November 5, 2020

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White House race on knife edge Trump vs Biden: Tight race down to key states WASHINGTON, NOV 4 (AGENCIES): President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden are battling it out for the (L-R) President Donald Trump (Republican) and Joe Biden (Democrat) White House, with polls closed across the United to request a recount and US Supreme Court” and States-- and the American we will immediately do so,” that he wants “all voting to people waiting for results said campaign manager Bill stop” “outrageous, unprecedented and incorrect”. in key battlegrounds still up Stepien in a statement.

Biden has won at least While President Trump for grabs.

Democratic Presiden- three of four of Maine’s has promised to ask the U.S. tial candidate Joe Biden has electoral votes, according Supreme Court to weigh in bagged the critical battle- to projections, to widen his on a presidential race that is ground state of Wisconsin, slim lead over Trump in still too close to call, the naand holds narrow leads in the race to reach 270 votes tion’s top judicial body may swing states of Michigan, needed to win the presiden- not be the final arbiter in this Nevada and Arizona, while tial election. In an incredible election, legal experts said.

Election law experts President Donald Trump reversal of fortunes, the leads in Georgia and North former vice-president has said it is doubtful that courts Carolina. President Trump also taken a sudden lead in would entertain a bid by will “immediately” seek a Michigan. Biden’s campaign Trump to stop the counting recount in Wisconsin, said has said its legal teams are of ballots that were received the Republican candidate’s “ready to deploy” if Trump before or on Election Day, presses ahead with his “out- or that any dispute a court campaign manager.

“There have been re- rageous” threat to move might handle would change ports of irregularities in the Supreme Court to stop the trajectory of the race in several Wisconsin counties election counting. In a state- closely fought states like which raise serious doubts ment, Biden campaign man- Michigan and Pennsylvaabout the validity of the ager Jen O’Malley Dillon nia. With vote-counting still results. The President is called Trump’s statement underway in many states in well within the threshold that he will “be going to the the early hours of Wednes-

Fire cracker ban:

NGT notice to Nagaland, other states

NEW DELHI, NOV 4 (PTI): The National Green Tribunal Wednesday expanded the ambit of hearing cases on pollution by use of firecrackers beyond the NCR and issued notices to 18 states including Nagaland.

A bench headed by NGT chairperson Justice AK Goel noted that it has already issued notice to Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh and the state governments of Odisha and Rajasthan have already issued a notification prohibiting the sale/ use of firecrackers.

The green panel sought response from Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Tamil Nadu, Telangana and Uttarakhand and West Bengal.

NGT on Wednesday sought response from the Chief Secretaries of 23 states and Union territories on imposition of ban on fire crackers in a bid to protect the health of the vulnerable groups amidst the double whammy of pollution crisis and the Covid pandemic.

This is it!

“This is called 4-lane bumpy ride. Earlier it used to be pothole bumpy ride.”

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day morning, Trump made an appearance at the White House and declared victory against Democratic challenger Joe Biden.

“This is a major fraud on our nation. We want the law to be used in a proper manner. So we’ll be going to the U.S. Supreme Court.

We want all voting to stop,” he said. The Republican president did not provide any evidence to back up his claim of fraud or detail what litigation he would pursue at the Supreme Court.

As of Wednesday afternoon, the election still hung in the balance. A handful of closely contested states could decide the outcome in the coming hours or days, as a large number of mail-in ballots cast amid the coronavirus pandemic appears to have drawn out the process.

However, legal experts said that while there could be objections to particular ballots or voting and counting procedures, it was unclear if such disputes would determine the final outcome.

Till Wednesday night (IST) Biden had 238 electoral votes and Trump 213.

The magic number of electoral votes is 270.

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Petrol, diesel prices may soften ahead of Diwali NEW DELHI, NOV 4 (IANS): Petrol and diesel prices may fall marginally ahead of Diwali as oil marketing companies (OMC) are looking to pass some benefit of lower global oil prices to consumers.

Sources in PSU oil companies said that a revaluation of pricing structure for petrol and diesel would be taken up this week and even if there is a case for marginal decrease prices it would be done.

OMCs in India have been holding on to the retail prices of petrol and diesel for over a month now.

Even on Wednesday, the price of two petrol products remained unchanged.

With this, petrol prices have now been unchanged for 43 days while diesel prices have been the same as on October 2.

While average price of crude for Indian refiners was about $41-41.5 a barrel in September, it stood close to $40 a barrel in October.

The prices have fallen further in November that could trigger a reduction in primp price of petrol and diesel.

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Arnab remanded to judicial custody MUMBAI, NOV 4 (PTI): Republic TV Editor-inChief Arnab Goswami, arrested on Wednesday for allegedly abetting the suicide of an interior designer, was remanded to judicial custody till Nov 18 by a court here. The court gave the ruling late in the night.

Goswami has filed for bail and the court has asked the investigation officer to file reply, the journalist’s lawyer Gaurav Parkar said.

In the Alibaug court, police had sought a 14day remand of Goswami, he said. Goswami (47), was picked up by a team of Raigad police from his Mumbai home earlier in the day. He was seen being pushed into the police van and claimed he was assaulted by police before being taken away.

“Police arrested Goswami under sections 306 (abetment of suicide), and 34 (acts done by persons in furtherance of common intention) of the Indian Penal Code,” a police official said.

Soon after the vehicle carrying Goswami reached Alibaug, he was produced in a local court, which directed police to take him to the civil hospital there for medical

Arnab arrives in a police van to be produced in a court, at Alibaug, Wednesday. (PTI)

check-up, after his lawyer alleged the senior journalist was assaulted by police.

“Goswami was produced before a magistrate court in Alibaug where he complained of physical assault at the hands of the police team that barged into his house this morning, Parkar said.

The magistrate took note of the allegations and directed the police to take Goswami to the civil hospital for medical check-up.

After the medical check-up, Goswami was brought back to the court for hearing on his remand. The architect and his mother committed suicide in 2018 over alleged non-payment of dues by Republic TV, police said.

In May this year, Ma-

harashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh announced he has ordered a fresh probe in the case after a complaint

by Adnya Naik, daughter of the architect Anvay Naik.

Fresh FIRs: Mumbai police have registered fresh FIRs against Arnab Goswami’s, his wife and son for allegedly obstructing the Police officers from performing their duty.

They were booked for allegedly assaulting a female Mumbai police cop at his residence when she along with 30-40 other cops barged into his house to arrest Arnab. The FIR also names two unknown persons, a man and a woman, for the same offences, but have not named them.

A woman police official, who was part of the team which arrested Goswami from his Lower Parel residence here, filed the complaint, an official said.

As per the complaint, Goswami, his wife, son and an unidentified man and a woman tried to obstruct the officials when they were arresting the journalist. Goswami’s wife tore up the arrest intimation papers which the police wanted her to sign, the complaint alleged.

Nagaland COVID tally 9207 Criminal cases against sitting MPs, MLAs ECI yet to announce re-poll COVID-19 STATUS AS ON november 4, 2020 must get priority: Amicus Curiae to SC at Singrep poll station 11 District

Dimapur

ACTIVE CASES Symptomatic AsDeath ReMi- Total ympunder Critical-ICU cov- Death grat- CastomInvestiMod- Se- With- With On ered ed es atic Mild erate vere out gation Oxy- VentiOxygen gen lator 714 26 3 2 0 0 1 4313 32* 3 49 5143

Kiphire

5

0

0

0

0

0

0

18

0

0

0

23 2744

Kohima

278

5

5

4

0

0

3

2430

8

0

11

Longleng

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

9

0

0

9

18

Mokokchung

14

0

0

0

0

0

0

97

1

0

2

114

Mon

51

1

0

0

0

0

0

437

2

0

9

500

Peren

7

0

0

0

0

0

0

300

0

0

0

307

Phek

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

36

0

0

0

37

Tuensang

13

0

0

0

0

0

0

141

0

0

0

154

Wokha

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

26

1

0

0

29

Zunheboto

7

1

0

0

0

0

0

127

0

0

3

138

Total

1091

34

8

6

0

0

4

7934

44

3

83

9207

*6 deaths not due to Covid-19 *3 deaths in under investigation

DIMAPUR, NOV 4 (NPN): Nagaland on Wednesday reported 56 COVID positive cases-- 27 in Dimapur, 24 in Kohima, 2 each in Mon and Tuensang and 1 in Phek, taking the tally to 9207 cases.

Further, out of 9207 positive cases, the distribution across various categories of people include 3977 cases from the armed forces/ police, 1664 returnees, 3120 traced contacts and 446 frontline workers.

Meanwhile, two more deaths were reported in Kohima on Wednesday.

According to health department’s data, the state has so far reported 47 deaths (6 not COVID related and 3 under investigation).

India’s tally races past 83 lakh: India’s COVID19 caseload mounted to 83,13,876, while the death toll rose to 1,23,611 after 514 more fatalities were reported.

NEW DELHI, NOV 4 (IANS): The amicus curiae in the plea seeking setting up of special courts to expeditiously try criminal cases against MPs/MLAs submitted before the Supreme Court that criminal cases against sitting legislators must be given priority.

Senior advocate Vijay Hansaria, the amicus curiae, apprised the bench comprising Justices N.V. Ramana, Surya Kant and Anirudhha Bose, on various High Courts reports in terms of steps taken, cases pending as well as further plan of action to expeditiously cases against sitting and former MP/MLA. He submitted that criminal cases involving sitting legislators should be prioritised. “They are lawmakers.

If they have murder cases pending against them, they shouldn’t be making laws for us. This is in public interest,”

he said. Hansaria added that special public prosecutors must be appointed by the court to take up the cases and emphasised on witness protection. The bench, however, did not agree with Hansaria’s that a direction should be given to the special courts to grant protection to the witnesses in the cases.

“There are thousands of witnesses in over four thousand cases against MPs and MLAs and is it possible to grant protection to all?” it asked. The bench has asked the Centre to file an affidavit within two weeks clarifying its stand in the matter.

It also noted that the Madras High Court has accepted that it has “committed a mistake” by questioning the constitutional validity of setting up these special courts.

On the Madras High Court matter, Hansaria added that raising such an issue

was not correct and there was a special magisterial court in every district of the country since April 2019 to deal with cases against the lawmakers.

A three-judge criminal rules committee of the Madras High Court had said: “Special Courts can only be ‘Offence Centric’ and not ‘Offender Centric’.

Courts can be constituted only by statute and cannot be constituted by judicial or executive fiats.”

The bench said they accepted their mistake, and expect the Madras High Court, no other high courts have no objection with setting up of special courts.

Justice Ramana said: “Let’s not side track the issue. We will deal with this aspect later.” The bench added that whatever directions they have passed in this matter must be implemented.

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KOHIMA, NOV 4 (NPN): Election Commission of India (ECI) is yet to order re-poll at Singrep village under 60 Pungro-Kiphire Assembly constituency despite a request made in this regard by the State’s chief electoral officer.

According to CEO office, a scrutiny was conducted on Wednesday and report sent to ECI. Sources said re-poll was likely to be held only at no. 11 Singrep polling station.

It may be recalled that due to some scuffle outside the polling station, voting was discontinued and the returning officer had recommended re-poll in his report.

Meanwhile, counting of votes for the by-polls to the two Assembly constituencies of 14 Southern Angami and 60 Pungro-Kiphire held on Tuesday will take

Announce Naga political solution without further delay: NGBF tells Centre D I M A P U R , N OV 4 (NPN): Nagaland Gaonbura Federation (NGBF) has appealed to the government of India to announce the Naga political solution without further delay, stating that the promise of early solution for the last two decades and lapse of one year after conclusion of the formal dialogue has created void and apprehension in the minds of the Nagas.

This was among several resolutions adopted by the federation during its annual executive meeting held at Niathu Resort here on Tuesday, NGBF president Shalem Konyak, vice-president Khashito Yeptho and general secretary Shikuto Zalipu stated.

Also appealing to NSCN (I-M) to expedite the peace process and join hands for Naga political solution, the forum said it was fully convinced that the

A file photo of NGBF members with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi in 2017.

Nagas were fully prepared for a negotiated and honourable political solution, adding that there was no reason to further delay signing of the Indo-Naga political agreement.

Further, NGBF said branding all peace and early solution-yearning Nagas, including 14 tribes and other civil society organisations, as traitors and antiNaga was unprecedented and demeaning. The federation asserted that this was uncalled for and strongly

condemned it. Expressing unhappiness at the overt threats and intimidations being issued through the media, NGBF said gaonburas/village chieftains had been at the forefront of peace and diplomatic initiatives with the Centre (GoI) and also among the warring Naga groups since the beginning of the IndoNaga political conflict.

Noting that it had been at the receiving end of every side, the forum nevertheless resolved to

work tirelessly to facilitate an honourable settlement of the conflict through political negotiation.

Calling for understanding “our own history, our culture and traditions”, NGBF declared that the stand of the gaonburas did not require any “recognition certificate” from anybody.

The forum said significance of gaonbura institution in Nagaland had been well documented and recorded even before the

arrival of British, adding ignorant attitude of some people had let them to view them as mere government agents and distorted traditional legacy, besides trying to subdue the legitimate rights of the gaonburas.

NFGF declared that, post-solution, it would not tolerate or allow any antipeace elements or forces to take shelter, use violence and issue threats and intimidation to individual Naga leaders, tribal leaders and Naga citizens under any pretext or circumstances in its ancestral and traditional jurisdiction.

Warning to confront such threats in Naga soil with active participation of the people, the forum said it would utilise all resources to preserve and maintain peace in “our land”.

Observing that the Naga political issue is at the threshold of a new era,

the forum cautioned that loopholes could lead to regret in the future.

Therefore, it appealed to Naga political negotiating parties and GoI to abide by what had been declared to the Naga people and translate without delay into reality the October 31, 2019 decision announcement that the negotiations between GoI and both Naga negotiating parties NSCN (I-M) and WC, NNPGs, had been completed. To backtrack from such welldocumented mutual understanding would be a betrayal to the Nagas, it stressed.

The meeting further urged security forces to refrain from raids in villages on the pretext of patrolling keeping in view the seriousness of the situation, adding this has created fear psychosis among the innocent public.

place on November 10 and results declared that day.

Prohibitory order to remain till Nov 10

Fo l l ow i n g r e p o r t s about poll related violence on November 3 during the by-poll to 60 Pungro-Kiphire assembly constituency, the deputy commissioner Kiphire informed that prohibitory orders under Section 144 CrPC will remain in force till November 10.

I n a n o r d e r, D C Kiphire, AK Ranjan said “whereas incidents of poll related violence has been reported. Therefore, it has become urgent and necessary to take preventive measures.”

In this regard, DC stated that assembly of more than five persons in any part of 60 Pungro-Kiphire is prohibited in the interest of free and fair election and to maintain public order.

Dimapur city bus service from today DIMAPUR, NOV 4 (NPN): Nagaland State Transport (NST) department has informed the commuters that Dimapur-Chumukedima NST bus service would resume with effect from November 5, 2020 with 50% sitting capacity.

In a circular, assistant general manager NST Dimapur Thomas Y Kiutsangmong informed that the bus fare from Dimapur station to following routes would be: Rs.10 (Burma Camp police point, Zion Hospital Junction, Hollohon Petrol Pump, Padumpukhuri gate), Rs.20 (Aoyimti Junction, ARTC Junction, Chekiye gate, Airport Junction, Diphupar Junction, Central jail junction, Rs. 30 (Green park junction, Unity village gate, Bamboo Resource Centre, Sovima village gate, 7th Mile Model village, Tenyiphe-I gate, Khuovarü gate) and Rs.40 (Chumoukedima bazaar, 2nd gate Chumoukedima and 1st gate Chumoukedima).

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UGC extends online application for scholarships

D I M A P U R : U n ive r s i t y Grants Commission (UGC), Ministry of Education, India has invited fresh applications (including renewals) from regular and full time students under the following four schemes for the academic year 2020- 2021: Indira Gandhi PG scholarship for single girl child (SGC); PG scholarship for university

rank holder candidate (URH); Ishan Uday Special scheme for North Eastern Region (NER); PG scholarship for professional courses for SC/ ST candidates. The guidelines of each scheme may be accessed at national scholarship portal and students who were eligible and were admitted in the recognised institutions, as

per the guidelines, may submit their applications through national scholarship portal on its websites- https:// scholarships.gov.in/. The portal was opened since September 1 and will be opened for receiving applications for fresh as well as renewals as per the following timelines: Closing date for filing online applications by

November 30; Closing date for verification of applications by institutions of students including re-submission of defective applications by December 15.

It would be in the interest of students if all the applications were verified by institutions

by December 10 so that they would able to correct/rectify the defected applications.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

DC Noklak, Reny Wilfred addressing at the DBs bifurcation programme held on November 4 at Noklak. (DIPR)

DIMAPUR: Tuensang District DBs Union (TDDBU) bifurcation programme was held at DC conference hall, Noklak on November 4, wherein deputy commissioner Noklak, Reny Wilfred addressed.

According to DIPR report, the DC in his speech stated that dobashis were the custodians of customary law and upholding the values of the customs. DBs were the eyes and ears of the administration and also

the strength in maintaining law and order in the district and state as well.

He called upon the DBs of Tuensang and Noklak to work together as before and requested them to form a forum, so that it would create an opportunity for co-ordination.

Issues and problems were part of the administration and DBs (also a magistrate) play a vital role in solving the disputes basing on the customary laws, he added.

He urged upon the DBs to be firm in giving opinion which was based on customary law. DC asked the DBs not to develop the habit of consuming alcohol and other intoxicating items and advised them to stay upright as custodian of customary law.

During the programme, PA to DC Tuensang S. Yanchu, district head DB, Tuensang Chamhomong, head DB Longkhim L.Tsalongse

and Gr-I DB Shamator Reluthing also spoke and district head DB Noklak, S.Hangji extended the welcome address.

Earlier, programme was chaired by head DB Sadar Tuensang Hq, M. Chingmak and Gr-I DB Noklak, H. Longhen was the secretary during the programme. DBs of Tuensang Hq presented a folk song and special song was presented by Longdon BYE.

Born : 1928 – Died : 26/10/2020

We , t h e b e r e a v e d f a m i l y m e m b e r s o f Late Mrs. Elizabeth Kikon, wife of Lt. Mr. Jankhomo Kikon would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to each and every individual, churches, unions, friends, relatives and well wishers who stood by us during her illness and death of our beloved mother.

Your physical presence and support through prayers, financial and material have been a source of solace and comfort during the hour of grief and pain.

It is our humble prayer that our Almighty God shower His blessing upon you all.

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GRATITUDE

KMC informs previous tenants: Kohima Municipal Council (KMC) has informed all the previous tenants of Kohima Super Market complex to produce documents /receipts/challans to support claims for allotment of shops/stalls at the Supermarket complex.

All concerned have been directed to submit the same within fifteen days.

Wokha DPDB meeting: DC & vice-chairman DPDB Wokha, Orenthung Lotha, has informed that the monthly Wokha district planning & development board (DPDB) meeting will be held on November 9, 11 a.m at DC’s conference hall. DC also informed that Mt. Tiyi Govt. College will present the powerpoint on their performance and activities of the college.

All the members have been informed to attend the meeting positively.

DPDB meeting Zunheboto: Deputy commissioner and vice chairman DPDB Zunheboto has notified all the members that, DPDB meeting will be held on November 10, 11 a.m at town hall Zunheboto. All the members have been asked to attend positively.

DPC general meeting: Dimapur Press Club (DPC) has convened a general meeting on November 9, 11 a.m at Tourist Lodge, Dimapur. All members have been requested to attend as new identity card would be issued to the person concerned only. Wearing face mask and maintaining all SOPs are mandatory.

