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Rafale deal: French journal Modi a bold and decisive leader: Dr. Jamir makes fresh claims of kickbacks Dr. Jamir among 16 get Padma Bushan
DIMAPUR/NEW DELHI, NOV 8 (NPN/IANS): Pioneer of Nagaland politics since the 50s, Dr. S.C. Jamir who was awarded with the nation’s third highest civilian award-- Padma Bhushan-- has credited Prime Minister Narendra Modi with having come to understand the complexity of the Naga issue and also aware of the various factors that are hindering eventual agreement. Talking to IANS in New Delhi Monday, Dr. Jamir said Modi “also knows the positive aspect of the entire process”. About Modi’s style of functioning and decision making, Jamir said the Prime Minister has the guts and is decisive. He said this was Modi’s good quality that stood him apart from past Prime Ministers. Dr. Jamir had met the Prime Minister on November 6 (Saturday) at his 7 Lok Kalyan Marg residence, where both deliberated on the Naga political issue. Jamir’s meeting with the Prime Minister was followed the next day when, top officials of the Intelligence Bureau visited Dr Jamir where they discussed the Naga political issue at length. With negotiations lasting a little over 24 years yet impending solution still awaited, Dr. Jamir said the stalled process needed to be accelerated. He maintained that the Central government should have the political will to end insurgency. Dr. Jamir whose speeches since 1990 were consistent with his stand that Naga political issue can be resolved only through dialogue and not guns, said he had been
“telling the Prime Minister about the realities of the situation (Naga issue)”. Dr. Jamir also said he has been pressing for expediting the process for early solution, asking “how long can we go on negotiating?” The veteran politician lauded the signing of the Framework Agreement (on August 3, 2015) and the Agreed Position (on November 17, 2017) with the Naga groups. In particular, Jamir said he was happy to note that the Prime Minister, in his speech on August 3, 2015 welcomed the decision of “the underground to join the mainstream of Indian polity”. Jamir said that was a good sign and a reason why the government of India and the prime minister described the Agreement as “historic”. He said Naga people have been waiting for too long and that there was also a limit to everything. According to Jamir, a decision should be made while there is huge enthusiasm. He compared it to eating and relishing a curry while it was hot. On the other hand, he said no one will eat a curry which has grown cold or stale. In the same manner, Jamir said before the curry, prepared by the prime minister, becomes cold, it should be shared by all those entitled. Dr. Jamir is the only surviving member of the Naga People’s Convention (NPC) which negotiated the 16-Point Agreement with the government of India, that formed the basis for the creation of Nagaland as the 16th state of the Indian Union.
President Ram Nath Kovind presents Padma Bhushan to Dr S.C. Jamir. (PTI)
NEW DELHI, NOV 8 (PTI): President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday presented the Padma Bhushan award, India’s third highest civilian award, to veteran politician and former governor and former chief minister, Dr S.C. Jamir at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in Delhi. Dr. Jamir is the first ever Naga politician to receive the award which was conferred on the 71st Republic Day, 2020 for his exceptional and distinguished service in the field of public affairs. There were two Padma awards ceremonies for the years 2020 and 2021 held in the morning and evening. Among the awards given away were seven Padma Vibhushan, 16
Padma Bhushan and 122 Padma Shri awards for the years 2020 and 2021. Former union ministers George Fernandes, Arun Jaitley and Sushma Swaraj and former President of Mauritius Anerood Jugnauth were conferred the Padma Vibhushan posthumously for their exceptional and distinguished service in two civil investiture ceremonies held at Rashtrapati Bhavan. Former defence minister Manohar Parrikar (posthumous), Mahindra Group chairman Anand Mahindra, chairman of Sundaram-Clayton Group, Venu Srinivasan and MC Mary Kom were also honoured with the Padma Vibhushan. (Cont’d on p-8)
Rio, Patton, Therie congratulate Dr. S.C. Jamir D I M A P U R , N OV 8 (NPN): Nagaland chief minister Neiphiu Rio, de puty chief minister Y Patton and Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) have congratulated veteran Naga politician, former governor and former chief minister Dr. S.C. Jamir on being awarded Padma Bhushan, the country’s third-highest civilian award. Rio: Taking to twitter, Rio congratulated Dr. S.C. Jamir on being awarded with the PadmaBhushan, for exceptional and distinguished service in the field
of Public Affairs. Rio further wishedJamir the very best in all his endeavours. Patton: In a message, Patton said Jamir’s political career spanning over 60 years and serving the nation in various capacities was no mean feat, making him one of the tallest political figures of the Northeast. He mentioned that Jamir was presently the only surviving member of Interim Body, and was fortunate and proud to have been associated with the legendary leader for the past many years. Patton thanked Gov-
ernment of India under the dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi for acknowledging the contributions of Dr. S.C. Jamir. On behalf of the State BJP legislators, Patton conveyed heartiest congratulations to Jamir and wished him good health and a long life. NPCC: NPCC president K. Therie said Jamir winning Padma Bhushan award was everybody’s pride. Conveying heartfelt congratulations to Dr. Jamir for having received the award, Therie said the
recognition was indeed genuine and deserving. “We have all witnessed for the last 70 years how he has tirelessly worked and travelled to all corners of Nagaland. He has touched all the hearts giving clear directive to the future. It is a wonderful blessing to have him alive even at the age of 90,” Therie added. A specialist in public affairs, Therie said Dr. S.C. Jamir had steered the ship of Nagaland from the storm, adding that had he be born in UP, he might have occupied top job. “Fortunately for us, he was born
in Nagaland,” he remarked. The NPCC president said that the man, who was rejected by his own village at his spent age, was appointed governor by Congress, which had given him national recognition. Hoping that the Naga political issue would get resolved during his lifetime, he said the veteran leader was a “true man” of Nagaland who loved Nagaland more than himself. “We are deeply proud of him. I can only thank him for what he has done. I wish him a very long life,” Therie said.
State logs 3 new Covid cases Revised SOP for travellers entering state
D I M A P U R , N OV 8 (NPN): Nagaland on Monday recorded three fresh Covid-19 positive cases, one of the lowest daily since September while no deaths were reported during the day. The three fresh cases were reported in Dimapur, taking the total caseload to 31938. The death toll remained unchanged at 689. Meanwhile, 12,23,395 persons have been inoculated against Covid-19, that includes—714814 first dose and 508581 second dose.
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PTI: I n d i a l o g ge d 11,451 new coronavirus infections taking the country's total tally of Covid-19 cases to 3,43,66,987, while the active cases declined to 1,42,826, the lowest in 262 days, the Union Health Ministry said on Monday. The death toll climbed to 4,61,057 with 266 fresh fatalities, according to the data updated at 8 am. The daily rise in new Covid infections has been below 20,000 for 31 straight days.
DIMAPUR, NOV 8 (NPN): In view of the improvement in COVID-19 situation, the state government has issued a revised standard operating procedure (SOP) for travellers/tourists entering Nagaland. In a notification, chief secretary, J Alam, stated that the revised SOP would come into effect from November 11 till further orders. As per the revised SOP, all travellers/ tourists entering Nagaland would undergo Covid-19 screening test at the Points of
Entry (PoE) including Dimapur airport, Dimapur railway station, Dimapur-New Field Check Gate and the Dillai Gate, Kohima-Khuzama, Mokokchung- Tsutapela and Watiyongpang, Mon-Naginimora and Tizit, WokhaBhandari and Phek-Lanye Junction and Akash Bridge. The state government has, however, specified those who are not required and those who are required to be tested at PoE. (See details of revised SOP on www.nagalandpost.com)
The government stated that revised SOP would be uniformly implemented throughout the state without any deviation and would not be modified by District Task Force (DTF), urban local bodies, village authorities or community-based organizations. Any person violating the SOP would be punished as per relevant sections of the Disaster Management Act 2005, besides action under Sec. 188 of IPC and other legal provisions .
NEW DELHI, NOV 8 (PTI): French investigative journal Mediapart has made fresh claims that alleged bogus invoices were used that enabled French aircraft maker Dassault Aviation to pay at least 7.5 million euros in secret commissions to a middleman to help it secure the Rafale deal with India. According to Mediapart's investigation, Dassault Aviation paid the kickbacks to the intermediary in Mauritius between 2007 and 2012. Mediapart had reported in July that a French judge has been appointed to lead a “highly sensitive" judicial investigation into suspected corruption” and favouritism in the Rs. 59,000-crore inter-governmental deal with India for the supply of 36 Rafale fighter jets. There was no reaction yet from the defence ministry or Dassault Aviation on the latest report. “Mediapart is today publishing the alleged 'false' invoices that enabled French aircraft manufacturer Dassault Aviation to pay at least 7.5 million euros in secret commissions to a middleman to help secure the sale of 36 Rafale fighter aircraft to India,” the journal said in its new report on Sunday. It alleged that despite the existence of "these docu-
ments", the Indian probe agencies decided not to pursue the matter. “It involves offshore companies, dubious contracts and false invoices. Mediapart can reveal that detectives from India's federal police force, the Central Bureau of Investigations (CBI), and colleagues from the Enforcement Directorate (ED), which fights money laundering, have had proof since October 2018 that French aviation firm Dassault paid at least 7.5 million euros (equivalent to just under Rs 650 million) in secret commissions to middleman Sushen Gupta,” Mediapart claimed in the report. “This was in the context of the French firm's long and ultimately successful attempt to secure a 7.8 billion-euro-deal in 2016 to sell 36 of its Rafale fighters
Winter Session of Parl from Nov 29
NEW DELHI, NOV 8 (IANS): Winter Session of the Parliament will commence from November 29 and will end on December 23, the Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs (CCPA) meeting, chaired by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, decided on Monday. Like previous session, the sitting of both Houses - the Rajya Sabha and the Lok Sabha - will be held simultaneously in accordance
with Covid-19 guidelines and Members of the both Houses are expected to follow social distancing norms. There would be about 20 sittings of each House and the government is likely to introduce Bills to facilitate privatisation of public sector banks which was announced in the General Budget this year. A Bill is also likely to be tabled for amending the Pension Fund Regulatory
hospitalised COVID-19 positive Canadian adults were recruited 14 to 21 days after being diagnosed through PCR testing in 2020, before the Beta, Delta and Gamma variants emerged. "Everyone who had been infected produced antibodies, but older people produced more than adults under 50 years of age," said Jean-Francois Masson, a professor at the University of Montreal. "In addition, antibodies were still present in their
bloodstream 16 weeks after their diagnosis," Masson said. Antibodies produced after an infection by the original viral strain also reacted to SARS-CoV-2 variants that emerged in subsequent waves, namely Beta, Delta and Gamma, with a reduction of 30 to 50 per cent in reactivity. "But the result that surprised us the most was that antibodies produced by naturally infected individuals 50 and older provided a
greater degree of protection than adults below 50," said Joelle Pelletier, a professor at the University of Montreal. "This was determined by measuring the antibodies' capacity to inhibit the interaction of the Delta variant's spike protein with the ACE-2 receptor in human cells, which is how we become infected," he added. The researchers, however, did not observe the same phenomenon with the other variants.
and Development Authority Act, 2013, to facilitate the separation of the National Pension System Trust from PFRDA, for ensuring universal pension coverage. Among others, a Bill to replace the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (Amendment) Ordinance, 2021 which was promulgated on September 30, for stricter punishment provisions in NDPS Act may also be tabled in the Winter Session.
Telecom service providers asked to Now, recharge smart meter online remove overhead cables along NH-29 Dprepaid I M A P U R , N OV 8 D I M A P U R , N OV 8 (NPN): Extra assistant commissioner (EAC) Chümoukedima Seyiekhrietuo Solo has directed telecom service providers (TSPs) to remove overhead cables along NH-29 from Purana Bazaar area till Chümoukedima town within 30 days and to place the cables as per the prescribed manner in consultation with the appropriate authority. EAC warned that the cables would be removed and defaulting service providers would be penalised accordingly. EAC said that several
TSPs have placed their overhead cables at numerous locations along NH-29 in a very haphazard manner, thereby causing unnecessary obstruction and nuisance to the general public. The officials further reminded that the telecom service providers were legally obligated to ensure that sufficient measures were taken to mitigate public inconvenience and ensure public safety at all times while laying/placing cable or any infrastructure as per the rules stipulated under the Indian Telegraph Right of Way Rules, 2016.
‘Pfizer, AstraZeneca vax generate more antibodies than natural infection’ TORONTO, NOV 8 (PTI): People who receive the Pfizer or AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine have antibody levels significantly higher than those infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus, according to a study published in Scientific Reports journal on Monday. A team led by researchers at the University of Montreal in Canada found that these antibodies were also effective against the Delta variant. In the study, 32 non-
to India,” it said. BJP's National Information and Technology Department in-charge Amit Malviya targeted the Congress, alleging that the kickbacks were paid during the UPA rule. The NDA government had inked the deal on September 23, 2016, to procure 36 Rafale jets from Dassault Aviation after a nearly seven-year exercise to procure 126 Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) for the Indian Air Force did not fructify during the UPA regime. The Congress accused the government of massive irregularities in the deal, alleging that it was procuring each aircraft at a cost of over Rs.1,670 crore as against Rs.526 crore finalised by the UPA government during the negotiations for the MMRCA.
They noted that when someone who has had a mild case of COVID is vaccinated, the antibody level in their blood doubles compared to an unvaccinated person who has been infected by the virus. Their antibodies are also better able to prevent spike-ACE-2 interaction, according to the researchers. "But what's even more interesting is that we have samples from an individual younger than 49 whose
infection didn't produce antibodies inhibiting spikeACE-2 interaction, unlike vaccination," said Masson. "This suggests that vaccination increases protection against the Delta variant among people previously infected by the native strain," Masson added. The researchers believe more research should be conducted to determine the best combination for maintaining the most effective level of antibodies reactive to all variants of the virus.
(NPN): Power department has informed all consumers using pre-paid energy meters in Dimapur and Kohima that facility for online recharging of electricity balance was now available. In a press release, chief engineer distribution & revenue Er. Moa Aier has, therefore, requested the prepaid electricity consumers to make use of the facility at http://prepaidnagaland. net/ for general convenient and also to avoid overcrowding in the recharge counter.
SARFAESI Act panel to meet on Nov 15 D I M A P U R , N OV 8 (NPN): State chief minister, Neiphiu Rio, who is also the chairman of the select committee to examine the application of the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 (SARFAESI Act, 2002) to Nagaland, has convened a meeting of the committee on November 15, 2021 at 11am in the committee hall of the Nagaland Legislative Assembly. NLA secretariat, in a press release, has requested all the members of the committee to attend the scheduled meeting. K Y M C
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He appealed to the people to actively participate with attention and cooperation and was confident that Nagaland would bring the changes when the people work together. The project director, while stressing on the aims and objectives including project components said that children results would bear fruit after nine and ten years with constant moni-
St. Joseph College conducts webinar on prospects of SWAYAM He stressed on the need for education system to evolve and adapt in accordance with changing times and how initiatives such as SWAYAM fulfils that purpose. It may be mentioned that Study Webs of ActiveLearning for Young Aspiring Minds (SWAYAM) was an educational programme initiated by government of India to make E-learning accessible to everyone in the country. T h e we b i n a r wa s chaired by senior faculty member Capt. Regina Razousinuo while principal SJC, Dr. Fr. George Keduolhou Angami delivered welcome address. In the the keynote address, HoD, History Dept., Nzano Kikon highlighted growing importance of online classes and courses owing to the ongoing pandemic and how E-platforms helped students in their academic career.
SBAK executive council president, Dr I. Pihoto Khala speaking at the jubilee celebration.
grow for the glory of God. Earlier, Zunheboto Town Sumi Baptist Church presented a jubilee choral while Natha Old BYF inaugurated the jubilee service with a curtain raiser. The jubilee celebration also recounted how the pastors’ fellowship began in 1971 with an objective to strengthen the identity and to enhance the welfare work among
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D I M A P U R : Ta s t e o f Noklak Society (TONS), a society formed by Noklak farmers and SP Noklak, launched 15 products which included Mithun meat pickles, Michinga, neem and lemon soaps, aloe vera and neem gels, tulsi products, lotions and other herbal products at Noklak in presence of DC Noklak, SP Noklak, KVK Tuensang, Noklak NGOs, Dr. Jongkoi Medical Department and TONS on November 4. According to a DIPR report, delivering the origin and works of the society, TONS chairperson, M Mongshai stated that it was SP Noklak Dr. Pritpal Kaur who started the society by giving them name of TONS to help women, students and entrepreneurs who were trained at CIH Medziphema and KVK Tuensang. The programme was chaired by member of TONS, Cham. member of TONS Sungmo gave the
church workers in Sumi churches. It may be mentioned that in the formation year, pastors from Sumi churches converged at Aizuto mission centre to participate in the formation. The jubilee in this regard, marked the celebration of pastoral legacy left by the pioneering leaders. During the programme, jubilee blessings were pronounced by pastor, and centre Baptist Church Rev. Vitoshe K Aye and Yehemi Baptist Church pastor, Rev. Phuheto Shikhu, who was a founding member of Sümi Baptist Pastors’ Conference and. Meanwhile, Rev. Ghokuto Chishi dedicated a jubilee souvenir which was published to recollect God’s mighty works in the lives of the church leaders. The jubilee was attended by around 20 retired reverends and 540 church leaders from Sumi Baptist Akukuhou Kuqhakulu (SBAK).
welcome note and superintendent of police Noklak, Dr. Pritpal Kaur, in her speech congratulated everyone on successful step ahead of value addition. Meanwhile, farm management was explained by Yanger Kichu from KVK Tuensang. DC Noklak, Hiazu Meru, lit the candle of hope and stated that farming was one of the emerging sectors where educated youth could make good career. He explained the concept of division of labour where farmers on one end and value addition by SHGs on another end should work as teams. KVK Longmayanger explained about apps of agriculture. TONS along with Noklak FPO would represent CIH Medziphema on November 11 at Horticulture Expo and Delhi exhibition with the help of CIH Medziphema.
