12 Mar 2022

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Vol XXXII No. 95

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INTERNATIONAL, PAGE 9

Russian forces edge closer to Kyiv

MOSCOW/WASHINGTON, MAR 11 (AGENCIES): Russian troops edged closer to Kyiv on Friday, as officials said the Ukrainian capital was being transformed into a “fortress” and President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Moscow of again targeting humanitarian corridors. Russian forces bearing down on Kyiv are regrouping northwest of the Ukrainian capital, satellite pictures showed, in what Britain said could be preparation for an assault on the city within days.

Images released by private U.S. satellite firm Maxar also showed armoured units manoeuvring in and through towns close to an airport on Kyiv’s northwest outskirts, site of intense fighting since Russia landed paratroops there in the first hours of the war. Hundreds of thousands of civilians remain holed up in Ukrainian cities, including besieged Mariupol.

The Ukrainian military in a statement warned “the enemy is trying to eliminate the defences of the Ukrai-

5-day NLA session from March 19

DIMAPUR, MAR 11 (NPN): Business Advisory Committee (BAC) of the Nagaland Legislative Assembly (NLA) has finalised the provisional programme for the five-day budget session, which would begin on March 19, 2022.

During the 11th session of the 13th NLA, the Budget for the year 2022-2023 will be presented on March 22.

Besides, government bills will be introduced, annual administrative reports will be tabled and assembly committee reports will be presented.

There will be no session on March 20 on account of Sunday while there will be recess on March 23.

Trenches being dug in Kyiv as Russian troops edge closer to the capital.

nian forces around” regions to the west and northwest of the capital “to block Kyiv.”

As the Russian invasion entered its third week, President Vladimir Putin said on Friday some progress had been made in Moscow’s talks with Ukraine, while the Kremlin said the conflict would end when the West took action to address Moscow concerns.

The United States said that Russia could be preparing the ground for using chemical or bological weapons in Ukraine. This statement came in response

to Russia’s accusation that Ukraine is running chemical and biological labs with U.S. support. US President Joe Biden on Friday vowed that Russia would pay a “severe price” if it used chemical weapons in Ukraine.

Putin backs volunteers to fight: Russian President Vladimir Putin has backed allowing volunteers, including from abroad, to help proMoscow separatists fighting in Ukraine’s Donbas region, more than two weeks after he sent thousands of Russian troops into the neighbouring country.

“As you see, there are people who want to come on a voluntary basis, especially not for money, and help the people who live in the Donbas – well, you have to meet them halfway and help them move into the combat zone,” Putin told a meeting of the National Security Council on Friday. According to Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, more than 16,000 people– mostly from the Middle East – have appealed to join the fighting.

Fourth round of sanctions: The European Union is preparing a fourth round of sanctions on Russia, according to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. The EU is to “come forward with a fourth package of sanctions,” von der Leyen said at a press conference at an informal EU leaders’ summit in Versailles.

The US on Friday informed that the country will revoke Russia’s ‘permanent normal trade relations’ status to punish Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine, news agency Reuters reported.

Meanwhile, as the Russia-Ukraine war persists, it appears that shoulder-fired missiles are proving to be extremely effective for the Ukrainian forces to impede the rapid progress of Russian troops.

The man-portable airdefense systems (MANPADS) are playing a vital role in preventing Russian forces from obtaining air supremacy and bulldozing their way into major Ukrainian cities. Infantry anti-armor weapons, both guided and unguided, have also shown to be equally useful for Ukrainian troops.

Even though questions have been raised about the Russian Air Force keeping a low profile in the first few days of the war, Moscow has resorted to airstrikes as their soldiers advance towards Kyiv. However, Ukraine’s use of MANPADS seems to be posing a major challenge to this mission. Ukraine has reportedly inflicted massive casualties on Russian forces, capturing 750 pieces of modern military equipment.

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SPORTS, PAGE 11

Amend Municipal Act before holding ULB polls, says AKMWP Correspondent

KO H I M A , M A R 1 1 (NPN): Association of Kohima Municipal Wards Panchayat (AKMWP) on Friday called for rectifying/ amendment of the Nagaland Municipal Act before holding the Urban Local Body (ULB) elections.

AKMWP president Thejao Sekhose said this while speaking at a programme in connection with donation of 200 chairs and 10 tables by 1st Assam Rifles (AR) to Officers’ Hill (Thegabakha) Colony Panchayat here on Friday.

Accusing the State government of not consulting the stakeholders before adopting the Municipal Act, Thejao said the Act was a copy of a similar Act in Gujarat and required modification as it infringed Article 371(A) of the Constitution.

While clarifying that they were not against holding the ULB polls, Thejao maintained that the Act was

AKMWP, OHCC members and others at the programme. (NP)

based on mainland India and some of its provisions were against Naga culture.

He said Dimapur Urban Council Chairmen Federation, All Ward Union Mokokchung Town and AKMWP had earlier jointly urged the government to hold the ULB elections instead of having advisory bodies. He informed that a meeting with all 19 wards would be held in the coming days to deliberate on the issue. NPF legislator Keneizhakho Nakhro, who was also present, thanked 1st AR for providing the materials and hoped for such goodwill gesture even in the future.

Officers’ Hill Colony

Council chairman Khrielakuo Sekhose expressed gratitude to the AR for providing the much-needed furniture for the community hall and said that the contribution would benefit the people.

Short speeches were delivered by 1st AR commandant Col Umesh Sati and OHCC adviser and former chief secretary Lalthara.

The programme was chaired by OHCC general secretary Alemwapang Ao while invocation was delivered by Kohima Ao Baptist Arogo pastor SN Among Jamir and vote of thanks by OHCC assistant general secretary OHCC Shepo Hiesuh.

India accidentally fired missile into Pak; govt orders probe CMLOA to continue boycotting ULB polls

NEW DELHI, MAR 11 (PTI): India on Friday said it accidentally fired a missile two days back that landed in Pakistan and that the “deeply regrettable” incident was caused by a technical malfunction in the course of its routine maintenance.

The defence ministry said the government has taken a serious view of the incident and ordered a ‘Court of Enquiry’ into it, a day after Pakistan said a high-speed projectile launched from India entered its airspace and fell near Mian Channu in Khanewal district.

On Thursday night, Pakistan summoned India’s Charge d’Affaires at in Islamabad and conveyed its

strong protest over the “unprovoked” violation of its airspace by the supersonic “projectile” of Indian origin.

“On March 9, in the course of a routine maintenance, a technical malfunction led to the accidental firing of a missile. The government of India has taken a serious view and ordered a high-level Court of Enquiry,” the defence ministry said in a statement.

“It is learnt that the missile landed in an area of Pakistan. While the incident is deeply regrettable, it is also a matter of relief that there has been no loss of life due to the accident,” it said.

The Pakistan foreign office said the “super-sonic

flying object” entered into Pakistan from India’s Suratgarh at 6:43 pm (PST) on Wednesday and fell to the ground near Mian Channu city at around 6:50 pm, causing damage to civilian property. People familiar with the matter said the probe team will investigate all possible aspects of the incident.

Though the statement by the defence ministry did not specify the name of the missile, the description given by the Pakistan military indicated that it could be a Brahmos missile.

Maj Gen Babar Iftikhar, the Director-General of the Inter-Service Public Relations (ISPR) of Pakistan, said on Thursday

evening that the unarmed projectile launched from India entered the Pakistani airspace travelling 124 km.

“At 6.43 pm, a highspeed flying object was picked up inside the Indian territory by the Air Defence Operation Centre of the Pakistan Air Force. From its initial course, the object suddenly manoeuvred towards the Pakistani territory and violated Pakistan’s airspace ultimately falling near Mian Channu at 6.50 pm,” he told reporters.

Pakistan Foreign Office (FO) summoned the Indian Charge d’Affaires and registered its protest over the “unprovoked” violation of its airspace.

Hold valid papers while staying NPF extends support to BJP in Manipur in India, MHA tells foreigners

NEW DELHI, MAR 11 (AGENCIES): Centre has introduced a new clause in the Foreigners Order, 1948, that requires foreigners to hold a valid passport or travel documents not just while entering India, but also during their entire stay in the country, TIE report stated.

It explained that these “valid documents” would include “emergency certificate or certificate of identity or such other document” issued by the foreign country concerned. Sources in the Home Ministry (MHA) said the order had been issued in light of several foreigners having been found to be overstaying

Women’s WC: South Africa beat Pak by 6 runs

in India and claiming to have lost their documents.

“Earlier, the Foreigners Act and Order only talked about holding a valid document while entering India.

Although it is understood that one must continue to hold the document while living in India, it has been observed that some people have been violating this condition and so it has been inserted for more clarity,” an official said.

“In a genuine case of loss of documents, it is expected the foreigner will report the matter to police and contact his embassy to get temporary documents,” an official said.

NPF Central leaders with the newly elected MLAs from Manipur in Kohima, Friday. (NP)

Correspondent

KO H I M A , M A R 1 1 (NPN): Following the victory of its five candidates in the recently held Manipur Assembly polls, NPF has dashed a letter to Manipur governor expressing support to BJP-led government.

Confirming this to Nagaland

Post, NPF secretary general Achumbemo Kikon said the letter of support was written keeping in mind the party’s association with BJP since 2017. To a query, he said the party expected more cabinet berths this time.

Meanwhile, five elected MLAs arrived here in the wee hours on Friday to seek

the blessings of party’s central leaders.

A short felicitation programme was held at Hotel de Oriental where NPF president Dr Shürhozelie Liezietsu, UDA chairman TR Zeliang, Lok Sabha member (Manipur) Dr Lorho S Pfoze and NPF Manipur in-charge Vikheho Swu gave speeches.

DIMAPUR, MAR 11 (NPN): Chi & Mon Land Owners’ Association (CMLOA) will continue to boycott elections to urban local bodies (ULBs) until the State government resolved to honour the February 21, 1964 agreement signed between the land owners of Mon headquarters and Mon district administration.

Announcing this in a press release, CMLOA president O Kamzei Konyak recalled that CMLOA had on October 27, 2016 resolved to boycott election to Mon Town Council (which was not held) and served an ultimatum on the State government through deputy commissioner Mon to act on the matter on or before

CTAN serves deadline to terminate ‘illegal’ appts DIMAPUR, MAR 11 (NPN): Combined Technical Association of Nagaland (CTAN), while issuing a final reminder to soil and water conservation department, demanded immediate termination of two Junior Soil Conservation Officers (JSCO) on or before March 30 and make way for educated youths, who believed in the spirit of competition through free and fair examination.

In a press note, CTAN through its media cell alleged that the two JSCOs were “illegally” appointed in the scale pay of PB-2 Rs 9300-34800/ and Grade pay Rs 4400/-P.M under soil and water conservation department and had been occupying the posts since June 3, 2016 till date.

It said many representations were submitted to stop the regularization process of the two posts, which was clearly under the preview of NPSC having a grade pay

more than 2800. CTAN also pointed out that there were thousands of professional graduates in forestry, agricultural engineering, agriculture science and horticulture who had been passionately waiting for the posts to be advertised. CTAN said that two “illegal appointments” had clearly violated the P&AR rule/notification.

Despite several appeals and representation, CTAN alleged that the duo went on perusing political support from the concerned minister, and even to the extent of allegedly getting a recommendation from the chief minister.

Hencefor th, CTAN said it resolved to prevent any such illegal activities, irrespective of any department and cautioned that failure to act on or before March 30 would compel all its associates (10 technical associations) to take up every necessary measure to bring justice for the aspirants.

December 7, 2016.

He regretted that the government was yet to take any progressive step to resolve the matter. Asserting that CMLOA would stand firm on its demands, he reminded the government that they would not let ULB elections to be conducted within their jurisdiction until their demands were fulfilled.

Gov, CM, Dy.CM greet on Tsohsu fest

DIMAPUR, MAR 11 (NPN): Nagaland governor Prof. Jagdish Mukhi, chief minister Neiphiu Rio and deputy chief minister Y Patton have extended greetings to the members of the Sangtam community on the occasion of Tsoshu festival.

In his message, Prof.

Jagdish Mukhi said Tsoshu festival, which marks the preparation for the arrival of spring, heralds the beginning of cultivation process seeking blessings for a bountiful harvest. (Cont’d on p-8)

State logs 2 fresh Covid-19 cases

DIMAPUR, MAR 11 (NPN): Nagaland on Friday recorded two fresh Covid-19 positive cases from Mokokchung, taking the total caseload to 35445.

PTI: India logged 4,194 new cases, taking the total tally to 4,29,84,261, while the death toll climbed to 5,15,714 with 255 fresh fatalities,

India’s excess deaths due to Covid highest in world: Lancet CBSE board exams from Apr 26 Govt terms it ‘misinformed’

LONDON/NEW DELHI, MAR 11 (PTI): India’s estimated cumulative excess deaths due to COVID-19 between January 2020 and December 2021 were the highest in the world at 4.07 million, around eight times higher than reported, according to a new analysis in the Lancet.

Responding to the findings, the Union Health ministry on Friday termed

the analysis “speculative and misinformed” and said the authors had themselves admitted to several methodology flaws and inconsistencies.

The study takes into account different methodologies for different countries, the ministry said in a statement. For India, for example, data sources used by the study appear to have been taken from newspaper reports and non-peer reviewed studies, it said.

“This model uses data of all cause excess mor-

tality (created by another non-peer reviewed model) as an input and this raises serious concerns about the accuracy of the results of this statistical exercise,” the ministry said.

The Lancet reported on Thursday that excess mortality rates due to Covid among Indian states are not the highest in the world, because of India’s large population, but the country accounted for around 22.3 per cent of global excess deaths as of December 31, 2021.

The paper estimates excess mortality from the COVID-19 pandemic in 191 countries and territories from January 1, 2020, to December 31, 2021.

Although re por ted COVID-19 deaths in that period totalled 5.94 million worldwide, the Lancet paper estimates that 18.2 million people died worldwide because of the COVID-19 pandemic, as measured by excess mortality, over that period. This is around three times higher than previously estimated.

NEW DELHI, MAR 11 (PTI): Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Friday announced that the term-II board exams for Class 10 and 12 will commence from April 26, as it released the schedule for the papers. The board said that it has kept a considerable gap between any two papers in the term-II exams owing to the prolonged school closure due to the pandemic.

The term-II exams for Class 10 will end on May 24, while for Class 12 students, the papers will end on June (Cont’d on p-8) 15. Last year, the CBSE

The documented deaths due to Covid in India over that period stood at around 4,89,000, the journal says in the paper “Estimating excess mortality due to the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic analysis of COVID-19-related mortality, 2020-21”.

Excess mortality measures the additional deaths in a given time period compared to the number usually expected and is not dependent on how COVID-19 deaths are recorded.

had announced that board examinations for 2022 will be conducted in two terms.

I exams have already been held, while term-II exams commence from April 26 for both classes.

The board also said that other competitive examinations including JEEMain have been taken care of while preparing the date sheet. “These date sheets have been prepared by avoiding nearly 35,000 subject combinations to ensure that no two subject examinations of a student fall on the same date,” it said.

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Pukhayi chairs Zbto DPDB meeting

DIMAPUR: Zunheboto District Planning and Development Board (DPDB) monthly meeting was held on March 10 under the chairmanship of Advisor, Food & Civil supplies, LMCP, Taxes and chairman DPDB Zunheboto, Pukhayi Sumi.

According to DIPR report, while speaking on Covid situation at the district, deputy Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Zunheboto, Dr. Akaho Sema said that countering the virus with intensive vaccination was working as key and only factor in mitigating the hazardous effects of the deadly virus.

The district can safely say that, more than 80% of eligible beneficiaries have been vaccinated so far, he added.

AR conducts various activities

DIMAPUR: Assam Rifles (AR) conducted various activities under the aegis of HQ IGAR (North) for the welfare of the local populace.

Dimapur battalion of AR facilitated construction of waiting shed at Toshezu village, Dimapur, under AR civic action programme and handed over to village authority on March 4.

In Jalukie, AR conducted an awareness lecture on the theme “Oral hygiene & care” as a part of National dentist’s day celebration at ARPS (H), Jalukie, Peren on March 7.

The aim was to encourage people to have proper oral health, inculcate good dental habits and adhere to dental care and also to spread awareness so that people don’t avoid regular dental check-ups.

A total of 151 students and 11 teachers from the school attended the awareness lecture.

Meanwhile, Jalukie battalion also organized annual sports and games on March 3 to 5, at St Xavier College, Jalukie, Peren. The battalion also distributed gift and sports material to outstanding sportsperson during the event. A total of 300 students participated in various sports.

Pukhayi Sumi addressing the DPDB members on March 10. (DIPR)

On his conclusion remarks, Pukhayi urged the board members to continue and cooperate with each other. He also lauded the outgoing Deputy Commissioner Zunheboto, Peter Lichamo for his service to the district.

Earlier, the meeting

began with review of the previous meeting minutes followed by discussion on agendas which were approved to be forwarded to the government for further necessary actions.

The agendas are as follows: request to establish Sub-centre at Khewoto

village; construction of new EAC headquarter at Saptiqa town, Zunheboto; removal of Sub-reservoir for site levelling at new DC office complex at PHED compound (North point colony) and upgrading Snow Field School, Aghunato, upto class eight.

SAMETI holds STRY for unemployed youths

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Awareness and screening camp in Phek

DIMAPUR: As part of the “World Hearing Day”, an awareness-cum-screening camp was carried out at Government Middle School (GMS) Zion Colony Phek town on March 10 on the theme, “To hear for life, listen with care”.

In a press release, the department informed that ENT specialist from District Hospital Phek, Dr. Zhimatho said as per World Health Organisation (WHO) report 2021, one in every five people has hearing impairment.

He said some of the common risk factors associated with hearing loss are use of earpiece or personal audio devices with smart phones, noise pollution and exposure to high pitch sound and disease factors such as chronic ear infection, diabetes, hypertension, stroke and other conditions like head injury, obesity, and smoking habits.

Altogether 30 students were examined and treated with necessary medicine.

NEWS IN BRIEF Meet on disaster management in Phek: Nagaland State Disaster Management Authority (NSDMA), Home Department in collaboration with HG&CD, SDRF, SDRF, and 12 Bn DDRF held a meeting on disaster management on March 10 at DC’s conference hall, Phek. According to a DIPR report, DC Phek, Razouvolie Dozo urged everyone to remain alert and stakeholder departments were requested to be prepared. DC also thanked NGOs for their presence in the meeting stating that play numerous roles during such eventualities. SP Phek, Vesupra Kezo also spoke at the meeting. The meeting was chaired by EAC, Phek, Mechietso Koza, and a closing remark was given by Phek SDO (C) Samuel Tyung.

Handloom expo at Mangkolemba: ADC Mangkolemba, Dharam Raj inaugurated the district handloom expo at local ground, Mangkolemba on March 10. According to DIPR report, the expo was funded by development commissioner for handloom and organized by directorate of Industries and Commerce government of Nagaland.

Altogether 25 units from Nagaland and neighboring states of Manipur and Assam are participating in the five-day expo.

