296 2nd - 0372 3rd - 0525 Consolation Prizes0863, 0999, 0697, 0220, 0500, 0423, 0572, 1079, 1036, 0071.

Location : Lotovi Village

(6/7 Kms from National Highway 4 Lane) For more details: : 7005733438 / 9436187777

LAND FOR SALE

PLOT WISE PER PLOT SIZE : 120×120 SQ. FT. PRICE : Rs. 3,50,000/- only per plot (No Negotiation : No Broker) Location: Lotovi Village at road side Between Luzheto Village & Kuhuboto town boundary.

Only 20 mins away from National Highway.

Purpose Pukhavi Colony (Limited plots, first come first only) For more details:: 7005733438 / 7005603090 / 7085674033

DP-3074

No. 9616 Yesterday’s solution No. 9615

net buyers in the capital market as they purchased shares worth Rs 857.29 crore on Friday, according to provisional exchange data.

Brent crude futures, the global oil benchmark, rose 1.66 per cent to USD 43.51 per barrel. Meanwhile, the number of cases around the world linked to COVID-19 has crossed 1.14 crore and the death toll has topped 5.34 lakh.

In India, the death toll due to the disease rose to 19,693 and the number of infections spiked to 6,97,413, according to the health ministry. The Financial Benchmark India Private Ltd (FBIL) set the reference rate for the rupee/ dollar at 74.7843 and for rupee/euro at 84.0486. The reference rate for rupee/ British pound was fixed at 93.2720 and for rupee/100 Japanese yen at 69.56.

STOLEN TVS APPACHE RTR 1604V

Regd. No. - NL 07EA1513 Model - 06.2018 Engine No. - AE7FJ2437944 Chassis No. - MD637AE79J2F392 Colour - Red Lost at Imkonglenden Finder of the vehicle may kindly contact - 9615520153

DP-3068

KAKURO

The Indian rupee gained 1.32 per cent or one rupee a dollar in the previous week,” Devarsh Vakil, Deputy Head of Retail Research, HDFC Securities said.

Vakil further said that the trend for the Indian rupee remains on bullish side following weaker dollar index and foreign fund inflows. “Spot USDINR is having support at 74.30 and resistance at 75 for next couple of days,” he said.

Meanwhile, the dollar index, which gauges the greenback’s strength against a basket of six currencies, fell 0.24 per cent to 96.94.

On the domestic equity market front, the 30-share BSE benchmark Sensex settled 465.86 points, or 1.29 per cent, higher at 36,487.28; while the NSE Nifty soared 156.30 points, or 1.47 per cent, to 10,763.65. Foreign institutional investors were

STOLEN

SUPER SPLENDOR

Name of Owner : Bharat Prasad Registration No. : NL07R 3755 Chassis No. : MBLJA05EWH9B32153 Engine No. : JA05ECH9B33249 Colour : Black Red Lost Since : 1/07/2020 around 8:30 P.m.

Lost from : Dhobinala Police Point, Dimapur Finders please contact : 8415059155

DP-3065

Sudoku

Mumbai, Jul 6 (PTI): The rupee pared initial gains to settle down by 2 paise at 74.68 against the US dollar on Monday due to firming crude oil prices and dollar buying by importers.

Gains in domestic equities, foreign fund inflows and a weak US currency helped restrict rupee losses, forex dealers said.

In a highly volatile session, the rupee opened at 74.53 against the US dollar, and touched an intra-day high of 74.52 and a low of 74.82.

The domestic unit finally closed at 74.68 against the US dollar, down 2 paise over its previous close of 74.66 on Friday.

“Despite lower safehaven currencies, the rupee was unable to add gains today amid higher crude oil prices and bargain buying of dollars by the importers.

DP-3069

Crossword

and ventilator management since January and continuously following them up with refresher trainings.

TrueNat machines: Mmhonlumo claimed that Nagaland was amongst the first States in the country to go for bulk purchase of TrueNat machines for COVID-19 testing, adding the State currently had the highest number of such machines registered with Indian Council of Medical Research in the North East.

He said 30 TrueNat machines had been installed at various health units across the State.

He further informed that Dimapur had two COVID care centres, while Mon, Kohima, Wokha, Mokokchung, Peren, Kiphire and Tuensang had one each.

DP-3051(A)

Mmhonlumo said contact tracing would further expand even as respective surveillance teams’ endeavour was to complete the contact tracing and tests within 3-4 days.

Lockdown measures: The HEP adviser said the State government was taking into account the ground situation and the opinions of the district task force while gradually easing lockdown measures.

With the lockdown having extended till July 15, he claimed that the government was consistently monitoring the situation and collecting feedbacks from the field. And when the time and situation would be ripe, he said a decision would be taken in the public interest for

further opening of some more activities.

Dimapur DH to be upgraded: Mmhonlumo assured that all measures were being taken to expedite the process of upgrading the Dimapur District Hospital to a 200-bedded hospital.

He however said that the ongoing fight against COVID-19 had taken precedence currently.

He also mentioned that the State government has decided to ramp up infrastructure development at all the district hospitals.

Capacity building for medical staff: He said measures were being taken for capacity-building among frontline workers from ASHAs to doctors by organising trainings on infection control mechanisms

DP-3051(B)

(From p-1)

Meet to decide Nepal PM’s future deferred

on the issue of power-sharing -- intensified after the prime minister unilaterally decided to prorogue the budget session of Parliament on Thursday.

The Prachanda faction, backed by senior leaders and former prime ministers Madhav Nepal and Jhalanath Khanal, has been demanding Oli’s resignation.

According to a senior NCP leader, the Chinese ambassador Hou met Madhav Nepal at his residence in Koteshwor on Sunday evening and they discussed the current situation.

The Chinese envoy also called on Nepal Presi-

dent Bidya Devi Bhandari on Sunday, My Republica newspaper reported on Monday.

This is not the first time that the Chinese ambassador has intervened in Nepal’s internal affairs at a time of crisis. One-and-a-half months ago, when the NCP’s intraparty feud reached the climax, Hou held separate meetings with President Bhandari, Prime Minister Oli and other senior leaders including Prachanda and Madhav Nepal.

This is for the third time that the Standing Committee meeting of the ruling party was postponed. Last week, the meeting was post-

17 killed in Chicago during I-Day weekend

Chicago police officers investigate the scene of a deadly shooting where a 7-year-old girl and a man were fatally shot in Chicago on Sunday, July 5. (PTI)

and held consultations.

There has been a demand from the party’s senior leaders and cadres to adhere to the principle of one-man one post in the party since the unification process between CPN-UML and Maoist Centre started two years ago, said Ganesh Shah, the Standing Committee member.

If Oli sacrifices one of the two executive posts, a solution to the present crisis could be found, he said.

There is a need to operate the party in adherence to the statute, and meetings of the Central Secretariat, Standing Committee and Central Committee should be held on a regular basis to run the party smoothly and not to allow any misunderstanding, he said.

There has been turmoil in the NCP for the past few months, but Oli tried to divert the attention of the dissident group by giving a nationalist slogan and updating the Nepalese map incorporating three strategically key Indian territories - Lipulekh, Kalapani and Limpiyadhura -- which served as means to pacify the internal tussle for some time.

