DIMAPUR, AUG 24 (NPN): Mokokchung Town Lanur Telongjem (MTLT) has endorsed the demand for immediate repair of roads leading to Dr. Imkongliba Memorial District Hospital (IMDH). Youth bodies of four wards (Penli, Majakong, Lijaba Lijen and Artang) under Mokokchung town on Tuesday expressed dis pleasure over deplorable road conditions and de manded immediate repair of district hospital road. MTLT president Im naonen Pongen and general secretary Imkongchuba Pongen stated that IMDH remained the first referral point for a majority of pa tients in Mokokchung town and even beyond. It said that IMDH was also the biggest healthcare institution in the district where a majority of pa tients seek and get medical help.Under such circum stances, MTLT said it was “appalling” to note the “ap athetic attitude” of the re sponsible authorities turning a blind eye and leaving the approach roads—one from Sewak Gate and the other from MTLT endorses demand for repair of IMDH road
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DIMAPUR, AUG 24 (NPN): Nagaland on Wednesday recorded two fresh Covid-19 positive cas es, taking the total caseload to 35,899. One case each were reported from Kip hire and Longleng while five more patients recovered from the infection. With this, the active cases stood at 16. The death toll re mained unchanged at 777. India on Wednesday logged 10,649 new Covd cases taking the total tally of cases to 4,43,68,195 while the death toll climbed to 5,27,452 with 36 fatalities
DC Mkg issues traffic advisory
DIMAPUR, AUG 24 (NPN): In view of the blast ing work for the construction of two-lane Changtong ya-Longleng road, deputy commissioner (DC) Mo kokchung, Sashank Pratap Singh, has informed that all vehicular movements orderagenciesanylimit,ingvehiclesthatcarryvehiclesfore,underhung-TuensangNH-202offormedeffectdayswouldChangtongya-Longlengalongroadberestrictedfor30from9p.m.-6a.m.withfromSeptember1.Meanwhile,DChasinthatthebaileybridgetheDikhuriverunderalongMokokcstretchwaspressureand,therealltransport/heavywouldbeallowedtoonly10MT.Observingmanytransport/heavyhavebeentransportbeyondtheadmissibleDCcautionedthattruckowners/transportnotadheringtothewouldbepenalized.
CTAN serves ultimatum on IT&C department BJP general secy BL Santhosh in Nagaland
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The association said it had filed three RTI queries with IT&C department— one in 2019 and two in 2022.The association, how ever, maintained that there had been “an enormous level of manipulation” with the RTI responses from the department, which it said was in “direct contraven tion to the service rule book of theAsdepartment.perfirstRTI reply received in December 2019, CTAN said there were a total of 13 sanctioned posts of PO out of which one post was lying vacant; It said there were five sanc tioned posts of APO out of which four posts were lying vacant and there were 12 sanctioned posts of TA out of which one post was lyingAsvacant.persecond RTI re ply received in March 2022, the association said one post of PO (vacant since February 20, 2019) and one post of TA (vacant since October 30, 2017) both of which had been sent to gov ernment for requisition to NPSC. However, it said the posts have not reached the commission till date. While there was no mention of the vacancy of one associate program officer and three assistant program officers. As per third RTI reply received in August 2022, CTAN said all four posts of APO had been filled under scale of Therefore,pay.
Staff Reporter DIMAPUR, AUG 24 (NPN): Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sithara man outlined the need for Nagaland for adequate ex posure in order to attract investments so as to reap the benefits of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) projects.“Nagaland is still yet to get as much investments as it is capable of absorbing and, as a result, it does also run short of CSR projects,” she said while addressing the media at Police (CSR)rateandoftohaschiefChümoukedima.Com-plex,SheacknowledgedthatministerNeiphiuRiobeentakingtheinitiativebringinagoodnumberfund-givers/companiesasaresult36corposocialresponsibilityprojectshavebeen announced for Nagaland worth over Rs. 38 crore, as committed by various companies.Overand above this, she said some more inves tors were yet to set foot in Nagaland as they await the complete project proposals even as “they were ready with the Themoney.”minister pointed out that Central fund flow to Nagaland had progres sively increased since 2014. She said Tax Devolution to the State had jumped from Rs 3,844 crore in 2009-14 to Rs 13,782 crore in 201419, a percentage change of over 250% and Rs. 16,188 crore for 2019-23, while grants-in-aid had gone up from Rs 20,812 crore in 2009-14 to Rs 29,483 crore in 2014-2019.Shealso disclosed that the total grants-in-aid from the Central government to Nagaland for 2022-2023 would be Rs 4,773 crore. She also stressed on the need for more bank branch es in districts and added that the Finance ministry would like to see enough bank ac cess in all the districts. She assured that the Centre would make sure that every citizen had bank ing access, adding that the Union Finance Ministry had done a complete review of districts that were fully covered by banking services and those that were yet to be covered.She revealed that Di mapur with presence of 94 branches belonging to public sector banks, regional rural banks (RRBs) and semiprivate banks had maximum banking coverage in the State, followed by Kohima with 58, while Mokokc hung, Wokha and Mon came in third, fourth and fifth respectively.Theminister men tioned that there were al together 271 bank branches across Nagaland, of which 200 belonged to public sec tor banks and RRBs. She said bank accounts were opened for all citi zens under Pradhan Man tri Jan Dhan Yojana and that beneficiaries of various Central welfare schemes had received Rs 287 crore through direct benefit trans fer (DBT).Shealso referred to Prime Minister’s Develop ment Initiative for North East (PM-DevINE) that had been specially designed for the region, stating that Union Finance Ministry had allocated Rs 1,500 crore initially under the scheme, allowing the States to bid for proposals.She said the State governments could submit capital expenditure project reports in any sector upto Rs 1,600 crore to meet any development or infrastruc ture required.Sitharaman further claimed that 17 of the 35 projects under Kohima Smart City project had been completed and that the Central government had released Rs 245 crore for the purpose, out of which Rs 195.99 crore had been utilised as on July 8, 2022. She said funds were released regularly to PM Kisan scheme beneficiaries in Nagaland, while 2.54 lakhs E-health cards were issued under PM Jan Aro gya Yojana, adding that the State had 81 empanelled hospitals.
Nitish wins trust vote, calls for united oppn in 2024
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DIMAPUR, AUG 24 (NPN): Combined Tech nical Association of Na galand (CTAN) has served an ultimatum on the In formation Technology & Communication (IT&C) department to immedi ately requisition one post of program officer (PO), four posts of assistant program officer (APO) and one post of technical assistant (TA) to the Nagaland Public Ser vice Commission (NPSC) on or before September 15, 2022.CTAN through its media cell cautioned that not complying with its demand would “attract fur ther course of action from the association and all its 11 federating units.”
Nagaland needs exposure for CSR: Sitharaman
Orgns flay death of Naga youth in Assam police custody
Sitharaman along with CM, Dy.CM and others after the inaugural of the Dialysis centre at District Hospital Dimapur. (Via Twitter) Sitharaman addressing the media at Rhododendron Hall, Police Officers’ Mess Chumoukedima. (NP) BL Santhosh
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PATNA, AUG 24 (AGEN CIES): Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar’s new Ma hagathbandhan won the trust vote during a special session of the House on Wednesday as opposition BJP members walked out. Deputy Speaker Ma heshwar Hazari, from Kumar’s JD(U), who pre sided over the session, announced that the trust vote was carried by a majority vote. In the 243-member House, 160 MLAs voted in favour of the grand alliance. Soon after the session began, Speaker Vijay Ku mar Sinha of BJP resigned following a motion of noconfidence moved by Ma hagathbandhan. The new Speaker will be elected on August 26. In his address during the confidence motion, Kumar targeted the BJP and its national leadership for “doing nothing, except publicity in the last eight years”.Without naming Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah, he used the term “Delhi Wala” while lambasting them. “No work, only publicity and propaganda are being done by Delhi,” he added. Kumar said that Ma hagathbandhan has “taken the pledge to work together for the development of Bihar.The 2024 elections will be “crucial to save democ racy in the country as even the press is not al-lowed to stay independent”, Kumar furtherRJDsaid.leader and deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav said in the Assembly that the “BJP is afraid of a united Opposi tion in the state as it fears the party may be wiped out after the 2024 general elections”.
DIMAPUR, AUG 24 (NPN): Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Af fairs, Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday inaugurated the Dialysis unit at District Hospital Dimapur. The 10-bedded Dialysis centre, has been constructed under Corporate Social Re sponsibility (CSR) initiative of Boeing India and Doctors For You as the implementing agency in collaboration with Health and Family Welfare department and IDAN. The dialysis unit has four functional dialysis ma chines with a capacity of up to 60 sessions per day. The FM inaugurates Dialysis Centre in Dimapur centre will be jointly man aged by the Hospital Man agement Society of DHD & Doctors For You, for an initial period of 10 years. Host of dignitaries led by chief minister Neiphiu Rio and cabinet colleagues and others attended the programme.
DIMAPUR, AUG 24 (NPN): Various organisa tions have condemned the alleged custodial death of E. Henveih Phom, a retired Nagaland police personnel, from Anaki village under Mokokchung district, while in the custody of Assam police.
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DIMAPUR, AUG 24 (NPN): Top party functionary and national BJP general secretary (organization), BL Santhosh arrived Nagaland Wednesday evening on a two-day visit. During his stay, Santhosh will be holding series of meet ings with state office-bearers, morcha presidents and party karyakartas. According to reports, the BJP leader is expected deliberate on preparation for the 2023 Assembly polls and 2024 Lok Sabha polls. On August 25, he will head to Kohima and meet BJP State office bearers, party workers including BJP legislators. Santhosh along with host of BJP leaders will also meet chief minister Neiphiu Rio and NDPP party leaders, legislators over dinner at CM’s official residence. On August 26, Santhosh will leave for Tuensang where he is scheduled to address the BJP district executive meet ing and hold another meeting at Pughoboto with party karyakartas.
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ENPO claimed that the victim allegedly died due to “extreme torture by the police in the jail as he was found ly ing death outside the hospital after a reputed Galekey based doctor had given fitness cer tificate to be jailed.” ENPO said that the Galekey police not only intruded beyond its jurisdic tion without permission or informing its counterpart, or the concerned village authority, but arrested the victim along with one lady without any lady police. The lady was later released after paying a sum of Rs.50,000 to the Galekey OC in-charge, ENPOENPOstated.said that such sadistic conduct and brutal murder of any prisoner by responsible police, who are supposed to protect the citi zen, was totally unacceptable and a matter of disgrace to the constitution of the coun try. Meanwhile, ENPO con veyed deepest condolences to the bereaved family and prayed for the departed soul to rest in eternal peace.
CTAN has questioned the department to immediately send the va cant posts of one PO, dour posts of APO and one post of TA to NPSC for direct recruitment on or before September 15, 2022.
ENPO: Eastern Naga land Peoples’ Organization (ENPO) has demanded a transparent investigation in a time-bound manner, and award exemplary punish ment to the Further,killers.ENPO said the state governments of Assam and Nagaland, and National Human Rights Commission of India should immediately intervene to set up special inquiry team as requested jointly by the three village councils—Anaki Old, Anaki Yimsen, and Anaki-C—in the interest of delivering early justice to the bereaved family members in particular and concerned people in general.
PSC: Vehemently con demning the “brutal killing” of Henveih Phom, the Phom Students’ Conference (PSC) stated that stated that Hen veih Phom (35) was arrested by Assam Police at Anaki jurisdiction (Nagaland) on his way to Gelekey, Assam on August 16, 2022. In a press release, vice president N Chaushak Phom and general secretary C Sham-e Phom alleged that he tortured and brutally beaten by Assam Police in a broad daylight and lodged in Sivasagar District Jail, Assam.At the time of his arrest, PSC said he was physically fit. However, PSC said that within six days of his arrest, he died under Assam police custody on August 21, 2022 “in a very suspicious man ner.”
DIMAPUR: Pongren Village Suro Pümji (PVSP) has vehemently condemned the alleged “physical torture” by 14 IR per sonnel on August 22 at Kiphire village junction, “for parking his truck on the roadside.”Inacondemnation note, PVSP presi dent C. Athsenba Sangtam and general secretary Mutsangtang said “the brutal beating to the point of unconsciousness”of one “Atsoba T. Sangtam of Pongren vil lage” was in violation of the constitutional rights and various provisions of the law. “It is very unfortunate to say that the very persons whom we thought are here for our protection are acting like thugs by taking law into their hand”, Pongren Vil lage Suro Pümji stated. It also appealed to the law enforcing agencies to leave no stone unturned and ensure that perpetrators of such a crime were brought to justice without any delay as per the law of the land. Pointing out that such cruelty cannot be justified in any manner, Pongren Vil lage Suro Pümji urged upon the respon sible authority to expedite the case and deliver justice to the victim and his family.
SENIOR CITIZEN’S HOME INAUGURATED IN LONGLENG DC Longleng Dharam Raj along with senior citizens and members of Good Samaritan Women Society. (DIPR) Speaking on behalf of the Social Welfare depart ment, CDPO Longleng, T. Longlang Kuckpan dis closed that out of 1450 beneficiaries under Na tional Social Assistance Programme (NSAP) in the district, around 200 genu ine beneficiaries were yet to get their pension for the year 2021–22 because the mode of pension payment was done through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT). Sharing some of the challenges faced by the de partment while providing solutions to problems faced by seniors, CDPO request ed the DC to advise banks and post offices to provide special provision for senior citizens to enable them to open their accounts and avail the pension payment.
DIMAPUR: St. Joseph University (SJU), Naga land, department of Chem istry organised an outreach programme on August 23 on the theme “reaching and teaching chemistry to kids”, for students of Gov ernment Primary School (GPS), Ikishe Village, Chü moukedima. In a press release, SJU media cell informed that the outreach team was led by Dr. Parimal C. Bhomick and assistant professor, department of chemistry, Dr. Thechano Merry, along with student volunteers. The programme comprised of five differ ent chemistry experiments which were demonstrated by the student ticipateddentswereandstyrofoam,winemoneyExperimentsvolunteers.suchasonfire,watertoandmilk,vanishingcarbonsnakeelephant’stoothpastedemonstrated.Altogether,20stufromgrades3-5parintheprogramme.
DIMAPUR: National TB Elimination Programme (NTEP) Mokokchung on Wednesday, launched NiKshay Mitra, a community support for better treatment and care for TB patients, at District TB Centre Mokok chung.In a press release, Dis trict Programme Manage ment Programme (DPMU) Mokokchung informed that deputy chief medical officer (CMO) & DTO in-charge Dr. Aonungdok informed that the activity was initiated by the then district TB officer, Dr. Tia meren.He acknowledged all the Ni-Kshay Mitras for coming forward and donat ing generously the nutri tion supplements for TB patients in Mokokchung district and requested the Ni-kshay Mitras to sustain the nutritional support in the days to come. SMO chest diseases & TB Hospital Mokokc hung, Dr. Toshila Jamir, who was also present at the programme, spoke on the importance of nutritional support and adherence to treatment.Theprogramme was followed by distribution of nutritional support by NiKshay Mitras.
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LJP (Ram Vilas) Nagaland convenes meet: Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) Nagaland has convened a meeting on August 30, at Hotel De Oriental Grand, Kohima. In this regard, all the members of LJP have been requested to attend the meeting. Nerhema village declared ‘wood crafts cluster’: Se nior assistant director (H) Handicraft Service Centre Kohima, office of the development commissioner Handicrafts, T. Rollee Vareishim has informed that Nerhema village was declared as “wood crafts clus ter” on August 18. In this regard, a “Samarth training programme” in wood crafts will be conducted at the earliest.
Senior Citizen’s Fo rum Longleng, president, P. Elung Phom spoke on behalf of the Senior Citi zen’s Forum while public leader Y.B Angam spoke on behalf of the Phom communityTheyextended grati tude to Good Samaritan Women Society and DC for bringing change in the district in various sectors. Dungkhao village council chairman Menyu Phom also assured to pro vide support towards the Home.In her welcome ad dress, Good Samaritan Women Society, Kevino urheno Seyie highlighted various schemes and fa cilities provided for seniors and some initiatives taken by Elderline Nagaland, to provide separate counter in the bank and separate wards in the hospital for senior citizens of the state. She also appealed to all the stakeholders to extend their cooperation towards the Earlier,Home.GoodSamari tan Women Society chair person, Neithonou Liegise chaired the programme, invocation was offered by LTBC associate pastor H. Mongngoi, vote of thanks and dedicatory prayer by connect leader Elderline Nagaland, Kevitsonuo and BBC pastor Rev. Mongme respectively.
secretary Aghali Achumi challenged the youth not to look for shortcuts but to be focused on the future and reform the society for upcomingAdvisorgeneration.toNPP Tu ensang district, B. Binyem jong also apprised the state team on the new district team of the parent body, youth and women along with all rank and file of the members from 51 Noksen A/C.During the discussion hour, several agendas were discussed during which, party representatives com mitted themselves towards the unity and progress of the party.The meeting was also attended by officials of the state and district frontal bodies including women wing and NPYF. The meeting was chaired by Tuensang dis trict NPYF joint secretary, Sao Tola, Tuensang district president Khumpise Lise Sangtam delivered wel come address while vote of thanks was proposed by NPP Tuensang district general secretary (Org), Yangthery.
