September, 23 2020

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CNCCI, DCCI demand COVID cess rollback DIMAPUR, SEP 22 (NPN): Opposition against COVID cess on fuel are getting louder , even as Confederation of Nagaland Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CNCCI) and Dimapur Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) have expressed support to various organisation demanding its withdrawal.

In a statement, CNCCI chairman Dr Khekugha Muru and general secretary Dr Seyievilie Mor said from day one they had questioned the State government on this and demanded its rollback, warning that the cess during COVID-19 pandemic would affect the already-struggling businesses on a scale incomprehensible and deeply pinch the general public.

They said the trade body had even written an advisory letter to chief minister Neiphiu Rio and issued press release. But, considering the grim scenario of the health infrastructure that was in shambles at that time and with State government struggling to provide even basic PPE kits, they said the trade body preferred to wait and watch.

However, instead of removing COVID cess, CNCCI said the govern-

ment put up a weigh bridge at Dimapur for outbound vehicles to other districts, limiting the load of transport vehicles.

Clarifying that it was not against such a weigh bridge, the trade body said the government should ask itself whether there was any road in Nagaland that befits such a stringent step and suggested implementation of such “fancy theoretical concept” after the roads in the State were made to at least of bare minimum standard.

According to CNCCI, due to imposition of the cess and weigh bridge, transportation cost of essential goods had shot up by 35-40% and warned that consequently prices of essential commodities would shoot up abnormally in coming weeks in many parts of the State, including Kohima.

On behalf of the business community of Nagaland, CNCCI explained to the government and the public that the business community should not be blamed for the price rise. It appealed to the people to sympathise with the business community and make the government accountable. It also announced its

support to the ultimatum served to the government by civil society organisations (CSOs) seeking rollback of COVID cess from petroleum products.

Meanwhile, DCCI in a press release announced its full support to the ultimatum served to the government by CSOs seeking withdrawal of COVID cess from petroleum products.

The release reminded the government that CNCCI, along with DCCI and Nagaland Petroleum Dealers’ Association, were the first bodies to advice the government that extra cess on petroleum products would result in negative business environment and cause social unrest.

Stating that the government should realise that the unpopular cess on petroleum products had impacted negatively both the business community and public alike, DCCI urged the government to rebuild the State’s economy amid the COVID crises, rather than be a stumbling block. It appealed to the government to immediately rollback the cess to avoid the impending crisis as the entire civil society and public were against the unpopular cess.

second national serosurvey had a national representative to estimate the burden, and the sampling was done for that.

“The part that was not included in the publication was (on) the containment zones which are very dynamic. They change from day to day and week to week. “Also a very small sample size was done in the containment zones and the purpose of that was served by igniting the spirit of serosurveys in those larger cities and that was the purpose of doing these in the containment zones and that was effectively done,” he said.

He cited the example of Delhi where three serosurveys were carried out in June, July and August end with results of 22 per cent, 27 per cent and 33 per cent, respectively.

“So that was the purpose and once you estimate the statistical size, this will not be accepted in a publication if you add a little bit of data from a containment zone in that paper,” he said.

ICMR had tweeted on Sunday it has been continuously communicating with the respective state authorities and the findings of the previous

WSH supports CPO resolution

IAP clarifies on Nagaland COVID tally reaches 5604 Truck driver shot dead in Dimapur use of prefix ‘Dr.’

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India may have had 8.56 lakh cases in May

Adds Agencies: Earlier , in the second week of September, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) finally published its findings for the India’s first ever national level seroprevalence survey in the Indian Journal of Medical Research. The survey, conducted between May 11 and June 4, included testing blood samples from 28,000 individuals across 80 districts, and tested for immunoglobulin G antibodies using the COVID Kavach ELISA kit. As per

COVID-19 STATUS AS ON september 22, 2020

ACTIVE CASES AsympRecovMiTotal Symptomatic District Death tomatic ered grated Cases Mild Moderate Dimapur 26 1 2167 2930 708 14* 14 Kiphire 0 0 10 12 2 0 0 Kohima 2 1 1484 1781 289 0 5 Longleng 0 0 4 6 0 0 2 Mokokchung 0 0 27 44 17 0 0 Mon 0 0 292 309 11 1 5 Peren 0 0 268 272 4 0 0 Phek 0 0 33 34 1 0 0 Tuensang 0 0 68 72 4 0 0 Wokha 0 0 24 25 1 0 0 Zunheboto 0 0 114 119 5 0 0 Total 28 2 4491 5604 1042 15 26 *5 deaths not due to Covid-19 *3 deaths in under investigation

DIMAPUR, SEP 22 (NPN): A total of 60 COVID-19 positive cases were detected on Tuesday—22 in Kohima, 35 in Dimapur, two in Mon and one in Tuensang— pushing the total number of positive cases in the state to 5,604. According to a health bulletin, out of the 5,604 positive cases, the total recoveries so far stood at 4,491, active cases at 1,072 and 10 deaths.

As per the severity of

symptoms, 1,042 active cases are asymptomatic, 28 active cases are mild and 2 active cases are moderate.

Further, out of the 5,604 positive cases, the distribution across various categories of people include 2,640 cases of Armed Forces/ Police, 1,454 cases of returnees, 1,182 cases of traced contacts and 328 cases of frontline workers. A total 523 persons are presently under Facility Quarantine.

the results of the survey, the ICMR estimated that during the month of May, 0.73 per cent of the population would have been exposed to COVID-19 amounting to a startling 64,68,388 adult infections, with 8.56 lakh of these present in ‘zero caseload districts’ (districts where no cases of the infection were found using tests).

When considering that the Health Ministry had reported just 52,592 cases of COVID-19 as of May 7, it appears that experts’ fears of severe undercounting of cases were far from unfounded.

What’s more, the survey results also lend credence to the contention that India’s nationwide lockdown had failed to achieve its effect, with the virus continuing to rampage through the country despite businesses being shuttered, inter-state travel suspended, and citizens confined to their homes. Potentially, the most important takeout of the study is that for every person that tested positive via RT-PCR kit in May and was added to the nation’s COVID-19 tally, anywhere between 81.6 to 130.1 people who were also positive, were being missed.

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NEW DELHI, SEP 22 (PTI/AGENCIES): Findings from containment zones in 10 hotspot cities were not included in the first national serosurvey study paper published recently as the sample size was very small and the zones are “dynamic and change from day to day and week to week”, ICMR Director General Balram Bhargava said on Tuesday. His remarks come in the backdrop of media reports claiming that health researchers, apparently under instructions from senior ICMR officials, were not allowed to include data from containment zones in 10 hotspot cities in the first national serosurvey study paper published recently in the Indian Journal of Medical Research (IJMR).

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) had on Sunday said that the findings of the previous serosurvey from the dynamic containment zones in ten cities to assess the extent of COVID-19 transmission in those areas have been communicated to the states for further action. At a press briefing on Tuesday, Bhargava, while replying to a query, said the first and

DIMAPUR, SEP 22 (NPN): Western Sümi Hoho (WSH) Tuesday said it “fully supports and endorses” the resolution adopted by Chakhroma Public Organisation (CPO) not to recognise any non-indigenous inhabitant of Nagaland illegally acquiring landed property through sale or purchase under its jurisdiction and to treat such dealings as null and void.

WSH through its media cell said it “totally agrees” with CPO that some nonindigenous inhabitant of Nagaland, who were prohibited to acquire or possess any land by way of transfer, exchange, lease agreement or settlement by the Nagaland Land Revenue Regulation (Amendment Act) 1978, had been “illegally acquiring” landed property through sale and purchase in Dimapur district.

Stating that such dealings had also been taking place in Western Sumi jurisdiction, WSH said it would thoroughly check and nullify such dealings. Describing CPO’s resolution as “a very wise step” for posterity, the WSH said that it would also not recognise any past or future transfer of land by way of sale or otherwise.

Further, WSH affirmed that setting up of any institution in Western Sumi jurisdiction would have to procure NOC from the hoho.

survey from the dynamic containment zones were communicated to the states for further action.

“The second round of countrywide serosurvey led

by ICMR has been successfully completed. The final phase analysis of the survey is now underway and will offer a comparison with the results of the first survey,” it said in another tweet. To further aid in developing state intervention plans, following ICMR survey, states have also conducted their zone/city-specific surveys, the ICMR said.

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India’s virus tally races past 55 lakh

NEW DELHI, SEP 22 (PTI): India’s COVID-19 infection tally crossed 55 lakh on Tuesday, while a record 1,01,468 patients recovered in a day, taking their number to 44,97,867 and pushing the recovery rate to 80.86 per cent, the Union health ministry data showed.

The coronavirus caseload in the country surged to 55,62,663, with 75,083 new infections being reported in a span of 24 hours, while the death toll climbed to 88,935 as the virus claimed 1,053 more lives during the same period, according to the data updated at 8 am.

The COVID-19 case fatality rate was recorded at 1.60 per cent. There are 9,75,861 active cases of the coronavirus infection in the country which comprises 17.54 per cent of the total caseload, the data stated.

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DIMAP U R , SEP 22 (NPN): Ministry Lt Gen (Retd) AS Bedi of Home Affairs, Government of India has appointed Lt Gen (Retd) Amarjeet Singh Bedi as the chairman of Ceasefire Monitoring Group/ Ceasefire Supervisory Board (CFMG/CFSG). Lt Gen (Retd) AS Bedi was General Officer Commanding (GOC) of IV Corps located at Tezpur, Assam from November 25, 2016 to December 28, 2017.

In an order dated September 11, 2020 (available with Nagaland Post), the under secretary (NE-I)) Rajiv Kumar stated that Lt. Gen (Retd) AS Bedi has been appointed as the chairman of CFMG/CFSG with headquarters at Kohima.

Lt. Gen (Retd) Bedi has been assigned to “monitor the implementation of the agreed ground rules during the operation of the ceasefire with NSCN/IM, NSCN/NK and NSCN/R in Nagaland”.

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DIMAPUR, SEP 22 (NPN): In a shocking incident, a truck driver was shot dead by unidentified miscreant near IMC Hall here in the wee hours of Tuesday. It was reported that the incident probably took place sometime after 3 a.m. and it was recovered by police at around 5 a.m.

Speaking to Nagaland Post, the Commissioner of Police (CP) Dimapur, Rothihü Tetsoe, revealed that the victim, identified by his driving licence, was 31year-old Jiten Gogoi from Dhemaji, Assam. Tetseo said the victim was apparently driving the truck (NL 01Q 8316) belonging to Star Cargo transport agency from Guwahati alone and had reached the New Field check gate around 1:46 am after which the incident took place. The truck was partially loaded with items like candles, sanitary wares

NPF agrees with Lokayukta’s observations DIMAPUR, SEP 22 (NPN): NPF has expressed disgust over what it termed as alleged “callous and indifferent attitude” of chief minister Neiphiu Rio towards the order of the state Lokayukta Justice Uma Nath Singh over the complaint against deputy chief minister Y Patton’s reported speech filed by a vice president of NDPP youth wing.

Press Bureau, Naga People’s Front, said the Lokayukta in a 31-page order on September 18, had observed that the chief minister “Keeps a veiled contempt for the Rule of Law”, by failing to assist the Lokayukta in a manner befitting his office for reasons best known to him.

According to NPF, the Lokayukta in his observation implied that the chief minister has failed to rise above petty local politics and created an impression that the enquiry has been deliberately delayed to suit some political expediency. NPF said the order clearly reflected the poor state of

affairs in the entire government machinery where the “immoral practice of manipulation” of the system to the advantage of the people at the helm of affairs has reached its zenith. It stated that the PDA government had in August this year, sought to remove the Lokayukta from his office through a petition to the Supreme Court, citing impropriety and abuse of power as reasons.

In the light of the Lokayukta’s order, NPF said it was convinced that the futile attempt through filing the petition was a pre-emptive effort by the PDA government to oust the Lokayukta from his office before he could make such scathing observations in his judgement on the deputy chief minister’s case.

NPF said it concurred with the judgement and observation of Justice Singh, who pointed out the irregularities committed by Rio in particular and the PDA government in general. The opposition also asserted that the order was the

most recent in a series of deplorable episodes that proved that the government was not bothered at all about the welfare of the people and exposed the deep-rooted manipulation and corruption in the government.

NPF emphasised that the Lokayukta’s recommendation against advocate general of Nagaland KN Balgopal must be taken seriously because the AG was a constitutional position, not political, and as such whoever holds the post ought to render his services fairly without any excuses.

Observing that the opinion and recommendation against the advocate general by the Lokayukta was a poor reflection of the PDA’s image on how it was even misusing this constitutional position, NPF reiterated its demand that since the ruling coalition has failed to fulfil the aspirations of the people it should, hence step down on moral ground to pave the way for an alternative government for the betterment of Naga society.

and animal feeds.

Mentioning that a police team discovered the body and took it to hospital, Tetsoe stated that as per preliminary probe, the victim was shot from behind with a .22 pistol. As the incident took place in the wee hours, there was no witness, he added. The CP said investigation was on and further details would be known only after it was over.

NCD, CNCCI, DCCI, PAC flay killing: Naga Council Dimapur (NCD), Confederation of Nagaland Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CNCCI), Dimapur Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) and Public Action Committee (PAC) Dimapur have condemned the incident.

Expressing grave concern that such a serious crime was committed in the heart of Dimapur town, NCD general secretar y Thsapongkyu Sangtam in a statement, termed the

Petrol, diesel prices slashed DIMAPUR, SEP 22 (NPN): State-owned oil marketing companies (OMCs) decreased prices of petrol and diesel by 7-15 paise across the metros on Tuesday. This marks the sixth consecutive daily decline in the price of diesel. According to IOCL website, the rate of petrol in the national capital Delhi was slashed to Rs.81.06 per litre from Rs.81.14 per litre and diesel was cut to Rs.71.28 per litre from Rs.71.43 per litre.

After today’s rate revision, petrol price was revised to Rs. 86.39 per litre in Dimapur while in Kohima price of petrol stood at Rs.87.29 per litre.

Diesel price in Dimapur was lowered to Rs. 77.20 from Rs.77.34 per litre while in the state capital diesel price was decreased to Rs.77.92 from Rs.78.05 per litre.

incident as “gruesome and shocking”.

He demanded that law enforcing bodies leave no stone unturned in arresting the culprit at the earliest and awarded befitting punishment as per law,while also ensuring a peaceful atmosphere to the citizens of Dimapur. NCD also expressed its deepest condolence to the bereaved family members.

CNCCI chairman Dr Khekugha Muru and general secretary Dr Seyievilie Mor also expressed shock at the incident and demanded that the law enforcing agencies and Dimapur district administration leave no stone unturned to arrest perpetrators of the crime at the earliest.

CNCC said the incident has smeared the long peace which the state was witnessing and reiterated that gun culture and killings would not be allowed to take over “our society again”.

DIMAPUR, SEP 22 (NPN): Informing that prefixing “Dr” in front of name was a matter of tradition and convention, the Indian Association of Physiotherapists (IAP) has advised all its members to write [PT] Physiotherapists as suffix after their name.

In a statement, IAP president Dr. Sanjiv K Jha (PT) stated that any physiotherapists with bachelor in physiotherapy qualification and having membership of the association could prefix Dr. with. PT (Physiotherapists) suffix as per IAP norms and resolution.

Meanwhile, Indian Association of Physiotherapists (IAP) Nagaland branch informed that any individual/ organisation having issues with the registered Physiotherapist of Nagaland using prefix “Dr” should approach central IAP for clarification and information related to (Cont’d on p-8) the issue.

SKK, AKM appeal NPGs to reconcile DIMAPUR, SEP 22 (NPN): Two apex student tribe bodies- All Sumi Students’ Union (SKK) and Ao Students’ Conference (AKM)appealed on NSCN/GPRN(I-M) and seven NNPGs to pave way for reconciliation in the interest of Nagas in general and younger generation in particular.

SKK president Hutoshe Kits and AKM president Nungdokyanger in a joint statement informed that this was resolved at the consultative meeting held at the SKK office, Zunheboto on September 21, during discussion on the pertinent issue confronting Naga society.

The signatories said both held serious and sincere deliberations on the ongoing Naga political issue between the Naga negotiators and the Government of India for an honourable, acceptable and inclusive solution.

They however expressed sadness to note the prevailing situation in society where Naga national workers including Naga civil societies had differences

on many fronts while in pursuit of the main objective towards a permanent solution.

Both urged upon the government of India to “genuinely assimilate” the desire and opinion of the general Naga public for attaining a lasting peace to the more than seven decades-old protracted issue, rather than “keeping the people in dilemma with assurances and promises without any breakthrough pragmatically.”

Meanwhile, the two bodies reiterated that the current Delimitation initiated by the government of India should be put on hold in view of expected settlement to the Naga political issue.

They said both viewed that Delimitation would be a wrong step at the present juncture as it would only have severe impact on Naga solution.

They also made it clear , that Naga political solution was the foremost and urgent demand of Nagas and thus the government of India should first settle the Naga issue.

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solution to the Naga issue is achieved, will the govt resign?