800,000 Indians could be forced to leave Kuwait

Aus closes state border for first time in 100 years

KUWAIT CITY, JUL 6 (IANS): A draft expat quota bill in Kuwait could result in 800,000 Indians forced to leave the Gulf state, a media report said According to the bill, which has been deemed constitutional by Kuwait’s National Assembly’s legal and legislative committee, Indians should not exceed 15 per cent of the population, the Gulf News report said on Sunday.

Due to this, 800,000 Indians might have to leave Kuwait, as the Indian community is the largest totalling 1.45 million.

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a spike in anti-expat rhetoric as lawmakers and governmental officials call for reducing the number of foreigners in Kuwait, the Gulf News report said.

Last month, Kuwait’s Prime Minister, Sheikh Sabah Al Khalid Al Sabah, proposed decreasing the number of expats from 70 per cent to 30 per cent of the population.

The current population of Kuwait is 4.3 million, with Kuwaitis making up 1.3 million of the population, and expats accounting for 3 million.

LO N D O N, J U L 6 (AGENCIES): China’s ambassador to London accused Britain on Monday of gross interference and making irresponsible remarks over Beijing’s imposition of new security legislation in Hong Kong that he said could damage future Chinese investment.

Britain has described the security law as a “clear and serious” violation of the 1984 Joint Declaration under which it handed back its colony to China 13 years later and said that London would offer around 3 million residents a path to British citizenship.

“The UK government keeps making irresponsible remarks on Hong Kong affairs,” Ambassador Liu Xiaoming told reporters in the strongest rebuke Beijing has issued to London since Britain criticised the security law.

On the British offer to give British National (Overseas) (BNO) passport holders in Hong Kong a path to British citizenship, he said: “This move constitutes gross interference in China’s internal affairs and openly tramples on

SYDNEY, JUL 6 (AGENCIES): The border between Australia’s two most populous states will close from Tuesday for an indefinite period as authorities scramble to contain an outbreak of the coronavirus in the city of Melbourne.

The decision announced on Monday marks the first time the border between Victoria and New South Wales has been shut in 100 years. Officials last blocked movement between the two states in 1919 during the Spanish flu pandemic.

“It is the smart call, the right call at this time, given the significant challenges we face in containing this virus,” Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews told re-

Japan floods, mudslides kill at least 44

Pak health minister tests COVID positive ‘China caused great damage

tested positive for the coronavirus disease and quarantined himself.

Qureshi is the Vice President of ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and considered as number two in the government after Prime Minister Imran Khan Several Pakistani lawmakers contracted the deadly virus and some of them have also died.

Prominent political leaders who have contracted the virus so far include National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser, Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif,

Sindh Governor Imran Ismail, PPP leader Saeed Ghani and Railways Minister Sheikh Rashid, all of whom have recovered.

Former Balochistan governor Syed Fazal Agha, PTI Punjab lawmaker Shaheen Raza, Sindh Minister for Human Settlements Ghulam Murtaza Baloch, lawmaker Munir Khan Orakzai and PTI’s Mian Jamshedud Din Kakakhel are among politicians who died after contracting the virus.

Pakistan’s coronavirus tally has crossed the 231,000-mark with 4,762 deaths.

WASHINGTON, JUL 6 (IANS): Launching another scathing attack on China, US President Donald Trump on Monday blamed China for causing “great damage” to the United States and across the globe due to the coronavirus crisis.

“China has caused great damage to the United States and the rest of the world!” Trump tweeted, in an oblique reference to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Addressing the second ‘Salute to America’ on America’s 244th Independence Day, Trump had also said that the country was doing great until it got hit by a virus that came from China. “The power of tariffs being imposed on foreign lands that took advantage of the United States for decades enabled us to make great trade deals where there were none. Tens of billions of dollars are now paid to the US treasury by the same countries but then we got hit by the virus that came from China,” Trump had said

patrolled by the military to prevent illegal crossings from 11.59 p.m. local time on Tuesday.

The state line is highly porous, with 55 roads, wilderness parks and rivers.

Some businesses straddle both sides and several workers, and school children, commute daily.

Lyn McKenzie, who runs a paddle steamer business along the Murray River from Mildura, a border city of 30,000 people, is waiting for more detail to gauge the full impact on her business.

McKenzie lives on the NSW side of the river, the boats pick up passengers from the Victoria side and the river itself is classified as part of NSW.

CHIECHA KUDA UNION FELICITATION

to US’, says Donald Trump

Dr. Zafar Mirza (File)

the basic norms governing international relations.”

He said China would decide on its response after seeing how Britain proceeded with its passport offer.

Although Prime Minister Boris Johnson describes himself as a “Sinophile”, he has also spoken of the need to “stick up for our friends in Hong Kong”, straining relations with Beijing.

He has also toughened his language on a provisional decision to allow China’s Huawei to be involved in the development of Britain’s 5G infrastructure, saying he would protect critical infrastructure from “hostile state vendors”.

Johnson has faced intense pressure from the United States and some British lawmakers to ban the telecommunications equipment maker on security grounds and Britain’s media minister said on Monday the Huawei decision was not set in stone.

Liu said that, although China wanted friendly relations with Britain, there might be many consequences if Britain treated Beijing as an enemy or with suspicion.

“We want to be your friend. We want to be your partner. But if you want to make China a hostile country, you will have to bear the consequences,” he said.

He said a U-turn on its Huawei decision would damage Britain’s image as an open, business-friendly environment and it meant London was having to “bounce to the tune of the other countries”.

“The China business community are all watching how you handle Huawei. If you get rid of Huawei it sends out a very bad message to other Chinese businesses,” Liu said.

porters in Melbourne.

NSW Premier Gladys The move will, how- Berejiklian said there was ever, likely be a blow to no timetable for reopening Australia’s economic re- the border, which will be covery as it heads into its first recession in nearly OFFICE OF THE three decades.

The number of COVID-19 cases in the Victorian capital of MelDIMAPUR : NAGALAND bourne has surged in recent 6th July 2020 days, prompting authorities to enforce strict socialdistancing orders in 30 suburbs and put nine public The Chiecha Kuda Union extends it heartiest housing towers into com- congratulations to its members on their promotion plete lockdown. The state to the post of ABI (Armed Branch Inspector) of reported 127 new COVID19 infections overnight, its Nagaland Police. biggest one-day spike since 1. Mr. THEPFUSALIE ANGAMI s/o, Late Mr. the pandemic began. It Suozhümo Rüpreo also reported two deaths, 2. Mr. KUOHELIE METHA s/o, Mr. Rheituolie the first nationally in more Metha than two weeks, taking the national tally to 106.

The Union takes immense pride on their achievement and wishes them all the very best in their duties and future endeavours.

reported on Sunday.

Most of the shootings happened on the Fourth of july weekend occurred in the South and West sides, which have long experienced gun violence and gang crime.

The Chicago Police Department added more than 1,200 extra officers to work during the holiday weekend, but the dispatch was fewer than the 1,500 deployed last year.

