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Be prepared for new Covid waves: WHO warns

U N I T E D NAT I O N S / GENEVA, JUL 15 (PTI): Be prepared for fresh COVID-19 waves, WHO chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan has warned, amid the onset of new variants that are more transmissible, immune evasive and growing concerns about greater hospitalisations.

There is mounting evidence that suggests that Omicron subvariants –BA.4 and BA.5 – are infecting people who have been vaccinated.

“We need to be prepared for these #COVID19 waves -- each new #variant will be more transmissible & immune evasive -- higher numbers infected will translate into greater hospitalisations & sickness. All countries must have a data driven plan to quickly respond to changing situations,” Swaminathan tweeted on Thursday.

She was tweeting in

Intensive E-roll revision for 39 civic bodies DIMAPUR, JUL 15 (NPN): As per the directive of the state government, the state election commission has notified taking up intensive revision of electoral rolls for all the 39 municipal and town councils of Nagaland with reference to January 1, 2022 as qualifying date.

In a notification, state election commissioner, Rovilato Mor, notified the schedule for e-roll revision: house to house enumeration from August 3 to September 24, 2022; preparation of manuscript rolls and preparation of draft e-roll from September 26 to October 3, 2022; draft publication of e-roll October 4, 2022; period for lodging of claims and objections October 5-21, 2022; period for disposal of claims and objection Oct 2229, 2022; period for filing appeal to the respective appellate authority October 31 to November 7, 2022; disposal of claims and objections by appellate authority November 8-15, 2022; preparation of list of amendments after the final disposal by the appellate authority November 16-23, 2022 and final publication of e-roll on November 24, 2022.

The state election commission stated that authorized officer(s) (administrative officer), enumerator(s), supervisor(s), sector magistrate(s) etc are to be appointed during the ensuing intensive revision of e-roll. It informed that claimant/objector shall apply to the ERO for inclusion/deletion etc.

This is it!

“They should have thought of parking lane when they constructed this four-lane.”

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Soumya Swaminathan

response to a Twitter thread

by Senior Advisor at World Bank Group Philip Schellekens who said that “we are seeing a global U-turn in COVID-19 mortality. Following months of decline, it has started to rise again,” which did not come as a big surprise “given properties of BA.5, relaxed attitudes towards infection control and 3/4 of the world not being up-to-date on vaccination.”

Schellekens said the pandemic is intensifying in high-income countries and upper-middle-income countries are also seeing an

up-tick in new cases.

He noted that the US, France, Italy, Germany and Japan are the “drivers of the global surge” among high-income countries and Brazil, an upper-middleincome country, is leading the developing world.

“Mortality rates have started to edge up slightly,” he said, adding that the US and Brazil are currently the main contributors to global mortality.

WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, at a press conference earlier this week, said he is concerned that cases of COVID-19 are climbing -- putting further pressure on stretched health systems and health-care workers.

WHO chief noted that the sub-variants of Omicron, like BA.4 and BA.5, continue to drive waves of cases, hospitalisation and death around the world.

India reports over 20k new cases

NEW DELHI, JUL 15 (PTI): India on Friday logged a single-day rise of 20,038 new coronavirus infections, pushing the tally of cases to 4,37,10,027, while the count of active cases of the disease has increased to 1,39,073, the Health Ministry said.

The death toll due to the disease has climbed to 5,25,604 with 47 new fatalities being reported, the data updated at 8 am showed.

Active cases now comprise 0.32 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.48 per cent, the health ministry said.

An increase of 2,997 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload of the country in a span of 24 hours, the data showed. The daily positivity rate was recorded at 4.44 per cent and the weekly positivity rate at 4.30 per cent, according to the ministry.

Nagaland logs 14 fresh Covid cases DIMAPUR, JUL 15 (NPN): Nagaland on Friday recorded another spike of 14 fresh Covid-19 cases, while no deaths were reported during the day.

Of the fresh cases, six were from Dimapur, five in Kohima, two in Longleng and one in Zunheboto, taking the total caseload to 35,592.

The death toll remained unchanged at 763 (including 5 non-Covid deaths but with positivity).

The State currently has 61 active cases—55 under home isolation and six admitted to Covid-19 hospitals.

Singapore Open: Sindhu in SFs; Saina out SPORTS, PAGE 12

‘Flag and constitution main obstacle for solution’: Patton Staff Reporter

DIMAPUR, JUL 15 (NPN): Nagaland deputy chief minister Y. Patton has re-asserted that impediment in arriving at a solution to the Naga political issue has been the insistence of NSCN(I-M) to include flag and constitution.

Patton said this while interacting with media persons on the sidelines of the freshers-cum-annual day programme at Unity College here Friday.

Patton said unless the NSCN (I-M) resolved the issue with the government of India, the UDA coalition government in the state was unable to do anything.

It may be recalled that the NSCN (I-M) had signed the Framework Agreement with the government of India on August 3,2015 while WC, of the 7-member NNPGs also signed the

Parliament House can’t be used for dharnas: RS Sectt Oppn say it is an attack on democratic rights NEW DELHI, JUL 15 (PTI): Demonstrations, dharnas or religious ceremonies cannot be held in the precincts of Parliament House, a circular by the Rajya Sabha secretariat has said, drawing ire from the Opposition on Friday.

The Rajya Sabha secretariat has said that the circular has not been issued for the first time and such advice has been reiterated from time to time.

Opposition MPs during a protest on December 1, 2021. (PTI file)

The secretariat also provided copies of the similar circular issued during the Congress-led UPA regime in 2013 and said such circulars are being issued for many years now.

The bulletin, issued

ahead of the Monsoon session of Parliament beginning July 18, said the kind cooperation of members is solicited.

“Members cannot use the precincts of the Parliament House for any dem-

onstration, dharna, strike, fast, or for the purpose of performing any religious ceremony,” the bulletin said. Reacting strongly to the circular, the opposition parties attacked the government. Congress general secretary and chief whip of the party in Rajya Sabha Jairam Ramesh was among the first ones to take to Twitter to attack the government.

“Vishguru’s latest salvo - D(h)arna Mana Hai!,” he tweeted, sharing a copy of the circular issued on July 14. NCP president Sharad Pawar slammed the decision of prohibiting demonstrations and dharnas in the precincts of

NEAN backs NIDA’s proposed stir DIMAPUR, JUL 15 (NPN): As the Nagaland In-Service Doctors’ Association (NIDA) prepares to go on a three-day agitation starting July 18-20 over the issue of increasing superannuation age of government doctors, the National Health Mission Employees Association Nagaland (NEAN) has extended “unconditional support” to proposed agitation.

In a press release, NEAN general secretary Kewetso Kenye stated that the association at an emergency meeting held in Kohima on July 14, 2022 deliberated the matter at length and unanimously

decided to support NIDA. NEAN has appealed to its concern members (doctors) to coordinate and cooperate with NIDA official during the proposed agitation.

It may be mentioned that NIDA on July 11 announced that it was left with no option but pursue the agitation mode in the form of delivering emergency services only with effect from July 18, 19, and 20, 2022.

NIDA further threatened to call for a total shutdown of all health centres through cease work for an indefinite period from July 21, if the issue was not resolved or no positive

response received by then and cautioned that the State government would be held solely responsible in case of any untoward incidents.

According to NIDA, it had written to principal secretary health & family welfare (H&FW) on April 26 and chief minister on June 10, with a request to review the cabinet decision on the superannuation issue.

In the letter, NIDA expressed its opposition and inability to accept the decision of the cabinet to raise the superannuation age of all the doctors from 60 to 62 years, through “reemployment”.

Parliament House, calling it an attack on democratic rights of elected representatives.

CPI-M leader Sitaram Yechury also took to Twitter to criticise the government and alleged that these are attempts to muzzle the voice of democracy. After the opposition uproar over the circular, Speaker Birla told reporters that political parties should refrain from making allegations without ascertaining the facts.

The circular comes amid opposition outrage over another bulletin listing out certain words as “unparliamentary” which was issued by the Lok Sabha secretariat.

ted that the practice of jhum was not economically viable and ecologically sustainable.

Hence, he suggested that the Union government should adopt policies and schemes in line with NMISF for Nagaland and the Northeastern region.

Since most of the Centrally-sponsored schemes (CSS) had geo-physical constraints as they were to a large extent designed as “one-size-fit-all approach”, he urged policy makers to visit the Northeast, including Nagaland, observe the local farming practices on the ground and then prepare schemes for the benefit of

farming community of the region. He also highlighted implementation of NMISF post Covid-19 in the State.

Sema claimed that the newly-initiated Naga model was expected to wean away farmers from traditional shifting cultivation and protect environment through judicious use of natural resources, ensure double cropping with provision of off-season irrigation facilities and water bodies to provide steady and stable income, promote value chain & marketing linkages through commodity-based farmer producer organisations (FPOs), encourage mi-

Agreed Position with the government of India on November 17,2017.

Patton said the Core Committee, will meet on July 16 and hold thorough deliberation on the matter and come out with a decision about its role.

It may also be mentioned that NPCC president K. Therie said the Central government had given clear directive to UDA government to convince NSCN (I-M). However, instead of convincing it, Therie alleged that the UDA coalition en-

SNWW of NSCN (I-M) reaffirm to support FA

DIMAPUR, JUL 15 (NPN): Sumi National Workers Welfare (SNWW) of NSCN (I-M) have reaffirmed their support to the historic Framework Agreement (FA) signed between NSCN and Government of India on August 3, 2015 at New Delhi in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other high dignitaries from both sides.

During the meeting held at Noune Resort on July 14, SNWW secretary Qhetoyi A Swu said that the members present resolved to stand by the collective leadership headed

by NSCN chairman Q Tuccu chairman; vice chairman Tongmeth Wangnao and general secretary Th. Muivah for an

honorable and acceptable political solution. The house also resolved to stand united till the Indo-Naga political issue was settled.

Further, the meeting also resolved “to stand by the government’s decision on Intangki Reserve Forest as Naga National Wildlife Sanctuary. It further clarified that the misconception that the Tangkhuls would be rehabilitated in the area was completely false.

SNWW prayed that God would grant wisdom to the negotiating parties and the Nagas to see and understand the truth, “for it is only by the truth and by the power of the Holy Spirit the Nagas will be set free.”

NPF signifies Naga identity, says Dr. Shürho DIMAPUR, JUL 15 (NPN): Naga People’s Front (NPF) president Dr. Shürhozelie Liezietsu, Friday maintained that NPF, which signifies the identity of the Naga people, would always safeguard the regional interest of the Naga people.

Stating that NPF was not a mere political party, but a party with a purpose for the Naga people, he said the party would carry forward the aspiration of the Naga people for the early resolution of the vexed Naga political problem, which was honourable, acceptable and inclusive.

Addressing the induc-

Dr. Shürhozelie with 8 Western A/C NPF new team and central leaders.

tion programme of new office bearers of NPF 8 Western Angami assembly constituency, Dr. Shürhozelie said that NPF cannot be compared with any other political parties as NPF

Traditional agriculture practices of Nagaland, NE different: APC DIMAPUR, JUL 15 (NPN): Agriculture production commissioner (APC) Y Kikheto Sema said the traditional system of agriculture practised in Nagaland and other North-eastern States was different and unique, which was not adequately included in the curriculum and syllabus of any university in the country.

Giving a presentation on Naga Model Integrated Settled Farming (NMISF), which was in line with the natural farming system, at the two-day National Conference of agriculture ministers of States at Bengaluru from July 14 to 15, he admit-

Y Patton (NP)

gineered Pan Naga Hoho (PNH) with chief minister Neiphiu Rio even going to the extent of stating that the Centre had not “rejected” separate Naga flag and constitution.

Patton’s statement echoed the statements made on the floor of the assembly by state H&TE minster Temjen Imna Along.

Imna Along had asked the state government to openly tell people that union home minister Amit Shah, on several occasions, had told state leaders that the demand for flag and constitution will never be accepted.

Several media reports had also said that the mission of the Core Committee to Delhi to meet with Central leaders on Naga issue has more or less ended as Shah in meetings, chose to talk about development issues and not Naga political issue.

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gration from urban to rural areas for taking up farming and help develop agro-eco tourism/farm township.

The APC also raised several issues with the Union Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare like release of funds during the fag end of financial years that were credited only in April, making it difficult to produce utilisation certificates (UC) for the same financial year. He also highlighted difficulties in digital payment systems like DBT, PFMS, etc, as 27 of the 74 blocks in Nagaland were unbanked. He also called for revision of cost norms

for CSS for Nagaland and the region as the cost norms were different from other parts of the country.

The two-day conference was attended by Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, Union Health & Family Welfare and Fertiliser Minister Mansukh L Mandaviya, Karnataka chief minister BS Bommai, Union Minister of State for Agriculture Kailash Choudhary, Union Minister of State for Agriculture Shobha Karandlaje, State agriculture ministers and APCs, agriculture secretaries and senior officers of States.

came into being with “its uniqueness and history for the Naga people.”

The former chief minister said that other political parties came into existence to contest election and fight

for power. However, he said the birth of NPF had a different story. Dr. Shürhozelie said NPF was given birth in the Naga soil when the “heaviest bloodshed” was going on.

Describing NPF as the only political party that was acting as a guardian body of the Naga people, NPF chief said the party would remain with the same aims and objectives till the Naga political problems were solved.

NPF president also claimed that NPF does not envision for power and money, but to bring peace and justice and raise the voice of the Naga people.

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NE will drive India to be frontline nation: Jitendra NEW DELHI, JUL 15 (PTI): Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Friday said that North East and other hilly regions will play pivotal role in making India a frontline nation in the world.

Addressing a rally in Kishtwar virtually from here, Singh, Minister of State for Personnel and in the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), said that areas like Jammu and Kashmir, northeastern states and other hilly states suffered on many counts during the last 60-65 years, due to myopic policies of the successive central governments.

“But soon after the Modi government took over in 2014, Prime Minister had stated that every effort would be made to bring the North Eastern region, J&K and other backward regions at par with the more developed regions of the country,” he said.

Singh said, areas with unexplored potential like Kishtwar, North East and other hilly regions will play a pivotal role in the next 25 years of India’s journey, rather than the saturated states, to propel India as a front when it celebrates 100th year of independence.

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State handloom expo inaugurated DIMAPUR: State Handloom Expo organised by Nagaland handloom & handicrafts development corporation (NHHDC) Ltd. and sponsored by office of the development commissioner (handloom), ministry of Textiles was inaugurated by NHHDC managing director, Zakabo V Rotokha on Friday.

In a press release, NHHDC informed that the objective of the exhibition was to develop and promote marketing channels in domestic and export markets and bring linkage between the two in a holistic and integrated manner.

It is also aimed at providing marketing opportunities to handloom workers with special focus on talented and uncovered weavers, NHHDC informed.

Altogether, 60 par-

NHHDC managing director, Zakabo V Rotokha inaugurating the state handloom expo on Friday.

ticipants from Nagaland, are exhibiting varieties of that the handloom expo Assam, Manipur, West handloom products. would culminate on July Bengal, and Uttar Pradesh It may be mentioned 28.

Artisans upskilled under PMKVY 3.0

DIMAPUR: Advisor for IT, Science and Technology, NRE, Mmhonlümo Kikon visited the traditional and heritage crafts cluster of Dimapur on July 14 as chief guest, where he distributed certificates to artisans upskilled under Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) 3.0, through industry-based upskilling programme of Handicrafts & Carpet Sector Skill Council (HCSSC)

by Cane Concept. In a press release,

HCSSC informed that Mmhonlümo during his interaction with the artisans expressed happiness over the skill they had performed. He expressed hope that the traditional industries would be promoted based on local art and skill to mark the growth of handicrafts industries in the state.

In her speech, HCSSC executive member, Jesmina Zeliang walked the advisor through the training centre where around 2600 artisans have

been trained through industry-based training programme. She informed that they were employed by the industry subsequently and were taught bamboo-based Christmas decorative products for the first time, which would be exported in the international market soon. The programme was also attended by Sovima Village chairman, Sebastin Zumvu and director of Cane Concept, Aku Zeliang among other dignitaries.

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Hollotoli school hosts inter-school quiz competition DIMAPUR: As part of the heritage week celebration, Hollotoli school hosted the 5th inter-school quiz competition on the theme “Heritage: A Spectrum of Identity, Pride and Values” on Friday.

A press release from the school media cell informed that chief guest, additional commissioner GST, Indian Revenue Service (IRS), Sashi Wapang encouraged the students to participate in all kinds of activities beyond classroom learning and emphasised on preserving one’s cultural identity.

The participating teams included—G. Rio School Kohima, ARTC & S Dimapur, Delhi Public School, Hope Academy, Don Bosco Hr. Sec School, Charis High Academy, Holy Cross Higher Secondary School, Christian Higher Secondary School, Maple Tree, Sainik School Punglwa, St. Mary’s Hr. Sec. School, and Hollotoli School.

