June 16, 2020

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After talks fail, NEAN to continue cease work

DIMAPUR, JUN 15 (NPN): As talks between the NHM employees and the state government failed to break the deadlock, the NHM Employees Association of Nagaland (NEAN) Monday announced that since there was no positive outcome, it has decided to continue with the ongoing “total cease work”.

In a press release, NEAN said the members had a meeting with the head of department of H&FW and officials on June 15, 2020. However, NEAN termed it as “very unfortunate” that no concrete decision/commitment/assurance could be provided by the principal director and the mission director to its demands.

NEAN has appealed to all responsible to extend support and understand the hardships and step-motherly treatment meted out to NHM employees. NEAN said its members have been dedicating their service to society for so many years especially sacrificing their life during this COVID-19 pandemic and with meagre remuneration.

NEAN expressed deep regret for the inconveniences

`3.6 cr collected from COVID-19 Cess on fuel

caused to the public due to the ongoing cease work protest. NEAN said NHM employees were compelled to go on protest, because the government did not positively address or look into their grievances seriously despite repeated requests.

NEAN Also alleged that the department gave step-motherly treatment to NHM employees all these years. It said that “Year after year, we have been assured

verbally to redress our grievance without any positive outcome.”

NEAN also accused the department of continuing with “illegal action” and treating NHM employees as second class citizens and that its members were “expected to be always the yes men.”

Asserting there was a limit to hardship and tolerance, NEAN said the employees assure they would continue to serve the people, but not

before their grievances are redressed.

NEAN also appealed to the public to understand and support their movement.

It expressed confidence that the people will support it “because we have tried our best to serve the people even with meagre fixed salary and step-motherly treatment by the government” till it was faced with the extreme illegal action of the government.

NJDA demands fresh Advt; revocation of cabinet decision

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agaland Junior Doctors’ Association (NJDA) has demanded revocation of the “unethical” regularisation of 27 posts of medical officers (MOs) in the department of health & family welfare(DoHFW)recently, and issuance of fresh advertisements for open and fair recruitment.

NJDA through its media cell, has also demanded withholding of 36 MO posts advertised on contingency basis, till a consensus was arrived at. It also demanded immediate creation of no less than 100 general duty medical officer (GDMO) posts within the current

financial year to overcome the acute shortage of doctors in the State. NJDA also insisted that the State government ensure that all Foreign Medical Graduates (FMGs) clear their Medical Council of India (MCI) exam in order to enable them to practise Nagaland, as without it, their credentials would be highly questionable.

NJDA expressed shock at what it described as “insensitive response and his total lack of compassion” on the part of principal director(DoHFW) Dr Vizolie Z Suokhrie after several memorandums were submitted to the directorate and

meetings held between with him and its office-bearers.

NJDA said Suokhrie’s remark “there is no question of fair or unfair....in a situation where nobody wants to apply...some have come and that is one thing” was rhetorical and lacking in logic with no substantial explanation on how government took policies.

“When the principal director is supposed to look after the welfare and grievances of its juniors, such ignorant and stepmotherly treatment towards the doctors’ fraternity has completely demoralised its members,” NJDA noted.

(Cont’d on p-8)

This is it!

“Price of fish has tripled after coronavirus came.

Even after it goes, I don’t think price will go down.”

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Recruitment done based on advt: CM

Nagaland chief minister Neiphiu Rio Monday said that the decision to recruit doctors recently was based on the open advertisement.

Informing this during the press conference at the secretariat conference hall, Rio pointed outthat though some doctors had applied, their papers were not complete while a few of them were already recruited. He assured that the Health & Family Welfare (H&FW) department was on the job to resolve the matter.

Rio also clarified that service cadre of National Health Mission doctors was different as they were working under a mission funded by the Centre while the State government had to follow service rules and guidelines.

He explained that owing to acute shortage of doctors and nurses, the cabinet decided to recruit 53 doctors and 143 nurses to help manage the pandemic, adding the salary expenditure on account of these new posts was estimated at Rs 11.07 crore annually.

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`127.11 cr spent on COVID measures Correspondent

RECEIPTS FROM GOI & RELEASED TO MEDICAL DEPTT

KOHIMA, JUN 15 (NPN): Nagaland chief minister Neiphiu Rio on Monday informed that the state government has spent Rs 127.11 crore so far in fighting COVID-19 pandemic.

Highlighting the expenditure on COVID-19, Rio, who also heads the High Powered Committee, informed media persons here at the secretariat conference that out of Rs 127.11 crore, Rs 24.75 crore was received from the Central government while Rs 99.42 crore was spent from the State’s own resources and Rs 2.95 crore was spent from CM’s Relief Fund.

He claimed that his government had been providing financial assistance to Nagas stranded in different parts of the country, bearing the cost of bringing them and keeping them in quarantine centres, all at the cost of the State exchequer.

He said preparation of quarantine centres by repairing and furnishing them, setting up BSL labs, procuring TrueNat testing machines, ventilators, medicines and personal protection equipment for

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Particulars GOI- NHM (Medical Deptt) GOI- NHM (Medical Deptt) TOTAL: A

Neiphiu Rio along with cabinet colleagues after the meeting with NSF representatives. (NP)

Correspondent

KOHIMA, JUN 15 (NPN): The State government is all set to set up the much-awaited Staff Selection Board (SSB) within one month.

This follows a meeting of chief minister Neiphiu Rio and his council of ministers/legislators with Naga Students’ Federation representatives here on Monday.

Later addressing media persons here, NSF president Ninoto Awomi said the federation’s long-pending demand to set up SSB was finally heeded by the State government as the chief minister informed the meet-

ing that his government had in principle approved setting up of SSB, adding that upon NSF’s insistence Rio assured to set it up within one month.

He exuded confidence that the government would upheld its assurance and set up the board within the given timeframe.

Awomi said the NSF team also took up the issue of NHM Employees Association Nagaland (NEAN) grievances during the meeting to which Rio said he was ready to discuss the issue with the aggrieved party.

Acknowledging the grievances of NHM employees, he said the federa-

tion however felt that Naga people should not be at the receiving end in the tussle between the State government and NEAN in view of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Extending solidarity to NEAN, he said the current issue was about serving the community and here therefore appealed to NHF employees to give up their indefinite stir and resume work.

Awomi said NSF representatives also discussed the measures being taken up for giving employment opportunities to thousands of Nagas who were working outside but had returned to Nagaland (Cont’d on p-4) now.

DIMAPUR, JUN 15 (NPN): Nagaland on Monday registered nine new COVID-19 positive cases while four infected returnees have also recovered from the virus, taking the state’s tally to 177 cases-- 85 active and 92 recovered.

In a tweet, Health minister S. Pangnyu Phom said that the 9 new cases of COVID-19 +ve were reported out of 418 samples tested. 5 were from Dimapur QC & 4 from Peren QC, he said. All positive cases have been shifted to the respective district COVID-19 hospitals for treatment while those who had recovered, were shifted to the COVID care centre.

According to state Health department data, the four persons who had tested negative were from Dimapur COVID hospital.

Results of 1294 awaited: Out of 5650 COVID-19 suspected samples sent for testing till date, the results

Rs. Crore 3.71 3.71 7.42

RELEASES MADE FROM STATE’S RESOURCES TO MEDICAL DEPTT 1 2 3 4 5

From State’s Resources State’s Share for A2 TrueNat testing machines (14x20 Nos) BSL-2 labs at CIHSR and Tuensang Maintenance of Hospital etc Total: B

38.03 0.41 2.80 5.98 1.70 48.92

RECEIPTS FROM NEC (DIRECT-FUNDED) TO MEDICAL DEPTT 1 Into NHM Account Total: C TOTAL TO MEDICAL DEPTT (A+B+C)

3.00 3.00 59.34

RECEIPTS FROM GOI & RELEASED TO NSDMA 1 35% OF SDRF of Rs. 20.50 cr- 1st installment 2 NDRF TOTAL: D

7.18 7.15 14.33

TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS FROM STATE’S RESOURCES 1 2 3 4 5

Civil Supplies - Foodgrains Home Department - Quarantine Centres & Relief etc State Share for B1 (SDRF) For Relief Works (anticipation of 2nd installment of SDRF) Quarantine Centres & One-time assistance (10000) etc TOTAL: E

3.60 10.00 0.80 7.98 28.12 50.50

FROM CMRF GRAND TOTAL: A+B+C+D+E+F

2.95 127.11

RECEIPT FROM GOI & NEC FROM STATE’S RESOURCES FROM CMRF

24.75 99.42 2.95

health and frontline workers were all being done at State’s own cost, adding the process was far from being over.

The chief minister remarked that the fight against the pandemic had just begin and with the

State govt to set up SSB within a month Nagaland COVID-19 tally now 177

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KOHIMA, JUN 15 (NPN): State chief minister Neiphiu Rio on Monday told newsmen Rs 0.24 crore was collected from COVID-19 cess in April and Rs 3.36 crore in May, while the total collection in 2020-21 was estimated at Rs 37.25 crore.

“The collections so far are a fraction of what we have already spent without budgetary support,” he added.

He said his government took a considered decision to levy COVID-19 cess following a preliminary assessment of the levels of expenditure that would have to be incurred to fight the pandemic, especially considering the need to build health infrastructure and for procurement of machinery and equipments, including protective items and medicines.

He mentioned that the coming months would continue to see significant expenditure in transportation of returnees, food, purchase of medicines and equipments, completion of BSL labs and purchase of equipments and consumables for the labs and investments that would be required in the district hospitals to facilitate them in dealing with increasing number of COVID-19 positive (Cont’d on p-8) cases.

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number of increasing positive cases there was need for more investment in health infrastructure and related activities to ensure that the spread of the virus was limited to quarantine and isolation facilities.

(Cont’d on p-8)

Dimapur: Restricted vehicular movement

Nagaland COVID-19 STATUS as ON June 15, 2020 D I M A P U R , J U N 1 5 COVID HOSPITAL

Total Cases

Active Cases Asymptomatic cases

Recovered

Dimapur DH

119

40

79

AR Hospital Dimapur

7

7

0

Kiphire DH

0

0

0

Kohima NHAK

16

14

2

Kohima Chedema

13

7

6

Longleng DH

0

0

0

Mokokchung IMDH

0

0

0

Mon DH

9

9

0

Peren CHC Jalukie

8

8

0

Phek DH

0

0

0

Tuensang DH

5

0

5

Wokha DH

0

0

0

Zunheboto DH

0

0

0

State Total

177

85

92*

of 5256 were received out of which 177 tested positive and results of 1294 were awaited (10 positive results were of retest reflected in the re-test results).

Meanwhile, deputy CMO Dimapur, Dr. Antoly during the DTF meeting informed that BSL-2 lab at Re-

(NPN): In view of the arrival of a special train from Delhi to Dimapur on June 16 morning (expected time 4.30 a.m.), the Dimapur Police has ordered restriction of vehicular movement in designated routes.

In an order, Commissioner of Police Dimapur, R. Tetseo informed that vehicular movement will be restricted one hour prior to the arrival and four hours after the arrival along designated routes--Dimapur Railway station to Agri Expo-- via Traffic Control ZoneI-hotel Theja Fort (through under the fly over)- Burma Camp Jn.-Veterinar y Jn.-Old Dhansiri bridge-Purana Bazaar Jn.-TK Service to Agri Expo. The restriction would be imposed depending on the arrival of the train.

ferral Hospital was expected to be functional within few days. She also informed that 2 TrueNat machines were installed at Medziphema PHC. Dr. Antoly said one more machine would be arriving, which will boost the testing capacity, a DIPR DIMAPUR, JUN 15 report stated.

(NPN): Indian Dental Association Nagaland State Branch (IDANSB) Monday appealed to the state government to consider post DIMAPUR, JUN 15 (NPN): In a move to gradually creation for dental surgeons re-open economic activities in Dimapur, the District in the state. In a representaTask Force members, Dimapur Monday charted out tion to the commissioner & the action plan to be implemented in Dimapur. secretary, health & family At the meeting convened by deputy commis- welfare, IDANSB president sioner Dimapur, Anoop Khinchi in the presence of Dr. Kaketo Yepthomi and commissioner of police Dimapur, R. Tetseo and honorary secretary Dr. Viother officials here on Monday, the following was chovol Temi asserted that plan proposed: dental surgeons were very Buses/passenger vehicles should not be al- much part of the healthlowed to ply until June 30. However, taxis, autorick- care system. It reminded the shaws may be allowed to ply on odd/even system government about the need with maximum 2 passengers. of dental services in both Main markets to open phase-wise: With rural and urban areas postregard to opening of Hongkong market and New COVID, which it affirmed Market, it was decided that basing on the mechanism was “non-negotiable.” It statdevised by DMC to open in stages, it is suggested that ed that dental surgeons have shops may be opened phase wise in compliance with also been sincerely rendering the protocols and norms of COVID 19. their services like any other Marketing complexes/malls may be allowed doctors in the fight against to open with strict social distancing and restriction COVID-19 pandemic. of limited number of customers at a time.

Meanwhile, IDANSB Barber shops/salons not allowed to open urged the state government for a month to address NHM employees’ Public toilets should be opened as most of demands. It also urged the the business establishments are open; Sanitising of government and responsible trucks/vehicles at check gates will continue for a authority to provide fair month. an equal opportunity to all Manipur bound trucks/buses allowed to ply deserving qualified candiwith implementation of regulations dates.

Create dental surgeon posts: IDANSB to govt

NPFLF appeal to H&FW, NEAN to end deadlock DTF charts re-opening plan DIMAPUR, JUN 15 (NPN): Naga People‘s Front Legislature Party (NPFLP) has called upon the state government and National Health Mission Employees Association (NEAN) to come to the negotiating table and hammer out a solution without further delay, saying common men would ultimately suffer the most if the deadlock continued.

NPFLP through its information and publicity wing said that NEAN’s grievances were “genuine”, which deserved all out support. However, the party asserted that call for ‘cease work’ and the subsequent absence of medical personnel from duties would have adverse effect on the general public.

Po i n t i n g o u t t h a t COVID-19 pandemic was not going away anytime soon, the NPFLP said that with shortage of medical professionals working on the ground, the day-to-day functioning of

hospitals and health centres including quarantine centres would be immensely affected.

As such, NPFLP said it was essential for NEAN to weigh the pros and cons thoroughly as the welfare and wellbeing of the mass was most important.

Meanwhile, the party termed as “haphazard and unsystematic” the state cabinet decision to regularise the post of 27 GDMOs appointed on contractual basis on May 27, 2020 for a period of 12 months on the excuse that there was shortage of manpower to contain COVID-19 pandemic.

NPFLP said the state government failing to address the grievances of NEAN, but deciding on regularisation of contract appointees has given birth to the present crisis. NPFLP has, therefore, asserted that the state government must own complete responsibility.

Opposition NPF has urged the state government to address the grievances of NHM employees and break the deadlock so various health centres across the state start functioning normally again. NPF through its press bureau said that lives of people must not be imperilled because of ‘blatant and atrocious nepotism’ of the government. NPF has, therefore, demanded that the state government immediately break the deadlock and work out the modalities.

Expressing deep concern over the imbroglio in the state health and family welfare (H&FW) department, the NPF said that the decision of commissioning public servants without following the laid down procedures was “a blatant and atrocious disregard for the law governing the land and can only be termed as an act of Nepotism.”

NMDA appeals NHM employees to call off stir

Nagaland Medical Dealers’ Association (NMDA) has appealed to National Health Mission (NHM) employees to call off their cease work.

Appreciating the wok and sacrifices done by the NHM employees during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, NMDA president A Ato Yepthomi urged them to resume work in the interest of public welfare in view of the current crisis.

Stating that NHM employees were among the frontline workers combating the COVID-19 pandemic, NMDA requested the state government to resolve the issue at the earliest. It further called upon the medical fraternity and public to come forward and join hands with the government medical personnel and help them in fight the (Cont’d on p-4) deadly virus.

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Advisor of Horticulture, Mhathung Yanthan, Dr. Elithung Lotha (Middle demonstrating) and Renbemo (Right). (NP) Staff Reporter DIMAPUR, JUN 15 (NPN): Horticulture department comprising of advisor for Horticulture Mhathung Yanthan, director, Dr. R Elithung Lotha and Dimapur district horticulture officer (DHO), Temsu Longkumer along with officials from the department conducted farm visit at JK Integrated Farm, Vidima village on Monday.

The integrated farm with animal husbandry (piggery and fisheries) and orchard crops like papaya, banana, seedless guava is

an ambitious project undertaken by Renbemo Murry, a young entrepreneur.

Renbemo, while interacting with Nagaland Post maintained that the area of the farm covered 40 acres of fertile and potential soil.

He also mentioned that the orchards will be irrigated under drip irrigation system. Furthermore, Murry also plans to invest more resources on the orchard development in the coming days. Renbemo puts in self labour at the farm and hopes to encourage more youngsters to take up farming on a large scale.

During the visit, the department highlighted on the various aspects of cultivation and even pointed out some tips on how best to manage the various crops.

The farm inspection of the advisor along with department head has certainly given the much needed boost and motivation to the young budding entrepreneur.

It may be mentioned that the department has been assisting the farm in terms of planting materials, irrigation, fertilizers and information on planting techniques, management and post harvest guidance.

BJP Wokha unit commemorates Modi 2.0

NSCN/GPRN-K warns imposters DIMAPU: NSCN/GPRN-K (Khango) has warned imposters to refrain from all kinds of unauthorised activities in and around Kohima town and taking undue advantage in the name of NSCN/ GPRN-K (Khango). A press release from NSCN/GPRN-K (Khango) kilonser supervisor finance, Thongo Simon Konyak has informed all the business community, general public and all concerned to be aware of anti-social elements in and around Kohima town.

It further informed that any transactions done without the knowledge of Thongo Simon Konyak, kilonser, supervisor finance Kohima and ‘Maj.’ Boto Awomi, field in-charge Kohima will be doing so at their own risk. For further confirmation before any transactions, one may contact at 7630059035/8131907375.

DIMAPUR: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wokha district commemorated the first anniversary of Modi-2.0 at its district office, Tsumang Colony, Wokha town on June 15, chaired by Samuel Ezung V/P Wokha district.

A press release from BJP Wokha unit media and press secretary, M. James Tungoe stated that, Er. Senkathung Jami, president State Kisan Morcha, in a short speech highlighted the government’s achievements in one year’s time and further challenged the party karyakatras to be good leaders.

Renponthung Ezung, state council member also exhorted the party workers not

DIMAPUR: While condemning “mushrooming activities of unabated multiple illegal tax collection” by the various groups in Dimapur, the Public Action Committee (PAC) has appealed the state government and district administration to immediately intervene and tackle “such illegal collec-

tions” from taking place.

A press release from PAC media cell expressed shock as to how “various organizations fighting for Naga sovereignty could think of collecting money from the public at such a

“You will feel safe because there is hope.

God will protect you and give you rest”.

Job 11:8

Loving and kind in all her ways, upright and just to the end of her days, sincere and true, in her heart and mind; Beautiful memories, she left behind.

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Loving Husband, Children and Family Members.

pandemic period.” PAC termed it as “beyond comprehension as to why the national workers cannot understand the severity and crisis, the pandemic has rendered that ultimately led to lockdown affecting

In Loving Memory of Lt. Moalemla

on her First Death Anniversary

shared on details about the visit of BJP legislators to Wokha district during this pandemic period whereby Wokha district BJP unit has been recognized as one of the most active party in the fight against Corona pandemic in the entire North East, India. He stated that,

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Late T. Tainla Ao Date of Birth : 12-12-1969 Died : 09-06-2020

CONDOLENCE MESSAGE

everyone economically irrespective of caste, creed or religion etc.”

PAC further stated that it “view those involved in collecting illegal tax at this juncture as anti Naga and anti people.”

PAC further informed the various political groups to be more humane and wise so that public sympathy is not totally lost which otherwise may create unwanted situation if public is cornered to its limit.