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Members at the DPDB meeting held through video conference at NIC conference hall, Mokokchung on September 22. (DIPR)

WEATHER FORECAST

September 23 (Temperature in ºC)

Max Min

Agartala An afternoon t-storm or two

28 25

Mostly cloudy with a t-storm 23 21

Aizawl

Guwahati Mostly cloudy with a t-storm 29 24

Mostly cloudy with a t-storm 27 21

Imphal

Itanagar Mostly cloudy with a t-storm 26 22 Shillong

Mostly cloudy with a t-storm 21 18

Kohima

Rain and a thunderstorm

Dimapur A stray afternoon t-storm

23 18 28 23

A thunderstorm in spots

24 19

Tuensang Couple of thunderstorms

18 15

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Not as warm, a p.m. t-storm

Wokha

23 21

Zunheboto Some rain and a thunderstorm 22 18

D I M A P U R : M o n t h ly meeting of the Mokokchung district planning & development board (DPDB) was held at NIC conference hall Mokokchung, under the chairmanship of speaker, NLA & chairman DPDB Mokokchung, Sharingain Lonkumer on September 22.

According to DIPR report, the meeting was held through video conference due to the pandemic. On the agendas, the DPDB approved the LADP schemes for the current year 2020-21 of the all the 10 (ten) constituencies under Mokokc-

SPO demands timely completion of NH-29

DIMAPUR: Secheku Public Organisation (SPO) has appealed to the competent authority to extend “fair and unbiased properties and damage compensation” to the affected land owners as per DPR and latest schedule of rates.

A press release by SPO president Vekhosa Ruho and joint secretary, Shiekhoto Resuh stated that, this was resolved at an emergency consultative meeting in regard to 2-lane (SARDPNE) Kohima-Jessami road held on September 21 at Mesulumi Baptist Church conference hall. Meeting resolved to bury differences and extend cooperation to the district administration for the smooth progress, quality workmanship and

timely completion of the ongoing mega project in its jurisdiction. The meeting was attended by representatives of SPO constituent villages from Chizami Range Public Organisation (CRPO), Razeba Public Organisation (RPO), Centre Chakhesang Public Organisation, Village Council chairmen and NH-29 2-Lane Affected Land Owners Committee, Sechuku Area (NH-29 TLALOCSA) headed by convenor Zechete Mekrisuh and the district level verification committee head by subdivisional officer (C) Pfutsero Thungbemo Patton in presence of Kezheyi Khalo, MLA of 17th Chizami A/C and Chakhesang Public Organisation (CPO) headed by president Mikha Kenye.

hung. House also approved new society registration of Mokokchung Law College and principal for the registration and establishment of Nagaland Mahatma Gandhi University at Chuchuyimlang.

Ashram is currently running an institute named Mahatma Gandhi Academy Human Development (MGAHD) in collaboration with Tata Institute of Social Science, Mumbai and with financial support from the Hans Foundation, New Delhi.

According to managing trustee of the Ashram,

Dr. Aotoshi who made the presentation to the DPDB, the proposed University once registered will establish other institute of higher learning and addition to the existing College of Social Work.

Members present were minister of Technical & Housing, Tongpang Ozukum, advisor of Industries & Commerce NIDC, Imnatiba Imkong, L Imchen MLA, deputy commissioner Mokokchung, SP Mokokchung, administrative officers and district HODs and members from civil organization.

news in Brief CGA spot verification: Nagaland Legislative Assembly chairman of the Committee on Government Assurances (2020-21), Kuzholuzo Nienu, MLA has informed that spot verification of the status of road improvement works in Dimapur and Kohima under NH-39 will be on October 6 and 7. The assembly secretariat has informed that this decision was taken during the evidence meeting of the committee held on September 8.

Transmission line damaged between MokokchungTuli: Department of Power, chief engineer (T&G) Er. Nribemo Mozhui has informed that as a result of heavy storm and lightning, the 66 kv MokokchungTuli-Naginimora-Tizit-Mon S/C transmission line was damaged between Mokokchuing-Tuli on September 21, disrupting power supply to Mon and Longleng districts and Tuli sub-division. Department has informed that all efforts are ongoing to restore the transmission line at the earliest and regret the inconvenience caused to student community and all concerned.

AG Nagaland informs: AG Nagaland has informed all GPF subscribers of the state government that online GPF information system service which was interrupted due to change of DLT platform has been restored. One may contact Helpdesk mobile numbers enumerated on the online GPF information system page for assistance and guidance or email at agaenagaland@cag.gov.in or to deputy accountant general (A&E) at chanda.u@cag. gov.in.

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KSU objects to transfer of MDM implementation DIMAPUR: Objecting to the administrative approval of MDM implementation to NGOs under Mon district, the Konyak Students’ Union (KSU) expressed that the schemes purely meant for students “should not transfer to any NGOs or societies in partnership for business purposes.”

A press release by KSU president Bumang Phaiba and education secretary, Abo Wangsu stated that, a reliable source had informed that department of School Education issued administrative approval to two NGOs/societies under SDEO Aboi and SDEO Wakching and was almost on the verge of signing MoU. In this regard, the Union asked the concern authorities to immediately withdraw the approval order and allow the department to continue in implementing the same scheme under the supervision of the sub-divisional officers.

AR organised free animal health camp at Mhainamtsi village

CVS&AH staff and Assam Rifles personnel during the health camp held at Mhainamtsi.

DIMAPUR: College of Veterinary Sciences & Animal Husbandry (CVS&AH), Jalukie in collaboration with 36th Assam Rifles organised a free animal health camp at Mhainamtsi village, Peren on Septem-

DIMAPUR: Peace Channel (PC) in commemorating the foundation day-cum-13th peace knit fest on September 21 at North East Institute of Social Sciences and Research (NEISSR) conference hall, Dimapur Nagaland conferred Seno Tsuhah as Peace Awardee 2020 for her contributions towards addressing issues of women rights, good governance, natural resource management and sustainable livelihood in Nagaland.

A press release by Peace Channel desk stated that, Seno Tsuhah is a member of North East Network, a women’s rights organization in NER India, with 20 years of experience working at grassroot communities of Nagaland.

Director of Peace Channel Dr. Fr. C.P. Anto urged the congregation to celebrate the day by spreading compassion, kindness and hope in the face of the pandemic and appealed to the society to build peace and reconciliation with all conflicting parties and promote dialogue to settle the differences. EAC, Dimapur Avonuo Kire, appreciated

SenoTsuha (3rd from right), recipient of Peace Award 2020 along with participants during the foundation day.

the organisation for their effort towards inculcating core values in the youths.

She hoped that the inter faith meet shares perspectives, ideas as there is a lot of fear, discrimination against frontline workers, returnees, COVID-19 positive patients and their families. She also thanked Peace Channel for recognizing persons who work for peace in the society and having awarded all these time.

Seno Tsuhah in her acceptance speech expressed her hope in taking forward the society and the need to come together collectively in order to build peace in the world. She said that the world needed healing, not

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

It has been 3 years since you left us for your heavenly abode, but not a single day goes by without remembering you.

01/03/1943 to 23/09/2017

Loving Council Members Y. Zhimo Colony Council Dimapur : Nagaland

3 RD DEATH ANNIVERSARY LT. YEHETO ZHIMOMI

1 ST DEATH ANNIVERSARY Of Our Loving Mom

Ahor Kayina

Matthew 5:4 Blessed are those who mourn for they will be comforted.

We the bereaved family of Late M. ATHRILA SANGTAM, would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to each and every individual, churches, friends, neighbouring villages and well wishers, who stood and supported us physically, spiritually morally and financially during the brief illness till the time of her demise on 20th September 2020.

We deeply regret for not being able to thank all individually but it is our humble prayer that the Almighty God bless you all abundantly.

Today is the day you left us to be with the Lord.

Not even a single day passes by without missing you.

Everyday we miss you and remember you with silent tears.

Missing you always.

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Loving Father, Husband, Children & Relatives

Loving Children and Family Members

just people but mother earth, and more than any other time, during this pandemic crisis. Attractions of the

day were Peace Award ceremony, inter faith meet and launching of Peace Channel publications.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

3 R D D E AT H A N N I V E R S A RY of our beloved Late Yeheto Zhimomi

22/12/1944 – 17/09/2020 Through this column, we the bereaved family members of Late Mr. Akangmar Jamir (Longmisa village), whom our Lord took away to Eternal rest on 17/09/2020 would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to every individuals, families, unions, neighbours, relatives and well wishers who stood and comforted us.

We deeply regret our inability to thank each and every kind souls in person, but it's our earnest prayer that our Almighty God bless you all abundantly.

Loving wife & family members DP-4047

Gunjan Das, assoc. professor, Veterinary Medicine.

Dr. Keneisezo Kuotsu, Dr. Neithonu Kuotsu and Dr. Tukheswar attended the camp. A total of 299 numbers of cases were treated.

PC foundation day and 13th peace knit fest

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Inner Wheel Club Dimapur celebrated “World Peace Day” at Brahma Kumari’s Center, Padampukhri Dimapur, where the in-charge of the centre, Divya spoke on “how world peace can be achieved by maintaining selfdiscipline and self -peace even in this harsh situation of pandemic” on September 21. Others who spoke included Sanjukta Bhattacharjee, IWCD president and Nidhi Modi secretary. (IWCD)

ber 19, following standard COVID-19 SOP. A press release by CVS&AH assistant professor Dr. Imtiwati stated that, Dr. A. K. Sangwan, dean, initiated the programme and coordinated by Dr.

01/03/1943 – 23/09/2017 AN ETERNAL MEMORY Those we love don’t go away, they walk beside us every day.

Unseen, unheard, but always near; still loved, still missed and very dear...

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Loving Wife, Children, Grand Children & Relatives

September 1940 – 16 September 2020 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Now, there is in store for me the crown of righteousness....

2 Timothy 4:7-8

Through this column, we the bereaved family members of Late SEYIECHALIE KEYHO, sincerely express our heartful gratitude to all who stood by us spiritually, physically, financially and morally during the prolonged illness till the demise of our beloved father on 16th September 2020.

We would like to convey our special thanks to: 1. Doctors and nurses, CIHSR Hospital 2. Doctors and nurses, Zion Hospital 3. Christian Revival Church, Chumoukedima Town 4. Youth Department, Christian Revival Church, Chumoukedima Town 5. Prayer Centre, Jotsoma 6. Chathe Faith Home, Nagaland 7. Christian Revival Church, New Chumoukedima 8. New Chumoukedima Thenuko Krotho 9. Christian Church, Chumoukedima Sabalie 10. Nagaland Christian Prayer Fellowship 11. Christian Revival Church, Riizaphema 12. Chakhro Council Thenupfiiko 13. Christian Revival Church, Punglwa A Village 14. Christian Revival Church, Punglwa B 15. Christian Church, Punglwa B 16. Christian Revival Church, Thekrejuma 17. Christian Revival Church, Medziphema Village 18. Christian Revival Church, Medziphema Town 19. Union Christian Revival Church, Medziphema 20. Chakhro Thenuko Kehou Council, CRC 21. Christian Revival Church, Khanakhurii 22. N. C. P. F 23. Nagaland Christian Revival Church, P. R. Hill, Kohima 24. Christian Revival Church, Seitheke Basa 25. Chakhroma Council Dimapur, Nagaland 26. Kecha Ki, Diphupar CRC 27. Chumoukedima Town, Ward 3 28. Chumoukedima Town, Khel 2 29. Zasi Krotho 30. Jotsoma Chakhro Ketuo Nuolhou Kehou 31. G.H.S, Jakhama Staff 32. Students Council, MMC, B.Ed 33. Kerhei Kitsa 34. Siedze Krotho We deeply regret our inability to thank each and every individual personally however, it is our sincere prayer that Almighty God bless you all abundantly.

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Along visits storm-hit Saring village

Minister of Higher and Technical Education and Tribal Affairs, Temjen Imna Along interacting with the affected persons at Saringyim village on Tuesday. (NP)

Correspondent KOHIMA, SEP 22 (NPN): Minister of Higher and Technical Education and Tribal Affairs, Temjen Imna Along on Tuesday visited the storm hit Saringyim village under his constituency and inspected the affected areas to take stock of the situation.

Temjen during his visit handed over Rs. 3.50 lakhs

to the district administration as immediate relief for the village and also assured that he would take up the matter to the chief minister for all possible help.

In a short meeting held at community village hall with the village and youth leaders, the minister said his visit was to show his concern and share the grief with the villagers.

While the property, plan-

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tation and farm damage may not be revived, Temjen however informed that he would do his best to help the village by getting aid from the state government.

He asked the villagers to submit detailed report of each affected owners with proper photography.

Minister also reminded that government procedure takes time and asked the villagers to have pa-

tience. He further directed district administration to identify genuine affected families and urged the villagers to seek the district administration and village council for immediate relief. Temjen also informed that new village council hall has been approved and money sanctioned whereby the work may begin in two months time.

EAC of Longchem, Athrong said more than 30 families were affected and District Disaster Management Authority Mokokchung have extended financial help to all the affected families.

He informed that the neighbouring village were also affected but Saringyim village was the most affected village in the area.

He said the assessment of the neighbouring village was also taken into consideration.

S a r i n g y i m Vi l l a ge Council chairman Shiluwati said the village has already received emergency relief from the district administration, while some organizations have also pitched in to help the village.

IRS training & table top exercise conducted online DIMAPUR: Nagaland State Disaster Management Authority (NSDMA), Nagaland in collaboration with National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) conducted an online IRS training and table top exercise simulating earthquake scenario on September 22.

According to DIPR report, highlights of the virtual training programme included overview of state disaster management plan and preparedness for earthquake, presentation of national centre for seismology, presentation by Nagaland State Disaster Response Force (NSDRF), presentation by CMO, Nagaland on medical preparedness for earthquake and COVID-19 related information for the first responders, presentation

by NDRF on its preparedness for Nagaland followed by table top exercise.

Advisor (Ops & Comn), NDMA, Brig Ajay Gangwar delivered the welcome address while opening address was given by member NDMA, Lt. Gen. Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd).

Cooking competition organised under Poshan Maah in Kiphire

Participants and officials from converging departments and district administration.

DIMAPUR: Cooking competition was conducted by Social Welfare department, Kiphire at Hopongkyu Memorial Hall on September 22.

A press release by Poshan Abhiyan district lead Swasth Bharat Prerak, Itulungbe Ndang stated that, programme was organised in collaboration with all the converging

departments, i.e district administration, Nagaland State Rural Livelihood Mission, Health and Family Welfare, local leaders and women leaders etc.

The purpose of Poshan Maah was highlighted by CDPO Kiphire, Z. Tsangkhuchu Sangtam.

During the competition, the 1st prize went to Bumshung village level

organization, Shimujang Self Help Group bagged the 2nd prize and 3rd prize was won by Throngpenthsi Anganwadi workers.

All other participants received cash prizes as consolation for their contribution. Panel of judges comprised of two EACs, deputy chief medical officer and Swasth Bharat Prerak.

DNSU reminds on SSA & RMSA teachers’ issue Coordination meeting for tobacco control in Wokha

DIMAPUR: Reminding the concerned department not to take students’ organisations “for a joy ride” in regard to the teachers issue of 2010 & 2013 batches of SSA & RMSA, the Dimapur Naga Students’ Union (DNSU) said that “taking undue advantage over the silence of the student’s community will be one of the greatest error in the history of educational sector in the state.”

In a press release, the

DIMAPUR: Agriculture Technology Management Agency (ATMA) has been conducting various programmes across the state for welfare of farmers in the month of September.

Trainings and field demonstrations including exposure visits for farmers are some of the highlights.

AT M A Ja k h a m a block: System of Rice Intensification (SRI) paddy farm school under ATMA Jakhama Block was inaugurated on September 10 at Kigwema village. A press release by ATMA Jakhama block stated that in a keynote address, BTM, Vimenuo Mere briefed the participants on concept of farm school and its objectives.

The farmers were sensitised about Kissan Call Centre (KCC), toll free number 1800-180-1551, where they can clarify their queries in farming practices through the app. Programme was followed by training on IPM and INM for paddy, with DAO, Kohima, Mhalevilie, as the resource person.

ATMA Chiephobozou block: ATMA Chiephobozou block of Kohima district has launched SRI (System of Rice Intensification) farm school at Nerhe Model village on September 4.

Ruduokho Usou was appointed as the farm school teacher. During the launching programme, the farm school teacher highlighted the experiences he gained from this method and he also gave a brief account on the advantages he observed from practicing this method. The farmers were also informed about kisan call centre (1800-180-1551) which is toll free and can be availed for any queries related to farming. The main objective of setting up the farm school is to enable the farming community to adopt the new technology which has proved to be a success in several fields across the district.

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DNSU media cell stated its dismay and disappointment at the breach of agreement/ decision, signed between the concerned department and NSSTA, NSF and ENSF on June 12, 2018.

Observing that teachers’ salaries were always delayed for months on end, the Dimapur Naga Students’ Union questioned the educational sector for such “step motherly treatment” towards its employees as compared to other depart-

ments.

Union therefore appealed the state government and concerned department to act more responsibly towards the genuine issue and that, “anything that jeopardise the service of the teachers and careers of the students’ community will never be compromised at any cost.”

Dimapur Naga Students’ Union also extended its strong support to the genuine ultimatum served by NSF & ENSF.

DIMAPUR: Tobacco control cell, district level coordination committee, district level enforcement squad and flying squad, National Tobacco Control Programme (NTCP) Wokha conducted its quarterly meeting at DC’s chamber, Wokha on September 22.

According to DIPR report, senior dental surgeon & DNO, NTCP Wokha, Dr. Daisy Ovung who recently took charge as the new nod-

al officer National Tobacco Control Programme, Wokha presented the quarterly report where she highlighted the activities undertaken from the month of April to September 2020.