Hollotoli School was declared the winner, while Holy Cross Hr. Sec School and Hope Academy bagged the first and second prizes respectively. The chief guest Sashi Wapang felicitated the winners with prizes and certificates.

Chief secretary Nagaland, J Alam on Friday, released “Creating School Complexes in Nagaland”, a joint paper by the department of School Education and KPMG India at civil secretariat Kohima. The paper brings together various case studies and learnings from other parts of the world and India to put together the thought leadership piece for envisioning school complexes in Nagaland.

ATMA Peren holds board meeting

DIMAPUR: Agricultural Technology Management Agency (ATMA) Peren held a governing board meeting on Friday, in the conference hall of the deputy commissioner (DC) Peren.

In a press release, ATMA Peren deputy project director, Kumui Nring informed that district soil conservation department, land resource department, Krishi Vigyan Kendra, water resource department, district horticulture department, district sericulture department and fisheries & aquatic resources de-

Khuza & Mutsale settle decades-long boundary dispute

partment presented ongoing departmental projects and schemes implemented in the district during the meeting.

ATMA Peren also presented on organisational set-up and activities carried out at various block levels.

In his speech, DC Peren, Vineet Kumar, who is also the chairman of ATMA governing board emphasised on the need to conduct governing board meetings not only on quarterly basis but as often as possible, in order to create better coordination among agri and allied de-

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Praise the Lord "Oh give thanks to the Lord for he is good for his loving kindness is everlasting.

Psalm 106:1"

AZO LAYS BOUNDARY MONOLITH FOR KHUZA, MUTSALE VILLAGES commissioner (DC) Razouvolie Dozo said development would flourish through peaceful coexistence.

In this regard, he urged upon the villages to exercise trust and confidence between each other.

Phek SP, Vesupra Kezo congratulated the villages on the peaceful settlement of the longstanding boundary dispute while convenor, PAPO jury board, Nekhusa Venuh urged upon them to abide by the judgment order in letter and spirit.

After delivering speeches, Mutsale village council chairman Zaneo Nienu and Khuza village council chairman Nesapra Vero shook hands as a symbolic gesture of peace between the two villages.

Earlier, prayer for boundary monolith was offered by pastor 5th NAP Baptist Church Phek, Pastor Khuza Village Baptist Church, Rev. Puduhu Khusoh and pastor Mut-

State agriculture officers form association

KOHIMA: Agriculture officers in Nagaland have formed a new body under the name and style of Agriculture Officers Association Nagaland (AOAN).

In a press release, AOAN informed that a new team of office bearers was also elected on July 14, 2022 to lead the association for the tenure 2022-2025.

In this regard, the search committee declared L Mhao Lotha as president, Z Hukhato Sema as vice president, Dr James K Chawang as general secretary, Dr Lanunochetla as joint secretary and Medovilie Ladu as finance secretary & treasurer, with director of Agriculture M Ben Yanthan, additional director of Agriculture C Peter Yanthan and additional director of agriculture B N Phom as advisors.

In addition, the house also endorsed the officer bearers to select district representatives (one member each) from all the districts in consultation with respective district agriculture officer.

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23rd June 1943 to 10th July 2022

We, the bereaved family of Late Jash Bahadur Rai would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to all individuals, churches, friends and relatives from near and far for your overwhelming love and support, your love and kindness will be always treasured and remembered.

Azo Nienu and others during laying of the boundary monolith on Friday.

sale Village Baptist Church offered invocation and benediction prayer respectively while PAPO finance secretary Shevohu Nienu proposed vote of thanks.

The programme was also attended by district administration, PAPO members and village leaders.

PAPO informed that the land dispute spanning

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more than nine decades support from Razouvolie the two villages to live in (dating back to the British Dozo and compliance of peaceful coexistence. era) witnessed confrontations and bloodshed, ACKNOWLEDGEMENT however, this was amicably settled on April 29, 2021.

The organisation said this was made possible through the grace of God, initiatives of Azo and Kedallo NNC/FGN, Zhopra Vero, efforts of PAPO,

of our beloved Late Lashito Sheqi

Born : 25.09.1965 – Died : 11.07.2022 We convey our heartfelt and sincere gratitude to each and every individual, groups, churches, friends, neighbours and well wishers for supporting us physically, morally, financially and upholding us spiritually at the sudden demise of our beloved Late SHILUKABA (Ungma) DHC, DEF Mokokchung on 11.07.2022.

We regret our inability to thank each and everyone personally but we humbly pray to our Almighty God to bless you all abundantly.

Loving Wife, Children, Grandchildren and Relatives.

Loving Children and Family Members

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT "Oh magnify the Lord with me, let us exalt his name together"

Psalm 34:3

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DIMAPUR: Khuza and Mutsale villages settled decades-long boundary dispute on Friday, at a monolith laying programme in Phek district.

The boundary monolith, which was laid by NPF legislature party leader and UDA co-chairman, Kuzholuzo (Azo) Nienu testified the mutual commitment of the two villages to live in harmony.

In a press release, office of the Phek Area Public Organisation (PAPO) informed that Azo in his speech, said peace was the need of the hour in Nagaland.

He said Nagas were “badly divided by problems” such as tribalism, factionalism, groupism, boundary dispute etc.

“If peace is not advocated among the Nagas, I will not be surprised if one fine day Naga disintegrate,” Azo stated.

Acknowledging the villages for coming together for peace, Phek deputy

partments.

He asked responsible departments to be positive in their approach towards upliftment of farmers in Peren district.

In this regard, he requested the departments to submit papers or present existing plans, schemes and projects.

To subjugate better workability, we must contribute jointly, the DC stated. He also remarked that the agri and allied departments were interrelated and that joint effort and better coordination will bear visible implantation.

01/10/1934 to 07/07/2022

We, the bereaved family of Late S.P.A Singh would like to express our sincere gratitude to everyone who came and shared in our grief over the passing of our beloved father. We will not forget your kindness to us.

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Children, in-laws, grandchildren and relatives

1st Death anniversary of

Mrs. Moanaro Longchar

16.07.2021

"Memory is a lovely lane, where hearts are ever true, A lane we so often travel down, because it leads to you."

A year ago on this day, the Lord chose to call you home, The pain of losing you is immeasurable, And we live with sadness and grief.

The void you left behind still lingers.

Yet, you live on with us always in our thoughts and forever in our hearts till we meet again.

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NSRLM officials with beneficiaries at the loan sanctioning programme on Friday. (NP)

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by NSRLM in collaboration with JWLCCS Jakhama.

Program manager (IBCB), NSRLM, SMMU, Selabeituo Theünuo said many beneficiaries would be receiving Rs. 3 lakh as loans.

He said the programme was for women in rural areas who strive to make a living by engaging in business activities.

Selabeituo pointed out that the importance of UVP was discussed in all the 74 RD blocks in Nagaland and said if they performed well, they could qualify and continue receiving help from the department.

Under the programme, entrepreneurs were receiving loans without going through rigorous process they had to

go through at banks.

During the event, six out of 28 beneficiaries were chosen to share their testimony and experience under the programme.

Earlier, invocation was offered by Japfüphi Women’s Livelihoods and Credit Cooperative Society (JWLCCS), Jakhama Block, president, Neilakuonuo Levi.

Loan sanction letters were handed out by chief operating officer (COO) Skills NSRLM, SMMU, Menuoneituo Chadi.

Later, vote of thanks was proposed by area coordinator (AC-Skills) NSRLM, BMMU, RD Block Jakhama while benediction was offered by JWLCCS, vice president, Zasibino.

KOHIMA, JUL 15 (NPN): RD Block, Jakhama, observed Udyamita Vikas Pak(Temperature in ºC) Max Min hwada (UVP) on the theme, Agartala Warm with a stray t-storm 34 27 “Celebrating the relentless Aizawl A p.m. t-storm in spots 29 22 spirit of Rural EntrepreneurGuwahati Warm; a stray morning t-storm 35 28 ship” at CMCT, Jakhama Imphal A t-storm around in the a.m.

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34 26 Leading the proShillong A thunderstorm in spots 26 20 gramme, block program Kohima Some sun with a stray t-storm 28 20 manager, NSRLM, BMMU, Dimapur A stray morning thunderstorm 35 25 RD Block Jakhama, Vitsituo Mkg 30 22 Clouds and with a t-storm Mepfhüo said the celebraTuensang A stray morning thunderstorm 24 18 tion was in commemoraWokha Partly sunny 30 24 tion of “Azadi Ka Amrit Zunheboto Clearing; a thunderstorm 27 19 Mahotsav”.

He said informed that Rs. 74 lakh was sanctioned to 28 entrepreneurs as loans for various non-farming DIMAPUR: State Coun- projects under Community cil of Educational Re- Enterprise Fund for entersearch and Training has prise promotion organised informed that admission to 4th batch of nine-month diploma course in school counseling (2022-23) is opened to all 50 graduate teachers nominated by DoSE. SCERT, director, N Chumchabeni Kikon informed that admission would be open from July 22-26, 10 am to 3 pm daily at SIEMAT hall, SCERT, Kohima.

All nominated teachers are informed to take admission to the course. Candidates would be required to fill admission form and submit it with photocopy of passed marksheets and Minister for Health & Family Welfare, S. Pangnyu Phom on Friday, convened a review admit cards from HSLC meeting of the ongoing Nagaland Medical College Kohima, where issues such as to graduation with three manpower, equipment and basic services requirements were deliberated and resolved passport size photographs. for further perusal. (Twitter) JULY 16

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Assam, Arunachal sign pact to end border dispute M’laya SSA teachers to launch

ITANAGAR/GUWAHATI, JUL 15 (PTI): Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu and his Assam counterpart Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday inked a pact to end the decades-old border dispute between the two states, and they agreed in principle on restricting the number of contested villages to 86 instead of 123.

Chief ministers of the two North-easter n neighbours announced in separate tweets that they met at Namsai in Arunachal Pradesh and signed the agreement. “We have decided to restrict the ‘disputed villages’ to 86 instead of 123. Based on our present boundary, we’ll try to resolve the rest

by September 15, 2022,” Sarma tweeted.

Of the 123 disputed villages, a consensus has been arrived on 37 and 86 others are left.

According to the ‘Namsai Declaration’,

Pema Khandu and Himanta Biswa Sarma at the signing of the Namsai Declaration.

Sarma and Khandu agreed that out of the 37 disputed villages, 28 which are within the constitutional boundary of Arunachal Pradesh shall remain with the state while, three villages on which claims were withdrawn by Arunachal Pradesh, will be with Assam.

Six other villages which could not be located on the Assam side would also remain with the frontier state if they exist in Arunachal Pradesh, the

agreement stated. “Both states would constitute 12 Regional Committees each covering the 12 districts of Arunachal and counterpart districts of Assam for joint verification of 123 villages to make recommendations to respective State Governments,” Khandu tweeted.

These regional committees would submit their first tranche of the report on the areas or any other areas where consensus has arrived, before September 15. “As and when

the regional committees will conclude their deliberations and agreement is arrived at between the two governments, the draft MoU will be referred to the union government for its approval,” the Namsai Declaration stated.

The border dispute between the two states was seven-decade-old, but sadly no earlier governments showed the political will to resolve it, Khandu said in a Twitter post and thanked the Narendra Modi government for its guidance in addressing the issue.

“Namsai Declaration is hugely significant and a landmark progress towards enduring brotherhood, peace and prosperity in the North East,” Khandu said.

Sarma also tweeted: “Inspired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and guided by Union Home Minister Amit Shah, we could achieve this landmark in resolving our longpending border disputes.

This is a milestone in the

history of our friendship and brotherhood.”

The declaration was signed by the two chief ministers in the presence of several cabinet ministers of both states. The two states share an 804.1 km-long border. The grievance of Arunachal Pradesh which was made a union territory in 1972 is that several forested tracts in the plains that had traditionally belonged to hill tribal chiefs and communities were unilaterally transferred to Assam.

After Arunachal Pradesh achieved statehood in 1987, a tripartite committee was appointed which recommended that certain territories be transferred from Assam to Arunachal. Assam contested this and the matter is in the Supreme Court.

Earlier, Assam and Meghalaya signed an agreement in March this year to end their five-decade-old border dispute in six of the 12 contested locations.

indefinite protest from July 18

Correspondent

SHILLONG, JUL 15: The Meghalaya SSA School Teachers Association (MSSASA) on Friday declared to launch an indefinite sit-in protest near the additional secretariat from Monday (July 18) to pressurise the government to give in to their demand.

The announcement by the MSSASA came after a failed meeting with the Secretary Education R Rapthap as the government didn’t give in to their demands.

According to the teachers, the government has assured that it would release only two months pending salaries, which was rejected by the SSA teachers. MSSASA President, Aristotle Rymbai said that one of the prime demands is the release of their pending salaries.

He said the SSA teachers have not received their salaries for the months of

Aristotle Rymbai February and March (financial year 2001-2002) and for the months of April, May and June during this fiscal year. Moreover, the SSA teachers are demanding that their salaries be enhanced.

“We (SSA teachers) received our last enhancement in their salaries in 2016. The gover nment should assure that in future there would be more allocation in the state budget for Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan,” Rymbai said.

The SSA teachers are also demanding that all existing SSA teachers should be shifted from State Implementation Society to State Education department as

per provision of SSA-RTE norms. The announcement of the protest comes after a similar protest was undertaken by ad hoc school teachers recently. The ad hoc school teachers camped outside the secretariat and then adjacent to the additional secretariat for a week demanding for their salary hike and annual increment.

Under pressured, the Conrad Sangma-led government partially yielded to their demand and enhanced the ad hoc school teachers’ salaries, however, there was no discussion on the annual increment.

The Education department has time and again rued over paucity of funds in the department.

On the SSA teachers’ salaries, Education Minister Lahkmen Rymbui had said that the central government is yet to release its share of the salaries for these SSA teachers hence the delay in release of their salaries.

Assam reports 707 new MHRC recommends compensation for atrocities by police COVID-19 cases, two deaths Correspondent

GUWAHATI, JUL 15 (PTI): Assam has reported 707 new COVID-19 cases, the highest in the last five months, and two persons have died due to the infection during the past 24 hours, according to the National Health Mission (NHM) bulletin on Friday.

The two deaths took place in Darrang and Kamrup Metro districts pushing the toll in the disease has now increased to 6645, while another 1347 coronavirus positive patients have died in the state due to other reasons since April, 2020, the bulletin said.

The total number of affected now stands at 7,28,616 and the positivity rate has increased to 11.55 per cent during the last 24 hours from the previous day’s 10.75 per cent, it said.

The 707 new cases were detected from 6,123 tests conducted during the last 24 hours. The number of active cases have increased to 3150 as against the previous day’s 2584 while 139

patients were discharged during the day.

Jorhat reported the highest number of 93 cases, followed by 69 in Kamrup Metro, 67 in Dibrugarh and 58 in Goalpara.

A total of 7,17,472 patients have recovered and been discharged from hospitals so far and the recovery rate is 98.47 per cent.

Free Covid precautionary dose for 18-59 yrs

Assam Health and Family Welfare Minister Keshab Mahanta on Friday formally launched the free precautionary dose of COVID vaccine for people in the 18 to 59 age group under a 75 days special drive as a part of the Azaadi ka Amrit Mahotsav.

The health minister, along with Guwahati (West) AGP MLA Ramendra Narayan Kalita, launched the programme at the Primary health centre at Azara here.

Mahanta urged all in

the age group of 18-59 to take the vaccine and be protected against the virus.

Following the formal launch here, the Deputy Commissioners also started the drive in their respective districts. Mahanta said that the necessary directives have been issued to all the district administrations to ensure that the maximum number of people are covered under the drive. He said that the state has high percentage of coverage for the first two doses which has ensured that though the number of cases has registered an increase, the death rate is practically negligible.

Assam has witnessed a surge in COVID cases since the last month with 707 new cases and two deaths reported during the last 24 hours. Altogether 4,69,94,679 doses of vaccines, including 2,45,84,811 first doses, 2,15,14,882 second doses and 8,94,986 precautionary doses have been administered so far.

IMPHAL, JUL 15: Manipur Human Rights Commission (MHRC) has ordered Manipur government to pay a compensation of Rs 50,00 each to two persons arrested and detained for human rights violations by state police. While passing the order, MHRC recommended that the state government pay the compensation as `immediate interim relief ’ to two victims of atrocities perpetrated by state police.

Addressing a press conference, MHRC acting chairperson Khaidem Mani Singh, said that the arrest and detention of the two persons were not “legally justifiable”.

He said that the commission made the recommendation for awarding the interim reliefs as they felt as if there was a conspiracy in the arrest and detention.

Families of the two persons approached the Commission pleading for justice and ensuring protection of their human rights.

During hearings of the

two separate pleas, MHRC found the charges levelled against them as baseless and illegal. The state police should pay compensation of Rs 50,000 each to the two persons - Yumkhaibam Bimol Meitei and Leishram Herojit - as it amounts to violation of their rights, the acting chairperson said.

