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DUCCF firm not to collect tax for NPGs DIMAPUR, MAY 30 (MExN): Standing firm on the decision of the October 31, 2013 public resolution of ‘One Government, One Tax,’ the Dimapur Urban Councils Chairmen Federation (DUCCF) on Monday said it has resolved not to collect any form of tax for any Naga Political Groups (NPG). The Federation, in a press note maintained that the various Colony Councils have been instituted to serve the interest of the public, without any fear or favour, and not to act in anyway detrimental to the wishes of the Naga public. “When the public have resolved on ‘One Government, One Tax’, and had decided not to pay tax to any NPGs how can the Council members collect tax for NPGs,” it questioned. The Federation has therefore urged the NPGs not to serve any taxation letters to the colonies nor pressurize the chairmen and GBs to collect tax on their behalf. Further, the Federation also reiterated its unflinching support to the ACAUT Nagaland movement.
DIMAPUR, MAY 30 (MExN): A young Naga, Ruchinilo Kemp from Dimapur, is helping farmers in the remote villages of Udaipur, Rajasthan get access to advice and assistance from experts around the country. Ruchinilo, who graduated from IIT Guwahati with a Masters in Development Studies in 2015, developed an app which provides them with access to expert information on their crops and cultivation. Thanks to him, farmers from remote villages of Udaipur can now connect with professors in Udaipur’s Maharana Pratap Agriculture University and find a way to revive dying crops. Experts from the Krishi Vigyan Kendra can help a farmer deal with diseased crops by assessing the situation through photographs and videos. Farmers from Gura and Buriya can, through texts in their mother tongue, reach out to scholars at the Indian Council of Agricultural Research in Delhi. Speaking to thebetterindia.com, Ruchinilo said: “I was on the lookout for a programme that would not only help me create an impact, but would also help
me explore myself. That’s when I learnt of the SBI Youth for India Fellowship through a senior,” recalls Ruchinilo. Ruchinilo joined the Fellowship in August 2015, and began working with Seva Mandir, an NGO that deals with a variety of issues related to rural and tribal development. “It was when I was out in the field that I realised one of the biggest problems farmers face is communication. Farmers, implementing agencies and NGOs and, on a larger scale, even agro-exporters, are all stakeholders. But farmers find it difficult to convey what is happening on the ground to others,” Ruchinilo explained. He was also made aware of the problems the farmers were facing in cultivating hybrid vegetable seeds: “It is all still new to them, they haven’t been cultivating these seeds for long, and the problem is that these seeds – unlike regular seeds – are more prone to climate variations and water scarcity issues,” says Ruchinilo. “They need a lot of support to cultivate the seeds at optimal level; they need guidance from the NGOs as
On the occasion of World No Tobacco Day on May 31, Kohima Deputy Commissioner & DLCC Chairman, Rovilatuo Mor, has notified that there will be a total ban on sale of tobacco products in Kohima for the day. In this connection, the Kohima DC requested all shopkeepers selling tobacco products to abide by the order and warned that defaulters will be fined as per the law. Earlier, the Kohima DC has notified that various sections of COTPA 2003 will be implemented in Kohima district with immediate effect. They include Section 4- Prohibition of smoking in public places; Section 5- (a) Prohibition of advertisement of Cigarettes or other Tobacco products to a person below the age of 18 years, (b) Prohibition on sale of tobacco
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Ruchinilo Kemp with his host Ramlal in one of the villages of udaipur, where his app has helped farmers to access expert farming advice.
well as technical help from external experts.” Initially, Ruchinilo thought of buying and distributing mobile phones among the farmers but the issue of power relations between donors and beneficiaries kept him from pursuing the idea: “If I buy phones to give them, they will have a sense of indebtedness to me. They will think of it as an act of
charity and will not have a feeling of ownership, of entitlement about it,” he stated. To ensure that the farmers developed a sense of ownership about the project and viewed him as a partner in their development, Ruchinilo urged the farmers to buy common smartphones or use existing phones for their respective communities. This led him to expand-
ing his project to include the development of a multi-purpose app. “I used Information Communication Technology (ICT) in the form of a mobile interface to develop an app for farmers where, if they are facing any problems, they can reach out to experts. They can also use the app to create reports about their farm and build a knowledge bank. This will
prove to be very useful to the communities in the future,” he was quoted as saying. He explained that the objective is to connect farmers with individuals who are experts in the agriculture sciences in order to promote knowledge sharing and sharing of best farming practices. Using the app, farmers can reach out to five experts in different parts of the country. They can communicate using photographs, videos or even text messages in their mother tongue. Queries and requests for help from the farmers are then picked up by the Cloud. These make their way to Ruchnilio and his team, who filter the messages and direct them to the appropriate experts. The experts receive the messages in the form of email notifications. They are also able to access the location and other relevant information about the farmer on their ‘dashboards.’ Typically, these experts respond within a few short hours. “It’s like an agricultural extension service,” Ruchnilo summed up the whole process. The project was launched in October 2015
ENSF asks teachers to refrain from agitation lotha-rengma Hoho call for bandh on nH2 from June 10
TUENSANG, MAY 30 (MExN): The Eastern Naga Students Federation (ENSF) has appealed to all stake holders in the Department of School Education within the four district of Eastern Nagaland- Tuensang, Mon, Longleng and Kiphire not to organize any form of agitation in the mid-academic year. A press note from the ENSF asked the concerned officials to “focus on the career and quality of the student’s education in general instead of diverting the main aspiration and motive as a teacher and an employee of the School Education Department…” Referring to the present imbroglio in the department, the ENSF stated: “when the education sys-
tem is in a transitional stage the students community do not expect the teaching community to derail the daily classes due to the problem within the department or the issue of the bifurcation of secondary and higher secondary school.” It viewed that the reason why private schools are “consistently performing well” is because they have a composite school from class A-12 under one administration “where teachers and school administrators get to nurture the students for long years...” “Unlike the private schools, the government schools are set up in such a way that the primary schools, middle school, high school and higher secondary schools are lo-
cated in different places which have led to poor coordination leading to poor results,” it opined. The ENSF reminded the Department as well as the teaching community that quality education should be paramount while making policy related to education and student’s interest should always be on priority. It reminded that the Nagaland Board of School Education (NBSE) has fixed the date of compartmental exam for the failed students starting from June 1. Therefore, it cautioned that the ENSF would not “tolerate any kind of agitation be it democratic or undemocratic form, as it will directly hamper the career of our students.”
ban on sale of tobacco products in Kohima Kohima | May 30
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Young naga develops app for farmers
WorlD No TobaCCo Day our Correspondent
Warner lauds cool Hyderabad after maiden IPL win
Veterinarians converge for conference in Kohima
Plain packaging a way out to curb tobacco epidemic: WHO NEw DElhI, MAY 30 (IANS): In a bid to help cut down the perils associated with tobacco, the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday urged the various stakeholders to make plain packaging of tobacco products mandatory across the world. In plain packaging, the tobacco product package will have no branding or promotional information. Rather, it will sport graphic health warnings, dull colour combinations, a brand name and a product and/or manufacturer’s name in standardised font. “With a decline in smoking levels among the high-income countries, tobacco companies are increasingly relying on developing economies, especially in the south-east Asia region -- with nearly 246 million people in its 11 countries continuing to smoke tobacco and nearly 290 million using it in smokeless forms -- to bolster its market presence,” said Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, WHO regional director for Southeast Asia, in a statement. products in an area within a radius of 100 yards of an educational institution; and Section 7- Restriction on Trade and Commerce in production, supply and distribution of cigarettes and other tobacco products. He notified shop-
keepers to strictly abide and follow section 6 of COTPA 2003 cited above, warning defaulters will be fined and penalized. Mor also notified to all the Head of Department (HODs ) and all the concerned hotels/restaurant
owners and managers to effectively implement Section 4 of COTPA 2003 – ‘Prohibition of smoking in public places’ by putting up sign boards prohibiting smoking in their respective Departments and in public places. The DC requested all the HODs and owners/ managers of hotels and restaurant to abide and follow the instructions with immediate effect. It is also notified to all the concerned colony chairmen to send either a Gaon Bura or a Panchayat member as a member for the Tobacco Control Committee of Tobacco Free Schools in their respective colonies. Meanwhile, the Directorate of Health & Family Welfare is organizing a function in commemoration of “World No Tobacco Day” on May 31 at Capital Convention Centre, Kohima at 2:00 PM.
DIMAPUR, MAY 30 (MExN): The Lotha Hoho and Rengma Hoho will impose total bandh of National Highway 2 from June 10 onwards. A joint statement from Rengma Hoho President, Kenyuseng Tep and Lotha Hoho Chairman, Mhao Humstsoe said the bandh is being called as consequence of the failure of the National Highways Authority of Nagaland (NHAN) to implement the widening of NH 2, Tseminyu and Wokha sectors after waiting and appealing for several years. Since no widening work was takenup on the NH 2 from 40km to VK Station, the two Hohos said it had submitted a joint memorandum on May 26, 2015 to which NHAN had assured that work would begin soon. The minister in charge of National Highways had also assured the Hohos that work would begin within two weeks, as appeared in the media on September 30, 2015, the press statement pointed out. With no action forthcoming despite these assurances, the two Hohos had expressed their resentment by way of a one-day bandh on October 7, 2015. But seeing no action even after a year had elapsed, the Hohos said it again submitted a ‘reminder’ memorandum, in the form of ultimatum to NHAN on
April 30, 2016, for immediate widening of the NH 2, Wokha & Tseminyu Sectors within 15 (fifteen) days, from date of receipt of the ultimatum. However, with the deadline of the ultimatum already passed, the Hoho lamented that there was still no sign of action taken by the NHAN. The Hohos also claimed that they are aware, with documentary evidences that the inaction of the NHAN is due to “politicisation and resultant corruption in tendering and contract work allotment.” Utterly disappointed with the indifferent attitude of the NH authorities, the Hohos said they have no option but to launch agitation by imposing an indefinite total bandh of NH 2, within the two sectors of Tseminyu and Wokha until the concerned authorities begin work. The Bandh will begin from June 10 from 5am onwards and will include Sundays. However, paramilitary, media, medics on patient duty, ambulance and fire service on emergency will be exempted from the purview of the bandh. The Hohos further informed that they have also decided not respond to any call by any authority, on the matter, except by way of negotiation at Tseminyu/Wokha.
and, in eight months the app has met with resounding success. “In the months of January and February, we saw close to five or six queries from farmers a day,” Ruchinilo said. Moreover, the entire initiative required no funds: “I have a background in programming and assembled the app myself, using open data sources,” Ruchinilo informed. He said that the team’s biggest challenge was getting the farmers and the communities to “internalise the use of the app.” His team overcame this by holding training programmes, teaching them how to use the app, and also helped them realise the value and power of the Internet. Ruchinilo said that the fellowship has provided him different opportunities, learnings and challenges. “It has been a humbling and invaluable experience to meet people from different communities and organisations. I think the entire experience has equipped me with the foresight to observe things maturely,” he was quoted as saying. Ruchinilo is now looking to scale up his initiative to impact the lives of more farmers in the state.
Displaced from Kiphire decline ‘resettlement’ DIMAPUR, MAY 30 (MExN): The families displaced during the violence in Kiphire, which occurred in the month of February has reaffirmed on the resolution to not resettle in Kiphire town. According to a press release, the displaced held a meeting at Pungro town on May 27 where it reaffirmed to stand by the resolution adopted on February 12, 2016 till the perpetrators of the February 6 murder of a couple near Shamator are arrested and the properties damaged in the subsequent public upheaval at Kiphire town are rebuilt. Stating that the displaced families have been maintaining peace and restraint till date, the release said that the case should be taken up strongly and without bias. Maintaining that the authorities have been “insincere and lukewarm” in its effort to act against the people behind the February 6 murder and the vandalism in Kiphire town, it cautioned that failure to initiate appropriate action by the authorities in concern, the displaced “will be forced to take its own course of action.”
A moment to unite together: Gen Kholi
DIMAPUR, MAY 30 (MExN): Vice Chairman of the NSCN (IM), General (Retd) Kholi Konyak today stated that the moment has come for the Naga people to unite. “From the depth of my heart I know only one thing and stood for one thing, that is the unity of Nagas and one Naga Nation,” stated a press note from the NSCN (IM) Vice Chairman. Konyak further stated that “I never wanted or hunted for any position or wealth but just wanted to witness that the Nagas come together in one accord before my sunset,” and spoke of his final desire to see “one united Naga family living together in harmony.” He also acknowledged the Eastern Nagas for “what you have done for the survival of the Nagas. People may or may not acknowledge you, but, it is a living fact that the Eastern Nagas have rendered your service selflessly to save the Naga Nation. My sincere
gratitude to all the fellow Nagas who always stood together to achieve our common goal.” He expressed belief that “one day we all will be liberated from this domain of sweats and tears for which you
the people.” “I always feel that one must give up one’s own position or wealth for the cause in order to fulfill or achieve unity among ourselves. One must yield so that our aspiration is fulfilled. When I say yielding, don’t take me in the wrong sense, because I am not surrendering to my enemies but uniting with our own Naga Brothers to achieve our common goal if not at least die trying for the cause,” he added. He further urged that “sometimes we should also learn to appreciate rather than always complain for; we are staying idle doing nothing. It is also not healthy for us to always find fault or wait for that opportunity to seize.” He urged upon all Nagas to “create a better environment for our younger generation by leaving aside all our differences and take this chance and moment together to triumph in God’s name.” Full text on Page 10
‘In my sixty long years of political career, as a human being, I may have hurt the sentiments of my Naga brethren in some way or the other, yet, I seek your forgiveness’ have sacrificed for the genuine cause.” General (Retd) Kholi then stated: “In my sixty long years of political career, as a human being, I may have hurt the sentiments of my Naga brethren in some way or the other, yet, I seek your forgiveness.” Regarding his decision to join the NSCN (IM), he said that he has “no grudges against any individual or parties even if some are trying to create confusions and doubts among
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Dr. Longriniken urges V&AH dept to come with better schemes ‘Focus more on result oriented schemes, not total area, population covered’ Our Correspondent Kohima | May 30
Maintaining that Nagaland has ample scope for development of animal husbandry, Dr I Longriniken, Chairman of Development Authority of Nagaland and BioResources Mission today asked the State’s Veterinary & Animal Husbandry Department to come out with better schemes to encourage farmers and the villagers to take up animal husbandry as profession. “Let us not focus on total area covered or the number of population covered. But let us focus more on the result oriented schemes,” he said while addressing the officers’ conference of the department here at Hotel Japfu. He called for doing away with the system of providing incentives/ subsidies achievement of the result. “This system encourages the farmers to focus on financial benefit only, rather than on the successful implementations of the schemes.” He stressed on the need to focus more on motivational training of farmers and encouraging
them to take up livestock as a profession and show them the scope and prospect of economic development through animal husbandry practices. Stressing on the importance of exports, he said the Agri and allied sectors including Veterinary & Animal Husbandry can play a big role in economic development of the state. On animal health, he suggested more focus on preventive and control measures, through educating farmers on management of animals and vaccines. Dr. Longriniken also said that Nagas need a social transformation and develop work culture, while urging the same to veterinarians and officers of the department. On the unemployment problem, he stated criticized the thinking the employment means government service only. “Employment means any kind of job that may be a government service, or business, farming, entrepreneurship or even manual labour works that gives monetary benefit for the time you have spent and makes you economically independents and sustains yourself.” He added, it is not possible for the government to give employment to all, as the government sector itself is over employed.