DIMAPUR: Mokokchung police organised celebrated “police commemoration day” and “rashtriya ekta diwas (National Unity Day)” from October 21-31 at DEF Mokokchung. According to a DIPR report sent on Monday, police commemoration day 2021 was observed at new reserve, quarter guard, Mokokchung on October 21 and was attended by representatives from sister agencies, NGOs and civil societies. Police officials also visited villages of martyrs and respective OCs of concerned police stations and presented martyrs photo album to the village council chairman and police stations. Exhibitions highlighting contribution of police martyrs were also distributed in the form of leaflets. It was decided that the new DEF school building which was under construction would be named after the then S.P Mokokchung late Ved Prakash who was martyred on August 26, 1994. Activities such as painting competition for the students of police school, DEF Mokokchung and friendly volleyball match between DEF Mokokchung and NAP BN were part of the programme. Unity Run under the theme “role of police in nation building” was also organised on October 30 which was participated by around 100 from home guards & civil defence, NPTO, NCC (Fazl Ali College), AKM and members from run Mokokchung.
UPVC and KNSK organise seminar on drugs DIMAPUR: Upper Tiru Village Council (UTVC), KNSK and church youth department, in collaboration with Gospel Outreach Ministry Mon, organised a three-day seminar on “drug abuse and prevention” from October 28 to 30 at the village council hall. In a press release, UTVC informed that resource persons, director, Neangba Konyak, President, Awok Konyak and team from Outreach Gospel Ministry spoke on problems and risks associated with drug abuse and alcoholism and ways to reduce risk factors through treatment programmes. The resource persons also encouraged users for rehabilitation in the rehab centre at Mon. Altogether, 73 participants attended the seminar.
National Service Scheme (NSS) unit, GHSS Kohima, Dr. Neilhouzhu Kire conducted a cleanliness programme at the school compound as part Swachhta Hi Seva Campaign on November 5. The programme was led by NSS programme officer, Rukuvoyi Swuro.
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SPBC celebrates golden jubilee DIMAPUR: Sümi Baptist Pastors’ Conference (SPBC) SBAK-Aizuto celebrated its golden jubilee from November 5-7. The jubilee celebration was hosted by Shoixe Village Baptist Church. In a press release, SBAK media cell informed that during the celebration, Rev. Ghokuto Chishi, Lumithsami Baptist Church pastor, SBAK evangelist Rev. Ghukhevi Katty and Satami Baptist Church pastor Mughaho Awomi were speakers while SBAK executive secretary, Rev. Mulato Chishi was the keynote speaker, who stressed on the theme “growing up in Christ in all things”. SBAK executive council president, Dr I. Pihoto Khala expressed gratitude towards the pastoral community for strengthening the growth of SBAK and expressed optimism that through the immense contribution of church leaders SBAK would continue to
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DIMAPUR: Department of History, St. Joseph’s College (Autonomous), Jakhama in collaboration with Internal Quality Assessment Cell (IQAC) of the college conducted a webinar on the topic “prospects of SWAYAM for the present and the future” on October 30. In a press release, SJC informed that resource person, assistant professor, SJC, Khrielie-ii Zumvii spoke about the context and purpose of SWAYAM, its objectives and relevance. She outlined various courses that were available under programme and meticulously explained procedure of enrolment and benefits of pursuing the courses. Resource person for second technical session, assistant professor, SJC (A), Reimaya Muinao highlighted the implementation process and general acceptance of SWAYAM.
DIMAPUR: Additional deputy commissioner & election registration officer (ADC & ERO), Mokokchung, Shashank Pratap Singh has informed electors of 21 Tuli, 22 Arkakong, 23 Impur, 24 Angetyongpang, 25 Mongoya, 26 Aonglenden, 27 Mokokchung Town, 28 Koridang, 29 Jangpetkong and 30 Alongtaki constituencies that electoral roll has been prepared and a copy would be available at the office of ADC & ERO and every designated location/polling station during office hours. In a notification, ADC & ERO has informed that any claim for inclusion of name in the roll, objection to inclusion of name or objection to particulars in entry should be lodged on or before November 31, I Form 6, 6A, 7, 8 or 8A as appropriate. Claim or objection should be presented in the office of ADC & ERO, Mokokchung or to respective booth level officer/AERO or sent it by post addressing the ADC & ERO, Mokokchung.
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DIMAPUR: Nagaland Education Project (NEP) organised a programme on community awareness and sensitisation at town hall Peren on November 8. According to a DIPR report, NEP project director and principal director, school education, Shanavas C informed that the mid-day project in Peren had performed commendably.
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toring. Communication strategy has to play a vital role in the education policy he said. He also sought for support for successful implementation of the project with satisfaction for the generations. Meanwhile, deputy commissioner (DC) Peren, Sentiwapang Aier in the keynote address stated that for any project to be successful, it depended on the people. The DC urged the gathering to be a model district of the project. PMU team manager, Visato Koso shared community ownership, investment and collective management. E a r l i e r, a s s i s t a n t district education officer (ADEO), Limayangla Tzudir chaired the programme while senior SDEO Peren, Bendangsenla Jamir moderated the discussion hour.
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WEATHER FORECAST NOVEMBER 9
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Agartala
Hazy sunshine
31 16
Aizawl
Sunny
28 13
Guwahati Mostly sunny and pleasant
30 16
Imphal
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Itanagar
Mostly sunny and nice
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Shillong
Nice with brilliant sunshine
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Kohima
Partly sunny and nice
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Dimapur
Mostly sunny and pleasant
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Tuensang Partly sunny and not as warm
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LFI College holds literary day
DIMAPUR: Livingstone Foundation International (LFI) College, department of English organised literary day on the theme “creative arts”, on November 6. LFIC informed that Atheli from department of English chaired the program and stressed on the importance of literary events and how it supported the growth of student’s wellbeing, academically and intellectually. A group song was presented by students of English department while various competitions, such as story writing, sketching, painting, extempore speech were conducted to encourage and enhance the artistic and writing skill.
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DGP T John Longkumer releasing the souvenir on Monday. (NP)
Staff reporter D I M A P U R , N OV 8 (NPN): Nagaland Police Central Workshop (NPCW), Chümoukedima, celebrated its golden jubilee with director general of police (DGP), T John Longkumer as special guest, here, on Saturday. Addressing the gathering, Longkumer stated that NPCW jubilee celebration was a red-letter day and a
momentous occasion worthy of commemoration and celebration. Speaking on the roles of NPCW, he said that NPCW has been growing from strength to strength, increasing the police’s fleet of vehicles. He pointed out that repairing the vehicles to see that polices forces were mobile was not an easy task and thanked officers of all ranks of NPCW for keep-
ing police forces mobile. He also acknowledged the retired officers for all the past services rendered and looked forward for NPCW to evolve to more specialised trainings. Celebrating the golden jubilee, the DGP urged the gathering to aspire to make difference. He thanked the drivers as the lives of officers and jawans were in their hands and acknowledged the me-
chanics who rendered their service when the vehicles broke down during operations and emergencies. DGP encouraged the gathering to carry on with excellence, dignity of professionalism, discipline and devotion to duty. “This golden jubilee celebration is indeed an optimistic reminder of our shared heritage with those who have already retired, passed away, present today and also to those who would be commanding the forces”, Longkumer added. He extended congratulations to all officers and jawans of NPCW and assured support from the police HQ. E a r l i e r, t h e p r o gramme was chaired by CED, police church Chümoukedima, Tialila, and welcome address was delivered by additional SP/ OC, NPCW, Muleki Yim. A special number was also presented by police church Chümoukedima choir, while thanksgiving prayer was said by associate pastor, police church Chümoukedima, Rev. Dr. Tali.
Lierie Baptist Nhicuko Krotho and teachers during the programme on November 8.
DIMAPUR: Lierie Baptist Nhicuko Krotho (LBNK) observed “World Sunday School Day” which also marked its 25th anniversary at Lierie Baptist Church Kohima on November 8. In a press release, LBNK informed that speaking on the occasion, assistant pastor of Lierie Baptist Church, Atho Sothu reminded about how Robert Raikes started the Sunday School first in the 1780s. He also narrated how Lierie Baptist Nhicuko Krotho had been persevered and grew over the years. He stressed on the
importance of spiritual feeding ingrained at young age and the need to provide and nurture them according to their age. During the celebration, special numbers were presented by children from the primary, intermediate and junior categories. Action songs were performed by beginners and toddlers; musical play by New Teens and Bible recitation (Psalms 23) from the junior division. Earlier, Avono Sakhrie, superintendent of Lierie Baptist Nhicuko Krotho led the programme while Thejaseto Terhüja
was cantor and Keneisenuo Kuotsu, pianist. Deaconess Apele Savino invoked God’s blessings; Annie Naleo read from the scripture while a prayer for the children was said by Lierie Baptist Church pastor, Neichüriazo Chücha. It may be mentioned that on June 30, 1996, four teachers and 10 students gathered for the first Sunday school class in a residence at Lerie colony. Lierie Baptist Nhicuko Krotho informed it has been blessed with around 300 Sunday school students and 15 teachers assigned to six classes currently.
LSU (N) elects new office bearers Awareness programme on scope of apiary DIMAPUR: Central institute of Horticulture (CIH), Medziphema in collaboration with the Nagaland Beekeeping and Honey Mission (NBHM) conducted a training on the topic “awareness programme on scope and importance of bees, beekeeping and honey” on October 28 at Pongo village under Sakshi block of Longleng. In a press release, CIH informed that officials from NBHM, C Francis Kikon, Phem Khmn and Mhathung T Tsopoe were resource persons for the event. Interaction session during the course and after CIH officials along with participants at the training programme. Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Phek, Dr. Khriezotuo Paphino launched differential the training session was swarm bags and bee veils the participants. pants attend the training hematology analyzer and semi-automated clinical chemistry analyzer at CHC Pfutsero also conducted. ISI B type bee boxes, were distributed among Altogether 50 partici- programme. on November 8 which was received from Dritu Enterprise.
DIMAPUR: Liangmai Students’ Union {LSU (N)} held its executive m e e t i n g a n d ge n e r a l
election at Nchangram village on November 6 where Tingwangsi Newmai and Namdunchap
Newmai were elected as president and general secretary for the tenure 2021-2023.
Various district planning and development boards hold monthly meetings
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DIMAPUR: The monthly District Planning & Development Board (DPDB) meetings were held in Mokokchung, Wokha, Tuensang, Longleng and Peren. Mokokchung: Mokokchung DPDB meeting for the month of October and November was held on November 8 in the conference hall of the ADC planning. The meeting was held under the chairmanship of Minister, PWD (housing and mechanical) and chairman DPDB Mokokchung, Tongpang Ozukum. According to a DIPR report, on the proposal of youth hostel at Mokokchung, the chairman stated that he personally met the responsible minister and submitted a representation on the project on which he asked the house to wait from the responsible department for continuation of the project work. Ozukum said that the land owner of Kendriya Vidyalaya School, Tuli was willing to give the land free of cost for the establishment of the school to continue and said that the school should not be closed down. The house deliberated on the construction of pedestrian footbridge K Y M C
for main junction, Mokokchung municipal council dumping site, Mokokchung highway by-pass road and purchase of medical equipment for combating Covid-19 in the district. The house accepted the translated documents of Village Councils Act Nagaland submitted by the select committee for approval. After deliberation, the house approved the registration of society (soul care) Chami village-reg society for care and support to orphan children. New board member, district agricultural officer Mokokchung, B. Imti Tzudir was introduced to the house. Certificate and cash to winners of the essay competition organised by Raj Bhavan on Gandhi Jayanti 2021 were also awarded at the meeting. Wo k h a : Wo k h a DPDB meeting was held in the conference hall of the DC with vice chairman DPDB & DC, Wokha Orenthung Lotha as the chairman. In the meeting, the department of rural development, district executive force (police), irrigation/ water resource presented
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their departmental activities. Advisor for IT, science & technology and NRE, Mmhonlumo Kikon said that the main focus on the implementation of government projects, schemes and its activities was to up lift the economic status of the common people. He urged the department to implement such activities in convergence with other line department to avoid duplication of works. While selecting the projects he urged the responsible department to select the location on priority basis so that the particular project boost economic viability of the concerned area. He assured the departments that the board would extend full cooperation for successful implementation of projects and schemes for the benefit of the people. Advisor, horticulture & border affairs, Mhathung Yanthan encouraged the department to be actively involved in any developmental activities. New member of the board, ACF (forest) Wokha, Siechutho Katiry was also introduced in the meeting.
Tuensang: In Tuensang, the DPDB meeting was held in the conference hall of the DC under the chairmanship of DC & vice chairman DPDB, Tuensang, Kumar Ramnikant. The members discussed the agenda of YTC for transferring of Sotokur EAC HQ from Tuensang Sadar to ADC Shamator. YTC president highlighted the reason behind proposal to the house and that the main objective of the proposal was for the administrative convenience to which the representative of the CKS also commented on the agreement for the proposal. The house agreed to forward the proposal for approval. Proposal for allocation of funds for repairing of EAC Longkhim quarter was also discussed and was sent for approval. The vaccination status of Tuensang district under bottom 41 in the country was discussed and the remedial drive to pull out from the bottom 41 list was deliberated. The house decided for extensive vaccination and awareness drive in rural areas which would be headed by HoDs of the district. Tuensang
town would also install a 24x7 vaccination center. The members decided to conduct a departmental sports week for which SDO(C) Sadar, Shelly Katiry would be convener while the dates and details would be updated in the DPDB group forum. Departmental activities was highlighted by the PHE department through a PowerPoint presentation. Longleng: Longleng DPDB meeting was held under the chairmanship of DC and vice chairman DPDB, Longleng, M. Shayung Phom in the DPDB conference hall. The board after brief deliberation recommended agenda proposed by various organisations and agencies such as upgradation of Government Middle School Tangha to Government High School, application of Tamlu Village Students Union (TVSU) & Yongphang Students’ Union (YSU) for registration of society under Societies Registration Act, upgradation of SDO (power) Longleng to executive engineer and approval of verification/implementing committee for LADP 2021 - 2022 under 49 A/C Tamlu and 50 A/C Longleng.
Implementing committees were constituted for LADP with ADC Tamlu as convenor, DAO Longleng and BDO Tamlu as members for 49 A/C Tamlu, where for 50 A/C Longleng, ADC HQ as convenor with DHO Longleng and BDO Sakshi as its members. The house deliberated on poor internet connectivity in the district for smooth functioning and implementation of eNPS and ePay bill system for government employees. In this regard, DC appealed HoDs to arrange alternative internet connectivity so that salary of employees was not delayed. ADC Longleng, D. Robin reiterated to submit annual membership fee of Rs. 1000 for officers’ club of Longleng and Rs. 3000 for new members for both registration and membership fees. He informed that Officers’ Club Longleng would be organising badminton and carom interdepartmental tournament on November 29 and 30 at Longleng. SDO (power) Longleng presented activities of the department through PowerPoint presentation, appraised the house on
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the grievance faced by department and highlighted various reasons for frequent power disruption in the district and submitted representation for up gradation of SDO (power) to executive engineer to redress the problems. DC directed PHED department to present activities of the department in the next meeting. Peren: Peren DPDB meeting was held at Baudi hall, Jalukie Town under the chairmanship of DC Peren and DPDB vicechairman, Sentiwapang Aier. Peren District Legal Service Authority (PDLSA) secretary, BP Resu apprised board members about mega camp which was scheduled to be held on November 13 at Jalukie town along with various departments under Peren district during pan India legal awareness and outreach campaign. He requested DC Peren to issue circular to various departments. Meanwhile, winners were also felicitated for securing first and second position in the Peren district level essay competition. Schools under Peren with 100% pass percentage,
subject toppers in HSLC as well as HSSLC were also felicitated in the meeting. Earlier, district immunization officer, Dr. Kiholi highlighted detailed COVID vaccination status and its action plan of district, while director, pro rural society, Paul Lokho highlighted action plan to combat COVID-19 in collaboration with DTF and SDTF in the district. State project manager, John Snow Inc (JSI), Egumsing Nsarangbe also spoke during the meeting. On requirement of man power during vaccination drive, the house entrusted Zeliangrong Students Union, Nagaland to assist the medical department in block wise.
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CBI court grants bail to ex-Assam CM’s son Ashok in loan default case
G U WA H AT I , N OV 8 (PTI): A CBI court on Monday granted bail to Ashok Saikia, son of former Assam chief minister Hiteswar Saikia, who was arrested by the central investigating agency in connection with a case pertaining to the alleged default of a loan of over Rs 9 lakh 25 years ago. Saikia walked out of the court premises here on getting the bail after spending a night in CBI custody. He has been asked to appear before the court of the CBI special judicial magistrate on Tuesday, his advocate added. Saikia was questioned by the CBI Guwahati team and arrested on Sunday on the basis of a non-bailable warrant issued against him for not appearing in the court despite summons in a loan default case. Saikia, who is a businessman, had issued a statement through his elder brother on Sunday stating that he had taken a loan in 1996 from Assam State Cooperative Agriculture and Rural Development Bank
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Ltd (ASCARD), which he claimed to have repaid. He also shared a purported letter from the then ASCARD general manager in-charge stating that no dues were pending. “The CBI team suddenly came to our house and said my loan is pending. I did not receive any notice from the CBI or the court. I do not know why the CBI has pushed me into a baseless and fictitious case. Only the CBI or the government will know this,” the businessman said. His elder brother Debabrata Saikia, who is the Leader of Opposition in Assam Assembly, had shared the purported ASCARD
certificate with the media on Sunday. It was issued by its then general manager in-charge H N Borah on October 28, 2015, and said that Ashok Kumar Saikia, the director of HPS India Pvt Ltd, had availed a loan of Rs 9,37,701 under the bridge loan scheme in 1996. “A s p e r o u r l e t ter Ref. No. ASCARDB (L/C) 192/2002/61 dated 14.09.2011 under the compromise settlement scheme he has fully repaid the dues - both principal and interest. Now his aforesaid loan is liquidated,” the ASCARD certificate said. The authenticity of the said certificate could not be verified im-
mediately. Debabrata Saikia said, “The CBI claimed that they had sent a notice. Our mother, who lives with Ashok, stays at home all the time and she said no notice came to us. Our advocate said that this case should not have been pursued at all. I do not know why such an old settled case is being raked up.” A senior Cong ress leader has alleged that CBI is being “used” by the BJPled government at the Centre to harass the leader of the opposition in Assam after his statement on Saturday in connection with the claims of state BJP leaders on defection to the saffron party. “Saikia had said on Saturday that he will never join BJP after speculations became rife that he will do so. The speculations were floated just to demoralise Congress workers. The BJP is now using CBI to intimidate Saikia. It is tactic that the BJP adopts across the country,” the Congress leader told PTI on the condition of anonymity.