Bimol was arrested by the state police as an overground worker of proscribed Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup (KYKL) as per the FIR case registered against him by the Lilong police station of Thoubal district. A petition filed by the daughter of Bimol stated that her father was arrested for attending an election rally for Th Brinda Devi (Cop turned politician), who contested the recently held 12th Manipur Legislative Assembly Election from Yaiskul Assembly Constituency. While hearing the petition, the MHRC also conducted an independent inquiry into the charges leveled against Bimol and after an analysis to the facts and circumstances of the case, the commission opined that

IM-Shillong in pact with Girl arrested for poem allowed to write exams Alba Graduate B-school SHILLONG, JULY 15 (PTI): IIM-Shillong signed an agreement with Alba Graduate Business School of Greece for a host of exchange programmes and collaborations, an official said on Friday.

Both the institutes will work together on teacher and student exchange programmes, joint research initiatives, and other academic and scientific endeavours, he said.

IIM-Shillong director DP Goyal and Alba Graduate Business School’s dean Kostas Axarloglou signed the agreement.

“We look forward to developing the most reliable policies and strategies to successfully achieve the goals in the dynamic environment,” Goyal said.

Both the institutions will work to develop workable managerial and technological solutions, he said.

Alba is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE). The commission is authorised by the US Department of Education (USDE) and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA).

GUWAHATI, JUL 15 (PTI): A 19-year-old Assam girl arrested for her poem allegedly supporting a banned outfit, has been allowed by a Golaghat court to appear for a forthcoming semester examination with necessary police escort and other precautionary measures.

The Court of the Golaghat Special Judge Dibyajyoti Mahanta allowed Barshashree Buragohain, a student of mathematics, to appear for her B.Sc second semester examination, scheduled to begin from Saturday.

Buragohain was arrested on May 18 this year from Uriamghat in Golaghat district for allegedly writing on social media a poem titled ‘Akou Korim Rashtra Droh’ (Will again rebel against the nation).

Barshashree Buragohain She had filed a petition through the Superintendent of District Jail, Golaghat, requesting the court to let her appear for the examination.

The court directed the jail superintendent to make necessary arrangements for enabling her to appear for the test on each and every date, as per the schedule of the examination.

Buragohain was arrested on the basis of an FIR filed by police constable Pankaj

Saikia, alleging that she posted objectionable statements on Facebook, which indicates she is “engaged in criminal conspiracy and intends to wage a war against the nation”.

The FIR also stated that she has expressed intent to join the banned ULFA(I) to bolster its confidence, which amounts to “threat to the country’s sovereignty”.

Buragohan’s lawyer Ritupallab Saikia told PTI that nowhere in her post is the word ‘ULFA(I)’ or her desire to join the outfit mentioned.

“The police have not seized or recovered any incriminating documents or pamphlets related to the ULFA(I) from her. Only the screenshot of the post from her mobile has been taken,” he said.

IIT-Ghy retains 7th position in engineering category in NIRF rankings GUWAHATI, JULY 15 (IANS): The Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati has retained its position in the National Institutional Rankings Framework (NIRF), achieving 7th Rank in ‘Engineering’ Category this year. The institute, the only such institution in the entire northeastern region set up in 1994, also retained its position in ‘Overall’ Category, keeping rank 8th in NIRF 2022.

Announcing the NIRF 2022 ranking results on Friday, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, said: “The list of top institutes released in NIRF 2022 showcases the impartial and qualitative assessment done by the Education Ministry.”

IIT Guwahati He said that Prime tion, entrepreneurship, Minister Narendra Modi and digitalisation is the had the vision to make sure way forward for emerging all Higher Education insti- countries. Blended multitutions should be able to disciplinary programs at inhighlight their outstanding stitutes like IITs is the need performance to the young of the hour, he said adding aspirants. that industry’s expectation Pradhan said that of engineering technocrats knowledge based innova- having managerial capa-

bilities is an example of the same and the time has arrived when India will lead the education front globally.

Congratulating the institute on its performance, Prof. T.G. Sitharam, Director, IIT Guwahati, said: “The performance of the institute directly reflects the contribution of the students and the faculty members and we will continue to support their efforts.”

Highlighting the plans for coming years, Prof.

Sitharam said: “The institute is making efforts to promote interdisciplinary research by initiating several academic schools and centres as part of National Education Policy - 2020 implementation.”

IIT Guwahati is the only academic institution in India that occupied a place among the top 100 world universities - under 50 years of age - ranked by the London-based Times Higher Education in 2014.

It continues to maintain its good position even today in various international rankings, an official statement said. With the current student strength of over 7,000, IIT Guwahati has 11 departments, seven inter-disciplinary academic centres and five schools covering all the major engineering, science and humanities disciplines, offering B.Tech, B.Des, MA, M.Des, M.Tech, M.Sc/MS and PhD programmes.

the arrest and detention of Yumkham Bimol was not legally justifiable, the acting chairperson said.

“The arrest of Yumkhaibam Bimol Meitei was not at all essential only on the ground of being overground worker of KYKL, a banned organization without prima facie evidence of nexus with the banned organization and also having no connection with any unlawful activities,” the order of the commission also stated. Since his human rights have been violated, the Commission was of the opinion that appropriate interim compensation under section 18 (C) of the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993 should be paid to the victim, it added.

In another similar case, the commission observed that the arrest and detention of Leishram Herojit, secretary of Coalition Against Dr ugs Abuse (CADA), Thoubal district committee by the police was also illegal.

Herojit was arrested by a team of Thoubal district police on the charge of being

an overground member of the proscribed UNLF recently. However, in the petition filed to the commission, it was stated that Herojit was arrested for organizing a protest against the court’s acquittal of Lukhosei Zou from a drug haul case.

The acting chairperson observed that Herojit was arrested and detained by the police without due process of law for organizing a sitin-protest at Heirok Part II in Thoubal against the acquittal of Lukhosei Zou in a drug haul case.

“During the course of inquiry in the given facts and circumstances of the case, this commission is of the

opinion that the arrest and detention of the said Laishram Herojit aka Shintha by the police is not legally justifiable,” the commission stated in the order.

“His arrest was not at all essential only on the ground of being an overground worker of UNLF, a banned organization, without any prima facie evidence of alleged nexus with the said banned organization”, the MHRC stated.

The commission directed the state government to pay a compensation amount of Rs 50,000 to Laishram Herojit within one month as interim compensation, the acting chairperson added.

AffidAvit I, Opanglemba Tzudir, S/o Purkumzuk Tzudir resident of H/No. 423, Landmark Colony, Dimapur Nagaland declare through an Affidavit No. 745/22 dated 15.07.2022 that my name inadvertently appeared as Opanglemba Ao, S/o Purkumzuk Ao in some of my documents. That Opanglemba Tzudir and Opanglemba aO are the names of same person i.e me.

Henceforth, I will use my name as Opanglemba Tzudir and my fathers’ name as purKumzuK Tzudir for all official and other purposes.

DP-3402/22

BefORe The NOTARY PUBLIC Regd. No. 468

DImAPUR : NAgALAND AffIDAvIT CUm DeCLARATION

Date 19/06/2022

I, Shri. Renchio N Odyuo Son of Shri Y. Ren Odyuo Alias Nrithung Odyuo resident of Akuk Village Sub Div.- Bhandari, Dist.- Wokha, Nagaland, do hereby solemnly affirms and declared as under and nothing concealed.

1. That I am citizen of India and a resident of the above mentioned address.

2. That in some of my documents my father name has been mention as Nrithung Odyuo and in some documents its written as Y. Ren Odyuo but my father actual and correct name is Y. Ren Odyuo.

3. That my family and friends known to my father by both the above names.

4. That the above mentioned names of my father are one and the same person.

5. That from now on I will be using my father name as Y. Ren Odyuo for all my official works.

6. That the content of this Affidavit are true to my personal knowledge and no part of this Affidavit is false and nothing material has been concealed therein.

DEPONENT Solemnly sworn before me on this 19th Day of June ‘2022.

NOTARY PUBLIC

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Regd. No. 70/2022 Date 14/07/2022 I, Shri Tekanochet, S/o Tongpangmeren, presently residing at Signal Bosti, Dimapur, Nagaland, do hereby solemnly affirm and declare as follows:1. That I am a bonafide law abiding citizen of India and presently residing at the above mentioned address.

2. That my daughter’s correct official name is AKUMCHILA, which is entered in all her academic Certificates and official documents.

3. Whereas my daughter’s name is wrongly entered as SANENCHILA due to ignorance in some official records.

4. That henceforth my daughter’s name shall be used as AKUMCHILA in all official records and documents.

5. That this Affidavit is made to declare my daughter’s correct official name i.e. AKUMCHILA and to show as evidence to prove my daughter’s correct official name which shall be use in all official records and documents for brevity.

I verify that the above mentioned statements declared by me is true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief and no material is concealed therein.

DEPONENT Solemnly declared before me on this 14 day of July 2022.

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(Sec 10 of guardianship & Ward act.)

Whereas an application under the Guardianship & Ward Act has been filed by Shri Bauhom Phom for appointment of Guardian in respect of minor(s) Hamjoi Phom before this Court and whereas the 18th day of August 2022 has been fixed for the hearing on the matter. nOTiCe is hereby given inviting objection if any from the person having interest in the above named minor(s) to be furnished on or before the fixed date/or appear in person.

Given under my hand and seal of the Court on this 12th day of July 2022.

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social media content is not even touching boundaries of the offence punishable under Section 153A and 295A of IPC. It said the accused is not required for any custodial interrogation and the alleged act would come into the category of offence only when it is done with a guilty intention.

The judge noted that till today the police have failed to establish the identity of a said Twitter user who felt offended by the tweet of the accused and based on whose complaint the present case was filed.

In response to prosecution’s argument that the words “Before 2014” and “After 2014” used by the accused in his tweet have hurt the sentiments of the

Hindu community and is sufficient to incite the feeling of hatred among people, the court said the followers of the Hindu religion are tolerant.

“Hindu religion is one of the oldest religions and most tolerant. The followers of the Hindu religion are also tolerant. Hindu religion is so tolerant that its followers proudly name their institution/organisation/facilities in the name of their Holy God or Goddess,” the judge said.

A large number of Hindus proudly name their children in the name of their Holy God and Goddess, he added.

“The website of Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India reveals that the number of companies is incorporated, in the name of Holy Hindu God or Goddess. Therefore naming of an institute, facility or organisation, or child in the name of Hindu Deity on the face of it, is not violative of Section 153A and 295A IPC unless the same is done with malice/guilty intention,” the judge said.

The court noted the use of words “Before 2014” and “After 2014” by the

accused in his tweet was meant to point towards a particular political party.

The BJP-led NDA came to power in 2014.

“In Indian democracy, the political parties are open for their criticism. The political parties are not shying away from the public to face the criticism of its policies.

The voice of dissent is necessary for a healthy democracy. Therefore, merely for the criticism of any political parties, it is not justified to invoke sections 153A and 295A of IPC,” the judge said.

He said that democracy is a government by the people via open discussion.

“The democracy can neither work nor prosper unless people go out to share their views. Article 19(1)(a) of the Constitution of India gives freedom of speech and expression to its citizen.”

He said that a free exchange of ideas, dissemination of information without restraints, dissemination of knowledge, airing of differing viewpoints, debating and forming one’s views and expressing them, are the basic indicator of a free society.

16th round of India-China military talks to be held on July 17 on Indian side of LAC

Attacks on Sena workers won’t be tolerated: Uddhav

Defence ministry sets up panel for efficiency audit

NEW DELHI, JUL 15 (PTI): A Delhi court on Friday granted bail to Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair in a case related to his alleged objectionable tweet in 2018 on a Hindu deity, observing that “the voice of dissent is necessary for a healthy democracy”.

Zubair, however, will remain in jail as he has been remanded to judicial custody in some of the FIRs registered against him by the UP Police for allegedly hurting religious sentiments.

Zubair will be sent to the concerned jail in Uttar Pradesh after his release, according to a Tihar jail official here. The journalist is currently lodged in Tihar jail since July 2.

Granting relief to the journalist, Additional Sessions Judge Devender Kumar Jangala said Indian democracy and the political parties are open for their criticism and that merely criticism of any political parties is no ground to invoke section 153A (promoting enmity between different groups) and 295A (outraging religious feelings) of the Indian Penal Code(IPC).

NEW DELHI, JUL 15 (PTI): The 16th round of military talks between India and China on the lingering border standoff in eastern Ladakh will be held on July 17 on the Indian side of the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the region, official sources said on Friday.

India has been pressing for quick disengagement of troops from all the remaining friction points in eastern Ladakh, insisting that peace and tranquillity along the border are prerequisites for progress in overall bilateral ties.

“In continuation with the talks on disengagement along the LAC in eastern Ladakh, the 16th round of talks will be held on the Indian side at Chushul-Moldo meeting point on July 17,”

Mohammed Zubair “Undoubtedly free speech is the proper foundation of a democratic society.” The court further said the Hindu religion is one of the oldest religion and most tolerant and that followers of the Hindu religion are also tolerant.

Six se parate FIRs have been lodged against Zubair in Sitapur, Lakhimpur Kheri, Ghaziabad, Muzaffarnagar and Hathras districts in UP. The court directed Zubair to furnish a bail bond of Rs 50,000 and one surety of like amount, and directed him not to leave the country without its prior permission and not to repeat the offence. The journalist was also ordered to ensure that his tweet or retweet, or any material on

said a source.

The last round of talks between the Indian Army and the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) was held on March 11.

At the fresh round of talks, the Indian side is expected to press for disengagement of troops as soon as possible in all the remaining friction points besides seeking resolution of issues in Depsang Bulge and Demchok.

The situation in eastern Ladakh figured prominently in last week’s talks between External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Bali.

At the one-hour meeting on the sidelines of a conclave of foreign ministers of the G20 nations, Jaishankar

No consensus on amending anti-defection law reached NEW DELHI, JUL 15 (PTI): No consensus on amending the anti-defection law was reached at a meeting of presiding officers on Friday chaired

by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, who said constitution experts, legal scholars and other stakeholders will be consulted on the matter.

There were two divergent views among the members of a committee constituted to examine the law, with the majority in favour of giving more power to the Chair, while the minority view was the power should be with the president of the political party.

Birla had constituted the three-member committee under Rajasthan Assembly Speaker C P Joshi in 2019 after a lot of deliberation to review and amend the anti-defection law.

The recent political developments in Maharashtra and Goa have brought the focus back on the law. The Uddhav Thackeray-led MVA government in Maharashtra

collapsed on June 29 following a rebellion by Shiv Sena’s Eknath Shinde and most of the party MLAs. Sources said that at the meeting, the minority view was that since the party president distributes poll tickets, he can decide on the fate of the defecting lawmakers.

But later, it was felt that any decision in the matter requires more inputs from the legal luminaries and there was a need to consult law experts.

Addressing the press conference, Birla said issues like strengthening anti-defection law, awards to outstanding lawmakers and the minimum number of sittings of the House were discussed at the meeting.

“Presiding officers, constitution experts, legal scholars and other stakeholders will be consulted to amend and strengthen the law,” Birla said.

The 10th Schedule, which deals with anti-defection, was added to the Constitution in 1985 to tackle frequent defections.

had conveyed to Wang the need for early resolution of all the outstanding issues in eastern Ladakh.

“Recalling the disengagement achieved in some friction areas, the external affairs minister reiterated the need to sustain the momentum to complete disengagement from all the remaining areas to restore peace and tranquillity in the border areas,” the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said in a statement after the meeting.

The Ladakh border standoff between the armies of India and China erupted on May 5, 2020, following a violent clash in the Pangong lake areas.

Both sides gradually enhanced their deployment by rushing in tens of thousands of soldiers as well as heavy weaponry.

As a result of a series of military and diplomatic talks, the two sides completed the disengagement process last year in the north and south banks of the Pangong lake and in the Gogra area.

Each side currently has around 50,000 to 60,000 troops along the LAC in the sensitive mountainous sector.

Uddhav Thackeray MUMBAI, JUL 15 (PTI): Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray on Friday said attacks on party workers would not be tolerated.

He was speaking after visiting the party’s Byculla office and meeting Sena worker Baban Gaonkar who was attacked by unidentified persons on Thursday night.

Byculla in South Mumbai is the Assembly constituency of Yamini Jadhav, one of the rebel Sena MLAs who has joined Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s faction. Shinde’s rebellion last month, which toppled the Thackeray-led government, has split the party. “Attempts to play with the lives of Shiv Sena workers will not be tolerated. If police can not bring the culprits to book, Sena workers will do it. Police shouldn’t get into politics,” Thackeray further said.

NEW DELHI, JUL 15 (PTI): The defence ministry has set up an apex committee to conduct “performance and efficiency” audit of capital procurements, logistics, inventory and maintenance of assets of the armed forces.