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PHED informs Kohima public: PHED Kohima, executive engineer urban division, Er. Supongyanger has informed public within Kohima municipal ju risdiction that water supply to Kohima town will be briefly interrupted in the subsequent days ahead due to maintenance work at Box Cutting, near Kohima War Cemetery. EE has requested public to bear the in conveniences as water supply would resume normally after completion of maintenance work. DoSE informs UG Hindi teacher applicants: Direc torate of School Education has reminded applicants for post of under graduate Hindi teacher who are yet to submit front page of their bank passbooks for reim bursement of fees, may email image or scanned copy of front page of their bank passbook to dsehindi@ gmail.com on or before August 30. Post this date, no reimbursement claim will be entertained, DoSE informed. Peren DISHA meeting postponed: Deputy commis sioner Peren, Vineet Kumar has informed all con cerned that the 2nd quarterly District Development Coordination & Monitoring Committee meeting with MP (Lok Sabha) and DISHA chairperson Tokheho Yepthomi which was scheduled to be held on August 25 stands deferred till further notice.
Late NEIZOSA TASE 18/07/1971 – 05/08/2022 We the bereaved family members of Late NEIZOSA TASE, express our heartfelt gratitude and acknowledge to every individual and groups who stood by us and extended unconditional support at the sudden and unfortunate demise of our beloved father on 5th August 2022. Sincere thanks to : 1. Er Zale Neikha Advisor Youth Resources & Sports 2. Headmaster & Staff GHS Kezocha. 3. Medical Officer & Staff CHC Kezocha 4. Kezoma Baptist Church. 5. KBTK (Thepfuko) Kezoma Baptist Church 6. KBTK (Thenuko ) Kezoma Baptist Church 7. BKK. Kezoma Baptist Church. 8. GMS Kezoma. We are indebted by your generosity and it is our humble prayer that Almighty God bless you abundantly. Loving Wife, Children & Relatives
Seniors are sources of wisdom: DC Longleng
DIMAPUR: Deputy commissioner, Longleng Dharam Raj on Wednesday, said senior citizens were the source of wisdom and that people should also pay heed to theirAccordingadvices. to a DIPR report, while inaugurating the Senior Citizen’s Home at Longleng organised by Good Samaritan Women Society in collaboration with Elderline Nagaland, DC appealed to the youth to respect and honour the elders as “our actions today will reflect back to us when we are“Ourold.”history, culture and identity are inherited from our ancestors through senior citizens”, the DC stated.In his inaugural speech, Dharam Raj congratulated Good Samaritan Women Society for organising and sponsoring the home for the welfare of seniors in the district. He briefed about the policies of the government and facilities provided for the welfare of the seniors. In this regard, Dharam Raj requested them to avail the opportunities of the gov ernment and assured that the district administration was ready to extend their full cooperation towards the Home.
Japukong Senso Telongjem Mokokchung in commemoration of the 61st death anniversary of late Dr. Imkongliba organised a cleanliness and renovation drive at Dr. Imkongliba Memorial Park and provided food items to the indoor patients and hospital staff of IMDH on Wednesday. (NP)
SJU organises outreach programme SJU department of Chemistry along with students of GPS, Ikishe Village.
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DIMAPUR: During the 9th leg of the ongoing district tour undertaken by National People’s Party (NPP) Nagaland state par ent body to Tuensang dis trict, a consultative meeting of NPP Tuensang district with state parent body was held at Chang Khulei Set shang (CKS) Hall, Tuen sang on August 23. In a press release, NPP Nagaland state unit informed that NPP state president, Dr. Andrew Ahoto Sema deliberated on NPP’s vision for to morrow’s generation and assured of the party’s pro gressive goals and aspira tions for the people of Nagaland.Speaking on behalf of the state team, Lima Longchar, state advisor and Philip Lam encour aged the members to con tinue with enrolment drive and highlighted common problems and needs shared by people of Eastern Naga land including ReiteratingTuensang.theclarion call made by NPP presi dent Conrad K. Sangma that “youth are the future of the nation”, state NPYF
DIMAPUR: Nagaland Board of School Educa tion (NBSE) has informed all concerned that the In dian Oil Corporation Ltd. will be providing a onetime educational scholar ship (Medha Chatravriti Scholarships 2022) of Rs 10,000 each to the first 75 girl toppers of High School Leaving Certificate Exami nation 2022. In this regard, NBSE has informed that a pro gramme will be held on September 1 (Indian Oil Day), 10 am at Capital Convention Centre, New Secretariat Area, Kohima to hand over awards and certificate s to the top 75 girl students.Eligible students whose names are uploaded in the board’s portal at nbsenl.edu.in have been asked to bring original marksheet and bank pass book along with photo copy of both marksheet and bank Theypassbook.havealso been requested to come with one parent and to attend the programme in their present school/college uni form.
DIMAPUR: In pursu ance to the letter of Urban Development department, Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban) dated July 27, Di mapur Municipal Council (DMC) administrator Al bert Ezung has informed that an IEC awareness programme & training on “waste management with special focus on segrega tion of waste at source and plastic waste manage ment” will be organised by Living for Environment (LIFE) on August 27, 11 am, at Town Hall. In this regard, the ad ministrator has informed following stakeholders to attend the training with out fail—Naga Council Dimapur; DUCCF Di mapur; GBs Union Dima pur; DCCI; Naga Women Hoho; DNSU; Bongs Di mapur; Lions Club Di mapur; Innerwheel Club Dimapur; NGOs; street vendors; all churches com munity; Muslim Coun cil Dimapur; Hindu Seva Samithi Dimapur; Sanita tion Committee and Team Better Dimapur.
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PVSP flays alleged assault by IR personnel Ni-KshayMitralaunchedinMkg Ni-Kshay Mitras along with beneficiaries at the launching programme on Wednesday.
Nagaland’s Khonoma bagged the silver award for Outlook Traveller award 2022 under ‘Best offbeat destination in India’. The award was given away by union minister of Tourism, Culture and Development of North Eastern Region G. Kishan Reddy. Director Tourism Keduosie-ü Metha received the award.
Gov assures to set up two SDA offices in Wokha
One injured, six of new militant group nabbed in Assam G UWAHATI, AUG 24 (PTI): An alleged militant was injured in a gunfight with the police and six oth ers were nabbed in Karbi Anglong district of Assam, a senior officer said on Wednesday.According to Special Director General of Police (Law and Order) Gyanen dra Pratap Singh, the al leged militants belonged to a newly-formed group called National Socialist Council of Karbi Anglong. “Seven boys from Karbi Anglong got together, bought three pistol & started a new or ganisation... Six have been picked up,” he said in a tweet. The main person of the group, Pabitra Teron, has been injured in a shoot out with police, Singh said, without divulging details such as when and where the encounter took place. When contacted, a se nior police official of Karbi Anglong district told PTI that the operation is still go ing on. With this, at least 55 people have been killed and 142 injured in police action while the accused allegedly tried to flee from custody or attacked the personnel, since the BJP government, led by CM Himanta Biswa Sarma.
GUWAHATI, AUG 24 (IANS): Assam will buy 30 Gbps bandwidth from Bangladesh in November, officials said on Wednesday. A senior Assam gov ernment officer said that a meeting was held on Tues day in this regard between a delegation from India and Bangladesh Telecommu nication Minister Mustafa Jabbar at the latter’s office in Dhaka.Assam government sources are saying that in Tuesday’s meeting, the pol icy decision of bandwidth export from Bangladesh was finalised and all the processes are expected to be completed by November. An agreement will be signed in this regard.Meghalaya’s Joint Secretary, IT, Kumbamut Lang Nangari led the Indian delegation in the meeting and Bangladesh Subma rine Cable Ltd Managing Director Sahab Uddin was also present. Jabbar told the delegation during the meet ing that Bangladesh does not have any problem exporting bandwidth, as it has plenty available after meeting its own Theneeds.Bangladesh Min ister further said that band width is being exported to Saudi Arabia and India to meet the increased network demand.“Bangladesh has start ed the third submarine cable connection. After comple tion of its work, additional bandwidth of about 13,200 Gbps will be connected,” he added.
After 3 decades of construction, Crowborough Hotel to be operational in Meghalaya
BOKAJA N, AUG 24 (AGENCIES): The Nation al Assessment and Accredi tation Council (NAAC), Bengaluru have accredited the Eastern Karbi Anglong College (EKAC) at Bokajan in Karbi Anglong district with Grade B+ recently. The college secured a Cumula tive Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 2.58 on a 7 point scale in its first cycle of ac creditation.Established in the year 1997 with the unstinting contribution of the local public, the college was pro vincialised by the govern ment of Assam in 2013. According to the college officials, this college is the first ever college in the hill distrct of Karbi Anglong, West Karbi Anglong and Dima Hasao district to have received the NAAC accredi tation.“A three membered peer team of NAAC visited the college on 10th and 11th August to assess the various academic and infrastructur al facilities of the college,” EKAC Principal said.
DIMAPUR: Kohima Bible College (KBC) on Wednes day, held its alumni meet 2022 at the college chapel hall. In a press release, the college informed that KBC ministry update was pre sented by KBC principal and founder and senior pastor Koinonia Baptist Centre, Rev. Zotuo Kiewhuo. The principal in formed that KBC was the first Bible college in Naga land and first charismatic Bible college in North East India which would be cel ebrating its golden jubilee this year.Rev. Kiewhuo said alumnae of the college were spread across the state, country and overseas as church planters, pastors and God’sInservants.thisregard, he ex horted the alumni to work in unison and to encourage each Earlier,other. experience sharing was given by former students Nagaland Christian Revival Churches (NCRC) vice-president, Rev. Dr Vevozo Khamo, proprietor Private School in Peren, Rev Dr. Putsato Naleo, Nepali Baptist Church Kohima pas tor Surjay Sapkota, Koino nia Prayer Centre assistant pastor H Rokopra Mekro and Dr. Jochuhyulo Tsela and Rokosano, pastor CRC PR hill.The programme was led by KBC assistant profes sor H Athew while scripture was read out by KBC as sistant professor Neihenuo Natso and special song was presented by Vosazo and friends, M. Divinity students and Avisheli.
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Correspondent SHILLONG, AUG 24: The much awaited Crowborough hotel in this mountainous state capital of Meghalaya would finally be able to take in guests from September 7 after three decades of con struction.Chief Minister Conrad Sangma said the Taj Vivanta will run and manage the Crowborough hotel.
The bus, which was on its way to Siliguri from Gangtok lost control over it at a steep incline and the vehicle crashed into a wall next to the road. File photo of Crowborough Hotel under construction.
PHED Wokha divi sion, executive engineer, informed the governor, that under toilet facility for all in the rural areas, so far 80% of work has been completed while the remaining work was in progress.OnJJM which com menced in 2019, EE informed that 47 proj ects in different villages were completed covering about 8999 Functional household tap connection (FHTC) and the remaining underGovernorprogress.said in or der to increase and double the income of farmers, various schemes were in troduced and asked the responsible departments to ensure that soil cards were provided to all farmers, seeds, manure & pesticides to be provided on time and help the farmers in market ing their produce. He reminded the dep uty commissioner (DC) to monitor and pursue the projects vigorously every month.DRDA Wokha, proj ect director, while stressing on rural housing informed that 374 households were benefited under this proj ect and 271 were under progress while 103 under waitingGovernorlist. said if the educated youth willing to take up farming, the government was willing to help in terms of providing modern technologies, ma chineries and equipment. In this regard, he urged upon the educated youth to take up agri culture sector to become self-reliant.Withregard to delay in sanctioning of loan, especially SEP-I under DUDA by banks, he as sured to take up the matter on priority.Later, he also held a meeting with Lotha Hoho, Lotha Eloe Hoho and other aNEEPCOtourismproposedofmentotherang,managerdentDCfairsHorticulturetheheldwithDoyanglayakanandastaffProf.Instakeholders.hisvisittoDoyang,MukhicalledontheandstudentsofViveKendraVidya(VKV)NEEPCO,andinteractedthestudents.AcivicreceptionwasatDoyanghelipadinpresenceofadvisorfor&BorderAfMhathungYanthan,Wokha,superintenofpolice,generalNEEPCODoySDO(C)Sanisanddepartmentalheads.ExpressingastonishbythenaturalbeautyDoyang,Prof.MukhiDoyangforwideattraction.Afterinteractingwithofficials,heheldmeetingwithNGOs,
Union minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs, Nirmala Sitharaman accorded guard of honour by Nagaland Police on her arrival at Rhododendron hall, Chümoukedima on Wednesday. (DPRO Dimapur)
MYK C MYK C 3STATE/NORTHEASTNAGALAND POST, DIMAPUR THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 2022 Q.: Will the banks and corporate respond positively to CSR conclave at Kohima? A Yes. 31% B No. 57% C Can’t Say. 12% 100%90%80%70%60%50%40%30%20%10%0% nagalandpost.com Poll A B C NEXT POLL Q: Should ULB polls be held after general elections? Yes. No. Can’t Say. (Temperature in ºC) Max Min Agartala A t-storm around in the a.m. 33 25 Aizawl A strong t-storm in spots 29 20 Guwahati A t-storm around in the a.m. 35 27 Imphal A t-storm around in the p.m. 29 22 Itanagar Hot; a strong p.m. t-storm 33 26 Shillong A p.m. t-storm in spots 26 19 Kohima Rather cloudy with a t-storm 27 21 Dimapur Partly sunny; a stray t-storm 34 26 Mkg A strong t-storm in spots 29 22 Tuensang A stray thunderstorm 23 18 Wokha A strong t-storm in spots 29 23 Zunheboto A thunderstorm in spots 26 20 FORECASTWEATHERAUGUST25
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Rev. Dr. Vevozo Khamo speaking at the programme on Wednesday.
village council chairmen, GBs, Fishery Union and Land Owners Union Doy ang. Later, the governor held an interaction with heads of departments in the conference hall of the DC Wokha, to re view centrally sponsored schemes (CSSs) under WokhaDCdistrict.Wokha Ajit Ku mar Ranjan who chaired the meeting highlighted about the district, physical features and
However, with succes sive governments trying to sort out these issues the proj ect has been completed. The hotel has nine floors with economy, standard, deluxe rooms and some suites. It would also have a banquet hall, a coffee shop besides parkingApartspace.from the Crow borough Hotel, the Chief Minister said the state would also inaugurate the Court yard Marriott soon and that would give the state two luxury hotels for the guests. The state government is also providing assistance to set up home stays in which 300 applications were re ceived.“The government would fund 50-60 percent for setting up these home stays. The beneficiaries would pay the rest through easy installments of Rs. 5000 per month,” the Chief Minister said. Sangma said the state is looking to add another 15002000 rooms through these home stays. “This is the best home stay programme we are offering in the country,” the Chief Minister said. “Tourism has huge potential. A large number of jobs are created and this sec tor has potential to bring in huge revenue and so we have been focusing on it and try ing to package it in a much better manner,” Sangma said. As part of this effort, the tourism department has chalked out a calendar for the autumn season with a number of festivals lined up to attractSangmatourists.said there would be an international film festival, the Cherry Blossom festival, a boating regatta, Winter Tales and other festivals.
GUWAHATI, AUG 24 (AGENCIES): Following are Covid-19 situations in some of the North-eastern states on Tuesday, reports East AssamMojo. reported 116 new positive cases, taking the total positive cases to 7,43,677, according to the bulletin of the National Health Mission (NHM). One fresh fatality took the total number of deaths due to the disease to 6680. The number of active cases has declined to 2960 as against the previous day’sNHM3027. said 182 pa tients were discharged dur ing the day, taking the num ber of recovered people to 7,32,688.Arunachal Pradesh registered 21 fresh corona virus cases, 19 more than the previous day, pushing the tally in the state to 66,571, State Surveillance Officer Dr Lobsang Jampa said.The toll remained un changed at 296 as no new fatality due to the infection was recorded.Thestate currently has 121 active cases while 26 patients recovered from the disease during the day, taking the total number of cured people to 66,154. Nagaland logged sev en fresh Covid-19 infec tions, five more than the previous day, increasing the confirmed cases to 35,897, a health official said. The recovery of three more positive patients pushed the number of re covered people in the state to 33,591.Nagaland currently has 19 active patients. The Covid toll in the state re mained unchanged at 777. Mizoram registered 214 new Covid-19 cases, 159 more than the previous day, with the tally raising to 2,36,319, an official said. As no fresh fatalities due to the disease were reported, the toll stands at 717.The state now has 804 active cases, while 2,34,798 people have recovered from the infection.
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“This property has been under construction for over three decades and fi nally after several challenges it would be inaugurated on September 7,” he said. Work on the Crowbor ough Hotel, located at Police Bazar, had started in 1986 but was stopped following disputes which led to court cases between the Meghala ya government and contrac tors. There was opposition from several quarters as the property was opposite the Assembly and many argued it posed a potential security risk to the lawmakers. There were other legal challenges too, which together stalled the project.
GANGTOK, AUG 24 (PTI): At least 29 persons were injured, seven seri ously and one critically, in a bus mishap at 7th Mile in the outskirts of the city on Wednesday, police said. Of the injured 24 were students of SRM University campus at Tadong here. They were on their way to Ranipool in East Sikkim district, about six km from 7th Mile, the police said. The injured were res cued and rushed to the Manipal Central Referral Hospital from where the critically injured, a student, was referred to a hospital at Siliguri in West Bengal, the policeThesaid.accident occured when the driver of the bus, which was on its way to Sili guri from here, lost control over it at a steep incline and the vehicle crashed into a wall next to the road, police said. The roof of the bus was torn away from the body of the bus under the impact of the crash.Sikkim Transport Min ister Sanjit Kharel rushed to the hospital and spoke to the doctors. He asked the hos pital administration to take all steps to treat the injured and assured support from the state government for the treatment of the victims. Chief Minister P S Ta mang announced that the Sikkim government will bear all costs for the treat ment of the injured. The driver of the bus is believed to be abscond ing after the accident, the policeThesaid.accident site had witnessed an accident by a bus carrying students of St Xaviers College, Ranchi, a month ago. A total 22 students were then injured.