Two Manipur Cong MLAs join BJP in Delhi N E W D E L H I , N OV 8 (PTI): Two Manipur MLAs joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday, with the party expressing confidence that it will win the upcoming assembly polls in the state with victory in two-third seats. Rajkumar Imo Singh, who comes from a notable political family in the state associated with the Congress, and Yamthong Haokip, a Congress MLA, joined the BJP in the presence of Union minister Sarbananda Sonowal and the party’s in-charge for Manipur Sambit Patra. Singh was also elected on a Congress ticket but was expelled from the party for his alleged anti-party
Manipur MLAs Yamthong Haokip (L) and Rajkumar Imo Singh (R) join BJP, at BJP HQ in New Delhi. (PTI)
activities. He told reporters that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has done a lot of work for the country’s prosperity, peace and stability. In 2017, Manipur
was known for law and order problems, regular blockades and the divide between its hilly and valley regions but this is no longer so, he said. His father Rajkumar
Jaichandra Singh was Manipur’s chief minister and the first Union minister from the state. Sonowal welcomed them into the party and asserted that the northeast regions have established their identity under the Modi government which has ensured that Union ministers and bureaucrats regularly visit the area to address issues facing it. Patra said the BJP is proud to have these eminent personalities from the state in its fold and expressed confidence that it will win two-third seats in the assembly polls. The BJP had come to power in the state for the first time in 2017.
Memorandum submitted to PM against ‘harassment’ of minorities in Assam
GUWAHATI, NOV 8 (PTI): The All Assam Minorities Students’ Union (AAMSU) in a memorandum to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday alleged that minority communities were being subjected to “harassment” by the Assam government in the name of “arbitrary, selective and illegal eviction spree”. Pointing out that the evicted people were now being forced to live in the open, the student body called for the Prime Minister’s intervention for proper rehabilitation of the displaced people by providing them with land ‘pattas’ and other basic amenities. The AAMSU condemned the “brute force used to evict poor people from their homestead” during the evic-
tion drive in Gorukhuti in Darrang district in September which had left two persons dead. The union also urged PM Modi for restarting the National Register of Citizens (NRC) updating process and completing it within a stipulated time frame. The memorandum addressed to the Prime Minister was handed over to police officers at the demonstration site at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi, AAMSU advisor Ainuddin Ahmed said. In the memorandum, a copy of which was made available to journalists here, members of the student body placed “grievances of the people of Assam, particularly the minority communities living in the state” and sought the PM’s intervention
for redressal of the same. The union claimed that the Assam government has “engaged itself in an arbitrary, selective and illegal eviction spree by evicting genuine Indian citizens from their homestead without rehabilitating them”. Acting on orders of the Gauhati High Court, the state government on Monday launched another eviction exercise in Lumding reserve forest in Hojai district. The AAMSU said though a large section of the people of the minority community has settled on the river banks in the state and made use of the fertile soil over the years, they have also been victims of flood and erosion leading to their frequent migration to other habitable lands.
No mandatory Covid test for children below 10 years entering Assam
G U WA H AT I , N OV 8 (PTI): Mandatory COVID-19 testing of children below 10 years of age entering Assam with double vaccinated guardians has been done away with by the state government, an official notification said on Monday. Fully vaccinated adults coming into the state were already exempted from compulsory testing for the infec-
tion through an earlier order. The latest notification issued by Anurag Goel, principal secretary, Health and Family Welfare department, said, “Children below 10 years of age along with double vaccinated parent(s)/ guardian(s) coming to Assam are hereby exempted from the mandatory COVID-19 testing.” “However, voluntary paid testing for such children
shall be facilitated if the parents/ guardians so desire,” it added. All incoming passengers who had been vaccinated with both doses of vaccine were exempted from mandatory testing on arrival by a previous notification. However, passengers who are vaccinated with a single dose or are not vaccinated at all, or are symptomatic even after receiving both the doses have to undergo mandatory RT-PCR testing at their own cost on arrival. The orders are applicable for people entering the state through airports, railway stations, road border points, etc., the notification added. The exemptions have been granted due to decreasing COVID-19 positivity in the state as well as the country and also increasing number of vaccinated people, it further said.
KAAC to sign MoU with OIL Correspondent DIPHU, NOV 8: Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council (KAAC) and the Oil India Limited (OIL) are likely to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Tuesday for exploration in and around Diphu. The exploration of oil and natural gas in Karbi Anglong (Arakan basin) was supposed to be carried out by government owned Oil India Limited shortly after the formal discussion with the local authorities in 2016. Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council and the district administration have assured the OIL authority full support for the process. Once the MoU is finalized, authorities said that it would not only help generate employment but also boost the socio-economic condition of the district.
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Khasi women adopting non-tribal husbands’ customs to lose inheritance
SHILLONG, NOV 8 (PTI): A Bill that seeks to strip Khasi women of their inheritance rights if they adopt their non-tribal husbands’ customs and tradition was tabled in a tribal council in matrilineal Meghalaya on Monday. Children of such mixed marriages will also lose their inheritance rights if they follow their fathers’ customs, according to the Bill brought in the Khasi Hills Autonomous District Council (KHADC). On the first day of the new session of the Council, the Khasi Hills Autonomous District (Khasi Inheritance of Property) Bill, 2021 was tabled by Chief Executive Member Titosstar Well Chyne, detailing the rights of a Khasi woman and her children if she marries outside the tribe. “It is expedient to make law on the custom pertaining to the Khasi inheritance of property, and it is therefore considered necessary to enact this Bill for proper regulation and administration on Inheritance of Property among Khasi women in Khasi Hills,” the Bill stated. “In case a Khasi wom-
an, who has married a nonKhasi and has adopted the custom of her husband will lose the right of inheritance,” it said. The Bill aims at streamlining the process of distribution of ancestral and self-acquired properties, Chyne said. “As far as practicable, the property should be equitably distributed among all the children of the family both male and female provided that the house of the deceased parent shall be inherited by Ka Khun Khadduh (youngest daughter) if she is not disqualified (under the conditions of the Bill),” according to the Bill. In the Khasi matrilineal society, parental property traditionally goes to the youngest daughter. The Bill stated that the second wife will have no right to claim over the property of her husband and her children will also have no right to the selfacquired property of their father while he lived in the house of the first wife. Polygamy is accepted in Khasi culture, with certain conditions. The Bill, however, said the second
Heroin worth Rs 2 cr seized, 2 arrested in M’laya
Rahul, IWPC flay use of UAPA in Tripura
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S H I L LO N G, N OV 8 : Meghalaya police arrested two women drug smugglers and seized heroin weighing around 1.116 kg, the biggest single drug seizure in the recent times, worth Rs. 2 crore from their possession in Madanriting area here, police said on Monday. A police official said the two women, whose identities are yet to be revealed, had been trafficking large consignments of heroin in the region for the past several years. On being tip-off that an illegal consignment of narcotic drugs was being delivered to a person staying at Madanrting, the AntiNarcotics Task Force of East Khasi Hills district conducted a house search at the residence of the suspect in the presence of independent witnessed on November 6. “During search, 101 soap boxes (66 soap boxes kept inside a purple colour bag and 35 soap boxes kept inside a carton box) were recovered. All the soap boxes contained heroin which was confirmed by a preliminary test,” Sylvester Nongtnger, the district police chief of East Khasi Hills, said. He said the seized heroin weighing around 1.116 Kg was smuggled from Myanmar. “We are still interrogating the two arrested persons and a manhunt is on to nab the others,” Nongtnger said.
NEW DELHI, NOV 8 (PTI): Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi and Indian Women’s Press Corps (IWPC) on Monday slammed the Tripura Police for allegedly booking a journalist, along with others, under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act to “intimidate and silence” media. Rahul Gandhi said the truth cannot be silenced by booking people under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) in Tripura. He also attacked the BJP, saying its favourite cover-up tactic is “shooting the messenger “. The reaction came after the police invoked UAPA against social media handles including those of journalists and activists over alleged clashes and attacks on mosques in Tripura. “Pointing out that Tripura Is Burning is a call for corrective action. But BJP’s favourite cover-up tactic is shooting the messenger. Truth can’t be silenced by UAPA,” Gandhi said on Twitter. The Tripura Police on Saturday booked 102 social media account holders under UAPA, criminal conspiracy and forgery charges and served notices to the authorities of Twitter, Facebook and YouTube to freeze their accounts and inform all particulars of those persons to it. This action came after
Mizoram CM writes to Amit Shah over CS appointment
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NEW DELHI, NOV 8 (AGENCIES): Mizoram Chief Minister Pu Zoramthanga has written to the Union Home Minister Amit Shah asking the central government to modify its order of appointing Renu Sharma as the Chief Secretary of the state and consider appointing Additional Chief Secretary J.C. Ramthanga as the new chief secretary. “After the retirement of my Chief Secretary Lalnunmawia Chuaugo of Gujarat cadre, I requested my present Ad-
ditional Chief Secretary J.C Ramthanga (Manipur cadre) to be the next Chief Secretary. However, the Home Ministry has posted Renu Sharma as the new Chief Secretary,” the chief minister has said in the letter dated 29 October, a copy of which was accessed by ThePrint. Renu Shar ma, an AGMUT cadre IAS officer of the 1988 batch, was appointed by the Centre on October 28 to take charge from November 1. The same day, the Mizoram government also ordered J.C. Ramthanga to take charge as chief secretary from November 1 until further orders. In the letter, the chief minister pointed out that none of the cabinet ministers understand Hindi and some even have problems understanding English.
wife or her children can have a share of her husband’s property if there is a will or ‘pynkam’ in local language. With regards to nonavailability of heirs in the absence of children (known as Iapduh family), the Bill stated that such property shall be inherited by way of a will executed by the executor during his/her lifetime or a family declaration or family settlement executed during the lifetime of the owner of the property. The Bill, if passed by the Council and then approved by the governor, will become a law applicable in West Khasi Hills, East Khasi Hills and Ri Bhoi - the districts that come under the jurisdiction of the KHADC. In 2018, the KHADC - one of the three self-governing bodies in Meghalaya - passed a Bill that aims at stripping a Khasi woman of her tribal status once she marries an outsider. According to the 2011 Census, around 1.4 million Khasis reside in Meghalaya. The Nor th-easter n state is divided into three autonomous councils for Khasi, Jaintia and Garo tribes.
Mnp: 250 kg IED smuggled in from Myanmar recovered
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Tripura Police registered a case against four Supreme Court lawyers under the stringent act and various
IMPHAL, NOV 8 (IANS): The troopers of Assam Rifles patrolling along the India-Myanmar border in Manipur have recovered huge quantities of Improvised Explosive Device (IED) weighing around 250 kg, officials said on Monday. Official sources said that the Assam Rifles jawans while conducting border patrolling along Myanmar’s Moreh border (in eastern Manipur) recovered two big bags containing 250 kg IED and other explosive materials on Sunday night. The recovered IED and explosives were handed over to the Moreh police station in Tengnoupal district for necessary legal action. A police officer said that at least four youths in two foreign made bikes tried to enter India through the Moreh border from Myanmar’s Namphalong area, but after seeing the security personnel they threw the bags containing the IED and other explosive materials and fled to the other side of the border. Police suspect that these explosive materials and the IED were likely to be used in the upcoming Manipur Assembly elections scheduled next year.
sections of the Indian Penal Code for allegedly promoting communal disharmony with their social media posts on the recent violence in the state. The state government had on October 29 alleged that a group from outside with vested interests had hatched a conspiracy against the administration to create unrest in Tripura and malign its image by uploading fake photographs of a burning mosque on social media after the October 26 incident.
Withdraw the case: IWPC
The Indian Women’s Press Corps (IWPC) on Monday demanded that the case be withdrawn immediately. The Tripura Police on Saturday had booked 102 social media account holders under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), criminal conspiracy and forgery charges and served notices to the authorities of Twitter, Facebook and YouTube to freeze their accounts and inform all particulars of those persons to it. This came after the state police registered a case against four Supreme Court lawyers under the stringent act and various sections of the Indian Penal Code for allegedly promoting communal disharmony with their social media posts on the recent violence in the state targeting Muslims. The IWPC said it is “shocked and dismayed” by the act of Tripura Police of booking Shyam Meera Singh, a journalist, along with others under the UAPA. “Singh has alleged that he has been booked for tweeting, ‘Tripura is burning’. It is a journalist’s job to inform, to highlight and present the true picture of events. It is not the journalist’s job to please people in power,” the journalist body said. The IWPC slammed the Tripura Police action against Singh, alleging that the slapping of UAPA charge is “a clear attempt” to silence journalists by misusing laws to intimidate them. “The IWPC demands that all such charges be withdrawn immediately and the media be allowed to do its work freely,” the journalist body said. In the Court of PrInCIPal DIstrICt & sessIons JuDge KIPhIre, nagalanD No/PD&SJ.KPE/SUCC-12/2021-22/420 Dated 5th Nov. 2021 obJeCtIon notICe Whereas throngpila, wife of Late V. Akok Sangtam of Yangzitong village has applied for issue of Succession Certificate under the Indian Succession Act,1925 in order to draw/received the payment of moveable/Immovable properties of her husband Late V. Akok Sangtam he was serving as Primary Teacher at GMS Kiphire Stn"B" under the establishment of Sr. SDEO Kiphire Nagaland who expired on 24/10/2021. Description of properties. 1. G.P.F 2.G.I.S 3.F.B.F 4.Pension case 5. Any other dues., from the office of the Sr.Sub-Divisional Education Officer Kiphire. Public are hereby asked to file objection/claim if any within 30 (Thirty) days from the date of issue of this order. If no objection/ claim is received within the given time, Succession Certificate will be issued in favour of the applicant. sd/- Principal District & sessions Judge Kiphire, nagaland DB-358/21
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Date : 29/10/2021
I, Shri Doki Allen, S/o Tokiba, age about 39 years resident of Chessore Village, District Tuensang, Nagaland do hereby solemnly declared as under :1. That I am a bonafide citizen of India by birth & Yimchunger (Naga) 2. That my name was wrongly entered as Luntsuba in my School documents and Doki Allen in my Aadhar and my Account book. 3. That the name Luntsuba and Doki Allen are one and same person i.e. my name. 4. That my name, Doki Allen shall be used in all my official documents and other purposes. That the above declaration from para 1 to 4 are true to the best of my knowledge and belief and nothing has been concealed pertaining to my above declaration. Deponent Solemnly swear and affirmed by the above deponent appear before me on this day, the 29th October' 2021. Public Notary/ Magistrate DP-5359/21
4 killed in TN rains; more downpour expected
C H E N NA I , N OV 8 (PTI): Surplus rain water gushed out of reservoirs while several roads here resembled swollen rivers and four persons were killed in rain related incidents in Tamil Nadu and over 60 houses suffered damage, authorities here said on Monday. The Poondi, C h o l ava r a m , P u z h a l , Chembarmbakkam and Thervai Kandigai reservoirs here and Veeranam lake, about 230 kilometres from here released surplus water, which was cumulatively a little over 10,000 cusecs of water, as showers continued in catchment areas. Ve l l o r e d i s t r i c t authorities said the discharge from Ponnai Anaicut was increased to about 6,364 cusecs by evening. In view of release of sur plus water from reservoirs, an alert was sounded to people in their
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Commuters wade through a waterlogged downpour area following heavy rain, in Chennai, Monday. (PTI)
respective regions. In Chennai, most roads and bylanes were covered under sheets of water while there was water upto two feet in low lying
localities.Power supply has also been disconnected for several neighbourhoods considering safety. A flooded city police station, Adambakkam had
to be shifted to a temporary building. At least 75 trees got uprooted here and these were cleared by civic personnel. Monsoon rains picked
pace for a while and receded for some time, playing hide and seek through the day, here and in several other regions including the northern districts. A section of subways here and in suburbs continued to be closed and traffic diversions too were on, giving road-users a harrowing time even as civic workers slogged to remove silt and de-clog drains. Of the 290 waterl o g ge d a r e a s, f l o o d water was drained using heavy equipment in 59 localities and swift action is on to pump out flood water in the remaining 231 neighbourhoods, the gover nment said in an official release. Fo u r p e r s o n s l o s t their lives in rain related incidents in Chennai, Theni and Madurai districts ‘in the past 24 hours and 16 heads of cattle died, the release added.
Lakhimpur violence: SC suggests monitoring probe by ex-HC judge NEW DELHI, NOV 8 (PTI): The Supreme Court Monday suggested that a former judge of a “different high court” should monitor the Uttar Pradesh SIT probe on day-to-day basis in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case to infuse ‘independence, impartiality and fairness”, saying the investigation was not going the way it expected. Red flagging some of the issues pertaining to the SIT probe conducted so far, the top court said, “prima facie it appears that one particular accused (in the farmers’ mowing down case) is sought to be given benefit” by securing or procuring evidence from witnesses in the subsequent case related to the lynching of political activists by the farmers’ mob. It was also very critical of the Special Investigation
Team (SIT) of state police has seized the mobile of Ashish Mishra, one of the arrested 13 accused, and rest of the phones belonged to the witnesses to the alleged mowing down of the farmers. “We have seen the status report. There is nothing in the status report except to say that some more witnesses have been examined. We granted 10 days time. Laboratory reports have not come. No, no, no...it is not going the way we expected,” said the bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana. Reiterating its earlier observation to rule out a CBI probe into the October 3 incident, the bench, also comprising justices Surya Kant and Hima Kohli, said it did not want to add any “political overtones” to the case and an independent
retired judge should monitor the probe. It asked senior advocate Harish Salve, appearing for Uttar Pradesh, to appraise it of the stand of the state government by November 12 on the suggestion that the SIT probe be monitored by a former judge of a different high court. Making clear that the probe into two separate FIRs related to the mowing down of the farmers and the subsequent lynching of political activists respectively should be carried out separately, the bench said it seemed that the evidence in the lynching case was being “procured or secured” to save the accused in the earlier case. Salve sought time for seeking instructions and the bench listed the matter for hearing on November 12.