The committee, headed by the defence secretary, will advise Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on measures for overall improvement in strengthening of internal oversight and risk management framework in various aspects of functioning of the ministry. The panel comprises vice chiefs of the three services, secretary defence (finance), chief of integrated staff committee, controller general of defence accounts and director general (acquisition) and other senior officials of the ministry, including representatives from the Defence Research and Development Organisation.

The setting up of the committee comes amid efforts to streamline the military procurement procedures and focus on enhancing the country’s overall combat readiness.

“The Ministry of Defence has set up an institutional mechanism comprising of an apex committee with the defence secretary as chairman to conduct a

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T H I RU VA NA N T H A PURAM, JUL 15 (PTI): The Kerala government on Friday stepped up vigil to prevent spread of monkeypox, issuing special alerts to five districts, a day after the southern state reported the country’s first case of the rare virus infection.

After chairing a highlevel meeting here, state Health Minister Veena George said special alert has been issued to five districts as people from Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Alappuzha and Kottayam were co-passengers of the infected person in the Sharjah-Thiruvananthapuram Indigo flight that landed here on July 12.

There were 164 passengers and six cabin crew on board, the minister said and added that isolation facilities will be set up in all these districts.

The minister said 11 people who were in the seats next to him are in the high-risk contact list.

The parents of the patient, an auto driver, a taxi driver, a dermatologist of a private hospital where

performance and efficiency audit into various aspects of its activities,” the ministry said in a statement.

“This kind of audit is expected to provide valuable inputs to the top management of the ministry of specific shortcomings, if any, in planning and execution of projects, and suggest systemic improvements in internal controls, soundness of financial procedures, identification of risk factors, etc,” it said. The ministry described formation of the committee as a “major shift” from the existing transaction-based compliance audit to carry out an outcome-based performance and efficiency audit. “The broad areas that have been identified for the conduct of

Veena George the infected person sought the treatment first and his 11 co-passengers who were sitting next to his seats in the flight are now in the primary contact list.

“Passengers who have traveled in this flight should conduct self-monitoring and report to the health officials if they develop any symptoms of virus infection in 21 days. As the phone numbers of many are not available, they are being traced with the help of the police”, George said in a statement.

The minister said the health workers are in touch with the people who were suspected to have come in contact with the infected person and if they have fever or any other symptoms,

performance and efficiency audit include defence capital procurements, provisioning, logistics, inventory levels, maintenance of platforms/ assets, role and performance

they will be tested including for COVID-19. Tests to detect the monkeypox will also be conducted if they are showing any symptoms of the disease.

Immigration clearance officers and those who handled the patient’s baggage at the airport also figure in the surveillance list.

Expressing satisfaction over the patient’s health condition, the minister said all districts in the state have been alerted and specialist training will be provided to health workers to deal with the monkeypox cases.

She also war ned against spreading false pro India reported its first case of monkeypox on Thursday, with a Keralite who returned from the UAE testing positive for the virus, prompting the Centre to rush a high-level multi-disciplinary team to collaborate with the State Health Authorities in instituting public health measures.

The case was confirmed through the testing of the samples of the symptomatic person at the National Institute of Virology, Pune.

of authority holding sealed particulars etc,” the ministry said.

It said the apex committee can also recommend any other specific area for performance and efficiency audit. “The committee chaired by the defence secretary will identify specific areas for the conduct of performance and audit by controller general of defence accounts and monitor performance audit reports and action taken thereon,” the ministry said.

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OPINION/EDITORIAL

Nagaland Post VOL. XXXII NO. 220 DIMAPUR, SATURDAY, JULY 16, 2022

Not a flattering achievement

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ndia is set to overtake China as the world’s most populous country sometime in 2023, according to a United Nations estimate. China and India accounted for the largest populations in these regions, with more than 1.4 billion each in 2022. A report revealed that India’s population stands at 1.412 billion in 2022, compared to China’s 1.426 billion. By November 2022, the planet will be home to 8bn. More than half the growth to be witnessed in the next 30 years will happen in just eight countries - the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Philippines and Tanzania. China had maintained its record as the world’s most populous nation till 2019 when it had 1.43 billion people as against 1.37 billion in India. This might be not only because the rate of population growth in India is higher than in China, but the latter is also expected to experience an absolute decline in its population as early as 2023.

The story behind China’s population control was that it has one of the lowest fertility rates in the world (at 1.15 children per woman). China had announced that its population was due to start declining by 2021 much earlier than previously thought. That is despite the country abandoning its one child policy in 2016 and introducing incentives for couples to have two or more children. In the decade up to 2020, China’s population grew at its slowest rate since the 1950s.

By 2021 its population stood at 141.2 crore people, with the rate of growth falling for the fourth consecutive year.This increasing population in India will put additional pressure on resources, which are already stretched. Changes in a country’s population size are always a result of the demographic transitions. One such phase is where the growth of the working age population -- aged 15-64 years -- is temporarily higher than the combined shares at younger and older ages.

Population control has been an official government policy ever since India launched its family planning programme in 1952. India has always been not very far from China’s population figure. The forced sterilisation during the emergency in 1975 also had its share blame for the failure of the family planning when Sanjay Gandhi made it an agenda. Recently there are have many debates in India on population control. Unfortunately, some Muslim spokespersons and various opposition political parties feel it is all about controlling minority birth rates, not realising that it is a must for all Indians in order to develop into a first world country.

India has more than three times the population of the United States and less than one third of its land mass.

The issue was placed on the national frontburner two years ago when Prime Minister Narendra Modi mentioned it in his Independence Day speech in 2019.

Modi highlighted India’s rising population which he said, posed serious problems for India’s future generations. He invoked national patriotism while illustrating that those who follow the policy of small family also contribute to the development of the nation. India has not option but to revisit family planning with more seriousness by getting all communities, NGOs and government agencies together.

DailyDevotion My Life’s Spiritual Honor and Duty

I am a debtor both to Greeks and to barbarians…

—Romans 1:14

Paul was overwhelmed with the sense of his indebtedness to Jesus Christ, and he spent his life to express it. The greatest inspiration in Paul’s life was his view of Jesus Christ as his spiritual creditor.

Do I feel that same sense of indebtedness to Christ regarding every unsaved soul? As a saint, my life’s spiritual honor and duty is to fulfill my debt to Christ in relation to these lost souls. Every tiny bit of my life that has value I owe to the redemption of Jesus Christ. Am I doing anything to enable Him to bring His redemption into evident reality in the lives of others? I will only be able to do this as the Spirit of God works into me this sense of indebtedness.

I am not a superior person among other people— I am a bondservant of the Lord Jesus. Paul said, “…you are not your own…you were bought at a price…” (1 Corinthians 6:19-20). Paul sold himself to Jesus Christ and he said, in effect, “I am a debtor to everyone on the face of the earth because of the gospel of Jesus; I am free only that I may be an absolute bondservant of His.” That is the characteristic of a Christian’s life once this level of spiritual honor and duty becomes real. Quit praying about yourself and spend your life for the sake of others as the bondservant of Jesus. That is the true meaning of being broken bread and poured-out wine in real life.

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History is a vast early warning system. ~ Norman Cousins

NAGALAND POST, DIMAPUR SATURDAY, JULY 16, 2022

Post-mortem

New wave of refugees could emerge from Sri Lanka

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mong the worst things that could happen to India at present, is greater turmoil in our region. With a failed state in Afghanistan, there is little scope for India to also be tolerant of a failed state in Sri Lanka.

As Sri Lanka continues to spiral downwards to historic lows, India faces a new conundrum. Strategically speaking, a messy Sri Lanka is dangerous for India because a new wave of refugees could emerge and their frustration with their government may establish bases here. Perhaps these numbers are limited due to fuel shortages, preventing boats from carrying them.

Sri Lankans look at India as a saviour, as they have always done over years of history. This cultural bond between India and Sri Lanka certainly needs revival and nurturing but it cannot ignore the harsh realities through which Sri Lanka has trussed their relationship with India.

The ongoing economic mess amid the lack of a stable government, and then everything landing up in the lap of the Parliament to decide who the next leadership will be, does not solve matters. It makes them more precarious.

An army coup will be the last straw.

Politically, it would be a matter of grave risk to enter the political mess of Sri Lanka. President Gotabaya had the opportunity to establish a technocratic cabinet with parliamentary

approval. He missed the boat on that. There are elements in Sri Lanka who believe India should have used its heft to ease him out much earlier. But India was unwilling. Anti-Rajapaksa protests in Colombo often had unreported anti-Indian slogans; Indian economic assistance for daily use to Sri Lanka was targeted at the people but was perceived as supportive of the regime.

This is a contradiction India would continuously have to deal with. No, no aid can be directly given to the people. It has to be routed to the government because it is based on G2G loans.

Whichever government is in power, India will support it. The problem is within Sri Lanka. The people are in rebellion and see the entire political system at fault. This is not directed only at the Rajapaksa family, but also at Ranil Wickramasinghe, and the entire political spectrum.

When all party meetings take place, and now decisions are in the hands of Parliament to elect a new president for the next 2 years and 4 months, and to appoint a new cabinet, the rebellious people see the political class taking advantage of their political efforts and reapportion the gains of power among themselves.

This is unacceptable to the people who have rebelled along with the civil society movements, including former elements of the JVP, the Bar Association and younger clergy. When the political system in Sri Lanka is so

cleaved, it is difficult for India to deal with resolving these political contradictions and to play the role of a facilitator as has been suggested.

The best thing for India to do would be to let Sri Lanka resolve its own political mess and deal with whichever government comes to power making it amply clear that we are supportive of the Sri Lankan people as we have been over centuries and our assistance is humanitarian in nature.

On the economic side, Sri Lanka needs urgent assistance, which India provides.

This should continue. This is through lines of credit or RBI swap arrangements. Colombo needs to repay these and is adding to the considerable debt of $ 51 billion; when it will be repaid is a moot point.

Should India keep adding to Sri Lankan debt burden?

The other option is to do it as grants. That is avoided as grants typically are from the budget of the MEA whereas LOCs are offered by the ExIm Bank of India through budgetary support of the Ministry of Finance.

Some analysts in Sri Lanka mistakenly see this as a deviation between the Foreign and Finance Ministries in India.

India should support Sri Lanka’s economic management by providing capacity building and human resources. A recent visit by the foreign and finance secretaries was a step in this direction.

Working-level engagement with Sri Lankan institutions

to better manage them like the central bank, and the major PSUs for energy, food etc.

Given the nature of Sri Lankan polity, where every politician uses an antiIndia card to secure more votes at the next election, it would be better for India to have these supporting assets based in India and not in Colombo. This remote support should be provided as the second stage of lending.

This could also include credit sales of rice, fuel and fertilizer from Indian companies to Sri Lankan PSUs under a long-term guarantee credit scheme. India should support Sri Lanka with the Bretton Woods institutions and Asian Development Bank for an early bailout. Sri Lanka needs a cash infusion and then specific support. Some of that could be routed through Indian institutions because in Sri Lanka at present, the government is unstable and how institutions work remains uncertain.

The IMF always carves out a hefty cost. A part of Sri Lanka’s problem has been that they have been to the IMF 16 times, almost twice every decade. Each time they followed the IMF dictum but did not manage it well. The IMF is again going to call for a reduction in civil service and defence services personnel, privatisation of government assets like airlines, port, shipping and more private sector involvement in energy supplies for instance.

In this India could play an important supporting

role. India is trying to set up solar plants off the islands of Jaffna; as part of the International Solar Alliance, India should support more solar energy plants in Sri Lanka through urgent feasibility studies. These can be funded through hybrid models which the ISA is working out and which the World Bank and ADB should be able to provide.

Similarly, where privatisation of airlines shipping or ports is concerned, India should encourage its private sector to step in, to invest in them with a view to making these profitable by integrating them into their own operations. It should be announced that India would do it for a period of three years and then be ready to disinvest to Sri Lankan investors if feasible.

Acquisition of the Colombo port of which 70 per cent of cargo is destined for India could be a strategic move.

The main point to remember is that India should not raise the debt stress of Sri Lanka but look to invest in equity to give them a reasonably fair deal for their assets at this time.

Where demobilisation of the military, and reduction in civil service is concerned, India should step in with impact investment funds and capacity-building efforts which can be granted. A mixture of these would perhaps create a new entrepreneurial class, which is not dependent on the government for employment. Another important area to consider is that the Sri

Lankan economy depends a lot on tea, textile exports and tourism. Tourism assets could be invested in by Indian hotel chains and integrated with tourism in India. This will take time but the support of big Indian brands operating in Sri Lanka would generate confidence among Indian tourists and could gain from a Maldives-like boom. Similarly, with tea and textiles.

They require inputs and raw materials constrained due to foreign exchange restrictions.

With RBI announcing a rupee trading mechanism, Sri Lanka should be persuaded to enter into such trading with India which will allow its tea and textile sectors to obtain inputs from India and possibly export.

India needs to balance its generosity as a neighbour while valuing its history with Colombo. The people of Sri Lanka are seeking major changes whose contours are unclear. India must remain available for assistance but not seen as taking advantage of a weak neighbour. Yet the engagement should include clear strategic markers outside which Colombo should restrain itself. Given the state of the world, there are too many crises for countries besides India to even focus on Sri Lanka.

Gurjit Singh is India’s Ambassador to Germany, Indonesia and Ethiopia.

He has served in several countries including Sri Lanka.

(As published in Outlook)

Suggestion to curb traffic congestion in Kohima and generation of revenue

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oday, traffic jams have become a daily routine in the capital town. It is observed that during Assemble Sessions, no traffic jams occur due to strict enforcement of traffic regulations.

If such strict enforcement is always applied, perhaps there may not be any traffic jam. Some multi-parking buildings are coming up in the capital town and apparently, more are in the pipeline. However, no matter how many more of these multiparking buildings come up, they can neither fully meet the requirement of the people nor solve the present menace of traffic congestion.

Streamlining of traffic congestion in the State in general and the Capital town in particular appears to be late but the saying goes, ‘Better late than never’. In order to curb traffic congestion and generate revenue from parking rent/fees, a few suggestions are put forward: It should be made mandatory for vehicle owners to set up a private garage. For the implementation of such a mandate, a grace period may be given. Grace period: A minimum of three months grace period may be given to vehicle owners to enable

them to arrange a private garage.

Subsequently, the following options may be considered: Option 1: 1. On expiry of the grace period, any person who hasn’t conformed to the directive may be given another 15 days along with a fine of Rs. 1000/- per night.

2. After expiry of 15 days, the vehicle may be towed away to public ground etc. with a rental charge of Rs. 2000/-, Rs.3000/- and Rs.5000/per day against light, medium and heavy vehicles respectively.

3. The vehicle may be returned to the owner after payment of towing charge and defaulting charge of Rs.5000/- & Rs.10000/-, Rs.10000/& Rs.20000/- and Rs.20000/- & Rs.30000/- in r/o light, medium and heavy vehicles respectively.

4. If the owner cannot claim the vehicle within 5 days as stated in Slno. 3 above, the vehicle/s may be disposed of through public auction. This auction exercise may be completed within 5 days.

Option 2: 1. On expiry of 3 months grace period, any vehicle without a garage may be allowed to park on the road

with rental parking fee @ Rs.1000/-, Rs.2000/- and Rs.5000/- per night for light, medium and heavy vehicle respectively.

2. Visitor/s in their own conveyance may be permitted for a maximum of 5 days by paying Rs.1000/-, 2000/- and 5000/- per day or night as part of parking fee in r/o light, medium and heavy vehicles respectively Use of government multiparking building In view of the huge money invested for construction of the multiparking building, it is imperative that it must be used judiciously for generation of revenue for the Govt.

Parking/rental fee is proposed as: 1. Day parking fee: a) Upto half an hour - Rs.10/-, b) Upto 1 hour - Rs.50/-, c) Beyond 1 hour and till 5 PM - Rs.100/-. if day vehicle parks beyond 5 PM, an additional charge of Rs.200/- i.e.

Rs.100/- + Rs.200/- = Rs.300/- may be collected.

2. Night time parking rent for vehicle owners without a garage (Light vehicle only): Rs.200/- per night from 5:30 PM to 7:00 AM in the morning for one month.

3. Vehicle owners without a garage intending to rent beyond one month may be given upto another 3 months with Rs.500/- rental charge per night.

4. Beyond 3 months, rental charge may be raised to Rs.1000/per night. For new registration: A certificate from the concerned Panchayat that there is provision/ compound to park the proposed new vehicle/registration. The concerned Panchayat shall be held responsible for any false certificate with a fine of Rs.10000/Implementation 1. In case of Option 2, the Panchayat may be entrusted to implement the mandate during the initial period of 6 months and the rental charges so collected may be shared 50:50. In order to maintain transparency and accountability, a daily report with a photograph of vehicles parked on the road may be sent to the Govt. After 6 months, the Govt. may take over the whole responsibility and any negligence of duty on the part of the official in charge may be directly reported to the Head of Dept. by the Panchayat as a part of strict and successful

implementation.

