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PsAn ‘sit-in protest’ on July 3 in Kohima Our Correspondent Kohima | June 30

Polar Lights performing on day one of the Dimapur Music Festival, which was held at Urban Hatt Dimapur on June 30. Photo by Manen Aier

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KK Venugopal appointed new AG

NEW DElhI, JUNE 30 (IANS): Senior Supreme Court lawyer K.K. Venugopal, an eminent constitutional lawyer who has five decades of practice in the apex court, was on Friday appointed the new Attorney General of India.

President Pranab Mukherjee signed the order of his appointment on Friday within 20 days of the resignation of Mukul Rohatgi, who was given an extension of tenure but declined it.

Venugopal, 86, is a veteran constitutional expert who was once an Additional Solicitor General appointed during the Morarji Desai regime after the Emergency.

Kottayan Katankot Venugopal is the son of a well-known barrister the late M.K. Nambiyar, who was a doyen of the Madras Naga politicians are like Al- bar and who had practiced in the Supreme Court too. gebra ho!!

Venugopal, who started appearing in the Supreme Court in the early 60s while based in Madras, was designated as a senior advocate by the apex court in 1972.

2 minors missing from Dimapur Morung Express News Dimapur | June 30

Two minors – a boy and a girl were reported missing from Dimapur. The boy (13 years) and the girl (17 years) have been reported missing since June 28. As per reports, they were staying at a relative’s place in Dimapur and attending school – the boy, a class 7 student and the girl, in class 12. They reportedly left their Dimapur home on June 28 and their whereabouts have been unknown since then. Official sources said that a missing complaint was lodged with the police in this connection on June 29.

CMO Dimapur issues caution to tobacco and pan masala traders

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DIMAPUR, JUNE 30 (MExN): The Chief Medical Officer, Dimapur today informed tobacco and pan masala dealers (wholesale or retail) in Dimapur district to immediately adhere to the Supreme Court order dated September 23, 2016. The order prohibits distribution and sale of guthka or pan masala (containing tobacco or nicotine) and any other product marketed separately having nicotine or tobacco in the final products by whatever name called, whether packaged or unpackaged, or sold as one product or through packaged as separate products in such a manner so as to easily facilitate mixing by the consumers.

The CMO informed that the Food Safety Commissioner, Government of Nagaland had issued a notification dated May 16, 2017 in compliance of this order.

A press release from the CMO, Dimapur cautioned that non compliance of this notification will be an offence punishable under Section 59 of the Food Safety and Standards Act 2006.

Five years later, after the end of Emergency, he was appointed an Additional Solicitor General that necessitated his shift to Delhi. Venugopal, who has often been called to be the amicus curiae to the Supreme Court for handling difficult cases, brings to the Attorney General’s office the experience of 50 years’ practice in the Supreme Court.

Apart from being involved in many important cases before constitutional benches of the apex court, Venugopal acted as amicus curiae in the infamous 2G spectrum scam case relating to irregular allotment of bandwidth to telecom operators during the tenure of the UPAI government. He had appeared for the Madhya Pradesh government opposing the challenge to the National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) and L.K. Advani and other senior BJP leaders in the Babri Masjid demolition conspiracy case.

Venugopal is also against the creation of regional benches of the Supreme Court.

In protest against non fulfillment of its representations/ultimatums submitted to the state government, the Public Service Aspirants of Nagaland (PSAN) is all set to stage a peaceful sit-in protest on July 3 in Kohima.

The sit –in protest will take place from 10:00 AM till 3:00 PM at New Secretariat Junction.

PSAN was formed in 2016 by a group of likeminded civil service aspirants who came together on social media, sharing a common concern for the educated unemployed Naga youth in particular and the public in general.

During a press conference here today at Hotel Ariel, the PSAN felt the need to check the government’s rampant practice of backdoor and contractual appointments. It informed that the association started its RTI movement by filing RTI queries in 59 departments, adding that the resulting RTI replies helped PSAN unearth an “astonishing number of appointments made without following the requisite rules and procedures.”

The RTI activity was followed by visits to the Governor, Chief Secretary, NPSC, Ministers and Parliamentary Secretaries, AHoDs, HoDs and also the Chief Minister.

PsAn cHArter of DeMAnDs

• Immediate revocation of the P&AR office memorandum No.AR-5/ASSOC/98 Dated, Kohima the 11th August 2016 (point No 3) which states that all government employees appointed on Contract/Adhoc basis shall be taken up for regularization on completion of three (3 ) years of continuous service. The government should not regularize all those posts which comes under the purview of NPSC i.e, post carrying the pay band Rs. 5200-20200, Grade pay- Rs. 2800/PM and above in pursuance of Rule 9 (4) of NPSC (state, civil and other services) Recruitment Rules,2008 • The state government should strictly adhere and implement P& AR OM No. AR-5/ASSO/98 dated Kohima the 6th The PSAN has put up a proposal to the state government to set up a State Staff Selection Board/ Commission in line with the Central Government’s Staff Selection Commission for recruitment to those posts that do not come under the purview of NPSC (i.e. with Grade Pay of less than 2800).

“Also, through representations and various meetings, the NPSC has been made known that there should be more transparency in the exams that are conducted

by NPSC. In this regard, PSAN has asked the NPSC to make public the marks scored by all the candidates in all stages of exams,” it stated.

June 2016 which bans all contractual appointments • As per the ultimatum served to the Rural Development, Treasuries & Accounts, Art & Culture and Social Welfare on the 1st June 2017, demanding immediate requisition of posts to NPSC • Immediate termination of all backdoor/ contractual appointments to posts which are under the purview of NPSC • Immediate requisition of all the posts with a Grade pay of Rs. 2800 and above to NPSC for direct recruitment • Immediate stop to rampant deputation on political grounds • Free, fair and open competition for entry into offices under the Government of Nagaland in accordance with Article 16 of the Indian Constitution.

The PSAN had also submitted ultimatums to four departments, namely Treasuries & Accounts, Rural Development, Art & Culture and Social Welfare, asking them to requisition to NPSC all posts that come under its purview by giving them one month’s time to comply to it’s demand. The deadline expired on July 30.

“Till date, none of the above mentioned departments have complied to the demands mentioned in the ultimatums,” the PSAN lamented.

Reiterating its earlier representations submitted to the Chief Secretary, Governor, the four departments and the Chief Minister, the PSAN stated that it

is left with no other option but to organize a peaceful sit-in-protest against the government and the four defaulting departments on July 3 to display its anguish democratically.

PSAN stated that unless all the posts that come under the purview of NPSC are requisitioned to it for free, fair an open competition as per the rules and regulations laid down, it will not quit and will stand firm on its ground.

PSAN appealed to all the aspirants, well wishers and right thinking citizens of Nagaland to stand up together and show solidarity towards PSAN’s movement for a better future of the younger generation of Nagas.

‘Qualification is not India says Chinese border actions limited to degree alone’ have ‘serious security implications’

4th YouthNet Job Fair underway at Tetso College Dimapur Morung Express News Dimapur | June 30

Job-hunting can be rather daunting for those making the first step to earning a living. For most young graduates, with Nagaland in context, the prospect is further limited by a lack of guidance, not to mention an almost obstinate desire to land a secure position in an already saturated state government job spectrum.

This is where professional guidance could come in handy; and ‘times are a-changing’ with the advent of career expos or job fair. Job fairs are primarily a confluence of prospective employers, recruiters and careers guides, where graduates, including students as well as dropouts can get introduced to feasible career opportunities free of cost; at the same time narrowing down the list of options or in some cases launch careers.

One such fair is underway in Dimapur courtesy YouthNet. The 4th in a series of job fairs organised by YouthNet, this time it is being held in partnership with Bangalore-based NGO Quest Alliance. Quest Alliance’s expertise lies in linking education, skills and employment or simply put – career guidance.

Being hosted by Tetso College, 5th Mile, it started in June 30 to conclude on July 1. YouthNet Director, Lezo Putsure informed that some 30 business firms are expected to turn up at the fair with professionals manning assistance booths for those who come seeking.

It starts at 9:00 am and closes at 4:00 pm. Over 20 firms from the banking, hospitality, automobile, and retail sectors turned up today.

Putsure, further informed that it registered around 500 walk-ins today with some coming from other districts as well.

Putsure emphasised the private sector as an equally paying, if not more, alternative to employment in the government machinery.

Honing or inculcating certain skills, not limited to an educational degree alone, can go a long way towards winning over the private sector, as according to Putsure, “The private sector is growing in Nagaland. Still we don’t have the skills as demanded by the sector.” Besides, pinning sight on a career path, a young job-seeker can avail valuable insights as regards the aspect of acquiring ‘soft skills’.

A panel discussion on the topic: ‘What skills do organisations look at when they hire’ was another feature of the expo. Augustine Ngatuba, Regional Coordinator, North East India, Quest Alliance); Medo Putsure, Proprietor, Bambusa and Nuneseno Chase (Head of Training and Development, Nagaland Career and Development Centre, YouthNet were in the panel with Neli Adahe of Pro Rural moderating.

Medo Putsure echoed an often repeated refrain that the youth of Nagaland should seriously start looking beyond government jobs.

Stating that the private sector is growing in the state, he stressed on inculcating ‘dignity of labour’ as employers would want to invest in someone willing to put in effort.

Ngatuba focussed on the skill normally demanded by business entities and an eye for “seeing opportunities in problems and starting small’.

Chasewhilestressingontheroleofcommunication skills in a successful career, said that in the majority of cases it is one area which recruiters/ employers look for in prospective applicants.

NEW DElhI, JUNE 30 (IANS): India on Friday said it has told China that the building of a road by Chinese troops in a border region will have “serious security implications for India” and urged Beijing “not to change the status quo unilaterally”.

“India is deeply concerned at the recent Chinese actions and has conveyed to the Chinese government that such construction would represent a significant change of status quo with serious security implications for India,” an External Affairs Ministry statement said.

This was India’s first public reaction to an ongoing stand-off between Indian and Chinese troops on their border. Beijing has sharply escalated the rhetoric, with the People’s Liberation Army telling New Delhi to remember its 1962 military debacle.

The statement said India had underlined that New Delhi and Beijing had in 2012 reached an agreement that the tri-junction boundary points between India, China and third countries would be finalized in consultation with the concerned countries.

“Any attempt, therefore, to unilaterally determine tri-junction points is in violation of this understanding,” the Indian statement said.

The latest stand-off occurred in Donglong or Doklam, a disputed territory between Bhutan and China. Beijing has accused India

of obstructing road building in the area, which it claims as its own.

Beijing has also charged New Delhi with acting at the behest of Bhutan, which also lays claim to Donglong.

The External Affairs Ministry denied that Indian border troops crossed the boundary in the Sikkim sector of the China-India frontier and entered Chinese territory.

It said a PLA construction party entered Doklam area on June 16 and attempted to build a road despite objections from a Royal Bhutan Army patrol. Bhutan lodged a protest with China on June 20.

On Thursday, Bhutan said the construction of the road inside its territory was a violation of the 1988 and 1998 agreements with China.

India said that in keeping with the tradition of maintaining close consultation on matters of mutual interest, Bhutan and India had been in continuous contact “through the unfolding of these developments”.

It said that in coordination with the Bhutanese Army, Indian soldiers who were present at general area Doka La “approached the Chinese construction party and urged them to desist from changing the status quo. These efforts continue”.

India said the matter was under discussion between the Indian and Chinese foreign ministries since then both in New Delhi and Beijing. It was also discussed at a

meeting of border personnel at Nathu La on June 20.

“Where the boundary in the Sikkim sector is concerned, India and China had reached an understanding also in 2012 reconfirming their mutual agreement on the ‘basis of the alignment’.

“Further discussions regarding finalization of the boundary have been taking place under the Special Representatives framework.

“It is essential that all parties concerned display utmost restraint and abide by their respective bilateral understandings not to change the status quo unilaterally.

“It is also important that the consensus reached between India and China through the Special Representatives process is scrupulously respected by both sides.”

The statement said India had consistently taken a positive approach to the settlement of its own boundary with China, along with the associated issue of the tri-junctions.

It said India cherished peace and tranquillity on the India-China border areas. “It has not come easily.

“Both sides have worked hard to establish institutional framework to discuss all issues to ensure peace and tranquillity in the IndiaChina border areas,” the statement said.

“India is committed to working with China to find peaceful resolution of all issues in the border areas through dialogue.”

Still no headway made in Pillai’s appointment case Morung Express News Dimapur | June 30

There appears to be a blind on the Nagaland State Vigilance Commission’s investigation into the appointment of retired Additional Superintendent of Police, MKR Pillai as ‘Consultant’ to the Nagaland Police.

In the back drop of simultaneous inter-state raids and huge wealth uncovered from Pillai’s establishments by the crime and investigation wing of the Income Tax on June 8, the State Vigilance Commission had filed a suo moto case on the appoint-

ment of MKR Pillai as a Consultant to the Nagaland Police on June 12.

While any progress into the IT investigation of MKR Pillai and Sreevalsam business group are yet to be publicly stated, in Nagaland, the scenario over the affairs of the appointment of Pillai has not made any headway.

OnJune14,DirectorGeneralof Police (DGP) Nagaland, LL Doungel had informed that the consultancy contract of retired ASP, MKR Pillai in the PHQ has been terminated with immediate effect. He had stated, “To allay any misgivings from the public we have de-

cidedtoterminatehisconsultancy with immediate effect.”

Pillai was working at the PHQ as a consultant for Motor & Transport, where he also deals with other matters such as Modernisation of Police.

In the same vein, Nagaland State Chief Minister, Dr. Shurhozelie Liezietsu on June 15 pointed out that Pillai’s consultancy contract with the state police has been terminated and informed that an order to this effect would be issued. On the possibility of action by the Nagaland State Government, the CM had told media person that

it would decide in a day or two.

But as on June 30, MKR Pillai still holds the designation as MTO/Consultant for the Nagaland Police Department on their website.

And more than two week after the filing of the suo moto case, the State Vigilance Commission is yet to make any headway on the investigation. For one, the Commission is yet to obtain access to documents related to the appointment from the Home Department.

“We have asked for the main documents pertaining to the appointment of MKR Pillai as

Consultant to the Nagaland Police, however the Home Department is yet to furnish any to us,” a source from the Commission told The Morung Express.

And with the Home Department apparently delaying in sharing information/document related to the appointment order, the source from the Commission informed that it cannot make any headway into the investigation. It therefore has given some time to the department to hand over the documents.

However, the source said it had not mentioned any timeframe.

DGP LL Doungel when con-

tacted said he was not aware of updates on the investigation of Pillai’s case, either by the Income Tax Department or the State Vigilance Commission.

On the whereabouts of Pillai, the DGP said he had no idea.

The DGP cited he was currently out of station.

There have been growing allegations that investigation into Pillai could unearth the involvement of politicians and high ranking officials in Nagaland.

The silence of the Nagaland State Government does not actually help in indicating these allegations as unfounded.

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BUSINESS

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GST set to transform face of Indian logistics industry MuMbai, June 30 (ReuteRs): India’s greatest tax reform — replacing an array of provincial duties with a nationwide goods and services tax — is transforming the logistics industry in a country where moving stuff around is notoriously difficult to do, executives say. The advent of organised retail and e-commerce began modernising warehouses in India a decade ago, but most firms still rely on musty, dilapidated “godowns”, as storehouses are known colloquially.

The unified tax system is expected to bring change on a far grander scale, removing distortions created by differential taxes and duty structures imposed across India’s 29 states and 7 union territories.

“When we moved from one state to the other, it felt like moving from one country to another,” said Ramesh Agarwal, chairman of New Delhi-based Agarwal Packers and Movers.

From July 1, the new Goods and Services Tax, or GST, introduced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government, will change all that, with the biggest tax reform seen since India won independence from British colonial rule 70 years ago.

Companies that have previously based storage models on tax efficiency can move to the much more cost efficient, demandbased hub-and-spoke model used globally.

Anticipating the change, Agarwal’s firm, for example, has carved India into five regions and is setting up one massive ware-

JSW Steel, India’s biggest domestic steel producer, is also mulling a plan to bring down the number of its 20 plus warehouses across the country to five, and many more companies are following suit, said a company executive.

Reliance Retail, the retail unit of Reliance Industries , which has around 100 distribution centres across the country, also plans to “optimize some,” said a company executive.

Mahindra Logistics is exploring an initial public offering, or a sale to a foreign partner, while rival Future Supply Chain Solutions is looking to do likewise, according to media reports.

With 45% of India’s gross domestic product concentrated around seven major cities, Arif A Siddiqui at Coign Consulting, specialising in supply chain management, expected investment in warehousing to focus on Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai, and New Delhi. Singapore-based logistics company Ascendas-Singbridge has just signed a $600 million deal with Firstspace Realty, based in the south Indian city of Bengaluru, to create 14 million square feet (1.3 mn square meters) of industrial warehousing space across six major Indian cities. “Manufacturing, modern retail and the pharma sector were already driving change in Indian warehousing. GST has just fasttracked the growth rate in logistics,” said Aloke Bhuniya, Chief Executive of Ascendas-Firstspace.

Multiple rates key problem with present GST: Bibek Debroy new Delhi, June 30 (ians): NITI Aayog member and well-known economist Bibek Debroy on Friday said that one of the key problems with the GST (Goods and Services Tax) regime is its multiple rates structure.

According to Debroy, the multiple rates of GST emanate from the “desire to tax items” which were perceived to be luxury through the means of indirect tax.

“Please understand these multiple rates are coming from... this desire to drive other ends through indirect tax policy and other concerns of the states,” Debroy said at the Aaj Tak GST Conclave.

