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Vol XXXII No. 49
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NLA border panel holds crucial meet
Rio says NagalandAssam ready for outof-court settlement Four committees to be set up to chalk out modalities Correspondent/PTI
KOHIMA, JAN 24 (NPN): Nagaland Assembly select committee to examine the Nagaland-Assam border issue on Monday reiterated to resolve the longstanding border issue with Assam out of the court. Sources informed Nagaland Post that during the meeting of the select committee, it was decided to constitute four committees to examine and work out the modalities. Each committee will comprise of the local legislators, government officials and civil society organizations. One committee will look into the border issue in
State logs 69 fresh cases, 2 Covid deaths DIMAPUR, JAN 24 (NPN): Nagaland on Monday recorded 69 fresh Covid-19 positive cases while two more fatalities due to Covid-19 were reported during the day. Of the fresh cases, 38 were from Dimapur, 15 in Kohima, six in Wokha, five in Mokokchung, three in Peren and one each in Phek and Tuensang, taking the total caseload to 33654. Further, two more patients succumbed to the virus in Dimapur, pushing the death toll to 706 (including 16 non-Covid deaths but with positivity). PTI: I n d i a l o g ge d 3,06,064 new Covid cases taking the total tally of cases to 3,95,43,328, while the death toll climbed to 4,89,848 with 439 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated.
Rio and Sarma during the meeting in Guwahati on Sunday. (Twitter)
Dimapur, Peren and Nuiland districts, one for Wokha, one for Mokokchung and one committee for Longleng and Mon districts, sources added. Sources said that union home minister Amit Shah had categorically urged all the states in the region to solve their boundary disputes by August 15, 2022, when the country will be celebrating 75 years of its Independence. Meanwhile, talking to media persons after the meeting, chief minister Neiphiu Rio informed that he, accompanied by deputy CM Y. Patton and NPF legislature party leader TR Zeliang, held a fruitful discussion
with Assam chief minister on the border issue at the latter’s official residence in Guwahati on Sunday. He said that both the states were prepared to settle the border issue amicably out of the court. “Both the state governments are in favour of an out-of-court settlement,” he stated. Rio also said that he and Sarma had also met Amit Shah in Delhi on December 23 last year to discuss about the border issue. Therefore, in order to discuss the modalities, Rio said that a delegation, comprising of representatives from both Nagaland and Assam governments, would be
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meeting Shah in Delhi likely by next month. “Our delegations will meet Shah likely in the first week of February to discuss on how to go about it,” Rio said. On the issue of royalty on petroleum and natural gas along the border, Rio said: “If we resolve the border dispute and the issue of royalty, it will be good for both sides as we are going to remain neighbours.” No more district creation: Asserting that Nagaland state motto was “Unity”, Rio said it was not in the interest of the Nagas to further fragment the tribal population. Therefore, Rio reiterated that the state government had decided to not divide any tribal district that was already in existence. “There are demands for division of Mon, Mokokchung, Zunheboto, Wokha and Phek districts. But the fragmentation of tribal districts is not in the interest of Nagas. I appeal to various tribal organisations to understand this policy of
DIMAPUR, JAN 24 (NPN): Aboi District Demand Committee (ADDC) has resolved to impose an indefinite total bandh band from January 25 in protest against the non-declaration of the long pending demand of upgrading Aboi sub-division to a full fledged district. ADDC media cell in a press note asserted that the committee will not remain quite till their demand was fulfilled by the state government, adding that this was a “public demand without any differences and division within the tribe.” ADDC said that the committee also successfully completed its first phase of bandh in Aboi Hq, Chen Hq and Longchang Hq by picketing government offices and restriction on movement of government vehicles. The committee urged the state government to listen to the call made by the common public “without making any excuses on (Cont’d on p-8) any tribal aspects.”
DIMAPUR, JAN 24 (NPN): To protest the imposition of the draconian Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958, Naga Students’ Federation (NSF) has asked Naga youth and student community to refrain from taking part in the upcoming Republic Day celebrations. Federation’s president Kegwayhun Tep and general secretary Siipuni Ng Philo in a press communiqué reiterated that Naga people should disassociate themselves from such celebrations as long as the Central government continued its policy of “militarising our Naga homeland”.
They explained that this was not in defiance of any forces on earth, but the assertion that the voice of Naga people cannot be muted despite continued subjugation by forces reeking of colonial ideologies and practices. They further reminded federating units and subordinate bodies of NSF to comply with the earlier directive to restrict their members from associating with Indian armed and paramilitary forces and also from accepting any form of humanitarian aid from them, adding that such efforts would not be able to
purchase the rights of Naga people nor mitigate the effects of the evil perpetrated upon them by the forces. The duo also appealed to the State government to ensure that the Special Investigation Team (SIT) report pertaining to the Oting massacre was made public and the culprits awarded befitting punishments at the earliest. They asserted that NSF stood with the family members of the Oting massacre and all other victims of army excesses in Naga homeland and would continue to strive with them until justice was delivered.
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WHO chief warns against talk of ‘endgame’ in pandemic GENEVA, JAN 24 (AP): The head of the World Health Organisation is warning that conditions remain ideal for more coronavirus variants to emerge and says it's dangerous to assume omicron is the last one or that “we are in the endgame”, while saying the acute phase of the pandemic could still end this year — if some key targets are met. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO's directorgeneral, laid out Monday an array of achievements and concerns in global health over issues like reducing tobacco use, fighting resistance to anti-microbial treatments, and risks of climate change on human health. But he said “ending the acute phase of the pandemic must remain our collective priority”. “There are different scenarios for how the pandemic could play out and how the acute phase could end. But it's dangerous to assume that omicron will
D I M A P U R , JA N 2 4 (NPN): Western Sumi Kukami Hoho (WSKH) has expressed apprehension of a “factional clash and social unrest”, which could further escalate into bloodbath, in the three districts of Dimapur, Niuland and Chümoukedima if immediate measures were not taken. Reacting to the statement of ‘declaration’ by Akato Chophi-led group of NSCN/GPRN pertaining to ceasefire, WSKH general secretary X Kawoto Aye in a memorandum, copies of which were marked to Union home minister Amit Shah, Ceasefire Supervisory Board and Ceasefire
Monitoring Group chairman, Centre’s interlocutor for Naga talks, Intelligence Bureau director, governor, chief minister, deputy chief minister, director general of police, GOC-in-C Eastern Command and NGOs/ CSOs, said they viewed the content of the ‘declaration’ very seriously. Observing that some long-pending internal conflicts within NSCN (R) leading to the split, with one group under Wangtin/ Tikhak and another led by Akato Chophi coming into existence, WSKH said the group led by Akato Chophi announced the split and declared “unilateral ceasefire”
Kaito inaugurate 3 laboratories in Dimapur
Kaito and Kashiho with officials at the inaugural programme. (NP)
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DIMAPUR, JAN 24 (NPN): Agriculture and cooperation minister G Kaito Aye inaugurated Static Soil Testing Laboratory (STL), Fertilizer Quality Control Laboratory (FQCL) and Bio Organic Quality Control Laboratory (BOQCL) of Department of
Soil & Water Conservation (DSWC) at the department’s office here on Monday. Speaking on the occasion, Aye stressed on having soil testing lab facilities in every district to help farmers determine fertility of the soil. He asked DSWC officials to give importance on testing soil, while encour-
aging farmers in Dimapur to utilise the testing lab so as to maximise quantity and quality of production. He also asked officials to encourage farmers to get their soil tested, besides hosting activities to evince interest among the farmers, adding “Farmers are the backbone of the country”. Later, when asked whether the state government had provided any compensation to farmers who had faced drought-like situation in the State, Aye maintained that the state government had not committed to compensate the farmers. He pointed out that the drought-like situation was a natural calamity and that no institution or govern-
Tedros Ghebreyesus
be the last variant or that we are in the endgame," Tedros told the start of a WHO executive board meeting this week. “On the contrary, globally, the conditions are ideal for more variants to emerge.” But he insisted that “we can end Covid-19 as a global health emergency, and we can do it this year,” by reaching goals like WHO's target to vaccinate 70 per cent of the population of each country by the middle of this year, with a focus on people who are at the highest risk of Covid-19, and improving testing and
sequencing rates to track the virus and its emerging variants more closely. “It's true that we will be living with Covid for the foreseeable future and that we will need to learn to manage it through a sustained and integrated system for acute respiratory diseases" to help prepare for future pandemics, he said. “But learning to live with Covid cannot mean that we give this virus a free ride. It cannot mean that we accept almost 50,000 deaths a week from a preventable and treatable disease.” In stark terms, Tedros also appealed for strengthening WHO and increasing funding for it to help stave off health crises. “Let me put it plainly: If the current funding model continues, WHO is being set up to fail. The paradigm shift in world health that is needed now must be matched by a paradigm shift in funding the world's health organisation,” he said.
ment could be blamed for that. He however claimed that in view of the situation, advance supply of seeds and inputs were being extended to the farmers. When further asked about his views on government’s plans for developmental activities at Agri Expo apart from the AC Market, he said that a 150-capacity (men and women) hostel for farmers was under construction and would be completed by March this year. Meanwhile, soil & water conservation, geology & mining minister and NSMDC chairman V Kashiho Sangtam said that the State now had enough soil testing labs and (Cont’d on p-8)
with the Centre on November 19, 2021. While expressing regret for the “unprecedented” split, WSKH however said it was apprehensive about possible outbreak of factional clash. Stating that Akato was a bonafide founding member of many Western Sumi organisations, unions, association, hoho, etc, and responsible for many upliftment works in the society and a brainchild of many creative conducts, WSKH said Akato was one of the most important figures and an asset of Western Sumi areas. As such, WSKH said it would not remain a mute
spectator when one of its most important member was treated unfairly and given step-motherly treatment. Referring to its November 22, 2021 declaration extending full and unconditional support to Akato Chophi, WSKH reiterated the resolution and said the hoho stood firm on its decision. Meanwhile, considering all these impending issues, WSKH appealed to competent authorities to take into consideration the offer for maintaining ceasefire by NSCN/GPRN (Akato) and immediately address the issue of signing a ceasefire agreement and (Cont’d on p-8)
NVCO NVCO firmly demanded the State Government to set up a competent ‘Investigating Agency’ to assess the intending candidate’s properties of disproportionate assets of whom they accumulated so much of wealth while in service as a bureaucrats/public servants before been appointed as Upa-Lokayukta. The Nagaland Voluntary Consumers’ Organisation (NVCO) once again firmly demanded the state government to set up a competent ‘Investigating Agency’ to assess the intending candidate’s properties of disproportionate assets especially for those who had accumulated so much of wealth while in service as a
bureaucrats/public servants before appointing as UpaLokayukta. The NVCO strongly suspects that the state government particularly the politicians/cabinet ministers are only supporting and recommending corrupted retired bureaucrats/public servants who had accumulated so much of wealth while in service to be appointed as Upa-Lokayukata and a cabinet minister openly lobby for this type of corrupted retired bureaucrats/ public servants. However, Lokayukta is to check corruption and therefore, the corrupt retired bureaucrats/public servants who were likely to be appointed as Upa-Lokayukta
cannot check the present or retired corrupted public servants. The NVCO strongly voiced to the state government particularly the two-member search committee to find a competent person to be appointed as Upa-Lokayukta where he or she was not having record of corrupt practices and no pending cases against them with scam and importantly not having political party affiliation. Having so much of genuine concern for the appointment of Upa-Lokayukta, the NVCO warned the state government particularly politicians/cabinet ministers not to commit the same mistake as the first Upa-Lokayukta was ap-
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NSF asks youth, students to boycott R-Day WSKH fears of ‘factional clash, social unrest’
DHD suspends non-Covid services
DIMAPUR, Jan 24 (NPN): In view of the increasing number of Covid-19 cases among the staff at District Hospital Dimapur, all routine non-Covid services have been suspended with effect from January 24 till further order. In an order, medical superintendent DHD, Dr. Khrelasanuo said that the services have been suspended with the approval of the principal director Health & Family Welfare.
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DIMAPUR, JAN 24 (NPN): Garbage thrown by pedestrians, houses and shop owners virtually everywhere except at designated places has emerged as the biggest hurdle in keeping the commercial hub of the State clean. Confirming this to Nagaland Post, Dimapur Municipal Council (DMC) administrator Albert Ezung said “behavioural wastes” were largely avoidable, provided an efficient refuse
A clogged drainage in the heart of Dimapur. (NP)
collection service was in operation and litter bins were provided for use of pedestrians. But for this to happen, public awareness was required, he added.
He mentioned that more than 140 cleaners were covering more than 90 colonies under the municipal council as well as market areas to keep the
city clean. For cleaning of drains, Ezung claimed that DMC has tied up with colony authorities to sensitise, check and impose fine to those found littering the drains. Yet, he lamented that people still continued to litter. He pointed out that the cleaners who collected garbage from the colonies have been assigned to clean the drains as well. “The sludge that accumulates at a particular place is being removed with excavators (JCB) to make
enough room for the water to flow,” he added. He remarked that undeterred use of polythene bags by residents and shopkeepers alike and which later found their way to drains, blocking them, affected the council’s efforts to keep the city clean. Mentioning that generation of waste was a continuous process as waste was produced each day, Ezung claimed that DMC strived to cope with it through collection, transportation and disposal daily.
of 7 Dimasa Kachari villages
DIMAPUR, JAN 24 (NPN): Dimasa Students Union Nagaland (DSUN) has strongly opposed the bifurcation of seven Dimasa Kachari villages from Dimapur district by the State government while announcing creation of new districts recently. Observing that another new district were created and a tribe was officially recognised overnight by overlooking their appeal, union’s president Faihamti Longmailai and general sec-
retary Hamrongdau Difoe in a press release said they were deeply disheartened that their cries for their rights based on history were being ignored. They said the creation of new districts were an injustice to the whole Dimasa community due to segregation of seven Dimasa villages from Dimapur despite the fact that Dimapur ruins, also called Kachari Rajbari and looked after by Archaeological Society of India (ASI), (Cont’d on p-8) K Y M C
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National girl child day celebrated across state
(L-R): Sarah R. Ritse at the launching programme on IEC materials and billboards. Officials and students participants at the extempore speech during the celebration of National Girl Child Day in Mokokchung. Children at the celebration of BBBP week at Ahthibung town. (DIPR) DIMAPUR: Along with the rest of the country, Nagaland also joined in celebrating the National Girl Child Day (NGCD) on January 24. The day aims to focus on the inequalities faced by girls, to promote the education, health and nutrition of the girl child, and to spread awareness about the rights of a girl child. The day was observed for the first time in 2008 as an initiative by the Ministry of Women and Child Development and the Gov-
ernment of India. To mark the day, District Level Centre for Women- Mahila Shakti Kendra, Kohima in collaboration with the State Resource Centre for Women launched a series of IEC materials and billboards. The IEC materials and billboards developed by the State Resource Centre for women and covered various commissions, services and schemes were launched by commissioner and secretary, Sarah R. Ritse at Nagaland State
Social Welfare Board. Mokokchung: In Mokokchung, a programme was organized by District Administration & District Level Centre for Women, Mahila Shakti Kendra (BBBP) Mokokchung at Town Hall. On the occasion, DC Mokokchung, LimawapangJamir released the BBBP calendar and delivered a short speech, while Dr. Imlirenla Walling exhorted the gathering. As part of the celebration, Inter-School Extem-
pore Speech Competition was held, where students from different schools in Mokokchung town participated. Social Welfare Officer, Mokokchung, MoamenlaLongkumer delivered the welcome speech and special number was presented by LijuAchumi, Winner of the Stage, Nagaland Season 2. In the competition, MoasunglaJamir of Jubilee Memorial School stood first followed by Yimdangjungla of Eden Academy
and Aditi Singh of Jubilee Memorial School in second and third positions. SDO (C), Mokokchung, Sentilong Ozukum presented the awards to the winners. Old Riphyim: At Old Riphyim,“Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) Week The Daughters of New India” was celebrated at the Village Council Hall at Old Riphyim Village by district administration and Mahila Shakti Kendra, Wokha (MSK) under BBBP on January 23.
National voters day in Phek
Members of Peace Channel, participants and others at the Training of Trainers (ToT) on Peace Club, Peer Mediation Forum and Peace Forum for Peace in Dimapur on January 21.
DIMAPUR: Deputy Commissioner, Phek, RazouvolieDozo in a circular, has informed all concerned that the 12th National Voters’ Day (NVD) under the theme ‘Making Elections Inclusive, Accessible and Participative’ will be observed on January 25 at DC’s Conference Hall, Phek. In this regard, all the newly enrolled electors (Phek Sadar), heads of departments, political parties, NGOs, BLOs, ward chairmen/GBs (Phek HQ) to attend the programme. DC also informed that all Covid -19 protocols issued by the Government will be strictly adhered during the programme.
Visitation on R-Day cancelled
DIMAPUR: Due to the rise in Covid-19 cases in the State and as a measure of precaution, DC Kohima, Gregory Thejawelie has
informed that visitation of Homes and Institutions by the organisations, clubs and NGOs on the occasion of Republic Day celebration
Laii Village clarifies DIMAPUR: Chairman of Laii Village, Senapati district has clarified that Pfonyi Koza son of Vezohu Koza, who claimed to be from Kezhakeno village, arrested by the D. Coy 9th NAP (IR) Bn. at Razeba gate was not from Khezhakeno village. The village chairman, K. Ashikho in a press released said that Pfoni son of Daikho was a bonafide resident of Laii Village PO/PS Tadubi, Senapati district Manipur.