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Prof. Jagdish Mukhi along with dignitaries, officer of various departments and others. (DIPR)
Correspondent IMPHAL, AUG 24: Ma nipur police on Wednesday busted a counterfeit note printing racket during a crackdown against drug peddlers.Three persons, includ ing a woman, were arrested in the operation in which 26 bundles of Rs 500 counter feit notes were recovered along with 101 sheets, ma chines and materials used in printing the counterfeit notes.The police further re covered 60 grams of heroin, 3970 WY tablets and some contraband N-10 and SP tablets, the police said. A special anti-drug team of Imphal East dis trict police conducted the operation along with po lice commandos attached with the district police and volunteers of a CSO called YADA.The arrested woman was identified as Tashlima (25) wife of Sabir Ali of Urup Kangthak village, while the other two persons were identified as Boicha of Kiyamgei, and Md Umar of Kiyamgei Litan Thong. Based on specific in formation, the joint team raided the house of Taslima after cordoning the house from early Duringmorning.theraid, they first recovered 60 gram of heroin powder packed in six soap cases. On further raids of the vicinity of the house, they recovered 26 bundles of Rs 500 counterfeit notes (Rs 15 lakh) and WT tab lets hidden underneath a chickenBasedcoop.on the disclosure made by Tashlima, the joint team rushed to the house of Boicha at Kiyamgei Oinam Leikai and raided his house where they recovered con traband N-10 tablets, SP tablets, Heroin powder and WY Boicha’stablets. revelation during spot interrogation led the joint team to raid a shop run by Md Umar at Kiyamgei Lilong Thong where they recovered ma chines and other materials used in printing the fake currency notes, the police source said.
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DIMAPUR: Governor of Nagaland, Prof. Jagdish Mukhi on Wednesday, as sured to set up two Sub- Di visional Agriculture (SDA) offices at Sanis and Ralan. According to a DIPR report, the governor while addressing a meeting with heads of offices during his visit to Wokha district, also enquired on the number of villages and households without electricity and reminded the responsible department to ensure that no village or household was left without electricity.
29 in bus mishap in Sikkim
“Besides consolidating the strength of the CPI (M) and other Left parties, there is a need to bring all secular forces together to counter the challenges the county is facingThenow.united fight of security forces can save the country from becoming a fascistic Hindutva state,” he said.Launching a scathing attack on the BJP, Yechury alleged that the central gov ernment has been trying to destroy the spirit of the secular democratic republic, the foundation of the Indian constitution.Claiming that the BJP has brought in “bulldozer politics”, the CPI(M) gen eral secretary claimed that those who are following the Constitution are being sent to jail while garland is offered to those violating it. The party in power at the Centre continues to form government no mat ter if it loses or wins polls, he said.“Elections are not being conducted free and fairly. The BJP has been able to form government in some states like Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh even after defeats,” he said. On the release of the 11 life convicts in the Bil kis Bano case, he said they were set free following the recommendation of the BJP government in Gujarat. “It is good the Su preme Court has agreed to hear the case,”, he said. The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to consider listing a plea challenging the grant of remission by the Gujarat government to 11 life convicts in the Bilkis Bano gangrape case. Bano, who was preg nant at that time, was gangraped while 14 people in cluding her three-year-old daughter, were killed during the Gujarat riot in 2002. Former chief minis ter and CPI(M) Politburo member Manik Sarkar and the party’s state secretary Jitendra Chowdhury also spoke on the occasion.
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AGARTALA, AUG 24 (PTI): CPI(M) general sec retary Sitram Yechury on Wednesday stressed the need for forming a bigger platform of secular forces to counter the challenges posed by the saffron camp. Attempts are being made to push for ‘fascistic Hindutva’ in the country by scuttling the Constitutional spirit, Yechury said at a party programme here.
Three districts of Mizoram -- Aizawl, Kola sib and Mamit -- share a 164.6-km-long boundary with Assam’s Hailakandi, Karimganj and Cachar dis tricts. The long-standing bor der dispute between the two states stems from two colonial demarcations of 1875 and 1933. A violent clash took place on July 26 last year when the police forces of the two states exchanged fire near Vairengte leading to the death of six policemen and a civilian from Assam. Around 60 people were also injured in the incident. On August 9, the two states held a ministeriallevel meeting in Aizawl and agreed to maintain peace along the Accordingborder.to a joint statement signed at the talks, both parties agreed to hold meeting of deputy com missioners of bordering districts at least once every two months.Bothsides had also agreed that economic ac tivities, including farming, which have been practiced by the people on either side of the border should not be disturbed and decided to hold the next round of talks in October. Earlier, Chief Minister Zoramthanga had conversed with his Assam counterpart Himanta Biswa Sarma over the phone and agreed to hold chief minis ter-level talks in Delhi either in August-end or early Sep tember to resolve the vexed border dispute.
Dated: Kohima, the 24th August, 2022 No.AR-8/NSSb-10/2022: With reference to the advertisement of even number dated 20.06.2022 for 6(six) posts of Multi Tasking Staff (MTS) under NSSb, all the shortlisted candidates will be contacted over phone/zoom meet for an interactive session as per the network availability from 9:00 AM onwards on the following dates 26th, 27th and 29th August, 2022. The names of the final shortlisted candidates shall be displayed in the Notice board of the P & AR Department.
ITANAGAR, AUG 24 (PTI): The lone JD(U) MLA in Arunachal Pradesh, Techi Kaso, joined the ruling BJP on Wednesday. Deputy Speaker in Assembly, Tesam Pongte, accepted the Ita nagar legislator’s merger with the saffron party. With the switchover, the BJP’s strength in the 60-member House is now 49. The JD (U), led by Bi har CM Nitish Kumar, had bagged 7 of 15 seats it had contested in the 2019 assem bly elections, and emerged as the second-largest party in the state after the BJP, which had won 41 seats. However, on December 25, 2020, 6 of its MLAs joined BJP. Opposition Cong and BJP’s ally NPP have 4 MLAs each, while there are 3 Inde pendent legislators who also support the ruling party.
BOKO, AUG 24 (AGEN CIES): Gorkha bodies will meet Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma to share their concerns regard ing the division of territory in the second phase of AssamMeghalaya border negotia tions, reports East Mojo. On Tuesday, the Ka mrup unit of the Assam Gorkha Sanmillan (AGS) Kamrup district body led by Arjun Chetry met with their Assam state president Krishna Bhujel in Guwahati to discuss the matter of the Lumpi area, which is a part of the second phase of the borderLumpi,settlement.about 100 km from Guwahati city, comes under the Boko constituency in the Kamrup district. Arjun Chetry alleged that around nine kilometres of Lumpi have been allegedly encroached by Meghalaya. “In the Lumpi area, many clashes happened earlier.
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AGARTALA, AUG 24 (PTI): The Trinamool Con gress removed its Tripura state president Subal Bhow mik on Wednesday amid speculations that he may return to the Bhowmik,BJP.a former MLA from Sonamura, had crossed over to the TMC from BJP in July last year. “This press release is to announce that Subal Bhowmik is being relieved from his duties of state president of Tripura Pradesh Trinamool Congress with immediate effect,” the TMC said. “All the members of the state committee, state youth committee, state ma hila committee, state ST cell shall continue in their position,” it Bhowmiksaid.has been staying away from party programmes for the last few days. The TMC announced that former West Bengal minister Rajib Banerjee, the party’s in-charge for Tri pura, and Rajya Sabha MP Susmita Dev will look after the functioning of the party till a new state president is appointed. Bhowmik, who was appointed TMC’s state president in April, is likely to join the BJP during its president JP Nadda’s visit to Tripura on August 28. He was the BJP’s state vice-president and played a crucial role in toppling the Left regime of 25 years in the 2018 assembly elections. However, he quit the BJP in July last year amid differences with then Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb. Since its massive elec toral victory in West Bengal last year, the Mamata Baner jee-led TMC has been trying to expand in multiple states. However, in Tripura, it has not been able to make much of headway despite a cam paing blitz in the assembly bypolls and civic elections.
Correspondent IMPHAL, AUG 24: ‘ Award capital punish ment to the rapist of our own daughter’ shouted women protesters who stormed a court complex in Manipur’s Thoubal district on Wednesday.Alargenumber of womenfolk led by leaders of various women based bodies today stormed the court complex where a man who allegedly raped his biological daughter re peatedly was scheduled to be produced by the police.
Sd/- (CHUBASANGLA ANAR) IAS Commissioner & Secretary to the Government of Nagaland DC AIZAWL, AUG 24 (PTI): Mizoram and Assam on Wednesday agreed to main tain cordial relations be tween the police forces of the two states posted along the inter-state boundary, an official statement said. Deputy commission ers of five border districts -- Kolasib and Mamit in Mizoram, and Cachar, Karimganj and Hailakandi in Assam -- held a meeting in Mizoram’s Vairengte town to discuss the border issue, it Thesaid.meeting was a fol low-up of a decision taken at the ministerial-level talks held in Aizawl on August 9. They also agreed to take measures to ensure that farmers on either side of the border continue with their agricultural activities undisturbed, it said. During the meeting, which was held under a cordial atmosphere, a wide range of issues were dis cussed, including forging collective efforts to protect
“The four main pil lars of Indian democracy - secularism, economic sov ereignty, social justice and federalism - are at stake. The government is not ac countable as Parliament has stopped functioning properly,” he said. The Constitution could not be saved if the BJP is not uprooted from power, the CPI(M) leader claimed.
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AIZAWL, AUG 24 (PTI): Six days after the first con signment of home grown pineapples was exported to Dubai, Mizoram on Wednesday sent another batch of organic pineapples to Dubai and Bahrain, an officialThesaid.pineapples were grown by farmers at Sial hawk village in Khawzawl district in the northeastern part of the state. Three hundred kilo grams of fresh pineapples were flown to Dubai and Bahrain, state horticulture department director Eliza beth Saipari said. The first consignment of 230 kilograms of pine apples was displayed and sold at Dubai’s Lulu hyper market on August 21. According to the of ficial, fresh pineapples har vested at Sialhawk and sur rounding villages, are also being exported to Assam and other neighbouring states.Plans are being worked out to export more consign ments to Dubai, Qatar and Bahrain, she said. Around 320 families of Sialhawk, who cultivated pineapples, have harvested about 5,000 quintals of pineapples this year. The farmers of Mizoram began pineapple cultivation in 2002 and they harvested 6,400 quintals of pineapples worth Rs 97 lakh last year. Sialhawk village council vice presi dent J.Rampanmawia said that the grower society has sought Central Transport Subsidy from Agricultural and Processed Food Prod ucts Export Development Authority (APEDA). He hoped that pineap ples and other home grown vegetables and fruits would be easily exported to foreign countries once the transport subsidy is obtained. Pineapples from Mizoram in a supermarket in Dubai.
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Bigger platform of secular forces needed to counter challenges posed by BJP: Yechury Sitram Yechury TMC removes its Tripura president Subal Bhowmik Subal Bhowmik forest areas along the border, prevent hunting and illegal transportation of wild ani mals and felicitate selling of Mizoram-grown areca nuts in neighbouring states. The issue of ongoing construction of bridges by Mizoram near Thinghlun and Zophai villages along the border was also dis cussed and it was agreed that higher authorities will be ap proached to resolved major problems on the matter.
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Kamrup unit of the Assam Gorkha Sanmillan (AGS) Kamrup district body.
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Press statement On 23 rd August 2022, Tang Union Dimapur & Chumoukedima held a meeting for the forthcoming Nagaland Legislative Assembly Election. About 74 households attended the meeting and the house unanimously resolved to fully support Shri. Wanglem Konyak, intending Candidate of NPF Party representing 43 A/C Tapi under Mon District. The Union also invites people of Tapi Area to come and support the young and dynamic intending candidate for common welfare of general public of Tapi in particular and Nagaland in general.
Regd No.526/22 Date 18.05.2022 BEFORE NOTARY PUBLIC/OATH COMMISSIONER NAGALAND MOKOKCHUNG:NAGALAND AFFIDAVIT I, Smti, AKUMINLA LONGCHAR D/o P.SASHI LONGCHAR. D.O.B – 22.04.1982. presently residing at Yimyu Ward, DistrictMOKOKCHUNG. State Nagaland, Pin code 798601 do hereby solemnly affirm and state as under: 1 That, I am the deponent of this Affidavit and a bonafide citizen of India. 2 That, officially I am named as AKUMINLA LONGCHAR and is entered in my Aadhaar Card, Bank Passbook, PAN CARD and Educational Documents. However, my name has been inadvertently entered/ recorded as AKUMINLA AO in G.P.F Account and Akumienla in Service Appointment order. 3 That my name AKUMINLA AO, AKUMIENLA and AKUMINLA LONGCHAR belongs to one and reflects the same person that is me. 4 That, I hereby declare that whenever and wherever the name appear as AKUMINLA AO, AKUMIENLA and AKUMINLA LONGCHAR in any documents/deeds/records it shall be read, known and corrected as me. 5 That, the statements given above are all true and correct to the best of my knowledge and nothing is concealed therein.DEPONENT Solemnly affirmed it by the Deponent before me today the 18th day of May 2022 at Mokokchung, Nagaland. MiGiSTrATE/NOTArY PuBliCDb-922/22 No. NU/ACAD/226/2020-2185 Nagaland University Hqrs. Lumami reserves the right to accept reject any tender without assigning any reasons whatsoever. (Dr. ABEMO) RegistrarDC-961/22
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In 2010, during a clash be tween Assam residents and Meghalaya residents, four people were killed and many were injured. After that also Meghalaya people did not stop the encroachment in Lumpi,” said Chetry. “We are from Lumpi as well as Kamrup district. Gorkhas never want to leave the Lumpi area, so we will request the Assam CM not to give the Lumpi area to Meghalaya”, added Chetry.
The accused was ar rested by the police on the charge of raping his own daughter who re cently committed suicide, unbearable to bear the mental trauma following the ordeal.Thepolice, however, did not produce him in court. He was scheduled to produce be produced as his judicial remand period was ending.Talking to report ers, co-convener Akoijam Jeteshori Devi of a joint action committee (JAC) formed in connection with the incident said that a harsh punishment must be awarded to the man who raped his own daughter. “This man is a para site. His act is highly dis graceful. He is not worth living among humans,” she said.Aharsh punishment must be awarded to this man so that such simi lar incidents do not recur again in the Mentionsociety.maybe made that the 15-year-old girl who was allegedly raped by her own father attempted to commit suicide by con suming herbicide on July 31 last reportedly as he was unbearable to mental trauma she experienced. She was allegedly raped on various occa sions since 2016, after her parents dicialOffencesofandhimregisteringarrestedtemptedcameWhenseparated.themattertolightaftersheatsuicide,thepoliceherfatherafteracaseagainstundersection305IPCsection6ofProtectionChildrenfromSexualAct,2012.Heiscurrentlyinjucustody.
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Mizoram exports second consignment of pineapples to Dubai,
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DCs of five border districts - two from Mizoram and three from Assam - on Wednesday held a meeting at a CRPF camp on the MIzoram-Assam border.
NEW DELHI, AUG 24 (PTI): Any form of terror ism, including cross-border terrorism, is a crime against humanity and the menace must be dealt with unitedly, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Wednesday at a conclave of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in Tashkent. In his address, Singh also reaffirmed India’s re solve to fight all forms of ter rorism and make the region peaceful, secure and stable.
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Universities in Kerala turning into party offices: Cong PURAM,THIRUVANANTHAAUG24(IANS): Congress slammed Kerala’s Pinarayi Vijayan govern ment for turning universities in the state into “party of fices”. LoP V.D. Satheesan, raising this issue in the As sembly, said while universi ties should be centres of excellence, they have sadly now become a haven for back-door appointments of the kith and kin of (Left) “party leaders”. “The scene is that every day we hear of back door appointments of the kith and kin of party leaders, resulting in merit getting nothing at all. The stage is such that these days, only those who are close to the party will get a job and Universities here are turning into party offices,” he said.