If SC panel finds govt guilty in Pegasus, 4 CRPF jawans killed as colleague opens fire in Sukma PM will have to face the heat: Swamy
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duo discussed the Pegasus snooping row at length. In a series of reports in July this year, a global consortium of media organisations, including TheWire released names whose mobile devices were alleged targets of hacking using the Israeli software Pegasus. Among them were Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, Union Minister of State Prahlad Singh Patel, political strategist Prashant Kishor and Trinamool Congress leader and Mamata Banerjee’s nephew Abhishek Banerjee. Swamy also spoke of how he expected his name on the list of those targeted, but didn’t find it there. “They won’t lear n anything by tapping me. There is no secret in my life,
everything is open. I put it out on Twitter,” Swamy said. However, he added that there may be “another angle” that a friend of his pointed out to him. “It’s after all an Israeli company (NSO) and somebody like (Ajit) Doval would have immediately expected that if this happens some Israeli friend would have informed me that this is happening,” Swamy said. “Or else, it makes no sense to leave me out,” he added. In July, at the time of the revelations, Swamy had publicly questioned the Modi government on the matter, saying: “It is the Modi government’s duty to tell the people of India” on “who paid them (the Israeli company) for the Indian “operation”.”
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One of the CRPF jawans being rushed to the hospital.
Reetesh Ranjan (25), a native of Bihar who was to proceed on leave from November 13, fired at his colleagues with his service weapon, an AK-47 rifle, leaving seven of them injured, the official said. The seven injured
jawans were immediately shifted to a hospital in nearby Bhadrachalam area of neighbouring Telangana, where doctors declared four of them dead on arrival, the official said. “Ranjan (25), a native of Jehanabad in Bihar,
was sanctioned leave from November 13 and he had booked a train ticket. He was about to get transferred to another unit of his battalion in Jammu and Kashmir as per the transfer policy of the paramilitary force,” Sundarraj said. Those killed were identified as constables Rajmani Kumar Yadav, Rajib Mondal, Dhanji and Dharmendra Kumar, he said. The accused constable was immediately nabbed and was being interrogated to ascertain the exact reason behind the incident, he said. “A p r e l i m i n a r y investigation suggested that no quarrel took place between the accused constable and the victim jawans recently. There was also no issue of leave and
service matters with Ranjan. The exact motive behind the incident will be known after an investigation,” the IPS officer said. However, in New Delhi the CRPF said the jawan who allegedly killed four of his colleagues and injured three others may have been suffering from “emotional stress” leading to sudden psychological disbalance. Sukma Superintendent of Police Sunil Sharma told PTI that Ranjan was scheduled to be on sentry duty at the camp from 4 am and after getting ready for it, he allegedly opened fire at his colleagues who were sleeping in a barrack. Senior CRPF and police officials visited the Linganpalli camp after the incident, he added.
Biggest swindle is in PM CARES fund: Mehbooba Mufti
SRINAGAR, NOV 8 (PTI): PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Monday alleged that the PM-CARES was a “sophisticated way of corruption” as the prime minister was not willing to make public the account of the money the fund received. To a q u e s t i o n o n demonetisation of highvalue currency notes in 2016, she said the stated
objective of the exercise was to end corruption, return of black money and end violence. “However, corruption today is at its peak. It is now done in a sophisticated way like the PM Cares Fund. What is it, if not corruption when you don’t want to give an account of money that you hold as a prime minister?” she said.
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NEW DELHI, NOV 8 (AGENCIES): BJP leader a n d R a j ya S a b h a M P Subramanian Swamy has said the Prime Minister will have to face the heat if the government is found guilty by the Supreme Court-appointed committee to look into allegations of unauthorised surveillance using Pegasus software, reports The Print. Speaking at a virtual interaction organised by the Virat Hindustan Sangam Sunday on the Pegasus controversy, Swamy said: “The issue is whether this matter was done legally or illegally. Legally means it was brought to the cabinet and a resolution was passed. But if it was just the National Security Advisor (NSA) and maybe some ambassador who got the nod from the PM, then like France, the PM would be culpable for prosecution.” One of the other p a r t i c i p a n t s, R a m e s h Swamy, then asked: “So if it wasn’t done via due process, then they are in deep soup?” Swamy replied: “Yes, and I can tell you it wasn’t done with due process.” The interaction, which premiered on Swamy’s Twitter page, saw him in conversation with journalist J. Gopikrishnan, where the
SUKMA/NEW DELHI, NOV 8 (PTI): Four CRPF jawans were killed and three others injured after their colleague opened fire at them in a camp of the paramilitary force in C h h a t t i s g a r h ’s S u k m a district in the wee hours of Monday, a police official said. The incident took place at around 3.15 am in the camp of the ‘C’ company of Central Reserve Police Fo r c e ’s ( C R P F ) 5 0 t h battalion in Linganpalli village under Maraiguda police station of the area of the district, located nearly 400 km from the state capital Raipur, Inspector General of Police (Bastar range) Sundarraj P said. As per preliminary information, constable
L U C K N OW, N OV 8 (IANS): Samajwadi Party Chief Akhilesh Yadav has said the BJP’s defeat in recent bypolls led to a fall in fuel prices and their defeat in 2022 Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh will lead to a further fall in prices of other commodities. Speaking at a rally in Ambedkar Nagar on Sunday evening, Akhilesh lambasted the ruling BJP for rising fuel prices, gross mismanagement of Covid and neglect of farmers. He f layed the BJP government in the state for its failure to distribute laptops, free data and tablets to the students that they had promised in their ‘Sankalp Patra’ (manifesto) in the run-up to the 2017 Assembly polls. He said the government forgot about the students in the last four and a half years and has now announced that tablets will be distributed to students.
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Nagaland Post VOL. XXXI NO. 335 DIMAPUR, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2021
Prices must come down
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fter much dilly- dallying, the Modi government finally cut excise duty on petrol by Rs 5 and on diesel by Rs 10 on November 3, just ahead of Diwali. The duty cut will lead to a revenue loss of Rs 45,000 crore, or 0.2 per cent of the GDP, for the Centre in the remaining months of 2021-22. It is a welcome move that fuel prices have been decreased on the occasion of Diwali. Fuel prices should be reduced further and the state government should also reduce VAT. Though the fuel prices are still high but at least there has been a decrease. The decrease was more than the reduction announced by the Centre due to the cascading effect of reduction of central duty on VAT. Other NDA-ruled states also decided to cut VAT such as Nagaland where the reduction was Rs.7 for both petrol and diesel. The decision of the state government to reduce VAT means that petrol which cost Rs.109.13 a litre pre-November 3 is now sold at Rs. 98.05 per litre. Diesel which used to be sold at Rs.101.50 pre-November 3 is now sold at Rs.84.59 per litre. The reduction of price per litre–Rs.12 for petrol and Rs.17 for diesel is indeed very substantial.For the general public, the move by the Centre which triggered the cut in prices across all states, though some have yet to take a decision, is most welcome. Public expect that the cut in prices would also include even aviation fuel. If the prices of all fuels are reduced then it would make travel cheaper. For the carriage transporters, the cuts should elicit a positive response. The transporters and carriers have protested several times during the past years against continual rise in government excise duties. Now that the excise duty has been cut and state governments also doing their part in reducing VAT on fuel, it is only but right to expect the transporters and carriers to do what they ought to do. Experts said that the reduction would not immediately impact the price rise that several essential commodities have seen in the recent months. Unfortunately, things don’t happen they way they are expected to. Economists explained that the decrease in prices of essential commodities was unlikely. They said that in practice that has been on for decades, once manufacturers or traders increase the price of commodities is it very difficult to reduce them unless the government comes down heavily on them. In Dimapur, price of one bag of cement(50kgs) sold at Rs.470 (October) has shot up to Rs.485 in November. The traders have been increasing the prices with the rise in fuel prices. Now they are to deliver and do what they promised to do. The public should now study whether the transporters and traders whether they are implementing the corresponding cut in rates of carriage and commodities. If not, then the public and the opposition parties, should pressurise the government to come down heavily against those who continue to fleece people and punish them as per the law of the land.
DailyDevotion The Unrivaled Power of Prayer
We do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. —Romans 8:26 We realize that we are energized by the Holy Spirit for prayer; and we know what it is to pray in accordance with the Spirit; but we don’t often realize that the Holy Spirit Himself prays prayers in us which we cannot utter ourselves. When we are born again of God and are indwelt by the Spirit of God, He expresses for us the unutterable. “He,” the Holy Spirit in you, “makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God” (Romans 8:27). And God searches your heart, not to know what your conscious prayers are, but to find out what the prayer of the Holy Spirit is. The Spirit of God uses the nature of the believer as a temple in which to offer His prayers of intercession. “…your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit…” (1 Corinthians 6:19). When Jesus Christ cleansed the temple, “…He would not allow anyone to carry wares through the temple” (Mark 11:16). The Spirit of God will not allow you to use your body for your own convenience. Jesus ruthlessly cast out everyone who bought and sold in the temple, and said, “My house shall be called a house of prayer…. But you have made it a ‘den of thieves’ ” (Mark 11:17). Have we come to realize that our “body is the temple of the Holy Spirit”? If so, we must be careful to keep it undefiled for Him. We have to remember that our conscious life, even though only a small part of our total person, is to be regarded by us as a “temple of the Holy Spirit.” He will be responsible for the unconscious part which we don’t know, but we must pay careful attention to and guard the conscious part for which we are responsible.
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It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well. ~ Rene Descartes
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Post-mortem
Why is the culture of punishment as spectacle so pervasive in India?
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he culture of punishment as spectacle runs deep in our society. The shocking news from a Mirzapur school last week of a child being dangled upside down from the first floor by his principal should trouble all of us. Although the incident concerns an individual’s action, it is situated in a social life that views exemplary punishments and its public spectacle as a norm. Physical punishment finds easy acceptance in societies that valorises cultures of violence – whether in public or domestic spaces. The unfortunate and unending phenomenon of mob lynching gives life to these cultures of violence. In India, the scope and scale of lynching have been expanding to include people associated with Dalit and Muslim identity, childkidnappers, lovers, thieves and right-wing ideologues. Further, police beating ordinary citizens for violations of law in public spaces are some other examples that routinise the spectacle of violence. My point is that violence has found a socially legitimate space in our bedrooms, living rooms, classrooms, streets, cities and villages. It also traverses through our marketplaces, worksites, police custody and public transport. Not all these examples constitute the same type
of violence and spectacle. Lynching has an accompanying element of public cheering and is usually directed against the social “other” in a given social space. Discipline and punish Police beating has an element of frustration and the show-off of unequal power dynamics. Here the public usually turns into a meek spectator. Exemplary punishments of students by teachers have an element of constituting the authority of the teacher. We all remember specific teachers from our school days who were known for their exemplary and peculiar forms of punishment. In this case, the child-public could watch silently and simultaneously inhabit fear in their personality, as seems to be the case in the Mirzapur incident. Running through all these forms of punishment, whether state-controlled or non-state violence, is the idea of torture, the cultivation of fear, and the disciplining of the body and social behaviour – all achieved via the exemplary performance of the spectacle. French philosopher Michel Foucault in his classic work, Discipline and Punish, associated spectacled violence (guillotine, public beating) and excessive bodily torture with the pre-modern society. According to him, the modern societies in the West hid the violence from
the public and changed its nature in the 19th century. First, the public ritual of torture/public execution was replaced by long-term reformative punishments comprising of jail sentences, forced labour, suspension of freedom and other rights. The public punishment itself became a crime and a shameful activity for the state. Second, a change in the method of punishment marked a shift in bodily torture from being a onetime activity to prolonged suffering. Solitary confinements are extreme examples of this. Colonial and post-colonial India seem to have witnessed this transition in the methods of punishment only halfheartedly. British officials used both the cellular jail of Andaman to punish Indians and shoot them at gunpoint. Lathi-charge and public beating by the colonial police was a frequent phenomenon and has passed on to us as a colonial inheritance. Besides, the spectacle of caste and community violence coexisted with the public ritual of state violence. Colonial ethnographer official Edgar Thurston while touring the Madras region in the 1910s noted down an exemplary punishment given by Indian teachers. In the case of a carpenter apprentice child, he noted that the punished child carried a block of a heavy wood through a chain tied
to their ankles. An article by a popular Hindi magazine represented a caricature of various forms of punishments given by teachers to students (see illustration above). Unfortunately, many cruel forms of physical punishment carried out by the state agents and the public continue to not only survive but thrive illegally in India. Exemplary punishment One could give various logics as to the reasons behind this situation ranging from toothless laws with weak implementation, little respect for individuals’ dignity, assertion of authority by “egoistic” officials and dominant social groups to the social legitimisation of masculine culture in the public sphere through films, conversations and behaviours. At the heart of all this is the site of school and pedagogy that is supposed to be a transformative experience in a positive sense and yet it becomes a mixed, and often a negative experience, depending on the social profile of the kid, rural and urban location of the school, private and government nature of the school. Foucault maintains that in modern Western societies, schools came to be part of a set of institutions that produced a docile and disciplined body. Like prisons, army and infirmary, the school trained students in time and body discipline and the school-
master had not just a pedagogic role but also the task of surveillance – watching over the body, behaviour and discipline-learning of the student. In the Mirzapur incident, the student was allegedly found biting other students for which he was given an exemplary punishment. The recurring nature of violence, an absence of a system that tracks the progress of a case and the perpetrator of violence and the social legitimisation of public violence as a pompous show of masculine assertion enables our society to internalise violence as a routine affair. Apparently, the father of the child stated that the teacher did commit a wrong but “he did it out of love”. Violence begets violence Although much of violence is a direct result of unequal socio-economic and power relations in our society and require systematic interventions to ensure equity, social justice and the dignity of an individual. There are various ways to halt this naturalisation and easy acceptance of violence in our society, especially the one directed against female, children and marginalised social groups. Local institutions such as schools, police stations, workspaces and transport authorities must ensure that complaints of violence are
not only registered hasslefree but are also followed. Perhaps a greater degree of sensitisation is needed over the mental health impacts of physical punishment on the individual body and mind, especially of the young child. Violence impacts and transforms all those for a lifetime who experience it, commit it and witness it. Teacher training, school textbooks, vigorous media campaigns are a good places to start. A practice that I found in the United Kingdom very helpful are notices in bold letters at counters and in institutions reminding both the staff and visitors that violent behaviours and bullying from any side is unacceptable and easy to report. However, this collective consciousness has a meaning only when the state and its agencies are willing to take transformative and people-friendly steps. It is only an irony that a country that gave the mantra of Gandhian non-violence to the world has such a widespread problem of public violence. As Martin Luther said: “Hate begets hate, violence begets violence and toughness begets a greater toughness.” Arun Kumar is an Assistant Professor in British Imperial, Colonial and Post-Colonial History at Nottingham University. His Twitter handle is @ arun_historian. (As published by Scroll.in)
India must reorient strategy towards A brief history of how DUDA saga ecologically sustainable pathway began and how it went wasted
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o begin with the DUDA deliver. But unfortunately the asstory, a short mention of the sembled MLAs could not digest the preceding Tuensang-Mon idea and opined that DUDA also special cell is necessary. There was may have to run like any normal a special cell for Tuensang-Mon at- departments. Since their will could tached to the civil secretariat, where not be by-passed, it was left to their a Secretary and Joint-Secretary preferences and the idea could not held additional charges with some germinate. So the DUDA began staffs on deputation from other gov- with a waste of idea from the very ernment departments but perhaps beginning. without any funds being allotted It is obvious that no governto run the same. On visit at times ment funded entity can function no souls were found except some outside the purview of the govflies in the empty office room if not ernment. So DUDA also would locked. On personal contacts with have functioned under the glare the in-charge Secretary and Joint- of the government as far as the Secretary they expressed being processes of fund sanctions, etc. are handicapped and lack of functional concerned. But major say would set of Rules and Regulations to run have been afforded to the people the cell due to which they could for whom the plan had been put not tie-up with the other depart- in place. But it went awry due ments for development matters of to lack of their leaders’ sincerity the areas .Hence this Special cell and reluctance. Thereby, DUDA became a non-starter. became an uncared baby. In 2003, when the NPF party Now, the funds whatever is came to power, the then and present available is divided evenly to the chief minister Shri. Neiphiu Rio, Assembly Constituencies and on his own initiated the creation of splintered without serving any useDUDA especially, for Tuensang- ful purpose of the targeted people. Mon Districts including some other District roads remain deteriorated, backward pockets of Nagaland. To college and school buildings goes start with, he instructed late Shri. debilitated and many other basic CM Chang, a party leader then to needs remained unattended despite frame the structure of the DUDA wasteful flow of funds. MLAs Department. CM Chang in-turn finger points their party workers asked me to team up with him. for not sparing them and party We engaged one Deputy Director workers never satisfying. Overall from youths and sports department a huge loss to the people that their to work out the necessary details needs are not met and the general of the basic functional officers and apathy from all sides that this lot staffs to run the department and of people wants spoon feeding only fund requirements. which is true. Passing of years in We wanted the DUDA de- this manner people have turned partment to be created as an cynical to talk of developments. empowered department with a The picture of all these semi-Autonomous Body where a malafide acts can be seen in the development Board comprising of C&AG Reports presented year after the people of Tuensang-Mon area year in the Assembly where picincluding all 20 MLAs, heads of tures of each and every single projthe Apex bodies of ENPO,ENSF, ect are pointed out in incomplete Women’s Representatives and other form but to no avail. How long nominees as may be required. This these wastage will go on only God body, to function like a council to decide the development schemes knows. Developments scenario in on priority and basic needs like Eastern Nagaland has fulfilled the major roads, college and school biblical saying of houses build on buildings and such other projects sand and not on rock. Thanks to the RPP for being of common use and utility, but not whistle blower on DUDA affairs. to follow the LADP to fritter away May God guide them in their future to Assembly Constituencies. To broach this idea to the endeavours. While reading this Honourable MLAs then, late Shri. article let us also remember the Imti Sangtam was requested to host departed leaders late, C.M. Chang, a dinner and convene a meeting of and late, Imti Sangtam for their the MLAs and other leaders and contribution towards upholding he did agree. In the meeting the the DUDA formation and no less scheme was briefed to the MLAs our present chief minister for his all aspects of the scheme of things good intention. The actual actorto run the department as a novel beneficiaries have unmindfully and beneficial architect unlike turned this to shreds which is why other normal departments of the this wailing. government where they failed to B. Thawang Konyak, I.A.S. (Rtd) 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.
he climate change summit in Glasgow is probably the last chance for the assembled leaders of the world to avoid catastrophic and irreversible climate change. They will have to negotiate a safe passage for our threatened planet through a perfect storm that is building up right around the corner. These negotiations will have to be approached in a new spirit, where each leader comes as a maximalist, not displaying the minimalist mindset that we are familiar with in international negotiations. The latter is guaranteed to deliver least common denominator outcome and the time for that is long past. The results of the G-20 summit in Rome, held on the eve of the Glasgow climate change summit, are mostly disappointing in that respect. What is at stake is the fundamental question of how humanity relates to nature. For many centuries, Indian sages and philosophers taught us to revere nature as a mother and as a source of nurture; never take from her what she, even in her plenitude, could not replenish. But that message of harmony with nature has become a barely audible whisper in our own ravaged landscape. And yet, it is in our own redemption that we can nudge the world down a different path from the dead-end that awaits it on its present trajectory. Neglect of the biodiversity conference There has been virtually no coverage in national and international media of another major conference related to ecology, the 15th Conference of Parties (COP) to the Convention on Biodiversity, the first of which was convened in the Chinese city of Kunming between 11 and 15 October 2021. But if we are talking about the relationship between humanity and nature as the very heart of the challenge that confronts us, then the outcome of the Kunming meeting should have demonstrated a modicum of the ambition that we all expect from Glasgow. We cannot be ambitious on climate change but remain indifferent to the relentless and growing loss of biodiversity that is taking place across the planet. They are symptoms of the same ecological degradation that is taking place across our world.