ASTD appeals: Ao Senso Telongjem Dimapur (ASTD) has appealed all family members or relatives who beloved are laid to rest at Old Naga Cemetery at Lake View Colony, Dimapur to reach out to ASTD help desk set up at the cemetery from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. (Monday to Saturday) till March 20, after which ASTD would start with beautification project.

ENFB installation programme: Eastern Nagaland Fellowship Bengaluru (ENFB) conducted pastor’s installation programme at Zou Presbyterian church Kammanhali, Bengaluru on March 8. In a press note, ENFB expressed gratitude to Police Baptist Church Association for responding to their request by sending pastor, Bechung Konyak for a period of two years.

MOCK holds ‘career fair series’: Mount Olive College Kohima (MOCK) held one day “the graduate career fair series 2022’ on March 7 at the college auditorium.

A press release by the college stated that the fair was organised by Young Indians Nagaland in partnership with Educentre Nagaland and Confederation of Indian Industry in collaboration with IQAC and Career Guidance and Placement Cell, MOCK. The release stated that 10 stalls were opened for undergraduate students of Arts and Commerce to avail the opportunity to learn, equip and prepare themselves for their future career in the line of the choice. Earlier, the principal Swedezhono Tsükrü inaugurated the fair.

Training held for SMCs, SMDCs in Tseminyu Resource persons, officials and participants of the training programme.

DIMAPUR: To impart employable skills to unemployed youths, State Agriculture Management and Extension Training Institute (SAMETI) Medziphema in association with National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management (MANAGE) Hyderabad organised a Skill Training of Rural Youth (STRY) on “fish rearing, management and value addition” on February 28 to March 5.

A press release by SA-

METI Medziphema stated that during the inaugural programme, director SAMETI and principal IETC, Dr.Watimongla Jamir encouraged the trainees to come out of their comfort zones and learn new skills to empower themselves.

Resource persons for the training were scientist (FRM) ICAR, Nagaland centre, Jyotish Barman and assistant fisher inspector, (office of the fishery biologist Dimapur), Adizenuo Dolie.

The training covered technical sessions on fish pond management, fish breeds suitable for Nagaland, carp culture, feed requirement and value addition in fish. Hand-on practical on liming procedure, fertilization and feed preparation were also conducted.

The valedictory programme was chaired by deputy project director SAMETI and state coordinator STRY Nagaland, Tiajungla Longchar.

Rengma Baptist Church Kohima (RBCK) conducted Keshenpvii Kehun (Fathers’ Camp) from March 4-6 at Phutoi Farm, Niuland.

FSSAI holds licensing and registration camp at Longleng

DIMAPUR: One day block level training for School Management Committees (SMCs) and School Management and Development Committees (SMDCs) under the programme of Samagra Shiksha Nagaland was held on March 10 at Educational Block Resource Centre (EBRC) Training Hall, Tseminyu.

A press release by the department stated that Sub-Divisional Education Officer (SDEO) Tseminyucum-chairman EBRC, Yahuto Kath motivated the members of SMCs and SMDCs to be “the leaders, comforters and contribute according to one’s own capacities for the welfare of students”.

He further stated that working environment at schools should be a joyful place of learning and that the teachers along with the community have to play pro- active role with a sense of responsibility, dedication and commitment to the task.

A resource person addressing the training programme in Tseminyu.

Re s o u r c e p e r s o n , Deputy Mission Director (DMD) State Mission Authority Samagra Shiksha Kelhikha Kenye highlighted the gathering on the topics such as UDISE +, utilisation of composite school grants, library, NIPUN-Bharat Mission, school safety plan, COVID -19 SOPs, sports, RTE entitlements and NEP 2022.

The programme was chaired by TOT Francis Rengma, welcome note was delivered by Hinilo, coordinator SMA Imdangjungla Jamird welt on the aspects of vocational education and vote of thanks

by coordinator EBRC Tseminyu, Rushulo Khing.

Altogether 101 members of SMCs, SMDCs and personnel of Educational Block Resource Centre Tseminyu attended the training programme.

1 st DEATH ANNIVERSARY of Lt. T. Anato Chophy

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1st DEATH ANNIVERSARY

OF LATE RACHAMO PATTON

of Late Ivihe Yeptho

D.O.B : 29-05-1985 – Died on : 12-03-2021

You will never be forgotten, that simply cannot be, we will carry you with us safely tucked with our hearts.

Officials handing out certificate at the camp.

DIMAPUR: One day Food & Safety & Standard Authority of India (FSSAI) online licensing and registration camp was held on March 9 at Longleng Town.

A press release by office of Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Mokokchung stated that the camp was conducted by Food Safety wing Mokokchung Zone, CMO Mokokchung in coordination with district administration and CMO Longleng.

At the camp, designat-

ed officer C.Merenlemba Ao highlighted the objective of the camp, stating that the camp was held to create awareness on food safety, Responsibilities of Food Business Operators (FBOs) and how to apply online for FSSAI registration and licensing.

Meanwhile, the office has informed those who missed out the registration and licensing camp to apply online by visiting https://foscos.fssai.gov.in for registration and licensing.

08/02/1948 – 12/03/2021 A year has passed since you left us for your eternal abode, but your love and good deeds showed towards us are still afresh in our hearts.

Your memories will always remain in our hearts till we meet again.

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NCTS celebrates foundation day

DIMAPUR: New Creation Theological Seminary (NCTS) Nagaland celebrated its first foundation day on March 10 at NCTS Campus with director, Global Harvest International, New Delhi, Jim Joy as the keynote speaker. A press release by NCTS Nagaland stated that in a message, Jim Joy quoted the Bible verse Joel 2:28 and said, “The old shall dream dreams, the young shall see visions”.

He said dreams give a person the reason to be alive while vision sustains and sees a person through into fulfilling the purposes of God. The programme was chaired

by NCTS faculty, Ren; opening address was delivered by NCTS principal, Dr.LongrilaAo and vote of thanks by NCTS director, Wangshikokla Jamir.

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WEATHER FORECAST MARCH 12

(Temperature in ºC)

Max Min

Agartala Hazy and remaining very warm 35 14 Aizawl

Partly sunny and very warm

Guwahati Very warm and hazy sun Imphal

Hazy sunshine and hot

Itanagar Hazy sunshine

31 13 35 16 34 10 31 18

Shillong

Partly sunny and nice

26 11

Kohima

Partly sunny and pleasant

27 13

Dimapur Very warm with hazy sun

34 17

Hazy sunshine

30 15

Tuensang Hazy sun and not as warm

22 10

Not as warm with hazy sun

28 17

Mkg Wokha

Zunheboto Times of clouds and sun

27 12

Dr. Chumben Murry unveiling the monolith of the 25 years of Wozhuro EAC H.Q.

D I M A P U R : Wo z u r o Range Public Organization (WRPO) celebrated the 25th anniversary of Extra Assistant Commissioner (EAC) H.Q Wozhuro on March 11.

Dr. Chumben Murry MLA speaking at the silver jubilee celebration said that the people of the range may have been deprived of various infrastructures and development in the recent years but developments have come up in various sectors

like education, road and health sector. Murry lamented that though he was elected as their representative but have to be seated in the opposition bench for four years for which not much help have been extended to his people.

However with the formation of UDA government in the state to address the Naga political settlement, Murry hoped that development in the area will take place and assured to take up various

issues for the area people.

Talking on economic sustainability, Murry said that the area people mostly depended on agriculture, as it was only the primary source of income and livelihood. In this regard, he encouraged the people to acquire more adequate knowledge by approaching the field department related to agri and allied sector.

Earlier, Murry also unveiled the monolith of the jubilee monolith of EAC H.Q Wozhuro, after

a dedicatory prayer by pastor, Shaki Baptist Church, Lipenthung.

DC Wokha, Orenthung Lotha in his greetings said that though the government does not celebrate a jubilee for government establishments and existence, yet appreciated the WRPO for coming forward in unity to commemorate.

Additional secretary, Science and Technology, Wonchio Odyuo gave a brief history of EAC HQ. Wozhuro, while president Wozhuro Range Public Organization, Thechamo Tsanglao delivering welcome address highlighted on various developments taken place over the last 25 years.

In a short speech chairman Wozhuro Range Chairman Union, Yanbemo Tungoe appealed for repairing and renovation of EAC office and quarters, and construction for Dobashi court in the area. The programme was chaired by EAC, Wozhuro, I. Yentinoungbou while vote of thanks was delivered by vice president, WRPO, M. Sulanthung Lotha.

ARHS holds science awareness

Winners and resource persons of the programme.

DIMAPUR: Ayolta Human Resource Society (AHRS) conducted Children Centric Outreach Programme on Science Awareness and Cognitive Science, on March 8, at Good Shepherd School, Longleng. The programme was sponsored by Ministry of Science and Technology, government of India. The resource persons for the programe were M.Sc (Zoology), B.Ed, Moie and Engineer Honlen (Civil).

A press release by secretary, AHRS, Himja Leinak, stated that resource person, Moie, delivered brief introduction on basic importance of science and engaged students on science based

activities and motivated them on how learning could be enhanced through help of practical experiment.

She also stressed on environmental issues and performed various activities to create interest in learning science subject.

Second resource person, Er Honlen, spoke on cognitive science and how to keep learning and acquire knowledge and understanding through thought experiences and senses.

The release added that the programme was chaired by coordinator, AHRS, Shamla Leinak, who highlighted the aims and importance of the seminar,

adding that it was to develop learning skills and interest in science subject and create curiosity among students through scientific activities.

The overall aim of the seminar was to change the mindset and environment and develop interest towards Science. The awareness programme and exhibition was dedicated and invoked by Youth Leader, Police Baptist Church, Longleng, Pongnyak.

The release further added that AHRS organized different kinds of activities and conducted quiz, drawing and model making competition followed by science exhibition.

F&SC deptt. launches FIAat FPSs Training on ‘counter wildlife trafficking’

IRCSN to scale up Red Cross activities in the state

DIMAPUR: Indian Red Cross Society Nagaland (IRCSN) State Headquarters visited six districts namely Tseminyu, Wokha, Mokokchung, Longleng, Mon and Kohima from February 21 to March 7. The first phase of district tour culminated with visit to Old Age Home, Meriema, Kohima and AIDS Hospice, Seithogei, Kohima A press release by IRCSN stated that during the tour, DCs of concerned districts, who were the chairman of the society, extended support and enthusiasm in the Red Cross activities.

During the tour, the IRCSN team held a thorough discussion and deliberation with the district Red Cross officials in all the districts. Discussion on issues of implementation and scaling up the Red Cross activities including junior and youth Red Cross was deliberated. The IRCSN said it has decided to reactivate junior Red Cross at schools and youth Red Cross at the colleges.

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Launching programme on FIA in progress on March 11.

DIMAPUR: Depar tment of Food and Civil Supplies (F&SC) launched Financial Inclusion Application (FIA) at 78 Fire Price Shops (FPSs) under Dimapur-Sadar on March 11 as part of the first phase.

A press release by director F&SC V. Lovitoly Sema stated that the department would gradually roll out FIA in the rest of the districts.

Launching FIA, additional director, F&CS, Nagaland, Temsu Jamir said the selected FPSs would become the business correspondent for the banks and thus, the present ePoS device in the FPSs would work as micro-ATM

which would cater to the service of the public in the surrounding area/ neighbourhood.

Retired DGM,SBI, I. Sashi Pongen said through FIA at the FPSs in the state it would open up new avenues/ opportunities and highlighted numerous ways of how it would be beneficial for the public and also for the selected FPSs in the state.

The launching programme was chaired by ADSS, Kavito Aomi; invocation was pronounced by Notun Basti, Dimapur GB, Tongpang Longkumer and brief report on FIA was presented by inspector (MIS), Jungshi S. Jamir.

DIMAPUR: One day training on “counter wildlife trafficking and biodiversity conservation” was held on March 10 at Tuli College jointly organized by the Nagaland Forest Department, the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) India and Nagaland State Biodiversity Board (NSBB).

A press release by forest department stated that the training was organised for forest, police personnel, all ward chairmen of Tuli town wards, council chairman and representatives from Merangkong, Wamaken, Kangtsung village council and students and faculty members of Tuli College including the Board of Governance of the College.

S p e c i a l i nv i t e e, Amenba Yaden, MLA, highlighted the richness in terms of biodiversity, close association of human beings on forest, wildlife, biodiversity and nature and need of awareness among all stakeholders for the cause of conservation.

He appealed to all participants to concentrate on learning from different resource persons of the programme and

Resource persons, officials and students at the training programme.

implement the learning optimally.

Retired PCCF and H o F F, N a g a l a n d a n d chairman, state biodiversity board, Nagaland, Satya Prakash Tripathi gave a historical background of the training.

He emphasised the need for creating awareness among stakeholders for conservation of natu-

ral resources along with combating wildlife crimes.

Retired PCCF (Wildlife) and chief wildlife warden, Assam and the team leader, Dev Prakash Bankhwal spoke on creating a sense of ownership towards natural resources and equipping the frontline staff to tackle wildlife crimes.

Tuli College principal

Abdul Kabir Ahmed also spoke on the importance of conservation and the initiatives and its importance for sustainability.

The inaugural program was chaired by DFO Mokokchung division, Dr Sentitula, invocation was pronounced by Tuli College administrator Nukshi and a special song was presented by Moali.

Meet reviews RS poll preparedness Singphan forest fire: Yollow Awareness for women on NSAP conducts aerial survey

CEO Nagaland and officials during the review meeting in Kohima.

DIMAPUR: Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Nagaland, V Shashank Shekhar, conducted a review meeting for the conduct of biennial election to the council of states (Rajya Sabha) in his office chamber, Kohima on Friday. The Biennial Election to the Council of States in Nagaland will be held on

March 31, 2022. The filing of nominations will be from March 14-21, 2022.

In a press release, additional chief electoral officer Ruokuovituo Khezhie informed that the CEO Nagaland reviewed poll preparedness with the returning officer Khruohituonuo Rio and assistant returning offi-

cer Darhu Shupao. In accordance with the instructions given by the Election Commission of India, various preparations were reviewed, such as COVID-19 protocols to be followed, arrangements for videography and various other administrative arrangements. Joint CEO Awa Lorin also attended the meeting.

Covid-19 vaccination drive at Longkhim

DIMAPUR: A total of 67 beneficiaries were vaccinated with Covid-19 vaccine during the medical camp-cum-Covid-19 vaccination drive held at two villages- Angangba and Holongba under Longkhim block on March 6. The camp was organised by Chief medical officer (CMO) office Tuensang in collaboration with district task force Tuensang.

In a press release from DMO (NHM) Tuensang, Apheang, the medical team was led by CMO Dr. Keveduyi Theyo, accompanied by DIO (RCH & UIP) Tuensang Dr. Thungchanbeni and six other medical officers, three GNMs, two ANMs, two labtechnicians, two DEO and DPMU (NHM) K Y M C

staffs. The team was divided into two groups, team-1 at Angangba village and team -2 at Holongba village. During the camp, the team also distributed nutritional supplements and bathing soaps under RCH programme and 26 PMJAY health cards were also generated.

At Angangba village, altogether 307 OPD including six (6) ANCs were registered and 26 beneficiaries were vaccinated with Covid-19 vaccine. At Holongba village, 41 beneficiaries were vaccinated with Covid-19 vaccine and around 120 OPD were registered. During the health camp, patients were diagnosed mostly with general check up and no high risk cases were observed.

DIMAPUR: Minister of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, Y.M. Yollow undertook an aerial survey in Singphan Wildlife Sanctuary on March 10 to get an assessment of the damages caused by the forest fire.

A press release by divisional forest officer Mon division, Rajesh Kumar stated the forest fire was reportedly caused by jhum burning in the neighbouring area of the sanctuary and has been spreading since the first week of March 2022.

The division informed that the affected area was now estimated to cover more than two square kilometres in different patches inside the sanctuary.

After the aerial survey, the minister assured all possible government support for containing the forest fires within Singphan wildlife sanctuary.

He also directed the district administration Mon to extend all assistance to the department.

In order to contain the spread of the forest fire, on March 10 three

different teams consisting of around 163 personnel including 40 personnel from Indian Reserve Battalions (IRB), 20 personnel from Nagaland Armed Police (NAP), 26 village guards from Upper Tire, 30 personnel from Lower Tire including 20 village guards, 15 personnel from State Disaster Response Force, six police personnel from Naginimora and around 26 forest personnel from Singphan Wildlife Sanctuary Forest division initiated the process of creating fire line around the fire-spot areas.

The release informed that as per the leader of the operation, Tokaho, there was no active fire within the sanctuary and the forest fire was contained.

The minister was accompanied by PCCF & H o F F, D h a r m e n d r a Prakash, assistant mana ge r, N a g a l a n d S t a t e Disaster Management A u t h o r i t y, Wa n g s h i Jamir, Wildlife Warden, Dimapur and in-charge officer Singphan Wildlife Sanctuary and DFO Mon Rajesh Kumar.

Guest speaker and women participants of the programme.

DIMAPUR: In commemoration of 75 years of India’s Independence “Bharat ka Amrut Mahotsav”, an awareness programme for women beneficiaries under National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP) on the theme “Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow” was held at Ongpangkong Salang, Mokokchung on March 11.

According to DIPR report, the programme was organized by District Welfare Office Mokokchung.

Speaking on the topic “Gender Equality and Women Rights”, guest

speaker Molusen Imchen from MDLSA maintained that basic human rights have been provided to every individual irrespective of gender but social evils and discrimination in society mostly affect women.

In order to remove discrimination, the Government of India has formulated various schemes and laws to assist women.

Guest speaker, Asong Yaden from “SAKHI One Stop Centre” Mokokchung highlighted some of the services provided by the Centre to women in distress.

Earlier in the pro-

gramme, District Welfare Officer, Mokokchung Hebou Rio delivered the welcome address while a vote of thanks was proposed by CDPO, Sunepwapang.

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Biren resigns, to serve as caretaker CM of Mnp

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IMPHAL, MAR 11: A day after the BJP stormed back to power in Manipur with an absolute majority in the just-concluded Assembly election, bagging 32 seats in the house of 60, chief minister N. Biren Singh Friday met Governor La Ganesan and resigned from his post and was made the caretaker chief minister.

The governor has accepted the resignation and asked Singh to continue as the caretaker chief minister till the new government was formed, officials said.

A Raj Bhavan official said that the chief minister accompanied by three legislators met the Governor and submitted his resignation letter.

Later, Singh tweeted: “Called on Hon’ble Governor of Manipur at the Raj Bhavan to tender my resignation from the post of chief minister today. I will now be serving as the caretaker chief minister.”

Singh said the new ministry formation will be done after holding consultations with the Central BJP leaders, who will be arriving in the state in the next few days.

Manipur CM Biren Singh submits his resignation to governor La Ganesan.

The tenure of 11th Manipur Legislative Assembly is due to end by March 19.

PTI adds: The new government in Manipur will be formed before March 19 when the current state assembly term ends and a decision on who will lead is expected to be decided in the next couple days, outgoing Chief Minister N Biren Singh said on Friday.