She said three IEC campaigns were conducted, price distribution for online poster painting competition, consultative meeting on tobacco prohibition and distribution of tobacco use & COVID-19

flyers on Independence Day. Ovung also stated that to study the pattern of tobacco use among the youth, focus group discussion (FGD) was conducted with youth and adult community leaders where counselling to quit tobacco and pharmacotherapy were given to the participants.

Enforcement drive around schools and colleges was also carried out on September 11, where 15 defaulters were

penalized for violation of COTPA under section 6 (B).

Anti-tobacco advocacy campaign was also conducted in two villages.

She also highlighted the up-coming events like advocacy programme in collaboration with Social Welfare department at Chukitong, 5 sessions of FGD with tobacco users in five colonies, 5 trainings with PRI/Teachers and NGOs and enforcement activities.

ATMAs conduct activities for farmers across Nagaland

Philimi and Khrimtomi villages on September 5, with Kaiho Achumi ATM as resource person. Programme was followed with the distribution of input seeds to the farmers. ATMA Akuhaito block also inaugurated “coffee-cumcardamom farm school” at Khrimtomi village on September 7 and HusatoYeptho was appointed as the farm teacher.

AT M A A k u h a i t o block, Zunheboto also organised within district farmers’ exposure visit to sericulture farm Kuzukichika on September 8 at Akuluto block. Supervisor of the farm, AnitoAchumi highlighted that sericulture stood for livelihood opportunity for millions owing to high employment oriented, low capital intensive and remunerative nature of its production..

AT M A K o h i m a : ATMA Kohima conducted a demonstration at Tseminyu village on, “cultivation practices of selected rabi crops” on September 2.

Resource person briefed on the nursery bed preparation as well as field preparation of selected crops such as peas, cabbage, cauliflower, lady finger and lettuce.

Altogether 8 members of the group Kedo Kezen Logwa attended the demonstration. ATMA Tseminyu block also conducted training on “value addition of taro” on September 2 at the Tseminyu village.

Altogether 8 members of the group Kedo Kezen Lowgwa attended the training.

ATMA Sechü Zubza block: ATMA Sechu Zubza block conducted a demonstration on cultivation practices of winter crops on September 3 at Jotsoma village, where demonstration was led by Vithato Nakhro, farmer friend of Jotsoma village.

On September 5, SRI farm school was inaugurated at Jotsoma. Kevirasieno Peseyie was appointed as the farm school teacher.

Isabella Zinyu, BTM, high-

lighted that farm schools provide the vital link between the progressive farmers and others in the village.

Demonstration on operation of conoweeder in SRI practice and integrated pest management was done by Thepfulelie Yhome, AFA and Thejavizonuo Kelio, ATM respectively.

ATMA Botsa block: AT M A B o t s a b l o c k launched a System of Rice Intensification (SRI) farm school at Tuophema village on September 3. ATM Medokhrielie delivered a lecture on the concept and guidelines of a farm school purposes and the role of the farm school teacher.

The appointed farm school teacher Thepfuchalie Kense, a pioneer in a system of rice intensification (SRI) farming in his village shared his experiences. Demonstrations were conducted at Tsiemekhu Bawe/Basa village with Hainenle Tep (ATM) Medokhrielie (ATM) as resource persons.

Altogether a total of 15 farmers participated and were distributed with F1 hybrid seeds of cabbage, broccoli, green pea and roban.

AT M A S a t a k h a block: ATMA Satakha block has organized a training and demonstration for value addition and to ensure food security in the area during COVID-19 on September 6 at Shoipu and Usutomi villages. ATMA Satakha block also inaugurated banana farm school on September 6 at Shoipu village, where Vihuto Sema was appointed as the farm school teacher. During the inaugural programme the concept of farm school and training on banana farming was delivered by ATM, Tovi. V. Jimomi.

AT M A A k u l u t o block: ATMA Akuluto block organised training and demonstration for value addition and to ensure food security in the area during COVID-19 on September 9 at VK town. Training and dem-

onstration was delivered by ATM Sataka block, Tovi V Jimomi through audio and visual display with demonstration. He stressed on the importance, benefits and positive effects of fruits and vegetables preservation to prevent colossal wastage of fresh produce, to extend shelf life of produce, to develop value addition products on agriculture and to focus more on cultivation practices of multi layer farming, etc. Altogether 27 farmers from three villages attended the programme.

ATMA Longmatra block: ATMA Kiphire, Longmatra block, conducted demonstration programme on “Fishery pond management” and “Nursery bed preparation of cabbage” at Tethuyo village on September 7 and 9 and inauguration of “Rice bean farm school” at Ngoromi village on September 4. Resource person was K. Ananju, cabbage farm school teacher and Kuretsang Sangtam, fishery farm school teacher. Altogether, 19 farmers along with ATMA functionaries attended the programme.

Meanwhile, during the inauguration of rice bean farm school, Shemongthsi was appointed as the farm teacher. BTM, Moakumzuk highlighted on functions of ATMA and concept of farm school and the role of a farm teacher.

Lusho Farmers’ Interest Group was also mobilized and seed money was transferred through direct benefit transfer.

ATMA Chunlikha block: ATMA Chunlikha block on September 4 inaugurated a farm school on System of Rice Intensification (SRI) at Ziphenyu village. ATM Chunlikha block, Kebegi Kent gave a brief introduction on the concept, function and role of a farm school.

Solomon Mesung who was appointed as the farm teacher also shared his experiences on SRI and encouraged other farmers to follow this system.

A demonstration on operation of cono weeder was also conducted on the SRI field where the farmers were taught and demonstrated on how to use the machine.

ATMA Longkhim block: ATMA Tuensang Longkhim block conducted Trainings and demonstrations at Lirise village from September 4 and 5, with Hopise AI, Temsu farm school teacher and Moa ATM as resource persons.

Temsu farm school teacher conducted training on “package and practices on tea plantation” and explained about the requirement for tea plantation.

A hand on demonstration was given by ATM Moa on “preparation of banana peel fertilizer”. On September 5, training on “packages and practices of kiwi plantation” was given by Hopise AI. Altogether 15 farmers with ATMA officials attended the programme.

ATMA Sakshi block: ATMA Sakshi block under Longleng district conducted demonstration on September 1 at Sakshi village. A release from PD ATMA & DSO, T Mhao Humtsoe stated that resource person SRF, KVK, Namei conducted demonstration on “packages of practices for cultivation of winter vegetables”. Namei stressed on the need for nursery raising for about a month before transplanting in the main field and on the need to provide the seeds with optimum spacing for a healthy growth.

ATMA Zunheboto block: ATMA Zunheboto block, organised training and demonstration at Alahuto colony Zunheboto town, on September 1.

“Training on women empowerment through agricultural entrepreneurship during COVID-19 pandemic” was discussed by BTM, Chubatsur Jamir.

Chubatsur further highlighted about women activities in Agri sector in Nagaland. Demonstration on propagation of foliage

and flowering plants was given by Atoli Yeptho, a progressive farmer from Zunheboto block. Altogether 15 farmers attainted the training.

ATMA Noksen block: ATMA Tuensang, Noksen block organized training and demonstration programme at Longdang and Sangdak villages, with BTT convernor, O. Changlim (Fishery) and ATM Wetosangla as resource persons on September 2 and 3. During the training programme at Longdang village on September 2, resource person ATM trained the farmers on value addition of ginger and hands on demonstration on garden pea cultivation of Arkel variety was also conducted. At Sangdak village on September 3, resource person, BTT convenor, gave practical demonstration on application of liming and release of fish seeds. Training programme on integrated farming system (IFS) was also conducted. Altogether 15 farmers including functionaries attended the programme. Seeds were also distributed.

ATMA Tamlu Block: ATMA Longleng Tamlu block organised within the district farmers’ training on the topic, “management and uses of some rabi crops” on September 2 at Tamlu village community hall. Resource person, Lalen S Phom spoke on the importance of management of nursery beds, time of transplanting and post harvest management.

Demonstration programme on “management of live stock” was also conducted at Ametchong village, with resource person from veterinary department, VFA Tamlu, Choikham. He demonstrated on site selection and standard size construction of pigsty and emphasized on the importance of balanced feeding in order to achieve nutritional balance of pigs.

ATMA Panso block: ATMA Tuensang, Panso block conducted training on the topic cardamom

cultivation and its management and construction of fish pond on September 3 and 7 at Ekhao and Pathso Nokeng respectively along with ATMA Panso block officials. Two demonstrations were conducted on the topic de-suckering of banana plant and preparation of nursery bed for vegetable crops on September 4 and 5. Altogether 23 farmers attended the programme.

ATMA Tsaru block: Tsaru block, Tuensang conducted within district farmers’ trainings and demonstrations on September 7 at new Chungliyimti village. Resource persons spoke on value addition of ginger, double row system in pineapple cultivation, control of fall armyworm in maize and winter vegetables planting guide. Programme was chaired by BTM Tsaru block, Dr. T. Arenmongla. Altogether six farmers along with ATMA functionaries attended the

programme.

AT M A S u r u h u t o block: ATMA Suruhuto block, Zunheboto organised training programme on breeding of common carps at medical colony, Suruhuto town on September 7. Fishery demonstrator, Niheto Sumi illustrated on rearing of spawn and breeding technique along with importance of common carps as an ideal species for aquaculture.

BTT convenor, Qhenito Yeptho demonstrated on cultivation of winter crop (cabbage). On September 8, cultivation of carrot was also demonstrated by Yeptho. Farm school on fishery was also inaugurated by Yeptho with K. Hokugha Shikhu as farm teacher. Seeds of sweet pea, carrot, cabbage along with surgical face masks were distributed to farmers. Altogether, 38 farmers participated in the two-day training programmes.

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Manipur minister interacts with NEP will help create ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’: Modi cancer patients on World Rose Day

Guwahati, Sep 22 (PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday the New Education Policy (NEP) announced by his government will play a key role in creating a self-reliant India and open up the education sector for facilitating greater global exposure for Indian students.

Modi said holistic knowledge, of which science is an integral part, is the answer to all problems.

The NEP, he asserted, will establish India as a global education destination.

“Students, I firmly believe that the future of a nation is what its youth is today. Your dreams are going to shape the reality of India. That’s why this is the time to be future-ready and future-fit,” he said addressing the 22nd convocation of IIT (Guwahati) through a video conference from the national capital.

Modi spoke about the importance of education as a key component for creating an “Atmanirbhar Bharat” (self-reliant India) and said the NEP is for the youths of the 21st century who will lead the world and make India the global leader in science and technology.

The NEP, which is de-

Narendra Modi signed to ease the burden of classroom teaching and examination on students, will play an important role in the country’s march forward, he said.

“We all know that knowledge has no boundaries. The NEP will open up the country’s education sector. The intention is to open campuses of foreign universities in India and our students get global exposure here.

“Likewise, research collaboration and student exchange programmes between Indian and foreign universities will be promoted. The credit acquired by our students will be counted in Indian institutions. The NEP will establish India as a global education destination,” the prime minister said.

The “high performance

institutes” of India will also be encouraged to set up campuses abroad, he added.

Noting that the policy has all those things which were on the top of youths’ wish list, Modi said, “The NEP has been made multidisciplinary with flexibility given for (choosing) subjects. Multiple entry and exit options have been offered.

“And most importantly, the NEP will link education with technology, and will make technology an integral part of students’ thought process. That means students will learn about technology and will learn through technology.”

The NEP has also opened up paths for the use of artificial intelligence and expansion of online learning, he added.

The prime minister informed the virtual gathering that a National Education Technology Forum will be set up to promote the use of technology in the learning process, and the IITs have “infinite possibilities” in that.

“To enrich the research culture in the country, a National Research Foundation (NRF) has also been proposed in the NEP. The

NRF will coordinate with all funding agencies and provide funds for research in all disciplines including science and humanities.

“The potential research works with practical applicability will be recognised and implemented. For that, coordination and a close linkage will be established between government agencies and industries,” he added.

Modi lauded the efforts of IIT Guwahati in adopting new technologies, especially for inventing new equipment during the COVID-19 pandemic, and appreciated the introduction of a two-year research programme on e-mobility.

“I am also happy to know that IIT Guwahati is leading in the integration of science and technology in BTech courses. I am fully confident that interdisciplinary programmes will make our education all round and futuristic,” he said.

The prime minister said Assam and the Northeast are full of possibilities, but floods, earthquakes, landslides and many industrial disasters plague the region.

“To deal with these problems, a high degree of technological support and

intervention are needed.

I request IIT Guwahati to set up a Centre for Disaster Management and Risk Reduction to provide expertise for dealing with the problems andto look at how to transform them into opportunities,” he added.

Modi said the Northeast is at the centre of his government’s Act East Policy, and the region is the gateway to India’s relations with South East Asia.

“The base of India’s relations with these nations have remained culture, commerce, connectivity and capacity. Now education is going to be a new medium of engagement. IIT Guwahati can become a big centre for this. Northeast will get a new identity. This will also result in new opportunities,” he said.

Maintaining that holistic knowledge with science as an important ingredient is the remedy for all pain and troubles, the prime minister appealed to the students to link their research to the challenges faced by the region and the potential it has.

Modi also advised the students to look at the bigger canvas of global technologies while focusing on local issues.

Correspondent IMPHAL, Sep 22: Manipur education minister Dr Thokchom Radheshyam on Tuesday interacted with cancer patients at Regional Cancer Centre, Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS), Imphal on the occasion of World Rose Day 2020 at an event organised by the radiation oncology department of the institute.

World Rose Day is observed on 22nd September in memory of 12-year-old Melinda Rose from Canada who was diagnosed with Askin’s Tumour, a rare form of blood cancer and her efforts to bring cheer and hope into the lives of other patients, even while suffering from the disease.

Speaking at the function, Radheshyam said doctors are like demigods as they have a few great qualities different from others.

“Doctors did see, listen and feel what others didn’t and give their best effort to take care of their patients during treatment,” he added.

Quoting the line, “love

Manipur education minister Th Radheshyam interacting with cancer patients on World Rose Day on Tuesday. can open all the gates”, he said ill people should be given utmost care and love by all to imbibe strength, bring cheer and hope into their lives.

Stating that doctors devoted most part of their life rendering service in treatment of their patients, he appealed to the public not to blame the doctors in case of occurrence of any untoward incidents, despite sincere efforts and attempts on their part.

The minister also presented roses and gifts to cancer patients and wished

them good health.

A short interaction between the minister and the post graduate students of the radiation oncology department followed the function, whereby the minister motivated the students and wished them a bright future.

RIMS director professor A Santa Singh, medical superintendent prof Ch Arun Kumar Singh, professors of the department, post graduate students and other staff of the department attended the function.

Theme song & logo for ‘Destination NE’ released M’laya to ascertain authenticity of ‘explosion’ of uranium storage tank NERCORMP. Addressing the meeting, Dr Jitendra Singh recounted how way back in 2014 everyone said something must be done so that the rest of the country can come closer to Northeast, adding that the government decided to take Northeast closer to the rest of India to let people living in different parts of India get acquainted with its cultural heritage, resources, entrepreneurship potential and its excellent natural beauty.

He also mentioned that ‘Destination North East 2019’ held last year in Varanasi for four days was very well appreciated to the point that there was popular demand to extend it. The theme was ‘Celebrating Brahmputra in the Banks of Ganges.’

He further added that

this time, owing to the pandemic the event would be carried out semi virtually with the opening ceremony to be inaugurated by home minister Amit Shah on September 27 and the closing ceremony which would be graced by union ministers: Rameshwar Teli and Kiren Rijiju on September 30. Dr Singh mentioned that postcovid, Northeast would have a lot more to offer and being relatively unaffected by the pandemic, the Northeastern region would be hub for the tourist who used to visit European resorts for holidays. Speaking on the occasion, NEC secretary Moses K Chalai indicated that the event is one of the high points in the NEC calendar but owing to the situation this time, it had to be carried out on the virtual platform.

Correspondent Shillong, Sep 22: District authorities in Meghalaya’s South West Khasi Hills have decided to send a team to ascertain the authenticity of a reported “explosion” of a storage tank of the Uranium Corporation of India Limited (UCIL) at remote Nongbah Jynrin village.

“We have also got the story of the reported ‘explosion’ of a storage tank at Nongbah Jynrin. We have spoken to some of the people residing in villages nearby Nongbah Jynrin but they are not aware of it,” Deputy Commissioner, South West Khasi district, Caramai Kharkongor said over phone.

“If such an explosion had taken place, people residing in those areas would

have moved out to safer grounds. Nonetheless, we are sending a team to ascertain the fact of the matter,” she said.

Khasi Students’ Union (KSU) General Secretary Donald Thabah said, “the tank storing the toxic effluents of the 1993 uranium exploratory mining in Nongbah Jynrin exploded today (Monday)”.

He said the information was received from the people residing in those areas. On the other hand, KSU South West Khasi Hills district president, Forwardman Nongrem recalled that the storage tank of the UCIL had cracked in the past and emitted foul smell.

Meanwhile, Deputy Regional Director, North Eastern Region, Atomic Mineral Division, Kamlesh

Kumar said that they have not received any such report as the AMD has winded up its set-up at Nongbah Jynrin many years ago.

“If there is anything like that (explosion), we would surely go to the area,” Kumar said.

On August 29, 2017, the UCIL temporarily closed down its establishments in Meghalaya since the government-owned mining company did not receive mining lease and statutory permission from the state government.