“And, therefore, you have plenty of exemptions, plenty of items that are outside the GST net and multiple rates.”

The present GST tax rates are divided into four slabs -- 5 per cent, 12 per cent, 18 per cent and 28 per cent -- as decided by the GST Council.

The GST regime touted as the single most significant tax reform since Independence will be implemented from July 1. house in each. “There’s no tax arbitrage to be gained. So decisions on manufacturing, warehousing and selling will be purely driven by the real costs of manufacturing and going to market, that is the single biggest advantage of GST,” said R Subramanian, Managing Director at DHL Express in Mumbai.

Subramanian still anticipates bureaucratic headaches, notably from GST’s e-way bill system, requiring vehicle details from pickup to delivery, which he reckons would generate 90 million entries daily for the express delivery sector alone.

Besides rates, Debroy said the present GST set-up might not be perfect but it was a step in that direction.

The economist rejected the claim that the GST would increase gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate by 1.5 per cent.

“This is total rubbish. Such speculations are based on the assessment of the 13th Finance Commission, which gave that figure for an ideal GST. We are nowhere near an ideal GST,” Debroy said.

In addition, Debroy refuted claims that there were around 150 countries in the world having GST. “There are talks that 140 countries or 160 countries in the world that have GST. This is rubbish. There are many countries in the world have VAT (value added tax). A VAT is not GST. The number of countries having GST is six or seven, not more than that,” Debroy said.

“Except one, all are unitary. The only country in the world which is federal and has GST is Canada. India is only the other federal country in the world to have GST.”

But, the reform, along with the gradual shift in India’s service dominated economy toward more manufacturing, has paved the way for ultra-modern storage sites with automated conveyers, RFID-enabled tracking and IT-enabled warehousing management systems. The potential growth, and investment needed for modernisation has spurred a slew of deals between Indian firms and major global private equity players and pension funds.

In the last two years alone, as Modi made GST a priority, these investors have put $1.5 billion in

the warehousing business.

“GST is not only a tax reform, it is also a business reform as a whole, and a lot of businesses are now restructuring their supply chains,” said Rohit Jain, a partner with Economic Laws Practice in Mumbai.

Replacing Godowns Canada Pension Plan Investment Board last month committed to spend $500 million in a joint venture with India’s IndoSpace. Other foreign firms putting money in the sector include Carlyle Group, Warbug Pincus and Fairfax India Holdings.

Bajaj’s new 160cc Pulsar NS160 launched; bike to cost Rs 80,648 new Delhi, June 30 (Pti): Bajaj Auto on Friday announced the launch of 160cc Pulsar NS160 in the country, priced at Rs 80,648. The new generation Pulsar NS 160 caters to the fast- growing segment of customers who seek premium quality, international style and performance, Bajaj Auto said in a statement.

“The new generation Pulsar NS160 offers a combination of raw power, aggressive styling and superior performance that no other bike in its segment can match,” Bajaj Auto President, Motorcycles, Eric Vas said.

The bike is designed to cater to the young and dynamic motorcycle enthusiast who is “evolved, restless and demands performance and style in his everyday riding routine”, he added.

“Today, 70 per cent of the sports biking segment is dominated by the 150-160 cc motorcycles. The NS160 will target a fast-growing segment of customers who want to stay in this cc band, but need the best in technology and performance,” Vas said. With the launch of NS160, the company aims to strengthen its leadership in sports motorcycles, he added.

Petya or ‘NotPetya’, the ransomware mystery lingers

The Department of Fisheries conducted two days training on value fish products for women shg/societies/communities on June 23 and 24 at Calvary ministry, Jalukie town. SDFO and staff imparted training on preparation fish pickles, fish cutlets, fish fingers, and fish balls and fish soups. Total of 25 trainees from the Calvary Ministry attended the programme. (DIPR Photo)

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CROSSWORD # 3989

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san FRancisco/new Delhi, June 30 (ians): Initially thought as the ‘Petya’ ransomware outbreak that shut computers in several countries, cyber security researchers are now dubbing it as a new form of malware attack that doesn’t demand ransom but permanently destroys data.

“In other words, the researchers said, the payload delivered in Tuesday’s outbreak wasn’t ransomware at all. Instead, its true objective was to permanently wipe out as many hard drives as possible on infected networks,” arstechnica reported on Friday.

Researchers at Moscow-based cyber security firm Kaspersky Lab have labelled the malware a “wiper.”

Kaspersky Lab experts said the new malware is significantly different from all earlier known versions of ‘Petya’.

“And that’s why we are addressing it as a separate malware family. We’ve named it ‘ExPetr’ (or ‘NotPetya’ -- unofficially),” the Kaspersky Lab blog post said.

The attack appears to be complex, in-

Answer Number # 3985

std code: 03862

DiMaPUR ACROSS 1. Pear variety 5. Heron 10. Hits 14. Affirm 15. Poverty-stricken 16. Chocolate cookie 17. Unusual 18. Multiplicative inverse 20. South African antelope 22. Adolescent 23. A baby bear 24. S S S S 25. Respectful 32. Utilizing 33. Kicks out 34. Louisville Slugger 37. Kiln-dried grain 38. A shoulder firearm 39. Baroque composer 40. Passenger vehicle 41. Flavor 42. Fate 43. Being filled with wonder 45. Precipitous 49. Antlered animal 50. Poster color 53. Variant of an element 57. Avatar 59. Angle of a leafstalk 60. Pinnacle 61. Portion 62. Focusing glass 63. Small boat 64. A dish of tomatoes and greens 65. Leg joint DOWN 1. Stinging remark 2. Egg-shaped 3. Arid 4. Shaped like a quarter moon 5. Dress 6. Eccentric person 7. Record (abbrev.)

8. Modify 9. Sort

Simple Rules - Fill in the grid so that every row, every column, and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 through 9.

Game Number # 3986

volving several attack vectors.

“We can confirm that a modified ‘EternalBlue’ exploit is used for propagation, at least within corporate networks,” it read.

‘ExPetr’ (aka ‘NotPetya’) does not have that installation ID (the ‘installation key’ shown in the ‘ExPetr’ ransom note is just a random gibberish), which means that the threat actor could not extract the necessary information needed for decryption.

“In short, victims could not recover their data,” the researchers added.

In the 2016 version of ‘Petya’, the ID contained crucial information for the key recovery.

“Tuesday’s malware, by contrast, was generated using pseudorandom data that was unrelated to the corresponding key,” wrote Kaspersky Lab researchers Anton Ivanov and Orkhan Mamedov.

Meanwhile, Janus Cybercrime Solutions, the author of ‘Petya’ resurfaced on Twitter, offering to help those whose files can no longer be recovered.

10. Blessings 11. Killer whales 12. Wampum 13. Bottoms of shoes 19. Bobbins 21. Town (American slang) 25. Lacking intellectual acuity 26. Brother of Jacob 27. Fractional monetary unit in Bahrain 28. Clamor 29. Bunches of hair or grass 30. A small island 31. Consumed food 34. Dog sound 35. Tip 36. Part of a comparison 38. Uncooked 39. Sass 41. Recorded 42. Prefix meaning 1000 44. Reposed 45. Place 46. Pace 47. Glowing remnant 48. Adhesive 51. Tears 52. Dogfish 53. Ancient Peruvian 54. Beasts of burden 55. A coniferous tree 56. If not 58. Snake-like fish

Answer to Crossword 3988

232224

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fire brigade

2222952

faith hospital

228846

naga hospital

2222916

shamrock hospital

228254

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2243339

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231864 224117 227337

bethel nursing home

2224202

northeast shuttles

08974997923

police Control room

228400

Police Traffic Control

232106

east police station

227607

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232181

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242555 242533

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nikos hospital and research Centre

232032, 231031

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nagaland multispecialty health & research Centre

248302, 09856006026

women Cell

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FiRE STaTiONS

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NAGALAND

NPF responds to Cong Kohima, June 30 (mexn): In response to the Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee’s allegation of nepotism against Chief Minister Shürhozelie Liezietsu following the appointment of his son Khriehu Liezietsu as an Advisor with cabinet status, Naga People’s Front (NPF) today stated that the appointment was made “due to the demand of the party functionaries who feel that the sacrifice of vacating his (Khriehu) seat in the larger interest of the NPF-led DAN Government should not go unappreciated.”

“There was a clamour of demands to reward him for making the supreme political sacrifice at the CEC meeting on June 14 last, and accordingly, the appointment was made,” Media & Press Bureau, NPF Central office said in a rejoinder.

Accusing the Congress party of being allergic to “political parties flush with allies”, it further stated NPF, which has no shortage of

politically like-minded parties, is determined to edge out the Congress from the political scene in the region and country. “… As the country slowly limped back to normalcy from the dark era of Emergency imposed by the Congress party, the forerunner of the NPF realized the danger posed by the INC and formed alliance with non-Congress national parties in 1977. Since then, there has been no looking back and with the emergence of BJP to take on the might of the Indian National Congress which had been looting the nation…, the NPF has realised that the BJP is its natural ally,” the NPF affirmed.

The rejoinder further asserted that regional party like the NPF, to ensure the security, rights and interests of the people, must align itself with national political parties whether they are in power or not, “to stop recurrence of the Dark Years the country went through the Emergency

period in the 1970s brought about by the Congress, or the blatant embezzlement of national funds like the country had witnessed under Congress rule.”

Meanwhile, the NPF claimed that the Congress did not want to solve the Naga problem and kept it pending all those years that it was in power here in the State and at the Centre.

Making a personal attack on the NPCC president, the rejoinder further said the former took revenge on his “perceived foes in the shape of his former colleagues and expelled them all from the party. He is now a General without Soldiers.”

With elections just round the corner, it added, the Congress party is “making noises just for the sake of being heard...

But howling alone won’t get the Congress party its mates, for the party is yet to go through an acid test of achieving victory in electoral battle under the leadership of K. Therie.”

Effort to prevent road accidents

MEx FILE Khelhoshe Polytechnic Atoizu Dimapur informs Zunheboto, June 30 (mexn): All the enrolled candidates/trainees (Electrical House Wiring & Repair of Electrical Equipment) under Community College Scheme at Khelhoshe Polytechnic Atoizu have been informed that classes will commence from July 20, 2017.

The principal of the institute, Er. M. Nakro in a press release further invited interested candidates for spot admission to the Electrical House Wiring & Repair of Electrical Equipment programmes till July 20.

KMC issues directive

DDLSA officials with traffic personnel at the road safety programme held on June 30 in Dimapur.

Dimapur, June 30 (mexn): Considering the alarming increase in road accidents as a result of human error and negligence, the Dimapur District Legal Services Authority (DDLSA) and Dimapur Traffic Police carried out a joint initiative on road safety on June 30.

The Panel Lawyers of DDLSA led by Ajongba Imchen, Secretary DDLSA & Chief Judicial Magistrate, Dimapur, along with Traffic Police personnel encouraged motorists and two wheeler riders on the importance of the use of seat belts and crash helmets.

Flyers on road safety and bumper stickers were given out during the drive carried out at Zion Hospital junction and Chumukedima check gate.

As noted earlier by Limasunep Jamir, Commissioner of Police, Dimapur, there have been as many as 22 cases of reported road accidents in Dimapur district in 2017 alone resulting in 20 fatalities, a press release stated.

The motorists were therefore informed that such deaths were entirely preventable with the exercise of basic driving safety practices, it added.

Kohima, June 30 (mexn): Administrator of Kohima Municipal Council (KMC), Kethosituo Sekhose has pointed out that some individuals are selling household wares/essential commodities on hawker basis within Kohima municipal jurisdiction without obtaining prior permission from the KMC office. “Therefore, all individual/ party involved in such practice are directed to obtain permit from Kohima Municipal Council office on or before July 15, 2017,” he stated in a notice. Failure to do so, the defaulters will be penalized without further notice, it added.

NSUM assures help to students seeking admission in Mumbai

mumbai, June 30 (mexn): Naga Student's Union, Mumbai (NSUM) has notified that any student wishing to pursue further studies in Mumbai can get in touch with the union for assistance regarding the same. The following persons can be contacted: President- Wonthing Langkham (9833565899); Vice President- RK Akhuo (8692902601); General Secretary - Sentsuthung Odyuo (8291357757); Finance Secretary - Martin Dailiam (8652121570). The officials will be available for service any time from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm on weekdays and 9:00 who inspires. A motherly figure, am to 7:00 pm on weekends. she gave examples of her being aptly ‘firm’ and ‘flexible’ as and when Seminar on solid waste management the situation required her to be.

LT Yepthomi is a recipient of Kohima, June 30 (mexn): The Department of the Best Teacher Award, 2009, Chemistry, Immanuel College organized one day semipresented by the Department of nar on ‘Solid Waste Management’ on June 20 to protect Higher Education, Government the environment. Akangmeren Imchen, Scientist ‘B’, Naof Nagaland. Since 2010, the LT galand Pollution Control Board Dimapur was the resource Yepthomi Award for Academic person. He stressed on issues such as the present scenario Excellence has been sponsored of solid waste management, reason for the present conby her family for the topper in dition, different methods of solid waste treatment, duties the Commerce Stream with cash of the Government and the public which was followed by and citation. open discussion. The resource person also encouraged the students to participate actively for the protection and sustainable development of the environment.

ESIC to empanel private Dimapur Govt College accords farewell to senior officer clinics & nursing homes Dimapur, June 30 (mexn): Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC), a stationary organization under Ministry of Labour & Employment, GoI has decided to expand its services in all the districts and small towns of the country in its Reform Agenda under ESIC 2.0.

ESIC provides comprehensive healthcare through a network of dispensaries and hospitals to its insured persons and their family.

It will extend its coverage to unorganized sectors also, and in the new implemented areas it intends to provide primary healthcare services by empanelling private clinics and nursing homes, according to a press release. Every such empanelled clinic would be given a list of likely insured persons covered under ESIC and would be paid Rs.300/- per IP per annum as a package remuneration.

The release from Administrative Medical Officer, ESIC Scheme Dispensary Dimapur informed that private clinics/ nursing homes will be selected

for each location in Nagaland.

They will be responsible for providing interalia the following services: OPD services for six days in a week from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm; essential laboratory services Blood, Hb, TLC, DLC, PS for MP, routine & microscopic examination of urine and stool.

Drugs will be provided by ESIC for which a separate procedure would be put in place, the release added.

The Regional Director/ SSMC/ Administrative Medical Officer Office of ESIC will identify the location and would inform once the area is notified for implementation. The selected private nursing home/ clinic should sign a contract agreement with ESIC. The application forms can be collected from the office of the Administrative Medical Officer, ESI Scheme Dispensary, 4th Mile, Dimapur during office hours from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm.

The last date of submission of application is within 30 days from the date of issue of this notification.

Dimapur, June 30 (mexn): Dimapur Government College bid farewell to one of its officers, LT Yepthomi, the senior-most Associate Professor, Department of Higher Education, Nagaland, on July 29.

Having served as Head, Department of English for many years, it was only natural that her role as a ‘guardian’ became evident, as highlighted by Suzzana Yaden, Assistant Professor, Department of English, in her moving tribute.

Alemla Imsong, Head, Department of Political Science, looked fondly at their association in DGC which began in 1994. She averred that Yepthomi was one of the pioneers in bringing effective changes to streamline the college, unafraid and unwavering for causes she believed in; her warmth and wisdom made her a valued advisor.

Ngangshikokba Ao, Principal, DGC, also highlighted how Yepthomi was the epitome of a teacher

LFHSS annual Fresher’s Day held Dimapur, June 30 (mexn): Livingstone Foundation Hr. Sec. School (LFHSS), Dimapur organized its annual Fresher’s Day on June 30. The programme was marked by songs and dances from the students. Arthur Edwards, Administrator, LFHSS welcomed the gathering.

Andrew Ahoto, Chairman cum Principal, LFHSS spoke on the vision and mission of every student to inculcate the values of sacrifice and commitment while spreading the message of love

and unity amongst the student fraternity, in the school, and community as a whole.

The mentors of Junior High School displayed a colorful show of traditional, modern and other special attires titled ‘Walk the Ramp’. The most special part of the function however was the Mr and Miss Freshers 2017 Contest where various contestants from amongst the fresh batch of GradeXI participated.

Chingshen Y. Phom and Asonye Semy were declared as Mr

and Miss Freshers respectively.

The other title winners included Apulo I. Zhimo as Mr Popular, Wungtsukiu B. Yimchunger as Mr Handsome, Neipedenuo Kenguruse as Miss Congeniality and Wapangjungla Pongen as Miss Fresh Face.

The panel of judges for Mr & Miss Freshers 2017 comprised of Andrew Ahoto, Ani Yepthomi, Director Junior High, Thuireishang Jamang, PGT, Vanthunglo Murry and Kumlijungla, Former Miss Fresher from Grade-XII.

‘Tackling with disasters need collective effort’ Officers trained on landslide risk Kohima, June 30 community who first respond visions in the entire Kohima mitigation and management (mexn): The Training of to it. It has become a necessity district.

Trainers programme for Community First Responders on Disaster Management conducted by District Disaster Management Authority, Kohima in collaboration with the Civil Defence & Home Guards, Health and Family Welfare, and Fire and Emergency Services from June 27 to 30 culminated with Kohima Deputy Commissioner Rajesh Soundararajan, IAS as the special guest.

“Tackling with disasters is crucial and need a collective effort from all sections of society especially from the NGOs,” the DC stated, while exhorting the trainees that “in any kinds of disaster, it is the

to train the local masses.” The ToT, he added, is just the beginning and that they should not end with the training.

The Deputy Commissioner gave away the certificates to the trainees who completed the four days intensive training and a token of gift to the best presentation group. In the group competition, the Chiechama village under ADC Chiephobozou sub-division emerged first.

