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Ten days on, Mokokchung town continues to reel under darkness since the main power transformer of the town broke down on August 26 last. The main 33/11kv 5MVA power transformer broke down owing to “multiple reasons” thereby leaving the people of Mokokchung town and nearby villages without electricity. The power department is making use of the other transformer in place, a 2.5MVA transformer, to supply the whole town and neighbouring villages with electricity which according to the power department is “grossly inadequate”. Most parts of Mokokchung town and nearby villages under the present arrangement are supplied with barely 2 hours of electricity in a given day. The power department is in a quandary as there is not much that can be done to assuage the situation but wait for the 5MVA transformer reportedly under repairs at the department’s Central Stores, Dimapur. Taking cognizance of the anxious mood of the people, the All Ward Union Mokokchung (AWUM) has appealed to the people to bear with the inconvenience and let the department do their duty without interference. “It’s not that they are not doing anything. They are working round the clock in the service of the people despite constraints,” said R. Ayim Longkumer, president of

KOHImA, SeptemBer 4 (mexN): Minister for PHED, Tokheho Yepthomi, today informed that the PHED will enforce a uniform system of charging water fees from December 1, 2015. This was informed by the Minister at a meeting with department officials on September 4. For this, the department is set to make necessary preparations to facilitate conversion of all existing non metered connections into metered connections. The Divisional Officers are also to work out the minimum field employees required for effective maintenance of the existing water supply systems and revenue collection in all urban and revenue towns. Tokheho also pointed out that certain officers in the department Says the act infringes were misusing depart- Naga customary mental pipes & tanks and cautioned that prompt ap- ownership of land propriate action would be taken against such officials. DImApur, SeptemBer 4 (mexN): Lotha Hoho has called for urgent amendment of Nagaland Petroleum & Natural Gas (P&NG) Rules & Regulation 2012 while asserting that DImApur, Septem- it not only infringes but also disBer 4 (mexN): Land- torts the Naga customary ownowners/Pattadars Forum, ership of land and resources as Dimapur has sought inter- guaranteed in Article 371A of vention of Nagaland Chief the Indian constitution. Minister on the issue of In a letter addressed to Nasettlement of lands occu- galand Chief Secretary, Lotha pied by the Defence (In- Hoho chairman Mhao Humtdian Armed forces) in and soe and general secretary around Dimapur. A press Mhondamo Ovung disagreed release received from the on the State government’s Forum lamented that land- stand that the modalities and owners/pattadars whose the P&NG rules & regulations land were occupied by the were based on Article 371A Defence have been pay- and respecting the ownership ing land revenue to the rights of the people. land revenue department On the contrary, it devifor years even though they ates from it all along and for were not getting any ben- which the Lothas have been efit out of these lands. voicing deep concern on the It alleged that despite matter in various platforms the Defence State Officer and media, the Hoho stated. stationed in Jorhat sending To prove its point, the Hoho frequent official letters and cited the State government ‘s reminders to settle the mat- claim of being equal landowner ter at the earliest, the mat- with the people as mentioned in ter was being delayed in the P& NG rules & regulations the revenue branch office basedonthecontention,“wherDimapur. It also regretted ever the Government owns that the land owners were land” and termed it as “illogical kept in the dark about the andatbestaninsulttotheNaga’s status of their land while customarylandownershipright the State government was and the Article 371A.” not aware of the matter. On the matter of ‘royalty’ Pointing out the State Cabi- which determines ownership net is the final authority of land and resources, the and without its approval no Hoho alleged the State govdeal can be finalized, the ernment deliberately avoidforum has sought the inter- ed it in its P&NG rules and vention of the Chief Mister regulation and substituted and the State government it with ‘Revenue Sharing.’ It to take necessary action. has however pointed out that

The main 33/11kv 5MVA power transformer at Mokokchung town power station that got damaged on August 26. Major parts of Mokokchung town and neighbouring villages are reeling under darkness as they await a new power transformer.

AWUM. “The Superintendent Engineer has assured us that power would be restored in a few days,” he added, while requesting the people to remain calm. Meanwhile, the Executive Engineer of Mokokchung Electrical Division, Er. Moa Aier, when queried about the reported transformer under repair in Dimapur said that

more than 70% of the repair works is done. “It is unfortunate that this transformer broke down, but fortunate that another one of the same capacity was under repair in Dimapur,” he said. Stating that repairing power transformers include a two-step process, Aier added that “conventionally” the repair works of the transformer might take an-

other two weeks. On the possible causes of damage to the transformer, Aier maintained that it broke down for “multiple reasons.” He however ruled out any negligence on the part of his staff that could have caused the damage. “Equipments, power transformers break every once in a while,” he said, adding that the likely causes of damage to the transformer was “not a single factor.” He also recalled that a “direct lightning strike” to the transformer last year could be one of the “multiple causes” that caused damage to the transformer. Stating that the operating environment also has an impact on the life-span of a transformer, Aier said that the particular power transformer was “taking a lot of stress.” “Every single interruption creates a lot of stress to the transformer,” he explained. Meanwhile, he expressed appreciation to the department’s consumers for being reasonable in their approach and added that this power crisis was a “blessing in disguise.” He disclosed that the state’s power department has proposed procuring a new 5MVA power transformer for Mokokchung town. It is reported that Mokokchung town is the “best performing division” in the power department accruing revenue of more than Rs 6 Crores annually as per the Mokokchung Town Lanur Telongjem (MTLT). MTLT had earlier proposed that the Nagaland state government install a new power transformer in Mokokchung.

DImApur, SeptemBer 4 (mexN): The Indian National Congress (INC) today filed 7 disqualification petitions before the Speaker of the Nagaland Legislative Assembly against 7 out of 8 Congress MLAs of Nagaland state, for “attracting the provisions of the anti defection law and the rules which have been framed by the Nagaland Legislative Assembly.” With the exception of Imtikumzuk Longkumer, the disqualification petition has been moved against Tokheho Yepthomi, SI Jamir, C Apok Jamir, Kekhaho Assumi, Dr Imtiwapang, Eshak Konyak and S Hukavi Zhimomi. The eight MLA, Imtikumzuk Longkumer, who was elected as Deputy Speaker of Nagaland Legislative Assembly (NLA) is exempted under the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution of India commonly known as the Anti-defection law. This schedule provides immunity to the Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the house and cannot be disqualified on grounds of defection. According to a press note from the Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC), the petition said the 7 MLAs had “voluntarily” given up their membership of the party by their conduct; and had voted against the directive of the INC party. “The petition was delayed for several months expecting good sense will prevail, as it was not possible for the Congress party to create precedence by compromising with the communal ideology of the BJP. However, it was unfortunate that the 8 Congress MLAs were mentally and physically not with Congress for all purpose after joining the NPF led BJP-DAN govt,” said the note from NPCC President, K Therie. The Congress further said that the NPF President has endorsed the merger petition of the 8 Congress MLAs and that the matter is pending before the Speaker for disposal. This

point, however, was not raised in the petition as the Speaker is yet to notify the merger issue.

NPCC demands disciplinary action against NLA Commissioner & Secy Meanwhile, the NPCC has written to the Nagaland state Chief Secretary, demanding immediate disciplinary action against the present Commissioner & Secretary, NLA. The NPCC, in its letter, stated that on July 21, 2015, the present NLA Commissioner & Secretary “refused to accept a letter” which was sent by All India Congress Committee (AICC) to the NLA Speaker regarding the directive and whip to be issued to the 8 Congress legislators during the last Budget session. Further, on September3, 2015, the NLA Commissioner & Secretary “refused to accept” the petition which was filed before the NLA Speaker’s office against the 8 Congress Legislators for disqualification, it added. The NPCC termed the Commissioner & Secretary’s actions as “dereliction of duty by a government servant and moreover, an act of depriving the rights of the Congress Party.” It reminded that the NLA is a “people’s house and the highest platform of making decision for the people and such office should be run by persons who have integrity and devotion to duty in the parliamentary working system.” At the same time, it stated that the office “should be run by people who are serving under the Nagaland Legislative Assembly service having the knowledge and experience, if not, some experience officers from IAS,NCS and NSS should be deputed to run the office and not otherwise.” The NPCC while reiterating its demand for immediate disciplinary action against the official cautioned that failure to do so would compel the party to take its own course of action.

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Lotha Hoho demand for ‘urgent’ Pastor assaulted by cadres CoMMoN PLAtforM: ACAUt seek opinion on peaceful settlement amendment of P&NG guidelines

Landowners seek CM’s intervention

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‘revenue’ is primarily government’s income/receipt. The Hoho also alleged that instead of listening to their suggestions, the State government was “bent on executing the petroleum exploitation at Changpang & Tssori villages with the use of force even to enable the tainted/controversial Company called Metropolitan Oil &Gas Private Limited (MOGPL) to go ahead with its work.” The Hoho reminded of the 1990 Act passed by the State government called “The Nagaland Ownership and Transfer of Land and its Resources Act 1990” which recognizes the Nagas’ ownership of landboth over and below the land and also the proposed 1995 amendment to the Act, which the President of India was yet to give his consent. It lamented that the present government, instead of thoroughly looking into the ‘gambit’ of the 1990 Act to bring it to its logical conclusion decided to pass an Assembly resolution in 2010 and basing on it the P&NG rules and regulation 2012. In light of the above, the Lotha Hoho has demanded suspension of all activities related to oil activities before amending the P&NG rules and regulation 2012. It also urged the Chief Secretary to look into the genuineness of the issue and initiate necessary action. In the meantime, the Hoho, while observing the lackadaisical attitude of the government towards the issue, said it has no option but to go to court to seek justice for redress of their legitimate demands in order to restore the dignity of rightful owners of land and resources.

DImApur, SeptemBer 4 (mexN): The Pfutsero Town Pastors’ Fellowship today alleged that a pastor was assaulted by the Deputy Kilonser for Finance of the NSCN (R) along with some cadres on August 31 at around 3:00pm at Pfutsero town. A press note from the Chairman of the PTPF, Poyo Tunyi and Secretary, Dr Tsulingupe Kapfo said that the NSCN (R) Deputy Kilonser and cadres also extorted Rs 10,000 from the pastor, who was identified as Pastor Krishna Ramauli of Nepali Baptist Church, Pfutsero Town. The PTPF identified the NSCN (R) Finance Deputy Kilonser as one Kuzoveyi Kezo. “The duty of a pastor, apart from preaching is to nourish and protect the flock from the false doctrine, proclaiming the truth, praying for the people and warning against what is wrong. But it is so distressing to see

such uncivilized act toward a pastor. He was even threatened to death with munitions and was treated like a rouge,” the PRPF said. It appealed the concerned authority to “control and discipline its cadres,” and also urged citizens to “come forward and condemn such disturbing act which is alien to the Naga society.” The ACAUT Pfutsero unit meanwhile condemned the incident and stated that such provocations by some individuals “bring total shame to all the NSCN (R) and to all the national workers as a whole…” “The panic created by him is a total threat in bringing solution to the Nagas,” it added. The ACAUT Pfutsero Unit further resolved “not to tolerate such unlawful and unjustified instances in the long run” and decided “to stand firmly against any unlawful activities by any groups or individuals.”

DImApur, SeptemBer 4 (mexN): ACAUT Nagaland is organizing ‘Common Platform’ on September 12, where distinguished panelists representing the Naga intellectual community and the Church will opinionate on the theme “Nagas’ opinion on peaceful settlement” at DDSC stadium, Dimapur, 3:00 pm onwards. In a press release, ACAUT said history has yet again put Nagas at the threshold of destiny, requiring each one to rise above and beyond self for what is truly a calling of collective wisdom and not repeat the mistake of the past and lose the opportunity to inclusively and decisively settle the Naga political issue. It said that the Common Platform should help strengthen the to-be Naga Accord by extending solidarity through shared opinions. All mass based organisations, all apex Naga tribal Hohos, student bodies, women organisations, Dimapur based apex tribal bodies, churches of all denominations and related organisations, GB/DB organisations at all levels, educational institutions, etc., have been requested to attend the programme as special invitees. ACAUT have requested all the churches in Nagaland to pray for the programme by taking out time this coming Sunday (September 6) in their respective churches.

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Drowned Syrian toddlers and their mother buried

KOBANI, SeptemBer 4 (reuterS): Two young Syrian brothers and their mother who drowned while trying to reach Greece were buried on Friday in their home town of Kobani and their distraught father begged Arab countries to do more to help Syria’s refugees. Images of 3-year-old Aylan Kurdi, washed up dead on a Turkish beach, shocked the world this week, giving a human face to the large-scale refugee disaster unfolding across Europe and prompting both empathy and outrage over the perceived failure of rich, developed nations to protect such vulnerable people. Abdullah Kurdi, the boys’ father, wept as he watched Aylan’s tiny body being placed into a coffin. It was afterwards lowered into the ground, along with those of his brother Galip, 5, and their mother Rehan, 35, in the

‘Martyrs’ Cemetery’ in Kobani, a mainly Kurdish town in northern Syria near the Turkish border. “I want Arab governments not European countries - to see (what happened to) my children, and because of them to help people,” he told reporters earlier at the border crossing as ambu-

lances ferried the three bodies from Turkey into Syria. The ambulances drove past sobbing mourners, Kurdish flags, and Kobani’s shelled-out buildings towards the cemetery. The United Nations refugee agency estimates more than 300,000 people have used dan-

gerous sea-routes so far this year to reach Europe, with around 2,500 losing their lives. Many of those refugees have fled Syria’s four-year civil war, in which more than 250,000 people have been killed and some 11 million -- half of the country’s population -driven from their homes. Of those displaced, some four million have fled abroad, mostly to neighbouring Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan. Abdullah has said he decided to try to reach Europe with his family after Canada -- where his sister lives -- rejected his application for asylum. His wife and sons were among 12 people to die after two boats capsized while trying to reach the Greek island of Kos from Turkey. Abdullah said on Thursday he wanted the world to take action to ensure that his children were the last to die in such a way.

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Mhonlumo stress on introduction of skills development courses Morung Express News Dimapur | September 4

Parliamentary secretary for Labour & Employment and Border Affairs, Mhonlumo Kikon, today stressed on introduction of skills development courses in schools and colleges in order to create employment opportunities for the educated youth. The parliamentary secretary said though Nagaland has many educated youths but most of these youths are “unemployable” as apart from their college degree they do not have the requisite skills to serve in various sectors. Kikon said taking into account the lack of skills among the millions of educated and unemployed youths in the country, the Government of India had launched the skill development programmes in order to hone their skills and market these skills to the outside world. The parliamentary secretary was speaking at the Freshers’ Social of Mount Mary College and Higher Secondary School, Chumukedima, held at Chu-

Parliamentary secretary for Labour & Employment and Border Affairs, Mhonlumo Kikon, addressing the Freshers’ Day of Mount Mary College and Higher Secondary School, Chumukedima. (Morung Photo)

mukedima Town Council hall. Referring to the over saturation of government employees in the state, Kikon said the younger generation should have a rethink on the craze of Naga society to hanker after government jobs. “Why does every Naga wants government job? Is it because you will get salary

whether you work or not?” Kikon asked and implied that excess of government employees without skills was stalling development and progress in the state. He said in Nagaland money meant for development had to be diverted to meet the salary components of the excess government employees. The parliamentary secretary also said that unlike the past where older Naga generation had to walk miles to attend schools, the present generation students have education at their doorsteps aided by latest technologies. He said with all facilities at their doorsteps, if the students fail then there is no excuse. Kikon further exhorted the students that it not always enough to dream but one should also put efforts to realize the dream. Director of administration, Mt. Mary College, Imlikumla also exhorted the students. The highlights of the day included selection of Mr and Miss Freshers’and presentation of songs, dances and skits by the students.

‘Teachers are the best of the best’

Governor PB Acharya pays tribute to teachers

Kohima, September 4 (Dipr): On the eve of Teacher’s Day, Governor PB Acharya in a message said, “teachers helped us become the people that we are today. Teachers made us believe that each one of us have something special.” Teachers are our second Guardians While honouring the teachers, the Governor said, “Our teachers are the best of the best” and added that, “today is a chance to offer them a small token of our appreciation for the difference they make in the lives of our children and the future of our country.” This day we remember the special teachers who touched our life. We remember how they pushed us, the encouragement that they gave us. The values that they taught us, the way they helped us and the way they helped us to understand the world, analyze it, and ask questions. They helped us become the people that

ANSTA appeal to attend Teachers Day prog

he ANSTA has made an appeal to all the teachers across the state to attend the celebration programme with honour and self-introspection in their respective places, since the day is being observed in recognition of Teachers Contribution towards the Develop-

ment of Human Resources. While making the appeal, ANSTA President, Ponchulo Wanth and General Secretary Visato Koso stated that Teachers Day is being celebrated every year on September 5, with sole purpose of honouring teachers for their sacrificial and meritorious ser-

vices being rendered to the humanity. Meanwhile the Association extends its warm greetings to all the teachers on the day and wishes them Happy & Memorable Teachers Day 2015 while extending its congratulations to the awardees on the occasion.

Chief Minister pays respect to all teachers

n the occasion of Teachers' Day, the Chief Minister TR Zeliang also extended warm greetings to all the teachers of Nagaland. “Let us also give tribute to Late Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakhrishnan, former President of India, who was a true statesman, scholar, philosopher and educa-

we are today. Teachers made us shine, empowering with Knowledge The Governor said in his message that teachers made us believe that each one of us have something special. They inculcate in us the sense of empathy and thoughtfulness that our mother and our grandparents had tried to instill in us and that is a lesson

tionalist, and on whose birthday, the Teacher's Day is being celebrated in India,” the CM Said. “On this Teachers' Day,” the CM message said, “let us pay our respects to all teachers, present and past. It is because of them that we are what we are today. The value of a good teacher to the student com-

that we still carry with us all our lives. We remember the teachers who made the extra effort to shape our lives in important ways by how much work and sacrifices it takes to make that connection. They give up their afternoons and free periods/time to give students a little bit of extra one-on-one help and spend evenings and weekends developing lesson plans and activities that

munity, to the society and the nation cannot be estimated in monetary or material terms. It is they, who mould and shape the society and the nation: Let all the teachers also realize the enormity of their roles and responsibilities, and try to do their very best to uphold the prestige and dignity of their profession.”

don't just teach the mate- light that fire, to raise our rial but make it come alive. children's expectations for themselves and never give We remember and bow- up on them no matter how down to our Teachers challenging it might be. All “Education is not the of us are here because at filling of a pill, but the light- some point somebody did ning of a fire”. Teachers that for us. Thus, today, we here today and thousands are honoured to recognize like them, are surrounded these outstanding men and everyday by young people women and all the teachers who will shape our future. like them who have always However, it takes a special had and will continue to person to recognise that. have, such an important It takes a special person to impact on our lives.”

Bishop prays for landslide-affected people

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Kohima, September 4 (mexN): Most Rev. Dr. James Thoppil, the bishop of Kohima visited the landslide area at Phesama on August 29 and extended his deepest sympathy and prayed for all those affected by it. Bishop had returned only on the previous evening from his visit to USA. Few days prior to his visit, Fr. Neisalhou Carolus, the Vicar General, Fr. George Punnolil, the Financial Administrator, Fr. Richard Fernandes, and others from various Catholic Institutions visited the site and reached provision for the affected people. Fr. Thomas Toretkiu stated in a press release that Bishop appreciated the volun(left) Teacher of Dimapur Mission Hr Sec School, (right) Mary Khangabam Jamir being awarded the Teacher of the Year Award 2015 by Dr Jamedi, member teers and the generous people who materially and financially help the affected people of the School governing board during the celebration of Teacher’s day on September 4.

and all who are trying to clear the land slide through their round the clock work. The Priests at St. Paul Institute Phesama – Fr. Anand, Fr. Boniface, Fr. Felix, Fr. Thomas Toretkiu, the secretary and the Youth leaders of the village and Catholic elders, accompanied Bishop. He applauded the Jesuit Fathers for giving shelter to the students in their buildings for their safe stay and studies. Bishop is hopeful of arranging more relief assistance through the Development Association of Nagaland (DAN) the social arm of the Diocese, from Caritas India, the relief agency of the Catholic Church. The people also appreciated the impromptu visit of Most Rev. Dominic Lumon, the Archbishop of Imphal on July 31, on his way to Imphal.