National People’s Party, a partner in the existing government which won seven seats in the just concluded state poll, will not be a part of the new dispensation, Singh told reporters at

his residence.

The decision on the new government and overall alliance would be taken by central observers of BJP who will come to Manipur.

The decision on the alliance will be taken by the observers in consultation with state unit authorities, he said.

Replying to queries on probable alliances, he said BJP has won the majority in the House and does not need support from other parties.

“But we have the coalition dharma and won’t say no to those who want to support us from outside.”

BJP won the majority

this time securing 32 seats out of 60 in the Assembly election, the result for which was declared on Thursday.

Asked, he said “We have to complete everything - the formation of government and swearing in before March 19. So, accordingly our national leaders will do the necessary (things)”.

To questions on whether he would helm the next government, Singh said “BJP is a national party and there are some procedures.

(Central) Observers will be there and the decision on leadership will be taken by the party parliamentary

board.”

Asked how soon the central observers will come to Manipur, he said “ I am expecting them within onetwo days” but declined to share the names.

Queried about NPP continuing as alliance partner in the new government, he said “We are not going to make any coalition partnership with NPP.” There could, however, could be an alliance with Naga People’s Front and some Independents have already expressed their support to BJP. “Everything will be done in consultation with the central leadership,” he said. When asked about a possible alliance with JD(U), a member of NDA at the Centre, Singh said,”We don’t have any understanding in the state.”

About the repeal of the controversial Armed Forces Special Power Act (AFSPA) from the state, Singh said the new government would approach the union home ministry to lift it from the state except in the areas bordering Myanmar.

“We cannot compromise on national security.

We have 394 km long unfenced border with Myanmar,” he said.

NAGALAND POST, DIMAPUR SATURDAY, MARCH 12, 2022

BJP victory reflects people’s trust in PM’s inclusive empowerment : Naqvi

GUWAHATI, MAR 11 (PTI): Union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi Friday said BJP’s landslide victory in Uttar Pradesh and three other states in the just concluded assembly poll reflect the people’s unwavering trust in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s commitment to inclusive empowerment for all.

The ‘Modi Mantra’ for ‘PWD’- the poor, women and the downtrodden has demolished the conventional politics of casteism and communalism and replaced it with commitment to development, Naqvi said at a press meet here.

The prime minister has on the one hand become an icon of inclusive empowerment of deprived and downtrodden in India, while on the other he has been accepted as a ray of hope for peace across the world,’ Naqvi, who is the union minister for minority affairs and deputy leader in Rajya Sabha, said.

BJP has won landslide victories in four out of the five states were state polls were held recently. It has won in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur, while AAP has won in Punjab.

Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi “The prime minister’s commitment to inclusive empowerment of all and the all-round development in all sectors and regions have led the people to repose their unwavering trust in him. This was reflected in the landlide victory in Uttar Pradesh, Manipur and other states,” he said.

Asser ting that the prime minister has always played the role of a trouble shooter in times of crisis, he said. “The entire world has recognised this - first during Corona pandemic and now during Ukraine crisis,” he said.

Referring to the North East, he said the region of the country, including Assam had been neglected for decades and has now been made priority partners

by Modi for progress and prosperity. The thumping victory of BJP in Manipur

is testament to the Centre’s policy to make all states of the country equal partners in mainstream development.

The Modi gover nment’s ‘Act East Policy’ has ensured all-round development of the entire NE region, Naqvi said.

The union minister said that while Rs 36,108 crore had been allocated for the development of the NE region in 2014, the Modi government has given Rs 76,040 crore in 2022 for the purpose.

Various development projects worth Rs 85,631 crore are currently ongoing in the eight NE states and projects of another Rs 80,000 crore have been planned for the next two years, he said.

Besides this, the Centre has allocated more than Rs 900 crore to the NE states in the fight against Corona to ensure necessary health facilities.

Naqvi said that sectors like tourism, civil aviation, agriculture and horticulture have witnessed significant transformation while ‘Aatmnirbhar Hastshilpkar Yojana’ has provided market and opportunities to traditional legacy of art and craftsmanship of the region.

CPI(M) writes to Tripura CM after party offices IIT-G develops new method for exploration, drilling of oil & gas are attacked, houses of leaders ransacked

Jitendra Chowdhury and also retained Uttarakhand Manipur and Goa, while Arvind Kejriwal’s AAP scripted a stellar victory in Punjab, winning a three-fourths majority.

CPI(M) state secretary Jitendra Chowdhury, in a letter addressed to the chief minister on Friday, said “In

NFR to run three pairs of Holi special trains

M A L I G AO N, M A R 11(NPN): The Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) has decided to run two festive special trains and extend one of its train services. The Holi Special train will run between Howrah- New Jalpaiguri- Howrah & Anand Vihar- Jogbani- Anand Vihar while Rani KamalapatiAgartala- Rani Kamalapati Special train has been extended to clear the extra rush of passengers.

A press release by Chief Public Relations Officer ( CPRO), Sabyasachi De stated that Holi Special train number 02307, Howrah - New Jalpaiguri will depart on March 16 at 11:55 pm from Howrah to reach New Jalpaiguri at 10:10 am next day. On its return, train number.

02308 will start its journey on March 17 from New Jalpaiguri station at 12:50 pm hours to reach its destination at Howrah at 11:05

pm Holi special train number 04064 will depart from Anand Vihar on March 12 and 19 at 3:30 pm to reach its destination at Jogbani, at 10:30 pm. During its return journey train number 04063 will depart from Jogbani at 01:20 am on March 14 and 21, to arrive at its destination at 11:10 am at Anand Vihar. The composition of these Holi special trains will be 2 AC- 3 tier coaches, 10 sleeper coaches and 6 general coaches along with 2 luggage cum brake vans.

Simultaneously, it has been decided to extend the services of another festive special train Rani Kamalapati- Agartala- Rani Kamalapati to clear the extra rush of passengers.

Journey of Train No. 01665 has been extended upto June 30, 2022 and that of train no. 01666 has been extended upto July 3 for the benefit of travelling commuters.

a parliamentary democracy, elections do take place and one party wins. It is natural that the winning party leaders, workers and supporters will rejoice. But setting opponent’s offices on fire and ransacking their houses amount to gross violence of democratic rights.”

“As many as 39 politically motivated attacks have been carried out on party offices and houses of leaders and supporters since Thursday afternoon.

I hope you (Deb) will take appropriate steps against those who are involved in the recent violence and arrange compensation for the victims,” he wrote.

12 bills introduced in Arunachal Pradesh Assembly

ITANAGAR, MAR 11 (PTI): Twelve government bills were introduced in the Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly on Friday.

Chief Minister Pema Khandu introduced the Arunachal Pradesh (Obsolete and Redundant Regulations) Repeal Bill 2022 along with another bill – Arunachal Pradesh (Re-organization of Districts), bill in its amended form. Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein, who is also the Finance and Tax, Excise and Narcotics minister, introduced the Arunachal Pradesh Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management and Arunachal Pradesh Goods and Services Tax bills in their amended forms.

Education Minister Taba Tedir introduced a total of eight bills relating to eight private universities in the state including, Indira Gandhi Technological and Medical Sciences University and other universities.

Arunchal mulls menstrual leave

ITANAGAR, MAR 11 (PTI): Arunachal Pradesh women and child development minister Alo Libang on Friday told the Assembly on Friday that a decision on granting a one-day menstrual leave to women would be taken in the state after a discussion in the matter was held with stakeholders.

Responding to a private member resolution moved in the Assembly by Congress legislator Ninong Ering, Libang said her department, in coordination with the health and education officials, would discuss the matter with the Arunachal Pradesh State Commission

for Women (APSCW) and other organisations.

He also said that women legislators would also be consulted before a decision was arrived at. Ering, on his part, pointed out that countries such as Italy and Japan and the Indian states of Kerala and Bihar have made such provisions for women. “It could be very annoying for women to work and girls during menstruation, especially on the first day. If they are granted a one-day leave, they can discharge their duties with more dedication,” Ering pointed out.

Referring to the assem-

bly poll victory of the BJP in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur, Ering stated that women empowerment initiatives played a major role in ensuring the party’s win in these states. In response, the minister said that the Arunachal government too, provided various facilities to the womenfolk of the state.

“Views could be divergent among women on the issue of menstruation.

Many may not want to disclose it. We will discuss the issue elaborately with the stakeholders,” Libang said, further requesting Ering to withdraw the resolution.

File photo of IIT, Guwahati.

industry.

The researchers team led by Senthilmuruan Subbiah, Professor from the Chemical Engineering department of the institute, has demonstrated a real-time

well drilling monitoring and decision support system tool.

This will make use of existing data to enable realtime multi-objective optimisation of drilling parameters

3accused injured in police firing in Assam

NORTH LAKHIMPUR/ GUWAHATI, MAR 11 (PTI): At least three accused persons were injured in police firing when they allegedly tried to snatch a service weapon and flee from custody in Kokrajhar and Lakhimpur districts of Assam, a police official said on Friday.

The first incident took place near Banderdewa town in Lakhimpur district on Thursday night when two drug peddlers were caught by the police and after interrogation were leading a team of police to recover

a narcotics consignment, he said. The police fired at them when they tried to escape from custody, the official said.

A quantity of heroin and two vehicles were seized from them, he added.

In the second incident, a man who was transporting a large quantity of cannabis was arrested near Gossaigaon in Kokrajhar district.

The man tried to snatch the pistol of a policeman and flee when he was being taken to arrest his accomplices, superintendent of police Thube Prateek Vijay

Kumar said.

Police resorted to firing as he refused to warnings and was injured, he said adding that 105 kg of the narcotic was seized from his vehicle.

Altogether 33 people have been killed and at least 87 injured in police action while allegedly trying to flee from custody or attacking the personnel since the BJP government assumed office in May 2021.

The rising number of such incidents had led to the opposition to criticise the Assam police.

Two drug peddlers injured in police firing in Assam

NORTH LAKHIMPUR (ASSAM), MAR 11 (PTI): Two alleged drug peddlers were shot at by the Assam Police when they reportedly tried to escape from custody in Lakhimpur district, an officer said on Friday.

The incident occurred near Banderdewa town on Thursday night when the two were leading a police team to recover a consignment of drugs, he said. “We arrested the two drug peddlers, who were

Man in Tripura awarded 20 yrs’ RI for rape

AGARTALA, MAR 11 (PTI): A special court in Tripura’s Dhalai district sentenced a man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a minor girl three years ago.

The convict, Niranjan Nagbanshi, has also been asked to pay a penalty of Rs 10,000.

Nagbanshi, a villager barged into the house of a nine-year girl Kamalpur sub-division, and raped her on August 18, 2019. Her parents were away during the incident.

coming in two vehicles from Nagaon. After interrogation, they were asked to help the team to recover a drug consignment.

“They took the police team near Banderdewa area and when they tried to flee the custody, the police personnel had to fire at them, the officer said.

The two persons were immediately taken to a health facility, he said, adding that they are currently undergoing treatment at Lakhimpur Medical College and Hospital.

All 157 Assam students stranded in war-torn Ukraine evacuated

GUWAHATI, MAR 11 (PTI): Forty-three more students from Assam landed in New Delhi on Friday, completing the evacuation exercise of all the 157 Assamese who were stranded in war-ravaged Ukraine, a state government official said.

Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma tweeted that 19 students of Sumy State University returned to the country on Friday morning.

During the day, students arrived in the national capital in batches, the official said.

The students will be accommodated in Assam Bhawan and Assam House, where they will stay till the time arrangements are made to take them to Guwahati.

Of the 157 students, 151 arrived in New Delhi and six in Mumbai.

The returnees include 88 students from Kamrup Metropolitan, 17 from Morigaon and 10 from Kamrup, officials said.

and operators choosing a feasible and optimal solution in real-time.

The team has filed an application for an Indian patent protecting the novelty and utility of the innovations.

Officials said the IITG and Institute of Drilling Technology of the ONGC on Friday signed technology licensing agreement with Udaipur (Rajasthan)-based Softdrill Solutions Private Ltd. to create an advanced real-time operational solution for oil and gas well drilling operations.

Krishnamoorthy, Dean Industrial Interaction and Special Initiatives of the IIT-G, said the institute has the necessary expertise in

various domains in different departments and centres to cater to the needs of the oil and gas industry.

“IIT-G is also involved in indigenous technology development, not only for drilling but for other areas as well,” he added.

Vimal Katiyar, Dean, Research and Development (R&D), highlighted the fact that IIT-G has been the Centre of Excellence in R&D for the oil and gas industry, being funded on many projects by ONGC, Oil India Limited and other Indian oil companies.

By virtue of its research leadership, IIT-G has been globally ranked 41th in QS Ranking for research in petroleum industry, he said.

(DECLARATION OF NAME) Regd. No. 1031 Dated Phek, the 07-02-2022 I, Shri. NEDUYI NAKRO, aged about 53 years, S/o RHISO NAKRO, permanent resident of Lower Khomi Village, Dist-Phek, Nagaland do hereby solemnly affirm and declare as follows:1. That I am a bonafide citizen of India, hailing from Chakhesang Tribe of Nagaland.

2. That my correct official name is NEDUYI NAKRO. However my name was inadvertently entered as NUDUYI CHAKHESANG in my Service Book.

3. That the above mentioned names NUDUYI CHAKHESANG and NEDUYI NAKRO connotes the indistinguishable and interchangeable meaning attached and interpreting the one and the same.

4. That this affidavit is to declare that my name shall be called as NEDUYI NAKRO and this declaration of my name shall be used for all official communications and records.

5. That this affidavit shall be used as a piece of evidence in reference to the above paragraphs in all official correspondences and records.

6. That this affidavit is made for the purpose of any complications that may arise in the future.

7. That I verify that the contents of this affidavit are true to my knowledge and nothing has been concealed and verified at Phek this 07 day of 02, 2022 Deponent 1st Class Magistrate, Phek, Nagaland

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AGARTALA, MAR 11 (PTI): The opposition CPI(M) on Friday sought Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb’s intervention for putting an end to the violence allegedly unleashed by BJP supporters after poll victory in four states.

As many as 39 attacks were carried out on party offices, houses of CPI (M) leaders and supporters since election results were declared on Thursday, one of its senior leaders said.

Crushing a resurgent rainbow coalition led by the Samajwadi Party, the BJP on Thursday stormed back to power in Uttar Pradesh

GUWAHATI, MARCH 11 (IANS): A team of researchers of the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IIT-G) has developed a novel decision support system for oil and gas drilling under a collaborative research and development project funded by the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), officials said on Friday.

The newly developed system based on the application of artificial intelligence and machine learning as well as hybrid model-based diagnostics and data analytics algorithms would significantly reduce the non-productive time during exploration and drilling projects in the oil and gas

Regd. No. 545/2022

AFFIDAVIT

Date : 11/03/2022

1. I, No. 57376A, Rank : Rfn/GD, Name : Dhan Bahadur Tramu Thapa of 5 Assam Rifles, C/o. 99 APO do hereby solemnly declare and affirm as under :2. That I am presently serving at 5 Assam Rifles, C/o. 99 APO bearing No. 57376A, Rank : Rfn/GD, Name : Dhan Bahadur Tramu Thapa.

3. That during the initial initiation of my service documents, publication of Part-II order, my name as well as my wife/spouse's name were inadvertently recorded as Dhan Bahadur Thapa (self) and Shanti Maya Thapa (wife/spouse).

4. That our actual and correct names should be read and appeared as Dhan Bahadur Tramu Thapa (self) and Shanti Maya Tramu Thapa (wife/spouse) which has been recorded in all our respective documents including our Aadhaar Card etc...

5. That this affidavit is made to declare as a piece of evidence for all purpose and further to enable me to correct and rectify our names in my service records to as Dhan Bahadur Tramu Thapa (self) and Shanti Maya Tramu Thapa (wife/spouse) before the concerned authority.

6. That the statements made in paragraphs 1 to 5 are true to the best of my knowledge and belief and nothing false has been stated.

DEPONENT Solemnly affirm and swear before me on this, the 11th day of March 2022.

NOTARY PUBLIC dp-1136/22 Regd. No. 544/2022

AFFIDAVIT

Date : 11/03/2022

1. I, No. 57407, Rank : Rfn/GD, Name : Sher Bahadur Thapa, presently serving under 5 Assam Rifles, C/o. 99 APO do hereby solemnly declare and affirm as under :2. That I am presently serving at 5 Assam Rifles, C/o. 99 APO, bearing No. 57407, Rank Rfn/GD, Name : Sher Bahadur Thapa 3. That the name of my (under mentioned) wife/spouse has been wrongly recorded in my service book and the same has been corrected as follows.

S/No 01.

Old Name (wrong) Laxmi Thapa

Present Name (correct) Laxmi Kumari Thapa

Relation Wife

4. Furthermore, the Day of Birth of my wife/spouse Laxmi Kumari Thapa and my son Bikash Thapa have been wrongly recorded in my service book and the same has been corrected as follows S/No

Name

01. Laxmi Kumari Thapa 02 Bikash Thapa

Old Date of Birth (wrong) 20/01/1979 03/04/2007

Present Date of Birth (correct) 28/08/1978 28/02/2002

5. That this affidavit is made to declare as a piece of evidence for all purpose.

6. That the statements made in paragraphs 1 to 5 are true to the best of my knowledge and belief and nothing false has been stated.

DEPONENT Solemnly affirm and swear before me on this, the 11th day of March 2022.

NOTARY PUBLIC dp-1137/22

Must fulfil Bapu’s dream of ‘grameen Vikas’: PM ‘Saheb knows this’, Prashant Kishor objects as Modi enjoys victory lap in poll-bound Gujarat

PM Narendra Modi waves at the supporters, during a roadshow after BJP’s victory in the recent Assembly polls, in Ahmedabad. (PTI) AHMEDABAD/ NEW DELHI, MAR 11 (AGENCIES): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that the Panchayati Raj system is very important to fulfill the dream of Gram Swaraj, reports Zee News.

Maha-Panchayat Sammelan at GMDC Ground in Ahmedabad, PM Modi said, “Gujarat is the land of Bapu and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.

Bapu always talked about rural development, selfreliant villages. Today, as we are marking `Amrit Mahotsav`, we must fulfil Bapu`s dream of `Grameen Vikas`.”

“Panchayati Raj system is very important to fulfill the dream of Gram Swaraj. The work of giving direction to this system,

all of you representatives, Panch-Sarpanch are doing the work of giving it momentum,” he added.

The Prime Minister also aksed village representatives to plant 75 trees in every village during ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ to mark 75 years of India’s Independence to help environment recover.

He further said that in Gujarat, women are representing more than men in the panchayat system.

“More than 1.5 lakh elected public representatives should sit together and discuss the bright future of Gujarat, there can be no greater opportunity than this, there can be no greater power of democracy than this,” he said.

PM Modi also congratulated the village rep-

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resentatives for their efforts in controlling the spread of COVID-19 with protocols.