You cannot arrest climate change while ignoring the accelerating loss of biodiversity. Think of the growing clamour to sign on to net zero emissions by 2050 as the key goal for the Glasgow summit. Net-zero implies that emissions by that date will be offset by carbon sinks in the shape of forests, the oceans, and technological fixes, as yet unviable, of carbon capture and storage. Forests around the world are depleting at historically unprecedented rates. So how much of this green sink will still be available to absorb emissions by 2050? The oceans are getting clogged with plastic waste, while other hazardous material is also being dumped into them. There are several dead zones devoid of any marine life as a result of chemical runoff from chemical fertilisers and toxic pesticides being used in agriculture upstream of rivers. The oceans’ capacity to absorb carbon emissions is depleting. With continued and increasing biodiversity loss, is there any credibility to the goal of net-zero in 2050? The depressing biodiversity story The biodiversity story is as depressing as the climate change saga. In 2010, the Aichi Declaration listed 10 biodiversity targets to be achieved by 2020. The latest biodiversity summit in Kunming acknowledged that not one of the 10 targets had been met. Let me just cite one of the targets: “By 2020 the rate of loss of all natural habitats, including forests, is at least halved and where feasible, brought close to zero and degradation and fragmentation is significantly reduced.” The ambition was not even to stop the loss of forests but to try and halve the rate of loss. And we are now putting our bets on there being enough forest cover by 2050 to serve as a massive carbon sink. There is a draft of the Framework Process for post2020 goals which is expected to be finalised when the 15th COP meets again in Kunming between 25 April and 22 May 2022. It is likely to end up with vague but high-sounding goals but with little focus on implementation and financing. The declared objective is to ensure that “biodiversity will be put on
a path to recovery by 2030 at the latest.” More grandly, it will seek to bring about a “transformation in society’s relationship with biodiversity and ensure that by 2050 a shared vision of living in harmony with Nature is fulfilled.” Here is another goal for 2050. But if humanity really learned to live in harmony with nature by mid-century, would there be a need for a net-zero emissions goal at all? The reality is that we need a broader ecology convention that incorporates commitments on both biodiversity and climate change since both are integrally enmeshed together. Ecology and the lack of substantive action The Kunming Declaration is entitled somewhat grandly as Ecological Civilization: Building a Shared Future for All Life on Earth. But the label camouflages the lack of substantive action. It has been estimated that in order to implement the proposed post2020 framework process, a $700 billion annual financing gap will have to be filled. When we are unable to get even $100 billion a year for climate change action by developing countries, how likely is it that this much larger sum for biodiversity conservation will be raised? India is right in advocating a global climate change regime that will advance, not diminish, its developmental prospects. But the time has come to define our developmental objectives that align with our civilisational values of respect for nature. There is no space in the world for another China. We must reorient our development strategies towards an ecologically sustainable pathway pioneering a trajectory different from that followed by the industrialised world and later by China. It must be based on a different concept of affluence, one which values fresh water to drink, clean air to breathe, and green earth to walk on. We need to help create a world where a tree growing in the forest has more value than one which is cut down and sold as timber. In this alone lies hope for future generations. Shyam Saran is a former Foreign Secretary and a Senior Fellow CPR. He was Prime Minister’s Special Envoy for Climate Change between 2007 and 2010. (As published by The Print)
PM lays foundation stone of road projects PUNE, NOV 8 (PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said the annual Pandharpur ‘wari’ or pilgrimage in Maharashtra is one of the world’s oldest yatras and a people’s movement which symbolises India’s eternal knowledge, social harmony, equal opportunity and women’s power. Likening the Pandharpur pilgrimage to his government’s ‘sabka saath, sabka vikas’ and sabka vishwas’ (everyone’s support, everyone’s development, everyone’s trust) mantra, Modi said in the wari there is no discrimination. Women and men walk side by side during the pilgrimage to the temple town Pandhar pur in Solapur district, reflecting gender equality, he said after laying the foundation stone for four-laning of five sections of Shri Sant Dnyaneshawar Maharaj Palkhi Marg (NH965) and three sections of Shri Sant Tukaram Maharaj Palkhi Marg (NH-965G) via video conferencing. Dedicated walkways
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and treat everyone as same and that is why in the dindi (wari), there is no casteism, there is no discrimination. All the warkaris are the same. All the warkaris are guru brothers and guru sisters. All are children of Lord Vitthal and that is why everyone has one caste and one gotra and that is Vitthal gotra (lineage),” said Modi. He said the Pandharpur pilgrimage donates women’s power and gender
Centre shielding, protecting Agusta Westland: Congress NEW DELHI, NOV 8 (PTI): The Congress on Monday accused the BJP of creating a “fake bogey of corruption” in the Agusta Westland VVIP choppers deal and accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his gover nment of “shielding, protecting and promoting” Agusta Westland and its parent company Finmeccanica. The Congress demanded answers from the government over reports of the lifting of a ban on procurement from Finmeccanica company which had been dubbed as corrupt by ruling BJP leaders over the Agusta choppers deal. The opposition party asked whether the corruption bogey raised by the BJP over the buying of VVIP helicopters during the UPA-II rule was being given a quiet burial. Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi said Agusta which was dubbed as a corrupt company by top BJP leaders has now become clean after being washed in the BJP laundry. “Earlier Agusta was corrupt, now it is clean after it got washed in the BJP laundry,” said Gandhi in a tweet in Hindi, using the hashtag “#RIPlogic”. India had scrapped the contract with Finmeccanica’s British subsidiary AgustaWestland in 2014 for supplying 12 AW-101 VVIP choppers to the Indian Air
Force over alleged breach of contractual obligations and charges of kickbacks paid by the firm for securing the deal. The BJP had at that time attacked the Congress, asking if its leaders had received the alleged Rs 450 crore bribe money for the deal signed during the UPAII government. Seeking to turn the tables, Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala on Monday asked, “What is the ‘secret deal’ entered into between Modi Government and Agusta/Finmeccanica?” Congress spokesperson Gourav Vallabh in a press conference claimed that it has now been proved that it was the “thief who was raising a hue and cry”. “Is it now ok to deal with a company that Modi ji and his government called ‘corrupt- bribe giver-bogus’?” “Does it mean that fake bogey of corruption is being given a quiet burial? The nation awaits answers,” Surjewala said in a series of tweets. “The PM called the company ‘corrupt’. HM called the company ‘bogus’. Ex Defence Minister accused it of ‘bribes and corruption’ in Parliament. Then, Modi Government withdrew blacklisting of Agusta/Finmeccanica on 22nd July 2014. Now, lifted procurement ban,” he alleged in another tweet while citing the media report.
equality. “A special feature of the warkari movement is that women also take part in the wari and walk side by side with their male counterparts. This is a symbol of women and mother power. The wari is also a symbol of social harmony and gender equality as its motto is ‘discrimination is evil’. This motto of social harmony also has gender equality embedded in it,” said Modi.
NEW DELHI, NOV 8 (IANS): Meghalaya Governor Satya Pal Malik seems to have become a new headache for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for regularly speaking out on the ongoing farmers’ agitation and other issues cornering the Union government. Malik, who was the Governor of J&K and Goa before assuming charge in Meghalaya, has said that he is not scared of stepping down from his post if asked. Referring to his recent statements on the three farm laws, Malik said, “The day they (government) tell me that they have a problem, I will not even wait for a minute to resign. From the very first day, I have spoken for the farmers. I was prepared to leave and join the farmers’ protest.” He had also questioned the silence of the government over the deaths of farmers at the protest sites. About 600 people have reportedly died in the country’s biggest farmers’ movement, but not a word of
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The wari is a pilgrimage undertaken by devotees of Lord Vitthal to his temple in Pandharpur. Palanquins (palkhis) venerating Sant Dnyaneshwar and Sant Tukaram are carried to Pandharpur from Alandi and Dehu in Pune district by the warkaris (Lord Vitthal devotees), who cover the 250km distance by foot, during Ashadi Ekadasi. He said all warkaris, be it men or women, call each other ‘mauli’. “By calling each other ‘mauli’ (mother), they actually see Sant Dnyaneshwar and Lord Vitthal in each other. Everyone knows the meaning of mauli is mother so the wari eulogises the mother’s power also,” the PM said. He said the darbar of Lord Vitthal is open for everyone. “And when I talk about sabka saath, sabka vikas, sabka vishwas, the tradition of wari movement is the real inspiration behind that sentiment and the same sentiment inspires us for development of the nation and development of everyone,” he said.
Youth Congress protest on 5th anniversary of demonetisation
NEW DELHI, NOV 8 (IANS): The Youth Congress on Monday protested outside the Reserve Bank of India in the national capital against the Union government’s five-year-old move to demonetise higher denomination currency notes, saying the exercise has battered the economy. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on November 8, 2016, had announced the decision to ban currency notes of denomination Rs 500 and Rs 1,000. Youth Congress chief Srinivas B.V. and other workers, who reached outside the RBI to stage demonstration, were stopped and detained at the Mandir Marg police station. Srinivas said: “Demonetisation imposed by the Prime Minister five years ago slowed down the country’s economy. The Prime Minister’s decision of demonetisation proved to be a catastrophe rather than a masterstroke. The claim of checking terrorism with
Youth Congress members clash with security personnel during their protest in New Delhi, Monday. (PTI)
demonetisation turned out to be a ‘jumla’. Demonetisation pushed the countrymen into recession.” Prime Minister Narendra Modi claimed to have elminated fake currency notes just to justify his decision of demonetisation, the Youth Congress leader alleged. “Demonetisation neither ended corruption, nor terrorism was contained. Demonetisation imposed by the Prime Minister has not been able to fulfil any of its targets,” the Youth Congress
leader claimed. “Modi ji and BJP had said that demonetisation would end black marketing and the country would develop, but according to the latest data, India’s GDP is at the lowest rank, unemployment is highest and poverty is prevalent. “BJP has pushed the country into darkness. All the big and small businessmen of the country have been impacted but the most affected lot is the middle and poor class.” Srinivas said.
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NEW DELHI, NOV 8 (PTI): Three more deaths due to dengue have been recorded in Delhi taking the total number of fatalities to nine, while the number of cases of the vector-borne disease has climbed to over 2,700, according to a report released on Monday. This is the highest number of fatalities due to dengue recorded in a year in Delhi since 2017 when the cumulative death count officially reported was 10. Over 1,170 fresh cased have been logged in the last one week, according to the civic report on vectorborne diseases released on Monday. Of the over 2,700 dengue cases reported in Delhi this year, 1,171 have been reported this month till November 6. In October, 1,196 cases were reported. The total number of cases this year till October 30 had stood at 1,537, and the official death toll then was six. According to the report, nine deaths and a total of 2,708 dengue cases have been recorded this season till November 6, which is highest count since 2018 for the same period. In September this season, 217 cases were logged, the highest count for the month in the last three years.
PM Narendra Modi addresses at the foundation stone laying ceremony of National Highways projects in Pandharpur, through video conferencing, in New Delhi, Monday. (PTI)
for ‘palkhi’ (palanquin) will be constructed on either side of these national highways, providing hassle-free and safe passage to devotees. The projects are designed to facilitate pilgrims’ journey to Pandharpur, a town associated with Sant Tukaram and Sant Dnyaneshawar. “Discrimination among living beings is inauspicious. The real dharma is not to nurse grudge and malice against each other
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condolence has come from the leaders of the ruling party, he had said. Political experts feel that Malik may be eyeing a comeback into active politics in the Jatland, and could be a prize catch for the opposition if he parts ways with the BJP. The leader with a Samajwadi Party background was a minister in the V.P. Singh-led government before the BJP roped in him to tap Jat votes and counter another stalwart, the late Ajit Singh, in western Uttar Pradesh. Experts feel that the problem with the BJP is that it can’t afford to sack him ahead of the Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh
scheduled early next year, as such a move may further alienate the Jats who are unhappy with the BJP over the farmers’ issue. Malik not only spoke against the government on the farmers’ issue, but also levelled allegations of corruption in Jammu and Kashmir in a video that went viral on social media. In the video, Malik could be heard addressing a group of people, alleging that he was offered bribe to the tune of Rs 150 crore to give clearance to files related to a corporate house when he was the Governor of J&K, besides being approached by people with RSS links. Malik said the government has been adamant on the farmers’ issue, adding that the farmers have been languishing at the borders for over 10 months and the government should listen to their demands. In the past, he had also offered to negotiate if the government guarantees MSP.
NEW DELHI, NOV 8 (IANS): The Supreme Court on Monday allowed all eligible Overseas Citizens of India (OCI) candidates to participate in general category NEET counselling for medical courses, both at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. A bench of Justices S.A. Nazeer and Krishna Murari, in its order, said: “The applicants and all other eligible candidates who are similarly situated are permitted to appear in the counselling in the general on par with Indian Citizens to pursue MBBS/ BDS courses and other undergraduate/postgraduate courses in approved/recognised Medical/Dental & other Colleges/Institutes.” Solicitor General Tushar Mehta requested the bench to limit the relief only to the petitioners who had moved the top court. The bench made it clear that the interim relief is only limited to the academic year 2021-2022, and posted the matter for further hearing in the second week of January next year. The bench
told Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati that the National Testing Agency and the authorities associated with counselling are required to implement its order. Emphasiing that the relief is only for the academic year 2021-22 only, it said: “We heard the matter in length while we passed the interim order. We’ve done this because of the suddenness of the notification.” The top court told the Centre’s counsel if the notification were to be issued 8 or 9 months ago, then it would not have passed the order. The OCI candidates had moved the top court challenging a notification issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs to treat them at par with Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) for admission in NEET. On October 29, in an interim relief, the Supreme Court had allowed an OCI NEET PG aspirant to appear in the counselling in the general category at par with Indian citizens for counselling and admission for 2021-2022.
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of 74.60 to 74.00. Going ahead, the range for rupee can be seen between 74.2073.75,” said Jateen Trivedi, Senior Research Analyst at LKP Securities. T h e d o l l a r i n d ex , which gauges the greenback’s strength against a basket of six currencies, fell 0.04 per cent to 94.28. According to Sriram Iyer, Senior Research Analyst at Reliance Securities said the rupee appreciated against the dollar on Monday supported by persistent dollar inflows into the IPOs. “Rupee settled near 74 levels on the back of strong FPI flows into the Paytm IPO as well as positive trend in equity markets,” said Anindya Banerjee, DVP, Currency Derivatives & Interest Rate Derivatives at Kotak Securities Ltd.
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MUMBAI, NOV 8 (PTI): The rupee spurted by 43 paise to close at more than one-month high of 74.03 against the US dollar on Monday as positive domestic equities and a dovish outlook of US Federal Reserve helped the local unit extend winning run for a sixth straight session. At the interbank forex market, the domestic unit opened at 74.25 against the greenback and witnessed an intra-day high of 73.98 and a low of 74.25 during the day’s trade. It finally ended at 74.03 a dollar, the highest closing level since September 27. “Rupee traded strong as the Fed statement of not being so keen to increase rates early has put pressure on the dollar index and helped rupee scale higher from lows
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cent higher at 60,545.61. The broad based Nifty surged 151.75 points or 0.85 per cent to 18,068.55 as 40 of its constituents ended with gains. Titan was the top gainer in the Sensex pack, rising over 4 per cent, followed by UltraTech Cement, Bajaj Finserv, Tech
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MUMBAI, NOV 8 (PTI): Equity benchmark Sensex rallied 478 points on Monday after gains in index majors HDFC, Infosys and Kotak Bank despite a negative trend in the global markets. After a volatile session, the 30-share index ended 477.99 points or 0.80 per
Mahindra, Kotak Bank and HDFC. On the other hand, IndusInd Bank was the top loser in the Sensex pack, tanking over 10 per cent after the lender admitted to having disbursed 84,000 loans without customer consent in May owing to a “technical glitch”. M&M, SBI, Maruti, Asian Paints and TCS were also among the laggards. Vinod Nair, Head of Research at Geojit Financial Services said, “Despite a muted opening, domestic indices erased early losses boosted by favourable macros like fuel rate tax-cut, improved PMI numbers and higher festive season sales numbers. “On the global front, the Fed policy announcement was in line with the market view to start with gradual tapering which boosted the sentiments of emerging markets.
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mentalist from Karnataka who has planted more than 30,000 saplings and has been involved in environmental conservation activities for the past six decades. President Kovind presented Padma Vibhushan to Jugnauth (posthumous), who had “immensely contributed in deepening the special relations between Mauritius and India”. Padma Shri award was also given to renowned litterateur of Santali language Damayanti Beshra, television and film actress Sarita Joshi, music composer Adnan Sami Khan. Captain of the Indian hockey team Rani Rampal and leading Indian epidemiologist Raman Gangakhedkar were also among those who received the Padma Shri.