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Election dept hold meeting with Urgent need to revamp legacy of MSF in Dist Hospital Mon Public Sector Undertakings

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Kohima, September 4 (Dipr): A meeting with Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) including Banks, NGOs, Semi Governmental Organisations and Chief Electoral Officer, Nagaland was held on September 4 in connection with conduct of Special Summary Revision of Electoral Roll at De Oriental Grand Hotel Kohima. CEO Nagaland Sanjay Kumar, IAS said that a series of meetings were being held at the Government level, Political parties and PSUs in connection with revision of electoral roll under the directive of the Election Commission of India. He said that election is a process where the citizens elect the people to govern them and to cast one’s vote he or she should have their name registered in the noting list. We should promote a culture where we have ‘free and fair’ election

and to achieve this, there should be a clean electoral roll, the CEO explained. He called on the PSUs to come together with the CEO’s office and work together for a better e-roll and a better election scenario in the state. He also requested the state level partner departments, organisations, PSUs, NGOs and Semi-Government Organisations to ensure that their employee have a clean e-roll and to allow their premises to advertise election related materials so as to educate voters and to spread the message of clean and fair election. He also suggested that a certain group of people can be selected and a workshop can be conducted to scrutinize them on what is right and wrong regarding election. He asked the NGOs to try and organise such activities to help the department in creating awareness to a clean e-roll

10th Death Anniversary Of Late Qhutoli S. Konyak

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and election. Deputy CEO, Vekho Vero said enormous work needs to be done to clean the e-roll in the State and that the purification of the e-roll should be a peoples movement. He said that even though the State does not have large industries there are a number of PSUs including Banks, Telecom operators and NGOs and requested them to come up with their action plan to partner with ECI. He said that the Commission desires that the Electoral Awareness Campaign should be massive in order to enlighten the voter. Addressing the gathering on Revision Instruction of e-roll, Asst CEO, Awa Lorin said that the immediate need is the revision of the eroll and stated that a clean election is possible only when the e-roll is clean. He stated that the Department is making every effort to correct the State e-roll and

to make it as clean as possible. In this matter the service providers have a very important role to play and called on the gathering to work together in improving the e-roll in the state. The meeting was chaired by Joint CEO, N. Moa Aier. He said that the Department has been working on the purification of the e-roll in the State and duplicate names are being deleted every year. A concerted effort from all to achieve a defect free clean e-roll is needed and sought the support and participation of the gathering. The meeting was attended by representatives from Post Offices,KMC, Airport Dimapur, PSUBanks, Rotary Club, Kohima and Dimapur, Chamber of Commerce Kohima, Red Cross Society of Nagaland, Bharat Scouts & Guides Nagaland, RajyaSainik Board, Airtel, Aircel and Vodafone.

moN, September 4 (Dipr): Advisor DUDA & Chairman DPDB, Mon N. Thongwang Konyak along with the District Administration headed by the Deputy Commissioner & Chairman District Hospital Management Committee, Honje Konyak visited District Hospital, Mon on September 3. The team interacted with the doctors and staffs besides inspection of the progress of the development projects of the hospital. Dr. K. Sophire Medical Superintendent (MS), Dr. Wungyong (Medicine) and Dr. Nyingnyei (ENT) shared the grievances of the hospital with the DPDB Chairman and Deputy Commissioner. They informed the Chairman DPDB about the shortage of manpower, maintenance of high quality equipment and machineries, urgent need of Ambulance, shortage of medicines, etc to revamp the legacy of the Medicines Sans Frontieres (MSF). Interacting with the Doctors and staffs, Thong-

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(L-R) DC Mon W. Honje Konyak, Dr. K. Sophire MS and N. Thongwang Advisor & Chairman DPDB, Mon interacting with doctors. (DIPR Photo)

wang assured to extend all possible assistances for the smooth functioning of the lone hospital in the district. He also donated Rs. One Lakh towards the management of the hospital and extend his gratitude to the Doctors and nurses for management of the hospital besides many short-

coming. Thongwang along with DUDA officials and party workers also visited wards of Mon town and all the villages under his constituency and inspected the proposed project sites under DUDA and LADP schemes 2015-16. While interacting with the people of his

constituency Thongwang urged the people to extend cooperation to the Government and at the same time urged the beneficiaries of the DUDA and LADP for smooth implementation of the Government projects to ensure that development takes places and the people are benefited.

Geo Textiles and Agro Textiles Event in NE Morung Express News Kohima | September 4

The Geo Textiles and Agro Textiles Event in Northeast was held on September 4 at Hotel Japfü, Kohima. The event was organised by the Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC), in association with Ministry of textiles, Government of India and supported by Government of Nagaland. The event cum workshops has been organised in all the states by ICC, a 90 year old organization formed in the pre independent era by Birla which is engaged in many initiatives spanning across various sectors in India. ICC also works closely with ministry and the nodal chamber in NE India on textiles and development and application of thoughts and processes.

In the inaugural session, T. Sanyal, Chief Consultant, National Jute board introduced Jute board in India and history of Geo Synthetics in India. There are 12 technical textiles and Geo textile comes under this category. BB Bharti, Joint Textile Commissioner, office of Textile Commissioner, Mumbai who gave the keynote address mentioned that Geo textile and Agro textile are very interesting subject and the need of the hour in NE India. It has immense advantage where advanced countries are using this technology. Bharti also informed the delegates about the assistance and schemes provided by the GoI to the NE States. By recognizing its potential, the Ministry of Textile has introduced a scheme with

two components, allotting with 375 crore in the first component and 253 crore in the second component. Pankaj Kumar, Chief Secretary, Nagaland who was the Chief Guest in the inaugural session mentioned the several problems of the natural calamities especially landslides in Nagaland, where these kinds of disasters are experienced every year. “Jute and synthetic and Agro textile offer us a new tool which we have not been experimented before. But they offer the strategy to tackle these problems,” noted Kumar. Mentioning that there are times when roads get blocked for days and months, and there are consequences of supplies not getting through, agitation of people, students getting affected. “There

a lot of economic, social and human cost is paid every year,” affirmed Kumar who urged all the engineers, PHE, civil engineers from roads and bridges in the event to make the best out of the program and knowledge taught. Kumar also expressed his curiosity on the cost effectiveness of the technology and how it can become a part of the planning and engineering side of the normal engineering process. The visiting team from ICC and Textile ministry has also finalized the scheme for the promotion of agro textiles, PMIC where 11 demonstrative centres will be set up in each district and prioritization will be given depending on the needs of the district. The team has also provided some assistance such as 200 agro

textiles kit to 200 farmers to help them tackle with various natural calamities. There are many schemes for the NE development announced the team who also mentioned that it is ready to provide the infrastructure assistance for Nagaland and requested the Chief Secretary to identify needs so that it can assist. After the inaugural session, two concurrent sessions were held on the topics, “Application and Usability of Geotextiles” and “Applications and usability of Agro textiles” where I Himato Zhimomi, Commissioner and Secretary, Department of Works and Housing spoke on Role of Geotextiles- National Highway and State Highways-State Perspective. Joydeep Roy, Engineer, Maccaferri En-

vironment Solutions Pvt. Ltd spoke on Role of Technical Textile and its allied products for slope stabilization. Uk Gangopadhyay, Executive Director, SASMIRA gave a presentation on Agro Textiles and its advantages while MD. Moin, Regional Manager, CTM Technical Textiles ltd spoke on Agro textiles Shednet for India. Short addresses were delivered by Pradip Kr. Chowdhury, Principal Technologist, IJIRA, Arindam Pukayastha, General Manager (Business Development Geosynthetics) Felxituff International Ltd, Imkonglemba Ao, Commissioner and Secretary APC, Department of Agriculture and Debasis Nag, Director, ICAR-National Institute of Research on Jute and Allied Fibre Technology (NIRJAFT).

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early all access to internet has been blocked in Manipur following violent protests on Monday and Tuesday that left eight dead and reduced the homes of MLAs and state government ministers to ashes. This restriction on internet access follows upon a similar block in Gujarat last week in the wake of the Patel agitation. Reports from Manipur seem to indicate an even wider blanket ban, with nearly all broadband connections also severed, with the exception of some BSNL lines. This has come as a surprise to residents of the state, where earlier press reports had indicated that only Facebook and Whatsapp services would be blocked.

Though such blockages have been a regular feature of life in conflict -ridden Kashmir, this is the first time that they have made an official appearance in Manipur. Local activists, however, suspect that blockages have long been a tool used by authorities to clamp down on information during anti-insurgent operations. Babloo Loitongbam, a prominent Manipuri activist and Executive Director of Human Rights Alert, suggests that authorities may have been able to covertly block internet access for short periods in the past due to the poor telecommunications infrastructure in the state. Long-standing problem “It is not something that has been done officially,” Loitongbam said, “but internet access is always a problem in Manipur. Sometimes

it is connectivity, but sometimes it’s done deliberately to block information from going out. It’s done quietly and nobody knows. People think that it’s just a technical glitch but [it seems to be] blocked when the government wants to restrict information.” Kshetrimayum Onil, a conflict resolution activist based in Imphal, echoed this sentiment. “Unofficially, internet shutdowns happen ... when there is a military operation.” Onil also pointed to the role of social media in conflict zones around the world, and wondered why such strict controls are in place in Manipur: “It’s more like a war zone, but even with the ISIS problem, there’s no internet shutdown in Syria or Iraq. It depends how you’re regulating the political situation, how it’s dealt with by the government. [In Manipur,] the government is keeping silent and then suddenly the internet

is shut down. It’s outrageous.” Local activists are concerned that the current blanket internet blockage may prove counterproductive. Protests erupted after reports of the passage of a package of three laws intended to restrict residency and land ownership rights of non-Manipuris in the state inflamed simmering tensions between members of the tribal populations who predominate in hilly areas of the state and the predominantly Hindu Meiteis of the valley. Some of these reports suggested that the laws might open the door for tribal landowners to be dispossessed from their land if they or their ancestors arrived in the state after 1951, the year of the first census taken with Manipur as part of India.

ei, insist that the bills have no such provision, and that by reducing transparency the block may increase tensions in the state: “I have read the text of the bill that was passed in the assembly several times. I could not see any implications by which the people in the valley would be given the right to take over land in the hills. … I was actually trying to put the text of this law up on the internet today morning when I realised that it’s not possible anymore.” Likewise, local media is concerned about the ways that this blockage is curtailing their freedom to report in a state that has been subject to widespread abuses of government power. Ratan Luwang, Vice President of the Manipur Press Union, said that members of his union are unable to The price of opacity get stories out. “Like a wildfire, [vioActivists like Loitongbam, a Meit- lence] is spreading from all corners.

That’s why the government has decided to shut [internet] down. This is not necessary. We’re not able to connect, not able to give our photographs or news stories to our respective offices. At least media houses and correspondents must [have these restrictions] relaxed.” No legal authority or justification for the blockages has been announced. For now, the government has not shared any information regarding the proposed duration of the block. Loitongbom expressed concern, based on past history of restrictions on civil liberties in Manipur, about how long the block might last. “Restrictions in terms of public meetings ... goes for decades in the greater Imphal area. In Manipur, very often, restrictive measures are put and they forget to lift them. One only hopes it doesn’t go that long.”

NSCN (IM) hold consultative 'Centre meting out step-motherly treatment to Assam' CHANGE OF NAME NEw DElhI, SEPTEM- July and August that year," send a team of experts im- all. "That money, too, has not meet with Nagas of Manipur BER I have changed my name from mediately to take stock of been released by the central 4 (IANS): With as Bora said. DIMAPUR, SEPTEMBER 4 (MExN): A consultative meet on the August 3 Framework Agreement was held between the NSCN (IM) and representatives of Nagas people from ‘so called Manipur state’ on August 24 at the Council Headquarters, Hebron. A press note from NSCN (IM) cabinet secretary DG Robert stated that the house warmly welcomed the Framework Agreement and approved it unanimously by show of hand. The house also expressed deep appreciation to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, his cabinet ministers, Interlocutor to Naga peace talks, RN Ravi and other Indian leaders for their bold steps taken to concertize the agreement. The house also expressed gratefulness to the collective leadership of the NSCN, chairman Isak Chishi Swu, general secretary Th Muivah and the NSCN talk team for their tireless and persistent effort that resulted in the ‘historic’ Framework Agreement. Among those participating at the meet include members of the collective leadership; steering committee members of the NSCN, council of kilonsers, UNC, all tribal hohos, village chiefs, ANSAM, ATSUM, NPMHR, South sector, NMU, women organization of all tribes, students’ union of all tribes, intellectual forums, political parties, church leaders and others.

many as 19 out of 32 districts in Assam reeling under floods, the state's ruling Congress on Friday charged the Centre with meting out step-motherly treatment to the affected people by not disbursing much-required funds. Addressing media persons here, Ripun Bora, vicepresident of the Assam unit of the Congress, said that despite the state government submitting a memorandum, detailing the amount required to get over last year's floods, the central government has not released any money till now. "On November 29, 2014, visiting Assam for the first time since becoming prime minister, Narendra Modi sought details of funds required to deal with the devastating floods of June,

"Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi accordingly submitted a memorandum, seeking Rs.2,534.15 crore -Rs.1,915.15 crore for flood damages and Rs.619 crore for relief and rehabilitation of the affected people," he stated. Though union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, who visited Assam soon after, said this amount would be released immediately, the Centre has released only Rs.380 crore till now, according to Bora. Even then, he alleged, the Centre, instead of releasing the Rs.380 crore from the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF), asked the Assam government to adjust this from the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF). According to Bora, the state government in August last year had urged the Centre to

the situation arising out of the devastating floods. "But that team came to Assam only in February this year when there was no sign of floods," he said. The Congress leader also said that, as per the directions of the BJP government at the Centre, the state government had submitted an estimated proposal for central assistance of Rs.6,700 crore for repairing and building embankments on various rivers in the state and to prevent erosion. "Till today, not a single rupee of this has been disbursed," he said. According to Bora, for repair and construction of embankments, Rs.257 crore was allotted under the 11th Five-Year Plan and Rs.1,016 crore under the 12th FiveYear Plan -- Rs. 1,273 crore in

government," he alleged. "This shows how the Centre is meting out stepmotherly treatment to the flood-affected people of Assam." Bora said that though union Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports Sarbananda Sonowal making an aerial survey of the flood-affected areas on Thursday was welcome, it was not enough. "We would like to know what has Sonowal done to pressure the central government to release the muchrequired funds," he said. He said that, ahead of coming to power at the Centre, various BJP leaders, especially Sonowal, expressed dissatisfaction over the functioning of the Brahmaputra Board and wanted it to be replaced by the Northeastern Water Resources Authority.

mained closed. The death toll has risen to eight with one more person succumbed to his injuries on Thursday in the mob violence. Churachandpur-based civil society groups under the banner of Joint Action Committee (JAC) demanded from the Manipur government to repeal the three bills passed or accommodate a clause stating that the bills will not apply in the hills and provide special provisions for the tribal including protection of the tribal and their lands. The JAC also demanded for setting up an independent judicial headed by a judge of a high court to probe into the incident leading to the death of eight people besides payment of ex-gratia to the family of those killed and injured in the violence.

Curbing witch-hunting: An Assam police officer's relentless campaign NEw DElhI, SEPTEMBER 4 (IANS): Assam has become the latest state to implement an act prohibiting witch-hunting but a prominent activist against this social evil feels awareness in terms of education and health should also go hand in hand with strong legislation. The Assam assembly unanimously passed the Assam Witch Hunting (Prohibition, Prevention and Protection) Bill, 2015, on August 13, around three weeks after an elderly woman was beheaded on charges of practising witchcraft in a village in the state's Sonitpur district. "Legal intervention is not enough. You have to supplement this with social actions," Kuladhar Saikia, additional director general of Assam Police, told IANS in an interview here. Saikia is the brain behind Project Prahari (Sentinel), an active campaign against this social prejudice. Way back in 2001, he was posted as deputy inspector general (Western Range) in Kokrajhar after completing a course on leadership and management at the Pennsylvania State University in the US on a Fulbright Scholarship. While going through previous cases, he came upon a case of five people being killed at a village in a single night. On investigation, he found that the five were victims of witch-hunting and the accused were their own kith and kin and neighbours. That very year - 2001 - Saikia started Project Prahari. Because of its relentless fight against social prejudices, the project managed to draw the attention of the media and civil society. Till now, around

50 villages all over Assam have now come under the project after the state's director general of police declared it as a statelevel police project. Case by case analysis of incidents of witch-hunting threw up related issues of inter-personal relations, rural power dynamics, property grabbing and social issues like lack of a modern healthcare system that led to poor and helpless women being branded as witches, persecuted and killed, often in public view. According to Saikia, the Prahari model has resulted in the formation of a coalition of different stakeholders in society like women's groups, student bodies, science clubs and development and law enforcement agencies. "A very significant effect of this model has been on two fronts," he explained. "One is creating a feeling of community ownership of social assets like communication infrastructure, roads and school buildings. This has led to accessibility to interior areas and spread of education," he said. "School buildings destroyed by terrorists have been repaired by villagers, the disturbed educational system has been restored and superstitions are being removed." The second, Saikia said, is creating health awareness. "The villagers have been encouraged to approach modern healthcare facilities rather than taking recourse to unqualified quacks since a lot of times, the problem of witchcraft arises due to avoidance of modern medicine," he stated.

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Curfew relaxed in Churachandpur district IMPhAl, SEPTEMBER 4 (IANS): Curfew was relaxed on Friday in riot-hit areas of Manipur's Churachandpur district to enable resident to buy essential commodities, an official said. "The curfew was relaxed for eight hours from 5 a.m. to 1 p.m this afternoon so that people could buy essential commodities," Churachandpur District Magistrate Lunminthang Haokip told IANS. "As of now, there has been no report of fresh violence but we are keeping a close watch on the situation," he said. However, internet services continued to remain suspended to prevent the spread of rumours. The curfew has been imposed since Monday night after a mob went on rampage, and set on fire the residence of Congress legislators, including that

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India edible oil producers fight losing battle against cheap palm oil imports DEWAS, SEptEmbEr 4 (rEutErS): Rajesh Agrawal had built two large oilseed crushing mills in central India, betting on rising local consumption of edible oils. But now after 30 years of soaring demand and good business, his main mill is shut and covered in grass. Agrawal’s shuttered soybean plant highlights the malaise gripping Indian crushers, who have been forced to use a fraction of their capacity as the domestic market stays awash with cheap rival palm oil from top producers Malaysia and Indonesia. Now with Malaysian palm oil prices near 6-1/2 year lows, imports could rise even more, undermin-

ing Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s efforts to make the country self-sufficient in edible oils, overseas purchases of which exceed $10 billion per year - India’s third-highest such spend after oil and gold. “In the next year, palm oil imports could rise up to 10 million tonnes from around 9.3 million tonnes this year. At the current price level other oils can’t compete with palm oil,” said Nitesh Shahra, president of the refinery division of Ruchi Soya, the country’s biggest edible oil refiner. “Already our import dependency has gone up from 30 percent to nearly 70 percent in the last few years. It will go up further unless we make oilseeds remunerative for farmers

by increasing import duty,” he added. Massive imports have driven down Indian soybean prices by 20 percent in four months, discouraging farmers from expanding oilseed area. But despite this, local soyoil is still 50 percent costlier than imported palm oil. “Oilseed cultivation is not profitable. There is no guarantee of prices and yield,” said Mukesh Patel, who cultivates soybeans in Dewas, a district in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. “Next year I will switch to corn. It costs less and gives better returns,” he added. In the past 20 years, India’s edible oil output has risen only about a third whereas imports have

surged twelve times to 14.4 million tonnes to keep pace with growing consumption, making it the world’s top buyer of cooking oils. While India does have a crushing capacity of more than 30 million tonnes, utilization is at below 30 percent due to a scarcity of oilseeds, said Pravin Lunkad, president of industry body the Solvent Extractors’ Association of India. Earlier this year crushing plants were operating at around 45 to 50 percent. “India has become the dumping ground for palm oil,” said Davish Jain, chairman of the Soybean Processors Association of India. “Our oilseed and edible oil production will not rise unless we restrict cheaper imports.”