1st Death Anniversary Lt. Zaneio Kense

16-06-2019 Dear Apuo, In our hearts, you still hold a place that no one can ever fill.

You gave us reasons to smile and laugh. Your absence is felt deeply.

Know that you are remembered and missed everyday.

With Love Wife, Children, Grandchildren & In-Laws

It is hard to believe that you are already gone for a year now.

Even though our lives are full of grief and sorrow, we rejoice in the fact that you are in your heavenly home.

You are much loved and deeply missed.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

to take the habit of going against the leaders but to have a mindset of appreciating each other. Regarding the recent delimitation issues, he challenged the gathering to educate the people with the right message.

In a presidential address Yanthungo Kikon

the joint effort of the legislators as well as the party karyakatras in the district had been overwhelmingly against this crisis.

Brief reports were given by all the four Mandals A/C presidents as well as the Morchas’ presidents consisting of BJYM, BJMM, ST morcha, kisan cell, exservice man cell.

Earlier, invocation was given by secretary Khochobeni Lotha and vote of thanks was delivered

by Y Lilamo Ennio, president Kisan Morcha Wokha.

One minute of silence was observed as a gesture of respect to late Dr. T. M. Lotha, a veteran politician and statesman among the Kyong Lothas. Benediction was pronounced by Zuchamo Ezung, treasurer, Wokha district.

PAC voices out against illegal tax collections

DTHWF informs parents, guardians ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

DIMAPUR: Dimapur Town Hostel Welfare Forum (DTHWF) has informed that it would continue to provide assistance to parents and guardians seeking school and college admission in Dimapur and connect them to the nearest and verified hostels of Dimapur Town Hostel Welfare Forum. Parents and guardians may contact DTHWF officials for free assistance at 7005654870/7005402352.

BJP Wokha unit members during the programme held to commemorate Modi 2.0 at Wokha town.

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Horticulture team visits JK Integrated Farm

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“I am now more than a conqueror, finally rested in the arms of Jesus”

Fondly remembered by Your loving husband, sons and family members

1st DEATH ANNIVERSARY LT. KETOUSIELIE SOPHIE

“My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.” Psalms 73:26

30-01-1976 – 10-06-2020

The PAU, Ludhiana Old Boys and Girls were shocked to know about the sudden demise of our friend Vengota Nakro. We express our deepest condolences to his wife and family. May his soul rest in peace.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Late D Niheto Sema

L. Vitokhu Chishi Dec 12, 1933 – April 9, 2020 Gray hair is a crown of glory; it is attained along the path of righteousness. Proverbs 16:31 Death's a memory and tears dry. Yet, the fragrance of your legacy will persistently refresh our souls.

With immeasurable gratitude we the bereaved family would like to thank all who stood by us and shared our pain through spiritually, materially and financially.

Words are not enough to express our profound joy and gratefulness to every individual personally. Yet, our prayers are with thee and may the abundant God bless you all under His safe keeping.

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Loving wife, children, grandchildren and in-laws

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7-11-1972 to 11-6-2020 We, the family members and relatives of Late Mr. D Niheto Sema would like to express our sincere and heartfelt gratitude to all the churches, organisations, friends, relatives and well wishers who upheld us in all possible ways at the sad demise of our beloved father.

We convey our special thanks to : 1. 1st NAP Officers and Friends.

2. Sumi Baptist Church, Chumukedima.

3. Police Church, Chumukedima.

4. Police Complex, Chumukedima/ Friends.

We regret our inability to thank each and every one individually but it's our prayer that our heavenly Father continue to bless you all abundantly.

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Died on: 16/06/2019

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In Prayers Family Members

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AC K N O W L E D G E M E N T “Dearest Apa, We are proud that we are your children, we love you and respect you. Apa, we never imagined you would leave us so suddenly and so soon, but just as you wanted, we promise to take care of each other and make you and all our near and dear ones proud of us. Thank you for your constant unwavering love towards us. Your love and guidance and exemplary life you led will be our guiding force throughout our lives. We miss you deeply, Apa.” We, the family members and relatives of Lt. Dr. Talitoba Ozukum, extend our heartfelt gratitude to one and all, who had supported and sympathized us physically, e m o t i o n a l l y, f i n a n c i a l l y a n d spiritually at the sad and sudden demise of our beloved on 10th June 2020.

Regretfully, we are unable to mention the names of all who had helped us during our grieving period, but it is our humble prayer that our Almighty God bless you all abundantly.

-Loving Wife, Children and Relatives.

Lt. Dr. Talitoba Ozukum Died on 10th June 2020

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Late SEYIEVITO (ALO) NEIKHA 08/04/1977 – 09-06-2020 We, the bereaved family members of Lt. Seyievito (Alo) Neikha, S/o Krosal Neikha would like to convey our heartfelt gratitude and sincere appreciation to each and every individual, church, believers, villagers, neighbors and friends for sharing our grief and comforting us through prayer, physically and financially at his sudden demise on 9th June, 2020.

We regret our inability to mention each and every individual but it is our humble prayer that our Almighty God bless you all abundantly.

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The family of Late MEYATULA IMCHEN (Mangmetong) wishes to extend our most heartfelt gratitude and appreciation to all those who stood by us during our time of bereavement. Thank you for the support, kindness, messages of sympathy, comforting prayers and words of encouragement. Your genuine gesture will remain in our hearts forever.

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Nagaland Post, Dimapur TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 2020

Government steps up preventive measures to combat COVID-19

DIMAPUR: State government has intensified preventive measures even as more returnees arrive from other parts of the country. The district administrations continues to remind people about social distancing and using all the essential preventives for their own safety and for others. More TrueNat laboratories are being set up in various districts to meet the requirements of the situation. Various churches continue to look out for the returnees in quarantine centres not only for their physical comforts but for spiritual needs as well. Social organisations along with concerned departments are contributing fresh organic vegetable to the quarantine centres. Meanwhile, keeping in view the harmful effects on tobacco consumption, some responsible social groups are keeping a check on sale of such products.

Phek District

Kohima District

Implementation of JJM meeting held in Kohima

Deputy commissioner Kohima Gregory Thejawelie held a meeting with the members of District Water Sanitation Mission (DWSM) on implementation of flagship programme Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) at DC chamber office Kohima on June 15.

According to DIPR report, officials from PHE department briefed that Jal Jeevan Mission was a central government initiative under the Ministry of Neiba Kronu along with other officials at CHC Pfutsero PTCSU, PCCI, district administration and others during the destruction of tobacco Jal Shakti which aims to on June 15. (DIPR)

products at Phek.

Kronu inaugurates TrueNat lab at CHC Pfutsero TrueNat laboratory was inaugurated and installed at CHC Pfutsero by minister of Planning & Coordination, Land Revenue and Parliamentary Affairs, Neiba Kronu on June 15. According to DIPR report, the TrueNat machine was donated by the minister.

The inaugural programme was chaired by ADC Pfutsero, Phuleshe K Yepthomi and vote of thanks delivered

by SMO CHC Pfutsero, Dr Lhishelo.

PTCSU president Surhoveyi Khesoh and general secretary Nukhozo Chuzho and PCCI president Kuvethisa Hoshi and general secretary Chetezo Akami stated that, the two organisations seized the tobacco products and trade permit/license of the defaulters for selling and stocking of the ban products. The seized items worth about Rs. 1.20 lakhs at MRP rate and over Rs. 5 lakhs at inflated rate were destroyed

Jeevan Mission will be based on a community approach to water and the mission will include information, education and communication as key components and to create a people’s movement for water, making it everyone’s priority.

The meeting also discussed the implementation of the programme and further selection of villages for augmentation and household connection under Kohima district rural areas.

Kohima DTF COVID-19 meeting

PTCSU, PCCI destroy tobacco products Having learnt that some business establishments were selling Gutkas and other tobacco products at very exorbitant rate at Phek town, a clear violation of the government directives, the Phek Town Chakhesang Students’ Union (PTCSU) and Phek Chamber of Commerce & Industries (PCCI) jointly conducted a surprise inspection within its jurisdiction on June 9 and 10. A press release from

ensure access of pipe water for every household in India. The DWSM would be headed by deputy commissioner and some other departmental heads as members at the district level for overall implementation of JJM. The mission’s goal is to provide household pipeline connection to all households in rural India safe and adequate water through individual household tap connections by 2024.

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in the presence of the district administration, DBs and other civil bodies.

The organizations strongly warned the dealers/suppliers/ retailers to abstain from such activities, adding that it shall be compelled to take stricter action if such activities detected again.

It also appealed the district administration and police personnel on duty to be more vigilant in monitoring such activities.

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Kohima District Task Force COVID-19 held a meeting at the DC office chamber, Kohima on June 15.

According to DIPR report, the meeting was in regard to the recommendation of chief secretar y for release of returnees who have tested negative twice from Paid Quarantine and institutional quarantine to home quarantine for Kohima and to other districts.

DC and chairman of DTF Kohima Gregory Thejawelie briefed that recommendation for the same has

been forwarded to the chief secretary war room and once the approval came from the chief secretary, the DTF will intimate the concerned districts and release the inmates.

Altogether 59 inmates for the districts of Zunheboto, Kohima, Tuensang, Phek and Mokokchung have forwarded the recommendation for the release of the returnees from institutional and paid quarantine centres.

The meeting was attended by incharge of institutional and paid quarantine centres.

Zunheboto District

Rev. Dr. Daniel Chishi during the Sunday service held in all the quarantine Farmers with various seed packets received from AASU members centres in Zunheboto town. (DIPR) at Toshiho village.

ZTBC Zunheboto special Sunday service

ZTSBC Zunheboto held special Sunday service at all the quarantine centres in Zunheboto town on June 14, under the theme, “Together we shall/will overcome. According to Team One Peren donated one each of water storage tank attached with basin DIPR report, the team led by Rev. Dr. and stand to COVID Hospital, CHC Jalukie and District Hospital Peren on Daniel Chishi encouraged the internees and counselled them through the June 14. (DIPR)

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AASU motivates farmers with agricultural seeds With the objective of helping poor farmers and to lessen their sufferings during the time of pandemic, the Ato Area Students’ Union (AASU) with assistance from SDAO Niuland Kivika dis-

tributed agricultural seeds to 203 families under Ato area. A press release from AASU stated that, 203 families were beneficiaries and received agricultural seeds such as maize, soybeam and pigeon pea.

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DC Dimapur Anoop Khinchi addressing the Dimapur DTF meeting on June at conference hall of DC Dimapur. (DIPR)

NSRLM staff with the collected vegetables to be distributed to various quarantine centres in Dimapur.

Dimapur DTF to intensify awareness campaigns

SHGs, VLOs under NSRLM provides fresh vegetables

Deputy commissioner Dimapur, Anoop Khinchi convened a meeting of Dimapur DTF members on June 15 and deliberated on issues pertaining to COVID-19.

According to DIPR report, the meeting decided for intensifying awareness campaign to educate the people on the importance of social distancing, wearing masks and maintaining hand hygiene as COVID-19 was bound to stay for a long time.

DC Dimapur informed that latest test carried out for 350 persons only 5 positive cases were detected and was optimistic that the number of positive cases would continue to dwindle down in the near future.

Commissioner police Dimapur, Rothihu Tetseo reminded the members not to give too much importance on the negative circulation of fake news in different social media platforms.

Self Help Groups (SHGs) and Village Level Organisations (VLOs) under Nagaland State Rural Livelihood Mission (NSRLM), Dimapur, distributed a truckload of fresh vegetables and rice bags to different quarantine centres in Dimapur, namely Agri Expo 4th mile, Government College Dimapur and Livingstone Foundation Hr. Sec. School on June 13.

A press release from NSRLM stated that, the fresh vegetables and rice bags were contributed by different SHGs and VLOs under Chumukedima block, Niuland and Kuhuboto blocks of Dimapur district. SHGs from Manglamukh village, Dhansiripar block also donated fresh vegetables to the Ganeshnagar quarantine centre.

Programme manager livelihoods (PM Lds) Atenjen Lemtur and the livelihood staff of NSRLM, under Dimapur district collected the vegetables from the different villages and distributed to the different centres.

Personnel of Ghaspani Battalion supplying water to CTC Medziphema on June 11.

Ghaspani Battalion

With scarcity of water in maintaining an 80 bedded quarantine Dimapur Baptist Women Union and women department Police Church facility at Cooperative Training Centre, Medziphima, Ghaspani Bat- Dimapur conducted prayer service programme for COVID 19 Hospital MS talion assisted the facility in supplying potable water on June 11. and staff on June 14, at Hotel Acacia, Dimapur.

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Assam Covid count reaches 4,158

A medic takes samples from an employee at Sonitpur Deputy Commisioner’s Office for COVID-19 swab tests in Tezpur on Monday. (PTI) Guwahati/ IMPHAL, Jun 15 (PTI): With 40 more people testing positive for coronavirus on Monday, Assam’s COVID19 count reached 4,158, state Health and Family Welfare Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.

The fresh cases were reported from six districts.

“A l e r t ~ 4 0 n e w #COVID19+ cases reported. 31 Jorhat, 3 Dhemaji, 2 Biswanath, 2 Dhubri, 1 Lakhimpur, 1 Dibrugarh,” the minister said in

a tweet.

The state now has 2,187 active coronavirus cases.

So far, eight patients have died due to the disease in Assam, while 1,960 have been cured and discharged from hospitals,

Sarma said.

Besides, three more patients have migrated to other states.

In a separate tweet, Sarma said Assam is conducting around 10,000 COVID-19 tests daily and has so far tested 2,17,088 samples in 11 laboratories and some outsourced centres.

“Pleased to share that pursuing our policy of proactive & aggressive testing for #COVID19, Assam Govt has completed 2.17 lakh tests. We’ve been carrying out approx 10,000 tests per day after having ramped up our capacities.

My compliments to our doctors & staff,” he said.

After inter-state movement through road, rail and air was allowed, Assam saw a huge spike in the number of COVID-19 cases.

To screen all the people coming from outside the state, the government has imposed a mandatory institutional quarantine policy for everyone, barring some exceptions.

NPFLF appeal to H&FW, NEAN to end deadlock Two WWII mortar

(From p-1) NPF acknowledged that present COVID-19 pandemic situation in the state demanded for an urgent need for trained medical personnel, and therefore, the need for contractual and contingency doctors.

NPF said it should been the extension of contracts till such time the government needed their services. The opposition party said that another “unpleasant” fall-out of cabinet “arbitrary” decision would be the burden on the state exchequer.

It said that salary/emoluments of those contractual workers recruited due to COVID-19 pandemic could have been borne out of COVID-19 fund. However, NPF said their regularisation would place an additional burden over a few crore rupees every year on the state budget, which the government was “struggling” even to meet the salaries of the existing state government employees.

The opposition party demanded that the cabinet decision be put on hold regarding regularisation of the contractual and contingency medical staff.

It alleged that the “authoritarian attitude” of the PDA government would set a very dangerous precedent for the post-pandemic governments and the future Naga generations.

State govt to set up SSB within a month

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He said the chief minister informed them that a committee on employment and sustainability had been set up and its focus was on agriculture and allied sector, skill development, tourism, youth resources and sports. Considering the fact that thousands of migrant workers who were engaged in businesses in Nagaland had left, the NSF president appealed to unemployed Naga youth to take advantage of these job opportunities and strive towards creating a self-reliant Naga society.

He said NSF had urged the government to be transparent on financial management, especially on funds received and expenditure incurred, to which Rio assured of making everything available in public domain and maintaining transparency.

Awomi said NSF further appealed to the government to review its decision of regularising doctors and also requisitioning the new post created under health & family welfare department to Nagaland Public Service Commission since it was gazetted post.

shells disposed in Manipur

Imphal, Jun 15 (IANS): Two mortar shells of the Wo r l d Wa r I I p e r i o d were disposed of through controlled detonation in Manipur’s Churachandpur district, police said on Monday.

C h u r a c h a n d p u r ’s Superintendent of Police Amrita Sinha said that the unexploded shells were disposed of on Sunday at an isolated location. Tollen villagers had found one of the 50mm shells while digging a grave and another during cleaning a nearby riverbank around three months ago.

The villagers did not inform police or other authorities and instead kept the shells in a residential compound, the police officer said. After a social activist tipped off police about the two shells, police took along a bomb disposal unit and seized them.

Assam gas well fire: tremors continue to jolt nearby areas Guwahati, Jun 15 ( Ag e n c i e s ) : A s s a m government on Monday asked a group of scientists to conduct a study on the tremors being felt at Baghjan in Tinsukia district, where a natural gas well of Oil India Limited (OIL) caught fire on June 9, two weeks after it started releasing gas and oil condensate following a blow-out.

Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal met scientists of Indian Institute of Technology-Guwahati (IIT-G) and CSIR-North East Institute of Science and Technology (CSIR-NEIST) and asked them to conduct the study on emergency basis and submit a report so that the government can take appropriate steps.

During a visit to the site along with union petroleum minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Sunday, Sonowal had promised that a study would be done to probe the reasons for the tremors.

Since June 9 when the well caught fire, residents of Baghjan and Natun Rongagora villages which are close to the site, have been complaining of repeated tremors. Some houses have also developed cracks due to the tremors.

“We started experiencing tremors from Wednesday, a day after the well caught fire. That night the tremors lasted for nearly 1012 hours and walls of several houses got cracked,” said Hiren Senapati, president of eco-development committee

of Natun Rongagora.

“The tremors have been happening intermittently now. Nearly 80% of our villagers are staying in relief camps, the rest who were in their homes are scared to live there because of the tremors, which could be around 5 on the Richter scale,” he added.

Authorities at OIL have also asked CSIRNESIT to carry out a study of the induced seismicity (tremors and quakes caused by human activity including oil and gas operations) in Baghjan and neighbouring areas because of the blow out.

“Five broadband seismographs will be deployed

by CSIR-NESIT at five sites for data to be recorded

NDB sanctions Rs 3000 crore for potable water project in Manipur Correspondent IMPHAL, Jun 15: The New Development Bank (NDB) has sanctioned Rs 3000 crore to provide potable water to every household of the state, said Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh on Monday.

Talking to reporters after inaugurating three developmental projects for Imphal city, he said that all the necessary processes including tenders, issue of work order etc have been completed for the projects to be implemented.

Singh while thanking Prime Minister Narendra

Modi and Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman for the initiative informed that the foundation stone laying ceremony will be held shortly.

Earlier, the chief minister inaugurated Imphal Sewerage Project Phase-I along with two integrated water supply projects for the capital city through video conferencing from the chief minister’s secretariat.

The chief minister stated that 3000 households have been connected by the Imphal Sewerage project so far and will benefit around 12,000 households. He said that major water supply

schemes in Tamenglong, Senapati and Churachandpur districts will be inaugurated soon.

State PHE minister Losii Dikho said that with the inauguration of such a long awaited project, the Imphal Sewerage scheme will benefit thousands of people in Imphal. It may be mentioned that Imphal sewage treatment plant located at Lamphelpat, Imphal West is the only sewage treatment plant in the whole North East India. The Imphal Sewerage Project Phase-I with a capacity of 27 MLD was constructed with a project cost of Rs 345.43 crore.

for 7-10 days. Locations have been identified and preliminary civil work for deployment of the instruments is in progress,” said a release issued by OIL on Monday.

“It is possible that some tremors had happened in the area close to the well, which witnessed a blow out and subsequently caught fire. From a scientific point of view, we are very keen to look at what are these tremors and analyse its impact,” said G Narahari Sastry, director, NEIST. Meanwhile, work continued at the well site to control the fire and plug the blow out. OIL had earlier said that the process could take about 4 weeks.

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Meghalaya to allow marriages in churches COVID-19 cases near Correspondent 500 mark in Manipur

Manipur on Monday recorded the highest number of recovery from COVID-19 as 60 patients were discharged after recovering from the deadly disease.