DDMO Kohima, Thejangulie Zao while expressing the final remarks of the training elaborated on the way forward that the trainers will be engaged very soon for further trainings of the sub di-

He said the whole idea of the training is to train, equip oneself so as to train others.

He expressed gratitude to all the trainees for showing eagerness to learn and having come forward positively and making the training a meaningful one.

A press note informed that the training was supported

by Nagaland State Disaster Management Authority (NSDMA), Home Department, Government of Nagaland.

The valedictory programme was chaired by Victor Yhome, DPA Kohima.

Altogether forty trainees from the five sub divisions of Kohima district were trained.

Kohima, June 30 (mexn): A training on Landslide Risk Mitigation and Management was conducted from June 28–30 at Administrative Training Institute, Kohima.

Altogether, 29 officers from 7 departments attended the training, the course for which consisted of Basics of Disaster Management, Disaster Risk Profile of Nagaland, Landslide and different types, Landslide Mitigation, Landslide Management Strategies and Landslide Hazard Zonation Mapping.

The resource persons for the programme were Kekhriezavi Lea, Er. Keneizhatuo, Er. N. Moa Longkumer and Dr. Hovithal Sothu.

The valedictory function was graced by Kevekha Kevin Zehol, NCS,

Higher Education bids farewell to Registrar Kohima, June 30 (mexn): A farewell programme in honour of the outgoing Registrar of the Directorate of Higher Education, Vizotso Tase was held in the conference hall of the directorate on June 30.

Director of Higher Education, Kuholi Chishi on the occasion termed the farewell a time of celebrating Tase’s good life, time and service he has rendered over the years.

Expressing that the directorate has a good group of people who are hard working and diligently continue to work, she acknowledged that Tase has been one of them.

She further described him as a wonderful guardian and a fatherly figure and stated he is going away as somebody who has fulfilled so much. “He is a man, who is slow to anger,

Retiring Registrar of Directorate of Higher Education, Vizotso Tase at his farewell programme on June 30.

dedicated and sincere,” she said. “His humility and ability to gel with everybody has been admirable.”

She further wished him good health, happiness and all the prosperity he deserves on behalf of the department.

Meanwhile, Vizotso Tase recalled his 35 years of service and affirmed that he gave his best. He also thanked the depart-

ment for organising the programme in his honour and extended his gratitude to the staff and officers who worked with him and gave full cooperation throughout his service. He hoped that they will continue to cooperate with each other for the upliftment of the department.

President of the Ministerial Staff Association, Higher Education, Atovi

described Tase as humble person who worked with devotion, dedication and contributed so much to the department. He also thanked him for his service and wished him good health and all the best in his endeavours.

Joint Director of Higher Education, Menuokholie Kire, who chaired the programme, congratulated the outgoing Registrar on successfully completing 35 years of service without any sicknesses and described him as a person who has lots of good qualities. “He was not only the guardian of the department but also a father figure,” he commented. Stating that he started his career as an LDA and had reached the post of Registrar, he said Tase is a person who respected his job and hoped that the staff of the directorate will follow in his footsteps.

Additional Director ATI and Joint Secretary to the Government of Nagaland. He encouraged the officials to prepare a summary report of what they have learnt in the training and submit to their nominating authorities. He also stressed the need for community participation to reclaim the land, stated a press release from Dr. Hovithal Sothu, Deputy Director (Training), ATI. Importance of having civic sense by each individual of the state is of paramount importance because if we do not, drains and streams may be blocked resulting in more instability in the State, Kevekha added.

The Course Coordinator and Chairman of the programme Dr. Hovithal Sothu highlighted the feedback of the participants.

St. Joseph’s College welcomes 1273 Josephites JaKhama, June 30 (mexn): The 32nd Freshers’ Day of St. Joseph’s College, Jakhama was held on June 30 at the college Indoor Stadium with Prof. Pardeshi Lal, ViceChancellor of Nagaland University as the chief guest.

A press note from the college informed that a total of 1273 Josephites have enrolled in various streams and departments for 2017 batch.

Speaking on the occasion, Prof. Lal emphasized on two Es - Excitement and Education. “Excitement which include the need to make new friends, indulge in adventures and have self-motivation; and Education which is to be able to stand out in the international scenario, and also on the requirement of infusing and imparting into the students’ minds the importance of environmental studies,” stated the Vice-Chancellor.

Rev. Fr. Dr. Sebastian Ousepparampil, principal of the college encouraged the students to strive and work hard in this “globalized, privatized and liberalized world” in the days to come.

Most Rev. Dr. James Thoppil, Bishop of Kohima encouraged the young minds to be good human beings as the college has been imparting quality education to the students since its inception with Christian values. College degree, he said, is not the end of one's life’s call.

Well-known Naga artists, the Tetseo Sisters, enthralled the audience with two of their original numbers. Mosa Phom, President of the Students’ Council, SJC spoke on behalf of the seniors.

Tree saplings planted in Satoi Town Dimapur, June 30 (mexn): The Satoi Town Youth Organization (STYO) organized a plantation drive at Satoi Hq on June 27 under the theme ‘Go Green, Save Earth’ in collaboration with Science and Technology Department. More than 300 tree saplings were planted in and around Satoi Town in a protected manner, according to a press release from STYO president, Huka V Tuccu and general secretary, Sunit Assumi. The youth organization has requested the citizens of Satoi Town to give their contribution by taking care of the tree saplings.

Meetings & AppointMents GSUNZ meeting All the executive members, office bearers, and active members of Garo Students’ Union, Nagaland Zone (GSUNZ) have been informed that a meeting has been convened at the residence of Cliff Sangma, president, GSUNZ at Eralibill village on July 2, 2:00 pm to discuss some important matters. Therefore, all concerned have been informed to send atleast three members from each unit without fail.

Meeting of cleanest colony contest judges There will be a meeting of the panel of judges for the cleanest colony competition under Dimapur Municipal Council (DMC) project ‘A Better Dimapur’ on July 3, 11:00 am in the office chamber of the Convenor & SDO (C) Estt. at Deputy Commissioner's office, Dimapur.

Therefore, all the judges have been requested to attend the same without fail.

Nagaland state RJD meeting A meeting of Nagaland Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) will be held on July 3, 10:00 am at the residence of the State RJD president, Khetovi Kinny at Purana Bazaar, Dimapur. Therefore, all concerned have been informed to attend the meeting without fail.

Mokokchung DPDB meeting Additional Deputy Commissioner of Mokokchung, Sachin Jaiswal has informed that the Mokokchung District Planning and Development Board (DPDB) meeting for the month of July 2017 has been preponed to July 5, 11:00 an onwards at the conference hall of ADC (Planning). All the DPDB members have been informed to attend the meeting positively.

Wokha DPDB meeting Vice Chairman, DPDB, Wokha & Deputy Commissioner, Wezope Kenye has informed that the monthly District Planning and Development Board (DPDB) meeting for the month of July has been preponed to July 7.

All members have been requested to note the change of date and attend the meeting without fail.

Meeting of Committee on Subordinate Legislation MLA and chairman of Committee on Subordinate Legislation, Neiba Kronu has fixed the first meeting of the committee on July 7, 11:00 am in the committee room of the Nagaland Legislative Assembly secretariat. All members of the Committee on Subordinate Legislation (2017-18) have been requested to attend the meeting positively.

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THE MORUNG EXPRESS

The Crisis in TV News

Puberphonia: Unnaturally High pitched voice

The medium, faced with a rapid erosion of credibility, must stand up straight to save itself

Rajdeep Sardesai

W

e are now in an age of the "Ravana school of journalism": Ten heads peeping out of a television set, each shouting and arguing with the other even as the anchor shouts the loudest. News is no longer about public interest but ratings, not facts but opinion, where studio debates matter more than stories from the ground, where a reporter is often only a bite-gatherer.

Many national channels today are doing away with bureaus and investing less in storytelling from the ground. It is easier and cheaper to get four to five people in a studio to argue with each other.

There is a crisis in television news journalism. We have been part of a television news revolution that broke the monopoly of Doordarshan, brought a passionate and infectious energy to the news process.

But two decades later, the revolution we were all part of now threatens to devour us.

For 41 days, farmers from Tamil Nadu agitated in Delhi's Jantar Mantar for their loans to be waived off. They even brought the skulls, or replicas, of their fellow farmers who committed suicide, in the hope that someone will take notice. The skulls made for dramatic pictures, which is why the story was finally covered by the national TV media for at least one day. Otherwise, like the anonymous kisans committing suicide across the country, the plight of these farmers would have been easily forgotten.

TV today is primarily about drama. Contrast our coverage of the Tamil Nadu farmers with the protests over Jallikattu. Every national channel suddenly discovered the ancient bull sport -- because the people of Tamil Nadu succeeded in making a spectacle out of it. As thousands, including filmstars, gathered at Marina Beach, the visual appeal attracted television cameras, as did the TRPs, which now showed the Jallikattu protests in Chennai had the maximum ratings.

Chennai, till last year, was complaining that most news channels ignored the south of the Vindhyas.

In December 2015, there was massive flooding in Chennai, half the city was under water, and yet the report barely made it to the national headlines. If there is minor flooding in Delhi or Gurugram, it becomes

instant breaking news. It took the water to reach the wall of Jayalalithaa's house for us to wake up to the crisis affecting the citizens of one of the country's largest cities.

North-east India witnesses flooding almost every year. Their story is rarely, if ever, covered in the national TV media. Dibrugarh [Assam], in September 2015, had experienced its worst flood in more than a decade. And yet, it didn't make it to the headlines of any national TV channel. Are we then surprised that the north-east feels alienated from the Indian mainstream? I call it the "tyranny of distance": It means the further you are from the national capital, the less likely your story will be told.

A bigger challenge lies in a new beast that has entered the media jungle: social media. When it first emerged, I saw it as a great way to bridge the gap between the journalist and the viewer, to democratize opinion and create a large pool of citizen journalists able to tell their stories from every corner of the country. However, social media has only poisoned the news ecosystem further. Twitter, for example, is often used to spread lies, disinformation, hate and propaganda: armies of political operatives using the medium to target each other and confuse and corrupt the news environment through endless trolling.

Worse, some of our netas celebrate these trolls. Mainstream TV news is now affected by what is trending on Twitter. News editors are encouraged to look at viral videos on Facebook while deciding their news rundowns. We are consciously adding provocative hashtags to a story so that it becomes the talking point of the day. An outrage factory has been created on social media and television news is expected to echo it. Instead of television leading the narrative, it is social media that is influencing the change.

The truth is that a farmer suicide will not trend on Twitter but religious extremism will. Moderate voices will not go viral on a Facebook video but shrill, loud voices will. When a [Subramanian] Swamy questions the patriotism of a former RBI (Reserve Bank of India) governor, it trends online. That evening, Swamy is on national television as the newsmaker of the day.

An [Asaduddin] Owaisi makes a mummy versus yummy remark on cow slaughter, his video goes viral

and is then discussed nationally on prime-time television. Swamy and Owaisi are the new prime-time warriors: one who speaks the language of Hindu majoritarianism, the other the language of Islamic victimhood.

But do they really represent the silent majority? Or are they simply playing a role created for them?

I wonder whether we have reduced public opinion on TV to black and white polarities -- Hindu versus Muslim, right versus left, liberals versus extremists, nationalists versus anti-nationals, them versus us -- caricaturing the medium into stereotypes, with news anchors reduced to performers. Nowhere is the danger of this more apparent than in the narrative on Kashmir. In the contemporary TV format, Kashmir is now about stone-pelters versus Army, separatists versus "true" Indians. If you tell the story of the stone-pelter, then you must be anti-national. What if I tell both stories? Isn't that what good journalism is about, or have we in the New Republic of India reduced news to dangerous patriot games, where if I cover a Kanhaiya Kumar speech, I am anti-national, but if I give voice to those who kill in the name of the cow, then I am nationalistic? Social media has no accountability, but television news, with the instant and powerful impact of visuals, cannot afford to be similarly reckless.

In the end, we, journalists, must blame ourselves. The editor is expected to set the moral compass for a news network, mentor young journalists, separate the right from the wrong, be a gatekeeper of the news, tell truth to power, hold those in public life accountable.

Sadly, many editors are now news managers, not valued for their editorial skills but for their networking ability. It is proximity to power that matters more than journalistic independence. Editors caught on camera seeking bribes and sent to jail as a result now give sermons to the nation from TV studios on morality. Others call themselves independent, but do not think twice before taking money from political figures to set up their channels.

Ownership patterns and business models are under siege. Owners of news media often do not want independent-minded editors.

But why blame them for their private political or corporate agendas?

What about us as editors? The fact is, we are tempted to play god. We are economical with the truth, but full of ourselves. It is our arrogance that has let us down when humility is what we should be striving for.

Over the years, the news media in this country has been a watchdog: We have exposed corruption, held a mirror to society, been at the vanguard of protecting democratic freedom. But the watchdog is now becoming a lapdog. During the Emergency, L. K. Advani had famously said: "When journalists were asked to bend, they crawled." Today, we must learn to stand up straight, not only when the national anthem is played but when we are faced with the rapid erosion of our credibility.

Excerpted and edited from a speech given at the 2017 Venkatesh Chapalgaonkar Memorial Lecture in Pune.

Christina Walling Audiologist & Speech Language Pathologist, CIHSR, Dimapur

H

ave you ever come across someone who has an unnaturally high-pitched voice? Most people say that they are just being “childish”.

These people end up getting teased, even more if they are male. But what if it is something that they cannot help?

Unnaturally high pitched voice in men in the presence of a structurally normal larynx (voice box) is called puberphonia. Studies show that the incidence of puberphonia is 1 in 900,000 (Bannerjee et al, 1995). These individuals complain of having a high pitched voice that is inappropriate to their age and gender. We are well aware of the fact that adolescent boys undergo voice change during their puberty, when their childish, high-pitched voice slowly changes to a lower one. In puberphonia, this change in voice does not occur, and the high pitched

voice persists beyond puberty.

Sometimes, women also face a similar problem. But in their case, it is called “Juvenile Voice”. Here, a woman’s voice also fails to lower during puberty, causing her to have a “childish” voice.

So, is there any treatment available for this? The good news is, “Yes”! Many studies have shown that Voice Therapy is a very effective modality of treatment for puberphonia.

Treatment includes several voice therapy sessions with a Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) with experience in treating puberphonia. With dedication and hard work from both the individual and the SLP, treatment outcome for puberphonia/ juvenile voice is very good.

The Power of Art That Makes You Pause

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Sophie Gilbert

ouis Armstrong is rightly lauded as one of the most influential jazz artists of all time, but less frequently appreciated is the impact he had on ending segregation in the United States. In 1931, when Charles Black Jr. was a 16-year-old freshman at the University of Texas, he went to see Armstrong play at the Driskill Hotel in Austin, hoping, in his own words, that there would be “lots of girls there.” Instead, he was struck by the music. “He was the first genius I had ever seen,” Black wrote in 1986. “It had simply never entered my mind, for confirming or denying in conjecture, that I would see this for the first time in a black man … And if this was true, what happened to the rest of it?”

Black later became a constitutional lawyer, and in 1954 he wrote the legal briefs for Linda Brown, the 10-year-old plaintiff in Brown v. Board of Education. That experiennce of being awed by an artist’s genius ended up contributing to a landmark case declaring racial segregation in public schools to be unconstitutional. The Harvard art history and African American studies professor Sarah Lewis cites this moment as an example of how culture enables people to see beyond their own blindspots. Art that gets us to pause, she argues, can lead us to a new vision of the world.

Last year, Lewis guest-edited an edition of Aperturemagazine titled “Vision and Justice,” which explored the intersection of photography and black America, and how the medium has contributed to social progress.

She discussed the power of images and the political role of artists with the architect Michael Murphy on Wednesday at the Aspen Ideas Festival, co-hosted by the Aspen Institute and The Atlantic. Acknowledging the role that culture plays in justice, Lewis said, is something people tend to do only in times of crisis. But even in the current moment, she argued, when more visuals are produced every two minutes than were created during the entire 19th century, images still wield great power when they force people to slow down.

One example Lewis cited wasn’t an artwork at all, but a plaque unveiled at Harvard last year to commemorate slaves who worked at the university in the 17th century. She also referred to an instantly iconic photograph of President Barack Obama bending down to let a small boy touch his head. And she quoted President John Kennedy’s 1963 speech at Amherst College, in which Kennedy considered the power of artists in society, stating: “We must never forget that art is not a form of propaganda; it is a form of truth.”

While that may be so, Murphy said, it doesn’t mean art can’t be weaponized. The co-founder and

CEO of MASS Design Group, a nonprofit firm advocating for “architecture that promotes justice and human dignity,” reiterated the idea that forcing people to pause can enable them to restructure their thinking.

Architecture is conceptually slow, he argued, since most buildings take at least five years to move from design to completion. He referred to MASS’s proposal for a Holocaust memorial in London, which would create a pile of six million individual stones in the middle of the city, each one inscribed with the name of a victim. Visitors would be encouraged to take the stones home. The end result, Murphy said, would be that “six million people … agree to participate, engage, take a stone, and embrace a more just and tolerant society.”

“There are images that are impossible to forget, searing themselves into our collective consciousness,” my colleague Yoni Appelbaum wrote last year, after an extraordinary photo of a peaceful protester facing down two armed policemen went viral. “One man staring down a column of tanks in Tiananmen Square. A high school student attacked by police dogs in Birmingham, Alabama.” That the history of activism is defined by images is no accident. As Lewis said, these are the visuals that prompt us to pause, and show us “not only the things we want to celebrate, but the things we need to remember.”