GOVERNMENT PUSH FOR OILSEEDS The finance ministry is looking into requests for a hike in import duties on crude edible oils to 25% from 7.5%, and to 45 percent on the refined variety from 15%, government sources said. India has said it plans to spend $1.5 billion over three years to help farmers grow oil palm trees. It has already been considering directly buying oilseeds from farmers and boosting state support for rapeseed, soybeans and peanuts. But as of now, it is a Catch-22 for farmers and millers. “We can’t sell edible oils at higher prices due to cheaper imports and oilseed farmers are not ready to accept lower prices,” said the miller Agrawal.

India a bright spot in India ‘hopeful’ of permanent solution global economy: President to WTO food security issue by 2017 NEW DElhi, SEptEmbEr 4 (iANS): India was one of the bright spots in the global economy with moderating inflation, lower current account and fiscal deficits, strong forex reserves and stable tax policies, President Pranab Mukherjee said on Thursday. “In the aftermath of the global recession, our economy started showing signs of revival. Industrial production, led by the manufacturing sector, also exhibited an upturn in last fiscal (2014-15),” Mukherjee said, while unveiling the diamond jubilee celebrations of the Engineering Export Promotion Council (EEPC) here. He said prospects for the Indian engineering sector appeared bright as industrial production was looking up. “We have to invest heavily in infrastructure, human and social capital to achieve high growth rate over the next two decades. Growth prospects for the engineering sector are immense,” Mukherjee said. Set up in 1955 as an export arm of the commerce and industry ministry with 40 members, EEPC grew into one of the largest such organisations with 13,000 members, of whom 60 percent are small and medium enterprises (SMEs) while exports zoomed to $70 billion from $10 million over the last six decades. “The challenges before EEPC are immense, as engineering is the leading segment of the industry and overseas shipments account for 22 percent of the country’s merchandise exports,” the president noted. Though merchandise exports grew 2.71 times over the last decade, engineering exports increased 3.65 times and its share in the total exports rose to 23 percent from 18 percent in like period. “A key driver behind the rise in our engineering exports has been the shifting of global manufacturing bases to countries like India, which offer low-cost human resource coupled with high quality engineering aptitude,”

NEW DElhi, SEptEmbEr 4 (AgENciES): More than a year after India was viewed as a game spoiler by the world at the multilateral trading platform, the table seems to have turned completely at the Genevabased World Trade Organization (WTO). Now India is “hopeful” that a permanent solution to the food stockpiling programme will be achieved by 2017. While the talks are still at an early stage, regular dedicated sessions on the issue of public stockholding for food security purposes are taking place in Geneva with consistent attendance by the developed countries, including US. Special sessions to discuss the matter is also happening amongst countries that run such food stocks programme, a senior commerce ministry official told Business Standard. According to the decision taken during the ninth ministerial meeting in Bali, Indonesia in December 2013, it will be “best endeavour” of all members to achieve a permanent solution to the food stocks

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Trainees of the Basic Entrepreneurial Skills Training (BEST) programme Wave 3 with guest and others during the Commencement Day held on September 3.

DimApur, SEptEmbEr 4 (mExN): Entrepreneurs Associates held a Commencement Day on September 3 for the trainees of the Basic Entrepreneurial Skills Training (BEST) programme Wave 3, at its Training and Research Centre in Kohima. The training was held from July 20 to September 2. The special guest for the occasion was Susan Lolia who is herself a successful and seasoned First Generation Entrepreneur. Handing over the certificates to the successful trainees, she further exhorted them on the hallmarks of what makes a true entrepreneur stressing on the qualities of dedication, discipline and training oneself to use money wisely. She also talked about the need to keep oneself updated in this fast changing times to stay ahead in the game and to learn to acquire networking skills in order to further business. EA Representative and Trainer Susan James who provided a summary of the training also gave away the cash incentives earned during training of which Sheytsa

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was the highest earner. The trainees also shared their takeaways from the training, on how it has helped them gain invaluable information and how the new experience has helped open their eyes to the reality of entrepreneurship. They also conveyed their enthusiasm to put their learning into practice and thanked EA for creating a programme to instill confidence for the next step. Shiroi Shaiza, Corporate Manager (GSL) and special number presented by one of the graduating trainees, Boduve Hiesu, said the invocation. Yutho Sangtam, in her vote of thanks thanked everyone present at the gathering making special mention of all the participating Resource Persons who had contributed their time and wisdom to make the B.E.S.T program a success. BEST is a programme, which facilitates learning basics of start-up entrepreneurial ventures for youth and is held year round. It is an EA initiative and is supported by the Tata Trusts, Mumbai.

M/s. Hi-Tech Construction, the Authourized dealer for CASE New Holland Construction Equipment (I) Pvt. Ltd. Organized Operators’ meet on August 29, at Dealer premise, Burma Camp, Dimapur. The event had 50+ operators attendance. It was a short programme starting with Participants’ self introduction, sharing from Sales Manager about CASE brand history and new model launches, Machine maintenance & warranty coverage guideline from Service Manager. A participant kit containing a pen, note pad and CASE Machine branded Clock were distributed by CEO. This was followed by Quiz competition based on CASE Machine with 1st , 2nd and 3rd Prizes for the winners.” Walk around “of a new CASE Backhoe Loader initiated by our Sales & Service Managers also drew huge interest and feedback from the participants. We concluded the programme with a grand buffet lunch.

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SAYO fix taxi fares NNC supports IBAPWO’s stand Kaka D Iralu issues corrigendum Kohima, September 4 (mexN): Considering the taxi fare hike faced by Southern Angamis as well as college students, the Southern Angami Youth Organisation (SAYO) has framed the fares for taxis plying within the Southern Angami jurisdiction. The same was framed during an emergency meeting of the organization held today

at Phesama wayside amenity. SAYO has directed the Sumo Union to comply with effect from September 5. In case complaint arises, SAYO as the youth parent body will take its own course of action, stated a press note by Neiba Bio, General Secretary and Khisanol Viswentso, Convener A/C. The rate of fares will be in effect until the landslides

road is constructed and plyable. Taxi fares fixed by SAYO: Kohima - Phesama: Rs.20 Phesama - Kigwema: Rs.10 Phesama - Jakhama: Rs.20 Phesama - Viswema: Rs.30 Phesama - Khuzama: Rs. 40 Khuzama - Viswema: Rs10 Khuzama - Jakhama: Rs.20 Khuzama - Kigwema: Rs.30 Khuzama - Phesama: Rs. 40

PHED bids farewell to officers Kohima, September 4 (mexN): The Public Health Engineering Department (PHED), Nagaland bid farewell to its officers who completed 35 years of service at PHE directorate in Kohima on September 2. Addressing the farewell function, Er. KG Sumi, Director, WSSO, PHED, said that the retiring officers had done tremendous work for the department during their service. He also pointed out that many government servants could not reach their retirement due to use of intoxicants and urged the staffs to

maintain their health and keep the body fit to face any challenges. Er. J Walter Longchar, Additional Chief Engineer,

PHED, in his speech acknowledged that the officers who reached their retirement today were fit to achieve the honour and called upon the staffs to help the retiring officers anytime. V. Tozhevi, one of the retiring officers, recounted that when he joined the department, his total salary was only Rs. 510 per month. On behalf of the retiring officers, he thanked the department for the highest honour and respect. Earlier, the function was chaired by Er. Repang Longkumer, SE (M&I), invocation said by Mapulila.

Kohima, September 4 (mexN): The Naga National Council (NNC) under the leadership of Z Royim Yimchungrü and V Nagi has welcomed the sentiment of the International Border Area People's Welfare Organization (IBAPWO) and fully supported the stand taken by the organization as expressed by its general secretary, Nokshom Konyak. “This is what the NNC stated time and again in the past regarding this in-

ternational matter of Naga inhabited areas and the NNC always wanted that our people in the area in particular come out boldly for this very matter of concern,” stated a press note from Information & Publicity Wing, NNC. “NNC, the Parent Body of all the Nagas from the very inception of our political movement till date stand for the whole and all the Naga inhabited areas in the South East Region as our political right and stand of sovereignty.

And this is our sovereign right of land inhabited by the Nagas from time immemorial as God Almighty's creation.” The NNC further reiterated its condemnation as “our sovereign land were divided in the past by India and Burma (Myanmar) without the consent of the Naga people politically, socially, geographically.” The Naga people, it asserted, have every right to live together as “One People, One Land As Nagaland.”

Dihoma govt schools observe Teachers’ Day Kohima, September 4 (mexN): The government schools in Dihoma celebrated Teachers’ Day a day earlier on Friday at GHS Diki Dihoma. Organized by Village Education Committee (VEC), the programme had Dievi Yano, president, Angami Students’ Union (ASU) as the speaker. Addressing the gathering, Dievi Yano said teachers are the backbone of society and they play a great role in building the character of students, making their future

bright and shaping them to become an ideal citizen. Yano also affirmed that teachers should be given full respect and honour for their tireless effort in teaching the students to become somebody someday. Earlier, the programme was chaired by Keviu Yano, Teacher In-charge, Government Primary School, Diho Bawe, while Pastor Vilazhü Lhoungu, CRC Dihoma proposed the invocation prayer. Welcome speech was delivered by

Thepfuneilhou Yashü, Head Teacher, Government High School, Diki, Razoukhrietuo Yano, and vote of thanks was pronounced by Vivolhoulie Tsükrü, Chairman, VEC Dihoma. Students from GPS Diho Bawe, GPS Diho Basa, GHS Diki presented special songs. Village Council members, Dihoma Village Students’ Union, teachers from all the Dihoma government schools, students and well wishers attended the programme.

Dimapur, September 4 (mexN): The Petroleum Conservation Research Association under the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, Govt. of India is organizing a national level painting & essay writing competition in 23 languages for students of recognized schools within India, affiliated to all boards, Central or State on the theme “Fuel Conservation”. Students of class 6 to 9 are eligible to participate in

Kohima, September 4 (mexN): A total of 66 people were arrested by Kohima Police from August 1–31 for not possessing Inner Line Permit (ILP). In this connection, Kohima Police registered 28 non-FIR cases. All the 66 arrested ILP defaulters were booked under section 3 and 4 of Bengal Eastern Frontier Regulation Act, 1873 (BEFR) and forwarded to the Court, according to a press release from PRO, Kohima Police Atu Zumvü. The ILP checking is regularly carried out by various police stations and check-gates under DEF Kohima to check entry of illegal immigrants in Kohima district, the release said.

Governor greets on Janmashtami Kohima, September 4 (mexN): On the auspicious occasion of Janmashtami, the day of appearance of Lord Krishna, Governor of Nagaland PB Acharya has extended warm greetings and good wishes to the people of Nagaland. “May this auspicious occasion brings peace, harmony and progress to the people of Nagaland,” he wished.

Dimapur, September 4 (mexN): Hindu Seva Samiti Dimapur will celebrate Sri Sri Krishna Janmashtami Mahotsav on September 6 instead of September 5 at 9 am at Hindu Milan Mandir. This would be followed by a religious procession beginning from Kalibari Mandir, informed a press release issued by convenor, Hindu Seva Samiti Monoj.

NPCC office bearers’ meeting

The NSS unit of Mount Olive College, Kohima held orientation programme on September 4 at the college campus. In his speech to the new volunteers, C Theyo, State NSS Officer (SNO) highlighted the aims and objectives of NSS. Kohima, September 4 (mexN): The extended He called upon the members to actively participate in any social activities whenever and wherever their services NPCC office bearers’ meeting will be held on Septemare needed. The programme was chaired by Vivino Seleyi, Programme Officer (NSS). Vevoto Ringa, NSS volunteer ber 11, 11:00 am at Congress Bhavan, Kohima. Therebriefly shared his experiences as a volunteer.

fore, all office bearers, including PCC secretaries, have been requested to attend the meeting positively.

Rs. 12,500/-. The last date for submission of entries is September 30, 2015. Interested schools have been requested to contact the Nagaland Pollution Control Board (NPCB) or visit the association’s website www.pcra. org for further details. NPCB address: office Signal Point, Near Sub Urban Police Station, Dimapur; phone – 8014617757; e-mail - ngc.nagaland@ yahoo.com.

PSU appeals to observe silent prayer for martyrs Dimapur, September 4 (mexN): The Pochury Students' Union (PSU) has appealed to all the churches under Pochury area to observe a minute of silent prayer on September 6 during Sunday morning devotional service in remembrance of “our beloved martyrs” who had laid down their precious lives for the cause of the Naga Nation during Indo-Naga conflict in 1960's in “our” land. The Union has dispatched a circulation to all the respective head of churches for information, a press release from PSU vice president Atsopu Pfithu said.

Vadeo Descendants Association’s meeting

As part of the Digital India movement launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi last month, a complete set of HP computer with printer and one digital camera have been presented to Seluophe village for better functioning of the village in terms of services Kohima, September 4 (mexN): A meeting of the and information. The items were handed over by the Project Director of DRDA Dimapur Asangla T Aier at her office on September 2. The Village Council assured DRDA that officer bearers (both present and former) of Vadeo Descendants Association is scheduled for September 12 at good care will be taken to ensure sustainability of the items.

CHK condemns alleged rape Kohima, September 4 (mexN): The Chakhesang Hoho Kohima (CHK) has condemned the alleged rape and attempted murder by one Thanwalo Magh against an elderly woman on August 22 in Kohima. “This kind of ghastly and abhorrent crime is unimaginable and unacceptable by one and all, which is seriously viewed as an act against humanity itself and deserves stringent criminal punishment,” stated a press note issued by CHK publicity & info secretary Pfuche Koza. “As such, the responsible authority should leave no stone unturned in delivering prompt justice.” The CHK further urged upon the State government and the law enforcing agencies to immediately enforce highest degree of punishment deemed fit to the perpetrator so that the exemplary punishment will deter others in future.

66 arrested for not possessing ILP

Janmashtami to be celebrated in Dmp

Painting and essay competition for school students on fuel conservation the competition, informed a press release issued by Rusovil John, Member Secretary, Nagaland Pollution Control Board. The jury will select the top three entries and awards will be distributed in the inaugural function of Oil and Gas Conservation Fortnight 2010 on January 16, 2016: First Prize - Rs. 30,000/- and a laptop plus an all-expense paid study trip to Japan; Second Prize - Rs. 20,000/-; Third Prize -

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Kohima, September 4 (mexN): Imtikumzuk, Deputy Speaker, Nagaland Legislative Assembly, who is also the chairman of Assembly Library Committee has convened the committee’s first meeting for the tenure 2015-2016 on September 18, 11:00 am in the Assembly Committee Hall. All the committee members concerned have been requested to attend the meeting.

T.Liseba Sangtam (GT) - GHS Seyochung Oinam Kesho Singh (GT) - GHSS Pungro Pranav Shekhar (GT) - GMS Zanger S.Kekhu (PT) - GPS Phokphur Atsala Anar (AT) - Good Shepherd School, Kiphire

Sub Divisional awardees S. Tsisang (PT) - GPS Mimi P.Aliba Sangtam (PT) - GPS Insikiur K.Vikugha (PT) - GPS Sitimi District awardees Brijeetha ET – VP, Loyola N. Koda (AT) Higher Secondary School - Agape School Kiphire

Adinno had been granted a ten year Indian Visa to come to Nagaland. In this, he corrected that the Indian Visa granted to her was a one year renewable Visa. Iralu said he was earlier told by someone that this was so, but failed to check with Adinno. Iralu further apologized to all the persons affected by the wrong information, and most of all, to Adinno Phizo.

NLA Library Committee meeting

Teachers’ Day celebration in Kiphire Kiphire, September 4 (mexN): The District Education Officer (DEO) Kiphire has invited all the teachers, both government and private (working and retired) to attend the Teachers’ Day celebration at Loyola School, Kiphire at 11:00 am. The following teachers have been selected for District and Sub Divisional Award 2015 from Kiphire district:

Kohima, September 4 (mexN): Apropos the interview of NNC leader Adinno Phizo by Shantanu Nandan Sharma (ET Bureau) which was featured in this daily on August 2, Kaka D Iralu has made an apology and correction. In a corrigendum, Iralu said that Shantanu interviewed him after Adinno and during the process he had wrongly informed that

Eklavya Model Residential School, Diphupar organized a painting competition on the theme ‘Personal Hygiene & Sanitation’ to commemorate World Nutrition Week sponsored by Social Welfare Department, Nagaland. Students were given a short lecture on the theme by Mukamchem P, Science teacher. The competition was held under two categories - in the junior category Akumtola and Nuile, both from class 7, bagged the first and second position and Lunsomong of class 8 and Arensenla of class 10 were adjudged the first and second respectively under senior category. Prizes were given away by the administrator. Project director DRDA Wokha Liboni Humtsoe unveils the monolith of the Resource Centre constructed under BRGF capacity building Bhandari Block under Wokha district on August 27 in the presence of BDO Bhandari, village council members and others in Bhandari.

Millenium Hotel, New Ministers Hill, Kohima at 11:00 am. A press note issued by Muzapu Ringa, president has requested all members to attend the meeting positively.

Electric transformers are seen with the safety fencing torn wide open at Westyard Junction in Dimapur. This kind of callousness with such high voltage transformers may cause accidents. (Photo: Vikato Zhimo/ Citizen Journalist)

The Tobu Town Students' Union (TTSU) executives while conducting routine checking on August 24 within Tobu Town area caught one person with 10 cases of assorted IMFL from a Bolero pick-up bearing Registration No. AS 04 AC 4917. The person has been identified as Sanja Sah from Teok, Sonari. The seized liquors were later destroyed in presence of all the NGOs in Tobu Town. The Union has warned that any groups/ indi- The one room extended at Government Primary School, Nokhu in Noklak under SSA 2012-13 was inaugurated by viduals found involving in any kinds of “anti-social” activities within its jurisdiction B. Ngon, SIS Noklak -1 on August 11 last. The Nokhu Village Council and Village Education Committee Nokhu have will be strictly dealt with and penalised. expressed gratitude to SSA, department of school education, Nagaland, for the construction of the room.

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You are Not Actually In Praise of Short-Term Thinking Bad at Math M P Chase Felker Slate

ath is generally a required subject for all students till the end of their high school days. You might elect not to take further math classes because of a lack of aptitude—I’m not a math person. But this is the wrong reason to stop. The idea that someone can be bad at math is wrong, and it hides several harmful assumptions. It’s an excuse to justify individual failure, rather than a real understanding of mental capabilities. Giving up on math means you don’t believe that careful study can change the way you think. No one is born knowing the axiom of completeness, and even the most accomplished mathematicians had to learn how to learn this stuff. Put another way: Writing is also not something that anyone is “good” at without a lot of practice, but it would be completely unacceptable to think that your composition skills could not improve. Additionally, people tend to judge math too soon. While you might struggle with early math classes, you might not in the advanced ones because the material can differ wildly. A third-year– level class is not necessarily three times as much work as a first-year class; it might actually be less, since the material and methods get easier as you spend more time with them. I had this experience in high school. Until I took a class called Combinatorics, the hardest class I ever took was Algebra I. I had never felt so hopeless and confused, and whenever I was told my

answer was correct, I was convinced I was faking it. College math wasn’t easy either, but my struggles were more isolated, and I learned how to break down problems and point to what didn’t make sense. But the strangest part of math phobia is that math is pure logic, abstract reasoning, and clear writing. I don’t mean this metaphorically: This is literally what math is. Any result can be reduced back to simpler ones until you reach assumed statements called axioms. Simple doesn’t mean easy, but I think math has fewer moving parts than most other subjects. Consider all the things you need to know to be a student of literature: You need a rich understanding of language, history, context, and literary devices. Math explicitly lays out its assumptions in terms that everyone agrees on. Or consider other sciences: They can reduce results back to simpler results like math can, but we are ultimately stuck

with whatever part of reality we are able to measure. Math’s foundations rest on logic instead of reality. I don’t mean to compare math with other subjects to advance a claim of math’s superiority or importance. Instead, my point is that, in principle, if students think they can’t study math, then something is deeply wrong. It seems that the origin of math phobia is not the content of math itself; it cannot rest solely on someone’s inability to sit through logic puzzles, because people exercise careful abstract reasoning in every other field without the same sort of fear. Instead, I think the form is largely to blame. All of high school math is basically a one-way linear staircase that leads to calculus. If you fall off at any point, you’re doomed. Calculus prep has infiltrated the curriculum to such a degree that I think people conflate doing algebra with all of math. Students spend so much time

memorizing computational tricks that they don’t get to see anything else— that those algorithms have a logical derivation, and that plenty of math isn’t even like that. In general, a disproportionate percentage of college math classes are designed to satisfy prerequisites from other departments. The courses’ primary function, then, is to impart specific skills, which is why all math classes administer tests with correct answers instead of, say, open-topic research papers, which are common in introductory humanities classes. The kind of thinking this encourages is not why math was a foundation of liberal arts education. For several decades math reformers have attempted to swap out the curriculum engine midflight but have met resistance and failure. Teachers need to master methods but are not given the time and resources to do so. Confused helicopter parents do not accept any deviation from old instruction—this is not how I learned it. School districts continue to administer tests that might not gauge actual learning and understanding. I might not be able to change the way that math is taught, but hopefully I can change the way we think about math. Not every educated person needs to be a mathematician, but no educated person should be afraid of the steps it takes to get there. Please take math in college, especially if you are “not a math person.” It’s time to stop perpetuating a fear of material that educated people should be smart enough to conquer.