However, with 32 more returnees testing positive in the last 24 hours, the COVID-19 case has increased to 490 on Monday.

Of these 490 cases, 339 were active.

The official figure showed that 22 patients were discharged from Covid care facility of RIMS hospital while 38 patients were discharged from Covid care facility of JNIMs hospital.

Meanwhile, out of 1232 samples tested for the virus in the two state level VRDLs at RIMS and JNIMS, 32 were found positive for the virus, taking the total of COVID-19 infections in the state to 490. Meanwhile 776 stranded people who arrived in Imphal on Monday were lodged in an institutional quarantine centre in Imphal.

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Shillong, Jun 15: The Meghalaya government on Monday decided to allow marriage ceremonies in places of worship under strict safety protocols.

“During a review meeting chaired by chief minister Conrad Sangma, we discussed this issue and decided that marriages would be allowed to be solemnised in places of worship,” said deputy chief minister Prestone Tynsong.

“Those parties wanting to get permission should submit their application to the concerned deputy commissioner to acquire permission in this regard.

But strict protocols should be followed,” he added.

Tynsong said the government has received several petitions from various religious organisations to allow marriages to be solemnised in religious places. The government, which had initially decided to re-open places of worship from June 14, later kept it on hold in the wake of rise in COVID cases.

Karbi Anglong sand quarry owners oppose strike Correspondent DIPHU, JUN 15: Sand Mahaldar & Supplier’s Association (SMSA) Karbi Anglong has opposed the Karbi Anglong Sand Supplier Association (KASSA) imposing indefinite ban on the supply of sand to Dimapur since Saturday last.

In a press release, SMSA president Kangjang Terang said that the KASSA does not usually do business/buy sand from the government allotted sand mahals under Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council.

SMSA, therefore, asserted that it did not support the indefinite bandh on sand supply, adding that it had nothing to do with Karbi Anglong Sand Supplier Association.

The association said it was improper to give bandh call, adding that strict legal actions against the Karbi Anglong Sand Supplier Association and its members should be initiated by the district administration

and the government of Nagaland.

SMSA has informed sand stockiest and truck driver association of Dimapur to send trucks without any fear. SMSA said business activities would operate as usual.

On the issue, Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council executive member has said that the strike call given by KASSA was hampering the interest of local people. The members cautioned that the council would not hesitate to seek legal help if needed to end the strike.

It may be mentioned that KASSA adviser Sukursing Krom, addressing a press conference at Manja on Friday, said that the association was compelled to call for an indefinite strike as they get very little profit from supplying sand. He said that forest department and road transport authority were “playing a role” and it has become difficult for them to maintain market price of the sand and their profit was sinking.

Arms, ammo recovered from Chirang forest KO K R A J HA R , J u n 15 (Agencies): The Chirang-based Army unit in a joint operation with Assam Police, 210 Cobra Battalion, and 6 Bn SSB unearthed a huge cache of arms, ammunition, and explosives in Chirang district.

The arms, ammunition, and explosives were recovered from inside Chirang Reserve Forest.

On a tip-off regarding the presence of illegal arms and ammunition in the forest area of Lal Pathar in Chirang, a joint operation was carried out.

A massive search with metal detectors continued for 12 days in the forest and a suspected spot was located.

After digging by the Army and police personnel, a hidden cache of arms and ammunition was found.

The cache includes a

huge amount of firearms, ammunition, grenades, and RPGs. The police, after the recovery, stated that efforts are on to maintain peace and tranquility in the region.

It is suspected that the arms, ammunition, and explosives cache could be used to create unrest and tensions in the Bodoland region of Assam, where peace has returned as all the NDFB factions have come overground and dissolved their outfits.

This is the second major success of the Army and police in unearthing huge amounts of arms and ammunition in the Chirang district.

“The success of the operation will go a long way in preventing any major anti-national activity by militant organisations.

This will ensure promoting peace and maintaining

Sikkim to reopen educational institutes in August

New fish species discovered in Arunachal

G a n g to k , J u n 1 5 (Agencies): The Sikkim government has deferred reopening of educational institutes by a month due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

The government has decided to resume classes in schools, colleges and universities in the first week of August this year, officials said.

The decision was taken at a high-level meeting of the State Task Force presided over by chief minister Prem Singh Tamang, said an official. “There is a need for abundant precaution to resume educational activities in Sikkim in view of the spike in COVID-19 cases,” the official said.

ITANAGAR, Jun 15 (Agencies): A new species of fish has been discovered in the Northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh.

The new species was discovered by Dr. Keshav Kumar Jha, who has named it as Schizothorax sikusirumensis, after the rivers - Siku and Sirum in East Siang District at the junction, from where it was found.

Jha also serves as an associate professor and current head of the Department of Zoology at Jawaharlal Nehru College in Pasighat.

It may be reminded that last year, Fisheries and Aquatic ecology research team led by prof. DN Das

Security forces personnel display arms and ammunition recovered from the Chirang Reserve Forest on Monday. (PTI) law & order in the BTR,” drive to free the Bodoland police said. region from illegal weapThis is a part of the ons.

Schizothorax sikusirumensis from Rajiv Gandhi University (RGU) discovered five species of fish from the state.

These species include the Mystus prabini (discovered in Sinkin and the Dibang rivers in Lower Dibang Valley district); the Exostoma kottelati (discovered in the Ranga river in

Lower Subansiri district); the Creteuchiloglanis tawangensis (discovered in the Tawangchu river in Tawang district); the Garra ranganensis (discovered in the Ranga river); and the Physoschistura harkishorei (discovered in the Dibang and the Lohit rivers in Lower Dibang Valley district).

Manipur HSLC exam results declared

IMPHAL, Jun 15: Board of Secondary Education Manipur (BOSEM) on Monday announced the Class 10 exam results with pass percentage of 65.34%.

Even though the top position was secured by girls, boys outperformed girls with a pass percentage of 70.88.

A total of 70 students secured the top 25 positions.

Reshmi Nandeibam of Pitambara English School, Imphal who scored 579 marks out of total 600 marks (96.5%) clinched the top position.

Huidrom Rohid Singh

of St John’s English School, Nambol (Bishnupur district) with 578 marks (96.33) secured the second position.

Out of 38,390 students (18,860 male and 19,530 female), 25,084 students cleared the exam.

Thoubal and Kakching districts were the best performing districts with a pass percentage of 77.50 per cent followed by Bishnupur 69.08, Chandel and Tengnoupal 65.39.

The pass percentage of Imphal West district was 62.39 per cent while that of Imphal East was 57.70 per cent.

The pass percentage of private school students was 74.38 per cent while that of government schools was

40.65 per cent and that of government-aided schools was 51.56 per cent.

The examination was conducted at 140 examination centres across the state from February 7 and ended in March before the lockdown started.

State education minister, Th Radheshyam officially declared the result at the BOSEM conference hall in the presence of department officials.

According to official data, a total of 102 students were expelled for impersonation and for use of unfair means this year.

Meanwhile, the minister has congratulated the successful students. He also encouraged the unsuccess-

ful to work hard. The result declaration was also attended by commissioner of education (S) T Ranjit Singh,

chairman of BOSEM Th Kirankumar, its secretary Dr Chithung Mary Thomas among others.

BEFORE THE MARRIAGE OFFICER DIMAPUR : NAGALAND

Marriage Regd. No........../20

Dated Dimapur, the 15 June/2020

NOTICE OF REGISTRATION OF MARRIAGE

I, Marriage Officer, Dimapur, Nagaland hereby give notice Under Section 15 of the Special Marriage Act, 1954, that a petition for registration of marriage has been filed by Mr. Won Jik Seo, resident of 75-18 Gail Gil Amnyan Myeon, Gyeongsan City, Republic of Korea, aged about 68 years, S/o Shri Kap Chul Seo, resident of H/No. 67 Naga United Village AND Miss I. Merensangla Jamir, aged about ___ years, D/o Shri Imsennokdang, resident of H/No. 67, Naga United Vill. before me on 15th day of June 2020 and whereas 16/7/2020 has been fixed for registering their Marriage. Objections, if any are to be furnished on or before the aforementioned fixed date.

ADDL. DEPUTY COMMISSIONER CUM MARRIAGE OFFICER DP-2768 DIMAPUR : NAGALAND

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Bury political differences: Shah

NEW DELHI, JUN 15 (PTI): Political parties should forget their differences and join hands in the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic in Delhi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Monday after chairing an all-party meet.

Leaders of the BJP, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), the Congress and the BSP attended the meeting with the Home Minister, who had on Sunday announced a slew of measures, including ramping up of testing facilities, after holding discussions with the Delhi government and the civic bodies on the coronavirus crisis.

Pitching for political unity to inspire confidence among the people, Shah appealed to the representatives of the four parties to urge their workers to ensure implementation of the Delhi government’s coronavirus guidelines on the ground.

These steps will enhance public trust and the COVID-19 situation in Delhi will improve soon, Shah said.

All parties should forget their political differences and work together for the people of Delhi, he

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Amit Shah with Ajay Bhalla chairs a meeting with doctors at LNJP hospital in New Delhi, June 15. (PTI)

was quoted as saying in the meeting by a home ministry spokesperson.

Shah briefed the parties about the decisions taken by the government after he held two separate meetings with Delhi LG Anil Baijal, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan and the mayors and commissioners of Delhi’s three municipal corporations to strengthen the strategy to fight the coronavirus on Sunday.

There have been frequent run-ins between the LG and the Kejriwal government, which has accused him of acting at the behest

of the BJP-led central government.

“Shah called on the parties to mobilise their party workers to help implement the decisions taken by the central government for the welfare of the people of Delhi,” the spokesperson said.

“He appealed all the parties to rise above political differences in the interest of the people. Political unity will create confidence among the public and lead to improvement in the pandemic situation in the capital,” he said.

Shah said, “We all have to stand united under the

leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in this fight against the pandemic.”

The home minister said COVID-19 testing in Delhi has to be increased by adopting new techniques.

The meetings have been held in the wake of a spurt in novel coronavirus cases in the national capital.

After the Sunday meeting, Shah had announced that COVID-19 tests would be started at every polling station in the containment zones and a comprehensive house-to-house health survey would be conducted in the hotspots for contact tracing.

He had said testing for coronavirus will be doubled in Delhi over the next two days and subsequently tripled.

In view of a shortage of beds for coronavirus patients in Delhi, the Modi government has decided to immediately provide 500 railway coaches, which will be equipped with all facilities, Shah had said.

The pandemic has infected over 41,000 in the national capital so far and claimed more than 1,300 lives.

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Patiala Media Club files complaint against Moosewala

Pak detains 2 Indian HC staffers in Islamabad for over 10 hours

PA T I A L A , J U N 1 5 (AGENCIES): The Patiala Media Club on Monday filed a complaint against controversial singer Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu Moosewala for allegedly threatening the media for writing against him and also for using highly rude language against the journalist fraternity.

The complaint was handed over to Patiala SSP Mandeep Singh Sidhu, who has assured of a thorough investigation into the case.

“The singer has even asked his supporters to thrash mediapersons. In a live video, viral on social media, he took names of some media organisations and said that he is least bothered about writings and news against him. He has used highly offensive language against the fraternity and said that they should be cautious in future if they write or air any news against him. He said that if done so, they will face the consequences,” said the club president Gurpreet Singh Chatha who along with senior members of the club met the SSP at his office.

NEW DELHI/ISLAMABAD, JUN 15 (PTI): Pakistani authorities on Monday detained two officials of the Indian high commission in Islamabad in a case of alleged “hit and run” and released them after over 10 hours following India’s strong demarche and a blunt message to Islamabad that the duo must be freed immediately.

The Pakistani action is seen as a retaliation for the expulsion of two Pakistani High Commission officials

by India on charges of espionage two weeks back.

Pakistani media reported that the two Indian staffers were arrested by Pakistani agencies for their alleged involvement in a “hit and run” case, but there was no official word on it from Islamabad.

The non-diplomat staffers were back in the high commission after they were released by Pakistani authorities, government sources said, adding they left the mission in a vehicle at around 8 AM (Pakistan time) but did not reach their destination.

In the morning, the two staffers in Islamabad went missing following which India took up the matter with the Pakistan Foreign Office, sources said.

Within hours of the development, India summoned the Pakistan charge d’affaires Syed Haider Shah to the Ministry of External Affairs in New Delhi and served him a demarche, lodging its strong protest over the reported arrest of the two officials.

In the demarche, it was made clear to Shah that there should be no interrogation or harassment of the Indian officials and the responsibility for their safety and security was squarely on the Pakistani authorities, sources said. Pakistan was also asked to return the two officials along with the official car of the high commission immediately.

The two staffers are believed to be CISF personnel and working as drivers at the mission.

According to Pakistani media, they were charged with rash driving, hitting a pedestrian and for carrying

fake currency. The two were arrested after a BMW car hit a pedestrian who was walking on the city’s Embassy Road at around 8am, Geo News reported, quoting some eyewitnesses.

Police later discovered that the two persons were from the Indian high commission. The incident comes two weeks after India expelled two Pakistan High Commission officials here on charges of espionage.

India had declared Abid Hussain and Muhammad Tahir as ‘persona non grata’ after they were found obtaining sensitive documents relating to movement of Indian Army troops from an Indian national, according to authorities here.

Following their expulsion, Pakistani agencies started harassing a number of mission officials in Islamabad including charge d’affaires Gaurav Ahluwalia. Ahluwalia’s car was aggressively tailed by Pakistani agencies on at least two occasions following which India lodged a strong protest with the Pakistan Foreign Office.

Supreme Court refuses to stay April 4 Temp in India likely to rise by over 40C by end of 21st century notification on anti-sex selection act Parikh: “You come back to us if the order is not withdrawn on June 30. As of now, we are not staying the order.”

After issuing notice, the top court has scheduled the matter for further hearing in the third week of July.

Claiming certain relaxations in the Act would result in rampant sex determination tests, George had challenged the April 4 notification suspending certain “time sensitive rules with deadlines” under the law that prohibits sex determination before or after conception in view of the pandemic’s outbreak.

The notification suspended rules 8, 9(8) and 18 A (6) of the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques Act, 1994, (PC/ PNDT Act). All these rules are to do with certain administrative procedures.

The petition argued that the notification could be misused by unscrupulous sections to conduct sex determination tests freely.

Complete lockdown in Chennai from June 19 C H E N NA I , J U N 1 5 (AGENCIES): Just days after claiming that the state government had no plans to announce another lockdown in the state, the Tamil Nadu government has declared that Chennai and parts of Chengalpattu, Kancheepuram and Thiruvallur districts will go under complete lockdown from June 19 to June 30.

Grocery shops, vegetable shops, petrol bunks, and mobile markets can remain open between 6.00 am and 2.00 pm. People driving to the market in their private vehicles will be allowed to travel only within 2 kms from their house.

The blanket ban will mean that only essential services and travel for medical emergencies will be permitted in the four districts.

Under the National Disaster Management Act of 2005, starting from the midnight of June 19, the lockdown will continue for 12 days until the end of this month.

This decision comes after Chief Minister Edappadi Palaniswami consulted a panel of medical experts regarding the current situation in Chennai and its neighbouring districts which has seen a growing number of COVID-19 cases deaths over the last month. Fisheries Minister D Jayakumar

while talking to the media last week had admitted that a lockdown will be announced if the expert panel recommends it.

While the areas under the limits of Greater Chennai city police limits in all four districts will be covered under this lockdown, Thiruvallur municipality, Gummidipoondi, Ponneri, minjur, Poonamallee, Eekadu and Cholavaram in Thiruvallur district will also be covered under the lockdown. In Chengalpattu district, Chengalpattu and Maraimalai Nagar towns, Nandivaram, Guduvancheri and Kattankulathur areas will be locked down. In Kancheepuram, only the areas that fall under the limits of the Greater Chennai City police will fall under the new lockdown norms.

Speaking to the media the expert panel stated that they had told the state government that further restrictions were required to control the spread of the virus.

E-passes will be provided for those people requesting to travel out of Chennai only for events like weddings, deaths and medical emergencies.

For those coming to these four districts from outside the state through air, trains and ships, the present norms will be applicable.

It contended the notification is without jurisdiction and a nullity as the PCPNDT Act does not provide any powers for the suspension of the rules made there under, thereby making the act of the Central government illegal.

“The action of the Central Government in suspending certain Rules under the PCPNDT Act, 1994, despite not having the power to do so, violates Article 14 and 21 of the Constitution, as (in addition to being without jurisdiction), the Central Government has arbitrarily and selectively weakened a legislation aimed at curbing the pernicious activity of sex-selection and sex-determination,” said the plea.

The Health Ministry, however, contended that the notification will not dilute the spirit or application of the law in any form, and that sex determination is still strictly prohibited, and the suspension of the three rules doesn’t mean the suspension of the Act.

between 1986 and 2015, temperatures of the warmest day and the coldest night of the year have risen by about 0.63 degrees Celsius and 0.4 degree Celsius, respectively.

By the end of the century, the temperatures of the warmest day and the coldest night are projected to rise by approximately 4.7 degrees Celsius and 5.5 degrees Celsius, respectively, according to the report.

The frequencies of occurrence of warm days and warm nights are projected to increase by 55 per cent and 70 per cent, it says.

“The frequency of summer (April–June) heat waves over India is projected to be 3 to 4 times higher by the end of the twenty-first century,” the report states.

The average duration of heat wave events is also projected to approximately double. The combined rise in surface temperature and humidity, amplification of heat stress is expected across India, particularly over the Indo-Gangetic and Indus river basins, the report

FIR against Cong leader Digvijaya for tweeting ‘edited’ video of CM Shivraj BHOPAL, JUN 15 (AGENCIES): Madhya Pradesh Police registered an FIR against Congress veteran Digvijaya Singh and 11 others on Monday in a case of circulation of an alleged “edited” video of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s old statement on the liquor policy of the previous Kamal Nath government.

Singh said he had no objection to the FIR against him, but the police should also investigate the source of the video and who “edited” it.

On Sunday night, leaders of the ruling BJP submitted a complaint to the police, demanding that an FIR be lodged against Singh for tweeting the alleged “edited” video.

In the video, Chouhan is purportedly seen commenting on the liquor policy of the previous Kamal Nath government.

“On the basis of the complaint, a case has been registered against 12 people, including Digivijaya Singh and Avinash Kadbe (MP Congress’ social media coordinator),” Additional Superintendent of Police Nishchal Jharia told PTI. They have been charged under Indian Penal Code Sections 500 (defamation), 501 (printing or engraving matter known to be de-

famatory), 505 (2) (public mischief) and 465 (forgery), the official said. Jharia said the FIR was registered after the complaint received from BJP leaders was found to be “right” in preliminary investigation.

“Further action would be taken after the investigation, he said.

Reacting to the development, Digvijaya Singh said the BJP is upset as he raised an issue of cheating in Chief Minister Chouhan’s constituency.

“The BJP has been fuming and is perturbed since I wrote to Chouhan that tribals in his constituency Budhni were duped of Rs 450 crore by his agents.

No action was taken during Chouhans (previous) tenure.

I wrote to him that if no action would be taken, I will be forced to sit on a dharna at the CM’s residence, Singh told reporters.

He also demanded an FIR against those who duped the tribals in Chouhan’s constituency.

“I don’t have any objection to the FIR (against him), but it should be investigated what is the source (of video) and who edited this? The BJP and Modi-Shah bhakts edited Rahul Gandhis video and circulated it and are running fake news.

“Action should also

be taken against them,” he said. State Congress president and former chief minister Kamal Nath criticised the action against Digvijaya Singh. “The BJP government is continuously showing its malicious thinking by taking oppressive action against Congress leaders in the state, Nath said.

He said the BJP government is setting a “wrong tradition” in the state.

People associated with the BJP are constantly doing dirty politics against Congress leaders and trying to spoil their image, they have made false complaints against Digvijaya Singh over a viral video, he said, adding that action should be taken against those who created the video. On Sunday night, a BJP delegation, headed by former minister Umashankar Gupta, submitted a memorandum to the crime branch of Bhopal police.