Interior furnishing trends among urban Indian millennials

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IANS

rom wanting personalised style of interior furnishings to renting out big kitchen appliances -- urban Indian millenials are setting new trends and ditching the heavy interior look, say experts.

Millenials do not hesitate to pay a higher amount for quality furniture, according to designer Divya Arora at Roop Vatika and Geetansh Bamania, CEO and founder at renting solutions company RentoMojo.

Here's what they said: * Youngsters want a personalised style of interior furnishing and design which symbolises individual ideology and style. * Flexibility is a requirement since place of residence may not be permanent and the need to be able to fit everything in is definitely there.

Flexibility means the young can arrange their furniture pieces in different spaces --at times modu-

lar is a great option. * Most rented properties in the cities are available semi-furnished, owing to which more and more millenials are doing the interiors of their homes with rented furniture. In Bengaluru, maximum number of orders are for bedroom furniture over other segments.

Similarly, in Mumbai, most people pick out a complete bedroom package with wardrobe, bed, mattress and a bed side table. An interesting trend that has been noticed is that millenials do not hesitate to pay a higher amount for quality furniture. * Being creative and being a trendsetter in most of the fields is what this generation is all about.

Awareness, exposure and implementation along with decisiveness is what sets them apart. * Where previously, a lot of professionals in the early start of their career would buy second-hand appliances, more and more millenials are now renting these ap-

pliances. In Bengaluru, the most ordered product is the single door fridge and next is automatic washing machine.

Single door fridge, top load washing machine, microwave solo has the best movement in Mumbai.

This highlights the average living space of the consumer and preference on need over necessity. * Function precedes form, yet form is important. Anything and everything has to be utility-oriented and if possible have a multiple usage. * A strong indicator of the aversion of millennials towards commitment to long-term assets is the preference of 12 months tenure for renting. Even if it is for a period as long as a year, millenials prefer to rent instead of buying. * Being aware and brand conscious and quality conscious is one thing, but they are smart enough to spend judiciously. They are always aiming going for things that provide value for money.

Antibiotic Resistance Is Lurking in The Environment Sarah Zhang

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olistin is an antibiotic of last resort, one of the final options left when all other drugs fail. It is an older antibiotic and sometimes toxic to the kidneys. Yet precisely because colistin is not a particularly safe drug and thus rarely used, bacteria didn’t develop resistance to it.

Until they did, of course. At first, the occasional resistance mutation popped up, here and there. Then in 2015, scientists surveilling Chinese pig farms reported the discovery of Escherichia coli bacteria with colistin resistance in a form that can spread with frightening ease. The resistance gene, which they called mcr-1, lived on a free-floating loop of DNA called a plasmid. Bacteria— even bacteria of different species— can swap plasmids back and forth.

Just seven months later, another group in Belgium found a second, similar gene, mcr-2. And this week, the original group of scientists reported a third, this time more distinct, colistin-resistance gene, mcr3, also on a plasmid and also found in E. coli from a Chinese pig farm.

That plasmid where the researchers found mcr-3 also contained 18 other resistance genes against other antibiotics.

Researchers think they have another reason to worry about mcr-3.

This resistance gene is very similar to a naturally occurring gene in Aeromonas, a type of bacteria ubiquitous in fresh and brackish waters.

It could be that mcr-3 developed in Aeronomas in the first place, and though it’s not yet confirmed, these bacteria may be a reservoir of colistin resistance. “mcr-3 might exist everywhere,” says Yang Wang, a biologist at China Agricultural University and an author on the new report.

Colistin resistance could be even more widespread than we thought.

The case of mcr-3 illuminates the complex interplay between antibiotics and the natural environment, which scientists are only just beginning to understand. It makes sense to find resistance genes in hospitals or on farms, where antibiotics are used to treat humans or animals.

But why would antibiotic resistance genes turn up in bacteria from the natural environment—even in an isolated cave or 30,000-year-old permafrost? Does the natural envi-

ronment harbor a reservoir of antibiotic resistance genes, waiting to spring into action?

First, some history about colistin.

Decades ago, as colistin fell out of favor for human medicine, farmers started using it. Small doses of antibiotics can fatten pigs and chickens, so colistin became a growth promoter added to feed. China has been a major user of colistin in agriculture, and it’s Chinese scientists who first detected the mcr-1 resistance. But the drug has also been used worldwide in various ways, from promoting growth to preventing and treating diarrheal diseases in animals.

(This year, China banned the use of colistin as a growth promoter, and Europe is cutting down on its use in prevention. Treating sick animals with it is still allowed, though.)

Infections resistant to multiple drugs—the kind that might require resorting to colistin—are thankfully still rare, and they’re mostly a concern for the already sick and immunocompromised. But if colistin resistance becomes more common, these patients would lose one of their only remaining options.

So the bombshell discovery of mcr-1 set off a search through bac-

teria collections around the world.

And soon enough, researchers found mcr-1 in dozens of countries, even in decades-old samples of Enterobacteriaceae, a group of bacteria that includes E. coli and Salmonella. The gene had spread around the world before scientists even knew to look for it.

“Environmental bacteria are just chock full of resistance genes.”

Unfortunately, the same thing has probably already happened with mcr-3. In fact, when Wang and his coauthors went to compare the DNA sequence of mcr-3 to previously sequenced bacteria, they found three 100 percent matches— in Enterobacteriaceae from a Malaysian pig in 2013, human pus in Thailand in 2015, and human stool in the U.S. in 2008.

What makes mcr-3 different from mcr-1 is the existence of mcr-3like genes in a whole different group of more distantly related water bacteria, the Aeromonas. For example, one bacteria sample from Malaysian lake water had 94.1 percent similarity to the enzyme encoded by mcr3. And some Aeromonas species seem to have intrinsic resistance to colistin’s class of antibiotics. Wang

is now working to isolate the mcr-3like gene in Aeromonas to figure out if it is indeed what gives the bacteria resistance to colistin.

What could Aeromonas be doing with a colistin-resistance gene out in the environment? This kind of scenario is actually quite common.

“Environmental bacteria are just chock full of resistance genes,” says Gerry Wright, a biochemist at McMaster University, who has looked in places like permafrost and isolated caves for resistance genes. One answer could be that bacteria are protecting themselves. Many antibiotics actually come from microbes, which may be creating toxins to fight off their microbe competitors.

In fact, colistin was first isolated from a flask of bacteria in Japan.

But chemical warfare between bacteria isn’t the only way to think about the existence of natural antibiotics. The antibiotics we’ve isolated from microbes often don’t exist at high enough natural concentrations to actually kill other bacteria. Perhaps, what we think of as antibiotics are really signaling molecules that bacteria use to communicate with each other. “These are very complex ecosystems that have hundreds and

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thousands of species in some way communicating with each other,” says Justin Donato, a biochemist at University of St. Thomas. And what we think of resistance genes might just be there to modify signaling molecules.

Of course, in high enough concentrations, the compounds that may originally have been for signaling and that humans use as antibiotics, become lethal. Then natural selection kicks in. The genes used in bacterial communication could then be co-opted for antibiotic resistance. That may be what happened with mcr-3 and colistin. Perhaps a pig drank water with Aeromonas carrying mcr-3 or an mcr-3-like gene, which then encountered E. coli in the pig’s gut and eventually passed along the gene on a plasmid, giving the E. coli resistance to colistin.

In one view, the case of mcr-3 illustrates how little we know about complex bacterial communities, and how sources of antibiotic resistance may lurk in unexpected places. But seen another way, it shows just how predictable the larger pattern is: Bacteria always find a way to become resistant.

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book review of Marvellous Stories | AA girl swallowed by a tree: Lotha Naga Tales Retold Veio Pou Asst. Professor, SBSC, University of Delhi

Author: Nzanmongi Jasmine Patton Publisher: Adivaani, Kolkata, India ISBN: 978-93-84465-08-7 Month/Year of publication: April, 2017 Pages: 211

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ne of the first impressions about the book A girl swallowed by a tree by Nzanmongi Jasmine Patton is the title.

Though I've come across two retellings of the same story, this narrative appeal differently to the reader because narrator-facilitator powerfully uses her imagination while retelling the story.

And that, I think, is one of the strengths of book. Often we come across folktales being told in short and simple manner, and they too work magic that way. But a more elaborate narratology also adds another level of information which is essential because folklore is a primary derivative of history in the oral society.

However, I shall not digress further into that discourse as Jasmine has given an excellent introduction to the book on the same. I leave that for critical academic engagement and discussions.

The thirty folktales make an interesting collection! The range of themes the narrator-facilitator has chosen tells a lot about the wide significance of these tales. The origin stories form an important component in folktales as they, in a way, explains the cosmology of the people. Thus, from the story of “The Story of the Sun and the Moon” to “The Duel between Wind and Fire” to “How Chilli was discovered” to “The Legend of how Men became Monkeys” we are enlightened of the different narratives which work its way in the establishment of a worldview. From the stories of “Arilao”, “Ranphan, the Brave”, “Rapvuthung and the Tsungrhamvu”, and “The Tiyilong Legends” we see heroes and legends of the people that continues to find resonance even today because they form an important phase in the people’s memory. In “Humchupvuli Eloe”, “The Emi and the Forty Young Men”, “Sherüthü Friends”, “The Sterile Wife”, etc. we see the dynamics of human relations and lessons on how a cordial relation or a deviation from it can have their own consequences on the individuals and the society, at large. The interface between the worlds of human and the supernatural is well exemplified in “The Man who travelled to Echu Li”, “The Strange Marriage between a Woman and a Momon”, “The Tale of the Fortunate Sister”, “The Tiger Bridegroom and the Human Bride”, etc. Also, the few animal stories like “The Crab’s Sideways-Tilted

UK teens among world's most extreme internet users

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ore than one in three British teenagers are "extreme internet users" who spend at least six hours a day online, according to a report.

The report, by the Londonbased Education Policy Institute (EPI) thinktank, said: "Over a third (37.3 per cent) of UK 15-year-olds can be classed as ‘extreme internet users' (over six hours of use a day) -markedly higher than the average of OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) countries."

"The only OECD country with higher levels of extreme internet use than the UK was Chile."

The report warns that children and young people's heavy internet use can have damaging consequences.

"The evidence points towards a correlation between extreme use of social media and harmful effects on young people's wellbeing. Those classed as ‘extreme internet users' were more likely to report being bullied (17.8 per cent) than moderate internet users (6.7 per cent)," it states.

British children also start going online for the first time at a young age by international standards, the report disclosed.

"Nearly a third (27.6 per cent) of young people in the UK were six years old or younger when they first used the internet," the Guardian quoted the report as saying.

One in three (34 per cent) UK children have experienced cyberbullying, accessed harmful content such as a website promoting selfharm or had some other type of negative experience when using social media.

"Our research highlights the importance of equipping young people with skills that help them counter emerging online risks. That doesn't mean protecting them from the internet but rather putting forward proactive measures centred on resilience building," the report's author Emily Frith said.

Walk”, “The Erstwhile Friendship between the Sepvu and the Otum”, etc. and trickster stories like “Apvuho and Mesa: Four Mini-Tales”, “Apvuho and the Emi”, etc. are not just fun reading but helps us to draw anecdotes on life.

In retelling these stories, Jasmine is also helping her own people, the Lothas, or Kyongs as they call themselves, unearth treasures which have long been neglected or overlooked. She even underlined that the need to revive and restore the “invaluable treasured legacy” of storytelling which is slowly “dying” due to non-performance is at the core of her zeal to undertake the translation project. I think this zeal should be cultivated by other Naga

scholars too. Oral tradition, by virtue of being dependent on memorialization and passing it down from generation to generation, is heavily reliant on the older members of the society who have knowledge of the stories and songs. To that extend, Jasmine went on to say, “Our old storytellers are our traditioncarriers, who with their deaths are incinerating the living libraries of a community.” Hence, what this generation needs is the passion to undertake field works to record, archive and translate these stories with the effort to pass on the legacy of storytelling.

I’ve mentioned elsewhere and now mention again that one of the drawbacks for young Nagas not being

able to derive an importance in their own culture and tradition is because the modern education system does not have an aspect of our own oral tradition. A huge difference could have been made had some of our own stories made headway into the curriculum early on. How wonderful it would have been if our own folktales were read alongside Aesops Fables, Jataka Tales and other fascinating tales! I’m sure a lot of my attitude would have changed to the stories I’ve heard as a young boy from my grandmother.

We could hear the same stories over and over again in the evenings sitting around the fireplace. We knew the stories, but we could still listen with the same awe of listening to it for the first time. But then, school happened.

Somehow, we never read about those stories anymore. Though the holidays would give us chance to listen to the storyteller, somehow other things drew us away from sitting around the fireplace and listen to stories.

I don’t mean to rue over things undone. Nevertheless, we can still make up for the loss if we introduce these stories into the school curriculum for the generations to come. By now, we already have ample selections to choose from, besides Jasmine’s book.

This generation only needs the will to do. The wonderful thing about folktales is that it leaves space for improvisation. In most cases, as I mentioned above, we’ve seen a plain narration of the tales. But in this book, A girl swallowed by a tree, we see a bit more than that. There is creativity employed to expand the imagination while retelling. Many of our stories have powerful storyline and intriguing sub-plots, and they can be developed into fictions or other genres. What we lack is the belief in its possibility. I am a believer in that. Are you? People are going places in search of stories, and we have right in front of us! Think about it.

One of the things that many Nagas will also find while reading this book is a sense of familiarity with many of the stories. Interestingly enough, we have many shared stories. Or variants of them. This, I think, tells a lot about our own commonness. Often, different communities within the Naga fold are left to battle out things as though we have nothing to do with each other. Perhaps, we have even gone to the extent of saying ‘that is our story’, ‘this is our song’, etc. But, rather than joining the chorus of ‘owning’ stories we should celebrate in the ‘sharedness’.

Our stories and songs can be a pointer to our commonness. Let them bind us together. Enjoy reading this collection of marvellous stories!

Five books to look forward to in July 2017

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he current trend in Indian publishing space, as also globally, shows a phenomenal rise of nonfiction while the number of fiction titles have dipped significantly over the past couple of years.

The month of July, however, will come as a boon to fiction readers as several prominent novels are slated to hit the stores.

The growing interest of readers in knowing about the lives of celebrities and other leading personalities, coupled with exorbitant marketing and promotion of such books, have toppled the rightful place that fiction once commanded. Thus, a sort of "hit-and-run" nonfiction books that create hype momentarily and do well commercially rule the roost.

But these books are also forgotten equally fast. Consider Karan Johar's "An Unsuitable Boy" and Amitav Ghosh's 1988 novel "The Shadow Lines" for instance. While Johar's memoir, which released only a few months ago seems to have gone out of sight and mind of most readers, Ghosh's novel, even after three decades, seems like an oasis of bliss and aesthetic reading.

Here are the five books that we can't wait to read in July: The Lovers by Amitava Kumar (Aleph) This novel is about a man in search of a love story. Our narrator Kailash is a new immigrant, eager to shine and in his account of his years at a university in New York, he takes us through the bittersweet arc of youth and love. Manifest in the narrator's first years and first loves is the wild enthusiasm of youth, its idealism, chaotic desires and confusions.

Funny, meditative, and shot through with waves of longing, the book explores feelings of discomfort about cultural misunderstandings and the lack of clarity between men and women.

Without Prejudice: Epic Tale of a Mumbai Bar Dancer by Devasis (Niyogi Books) A novel on the life sketch of a fictional Mumbai Bar Dancer, the book delves deep into the roots of their evolution as dancers and attempts to answer how the sudden decision of closure of the Dance Bars ran the danger and risk of depriving a section of the populace of a dignified (albeit not being seen so by

some sections of society) way of earning their living. The damage caused by certain archaic laws to certain sections of the Indian populace and how the government, administration and general public are completely unaware of the injustice meted to women from these communities is also highlighted in the book.

Neel Mukherjee, the author of two previous novels, "A Life Apart" (2010), which won the Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award for best novel, and "The Lives of Others" (2014), which was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, returns this July with his third novel.

In "A State of Freedom" by Mukherjee, five characters find out the meanings of dislocation, and the desire for more. Moving between the reality of this world and the shadow of another, this novel of multiple narratives -- formally daring, fierce but full of pity -- delivers a devastating and haunting exploration of the unquenchable human urge to strive for a different life.

Navigating India by Bharat Joshi (Rupa) This is a non-preachy, non-prescriptive and unbiased account of the possibilities that define India amidst magnificent paradoxes. It provides an experiential compass through first-

hand accounts and insights from some of India's most respected names in business, public governance, diplomacy and intelligentsia. It lucidly explains the frequent and vital intersections between the government and business, culture and modernity, demographics and democracy -- all of which are vital to understanding India.

To Kill the President by Sam Bourne (HarperCollins) The United States has elected a volatile demagogue as president, backed by his ruthless chief strategist, Crawford 'Mac' McNamara. When a war of words with the North Korean regime spirals out of control and the President comes perilously close to launching a nuclear attack, it's clear someone has to act, or the world will be reduced to ashes.

Maggie Costello, a seasoned Washington operator and stubbornly principled person, discovers an inside plot to kill the President -- and faces the ultimate moral dilemma. Should she save the President and leave the free world at the mercy of an increasingly crazed would-be tyrant -- or commit treason against her Commander in Chief and risk plunging the country into a civil war? This blockbuster thriller will keep you hooked to its pages.

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POTholes, PONDholes, Corruption and suggestions to improve it Tshezote Venuh: The PEN is mightier than the SWORD but the pen is not going to build GOOD ROADS and BRIDGES for us. It is the hands that wield them that build and repair.