Revival and healing crusade in Dimapur: Awakening revival healing crusade will be held on November 6, 7 and 8, 3 p.m each day, at Rio Colony Ground, Sewak Complex Dimapur with Rev. Lawrence from Mizoram as speaker. Government SOPs will be followed in the crusade ground.

DMA Mokokchung felicitation prog DIMAPUR: Prize distribution-cum-felicitation programme for the winners of drawing, speech and essay writing competition was held at District Mission Authority (DMA), Samagra Shiksha, Mokokchung.

A press release by DMA Mokokchung stated that, the state level winners in essay writing competition, Ochirenla from Senayangba GHSS Ungma was awarded with cash prize and certificates on October 31. District and block level winners were also awarded with certificate from Nagaland Education Mission Society (NEMS) Samagra Shiksha, Nagaland, Kohima.

KPC condolence DIMAPUR: Kohima Press Club members have expressed deep sorrow at the demise of late Megolhusie Nagi, aged 64 years, father of KPC member, Anguno Nagi, who passed away on November 4. KPC general secretary, Atono Tsükrü Kense conveyed condolences to the bereaved family and pray to Almighty God to grant them solace and strength and that the departed soul rest in eternal peace.

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Born on: 09.12.1974

As we lament the irreplaceable loss of our beloved Subotemjen Jamir (Longpa) on 30.10.2020, we find strength in knowing earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot heal and with deep sense of gratitude, we acknowledge each and every individual, groups and societies who has been our strength and comfort during our darkest hour. It is our humble prayer that the Almighty bestow each and every one of you abundantly.

From loving wife, children and family members MKC-248

1ST DEATH ANNIVERSARY

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OF LT. TOULHOUSIENO NAGI (TOUNO NAGI) Died : 04.11.2019

IT HAS BEEN A YEAR SINCE YOU WENT TO BE WITH OUR LORD AND NOT A DAY HAS PASSED WITHOUT YOUR SWEET LOVING MEMORIES. “LIFE GOES ON AT ITS OWN PACE. BUT SOME MEMORIES CAN NEVER BE FORGOTTEN OR ERASED FROM THE MINDS OF THE DEAREST ONES.” YOU WILL ALWAYS REMAIN IN OUR THOUGHTS. FONDLY REMEMBERED BY,

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT “The Song is ended, but the memory shall linger on....”

We, the family members of Late G. Yeghoto Sema, (HAV, DEF, Kma) would like to extend our profound gratitude to all the friends, neighbours, relatives and well wishers from near and far, and the various organizations who stood by us physically, materially, financially, and spiritually during his prolonged illness, and thereon, to his demise on the 26th Oct., 2020.

The loving sympathy and comfort that you have shown during this tremendously difficult time is so greatly appreciated.

Late G. Yeghoto Sema was a devoted husband, a wonderful father, a caring brother, and a dutiful son. Although his passing has left a void in our life, it is your loving concern, care, and help rendered that shall fill that void, to let us go on with our life. God bless you.

Our special gratitude also goes to:1. Pastors & staff, Sumi Aphuyemi Baptist 21. Kichilimi Students’ Union Church Kohima (SABCK) 22. A’Coy, B’Coy, B’Company 2. Sunday School Department, SABCK Commander, DEF, Kohima 3. Youth Department, Ministers Hill, 23. Superintendent of Police, Kohima SABCK 24. Officers, staff and colleagues at the SP 4. Friday Fellowship, New Ministers Hill, Office, Kohima SABCK 25. Doctors, nurses and staff, Oking 5. Ministers Hill Fellowship, SABCK Hospital, Kohima 6. Rev. Kiyeto G. Sema, Senior Pastor, 26. Doctors, nurses and staff, KOHIMAS, SABCK Kohima 7. Henito Achumi, Deacon Board 27. Doctors, nurses and staff, NECHRI, Chairman, SABCK Gawahati 8. Rev. Dr. Vevo Phesao, Pastor, 28. Doctors, nurses and staff, NHAK, Chakhesang Baptist Church, Kohima Old Ministers Hill, Kohima 29. Vikheho Y. Swu, Honorable M.L.A., 9. Members, Chakhesang Baptist Church, 13 A/C, Pughoboto Old Ministers Hill, Kohima 30. Pukhaje Kiho, President, BJP, 10. Panchayat, Old Ministers Hill Pughoboto Mandal 11. Seikhanuma Women’s Group 31. Jevito Achumi, Class 1 Contractor, (Panchayat Section ‘A’) Kichilimi 12. Sumi Community, Old Ministers Hill 32. Luqheto G.B, Old Ministers Hill 13. Pughoboto Baptist Church 33. Depe Sakhamo, Sub Inspector, 4th NAP 14. Natsumi Baptist Church Thizama 15. Mukalimi Baptist Church 34. Vizashe Mekro & Krosano Mekro, 16. Tukunasami Baptist Church Old Ministers Hill 35. Vikugha Kiho(Amakishiu), Mukalimi 17. Shesulimi Welfare Kohima 18. Kichilimi Baptist Church 36. Friends and classmates of Atoka, Bento, & Livi Chishi 19. Kichilimi Prayer Fellowship, Kohima 20. Kichilimi Union Kohima, Pughoboto, Zunheboto & Dimapur Although he is gone physically, the loving memories that he created, and the warmth of his presence shall never be forgotten. It is our prayer and belief that he has found eternal Peace, up in Heaven, with the Lord.

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Died on: 30.10.2020

Loving Wife, Children, and Family Members

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YOUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN.

(10th March, 1973 – 26th October, 2020)

Late G. YEGHOTO SEMA (H/o Qhegholi Chishi & S/o. Ghunakha Chishi)

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WSBAK meeting with NSCW raises concern over rise in crime against women Western Sümi Kükamis DIMAPUR: In the light of recent spate of crime against women and to raise issue of women’s safety in the state, the Nagaland State Commission for Women (NSCW) met with Dimapur district administration and law enforcement agencies on November 3.

A press release

by NSCW stated that, chairperson of NSCW Khrienuo Tachü discussed with the district administration and law enforcement agencies that mass awareness and sensitisation programmes with

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crackers on Diwali be enforceable?  Yes.  No.  Can’t Say.

WEATHER FORECAST November 5

(Temperature in ºC)

Max Min

Agartala Hazy sun

30 19

Aizawl

Mostly sunny and nice

Guwahati Hazy sun Imphal

Mostly sunny and nice

26 17 29 17 27 17

Itanagar Cooler with hazy sun

23 17

Shillong Hazy sun

22 9

Kohima

Not as warm with a t-storm

21 12

Dimapur Mostly sunny and not as warm 27 18 Mkg

Cooler; a shower in the a.m.

23 13

Tuensang Cooler, a morning shower

17 9

Mostly sunny and cooler

23 16

Wokha

Zunheboto Mostly sunny and not as warm 20 11

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regard to women’s safety needed to happen at the grassroot level. She said that it required collective effort of the society and that a strategic and coordinated effort of various stakeholders like the district administration, law enforcement agencies, churches, NGOs, and tribal bodies can enhance safety and protection of women in the state.

The purpose of NSCW’s visit was to interact with the concerned authorities seeking their opinions and suggestions so as to come up with

NSCW chairperson Khrienuo Tachü with DC Dimapur, Rajesh Soundararajan on November 3.

some important steps and measures to prevent crime against women, and prioritise women’s security issue.

NSCW took note of the

comments and suggestions of the district authorities to ramp up its effort to ensure a safe environment for women in the state.

LaunchPad career guidance development programme

DIMAPUR: Under the initiative to assess the aspirations opinions in discovering their abilities and

(Inset) Tokheho Yepthomi. Section of the Kükamis with WSBAK officials at the of the department of Youth Re- and thoughts of the students from prepare them to accomplish their consultative meeting.

DIMAPUR: In view of the platinum jubilee celebration, the Western Sümi Baptist Akukuhou Küqhakulu (WSBAK) held a consultative meeting on October 27, with Western Sümi Kükami at Aküvüto, Thahekhu, where MP Lok Sabha, Tokheho Yepthomi was the guest of honour.

A press release by WSBAK executive secretary, Rev. Dr. Phughoto Sema stated that, Tokheho Yepthomi, exhorted the chieftains to be united and work for the church and society. He encouraged them

to be more responsible and be honest leaders as they were desired by the people and preserved by God. Ato kükau of Nihoto village, Dr. Nihoto P. Chishi (95), one of the oldest chief from Western Sümi villages brought goodwill message of cooperation for the jubilee celebration project. Dr. Chishi was also the teacher of MP Tokheho during school days at Aghunato.

He encouraged the chiefs to be honest and take care of the needs of the people who seek their help.

Ato kükau Sakipheto, Dr.

Izheho Zhimomi (85) and many others gave solidarity speeches.

The Wester n Sümi Kükami unanimously decided to give full cooperation towards the celebration of WSBAK platinum jubilee in every way possible.

Western Sümi Kükami also decided to strengthen the Western Sümi Baptist Akukuhou Küqhakulu in letter and spirit. More than 150 Kükamis (village chiefs) representing about 138 villages from Western Sümi region participated in the consultation meet.

sources and Sports, Nagaland, in partnership with YouthNet and supported by the department of School Education, a career guidance and employability skill development programme, “LaunchPad” has been designed for students pursuing their 12th standard in all Government Higher Secondary Schools across Nagaland.

A press release by YouthNet director programmes, Nuneseno Chase stated that, the programme consists of distinct modules specially created to help students utilize their time effectively during the current pandemic lockdown and beyond in developing their soft skills.

An online survey was conducted from September 2020 onwards

44 Government Higher Secondary Schools across 12 districts in Nagaland. A total number of 3687 students are registered for the LaunchPad programme, out of which 3067 students responded to the survey till date.

Yawing S. Konyak, a student from GHSS Tizit spoke with the LaunchPad team and shared her expectations from the programme.

She was the first student to complete the career guidance survey. She said that “this programme will equip the students to be successful and smarter individuals.” GHSS Naginimora (Mon) was the first school to complete the survey. Chubarenla Imsong PGT, GHSS Longleng said “I believe it will help the students

plans with success. It will also help in producing qualified workforce, give them better job opportunities, help in the business expansion, and contribute in the growth of the economy.”

Poor network connectivity and unavailability of smart phones by some students were the main hurdles while conducting the survey. Smart phones will be made available to those students who do not have a smart phone to complete the survey and take up the online course during the physical visit to the schools scheduled from January 2021 onwards by the LaunchPad team. For more updates of the programme, one may log in to www. launchpadnagaland.com

Safety practices for prevention of COVID-19 in Longleng district DIMAPUR: ADC and administration Longleng has notified that guidelines for safety practices in high risk setting to prevent transmission of COVID-19, has been issued for strict compliance by all stakeholders at Longleng town with immediate effect.

According to DIPR report, any violation or noncompliance of the order and all other safety and preventive measures issued by the state government from time to time in connection with COVID-19 pandemic, shall be liable to be prosecuted as per the provision of the Nagaland Epidemic Disease (Covid-19) Regulations 2020.

(A) Truckers transporting essential commodities: Entry of vehicles shall be allowed within a specific period during the day as fixed by the District Task Force (DTF); No passenger shall be allowed to travel in any of the trucks; All crew member shall be screened for fever by thermal scan at the point of entry; Crew members with symptoms-fever, cough and breathlessness will be subjected to further medical examination; All

crew member shall mandatorily wear face mask at all times and wash hands frequently with soap and water or hand sanitizers; Dhabas and amenity providers at designated places identified by the District administration for truckers/travellers shall provide adequate dining space to ensure minimal contact, social distancing, foot-operated hand washing facilities as well as clean and hygienic toilets/washrooms; All crew members shall remain inside the vehicle and shall not mingle with anyone during loading and unloading of consignment; On completion of the loading and unloading of the consignment, the truck shall be required to proceed towards its destination immediately. Local transports requiring tostay back must compulsory remain in home isolation and observe safety measures.

(B) Taxi and Bus operators/Drivers shall observe the following: All taxi & auto rickshaw drivers should mandatorily maintain a daily log book of all travelers with the following details of name, phone, date of travel; The driver

and the passenger should mandatorily wear mask at all times. No passengers will be allowed to travel without mask worn correctly; Hand sanitizer should be carried at all times and all passengers must sanitize their hands before boarding; The driver should mandatorily carry appropriate disinfectans and periodically disinfect frequently touch surfaces of the vehicle such as doors and window handles, seats, overhead hand grips, etc; The vehicles should be washed daily and disinfected periodically; Drivers will not assemble or gather in groups at taxi/auto rickshaw stands; Limitation on the number of passengers will be as per existing state guideline for lock down measures.

(C) All shopkeepers and customers shall observe the following: All shopkeepers shall provide hand washing facilities soap and running water or alcohol-based hand sanitizer; Customers and shopkeepers are to wear face mask compulsorily at all times. The policy of “no mask, no entry” must be imposed; Time-bound sales/promotion offers that have the potential to draw

a crowed within a limited time period is strictly prohibited; Frequently touched surface such as railings, door knobs, handles, floors, billing tables/counters etc. are to be cleaned everyday with 1% sodium hypochlorite or any other effective commercially available disinfectant; Any staff with symptoms of fever, cold, difficulty in breathing and other COVID19 Symptoms should not be allowed to come to work and must be reported to the district surveillance unit immediately; Shopkeepers shall discourage customers from touching commodities indiscriminately. Assistant may be put in place for the same; Strict physical distancing must be imposed at all times by limiting the entry of customers. The numbers of customers (maximum of 50% of the capacity) to be allowed at any given point of time should be mandatorily displayed by all shop owners.

Smaller/Medium establishments should whenever possible provide service without letting customers come inside the shop. Markings for ensuring physical distancing should be indicated whenever applicable; There should

be no crowding at the billing counters; A rope/ribbon barricade/queue manager will be placed at the entrance of the shop to regulate entry of customers; The salesperson handling items/commodities must frequently wash hands/use hand sanitizer before and after dealing with every customer; In case of cash payment, customer should be encouraged to pay the exact amount to reduce physical contact; Management should introduce electronic transactions such as POS card Swiping machine, Mobile payment, etc to facilitate cashless transaction and minimize physical contact; All shop’s and establishments with home delivery services must ensure the following: The delivery personnel shall wear face mask and hand gloves at all times; The delivery personnel will not enter the house compound or the house during the delivery and shall maintain adequate physical distance; The delivery personnel will carry hand sanitizer for use before and after each delivery; Online payment/cashless transaction is recommended; Log book of all customers

with phone numbers must be maintained daily.

(D) Offices and workplace including banks and post offices: Workstations will be arranged with adequate physical distance between employee/workers and there should be no crowding /socializing; There should be adequate natural ventilation (windows, doors open for cross ventilation, exhaust fans working) in all rooms; Arrangements may be made for thermal screening at all points for entry; All person within the office shall wear masks at all times; Adequate hand washing points with soap & water/ foot operated sanitized dispensers should be available at points of entry as well as in other strategic points; A logbook for all visitors with name and phone number clearly mentioned should be maintained every day in all offices. Visitors should be restricted on all days; Opening of office canteens will be subject to state lockdown guidelines; Any staff with symptoms of fever, cold, difficulty in breathing and other COVID-19 symptoms should not be allowed to come to work and must

be reported to the district surveillance unit/state helpline 18003450019; Surface disinfection of frequently touched surfaces should be done at least twice a day with appropriate disinfectants; All staff should be frequently oriented on standard preventive measures with display of adequate IEC materials (posters/pamphlets/ flex banners) in strategic points; Staff travelling by departmental bus should be regulated to ensure physical distancing, use of masks and other safety measures. Drivers should not assemble or gather in groups. Officers, staff who are fit to drive should avoid using the services of an attached driver whenever possible; All offices to the extent possible should opt for webinars and video/audio conferencing using various software tools/ platforms like zoom, google meet, microsoft teams, demo etc, for online meetings and appointments. Every office shall designate a nodal officer for infection control to oversee proper maintenance and implementation of preventive measures. Checklist for COVID-19 preventive measures at workplace and

offices for self assessment is given in Annexure 2. The checklist score shall be produced to the head of office at the end of every month for necessary correction measure. The checklist will be monitored time to time by DTF and other competent authorities.

Banks and post offices must ensure the following: Customers are to wear face mask compulsorily at all times. The policy of “no mask, no entry” must be imposed; Staff to use hand gloves while handling bank notes/postal letter & parcel. However, hand washing/use of sanitizer should be followed strictly after every activity’; Strict physical distancing must be imposed at all times by limiting the entry of customers (maximum of 50% of the capacity) allowed at any given point of time should be mandatorily displayed at strategic points and should be regulated by the security.

All counters, queue line (inside and outside) should have marking on the floor for physical distancing; All ATMs should be provided with hand sanitizer by the concerned banks.

Crime Beat

Excise (NC) and DNSU conduct liquor raid in Dmu

Security Forces seize illegal IMFL in Zubza

The assorted IMFL seized by the Excise (NC) along with The apprehended individuals along with the seized DNSU officials on October 31.

IMFL by security forces on November 1 at Zubza.

DIMAPUR: A joint surprise raid on booze joints and restaurants in different pockets of Dimapur town was conducted by Excise narcotic cell (NC) enforcement duty party, along with DNSU office bearers and executive members on October 31.

According to Excise (NC) deputy commissioner, S. Chanlei Angh, the team recovered and seized a total of 734 bottles of assorted IMFL. In this connection, seven accused persons have been arrested and penalised as per the relevant section of NLTP Act 1989. The team was led by AIE Tovika.

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DIMAPUR: As part of the ongoing crackdown by Security Forces to prevent illegal activities in Nagaland, Security Forces seized IMFL in general area, Zubza Nala on November 1.

According to PRO HQ IGAR (N), based on specific intelligence regarding illegal activities in Zubza Nala, Security Forces launched

an operation along with Police representative and apprehended three persons.

Recoveries included assorted liquor amounting to Rs 35.48 lakhs approximately.

The apprehended persons along with recovered items were handed over to Sechu (Z) Police Station, Kohima for further investigation.

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Assam-Mizoram dispute still grim Central forces to guard inter-state border at Lailapur and Medlicherra

Tension has been prevailing along the Assam-Mizoram border since last month (File)

Sonowal holds meeting with traders to discuss price rise

G u wahat i , N ov 4 (PTI): Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Wednesday held an urgent meeting with representatives of traders’ bodies and different department officials to discuss price rise of essential commodities.

He took stock of the situation from the members of Assam Chambers of Commerce, Kamrup Chambers of Commerce and other traders’ bodies and asked for suggestions to control the spiralling prices of essential items, an official release said.

Pointing out that the increasing prices of potato, onion, vegetables, eggs and cooking oils have impacted the common people, Sonowal said that the government cannot remain inactive. He also pointed out the disparity in prices of items like

potato, onion and vegetables in wholesale and retail markets, and warned those traders engaged in abnormal price hike of essentials of strict action.

The CM asked the departments concerned to set up integrated dedicated teams to monitor the markets and keep a tab on the price rise of the essential items.

The members of the traders’ bodies informed him that some items like potato and onion have seen price hike at their source and said that from Thursday onwards, wholesale prices will come down slightly, the statement said.

They also urged the chief minister to take action against the unauthorised wholesale markets, which have sprung up in different parts of the city.

vailing along the AssamMizoram border since last month, after several dwelling units were damaged by miscreants, following which talks were held between the officials of the two states.

The situation turned grimmer following the death of 45-year-old Intazul Laskar, a resident of Cachar district, with the Assam government claiming that he was abducted, and Mizoram officials stating that he was a drug peddler, who sustained serious injuries while trying to escape and died.

A senior police officer in Mizoram had said that Laskar, who was arrested with 420 mg of heroin, died on Monday at a hospital in Vairengte, after having sustained injuries while trying to escape, when Young Mizo Association volunteers spotted him with the drug packets.