Speech on the importance of girl child education was delivered by Anuranjan Singh, Mahatma Gandhi National Fellow, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Government of India. Village council chairman, village development secretary, Arunna, representative of NIRD, Hyderabad, Council Members, VDB Members, School Management Committee Chairman, Self Help Groups (SHGs), ASHA, Anganwadi workers and
other members also attended the programme. Yaong yimsen Village: Villagers comprising of girl children and mothers observed the day at Yaongyimsen village, where the programme was sponsored by NABARD and facilitated by NSRLM Changtongya Block. The significance of the program was highlighted by DDM NABARD Mokokchung, Amar jit Mangang. A short speech was delivered by branch manager
DHFW holds farewell programme DIMAPUR: Department of Health & Family Welfare organized a farewell programme for the outgoing officers, at IDSP Hall on January 24. Dr. Robin Lotha retired from the post of addl director, Family Welfare; Dr. Keneiteiso Sorhie as Jt. Director; Dr. Thanghoi
Lam as Jt. Director and Atu Longkumer as Sr. Entomologist. A press release by IEC Bureau, directorate, DHFW, stated that principal director, Dr. Neikhrielie Khimiao, in his speech wished all outgoing officers good health and wellbeing, adding that it
was a day to remind oneself that all will be retiring one day and as much as it was a sad day, he noted that it was also a joyous day to celebrate since all officers were retiring in good health. He later awarded certificate of appreciation to all outgoing officers.
In Remembrance
Acknowledgement
WE THINK ABOUT YOU ALWAYS, WE TALK ABOUT YOU STILL, YOU HAVE NEVER BEEN FORGOTTEN, AND YOU NEVER WILL. WE HOLD YOU CLOSE WITHIN OUR HEARTS AND THERE YOU WILL REMAIN, TO WALK AND GUIDE US THROUGH OUR LIVES UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN.
We, the family members of Lt. Elow Adahrü Mathew of Kalinamai Village Mao would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to all those who stood by us physically, financially and morally during the tragic accident and demise of our beloved son on 20th Jan, 2022 at Viswema. We regret our inability to thank each individual but pray that our Almighty God bless you all abundantly in return. We convey our special thanks to:1. Doctors & nurses of Community Health Centre Viswema. 2. Viswema Youth Organization. 3. Viswema Village Council. 4. Sweba Women Society, Viswema. 5. Kirha Khel Panchayat Viswema 6. Kalinamai Village Council. 7. Kalinamai Youth & Students Organization. 8. Phikomai Village. 9. Christ the King Church Mao Gate. 10. Mr. Athikho Loshuo & family of Punanamai Village. 11. Surface Transport Hill Area Driver’s Welfare Union Manipur. 12. Friends and neighbours.
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2022 have been cancelled. According to DIPR, DC has issued the order as per the instructions received from the Home department.
NStCB Ltd Changtongya Branch, Temsulepden. He emphasised on the needs and importance of opening a saving bank account for a girl child while BPM NSRLM Changtongya Block, Moanungsang spoke on “Girl child empowerment”. The parents were encouraged to ensure quality education to every child irrespective of boy or girl child. After the programme, DDM NABARD handed over gifts to all girl children participants.
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D.O.B : 02/10/1986 – D.O.D : 14/01/2022
We, the family members of Lt. Mapunungsang Longkumer convey our profound gratitude to each and everyone who stood by us physically, financially and spiritually at his demise, after prolonged illness. May the Lord bless you all. dp-359/22
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
We, the bereaved family of our beloved Mom Lt. N. Kitoli Yepthomi would like to convey our heartfelt gratitude to all who stood by us physically, financially, spiritually and materially at the demise of our beloved mother on 7th January, 2022. Your act of kindness is deeply appreciated. Our special thanks goes to doctors and nurses of Olive Hospital, Eden Hospital, Blood Donors, who rendered their selfless sacrifice.
Lt. MATHIAS ZAJAMO YANTHAN Born : 18/10/1982 – Died : 13/01/2022
We regret our inability to thank each individual but pray that God Almighty bless you abundantly. ‘I am the resurrection and the life. Those who believe in me, even though they die, will live, and everyone who lives and believes in me never die.’
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With Love Son, Daughter-in-laws & Grandchildren
Born on : 27/07/1956 – Died on : 07/01/2022
We, the family of Lt. MATHIAS ZAJAMO YANTHAN, resident of Agri Colony, Kohima would like to express our deepest appreciation for all the emotional and spiritual support and also for the contribution in cash and kind that we received at the demise of our beloved son on 13th January 2022. Our special thanks to: 1. Rev. Fr. Sabu, Director Pastoral Centre, Dimapur. 2. Rev. Fr. Gwatilo Alex Tep, Astt. Parish Priest, S.F.S Parish, Kohima. 3. Catechist Abel Humtsoe and members Kohima Lotha Catholic Khumshum, Kohima. 4. Doctors, nurses and staff, Zion Hospital, Dimapur. 5. Shri. Mhathung Yanthan, Advisor Horticulture and Border Affairs, Govt. of Nagaland. 6. Model Colony, ISBT Dimapur. 7. Kohima Lakhuti Ekhung, Kohima. 8. Agri Colony and neighbours. We regret our inability to mention each individual but pray that God Almighty bless you all abundantly. k-147/22
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WEATHER FORECAST JANUARY 25
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Agartala Warmer with decreasing clouds 26 14 Aizawl
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Guwahati Partly sunny and plesant Imphal
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Republic Day celebration to be live streamed
DIMAPUR: Home department has informed that the state level function for the celebrations of the 73rd Republic Day to be held at the Nagaland Civil Secretariat Plaza, Kohima on January 26 from 8:45 am onwards, will be live streamed on the MyGovNagaland’s YouTube Channel. Interested viewers can watch the event online on YouTube and Facebook by visiting the MyGovNagaland Page or by directly clicking on https:// youtu.be/UOvk1nbaVzU. Meanwhile, Deputy Commissioner Kohima, Gregory Thejawelie has informed all Head of Offices posted at Kohima HQ and Gaon Buras under Kohima Sadar (Urban and Rural) to compulsorily attend the celebration of 73th Republic Day at Nagaland Civil Secretariat Plaza.
MoU signed to setup mini-grids in rural areas
DIMAPUR: In a landmark development, Mon district administration, State government and Mithun Rural Development Foundation (MRDF) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to jointly undertake an initiative to set up solar mini-grids in economically-constrained villages to deliver last-mile access to electricity. MRDF is a special purpose vehicle (SPV) specifically designed to service electricity access needs of North-eastern States and is supported by organisations like Smart Power India (SPI), ONGC Ltd and NABARD. The goal of the initiative is to enable last-mile clean energy access, improve livelihoods, support women entrepreneurs and increase GDP of the State, while reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. SPI will play an important role in supporting the entire programme framework and value chain, including design, delivery and facilitating financial and market linkages. The programme envisages to improve access, covering 1,000 villages in the next seven years. The first three
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DC Mon Thaveseelan K and MRDF representative at the signing of MoU.
mini-grids will be set up in February in the villages of Longkei, Totok Chingha and Chenwetnyu in Mon district. The MoU aims to align with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and reduce carbon footprint while generating green jobs over the next 20 years. The initiative aims to encourage use of a clean energy platform to increase household incomes by 1520% and for enterprises by 20% in the targeted villages. The highlight of the MoU is the strong support that the local administration has brought to the initiative.
For the first time, the setup of the mini-grids will aim to develop the community through an Integrated Village Development Programme involving all members of the community and not just the customers. The local administration will facilitate coordination between village councils/ village development boards and MRDF. The district administration will also assist MRDF by coordinating the efforts of various departments like health, education, renewable energy and rural development with the work in the villages.
Mon deputy commissioner Thavaseelan K said, “We fully support MRDF and SPI in their efforts to improve the living conditions of our people in the villages. These clusters are economically backward and decentralised renewable energy (DRE) mini-grid interventions will bring an all-round development to the region as they will integrate clean, highquality and reliable energy with livelihoods, agriculture, health, education and public infrastructure. They will also help in reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 25-40 tons per village
per annum, which is an encouraging milestone to achieve.” Talking about the memorandum, SPI CEO Jaideep Mukherji and senior director Samit Mitra said they were glad to be a part of the joint initiative that aimed at sustainable socio-economic development through DRE. Stressing reduction of carbon footprint, they said this would require a collective effort from every level of the society. They added that they looked forward to working with MRDF and the State government establish a solar PV-based mini-grid to encourage clean energy generation. MRDF managing director Vijay Bhaskar said the association with the stakeholders was aimed at arriving at a sustainable and holistic model of rural economic development based on DRE mini-grids, which could be implemented and scaled to about 1,000 villages of Nagaland. “We hope that communities can achieve holistic wellbeing as a result of the initiative,” he remarked. This was stated in a press release.
Govt urged to enact law against abuse, corruption
DIMAPUR: State Medical Officer, State Mental Health Institute, Dr. Viketoulie Pienyii has suggested that government should enact law to stop abuse, exploitation, corruption, etc, and also advised youths to be vigilant and remain alert to develop a strong accountability system. A press release by District Field Coordinator, NFI, Vekulu Demo stated that Dr. Viketoulie made this suggestion while speaking as resource person at the seminar on SDG Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institution on January 24, at the office of ARK Foundation, Kohima organised by National Foundation for India (NFI). He also lamented about crimes committed against children and women, corruption, injustice, inequality, unemployment, climatic change etc. According to Dr. Viketoulie, all such social elements results in serious repercussions in the larger society. He therefore, emphasized the need to transfer investment from upper section to less privileged section. He noted that this could create balance in
D r. Vi k e t o u l i e P i e n y i i speaking at the seminar.
various classes prevailing within society. He further challenged the youths to take up issues which would lead to sustainable life in future. The objective of the seminar was to create awareness to youths on how to promote peace and generate an inclusive society for sustainable development. Highlighting the background of the programme, District Field Coordinator, NFI, Vekulu Demo, delivered an overview of the project initiated by NFI towards SDG Goal 16 since July 2021. She stated that the programme aimed to empower the youths on importance of peace, justice and strong institution, and how to resolve conflicts among various and numerous social groups.
Republic Day traffic regulations Special lecture on Critical Thinking at SJU for Dimapur and Kohima
DIMAPUR: In view of the 73rd Republic Day celebrations, Kohima and Dimapur police have issued traffic regulations for January 26. Kohima: In a press note, PRO Kohima police said that only vehicles with car pass ‘A’ (Red) and car pass ‘B’ (Blue) will be allowed entry to the Secretariat Plaza while vehicles with car pass ‘C’ (Green) will drop their respective officers at the main gate and shall be parked outside the secretariat complex. F u r t h e r, ve h i c l e s without car passes will not be allowed to enter the secretariat complex and shall be parked along the assembly secretariat road. No vehicles including two wheelers will be allowed to park by the roadside on January 26 from 6 a.m. onwards at
the following routes till the programme is over-From Raj Bhavan - TCP Gate - Razhu Point - High School - New Secretariat Complex, New CM official Residence, Phezoucha to New Secretariat Complex. Meanwhile, heavy vehicles will not be allowed to ply in Kohima town till the programme is over. All loading and unloading of goods in Kohima town are to be completed by 7 a.m., PRO stated PRO said that the police will tow away defaulting vehicles and the charges would be borne by the vehicle owners. Dimapur: Commissioner of Police Dimapur R. Tetseo has informed traffic along the stretch from Tragopan Police point till Newfield Check Gate will be restricted
from 8.30 a.m. till the completion of the Republic Day programme. Vehicles with ‘Z’ and ‘Y’ category car passes will be allowed entry from Tragopan Police Point/ New Field Check Gate. Only ‘Z’ category car pass will be allowed entry inside DDSC stadium. Normal traffic will be diverted towards Island colony via Khermahal junction. Further, vehicular traffic in all the major inter-state/ inter-district entry/ exit points under Dimapur district (Dellai/ New Field/ Chumoukedima Check Gates) will be restricted from 8 a.m. till the completion of the programme. However, medical emergencies will be exempted after subject to anti-sabotage checking, Commissioner of Police Dimapur stated.
DIMAPUR: PG and Research Department of English, St. Joseph University (SJU), conducted fourth lecture in the English Lecture Series in “Interdisciplinary / Trans-discursive Critical Thinking”, on January 22. The series was aimed at promoting development of critical thinking abilities and nurturing the art of questioning.
A press release by SJU stated that speaker, Assistant Professor of English, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda College, Chennai, Dr V Vijayalayan delivered detailed lecture on concept and idea of “disability” from psychological perspective, highlighting on Sigmund Freud’s psychoanalysis and how Jacques Lacan
had taken forward the theory of psychoanalysis and disability. He mentioned how disabled people were viewed, characterized, and perceived in society in prejudicial way, lamenting that society was very much in favor of disabled people. The release added that HoD English department, SJU, Dr. Thokchom Sunanda Devi presided the ses-
sion, while Assistant Professor, SJU, Betina Vashi, moderated the lecture. Assistant Professor, SJU, Imlisungla Pongen offered invocation, while Prof. Selvin Vedamanickam initiated the lecture introducing the theme of the special lecture series and explained what was critical thinking, interdisciplinary and trans-discursively.
SSM initaites ‘mission digital initiative’
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DIMAPUR, JAN 24 (NPN): SMA-Samag ra Shiksha joint mission director, Dr. Chumbeni Kikon on Monday said that for the past two years, the Samagra Shiksha Mission (SSM) in the state could not be organised phase wise due to Covid-19 pandemic. She said this while delivering keynote address at the programme on community awareness and sensitization on inclusive education, NIPUN Bharat vocational education, Out of School Children (OoSC) under RTE Act 2009. The programme was organised by Nagaland Education Mission Society, Samagra Shiksha at Holy Cross Higher Secondary School
Dr. Chumbeni Kikon (NP) auditorium. Dr. Chumbeni also highlighted on the activities taken up under the mission such as construction of hostels (type-1 and 2) for girl child at Kiphire, Mon, Tuensang and Longleng while Noklak has been clubbed with Tuensang district due to shortage of DEO. Under the mission, digital initiative has also been carried out where smart TV and smart class-
room has been initiated where Kiphire has been recognized as aspirational district under the mission and pre-loaded data covering the syllabus have been to the student from class- 8 to 12, she added. Other resource persons of the programme were SMA-Samagra Shiksha, state coordinator Nukshi Angh, SMA-Samagra Shiksha state coordinator Lanusongla and SMA- Samagra Shiksha joint mission director Dr. Bichano Murry. They spoke on the topic “Vocational education”, “Inclusive education” and “NIPUN Bharat” respectively. During the programme, interactive session was carried out where queries and doubts were clarified. Earlier, welcome
address was delivered by ADEO, Dimapur Limatula while DMA-Samagra Shiksha assistant district coordinator Freda Angami chaired the programme. Samagra Shiksha to organise ‘Community mobilization programme’: Samagra Shiksha Nagaland will be conducting Community Sensitization Programmes in all the 11 district headquarters under Media and Community Mobilization Programme from January 24- 31. State mission director, Temsunaro Aier in a press release informed that three teams comprising of officers and coordinators will be conducting the community sensitization programmes in the district headquarters.
OKM urges DC to review Covid vax mandate order
DIMAPUR: Ongpangkong Students’ Conference (OKM) has appealed to the deputy commissioner and DTF chairman Mokokchung to review the Covid-19 vaccination mandate in the interest of justice and to protect the rights of all sections, particularly the students. Taking note of the January 11 order where only vaccinated students (at least one dose) be allowed to take admission, or attend regular/offline classes, OKM president K Y M C
Limatongzuk Jamir and general secretary Waluniba Kichu said that irrespective of being vaccinated or not, no one should be deprived the right to education. But the manner in which vaccination is carried out is oppressive, it added. While clarifying that they were not against vaccination, OKM appreciated the extra ordinary measures and efforts taken up to combat this pandemic. Citing the affidavit filed by under secretary of the Health
ministry Satyendra Singh in the Bombay High Court, OKM said that in para (9) it stated that “COVID-19 vaccination is completely voluntary for all citizens of India. The Ministry has not formulated or suggested any policies for discrimination between citizens on the basis of their vaccination status.” Referring to another counter affidavit filed before the Supreme Court by Dr. P.B.N Prasad, joint drugs controller, Central Drugs
Standard Control Organisation, Health ministry on November 28, 2021, OKM said that in para (64) it stated that “as per the operational guidelines document, Covid-19 vaccination is voluntary. Covid-19 vaccination is also not linked to any benefits or services.” However, OKM said that para (f) of the January 11, 2022 was totally contrary to the policy of the Central government, and violative of the fundamental rights of the individual student. K Y M C
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Mnp polls: NPP declares first list of candidates
NPP Manipur unit leaders declaring first list of party candidates for ensuing Manipur poll in Imphal on Monday. (NP) and works minister Th Bishwajit were camping in Delhi to finalize the list. Like the Congress, NPP also included two women candidates in the list. The list was declared with the approval of party’s national president and Meghalaya chief minister Conrad K Sangma. All the three sitting legislators of the party in the state were included. They will re-contest from the respective constituencies where they were elected in 2017 polls. National vice president and state deputy chief minister Yumnam Joykumar Singh will contest from Uripok Assembly constituency in Imphal West), MLA L Jayantakumar Singh from KeishamthongAC in Imphal West and N Kayisii from Tadubi (ST reserved) AC in Senapati district.
The NPP won four seats in the last 2017 elections to the state Assembly. However, in the run up to the elections, it’s sitting MLA and state YAS minister Letpao Haokip defected to BJP. The NPP is fielding a new face, Lunkhopao (Apao) Haokip from Chandel AC. Announcing the list in Imphal, party’s national vice president Y Joykumar Singh who is also the chairman of the Election Management Committee of the party said that the party will announce the names of more candidates soon. He added that the party was planning to declare the second list of the candidate on or before January 31. The 60-seat Manipur Assembly will go to poll in two phases with the first phase on February 27 and second phase on March 3.