Prior to the UCIL temporarily closing its office, the Atomic Mineral Directorate stopped its exploratory drilling in uranium-rich deposits in the South West Khasi Hills district after its officials were attacked and machines used for taking

Two medium-intensity Mnp registers highest single-day spike of 270 COVID cases earthquakes jolt Assam Correspondent

Guwahati, Sep 22 (PTI): Two medium-intensity earthquakes shook Assam in quick succession early on Tuesday, officials said.

No loss of life or property has been reported yet, they said.

The first earthquake of magnitude 4.4, with its

epicentre at 44 km west of Guwahati, occurred at 1.28 am at a depth of 5 km, the officials said.

The second earthquake of magnitude 4.2, with its epicentre in Barpeta district, occurred two seconds later at a depth of 71 km, they added.

IMPHAL, Sep 22: Manipur reported 270 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, the highest single-day spike since the outbreak in the state, taking the total tally of infections to 9,280 cases.

Of the 9,280 total cases, 2333 including 346 Central security force

personnel were are active cases while the recoveries reached 6887 upon discharge of 49 patients on Tuesday.

The recover y rate which was 78% earlier reduced to 74.21%.

The fatality number also rose to 60 with the death of an 82-year-old man from Imphal West district at JNIMS hospital

Assam CM directs for police recruitment test in a month Guwahati, Sep 22 (PTI): Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Tuesday directed that the examination for the posts of sub-inspectors be conducted within a month after being cancelled two days back due to the leaking of the question paper.

The examination, scheduled to be held on September 20, was cancelled

minutes after it commenced as the question paper was leaked.

Reviewing the situation during a meeting with senior officials, the chief minister directed State Level Police Recruitment Board chairman Pradeep Kumar to conduct the examination most transparently and declare the results at the earliest, according to an

official statement. He also asked the official to ensure that no further anomalies take place while conducting the examination.

The chief minister also asked Director-General of Police Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta to identify the nexus, which conspired to spoil the recruitment process and ensure strict punishment to the culprits as soon as

possible.

The DGP apprised the chief minister about the steps taken by the Assam Police to apprehend the culprits, the statement said.

The SLPRB chairman had received one of the four sets of the question papers on WhatsApp ten minutes before the examinations began, leading to the cancellation.

Sikkim Assembly passes bill to set up Buddhist university Gangtok, Sep 22 (PTI): The Sikkim Assembly has passed nine bills, including one seeking to set up a Buddhist university in the Northeastern state, in a one-day session, an official statement said on Tuesday.

The supplementary demands for grants amounting to Rs 45,123.63 lakh were also passed by the House on Monday when the session was held just for a day in view of the prevailing COVID-19 pandemic situation.

The media was not allowed to attend the session and an official statement on the proceedings of the House was issued on Tuesday.

Speaker LB Das accepted the merger of the Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) legislature party with the BJP. Ten of the 13 SDF MLAs had joined the saffron party in August last year, three months after the Assembly election was held in the state.

Two other SDF lawmakers also switched over to the ruling Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) in the same month.

The Speaker also accepted this merger too, the statement said.

Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang, who also holds the finance portfolio, presented the first supplementary demands for grants

comprising Rs 25,422.02 lakh on revenue account and Rs 19,701.61 lakh on capital account for the financial year 202021.

The Assembly also passed a bill introduced by Education Minister Kunga Nima Lepcha to set up the Khangchendzonga Buddhist University, a private institute.

Earlier, an obituary reference was made to former President Pranab Mukherjee, Sikkim’s first woman MLA Hemlata Chettri and others.

The chief minister also made a special mention of the selfless service of all the COVID-19 frontline warriors.

on Monday night.

The 270 new cases on Tuesday included 56 personnel of the Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) posted in the state.

Of the 214 new cases among the general populace, 205 have no significant travel history.

Among the new confirmed cases, 54 were from Imphal West district, 100 Regd. No. : 470/20

from Imphal East, 29 from Thoubal, 3 from Tengnoupal, 6 from Bishnupur, 7 from Kakching, 3 from Chandel, 1 from Kangpokpi, 5 from Churachandpur, 4 from Tamenglong district and 1 each from Kamjong and Senapati districts.

The 49 patients who recovered on Tuesday included CAPF personnel, the report said.

AFFIDAVIT

Dated : 17/09/2020

I, Shri. N. Sheluho Awomi, son of Nikhayi Awomi, permanent resident of Satami Village, Aghunato, Zunheboto : Nagaland and presently residing at H/No. 192B, Toluvi Village, Dimapur : Nagaland, do hereby solemnly affirm and declare on oath as under: 1. That I am a bonafide citizen of India.

2. That inadvertently my name was entered as N. Sheluho, son of Nikhayi Sema in my Service Book.

3. That my real and official name is N. Sheluho Awomi, son of Nikhayi Awomi which has also been reflected in my various documents.

4. That the name N. Sheluho and N. Sheluho Awomi are synonymous and pertains to the name of same and one person i.e N. Sheluho Awomi.

5. That this affidavit has been made for the purpose of declaring my real and official name and to rectify the same before the concerned authority and for all future correspondence.

6. That the statements made from para 1 to 5 are true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief and nothing stated is false.

DEPONENT Solemnly sworn before me by the deponent on this the 17th Day of Sept.

2020.

Avi K. Achumi Notary Public Nagaland Regd. No. Law-13/73 (Pt.-I) DP-4043 Regd. No. : 471/20

AFFIDAVIT

Dated : 17/09/2020

I, Shri. N. Sheluho Awomi, son of Nikhayi Awomi, permanent resident of Satami Village, Aghunato, Zunheboto : Nagaland and presently residing at H/No. 192B, Toluvi Village, Dimapur : Nagaland, do hereby solemnly affirm and declare on oath as under: 1. That I am a bonafide citizen of India.

2. That inadvertently my son name was entered as Kastin S. Sumi in my Service Book which is his pet name.

3. That my son's real and official name is Ighato Awomi which has also been reflected in his various documents including his Birth Certificate.

4. That the name Kastin S. Sumi and Ighato Awomi are synonymous and pertains to the name of same and one person i.e Ighato Awomi.

5. That this affidavit has been made for the purpose of declaring my son's real and official name and to rectify the same before the concerned authority and for all future correspondence.

6. That the statements made from para 1 to 5 are true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief and nothing stated is false.

DEPONENT Solemnly sworn before me by the deponent on this the 17th Day of Sept.

2020.

Avi K. Achumi Notary Public Nagaland Regd. No. Law-13/73 (Pt.-I) DP-4044

sub surface samples were also set on fire.

UCIL has proposed to set up an open-cast uranium mining and processing plant at Mawthabah. Meghalaya

has an estimated 9.22 million tonnes of uranium ore deposits. Meghalaya is the third uranium-rich state in the country after Jharkhand and Andhra Pradesh.

Hi Awang, Happy Birthday to our fabulous, witty, kind and brilliant friend. May this day be a blessing to your family, friends and to the world.

From, Daniel,Hajam,Hushu,Jo seph,Samson, Zulibe and The Man. Dear Mom, You are an irreplaceable person in my life. No one can do what you do. I wish you long life and happiness in your life, sweet Mom. Happy 50th Birthday Mummy.

Your loving children

SUMI CATHOLIC COMMUNITY HOLY CROSS PARISH DIMAPUR

FELICITATION

With immense love and joy, we extend our heartfelt congratulations to our member Mr. A PETER SWU, DAO for being promoted to Asst.

Director/A.O/T.O. The Community takes this privilege with much pride and acknowledged him and his new task and further wishes him good health in all his endeavour.

Sd/Sd/Chairman, SCCD Secretary, SCCD

DP-4037

DIMAPUR: The theme song and logo for ‘Destination North East’, was launched at an annual event to promote tourism held by the North Eastern Council (NEC), Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) in collaboration North East Region Community Resource Management Project (NERCORMP) at a virtual platform at the North Eastern Council Secretariat on September 21.

A press release by the Press Information Bureau stated that the event was attended by Minister of State (independent charges) DoNER, Dr Jitendra Singh, DoNER secretary S Inderjit Singh, members NEC professor Biman Kumar Dutta, Air Marshal Anjan Kumar Gogoi, secretary NEC Moses K. Chalai and other officials of NEC and

Regd. No. 1154/2020

AFFIDAVIT

Dated : 22/09/2020

I, Smti. NITU AWOMI, wife of N. Sheluho Awomi, resident of House No. 192 B, Toluvi Village, P.S. - East Police Station, Dimapur, in the district of Dimapur, Nagaland do hereby solemnly declare on oath as under: 1. That I am a citizen of India by birth and a resident of the aforesaid locality.

2. That my name has been entered/recorded as NITU SEMA in all my relevant documents such as Aadhaar Card, PAN Card, State Bank of India, Pass Book and in my husband's Service records.

3. That from today onwards I will be known by my new name i.e. NITU AWOMI. 4. That henceforth my new name i.e. NITU AWOMI shall be used in all my future official use and correspondences.

5. That this affidavit shall be used as a piece of documentary evidence to authenticate that I will be known by my new name i.e. NITU AWOMI instead of NITU SEMA and shall produce before any competent authority as and when required.

VERIFICATION I, hereby verify that the contents made in paragraph No. 1 to 5 are true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief and nothing material is concealed therein.

DEPONENT Solemnly sworn before me on this the 22nd day of September 2020 at Dimapur.

NOTARY PUBLIC DIMAPUR : NAGALAND DP-4042

IN THE COURT OF PRINCIPAL DISTRICT & SESSIONS JUDGE MOKOKCHUNG : NAGALAND S/C NO. 115/2020 NOTICE NOTICE INVITING CLAIMS/OBJECTION OF OTHER CLAIMANT(S) FOR ISSUE OF SUCCESSION CERTIFICATE UNDER PART-I OF INDIAN SUCCESSION ACT 1925.

Whereas application under Succession Act 1925 for grant of Succession Certificate for the estate/pension benefits of Late Imtisunep Ao has been applied by Smti. Pangitsungla, W/o Late Imtisunep Ao, R/O H.No. 54, Satihit Ward, Mangkolemba, Mokokchung, Nagaland for possession of: Notice is hereby given that any person having interest in the administration of the estate/pension benefits of the said deceased may if she/ he so desire appear in this court on or before the said day of 16.10.2020.

Given under the hand and seal of the court on this day the 02.09.2020.

Principal District & Sessions Judge Mokokchung : Nagaland.

MKC-205

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Post-mortem

Vol. XXx NO. 289 Dimapur, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

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In denial mode

t was a clear vindication of what eminent scientists, medical specialists, epidemiologists and virologists have been saying all along since the month of May, that community transmission has already taken place in India. This was again reiterated in a report in The Telegraph which revealed that the team behind the sero survey, conducted between May 11 and June 4, was asked

by ICMR Director General Dr Balram Bhargava to either hold back the report from public release or remove the data on containment zones. The basis of the report was statements from seven of 74 researchers involved in the survey. According to the report, Dr Bhargava had told the researchers that the council didn’t have the approval to publish data from hotspots or containment zones. On March 28, the Health Ministry acknowledged that there was "limited community transmission" of the novel coronavirus in India. On April 9, the ICMR and Health Ministry researchers - some of them are national task force members for COVID-19 - in a journal paper, provided evidence suggesting the prevalence of community transmission in 36 districts across 15 States. The health ministry’s own admission that there was “limited community transmission”, a newly created phase between Stages 2 and 2, was again retracted.

According to the report in The Telegraph as carried by The Print, on May 15, the ICMR had put the COVID-19 figure at around 86,000 whereas the ICMR’s own sero survey report had placed the figure to around 60 lakhs.

According to the portal, the ICMR had under reported COVID cases. One of several loopholes in the ICMR methodology was about sample testing. Several scientists pointed to a typical example of daily ICMR reporting – “a total of 2,74,599 samples from 2,58,730 individuals have been tested. Of this, 11,297 individuals have been tested positive among the suspected cases and known positive cases in India." They pointed out that above lack of details in the bulletin was a problem since it didn’t specify how many of these were asymptomatic or largely asymptomatic. What this means is that there are many more infections that are to be counted beyond the official figures. Even months before the pandemic, an IISc study by a group of noted scientists predicted that

by January 1, 2021, India would have possibly reached close to 3 crore infected cases (over 60 lakh ‘active’ cases and 10 lakh fatalities). They also predicted that the pandemic is not expected to ‘peak’ before March 2021.This may be quite a figure to digest but which cannot be dismissed outright. Dr. Jayaprakash Muliyil, chairperson of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the National Institute of Epidemiology and also former principal of the Christian Medical College, Vellore and one of India’s foremost epidemiologist had said in April that the stage of community transmission (when the source of infection for a large number of patients cannot be traced to a confirmed case), has already set in the country, even though the government is reluctant to admit it. Overall, there is a sharp increase of cases all over the country and the epidemiologists and scientists are of the opinion that the government needs to take a strong stand and admit there is community transmission so that steps are taken to see that the epidemic can be brought under control .Since the enemy (virus) has been identified, its strength needs to be known if the battle is to be won. Unfortunately, the government continues to live in denial mode.

DailyDevotion The Missionary’s Master and Teacher

You call Me Teacher and Lord, and you say well, for so I am ….I say to you, a servant is not greater than his master… —John 13:13, 16 To have a master and teacher is not the same thing as being mastered and taught. Having a master and teacher means that there is someone who knows me better than I know myself, who is closer than a friend, and who understands the remotest depths of my heart and is able to satisfy them fully. It means having someone who has made me secure in the knowledge that he has met and solved all the doubts, uncertainties, and problems in my mind. To have a master and teacher is this and nothing less— “…for One is your Teacher, the Christ…” (Matthew 23:8).

Our Lord never takes measures to make me do what He wants. Sometimes I wish God would master and control me to make me do what He wants, but He will not. And at other times I wish He would leave me alone, and He does not.

“You call Me Teacher and Lord…”— but is He? Teacher, Master, and Lord have little place in our vocabulary. We prefer the words Savior, Sanctifier, and Healer. The only word that truly describes the experience of being mastered is love, and we know little about love as God reveals it in His Word. The way we use the word obey is proof of this. In the Bible, obedience is based on a relationship between equals; for example, that of a son with his father. Our Lord was not simply God’s servant— He was His Son. “… though He was a Son, yet He learned obedience…”

(Hebrews 5:8). If we are consciously aware that we are being mastered, that idea itself is proof that we have no master. If that is our attitude toward Jesus, we are far away from having the relationship He wants with us. He wants us in a relationship where He is so easily our Master and Teacher that we have no conscious awareness of it— a relationship where all we know is that we are His to obey.

Quotes

No man can taste the fruits of autumn while he is delighting his scent with the flowers of spring. ~ Samuel Johnson

Nagaland Post, Dimapur WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

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ovid-19 caught the world off-guard. It is embarrassing. It is embarrassing that the economic distress is more acute in India than in the rest of the world, especially when India was projected by many as the emerging star. Published data indicates that GDP contracted by 23.9 per cent during the previous quarter, businesses have had to shut down, jobs are vanishing, incomes are stressed and with unfriendly taxation structures the expansion plans and investments by most businesses are on hold.

Even as factories try to shore up production with the gradual unlocking, the efforts to make labour laws more employer friendly are stressing the labour market.

Consumer demand has weakened, supply chains are disrupted, the MSME and the informal sectors are faltering and, as jobs continue to dry up, consumer sentiments are tanking. The road ahead is not easy.

The future, as it is unfolding, is worrying. The VUCA concept, so familiar in the corporate world, is mild compared to the current state of the Indian economy.

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India at the hairpin bend

The Niti Aayog had released a report in 2019 that more Indians have fallen into poverty, hunger and inequality in the past two years. The Covid19 lockdown will certainly have pushed many more into poverty. The unemployment rate in India, which averaged 9.21 per cent from 2018 until 2020, reached an all-time high of 23.5 per cent in April of 2020. It is as if India is on a mountain road and with the weather turning humid and sticky, the road ahead is expected to be treacherous. Continuing straight on the path will further destroy economic value. The option is to take a hairpin bend and change course to reach the destination. Many skilled navigators are recommending manoeuvring the hairpin bend before the road conditions get worse. The navigator must take a call.

The choice requires good judgement. If it continues straight, India will consolidate nationalist pride and achieve the religious unification of the country. The loss of economic prosperity will probably be offset in the short term by the fervour of reclaiming the past that is so deeply embedded in

the complexed psyche of its people. It will take them back to the concept of destiny, uncomplaining and helpless resignation to fate. Religion is, after all, the opium of the masses. It will help if they are shackled to the past and continue hallucinating for a future, believing that the Gods will bless them for their patience. This route may appear simpler but in reality it is like quicksand and more treacherous.

The hairpin bend, on the other hand, leads to tougher terrain and is much more difficult to navigate for laymen. It requires vision, professional expertise and willingness to identify and accept weaknesses to find solutions. It leads India to a scientific temper. It embraces a dream of equality and brahminization through economic upliftment and liberalism, questioning of religious dogmas and pursuing excellence. It radiates across five fingers -- agricultural reforms, industrial output, employment and jobs, national security and strengthening of democratic institutions.