Earlier in the day, the Prime Minister hold a roadshow from Gujarat airport to Kamalam (BJP`s office).

This roadshow holds importance as Gujarat is scheduled to go for Assembly Elections this year.

O n S a t u r d ay, t h e Prime Minister will dedicate the building of Rashtriya Raksha University (RRU) to the nation at 11 AM. He will also deliver the first convocation address of the RRU as the Chief Guest.At around 6:30 PM, Prime Minister will declare open the 11th Khel Mahakumbh and deliver an address on the occasion.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi soaked up the people’s adulation in an open-jeep ride in Gandhinagar, Gujarat on Friday, a day after his party registered a stupendous victory in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur.

The Prime Minister had declared Thursday that the state results had ensured the income of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.

It was therefore predictable that Modi would hold his first victory rally in his home state that is bound for polls this December, along with Himachal Pradesh.

The PM’s two-day Gujarat tour is packed with events, the most important of which is the Gujarat Panchayat Mahasammelan which will be attended by the three tiers of the panchayat institutions.

The PM waved at thousands of supporters who lined his path from the airport to Kamalam, the BJP state headquarters in Gandhinagar. Modi had tweeted in the morning: “Leaving for Gujarat, where I will be attending various programmes today and tomorrow. At 4 PM today, will address a Panchayat Mahasammelan, where several representatives from Panchayati Raj institutions will attend.”

The BJP wrapped up a historical second consecutive win in Uttar Pradesh

Thursday with over 270+ seats – an emphatic performance in an election many consider the semi-finals to the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.

The BJP also re-won Uttarakhand, Manipur and Goa decimating the nearest rival Congress.

In his victory speech later Thursday evening, Modi described the win as ‘jeet ka chauka’. He said: “It is a day of zest and festivities and this enthusiasm is for India’s democracy.”

He also said: “When we formed the government in 2019, experts said it was because of the 2017 victory (in UP)… I believe the same experts will say that the 2022 election result will decide the fate of the 2024 national elections.” Poll strategist Prashant Kishor took a dig Friday at Modi’s hope that 2022 had sealed the outcome of 2024.

In a tweet Friday morning, Kishor said: “Battle for India will be fought and decided in 2024 and not in any state elections. Saheb knows this!

Hence this clever attempt to create frenzy around state results to establish a decisive psychological advantage over opposition.

Don’t fall or be part of this false narrative.”

Kishor rose to prominence in 2014 when he helped the BJP craft its poll strategy, but over the years he has been seen more in opposition camps.

Pushkar Singh Dhami resigns as U’khand CM along with his cabinet DEHRADUN, MAR 11 ( PTI): A day after BJP recorded a big victory in Uttarakhand, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Friday handed his resignation and that of his cabinet to Governor Lt Gen (retd) Gurmit Singh.

“As we have got a new mandate and our tenure is Pushkar Singh Dhami complete we have tendered our resignation to the Gov- government is sworn in,” ernor. I have been asked Dhami told reporters after to continue until the new coming out of Raj Bhawan.

Dhami’s cabinet colleagues Satpal Maharaj, Ganesh Joshi and Swami Yatiswaranand were also with him.

Though the BJP registered a big win in Uttarakhand, getting 47 out of a total of seventy assembly seats in the state, Dhami on whose name the party had contested the polls lost from Khatima - a seat which he had won past two consecutive assembly polls.

11 UP ministers fail to win their seats

LUCKNOW, MAR 11 (PTI): As many as 11 ministers in the Yogi Adityanath government failed to win in the 2022 assembly elections, despite the BJP registering an impressive victory.

According to the Election Commission website, of the 402 seats the result of which were declared, BJP won 255. Its alliance partners Apna Dal (Sonelal) bagged 12 and NISHAD Party six.

Samajwadi Party has won 110 seats and was leading on one seat. Its ally RLD bagged eight seats and SBSP six. The Congress and Jansatta Dal Loktantrik led by Raghuraj Pratap Singh won one seat each and BSP got one.

Among the ministers who lost is outgoing deputy chief minister Keshav Prasad Maurya who lost to the Samajwadi Party’s Pallavi Patel by 7,337 votes in the Sirathu seat. Patel is the vice-president of Apna Dal (K), a Samajwadi Party ally.

Sugarcane minister Suresh Rana lost the Thana Bhawan seat in Shamli district to the RLD’s Ashraf Ali Khan by over 10,000 votes.

Another minister, Chhatrapal Singh Gangwar, was defeated by Ataur Rehman of the Samajwadi Party on the Baheri seat in Bareilly district by 3,355 votes.

Rural development minister Rajendra

Pratap Singh alias Moti Singh lost the Patti seat in Pratapgarh to the Samajwadi Party’s Ram Singh by 22,051 votes.

Chandrika Prasad Upadhyay, another minister in the Adityanath government, lost to Anil Kumar of the Samajwadi Party in Chitrakoot by 20,876 votes.

Anand Swaroop Shukla lost the Bariya seat in Ballia district to Samajwadi Party’s Jaiprakash Anchal by 12,951 votes. Shukla had last time contested from Ballia seat but was fielded from Bariya seat this time, replacing sitting MLA Surendra Singh.

State’s sports minister Upendra Tiwari lost the Phephna seat in Ballia to Samajwadi Party’s Sangram Singh by 19,354 votes.

Minister Ranvendra Singh Dhunni was defeated by Usha Maurya of Samajwadi Party at Hussain Ganj seat in Fatehpur district by 25,181 votes.

Lakhan Singh Rajput was defeated by Pradeep Kumar Yadav of the Samajwadi Party on Dibiyapur seat in Auraiya district by 473 votes and the state’s basic education minister Satish Chandra Dwivedi was defeated by SP candidate and former speaker of the assembly Mata Prasad Pande at Itwa seat in Siddharthnagar district by 1,662 votes. Another minister, Sangeeta Balwant was defeated by SP’s Jai Kishan at the Gazipur seat by 1,692 votes.

Day after Punjab poll win, AAP CM face BJP will return to power in Maha in BJP govt in Goa in next Bhagwant Mann meets Kejriwal in Delhi 2024 with full majority: Fadnavis ‘2 to 3 days’: Minister

Bhagwant Mann in New Delhi. by a huge margin of 58,206 votes.

Talking to reporters in Sangrur before leaving for the national capital, Mann said he would meet Kejriwal to congratulate him on the party’s victory in Punjab

G-23 leaders assemble at Ghulam Azad’s residence

BENGALURU, MARCH 11 (IANS): After the resounding victory in four states, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is all set to prepare the ground in Karnataka as the Assembly elections are scheduled to be held in 2023.

Karnataka BJP President Nalin Kumar Kateel has said a cabinet expansion would be taken up soon by the party.

BJP National General Secretary C.T. Ravi has said the party is ready to give a tonic to overcome its drawbacks in Karnataka ahead of the 2023 state elections.

The leaders, who have been demanding their inclusion in the cabinet are now preparing to board flights to New Delhi for consultation with their political mentors there.

At present, four cabinet berths are vacant in the Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai-led government.

Senior BJP leaders have openly demanded a cabinet expansion and some of them have asked the party to drop other veteran leaders from the cabinet to give them a chance.

Former Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa expects a prominent cabinet berth for his son B.Y. Vijayendra.

The BJP’s central leadership was completely focused on the just concluded elections in the five states.

The cabinet expansion is most likely to happen after the Ugadi festival in the first week of April.

According to BJP sources, the party’s central leadership is keen on reorganising the party as well as the government in Karnataka.

BJP MLA Poornima Srinivas and former Karnataka Minister M.P. Renukacharya on Friday said they are ready to take responsibility if the party chooses them.

Another senior BJP MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal criticised the state government for the complacent attitude of its ministers in the ongoing Assembly session.

The aspirants for the cabinet berths have demanded that those who have been continuously getting plum cabinet portfolios during the BJP-led Karnataka governments in 2006, 2008 and 2019 must be dropped.

Sources say that the party’s central leadership is considering the “Gujarat state” model of complete reshuffle of the cabinet.

elections.

Mann has said the oath-taking ceremony will be held at Khatkar Kalan, the ancestral village of legendary freedom fighter Bhagat Singh in Nawanshahr district.

Devendra Fadnavis

Vidhan Bhavan, state’s legislature complex here, on his return to Maharashtra.

“Maharashtra is now destined to see change of power. BJP will form its own government with full majority in 2024,” he said.

The Shiv Sena, which was one of the oldest allies

of the BJP, had forged an unlikely alliance with the NCP and the Congress after the 2019 Maharashtra polls to form the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government, after parting ways with the BJP over the issue of sharing the chief minister’s post.

“The results in four states have once again proven that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the only leader in the country. Uttar Pradesh has a population of 25 crore and in the last 37 years, for the first time, a party has retained power in the state... Modi magic turned the much hyped anti-incumbency into proincumbency,” he said.

Mauvin Godinho

PANAJI, MARCH 11 (IANS): A new BJP-led government will be in place in Goa over the “next two to three days”, Transport Minister Mauvin Godinho told the media on Friday after a meeting of the outgoing state cabinet.

Godinho said a deci-

sion on the next Chief Minister will be taken after discussions with a representative of the BJP’s highest decision-making body, the central parliamentary board, who will soon visit the state.

“Within two to three days everything will be over. We will have a new government in place,” he said, adding that he was not aware when the central BJP official was likely to arrive in Goa. “Central observers will discuss and take a decision and inform us. They will also take our views into consideration over whether a change (in leadership) is required or not. It will be done in two to three days,” Godinho said.

Day after Assembly election results BJP’s victory in four states not reflection of popular mandate: Mamata in five states, Pawar meets Thackeray

KOLKATA, MAR 11 (PTI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday said that the UP verdict was not a “true reflection of people’s mandate” and dubbed as “daydream” Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s remark that the election results of 2022 will set the template for 2024 parliamentary polls.

Banerjee accused the saffron camp of looting votes to win elections in politically crucial Uttar Pradesh.

Urging Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav not to lose heart, Banerjee demanded that forensic tests be conducted to verify if fair means were adopted to conduct the elections.

Iterating her call for an opposition alliance to defeat the BJP, the TMC boss also claimed that depending on Congress would yield little.

“Using election machinery and central forces, they (BJP) have won a few states. The party can play the drum, but cannot make music. For music, you need a harmonium. If a DM (Varanasi’s Additional District Magistrate) is suspended for removing an EVM, it

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is a huge thing. Akhilesh Yadav (of the Samajwadi Party) lost the election because votes were looted,” she maintained.

“The party (BJP) should not raise its voice simply because they have bagged the elections in a few states. This victory is not a true reflection of the people’s mandate. All EVMs should undergo forensic tests to see if these were the same machines used by people to vote,” Banerjee, while speaking a press meet, stated.

Bulldozing a resurgent rainbow coalition led by the Samajwadi Party, the BJP on Thursday stormed back to power in Uttar Pradesh and also retained Uttarakhand Manipur and Goa, while Arvind Kejriwal’s AAP scripted a stellar vic-

tory in Punjab, winning a three-fourths majority.

Banerjee also rejected assertions that the assembly poll results reflected people’s mood for 2024 Lok Sabha elections “The BJP should stop daydreaming. Nobody knows what will happen in 2024,” she said.

Hitting out at the Congress over its failure to put up a credible fight against the BJP, Banerjee said the grand old party no longer seemed interested in winning elections.

“I feel all political parties who want to fight the BJP must work together.

There is no point in depending on Congress anymore.

The Congress was earlier capable of winning as it had an organisation. But now they are losing everywhere; it seems they are not interested anymore (in winning). They have lost credibility, and there is no point in depending on them,” she stated.

Talking about her party’s performance in Goa assembly polls, Banerjee said the TMC put up a commendable performance, despite having opened a unit in the coastal state just a few months back.

MUMBAI, MAR 11 (PTI): A day after the results of Assembly elections in five states were announced, NCP president Sharad Pawar on Friday evening met his ally and Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray here.

The meeting, which came against the backdrop of the BJP’s stellar performance in Uttar Pradesh and victories in Uttarakhand, Manipur and Goa, took

place at `Varsha’, the official residence of the chief minister. The Thackeray-led Shiv Sena and Pawar’s Nationalist Congress Party had contested the Goa assembly polls in alliance but could not win a single seat.

The Sena also drew a blank in Uttar Pradesh where it had fielded candidates. The ThackerayPawar meeting also came after BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis alleged that the Se-

na-NCP-Congress government in Maharashtra was trying to frame up BJP leaders in false cases, and submitted a video purportedly showing a public prosecutor being party to one such plan. The state government is expected to respond to the allegations in the Assembly on Monday. Pawar had said that the government should verify the allegations while Fadnavis pressed for a CBI probe.

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NEW DELHI, MAR 11 (PTI): A day after the Aam Aadmi Party’s stupendous victory in Punjab, its chief ministerial face Bhagwant Mann met Delhi chief minister and party national convener Arvind Kejriwal at his residence here on Friday.

Mann arrived in the national capital this morning.

This is Mann’s first meeting with Kejriwal after the assembly election results were declared on Thursday.

AAP leader Raghav Chadha, who has been overseeing the party’s Punjab affairs, was also present in the meeting.

The Aam Aadmi Party romped home in 92 of the 117 assembly seats. Mann won from the Dhuri seat

M U M BA I , M A R 1 1 (PTI): Senior BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Friday expressed confidence that his party will return to the helm in Maharashtra with full majority after the 2024 assembly polls as the state is “destined to see change of power”.

On the assembly poll results in four states - Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Manipur and Goa - where the BJP retained power, Fadnavis said “Modi magic” turned the much-hyped anti-incumbency into proincumbency.

The former Maharashtra chief minister, who was BJP’s election in-charge for Goa, was speaking to reporters at the

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or the ruling BJP, the results of elections held in five states recently would be another confirmation that opposition parties are incapable of getting their act “together” when it matters and that should be enough comfort when voters in India go to the polls in 2024 to choose who should rule them. The BJP retained four states such as: UP with an impressive margin of 255 in a house of 403 while seeing off a challenge from the Samajwadi Party(SP). The party also retained Uttarakhand with 47 seats in a house of 70 and saw off Congress(wining 19 seats)under former chief minister Harish Rawat. In Goa, despite strong indications of a hung house the BJP managed to get 20 in a house of 40 and also got written support from three newly elected members to comfortably get the nod to form the next government. In Manipur, the BJP is no longer going to depend on support as it alone won 32 in a house of 60 and has already obtained written support from NPF(5) and JDU(6).

The NPP came second winning only seven seats. In Punjab, the Congress lost a safe state because it shot itself in the leg and offered the state on a platter to the AAP. The Congress won 18 and AAP won 92 of the 117 seats in the assembly. The Congress had the opportunity to retain the state but the Gandhi siblings, particularly Priyanka, mishandled the issue by having Amarinder hounded out as chief minister barely three months before elections. Priyanka was impressed with the antics of Sidhu who got what he asked forPunjab PCC chief. The chief wrecker that he was, Navjyot Singh SIdhu publicly attacked Amarinder first and next his successor Charanjit Channi. Sidhu actually wanted to be the CM face of the Congress but when it did not happen, he chose to sulk. The BJP used everything within its means to win power –money, muscle power and most important, Modi magic. Unlike the TMC in West Bengal, the SP in UP could not match the BJP as it rested its hopes that the spate of atrocities on minorities, mismanagement by the Yogi government on Covid and communalism will pay dividends. Even before the din and dust of the recent elections have settled, the BJP juggernaut under Modi, is ready for the next fight in Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat and J&K where elections are to take place

by November-December 2022. The Congress was the biggest loser in the recent elections mainly due to the incapability of the Gandhi leadership especially the Gandhi siblings who are proving to be politically immature and naive. This has given the TMC, which is ruling in Bengal and AAP now ruling in Delhi and Punjab, projecting themselves as national alternative.

The Congress has a pan-India presence and ruling in Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, and in a coalition in Maharashtra. The BJP is looking ahead to 2024 when it seeks a repeat win to remain in power. All elections in India after 2014 have become presidential with Modi as the perpetual campaigning candidate who has not challenger. If the opposition parties want to survive then they have act fast in forging a national alliance by 2023 to face Modi. However, the billion dollar question is whether egos would come in the way of finding a consensus leader.

DailyDevotion Obedience to the “Heavenly Vision”

I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision. —Acts 26:19

If we lose “the heavenly vision” God has given us, we alone are responsible— not God. We lose the vision because of our own lack of spiritual growth. If we do not apply our beliefs about God to the issues of everyday life, the vision God has given us will never be fulfilled. The only way to be obedient to “the heavenly vision” is to give our utmost for His highest— our best for His glory. This can be accomplished only when we make a determination to continually remember God’s vision. But the acid test is obedience to the vision in the details of our everyday life— sixty seconds out of every minute, and sixty minutes out of every hour, not just during times of personal prayer or public meetings.

“Though it tarries, wait for it…” (Habakkuk 2:3). We cannot bring the vision to fulfillment through our own efforts, but must live under its inspiration until it fulfills itself. We try to be so practical that we forget the vision. At the very beginning we saw the vision but did not wait for it. We rushed off to do our practical work, and once the vision was fulfilled we could no longer even see it. Waiting for a vision that “tarries” is the true test of our faithfulness to God. It is at the risk of our own soul’s welfare that we get caught up in practical busy-work, only to miss the fulfillment of the vision.

Watch for the storms of God. The only way God plants His saints is through the whirlwind of His storms. Will you be proven to be an empty pod with no seed inside? That will depend on whether or not you are actually living in the light of the vision you have seen. Let God send you out through His storm, and don’t go until He does. If you select your own spot to be planted, you will prove yourself to be an unproductive, empty pod. However, if you allow God to plant you, you will “bear much fruit” (John 15:8).

It is essential that we live and “walk in the light” of God’s vision for us (1 John 1:7).

Quotes

“If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.” ~ Albert Einstein

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Post-mortem

What India can learn from the Russia-Ukraine crisis A s the US-EU combine came out with a slew of sanctions against Russia and big tech companies followed suit enthusiastically, the stark reality hit home. The West can use financial and social media platforms as weapons against any country that falls foul of it.

The steps taken by most big-tech platforms, such as Meta, Twitter, Google and Microsoft, and the financial institutions against Russia in the wake of its invasion of Ukraine exposes the vulnerability of non-western countries.

The question that looms over us is: What if the West feels that something is not going as per its calculations, and then, can it simply switch off the platforms and create mayhem? This can be as devastating as a physical war.

The fact is that financial and social media platforms can be used as weapons by the West, which has created them and made, all except for a few nations, completely dependent on them.

Third World countries such as India have seen an explosive growth in

the reach and business of these big-tech blocs. The dependency on these of a majority of individuals living in these countries, whether for information, entertainment, financial transactions, or for other reasons, has reached a level where even a minor glitch in the services can lead to chaos.

The owners and managers of these companies, which are entirely private entities, know this fully. But when it comes to taking sides, they do not hesitate to follow the lead of the western nations, as has been evident in the RussiaUkraine conflict.

Several global tech companies have decided to stop the sales of their products and services in Russia.