Assam opposition leader claims govt tapping his phone
Man trampled to death by wild elephant in M’laya
Correspondent IMPHAL, JAN 24: Barely a day after it released manifesto for the ensuing Assembly poll, National People’s Party (NPP), a constituent of BJPled coalition government in Manipur on Monday declared the first list of 20 candidates to be in the fray as party nominees. With this, NPP became the second party that declared the first phase of the list of candidates for the ensuing two-phase polls - February 27 and March 3, after Congress. The BJP leading the coalition government is, however, yet to announce its candidates. The ruling party is likely to announce its candidates shortly as state BJP leaders including its president A Sarda Devi, chief minister N Biren Singh
Debabrata Saikia GUWAHATI, JAN 24 (PTI): Leader of Opposition in Assam Assembly Debabrata Saikia on Monday expressed suspicion that his telephone was being illegally tapped by the BJP-led state government. The senior Congress leader also claimed that such an act was an attempt to “strangle democracy, which is already in ICU”. Talking to reporters here, Saikia claimed that the Pegasus spyware controversy had exposed the illegal tapping of phones of important personalities in the country. The spyware row erupted in July last year after an international consortium of media outlets and investigative journalists reported
that the phones of several Indian ministers, politicians, activists, and journalists were potentially targeted by Pegasus, Israeli company NSO Group’s phone hacking software. “The Pegasus controversy had revealed that the government was tapping phones of leaders of the anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) movement in Assam. And the Congress had been at the fore of this movement from the beginning,” he said. Saikia said, “I suspect that my phone is being tapped. The government can tap phones legally as well as illegally. All the government has to say is that it is not doing so illegally.” He had expressed similar apprehensions on Twitter on Sunday. “This isn’t only a gross violation of my fundamental right to privacy, but this govt by tapping the phone of the LOP is making another attempt to strangle democracy, Which is already in ICU,” he had tweeted, tagging Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma in the post.
Correspondent SHILLONG, JAN 24: A 54-year-old man was trampled to death by wild elephant at a village in Meghalaya’s West Garo Hills district on Sunday, a wildlife official said on Monday. The incident took place in the morning in Koraitola village, when Bhalendra Koch came out of his house to relieve himself, a wildlife official said. “Apparently, the wild elephant chased and trampled him to death,” Wildlife official, Suman B. Marak said. Wildlife experts said wild elephants are moving out of the jungles as people encroach upon animal corridors, leading to an increasing number of elephant attacks on villages. The total population of Asiatic elephants in Meghalaya is estimated at 1,754 according to a wildlife census in 2017.
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Online classes to continue in Shillong
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SHILLONG, JAN 24: Online classes will continue in this mountainous state capital of Meghalaya in view of the surge of Covid-19, an official said. The government had earlier extended the winter vacation which ended on Monday. “In view of the surge in Covid-19 cases in the state, online classes from Class I to Class XII will resume in Shillong and Shillong Urban Agglomeration till further notice,” a notification issued by Additional Chief Secretary for Education department, Donald Phillip Wahlang noted. The most pandemichit East Khasi Hills, which includes state capital Shillong, recorded 242 new Covid-19 cases on Monday, which raised the number of active cases in the district to 1,552. In the rest of the state, offline classes for class I to class XII will continue until further orders, the notification said. Wahlang said the m deputy commissioners of the various districts have been empowered to assess the risk locally and decide on re-opening of schools either online or offline taking into consideration the Covid cases and in consultation with the district health
officials. “A Task Force Committee headed by the deputy commissioner may be constituted to monitor the resumption and safe operations of schools,” the notification said, adding that the Committee, which would include district medical and health officer, school principals and prominent community leaders is empowered to assess the Covid-19 situation and the feasibility of re-opening schools and colleges. “Elementary to higher secondary school teachers are to attend schools as per their roster duty chart,” the notification said, adding that colleges and higher education institutions are to design their online classes. Meanwhile, Meghalaya on Monday recorded 305 new COVID-19 cases, 13 less than the previous day, pushing the tally to 88,764, a senior health department official said. Health Services Director Dr Aman War said one new COVID-19 fatality on Monday pushed the death toll to 1,498. He said of the 305 new cases, East Khasi Hills district reported 242, followed by Ri Bhoi (18), West Garo Hills (16), West Jaintia Hills (8), five cases each from West Khasi Hills, South Garo Hills, South West Khasi Hills and one case in West Khasi Hills district.
NAGALAND POST, DIMAPUR TUESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2022
Tripura violence: SC allows petitioner to file rejoinder NEW DELHI, JAN 24 (IANS): The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the petitioner, seeking probe into recent communal violence in Tripura, to file a rejoinder to the state government’s response, which urged the court to dismiss the plea. Advocate Prashant Bhushan, representing advocate Ehtesham Hashmi, submitted before a bench headed by Justice D.Y. Chandrachud that “C” grade TV channels indulge in such whataboutery, but this is not expected from a state government in such a sensitive case of communal violence. The Tripura government, in an affidavit, had asked why public-spirited citizens who filed PIL, were silent on West Bengal violence. Citing the state’s response, Bhushan said this does not show it in a good light. After hearing arguments, the bench, also comprising Justice Dinesh Maheshwari, asked the petitioner to give their rejoinder in the matter and scheduled the matter for further hearing on January 31. The Tripura government said: “No individuals or group of individuals pro-
fessionally functioning as public-spirited persons can selectively invoke the extraordinary jurisdiction of this court to achieve some apparent but undisclosed motive.” It also claimed that allegations against it started with planted and pre-planned articles in tabloids. The state government further added that these people were selectively outraged with it, though they remained silent on largescale post-poll violence, which occurred in West Bengal. On November 29, the top court issued notice on a plea seeking independent SIT probe into the communal violence in Tripura. The plea has been filed by Hashmi, through Bhushan
has arrayed Centre, the DGP, Tripura, and the TripuraAgovernment as respondents. The plea claimed that between October 13 and October 27, last year, hate crimes were perpetrated in Tripura by organised mobs. “These included damage to mosques, burning of business establishments owned by Muslims, organising rallies shouting Islamophobic and genocidal hate slogans and delivering hate speeches targeting Muslims in various parts of Tripura,” said the plea. The plea said no arrests have been made of persons who were responsible for desecrating mosques or vandalising shops and delivering hate speeches targeting the Muslim community.
Oil pumps in Manipur shut to protest attack on drivers Correspondent IMPHAL, JAN 24: All oil pumps in Manipur were shut down on Monday by the All Petroleum Retail Outlet Dealers Association in response to the appeal made by the oil and gas tankers’ drivers. The sudden closure of the oil pumps caused inconvenience to the people who had to buy petrol and diesel at exorbitant prices from road side vendors. Retailers of state owned Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL),
Oil pump in Imphal remained closed on Monday in protest against recent attack on oil tankers. (NP) Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) and Nayara Energy closed down their oil pumps
showing solidarity to the demands of the drivers. Drivers under the aegis of All Manipur Petroleum Products Drivers Association were on a cease work
strike in protest against attacked petrol tankers. The drivers were beaten up mercilessly by the tribal youths who had imposed an indefinite blockade following a hit-and-run incident in Kangpokpi district along NH 2 on January 21. While demanding a probe of the security lapses, the drivers demanded adequate compensation for the damaged vehicles and also to the injured drivers. Kangpokpi based CSOs had imposed an indefinite bandh on the plying of commercial trucks
along NH-2 demanding that the truckers involved in the hit and run case be handed over to them. However, the CSOs had called off the bandh following an agreement with the concerned authorities of the state government but the drivers were yet to return to the service. The drivers not only stopped the shipping of petroleum products from outside the state, but also suspended oil supply to the retail outlets from January 21.
Assam Police defers constable recruitment written test
GUWAHATI, JAN 24 (PTI): The Assam Police has deferred written examination for over 9,000 constable posts, first advertised nearly four years ago, as the number of candidates called for the test had fallen below the ratio of 1:5 against each post, an official statement said. The written examination was scheduled for January 30, which has now been postponed until further notice, it added. The State Level Police Recruit-
ment Board (SLPRB), headed by the Director General of Police, is conducting the recruitment process. A press statement issued by the Assam Police said the results declared for the 9,171 posts of constable were reviewed by the SLPRB and it was found that the “actual number of people called for the written exam has fallen much below the ratio of 1:5 as announced in the original advertisement”. It said many candidates had
cleared the cut off in more than one category of posts, indicating that it was the reason for the ratio falling below the announced ratio. “The SLPRB has reviewed the matter and decided to call an additional number of candidates for the written exam at the ratio 1:5,” the statement said. It added that a new merit list will be declared shortly. The first advertisement for the posts had appeared on April
25, 2018, with an addendum on December 19, 2019, and advertisements again appearing on various dates later also. The SLPRB on January 19 this year issued a notice announcing the results of Physical Standard Test (PST) and Physical Efficiency Test (PET) and asked the candidates to check their status on the website and asked the qualified candidates to apply online for the Common Written Test by January 30 on their website.
Commando Force to be deployed in KNP Set back for Sikkim opposition Assam selected as ‘Best Performing party; over 40 leaders resign State’ for ‘Election Management’ by ECI
Assam Rhino Task Force officials during their visit to Kaziranga. (Kaziranga National Park & Tiger Reserve/Twitter) GUWAHATI, JAN 24 (AGENCIES): In an effort to intensify the anti-poaching operations in Kaziranga National Park, Special Director General of Police (DGP) of Law and Order and the Chairman of Assam Rhino Protection Task Force and Chief Wildlife Warden (CWLW) GP Singh informed that Commando Force will be deployed to look into the matter. This comes after an adult female rhino carcass was recently discovered inside the national park, which was suspected to be a case of poaching as its horn was missing, Assam Tribune reported.
Following the incident, the Special DGP visited the National Park and inspected the site, he further reviewed the ongoing anti-poaching operations there. The national park’s official Twitter handle posted “Special DGP cum Chairman Assam Rhino Protection Task Force & CWLW reviewed ongoing anti-poaching operation yesterday and visited recent rhino poaching site today. Commando Force will be placed to intensify anti-poaching operations. @CMOfficeAssam @gpsinghips @mkyadava @assamforest.” While addressing the media, Singh informed that
one person has been identified in connection with the poaching and further investigations are going on. Commando forces will be deployed to tighten the security and intensify antipoaching operations, Singh added. It may be mentioned here, that a significant drop has been witnessed in the number of rhino poaching in the state, as the previous year saw only one incident of rhino poaching in April 2021. As per the data in the year 2018, 7 cases of poaching were reported, whereas, in 2019, 3 cases were reported, followed by 2 in the year 2020.
G A N G TO K , JA N 2 4 (AGENCIES): In a major political development, the Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) vice-president, Ganesh Rai along with former SDF Minister and Deputy Speaker Sonam Gyatso Chamling, Dawcho Lepcha and other leaders Monday resigned from the party. Addressing a press conference on Monday, Ganesh and the team informed about the same, and announced the formation of a new party by this year, Northeast Today reported. Altogether, 42 members of SDF Party, incorporating of – Ganesh Rai, Dawcho Lepcha, Sonam Gyatso Lepcha, Moses Rai and other leaders have resigned from primary membership and various posts of the party. However, SDF informed only seven resignation have been accepted as many have already resigned earlier. It may be noted that Ganesh Rai served as the Vice President of SDF Party; Panchayat President and Government of Sikkim chairman in the past. Sonam Gyatso Lepcha served as the former legislator in the past and also the former Deputy
Speaker of the Sikkim Legislative Assembly. Meanwhile, Dawcho Lepcha is the former Minister in the Government of Sikkim and Moses Rai was the SDF candidate of Poklok Kamrang Constituency in the 2019 Bye Election. And various other SDF members have also resigned from the Party. Responding to a question on what will be the Moolmantra of new party, Ganesh asserted “we will inform once the party is formed.” It will supposedly happen within 2022 but the month has not been disclosed. “In last one year, we have met more than one lakh people so we have some idea what people wants so in coming days we will try to fulfil the aspirations.” – stated Rai. While Ganesh Rai’s resignation letter reads “I have officially resigned from all the responsibilities entrusted upon me by the SDF party and from the primary membership of the party on 24th January, 2022. I am not alone in feeling the urgency for reform within the party and the party leadership’s adamance and indifference to reform the party.
GUWAHATI, JAN 24 (AGENCIES): The Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Assam, headed by Chief Electoral Officer, Nitin Khade, has been selected for the National Award for ‘Best Electoral Practices Award, 2021’ under the category of ‘Best Performing State’ for ‘Election Management’, said a press release issued by the Election Commission of India. The selection is done based on the overall performance in various areas of election management during the Legislative Assembly Elections conducted in the State in 2021. The Election Commission of India has declared the ‘List of Awardees’ for ‘Best Electoral Practises, Award, 2021’ The awards will be given on the occasion of the upcoming National Voters’ Day to be held on January 25, 2022. The ceremony will be held at Ashoka Hotel, New Delhi. Apart from this under the Special Award Category, Inspector General of Police, Assam, Deepak Kumar Kedia, has been selected for ‘Best Electoral Practices Award, 2021 for ‘Security Management’. He was the Police Nodal Officer
during the Assam Legislative Assembly Elections, 2021. Additionally, then Deputy Commissioner, Goalpara and District Electoral Officer, Varnali Deka has been selected for the National Award, under the category of ‘Best Electoral Practices
Award, 2021’ for ‘Innovation Measures’. The Deputy Commissioner, Cachar and District Electoral Officer, Silchar, Keerthi Jalli has been selected for the National Award, under the category of ‘Best Electoral Practices Award, 2021’ for ‘Voter Awareness’, the release added. Furthermore, All India Radio (Regional News Unit) Guwahati, represented by News Editor, Manash Pratim Sharma has been selected for the National Media Award under the category of Electronic Media for ‘Voter Awareness’.
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GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE BRANCH-II No. GAB/GEN/21/2015
Dated Kohima, the 24th January 2022
PRESS RELEASE This is to inform that the State Level function for the celebrations of the 73rd Republic Day being held at the Nagaland Civil Secretariat Plaza, Kohima on 26th January 2022(Wednesday), 8:45 AM onwards, will also be live streamed on the MyGovNagaland’s YouTube Channel. Interested viewers can watch the event online on YouTube and Facebook by visiting the MyGovNagaland Page or by directly clicking on https://youtu.be/UOvk1nbaVzU (NUSIETA RAKHO) Additional Secretary to the Govt. of Nagaland dc-64/22
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in the COVID-19 vaccination programme, saying they have shown their modern and scientific thinking. “More than 40 million children got coronavirus vaccine till now since January 3,” he said. Interacting with Master Meedhansh Kumar Gupta from Punjab, the prime minister enquired about his achievement of creating an app on COVID issues. Modi said that in children like Meedhansh he feels that the government’s efforts to promote entrepreneurship are bearing fruit and a tendency to become job providers instead of being job seekers is becoming more pronounced. Prime Minister Modi enquired from Kumari Tarushi Gaur from Chandigarh about her opinion on the balance between sports and studies. The prime minister asked why Tarushi idolises Boxer Mary Kom. She replied that she likes her because of her commitment to excellence and the balance that she strikes as a sportsperson and as a mother. Modi said that the government is committed to providing all the facilities to sportspersons and creating a mindset of winning at every level. He also described these children as an inspiration for
the whole society. “You all must work keeping in mind how your work can help the country,” the prime minister said while interacting with the Rashtriya Bal Puraskar recipients. He also said that these awards become all the more significant in the light of the fact that they have been conferred during the important period when the country is celebrating Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav to mark the 75th year of independence. He said this is the time to draw energy from the past and dedicate oneself to achieving great results in the coming 25 years of the Amrit Kaal. The prime minister also recalled the contribution of the freedom fighters - Birbala Kanaklata Barua, Khudiram Bose and Rani Gaidinilu. “These fighters had made the country’s freedom the mission of their lives at a very young age and had dedicated themselves for it,” Modi noted. “’Another example is the bravery and sacrifice of the sons of Guru Gobind Singhji... Their sacrifice for India’s civilisation, culture, faith and religion is incomparable,” Modi said. The prime minister also greeted everyone on the occasion of National Girl Child Day.
Militants waiting to infiltrate into Kashmir: IG BSF
Lok Adalats disposed of 1.27 cr cases in 2021
Calls on youngsters to support ‘Vocal for Local’
S R I NAG A R , JA N 2 4 (PTI): About 135 militants are present at launch pads across the border and are waiting to infiltrate into India, BSF Inspector General, Kashmir, Raja Babu Singh said on Monday. However, he asserted that the overall situation at the Line of Control (LoC) is “peaceful” and said the number of infiltration bids was lesser in 2021 in comparison to previous years. “The overall scenario along the LoC is peaceful. Since the signing of the ceasefire agreement, there has been a general peace all along the LoC in the Kashmir frontier,” the Border Security Force (BSF) officer said while speaking to reporters here. Giving details on infiltration bids, he said in 2021, 58 attempts were made, in which five terrorists were killed, 21 returned and one surrendered. “There have been reports that 31 infiltrated in 2021, 130 in 2019, and 36 in 2020,” the inspector general (IG) said.
PM Modi with the PMRBP awardees, through video conferencing Monday. (PTI)
Each child was also given a medal and a cash prize of Rs 1,00,000. The youth are at the centre of all policies being framed by his government, the prime minister said and added that the country feels proud to see that CEOs of all the big companies of the world are young Indians. Calling for support to the ‘Vocal for Local’ campaign, Modi said children had played a major role in the success of the Swachh Bharat campaign and asked them to encourage people around them to use Indian goods. “Just like you came forward for the cleanliness campaign, you should also come forward for the Vocal for Local campaign. You count at home, make a list of the products that are not made in India, and urge the people of the house that when a similar product is bought in the future, it
should be made in India” the prime minister said. Noting that women are doing wonders in areas where they were not even allowed earlier, he said this is the new India that does not hold back from innovating and is known for courage and resilience. “Today we feel proud when we see that the youth of India are innovating and taking the country forward.” “Today we feel proud when we see that the CEOs of all the big companies of the world are young Indians and when we see the youth of India achieve laurels in the world of startups,” Modi said. Speaking to many of the children who received the awards, the prime minister praised their grit, determination and passion to make a difference in their chosen fields. He also lauded the children for their participation
BSF Kashmir frontier IG, Raja Babu Singh, addressing annual press conference on Monday.