In their complaint, the BJP leaders said Chouhan had given a statement against the liquor policy of the then Kamal Nath government on January 12 this year.

This 2.19-minute video was edited and a ninesecond cropped part of it was shared on Twitter by Singh to malign the image of the Chief Minister, they alleged.

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notes.

Sea Surface Temperature (SST) of the tropical Indian Ocean has risen by a degree Celsius on average during 1951–2015, mark-

edly higher than the global average SST warming of 0.7 degree Celsius, over the same period, the report states.

Sea Surface Tempera-

tures does have an influence over the Indian Ocean. The Indian Ocean Dipole is linked to the SSTs of the Indian Ocean. A positive IOD, linked to the cooling/warming of the Indian Ocean waters, generally helps to have a good monsoon.

Sea-level in the North Indian Ocean (NIO) has risen at a rate of 1.06–1.75 millimetre per year during 1874–2004 and has accelerated to 3.3 millimetre per year in the last two and a half decades (1993–2017), which is comparable to the current rate of global mean sea-level rise.

GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND

DIRECTORATE OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION NAGALAND : KOHIMA

NO. DTE/ ESTT-2/12/2018-19/

Dt. Kohima, the th June, 2020.

PRESS RELEASE In continuation to earlier Notification of this office Letter NO. DTE/ ESTT2/12/2018-19/1909 dated Kohima, 3rd June, 2020 the last date for submission and issue of Diploma Entrance Examination (DEE-2020) form is hereby extended up to 30th June, 2020.

Intending candidates are informed to download the form from the Website: www.dtenagaland.org.in and send the scanned copies of all necessary documents along with deposit slip of application form fees amounting to Rs. 300/- (Rupees three hundred) only to this email address: tenagaland@gmail.com or by hand during office working hours.

The candidates are requested to deposit the said amount to the Department AC/ NO given below.

Account Number - 39210279019 IFSC Code - SBIN0016933 Branch - SBI, Capital Complex, New Sectt. Road, Kohima Further, candidates are informed to submit all required documents (Marksheet/ Photos etc) on or before 30th June, 2020 without fail.

(Er. Arjun Singh) Director Issued by DIPR DC-524

GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND

DIRECTORATE OF SCHOOL EDUCATION

No.ED/AEI-8/2019

NOTIFICATION

Kohima, the, 15th June 2020

As per the official communique received from MHRD, it is hereby notified for the information of all concerned candidates that the remaining subjects/papers of CBSE Class XII Senior Secondary Examination 2020 which could not be conducted due to the Lockdown is now scheduled to be conducted from 1st to 15th July 2020.

In Nagaland, the Examination will be conducted in the following centres. The figures in bracket mentioned against the subject indicate the number of candidates appearing in the subject.

1. Delhi Public School, Dimapur – Geography [60] Bus. Studies [30] & Info. Prac.(O) [14] 2. Hollotoli School, Padampukhuri – Geography [17] Sociology [20] Bus.Studies [4] Home Sc. [6] & Info. Prac.(O) [10] 3. Livingstone Foundation HS School, Dimapur – Bus. Studies [39] 4. Maple Tree School, Dimapur – Geography [7] Bus. Studies [3] & Info. Prac.(O) [9] 5. Army Public School, Rangapahar – Sociology [5] 6. J N V Nihokhu – Geography [38] & Hindi Core [38] 7. Kendriya Vidyalaya, Dimapur – Geography [32] Bus. Studies [31] Info. Prac.

(N) [16] Comp.Sc.(N) [12] & Hindi Core [47] 8. Kendriya Vidyalaya, Rangapahar – Geography [16] Comp. Sc. (N) [3] & Hindi Core [24] 9. G Rio School, Kohima – Geography [36] Sociology [36] & Comp. Sc. (O) [8] 10. J N V Yakukie – Geography [37] & Hindi Core [38] 11. Kendriya Vidyalaya, Zakhama – Hindi Core [1] 12. Assam Rifles High School, Mokokchung – Geography [1] & Hindi Core [1] 13. Kendriya Vidyalaya, Tuli – Geography [17] Info. Prac. (N) [15] Comp. Sc. (N) [1] & Hindi Core [2] 14. J N V Wakching – Geography [17] & Hindi Core [29] 15. Sainik School, Punglwa – Comp. Sc. (O) [13] & Hindi Core [2] 16. J N V Jalukie-B –Hindi Core [10] 17. J N V Zuketsa – Geography [35] & Hindi Core [35] 18. J N V Lumami – Geography [32] & Hindi Core [32] Candidates should visit CBSE Website for the rescheduled Routine/Datesheet.

Instructions for COVID-19 related safety protocols to be followed during examinations for ensuring the safety of students are being issued separately by the CBSE. ( SHANAVAS C ) IAS Principal Director No.ED/AEI-8/2019 Issued by DIPR

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NEW DELHI, JUN 15 (IANS): The Supreme Court on Monday declined to stay the Department of Health and Family Welfare’s April 4 notification whereby certain rules under the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act were temporarily suspended.

A bench headed by Justice U.U. Lalit issued notice on the plea challenging the notification, but refused to stay it.

“See the kind of difficult situation the country is in... lot of medical professionals, doctors, required for all this work... we are in a national emergency and the relaxation is also only till June 30,” the bench observed, referring to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

The apex court, however, allowed petitioner Sabu Mathew George, appearing through senior advocate Sanjay Parikh, to raise the issue, if it was renewed beyond June 30.

Ju s t i c e L a l i t t o l d

NEW DELHI, JUN 15 (PTI): The average temperature over India is projected to rise by 4.4 degrees Celsius, while the intensity of heat waves is likely to increase by 3-4 times by the end of the century, according to a government report on the impact of climate change on the country.

India’s average temperature has risen by around 0.7 degree Celsius during 1901–2018, largely on account of Green House Gases-induced warming, states the report by the Ministry of Earth Sciences.

It is likely to be published by Science and Technology Minister Harsh Vardhan on Tuesday.

The report has been prepared by the Centre for Climate Change Research, a cell under MoES’ Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune.

“By the end of the twenty-first century, average temperature over India is projected to rise by approximately 4.4 degrees Celsius,” the report states.

In the 30-year period

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Nagaland Post Vol. XXx NO. 190 Dimapur, TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 2020

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Khushi-Khushi epidemic

t is most unfortunate, the Department of Health & Family Welfare(DoHFW) has got its tangled in a series of controversies that speak poorly of how the crucial department is being run. Even as Nagaland is faced with huge crisis posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, over 1000 employees under National Health Mission(NHM) administered by the DoHFW have resorted to ‘indefinite cease work’ from June 14(Sunday). The NHM employees under the banner of National Health Mission Employee Association Nagaland(NEAN), are on contract service since 2005.

A majority of them have been in continuous service for at least ten years or more. The preparations for COVID-19 were smooth, much hyped but hugely untested. However, there remained shortage of doctors, nurses and health assistants and therefore, containing COVID-19 would be nothing short of herculean especially when thousands of returnees have been placed at various quarantine and hospitalisation of rising number of COVID-19 cases at various district hospitals. The shortage of doctors, nurses etc was highlighted earlier by the Nagaland Inservice Doctors’ Association(NIDA), which disclosed that there were only 51 specialists or only 23% of norms as prescribed by the Indian Public Health Standards(IPHS) in all 11 district hospitals. Also there were only 63 NonSpecialist doctors or 52% of IPHS norms and 200 staff nurses or 28% of IPHS norms in all the 11 district hospitals. NIDA maintained that as per IPHS norms, the state requires 207 specialists, 119 Non-Specialists and 645 staff nurses for all the 11 district hospitals.

With COVID-19 cases rising and testing facilities still inadequate to dispense with over 5000 returnees in quarantine centres, the need for more medical doctors and health workers to manage the emergency situation has been warranted. While appointing doctors to mitigate the shortage under the plea of current pandemic, the DoHFW only managed to shoot itself on the foot when it regularised the services of 19 doctors on contract. This was followed by another order wherein 27 doctors who had been appointed purely on contingency basis on May 27,2020 had their services regularised on June 13,2020. Even under normal circumstances, it takes a few years for a regular employee to get regularised. Another group of doctors- Nagaland Junior Doctors Association- have expressed outrage at the blatant act of regularising services of contingency appointees. NJDA said the DoHFW flouted its own criteria in its advertisement that no appointee(s) will have the right to claim for regularisation. Further NJDA questioned the P&AR department as to, under what service rule could a Class-I gazetted post be advertised purely on contingency for one year and then appointment for six months, then converted as regular post even before the candidates submitted their joining report(s)?If established rules and procedures can be subverted then they are fit to be consigned to the dust bin. ACAUT reminded that the High Court Kohima Bench had directed the government to not regularise contract employees who have completed three years of continuous service. The state appealed against this order but it was rejected in 2017. The DoHFW had used a flimsy pretext of “one time relaxation of laid down rules and procedures” to make these appointments and earlier, it made huge purchases through questionable means under the plea of COVID-19 pandemic and got dragged to the court through two PILs. These are symptoms that the DoHFW is suffering from the khushi-khushi syndrome.

DailyDevotion Get Moving! (2) Also…add to your faith… —2 Peter 1:5 In the matter of drudgery. Peter said in this passage that we have become “partakers of the divine nature” and that we should now be “giving all diligence,” concentrating on forming godly habits (2 Peter 1:4-5).

We are to “add” to our lives all that character means.

No one is born either naturally or supernaturally with character; it must be developed. Nor are we born with habits— we have to form godly habits on the basis of the new life God has placed within us. We are not meant to be seen as God’s perfect, bright-shining examples, but to be seen as the everyday essence of ordinary life exhibiting the miracle of His grace. Drudgery is the test of genuine character. The greatest hindrance in our spiritual life is that we will only look for big things to do. Yet, “Jesus…took a towel and…began to wash the disciples’ feet…” (John 13:3-5).

We all have those times when there are no flashes of light and no apparent thrill to life, where we experience nothing but the daily routine with its common everyday tasks. The routine of life is actually God’s way of saving us between our times of great inspiration which come from Him. Don’t always expect God to give you His thrilling moments, but learn to live in those common times of the drudgery of life by the power of God. It is difficult for us to do the “adding” that Peter mentioned here. We say we do not expect God to take us to heaven on flowery beds of ease, and yet we act as if we do! I must realize that my obedience even in the smallest detail of life has all of the omnipotent power of the grace of God behind it. If I will do my duty, not for duty’s sake but because I believe God is engineering my circumstances, then at the very point of my obedience all of the magnificent grace of God is mine through the glorious atonement by the Cross of Christ.

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It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light. ~ Aristotle

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istrict Forest Officers and rangers are not trained in ecology.

Ecology means the interrelationship of all things – what happens to the whole when one part is affected. They don’t know about plants or animals. In fact, this entire service should be disbanded because all they do is an illiterate kind of policing. And for the most part they don’t do that either. Many of them are the fences that eat the grass: they use their positions to cut trees illegally and many are involved with animal killing mafias. All the bureaucrats of the forest department are generalists : one day they are secretaries of steel and another they head the forest and wildlife department. The Chief Wildlife Wardens come by attrition to their jobs. One of them has just suggested that we take all the tigers out of the forest and put them into zoos. Another had all the wild boar in Chandrapur shot and then took out killing warrants against the hungry tigers. Yet another has recommended that all the fallen trees of the forest be removed manually. All of them agree that the forest floor should be burnt annually “to prevent further burning”. The ones in Kerala and Tamil Nadu see nothing wrong in a Schedule One animal like the elephant being beaten to death by the temples. The teachers in the so-called forest and wildlife institutes are chosen from these worthies and so they teach what they know – nothing. The number of animals killed by this service would probably be equal to the damage that poachers do.

Unfortunately, since most of

the forest ministers are joyously self-proclaimed illiterates in this field, they bring nothing to the table except more misery – simply rubber stamping the diversion of huge tracts of forest for unnecessary and outdated technologies like dams. I have yet to meet a minister who even understands what an elephant corridor is. In fact, the “most loyal” politician is usually made the forest minister – because he puts up no resistance to any “development” project, like a cement factory or a five star hotel, in the heart of the forest. To all of them, a natural forest can easily be replaced by mono cultural plantation, and the animals in the forest can be replaced by a zoo. The day the rain controls us – in either its fury, as in Kolkata, or in stopping totally, is the day we will realize that we needed a specialist service. But by then it will be too late.

The favourite targets of these politicians, bureaucrats and forest service “timepassers” are wild boar, nilgai and rhesus monkeys. So, let me tell you what will happen if you remove all three.

The single most important animal to the forest is the wild boar. He is a major seed and fungi spreader and, through his constant rooting, he increases the forest and provides biodiversity.

He reduces insect pests and carrion. He is the only species that eats the large fern, called bracken, which otherwise would not allow seeds to come up. All the studies on the impact of wild boar on the ecosystem (soil, water, plants, fungi and fauna) show

Every Naga can help in food production

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xtraordinary times call for extraordinary measures. We saw a need that needed to be filled, and we stepped in to help” Benet Wilson.

Dear Nagas this situation is upon us and in our land and we have to step in to help. I think that every Naga can help in food production in Nagaland. All of us cannot be farmers but farming is a part of life and also an important part of our culture and at one point of time or the other, we all do it in a large way or in a small way. For the farmers who practice terrace cultivation, Jhum cultivation, waterlogging agriculture, subsistence farming, mix farming, crop rotation, commercial farming, animal husbandry, plantations, horticulture etc, it requires a huge plot of lands and resources, which every Naga don’t have it. But the rest of the Nagas who live in towns and cities in Nagaland, can also grow food in one way or the other and in some quantity. The best way to increase the production of the farmers is to increase the demand and consumption of locally grown organic food by the Nagas.

I am not trying to say that Nagas are not doing it or have never done it before, but now it’s a call and request to all the Nagas to do more and to put these into practice and actions and achieve results. There are Nagas who have their own land and house in towns. For them, they can grow vegetables, herbs and spices, grow animals like Pig, Dog, Hen, Duck, Rabbit, Cow, Goat, Fish, rear honeybees, and plant fruits trees

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Empty forest syndrome that the species has very high ecological importance and significantly contributes to the characteristics, as well as development, of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. He is a major food source for large carnivores. All these benefits are overlooked, and the wild boar is treated as a pest species for no reason except that farmers want to kill and eat wild pork.

When all the wild boars have been hunted down, the forest and all the large cats in it will disappear. It is time for someone sensible in the forest hierarchy to objectively evaluate the importance of this animal.

Nilgai is the largest Asian antelope, found all the way from the Himalayas to the state of Karnataka in the south. Nilgai eats grass, leaves, flowers and fruits, surviving long periods without water. They are mixed feeders, even eating the woody plants in the dry tropical forests of India. The nilgai can tolerate interference by livestock, and degradation of vegetation in its habitat, better than deer possibly because they can reach high branches and do not depend on surface vegetation.

When a species becomes threatened or extinct, this removes a check and balance in

the food chain. If Nilgais are removed, the area of grassland, on which they graze, will increase hugely. A 1994 study drew attention to the ecological value provided by the Nilgai in ravines lining the Yamuna River. In summer, the faeces of the antelope contains nearly 1.6 percent nitrogen, enhancing the quality of the soil to a depth of 30 centimetres. Seeds in their droppings germinate easily and assist in afforestation.

States like Himachal Pradesh are extremely brutal in their treatment of monkeys and have, in fact, killed thousands in the last ten years.

Monkeys are prey, predator, and mutualist species in food webs, and influence ecosystem structure, function, and resilience. Their evolution, feeding ecology, and geographic distribution are closely linked to the diversification of flowering plants, herbaceous plants, shrubs, grasses, and most trees, a principal source of food for many animals and humans. Monkeys are highly frugivorous, and their relatively large size enables them to disperse small and large seeds over long distances, enhancing forest regeneration. In the absence of their seed dispersal, plant populations and their genetic

heterozygosity will decrease.

For example, Madagascar lemur’s gradual extinction is causing certain Malagasy tree species to disappear.

The population collapse in the heavily hunted forests of Amazonia has severely degraded forest dynamics and the sustainability of many hardwood tree species, with implications for their carbon-storing potential.

Similarly, the hunting of gibbons in northern Thailand has had a negative effect on the demography of the lapsi tree which depends on them to disperse its seeds. The loss of primate seed dispersers has demonstrable impacts on human populations. For example, 48% of the plants whose seeds are dispersed by primates in the western regions of Côte d’Ivoire and 42% in Uganda have economic utility to local human inhabitants. In southern Nigeria, rural people rely on gathering primate-dispersed fruit and seed species.

In a study published in February in the journal Oryx researchers found that many tree and plant species in the Congo rely exclusively on monkeys for seed dispersal. In the LuiKotale forest, where the study was conducted, 18 plant species were completely unable to reproduce if their seeds did not first travel through a monkey’s guts. According to the paper, if the monkey disappeared the plants would also likely go extinct.

The research, by biologist David Beaune of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, found that monkeys eat for about 3.5 hours every

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like Mango, Lemon, Gooseberry, Tamarind, Orange, Litchi, Jackfruit, Banana, Star Fruit, Guava, Papaya, etc, in their own garden, compound, plot, backyard. While for those Nagas who live in towns but don’t have their own land and house and live on rented houses, they can also grow vegetables, herbs and spices, on flower pots, buckets, old utensils, boxes, thermocols boxes, on the terrace, wall hangings, etc, and can keep at least one or two animals for consumption if the landowners allows to keep animals.

We should also encourage one another and can even share pictures of our gardens and it’s harvest to our friends and other family members. Thus, when the Naga farmers, land owners, tenants or Nagas as a whole start to contribute according to their capacity and grow food crops and animals, then Nagaland will be self sufficient and self reliant in food production, storage, supply, and consumption within 7 years (just like the story in the BIBLE).

This is possible and we can do it even without the intervention of the government. However, the intervention and assistance of the government to the Naga farmers is encouraged. It’s not only the duty of government or our leaders to make Nagaland great, self sufficient and self reliant, it’s the duty of every Naga. And this is possible only if we work hard, do our part and work together according to our capacity, ability, position and resources.

Thungchamo Lotha Naga

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Is KVC wisdom questionable?

ganda president has said that ‘God has a lot of works, he has the whole world to look after. He cannot just be here in Uganda looking after idiots”.

Likewise KVC cannot just waste its time at this crucial period countering irrelevant statements who acquire knowledge only from the classroom.

However, I have been observing relentless attacks on Kohima Village Council by some unsurplus tribal apex body/individuals intentionally misinterpreting KVC press statement, ever since their representation submitted to the hon’ble Chief Minister on the 25th May 2020.

The Kohima Village Council has maintained a stoic silence maintaining their stance up till today. As a citizen of Kohima village, I believe that no wrong has been committed by the council in their demand and therefore I have been compelled to put my observation in public domain for better understanding amongst the brothers and sisters living together in this cosmopolitan town.

1. KVC is fully aware that all the returnees are not residents of the state capital. Consequently, the concern raise by KVC on the implication of increased risk of spread of the virus to residents of Kohima, clearly indicates and includes all irrespective of tribe or community. It is to be understood that out of the total population of Kohima, Kohima village comprises of hardly 10%. Is this for the safety for our people alone?

2. Today many with tribal tone are up against KVC but the worst is yet to come. Very soon our frontline worker will be over burden not knowing whether to attend returnees quarantine centre or to treat COVID-

19 patients in the hospital. Under this prevailing situation, a time may come that a doctor may take a decision for whom to live and who to die.

3. Be it Medical College, Kohima or any other hospital a patient is not admitted on the basis of colour, tribe or community. Therefore, let us not make a non issue into an issue. Unlike any other state capital, Kohima is also more developed and advanced than any other district headquarters. So also Delhi the capital of the country is more developed than the rest of the state capitals. Therefore, it’s a blunder to equate state capital with the district headquarter in terms of development.

