February 6, 2021

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Patton cautions police against laxity Y. Patton, flanked by TJ Longkumer, addressing the conference. (NP)

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DIMAPUR, FEB 5 (NPN): Deputy chief minister and minister in-charge of Home department, Y Patton acknowledged the commendable job done by police personnel and expected a high degree of professionalism and dedication from the police but will not tolerate any kind of irresponsible behaviour, indiscipline and laxity in the discharge of duties.

Addressing the 49th general conference of Na-

galand Police Service Association (NPSA) as a special guest at Rhododendron Hall, Police complex, Chumoukedima here on Friday, Patton said one area of serious concern in the police force was presence of “some” drug addicts and alcoholics and warned the personnel from performing duty under the influence of alcohol.

He told the police officers present on the occasion that such habits would invariably tarnish the hardearned image of the entire force, calling for a compre-

hensive legal mechanism to further strengthen the force for weeding out such irresponsible personnel.

Patton maintained that Nagaland Police Service (NPS) was a premier service under the State government, adding that the NPS cadre officers played a crucial role at field level and also termed them as the backbone of the State police department.

He said that as NPS officers have been pioneers over the years, their contributions have been acknowledged by the government in many ways.

Mentioning that policeman happened to be the most visible representatives of government for the citizens, he said police stations and policemen were the first to be approached by the people in the hour of need, danger, crisis and dif-

ficulties. Hence, he pointed out that the police force was expected to be most accessible, interactive, disciplined and dynamic.

While stating that the primary duty of policemen was maintaining law and order, Patton admitted that their duties have multiplied owing to several additional responsibilities being thrust on them. “Police job is mostly situational and one has to be on his toes all the time and even during holidays and at odd hours,” Patton observed, adding that there was the added pressure of high public expectation during discharge of normal duties, more so in situations arising out of law and order problems.

He urged the police to uphold and enforce law of the land without favour, partiality and nepotism, stress-

ing that no other agency of the government has been entrusted with such a huge responsibility of maintaining peace and order in the society, even as he exhorted them to be proud of their “unique distinction”.

Patton said that the State government was doing its best to bring about improvements in service matters, promotions and other infrastructural and organisational requirements, and assured to address any “genuine grievance” of the police in the days to come.

He urged the men in uniform to continue rendering their sincere and dedicated service to the society in keeping with their motto of “Security, Service and Sacrifice”, while appealing them to continue upholding the confidence and trust (Cont’d on p-8)

USSC shuts Countrywide ‘Chakka jam’ today CNTC backs offices of ISPs JCPI’s demand indefinitely ‘The King has already to enact RIIN

DIMAPUR, FEB 5 (NPN): United Sangtam Students’ Conference (USSC), which had earlier demanded the internet service providers (ISPs) to improve internet connectivity within its jurisdiction, Friday announced that Jio/Airtel offices in Kiphire would remain shut with effect from February 6, 2021 until the quality network connectivity was restored as per consumers’ demand.

In a letter addressed to the central manager Jio/ Airtel, USSC vice president Sethrongba Y Yingbithongrü and press secretary Thsapongse Sangtam stated that despite ultimatum served on January 17, 2021 to improve poor connectivity within the district, the network still remained pathetic.

USSC has cautioned the ISPs that failure to adhere to its directive, the conference would initiate its own course of action and the concerned authorities would be held solely responsible in the event of any eventualities.

USSC has appealed to all the citizens to cooperate and bear with the inconveniences till the issue was resolved.

fortified’ says Tikait while cancelling ‘chakka jam’ in Delhi

NEW DELHI, FEB 5 (PTI/AGENCIES): Ahead of the scheduled ‘Chakka Jam’ by protesting farmers on Saturday, Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader, Rakesh Tikait, on Friday said that the blockade will not be done in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.

He however said that the protest will take place in other parts of the National Capital Region (NCR) and the rest of country including the southern states.

“Dilli mein hum nahi kar rahe, wahan to raja ne khud qile-bandi kar li hai humare jaam karne ki zaroorat hi nahi hai (We are not going to do anything in Delhi, the king there has already fortified it, there is no need for us to do a blockade now)”, Rakesh Tikait said, as quoted by PTI. Samyukt Kisan Morcha, an umbrella body of the farmer unions, said emergency and essential services such as ambulance and school bus will not be stopped during the ‘chakka jam’ that is proposed to be held between 12 DIMAPUR, FEb 5 (NPN): p.m. and 3 p.m.

Nagaland on Friday reported five new COVID-19 positive cases from Kohima, taking the total caseload to 12126.

As on February 5, the state NEW DELHI, FEB 5 (PTI): recorded 68 active cases.

Nearly 50 lakh beneficiaries Meanwhile,India’s have been inoculated under COVID tally went past 1.08 the countrywide COVIDcrore with 12,408 people 19 vaccination exercise, the testing positive for corona- Union Health Ministry said virus infection in a day, the on Friday.

Health Ministry stated.

T i l l Fe b r u a r y 5 , 49,59,445 beneficiaries have received the vaccination with 5,09,893 people receiving the shots in a span of 24 hours across 11,184 sessions, the ministry said.

A total of 95,801 sessions have been conducted so far. The ministry said that 61 per cent of beneficiaries vaccinated are from eight states and UTs. Uttar Pradesh accounts for 11.9 per cent (5,89,101) of the total beneficiaries vaccinated in India.