During 2021, the BSF successfully recovered or seized three AK-47 rifles, six nine-mm pistols, 1,071 ammunitions, 20 hand grenades, two IEDs and 17.3 kg of heroin -- worth Rs 88 crore -- in different operational incidents, he said. The IG BSF said there are reports that “104 to 135 terrorists” are present at different launch pads across the LoC and waiting to infiltrate. “There are also reports that some guides have gone from here and crossed the LoC to that side. So, we
need to monitor them as and when they return. Their families need to be monitored,” he said. Singh said there is a lot of synergy between the army and the BSF. “The more we conduct area dominations, keep watch and surveillance, the more difficult it will be for them to infiltrate. We are putting in all-out efforts so that no infiltration is allowed, that zero infiltration happens,” he said. “As and when anyone is spotted crossing the LoC, he is challenged and if firing
is used, he is killed like the recent killing of a terrorist on January 2,” the IG BSF added. Asked about the Taliban threat, he said Taliban, “there is nothing like that till now, but we are keeping an eye on the developments”. “Nothing concrete has come into notice so far, but we are keeping an eye on it. We are keeping a strict vigil,” he said while responding to another question about the apprehensions of weapons from Afghanistan making their way into Kashmir. On the issue of drones, the IG BSF, said the drone threat is “very real”. “Last year also, drones were noticed, but no one ventured inside our territory. This year, we are taking enough measures, antidrone techniques, we are also getting a few drones, and we will tackle it very effectively,” he said. “There have been attempts to push narcotics from the other side. We have seized it. We have a zerotolerance policy against narcotics,” Singh said.
NEW DELHI, JAN 24 (PTI): The four Lok Adalats, organised by National Legal Services Authority (NALSA), disposed of 1.27 crore cases across the country in 2021, the authority said on Monday. The settlement amount involved Rs 25,000 crore, NALSA said. The cases disposed of included 55.81 lakh pending matters and 72.02 lakh prelitigation ones, NALSA said in a press release. The number involved cases pertaining to 36.31 lakh criminal compoundable offences; 2.99 lakh under Negotiable Instruments Act; 1.31 lakh under Motor Accident Claim Tribunal (MACT); 2.99 lakh labour disputes; 78,481 matrimonial disputes; 6.46 lakh bank recovery and 3.39 lakh civil matters. The number of pending cases has increased during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, putting additional burden on the system, it said.
Amar Jawan Jyoti: Flame stokes political war of words NEW DELHI, JAN 24 (AGENCIES): Never before has a national memorial to soldiers or a national icon sparked so much controversy that the decision to extinguish the 50-yearold eternal flames –Amar Jawan Jyoti – at India Gate or installation of Netaji statue at a canopy once occupied by the British ruler, George V. Earlier, a proposal to install Mahatma Gandhi’s statue there was not considered and then abandoned. The point now is why the statue of national icon like Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose be installed there? As India Gate was a memorial for the 80,000 Indian soldiers who died in wars in Europe, Persia, East Africa and Afghanistan; the Jyoti - four flames - was lit at its arch in 1972 by the then prime minister Indira Gandhi to commemorate the victory against Pakistan in 1971, creation of Bangladesh and tributes to the soldiers. The dispute now is sparked by an apparent targeting of the Congress at the height of the elections to UP and four other states. West Bengal chief minister Ma-
Amar Jawan Jyoti at India Gate. (File)
mata Banerjee is the other target whose Netaji tableau for Republic Day parade was rejected and the centre is trying to have the Netaji’s legacy. The government says that in 1972 though flame might have been lit but the names of 3843 martyrs of the 1971 war were not put. The National War Memorial next to India Gate is the first national monument, Air Marshal BR Krishna, chief of integrated defence staff, merging the flames at NWM stresses. An unseemly situation is developing. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi slamming the government says that flames are for our soldiers and would be lit
again. “This is insulting history and memory of the martyrs of Bangladesh war. It is shocking outrage”, says former Congress minister Anand Sharma. Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan says it’s “unnecessary controversy” and the opposition lacks knowledge of history. The Congress is accusing the present government of not giving due to leaders like Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi even as BJP appropriates freedom fighters like Vallabhbhai Patel, BR Ambedkar Patel and Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose. Beyond politics people in Delhi are feeling that the
memorial is to Indian ethos and soldiers of the same army regiments whether in the British Indian army or succeeding Indian army. It is the same army that boasts its heritage since the East India Company days. The Jyoti is supposed to be historic and should have continued. Many Hindu shrines, including Badarinath, have jyoti lit continuously for centuries. It is being echoed that now it is not the same jyoti at NWM. The nation has to respect, honour and be proud of its heritage. Doing anything new is not a novelty. Let the nation think, consider, discuss and then do. The government says that dignitaries cannot pay tributes at two shrines. People wonder why suddenly the decision to install the Netaji statue being carved out of black granite in Telangana is being announced without a discussion. The statue of George V was removed in 1968. In 1991, Former prime minister Chandra Shekhar wanted the canopy demolished and a Gandhi statue there. But since the canopy housed a colonial occupier,
who was removed by Indian freedom fighters, a statue of an Indian leader was found inappropriate and insulting. So Gandhi was never given that place. Netaji has been raised to an iconic figure by RSS executive member Indresh Kumar who initiated an event in Andaman to celebrate Netaji freeing the island and setting up the first national Azad Hind government every December end. Prime Minister Modi has taken it forward. Still many within are not comfortable with Netaji statue at the canopy. Most senior leaders feel he should have an independent place and not a “tainted” one. But it is more than that. Modi wants to trounce Mamata Banerjee. In 2021, he tried by having 125th birth anniversary celebrations on eve of Bengal elections at Kolkata’s Victorial Memorial, an incongruous British symbol. Mamata had stolen the show. Now the government wants to install the Netaji statue fast to spite on her. Would that help BJP? Unseemly battles do not behove a great nation. But politics is at new ebb. (Shivaji Sarkar)
Modi government is for the rich: Cong Says budget should focus on reducing widening income gap NEW DELHI, JAN 24 (PTI): Citing a report that stated the incomes of the rich increased and that of the poor declined during the pandemic, the Congress on Monday charged the Modi government is for the rich and said the union budget should focus on bridging the widening income divide. Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi alleged that while the entire country suffered due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the poor and the middle class faced more sufferings due to the “economic epidemic” of the Modi government as the gap between the rich and the poor widened further. “The entire country suffered during the Covid pandemic, but the poor and the middle class are also victims of the ‘economic epidemic’ of the Modi government. The credit for digging this widening gap between the rich and the poor goes to the central government,” Gandhi said in a tweet in Hindi. He cited a news report that claimed that incomes of the poor reduced by 53 per cent while that of the rich increased during Covid times. The report showed the widening disparity in annual
household incomes, with the poorest 20 per cent of the population witnessing 52.6 per cent decline in their incomes and the lower middle class comprising 20 per cent facing a decline of 32.4 per cent in their income, while the richest (20 per cent) saw 39 per cent rise in their incomes. Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate told reporters that the Modi government is only working for the benefit of the rich and the incomes of 20 per cent poor population have halved and the income of 60 per cent of the population has reduced to its lowest level during the Modi regime. “We categorically and assertively insist that the union budget must focus on bridging this divide.... The union budget should only focus on increasing money in the hands of the poor. The union budget should pay attention on how urban poverty is going up many fold and rural poverty in comparison has gone up,” she said. Shrinate also demanded that the government institute a gross economic mismanagement index to know how badly mismanaged the Indian economy is. Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala alleged that the “Modi government is only for the rich! It is now before us - ‘The poor is poorer and ‘Hum do, hamare do’ is reaping
silver.” “Hit the poor-middle class, Modi government is the government of the rich,” Surjewala alleged. Shrinate said the government is not even admitting the state of the economy and the increase in poverty. She said first an Oxfam report and now the ICE-360 survey, which has been done by the People’s Research on India’s consumer economy, have very categorically stated how the divide and the deep fissures between the rich and the poor in this country are only widening. According to this report, she said, for more than 15 crore households’ incomes have dipped by 53 per cent as compare to 2016 and the incomes for lower middle income group have dipped by 32 per cent, and for the middle income group by nine per cent. So on a broad level 60 per cent of India is today earning less than what it was earning five years back and one survey after the other are showing this. “So there has got to be some truth in how the income divide is widening,” she claimed. “It is also important to point out here that the 20 per cent for whom income has halved under the Modi government, the same population saw their income surge by 183 per cent under the UPA rule from 2005 to 2015, when we lifted 27 crore people out of poverty.
No saint can be CM: Seer on Yogi PRAYAGRAJ, JAN 24 (PTI): A saint cannot be a chief minister as after taking the oath of secularism as a constitutional dignitary, he cannot stay “religious”, a prominent seer said here on Monday, in an apparent reference to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. The claim was made by Swami Avimukteshwaranand in his reply to a query on Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s status as a saint and the mahant of Gorakhnath temple in Gorakhpur. “No man can abide by two pledges. A saint can be a ‘mahant’ but not a chief minister or prime minister. This is possible in the ‘khilafat’ system of Islam in which the religious head also happens to be the king,” the seer, attending the Magh fair here on the bank of Ganga, said. The seer also expressed concern over the alleged mismanagement in organising the Magh fair in Prayagraj this year. “The Magh fair has been greatly ignored this year. Some saints have
Swami Avimukteshwaranand and Yogi Adityanath
gone to extent of threatening fast and self-immolation too. If the leaders are busy in elections, can’t the government officials properly manage the fair?” he asked. On the sudden rise of water level in the Ganga, inconveniencing the saints, Swami Avimukteshwa-
ranand asked, “Why the water level is not being controlled when the government has the mechanism to regulate the flow in rivers?” Owing to the sudden rise in the water level, many people had to shift their tents, he said. On the alleged interference of politics in religion, the seer accused all political parties of making transgression into religion. He said all parties have transgressed into politics and the trend is no longer limited to merely having ties with saints and seers but they are installing their men on key religious positions.
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NEW DELHI, JAN 24 (PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday urged youngsters to support the ‘Vocal for Local’ campaign just as they had taken forward the cleanliness campaign in the country and asserted that the youth are at the centre of all policies being framed by his government. During an online interaction with the recipients of the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar, Modi also talked about the unveiling of the hologram statue of freedom fighter Subhas Chandra Bose at the India Gate and said the “biggest inspiration we get from Netaji is - duty and nation first”. “Taking inspiration from Netaji, you have to proceed on your path of duty for the country,” the prime minister said. Twe n t y - n i n e c h i l dren, including 14 girls, were awarded in six fields - innovation, scholastic achievements, sports, arts and culture, social service and bravery. The Bal Puraskar recipients were awarded certificates digitally using blockchain technology.
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llegations made by the opposition, that the Modi government is rewriting, re-interpreting or erasing India’s history for political benefit cannot be dismissed outright if recent decisions serve as proof. Besides throwing up controversial claims on ancient history , the leaders of the ruling party at the Centre have also made no bones about bringing a series of amendments to change the basic character of Indian democracy for a one nation, one people and one constitution. The most recent ones involve the dropping of the hymn “Abide With Me” from this year’s Beating The Retreat ceremony of India’s Republic Day celebrations. The move to drop the hymn from this year’s ceremony came days after the Centre’s decision to merge the Amar Jawan Jyoti flame at the India Gate with the eternal flame of the National War Memorial (NWM). The Beating Retreat ceremony is held on January 29 every year as part of the culmination of the celebrations of Republic Day. Mahatma Gandhi’s favourite hymn “Abide With Me” will cease to be played and replaced by the popular rendition of the patriotic song “Ae Mere Watan Ke Logon”, sung by Lata Mangeshkar and written by Kavi Pradeep to commemorate the supreme sacrifice made by Indian soldiers during the 1962 Indo-China war. The other decision of the government was to merge the Amar Jawan Jyoti flame at the India Gate with the eternal flame of the National War Memorial (NWM). The Modi government deployed several military officers to defend the move on the ground that merging of the flame was logistical. The other was the unveiling of a hologram statue of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose installed at India Gate on the occasion of Bose’s 125th birth anniversary on January 23. The BJP move to honour Netaji is appreciated at face value but there is more than meets the eye. In all these moves- dropping the hymn “Abide With Me”; merging the flames of Amar Jawan Jyoti with the National War Memorial and installing a statue of Netaji at India Gate- are the BJP’s determination to change historical events. The dropping of the hymn “Abide With Me” was said to be on the ground of accommodating other popular Indian songs. In 2020, reports had emerged about the hymn being dropped from the Beating Retreat Ceremony and being replaced by poet Bankim Chandra Chatterjee’s Vande Mataram. The hymn is always the last piece to be played by the brass bands before the troops recede up Raisina Hill to the tune of poet Allama Iqbal’s Saare jahan se achha. The other decision to merge the flame at Amar Jawan Jyoti was nothing but trying to milk patriotism. Amar Jawan Jyoti was conceptualised and constructed after the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 and inaugurated on 26 January 1972. The flame was to commemorate the sacrifices of Indian soldiers in the First and Second World Wars. It was known as the National War Memorial till the Modi government constructed a new memorial with the same name in 2019. There is no debate that Netaji is a giant among freedom fighters who believed in use of force. Trying to appropriate history is an illogical move since it (history) belongs to the people of India and not any party of leader(s). Also there are many issues that are needlessly raised due to the vested interest behind such decisions that only serve to divide the country.
DailyDevotion God’s Overpowering Purpose
I have appeared to you for this purpose… —Acts 26:16 The vision Paul had on the road to Damascus was not a passing emotional experience, but a vision that had very clear and emphatic directions for him. And Paul stated, “I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision” (Acts 26:19). Our Lord said to Paul, in effect, “Your whole life is to be overpowered or subdued by Me; you are to have no end, no aim, and no purpose but Mine.” And the Lord also says to us, “You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go…” (John 15:16). When we are born again, if we are spiritual at all, we have visions of what Jesus wants us to be. It is important that I learn not to be “disobedient to the heavenly vision” — not to doubt that it can be attained. It is not enough to give mental assent to the fact that God has redeemed the world, nor even to know that the Holy Spirit can make all that Jesus did a reality in my life. I must have the foundation of a personal relationship with Him. Paul was not given a message or a doctrine to proclaim. He was brought into a vivid, personal, overpowering relationship with Jesus Christ. Acts 26:16 is tremendously compelling “…to make you a minister and a witness….” There would be nothing there without a personal relationship. Paul was devoted to a Person, not to a cause. He was absolutely Jesus Christ’s. He saw nothing else and he lived for nothing else. “For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified” (1 Corinthians 2:2).
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“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.” ~ Mae West
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Post-mortem
Petrol, diesel, gas & electricity to fuel the Naga economy O f late, with the construction of four-lane highways and widening of rural roads, improved connectivity has been ensured across Nagaland. Likewise, the number of vehicles plying on the roads also seem to be doubling by the day. A significant portion of Nagas now own a four-wheeler (if not more). Today, vehicles have become the lifeline because commuting from point to point (whether for official or personal jobs) is becoming almost impossible without one. A rough mental count on the total number of vehicles in Nagaland can be gauged by the number of traffic jammed in long vehicular queues around Dimapur and Kohima. One can also make out the percentage of Naga population on the roads at any time, every day. Further, our fuel consumption pattern vis-a-vis the number of vehicles (both new and used) will make interesting statistics. As a result, dependence on essential fuel and electricity has become the prime mover for the Naga society. What concerns us is that Nagaland still does not have a single refinery nor a self-sufficient power grid to generate sufficient electricity for our own consumption. We are fully dependent on our next-door neighbour State Assam which is a risky proposition we are living on.