For hundreds of years, economic observers have feared that machines were making human workers obsolete. In a sense, they’ve been right. Rebecca J Rosen The Atlantic

retty much from the moment machines could handle any sort of repetitive task, humans have worried about their own impending uselessness. For example, it was in 1772 that the British writer Thomas Mortimer decried “those [machines] which are intended almost totally to exclude the labor of the human race.” His particular concern was sawmills, which “if introduced into our dockyards etc. would exclude the labor of thousands of useful workmen.” These sorts of anecdotes are often trotted out for stories about the current unease over technology that might replace human labor. The standard telling is straightforward: Early economic and political theorists such as Mortimer simply lacked the imagination to envision how the economy would grow and grow and grow, how technology would generate new industries and jobs, and how leisure would diversify, providing humans with essentially endless new ways to spend all the money they would earn. Technological advances often appeared to take away jobs, yes, but in the long run they led to more jobs, and all was well. This is then followed by a giant “but” and then the question is posed, “Is this time different?” A new paper by three economic historians is a welcome departure from that narrative (despite its title, “The History of Tech-

nological Anxiety and the Future of Economic Growth: Is This Time Different?”). Instead of using history’s cute examples to invite considerations of the present, the authors—Joel Mokyr, Chris Vickers, and Nicolas L. Ziebarth—illuminate how technology has, repeatedly, brought about painful upheavals for workers in industrial society. Because the thing is, although jobs have continued to proliferate in the long run, these predictions weren’t exactly wrong in the short run: Machines do replace humans. In fact, replacing humans is often entirely the point. As the economic historian Robert C. Allen has shown, the spinning jenny was invented in England precisely because wages were high, and thus it was worth it to mill-owners to invest in a machine that would allow them to reduce the number of workers needed to make yarn. Even once the spinning jenny was invented, mill owners in France and India (where wages were relatively low) at first did not invest in them—they could just have the cheap humans do the work. Meanwhile, many of Thomas Mortimer’s sawyers surely lost their livelihoods. (As Keynes accurately and succinctly put it, “In the long run we are all dead.”) But there is more to the upheavals than mere job loss, and even workers who managed to remain employed have found themselves affected. As Mokyr, Vickers, and Ziebarth de-

scribe, the concerns about the ways that technology was reshaping work were often not so much about the quantity of work available (with shortages leading to unemployment) but about the quality of that work—whether it was safe, whether it afforded workers sufficient autonomy, and whether it enabled them to have good lives. For example, they write of the “great anxiety” that people felt “in moving to factory work,” which for the first time separated workplace from home on a mass scale. Contrast that, they write, with today, when “people worry about the exact opposite phenomenon with the lines between spheres of home and work blurring.” This history is much more valuable than some pat lesson about the foolhardiness of prognosticators. Even for those who were right, the fact that they saw the future accurately mattered very little, as no one could have known they were right at the time. What matters, then, isn’t whether early observers were right or wrong about the long term, but whether they were sufficiently empathetic in the short term. As the authors write, “While the predictions of widespread technological unemployment were, by and large, wrong, we should not trivialize the costs borne by the many who were actually displaced.” Today, we are not much better at making reliable long-term predictions about the future of the economy than 18th-

century onlookers. But there is plenty we can and do know about how technological change is shaping work today—who gets it, how they are compensated, where the work gets done. Perhaps the biggest change, one that Mokyr, Vickers, and Ziebarth highlight, is the growth in so-called “nonemployer business,” which sometimes goes by the buzzier (and misleading) term “sharing economy,” and refers, in part, to gigs coordinated online via apps such as Uber, AirBnB, or Amazon’s Mechanical Turk. Other shifts include the greater “flexibility” many employees throughout the economy have with regard to where they work and their hours (which can mean unpredictable schedules based on demand and, as a result, unpredictable wages), and a recent doubling of the percentage of workers who primarily work from home (from 2.3 to 4.3 between 1980 and 2010). Many of these people—untethered from employment in the traditional, legal, W-2 sense—struggle, because the systems in place for protecting workers (unemployment insurance, worker’s comp, minimum wage rules, social-security taxes) don’t apply to them. In other words, there is plenty to figure out with regard to how technology is reshaping the economy without looking to the far distant future. The question isn’t whether the machines are coming; they are already here, and have been for a long time.

Beating Goa's monsoon with wild mushrooms Suffering from 'missing Mayabhushan Nagvenkar

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hile the psychedelic-spell inducing magic mushrooms are the toast of Goa's coastal rave party circuit, away in the monsoon-soaked hinterland, wild mushrooms, locally called 'alami', continue to rule the roost. The wild mushrooms, essentially an edible fungi, spring up like tiny white bobs of smooth candy all across anthills in forested areas, especially in wildlife sanctuaries like Mollem, 90 km state capital Panaji, from where they are harvested by the basketfull to local markets in folded large and coarse teak-tree leaves. A small bunch may cost anywhere between Rs.500 ($7.5) and Rs.2,000 depending on the season and the demand. You are con-

sidered lucky if you come away with a packet of alami by managing to survive the stampede of aficionados around the vendors. "I buy them at least once in the monsoon. As long as I can remember, my mother has been cooking alami tondache (a thick stew). It's to die for," Waman Shetye from Bicholim, who had just picked up a packet of alami from a woman vendor near the District and Sessions Court in Panaji, told IANS. Shetye isn't the only one who prefers the crunchy taste of these mushrooms over the artificially cultured and packaged variety. According to Goan chefs, it is the distinctly earthy, nutty flavour of alami which sets them apart from the relatively subdued taste of the mushrooms packed for supermarkets. "Hindus in Goa consume

them as a delicious vegetable preparation. The popular Goan dishes are alami tonak, alami xacuti and chilly fry. These are the recipes passed down from generations and are still being prepared in the same way," said Rodwin Rodrigues, assistant chef at the V.M. Salgaocar Institute of International Hospitality Education. According to Nandkumar Kamat, who has researched extensively on mushrooms, there are around 100 different edible species in Goa that he has come across during his research spanning over three decades. "Local species have interesting local names like olmi or alami, roenichim, toshali, chochyali, khut or khuti, shiti, shitol , shiringar olmi, shendari, kuski, dukor, surya olmi, tel alami, fuge and bhuifod," according to Kamat.

Harvesting the fungi bloom is often considered a rite of passage for youngsters growing up in remote parts of Goa. "Thirty-five of these species are collected by the locals from the wild for consumption and only 12-14 species produce a marketable crop which is sold from July to September," Kamat further said. Of all the varieties, alami is the most popular, although unfortunately, being seasonal isn't exactly a qualification to feature on the menu of a five-star hotel. "Unfortunately this is not served in most five-star restaurants as they are seasonal and continuity and availability constitute an issue for regular menu usage," Shubhendu Kadam, Executive Chef at Alila Diwa Goa Resort, explained. And, of course, there is

the fear of allergies. "A few non-Goan guests who have never been exposed to this variety of mushrooms are at times highly allergic to this wild variety. Commerciallygrown button mushrooms are used in restaurants but we cannot compare their taste and nutritive value with the alami," Kadam conceded. Adding to the allure of the wild mushrooms are legends like the one Kadam recounted. "Tradition dictates that the guardian snake (of the ant-hill) has to be pleased before harvesting the mushroom. This is done using a wild herb called akshar. This unique tradition just can't be compared to the commercial version which is also way too mild in flavour and spongy in texture," he said.

6 household uses for Rice

Prevent Tools from Rusting Rust forms when metals are exposed to oxygen and moisture for a long time. Keep your tools safe by adding a few scoops of uncooked rice to your toolbox. The rice will absorb moisture in the air, helping to keep your tools dry and rust-free.

orget the stove: You can use rice to keep your silver sparkling, soothe sore muscles, and more. Read on for more surprising ways to use rice. Clean Your Coffee Grinder A dirty coffee grinder can take a toll on the taste of your morning cuppa. To thoroughly clean your grinder, use uncooked rice, suggests KitchenAid. Pour a 1/2 cup of uncooked rice into the device and grind until pulverized. The rice will soak up any oils lingering in the grinder, as well as sharpen the blades. Then savor the freshness of your next cup of joe. Make Your Own Hot Compress Soothe aches and pains with a homemade hot compress. All you need is a clean sock and uncooked rice. Fill the sock with the rice, leaving enough room for the grains to move around and be able to conform to your body. Tie the end of the sock tightly with string (if using a long sock simply tie the end in a knot). To heat, microwave the filled sock for one

Clean Glass Bottles and Vases Vases with narrow necks are often extremely difficult to clean (how the heck do you get a sponge in there?!). Pour a handful of uncooked rice into the vase or bottle that's giving you trouble and swirl the grains around with a little bit of soap and water. The grains will scrub away dirt and grime that gets trapped in the bottom of the bottle. minute. If it's not warm enough, continue heating in 30 second increments until it reaches desired temperature. The compress can also be used as an ice pack by chilling it in the freezer for 30-45 minutes.

can save it. Remove the battery, then place all of the wet pieces into a bowl of uncooked rice, submerging them completely. Leave overnight. The rice will soak up moisture that can damage your device. While tempting, don't tackle your wet device with a hair dryer. The Save Wet Electronics heat can melt metal components Accidentally get your phone in your phone, doing more damage wet? Don't panic: Uncooked rice than the water!

Reduce Tarnish on Silver Although sooner or later you'll need to polish your silver pieces, you can make the task easier by keeping tarnish to a minimum. Protect your silver from tarnishcausing moisture by placing a small bowl of rice in the cabinet where you keep your silver. The rice will absorb any moisture in the air.

smartphone anxiety'?

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t a time when a debate is raging about smartphone addiction among the millennials (those born after 1980), here comes a way to help you identify if you are suffering from a modern-day phobia: fear of being without your mobile phone. To gauge if you are suffering from nomophobia (missing smartphone fear), scientists from Iowa State University have developed a set of questions to help you identify if you suffer from this. In the study, participants were asked to respond to statements on a scale of one (strongly disagree) to seven (strongly agree). They interviewed nine students about their smartphone experiences and then developed a questionnaire based on these responses that was tested on 301 other students. Caglar Yildirim, a PhD student in human computer interaction at the Iowa State University (ISU), and Ana-Paula Correia, an associate professor in ISU's School of Education, identified four dimensions of this modern-day phobia. These were: the fear of losing connectedness, not being able to communicate, not being able to access information and giving up the convenience, the university said in a statement. The questionnaire includes statements such as “I would feel uncomfortable without constant access to information through my smartphone” or “I would be annoyed if I could not look information up on my smartphone when I wanted to

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do so”. It also had questions like “Being unable to get the news (eg, happenings, weather, etc) on my smartphone would make me nervous" or “I would be annoyed if I could not use my smartphone and/or its capabilities when I wanted to do so". “Running out of battery in my smartphone would scare me", “If I were to run out of credits or hit my monthly data limit, I would panic" and “If I did not have a data signal or could not connect to Wi-Fi, then I would constantly check to see if I had a signal or could find a Wi-Fi network” were other questions on the list. The participants also answered statements like “If I could not use my smartphone, I would be afraid of getting stranded somewhere” and “If I could not check my smartphone for a while, I would feel a desire to check it”. Another section of the questionnaire asked participants how they would react if they did not have their smartphone with them. They responded to the statements like “I would feel anxious because I could not instantly communicate with my family and/or friends” and “I would feel nervous because I would not be able to receive text messages and calls.” The team then calculated total scores by adding the responses to each item. The higher scores corresponded to greater nomophobia severity, the team noted in a paper published in the journal Computers in Human Behavior.

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The new romantics in the computer age David Brooks

The New York Times

ust once I’d like to have a college student come up to me and say, “I really wanted to major in accounting, but my parents forced me to major in medieval art.” That probably won’t happen. It always seems to be the parents who are pushing their children in the “practical” or mercenary direction. These parents are part of the vast apparatus — college résumés, standardized tests, the decline of humanities majors — that has arisen to make our culture more professional and less poetic. But you see a counterreaction setting in. You see, here and there, signs of a new romanticism. Ironically, technological forces may be driving some of the romantic rebirth. As Geoff Colvin points out in his book “Humans Are Underrated,” computers will soon be able to do many of the cognitive tasks taught in places like law schools and finance departments. Computers can already go through millions of legal

documents and sort them for relevance to an individual case, someday allowing one lawyer to do the work of 500. Computers may soon be able to cruise through troves of data and offer superior financial advice. Computers are not only getting smarter at systems analysis, they are improving at rates no human can match. Colvin argues that improving your cognitive skills is no longer good enough. Simply developing more generic human capital will not help people prosper in the coming economy. You shouldn’t even ask, What jobs can I do that computers can’t do? That’s because they are getting good at so many disparate things. You should instead ask, What are the activities that we humans, driven by our deepest nature or by the realities of daily life, will simply insist be performed by other humans? Those tasks are mostly relational. Being in a position of authority or accountability. Being a caregiver. Being part of a team. Transactional jobs are declining but relational jobs are expanding.

Empathy becomes a more important workplace skill, the ability to sense what another human being is feeling or thinking. Diabetes patients of doctors who scored high on empathy tests do better than patients with low-empathy doctors. The ability to function in a group also becomes more important — to know how to tell stories that convey the important points, how to mix people together. Secure workers will combine technical knowledge with social awareness — the sort of thing you get from your genes, from growing up in a certain sort of family and by widening your repertoire of emotions through reflection, literature and a capacity for intimacy. But the new romanticism won’t only be built on workplace incentives. It will be driven, too, by the inherent human craving for the transcendent. Through history there have always been moments when eras of pragmatism give way to eras of high idealism. Mark Edmundson’s new book, “Self and Soul,” is a

blow in that direction. He observes that “culture in the West has become progressively more practical, materially oriented, and skeptical.” But he argues that history has left us different idealistic models worth pondering and reviving. There is the hero of courage, who possesses prowess and risks life and limb for a cause, thus arousing admiration and awe. There is the hero of compassion, like Buddha or Jesus, who puts others before him or herself. Edmundson writes: “The saint seeks a life full of meaningful compassion. The acquisition of goods, the piling up of wealth, only serves to draw force from his proper pursuit. The saint lives — or tries to live — beyond desire. The saint lives for hope.” There is the hero of serious thought. “Even early on,” Edmundson says, “as they enter the first phase of their lives as thinkers, they’ll have one of the greatest satisfactions a human being can have: They won’t lie. They’ll follow Socrates, and they’ll look out at the world, and with whatever mix of irony

and sweetness and exasperation, they will describe it as it is to them. When others trim and sidestep, they will have the satisfaction of voicing honest perceptions.” I could imagine a time when young thinkers discard the strictures of the academic professionalism and try to revive the model of the intellectual as secular sage. I could see other young people tiring of résumé-building do-goodism and trying to live more radically for the poor. The romantic tries as much as possible to ground his or her life in purer love that transforms — making him or her more inspired, creative and dedicated, and therefore better able to live as a modern instantiation of some ideal. I’m not sure we’re about to be overrun with waves of Byronic romantics, but we have been living through an unromantic period and there’s bound to be a correction. People eventually want their souls stirred, especially if the stuff regarded as soft and squishy turns out in a relational economy to be hard and practical.

Laughter is the best Giving to charity makes you happy, medicine to floor your girl middle age is miserable: experts D

o you want to charm your girl on first date? Learn how to make her laugh first. According to a study, the more times a man tries to be funny and the more a woman laughs at those attempts, the more likely it is for the woman to be interested in dating. When two strangers meet, finding someone who appreciates your sense of humour is valuable in its own right. "Men are trying to get women to show their cards. For some men, it is a conscious strategy,” said Jeffrey Hall, associate professor of communication studies at University of Kansas. When men make jokes and women laugh, they may be performing a script in courtship. “If you meet someone who you can laugh with, it might mean your future relationship is going to be fun and filled with good cheer,” Hall noted. During the research, Hall performed three studies. In the first study, 35 participants studied the Facebook profile pages of 100 strangers to gauge their personalities. Hall found humourous people were much more likely to be extroverted than intelligent. In the second, nearly 300 students filled out a survey on humour in courtship. Looking at scores, the study found there was no connection between how smart the person was and how funny he or she claimed to be. But it did find a relationship with humour and extroversion. The final study brought together 51 pairs of single, heterosexual college students who did not know each other. The pairs sat alone in a room and talked for about 10 minutes. “The results did suggest the more times a man tried to be funny and the more times a woman laughed at his jokes, the more likely she was romantically interested.” (Source: IANS)

Joseph D'urso

Thomson Reuters Foundation

iving to others not only makes us happier but can help lower our blood pressure, while humans are most miserable in their forties for deeply rooted biological reasons, researchers told a conference in London on Thursday. Experts from Britain and Canada were debating the latest research on happiness and altruism, as part of a conference on "nudging" - using psychological insights into human behavior to get people to make good decisions. Happiness is highly subjective, and cultures have very different conceptions of what it means, making it difficult to study and measure - but an increasing number of organizations think it is an important subject to focus on. The United Nations uses a Human Development Index, which incorporates factors like life satisfaction alongside more conventional economic metrics like gross domestic product (GDP), and publishes a World Happiness Report each year. THE MONKEY PUZZLE Happiness over an adult lifespan is "a giant U shape," high in our 20s, low in our 40s, and high again in old age," said Andrew

Oswald, an economics professor at Britain's University of Warwick. He published this conclusion several years ago, but has since carried out similar studies around the world, all of which reveal the same conclusion - that happiness follows a U shape, and depression follows a 'hump,' peaking in the 40s. "The standard theory was one of thwarted aspirations," he said on Thursday, with people realizing as they approach middle age that they are unlikely to realize the dreams of their youth, and getting used to this in later life. However, social theories like this do not explain an observation from an unusual source: zookeepers. Animal experts who observe great apes, assessing their psychological wellbeing over time, say that monkeys - like humans - are most likely to be sad in middle age. This suggests a midlife crisis may be "intrinsically natural," but it is a "puzzle which remains to be understood," said Oswald. GIVERS ARE HAPPIER People who give money to charity tend to be happier and also healthier than others, said Elizabeth Dunn, a psychology professor at the University of British Columbia in Canada, where she studies happiness. "Mon-

ey doesn't seem to buy quite as much happiness as many people assume," she told the conference, adding that in experiments where people were given money and told to spend it on either themselves or others, givers were happiest afterwards. Similar results were reached in Canada and Uganda, two hugely different countries in terms of income and culture, suggesting this may be something intrinsic to humans, she said. "People who donate money to charity are happier in poor and rich countries alike," she said. "You don't have to have a lot to experience the emotional benefits of giving." As well as the link between happiness and altruism, which she now thinks is fairly robust and well established, Dunn said her more recent research suggests giving money away can tangibly improve one's health. People who donate to charity have lower blood pressure, she said, even when controlling for factors like income, wealth, age and exercise, which suggests the giving itself is responsible. Dunn measured people's blood pressure before and after giving, and found it fell when people gave significantly to other people or causes, but did not change when they spent money on themselves.