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NEW DELHI, AUG 24 (PTI): The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) claimed on Wednesday that the BJP has approached four of its legislators in Delhi, asking them to switch sides and join the saffron party or else, face “false cases, the CBI and theAddressingED”. a press conference here, AAP’s national spokesperson and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh said the MLAs -Ajay Dutt, Sanjeev Jha, Somnath Bharati and Kul deep Kumar -- have been approached by leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) with whom they have “friendly MLAs25theyferedlegislators)strategy”.tion“takeat(PAC)Politicala“aArvindAAP’sDelhiTakingrelations”.toTwitter,ChiefMinisterandnationalconvenorKejriwalsaiditisveryseriousmatter”andmeetingoftheparty’sAffairsCommitteehasbeenconvenedhisresidenceat4pmtostockofthesituaandchalkoutfurther“They(thefourAAPhavebeenofRs20croreeachifjointheBJPandRscroreiftheybringotheralongwiththem,” Singh“Theysaid. (BJP leaders) told our MLAs that if they do not accept the offer and join the BJP, they will also have to face false cases, the CBI and the ED like (Delhi Deputy Chief Minister) Manish Sisodia is facing,” he added.Singh accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of making efforts to bring AAP legislators into the BJP-fold “by hook or crook” and topple the Kejriwal govern ment.“Modiji is trying to make AAP MLAs break away from the party and topple the Delhi govern ment by misusing probe agencies, sending his people to offer money to them and threaten them of con sequences if they do not switch sides,” he said.
humanity, seen as an oblique reference to Pakistan. China and Pakistan are among the member states of the SCO. The defence minister also voiced India’s full support for a peaceful, secure and stable Afghani stan, while highlighting the need for respecting its sovereignty, independence, territorial integrity, national unity and non-interference in internal affairs. He urged all parties to encourage authorities in Af ghanistan to achieve nation al reconciliation through dialogue and negotiation and establish a broad-based, inclusive and representative political structure in the country. The defence min ister also underlined the im portance of United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolutions in this regard.Rajnath Singh (PTI)
Prophet row: Addl forces deployed in Hyderabad HYDERABAD, AUG 24 (PTI): Additional police forces have been deployed in parts of the city following overnight protests against suspended BJP legislator Raja Singh’s alleged re marks against Prophet Mo hammed, that stretched into Wednesday morning. Singh was arrested by the city police on Tuesday for making remarks against Islam and Prophet Mo hammed in a video, which was later pulled down by the social media platform on which it was uploaded. Later, he was granted bail by a local court. Following his release protests erupted with people taking to streets on late Tuesday night in various parts of the city including Charminar area, prompting the police to beef up secu rity. “Additional forces have been deployed wherever it is necessary. Some protests were held last night. But the situation is peaceful now,” ACP, Charminar told PTI.
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Singh claimed that the BJP leaders with whom Dutt, Jha, Bharati and Ku mar have “friendly rela tions” came to meet them with the saffron party’s “offer”.“The experiment that was successful in (the case of Shiv Sena MLA Eknath Shinde in Maharashtra) and failed in the case of Manish Sisodia is now being tried on our MLAs,” he said. “Shame on you Modi ji,” Singh said and asked the prime minister to “stop” making such efforts and focus on addressing issues like price rise and unem ployment that the country is facing.AAP MLAs can nei ther be intimidated nor lured by money for switch ing sides as they have come out of a “movement”, the Rajya Sabha member as serted while referring to the Anna Hazare-led India Against Corruption move ment of 2011 during the days of the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government at the Centre.The four AAP MLAs who have allegedly been approached by the BJP were also present at the press conference.Taking to Twitter, Sisodia warned the BJPled Centre against making efforts to “poach” AAP MLAs by misusing the Cen tral Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and offering money, and said they will “give up” their lives but will not betray their party as they are the “soldiers” of Kejriwal and followers of freedom fighter Bhagat“AfterSingh.they failed to break me, they have started conspiring to make other AAP MLAs break away (from the party) by offering Rs 20 crore to each of them, threatening them of raids,” the deputy chief minister said in a tweet in Hindi. “...they (AAP MLAs) are the soldiers of Arvind Kejriwal and followers of Bhagat Singh,” he said, adding, “They will sacrifice their lives but will not betray (the party). Your ED-CBI is of no use in front of them.” Kejriwal tweeted: “This is a very serious mat ter. To take stock of the situation and to chalk out further strategy, a meeting of our party’s Political Af fairs Committee has been called at my residence today at 4 pm.” Singh (PTI)
PM inaugurates cancer hospital in Punjab’s Mohali PM Narendra Modi during his visit to ‘Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital & Research Centre’, in Mohali, Punjab. (PTI)
MOHALI, AUG 24 (PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said holistic health care has been a priority in the country for the past eight years and more work has been done in this field than the last seven decades.Modi said this after inaugurating 300-bed Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital and Research Centre at Mohali’s Mullanpur. The facility has been built at a cost of over Rs 660 crore by Tata Memorial Centre, an aided institute under the Union Department of AtomicAddressingEnergy. the gather ing, Modi stressed that pre vention is better than cure and good health care does not mean building four walls only. In the past eight years, holistic health care has been a priority, the prime minister said. More work has been done in health care in seven or eight years than over 70 years, he Reachingclaimed.out to cancer patients and their families, Modi said “We don’t need to be scared of cancer but we have to fight it. I know many people who have defeated cancer.”The prime minister said over 1.50 lakh health and wellness centres are being set up in the country, of which 1.25 lakh have already started functioning. In Chandigarh, people from remote areas of Him achal Pradesh come to the PGIMER for treatment, he said. In Himachal Pradesh’s Bilaspur, an AIIMS has been built and over here a big facility for cancer treat ment is available now, he said. Modi said for a long time, there has been an as piration in the country for a health care system, which cares for the poor, saves them from illness and pro vide affordable treatment. Referring to the pledge to make India a developed nation in 25 years, Modi said for this the health care system also needs to be de veloped.When people get mod ern hospitals and facili ties, they will become more healthy, he said. The country has got a modern hospital today and in this Tata Memo rial Centre has played a key role, he said, adding that the Centre is helping save lives of people.Homi Bhabha Can cer Hospital and Research Centre is a 300-bed facil ity equipped with facilities such as MRI, mammogra phy, digital radiography and brachytherapy to treat all types of cancer using avail able treatment modalities like surgery, abad.Hospitalthe-artPMersishfromtendraPurohit,ofMullanpurinauguratedalsoterkhandPradesh,andjabpatientsasmarrowimmunotherapychemotherapy,andbonetransplant.ThehospitalwillactatertiarycarecentretonotonlyfromPunbutalsofromJammuKashmir,HimachalHaryana,UttaraandRajasthan.PunjabChiefMinisBhagwantMannwaspresentwhenModithehospitalinontheoutskirtsChandigarh.PunjabGovernorBLUnionMinisterJiSingh,CongressMPAnandpurSahibManTewariwereamongothpresentontheoccasion.Earlierintheday,theinauguratedastate-of-2,600-bedAmritainHaryana’sFarid
Patra said the Delhi government handed over wholesale liquor business to private players despite the expert panel recommending againstHeit.also said the city government allowed car telisation in liquor business by giving multiple retail licenses to big “Blacklistedcompanies.compa nies also got licenses,” he said. The BJP leader said the AAP is now trying to deflect BJP’s questions on malpractices in the imple mentation of liquor policy. “Manish (Sisodia) ji, you may be the world’s best education minister, but you should immediately convene a press conference and answer what were you doing in your capacity as the excise minister? “Is it not true that you ignored the recommenda tions of the panel on retail and wholesale liquor busi ness. On whose direction you did so?” he asked.
NEW DELHI, AUG 24 (PTI): The BJP on Wednes day alleged that the Delhi government ignored recom mendations of an expert panel set up to reform liquor trade in the capital and gave licences to companies that paid “hefty commissions” to the Aam Aadmi Party. The saffron party al leged that the AAP govern ment did not follow the suggestions of its own panel to “gain unfair advantage” in the Punjab Addressingpolls.a press conference here, Bharatiya Janata Party spokesperson Sambit Patra said Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is the “kingpin” of the liquor policy “scam” but he did not sign a single file in an at tempt to avoid investigation. Asked about the AAP’s claim that the BJP tried to bribe four of its legislators in Delhi, Patra said: “They may have got such offers from liquor mafia. Why do not they tell the names of persons who approached them?”The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) claimed on Wednes day that the BJP has ap proached four of its legisla tors in Delhi, asking them to switch sides and join the saffron party or else, face “false cases, the CBI and the ED”.Delhi BJP president Adesh Gupta, who also addressed the news confer ence, said the AAP has failed to give direct and spe cific answers to questions posed by his party.
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Parl panel calls IRCTC, Twitter officials over citizens’ data security, privacy
NEW DELHI, AUG 24 (PTI): A parliamentary panel has called top officials of the Railways’ catering arm IRCTC and is likely to question them about a tender floated by it to hire a consultant to monetise its passenger and freight cus tomer data, sources said on Wednesday.Theofficials of the IRCTC will depose before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology chaired by Con gress leader Shashi Tharoor on the issue of citizens’ data security and privacy on Fri day, as per the notice of the meeting issued by the Lok SabhaOnSecretariat.thesame day, rep resentatives of Twitter India will also appear before the panel on the same issue, the noticeThereads.IRCTC, which has more than 10 crore us ers, of which 7.5 crore are active users, has floated a tender to hire a consultant to monetise its passenger and freight customer data with the aim to generate revenue up to Rs 1,000 crore. Sources in the panel said the issue will be taken up for discussion in the meeting with the IRCTC officials. The Railways has not officially commented on the tender. However, highly placed sources said it will be withdrawn considering the fact that the government has withdrawn the Data Protec tion Bill from Parliament. The Centre had on Au gust 3 withdrew the longawaited Personal Data Pro tection (PDP) Bill, 2019 to replace it with a new bill with a securitythetriessocialincludingwithhaspassword”paymente-mailnumber,suchpublicbycludetheIRCTCporaryframework’‘comprehensiveand‘contemdigitalprivacylaws’.Accordingtothetenderdocument,datatobestudiedwillininformationcapturedthetransporter’svariousfacingapplicationsas“name,age,mobilegender,address,ID,classofjourney,mode,loginorandotherdetails.TheTharoor-ledpanelbeenholdingmeetingvariousstakeholderstechcompanies,mediafirms,minisandotherregulatorsonissueofcitizens’dataandprivacy.
“Terrorism is one of the most serious challenges to global peace and security. India reiterates its resolve to fight all forms of terrorism and make the region peace ful, secure and stable,” he said. “We seek to develop joint institutional capabili ties with the SCO mem ber states, which, while respecting the sensitivities of each country, create the spirit of cooperation among individuals, societies and nations,” he added. Singh asserted that terrorism in any form, including crossborder terrorism, committed by anyone and for whatever purpose, is a crime against Rajnath Singh calls upon SCO to fight terrorism unitedly
A teacher once told me, “One Doesn’t Need To Be Taught About Sustainable Develop ment. It Is A Fundamental Moral.” Well, how to shape that moral in ourselves and the generations to come when all we have is a mis placed sensibility towards the environment that is so essential for our very sur vival? And how do we undo what has been normalized through thewithenvironmentunderstandinghaveseminarsThousandsgenerations?ofdebates,andconferencesbeenheldtodevelopanabouthowhastosyncdevelopmentandyetresultofsensitization is minimal. We have failed, not as policy-makers, but as educators. An integrating approach towards environ mental education has been missing in the Indian edu cation system. Yes, some may argue that we have Environmental Studies as a subject in schools, but to witness a drastic change in the attitude of children towards their ‘protector’ it is essential that our teach ing techniques be changed. Having only a fair knowl edge about the environment may not amount to enough; students must read, discuss, and witness basic environ mental issues that we are facing today. At this point, most of us would agree that the role of youth in attaining sustainable development is an issue which is at the core of development. SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) are the most ambi tious goals and to attain the vision, we might have to be flexible with the choices we make and the decisions we take. Today’s youth are diverse and are not only well informed but they’re well connected. So the bigger question is what is stop ping them from realizing the dream? How to make children understand that small actions become huge? Do they see themselves playing an important role in our country’s ‘today’ and ‘tomorrow’?Theindulgence in thoughts like, “well, I don’t care” is dangerous at this point. The solution is to understand, believe and act together. The importance of good quality education in marching towards sustain able development was em phasized at the UN World Summit in Johannesburg in 2002. It majorly talked about the instilling of knowledge, values, understanding and skills to achieve sustainable development.Schools can start by making children identify environmental issues and how solving them is not only a ‘top-down approach’ but requires attention at the grassroots level. Students need to engage in activities like support campaigns, backing citizen activities, innovative counter-models, etc. from primary level. En gaging projects like, taking pictures of anything close to the set goals, enacting plays projecting similar issues, preparation of innovative banners, etc. might interest students and hold their at tention span. Also, students must be encouraged to have their own ideas about solv ing environmental issues. To achieve this, the system must adapt a liberal ap proach to help students project themselves without anyone’s help and without muchForrestrictions.theyouthto change the progress of history, it is necessary they take part in things that matter. Critical thinking, problem solving and employing a variety of educational methods to il lustrate the process must be encouraged. This could be an effective way in encour aging a positive behavior towards environment and will ensure that students are not just confined to the ‘idea’ of an environment through books. Shreya Ghosh
T he description of road accidents caused by potholes as man-made disasters by a Kerala High Court Bench could not be more apt. According to gov ernment data, potholes, on an average, claimed 2,300 lives annually across the country during the five years from 2016 to 2020. The court’s directive to the district collec tors in Kerala to be proactive, while making them account able for any such accident in future, is an approach that needs to be replicated. Vital to the road safety project is the successful launch of the planned online system and mobile application by the Na tional Highways Authority of India that will enable road users to report any pothole or damaged portion. The buck should ideally stop with the contractors and officials, whose slapdash ef forts are exposed, especially during monsoons, as the use of inferior quality mate rial along with unscientific road-laying techniques leads to the creation of dangerous craters. Potholes also reveal a criminal neglect of duty, with government agencies playing the waiting game over whose job it is to repair them; neither is there an at tempt to put warning signs in the absence of a quick-fix solution. Even tragedy fails to move the authorities, or the resolve shown by individuals who have suffered immeasur able grief, such as vegetable vendor Dadarao Bilhore. The Mumbai resident chose not to cry the day his son died in an accident; instead, he chose to fill up as many potholes as he could on his own so that others are spared the pain he had toPotholesendure. are usually caused by the presence of heavy traffic and water on roads. Ensuring the use of standardised methodology and good quality material becomes necessary, along with regular maintenance and an effective accountability system. Potholes on highway stretches can be more fatal, considering the faster move ment of vehicles. Quality, and not quantity, ought to be central to the massive roadway expansion that is under way. (As published in The Tribune)
A brief respite in retail inflation registered for July may not be of much assurance about price stability as another round of GST readjustment on the anvil may well push up prices of items of mass consumption.Retailinflation was steady in June, although well above the Reserve Bank of India’s tolerance limit for over sixth months. Inflation as measured by the consumer price index (CPI) was reported steady at an annual 7.03 percent in June, down by 0.1 percent from the previous month. The improvement, though marginal, was attributed to lower fuel and cooking gas prices, which offset higher services and food costs. The Reserve Bank has also been raising interest rates as part of its inflation management strategy. But its Governor Shaktikanta Das has warned that inflation is unlikely to be brought within the mandated target, until at least the end of the year. It is against this setting that there is a move for further readjust ment of the GST rates, which would warrant prices of items of daily use to go up further. It has now been revealed that the GST council may withdraw some more exemptions and raise the tax rates further to correct the remaining instances of inverted duty. An inverted rate structure is a case where GST rates on inputs materials are higher than outward supplies. By way of example, auto mobiles, electronic items, urea and other fertiliser inputs segments have duty Theinversion.decision by the GST Coun cil at its previous meeting had accepted a ministerial committee report on the correction of inverted duty and exemptions. As a result, pre-packaged and pre-labelled retail packs, including curd, lassi and but ter milk, have since been brought underTheGST.panel is currently further studying tax issues relating to casi nos, online gaming and horse racing, the conclusions of which are keenly watched due to the high interest into theseTheactivities.earlier proposal was to levy a 28 per cent tax on these activities, but the issue is being reviewed lock, stock and barrel. The decision to enforce a 5 percent GST levy on pe-packaged and labelled food items has been controversial right from the moment the new measure was announced. It also caused a lot of confusion over the tax liability on loose items sold by retail shops, particularly food items. With the difference between branded and unbranded products having been eliminated for GST purposes, it cre ated utter confusion among custom ers as well as merchants. Later on, it was clarified that loose packed items sold by shop owners will not attract the new rate.
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—Matthew 7:9 The illustration of prayer that our Lord used here is one of a good child who is asking for something good. We talk about prayer as if God hears us regardless of what our relationship is to Him (see Matthew 5:45). Never say that it is not God’s will to give you what you ask. Don’t faint and give up, but find out the reason you have not received; increase the intensity of your search and examine the evidence. Is your relationship right with your spouse, your children, and your fellow students? Are you a “good child” in those relationships? Do you have to say to the Lord, “I have been irritable and cross, but I still want spiritual blessings”? You can not receive and will have to do without them until you have the attitude of a “good child.” We mistake defiance for devotion, arguing with God instead of surrendering. We refuse to look at the evidence that clearly indicates where we are wrong. Have I been asking God to give me money for something I want, while refusing to pay someone what I owe him? Have I been asking God for liberty while I am withhold ing it from someone who belongs to me? Have I refused to forgive someone, and have I been unkind to that person? Have I been living as God’s child among my relatives and friends? (see Matthew 7:12). I am a child of God only by being born again, and as His child I am good only as I “walk in the light” (1 John 1:7). For most of us, prayer simply becomes some trivial religious expression, a matter of mystical and emotional fellowship with God. We are all good at producing spiritual fog that blinds our sight. But if we will search out and examine the evidence, we will see very clearly what is wrong— a friendship, an unpaid debt, or an improper attitude. There is no use praying unless we are living as children of God. Then Jesus says, regarding His children, “Everyone who asks receives…” (Matthew 7:8).