In face of the latest spate of gun violence, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot tweeted on Saturday night: “As families gather to com-

TOKYO, JUL 6 (AGENCIES): Torrential rain hit Japan’s southwestern island of Kyushu on Monday, with at least one more river bursting its banks, as the death toll from three days of floods and mudslides rose to 44, including 14 at an old people’s home.

Evacuation orders were issued for more than half a million island residents, as well as evacuation advisories for tens of thousands more in western Japan, broadcaster NHK said.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said the rain was forecast to head east by Wednesday and ordered round-the-clock search and rescue operations. Ten people were missing, NHK said. TV pictures showed streets turned into rivers rushing by at waist high, a collapsed bridge, upturned cars and a helicopter winching a man to safety from an inundated house.

Liu Xiaoming (File)

People wearing protective face masks practice social distancing while waiting to enter an Apple store on the first day of New South Wales’ in Sydney, Australia, July 1. (Reuters)

C H I C A G O, J U L 6 (IANS): At least 17 people were killed and 63 others injured in Chicago over the Independence Day holiday weekend as a result of gun violence.

The victims included a seven-year-old girl and a 14-year-old boy, reports Xinhua news agency.

This is the third week in a row that involved the death of a young child.

A 20-month-old boy and a 10-year-old girl were killed in separate shootings last week; and a week earlier, five children were fatally shot, the Chicago Tribune

I S L A M A BA D, J U L 6 (PTI): Pakistan’s health minister Dr Zafar Mirza said on Monday that he was tested positive for the novel coronavirus, becoming the latest senior minister in the country to be hit by the deadly virus.

Mirza, the special assistant to the prime minister on health services, said that he was experiencing “mild symptoms” and was taking all precautions.

“I have tested positive for COVID-19. Under med advice I have isolated myself at home & taking all precautions. I have mild symptoms.

Please keep me in your kind prayers,” tweeted Mirza.

He urged his colleagues to keep up the good work.

“You (colleague) are making a big difference and I am proud of you,” he said.

Mirza had been at the forefront of the government’s response to the pandemic and briefed the media on a daily basis about the situation.

On Friday, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said that he has

memorate the founding of our nation, we must ask ourselves: is this who we are as a city or as a country? We cannot grow numb to this.

“We are making progress in slowing shootings, but we have to do better, every single one of us.”

During the Fourth of July holiday in 2019, six people were killed and 63 were wounded by gun violence.

The last time the Fourth of July fell on a Saturday was in 2015, when 10 were killed and 55 others were injured.

poned twice to allow Oli and Prachanda time to iron out their differences over powersharing.

Meanwhile, a fresh meeting between Prachanda and Oli at the Prime Minister’s office at Baluwatar in a bid to save the party from being split did not yield any positive outcome, according Thapa, the prime minister’s spokesman.

The Himalayan Times re por ted that Oli and Prachanda will meet again on Tuesday for another round of talks.

The differences in the ruling party have reached its peak, with both the sides sticking to their respective stands.

The Prachanda-led faction has asked Oli to resign from both the posts of the Prime Minister as well as the party chairman, while Oli is not ready to quit any of the two key posts.

With Oli being cornered within the party, he met main Opposition Nepali Congress president Sher Bahadur Deuba on Sunday in a bid to seek his backing to save his government in case the party splits.

Earlier, on Saturday, Oli met President Bhandari

while addressing the event.

He further said, “We’re producing gowns, masks, and surgical equipment...It was almost exclusively made in foreign lands, in particular, China where ironically this virus and others came from.”

Earlier, the US President also lashed out at China for the COVID-19 crisis, accusing Beijing of trying to deflect the pain and carnage that the country spread throughout the world.

In May, Trump had said that he was very disappointed with China over its failure to contain the virus, saying the worldwide pandemic cast a pall over his US-China trade deal. Trump has been targeting China for spreading the virus. Earlier, the US President was asked at a press conference if he had seen evidence that gave him a “high degree of confidence” that the virus came from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, and replied that he had, although he declined to give specifics.

Sd/DR. TOLTO METHA President, CKU

MR. KHRIESANGULIE RÜPREO General Secretary, CKU

OFFICE OF THE

RIONGSANGER PUTU MENDEN (VILLAGE COUNCIL)

MOKOKCHUNG VILLAGE MOKOKCHUNG-798601 : NAGALAND Ref. No. ………………….

Date ………………….

NOTICE This notice is served against one Facebook account username “Sashi Amer”, who made a derogatory statement against Mokokchung Village Council on 2nd July 2020, on Facebook social media group, “THE NAGAS”.

You are therefore, directed to report to the Mokokchung Village Council within 10 days from serving of this notice.

Failing which legal proceedings will be initiated against the said person.

(L. Mapu Longkumer) TATAR (Contact no. 9862143060)

MKC-157

K P Sharma Oil (File)

China rebukes UK for its ‘gross interference’ over Hong Kong

DC-585

KATHMANDU, JUL 6 (PTI): The political future of Nepal’s embattled Prime Minister K P Sharma Oil will now be decided on Wednesday after the ruling communist party postponed for a third time a crucial meeting, a day after the Chinese ambassador met a senior leader amidst the growing demand for his resignation over his style of functioning and anti-India statements.

The meeting of the Nepal Communist Party’s 45member powerful Standing Committee was scheduled to be held on Monday. But it was postponed at the last minute.

Prime Minister’s press advisor Surya Thapa said the meeting was postponed until Wednesday. The reason for the deferment for a third time was not revealed.

The development came as China’s ambassador Hou Yanqi met with the senior leader of the NCP and former prime minister Madhav Kumar Nepal on Sunday.

The differences between the two factions of the NCP -- one led by Oli and the other led by party’s executive chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’

9

international

Nagaland Post, Dimapur TUESDAY, JULY 7, 2020

(J. Temjen Kichu) TATAR (Contact no. 9856803181)

Infotainment

10

Nagaland Post, Dimapur TUESDAY, JULY 7, 2020

‘The Rock’ Johnson becomes Kanye West has already missed voter ‘Outlander’ star Sam Heughan Dwayne Instagram’s highest-paid celebrity registration deadlines for presidential bid tops poll to be next James Bond K

wayne “The Rock” Johnson has dethroned Kylie Jenner as Instag ram’s highest-paid celebrity.

According to social media marketing firm Hopper HQ, Johnson, 48, can charge advertisers roughly $1,015,000 for a sponsored post. Last year, BBC reported that Jenner, 22, made roughly $1.2 million on a sponsored post.

As of publication, Johnson has 189 million followers while Jenner has 183 million.

Hopper HQ began publishing a list of highestearning stars in 2017 after speaking with celebrities and Internet personalities – known as influencers – to determine how much they were being paid, as well as

speaking with advertisers to estimate how much could be charged for a post.

Exact amounts often aren’t known due to relative secrecy among marketers and influencers.

Jenner now sits at number two at an estimated $986,000 per post.

Also on this year’s list were pro soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo – who charged about $889,000 per post – and Jenner’s sister Kim Kardashian, who could charge $858,000.

Ariana Grande rounds out the top five, charging about $853,000. It’s been a profitable year for the “Jumanji: The Next Level” star, who was also named Hollywood’s highest-paid actor of 2019 by Forbes.