4. Kohima became the state capital of Nagaland neither by demand nor by choice of Kohima village but by virtue of being the British headquarter. To shift or not to shift is not our concern for we live by land and not by state capital.

5. Branding us as landlord of the state capital but in fact there are many more landlord than us from other district. Literally speaking there is not even an inch of land which is no-man’s land. Therefore, wherever the state capital maybe, landlords and landowner are bound to exist.

6. Do other states in India also quarantine the returnees’/migrant only in their state capital? If so, Kohima cannot be an exception. If at all quarantine is solely to be conducted in Kohima only why setup quarantine centre at each district headquarter.

7. KVC is not as narrow and fragile as you opine. Its main concept is that all citizens of the state capital live under a peaceful atmosphere. It is to be noted that ever since from the time of British rule till date it

COVID-19 impact on Indian economy

he economic impact of the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic in India has been largely disruptive. India is fighting two wars in a way one is against the Corona Pandemic and the other is the economic crisis. India’s growth in the fourth quarter of the fiscal year2020 went down to 3.1% according to the Ministry of Statistics.

Notably India had also been witnessing pre-pandemic slowdown and according to the World Bank, the current pandemic has “magnified pre-existing risks to India’s economic outlook”.

The World Bank and rating agencies had initially revised India’s growth for fiscal year2021 with the lowest figures India has seen in three decades since India’s economic Liberalization in the 1990s.However after the announcement of the economic package in

day and travel a mean of 1.2 kilometres from meal sites before defecating and depositing the seeds that have passed through their systems. The monkey has two major functions here.

First of all, many seeds will not germinate well unless they have been “handled” (as scientists call it) by another species. Stomach acids and intestinal processes weaken a seed’s tough external coating, making it more able to absorb water and later sprout.

Secondly, many seeds won’t succeed if they remain too close to their parental trees. Beaune found that the seeds that fell to the ground near their parents either did not germinate, or the seedlings did not survive. According to Beaune, no other species in LuiKotale have travel patterns sufficient to serve the same dispersal service as monkeys.

Unfortunately, monkeys face a constant threat of poaching and official killing.

If the monkey disappears from any of its habitats this will create a cascading extinction cycle. Not only will the trees disappear, but so will many of the other species that rely on the trees for food or shelter. It’s a condition known as “empty forest syndrome”—the forest itself may still exist, but its biodiversity levels will crash, leaving it a pale shadow of its former self. There are so many forests like that in India – Brindavan, for example, in which the monkeys have disappeared and so has all other life. To join the animal welfare movement contact gandhim@nic.in, www.peopleforanimalsindia.org

mid-May, India’s GDP estimates were downgraded to even more to negative figures, signaling a deep recession.

During the nation’s Lockdown, an estimated 14crore people lost employment while Salaries were cut for many others leading to arise of employment rates within a month. Under a complete lockdown, less than a quarter of India’s $2.8 trillion economic movement was functional. Supply Chains have been put under stress with the lockdown restrictions in place. Those in the informal sectors and daily wage groups have been at most risk. A large no. of farmers around the country who grow perishables also faced uncertainty. The slowdown in Demand, closure of production activities, fall in global price of crude oil, ban on foreign trade, price decrease in commodities like energy, metals and fertilizers, restrictions on

the aviation industry as also on tourism amongst others are bound to exert downward pressure on the inflation, Thus adversely affecting the economy chart. To minimize the effect in the economy caused by the Pandemic Outbreak, the central government thus announced much-needed relief measures in areas of Income Tax, Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code, Fisheries, Banking Sector& Commerce etc.

Therefore, we must create an environment for investment and growth sectors that distress today, such as Agriculture, construction and power which can become engines of growth. Agriculture reforms should ensure easier access to input like seeds technology, power, finance& Insurance intended to boost the Economy.

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has not served any quit notice to any individual or tribe. Rather, we have refused to comply and nullify 3 (three) quit notices which has been served to some certain tribes.

8. Kohima villagers are neither publicity mongers nor Pharisees.

Therefore, it will be good on the part of all those writers to approach the government particularly the district administration and enquire whether KVC and KVYO render any help to the government at this hour of distress or not in terms of physical, material, financial, etc.

9. It is imperative to know that not even one quarantine centre falls within urban area. All quarantine centres are in rural areas which is well within the jurisdiction of the village. Thus endangering the lives of people tending their fields.

10. Keeping in mind the interest and welfare of the citizena of Kohima. If any lapses on the part of the government, Kohima village will not hesitate to raise its voice come what may.

11. Over the years many Naga youngsters are of the view that Kohima village is manipulative and hostile towards the Naga people. In this regard it will be most appropriate to retrospect how your educated pioneers and missionaries were treated by the village 100 years ago when hotels and rental house were not in existence. However, this stigma will not prevent us from spelling out the truth which has been handed over to us by our forefathers.

Lastly as a human being we have our own limit of patience. Therefore, never ever expect us to behave like “the charge of the light brigade”.

Neivor Rutsa, Kohima Village

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Mental illness should be addressed more often

Sir,

Depression is a common illness worldwide and yet it is the least topic to talk about. It has claimed the lives of lakhs of people across the country and Sushant Singh Rajput’s death has made many understand that mental health is a serious issue. Depression is often a silent killer yet many people who suffer from mental health disorder never seek help during their entire lives. A lot of people conceal their depression as they mask their symptoms and put on a “happy face” for others. We must remove the stigma surrounding mental illness because we know so little about the suffering of the happiest person in the room.

Arenla Kichu, Dimapur

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No power can break Indo-Nepal ties: Rajnath

NEW DELHI, JUN 15 (PTI): Rejecting Nepal’s territorial claim, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh asserted on Monday that the Lipulekh-Dharchula road falls very much in India and conveyed the Modi government’s willingness to sort out the “misunderstanding” with the neighbouring country through dialogue.

Singh stressed on the centuries-old ties between the two counties, noting that they were not only social, geographical, historical and cultural but also spiritual.

India can never forget this reality and Indians can never have any bitterness towards Nepal, the defence minister added.

“Our relations are not only of this world, but also of the ‘other world’ and they cannot be changed even if someone wishes so,” he said at a BJP’s virtual rally for Uttarakhand, the state in whose border region the road has been built.

“These are no ordinary ties and we are bound

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by ‘roti’ and ‘beti’ (livelihood and marriage). No power in the world can break it,” Singh said.

The bila ter a l ties between the two countries came under strain after Singh inaugurated a 80-km-long strategicallycrucial road connecting the Lipulekh pass with Dharchula in Uttarakhand on May 8.

Nepal’s Parliament had on Saturday unanimously voted to amend the Constitution to update the country’s new political map, laying claim over three strategically key ar-

eas, including Lipulekh, along the border with India.

“If the LipulekhDharchula road has given rise to some misunderstanding among the people of Nepal, I believe we can sit together to address it.

We can do it through dialogue,” the defence minister said.

Singh, however, reiterated India’s stand that the 80-km road had been built in Indian territory, while acknowledging that this had caused some misunderstanding in Nepal.

The road will shorten

the duration of the Kailash Mansarovar pilgrimage by six days, according to Singh.

Nepal had reacted sharply to the inauguration of the road, claiming that it passed through Nepalese territory. India rejected the claim asserting that the road lies completely within its territory.

Nepal had last month released the revised political and administrative map of the country laying claim over the strategically key areas, more than six months after India published a new map in November.

At pains to highlight the deep ties between the two countries, the defence minister spoke about the valour of the Gorkha regiment, whose soldiers are mostly drawn from Nepal, and noted that its battle cry is “Maha Kali, Aayo Gorkhali” (Goddess Kali, Gorkhas are here).

“How can the IndiaNepal relations be broken?” he asked. “No matter how much fencing one does across Dharchula, these

ties cannot be ended,” he said.

In his address, Singh also highlighted the work done by the Modi government and said it had delivered on a host of promises like abrogation of Article 370 and prohibiting instant triple talaq.

Gap between politicians’ promises and their work had caused a “crisis of credibility”, but the Modi government has triumphed over it by delivering on the party’s manifesto, Singh said.

The government has also been working to reduce India’s dependence on imports in the defence sector by boosting domestic manufacturing and exports of defence equipment. It has set an export target of USD 5 billion by 2024, he said.

According to Singh, India has progressed a lot under the six years of Prime Minister Narendra Modiled NDA government and its economy had become fifth largest in the world from the ninth earlier.

PM Modi to speak with chief ministers today and tomorrow

NEW DELHI, JUN 15 (PTI): Amid an unabated rise in coronavirus cases in the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a fresh round of consultations with chief ministers on Tuesday and Wednesday on ways to check the spread of the virus as India exits the lockdown.

On Tuesday afternoon, Modi will hold a video-conference with chief ministers, Lt governors and administrators of 21 states and Union territories.

These include Punjab, Kerala, Goa, Uttarakhand, Jharkhand, the northeastern states and some UTs. The prime minister will interact with chief ministers of 15 states and the LG of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday.

These include high case load states like Maharashtra, West Bengal, Delhi, Karnataka, Gujarat, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.

The two-day virtual

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meet comes against the backdrop of rising number of coronavirus cases in the country.

India saw a jump of over 11,000 novel coronavirus cases for the third consecutive day on Monday, taking the total number of infections to over 3.32 lakh, while the toll rose to 9,520 with 325 more deaths.

Under “Unlock 1”, several relaxations have been made for public and businesses to ensure that economic activities hit by the lockdown gather momentum.

Ahead of his meeting

with chief ministers, the prime minister had on Saturday reviewed the steps being taken to contain the COVID-19 pandemic in areas with high case load and the road map for effective management of the situation.

Modi had suggested that the home minister and the health minister convene an emergency meeting with the Delhi Lt governor and chief minister and other officials to plan a “coordinated and comprehensive response” to handle the challenge posed by rising cases of COVID-19 in Delhi.

The meets suggested by the prime minister took place on Sunday.

This would be the prime minister’s sixth round of consultation with the chief ministers, the last being on May 11.

Home Minister Amit Shah spoke with all the chief ministers over telephone in the last week of May, just before lockdown-4 was to end.

Three earthquakes Students get exam or internal assessment options: ISCE Biennial polls to 9 Bihar jolt Gujarat in less legislative council seats on July 6 than 24 hours

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DC Mkg directs NSCN (I-M) condolence, tribute DIMAPUR: Deputy commissioner Mokokchung Limawabang Jamir said that some village authorities/ ward authorities/individuals/groups in Mokokchung, have issued a verbal order to get rid of all domestic pets failing which the defaulters would be penalised. In this regard, the DC informed that this is a violation of the prevention of Cruelty to Animal Act 1960 and the Acts and Rules under Animal Welfare Board of India. DC order that legal proceedings shall be initiated under Sections 428 and 429 of the Indian Penal Code and the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Acts 1960 against any village authorities/ward authorities/ individuals/ groups acting in contravention to the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1960 and the Acts and Rules under Animal Welfare Board of India.

DC further directed all pet owners to prevent their pets from straying outside respective home premises.

Action shall be initiated under relevant section of the Disaster Management Act 2005 and Section 289 of the Indian Penal Code against the owner whose pets are found loitering/littering in the town/villages or causing danger to human life.

All pet owners are to ensure and take all measures not to violate this order. All village authorities/ward authorities are to report any such cases to the undersigned for further necessary action.

DIMAPUR: NSCN (I-M) has paid tribute to late ‘lance corporal (posthumous) Hamyei Ngonyen, Naga Army No. 44529/17 of the Alee Command, Naga Army from Yongshie village under Phom region who gave his precious life while in the line of duty on June 14, 2019. A tribute message from NSCN (I-M) through its MIP stated that, late Hemyei born to Vange Ngonyen and had joined the Naga national service in February 2017. GPRN conveyed deep condolences to the bereaved family members and friends of late Hamyei Ngonyen. While conveying condolences and that God continue to comfort them and give them strength, the MIP also pray the Almighty God to grant the departed soul eternal peace and rest.

PDCSU condolence

DIMAPUR: Phek District Co-operative Societies Union (PDCSU) has mourned the demise of Vengota Nakro at Kohima on June 11. A condolence message from PDCSU president Kekhwengulo Lea stated that, late Vengota Nakro was honest, dedicated to his assigned work, nature loving and a sincere friend of farmers. While his contribution towards self sufficiency and sustainable life of Naga society in his life time will be cherished, the PDCSU also conveyed heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family and that the departed soul rest in eternal peace.

GPRN/NSCN condolence

DIMAPUR: GPRN/NSCN expressed profound grief at the demise of ‘Maj.’ Thongo Konyak, S/o Puchang of Yangkho village, Konyak region, who breathed last on June 14. A condolence note from GPRN/NSCN through its MIP stated that, lat Thongo served the nation wholeheartedly till his last breath and was enrolled in Naga Army in the year 1992, undergoing hardships and facing adversaries during those turbulent years. It stated that his immense contributions and sacrificial towards Naga nation will ever be cherished and remembered in the annals of the Naga history by the Nagas. GPRN/ NSCN further conveyed condolence to the bereaved family members and prayed the departed soul to rest in peace.

2 drown in Chumou area

DIMAPUR: A 11-year-old boy and a 12-year-old boy drowned in a pond in Chumoukedima area. Dimapur police informed that it was a case of suspected accidental drowning. Both the bodies were retrieved by nearby residents from the pond. After completing all formalities, the bodies were handed over to the respective families, police said.

NEW DELHI, JUN 15 (IANS): Two mild-intensity earthquakes hit Rajkot district of Gujarat on Monday afternoon, a day after a 5.3 magnitude earthquake shook the region.

According to the National Centre for Seismology, an earthquake measuring 3.5 on the Richter scale hit 132 km north by northwest of Rajkot at 3.56 p.m, while another measuring 4.1 struck 118 km north by northwest of it at 12.57 p.m. No casualties or damage to properties have been reported so far.A On Sunday night at 8.13 p.m, an earthquake of magnitude 5.3 on Richter Scale struck the same district. Several parts of the state, including Ahmedabad, had also felt the tremors. Since then, five earthquakes of above 3.0 on the Richter Scale have hit Katra in Jammu and Kashmir. The recent one of 3.9 magnitude was recorded at 6.31 a.m. on Monday.

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Tiwari in his petition claimed since the number of COVID-19 cases was still on the rise, it would be appropriate to declare results based on gradation and assessment of past performance in internal exams

conducted by various ISCE schools.

The board, in its note, said it would communicate the option to each of its

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Adequate measures for close monitoring of the election process by appointing observers shall be taken to ensure free and fair election, the Commission said in a statement.

The Election Commission of India has also directed the Chief Secretary of Bihar to depute a senior officer from the state to ensure that the instructions regarding COVID-19 containment measures are complied with while making arrangements for conducting the elections.

Polling scheduled in eight other election seats were not yet announced by the Commission which deferred the election for these seats last month due to “unforeseen situation of public health” and consequent lockdown.

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Prashant Kumar Shahi, Sanjay Prakash, Satish Kumar, Radha Mohan Sharma, Sonelal Mehta and Hira Prasad Vind expired last month.

C o u n c i l ’s d e p u t y chairman Haroon Rashid, who was working as ‘acting chairman’ in the absence of a regular one, was one of the 17 members whose term ended last month.

After his retirement as the council member, both chairman and deputy chairman posts got vacant.

The post of chairman has been vacant since may 9, 2017 when its last incumbent Awadesh Narayan Singh vacated the chair.

The Commission, after receiving inputs from Bihar Chief Electoral Officer, has decided to conduct biennial election to these seats on July 6 between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.

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NEW DELHI, JUN 15 (IANS): The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday announced biennial elections to nine of the 17 vacant legislative council seats in Bihar to be held on July 6.

These 17 seats, more than 20 per cent of the total, are among the 75member Bihar legislative council that expired on May 6. Of these 17 members whose six years term ended on May 6, nine were elected from the Vidhan Sabha constituency, four from graduates’ constituency while another four from teachers’ constituency in 2014.

The election has been scheduled for those nine Vidhan Parishad seats that got vacant after the membership of Md Haroon Rashid, Ashok Choudhar y, information and public relations minister, Krishan Kumar Singh,

NEW DELHI, JUN 15 (PTI): The Indian School Certificate Examination (ISCE) board on Monday told the Bombay High Court it would give its Class X and XII students the option to either take the pending examinations in July or have their final results determined based on internal assessment.

The ISCE board had planned to conduct its pending Class X and XII board examinations in July after it got cancelled in March due to the COVID19 pandemic.

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Wholesale prices fall to 4.5 yrs low

New Delhi, Jun 15 (PTI): Prices in the wholesale market fell to a 4.5-year low level in May, recording a deflation of 3.21 per cent, due to sharp decline in fuel and power items even as food articles turned expensive.

The Wholesale Price Index (WPI) has hit its lowest level since November 2015, when deflation was 3.7 per cent.

“The annual rate of inflation, based on monthly WPI, stood at (-3.21 per cent) (provisional) for the month of May, 2020 as compared to 2.79 per cent during the corresponding month of the previous year,” the Commerce and Industry Ministry said in a statement on Monday.

However, inflation in food articles during May stood at 1.13 per cent, as against 2.55 per cent in April.

WPI inflation in pulses continued to remain in double digits at 11.91 per cent, against 12.31 per cent in April. In potato, inflation was 52.25 per cent, even as vegetables witnessed a deflation of 12.48 per cent in May. Inflation in protein-rich items like egg, meat and fish

was 1.94 per cent in May. Data collected by the government at the retail level, which was released last week, showed a year-onyear rise in food inflation at 9.28 per cent in May, led by pulses, meat and fish, and oils and fats.

In fuel and power basket, deflation stood at 19.83 per cent in May, as against 10.12 per cent in the previous month.

Manufactured products too witnessed deflation of 0.42 per cent during the month.

Due to the nationwide lockdown imposed on March 25, the ministry had released truncated WPI inflation data for the month of April, with figures of food, primary articles and

fuel and power.

However, it has advised its field offices to collect price data through electronic means and the final index for the month would be released next month.

“Price data is collected from selected institutional sources and industrial establishments spread across the country online through web based portal maintained by the National Informatics Centre (NIC),” the Ministry said.

The final print of March WPI inflation stood at 0.42 per cent as compared to its provisional levels of 1 per cent reported on April 14, 2020, the ministry said.

ICRA Principal Economist Aditi Nayar said, while the rise in prices of some

may arrest the fall in the WPI going ahead, easing food price pressure portend a welcome moderation in retail food inflation.

The minutes of the Monetary Policy Committee’s (MPC) last meeting revealed a considerable degree of alarm from some of its members, she said.

“Accordingly, we expect the MPC to continue to prioritise alleviating the pain caused by the fall in economic activity, over management of inflation that will almost certainly turn out to be moderate in the near term.

“Therefore, we expect another 25 bps cut in the repo rate, whenever the MPC chooses to meet next,” Nayar said.

The Reserve Bank last month cut policy rates by 0.40 per cent, taking the key repo rate to its lowest ever 4 per cent.

As per the minutes of the meeting of monetary policy committee, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das underlined the need to ease financing conditions for reviving consumption and revitalising investment once the coronavirus-induced lockdown is lifted.

(From p-1) There were also other frontline agencies like the administration, police, fire services, etc, that were incurring heavy expenses in their daily activities connected to the pandemic, he added.

Although the amounts being collected from COVID-19 cess were nominal, he explained that due to the extraordinary circumstances, measures to tap all possible resources had to be initiated to ensure that the State did not face financial collapse.

He said the government had decided to name it COVID-19 cess to ensure that amounts collected were used entirely for the purpose of fighting the pandemic by making it more visible and traceable.

Rio further informed that the State government had provided an assistance of Rs 2,000 each (direct transfer to bank accounts) to 19,046 construction workers through the labour department from the cess fund to protect them from the impact of economic disruption due to the lockdown, which cost the state exchequer Rs 3.80 crore.