Meanwhile, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan “Grandpa, you’ve been said in Lok Sabha on Friday issued summons for sedition for supporting that the third phase of vaccination against the coronafarmers agitation.” virus is likely to commence

State COVID tally 12126

Farmers plant flowers near the spikes fixed by the police, during their protest at Ghazipur border on Friday. (PTI)

Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait said that there will no road blockade in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand on Saturday, but added that farmers in these two states can be called to the national capital any time and that they have been kept on standby.

Talking to reporters at the Ghazipur protest site, Tikait said that farmers in small groups will submit a memorandum to district headquarters in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.

Thousands of farm-

ers, mostly from Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh, have been camping at three Delhi border points -- Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur -- for over 70 days, demanding a complete repeal of three central farm laws.

“There will be no chakka jam programme inside Delhi since all the protest sites are already in a chakka jam mode. All roads for entering into Delhi will remain open except where farmers’ protest sites are already located,” the SKM said in a statement.

UN Rights body calls for restraint

The United Nations Human Rights office on Friday called for ‘restraint’ by both protesters and the government during the ongoing farmers’ protest in India.

UN Human Rights body took to Twitter and wrote: “India: We call on the authorities and protesters to exercise maximum restraint in ongoing Farmers’ Protests. The rights to peaceful assembly and expression should be protected both offline and online. It’s crucial to find equitable solutions with due respect to Human Rights for all.”

Nearly 50L beneficiaries inoculated

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in March and will cover 27 crore people aged 50 years and above and those with co-morbidities.

Replying to questions during the Question Hour, Vardhan said nearly five million people have been inoculated in the country so far. He added that the vaccination drive for frontline workers has begun this week. “In coming days, 27 crore people who are of above 50 years of age and those under 50 with co-morbidities will be vaccinated,” Vardhan said.

The vaccination drive began on January 16, starting with healthcare workers and then the frontline workers, both estimated to be around three crore.

“After the completion of first and second phases, the third phase could be launched from any week next month,” Vardhan said.

He added that the third phase

China downplays Biden’s vow to confront it

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DIMAPUR, FEB 5 (NPN): Central Nagaland Tribes Council (CNTC) Friday joined other organisations in extending full support to the demand of the Joint Committee for Prevention of Illegal Immigrants (JCPI) for tabling the Banuo commission report on Register of Indigenous Inhabitants of Nagaland (RIIN) into an Act in the ensuing assembly session scheduled from February 12, 2021.

CNTC president T. Lanu Imchen and general secretary Tsungro Kithan said that RIIN has become a necessity to regulate the registration of indigenous citizens of Nagaland with December 1, 1963 as cut-off year. CNTC maintained that Nagaland has been confronted with the issue of illegal immigrants for long, and so it was time the “elected representatives of the people take it head on without deliberately ignoring it.”

It may be mentioned that JCPI, in a representation to chief minister, cautioned that if RIIN was not enacted with December 1, 1963 as the cut-off year, it will be left with no option but to “launch various democratic means of protest” in the State.

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Deadline for completion of Doyang bridge DIMAPUR, FEB 5 (NPN): A joint meeting of Nagaland Foot Hill Road Construction Committee (NFHRCC), 11 tribe hohos and legislators have resolved that the ongoing Doyang bridge construction should be completed under any circumstance within this working season.

During the four-hour long meeting held at Hotel Japfü, Kohima on Friday, NFHRCC convener Supu Jamir, general secretary W Lemba Chang and assistant general secretary Chenithung Humtsoe, in a press note, said that the house also decided that no further extension of time would be granted, and warned of

the department concerned under the strict supervision of NFHRCC/hohos and affected area MLAs. Urging the government to constitute a border committee comprising affected area MLAs and department concerned so safeguard the State’s territorial integrity, the meeting also appealed to Nagaland Legislative Assembly speaker to include the Foothill Road as public importance agenda in the ensuing Assembly session.

Finally, it was also resolved that if the same did not materialize, appropriate action would be initiated as deemed fit in the interest of Naga public.

‘PMO to declare foothill road as a mega project’ Correspondent adds: Meanwhile, NFHRCC convenor, Supu Jamir, addressing a press conference after the meeting, claimed that the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) would very soon declare foothill road project as a mega project.

However, till such time, he said the committee would request the government to sanction funds to construct a jeepable road as a precursor to the proposed mega project since the latter may

take some time in getting executed.

He disclosed that the meeting with the elected members was “fruitful” and that the house resolved on some key issues with regard to the future course of action for the road now renamed as “Trans Nagaland Expressway”.

Jamir said the committee at the meeting urged the MLAs to raise the issue during the upcoming assembly session. He said the house

Govt forms 17 sub-groups to monitor projects in NE Spl. Correspondent

NEW DELHI, FEB 5 (NPN): NITI Aayog has constituted17 sub-groups on 17 thematic areas consisting members from civil society organizations, Central ministries/departments and sector related United Nations Agencies as members of the sub-groups to monitor various projects in the North East region.

Responding to a question in the Rajya Sabha Friday, Union minister for Development of North Eastern Region, Dr. Jitendra Singh said that the mandate of the sub-groups is to work on 17 sectors and come up with tangible action plans.