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were required to be packed in 100 gram, 200 gram, 500 gram and 1 kg, 1.25 kg, 1.5 kg. 1.75 kg, 2kg, 5 kg and thereafter in multiples of 5 kg. “But, the industr y wanted to sell in different quantities and were seeking approval from the ministry. Some were approved and some were not. To give flexibility, the Schedule 2 of the rules has been scrapped. And, we have brought the unit sale price concept,” the official said. According to the official, the decision is based on the best sales practice and will reduce the compli-
and notices were issued. Even mentioning in pairs or pieces on the pack was also a violation, the official said. “This has been changed. Companies were allowed to mention either in the number of units. Now, they have been given the option to mention on the package the items to be shown by number or unit or piece or pair or set of other words which denote quantity,” he said. The fourth and last change made to the rules is with regard to the packaged imported commodities. Currently, companies have an option to either mention date of import or date of manufacturing or date of prepackaging. “Now, there won’t be an option. Companies have to mention only the date of manufacturing which matters to consumers while buying the product,” the official added. The last amendments to the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules 2011 were made in June 2017.
among those conferred the Padma Shri. President Kovind also presented Padma Shri to Harekala Hajabba, an orange vendor in Mangalore who saved money to build a school in his village and Mohammad Shareef, a cycle mechanic turned social worker who performed last rites of unclaimed dead bodies with full dignity. Abdul Jabbar Khan (posthumous) from Bhopal, who was known for his fight for justice for victims of Bhopal gas tragedy, was also awarded Padma Shri. Padma Shri was given to Leela Josho, a gynaecologist known as Mother Teresa of Ratlam, for her contribution of more than two decades to reduce maternal mortality in tribal, rural and urban slums of in Madhya Pradesh and Tulsi Gowda, an environ-
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aged wheat flour of 2.5 kg should have an unit sale price per kg along with the total MRP. Similarly, a packaged commodity of less than one kg quantity should have ‘unit sale price’ per gram along with the total MRP of the product. Seeking to ease the compliance requirements, the ministry has scrapped the Schedule 2 of the rules under which 19 types of commodities were to be packed in quantities by weight, measure or number in a specified manner. As per that rule, rice or wheat flour for example
ance burden on the part of industry as well as help consumers ascertain the price of the product before making a buying decision. The other change made to the rules is the way MRP is printed on the packaged commodities. Currently, notices get issued to companies if MRP is not printed in a format mentioned in the rules. The current format is: maximum or max retail price Rs xx.xx. If a company mentioned just Rs xx and no put .xx was considered as violation and notices were issued. “Now, we have asked companies to give in the Indian rupees and freed them from any set format,” the official said. The third change made to the rules is with regard to mentioning of quantity on a packaged commodity either in ‘number’ or ‘unit’ which as per the format is to be mentioned as xxN or xxU on the pack. If a company expressed wrongly as xxNO or xxUO, it was considered to be in violation of the rules
(From p-1) Badminton star P V Sindhu, Kashmiri political leader Muzaffar Hussain Baig, Tsering Landol, the first gynaecologist from Leh, bilingual author Manoj Das (posthumous), Krishnammal Jagannathan, a social activist from Tamil Nadu, were also among those honoured with the Padma Bhushan by President Ram Nath Kovind in the presence of Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah among others. Bollywood star Kangna Ranaut, film producer Karan Johar, television and film producer Ekta Kapoor, senior Professor at PGIMER, Chandigarh, Digambar Behera, internationally renowned Indian classical dance exponent Indira P P Bora were
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Consumers to soon have a reason to smile NEW DELHI, NOV 8 (PTI): Today, consumers buying 3.5 kg packaged rice flour or 88 grams biscuit packet might well be struggling to make out whether the product is exactly costly or cheap in comparison with other offerings. Come April next year, it will be much more easy for the consumers to ascertain the cost in unit terms. To help consumers make a conscious purchase decisions as well as lessen compliance burden on industry players, the Union consumer affairs ministry has amended the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2011, whereby companies will be required to print ‘unit sale price’ on the packaged commodities. Companies selling packaged commodities with a quantity of more than one kilogram should print ‘unit sale price’ per kg along with the maximum retail price (MRP), a senior consumer affairs ministry official told PTI. For example, a pack-
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China’s CPC kicks off key 4-day conclave
BEIJING, NOV 8 (PTI): Hundreds of senior officials of the Communist Party of China (CPC) began a key four-day conclave here on Monday to deliberate and pass a rare “historical resolution” of the 100-year-old ruling party and pave the way for an unprecedented third term for President Xi Jinping. The 19th Central Committee of the CPC started its sixth plenary session. About 400 full and alternate members of the CPC Central Committee are taking part in the plenum, state-run Xinhua news agency reported. Xi, the General-Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, delivered a work report on behalf of the Political Bureau and made explanations on a draft resolution on the major achievements and historical experience of the CPC’s 100 years of endeavours, the report said. Xi, 68, holds China’s all three power centres General-Secretary of the CPC, Chairman of the powerful Central Military Com-
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mission (CMC) which is the overall high command of the military, and the Presidency is set to complete his second five-year tenure next year. Politically, the meeting is regarded as significant for Xi who -- in the last nine years of his tenure in power -- has emerged as the most powerful leader after party founder Mao Zedong. Xi is widely expected to continue for a third term unlike his predecessor Hu Jintao, who retired after two terms, and perhaps may remain in power for life in
view of a key constitutional amendment in 2018 which removed the two-term limit for the President. He was also made “core leader” of the party in 2016, a status enjoyed by Mao. The plenum is being held ahead of the next year’s party Congress which was expected to appoint a new leadership. “The purpose (of this plenum) seems to be to review the party’s governance in history, and to pave the way for the future leadership and their policy direction,” said Gu Su, a political scien-
Obama urging govts to act on climate
Former U.S. President Barack Obama arrives at an event during the COP26 U.N. Climate Summit in Glasgow Nov. 8.
GLASGOW, NOV 8 (AP): With pressure growing for decisive action out of this year’s UN climate talks, Barack Obama is bringing his political weight to bear Monday on negotiators for nearly 200 governments, urging them to greater ambition in cutting climatewrecking emissions and dealing with the mounting damage. The UN climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland, is the former American President’s first since he
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helped deliver the triumph of the 2015 Paris climate accord, when nations committed to cutting fossil fuel and agricultural emissions fast enough to keep the Earth’s warming below catastrophic levels. Climate summits since then have been less conclusive, especially as the US under President Donald Trump dropped out of the Paris accord. President Joe Biden has since rejoined. Obama’s appearance
on the sidelines of the talks is meant to remind governments of the elation that surrounded the striking of the Paris accord, and urge them to more immediate, concrete steps to put the 2015 deal into action. “All of us have a part to play, all of us have work to do, all of us have sacrifices to make” on climate, Obama told a session for island nations in the Pacific on Monday, including some whose existence is threatened by rising oceans as the Earth heats up. “But those of us who live in wealthy nations, those of us who helped to precipitate the problem” of global warming, “we have an added burden,” he said. Obama on Monday also was speaking to a bloc of nations pushing for stronger, quicker commitments, and joining a round table of younger leaders of climate-minded foundations, businesses, research and advocacy.
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tist with Nanjing University. “It will also need to praise the achievements of the current leader,” Gu told the Hong Kong based South China Morning Post. The in-camera meeting is being held in Beijing under tight COVID-19 control measures as the city in the last few weeks has reported several cases of coronavirus, prompting officials to tighten entry and exit controls. Except Xi, most of the officials including Premier Li Keqiang are expected to retire after completing the two terms. Over the past three decades, the party has usually used the last plenary session to address party affairs, especially on key appointments, ideology and party-building matters. Among the key issues to be watched is to see if the party continues to follow precedent on its leadership changes, especially the informal retirement age of 68 besides the two terms for its top leadership set by Party’s founder Mao’s successor Deng Xiaoping.
Nearly a dozen of the 25 members of the powerful Politburo will be older than 68 in October next year. Ahead of the Plenum meeting, state media has eulogised Xi’s leadership with the party’s mouthpiece People’s Daily carrying a front-page feature stating that the decision to make Xi the “core” of the leadership in 2016 and to include that in the party’s Constitution the following year was “a blessing for the party, the country, the people and the Chinese nation”. “Every Chinese must support (Xi as) the core. Every party member must follow him as the core,” the Post quoted People’s Daily article as saying. In its commentar y profiling on Xi, Xinhua said, since being elected General-Secretary of the CPC Central Committee in November 2012, “China is becoming a powerful country, and is now entering an era of strength. On the new journey, Xi is undoubtedly the core figure in charting the course of history”.
Knife-wielding man attacks police in France
Powerful Iranian general visits Iraq after attack on PM
PARIS, NOV 8 (IANS): A knife-wielding man on Monday attacked police officers in Cannes, the Mayor of the French city David Lisnard said. According to local media, the individual headed for a police vehicle parked in front of the Cannes police station, reports Xinhua news agency. “After having made a pretext for a request for information, he opened the door and stabbed a police officer in the chest,” French newspaper Le Figaro reported, citing police sources. He then walked around the vehicle and attempted to stab the right front passenger, before being neutralized by three shots from the driver. The police officer stabbed was not injured because of his bulletproof vest, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said.
BAGHDAD, NOV 8 (AP): A top Iranian general visited Baghdad after the assassination attempt against Iraq’s prime minister, and said Tehran and its allies had nothing to do with the drone attack that lightly injured the Iraqi leader, two Iraqi politicians said Monday. The two Shiite Muslim politicians requested anonymity because Esmail Ghaani’s visit was not announced publicly. They quoted the Iranian general as saying that Tehran is not opposed to any politician named by the Shiite blocs in the newly elected parliament to become the next prime minister. Ghaani is the commander of Iran’s Quds Force, which is mainly responsible for military and clandestine operations outside the country. Iran enjoys wide influence in Iraq through powerful militias it has been backing for years. Iran and Iraq
CHARLES DE GAULLE AIRPORT (FRANCE), NOV 8 (AP): The US lifted restrictions Monday on travel from a long list of countries including Mexico, Canada and most of Europe, allowing tourists to make long-delayed trips and family members to reconnect with loved ones after more than a year and a half apart because of the pandemic. “I’m going to jump into his arms, kiss him, touch him,” Gaye Camara said of the husband in New York she has not seen since before COVID-19 brought the fly-here-there-and-everywhere world to a halt. “Just talking about it makes me emotional,” Camara, 40, said as she wheeled her luggage through Paris’ Charles de Gaulle airport, which could almost be mistaken for its pre-pandemic self, busy with humming crowds, albeit in face masks. The rules that go into effect Monday allow air travel from a series of coun-
tries from which it has been restricted since the early days of the pandemic — as long as the traveller has proof of vaccination and a negative COVID-19 test. Those crossing a land border from Mexico or Canada will require proof of vaccination but no test. US citizens and permanent residents were always allowed to enter the US, but the travel bans grounded tourists, thwarted business travellers and often separated families. Airlines are now preparing for a surge in travel. Data from travel and analytics firm Cirium showed airlines are increasing flights between the UK and the US by 21% this month over last month. When Camara last saw Mamadou, her husband, in January 2020, they had no way of knowing that they’d have to wait 21 months before holding each other again. She lives in France’s Alsace region, where she works as a secretary. He is based in New
Iraqi Security forces close the heavily fortified Green Zone in Baghdad on Nov. 7, 2021.
both have majority Shiite populations. The failed assassination attempt against Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi at his residence has ratcheted up tensions following last month’s parliamentary elections, in which the Iran-backed militias were the biggest losers. Al-Kadhimi suffered a light cut and appeared in a televised speech soon after the attack on his resi-
dence wearing a white shirt and what appeared to be a bandage around his left wrist. Seven of his security guards were wounded in the attack by at least two armed drones. There was no claim of responsibility but suspicion immediately fell on Iranbacked militias. They had been blamed for previous attacks on the Green Zone, which also houses foreign embassies.
York. “It was very hard at the beginning. I cried nearly every night,” she said. “I got through it thanks to him. He knows how to talk to me, to calm me.” Video calls, text messages, phone conversations kept them connected — but couldn’t fill the void of separation. “I cannot wait,” she said. “Being with him, his presence, his face, his smile.” For grandmother Maria Giribet, the apples of her eye are her grandchildren Gabriel and David. The twins are in San Francisco, which during the height of the pandemic might as well have been another planet for 74-yearold Giribet, who lives on the Mediterranean isle of Majorca. Now 3 1/2 going on 4, the boys were half that age when she last saw them. “I’m going to hug them, suffocate them, that’s what I dream of,” Giribet said after checking in for her flight.
The militia leaders condemned the attack, but most sought to downplay it. The two Iraqi politicians quoted Ghaani as saying: “Iran has nothing to do with this attack.” One of the two officials said Ghaani met with al-Kadhimi on Sunday afternoon in Baghdad. Lebanon’s Al-Manar TV, which is run by the Iran-backed Hezbollah group, said Ghaani also met with Iraqi President Barham Salih and other political figures in the country. It quoted Ghaani as saying during his visit that “Iraq is in urgent need for calm.” It added that Ghaani also said that any act that threatens Iraq’s security should be avoided. The drone attack was a dramatic escalation in the already tense situation following the Oct. 10 vote and the surprising results in which Iran-backed militias lost about two-thirds of their seats.
6 Palestinian rights activists hacked by NSO spyware: Report Kuwait govt resigns for 2nd time this year Its use against journalists, rights activists and political dissidents from Mexico to Saudi Arabia has been documented since 2015. A successful Pegasus infection surreptitiously gives intruders access to everything a person stores and does on their phone, including real-time communications. It’s not clear who placed the NSO spyware on the activists’ phones, said the researcher who first detected it, Mohammed al-Maskati of the
nonprofit Frontline Defenders. Shortly after the first two intrusions were identified in mid-October, Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz declared six Palestinian civil society groups to be terrorist organisations. Ireland-based Frontline Defenders and at least two of the victims say they consider Israel the main suspect and believe the designation may have been timed to try to overshadow the hacks’ discovery, though they
have provided no evidence to substantiate those assertions. Israel has provided little evidence publicly to support the terrorism designation, which the Palestinian groups say aims to dry up their funding and muzzle opposition to Israeli military rule. Three of the hacked Palestinians work for the civil society groups. The others do not, and wish to remain anonymous, Frontline Defenders says. The forensic findings,
independently confirmed by security researchers from Amnesty International and the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab in a joint technical report, come as NSO Group faces growing condemnation over the abuse of its spyware and Israel takes heat for lax oversight of its digital surveillance industry. Last week, the Biden administration blacklisted the NSO Group and a lesser-known Israeli competitor, Candiru, barring them from U.S. technology.
DUBAI, NOV 8 (AP): Kuwait’s government resigned Monday for the second time this year, underscoring the political problems plaguing the small, oil-rich nation. The state-run KUNA news agency said Kuwait’s ruler, Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah, received the government’s resignation notice. However, the report did not say whether Sheikh Nawaf would accept the resignation, tendered by the country’s prime minister, Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al
First Chinese woman walks in space, scripts history BEIJING, NOV 8 (PTI): Chinese militar y pilot Wang Yaping scripted history on Monday when she became the country’s first woman astronaut to walk in space as she moved out of the under-construction space station and took part in extravehicular activities along with her male colleague, the official media here reported. Wang and Zhai Zhigang moved out of the space station core module called Tianhe and spent 6.5 hours of the spacewalk in the early hours of Monday and successfully returned to the module, Xinhua news agency reported. This marks the first spacewalk in Chinese space history involving a woman astronaut, the China Manned Space Agency said in a statement. China had launched the Shenzhou-13 space-
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ship on October 16, sending three astronauts on a six-month mission to the under-construction space station, which was expected to be ready by next year. The 41-year-old native of Shandong province and mother of a five-year-old girl, Wang joined the People’s Liberation Army Air Force in August 1997 and served as a deputy squadron commander before joining the second group of astro-
nauts at the PLA Astronaut Division in May 2010. In March 2012, she was part of the backup crew for the ninth manned Shenzhou mission series in June 2013 and took part in the 10th of Shenzhou series which lasted nearly 15 days. She is the second Chinese woman to have flown in space. During the Shenzhou 10th flight, Wang gave China’s first space-based lecture
inside the Tiangong I experimental module to more than 60 million Chinese students at about 80,000 schools across the country. She was selected for the present manned space mission in December 2019. Wang’s achievement has expanded the team of global female astronauts who have conducted spacewalks. Before Wang, as of October 2019, a total of 15 women had participated in 42 spacewalks since 1984, when cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya became the first woman to walk in space, state-run Global Times reported. “Women’s participation in extravehicular activities is an integral part of manned space, and we are witnessing history thanks to Wang’s bravery,” Yang Yuguang, Vice-Chair of Space Transportation Committee
for International Astronautical Federation, told the Global Times. There is little difference between men and women in terms of requirements for conducting a spacewalk, and the only thing that needs adjustment would be the spacesuit, which must be tailored to the female body to enable them carry out their work with precision, space experts told the daily. While Wang and Zhai conducted the extravehicular activities, which included the spacewalk on Monday, the third member of the crew, Ye Guangfu played a supporting role from within the module. The pair returned to the core module at 1:16 AM (Beijing Time) after successfully completing their task in about 6.5 hours, the statement said. The mission further
Hamad Al Sabah. The government previously resigned in January. On Sunday, Sheikh Nawaf granted an amnesty to opposition political members in part to resolve the ongoing deadlock in the country’s government. Kuwait, an extraordinarily wealthy nation due to its oil reserves, has struggled in recent years to balance its budgets and encourage its population into the private sector. Its cradle-to-grave social benefits have drained
coffers, challenging the nation during a recent slump in oil prices. Ku w a i t ’s u n u s u a l combination of an emirappointed government and elected parliament frequently gives rise to wrangling that analysts say impedes the country’s economic and social progress. The parliament can introduce legislation and question ministers, though the country’s emir retains ultimate authority and ruling family members hold senior posts.
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e a r e building this long bridge of friendship and love for music and songs between country of Latvia and Nagaland state”, Latvian Ambassador to India, Artis Bertulis said. Speaking at the launching programme of the fourday intensive workshop on choir conducting and voice at Mountain Music Academy, Dimapur on Monday, he shared the admiration he had for the Nagas as they strived for Arts and Music. He acknowledged the state government and chief minister, Neiphiu Rio for the vision and support and thanked advisor to chief minister, Abu Metha and advisor, TaFMA, Theja Meru. In his speech, special guest, Abu Metha acknowledged the guests for partnering with the state government to share the collective dream and aspirations to pursue arts and also realise the ambitions of young Nagas.