One BLIND MAN cannot lead ANOTHER BLIND MAN. And sadly our Political leaders are surely blind because they cannot see the condition of the road, particularly the HIGHWAY stretch from Purana Bazaar to Padumpukhuri for one among many examples.

THE GOOD NEWS: There are no more POTHOLES in our roads. Praise God for they are now upgraded to POND HOLES. Some of which are so deep that when unlucky cars try to SWIM across, they end up drowning, causing traffic Jams and Inconveniences to public.

All the blame doesn't go to our leaders but to the public as well since we are also stakeholders when it comes to civil responsibilities. The main PURPOSE/INTENTION of CANDIDATES these days is only to loot the Government if they WIN THE ELECTION and NOT to SERVE the people. In Nagaland money comes before Passion. So everything we do begins with hijacking money which is the root of all evils. And this trend seems to be rubbing off into our society.

Sacrifice and Service are just words because nobody seems to be really working for a cause but for money, money and more money.. if this goes on, our tomorrow is not worth hoping for.

Every youth organisations across our land should rise up and stand for a cause and a purpose. Our earlier generation may have been corrupted and poisoned by politics but we the younger section of the society can make a difference today.

Because we are educated and have seen other cities and the facilities they enjoy, the rights they exercise and their towering infrastructures.

Our politicians travel often and much more frequently than any layman and they have seen STATE OF THE ART INFRASTRUCTURES, Highly developed Towns, SMOOTH ROADS and even AMUSEMENT PARKS, HUGE INVESTMENTS in the EDUCATIONAL sectors so they should be the ones to realise the BASIC NEEDS of our land, but instead, they choose to remain silent spectators and avid readers of hate mails which do not affect them at all.

I'M SURE the ones responsible will be laughing as they read this post but this time it's NOT addressed to them, but to my FELLOW YOUTHS and stakeholders of our tomorrow.

So dear citizens, what will it be? Just let them be and we all remain corrupted or be the change by stepping up? By changing our mindset on so many issues that keep appearing in SCREAMING LETTERS we can be the change rather than sit and wait for the change to come to us.

Let us NOT be BLIND like our Corrupt Leaders who are actually not leaders and DOERS. Remember: No Risk, No Gain!!!

God bless my fellow YOUTHS OF NAGALAND!!!

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Bringing you a story to inspire Nokho Nyekha: As a social being, we consciously or unconsciously feed and live on stories - either by pouring ourselves out or by absorbing someone else's in. And I hope you find encouragement through the unfaltering courage of this young man, Sen Ezung whose life continues to inspire everyone around him, including me.

7 years ago, as a bright student and an adventurous teenager of Class11, a minor swell on his right ankle took him to Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai which confirmed a Stage IV Osteosarcoma, which slowly led to some other complications, and he ended spending a Christmas fighting for dear life in the ICU. However, his body still reacted fairly well to chemotherapy that by the time he returned home after a year, the cancer was miraculously controlled.

However, devastation overpowered him when he went for his annual review in 2012. It was then they found that the cancer cells had somehow found a way to his lungs and was spreading rapidly. Then in December 2015, they found a recurrence of carcinoma on his ankle, which left the doctors no choice but to finally amputate his right leg. A year later, they detected further recurrence, resulting in reamputation.

Besides the numerous cycles of chemo and radiation, he underwent 7 major operations over the course of 7 years.

Despite the way his life have been cruelly stirred since 2010, he continues to relentlessly fight the disease, surpassing the hope of the doctors themselves. If that's not enough, he also managed to finish his Bachelor’s degree in 1st Class, majoring in Sociology, in 2016.

With steadfast positivity as his armour, nobody can fathom the pain he's been carrying every single day for the past many years. Rather, one would find him listening to the problems of others with sincere concern, standing beside them through each step and helping them in solving their mess. Well, rarely sharing his own.

Through all these years, as his father rightly pointed, it was his will power which has played the most important role in keeping him on the winning side. One can easily see that he accepted the pain and embraced it to his advantage - for one don't see a young man of 24 years (at present). We see the maturity of a man overflowing with gems of wisdom; a man who would only be counting his blessings; a man standing tall without an inch of self pity or bitterness; we see a man glowing with optimism; we see, but, a man who can magically brighten the life of everyone he meet. His confession about the only prayer he asks God to grant him - Not to continue allowing him a pain so unbearable, more because he might lose his temper and hurt his loved ones in the process.

Over the years that I've known him, I've noticed how he grew to treasure each moment of his life, finding time for friends and family with all the energy he could gather, whenever he got the chance to. An old soul, a big heart and a strong mind, his enthusiasm has always been a source of my motivation. When you meet him, you don't see pain - You find peace yourself.

May the readers be inspired through his life, as I am.

Do remember him in your prayers as he continues to fight the lethal osteosarcoma, and maybe, leave a word of encouragement to him. Because, the world is still in need of him - to help us understand the language of love.

Here's to you, Okharo. My soul brother. Our prayers.

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China says channel of communication with India 'unimpeded'

Beijing, june 30 (iAnS): China on Friday said the channel of communication with India was "unimpeded" and rejected Bhutan's claim over Donglong where Indian and Chinese troops are locked in a face-off.

Bejing again alleged that Indian troops trespassed into China's territory and asked New Delhi to withdraw its troops.

Fo re i g n Mi n i s t r y spokesperson Lu Kang said Indian troops crossed the border on June 18. India has denied the allegation.

"Diplomatic channels are unimpeded between India and China for talks on the stand-off in Sikkim," Lu said.

He also rejected Bhutan's claims over Donglong, calling it Chinese territory. "The area where Chinese side undertakes road construction totally belongs to the Chinese territory."

Lu cited historical practices in Donglong to drive his point home.

"We are exercising complete and comprehensive administration over the Doklam (Donglong) region and our border troops and residents around the border are herding their cattle

along this," Lu said.

"This evidence is recognised by the Bhutan side," Lu added.

"From historical evidence, we can see that Doklam has been a traditional pasture for the Tibetan residents and we have exercised good administration over the area.

"Before the 1960s, if Bhutan residents around the border wanted to put their cattle they had to get the approval from China," Lu said citing Chinese history.

Following the face-off, China has suspended the pilgrimage to Kailash Mansarovar in Tibet where Indians travel via Nathu La Pass, which is shut now.

India of 2017 different from India of 1962: Arun Jaitley

The India of 2017 is different from the India of 1962, Defence Minister Arun Jaitley said on Friday, a day after China asked New Delhi to learn from its 1962 military debacle.

"If they are trying to remind us, the situation in 1962 was different, the India of today is different," Jaitley said at India Today's Midnight Conclave

India, China should resolve tensions as per 2005 agreement: Congress

in response to the reported remark by the People's Liberation Army (PLA) spokesperson.

China warned India on Thursday that it will escalate the current border row if Indian troops did not withdraw from "Chinese territory" and told New Delhi not to "clamour for war". Jaitley said that Bhutan government had made it clear that China was try-

ing to claim Bhutanese land and said this was "absolutely wrong".

"After the statement of the government of Bhutan, I think the situation is absolutely clear. It is Bhutan's land, close to the Indian border, and Bhutan and India have an arrangement to provide security.

"Bhutan itself clarified ... China is trying to alter the present status-quo. After

this, I think the issue is absolutely clear. To say we will come there and grab the land of some other country is what China is doing and it is absolutely wrong," the minister said.

Jaitley's comment came amid a stand-off between Indian and Chinese troops in Dokala area close to the Siliguri corridor that connects the rest of India to its north-east.

new Delhi, june 30 (iAnS): Congress leader Anand Sharma on Friday said that India and China should try to defuse the current tensions by adhering to a 2005 agreement on the boundary issue and that the government should take opposition leaders into confidence on moves being taken to address security concerns.

"It is important for both China and India to adhere to the guiding principles to resolve all matters as decided between the Prime Ministers in 2005. We must as a country ensure that there is no deviation and those principles are adhered to in spirit so that there is no possibility of any escalation," said Sharma speaking to reporters outside the Congress party office.

India and China in 2005 inked the Political Parameters and Guiding Principles for the Settlement of the Boundary Question, during the visit of then Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao to New Delhi who held talks with then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

The agreement had been firmed up by the then Special Representatives of the two countries - M.K. Narayanan and Dai Bingguo.

Sharma said the government should take senior opposition leaders into confidence on what was being done to address the security concerns of the country. "We are equally concerned on the recent developments on the Indian

IndiGo plane engine catches fire, 174 passengers, crew unhurt

PAtnA, june 30 (iAnS): Passengers on board a Delhi bound IndiGo flight from the Bihar capital on Friday evening had a narrow escape after the plane's "engine caught fire" while taxiing for take off and the aircraft suffered a tyre burst when the pilot applied the emergency brakes, officials said.

The flight, IndiGo 6E 415 had 174 passengers and nearly a dozen crew members on board. All

of them were unhurt and evacuated soon after the tyre burst.

Some VIPs were in the flight, including Union Minister Ram Kirpal Yadav, senior BJP leader and former Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi, BJP's ally RLSP MP Arun Kumar.

They were going to attend the midnight launching of the GST in Delhi.

According to an airport official, soon after the pilot started the plane for take

Investments worth $291 bn needed to plug water demand-supply gap new Delhi, june 30 (iAnS): The widening gap between demand for water and its supply is estimated to reach as high as about 50 per cent by 2030 and plugging this gap would need an additional investment of about $291 billion, an Assocham-PwC joint study said here on Friday. To put things in perspective, the additional funding required only to plug the demand-supply gap in 2030 is higher than the government of India's 2016-17 budget, that is, Rs 20 lakh crore, the study said.

"Amid sources that can be used to bridge water demand-supply gap, augmented and sustainable surface water sources would require funds to the tune of $215 billion followed by groundwater ($45 billion)," said the Assocham-PwC joint study titled ‘Water Management in India: Channelling the resources'.

The study estimated that employing technologies like wastewater treatment and reuse together with desalination would require funding of $27 billion and $4 billion respectively.

An additional $25 billion would be required as part of capital and operations and maintenance requirements for each market in four types of Indian cities, it said.

"Considering that the share of rural population to the total Indian population is 40 per cent, funding requirement of $25 billion will increase by 40 per cent to reach $35 billion by 2030 if the funding gap for the rural sector is also taken into consideration," it added.

In view of the factors that impact the sources of and demand for water, the study said that agricultural water demand-supply is projected to be about 510 BCM in 2030, that is, 69 per cent of the total demand supply gap.

The study also said projected municipal and domestic water demand is estimated to double to 108 billion cubic metres (BCM) (seven per cent of total demand) by 2030.

"This translates into a deficit of approximately 50 BCM between supply and demand of water in the domestic sector." "Stepping up of existing service provisioning, including infrastructural up-gradation, will be necessary to meet the qualitative and quantitative aspects of the demand," said Ranen Banerjee, Partner and Leader - Public Sector and Governance, PwC India.

off, the "engine caught fire".

"The pilot was forced to use the emergency brakes and the tyre burst on the runway itself," the official added. He said a major accident was averted as the pilot exhibited presence of mind. IndiGo officials informed the airport that due to some technical problem the engine caught fire during take off.

The Patna airport director Rajender Singh Lahoria said that traffic at the air-

port will be normal soon.

IndiGo on Friday said that all 174 passengers onboard its Patna-New Delhi flight were safe after a "precautionary" evacuation was carried out after the budget passenger carrier's aircraft rejected its take-off and smoke was observed in the cabin. According to the airline, its flight 6E-508 (Patna-Delhi) was involved in a "low speed reject" due to suspected engine stall.

The rejected take-off is

a manoeuvre performed by the flight commander to discontinue take-off after the engines thrust has been initiated and the aircraft starts rolling for the take-off.

"As smoke was observed in the cabin by the crew, captain elected to evacuate due to precautionary reasons," the airline said in a statement.

"All SOPs (standard operating procedures) were carried out efficiently.

Evacuation was completed in 60 seconds. There was no tyre burst or engine fire.

Matter has been reported to DGCA proactively. An internal inquiry has also been initiated."

The airline said that there was "no technical snag" reported when the aircraft arrived at Patna.

"We will be operating a ferry flight from Delhi to Patna to pick up stranded passengers," the airline added.

We need collaboration with India on n-power: Bangladesh ex-AEC chief

MoScow, june 30 (iAnS): Pitching for a "strong collaboration" with India in nuclear power, former Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission chairman Shafiqul Islam Bhuiyan says his country could gain a lot from India's experience in construction, operations and maintenance of nuclear power plants.

Both countries have tied up with Russian State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom for setting up nuclear power plants. In India, unit one and two of Kudankulam nuclear power plant in Tamil Nadu have been commissioned, with four other units in various stages of implementation or planning, Bangladesh is constructing two 1,200 Megawatt (MW) units at Rooppur in Pabna district.

The reactor for both the plants is of the same type -- Water-Water Energetic Reactor or VVER. "We can be mutually helpful because we have the same type of reactors. We need to have a strong collaboration," Bhuiyan told IANS on the sidelines of Atomexpo 2017 here.

Appreciating the "tremendous work" done by the Indian team with regard to the unit 1 at Kudankulam which now produces 1,000 mw of power, the well-known atomic expert said "I understand the Kudankulam project got delayed as during the process there were some problems, but they solved them. We can use their experience so that we don't face the same problems".

"This will be a tremendous help to

us. Both technologically, as also with regard to construction, operations, management and maintenance there can be future cooperation," he said.

Bhuiyan said several groups of Bangladesh scientists were being trained on the reactor at Kudankulam. "A major advantage of conducting the training with Indian scientists is that the language problem won't be there."

Describing Rooppur -- Bangladesh's first-ever nuclear power plant -- as a dream project, he said the preinstallation work was now going on in full swing, "We are in the process of evaluating and reviewing the preliminary safety analysis report (PSAR).

We have raised some questions and sought clarifications," he said.

"Rosatom has given some clarifications.. But I think still some more clarifications are needed. And there are some technical issues. I am hopeful that we will be able to do the first pour of concrete for the reactor building this year itself," said Bhuiyan, who is the convenor of the committee which is evaluating the PSAR. Bhuiyan said the site safety certificate has already been given by the regulatory authority in Bangladesh and by authorities in Russia.

"It has also been reviewed by the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency). So once the PSAR is ready, and approved, then they can get the licence for construction."

Asked about the safety of the Rooppur nuclear plant, Bhuiyan said

"Yes, we are very much concerned over safety, especially after Fukushima (Japanese nuclear plant disaster in 2011). But safety of nuclear plants have improved a lot after Fukushima," he said.

"They (the suppliers) say the chance of accident that will release radioactive material to the environment is one in ten million years of reactor operation. And the chance of core melting in an accident is one in one million years," he said.

Bhuiyan said nuclear power was an inevitable option for Bangladesh, as the country does not have much fossil fuel.

"We don't have much hydro power potential. Whatever we had we have harnessed it. Our gas resources are now severely depleted," he said, adding: "With renewables, how much will you do?" He said "nuclear is the only alternative for the base load of sustainable power."

As per figures published in February, 2017, the utility sector in Bangladesh has one national grid with an installed capacity of 15,379 MW. But according to Bhuiyan, the country would need 42,000 MW of power to ensure meeting demand in the next few years when per capita income is projected to rise by eight to ten per cent. He said nuclear energy was dependable and green, adding that global nuclear hub had now shifted to South Asia. "Very soon we will have more reactors operating in this part of the world than elsewhere".

Demonetization failed to achieve what it was meant to: Expert

new York, june 30 (iAnS): Demonetization failed to do what it was supposed to do and its impact is turning out to be more protracted than initially expected, a New York Times commentary has said.

And even from the point of view of promoting digital money, the government need not have put 86 per cent of all currency out of circulation, says Kaushik Basu, the C. Marks Professor of International Studies and professor of Economics at Cornell University.

"Demonetization was too coarse an approach, and it accomplished too little while causing too much collateral damage," said Basu.

Nearly eight months after the government scrapped Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes, he said a lot of data was now available to help assess what demonetization had actually wrought.

"Here it is, in a word: Demonetization failed to do what it was supposed to do, and although the immediate disruption it caused was less severe than feared at first, the policy's impact is turning out to be more protracted than initially expected."

Basu, who was Chief Economic Adviser to the Indian government in 2009-12 and Chief Economist of the World Bank in 2012-16, pointed out that very little black money was caught -- this

was supposedly the prime reason why demonetization took place in November 2016.

Although there was visible chaos in the first weeks, even months, after the note ban, "the immediate damage caused, though large, was not as large as some of us had feared", Basu said.

GDP growth in the last quarter of 2016 was 7 per cent and manufacturing activity continued to grow. But "there may be greater long-term side effects than expected", he warned.

Already, India's growth in the first quarter of 2017 was 6.1 per cent, down from 7.9 per cent in the fiscal year 2015-16.

"An economy is a complex

machine, and there is no way to be absolutely certain that the cause of all this is demonetization," Basu said.

"But there is a telltale sign: Much of the slowdown originated in the financial sector. Rural loans increased by only 2.5 per cent between October 2016 and April 2017, compared with 12.9 per cent a year before. The rate of growth in overall bank credit declined.

"The growth in industrial output in April was a paltry 3.1 per cent, down from 6.5 per cent the previous April. In the first quarter of 2017, the construction sector actually shrank, by 3.7 per cent, over the previous quarter.

"All this augurs poorly for the

months to come: As the agriculture sector slows down in response to low crop prices and the credit shortage begins to bite, overall growth will likely fall further.

"The state-engineered shock of demonetization will continue to course through the economy."

Basu added: "India's economy has enormous strengths - such as high rates of savings and investment - and this crisis will pass.