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Veterinarians converge for conference in Kohima Our Correspondent Kohima | May 30
The officers’ conference of the Veterinary & Animal Husbandry Department took place here today at Hotel Japfu with Dr. I. Longriniken, chairman Development Authority of Nagaland and Bio – Resources Mission Nagaland as the chief guest. The conference witnessed comprehensive interactions and discussions on various matters relating to the department to bring positive impact on the lives of the people. Dr. Longriniken maintained that veterinarians can contribute a lot in building economy of the state and urged upon them to come forward and work seriously and sincerely. No dearth of opportunities Veterinary & Animal Husbandry director Dr. R. Thungchamo Ezung said “Today we are faced with multi-facet activities requiring knowledge beyond our professional realm in order to efficiently function as a performing department.” Stating that almost every day new techniques, new policies, new medications are introduced in this fast developing world, he said “We need to keep up with it or else we will not be able to survive as a growing department.” Looking deeply into the avenues that the state has to offer, Ezung said, there is no dearth of opportunities. “Our state has all the potential , both in material and human resources for the development in livestock and its related field,”
Neizo Chale-inventor of Small Animal Restrainer honoured Our Correspondent Kohima | May 30
Neizo Chale, who invented a Small Animal Restrainer for easier maneuvering in handling the targeted area of surgery and to minimize the manpower involved in restraining while the surgeon intervenes in surgical operations like spaying, hysterectomy, castration, vasectomy, umbilical hernia, scrotal hernia, cryptorchidism etc., especially in piglets and dogs, have been acknowledged by state’s veterinary & animal husbandry department during its officers’ confer-
ence on May 30 at Hotel Japfu. The acknowledgment was done in the presence of Dr. I. Longriniken, chairman Development Authority of Nagaland and Bio –Resources Mission Nagaland. Chale, a senior veterinary field assistant, is presently working in the Veterinary Hospital Dimapur. His case for Governors’ Award was recommended by the department. AcNeizo Chale cordingly, Governor had awarded him with Gov- and the second person ernors’ Commendation in the department to be Award 2016. He is the first awarded by Governor. recipient from the NVFA The steel fabricated re-
the director said adding that avenue in services sector and academics are soon to be opened where we will be involving even unemployed professionals of both the vets and para vets. Ezung also stated that wider opportunities are opening up for professionals in the field of academics with the possibility of opening of a Veterinary College at Jalukie during 2016-17. Also stressing on the need to be prepared for occurrence of new and emerging diseases, he said “Till date we have not faced any outbreak of catastrophic diseases. But deadly diseases like Avian Influenza and Swine Flu have come as near to us as Myanmar ad Manipur.”
tional Director Veterinary & Animal Husbandry said that department farms are the key asset and reflect the technical expertise of the professional. He however regretted that today most of the department farms have become a liability to the government instead of generating revenue. “Today we have attained 50 years of existence and still to continue in demonstration activities is not what is expected from us by the public. Therefore, creating a genetic pool specific to the state through our state run farms scientific breeding is the need to the hour,” Dr. Yore said. Also stating that artificial insemination in pigs is a key to attain self suffiNeed for creating ciency in meat, he, howevgenetic pool er said “till date this matter Dr. Viral Yore, Addi- is not seriously taken into
consideration.” ICAR is taking up AI on pig vey successfully and had even trained women groups who are inseminating their own pigs. This activity suggested that the public are going ahead of us in application of technical knowledge. In this respect, the additional director challenged the veterinarians to rededicate themselves toward translation of scientific knowledge into action for benefit of the people. Also stating that veterinary hospitals need to provide specific treatment to the patient through confirmatory diagnosis using laboratory test and not just prescribing broad spectrum antibiotic, Dr. Yore felt that the veterinary hospitals and Disease Diagnostic Laboratories should work hand-in-hand, supporting
strainer with two steps of elevation which can be adjusted to the convenience of the surgeon. Earlier at least three to four persons are involved in the process but now with the restrainer in use after tranquilization and sedation, a single surgeon with just one assistant can easily perform the surgical intervention, said veterinary & animal husbandry director Dr. R. Thungchamo Ezung. For his (Neizo Chale) innovative invention and his handing over the patency rights to the department, the director on each other, otherwise the standard of the profession as well as the ethic of the professional will be looked down by the owners. Refinement for disease reporting system Stating that disease reporting system needs thorough refinement, he said “The report received from various VHCs should be scrutinized and compiled by professional and not by clericals as it has been observed some silly mistakes.” He continued that false/ faulty reporting can result to grave situation because disease reporting is of national importance and it defines the status of disease in the country and sometime it can lead to ban on export on milk, meat to foreign countries which can affect the country’s economy.
behalf of the entire department congratulated him and handed over a cash award to him. It may be recalled that parliamentary secretary for veterinary & animal husbandry S. Chuba Longkumer officially launched this Small Animal Restrainer on October 19 last year in Veterinary Hospital Dimapur, with a commitment that the Restrainer shall be used in all the institutes of veterinary & animal husbandry department, Nagaland and further extend its use in the entire north east of India. Also stressing on the need to take good care of department land /assets, he also suggested that cleanliness of the department compound may be started by organizing cleanliness drive every first Saturday of the month in line with “Swachh Bharat.” The additional director also called for successful implementation of the existing ongoing schemes particularly KVY, NLM, ASCAD, ESVHD, NPBB, NPDD etc. so that the vision of self sufficiency is achieved by 2030.” Later, during technical session, Dr. R. Thungchamo Ezung, Dr. David Sema and Dr. Simon Ao talked on “Assessment of performance,” “Improvisation of vety service delivery system” and “ Coordination with livestock farmers for improved productivity” respectively.
Vocational Training Centre inaugurated at NEN
Chizami, may 30 (mExN): A Vocational Training Centre was inaugurated at NEN Resource Centre, Chizami by Murohu Chotso, Deputy Commissioner, Phek on May 30. It was attended by over 100 persons comprising of Village Councils, VDBs and Women Societies from the villages of Chizami, Sumi, Enhulumi, Thetsumi and Mesulumi, church leaders, youth and student leaders, and other dignitaries from the district. The VTC construction was supported by an MPLADS fund of Dr. A.S Ganguly, former Member of Parliament, and Rajya Sabha, who sanctioned an amount of Rs. 15, 13,200 /to North East Network in April 2015. Addressing the gathering, Murohu Chotso, Deputy Commissioner, Phek said that vocational training cen-
tres have become crucial as employment in the public sector is becoming tougher. He added that building the skills of youth through vocational training and skill development centres will reduce the burden of unemployment. He encouraged parents and the youth to get trained through vocational courses in order that they become earners and not a mere consumer. While appreciating the generosity of Dr A.S Ganguly who financially supported the VTC, he acknowledged the dedication of the NEN team in making the VTC a reality and this, he said is a great achievement for the entire community. Dr Monisha Behal Founder-Executive Director, NEN in her welcome address acknowledged the support and contribution of many well-wishers such as Dr. A.S Ganguly, and of the community since it
started its work in Nagaland. She stated that the aim of establishing a centre was to bring about positive thinking, where creativity in diverse areas will be promoted and built, especially amongst young people. Shyamal Mukherjee, Secretary to Dr A.S Ganguly in his short speech shared that the former MP has supported various projects across India through MPLADS, particularly focusing on four areas, i.e. education, women empowerment, sanitation and solar energy. He added that Dr. A.S Ganguly particularly wanted to support projects in the north east region, which he did through MPLADS and VTC Chizami is one of them. Kekhro Tsuhah, President CRPO, said that vocational training centres are very important in both rural and urban context because it provides self em-
(Extreme Right) DC Phek Murohu Chotso inaugurates Vocational Training Centre at NEN Resource Centre, Chizami on May 30.
ployment. He highlighted the many skills that youths can acquire through such vocational training centres which will enable them to become self reliant. Ananda Benerjee, Photographer- Journalist encouraged the youth to identify and use their creative talents, and to him ‘creativity is not confined to arts alone but encompasses the whole range of activities such as gardening, sustainable ag-
riculture etc’. Speaking on the occasion, Director of Life Sports Colo Mero lamented that communities unfortunately have the mindset in believing that government job is the real job which isn’t so. He pointed that the reason why our youths are not employable despite having degrees and certificates is because they lack the required skills and also due to absence of hard work and sustained commitment. In
this regard he encouraged the youth to start dreaming beyond government jobs and government schemes. The invocation prayer was pronounced by Rev. Mese Rhakho, Advisor, Chizami Baptist Church. Government Primary School, Chizami presented a welcome song. Chizami Students’ Union and women farmers of Sumi village also performed a special number and folk melody respectively.
CBZZ – A complete department store TacknowledgementS Incentive points, Car wash, Car retail and many more
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ife, Children and family members of Late Dr. S Pangwai Konyak wish to acknowledge the many people who showed great kindness and support during his demise and our bereavement. Your many expressions of sympathy have been a source of comfort which is remembered with gratitude. We wish to specially mention the following and beg apology from the many more individuals and organisations who could not be mentioned here but you all are in our hearts.
1. Mr & Mrs. C L John, Hon’ble Minister, Rural Development. 2. Mr & Mrs. E E Pangteang, Hon’ble Parliamentary Secy, HG and Sericulture. 5th March 1964 - 10th May 2016 3. Mr & Mrs. Eshak, Hon’ble Parliamentary Secretary, Art & Culture. 4. Mr & Mrs. W Wangyuh, Ex-MP. 5. Principal Director & Staff, Department of H & FW. 6. Nagaland In-service Doctors Association. 7. Dr. U K Konyak, Chief Medical Officer, Mon & his Colleagues. 8. CMO Staff Welfare Union, Mon. 9. Konyak Doctors Forum. 10. Mr. Khoiwang, President, ENPO and his Colleagues. 11. Mrs. Birila, President, ENWO and her Colleagues. 12. Mr. Shahsha, President, ENSF and his Colleagues. 13. Mr. S Manlip, President, Konyak Union. 14. Konyak Baptist Church, Dimapur. 15. Konyak Union, Dimapur. 16. Konyak Baptist Church, Kohima. 17. Mr & Mrs. W Honje, DC, Mon. 18. Mr & Mrs. Yangba, SP, Mon. 19. Mr. Wasu Katiry, ADC, Aboi and his Colleagues. 20. Mr. Yangertoshi, Dy SP (NPTO), Mon & Staff. 21. Aboi Area Union, Mon. 22. Aboi Area Students Union. 23. Aboi Town Baptist Church. 24. Konyak Union, Aboi Branch 25. Aboi Town Students Union.
Morung Express News Dimapur | May 30
CBZZ - a one of a kind shopping complex was opened in Dimapur today. A Dimapur-based company, CBZZ has the distinction of housing a general department store, a car wash and a retail outlet for environment-friendly vehicles. Conceptualised on the line of a shopping mall albeit in a lesser scale, “It is a place where one can avail a myriad of services under one roof,” said CBZZ CEO, Sandip Agarwal. Located at NH 29 between the 4th Mile and 5th Mile junctions, it was inaugurated by the NBCC General Secretary, Dr. Zelhou Keyho. As regards the services available, the household convenience shopping section christened Zozo’s mart was described as “a complete department store” offering a wide range of items from groceries, cosmetics, toys, stationery to baby care products and many more. “It’s like the regular department store with the added incentive of customers receiving ‘points’ for purchases made,” said Agarwal. To avail the in-
(Left): The CBZZ Market Place located at 4th Mile (NH 29), Dimapur. (Right) People test ride Speedways vintage Royale 4 and Freego’s scooter at a demo site on May 30. (Morung Photo)
centive, a customer has to purchase Rs. 100 or more worth of goods. Each customer however has to make a one-time registration of his or her phone number at the billing counter, which takes no more than a minute. One point will be equivalent to Rs. one. Accumulated points can then be used by the customer to avail discounts in subsequent visits. According to Agarwal, Zozo’s Mart will also start home delivery service within a 4-km radius. The car wash section called ‘Magic Wash’ is unlike the regular vehicle cleaning amenities available here. Powered by a
steam generator, it uses pressurised steam to not only clean the exterior but also the interior, including nooks and crannies. It can even hose out stubborn dust accumulated within the air conditioning system, Agarwal said, while adding that a special cleaning agent not commonly available here is also used. Coming to the car retail section – Smart Auto, Agarwal said that it took the initiative to promote environment-friendly vehicles. To that direction, CBZZ took up distributorship for Speedways Electric, an Indian company specialising in electric vehicles – bat-
tery-powered 4-wheelers and rickshaws alongwith post-sales services. The company also manufactures transport vehicles that can carry payloads as good as any fuel-powered pick-up or a 3-wheel goods carrier and negotiate inclines upto 30 degrees.
2-wheeled selfbalancing scooter launched
It is also simultaneously introducing a 2-wheeled self-balancing scooter manufactured by Mumbaibased Freego. A personal transport machine, vehi-
cles of this kind is already popular in Europe and North America. Models of the vehicles were brought out for public display and test rides today. With a charging time of 8-10 hours, Speedways 4-wheelers can travel upto 60-80 km before the next charge, while its electric rickshaws can give upto 80100 km for every 6-8 hours of charging. The Freego gives upto 35 km per 6 hours of charging. Agarwal further informed that CBZZ is also providing ‘booking service’ for Porsche, Audi, Isuzu and bikes manufactured by Benelli.
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MCPCR against ‘physical abuse’ on young Imphal, may 30 (mExN): The Manipur Commission for Protection of Child Rights (MCPCR) has today made an appeal to all stakeholders and authority against adopting physical abuse on young people. “The Commission is of the opinion that the strategy and approach for controlling the young or children protestors must be different from adult targeted ones,” the appeal which was made available to the media stated. While acknowledging the crucial role being played by security forces, police in maintaining law and order situation of the state amid ongoing agitations, the Commission noted that the main protestors were students of schools and higher secondary schools – comprising mostly young girls and boys under the age of 18, and appealed to all the stakeholders and authority “not to adopt wide spread, systemic and institution-
alized physical abuse and create psychological damage of the young people that will give long lasting negative impact in their future life.” Contending that the interpretation of “Minimum Force” needs to be redefined and reviewed contextually, the Commission also called for introducing standards "on groundbreaking training manual for Police and Security Forces, Juvenile Justice, Human Rights and decent mob control". “Lathi charge, tear gas, shells and rubber bullets should not be used arbitrarily and abruptly against the children, and ordering to use such dangerous and deadly means as minimum force without justifiable ground realities against the young children is unwarranted,” the Commission maintained. The underlying principle, according to the Commission is, Security forces and police should be “a child friendly and Protec-
North East states' assembly speakers to meet in Tripura agartala, may 30 (IaNS): A two-day conference of Northeast India's assembly speakers begins here on Tuesday to allow discussions on parliamentary democracy and an interaction between the presiding officers of the Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha and legislative bodies. "The summit would strengthen parliamentary democracy and facilitate a dialogue between the presiding officers of the Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha and legislative bodies of northeast," Tripura assembly Deputy Speaker Pabitra Kar told IANS here on Monday. Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan, who arrived here on Monday,
would inaugurate the conference of North East Region Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (NERCPA), comprising speakers and deputy speakers of the assemblies of the eight northeastern states.
tive Force” rather than a hostile force “unleashing devastating impact to right to life and the rights of the child to freedom of association and to freedom of peaceful assembly.” “Excessive and disproportionate use of force on children and young stu-
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Indian missiles, copters, subs - Anil Ambani’s ambitious defense plan NEW DELHI/MUMBAI, MAy 30 (REUtERs): Anil Ambani’s Reliance Group has never made a military helicopter, missile system or submarine in its history but that isn’t stopping the Indian tycoon from seeking to win contracts to manufacture all of that military hardware and more. Known for taking some ambitious bets over the past decade, some of which have failed to deliver, Ambani’s plans to turn Reliance into a major defense company may be one of his boldest yet. It has already bid for 840 billion Indian rupees ($12.5 billion) in government contracts, senior executives said, though it hasn’t yet won any of those. The success of the strategy will depend partly on whether he can persuade government officials and international partners that he can build sophisticated equipment and partly on whether Prime Minister Narendra Modi can get India’s notoriously slow procurement process to work. Modi has made defense a big part of his “Make in India” programme. As part of
Anil Ambani, chairman of the Reliance Anil dhirubhai Ambani group, poses for a picture in the cockpit of an An-170 aircraft during a visit to Antonov aircraft plant in the village of gostomel, outside kiev, Ukraine on April 27. (REUTERS File Photo)
any defence contract, he is demanding foreign companies tie up with a local partner, transfer technology and move some manufacturing to India. At stake is $250 billion in defense contracts the government is expected to award over the next 10 years as it looks to upgrade the military’s aging equipment. “We hope to have a significant share of this pie,” said R K Dhingra,
chief executive of Reliance Defence. He predicted the company will “emerge as a key player in the defence sector over the next few years.” Reliance’s ambition is greeted with scepticism by many in the defense world. An military official involved in defense procurement said Reliance is overreaching in wanting to make everything from ships to planes. Some ri-
vals and potential partners for the contracts said Reliance will struggle to master the manufacture of such a wide range of sophisticated military hardware. “There is no quick money in this branch,” said Jan Widerstrom, head of Saab India Technologies, a unit of Saab AB. “It requires a lot of experience, high tech culture, investments and a long-term business plan.” Still, Saab and Reliance
are working together in developing the next generation Combat Management System for the Indian Navy and Coast Guard. Recently, Reliance’s lack of experience and questions about its ability to handle sensitive technology and intellectual property counted against it in its bid to partner with the Russians to build 200 Kamov helicopters, said a Russian diplomat in New Delhi, who declined to be identified in this story because they weren’t speaking in an official capacity. The contract, estimated to be worth a little over $900 million went instead to Indian state-controlled company Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. Ambani should identify core areas and concentrate on them rather than “be an inch deep and a mile wide,” said Nitin Gokhale, founder of defence website Bharat Shakti. RELIANCE GROUP The Reliance conglomerate split into two in 2005 after a bitter feud between Anil Ambani and his older brother, Mukesh. The latter got the flagship Reliance Industries,
with interests in petrochemicals, oil and gas exploration, refining and textiles. Anil got telecoms, power, entertainment and financial services businesses. But some of his businesses struggled, especially an ill-timed foray into infrastructure, and debt piled up. Its Reliance Infrastructure arm, which includes the defense operations, aims to be debt free in the current financial year ending March 2017, according to Lalit Jalan, who is acting CEO of the unit. To get there it plans to sell assets, including road projects and a stake in a power distribution company for about 180 billion rupees, according to another senior Reliance executive. Ambani entered the defence sector last year, when he took a controlling stake in a company that made warships and energy exploration vessels, in Modi’s home state of Gujarat, called Pipavav Defence and Offshore Engineering Co Ltd, for about 20 billion Indian rupees. That became Reliance Defence and Engineering Ltd. Since then, Reliance
has bought hundreds of acres of additional land to build an aerospace facility and another shipyard in other parts of the country. It has also signed more than half a dozen joint venture agreements with foreign companies, including one with Rafael Advanced Defence Systems of Israel, to bid for Indian government contracts as they come up. An Israeli defense industry source said for Rafael the idea is that if it wins tenders, Reliance will produce some components for missiles and other systems. BUILDING EXPERIENCE Ambani has said that lack of experience is being held against his company. “Despite a committed reformist mindset at the top, we are still seeing opportunities being denied to new players on grounds of lack of experience,” Ambani told a ‘Make in India’ summit on defence in March. Reliance Defence has been building an experienced team. Dhingra earlier headed Lockheed Martin’s India operations, and the company has hired a slew of senior army and
navy officers who have executed large defence projects from conception to delivery, the Reliance executive said. The group’s experience in managing complex projects in India, including building roads and power plants should help it, the executive said. For design, technology and complicated weaponry, Reliance would have a foreign partner, he noted. Reliance expects to spend up to 20 billion rupees over the next three years in upgrading facilities as it gets business, keeping its outlay low as it waits for contracts, the executive said. Thanks to its Pipavav shipyard, Reliance expects the naval part of its business to be the first to take off, he said. It plans to bid for a $7.5 billion submarine contract that the government is expected to give out to replace the navy’s ageing and accident-prone fleet and narrow the gap with rival China’s rapidly modernizing fleet. Ambani also has plans to bid for contracts in the future to make nuclearpowered submarines.