“As per instructions of Ministry of Finance, continuation of schemes of the Ministries/Departments beyond 14th Finance Commission period requires an independent evaluation. Evaluation

of schemes implemented

by North Eastern Council have since been completed.

The work of evaluation of schemes implemented by DoNER Ministry has been awarded,” he said.

He also informed that the Centre, in order to strengthen health infrastructure for fighting COVID19, sanctioned five projects worth Rs.193.32 crore under North East Special Infrastructure Development Scheme for Meghalaya, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram and Nagaland.

To mitigate the difficulties of people in the North Eastern States, Dr. Singh said his ministry had sanctioned untied funds amounting to Rs. 25 crore to combat COVID-19 pandemic while projects worth Rs. 25 crore were also sanctioned for livelihood generation for returnee migrant workers due to COVID-19.

Govt releases `326.42 cr PDRD grant for Nagaland

will cover people above the age of 50. Vardhan said the finance minister has allocated Rs 35,000 crore for Spl. Correspondent vaccination in the budget and she has assured that it could NEW DELHI, FEB 5 (NPN): The Department of Expendibe increased if required. ture, Ministry of Finance has released monthly Post Devolution Revenue Deficit (PDRD) grant of Rs. 6,195.08 crore to 14 states including Rs.326.42 crore DIMAPUR, FEB 5 (NPN): to Nagaland. This was the 11th State Health department installment of the PDRD grant has informed that a total released to the States.

The grants are provided of 108 beneficiaries were vaccinated in Mokokchung to the States under Art. 275 of and Mon on Friday by the the Constitution. The grants are Covishield vaccine taking released in monthly incitements the total vaccinated tally to as per the recommendations of the 15th Finance Commission 6313 in the state.

State immunization to meet the gap in Revenue officer (UIP) Dr. Ritu Thurr Accounts of the States post said that a total of 44 front- devolution.

As per state-wise post deline workers other than the healthcare workers were volution revenue deficit grants vaccinated in Peren and released, total amount of Rs. Phek, adding that no ad- 3590.59 crore has been released verse events were reported to Nagaland in 2020-21. So far, an amount of Rs. 68,145.91 till date.

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initiating appropriate action against the firm if the deadline was not met.

The meeting also resolved to urge the department concerned to supervise the Doyang bridge construction with utmost care and not to compromise workmanship under any circumstances. In the event of detection of any negligence on the part of the department concerned, the official responsible would be immediately placed under suspension.

The house further resolved to urge the government to construct jeepable/ motorable road before the onset of monsoon season, which should be executed by

crore has been released to eligible States as PDRD grant in the current financial year.

The eligibility of States to receive this grant and the quantum of grant was decided by the Commission based on the gap between assessment of revenue and expenditure of the State after taking into account the assessed devolution for the financial year 2020-21. The 15th Finance Commission has recommended a total PDRD grant of Rs. 74,341 crore to 14 States in the financial year 2020-21.

Out of this, an amount of Rs. 68,145.91 crore (91.66%) has been released so far.

The States that have been recommended PDRD grant include Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Punjab, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttarakhand and West Bengal.

also resolved to constitute a committee comprising of elected members from the border areas.

Another important issue discussed during the meeting was clearing certain allegations levelled against the committee in the recent past, he said. The committee expressed its gratitude to state chief minister Neiphiu Rio for taking a keen interest and also rendering necessary help for the project.

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Petrol, diesel prices touch fresh highs DIMAPUR, FEB 5 (NPN): Petrol and diesel prices climbed to fresh highs across the country on Friday as state-owned oil marketing companies (OMCs) hiked rates by another 30 paise a litre. According to IOCL, petrol in Delhi was priced at Rs 86.95 per litre while diesel cost Rs 77.13 a litre.

In Mumbai, petrol and diesel prices stood at Rs 93.49 per litre and Rs 83.99 per litre, respectively – the highest among all four metros.

After Friday’s rate revision, petrol price in Dimapur rose to Rs.89.35 per litre and diesel price increased to Rs.80.03 per litre. In the state capital Kohima, price of petrol climbed to Rs.90.27 per litre and diesel price was hiked to Rs.80.76 per litre.

Petrol and diesel prices have recorded an upswing since January 6, 2021, after staying unchanged for almost a month.

UPSC prelim candidates to get one more attempt

NEW DELHI, FEB 5 (AGENCIES): Centre on Friday informed the Supreme Court that it will grant one more opportunity to those civil service aspirants who had their last chance to attempt the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) exam in October 2020 but were not able to appear due to Covid-19 pandemic.

The one-time relaxation is only for those aspirants who are not age-barred, the Centre told a bench headed by Justice AM Khanwilkar.

“Relaxation, only to the extent of providing one extra attempt for Civil Service Examination (CSE), specifically limited to CSE-2021, may be granted to only those candidates who appeared for CSE-2020 as their last permissible attempt and are otherwise not age-barred from appearing in CSE-2021,” the Centre said.

In a note filed in the apex court, the Centre said that no relaxation shall be granted for CSE2021 to those candidates who have not exhausted their permissible number of attempts.

The Centre said that this relaxation will not be treated as a precedent and “shall not create any vested right whatsoever” on the ground of parity or otherwise, in favour of any other class of candidates in the future. The bench was hearing a plea filed by Rachna Singh, a civil services aspirant.

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FAC workshop on professional ethics KSOK elects new office bearers

FAC staff, resource persons and attendees during the workshop.