IMPHAL, NOV 4: Transporters’ and Drivers’ Council (TDC) Manipur has demanded for the registration of a criminal conspiracy case against the National Highway Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (NHIDCL) over the collapse of a bridge along NH-37 that killed a driver.

On November 1 last, a sand loaded tipper truck plunged into the river after a bailey bridge on Irang river along Imphal-Jiribam section of NH-37 collapsed while the truck was crossing through it.

The driver of the truck who went missing after the truck fell into the river is still missing even four days. The handyman was however rescued by villagers and CRPF personnel.

The search operation launched by a joint team of State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) to trace the missing driver has also been stalled as the chances of survival of the driver were very. Also, there was strong river current with high water level.

The truck is also yet to be fished out from the river

water amid allegations of any of the authorities taking up the repairing work of the bridge along the second lifeline of the state.

At the same time, a dead body of an unknown person was found floating on the same Irang River where the truck driver went missing at Guigailong village at the downstream of the same river today.

After receiving the information, a police from Noney police station has reportedly rushed to the spot to retrieve the body.

Whether the dead body was that of the missing driver or not has not been confirmed till the time of filing this report.

Meanwhile, TDC on Wednesday lodged a written complaint to the police with a request for registration of an FIR case under section 304A, 326,337,338, 431 read with section 120-B of IPC against officials of NHIDCL. The sections related to causing death by negligence and punishment for criminal conspiracy. The official handling the maintenance of the in bridge should be punished appropriately under the law, it demanded.

The Imphal-Jiribam

Shillong, Nov 4: Meghalaya registered 60 new COVID-19 cases, taking the active cases to 59 and with 72 recoveries, the number of recoveries surged to 8,752 on Wednesday.

Of the fresh COVID-19 cases detected on Wednesday, Director of Health Services (MI), Dr. Aman War said, 25 were from East Khasi Hills district, 13 from East Jaintia Hills district, 7 from East Garo Hills district, 6 from West Garo Hills district, 4 from West Jaintia Hills district, 2 each from Ri-Bhoi district and South West Garo Hills district and 1 from West Khasi Hills district.

The new recoveries from the viral infection included 34 from East Khasi Hills district, 26 from West Garo Hills district, 3 each from East Garo Hills district, Ri-Bhoi district and West Jaintia Hills district, 2 from West Khasi Hills district and 1 from South West Garo Hills district, he said.

Meanwhile, the number of active cases in East Khasi Hills district, which includes State capital Shillong has further dropped down to 330, the latest health bulletin reported.

As on date, 2,05,879 persons in the State were tested for COVID-19 infection, of whom 1,96,078 came out negative, while 226 persons are in institutional quarantine and 456 in home quarantine, Dr. War said.

A g a r t a l a / Shillong/Guwahati, Nov 4 (IANS): Israeli Ambassador to India, Ron Malka, who is now visiting the northeastern region of the country, is keen to extend his country’s technologies to boost the agriculture and horticulture sectors as well as the information technology (IT) segment of the northeastern states, officials said on Wednesday.

After visiting Assam and Meghalaya, the Israeli Ambassador, accompanied by his wife Lea Malka and a delegation, arrived in Agartala on Wednesday and held separate meetings with Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb and senior officials led by Chief Secretary Manoj Kumar.

A Tripura government official said that the state officials during the meeting apprised the various potential aspects of the state’s agriculture and horticulture sectors and the visiting envoy showed keen interest towards the development of the farming sectors.

“During his two-day visit to Tripura, Ron Malka and his delegation would visit the India-Bangladesh bordering areas, an agricultural farm, some tourism places and a museum,” the official told IANS. In Meghalaya, in collaboration with Israel, the state government has proposed to set up two centres of excellence, as part of a project between India and Israel to boost the farmers’

Ron Malka

income utilising the latest technology.

Accompanied by the Israeli Ambassador, Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma told the media in Shillong on Tuesday evening that the Meghalaya government has sought the support of the Central government and Israel for setting up the two centres of excellence in two districts -- East Khasi Hills and East Garo Hills -- at a cost of Rs 10 crore each.

“We had proposed to the Centre for setting up two centres of excellence -- at Jongsha in East Khasi Hills for vegetables and at Dawagre in East Garo Hills for citrus fruits,” the Chief Minister said. The visiting Ambassador said that the proposed centres would be in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision to double farmers’ income.

India in collaboration with Israel is implementing agriculture projects like setting up of centres of excellence in various parts of the country for speedy transfer of technology to the farmers aiming to increase their

productivity and improving the quality of produce.

“Partnership with the Israel government would be a ‘gamechanger’ for Meghalaya and its farmers,” Sangma said, adding that technology always plays a very significant role in the growth of agriculture and horticulture. Malka said that Israel would soon send its experts to Meghalaya to build a tailor-made programme for the farmers.

He said: “Israel’s relation with India has been growing rapidly and steadily.

We are considering introducing a direct flight to northeast India as we want to expand Israel’s presence in the resourceful region.”

Before coming to Tripura, Malka visited an 100-acre Tech City, which is under developmen, near the Lokopriya Gopinath Bordoloi Inter national Airport in Guwahati on Wednesday.

During the visit, Malka requested Assam’s Information Technology and Water Resources Minister Keshab Mahanta to plan a visit shortly to Israel for exploring the emerging technologies available there.

“The Israel government would be happy to provide all the necessary support for any possible collaboration and technology sourcing for establishing manufacturing facility setups and R&D institutions in the state of Assam with potential investors of Israel,” an official release said quoting the envoy.

Manipur CM reviews state’s COVID-19 situation COVID-19 fatality rises to 187, infection toll rises to 19,503 Correspondent IMPHAL, NOV 4: The Manipur government on Wednesday decided to cover COVID-19 patient treatment under Chief Minister gi Hakshelgi Te n g b a n g ( C M H T ) scheme.

CMHT is a pioneering health assurance scheme initiated by the M a n i p u r g ove r n m e n t which provides cashless treatment to the poor at the empanelled network of hospitals and covers up to Rs two lakh per eligible family every year identified from the Socio Economic Caste Census (SECC).

The decision to cover the COVID-19 treatment

by CMHT was taken in a

meeting chaired by chief minister N Biren Singh at the Chief Minister’s Secretariat on Wednesday that discussed COVID-19 treatment, casualties and other related matters.

The meeting was attended by top officials of the state government, including chief secretary and other authorities dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic in the state.

Issues discussed in the meeting were: increase in the COVID-19 mortality rate in the state, the need for increase in the number of COVID19 beds in hospitals and Covid Care Centre, ignorance on the part of the public for early detection and treatment, among others were discussed,

Mnp transport body demands FIR against NHIDCL Correspondent

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Israel to extend tech to boost agriculture, IT in NE India

section of the NH-37 which connects Imphal with other parts of the country via Jiribam remained cut-off after a bridge on the second lifeline of Manipur in Tamenglong district collapsed on November 1 morning.

The TDC alleged officials of the NHIDCL were behind the cause of death of the truck driver while alleging that the authority did not care about repair and maintenance of the bridge along the second lifeline of the state.

The responsibility of repairing, construction, maintenance and modifying of road, bridges, culverts and drainages along the NH-37 are given to the NHIDCL, an executive agent of the Union ministry of road transport, the TDC maintained in the written complaint.

A judgment delivered by the High Court of Manipur on December 17, 2018 had directed officials of the state and union to take appropriate steps to maintain state and national highways properly, the TDC reminded in the written complaint.

The officials of NHIDCL responsible for construction and maintenance of NH-37 have however

deliberately neglected maintenance and repair the Irang Bridge, TDC said.

The TDC alleged NHIDCL deliberately neglected the bridge with cool calculation and sinister design to gain certain profits by allowing the bridge to collapse regardless of disastrous consequences to public and society as a whole when the bridge collapses.

The TDC further informed that the driver of the truck (NL-07A-8937) that plunged into the Irang river identified as Khamba Singh while the rescued handyman Raja Damarie suffered grievous injuries.

The deliberate negligence, inaction and failure on the part of the NHIDCL officials was not only the cause of lost of precious life of the driver and grievous injury to the handyman but also endangered life and personal safety of the innocent public of the state in general and in Noney district in particular, the TDC stated.

A copy of the written complaint lodged by TDC president H Ranjit Singh was also forwarded to the SP of Noney district for information and necessary action.

an official release of the CMO said.

The meeting resolved to take up some new measures to deal with the COVID related issues.

Some measures to be taken up are: a Committee formed on COVID related death would monitor the death of Covid and Covid associated patients in hospitals and Covid Care Centres, the release stated.

It was also decided that COVID-19 patients with co-morbid conditions would be given antiviral drugs and Oximeters would be distributed to all local Covid awareness and behaviour enforcement committees to check oxygen levels of people with symptoms for early

detection and reporting to the control room for necessary action.

Meanwhile, three more people died of COVD-19 and 262 people were diagnosed with the viral infections in the state on Wednesday taking the COVID-19 casualty toll rose to 187 The total number of confirmed cases in the state rose to 19,503.

Of the total infections, 3,698 were active cases as the recovery tally rose to 15,618 with the discharge of 158 patients, including 10 CAPF personnel, in the last 24 hours.

The recovery rate of the state stood at 80.07%, as per a release of the C OV I D - 1 9 C o m m o n Control Room.

Dear Aren, Witnessing this lovely and special day of yours brings so much joy to the deepest part of my heart. That which we share has given me the opportunity to know that, you’re the best human one can ever have in life. Today you’re a day older, which means that you’re many steps closer to the fulfilment of your desires and the accomplishment of your set goals.

You’re the one I adore above beyond human comprehension. So on this special day of yours, my wish is that all you desire, be fulfilled in your new age.Let me wish you a very Happy Birthday. So much love from my heart...!!

Yours Azi

BAN ON HUNTING OF MIGRATORY BIRDS We, the Village of Old Riphyim, New Riphyim and Thillong Village under Wokha district has totally/ strictly banned the hunting of any migratory birds in and around Doyang Reservoir Dam under Riphyim area.

Defaulters will be imposed a fine of Rs. 5000/- and thereafter handed to district administration for legal action.

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With immense pride and honour, we, the Hukphang Students’ Union would like to convey our heartiest congratulations to Miss NAMSHON. E PHOM, D/o Emei Phom for securing Gold Medal in Post Graduate (Dept of Anthropology) Nagaland University, Lumami The Union further wishes and prays that the Almighty God guide you and greater success in your future endeavours.

Sd/Sd/(P. PEUANG) (M. SHINGNYEI) Education Secy President

Hey! Ajung Happy birthday is just a wish, But, I will pray that you get everything my friend, because you deserve the best in life, And, I pray you don’t have to strive.

I wish you success and endless happiness!. So, stay blessed, Wish you a very happy birthday!

From, Heropanti.

Wokhango Patton Head GB Old Riphyim

Nyimtsemo Odyuo Chairman New Riphyim

Lawrence Patton Chairman Thillong Village

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The chief secretary and the Director General of Police Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta reviewed the law and order, along the interstate border with Mizoram, with the deputy commissioners, SPs, DIG southern range, IGP, DFOs and other officials.

The chief secretary said that they had come here, as per instructions of the Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, to assess the law and order and to meet the kin of the victim who “died at the hands of miscreants on the other side of the border”.

An ex-gratia of Rs 5 lakh was handed over to the kin of the victim, he said.

“I am concerned that an innocent life was lost possibly due to the handiwork of miscreants. We would like to have a detailed inquiry into it,” Barua said.

Tension had been pre-

60 new COVID-19 cases in M’laya

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SILCHAR, NOV 4 (PTI): Assam Chief Secretary Jishnu Barua on Wednesday said that central forces are soon arriving in the state for deployment along the interstate border with Mizoram.

After the forces arrive “in a day or two”, they would be deployed along the border areas in Cachar and Karimganj districts, Barua told reporters.

“When the forces come, there will be peace on both sides (of the border),” he said.

The chief secretary directed the Cachar and Karimganj district administration authorities to maintain constant vigil along the interstate border with Mizoram at Lailapur and Medlicherra to “thwart the sinister design of certain forces to disturb peace in the area”.

Appealing to all to show restraint, the Assam chief secretary said, the state government is taking all possible measures to find a peaceful solution to the problem.

He termed the prevailing situation on the border front as both a law and order issue as well as a border dispute arising out of claims by Mizoram.

“Peace is of paramount importance as you are aware it is an interstate issue...between two different communities and there is no question of not doing it other than through peaceful means.

“There is no point in escalating tension...no point in increasing our own problems. We have to work within the four walls of the law,” he said.

The chief secretary said that the Assam Government is ‘absolutely clear’ about the “constitutional boundary” of Assam which is clearly defined by the Mizoram Act of 1986.

“We are absolutely clear about our constitutional boundary as clearly defined by the Mizoram Act of 1986 when Mizoram was created.

“Our official stand is that the constitutional boundary of Assam is sacrosanct and we will stick to that”, he said.

Certain elements are playing a major part in “stoking fire”, Barua said.

Nagaland Post, Dimapur THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2020

OFFICE OF THE

UNITY CLUB KOHIMA VILLAGE

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ZUNHEBOTO : NAGALAND

No.JUD/SUCC-34/19-20/70 Dated Abto. The 16/10/2020 Notice Calling Objection for the issue of Succession Certificate

Whereas application has received from Smti Anatoli U/S 372 of the Indian Succession Act, resident of Khukiye Village for Succession of Service/Pension benefits, A/C No.33164602926 debts & securities of Late Hokugha G. Notice is hereby issued for filing objections to all who has interest in the said claim(s) within thirty days from the date of publication to this notice.

Sd/District & Sessions Judge Zunheboto : Nagaland

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

Ms. Neingusaü Zatsu.

D/o Mr. Kelhoulelie Zatsu.

HSLC: 16th Position.

Social Science Subject Topper.

Mezhür Hr. Sec. School Kohima

Ms. Viwenuo Viviana Suohu.

D/o Khrielakuolie Suohu.

HSLC 18th Position Mathematics Subject Topper.

MAT-EFoM Award & N.R. Sarma & N.J. Lakshmi Award.

Don Bosco Hr. Sec. School Kohima The Unity Club Kohima Village heartily congratulates it's members for successfully clearing the 2020 HSLC & HSSLC examinations conducted by the NBSE with flying colours.

The Club wishes you all the very best in your future endeavours.

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S/C No. 93/20

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

Whereas application under Succession Act 1925 for grant of Succession Certificate for the estate/pension benefit of Late V. Benthungo Ezung has been applied by Shri/Smti. Libeni Ezung, W/o. Lt. V. Benthungo Ezung, H/No.10, Wokha, Nagaland for possession of: 1. SBI Bank Account Book A/ No. 11766578092.

2. Nagaland Rural Bank Account, A/No. 99000374301 3. Co-operative Bank Account, A/No. 1006006009910 Notice is hereby given that any person having interest in the administration of the estate/pension benefits of the said deceased may, if she/he so desire appear in this court on or before 02/12/2020.

Given under the hand and seal of the court on this day the 03/11/2020.

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‘Arnab’s arrest is not revenge politics’ Thankful to police for action against Arnab: Naik’s family MUMBAI, NOV 4 (PTI): The ruling Shiv Sena in Maharashtra on Wednesday dismissed the opposition BJP’s allegations of “politics of revenge” and “muzzling of the press freedom” in the arrest of Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami in a suicide abetment case.

While slamming the BJP, Sena minister Anil Parab said Goswami had duped a “Marathi” entrepreneur forcing the latter to commit suicide two years ago. Sena leader Sanjay Raut told reporters the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government of the Sena, NCP and Congress has never acted vindictively against anyone since it came to power last year.

He also claimed that the state government or any political party had nothing to do with the arrest.

Goswami was arrested in Mumbai by Raigad police on Wednesday morning for allegedly abetting suicide of a 53-year-old interior designer in 2018. “Proper procedure of law is followed in Maharashtra. Police can

nothing to do with the arrest,” the Sena MP said.

Taking a swipe at the BJP, Sena spokesperson and state Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anil Parab told reporters that Goswami’s name was mentioned in the suicide note written by the interior designer.

“The Naik family had moved the court and the case is being investigated.

Goswami duped the Marathi entrepreneur Anvay Naik due to which he committed suicide. Earlier, the case wasn’t investigated two years agoas per the contents of the suicide note.

“The Naik family then moved court and the probe started. Where does the question of the attack on the freedom of press arise?” he asked.

“There is no politics of revenge. The BJP is trying to save Arnab Goswami as if their party worker has been taken away by the police,” Parab said while terming Goswami as the “BJP’s parrot”. “A Marathi woman became a widow...and the case is being investigated.

What is wrong in that? Why

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take action against anyone if they have evidence.The state government hasn’t acted out of revenge,” Raut told reporters when asked about Goswami’s arrest. “There is no anarchy in Maharashtra and law of the land is followed,” Raut said, adding that Mumbai police is a professional force.

“It is not a black day for media. Journalists also should follow ethics. Media is not an investigating agency orcourt. This observation is of the highest court. We are all journalists. Whoever does anything wrong will be punished by the police,” he said.

“The state government or any political party has

is the BJP trying to save him (Goswami)? How can it be called as the state of emergency in Maharashtra when a person booked for abetment of suicide is arrested?” he asked. Parab said why was the BJP keeping mum on two other persons who were also named in Naik’s suicide note and arrested.

Meanwhile, Maharashtra minister and NCP leader Nawab Malik termed Goswami’s arrest as “Part 2 of India’s Most Wanted” and recalled the action against a TV crime show anchor who was charged with killing his wife. Suhaib Ilyasi, who had shot into limelight after hosting TV crime show India’s Most Wanted was charged with murdering his wife in March 2000. He was, however, acquitted by the Delhi High Court in October 2018.

“Once upon a time there was a show called India’s Most Wanted & the Anchor highlighted murders & suicides, the same anchor was held responsible for his wife’s murder, Minority Affairs Minister Malik tweeted without naming Ilyasi.

MUMBAI, NOV 4 (AGENCIES): Soon after Alibag police arrested Editor-inChief of Republic TV Arnab Goswami for abetting the suicide of 53-year interior designer Anvay Naik and his mother Kumud Naik in 2018, his wife and daughter Akshata and Adnya Naik thanked the Maharashtra police for taking action in the case, reports Hindustan Times.

“We can’t forget the year 2018. We want to thank Maharashtra Police for standing by a daughter of Maharashtra,” Akshata told reporters.

“My husband in his suicide note had mentioned three names but no action was taken against them.

Arnab Goswami is behind my husband’s death and I request every single Indian not to help him. Maharashtra police’s action is justice for us,” said Akshata Naik.

Adnya said, “My father spent his money, energy, blood and sweat on the project. Despite all that, Goswami ensured my father did not get his dues. He continuously threatened my father saying that he will finish

Akshata Naik and Adnya Naik, wife and daughter of late Anvay Naik, address the media, in Mumbai, Wednesday. (PTI)

his career and my career.”

Adnya also levelled allegations against the former investigating officer in the case Suresh Wadare.

“Between February and March 2019 we had gone to Alibag police station to collect my father’s suicide note and chemical analysis report. The investigation officer Suresh Wadare asked us to sign a paper and when we read it we found that they had mentioned a line the paper which read ‘We have filed this complaint to take revenge and now we want to take our case back.’

I remember this line but not

the entire content. After reading the paper, I tried to take a picture of that which the officer opposed and then he tore the page and asked us to leave,” Adnya said.

Adnya also alleged that Arnaab was treated with privilege when he did not deserve it.

“Why was Arnab given privilege as an accused?

Is he some god? His statement was recorded in the joint CP’s office in Mumbai police commissionerate.