2. A garage is not a road, so also a road is not a garage. If for a certain reason, the road is to be utilized for those without a garage even after the grace period, the Option 2 given above must be implemented for a specific time period only. If the vehicle owner/s is/are able to afford paying the rental fee, there will be a generation of Govt. revenue.

However, it is certain that there will be a number of vehicle owners who would find the high rental fee to be beyond their economical maintenance and would voluntarily opt out of keeping a private vehicle, thereby, traffic congestion will automatically be eased. In order to solve heavy traffic congestion, it is high time to take drastic measures and stringent action sooner rather than later.

3. The odd-even system is also required to be in operation permanently so that there will be less vehicle movement and air pollution level.

Neikeduolie Kohima Village neikeduolieswohu@gmail.com

World Youth Skills Day

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e are aware that there is no universally agreed international definition of the youth age group. For statistical purposes, however, the United Nations—without prejudice to any other definitions made by Member States—defines ‘youth’ as those persons between the ages of 15 and 24 years. This definition, which arose in the context of preparations for the International Youth Year (1985) (see A/36/215), was endorsed by the General Assembly in its resolution 36/28 of 1981. All UN statistics on youth are based on this definition, as is reflected in the annual yearbooks of statistics published by the UN system on demography, education, employment and health.

The age differs in different countries when it comes to the definition of the youth but here we are focusing on the definition of the UN when it comes to youth.

There are many issues that are affecting young people around the world. The situation varies from country to country or continent to continent. When it comes to youth then a few buzzing words that come to our mind include employment, jobs, skills, etc.

Transforming youth skills for the future Recent estimates suggest that 600 million jobs would have to be created over the next 15 years to meet youth employment needs.

The proportion of young people not in employment, education or training (the youth NEET rate) has remained stubbornly high over the past 15 years and now stands at 30 per cent for young women and 13 per cent for young men worldwide.

Enterprises and organizations brought skills development almost to a standstill due to lockdown measures introduced during the pandemic. Training was interrupted for 86 percent of apprentices and 83 percent of interns/trainees. Nearly half of the enterprises have stopped paying stipend or wages to apprentices, interns and trainees. The youth population will grow by more than 78 million between 2021 and 2030. Low income countries will account for nearly half of that increase. Education and training systems need to respond to this challenge.

One of the important events when it comes to skill development and young people is the observance of Youth Skills Day.

In 2014, the United Nations General Assembly declared 15th July as World Youth Skills Day (WYSD), to celebrate the strategic importance of equipping young people with skills for employment, decent work and entrepreneurship.

Since then, WYSD has provided a unique opportunity for dialogue between young people, technical and vocational education and training (TVET) institutions, firms, employers’ and workers’ organizations, policy-makers and development partners.

This year it takes place amid concerted efforts towards socio-economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic that are interconnected with challenges such as climate change, conflict, persisting poverty, rising inequality, rapid technological change, demographic transition and others.

Young women and girls, young persons with disabilities, youth from poorer households, rural communities, indigenous peoples, and minority groups, as well as those who suffer the consequences of violent conflict and political instability, continue to be excluded due to a combination of factors.

The United Nations and

its agencies, such as UNESCOUNEVOC, are well placed to help address these challenges by reducing access barriers to the world of work, ensuring that skills gained are recognized and certified, and offering skills development opportunities for out-of-school youth and those not in employment, education or training (NEET).

During this Decade of Action for the 2030 Agenda, the full engagement of young people in global processes is vital to generate positive change and innovation.

Most of the countries are focusing on skill development activities to encourage innovation and engagement of youths for positive transformation.

The Secretary General of the UN in his message said that “young people are disproportionately impacted by interlinked global crises, from climate change to conflicts to persistent poverty.

The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated these fragilities. In 2020 alone, youth employment fell by 39 million. Today, 24 million young people remain at risk of not returning to school.” He further said that “together, let us build a more just and thriving

workforce, rescue the Sustainable Development Goals and leave no one behind.”

Effective skill training can enhance the path towards sustainable development. Proper planning and engaging youths is important. In India, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship is responsible for coordination of all Skill Development efforts across the country, removal of disconnect between demand and supply of skilled manpower, building the vocational and technical training framework, skill up-gradation, building of new skills and innovative thinking not only for existing jobs but also jobs that are to be created. The Ministry aims to skill on a large scale with speed and high standards in order to achieve its vision of a ‘Skilled India’.

Together we can bring a positive change through effective skill training programmes. Coordinated efforts are needed amongst different stakeholders to make it more effective. If we can transform the youth skills in a positive way then we can ensure a sustainable future for all of us.

Ranjan K Baruah bkranjan@gmail.com

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

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asserts he never knew or invited NIRF ranking: IIT Madras best institution Ansari Pak journalist Mirza to any conference IISc BENGALURU

IISc Bengaluru best university NEW DELHI, JUL 15 (PTI): The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras retained the top spot among institutes in the country for the fourth consecutive year whereas the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bengaluru was the best university and research institution, according to the Ministry of Education’s National Institutional Ranking Framework rankings.

The seventh edition of NIRF rankings was announced on Friday by

Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.

Seven Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) -- IIT Madras, IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Kanpur, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Roorkee and IIT Guwahati-- figured in the top 10 in the overall rankings. The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and Jawaharlal Nehru University were ranked ninth and tenth in the overall rankings In the universities category, IISc Bengaluru bagged the top spot followed by JNU and Jamia Millia Islamia at second and third rank.

The BHU, which was

ranked third last year in the category, slipped to the sixth position this year.

Jadavpur University, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Calcutta University, Vellore Institute of Technology and University of Hyderabad, bagged the subsequent positions in the universities category.

Eight IITs -- Madras, Delhi, Bombay, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Roorkee, Guwahati and Hyderabad -- have figured among the top ten ranks in the engineering institutions category. The National Institute of Technology (NIT) Tiruchirapalli

-- which was ranked ninth last year -- has bagged the eighth spot this year while NIT Surathkal has retained its 10th position.

Among colleges, Miranda House retained its spot as the best college in the country followed by Hindu College which has improved its rank to make it to the second spot from the ninth position last year. Lady Sri Ram College for Women slipped to fifth rank from the second spot last year while Presidency College, Chennai climbed to the third spot from the seventh position.

Loyola College in Chennai has slipped to the fourth spot from third rank.

Delhi University’s noted colleges St. Stephens and SRCC, which figured into the top ten list last year, found no mention in this year’s rankings.

IIM Ahmedabad, Bangalore and Calcutta retained their first, second and third rank respectively among the B-Schools in the country.

In the pharmacy category, the top institute is Delhi’s Jamia Hamdard, followed by the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Hyderbad and Panjab University, Chandigarh which slipped to the third position from second rank.

In the medical colleges category, AIIMS, Delhi bagged the top spot, followed by PGIMER Chandigarh and Christian Medical College, Vellore.

Among the dental colleges, Saveetha Institute of Medical And Technical Sciences, Chennai; Manipal College of Dental Sciences and DY Patil Vidyapeeth, Pune were the top three institutions.

NEW DELHI, JUL 15 (PTI): In the face of a fresh attack by the BJP, ex-vice president Hamid Ansari on Friday said he stands by his previous statement that he never knew or invited Pakistani journalist Nusrat Mirza to any conference.

Mirza has claimed that he had visited India five times during the UPA rule and passed on sensitive information collected here to his country’s spy agency ISI. Mirza purportedly commented that he had visited India on Ansari’s invitations and also met him.

Ansari, however, has dismissed the charge as a “litany of falsehood”.

The BJP on Friday stepped up its attack on the Congress over the matter and cited a photograph of Ansari and Mirza purportedly sharing the stage during a 2009 conference in India on terrorism.

“The for mer Vice President of India stands by his earlier statement that

Hamid Ansari

he never knew or invited Pakistan journalist Nusrat Mirza to any conference, including the 2010 conference mentioned by Nusrat Mirza or 2009 conference on terrorism or on any other occasion,” a statement from Ansari’s office said.

Rebutting the BJP’s claim of inviting Mirza, Ansari had a couple of days earlier said it is a known fact that invitations to foreign dignitaries by the VicePresident of India are on the advice of the govern-

ment, generally through the Ministry of External Affairs.

Clips of Pakistani journalist Mirza’s interview in Pakistan have been doing the rounds on social media for the last few days in which he stated that he attended a seminar on terrorism in India in which Ansari spoke.

Mirza also claimed to have given secret and classified information to the Pakistani spy agency InterServices Intelligence (ISI).

Modi ‘harmful’ for rupee, govt ‘directionless’: Cong Cracks in SP-led alliance, Rajbhar to support Murmu

Supriya Shrinate

the rupee fell during the UPA. “’The country is in the throes of despair’, These are your own words, aren’t they, Prime Minister ji? As much noise you used to make at that time, today you are as ‘maun’ (silent) seeing the Rupee depreciating rapidly,” Gandhi said in a tweet in Hindi.

Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate wondered what the prime minister would say on his own statements now when the Indian currency is falling to new lows.

“The government, as always, seems directionless.

Modi is toxic and harmful for the rupee. What is the government doing to address high inflation and it is

a vicious cycle,” she alleged at a press conference.

“Before 2014 Mr Modi falsely claimed that a ‘strong PM’ is necessary for the strengthening of the rupee has proven to be most toxic and harmful for the currency. This so-called strong PM made the rupee weakest in history. Rupee has depreciated more than 7 per cent in the last six months. But for how long will the prime minister keep hiding behind the war of corona, Russia and Ukraine,” she asked.

Noting that the value of the rupee was only Rs 58 against a US dollar in 2014, she said in the last eight years it first breached the age of retirement and then went to the “Marg Darshak Mandal” and has now crossed Rs 80 - a fall of Rs 22 against a dollar in eight years.

“Mr Modi think about your eroding dignity and credibility - your words not ours,” she said.

Quoting Modi she said while attacking the UPA government, he had stated that “The currency of a country falls where the govt is immoral and corrupt.”

“I sometimes wonder there is a race between the central govt and the falling rupee. Who will stoop lower? The prestige of the PM is attached to the falling rupee.

The lower it falls, the more credibility and dignity of the prime minister is eroded,” Shrinate said quoting Modi.

“These are not our words. These are the colossal Jumlas of candidate Modi pre-2014. I wonder what he has to say on his own statements today,” she asked.

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra also hit out at the government, saying while the rupee is falling and unemployment rising it is coming out with list of words through which it can be questioned.

“The rupee is falling against the dollar. Employment is declining. The income of people of the country is decreasing. But, the list of words/programs/ methods is increasing in the Prime Minister’s Office, through which you can question or protest against all this,” Vadra said in a tweet in Hindi.

LU C K N OW, J U L 1 5 (PTI): Samajwadi Party ally Om Prakash Rajbhar’s Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP) on Friday announced it will support NDA candidate Droupadi Murmu in the presidential election.

Speaking to reporters here, Rajbhar said the decision was taken after discussions with party leaders and office bearers.

Rajbhar, whose party is a constituent of the Akhilesh Yadav-led opposition coalition, said his party decided to support Murmu after appeals by Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Murmu herself and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.

The SBSP chief, however, said his party’s alliance with the SP was intact and that he was not parting ways with the grouping.

“I am still in alliance with the Samajwadi Party.

In the presidential election, my party is supporting NDA candidate Droupadi Murmu,” Rajbhar said.

“Murmu herself told me that she hails from the

Maha: Death toll in rain-related incidents crosses 100 MUMBAI, JUL 15 (PTI): Rain-related incidents have claimed the lives of 102 persons across Maharashtra so far during the ongoing monsoon season, the state disaster management authority said in a report on Friday.

These figures are between June 1 and July 14, it said.

‘Misled, betrayed, cheated’: Rahul’s dig at PM Modi NEW DELHI, JUL 15 (PTI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the issue of joblessness, asking if India’s unemployed youth can use “unparliamentary” words -- misled, betrayed and cheated -- “for your lies” of providing two crore jobs every year. Gandhi shared a graph based on the CMIE data which showed that unemployment had doubled in five years from 2017-18 to 2021-22.

The graph showed the percentage of unemployment in the last five years with the poser: “Where are the 2 crore jobs/year, Prime Minister?”

“Misled. Betrayed.

Cheated. PM, can India’s unemployed youth use these ‘unparliamentary’ words for your lies?” the former Congress chief said in a tweet.

Gandhi’s attack also comes after opposition uproar over certain words of common use being categorised as unparliamentary in a booklet by the LS Secretariat.

Three of the deaths were recorded in the last 24 hours - one each in Buldhana, Nashik and Nandurbar districts - and two persons were reported missing, it said. The fatalities were caused by incidents like floods, lightning strikes, landslides, falling of trees

and collapse of structures, among others. As per the latest data, 20 villages in the state were affected by heavy rains. As many as 3,873 people have been evacuated and sent to relief camps, the report said. Several parts of the state, including Mumbai and its adjoining areas, have

been witnessing heavy rainfall over the last few days.

Twenty villages in Gadchiroli and Chandrapur districts have received an average of 20.5 mm rainfall in the last 24 hours, it said, adding that Parshuram Ghat on the Mumbai-Goa Highway is shut for traffic.

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When the matter was taken up at the party forum, everybody unanimously said that Murmu should be supported in the July 18 presidential election,” he said.

“All six MLAs of our party will vote for Droupadi Murmu,” Rajbhar said.

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NEW DELHI, JUL 15 (PTI): With the rupee almost touching the Rs 80mark against the US dollar, the Congress on Friday launched a fierce attack on the government alleging that it is directionless and silent on the free fall of the currency as it will affect every Indian.

The party also targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying he is “harmful for the rupee” and recalled his own words as Gujarat chief minister, when he attacked the UPA government saying “the prestige of the PM is attached to the falling rupee and the lower it falls, the more credibility and dignity of the prime minister is eroded”.

The rupee recovered 8 paise to settle at 79.91 (provisional) against the US currency on Friday, tracking heavy buying in domestic equities and weakness in the greenback overseas.

Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi recalled Modi’s words used in the past and said he is as much silent today as much as the noise he created in the past when

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NEW DELHI, JUL 13 (AGENCIES): From next week, many household items, hotels, and bank services, among other things, will get costlier after the GST rates were hiked for several items in the 47th Goods and Services Tax meeting in Chandigarh last month.

While The GST council proposed to withdraw tax exemptions for a few items and rate changes for others, exemptions for many others were removed, Business Standard reported.

The increased rates for various products and services will come into effect from Monday, July 18.

Here’s what will get costly from Monday: LED lamps; ink, knives, blades, pencil sharpener, blades, spoons, forks, ladles, skimmers, skimmers, cake servers; printing, writing and drawing ink; fixture and their metal printed circuits board by 18 per cent Power-driven pumps,

bicycle pumps, dairy machinery by 18 per cent Machines used for cleaning, sorting, grading seeds, and grain pulses; machines used in milling/ cereals industry; air-based atta chakki and wet grinder by 18 per cent Cheques, lose or in book form by 18 per cent Solar water heater and system by 12 per cent Leather (prepared, finished, chamois and composition) by 12 per cent Printed maps and charts of all kinds by 12 per cent 12 per cent GST on hotel accommodation priced up to Rs 1,000 per day. Room rent, except ICU, more than Rs 5,000

per day patient charged by a hospital taxed 5 per cent to the extent of charge of the room without ITC Works contract for roads, bridges, railways, metro, effluent treatment plant, crematorium and others by 18 per cent 18 per cent GST for work contract for historical monuments, canals, dams, pipelines, plants for water supply, educational institutions, hospitals etc supplied to central,m state goverments and local authorities and sub-contractor thereof Works contract supplied to central and state governments, union territories & local authorities for earthwork and sub-contracts thereof 12 per cent.

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NPF signifies Naga identity, says Dr. Shürho ‘Flag and constitution main obstacle for solution’...

(From p-1) He maintained that many new political parties came to Nagaland for election, but all fade away because they did not have any roots.

He said NPF has come across difficult times and situations, but still stands strong because it was deeply rooted with the Naga society.

At the programme, NPF president encouraged the new team of NPF 8 Western Angami A/C, saying they should work as leader of the Naga people with their best of abilities.

He expressed hope that the new team will carry forward the aspiration of the people.

NPF 8 Western Angami unit president, Makole Suosahie, affirmed to work

faithfully with the leadership of the party. He claimed that 8 Western Angami A/C being the bastion of the regional party, the unit would give its best to bring back the winning NPF candidate in the coming election.

Earlier, the programme was chaired by NPF Kohima division working president Vira Lhousa, invocation prayer was given by NPF CEC member Suosahie Sachü, introduction of search committee report and pledge was administered by NPF senior vice president and convenor search committee Kohima Division Kruzakie Kelio while vote of thanks was proposed by NPF central general secretary Neiko Lhousa, this was stated in a press note issued by NPF press bureau.