FM meets private banks, NBFCs India’s COVID-19 tally crosses 3.3 lakh to ensure liquidity to MSMEs New Delhi, Jun 15 (IANS): The government is going all out to ensure that liquidity concerns of the MSME sector are addressed on priority under its Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS).

As part of this, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday chaired a meeting with private banks and NBFC to take stock of their preparedness to provide liquidity to the sector.

Public sector banks are at the forefront of providing credit to MSMEs. In fact, 12 PSBs have disbursed

Rs 14,690.84 crore worth of loans under the scheme upto June 9. But private sector’s performance has been rather slow.

“FM Smt. @nsitharaman chairing a meeting through VC with Major Pvt Banks & NBFC to ensure effective roll out of ECLGS and uninterrupted/smooth liquidity to Indian MSMEs in this difficult time,” the Finance Ministry tweeted on Monday.

The meeting was expected to discuss how the private sector can also play a role in supporting measures that are aimed at uplifting

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the overall economic mood in the country and prevent business from entering into deep crisis by keeping funds flow open.

The loans are being disbursed under the the Rs 3 lakh crore Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS) announced by the government for meeting the liquidity needs of the MSME sector in the present crisis.

The ECLGS scheme is the biggest fiscal component of the Rs 20 lakh crore Self-Reliant India Mission package announced by Sitharaman last month.

NEW DELHI, JUN 15 (PTI): India’s COVID-19 tally rose further on Monday to cross 3.3 lakh and the death toll surpassed 9,500 even as the central and state governments stepped up their focus on ramping up testing capabilities and availability of beds for treating those infected with the dreaded virus infection.

In its morning update, the Union Health Ministry said the number of confirmed cases across the country has risen to 3,32,424 after 11,502 new cases were recorded in 24 hours since Sunday 8 AM, while the death toll rose by 325 in this

period to 9,520.

These include nearly 1.53 active cases, as close to 1.7 lakh have recovered already to give a recovery rate of over 51 per cent, the ministry said.

However, a PTI tally of figures announced by different states and UTs showed the nationwide death toll having risen further to 9,733 as of 9.45 PM, while it also showed the total number of confirmed cases having risen to close to 3.33 lakh.

Several other states also announced plans for ramping their testing infrastructure and the number of beds for COVID-19 patients.

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`127.11 cr spent on COVID measures (From p-1) JIC on Tuensang incident: Rio said the Judicial Inquiry Committee (JIC) did not seek time extension and therefore its report was expected by Monday evening or Tuesday.

Meanwhile, Rio informed that 4,600 migrant labourers had left Nagaland, while 13,236 returnees had arrived.

Over delimitation, the chief minister said the Joint Legislators’ Forum would hold a meeting and until the meeting was held, resolution could not be passed on this issue.

Revenue gap grant: Rio said the 15th Finance Commission has recommended Revenue Deficit Grant of Rs 326.42 crore each month to Nagaland for 2020-21.

He said this was a fixed amount and did not change, adding that since it was meant to meet the shortfall in expenditure relating to salaries, pensions, debt servicing, etc, there was no scope to divert this grant for other purposes as is being misunderstood by some.

He admitted that this grant did not fully cover the shortfall in revenue expenditure and so a deficit in resources still remained.

Share of Central tax & duties: On State’s share of Central taxes and duties, Rio said while the Union Budget 2020-21 had projected an amount of Rs 4493.37 crore for Nagaland to be released

in 14 equal instalments, actual receipt was much less at Rs 263.80 crore and which was being received in 14 equal instalments.

He said this was given to each State based on the formula worked out by the commission that included parameters like geographical location, forest cover, population and income distance.

He maintained that since the State’s budget was prepared based on the figures reflected by the Central government’s budget, this would leave the State with a shortfall of Rs 800.17 crore by the end of the year at current levels of receipt.

Rio feared that receipts under this head could further reduce since it was based on actual tax collections of the Centre and with tax collections deeply affected by the COV1D-19 pandemic it was possible that reduced tax collections in the current -financial year could result in further reduction of receipts under this head.

As in the case of Revenue Deficit Grant, he said receipts under this head went to meet revenue expenditure on salaries, pensions and debt servicing, etc, and therefore the scope of utilising this receipt for other purposes did not arise.

State’s revenue collection: Due to the lockdown and its negative impact on all economic activities, Rio said revenue collection of the State was deeply af-

fected.

In April this year, he said the State was able to collect Rs 21.28 crore only as against an average monthly receipt of Rs 109 crore in 2019-20. Following partial relaxations in May, he said tax collection in June rose to Rs 09.65 crore though the amount was still far below last year’s levels and would have a negative impact on State’s resource position in the current financial year.

Austerity measures: Knowing the levels of expenditure that would be required to handle the current crisis, Rio said his government decided to reduce government expenditure through various decisions like freezing of fresh appointments, 15% cut in selected items of expenditure such as travelling entitlements, office expenses, motor vehicles and maintenance, freezing of dearness allowances and dearness relief in 2020-21 and pro-rata cut of 15% in State’s own developmental expenditure.

To provide support and handholding in locating job opportunities and meet training/skilling requirements of returnees and keep track of the State’s people going out of the State for employment, he said the government had decided to set up a special cell in the labour & employment department, adding this would be of great help to working professionals returning and going out for work.

NJDA demands fresh Advt; Fuel prices revocation of cabinet decision hiked for 9th day (From p-1) NJDA also said if all the posts had to regularised, National Health Mission (NHM) doctors should have been given preference as that they have been shouldering the responsibility of combating COVID-19 pandemic from Day-one, besides years of services rendered till date.

NJDA also informed the Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) that creation of MO posts had been on its agenda which is has been pursuing for the past two to three years.

While welcoming creation of posts in any grade NJDA however insisted that recruitment should be fair and transparent. It also reminded that the 27 posts were not created but were against vacant sanctioned

posts.

Further NJDA pointed out that Manipur Public Service Commission had advertised 1,326 MO posts (allopathic) between 2014 and 2018, besides again issuing fresh advertisements recently for 300 regular MO posts to cater to demands of COVID-19 pandemic.

Similarly, it said Arunachal Pradesh Service Commission advertised 100 MO posts last year along with recent announcement of 69 MO posts creation amid this pandemic by chief minister Pema Khandu.

NJDA however regretted that in Nagaland only 80 MO (allopathic) posts were advertised for open recruitment by Nagaland Public Service Commissioner between 2011 and 2019 with no post creation at all.

Bitcoin drops below $9,000 level Mumbai, Jun 15 Agencies): Bitcoin slid below $9,000 on Monday for the first time since May, joining a downdraft in global equities begun during Asia hours amid growing concern about the risks of a second wave of coronavirus infections.

The largest cryptocurrency tumbled as much as 5.1% Monday and recovered to about $9,100 as of 8:55 a.m. in London, according to consolidated pricing data from Bloomberg. For the first time since the end of April, the token dipped below its 50-day moving average, a level that’s considered a point of resistance for some traders.

Bitcoin has flirted with $10,000 since May, failing to sustain a rally above that key psychological level after the closely watched “halving” industry event that reduced the amount of the cryptocurrency earned by miners.

Stocks slid globally on Monday alongside US equity futures, in an echo of last Thursday’s risk-off mode. Chinese economic data Monday disappointed investors, with a smaller bounce back in May than economists expected. On the vir us front the US showed a pick-up in cases, Tokyo reported a jump of its

own over the weekend and China is racing to contain a new outbreak in Beijing that reached nearly 100 infections.

“I think it’s definitely part of the broader sell-off that we also saw in equities last week,” said Vijay Ayyar, head of business development with crypto exchange Luno. “We tapped liquidity at the $10,000 level and are now coming back down. I expect $8,500 to hold, but if not we’re looking at $7,700 and then $7,100.” The wider Bloomberg Galaxy Crypto Index declined on Monday as much as 6.5% as rival digital currencies including Ether, XRP and Litecoin also retreated.

LOST NOTICE It is notified, for the information, that my Duplicate Qualifying Examination Certificate & Marksheet of Class 10th, 2010 Roll No: 3133980 & 12th, 2012 Roll No: 3629419, issued by CBSE has been lost. Name of the candidate: Miss Mentinaro Longkumer. Address: Delhi Public School, Dimapur, Nagaland. Tel: 7005112235.

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Name : Tsalicho Sangtam Father’s Name : Tiaba Sangtam Date of Birth : 24.12.2001 Roll No. : 202808079 Regd No. : 1860812125 Year : 2020 Name of School : MGM Hr. Sec. School, Dimapur DP-2760

DIMAPUR, JUN 15 (NPN): State-owned oil marketing companies (OMCs) hiked price of petrol and diesel for the ninth consecutive day on Monday with petrol price going up by Rs 5 per litre and diesel by Rs 4.87 a litre in nine hikes.

Petrol price was increased by 48 paise per litre and diesel by 23 paise per litre on Monday. After today’s rate revision, petrol price in Dimapur rose to Rs.81.63 while price of diesel increased to Rs.72.84.

In the state capital, Kohima, petrol price was hiked to Rs.83.48 per litre and diesel price to Rs.73.51 per litre. Rates have been increased across the country and vary from state to state depending on the incidence of local sales tax or VAT.

NEAN units extend support

DIMAPUR, JUN 15 (NPN): NHM Employees Association Nagaland (NEAN) Wokha and Phek units have extended support to the ‘cease work’ called by the parent body.

NEAN Wokha unit said the members have decided stand by whatever decision the parent body takes.

The unit said it also submitted a copy of its memorandum to DC Wokha, CMO Wokha, MS and medical officers in charge of various programmes in the district.

NEAN Phek unit affirmed to stand and give full support to the NEAN till demands were met.

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in response to a query by Yonhap News Agency. But he declined to comment on the recent statements by the North Korean government.

Inter-Korean ties have chilled as the North has released a spate of strongly worded statements slamming the South for failing to stop North Korean defectors from sending antiPyongyang leaflets into the North. The North has also warned that it may scrap a 2018 inter-Korean military pact signed to reduce border tensions and destroy the joint liaison office. The US State Department expressed disappointment last week after the North vowed to cut off all inter-Korean communication lines and refused to answer the South’s phone calls via liaison and military hotlines.

Shops in England open after months in lockdown

LONDON, JUN 15 (PTI): India enriched its nuclear arsenal by adding 10 more weapons to the stockpile over the last year, but the country possesses a fewer number of warheads than China and Pakistan, according to a report released by a leading Swedish think-tank on Monday.

The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) states in its report that both India and China increased their nuclear arsenals in 2019.

While China has a total of 320 warheads in its arsenal, Pakistan and India are estimated to have 160 and 150 weapons, respectively.

“China is in the middle of a significant modernisation of its nuclear arsenal.

It is developing a so-called nuclear triad for the first time, made up of new landand sea-based missiles and nuclear-capable aircraft,” the report warned.

“India and Pakistan are slowly increasing the size and diversity of their nuclear forces, while North Korea continues to prioritise its military nuclear programme as a central element of its

national security strategy,” it said. In its 2019 report, SIPRI had said that China’s nuclear arsenal contained 290 warheads while India’s had 130-140. Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal was calculated at 150-160, a number which remains the same in this year’s assessment.

According to the report, Russia tops the table with 6,375 warheads, followed by the US with 5,800, and the UK with 215 warheads. The figures have been updated till January 2020.

The nuclear arsenals of the other nuclear-armed states are considerably smaller but all these states are either developing or deploying new weapon systems or have

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rate was within a range that allows for the reopening.

“People need to have the confidence that it’s safe... and I can give that assurance,” he said.

Although essential retailers such as food shops, supermarkets, pharmacies, and banks have stayed open through the lockdown, much of the high street, from bookshops to clothes outlets, have been closed since March 23.

Under COVID-19secure measures already in place among the essential shops, the non-essential retailers are required to introduce plastic screens at the tills and floor markings to keep shoppers two metres apart.

Other measures will include messages not to touch items unless customers intend to purchase them and decontaminating shopping baskets after each use.

The Dream Foundation of Nagaland (DFoN) takes immense pleasure in congratulating Dr. Hevito Shohe who is an advisor of DFoN on being promoted to the rank of Joint Director, Veterinary and Animal Husbandry, Govt. of Nagaland.

His dedication to his work has enabled him to achieve new heights in his career and DFoN is convinced that he will continue to render the best of his abilities in the service to the people. DFoN takes this opportunity to wish him good health and success for the days to come.

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announced their intention to do so, the report said.

“The nine nuclear-armed states — the US, Russia, the UK, France, China, India, Pakistan, Israel and North Korea — together possessed an estimated 13,400 nuclear weapons at the start of 2020.

This marked a decrease from the 13,865 nuclear weapons that SIPRI estimated these states possessed at the beginning of 2019,” the report

Congratulates all its successful HSLC students.

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ment plans.

“The governments of India and Pakistan make statements about some of their missile tests but provide no information about the status or size of their arsenals,” it said.

“Russia and the USA have extensive and expensive programmes underway to replace and modernise their nuclear warheads, missile and aircraft delivery systems, and nuclear weapon production facilities, “Both countries have also given new or expanded roles to nuclear weapons in their military plans and doctrines, which marks a significant reversal of the post-cold war trend towards the gradual marginalisation of nuclear weapons,” it added. The availability of reliable information on the status of the nuclear arsenals and capabilities of the

nuclear-armed states varies considerably, the report said.

“The USA has disclosed important information about its stockpile and nuclear capabilities but in 2019 the US administration ended the practice of publicly disclosing the size of the US stockpile,” said Hans M Kristensen, Associate Senior Fellow with SIPRI’s Nuclear Disarmament, Arms Control and Non-proliferation Programme and Director of the Nuclear Information Project at the Federation of American Scientists (FAS).

The UK and France have also declared some information. Russia does not make publicly available a detailed breakdown of its forces counted under New START (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty), even though it shares this information with the USA, the report said.

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We, the Sumi Community Bamunpukhuri-1, Dimapur extend our heartiest congratulations to Dr. Hevito Shohe on his promotion to Joint Director, Department of Veterinary and Animal Husbandry.

The Sumi community further wishes the best in all your future endeavours.

Sd/Paul Achumi Chairman

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FELICITATION The Union would like to convey our heartiest congratulations to all the successful HSLC & HSSLC candidates for bringing honour and laurels to the village. The Union also wishes them all the best for their future educational endeavours.

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The NGOU, as per the resolution had felicitated and cash awarded along with citation to the following successful individuals: 1) Miss Taliwala Imchen, D/o. Mr. Aomeren Imchen & Mrs. Temsunungla Longchar for securing 8th position in the HSLC Exam, 2020 conducted by Nagaland Board of School Education.

2) Dr. Shijongyangla Longchar, D/o. Er. J. Walter Longchar, Rtd. Addl. Chief Engineer PHED & Ms. Alemla Walling for achieving the Post of Medical Officer under Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare through exam conducted by UPSC. 3) Er. Aosanen Walling, S/o. Mr. A. Senti Walling & Mrs. B. Ajungla Imchen for clearing the Combined Technical Services Examination 2018, conducted by NPSC and achieving the Post of Jr. Engineer under Power Department and Jr. Engineer under Central Railway simultaneously.

The NGOU further exalts their recognition and prays that our Almighty God continue to guide them with His wisdom of justice and truth in the service of humanity.

said. “The decrease in the overall number of nuclear weapons in the world in 2019 was largely due to the dismantlement of retired nuclear weapons by Russia and the USA — which together still possess over 90 per cent of global nuclear weapons,” it said.

The SIPRI Yearbook, which assesses the current state of armaments, disarmament and international security, said that despite an overall decrease in the number of nuclear warheads, nuclear powers continue to modernise their arsenals, warning that tensions were rising and the outlook for arms control was “bleak”.

About China, the report said Beijing now publicly displays its nuclear forces more frequently than in the past but releases little information about force numbers or future develop-

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LONDON, JUN 15 (PTI): Non-essential shops across England opened their doors on Monday to welcome customers back after nearly three months of being in lockdown as part of a further easing up of the coronavirus stay at home restrictions.

The retailers are required to ensure COVID19-secure conditions within stores, including visible signs reminding people about hygiene and also ensuring a two-metre distance within the premises by limiting the numbers allowed indoors.

“People should shop, and shop with confidence,” said British Prime Minister Boris Johnson ahead of the Monday morning reopening.

UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak also encouraged shoppers to support the high streets kick back into business, reassuring people that the COVID-19 infection

COVID-19 cases. Out of all the samples, 12,973 came negative and the rest are awaiting results, Gao told the media.

The National Health Commission (NHC) in its daily report on Monday said that 49 new confirmed COVID-19 cases and 18 asymptomatic cases were reported on Sunday.

As of Sunday, 112 people with asymptomatic symptoms were still under quarantine.

Asymptomatic cases, also known as silent spreaders, are the patients who have tested COVID19 positive but develop no symptoms such as fever, cough or sore throat.

‘India increased nuclear arsenal in 2019, but has fewer weapons than China, Pak’

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Nike employees speak to people attempting to get them to maintain social distancing in London. (PTI)

BEIJING, JUN 15 (PTI): China has begun the mass testing of hundreds of people who had visited a Beijing wholesale market which sparked a fresh bout of coronavirus cases even as the country reported 67 new COVID-19 infections including 42 in the capital.

In a bid to stem the spread of the contagion, the authorities in Beijing have conducted the nucleic acid test on 29,386 people who had visited the Xinfadi wholesale market since May 30, Gao Xiaojun, spokesman for the Beijing Health Commission, said on Monday. The market became a hotspot after it reported several new

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WASHINGTON/SEOUL, JUN 15 (IANS): The Pentagon has reaffirmed its commitment to keeping a “robust” combined defensive posture to respond to any situation involving North Korea, after Pyongyang hinted at military action against South Korea, it was reported on Monday.

On Saturday, Kim Yojong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jongun, threatened that Pyongyang will take “a next step” against the South and gave an instruction for the army to take necessary measures, reports Yonhap News Agency. Seoul urged the North to comply with past inter-Korean agreements. “We remain committed to maintaining a robust combined defensive posture,” John Supple, a Pentagon spokesperson said

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However, they pose a risk of spreading the disease to others.

The Beijing Municipal Health Commission on Monday said that the city reported 36 new confirmed domestically-transmitted COVID-19 cases and six new asymptomatic cases.

The official media on Sunday said that eight people tested positive in the capital. By Sunday, Beijing has reported 499 confirmed domestically-transmitted COVID-19 cases since January, including 411 who have been discharged from hospitals after recovery and nine deaths, the commission said.

There were still 79 patients receiving medical treatment and seven asymptomatic cases under medical observation, the state run-Xinhua news agency reported.

So far, 174 imported COVID-19 cases have been reported in the capital, with one still hospitalised.

The NHC said that three cases were reported in Hebei province on Sunday. It said that 3,852 close contacts were still under medical observation after 392 people were discharged from medical observation on Sunday.

With immense pride and honour, we the Ghokimi Union Kohima (GUK) convey heartiest congratulations to all the successful students who have cleared the recently declared HSLC & HSSLC examination results 2020.

The Union prays and wishes them all glorious career ahead. May you all bring more laurels and pride to our society.

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dia account for two-third whereas that from China is just 14 per cent,” Pandey, a former member of the National Planning Commission, said, adding that China cannot be an alternative to India as far as the supply of essentials are concerned. “ We h ave t r a d i n g points from Mechi in the east to Mahakali in the west with India, but with the northern neighbour, we only have a few transit points and that also lack infrastructure,” he said.

Pandey said that Nepal’s nearest access to sea from the north is 4,000 kms, which is three times more than the one it is having from the Indian side in Kolkata.

“So, our third country trade is being conducted

du’s move, Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said on Saturday “this artificial enlargement of claims is not based on historical fact or evidence and is not tenable.