ATMA-Phek visits SBI Mon organises Financial Literacy Camp THE CHoP SHoP He assured that, implementation MAy 30 (MExN): The State har-linked latest by May-end 2016. Manipur for exposure MoN, Quality pork and local products Speaking on ‘Social Security of NRLM principles with utmost sinBank of India (SBI) Mon Bazar PHEk, MAy 30 (MExN): To study the improved farming system & improved production technology of agricultural products, ATMA-Phek in collaboration with SAMETI, Manipur organized a farmers’ exposure visit to Manipur state from May 25 to 27. The team comprising farmers and officials from ATMA-Phek was led by Dr. Keviu Shuya, Dy. Project Director, ATMA-Phek, a press release received here said. The farmers and officials from Phek district were received by W. Nupendra (ATM, ATMA-Manipur). The team visited Directorate of Agriculture, Manipur, where Louis Ngasainao, Director of Agriculture, Manipur & SNO, ATMA-Manipur, gave a briefing about Manipur state. At Central Agricultural University in Imphal, Prof. JM Laishram, Dean of the university interacted with the team and highlighted about the current activities, research and programmes being carried out. Resource persons Dr. NG Joy Kumar, Prof. W Ingo, Dr. TH Ramadhir Singh, and Dr. R Daya showed the visiting team various improved technologies of production. The team also visited the Lake Fishery and Lotak Lake, the largest freshwater lake in Northeast India, at Ithing village, the release added.
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Schemes’ Akaju Alex, Customer Assistant SBI Mon Bazar Branch shared about the social security and pension schemes viz PMSBY, PMJJBY, APY and SSY. He clarified that a person having savings account in different Bank Branches can opt for any desired Bank for availing a desired scheme.A person has to continually keep depositing savings in the account to make the insurance/pension scheme hindrance-free, he said. Rajuselie Lhousa, DPC (Financial Inclusion) NSRLM, Mon spoke on ‘DAY-NRLM’. Objective of Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-NRLM (DAYNRLM) through ‘panchasutra’ shall unfold maximum fulfillment of purpose of humankind i.e. team spirit, cordial neighborhood, financial discipline, leadership growth, building peace, undisputed local self-governance etc. besides poverty alleviation.
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Absence of worker worsens Former president of Naga Hoho Public of Chessore allege power crises in Aonokpu village General Maken passes away highhandedness by SIT Dimapur, may 30 (mExN): The Naga Hoho has mourned the sudden death of Naga freedom fighter and former President of Naga Summit/Naga Hoho, General A. Maken on May 30. General Maken was a longstanding Naga nationalist who made tremendous positive and crucial contributions to the founding and development of the Naga freedom struggle, said Naga Hoho President, P. Chuba Ozukum in a message. He started his journey with Naga national movement in 1954 and served under various ranks till the signing of the first ceasefire between the Government of India and the Nagas. General A Maken worked Villagers of Aonokpu clear jungle along the transmission lines to their village.
mokokchuNg, may 30 (mExN): Aonokpu Village under Longchem EAC Headquarter of Mokokchung district has been facing power crises due to absence of any worker under the Power Department for “more than a decade.” According to Aonokpu Village Council, “since the retirement of the Power Department lineman in 2002, the state government, even after 14 years of the last employee, is yet to appoint new field worker.” This, the council stated, has compounded the irregular power supply.
“It is a regular annual event for the council to maintain the transmission lines themselves,” said a press note issued by Aonokpu Village Council, Chairman, Takatemjen. On May 27, the council took up the task of jungle clearing along the transmission lines to the village. The council chairman added, “Aonokpu Village under Mangkolemba Sub division is far-flung from Mokokchung district in terms of connectivity and a village to subsist without regular power supply and field worker is equal to harassment.”
further for Naga cause under the banner of NNC in various capacities, it said. Remembering him as a freedom fighter in his own right, who earned his full stripes in the struggle for liberation, the Naga Hoho acknowledged his contribution towards the formation of the Hoho. Maken was the Convenor of Naga Summit in 1997, which was later renamed as Naga Hoho in 1998. “We clearly remember his leadership as the Action Committee Chairman when he led Naga Hoho and other civil societies in 1998 when Naga people resolved to call for ‘Solution not election”, an effort to pave the way for In-
do-Naga political settlement,” the Hoho reminisced. “We, who shared similar values with him, will continue to drink from his deep well of wisdom and remember his immense contribution for peace and freedom.” Accepting that Maken’s death is a great loss for his family, Naga people, and all freedom loving people at large, Naga Hoho added, “Today we are left with the comfort of knowing that freedom fighters may not stay with us physically for long but they would remain immortal through their work and ideals, inspiring the society. May the selfless and courageous spirit of General A. Maken carry on for generations.”
GBs condemn Thilixu village incident Dimapur, may 30 (mExN): The Dimapur District GB Association (DDGBA) has condemned an alleged “murder attempt” on a gaonbura at Thilixu village Block III on the night of May 28. The DDGBA in a release, terming the incident a matter of serious concern stated, “no situation should be as such that any individual or groups have to take law into own hand… create fear psychosis and disturb the peaceful environment.” Further urging the concerned villag-
ers to maintain peace, the DDGBA called for letting the law to take its course and avoid putting a “political colour” to the incident. Meanwhile, Chumukedima Area GBs’ Association (CAGBA) in a release also condemned the incident. Stating that the GB, whose house was attacked is the CAGBA’s president, the release said, “Attacking a GB, who is held in great esteem by the society as a Village Chief, is nothing short of challenging and attacking the
whole village and therefore as per the customary traditions of the Nagas, the act… is a crime of (the) highest degree…”Stating that the CAGBA has taken serious note of the incident, it added, the CAGBA “will be keenly observing the proceedings and the course of law applied in this case.” According to the CAGBA, the incident came at a time when it is in the midst of a “peace mission” to all the 58 villages within its jurisdiction.
Awareness prog urges to break silence around menstruation kohima, may 30 (Dipr): Family Planning Association of India (FPAI), Nagaland Branch conducted two awareness programmes on menstrual hygiene management at Mezoma village in collaboration with Sanitary Napkins Production Unit under Science and Technology Department, Government of Nagaland. Commemorating both 3rd global Menstrual Hygiene Day and International Women’s Health Day which fall on May 28 annually, FPAI conducted the programmes focusing on reproductive age groups. Free sanitary napkins were also distributed to the participants by the Sanitary Napkins Production Unit. Ville Rhetso, Counselor, FPA India, briefed about Menstrual Hygiene Day and International Women’s Health Day. She recol-
lected that the first global Menstrual Hygiene Day was observed on May 28, 2014, initiated by German-based NGO WASH United (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene). It became a global awareness day dedicated exclusively to putting spotlight on menstrual hygiene and breaking the silence around menstruation. Referring to this year’s theme, ‘Menstruation Matters To Everyone, Everywhere’, she cited menstrual hygiene management (MHM) as a trigger for better, stronger development of women and girls - personal, educational and professional. She declared to the girls and women that time has come to break the silence around menstruation and that MHM is vital in our society as there are many health issues related to unhygienic habits. “Menstruation is a normal biological process and a key sign of
reproductive health, yet in many cultures it is treated as something negative, shameful or dirty and there are also myths and taboos relating to menstruation,” he stated. She further informed that MHD was created to publicly recognize the right of women to hygienically manage their menstruation wherever they are. Stressing on why menstruation matters, she urged the girls and women to start the conversation around menstruation unashamedly and even educate boys and men to help foster a supportive environment for girls and women. Kikrusetono Nisa (M&E Officer) enlightened on human rights that enable women and girls to manage their menstrual hygiene adequately, with normalcy and in dignity. She asserted that human rights enable
women and girls to access clean water, good health, sanitation, education, gender equality and healthy environment at home, schools and workplace. She also talked about some challenges while managing menstrual periods safely and how to overcome them. Me a n w h i l e, Me re e n a Domeh, Project Supervisor, Sanitary Napkins Production Unit spoke about sanitary napkins produced by the unit. She informed there are two varieties of napkins made - the thin one is a gel coated fabric, non-woven cloth and non-permeable cloth, while the thick product is made of wood-pulp and non-woven cloth. She stated both are cost effective and hygienic and easily decomposable. Further, she informed that no chemical is used to produce the napkins; they do not stink nor do they have any
side effects. They also give relief from the abdominal pain, she said. It was informed that in the North East, the napkins production project is running only in Guwahati and Kohima and has been benefitting a large cross section of women in Nagaland. Thejaseno Ltu, Staff Nurse explained the female reproductive system and its function to the villagers. Participants in both the programmes were made to write on postcards why menstruation matters to them. Dr. Vizokholie Keyho, MO, PHC exhorted the participants on the value and importance of good health and hygiene. The other highlights of the program included lab services (HIV, Hepatitis B & C counseling & testing). Family Planning devices were also provided to the women.
Dimapur, may 30 (mExN): The public of Chessore area has come out strongly against an alleged act of highhandedness by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) during a raid. A joint press release issued by the Chessore Area GBs union, Chessore Area Public Forum, Yimchungru Women Organization, Chessore unit and Head DB, Chessore HQ stated that the SIT assaulted 2nd head DB identified as Keoshu and another person identified as Tomusu without rhyme or reason during a midnight raid conducted at Chessore town. It was followed with the SIT going to the house
of one Sunso “and took his two daughters to search for their unknown suspects towards the paddy field, torturing them mentally and physically while they were appearing their exams,” the release alleged. While maintaining that the public of Chessore in general supports the effort of the SIT in its mission, the release stated that such inhuman and barbaric act by a disciplined government force is unacceptable. Urging the authority in concern to promptly initiate disciplinary action against the erring SIT personnel, the organisations warned that it will not tolerate any activity that disrupts peace in the area.
NGPTA to abstain from ANSTA/NSSFOF agitation kohima, may 30 (mExN): The Nagaland Government Primary Teachers' Association (NGPTA) has resolved that though the association had physically and morally supported the first phase of ANSTA/NSSFOF agitation on bifurcation, it will abstain from the second phase of agitation for the sake of students who are undergoing Assessment on humanitarian ground. The resolution was made during an emergency meeting of the association held on May 27 at ANSTA guest house, Kohima, according to a press release from Heikieleung Zeliang, President and Kezhalesa Kin, General Secretary, NGPTA.
CCN urges to solve Peren drinking water issue pErEN, may 30 (mExN): The Concerned Citizens of Nagaland (CCN) has extended sympathy to the citizens of Peren Town, who have been facing scarcity of drinking water for the past five months. “As water is the basic need to survive for every human beings and not an optional or luxury item that can be left ignored, CCN as a concerned body feels that this drinking water crisis is a genuine issue and it needs to be addressed at the earliest,” stated a press release from Media Cell, CCN. Maintaining that the essence of good governance lies in progressive development without compromising on basic human rights, the CNN stated cries for such basic amenities needs a special and prompt action by the department concerned. Hence, it urged the authorities concerned to look into the matter and provide at the earliest the basic amenities irrespective of whatever factors it may have for the apathy towards the issue.
Union Ministers to Sovereign Republic of Freeland resolves visit Nagaland state SRF Khiamnungan unit supports
Dimapur, may 30 (mExN): As part of the month-long ‘Vikas Parv’ programme, which has been launched to celebrate the completion of two years of BJP-led NDA government, two teams of Union Ministers’ entourage will visit Kohima and Dimapur in June. On June 2, D.V. Sadananda Gowda, Minister of Law & Justice, Nihalchand, Minister of State Panchayati Raj, and Vinay Sahasrabudhe, National BJP Vice President are scheduled to arrive in Kohima and address public meeting at the IG Stadium, Wokha Road, Kohima at 2:30 pm. A press release from BJP Nagaland General Secretary (Media) further informed that on June 9, Dr. Jitendra Singh, Minister of Development of NER (DONER) (IC), PMO Per-
sonnel, Public Grievances & Pension, Department of Atomic Energy, Dept of Space, Maj. Gen. Khanduri (former Chief Minister), Dr. Anil Jain, National BJP General Secretary, Shahnawaz Hussain, BJP Spokesperson will arrive for public meeting at Agri. Expo (tentative) in Dimapur. The BJP Nagaland and DAN will jointly host the visits and events. All the BJP Nagaland party officials and members of various levels and frontals have been informed to attend the meetings positively on the stipulated dates. The month long programme was launched by Prime Minister Modi on May 26. Several Union Ministers and senior BJP National party leaders have been grouped into teams to visit every state and Union Territory during the period.
TuENsaNg, may 30 (mExN): The Sovereign Republic of Freeland (SRF) today stated it is purely a non-violent public organization with no taxation or terrorism and does not stand against any organization, NGO, race, caste, creed, and religion etc. In a press release issued by its Speaker, Mosha Chang, SRF resolved to maintain peaceful coexistence within the jurisdiction of Freeland area in particular and the rest of the state of India in general. “Freeland are ancient times Sovereign Republic Village state,” stated the press release. Every village under the jurisdiction of Freeland Tuensang, it said, has a unique administration and local-self-government set up. “Freeland people were not dominated or control by any governing bodies even during the period of
TuENsaNg, may 30 (mExN): Sovereign Republic of Freeland (SRF), Khiamnungan unit has extended support to the SRF head office and also resolved to follow the rules and regulations framed by the head office and also restore unique history of SRF and its existence. This was stated in a press release issued by Mongloa, President, SRF, Khiamnungan unit.
Khiamnungan today alleged that he was threatened by Khiamnungan Tribal Council (KTC) and forcefully asked to resign from the General Secretary post of SRF on January 28, 2016. Therefore, he resigned in front of KTC, Khumo said in a press release. However, in the release, he declared to “work as General Secretary SRF from today onwards and I still continue to work with SRF as SRF is nonviolence with no taxation and not General Secretary SRF declares General Secretary of Sovereign against any NGO’s and organization Republic of Freeland (SRF), Khumo and is not terrorist.”
British rule in India and expansion of their territory in the Naga Hills. As such, the then British Commissioner A.W David declared Tuensang as ‘Sovereign Republic of Freeland’ in 1922 and also declared separate map of Freeland Tuensang from Dikhu River to Chindwin
River in 1926 by Advard Kait,” it said. SRF further mentioned that after India attained her Independence, the Prime Minister of India Pandit Jawaharlal Nerhu declared “Sovereign Republic of Freeland Tuensang in 1954”. Hence, the nomenclature ‘Sovereign
gible students who had applied for appearing in the Term End Examination. The hall ticket is available on IGNOU website www. ignou.ac.in. The students may download the Hall Tickets from the University website and appear in the examination. The Examination Centres have been instructed to allow students to appear in examination, even if they do not possess the Hall Ticket (Examination Intimation Slips), but their names exist in the list of examinees for that centre. Students have been instructed to be in possession of the valid Identity Card issued by the University
during the Examination. Mobile phones are not permitted inside the examination hall. Separate Hall tickets shall be issued to the students of BCA & MCA for Term End practicals. Students have been advised to contact the respective Regional Centres in the last week of June, 2016 for their practical examinations. For BLISc. (Library Science), all Theory Examination Centres are not activated for the conduct of Practical Examination. Students have been advised to contact the Centre Superintendent and see the Notice Board for Practical Examination Centre.
kohima, may 30 (Dipr): Parliamentary Secretary for Planning & Co-ordination, Evaluation & Monitoring & Taxes, Neiba Kronu inaugurated the new office building of the Deputy Commissioner of Taxes in Kohima on May 30. Neiba Kronu lauded the department for the good performance in revenue generation, which has crossed Rs. 362 crores with an increase of 45%. Stating that to change the economy of the State, collective efforts is required, he urged all the efficient people in the department to improve one’s performance so as to strengthen the department and contribute
something to the State. Commissioner of Taxes, Asangba Chuba Ao expressed happiness for accomplishing their desire of having a proper office building after many years. He informed that the office is the Zonal Office headed by DCT covering three districts, where Kohima itself is divided into three wards. The office is headed by a DTC with 3 STs, 7 ITs, H.A, 4 UDs, 12 LDAs, Typist and support staff. He said Kohima Zone has contributed about 25% of the revenue and is next to Dimapur. There are a total of 3654 dealers registered under various acts registered in three districts, he added.
Meetings & AppointMents NVA annual conference today
The Nagaland Veterinarians’ Association (NVA) will hold its annual conference on May 31 at Hotel Japfü, Kohima from 10:00 am. Among others, the conference will Republic of Freeland’ was discuss on cadre review/service rules 2016 and adop“used and moved by the tion of the amended constitution. public of Freeland for restoration of unique History Pre-Matric Scholarship forms in Zbto which British government had agreement to the gov- All the High Schools, both Government and Private, ernment of India for the under Zunheboto district have been informed to colpeople of Freeland Tuen- lect forms for Class 9 & 10 students under Pre-Matric sang during British depar- Scholarship for Scheduled Tribe students from DEO ture from Indian soil,” the office from May 31 during office hours. The last date for release added. submission of filled up forms to DDEO office, Zunheboto is June 30, 2016.
IGNOU term end exam starts June 1 Taxes dept records 45% increase in revenue kohima, may 30 (mExN): The Term End Examination for June, 2016 of Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) will begin on June 1 and conclude June 28. The University has established 886 examination centres, including 19 overseas centres and 94 centres in Jail for jail inmates. Under Kohima Regional Centre, 3094 students are appearing exams at 11 exam Centres in Mon, Kiphire, Longleng, Mokokchung, Zunheboto, Tuensang, Dimapur, and Kohima. Hall Ticket (Examination Intimation Slips) have been issued to 5,55,223 eli-
Kohima Excise personnel manning Peducha check post seized 6,960 cans of beer from a Manipur bound truck on May 28. The illegal consignment was concealed between bags of cement. Two persons identified as Padam Sharma (39) and Ilanjeet Singh (21) (seen in picture) were arrested for violation of NLTP Act '89 and further investigation is on, informed Assistant Commissioner of Excise, Dimapur.