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Importance of sustainable development studies in schools at primary level
“O rganic farming is our duty,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, while addressing the nation on the 75th Independence Day on AugustModi15. mentioned or ganic and natural farm ing twice in his speech, as he talked about turning to chemical-free agriculture. “Today natural farming is also a way of becoming self-reliant,” he said. “Today the factories of nano fertilis ers have brought new hope to the country. But natural farming and chemical-free farming can give a boost to self-reliance.”Whileswitching to or ganic farming could counter dangers to the environment – such as soil degradation due to increased fertiliser use – and public health, scientists are still divided on whether India can afford the transition to chemical-free agriculture. That’s because organic farming means less intensive agriculture, and in turn, decreased crop produc tivity. This could put India on the backfoot with regard to food security; altered rainfall patterns caused by climate change are already causing huge losses to farm ers, scientists said. Benefits of organic farming Today, India has a sur plus of foodgrains. This selfsufficiency came thanks to the Green Revolution in the 1960s, which increased crop production – of mostly rice and wheat – substantially. Foodgrain production rose from 82 million tonnes (MT) in the late 1960s to 264 MT in 2013-14.Butalong with the in creasing area under farm ing and switching to highyielding varieties of rice and wheat, farmers were also encouraged to use chemicals – fertilisers and pesticides –to facilitate higher yields. This caused “unintend ed but harmful consequences on agriculture and human health”, according to scien tists Daisy John and Giridhar Babu of the Public Health Foundation of India, Benga luru. The impacts were many and still persist, they wrote. The use of pesticides and fertilisers led to an increase in heavy metals (such as cad mium, lead and arsenic) in the soil. In many areas, soils turned more alkaline; benefi cial microbes died, and soils became infertile. Farmers in some major Green Revolu tion belts including Punjab also burn crop residue, which is a major cause of air pollu tion in northern India. A recent report by the non-profit Pesticide Action Network India found that there is widespread, unau thorised and unsafe use of four pesticides (chlorpyrifos, fipronil, atrazine, and para quat dichloride) in India. Of these, three are listed as “moderately hazardous” by the World Health Organisa tion based on their health impacts.Organic farming is seen as a safer alternative. Chemi cals do not find a place in this farming technique; farmers use only organic products such as cow dung instead. In natural farming, however, no external inputs – including bio-fertilisers – are used (this includes zero-budget natural farming, which is being encouraged by the Indian government). In India, organic and natural farming are being promoted through sever al schemes including the Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana, Mission Organic Value Chain Development for North Eastern Region under the National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture and more. According to one definition, organic food pro duction also includes farm ing techniques that do not use genetically modified or ganisms, growth hormones, and antibiotics.Apartfrom public health benefits, studies show that organic farming can benefit biodiversity. As per some estimates, organic farming across the world in creases local species richness by ~34% and abundance by ~50%. However, this depends on various factors such as the larger landscape that the farms are located in. Organic farming is catching on in India. India has witnessed a threefold in crease in land under organic cultivation: from 5,28,171 ha in 2007 to 1.2 million ha in 2014. India is also home to the highest number of organic producers, as per one estimate. However, this captures only around 2.5% of the total land under cul tivation in the country. The other side While organic or natu ral farming could capture niche markets for export, it cannot be implemented as a nationwide policy, said Sreekumar K.M., an agri cultural entomologist with the Kerala Agricultural Uni versity.“It would be disas trous,” he told The Wire. He gave several reasons why. Converting to organic farm ing means that we would need to produce a far higher quantity of organic manure, Sreekumar said. And that means more cows. Cattle rearing has been listed as one of the main contribu tors to climate change, for it produces methane and nitrous oxide, both green house gases. Moreover, con ventional farming might be crucial for farmers given the unpredictability of weather with the onset of climate change, Sreekumar said. Altered rainfall patterns and events such as floods and droughts will become more frequent, reports by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change predict. Studies also suggest that while organic farming is indeed less polluting than conventional farming, it currently accounts for only 1% of global agricultural land. Yields are lower (a recent study pegged this at ~25% lower on average), as is productivity or the money produced per unit of land (up to 44% lower than in conven tional agriculture). If a larger number of farmers were to switch to organic practices, it would require more land to be brought under agriculture. This would be additional pressure on existing natural habitats, due to habitat con version and loss. More land diverted for organic produce would also mean that the cost of pro duction will rise, making food less affordable for poor consumers in developing countries, the review found. Indeed, organic food is cur rently accessible only to high-income groups, said Sreekumar.Switching to organic farming would not be a good idea for India’s nutritional or food security either, he added. That’s because In dia’s soils are extremely diverse. For example, many parts of Kerala have lateritic soil; high levels of iron and aluminium in the soil make it acidic. Adding lime or do lomite as a fertiliser to make the soil less acidic makes crops more productive. Simi larly, if calcium in the soil is low, flower rots are common in tomato crops, Sreekumar said. Adding conventional fertilisers to the soil based on context-specific needs would ensure that farmers’ yields are not Accordingaffected.tohim, the move to recommend organic farming may stem from the government’s move to cut down on fertiliser subsidies that are given to farmers. With fertiliser prices surging internationally, the Union government has over the years been reducing the budget on subsidies. In 202021, the actual spending on fertilisers was Rs 1,27,921.74 crore; this decreased to Rs 79,529.68 crore in the 202122 Union budget, reported Down to Earth. Though this was revised to Rs 1,40,122.32 crore to tackle the farm crisis it was again decreased by ~25% to Rs 1,05,222.32 crore in the Union Budget 2022-23, the news report said. Sri Lanka’s caution ary tale When it comes to fer tilisers and crop production, there’s much to learn from Sri Lanka’s sudden move to switch to organic farming. More than a year ago, the Mahinda Rajapakse gov ernment banned the import of fertilisers and pesticides out of the blue, hoping to rely on domestic bio fertil isers. It didn’t work out as planned. Crop production saw a huge drop. For ex ample, seasonal paddy yields in 2021-22 dropped by half, while maize decreased by 70%, as per a news report. Sri Lanka was not produc ing enough organic waste to use as manure. In June this year, Sri Lanka planned to borrow $55 million from India to buy urea, reported The Print.Adopting natural farm ing in a “knee-jerk fashion” – as Sri Lanka did – should not happen, NITI Aayog member Ramesh Chand told Financial Express in June. India can double the acreage of chemical-free farming to 15% immediately, and to 30% by 2030, “without hurting national food secu rity as any resultant loss in output and exports could be compensated by [the] reduc tion in fertiliser subsidies”, he said.Incidentally, a report commissioned by the NITI Aayog in 2020 found that while farmers perceived natural farming to be climate resilient, less water-intensive and better for soil quality, it could lead to exhaustion of nutrients from the soil in the long run if monocropping patterns are followed. “NF [natural farming] may not be a substitute for conventional farming for large scale food production. Rather it may be promot ed in low-input region for smallholders,” the report, put together by scientists at the ICAR-National Acade my of Agricultural Research Management, Hyderabad, recommended.Amiddle path may indeed be the way out, as scientists noted in a review: “Organic farming is not the paradigm for sustainable ag riculture and food security, but smart combinations of organic and conventional methods could contribute toward sustainable produc tivity increases in global agriculture.”
Also attracting higher GST rates were hotel and hospital room rents while exemption given on services extended by RBI, IRDAI, SEBI, FS SAI and GST was also withdrawn. All this will have an implication for the inflation rates, but leaving a higher impact is the correction in the case of food and food-related items. While a GST rate of 5 percent was made applicable on branded cereals, pulses, and flour when the new regime was rolled out, this was amended to tax only such items which were sold under registered brands on which enforceable right was not foregone by a supplier. However, soon rampant mis use of this provision by reputed manufacturers and brand owners was noticed, with the result that the GST revenue from these items fell significantly.TheGroup of Ministers, who could not reach a consensus at their last meeting on the inverted duty structure, has the mandate to review various items to help minimise re fund payout, and review the GST exempt list with the objective of expanding the tax base and eliminate breaking of input tax credit. Under GST, a four-tier structure exempts or imposes a low rate of tax (5 per cent) on essential items and levies the top rate of 28 per cent on cars and demerit goods. The other slabs of tax are 12 and 18 per cent. (As published in National Herald)
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While India is in a state of perpetual political churn and political parties focussed in pre paring for the semi-finals in 2023 and the ultimate big fight in 2024; India’s oldest and once reputed and glorified political party, has buried its head in the sand, like an ostrich and disabled its focus on the environment and reality. The nearly 140-year-old Congress party, which spearheaded Indian independence movement and where all free dom fighters and Indians united under, is today a very poor shadow of its glorified past. Many leaders have left Congress and more are leaving it because of the sycophant syndicate. The Congress has reached the last pinnacle in 2004 when it cobbled a secular majority to form the government and again repeated the fear in 2009 but it was jarred into real ity in 2014 not because of the Modi phenomenon but its over reliance on the ‘mag-ic’ of the Gandhi family. Since drum beaters and sycophants want a ‘Gandhi’ the naïve and re-luctant Rahul led the Congress in 2014 to its worst defeat when it could win only 44 seats as against 206 it won in 2009. Had it been another person, he or she would have been thrown out but not a Gandhi. He again led the party to its second disastrous defeat when it could win only 52 seats in 2019. The Congress is like a blind man being led by another blind man. This was re-vealed when the party constituted a fact finding committee (as if this was needed since every-body knew that poor and immature leadership led to the rout) on the causes for its debacle. However, the AK Antony committee was kind on Rahul or blind when it blamed the defeat on the politics of Muslim appeasement. The truth is that Muslims have left the Congress in droves since the pre-1992 days. It has lost Muslims to SP in UP, JDU and RJD in Bihar, TMC in Bengal and AIUDF in Assam etc. The party tried to distance itself away from Muslims and Rahul sought to project himself as pro-Hindu by visiting mandirs and performing Pujas. For good measure he even declared that he is a ‘Shiv Bhakth.’ These antics did not win him votes from the Hindus but in stead lost whatever little Muslim votes the party had. The string of mandir visits and puja performing acts did not help Rahul who even lost from his own home bastion of Amethi against outsider Smriti Irani. The Congress is supposed to elect a president by Sep tember this year because Rahul is adamant not to take up the leadership. However, Rahul continues to tour the nation and project himself as the prime ministerial candidate. If Rahul is serious that he does not want to be a leader then he should main tain a low profile going around as the leader, Rahul is only fueling the justification of party sycophants who insist on a Gandhi. Sadly, for them, with Sonia in poor health and Priyanka unintentionally disquali fying herself because of her disastrous misadven ture in the UP elections and also ruining her party by propping up the perennial dissi-dent Sidhu; the cupboard is bare. At the height of Indira’s popularity after she led India to de-feat Pakistan in 1971, there was a slogan ‘India is Indira and Indira is India’. To day the name Gandhi is restricted within the party as ‘Gandhi is Congress and Congress is Gandhi’. Unless the mindset in the Congress is changed, it will not matter who becomes its president. Quotes Love demands infinitely less than friendship.~GeorgeJean
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NEW DELHI, AUG 24 (PTI): With billionaire Gau tam Adani launching a hos tile takeover of NDTV, the Congress on Wednesday alleged that the bid by a company owned by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “khaas dost” (special friend) is a brazen move to control and stifle any semblance of an independent media. In a stunning move with the potential to change the media landscape, Adani launched a hostile take over of NDTV, first with an indirect acquisition of a 29.18 per cent stake in the broadcaster followed by an offer to buy out a further 26 per cent controlling stake. The owners of New Delhi Television Ltd (NDTV), one of the nation’s most popular news channels, said they were completely unaware of the takeover until Tues day, and that it was done without their consent or any ber of the duo to trigger the hostile takeover of the televi sion network. Ironical, that an outfit called ‘Vishvaprad han’ is closely involved!” Ra mesh said in another tweet. Reacting to the devel opment, Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal said on Twitter, “NDTV -Adani to acquire 29%. Makes open offer for 26%. Almost the last bastion of Independent journalism being taken over by industry. We should be worried!”
Move to stifle semblance of independent media: Congress on Adani’s NDTV stake discussion. In reference to the development, Congress general secretary Jairam Ra mesh tweeted, “The news of a deeply over-leveraged com pany owned by the PM’s ‘khaas dost’ making a hostile takeover bid of a well-known TV news network is nothing but concentration of eco nomic and political power, and a brazen move to control and stifle any semblance of an independent media.” “What’s mysterious is how a loan given by one of the ‘Humare Do’ is used as a weapon by the other mem Gautam Adani
A group of former ISRO scientists on Wednesday al leged that claims made by ex-ISRO scientist Nambi Narayanan in the movie ‘Rocketry: The Nambi Ef fect’ and through some TV channels, were false and amounts to defaming space agency. Dr A E Muthunaya gam, Director, LPSE, ISRO; Prof E V S Namboothiri, project director, cryogenic engine and D Sasikumaran, the Dy. Director, cryogenic engine, and other former scientists from ISRO on Wednesday met the media here to “debunk” the claims made in the Directed,movie.produced and written by actor R Madha van, the biographical drama is based on the life of aero space Er. Nambi Narayanan. Madhavan also plays the lead role in the movie.
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“We are forced to tell the public certain matters as Narayanan has been defam ing ISRO and other scientists through the movie Rocketry: The Nambi Effect, and also through TV channels. His claims that he is the father of many projects is false. He even claimed in the movie that he once corrected A P J Abdul Kalam, who went on to become the Indian Presi dent. That is also false,” the former scientists said. They also said that they have asked the current chair man of ISRO S Somanath to take a decision on the false claims made in the movie. The scientists said that Na rayanan’s claim in the movie that his arrest had led to a delay in India acquiring cryogenic technology was wrong. They said ISRO began to develop cryogenic technology in the 1980s and E V S Namboothiri was incharge. “Narayanan was not having any connection with the project,” they claimed. The group of former scientists also claimed that at least 90% of matters men tioned in the movie in con nection with ISRO are false. “We also came to know that Narayanan has claimed in some TV channels that all that was said in the movie was true. Some scientists have even raised concern that Narayanan was taking credit for many of their achievements,” they said. Yadav SAYS IT WAS INAUGURATED
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Security personnel outside the residence RJD MLC Sunil Kumar during a raid by the CBI in connection with the alleged land-for-jobs scam, in Patna, on Wednesday. (PTI) Cong, says sycophancy eating into party like ‘termites’
NEW DELHI/PATNA, AUG 24 (PTI): The CBI on Wednesday conducted searches at 27 locations, including an under-con struction mall in Gurugram allegedly linked to Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Te jashwi Yadav, in connection with the 14-year-old land for jobs scam in Railways, officialsDuringsaid. the operation which was spread across Bihar and Delhi NCR, the agency’s officers also raided the premises of RJD Rajya Sabha members and other leaders hours before the newly-formed ‘Mahagath bandhan’ government of JD(U), RJD, Congress, Left and other parties was going to face the no-confidence vote in the Seventy-one-year-oldassembly.
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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar of JD(U) ended the alliance with BJP earlier this month to rejoin the ‘Maha gathbandhan’.Intheassembly, Yadav strongly refuted allegations of his links with the mall saying it belongs to someone based in Haryana, and was inaugurated by a BJP MP. “People sitting in Delhi do not understand the spirit of Bihar. Intimidation does not work here. Sending three ‘jamaai’ (ED, CBI, I-T dept) is not going to scare us. The BJP is looking like a wed ding procession without the groom,” remarked the young leader in an appar ent dig at the saffron party’s inability to decide on who would now be the leader of the opposition. The CBI has said the mall belongs to
NEW DELHI, AUG 24 (PTI): Congress spokes person Jaiveer Shergill quit the party on Wednesday, alleging that sycophancy is eating into the organisation like “termites”.Inaletterto party chief Sonia Gandhi, Shergill re signed from the post of its national spokesperson, say ing the primary reason was that “the ideology and the vision of the current deci sion makers of the Congress is no longer in sync with the aspirations of the youth and modern“Furthermore,India”. it pains me to say that decision making is no longer for the interest of the public and the country, rather it is influenced by the selfserving interests of individu als indulging in sycophancy and consistently ignoring ground reality. This is some thing I cannot morally ac cept or continue to work with,” he “However,wrote. I shall for ever remain indebted for all the opportunities the party has granted me during my association with it,” Shergill said. Asked if he resigned from the party posts or its primary membership, he said both.Elaborating on the rea sons why he quit the Con gress, Shergill told PTI that decisions were not being taken by the party in public interest and those indulging in sycophancy and ignoring ground realities dominate in the party.“Those who are ca pable, want to serve the people, their voices are not heard,” he “Sycophancysaid. and cote rie is eating into the Indian National Congress as ter mites,” he told PTI. On his future plans, Shergill said they would only be known in the future. He added that he had severed all ties with the Congress.Shergill, a prominent face on TV debates, is the latest to join the ‘leave Con gress’ bandwagon of young leaders quitting the party now struggling to shore up its dwindling electoral fortunes.Earlier this year, RPN Singh, a former Union min ister and son of the late Congress leader CPN Singh, joined the ranks of Jitin Prasada and Jyotiraditya Scindia, who too quit the party to join the BJP over the last couple of years. While Jitin Prasada is the son of Jitendra Prasada, Scindia’s father was Mad havrao Scindia, both Con gress veterans.
NEW DELHI, AUG 24 (PTI): The Congress Work ing Committee (CWC), the party’s highest decisionmaking body, will hold a virtual meeting on Sunday to approve the exact sched ule of dates for the election of the Congress president. Congress president So nia Gandhi will preside over the CWC meeting. “A virtual meeting of the CWC will be held on the 28th August, 2022 at 3:30 PM, to approve the exact schedule of dates for the election of the Congress president. Congress presi dent Smt. Sonia Gandhi will preside over the CWC meeting,” Congress general secretary in-charge organ isation K C Venugopal said on Twitter.TheCongress presi dent will join the meeting virtually from abroad as she is travelling for medical check-ups. Former Con gress chief Rahul Gandhi and party general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra are also accompanying her. There have been sev eral calls by leaders publicly exhorting Rahul Gandhi to become party chief again but uncertainty and sus pense continue to loom over the party’s presidency conundrum.RahulGandhi had re signed as Congress president after the party suffered its second consecutive defeat in parliamentary elections in 2019. Sonia Gandhi who took over the reins of the party again as interim presi dent had also offered to quit in August 2020 after an open revolt by a section of lead ers, referred to as G-23, but the CWC had urged her to continue.