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In case of any eventuality due to unforeseen reasons; the ugly truth is that all energy driven and related activities in Nagaland will come to a standstill. Our vehicles will not move. Motors and engine will not work. In such a scenario, do we have any alternative in place? What if another lockdown is declared and our neighbours shut their supply doors? Therefore, a point for everyone to ponder upon is whether the present supply system of essential fuel or even electricity is sufficient to meet our energy needs? The scenario becomes more uncertain in a time when world nations are shifting towards investing and developing alternate sources of energy. While the central government has made an ambitious target to make India a 100 percent Electric Vehicle (EV) nation by 2030, we are still caught up in the geopolitical dynamics over who owns the land and its minerals in the sub-surface. To reiterate, can we sustain the demand and supply for fuel and electricity in its present form alongside a fast-growing population with high rate of unemployment? This is the moot point we all need to ponder upon. The concern stems out from the fact that the Naga economy is still evolving and in a nascent stage. There is an urgent need to leverage the state’s potential in terms of building
our very own hydrocarbon (oil and natural gas) industry before it may be too late for oil exploration in Nagaland. In the past, Nagas were made to believe that there is abundance of oil and gas reserves in our land. While this may or may not be true, what we were not told is about the business of oil and gas – a subject grossly misunderstood to be as easy as digging a water well or sinking a tube well. For the benefit of everyone and in very simple terms, the oil and gas business is divided into three verticals viz UPSTREAM ,MIDSTREAM and DOWNSTREAM. ‘Upstream’ is about extracting crude oil and natural gas from beneath the ground. ‘Midstream’ is about safely storing and transporting them to safe storages while ‘Downstream’ Sector is about converting crude oil and natural gas into thousands of finished products we depend on every day. In a way, what is discovered in the upstream segment becomes input to feed the downstream segment. Some of the more obvious products are petrol, diesel, kerosene, jet fuels, LPG etc. Almost all plastic and synthetic products has some connection to oil and natural gas. Crude oil will first have to be extracted (upstream) and then fed to refineries (downstream) before finished products like petrol,
lenging which is precisely why oil and gas exploration will not be as easy as we perceive. Let us not forget that it generally takes about 5-10 years to bring an oil well into production. In conclusion and having sufficiently written on the subject earlier; yours truly is of the opinion that the message of urgency is loud and clear. This is an opportune time for all right thinking Nagas, student bodies, tribal Hohos, NGO’s and all public organizations to come together and make an all-out concerted effort to push our government for early industrial economic development. Pending peace talks or on-going court cases should not stall or be a hindrance to economic development of Nagaland. Without bringing in tribalism or factionalism, all of us need to come and stand united on this issue. Together we need to engage, lobby and demand for developing core sectors that will trigger economic activities to generate gainful productive employment and income. With the gift of natural resources that we Nagas are endowed with, oil exploration and production can be a vital link to usher in economic independence, growth and prosperity for the present as well as future generation. M.A.Niphi, Dy Gen Manager Manager (Admin-Frontier Basin), Oil India Limited
Voters: The Dominant Face of Democracy
he assembly elections of five states h ave b e e n a n nounced, but the biggest irony which is being seen like every time is that these elections are issueless and the situations of changing the parties are a common thing. From Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand to Goa, Manipur and Punjab, now the fortune of political parties and leaders are in the hands of the voters. Like every time in these elections also, themain issue is casteism, communal bigotry and attempts to woo voters are weakening the roots of democracy. At present, money and power are becoming dominant traits in elections, politics was once a means of service, but today it is becoming a business, it is a matter of concern and it is weakening the roots of democracy. In the elections of these five states, the voter will have to play a dual role - as the owner of the house and also as the watchman of the house. As a proprietor, it will be his duty to try and see those who are called contractors of public interest and as the watchman of the house; it becomes his duty not only to stay awake but also to be constantly alert. It is the need of this awareness and caution that he weighs the words and deeds of those who want to sit in power on the scales of conscience.
Since he is the one to lose the most and gain the most, he also has the greatest responsibility. Voters should fulfill this responsibility at the individual level as well - by asking themselves what would be the basis for their voting. The first decision the voter has to make is whether he has to vote. Then it has to be decided that he will not vote in favour of the ‘wrong’. When every voter uses his vote very thoughtfully, then only democracy will be strong and only then a strong India can be built. Ahimsa Vishwa Bharti is running voter awareness campaign to make voters aware. The main purpose is to force the voter to think that how criminals get our vote? How do the corrupt that play with the wealth of the nation become our ideals? Why do we vote for the corrupt, opportunists and criminals and then they rule us? We accept these conditions silently. But for how long? How long will we keep being cheated? For how long will we continue to watch the nation being looted as a mute spectator? Change can take place in the society only by the collective improvement of the individual and the system. Unless the hands that govern the law are holy, even changing the law will be insufficient. To strengthen the democracy,
it is necessary to choose the right candidate. Just as criteria are necessary in various examinations, in the same way the criteria of eligibility should be fixed in politics. Vote for those who are honest, free from destruction, free from casteism obsession and communal fanaticism and believe in national unity, human values and social harmony. Just as a person thinks while handing over his daughter’s hand, in the same way while casting his vote, he should cast his vote after considering it. Political parties have started preparing for the elections in their own way. There was no talk of alliances; the strategies for alliances were being prepared. Defection is happening. Various political parties have started manipulating the equations. There is a ruckus in some national parties, while for some regional political parties; these elections remain a question of prestige. Amidst these situations, the voter also has to be aware. Voters should present their role in such a powerful way in the coming election that the political party cannot dare to ignore it after the election. Even political parties should learn that today’s voter is not a puppet of their hand although a strong component of this election
system. This system of king and ruler is a universal truth of world. Methods keep changing. Earlier the king was born from the queen’s womb and now he is born from the ‘ballet box’. That is why the most important aspect in democracy is elections. It is a reflection of the national character. To maintain healthy values in democracy, the health of elections and the active participation of common voters are essential. Voters have to wake up before political parties. All political parties publish their manifestos will make the people rich in five years, every hand will get work, there will be houses for all, roads, schools and hospitals, now there will be competition to provide electricity and water for free. In the newly emerging political culture of freebies people keep taking sweet dreams. How many five year elections were held and so many five year plans were completed but it is the eighth wonder of the world that no goal was achieved in its totality. Every time the voter was cheated, misled. Why don’t his eyes open yet? There was an era when emperors, kings and rulers used to protect their kingdom and subjects by fighting with the strength of their arms and sacrificed their lives for this duty and
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diesel, and LPG are made available for public consumption. As mere consumers of the oil downstream industry; our contribution towards the value chain of the oil and gas business is rather negligible. Together, these three sectors of the oil and natural gas industry ensure and sustain the steady flow of fuel and material products that make our lives better, comfortable and safer. While all three segments are vertically independent in terms of activities; the business can be horizontally merged in the sense that an oil Company can be a fully integrated E&P Company meaning the Company has all three verticals. Unfortunately, till date, none of the three verticals has a presence in Nagaland though there is high potential. We must appreciate the fact that the state of Assam commands the position it enjoys today in the E&P Business (upstream to downstream) and is poised to become a major energy supply hub in the region for the nation in the near future. Leaving aside our fuel dependency on Assam, interestingly, there is no record of any systematic oil exploration activity being carried out in Nagaland till date. Our land covers huge tracks of area that is geologically complex, environmentally sensitive and logistically chal-
ts, not new to the word, patriarchy, chauvinism, misogynist, etc whatever word to put for describing implicating at males. Its, has become an ease to implicate everything to males, especially in modern generation society. If something is hindered, especially in gender related agenda, its not new to point at males as in patriarchy, chauvinism, etc. There is a saying, “You educate a man, you educate a man, but you educate a women, you educate a generations”, but what I have observed that this saying is only one side of the coin and
is very irony. The other side of the coin is a trump card to implicate everything that hinders their gender, infact an educated woman should be intelligible, rather than implicating at others. Infact, the modern society emphasize so much on females, that the taboo topic especially on menstruation has become not taboo at all, thanks to print media, social media, etc for sensitizing. Because of that, even males are aware of whats going on in females body (cramps, mood swings etc). But, nevertheless
what I have observed is that opposite gender assume that males don’t know what’s going on with females body especially females period, when modern males are already aware. Obviously males cannot comfortably talk openly, but are much aware now a days. I want the readers, especially our respected sisters, daughters, mothers and all females folks to think positively and questioned themselves (not only to implicate males at everything), but to help the entire society. N. L. Naga, Kohima
ideal. Today the fight is being fought with slogans and notes, elections are being fought – to get power. The one who can give an alluring slogan, who can spend as much money, can only mislead the voter today. That is why not only the political parties have to prepare for the elections; the voters also have to do it. But do we make any preparations? Or are you preparing? The games of political manipulation and distribution of freebies should be happy only to the political parties, but only the awareness of the voter can give pure breath to the nation and democracy and for this the voter will also have to strategize. Why should anyone get my vote? Has the one I voted for lived up to my expectations? Wasn’t the wrong thing influencing my decision to vote? The one I didn’t vote for, has he tried to correct his shortcomings? These and many more are questions that voters will have to constantly ask themselves. Our misfortune is that voter apathy and neglect is the biggest cause of political corruption and criminalisation. The truth is that the job of a voter is not only to vote judiciously, but also to constantly check whether his vote is being used properly or not. The question is not only of the interests of
the political parties, it is a question of the frequent betrayal of the voter. And what is the voter doing to make himself eligible for democracy? Despite the huge budget in the name of development, why do conditions of drought, illiteracy, unemployment, inflation, malnutrition have to be seen? A long chain of such questions should arise in the mind of the voter. The question is also that why political interests often outweigh the interests of the society and the country? The question is also why do situations like demonetisation come in the country? The question is also that when a strong atmosphere is being created in front of the parties which have been raising slogans on corruption and black money for a long time, then why were these parties stealing their faces from this campaign? Will they remove the worries of the poor people in the country who do not even have time to overcome the worries of maintaining their power? Will such political parties build a corruptionfree strong moral nation, which is being accused of corruption every day? The biggest control in democracy should be public opinion, not politics. Acharya Dr. Lokeshmuni, Old Rajendra Nagar, New Delhi
Reader’s Post
An open letter to Nagaland government concerning education Dear Home Department Nagaland, I am pleading for our nagamese families and naga children ....please we need to teach foundation maths and literacy in the classroom from February 1st. Surely as we look around with the maskless shopkeepers and many events constantly promoted in the papers - it is safe for our children to be in class. We already follow more rules than anyone else. We cannot ruin their future and continue to raise the teacher’s challenge unless absolutely necessary. Louise Shishak, Parent and Teacher, Patkai Christian College, (louiseshishak@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.
JP Nadda and Captain Amarinder Singh address the media in New Delhi, Monday. (PTI)
better coordination between the Centre and the state.” Nadda announced the seat-sharing agreement at a press conference here at the BJP headquarters in the presence of Punjab Lok Congress supremo Amarinder Singh and Shiromani Akali Dal (Sanyukt) Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa. “I am announcing a broader seat sharing agreement, BJP will contest on 65 seats, PLC on 37 seats and SAD (Sanyukt) on 15 seats,”
Exercise democratic right enthusiastically: CEC to voters NEW DELHI, JAN 24 (PTI): Asserting that arrangements have been made for “absolutely Covid safe” assembly polls in five states, Chief Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra on Monday appealed to voters in these states to exercise their democratic right enthusiastically. In his message on the eve of the 12th National Voters’ Day, he also said the presence of voters at polling stations strengthens democracy. The Election Commission came into being on January 25, 1950, a day before India became a republic. For the past 12 years now, January 25 is celebrated as National Voters’ Day. Chandra said that holding elections in the past two years amid the coronavirus pandemic had been “extremely challenging”. The Commission, while holding polls, ensured that the vote and the voters were protected. In the recently-held elections to six assemblies and various bypolls, voters defied naysayers and sceptics to turn out in large
numbers to exercise their franchise amid the pandemic, he said. Referring to the elections in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa, Punjab and Manipur to be held in seven phases between February 10 and March 7, he said the poll panel has emphasised on increasing the pace of COVID-19 vaccination in these states. In his message, Chandra also referred to the recent poll reforms implemented by the government on the Commission’s recommendation. These include linking voter list with Aadhaar to weed out duplicate entries and giving four dates to young citizens turning 18 to register as voters every year. So far, January 1 of every year was the only qualifying date for those turning 18 on or before that day to register as a voter. Now the youth can register on January 1, April 1, July 1 and October 1. He said this National Voters’ Day assumes greater significance as it marks 70 years of the first election held in India.
Nadda said. After the press conference, a BJP delegation led by Union Minister Gajendra Shekhawat met Election Commission of India officials to complain against Sidhu’s principal strategic advisor Mohammad Mustafa for allegedly making communal remarks at a public meeting in Malerkotla. The former Punjab DGP has been booked for promoting enmity between different groups on grounds
46% of girls under 15 anaemic in India: Report NEW DELHI, JAN 24 (IANS): About 46 per cent of girls in India under the age of 15 are anaemic, according to a report released on Monday on the National Girl Child Day, annually observed on January 24 to raise awareness to promote the rights, education, health, and nutrition of the girl child across the country. The findings by SRL Diagnostics is based on a total of 8,57,003 haemoglobin tests conducted in the past 7 years, between January 2015 and November 2021. The study shows that 63 per cent of all samples, across all age groups of women, tested positive for anaemia. But in girls less than 15 years, the percentage of samples positive for anaemia was 46 per cent. Of these, 13 per cent were severely anaemic. Further, the study also showed that Assam is the worst affected with 72 per cent of married women being anaemic, followed by Haryana (69.7 per cent) and Jharkhand (68.4 per cent).
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were also dropped using drones... They were meant for carrying out some nefarious activity,” Singh said. Taking on his bete-noire and Congress’ Punjab unit chief Navjot Sidhu, Singh said, “Our bravehearts are fighting Pakistan at the borders. Yet, Sidhu wants to hug it out with the enemy.” Singh was referring to Sidhu hugging Pakistan Army Chief General Bajwa during the oath taking ceremony of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan. After resigning from Punjab chief ministership, Singh quit the Congress and floated his own party Punjab Lok Congress and forged alliance with the BJP and SAD (Sanyukt). The BJP’s is paying the role of senior partner in the alliance in Punjab, where it had always played second fiddle in its more than twodecade long alliance with the Shiromani Akali Dal.
Sinha sniffs ‘dictatorship’ in BJP’s ‘double engine’ talks PANAJI, JAN 24 (PTI): Trinamool Congress (TMC) vice-president Yashwant Sinha on Monday dubbed the BJP’s oft-re peated phrase ‘double engine governments’ as a way to promote “dictatorship”. The for mer Union minister assured that prepoll promises made by the TMC in Goa would be implemented if the Mamata Banerjee-led party comes to power in the coastal state after the February 14 assembly polls. Talking to reporters here, the bureaucrat-turnedpolitician said, “Sometimes in ‘double engine governments,’ it is possible that one engine goes in one direction, and the other in another direction.” “On a serious note, I want to mention that if the central government of the BJP is trying to emphasize on wanting to run double engine governments then all they want is to run a dictatorship,” Sinha said. He said insisting on ‘double engine’ means the BJP does not want any other party to come to power in states and form government.
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“Today, they are talking about double engines with respect to state governments, tomorrow they will talk about triple engine with respect to panchayats. How will this work?,” he questioned. As part its ‘double engine’ campaign narrative, BJP leaders appeal to voters to select the same party (BJP or the alliance led by it, NDA) in poll-bound states as the one ruling at the Centre to ensure better development of their states. Sinha said the TMC’s pre-poll assurances in Goa are doable and the party will implement them when voted to power. The TMC has forged an alliance with Goa’s oldest regional party MGP for the assembly polls.
RAIPUR, JAN 24 (PTI): Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel on Monday accused the BJP of garnering votes in the name of religion and caste to come to power, and claimed the saffron party was doing the same in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh. Talking to reporters at Swami Vivekanand Airport in Raipur before leaving for Uttarakhand, which will also go to polls next month, Baghel accused the central BJP-led government of wanting to take control over states through proposed amendments to the IAS (Cadre) Rules-1954. Baghel is the Congress’s senior observer for the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, scheduled to be held in multiple phases over the next two months. To a query on Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray’s comments targeting the BJP on Sunday, Baghel
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said, “The BJP has indulged in dividing people on religious lines to get elected to power. It did the same thing last time in UP (during 2017 Assembly polls) and is doing the same now. Except this, it does not have any other formula (to woo voters).” “…you (BJP) get votes by scaring people. You garnered votes in the name of religion and caste, but the question is what did the voters get in return? You got the power, but what did the voters get? The BJP talks about Hindus, but what have
Hindus achieved? It is the BJP which has gained, not the voters,” he alleged. But, the people of Chhattisgarh have rejected them (the BJP), he further said. “It (the BJP) tried to sow the seed of poison over the issue of communalism and conversion, but it was badly defeated in the recently held civic body elections in the state. The people have understood their (BJP’s) tricks and intention. I believe that today the main issues (to be addressed) are inflation, unemployment, farmers, youth and security of women,” Baghel added. Notably, Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday said he has accepted the challenge thrown by Union Home Minister Amit Shah that the Shiv Sena should contest elections on its own, and targeted the BJP over its “politicallyconvenient” Hindutva.
Customs warn people of extortion calls NEW DELHI, JAN 24 (PTI): Delhi customs officers have asked people to be aware of instances of cheating by unscrupulous elements in the name of customs officers and report any such matter to authorities concerned. Instances have come to the notice that general public is being cheated by unscrupulous elements, by first becoming friendly through social media i.e., face book/ matrimonial sites/messenger or through some other channel and subsequently promising them to send parcels of various articles to India against payment in the name of customs duties, they said in a public notice. These elements then impersonate as customs officers by using their names and instruct the consignees (i.e., general public) to deposit money in the bank account created by them for fraudulent purpose to extort money, it said. They may also issue fictitious receipts for duty demand purportedly made by customs, the notice said. General public is hereby informed that customs officers never call anyone and ask to pay cus-
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Further, the general public is alerted/advised not to pay any amount in the name of customs to any person or to any private account, if anybody demands such payments claiming to be officer of customs on the parcels alleged to be detained by Customs at Delhi airport/import/export shed/Foreign Post Office (FPO), the notice said. For any query or verification, Deputy/Assistant Commissioner of Customs, Foreign Post Office, phone: 011-23238917, Deputy/ Assistant Commissioner of Customs, NCT, New Delhi, phone: 011- 47019839 /40571151, Deputy/Assistant Commissioner of Customs (Admn), phone: 011-25654290 and Superintendent of Customs (Hqr), phone - 011-25655150, can be contacted.
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DIMAPUR, JAN 24 (NPN): Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation has invited nominations for the 44th Jamnalal Bajaj National & International Awards 2022 for Gandhian ‘Warriors’. In a statement, Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation stated that the Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation instituted four Awards to promote and propagate Jamnalalji’s philanthropic vision as also Gandhian ideology of rural development. Four Awards include National Award for Constructive Work, National Award for Application of Science & Technology for Rural Development, National Award for Development & Welfare of Women & Children (only to a woman) and International Award for Promoting Gandhian Values Outside India (only to a foreign national). It said that Awards have come to be regarded as
of religion, race and other identity markers to score gains in election. The FIR came a day after a video showing him making the alleged remarks was circulated on social media. We have urged the ECI to act against Mustafa for giving a provocative speech in Malerkotla on January 20, Shekhawat said. Addressing the conference, Singh said for the sake of national security and welfare of the state, all three parties have come together. Expressing concern about the threat to the “hard earned” peace of Punjab, Singh said a large number of weapons for carrying out nefarious activities are coming into Punjab. “During the course of my last four-and-half-years as Punjab chief minister, at least 1,000 rifles, 500 pistols, RDX, lakhs of rounds of ammunition were caught at the borders. The weapons
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JERUSALEM, JAN 24 (PTI): Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and other senior officials are likely to visit India this year as the two countries celebrate 30 years of diplomatic relations, Israel’s Ambassador to India Naor Gilon said on Monday. In a Webinar held for the virtual launch of a special logo to set in motion the year-long celebrations to commemorate the occasion, Gilon said he feels very lucky to be Israel’s Ambassador in India when “relations are exceptional” and “beyond regular”, one of “partnership between ancient civilisations”.