Gold drops Rs 293; silver tumbles Rs 1,075 NEW DELHI, JUL 15 (PTI): Gold prices in the national capital on Friday fell by Rs 293 to Rs 49,970 per 10 grams amid decline in international precious metal prices, according to HDFC Securities. In the previous trade, the yellow metal settled at Rs 50,263 per 10 grams. Silver also tumbled by Rs 1,075 to Rs 54,326 per kg from Rs 55,401 per kg in the previous trade. “Spot gold prices for 24-carat gold in Delhi fell by Rs 293 reflecting overnight fall in COMEX gold prices,” said Tapan Patel, Senior Analyst (Commodities) at HDFC Securities.

In the international market, gold was trading lower at USD 1,703 per ounce while silver was flat at USD 18.23 per ounce.

(From p-1) Efforts to secure early solution to the Naga political issue has been reinforced with addition of Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma as another ‘facilitator’. Himanta has been meeting with the UDA Core Committee and others.

Unity College freshers day: Meanwhile, addressing the 16thFreshers-cumAnnual Day at Unity College, Patton emphasised that student life was the most interesting and challenging period of one’s life, adding that it was the most crucial period, considering that this was a determining phase for one’s future.

He said student life was also a time where one got tremendous opportunities to explore the world, prepare to face challenges and define one’s future.

“As leaders of tomorrow, huge responsibilities lie ahead of you for creating a better society too,” he stated, while urgingthem all to work for better society and not to be disappointed by failures in lifebut treat them as pillars of success.

He also encouraged students to utilise education

as means to engage in building one’s life and character and assimilation of ideas with the ultimate goal of having an ideal society.

“The maturity of a society has to be judged in terms of consciousness of the young generation, their obligations and duties towards society,” he noted.

He observed that the college was growing by leaps and bounds over the years with better infrastructure and introduction of different departments.

The minister also appreciated Unity College principal Dr Lichumo Enie, staff and management for producing good results, expressing hope that the college would cater to the needs of students and with adequate staff and modern facilities. Patton also inaugurated the Academic Block II, while Library and Computer Resource Centre were commissioned by Geology & Mining and Soil & Water Conservation minister V Kashiho Sangtam andPower adviser H Tovihoto Ayemi, respectively.

The programme was chaired by assistant professor of Political Science

Vienna Awomi, invocation offered by KBBD pastor Rev M Tonglong and welcome speech deliver by the college principal.

Highlights of the programme included special number by Alokito and Calvin Chibemo and traditional fusion by Colours of Unity.

Speeches on behalf of seniors and juniors were delivered by Unity College Students’ Council general secretary Wangphao Konyak and first semester student Yimjungbenla, while vote of thanks was given by Imtisangla from fifth semester.

It was later informed that the fully air-conditioned library was furnished with a sitting capacity of 100 persons, had around 8,700 books and internet facility.

College authorities said the library was also accessible for students of other colleges and researchers, while the computer resource centrehad 100 computers, which were used during CSIR, UGC and NTA exams. The dedicatory prayer for the Academic Block II was pronounced by Dimapur Lotha Baptist Church home evangelist Rev RP Murry.

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day that only its domestic flights in UK and shorthaul international flights have been pulled from the summer schedule because of Heathrow’s restrictions.

“The India-London (Heathrow) flights are operating as usual at the moment,” the British Airways added. Air India is also expected to cancel or reschedule some of its India-Heathrow flights to adhere to the passenger number limits, according to the aviation industry source.

Air India did not respond to PTI’s request for a statement on the matter.

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and will rebook them on an alternative flight on the same day wherever possible with the option to rebook on a later date or request a refund. British Airways said in a statement to PTI, “This is incredibly disappointing news for our customers, coming at a time when we’ve already taken responsible action to reduce our summer schedule to

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implemented by Heathrow Airport on all airlines on Thursday 14 July, we’ve regrettably had to cancel one of our London Heathrow - New York (JFK) return services, operating as flight numbers VS45 and VS4 and our morning departure to Delhi, flight VS302,” Virgin Atlantic said in a statement.

It added that it is contacting affected customers

slim our programme further, utilising slot alleviation to minimise disruption, provide certainty for travellers and help airports manage their resource.”

As a result of Heathrow’s request, the airline said it will now need to take a small number of additional flights out of its schedule and the carrier will be contacting customers to apologise, advise them of their customer rights and offer options including rebooking or refund. “We also know that some customers may want to review their travel plans in light of the current travel challenges and have introduced a policy that will allow customers to easily change travel dates so that they have additional flexibility,” it said. The airline clarified later in the

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NEW DELHI, JUL 15 (PTI): Virgin Atlantic cancelled its Delhi-London flight on Thursday and other carriers could also pull out India-London flights from their summer schedule following Heathrow airport’s decision to limit the number of passengers to one lakh a day.

The limits on passenger numbers imposed by Heathrow airport to cope with a staff crunch are being imposed from July 12 to September 11. There are 102 direct flights a week between India and Heathrow airport -- British Airways (41), Virgin Atlantic (21), Air India (33) and Vistara (seven). Heathrow airport in London is one of the busiest airports in the world.

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steel. Here is how a depreciating rupee is likely to impact spending: Imports: Importers need to buy US dollars to pay for imported items. With the dip in the rupee, importing items will get more expensive. Not just oil but electronic items, such as mobile phones, some cars and appliances, are likely to get expensive.

Foreign education: The rupee losing value against the US dollar would mean foreign education just became more expensive.

Not just having to shell out more rupees for every dollar that the foreign institutions charge as fees, education loans too have become costlier following the interest rate hikes by the RBI. Foreign travel: With the COVID-19 cases declining, there has been revenge travel for work and leisure. But, these have now just become more expensive.

Remittances: However, non-resident Indians (NRIs) who send money back home will end up sending more in the rupee value.

As per the latest data, the country’s imports expanded by 57.55 per cent to USD 66.31 billion in June compared to the year-ago month.

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NEW DELHI, JUL 15 (PTI): The Indian rupee nearing 80 to a US dollar will make imports of items from crude oil to electronic goods, overseas education and foreign travel costlier while raising fears that the inflation situation could worsen.

The primary and immediate impact of a depreciating rupee is on the importers who will have to shell out more for the same quantity and price. However, it is a boon for the exporters as they receive more rupees in exchange for dollars.

The rupee depreciation has wiped away some of the gains that would have accrued to India from international oil and fuel prices dropping to pre-Ukraine war levels. India is 85 per cent dependent on foreign oil to meet its needs for fuels, such as petrol, diesel and jet fuel.

The rupee, which on Thursday closed at an all-time low of Rs 79.99 to a US dollar, appreciated 7 paise to 79.92 in early trade on Friday. The basket of Indian imports includes crude oil, coal, plastic material, chemicals, electronic goods, vegetable oil, fertiliser, machinery, gold, pearls, precious and semi-precious stones, and iron and

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Sikh man, acquitted in 1985 Air India bombings, shot dead in Canada

TO RO N TO, J U L 1 5 (PTI): The Canadian police have said they are still working to determine the motive behind the targeted killing of Ripudaman Singh Malik, a 75-yearold Sikh man acquitted in the tragic 1985 Air India Kanishka terrorist bombing case.

Malik was shot dead in Surrey, British Columbia on Thursday.

Malik and co-accused Ajaib Singh Bagri were acquitted in 2005 of mass murder and conspiracy charges related to the two bombings in 1985 that killed 331 people, the CBC News said.

The report cited a witness who said he “heard three shots and pulled Malik from his red Tesla bleeding from a neck wound.”

Another witness from a nearby business identified that the victim of the shooting was Malik.

Sur rey Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) said a “man shot

Ripudaman Singh Malik

at that location at around 9:30 am succumbed to his injuries at the scene.

They say it appears to be a targeted shooting and are not releasing the victim’s name.”

The police said they located a “suspect vehicle” which was “engulfed in fire,” the report added.

Another report in ABC News said that while police had not initially released the victim’s identity, it confirmed it after Malik’s son, Jaspreet Ma-

lik, posted a statement on social media about his father’s shooting.

“The media will always refer to him as someone charged with the Air India bombing,” Malik’s son wrote on Facebook.

He said that his father had been “wrongly charged” in the case and the court concluded that “there was no evidence against him”.

“The media and RCMP [Royal Canadian Mounted Police] never

seemed to accept the court’s decision and I pray today’s tragedy is not related,” he said.

In a statement, the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team said: “We are aware of Mr Malik’s background, though at this time we are still working to determine the motive.

We can confirm that the shooting appears to be targeted and there is not believed to be any further risk to the public.”

The 1985 Air India bombing is among the worst terrorist attacks in Canadian history and in the history of the airline.

On June 23, 1985, the Air India flight 182, carrying 329 people, including 268 Canadian citizens and 24 Indian citizens, flew from Toronto and stopped in Montreal from where it was en route to London and then onwards to its final destination Bombay.

The plane was flying 31,000 feet above the Atlantic Ocean when a

Irish sailors unload on June 29, 1985 at a navy base in Cork, debris from the Air India Flight 182 that crashed off the coast of Ireland on June 23.

suitcase bomb exploded in the front cargo, killing all on board.

Another bomb was meant to be planted in an Air India flight scheduled to take off from Japan but it exploded at Tokyo’s Narita airport killing two baggage handlers.

The CBC News report said that reaction to Malik’s death was mixed.

While Malik’s friends said they “lost a hero of the Sikh community,” former British Columbia premier

Ujjal Dosanjh, a former acquaintance of Malik’s, said he was a controversial figure.

“One of the other complicating factors is he made a recent visit to India where he wrote a letter in support of [Prime Minister] Modi and his policies and I think that may have reverberated and had implications within the community,” Dosanjh said in the report.

The report added that in recent years, Malik had

served as chairman with Khalsa School and managed two of the private schools’ campuses in Surrey and Vancouver. He was also president of the Vancouver-based Khalsa Credit Union (KCU), which has more than 16,000 members.

He is survived by his wife, five children, four daughters-in-law, and eight grandchildren.

Inderjit Singh Reyat was convicted on various charges and spent 30 years

in prison for helping to make the bombs, and for lying during trials, including Malik’s.

He was released in 2016 after serving twothirds of his perjury sentence.

Reyat was the only person convicted for the Kanishka bombing blamed on Khalistani extremists seeking revenge for the Indian Army’s action at the Golden Temple to flush out militants in 1984.

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With immense pride and honour, we the Dimapur Riphyim Ekhüng (DRE) would like to extend our warm congratulations / felicitating the following personalities for their meritorious achievements in various fields and brought laurels and fame to the Union in particular and the Village in general.

1. Miss Mhayano A Odyuo, Daughter of Late Adamo Odyuo on securing the post of Assistant Professor in History under Higher Education in the recently declared NPSC, 2022.

2. Dr. Orenvungi Patton, Daughter of Late Samuel Patton for passing MBBS from SN Medical College, Jodhpur, Rajasthan.

3. Miss Bernadett Patton, Daughter of Late James M. Patton on being selected as LDA-cum-Computer Assistant in the Deputy Commissioner's Office, Dimapur conducted under Departmental Examination, 2022.

4. Miss Mhalo L Odyuo, Daughter of Dr. Liphamo Odyuo for securing Top 17th in the recently declared HSLC (NBSE) Examination, 2022.

Further, the Union wishes them all success in their future endeavours.

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LONDON, JUL 15 (PTI): With Rishi Sunak now firmly placed as the candidate to beat, the battle lines are drawn for second place in the race to replace Boris Johnson as Conservative Party leader and British prime minister, with the remaining five contenders set for their first public clash on Friday. Sunak, who was the winner of the first two rounds of voting by Tory members of Parliament, will appear for a series of televised debates over the weekend with his remaining opponents – Trade Minister Penny Mordaunt, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, former minister Kemi Badenoch and Tory backbencher Tom Tugendhat.

Suella Braverman, the Indian-origin Attorney General who was knocked out of the race in round two, has thrown her support behind Truss – boosting the thirdplaced candidate’s chances.

“Liz is the best person to unleash the opportunities of Brexit, and deliver much-needed tax cuts,” said Braverman, in a statement after the second round of voting on Thursday.

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The Office of the Mopungchuket Ait Laishir Telongjem would like to congratulate our esteemed members: 1. Mr. Tiaakum Ao, S/o Dr. Rev. Louis Meren Ao and Mrs. Aienla Aier for his numerous achievements namely B.Arch. from the New Jersey Institute of Technology 2019 where he was the Recipient of Comprehensive Studio Scholarship for Design Excellence Award. Most recently he received his Masters of Science in Real Estate Development Scholarship for Exceptional Talent Award. Currently he is working in Manhattan in the field of Real Estate Finance.

2. Mr. Putusen, S/o Lt. Temjennungsang Longkumer and Mrs. Sentinaro Jamir from Fazl Ali College Mokokchung for securing Top 1 position in B.A Geography honours under Nagaland University Examination 2021-2022.

3. Ms. Tzudina Jamir, D/o Mr. & Mrs. Tenlachiba Jamir, for securing the post of Assistant Professor in Statistics under Higher Education.

4. Ms. Naroti Jamir, D/o Mr. & Mrs. Imlisashi Jamir, for securing the post of Research Associate in Linguistics under SCERT. The Union is elated for their accomplishments and further wishes them all the best in all their future endeavours.

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He said that the armed forces have been given the powers and the freedom to deal with any acts of violence and sabotage.

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fELIcItAtION The Japu Village Council is immensely pleased to convey our heartiest appreciation and congratulations to dr Meyisangla Longkumer, wife of Shri Tinuwati Chungmir of Japu Village for having been awarded the degree of Ph.D in Economics on the topic, “Women Entrepreneurs and Economic Livelihood: Kohima and dimapur districts".

The Council is indeed proud of her tremendous achievement and it is hoped that Almighty continue to bless and guide her in all her future endeavours. tAREPtSuNGBA Chairman Japu Village Council

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With immense pride and joy, the Chohzu Students’ Union extend our heartiest congratulations to Mr. c. Honjem Konyak, S/o Mr. Chingshei Konyak for successfully clearing the NPSC (CESE) as Asst. Professor in History under Higher Education.

May Almighty God continue to bless him in his future endeavours.

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The Litem ViLLage CounCiL Citizens and Litem Baptist ChurCh with immense joy and pride extend our heartiest congratulations to the following for their success and for bringing laurels to our community.

1. mr. i Changsang soted, NCS promoted to SDO (Civil) 2. miss songmaidoLa Chang, D/o Late S. Lachumong for securing the top 4th Position in Bachelor of Arts (History Honours) from St. Edmund’s College Shillong under NEHU. 3. miss LemshemshingLa a Chang, D/o K. Ashongba, subject topper (Political Science) in Bachelor of Arts from Patkai Christian College (Autonomous) under Nagaland University.

4. mr. amBa e. Chang, S/o I Elem Chang Gold Medalist in Master of Forest Science.

The LBC wishes them more success in their future endeavours.

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The Kohima Japu Union is immensely delighted to acknowledge the achievement of dr meyisangla Longkumer, wife of Shri Tinuwati Chungmir of Japu Village on her being conferred the degree of Ph.D in Economics on the topic "Women entrepreneurs and economic Livelihood" as well as being promoted to the post of Joint Director, Tribal Affairs Department, Government of Nagaland.

The Union is proud of her stupendous achievement and it is hoped that Almighty God continues to shower His blessings upon her in the days to come.

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tried to leave the crisis-hit island nation on Tuesday.

Gotabaya Rajapaksa himself fled to the Maldives on Wednesday and then reached Singapore on Thursday following massive protests against his government.

The Wokha Village Eloe Ekhüng (WVEE) extends sincere appreciation and gratitude to Smti Liboni Humtsoe, Director, Rural Development, Government of Nagaland for her kind assistance in the renovation of Women Recreation Hall and for construction of Earthenware House at Wokha Village under Wokha District, Nagaland.

Wokha village used to be an ancient trade centre for pottery where fine pottery was produced for domestic use as well as sold to neighbouring villages and other tribes. With the dedication of the Earthenware House on 01/07/2022, it is hoped that potters from the village will restore the splendour of its past glory in the field of pottery and also aid in the economic growth of women in the village.

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FeLiCitation With esteemed pride and honour, Thongrü Tsutpu Tsarüwould like to convey our heartiest congratulations to the following persons: 1. shri. L.t. sangtam, Advocate for his appointment as Additional Advocate General for the state of Nagaland at Gauhati High Court, Kohima Bench.

2. mr. nohochem sangtam, for clearing NPSC (CESE) securing the post of Assistant Professor in Environmental Science under Department of Higher Education Nagaland.

3. ms. Lumvila sangtam, daughter of Shi. Lanutemsu Sangtam of Chare Town for achieving 1st Runners-up at Mr & Miss Mega Model Hunt Season 2 at RCEMPA Jotsoma, Kohima.