"But just as sailors heading to sea disregard the winds and waves at their peril, economic policy makers cannot ignore the laws of economics, and intervene in the market with a blunt and heavy hand, without risking shipwreck."

frontier on the borders with our western neighbour Pakistan, which has been marked by a series of incidents.... While India stands firm in protecting its sovereignty, integrity and its national interest, it is important that the Prime Minister takes the senior leadership of the opposition into confidence on what is the security scenario and how they wish to address it," he said.

Asked for his opinion on the Prime Minister's recent visit to the US, Sharma said that Modi did not do enough to protect the interests of Indian professionals on the H-1B visa issue.

"Before the PM left for his visit to US, we urged him that he must protect the interests of Indian professionals on H-1B visa to US. They cannot be equated with immigrants as they are skilled professionals and do great work. The PM has returned without any credible assurance from President Trump," said Sharma.

He also said there was pressure

by US pharmaceutical companies on Modi to take more than 100 expensive medicines off the list of essential medicines, and added that the government should not succumb to the pressures of US pharma companies.

"There are many life saving medicines which are under price control.

Modi should ensure that they will not succumb to the pressure of the US pharmaceutical companies," said Sharma.

Mob attacks BSES, Delhi police teams checking power theft new Delhi, june 30 (iAnS): In a violent turn to an anti-power theft drive by BSES, one of the two electricity distribution companies (discoms) in Delhi, three discom officials and a Delhi Police officer sustained injuries and many vehicles were damaged when they were attacked by a mob, BSES said on Friday.

"Last evening, members of BSES Rajdhani Power Limited's inspection team were attacked and roughed-up by a mob of unscrupulous elements in Mundka (village Ranholla) in West Delhi," the discom said in a statement here. "The presence of around 20 Delhi Police personnel accompanying the BSES team in this high power theft area did not deter the mob. This attack was undertaken by people who indulged in power theft in an organised way," it said.

"Three BSES officials and one Delhi Police Sub Inspector were injured and scores of vehicles damaged in the incident. Taking quick action, Delhi Police has registered an FIR and arrested two villagers," it added.

BSES said a 15-member inspection team, that included three women, was undertaking a loss reduction exercise in the area when a mob gathered and started pelting stones at the team.

"This is not an isolated incident. Whenever teams reach these 'sensitive' areas, unscrupulous elements 'gherao' and obstruct officials from performing their duties," it said. "Despite intensive efforts to reduce power theft, village Raholla (in Division Mundka) continues to have massive losses of around 40 per cent. In the last two years, around 450 cases of power theft having a connected load of around 1200 KW have been unearthed in the area," it added. Last month, BSES said special electricity courts in Delhi for power thefts have handed out heavy punishment to two offenders -- one of them sentenced to jail and a Rs 4 lakh fine imposed.

Earlier this year, the BSES had announced the sentencing of three offenders to jail terms and cumulative fines of over Rs 55 lakh.

Last year, special courts in four separate judgments had sentenced Delhi residents to rigorous imprisonment for power theft and imposed heavy fines.

SC seeks Centre's response on extra marks granted in IIT-JEE new Delhi, june 30 (iAnS): The Supreme Court on Friday sought the Centre's response to two petitions challenging the grant of seven extra marks to all candidates who had appeared for the IIT-Joint Entrance Examination (Advanced), 2017. The extra marks were granted in the wake of printing errors in two questions in the Hindi version of the paper.

While issuing notice to the Human Resource Development Ministry, a vacation bench of Justice Abhay Manohar Sapre and Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul refused to interfere with the counselling that commenced on Friday. The court also issued notice to IIT Chennai which had organised the exam for 2017 and is also joint seat allocation authority. As the court refused to interfere with the counselling, senior counsel Sushma Suri, appearing for the students who would be adversely affected by the decision, urged the court to say that all admissions would be subject to the outcome of the plea before the court.

At this the bench said that they have issued notice on the plea challenging grant of extra marks to all. The next hearing would be on July 7. All the candidates across the board were granted seven marks -- three for Chemistry and four for Mathematics. Senior counsel Suri said that one can understand if seven marks were given to the students who were given Hindi version of the question paper that had printing errors, but extending it to all belies any justification. The IIT JE (Advanced) had 10 set of code (papers) each having the same questions with changed order. Senior counsel Suri told the bench that the difference of just one mark topples the position of a student in the merit list by hundreds, and grant of seven marks would seriously hit the meritorious students who had correctly attempted those questions and secured marks.

Another counsel appearing for the petitioner students said that grant of seven marks to everyone, including those who had wrongly answered the questions or did not even attempt them, amounted to frustrating the merit.

The counsel said that IIT JEE, (Advanced) has negative marking for incorrectly answering a question and giving seven marks even to those who had wrongly answered those questions was not justified.

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Xi sees challenges in Hong Kong as Beijing dismisses any UK role HONG KONG, JuNe 30 (ReuteRs): Chinese President Xi Jinping, visiting Hong Kong for the 20th anniversary of its return to Chinese rule, said on Friday the city’s “one country, two systems” formula faces “new challenges” as prodemocracy campaigners ramped up their protests.

Xi’s visit comes amid heightened tension between China and the former British colony, where many are concerned at increasing interference

by Beijing in the city’s affairs, despite the promise of wide-ranging autonomy under the “two systems” agreement.

The battle for full democracy, vividly illustrated by 79 days of “Occupy” street protests in 2014, has been a defining issue for the city of 7.3 million. It has sown distrust, polarized politics and hampered governance.

“In the 20 years since Hong Kong was returned to the motherland, the success of ‘one country, two systems’ is recognized by the whole world,” Xi said in a speech.

“Of course, during the implementation, we’ve met some new situations, new issues and new challenges. On these issues, they need to be regarded correctly and analyzed rationally... Issues are not scary. The key is to think of ways to solve these issues.”

Without giving specifics, Xi said these needed to be corrected and not handled with an “emotional attitude”.

But in a stark and surprising announcement, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said the 1984 SinoBritish Joint Declaration on Hong Kong, which laid the

blueprint over how the city would be ruled after 1997, no longer had any practical significance.

British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson on Thursday had said Britain’s commitment to Hong Kong, enshrined in the “treaty”, was “just as strong today” as it was 20 years ago.

“Now Hong Kong has returned to the motherland’s embrace for 20 years, the Sino-British Joint Declaration, as a historical document, no longer has any practical significance, and it is not at all binding for the central government’s management over Hong Kong,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang said.

“The UK has no sovereignty, no power to rule and no power to supervise Hong Kong after the handover.”

It wasn’t immediately clear if Lu was attacking just the idea of continued British involvement in Hong

Kong, or the principles in the document itself.

Some lawyers said China’s disregard for the bilateral treaty was worrying.

“It is a really grave matter for the Chinese to now say the effect of the Joint Declaration was spent.

So the carpet, so to speak, has been pulled from under Hong Kongers’ feet,” said barrister and former democratic lawmaker Alan Leong.

Xi earlier inspected more than 3,000 People’s Liberation Army troops on the second day of his first trip as president to the financial hub ahead of Saturday’s anniversary. The PLA said it was the largest military parade in the city since the 1997 handover, though it was similar in style and tone to the one given by his predecessor, Hu Jintao, in 2012.

Kong government under Beijing-backed leader Leung Chun-ying, saying it had “effectively tackled Hong Kong independence forces and maintained social stability”.

The presence of the PLA in the city has long been one of the most sensitive parts of the city’s reversion to Chinese rule, but the garrison, thought to number between 8,000 and 10,000, has kept a noticeably lowkey presence.

Security has been tight ahead of the July 1 anniversary, with some 9,000 police reportedly deployed to maintain order. Protesters have been kept well away from Xi and his entourage, his hotel, and the venue for Saturday’s ceremony.

Banners critical of China have been largely absent from the streets, though a rally on Saturday could draw tens of thousands of LOW-KEY PRESENCE OF people in an annual dePLA mand for full democracy.

Xi praised the Hong Few expect anywhere

near the scale of protest seen during the 2014 Occupy movement during Xi’s visit, but activists and civil society groups are planning a number of demonstrations.

Hundreds of protesters demanded the release of Chinese Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo and justice for victims of the Tiananmen crackdown in Beijing in 1989.

But the organisers of a pro-independence rally claiming that Hong Kong had now in effect become a repressed Chinese colony called off their plans at the last minute because of what they said was heavy police pressure.

Hong Kong authorities released 26 pro-democracy protesters on Friday who were arrested before Xi’s arrival.

“Democracy Now! Now!” they shouted on being released, including young Occupy protest leader Joshua Wong.

Kissinger calls Putin & Trump meeting a chance to mend ties MOsCOW, JuNe 30 (ReuteRs): Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin have an opportunity to mend their countries’ ties when they meet next week, former top U.S. diplomat Henry Kissinger said on Friday, a day after he followed up a meeting with the U.S. president by having talks with Putin.

Expectations that Trump’s election would bring a thaw in icy relations between Moscow and Washington have been put on hold, with the White House embroiled in a domestic row over Trump associates’ Russia ties.

The U.S. and Russian leaders are to have their first face-toface encounter next week at a G20

summit in Hamburg.

At a previous moment of heightened tension between Moscow and Washington, in the 1960s, Kissinger acted as a backchannel intermediary, passing messages to the leadership of the Soviet Union on behalf of U.S. President Richard Nixon.

The Kremlin on Friday denied that Kissinger, who is visiting Moscow and met Putin behind closed doors on Thursday, was acting as a go-between this time.

Speaking at an international affairs conference in Moscow, Kissinger said of the planned Trump-Putin meeting: “I believe that at this moment our two countries have a responsibility, and an

opportunity, to make significant progress not just by improving relations, but by improving situations around the world through cooperative efforts.”

“Tensions between Russia and the United States ... have happened often before and they have been overcome often before,” Kissinger, 94, said. He did not take questions from reporters at the event.

Asked if Kissinger was providing a back-channel between the Kremlin and the White House, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said: “He didn’t try. That did not happen.”

He said the Kissinger-Putin meeting was strictly private and declined to disclose what the two

men talked about.

In May, Trump granted a White House audience to Kissinger. The U.S. leader said he and Kissinger would talk about Russia, among other issues.

Speaking at the same Moscow event as Kissinger on Friday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that the significance of the planned Putin-Trump Hamburg meeting was that “the abnormal period in our relations when the leaders only speak by telephone will be overcome.”

“Judging by their telephone conversations, they have a desire to get beyond this abnormality and start seeking agreement on specific issues.”

Myanmar journalists say arrests show media under ‘pressure’

Reporters protest as they call on Myanmar government and military authorities to release reporters who were arrested in Yangon, Myanmar on June 30. (REUTERS Photo)

YANGON, JuNe 30 (ReuteRs): About 100 Myanmar journalists gathered signatures on Friday for a petition denouncing the recent arrests of four reporters that raised concern about the freedom of the media despite a transition from full military rule.

Over a year since Aung San Suu Kyi’s National

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Soldiers react as Chinese President Xi Jinping (unseen) inspects troops at the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Hong Kong Garrison as part of events marking the 20th anniversary of the city’s handover from British to Chinese rule, in Hong Kong, China on June 30. (REUTERS Photo)

League for Democracy came to power, Myanmar reporters say charges filed by the military this week against journalists reporting on an insurgent group threatened to reverse gains in press freedom.

Suu Kyi has not commented on the reporters, and her spokesman only said journalists must fol-

low the law.

Journalists gathered in the downtown of Yangon, Myanmar’s commercial capital, despite pouring rain on Friday afternoon, holding banners saying “stop killing press” and calling for authorities to free the four men immediately.

“Now they are pressuring the media. It’s not

at the stage of threatening anymore but at the stage of pressuring,” said A Hla Lay Thuzar, co-founder of the Protection Committee for Myanmar Journalists.

Democratic Voice of Burma reporters Aye Nai and Pyae Phone Naing, and Lawi Weng of the Irrawaddy magazine, have been jailed since Monday.

The military accused the three men of breaching a colonial-era Unlawful Associations Act after they covered an event organised by the Ta’ang National Liberation Army, a group seeking autonomy for the Ta’ang ethnic minority that regularly clashes with government troops.

The journalists are due to appear in a court in Shan State in the north of Myanmar on July 11. They face up to three years in prison.

Another journalist, editor Kyaw Min Swe of the Voice newspaper, is awaiting trial under a Telecommunications Act charge of defamation over a satirical article that made fun of the military.

The law’s controversial and broadly phrased section 66(d) has been applied to social media users and reporters alike, leading to fears of a chilling effect on

free speech.

Aside from the arrests, journalists complain that their access to Kyaw Min Swe’s court hearings has been curtailed.

The NLD has a majority in parliament - and many of its lawmakers are former political prisoners - but the party has not prioritised repealing laws that previous governments used to quash dissent.

“Aung San Suu Kyi’s statements about free speech need to be more than just empty promises,” said Paris-based Reporters Without Borders in a statement late on Thursday, calling for the three reporters charged this week to be released.

Human Rights Watch also urged the Myanmar authorities to drop the charges, calling the arrests “a serious blow to media freedom”.

At Friday’s demonstration, Aung Myo Min, chairman of non-governmental organisation Equality Myanmar, said the recent arrests were a “warning sign for the entire media” in Myanmar.

“I think this is threatening and alarming for all journalists as it shows they can arrest them whenever they want,” he said.

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100 Bendangtoshi

ADPM

Mokokchung

2

127 Kenivole Richa

ADPM

Kohima

3

125 Zhalie Puro

ADPM

Phek

4

94

Samuel Kithan

ADPM

Wokha

5

30

Albert Yandongse

ADPM

Kiphire

6

110 Vika Yeptho

ADPM

Zunheboto

7

113 Bendangmongba Phom

ADPM

Longleng

8

106 M Hangsa

ADPM

Mon

9

82

Alloto Sumi

Area Coordinator Niuland Block, Dimapur

10

90

Kedale

Area Coordinator Medziphema Block, Dimapur

11

35

R Mongtsala Sangtam

Area Coordinator Kiphire Block, Kiphire

12

57

Herole Y

Area Coordinator Sitimi Block, Kiphire

13

58

Khekugha Z Sumi

Area Coordinator Sitimi Block, Kiphire

14

100 Zakieselie Sale

Area Coordinator Chiephobozou Block, Kohima

15

6

Neikiesanuo Ziephru

Area Coordinator Tseminyu Block, Kohima

16

10

Chulen Phom

Area Coordinator Sakshi Block, Longleng

17

11

Ongle Phom

Area Coordinator Longleng Block, Longleng

18

36

I. Konyau Phom

Area Coordinator Sakshi Block, Longleng

19

95

Mendila Imsong

Area Coordinator Changtongya Block, Mokokchung

20

50

Limawati Aier

Area Coordinator Kubolong Block, Mokokchung

21

101 Imkongtoshi

Area Coordinator Kubolong Block, Mokokchung

22

211 Nungsangtola Walling

Area Coordinator

23

77

Imtijungla

Area Coordinator Tuli Block, Mokokchung

24

8

Subotola Aier

Area Coordinator Tuli Block, Mokokchung

Chuchuyimlang Block, Mokokchung

Chuchuyimlang Block, Mokokchung

25

166 Imyangerla T Imsong

Area Coordinator

26

54

Manpea

Area Coordinator Chen Block, Mon

27

67

B Shonkai Konyak

Area Coordinator Tobu Block, Mon

28

17

A Khumba

Area Coordinator Tobu Block, Mon

29

56

Tavikho

Area Coordinator Phek Block, Phek

30

50

Kukungoyi Khesoh

Area Coordinator Phek Block, Phek

31

31

Vivi Nyuthe

Area Coordinator Meluri Block, Phek

32

65

Shanjos E. Kikon

Area Coordinator Sanis Block, Wokha

33

155 E.Phyochamo Tsopoe

Area Coordinator Sanis Block, Wokha

34

236 Y Nongothung Tsanglao

Area Coordinator Wokha Block, Wokha

35

68

Area Coordinator Wokha Block, Wokha

36

173 Lydia Odyuo

Area Coordinator Chukitong Block, Wokha

37

67

Area Coordinator Chukitong Block, Wokha

38

235 Chumtamo Kithan

L. Philip Ezung

Chumchithung Ngullie

Area Coordinator Changpang Block,Wokha

39

90

Vika Awomi

Area Coordinator Satakha Block, Zunheboto

40

18

Ato I. Sumi

Area Coordinator Tokiye Block, Zunheboto

41

54

Annkali K Yeptho

Area Coordinator Ghathashi Block, Zunheboto

42

279 Tokuho H Yeptho

Acct. Cum DEO

Tokiye Block, Zunheboto

43

57

Acct. Cum DEO

Changpang Block,Wokha

44

175 Peleneizo Chadi

Acct. Cum DEO

Phek Block, Phek

45

64

Acct. Cum DEO

Chiephobozou Block, Kohima

46

445 Tumchobeni Ngullie

47

Thungchano Odyuo

Angelina Yanthan

398 Longritemjen Areni Lotha

Acct. Cum DEO

Kubolong Block, Mokokchung

Acct. Cum DEO

Chuchuyimlang Block, Mokokchung

48

47

Acct. Cum DEO

Sanis Block, Wokha

49

181 Sangribo

Acct. Cum DEO

Sakshi Block, Longleng

50

158 Yanabeni

Acct. Cum DEO

Niuland Block, Dimapur

51

76

Acct. Cum DEO

Sitimi Block, Kiphire

52

196 S Keying K

Acct. Cum DEO

Tobu Block, Mon

Lily O Ezung

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109 Chenogi Semp

ADPM

WL1

2

80

Pepenthung Lotha

ADPM

WL2

3

98

Honmei Sunday Konyak

Area Coordinator Dimapur WL1

4

56

Thungbeni Josephine

Area Coordinator Dimapur WL2

5

30

Kunyangli Sangtam

Area Coordinator Kiphire WL1

6

40

Poise Anar

Area Coordinator Kiphire WL2

7

17

Kekhrietshunuo Sekhose Area Coordinator Kohima WL1

8

59

Sedevitso Keretsu

Area Coordinator Kohima WL2

9

22

Manom Besang

Area Coordinator Longleng WL1

10

34

B. Bangkei Phom

Area Coordinator Longleng WL2

11

100 Imdongyangla

Area Coordinator Mokokchung WL1

12

Bendangrenla 153 Longkumer

Area Coordinator Mokokchung WL2

13

61

Tajunginla

Area Coordinator Mokokchung WL3

14

23

Wakho Konyak

Area Coordinator Mon WL1

15

8

Thohpong Manpa

Area Coordinator Mon WL2

16

1

Senovielhou Koza

Area Coordinator Phek WL1

17

5

Vekolo Koza

Area Coordinator Phek WL2

18

177 Samuel Ngullie

Area Coordinator Wokha WL1

19

166 Thungchibeni N Mozhui

Area Coordinator Wokha WL2

20

126 Chichanbeni Patton

Area Coordinator Wokha WL3

21

46

Jubitoli H. Assumi

Area Coordinator Zunheboto WL1

22

76

Jubit K

Area Coordinator Zunheboto WL2

23

300 H Ruth Kithan

Acct. Cum DEO

WL1

24

281 Kikruleu Dzuvichu

Acct. Cum DEO

WL2

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Engagement Order will be issued to the individuals concerned at the time of receiving the acceptance letter.