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BJP, PLC (Amarinder), SAD (S) alliance in Punjab NEW DELHI, JAN 24 (PTI): The BJP in Punjab will contest on 65 assembly seats, the Punjab Lok Congress on 37 seats and the SAD (Sanyukt) on 17 seats, BJP chief JP Nadda said on Monday as he announced the seat-sharing agreement between his party and its allies for the February 20 state polls. Nadda said Punjab is a border state and security is a very important issue as far as assembly elections are concerned. Hailing Punjab as a “leader”, especially in defence and food security of the country, he said, “Today Punjab needs special attention, it needs a double engine government and a
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(From p-1) put it into pen and paper for the common interest of all to continue living in peace. WSKH said it was also appalled by the declaration of NSCN/GPRN (Akato) that there were some individuals/groups working against the ceasefire between the group and the Centre. If at all the allegation was true, WSKH cautioned the groups with vested interest to immediately stop all sorts of malicious designs, as that would benefit nobody and badly effect everyone directly and indirectly. Appealing to all concerned, including competent authorities, NGOs/CSOs and individuals, to work for peace, WSKH also
warned individuals working against peace, adding that in the eventuality of problems and chaos, WSKH would never tolerate those involved and they would be solely held responsible. WSKH also reminded everyone that Nagas were yet to recover from the shock of the unfortunate incidents of December 4 and 5, 2021 where 14 innocent civilians were massacred and several injured. He declared, “… we cannot afford yet another such incidents or worse for the simple fact that the WSKH area comprises of three districts where the density of population, assets and potential threat to innocent civilians and risk involved are way higher than the ill-fated Oting.”
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(From p-1) in the interest of transparent governance if the tenure by one year. However, NVCO said the bill was passed after the present Governor gave assent and fulfilled the “biggest dream” of the “opposition-less government”. NVCO in particular raised the issue of appointment of non government persons to ranks equivalent to that of commissioners, secretaries/joint secretaries/PRO/media officers/ assistants besides appointing non-elected persons as advisers with cabinet rank who don’t attend office but draw salaries and perks, misuse of positions etc. According to NVCO, corrupt practices that have plagued Nagaland were in the form of abuse of power, nepotism, bribery, extortion, embezzlement, fraud etc including deduction in the name of party fund, project fund. It said rampant corruption ensured that there was budget deficit every year and that the deficit for 2021 has reached Rs.2679.46 crore and still increasing.
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(From p-1) for the welfare of Nagas as a whole,” he said. FSL report awaited: Asked about the delay in getting the Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL) report on the killing of 14 civilians by security forces in Mon district, the chief minister said that the Special Investigation Team (SIT) has completed the probe and is awaiting the forensic report. “Without the CFSL report, the findings will be incomplete, and there will be no evidence or scientific proof to proceed further,”
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(From p1) proved the existence of Dimasa Kachari kingdom since medieval period. They asserted that DSUN would in no way accept this “betrayal” by the State government against “our community” and strongly opposed the decision of bifurcating Dimasa Kachari villages as this division was completely non-consensual, arbitrary and in no way protected the rights of “our community”, but only “murdered” the aboriginality of the entire Dimasa Kachari community. The DSUN leaders therefore demanded an amendment to the State government’s December 20 notification and provide justice to the community, failing which they threatened that the community would take vigorous actions.
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to carry out intensive soil tests. Pointing out that soil in many parts of the State had lost their fertility due to rampant use of pesticides and other harmful chemicals, he hoped that the newly-inaugurated soil testing facilities would be of great help to farmers. Sangtam encouraged the farmers of Dimapur to avail the benefit of soil testing lab in the district, adding that only minimal charges would be levied for the tests. Sharing the technical report on the occasion, SWC director K Zhekheto Awomi stated that setting up STL and FQCL cost Rs 75 lakh each, while BOQCL cost Rs 85 lakh. He announced that the department was also setting up two bio fertiliser production units at Rotomi and
ion that increasing fund allocation for Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana will be helpful. “We expect the government to double the amount of fund allocation for Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana to enable more people to realise the dream of owning a home. This will also help achieving government’s goal of Housing for All by 2022.” Additionally, Aggarwal demands incentives for developers amid rising cost of operations. “The Finance Minister will have to pay attention to the Input Tax Credit, reduce the goods and services tax (GST) to singledigit on building material and continue tax holiday for affordable housing developer”, he told Business Today. “One of the most long-standing demand being ‘Industry Status to Real Estate Sector’, not having an ‘industry status’ becomes difficult for real estate sector to avail legitimate finances from banks and other financial institutions. It will help in getting low cost loans from the system, and then the cost benefit with regard to high interest loans from outside the system can be further moved on to the end-users,” said Amit Modi, Director, ABA Corp & President Elect, CREDAI
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NEW DELHI, JAN 24 (AGENCIES): With demand for residential steadily bouncing back, realtors in the country are demanding consumer friendly measures from the finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the upcoming Budget to boost home sales further. From raising the decades old cap on the deduction against home loan interest to increasing the horizon of affordable homes in key metro markets, most of the demands from the country’s real estate developers are focused on incentivising home purchases. According to Niranjan Hiranandani, Co-founder and Managing Director of Mumbai-based real estate major Hiranandani Group, in the upcoming Budget a stimulus will help the sector’s growth momentum to sustain. “We demand raising the Rs 2 lakh cap to Rs 5 lakh on deductions on home loan. This would not cost more than Rs 5,000 crore directly to the exchequer but, in return, it will help boost the sector to a much greater extent. This is long due as the cap was imposed some two decades ago and its high time for a revision”, he told Business Today. Further, given the high land prices in and around
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NEW DELHI, JAN 24 (IANS): Shares of telecom service provider Vodafone Idea declined over six per cent on Monday after the company reported about its widening net losses during Q3FY22. The company’s net losses widened year-on-year to Rs 7,230 crore during the Q3FY22. In the same quarter last fiscal, it was Rs 4,532 crore. In Q2FY22, it was Rs 7,132 crore. Revenue from operations during the quarter declined to Rs 9,717 from Rs 10,894 crore in the same period in the corresponding fiscal. The earnings for the quarter were released after market hours on Friday. At 1.07 p.m. on Monday, the shares traded at Rs 11.05 per share, down 6.8 per cent from Friday’s settlement price. However, Average Revenue Per User during the quarter stood at Rs 115, as against Rs 109 in Q2FY22, an increase of 5.2 per cent quarter-on-quarter, due to an upward revision in prepaid tariffs in late November. In late November 2021, Vodafone Idea, along with Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio, raised tariffs on prepaid customers by around 20 per cent.
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DIMAPUR, JAN 24 (NPN): Continuing with the commitment to support the Armed Forces, India’s leading consumer durable company, LG Electronics under its “Kar Salaam initiative” has pledged to contribute Rs. 1 Crore to the Armed Forces Flag Day Fund (AFFDF) on Republic Day. Launched in 2017, the ‘Kar Salaam’ initiative has been dedicated to the veterans of Indian Armed Forces saluting their spirit of generous contribution and service towards the nation. The contributions made in 2021 were utilized in funding education of children. To further support the cause, LG will be conducting a public awareness drive to request and urge people to come forward, show support for the cause and contribute to the Armed Forces Flag Day Fund. LG Electronics will also run a TV, radio and digital campaign between January 20 and January 31, 2022, to further amplify communication across the masses for the initiative. The awareness campaign will also run at 7,000 retail stores
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Rotomi and that demonstration by technical experts and commissioning were awaited. He revealed that the department was also partnering with Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) in setting up automatic weather stations in Mokokchung, Zunheboto, Kohima, Kiphire, Longleng, Mon and Wokha, claiming that this would help in providing advisory services to farmers before any eventualities. Earlier, the programme was chaired by SWC and geology & mining commissioner and secretary K Libanthung Lotha, while dedicatory prayer for the laboratories was offered by Dimapur Ao Baptist Arogo (DABA) associate pastor Alemwati Longkumer.
(From p-1) put it into pen and paper for the common interest of all to continue living in peace. WSKH said it was also appalled by the declaration of NSCN/GPRN (Akato) that there were some individuals/groups working against the ceasefire between the group and the Centre. If at all the allegation was true, WSKH cautioned the groups with vested interest to immediately stop all sorts of malicious designs, as that would benefit nobody and badly effect everyone directly and indirectly. Appealing to all concerned, including competent authorities, NGOs/CSOs and individuals, to work for peace, WSKH also
warned individuals working against peace, adding that in the eventuality of problems and chaos, WSKH would never tolerate those involved and they would be solely held responsible. WSKH also reminded everyone that Nagas were yet to recover from the shock of the unfortunate incidents of December 4 and 5, 2021 where 14 innocent civilians were massacred and several injured. He declared, “… we cannot afford yet another such incidents or worse for the simple fact that the WSKH area comprises of three districts where the density of population, assets and potential threat to innocent civilians and risk involved are way higher than the ill-fated Oting.”
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persons to ranks equivalent to that of commissioners, secretaries/ joint secretaries/PRO/ media officers/assistants besides appointing nonelected persons as advisers with cabinet rank who don’t attend office but draw salaries and perks, misuse of positions etc. According to NVCO the corrupt practices that have plagued Nagaland were in the form of abuse of power, nepotism, bribery, extortion, embezzlement, fraud etc including deduction in the name of party fund, project fund. NVCO said rampant corruption in the state ensured that there was budget deficit every year and that the deficit for 2021 has reached Rs.2679.46 crore and still increasing.
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(From p1) proved the existence of Dimasa Kachari kingdom since medieval period. They asserted that DSUN would in no way accept this “betrayal” by the State government against “our community” and strongly opposed the decision of bifurcating Dimasa Kachari villages as this division was completely non-consensual, arbitrary and in no way protected the rights of “our community”, but only “murdered” the aboriginality of the entire Dimasa Kachari community. The DSUN leaders therefore demanded an amendment to the State government’s December 20 notification and provide justice to the community, failing which they threatened that the community would take vigorous actions.
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Western UP. According to Deepak Kapoor, Director at Noidabased Gulshan Group, while the real estate market sentiment is way more positive this year, when compared to the two pandemic years gone by. Kapoor also feels that its high time the government confers industry status to the sector. “That will give developers ease of availing cheaper credit facilities from financial institutions and banks. Terminating stamp duty and registration charges in the gamut of GST would be highly acknowledged. The sector is counting on the government,”, he said. Dhr uv Agarwala, Group CEO, Housing.com, Makaan.com and Proptiger. com said, to deal with the legacy issues and new challenges, the real estate sector needs support in the upcoming Budget. “The corpus of the government-backed stress fund SWAMIH should be hiked to at least Rs 1 lakh crore. The current corpus of Rs 25,000 crore has already been committed. This will help in completion of stuck projects and bring back the much-needed consumers’ trust in the under construction property market,” he said.
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(From p-1) for the welfare of Nagas as a whole,” he said. FSL report awaited: Asked about the delay in getting the Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL) report on the killing of 14 civilians by security forces in Mon district, the chief minister said that the Special Investigation Team (SIT) has completed the probe and is awaiting the forensic report. “Without the CFSL report, the findings will be incomplete, and there will be no evidence or scientific proof to proceed further,”
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to carry out intensive soil tests. Pointing out that soil in many parts of the State had lost their fertility due to rampant use of pesticides and other harmful chemicals, he hoped that the newly-inaugurated soil testing facilities would be of great help to farmers. Sangtam encouraged the farmers of Dimapur to avail the benefit of soil testing lab in the district, adding that only minimal charges would be levied for the tests. Sharing the technical report on the occasion, SWC director K Zhekheto Awomi stated that setting up STL and FQCL cost Rs 75 lakh each, while BOQCL cost Rs 85 lakh. He announced that the department was also setting up two bio fertiliser production units at Rotomi and
ion that increasing fund allocation for Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana will be helpful. “We expect the government to double the amount of fund allocation for Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana to enable more people to realise the dream of owning a home. This will also help achieving government’s goal of Housing for All by 2022.” Additionally, Aggarwal demands incentives for developers amid rising cost of operations. “The Finance Minister will have to pay attention to the Input Tax Credit, reduce the goods and services tax (GST) to singledigit on building material and continue tax holiday for affordable housing developer”, he told Business Today. “One of the most long-standing demand being ‘Industry Status to Real Estate Sector’, not having an ‘industry status’ becomes difficult for real estate sector to avail legitimate finances from banks and other financial institutions. It will help in getting low cost loans from the system, and then the cost benefit with regard to high interest loans from outside the system can be further moved on to the end-users,” said Amit Modi, Director, ABA Corp & President Elect, CREDAI
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the key metro markets, increasing the Rs 45 lakh cap on prices of affordable homes is important. According to Hiranandani, for metro markets the cap should be raised up to Rs 1 crore so that more number of buyers are incentivised and are thus encouraged to purchase a home. According to Pankaj Bansal, Director, M3M India, reduction in taxes and additional rebates provided by the government will encourage more millennials and Gen Z buyers to enter the housing market. “Buyers are looking for better tax rebates. Nearly to-third of young Indians – below 35 years of age are emerging as borrowers of home-loans. These are all active home-loan audiences and jointly, with the age group of 36-45 years - account for 53 per cent of annual originations. Investments in real-estate from these young millennials will only grow with the relaxation in taxes and rebates by the Govt in the Union Budget”, he said. Pradeep Aggarwal, Co-Founder & Chairman, Signature Global and Chairman of ASSOCHAM National Council on Real Estate, Housing and Urban Development is of the opin-
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NEW DELHI, JAN 24 (AGENCIES): With demand for residential steadily bouncing back, realtors in the country are demanding consumer friendly measures from the finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the upcoming Budget to boost home sales further. From raising the decades old cap on the deduction against home loan interest to increasing the horizon of affordable homes in key metro markets, most of the demands from the country’s real estate developers are focused on incentivising home purchases. According to Niranjan Hiranandani, Co-founder and Managing Director of Mumbai-based real estate major Hiranandani Group, in the upcoming Budget a stimulus will help the sector’s growth momentum to sustain. “We demand raising the Rs 2 lakh cap to Rs 5 lakh on deductions on home loan. This would not cost more than Rs 5,000 crore directly to the exchequer but, in return, it will help boost the sector to a much greater extent. This is long due as the cap was imposed some two decades ago and its high time for a revision”, he told Business Today. Further, given the high land prices in and around
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across the country. Commenting on the occasion, YoungLak Kim- MD LG Electronics India said, “LG Electronics has been operating in India for the past 25 years and we have always been committed for welfare of society. Our Kar Salaam initiative underscores this philosophy and is a gratitude to the brave hearts who have selflessly contributed to the nation. We thank the Kendriya Sainik Board for helping
NEW DELHI, JAN 24 (IANS): Shares of telecom service provider Vodafone Idea declined over six per cent on Monday after the company reported about its widening net losses during Q3FY22. The company’s net losses widened year-on-year to Rs 7,230 crore during the Q3FY22. In the same quarter last fiscal, it was Rs 4,532 crore. In Q2FY22, it was Rs 7,132 crore. Revenue from operations during the quarter declined to Rs 9,717 from Rs 10,894 crore in the same period in the corresponding fiscal. The earnings for the quarter were released after market hours on Friday. At 1.07 p.m. on Monday, the shares traded at Rs 11.05 per share, down 6.8 per cent from Friday’s settlement price. However, Average Revenue Per User during the quarter stood at Rs 115, as against Rs 109 in Q2FY22, an increase of 5.2 per cent quarter-on-quarter, due to an upward revision in prepaid tariffs in late November. In late November 2021, Vodafone Idea, along with Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio, raised tariffs on prepaid customers by around 20 per cent.
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DIMAPUR, JAN 24 (NPN): Continuing with the commitment to support the Armed Forces, India’s leading consumer durable company, LG Electronics under its “Kar Salaam initiative” has pledged to contribute Rs. 1 Crore to the Armed Forces Flag Day Fund (AFFDF) on Republic Day. Launched in 2017, the ‘Kar Salaam’ initiative has been dedicated to the veterans of Indian Armed Forces saluting their spirit of generous contribution and service towards the nation. The contributions made in 2021 were utilized in funding education of children. To further support the cause, LG will be conducting a public awareness drive to request and urge people to come forward, show support for the cause and contribute to the Armed Forces Flag Day Fund. LG Electronics will also run a TV, radio and digital campaign between January 20 and January 31, 2022, to further amplify communication across the masses for the initiative. The awareness campaign will also run at 7,000 retail stores
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Ukraine crisis: war fears heighten US orders families of Ukraine embassy staff to leave country WASHINGTON/BRUSSELS JAN 24 (AGENCIES): The State Department on Sunday ordered the families of all American personnel at the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine to leave the country amid heightened fears of a Russian invasion. The department told the dependents of staffers at the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv that they must leave the country. It also said that non-essential embassy staff could leave Ukraine at government expense. The move came amid rising tensions about Russia’s military buildup on the Ukraine border that were not eased during talks Friday between Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Geneva. State Department officials stressed the Kyiv embassy will remain open and that the announcement does
action and COVID-19. Exercise increased caution in Ukraine due to crime and civil unrest. Some areas have increased risk,” the department advised. The travel advisory for Russia was also changed: “Do not travel to Russia due to ongoing tension along the border with
Ukraine, the potential for harassment against U.S. citizens, the embassy’s limited ability to assist U.S. citizens in Russia, COVID-19 and related entry restrictions, terrorism, harassment by Russian government security officials, and the arbitrary enforcement of local law.”