(FoxNews)

anye West‘s plans for a 2020 presidential run have been thrown into doubt after it was revealed that he’s already missed several key deadlines. The rapper tweeted yesterday (July 5) that he hopes to make a bid for the White House in November, going up against President Donald Trump and the presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden.

Despite fancying himself for the top job, it appears that Kanye has already missed the chance to appear on the ballot in six states.

According to Ballotpedia, Kanye failed to register as an independent candidate in North Carolina by 3 March, May 11 in Texas and 26 May in New York.

He has also missed the deadline in Maine (1 June), New Mexico (25 June) and Indiana, which requires independent candidates to register by 30 June.

However, he is still eligible to register in states such as South Carolina, Florida, Missouri, Colorado and Michigan where the deadlines fall in July.

He could also potentially appear as a writein candidate, who voters can back by writing their

Oscar-winning Italian composer Ennio Morricone no more

Orlando-starrer ‘Retaliation’ likely to release in India

Broadway actor Nick Cordero dies after long battle with Covid

S

am Heughan is the fan favourite to be the next James Bond, a new poll reveals.

A poll conducted by the Radio Times shows the Outlander actor to be fans’ top choice, with a 30 per cent share of the vote.

The Scottish actor has beaten Tom Hardy (second place – 14 per cent) and Henry Cavill (third place – 11 per cent) to prime position in a poll undertaken by almost 80,000 fans around the world.

Current 007 Daniel

Craig makes his last outing as the world’s most famous fictional spy in the forthcoming No Time To Die. The film has been pushed forward to a November 12, 2020 release date due to the ongoing coronavirus crisis.

Despite the news, Heughan said previously that he is “waiting for the call” to be the next Bond.

In an interview on the Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon last December, the 40-year-old actor denied that he had been cast in

Ennio Morricone

O

scar-winning Italian composer Ennio Morricone, known for his work in “The Good, The Bad And The Ugly”, “The Untouchables” and “The Mission”, has died.

He was 91.

The Italian composer, who scored music in more than 500 films, died in Rome following complications from a fall last week, which caused a hip fracture,

reports hollywoodreporter. com. Morricone is known for creating haunting, yet inventive scores to express emotions to dialogue-free tension in the spaghetti Westerns directed by Sergio Leone.

Soon after the news of his demise, Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte tweeted: “We will always remember, with infinite gratitude, the artistic genius of the Maestro #EnnioMorricone. It made us dream, emotion, reflect, writing memorable notes that will remain indelible in the history of music and cinema.”

Morricone, whose first instrument was the trumpet, won an Oscar for his work on Quentin Tarantino’s “The Hateful Eight” (2015) and was also nominated for his original scores for Terrence Malick’s “Days Of Heaven” (1978), Roland Joffe’s “The Mission” (1986),

Tom Cruise to resume Mission: Impossible filming in the UK

Tom Cruise

T

om Cruise will resume filming on ‘Mission: Impossible’ films in the UK. The British government has given the green light for production to resume production on the seventh and eighth instalments of the action franchise, which had been put on hold since March due to the global coronavirus pandemic.

Tom took part in a video call with Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden, who confirmed that filmmakers K Y M C

are exempt from quarantine rules for those arriving from certain countries and explained how it would allow the blockbuster to resume filming at Warner Bros Studios in Leavesden, Hertfordshire.

Dowden wrote on Twitter: ‘’New exemption from quarantine rules for filmmakers means we can start making the best blockbusters again. Great to talk to Tom Cruise last weekend about getting the cameras rolling again on Mission: Impossible 7.’’

The politician added: ‘’The world’s biggest blockbusters and high-end TV shows are made in Britain. ‘’We want the industry to bounce back and exempting small numbers of essential cast and crew from quarantine is part of our continued commitment to getting cameras rolling safely again.’’

Cast and crew on the project will have to operate in a ‘bubble’ and must only travel to their accommodation and production location - preventing them from going to public places.

Cruise, 58, has been spotted in recent days practicing his motocross skills and flying a helicopter around the Oxfordshire countryside in preparation for a return to the role of Ethan Hunt. Simon Pegg is also set to reprise his role as Benji Dunn in the upcoming flick and revealed that he is keen to be involved in Cruise’s new space project.

The 50-year-old actor said: ‘’I’d love to go into space, it would be amazing!

But you know, you have to also think about your family and safety and stuff.

(Contactmusic)

Dwayne Johnson

D

Brian De Palma’s “The Untouchables” (1987), Barry Levinson’s “Bugsy” (1991) and Giuseppe Tornatore’s “Malena” (2000).

During the course of his over five decade-long career, he got the epithet of The Maestro. He received an honorary Oscar in 2007 for his “magnificent and multifaceted contributions to the art of film music”.

He got the honour from Clint Eastwood. Morricone also collected 11 David di Donatello Awards, Italy’s highest film honours.

Morricone’s sounds enriched Leone’s movies: “A Fistful Of Dollars” (1964), “For A Few Dollars More” (1965), “The Good, The Bad And The Ugly” (1966), “Once Upon In Time In The West” (1968) and “Duck, You Sucker” (1971). Morricone teamed with Leone one last time for “Once Upon A Time In America” (1984).

(IANS)

Elton John honoured with new commemorative coin

S

Orlando Bloom

T

he Orlando Bloomstarrer “Retaliation” is likely to have a theatrical release in India rather than go for a directto-OTT launch, the makers have confirmed. The film is set to open in United States on July 24.

Sheetal Vinod Talwar, one of the producers of the Hollywood thriller, said: “We are waiting to see when theatres open here in India and a decision about the release would be taken post that. In an ideal scenario, we would like a theatrical release.”

“Retaliation”, dealing with the subject of sexual abuse within the church, is directed by Ludwig Shammasian and Paul Shammasian. It is a revenge drama featuring Bloom with Janet Montgomery, Charlie Creed-Miles and Anna Reed. The film marks a collaboration with Zee Studios International as coproducers.

(IANS)

name on the ballot paper, although the legality of these varies from state to state. Announcing his presidential bid yesterday, Kanye tweeted: “We must now realize the promise of America by trusting God, unifying our vision and building our future. I am running for president of the United States!” along with the hashtag #2020VISION.” He has since secured the backing of Elon Musk, who wrote on Twitter: “You have my full support!”

In 2019, West confirmed his intent to run for the presidency in 2024 at a surprise appearance at the annual Fast Company Innovation Festival in New York.

“When I run for President in 2024,” West began telling told Yeezy footwear designer Steven Smith before the audience began laughing. West released a new track, ‘Wash Us In The Blood’ last week, which NME called “a glorious return to ‘Yeezus’-era chaos”.

(NME)

B

roadway actor Nick Cordero, known for his roles in “Rock Of Ages”, “Waitress”, “Bullets Over Broadway” and “A Bronx Tale The Musical”, died after battling Covid complications over several months. He was 41.

He passed away on Sunday. His wife, Amanda Kloots, made the announcement on her Instagram account, reports variety.com.

“God has another angel in heaven now. My darling husband passed away this morning. He was surrounded in love by his family, singing and praying as he gently left this earth,” she posted.