These include Intel, Apple, Microsoft, Google (though users in Russia can still use its search engine, the company has suspended its advertising business in that country). Snapchat and Samsung too have stopped services for Russia.

Visa and Mastercard have also announced to suspend all operations and so has other payment company PayPal. Big enter tainment

companies such as Disney, Sony, Warner Bros, Paramount and Universal have decided to suspend releases in Russia. Netflix too has paused its services in Vladimir Putin’s country. Providers of gaming software such as Nintendo and Electronic Arts have also stopped their services for Russia.

Several automakers -- BMW, Ford, GM and Honda -- have scaled back their operations in Russia.

Even Airbnb has suspended its activities in Russia and Belarus.

The Russian media has not been spared either.

The EU last week declared a ban on several Russianfunded media outlets, including Russia Today and Sputnik. “They will no longer be able to spread their lies to justify Putin’s war and sow divisions in our Union,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said after announcing the ban.

Online discussion forum Reddit has also banned its users globally from posting links to Russian state-sponsored media outlets, including RT and Sputnik, as well as Russian advertisements on its

platform. Apple, Google, Meta, Microsoft, Twitter, YouTube and several other tech platforms have also banned RT and Sputnik.

In retaliation, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday (March 4) blocked access to Facebook and restricted that to Twitter. Russia passed a law that criminalises the dissemination of what Moscow deems to be “fake” news.

As the big tech and financial private companies take political sides in the ongoing Russia-Ukraine War, some lessons need to be learnt. And central to the learning is the mantra of self-sufficiency and selfreliance or Atmanirbhar Bharat / Make in India.

India has been entirely dependent on foreign nations for its arms supplies.

The chief supplier has been Russia, followed by the US, France and Israel. Though in line with the philosophy of Atmanirbhar Bharat, the Narendra Modi government has placed emphasis on improving the country’s self-reliance and defence preparedness.

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has made it clear that India cannot be dependent on any country

for defence supplies. India has to augment its own arsenal, whether tanks, missiles, fighter jets and now drones, with its own resources and talent.

Along with military needs, India has to have very active and vibrant indigenous social media platforms with in-country headquarters.

In comparison to West-owned social media platforms, the Indian ones are few and not as popular as their other counterparts.

Homegrown micro-blogging platform Koo is in direct competition with Twitter. Founded in 2019, Koo’s user base is growing steadily. Other local platforms include shareChat, Chingari and Josh.

After the Galwan Valley incident India banned several Chinese apps and thus created room for indigenous apps. There is a need, though, to make these local apps and platforms more popular, especially among young people, most of whom are not aware of homegrown apps and still prefer WhatsApp, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and so on.

In 2021, the Government shared the statistics

about the usage of social media in the country. The number of WhatsApp users in India is around 53 crore and it is followed

by YouTube (44.8 crore) and Facebook (41 crore).

Instagram has 21 crore users and Twitter, around 1.5 crore. In comparison to these numbers, the local platforms are lagging and need to be given a leg up.

The 21st century wars are being fought as much with missiles and drones, as with mechanisms of information dissemination.

We may perceive China as an enemy country but a lot needs to be learnt from them. China has been able to create its own pillars, whether in defence or general business or social media. Its indigenisation of these pillars has made it a world power today.

It is time for us to learn lessons from the Russia-Ukraine conflict and redesign strategies, at the core of which should be the mantra of ‘self-help’. Being ‘aatmanirbhar’ is the only way forward for India and our best weapon to fight off any potential Western adventure.

Deepika Bhan, IANS

Post war reconciliation, markets need to tackle other issues as well

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arkets were nervous and highly volatile on the back of global tensions between Ukraine and Russia. There has been an unprecedented rise in prices of crude and gas and many other commodities. Some of the Middle East countries are worried about food supplies as they import wheat from these two countries. They fear that they will run out of stock in the next two months if nothing is done.

BSESENSEX lost 1,524.71 points or 2.73 per cent to close at 54,333.81 points. NIFTY lost 413.05 points or 2.48 per cent to close at 16,245.35 points.

In the process both benchmark indices made new lows, breaking those made on the previous Thursday (24th February) when hostilities broke out. The new lows were 53,887.72 points on BSESENSEX and 16,133.80 points on NIFTY. The broader markets saw BSE100, BSE200 and BSE500 lose 2.27 per cent, 2.22 per cent and 2.06 per cent respectively.

BSEMIDCAP lost 2.35 per cent while BSESMALLCAP lost 0.62 per cent.

The Indian Rupee was volatile and under pressure and lost 87 paisa or 1.16 per cent to close at Rs 76.16 to the US Dollar. Dow Jones ended the week with losses of 443.95 points or 1.30 per cent to close at 33,614.80 points.

Markets have seen many of the leading stocks register 52-week lows in last weeks trading.

The top losers in the week were stocks from the auto sector with Maruti losing Rs 1,111 or 13.30 per cent to close at Rs 7,244. On the gaining side were the metal sector and the metal stocks

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whether they were from steel or others.

Many of the PSU stocks also gained as it is expected that they would declare hefty dividends in the remaining period of the financial year and help some of the deficit to be covered from the delayed sale of LIC stake.

The DIPAM secretary had highlighted that the stake sale of 5 per cent could get delayed as global conditions are not the best. Its not just a delay of a few weeks as the DRHP would have to be updated as the same is currently reflecting numbers for the half year ended September 2021.

One should expect the company to come with numbers for the period ended December 2021 so that they get a couple of months to bring the issue. This should probably also include a new valuation report of the ‘embedded value’ as on December 31, 2021.

While this should give IPO bound companies and waiting on the side-lines to tap the markets some relief, the fall in markets has hit their valuations equally badly as well. Further new rules on IPO subscription would kick in from 1st April which would make IPO’s a little more difficult to subscribe in the HNI segment.

The new rules would ensure that for the first fortnight of April, everybody would wait for the first brave heart who taps the market under the new rules.

The conflict between Ukraine and Russia has entered the 11th day and one is not sure how long it will continue.

Assuming that things quieten down on this front hopefully in the next couple of days, are we to assume that global

markets would be on the rampage?

Knee jerk reaction maybe, beyond that not sure.

The US is seeing new jobs being created and the number of people getting employed is rising rapidly. This is also fuelling inflation quite rapidly and one is not sure what kind of interest hike the FED would do later this month. As far as inflation is concerned it’s not just a matter with the US but global. The war is not helping matters either and the rise in global fuel prices whether it be crude or natural gas is another cause of concern.

The resolution of matters post Ukraine and Russia settling down will be a tricky affair and need a lot of diplomacy and time to resolve. Further, FII’s continue to remain sellers and have been selling aggressively even on days when the markets make new lows.

While domestic institutions have been aggressive buyers and seem to be matching to some extent the selling of FII’s, one wonders why? When one knows the intent of the seller, allow him to sell and when it appears that he is more or less done, start buying.

I am not a fund manager but I am trying to give my two bits. Some data points, FII’s sold on a net basis Rs 45,720 crore in the month of February while DIIs bought Rs 42,084 crore. In the current month, FII’s sold Rs 18,614 crore while DIIs bought Rs 12,599 crore. Allow them to sell for a couple of days or maybe a week without matching their sales, and probably they will have completed their sale or get tired selling at such low levels.

Besides the global tension we have national news where elections to the five states will have exit polls being announced on Monday evening. Results will begin from Thursday the 10th March morning onwards. If the results favour the ruling government of the day, there would be some movement in the benchmark indices on the positive side. This event could provide some relief to our markets from global cues.

Coming to what an investor should do in the markets currently. We are overshadowed by global cues and they do not seem to be disappearing in a hurry. While there will be volatile moves based on the events of the day, markets have their hands full with concerns on a variety of fronts.

In such a scenario it is best to remain largely on the side lines. Safety would remain by trading only in the large cap stocks where the volatility is less and the comfort much higher. While FII’s have been selling and on selling a particular stock, prices do fall, there is a tendency for the stock to move up once the selling subsides. In other words, buy large cap stocks on large dips and continue to sell on rallies.

The financial year ending in just about three weeks away and towards the year-end, expect domestic funds to indulge in NAV propping. In short, trade light and more importantly trade cautiously.

Arun Kejriwal (The writer is the founder of Kejriwal Research and Investment Services.

The views expressed are personal)

Call to back protection of at least 30% of planet

ed by former US Senator Russ Feingold and comprised of eight former heads of state, two former Prime Ministers, six former ministers, and four environmental and indigenous and local experts, the Campaign for Nature’s Global Steering Committee (GSC) has said the success of an upcoming global biodiversity agreement hinges on the adoption of the global, science-backed 30x30 target.

In a statement to IANS on Thursday, they urged governments that have not yet endorsed the global 30x30 goal to join the High Ambition Coalition for Nature and People (HAC), a group of countries championing the target on a global scale.

Many GSC members hail from countries that have not yet signed on in support of the HAC, including the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, South Africa, Thailand, and Iceland.

Currently, the HAC members include over 85 countries in Reader’s note: Articles

Africa, Latin America, Europe, global agreement must ensure provide at least $60 billion annu- “As former government leadthe Caribbean, Asia, and beyond. free, prior and informed consent ally in international finance for ers, ministers and experts, we In the statement, the GSC is a central element of the 30x30 biodiversity that would support understand that this is an amwelcomed the endorsement of target. efforts to protect biodiversity in bitious commitment, but it is the 30x30 goal in the recent And the GSC urged coun- the developing world. viable and absolutely necessary Intergovernmental Panel on tries worldwide to seek to close The GSC released their to ward off the extinction spiral Climate Change (IPCC) statement on the eve of and ultimately to preserve our report. The UN study asthe UN Convention on planet and ourselves. serted that the protection Biodiversity’s third and last “It is also vital to acknowlof 30-50 per cent of the round of negotiations -- set edge that indigenous people are world’s land and ocean is to take place in Geneva, inextricably linked to biodiversity required for maintaining Switzerland, March 13-27 and that expanding recognition the resilience of biodiver-- before the final biodi- of their rights is an effective, sity and ecosystem services versity agreement, known moral, and affordable solution at a global scale. as the post-2020 Global for conserving nature.”

The statement also Biodiversity Framework, Added Christiana Figueres, underscored that all conseris signed by more than 190 Former Executive Secretary vation efforts must protect countries later this summer UNFCCC, “The last year we the rights of indigenous at a summit in Kunming, have seen climate change and the peoples and local commuChina. Established in 2020, protection of nature take prominities, “who know the land the Campaign for Nature’s nence like never before, but there we seek to protect better Global Steering Committee is still much work to be done. We than anyone”. is one of the largest groups must not be sidelined by empty The Campaign for Naof independent global lead- promises and greenwashing. ture emphasizes that indigenous the current biodiversity funding ers working together for the Nature-based solutions such as peoples and local communities gap of $700 billion through protection of biodiversity and 30x30 offer a tangible, practical, must be central partners in the reduced harmful subsidies and the halting of climate change. and achievable goal to pin our development and implementa- increased global spending. They Russ Feingold, former US efforts upon and we should all tion of the Post 2020 Global also endorsed a recent call by Senator and Special Envoy to be committing to it.”

Biodiversity Framework and the NGOs to developed countries to the Great Lakes Region, said, IANS or letters published in any of the columns do not reflect the view of this newspaper nor that of the Editor in any manner.

Analyse NCRB data properly to control crimes: Shah to states

Union Home Minister Amit Shah at the 37th Foundation Day function of National Crime Record Bureau, in New Delhi, Friday. (PTI)

NEW DELHI, MARCH 11 (IANS): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday asked all the states’ police to analyse National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data properly before preparing an annual strategy to control crimes.

He also said that all central agencies should join the Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS). The Union Home Secretary should hold a meeting with all the chiefs of central agencies in this regard, Shah further said

while speaking at the 37th Foundation Day celebrations of the NCRB here.

If the NCRB data is made available to states on a right time in a proper format and the states adopt a system to analyse the data, the crime rate in the country would fall drastically, he said. Noting that the analysis of the NCRB data should be shared with all states’ police headquarters, district police offices and police stations, the Home Minister also said that data analysis should not be confined

Pilot killed in Army chopper crash in north Kashmir

SRINAGAR, MAR 11 (PTI): An Army Cheetah helicopter on its way to pick up sick BSF personnel crashed near the Line of Control (LoC) in north Kashmir’s Gurez Sector on Friday, resulting in the killing of its pilot and injuries to the co-pilot, officials said.

The injured co-pilot has been rushed to a medical facility, they said. The helicopter was about to land but “drifted away” because of the weather conditions, an official told PTI. The crash took place near Gujran Nallah in Gurez Sector in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district.

Rescue teams have been despatched on foot while air reconnaissance teams are looking for survivors, the officials said. Further details are awaited.

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to the higher officials but should reach every police station in the country, or it would not be of any use.

Stressing that only data cannot give the desired result, Shah further said that awareness and understanding of it is a must for its full utilisations and to achieve this, the NCRB director should have meetings with the DGPs’ of state police to make them aware of the crime data analysis and how to implement those data in crime investigations and prevention.

The Home Minister also said that the crime data published by the NCRB, the state police should not focus only on IPC sections but on the social angle too. They need to understand why crime graphs are increasing in drought-hit areas or why farmers are involved in disputes, leading to injury and sometimes deaths also.

“We can’t find a solution for crime control if we look at the NCRB data through the lens of IPC sections. The crime record data should be properly analysed by the NCRB and Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D) so that these analyses can be utilised by the police to intervene in societal issues,” he said.

The Home Minister appreciated the successful completion of the CCTNS, an online database of the crime and criminals, connecting all police stations in the country but expressed his displeasure that the central police agencies have not been so far connected to CCTNS.

Students evacuated from Sumy, Ukraine

NEW DELHI, MAR 11 (PTI): An Air India flight from Poland’s Rzeszow carrying students evacuated from northeastern Ukrainian city Sumy, landed in Delhi on Friday morning, officials said.

The flight had taken off from Rzeszow around 11.30 pm (IST) on Thursday and landed in Delhi at 5.45 am on Friday, they said.

India has sent three flights to Poland to bring back 600 students evacuated from Sumy.

Another flight is expected to land in Delhi around 8.40 am, officials said. According to the details shared by the students with PTI, the first flight was for first, second and thirdyear students.

The second flight is for fourth and fifth-year students and the third is for those with pets, fifth and sixth-year students and for any other who may have been left behind, they said.

The Indian government is carrying out a challenging evacuation exercise under Operation Ganga to help stranded Indians leave Ukraine.

G-23 seeks speedy election of new Congress President, summoning of AICC session

NEW DELHI, MAR 11 (IANS): The Congress’ ‘G-23’ leaders, at their meeting held on Friday after the party’s debacle in the latest round of Assembly polls, are understood to have sought that there be no more delay in electing the new party President while an AICC session should be called to discuss the poll results, sources said.

The meeting was held at senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad’s residence here, and was attended by Kapil Sibal, Manish Tewari, Anand Sharma and Akhilesh Prasad Singh while some other leaders joined virtually.

As per sources, the leaders sought accountability for the poll debacle be fixed and changes be made in the composition of the

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Congress Working Committee, the party’s highest decision-making body.

The issue of organisational polls was also discussed.

The meeting was held a day after results came out for Assembly elections held in five states, with the party losing its stronghold Punjab, failing to mount a serious challenge

in Goa, Manipur and Uttarakhand, besides getting virtually demolished in Uttar Pradesh.

There is simmering tension within the Congress after the poll debacle, and the G-23 leaders are reportedly miffed with the style of functioning of the party leadership.

One prominent leader said that “it is time that the first family of Congress steps aside and paves the way for a new leadership or act in tandem with the party leaders and be available 24x7 for party work, or else there won’t be a revival of the Congress in the country”.

The leaders pointed out that the present set-up is non-performing and it has to be changed as the party is not “someone’s fiefdom” and everyone has a stake in it.

Boost to IT, industries in Kerala’s first paperless budget

The first complete budget of the second term of the Pinarayi Vijayan-headed government for the fiscal 2022-23 found a place in the history of the State Assembly as the first-ever paperless

budget as Balagopal presented it through an i-pad.

The budget allotted Rs 2,000 crore for the K-Rail project amid criticism that the recent Union Budget ignored the project.

AgustaWestland: Delhi HC dismisses bail pleas by Christian Michel James

NEW DELHI, MAR 11 (PTI): The Delhi High Court on Friday dismissed the bail applications of Christian Michel James, the alleged middleman in the AgustaWestland scam being probed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Enforcement Directorate (ED).

The Rs 3,600-crore alleged scam relates to the purchase of 12 VVIP helicopters from AgustaWestland.

“The application is dismissed. Same order in the other application,” said Justice Manoj Kumar Ohri.

Seeking his release in both the CBI and ED cases, James had said he was not required for the purpose of investigation and expressed his willingness to cooperate with the probe.

The applications also

in Kollam,” Balagopal said.

A total of Rs 1100 crore was earmarked for the land acquisition for the new IT parks and the expansion and development of the existing ones.

To tap the possibilities of work near home in the IT sector and help engage educated housewives in jobs, Rs 50 crore was earmarked.

For increasing the reach of government service to citizens, 2,000 Wi-Fi hot spots would be established, Rs 200 crore for industrial facilitation parks, four science parks at an investment of Rs 1000 crore and an electronic hardware technology hub at an investment of Rs 28 crore, a green mobility technology hub were some among the announcements.

Arms, ammunition recovered near border in Punjab FEROZEPUR, MAR 11 (PTI): A huge cache of arms and ammunition was recovered near a border out post in Abohar sector during a joint operation carried out by BSF troops and Punjab Police Special Task Force, officials said on Friday.

Following intelligence inputs, STF troops along with BSF carried out a search operation ahead of the fencing area on Thursday evening during which firearms including five semi-automatic AK 47 rifles (Pakistan made), 3 Colt rifles (US made), five pistols (China made) were recovered.

Besides these firearms, 10 magazines (AK 47), six magazines (Colt rifle) and ten magazines (pistols) were also recovered along with 49 cartridges (7.65 mm), 29 cartridges (7.62 mm) and 50 cartridges (5.56 mm).

Sources in the BSF said the consignment was recovered around 10 metres from the International Border.

Indian after deboarding from an IAF plane upon its arrival at Hindan in Ghaziabad, Friday. (PTI)

Covering hundreds of miles across Ukraine using multiple means of transport, the students were evacuated from the war-hit east European country after their two weeks of excruciating stay in beleaguered Sumy.

After having endured a strenuous journey to escape the war-hit region, they were evacuated in the second attempt from Sumy, which has been witnessing a heavy shelling and intense gunfire ever since the Russian offensive on Ukraine began last month.

Another medical student in Sumy, Mahima Rathi, a native of Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh, said they had to run to the bunkers every time the si-

rens blew.

“Whenever the siren blew, we had to take shelter in bunkers. We were all very terrified as we never knew whether we will be able to survive and return safely. We are now at ease after returning to India,” Rathi said.

An Air India flight from Poland’s Rzeszow, carrying 240 students evacuated from Sumy, landed in Delhi on Friday morning.