Subtitle: Miss Best Physique & Miss Congeniality.

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COLOMBO, JUL 15 (PTI): Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court on Friday barred former prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and former finance minister Basil Rajapaksa from leaving the country till July 28.

The order was passed by the apex court during the hearing of a petition filed by global civil society organisation Transparency International on the economic crisis in Sri Lanka. The petition filed on June 17 had sought the court to restrict the overseas travel of the two Rajapaksa brothers, former Central Bank Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal, and former treasury secretary S R Attygala.

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walkie-talkies, violating coronavirus restrictions, sedition and a corruption charge. Suu Kyi’s supporters and independent analysts say the charges are politically motivated and an attempt to discredit her and legitimize the military’s seizure of power while keeping her from returning to politics.

Suu Kyi is being tried for multiple charges at a new facility constructed in the prison compound in the capital Naypyitaw, including the electoral fraud charge.

She was transferred from a secret detention location to a custom-built solitary facility at a prison in Naypyitaw last month.

The penalty for the offense is three years’ im-

COLOMBO, JUL 15 (PTI): Ranil Wickremesinghe on Friday pledged to maintain law and order and revive the 19th Amendment to the Constitution aimed at empowering Parliament over the executive president as he was sworn in as Sri Lanka’s interim president until the House elects a successor to Gotabaya Rajapaksa.

Rajapaksa, currently in Singapore, emailed his resignation to Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena, who said on Friday that he accepted his resignation, which he received late on Thursday. Rajapaksa’s resignation came two days after the embattled leader fled to the Maldives and then flew to Singapore in the face of massive protests against his government for mishandling the economy that bankrupted the country.

Wickremesinghe, 73, was sworn in as the acting president of Sri Lanka before Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya. Addressing Parliament after he was sworn in as interim Presi-

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prisonment. Former President Win Myint and former Union Government Office Minister Min Thu are codefendants in the case.

The election fraud charge was filed in November by the state Election Commission, whose members were appointed by the military government. The military dismissed the commission’s previous members, who had declared there were no major irregularities in the election. The new commission accused the defendants, including its own former chairman, of being “involved in electoral processes, election fraud and lawless actions.”

A legal official familiar with Friday’s proceedings said Suu Kyi testified in the court that she did not go beyond the country’s constitution in holding the 2020 general election, and did not influence the Union Election Commission in that election, before pleading not guilty. Further details of what she said were not available because of a gag order on her lawyers.

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BANGKOK, JUL 15 (AP): Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi denied the accusations in an election fraud charge against her when she testified for the first time on the case Friday at the prison court in the capital Naypyitaw, a legal official said.

The army seized power from Suu Kyi’s elected government in February last year, claiming massive voting fraud in the 2020 general election, an allegation not corroborated by independent election observers.

Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy party won that election in a landslide, while the militarybacked Union Solidarity and Development Party did poorly. A conviction in the election fraud case could lead to Suu Kyi’s party being dissolved and unable to participate in a new election the military has promised will take place in 2023.

Suu Kyi has already been sentenced to 11 years in prison after being convicted on charges of illegally importing and possessing

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ours after former IPL Chairman Lalit Modi announced that he is dating Bollywood actress and former Miss Universe Sushmita Sen and intends to tie the knot with her soon, her father and retired Indian Air Force officer Shubeer Sen on Friday said that he has absolutely no knowledge regarding this development.

“I do not have any knowledge or information

about this development. I had a telephonic conversation with my daughter on Friday morning only.

But she did not tell me anything on this count.

I was informed after the tweet from Lalit Modi only by media persons.

Since I have absolutely no information on this development, I am unable to offer any comment,” Wing Commander Sen (retd) told a section of the media persons here.

He also said that during the course of conversation with his daughter on Friday morning, there was just casual talk where Lalit Modi was not mentioned even once. “If this happens, it will be an important turn in my daughter’s life. I will surely come to know of that in future.

But as of now, I have no knowledge on this count,” he said.

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of growing relationship between his daughter and Lalit Modi, Sen said that she came home to attend a family function almost 18 months back and even then, she did not inform anyone in the family on this count.

Asked specifically, whether Lalit Modi as a

son-in-law was acceptable to him, he said that this question would arise only after he is certain whether at all Lalit Modi exists in the matter. “Had I been aware I would have informed the media everything since there is nothing to hide in the matter,” he said.

I’m in a happy place, surrounded by love: Sushmita Sen

Not married and unconditionally surrounded by love, Sushmita Sen said in a cryptic Instagram post on Friday, a day after former Indian Premier League chairperson Lalit Modi set social media abuzz with a tweet on his relationship with the Bollywood star. The “Aarya” star, who did not comment on Thursday night when Lalit Modi made his revelation, took no names in her post in which she shared a photograph with her daughters -- Renee and Alisah. The London-based founder of the IPL had referred to Sen as his “better half ” and said the relationship marked “a new beginning a new life”. “I’m in a happy place! Not married... no rings... and unconditionally surrounded by love. Enough clarification given... Now back to life and work! Thank you for sharing in my happiness always ...

And for those who don’t... it’s #NOYB anyway. I love you guys!” Sen, 46, wrote. Following Lalit Modi’s tweet on Thursday, there was speculation about the duo’s marriage, but in a follow up post the 56-year-old businessman clarified that they are just “dating”. (PTI)

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an-India blockbuster ‘Pushpa - The Rise’ may have released more than a year ago but the Allu Arjun starrer continues to set new highs in the popularity stakes. The movie has achieved yet another record by becoming the first ever album in India to hit 5 billion views.

Taking to social media, the makers of the film

shared the poster and wrote “The Biggest Ever Feat In Indian Cinema ?????

Icon Star @alluarjunonline ‘s #PushpaTheRise is the First Album to hit 5 BILLION VIEWS ????”

From the time the first poster of the film was dropped to the time the film lasted in the theatres, ‘Pushpa’ became a rage across markets. From ‘Sammi

Sammi’ to ‘Eyy Bidda Idhi Naa Adda’, Indians grooved to the movie’s lyrics. ‘Oo Antava Ooo Antava’ went on to became the biggest party anthem of the year.

‘Pushpa: The Rise’, directed by Sukumar, broke several box office records and even entered the Rs 100 crore mark in the Hindi belts. It went on to mint Rs 300 cr worldwide. (IANS)

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feLicitatiOn With immense pride and pleasure, we the Bhumnyu Students’ Union would like to extend our heartiest congratulations to the following individuals; 1. Miss Y. Lungjai Phom, D/o Mr & Mrs. H. Yoyan Phom for securing the post of Assistant Professor in Education under Higher Education Department in the recently declared Common Educational Services Examination conducted

by NPSC. 2. Mr. S. Nyenglong Phom, S/o Mr & Mrs. K. Simon Phom for securing 9th Rank in BA (History) in the recently declared Nagaland University UG Exam 2022.

The Union further wishes them success in their future endeavours.

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W i t h i m m e n s e j o y, t h e Thakiye Ghami Kuposhukulu Union Dimapur, Nagaland and loved ones would like to proudly extend their heartiest congratulations to Miss Toviholi Swu, D/o Rev. Hekiho Swu and Mrs. Antoni Swu for successfully clearing the NPSC exam, thereby securing the prestigious post of Asst. Professor (Class 1 gazetted).

The Union further commends her for not only being a dreamer but a doer and extends best wishes for her hereafter endeavours.

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With immense pride and joy, we the Taknyühü Phang of Bhumnyü Village, Longleng, extend our heartiest congratulations to Miss Y. Lungjai Phom, D/o Mr. H. Yuyan Phom and Mrs. Pangyau Phom on being selected to the post of Assistant Professor in the recently declared NPSC results under Higher Education Department, Government of Nagaland.

We wish and pray that Almighty God continue to bless her abundantly in all her future endeavours.

The Oushok Village Council takes immense pride and joy to congratulate Miss Y Lungjai Phom, D/o Shri H Yuyan Phom for clearing the NPSC Exam for the post of Assistant Professor in Education under Higher Education Department, Government of Nagaland.

We wish and pray that Almighty God will continue to grant her more wisdom and guide her in all her future endeavours.

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as well in refrigerated temperatures as in freezer temperatures. The numbers also differed by food item.

They said this study underlines the importance of rigorous sanitation in the har vest, transport, packaging and distribution of food products.

“Continued efforts are needed to prevent contamination of foods and food processing surfaces, worker hands, and food processing utensils such as knives,” the authors wrote, adding that the disinfection of foods prior to packaging also needs to be addressed.

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temperatures (-4 F.) “We even found that the viruses could be cultured after [being frozen for] that length of time,” Bailey said in a journal news release.

Researchers said their findings are significant because SARS-CoV-2 can reproduce in the gut, not just in the respiratory tract where most people feel its effects. Three virus strains were used as surrogates in the study, including two animal coronaviruses. All three have been used as stand-ins in previous studies of SARS-CoV-2.

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The Thipüzumi Students’ Union extend our heartiest congratulations to: 1. Miss Sekholü Tetseo, D/o Mr. & Mrs. Vesatha Tetseo on being recommended to the post of Research Associate in Linguistics under SCERT in the recently declared CESE, NPSC. 2. Mrs. Razouneinuo Suokhrie, W/o Kevethito Obee Rose on being recommended to the post of Assistant Professor in Psychology under Higher Education in the recently declared CESE, NPSC. The Union also congratulates Miss Khrüvolü Tetseo, D/o Lt. Mr. Medoyi Chüzho and Mrs. Vezotalü Chüzho for topping the UG Examination 2022 under NU in Tenyidie Honours.

The Union wishes them the best in their future endeavours.

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The Longmisa Senso Mungdang extends our heartfelt congratulations to Mr Merenchuba, S/o Lanusashi on being promoted to Assistant Commissioner of State Taxes under Department of State Taxes.

The Senso Mungdang humbly prays that Almighty God bless him with sound health and success in all his future endeavours.

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neW sangsOMOng sTuDenTs’ uniOn Motto : “For a better tomorrow”.

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With immense pride and pleasure, we the New Sangsomong Students’ Union (NSSU) would like to extend our heartiest congratulations and appreciation to Shri. S. Yolise Sangtam, S/o Shri. Sepikyu and Mrs. Akingla on being promoted from Senior Labour Inspector to Assistant Labour Commissioner.

The Union further wishes him success in his future endeavours.

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The Kohima Aliba Senso Telongjem (KAST), takes great pleasure in extending our heartiest congratulations and appreciation to the following individuals of Aliba village on successfully clearing the NPSC, Common Educational Services Examination 2019.

1. Miss Kilangsungla Pongener, D/o Mr. N. Abong Pongener & Mrs. S. Nukshirenla, for securing the post of Assistant Professor in Education under Higher Education Department.

2. Miss Bendangrenla S. Longkumer, D/o Mr. Sakuyuba Ao & Mrs. Asangtila Imchen, for securing the post of Assistant Professor in English under Higher Education Department.

The KAST wishes them more success in their future endeavours.

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pected as the virus’ source -- was conducted on frozen chicken, beef, pork and salmon. The findings were published June 11 in Applied and Environmental Microbiology , a journal of the American Society for Microbiology.

The Baimho Students’ Union with great joy and immense pleasure, would like to extend our heartiest congratulations and appreciation to Dr. Kikato V. Chishi, Son of Mr. Vinito Chishi and Mrs. Shitoli Chishi for successfully completing (MD) Doctor of Medicine in the Department of Pallative Medicine with academic excellence and achieving Gold Medal from BJ Medical College, Ahmedabad.

The Union prays that Almighty God continues to bless and guide him in his future endeavours.

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new study suggests that cousins of the SARS-CoV-2 virus can survive on frozen meat and fish for up to 30 days.

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eta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp is working on a new feature that may allow users to Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp is working on a new feature that may allow users to post voice notes on their status updates.

According to WABetaInfo, this feature is under development so it is not ready to be released to beta users.

“WhatsApp is planning to extend the functionality of status updates by adding the support for voice notes,” as per the report.

A voice note shared as a status update may be called “voice status”.

The feature will only be shared with the people you choose within your status privacy settings, and the voice note will be endto-end encrypted as other images and videos shared to your status.

Recently, the platform announced that it is rolling out a new feature that will let users react to messages with any emoji of their choice.

CEO Mark Zuckerberg mentioned some of the emojis like a robot, french fries, surfing in the sea, etc.

Meanwhile, a recent report said that WhatsApp is also likely working on a feature that will give iOS users the ability to hide their online status from everyone.

Currently, users can choose to display their “Last Seen” information to contacts, some people, or no one. For a future version Currently, the platform of the app, WhatsApp will gives several users the abil- let users follow a similar ity to react with a limited approach to the online tognumber of just six emojis. gle.

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“Although you might not store meat in the fridge for 30 days, you might store it in the freezer for that long,” said first author Emily Bailey, assistant professor of public health at Campbell University in Buies Creek, N.C. Her team conducted its research without use of the actual coronavirus that causes COVID-19.

Instead, researchers relied on surrogate viruses with similar protein spikes.

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FIBA Cup: Philippines beat India 101-59

Action in the match between India and Philippines.

JAKARTA (INDONESIA), JUL 15 (IANS): The Indian men’s basketball team suffered a 59-101 defeat against the Philippines in its second FIBA Asia Cup 2022 Group D match at the Istora Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, here on Friday.

Muin Bek Hafeez was India’s standout player with 14 points followed

by Pranav Prince with 11.

William Navarro, with 18 points, and Thirdy Ravena, 17, did the damage for the Philippines.

This was India’s second loss in a row in the FIBA Asia Cup after a 10047 thrashing against world No. 27 New Zealand in the opener. India are currently third in Group D with two points, just above Lebanon

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who have the same tally but have played a game less.

T h e P h i l i p p i n e s, ranked 34th in the world, started on the front foot, as expected, against an Indian basketball team ranked 48 places below them.

India’s Pranav Prince dunked to get the scoreboard rolling but the Philippines soon took over the reins and raced to a 13-8

lead. Some great work by Muin Bek Hafeez helped India draw level at 13-13 but it was the last time the Indian team found itself on level terms with their opponents throughout the duration of the match.

With Thirdy Ravena leading the offensive, the Philippines ended the first quarter with a seven-point lead before extending it to 18 before half-time as the score read 53-38.

India, missing captain Vishesh Bhriguvanshi through an injury, failed to mount any sort of resistance in the second half as they kept leaking points.

The game ended 101-59 in the Philippines’ favour, an olympics.com report said.

India’s final Group D match will be against world No 54 Lebanon on Sunday. The top team from the group will advance to the quarterfinals while the second and third-placed nations will compete in the playoffs for a second chance at making the final eight.

Notably, India’s best performance at the FIBA Asia Cup came in 1975 when they finished fourth.

Tokyo to host 2025 World Athletics Championships TOKYO, JUL 15 (REUTERS): Tokyo has been selected as host city for the 2025 World Athletics Championships, the sport’s governing body announced on Thursday a day before this year’s event begins in Eugene, Oregon a year later than planned due to COVID-19.

The event will return to the site of last year’s Olympic Games in the year that the Japanese Association of Athletics Federations (JAAF) celebrates its centenary.

Nairobi, Silesia and Singapore had also bid for the championships, while Budapest will host the 2023 version.

“Within an extremely strong field of candidates Tokyo offered a compelling bid,” World Athletics President Sebastian Coe said after the decision of WA’s ruling Council.

“I hope this will be a shining light for Japan as they celebrate 100 years of the JAAF in 2025, by bringing world-class athletics back to the people in Tokyo.”

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BENGALURU, JUL 15 (PTI): A confident Indian men’s hockey team is looking to put brakes on Australia’s golden run at the upcoming Commonwealth Games, vice-captain Harmanpreet Singh said on Friday.

Australia has won all the six gold medals on offer in the men’s competition since the game’s introduction at the multi-sport event in Kuala Lumpur in 1998.

But Harmanpreet exuded confidence that his team will be able to buck the

trend in Birmingham.

“Our team has been performing well. We played well in FIH Hockey Pro League as well and therefore the confidence is high within the group. We will look to keep winning matches. We will definitely try our level best to win gold at the Commonwealth Games 2022,” he said. “Our preparations for the Commonwealth Games are going on very well. We are working on specific aspects of our game during our training sessions and we are focusing on

the learnings from the FIH Hockey Pro League.”

The ace drag-flicker said finishing and defence remains a concern for India but they are constantly working to plug holes in these two areas.

“We are specifically working on our finishing and defending skills at the moment. Overall, we are hitting the right notes in the practice sessions. We’ll just keep working hard on our game and try to keep getting better day by day as a team,” Harmanpreet said.

CAS dismisses appeals by Russian SC to hear BCCI’s plea to allow amendment of its constitution FA and clubs against FIFA, UEFA bans ing its hopes of competing at the World Cup in Qatar.