In a technical report on the construction of Assistant Commissioner of Taxes Office in Kohima, it was informed that the project was constructed with an estimated cost of Rs. 242.44 lakh in a total plinth area of 9785.00 sqft. The building type was (G+3) Floors RCC building with an architect consultant from Environ Assemblers, Dimapur. The construction of the building commenced on September 2011 and completed in the month of July 2015. The new office building has 19 rooms with a conference hall, parking area in the ground floor level, common toilet and Chowkidar quarter with three rooms at the basement.
World No Tobacco Day Brahma Kumari of Kohima branch will celebrate ‘World No Tobacco Day’ on May 31 with the theme “Quit Tobacco & Adopt Healthy Life Style” at State Academy Hall, Kohima. Dr. Sachin Parab, who is an expert in drug deaddiction, has been especially invited from Mumbai to the event. There will also be a drama on the theme ‘Reality of Tobacco’ staged by Desert King Entertainment. The programme will also have an experience sharing by a tobacco user who has left the habit of smoking with the help of Rajyoga Meditation. All have been invited to the programme, where entry is free.
Agri Seed Farm MI Project inauguration Parliamentary Secretary for Irrigation & Flood Control N. Jacob Zhimomi will inaugurate Agri Seed Farm MI Project at State Seed Farm, Merapani, Wokha on June 1 at 11:00 am. The function will be chaired by Er. Njilo Kemp, Chief Engineer, Irrigation & Flood Control department. Dziesetuo Suokhrie, Director, Agriculture Department will also deliver a short speech.
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The Power of Truth
The Morung Express volume Xi issue 148
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t the core of a peoples existence is its collective consciousness. As a people, Nagas too need to consciously and deliberately take the task to recover, nurture, nourish and evoke a consciousness and perception that is an alternative to the present status quo. The Naga consciousness should be a call for self-realization and re-examination of ourselves, our value systems, our culture, our worldviews, our faith and our future as peoples. It should bring to public expression those hopes and yearnings that have been denied for so long and suppressed so deeply, that we no longer know that they exist. As Walter Brueggemann would say, “hope is the refusal to accept the reading of reality which is the majority opinion; and one does that only at great political and existential risk.” Hence, a people’s consciousness must be in response to the imperative need to inculcate a spirit of independence. It must grasp the notion of who we are and our readiness to assume responsibilities that emerges out of this realization, for we cannot be conscious and yet remain in bondage. It is essential that the attainment of the envisioned collective self is a free and dignified self. Naga consciousness must empower to overcome dependency and exclusivity. Where do we go from here? Our thoughts, behaviors and institutions are made to fit into a pattern largely to sustain the status quo. Our imagination, originality and forms of thoughts have been dulled to the point where it takes extreme effort to act with reason even in order to follow one’s own beliefs and convictions. This has limited creativity and damaged our ability to act with will, generating a feeling of powerlessness which Steve Biko says “breeds a race of beggars who smile at the enemy and swears at him in the sanctity of their toilets.” Nagas, we need to ask ourselves whether we are serious about making change. Are we prepared to free ourselves from the chains of bondage that has made us stop thinking? And so how does one address all the questions that define ones existence? Is it therefore not essential to become a living element in that popular yearning which is entirely calling forth for the freeing, the progress and the happiness of the Naga people? The Naga consciousness is therefore necessary so that it leads us to understanding; an understanding which is the understanding of differences. Nagas are in need of a dialogue that appeals not out of our realities and experiences alone, but elicits our imagination and aspirations. Our consciousness needs to develop hope and belief in human security where we neither compromise our history, nor become prisoners of the past.
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The hazards of changing history Book Review: Time and Time Again; Author: Ben Elton; Publisher: Black Swan; Pages: 465; Price: Rs.399
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uppose we had the power to travel back in time and change history by preventing the death of a key figure, or perhaps, eliminating a troublemaker. But would time sweep on in the same way we anticipated or would it or some other mechanism that runs the universe foil our efforts to make the future (our present) better than the one we know? It is a theoretical discussion since we do not have - now at least - any way to check it out. But that hasn't stopped some gifted minds in trying to speculate on the consequences of such intervention. An episode of Rod Serling's eerie TV series "The Twilight Zone" has a professor from the 22nd century travel back in time in 1963 to observe John F. Kennedy's assassination but finding himself unable to resist saving the president - and triggering wholly unexpected results. Science fiction is rife with this plot line, in representations ranging from the faintly plausible to the markedly outlandish. One of the better ones, but no less unsettling for that, is this tale of an attempt to avert the First World War. Benjamin "Ben" Elton, who has primarily distinguished himself in the performing arts - as a comedian, playwright, actor and director - but is also as an author of repute, spins such an engrossing but also plaintive and thought-provoking, tale in his 15th novel. As anyone with a decent grasp of history knows, World War I, largely inevitable as European powers jostled for predominance and a trail of secret diplomacy and agreements further queered the pitch, was sparked off in the diplomatic row that followed the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, in Sarajevo. And even if this hadn't happened or he had been saved, experts feel some other pretext would have risen for the war. But what if you went back to 1914 and not only saved the Archduke and his stead, assassinated Germany's Kaiser Wilhelm II, who has been blamed as an instigator of the conflict, and make the country too weak to threaten the peace. And this is what a shadowy organisation at Cambridge's Trinity Colleage try to accomplish in a vaguely dystopian Britain of 2024. The means is a secret of space-time passed down the years by one of Trinity's greatest students - Sir Issac Newton himself, and the instrument is Hugh Stanton, a British exsoldier, who is at loose ends after the death of wife and children in a road accident. Convinced to try it out when he visits his former history professor Sally McClusky, now the master of Trinity one Christmas, Stanton agrees since he has nothing to live for in the present. But when he manages to reach the past, Stanton, who discovers McClusky has also come with him - to experience the glittering attractions of the era, discovers this is least of the treachery he has been subjected too. Though he takes vengeance, he also accomplishes both his tasks - but at a price. But if his actions made any worthwhile difference, then why there visitors from the future coming to kill him? Engrossing right down to the shocking and unsettling series of twists towards the end, this not only provides a vivid picture of a wide expanse of early 20th century Europe as the action moves from Istanbul to Sarajevo to London to Berlin and Vienna (and has a brilliant cameo by German communist Rosa Luxemburg among others), but also of the intricacies of the metaphysics of time and space and the flow of history. The ultimate lesson - holding true in our world too - is that you can never predict what the consequences of meddling with history can be, and it is advisable not to even try!
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Steven C. Roach openDemocracy
Constitutionalizing peaCe in south sudan
The constitutionmaking process must remain wedded to the public interest in the peace process, and not simply the narrow interests of political elites
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onstitutions comprise the rules, principles, and laws that define relations between the government and people. Edmund Burke, a noted statesman and thinker of the eighteenth century, regarded the constitution as “an evolving contract between the past and present”, one that required constraint to control revolutionary passions for liberty. He of course railed against those who used it for revolutionary purposes, which included Thomas Jefferson and Thomas Paine. Yet it was precisely this passionate aspiration that has sustained the US constitution and helped drive efforts to assert its influence overseas. In the early 1990s, for instance, some US pundits insisted that in order to fill the political vacuum left by the fall of the Soviet Union, countries should incorporate the US bill of rights into their constitutions. Few of course took these calls seriously; however, they have helped underscore the difficult and often delicate process of using constitutional amendments to advance democratic values and peacemaking, particularly in parts of sub-Saharan Africa. A number of scholars have studied the benefits of this process. Many, including Helen Lerner, argue that constitutional amendments during peace negotiations can reinforce institutional accountability. But they concede that, because negotiations typically include only political elites, constitutions should be amended on a gradualist basis, with the aim of preventing anyone’s normative perspective from dominating future decision-making. This has led some to claim that constitutions should be treated as contractual arrangements among the elites themselves; that, like contracts among private parties, constitutions require long-term, binding commitments and obligations. Over time, they reason, the people will learn to acquiesce to the provisions of the constitution, paving the way for future consensus on other issues related to security and governance, such as decentralization/ federalism or further constitutional checks and balances. But the problem with these approaches is that by privileging the role of the ruling national elite in any peace talks, they also beg the question of whether any meaningful change
A man waves South Sudan's national flag as he attends the Independence Day celebrations in the capital Juba, July 9, 2011. Tens of thousands of South Sudanese danced and cheered as their new country formally declared its independence on Saturday, a hard-won separation from the north that also plunged the fractured region into a new period of uncertainty. (REUTERS)
can be adopted when the elites control the political system (and have something to lose by implementing these changes). Consider, for example, South Sudan, which recently adopted a sweeping peace agreement that will establish a transitional unity government and the attendant parameters of a permanent constitution to replace the Transitional Constitution (2011). The government of South Sudan had earlier in 2012 set up a National Constitutional Review Commission (NCRC), to draft the new constitution. Under the new peace agreement, however, the NCRC ‘s mandate has been strengthened. Key features of this mandate include improved constitutional checks and balances and federalism. Both are intended to further the will of the people in the constitution-making process by instituting two-month civic education programs designed to raise awareness of the constitutional process. But the problem is that the country remains deeply divided. South Sudan, which gained independence in January 2011, has had to deal with flawed constitutional process. The process began with the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), which ended the second civil war in Sudan and created the interim constitution for the regional government in the south (2005-2011), which would later be turned into the Transitional Constitution (2011-present). The Transitional Constitution contains a progressive list of human rights introduced by foreign officials, including US lawyers representing the elites or political leaders. But the new class of military, political elites – those who had acquired their wealth from
the collection of tax booty during the second civil war in Sudan (1983-2005) – never seemed content with enforcing these rights. Their long history of suspected human rights abuses during the civil war stemmed from their poor treatment of civilians. The failure to hold them to account for these abuses created a culture of impunity that would reinforce political grievances, triggering the recent civil war in South Sudan (20132015). The war, which ended when South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir Mayardit and the opposition leader Riek Machar signed a peace agreement in August 2015, has left nearly 50,000 people dead. It has also reinforced a deep cynicism toward the current peace agreement and its promises of instituting the new parameters of a permanent constitution. As Jeremiah Swaka Moses Wani, the Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Justice, insisted, “meaningful change cannot occur with the political leaders controlling the political system”. So what does this mean for constitutionalizing the fragile peace in South Sudan? For one, the constitutionalizing process needs to be more transparent. This means that any amendments to the current Transitional Constitution must be adopted democratically – and not by any one set of the current political leaders. Between 2012-2013, for instance, Kiir implemented several technical changes to the Transitional Constitution, which the opposition leaders perceived as a power grab by Kiir. Constitution-making has to be carried out independently, meaning that the approval of the constitution
will need to be inclusive. Second, there is the need to overcome the divergence in international and local efforts to structure the new constitution. At this time, South Sudan’s Transitional Constitution remains “dualistic”, meaning that its progressive and extensive list of codified human rights remains at odds with the undeveloped operations and practices of political institutions that are supposed to enforce these rights. Bringing these two priorities in line with one another will not be easy. But South Sudan’s 2015 current peace agreement does provide for a list of procedures for merging these two above objectives or implementing the new inclusive parameters of the permanent constitution. At this time, the peace agreement represents an opportunity to move from this constitutional duality to inclusivity. It reflects among other things how a new constitution should be made part of democratic process that drives the peace-making process, rather than simply serving the interests of the political elites. The challenge, then, is to ensure this. This means ensuring that the new constitution continues to serve as a substantive source of unification, especially in terms of the hybridization of legal rule and norms (a hybrid War Crimes Court), and more generally in combining tribal customary and international law. The officials I recently spoke to in South Sudan stressed the importance of combining traditional or tribal customs with many of the provisions for human rights. This was, as they stressed, the only way to induce the peoples to participate and feel part of the process of constitutionalizing peace and promoting national unity.
Much has changed in 25 years of India's liberalisation meghna mittal IANS
Book Review: What's Changed 25 Years Of Liberalised India; Edited by: Kartikeya Kompella; Publisher: Penguin Random House; Pages: 230; Price: Rs.399 "In 2010, the most searched 'how to' on Google India was 'how to get pregnant'. In 2008 and 2010, the second ranked 'how to' was 'how to kiss'. Progress? It contains the silent anxiousness, unhappiness even, of women who want to get pregnant but are unable to, and probably find it difficult to talk about. These are symbols of yearning, lust, innocence, aspiration, acceptance, stress, commerce and striving all on display. It reflects the modern outlook of 'Googling' to learn." This interesting introduction to the book speaks volumes of the Indian values in transition. The book offers this and much more, intermingled with interesting anecdotes of the young refreshed urban India in stark contrast to the oldtime stories of pre-liberalised era. As the title suggests, it marks 1991, the year of liberalisation, as a watershed for India and tries to understand and explain what's changed. The journey of the last 25 years acknowledges the rise of Sachin Tendulkar, the image of the anti-hero getting popular Bollywood, a deluge of K
serials, Tehelka's news-making exposures on corruption - and much more - through the eyes of many known and famous people in their respective fields. Here are some gems from the book: Subhash Chandra (Chairman of Zee and Essel Group): "Zee TV carries the proud tag of being the pioneer of homegrown TV formats like Sa Re Ga Ma Pa and Antakshari way back in 1995." Siddharth Roy Kapur (MD and CEO of Disney India): "One of the key perspectives that has changed about film-making in India is that it is no longer only about a big Friday." Kumar Mangalam Birla (Chairman of the Aditya Birla Group): "In virtually one swoop, the legacy of socialism, and a command and control economy were thrown overboard. It was for the first time that Indian entrepreneurs could breathe freely." Harsha Bhogle (Cricket commentator): "It was bizarre, but in those days Doordarshan actually charged BCCI for telecasting matches!" Ram Bijapurkar (Indian management and market research consultant): "'Globalisation' is not a nuclear bomb that flattens everything it falls on to identical rubble and then rebuilds it to a standardised design."
Ira Trivedi (Indian novelist, yoga teacher, speaker): "Sex is finally out of the closet and is on the streets." Damodar Mall (CEO of Reliance Retail): "Reena's childhood was deprived of choice. But her children's lives are different. They have no idea what she's talking about when she describes her experience of standing in a kirana shop to buy groceries." Kartikeya Kompella (Editor of the book): "Brands did exist and some very revered ones at that, 'Surf ki kharidari mein hi samajhdari hai' was a byword among housewives just as a Bajaj scooter was a prized possession." Debashis Chatterjee (exdirector of IIM Kozhikode): "If you were born in an educated middle-class Indian family you had to either become an engineer or a doctor right after school." Hindol Sengupta (journalist, writer and entrepreneur): "When the doors of liberalisation opened, we stretched our civilisational illiteracy to imagining that all that came branded from the West would make us modern." The book however does not intend to impart knowledge or preach, it just intends to remind you of the happenings that we have already lived through. Reading through the chap-
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ters, it compels you to pause for a minute and reminisce: "Ya, this is the way it used to be" and even makes you nostalgic but in a pleasing way. The book honestly makes you go through the good and bad turn of events. It is not judgmental but candidly spells out how India has shaped out. It is not preachy, but still makes the reader ponder at various points whether "what's changed" has been towards growth. Especially, at a point, where it reminds you of the 2012 gangrape of a physiotherapy intern. "A twenty-one-year-old girl was raped on a moving bus so violently that her intestines were lodged out, and she eventually died." But the book also abounds in anecdotes that put a smile on your face like when it refers to the increasing selfconsciousness amongst the men with changing times. "Wealthy men could go to Kaya Skin Clinic and the like, while the less wealthy chose other grooming products like Fair and Handsome and Nivea." Overall, it is a good read, for people looking for a light and jovial book. So, read it for the fun of it, to re-live what you have actually lived through. "To make it relevant to everyone the book looks at aspects that form a part of everyday life and how they've changed," Kompella told IANS.