The aircraft took off from Rzeszow around 11.30 pm (IST) on Thursday and landed in Delhi at 5.45 am on Friday, officials said.

India has sent three flights to Poland to bring back a big last group of 600 students evacuated from Sumy.

SC to hear on March 15 plea against bail to Ashish Misra NEW DELHI, MARCH 11 (IANS): The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to list on March 15 a plea filed by the family members of the farmers, mowed by a car belonging to Ashish Misra, in Lakhimpur Kheri challenging bail granted to him by the Allahabad High Court. Misra is the son of Union Minister and BJP MP Ajay Kumar Misra.

Advocate Prashant Bhushan, representing the family members, mentioned the plea before a bench headed by Chief Justice N.V. Ramana and comprising Justices A.S. Bopanna and Hima Kohli. Bhushan said the matter was supposed to be listed on Friday for hearing, but it was not on the list. The Chief Justice said: “listing it on Tuesday”. Bhushan, insisting on an urgent hearing on the plea, said: “there was an attack on a prime-witness in the case”.

On March 4, the Supreme Court agreed to hear on March 11 a plea filed by the family members of the farmers. Bhushan had submitted that other accused in the matter are also moving

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the high court seeking bail, citing the order granting bail to Misra.

He urged the top court to pass an order against the bail order of the high court.

The Chief Justice said: “I can list on the 11th only...”

The plea contended that family members were forced to move the apex court since Uttar Pradesh has failed to file an appeal challenging bail granted to Misra. The plea argued that the high court granted bail without considering the heinous nature of the crime and also in the backdrop of overwhelming evidence against the accused in the charge sheet. The plea further argued that there is likelihood of the accused tampering with the witnesses and causing obstruction in justice.

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Kerala Finance Minister K N Balagopal ( L) presenting the state budget, in Thiruvananthapuram ( PTI)

Stating that the electric railway system is the most eco-friendly mode of transport available now-a-days, the Minister expressed hope that the Centre would approve the project soon.

In line with the ruling CPI(M)’s poll promise of creating a “Nava Kerala” (New Kerala), the Minister, in the nearly two-and-a-half hour-long budget speech, gave thrust to initiatives such as the implementation of 5G leadership package, setting up of new IT parks and corridors and acquiring premium land for their expansion and development.

“A new IT park will be set up in Kannur. For the IT corridor extension, an IT facility covering an area of 5,00,000 sq.ft will be set up

NEW DELHI, MAR 11 (PTI): Indian students, who were stuck in beleaguered S u my i n n o r t h e a s t e r n Ukraine, said it was a “miracle” to survive the war and they were now “relieved” to have finally reached Delhi on Friday morning.

Dheeraj Kumar, a sixth year medical student in Sumy State University, said he was pleased to see his parents at the Indira Gandhi International Airport here. “ We h a v e g o n e through unprecedented challenges in Sumy. It was a terrible experience to survive the war for 13 days. To me, it looks like a miracle to have returned alive to my country,” Kumar told PTI as he touched the feet of his parents, who had arrived from Himachal Pradesh’s Chamba to receive their son.

Kumar also thanked the Indian government and the embassies in Ukraine and Poland for helping in their evacuation and safe return to India.

“Our government supported us a lot. They did everything to bring us back. I am relieved to be back here,” Kumar said.

File photo of Christian Michel James.

said the accused had never sought to evade the process of law, and that no purpose would be served by keeping him in further custody.

Both the CBI and the ED opposed the bail applications.

The CBI argued that James was a flight risk, has no roots in society and cannot be granted bail in

the case.

Dismissing the bail pleas in both the CBI and ED cases last year, a trial court had said that considering the overall facts and circumstances, the serious nature of accusations, the gravity of offence and the conduct of the accused, it did not consider it to be a fit case for grant of bail.

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T H I RU VA N A N T H A PURAM, MAR 11 (PTI): The Left government in Kerala on Friday presented a budget which made huge allocations to information technology, industries and infrastructure. Also, the budget did not impose a tax burden on the common man despite the financial crunch induced by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Though some of the announcements were expected to end the economic crisis, Finance Minister K N Balagopal chose to revise the basic land tax, increase the fair value of land and motor vehicle tax and enhance the green tax imposed on old vehicles to mobilise an additional revenue of Rs 350 crore annually.

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Budget assumptions prudent: CEA

M U M BA I , M A R 1 1 (PTI): Amid heightened concerns over the impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on the Indian economy, Chief Economic Advisor V Anantha Nageswaran on Friday said prudent budget assumptions for FY23 will ensure that the macro-fundamentals will be able to hold-up in the near-term.

Nageswaran, who joined as the CEA days ahead of the budget presentation, said the assumptions on growth and revenue mop-up are prudent because they internalise the prevailing uncertainties. “... Barring prolonged uncertainties with respect to the oil price and geopolitical developments, the macro-fundamentals should be able to withstand the near-term shocks emanating from these developments,” Nageswaran said at an event.

The CEA did not specifically mention the war on Ukraine initiated by

V Anantha Nageswaran Russia over a fortnight ago, or its impact on oil prices which touched a 14-yearhigh of over USD 140 per barrel. It can be noted that India imports 85 per cent of its crude, and is exposed to the movements in global prices.

At a time when some analysts have already downwardly reviewed their estimates on the country’s growth, Nageswaran said the impact of the on-going developments on India’s GDP growth, inflation, monetary policy and currency will have to be assessed “depending on the duration” of the current

uncertainties and how they influence the energy prices.

“All these things are still evolving and it will be too premature to draw definitive conclusions. We need to remain prepared, vigilant in order to address any contingency that would arise from the global developments,” he said.

“It must be a matter of comfort to all of us that to some extent the Government of India, knowing and being aware that it is operating in an environment of extreme uncertainty either due to the pandemic or due to other factors, has been conservative in the manner in which it has prepared the budgets over the last two years,” he added.

The academic-turnedpolicymaker said after two years of the pandemicinduced crisis, the country was looking to rev-up on the growth engine in the new fiscal, after being fortunate to have a limited impact of the third wave of

cal front took over soon.

In the years leading to the start of the pandemic, the country’s financial system had prepared itself for sustained growth by cleaning up of bank balance sheets and the corporates had also deleveraged by placing them for future investments.

However, the pandemic happened in between which led to a dent to domestic demand, and corporates held back on investments, he said.

M e a n w h i l e, N a g eswaran also exhorted the flourishing fintech sector to self-regulate and not look at short-term gains which innovations can get.

He said self-regulation which focuses on profiting from the collective good will hold the sector in a good way, while the short-term gains expose them to regulation by an external agency and the subsequent concerns over regulatory overreach.

NEW DELHI, MAR 11 (PTI): Gold tumbled Rs 200 to Rs 53,033 per 10 grams in the national capital on Friday in line with weak international precious metal prices, according to HDFC Securities.

In the previous trade, the precious metal finished at Rs 53,233 per 10 grams.

S i l v e r, h o w e v e r, jumped Rs 193 to Rs 70,449 per kg from Rs 70,256 per kg in the previous trade.

In the international market, gold was trading lower at USD 1,990 per ounce and silver was flat at USD 25.84 per ounce.

“Gold traded down with spot prices at COMEX trading 0.40 per cent lower at USD 1,990 per ounce on Friday. Gold prices witnessed selling on mixed global cues over inflation worries awaiting US FOMC decision next week,” Tapan Patel, senior analyst (commodities) of HDFC Securities, said.

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FAITH Associations contribute to the draft National Tourism Policy

NEW DELHI, MAR 11 (IANS): FAITH, national associations ADTOI, ATOAI, FHRAI, HAI, IATO, ICPB, IHHA, ITTA, TAAI & TAFI, in a detailed multi- stakeholder discussion with the leadership of Ministry of Tourism (MOT), complimented the efforts of the ministry on the drafting of the NTP which has attempted to incorporate FAITH associations’ cumulative suggestions over the years and also the suggestions from the tourism vision workshops we had earlier.

Some of the additional headline suggestions discussed and shared with them include the following: Vision & Goal Alignment: The NTP should be aligned and should state upfront our vision targets of 100 mn foreign tourists, 15 bn + domestic tourism visits and 20 crore employed Indians directly and indirectly in line with our pre- discussed national tourism vision of 2047. Duration & Imple-

mentability: Intent is only as good as its implementation.

Currently, the policy document mentions a 10-year duration. However, it is suggested to be a rolling document of five years with a quarterly review mechanism with the industry. This will ensure that the policy document is institutionalised and will get upgraded on a rolling basis each five years towards the vision 2047 with a quarterly review and feedback mechanism of what is working what is not.

Tourism as a National Priority sector: Like agriculture has been a national priority of all successive governments and gets vital focus of the PM & the CMs, tourism too can get due national domestic priority if it is declared as such in the NTP. It’s impact, its footprint across the country is far reaching and is deep rooted in our geographical and cultural fabric across the length and breadth of our country. If recognised as a national priority sector, it

will ensure tourism with focused channelised domestic investments as such, more so needed post this worst 24 months ever.

Classification of Concurrent status: The constitution rightfully needs to recognise tourism as a joint and collectible responsibility of centre & states to ensure a shared national vision and development, marketing & skilling synergies among all our individual tourism portfolios across states and segments. Thus, a stated goal of the NTP should be as such to get that status.

Treatment at par with merchandise exports: Till today tourism forex contribution to our current account has not been fully recognised in letter despite tourism catering to foreign buyers and foreign exchange earnings.

Just as a sample over the past 5 years pre- covid tourism may have contributed to more than $ 100 bn earnings and on a cumulative basis multiple times over since the past many years.

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should continue to outperform state-owned banks, supported by higher preprovisioning income buffers and more profitable loan mix along with greater diversification of income base.

However, any rise in loan impairment charges after forbearance unwinds should be somewhat offset by robust loan growth and rising fee income amid steady cost/income ratios, it warned.

The banking market is focused on traditional banking, as reflected in the high share of loans at 55 per cent of assets, it said.

However, it added that over-reliance on interest income can lead to earning volatility should the bad loans ratio rise.

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banks to recover next fiscal on the back of falling loan impairment charges that improved to 1.2 per cent in H1 of FY22, from 1.7 per cent a year ago, because forbearance will limit fresh loan impairments.

Asset quality pressure will ease on the back of improving recoveries from impaired loans, while earnings are supported by adequate pre-provision profit of 3.6 per cent in H1, up 10 basis points against a year ago, thanks to stable net interest margins and operating costs.

But, waning forbearance is likely to pressure profitability, and average operating profit/riskweighted assets will remain commensurate with banks’ current earnings and profitability scores, the report said.

On the other hand, earnings of private banks

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NEW DELHI, MAR 11 (PTI): Strengthening economic recovery and stable financial metrics will help state-owned banks have stable earnings during the next financial year, aided by the gradual unwinding of regulatory forbearance through the year, according to a report.

Fitch Ratings in the report on Friday also said private sector banks are better placed to reap the benefits of recovery and will continue to increase their market share both in credit as well as deposits.

Noting that regulatory forbearance has suppressed state-owned banks’ immediate capital requirements by deferring recognition of stressed loans, the report said private banks are most competitive on this front, too.

The report expects earnings and profitability of

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issued in Moscow about the telephone call. “We are interested in further attracting Indian investment to the Russian oil and gas sector and expanding Russian companies’ sales networks in India,” Novak said, according to the statement, confirming the reports that suggested India has received an offer of discounted crude oil from Russia.

While European countries have exempted Russian banks involved in energy trade from their sanctions due to a heavy dependence on Russian oil, the United States announced a complete ban on the import of all Russian petroleum and petroleum products from March 8. The decision led to a sharp spike in oil prices, crossing $139 per barrel at one point, and the prices remain over $100 per barrel, causing a global scare over inflation.

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NEW DELHI, MAR 11 (AGENCIES): Beleaguered by sanctions from the western countries and a ban on fuel exports to the United States, Russia is keen to increase its oil and petroleum product exports to India and India’s investments in the Russian oil sector, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak conveyed to Petroleum Minister Hardeep Puri on Friday, reports The Hindu.

According to a statement issued by the Russian government, Puri spoke to Novak, who was also the former Energy Minister, about the possibilities of strengthening the IndiaRussia strategic partnership in the energy sector.

“Russia’s oil and petroleum product exports to India have approached $1 billion, and there are clear opportunities to increase this figure,” said a statement

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Mayor shot dead in Mexico drug war flashpoint

2.5 mn people flee Ukraine: Agencies GENEVA, MAR 11 (AP): The International Organization for Migration says 2.5 million people have fled Ukraine since Russia invaded more than two weeks ago. IOM spokesman Paul Dillon said in a text message that the figures, taken from national governments, were up to date through Friday morning. He said that more than 1.5 million refugees have gone to neighbouring Poland and that some 116,000 of the refugees are “third-country nationals,” not Ukrainians. The U.N. high commissioner for refugees, Filippo Grandi, also gave the 2.5 million total for refugees and said his agency estimates that about two million people are displaced inside Ukraine as well.

nahue, the DEA’s top agent in Mexico, told CBS News.

“He has got an enormous amount of weapons, RPGs, 50 caliber weapons. He basically has his own SWAT teams.”

His hometown of around 14,000 inhabitants is one of the hardest hit by Mexican criminal violence, although the deployment of the military there in February brought some calm.

Before that Aguililla had lived under a state of near siege due to blockades by cartels, which also left behind makeshift landmines.

Michoacan is the world’s biggest avocadoproducing region and threats against a U.S. inspector working there last month prompted the United States to suspend Mexican exports of the fruit for about a week.

Organized crime groups fight for a slice of the region’s agricultural riches through robbery, kidnapping and extortion.

Five people were killed

on Thursday in clashes between two armed groups in Michoacan, one of which seized a mayor’s office in the village of Nuevo Parangaricutiro, prosecutors said.

Security forces later regained control of the building, detained 32 suspects and seized around 40 weapons, including assault rifles, a machine gun and explosives, the Michoacan state prosecutor’s office said.

Mexico has recorded more than 340,000 murders since launching a controversial anti-drug military operation in 2006, most of them blamed on fighting between criminals, according to official figures.

Elsewhere, gunmen killed nine people in an attack linked to drugs on a house in central Mexico.

The “execution” of six men and three women on Tuesday night shook a middleclass area of the usually peaceful town of Atlixco, said Puebla state governor Miguel Barbosa.

Saudi oil refinery attacked by drone

China locks down city of 9 million

Cesar Valencia

tigate the events... and to punish those responsible,” he added.

Mexican mayors and other local-level politicians frequently fall victim to violence connected to corruption and the multibilliondollar narcotics trade.

Aguililla is the birthplace of Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera, head of the powerful Jalisco New Generation Cartel. The De-

RIYADH, MAR 11 (AP): A drone attack on an oil refinery in Saudi Arabia’s capital, Riyadh, started a small fire that did not cause injuries or affect supplies, the kingdom’s energy ministry said early Friday.

The statement did not specify where the drone strike was launched from.

Later Friday, Yemen’s rebel Houthis who have been battling a Saudi-led coalition in their country since 2015 claimed responsibility for the drone strike.

In a video statement, the rebels’ military spokesman, Brig. Gen. Yehia Sarie, said Houthi forces had targeted an Aramco facility in Riyadh in a multiple drone attack. He also claimed the Houthis had carried out attacks on the

partment of Justice considers the Jalisco cartel “one of the five most dangerous transnational criminal organizations in the world.”

Oseguera, 55, is one of the United States’ mostwanted fugitives, with a $10 million bounty on his head.

“He is the number one priority for DEA and frankly for federal law enforcement in the United States,” said Matthew Do-

Saudi company’s facilities in the areas of Jizan and Abha. The attacks, he said, were a response to the coalition tightening its blockade on the entry of fuel into Houthi-held territory in Yemen..

The kingdom’s oil facilities have been targeted by the Houthis in the past.

The Iranian-backed rebels also claimed responsibility for a shocking attack in 2019 at the Abqaiq oil processing facility in Eastern Province, which temporarily knocked out half the kingdom’s daily production.

The ministry statement, published by the state-run Saudi Press Agency, was released shortly after midnight, saying the attack took place around

4:40 a.m. Thursday. It said such attacks not only target Saudi Arabia, but also the security and stability of energy supply to the world.

Saudi Arabia has been involved in Yemen’s civil war since 2015, fighting against the Houthis who overran the capital of Sanaa and ousted the government there from power.

Despite seven years of fighting, the Houthis remain in control of Sanaa and much of northern Yemen.

Yemen’s conflict has killed more than 150,000 people, both fighters and civilians, and spawned what the United Nations says is the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. Many more have been internally displaced.

EU to boost military support to Kyiv, mulling new sanctions VERSAILLES, MAR 11 (AP): European Union leaders said on Friday they will continue applying pressure on Russia by devising a new set of sanctions to punish Moscow for its invasion of Ukraine while stepping up military support for Kyiv.

The EU’s top diplomat, Josep Borrell, said the 27 officials taking part at two-day summit outside Paris will agree to inject an extra €500 million euros into the fund for military aid to Ukraine, as Russia widens its military offensive.

On Friday, Russia struck near airports in the

west of the country for the first time as troops kept up pressure on the capital, Kyiv.

“I made the proposal to double our contribution,” Borrell said.

The EU had previously agreed to spend 450 million euros ($500 million) on military supplies for Ukrainian forces in an unprecedented step of collectively supplying weapons to a country under attack.

Since the war started last month, the EU has adopted massive sanctions targeting Russian president Vladimir Putin, Russia’s financial system and its

high-maintenance oligarchs.

Earlier this week, the bloc’s nations agreed to slap further sanctions on 160 individuals and added new restrictions on the export of maritime navigation and radio communication technology. They also decided to exclude three Belarusian banks from SWIFT, the dominant system for global financial transactions. Altogether, EU restrictive measures now apply to a total of 862 individuals and 53 entities.

Borrell said the EU will continue elaborating new sanctions targeting oligarchs and Russia’s economy.

According to an EU official with direct knowledge of the talks at the Versailles Palace, the idea is to have sanctions ready that can be activated if Putin’s war escalates further.

The person was not authorized to speak publicly because of the sensitivity of discussions.

Possible new sanctions against Russia and its ally Belarus could include cutting all their banks from SWIFT, but a total embargo on fossil fuels imports from Russia similar to the one imposed by Washington is not on the table for now.

Premier Li to step down as China set for sweeping leadership change BEIJING, MAR 11 (PTI): Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, who is at the helm of managing the country’s economy for a decade, said that he will be stepping down this year, setting in motion the once-in-a-decade sweeping leadership change in the Communist country.

Barring President Xi Jinping, who has emerged as the most powerful Chinese leader after the ruling Communist Party of China (CPC) founder Mao Zedong, the rest of the leadership of the party and the government is expected to undergo a change.

“This is my last year as a Premier,” Li, 66, the second ranking leader of the CPC after Xi, said in a matter of fact voice while answering a question on the economy. At the end of his last press conference, Li left with a wave and a simple “thank you, everybody” without leaving any farewell message.