“I am in disbelief and hurting everywhere. My heart is broken as I cannot imagine our lives without him. Nick was such a bright light. He was everyone’s friend, loved to listen, help and especially talk. He was an incredible actor and musician. He loved his family and loved being a father and husband.

Elvis and I will miss him in everything we do, everyday,” she added.

In March, Cordero was hospitalised after testing positive for coronavirus.

Throughout his stay in the hospital, he underwent a leg amputation, was given a temporary pacemaker and was put into a medically induced coma. He had

Elton John

ir Elton John is the latest artist to be honoured in the Royal Mint’s new series of commemorative coins. Bradley Morgan Johnson, a UK artist and digital sculptor, designed the coin. It features the musician’s trademark straw boater hat, a Union Jack and a pair of quaver notes. The coin will be available in gold, silver and brilliant uncirculated editions, and will be sold from 9am BST today (July 6).

“It really is a fabulous honour to be recognised in this way,” John said in a statement. “The last few years have contained some of the most memorable moments of my career, and this is another truly humbling milestone on my journey.”

Queen were the first British act to be minted as part of the Mint’s Music Legends series back in January. In doing so, Queen became the first band to ever be honoured on a UK currency.

(NME)

Kanye West

Nick Cordero

been in the intensive care unit for more than 90 days and suffered from several additional complications.

Recently, Kloots shared that he would likely need a double lung transplant if he survived.

While sharing the news of his demise, Kloots thanked the doctors for their efforts. “To Nicks extraordinary doctor, Dr. David Ng, you were my positive doctor!

There are not many doctors like you. Kind, smart, compassionate, assertive and always eager to listen to my crazy ideas or call yet another doctor for me for a second opinion. You’re a diamond in the rough,” she said, adding: “I cannot begin to thank everyone enough for the outpour of love , support and help we’ve

received these last 95 days.

You have no idea how much you lifted my spirits at 3pm everyday as the world sang Nicks song, ‘Live Your Life’.

We sang it to him today, holding his hands. As I sang the last line to him, “they’ll give you hell but don’t you light them kill your light not without a fight. Live your life,” I smiled because he definitely put up a fight.

I will love you forever and always my sweet man.”

On television, Cordero had guest roles in “Queer as Folk” and “Lilyhammer,” and had recurring roles as Victor Lugo in “Blue Bloods” and as Anthony Marino in “Law and Order: Special Victims Unit”. Cordero is survived by his wife and their son, Elvis.

(IANS)

SHÜYA KHEL MERIEMA VILLAGE FELICITATION

With immense pride and honour, we the Shüya Khel, Meriema Village would like to convey our heartiest congratulations to Miss Thejavinuo Shüya, D/O Dr. Thepfudilhoulie Shüya for achieving highest mark in Tenyidie subject in the recently declared HSLC 2020.

The Shüya Khel further extends congratulations to all the successful candidates of HSLC and HSSLC examinations 2020 and wishes them success in their future endeavours.

Avor Shüya General Secretary K-1191

OFFICE OF THE

DIMAPUR CHANGTONGYATSÜR TELONGJEM DIMAPUR - 797112 : NAGALAND

FELICITATION We the Dimapur Changtongya Tsur Telongjem extend our highest appreciation and congratulate our esteemed member Dr. Imsunaro, D/o Mr Sosangtetba for successfully completing her Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) on Agricultural Economics on the thesis "Impact Assesment of Krishi Vigyan Kendra Training Programme in Nagaland" from Nagaland University.

May you continue to achieve greater heights and bring honour to our community.

Wishing you all the best in your future endeavours.

K-1146

Mrs S Meyila Jamir President, D.C.T.T

Mrs Ayangla Lkr Secretary, D.C.T.T

DP-3064

Sam Heughan

the role.

Rumours about who’s next in line for Bond have been rife for years, with the conversation turning towards a possible female replacement. Last year former Bond star Piers Brosnan called for a woman, saying it’s time for the men to “get out of the way”.

More recently, George Lazenby, who played the spy in 1969’s On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, said that Margot Robbie would be good for the role.

RadioTimes‘ Top 10 Choices to be the next James Bond: 1. Sam Heughan (30 per cent) 2. Tom Hardy (14 per cent) 3. Henry Cavill (11 per cent) 4. Idris Elba (10 per cent) 5. Tom Hiddleston (5 per cent) 6. Richard Madden (4 per cent) 7. Michael Fassbender (4 per cent) 8. Aidan Turner (3 per cent) 9. Cillian Murphy (3 per cent) 10. James Norton (3 per cent) (NME)

K Y M C

Serie A: Bologna stun Inter; Napoli beat Roma

Players of Bologna and Inter Milan fight for the ball during their Serie A match.

Rome, Jul 6 (IANS): Inter Milan’s Scudetto hopes were only left with theoretical possibility after being overturned by Bologna’s 2-1 victory, while Lorenzo Insigne’s winner helped Napoli beat Roma 2-1 at San Paolo.

On Sunday, Inter were fresh from a 6-0 victory over Brescia in the

midweek but couldn’t ride the momentum as they fumbled a 1-0 lead while Lautaro Martinez saw his penalty saved, reports Xinhua news agency.

Romelu Lukaku put Inter in front in the 21st minute with a tap-in after Lautaro’s twisting header hit the upright.

The away side was

Liverpool not focused on records: Klopp

Amit ranked No.1 in latest AIBA rankings

L o nd o n , J u l 6 (Agencies): Liverpool are on course to beat Manchester City’s mark of 100 points in a Premier League campaign but the champions are not focused on breaking records, manager Juergen Klopp has said.

Liverpool, who won 2-0 at Aston Villa on Sunday thanks to goals by Sadio Mane and Curtis Jones, need 12 points from their final five games to beat City’s tally from the 2017-18 season.

“We didn’t come here and have the numbers we have because we thought about breaking records. We were always focused 100% on the game and that will not change,” said Klopp, whose side made it 17 wins out of 17 games at Anfield this season.

“If we want to have record points pretty much we have to win all the games, it’s not complicated. The boys know it and it’s not necessary to mention it to this group.”

New Delhi, Jul 6 (Agencies): World championships silver medallist boxer Amit Panghal is ranked number one in men’s 52kg weight class, according to the latest world rankings released by the International Boxing Association (AIBA).

Panghal is the only Indian to claim the number one spot in the rankings prepared on the basis of performances up to the World championships last year. “ Fo r a n y a t h l e t e reaching the pinnacle in the rankings is a dream. I am motivated and looking forward to starting my training at the National camp and working with the coaches,” said Panghal.

Asian silver medallist Kavinder Bisht (56kg) at fourth and Deepak (49kg) and Worlds bronze medal winner Manish Kaushik (63kg) at sixth were the other male boxers from the country to be placed within the top 10.

Among women, Worlds silver medallist Manju Rani (48kg) was

dealt a blow in the 57th minute as Roberto Soriano was sent off for insulting the referee.

The Nerazzurri wasted a golden opportunity five minutes later as Bologna’s goalie Lukasz Skorupski played heroics to perform a double-save to deny Lautaro’s spot-kick and Roberto Gagliardini’s

follow-up.