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he culture of fear in Thailand today has cemented the nation’s status as an ailing democracy. The nations of Southeast Asia have collectively achieved a degree of notoriety for their structural instabilities—the typically gradual process of political change abandoned for recurring power vacuums and institutional landslides. In this respect, Thailand is no different, and has suffered 19 separate coup d’états since the absolute monarchy was abolished in 1932. Even so, there has always been cautious optimism about Thailand’s place in Southeast Asia as a liberal voice in a troubled region. With the 2014 coup, however, the same observers who have always patiently held out for Thailand’s return to the democratic fold have started to betray a significant shift in their attitudes toward its current status. Perhaps it is the Thai electoral commission’s recently filed charges against a group posting on Facebook—accusing them of using foul language about the latest draft of the proposed constitution— that has stripped away the last remaining layers of hope. They were charged with sedition and computer crimes, and two are facing lèse-majesté charges under the notorious article 112. That these charges are being filed at all is a direct result of coup leader Prayuth Chan-o-cha’s highly restrictive laws on discussing the charter. Ostensibly to deter political bodies from influencing the vote of the electorate, it has swiftly become apparent that the true motive underlying these laws is to silence any criticism of a patently undemocratic process ahead of the August referendum—a referendum that will allow Thais to vote for or against a new draft constitution. On May 2, the 14 rules governing the limits of free speech on discussing the constitution officially became law. “Rude, aggressive, or intimidating” interviews with government figures are banned, as well as wearing “T-shirts, pins and ribbons” that encourage others to campaign. Transgressors face up to 10 years in prison. The law is already changing the attitudes of journalists and bloggers. In the words of one Facebook commentator quoted by Voice of America, “I have to think twice about what I post and share now.” The charges filed against the Facebook group, in tandem with a number of arrests of critics across the country and
Perspective on Career Guidance & Counselling in Nagaland K. Zubemo Humtsoe, Asst. Professor Dept. of Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) St. Joseph’s College, Jakhama
I the frequent censoring of international media publications, have promoted a culture of fear that is clearly far removed from the electoral commission’s pretense of organizing a free and fair election. It’s no small wonder that The New York Times decided to end printing and distributing its print edition in Thailand. The new constitution has been presented to the Thai public as the sole means to get democracy back on track— the beginning of a handover process that will see the junta’s influence recede. However, the nation’s major political parties, as well as interested human rights organizations, have been swift to criticize the most recent draft (released on March 29) as further entrenching the powers and influence of the military in Thai politics, and falling far short of the promises that Prayuth’s junta had made. Not only has the draft given the military further scope to silence critics, with sweeping powers to arrest and detain at will, but the very possibility of returning to civilian rule is doubtful. In this new constitution, for instance, all 250 members of the senate would be appointed by the junta, with six positions permanently open to appointments from the military. That senate would then oversee the country’s governance for the next five years, until such a time that it saw fit to hand the reins of power over to a democratically elected government. Yet there are worrying hints that this already most unsatisfactory of situations might prove only a temporary compromise. Since the coup of 2014, Prayuth has repeatedly backtracked on
his promises to organize elections and, in order to legitimize his heavy-handed approach to governance, the general now appears determined to riddle the new constitution with subversive clauses—most worryingly the introduction of legal avenues to provide for an unelected premier. The details regarding these avenues are, as to be expected, intentionally vague, but it is not a great stretch of imagination given Prayuth’s recent track record that they might be utilized toward the end of the five years to further thwart the democratic process. Beyond the Point of No Return? A public vote in favor of the constitution this August is a distinct possibility—given the overriding desire of the Thai populace to get their lives and businesses back on track—and might seem something of a victory for Prayuth and his generals. Sadly, even a public rejection of the constitution might play even more firmly into the military’s hands. Prayuth has already said that, if the draft is rejected, he will keep on making suggestions indefinitely until it is passed. The inference here is that the junta will only accept a democracy that is paradoxically governed by an unelected body and sanctioned by the military. Either the Thai public must legitimize the Thai junta through elective means, or have it forced upon them. A return to a true form of civilian rule is now virtually impossible and the May 2014 coup should, therefore, be seen as a watershed moment in Thailand’s political history. While many observers
were expecting the junta to pass the baton in short order, Prayuth’s behavior is indicative of a deep desire for a system that abides solely according to army rules and hierarchies. The ambitions of the Prayuth administration have gone beyond simply preserving the legacy of the monarchic establishment, and King Bhumibol’s ailing health provides the perfect springboard for Prayuth’s cynical ambitions of staying in power. There has been a paradigm shift not only in the nation’s traditionally coy affair with democracy, but also in the fundamental institutions that made it possible. We are now entering a dark new era in Thai politics more reminiscent of a time when the nation had a different name: goodbye Thailand and hello again Siam. This article is published with the permission of Fair Observer. The article was originally published by Fair Observer and can be viewed at: http:// www.fairobserver.com/region/asia_pacific/thailand-is-headed-down-a-darkpath-23933/ Craig Moran is an independent geopolitical consultant. He has almost two decades of experience advising on and facilitating geopolitical strategies in various fields such as energy and natural resources planning, tourism development, assessing and advising on political and security risks, and handling constitutional and legislative issues across multiple territories. The views expressed in this article are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect Fair Observer’s editorial policy.
Modi and India’s Dashed Economic Hopes Aatish Taseer
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ay is a month of haunting heat in this city. The temperature hovers over 100 degrees. There are dust storms and, despite the white skies, the trees are heavy with flower. The apocalyptic climate serves as a fitting backdrop to political upheaval. Two summers ago I witnessed one: After a long campaign, Narendra Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party, or B.J.P., won the first outright majority in India’s Parliament since 1984. It had come at the end of 10 years of Congress Party rule, the last five of which were marred by corruption and an economy that left many people frustrated. I have followed campaigns since I was a child — my mother is a journalist — and Mr. Modi’s election was one of the most hopeful of my lifetime. What Mr. Modi understood was that India’s conception of itself had changed. It was not yet a middle-class country, but it had begun to think of itself as one. When I first heard Mr. Modi speak in September 2013, what surprised me most was the change in the average voter. A new kind of person had emerged, young and energetic, representing the happy conjunction of denim, phone and television. For many people I spoke to these were their prized possessions. (They didn’t have cars or houses.) Their restlessness revealed a hunger and they had none of the fatalism of old India. “They are poor but their self-image is not of being poor,” Yogendra Singh, a sociologist, said of the B.J.P.’s supporters in an interview earlier this month. Mr. Modi spoke directly to their ambition. They didn’t want the populism of the Congress Party. They didn’t want handouts; they wanted jobs. Mr. Modi was the first Indian politician to speak seriously of prosperity. In a country with a socialist past whose first prime minister is said to have described profit as “a dirty word,” Mr. Modi made making money sexy. He has a way of explaining complex economic ideas in direct terms. “I don’t want my cotton grower to wander from place to place, trying to sell his cotton,” he said in an address to the Sri Ram College of Commerce in 2013. “I have a ‘five F’ formula: farm to fiber, fiber to fabric, fabric to fashion, fashion to foreign.” It was revolutionary. No candidate for prime minister since economic liberalization began in 1991 had bothered to explain the global economy to the aver-
age Indian voter, to connect the dots in its supply chain, to speak of its possibilities. The Congress Party, famous for its “reforms by stealth,” had made liberalization seem like something done at the expense of the poor. Mr. Modi sold it as essential to the fight against poverty. The response was electrifying. Two years later, India is still waiting to turn a corner. At times it can feel close, but the socialist mind-set still has an outsized influence. What worries me is not the state of the economy, or the slow pace of reform. It’s not the government’s failure to privatize large public companies like Air India, even though Mr. Modi has said that “government has no business to be in business.” It’s not that the “retroactive tax,” which allows the government to collect back capital gains taxes and has been used to hound foreign companies, remains in place, belying the B.J.P.’s promise of welcoming foreign investment. It’s not that major pieces of legislation reforming the economy now seem permanently stuck. It’s not that job growth is slower than it should be.
My deeper fear is that Mr. Modi lacks a free-marketer’s natural suspicion of the state. He seems wedded to the third-way politics he developed in Gujarat State, where he was chief minister from 2001 to 2014, in which the machinery and assets of an overburdened socialist state are left intact, but the bureaucracy is cleansed of inefficiency and corruption. Not surprisingly, all that has been achieved in his first two years in office is clean government at the top, while the rest remains more or less unchanged. This has disappointed many on the economic right who supported Mr. Modi in 2014, hoping he would be India’s Reagan or Thatcher. Sadanand Dhume, a free-market advocate, conceded in The Wall Street Journal in March that the prime minister was a “cautious tinkerer” rather than “a committed reformer.” A young businesswoman who supports the prime minister put it well. “He goes to the West and sees prosperity in terms of jobs and physical infrastructure, which he is trying to emulate,” she wrote to me in an email. “But he fails to see the invisible underpinnings of West-
ern civilization, which are political and economic liberty.” Mr. Modi’s election unleashed passions that only a roaring economy can contain. As I traveled through India recently, from Varanasi to Mumbai to Delhi, I was moved by how much people still trust the prime minister. When I asked them what happened to the “good days” he had promised, they invariably replied, “It will take time.” But I sense an anticipation that could turn sour. It is election season once again. The scorching capital city is full of news of B.J.P. victories in places where the party rarely wins, including socialist bastions like Kerala and Bengal. It seems like a clear message to the man who promised an alternative to India’s toxic socialism that he should stay the course. For decades, the old socialist state preyed on the people it was meant to serve. The rage that developed against it propelled Mr. Modi forward. It was not a mandate for gentle reform, but for profound change from the ground up. Aatish Taseer is the author, most recently, of the novel “The Way Things Were”
nteracting with few students in Nagaland has stimulated my enthusiasm to relook into the subject and to evoke in the mind of our people, the need for consistent career guidance and counselling campaign across the State. Choosing a right career is one of the most important decisions in everyone’s life. Like many of us, students go through a dilemma of choosing a career among pool of career options after completing standard 10, 10+2 and graduation. Choosing among career options is an onerous job and one of the toughest decisions we make for our life, in our life. The kind of future we anticipate depends on the choices we make today. An acquaintance shared his experience on indecision about his career at an early stage. Perhaps, many of us have similar experience or experiencing similar situations like him. He asserted that the delay in choosing a right career was due to lack of knowledge on the career options available in different disciplines and lack of proper career guidance and counselling. None of us will be surprised to hear statements like, “I want to become somebody in life” or “I don’t know yet what I want to become in life”, from any student in Nagaland. In fact, this is a reflection of absolutely confused state of mind of our students. It is a pellucid statement that they are either in a dilemma to choose amongcareer options or obfuscate on the career options available. We need to seriously analyze the responses received from our students and extend help to them in our capacity. If we take a survey on this, perhaps, many of us will fall in the “No” or “Can’t Say” category of respondents. If we consciously leave it here and wait for somebody to act on our behalf, then our anticipated desirous future will become a disastrous future. The popular maxim,“Today’s younger population are the leaders and builders of our society, tomorrow”, will make no sense, if, our students and young graduates are still confused about what they want to become or achieve in their life.I do not doubt the capacity of our students to do anything great, yet, the realization of their anticipated dreams are hindered by lack of proper career guidance and counselling, and inability to expose them to wide opportunities at the right time. It would be unfair on the part of the educated population to shift the responsibility solely on the students, for their inability to take decisions on career at the right time. Instead, the educated population should partake to execute such onerous job, based on their capacity. While many of us are grumbling for what was not done and what is yet to be done, there are few individuals and groups who understands the career guidance need of the students and have been arranging career guidance sessions in different localities across the State. Their actions, definitely has positive outcomes. They deserve accolades for their contributions. To the rest of the population, it would be worth emulating such good practices. Despite the selfless efforts of few individuals and groups, it is difficult to reach out to all the students across the State. Therefore, there is a need to identify and analyze on the various channels to reach out to the students scattered across the State. It is advisable to choose an alternativewhich is convenient and consistent. I believe that the most appropriate and effective channel will be the educational institutions, which are set up in different localities across the State and have direct contact with the students. In retrospect, majority of the educational institutions have kept “career guidance and counselling” outside the ambit of the education system. It will be a deception to claim that the purposes of education are fulfilled, when the majority of our students and young graduates are incapacitated to make career choices at the right time, due to lack of consistent career guidance and counselling. It will be wise on the part of the academically centric educational institutions in our State to accommodate career guidance and counselling in the education package; developing individual’s competencies in self-knowledge, career explorationand career planning, educating and inspiring the aspirant students to anticipate a vivid and better future. Without incorporating such important features in education, it will be an illusion for the educational institutions to attain pinnacle in the field of education. The entire population will be grateful to those educational institutions, which, not only shoulder responsibility of academically graduating students but also imparting employability skills and assisting the students to make right career choices. How do we integrate career guidance withinthe established structure? Set up a separate “Career guidance & counselling unit/cell”, with well-definedstructure, purposes, etc. Assign competent personnel to identify and analyze the career related needs of the students,arrange experts from within (if it’s available) as well as from outside,prepare annual schedules for career & guidance sessions, conduct career guidance and counselling sessions, analyze its outcomes and take corrective measures (in case of occurrence of any deviations from the established standards). There are few institutions which had formally instituted “Career guidance cell or unit”, but its progress has been hindered by various factors, viz. lack of resources, lackadaisical attitude of the management team, lack of competent personnel to execute the plans, etc. Such changes are ineluctable and require scrupulous planning for effective implementation. The effective implementation of such campaign across the State would also require unflagging efforts of the concerned Departments which are entrusted to promote educational related activities by the State government. The success of this campaign would depend on the unified and indefatigable effort of the concerned Educational Departments working under the aegis of the State government, educational institutions, non-educational institutions,intellectuals, scholars, etc.
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power deficit may Jaishankar assures African students of safety 'India's reach 5.6% in 2021-22' New Delhi, May 30 (iaNS): Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar on Monday assured a group of African students that the Indian government is committed to ensuring their safety and security even as an Ola driver was allegedly thrashed by a group of Africans after he refused to take more than four passengers in his cab. In a related development, the family members of Congolese national Masonda Ketada Olivier, who who beaten to death on May 20 by some locals over a minor altercation, arrived in the Indian capital to take back the mortal remains. A senior official of the Indian Ministry of External Affairs was there at the airport to receive the kin. A group of African students also held a protest at Jantar Mantar here, holding aloft placards that read 'Racism Ruins Lives', and demanded that the Indian government act swiftly to stop attacks on the community. On Tuesday, a two-hour peaceful protest demonstration has been planned at the same venue by the Association of African Students in India (AASI) and Association For Community Research and Action (ACRA). External Affairs Minister Sush-
Strictest action against accused if attacks on Africans racial: Rijiju New Delhi, May 30 (PTi): With attacks on African nationals continuing to hog limelight, the government today promised strictest possible action if such assaults were found to have a racial angle. "If racial angle is found in any of the case, strictest of possible action will be taken," Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju told reporters here. "We have taken up all the incidents very seriously. Action is being taken and some arrests have already been made," he said. On the attack on a taxi driver allegedly by a group of Africans here today, Rijiju said anyone taking law in their hands would be punished. "Maintaining law and order is our responsibility. Be it Indian citizens or foreign nationals, anyone who takes law in their hands won't be spared," he said.
African nationals protesting in New Delhi on May 30.
ma Swaraj and Minister of State V.K. Singh are expected to meet African students here on Tuesday to assure them of safety and security. On Monday morning, Jaishankar met a group of African students at the Jawaharlal Nehru Bhavan here and assured them of the safety and security of the community in India. "Continuing outreach to African community. Foreign secretary meets a group of African students," external affairs ministry spokesperson Vikas Swarup tweeted. "Foreign secretary to students: Ensuring safety and security of foreign stu-
dents is an article of faith for us," he added. The spate of rising attacks on African nationals has caused outrage among the community, several thousands of who study in India. The African envoys had last week threatened to boycott the Africa Day event over the murder of Olivier. The Indian government stepped in to assure the African envoys of the safety and security of their nationals after which the envoys attended the May 26 event. Sushma Swaraj is personally monitoring the outreach to the Africans. Meanwhile, an Ola cab
driver was allegedly assaulted by a group of Africans -- five men and a woman -- after he refused to allow more than four passengers to travel in his vehicle, police said. The incident took place in Mehrauli area in south Delhi around 4 a.m. The Ola taxi driver, identified as Nooruddin Ali, suffered cuts and bruises near his left eye in the attack. "Nooruddin was attacked when he refused to carry more than four passengers in his car... he was thrashed by the six people, including a woman," Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police Nupur Prasad told
1,780 km rail lines commissioned, 6,000 km highways built in 2015-16 New Delhi, May 30 (iaNS): The government has commissioned 1,780 km of rail lines and also completed over 6,000 km of highways in 201516 period, the Prime Minister's Office said in a statement on Monday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi was reviewing the progress in the key infrastructure sectors of railways and roadways on Monday. The PMO said that 1,730 km of rail links have also been electrified in 2015-16. In the course of the review of the railway sector, it was noted that it had received a capital
investment of over Rs.93,000 crore in the last fiscal. “This represents a massive increase of 65 percent over the previous year, and is the highest-ever investment in railways in one year. The figures also represent the best performance on these metrics in railway history,” the statement said. It added that the prime minister has stressed the need to speed up the redevelopment of railway stations and has urged the ministry to upgrade and diversify the uses of its infrastructure. In the meeting, Prime Minister Modi was informed that
over 6,000 km of highways have been completed in 201516, while contracts for 10,098 km were awarded in the same period. Modi has also stressed the need to decongest the critical highways by adopting latest technologies for toll collection. He has asked the officials from the union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways to study various models of road development across the country and adopt the best practices so that more private investment can be brought into the highway construction sector.
India-US to sign two key pacts New Delhi, May 30 (PTi): India and the US are likely to sign two key agreements in July that would exempt prominent Indian citizens from immigration checks in America and pave the way for exchange of information on terrorists on a real time basis. The two pacts on Global Entry--a US Customs and Border Protection programme that permits speedy clearance for pre-approved, low-risk travellers upon arrival in America and the Homeland Security Presidential Directive-6 (HSPD-6), which allows access to information on terrorists-- are expected to be signed during the Homeland Security Dialogue. Home Minister Rajnath Singh will lead the Indian delegation at US-India Homeland Security Dialogue to be held inWashington in July, while the US team would be headed by Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Charles Johnson. The US has been pressing for India's inclusion in the Global Entry so that high dignitaries like former Presidents, former Prime Ministers,
former Union Ministers, film stars, top industrialists and frequent flyers could visit America without any hassle, a senior government official said. Initially, the names of around 2,000 prominent Indians could figure in the coveted list, which would be expanded gradually after proper background checks of each individual. Individuals included in the list enter the US through automatic kiosks at select airports. At airports, programme members proceed to Global Entry kiosks, present their machinereadable passport, place their fingerprints on the scanner for fingerprint verification and complete a customs declaration. The kiosk issues the traveller a transaction receipt and directs the traveller to baggage claim and the exit. Two important conditions for inclusion of an individual in the Global Entry programme are that he or she should not have any criminal record or be in anyway connected with a money laundering case.
IANS. The woman attacker has been arrested while her other five associates managed to escape before police reached the spot following a PCR call, she said. Police registered a case at the Mehrauli police station against the Africans under sections 323 (punishment for voluntarily causing hurt), 341 (wrongful restraint) and 506 (punishment of criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code. In Panaji, Goa Tourism Minister Dilip Parulekar said that Nigerian nationals not just "create problems" in Goa, but across the country too.