Books to read in September Bill Clegg, Did You Ever Have a Family his first novel arrives with a shout, already longlisted for the Man Booker Prize. Clegg opens with a horrific tragedy. The guests who show up at June’s house in Connecticut expecting a wedding find an “instant and all consuming” fire has killed her daughter the bride, the groom, her ex-husband and her much younger boyfriend. June is the only survivor – a loss so devastating that she says, when questioned, “No one has survived.” She leaves town, not stopping until she reaches the Pacific coast. Clegg tells his story through many voices, each adding a new perspective on what happened and what comes next. “Funny how in a small town like ours things play out, circle back, end up,” muses one villager. Clegg covers the full spectrum of human emotion in this beautifully nuanced story.

Elena Ferrante, The Story of the Lost Child In her celebrated Neapolitan novels, Ferrante creates an enduring portrait of a

“splendid and shadowy” female friendship. The fourth and final book in the series begins in 1976, when her narrator, Elena, who has just left her husband, returns to Naples from Florence. She has two daughters, a married lover, and several successful books. She tries to avoid her longtime best friend Lila. “But it wasn’t easy. She almost immediately tried to re-enter my life by force, and I ignored her, tolerated her, endured her.” Complications abound. This concluding volume, translated into English by Ann Goldstein, proves, once again, as Ferrante puts it: “Every intense relationship between human beings is full of traps.”

changed her name. Pip is drawn into a complicated world of internet secrets, hidden identities and surprising sexual encounters. She travels to Bolivia to be an intern at The Sunlight Project, the brainchild of East German-born Andreas Wolf, a seductive man who knows more about her than she realises. In Franzen’s latest, he sets up an intricate hall of mirrors to reflect the treacherous nature of intimate relationships, office interactions and political alliances. And Pip learns just how dangerous seeking the truth can be. Joy Harjo, Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings Since her collection of poetry She Had Some Horses was published in 1983, Joy Harjo, a member of the Native American Muscogee (Creek) group, has amassed an international following. Her new collection, the first in a decade, begins in a hotel room where Louis Armstrong and his band once stayed (“Under the red moon of justice, I dream with the king of jazz”). She reaches as far back as the Trail of Tears – a forced relocation of Native American people following the Indian Removal Act of 1830. “I am singing a song that can only be born after losing a country,” she writes. Her new work is filled with energy and awe. “Time is a being, like you, like me.”

Jonathan Franzen, Purity Pip (short for Purity, and Franzen’s nod to Dickens’s Great Expectations) is 24, living in a squat in Oakland, California, with $130,000 in student loans outstanding. She is a member of t h e working poor, with an uneasy sense of comfort that comes from her closeness to her mother. Her father’s identity is a mystery; her moth- David Lagercrantz, er has The Girl in the Spider’s Web Lisbeth Salander, the cyber genius introduced a decade ago in The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, and her journalist ally, Mikael Blomkvist, are back.

Each, it turns out, is involved in saving the life and life’s work of Professor Balder, a Swedish scientist. Salander is working with Balder, trying to hack into the US National Security Agency, and she’s the target of a cyber-terrorist gang known as The Spiders. Balder seeks Blomkvist’s help in the early morning hours after a security breach at his house alerts him that his life is in danger. Going public with his discoveries, he hopes, will save him. The international hit trilogy created by the late Stieg Larsson has sold more than 80 million copies. This fourth volume, written by Swedish author and journalist David Lagercrantz, is a worthy addition to the franchise. Lily Tuck, The Double Life of Liliane Liliane’s coming-of-age is complicated. Her German-born parents met in Paris just before World War Two broke out. Shortly after she was born in 1939, her Jewish father joined the Foreign Legion, and her mother fled Europe to relatives in Lima. From age eight, Liliane shuttles between her mother, who lives on New York’s Upper East Side with her new husband, a Wall Street banker, and Rome, where her father has become a film producer. Piecing together her identity becomes a challenge, but she gathers every fact she can, from her grandmother’s stories and family trees on both sides (Mary, Queen of Scots is one of her ancestors). Tuck follows Liliane through her college days at Harvard and her beginnings as a novelist in this exquisitely crafted narrative collage. (Source: BBC)

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Is this the best the Indian Intelligence & Analysis Team can do? Atsung Imchen: Talk about getting yourself into a mess and I will give the Medal of Honor to Assam Rifles and the Indian Armies. Peace with Assam Rifles? I can easily assume that the word Peace is no longer in the Dictionary of NSCN-K after the ambush. What kind of ANALYSIS and INTELLIGENCE are they referring to when they are right in the Middle of the Hornet nest, it’s not like they are poking it from the outside, they got their entire head inside the hornet nest and what are they thinking? What are you thinking you DUMB Assam Rifles, Indian Armies? Did you assume Ambushing a convoy carrying Wives with no intentions of warfare out on a Shopping trip for an occasion will be a BRAVO act? HOW STUPID can you so called high paid Indian Intelligence get? In Simple words, the Assam Rifles have put themselves in such a position that their Families have come under threat because if the Assam Rifles does not care about who is who, what to do and what not to do how the heck do you not assume that the NSCN- K who are spread across all the Naga Dominated Areas will not do the same? What guarantee do you have now when YOU (ASSAM RIFLES PERSONALS) happen to go out of your camp for shopping and YOU GET AMBUSHED ALONG WITH YOUR FAMILY? Did you just do something which can be considered as your own obituary? You have confined yourself inside the barricade of your camp and your family as well. Pray that no such things happen because if it does, things on both sides will be really very ugly and we definitely would not want to see such thing happening when we are at this juncture. Do NOT forget that you are in NAGA’S Land. Do NOT forget we DENIED your constitution which you’re trying to force it down our throat. Do NOT forget you are not WELCOME here with those intentions. Do not forget that even if your country, not mine “YOUR” country is the 2nd largest in the world, a small population of tribal’s have been resisting your country for over 60 yrs, that is us. You come in peace, we let you leave in peace, you come for war and we shall give you one. That is what you get from us that is the plus minus calculation of the entire Indo-Naga Political conflict. With your Prime Minister trying his level best (I Hope) to bring a solution to the Indo-Naga Political Conflict, your ACTIONS are NOT helping at all. At the end of the day, whether it is NSCN-K, NSCN-IM, NSCN-R, KK etc they are Naga’s, they are our people and YOU’RE NOT. Do not forget that. Whatever Analysis you’ve been referring to so far, throw it in the garbage before it’s too late because that will lead to a whole different scenario into a whole lot of mess you never imagined, in better words, bite what you can chew. Killing of innocent people is not going to make things better for you. Hope sense prevails on both the sides and innocent lives are spared, hope proper decisions are taken and proper analyses of the outcome of those actions are considered because every action has its own reaction. RIP to the departed souls. Sangtipong Imchen: Let it be known for now and for all time to come that in the 60 years of our struggle never has the Naga Army targeted innocent Indian civilians and families of Indian security forces even as they present easy targets. Vengeance for all the unspeakable atrocities and crimes perpetrated on Naga people by the Indian Security forces would have turned any man into a rapacious and murderous machine but our Naga Army has exercised highest of human principles abjuring from causing hurt innocent mainland civilians. This is the paramount difference between our Naga Army and other "Insurgent" (As India calls them) groups. The Meitei groups like PLA and Assam's ULFA and NDFB targets migrants and Hindi speaking people by planting bombs and going on a shooting spree but never have our Naga Army ever committed such depraved acts. R.N Ravi, special interlocutor himself recognised this gemstone of a difference between Naga Group and other UG groups and admitted the same in one of his interviews. The Naga Army have always stuck to the rules of engagement, making their war only with the security forces as they are the essential representation of the colonial Indian state and this is particularly true of NSCN (K) even after they unilaterally abrogated the cease fire. The movement that was started in good faith and grounded in the principles of 'Nagaland for Christ' remains unblemished of any aberration in conduct. And this is not just mere rhetoric but the truth. There are many shortcomings among our brothers serving in the Naga cause but this one noble truth the general Naga people will testify and for this we remain proud of them ever so. Barth Humtsoe: We are angry because in a short period already two such incidents took place. The previous incident took place in Phek district when a troops from Para Regiment and AR fired indiscriminately on unarmed peaceful villagers resulting in the death of two school going children. The current episode is plain betrayal of trust because the center through its emissary RN Ravi had given the green signal to Naga civil organizations to visit Khaplang and impress upon him to return back to negotiation and it was for this purpose that the convoy of unarmed NSCN K cadres along with civilian hitchhikers (Getting a ride in this part of the region is heaven sent due to the remoteness of the region) were travelling to shop for food and to escort the delegates from Naga Mothers Association who had received approval from Khaplang. Bloodshed could have been avoided if the army had warned them to stop rather than staging an ambush. It is also interesting to note that army spokesperson said the AR jawans acted with utmost restraint when the death of innocent civilians clearly says otherwise. This action of Assam Rifles will also have a serious negative impact because what little chances we had of peace is now gone. The irony is the central leaders talk about an inclusive deal while the jawans are doing just the opposite. Also RN Ravi on AFSPA commented that AFSPA has no place in any civilized society while the jawans are harassing/ murdering Nagas with impunity under the protection of the very same Act. The national media are tagging NSCN K as a terror group even when Modi himself had said Naga issue is unique and different from others. They are being tagged as terrorists while the Indian security forces are the ones who are doing all the terrorizing. And while Mainland Indians are eulogizing the death of their Soldiers, here we are, our cry for justice falling on deaf ears. National media should do a sound research, listen to both sides before broadcasting biased one sided stories. Disclaimer: The opinions expressed here are the views of the individual and do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of The Naga Blog.

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Mufti government spying on me: Omar Abdullah srinagar, sePteMber 4 (ians): Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Friday accused the state government of "brazenly spying" on him. The National Conference leader tweeted that a journalist interviewing him for a national daily got stopped right outside his residence by a police detective. "Mufti government brazenly spying on me. A journalist interviewing me for a national daily just got stopped right outside my gate by CID person. "She was asked who she was and what the purpose of her visit was! Seriously guys, if you want to know just ask me, I couldn't care less if you do. He challenged his successor Mufti Mohammed Sayeed to directly ask him what he was planning to do instead of using spies to shadow him. "Dear Mufti (Saab), if you and your apparatchiks want to know what I'm up to, pick up the phone and ask me," he said. "Please don't accost people outside my gate!"

Japanese tourist's rapists get 20 years jail term JaiPur, sePteMber 4 (ians): A court here on Friday sentenced three convicted of raping a 20-year-old old Japanese woman in February to 20 years jail. Three others convicted of harbouring the rapists were sentenced to two years jail each while three others were acquitted. "The additional district and sessions court here has sentenced main accused Ajit Singh Chaudhary and to two co-accused Wahid and Abrar to 20 years imprisonment on charges of gang rape and two years jail term each to Ramveer, Shivraj and Ramraj for harbouring offenders in the case, while other three other accused - Dharamveer, Rajveer and Ravinder - were acquitted by the court," Special Public Prosecutor B.S. Chouhan told IANS. The incident had occurred on February 8 and the complaint was filed by the tourist on Feb 9 in Dudu police station, over 60 km from here. Chaudhury, presenting himself as a tourist guide, offered to show the woman around. After visiting a few places, he took her to a secluded place and raped her, police said. In all, charges were framed against nine people. Chaudhury, 24, had surrendered to police on Feb 13 and was arrested on the same day.

WHO sounds alarm over Indian supplier of tuberculosis drugs lOndOn/MuMbai, sePteMber 4 (reuters): A major Indian supplier of tuberculosis drugs to developing countries has been severely criticised by the World Health Organization for inadequate manufacturing standards and poor testing procedures. The United Nations agency issued a warning letter to Mumbai-based Svizera Labs, part of Maneesh Pharmaceuticals, stating that the approval and use of its products would be suspended if "critical and major observations are not corrected within a reasonable time frame". The move is the latest setback for India's drugs industry, a vital source of cheap generic medicines to countries worldwide which has been tarnished by a series of quality problems. Svizera is important well beyond India because it is one of four manufacturers with a long-term contract to supply medicines to the Stop TB Partnership, a WHO-backed organisation set up in 2001 to fighttuberculosis in more than 100 countries.

PM Modi meets RSS leaders to mend ties

new delhi, sePteMber 4 (reuters): Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with the Hindu nationalist group Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on Friday to discuss his government, in a move that highlighted the organisation's influence but drew criticism from the opposition. The RSS is the ideological parent of Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) but tensions have surfaced between the two groups in recent months over some of the government’s economic and social policies. Modi spent his formative years as a full-time volunteer in the RSS. The three-day meet between the RSS and the BJP in New Delhi was to discuss India’s fiscal policy, internal security, foreign policy, defence deals and education, RSS leaders said. It was billed as a way to improve the working relationship between the two. "Several members of the RSS are now ministers, and it is obvious that the RSS wants to know about their action plan on crucial policy matters," said Dattatreya Hosabale, joint general secretary of the RSS. "RSS can only provide

Government on right track but economic model needed: RSS

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (REUTERS File Photo)

inputs to the government. It will never dictate policies to the BJP lawmakers," Hosabole said. Modi’s attendance was criticized by the opposition Congress party. "It is shocking that a constitutionally elected government is being held captive to the diktats of an extra constitutional, divisive and fascist organization," Congress spokesman Randeep Singh Surjewala said.

‘Experiments with ideas beneficial for democracy’ new delhi, sePteMber 4 (ians): President Pranab Mukerjee on Friday tutored senior secondary students at a school here and said experiments with ideas of public interest are beneficial for the Indian democracy. "Indian people are making experiments (with ideas)," Mukherjee told students of class 11 and 12 of Dr. Rajendra Prasad Sarvodaya Vidyalaya located in the sprawling President's Estate. He lectured the class on political science on the eve of Teachers Day. Referring to concepts such as universal voting rights, free and fair voting mechanism, an independent election commission, and said people continue to question if the country has progressed and what more it could achieve. "The powerful instruments are developing as offshoots of this thinking of the civil society, NGOs, social movements," he said. Recalling the public movement of social activist Anna Hazare, he said people have the right to question. "If people feel that the MPs and the governments were not doing their jobs, they cannot sit idle," he said. The president said that social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter were "very powerful" tools to generate public opinion on issues of public interest. new delhi, sePteMber 4 (ians): The preamble of the Indian constitution, the Bengal famine and post-liberalisation India figured in President Pranab Mukherjee's lecture delivered to students of a senior secondary government school on the eve of Teachers' Day eve here Friday. The president, who was a teacher and journalist before embarking on a political career, gave lessons to students of class 11 and 12 of Dr. Rajendra Prasad Sarvodaya Vidyalaya, a school located in the sprawling President's Estate. He narrated to the students how the constitution of the country was framed after 300 people toiled over its contents for a long time. Mentioning about the 1943 Bengal famine, the president told the students that it was actually a man-made

Govt blocks foreign funds for Greenpeace India new delhi, sePteMber 4 (ians): In yet another crackdown on NGOs, the government on Thursday cancelled the registration of Greenpeace India under the Foreign Contribution Regulations Act (FCRA) for its activities which allegedly hampered country's economic growth. Terming the action the "government's latest move in a relentless onslaught against the community's right to dissent" and "yet another attempt to silence campaigns for a more sustainable future", Greenpeace India said it will not be deterred. Greenpeace India's registration under FCRA has been cancelled, a senior home ministry official told reporters here. The decision would mean that the NGO will not be able to receive from abroad the funds, which are up to 30 percent of its overall cost of its operations. The decision came five months after the home ministry suspended the NGO's licence under FCRA for 180 days, and also froze its seven bank accounts, alleging the environmental group was working against the country's economic progress and public interest. The government had cited alleged violation of norms by the NGO by opening five accounts to use foreign donations without informing the authorities concerned, and also accused the NGO of under-reporting

leaders said. The ministers are expected to take that into account while tweaking policy. Trade unions and farmers' groups affiliated to the RSS strongly opposed Modi's early attempts to amend labour and land laws, forcing the government to rethink its strategy. Modi is also struggling to rein in hardline affiliate groups that have been accused of promoting a Hindu-first agenda.

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Electricity to soon reach all Odisha villages: Goyal bhubaneswar, sePteMber 4 (ians): Union Coal and Energy Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday said Odisha villages which remain un-electrified would be provided electric supply within the next one-and-half years. Goyal, who attended a review meeting of the power sector with state government officials on Thursday, said about 4,000 villages or 50 lakh households were yet to have electricity connection even after so many years of Independence. The union minister said all the villages would be electrified under two central schemes -- Integrated Power Development Scheme and Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana. Goyal on Friday also met Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, who apprised the former about the problems, including law and order and land acquisition, for electricity connection to villages in the state. Stating that the agricultural electricity consumption of farmers is just two percent in the state, the minister said a separate dedicated line would be ensured to supply electricity to the farmers of Odisha. Goyal asked the state government to set up a large solar power project, citing inadequate presence of solar energy facilities in the state. He said the state government has identified three locations for pumped storage hydropower plants.