Li, who was groomed into various leadership positions by the previous

Li Keqiang

President Hu Jintao, had settled for the second rank in the party as 68-year-old Xi emerged victorious in the race for the leadership in the CPC Party Congress in 2012.

While Xi was the Vice President in the previous regime, Li was the Vice Premier.

But since his emergence as the General Secretary of the party, Xi moved up at a breakneck speed, consolidating his power base after Hu handed over the powerful position of Chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), the overall high-command of the Chinese military.

Since then, Xi, commencing his tenure as President, head of the party and the military, strengthened his leadership position first with his sweeping anti-corruption campaign in which over a million officials, including several top generals of the military, were punished.

As Xi consolidated his power, emerging in the process as a “core” leader on par with Mao, Premier Li, known for his simple lifestyle and outspoken manner in his official work, mostly confined himself to the management of the economy, hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, which faced severe headwinds with declining growth in the last 10 years.

Under Li’s watch, China’s economy more than doubled from 51.9 trillion yuan (USD 8.5 trillion) in 2012 to 114.4 trillion yuan (USD 17.7 trillion) in 2021.

Xi is widely expected to continue in power for an unprecedented third term and may have a lifelong tenure like Mao.

BEIJING, MAR 11 (AP): China on Friday ordered a lockdown of the 9 million residents of the northeastern city of Changchun amid a new spike in COVID-19 cases in the area.

Residents are required to remain home and undergo three rounds of mass testing, while non-essential businesses have been closed and transport links suspended. China reported another 397 cases of local transmission nationwide on Friday, 98 of them in Jilin province that surrounds Changchun.

Just two cases were detected within the city itself, although authorities have repeatedly pledged to lock down any community where one or more cases are found under China’s “zero tolerance” approach to the pandemic.

17 killed in Darfur militia attack CAIRO, MAR 11 (AGENCIES): At least 17 people were killed and dozens wounded in the Jebel Moon area of Darfur on Thursday in a militia attack, activists said. It comes after a similar attack killed 16 people earlier this week and just months after the area was rocked by violence late last year.

Four villages were burned down in the attack, said the Coordinating Committee for Refugees and Displaced People in a statement.

L O N D O N, M A R 1 1 (PTI): The UK government on Friday sanctioned 386 members of the Duma, the lower house of the Russian Parliament, for their support for the Ukrainian breakaway regions of Luhansk and Donetsk as independent in the lead up to the current conflict.

The new sanctions will ban all those listed from travelling to the UK, accessing assets held within the UK and doing business in the country, the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) said. The latest set of sanctions follows a crackdown on key oligarchs from Russian President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle, including Chelsea Football Club owner Roman Abramovich.

“We’re targeting those complicit in Putin’s illegal invasion of Ukraine and those who support this barbaric war. We will not let up the pressure and will continue to tighten the

A general view of Russia’s State Duma chamber. (File)

screw on the Russian economy through sanctions,” said UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss.

“Together with our allies, we stand firmly beside our Ukrainian friends. We will continue to support Ukraine with humanitarian aid, defensive weapons and diplomatic work to isolate Russia internationally,” she said.

The FCDO pointed out that it was the Russian State Duma ratified treaties in February which recognised the independence of the Luhansk and Donetsk regions – part of Ukrainian

Designate Pakistan as a state sponsor of terrorism: US Congressman Scott Perry

WA S H I N G T O N / I S LAMABAD, MAR 11 (PTI): A senior US Congressman has moved a bill in the House of Representatives demanding Pakistan be designated as a state sponsor of terrorism, according to media reports on Friday.

The bill titled “Stopping Pakistani Terror Act” was moved by Scott Perry, a Republican Congressman from Pennsylvania has now been referred to the US House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Pakistan’s Dawn newspaper reported from Washington.

If passed, it could invite a raft of sanctions, which include restrictions on foreign assistance, a ban on defence exports and con-

Scott Perry

trol over export of dual use items, the report said.

The proposed sanctions include restrictions on foreign assistance; a ban on defence exports and sales; certain controls over export of dual use items; and miscellaneous financial and other restrictions, The Express Tribune newspaper reported.

“Effective on the date

that is 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan shall be deemed to be a country the government of which the [US] Secretary of State determines has repeatedly provided support for international terrorism..,” according to the bill.

The US government will be prohibited to export or “otherwise providing (by sale, lease or loan, grant, or other means), directly or indirectly, any munitions item” to a country subjected to the sanctions mentioned in the bill.

Till date only four countries have been designated sponsors of terrorism.

These include Cuba, North Korea, Iran and Syria.

Borrell says ‘pause’ needed in Iran talks

DUBAI, MAR 11 (AP): The European Union’s foreign policy chief said Friday that “a pause” was needed in ongoing talks over Iran’s tattered nuclear deal with world powers, blaming “external factors” for the delay.

The comments by Josep Borrell come as a roadmap appeared imminent for the U.S. to rejoin an accord it unilaterally withdrew from in 2018 and for Iran to again limit its rapidly advancing nuclear program.

And while Borrell didn’t elaborate, it also comes as Russia last week tied the on-

going negotiations to sanctions Moscow faces over its war on Ukraine. “A final text is essentially ready and on the table,” Borrell wrote on Twitter.

“As coordinator, I will, with my team, continue to be in touch with all #JCPOA participants and

WOMEN ORGANISATION

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APPRECIATION

The Central Women Organisation, Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) congratulates the State Government led by the Hon’ble Chief Minister, the NDPP President, all political parties, Civil Societies, Tribal Hohos (inclusive of Women and Students), Churches and NGOs for unanimously passing the resolution to conduct elections to the Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) under the 74th Amendment of the Constitution of India on 9th March 2022 at the State Banquet Hall, Kohima.

The Organisation also express our heartfelt thanks and gratitude for initiating in taking the important step to include women in decision making. We believe that more mutual dialogue, and respect among different sections of the society will continue as we strive for more women’s participation in decision making, politics and as well as in all other areas. It is indeed a historic move for all Women in the State towards active participation in decision making process and uplifting the status of Women in the society.

We, the Central Women Organisation affirm our strong support to the decision taken by the Nagaland State Government and all stakeholders.

We also look forward that this unanimous passing of the resolution will lead towards having women representatives in the Nagaland Legislative Assembly. The Organization also urges all the Naga women to come together in uplifting the status of women with the changing of time in the social, political and economic sectors in the state.

Vikali A Zhimomi President Central Women Organisation, NDPP

the U.S. to overcome the current situation and to close the agreement.”

The JCPOA, or the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, is the 2015 nuclear deal’s formal name.

There was no immediate reaction from Iran or the other parties negotiating.

INFORMATION

This is to inform all bonafide members of Angami Community Seluophe Village that the Annual General Meeting would be held on 18th March 2022 at Local Ground, time 11.00 a.m.

Therefore, all concerned members are requested to attend the meeting positively.

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sovereign territory – and authorised the permanent presence of Russian military there, “acting as a pretext for Russia’s invasion”.

S i n c e t h e Ru s s i a Ukraine crisis unfolded, the UK says it has sanctioned more than 500 of Russia’s most significant and “highvalue individuals, entities and subsidiaries”, bringing the total now covered by the UK’s sanctions list to over 800. This includes travel bans and asset freezes applied to 18 of Russia’s leading oligarchs, with a combined worth in excess of GBP 30 billion.

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Neikhodi Thakro Gen. Secy.

Angami Community Seluophe Village

APPRECIATION Konyak Nyupuh Sheko Khong (KNSK), the apex body of the Konyak Women’s Organisation express our sincere appreciation to the Nagaland State Commission for Women (NSCW) for honouring Smti. Yomah Konyak with the NSCW Award 2022 on International Women’s Day 2022. The KNSK also express its heartfelt congratulations to Smti. Yomah Konyak and all the other recipients of the NSCW Award 2022 .

(SMTI. PONGLEM) (SMTI. NGIPLEM) President General Secretary

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MORELIA, MAR 11 (AGENCIES): Gunmen on Thursday killed the mayor of a town in Mexico’s western state of Michoacan shaken by a deadly turf war between rival drug cartels, authorities said. Elsewhere in the avocado-producing region, clashes between suspected gang members left several people dead, according to prosecutors.

Aguililla Mayor Cesar Valencia was shot dead by unknown attackers while traveling in a city hall vehicle near a soccer field in the town, military personnel who were dispatched to the scene told AFP. He suffered at least two gunshot wounds to the chest and neck, according to the military.

“We strongly condemn the murder,” tweeted Alfredo Ramirez Bedolla, governor of Michoacan, where cartels are at war for control of drug smuggling routes.

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KONYAK NYUPUK SHEKO KHONG FELICITATION

The Konyak Nyupuh Sheko Khong Dimapur heartily congratulates the following valued members : 1. Mrs. YOMAH KONYAK (former President, KNSK) on being awarded the Nagaland State Commission for Women (NSWC) Award 2022 for her commitment, leadership and service rendered to the state of Nagaland.

2. Miss Lihzu Shiney Konyak and Miss Bangmei Clarissa Konyak (daughters of Mr. W. Honje Konyak and Mrs. M. Fashion Konyak) for securing 1st and 3rd positions respectively in prepared speech competition organized

by Women Resource Development Department on the occasion of International Women's Day 2022.

The KNSKD prays and wishes them success in their future endeavours.

(L. T. AYING) President, KNSKD

(C. NYAMCHAI KONYAK) General Secretary, KNSKD

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Vivek Oberoi’s ‘Verses of War’ wins Sony Music suspends all operations in Russia Best Film award at Expo 2020 Dubai L T abel Sony Music has suspended all of its operations in Russia, the company has confirmed to ‘Variety’.

“Sony Music Group calls for peace in Ukraine and an end to the violence. We have suspended operations in Russia and will continue our support of global humanitarian relief efforts to aid victims in need,” the company said in a statement, reports variety.com.

Sources tell Variety that the company’s staffers will continue to receive their salaries for an undetermined time; the artists’ situation is still being worked out.

Universal Music Group announced that it is suspending its operations in the country on Tuesday. All three major labels “Universal, Sony and Warner” have local labels and operations in Russia; Warner is expected to make an announcement in the coming days.

The three companies all have made donations to Ukraine relief efforts.

Early Tuesday, the U.K.’s performing rights organisation, PRS for Music, said it has formally and immediately suspended its rights representation relationship with RAO, the Russian collecting society for musical works, “pending confirmation of its separation

from the Russian Government and those individuals and companies on the sanctions lists.”

BMI in the US made a similar statement this week: “BMI has suspended its copyright representation payments to RAO, the Russian collection society

Medications Seniors Should Use With Caution Why Age Makes a Difference You may absorb and use medications a bit differently as you age.

It’s no secret that when you get older, your body doesn’t work the way it used to. And that’s true for how you react to medicine. Your digestive system might not absorb medications as quickly. Liver problems might mean the drug builds up in the bloodstream or doesn’t get into it as fast as it should. And kidney trouble could affect how well medicine moves out of your body as waste. Ask your doctor about the impact of your meds as you age.

Over-the-Counter Painkillers NSAIDs may interact with other medications that you are taking.

Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), like ibuprofen, aspirin, and naproxen, can keep some prescription medications you take from working the way they should. They’re often not a good combo with blood thinners, diabetes drugs, diuretics, or blood pressure drugs. NSAIDs are also rough on major organs when your body gets older, such as your kidneys, liver, heart, and the digestive system.

Muscle Relaxants Muscle relaxants may make you woozy and confused.

Your doctor may suggest these drugs to ease muscle spasms. Muscle relaxants like cyclobenzaprine (Flexeril), methocarbamol (Robaxin), and carisoprodol (Soma) can have side effects like feeling woozy and confused. That could raise your chances of falling and hurting yourself.

Certain Diabetes Drugs Certain diabetes drugs may cause hypoglycemia.

Long-acting sulfonylurea drugs for diabetes, such as chlorpropamide (Diabinese) and glyburide (DiaBeta, Glynase), can cause low blood sugar, a condition called “hypoglycemia.”

You might get confused, shaky, sweaty, hungry, and tired. If the condition is severe or longlasting, it can cause seizures and, in rare cases, could be life-threatening.

Antihistamines Antihistamines may make you drowsy and confused and increase the chance of a fall.

If you have hay fever, your doctor may suggest over-the-counter drugs called antihistamines. They can keep you from sneezing, but some come with more side effects than others.

Some antihistamines may leave older adults extra drowsy and confused, which raises your chances of a taking a tumble.

Certain Sleep Aids Sleep aids may make you groggy and affect your balance.

Drugs that help you go to sleep can cause problems when you wake up. You might feel groggy and have trouble with balance when you get out of bed in the morning. Your ability to think clearly might be affected. Diphenhydramine, the main ingredient in many sleeping pills, can also lead to dry mouth, blurred vision, and bladder problems.

for musical works. Additionally, we are working with CISAC on a broader effort that will help benefit creators in the Ukraine and surrounding areas, while also providing humanitarian aid to those who are so desperately in need.”

CISAC, which is the governing body of all global collection societies, launched a Ukraine relief fund on Wednesday and, sources say, is continuing to assess the status of Russian collection management organisations. Many in the publishing and songwriter community, including songwriter Ross Golan, have publicly called for collection societies to stop doing business with Russia.

A representative for Francebased label and distributor Believe Music, which has a substantial market presence and 40-employee staff in the country, tells Variety that it has “no plans to suspend operations in Russia for the moment but we are monitoring the situation very closely as it is developing constantly.” (IANS)

he short film ‘Verses Of War’, produced

by Vivek Oberoi, who also plays the lead role in it, bagged the Best Film award at The Great Indian Film Festival held at Expo 2020 Dubai.

The Great Indian Film Festival was a threeday event where several short films and documentaries were showcased by global filmmakers under one roof.

‘Verses of War’, directed by Prasad Kadam, pits an Indian Army Major, Sunil Bhatia, against his Pakistan Army counterpart, after the former is ambushed by Pakistani forces. The short film plays out as a series of conversations and sheds light on the psychology of the Indian soldier who pens poetry and fights for his motherland with the same passion.

Katy Perry wins appeal in ‘Dark Horse’ copyright suit

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federal appeals court ruled in singer Katy Perry’s favour in the ‘Dark Horse’ copyright lawsuit against Christian rapper Marcus Gray.

Gray, whose stage name is Flame, first sued Perry in 2014, claiming her hit ‘Dark Horse’ was substantially similar to his song ‘Joyful Noise’.

In 2019, a Los Angeles jury found Perry liable for infringement, but the verdict was overturned a year later when a judge ruled that the eight-note “ostinato” Perry allegedly copied lacked the “quantum of originality” to warrant copyright protection, reports variety.com. Gray appealed the

decision in October 2020, writing in a brief about the incriminating similarity of timbre between the songs, and arguing against the musicologists’ use of databases of melodies to determine instances of similarities in previous works. On March 10, 2022, the Ninth Circuit affirmed the District Court’s overturning the initial jury verdict.

Perry’s win in 2020 marked a rare occasion in which a court overturned a jury verdict in a copyright infringement case.

That same year, Led Zeppelin defeated plaintiff Michael Skidmore over a factually similar suit over ‘Stairway to Heaven’.

Since the infamous ‘Blurred Lines’ case -- in which the court ruled that Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams had infringed upon Marvin Gaye’s ‘Got to Give It Up’ with their 2013 hit ‘Blurred Lines’ -- musical artists have been increasingly wary about taking copyright disputes before a jury, often opting to settle outside of court instead.

Currently, Dua Lipa faces two lawsuits surrounding her global hit ‘Levitating’, which has spent over a year on the Billboard Hot 100. The plaintiffs are Florida reggae band Artikal Sound System and songwriters L. Russell Brown and Sandy Linzer. (IANS)

‘Aashiqui Aa Gayi’ shot in minus 2 degrees Celsius

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n interesting trivia about ‘Aashiqui Aa Gayi’ from ‘Radhe Shyam’ reveals that the song was shot in freezing temperatures, while Pooja Hegde, along with her co-star Prabhas, had to endure the extreme weather conditions.

The love saga hit the screens on Friday, grabbing everyone’s attention.

One of the most-loved songs from ‘Radhe Shyam’ is being talked about, for

its picturesque locales in Italy, as well as the grandeur.

It is reported that Prbahas and Pooja Hegde had to endure a freezing temperature minus 2 degrees Celsius in the rains for the picturisation of the song. The song was shot at a hill station in Italy and had extreme weather conditions at the time of its shoot.

The superhit song brought forth a new side of

the versatile actress, Pooja Hegde. Pooja’s role as Prerana has conjured the audience, as she has been receiving good reviews for her role opposite Prabhas.

Apart from ‘Radhe Shyam’, Pooja is gearing up for her upcoming movies, including Salman Khan’s ‘Bhaijaan’, ‘Cirkus’ opposite Ranveer Singh, ‘A c h a r ya ’ w i t h R a m Charan, and ‘SSMB28’ opposite Mahesh Babu.

(IANS)

After winning the best film award, Oberoi said: “This is my first attempt at producing and acting in a short film. The subject of the film, which pays tribute to war heroes and emphasises their contribution to nation-building, is very close to my heart.”

He added: “The idea behind making this film was to present the Indian soldier as a man who mani-

fests the same passion both for art and for his motherland. Now that it has won the Best Film award at The Great Indian Film Festival, it only goes to show that a good film will always find its audience and be appreciated.”

T h e f i l m wa s r e leased on Republic Day and Oberoi contributed its earnings for the welfare of war widows.

(IANS)

South India’s biggest music label ventures into film production

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outh India’s biggest music label ‘Lahari Music’ is venturing into film production under the banner ‘Lahari Films LLP’, which has teamed up with Venus Enterrtainers for acclaimed Kannada actor Upendra’s next pan-India project. Upendra is critically acclaimed for the unusual film titles of his directorial ventures in the past such as ‘Sshhh’, ‘A’, ‘Om’, ‘Super’ and other movies. His mind blowing plot lines and completely amazing screenplays, which have gone on to become cult classical mega hits down south, are always the topic of conversation.

The makers promise a movie with unique storyline, which will be made in Kannada, Hindi, Telugu & Tamil languages.

G Manoharan, Chairman and Managing Director of ‘Lahari Music Group’ and Srikanth KP, Proprietor of ‘Venus Enterrtainers’ conveyed that they have been looking for an opportunity to invest in a homogenous pan-India project for a

long time now.

The duo also expressed t h e i r exc i t e ment about Upendra being on board for the yet-to-be-titled movie.

Speaking on the occasion, Upendra said: “I look forward to this exciting collaboration through this Pan India film and I am sure the audience will love this thought-provoking cinematic experience. I dedicate this film to the Indian audience, who he calls ‘praja prabhu’ (Upendra considers his fans to be the king/ majesty of his life) G Manoharan stated “after working on music with each other from the last 25 years, this association was just waiting to happen.

Lahari backed “Upendra Ji” from his acting debut film ‘A’ which went onto become the biggest hit down south and turned out to be a cult classic film during the late 90s. We have enjoyed his films which are always filled with universal vision and we want the entire Indian audience to experience his movies now, across India and abroad.”