If India aspires to be a superpower then it has to demonstrate its ability to

Teachers too must learn

he NEP expects every teacher to develop a comprehensive perspective on life and living and follow an application-based module. For over six decades, one has never witnessed such a strong projection of the national resolve to implement a policy. This rare privilege goes to the National Education Policy (NEP), 2020. The President of India addresses the nation, the Prime Minister addresses twice within a week, the Union Education Minister and his team seem busy 24X7, conducting and guiding national-level webinars on specific topics that would require new initiatives and action at the implementation stage. It’s evident that the nation has realised that for equitable growth, progress and development, it has to be “education, education, and education.” India is now determined to create a pool of teachers who would not only be degree-holders but possess “personalities.” These would be people imbued with a comprehensive multi-disciplinary and multi-dimensional perspective.

In fact, the new approach to teacher preparation would expect every instructor to develop a comprehensive perspective on life and living. They would internalise the higher goals of education. The focus, henceforth, would be on them believing in Sarva Bhut Hite Ratah. And as was the ancient tradition, they would be life-long learners, yavadjeevait adhiyate viprah. It is, in a sense, a revolutionary recommendation that by 2030 all teachers would be prepared in multi-faculty colleges and universities through four-year integrated programmes.

As one goes through the various sections of the NEP, this expectation becomes evident to everyone.

The objective of achieving scharyatwa would require a strong support system that must emerge from the establishment and society. There are clear indications to ensure that: “In order to improve and reach the levels of integrity and credibility required to restore the prestige of the teaching profession, the regulatory system shall be empowered to take stringent action against sub-standard and dysfunctional Teacher Education Institutions (TEIs) that do not meet the basic educational criterion, after giving one year for the remedy of breaches.

By 2030, only educationally sound, multidisciplinary and integrated teacher education programmes shall be in force.” This objective of restoring the credibility of TEIs is achievable. The National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) had, during 1998-99, successfully exercised this authority, and certain well-known but sub-standard teacher preparation programmes were closed down. Once teacher educators accept this responsibility, they could transform the entire system. Let them never forget that the recommendations on teacher education arise from the expectations and aspirations of the young. But somewhere besides these is also the hidden pain and anguish which was recorded – with a heavy heart – by late Justice JS Verma: “A majority of standalone TEIs – over 10,000 in number – are not even attempting serious teacher education but are essentially selling degrees for a price.” One could mention it only with immense pain, as the first chairperson of the NCTE said, that all these 10,000 institutions selling degrees were certified by senior teachers, teacher educators, professors and other academics. The policy has done its part, no more stand-alone colleges. Now it is the responsibility of teachers, teacher educators and professionals in the field to ensure that in future regulatory mechanisms are not trivialised.

This policy suggests alternative regulatory structures, which would transform the manner in which future multi-disciplinary teacher preparations institutions and universities would emerge. The responsibility of

teachers at every stage would grow multifold as autonomy would be the in-thing.

When one goes through the various general recommendations in the policy, one finds serious concern for drastic change in teacher education in content and pedagogy, and the need to achieve an attitudinal transformation among aspiring teachers. It is now learning, learning and more learning. Examinations shall no more be days of nation-wide anxiety and widespread tension. The focus of assessment in schools shifts to application of knowledge gained and internalised.

The present pattern of examinations was transplanted in this country by alien rulers. It had been discarded in Britain much earlier but we still adhere to it in India. Teachers, and teacher educators, have a tremendous task ahead in implementing curriculum load reduction, to ensure that textbooks and textual materials are neither deficient on new knowledge nor too overloaded with obsolesce content.

Teaching and learning shall become more interactive, and much would transpire outside the closed classroom. Skill development and bringing in vocational education elements early in schools would require TEIs absorbing them in their own curricula. Those who know the story of Richard Feynman would find it much easier to visualise its great transformative and inspiring impact on the system as a whole. It would be possible only when the promises to ensure the assured recruitment process are put to practice, and the assurances on the professionally acceptable teacher-student ratio is implemented without any aberrations. One must not ignore considerable dilution in the quality of education and decline in the acceptability and credibility of schools funded by the public. The policy realises this.

The ancient Indian tradition of knowledge quest spreads over four stages: adhyayan, manan, chintan and upayog.

And its relevance is eternal. It is the essence of the process of transfer of knowledge to generations ahead. Every teacher, henceforth, would be expected to comprehend the essence of Indian philosophy of education that finds reflection throughout this policy.

Let me recall three sentences of Sri Aurobindo; first being that the process must begin with “from near, to far”; and hence the mother tongue medium and other aspects. His second principle was that “nothing can be taught.” Every active, alert and vibrant teacher shall have to grasp its essence. It is “learning the treasure within.”

It is the perfection within that the child is discovering, and teachers are assisting, supporting, guiding, and much more.

When Sri Aurobindo states that the “mind must be consulted in its growth,” he is emphasising how pertinent it is to “know the child.” It is the comprehension of these basic principles that has led to the restricting of the school education system to 5+3+3+4. The most significant is the addition of initial three years, after the age of 3. India would need very specialised teachers for this age group.

A couple of years ago, India had anticipated the importance of open and distance learning. That experience comes very handy as the global attention diverts to online learning. Creation of digital platforms and e-content had already begun in full swing and has come handy during the corona crisis, as children are confined to their homes. The pedagogy is undergoing unprecedented change, teachers associated with schools will have to gear up to learn new skills. While tools and techniques shall change – sometimes beyond recognition – the pedagogical principles would remain the same.

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navigate the tough terrain.

It needs to evolve beyond the identity of a unified religious nation. The Covid disruption is an opportunity to get back to the basics and to focus on economic prosperity which every individual needs and aspires towards.

Subroto Roy, who studied economics at the Delhi School of Economics before becoming an RBI banker and then an entrepreneur, says: “We have to return to the Keynesian era of welfare economics. India is a young nation of 120 crore people who need food, work and income. In the post-Covid environment, the focus must be to ensure that everyone is gainfully employed as propagated by Keynes. The need is to create employment and put money in the hands of the people. If we rely only on the free market mechanism that insists on economic efficiency then companies will want to reduce liabilities to protect profits and return on their investments. The post-Covid situation will be exceptional and the government has to play a crucial role.”

It is, after all, the leadership tasked with steering

the country to economic prosperity. The Covid Syndrome and its impact is perhaps the biggest crisis of the century and has thrown up several faultlines that we have ignored until now. Unless corrected, India is headed to a typical situation that the erstwhile BIFR would have classified as ‘Sick Business’ and in need of a turnaround strategy. A turnaround situation is amongst the toughest challenges that businesses face -- often, because they refuse to acknowledge that they need help and the remedial action keeps getting postponed. For a turnaround strategy to be successful, it presupposes an acceptance that the business has begun to self-destruct.

Turning around a disrupted business is far more difficult than accelerating a successfully running business. India is facing all the typical challenges of a turnaround situation -dropping revenues (GDP), insufficient profits (growing deficit), cultural dissonance, demoralised and complexed employees (weakened institutions) amongst others -- and requires clear vision and policies that cut through clutter

to only focus on making the business healthy. The crisis is being accelerated by the systematic dumbing down of society which, in turn, is creating tunnel visions and discourages critical thinking.

We seem to have switched off our minds as though on a roller-coaster ride in an amusement park, paying for the thrill and novelty, mistaking it for a momentary thrill and expecting things to be normal when the ride stops. We need to quickly get off the ride and accept reality. There is a growing gap between the euphoria of hope and the ground reality.

The only ideology that will work will be the ideology of economic welfare.

India needs to reevaluate its two routes to becoming a superpower. Either continue on the path of systematic social change at the cost of the economy or take the hairpin bend and focus on economic revival and social stability. Navigating the hairpin bend will be tough but if India does not course correct now then the revival will be even tougher. India will have been caught in the turnaround trap.

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Farm Bills will give farmers greater choice

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hose opposing the bills have either not read them or are just worried that an empowered farmer doesn’t fit into their scheme of vote bank politics.

In 1947, when India gained Independence, the urban-rural income ratio was estimated to be 2:1. That ratio now stands at about 7:1. The decline came even as farm production grew to the point that India became self-sufficient in food production and also kept exporting some food crops. For 60 long years, governments kept ruling in the name of poor farmers and ensuring that they remain stuck in poverty.

Even as India attained surplus growth in agro commodities, our policies remained anachronistic and did not factor in the variety of post-production activities. No thought was given to processing, value-addition or marketing, and trade of farm produce to make the Indian farmer self-sufficient. Less than 5 per cent of India’s food and agriculture produce is processed in contrast to over 50 per cent in developed countries.

Over 50 per cent of India’s population, directly or indirectly, depends on agriculture, which contributes about 12 per cent to GDP, a fact that our budgetary allocations have chosen to gloss over in the Congress era of governance.

Public investment in agriculture has been below 5 per cent resulting in low capital formation and low private sector investments, leading to poor agri infrastructure. No policies were drafted to allow farmers to market their produce and earn the profits that an open, competitive market would have allowed them to make.

It is against this backdrop that the government has pushed for the Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill, Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Bill and Essential Commodities (Amendment) Bill. Together, these three pieces of legislation will create a system in which farmers and traders can sell and buy

agri products outside mandis.

The Bills provide for a system that encourages intra-state trade and reduces transportation cost. The Bills formulate a framework on agreements that allow farmers to engage directly with agri-business companies, exporters and retailers for services and sale of produce. All this will be achieved by giving the hardworking farmers of India access to modern technology.

India’s agricultural markets restrict farmers from selling directly to retailers and getting the right price for their produce. Also, the existing system forces farmers to pay undue commissions. The Opposition has misinformed people saying the Bills open the road for corporates to exploit farmers. In fact, these pieces of legislation bring uniformity into contractual farming rules and provide a framework for trade agreements on farm produce. Farmers cannot be forced to enter into any agreement.

They will be free to choose who they want to sell their produce to and a regulatory framework will protect them.

Concerns over contract farming are also misplaced.

Contract farming is not antifarmer by its nature. As much as 66 per cent of poultry business in India is under contract farming. Once contract farming is mainstreamed, agribusinesses will be able to pool farmers, invest in their land and make the latest agri technology available to them.

The Bills are part of the Narendra Modi government’s commitment to double farmers’ income and follow its credo of minimum government and maximum governance. They are designed to free the farmers from the hold of government-controlled markets. The Essential Commodities (Amendment) Bill makes provisions for the removal of items such as cereals and pulses from the list of essential commodities and attract foreign direct investment in the sector. Some sections have raised the fear that this will compromise on food security. They must know the Food Corporation

of India will continue to stock essential commodities such as wheat and rice, ensuring that India’s food security isn’t hit.

Also, traditional mandis will stay. The proposed pieces of legislation will only remove trade barriers and allow digital trading of farm produce.

A lot of misinformation is being spread about the Minimum Support Price (MSP). A fear psychosis is being created amongst farmers by telling them that with the passage of the Bills, MSP will be done away with. Parliament has repeatedly been assured that MSP will stay. Those opposing the bills have either not read them or are just worried that an empowered farmer doesn’t fit into their scheme of vote bank politics.

During 2009-2014, the budget allocation for agriculture increased by a meagre 8.5 per cent. From 2014-2019, the Modi government took it much higher – an increase of 38.8 per cent. Today, the parties that are responsible for the poverty of those who feed us are questioning our commitment to farmers.

Agriculture sector badly needs high-end technologies, digital tools, entrepreneurs and farmer organisations to provide services to farmers. The Modi government has already created 2,000-plus Farmer Producer Organisations (FPO) and 10,000 more are in the works with a budgetary allocation of Rs 5,000 crore.

Over 1,000 agri start-ups, driven by young technology graduates, have been created and over 20,000 agri clinics have been made possible by agriculture graduates. None of this can grow if reforms don’t happen.

India has given the newage farmer internet access.

Nobody should now try to stop this empowered farmer from using the same internet to access markets to sell his produce. The Modi government will do everything to empower this new-age farmer; we owe this to the people who feed us. I hope the Opposition will rise above partisan politics for this cause.

Bhupender Yadav

Reader’s Post Sir,

Give a better solution

The current pandemic has caused to the shutting down of educational institutions and so online classes were introduced. For some reason it is good that the institutions are trying it’s best for the educational continuation but also there are problems being faced by the students. There are many towns under our state that has poor network connection and electricity problems and so students face problems like: Jio tower disappears and so no network connection; Electricity goes out for like 2-3 days and phone battery dies; No high speed network which makes the online classes to glitch and not hear a thing. There are also many problems and I would like the concern network authorities to look into this and give a better solution.

Shilu Jamir, St. Joseph University

Reader’s note: Articles or letters published in any of the columns do not reflect the view of this newspaper nor that of the Editor in any manner.

Nagaland Post, Dimapur WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Govt ready to discuss farm bills, says Naidu

NEW DELHI, SEP 22 ( AGENCIES): The government on Tuesday committed in the Rajya Sabha that it was ready for the extension of time to further discuss farm-related bills and also the division of votes on condition that the suspended members expressed regret about their conduct, reports The Tribune.

They had been passed on Sunday by voice vote which has been opposed by the Opposition. Responding to Leader of the Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi said the government had comfortable numbers in the House with 110 against 72 member opposing Bills when they were passed.

Azad said the Opposition will boycott the House for the remaining period the Monsoon Session till the suspension of the members were revoked, and a fresh Bill ensuing that agriculture produce will be purchased by private parties and government agencies at MSP rates were brought in the House.

Rebutting the allegation that time was not extended, Joshi said the members resorted to uncalled for aggression no sooner than he had concurred for extension of time.

Venkaiah Naidu The Deputy Chairman, Harivansh Singh, had also agreed to allow division of votes provided the members go to their respective seats and restore order. Leader of the House Thaawarchand Gehlot condemned the behaviour of the suspended members. Joshi expressed concern at Azad for justifying the unruly conduct of the eight members of the opposition parties for their unruly conduct by “laying the blame on the chair”.

He appealed to the members to express regret for their conduct as it was in the interest of all that the House should function.

Azad said the behaviour of the members, though improper, was an expression of the pent-up feeling of Opposition on being not allowed sufficient time to express their views.

He said the division of

votes on the Bills was not allowed by the Deputy Chairman Harivansh Singh, who was presiding the proceedings. He said the discussion should have been extended to discuss the Bills, as had been asked for by the Opposition. Azad wondered at the hurry displayed by the government to pass the Bills, and also expressed doubt if it had sufficient numbers to face division of votes.

In order to diffuse the situation, former Prime Minister HD Devegowda among other leaders urged that way should be found to break the logjam. House Chairman Venkaiah Naidu also expressed concern at the developments that it had hurt the image of the House. He said he was ready to consider the action taken against the members provided they express regret for the conduct. “They are our own members,” Naidu said, regretting the Opposition action of blaming the Chair for the impasse. He noted that the suspended members have been justifying their unparliamentary conduct.

He informed that Harvansh Singh prepared tea himself today morning and served it to the suspended members sitting on dharna in Parliament premises.

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7 Yogi to set up film city in UP Lok Sabha to be Pawar gets Income Tax notice, adjourned sine says, ‘They love some people.’

Lucknow, Sep 22 (PTI): and Uttar Pradesh Film DeUttar Pradesh Chief Minis- velopment Council Chair- die on Wednesday ter Yogi Adityanath Tuesday expressed confidence that the proposed Film City in the state will live up to the expectations of the industry as he met some celebrities including actor Anupam Kher and singer Udit Narayan to discuss the project.

He said the state was somehow failing to meet the expectations of the film industry till now, but this “shortcoming would be overcome through the proposed film city in Noida”.

“The Indian cinema gets a new stage, that’s the need of the hour,” he told the meeting, according to a tweet by his office.

“The state government will extend full support in it.

There should be Indianness in our minds. We don’t have to keep ourself away from it (Indianness). If we work with this mindset, the UP government will extend full support.”

Besides Kher and Udit Narayan, other personalities who attended the meeting included director-producer Satish Kaushik, singers Kailash Kher and Anup Jalota, and lyricist Manoj Muntashir.

While some of them attended the meeting through video-conference, some joined the CM at his office.

Officials from the state’s Film Bandhu department

person Raju Srivastav were also present.

Kher, who joined the meeting through video-conference, expressed hope the state government would adopt a professional attitude towards the film city.

Inviting the industry to come and make films in Uttar Pradesh, Yogi said the state is the central point of Indian culture and his government has improved connectivity.

A world-class airport is coming up on 5,000 acres in Jewar area, he said.

“Uttar Pradesh had just two airports till 2017, and one of them used to get flights occasionally. Now seven airports are functional and work is underway on 25.

We are checking all corners.

Airports are coming up at Azamgarh, Chitrakoot, Ayodhya also,” he said, according to his office.

The Chief Minister said the area identified for developing the new film city is in the vicinity of Hastinapur of Raja Bharat. This film city would become the identity of India in time to come, he said.

The Chief Minister said that it would just not be a film city alone, but a world-class electronic city will also come up there and a financial city is also proposed.

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25 MPs test positive, including 17 from LS NEW DELHI, SEP 22 (AGENCIES): The Lok Sabha will be adjourned sine die on Wednesday ahead of the October 1 schedule in the midst of rising COVID cases and looming fear of infection, reports The Tribune.

In the recent tests conducted to ensure safety of MPs and other people visiting Parliament for the Monsoon session, 25 MPs had tested positive, including 17 from Lok Sabha. Ministers Nitin Gadkari and Prahlad Patel tested positive merely a day or two after attending the first day of the session in LS on September 14 and later a Rajya Sabha MP who had attended proceedings a day before Vinay Saharabudhe also tested positive. The LS business advisory committee in its last meeting had a consensus on curtailing the session with all opposition leaders in agreement.