DIMAPUR: Fazl Ali College (FAC), Mokokchung conducted a workshop on professional ethics for FAC non-teaching staff on February 5 at the college conference hall.

A press release by its information and publicity cell stated that a brief introduction on the theme was delivered by IQAC member, Dr. Imtiwati Jamir, Ao Senden president & FAC

IQAC member, Chubawati exhorted the participants, College Vision 2040 was presented by IQAC member, P. Tiatemsu, while tatar & ex-chairman, Chuchuyimpang Village Coun-

cil, Temsumoa Imsong deliberated on the challenges pertaining to the worshop theme. The second session on the theme “professional integrity” was delivered by retired principal, FAC S.

Arenla Longkumer, while the topic, “service to man is service to God” was delivered by Pastor, Artang Baptist Church Dr. Bendang Longkumer. Earlier, the programme was chaired

by IQAC coordinator, Dr. Lanurenla, FAC principal, Helen Jamir gave the concluding remark and HA, FAC, L. Tongzuk pronounced benediction.

Around 90 participants took part in the workshop.

M e a n w h i l e, FA C “digitization project [computerization of office]” was also launched in the introductory session of the workshop. As established in the developed nations from Japan to the USA, offices and institutions have a multifold increase in productivity after digitization or computerization. In light of this and with an ambition to better themselves, the college started digitisation of the institution.

Director IPR speaking at KSOK programme. (DIPR)

D I M A P U R : Ko h i m a Sumi Officers Kuqhakulu (KSOK) elected new office bearers at a function held on February 4 at Mount Olive College, Kohima.

According to DIPR report, the outgoing president, director IPR, Er. Tokishe Sema highlighted the achievements of KSOK while president of Kohima Sumi Hoho, Khevito Sho-

he encouraged the newly elected members to work for the welfare of the people. He also urged them to join together for the benefit of the Sumi people.

Earlier, blessings were bestowed upon the new office bearers by Rev. Kiyeto G. Sema.

The new office bearers will be led by chief engineer, Police Engg. Project,

Kahuli Sema as president, Dy. Director, LRD, Hekato Yeputho and Under Secy, NCS, Kitoswu as vice presidents, Asst. language officer, School Education, Hokheto Yeptho as general secretary and Joshua Sheqi as legal advisor along with assistant general secretary, treasurer, five executive members and two advisors.

CIH, DAC & FW holds two-day training ICAR-NRC on Mithun conducts awareness programme

CIH functionaries and participants at the two-day training.

DIMAPUR: Central Institute of Horticulture (CIH), DAC & FW, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Govt. of India, Medziphema, Nagaland, conducted two days training on “pineapple and banana fibre extraction” on February 2 and 3 at its campus for participants from Meghalaya and Assam.

A press release by CIH stated that the training was organised to promote sustainable material that was close to nature for better life of future genera-

tions.

Detailed training on cultivation, extraction and processing of pineapple and banana fibres and hands on practical demonstration were delivered by resource persons post harvest technologist, Vinika K Aomi and senior technical assistant, Mhasizotuo, while marketing specialist, Prabin Das, took classes on marketing with respect to prospects and avenues of fibre marketing.

Meanwhile, additional commissioner, Horticulture (DAC&FW) and Di-

rector CIH, Dr. NK Patle welcomed the participants and encouraged trainees to learn in-depth and understand benefits of fibre extraction from eco-friendly and sustainable sources to create improved quality products and to increase employment opportunities in the rural population.

The director also assured participants that CIH would extend technical help to any participants who were willing to work hard and start their own venture in fibre processing.

NBSE informs institutions and teachers

DIMAPUR: Nagaland Board of School Education (NBSE) has informed that a meeting with heads of institutions registered with the board has been convened on February 9 via video conferencing.

According to DIPR report, the following issues relating to school management, academic & examination matters are the agendas to be discussed: high school (both govt & private) from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.; higher secondary

schools/colleges (both govt & private) from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. All heads of registered institutions have been requested to participate in the webinar positively as per the timing. The meeting ID and pass code will be given/posted later in district WhatsApp groups.

Meanwhile, NBSE also informed that virtual training of financial literacy teachers for newly upgraded higher secondary schools will be held tentatively in the last week

of February.

Schools with appointed new teachers for the course need to be trained to teach the course and schools have been requested to inform the board by mail at nbsense@gmail. com on or before February 15. Any high school interested in introducing financial literacy course for class 10 for academic session 2021 may write to the board at nbsense@ gmail.com on or before February 15.

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Scientists and officers of ICAR-NRC on Mithun along with particpants at the programme.

institute. Medicines in the form of mineral mixtures, anthelmintics, ointments and antibiotics were also distributed to the farmers for the welfare of Mithuns.

The scientists also conducted an interactive session with Mithun farmers and demonstrated the technique for tagging of ear tag for Mithuns as identification

tool for better record keeping of individual animals and to prevent ownership dispute. The programme was attended by the chief technical officers, Dr. Kobu

khate and Kezhavituo, scientists, and coordinated by scientist, NRC on Mithun, Nagaland, Dr. Sapunii Stephen Hanah. 100 farmers attended the programme.