(IANS)

FELICITATION

Anxiety Medication Anxiety medication may make you confused and increase the risk of falls.

Benzodiazepines are drugs that treat anxiety. They include diazepam (Valium), alprazolam (Xanax), and chlordiazepoxide (Librium). Some of these medications stick around in your system a lot longer than others. Their side effects, like confusion, can last past the day you take them and raise your chances of falling.

We as a family applaud and congratulate Neizhanuo Golmei for successfully achieving the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi on the thesis entitled “Forms of Urbanization and Governance: A Study of Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) in Delhi.”

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Your doctor may prescribe these drugs to help treat conditions like Parkinson’s disease, irritable bowel syndrome, and depression. But anticholinergics can cause confusion, dry mouth, and blurry vision, especially in older adults. In older men, they are more likely to cause problems with peeing.

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They’re an older class of drugs that doctors don’t prescribe often. But if you take tricyclics, such as amitriptyline and imipramine, keep in mind they have side effects that can be worse in older adults. These include problems like constipation, irregular heartbeat, blurry vision, confusion, memory trouble, and dry mouth. Men could have problems with peeing.

Antipsychotics Antipsychotic medications may increase the risk of heart problems and a brain bleed.

These drugs treat mental disorders, such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, and are risky for some older adults. Taking antipsychotics raises your chances of a life-threatening heart problem or a brain bleed if you have dementia.

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Look carefully at the labels of over-the-counter medicines to see if they have more than one active ingredient. Some cold and sinus medications, for example, have decongestants along with antihistamines. The combination can make you confused, drowsy, and groggy.

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We, the Sulimi Totimi Hoho, Thilixu Village take immense pride and honor as we celebrate the victory of Miss Shelly Achumi, D/o Phuyeka Achumi, on winning the crown of Miss Queen of Nagaland 2022 in the recently conducted Miss Queen of Nagaland Season 2.

The STH further expresses their gratitude for bringing laurels to the village and wishes all the best in her future endeavors.

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It’s an over-the-counter treatment for heartburn, indigestion, and ulcers. If you’re an older adult and take this medicine, it can have side effects like confusion, even at regular doses.

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Women’s WC: South Africa beat Pak by 6 runs

MOUNT MAUNGANUI (NEW ZEALAND), MAR 11 (IANS): South African right-arm pace bowler Shabnim Ismail held her nerve while bowling the crucial last over, conceding just four runs to help her team win a thriller against Pakistan Women by six runs, in the ICC Women’s World Cup at the Bay Oval here on Friday.

Defending 223/9, the Proteas bundled out Pakistan for 217 runs in 49.5 overs to keep South Africa’s perfect record intact in the World Cup. With Pakistan requiring 10 runs in the last over, Ismail bowled well within herself to take South Africa into the top-four on the table, where they occupy the third spot with four points in two games.

Pakistan, on the other hand, have a lot of soulsearching to do after losing their third game on the trot, leaving them at the bottom of the table. Pakistan were in the game for the most part, thanks to half-centuries from Nida Dar and Omaima Sohail, but nerves got the better of them in the end.

Chasing 224, openers Nahida Khan and Sidra Ameen got Pakistan off

South Africa women’s cricket players celebrate during the WC match against Pakistan.

to a solid start, adding 26 runs in the first six overs.

Ismail ensured the openers didn’t run away with the game, inducing an edge off Ameen’s bat to break the opening stand. She was on a hat-trick after she dismissed skipper Bismah Maroof for a golden duck. Thankfully for Pakistan, Omaima Sohail saw off the hat-trick ball.

Two consecutive maidens, including Ismail’s double-wicket maiden, saw South Africa come back into the game but Sohail and

Nahida ensured that the required run rate didn’t go out of reach, finding boundaries regularly.

They brought up their 50-run partnership in the 20th over and at the halfway stage, were 129 runs away from a win. The two looked set and threatened to take the game away with their partnership when Ayabonga Khaka broke the 69-run stand. She trapped Nahida in front of the stumps for 40 and even DRS couldn’t come to the Pakistan opener’s res-

cue. Sohail once again had to consolidate the innings, this time with Nida Dar, but lack of boundaries meant the required run rate shot up during their partnership of 49 that came in 77 balls.

Sohail got to her maiden Cricket World Cup fifty but the pressure of the asking rate got to her as she holed out in the deep to Masabata Klaas. Her wicket was a huge blow to Pakistan as it triggered a mini-collapse with Aliya Riaz and Fatima Sana departing in the next

Inter-departmental Lakshya Sen enters semifinals of German Open sports meet in Bhandari

Lakshya Sen

MUELHEIM AN DER RUHR (GERMANY), MAR 11 (PTI): World Championships bronze medallist Lakshya Sen continued his rich vein of form as he progressed to the men’s singles semifinals of the German Open Super 300 tournament with a straight-game win over fellow Indian H S Prannoy here on Friday.

The 20-year-old Sen, who had claimed his maiden Super 500 title at the India Open in January, saw off former top 10 player Prannoy 21-15 21-16 in 39 minutes.

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defeated Prannoy, currently ranked 24th, at the quarterfinals of India Open as well.

Sen will now face the winner of the other quarterfinal match between Olympic champion and top seed Viktor Axelsen and India’s Kidambi Srikanth on Saturday.

On Thursday, Sen had notched up a stunning 21-7 21-9 win over fourth seeded Indonesian Anthony Sinisuka Ginting in a second-round match.

Prannoy made a positive start, opening up a 4-0 lead early on but Sen caught up with him at 10-10 and zoomed ahead after the interval to take a 1-0 lead in the tie.

The second game was a tight affair initially as the duo moved neck and neck with Sen managing a slender 11-10 lead at the break. But, just like in the first game, Sen produced a fivepoint burst to eventually seal the contest comfortably.

DIMAPUR, MAR 11 (NPN): The 4th interdepartmental Sports meet of Bhandari SubDivision in support of Beti Bachao Beti Badhao came to an end on March 10 at local ground Bhandari.

According to DIPR, commandant 7th NAP, Yanithung Ezung graced the closing ceremony programme as special guest. During the three day-long meet, badminton, volleyball, carom and football were conducted. In badminton men’s doubles, Er.K. Hukato Shohe and Zuchamo Yanthan of Engineering wing defeated SDO (C) T.Sulanthung Lotha and Shancho of Administration and Police whereas in mixed double, Shancho and Arhoni of administration and police defeated Mhabemo K. Humtsoe and Thechano Lotha. In carom singles, Yopwang Konyak of 7th NAP emerged as the champion by defeating Subenthung Tungoe of Veterinary department and in doubles, 7th NAP defeated Veterinary won the title.

In women’s volleyball, IPR and Agri & Allied team won the championship by defeating Education team. In men’s football, ADC XI of Civil administration and Police team defeated IPR and Agri & Allied team 1-0. The closing ceremony was chaired by Dr. Rena Kithan, Medical Officer Bhandari. Altogether 22 departments participated in the sports meet.

three overs.

The required rate shot up to close to 10 after Pakistan hit a boundary drought between overs 39 and 44.

Needing 47 off the last five, they finally got a move on as Dar reached her 50. Diana Baig got in on the act and scored two consecutive boundaries in the first two balls of the penultimate over but the run-out of Dar undid all the good work.

Ismail was trusted to defend 10 off the final over and she delivered. A brilliant running catch off her own bowling sent Baig back to the pavilion before an anticlimactic run-out finished the match, with South Africa emerging victorious by six runs.

Earlier in the day, Wolvaardt compiled 75 at the top of the order and Luus (62) was instrumental in holding the innings together, as South Africa overcame an excellent spell from Pakistan spinner Ghulam Fatima to post 223/9. Fatima picked up three wickets in two overs to help put the clamps on South Africa during the middle overs and Pakistan’s victory target would have been much greater if not for her intervention.

3rd Astro Turf Futsal tourney underway Correspondent KO H I M A , M A R 1 1 (NPN): The 3rd Astro Turf Futsal tournament organised by OLOGOC- One life, one goal, one chance Club got underway at Zasivi Futsal Arena, Jotsoma, here on Friday.

A total of 24 teams from across the State is participating in the tourney.

In the pre-quarter final matches on Friday, AG boys FC, Emoji FC, Team SS FC, Bull Dog FC, Khuzaka FC, Team Crew X FC, Adroit Boys FC and Marturia FC registered wins in their respective matches.

During the inaugural programme, chief patron of the event, Megosielie Punyü in his speech highlighted the importance of team building through cooperation and discipline and not just about winning the game.

He urged the teams to exhibit sportsmanship through their good conducts at the same time avoid unsporting behaviours or be aggressive towards their fellow players, opponents and game officials.

Punyü called on all the players to respect their opponents, have regard for

AG Boys vs Highlanders FC during the pre-quarter match on Friday. (NP)

referee decisions and match officials.

While expressing happiness at the rate of progress of the event, Punyü lauded the organisers for being able to successfully pull off the third edition of the tourney.

He pointed out that sporting events of such nature were growing steadily enabling young players creating platforms for upcoming sports enthusiasts.

Earlier, the inaugural was chaired by OLOGOC

president Khriezotuo Miachieo.

The quarter finals will resume on March 12 from 10 a.m. onwards.

In this year’s edition, the pool prize is set at Rs. 45,000 along with sports merchandise and certificate for Player of the Tournament and Best Goal Keeper.

Quarter finals:

AG boys FC Vs Emoji FC Team SS FC Vs Bull Dog FC Khuzaka FC Vs Team Crew X FC Adroit Boys FC Vs Marturia FC

Nets beat 76ers in first meeting since Harden’s move BROOKLYN, MAR 11 (AGENCIES): The Brooklyn Nets beat the Philadelphia 76ers and ex-player James Harden 129-100 in their first meeting since the three-time NBA scoring champion’s move.

Harden, who joined the 76ers in exchange for Seth Curry and Ben Simmons in February, was frustrated by his former team and managed only 11 points.

Kevin Durant scored 25 points and Kyrie Irving added 24 in the Nets’ victory.

Meanwhile, Stephen Curry reached 20,000 career points as the Golden State Warriors beat the Denver Nuggets.

Curry became the 49th player to reach the milestone by scoring a game-high 34 points in the Warriors’ 113102 victory.

“Any accomplishment you do, whether it’s indi-

NBA basket ball match in action between Brooklyn Nets and Philadephia 76ers.

vidual or a team, is special,” said Curry.

“You work every day to keep getting better. Hopefully a lot more to come. It’s pretty special for sure.”

Despite being unable to inspire the 76ers to victory against his former side,

Harden moved ahead of Reggie Miller into third on the all-time three-pointers list with 2,563. Stephen Curry leads with 3,107.

For Brooklyn, Seth Curry scored 22 points, while three-time All-Star Simmons - who had asked to

be traded from the 76ers - is yet to play for the Nets since the exchange because of injury. Simmons, who had not played for the 76ers this season because of mental health issues, was greeted with boos from the Philadelphia fans.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith, now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that day and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing.” 2 TIMOTHY 4: 7-8 With enormous respect, appreciation and grateful heart, we, the bereaved family members would like to acknowledge the many expressions of sympathy and gestures of kindness shown towards us and supported us through prayers, and in various capacities during the illness and demise of Late H. LONGNYEI PHOM Rtd DFO. Through this column, we extend our deepest gratitude to the following :1.

Shri. S. Pangnyu Phom, Hon’ble Minister of Health and Family Welfare Nagaland.

2. Dr. Hentok Phom, New Delhi.

3. Dr. Manyau Phom, Kohima.

4. Dr. Ongchu Phom Longleng.

5. Mr. Moakumzuk Tzudir, Addl. Deputy Commissioner Zunheboto.

6. Doctors & nurses of BLK Hospital, New Delhi.

7. Doctors & nurses of Eden Hospital, Dimapur.

8. Longleng Town Baptist Church.

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Phom Baptist Fellowship, Nagarjan.

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Kangching Baptist Attoi.

Kangching Village Council.

All relatives, in-laws, friends, neighbours and well-wishers.

As it would be impossible to thank everyone individually, please accepts this acknowledgement as an expression of our sincere and heartfelt gratitude, and it is our humble prayer that our Almighty God blesses you all abundantly.

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overcome Norwich Football has united sister states of NE: Tovihoto Chelsea City 3-1 in Premier League

Players of WSSA 11 and United Sikkim FC along with special guest, DC Dimapur, and other members. (NP) Staff Reporter

DIMAPUR, MAR 11 (NPN): Advisor of Power, Tovihoto Ayemi said football has brought brotherhood and unity among the people of the sister states of North Eastern region.

“Football was the world’s most popular game, and that the sport had brought people together from all over the world, regardless of their age, gender or ethnicity, to inspire and unite everyone”,

he added.

He was speaking at a “match for a cause” (friendly football match) between United Sikkim FC and Western Sumi Sports Association (WSSA) XI at DDSC Stadium, here on Friday.

The special guest maintained that sustainable development not only needed good political governance, but also needed platforms to bring people together for a common goal. “Training

young boys and girls to be professional players will impact the society in multidimensional ways” Ayemi noted.

He congratulated WSSA for organizing the friendly match, adding that it would define the task the association was going to undertake with support from Baichung Bhutia and Renedy Singh, for development of football at the grassroot level in Nagaland.

Ayemi also extended

appreciation to the two former captains of India for having concern for Nagaland and coming forward to render valuable support to train budding talents of the state.

He was hopeful that the joint effort would definitely produce footballers such as late Dr. T. Ao, the legendary Naga football player, and also the likes of Baichung Bhutia and Renedy Singh and many others who have made the region and the

nation proud through this sport.

Fo u n d e r & c h a i r, YouthNet, Hekani Jakhalu Kense in her opening remarks dwelt on the objectives of the exhibition match, adding that it was to create corpus fund which would identify and train 11 football coaches. The coaches will then organize U-14 teams in targeted cluster villages, followed by sponsoring trials to various professional FC of the talented players.

She further stated that the initiative was to nurture young talents especially

in villages and rural areas which would provide platform to grow professionally.

Earlier, invocation was offered by executive secretary, WSBAK, Rev Dr.Phughoto Sema and vote of thanks offered by vice president WSSA, Mughapu.

Highlights of the inaugural programme included folk dance by Pihekhu Area, Aghunaqa area, and theme song by NK Naga. Special performances from Alobo Naga, N K Naga, Kekhrie Ringa, Dreamz Unlimited, English Maker, etc. were the highlights of the second Chelsea players celebrate after scoring against Norwich session.

USFC Vs WSSA XI friendly ends in stalemate

Meanwhile, the friendly match between United Sikkim FC featuring former captain of Indian national football team, Bhaichung Bhutia and former captain of Indian national football team, Renedy Singh and WSSA XI ended in 2-2 draw. For United Sikkim, Bhaichung Bhutia and Renedy Singh scored a goal each, while Pitoshe and Mughapu were the goal scorer for WSSA XI. The match was organized in solidarity and support of grassroots football in the state.

A penalty shootout was also organized in aid of Bhaichung Bhutia Project Corpus Fund between Wing Commander S Akheto Jakhalu as team captain and Bhaichung Bhutia’s team, where an amount of Rs 50,000 was contributed by the members.

Vishwanath, Anand reach finals of Asian Youth & Junior Boxing Championships NEW DELHI, MAR 11 (PTI): Indian youth boxers Vishwanath Suresh (48kg) and Anand Yadav (54kg) produced gritty performances to enter the finals of the Asian Youth and Junior Boxing Championships in Amman, Jordan on Friday.

Securing victories in almost similar fashion against respective Uzbek opponents, Vishwanath and Anand triumphed in intensely-fought bouts.

Vishwanath confirmed his second successive final appearance at the presti-

gious continental tournament after beating Miralijon Mavlonov by a split 4-1 decision. Anand gave his all to secure a tough 3-2 win over Abduvali Buriboev.

The last edition’s silvermedallist Vishwanath will look to change the colour of his medal when he takes on Kyrgyz boxer Ergeshov Bekzat in the final while Anand will fight against Eljay Pamisa of Philippines.

H o w e v e r, R a m a n ended his campaign with a bronze medal following a 0-5 loss to Uzbekistan’s

boxers -- Vanshaj (63.5kg), Dee pak (75kg), Aman Singh Bisht (+92kg) -- will compete in their respective semi-finals.

Indian boxers have secured 18 medals in the youth section, 12 in women and six in men’s categories.

Among women, seven have sealed finals berths at the tournament.

In the junior boys’ section, Yashwardhan Singh Vishwanath Suresh (in Blue) at the 2022 ASBC Asian (60kg) and Rishabh Singh Youth & Junior Boxing Championships.

Shikharwar (80kg) regisKhujanazar Nortojiev in the Later in the evening, tered contrasting wins in the 51kg semi-final. three more Indian youth semi-finals late on Thursday

night.

F ive o t h e r b oxe r s -- Jayant Dagar (54kg), Chetan (57kg), Jackson Singh Laishram (70kg), Dev Pratap Singh (75kg), and Gaurav Mhaske (+80kg) -exited with bronze medals after losses in the last-four stage.

Yashwardhan outperformed Kazakhstan’s Alexey Khavantsev 5-0 while Rishabh secured a close 4-1 win against Choibekov Azim of Kyrgyzstan.

The finals will be held on March 13 and 14.

City during the Premier League match.

L O N D O N, M A R 1 1 (IANS): Chelsea reacted well to Thursday’s news of sanctions against Russian owner Roman Abramovich with a comfortable 3-1 win at bottom side Norwich City.

Chelsea’s Trevoh Chalobah nodded in just three minutes into the match on Thursday night, and Mason Mount’s decisive finish in the 14th minute doubled their lead.

Teemu Pukki’s 69thminute penalty gave Norwich hope of a fightback, but Kai Havertz assured the win for Chelsea with his late strike into the top corner after N’Golo Kante had injected more energy into the Chelsea midfield, Xinhua reports.

Newcastle United can probably forget their relegation fears after goals from Chris Wood and Bruno Guimaraes helped them overturn Stuart Armstrong’s 24th-minute opener for Southampton, bringing the Magpies their sixth win in seven games.

The win lifts Newcastle 10 points clear of the relega-

tion zone, while direct rivals Leeds United and Watford both lost in the fights against the drop. Leeds improved at Jesse Marsch’s debut at the weekend following Marcelo Bielsa’s sacking, but that improvement didn’t last very long as Philippe Coutinho helped inspire Aston Villa to a 3-0 win at Elland Road.

The Brazilian scored a deflected 22nd-minute opener for Steven Gerrard’s side and directed the play as second-half goals from Matty Cash and Calum Chambers sealed another three points for the visitors, who totally dominated the match.

Fortunately for Leeds, things went even worse for Watford, who were on the wrong end of a 4-0 thrashing away to Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Watford didn’t manage a shot on target while having to watch the storm of Raul Jimenez’s 13th-minute opener, a Cucho Hernandez own goal, and Daniel Podence’s 21st-minute strike.

Ruben Neves completed the scoring five minutes from time.

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