MUMBAI, SEP 22 (AGENCIES): Nationalist Congress Party President Sharad Pawar on Tuesday said that he had received an income tax notice, seeking clarification about the affidavits that he had filed for elections in the past, India Today reported. Pawar accused the Centre of deliberately serving the notices to Opposition leaders.

“They [the central government] love some people,” Pawar about the tax notice at a press conference. The veteran leader added that the notices were served for the elections in 2009, 2014 and 2019, and that he will reply to them soon, according to Loksatta. The income tax department also served notices to NCP leader and Pawar’s daughter Supriya Sule, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and his son and minister Aaditya Thackeray.

The four leaders were served the notices after the Election Commission of India reportedly reminded the Central Board of Direct Taxes of its request to investigate allegations that Thackeray, his son and Sule had filed false affidavits. The request had been made a month ago. The NCP chief said that he will fast for a day to express his support for the eight Rajya Sabha MPs who were suspended

from the House on Sunday for their “unruly behaviour” while protesting against the government’s farm bills, NDTV reported. The suspended MPs include Derek O’Brien and Dola Sen of the Trinamool Congress, Rajiv Satav, Ripun Bora and Syed Nasir Hussain of the Congress, Elamaram Kareem and KK Ragesh of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and Aam Aadmi Party’s Sanjay Singh.

“I will not eat anything today in solidarity with the protesting members,” Pawar, who is also a Rajya Sabha member said.

The NCP leader also questioned the way in which the bills were passed. “I have never seen bills being passed like this,” he said. “They [the Centre] wanted to pass these bills soon. Members had questions regarding the bill. Prima facie it seems like they did not want a discussion.When members did not get a response they came into the well. Earlier in the day, Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairperson Harivansh Narayan Singh met the suspended MPs, who staged an overnight protest outside Parliament against the farm bills. Singh also said that he would fast for a day to express his anguish over the “humiliating conduct” of Opposition leaders during the tumultuous session.

India & China stick to demands; talks end in ‘stalemate’ Modi govt tables FCRA amendments, opposition & NGOs call it ‘fatal blow’

An army convoy carrying military material on its way to Ladakh amid border tension with China, at Manali-Leh highway, Saturday. (PTI)

ECI hosts webinar on challenges of holding elections during COVID NEW DELHI, SEP 22: To mark one year of chairmanship of the Association of World Election Bodies (AWEB), Election Commission of India today hosted an international webinar on the Theme ‘‘Issues, Challenges and Protocols for Conducting Elections during COVID-19 : Sharing Country Experiences’.

A press statement by the under secretary to the EC stated that, inaugurating the webinar, Chief Election Commissioner of India and Chairperson, A-WEB Sunil Arora spoke of how countries such as South Korea, Australia, Malawi, Taiwan, Mongolia and many others who went ahead with scheduled elections even as they put in place the enormous arrangements required to ensure the health and safety of people while conducting election.

Arora highlighted how Covid19 exigencies and social distancing measures necessitated a revisit of ECI’s extant instructions.

The maximum number of electors at a polling station was reduced from 1500 to 1000, and consequently, the number of polling stations jumped by 40 per cent, from 65,000 to 100,000.

These changes have huge logistics and manpower implications. CEC mentioned that the Commission would take a decision within the next two to three days, on visiting Bihar. Ex-

plaining in detail the scale of the upcoming elections to the Legislative Assembly of Bihar, he mentioned that the total number of electors is 72.9 million.

Chief Election Commissioner also mentioned that ECI has placed a lot of emphasis on extending facilitation to senior citizens, women, Persons with disabilities and in current circumstances, ensuring franchise to Covid positive voters and those in quarantine. In this context, the CEC mentioned how, beginning with the elections to the Legislative Assembly of Jharkhand in November-December 2019, and elections to the Legislative Assembly of Delhi in February 2020, the postal ballot facility was extended to voters who are aged more than 80 years, persons with disability and those who engaged in specified essential services. This facility of postal ballot has been extended to Covid positive electors who are in quarantine/hospitalized.

Over 120 delegates from 45 countries across the world participated in the webinar. The Association of World Election Bodies (A-WEB) is largest association of Election Management Bodies (EMBs) worldwide. At present A-WEB has 115 EMBs as members & 16 regional associations/ organisations as associate members.

(LAC) in Ladakh.

During the 14-hour talks Monday, sources said, China refused to budge from its demand that Indian troops pull back from areas that the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) considers their own.

“Both sides present-

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“prohibit any transfer of foreign contribution to any association/person”.

The government further proposes to make Aadhaar cards a mandatory identification document for all office-bearers, directors and other key functionaries of NGOs or associations eligible to receive foreign donations. Opposition parties have taken strong objection to the proposed amendments, saying they are a means to “target those who speak against the government”.

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The bill, introduced in the Lok Sabha

by Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai, faced objections from leader of the opposition Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, his Congress colleague Manish Tewari, and Trinamool Congress’ Saugata Roy, who termed it a means to “crush dissent” and “concentrate powers in the hands of the government”.

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establishment, while the Indian delegation refused to comply with the Chinese army’s demand to pull out from the southern banks of the Pangong Tso, the Chinese declined India’s emphasis on disengagement at all friction points along the Line of Actual Control

Forward deployment through the region’s freezing winter will be a first for India and China, which have posted a large numbers of troops near the LAC in Ladakh backed by artillery, tanks and other equipment.

However, sources added, both sides have agreed to continue with the talks at a later stage.

Diplomatic sources said, like the dialogue Monday, all future meetings between India and China on the matter will include officials from the military as well as the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA).

This, they said, is to ensure that the Chinese do not get an opportunity to say that Indian diplomats and Army officials speak in different voices.

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New Delhi, Sep 22 ( AGENCIES): The firstever military-diplomatic talks between India and China Monday ended in a “stalemate” with both sides sticking to their stances, Reports ThePrint.

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ed their demands. China wanted us to withdraw from the southern banks. Our demand has been the same from day one — disengagement has to happen on all friction areas simultaneously,” a source said.

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In the next couple of sessions further strength in the dollar could weigh on the rupee. We expect USDINR (Spot) to quote in the range of 73.20 and 73.80.”

According to Sriram Iyer, Senior Research Analyst at Reliance Securities, the Indian rupee depreciated against the US currency weighed by risk off sentiments amid concerns that fresh lockdowns in Europe to control surging coronavirus infections could impede a quick economic recovery.

“The uncertainty surrounding the fiscal stimulus package and the elections in the US added to the wariness of the recovery of the economy and weighed on sentiments,” Iyer said.

The rupee depreciated by 0.3 per cent this Tuesday, its biggest single-session decline since September 8, Iyer added.

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a basket of six currencies, was up 0.06 per cent at 93.71.

On the domestic equity market front, the 30-share BSE benchmark Sensex settled down by 300.06 points or 0.79 per cent at 37,734.08.

The broader NSE Nifty fell 96.90 points or 0.86 per cent to finish at 11,153.65.

Foreign institutional investors were net sellers in the capital market as they offloaded shares worth Rs 2,072.76 crore on Tuesday, according to provisional exchange data.

Brent crude futures, the global oil benchmark, rose 0.65 per cent to USD 41.71 per barrel.

“Rupee in the first half of the session was weighed down following strength in the dollar against its major crosses and weakness in the domestic equities. But in the latter half recovery was witnessed primarily on back of short covering,” said Gaurang Somaiya, Forex & Bullion Analyst, Motilal Oswal Financial Services.

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Mumbai, Sep 22 (IANS): As SEBI’s recent change in norms regarding constitution of multi-cap funds continues to cause some discomfort among mutual funds, Chairman Ajay Tyagi said that the regulator is not forcing anyone to invest in mid or small cap companies.

Describing the recent “confusion” as “unfortunate”, Tyagi said, “What we are saying and what we are trying to address here is ‘true to label’.” “So when we said that multi-cap should have some portion in small cap and mid cap, we are not really forcing anyone to invest in those caps, we are sayinga investment should be done in the best interest of the investors.”

Mumbai, Sep 22 (PTI): The rupee depreciated by 20 paise to settle at 73.58 against the US dollar on Tuesday due to forex outflows and a stronger greenback in the global markets.

At the interbank forex market, the rupee opened on a weak note at 73.50 and fell further to a low of 73.64 as stock markets continued to fall for the fourth straight day. Renewed growth concerns following resurgence of coronavirus cases in Europe and subsequent restrictions weighed on investor sentiment, dealers said.

The rupee closed at 73.58 against the greenback, registering a fall of 20 paise over its last close of 73.38 on Monday.

Meanwhile, the dollar index, which gauges the greenback’s strength against

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and appreciating the selfless efforts of DAYO towards building a better Dimapur and Naga society in general, the meeting resolved that KAOT will extend its best efforts towards any constructive initiatives undertaken by DAYO. This was stated in a press release.

Rupee drops 20 paise amid growth concerns

CNCC on behalf of the business community of Nagaland, CNCCI also conveyed its condolences to the bereaved family.

Dimapur Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) in a statement by its president Alashe Zhimomi, expressed “disgust” that the peace prevailing for long has been distributed by the killing and cautioned that the business community would not remain mute spectator.

DCCI urged upon the law enforcing agencies and district administration to immediately bring the culprit to book failing which the business community would

close down the transport operations in Dimapur.

Dimapur Chamber of Commerce and Industry has also conveyed condolences to the bereaved family and also assured of its solidarity. Dimapur Chamber of Commerce and Industry also vowed that it would not rest till the culprits were arrested and befitting punishment awarded.

Meanwhile, Public Action Committee (PAC) Dimapur has appealed to the district administration to investigate the killing with all seriousness and bring the culprit to book at the earliest and award befitting punishment as per the law of the land.

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The meeting deliberated upon the vision of the Ao community at large while acknowledging the heavenly blessings bestowed upon the community, especially in Dimapur and adjoining areas.

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Petrol price fall has been relatively slower at Rs 1.04 per litre in September.

The price fall is on the back of expectation of slowing demand for oil globally as a second wave of coronavirus spike threatened further derailment of economic activity. Though crude prices revived slightly on Tuesday after falling continuously for last few days, it is expected to remain soft on demand expectations.

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per litre to Rs 71.28 a litre down from Rs 71.43 per litre on Monday. Similarly, petrol prices also fell marginally by 8 paisa per litre to Rs 81.06 per litre.

In the other metros of Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata, diesel prices fell between 13-15 paisa per litre while petrol prices came down by 7-8 paisa per litre.

With the price cut on Tuesday, diesel has now become cheaper by Rs 2.28 per litre in Delhi this month.

most returned to normal, albeit the demand pattern had shifted almost entirely to the essential items and away from the discretionary items. He pointed out that rural demand had remained strong because of absence of lockdowns, good harvest and good rains. However, the local lockdowns in states had created problems in the supply chain, which has now been taken care of by the central government. Mehta said that now the economy needed interest cuts to start the investment cycle.

Sanjiv Bajaj, Chairman and Managing Director, Bajaj Finserv Ltd, said that the way to revive the economy was to prevent random lockdowns and keep the economy running with the necessary precautions. “It will take 2-4 quarters for things to normalize,” he said. He said that it would help to expand credit by opening 2-3 new banks each year for the next 10 years, and the distinction between banks and NBFCs had to go. “The incumbents cannot be protected forever,” he said.

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New Delhi, Sep 22 (IANS): Diesel prices continued to decline for the sixth consecutive day on Tuesday as the product prices fell globally while crude prices remained steady.

Along with diesel, oil marketing companies also gave marginal relief to petrol consumers by reducing its pump prices after keeping the prices unchanged for previous three days.

In the national capital diesel prices fell by 15 paisa

credit collapse will happen again if the problem is not addressed immediately.

The government revenue also needs to be restored to prevent a severe escalation of debt to GDP ratio, and that requires more privatization and monetization of government assets, he said.

On Atmanirbhar Bharat, Panagariya said that it was rhetoric meant only for the domestic audience, mainly farmers, and it merely meant people looking after themselves instead of expecting handouts from the government. However, he pointed out, the import substitution activity has been going on for three years, which is not helpful. “Keeping imports out protects disability of the domestic companies by making foreign competitors less able. Instead, India needs to raise its productivity and lower its costs,” he said.

Sanjiv Mehta, Chairman & Managing Director, Hindustan Unilever Limited, said in a separate session that the FMCG industry’s volumes had al-

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GDP growth has receded For Panagariya, the since 2018 because of high most critical step required growth in the first four years to bring the Indian economy of the Modi government, back to a 7% growth trajecand to get back to a 7% plus tory is urgent and adequate growth rate, India must recapitalization of banks. open itself to free trade and He pointed out that ecorecapitalize banks urgently. nomic growth has slid in the According to Pana- past couple of years because gariya, the Indian economy of the stress in the financial can tolerate 6%-7% inflation sector which has filtered into and the RBI should not be the general economy. too obsessed with keeping “Restructuring loans inflation low. He said that will only delay NPAs and higher inflation in the April- bankruptcies and not preJune period was because of vent those,” he said. The a supply shock and it would economy paid heavily for drop as supply returns. The the delay in the Insolvency RBI should work harder to and Bankruptcy Code and a

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New Delhi, Sep 22 (IANS): State Bank of India chairman Rajnish Kumar on Tuesday said that interest rate cuts had not led to an increase in investment, despite the banks passing on the rate cuts to the customers.

Speaking at the 47th National Management Convention of the All India Management Association (AIMA), Kumar said that credit growth had been slow this year as capex was not happening at the usual pace.

He pointed out that in the last crisis in 2008, banks had increased lending by diluting norms and the country had paid a high price for that, so banks were being prudent this time.

Infrastructure spending was the way to restore economic growth, according to the SBI Chairman. He pointed out that India has a 5-year pipeline of infrastructure projects worth Rs 10 trillion, which alone could boost the economy because construction creates jobs and demand.

Speaking at another session, Arvind Panagariya,

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Wa s h i n g to n, S e p 22 (PTI): Former US vice president Joe Biden has enormously harmed the US economy in his five decades as a politician, President Donald Trump has said, adding that if the Democratic leader wins the November 3 polls it would be a win for China.

Biden, 77, and his running mate Kamala Harris are challenging incumbents President Trump, 74, and Vice President Mike Pence in the presidential election.

“Joe Biden spent the last 47 years shipping your jobs to China and foreign countries. You know that.

I’ve spent the last four years bringing the jobs back to our country and back to Ohio,” Trump said at a rally in Dayton, Ohio on Monday.

The Republican leader described the November 3 polls as the most important in recent memory. “On November 3rd, Americans will decide whether we lift our nation to soaring new heights of prosperity or whether we will allow Joe Biden --Sleepy Joe -- to shut

Donald Trump speaks during a rally at Dayton International Airport in Ohio on September 21.

down our economy, impose a USD 4 trillion tax hike, abolish Ohio clean coal, oil, natural gas, and ship your jobs in factories overseas to China and countries that you never even heard of,” he said.

The democratic tax plans for the 2020 election lists a gradual increase in proposed taxes by USD 4 trillion in the next decade, placing a greater burden on the super-rich category.

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America wins. Because you finally have the president who puts America first, and I do put America first,” Trump said to applause from the audience.

Trump has held election rallies in the last two weeks, notwithstanding the risks posed by the coronavirus. Thousands attend the events without masks and breaking social-distancing norms. Trump has called the rallies “protest against stupidity”.

“You know this is really not a rally. This has to do with workers, programs,

all the things we love. And this is really what we call ‘a friendly protest’. You know what we’re protesting. We’re protesting stupidity, okay, because so many stupid things you see,” Trump said. Seeking a second term, Trump said the people know the terrible damage that Biden has inflicted on the economy in his near-50 years in politics.

“Can you believe it? For 47 years Joe Biden shook the hands of American workers and then stabbed them in the back. He said ‘Washington vultures’ I mean, think of it,” he said.

“He’s been doing it for 47 years. I’ve been doing it for three and a half years so he should be able to beat me I would think. He’s much more experienced. Oh! he’s great. Oh! he’s a beauty. But he betrayed you. He lied to you. He abused you. Which is why it’s time to retire Joe Biden. This is serious talk,” Trump said.

Biden championed the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and China’s entry into the World

Trade Organization (WTO), Trump said, adding that the NAFTA had many adverse affects on the US economy and China’s entry into the WTO led them to go up like a rocket.

The World Trade Organization considers China as a developing nation, Trump said. “No. They’re not a developing nation. By being a developing nation they get all sorts of advantages over us so we’ve been protesting it,” he said.

As vice president, Biden did nothing even as China stole intellectual property, flooded the market with dumped goods, unfairly subsidised its industries, manipulated its currency, Trump alleged.“They poison our communities with fentanyl. You know that? Instead, Biden allowed China to ravage our towns, raid our factories, and rip apart our communities.

That’s what they did,” he said. The US had last month sanctioned several Chinese citizens for trafficking fentanyl, a banned opioid.

98 Afghan civilians killed in past 2 weeks Kabul, Sep 22 (IANS): Afghanistan’s Interior Ministry has said that at least 98 civilians were killed and 230 others wounded in Taliban attacks in 24 provinces in the last two weeks as violence has increased in the country amid the ongoing peace efforts.

“The Taliban has inflicted the casualties on our countrymen in 24 provinces and the most casualties have been in Takhar and Nangarhar provinces,” TOLO News quoted Ministry spokesman Tariq Arian as saying.

Security source said that an average of at least 30 security forces have been killed on a daily basis in Taliban attacks in the last two weeks and 50 members were killed in just 24 hours.