We met former Mumbai police commissioner Sanjay Barve at that time. We met Anil Paraskar, SP Raigad

several times and also wrote to PMO India. But no one helped us,” She said her father’s case had been closed and she and her mother were not even aware of it.

“On my father’s death anniversary on May 5, 2020, we decided to raise our voice for justice and we uploaded some videos. Few days later Republic issued a statement on their Twitter handle saying that police had filed closure report in this case.

It is then that we came to know that our case has been closed. The investigation was botched up earlier,” added Adnya.

She claimed they had filed four complaints after they started getting threats.

“We have filed four complaints in 2020. Two at Murbad and two at Dadar police station after my mother and I started getting threats and people started following us,” said Adnya.

When a jour nalist questioned them on which political party has supported them, Akshata said, “We don’t want to make it a political issue. We just want justice and a fair investigation.”

Army Chief Gen MM Naravane arrives in Nepal on crucial visit BJYM-police fracas in Kolkata ahead of Amit Shah’s visit

contributing to enhancing the relationship between the two countries,” reads a statement issued by the Nepal Army. Gen Naravane on Tuesday said he was eagerly looking forward to the visit and exuded confidence that it will go a long way in strengthening the “bonds of friendship” between the armies of the two countries.

His engagements in Nepal include a visit to the headquarters of the Nepal-

ese Army, an address to the young military officers at Nepali Army’s Staff College and attending a banquet to be hosted in his honour by Chief of Nepalese Army Gen Purna Chandra Thapa.

He will hold formal talks with his Nepalese counterpart at the Nepal Army headquarters on Thursday.

The Indian Army Chief will be conferred with the honorary rank of General of Nepal Army by President Bidya Devi Bhandari amidst

came out with the new map showing Lipulekh, Kalapani and Limpiyadhura as its territories.

After Nepal released the map, India reacted sharply, calling it a “unilateral act” and cautioning Kathmandu that such “artificial enlargement” of territorial claims will not be acceptable to it.

In June, Nepal’s Parliament approved the new political map of the country featuring areas which India maintains belong to it.

India termed as untenable the “artificial enlargement” of territorial claims by the neighbouring country. India said Nepal’s action violates an understanding reached between the two countries to resolve the boundary issues through talks.

Nepal Prime Minister Oli has been asserting that Lipulekh, Kalapani and Limpiyadhura belong to Nepal and vowed to “reclaim” them from India.

Kolkata, Nov 4 (PTI): West Bengal BJP Yuva Morcha activists had a scuffle with the police in the city on Wednesday when they were stopped from marching towards Mayo Road to protest against the alleged killing of party activists.

The scuffle took place hours before Union Home Minister and top BJP leader Amit Shah arrives in the city on a two-day visit to take stock of the party organsiation ahead of the crucial 2021 West Bengal assembly polls when it will seek to dislodge the 1-year-old Mamata Banerjee government.

BJP Yuva Morcha had organized a rally from the party’s state office on Central Avenue to Mayo Road to protest against the alleged killing of more than 120 BJP activists in the state.

On being stopped from taking out the rally, the

Members of BJYM stage a demonstration against the state government over the law and order situation in Kolkata. (PTI)

activists held a sit-in in the arterial Central Avenue.

The police after failing to pacify them, used force to

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Terror theatre

lose on the heels of the October 29 beheading of a woman and killing of three by an Islamic radical, another terror attack took place in Vienna, five days later on November 3, when an Islamic jihadist shot dead four people. These terror attacks are not isolated incidents but mark the spread of radical Islam across the world. Europe and the entire western world are staring at a rising and potential terror attack arising out of Islamic radicalisation. Islamic terror is like the elephant in the room in Europe which has been fighting shy of openly talking about it lest it depicts them of Islamophobia. These killers were from the same country which they chose to immigrate in order to have a better life or escape from their countries where Islam rules under the yoke of Sharia. The jihadist in Vienna – Kujtim Fejzulai was a member of ISIS and born in Austria of north Macedonian citizenship.

Like Fejzulai, many Muslims in Europe, around 44 million (6% of the total population), including 19 million (3.8% of the population) in the European Union, do not see themselves as citizens of their countries but as Muslims. In recent years, Europe has experienced a record influx of asylum seekers fleeing conflicts in Syria and other predominantly Muslim countries.

This wave of Muslim migrants has prompted debate about immigration and security policies in numerous countries and has raised questions about the current and future number of Muslims in Europe. Muslims are projected to increase as a share of Europe’s population - even with no future migration. The west ensures freedom of religion which has provided the spread of radical Islam. While some in the west are apprehensive of Islamist terrorism, there are those among the liberals who vainly believe that the larger majority are Muslim humanists. The truth is that Muslims comes in a great variety of shapes and size. Many have moved from Muslim countries to Europe to escape Islamic oppression. Some are even negative to Islam. Like in liberal Sweden where Muslims are exerting their exclusiveness, they have their vision of Muslims as an entity separated from the rest of society with other rights and obligations are enthusiastically supported by people to the left in the political spectrum. Western human rights activists protest against laws prohibiting Muslim women to not wear hijab, yet do nothing when Muslim women are hounded for refusing to wear the hijab. It is a paradox as to how a person can loathe and hate the same society which he or she desires to be part of. Europe is battling with this paradox where the first and second generation immigrants from Muslim countries have led to rise in Islamic terrorism. The biggest problem is that the majority of Muslims, who the progressive liberals believe to be moderates, are not raising their voices nor seen to be totally opposing the ideology of Islamic terrorism. There will always been Muslims in Europe as they existed for centuries.

It is only due to the influence of Saudi Arabian Wahhabism, a brand of fundamentalist Islam, that has led to the growth of jihadism. Even in this, the west, particularly the USA, should accept blame for propping the Saudi rulers to check the influence of the Russians.

It is also not good news that ISIS has told supporters to exploit the disarray caused in western European countries by COVID.

DailyDevotion The Authority of Truth

Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. —James 4:8 It is essential that you give people the opportunity to act on the truth of God. The responsibility must be left with the individual— you cannot act for him.

It must be his own deliberate act, but the evangelical message should always lead him to action. Refusing to act leaves a person paralyzed, exactly where he was previously. But once he acts, he is never the same. It is the apparent folly of the truth that stands in the way of hundreds who have been convicted by the Spirit of God. Once I press myself into action, I immediately begin to live. Anything less is merely existing. The moments I truly live are the moments when I act with my entire will.

When a truth of God is brought home to your soul, never allow it to pass without acting on it internally in your will, not necessarily externally in your physical life. Record it with ink and with blood— work it into your life. The weakest saint who transacts business with Jesus Christ is liberated the second he acts and God’s almighty power is available on his behalf. We come up to the truth of God, confess we are wrong, but go back again. Then we approach it again and turn back, until we finally learn we have no business going back. When we are confronted with such a word of truth from our redeeming Lord, we must move directly to transact business with Him. “Come to Me…” (Matthew 11:28). His word come means “to act.” Yet the last thing we want to do is come. But everyone who does come knows that, at that very moment, the supernatural power of the life of God invades him. The dominating power of the world, the flesh, and the devil is now paralyzed; not by your act, but because your act has joined you to God and tapped you in to His redemptive power.

Quotes

The person who can bring the spirit of laughter into a room is indeed blessed. ~ Bennett Cerf

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Post-mortem

Free speech; basic right that empowers marginalised lives I t is a mistake to see free speech as an elite indulgence. It is a basic right that preconditions the realisation of other rights. So basic that it enables the weak and the oppressed to rise against their oppressors.

The horrific beheading of the French teacher, Samuel Paty, has once again laid bare the fault lines of free speech.

Tabish Khair’s piece (‘Lost in Paris’, IE, October 30) represents one such crack. Khair’s piece is a crying appeal against those who kill in the name of their gods and ideas, to not kill. Do not kill or afflict injury to bodies that bear contrarian ideas, he seems to be saying.

And he is right — how can he not be? I also agree with Khair that there is a need to respect people’s religion and not be provocative in the aftermath of the gruesome killing — as the French government as been in asking school teachers to show cartoons in class, or by projecting the cartoons on buildings. I hear him when he says that a competitive exercise of offensive speech may cost lives.

But Khair also seems

to be saying something else, albeit in a veiled and guarded manner. He gives the example of the “dedicated French teacher who showed the cartoons to his students in good faith” in the exercise of his free speech. He also gives the example of the “some custodians of [Islamic] religious symbols in France who get outraged” and “post intemperate things on social media”, also in exercise of their free speech. Between the freedom of expression of the French teacher, and the freedom of outraged protestors against it, stands the figure of, as Khair euphemistically calls, an “angry confused man” who is “provoked” into beheading the teacher. To Khair, it does not matter whether ideas are good or bad. What matters is that in the conflict between the two ideas of free speech and sanctity of religio-cultural symbols lives were either lost or made to suffer.

It is here that Khair’s perspective becomes conservative in its implications. First, the fact that a barbaric, crazy man can either get offended or inspired by either of the

conflicting ideas cannot be a “free-speecher’s” burden.

There are many volatile ideas out there. Should any protest or campaign be mindful of a potential violent twist that may be given to their ideas?

Should a causal link between the expression of “offensive ideas” and sufferance of bodies allow violent zealots to hold the right to ransom?

Second, unlike what Khair suggests, ideas have no real, independent existence outside of the bodies in which they inhere. Ideas survive only because the bodies in which house themselves do so. Had ideas lived autonomously, independent of the bodies and minds that carry them, ideas would not die.

They’d be immortal and live on endlessly outside of their historical times, sociological habitats and changing minds.

We would continue to believe that the earth is flat or in the practice of slavery or the absence of voting rights for women. But we don’t. And the reason is that some ideas die or weaken over time. They become anomalous and discredited either because they

are disputed scientifically or because they are contested vigorously and passionately till an anachronistic idea is defeated. Third, in the conflicting terrain of ideas, lies the kernel of social change. If ideas are not “good or bad” as Khair seems to be saying, how else do we discredit the Brahminical divine origin theory that professes that the Shudra is born from the Divine Being’s feet and, therefore, is the lowliest creature on earth?

How else, except through a conflict of ideas, do women contest patriarchy and push back on received gendered ideas of womanhood? How else has the idea of “environmentalism” or indigenous communities’ rights become such a dominant concern of our times?

Agency to speech may often be a matter of one man’s good versus another man’s good, or one man’s relative truth over another’s. It may be a matter of one cultural value-system (the French and their free-speech principle) versus another religio-cultural sensibility (the sacredness of the Prophet). Till this point,

Moving towards a mix between faith and politics

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ur world is shifting—could be for better or for worse.

Some say, it is moving towards the worse, while others say for better. However, the very mosaic of global order is moving towards diametrically fundamentalist and far-right conservative endswherein far-right politics is basically influencing the young voters. As a result, the far-right fundamentalists subscribing to supremacy of one religion over others employing all sorts of absolutesthat are taking over the governments of countries.

On similar lines there are many othersfollow suit.

Those belonging to far-right extremist political ideologies converge on many issues, policies and programs. For instance, the President of the United States of America, Donald Trump, representing Republican party and the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi of Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP).Donald Trump used farright conservative evangelicalism as part of his electoral narratives extensively lured a sizable American electorate in his bid four years ago and now deepening the process more persuasively in his re-election campaigns.

American evangelicalism is currently functioning on divisiveness that rallies around white supremacy, xenophobic, Islamophobia, anti-immigration and advocates that USA is for the whites alone.Trump has intensified this process by ploughing more yields through his political narratives and manoeuvrings. For example, Franklin Graham, son of wellknown American evangelist late Billy Graham thanked God for electing Donald Trumpreiterating that “God was behind the last election,” inferring God allowed him to win in the election—” God had a hand”.

In India, BJP, a far-right political party that rules the country as Modi the Prime Minister, is engaged in divisive politics polarising country on the grounds “majority”versus “minority” pushing for Hindu Rashtra. Everything is premised around their interpretation and those who fail to fall within their constructed rubric and framework are branded as anti-nationals and unpatriotic. They keep twisting and turning India’s plural ethos and cherished values of secularIndia withinclusive values have rather become as antithetical to their notions and conceptions.

Trumpian and Modianideological, political and religious conceptions, perceptions and ideological moorings by and large converge.

Both belong to far-right fundamentalist political streams and so their religious conceptions underscores polarizationthat believes in vertical divide of the social fabric based on race, caste, class and religious tenets of their respective societies.

Their understanding of citizenship though skewed and contradictory to the constitutional provisions and guarantees enshrined,they both tends to push their sectarian and partisan views and standpoints,so that their constituencies are protected and promoted.

We have been witnessing how Trump is invoked in the election rallies— “Trump as the protector,

keeper, and guardian of Christian conscience”, who in letter and spirit translates the American evangelical conservatism. The appointment of Supreme Court Justices is the stellar revelation that would decide the controversial issues that looms in the American society for generations. Though the value system he holds is totally flawed and contentious, those who disagree with him are snubbed such as “you are an enemy and cannot be Americans, and so leave America. Those who agree with him are considered as his trustworthy friends.

The ways with which Trump and those belonging to right-wing fundamentalism across the continents use narratives that are so dangerous, diabolical, despicable and detrimental. Trump has been considered as “deeply committed person of faith and a good Christian” and so the entire evangelical block voted for him in the year 2016. This block with some minor percentage of his supporters moving away, but many trusts him, because whatever he has promised in the last four years, he did translate such as shifting the embassy of the United States to Jerusalem.

He defied COVID-19 saying that “God is with us and so nothing to worry because God is still moving and working in spite of the fact that there have been millions of lives lost, infected and lost jobs.

He and his followers by and large have refused to wear face masks and follow physical distancing. He and his wife tested positive and, in the hospital, but the following day he took a drive in his motorcade for some distance to show to his supporters that he could not be contained by coronavirus. He makes mockery of his rivals and ridicules his opponents.

His political activism that are evident in such ways that he stood in front of St. John’s Church, near White House with the Bible in his hand for photo opportunity—hurt the Bible and hurts God.Nonetheless, he boasts about him including his supporters say that “nobody has done so much to America than any American”. In India, as mentioned in the BJP Manifesto, the leadership has fulfilled the promise and accordingly started to constructing Ram Temple in the place they claim where Ram was born. We have come across the ways with which the ruling dispensation protected those who ridicule and hurt the religious sentiments of other faith.

Similarly,in Israel, ultra-nationalists led byPrime Minister Netanyahu uses Torah to justify his political agenda by annexing and settling the Israelis in the land of Palestine. In recent times, we have been witnessing how religion and politics are being mixed as the farright political parties have insulated the religious tenets in their ideologies to attract the majority of citizens to vote for them. Classic example is a series of incidents happened near Paris in France where a teacher Samuel Paty, who was beheaded for having used cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad in a civic class.

Very recently, a woman was beheaded and killed two other people at a church in the French city of Nice wherein a knife-wielding attacker shouting “Allahu, Akbar”

(God is the greatest). Condemnation of the attack came from countries in Europe and others while others for example, Erdogan, the President of Turkey criticised French President Macron over displays of the Prophet. On similar lines, Malaysia’s former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad tweeted that Muslims had a right “to kill millions of French people”. Substantiatingfurther, he said that the freedom of expression does not include “insulting other people”.

He added that, “irrespective of religion professed, angry people kill.

The French in the course of their history has killed millions of people.

Many were Muslims. Muslims have a right to be angry and to kill millions of French people for the massacre of the past. By and large the Muslims have not applied the ‘eye for an eye’ law. Muslims don’t.

The French shouldn’t.”Our world is moving towards dark terrains because of the fact that fundamentals of religion are forgotten and kept aside. Fundamentalism of religion is on the rise insulating itself in the political ideologiesto advance theirfundamentalist political agenda. Rhetoric and narratives emerge such as ‘multiculturalism is dead’, ‘white nationalism is inevitable’, ‘majoritarianism is the reality’, ‘those belonging to other than majority religion be treated as ‘second class citizens’ and ‘their citizenship is doubtful’. Nowadays citizenship, nationality, patriotism and one’s residency are determined by race, caste, class, ideology and host of others.

The levels of debates, electioneering, narratives and slogans have hit the lowest and national political leaders lost basic etiquettes. Their discourses on issues are filled with blatant lies and heightened exaggeration. Speeches are so toxic,spewing venom and hatred against those who disagree to their political agenda and vision. Fundamentals of religion echoes wholeness of life, mutual co-habitation, inclusiveness, neighbourliness, respect to each other, preservation and promotion life, hospitability, just peace and so on. The far-right conservatism is premised on principles that are contrarian to the fundamentals of religion. The world we live has been reduced to building walls, separating parents from children, curbing the freedom of movement,betraying the constitutional rights and provisions of the minorities. The credo of majoritarianismenmeshed in such ways that those from other religion have been asked or intimidated to leave the country they belong to.

Coronavirus (COVID-19) has certainly countered and straitjacketed populism right across as the populists failed to address the adverse impact of the deadly pandemic that resulted in the death of millions of people and many millions are being affected by it.

Populism is waning as it failed to accommodate compassion and accountability of the leaders. However, populism and populists loom at large and thereforeneeds to be countered and resisted with alternative narratives, theorical analysis and pragmatic actions within the framework of the constitution.

Dr. John Mohan Razu

both speech-acts (or ideas) have equivalence and each person must have the right to speak freely. But once you kill or inflict bodily harm in the name of an idea, the onus and responsibility of it is not on the people professing or countering an idea. So that we don’t offend a loony guy who picks up a gun and shoots, or so that we don’t inspire a crazy man to behead someone in the name of ideas, must we dispense with expressing the idea itself ? It is borderline dangerous to make such a suggestion, no matter how obliquely.

Freedom of speech and expression may have been an Enlightenment, coloniser’s project and may actually continue to be so, sanctioning Islamophobia, racism and ideas of cultural superiority.

But to belabour the point outside of its context is to miss two points. First, as LebaneseAustralian academic Ghassan Hage summed up in his Facebook post: Truth also needs to have its ethics. You may be truthful, but unethical. The beheading of Paty requires us to dwell on not just any

killing but the bone-chilling barbarism behind it. To dwell instead on the genealogies and causes of violent behaviour is bad ethics, for it ends up being nothing more than an apologia for violence.

Second, it’s bad politics. The right to free speech empowers and enables many marginalised lives. It is a mistake to see it as an elite indulgence. It is a basic right that preconditions the realisation of other rights. So basic that it enables the weak and the oppressed to rise against their oppressors. It enables culturally disparate communities, including Muslims, to embody and carry with pride their cultural differences. In any case, free speech is restrained by the state through its many criteria of “reasonableness”.

To further circumscribe it by burdening it with plausible violent appropriations, or with historical conditionalities, is to feed the logic of violence against freedom of expression.

Rajshree Chandra (The writer teaches political science at Janki Devi Memorial College, Delhi University.)

Lucifer and the pope

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agaland identifies 5315 sex workers… Supreme court directs states to provide ration to sex workers…” (Nagaland Post, Eastern Mirror news; October 29th). Pope Francis recently said “Gay people have the right to be in the family they are children of God, they have right to family. No one can be thrown out of the family or make life impossible for that. What we to do is a civil co existence law.

They have the right to be covered legally”. The supreme court of India is not promoting prostitution by asking the prostitutes be provided with livelihood by the state. Similarly, the Pope is not legalizing homosexuality when he said that they have right to be covered legally. If some Christians felt that the Pope is a brother or Lucifer, they should also remember ‘I came not to call the vitreous, but sinners to repentance” (Lk.5.32).