3-day training on food processing held in Guwahati

DIMAPUR: Department of Industries & Commerce, Government of Nagaland under the financial assistance and support of Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) conducted a three-day food processing training on value addition of fruits, vegetables and under-utilised fruits of the North Eastern Region Assistant professor, IIFPT, LO Guwahati, Dr. Goutam (NER) at Indian Institute of Das with faculty staff from IIFPT and trainees from Food Processing Technol- Nagaland. ogy (IIFPT), LO, Guwahati from January 28 to 30.

According to a press reWe, the bereaved family lease, the three-day training covered theory and practi- members of Late Rtd. Teacher, cal demonstration on value Yangcho Sangtam, Langzanger addition of fruits and veg- Village would like to express etables, spices and bakery our deepest gratitude to all our sympathizers who stood by us products. physically, financially, materially Resource persons from and through prayers.

IIFPT spoke on the scope We deeply regret our inability

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to thank each and everyone of you individually but we pray that Almighty God bless you all abundantly.

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news in Brief

SNCD meeting: Shena New Community Dimapur (SNCD) has convened a meeting on February 13, 10 a.m. at its banker’s residence. Therefore, all elders, executives and office bearers have been requested to attend the meeting.

IGNOU informs examinees: Regional director, IGNOU Kohima, has informed that December, 2020 term-end examination for final year/end semester students would commence from February 8. Students have been informed to download hall tickets from the University website at www.ignou.ac.in. Students who don’t possess hall tickets but their names are on the list of examinees would be allowed to sit for the exams.

Further, all have been directed to maintain SOPs and possess valid IDs issued by the University/Govt. during the examination. Mobile phones will not be permitted inside examination halls.

Clarification: Apropos the news item, “DEO Dimapur informs schools”, published on February 5, the classes should be read as VIII to XI and the topic should be read as “novel COVID-19 threat in future: prospect & challenges” and not as rendered.

KMC declares Kohima ODF+: Administrator, Kohima Municipal Council (KMC), Zakiekhotuo Kiso has informed that Kohima will be declared as Open Defecation Free (ODF+). Therefore, anyone found defecating or urinating in the open would be penalised at Rs 500, Rs 1,000 and Rs 2,000 respectively for first, second and third offenders w.e.f. February.

DIMAPUR: ICAR-NRC on Mithun, Medziphema Nagaland conducted “technology awareness-cumanimal health camp and tribal sub-plan (TSP) inputs distribution programme” at Bakie village, Senapati district Manipur on February 4.

A press release by scientist, ICAR-NRC on Mithun, Medziphema, Kamni Paia Biam stated that during the camp, more than 30 numbers of Mithun were brought to the site and vaccinated against FMD, HS and BQ diseases which were major causes of mortality in Mithun.

As part of the institute’s initiative to popularise semi-intensive Mithun, Bakie Mithun society were distributed barbed wires, CGI sheet, ear tags and applicator, bags, gumboots, raincoats and caps, from the

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and importance of food processing focusing on NER, technical and demonstration session of value addition of fruits, vegetables and spices, bakery products.

It may be noted that the department envisages to encourage prospective entrepreneurs to take up more

food processing activities in the state while capacitating and developing skills among trainees in food processing and provide quality exposure.

Altogether, 20 local entrepreneurs/exporters from Nagaland attended the training.

CONDOLENCE MESSAGE It is sad to learn that Late Merithung Odyüo formerly District Sports Officer, expired on 28-01-2021. While conveying heartfelt condolence to the bereaved family members, the Department puts on record that, the deceased was an able Officer who served the public at large with utmost dedication and his invaluable service is still remembered today with appreciation. May his soul Rest in Peace.

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“Even in death the righteous have refuge.” Proverbs 14:32

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Late Mr. Sentitemjen Ozukum Although we cannot see you, you are with us each day. The bond that you shared with us will always be cherished. We miss you dearly.

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Born: 24.04.1983 – Died: 25.01.2021 Through this column, we the bereaved family of Lt. Putonungba (Longkong village), extend our deepest appreciation and heartfelt gratitude to each and every individual who stood with us physically, financially and through prayers during his sudden demise till today.

We would like to express our special gratefulness to1. Longkong Senso Dimapur 2. Longkong Senso Kohima 3. Mrs. Adale Chakesang, Kohima 4. Vedima Village Dimapur 5. Longkong Village May good Lord bless you all abundantly.

Loving dad, brothers, sisters, in-laws and relatives.

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WEATHER FORECAST February 6

(Temperature in ºC)

Max Min

Agartala Plenty of sunshine

29 11

Sunny and pleasant

25 7

Guwahati Sunny and pleasant

28 12

Sunny and pleasant

26 7

Aizawl Imphal

Itanagar Mostly sunny and nice

26 13

Shillong

Sunny to partly cloudy

19 5

Kohima

Mostly sunny

20 8

Dimapur Mostly sunny and pleasant

27 12

A t-storm around in the p.m

22 10

Mkg

Tuensang Mostly sunny and cooler Wokha

14 5

Mostly sunny and not as warm 20 13

Zunheboto A t-storm around in the p.m

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Nagaland Post, Dimapur SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2021

Minister Tongpang Ozukum along with Pastor, ward council members and beneficiaries.

Correspondent MOKOKCHUNG, FEB 5 (NPN): The 1st phase of “MITA (Meranga Inyaker Takum Alitsu)”, a food processing unit for the unemployed youth and an initiative of Alempang Baptist Church (ABC) Social Ministry, was inaugurated Friday, by Minister of PWD (Housing & Mechanical), Tongpang Ozukum at the ABC’s Old

Office building.