An Adani Group firm first acquired a company that in the past was linked to rival billionaire Mukesh Ambani. The particular company had loaned Rs 250 crore to NDTV in 2008-09 and the Adani group firm now exercised the option to convert that debt into a 29.18 per cent stake in the news channel company.
KUD: Strongly condemning the custodial death of Henveih Phom, the Konyak Union Dima pur (KUD) has urged the state government, the state human rights commission and the law enforcing agencies to conduct the investiga tion and bring the perpetrators to justice at the earliest. In a press release, KUD presi dent A Mosa and general secretary M Jeange Yanlem said that police custody was supposed to be the saf est place where a person gets justice. However, the union said that the death of a person under the full cus tody of Assam police and informing the family only after three days was “mostlyKUDquestionable.”hasextended deepest condolences to the bereaved family and prayed that the Almighty God grant them peace and solace at this hour of pain.
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KSM: Kangtsung Senso Mon gdang (Kangtsung Citizen’s Forum) has highly condemned the “barbaric incident” resulting in the death of one Henveih Phom under the cus tody of Assam police in Sivasagar District Jail, Assam. In a press release, KSM presi dent Tongpang Lkr and secretary Temjen Pongen have demanded judicial probe and that befitting punishment be award to those re sponsible.
A flattish or low singledigit growth in sales tax collections from petroleum products (8-9 per cent of to tal revenue) and grants rec ommended by the Fifteenth Finance Commission (13-15 per cent) will be acting as the moderating factors, it said.
Fuel tax collections are expected to be almost unchanged because gains from a 25 per cent increase in crude price and better sales volumes will be offset by the reduction in central excise on petrol and diesel in November 2021 and May 2022, and sales tax cuts by someCentre’sstates. grants, includ ing Centrally Sponsored Schemes, Finance Com mission grants and revenue deficit, are likely to see only marginal growth this fiscal, it said.Additionally, GST compensation payments, which were 7-9 per cent of revenue in past two fiscals, will also end, with the expi ration of the compensation period on July 1, 2022, it said. The outlook is based on an assumption of real GDP growth at 7.3 per cent and no lockdown-related impacts, it said, adding that a slowdown in economic activity due to higher-thanexpected inflationary pres sures could negatively im pact revenue.
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(From p-1) Asked about poor financial discipline in the State, she pointed out to logistics challenges being faced due to hilly terrain and poor infrastructure, adding that infra structure projects al-ways took several years across the country. But, she claimed that infrastruc ture development was now picking up because of the emphasis being given under PM Gati Shakti. Earlier, she also visited the Heirloom Naga, a weaving cen tre, at Sovima village and later pro-ceeded to Dimapur District Hospital and inaugurated a Di alysis Centre. Interaction with business community Sitharaman also held a closed-door interaction with rep resentatives of the State’s business community and women entrepre neurs during the day. According to DIPR, during the interaction, she said instruc tions had been given to the banks to go to each district and continue to converge with existing govern ment schemes, besides making available credit facilities to the trade sector. She also appealed to the community to approach the banks with new business ideas and propositions to strengthen their business.She noted that the private sector was progressing at a rapid stage and acknowledged Business Association of Nagas (BAN) for its bid to promote every local product and making it viable and accessible outside the local area. She said there was a need to give a push for every district to identify one prod uct that was unique, for which the Centre would provide all necessary assistance and facilities so that this could be segregated, produced and got access to markets. Sitharaman further appealed to the business community to be specific in its proposal as the policy would not work or come to the ground until and unless it was specific. She assured that the proposals and grievances of each association had been noted and would be looked into. Earlier, a welcome note was delivered by Industries & Com merce commissioner & secretary Kekhrievor Kevichusa, while presentations were made by Con federation of Indian Industry (CII) Nagaland Chapter, BAN, Women Entrepreneurs Network Naga land, UNCTAD-Empretec India Foundation and Confederation of Nagaland Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Sitharaman (From p-1) PSC said the family was in formed by Assam police only after his death on August 22, 2022. When the family reached the spot, PSC said his body was found kept inhumanly in a corridor at Joysagar Civil Hospital, Assam. PSC demanded that Assam Police (District Jail, Sivasagar) admit their total failure of respon sibility and duty before it triggered disharmony between the two states of Nagaland and Assam. It also demanded that accused person/s should be dealt with an iron hand and befitting punishment be given and restore immediate justice. PSC has appealed to the state government and State Humans Rights Commission to take up nec essary steps as possible to prosecute the accused person in accordance with the law of the land. PSC has extended its solidarity to the bereaved family and prayed that God provide them comfort at this hour of sorrow.
NLSF: Nagaland Law Stu dents Federation (NLSF) has vehe mently condemned the “barbaric and heinous crime” of Assam police personnel involved in the custodial death and demanded that those re sponsible be booked and proper judicial enquiry initiated. In a press release, NLSF presi dent T Tohuka Achumi and general secretary N Lemchimong stated the “outrageous action” of Assam police was a serious matter and violation of “fundamental rights” and “human rights.”
NEW DELHI, AUG 24 (PTI): States’ revenue growth will slide to 7-9 per cent in FY23 even as handsome GST collections will help in the accretion, a report said on Wednesday. The revenue growth had galloped 25 per cent in FY22 courtesy a lower base in the pandemic-affected FY21, the report by rating agency Crisil, which analysed 17 states accounting for 90 per cent of the aggregate GSDP, said. In FY23, healthy tax buoyancy will be support ing the revenue growth, with Goods and Services Tax (GST) collections and devolutions from the Centre -- which together comprise up to 45 per cent of the states’ revenue -- expected to show robust double-digit growth, it said. The agency’s senior director Anuj Sethi said the biggest impetus to the revenue growth will come from aggregate state GST collections, which had al ready rebounded by 29 per cent in “WeFY22.expect this mo mentum to sustain and col lections to further increase 20 per cent this fiscal, sup ported by better compliance levels, higher inflationary environment and steady eco nomic growth,” Sethi said.
The share of states in central taxes is expected to grow further this fiscal, the agency said, adding that while the proportions are determined by the Fi nance Commission, the overall kitty is linked with the central government’s gross tax collections. This pool, which expanded 40 per cent last fiscal, should further grow by 15 per cent this fiscal, it said.
ACFD: Anaki Citizen Fo rum Dimapur (ACFD) has also condemned the “brutal killing” of Henveih Phom and expressed apprehension that the “inhuman and irresponsible act” by Assam police “may trigger tension and disharmony” between Nagaland and Assam.Inapress release, ACFD’s I Kumzuk Yaden and Mongsen Phom have therefore urged the gov ernment of Assam and Nagaland to give justice to the deceased family. (From p-1) Police Point to IMDH—neglected for so long. “It is totally unacceptable and no excuse can justify such apathy,” MTLT stated. Expending full support to the representation submitted to the DC Mkokchung by youth bodies, the organisa tion lauded the four youth associations “for their noble understanding and initiative” for the wellbeing of the society. MTLT af firmed to render all possible support in the just demand of the public. mapur Airport, Thilixu Block-2, Chekiye Block 5 &6, Ikishe & Diphu par-B village, Chumouke dima town, Seithekema area, Naga united, New Showba to Vihokhu vil lage, Old Showba, 7th Mile model village, TenyipheI, Tenyiphe-2, Virazou ma, Chumoukedima A, Chumoukedima village, Shokhuvi, Vidima and Kiyeto.
SAN FRANCISCO, AUG 24 (IANS): An unopened first-generation 2007 iPhone in a sealed box has been sold for $35,000 (nearly Rs 28 lakh) in an auction in the US. On January 9, 2007, then Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the iPhone -- a touchscreen mobile phone with an iPod, camera and Webbrowsing capabilities, among other features -- at the Macworld conven tion in San Francisco. The device had a touchscreen, a 2MP camera, visual voicemail and a web browser. The iPhone was released in the US in June 2007 at the price of $499 for the 4GB model and $599 for the 8GB model, both requiring a two-year contract. Now, the fully-packed original iPhone (8GB) has been sold for $35,414 at an auction, reports ZDNet. The auction house, RR Auction, said that the iPhone box features a life-size image of the iPhone with 12 icons on the screen. The device was up for auction as part of RR Auction’s curated “Apple, Jobs, and Computer Hardware” auction, which featured more than 70 items up for bid, and closed on August 18. The auction also featured an Apple-1 circuit board, hand-soldered by Apple co-founder Steve “Woz” Wozniak, that was sold for $677,196. Additionally, an unopened firstgeneration original Apple iPod (5GB) sold for $25,000, the report noted. Apple is now set to launch the iPhone 14 series along with other devices and products on September 7.
The federation pointed out that according to Section 57 and 76 of CRPC 1973, “no police officer or other person shall detain in custody more than 24 hours as it is man datory to present accused before magistrate within 24 hours from the time of arrest which exclude the time of Thejourney.”federation has appealed the state government to take the matter in utmost seriousness for judicial proceeding and justice be given to the bereaved family.
DIMAPUR, AUG 24 (NPN): In view of the emergency maintenance work of 132kv ImphalDimapur transmission line of the Power Grid Corpo ration of India Ltd, the Power Grid has informed that there would be power shutdown in areas under 66kV Sovima TL feeder and 66kV Chumu TL feed er from 5am to 9am start ing August 25-27, 2022. The areas to be af fected include Sovima vil lage, Unity village, 5th Mile model village, 7th Mile village, Sodzulhou village, Kirha village, Darogapa hor, 3rd Mile ARTC, Di Power shutdown under Sovima, Chumu feeders
Western leaders salute Ukraine on its I-Day minister’s Downing Street office. Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who is soon to leave office, urged allies to keep giving Ukraine all the military, humanitarian, economic and diplomatic support it “Weneeds.willnever recog nize Russia’s annexation of Crimea or any other Ukrai nian territory,” Johnson said in a Tuesday video address to an international summit on Russia’s seizure of the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine in German2014.Chancellor Olaf Scholz said in a video posted on Twitter that “our hearts go out to those who pay for the Russian war ter ror with their lives day after day, who are maimed and wounded.”“Wemourn with those who have lost friends or family members, who have had to flee, have been taken from their beloved home land or by Russian occupi ers, who have lost their be longings to Russian bombs, rockets and artillery shells,” the chancellor said. Scholz had harsh words for Russia, rebuking the Kremlin for its “back ward imperialism” and stressed that Ukraine “will drive away the dark shadow of war because it is strong and brave, because it has friends in Europe and all over the world.”
A power capacity and causing rolling blackouts and power rationing as demand for electricity spikes. There is now concern about future food supply, The Guardian reported. Even Pay, an ana lyst at Trivium China who specialises in agriculture, said her immediate concern is for fresh produce.
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FELICITATION Kohima Japukongtsür Telongjem would like to express our appreciation and extend our heartiest congratulations to Wt. Alemla Saku of Lakhuni Village on being promoted to Director under the Department of Treasuries and Accounts, Nagaland, Kohima. We pray that she will continue to serve the people with dignity and excellence.
Confusion in Nepal over recruitment in Gorkha regiments due to Agnipath the matter saying the Indian government did not discuss the matter with the Nepali side before launching the scheme and only informed that it has resumed the recruitment under the new scheme.The Indian Army had postponed the Gorkha re cruitment due to the Co vid-19Aspandemic.soonas the new scheme was launched on June 14, the Indian Army via the Indian Embassy in Kathmandu wrote to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs seeking approval for the selection and recruitment in Butwal and Dharan, and sought security support from the local administra tions during the recruitment process, according to the Nepali media reports. After the government of Nepal failed to com municate to the Indian side whether it will allow the Indian Army to start the recruitment process, the latter has stopped short of making public the recruit ment dates.
Supporters of jailed ex-PM Najib rally for royal pardon
BEIJING, AUG 24 (IANS): Drought in China is threatening food pro duction, prompting the government to order local authorities to take all avail able measures to ensure crops survive the hottest summer on record, media reportsOnsaid.Tuesday, four gov ernment departments is sued an urgent joint emer gency notice, warning that the autumn harvest is under “severe threat”, The Guard ian reported.Iturged local authori ties to ensure “every unit of water be used carefully”, and called for measures included staggered irriga tion, diversion of new water sources, and cloud seeding.
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LOS ANGELES, AUG 24 (IANS): The US has con firmed over 15,000 mon keypox cases, according to the latest data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). A total of 15,433 known monkeypox cases had been reported nation wide as of Monday, Xinhua news agency reported, cit ing CDCNewdata.York had the most cases, with 2,910, fol lowed by California with 2,663 and Florida with 1,588, according to CDC data. The Biden admin istration has been facing criticism in its response to the monkeypox outbreak, including failure to order enough vaccines, speed treatments and make tests available to head off the outbreak.Sofar, the US has the world’s highest tally of monkeypox cases. Over the last week, the US also saw the largest increase in monkeypox infections of any country, according to data from the World Health Organization.
KYIV, AUG 24 (AP): European leaders pledged unwavering support for Ukraine as the war-torn country marked its Indepen dence Day on Wednesday, coinciding with the sixmonth milestone of Rus sia’s invasion. Leaders paid tribute to the sacrifices and courage of the Ukrainian people, voiced their resolve to keep supplying Ukraine with weapons and reviled Moscow for its attack on the neighboring Eastern European nation. In Britain, floral and musical tributes punctu ated a show of solidarity as Ukraine commemorated its 1991 declaration of inde pendence from the Soviet Union. The U.K. Ministry of Defense tweeted a video of the Scots Guards Band, which usually provides mu sical accompaniment for the Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace, per forming Ukraine’s winning Eurovision Song Contest entry,An“Stefania.”archof sunflow ers — Ukraine’s national flower — decorated the entrance to British prime
“Xi Jinping will be with us … till at least 2037. He is 69 years old and by 2037, he will be 84 years old.. We need to get used to the fact that Xi Jinping and Xi Jinping’s China for a very long time,” said Rudd, who is considered a China expert.He said the future per formance of the Chinese economy could prove to be a weak spot in Xi’s strate gic vision, particularly the country’s reining in of the absolute freedom of opera tion enjoyed by the private sector through a series of measures.Rudd said the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party will be closely watched for its selection of the economic team which will be tasked with re-engineering the economy for the next 10-15 years. The former labour party leader noted that Chi na had witnessed spectacu lar economic growth since it ushered in reforms in the 1980s with the private sector controlling 61 per cent of the country’s GDP. To rein in the private sector, he said, China has unveiled a series of mea sures such as insertion of party committees in private firms, equity by state-owned enterprises in private firms, and rebirth of state-owned enterprises.Rudd said Australia sensed the changes in Chi na’s worldview around 2007 and proposed the idea of Quad, comprising Australia, Japan, India, and the US to counterHowever,China. he said, the grouping never took off due to unfavourable response from the other three coun tries. Rudd said the idea of Quad took root again in 2017 as a reaction to China’s actions on the Indian bor der, the South China Sea, and Japan. Rudd’s book ‘The Avoidable War: The Dangers of a Catastrophic Conflict between the US and Xi Jinping’s China’ was also launched on the occasion.
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EC President Ursula von der Leyen, center, marches Wednesday alongside a giant Ukrainian flag unfurled during an event for Ukrainian Independence Day in Brussels (AP)
House Speaker Azhar Azizan Harun reportedly said Wednesday that Najib must apply for a royal pardon within 14 days or lose his seat in Parliament. There was no word from Najib’s camp if he will seek a royal pardon.Group representative Syed Mohammad Imran Syed Abdul Aziz also urged Prime Minister Ismail Sa bri Yaakob, who is from Najib’s United Malays Na tional Organization, to push for a pardon. Syed Mohamad said he was told by a palace official that King Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah was concerned about the case as the monarch hails from Najib’s home state of Pahang and knows the politician well. “If there is evidence of conflict of interest, then Najib should be freed im mediately,” Syed said. Na jib’s supporters were coun tered by an online petition launched Wednesday by electoral watchdog Bersih urging the king to let Najib serve his sentence as he has been given due process of a fair trial. More than 30,000 people have signed the petition so far, saying Najib “brought shame” to the country and should be an example to any leaders who think they can abuse their power. Najib sought a retrial last week alleging the high court judge who convicted him in 2020 may have a conflict of interest due to his previous role at a bank that provided finan cial services to 1MDB but the top court rejected the request.
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Supporters of Malaysia’s former PM Najib Razak shout slogans outside the National Palace in Kuala Lumpur.
supporters, mostly dressed in black, rallied briefly out side the national palace Wednesday under police watch. Several representa tives later handed a memo randum seeking pardon for Najib to the Parliamentpalace.
We the Longsa Kikon Ekhung with immense joy and appreciation extend our heartiest congratulations to Shri. Renchamo P Kikon (IPS) one of our bonafide members on being awarded President’s Police Medal on the occasion of 76th Independence Day celebration 2022. The Ekhung further wishes that our Almighty God continues to bless him and his family in all their future endeavours. Nyimjamo Kikon John Kikon Chairman General Secretary wc-188/22
NEW DELHI, AUG 24 (PTI): Ahead of China’s 20th Party Congress, former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on Wednesday said President Xi Jinping will remain in power at least for the next 10-15 years and there was a need to under stand his worldview. “It is inevitable that Xi Jinping will be reappointed … there is no evidence about an alternate candidate,” Rudd said in a lecture at the Manohar Parrikar Institute of Defence Studies and Analyses (MP-IDSA) here.