Pope Francis has been proposing a civil co existence law to protect the homosexual people from mistreatment and social rejection in their own family circles. He has been defending the dignity of the individuals and is proposing civil laws to protect homosexualsfrom abuse in their own family environments, which are often rejected by their won parents, siblings and relatives. Historically the Pope has opposed efforts to inscribe same-sex marriage in law. And he still does. The idea of civil unions for same-sex couples is intended by Francis as a compromise: one that makes room for LGBT people to enjoy some protection of the law without damaging the theological integrity of marriage. The news of Pope Francis’ ‘endorsement’ of civil unions for same-sex couples in the new documentary “Francesco” has taken the Catholic world by storm.

Progressive Catholics have applauded the remarks; the conservative Catholics, especially in Poland and some of the African countries have decried it as a break with official church teaching and a tacit approval of sexual immorality.

Francis’ is proposing distinction between canonical marriage and civil unions. The law, he said, exists for the sake of the common good, and so it should only permit or forbid things in light of their effect on the good of the whole community. Thus, there is any number of evidently immoral activities or styles of life that ought to be permitted by the law, or perhaps even protected, so long as doing so conduces to the common good, like prostitution as an immoral activity, making of an atom bomb, capital punishment etc., the law may not forbid. To quote an example from Nagaland is the NLTP act and treatment for alcoholics/drug users. If possession and use of drugs is punishable by law, all alcoholics and addicts should be jailed. We do not put them behind bars but treat them, because the law also accepts that addiction is a biological orientation. No one begins to drink to beat up his wife or die of liver cirrhosis. Most homosexuals are such, not by choice but by genetic makeup. (Mat.19.12). This is a call for the church to understand and accept that a most homosexuals/transgender are people who have gender identity or gender expression that differs from the sex that they are born with. They are struggling to find a place in the church and in the society that brands them are sinners.

Pope Francis has been time and again emphasizing compassion and mercy as the cornerstone of Christian ministry. The “throwaway culture” against which Francis so fiercely preaches invades the very heart of the church when Christian parents, for purportedly Christian reasons, discard their LGBT children as broken, polluted things… Young people, made to believe that they are unworthy of family, are turned out onto the streets where they are exposed to the violence of poverty, drug use and sexual assault, while trying to survive, often through sex work.

Fr. Chacko Karinthayil, Shalom Rehabilitation Centre chakocan@ gmail.com

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A beacon of light, Donald J. Trump is a staunch pro-life in a western world where most leaders are liberal and are pro-choice. He is a champion of hope for religious liberty across the world and is brave enough to call out nations that oppress its religious people. From recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel to making historic peace deals in the Middle East between Israel and several other Arab nations, President Donald Trump has set a legacy unparalleled and will be read in history books as one of the greatest peacemaker. Back in 2016, Donald Trump beat the establishment, the media, the pollsters and the democrats and they have not forgiven him for that. For 3 years they ran the Russia hoax and they impeached Trump for no reason, but in doing so they showed the world the hate for him and for what he stands. The man stands for peace, life, religion, free market and free speech and that is what I stand for too. America and the world will triumph when Trump is re-elected as the leader of the free world.

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Punjab CM stages dharna against farm laws

New Delhi, Nov 4 (PTI): Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Wednesday launched a dharna here to protest against the Centre’s new farm legislation and accused the BJP-led government of meting out “step-motherly” treatment towards the state.

He said the farmer’s agitation in Punjab against the new farm laws could lead to “serious consequences” for national security and alleged that China and Pakistan were seeking to disturb peace in the country’s border state. Stressing that his intention was not to disturb peace, Singh said he was trying to “save” his state’s farmers as the Centre was “playing with” their livelihoods.

Addressing the dharna, which was shifted to Jantar Mantar from Rajghat after Section 144 CrPC (Prohibiting assembly of four or more persons) was imposed there, Singh hit out at the Centre saying it was not cooperating with the state authorities to end the rail and road blockade which was hurting Punjab’s interests.

“What do you gain by replacing one system with another system that cannot work in Punjab. Nobody is stopping anyone from buying from farmers, but do not

‘MVM’ or ‘Modi ji’s media’, not scared Rahul Gandhi Araria (Bihar), Nov 4 (PTI): Describing electronic voting machine as ‘Modi Voting Machine’ (MVM), Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said he is not scared of “Modi Voting Machine or Modi ji’s media”.

Addressing an election rally here, he said, “Whether it’s Modi Voting Machine or Modi ji ka Media (Modi ji’s media), I am not scared of them.

“Truth is truth, justice is justice. I am fighting a war of ideology against this man. We are fighting against their thoughts. We will defeat their thoughts,” he said.

Without mentioning any particular incident, Gandhi said, “Narendra Modi says unpleasant things about me in his meetings.

However, much hatred they try to spread, I always try to spread love.

Hatred cannot defeat hatred, only love can. I won’t budge an inch until I defeat Narendra Modi.”

Earlier in the day, he addressed a rally at Madhepura.

Capt. Amarinder Singh addresses media after paying tribute to Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat, Wednesday. (PTI)

disturb the existing system that is working fine,” Singh said.

“My ministers are in dialogue with farmer unions and are trying to convince them. There are two things that no ruler should tinker with - one is religion and the other is livelihood. Don’t touch religion and livelihood as agitations take place when you tinker with them,” he said.

All Congress MLAs and MPs from Punjab sat on a dharna along with the chief minister, who was also joined by Lok Insaaf Party legislator Simranjit Singh Bains, Punjabi Ekta Party MLA Sukhpal Khaira and Shiromani Akali Dal (Democratic) MLA Parminder Singh Dhindsa.

Asserting that “we are here not to disturb peace

but to preserve it”, the chief minister said he was in Delhi not to confront the Centre but to fight for justice for the poor farmers whose livelihood was at stake due to the central farm laws.

Singh said he and other MLAs from Punjab were compelled to come to Delhi as the President had declined their request for a meeting on the plea that the state amendment Bills were still lying with the Governor. He said he knew the Governor had still not forwarded the Bills even though he had no role to play in the matter, and said he had wanted to meet the President as it was his duty to apprise the head of the country about the state of national security and food security in Punjab.

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People of Bihar prefer politics of ‘good governance’: PM

New Delhi, Nov 4 (PTI): Asserting that the people of Bihar prefer “sushashan ki rajneeti” (politics of good governance), Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said only the NDA can provide security, employment and new opportunities of selfemployment to the youth of the state. He also said that the youth and women of the state have always been with the NDA (National Democratic Alliance) and they see hope in the alliance.

In a series of tweets in Hindi, Modi said he had the opportunity to meet his “brothers and sisters” of Bihar and seek their blessings during his election rallies in the state over the past few days.

“From the first rally in Sasaram to the last rally in Saharsa, the public gave a lot of love,” Modi said.

Bihar has always considered the values of democracy supreme and, therefore, the people of Bihar only like “sushashan ki rajneeti” (politics of good governance).

Talking about the NDA campaign rallies for the Bihar assembly polls, he said there was a commonality which was a high level of

Narendra Modi

participation by the youth and the women.If the NDA is continuously winning, it is because of their support, he said. “It is their blessing that gives us the energy to work continuously. The youth and women of Bihar see hope in the NDA,” he asserted.

“In Aatmanirbhar Bihar, our goal is to maintain rule of law and to ensure the welfare of poor,” the prime minister said. Modi’s comments follow a series of rallies addressed by him, including some on Tuesday.

While the first two phases of voting have taken place for the ongoing Bihar assembly polls, the third and the final phase will be held on November 7, followed by counting of votes for all 243 assembly seats on November 10.

Bills were concerned, he expressed the hope that the President will give full assent to them, following the precedent of former President Pranab Mukherjee who had assented the Bills passed

by BJP-ruled states under Article 254-II (on law made by state legislature receiving President’s assent) on the suggestion of former Union minister Arun Jaitley.

He reiterated his warning that any move by any government to tinker with religion or livelihood of the people was bound to trigger resentment and anger and said farmers were protesting as the new central laws will destroy them and snatch their livelihoods.

The chief minister warned that failure to resolve the issues of the farmers would lead to unrest, as both China and Pakistan would try to exploit the situation to the detriment of national security.

He said there was threat at the borders with Pakistan which tried to carry out smuggling of drugs and weapons for terrorists and gangsters into Punjab through drones every day.

“If trouble erupts in Punjab, the entire nation’s security would be at stake”, he said.

Highlighting the crisis faced by Punjab due to the

decision of the Railways not to ply goods trains in the state, the Chief Minister said contrary to the misinformation being spread, tracks were currently blocked at only two places which were off the main lines and connected to two private power plants. He claimed the farmers are fighting against the corporates and thus were not allowing supplies on these two tracks, adding that all the other lines were open. He said he had spoken to Railway Minster Piyush Goyal and even assured him that the Punjab Police would help the RPF maintain security at the stations and along the tracks to allow goods trains.

Questioning the rationale behind the Centre’s refusal to allow trains to ply in Punjab, Singh said this decision was obstructing movement of essential supplies not just in Punjab, which had run out of coal and power, storage for foodgrains and fertiliser, but also to other states, including the armed forces in Ladakh and Kashmir.

Singh also alleged that the Aam Aadmi Party had been “pressured” not to join the dharna as its government in Delhi had not passed amendment bills to protect farmers.

7 Enhanced version Security beefed at IGI airport of Pinaka rocket after pro-Khalistan threat system test-fired BALASORE (ODISHA) NOV 4 (PTI): An enhanced version of Pinaka rocket system was successfully test fired from the Integrated Test Range in Odishas Balasore district on Wednesday, official sources said.

S i x r o c k e t s we r e launched in quick succession and the test met complete mission objectives, defence sources said.

This enhanced version would replace the existing Pinaka Mk1 rockets which are currently under production.

The rocket has a state-of-the-art guidance navigation and control system with which it has become efficient to identify its target and hit it.

Development of the enhanced Pinaka system was taken up to achieve longer range performance compared to the earlier designs with reduced length.

The design and development has been carried out by Pune-based DRDO labortaries, Armament Research and Development Establishment (ARDE) and High Energy Materials Research Laboratory, they said.

IGI Airport in Delhi

New Delhi, Nov 4 (PTI): Security has been beefed at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport after a banned proKhalistan outfit, Sikhs for Justice (SFJ), threatened to disrupt two Air India flights scheduled to leave for London on November 5, police said on Wednesday.

The US-based SFJ has issued a call to boycott Air India flights and urged the victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots to occupy the airport to “internationalise” the issue, they said.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (IGI Airport) Rajeev Ranjan said, “We have tightened security arrangements after we received inputs that Sikhs for Justice has threatened to disrupt operations of two Air India flights scheduled for London tomorrow.”

“Even though the airport is a secure place, based on the inputs we received, we have made adequate security arrangements for the safety of passengers,” he said.

A meeting was also held with officials of Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), Air India and Delhi International Airport Limited on Wednesday to discuss the massive security arrangements put in place, a senior police officer said.

Similarly, a meeting was held on Tuesday in this regard by CISF officials.

Delhi Police officials also attended the meeting, he said.

SFJ, which has been pushing for Sikh Referendum 2020 as part of its separatist agenda, was banned by the government for its alleged anti-national activities.

CAA to be given priority before Bengal polls: Vijayvargiya Kolkata, Nov 4 (PTI): Setting his sights on 2021 Bengal polls, BJP national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya has said citizenship law implementation will get priority ahead of the elections, as both his party and the Centre were keen on ending the woes of the state’s refugee population.

Asserting that free and fair polls were not possible without the imposition of President’s Rule in the state, Vijayvargiya, who is the BJP’s Bengal minder, stated that the party, however, is unlikely to raise the matter during Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s twoday visit from November 5.

The state unit, nevertheless, would convey its grievances over the recent “political killings” in Bengal and the “politicisation and criminalisation” of some police officers, Vijayvargiya maintained.

Noting that “the National Register of Citizens (NRC) exercise was not up for discussion and consideration” as ofnow, he said the BJP, at the moment, is looking forward to granting citizenship to the persecuted refugees from neighbouring countries.

“Our (central) government has passed the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) with an honest intention to grant citizenship to the persecuted refugees who have come to our country from the neighbouring nations. But there have been a few petitions against the CAA in the court.

“We are hopeful that as and when the (pandemic) situation normalises, there would be a decision.

We would try to prioritise CAA implementation before elections in Bengal,” Vijayvargiya told PTI in an interview.

Resentment has been brewing among a section of the Matua community people, who have migrated to the state from Bangladesh, over the delay in the implementation of the CAA. BJP MP Santanu Thakur had recently said he would write to Shah requesting him to quickly implement the law in Bengal to ensure that people from the politically crucial Matua community, of which he is a part, get citizenship rights.

The BJP leadership is apprehensive that the delay and confusion over CAA implementation might turn refugee voters, especially those from the Matua com-

munity, against the BJP in the Assembly elections, even though they had voted hands down in favour of the saffron camp in 2019 Lok Sabha polls.

Matuas had been migrating to West Bengal since the 1950s, mostly due to religious persecution. The community, with an estimated population of three million in the state, influences at least four Lok Sabha seats and 30-40 assembly seats in Nadia, North and South 24 Parganas districts.

According to state BJP sources, the CAA will benefit more than 1.5 crore people across the country, including over 72 lakh in the West Bengal.

Referring to the recent attack on Hindu homes in Bangladesh, Vijayvargiya said the CAA was enacted to help persecuted minorities in that country as well as Pakistan.

Ta l k in g a b o u t t he “worsening” law and order situation in West Bengal, Vijayvargiya said, “Free and

fair assembly polls next year will be impossible without the imposition of President’s Rule and asserted that Election Commission needs to ensure people can exercise their rights without hassle.”

“However, we won’t be demanding President’s Rule this time when we meet the Union home minister. We would apprise him of the political killings, complain about certain officers involved in illegal activities in the bordering areas.”

New Delhi, Nov 4 (PTI): Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday said “Pusa bio-decomposer” was successful in Delhi and the city government will inform the Supreme Court that it is an effective way to prevent stubble burning. Delhi has found a cheap solution to the problem of crop residue burning and “no state can now make any excuse”, he told reporters in Hiranki village in north Delhi.

Pusa bio-decomposer is a solution developed by the scientists at Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Pusa, which can turn crop residue into manure in 15 to 20 days and therefore, can prevent stubble burning.

The ‘Pusa bio-decomposer’ was sprayed free of cost in non-basmati rice fields in Hiranki village in Narela. Pusa bio-decomposer has been successful. It has completely decomposed the stubble and turned it into manure. Farmers can now start sowing next crop in the fields, he said.

The chief minister said that neighbouring states,

where stubble burning is prevalent, should implement the alternative without any excuses. “We are going to tell the Supreme Court, too, that it is a cheap and effective way to prevent stubble burning,” he said.

“Delhi has given a solution to other states. No government can make an excuse that they have no alternative to the problem of stubble burning. We have sprayed the solution across Delhi in just Rs 20 lakh,” he said.

Kejriwal said he had earlier talked to Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar over phone about Pusa bio-decomposer.

“He (Javadekar) said it will be used in other states the next time if the experiment was successful in Delhi,” the chief minister said.

Environment Minister Gopal Rai said, “In Delhi, 40 per cent of the pollution happens due to stubble burning in neighbouring states.

This year also, the spike in pollution is due to the massive stubble burning in Punjab and Haryana.”

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‘India to reach pre-Covid levels by March, 2021’ Amway scales up digital capabilities

New Delhi, Nov 4 (IANS): With economic activities gaining momentum, India is poised to recover fast and may reach the pre-Covid levels of economic parameters by the current financial year’s (FY21) end, according to a report by the Department of Economic Affairs.

The Monthly Economic Review for October, however, noted that the recovery may get impacted if the second wave of novel coronavirus infection gets triggered.

“India stands poised to recover at a fast pace and reach pre-Covid levels by the end of the year barring the incidence of a second wave that may be triggered by the fatigue with social distancing. The continuous improvement in forward looking RBI indices of consumption and business sentiment for the next year augurs hope of a strong economic rebound,” it said.

It noted that that the growth prospect for the Indian economy is also corroborated by the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) October 2020 pro-

jection of 8.8 per cent real GDP growth of India in FY 2021-22, highest among its global counterparts.

The report noted that a steady contraction of active Covid-19 cases and a low case fatality rate has instilled measured optimism in India that the worst is behind now.

At the same time, a second wave of the pandemic in advanced nations is a grim reminder of how reality hits back when caution is compromised, it added.

Movement of high frequency indicators in October clearly point towards broad based resurgence of economic activity, notably in healthy kharif output, power consumption, rail freight, auto sales, vehicle registrations, highway toll collections, e-way bills, rebound in GST collections and record digital transactions.

Rural consumption has stayed strong, in part helped by sustained MSP procurement of food grains by government at higher prices. Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index rose from 56.8 in Septem-

ber to 58.9 in October, pointing to the strongest improvement in the health of the sector in over a decade.

PMI Services index also rose to 54.1 in October, ending the seven-month sequence of contraction, signalling improved market conditions. With the onset of the festive season, overall consumption is expected to see further uptick in the coming months enhancing prospects of faster economic normalisation.

Meanwhile, Ease in Covid-19 restrictions, along with fresh demand, lifted India’s service sector output October.

The seasonally adjusted India Services Business Activity Index showed an increase that ended a seven month sequence of reduction.

The index rose to 54.1 in October, up from 49.8 in September.

Besides, the seasonally adjusted business activity index posted above the 50 (index reading) no-change mark the first time since February.

An index reading above 50 indicates an over-

all increase compared to the previous month, and below points to an overall decrease.

“The latest reading pointed to a solid rate of growth in output that was stronger than its long-run average,” the IHS Markit report said.

As per the report, panel members said the upturn was supported by improved market conditions amid the loosening of Covid-19 restrictions.

Furthermore, the survey report said that October recorded the strongest increase in private sector output in close to nine years.

“A sharp rise in factory production was accompanied by a return to growth of services activity,” the report said.

The Composite PMI Output Index rose from 54.6 in September to 58 in October.

“Aggregate new orders expanded for the second straight month in October, with the rate of growth accelerating to the highest since January 2013.

“New business at manufacturing firms increased at

a quicker pace than at their services counterparts.”

However, companies in both the manufacturing and the service sectors recorded lower payroll numbers at the start of the third quarter of fiscal year 2020-21.

As a result, the report pointed out that private sector employment declined for the eighth straight month.

According to Pollyanna De Lima, Economics Associate Director at IHS Markit: “It’s encouraging to see the Indian service sector joining its manufacturing counterpart and posting a recovery in economic conditions from the steep deteriorations caused by the Covid-19 pandemic earlier in the year.”

“While a revival of the manufacturing industry began in August, only now the service sector started to heal. Service providers signalled solid expansions in new work and business activity during October.

They were also more upbeat about the outlook, though hopes of output growth in the year ahead were pinned on a Covid-19 vaccine.”

DIMAPUR: Amway India, one of the country’s leading FMCG direct selling companies has embarked on a digital transformation journey. Aligned with some of the biggest global trends, Amway’s multi-year growth strategy includes unleashing entrepreneurship through social commerce - a next- generation trend that will reshape the future of commerce.

A press release by Team Cradle Communicare stated that Digital is the most heavily invested function at Amway and as part of its digital transformation journey, the company has announced an investment of INR 150 crore in India to boost manufacturing automation, home delivery and to strengthen its digital capabilities. With this investment, Amway India aims to improve its reach and offer an unparalleled user experience to its direct sellers and their consumers.

Commenting on the accelerated digitization of business, Mr. Anshu Budhraja, CEO, Amway India said, “As a part of Amway’s 10-year growth vision, we had begun integrating offline-to-online (O2O), earlier this year, to drive targeted results.