Every cigarette rots you, inside out New Delhi, May 30 (iaNS): Gory pictures on cigarette packets depicting the dangers of smoking have helped people kick the butt. But despite all the images of the diseased lungs and heart, the number of girls taking to the habit of smoking is on the rise. One of the prime responsibilities and a large opportunity in public health in the 21st century is to prevent the increase in smoking among women. In what could sound alarming, according to the WHO reports, tobacco smoking currently kills five million people a year worldwide and, according to estimates, will probably kill eight million people a year between now and 2030 and one billion over the course of the 21st century. The World No Tobacco Day was a theme initiated in 2010 with an intention to draw a relation between gender and tobacco, with an emphasis on marketing cigarettes to women. This theme was chosen "to draw particular attention to the harmful effects of tobacco marketing towards women and girls". And this continues to be observed year-on-year. In the garb of being modern, fashionable, independent and self confident, women/girls consider smoking as an expression of independence. While it is imperative that women's empowerment continues, attention must be paid to its potential link to increased smoking among women and to the ways in which the tobacco industry is capitalising on societal changes to target them. The most common time when women initiate
Tobacco kills over one million Indians annually.
smoking is in their teens, and the number of adolescents who initiate smoking increases every year from grades nine through 12. Moreover, there is growing evidence that the reasons girls initiate smoking is different from the reasons why boys begin. Many of the factors that contribute to smoking initiation have been elucidated; the strongest appear to be peer smoking and parent smoking. Parent connectedness also plays a vital role. Adolescents desire greater connectedness to parents, school, and community. Unfortunately, today's busy adults frequently relinquish responsibility and supervision of teens allowing them greater opportunities to participate in unhealthy behaviours. When the adolescent is unable to meet her need for affirmation within the
It takes a village: Where religious harmony defies years of Kashmir strife MaNzgaM, May 30 (iaNS): A Hindu temple and a Muslim shrine in this lush green village of south Kashmir have stood close to each other for centuries as pillars of communal harmony, unshaken by the nearly three-decade-old Islamist conflict in the state. About 100 km from Srinagar, Manzgam has largely been an area of peace despite the separatist insurgency that peaked in the 1990s in the rest of the valley and saw a mass exodus of Pandits. Residents credit the calm in the area to the two 600-year-old shrines. The Hindu temple is dedicated to Mata Kheerbhawani -- a revered Hindu deity -- while the Muslim shrine was named after the 15th century Sufi saint
Baba Qiyaam-ud-Din whose teachings of peace are still being followed by Kashmiris, irrespective of their faith. That is perhaps why every year Muslims and Pandits throng the shared space to celebrate the annual festivals of the religious figures. Muslims prepare kheer -- a rice pudding offered to seek the blessings of the goddess -- and serve it to Hindus during the annual fair of Kheerbhawani. And when it is time to celebrate the veneration of the mystic saint, Hindus come in droves to be with Muslims. Both events are held on separate dates every year but locals say they also visit the shrines occasionally. "This village is the best example of communal har-
mony...though Muslims are in majority, we never let our Pandit brothers feel that," activist and lawyer Arshad Baba, who lives in the village, told IANS. "This is a decades-old divine bond no one can break." The harmony doesn't stop there. Many villagers say they have allowed their children to understand each other's religious teachings. Just a kilometre away from the shrines is an English medium high school run by an Islamic group where a dozen Hindu children study not only science, history and mathematics but also Islamic teachings alongside Muslim kids. Mohamadiya Salfia Institute, according to villagers, has some 400 students and has been a source of com-
Asked to comment on accusations of rape and kidnapping against two Africans levelled by a woman at Mapusa police station on Sunday, he said that Nigerian students commit crimes on purpose to prolong their stay, sell drugs and indulge in "unwanted things". He also said that a strict pan-India law should be enacted to deport them within one month. On May 25, a Nigerian student in Hyderabad was allegedly beaten by an Indian over a parking dispute, while on May 28, four separate cases of alleged assault on Africans in the national capital was reported.
New Delhi, May 30 (iaNS): India's power deficit is likely to rise to 5.6 percent in 2021-22 as demand starts to outstrip supply, says a study, adding that incentivising hydropower can play a crucial role in filling the deficit. “India's power deficit may rise from 2.6 percent of peak demand in FY16 to 5.6 percent in FY22 as demand starts to overtake supply,” says a joint study by industry body Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham) and consultancy firm PwC (PricewaterhouseCoopers). "Availability of reliable, affordable and sustainable electricity is an essential requirement for propelling India's growth story and all potential sources of energy will need to be tapped to meet the envisaged demand and ensure its energy security," the study titled 'Hydropower at Crossroads' said. Considering an energy elasticity of 0.8, India is estimated to require seven per cent annual growth in electricity supply to sustain annual gross domestic product (GDP) growth of around 8-9 per cent, it said. “In order to achieve the target of 1,800 kilowatt-hour (kWh) per capita consumption and electricity access for 300 million people by 2034, India will require an additional power supply capacity of 450 gigawatt (GW),” the study said. "Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) needs to come up with a differentiated peak and offpeak tariff to incentivise hydropower, given its potential to meet peak demand," it added. Considering that coal-based generation accounts for about 70 per cent of total installed capacity and over 80 per cent of total units generated in India, the study said that such higher dependency on thermal generation sources pose a serious threat to energy security. "Hydropower can play a crucial role in India's sustainable development and energy security given that it meets the criteria of sustainability, availability, reliability and affordability," the Assocham-PwC study noted. However, share of hydropower in India's energy mix has decreased almost by 30 per cent in last 40 years owing to various issues like water sharing disputes, environmental concerns, rehabilitation and resettlement issues, land acquisition problems, delays in procuring clearance and approvals, inadequate technical and financial capability of developers.
munal harmony in the village. "We are very happy that our kids are learning something different apart from their basic subjects," said Pradeep Kumar, 78, a Hindu villager. Kumar, a retired government employee, said there was no harm in learning new things and definitely not if it is about peaceful Islam. "Our kids are learning about Islam and it will help them to form their own opinions and understand something they won't learn at home," he added. Kumar said when militancy erupted in the early 1990s and Pandits were driven out of their valley homes, at least half a dozen Hindu families in the village chose to stay back. He said it was possible only
because of their Muslim neighbours who "formed human-chains around our houses to protect us". He said "where in the world do you see people from another community putting their lives at risk to save others?" Abdul Rashid Laway, a village body member, echoed the sentiments. "We have time and again requested those who migrated from this land of love to come back... this land belongs to both of us..." Laway said that during festivities they come here and, "instead of staying at the well-furnished premises provided by the Mata Kheerbhawani temple, they prefer to stay with us... but we want them to be back here permanently," Laway said.
family, in this case, the daughter with the mother, the affiliation with the peer group may be greater. Half a century ago, the risk of death from lung cancer among men who smoked was five times higher than that of women smokers. But by the first decade of this century that risk has equalised: for both men and women who smoked, the risk of death from lung cancer is 25 times greater than for nonsmokers. A study has indicated that women who continue to smoke die on an average more than 10 years sooner than those who never smoked. While lung cancer is the most infamous hazard linked to smoking, the habit also raises the risk of death from heart disease, stroke, pulmonary disease and other cancers,
including breast cancer. Interestingly, what several are unaware are the changes in manufacture of cigarettes that has led to increased dangers. The use of perforated filters, tobacco blends that are less irritating, and paper that is more porous has made it easier to inhale smoke and has encouraged deeper inhalation to achieve satisfying blood levels of nicotine. The result of deeper inhalation is chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Women who smoke are also more likely to have fertility problems. A single butt can result in more than 7,000 chemicals spreading through the entire body and the organs. This could lead to ovulation problems, damage to reproductive organs, damage to eggs, premature menopause and increased risk of miscarriage.
Arun Jaitley to ‘take India story forward’ with Japanese investors TOKyO, May 30 (PTi): Eyeing investments from Asia’s second-biggest economy, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said his visit to Japan is aimed at taking India growth story forward with investors so as to make them invest in a host of sectors, including infrastructure. “We already have over a thousand Japanese companies which have invested in India. (Japanese) Prime Minister (Shinzo) Abe seeks to double it and therefore, I would be meeting individually as well as collectively a large number of investors,” said Mr. Jaitley, who arrived here yesterday on a 6-day tour. Apart from investors, the Minister will meet Mr. Abe and other Japanese government officials. “The whole idea is to take the India story forward with them,” said Mr. Jaitley, who attended ‘The Future of Asia’ conference in Tokyo on Monday. He did not speak at the conference. Stating that there are investors and companies that are keen to participate in the growth of Indian infrastructure, he said the SoftBank group is looking at one of the biggest investments in solar energy. “They have made considerable head-
way already. They have identified the location and probably (it) will be one of the largest investments in those areas,” he said. Mr. Jaitley had met SoftBank Chief Executive Masayoshi Son in Tokyo on Sunday. “I think similarly there are other Japanese investors who are open to the idea of having individual projects,” he said. “We are open to the idea of them joining the India Infrastructure Investment Fund (NIIF) and this Indian flexibility provides them with more than one opportunity,” he added. National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) is being set up with a corpus of Rs. 40,000 crore, partly funded by private investors, to finance infrastructure projects, including stalled ones. The government and public sector entities will hold 49 per cent, with the rest offered to multilateral development banks, sovereign wealth funds, pension funds and other organisations. NIIF will then buy shares in existing infrastructure lenders such as Rural Electrification Corporation and Power Finance Corporation, which will provide debt to selected projects.
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Iraqi army storms to edge of Falluja SOUTHERN OUTSKIRTS OF FALLUJA, MAy 30 (REUTERS): The Iraqi army stormed to the southern edge of Falluja under U.S. air support on Monday and captured a police station inside the city limits, launching a direct assault to retake one of the main strongholds of Islamic State militants. A Reuters TV crew about a mile (about 1.5 km) from the city’s edge said explosions and gunfire were ripping through Naimiya, a district of Falluja on its southern outskirts. An elite military unit, the Rapid Response Team, seized the district’s police station at midday, state television reported. The battle for Falluja is shaping up to be one of the biggest ever fought against Islamic State, in the city where U.S. forces waged the heaviest battles of their 2003-2011 occupation against the Sunni Muslim militant group’s precursors. Falluja is Islamic State’s closest bastion to Baghdad, and believed to be the base from which the group has plotted an escalating campaign of suicide bombings against Shi’ite civilians and government targets inside the capital.
Mobilization, or Hashid Shaabi, was seeking to consolidate the siege by dislodging militants from Saqlawiya, a village just to the north of Falluja. The militias, who took the lead in assaults against Islamic State in other parts of Iraq last year, have pledged not to take part in the assault on the mainly Sunni Muslim city itself to avoid aggravating sectarian strife.
An Iraqi Shi’ite fighter fires artillery during clashes with Islamic State militants near Falluja, Iraq on May 29. (REUTERS Photo)
As government forces pressed their onslaught, suicide bombers driving a car and a motorcycle and another bomb planted in a car killed more than 20 people and injured more than 50 in three districts of Baghdad, police and medical sources said. Separately, Kurdish security forces announced
advances against Islamic State in northern Iraq, capturing villages from militants outside Mosul, the biggest city under militant control. The Iraqi ar my launched its operation to recover Falluja a week ago, first by tightening a sixmonth-old siege around the city 50 km (30 miles)
west of Baghdad. Falluja, in the heartland of Sunni Muslim tribes who resent the Shi’ite-led government in Baghdad, was the first Iraqi city to fall to Islamic State in January 2014. Months later, the group overran wide areas of the north and west of Iraq, declaring a caliphate including parts of neigh-
bouring Syria. On Monday, army units advanced to the city’s southern entrance, “steadily advancing” under air cover from a U.S.-led coalition helping to fight against the militants, according to a military statement read out on state TV. A Shi’ite militia coalition known as Popular
ISLAMIST MILITANT STRONGHOLD Falluja has been a bastion of the Sunni insurgency that fought both the U.S. occupation of Iraq and the Shi’ite-led Baghdad government that took over after the fall of dictator Saddam Hussein, a Sunni, in 2003. American troops suffered some of their worst losses of the war there in two battles in 2004 to wrest it back from al Qaeda in Iraq, the insurgent group now known as Islamic State. The latest offensive is causing alarm among international aid organization over the humanitarian situation in the city, where more than 50,000 civilians remain trapped with limited access to water, food and health care.
Falluja is the secondlargest Iraqi city still under control of the militants, after Mosul, their de facto capital in the north that had a pre-war population of about 2 million. It would be the third major city in Iraq recaptured by the government after Saddam’s home town Tikrit and Ramadi, the capital of Iraq’s vast western Anbar province. Falluja is also in Anbar, located between Ramadi and Baghdad, and capturing it would give the government control of the major population centres of the Euphrates River valley west of the capital for the first time in more than two years. On the northern front, the security forces of the autonomous Kurdish region launched an attack on Sunday to oust Islamist militants from villages about 20 km (13 miles) east of Mosul so as to increase the pressure on Islamic State and pave the way for storming that city. The Kurdish forces, known as peshmerga, have retaken six villages in total since attacking Islamic State positions on Sunday with the support of the U.S.led coalition, the Kurdistan Region Security Council
said on Monday. That represents most of the targets of their latest advance. Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi hopes to recapture Mosul later this year to deal a decisive defeat to Islamic State. Abadi announced the onslaught on Falluja on May 22 after a spate of bombings that killed more than 150 people in one week in Baghdad, the worst death toll so far this year. The worsening security in the capital has added to political pressure on Abadi, struggling to maintain the support of a Shi’ite coalition amid popular protests against an entrenched political class. Monday’s bombings targeted two densely populated Shi’ite districts, Shaab and Sadr City, and a government building in one predominantly Sunni suburb, Tarmiya, north of Baghdad. A car bomb in Shaab killed 12 people and injured more than 20, while in Tarmiya eight were killed and 21 injured by a suicide bomber who pulled up in a car outside a government building guarded by police. In Sadr City, a suicide bomber on a motorcycle killed three people and injured nine.
‘Between 700-900 migrants may have died at sea in a week’ Philippine troops kill 54 Islamist militants ROME, MAy 30 (REUTERS): At least 700 migrants may have died at sea this past week in the busiest week of migrant crossings from Libya towards Italy this year, Medecins San Frontieres and the UN Refugee agency said on Sunday. About 14,000 have been rescued since Monday amid calm seas, and there have been at least three confirmed instances of boats sinking. But the number of dead can only be estimated based on survivor testimony, which is still being collected. “We will never know exact numbers,” Medecins San Frontieres said in a Tweet after estimating that 900 had died during the week. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said more than 700 had drowned. Migrants interviewed
on Saturday in the Sicilian port of Pozzallo told of a large fishing boat that overturned and sank on Thursday with many women and children on board. Initial estimates were that 400 people died, but the UN Refugee agency said on Sunday there may have been about 670 passengers on board. According to testimony collected by EU border agency Frontex, when the motorless fishing boat capsized, 25 swam to the boat that had been towing it, while 79-89 others were saved by rescuers and 15 bodies were recovered. This meant more than 550 died, the UNHCR said. The migrants -- fleeing wars, oppression and poverty -- often do not know how to swim and do not have life jackets. They pay hundreds or thousands of dollars to make the crossing from Lib-
ya to Italy, by far the most dangerous border passage for migrants in the world. This week’s arrivals included Eritreans, Sudanese, Nigerians and many other West Africans, humanitarian groups say. Despite the surge this week, as of Friday 40,660 arrivals had been counted, 2 percent fewer than the same period of last year, the Interior Ministry said. Most of the boats this week appear to have left from Sabratha, Libya, where many said smugglers had beaten them and women said they had been raped, said MSF, which has three rescue boats in the area. The migrants are piled onto flimsy rubber boats or old fishing vessels which can toss their occupants into the sea in a matter of seconds. About 100 are thought to have either been trapped
in the hull or to have drowned after tumbling into the sea on Wednesday. On Friday, the Italian Navy ship Vega collected 45 bodies and rescued 135 from a “half submerged” rubber boat. It is not yet known exactly how many were on board, but the rubber boats normally carry about 300. “Some were more shaken than others because they had lost their loved ones,” Raffaele Martino, commander of the Vega, told Reuters on Sunday in the southern port of Reggio Calabria, where the Vega docked with the survivors and corpses, including those of three infants. “It’s time that Europe had the courage to offer safe alternatives that allow these people to come without putting their own lives or those of their children in danger,” Tommaso Fabri of MSF Italy said.
Brazil: Police search slums for suspects in gang-rape RIO DE JANEIRO, MAy 30 (REUTERS): Rio de Janeiro police swarmed two slums on Sunday searching for suspects in the alleged gang rape of a 16-year-old Brazilian girl who said more than 30 men assaulted her, a case that shocked the nation set to host the Olympics in August. More than 70 officers used helicopters, armored vehicles and dogs to enter the slums, but there was no word if any suspects had been captured in the operation. In the five days since a video of the rape was posted by an alleged perpetrator on Twitter and set off a wave of outrage, police have brought in five people for questioning and made no arrests. Police said there are indications the gang rape occurred on May 21, but they could not confirm how many took part. Over the weekend, women and men marched in several cities to demand justice and decry sexism in Brazilian culture. A woman who sits on the Supreme Court lashed out at a pervasive macho culture that permits such barbaric acts. “Each and every woman is a victim,” Justice Carmen Lucia said in a written statement. “Our bodies are tormented, our souls are trashed. That is what these criminals think and do, and they must quickly be held accountable.” The case added to concerns about security in Rio and the political breakdown in Brazil as the city and country prepare for South America’s first Olympics starting on Aug. 5. Crime has fallen in recent years, but there has been an increase in homicides in recent months as Rio’s po-
The Mare slums complex is pictured from above ahead of its occupation by federal troops in Rio de Janeiro. (REUTERS File Photo)
lice department had its budget slashed during an economic downturn. The country’s elected president, Dilma Rousseff, has been suspended on allegations she broke budget laws, and her impeachment trial in the Senate will likely play out as the Games are held. Brazil’s worst economic crisis since the 1930s has compounded the political chaos. In addition, an outbreak of the Zika virus has prompted health warnings and led top global health experts to advise that the Games be postponed or moved. The reported rape came to light in a video of the nude, semi-conscious youth, with a few men brazenly insulting the girl, showing their faces, and one man heard saying: “More than 30 impregnated her!” The Twitter account where the video was posted has been suspended. Both Rousseff, the first woman to be elected president in Brazil, and interim President Michel Te-
mer condemned the act. ‘FEEL LIKE PIECE OF TRASH’ In an interview with Rio’s O Globo newspaper, the alleged victim said she wanted to see justice done so that no other person would have to go through a brutal assault like the one she said she suffered. “Today I feel like a piece of trash,” she told the newspaper. “I hope that no other person ever feels this way.” Late on Sunday, the police said in an emailed statement they removed the original lead investigator from the case. That was in response to a formal request made by the alleged victim’s lawyer, Eloisa Samy, to have investigator Alessandro Thiers taken off the case because she said he made the girl feel uncomfortable during questioning. Samy told TV Globo in an interview that Thiers asked the girl if she had participated in group sex parties. Samy was not immediately available to provide further details.