While inaugurating the food processing unit, Tongpang Ozukum lauded the church for initiating a noble project to offer avenues of employment to the educated unemployed.

He hinted that such a noble endeavour by a church in the social ministry may be the first of its kind in the land for others to emulate as the white collared job had reached

its saturation point.

Tongpang Ozukum stated that the pandemic has drastically devastated the world in all fields yet at the same time, he said that the pandemic has also brought about some “positivity” in Nagaland.

To cite a few, he stated that the health care sector has drastically improved, and that through the implementation of the Epidemic Act in Nagaland has made

the people to follow/abide by government notified rules (rules of law).

He further pointed out that the pandemic has made people realise the importance of self-sufficiency and self-sustenance by returning back to the land to toil.

The minister urged upon the people to learn from the progress of each other with commitment to the job in hand by inculcating the “work culture”.

W h i l e d e l i ve r i n g the introductory note on “MITA Ministry”, ABC Pastor, Rev. Dr. Temsu S stated that the project was to entirely empower the committed youth towards self-reliance.

He also said that the ministry is partnered with Canadian Baptist Ministry (CBM) and further informed that the 1st phase MITA Ministr y (food processing) inauguration would be followed by the 2nd (carpentry) and 3rd (bakery & animal farming) phases in the very near future.

E a r l i e r, t h e p r o gramme was chaired by ABC Y/P, Meren, invocation was said by Deacon I Mar and dedication by Pastor, Rev. Dr. Temsu S.

UCTM launches new academic programme

UCTM faculty with its chairman, Rev. Dr. N. Tzudir at the launching programme.

DIMAPUR: United College of Theology and Missions (UCTM), 5th Mile Dimapur in collaboration with Martin Luther Christian University, Shillong, Meghalaya launched its new academic program, “Master of Theolog y (MTh) in Mission” on February 4 at the college premises.

A press release by

academic dean, UCTM, Temsulemla stated that the academic program was launched by UCTM Chairman, Rev. Dr. N Tzudir, who shared that “the heartbeat of God is Mission”.

He further added that the program was designed to provide specialised training in biblical, theological, contextual and cross-cultural praxis of Church in

doing missions and to see Christ-like servant leaders/pastors, missiological thinkers, teachers and writers.

It may be noted that the course is set to begin

by June, 2021. United College of Theology and Missions has invited interested candidates to apply for the program at www.utcmnagaland.com

Meetings and workshops on COVID-19 vaccination held

DPO (RCH/UIP), Dr Imnameren Phom presenting a PowerPoint DC & Chairman Wokha District Task Force briefing during the DC Peren, Sentiwapng Aier leading the vaccination in Peren. 30 presentation in one of the session. meeting. beneficiaries were vaccinated. (CMO office, Peren)

DIMAPUR: Meetings and workshops on COVID-19 vaccination for front line workers was held in Wokha and Longleng, in order to sensitise the staff and to cover various aspects of the vaccination.

Longleng: Awareness and sensitisation workshop on COVID-19 vaccination for frontline workers of Longleng district for Police, District Administration and 12th NAP (IR) HQ Chingtok was conducted on Feb-

ruary 4 and 5 at respective offices.

A press release by district media officer stated that during the workshop, resource person, DPO (RCH/ UIP), Dr. Imnameren Phom gave a brief introduction on COVID-19 and spoke on the vaccine approved in India.

The DPO gave a detailed explanation on Covishield vaccine and how the doses were administered. He also appealed to all the participants to get vaccinated

in order to stay safe and to protect oneself, family and neighbours, citing that frontline workers were in the high risk exposure. He shed light on the importance of achieving herd immunity and requested all the frontline workers to get registered in the Cowin portal if they have not been registered.

Further, DPO gave a detailed report on the number of healthcare workers in Nagaland who have been vaccinated for the first dose

CMO Wokha conducts Kayakalp orientation training

so far, and number of healthcare workers vaccinated in Longleng.

The session site for vaccinating frontline workers in Longleng district was selected and verified in the presence of Medical Department led by CMO, Police led

by SP and District Administration led by DC. Meanwhile, the workshop was followed by interaction and discussion with the resource person and the participants.

The team was led by Dr. Obangjungla CMO, Dr. Temsusashi DTO (NTEP), Dr Lirenthung Khuvung M O ( R B S K ) , VC C M (UNDP), DCM and media officer and resource person.

The workshop was attended by staff from respective departments led by Deputy Commissioner, ADC, SDO, EACs, additional SP, SDPO, deputy commandant 12th NAP (IR) Chingtok and Dr. Vincent Merry (RMO).

Wokha: To discuss

relating for vaccination of COVD for the Front Line Workers (FLWs) and mission Indra Dhanush IMI 3.0, a meeting was conveyed with members of District Task Force (DTF) for immunisation at Deputy Commissioner Official chamber on February 5.

District immunization officer, Wokha, Dr. Khelito Zhimomi informed during the meeting that so far, 1994 frontline workers under Wokha district had regis-

tered their names to get the vaccine.

Zhimomi also informed that vaccination for frontline workers would be completed by the end of the month and for the success of vaccination, all health care centres and health care units under Wokha district have been activated to administrate the vaccine.