The on-going global pandemic has proved to be a catalyst for a smooth transition of our business from hi-touch to hi-tech. It has also given rise to new behavior and consumption habits like online shopping, social campaigns and engagement through social communities paving the way for continued digital transformation at every level. In fact, research shows that 18% of the population has tried Social Media or Online community engagement for the first time. Many of our direct sellers at Amway too have built vibrant social communities, delivering personalized product experiences by integrating their offline

connection to the online network through virtual sessions and online consultations. All of this is being powered by innovative social and digital tools to help our direct sellers reach their consumers more efficiently, and considering digital has the lion’s share of our investments, we have also revamped our website to make the online shopping experience simple and seamless. With these recent outlays, we aim to enhance our direct sellers’ and their consumers’ experience along with partnerships with other platforms. We will continue to bolster our digital capabilities for ensuring efficient business functioning”.

In line with the Government of India’s ‘Digital India’ initiative, Amway has been strategically investing in building its digital capabilities and strengthening its online presence to enhance distributors’ productivity, improve customer engagement and product accessibility. Riding on the wave of the global mega trend, Amway globally, including in India, is in the process of integrating offline-to-online (O2O)to digitally support &enable its direct sellers to create communities unleashing the opportunity to build their business on social platforms around their passion for adventure, fitness, beauty or cooking.

Commenting on the recent digital initiatives, Priya Dar, Head of Digital Strategy & Innovation said, “O2O - offline to online is the goal of all digital initiatives for Amway India and want to see majority of our sales happening through digital. With India becoming a mobile-first market, social platforms have turned into powerful discovery and leveraging this opportunity, we recently launched a mobile app to take online shopping on-the-gofor our direct sellers.

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“The NEERI claims that the emission levels have gone down by 30 per cent. If that is the case, why should the firecrackers be banned?” the manufacturers questioned.

“There are many festivals in India for which people buy new clothes, do special puja, make sweets at home, and greet friends.

Diwali is only national festival where firecrackers are used,” Tamil TANFAMA President Ganesan Panjurajan earlier told IANS. Manufacturers are also aggrieved that some of the major political parties in Tamil Nadu have failed to espouse their cause.

“It was only Nirmala Sitharaman, when she was the Union Commerce Minister, who took active interest in matters concerning us, like ban on import of Chinese firecrackers and reduction of Goods and Service Tax,” Asaithambi said.

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“If sales are banned, then our payments from wholesale dealers will take time to be realised, which in turn will impact our loan repayments and payments to our raw material suppliers,” Asaithambi rued.

More important is the livelihood issue for several lakh workers due to reduced or total stop on production of firecrackers as dealers/ retailers will be saddled with unsold stocks that they may carry over to the next Diwali.

Industry stakeholders told IANS that owing to lockdown and other uncertainties the production of firecrackers this year was cut by 35 per cent.

“Till now, firecracker sales is good in states like Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Kerala and others,” Rajendra Raja, Vice-President, Indian Fireworks Manufacturers’ Association, told IANS. Pointing to pollution caused by automobiles and other sources, they said that firecrackers only caused negligible pollution and that too for a short period of time.

Industry officials maintained that they are manufacturing ‘green crackers’ in accordance with formulations provided by the Council of Scientific and Indus-

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CHENNAI, NOV 4 (IANS): Already faced with reduced production owing to coronavirus pandemic, firecracker manufacturing industry in Tamil Nadu’s Sivakasi is now more worried about its future prospects as states like Rajasthan, Odisha and West Bengal have banned sale of firecrackers owing to the pandemic.

They pointed out that not only their loan repayments and other transactions would be affected, but also the livelihood of lakhs of workers involved in the manufacturing process was under threat.

The industry players and common people are of the view that Diwali festival is being “targeted by vested interests”.

“There has been a consistent attack on the industry for a long time on one or the other pretext. Diwali is one festival that is celebrated across the country and Sivakasi’s firecrackers provide a reason for the people to celebrate,” former Tamil Nadu Fireworks and Amorces Manufacturers Association (TANFAMA) President T Asaithambi told IANS. He said that for the past two years, the industry was bogged down by the issue of manufacturing ‘green crackers’ that emit less smoke.

The National Green Tribunal too wants firecrackers to be banned this

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“Several key units recorded more than 100 per cent of their APP (Annual Production Plan) targets.

The plant made 3,86,630 tonne of hot Metal, 3,54,010 tonne of crude steel and 3,20,005 tonne of saleable steel in October, which are the highest ever figures for any month,” the RSP official said.

Rourkela Steel Plant CEO Dipak Chattaraj on Monday visitedvarious units and departments to congratulate workers and officers for their collective teamwork.

He also emphasised the need to reduce the cost of production to achieve a better margin in the market.

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Bhubaneswar, Nov 4 (PTI): The Rourkela Steel Plant, a unit of the state-run SAIL, has reported record production of over 3.86 lakh tonne of hot metal and 3.54 lakh tonne of crude steel in October, an official said on Wednesday.

The RSP has also produced the highest saleable steel of over 3.20 lakh tonne in the last month, he said.

In sinter production too, the RSP touched a new milestone by clocking 6,22,199 tonne, which is the highest- since-inception for a month and crossed the previous record of 5,96,379 tonne achieved in January 2019, he said.

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reserve price in a few cases while the annual revenue generated from these mines will be to the tune of over Rs 700 crore.

A total of 38 coal mines have been put on auction by the Coal Ministry for commercial mining.

There have been 76 bids from 42 companies for 23 coal mines, with the remaining 15 mines not getting any bids.

Till now, winning bids on the first two days of auctions have been placed for nine coal mines by firms such as Vedanta Ltd, Hindalco Industries Ltd, and Adani Enterprises.

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The mines placed on auction on the third day have a total coal reserve of over 161 million tonne. Winning bidders could produce about 7 mt of coal per annum from these mines with maximum output coming from Gare Palma Block with peak rated capacity of 6 mt per annum.

The e-auction witnessed strong competition amongst the bidders with all mines attracting good premiums over the floor price, a Coal Ministry statement on the third day of the auction said.

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Jindal Power placed the winning bid for the Gare-Palma-IV/1 coal mine in Chhattisgarh while JMS Mining won the bidding round for for the Urtan North coal mine in Madhya Pradesh.

The successful bid of Boulder Stone Mart was placed for the Gotitoria East and Gotitoria West coal mines in Madhya

Vienna terror attack: Police begin probe

After a shooting armed police officers patrol on a street at the scene in Vienna, Austria, Tuesday.

VIENNA, NOV 4 (AGENCIES): Life in Vienna returned to something like normal Wednesday as Austrian authorities investigated whether a 20-year-old man who fatally shot four people in an attack claimed by the Islamic State group had any accomplices.

Officials say the suspect, identified as 20-yearold Kujtim Fejzulai, had a previous conviction for trying to join the Islamic State group in Syria and had been released in December.

He wounded more than 20 people in nine minutes before he was killed by police on Monday night.

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any evidence of a second assailant. Schools reopened on Wednesday.

“Today ever ything seems to be back to normal, but of course the mood is a quite gloomy, as you can understand after such an incident,” Vienna resident Roman Schulz, 21, said.

“But I think we must stick together in Vienna. We must not let our joy of life be taken away from us.”

Two men and two women died from their injuries after the attacker, who was armed with a fake explosive vest, an automatic rifle, a handgun and a machete, opened fire at people sitting in crowded bars and cafes hours before the establishments were closed under new coronavirus restrictions.

Authorities didn’t immediately give any new information Wednesday on the investigation. Interior Minister Karl Nehammer said Tuesday that 14 people associated with Fejzulai had been detained in Austria and were being questioned.

Police in the Swiss city of Winterthur said Tuesday two men were arrested there. Swiss daily St. Galler Tagblatt reported that Swiss Justice Minister Karin Keller-Sutter described them as “colleagues” of the attacker.

In Slovakia, police responded to reports that the suspect had traveled there in July to buy ammunition.

They said on Facebook that they received information during the summer about “suspected persons from Austria” trying to buy ammunition.

“They failed to make the purchase,” the Slovakian police statement said, without elaborating. “We immediately sent the information to our Austrian colleagues.”

The Islamic State group claimed credit for the Vienna attack. The claim of responsibility was published through the militant group’s media arm, Aamaq.

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Kujtim Fejzulai, 20, posted the photograph on his Instagram account.

Questions were mounting in Austria on Wednesday about how a convicted Islamic State sympathiser was able to carry out the deadly gun rampage in the heart of the capital Vienna.

Investigators are trying to piece together more information about the gunman’s circle after detaining 14 people in the wake of Monday’s shooting, the first major attack in Austria for decades and the first blamed on a jihadist.

Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has described the decision to release Fejzulai -- who was shot dead by police on Monday evening -- as “definitely wrong”.

“If he had not been released then the terror attack would not have been possible,” Kurz told public broadcaster ORF on Tuesday. Austria’s top security chief Franz Ruf told local

media that at his last session of a publicly-funded deradicalisation programme in late October, Fejzulai had condemned the recent jihadist attacks in France.

Interior Minister Karl Nehammer said Tuesday the attacker had successfully “fooled” the programmes in order to achieve his early release. Nehammer said his case had shown up a “fracture” in the system and that raids at Fejzulai’s home after the attack revealed plentiful evidence of his radical views.

He referred to a Facebook post in which Fejzulai posed with the Kalashnikov and the machete he would go on to use in the attack, together with IS slogans.

“Nobody would have thought him capable of something like this,” Nikolaus Rast, the lawyer who represented Fejzulai last year, told AFP on Wednesday. He also raised questions about possible oversights by the de-radicalisation programmes Fejzulai had attended. “Without wanting to put the blame on someone, if they are the experts, why didn’t they notice anything?” Rast said.

World waits nervously and impatiently for US vote count WASHINGTON, NOV 4 (AP): From Ford Model T cars that popped off the assembly line in just 90 minutes to 60-second service for burgers, the United States has had a major hand in making the world a frenetic and impatient place, primed and hungry for instant gratification.

So waking up to the news on Wednesday that the winner of the US election might not be known for hours, days or weeks — pundits filled global airwaves with their best guesses — came as a shock to a planet weaned on that most American of exports: speed. ‘’We have to have a little patience, almost certainly a lot of patience,” said the European Union’s foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, as the nail-biting contest for the White House increasingly focused on three states — Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania — that could prove crucial in determining whether President Donald Trump or challenger Joe Biden wins.

“In the American system, the last vote counts, and maybe the last vote changes the result,” Borrell told Spanish National

A live broadcast of President Trump speaking from the White House is shown on screens, Tuesday. (AP/PTI)

Television. But as world leaders generally refrained from commenting on the outcome until it was clear, the particularly fractious and contested nature of the vote was already sparking concerns overseas that the superpower’s sharp divisions and internal conflicts exposed by the election might endure long after the winner is declared.

“The battle over the legitimacy of the result — whatever it will look like — has now begun,” said the German defence minister, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer.

“This is a very explosive situation. It is a situation of which experts rightly

say it could lead to a constitutional crisis in the US,” she said on ZDF television.

“That is something that must certainly worry us very much.”

In financial markets, investors struggled to make sense of it all, sending some indexes up and others down.

Overall, uncertainty ruled. In the vacuum of no immediate winner, there was some gloating from Russia, Africa and other parts of the world that have repeatedly been on the receiving end of US criticism, with claims that the election and the vote count were exposing the imperfections of American democracy.

China vows ‘proper’ response Ethiopia nears war as PM orders military into defiant region to US arms sale to Taiwan BEIJING, NOV 4 (AP): China vowed Wednesday that it will make a “proper and necessary response” if the US proceeds with its latest planned arms sale to Taiwan. Foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said the sale of USD 600 million in armed drones to the island “brutally interferes in China’s internal affairs and seriously undermines China’s sovereignty and security interests.”

The US should cancel all such sales to Taiwan “so as to avoid further damage to China-US relations and peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait,” Wang told reporters at a daily briefing.

China, which claims Taiwan as its own territory, will make a “proper and necessary response according

to the development of the situation,” Wang said.

The State Department said Tuesday it had greenlighted Taiwan’s purchase of four “weapons ready” remotely piloted aircraft and related equipment, the latest in a series of arms transfers for the island.

In its announcement, the department said the proposed sale “serves U.S. national, economic, and security interests by supporting the recipient’s continuing efforts to modernize its armed forces and to maintain a credible defensive capability.”

Just last week, the administration approved plans for a $2.37 billion sale of Harpoon missile systems to Taiwan. That came hours after Beijing had announced

sanctions on U.S. defense contractors, including Boeing, the lead contractor on the Harpoon deal, over a previous weapons deal.

China’s ruling Communist Party threatens to use force to annex Taiwan, which it has regarded as a breakaway province since the sides split amid civil war in 1949. Washington maintains only unofficial ties with Taipei in deference to Beijing but remains the islands most important source of weaponry and is legally bound to ensure its armed forces can mount an adequate defense.

Chinese-US relations have plunged to their lowest level in decades amid disputes about security, technology, the coronavirus pandemic and human rights.

S. Africa to unlock $62 bn infra investment JOHANNESBURG, NOV 4 (IANS): As South Africa’s growth is projected to shrink by almost 8 per cent in 2020, President Cyril Ramaphosa said the government was prioritizing economic reform and mass investments in infrastructure.

“Over the next four years we hope to unlock 1 trillion rand (62.4 billion USD) in infrastructure investment,” said the President at the Infrastructure South Africa Project Preparation Roundtable and Marketplace on Tuesday.

He said his government was ready to rebuild the economy and welcome new investment after the pandemic’s devastation, Xinhua reported.

“Key priority intervention is promoting aggressive infrastructure investment

and supporting its delivery, the pandemic severely disrupted economic activity,” he noted.

Ramaphosa said the infrastructure investment would focus on different areas ranging from large scale building projects to maintaining existing infrastructure.

“Throughout, our focus is on catalysing job creation and ensuring that local businesses benefit,” he said.

The President said that multilateral development banks and other commercial institutions have expressed interest in infrastructure development.

“Each of these areas is vital to the rejuvenation of our economy, reducing the cost of doing business and improving the country’s competitiveness,” he added.

Quake death toll rises to 116 in Turkey; rescuers finish searches A N K A R A , N OV 4 (AGENCIES): The death toll in last week’s Aegean Sea earthquake rose to 116 on Wednesday as rescuers in the Turkish city of Izmir finished searching buildings that collapsed in the quake.

All but two of the victims were killed in Izmir, Turkey’s third-largest city.

Two teenagers died on the Greek island of Samos, which lies south of the epicenter of Friday’s earthquake. The U.S. Geological Survey registered the quake’s magnitude at 7.0, although other agencies recorded it as less severe.

Mehmet Gulluoglu, head of Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency, said search and rescue operations had been completed at 17 build-

ings that fell in Izmir. The rescue operation has been roaring at full tilt since Friday, pulling 107 survivors from the rubble.

Of the 1,035 people injured in the quake, 137 remained hospitalized on Wednesday, the agency added.

Following a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday evening, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan pledged not to give up until the final person was recovered. Rescuers’ spirits were raised Tuesday when they pulled a 3-year-old girl from the wreckage of her family home 91 hours after the quake. The tremors were felt across western Turkey, including in Istanbul, as well as in the Greek capital of Athens. Some 1,700

aftershocks followed, 45 of which were greater than 4.0 magnitude.

In Izmir, the quake reduced buildings to rubble or saw floors pancake in on themselves. Authorities have detained nine people, including contractors, for questioning over the collapse of six of the buildings.

Turkey has a mix of older buildings and new buildings make of cheap or illegal construction that do not withstand earthquakes well. Regulations have been tightened to strengthen or demolish older buildings, and urban renewal is underway in Turkish cities, but experts say it is not happening fast enough.

The country sits on top of two major fault lines and earthquakes are frequent.

ADDIS ABABA, NOV 4 (AGENCIES): Ethiopia’s prime minister on Wednesday ordered the military to confront one of the country’s regional governments after he said it carried out a deadly attack on a military base overnight, citing months of “provocation and incitement” and declaring that “the last red line has been crossed.”

The statement by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s office, and the reported attack by the well-armed Tigray People’s Liberation Front, immediately raised concerns that one of Africa’s most populous and powerful countries could plunge back into war. That would send a shock wave through the Horn of Africa and beyond.

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tack in Mekele, the northern Tigray region’s capital, and Dansha town. The prime minister said “the end is near” for the regional force, which is based in Ethiopia’s most sensitive region, neighboring Eritrea. The two countries made peace in 2018 after a long border war. The TPLF had been the dominant part of Ethiopia’s governing coalition before

Abiy took office in 2018 and announced sweeping political reforms that won him the Nobel Peace Prize last year.

Those reforms, however, have opened space for old ethnic and other grievances.

The TPLF, feeling marginalized, left the coalition last year. It remains a strong military force, observers say.

Ethiopia on Wednesday declared a six-month

state of emergency in the Tigray region, saying that “illegal and violent activities within the National Regional State of Tigray are endangering the constitution and constitutional order, public peace and security, specially threatening the country’s sovereignty.”

There was no immediate word from the TPLF, and all internet and phone lines were cut in the Tigray region following the announcement.

Tigray TV reported that airspace has been closed over the region, and it asserted that the northern command of Ethiopia’s military had defected to the Tigray government. Ethiopia’s government said it would speak to the media Wednesday evening.

Ethiopia was already stressed by a dispute with Egypt over a massive Ethio-

pian dam project that has drawn rare attention by President Donald Trump to Africa, and by a multi-layer crisis with the COVID-19 pandemic, deadly ethnic violence and a locust outbreak. Now the greatest test of Abiy’s rule has come.

Tigray officials have objected to the postponement of Ethiopia’s national election, once set for August, because of the coronavirus pandemic, and the extension of Abiy’s time in office.

On Sunday, a senior TPLF official, Getachew Reda, told The Associated Press his side will not accept a negotiation with the federal government.

“What we need now is a national dialogue, not a negotiation,” he said. The TPLF says the release of detained former officials is one precondition to opening talks.

Field day programme on participatory rice seed production at Beisumpuikam village, Peren district, Nagaland A “field day cum farmers’-scientist interaction programme on participatory rice seed production” was organized at Beisumpuikam village of Peren district on 2nd November by ICAR Nagaland Centre, Medziphema and KVK, Peren, to show the performance of RCM-9 and RCM-13 variety in rice seed production fields and scope of participatory rice seed production in Nagaland.

A press release from Joint Director, ICAR Nagaland Centre stated that, quality planting material is the most important and critical input for successful agriculture. In the state quality planting martial is not available on time to meet out the quality seed demand. Seed replacement ratio is below 15% in the state, which is very low, mainly due to reliance on informal seed system with traditional rice. Rice productivity of Nagaland is very low with a tune of 1.6 tonnes/hectare (GOI, 2018) as compared to national average of 2.7 tonnes/hectare due to use of traditional low yielding landraces and use of impure seeds of old HYVs. “Therefore, by increasing the availability of quality seed material of HYVs on time will increase the production and productivity of the state to achieve self-sustenance in rice production,” he added.

Dr. Harendra Verma, scientist, Plant Breeding and Genetics, ICAR Nagaland Centre, Jharnapani welcomed the farmers and congratulated them for their hard work and discussed the future prospects and know-how on participatory rice seed production. He also advised and encouraged the farmers to take up quality seed production to meet local seed demand timely.

He also advised grow High yielding and short duration variety such as RCM-9, which is medium duration variety (125-130 days) so that farmers can harvest it by end of October and in Rabi season farmers can easily taken-up various crops such as toria, mustard, pea, linseed, any vegetables crops etc. by utilizing the residual moisture present in soil to enhance the farm income.

Dr. Patu K. Zeliang ACTO, PBG KVK Peren also emphasized on use of early and medium duration HYVs of rice (RCM-9).

She also advised the farmers to cultivate Oils seed crops such as Toria, Sesame, Mustard and Pulses like Green gram, Ricebean etc under different cropping systems so as to get multiple incomes from different crops.