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31st Mizo Peace Accord Day celebrated Liangmai Naga Council (Manipur) dissociates from Zeliangrong bodies Newmai News Network Aizawl | June 30

The 31st anniversary of the signing of the historic Mizo Peace Accord between the Union Government and the erstwhile underground Mizo National Front (MNF), also called Remna Ni in local parlance, was celebrated today in different parts of Mizoram.

The state government has declared public holiday to mark the celebration.

Although no official function was organised by the state government or Young Mizo Association (YMA) like last year, the opposition MNF organised meetings in different parts of the state to mark the celebration.

Addressing the Remna Ni celebration held at Lungdai, near Aizawl under the aegis of MNF Tuirial

East Block, MNF President and former rebel leader Zoramthanga said provisions of the peace accord are more secure.

“Normal constitution and laws are amendable by the Parliament anytime.

But the terms or provisions of the peace accord are not amendable. The provisions of Mizo Peace Accord envisages special care and protection to Mizoram and Mizo people and this agreement signed between the Indian government and MNF could not be breached,” he said.

“I wrote to the Indian Prime Minister when the Central government attempted to scrap the special category status given to the State. I told him that the government can’t violate the terms of the peace accord which stated that Mizoram should be given

a special category status,” Zoramthanga said, adding that anything that came into existence with the signing of peace accord could neither be abrogated nor breached.

In Aizawl, the Remna Ni was celebrated with great enthusiasm and fervour at Mizo Hnam Run where a large number of MNF workers assembled to take part at the celebration. MNF vice president R Tlanghmingthanga in his speech lauded former MNF leader late Laldenga for signing the accord which seeks to protect the Mizos and which can’t be altered

by Parliament without prior approval of the state assembly.

Remna Ni or the historic peace accord day was also celebrated by MNF in Lunglei, Kawnpui, Serchhip, Khawzawl and in others

parts of the state.

Peace Accord MNF Returnee Association (PAMRA) also celebrated Remna Ni at its office in Aizawl.

A press statement issued by PAMRA said that out of the 572 MNF cadres who came overground due to the accord, 150 people have died.

The Mizo Peace Accord was signed between the MNF and the Government of India on June 30, 1986, ending a 20-year long insurgency and unrest in Mizoram.

The official document entitled Mizoram Accord, 1986, Memorandum of Settlement was the landmark that restored peace and harmony in the state. The signatories were Laldenga, leader of the Mizo movement, R. D Pradhan, Union Home Secretary, and Lalkhama, Chief Secretary.

Newmai News Network Imphal | June 30

The Liangmai Naga Council, Manipur (LNC-M) has stated that “we have no other option but to disassociate ourselves from every social organization of the erstwhile Zeliangrong bodies”.

The LNC (M) stated this in a letter to the Zeliangrong Baudi (Assam, Manipur and Nagaland) and Zeliangrong Union (Assam, Manipur and Nagaland) where it ‘requested’ the two bodies to strike out “liang” from the Zeliangrong nomenclature.

Explaining the reasons for its move, the apex body of the Liangmais stated the decision to “disassociate” from Zeliangrong organi-

zations was taken during the Liangmai People’s Convention held on October 9, 2015, at Konsaram village, “if they (Zeliangrong bodies) stand and promote Zeliangrong as a tribe.”

According to the LNC, the term ‘Zeliangrong’ is a social organization comprising of three individual tribes i.e. Zeme, Liangmai and Rongmei.

“Liangmai is a recognized tribe under the Constitution of Indian Republic. It is a known fact that a group of people cannot have two separate recognized nomenclatures. The collective decision of Liangmai had been intimated to the President of Zeliangrong Baudi through a written communication dated the 22ndOctober, 2015,” the

LNC (M) stated.

While such is the stand of Liangmai people, a joint consultative meeting of the so called two social apex bodies of Zeme, Liangmai and Rongmei i.e., Zeliangrong Union (AMN) and Zeliangrong Baudi (AMN) held on May 25, 2017 at Namdunlong, Imphal “willfully discarded the existence of Liangmai,” the LNC (M) further claimed.

According to the LNC (M), the meeting had “purposely” left out the Liangmais from the constitution Drafting Committee of the purposed re-unified body of the people in question under Resolution No. 4.

“This has hurt our sentiment and we felt ignored and alienated. Even though you are well aware

of the sensitive tribal sentiments, you had conveniently excluded Liangmai from the Drafting Committee. As you had done it with fully known intention, we have no other option but to disassociate ourselves from every social organization of the erstwhile Zeliangrong bodies. Henceforth, going forward we the Liangmai people are no longer a part of any Zeliangrong social bodies,” the LNC (M) maintained.

“You are therefore, requested to strike out the word “Liang” from your organization’s nomenclature immediately. Else we will be compelled to oppose the use of ‘Liang” in any of your writing or statement,” the apex Liangmai body added.

to NEHU VC as High Court Assam Rifles trooper Sikkim transporters on indefinite strike Blow rules for continuation of HASA killed in Ukhrul blast Imphal, June 30 (IanS): An Assam Rifles trooper was killed and two others were seriously injured on Friday when militants exploded a remote-controlled bomb at a checkpost in Ukhrul district in Manipur bordering Myanmar, police said.

Rifleman Biju Sorubuwar was killed on the spot in the explosion at 7.20 a.m.

The troopers were at the Ramva Assam Rifles checkpost when the deafening blast took place. No insurgent group has claimed responsibility.

Additional forces were rushed to hunt for the attackers. But police said the mili-

tants might have escaped to their camps into Myanmar.

The dead trooper was from Lakhimpur district in Assam, the police said. The injured men were identified as Havildar Yaspal Singh of Udhampur in Jammu and Kashmir and Rifleman Nihar Ranjan Das of Gopiya village in Odisha.

They reportedly sustained life threatening injuries and were airlifted to a military hospital at Leimakhong near here.

Security measures have been tightened in the area and all vehicles and passengers were being checked by security forces.

gangtok, June 30 (ptI): Transporters in Sikkim are on an indefinite strike after miscreants vandalised and looted Sikkim bound trucks near Siliguri in West Bengal.

Sikkim Truck Drivers Association president, Mingma Sherpa said "Our trucks plying to Siliguri in West Bengal to ferry goods are being attacked and the drivers' life is at threat."

He said the association decided to go for indefinite strike from yesterday after members of the association reviewed the June 28 incident of Siliguri when the driver of a truck was beaten up, his truck vandalised and looted by a mob.

"After proper fact finding we took the decision to go for indefinite strike," Sherpa stated.

He said the strike would continue till the West Bengal gives an

assurance of providing security to Sikkim vehicles, so that no vehicle is attacked.

"There are few trucks that have plied to Siliguri due to lack of information or delay in availing information so we appeal the West Bengal authorities to make proper arrangements for their safe passage to Sikkim from Siliguri.

He also informed that they had submitted a memorandum to the Sikkim chief secretary, home secretary, transport secretary, DGP, requesting them to take appropriate step and speak to their counterparts in West Bengal in smooth operation of the highway.

We also appeal the Government of India to look into the matter seriously as Sikkim is a border state and NH10 is the only lifeline of the state.

"Arrangements must be met to

keep the highway open. We also demand the West Bengal police arrest the culprits who attacked the truck driver on June 28 at the earliest and take stringent action so that no such act is repeated in near future", he said.

Sikkim's ruling party the SDF on June 20 extended its support to the "democratic demand" for a separate Gorkhaland.

The SDF had also appealed to the Centre, the West Bengal government, the people of Darjeeling and the political parties in the hills to ensure that the National Highway which connects Siligurito-Gangtok) and which passes through the Darjeeling and Kalimpong districts was left open as it was the "lifeline" of land-locked Sikkim.

The Sikkim Assembly had, on March 29, 2011, passed a resolution in favour of Gorkhaland.

People visiting Arunachal can apply online for ILP document Itanagar, June 30 (IanS): In a digital step that would make a hassle free entry possible for domestic visitors to Arunachal Pradesh, Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Friday launched the e-Inner Line Permit (eILP).

The Inner Line Permit is an official travel document issued by the central government to allow inward travel of an Indian citizen into a protected/restricted area for a limited period.

The permit system, which is still in force in Nagaland as well as Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh, derives from the Bengal Eastern Frontier Regulations, 1873.

It is obligatory for the Indian citizens, not residents of those states, to obtain the permit for entering the restricted areas.

Congratulating the department for the 'his-

toric' initiative, Khandu expressed optimism that with the hassle-free and paperless system there would be a significant increase in the number of visitors to the state as they will now avail ILPs from their homes without having to go to the designated offices physically.

He, however, emphasised on providing training to the personnel at designated offices of Resident Commissioners, Deputy Resident Commissioners and Deputy Commissioners in various states so that they are familiar with the system and can issue ILPs without creating any confusion for the applicants.

As the issued ILP will now have Bar and QR codes for verification, Khandu said the security personnel manning the entry gates will have to be properly trained and equipped so that entries with fake ILPs

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The Chief Minister was told that the present system is designed to cater only to domestic visitors but the department is working on offering a similar platform to foreign visitors also.

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ShIllong, June 30 (mexn): In a major relief to employees of the North-Eastern Hill University (NEHU), the Meghalaya High Court has allowed the continuation of Hill Area Special Allowance (HASA) through an interim order on June 30, a press release from the NEHU Teachers’ Association (NEHUTA).

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The Court directed that the Hill Area Special Allowance should continue to be paid to the teaching and nonteaching staff of NEHU, it added.

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Dimapur roads: Rain brings more frustration Yurkanphy RS

Dimapur | June 30

The roads in Dimapur Town, except for countable stretches, are generally pathetic. And the condition gets worse when it rains.

The sight of Super Market this past Wednesday was anything but pleasant.

It had just rained and hardly anyone dared to walk in the middle of the road because of the mud and garbage floating in the puddles.

“Supermarket should be called nulla (drainage) market,” remarked a woman who was shopping vegetables.

“We contribute money among ourselves to build small bridges over potholes,” commented a group of four women sitting together selling vegetables.

For some who commute

through pothole laden roads every day, even to talk about the experience brings tears. When asked to comment on the condition of the roads, an old vegetable vendor at the market wiping tears off her eyes answered, “It was far better during my grandmother’s generation when the youths volunteered to level out land and built bridges out of wood.”

Another woman questioned, “Are they (those responsible for making/repairing roads) not citizens of the town themselves? Do they not go around town and notice the condition of the roads? People are becoming really selfish.”

Meanwhile, a pharmacist at Super Market commented, “Our sales are going down. It is funny at times to look at customers turn away after seeing

Vendors selling vegetables at Super Market located in Dimapur on Wednesday, June 28. (Photo by Yurkanphy RS)

Mkg Education Dept ‘My Birthday Adventure’ bids farewell to DEO A book by Suiyikai H Ndang

Outgoing Mokokchung DEO, Temjennaro (middle) along with colleagues and others after the farewell programme at Mokokchung DEO office held on June 30. (Morung Photo) Morung Express News Mokokchung | June 30

The staff and colleagues under the establishment of Mokokchung District Education Officer (DEO) today bid farewell to outgoing DEO Temjennaro who retired after serving for thirty-five years promoting education in Nagaland.

The outgoing Education officer, Temjennaro, while thanking the education department for the grand farewell, emotionally recollected her service in the department, having served in all over Nagaland, even in the remotest part of the of the state.

She narrated that she entered service in 1982 as a graduate teacher; she said that - having posted

in different places facing the different responsibilities, challenges, trails and errors; and also achievements – it has made her a stronger person.

She thanked her colleagues for a ‘comfortable and smooth’ tenure as the Mokokchung DEO. While stating that her short stay at Mokokchung as the Education Department Head as ‘comfortable and smooth one’, Temjenaro attributed it to the love and cooperation of her colleagues.

Short speeches were delivered by R Imsusenla (SDEO, Mokokchung) and Rowainla (Dy DEO Mokokchung). Officials from the six Educational Block Resource Centre (ERBC) and three SDEOs also attended the programme.

Kohima, June 30 (mexn): Nagaland Chief Minister, Dr. Shürhozelie Liezietsu on Friday released a book, titled ‘My Birthday Adventure’ written by a 9-year old Suiyikai H Ndang and published by Barkweaver Publications here at Chief Minister residential office.

Terming the book as a significant milestone in the history of Nagaland, the Chief Minister congratulated the young boy for his achievement and creativity.

“I am moved going through the book and happy to release the book that a young Naga boy had written such a wonderful adventure book,” Dr. Shürhozelie said.

The Chief Minister who himself has written more than 40 books, said that writing a book requires peace of mind, motivation and encouragement and appealed the parents of the young author to support him in every possible way.

If such a young boy can

puddles of muddy water in front of our shops.”

An autorickshaw driver who has been driving an auto in Dimapur since 2004 said he has not seen any change in the condition of the road since the last one decade.

“They often collect tax for the purpose of repairing roads, but not even a bit of change is seen. It has become a joke,” commented another auto driver.

Pedestrians are among those who are worse affected when it rains. “I have seen students on their way to school get splashed all over with muddy water by passing vehicles. It is not a good sight to see,” a citizen stated.

Some people even refused to comment anything saying, “We are fed up of this matter, we have seen no change, and we don’t even want to talk about it.”

Then there were some who laughed after being asked to comment on the road condition. Hesitating to make any comments, they walked away murmuring, “I don’t think it’s ever going to change.”

Enough campaigns and demands have been made by the people to better the roads, yet the road conditions seem to remain the same if not worse. It is evident that people are getting tired of making demands.

“They can see the condition of the road themselves, we don’t need to say anything about this matter,” a fruit vendor said, while two other young people expressed with disappointment, “Whom shall we even share our problems with?

We don’t have a say in this.”

The writer is an intern at The Morung Express

Barkweaver Days brings folktales alive Morung Express News Kohima | June 30

Chief Minister, Dr. Shürhozelie Liezietsu releasing the book, 'My birthday adventure' written by a 9 year old Suiyikai H Ndang here at Chief Minister residential office on June 30.

write such an excellent book at this age, he can be a treasure for the Nagas one day, Dr. Shürhozelie said.

The publisher of the book, Dr. Easterine Kire, renowned poet and writer, in her remarks on the book said that it was the author’s imagination, a child’s fantasy on his birthday. She also expressed her happiness to have published this children’s book by our first child writer. She elaborated that the book is beautifully created and combines the

adventurous with the unexpected at every turn and ends with a return to reality and has a strong presence of suspense which moves the story forward as the reader is drawn into the adventure of the little traveler.

A press release issued

by Media Cell, Chief Minister’s Office informed that Suiyikai, a student of Holotoli School, Dimapur wrote this book when he was 8 years old. He is the grandson of former NLA Speaker Neiba Ndang.

Bringing alive the oral tradition of storytelling, Ozone Café was vibrant with stories of yore on Friday evening as Nzanmongi Jasmine Patton and Kangzangding Thou read from their books, and took the minds of keen visitors back to the olden days. To a time when “all animals and insects could talk, and streams could babble, and all creation had the gift of language” as noted poet and writer, Easterine Kire put it in the foreword of Patton’s book.

Nzanmongi Jasmine Patton and Kangzangding Thou are authors of “A girl swallowed by a tree” and “Roots, a collection of Zeliang Folktales” respectively. With tales from the Lotha community and the Zeliang tribe, both the authors also sang in their traditional tune while narrating their stories.

During the reading,

Nzanmongi Jasmine Patton and Kangzangding Thou read from their books on the first day of the 3-day Barkweaver Days underway at Ozone Café, Kohima on June 30. (Morung Photo)

Nzanmongi Jasmine Patton noted that ‘there are so many stories but insufficient writing’ while asserting that “we come from an oral culture.” She also enlightened that she has intentionally used “indigenous words” in her book to engage and initiate people into a world of our culture.

In her concluding remarks, Easterine Kire commented that the two authors have opened up another category of literature by not only reading

their stories but “singing” their stories. She said that, “it is even more wonderful to have stories in songs” and while thanking them for their participation added that “you are both treasures” in respect of the Naga literature.