The RSS rejects such labels and says it is a nonpolitical organization. However, it has swiftly moved from the fringes of Indian society to the epicentre of power, lending its cadres to the BJP during elections and increasingly influencing government rhetoric and policy. During the meeting, RSS leaders offered feedback to ministers and BJP leaders on the government’s performance, RSS

new delhi, sePteMber 4 (ians): Rejecting criticism that it was acting like a "remote control", the RSS said on Friday that the Narendra Modi government was on the right track and that three days of discussions with government leaders had been "very useful". "Only 14 months have passed (since the government took power). There is more time and a lot more is to be done. Whatever has been done so far, the government's direction is fine, so is its dedication, commitment and thinking. Its achievements are good," RSS joint general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale told the media here. "There cannot be 100 percent satisfaction for everyone," the 59-year-old added. The leader of the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh, the ideological parent of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), said the Modi government had raised the aspirations and hopes of the people as never before and created a sense of confidence both within and outside the country. "That is the most welcome thing" about the government, he said. The RSS veteran, who interacts closely with the Modi-led government, rejected Congress criticism that the RSS was acting like a remote control of the ruling coalition. "Those who remote controlled (the government) have no moral right to talk about remote control." Replying to a question that ministers were violating the oath of secrecy by reporting to the RSS, he said: "We are not an illegal organisation. We are also citizens of the country. "We have every right to ask ministers, who are also swayamsevaks. Where is the question of secrecy? Swayamsevaks have become ministers." Hosabale said he and his colleagues told the government that India needed to go for an economic model suited to it instead of aping the West which was facing a grave economic crisis. "These days people are rushing to cities from villages in search of work, education and healthcare. The government should provide these facilities in villages. We need an economic model where people remain happily in villages," he said.

and repeatedly mentioning inaccurate amounts of its foreign contributions. In response, Greenpeace India interim co-executive director Vinuta Gopal said: "The cancelling of our FCRA registration is the government's latest move in a relentless onslaught against the community's right to dissent. It is yet another attempt to silence campaigns for a more sustainable future and transparency in public processes." "Cutting access to our foreign funding may be a desperate attempt to get us to cease our work but the MHA probably didn't count on our having an amazing network of volunteers and supporters who have helped us continue our work despite the government crackdown. "Since the majority of our funding comes from Indian citizens, most of our work can indeed continue," Gopal said in a statement. "In fact, we are responding to this latest melodrama by launching a new creative online campaign and are confident that people will show they are ready to fight back in style, and send a clear message to those in power: you can't muzzle dissent in a democracy." Hozefa Merchant, a Greenpeace campaigner, said the government action will not affect the organisation much financially as 70 percent of funds are generated domestically.

famine in which people found it difficult to buy rice even at Rs.1 per kg. The president touched upon the historical background of the issue, saying the constitution came into existence three years after the nation attained independence in 1947. Sharing his experiences as a student, the president reminisced not many facilities were available during his school days. "I was not a very good student... I would complain to my mother that I would not go school any more as I had to walk for three to four kilometres to reach there every day," he recalled, as students of class 11 and 12 listened with rapt attention. "My mother then told me that since I didn't have any other option, I would have to study hard," he said. The president also told the stu-

dents that experiments with ideas of public interest were beneficial for the Indian democracy. "Indian people are making experiments (with ideas)." Referring to the concepts such as universal voting rights, free and fair voting mechanism, an independent election commission, he said people continue to question if the country had progressed and what more it could achieve. "The powerful instruments are developing as offshoots of this thinking of the civil society, NGOs, social movements," he explained. Recalling social activist Anna Hazare's public movement, the president said people have the right to question. "If people feel that the MPs and the governments were not doing their jobs, they cannot sit idle."

new delhi, sePteMber 4 (ians): Nestle India Chief Suresh Narayanan on Friday said the Indian arm of the company is trying to get Maggi noodles back into the market by the year-end. In an interview with India Today TV, Narayanan said: "We are targeting to get the product (into the market) by the end of this year. By the end of September the process of testing, which has been directed by the Bombay High Court should be completed." Narayanan said if Maggi noodles clear all the tests by accredited laboratories, as directed by the Bombay High Court, the Swiss company would start manufacturing the popular noodles in India, after which there would be another round of tests. Regarding Rs.640 crore class action suit filed by the government for unfair trade practices, Narayanan said the company was extremely "disappointed". "As far as Nestle is concerned, we are very disappointed with the case that has been preferred on us. It's a case on the grounds entirely based on FSSAI's contentions which have been presented before the high court," he said. "This is a question of our trust and reputation, and we would defend it vigorously when called upon to do so," Narayanan added. He said the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India's (FSSAI) legitimacy and importance has never been under contention, as far as Nestle is concerned. The food regulator has the right to set the standards, to monitor the food quality and safety in the country, Narayanan added. "Nestle has never challenged the standards, what we have looked at is the fact that there are three elements of the testing regime -- infrastructure, equipment, protocols and the quality of people who are actually doing the tests," he said. He continued to maintain that the products of Nestle, including Maggi noodles, have always been and will be safe for consumption. Naryanan also said, "Out of 2,700 tests done on Maggi noodles, 1,100 have been done in accredited laboratories, both domestic and overseas. But not a single test has failed to meet the standards or specifications on lead." The Bombay High Court on August 13 lifted the ban on Maggi noodles, ordering fresh tests within six weeks to check if it complies with the country's food safety norms. On June 5, the industry watchdog had said in its ban order that tests conducted on a batch of Maggi were found to contain more-than-permissible levels of lead and high quantities of mono-sodium glutamate (MSG). The company, following the watchdog's observation and ban, had recalled the product from the market.

Changing lives in water-scarce Bundelkhand through simple dams Patna village (Madhya Pradesh), sePteMber 4 (ians): A simple innovation like a check-dam has dramatically turned around the lives of the 500-odd people in 50 poor Adivasi houselholds in this village located on a water-scarce plateau in Madhya Pradesh, where the nearest water body was once over four kilometres away. Located in the Chhatarpur district of Madhya Pradesh's Bundelkhand region, Patna village (curiously sharing its name with Bihar’s capital) also recorded one of the lowest per-capita incomes in the country for the very same reason: lack of water. Crops invariably failed in an area where livelihoods were entirely dependent on agriculture. All that changed in 2013, when an initiative by NGO Haritika, with the support of Anandana, Coca-Cola India Foundation, to create a check-dam and generate solar power led to increased water levels and higher per-capita income for the villagers. The village now has a water-distribution sys-

tem through a solar-powered bore well, 60 toilets for the households, 15 solar street lights and a checkdam that can hold over 12,446,400 litres of water. Until two years ago, 30-year-old Sheel Rani, a resident of the village, had to spend over five hours each day to fetch a minimum of 25 litres of water required for her household's use. "I would have to make more than 4-5 trips to the lake, which remains dried up for over four months a year, to serve my household needs. Most of my day would go into fetching water. Now, household water pumps are a blessing for our village," Sheel Rani told IANS during this writer's visit to the village. For farmer Raggho Pal, 39, his annual income, which used to be less than Rs.5,000 ($75), has now doubled as the check-dam can store water for growing crops. "The check-dam has brought a lot of change in our lives. The mango and guava plantations that I had never survived the heat and lack of water. Now I manage to make

Rs.200 a week by selling fruit that is grown entirely in an organic way," Raggho Pal said. "Through projects like these, aimed at water-scarce regions that exist in 40 other areas of the country in states like Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan, among others, about 13 billion litres of water is being replenished in the country," Anandana chief executive officer Yogesh Chandra told IANS. Bundelkhand is one of the country's most water-scarce regions where many people migrate from their villages to the banks of the rivers to survive during summer, Chandra said. "Our aim is to serve the communities that are not within the commercial coverage of CocaCola. We function in the areas where Coca-Cola does not draw water for its commercial usage. If we are drawing about five billion litres of water from a place, we are replenishing about 13 billion litres in other drought-prone regions," Chandra added. Avni Mohan Singh, the found-

er and executive director of NGO Haritika, which has been implementing the water replenishment project in Patna village, is satisfied with the results. "People of this village are heading towards economic prosperity with crop patterns improving. Their annual incomes now range between Rs.10,000 and Rs.15,000 and have doubled over previous years." Even so, gaps still remain that will have to be addressed. The village school has classes only till the 5th standard and the nearest medical facility is located over 15 km away from the village. "During an emergency, like during pregnancy, women have to wait for over an hour for a medical van to arrive," Singh told IANS. A study by the Delhi-based National Institute of Disaster Management in 2014 pointed out that in more than 60 percent of the villages of the Bundelkhand region, easy access to drinking water is available for only a month in the year.

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For many refugees, journey begins on Facebook beirUt/istanbUL/ bUDapest/beLgraDe, september 4 (reUters): Would-be migrants hoping to flee war in the Middle East are using Facebook as their compass for finding the people smugglers they hope will get them to a better life in Europe. The U.S.-based website and other social media that were once used to help mobilise the “Arab Spring” uprisings now host information services for those escaping the Syrian civil war and other conflicts in the region. There refugees can find much of what they need to know, right down to the prices, fees, bribes they will have to pay on a journey fraught with dangers ranging from drowning at sea to suffocating in a lorry. On top of this, messaging apps such as WhatsApp and Viber help them en route to contact smugglers, friends and families alike while Internet mapping ensures they don’t get lost. In Facebook groups set up in Arabic, users post phone numbers of contacts they say can take refugees from the Turkish coast to nearby Greek islands or even further into Europe, a continent struggling to cope with the migration crisis. For those seeking a boat ride to Greece, details on where best to cross the Serbian-Hungarian border, or the price for being smuggled all the way from Turkey to Germany, users of these groups appear to offer many of the answers. An ad posted this week offered a late availability seat in rubber dinghy departing

Hungary’s Prime Minister warns of “tens of millions” of migrants bUDapest/biCsKe, september 4 (reUters): Europeans risk becoming a minority on their own continent, Hungary’s right-wing prime minister said on Friday, defending his country’s hardline stand on migrants after hundreds spent the night stranded on a train surrounded by police. He spoke as hundreds of migrants, many of them refugees from the Syrian war, woke after a night on a packed train stranded at a railway station west of Budapest, refusing to go to a nearby camp to process asylum seekers. “The reality is that Europe is threatened by a mass inflow of people, many tens of millions of people could come to Europe,” Viktor Orban told public radio in a regular interview. “Now we talk about hundreds of thousands but next year we will talk about millions and there is no end to this,” he said. “All of a sudden we will see that we are in minority in our own continent.” Shouts of “No camp, freedom!” broke out; Using shaving foam, they wrote on the side of the train: “No camp. No Hungary. Freedom train.” The migrants had

Migrants protest in front of a train at Bicske railway station, Hungary on September 4. (REUTERS Photo)

from the Turkish seaside city of Izmir, one of the main points of departure for Syrian refugees trying to reach Greece. The price: $1,200. “The trip is tomorrow, 100 percent, for sure,” it said. “They’ll give you a free life jacket.” Another post offered places on a more comfortable “tourist yacht” at 2,500 euros ($2,800). Facebook guides refugees before they even leave Syria, said Muhammed Salih Ali, head of the Izmirbased Association for Solidarity With Syrian Refugees. Many are told on Facebook pages to make their way to the Izmir district of Basmane, the informal headquarters in Turkey for

traffickers and those hoping to make the passage. “They are able to make contact on Facebook with intermediaries. Once they are in Basmane, they can also spend three or five days at hotels and investigate their options. They speak with others about which smuggler is more affordable or has a reputation for safety,” he said in an interview. Hopelessness & Despair Social media have played a crucial role throughout the turmoil that has gripped the Arab world since 2011. It helped activists to mobilise protests against their rulers in countries

such as Egypt, Libya and Syria itself at the start of the Arab Spring, and then became a means for citizens to report on the violence that followed. It remains an important organising tool, and a practical aid for those travelling to and then through the European Union’s 26 “Schengen area” states, which have scrapped border controls between each other, as they head north for countries such as Germany and Sweden where they hope help is at hand. “We use our smart phones primarily, to have a GPS signal so we don’t get lost,” said a Syrian refugee who gave his name as

Ahmad at a Budapest railway station, where he was camping last week with hundreds more refugees. “We use social media, including WhatsApp, Viber or Facebook to communicate with people we know. If they are already in western Europe, they send information back to us to help us navigate the route,” he said. “That includes contact information for smugglers sometimes, as well as things to watch out for.” With Turkey hosting about 1.9 million Syrian refugees fleeing a war that shows no sign of abating, many more people are heading all the time to the EU via neighbouring Greece.

The U.N. refugee agency has registered more than 4 million Syrian refugees across the Middle East, with another 7 million driven from their homes inside the country by the war in which an estimated 250,000 people have been killed. Facebook users also exchange the latest news coverage from Europe on the crisis, including one story about German football fans unfurling banners welcoming refugees. Another article covered Hungary’s efforts to reinforce its border with Serbia to slow the flow of humanity. A trip all the way from Istanbul to Germany costs 6,000 euros, according to

wrestled with police on Thursday, some throwing themselves on the tracks insisting they be allowed to remain on the train bound for a border town near Austria. The train had left Budapest on Thursday morning after a two-day standoff at the city’s main railway station as police barred entry to some 2,000 migrants. Hungary says they must be registered, as per European Union rules, but many refuse, fearing they will be sent back to Hungary if caught later in western and northern Europe. Hungary has hit out at Germany, the most popular destination among the migrants, for saying it would accept asylum requests from Syria regardless of where they entered the EU. “Hungary cannot ignore Schengen rules in its procedures,” said Orban, referring to Europe’s zone of passport-free travel. “Migrants must cooperate with Hungarian authorities, with the German authorities and if Germany wants to admit Syrians, it should issue permission for them to go into Germany.” Orban said the new measures being debated by parliament would be implemented from Sept. 15.

one advert on Facebook. “Turkey, then Greece, then Macedonia, then Serbia, then Hungary, arriving at Germany. You only have to walk for one hour, and then cross the river, with the rest by car to Germany,” it said. One user uploaded a video purporting to show a group of men wearing lifejackets celebrating as they arrived in a boat on the Greek island of Lesbos. A caption with the video offered two phone numbers for future customers. Some refugees make the entire journey from Syria using one agent. Hafez, a 31-year-old refugee from Damascus, said he had

found his via social networks. “We got information about agencies, prices, fees, bribes, phones - all logistical details,” he told Reuters in an interview in Belgrade. “We also used Google Maps extensively as people who are crossing to Hungary are sending us waypoints and coordinates. For the moment there are two good spots on the border and one which is potentially problematic,” he said, pointing to his smartphone. “It took me three months to make a decision to leave Syria. Mainly it was hopelessness and despair after years of war and killing that prompted me to leave.”

Could mobile devices Trump signs Republican loyalty pledge EU faces “defining moment” with refugee crisis: UNHCR raise skin cancer risk? Kathryn Doyle

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evices like tablets, smartphones and laptops can reflect ultraviolet light from the sun and may indirectly increase users’ exposure to the cancer-causing wavelengths, according to a new study. “These devices are generally used for communication or entertainment, so it can be easy to overlook their reflective properties unless you happen to catch the glare off a screen,” said Mary E. Logue of the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, who coauthored the research with Dr. Barrett J. Zlotoff. They wondered whether, like those old-fashioned tanning reflectors, personal electronics could also pose skin health risks, Logue told Reuters Health by email. In a small observational study conducted on a grassy field in Albuquerque, the researchers set up a mannequin head wearing a UVA/B light meter and faced it toward a standard musician’s sheet stand. Then they placed various mobile devices on the stand. In two trials, the researchers recorded UV readings for an hour of exposure, from 11 AM to noon, using a magazine, an iPhone5, various iPad models, two Macbook laptops and a Kindle e-reader. In the first trial the devices were 16.5 inches from the UV sensor. For the second, they were secured 12.25 inches away. The devices and the UV sensor were angled to mimic an adult looking down at the handheld device. The study team measured UVA/B dose exposure from light reflected by the devices in Joules per square centimeter over one hour and compared that to the UV readings with an empty sheet stand. In the first trial, when the devices were further away from the mannequin, an open magazine increased UV dosage exposure by 46 percent compared to the sheet stand alone, an iPad2 increased exposure by about 85 percent and an 11-inch Macbook increased UV exposure by 75 percent. Only the second trial, with devices held closer to the mannequin’s “face,” included the iPhone5, which increased UV exposure by 36 percent, as the researchers reported in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. “The harmful effects of UVA and UVB rays have been well documented, and limiting exposure is the single most effective preventive measure an individual can take,” Logue said. “Significant levels of UV exposure, such as those found in this study, increase cumulative lifetime UV dosage.” Given the increase in UV exposure, there needs to be further research to see if skin cancer risks are affected, she said. “While the best course of action is to limit smart device usage to the indoors, this is obviously impractical for most people,” Logue said. “We recommend covering the shoulders, wearing sunglasses and wearing sunscreen, especially on the exposed areas of the neck and face.” The devices themselves could be redesigned to be less reflective, or to include UV sensor technology so their users could track their exposure, she said. Dr. Robert Dellavalle, chief of the Dermatology Service at the Denver VA Medical Center, who was not part of the new study, said that while the research did not involve real people using the devices, it still raised a practical point. In real world use, it may be hard to see phone or tablet screens in full sun, and using them may actually encourage shade-seeking behavior, he noted.

Washington, september 4 (ians): To the relief of the Republican establishment, the party’s presidential frontrunner Donald Trump has signed a pledge to support the eventual party nominee and promising not to make an independent or third-party run. “I have signed the pledge,” the real estate mogul declared Thursday waving an agreement requested by the Republican National Committee, at a packed news conference in the lobby of Trump Tower in Manhattan. Trump who had caused a degree of nervousness in the party establishment by his refusal to make that very pledge at the first Republican presidential debate on Fox News last month did so after meeting privately with RNC chairman Reince Priebus. Trump said he had decided to sign the pledge because the Republican Party in recent months has been “extremely fair” to him. “The RNC has been absolutely terrific over the last two month period and as you know, that’s what I’ve wanted,” Trump said. “I don’t want to be treated any differently.” Asked what he got in return for signing the paper, Trump responded: “assurance that I will be treated fairly.” Analysts differed on the impact of the pledge on the Trump phenomenon. CNN suggested that while calming the nerves of establishment Republicans it could also invite backlash from some of the bombastic candidate’s die-hard supporters. The New York Times, on the other

U.S. presidential hopeful Donald Trump holds up a signed pledge not to run as an independent candidate in the November 2016 presidential election, during a press availability at Trump Tower in Manhattan, New York on September 3. (REUTER Photo)

hand, said Trump’s promise not to make a third-party run may be less a concession than a bid to raise his standing even higher among Republicans. After the Trump press conference, establishment favourite Jeb Bush, who in recent weeks has publicly clashed with Trump, tweeted a tongue-in-cheek version of the pledge that said, “Voted Republican since 1972.” Another Republican presidential candidate, Carly Fiorina former HP CEO, wondered just how enforceable a loyalty pledge is. “You’re right, it’s unenforceable,” she told CNN. “It is, more than anything else, your word.” Trump

also received some advise from South Carolina’s Indian-American governor Nikki Haley not to “get mad” at his critics. “Every time someone criticizes him, he goes and makes a political attack back,” Haley said at National Press Club in Washington Wednesday. “That is not who we are as Republicans. That’s not what we do. That not what I want my South Carolinians to do.” Meanwhile, Trump is expanding his strong lead over the other Republican candidates nationally, according to a new poll, but neurosurgeon Ben Carson is also posting a big jump in support.

geneVa, september 4 (reUters): The European Union’s response to the refugee crisis will be a “defining moment” for the bloc, the head of the U.N. refugee agency Antonio Guterres said on Friday, warning that a divided EU would benefit only smugglers and traffickers. The EU needs to help more migrants enter legally and provide about 200,000 relocation places, according to a preliminary estimate, as well as supporting countries under pressure such as Greece, Hungary and Italy, he said in a statement. “This is a defining moment for the European Union, and it now has no other choice but to mobilize full force around this crisis. The only way to solve this problem is for the Union and all member states to implement a common strategy, based on responsibility, solidarity and trust.” Although refugee numbers have been rising, the EU has borne relatively little of the refugee burden of the Syrian war, which has created 4 million refugees in countries neighbouring Syria and displaced a further 7.6 million within the country. No EU country could refuse to do its part, Guterres said, and all must make “fundamental changes” to allow more resettlement and humanitarian admissions and to expand visa, sponsorship and scholarship programmes and other ways to enter legally. “Solidarity cannot be the responsibility of only a few EU member states,” said Guterres, a former prime minister of Portugal. More than 300,000 people have risked their lives this year trying to cross the Mediterranean, and more than 2,600 people have died doing so. Guterres said the image of a drowned 3-year-old Syrian boy washed up on a Turkish beach that has swept across social media this week had “stirred the hearts of the world public”, but the EU had so far failed to find a collective common response. “Europe is facing a moment of truth. This is the time to reaffirm the values upon which it was built.”

Guatemala’s president quits, jailed on corruption charges gUatemaLa CitY, september 4 (reUters): Guatemala’s Otto Perez resigned as president and was jailed on Thursday while a judge weighs charging him in a corruption scandal that gutted his government and plunged the country into a political crisis days before a presidential election. In an emergency session, Congress approved Perez’s resignation after the retired general quit overnight. Former vice president Alejandro Maldonado was sworn in as president to fill out the remaining months of Perez’s term. Tens of thousands of protesters had flooded the streets of the capital and other cities in recent weeks, calling for Perez to step down over allegations he was involved in a customs racket.