The vaccination for FLWs will kick start from February 8, 9 a.m. onwards wherein, personnel such as

Police (DEF & 7th NAP), home guards and revenue staff will be vaccinated and on February 9, vaccination will be administered at 7th NAP Hospital Bhandari and NEEPCO hospital Doyang.

She requested line departments who have not submitted the list/name of employees to submit the same by February 7 and appealed to upload names of only those willing to take the vaccine.

Dr. Khelito Zhimomi also highlighted about mission Indra Dhanush IMI 3.0 which will commence from February 22. The purpose of the mission is to increase full immunisation coverage who have missed any kind of immunisation (lodor group -left outs/drop outs & resistance) the targeted group for this mission are pregnant women and children from 0-2 years.

DC & chairman District Task Force for COVID-19, Wokha, Orenthung Lotha also urged all concerned to extend support for the successful implementation of the vaccination.

DoSE informs institutions, teachers and examinees

DIMAPUR: Directorate of for the purpose of section 10 School Education (DoSE) has of National Commission for informed of all concerned that Minority Educational Instituit would broadcast important tions Act 2004 and minority video lessons for the benefit status granted to educational of students appearing HSLC, institutions for the purpose of HSSLC & Class XI promotion Section12 B of the Act have examinations on daily basis been revoked with immediate through DIKSHA platform effect. from February 8. Links will Educational institutions be notified at https://dosenl. established and administered in and department’s Facebook by a member/ members from page everyday, 6 a.m. and will religious minority communibe shared through teacher’s ties such as Muslim, Sikh, APP. Video lessons can be ac- Buddhist, Parsee and Jain cessed 24x7 by downloading in the State of Nagaland Diksha app or through a web and fulfilling the eligibility browser. School authorities criteria as prescribed by the and teachers are requested National Commission for to share links with concerned Minority Educational Instudents and assist them. stitutions may apply for no Meanwhile, DoSE in- objection certificate/ minority formed that all no objection status in the prescribed format certificates issued up to Sep- available at the Directorate of CMO Wokha delivering the keynote address at the Kayakalp orientation training. tember 14 for establishment School Education, Nagaland, DIMAPUR: District level He encouraged medi- person, Dr. Thungchabeni of educational institutions Kohima.

Kayakalp orientation train- cal officers and community Pattton, DPM (Q) Wokha ing was conducted on Feb- health officers to maintain gave a brief introduction ruary 5, at Chief Medical good hygiene and sanita- of Kayakalp which comes Officer’s (CMO) confer- tion practices at health under quality assurance ence hall Wokha. facilities in order to pro- programme.

According to a press vide good services to the She took sessions on release, while delivering patients. hospital upkeep, sanita- Dimapur: Kiphire Battalion of Assam Rifles under the the keynote address, CMO Most of the health tion and hygiene, waste aegis of HQ IGAR (N) organised awareness drive on “eduWokha, Dr. CW Tungoe and wellness centers in management and hospital cation for progression” at Longmatra town February 5.

According to PRO, HQ IGAR (N), the lecture and mentioned that Kayakalp the district are doing ex- support services. was instituted a few years ceptionally well and are Altogether, 23 medi- discussion included awareness on the importance of back in the country by Min- actively participating in cal officers and commu- education for the children and their personal growth in istry of Health and Family for the patient’s welfare, nity health officers par- all spheres of life.

Altogether, 25 children of Longmatra Town and LongWelfare to improve services he added. ticipated in the training matra village attended the awareness programme. in the health care sector.

Meanwhile, resource programme.

National Tobacco Control Programme (NTCP) Mon conducted enforcement drive on sale of tobacco products within 100 yards of educational institutions on February 1 in Mon town. District Administration, Excise Department, Mon Town Council and Police personnel led by district nodal officer NTCP-Mon, Dr. I Simon Sumi seized tobacco products from 34 shops and destroyed them. (DIPR)

Assam Rifles conducts awareness drive in Longmatra town

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Health centre Management Committee (HCMC) PHC Amahator held its yearly review and consolidation meeting at PHC office on February 5 and welcomed the newly posted MO Dr. Limikhumla Sangtam. The meeting was attended by HCMC staffs and GBs of five villages, council of Amahator village and DBs of Amahator town.

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Modi has failed Assam by enacting CAA : Cong

GUWAHATI, FEB 5 (PTI): The Assam Congress on Friday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has failed the people of the state by enacting the Citizenship Amendment Act. BJP’s Vision Document 2016-2025 had promised to follow in letter and spirit the Assam Accord with March 25, 1971 as the cut off date to distinguish between illegal migrants and citizens of the state, Assam Congress President Ripun Bora said at a press conference here.

“The Accord made it clear that those who came to the state after 1971 will be considered illegal migrants but by enacting the CAA, BJP has allowed Bangladeshis to come to India till December 31, 2014 (the cut off date). It has given the Bangladehis a red carpet welcome,” he said.

“How is BJP going to fulfill the Assam Accord in letter and spirit?” Bora questioned. The prime minister had also declared that all illegal Bangladeshis in Assam will have to leave bag and baggage from Assam after May 16, 2014, he recalled.

The BJP had claimed that there are around 50 lakh Bangladeshis in Assam and according to Home Ministry records, only 308 illegal migrants in 2016, 51 in 2017 and only 50 illegal Bangladeshis in 2018-19 were ousted from India, the Congress leader said.