It is also violative of our current understanding to hold talks on outstanding boundary issues.”

The India-Nepal bilateral ties came under fresh strain after Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated a 80-km-long strategically crucial road connecting the Lipulekh pass with Dharchula in Uttarakhand on May 8.

Nepal reacted sharply to the inauguration of the road claiming that it passed through Nepalese territory.

India rejected the claim asserting that the road lies completely within its territory.

In 2015, India’s relations with Nepal came under severe strain following the economic blockade.

Madhesis, mostly of Indian-origin, had launched a six-month-long agitation during K P Sharma Oli’s premiership, from September 2015 to February last year, in which more than 50 people were killed.

The agitation crippled Nepal’s economy as supplies from India were blocked.

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We, the Molungkimong Senso Bedanglir Telongjem would like to extend our heartiest congratulation to the following members for their success and achievements: 1) Miss Rachel Tzudir, D/o Mr & Mrs Tiayanger Tzudir for securing 7 th Position (Art Stream) in HSSLC Examination 2020.

2) Smti. Martula on her promotion to Deputy Director under Directorate of Health & Family Welfare Department .

3) Smti. Moasangla Nokdir on her promotion on Asst.

Superintendent at C.M.O Mon under Health & Family Welfare Department.

Giving all glory to God, the union extends the best wishes in all their Future Endeavours.

Sd/President Aosanen Tzudir

General Secretary Tsukjemmenba Longchar

The president and all members of Changki Senso Telongjem, Chümoukedima heartily congratulates Miss Yangerjungla Pongener, D/o Mr. Lanusüngküm Pongener and Mrs Tialemla of Changki village for securing Top-6 (Science stream) position in the recently declared HSSLC examination 2020.

Her achievement has brought immeasurable laurels to the village, and the Union takes immense pride in her accomplishment, and further wishes her success in all her endeavors.

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Saturday voted in unison to amend the Constitution to update the national emblem by incorporating the controversial map incorporating Lipulekh, Kalapani and Limpiyadhura in India’s Uttarakhand.

India has described Nepal’s move as “untenable.”

Pandey said that the “Ne pal-India relations should not be allowed to damage and there is a need for early negotiations and a dialogue to resolve the issue at the earliest”.

Nepal is dependent on India for the supply of essential goods, said the economist, who was one of the negotiators for Nepal’s accession negotiation for the World Trade Organisation membership.

“Our imports from In-

mainly through the southern route,” he said.

“As far as our exports are concerned, India receives 60 per cent of our total exports whereas China receives only two per cent.

“In remittances, we receive around 15 per cent of the total remittances from India and if we compare it with the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), it comes around 4-5 per cent,” Pandey said.

However, Nepal is also one of the largest sources of remittances for India, he said.

According to a 2016 World Bank report, Nepal is on the tenth position in the list of countries sending remittances to India, which is on par with the US and Canada, he said.

According to the Nepal Rastra Bank, the country’s central bank received a total of 304.97 billion Nepali rupees or USD 2.54 billion remittance in 2019.

India accounts for the 14.2 per cent remittances to Nepal, securing the second position after the Gulf countries.

Nepal has so far received 43.16 billion Nepali rupees (USD 356.69 million) remittance from India this year.

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KATHMANDU, JUN 15 (PTI): Nepal-India relationship should not deteriorate over the current border row as the landlocked country is dependent on its southern neighbour for the essential items and it would be unwise to consider China as an “alternative”, a leading Nepali economist said on Monday.

Commenting on Nepal’s move to amend the Constitution for incorporating India’s territory of Lipulekh, Kalapani and Limpiyadhura, Dr Posh Raj Pandey, the executive chairman of the South Asia Watch on Trade Economics and Environment (SAWTEE), a consortium of South Asian NGOs, said that its economic impact will depend upon how India reacts.

“Nepal is not only a landlocked country, but also India locked as it is surrounded by India from the three sides. The situation will be vulnerable. If India retaliates, it will have a huge economic impact on the country,” said Pandey, who has been working on issues of international trade and economic development for over 20 years.

His remarks came as Nepal’s ruling and Opposition political parties on

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Oscars 2021 set to be postponed Sushant Singh’s last rites performed in Mumbai and eligibility window extended tancing regulations amid the ongoing COVID 19 pandemic, the police reportedly allowed only 20 people to gather near the pyre. For the same reason, all people who attended Sushant’s funeral arrived wearing masks. Many of them brought umbrellas, too. Sushant Singh Rajput was found hanging in his Bandra residence on Sun-

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feature “Kai Po Che” and “Kedarnath” was present along with wife Pragya Kapoor. Casting directorturned-filmmaker Mukesh

Chhabra, who has directed Sushant in the upcoming “Dil Bechara”, was also present.

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day morning. He was 34.

The actor became a household name with the TV show “Pavitra Rishta” before foraying Bollywood. He made his big screen debut in 2013 with “Kai Po Che”, and is also known for his roles in “MS Dhoni: The Untold Story”, “Shuddh Desi Romance”, “Kedarnath” and “Chhichhore”, among others.

it was free of the virus, one of the first countries in the world to return to prepandemic normality.

Cameron, Landau and dozens of crew members working on the “Avatar” sequel were allowed back on economic grounds, which critics said was unfair while families are still separated and businesses are struggling without key staff.

The film is among a handful of productions getting going in New Zealand, which hopes to win more film business after its successful campaign against the coronavirus.

“The opportunities are immense,” Landau said.

“We are just the wedge in the door that hopefully unlocks a lot for the economy.”

New Zealand’s mountains, meadows and forests were made famous by “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy and have drawn a growing number of major film productions over recent years.

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WWE champion and Hollywood actor John Cena offered his condolences and paid tribute to actor Sushant Singh Rajput, who committed suicide on Sunday.

Cena took to Instagram to post a monochrome image of the late star and shared his grief. In the picture, Sushant is seen striking an intense pose.

His tradition of not having any captions with the pictures continued with the picture of Sushant.

Cena’s Instagram bio reads: “Welcome to my Instagram. These images will be posted without explanation, for your interpretation. Enjoy.”

This is not the first time that Cena has posted a picture of a Bollywood celebrity. Previously, he paid a tribute to late Bollywood legends Rishi Kapoor and Irrfan Khan on social media. During “Bigg Boss 13”, he had taken to Instagram to post a picture of season contestant, model Asim Riaz.

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Brad Pitt donates $1 mn to aid racial justice

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fter his former wife and actress Jennifer Aniston donated $1 million to aid racial justice, Hollywood star Brad Pitt has reportedly followed in her footsteps. Pitt has reportedly given $1 million to racial justice organisation, reports aceshowbiz.com.

According to Entertainment Tonight, Aniston secretly donated money to several charities, including Colors Of Change, an organisation formed in the wake of Hurricane Katrina to use online resources to strengthen the political voice of African Americans, earlier this month.

Britain’s Daily Mirror newspaper reported that Pitt had donated the same amount after being “deeply affected” by the death of African-American George Floyd in police custody in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

“Brad is ­really involved with the charity because of Jen and said he would match her donation. He went to the protests this week and was at her home the day after.

They are both very ­passionate and want to help as much as they can,” said a source.

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to gain.

“This one production alone is going to hire 400 New Zealanders to work on it,” Landau told 1News after coming out of a hotel in Wellington where he and his colleagues have been in quarantine since they arrived.

“We’re going to spend, in the next five months alone, over $70 million here,” he said. Filming was suspended in March, shortly before New Zealand went into a strict coronavirus lockdown.

The lockdown smothered the outbreak and last week, New Zealand lifted all restrictions except border controls after declaring

Kanye West set to enter beauty, skincare industry

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fter music and fashion, rapper Kanye West is ready to explore the beauty and skincare industry. According to TMZ, he has decided to expand his Yeezy clothing and sneaker line into beauty and skincare products, reports dailymail. co.uk. The 43-year-old rapper-designer has filed legal documents for trademarks in make-up, face masks, nail polish, shaving cream, deodorant, aromatherapy pillows, amongst others.

His decision to get into the skincare industry puts him in line of competition with his wife Kim Kardashian and his sisterin-law Kylie Jenner -- who already have widely popular skincare brands. The 21-time Grammy winner was last publicly spotted in Chicago earlier this month. He was seen attending a Black Lives Matter protest. He has also announced that he has created a college fund for George Floyds six-year-old daughter Gianna, and donated $2 million to different charities.

The rapper’s representative said that he has donated $2 million to charities associated with Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor and Floyd. In addition, he has also pledged to cover legal costs for the Arbery and Taylor families. Arbery was fatally shot while on a jog in February, and Taylor was killed in her home by police in March.

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wayne, pac, royce, jay, redman, treach, g. rap, biggie & king crook….”

He then added more names, tweeting: “Plus redman, LL, nas, joyner, kendrick, cole, andre, rakim, kane…”

Eminem has previously shared a list of his favourite rappers, rapping in his 2002 song ‘Till I Collapse’: “I got a list, here’s the order of my list that it’s in / It goes, Reggie, Jay-Z, Tupac and Biggie/ Andre from Outkast, Jada, Kurupt, Nas and then me.”

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not be the first time the Oscars have been delayed, with the ceremony pushed-back in 1938 due to flooding in LA, in 1968 following the assassination of Dr Martin Luther King Jr, and in 1981 after the attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan.

Meanwhile, the Oscars have also pledged to feature greater diversity in future ceremonies, which comes in the wake of protests for racial justice and previous criticism of the show’s lack of diversity.

“While the Academy has made strides, we know there is much more work to be done in order to ensure equitable opportunities across the board,” Academy CEO Dawn Hudson said in a statement. She added: “The need to address this

issue is urgent. To that end, we will amend – and continue to examine – our rules and procedures to ensure that all voices are heard and celebrated.” The 2021 Oscars will now feature 10 nominees for Best Picture, and creating a more diverse list of nominees. There will also be quarterly viewing sessions by Academy members to avoid the rush of films during awards season, and trying to include more diverse films than in the past. “By making it possible for members to view films released year-round, the Academy will broaden each film’s exposure, level the playing field, and ensure all eligible films can be seen by voting members,” the statement added.

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NetEase develops new ‘Lord of the Rings’ mobile game with Warner Bros

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hinese gaming giant yond their domestic mar- revenue will account for NetEase on Mon- ket and follows separate 30%of its total in three day announced a tie-ups by NetEase last year years. strategic partnership with with Marvel and Pokemon Nasdaq-listed Warner Bros Interactive Company.

NetEase raised at least Entertainment to develop Both Tencent and $2.7 billion in a Hong a new “Lord of the Rings” NetEase have vowed to Kong secondary offering mobile game, bolstering derive more proceeds from last week, saying it would its pipeline following its overseas markets. use the money to fund its secondary listing in Hong Last year, a NetEase international expansion Kong. executive told Reuters the plans.

The new officially company hopes overseas (Reuters) licensed strategy game, “The Lord of the Rings: Rise to War”, is based on the hugely popular trilogy of books by J.R.R. Tolkien, NetEase said in a statement.

NetEase, along with rival Tencent and other gaming firms, have seen games revenue soaring during the COVID-19 p a n d e m i c, a s p e o p l e spend more time on their handsets and computers in lockdowns aimed at slowing the spread of the disease. released his new album The release is the lat‘Music To Be Murdered est effort by Chinese game By’ at the start of 2020. Re- developers to expand beviewing the album, NME wrote that it saw Eminem “growing old disgracefully,” adding: “The 47-yearold has surprise-released another album.

This one veers between maturity and adolescent outbursts, between Congratulations to all the achievers from the family of MHBHSS. clumsy pop commercialism May the God Almighty bless you all. and something close to outsider art. If he sometimes HSLC 2020 sounds stuck in the past, Eminem also proves himNUVELÜ SWÜRO STUDENTS SECURING A1 self capable of growth.”

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ilming the sequel of James Cameron’s scifi blockbuster “Avatar” will bring hundreds of jobs and millions of dollars to New Zealand after it ended its coronavirus outbreak, the film’s producer told media as production resumed on Monday.

The film’s crew, including director Cameron and producer Jon Landau, was given special permission to fly to New Zealand two weeks ago, even though its borders are closed to keep out the coronavirus, stirring some grumbling about unfair treatment.

But Landau said New Zealand had much

minem has shared a list of his favourite rappers of all time, replying to a fan on Twitter.

YouTuber NoLifeShaq shared a tweet reading: “Who is the greatest rapper of all time,” with a video attached of himself DMing the same question to a host of rappers including Drake and Travis Scott.

In a surprise reply to the tweet, Eminem laid “For me, in no parout his list, which includes Tupac, Jay-Z, Kendrick ticular order…” Eminem wrote. “Toss up between Lamar and more.

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he 2021 Academy Awards look set to be delayed by two months due to coronavirus.

Much talk has focused on how the Oscars will adapt amid the major upheaval in the film industry due to the ongoing pandemic, with most productions affected by shutdowns and cinemas closed.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ board of governors are due to meet today (June 15), where it is now expected that they will delay next year’s ceremony, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Next year’s awards were originally expected to be held on February 28, though the site reports that it could be pushed back by eight weeks. Additionally, the eligibility window for films is likely to be extended beyond December 31, 2020, due to the fact that the pandemic has not receded, along with fears of a second wave.

However, the format of the ceremony – in-person of virtual – is unlikely to be decided upon during the meeting, as the governors want to see how the pandemic unfolds. This would

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Sushant’s father and his two sisters arrived from the actor’s hometown Patna, while a few of his colleagues and friends from Bollywood and the television industry were also present, besides fans also flocked the venue to catch a last glimpse of the star.

Among industry colleagues who turned up was Sushant’s rumoured girlfriend, actress Rhea Chakraborty, who, earlier in the day visited Cooper Hospital, where the actor’s postmortem was performed.

Bollywood colleagues spotted at the ceremony were Rajkummar Rao, Kriti Sanon, Shraddha Kapoor, Varun Sharma and Vivek Oberoi. Filmmaker Abhishek Kapoor, who directed Sushant in his debut

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Leverkusen hold on to fourth spot

Players of Bayer Leverkusen and Schalke fight for the ball during their Bundesliga match.

Munich, Jun 15 (Agencies): Bayer Leverkusen came from a goal down to snatch a 1-1 draw at Schalke 04 on Sunday as they held on to fourth place in the Bundesliga with three games left and stayed on track for a Champions League spot.

The draw lifted them to 57 points, one ahead of fifth-placed Borussia Moenchengladbach while injury-plagued Schalke, missing 10 players, set a

club record by failing to win for the 13th consecutive league game.

The Royal Blues, however, looked much sharper than in recent weeks and worked hard for more than half the game. They earned a penalty following a VAR review in the 51st minute which captain Daniel Caligiuri converted.

Yet they dropped back instantly and allowed Leverkusen far too much space. The visitors’ persis-

tent pressure paid off in the 81st minute when Schalke defender Juan Miranda, under pressure, turned a Wendell cutback into his own net.

Leverkusen should have scored again through Lucas Alario and Charles Aranguiz as Schalke, in ninth place, ran out of steam. The hosts could have snatched victory in the last action of the game but Michael Gregoritsch’s point-blank header was

BCCI refuse to truncate IPL at the cost of Asia Cup

New Delhi, Jun 15 (Agencies): The BCCI has expressed surprise over reports of plans of the Asia Cup being shifted to Sri Lanka later this year, according to the Times of India.

It was after the ACC meeting last week that the reports of PCB and SLC agreeing to swap the hosting of the tournament, had started emerging.

After the ACC meeting, SLC chief Shammi Silva had said, “We had a discussion with Pakistan Cricket Board and they have already agreed to our hosting this edition due to the present world situation. We had an online ACC meeting and they basically gave us the green light to host the tournament.”

To this a BCCI official said, “We have no idea where such reports are coming from and we’re surprised how fast these reports travel.

The BCCI is clear that no decision was taken at the ACC meeting. The Board

(BCCI) is tired of giving out these clarifications. Earlier it was about travelling to Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka, and BCCI had to deny it with a statement. Now this.”

The official further made it clear that this year’s IPL won’t be a truncated one, just because of the Asia Cup. “Let’s be clear about that first. There won’t be a truncated IPL just to host an Asia Cup. Those thinking on such lines are clearly not speaking in India’s interests and the BCCI will not be party to it,” sources added.

Talking about the numbers, any other series in the world would match up to the numbers generated by IPL. “Even the World Cup

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in England was a loss-making event for the broadcaster and we’re talking about an Asia Cup here. The IPL is a different beast altogether.

Who’re these people who refuse to understand the numbers? It’s in Indian cricket’s best interests to host the IPL. What are we going to cater to? India’s interests or PCB’s interests?” say those who track the industry.

The source also talked about a prospective IndiaSouth Africa series. “BCCI can’t start denying things that aren’t true in the first place. Somebody starts a rumour and what does the BCCI have to do with it?

Start denying rumours” sources added.

“Yes, India and South Africa were in talks to host a series there (in SA). These talks were first initiated when Graeme Smith took charge at Cricket South Africa (CSA) and came to India in February. But that was then. Covid changes everything,” said source.

saved by Lukas Hradecky.

“We did not have our best day today,” said Leverkusen’s Sven Bender.

“The penalty made our life difficult but overall we were not pressing enough. So the result is fair because we did not deserve more.”

Bayern Munich can clinch the title on Tuesday with a win at Werder Bremen. Borussia Dortmund are in second place, seven points behind on 66 points.

Over 400 players apply to FIFA for financial help Zurich, Jun 15 (Agencies): More than 400 players, the bulk of them based in Europe, have applied for financial assistance under a scheme set up by FIFA. There have been 441 applications so far to the FIFA Fund for Football Players (FFP), claiming unpaid wages from clubs.

Eighty-nine per cent of those who applied were with clubs in Europe, with the remaining 11 per cent in other parts of the world.

Players can apply until the end of June via world players’ union, FIFPRO. FIFA president Gianni Infantino has set aside £12.3m to help players who go unpaid between 20202022. A further £3.8m has been set aside for players who went unpaid between 2015-2020. The funds are designed to help players whose clubs go out of business to avoid paying wages and are then quickly reformed, giving previous employees no chance to reclaim what they are owed.

Casillas drops out of Spanish FA election

MADRID, Jun 15 (Agencies): Spain’s World Cupwinning captain Iker Casillas withdrew his candidacy for the role of president of the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) on Monday, saying elections take a back seat during the exceptional circumstances in the country. Casillas’ withdrawal means incumbent Luis Rubiales, who took over from Angel Maria Villar in May 2018, is set to be re-elected unopposed in August with a four-year mandate.

In a statement, Casillas said the main reason he reconsidered his candidacy was the “exceptional social, economic and health situation that our country is suffering”.

“This makes the elections take a back seat,” Casillas said on Twitter. “I think it is time to add and not divide, because football and society need it.”

Casillas, who led Spain to unprecedented success as they won Euro 2008 and 2012 plus the 2010 World Cup, announced in February that he would run for the RFEF presidency, saying he wanted to raise the standards of the national federation.

He has not closed the door on a future presidential bid, saying he hopes to be part of the next electoral process.

Kaneria appeals PCB to remove life ban

Lahore, Jun 15 (IANS): Tainted Pakistan spinner Danish Kaneria has appealed to the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to remove the life ban and has sought permission to play domestic cricket.

Kaneria, who has played 61 Tests for Pakistan claiming 261 wickets, was banned for life from any cricket under the jurisdiction of the England and Wales cricket Board (ECB) after being found guilty of corruption by a disciplinary panel in relation to a spot-fixing case.

On Sunday, Kaneria posted the letter on his Twitter handle in which he said he has requested the PCB to write to International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) Chairman to allow him to play in domestic cricket.

“Through my legal team, I appealed Pakistan Cricket Board to remove my life ban. As per ICC code, I have asked PCB to plead my case, atleast I am allowed to play domestic (sic),” he said along with the letter addressed to PCB Chairman Ehsan Mani.