Inter were punished later as Musa Juwara smashed in the equaliser in the 72nd minute, four minutes before Inter’s defender Alessandro Bastoni also saw red.

The game culminated in the 80th minute when Bologna completely turned around the match with

Amit Panghal

the highest ranked at second slot. “The last oneand-a-half years have been great for me and becoming World number two has given me more motivation,” said Manju.

Six-time World champion M.C. Mar y Kom (51kg) and Worlds bronze medallist Lovlina Bor-

gohain (69kg) were third in their respective weight classes.

Jamuna Boro (54kg) at fifth, Sonia Chahal (57kg) at fourth, Simranjit Kaur (64kg) at ninth, Pooja Rani (81kg) at eighth and Seema Poonia (+81kg) at sixth were also inside the top 10.

Nobody should be forced to take a knee: Hamilton

S p i e l b e rg, J u l 6 (IANS): Six-time Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton has said he will be taking the knee again at the next race which is also scheduled to take place at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg on July 12.

The Mercedes driver, however, also stated that he won’t force his fellow drivers to do the same and is prepared to keep speaking out on the issue.

Before the first race of the revamped calendar, the F1 drivers on Sunday sent out a powerful message in their fight against racism as they took the knee and also wore black t-shirts which had the message - ‘End Racism’ and ‘Black Lives Matter’.

However, six drivers, namely Charles Leclerc, Max Verstappen, Carlos Sainz, Daniil Kvyat, Kimi Raikkonen and Antonio Giovinazzi didn’t kneel but stood together in solidarity with the movement.

“Awareness has been raised over the last few weeks. We don’t need it to die a silent death with no change,” Hamilton said after the race as per Daily Mail.

“I can be the guinea pig and keep speaking out. But nobody should be forced into a scenario K Y M C

Lewis Hamilton

where they have to kneel.”

“I am really grateful to those who did it along with me. It is a powerful message, but whether you kneel or do not kneel, it is not going to change the world. It is a bigger issue than that. Everyone has a right to that choice and for me kneeling was the right thing,” he added.

Hamilton, however,

11

sports

Nagaland Post, Dimapur TUESDAY, JULY 7, 2020

didn’t get off to the best of starts in his title defence as he finished fourth in the Austrian GP with teammate Valtteri Bottas taking the first place. Hamilton was handed a five-second time penalty that dropped him from second place.

The Mercedes pair of Bottas and Hamilton enjoyed a comfortable performance advantage through-

out the 71-lap encounter.

It was only in the last 10 laps that the race burst into life, with Hamilton handed his penalty after nerfing Albon into a spin on a Safety Car restart on Lap 61.

Charles Leclerc finished second for Ferrari with McLaren’s Lando Norris taking his first podium.

Musa Barrow’s first-time volley in the box.

Inter sit third with 64 points on the table, 11 behind the leaders Juventus.

The Beneamata are effectively out of the race for the Serie A title.

In a showdown between the fifth-placed and six-placed sides, Napoli leaped over Roma with a 2-1 home victory while the Giallorossi’s young talent Nicolo Zaniolo returned to the pitch after damaging his ACL in February.

Henrikh Mkhitaryan’s scorcher on the hour mark wiped out Jose Callejon’s opener, but it was Insigne that sealed the matters in the 82nd minute when he unleashed a curler that flew into the corner with a wicked swerve.

Atalanta continued their winning streak with a 1-0 away victory over Cagliari. The Dea now ranks fourth, only one point behind Inter.

In other games on Sunday, Sampdoria crushed SPAL 3-0, Brescia beat Hellas Verona 2-0, Parma suffered a 2-1 home defeat to Fiorentina while Udinese shared the spoils with Genoa in a 2-2 draw.

Will take some time before I go full steam, says Carolina Marin

Carolina Marin

Mumbai, Jul 6 (IANS): Olympic gold medallist Carolina Marin has said it will take some time before she can reach here previous levels due to the implications put forward by the coronavirus pandemic.

In normal circumstances, the Spaniard would currently be gearing herself up to defend her crown at the Tokyo Games but due to the COVID-19 crisis, the showpiece event has been pushed to next year.

“Though this year would have been different with the Olympics. I would have been immersed in training as the countdown would have started by now,” Marin was quoted as saying

by The Indian Express.

“It will take some time before I go full steam but once the tournaments start, time shall fly,” she added.

The multi-national event was initially set to be hosted in July this year but due to coronavirus pandem-

ic, it will now take place from July 23 till August 8.

Marin revealed she has already set her sights on winning another medal at the Tokyo Games after realising her dream in Rio de Janeiro.

“Winning Olympics was a dream that I and my coach had seen and my entire team had put together unbelievable hard work for the four years to get to that gold in Rio. Now my goal is set again,” she said.

England to face Ireland and Pakistan LONDON, Jul 6 (Agencies): England will host Ireland in a three-match one-day international series starting on July 30 before taking on Pakistan in a packed summer calendar, the England & Wales Cricket Board announced on Monday.

The Ireland squad will arrive in England and set up their base at the Ageas Bowl, Southampton on July 18, before facing world champions England in three ODIs at the same venue.

The second and third ODIs between the two sides will be on Aug. 1 and Aug. 4 respectively.

Ireland have only beaten England once in their 10 ODI encounters.

Pakistan, who arrived in England on June 28 to quarantine themselves ahead of the bilateral series, will face the hosts in three tests and three Twenty20 internationals.

The first test will be played from Aug. 5-9 at Old Trafford, before the teams head to Southampton for the second (Aug. 13-17)

Matic extends Man Utd contract Manchester, Jul 6 (IANS): Manchester United midfielder Nemanja Matic on Monday put pen to paper on a new contract that will see him stay at Old Trafford till 2023.

Matic joined United under former manager Jose Mourinho in 2017 and has made 114 appearances for the Premier League giants so far. “I am very happy that I will continue to be part of this great club,” said Matic.

“As a player, I still have a lot more to give and achieve in my career and to do that with Manchester United will be a huge honour. This is a really exciting team to be part of, we have a good balance of youth and experience within the squad and there is great comradery amongst the group.”

“This is a key part of the season and we are playing well. We will continue to fight to finish the season on a high and make our amazing supporters proud,” the Serbian added.

Since the return of Premier League after enforced break put forward by coronavirus pandemic, Matic has been in good form and his presence just ahead of the defenders has given the license to thrill to playmakers like Bruno Fernandes and Paul Pogba.

England cricket players during a training session.

and then third test (Aug. 21-25).

The three T20 matches will be played at Old Trafford, with the opening game scheduled for Aug. 28.

England return to action following the COVID19 stoppage with three tests against West Indies, with the first match scheduled to begin in Southampton on Wednesday without fans in

attendance.

“It has taken significant effort and expertise to allow us to reach a position where cricket is now ready and able to return to the field of play from the elite level to recreational cricket,” ECB Chief Executive Tom Harrison said in a statement.

“We owe a significant debt of gratitude to the

players, staff and administrators of the Cricket West Indies, Cricket Ireland, and the Pakistan Cricket Board for their willingness and co-operation to get international cricket back up and running.”

The ECB confirmed it was also exploring options to host England’s limitedovers series against Australia this summer.