The Taliban has however, rejected the figures provided by the Ministry.

The increase in violence comes amid efforts by the negotiating team of the Afghanistan government in Doha to start direct talks with the Taliban.

‘Pak using terror groups to change status quo in J&K’

Washington, Sep 22 (PTI): Pakistan has used terrorist groups to change the status quo in Jammu and Kashmir, which has undermined every peace effort and impacted human rights negatively, a Barrack Obama-era diplomat has told US lawmakers.

In a statement to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and Nonproliferation, Alyssa Ayres, senior fellow for India, Pakistan, and South Asia at the Council on Foreign Relations think-tank, said the situation is complex and tragic in Kashmir. The committee is scheduled to hear on “Stemming a Receding Tide: Human Rights and Democratic Values in Asia.”

There is documented history of Pakistan-based terrorists active in Indianadministered Kashmir, and Kashmiris and the Indian government continue to face a difficult challenge of border security and terrorism in this region, Aryes said.

Alyssa Ayres (File)

“Terrorism has undermined every effort at peace in the last two decades and continues to create insecurity. I would also like to acknowledge the long standing suffering of the Kashmiri Pandits, a Hindu community driven from their Kashmiri homeland in the early years of the insurgency at the beginning of the 1990s,” she said.

Ayres said the Indian government revoked Article 370 last year to tackle terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir.

“More than a year on, it is hard to see improvements on that front,” she said adding that the impact on democracy and human rights has been negative.

2 dead, 20 injured in Jakarta floods Russia to register second Covid vaccine by October 15

In West Java province’s Sukabumi district, flash floods killed two people with one remaining missing, and the search mission is underway, Ramli Prasetio, press officer of the Jakarta Search and Rescue Office, told Xinhua news agency.

Hundreds of rescuers have been taking part in the search and rescue operation, including soldiers, police and those from the Jakarta search and rescue office, among others, he said.

Jati said that the floods in the capital forced 15 persons to evacuate from their homes and take shel-

ter in safer grounds, but in Sukabumi district, 210 families took shelter after flash floods and landslides hit the area.

The disaster lalso seriously damaged nine houses, 10 bridges in the district.

A warning has been put in place by the meteorology and geophysics agency over the possibility of extreme weather on Wednesday.

Residents are cautioned to be alert on the possibility of further floods, flash floods and landslides as well as whirlwinds, the agency said.

several international deals for supplies of its Sputnik-V vaccine.

R-Pharm said it received approval for Coronavir after Phase III clinical trials involving 168 patients with Covid-19.

The drug was first approved for in-hospital use to treat Covid-19 in July, a gov-

EU tells UK to ‘stop playing games’ on Brexit future trade relations, chaos is expected at the borders on January 1. Companies on both sides are set to lose massive amounts of money as new red tape and tariffs will fundamentally change business practices.

Johnson’s proposed a bill earlier this month that would disregard part of the withdrawal treaty dealing with trade between Ireland and UK only added to the frustration.

“Dear friends in London: Stop the games. Time is running out,” said Roth ahead of the meeting.

“What we really need is a fair basis for negotiations.”

Johnson is pushing ahead with plans to pass the bill into law in the coming weeks.

Former Prime Minister Theresa May on Monday accused Johnson of acting “recklessly and irresponsibly, with no thought for the long-term impact on the standing of the United Kingdom in the world.”

The EU has given Johnson until the end of the month to withdraw his bill or face EU action. That would further escalate tensions and dim any remaining hope of getting a trade deal ahead of October15, which Johnson himself has set as a deadline.

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EU countries’ ministers for European affairs met in Brussels on Tuesday and German chairman Michael Roth said the British plan was “extremely” worrisome since it “violates the guiding principle of the withdrawal agreement,” which officially allowed the United Kingdom to leave the bloc last January 31.

A transition period now runs until December 31, during which time both sides are negotiating a trade agreement to replace the open and unfettered economic relations that are currently in place.

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Dr. Dre’s estranged wife accused of embezzlement A

ttorneys for a company founded by Dr. Dre is accusing the rapper’s estranged wife of criminal embezzlement, claiming she’s draining that very company’s business account to line her own pockets. The company, Record One, now wants her to pay the money back or else it promises to take legal action.

Back in 2015, Dre and Larry Chatman started Record One, a company operated by an LLC. Nicole Young, Dre’s ex, was reportedly a trustee and signatory on the LLC’s checking account.

In the letter sent to Nicole, which was obtained by TMZ, attorneys for the LLC allege that Nicole wrote a $363,571.85 check to herself last month that “decimated� the company’s bank account. The check was attached to the letter.

The letter accuses Nicole of “blatant and unjustifiable criminal embezzlement of corporate funds,� as well as a breach of her fiduciary duties,

TMZ says.

Record One is giving Nicole until Sept. 29 to return the money. If she doesn’t, attorneys said she can expect a formal lawsuit.

Nicole’s layer denied any wrongdoing on the part of his client. “This is just a lowgrade PR stunt by [Dr. Dre] and his team to try to change the fact that he

was caught red-handed and sued for trying to cheat Nicole out of community property to which she is entitled,� attorney Bryan Freedman said. “There is no question that Nicole had both the contractual and the legal right to have taken this action and Andre’s team is well aware of this fact. Any suggestion she did something untoward is preposterous and

Jackie Stallone, Sylvester Stallone’s mother and astrologer, dead at 98

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ylvester Stallone’s mother, Jackie Stallone, has died. She was 98.

Jackie, an astrologer and an early wrestling promoter who appeared on the “Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling� in the 1980s, died in her sleep, her son and Sylvester’s brother, Frank Stallone, confirmed on social media late Monday. “She died in her sleep as she had wished. It was hard not to like her, she was very eccentric and flamboyant person,� Frank wrote on Instagram. A cause of death has yet to be revealed. She was the mother of Sylvester, 74, and Frank, 70, whom she shared with her first husband, Frank Stallone Sr. She was predeceased by her daughter, the late actress Toni D’Alto, whom

she shared with Anthony Filiti. She reportedly died of lung cancer in 2012 at the age of 48.

Born Jacqueline Frances Labofish on Nov. 29, 1921 in Washington, D.C., Frank described his mother as a woman who “lived through Prohibition, the Depression and World War II. Frank said he would talk to his mother “for hours� about the ‘20s, ‘30s and ‘40s. “It was a history lesson,� he said in his tribute. “Her mind was as sharp as a razor till the day she died.

She never wore a mask a true revolutionary gal. I guess I’m drowning in my emotions in tears and to much vino. But when you’ve known someone for 70 yrs it tough and sad.�

Jackie was known for

her fondness of working out even later in life. She often posted her daily workouts, including dance classes, on Instagram. Back in April, she shared a snapshot of herself lifting a medicine ball and a dumbbell in the gym, writing, “I’m staying fit, I am studying the accordion daily, đ&#x;¤Ť I think I know as much as my teacher does Frank said his “remarkableâ€? mother worked out “every day,â€? adding that she was “full of spunk and fearless.â€?

Jackie formerly appeared on the U.K. version of “Celebrity Big Brother.�

She also gained notoriety for being an astrologer and psychic. In 1989, she released a book titled “Star Power: An Astrological Guide to Supersuccess.�

In his tribute, Frank credited Sylvester for caring for her “like a Queen for all of her life.� Jackie’s final Instagram post includes a throwback photo of the “Rocky� star with a dog named Butkus. She reportedly leaves behind her husband, Stephen Marcus Levine, seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

(Fox News)

pathetic.�

The split between Dre, real name Andre Young, and Nicole has gotten incredibly contentious.

In late June, Nicole filed for divorce from Dre, ending their 26-year relationship. Soon after, she’s alleged that she was forced to sign a prenuptial agreement (she also claimed Dre ripped up the paperwork a few years later, which he’s denied).

Last week, she alleged that she co-owned some of Dre’s most valuable assets, including the Dr. Dre name, and said the hip hop mogul was hiding assets so that she can’t get to them.

In her lawsuit, Nicole claims she “caught [Dre] secretly transferring valuable trademarks he owned with his wife ‌ to a newly created asset holding company that he created and controlled after he expelled his wife from their home, and before he threatened to file divorce.â€?

The trademarks, she believes, are community property.

(Wonderwall)

Little Mix considering quitting social media

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esy Nelson and her Little Mix bandmates are considering quitting social media due to its effects on their mental health.

The Shout Out to My Ex hitmaker documented her struggle with body image and online abuse in last year’s BBC documentary Jesy Nelson: Odd One Out - and noted the group have often considered getting offline.

BBC Breakfast host Dan Walker asked members of the band if they’d considered deleting their accounts and Jesy said: “We talk about it all the time. I think we’re a lot better with social media than we used to be. I think we’re not on it as much as we used to be - we’re not as obsessed with it.�

She went on to say that “mentally it’s not good� for her to spend lots of time online. Discussing her relationship with social media, bandmate Perrie Edwards added: “I feel guilty when I don’t post enough. Because I don’t post an awful lot on Instagram and I feel bad for our fans that do want to see us post. It’s like trying to find a balance because, it’s just weird.� (Music News)

Nagaland Post, Dimapur WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

The Spice Girls to re-release ‘Forever’ on vinyl

NCB summons Deepika Padukone’s manager Karishma

he Spice Girls are set to re-release their 2000 album, ‘Forever’, for the first time on vinyl.

To mark the 20th anniversary of the ‘Viva Forever’ group’s iconic farewell record, the only one not to feature Geri Horner (Ginger Spice), fans can get their hands on the collectable on November 20.

It comes with a gatefold sleeve, four collectable art prints and artwork designed just for the vinyl release.

The vinyl features chart-topping single, ‘Goodbye’, as well as ‘Holler’ and ‘Let Love Lead The Way’.

Band members Melanie C ( Sporty Spice), Emma Bunton (Baby Spice), Mel B (Scary Spice) and Geri reunited last year for their headline tour in the UK and Ireland, without Victoria Beckham (Posh Spice).

Meanwhile, it was recently reported that the Spice Girls will mark their 25th anniversary by remaking their ‘Wannabe’ music video.

(Music News)

Dhruv, the NCB has also summoned Sushant’s former manager Shruti Modi and talent manager Jaya Saha for more questioning.

The duo was questioned for over five hours on Monday by the NCB officials here.

The NCB has already arrested Sushant’s girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty, her brother Showik, Sushant’s house manager Samuel Miranda, personal staff Dipesh Sawant and over 15 others in the case so far.

Later in the day, the NCB will move the Special Court to seek a day’s custo-

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idening its probe into the drug’s connection in Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput death case, the NCB has summoned Karishma Prakash, the manager of actor Deepika Padukone, and Dhruv Chitgopekar, CEO of the Kwan talent management agency for questioning.

A top Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) official related to the probe said, “We have summoned Prakash, who works as a manager at Kwan and its CEO Dhruv�.

The official said that they have been summoned as some whatsApp chats showed they were allegedly involved in the drug case.

T h e d e ve l o p m e n t comes a day after the NCB officials said they will be issuing summons to Bollywood actors Sara Ali Khan, Shraddha Kapoor, Rakul Preet Singh and fashion designer Simone Kambhatta this week for questioning in connection with its probe.

Besides Prakash and

dy for Showik and Sawant, to connect the dots with some new facts that have emerged in the case during the investigation.

The NCB has registered a case on the request of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) after the alleged drug chats of Showik, Miranda and several others came to the fore.

Sushant was found hanging in his Bandra’s Mont Blanc apartment on June 14.

Besides the CBI and the ED, NCB is the third agency to probe into the death case of Sushant.

(IANS)

Jennifer reminds fans about National Voter Registration Day

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ennifer Aniston is reminding her social media followers about National Voter Registration Day on Tuesday.

The “Friends� alum, 51, took to Instagram on Monday to share the message, telling her fans: “Let’s put out the dumpster fire that is 2020.�

She also encouraged people to “make a plan to vote early.� “Do it for RBG!� she concluded, referencing Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died Friday at the age of 87 from complications surrounding metastatic pancreatic cancer.

The actress also included a video from her bit with host Jimmy Kimmel at the Emmys Sunday evening, which featured Aniston -- wearing a vintage black Christian Dior dress -- using a fire extinguisher to put out a fire in a wastebasket.

Aniston, who was nominated for outstanding lead actress in a drama series, appeared front-and-center once more during the award show.

This time around though, it featured Aniston with two of her former “Friends� co-stars: Lisa Kudrow and Courteney Cox. (Fox News)

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duced before the Special NDPS Court vide videoconferencing this afternoon after her 14-days judicial custody ended on Tuesday.

The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) is expected to seek a day's custody for Showik Chakraborty later in the day.

The Chakraborty siblings, along with several others, were arrested in connection with the drug case investigations as part of the probe into the death of the late actor Sushant Singh Rajput.

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Mumbai Special Court on Tuesday extended the judicial custody of Bollywood actress Rhea Chakraborty till October 6.

Shortly afterwards she and her brother Showik's lawyer Satish Maneshinde moved the Bombay High Court for bail.

"Rhea Chakraborty and Showik Chakraborty have filed a bail application in Bombay High Court. It is coming up for hearing on September 23 before Justice S.V. Kotwal," said Maneshinde.

The actress was pro-

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Nagaland Post, Dimapur WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

AC Milan make winning start in Serie A Injured Marsh may be ruled out of IPL

AC Milan’s Zlatan Ibrahimovic in action during their Serie A match against Bologna.

team has worked well: you can see we’re not at 100 percent yet, but it was important to start well.”

Ibrahimovic grabbed the opener in the 35th minute, rising higher than Danilo to get his head to a Theo Hernandez cross, and celebrated in front of the 1,000 spectators

allowed into the San Siro for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic -mostly invited frontline health workers who had toiled during the worst of the crisis.

The Swede missed a chance for a second shortly after when he was denied by a sliding tackle from

Arsenal sign goalkeeper Runarsson

Inter Milan sign Arturo Vidal from Barcelona

Milan, Sep 22 (Agencies): Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored twice as AC Milan got their Serie A campaign up and running with a 2-0 win over Bologna on Monday.

Ibrahimovic, who tur ns 39 next month, showed he has lost none of his goalscoring skills hav-

ing also netted last week against Irish side Shamrock Rovers in the Europa League.

“If I had been 20 years old I would have scored two more goals,” said the Swede of his display.

“I’m like Benjamin Button, born old, but I’ll die young. Seriously, the

Alex Runarsson

London, Sep 22 (IANS): Goalkeeper Alex Runarsson has joined Arsenal FC on a four-year contract from French club Dijon, the club has announced.

The 25-year-old Iceland international joined the Ligue 1 club in July 2018 and made 13 appearances for them in all competitions last season.

Alex started his career with KR Reykjavik in his home country. He went on to join FC Nordsjaelland in Denmark, where he made 62 appearances during a three-year spell, before moving to Dijon.

Head coach Mikel Arteta said, “We want to create healthy competition for places and we look for-

ward to seeing Alex bring further depth to the goalkeeping position.”

“We’re very pleased to welcome Alex to our squad.

We have been monitoring him for some time and from the analysis, he has strong attributes that we look for in a goalkeeper and as a person,” said Technical Director Edu.

Milan, Sep 22 (Agencies): Inter Milan have reached an agreement with Barcelona to sign Chile midfielder Arturo Vidal for one million euros ($1.17 million) on a permanent deal, the two clubs announced on Tuesday.

Vidal, who joined Barca from Bayern Munich in 2018, will be reunited with Inter coach Antonio Conte, who signed him for Juventus in 2011 and where he stayed until 2015.

“The Italian club will pay Barcelona 1 million euros in variables,” Barcelona said in a statement here.

“Barcelona would like to publicly express their gratitude to Arturo Vidal for his commitment and dedication and wishes him all the best for the future.”

Vidal made 96 appearances for Barca in two seasons, scoring 11 goals and providing 10 assists in all competitions, helping the Spanish side win the La Liga title in 2018-19.

Brazilian defender Danilo.

But six minutes after the break he added a second from the penalty spot after a Riccardo Orsolini foul on Ismael Bennacer.

He missed a chance for a third just after the hour mark following a counter-attack launched

by Hakan Calhanoglu, but Lukasz Skorupski proved solid in the Bologna goal.

Bologna were again saved by Skorupski at the end of the match, with the Pole pushing out a Hernandez volley.

Milan keeper Gianluigi Donnarumma also won his duel against Andreas Skov Olsen while Federico Santander hitting the woodwork for the away side.

Bologna finished a man down with Mitchell Dijks send off with two minutes to go but it made no difference to the match.

“They had Ibrahimovic, we didn’t,” said Bologna coach Sinisa Mihajlovic.

“Ibra made the difference, everything Milan created came through him.

But it was a balanced game.

Maybe we didn’t believe in ourselves enough, but the lads were in it to the end, we created two big scoring opportunities.”

but managed to bowl two more balls before hobbling out.

He later, courageously, came out to bat at number 10 in SRH’s chase but it was evident that he was finding it even difficult to stand. SRH lost the game by 10 runs.

“It seems a serious injury. I am not sure if he be able to compete in any of the matches,” a team source told PTI. The team has not yet officially commented on the extent of his injury. It will be a huge loss for SRH, who may now consider bringing in 37-year-old Dan Christian, who has the experience

of playing 40 IPL games during previous editions as a middle order batsman and a right arm seamer.