Later in May, Russian Premier League clubs Zenit St Petersburg, Dynamo Moscow, FC Sochi and CSKA Moscow filed an appeal against UEFA. “In all of these cases, the Panel determined that the escalation of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, and the public and government responses worldwide, created unforeseen and unprecedented circumstances to which FIFA and UEFA had to respond,” CAS said in a statement.

“In determining that Russian teams and clubs should not participate in competitions under their aegis while such circumstances persisted, the Panel held that both parties acted within the scope of the discretion granted to them

under their respective statutes and regulations.”

After FIFA and UEFA’s decision, several national soccer associations also announced that they would not play against Russia in the wake of its invasion of Ukraine, including those of Poland, Sweden and the Czech Republic.

earlier order of the court says that amendment to the constitution can only be done with prior permission of the court.

The bench said it will see that the matter is listed

File picture of Jay Shah, Sourav Ganguly and Arun Dhumal during the Annual General Meeting in October 2019. (PTI)

pearing for the BCCI, that their application was filed two years ago and direction was given by the court to list the matter after two weeks.

“But then Covid hap-

for next week.

Earlier, the Justice RM Lodha led committee had recommended reforms in the BCCI which have been accepted by the top court.

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pened and matter could not be listed. Please list this matter for urgent hearing because amendments to the constitution are in pipeline for two years now”, he said. Patwalia said the

Felicitation The Lumami Baptist Church conveys our heartiest congratulations to Miss Khekali Sema, D/o Mr & Mrs Tokheho Sema for clearing the NPSC exam as Assistant Professor in Commerce securing 2nd Rank under Higher Education Department.

We wish her more success in her endeavours.

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LONGJANG LANU 12 BUBA ZüNGA offers felicitations to Miss Moamenla Jamir, daughter of Mr. Temsu Jamir & Mrs. Atou Veronica, on receiving Gold Medal Award for B.Sc. Forestry, from Sri Dev Suman University, Uttarakhand.

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MOSCOW, JUL 15 (REUTERS): The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Friday dismissed appeals filed by the Russian soccer federation and four Russian clubs against FIFA and UEFA’s decision to ban them from all competition until further notice following the country’s invasion of Ukraine.

Global soccer’s governing body FIFA and European soccer’s governing body UEFA decided in February that all Russian teams, whether national or club sides, would be suspended from participation in FIFA and UEFA competitions after the invasion, which Moscow calls a “special military operation”.

In March, CAS rejected a request from the Russian soccer federation (FUR) to freeze FIFA’s suspension, effectively end-

NEW DELHI, JUL 15 (PTI): The Supreme Court on Friday said that it will hear next week the plea of the Board of Control for Cricket in India seeking to amend its constitution with regard to the tenure of its office bearers including President Sourav Ganguly and Secretary Jay Shah.

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The Naghutomi Union Dimapur Area (NUDA) is immensely delighted to learn that Ms. Kainali A Chophy, D/o Azheto Chophy for achieving Degree in Master of Science in Nursing and also a Gold Medalist of the University. The NUDA is proud of her achievement and wishes her more success in her endeavours.

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The Kiphire District Cricket Association (KDCA) has extended its appreciation to Nagaland Cricket Association (NCA) for conducting first ever 3 days coaching camp in the district Hq., from 11th to 14th July for all categories U-16 boys & girls, U-19 boys & girls, U-23 boys & girls, men & women senior.

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Shri. Talikaba Pongen Level-1 Coach, Shri. Kechesin Keppen Level-1 Coach, Shri. Keneizetso Medom Level-2 Coach, Dr. Mowalong Kichu Physio for successfully conducting the camp.

We further wish them the very best of luck and to scale greater heights in their future endeavours.

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Sd/J. K. Kiutsumong Secretary, KDCA

Miss Sekholü Tetseo

With immense joy and a grateful heart to our Almighty God, we the Thipuzumi Welfare Society Kohima, along with all well-wishers sincerely convey our heartiest congratulations to Mrs. Razouneinuo Suokhrie Rose, W/o. Kevethito (Obee) Rose for securing the post of Assistant Professor in Psychology under Higher Education, and Miss Sekholü Tetseo, D/o. Vesatha Tetseo for securing the post of Research Associate in Linguistic under SCERT in the recently declared NPSC (CESE) results.

The society extols their achievements and wishes both the very best in their future endeavours.

(Dr. Rüpfühü Rose) Chairman Thipuzumi Welfare Society Kohima

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a wild card into this year’s main draw.

Serena hasn’t officially announced whether she is playing at the U.S. Open, but it looks like she’s attempting to continue her comeback at the Grand Slam. Led by World No 1 Iga Swiatek, Toronto will feature 41 of the top 43 ranked players.

Given the tour nament’s strong entry list, which includes the full slate of the tour’s Top 10, along with Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina, Roland Garros runner-up Coco Gauff, Canada’s own Leylah Fernandez and reigning champion Andreescu, the tournament’s entry cutoff was high this year. No.43 Sara Sorribes Tormo was the last direct main-draw entrant.

“When you read over that star-studded list, it’s hard not to get excited about the WTA Tour making its return to Sobeys Stadium,” tournament director Karl Hale said.

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TO RO N TO, J U L 1 5 (IANS): The 23-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams is set to play in the National Bank Open, starting from August 8-14 in Toronto.

It will be her first hardcourt tournament in two years after she made her tennis return at the end of June by playing doubles in the Eastbourne tournament on grass court ahead of Wimbledon. She then played singles at Wimbledon, losing in the first round to France’s Harmony Tan in a close three-set match.

Serena Williams is scheduled to participate in the National Bank Open in Toronto, the first WTA 1000 event of the summer.

She is using her protected ranking to enter the Toronto tournament Serena, a three-time champion in Toronto, last played there in 2019, where she made the final against Bianca Andreescu. The Canadian was also granted

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With immense pride and honour, the Khukiye Lukhai Ghami Kuposhukulu Dimapur (KLGKD) would like to congratulate D r. I t s a t o S w u , s o n o f Mr. Shinito Swu and Mrs. Kitoli Swu for successfully completing MBBS from Davao Medical School Foundation Philippines and Qualified- Foreign Medical Graduate Examination (FMGE).

The KLGKD further wishes and prays that Almighty God continues to bless and guide him in his future endeavours.

(Vekhopra Khamu) G. Secretary Thipuzumi Welfare Society Kohima

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Singapore Open: Sindhu in SFs; Saina out

PV Sindhu

SINGAPORE, JUL 15 (IANS): The two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu registered a thrilling win over China’s Han Yue to reach the semifinal, but her compatriots Saina Nehwal and HS Prannoy crashed out after suffering heartbreaking defeats in their respective

Badminton trials in Kohima DIMAPUR, JUL 15 (NPN): Kohima District Badminton Association (KDBA) will be conducting selection/trials of players for the Kohima district team for the upcoming Nagaland Inter-District Tournament 2022-cum-Nagaland Olympics 2022, scheduled to be held in Longleng in the month of August 2022. The selection/trials will be held on July 30 at 8 am onwards at the State Indoor Stadium, Officers Hill.

Trials will be held in the following categories: Men and Women - Singles and Doubles; Mixed Doubles; Junior Boy and Girls under-19 - Singles and Doubles; U-19 Mixes Doubles; Boy and Girls under-17 Singles and Doubles; Boy and Girls under-15 Singles and Doubles; Boy and Girls under-13 Singles and Double; Boy and Girls under-11 Singles and Doubles and Boy and Girls under-9 Singles.

Veterans (Masters): Men - 35+ Doubles; Men - 40+ Doubles; Men - 45+ Doubles; Men - 50+ Doubles; Men - 55+ Doubles; Men - 60+ Doubles and Men - 65+ Doubles. Interested players have been asked to submit their names with details to the KDBA officials- 1. Amardeep Gurung – 9436604368 and Kekhriesetuo Ziephrü – 7005017677.

quarterfinal matches in the Singapore Open 2022, here on Friday.

World No 7 Sindhu came from behind to beat world No 19 Han Yue 17-21, 21-11, 21-19 in the quarterfinals, which lasted for one hour and 2 minutes. With the win, she set up a semifinal

clash against Japan’s Saena Kawakami, who upset Thai shuttler Pornpawee Chochuwong in her final eight clash.

The Indian shuttler made a slow start and trailed her Chinese opponent 14-11 before scoring four back-toback points to take the lead.

Han Yue, however, continued

to trouble Sindhu with her deft touches and went on to win the first game. The second game, too, started as a tight affair with Sindhu going on the offensive but Han Yue staying on her coat-tails. But with the score at 14-11, the two-time Olympic medallist stepped up and took the next seven points to force a decider.

In the all-important third game, Han Yue raced to a 14-9 lead and put the Indian ace on the backfoot.

The Indian ace, however, dug deep and turned the tables with a flurry of seven points and proceeded to wrap up the match. However, London 2012 bronze medallist Saina failed to join Sindhu in the semi-finals after going down 13-21, 21-15, 20-21 to Japan’s Aya Ohori in a closely-fought match.The 32-year old Saina conceded a 19-16 lead in the decider to crash out of the BWF Super 500 tournament.

In men’s singles, in-form HS Prannoy won the first game against Japan’s Kodai Naraoka but couldn’t make the advantage count as he lost 12-21, 21-14, 21-18, in just over an hour.

3 sports associations formed in Tseminyu

Finland replaces Russia as host of Grand Prix event LONDON, JUL 15 (REUTERS): Finland will stage a round of the Grand Prix of Figure Skating series after Russia was removed as a host following its invasion of Ukraine, the International Skating Union (ISU) said.

The Nov. 25-27 event will be held in the Finnish city of Espoo, the ISU said on Thursday, as the last of the six regular Grand Prix events in the 2022-23 programme. In April, the ISU banned Russia and Belarus from hosting international skating events and after the invasion of Ukraine, which Moscow calls a “special military operation”. Belarus is a key staging area for the invasion. The governing body had earlier excluded skaters from Russia and Belarus from international competitions after the International Olympic Committee recommended sports federations to ban athletes and officials from the two countries.

Russia is a dominant force in figure skating and had hosted its Grand Prix event, known as the Rostelecom Cup, every year since 1996.

The ISU also said the Cup of China event, the fourth round of the series, has been cancelled for the second straight year due to the “deteriorating COVID-19 sanitary situation” in the country. No replacement host has been confirmed for the Nov. 1113 event.

“The Chinese Skating Association (CSA) informed the ISU that it was no longer feasible for them to hold the annual ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating event (the Cup of China) in 2022,” it added.

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Eng beat India by 100 runs; level series

Reece Topley, left, celebrates with Jason Roy after taking the wicket of Shikhar Dhawan at Lord’s cricket ground in London, Thursday. (AP/PTI)

LONDON, JUL 15 (AFP): Reece Topley’s 6 for 24 combined with crucial cameos from Moeen Ali and David Willey as England cruised to a 100-run win over India in the second ODI at Lord’s in London on Thursday to level the three-match series 1-1. Defending 246, Topley and David Willey bowled a probing spell in the channel with the new ball. Topley got both Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan out in quick succession. Rohit was beaten on the inside edge by one that came in and hit him in front, while Dhawan was strangled down the leg side. Rishabh Pant, promoted to No. 4, fell for a five-ball duck when he hit a full toss from Brydon Carse straight to mid-on.

Virat Kohli struck a few trademark boundaries before chasing a wide ball from Willey to be caught behind.

There was a brief 42run fifth wicket partnership between Hardik Pandya and Suryakumar Yadav, but once the latter fell to Topley, India’s chase fizzled out. The visiting side was bowled out for 146 in the 39th over. The decider will

be played in Manchester on Sunday. Earlier, Yuzvendra Chahal took four wickets as England was bowled out for 246 with an over to spare.

He finished with 4-47, including a burst of 3-18 in 16 balls that accounted for key batters Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root and Ben Stokes as England slumped from 72-1 to 87-4. England, on the third anniversary of its dramatic World Cup final victory at Lord’s, was indebted to two players who didn’t feature in that match -- Moeen Ali and Willey -- for getting past 200.

The left-handers put on 62 in 13 overs after coming together at 148-6 after India captain Rohit won the toss and opted to field first on a green-tinged pitch. Moeen top-scored with 47, while Willey, who should have been out for one and was dropped again on 23, made 41. Jason Roy heaved Mohammed Shami over deep midwicket for six before, on 23, he flicked first-change Hardik straight to deep square leg. Fellow opener Jonny Bairstow looked in good touch. But he was bowled for a run-a-ball

trying to slog sweep Chahal, who then had Root plumb lbw for 11 when the world’s top-ranked Test batter missed a sweep.

Buttler managed just four before he was bowled by a Shami inswinger to leave England reeling at 87-4.

Stokes, playing one reverse sweep too many, was lbw to Chahal for 21.

Liam Livingstone, hit flush on the helmet first ball by a Shami bouncer, made a run-a-ball 33. But having hit Pandya for a six and a four off successive deliveries, he pulled the next ball straight to deep square leg.

Moeen, who pulled Prasidh Krishna for a six, repaired some of the damage before he holed out off Chahal with Willey, reprieved on one when Krishna dropped a simple chance at fine leg, slogging a catch in the deep off Bumrah.

Brief scores: England 246 in 49 overs (Moeen Ali 47, David Willey 41; Yuzvendra Chahal 4-47, Hardik Pandya 2-28) beat India 146 in 38.5 overs (Hardik Pandya 29, Ravindra Jadeja 29; Reece Topley 6-24, Liam Livingstone 1-4) by 100 runs

DGP T. John Longkumer, officials and others at the launching programme in Tseminyu.

DIMAPUR, JUL 15 (NPN): Three sports associations have been launched in Tseminyu on July 14. The associations were: Tseminyu District Rifle Association (TDRA), Table Tennis Association Tseminyu District (TTATD) and Tseminyu Athletics Association (TAA).

The newly formed associations were dedicated by Rev. Haiwalo Apon, executive secretary, CRBC. DGP Nagaland and president, Nagaland Shooting Sports Association (NSSA), T. John Longkumer graced the launching ceremony as special guest.

In his speech, Longkumer said modern sports provides many jobs opportunity

for sportsperson even after retirement from professional sports, they can be employed as judges, referees, coaches, sports administrators etc.

He announced that Nagaland Police Sports Battalion will start recruiting cadets for the next academic session, and selection will be for those age between 8-18 years where free and quality education will be provided. On attaining 21 year, the cadets will be given the choice to opt for any profession.

He also challenged the gathering that in the ensuing Nagaland Olympics, Tseminyu district should aim for the Team Championship.

DC Tseminyu, Dr. Zasekoulie Chusi, who was

the guest of honour spoke on the need for sports infrastructure in the district and highlighted the need/ requirement of new police station and additional manpower for the police force in the district.

Earlier, the programme chaired by general secretary TAA, William Kez began with an invocation by pastor Tseminyu Town Baptist Church, Athonglo Khing.

NSSA secretary, Shalo Khing delivered the and introductory note and Yhunyele Magh presented a special song to entertain the gathering and the progranmme concluded with vote of thanks by secretary, TDRA, Jetilo Apon.

Man Utd beat Melbourne Victory 4-1 in pre-season

Manchester United’s Ethan Laird and Melbourne Victory’s Roderick Miranda, left, battle for the ball at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Australia, Friday. (AP/PTI)

LONDON, JUL 15 (AGENCIES): Manchester United came from behind to beat A League outfit Melbourne Victory 4-1 as they maintained their 100% start to pre-season.

According to BBC report, two goals in as many minutes from Scott McTominay and Anthony Martial at the end of the opening period

turned the match around after Chris Ikonomidis’ early effort had given Victory a shock lead. As he did against Liverpool on Tuesday, United manager Erik ten Hag made 10 changes at the interval and Marcus Rashford added a third when he ran on to Eric Bailly’s through ball.

Their comeback was completed when Tahith

Chong’s low cross was turned into his own net by Victory youngster Edmond Lupancu.

N e w m a n a g e r Te n Hag’s preferences are starting to show themselves as pre-season progresses.

Jadon Sancho played on the right of the attack in the first-half and Rashford on the left after the break.

Skipper Harry Magu-

ire also started as the right centre-back, which is perhaps significant as Lisandro Martinez, the Argentina defender United are close to signing from Ajax, plays on the left.

England defender Maguire lacked the speed to match Ikonomidis as Melbourne took the lead when he finished a low cross after Victor Lindelof had to pull out wide to challenge Ben Folami with Luke Shaw out of position. The noisy home fans behind the goal responded with a cheeky ‘Getting sacked in the morning’ chant.

Ten Hag looked stern and displeased as he stood on his own on the touchline watching his new charges struggle to break down a side at the beginning of their own pre-season preparations who were prepared to sit deep.

McTominay then enjoyed two bits of luck that led to his equaliser and once Martial had put them in front, United were never seriously threatened.

Martial, who struggled for first-team football at United last season and had a spell on loan with Sevilla, has scored in both of the side’s pre-season games so far.

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