Federer confident of being 100% ahead of next season

Roger Federer

Zurich, Jul 6 (IANS): Swiss tennis great Roger Federer expects to be at 100 per cent ahead of next season considering he was able to get a long break from the game due to coronavirus pandemic.

The 20-time Grand

Slam champion revealed he underwent couple of knee surgeries in the last two months and spent majority of the time recuperating from it in his home nation.

“For me, it’s been very nice to be in Switzerland for

as long as I have been since the lockdown,” Federer was quoted as saying by Tennis World.

“For the last 25 years or so, I have been traveling a lot, never spending two consecutive months at home; now, we have been in Switzerland for four or five months, enjoying ourselves.

“The life quality in Switzerland is great, now we have summer and the people who spend time outside, just like we do.

The last couple of months were dominated by two knee surgeries. I had to take step by step, going with the rehab and slow recovery,” he added.

With recovery underway, Federer expects himself to return to full fitness before the 2021 season.

Federer had earlier announced via his Twitter handle in June that he had to undergo an ‘additional arthroscopic procedure’ on his knee that will see him miss the revamped 2020 tennis calendar.

“I must say I feel much better already, I’m not at the level where I can play tennis fully yet, but I’m confident about being at 100% ahead of the next season,” he said.

K Y M C

12

sports

Southampton shock Man City 1-0 in EPL

London, Jul 6 (Agencies): Che Adams ended his wait for a first Premier League goal with an incredible long-range strike to see Southampton to a shock 1-0 win over Manchester City.

Adams was making his 25th top-flight appearance for Saints since his £15million signing just over a year ago, but he picked a fine time to break his duck.

City rested Kevin De Bruyne and Phil Foden, among others, after crushing champions Liverpool in midweek and lacked fluency from the outset at St Mary’s, although Adams’ wonderful finish preceded a flurry of chances for Pep Guardiola’s men.

Goalkeeper Alex McCarthy was in inspired form, however, and the hosts held on to hand City their ninth league defeat of the season and their third in a row away from home.

The second-placed side were made to pay for their sloppy start when Stuart Armstrong stole possession from Oleksandr Zinchenko on halfway and the ball ran for Adams – without a goal since April 2019 – to sweep a stunning 40-yard effort over the stranded Ederson

Players of Southampton and Manchester City fight for the ball during their Premier League match.

and into a gaping net.

Pressure subsequently built on the Southampton goal, where McCarthy watched Gabriel Jesus miss the target from close range before getting to work.

In a frantic spell, McCarthy parried from Raheem Sterling, dived after a Fernandinho shot that bounced away off the post and then sprang back to his feet to brilliantly repel David Silva’s header.

Riyad Mahrez was next to find the insoured keeper blocking his path, before a stretching Danny Ings volleyed over when he might have doubled Saints’ lead just before half-time.

McCarthy was at it again following the interval, keeping out Jesus’ header and then smothering from Silva after a pinpoint Zinchenko pass.

De Bruyne and Foden soon arrived from the

Don’t need Test captaincy pressure, says Quinton de Kock Johannesburg, Jul 6 (IANS): South Africa’s limited-overs skipper Quinton de Kock does not want to be over burdened with Test captaincy and that is why he refused to take up that role.

The 27-year-old had replaced Faf du Plessis as ODI skipper in January this year. Later, it was announced that de Kock would not be elevated to Test captaincy.

The wicketkeeperbatsman said he had a discussion regarding this with head coach Mark Boucher.

“Me and Boucher had a very informal chat and I told him, look, I don’t know how I feel about being Test captain also. The reality is that’s just too much for me to handle. I know that and I realise that. I don’t need all that stress on myself,” he was quoted as saying by

Quinton de Kock

ESPNcricinfo.

“I could see from a mile away that I didn’t need that on top of my shoulders. I’m wanting to come up the order in Test cricket and so I don’t need all that extra pressure.” de Kock also said he is yet to resume training and is taking a break which he feels is more important.

“Because of the regu-

lations, it’s hard to have such a big squad in a certain environment,” he said.

“I’m based in a very remote place. There’s not much cricket around where I live. I’ve made sure my fitness is up to date. Practice almost becomes muscle memory. For me, at this point in my career, a break is more important than training.”

bench, but the withdrawals of Mahrez and Sterling only seemed to hurt City further and Ederson had to stop an Armstrong blast as his side stuttered to a surprise loss despite applying plenty of late pressure.

All 20 teams in the Premier League are adapting to a packed schedule that ensures a number of star players must be rested regularly. This time, it was the turn of City pair De

Alaves name Juan Muniz as new coach Madrid, Jul 6 (IANS): Spanish La Liga strugglers Depor tivo Alaves have named former Malaga and Levante coach Juan Muniz as the replacement for Asier Garitano. Garitano was sacked on Sunday after a run of five consecutive defeats that has left Alaves just six points clear of the relegation zone with four games to play, reports Xinhua news agency.

The Alaves website confirms that 51-year-old Muniz will be in charge until the end of the season.

Although Alaves look to have a decent points cushion over the relegation zone, they have a difficult run-in to the end of the season, with a visit to play league leaders Real Madrid on Friday, followed by a difficult home game against Getafe and a visit to Real Betis, before ending the campaign at home to reigning champions FC Barcelona.

Bruyne and Foden.

But with Sergio Aguero also out through injury, City lacked a cutting edge in the final third. Guardiola will hope to have all three fit and firing by the time the Champions League rolls around again. Inform Everton lie in wait for Southampton at Goodison Park on Thursday, by which point Manchester City will have faced Newcastle United in Manchester.

New Delhi, Jul 6 (PTI): Indian women’s football team striker Bala Devi has insisted on regularly playing top teams in the run-up to the 2022 AFC Asian Cup if the country is to do well in the tournament it will be hosting.

The 30-year-old Devi, who became India’s first woman footballer to play in top-flight European league when she signed with Scottish giants Rangers in January, termed the continental event a tough test for her team.

“To be honest, we don’t know what level all the teams are at. We are improving but only when we play countries in the top 25 of the rankings will we know if there is any chance of us matching them,” Devi was quoted as saying in Asian Football Confederation’s website.

“The Women’s Asian Cup will be a big test for us, and we hope we can prepare for that together.”

Barcelona players celebrate after scoring a goal during their La Liga match against Villareal.

“It was crucial to get the three points to stay in the hunt but the way we played was important too because that’s a part of our identity so we need to keep playing like that until the end of the season,” he said. Barca’s confidence was rocked by draws with Celta Vigo and Atletico Madrid while the sense of instability at the club deepened amid reports captain Lionel Messi was unhappy with the state of affairs and

did not want to stay beyond his contract.

There had been also been plenty of speculation surrounding coach Setien after he had brought Griezmann on in added time against Atletico, a move described in the Spanish media as an act of humiliation against the World Cup-winning forward.

Griezmann was named in the lineup against a Villarreal side who had won five of their last six

games and was lively from the kick off, helping force the opening goal as well as working tirelessly in midfield and combining well with Messi and Suarez.

He adorned his performance with a sumptuous goal, receiving a backheeled lay off from Messi and coolly delivering a chip that skimmed off the crossbar and into the net.