MANILA, MAy 30 (REUTERS): Philippine security forces killed 54 Islamist militants linked to the Jemaah Islamiah group in a weeklong air and ground offensive in the country’s south, an army spokesman said on Monday.The fighting took place near the stronghold of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, which signed a peace deal with the government in 2014 to end 45 years of conflict that killed 120,000 people and stunted growth in the resourcerich areas. Major Filemon Tan said two soldiers were killed and nine wounded
after air force planes dropped bombs on the militants’ positions and ground troops pounded them with artillery fire, in the town of Butig in Lanao del Sur, from Tuesday. “The artillery fire did more damage than the bombs,” Tan added. “Our troops saw the enemies fall and, based on estimates, we killed 54. They beheaded two sawmill workers and toppled a ppwer line in the area.” The fighting has displaced about 2,000 people from five villages in Butig, regional officials said. About a decade ago, the MILF had expelled Jemaah Islamiah members
from the area in preparation for peace talks brokered by Malaysia, and avoid getting a “terrorist” tag from the U.S. State Department. The military said Jemaah Islamiah-linked militants returned to the area when a law to grant autonomy to Muslim areas, under the government deal with the MILF, failed to pass in Congress. President-elect Rodrigo Duterte has promised to pursue peace with Muslim rebels, proposing a new federal scheme to grant more political and economic powers to Muslimdominated areas in the south.
‘Please help me, this is my last chance’ New photo of Japanese hostage appears with message pleading for help TOKyO, MAy 30 (REUTERS): The Japanese government said on Monday it was doing all it could to secure the release of a Japanese journalist being held hostage by an al Qaeda affiliate in Syria, after an apparent photograph of the man was posted on the internet. The photograph, apparently uploaded to the Internet late on Sunday, showed a bearded man dressed in orange holding a handwritten sign in Japanese. “Please help me. This is my last chance,” said the sign, written in shaky characters and signed “Jumpei Yasuda.” Yasuda’s plight came to attention in March, when a video surfaced showing him reading a message to his country and his family. Japanese media said he was capture by a group called Nusra Front after entering Syria
Japanese journalist Jumpei Yasuda, who is seen in this photo sent by e-mail to a Kyodo News photographer on June 23, 2015 before Yasuda’s departure to Syria. (REUTERS File Photo)
from Turkey last June. Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said the government was analysing the new photo and believed it was Yasuda, while Chief Cabinet Spokesman Yoshihide Suga said the government was doing what it could. “Since preserving the
safety of Japanese citizens is our most important duty, we are making use of a broad net of information and doing everything we can to respond,” Suga told a news conference. Asked if this meant contacting the Nusra Front, Suga said “that sort of thing
was included” but declined to give further details. Early in 2015, the Islamic State militant group beheaded two Japanese nationals - a self-styled security consultant and a veteran war reporter. The gruesome executions captured the attention of Japan but the government said at the time it would not negotiate with the militants for their release. Yasuda, a freelance journalist since 2003, was held in Baghdad in 2004 and drew criticism for drawing the Japanese government into negotiations for his release. In December, media freedom organization Reporters Without Borders retracted and apologized for a report it had issued that said Yasuda had been threatened with execution in Syria. The government said at the time it was seeking information.
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WHERE HONOUR IS DUE (Part II) Get ready for free packaging
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his was an article that was written on1409-2014 to awaken the conscience of the Nagas to begin to look at ourselves with some sense of pride and honour that our forerunners envisaged that we now do not even recognise. It is being put on the public domain once more to refresh our minds and to reclaim our own in the truest spirit of the Nagas that we once were and to reshape our destiny in the same spirit of forthrightness sans fear........... ................................. When we have travelled the long road of life, it makes sense to take a pause for a while... and look back at all the bridges that we have crossed along the way. It is then that we realise the lost opportunities: of little things we ought to have done...but didn't; of the little things we ought not to have done...but did; where a simple deed, a kind word of encouragement that costs us nothing, could have made all the difference to someone else's life. That little time spent on honest reflection which leads us all to the dawn of new experience and knowledge. The Good Lord gave us all the same opportunity, all at different times, for each generation to see and do or be fated never to realise that an opportunity afforded to us, just passed us by... unseen. This sensitivity of perception makes the distinction of who we really are...the good, the bad and the ugly. While trying to understand the sequence of events in the Naga political history, something struck me as an oddity. What appeared to me so totally out of tune with the Naga character, no matter which Tribe we may belong, was the failure of a generation before us and the continued lapse of our own, to honour, respect and fondly remember the simple deeds of a gone by generation whose historic landmark contribution made all the difference to our present. We have had our share of worthy personalities whose contributions have gone by unnoticed without even a word of 'thank you'. We have let them fade away silently into the sunset, incognito, without being given an honourable space under the sun in their own lifetime. You are probably wondering what I am getting at.... so let us dig into the fact of history together. Thereafter, exercise your minds accordingly with your stamp of approval or rejection. There will be a thousand and one such deserving personalities who have quietly passed on unrecognized, I would presume. For those who know other such stories...it is still not too late to let the world know about them by unselfishly sharing it with others, as a gratitude in return for their selfless act(s), remembering too that each of them must have left behind their son(s) and daughter(s) still living with us today. At least they deserve to know that we care. The Naga Memorandum to Simon Commission stands out positively as the very first 'Magna Carta' document of the Nagas that significantly laid a historical landmark way back on 10th January 1929. This is a very special document in a good number of ways. It defines the Naga identity at its honest best. It had caused a chain historical reaction. I am sure many a Naga soul would have heard of this memorandum by now. Many more would have read it over and over again. Nevertheless, humour me as I take this privilege to present this Memorandum verbatim to register its significance: To, The British Statutory Commission; Camp-India. Sub: Memorandum of the Naga Hills Sir, We the undersigned Nagas of the Naga Club at Kohima, who are the only persons at present who can voice for our people have heard with great regret that our Naga Hills is included within the Reformed Scheme of India without our knowledge, but as administration of our Hill is continued to be in the hands of the British officers and we did not consider it necessary to raise any protest in the past. Now we learnt that you have come to India as representative of the British Government to enquire into the working of the system of Government and growth of education and we beg to submit below our views with the prayer that our Hill may be withdrawn from the Reformed Scheme and placed outside the Reforms but directly under the British Government. We never asked for any reforms and we do not wish for any reforms.
Before the British Government conquered our country in 1879-80, we were living in a state of intermittent warfare with the Assamese of Assam Valley to the North and West of our country and Manipuris to the South. They never conquered us, nor were we ever subjected to their rule. On the other hand, we were always a terror to these people. Our country within the administered area consists of more than eight regions quite different from one another, with quite different language which cannot be understood by each other and more regions outside the administered area which are not known at present. We have no unity among us and it is only the British Government that is holding us together now. Our education is poor. The occupation of our country by the British Government being so recent as 1880, we have had no chance or opportunity to improve in education and though we can boast of two or three graduates of an Indian University in our country, we have not got one yet who is able to represent us in any council of a province. Moreover our population numbering 10200, is very small in comparison with the population of the plains districts in the Province, and any representation that may be allotted to us in the council will be negligible and will have no weight whatever. Our language is quite different from those of the plains and we have no social affinities with the Hindus or Mussalmans. We are looked down upon by the one for "Beef" and the other for our "pork" and by both for our want in education, is not due to any fault of ours. Our country is poor and it does not pay for its administration. Therefore, if it is continued to be under the Reformed Scheme, we are afraid that new and heavy taxes will have to be imposed on us, and when we cannot pay, then all lands will have to be sold and in the long run we shall have no share in the land of our birth and life will not be worth living then. Though our land at present is within the British territory, Government have always recognised our private rights in it, but if we are forced to enter the council the majority of whose number is sure to belong to the other districts, we also have much fear the introduction of foreign laws and customs to supersede our own customary laws which we now enjoy. For the above reasons, we pray that the British Government will continue to safeguard our right against all encroachment from other people who are more advanced than us by withdrawing our country that we should not be thrust to the mercy of other people who could never be subjected, but to leave us alone to determine ourselves as in ancient times. We claim not only the members of the "Naga Club" to represent all those regions to which we belong vis. Angami, Kacha Nagas, Kukis, Sema, Lothas and Rengmas, but also other regions of Nagaland. Signed by: 1. Nihu Angami,(Head Interpreter); 2. Hisale,(Peshkar); 3. Nisier Angami,(Master); 4. Khosa,(Doctor); 5. Gebo Kacha Naga, (Interpreter); 6. Vipunyu Angami, (Potdar); 7. Goyiepra Angami, (Treasurer); 8. Ruzhukhrie Angami, (Master); 9. Dikhrie Angami, (Interpreter); 10. Zapuzhulie Angami, (Interpreter); 11. Zepilie Angami, (Interpreter); 12. Katsuno Angami, (Interpreter); 13. Nuolhoukielie Angami, (Clerk); 14. Nizhevi Sema, (Interpreter);15. Apamo Lotha, (Interpreter); 16. Rusulo Rengma,( Interpreter); 17. Lengjang Kuki,(Interpreter); 18. Nikhriehu Angami, (Interpreter); 19. Miakrao Angami, (Chaprasi); 20. Levi Kacha Naga, (Clerk); Take a careful look at the designations of all the Tribal representatives, [purposely bracketed], who were fated to endorse this historic memorandum. In today's parlance, they were all academic nonentities. Many of them would not even have had formal education worth the mention. Their peers must have met them in the streets, but were perhaps ignored without a second glance. Yet consider the results of what they did! No classroom groomed graduates/ post graduates of today will ever be comparable to their matchless thoughts crafted through life's experience. Their expression of ground reality made all the difference to make the British also seriously think twice, which culminated in
the British India Act 1935, excluding the Naga inhabited areas as "Naga Hills Excluded Area". Think carefully about this! This was an Act...a LAW, and will remain as a legally cognizable and actionable historical evidence even in today' National or International Courts. Robert Reid was thereafter also commissioned by the British Government through the endorsement of their Queen of England, to Map the Excluded Areas of the Nagas country incorporating the Eastern inhabited territory classified as UNADMINISTERED FREE NAGA AREA even during the British Raj that also included the Chin Hills to be known as "Queen's Land Colony". The Mapping output of Robert Reid was considered as a Plan also known as the "Couplan Plan", which was a direct follow-up result of the British India Act of 1935. On August 19, 1946, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru was known to have defined the status of the Nagas in connection to the proposed British Colony of Couplan Plan in these words: "The tribal Areas are defined as being that long frontier of India which are neither part of India nor Burma, nor of Indian States nor of any foreign power". Through this British India Act 1935 (enacted because of the Naga Memorandum to the Simon Commission), the 'Chin Hills Regulation and Bengal Frontier Regulation Act 1873' was made applicable to the "Naga Hills Excluded Area" as well wherein foreigners including Indian nationals were restricted to enter into the Naga country without a valid Inner-Line permit (ILP)...A PASSPORT EQUAVALENT. It is only when you enter a foreign country that a passport become mandatory...well, the same principle applies to Indian Nationals entering Nagaland even to this day. These are some of the facts that distinguish "Naga History to be unique"! We Nagas do not even recognise the significance or the importance of ILP and the bureaucrats only see it as an opportunity to make a cheap pocket money. We have perhaps become a people without a vision or purpose. Nevertheless, the moot point is that this is a historical as much as it is present living evidence that defines the unique identity of our status. All this was made possible by those rustic Naga elders who signed that monumental memorandum in 1929. Mr. A.Z.Phizo was a shrewd thinker. He understood his people well. He too emphasized and focused on the foreign tax issue enshrined in the Simon Commission like no other NNC Presidents before him and made history with the Plebiscite of 1951. Have the Nagas, especially the NPGs, ever consider officially acknowledging or thanking the signatories of this famous memorandum? After all...it laid the foundry of the Naga National Movement. Who knows.... perhaps they are waving the Naga National Flag from wherever they are, to attract our attention that we have a legal justification to our claims. The Nagas and more so the NPGs, owe them all, a huge gratitude, albeit no act can fully compensate their mammoth contribution now. It saddens one's heart that their generation let them all carry on without even an official 'thank you' in their lifetime. If we are unable to respect and honour our own can we expect others to respect the Nagas? I dedicate this little article to them in fond remembrance and with a hope that some responsible, capable, conscience bearing NGOs/NPGs out there are listening and get spurned into action to right what has been ignored for so long. It is never too late. We still have the opportunity and the privilege to remember and honour them befittingly where honour is due. It also a reminder to who we really are and act wisely without fear in our hearts and say what we need to say: that the "Framework Agreement" signed by NSCN (IM) with the GoI is fine to the extent that some kind of an agreement has been reached but beyond that point the Nagas of Nagaland cannot possibly endorse this "Framework Agreement" before knowing its contents which could very well be detrimental to our nurtured fundamental dreams of freedom that our forefathers freely laid down their lives for. Nagas of Nagaland, wake up and start THINKING please! Khekiye K. Sema IAS (Rtd) Upper Forest Colony, Kohima; E-mail ID: kksema@gmail.com
A MOMENT TO UNITE TOGETHER
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n the midst of unrest and chaos, when the existence of the Nagas was not known to the world and when the Nagas were just ignored and despised as savages, yet, there were a few patriotic Nagas unknown of their future but firm to the cause to set free the Naga Nation from the aliens. In times of such uncertainties and darkness and when there was no chance for the few patriotic Nagas to survive, I joined the freedom movement as a young soldier in 1956. As we all know that evolution is a natural phenomenon so does the changes in our struggle too. We, as compatriots (freedom fighter) have faced many events and tolls of both joy and sorrow. We have seen and ventured many untold sufferings and miseries of unmerciful nature and atrocities from mighty hands of both the Indians and the Burmese. Now the present has seen a sea change because of the constant evolution and revolution taking place in and around us. Those days of our time, you know we were stubborn and paid no heed to any advice from anyone else; we bluntly followed our own instinct until we gained our objective. There was no question of yielding to the adversaries. Though the Nagas were just a handful as compared to the mighty opponent yet, we were strong because we stood in unison of spirit. We never gave up our hope and aspiration. Such was the time when I could say proudly that I had enjoyed the journey of hope with my compatriots. Every one of you may be aware of the facts, if not, most of you who are acquainted to me, that, I am not an educated person and in the field of politics I am nowhere nor have any knowledge about politicking. From the depth of my heart I know only one thing and stood for one thing, that is ‘’the unity of Nagas and one Naga Nation’’. The living God knows that I know no politics and neither is I qualified to be here till today. I believe He
has led me and shown the way of His will. I never wanted or hunted for any position or wealth but just wanted to witness that the Nagas to come together in one accord before my sunset. “Lord I pray that before you take me away from this world, I just want to see one united Naga family living together in harmony”. As the saying goes, “Action speaks louder than words” so does my dear Naga brethren especially the Eastern Nagas who always stood by my side in times of odds and events. You were always the rays of hope and inspiration in my life. As many of you are very well aware that half of my life span I have been with the people of the east. Though, till today you gain nothing but only sufferings from different adversities yet, I earnestly believe that one day we all will be liberated from this domain of sweats and tears for which you have sacrificed for the genuine cause. Though, people may forget you or forsake you but deep down in my heart I will always remember you for what you have done for the survival of the Nagas. People may or may not acknowledge you, but, it is a living fact that the Eastern Nagas have rendered your service selflessly to save the Naga Nation. My sincere gratitude to all the fellow Nagas who always stood together to achieve our common goal. In my sixty long years of political career, as a human being, I may have hurt the sentiments of my Naga brethren in some way or the other, yet, I seek your forgiveness. Some may be wondering for the recent development of my joining under the leadership of Chairman Issac Swu and Gen. Secy. Th. Muivah. Some may feel relieved while some may wanted to spit on me. In the heart of my heart I have no grudge feelings against any individual or parties even if some are trying to create confusions and doubts among the people. I always feel that one must give up one’s own position or wealth for the cause in order to ful-
fil or achieve unity among ourselves. One must yield so that our aspiration is fulfilled. When I say yielding, don’t take me in the wrong sense, because I am not surrendering to my enemies but uniting with our own Naga Brothers to achieve our common goal if not at least die trying for the cause. Some of the delegates, whom I met, must have heard what I had said some decades back, that, there may be only one talk for the Nagas and that talk is being initiated by Mr. Issac Swu and Th. Muivah. Many a time I was also reminded to take a dialogue with the Govt. Of India but I have never subscribed to that idea, since the talk was already in the process and both of them (Issac Swu and Th. Muivah) are our leaders; they represent Naga people aspiration. I also never once doubted that they would exclude other Nagas and talk only for themselves, but inclusively for all Nagas in general. I always appreciated Mr. Issac Swu and Th. Muivah for their unyielding spirit when many have fell prey to the traps in one way or the other. Instead of seeking jobs and comforts in the Indian service for their survival, they chose to struggle faithfully to the cause of the Nation. I think sometimes we should also learn to appreciate rather than always complain for; we are staying idle doing nothing. It is also not healthy for us to always find fault or wait for that opportunity to seize. Today when I say all this things, it may seem ironical to the educated Nagas, but forgive the uneducated man like me for speaking out what lies in the bottom of my heart. Therefore my humble wish to my Naga brother is that let us try to create a better environment for our younger generation by leaving aside all our differences and take this chance and moment together to triumph in God’s name. God bless the Nagas. KUKNALIM. Gen. (Retd) Kholi. Vice-Chairman, NSCN/GPRN.