Artis Bertulis (extreme R), Esmeralda Burtule (2nd from R) and others at the launching programme in Dimapur on Monday. (NP)
Pointing out that Nagaland was not the most developed state in the country, Metha however said that the smile and handshakes of Naga people were genuine and real and hoped that they would have a wonderful experience during their stay in the state. He encouraged the guests to try and get to the Naga Hills as the heartbeat of Nagas beat in the moun-
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tains and that the Naga lives, Naga-ness and the Naga way of live beat in the villages of Nagaland. Metha said that Nagas had strong aspirations and hoped that their presence would motivate the people to reflect on their aspirations and ambitions through Music and Arts. “We want Nagaland and Naga people to be known for the right things and we
believe that Art and Music is one sure way of letting the world that the people called Nagas, exist in far corner of the globe”, he said. He also encouraged all who would be participating in the workshop to take the opportunity and to excel. E a r l i e r, t h e p r o gramme was chaired by Kekhrie Ringa and invocation was said by Rev. Walu Walling. Short speeches
were also delivered by prof. Gints Ceplenieks and Esmeralda Burtule, wife of ambassador, Artis Bertulis. Special performance was also presented by Bright Lights, while vote of thanks offered by project, director, TaFMA, Dr. Hovithal Sothu and welcome address delivered by advisor, TaFMA, Theja Meru. The workshop would be conducted by music professors from Latvia, Prof. Eglis Jakobson, Prof. Inita Kamaruke, and Prof. Gints Ceplenieks. The workshop is organised by Task Force for Music and Arts (TaFMA) in coordination with Mountain Music Academy, Dimapur, sponsored jointly by government of Nagaland and Embassy of the republic of Latvia in India. It would commence from November 8-11 and would culminate with a performance by trainees at RCEMPA, Kohima on November 13. (Staff Reporter)
t comes after a very public feud between the two Hollywood heavyweights. In an Instagram post, Vin said The Rock has “a very important role to play”, adding that his character Hobbs could not be played by anyone else. “I hope you rise to the occasion and fulfil your destiny,” Vin, who plays the lead role of Dominic Torreto, wrote. The Rock (aka Dwayne Johnson) joined the Fast & Furious franchise as Agent Hobbs in Fast Five in 2011 - but the 49-year-old didn’t appear in the most recent film and has previously said he wouldn’t appear in future films. Vin Diesel wrote to his 76 million followers that he wanted to fulfil his promise of a perfect ending to “Pablo” - referring to his late co-star Paul Walker, who died in 2013. “ I swo r e t h a t we would reach and manifest the best Fast in the finale that is 10! I say this out of love... but you must show up,” the 54-year-old said. Calling him “little brother Dwayne”, he asked him not to leave “the fran-
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f you live with type 2 diabetes, eating a balanced diet can help you manage your blood sugar levels and weight. In turn, if your meal plan helps you achieve a healthier weight for your body and keep your blood sugar levels in your target range, it may reduce your risk for complications such as nerve damage, heart disease, and stroke, according to a 2017 research review. Read on to learn more about how different diets and eating patterns can affect your health and impact your management of type 2 diabetes. Foods to eat with type 2 diabetes You can follow many different eating patterns and diets to meet your health needs. With type 2 diabetes, be sure to pick a diet rich in nutrient-dense foods, which can help provide the fiber, vitamins, and minerals that your body needs. You should also be sure to enjoy a variety of heart-healthy fats, including monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fatty acids. These can help reduce your cholesterol levels to
support heart health, according to a 2017 research review. Similarly, eating plenty of foods high in fiber can enhance blood sugar management and help keep you feeling fuller for longer to help prevent eating when you’re not hungry. Your diet should also be sustainable and easy to follow. Diet plans that are overly restrictive or don’t fit your lifestyle can be much harder to stick with in the long run. Here are some examples of nutritious foods that your diet should include: • fruits (apples, oranges, berries, melons, pears, peaches) • vegetables (like broccoli, cauliflower, spinach, cucumbers, zucchini) • whole grains (quinoa, couscous, oats, brown rice, farro) • legumes (beans, lentils, chickpeas) • nuts (almonds, walnuts, pistachios, macadamia nuts, cashews) • seeds (chia seeds, pumpkin seeds, flax seeds, hemp seeds) • protein-rich foods (skinless poultry, seafood,
lean cuts of red meat, tofu, tempeh) • heart-healthy fats (olive oil, avocados, canola oil, sesame oil) • beverages (water, black coffee, unsweetened tea, vegetable juice) Foods to avoid with type 2 diabetes There aren’t many foods that you need to avoid entirely when you have type 2 diabetes. However, some foods are more nutrient-dense choices than others. This means they’re richer sources of vitamins and minerals. Plus, they contain less
fat, sugar, and cholesterol. Limiting your consumption of foods high in saturated fat, trans fat, and added sugar can help support better blood sugar management and prevent health complications related to diabetes, according to 2019 research. Here are some of the foods you should limit with type 2 diabetes: • high fat meat (fatty cuts of pork, beef, and lamb, poultry skin, dark meat chicken) • f u l l - f a t d a i r y (whole milk, butter, cheese, sour cream)
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• swe e t s ( c a n dy, cookies, baked goods, ice cream, desserts) • sugar-sweetened beverages (juice, soda, sweet tea, sports drinks) • sweeteners (table sugar, brown sugar, honey, maple syrup, molasses) • processed foods (chips, microwave popcorn, processed meat, convenience meals) • trans fats (vegetable shortening, fried foods, dairy-free coffee creamers, partially hydrogenated oil) Carb counting for type 2 diabetes Carbohydrate counting is one approach that you can take to help manage your blood sugar levels. In carb counting, you add up the number of grams of carbohydrates that you eat during each meal. With careful tracking, you can learn how many grams of carbohydrates
you need to eat to maintain a safe blood sugar level while taking insulin injections. A doctor, nurse, or dietitian can help you get started. Many foods contain carbohydrates, including: • wheat, rice, and other grains and grainbased foods • dried beans, lentils, and other legumes • potatoes and other starchy vegetables • fruit and fruit juice • milk and yogurt processed snack foods, desserts, and sweetened beverages There are many books and online resources that you can use to learn how many grams of carbohydrates are found in portions of common foods. You can also check the nutritional labels of packaged and processed foods. (Healthline)
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FELICITATION Two yours have gone since he left us in 2019 even though he is physically no more with us, we, his loving children, in-laws, grand and great grand children celebrate his 100th Birth Day today the 9th November 2021 with great thanksgiving and praise to our Creator God for Him whom we love so dearly. We deeply miss him and cherish his affectionate love and deeds. It is our commitment to follow his legacy of dedication, sacrifice, witness, and integrity for the Lord Jesus our Savior. We are profoundly grateful to God for his worthy life. We really appreciate his unselfish devotion to Nagaland Government Service as special Dobashi during the Chaotic period of 1950s due to Naga Underground Movement in Nagaland prior to his joining the church Ministry in Longleng and Naganimora in different periods. Through this remembrance, we would like to acknowledge and express our gratitude to all who were closely associated with him during his lifetime. Loving family members k-2158/21
The Governing Body Members, Principal, Faculty, and the Students' of the City Law College, Dimapur, Nagaland, felicitate Shri. Kakheto Sema, former Senior Additional Advocate General Nagaland and a Founding Member of City Law College, Dimapur : on being elevated to Additional Judge of Gauhati High Court on 13th October 2021. We wish him good health and a successful career.
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Dottin smashes ton, scripts Warriors beat Rockets to improve to 8-1 Deandra big West Indies win over Pakistan
SAN FRANCISCO, NOV 8 (AGENCIES): Jordan Poole had a game-high 25 points and Stephen Curry 20 as the Golden State Warriors gradually pulled away from the visiting Houston Rockets in the second half for a 120107 victory Sunday night. Andrew Wiggins (16 points), Otto Porter Jr. (15) and Gary Payton II (10) also scored in double figures for Golden State, which won its fourth straight to improve its best-in-the-NBA record to 8-1. Jae’Sean Tate finished with 21 points and 10 rebounds for the Rockets, who fell for the second time in two days and have lost eight straight games. After putting up 69 points in the first half, the Warriors led just 83-80 after a Christian Wood dunk with 5:06 remaining in the third quarter. But Nemanja Bjelica nailed a pair of 3-pointers and Payton chipped in with two hoops during a 15-0 flurry that broke the game open. Nets 116, Raptors 103 Kevin Durant had 31 points, seven rebounds and seven assists and visiting Brooklyn defeated Toronto. It was Durant’s 10th
Golden State Warriors guard Jordan Poole (3) shoots a layup against Houston Rockets guard Jalen Green (0) during the first quarter at Chase Center in San Francisco
straight game with 20 or more points as the Nets won their fifth in a row, including the first two of a six-game road trip. James Harden added 28 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists for the Nets. Blake Griffin had 14 points and 11 rebounds, Patty Mills scored 13 points off the bench, and Bruce Brown contributed 12 points. Wizards 101, Bucks 94 Bradley Beal scored 30 points to lead host
Washington past Milwaukee for the Wizards’ second straight win. Beal made 14 of 22 shots and added eight assists, while Kyle Kuzma and Montrezl Harrell each scored 15 points, with Harrell adding 10 rebounds. G i a n n i s Antetokounmpo led the Bucks with 29 points and 18 rebounds. Grayson Allen added 19 points for the Bucks, who opened a fivegame road trip with their
SC East Bengal announce 33-player squad for ISL 2021-22 season KO L K AT A , N OV 8 (IANS): SC East Bengal on Monday announced a 33-member squad for the Indian Super League (ISL) 2021/22 season, with last season’s ‘Golden Glove’ winner, goalkeeper Arindam Bhattacharya, coming into the side from ATK Mohun Bagan. Besides, the red and gold brigade will also have the likes of Adil Khan lending solidity to defence and Raju Gaikwad adding experience after extending his stay with the club. “The squad has balance and a mix of youth and experience. We have
players who have been there in the league from its inception. The foreign players have also played at the highest level and we believe the overall depth of this squad is good,” said SC East Bengal head coach Jose Manuel Diaz. Former Perth Glory star defender and Australian centre-back Tomislav Mrcela will marshal the side from the back, supported by Croatian U-21 national team stopper Franjo Prce who was part of Italian Serie A side Lazio. The midfield has been bolstered by India
U-23 international Amarjit Singh Kiyam who will have support from seasoned campaigners Md. Rafique, Jackichand Singh and Bikash Jairu. Ajax youth academy product Darren Sidoel and Slovenian midfielder Amir Derviševic will also pull the strings for the Kolkatabased club, both having rubbed shoulders with some of the best in the business. Nigerian striker Daniel Chima Chukwu, a three-time Norwegian first division league winner with Molde FK, will lead the attacking line for SC East Bengal.
Ahuna Open Volleyball tourney held at Zutovi village
DIMAPUR, NOV 8 (NPN): Ahuna Open Volleyball tournament organized by Mission Board Zutovi was held at Zutovi village on November 8, with president Military Engineer Service (MES), contractor and supplier Dimapur, Phutolu Achumi as the chief guest. A l t o g e t h e r, n i n e t e a m s a r e participating in the tournament. The chief guest while delivering a short address encouraged the players to give effort in their play and to nurture their talent as sports has the potential in
the state. He said to achieve this, one has to build a sportsmanship in his career and maintain discipline in one’s life as a sportsman. The chief guest was accompanied by Western Sümi Youth Front President, General Secretary and other office bearers. The compere of the programme was supervisor, Sunday School ZBC, Avikali Awomi, invocation was done by ZBC, Rev Shitovi Swu and welcome speech was given by head GB Zutovi village, Vikuto Achumi.
fifth loss in their past six games. Bobby Portis had 13 points and 13 rebounds. Magic 107, Jazz 100 Cole Anthony scored 24 of his season-high 33 points in the second half and Wendell Carter Jr. had a season-high 22 points to go along with 15 rebounds and six assists, helping Orlando past Utah for its first home win of the season. Anthony hit two clutch jumpers in the final 90 seconds, and R.J. Hampton
TDVA formed DIMAPUR, NOV 8 (NPN): T h e Tu e n s a n g D i s t r i c t Volleyball Association (TDVA) was formed November 6, 2021 under the theme “Strive and Achieve”. On the backdrop of which, a brief thanksgiving prog ram me was held at its treasurer’s residence, Tuensang. T h e T D VA w o u l d be led by Yimlong Zanchu Chang as president, Yaksokiu Yimkhiung as general secretary with other seven members, two coaches and four advisors. Speaking at the p r o g r a m m e, t h e n e w l y appointed president Yimlong Zanchu Chang highlighted on the importance of the existence of such association and said that a whole lot of enthusiastic volleyball players are being suppressed of their talents due to the lack of such platform and avenues. He was optimistic that the association will usher in reviving and promotion of very sport at different levels. Chang also encouraged the present officials to work with sheer responsibilities in order to achieve the common goal irrespective of ones bestowed designation. The prog ramme was chaired by vice president T D VA , K i u k h u m a n d i nvo c a t i o n p r aye r wa s offered by treasurer TDVA, Yongri Sangtam followed by declaration of the office bearers.
Australia set to tour Pakistan after 24 years
LAHORE, NOV 8 (PTI): Australia have agreed to tour Pakistan for the first time in 24 years for a full series next year, providing a much-needed shot in the arm for the country’s cricket following the recent pullouts by England and New Zealand over security concerns. Australia, who last toured Pakistan in 1998, will play three Tests in Karachi (March 3-7), Rawalpindi (March 12-16) and Lahore (March 21-25) as part of the World Test Championship. Lahore will also be the venue for the four white-ball matches to be played from March 29 to April 5, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced on Monday. In September, New Zealand, who were already in Pakistan, went back home without playing a game due to a security threat and soon after, England too announced they won’t be touring the country ahead of the T20 World Cup, dealing a huge setback to the PCB’s efforts in bringing high-quality international cricket to the K Y M C
country. Australia coming to Pakistan is a big win for the recently-appointed PCB chief Ramiz Raja, who did not expect the Aussies to tour after England and New Zealand withdrew. England were criticised heavily for not touring the country. “It pleases me no end that we’ll be engaged in a three-Test match series, connoisseurs delight,” Raja said in a statement. “Australia are one of the high-performing sides and them playing in our backyard for the first time
after a gap of 24 years will be a special treat for the fans. “Likewise, it will be a great opportunity for the Australia cricketers to not only play at our iconic venues but also feel and enjoy the respect, love and hospitality that this great country offers, something which most of their previous generation of cricketers missed out by playing offshore,” he said. Cricket Australia chief executive Nick Hockley said they will continue to work with PCB to ensure foolproof security for their
team. “We thank the PCB for their considerable efforts in planning for the tour and look forward to continuing to work closely over the coming months to finalise the necessary operations, logistics, security and Covid-19 protocols. “The safety and welfare of our players and staff remains our number one priority, and we will continue to work with the PCB and relevant agencies to ensure that appropriate and sufficient arrangements are put in place for the tour,” he said. CA’s delegation will visit Pakistan to meet with PCB officials as well as provincial and federal authorities to discuss and finalise matters relating to “team operations, logistics, security and Covid-19 protocols”. Australia last toured Pakistan in 1998-99 when Mark Taylor led them to a 1-0 series victory -their first in the country since Richie Benaud’s side defeated Fazal Mahmood’s team by a 2-0 margin in the 1959-60 series.
sank a 3-pointer with 21.5 seconds to go and the shot clock running down. Anthony made his only two free-throw attempts with 18.2 seconds left as Orlando ended a two-game losing streak. Franz Wagner contributed 10 points for Orlando, which improved to 1-4 at home. Mo Bamba added nine points, seven rebounds and four blocks, and Gary Harris and Hampton each scored eight points off the bench. Pacers 94, Kings 91 Caris LeVert scored a season-high 22 points and T.J. McConnell added 18 as Indiana won at Sacramento for its first road victory in six tries. Domantas Sabonis had 17 points and 10 rebounds, Chris Duarte added 15 points, and Myles Turner tallied 12 points and 15 rebounds for the Pacers, who were 1-6 to open the season but have won three of their last four games. Tyrese Haliburton hit a 3-pointer to pull Sacramento within 93-91 with 1:28 remaining but missed a 3-point attempt with 2.5 seconds left, and McConnell hit one of two free throws for the final margin.
K A R A C H I , N OV 8 (IANS): A fine century by ‘Player of the Match’ Deandra Dottin helped West Indies Women to a 45-run win over Pakistan Women in the first ODI at the National Stadium here on Monday. T h e We s t I n d i e s opener smashed 132 off 146 balls, including 18 fours and two sixes, after Pakistan’s stand-in skipper Sidra Nawaz opted to bowl after winning the toss. This was Dottin’s best score in the format. Dottin added 119 runs for the third wicket with Hayley Matthews, who scored 57 off 67, as their partnership set the platform for the tourists to post 253 for eight before Shemaine Campbelle scored a quick 23 off 20. Dottin’s century and the eventual Pakistan defeat eclipsed Anam Amin’s maiden five-wicket haul. The left-arm spinner returned 5/35 with two of her 10 overs being maiden. Anam accounted for Dottin, Rashada Williams (15), Hayley Matthews, Campbelle and Kycia
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Knight (6). Fatima Sana, who came into this match after recording a five-wicket haul in the fifth and final ODI against West Indies in Antigua in July, took 2/65. This match marked a significant moment in the 20-year-old’s career as she opened the bowling for Pakistan against the very opposition to whom she bowled as a net bowler when they were in the city two years ago for three T20Is. Pakistan crumbled in their reply. Opener Sidra Amin was caught on the last ball of the second over and one-drop Ayesha Zafar was LBW on the last ball of
the eighth over. Iram Javed fought back with a 34-ball 40 as she added 57 runs for the fourth wicket with Kainat Imtiaz (24 off 60), but the dismissal of the former pretty much settled the game in the tourists favour. Brief scores: West Indies Women 253/8 in 50 overs (Deandra Dottin 132, Hayley Matthews 57, Shemaine Campbelle 23; Anam Amin 5/35, Fatima Sana 2/65) P a k i s t a n Wo m e n 208/9 in 50 overs (Aliya Riaz 46, Iram Javed 40, Muneeba Ali 28, Kainat Imtiaz 24, Sidra Nawaz 23; Hayley Mathews 3/31, Shakera Selman 2/35).