Messi also produced an outstanding performance but failed to score

ISL likely from November to March K o lkat a , J u l 6 (IANS): The Indian Super League (ISL) is likely to be held behind closed doors with four neutral venues potentially hosting India’s premier club competition slated to start from November.

In a meeting with ISL club CEOs and ISL organisers Football Sports Development Ltd. (FSDL) on Monday, holding the league behind closed doors was discussed keeping in mind the COVID-19 situation in the country.

“We had a discussion on those lines. It will be closed doors in all probability. We will be assessing the health situation,” a club source told IANS on Monday.

The four locations being looked into to host all the matches are North East, West Bengal, Kerala and Goa. “Matches will be around these areas and not the usual 10 venues of all teams. Like in West Bengal ISL will look into Kolkata and areas surrounding the city. North East has also been marked as a potential option and so is Kerala and Goa,” the source added.

During the meeting, it was also decided that the teams will be staying inside biosecure bubbles to ensure

there is no breach of health protocols. The EnglandWest Indies three-match Test series will be an example where players of both teams have been staying inside biosecure bubbles.

The window for the seventh edition of ISL will be from November to March although no date as to when it will start has been decided yet.

The ISL final between ATK and Chennaiyin FC was played behind closed doors at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Goa on March 14. ATK beat Chennaiyin 3-1 to claim an unprecedented third title.

As reported by IANS earlier, the ISL, from this season, has made it mandatory for its participating clubs to have one Asian international player in their squad from the upcoming 2020-21 season.

As per the ISL player guidelines provided to all

the clubs by FSDL, each club is also mandated to have two developmental players born in or after 2000 in the squad of 18 for each match.

The ISL, which is now the country’s top league, will still have five foreigners on the pitch but from next season there will also be one Asian player in the squad.

Further, each club will have a minimum squad of 25 and a maximum of 35 from next season. Till last term, the squad size was maximum of 25 players, but with an eye on helping more youngsters get an opportunity, it has been increased.

A minimum of five and maximum of seven international players can be signed by a club including the Asian recruit. Each club can have a minimum of 18 and maximum of 30 domestic players.

Asian Cup will be a big test, says Bala Devi

Barcelona outclass Villarreal 4-1 in La Liga

Madrid, Jul 6 (Agencies): Barcelona responded to a trying week by producing a scintillating display to thrash Villarreal 4-1 away on Sunday and stay alive in the Liga title race.

The Catalans had drawn their last two matches to hand more momentum to league leaders Real Madrid but Sunday’s win took them to 73 points after 34 games, four behind their arch-rivals who won 1-0 at Athletic Bilbao earlier in the day.

An own goal from Pau Torres put Barca in front in the third minute, with Villarreal’s Gerard Moreno levelling on the rebound in the 14th before the visitors restored their lead through an outstanding curling strike from Luis Suarez six minutes later.

Antoine Griezmann stretched Barca’s advantage just before the break with a sublime chip, having been dropped from the starting lineup in the last two games, while 17-year-old Ansu Fati added a fourth in the second half with a low strike.

For Barca defender Gerard Pique, delivering such a slick performance was as satisfying as returning to winning ways.

Nagaland Post, Dimapur TUESDAY, JULY 7, 2020

as the Argentine had one effort ruled out for offside after a thrilling team move and then hammered the bar with a late free kick.

Pique reacted to Messi’s goal being disallowed by appearing to make a puppet gesture after Real Madrid recently benefitted from VAR decisions but the defender said he meant nothing by it, adding that he had made the gesture due to a rush of adrenaline.

Bala Devi

India has emerged a destination of top football events in recent times, with the country also hosting the U-17 Women’s World Cup next year. “(The U-17 World Cup) will draw a lot of eyeballs towards women’s football,” she said.

“The tournament will be widely televised and

with India hosting it, many will come to the stadiums, for sure. That would be a huge fillip and that would be followed by India hosting the 2022 Women’s Asian Cup.” This is after India hosted the U-17 men’s World Cup in 2017.

“We are slowly gath-

ering a lot of interest and hopefully we will now consistently hit the top 10 rankings of Asia, which I think is possible.

“The situation is fast changing — the Indian Women’s League is having its impact, the U-17 World Cup will have its impact, and the 2022 Asian Cup will impact everyone for sure.”

The Indian women’s team is currently ranked 55th in the world and 11th in Asia and Bala Devi was asked about World Cup qualification prospects. “(Qualifying for 2023) would be a huge boost. For the men’s or the women’s team to qualify for the senior World Cup is the ultimate dream for everyone involved in football and all the fans of football in the country,” she said.

“It would be huge for the league, for the future generations and for many more girls to take up football.”

NZ offers to host IPL after UAE, SL

New Delhi, Jul 6 (Agencies): The future of season 13 of the Indian Premier League is still unclear. The BCCI is waiting for a decision to be taken regarding the status of the T20 World Cup in Australia before taking a call on the dates.

It has been reported that the BCCI has already started planning for the 2020 season. As the cases of Covid-19 are mounting in India, it is possible that the BCCI could look to hold the tournament abroad. UAE and Sri Lanka have already offered to host the IPL and another contender has entered the fray.

New Zealand have also offered to host the IPL in case the billion dollar league can’t be held in India due to rising cases of coronavirus. The postponement announcement of the T20 World Cup, to be held in October-November in Australia, is imminent, creating a window for the IPL. There is only a single active case of coronavirus in the country as several social distancing norms have eased in the land Down Under.

The BCCI has already zeroed in on the end September-early November

window for the IPL. The board’s first choice is staging the tournament at home but that is looking increasingly unlikely with India having the third largest case load of coronavirus cases behind Brazil and USA. “Staging the event in India has to be the first choice but in case it is not safe to have it, then we will look at the overseas options. After UAE and Sri Lanka, New Zealand has also offered to host the IPL,” a senior BCCI official told PTI on conditions of anonymity.

“We will sit down with all stakeholders (broadcaster, teams, etc) and take a call. The safety of the players is paramount. There will be no compromise on that,” the official said.

The IPL has been held overseas in the past. The entire 2009 edition was staged in South Africa due to the general election back home and partially in the

UAE in 2014 due to the same reason. However in 2019, despite elections, the BCCI managed to schedule the IPL in India avoiding clashing with poll dates in various states.

The UAE again is the front-runner to host the tournament if it happens overseas. Sri Lanka is a cost-effective option while New Zealand, which has been largely free from COVID-19, faces feasibility issues.

With New Zealand, India has a seven and half hour time difference and even if the game starts at 12:30 pm in the afternoon, maximum office-goers (even those who work from home) will miss the action.

Apart from Hamilton and Auckland, which can be covered by road, places like Wellington, Christchurch, Napier or Dunedin will require air travel.

Printed, Published and Edited by Geoffrey Yaden at G.M. Printers, Circular Rd. Dimapur-797112. Ph: Desk 248489, Fax: 225366, e-mail-npdesk@gmail.com. Adm.& Advertisement  :248267 Fax: 248500 e-mail-npostadvt@gmail.com Kohima: 2290567, R.N. 40978/90 RN/NE 707 K Y M C

K Y M C