KATHMANDU, AUG 24 (IANS): The Nepal govern ment is in a fix on whether to allow the Indian Army to recruit Nepali youths under the Narendra Modi gov ernments newly launched Agnipath scheme of shortterm recruitment into the armedNewforces.Delhi has appar ently asked Kathmandu’s views on the matter as India’s Gorkha regiment plans to recruit Nepalis, for which tests are scheduled for August 25 in Butwal and September 1 in mediaAccordingDharan.toNepalireports,thedelay
BERLIN, AUG 24 (IANS): Former German chancellor Angela Merkel has been awarded the 2022 Unesco Peace Prize for “her efforts to welcome refugees”. “All the members of the jury were touched by her courageous decision in 2015 to welcome more than 1.2 million refugees, notably from Syria, Iraq, Afghani stan and Eritrea. This is the legacy she leaves,” jury president and 2018 Nobel Peace Prize winner Denis Mukwege said on Tuesday. The director general of the UN cultural organiza tion, Audrey Azoulay, also praised Merkel, saying her win serves as a reminder “that the way in which we treat migrants and refugees is a critical issue”, reports dpa news agency.
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French President Em manuel Macron, in a video message bookended with phrases he spoke in Ukrai nian, said the defense of Ukraine meant “refusing to allow international relations to be ruled by violence and chaos.”He said Ukraine’s In dependence Day “is a day of pride. But in the place of legitimate festivities, we are thinking of the dead and the fighters today, of the courage and resilience of your people.”
Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin ad opted a similar tone, calling Ukrainians “brave and un yielding.” She added: “We stand with you. We won’t look Spain’saway.”
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over giving decision has reached to the office of Prime Minister Sher Baha dur Deuba who discussed the matter with Foreign Minister Narayan Khadka and some senior Nepal government officials. But there is no deci sion yet whether to allow India to recruit Nepali youths in Indian Army or not as 75 per cent those who get selected would have to return home after four years and that could invite huge socialGovernmentcosts. officials in Kathmandu have said they were still mulling over
KUALA LUMPUR, AUG 24 (AP): Supporters of Malaysian ex-Prime Min ister Najib Razak rallied Wednesday outside the na tional palace to seek royal pardon just a day after he began a 12-year jail term, while opponents launched an online petition urging the monarch not to. Najib, 69, was jailed Tuesday after losing the final appeal in a graft case linked to the massive loot ing of the 1Malaysia Devel opment Berhad state fund. His incarceration comes four years after his election ouster over the scandal and was celebrated by many citizens as justice served. But Najib’s supporters, echoing his words before he was whisked off to prison, say he wasn’t fairly treated because the top court threw out his bid for a retrial on allegations of judicial bias, and repeatedly refused to delay the hearing to give his lawyers time to prepare. Some 300 of Najib’s
ISLAMABAD, AUG 24 (PTI): Pakistan on Wednes day condemned the alleged derogatory remarks of suspended Telangana BJP MLA T Raja Singh against the Prophet and urged the Indian government to take decisive action to stop such repeated offensive com ments by BJP leaders that have hurt the Muslims. This is the second time in the last three months that a senior BJP leader has made disrespectful com ments against the Prophet, the Foreign Office here said in a statement.“Thesehighly deroga tory remarks have grave ly hurt the feelings of the people of Pakistan and bil lions of Muslims around the world,” it said. It also said that the “to ken and perfunctory disci plinary action” taken by the BJP against Singh cannot as suage the pain and anguish caused to the Muslims of India and around the world. It is highly reprehen sible that Singh was released on bail within hours of ar rest, the statement said. Pakistan demanded the Indian government to take immediate and decisive ac tion. Singh, who is known for his hardline religious rhetoric, was arrested by the Hyderabad police on Tuesday over his alleged remarks on the Prophet and suspended by the BJP for “violating” the party’s Constitution. Hours after the arrest, he was granted bail by a local court before which he was produced.
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Glutamate: Massive quantities of glutamate, a critical neu rotransmitter in the brain, could help explain migraine onset. An aberrant re lease of glutamate into the extracellular space (the space between brain cells) can cause spreading de polarizations or tsunamilike waves of activity that spread across the brain, resulting in a migraine. Glutamate is a neurotrans mitter that acts as a signal between nerve cells.
Serotonin: In people with mi graine, serotonin functions:bycausesregardingfewitaches,moderatebrainareportedgraines?dation.Migraineworld,disablingdisordersifiedduringbetweenneurotransmitter)(anotherislowattacksandspikestheattack.MigraineisnowclasasaneurologicalandthesixthmostdiseaseintheaccordingtotheResearchFounWhatcausesmiAlthoughstudieshavethatamigraineisbiologicaldisorderofthethatcausesrecurringtosevereheadtheexactcauseofremainsunknown.Thereare,however,studiesandtheoriesthevariousofmigrainecausedmalfunctionsinbrain Constriction of the blood vessels: When blood ves sels in the brain constrict, they can cause pain by direct irritation of the nerve endings or by reducing oxy gen supply to nearby tissue leading to a migraine. Although some migraines appear to be genetically linked, the un derlying cause of migraines remains a mystery. According to cur rent research, people with migraine have a more sen sitive nervous system than the general population. producer remembers how hardit was to cast boxing legend Mike Tyson
Medical Author: Karthik Kumar, MBBS Medical Reviewer: PallaviUttekar,SuyogMD S ome chemicals in the brain become more active, causing parts of the brain to send out confusing signals that cause migraine symptoms. The precise chemical changes in the brain are unknown; however, some thing may cause a change in the activity of some brain chemicals, resulting in a migraine attack.
The Office of the Kachari Community Padum Pukhuri (KCPP), with immense pride and pleasure extend our heartiest congratulations and appreciation to Miss Neha Mech, D/o Mr Rintu Mech & Mrs Urmilla J Mech of Padum Pukhuri Village, Dimapur for successful completion of Ayurvedacharya B.A.M.S. Degree from Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences Karnataka, Bengaluru.Weare extremely proud of her achievement. We further wish Dr. Neha success in all her future endeavours. Mr. Babul Mech Mr. Gopen Mech President, KCPP Gen. Secretary, KCPP OFFICE OF THE KACHARIPADUMCOMMUNITYPUKHURI
Endless celebrity posts fill users’ main feed, Facebook fixes bug Role of the tri geminal nerve: Excitation of a nerve responsible for sensa tion in the face could be one of the causes. The trigemi nal nerve is stimulated by various neurotransmitters. As a result, the blood vessels that surround the brain expand and in flame. These blood ves sels are connected to nerve fibers that send pulsations from the blood vessels back into the brain, where you perceive it as pain. This system is vul nerable to being activated repeatedly when there is no good reason in people with a migraine. Instead of serving as a protective mechanism, it has evolved into a system that interferes with your ability to function normally in your life. Cortical spread ing depression: According to one widely accepted theory, mi graines are caused by rapid waves of brain cell activity crossing the cortex (the thin outer layer of brain tissue), followed by periods of no activity. This phenomenon is known as cortical spread ing depression. According to evi dence, it causes inflamma tory and other processes that stimulate pain recep tors on the trigeminal nerves. This signalsthetheleaseinflammation“neurogenic”andthereofotherfactorsmakereceptorsandpartsofbrainthatreceivetheirmoresensitive,in creasing the likelihood of a migraine. According to some researchers, migraines be gin lower in the brain, in the brainstem, which controls basic functions such as respiration and pain responses, as well as modulates many others, including incoming sensory information.
A s the Vijay Devera konda and Panday-starrerAnanyapanIndia film ‘Liger’ nears its release, the producer of the film Charmme Kaur shared that casting the legendary boxer Mike Tyson was a monumental task. Not just this, the talks even reached a breaking point once during the course of two years of casting.Charmme Kaur told ‘Mid-Day’, “It took us two years to sign him on.” The discussion started off with his legal and managing teams in 2019. As they were midway through the talks, the Covid-19 pan demic emerged in the 2020, “We sealed the deal after months of numerous Zoom calls. And then, COVID-19 happened.”Andsince “India was in the red zone”. Tyson’s team told her it’s a “dealbreaker” because of the uncertainty and strict social distancing rules. “They didn’t want to travel all the way to India, and we couldn’t have travelled (to the US) either. It was heartbreaking (that things fell apart),” the producer added.But, KaurnormalstartedtionleaveJagannadhDeverakonda,andKaurdidn’thope.Asthesituaimprovedandthingsswingingbacktoafterthefirstwave,resumedtheconver sation with Tyson’s teams in late 2020. “I again got hold of everyone. I made calls at 5 am IST. This went on for a year, after which Mike Tyson said, ‘Fine. Come to my backyard and shoot’. We created (a small) team and went to shoot in Las Vegas for a month,” Kaur concluded. (IANS)
Big B tests positive for Covid, may disrupt ‘KBC’ schedule E ven as Mumbai re ported a spike in Co vid-19 cases, mega star Amitabh Bachchan announced late on Tuesday night that he had tested positive and urged “all those that have been in my vicinity and around me, please get yourself checked and tested also”. The much-loved actor has been hosting Season 14 of ‘Kaun Banega Crore pati’. It is to be seen if his health condition affects his appearances in the popular reality TV quiz show, Bachchan, who will next be seen on the big screen in Ayan Mukerji’s ‘Brahmastra - Part One: Shiva’, ‘Uunchai’, ‘Good bye’ and the much-awaited ‘Adi Purush’ with Telugu star Prabhas, had tested positive in July 2020 and isolated himself in Mum bai’s Nanavati Hospital. His son Abhishek Bachchan had also test ed positive, followed by daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and grand daughter Aradhya. (IANS) announced
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According to the theory, if certain areas of the brainstem aren’t work ing properly or are easily excited, they’re capable of triggering cascades of neurological events, such as cortical spreading depres sion, which account for mi graine’s various symptoms.
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Brain lesions: According to an American Medical As sociation study, frequent migraines are associated with an increased risk of brain lesions. However, more research is needed to de termine whether lesions hurt the health and whether they are caused by migraine attacks. Traumatic brain injury: It is estimated that between 30 and 90 percent of traumatic brain injuries,
They are usually more severe and resistant to treatment. Migraine is now one of the top 10 causes of military disability. The migraine brain does not get used to repeated stimulations: If you flash a light in the eyes of someone who does not have a migraine regularly, their brain will ultimately reduce its re sponse. For people with migraine, the brain keeps reacting over and over. This lack of adaptability has been observed with light and sound. This may cause people with migraine to use more energy being aware of their surroundings. In prin ciple, an overabundance of a stimulus could result in an attack.
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Gray matter (GM) changes: Functional imag ing studies on people with migraine have revealed changes in several brain GM regions. Such GM changes include areas of decreased and increased density, and they are most likely related to pathological substrates associated with this disease.
Dopamine: Although the ex act cause of migraines is unknown, an imbalance in a brain neurotransmitter is thought to play a role. Dopamine is a neurotransmitter that af fects movement, emotions, motives, and sensory per ceptions, as well as the ability to moderate pain.
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What is happening in the brain during a migraine? such as those sustained in sports, military service, vehicle accidents, falls and domestic abuse, resulting in a post-traumatic headache.
Researchers at the University of Michigan have discovered that do pamine levels in the brain decrease during a migraine attack compared with their baseline level between at tacks. Additional re search is needed to confirm the findings and determine how they may be used to build more effective mi graine treatments, accord ing to the researchers.
KOLKATA, AUG 24 (AGENCIES): ATK Mohun Bagan kept their hopes alive for a place in the knockout of the 131st Durand Cup while stop ping Mumbai City FC’s progression with a 1-1 draw at the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan on Wednesday.ListonColaco hit the up-right after combining well with Hugo Boumous and Ashish Rai on the right flank, News18 reported. Greg Stewart did try to get the better of Floretin Pogba but the ATKMB defenders converged to thwart the dangers. The referee waved away calls for a penalty from the MCFCThereplayers.were shouts of penalty at the other end as well. when Liston was brought down inside the six-yard area after a blis tering run down the spine but the referee deemed Vi gnesh’s challenge as legal. In the 16th minute, Rahul Bheke came close with his headed effort from a corner after Deepak Tan gri lost the ball in midfield. Bheke had to be brought off in the 26th af ter his sliding tackle to stop Hugo’s advances down the left flank left him on the floor writhing in pain. Ahmed Jahouh played a defence-splitting pass from deep to release Bipin Singh but the Mum bai City forward could not finish.In the 35th minute, Greg Stuart and then Al berto Noguera had backto-back chances due to mistakes in the ATKMB defence but could not capi talise.Liston scored in the 39th minute with a poach er’s goal after Mumbai City’s Phurba Lechenpa parried Ashish’s shot after being released down the right by a well-waited pass fromAtHugo.the other end, Vishal Kaith made an other super save to stop a header from Bipin in the 43rd Afterminute.the restart, Ashique was played oneon-one after a brilliant cross-field pass from Joni Kauko. Minutes later Bi pin had again got himself in behind the defence but his cross was blocked by Ashish and collected quite easily by Vishal. When the speed of the game caught up with the players on the field, the managers Juan Ferrando and Des Buckingham got into a war of words on the touchline.Atthe 65th minute mark, a good move from the right from Kiyan Nas siri combined well with Ashish to send the ball over to Manvir on the right. Hi shot though was saved by Lachenpa as Lis ton couldn’t latch onto the rebound as Royston Griffiths lay flat to clear the ball from any further danger.At the 76th minute mark, Sanjeev Stalin sent in a delicious ball from the right with his weaker foot as another substitute, Jorge Pereyra Diaz climbed high unmarked to thump in at the back post and bring parity to the scoreline. Apuia brought down Liston in the 83rd minute on the edge of the penalty box but his effort from the resulting free-kick could not go beyond the wall. Even though both teams managed attacks in the final few minutes, neither could change the outcome.
Jeremy to bulk up to 73kg; will fight Sheuli for Olympic qualification
LONDON, AUG 24 (AGENCIES):
Pereyra Diaz celebrates after scoring the equaliser for Mumbai City FC. (Durand Cup Media)
LONDON, AUG 24 (RE UTERS): Eveton avoided any slip-up as they beat third-tier Fleetwood Town 1-0 in the League Cup sec ond round to claim their first win of the season on Tuesday.Frank Lampard’s struggling side was one of 10 Premier League clubs in action across 21 ties and edged through to round three thanks to Demarai Gray’s 28th-minute goal. Fulham was brought back to earth with a bump after their impressive start to their top-flight return. The Londoners went down 2-0 away to fourthtier Crawley Town who are 84 places lower on the EnglishManagerladder.Marco Silva made 10 changes for the trip and Crawley took ad vantage when Tom Nich ols slotted a 16th-minute opener.Liverpool loanee James Balagizi made it 2-0 shortly after halftime and the hosts held on comfort ably to prompt a pitch inva sion after the final whistle. Leicester City, who like Everton has started the season poorly, gained some relief as it scraped through on penalties against Stock port County after a 0-0 draw.
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Premier League Bour nemouth also required penalties to knock out Nor wich City who was rel egated from the top-flight last season. Norwich was poised for the third round as they led 2-1 at Carrow Road but Brooklyn Gen esini equalised in stoppage time before the visitors won the shootout.StevenGerrard’s As ton Villa fell behind at third-tier Bolton Wander ers but hit back to win 4-1. Premier League newcomers Nottingham Forest eased to a 3-0 win at Grimsby Town and Wolverhampton Wander ers beat second-tier Preston North End Crystal2-1.Palace scored two late goals to win 2-0 at Oxford United, their first win in the competi tion since 2018. Brentford bounced back from their weekend defeat by Ful ham to win 2-0 at fourthtier Colchester United. Che Adams maintained his scoring form with two goals as Southampton won 3-0 at Cambridge United. Adams also scored twice at the weekend as Southampton beat Leices ter City.Premier League clubs playing in European com petitions are exempt un til the third round of the League Cup.
Durand Cup: ATK Bagan hold Mumbai FC
NEW DELHI, AUG 24 (PTI): Commonwealth Games gold medallist lift ers Jeremy Lalrinnunga and Achinta Sheuli will clash for the lone 73kg spot in the Paris Olympics as the for mer’s 67kg doesn’t feature in the 2024 Games. With the difficult65kg.inconditioningand-halfwhoweightweightperOlympicsqualificationheadsion.championholderwhoweighthas73kgbulkcategorywhothe(IWF)WeightliftingInternationalFederationscrapping67kgfromParisGames,Jeremy,wonthegoldintheattheCWG,willuptocompeteintheweightclass.However,IndiaalreadyrepresentationinthedivisioninSheuli,isthenationalrecordandreigningCWGinthe73kgdiviThetwowillnowgotoheadinabidtosealforthe2024asonlyoneliftercountryisallowedinaclass.“Iwillincreasemyto73kg,”Jeremy,isintheUSforathree-weekstrengthandtrainingcampSt.Louis,toldPTI.“MynaturalweightisSo,goingupwillbetoincreasemybody weight,” he added. This will not be the first time Jeremy will have to bulk up. The 19-year-old lifter had won the 2018 Youth Olympics gold medal in Buenos Aires in the 62kg category. He had then moved to 67kg to com ply with the new Olympic weight categories the IWF had introduced then. However, the Mizoram lifter conceded that he has struggled to gain weight in the last two years.