NATO said Monday that it’s putting extra forces on standby and sending more ships and fighter jets to eastern Europe, as Ireland warned that new Russian war games off its coast are not welcome given tensions over whether President Vladimir Putin intends to attack Ukraine. The US-led military organisation said it is beefing up its “deterrence” presence in the Baltic Sea area. Denmark is sending a frigate and deploying F-16 war planes to Lithuania; Spain will also send warships and could send fighter jets to Bulgaria; and France stands ready to send troops to Romania. Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said NATO will
“take all necessary measures to protect and defend all allies.” He said: “We will always respond to any deterioration of our security environment, including through strengthening our collective defence.” The announcement came as European Union foreign ministers sought to put on a fresh display of resolve in support of Ukraine, and paper over concerns about divisions on the best way to confront any Russian aggression. “We are showing unprecedented unity about the situation in Ukraine, with the strong coordination with the US,” EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, who is chairing their meeting, told reporters in Brussels.
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An instructor trains members of Ukraine’s Territorial Defense Forces in Kyiv, Ukraine on Jan. 22, 2022.
not constitute an evacuation. The move had been under consideration for some time and does not reflect an easing of U.S. support for Ukraine, the officials said. In a statement, the State Department noted recent reports that Russia was planning significant military action against Ukraine. However, the Russian Foreign Ministry has accused NATO countries of escalating tensions around Ukraine with disinformation. The State Department added: “The security conditions, particularly along Ukraine’s
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borders, in Russia-occupied Crimea, and in Russia-controlled eastern Ukraine, are unpredictable and can deteriorate with little notice. Demonstrations, which have turned violent at times, regularly occur throughout Ukraine, including in Kyiv.” T h e d e p a r t m e n t ’s travel advisory, which had warned against traveling to Ukraine because of COVID-19 as well as the tensions over Russia, was changed Sunday to carry a stronger warning. “Do not travel to Ukraine due to the increased threats of Russian military
Burkina Faso’s President is held by mutinous soldiers OUAGADOUGOU, JAN 24 (AP): Burkina Faso’s President Roch Marc Christian Kabore is being held by mutinous soldiers, two of the rebellious soldiers told The Associated Press by phone early Monday. They did not say where Kabore is being held, but said he is in a safe place. Gunshots were heard late Sunday night near the president’s residence and in the early hours of Monday a battle took place at the presidential palace while a helicopter flew overhead. The roads of the capital were empty Sunday night except for checkpoints heavily guarded by mutinous soldiers. State news station RTB was heavily guarded on Monday morning. Fighting began on Sunday when soldiers took control of the Lamizana Sangoule military barracks in the capital, Ouagadougou. Civilians drove into town in a show of support for the rebellion but
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were broken up by security forces firing tear gas. The mutiny came a day after a public demonstration calling for Kabore’s resignation, the latest in a series of anti-Kabore protests as anger has mounted over his government’s handling of the Islamic insurgency. The government has not made any statements since Sunday when Minister of Defence Aime Barthelemy Simpore told state broadcaster RTB that a few barracks had been affected by unrest not only in Ouagadougou but in other cities, too. He denied, however, that the president
had been detained by the mutineers, even though Kabore’s whereabouts was unknown. “Well, it’s a few barracks. There are not too many,” Simpore said. Kabore had been leading Burkina Faso since being elected in 2015 after a popular uprising ousted longtime strongman President Blaise Compaore who was in power for nearly three decades. Kabore was reelected in November 2020 for another five-year term, however, frustration has been growing at his inability to stem the spread of jihadist violence across the country.
Bill for dog meat ban proposed in S Korea Taliban hold first talks in Europe since Afghan takeover
SEOUL, JAN 24 (IANS): A member of Seoul’s municipal council has proposed an ordinance bill calling for the Mayor to draw up a
31 killed in new South Sudan communal violence JUBA (SOUTH SUDAN), JAN 24 (AP): A local official says at least 31 ethnic Dinka have been killed in clashes with suspected Murle armed youth in South Sudan’s restive Jonglei state. Bor South County Commissioner Yuot Alier told The Associated Press that more than 20 other people were wounded in Sunday evening’s attack in Baidit village and some houses were burned. The commissioner said 28 people were shot dead and three children were drowned while people tried to hide. The commissioner said the attackers left with hundreds of cattle. Two of the attackers were reported killed.
long-term plan to ban dog meat consumption and put it into action, officials said on Monday. “The culture of thinking of pets as part of the
OSLO, JAN 24 (AP): The Taliban and western diplomats have began their first official talks in Europe since they took over control of Afghanistan in August. The closed-door meetings were taking place at a hotel in the snow-capped mountains above the Norwegian capital. Taliban representatives will be certain to press their demand that nearly USD 10 billion frozen by the United States and other Western countries be released as Afghanistan faces a precarious humanitarian situation. “We are requesting them to unfreeze Afghan assets and not punish ordinary Afghans because of the political discourse,” said
Taliban officials are in Norway for talks with western officials.
Taliban delegate Shafiullah Azam on Sunday night. “Because of the starvation, because of the deadly winter, I think it’s time for the international community to support Afghans, not punish them because of their political disputes.” Ahead of the talks,
Intercepted 2 ballistic missiles over Abu Dhabi: UAE DUBAI, JAN 24 (AGENCIES): The United Arab Emirates intercepted two ballistic missiles claimed by Yemen’s Houthi rebels over the skies of Abu Dhabi early Monday, authorities said, the second attack in a week that targeted the Emirati capital. The missile fire further escalates tensions across the Persian Gulf, which previously had seen a series of assaults near — but never indisputably on — Emirati soil amid Yemen’s yearslong war and the collapse of Iran’s nuclear deal with world powers. American troops at Al-Dhafra Air Base in the capital took shelter in bunkers there during the attack. The attacks threaten the business-friendly, tourism-focused efforts of the Emirates, a federation of seven sheikhdoms on the
Shrapnel from the intercepted ballistic missile lands in an industrial area in Dhahran.
Arabian Peninsula also home to Dubai. For years, the country has marketed itself as a safe corner of an otherwise-dangerous neighborhood. Videos on social media showed the sky over Abu Dhabi light up before dawn Monday, with what appeared to be interceptor missiles racing into the clouds to target the incoming fire. Two explosions later thundered through
the city. The videos corresponded to known features of Abu Dhabi. The state-run WAM news agency said that missile fragments fell harmlessly over Abu Dhabi. The Emirates “is ready and ready to deal with any threats and that it takes all necessary measures to protect the state from all attacks,” WAM quoted the UAE Defense
Ministry as saying. The missile fire disrupted traffic into Abu Dhabi International Airport, home to the long-haul carrier Etihad, for about an hour after the attack. Houthi military spokesman Yehia Sarei claimed the attack in a televised statement, saying the rebels targeted several sites in the UAE with both Zulfiqar ballistic missiles and drones, including Al-Dhafra Air Base. He warned the UAE would continue to be a target “as long as attacks on the Yemeni people continue.” “We war n foreign companies and investors to leave the Emirates!” Sarei shouted from a podium. “This has become an unsafe country!” The Dubai Financial Market dropped 2% after the attack, with nearly every
Thousands march in Washington against Covid vax mandates WASHINGTON, JAN 24 (IANS): Thousands of Americans from across the country gathered in Washington D.C. for a march against Covid-19 vaccine mandates and other pandemic restrictions, as people were frustrated and fatigued by the recent surge in cases and the overall health crisis. During the march on Sunday called “Defeat The Mandates: An American Homecoming”, protesters walked from the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. to decry Covid-19 mandates, reports Xinhua news agency. The march was billed as a protest of vaccine mandates, vaccine passports, vaccines for children, and other pandemic requirements and restrictions.
western diplomats met with Afghan women’s rights activists and human rights defenders to hear from civil society in Afghanistan and the Afghan diaspora about their demands and assessment of the current situation on the ground. The meeting was at-
Thousands of people gathered in the center of the US capital on January 23, 2022.
Among those marching were firefighters, teachers, first responders, antivaccine activists and other groups. “We are gathering together in peace and solidarity for the preservation of personal sovereignty and to STOP medical coercion, dis-
crimination and mandates,” organizers of the march said on the event’s website. The march came just a week after Washington D.C.’s vaccine mandate, which requires patrons of indoor businesses to show proof of vaccination, took
effect, in response to a surge in Covid-19 cases and the highly infectious Omicron variant. The march also came after US Supreme Court earlier this month blocked the Biden administration’s vaccine-or-test mandate for large businesses amid an increasingly heated nationwide debate on antipandemic regulations. In a 6-3 decision, the conservative-majority in the high court said the White House overstepped its authority by seeking to impose the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) rule requiring workers at US businesses with 100 or more employees to either get vaccinated or submit a negative Covid-19 test weekly. The court’s decision came as Americans are be-
coming intensely divided over coronavirus-related measures, and some are fed up and frustrated by the strain the pandemic has put on daily life. At a press conference last week, President Joe Biden acknowledged that “there’s a lot of frustration and fatigue in this country” due to the pandemic. “I know that after almost two years of physical, emotional, and psychological weight of this pandemic, the impact it’s had on everyone, for many of us, it’s been too much to bear,” Biden told reporters. But Biden insisted that the US has made great progress in the fight against pandemic, and the administration will stick with vaccination efforts “because vaccinations work”.
company trading down. The Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange also fell slightly. At Al-Dhafra, which hosts both American and British forces, U.S. troops took shelter in bunkers during the attack, the U.S. Air Force’s Mideast command said. Al-Dhafra is home to the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing and has seen armed drones and the F-35 stealth fighters stationed there. “U.S. military forces successfully reacted to multiple inbound threats during an attack near Abu Dhabi,” the Air Force said, without elaborating. Videos on social media suggested outgoing interceptor fire came from the base. The U.S. Embassy in Abu Dhabi later issued a security alert to Americans living in the UAE, warning citizens to “maintain a high level of security awareness.”
tended by representatives of the EU, the US, Britain, France, Italy and hosts Norway. The three-day talks opened on Sunday with direct meetings between the Taliban and civil society representatives. A joint statement tweeted overnight by Zabihullah Mujahid, the Afghan deputy culture and i n f o r m a t i o n m i n i s t e r, following the talks reads that “participants of the meeting recognized that understanding and joint cooperation are the only solutions to all the problems of Afghanistan,” and emphasized that “all Afghans need to work together for better political, economic and security outcomes in
the country.” The United Nations has managed to provide some liquidity and allowed the Taliban administration to pay for imports, including electricity. But the UN has warned that as many as 1 million Afghan children are in danger of starving and most of the country’s 38 million people are living below the poverty line. Faced with the Taliban’s request for funds, Western powers are likely to put the rights of women and girls in Afghanistan high on their agenda, along with the West’s recurring demand for the Taliban administration to share power with Afghanistan’s minority ethnic and religious groups.
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SEYOCHUNG VILLAGE UNION KOHIMA FELICITATION The Seyochung Village Union Kohima (SVUK), extend our heartiest congratulations to Shri. K. Sepichum (Tsipichum) on being promoted to the post of Assistant Superintendent under the Department of Registrar of Co-operative Societies, Nagaland. The SVUK prays that the Almighty God bless him with good health, wisdom and success in all his future endeavours. Sd/(YANGTHRIBA ANAR) PRESIDENT, SVUK
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FILE — A banner calling for a ban on dog meat consumption in western Seoul on Oct. 5, 2021.
family has already become a worldwide trend,” Yonhap News Agency quoted Yang Min-gyu, the councilperson from South Korea’s ruling Democratic Party, as saying. Yang added that the capital city should work to improve animal welfare and raise awareness of the issue. Dog meat consumption has long been at the centre of controversy here, as it has been part of the country’s cuisine for centuries. South Korea’s Animal Protection Law aims to prevent the cruel slaughter of dogs and cats, but it does not ban the consumption of dog meat. Public interest in the matter has grown over recent years with a sharp increase in the population of those who raise pets.
Good News for paragliding enthusiasts in Nagaland.
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third runner-up and fourth runner-up respectively. The event was held on the theme “Escalate fashion, innovate you” which was graced by chairman of Livingstone Foundation International, Dimapur, Dr. Andrew Ahoto as chief guest and founder of LA creation and Enterprise Ledia as guest of honour.
Speaking at the prog r a m m e, D r. A n d r ew Ahoto encouraged the participants to be serious in whatever they do. He also urged them to be consistent and hardworking if they were truly passionate about modelling and bring laurels to the society. He advised the contestants to be humble as one soared
higher in life. In a brief message, guest of honour Ledia acknowledged the organisers for organising the event and also wished good luck to all the participants. Earlier, the event was hosted by Zehovire Avi Kechü, invocation was offered by pastor Nagamese Baptist Church Ura Villa,
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lease, “Spider-Man: No Way Home” returned to the No. 1 slot in North America, adding $14.1 million between Friday and Sunday, along with $27.7 million overseas. The superhero epic, starring Tom Holland as Marvel’s neighborhood web-slinger, opened in December and has generated $721 million at the domestic box office and $970.1 million internationally. Outside of the United States, where “No Way Home” ranks as the fourth-
biggest movie ever, Spidey’s latest adventure has done especially well in the U.K. -- Holland’s birthplace -- amassing $116 million to date. Other top-earning territories include Mexico with $73.4 million, South Korea with $60.6 million and France with $59.9 million. It’s notable that “No Way Home” has managed to shatter records and smash expectations without playing in China, which is the world’s biggest moviegoing market. (Reuters)
eta-owned WhatsApp is reportedly developing the ability to add two-step verification to its desktop app and web version. According to WABetaInfo, WhatsApp plans to bring the two-step verification feature to desktop and web versions in a future update. A screenshot provided by WABetaInfo shows that the two-step verification feature can be enabled or disabled on the web and desktop version. “It will be possible to enable or disable the two-step verification on the web/desktop client. This is very important especially when you lose your phone and you do not remember your PIN. You can restore it by requesting a reset link, but if you are temporarily unable to log into your mail account,” adds WABetaInfo. Two-step verification is already available on the mobile app version where
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a personal PIN must be entered when registering your phone number with WhatsApp. WhatsApp is also reportedly testing the possibility of allowing users to migrate chats from their Android device to an iPhone. The feature was spotted in development in the latest WhatsApp beta for iOS v22.2.74. Currently, it is not available to everyone at the moment. It appears that WhatsApp will rely on an app called Move to iOS in order to make the migration possible. (IANS)
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The All Ward Union Mokokchung Town through this press statement expresses our sincere appreciation to the Government of Nagaland and the State Land Acquisition Authority (SLAA) headed by our dynamic Chief Minister Shri. Neiphui Rio for approving the acquisition of land for upgradation of Power Sub-Station .The project could not be started at a stipulated period due to land compensation. The Long cherish dream for the people of Mokokchung in power sector have come true with the concurrence/ approval of one year extension for upgradation of 33/11 KV (2x10 MVA) Mokokchung Power House Sub -Station at Salangtem ward under NERPSIP from the Ministry of Power, Govt. of India on 7th Jan. 2022. We are very grateful for listening to the voice of the people of the district in general and the AWUMT in particular. We further acknowledge and express our gratitude to the land owner for the positive response to the request made by AWUMT in negotiation of land compensation for the benefit of Mokokchung district for which the people of the district will remember your noble deed. We would also like to acknowledge the Department of Power, Government of Nagaland, Shri Tongpang Ozukum, Hon'ble Minister PWD (Housing & Mechanical) and Chairman DPDB, Mokokchung, District Administration Mokokchung and Ao Senden for timely intervention and taken up the matter to the concern higher up authority. The upgradation work has started and the POWERGRID are requested to execute the work as per the specification and complete within a stipulated period. All citizens of the town and the ward authority are also requested to kindly co-operate with the concern department during erection of electric poles wherever necessary arises for inter link line connection. By upgrading power sub-station with 33/11KV (2x10 MVA) with the existing 33/11KV (2x5MVA) the consumer will be benefited which will meet the needs of power supply of the district and the adjoining neighboring districts in near future. (LIMANUNGSANG) President, AWUMT
The New Riphyim Baptist Church commemorated its Platinum Jubilee on the 17th-19th January 2022 with the theme "Transformed into glory in Christ Jesus" (ll Cor. 3:18). The program was split into four sessions where Mrs. Evangeline Odyuo Koireng, Rev. Dr. Ezamo Murry, Rev. Dr. Nzan Odyuo and Rev. L.K Tsanglao were the dynamic theme speakers respectively. The Platinum Jubilee monolith was dedicated by Rev. Dr. L. Tsanso, Executive Secretary, LBCA. Mrs. Chumchanbeni Odyuo, Director, SCERT, Kohima and Mr. Tsenchibemo Odyuo IFS (Retd.) exhorted the congregation with their phenomenal insightful words and felt the urge for believers to remain deep-rooted in the Bible to make their life fruitful for God's honor. The entire program was exclusively chaired by Mr. Moyithung N. Murry, Pastor, NRBC, and Mr. Tsenchibemo Odyuo IFS (Retd.). A sincere appreciation of the vote of thanks was conveyed by Mr. Mhao P. Tsopoe, Associate Pastor NRBC. The closing program ends with a candlelight service conducted by Rev. L. K. Tsanglao, Pastor Longsa Baptist Church. He ascertained the truth of his Glory and urged the Christian believers to be a living witnesses for His Glory. Besides, he reassured an astounding revelation to portray the image of Christlikeness in Christian life. Furthermore, he reminded the Church to emphasize more on the significance of a mission to fulfill the will of God similarly he also encourages the Church leaders to shepherd the folk of God according to His will.
families in India.” The actress said that her wish this year is to mobilise resources and share knowledge to increase access to improved sanitation and safe water as water is the Driving Force of All Nature. She also thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi on social media for giving her this opportunity. She wrote: “Thank you Prime Minister of India @narendramodi Ji & Minister of Jal Shakti Water Conservation @ gssjodhpur Ji for giving me this world class opportunity.” On the work front, Urvashi was last seen judging
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Kaheli, welcome address was delivered by president Nagaland Exotic Model Hunt, Talikaba Nikheli Temjen. Special performance was presented by Vioka Zhimomi. Artists of the evening were Yangman Lukhim, D Square, Alex Thapa, Genevive Yanthan aka Zoe Crush, Seiwang Konyak aka Funkfreakk and Vitoli Murru and the vote of thanks was delivered by convenor, Nagaland Exotic Model Hunt, Khrorite Lasuh. Altogether, 16 participants participated and the subtitle winners were Miss Photogenic - Totivi Swu; Miss Perfect 10 - Kalitoli Yepthomi; Miss Runway Hanluchi Yimkhiung; Miss Best in evening gown - Livi Chishi; Miss Popular Ruth Dukru; Miss People’s Choice - Haikim Samding. T h e p a g e a n t wa s judged by Kawimaningsiuliu Mharoni Khuvung, Y Chingong and Asola Ozukum.