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his year the World Health Organisation has chosen the theme “Get ready for Plain Packaging” for World No Tobacco Day. This is enshrined in Article 11 & 13 of Framework Convention on Tobacco Control of WHO. It calls on member countries to adopt it to reduce tobacco use and its related health risks. So what is all about Plain packaging? In short, it is the standardisation of shape and size of tobacco products and it is an important demand reduction measure for the following reasons. It reduces the attractiveness of tobacco products. It increases the effect of pictorial health warning. It also restricts the Tobacco industries to use the packaging and label as an excuse for advertising their products. After Tobacco advertisement is banned in most of the countries, the Tobacco Industries have found a new way to advertise their products by turning the packages into mini billboard which effectively promotes their products. They use their brand logos to make appeal to the different group of people. Philip Morris marketing presentation in 1994 stated: “Our final communication vehicle with our smoker is the pack itself. In the absence of any other marketing messages, our packaging is the sole communicator of our brand essence”.So the pack becomes the primary communication vehicle for tobacco companies and in order to be relevant to the target consumers they tried to generate the optimum level of modernity,youthful image in the pack itself. The rugged horseman “The Marlboro Man” has the record of being the most valuable brand and image in the world. This brand nearly turned the whole baby boom generation of American into tobacco addiction. The young smokers usually associate cigarette brand names and package design with positive personal image like masculine characteristics, social identity and liberation. Thus packaging has the potential of creating misconception about the health risk of tobacco products. By decreasing the number of design elements on cigarette packs the appeal and perceptions about
the likely enjoyment and desirability of smoking is reduced. With plain packaging, the packs will come with standard size and shape and no more super slim or lipstick pack which target women The plain packaging of tobacco products would increase the salience of health warnings, make the packaging less attractive, and reduce the propensity of packaging to mislead consumers about the harmful effects of tobacco products.Australia implemented legislation on Plain Packaging in 2012 and was the first country to do so. In February 2016 the Australian Government released a review confirming that plain packaging was responsible for one quarter of the decline in smoking in Australia in the previous three years. Britain and France have implemented the legislation in last two weeks. Northern Ireland also passed a law on this in 2015 to implement it 2016.Plain packaging was an election issue in Canadian Federal election in 2015 and the Prime minister is determined to implement it in the earliest possible. More countries will follow in the days to come and we hope this will draw the attention of policy makers in India. The fight against tobacco industries in India is a difficult one. But the recent passage of Juvenile justice (Care and protection of children) Act 2015 and the latest notification from ministry of Health and Family Welfare Govt. of India are encouraging. The attractive packages of tobacco and pan masala products are luring thousands of our children into tobacco addiction in our own backyard. With political will, the state government cando something at its own level to tackle this tobacco menace as it is done in other states. The tobacco prevalence is already too high in our state and we are going to feel the full impact of tobacco epidemic not very far from now. We should do everything possible within our power to change this dangerous trend. Australian story is but inspiring and it should become a reality in India sooner than later. Dr C Tetseo BDS PGD (HP), Tobacco Control
Decoding the selection criteria of Smart Cities in India and retrospecting Kohima Smart City failure
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ollowing the identification for inclusion of Kohima City in the National Project for Creation of 100 Smart Cities in India through a proposal sent by the Government of Nagaland to the Ministry of Urban Development, which was further supported by a Memorandum submitted to Narendra Modi, the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India by T.R. Zeliang, Chief Minister of Nagaland during his visit to Nagaland on 30th November, 2014 and 1st December, 2014, there seems to be an air of great excitement in Nagaland, particularly for the people living in Kohima. This excitement was even more heightened by the widely circulated promotional video filming of Kohima Smart City in the Whatsapp and other Social Media. However, the excitement and imagination seems to have short-lived at least for the time being, after the dream of having a smart city crushed out from the first two phase’s short listings. Of course, there are still more short listing phases in the pipeline for us to be selected. However, the failure of the highly valued project proposal costing crores of rupees has in fact opened up endless arguments amongst the Nagas, especially in the available social Medias. To this, some of us might like to argue as to why be impatient of waiting for the next selection to take effect. But to many, the concern is more as to why the project failed to take off even after given a second chance. This very curiosity lends one to ponder seriously over the project criteria evaluation process. And in doing so, one is confronted with the shocking realities negating the laid down GOI Ministry of Urban Development selection criteria over existing inherent defects in our system. Decoding the Selection Criteria: After identifying the number of cities across each state the next step involves selecting the right city. This will be conducted in a set of two stages. The 1st will incorporate a city challenge competition, wherein every state will be required rate their cities against a set of predefined weighted criteria. These weighted criteria will involve existing service levels (25 points), institutional system and capacities (15 points), self-financing (30 points) past tract record (30 points). Existing service level will involve improvements in service levels over census 2011, the presence and efficiency of an operational online Grievance Redressal System, publication of monthly e-newsletter and online publication of municipal budget expenditure details of the last two financial years on website. Institutional systems and capacities include the provision of penalties in case of delay in service and improvement in internal resource generation over the last three years. Self-financing would be reflected in payment of salaries by urban local bodies up to last month, auditing of accounts up to FY 2012-13, Contribution of internal revenues to the Budget for 2014-15 and percentage of establishment and maintenance cost of water supply met through user charges during 2014-15. Past track records include percentages of past projects completed under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), percentage of capital requirement met through internal resources and reforms introduced. After evaluating the cities with regards to the parameters mentioned above, cities will be required to produce City Plans,
which will be studied in the next step for the final selection. In the next and ultimate step, the cities for funding will be prioritized, which will be subject to the scores of the 1st step. Initially 20 cities will be selected and the remaining will be asked to make some required changes. In the subsequent stages the remaining cities will with each stage consisting of 40 cities. The eventual selection in the second stage will be undertaken by the apex body at the Ministry of Urban Development. 30% of the evaluation will consist of the credibility of the city in terms of existing resources and successful execution of projects and reforms in the recent past. The rest 70% of the evaluation will comprise of the impact of the plan on the poor and under privileged sections of the city, cost effectiveness of the plan and adoption of innovative technology etc. Core Infrastructure Elements: Assured water, electricity, sanitation and solid waste management systems, efficient urban mobility and Public transportation, affordable housing, especially for the poor, robust IT Connectivity and digitalization, good governance, especially e-Governance and Citizen Participation, Sustainable environment, safety and security of citizens, particularly women, children and the elderly and health and education. Against these backdrops of prerequisite Criteria, Kohima city seems hardly viable for this golden project. Defects are manifold, but the first impression being that the majority of the public continues to have that highly indomitable spirit of stubbornness, practically not willing to be civilized anymore unless being enthused or imposed. Therefore, instead of the concept of ‘bottom-up’ approach rather it should hammer down from ‘top-to-bottom’. Another major concern is the inadequate availability of the above mentioned ‘Core infrastructure elements’ which seems covering a holistic combination of various departmental activities in one project. This integrated approach ultimately needs almost all the government machineries to move together. Thus, all those who are running the government need to be on their toe for prompt responsibilities. However, the main inherent defect needing much concern is the non-implementation of the Municipal Act, 2001 by the present day government. We had held one municipal election during 2004; so far it’s the first and the last election of its kind. It is understood that the election to the local bodies were kept pending due to the non-implementation of the 33% women reservation policy in the local bodies. Consequently, against almost 0% surplus revenue, our local bodies are incurring loss of about 40 crores of centre funding for not having elected bodies. And whereas, to this onerous task to multi-facets of municipality, only a single represented government administrator is seen running the show. Therefore, while building 100 Smart Cities across India is to be carried out in a period of 8-10 years, our available reality shows feasibility way far behind. Which, seeing in this perspective, unless the lawmakers and the responsible authorities take stock of the situation for a fast-track course in identifying the core problems, else we might have to only plea for mercy or do some manipulation or altogether give up the hope of having one. Therefore, lest we become smart else the city will remain unsmart, at least for the time being. Pfuche Koza, Bayavu Hill, Kohima. (A concern citizen)
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HARD ROCK CAFE TOUR
Alobo Naga and the Band performing at Hard Rock Cafe Delhi as part of the Hard Rock Cafe Tour, an initiative of the Music Task Force, Government of Nagaland, and supported by Hard Rock Cafe and Rolling Stone India.
The Warriors Festival ended with entertainment galore in the form of music, fashion, folklores, dance, drama et al at Agri Expo, 4th Mile, Dimapur on May 28 night. The second season of siZero Model Hunt was also held on the night. Tritong, who was declared winner of the model hunt, walked away with a cash prize of Rs. 50,000, 1 year modeling contract with Regalia Entertainment Nagaland (REN), sponsorship in district and state level beauty contests, and photo model opportunity. The night also had a red carpet event with Imlibenla Wati (Miss Nagaland 2012, Miss World Beauty India 2015, Ambassador of Tourism and Humanity and Miss PAN Continental International). The festival, organized by REN, began on May 27.
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WE wrestler-turned-actor Dwayne Johnson shared his first look from the upcoming "Fast and Furious 8" movie. The 44-year-old "San Andreas" star took to Instagram and Facebook to reveal the look of his character- DSS Agent Luke Hobbs. The black-and-white photo shows Hobbs sporting a pointy goatee and a leather vest. "When you strip a man of all he has. All that's important to him. You force him to return to his roots and sometimes that's a very dangerous and twisted place. "If I was going to return for another FAST & FURIOUS I wanted to come in and disrupt the franchise in a cool way that got fans fired up and their blood pumping to see a new version of Hobbs and his "Daddy's gotta go to work" mentality and set the table in a cool way for where the character goes in the future," Johnson wrote in the caption. The actor joined the "Fast and Furious" franchise in "Fast Five" and has since appeared in subsequent films "Fast and Furious 6" and "Furious 7". "Fast 8," which is set to hit theaters on April 14, 2017, is currently filming, with part of the movie shooting on location in Cuba. F Gary Gray is directing the project.
anadian pop star Justin Bieber and the co-writers of his 2015 smash hit “Sorry” are being sued for allegedly stealing a vocal riff from another artist who said she used it on her own song a year earlier. In a complaint made public on Thursday, Casey Dienel, an indie artist who performs under the name White Hinterland, accused Bieber of infringing her copyright to the song “Ring the Bell” by using a “virtually identical” riff without permission. Among the other defendants are the producer Skrillex and Vivendi’s Universal Music Group. The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court in Nashville. Spokespeople for Bieber, Skrillex and Universal had no immediate comment or did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Dienel said “Sorry,” which appears on Bieber’s album “Purpose” and has more than 1.42 billion YouTube views, adopted the “specific and unique char-
damages, including from profits generated by “Sorry.” Dienel’s “Ring the Bell” appeared on White Hinterland’s album “Baby.” It is common for well-known singers to be accused of stealing song ideas from other composers. Kanye West was sued last week for allegedly taking part of his 2013 song “New Slaves” from a 1969 song by a Hungarian rock singer. Led Zeppelin’s Robert Plant and Jimmy Page face a June 14 trial over whether they stole opening chords for their 1971 song “Stairway to Heaven” from a 1967 instrumental.
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acteristics of the female vocal riff” from her song, sampling it for the first eight seconds of “Sorry” and several times thereafter. She said even The New York Times Magazine noted the riff’s distinctiveness, when it praised Bieber’s song for its “cooing arpeggio that feels like a gentle breeze on your brain” in a March 13 article titled “25 Songs That Tell Us Where Music Is Going.” Bieber’s song ranked No. 1. Dienel also said she reached out to Bieber to discuss a resolution, but he “ignored” her claims and refused to talk. The lawsuit seeks unspecified
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NAC Open Supercross 2016
Captain David Warner lauds cool Sunrisers after maiden IPL win
A professional rider from Assam rehearses for the forthcoming NAC Open Supercross Sunrisers Hyderabad celebrate after winning the final of the Vivo Indian Premier League IPL (2016) against the Royal Challengers Bangalore at The M. 2016 at Kohima Local Ground. The NAC Open Supercross 2016 will get underway on Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore on May 29. (Photo by IPL) June 2. (Morung Photo by Chizokho Vero)
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Assam Rifles pugilists with their trophies after the team emerged as champions the 1st LB Chhetri Memorial Invitational Boxing Champion which was held at New Era Sports & Cultural Club, Mawbah, Shillong from May 23 to 26. Teams from Meghalaya, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh and other states in the region, apart from the AR team, took part in the competition. The AR team bagged 8 Gold, 7 Silver and 1 Bronze medal.
Bangalore, May 30 (aFP): Captain David Warner hailed Sunrisers Hyderabad for staying cool in the heat of an Indian Premier League final to claim their maiden title at the home of opponents Royal Challengers Bangalore. Hyderabad, defending 208 to win at M. Chinnaswamy stadium, survived a deadly opening blitz from big-hitting West Indian Chris Gayle to eke out an eight-run victory late on Sunday. Australian Warner led by example after winning the toss and electing to bat, hitting a sparkling half-century -- his ninth of the IPL season -- as Hyderabad posted a massive 208. But Gayle came out with all guns blazing, hitting four fours and eight sixes in a 38-ball 76. He put together a 114-run opening stand with Virat Kohli (54) to give Bangalore hope, but Hyderabad's bowl-
ers stayed focused. "A guy like Chris Gayle, he is always going to keep going. The hardest thing is to try and maintain our composure while he is going and playing like this," Warner told reporters. "So for us it was about staying composed and having belief and that's what the players showed when we were out there," he added. Hyderabad got the breakthrough they needed in the 11th over when Gayle was caught by Bipul Sharma off Ben Cutting. Kohli, who topped the season's batting chart with 973 runs from 16 matches, then tried to pilot the chase but was cleaned up by Barinder Sran. South African batsman AB de Villiers also departed soon after and the wheels started to come off for Bangalore in the face of a resilient Hyderabad attack, with man-
of-the-match Cutting finishing with 2-35. Earlier Warner's 38-ball 69, which was laced with eight fours and three sixes, laid a solid foundation for Hyderabad before Cutting swelled the total with an unbeaten 39 off 15 balls. The left-handed Warner, who accumulated 848 runs in 17 matches, was the driving force behind Hyderabad's title-winning season but he singled out a number of his team-mates for praise. "It takes a team to win a tournament," he said. "The plus that I had was I had two international captains (Kane Williamson and Eoin Morgan) with me. "I would also credit Bhuvneshwar Kumar and rising Bangladesh star Mustafizur Rahman for their contributions," the skipper added. Kumar finished as the tournament's leading wicket-taker with 23, while Rahman grabbed 17.
'Phenomenal' Kohli
Bangalore coach Daniel Vettori heaped praise on Indian star Kohli, who re-wrote the record books this IPL season but still ended up on the losing side. Kohli surpassed Gujarat Lions captain Suresh Raina to become the all-time leading scorer in the cash-rich league. He also recorded the highest partnership (229) in Twenty20 cricket history with De Villiers against Gujarat. "He has been phenomenal and probably the main reason why we were in the final," former New Zealand skipper Vettori told reporters. "If a guy particularly top of the order takes that much of role and his performance is that great, it allows everything to flow from there. "That's what a great captain does and Virat has been exceptional," Vettori added.
BCCI President visits Nagaland today DiMaPur, May 30 (Mexn): Newly elected President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), Anurag Thakur is making his maiden visit to Nagaland on May 31. He is being accompanied by Abhishek Dalmiya, son of the late Jagmohan Dalmiya (former BCCI President), and three other officials of the BCCI. A press release from NCA General Secretary, Abu Metha, in this regard, informed that the Nagaland Cricket Association is organising a felicitation programme at 2pm at Niathu Resort, Chumukedima, Dimapur. All officials of the NCA are requested to attend the programme positively.
NWA Handing & Taking Over on June 6 KohiMa, May 30 (Mexn): The Nagaland Wrestling Association will have its official handing and taking over programme on June 6 at Japfü Hotel at 11am. A press note issued by Rangsam N Hau, General Secretary has requested the executives and newly elected members of the Nagaland Wrestling Association to attend the event positively.
NE United signs Katsumi Yusa
new Delhi, May 30 (PTi): NorthEast United Football Club today signed midfielder Katsumi Yusa for the upcoming edition of the Indian Super League. The agile and athletic footballer, who hails from Japan, had displayed unrivaled form in I-league, playing under the Mohun Bagan AC, and became one of the most prominent faces in Indian football fraternity. Excited about the new addition to the team, John Abraham, Owner of NEUFC said, "It feels amazing to welcome Katsumi Yusa to NorthEast United Football Club. I have personally followed his game
in the past few years and am completely convinced he would prove as our ace secret weapon in critical situations." Yusa debuted in 2007, playing for Sanfrecce Hiroshima in the J League Division 1. Following his transfer from San Lorenzo, he joined ONGC in January 2011, scoring his first goal in India against Hindustan Aero on 9 April, 2011. Joining Mohun Bagan AC on 1 May 2013, Yusa has established himself as a strategic and strong midfielder. NEUFC had earlier signed the likes of Rowlin Borges, Subrata Paul and Nirmal Chettri. Published, Printed and Edited by Dr. Aküm Longchari from House No. 4, Duncan Bosti, Dimapur at Themba Printers and Morung Publications , Padum Pukhuri Village, Dimapur, Nagaland. RNI No : NAGENG /2005/15430. House No.4, Duncan Bosti, Dimapur 797112, Nagaland. Phone: Dimapur -(03862) 248854, Fax: (03862) 235194, Kohima - (0370) 2291952
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