Celebrations over Perez’s resignation erupted in a plaza of the capital on Thursday, as the country prepared for presidential and congressional elections on Sunday. “I am going to respect due process and face this,” Perez told reporters after a court hearing and before he was escorted away to jail because he was deemed a flight risk. “I believe this is completely inconsistent.” Perez, 64, has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing. The court hearing is set to continue on Friday. In his resignation letter, submitted to Congress during the night, Perez said he would face the charges against him “with a clear conscience.” Prosecutors allege he was involved in a customs scam dubbed “La Linea” (“The Line”), referring to a

phone hotline used by importers to avoid paying customs duties in exchange for bribes. “At last, the most corrupt president in the history of Guatemala is gone,” said Juan Carlos Carrera, a 38-year-old lawyer who waved a blue and white Guatemalan flag from his car window and honked the horn. “This is a citizens’ revolution, because Guatemala has been divided for many years with so much injustice,” he said. Dressed in a dark suit, Perez sat in the courtroom while prosecutors played phone recordings that allegedly implicate him in the scandal. Prosecutors have said the charges to be brought against Perez are illicit association, taking bribes and customs fraud, but he

has not yet been charged. The White House said it respected Perez’s decision to resign, and added that it was ready to work with Maldonado in his new role as president. “We commend the people of Guatemala and their institutions for the manner in which they have dealt with this crisis, and continue to underscore our support for Guatemala’s democratic and constitutional institutions,” White House spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters. Perez was elected in late 2011 after promising to fight crime and corruption. Under Guatemala’s constitution, he was not allowed to seek re-election in Sunday’s presidential vote. He had resisted calls for his resignation but his options narrowed on Wednesday when lawmak-

ers stripped him of immunity from prosecution and a judge issued a detention order against him. Attorney General Thelma Albania said Perez was also being investigated for money laundering, which could lead to the freezing of his assets. His conservative government spent much of this year facing corruption allegations, and he fired several of his cabinet members in a purge in May. Former Vice President Roxana Baldetti resigned after she was linked to “La Linea.” She denied any wrongdoing but was arrested on the same charges Perez now faces. More than 20 other officials, including the president of the central bank, have been arrested over the scam, though how much money was involved is still

unclear. Prosecutors and a powerful U.N.-backed anti-corruption body known as the CICIG moved against Perez following months of investigations and findings taken from some 89,000 telephone taps, almost 6,000 emails and 17 raids. The anti-corruption investigations have also hit the center-right opposition Lider party, whose election candidate, Manuel Baldizon, had been leading the polls. One poll published on Thursday showed independent challenger Jimmy Morales, a comic actor, edging ahead. If no candidate wins more than 50 percent of the vote on Sunday, as expected, the top two will face off in a second round on Oct. 25. The next president will take over in January.

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Hamilton fastest as Mercedes have a blast at Monza

MONZA, SEPTEMBER 4 (REUTERS): Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton set the pace in practice for the Italian Grand Prix on Friday with dominant Mercedes turning on the power and leaving their rivals trailing. The Briton, who will be chasing his 11th pole position in 12 races on Saturday, told reporters on arriving at Monza with his hair dyed blond that he was going through an 'experimental' phase. There was nothing radically different in his track performance, however, only clear evidence that the upgraded Mercedes power unit was faster than ever. The championship leader, 28 points clear of

closest rival and team mate Nico Rosberg with eight races remaining, lapped nearly half a second faster

was only 0.021 quicker than Rosberg in the afternoon, when he produced his fastest lap of one minute 24.279 seconds on the quickest track on the calendar. Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel, preparing for his first Italian race in the home team's red overalls, was third quickest in both sessions -- a massive 1.588 slower than Hamilton in the morning and 0.759 adrift after lunch. That will have come as a disappointment for the fervent local fans, displaying the usual array of Ferrari Lewis Hamilton banners in the stands including several supporting than the German in sunny stricken favourite Michael Schumacher and the late morning conditions. The Briton, winner of Jules Bianchi. Mercedes-powered six races so far this season,

Force India were fourth in both sessions, with Nico Hulkenberg in the morning and Sergio Perez in the afternoon. The opening session was halted briefly when Spaniard Carlos Sainz lost control of his Toro Rosso at Parabolica and skidded into the gravel, bringing out the red flags at the half hour mark. Hondapowered McLaren, stacking up more grid penalties for engine changes to both Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button's cars, endured difficult sessions with the Briton 18th and 19th respectively. There were no problems with the Pirelli tyres after alarming high-speed blowouts in Belgium two weeks ago.

TEACHERS AND THEIR ROLE IN 21 CENTURY st

would first like to greet the most honourable teachers who are treasures of our society. on the eve of Teachers Day. Teachers are the vehicles of the living World. They are the voice of the inspired Logos. They are the people who give utterance to the Eternal, dwelling in each individual. They have the capacity to give articulate expression to them. Man cannot grow the plant. The vitality to germinate is in the seed itself. Man cannot infuse that vitality into it. ‘What man can do is to put it in the proper ground, water it and thus help it grow. Man only removes the impediments and obstacles in its path and allows it to grow of itself. Similarly teachers remove the impediments and obstacles in students’ path and allow growing themselves by showing the right path. Teachers play an extraordinary part in the lives of children for the formative years of their development. The importance of teachers is something that cannot be understated. Their influence can and will stretch on long after the final bell rings, beyond the walls of the actual school. Teachers will find themselves as a temporary third parent “Teachers can change lives with just the right mix of chalk and challenges.” The only true teacher is he who can immediately come down to the level of the student, and transfer his soul to the student's soul and see through the student's eyes and hear through his ears and understand through his mind. Such a teacher can really teach and none else. The true teacher is one who can throw his whole force into the tendency of the taught. Teachers as role models should have positive and active influence in developing student’s moral character under their guidance. They have to train and mould the minds of our young people so as to make them worthy citizens of our democratic nation. A good teacher is like a candle – it consumes itself to light the way for others. The role of teacher is of supreme importance in India. For everything we want a teacher. Books are only outlines. The teacher handed down to disciples living secrets in every art, science and religion. The teacher of the Vedic age was responsible not only for imparting knowledge, but also in moulding the character and personality of the pupils. The teacher

was an affectionate father, an effective teacher, and a person of high moral and spiritual qualities. He taught with his heart and soul. According to Sri Aurobindo, a teacher possesses three instruments – instruction, example, and influence. The good teacher will seek to awaken much more than to instruct; he will aim at the growth of the faculties and the experiences by a natural process and free expansion. He will not impose his opinions on the passive acceptance of the receptive mind; . . . He will know that the example is more powerful than instruction. Actually, the example is not that of the outward acts but of the inner motivation of life and the inner states and inner activities. Finally, he will also acknowledge that influence is more important than example. For influence proceeds from the power of contact of the teacher with his pupil, from the nearness of his soul to the soul of another, infusing into the pupil, even though in silence, all that which the teacher himself is or possesses In his discourse on “The Ideal Teacher”, Sri Sathya Sai Baba tells teachers that they should not forget that “personal example is the best method of teaching. If we don’t show by example what we teach, of what use is our teaching and what impact it will make on the children’s mind?” . , “If teachers are to ensure integral development of their students, they themselves have to be trained to attain higher and higher degrees of integration of their own personalities” . Rabindranath Tagore believed that the teacher’s own life, his own search for truth should be such that encourages the student to respect truth and nature. Teaching lessons in the class and giving lectures on ideals and principles is not real education. Education can be successfully imparted by understanding childhood and giving oneself totally in love and union with it. The best education a child can get is in the atmosphere of love, trust and joy. Tagore gave a mantra to teachers – “Don’t try to preach your principles to children, instead give yourself completely in love” . In his discourse on “The Teacher and His Task,” Sri Sathya Sai Baba says that teachers have to cultivate in their own hearts the spirit of sacrifice, the virtues of charity and the awareness of divinity. Then only do they become entitled to cultivate these in the hearts of their children

HAPPY TEACHERS DAY

ear beloved “teachers” words are not enough to express how grateful I am to be under your love and care throughout my education journey. You have molded me and shaped me to be responsible and know the realities of Life. Your service towards the students meant a lot. You are the best gift that the Good Lord had bestowed on me. I have learned so much from you. The day I step into educations you have welcome me with a happy heart which was beyond my expectations. Half of My life have been spent under your care in the process of learning as a family. You have taught me how to love and respect my parent’s, brothers, sisters, relatives, elders and how to be a good citizens and above all you have taught me the Love of God. I am sorry for not been a good student’s, I have displeased you in many ways. I have many short comings and limitations failing to respect you and do my works on time. Thank you for understanding me and been so patient I am grateful. I regretted for not been the best student as you have expected. I was never a brilliant

A teacher functions as a facilitator of learning. Swami Vivekananda observes that “no one can teach anybody.” According to him the teacher spoils everything by thinking that he is teaching because “within man is all knowledge, and it requires only an awakening, and that much is the work of a teacher. We have to do only so much for the boys that they may learn to apply their own intellect to the proper use of their hands, legs, ears, eyes, etc.”. According to Swamiji what a man learns is really what he discovers by taking the cover off his own soul, which is a mine of infinite knowledge. To illustrate this idea Swamiji cites the example of Sir Isaac Newton’s discovery of ‘gravitation’, and explains that the knowledge was in Newton’s own mind and he found it out. “All Knowledge the world has ever received comes from the mind . . . External world is only the suggestion, occasion, which sets you to study your own mind. The falling of an apple gave the suggestion to Newton, and he studied his own mind” Here we remember Swami Vivekananda’s oft-quoted saying “Education is the manifestation of perfection already in man.” The child educates itself. Hence, the only duty of the teacher is to remove the obstructions from the way of a student’s learning process. This idea has been expressed by Sri Aurobindo too. According to him “the first principle of true teaching is that nothing can be taught. The teacher is not an instructor or task-master, he is a helper and a guide. His business is to suggest and not to impose. He does not actually train the pupil’s mind, he only shows him how to perfect his instruments of knowledge and helps and encourages him in the process. He does not impart knowledge to him, he shows him how to acquire knowledge for himself”. Sri Aurobindo remarks that the chief aim of education should be to help the growing soul to draw out that in itself which is best and make it perfect for a noble use. There is a well-known Sanskrit saying which reminds teachers that a student learns one quarter from the teacher, one quarter from his own intelligence, one quarter from his peers and books, and one quarter through experience. As Swami Tattwajnanananda says, “A teacher should treat the student as a gardener treats a plant – only giving the necessary nutrients needed for

student I was the weakest among all but you have never discouraged me instead you have encouraged me in every day of my educations journey. Once you have told me the very words “NEVER GIVE UP” that have strikes my mind and I continue to march forward with your words “Never Give UP”. Your tireless service towards us have produce much fruits. Many are still under your care to explore their talents and through your hard work contributions many have become a gazetted officers, scientists, pilots, doctors, Nurses, pastors, businessmen and women etc. All these great achievements are the results of your tireless service towards us. You deserved to be highly respected by all the citizens for making our life meaningful. Thank you so very much dear “TEACHERS” may the Good Lord protect you, guide you and prolong your life and be a channel of blessings to one and all. For what we are today is all because of you. Wishing you all a very “happy Teachers Day”. Abebi Nuwiry Mission Compound,Pfutsero.

the manifestation of its potential energy. The contemporary heads of high level educational agencies in India have now realized that the shift in focus in education calls for redefining the role of the teacher from ‘giver’ or ‘instructor’ to ‘facilitator’. As an educationist remarked, a teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn, is hammering on a cold iron. According to Dr. S. Radhakrishnan, a teacher “must be a committed man, committed to faith in the future of man, in the future of humanity, in the future of the country and the world.” The profession of a teacher “should not be reduced to a trade; it is a calling, a vocation, a mission.” Teachers, according to Dr. Radhakrishnan, must impart to the students “zest for new experience, love for adventure in knowledge.” Love of the pupils is therefore the first essential quality of a teacher. Teachers must try to understand their pupils – their needs, their interests, their abilities, their wishes, their attitudes and their problems. Mahatma Gandhi once remarked: “If teachers impart all the knowledge in the world to their students but inculcate not truth and purity among them, they will have betrayed them and instead of raising them, set them on the downward road to perdition. In the 21st century, especially in the context of an emerging globalised society, great responsibilities are on teachers whose duty is to mould the character and mind of the new generation. Teachers in the contemporary society need to be thorough professionals fully equipped with high academic standards, pedagogical and practical skills and ethical and moral values. The educational policy of every nation emphasizes that the quality of education can be achieved only when teachers are professionally satisfied, motivated, committed and are willing to perform for the benefit of the learners, the community and the society. To conclude, the future of a learning society will be bright only when the teachers are intellectually and morally well-equipped and are dedicated to the welfare of the society. And the teacher, however qualified he or she may be, will be useful to the society only if he or she loves the vocation. Prof Mithilesh Kumar Sinha Finance Officer Nagaland University, Lumami

ODE TO TEACHERS

eachers are the builders of the Nation was a slogan we made during one of our school’s annual functions. Reminiscing after some decades, I still hold on to this very truth that, teachers are the ones who built us to what we are today and not as Nee. It is this maxim that teaching as a profession is being revered and referred to as Noble. And our Nation’s destiny was shaped by great teachers like Dr.S.Radhakrishnan,Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru , Rabindranath Tagore et al. Today capitalism and materialism has waned us away to other forms of adoration and respect .But in the early days when the nagas were naïve,pure and undefiled, teachers were respected and honored as pandit. So much so that students in turn will accompany their teachers walking 30/40 kms during vacation. A teacher is a teacher whether one is in service( Government

or private) or retired.Honoring and celebrating teachers’day with the retirees will make the day even more commemorative and significant. On this great teachers’ day, I salute and give reverence to all the teachers living and dead and also to this year ‘s National,state and District teacher’s awardees. I also take this day to show reverence to all my great teachers and to mention some few like R.O’Hara, Valentine, Anthony,Mathew,H.P.Singh,P. sarkar, C.Nribemo, L.Libemo et al. Blessings and bliss is always with you all as is with my teacher father who on this July completed 32 years of blissful retired life, that becomes at par with the length of service he rendered to the governmentfor they superannuated at 55 years of age then. This tribute to teachers is in fond remembrance of those unsung pensioners who had given their best for the nation’s building. LONG LIVE ! TEACHERS’ DAY. Dr.Mhonchan Shitiri

Teachers Day GreeTinGs Respected Teachers of Bethesda as they seek to teach, enrich and guide Your precious children. Hr. Sec. School, Dimapur Special thanks for caring, for loving and tenderness; your patience and generosity, and boundless thoughtfulness. Your imprint lives forever in our hearts and in our minds. Thank you so much teachers, for you are so very kind! Happy Teachers Day ! Students of Class-10 Bethesda Hr. Sec. School, Dimapur

Dear Teachers of Cl- A & B,

You have been a teacher who not just saw our today, but managed to make us see our tomorrow as well. We owe so much to you dear teacher. Thank you. Abhijit, MCA Bethesda Alumni

A Teacher for All Seasons

A teacher is like Spring, Who nurtures new green sprouts, Encourages and leads them, Whenever they have doubts. A teacher is like Summer, Whose sunny temperament Makes studying a pleasure, Preventing discontent. A teacher is like Fall, With methods crisp and clear, Lessons of bright colors And a happy atmosphere. A teacher is like Winter, While it's snowing hard outside, Keeping students comfortable, As a warm and helpful guide.

Grant them abundant resources to do their job, intelligence, wisdom, sensitivity, kindness, and the material things that make it possible to turn some of these tender green plants into the strong, stable trees that will lead our nation, to transform some of these buds into brilliant flowers that will bring light, color and happiness to all who encounter them, and to give every one of them the tools to be creative, and productive and to develop their own kind of success in the world. Lord, wrap Your loving arms around these teachers who give so much of themselves to grow our youth into creative, responsible adults. We pray that You will immerse them in your boundless, transcendent love. We pray that You will strengthen and soothe them when they have given so much of themselves that they need Your extra attention, Your extra care. We love, respect and admire these teachers, Lord and we pray that you will watch over them always-these special people who hold our children and our future in their hands. Amen. Students of Cl-12 Science Bethesda Hr. Sec. School, Dimapur

Dear teachers, Thanks for being so outstanding, understanding and caring you proved that learning can be joyous Teacher, you do all these things, and pleasant experience With a pleasant attitude; You all are a wonderful and dedicated You're a teacher for all seasons, teachers. And you have my gratitude! Wishing you all a Happy & Blessed TeachBethesda Hr. Sec. School, Dimapur ers Day! Sam Happy Teachers Day Greetings Bethesda Alumni Thank you teacher for helping us To learn what we need to know A WARM GREETINGS We'll all remember you TO ALL THE TEACHERS No matter where we go. Dearest Teachers !!...We highly honour

and adore you, for you have shower your care and your guidance towards us. You have shaped and mould our life in a good way. You are kind, you are patience, you are like a compass that directs our goal. You are God’s given angels to us. All these days, you have inspired and comfort us, for that we say “THANK YOU.” Prayer for Teachers of May all the Teachers be bless. Bethesda Hr. Sec. School HAPPY TEACHERS’ DAY !! Dear Lord, bless our Chairman, AdminisYours loving trator, Principal, Headmistress and all the Students of Class-10 girls teachers mightily Bethesda Hr. Sec. School, Dimapur Thank you, teacher, for being So nice and kind and good; We like you so much, teacher, We'd stay here if we could! Students of Cl-12 Arts Bethesda Hr. Sec. School, Dimapur

AWARDS AND AWARDEES

n award is a life time achievement. Yourare honoured for being truthful to yourself, honest with department and doing justice to your profession. When it comes to the word “award”, we always find another word “deserve” as an accompanying word. We all believe in Jesus Christ, but not everyone is a practising Christian. Nagaland has thousands of teachers but not all are practicing teachers. Of late, only fortunate ones are identified and given due recognition by right authority at the right time. God bless the concerned authority that honours our deserving teachers. Times have changed a great deal; somewhere down the lane unfortunate ones remain unattended till retirement. I always believe in truth and there’s nothing to lose. You are an outstanding person in the eyes of God. The truth in you speaks volume. People’s appreciation is no better

than God’s reward. For some awardees if your conscience partially disagrees with award bestowed upon you by department, take it as a challenge, renew your vows and re-dedicate yourself one more time. Remember this award when old habit haunts you back. My salute to teachers with “NO SALARY” on auspicious Teacher’s Day. Braving all difficulties for months, you could still wear smile on your face as though everything is fine. What a beauty! Heartiest congratulations to all awardees. Only quality teacher can give quality teaching and have all qualities of a teacher. Award in true sense is a hard earned trophy but it doesn’t end there. You continue to be professional and dutiful till retirement is respecting your medal lifetime. God bless the skillful and inspiring teachers. Vikali Shikhu Quality & Training Coordinator DMA, SSA

A Tribute To All Dedicated Teachers On Teachers’ Day

oday our country celebrates Teachers’ Day which commemorates the birthday of great scholar, philosopher and former President of India Dr S Radhakrishnan. When few friends and students of Dr S Radhakrishnan requested him to allow them to celebrate his birthday, he preferred the day to be observed as Teachers Day and thus every teacher of our country gets the privilege of being honoured on 5th September since 1962. India has held teachers in high esteem from the ancient times and we could understand the importance of teachers from an Indian proverb that describes the hierarchy of respect to be accorded to different personalities in one’s life; Mother, Father, Teacher & God. Teachers are the builders of nation and are entrusted with the task of shaping the future of our country. Every school is a miniature society comprising of pupils from different sections of the community. Today’s children will rule tomorrow’s world and the prosperity of our nation would ultimately depend on the quality of education being imparted to them in the schools. Today, our country is emerging as a major stakeholder in the world affairs and talents of Indian professionals are globally recognized in every field of development. This would not have been made possible without the support of dedicated teachers. Dr A P J Abdul Kalam who had won the hearts of millions of peoples always held his teachers in high esteem and this is more than enough to tell our young children that whoever respects their teachers would definitely excel in whatever field

of study they undertake and will always be a treasure to the society. Let me also remind my teacher friends an important factor here; teachers who were revered most had always taught their children with love and dedication to their profession. Now a question may be raised; are teachers responsible for today’s chaos existing in our society? Even though teachers alone are not responsible for the anarchies, they are also accountable to some extend because they are the one who connect children and their education. Let me state an important drawback of our present education system here. We are caught between the fine heritage of our Indian education system and the deliberately imposed Western education system. The conflicts are made more complicated by the commercialization of education in the private sector and the deep rooted corruption afflicting the Govt. sector. Adding fuel to fire is the implementation of major educational policies without taking the ground realities and feasibility constraints in to consideration. Finally the poor teachers are at the receiving end. I hope we could gradually come out of the shortcomings through our dedication and love for the children. On this Teachers Day, I salute all the teachers who contribute their best to the children in spite of the hardships they face and pray to the almighty to bless them with the strength and wisdom to serve the needy children more efficiently in the coming days. Nellayappan B, Principal Govt. Higher Secondary School Bhandari, Nagaland

Readers may please note that the contents of the articles, letters and opinions published do not reflect the outlook of this paper nor of the Editor in any form.