Rahane to lead West Zone in Duleep Trophy
Formula One CEO Stefano Domeni cali said the sport has no plans to hold future races in Russia.The Russian Grand Prix was scheduled to be held in Sochi this year be fore moving to Igora Drive in St. Petersburg in 2023, but F1 canceled the race af ter Russia invaded Ukraine. Domenicali said the sport has no intention of return ing to the country. “I’ve always believed that you should never say never,” Domenicali told Sport Bild magazine, per GrandPrix.com. “But in this case, I can promise for sure -- we will no longer negotiate with them. “There will be no more racing in Russia.” Alexey Titov, the CEO of Russian GP promoter ANO Rosgonki, said he expects F1 to refund pay ments made following the cancellation of this year’s race. “This debt exists, it is confirmed and our position on it is unchanged,” Titov told Russian news agency Tass. “We expect a refund regardless of the current position of Formula One Management in relation to holding races in the Rus sian Federation.“Thecurrent situation in world sports is extremely politicized. It is necessary to take Domenicali’s words here with this in mind. What he said has a pro nounced political connota tion that has nothing to do with the real spirit of sports. “The future of our relations today is really un clear. We will take Domeni cali’s position into account in our further work.” This is the first year since 2014 that a race has not been held at the Sochi Autodrom, with Mercedes having won every race to date.
“My body weight has not been increasing. I am trying to increase it since 2019 to get till 70kg. My diet plan and supplements will change. Training will also be a bit different. The percent age will change.” “Asian Games and World Cham pionship have 67kg but the aim is Paris Olympics,” he added. Weighing in on the situation, head coach Vijay Sharma said the two lifters will motivate each other to do better.“Itis good that Jeremy and Achinta will be in the same weight category. There should be healthy competi tion between lifters as other wise they might take things easy,” Sharma said. “They both have to work really hard and im prove to qualify. Now quali fication will be tough as there are only five categories and everyone will be trying to get into these five classes,” he added.
MUMBAI, AUG 24 (AGENCIES): Ajinkya Rahane is all set to take play a competitive match after more than three months. He will captain the West Zone squad for the Duleep Trophy, which will be played in Chennai next Rahanemonth. injured his hamstring in May during the Indian Premier League, and hasn’t played any com petitive cricket since. Hav ing missed the Ranji Tro phy knockouts in June, he will be looking forward to score some Rahaneruns.isone of eight players from the Mum bai team to have been se lected for West Zone. The others are: India regulars Shreyas Iyer and Shardul Thakur; opener Yashasvi Jaiswal; and spin-bowling all-rounders Shams Mulani and Tanush Kotian. Maha rashtra’s Rahul Tripathi, who has been travelling as a part of India’s limitedovers setup for a better part of the last three months, has also been picked. The squad was se lected by the chief selectors of all the five State teams of West Zone in Mumbai on Thursday.
Everton beat Fleetwood in League Cup
NEW YORK, AUG 24 (IANS): Five players, includ ing Rafael Nadal and young Spanish compatriot Carlos Alcaraz, are in with a chance to emerge as the new world No.1 at the conclusion of the season-ending Grand Slam, the US Open at Flushing Meadows.While Russia’s Daniil Medvedev will enter the US Open as the No. 1 player in the ATP Rankings but there could be a huge reshuffle in the order in New York, with five players -- Nadal, Medve dev, Alcaraz, Greece’s Stefa nos Tsitsipas and Norway’s Casper Ruud -- in contention for the top Whenspot.players next Monday (August 29) drop their 2021 US Open points, Nadal will be in pole position to recapture world No. 1 for the first time since February 2, 2020. Medvedev, Tsitsi pas, Alcaraz and Norway’s Casper Ruud need deep runs in the last major of the year to challenge the Spaniard, ac cording to Sinceatptour.com.Nadaldid not compete last year in New York, he is not defending any points. When reigning champion Medvedev drops the 2,000 points he is defend ing, Nadal will be No. 1 in the ATP Live Rankings with 5,630Thepoints.36-year-old Nadal will have a 590-point lead over Germany’s Alexander Zverev, who does not have a chance to claim No. 1 be cause he is not competing at the US Open due to an ankle injury. Medvedev, who has held world No. 1 since the week of June 13, will be 745 pointsMedvedev,behind. Tsitsipas, Al caraz and Ruud will all need to at least reach the US Open final to have an opportunity to leave New York as world No. 1.Tsitsipas will be confi dent after reaching the West ern & Southern Open final in Cincinnati. However, the Greek has not moved past the third round at Flushing Meadows in four previous appearances.Alcaraz, who defeated Tsitsipas at last year’s US Open en route to the quarter finals, has a chance to make history. If the 19-year-old Spaniard climbs to world No. 1 on September 12, he will become the youngest No. 1 in ATP Rankings history, break ing the record Australia’s Lleyton Hewitt set in Novem ber 2001 as a 20-year-old. Ruud, who has climbed as high as world No. 5, can also become the first Norwe gian in ATP Rankings history to reach world No. 1.
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Fleetwood Town defender Danny Andrew controls the ball against Everton in a League Cup second round match at Highbury Stadium in Fleetwood.
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The two will now go head to head in a bid to seal qualification for the 2024 Olympics. (File)
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Thursday’s semi-final matches 1st SF 4:00 p.m. Peren Vs Tseminyü 2nd SF 6:10 p.m. Dimapur Vs Phek.
NEW DELHI, AUG 24 (IANS): After the termina tion of the Committee of Administrators (CoA), as demanded by the interna tional football federation (FIFA), the returning offi cer (RO) issued fresh dates for the elections to the All India Football Federation (AIFF) Executive Com mittee.The Supreme Court had on Monday said that the Executive Council (EC) of the AIFF shall consist of 23 persons -- 17 members (inclding the president, treasurer and vice-president) to be elect ed by the electoral college consisting of 35 associa tions representing states/ union territories, and six members shall be drawn from eminent players -comprising four men and two women.Afterthe SC order, the returning officer Umesh Sharma stated that the election will be held on September 2 at the AIFF headquarter in Delhi and the results could be an nounced either on Septem ber 2 or The3.nominations for the posts can be filed be tween August 25 to 27 while the scrutiny will be done on August 28, the returning officer said. The candidates will have a chance to withdraw the nomination on August 29 while the returning officer shall prepare the final list of contesting can didates and put it on the AIFF website on August 30. The Supreme Court on Monday terminated the mandate of the CoA to manage the affairs of the AIFF and also postponed the election, earlier sched uled on August 28, by one week.The top court had said it is modifying its previous orders to facilitate the re vocation of the suspension which has been imposed on the AIFF by FIFA and the holding of the Un der-17 Women’s World Cup 2022 in India. A bench of Justices D.Y. Chandrachud and A.S. Bopanna said: “The day-to-day management of the AIFF shall be ex clusively looked after by the AIFF administration led by the Acting Secretary General. The mandate of the Committee of Admin istrators appointed by the order of this court stands terminated.”Thetop court, in its order, said: “Time for the completion of the elections which were scheduled to take place on August 28, 2022 shall stand extended by a period of one week. The Returning Officers shall, within the said pe riod, refix the modalities for the filing of nomina tions from the stage which was reached on August 13, 2022 and ensure that the elections are completed on schedule.”Itsaid returning of ficers (ROs) -- Umesh Sinha and Tapas Bhattacharya -- shall be deemed to be the ROs appointed by it for the purpose of conducting the elections, noting that there was no objection to their continuance by any of the contesting parties before it.
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BWF C’ships: Prannoy stuns world No. 2 Momota
Participants at the 10 meter Air pistol at the Nagaland Olympic & Paralympic games 2022, shooting competition held at the Shooting range, Multi Disciplinary sports complex, Dimapur on August 24. Around 55 participants from 9 districts are participating. (DPRO Dimapur)
Phek (blue) and Mokokchung (white) with match patron Mughato Aye, NFA officials before the last quarter match on Wednesday. (NP))
NEW DELHI, AUG 24 (IANS): The Indian tennis star Sania Mirza on Tuesday pulled out of the US Open 2022 due to a tendon injury in her forearm and hinted about some change in her retirement plans. The 35-year-old picked up the injury while compet ing at the Canadian Open earlier this month. She played at last week’s Cin cinnati Open before reach ing the semifinals of the women’s doubles in Toronto with partner Madison Keys. Earlier this year, Sa nia had declared that 2022 would be her last season in professional tennis but the six-time Grand Slam cham pion hinted that the latest developments may change her plans to retire. “I have some not-sogreat news. I hurt my fore arm/elbow while playing in Canada two weeks ago and obviously didn’t realise how bad it was until I got my scans yesterday. I have torn a little bit of my tendon,” Sania Mirza said in a state ment on Instagram. “I will be out for a (few) weeks and have pulled out of the US Open. This isn’t ideal, and it’s terrible timing. It will change some of my retire ment plans, but I will keep you all posted,” she added. The former doubles World No 1 was on a ma ternity break from 2018 till her return to the court in January 2020 in Hobart. Sania partnered with Na diia Kichenok of Ukraine to clinch the title. At the Tokyo Olympics 2020, the newly-formed pair of Sania and Ankita Raina could not shine and suffered a firstround exit. The Ukrainian pair of Nadiia and Lyudmy la beat them convincingly. Earlier this year, Sania and her Czech partner Lu cie Hradecka were knocked out in the third round of the women’s doubles at the French Open. The In dian star also bid adieu to Wimbledon after she and her partner Mate Pavic from Croatia lost the mixed doubles semi-final against Neal Skupski and Desirae Krawczyk.
DIMAPUR, AUG 24 (NPN): Vikehielie Suohu represented Naga Darts Association (NDA) at the Tolly Masters 2022 held at Tollygunge Club, Kolkata in West Bengal from Au gust 20 to 21 and finished in joint third place position. Suohu along with Vi boto Sumi represented NDA at the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) Asian Championship In dia Qualifier 2022 & Tolly Masters 2022.
Kohli’s‘auraofinvincibilityhasfaded’:Aakash Laxman coachinterimnamedheadforAsiaCup Sania Mirza Virat Kohli Archery (top) and Basketball in progress at the Nagaland Olympic and Paralympic Games 2022 in Kohima on Wednesday. (Twitter)
Kento Momota (L) congratulates Prannoy H.S. after their men’s singles match on Wednesday.
Nagaland Olympic: Tseminyü, Phek enter semis in football
NEW DELHI, AUG 24 (AGENCIES): Is Virat Kohli the same cricketer that he once was? Recent stats would answer in the negative. While his career average in Tests is 49.53, but since January 2022, it’s only 31.42 in the longest format. In ODIs, his career average is 57.68, but in 2022, it’s 21.87. In T20Is too, his average this year is 20.25, while his career average is 50.12. All those stats point to the fact that the former India captain is not having a great time on the field. After being rested for the Tour of West Indies and Zimbabwe, Kohli will be making a comeback in the AsiaAheadCup.of the conti nental event, former India cricketer Aakash Chopra has written that Kohli’s bat ‘isn’t obeying his com mands“There’sanymore’.no doubt in anyone’s mind about Virat Kohli’s class and his skills, and even if he doesn’t score another run in interna tional cricket from here on, he will still be regarded as one of the greatest to have played the game. A man who did superhuman things and mastered all three formats like almost no others,” Aakash Chopra wrote in his column for espncricinfo.“Still,there’s also no hiding from the fact that the bat that worked like a magic wand isn’t obeying his commands anymore. There are more misses than hits. The aura of invincibility has faded and his presence doesn’t instill the same fear in bowlers’ minds as it used to earlier.”Chopra added that for India’s sake, Kohli needs to find form soon. “I’m in no way suggesting that Kohli’s story is remotely close to its final pages. In fact, consider ing all that he has achieved, his commitment to his fit ness and his fighting spirit, the chances that he will be able to produce an encore are high. But it’s also im portant that it happens soon enough, for the sake of his and India cricket’s immedi ate future. After all, there is a World Cup starting in about eight weeks,” he wrote.
The event was organ ised by Darts Association of Bengal under the aegis of Indian Darts Federa tion. Suohu lost to India’s No. 1 Nitin Kumar in the semi-final of Tolly Masters and quarterfinals in PDC Asian Championship India QualifierSuohu2022.was declared joint third place winner of Tolly Masters along with Aman Sodhi. He was also awarded the Most Promis ing Player of the event.
NFA vice president, Colo Mero, after handing out the prizes and certificates to the winners of men 4X100 relay race on Monday. The athletics were held at IG Stadium alongside other events organised simultaneously in Dimapur and Chümoukedima. (NP)
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Vikehielie Suohu (R) receiving the trophy from an official.
TOKYO, AUG 24 (IANS): Ace Indian shut tler HS Prannoy registered an upset victory over Japa nese world No 2 Kento Momota to set up prequarterfinals clash against compatriot Lakshya Sen at BWF World Champion ships 2022 but Kidambi Srikanth was knocked out in the second round, here on Wednesday.Prannoy,who hadn’t beaten the Japanese ace in their previous seven meetings, won the clash 21-17, 21-16 in Momota’s backyard.“Ididn’t really expect it (the win). It’s always been tough to play him in the past as it’s the highest level of badminton. I knew I had to be very disciplined against him and it was really important to pace the game really well; to know which points to push and even which points I could lose,” said Prannoy after his win over two-time world champion Momota. “His knowledge is still the best but this is a good win for me and I’m pleased to play one more round. I’ve been working a lot on the mental side and being as calm as possible. There’s still a lot of room for improvement, but that was nice,” he added. On the other hand,
NEW DELHI, AUG 24 (PTI): National Cricket Aca demy (NCA) head VVS Laxman will per form the duties of interim head coach for the upcom ing Asia Cup after Rahul Dravid tested positive for COVID19.Dravid is currently in isolation and will link up with the squad once he tests “VVSnegative.Laxman, Head Cricket, NCA will be the interim Head Coach for Team India (Senior Men) for the upcoming ACC Asia Cup 2022, to be played in the UAE,” BCCI secretary Jay Shah stated in a release.“Laxman, who trav elled with the Indian team that played the ODI series in Zimbabwe will oversee the team’s preparation in the absence of Rahul Dravid, who tested posi tive for COVID-19 before the team’s departure to the UAE. Dravid will join the team once he tests nega tive and is cleared by the BCCI Medical Team,” he said.
Vikehielie Suohu wins joint third at Tolly Masters
Injured Sania Mirza puts retirement plans on hold
Lakshya, the sawfirsttrotnexttheLakshyahim.placed6-4andslowaropolitanmatch21-10Enriquedefeatedworldschampionmen’sCommonwealthreigningGamessinglesbadmintonandthe2021bronze-medallist,Spain’sLuisPenalver21-17,inhisroundof32attheTokyoMetArena.TheIndianshuttler,worldNo10,madeastarttohismatchfoundhimselftrailingagainstanopponent64placesbelowTheninth-seededthensteppedongasandscoredtheninepointsonthetotakecontrolofthegameandeventuallyitoff.Meanwhile,thesec ond game turned out to be a one-sided affair with the Spaniard struggling to account for Sen’s shuttle placement. The Indian badminton player wrapped up the contest in 36 short minutes.However, the former world No 1 Srikanth, who last year became the first Indian man to play in a world championships fi nal, endured a disappoint ing ending to his 2022 campaign after an upset 9-21, 17-21 loss to Chinese player Zhao Jun Peng. Peng, the world No 26, dominated Srikanth in the opening game and then produced a mature display to thwart the Indian’s at tempt to draw level in the second.In the men’s doubles front, India’s top-ranked pair Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankired dy, the Commonwealth Games champions from Birmingham, expectedly cruised past the Guatema lan team of Jonathan Solis and Anibal Marroquin 21-8, 21-10 to make the pre-quarterfinals. Chirag and Satwik had got a bye in the opening round. The surprise of the day, though, came from the Indian pair of MR Arjun and Dhruv Kapila, who upset the eight-seeded Danish pair of Kim As trup and Anders Skaarup Rasmussen, the bronze medallists from last year, by a 21-17, 21-16 scoreline to advance to the round of 16.In the women’s dou bles, the kyosilverJiana’slostandMuralitharanPearlytooutandpairbronzeCommonwealthBirminghamGamesmedal-winningofGayatriGopichandTreesaJollybowedafterlosing8-21,17-21CWGgoldmedallistsTanandThinaahofMalaysia.AshwiniPonnappaNSikkiReddyalso15-21,10-21toChiChenQingchenandYifan,theOlympicmedallistsfromTo2020.
Correspondent KOHIMA, AUG 24 (NPN): Tseminyü and Phek reached the semifi nals in the football event of the Nagaland Olympic and Paralympic Games 2022, at IG Stadium on Wednesday.Inthe third quarter final, Tseminyü beat Chü moukedima 1-0. The lone goal was scored by captain, Yhunshalo Kent. someChümoukedimaAlthoughmadeimpressiveattempts, none of it turned out to be good enough to earn them an equaliser and after a tormenting full-time, had to bow out of the tourna ment.In the last quarter fi nal, Phek scored two late goals against Mokokchung and secured itself a place in the top four slot. After a goalless first half, Phek’s captain, Rhitso Mero netted the first goal through a spot kick in the 59th Andminute.in less than two minutes of the first goal, Phek’s Yhoto Lohe dou bled the score and further established its PerenwilleringhungThereafter,dominance.Mokokctrieditsbestbymakseveralattemptshowevnoneofitmaterialised.TseminyüandPhekjoinDimapurandinthesemifinal.