World number one T20 all-rounder Mohammed Nabi could get a look in into the playing XI. SRH skipper Warner had praised his compatriot for coming out to bat despite being in pain.

“It doesn’t look great.

A lot of courage from him to walk out there and try his best, but it was unfortunate tonight,” Warner told Star Sports.

“Obviously, what you saw out there, it was quite painful, he can’t put any weight on it.”

‘Hope to be ready for French Open’

Spurs- Orient Carabao Cup match called off

Rome, Sep 22 (Agencies): Karolina Pliskova said she hopes to be ready in time for next week’s French Open after pulling out of the Italian Open final with an injury on Monday to hand Simona Halep the title.

Top seed Halep claimed her first title in Rome after second seed Pliskova struggled with a left thigh injury, being bagelled in the opening set before she opted to retire when she was 2-1 down in the second.

Pliskova blamed the sudden switch from hardcourt to clay and late matches giving her little time to recover. The Czech said she had been feeling the niggle since her quarter-final victory over Elise Mertens.

“I have to see the doctor to see that it’s nothing...

I really want to be 100% ready because if I want to go far in a Grand Slam, that’s two weeks of tennis,” Pliskova said.

“I felt it from the match with Mertens and it was growing everyday... This morning I felt it was not really good and I was thinking if I should even play, but

Kolkata Knight Riders to take on Mumbai Indians Abu Dhabi, Sep 22 (PTI): Grace and strength will be on one side while poise and killer instinct on the other when a revamped Kolkata Knight Riders take on Mumbai Indians, who have once again faltered in the beginning of the IPL, on Wednesday.

Since 2013, MI have never won an opening game and the script didn’t change against Chennai Super Kings, who took control of the match during the last 10 overs of the first innings.

They will be keen to bounce back while KKR would look for a perfect begining as it will be a battle between big hitters on both sides on a sluggish Abu Dhabi track.

It will be Shubman Gill’s third IPL, the one where he would like to own the stage with his languid grace and effortless hitting, which he is so capable of.

He can hit sixes over extra cover with grace and caress the ball through covers too.

These are exactly the traits that made Rohit Sharma, the great white ball exponent that he is. Seasoned Rohit versus young Shubman is one for the keeps and makes this battle enticing.

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Kolkata Knight Riders players during a training session.

But it’s not just grace which makes T20 so appealing. The brute masculinity of power that sends the ball soaring into the orbit is what makes it so special.

Hardik Pandya, who is back with a chiselled body.

There is no doubt that he can unleash his firepower against Sunil Narine and Kuldeep Yadav as well as KKR’s highest paid multi million dollar recruit Pat Cummins. The second pacer could be between Prasidh Krishana and Kamlesh

Nagarkoti.

But Hardik will find his match in Andre Russell, easily the most destructive hitter in current T20 cricket.

Russell had openly criticised the team management last year for sending

Sunrisers Hyderabad’s Mitchell Marsh during the Indian Premier League match against Royal Challengers Bangalore in Dubai.

him down the order. He had hit 52 sixes during one of KKR’s worst editions.

But this time, he has been promised a promotion to number three slot and this could spell doom for any opposition.

KKR has Eoin Morgan, easily the best white ball captain in international cricket at the moment, who could advice Dinesh Karthik on how to tackle tense moments.

Whether he would fit in among the four overseas players is the question as Knights have Narine, Tom Banton, Russell and Cummins, who walk into any T20 playing XI. For Mumbai, it is important that Nathan Coulter-Nile, with more all-round T20 utility compared to Trent Boult, gets fit to add more balance.

Apart from pacers and spinners Krunal Pandya and Rahul Chahar, they need one more option in the bowling and that can be in form of Pandya and Kieron Pollard.

Both Hardik and Pollard, who did not bowl against CSK can jointly share the responsibility of another bowler.

Dubai, Sep 22 (PTI): Australian all-rounder Mitchell Marsh is likely to be ruled out of the remainder of the IPL as the ankle injury he suffered during the game against RCB has turned out to be “serious”, team sources said on Tuesday.

Playing for Sunrisers Hyderabad, Marsh was handed the ball by skipper David Warner to bowl the fifth over but he could bowl only four deliveries.

Marsh, whose career has been marred by a series of injuries, twisted his ankle in the second ball while trying to stop a drive by Aaron Finch in his follow through

Karolina Pliskova

Lo n d o n, S e p 2 2 (Agencies): Tottenham's match at Leyton Orient in the Carabao Cup was called off just hours prior to kick off due to positive coronavirus tests at the League Two club. " Carabao Cup match between Leyton Orient and Tottenham Hotspur is not taking place as scheduled," an English Football League statement read.

"Discussions are ongoing between the relevant stakeholders in regards to the implications of the decision not to play tonight’s game and a further update will be provided in due course.

Leyton Orient, the EFL and the relevant authorities are conducting a thorough review of the club’s Covid19 secure procedures with the view to reopening the stadium and training ground as soon as possible."

The EFL did not announce a decision on the outcome of the match, with speculation growing that Tottenham could be awarded a win by forfeit.

you still want to go and try even though it didn’t look really good.”

Halep, who skipped the U.S. hardcourt swing to remain in Europe and practice on clay, won her second claycourt title in as many months and Pliskova conceded the Romanian was the favourite for the title

at Roland Garros.

“Now she’s won two tournaments on clay, so I think she’s confident enough and she’s done well there,” Pliskova said. “She’s going to be dangerous. And she had big success in Paris, so I think she’s going to be one of my favourites to go for the title.”

Tokyo Games will be my best: Atanu

Croatia’s Ivan Rakitic ends international career

Mumbai, Sep 22 (IANS): Ace Indian archer Atanu Das is confident of a successful show at the Tokyo Olympics which will now be held next year.

Das recently revealed how the setback of Rio Olympics, where he lost to South Korean Lee SeungYun, helped him reassess the way he trained and approached his game.

“I was very excited for my first-ever Olympics in Rio. Unfortunately, I lost in the quarters. I was very disappointed after that loss.

I didn’t want to talk to anyone for the first two months.

I learned a lot from that loss,” the 28-year-old said while speaking with paddler Mudit Dani on the latter’s online live chat show ‘In the Sportlight’.

Das, who is currently training at ASI Pune, has qualified for the Tokyo Olympics along with compatriots Tarundeep Rai and Pravin Jadhav in the men’s recurve team event following an impressive show at the 2019 World Championships.

“I’m preparing very hard for the 2021 Olympics.

Rio 2016 was my first one but Tokyo will be the best one and I will be a lot more prepared,” Das said.

Ivan Rakitic

ZAGREB, Sep 22 (Agencies): Ivan Rakitic (32) has played his last international for Croatia.

The Sevilla midfielder has said goodbye to the Croatia national team, the Croatian Football Federation (HNS) confirmed on Monday.

“Saying goodbye to the Croatian national team is the most difficult decision in my career, but I felt that this was the moment when I had to break and make that decision. I enjoyed every game I played for my homeland, and unforgettable moments from the World Cup will remain among my favorites,” Rakitic said.

“I am convinced that

we still have a great team with a bright future ahead.

I wish my friends and teammates all the sports luck in the world for the upcoming challenges, and they will have the biggest fan in me.”

Rakitic, who earned 106 caps for Croatia and scored 15 goals during his career, talked about his decision with Zlatko Dalic, HNS president Davor Suker, and captain Luka Modric, and in the coming days, he will address the public with a statement.

Born in Switzerland to Croatian parents, Rakitic played for Switzerland at youth level but decided to represent Croatia at senior level.

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IPL: Samson stars as RR beat CSK by 16 runs Suarez language exam for Italian

RR’s Sanju Samson plays a shot during their IPL match against CSK at Sharjah Cricket Stadium in Sharjah, UAE on Tuesday. (PTI)

Sharjah, Sep 22 (PTI): Sanju Samson’s effortless six-hitting exhibition along with Jofra Archer’s magnificent all-round show formed the cornerstone of Rajasthan Royals’ comfortable 16-run victory over Chennai Super Kings in an IPL match here on Tuesday.

Rated as the weakest among eight teams, Royals without a Ben Stokes or a Jos Buttler in their playing

XI did most things right under skipper Steve Smith.

On a placid Sharjah track, Royals amassed 216 for 7 largely due to Samson’s 74 off 32 balls that had nine maximums apart from a solitary boundary.

He found an able ally in skipper Steve Smith, who opened in T20 cricket for the first time in his career and scored 69 off 47 balls without much fuss while making a comeback

to competitive cricket after a concussion break.

But it was Archer’s four sixes off Lungi Ngidi in the final over that tilted the scales decisively with 30 runs coming off it.

Even going by the easy nature of the track, scoreboard pressure was always there and CSK still managed 200 for 6 with Archer (1/26 off 4 overs) swinging it in favour of Royals with a decisive 19th over.

Rahul Tewatia (3/37 in 4 overs) also need to be credited for his wickets at the top of the order.

It was always a catchup game for CSK and one imagined that their skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni would at least try and come up the order but he came at No 7 when the match was as good as over.

The night belonged to Samson, a man rated for his talent but criticised for his lack of consistency.

He always has one or two incredible IPL days every year. Tuesday was one such day when he was at his brilliant best.

Piyush Chawla after a dream start to his IPL career was hit for three sixes in one over by Samson, all clean hits that landed several rows behind. His skipper also joined the six hitting competition hitting four himself adding 121 for the second wicket in just 9.2 overs.

What stood out was the minimum effort he used in lofting the straight sixes as the bat looked like a mere extension of his hands.

Chawla (1/55) and Ravindra Jadeja (0/40 in 4 overs) were targeted keeping short boundaries in

mind and 95 runs came off those 8 overs from slow bowlers.

Just when it looked that a century was there for taking, Samson was holed out at deep extra cover trying to hit Ngidi for a six.

Once Smith was out in the 18th over, a total of 200 that looked so imminent after first 10, started looking distant. Till Archer decided to use his bat like sword and scythed through a hapless Ngidi, who lost nerve and length simultaneously.

Four sixes and 30 runs finally proved to be decisive.

CSK did try at one stage with Faf du Plessis (72 off 37 balls) launching into Jaydev Unadkat (0/44 in 4 overs)’s final over hitting him for three sixes and seven in all.

However Archer bowled a lethal short ball that grew big on Du Plessis to close in the match with Dhoni’s (29 off 17 balls) three sixes in final over were in a lost cause.

Brief Scores RR 2 1 6 / 7 ( S a n j u Samson 74, Steve Smith 69, Jofra Archer 27*; Sam Curran 3/33) CSK 200/6 (Faf du Plessis 72, Shane Watson 33, MS Dhoni 29; Rahul Tewatia 3/37).

citizenship rigged, says prosecutors

Luis Suarez

ROME, Sep 22 (Agencies): Italian prosecutors said on Tuesday they had evidence that the language exam taken by Barcelona’s Uruguay striker Luis Suarez to obtain Italian citizenship ahead of a possible move to Juventus was rigged.

Suarez, whose wife is of Italian descent, passed the exam last Thursday at the University for Foreigners in Perugia.

It cleared the way for a fast-track citizenship approval which would mean Juventus could sign him without exceeding its permitted quota of non-EU players, but suspicions were quickly raised in the media that he was given preferential treatment. Perugia chief prosecutor Raffaele

Cantone said his investigations showed the questions had been agreed with Suarez ahead of the exam and it had already been decided what mark to give him, despite his scarce knowledge of Italian.

Police searched the university on Tuesday looking for further evidence, Cantone said in a statement, while Italian newspaper la Repubblica reported that five university employees had been put under investigation, including the rector.

Suarez himself is not cited among those under investigation. La Repubblica published alleged conversations tapped by police during their probe, in which a tutor preparing Suarez for the exam told a colleague

“he can’t speak a word,” and described him as an absolute beginner in Italian.

Suarez, 33, obtained the intermediate B1 qualification required for citizenship in just 15 minutes, his examiner said after the test, and was only required to do the oral part of the exam.

Other citizenship applicants taking the B1 exam on the same day in Rome, had to also complete a written paper lasting two-and-a-half hours.

Suarez’s mooted transfer to Juventus now looks unlikely, as the Serie A champions have moved to sign striker Alvaro Morata from Atletico Madrid, while the Uruguayan international seems set to take Morata’s place at Atletico.

Djokovic completes 286th week as No.1 Man City kick off EPL campaign with win against Wolves

Novak Djokovic

Rome, Sep 22 (IANS): Novak Djokovic, who has started his 287th week at the number one position in the ATP Rankings, has gone past Pete Sampras (286 weeks) for second place in the all-time list of most weeks at the numero uno spot.

Sampras, who was ranked number one for the first time on April 12, 1993,

spent a total of 11 stints in top spot, with his longest run of 102 weeks between April 15, 1996 and March 29, 1998.

On Monday, Djokovic won the men’s singles title at the Italian Open after defeating Diego Schwartzman of Argentina in straight sets. He defeated Schwartzman 7-5, 6-3 to clinch a record-breaking 36th Mas-

ters 1000 crown, one more than Rafael Nadal.

“Pete was my childhood idol growing up, so of course surpassing his record is very special to me,” said Djokovic as per the ATP Tour website.

The 17-time Grand Slam champion, who began his fifth stint at the summit of men’s professional tennis on February 3, 2020, is now 24 weeks away from breaking Roger Federer’s record of 310 weeks at No. 1. If he continues to hold onto the top spot, he will pass the Swiss legend’s record on March 8 next year.

“This is one of my two biggest professional goals,” said Djokovic.

“To reach the record of, (and) surpass Roger’s record for longest (time at) No. 1 and win as many (Grand) Slams as possible.

I have been saying that before, so I’m working towards that. I’m at a good place right now, in a good position. Hopefully I can stay healthy and continue to play well,” he added.

London, Sep 22 (Agencies): Manchester City got their Premier League campaign off to a flying start with a 3-1 win at Wolverhampton Wanderers thanks to first-half goals by Kevin De Bruyne and Phil Foden plus a late Gabriel Jesus strike on Monday.

The result means there has not been a single drawn match in the opening two rounds of Premier League fixtures and the 44 goals over a single ‘game week’ is a record for the 20-team era.

Wolves beat City home and away last season but Pep Guardiola’s side were full value for their victory despite a strong response from the home side after they went 2-0 down.

Guardiola gave a debut to close-season signing Nathan Ake, the Dutch defender signed from Bournemouth, lining up alongside John Stones in the centre of defence.

While City were given a rest in the first week of the season, due to their August involvement in the Champi-

Government pauses planned return of fans

Kevin De Bruyne opened the scoring for Manchester City from the spot during their Premier League match against Wolves.

ons League, they were sharp out of the blocks, quickly finding their rhythm.

PFA Player of the Year, De Bruyne put City in front with a penalty in the 20th minute. The Belgian broke into the box and was brought down by Romain Saiss before getting up to convert the spot-kick himself.

City’s trademark passing game was at its very best for their second goal just

past the half-hour, Foden ending a fine move with a clinical finish from a low Raheem Sterling cross.

Wolves goalkeeper Rui Patricio did well to keep out a De Bruyne effort as City threatened to put the game beyond them before the break but it was a different story after the interval.

Wolves’ Daniel Podence broke goalwards but his attempted chip went over

the bar and Raul Jimenez was then picked out by a low cross from Adama Traore but the Mexican side-footed wide from inside the box.

The home side finally gained some reward in the 78th minute when Jimenez headed home a Podence cross, but in stoppage time Jesus made sure of the win for the visitors with a shot which deflected off Conor Coady.

The planned return of spectators to sports venues in England from October 1 could be on hold for six months due to fears over a second wave of coronavirus infections.

Britain Prime Minister announced a range of restrictions, including those related to mass gatherings.

“We have to acknowledge that the spread of the virus is now affecting our ability to reopen business conferences, exhibitions and large sporting events,” he said. “So we will not be able to do this from October 1 and I recognise the implications for our sports clubs which are the life and soul of our communities, and my right honourable friends the Chancellor and the Culture Secretary are working urgently on what we can do now to support them.”

He said the measures being announced on Tuesday would remain in place for “perhaps six months”.

15th Imchaba Memorial Volleyball tourney postponed Dimapur, Sep 22 (NPN): The Mokokchung District Volleyball Association (MDVA) has informed all the affiliated clubs/ teams/associations as well as teams from other dis-

tricts that the 15th edition of Imchaba Master Memorial Nagaland Open Volleyball Tournament 2020 has been postponed due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and its restrictions.

CWA holds change of guard of office ceremony

Dimapur, Sep 22 (NPN): The Chakhesang Wrestling Association (CWA) held its change of guard of office ceremony at Ura Hotel, Kohima on Monday.

Outgoing president Vezuhu Keyho handed over the charge to incoming team led by president Vekhozo for the tenure 2020-2024.

Despite being inducted on February 19 at Phek town during the 27th wrestling tournament, the change of guard ceremony was halted for almost 8 months and the office remained suspended till date due to the pandemic, informed the association in a press release.

However, with the opening up of activities, the CWA office will resume function while maintaining

the SOPs. During a short ceremony, outgoing president, Vezuhu Keyho highlighted the activities undertaken during 2016-2020 and also handed over the printed association approved Constitution to the new team.

Urging the new team to utilize the Constitution in letter and spirit, he expressed optimism that the association would go forward with a broader vision.

Incoming president, Vekhozo, meanwhile, assured to serve the office with sincerity and dedication for the larger interest of the community in general and the wrestling fraternity in particular. He sought all possible cooperation from the outgoing officials.

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