NASA group-D organizes coaching camp
Participants and organisers during the coaching camp organised by NASA group-D.
DIMAPUR, NOV 8 (NPN): The Nor ther n Angami Sports Association Group-D ( NA S A - D ) o r g a n i z e d coaching camp for Naga Wrestling (both junior & senior) and cricket & referee clinic for Naga Wrestling, football and volleyball at Botsa from November 4th
– 6th. A press release from NASA-D general secretary, Kezhangulie Kore stated that the three-day coaching camp and referee’s clinic was availed by a host of spor tsperson from the twelve villages. The cricket practice pitch at Botsa, was
Fixture draw for Kohima district open volleyball tourney today
D I M A P U R , N OV 8 (NPN): The Kohima D i s t r i c t Vo l l e y b a l l Association (KDVA) has informed that fixture draw for the forthcoming 8th Kohima District Open Volleyball tournament 2021 will take place on November 9 at 3 p.m. at Kohima local ground. All the team coaches or managers have been requested to turn up for
the same. The tournament has been scheduled for November 10- 12 at Kohima local ground under the theme “Transcending Through Sports.” The inaugural programme will be graced by director, youth resources & sports Nagaland, Akumla Chuba on November 10 at 11 a.m. A total cash prize of Rs. 1.5 lakh has been set for the tournament.
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also inaugurated with a dedication prayer pronounced by Botsa Baptist Church associate pastor, Ruokuobeilie Zumu, in the presence of coaches from Nagaland Cricket Association and executives of NASA-D. The practice pitch was
1ST DEATH ANNIVERSARY
Lt. Limatemjen I Longkumer (Aonokpu) 08/12/1980 – 09/11/2020 A year has passed since you left us but not a day passes by without you in our thoughts and heart. Each day we are caught up to retrospect and ponder on your love, humility and care for us. Days will pass and turn to years but you will always be remembered and we will continue to cherish your good deeds forever in our hearts. We find comfort in the hope that we will one day meet you in heaven. Gone but not forgotten dp-5356/21
Late aVIU LIeZIetSU Born: 22.10.1983 – Died: 29.10.2021 “If we live, we live for the Lord; and if we die, we die for the Lord. So, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord”. Romans 14:8 We, the bereaved family of Late aVIU LIeZIetSU wishes to extend our deepest gratitude and appreciation to everyone who comforted us during our time of grief and sorrow. We convey our special thanks to: 1. Midland Baptist Church, Kohima. 2. Khiamniungan Baptist Church, Kohima. 3. New Life Church, Kohima. 4. Midland Youth Organisation, Kohima. 5. Directorate of Agri & SNO ATMA, officers and staff. 6. Liezietsu Clan. 7. Neighbours, friends and well wishers. Though we have not been able to mention each and everyone by name, may God bless you all abundantly for the love and care you have shown to us. Loving mom, brother, sister and family members. k-2156/21
donated by the Nagaland Cricket Association. NASA-D expressed its gratitude the Nagaland Cricket Association for constructing the practice pitch and thus bringing a long-cherished dream of the sports lover of the area to reality.
Loving Parents, Brother, Sister & Relatives
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dominates F1 Mexico Rohit, Ashwin help India end on winning note Verstappen City GP; Hamilton distant second
DUBAI, NOV 8 (PTI): Captain-in waiting Rohit Sharma made short work of a modest target with an elegant half-century after spinners reigned supreme as India on Virat Kohli’s last day as shortest format captain ended their T20 World Cup campaign with an emphatic nine-wicket victory over Namibia here on Monday. Rohit, who is set to take over as India’s whiteball captain, smashed 56 off 37 balls with seven fours and two sixes and got fabulous support from another supremely stylish KL Rahul (54 not out off 36 balls) as India chased down the target of 133 in only 15.2 overs. It was nothing more than a stroll in the park for the Indians, who basically caught the Namibians by the scruff of their necks with spinners Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin, snaring six wickets between them. Then, Rohit dazzled and Rahul sizzled with some breathtaking pickup pull shots while Suryakumar Yadav (25 not out off 19 balls) showed his 360 degree hitting skills to end a rather
Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul run between the wickets during the T20 World Cup match against Namibia. (AP/PTI)
disappointing tournament on a sweet note. But three comprehensive wins against smaller nations came only after the horse had bolted the door. As outgoing coach R av i S h a s t r i p o i n t e d out, a “mentally and physically” drained Indian team couldn’t switch on during big-match pressure
situations as Pakistan and New Zealand literally embarrassed an out of sync team. The last three games were flawless but it was two matches too late, something that will certainly haunt Kohli, whose white ball captaincy tenure is set to end with no ICC trophy to show for his efforts.
On the night, India’s spinners were just too good for the unheralded Namibia batters as India restricted the minnows to a modest 132 for 8 in their inconsequential final T20 World Cup match. Already ousted from the tournament after losing to Pakistan and New Zealand in their first two games, India looked relaxed and the the Namibians were all at sea as they are not used to playing world class slow bowling operators of this calibre. Jadeja (4-0-16-3) and Ashwin (4-0-20-3) took six wickets between them for 36 runs to make it a lop-sided contest after Namibia, courtesy their opener Stephan Baard (21) and Michael van Lingen (14), had added 30-plus runs in the first four overs. Once Van Lingen was dismissed by a short ball and extra pace from Jasprit Bumrah (4-0-19-2), the will to fight was not evident on the African nation’s batters when Jadeja and Ashwin jointly operated. Mohammed Shami (0/39 in 4 overs) was the only bowler who had an off-day. Ja d e j a s aw C r a i g
Williams jumping down the track and stopped on his tracks and pitched on length to get enough away t u r n . Wi l l i a m s missed it and stood midpitch looking completely bamboozled. Baard was out to a typical Jadeja arm ball, which he tried to sweep and was caught plumb infront. Once Jadeja got a coupe of wickets, it was Ashwin’s turn to get into action as he removed Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton (5), inducing a cut, a shot that landed into slip fielder Rohit Sharma’s palms and then bowled one with the angle that cleaned up Zane Green (0). In between he also removed rival skipper Gerhard Erasmus (12). But the highlight of India’s fielding effort was a superb diving catch by Rohit at short cover when he had roughly 0.16 seconds reaction time to pluck the ball inches above the ground to dismiss JJ Smit (9). Namibia’s plight was understandable as they hit only eight fours and two sixes in the entire innings while consuming 58 dot balls.
MEXICO CITY, NOV 8 (IANS): Red Bull’s Max Verstappen took a big step towards the 2021 Formula One World Championship with a dominant win in the Mexico City Grand Prix, with title rival Lewis Hamilton a distant second. Starting third on the grid, Verstappen used the long run down to the first corner to slipstream past the Mercedes duo of Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas to take the lead, as pole man Bottas fell to the back after being tagged by Daniel Ricciardo’s M c L a r e n o n M o n d ay morning (IST). Once at the front, Verstappen comfortably extended his lead over Hamilton and was never threatened as he cruised to his ninth win of the 2021 season, Xinhua reports. “The start was nice and it was all about trying to brake as late as (I could). I kept it on the track, came from third to first and that was basically what made my race because I could just focus on myself, and we had incredible pace in the car,” said the Dutchman, who has led more laps in 2021 than every other driver combined.
Max Verstappen (R) celebrates winning first place with second placed Lewis Hamilton after the F1 Mexico Grand Prix. (AP/PTI)
“There’s still a long way to go (in the championship). It’s of course looking good but also it can turn around very quickly. I’m looking forward to (the next round in) Brazil, I also have very good memories there.” Behind Verstappen, Hamilton only just held onto second ahead of the Dutchman’s teammate Sergio Perez, whose every move at his home race was cheered to the echo by a partisan crowd. AlphaTauri’s Pierre Gasly had a quietly excellent run to fourth, ahead of the Ferraris of Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc. Sebastian Vettel took seventh for Aston Martin, with Alfa
Romeo’s Kimi Raikkonen equalling his best finish of the year with eighth. Fe r n a n d o A l o n s o finished ninth for Alpine, and McLaren’s Lando Norris rounded out the top10. Verstappen’s win puts him on 312.5 points, 19 ahead of Hamilton with just four races of the season left. Bottas stays third on 185 points. In the constructors’ championship, Mercedes still lead with 478.5 points, but Bottas’ non-score means Red Bull are now just one point adrift. Ferrari have leapfrogged McLaren in the battle for third and now have 272.5 points.
Nagaland beat Arunachal by 79 Milan derby ends in draw; Napoli held 1-1 by Verona runs in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy D I M A P U R , N OV 8 (AGENCIES): Playing their 4th match, Nagaland defeated Arunachal Pradesh by 79 runs on Monday at the ongoing Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2021-22 at ACA Cricket Ground, Malapadu. After having won the toss and opted to bat first, Nagaland could manage to post a total of 165 runs for 7 wickets, their highest total so far in the ongoing tour nament. Nagaland started off well with an opening partnership stand of 49 runs between captain Jonathan Rongsen and Jo s h u a B e n O z u k u m . However, the captain was sent back to the Pavilion
by Niia when he was on 27 runs but the latter went on to score a brilliant 91 runs off 54 balls missing a well-deserved century by just a whisker. His fine innings of 91 runs included 8 fours and 4 sixes. For Arunachal, Doria picked 3 wickets, Akhilesh Saina took 2 wickets while Niia and RB Bishnoi claimed a wicket each. Chasing a challenging total, Ar unachal were looking good at the start as their openers, Doria and Song Tacho had 50 runs opening partnership stand. However, young Leggy Khrievitso Kense broke their partnership (53 runs)
as he picked the wicket of Doria. Following this, Imliwati then bowled a destr uctive spell as he picked 3 wickets on his very first over which left Arunachal middle order batsmen in a dilemma and were unable to recover from the impact as they were bundled out by 86 in just 15 overs by the spinners. For Nagaland, Imliwati took 4 wickets (4/13), Khrievitso Kense (2/15) and Hokaito (2/5) picked 2 wickets each while Jonathan Rongsen (1/2) claimed a wicket. Nagaland will play their final match against Tripura today, 8:30 a.m. in Mulapadu.
Rohit is looking over things for a while now: captain Kohli hints at his T20 ‘successor’
DUBAI, NOV 8 (PTI): India captain Virat Kohli on Monday all but confirmed Rohit Sharma as his successor for the national T20 captaincy, saying that the senior opener has been “overlooking things for a while now”. Rohit, who is Kohli’s deputy in the white-ball format, is tipped to take over India’s T20 leadership from the threematch series against New Zealand at home, beginning November 19. “I’ve been immensely proud of how
the team has played. Now I think it’s time for the next lot to stake this team forward. Obviously Rohit is here and he’s overlooking things for a while now,” Kohli said during the toss ahead of India’s final T20 World Cup match against Namibia here. “It’s been an honour for me, I was given the opportunity and I tried to do my best. But it’s also time to create some space and move forward.”
MILAN, NOV 8 (AP): Inter Milan was the more disappointed side after the Milan derby match ended in a 1-1 draw, despite AC Milan being the team that missed out on taking the outright lead of Serie A on Sunday. Former Milan midfielder Hakan Çalhanoğlu converted a penalty for Inter in the 11th minute -- and celebrated fiercely against the club he left in June on a free transfer after four years. Milan leveled thanks to an owngoal by defender Stefan de Vrij shortly after, and Inter also had a penalty saved in a high-tempo first half. “For us the glass is half empty,” Inter coach Simone Inzaghi said. “We missed so many chances and a penalty, and we deserved more. But we faced a great team that is top because it deserves to be. And we’re continuing to improve ... Milan and Napoli are going at an incredible rate but there are many games left and there’s time and space.” Stefano Pioli’s Milan remained level on points at the top of the Italian league with Napoli, which drew 1-1 against Hellas Verona earlier. Inter was third, seven
AC Milan’s Sandro Tonali, left, and Inter Milan’s Matteo Darmian vie for the ball during the Serie A soccer at the San Siro stadium, in Milan, Italy, Sunday. (AP/PTI)
points below the top two. “The glass is half full,” Pioli said. “It’s clear that you always play to win, especially when it’s a derby match. Milan was looking to make a statement of intent — by moving 10 points clear of defending champion Inter — but had a number of players out injured and Theo Hernández suspended. And it got off to the worst possible start as Franck Kessié tangled with Çalhanoğlu to concede a
penalty. Çalhanoğlu fired the spot kick straight down the middle and then ran to the nearby corner to celebrate in front of the Milan ultras. After getting loudly jeered by fans, he put his hands up to his ears. Inter’s lead lasted just six minutes before De Vrij headed Sandro Tonali’s free kick into his own net. Fikayo Tomori celebrated as if he had scored and the stadium announcer gave out the player’s name but it was eventually awarded as an
own-goal. Inter was given a second penalty in the 27th after a bad mistake from Fodé Ballo-Touré saw him bring down Matteo Darmian. This time Lautaro Martínez stepped up but Ciprian Tătărușanu managed to save his spot kick. Ballo-Touré made up for his mistake in the final minute of the half, clearing off the line from an unmarked Nicolò Barella. Inter had the better opportunities in the first half and so it continued after
the break, although Zlatan Ibrahimović almost won the match for Milan. The 40-year-old Swede had done little all game before curling the ball just past the top far corner and he also had a fierce free kick parried by Samir Handanović. Milan almost snatched all three points right at the death but Alexis Saelemaekers’ shot from distance cannoned off the left post and Kessié fired the rebound just past the right post. Ve r o n a e n d e d t h e match in Naples with nine men after substitutes Daniel Bessa and Nikola Kalinić were sent off in separate incidents late on. Giovanni Simeone had scored his seventh goal in four matches to give Verona an early lead but that only lasted five minutes before Giovanni Di Lorenzo’s equalizer. Napoli hit the woodwork twice through Victor Osimhen and Dries Mertens. Mertens’ attempt came shortly after Bessa was sent off after receiving two yellow cards in eight minutes. Kalinić followed his teammate in stoppage time after also receiving two quick yellows.
West Ham end Liverpool’s unbeaten run with memorable win Emma Raducanu won’t let off-court commitments interfere with training
LO N D O N, N OV 8 ( A G E N C I E S ) : We s t Ham United showed that their place in the Premier League’s top four was fully warranted as they outmuscled Liverpool for a memorable 3-2 victory at a rocking London Stadium on Sunday. Vi c t o r y f o r h i g h flying West Ham ended Liverpool’s club record 25-match unbeaten run in all competitions and lifted them above Juergen Klopp’s side into third place in the table. What always looked like a tough fixture for Liverpool began badly when kee per Alisson, who endured a difficult afternoon, flapped a cross into his own goal after four minutes. Liverpool were rarely allowed to find their usual fluency but they were level by halftime thanks to a moment of magic from Trent Alexander-Arnold. Those expecting the visitors to find another gear after the break were left disappointed as it was West
West Ham and Liverpool players in action during the Premier League match.
Ham who took the game by the scruff of the neck. Craig Dawson hit the bar for West Ham early in the second half as Liverpool wobbled at the back, before Pablo Fornals restored West Ham’s lead in the 66th minute before Kurt Zouma rose to head in West Ham’s third in the 74th minute. Substitute Divock Origi gave Liverpool a lifeline with a shot on the turn in the 82nd minute and Sadio Mane should
have levelled in stoppage time but the hosts clung on for a victory that would be celebrated into the night by the home fans. West Ham’s fourth consecutive league win moves them to 23 points from 11 games with Juergen Klopp’s side one point behind them and the Hammers head into the international break just three points behind leaders Chelsea. It was a doubly joyous day for Hammers boss
David Moyes who had not tasted a league win over Liverpool for 11 years, losing 10 and drawing four in the interim period as manager of Everton, Manchester United, Sunderland and West Ham. It was a day to forget for Liverpool, who have dropped five points in their last two league games, and especially Alisson. The game was only four minutes old when he flapped at a Fornals
corner under pressure from Angelo Ogbonna and the ball ended up in the net. He hoped for a reprieve via a VAR check but the goal was rightly allowed to stand. Liverpool were a little lucky not to be down to 10 men after Diogo Jota caught Ogbonna with his elbow, forcing the West Ham player off, although Klopp suggested West Ham’s Aaron Cresswell got away with a reckless c h a l l e n g e o n Jo r d a n Henderson. But they got back into the game when AlexanderArnold played a short free kick to Mohamed Salah who then stopped it for the English defender to curl past Lukasz Fabianski and temporarily silence the home fans. Fabianski made a crucial save from Mane’s volley after the break and minutes later West Ham went back ahead as Fornals went clean through and beat Alisson with a low shot that the Brazilian stopper might have saved.
LO N D O N, N OV 8 (AGENCIES): Britain’s Emma Raducanu said she will not let her off-court commitments get in the way of training as she looks to return to the kind of form that earned her a maiden Grand Slam title at the U.S. Open. Raducanu became the first qualifier to win the U.S. Open in September and has since taken on celebrity status, featuring on magazine covers and b i l l b o a r d s f o r va r i o u s brands. However, the 18-yearold, who was knocked out in the second round at Indian Wells and in the quarterfinals of the Transylvania Open last month, said tennis is her number one priority. “ I m a d e i t v e r y, very clear to every single person in my team that I was not going to cancel one training session or practice session for any offcourt commitments,” said Raducanu, who is top seed
Emma Raducanu
for the first time in her career at this week’s WTA 250 tournament in Linz. “ T h a t wa s a n o n negotiable for me. I wanted to make sure that that is my priority and it is. So everyone is clear about that. “But it’s just managing my time with the commitments around that. Even if it’s not off-court events or whatever, I’m still doing my WTA rookie hours for example,” she told reporters. The WTA “rookie
hours” is an orientation program for young players to help them understand different aspects of the spor t as well as their responsibilities. Raducanu split with her coach after the U.S. Open and is coaching herself at the moment but said she would have someone in her corner before the Australian Open in January. “I’m here on my own and being my coach again this week, which I think is really good for me long-term,” she said.
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