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ICC Awards: Babar Azam, Joe Root, Shaheen Afridi, Lizelle Lee bag top honours
DUBAI, JAN 24 (PTI): Pakistan skipper Babar Azam was on Monday named ICC ODI Cricketer of the Year while England Test captain Joe Root took home the top honours in the red-ball category, beating competition from, among others, Indian offspinner Ravichandran Ashwin. Babar’s team-mate and left-arm pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi won the Sir Garfield Sobers Award for ICC Men’s Cricketer of the Year. He was bestowed the honour for taking 78 wickets across formats in 36 internationals at an average of 22.20 in 2021. The 27-year-old Babar scored 405 runs in six games at an average of 67.50 in 2021. He was the second-highest run-scorer with 228 runs and was the Player of the Match in both of Pakistan’s wins in the 2-1 series victory against South Africa. The architect of Pakistan’s chase of 274 in the first ODI, Babar made a century and laid the foundation with an 82-ball 94 in the final ODI where the
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Heboluto FC wins 4th Aphuyemi Cup
Heboluto FC- champion of 4th Aphuyemi Cup 2022.
DIMAPUR, JAN 24 (NPN): Heboluto FC Pughoboto lifted the coveted champion title of 4th Aphuyemi Cup 2022, which concluded on Monday organised under the aegis of Aphuyemi Football Club (AFC) at Pughoboto town. In a grand finale, Heboluto FC Pughoboto defeated Chishilimi FC 4-1. H e b o l u t o F C wa s awarded with Rs. 70,000 while the runner-up Chishilimi FC received Rs. 35,000. Nikiho netted two
goals for Heboluto FC while Khrukhoto and Johny Ritse contributed a goal each. Chishilimi FC fetched a lone goal through Ghuqhe Chishi. In individual category, Best Goalkeeper was awarded to Asheto Wotsa (Spireites FC); Best Defender - Itobo Zhimo(Chishilimi FC); Young emerging Player - Juniho Kiho (Natsumi FC); Highest Scorers - Nikiho Tena (4 goals) and Rhitso Mero (4 goals) and player of the tournament - Yekivi Assumi (Natsumi FC).
The valedictory function was graced by president Dimapur District Auto Driver Union, Tito Yepthomi, as the special guest. He encouraged the players to maintain disciplines and obey the coaches in order to flourish in the field of football. The programme was compered by AFC joint secretary, Bonoto Zhimo while AFC general secretary Benjamin A. Swu gave a report. Vote of thanks was proposed by AFC finance secretary, Kanito Kiho.
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simple stat -- he has become only the third player in history to aggregate over 1700 runs in Test cricket in a calendar year. Only Mohammad Yousuf and Sir Vivian Richards stand ahead of him. Be it Asia or conditions back at home and against a range of bowling, the England skipper ruled everywhere with some sublime innings. His knocks in Galle against Sri Lanka, and against India in both Chen-
nai and Lord’s are some of the finest witnessed in the modern era, and will be spoken of highly for a long, long time. He hasn’t been shabby with the ball as well, chipping in with a handy 14 wickets, including a five-for in Ahmedabad. Root’s 218 in the first Test of the four-match series against India in Chennai was a masterclass in batting. He swatted away a quality bowling attack, both pace and spin, with
cially in Tests and T20Is. He was on fire in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in UAE, where he impressed one and all with his sheer speed and skills. Afridi ruled the shortest format of the game throughout the calendar year, scalping 23 wickets in 21 matches. He burst into life during the home series against South Africa, after a difficult start to the year in Test cricket in New Zealand. He maintained his outstanding form throughout the year’s away tours to Zimbabwe, the West Indies, and BanLizelle Lee gladesh. In total, he took utter ease. This was also a 47 wickets in nine matches sign of things to come for at an astounding average the remainder of the year, of 17.06. as the 31-year-old played Lizelle Lee takes knock after knock of the highest calibre, irrespective home women’s ODI of the opposition. Cricketer of the Year Ashwin was nominated in the same category South Africa opener along with Kyle Jamieson, Lizelle Lee was named and Dimuth Karunaratne. the ODI Cricketer of the for her scintillating Afridi wins Men’s Year performance which saw Cricketer of the Year her finish as the highest Afridi had a phenom- run-scorer in 2021 in the enal 2021 across all three format. The hard-hitting batformats of the game, espe-
ter had two scores of 40 plus and played a vital role in South Africa’s sweep off Pakistan. She was unstoppable on the tour of India thereafter, racking up big runs in the Proteas’ 4-1 series win. With 288 runs, including a hundred and two fifties, she ended the series as the highest run-scorer and was awarded the Player of the Series. She carried her form over to the series against West Indies as well and was once again the top rungetter in the series.
Marais Erasmus Umpire of the Year
South Africa umpire Marais Erasmus was named the Umpire of the Year for the third time after receiving the honour in 2016 and 2017. The 57-year-old officiated in the just concluded series between hosts South Africa and India. On top of the T20 World Cup final, Erasmus oversaw 20 international fixtures across the three formats in 2021.
23rd M.B.E. Zhuikhu Memorial Trophy kicks off
The president and colleagues of Senior Noble Klan (SNK) organisers of T20 Winter Cricket Challenge (WCC) handed out the Oting Massacre benefit match amount of ₹ 81200/- to general secretary, Lotha Hoho, S. Aben Ngullie. Azheto Zhimomi, MLA declaring the tournament open. The benefit match was played during the 26th edition of T20 on January 17 at local ground Wokha. Lotha Hoho DIMAPUR, JAN 24 (NPN): The 23rd their talent and also to participate in true secretary will be sending it to SDO Mon, Yanyithung M.B.E. Zhuikhu Memorial Trophy organ- spirit of sports. Ngullie, who will later hand it over to the Konyak Union.
ised by Western Sumi Sports Association (WSSA) got underway on Monday at Nikhekhu village with member of Nagaland Legislative Assembly, Azheto Zhimomi as the special guest. Speaking at the inaugural programme, Azheto said nations are built through sports besides bringing peace between different nations. He encouraged the youth of Nagaland that there is vast scope in the field of games and sports. He further enthused the participants to give the best in exhibition of
Lauding the effort of WSSA in providing a platform to the youth, Azheto called upon the association to put in more efforts to produce more quality players in the days to come. On creation of Niuland district, MLA Azheto thanked the government of Nagaland and chief minister Neiphiu Rio for fulfilling the dreams and aspirations of the people of Niuland. He urged upon the people to live in peace and harmony and to support the government for development and progress of the district.
Felicitation The Nagaland Christian Revival Church Sumi Chekiye Village Youth Department convey our heartiest congratulations to Dr. Loina Shohe, D/o LT. T. ShIKIYe Shohe (SeMAho KINNY) on being conferred with Ph.D in Sociology on the topic “A study on Socio-Cultural impact of Christianity in Naga Society”. We are immensely proud of her achievement and wish her an enduring success in all her future endeavours. (Tokali Zhimo) Assoc. Pastor Youth
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Felicitation It is with immense joy and honour, we, the family members would like to extend our heartiest congratulations to Er. Hekavi G. Sumi on being promoted to SDO (Electrical) SubDivision Chumukedima PEP. May your life be showered with such great success and happiness as you take up new responsibility, we hope that this promotion bring all kinds of new challenges and better opportunities and may this success leads to a greater achievement in the years to come. It is our sincere prayer that may the good Lord continue to bless you and guide you in all your future endeavour. May your work be loved by everyone. Congratulations!!! From Loving, Dad, Siblings and In-laws
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We, the Lumami Kuposhukulu Dimapur takes immense pleasure to congratulate Dr. Loina Shohe, D/o Lt. Mr. T. Shikiye Shohe for completing her Ph.D in Sociology with dissertation on ‘A Study on SocioCultural Impact of Christianity in Naga Society ’ under the Supervision of Prof. Toshimenla Jamir Nagaland University. The reward for hard work is success. You have labored day and night for this success. You truly deserved it. May God continue to bless you in your future endeavors.
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Liverpool edge closer to City, Chelsea back to winning ways
LO N D O N, JA N 2 4 (AGENCIES): Liverpool took advantage of Manchester City’s dropped points with a 3-1 victory at Crystal Palace on Sunday, taking a small bite out of City’s commanding lead of the Premier League. It was far from vintage form for Liverpool who led 2-0 after a dominant first half but needed a late penalty by Fabinho to quell a stirring Palace fightback at Selhurst Park. Third-placed Chelsea got back to winning ways with a 2-0 home victory over Tottenham Hotspur at Stamford Bridge with an exquisite strike by Hakim Ziyech setting them on their way to a first victory in five league games. Manchester City were denied a 13th successive league win on Saturday in a 1-1 draw at Southampton and now lead Liverpool by nine points having played a game more. Chelsea are 10 behind City but have played a game more. Arsenal missed an op-
Liverpool’s Fabinho celebrates scoring their third goal with Diogo Jota, Jordan Henderson, Roberto Firmino and Takumi Minamino during the Premier League match.
portunity to move into the top four as they drew 0-0 at home to bottom club Burnley. Leicester City drew 1-1 at home to Brighton and Hove Albion -- Danny Welbeck’s late equaliser earning ninth-placed Brighton a
12th draw of the season. Goals by Virgil van Dijk and Alex OxladeChamberlain put Liverpool in charge at Selhurst Park. But Palace grew in belief after the break and when Odsonne Edouard tapped in after 55 minutes
they looked capable of salvaging something until a controversial late penalty awarded when Diogo Jota collided with Palace keeper Vicente Guaita. “A big three points today for us, really big,” Liverpool manager Juergen
Klopp said, although he played down the significance of the win in the title race. “The distance is too far to talk about it but we don’t have to. We just need to win football matches. Each Premier League game is difficult like we saw today,” Klopp said. Chelsea recorded a third win this month against Tottenham, including two in the League Cup semifinal, to get back on track after a worrying slump in league form. They were far too good for the visitors but had to wait until Ziyech’s superb curled effort two minutes after the restart to go ahead. Thiago Silva made it 2-0 shortly after and Chelsea could have won by more. Harry Kane did have a first-half goal disallowed for Tottenham but they surrendered their unbeaten league record under Antonio Conte in rather tame fashion. “We were working extremely hard for it and it
was a tough match,” said Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel, who was celebrating one year in charge of the club. “The effort was outstanding and it was a deserved win. “It is so hard to create chances against them but we were relentless and kept on believing.” While Tottenham have slipped to seventh with 36 points, they have games in hand over all the teams battling for fourth spot. Arsenal edged above them on goal difference but were disappointing as they could find now way past Burnley. “To win this match you need to have a different level of quality,” said manager Mikel Arteta, whose side were booed off at the end and have endured a disappointing January. The Premier League now takes a two-week winter break with the focus switching to the transfer window that closes on Jan. 31. Action resumes on Feb. 5.
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MELBOURNE, JAN 24 (IANS): Wimbledon finalist Matteo Berrettini of Italy rode his luck to advance to the quarterfinals of the Australian Open with a 7-5, 7-6(4) 6-4 win against 30-year-old Spanish stalwart Pablo Carreno Busta at the Melbourne Park here. T h e wo r l d N o. 7 earned a crucial first-set break, which set him on course for his maiden Australian Open quarterfinal appearance in a late Sunday game. With Carreno Busta, ranked 21st in the world, serving at 5-5 in the first set, Berrettini benefited from two dead netcords in the game to break to love. He then slammed consecutive aces in the next game to close out the set 7-5. Berrettini said he was delighted to make his first quarterfinal appearance at the Australian Open after he was forced to withdraw in Round 4 last year due to an abdominal injury in the match against Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas. “It was really tough last year. I really wanted to play, but I couldn’t with the tear in the ab,” Berrettini was quoted as saying by atptour.com. “But I believe there is a reason for everything that happens and I’ve been wishing to come back as soon as possible and the way I won today shows how much I care about this tournament.” Berrettini will take on a resurgent Gael Monfils of France who emerged a 7-5, 7-6(4), 6-3 winner against Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic. “I was really precise with my serving and he wasn’t reading my serve, which is why I hit a lot of aces,” Berrettini said. “My serve percentage was high, which was important. I felt I had more energy going into the third set. When my serve is working it’s always good for my tennis.” This was 25-year-old Berrettini’s first straightsets victory of the tourna-
ment, having gone four sets with Americans Brandon Nakashima and Stefan Kozlov in the first two rounds. He then won a gruelling fifth-set tie-break against Spaniard teenager Carlos Alcaraz in the third round. Berrettini slammed 57 winners, including 28 aces, against Carreno Busta in the two-hour, 22-minute match. He put 77 per cent of first serves into play and won 87 per cent of firstserve points and 57 per cent of second-serve points. The Italian has now reached the quarterfinals at all four Grand Slams, the 10th active player to achieve the feat. He is also the fourth Italian man to reach the last eight in Melbourne. Berrettini holds a 2-0 ATP edge over Monfils, including a fifth-set tie-break win at the 2019 US Open quarterfinals.
Washington with 19 points and seven assists, but Beal, Spencer Dinwiddie and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope went 0-for-14 from beyond the arc. Deni Avdija scored 13 points, and Kyle Kuzma finished with 12 points and seven rebounds.
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RJ Barrett collected 28 points, 14 rebounds and six assists as host New York snapped a three-game losing streak with a wire-towire win over Los Angeles. Barrett hit 9 of 24 shots from the field and posted his third doubledouble of the season. He also hit all seven of his free throws in 43 stellar minutes. Julius Randle totaled 24 points, nine rebounds and five assists and bounced back nicely from being held to four points in Thursday’s 102-91 loss to New Orleans. Reggie Jackson scored 26 points on 10-of-18 shooting as the Clippers dropped
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DUBAI, JAN 24 (IANS): India opener Smriti Mandhana on Monday was named as ICC women’s Cricketer of the Year for 2021. After being named in the ICC’s women’s T20I team of the year, Smriti has now won the Rachael Heyhoe-Flint Trophy awarded to the ICC women’s cricketer of the year for the second time after 2018. The left-handed opener beat competition from Tammy Beaumont of England, Lizelle Lee of South Africa and Gaby Lewis of Ireland to clinch the honour. Despite India enduring a difficult 2021, Smriti’s stock continued to rise this year, scoring 855 runs in 22 international matches at an average of 38.86 with one century and five halfcenturies. In the limited-overs series against South Africa where India won just two of the eight matches at home, Smriti played a major role in both wins. She made 80 not out as India chased down 158 in the second ODI that helped them level the series and scored 48 not out to win the final T20I. Smriti then played a Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum (0) shoots over sublime knock of 78 in the Washington Wizards forward Deni Avdija (9). first innings of the oneto 1-2 on their eight-game pers shot 43 percent from off Test against England trip. Ivica Zubac totaled 17 the field and were 14 of 41 at Bristol that ended in a and 14 rebounds. The Clip- from 3-point range. draw. She played an impor-
Berrettini advances to Aus Jayson Tatum racks up 51 points as Celtics rout Wizards Open quarters, to face Monfils WASHINGTON, JAN 24 (AGENCIES): Jayson Tatum snapped out of a 3-point shooting slump with a flourish, hitting 9 of 14 from distance en route to a season-high 51 points, and the Boston Celtics cruised past the Washington Wizards 116-87 Sunday in Washington, D.C. Ta t u m c a m e i n t o Sunday’s matchup having missed his previous 20 3-point attempts and going 0-for in each of Boston’s previous three games. But he hit his first four attempts against the Wizards and went 6 of 7 in the first half -- the last of which came just seconds before halftime. Sunday marked the fifth 50-point-plus game of Tatum’s career. He also grabbed 10 rebounds and dished seven assists, while teammate Jaylen Brown finished with 18 points and 10 rebounds. Bradley Beal led
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tant knock of 49 in India’s only win in the ODI series. Her 15-ball 29 and fifty in the T20I series went in vain though as India fell short in both the matches and lost the series 2-1. Smriti was in good touch in the multi-format series against Australia, starting with the ODI series where she scored 86 in the second match. She compiled a brilliant century in the only Test (the first of her career), and was awarded the Player of the Match for the same. She scored her second T20I fifty of the year in the final T20I, though India fell short and lost the series 2-0. She made India’s first-ever pink-ball Test even more memorable by smashing her maiden century in the longest format. The left-hander played her natural game to begin with, and scored a run-a-ball half-century, playing with caution under the lights. Smriti was caught on 80, but was given a reprieve after replays showed Ellyse Perry had overstepped. She made the most of the lifeline, reaching her first Test century in style with a boundary. Her innings finally came to an end at 127, after putting India in a strong position. The match ended in a draw, and Mandhana was declared the Player of the Match.
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