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HORNBILL INTERNATIONAL ------ ROCK CONTEST 2015 ------

Helloween, ABBA official tribute band ARRIVAL to add flavor People wait in queue to watch movie in the newly “re-opened” Hillstar Digital Cinema at Anwar Hussain Road, Dimapur on September 4. Hillstar Digital Cinema now has a seating capacity of 439 decent seats—Silver 133 (seats), Gold 210 (seats) and Platinum 84 (seats). It is installed with a Silver 3D Wide Screen and Barco Digital 3D Projector. (Morung Photo)

urban vibe -- joggers and sweatshirts feature bold graphics. Hilfiger’s trademark red, white and navy

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elloween band from Germany and ABBA official tribute band- ARRIVAL from Sweden will add flavor to the Hornbill International Rock Contest 2015 and Hornbill International Music Festival 2015 as part of the Hornbill festival of Nagaland 2015. The event will be managed and organized by Nagaland Outdoor Club and Sky Entertainment in association with MTV. It will take place at Indira Gandhi Stadium from December 1 to 7. Informing this in a press conference here Thursday, the management official said that live audition for Nagaland for Hornbill International Rock Contest will take place on October 17 at RCEMPA, Jotsoma near Kohima. All application should be mailed at hircnagaland@gmail.com. Last date of submission will be October 15.The band pictures or logo will need to be submitted in jpeg format. colour palette is punched The fall-winter 2015 Any submission without a up with pops of celestial 1 Toddler collection is picture or logo will not be blue, coral blush and june available at over 50 stores entertained. bug green. across India. Songs or theme that

Now dress up your toddler in Tommy Hilfiger outfit

esigner Tommy Hilfiger Kids has launched a new line for kids of the age group of 1-2 years. The range is called '1 Toddler'. It features sweatpants, cardigans, shirts, dresses, skirts, tees and tops for little ones. The designs are inspired by the fusion of film, art, music and entertainment (F.A.M.E) that is said to be Hilfiger’s constant sources of inspiration since founding his namesake brand in 1985. From classic 1960s cinema and pop art to 1970s rock-and-roll, the line will have clothes in bright colours, innovative fabrics and preppy patterns, said a statement. Taking a cue from the past era, the girls' collection features jacquard patterns, polka dots and other period-inspired designs. The winter colour palette includes fragrant lilac, grisaille and valerian. For boys, the styles channel a sporty,

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Convenor Thepfuhulie Belho, production head- Yanren Kikon, Artist representativeKhriesazo Liezietsu and spokesperson Kethosietuo (Elvis) Mepfhiio during press conference in Kohima on September 3. (Morung Photo)

glorifies Satanism or having anti religion/anti social contents will not be accepted. The bands will be given 20 minutes to present their songs, including set up time. For audition (Outside) Nagaland, last date of submission will be October 24. All demos will have to be sent as WAV or mp3 format and one you tube link of

band performance. Bands will have to take care of their visa’s for entering India and any other expenses require for their journey to Nagaland (International Bands). One can download forms and access other details through www.facebook.com/hmhirc or www. skygroup.org.com. Mentionably, winner of the Hornbill International

Rock Contest 2015 will pocket Rs. 10 lakh while the Ist and 2nd runners up will get Rs. 5 lakh and 2.5 lakh respectively. There will also be individual prizes. Those present in the press conference included: Convenor Thepfuhulie Belho, production head- Yanren Kikon, Artist representative- Khriesazo Liezietsu and spokesperson Kethosietuo (Elvis) Mepfhiio.

HugH Jackman throws it way back as People in power shouldn’t ‘waste their time’ on me: Sunny Leone he shares incredibly cute childhood snap

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e proved he’s always been a handsome man after treating fans to a snap of his 20-something self last week. And on Thursday, Hugh Jackman chose to reveal that he was also a rather cute baby as he posted up a throwback picture on his Instagram account. The hunky 46-year-old star could be seen holding a ball whilst wearing a paper crown on his head in the black and white photograph. The Australian actor playfully captured the shot saying: ‘Throw way way way back Thursday.’ Last week the star was clearly feeling patriotic about his return to Australia as he caption his throwback snap: ‘AUSTRALIA style’. The black-and-white snap, which was taken on the 1999 set of Australian

movie Paperback Hero, features a strapping, Hugh looking buff in a faded muscle singlet that did little to cover his famously mus-

cular chest. Hugh returned Down Under to announce his exciting new tour plans in a conference, kicking off

proceedings by belting out I Still Call Australia Home, with the help of a backup choir. 'In November and December this year, 2015,

myself and 150 musicians, singers, dancers choir, are going to be touring the major cities of Australia in an arena spectacular and I am beyond excited about it,' Hugh told reporters. 'I'm super, super excited to take it around,' he added. 'It's pretty much all about me, everything I love.' The actor also revealed that his family -including wife Deborra-Lee Furness, 59, who attended the conference, and children Oscar and Ava - will be joining him in Australia. The tour begins in Melbourne on November 24, at Rod Laver Arena before heading to Sydney's Qantas Credit Union Arena on November 30, with other dates planned. Shows will also continue in Brisbane, Adelaide, and Perth.

unny Leone has hit back at CPI leader Atul Kumar Anjan for saying that a condom advertisement featuring the actress would lead to an increase in rape cases in the country. Sunny has urged “people of power” to focus on helping those in need instead. Sunny, a former adult film star, wrote on Twitter on Thursday (September 3): Anjan, national secretary of the Communist Party of India, said while addressing a rally in Uttar Pradesh’s

Ghazipur that a condom advertisement featuring the “Jism 2” star will be the cause for more rapes in the country. (Must Read: Don’t blame Sunny Leone’s condom ad for rising rapes, Mr Anjan) Anjan claimed that Sunny’s condom advertisement will trigger the tendency among men to commit rapes and that it was developing sexuality and ruining sensibilities. Known for doing explicit scenes in Bollywood films, Sunny will be next seen in “Mastizaade”.

akshay, Hrithik, aR Rahman

join global campaign on un goals

Selena gomez Joins 'Spectre' to release on November 20 in India cast of ‘neighbors 2’ D aniel Craig's “Spectre”, the twentyfourth film in the popular James Bond franchise, will now release in India on November 20, instead of November 6. Directed by Sam Mendes, “Spectre” marks Craig's fourth appearance as the famous British spy. Apart from him, the film also stars Ralph Fiennes, Ben Whishaw, Naomie Harris, Rory Kinnear, Christoph Waltz and Monica Bellucci, read a statement.

elena Gomez has joined the cast of Universal and Good Universe’s “Neighbors 2.” She will star alongside Seth Rogen and Zac Efron in the “Neighbors” sequel, along with Chloe Moretz. Gomez proved her rowdy college movie chops in “Spring Breakers.” “Neighbors” was a surprise hit with $269 million in worldwide grosses. Rose Byrne is set to reprise her role, with Nicholas Stoller returning as director. The original revolved around a couple whose lives are turned upsidedown after declaring war on the fraternity that moved in next door. The sequel’s plot is unknown, though sources say a sorority could be the couple’s problem this time. Gomez’s involvement in the film broke when fan photos revealed that she was on set. While details surrounding her role are unknown, her sorority girlesque costume (a tight pink dress) suggests her character’s involvement with the Greek system.

Rogen, Evan Goldberg and James Weaver will produce under their Point Grey Pictures banner. Andrew Jay Cohen and Brendan O’Brien will serve as executive producers alongside Good Universe’s Nathan Kahane and Joe Drake. Writers include Cohen, O’Brien, Rogen, Stoller and Goldberg. Gomez, who is repped by WME and Brillstein Entertainment, most recently shot Paramount’s “The Big Short” and James Franco’s “In Dubious Battle.” “Neighbors 2” bows in theaters May 20, 2016.

The story of “Spectre” follows a cryptic message from the past that sends James Bond on a rogue mission to Mexico City and eventually Rome, where he meets Lucia Sciarra (Bellucci), widow of an infamous criminal. Bond infiltrates a secret meeting and uncovers the existence of the sinister organisation known as SPECTRE. Meanwhile back in London, Max Denbigh (Andrew Scott), the new head of the Centre for National Security, questions

Bond’s actions and challenges the relevance of MI6, led by M (Fiennes). Bond covertly enlists Moneypenny (Harris) and Q (Whishaw) to help him seek out Madeleine Swann (Lea Seydoux), the daughter of his old nemesis Mr White (Jesper Christensen), who may hold the clue to untangling the web of SPECTRE. As the daughter of an assassin, she understands Bond in a way most others cannot. “Spectre” is a sequel to 2012 film “Skyfall”.

ollywood stars Akshay Kumar and Hrithik Roshan and Oscarwinning composer A R Rahman have joined an ambitious global campaign, that aims to spread awareness about the Sustainable Development Goals, which will be adopted later this month at a high-level UN summit. The Indian film stars join a ground-breaking collaboration of campaigners, public figures, companies and civil society groups, including Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai, Bill and Melinda Gates, Oscar winning actress Meryl Streep and Professor Stephen Hawking to tell seven billion people in seven days that “it’s time to change the world.”

The Global Goals campaign, founded by filmmaker Richard Curtis, was announced as aiming to make the 17 UN Goals famous and to push for their full implementation worldwide. Described as an “unprecedented effort”, the campaign is supported by a variety of other social movements including action-2015, a coalition of over 2000 organisations and Global Citizen, a community of ordinary people that help fight extreme poverty. By joining the campaign, people can add their voice to a global cast including AkshayKumar, Hrithik Roshan, A.R. Rahman, actor Ashton Kutcher, Jen-

nifer Lawrence, UN Messenger of Peace Lang Lang and Ms. Yousafzai. In India, the campaign is supported by players from Indian Super League teams Chennaiyin FC and FC Pune City. Organisations such as Reliance Group, eBay India, CII, are supporting the activity. The campaign has been launched in the wake of the UN General Assembly, approving this week a resolution sending the draft ‘2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development’ to Member States for adoption at the high-level summit later this month, to be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, along with over 100 other heads of state and government.

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Italy need over an hour to break down defiant Malta

FLORENCE, SEPTEMBER 4 (REUTERS): Italy needed 69 minutes to break down a stubborn, tenacious Malta before Graziano Pelle struck to give them a 1-0 win in their Euro 2016 qualifier on Thursday. Italy, without a win in their previous four matches, struggled to find a way through a massed Maltese defence in front of a sparse crowd at the Artemio Franchi stadium. The win took them top of Group H with 15 points from seven games, one more than Croatia who drew 0-0 in Azerbaijan earlier on Thursday. Pelle, who scored the only goal when Italy won by the same score in Malta earlier in the group, was in the thick of the action for Italy as he had a shot deflected over the crossbar and headed over from a corner early on. Malta, bottom of the group with one point, nearly took a sensational lead just before the half hour when Alfred Effiong curled a shot just wide of Gianluigi Buffon's far post. Manolo Gabbiadini was agonisingly close to the breakthrough when he curled a 20-metre effort against the crossbar in the 59th minute, and Malta finally capitulated 10 minutes later.

Bale’s Wales on the brink of Euro 2016

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NICOSIA, SEPTEMBER 4 (REUTERS): Gareth Bale's late header gave Wales a 1-0 win over Cyprus in their Euro 2016 Group B qualifier on Thursday and kept them on course for their first major finals since the 1958 World Cup. Wales, who have 17 points from seven games, can clinch a place at the finals in France if they beat Israel at home on Sunday. Belgium are second on 14 after beating Bosnia 3-1. Real Madrid forward Bale gave Cyprus keeper Antonis Giorgallides no chance as he powerfully metAaron Ramsey's cross from the right after 82 minutes to spark wild celebrations between the players, coaching staff and travelling fans. Wales thought they

had taken the lead in the 27th minute when David Edwards headed home a Bale cross but their joy was short-lived as Polish referee Szymon Marciniak disallowed the goal ruling that forward Hal Robson-Kanu had pushed a defender. Cyprus, harbouring hopes of a third-place finish which brings a playoff spot, matched Wales for most of the first hour before fading but came close to an equaliser after 87 minutes when substitute Pieros Sotiriou's attempt went just wide. Wales had to battle hard for their first win in Cyprus since 1992 because the home side acquitted themselves well on a hot, humid evening, although were it not for heroics from goalkeeper Giorgallides,Wales

De Bruyne scores as Belgium get back on track

BRUSSELS, SEPTEMBER 4 (REUTERS): Manchester City's new record signing Kevin De Bruyne was on target as Belgiumput their Euro 2016 qualifying campaign back on course with a 3-1 victory over Bosnia on Thursday. The home team, who lost at Group B leaders Wales in June, had a wealth of possession but struggled to break down a well-organised Bosnia who also threatened on the counter attack through the menacingEdin Dzeko. Dzeko opened the scoring with his fifth goal against Belgium, floating in a header after Mensur Mujdza was allowed to advance unchallenged. Belgium, however, went into halftime 2-1 up thanks to a thunderous header from a corner by Marouane Fellaini and a sharp turn and shot from De Bruyne who joined City last month for an estimated 50 million pounds ($76.26 million). The hosts needed keeper Thibaut Courtois to be in top form. He saved a cracking drive from Haris Medunjanin before Chelsea team mate Eden Hazard won and converted a penalty in the 78th minute to calm the nerves of the fans. Belgium showed signs of missing injured striker Christian Benteke. Replacement Romelu Lukaku offered a similar aerial threat but was less comfortable holding the ball with his back to goal.

EURO 2016 QUALIFIERS ROUNDUP winning margin would have been greater. The first chance fell to Ramsey in the fifth minute following good work from Bale who won the ball in his own half and then embarking on one of his trademark runs, before laying it off to the Arsenal midfielder on the edge of Cyprus' penalty area. Ramsey then saw his effort agonisingly dip on to the roof of the net. Five minutes later Gior-

gallides made a double save, first from Bale's speculative long-range free-kick and then the rebound from Swansea's Neil Taylor who really should have done better from six yards out with the Cyprus goalkeeper on his knees. Cyprus' only real effort of the half came in the 40th minute when Constantinos Charlamabides' clever freekick from the right was pulled back to Antreas Makris

whose effort went high above Wayne Hennessey's goal. Cyprus' first shot on target was a long-range effort from Marios Nikolaou in the first minute of the second half, forcing Hennessey into an uneasy save. Chris Coleman's men almost broke the deadlock in the 49th minute when Bale put Robson-Kanu through but the on-rushing Giorgallides was able to get his hands on the ball before upending the

Reading forward. In the 80th minute Ramsey's shot inside the area was palmed away by Georgallides following good work by Taylor down the left. Two minutes later Bale's towering header at the far post finally managed to beat the heroic Georgallides. Cyprus pushed for an equaliser but in the end Wales took all three points to move them ever closer to ending their 57-year wait to reappear in a major finals.

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Gareth Bale celebrates after scoring the winner against Cyprus. REUTERS

EPL ruining English football: German coach Loew Mourinho, Ronaldo, Djokovic receive

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FRANKFURT, SEPTEMBER 4 (IANS): The English Premier League (EPL) may have gained worldwide popularity, but Germany coach Joachim Loew insists that it has contributed to England's lack of success on the football field. Loew, who was speaking ahead of Germany's Euro 2016 qualifier here against Poland, said EPL clubs focus too much on

signing foreign players for exorbitant amounts and allocate too little funds for youth development. "The English will have to face up to the fact their young players don't get the minutes for their clubs," Loew was quoted as saying by the Mirror on Friday. "That is why the English national team hasn't set the world alight, have they?" Top flight English clubs have spent 860 mil-

lion pounds ($1,309 million) on transfer fees this season, of which around two-thirds, or 500 million pounds ($761 million), went abroad. Loew, who guided Germany to World Cup victory in Brazil last year, asserted that the EPL clubs' tendency to prioritise foreign stars over home grown talent is partially responsible for transforming the German team into world beaters.

"Premier League clubs are now paying three times what they used to. But the good thing is that money is being ploughed back into the Bundesliga," he said. "That helps make the German national team stronger because in the last few years 100 million pounds has been put back into youth development. "That money has been used to make the standard of young players better."

Fourth seed Wozniacki falls to Cetkovska

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NEW YORK, SPETEMBER 4 (REUTERS): Caroline Wozniacki became the highest seed to fall in the upset-filled women's draw at the U.S. Open when Czech Petra Cetkovska stunned the Dane 6-4 5-7 7-6(1) at Flushing Meadows on Thursday. The upset left only three of the top 10 seeds still alive in the year's final grand slam - number one Serena Williams, who is seeking the fourth women's calendar-year Grand Slam, second seed Simona Halep and fifth seed Petra Kvitova. Cetkovska, who has tumbled to a 149th ranking after missing seven months with a hip injury before returning in March, was playing in the Open thanks to a special injury exemption. She rode a powerful forehand that produced 29 of her 61 winners to victory over Wozniacki, saving four match points held by the Dane - all on winners off her racquet. "I said it's now or never, so I just went for it," she said in an on-court interview about her string of match point saves. "It's just amazing.""So happy to be able to be back and to compete," said the 30-yearold Cetkovska, who will play Italy's Flavia Pennetta, a straight sets winner over Romanian Monica Niculescu. Former world number one Wozniacki, a finalist last year, was naturally dejected. "She played well. I let her play well," Wozniacki, 25, said. "She had nothing to lose and went for her shot.

Guinness World Records certificates

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Novak Djokovic

LONdON, SEPTEMBER 4 (IANS): Some of the biggest names in the sporting world Frank Lampard, Jose Mourinho, Cristiano Ronaldo, Lewis Hamilton, Novak Djokovic and many more have been included in the new Guinness World Records book and were honoured with certificates. English football champions Chelsea's manager Mourinho was given four different awards, which included prizes for the most points in a Premier League season (95), most Champions League's won at different clubs (two), youngest manager to reach 100 Champions League games (49 years 12 days) and most games unbeaten at home in the Premier League (77). Manchester United defender Chris Smalling also bagged two records after scoring the fastest goal in

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the Premier League by a substitute from kick-off, when he netted against Burnley in just five minutes nine seconds last season. He scored again to earn himself a second record, for the most goals in the Premier League scored by a substitute in the first half. Spanish club Real Madrid's star Ronaldo received the award for scoring his 27th hat-trick in La Liga - overtaking club legend Alfredo Di Stefano, and is also the most followed athlete and person on both Facebook (over 100 million likes) and Twitter (over 27 million followers). English cricketers Joe Root and Jimmy Anderson also picked up a Guinness World Record. Their 198-run 10th wicket partnership against India last summer broke the previous record held by

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Australia's Ashton Agar and the late Phil Hughes. Men's world No.1 tennis player Novak Djokovic continues to dominate on the tennis court and the Serb was presented with his award for his record of the most Australian Open titles (five) and was also a competitor alongside Rafael Nadal as they were both part of the longest Grand Slam final (five hours and 33 minutes). American side New York City's star midfielder Frank Lampard was given an award for the most English Premier League teams scored against, after netting against 39 opponents. British driver Lewis Hamilton was awarded the prize for the most consecutive seasons to win a Formula One Grand Prix from debut. He is now driving in his eighth season.

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"It could have gone my way. I'm just frustrated with the match," she added. "Not playing my best level, but still being so close, still having my chances, not closing it out. That hurts. That really hurts." The Czech said she was spurred on by the Arthur Ashe Stadium crowd. "The atmosphere, it's (like) nowhere else. It was just keep-

ing me alive. I wanted to fight to the end," she said. The three-hour match which closed Thursday's play at the U.S. National Tennis Center featured wild swings of momentum. Wozniacki, a two-times U.S. Open finalist, won the first three games and led 4-2 before Cetkovska ran off seven games in a row to win the set, and took a 4-1

lead before the Dane won six of the next seven games to force a third set. The last set featured intense rallies, with Cetkovska saving one match point to hold for 5-5 and three more in the 12th game to set up the tiebreaker. From that point on, the Czech dominated, winning the last six points to complete the shock victory.

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