In the letter, Kaneria’s legal team wrote that the tainted leg-spinner has “suffered unimaginable and incomprehensible hardships, both professionally and personally” and “his sole

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A decision from the U.S. Tennis Association’s board about whether to hold the Grand Slam tournament in New York in August could be made as early as this week. The U.S. has accounted for more than 115,000 of the almost 433,000 deaths globally from COVID-19, including more than 30,000 in the state of New York, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.

Djokovic last week told Serbia’s state broadcaster RTS that most players he’s talked to “were quite negative” about entering the U.S. Open and that for him, “as things stand, most probably the season will continue on clay at the beginning of September.”

The French Open was postponed from a May start to late September because of the COVID-

19 outbreak. Under usual circumstances, the U.S. Open is the last of the four majors to be played in the season, when the tours go back to hard courts following the grass and clay-court swings.

U.S. Open tournament director Stacey Allaster has said organizers have been trying to figure out how to “engage fans virtually,” making it unlikely that fans — or at least large groups

source of income has vastly been affected”. “...PCB has the authority to write to the Chairman ACU thereof making a request at the behest of our client to grant him permission to play and participate in domestic cricket, or any related activity thereof,” the letter read.

Kaneria has “shown his willingness to undergo any and all educational, rehabilitative, or any other

related programs,” the letter further stated.

“In light of the above submissions, you are hereby requested to exercise the power given to you under the Code and address the Chairman ACU to grant our client permission to participate in domestic cricket or activities related thereof as our client is willing to undergo any and all programs as the same are willing and cooperate to the best of his abilities.”

Whyte takes legal action against WBC Las Vegas, Jun 15 (Agencies): The WBC have confirmed that Dillian Whyte has taken legal action against the governing body about the date of his mandatory WBC heavyweight title fight.

Whyte defeated Oscar Rivas by unanimous decision in a WBC final eliminator last July to secure his mandatory shot at the WBC belt currently held by Tyson Fury, with the WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman reiterating last month that the Brixton man would receive the world title fight

by February 2021.

Fury is set to face Deontay Wilder in a third fight by the end of the year, while the WBC champion has already agreed a financial deal in principle for an undisputed world title fight with Anthony Joshua, but Whyte has now reinforced the terms of his WBC mandatory fight.

WBC president Sulaiman said, “There is a procedure with regards to the date of the mandatory in the heavyweight divi-

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sion. Upon direct advice of WBC legal counsel I am not in position to discuss any further.”

Fury’s US promoter Bob Arum revealed that he plans to hold talks with the WBC in a bid to delay or ‘eliminate’ the Whyte fight and the Top Rank boss suggested his fighter could even receive the sta-

I have concerns too: Ashleigh Barty on US Open BRISBANE, Jun 15 (Agencies): Ashleigh Barty has joined the ranks of high-profile players concerned over the staging of the U.S. Open while there’s still so much uncertainty around the coronavirus pandemic.

The women’s No. 1 hasn’t had the chance yet to defend her French Open title because all elite tennis competition is shuttered.

She’s already processed the fact there’ll be no Wimbledon in 2020 but is still awaiting clarity on the U.S. Open, which is scheduled to begin August 31.

Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal, winners of the last eight men’s major titles, have aired reservations about the potential restrictions on players, limits on player entourages and other changes being considered for the U.S. Open. Women’s No. 2 Simona Halep reportedly is also uncertain about playing.

“I have concerns too,” Barty said in an email to The Associated Press. “I understand the tournaments are eager to run but keeping everyone safe has to be the priority.”

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of fans — will be allowed to attend.

Under proposals to get the tournament started, players would need to prove they had tested negative for COVID-19 before travelling on charter flights the USTA would organize from a handful of cities.

There would likely be daily health questionnaires and temperature checks, along with occasional nasal, saliva or antibody testing.

Barty said she’s “still getting my head around what the tournament set up would be.” Australia closed its international borders in March and there’s still travel restrictions domestically and strict physical distancing regulations, although restrictions are easing. Australia has recorded 102 deaths from 7,335 cases of COVID-19, but the infection rate is declining.

“I can’t wait to get back out there and play but we have to make sure it’s safe to do so first, not just for me but for my team,” Barty told the AP. Barty hasn’t played competitively since a semifinal loss to Petra Kvitova at the Qatar Open in late

February. That followed her first title on home soil at the Adelaide International in January and her semifinal run at the Australian Open.

She’s been able to spend time at home in Australia’s Queensland state since March, keeping up tennis practice and fitness while also lowering her golf handicap during regular rounds with her partner Garry Kissick, a trainee golf pro. She had a 24th birthday during the height of the lockdown in April, and hosted a virtual party on Zoom earlier this month to mark the first anniversary of her first major singles title at Roland Garros.

A Grand Slam title defence is likely a priority for the remainder of the year, but there’s so much unknown.

“It’s tough to set goals, that’s for sure, (when) we still don’t really know what the rest of the year will look like, there is so much out of our control.,” Barty said. ”When we have some certainty on the rest of the year, my team and I will sit down and set a few tennis goals.”

tus of WBC ‘Franchise’ champion, which would remove his mandatory title commitments.

“We will be talking to the organisations to eliminate mandatories, or to postpone them all for at least one year,” Arum said earlier this month.

But Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn

has insisted that Whyte should still receive a ‘monstrous fight’ against Fury early next year, with Joshua battling the winner in the summer of 2021.

“The point of Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua and the teams agreeing to the structure of that deal that deal can happen, that first fight can happen at the end of next summer,” said Hearn.

“It will be 2021, but there is a big period of time where Dillian Whyte should be getting his shot at the world title and that’s important to us.”

Whyte is the WBC ‘interim’ champion and will return to action in a rescheduled fight against Alexander Povetkin this summer.

The 32-year-old has warned that his world title ambitions will not be delayed any longer after securing a guaranteed fight with Fury.

“The whole thing’s a joke and I’m not putting up with it anymore,” Whyte said earlier this month.

Van Ginkel in talks with Chelsea over new deal

L o nd o n , J u n 1 5 (Agencies): Marco van Ginkel says that Chelsea have opened talks with his agent over a contract extension, which could see him remain at Stamford Bridge beyond the summer.

Van Ginkel was dubbed the ‘next Frank Lampard’ by ex-Vitesse Arnhem boss Peter Bosz when he completed an £8 million move to Chelsea from the Eredivisie outfit in 2013.

Unfortunately, he has never come close to living up to that billing, having been restricted to just four first-team appearances for the Blues amid persistent struggles with injuries.

The 27-year-old took in loan spells at AC Milan, Stoke and PSV before returning to west London in the summer of 2018, at which point he suffered another major blow to his Chelsea career.

Van Ginkel was forced to undergo surgery to reconstruct the anterior cruciate ligament in his knee, and he hasn’t seen a single minute of competitive action since.

He had, however, finally returned to full training before the 2019-20 season was postponed due to the

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coronavirus outbreak, and he will be in contention for a place in Frank Lampard’s squad when Chelsea get their campaign back underway against Aston Villa on June 21. Van Ginkel’s current deal is due to expire at the end of the month, but he claims that talks over a renewal are ongoing.

He expects to return to action with the Blues’ academy side if an agreement can be reached over the next couple of weeks, as he told Dutch publication AD, “My agent, Karel Jansen, is in talks with Chelsea about a new contract for me. I am very happy at this show of confidence in me by the club. It is quite something when a club tries to keep a player who has been out injured so long and in these uncertain times as well.”

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Real return with convincing win over Eibar

M A D R I D, J u n 1 5 (Agencies): Real Madrid beat Eibar 3-1 on Sunday in their first competitive match at the Alfredo di Stefano stadium following La Liga’s three-month break due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Toni Kroos got Real off to an ideal start at the empty stadium based at their training ground by scoring in the fourth minute while captain Sergio Ramos struck on the halfhour mark before Marcelo netted in the 37th.

Real did ease off after the interval and Eibar forward Sergi Enrich struck the woodwork before Pedro Bigas pulled a goal back for the visiting side on the hour mark.

Real coach Zinedine Zidane used all five of his substitutions as his players continued to tire.

The win kept Real on La Liga leaders Barcelona’s heels with 59 points after 28 games. They are two points behind Barca after the Catalans beat Real Mallorca 4-0 on Saturday.

“We are very happy with the three points and that things are starting to get back to normal,” said Ramos.

Real Madrid players celebrate after scoring a goal during their La Liga match against Eibar.

“It was a bit weird for everyone to return after such an awful crisis. It’s been a strange situation, but at last we’re back. Football is very important to everyone and to be able to step on the grass again gave us immense joy.”

With Real’s Santiago Bernabeu stadium being revamped, Zidane’s men re-started the campaign at the 6,000-capacity Di Stefano stadium where their

reserve side play.

Real are usually greeted by a throng of supporters when their bus arrives at the Bernabeu but they faced a far more relaxing journey on Sunday as they walked 300 metres from their residency at the training ground to the stadium.

Germany midfielder Kroos put his side at ease with a powerful first-time shot which fizzed into the far top corner while

Thiem wins first leg of Adria Tour

Belgrade, Jun 15 (IANS): World No. 3 Dominic Thiem defeated Filip Krajinovic 4-3 (7-2), 2-4, 4-2 to win the first leg of Adria Tour tennis tournament held in Serbia.

In the final match of the tournament played on Sunday, Thiem had a hard time with Krajinovic in the first set but managed to win it after a tie-break, reports Xinhua news agency.

Krajinovic, currently ranked 32nd in the world, surprised Thiem with a 3-1 lead in the second, and set the score even. However, his opponent showed more strength in the third set and marked a 2-1 victory.

The regional charity tennis tournament was staged here for two days from June 13-14 under a round robin system, in the organisation of the world’s top tennis player Novak Djokovic.

Djokovic missed the finals as he suffered a 1-2 defeat yesterday by Kra-

Dominic Thiem with the trophy after defeating Filip Krajinovic in the Adria Tour tennis tournament.

jinovic and ended up as the second in the group, ahead of Alexander Zverev and Viktor Troicki.

Thiem’s road to finals led across Damir Dzumhur (2-0), Dusan Lajovic (2-1) and Grigor Dimitrov (2-0).

The second leg of the Adria Tour will be held in Zadar, Croatia, on June

20-21, while the conclusion will take place in Bosnia and Herzegovina in early July.

Although a leg was also scheduled to take place in Podgorica, Montenegro, it was cancelled on Saturday due to coronavirus protocol rules for entering that country.

Ramos struck the second by knocking a pass from Eden Hazard into the net to complete a sweeping counter attack.

Brazilian left back Marcelo then further stretched the scoreline with a lethal finish into the bottom corner and celebrated by kneeling and raising his right fist, an apparent tribute to the Black Lives Matter campaign taking place around the world.

Real Sociedad held 1-1 by Osasuna

Champions League hopefuls Real Sociedad were held to a 1-1 home draw by Osasuna on Sunday in their first game since La Liga resumed after a three-month hiatus amid the COVID-19 crisis.

S o c i e d a d ’s M i k e l Oyarzabal cancelled out Adrian Lopez’s first-half

penalty for the visitors to leave them fourth on 47 points from 28 games, one point ahead of fifth-placed Getafe who are chasing the last qualifying spot for next season’s Champions League.

Getafe slumped to a 2-1 defeat at Granada on Friday, but Real failed to make the most of that slipup as they seemed to lack inspiration without fans creating an atmosphere, with all matches being played behind closed doors.

The result left Osasuna in 11th place on 35 points.

The hosts dominated possession in the first half but they failed to find space and they were punished in the 29th minute when the visitors were awarded a penalty following a Robin Le Normand handball.

Lopez converted the spot kick to put Osasuna in front and they went close to doubling the tally on the stroke of halftime when Inigo Perez’s attempt went just over the bar.

Real equalised on the hour. Willian Jose dragged the defence out to the flank and crossed for Oyarzabal, who found the back of the net with a low shot.

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New Delhi, Jun 15 (PTI): Country’s top sprinter Hima Das, who had a stellar 2018, has been nominated for the prestigious ‘Khel Ratna’ by the state government of Assam.

Assam sports secretary Dulal Chandra Das sent the letter of recommendation to the sports ministry on June 5.

The 20-year-old from Dhing village in Assam is one of the youngest nominees for Khel Ratna this year.

India’s first track athlete to win a global title at U20 World Championship in Tampere, Finland in 2018, Hima will compete with ace javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra, wrestler Vinesh Phogat, TT player

Manika Batra, women’s hockey captain Rani Rampal and cricketer Rohit Sharma for country’s highest sporting honour.

The 2018 had turned to be a memorable season for the 20-year-old, who followed her U-20 world title with 400m silver, 4X400 mixed relay gold (upgraded) and women’s 4X400m gold at the Jakarta Asian Games.

She won a number of gold medals at smaller events in 2019 season and was also invited to compete at the Doha World Championship but a back injury ruled her out of the prestigious championship.

Hima is already a recipient of Arjuna Award, which she received in 2018.

Chelsea thrash QPR 7-1 in friendly Lo n d o n, J u n 1 5 (Agencies): Chelsea thrashed QPR 7-1 in a friendly match on Sunday, with midfielders Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Billy Gilmour each scoring twice.

Further goals from Mason Mount, Willian and Olivier Giroud helped Frank Lampard’s side to an emphatic win at Stamford Bridge as preparations for the Premier League’s return continue.

Loftus-Cheek has not made a senior competitive appearance for Chelsea since last season due to a ruptured Achilles sustained last May. N’Golo Kante started the match against the Championship side, the France star having only resumed team training this week.

Chelsea’s win came after a 1-0 defeat of Reading at their Cobham training base in a previous behindclosed-doors friendly.

The Blues are due to resume their league campaign next Sunday against Aston Villa at Villa Park.

Lampard’s men were fourth in the table when the competition was suspended in March due to the coronavirus pandemic - three points clear of fifth-place Manchester United G i l m o u r ’s s t r o n g showing on Sunday comes after a number of breakout performances this season for Chelsea with the 18year-old backed for a bright future at Stamford Bridge.

The Scottish teenager himself has a clear idea of the player he wants to become in the years to come with Barcelona midfielder Sergio Busquets one player he has particularly looked up to.

“When I was real young I used to watch [Cristiano] Ronaldo and [Lionel] Messi, as everyone did, but when I started analysing my game more and seeing who I would progress

Players of Chelsea celebrate after scoring a goal during their friendly football match against QPR.

and hope to be like, it was more like [Andres] Iniesta, Xavi, [Cesc] Fabregas, all them type of players,” said Gilmour in April.

“It was just something I loved watching, seeing how they pass the ball, receive the ball and every-

thing was sharp. Busquets as well, when you watch Barcelona, you watch Busquets individually and everything happens around him. But when you watch Barcelona, you don’t really see Busquets.”

“But that’s the kind of

player I’ve always looked up to and just wanted to be that kind of player to get on the ball and make things happen.”

After facing Villa on Sunday, Chelsea are next set to face Manchester City on June 25.

Career at a crossroads, Bologna rules out signing Ibrahimovic Olympics rule banning says Arsenal’s Aubameyang political protest under fire

ANKARA, Jun 15 (Agencies): Amid global anti-racism demonstrations, athletes worldwide are calling on Olympics’ governing body to abolish a rule banning political, religious, or racial protests in sports.

In a statement, the Global Athlete, an international group, called on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) “to end this hypocrisy, stand by their athletes, and abolish Rule 50. Athletes will no longer be silenced.”

The Global Athlete called the article a “clear breach of human rights.”

It added that the IOC as well as the International Paralympic Committee should obey Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and not violate athletes’ freedom of opinion and expression.

The Olympic Charter Rule 50 bars athletes from

performing any kind of “political, religious or racial propaganda” in sports.

“No kind of demonstration or political, religious or racial propaganda is permitted in any Olympic sites, venues or other areas,” the rule says.

The article is meant to ensure the neutrality of sports and the Olympics, but has come under fire in a new era of widespread protests.

Colin Kaepernick, a football quarterback for the American NFL, protested police brutality in 2016 by kneeling during the national anthem.

Despite the peaceful nature of his protest, he drew criticism from some politicians and was passed over for jobs in the next NFL draft.

US soccer star Megan Rapinoe, who helped her team to victory in the 2015 and 2019 Women’s World

Cups, also took the knee in solidarity with Kaepernick and his cause.

Following suit, the UK’s Liverpool soccer club protested last month’s killing in police custody of George Floyd, an unarmed African American, which set off the new protests, by kneeling on the pitch in their stadium.

The US’ Major League Soccer (MLS) voiced support for players’ protests on the pitch against racism and discrimination.

“Major League Soccer released a statement last week reiterating a longstanding position supporting players’ right to peacefully protest during National Anthems before games,” the competition said in a statement.

The MLS emphasized freedom of speech, equality, and diversity in the US and Canada, allowing athletes to protest.

“If players or staff decide to stand, kneel or otherwise exercise their right to peaceful protest during the playing of the National Anthems before league games, we support them,” the MLS added.

Lo n d o n, J u n 1 5 (Agencies): Arsenal striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang says he is at a turning point in his career and it will be a difficult decision whether to extend his contract at the London club or not.

Aubameyang, whose deal ends in June 2021, has scored 61 goals in 97 appearances since joining from Dortmund in 2018 but has yet to lift any major silverware in England.

“I haven’t had an offer recently, but I did speak to the club quite a few months ago, and they know why nothing has happened yet,” said Aubameyang, who turns 31 on Thursday.

“They have the keys.

It is up to them to do their work and, after that, we will see how things go. It’s a turning point in my career and I want to be honest with everyone. It’ll certainly be a very difficult decision to make.”

Tennis players face big prize reductions: Lopez Madrid, Jun 15 (Agencies): Spanish veteran Feliciano Lopez says tennis players will face significant reductions in prize money when the ATP and WTA Tours resume. No professional tournaments have been held since March because of the coronavirus pandemic.

“We have to understand that tennis is not going to be the same, at least for one, two, three years. I don’t know how long,” Lopez, who should have been preparing to defend his Queen’s Club title next week, said on Sunday.

The world No 56 said that even when things return to some kind of normal, prize money will be reduced as sponsors try to navigate the economic fallout of the virus.

“The companies and the sponsors, they might have to fire employees,” the 38-year-old was quoted as saying by the BBC. “This is happening everywhere in the world so the first thing they cut is sponsorship, and this is going to be affecting tennis massively.”

Milan, Jun 15 (IANS): Serie A club Bologna have categorically denied any possible move for Milan striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic in the summer transfer window.

The Swede’s contract with Milan comes to an end after the conclusion of the current season and he is set to become a free agent.

Ibrahimovic has been linked with a move to Bologna considering his close relationship with their manager Sinisa Mihajlovic. Even before his transfer to Milan in January, he was briefly linked with Bologna.

“I understand the media interest in making this a story, as he is such an important name at the top level, but Ibrahimovic is not a possibility,” Bologna director of sport Riccardo Bigon told RAI Radio 1 as per Daily Mail.

“We are no longer in contact. He had spoken to Mihajlovic in winter then made his choices and from then we haven’t taken the situation into consideration.”

Ibrahimovic scored four goals in 10 matches for Milan before the season was abruptly halted due to COVID-19 pandemic and

Zlatan Ibrahimovic

his team currently sit at seventh spot in the league with 36 points in 26 outings.

Meanwhile, Ibrahimovic had last month said he doesn’t know where he will end up playing next season but made it clear that he will honour his currently contract with Milan.

He was also linked with a final flourish with Sweden based club Hammarby, in which he owns a 25 per cent stake as well.

“Probably, I think so.

But only Zlatan knows,” Hammarby sports director Jesper Jansson was quoted as saying by expressen.se.

“At the moment he hasn’t said anything about it, and I certainly don’t have to tell him that we want him here. By now, I understand what he is made of, he won’t speak out on it when it is not 100 per cent certain, but obviously we would like this idea very much,” he added.

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