A progressive farmer of Beisumpuikam village gave a brief feedback on the performance of RCM-9 rice variety and reported that he harvested the yield of 5-6 tonnes/hectare from RCM-9 HYV. Further he added that RCM-13 variety was best for eating and cooking quality. Farmers were very happy after seeing the performance of RCM-9 variety in fields and were ready to cultivate in future also.

At the end of programme seed of improved toria variety “TS67” was distributed to the 40 farmers of Beisumpuikam and Jalukiekam village for toria seed production.

A farmer- scientist interaction was also conducted in which queries related to pest and nutrient management and postharvest management of rice and toria was discussed. A total of 38 farmers participated in the programme.

On the same day training on Production Technology of Oilseeds and Pulses under Diversified cropping systems was conducted by resource persons Dr. Patu K. Zeliang ACTO, PBG KVK Peren and Dr. Harendra Verma, Scientist PBG, ICAR, Nagaland Centre suggesting the farmers how they can cultivate Oils Seeds crops such as Toria, Sesame, Mustard and Pulses like Greengram, Ricebean etc. under different cropping systems so as to get multiple incomes from different crops utilizing high yielding and short duration crops.

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2nd Nagaland Piano Teachers’ Association meet held at MAK

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he second Nagaland Piano Teachers’ Association (NPTA) members meet was held at Music Academy Kohima (MAK).

Speaking as the honoured guest at the event, TAFMA advisor, Theja Meru, called on the gathered pianists and teachers to make Nagaland the piano capital of the country.

Meru said this was an achievable feat if all the pianists came together and worked in unison. He cited some important steps in order to help achieve this milestone. The first thing, he said, was the need to have a vision basing on which the pianists can move forward.

He challenged the teachers to awaken the youth and help them dream which would draw out the best in them. Hardwork, he said, was the third and an essential requirement in the race to realise this feat.

Meru also announced that TAFMA recently collaborated with Royal Mumbai Opera House. He invited NPTA to organise piano events which can be held at the Opera House.

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handed out certificates to students and members of NPTA. A brief talk about p i a n o wa s c o n d u c t e d

by Khyochano (NPTA President), Nise Meruno (NPTA Honorary Member) and Sahu Peseyie (Board Member) as speakers with Rokopheno Chase as the moderator.

Taking part in the Q&A session, TAFMA advisor Theja Meru asked Nise about his experiences of being a Yamaha artiste.

Nise replied that when a person is true to themselves and the people around them then good things were bound to hap-

pen.

He said he had been true to his classical roots and that that was one of the reasons he landed the contract.

He said, “I did not get the contract because I am the best pianist but I believe I’m a people person. I am able to connect with people without much effort, which, I feel, is a very important quality one needs in order to move forward as a musician alongside being presentable and knowing how to deal with others.”

He stressed on the importance of giving space to an artiste to grow.

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members of the audience were replied in turns by the three speakers.

Piano pieces in various styles and from different periods including Baroque, Classical, Romantic and 20th Century were presented by Ruth Sasu & Kekhrulu Nakro, Ayide Koza, Thejasanuo Kesiezie and Imsongdi Imsong respectively.

The performers each gave brief insights into the styles and composers of the pieces they performed.

Earlier welcome address was delivered by Khyochano TCK. She said NPTA was formed primarily to support and help piano educators and

create a closely knitted community among the teachers which would in turn enhance the teaching methods and also aid in better understanding the needs of their students.

She reminded the gathering that Piano was the first instrument to be studied in a systematic format from as early as the time of the early missionaries which had been passed on to the present times.

Seno Whiso, founder of Bellada Music, Jotsoma, shared her journey as a pianist.

She said her first students were her siblings and then from there she gradually proceeded to becoming a full-time teacher. She described her amazement at how a wide range of people wanted to learn Piano including small kids to even retired govt officials, which, she added, was a huge testament to how people loved the instrument.

The meet was attended by piano teachers and students from different parts of the state. Members of “The Creative Indian”, a filmmakers crew also attended.

(Correspondent)

Scientists discover new mineral in Moon meteorite

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team of European researchers has discovered a new highpressure mineral named donwilhelmsite in the lunar meteorite Oued Awlitis 001.

This new mineral from the Moon could explain what happens in Earth’s mantle, according to a study published in the journal American Mineralogist.

The new mineral is mainly composed of calcium, aluminum, silicon, and oxygen atoms.

Donwilhelmsite was discovered within shock melt zones of the lunar meteorite Oued Awlitis 001 found in 2014 in the Western Sahara.

This meteorite is compositionally similar to rocks comprising the Earth’s continents.

Eroded sediments from these continents are transported by wind and rivers to the oceans, and subducted into the Earth’s mantle as part of the dense oceanic crust.

While being dragged deeper into the Ear th mantle the pressure and temperature increases, and

the minerals transform into denser mineral phases.

The newly discovered mineral donwilhelmsite forms in 460 to 700 kilometre depth.

In the terrestrial rock cycle, donwilhelmsite is therefore an important agent for transpor ting crustal sediments through the transition zone separating the upper and lower Earth’s mantle, said the study.

This pan-European collaboration was essential to obtain the lunar meteorite, recognise the new mineral, understand its scientific relevance, and to determine the crystal structure of the tiny, the thousands part of a millimeter thick, mineral crystal with high accuracy.

“At the GFZ German Research Centre for Geoscience, we used transmission electron microscopy to investigate microstructural aspects of the samples,” said study co-author Richard Wirth.

The new mineral was named in honor of the lunar geologist Don Wilhelms, an American scientist involved in landing site selection and data analyses of the Apollo space missions that brought to Earth the first rock samples from the Moon.

Part of the meteorite Oued Awlitis 001, acquired by crowdfunding initiative “Help us to get the Moon!” is on display at the Natural History Museum Vienna, Austria.

(IANS)

Baba ka Dhaba owner lodges BTS to play ‘Fall Guys’ on the next episode of their web series complaint against Gaurav Wasan B

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aba ka dhaba owner Kanta Prasad (80) lodged a complaint against YouTuber Gaurav Wasan for usurping the cash that was donated by their well-wishers to help Prasad and his wife.

The couple owns a small eatery in Malviya Nagar of South Delhi. Wasan on October 7, shot a video where the elderly couple lamented over the lack of customers at their food joint owing to the pandemic. The video went viral and many who have seen the video donated money to help the elderly couple.

Prasad alleged that Wasan had deliberately shared his own account details and accumulated donation in their name, however Prasad only got a cheque of Rs 2 Lakh from him.

Prasad said as the video went viral he had an increased customer flow at

his shop and was earning Rs 10000 a day, but the craze subsided soon and people now mostly visit his shop to take selfies. His income has declined to Rs 30005000 per day.

Atul Kumar Thakur DCP of South Delhi said they have received the complaint but no FIR has been filed yet.

Wasan however, declined all the allegations.

As a proof, he produced the bank receipt of the transactions. He said that he never thought the video

will gather so many views and people will happily help the couple.

Wasan, argued that he didn’t want the people to bother the elderly couple and hence shared his own bank details.

He said a donation of 3.5 lacs INR was received in 3 days which he has given to Prasad.

But, many YouTubers contended that Wasan had accumulated Rs 20 to 25 lacs fund, but gave the couple only Rs 2 lacs.

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TS will play the hugely popular battle royale game Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout on the upcoming episode of their web series, Run BTS. The game’s developer, Mediatonic, shared the news on Tuesday (November 3) through the official Fall Guys Twitter account.

“YOOO BTS ARE GONNA PLAY FALL GUYS IN THE NEXT EPISODE OF RUN BTS. Someone tag Army,” it wrote. Army is the official name of BTS’ fandom.

The tweet also features a screenshot of the upcoming episode, showcasing members J-Hope, Jungkook and RM getting ready to play The Whirlygig round.

A short teaser of the episode was later posted on Twitter by user @trinhers, and it captures the K-pop boyband dealing with ingame lag. One member also proclaims that playing the round felt like “meeting the

best gamers in town”.

The Run BTS episode will be released on November 10, exclusively through the Weverse app. The boyband faced off against South Korean League Of Legends esports team, T1, in a previous episode of the series.

BTS are also set to release their new album, ‘Be’, later this month on November 20. The upcoming record will feature the lead single ‘Life Goes On’, which the boyband will perform during their appearance at the 2020 American Music Awards on November 22.

Earlier this year, BTS released the song ‘Dynamite’, which became the group’s first to top the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The track also sold 265,000 downloads within its first week of release, the highest recorded since Taylor Swift’s 2017 single ‘Look What You Made Me Do’.

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apper Kanye West did not have a successful run in the US presidential election this year, but it seems like he will give the White House another shot in 2024.

“WELP,” Kanye wrote on Twitter on Wednesday with a picture of himself against an election map.

“KANYE 2024,” he continued, seemingly suggesting a future presidential run, reports usatoday. com.

On Tuesday, the rapper took to Twitter to share that he not only voted for president for the first time ever, but also that he cast his ballot for himself.

“God is so good. Today I am voting for the first time in my life for the President of the United States, and it’s for someone I truly K Y M C

trust...me,” he wrote.

He followed up the tweet with a video of his ballot with his name written in for president and Michelle Tidball, a preacher and life coach according to Ballotpedia, written in for vice president. “ K E E P B E L I E VI N G K A N Y E 2 0 2 0 ,” he wrote along with the video. “Thank you Jesus Christ.”

Kanye also shared a video that shows him sliding his ballot into a voting machine.

“The first vote of my life,” he wrote. “We are here to serve We pray for every servant leader in the world.”

Later, he tweeted a photo wearing a blue hoodie, black face mask and an “I Voted” sticker.

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i n k f o n g ’s “ B a b y Shark Dance” has officially overtaken Luis Fonsi’s “Despacito” as the most viewed music video on YouTube and the most viewed video on YouTube overall.

The children’s rhyme, created by Pinkfong (Republic of Korea) and initially uploaded to YouTube on the 17 June 2016, has garnered an incredible 7,042,967,886 views as of 2 November 2020.

The video has also broken the record title for the most-viewed children’s

music video on YouTube, Guinness World Record reported.

T h e c a t c hy B a b y Shark tune was sung by 10year-old Korean-American singer Hope Segoine. It became a viral sensation when it was released but it’s taken four years for it to slowly and steadily reach the top of the list for the most viewed video on YouTube.

Before the record was snapped up by Baby Shark, it was held by the music video for “Despacito”, a collaboration between

Puerto Rican duo Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee.

However, this music video still holds records for the most liked video online and the first YouTube video to receive 5 billion views.

The precise origins of the Baby Shark song are unknown but it could date back to the 1970s from US summer camps.

The dance then became a craze in South Korea initially, with fellow record holders BlackPink incorporating it into their sets.

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ISL 2020-21: Sheikh Sahil desperate Women’s T20: Velocity stun Supernovas to make it count for ATK Mohun Bagan SHARJAH, NOV 4 (PTI: South African Sune Luus conjured up an unbeaten 37 under pressure as Velocity overcame a jittery start to stun defending champions Supernovas by five wickets in the opening match of the Women’s T20 Challenge here on Wednesday.

Chasing a modest 127, Velocity were 38 for three inside nine overs but Luus took them over the line with her calm-headed 37-run knock that came off 21 balls with four fours and a six.

Luus also shared a crucial 51-run stand with Sushma Verma (34) to repair the innings after the early setbacks.

The Velocity bowlers, led by left-arm spinner Ekta Bisht (3/22) had restricted Supernovas to 126/8 after electing to bowl.

South African medium pacer Ayabonga Khaka (2/27) gave Supernovas the perfect start dismissing both the openers, Dani Wyatt (0) and supremelytalented Shafali Verma (17).

Shafali had lit up the modest chase smashing a hat-trick of boundaries against Khaka.

Velocity beat Supernovas by five wickets in opening match of Women’s T20 Challenge in Sharjah on Wednesdsay.

in the back end but their 47-run partnership was broken by Jahanara with Veda Krishnamurthy taking calm-headed skier in the long on.

Jahanara later dismissed Harmanpreet for 31 after the Indian skipper holed out at short fine leg.

It triggered a collapse as the defending champions lost four wickets for 15 runs.

Chamari slammed two sixes and two boundaries in a 39-ball 44, while Harmanpreet hit two sixes and one boundary.

Velocity made some early inroads with their spinner duo of Leigh Kasperek and Ekta Bisht dismissing Priya Punia (11) and Jemimah Rodrigues (7) inside eight overs.

But Supernova took control in the back end with Chamari breaking free against Manali Dakshini.

The Sri Lankan T20 skipper hit Manali inside out over cover and in the next over pulled Kasperek over deep mid-wicket for her second six to lift the run-rate.

But Chamari fell six runs short of a half-century as Supernovas failed to shift gear afterwards.

PANAJI, NOV 4 (PTI): Talented young midfielder Sheikh Sahil, who played a key role in Mohun Bagan’s I-League triumph last season, is now itching to make it count for ATK Mohun Bagan in the upcoming Indian Super League.

The 20-year-old is the only player from the last year’s I-League champions Mohun Bagan side to be named by Habas in his 27member ATKMB squad.

As a result, he is the only footballer in the newlymerged entity whose jersey is not changing this time.

“I have been playing in my favorite green-maroon jersey ever since I came to play in Mohun Bagan U-14 team,” Sahil said here.

“I am fortunate to have the opportunity to wear this jersey again by Habas Sir.” Sahil’s father has lost his job due to the lockdown and the family is solely dependent on him as he’s desperate to prove his worth.

“It’s a challenge to get into the XI with so many talented footballers in our squad,” Sahil, who has to fight with experienced players like Jayesh Rane,

Sheikh Sahil Pranoy Haldar, Glenn Martins to make the XI in the central midfielder position, said.

“Coach Sir tells me to take it as a challenge. I am trying to do that as best as I can,” the 20-year-old, who passed High School this year, said.

Kibu Vicuna, the ILeague winning Spanish coach of Mohun Bagan, had picked him from an Under-19 tournament and there was no looking back for him since then.

Despite having many star footballers, he took his place in the first XI; from the derby to the championship match, he became a cog in Mohun Bagan’s midfield last season.

The Spanish coach is

known to make a star from the junior footballers by giving them chance in the XI like he did with Sumit Rathi as it remains to be seen what Sahil has in store at ATK Mohun Bagan.

“Habas Sir is giving me various suggestions every day. He is pointing out my mistakes. He appreciates giving a good pass or taking possession.

T h e AT K M o h u n Bagan coach was seen conducting various drills to select the first 18 in closed door training on Wednesday.

Habas has scheduled a practice match on Friday among the players to identify crucial positions in the defence and forward.

On one side there will be Roy Krishna, David Williams, Edu Garcia.

On the other, there will be Tiri, Sandesh Jhingan, Pritam Kotal, Shubhashis Basu among others.

Midfielders Sahil, Haldar, Prabir Das, Susairaj and Javi Hernandez will play in rotation.

Mohun Bagan face Kerala Blasters in the opening match of Indian Super League on November 20.

But Khaka bounced back to dismiss the talented Indian batter after she flicked one straight to deep midwicket.

Skipper Mithali Raj then fell victim to Siriwardene after a sluggish seven from 19 balls as it was left for Veda Krishnamurthy (29) and Sushma to keep them in hunt.

The seasoned Sushma turned it around for Velocity in the 16th over ham-

mering Poonam Yadav for two sixes with some cleanhitting display to bring the run rate down.

She however failed to take them over the line falling to Poonam Yadav in the penultimate over.

Needing nine runs from the last over, Luus sealed the chase in the penultimate ball with two boundaries. Velocity will take on Trailblazers on Thursday. Earlier, apart

from Ekta Bisht’s effort, New Zealand off-spinner Leigh Kasperek (2/23) and medium pacer Jahanara Alam (2/27 also contributed in stifling the holders.

Jahanara dismissed key batters -- Harmanpreet Kaur (31) and Chamara Atapattu (44) -- to derail Supernova.

Sri Lankan T20 skipper Atapattu and her Indian counterpart Harmanpreet had seized control

Andreescu confirms 2021 return after missing full season

AHF to conduct workshops for HI coaches

Whyte has ‘missed his chance’ Mourinho defends Kane of Fury world title bout: Warren over penalty criticism

Bianca Andreescu OTTAWA, NOV 4 (AGENCIES): Canada’s Bianca Andreescu has fully recovered from a knee injury that forced her to miss the entire 2020 season and intends to play the Australian Open in January, the 2019 U.S. Open champion has said.

Andreescu, 20, has not played on tour since the WTA Finals in Shenzhen last year where she retired with a left knee injury.

“I’m doing really well.

The virus kind of pushed me back, and some little personal things here and there, but right now I’m good, I’m training hard ... I’m really

looking forward to 2021,” the Canadian told the Tennis Majors website.

“I’m perfectly healthy.

I just really wanted to take time to build everything in my life, and I think this time off really helped me do that.” World number seven Andreescu said she will be “100%” in Melbourne to play the year’s first Grand Slam. “I wouldn’t say I am ready tomorrow to play a match because I am taking it step by step, but maybe in a couple of weeks I will be good,” she added. “I don’t want to rush anything but I’m feeling good.”

NEW DELHI, NOV 4 (IANS): The Asian Hockey Federation (AHF) will conduct another set of online education workshops during the course of this month for Hockey India coaches, technical officials and umpires. A group of 15-30 coaches and umpires will be attending two workshops this month.

Aimed at providing technical expertise and knowledge on various aspects of attacking and defending dynamics for coaches and officiating for technical officials, these online education workshops will be conducted for participating candidates online through Microsoft teams application, each consisting of a three to four hours’ sessions.

In addition, AHF will also organise an online workshop on club development & management on November 7 for all Asian hockey-playing nations.

LONDON, NOV 4 (AGENCIES): Dillian Whyte can forget about fighting Tyson Fury next month, the world heavyweight champion’s copromoter Frank Warren said on Wednesday.

Whyte was next scheduled to be in action on November 21 but a rematch with Alexander Povetkin was scuppered when the Russian tested positive for coronavirus. Whyte’s promoter, Eddie Hearn, then raised the prospect of a bout with WBC champion Fury, who is currently without an opponent for a bout he announced would take place in London in December.

But Warren insisted Whyte was not in contention after being knocked out

by Povetkin in August.

“We’re not in the business of bailing out Dillian Whyte,” Warren told Talksport radio.

“Correct me if I’m wrong, but didn’t Dillian Whyte get absolutely pole-

Tyson Fury axed in his last fight?

“At the time he was mandatory challenger to Tyson and they kept banging on about it... but they stupidly put him in with Povetkin and that’s it, he’s lost his chance.”

Warren added Germany’s Agit Kabayel, who enjoyed a majority decision win over Dereck Chisora in 2017, was the leading contender for the Fury bout.

“That’s what we want for Tyson, that’s the preferred opponent,” he said.

“Hopefully, we’ll get it over

the line and if not we’ll look at someone else, but it certainly won’t be against Dillian Whyte.”

Chisora has said he is prepared to face Whyte for a third time barely three weeks on from his defeat by Oleksandr Usyk.

Chisora told Hearn, on Instagram live: “Do you want to give me that fight?

I’ll take that.”

Ukraine’s Usyk extended his undefeated record with a unanimous points win over Chisora on Saturday.

L O N D O N, N OV 4 (AGENCIES): Jose Mourinho has insisted Harry Kane did nothing wrong after the England forward was criticised for how he won a penalty in Tottenham Hotspur’s 2-1 win over Brighton in the Premier League last weekend.

Kane appeared to draw a foul from Adam Lallana to win the spotkick, which he then converted to open the scoring at home to the Seagulls.

Mourinho, during his pre-match press conference ahead of Thursday’s Europa League tie away to Ludogorets, was adamant any fault lay with Lallana.