The 3-day Barkweaver Days will feature more readings from authors, book signings, and discounts on Barkweaver books especially for students, and other literary events in the next two days.

CHILDLINE Dimapur raises awareness on Child Rights

Dimapur, June 30 (mexn): CHILDLINE Dimapur conducted a sensitization programme at Assisi Hr Sec School where team member, Amanwange Newmai highlighted on CHILDLINE 1098 - a 24x7 national toll free emergency phone call service for the children in need of care and protection.

In her presentation, different types of cases taken up CHILDLINE were presented with photographs.

She encouraged the students to dial 1098 anytime for any problems, counsel-

ling, cases, and information and even for phone testing.

The second session, CHILDLINE Centre Coordinator, Lozua Kape spoke on Child Rights. “A child has some special essential needs for survival and development for which certain Laws and Acts has been set aside for children.

The four sets of Rights set by the convention (UNCRC) Right to Survival, Right to Development, Right to Protection, and Right to participation were explained to the students present,” Kape said.

CHILDLINE Counsellor Aligha V Yeptho presented on POCSO Act, 2012 where focus were laid on the three aspects of Child Sexual Abuse; Sexual harassment, Non penetrative Sexual Assault, Penetrative Sexual Assault under POCSO Act and the punishment for the offender. Yeptho added that public servant, hospital, Religious institution, educational institution, CCI’s or any other place of custody or care and protection established by or under any law for the time being

Students and staff of Assisi Hr Sec School with the CHILDLINE Dimapur team during the sensitization programme.

commits sexual assault etc more strictly sanctioned.

LINE India based on child falls under ‘Aggravated’ Educational movie, sexual abuse was shown where the punishment is Komal, a movie by CHILD- during the programme.

Enumeration drive of business enterprises in Kohima A dream comes true for children in Longleng

Kohima, June 30 (mexn): The office of the Angami Students' Union (ASU) is conducting an enumeration drive to collect the statistical data of all the business enterprises in Kohima town.

The Union, in a press release issued by its Presi-

dent, Visako Rino has requested all individuals, organization, colony, ward, business establishment and concerned citizens to co-operate with the ASU volunteers collecting the data. Enumeration formats are also available at ASU office, therefore, anyone

willing to extend a helping hand can avail.

The union is also in the process of verifying the ILP of Non-locals from June 27 till 29 from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Therefore, all non-locals are directed to get themselves registered at ASU office with valid

documents including ILP, Identity card if under any service, trade license, voters ID and other IDs. The person must produce Original Documents along with 2 passport size photo.

Government servant and school teachers are exempted.

Moingam Park- Children’s Recreational Spot inaugurated

LongLeng, June 30 (mexn): Moingam Park (Children’s Recreational Spot) at Moocheü Site, Longleng was inaugurated

by Dr. Toshimanen Ozükum, MA (Eco), MURP, Ph.D. Additional Director & HoD Directorate of Municipal Affairs, Kohima on June 30.

Lilong Phom, a Class 5 student representing the voice of the children of Longleng said, “The word ‘Park’ was simply read in books, newspapers and sometimes we watched in television channels. However, today we are seeing it in reality and I would like to thank the DC Longleng for the concern in setting aside certain amount for this, the Committed Committee members for giving birth to the Moingam Park concept and making them a reality.”

She said, “From today we will proudly tell our other friends from other districts Staffs with guest and others during the inauguration of the newly constructed school kitchen that Longleng also has a Park and kitchenette section of GMS, Naharbari, East Dimapur on June 30. especially for children, and I independent of any held was made by the mon- and the Village Council,” am sure our Phom children or funding from the gov- etary contributions of the stated press release re- would love to come back to Longleng. We want this ernment. “The building school teachers, the SMC ceived here.

Teachers contribute to build GMS Naharbari kitchen

Dimapur, June 30 (mexn): The Government Middle School (GMS), Naharbari, East Dimapur inaugurated its newly constructed school kitchen and kitchenette section by hosting a small function on June 30.

The function headed by the school staff and children was attended by the prominent members of the Naharbari civil society and inaugurated by the SMC chairman Hutoka Simi. The cutting of the ribbon signifying the kitchen open was done by the mother of the SMC chairman Kahuli Assumi.

This kitchen section was constructed entirely

Dr. Toshimanen Ozükum with others during the inauguration of the Moingam Park (Children’s Recreational Spot) at Moocheü Site, Longleng on June 30.

place purely for children, so that we will come here to study, refresh our mind and learn from nature and develop our minds. Our voice is, this Moingam Park belongs to Children and so please do not misuse, this is a dream come through for us, please leave this place purely for people whose minds are clean and pure.”

With “some” financial assistance from Beti Bachao Beti Padhao, the Park was initiated under a Managing Committee headed by

the Deputy Commissioner Denngan Avennoho as Chairman, Y. Nuklu Phom, PBCA Executive Secretary as Managing Secretary, Japheth Woch, SDO Civil Longleng, Yanger Additional Superintendent of Police and Y. B. Angam President APGO as members.

Dr. Toshimanen Ozükum, addressing as the chief guest appreciated the effort of the administration and the committee and urged that the Park should not be mis-

used, rather, the natural beauty should be maintained, trees shouldn’t be cut down since there are many hills which are becoming barren called the Mountain Deserts, and the barrenness of the hills are contributing a lot towards Climate Change and the environmental disaster.

Marking its occasion and the environment month the chief guest, the DC and others planted few trees in and around the park.

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Germany beats Mexico, to meet Chile in Confederations Cup final

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SOCHI, June 30 (AP): Leon Goretzka scored two quick-fire early goals on Thursday as Germany beat Mexico 4-1 to reach the Confederations Cup final.

Exploiting Mexico’s defensive frailties, Joachim Loew’s inexperienced squad was 2-0 up within 10 minutes.

Loew is using the squad to assess his pool of talent, and this one could end the tournament with more silverware for the world champions if it beats Chile on Sunday in St. Petersburg.

All three German scorers in the southern Russian resort of Sochi were players making their tournament debuts. After Goretzka netted in the 6th and 8th minutes, Timo Werner and Amin Younes scored in the second half.

Despite the convincing score line, Germany goalkeeper Marc-Andre Ter Stegen was kept busy.

There were 25 shots on goal but he only conceded in the 89th minute when he was beaten by Marco Fabian’s long-range swerving shot.

Mexico will now head to Moscow to play Portugal in the third-place match

Mexico goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa fails to save the ball as Germany’s Leon Goretzka, left, scores his side’s second goal during the Confederations Cup, semifinal soccer match between Germany and Mexico, at the Fisht Stadium in Sochi, Russia, Thursday, June 29, 2017. (AP Photo)

on Sunday after paying the price for affording Germany too much space to cut through its ragged defense.

“We didn’t have a good start of the game, and they took advantage,” Fabian said. “We have to acknowledge that we dared to play as equals.

“Sometimes adrenaline plays a trick on us. Sometimes we make mistakes that they take advantage of.

We have to learn to be ef-

fective and take advantage of their mistakes.”

It was a misplaced header by captain Hector Moreno that freed Goretzka to launch the attack that he completed to put Germany in front. Goretzka seized possession around the halfway line, passed to Benjamin Henrichs on the right flank and accelerated to receive the ball back and sweep in a low shot from 20 yards (meters).

Mexico was jolted and had not regrouped when its defense was shredded again inside two minutes. Werner threaded the ball through for Goretzka to slot under the legs of goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa at the near post and claim his third goal of the competition.

Rather than being a platform to build on, Germany eased up and squandered the opportunity for a third goal when Werner

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Mt. Sinai, MHBHSS win in Dennis to sever links with Kohima Inter-School Tourney McLaren in end of an era Kohima | June 30

Mt. Sinai HSS and Ministers' Hill Baptist HSS today registered wins on day five of the ongoing 1st edition of Kohima District Inter-School Football Tournament 2017 being held under the aegis of Royal Club Kohima and School Education Department here at Khuochiezie.

Mt. Sinai HSS edged North Field 2-0 in the first of the second round matches to move into the quarter finals – Toshi and Kungau scoring the goals in the 15th and 38th minutes respectively.

Ministers' Hill Baptist HSS also sealed their quarterfinal berth easing past Model HSS 3-1.

Vikedosie scored the opening goal through a stunning long-range for Ministers' Hill Baptist HSS in the 14th minute and Gideon made it 2-0 in the added time of the first half. Jimuhie then scored after the restart as Ministers' Hill led 3-0. Pravin pulled a goal back for Model HSS in the 60th minute but there would be no further goals.

July 1 matches Charity School vs Bethel HSS @ 1:00 pm Stella HSS vs TM Govt. HSS @ 2:00 pm

Football, showbiz stars gather for Messi's wedding ROSARIO, June 30 (AFP): Football and showbiz stars gathered in Argentina for Latin America's celebrity wedding bash of the decade as Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi prepared to marry his childhood sweetheart Antonella Roccuzzo on Friday.

Pop star Shakira and her husband, Messi's teammate Gerard Pique, were expected among the 260 guests, according to media and locals close to the event.

They will join old friends of the couple and footballers, including his Barcelona strike partners Neymar and Luis Suarez, in Messi's northern hometown, Rosario. Suarez and other soccer stars were watched by curious locals as they stepped off private jets on Thursday at Rosario's airport.

The party will be a respite for Messi from his legal woes. A Spanish court last month rejected his appeal against a conviction for tax fraud.

- All-star guest list Brunette bride Roccuzzo, 29, will wear a dress by Rosa Clara -- a Spanish designer who has dressed actress Eva Longoria and Spain's Queen Letizia.

From 2200 GMT the guests will pack into the Hotel City-Center Casino, which stands right next to a crimeridden slum run by drug gangs.

This city of 1.2 million people is also a cradle of footballing talent, however. "Rosario lives and breathes football. That is another reason Lionel feels so comfortable here," the city's mayor, Monica Fein, told AFP. The civil wedding ceremony and party will all take place inside the venue, and the guests will be lodged there too.

Uruguayan pop bands Rombai and Marama plus singer Karina, wife of Argentina footballer Sergio Aguero, will perform at the dance.

It is not known whether the guests will also get a song from Shakira, the Colombian diva famous for "Whenever, Wherever."

Organizers say 157 journalists have been accredited to cover the bash, but have been warned they will have no access to the guests.

Security will be handled by a private team of Israeli specialists used by Messi for all his excursions.

Messi and Roccuzzo live in Barcelona where he plays, but still return regularly to Rosario on holiday.

The couple met as children. He moved to Spain when he was 13 to join FC Barcelona, but they kept in touch. "They are the love of each other's lives," Messi's childhood friend Diego Vallejos told AFP.

lOndOn, June 30 (ReuteRS): Ron Dennis, the chairman of McLaren's Formula One team and separate sports carmaker, will step down from his role at the brand and sell his shares, ending a 37-year relationship which soured in recent months alongside race-track failings.

McLaren, valued at 2.4 billion pounds ($3 billion), have not won a Grand Prix since 2012 and are last in the 10-team championship this year after embarking on a troubled partnership with their former engine supplier Honda.

Dennis was ousted as McLaren chief executive in November when the majority shareholders put him on gardening leave after reports he backed a Chinese takeover bid that other investors opposed.

McLaren, owned largely

by Bahrain's Mumtalakat Holding Company and TAG Group, a firm led by Saudiborn businessman Mansour Ojjeh, will buy Dennis's shares but acknowledged the brand needs to undergo

a turnaround.

"McLaren Racing...is not currently achieving the ontrack success in Formula One that we know it is capable of, and that it has achieved in the past, but that will change," Ojjeh said on Friday.

McLaren said it will combine its track racing business and separate sports carmaker, set up in 2010 to rival the likes of Aston Martin, into a new holding company in a bid to use its collective technology and branding for both firms.

Whilst the two share their southern English Woking base, they have operated separately, with the automotive business going from strength to strength in recent years, posting a 70 percent rise in pre-tax profits on Thursday.

Last year, the head of the automotive business told Reuters that shareholders had turned down bids from prospective buyers and he said on Thursday it made most sense for the sports carmaker to float on the stock market but not for at least three years.

KOHImA, June 30 (mexn): A hat-trick from Mele and a brace from Chips helped Amur Falcons climb to third in the Morning Premier League.

Friday’s match at the Seikhazou Ground here in Kohima saw a dominant Falcon side overwhelm Morning Football Club 7-2.

Despite the waterlogged ground conditions and the overgrown grasses, Falcons quickly took control of the match scoring

four goals in the first half.

Seyie opened the floodgates netting home in the 16th minute before Mele doubled it five minutes later. Chips made it 3-0 in the 31st minute and another five minutes later, Akhum had made it 4-0.

The goal-fest continued even after the restart as Mele found the net twice in as many minutes scoring in the 50th and 51st minute to complete his hat-trick.

Less than five minutes later, Falcons had scored their

seventh as Chips netted his second goal of the match.

With the damage already done, Morning FC pressed hard for a consolation goal and was rewarded when Dikwa found the net in the 59th minute. Akavi pulled another goal back in the 66th minute.

At the penultimate stage of the league, Falcons jump to third place with 34 points – one above fourth placed All Blacks. Morning FC on the other hand remain 8th with 18 points.

BCCI extends Dravid's coaching stint new delHI, June 30 (IAnS): The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced on Friday former star batsman Rahul Dravid will continue as coach of the India A and U-19 teams for the next two years.

The former India captain was first appointed as the coach for the two teams in 2015 and under his leadership the youngsters have achieved outstanding results, at home and away.

In his first assignment as coach, the India A side won a triangular series in

Australia, which had South Africa as the third team.

He repeated that success with the India U-19 team as well, guiding them to the final of the U-19 World Cup in 2016.

"Over the last two years, Rahul Dravid has been instrumental in getting young talent into the mix who have proved their worth on the big stage," BCCI Acting President C.K. Khanna said in a statement.

"We are glad to continue his services for the next two years and are sure that this is a bright sign for Indian

cricket which will see many more young talents coming up in the future," he added.

BCCI Acting Secretary Amitabh Choudhary also endorsed the decision and hoped that Dravid will continue to enjoy success with the upcoming youngsters.

"Rahul Dravid is known for the discipline and commitment he brings to the table. He has been successful in grooming the youngsters in the last two years," he said.

"I wish him all the very best for his assignments with the two teams for the next two years."

Ashes under threat as Australia cricketers' pay row misses deadline

Sydney, June 30 (AFP): Cricket Australia said it had failed to strike a new pay deal with the players' union ahead of Friday's deadline, leaving players unemployed and threatening fixtures including this year's Ashes series.

CA said there was no prospect of a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) being resolved with the Australian Cricketers' Association before the current deal expires at midnight local time (1400 GMT). The impasse, following weeks of acrimonious dispute, throws into question the immediate future of almost 230 men and women players

at domestic and international level, most of whom are now out of contract.

"Cricket Australia today acknowledged that a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) will not be agreed before 1 July," the statement read.

"And repeated its call for the Australian Cricketers' Association to come to the negotiating table and show genuine flexibility in the best interests of the players and the game.

"CA has been disappointed by the ACA's unwillingness to consider the sensible and necessary change CA has proposed to the fixed share of revenue player payments model."

Along with the players, fixtures are also at risk including Australia's Test tour to Bangladesh from August, the one-day international series in India in September and the home Ashes series against England later this year.

CA and the players' union have hit an impasse after the board attempted to scrap the 20-year-old ar-

rangement of giving players a fixed share of revenues, in favour of dividing surpluses amongst elite players and offering a pay rise.

- Ashes strike threat Leading players have hit out at the move to scrap revenue-sharing, with Australia batsman David Warner insisting they "won't budge" and threatening strike action during the Ashes.

Following the missed deadline, players who are on multi-year contracts that go beyond June 30 will continue to be paid, and will be required to play and train as before.

The Australia A tour to South Africa in July is the first in the firing line, with its fate unknown if a new accord is not struck.

Players were due to assemble in Brisbane for training on Monday ahead of the South Africa trip. The first tour match is supposed to start on July 12.

Reports said CA could hand out-of-contract stars like Glenn Maxwell and Usman Khawaja tour con-

tracts to play the series, although there is also the possibility of a boycott.

Australia's women's team are currently competing in the World Cup in England, but they have a special contract that will run until the tournament is complete.

The ACA board and executive are set to hold a meeting in Sydney on Sunday where they will consider the players' response to the lapse of the agreement.

CA's updated offer, made last Friday, was rejected by the ACA which remains staunchly opposed to any move away from a revenue-sharing model.

The players' union released its own proposal last March under which the definition of revenue is broadened and players receive a smaller (22.5 percent) share. That was rejected by CA, which said it retained the "inflexible", income-based revenue model. Since then, negotiations have remained at a virtual standstill.

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struck straight at Ochoa.

And soon Ter Stegen was being repeatedly called into action, using his outstretched right leg to clear a shot from Giovani Dos Santos and diving to block the follow-up from Jonathan Dos Santos.

Mexico had an even better chance to pull one back. The ball broke for Javier Hernandez and the striker only had Ter Stegen to beat but the shot was lifted too high.

Raul Jimenez was thwarted by Ter at the start of the second half before Germany extended its lead in the 59th minute. A flowing move saw captain Julian Draxler and Jonas Hector combine to set up the unmarked Werner to pass into an empty net.

Germany looked set for its first clean sheet of the tournament until a quickly-taken free kick left the defense unprepared to close down Fabian, who unleashed the long-range strike that Ter Stegen could not stop.

But Germany still had the final say, with Younes released by Emre Can and striking across the face of goal into the net.

Mele scores hat-trick as Amur Falcons climb to third in MPL

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