“Harry Kane was in a position to control the ball and Lallana came in a reckless fashion. Why are you saying it is clever?”

Mourinho said. “Clever is taking the ball and scoring a goal. It’s a foul.”

The experienced Por-

tuguese boss added: “I thought it was a direct free-kick but VAR said it was inside the box because it was on the line. What are we talking about being clever?

“Har r y Kane just wants to score goals. Lallana was reckless.

“Why are you speaking about us? Speak about Liverpool, Manchester United, City and others with ‘clever’ players and getting penalties. Don’t speak about Harry Kane.”

Tottenham will be without Sergio Reguilon, Erik Lamela and Serge Aurier for the trip to Bulgaria after the trio missed training on Wednesday.

“Reguilon is ill but not Covid, just ill,” said Mourinho. “Lamela was having a little problem for quite a few weeks and we decided it was the time to stop.

“Aurier has a little problem, nothing important.”

Meghalaya’s first indoor shooting range inaugurated Little to separate as ambitious Correspondent

SHILLONG, NOV 4: The first 10 meter indoor precision shooting range for pistol and rifle target shooting sports of the Shooting Association of Meghalaya (SAM) was inaugurated

by Chief Minister Conrad Sangma on Wednesday.

Congratulating the members of SAM for this great initiative, Sangma said that all things start from small steps and this was one important step in the development of shooting sports in the state.

“Such facilities will greatly encourage more young people to follow their passion and aide existing sports shooters to hone their skills in the sport,” the Chief Minister said in the presence of Sports and Youth Affairs minister, Banteidor Lyngdoh and members of the SAM. “I congratulate the Shooting Association of Meghalaya for this milestone. It’s an effort that has been put in by all of you and it just shows the kind of passion that all of you share for this sport. If you take into consideration the entire North East, the youth from our State are especially talented when it comes to shooting and we can really push this to make it a competitive sport that our youth K Y M C

Meghalaya chief minister Conrad Sangma inaugurating shooting range in Shillong on Wednesday. can excel in,” the chief minister said even as he lauded the effort of the Shooting Association in setting up the facility.

Highlighting the importance of sports in the overall growth and development of children and young people, the chief minister said, “I’ve always been a strong believer that sports is a very important aspect of growth and development of a person and it extends well beyond just physical benefits. It inculcates good qualities of discipline, hard work and focus in us making us more productive and transforming us into a better person”.

Stating that the youth of the State are naturally

talented and gifted, the chief minister also said that the State government has embarked on a mission to give adequate thrust to youth centric programmes and policies to create opportunities and help young people realize their full potential in activities concerning various fields.

As part of the Government’s support towards this initiative, the Chief Minister also announced an amount of Rs 5 lakh to the Shooting Association of Meghalaya (SAM) which is half the amount of the expenditure incurred in preparing the indoor range.

In the course of his address, sports minister Banteidor Lyngdoh said, “Me-

ghalaya is a treasure trove of untapped natural sporting talent and it is necessary to promote and nurture them in the interest of producing the best sportspersons in the state.”

SAM president, John F Kharshiing thanked the Chief Minister for the support to target shooting sports and stated that since affiliation by the National Rifle Association of India, Delhi, in 2012 and affiliation by MSOA in 2015 the activities since 2012 and 2015 has seen SAM shooters participate in the North East Zonal and National Championships.

John F Kharshiing, president, SAM, thanked all members and shooters of SAM for their contribu-

tion in making it a reality.

SAM also specially thanked officers of the Assam Regimental Center, the 56, Gurkha Training Center (GTC), and the Meghalaya Police, for their continued support in facilitating the shooters of the State by allowing SAM to utilize their integrated ranges.

He also informed that during 2017 in the North East Zone, the total participants were 222 and the SAM contigent comprised 33 shooters out of which 22 bagged medals, stating that this was a significant development as the North East consisted of Assam and Manipur which already had solid infrastructure and skills.

After opening the indoor range, the Chief Minister and the Sports and Youth Affairs Minister witnessed a demonstration by two ‘renowned shot’ shooters of SAM namely Hirley Kharbuli, and Anjali Singh, after which the Chief Minister also tried his skills in target shooting.

The SAM is also privileged to have a total of 7(seven) renowned shots besides the above two women there is Balarishisha Rani (2019), Denyson Kyrsain,(2018), Nengboi Kigpen(2018) and Gayatri Nair(2017) and many others who are yet to be tapped.

Delhi Capitals face mighty MI

DUBAI, NOV 4 (PTI): They stand on the opposite ends of IPL’s success spectrum but there is little to separate between Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals in the tournament’s 13th edition as they head into a blockbuster first qualifier here on Thursday.

The team to beat in the league stage, four-time winners Mumbai lost a bit of their momentum after a 10wicket defeat to Sunrisers Hyderabad on Tuesday.

Chasing their maiden title, Delhi Capitals roared back to form by thrashing Royal Challengers Bangalore by six wickets to grab the second spot, after four successive losses.

The biggest positive for Mumbai has been the return of skipper Rohit Sharma, who had missed four games to recover from a hamstring injury. The star opener, though, perished cheaply against SRH and needs to come good on the big day.

The defending champions boast an explosive batting line-up coupled with an equally lethal bowling attack, but the batters had an off day against SRH. Their bowlers too were taken to the task -- a wakeup call before the crucial game.

Delhi’s middle-order has been sluggish and heavily dependent on one or two batters.

Mumbai top-order has been firing on all-cylinders and young Ishan Kishan (428 runs) has been a revelation. Quinton De Kock (443) would be keen to continue his sublime form while opening with Rohit.

And so would Suryakumar Yadav (410), who has played some scintillating knocks.

Known for their sixhitting prowess, Hardik Pandya (241), Kieron Pollard (259) and Krunal Pandya (95) have pummelled bowling attacks to submission. Pollard’s six-hitting ability was on display again when he plundered four maximums against SRH. The three could prove to be the difference.

Mumbai rested key bowlers -- Jasprit Bumrah (23 wickets) and Trent Boult (20 wickets) -- against SRH. Both have been lethal at front and at the death.

Spinners Rahul Chahar (15 wickets) and Krunal (5 wickets) will need to forget the hammering they received from David Warner and Wriddhiman Saha before taking on DC. On the other hand, Ajinkya Rahane (111 runs)

is back among runs after scoring a match-winning 60 against RCB. Shikhar Dhawan (525) has been in blazing form, with two hundreds and three fifties, but will need support from others in a big game.

A major cause of concern is the form of two youngsters -- opener Prithvi Shaw (228) and Rishabh Pant (282) -- who haven’t lived up to their true potential. So has been the case of their key overseas players -- West Indian Shimron Hetmyer (138 runs) and Marcus Stoinis (249 runs).

Skipper Shreyas Iyer (421) will have to play the anchor’s role.

On the bowling front, the South African pace duo of Kagiso Rabada (25 wickets) and Anrich Nortje (19) have been exceptional.

Ravichandran Ashwin and Axar Patel have done well to suffocate the opposition teams.

Earlier in the league stage, Mumbai got the better of Delhi twice but Rohit conceded that it is history.

“You keep doing well, I know you want to remember those performances, but it is always nice to forget what has happened and focus on the present,” Rohit said.

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Liverpool, Bayern run riot in CL as Real edge Inter

PARIS, NOV 4 (AGENCIES): Diogo Jota scored a shocking hat-trick in Liverpool’s 5-0 demolition of Atalanta in the Champions League on Tuesday, as holders Bayern Munich scored six and Real Madrid struck late to beat Inter Milan in a thriller.

On a prolific night time throughout Europe which additionally noticed a rampant Borussia Moenchengladbach hit six in Ukraine, the star particular person performances got here from Jota and Alassane Plea.

Portugal ahead Jota joined Liver pool from Wolverhampton Wanderers in September and has wasted little time making an impression with seven objectives from simply 5 begins.

In Bergamo, towards an Atalanta aspect who reached the quarter-finals final season, Jota was introduced into the beginning line-up in place of Roberto Firmino and required simply 16 minutes to open the scoring.

Another emphatic end allowed the 2019 Champions League winners to double their lead earlier than the break, and Mohamed Salah then broke away to get the third simply

Diogo Jota finishes past Atalanta goalkeeper Marco Sportiello on his way Lucas Hernandez celebrates with Robert Lewandowski during the CL group A soccer match in Salzburg, Austria, Tuesday. (AP/PTI) to a hat-trick in Liverpool’s 5-0 Champions League win on Tuesday. after the restart.

Salah ar range Sadio Mane for Liverpool’s fourth earlier than Jota obtained his hat-trick aim as the Premier League champions recorded their greatest win in Europe since beating Porto 5-0 away in February 2018.

“I’m playing in the best team of my career so far. I don’t know if it’s the best moment of my career but obviously scoring goals is my way of playing football,” Jota advised BT Sport.

With three wins from three, Liverpool are effectively on track to prime Group D, with Ajax and Atalanta each 5 factors again.

Ajax received 2-1 away to Midtjylland in Denmark, as Brazilian teenager Antony opened the scoring in the primary minute and Dusan Tadic netted from an oblique free-kick contained in the field quickly after. Anders Dreyer obtained one again for the hosts, who stay pointless.

French ahead Plea had earlier scored a hattrick as Gladbach claimed a shocking 6-0 victory over Shakhtar Donetsk in Kiev, the German aspect’s greatest European triumph since their Nineteen Seventies heyday.

The unlucky Valeriy Bondar scored an personal aim, with Ramy Bensebaini and Lars Stindl additionally scoring as Gladbach went prime of Group B, some extent clear of Shakhtar and Real Madrid.

Gladbach coach Mar-

co Rose mentioned: “Sixnil is extraordinary. We did a lot right today — not to say almost everything.”

Real, the 13-time European champions, ran out 3-2 winners in a dramatic encounter with Inter behind closed doorways on the Alfredo di Stefano Stadium, as Vinicius Junior arrange his fellow Brazilian substitute Rodrygo to lash in the decisive aim 10 minutes from time.

Karim Benzema had put the hosts forward and Sergio Ramos headed in

his a hundredth Madrid aim in the thirty third minute, however Lautaro Martinez pulled one again shortly after.

Inter had been lacking the injured Romelu Lukaku however appeared set to flee with a draw when Ivan Perisic equalised halfway by the second half, just for Rodrygo to pounce and depart the Italians backside of the group.

Reigning champions Bayern have now received a file-extending 14 consecutive Champions League

video games after a 6-2 victory towards Salzburg in Austria. German ahead Mergim Berisha gave Salzburg an early lead just for Robert Lewandowski to degree from the penalty spot, and a Rasmus Kristensen personal aim put Bayern forward earlier than the break. Japanese substitute Masaya Okugawa restored parity halfway by the second half just for Bayern to run away with the sport late on.

Jerome Boateng headed them again in entrance,

Leroy Sane obtained their fourth and Lewandowski strained to move in his twelfth of the season, earlier than Lucas Hernandez wrapped up their win.

“We never give up — that’s what sets us apart,” Boateng advised Sky Germany.

Hansi Flick’s aspect are firmly in management of Group A, 5 factors forward of Atletico Madrid, who drew 1-1 at Lokomotiv Moscow.

Jose Maria Gimenez’s header for Atletico was cancelled out by Anton Miranchuk’s penalty.

Meanwhile Marseille’s 3-0 loss away to Porto noticed them equal Anderlecht’s file of 12 consecutive Champions League defeats.

Moussa Marega gave Porto an early lead earlier than Dimitri Payet blazed a penalty over for Marseille.

Sergio Oliveira then scored from the spot to make it 2-0 for Porto and Luis Diaz sealed the win for the house aspect in Group C. Manchester City are firmly in management of that part after Pep Guardiola’s aspect eased previous Olympiakos 3-0, with Ferran Torres, Gabriel Jesus and Joao Cancelo netting.

Maradona undergoes successful brain surgery Tsitsipas knocked out of Paris BUENOS AIRES, NOV 4 (AGENCIES): Argentine football great Diego Maradona underwent successful brain surgery for a blood clot in a specialist private clinic in Buenos Aires on Tuesday, his doctor said.

“We managed to successfully remove the clot.

Diego coped well with the surgery,” Leopoldo Luque said at the icon’s private clinic in the capital Buenos Aires. “It’s under control, there’s a little drainage (of blood). He’ll remain under observation.”

World Cup winner Maradona had been taken to hospital in La Plata -- where he is the coach of top-flight side Gimnasia y Esgrima -- on Monday for a series of tests after feeling unwell.

A scan revealed the blood clot, and on Tuesday he was transferred to the specialist clinic in a northern neighborhood of the capital.

Maradona, who turned 60 on Friday, has suffered ill health before. He has survived two heart attacks, and also contracted hepatitis and undergone gastric bypass surgery. Groups of fans congregated outside the clinic with banners showing

Diego Maradona Maradona’s face and the words “Come on, Diego!”

“I came with my wife to support the greatest player of all time,” fan Oscar Medina told AFP. “Once more his health has played a trick on him but he has antibodies to recover with the help of the people,” added Medina.

Earlier on Tuesday, Luque insisted it was “a routine operation” and that Maradona was “lucid” and “calm.” Argentine media speculated the clot was the result of a blow to the head.

Luque said the clot was “imperceptible” and that those suffering from one rarely remembered receiving a knock to the head.

“The operation con-

sists of a small incision to drain the blood. In 24 or 48 hours the patient can leave the hospital,” neurosurgeon Raul Matera told TyC Sports channel.

Maradona’s daughter Dalma said she had visited her father after his surgery but did not give further details of his condition.

“I just want to thank everyone for the constant displays of love for my dad, for my sister and for me, thanks to everyone who prayed for him,” she tweeted on Wednesday morning.

Maradona was transferred from the hospital in La Plata, 60 kilometers (37 miles) south of Buenos Aires, to the capital at 6:00 pm (2100 GMT) accompanied

by one of his daughters, Giannina.

Dozens of Gimnasia fans outside the La Plata hospital chanted his name as he left. Earlier in the day, Luque claimed Maradona was feeling “much better and eager to leave” hospital but insisted the patient was suffering from anemia -- a lack of iron in his system -- and dehydration.

Luque said that had left Maradona feeling “very weak, very tired.” After further tests, he was diagnosed with the blood clot.

He also suggested Maradona’s lifestyle had contributed to his condition.

“He’s an elderly patient with many pressures in his life. It’s a time when we must help him. It’s very difficult to be Maradona,” Luque said of the star, who celebrated his 60th birthday on Friday.

He said it was a condition that also affected Vice President Cristina Kirchner when she was president.

The doctor ruled out any link to the coronavirus pandemic, which is ravaging the South American country, much of it still under confinement. Maradona is considered at a high risk of coronavirus complications

should he be infected.

Last week, he began self-isolation for the second time after a bodyguard displayed coronavirus symptoms, though he later tested negative.

He joined his players briefly at the club’s training ground on his birthday, but had obvious difficulty walking and had to be helped away by his assistants after staying only 30 minutes.

“It breaks my heart to see him like this,” Giannina tweeted the next day.

Maradona has difficulty retaining iron due to gastric bypass surgery he underwent in 2005 to lose 50 kilograms (110 pounds), leaving him prone to anemia, Luque said.

Though he has recovered from a well-documented addiction to hard drugs, Maradona takes medication in the form of tranquilizers and anxiolytics.

“With a patient on medication, there are times when hospitalization serves to adjust that medication.

That’s good,” said Luque.

Alongside Brazil’s Pele, who turned 80 last month, Maradona is widely regarded as one of the greatest soccer players of all time.

Masters by Frenchman Umbert

PARIS, NOV 4 (AGENCIES): Greek second seed Stefanos Tsitsipas was knocked out of the Paris Masters in the second round when he was beaten 7-6(4) 6-7(6) 7-6(3)

by Frenchman Ugo Humbert on Tuesday.

Tsitsipas saved three match points in the second set’s tiebreak and another one in the last set before bowing out at an empty Bercy arena despite serving 19 aces.

Tsitsipas was trailing 6-3 in the second tiebreak but raised his game and benefited from his opponent’s nerves to bag five points in a row and force a decider. But the 22-yearold Umbert kept his composure in the third set’s tiebreak to set up a meeting with Marin Cilic.

T he C roa ti a n a d vanced without playing after his opponent, France’s Corentin Moutet, was withdrawn from the tournament after testing positive for coronavirus, the ATP said.

Earlier, Swiss Stan Wawrinka beat Briton Daniel Evans 6-3 7-6(3)

Stefanos Tsitsipas in the first round, while Belgian eighth seed David Goffin slumped to a 6-4 7-6(6) second-round defeat against Slovak Norbert Gombos.

Top seed Rafa Nadal starts his campaign on Wednesday with a secondround encounter with fellow Spaniard Feliciano Lopez.

Stefanos Tsitsipas says he is unsure how his ATP Finals title defence will go later this month after the Greek suffered a recurrence of a leg injury during his second-round defeat

at the Paris Masters on Tuesday.

“Right now, I don’t know. I really don’t know,” Tsitsipas told reporters when asked about his chances at The O2 in London, where the seasonending ATP Finals will be held without spectators from Nov. 15-22.

“During the second set my Roland Garros injury came back, and it wasn’t as bad as at the French Open, but it kind of had me on the edge of things, and I wasn’t sure if that’s good for me to be out there.

“But that’s not an excuse, for sure. I still fought and gave my best out there, despite this thing that I had on court. I’m sad, for sure.”

Tsitsipas said he had picked up a leg injury during his French Open semifinal against world number one Novak Djokovic earlier this month which hampered him in the fifth set.

Italian Matteo Berrettini’s bid to qualify for the ATP Finals ended with a 7-6(3) 6-7(0) 7-5 defeat to American qualifier Marcos Giron on Tuesday.

Rohit being fit best news for Indian cricket: Gavaskar

Sunil Gavaskar DUBAI, NOV 4 (PTI): Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar is delighted to see a “fit-again” Rohit Sharma back in action which he feels is the “best news for Indian cricket” ahead of the tour of Australia.

Rohit, who sustained a left hamstring injury during an IPL game against Kings XI Punjab, was back in the park against Sunrisers Hyderabad on Tuesday, a week after being excluded from the Australia-bound squad on fitness grounds.

“Whatever has trans-

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pired earlier with regards to his (Rohit) injury, keeping that aside, I would say it’s a great news for Indian cricket that Rohit Sharma is fit,” Gavaskar told YouTube channel “Sports Tak”.

Gavaskar, however, said that concerns raised by head coach Ravi Shastri and BCCI president Sourav Ganguly while urging the senior player not to rush his comeback are also “valid”.

“Look, the concer n shown by everyone collectively that there could be a rupture (if he hurries his

return) is a valid one. But he looked confident. He fielded at the boundary ropes and also in the 30-yard circle,” Gavaskar said.

The legendary opener said that if BCCI wants to put Rohit through another fitness test, there is no harm.

“He played the match to show that he is fit but if BCCI wants to test his fitness again, then there is nothing wrong in it. Because they want to check if he is fully fit or not.”

Gavaskar also echoed Ganguly’s sentiments that match situation is completely differ-

ent from net sessions which are devoid of any pressure.

“May be, he will be monitored. Normally, when you come back from injury, you need to play a few matches as match fitness determines your fitness status.

“Irrespective of how much you look fit in the nets, you are not stressed but when you have the pressure of a match, that gives an idea of how fit you are,” he explained. He, however, didn’t want to want to be drawn into questions on whether Rohit will get his vice-captaincy back in case he makes it to the side.

“Captain, vice-captain shouldn’t be an issue at all.

The moot point is the player should be available to play and he is available,” Gavaskar said. “Twice Rohit was asked before and after the match and he said that he is fit and doing well. He seemed confident.

“So actually, there is no point going into the details of what happened earlier. Let’s talk about today and today he is fit,” he added.

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