“Now will the PM ask

Ripun Bora forgiveness from the people of Assam for this monumental failure of his government?” Bora asked.

The high powered committee on Clause 6 of Assam Accord had submitted a report to Chief Minister Sarbanada Sonowal on February 25, 2020 but not a single word has been uttered by the Modi government on it, he said. As per Clause 6 appropriate constitutional, legislative and administrative safeguards shall be provided to protect, preserve and promote the cultural, social, linguistic identity and heritage of the Assamese people.

Bora further said that the prime minister could not grant scheduled tribe status to six communities of Assam despite making promises at every meeting and BJP rally.

Referring to the withdrawal of special category status, which Assam enjoyed since 1969, by the Modi government, he said the people of Assam wants to know the reason.

“The withdrawal of the special category status by the BJP government has led to a loss of around Rs 8400 crore every year, depriving the state of huge funds for

Protesters block NH-37 after police picked up three youths Correspondent IMPHAL, Feb 5: Lightening bandh demanding release of three youths arrested by state police commandos in Manipur, hit normal vehicular movement on Imphal-Jiribam section of NH-37 on Friday On Friday, a team of police commandos apprehended the three youths from Nungba area under Nungba police station of Noney district.

The police commandos picked up the three youths identified as Lovingson (25), Hiamngamlung (26), both from Nungba, and Gaikhangkhuan (27) from from Nungba Bazar area, Longdai village.

They were picked up for questioning in connection with an extortion case in the area by miscreants, a reliable source in the police said.

At the time of being picked up, womenfolk of the area a strongly opposed the action and even tried to snatch the youths away from police hands.

Police had to fire

4 new cases take Mizoram’s COVID19 tally to 4,380

Aizawl, Feb 5 (PTI): Four more people, including a three-year-old boy and a six-year-old girl, have tested positive for COVID19 in Mizoram, taking the state’s caseload to 4,380, a health official said on Friday. Three cases were reported in Aizawl district and one in Lunglei, he said.

The state now has 29 active cases, while 4,342 people have recovered from the disease and nine patients have succumbed to the infection so far. Mizoram has so far tested 2,12,737 samples for COVID- 19, including 1,314 on Thursday, he said. A total of 10,044 people have been vaccinated to date, including 49 on Friday, he added.

some rounds of tear gas shells to disperse womenfolk and there were no report of any injury in police action.

The three youths were taken into Imphal for further necessary action.

The police took the Nungba-Imphal via Khoupum route in reaching Imphal, the source added.

Irate over the arrest of the youths whom the residents of Nungba area claimed were innocents, they resorted to blockade of highway (NH-37), forcing all kinds of vehicles to pile up on both sides.

The protesting residents, mostly womenfolk, demanded immediate unconditional release of the three youths.

They were innocent and nothing to do with any alleged extortion in the area, the protesting residents claimed.

Jangsinlung, a member of the Nungba Village Authority, who took part in the protest, announced that the blockade along the NH-37 in the Nungba area will continue until the three youths were released without any condition.

development and compelling the state government to take loans which made it debt ridden,” Bora said.

Keeping up his attack, the Congress state president said Modi had assured two crore jobs for the unemployed every year. “The people of Assam want to know, how many jobs did the youths of Assam get”.

Bora said when the prime minister had come to Assam on January 23, the Congress had asked him questions about his unfulfilled promises but he had not answered them.

“We are asking him some more questions about issues that the BJP has failed to fulfill and the injustices done to the people of the state. The time has come now to give a reply”, he added. The BJP governmrnt has announced Rs 1000 crore for the tea garden workers of Assam and West Bengal.

“But what happened to the promise of minimum wage of Rs 351.33 to them?” Bora asked.

Congress workers, he said, will hold protests outside the offices of all assistant labour commissioners in the district headquarters on February 9 and submit a memorandum demanding RS 351 minimum wage fOR tea garden workers.

They will also hold protests on Saturday in front of all petrol pumps across the state for three hours in protest against the rising prices of petrol, diesel and LPG, he added.

govt committed to law and order : Manipur CM

Imphal, Feb 5 (PTI): Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Friday told the House that the government is committed to control the law and order situation, including incidents of tax collection by unidentified persons along the national highways.

In a clarification to the calling attention motion by opposition MLA Khumukcham Joykishan Singh on the reported collection of taxes by anti-social elements on NH 37 in the state, the chief minister said the government has already discussed the deployment of mobile security teams which can cover five to ten km along the national highways.

Commando and security teams will be stationed at vulnerable areas as well, he said.

Biren Singh said on the intervening night of January 31 and February 1 a cementladen truck was pushed down a gorge near Nungba area along the Imphal-Jiribam highway by unidentified persons out to collect taxes illegally from truck owners and drivers.

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Amit Shah to give his consent to MRSSA, says Meghalaya Gov Correspondent Shillong, Feb 5: Noting that Meghalaya Residents’ Safety and Security (Amendment) Act (MRSSA) as “harmless”, Meghalaya Governor Satya Pal Malik said that has tried to convince Home Minister Amit Shah to give his consent to the Act. The MRSSA is aimed at to enhance security, vetting of tenants and ensure safety and security of citizens by preventing antisocial elements from gaining shelter in the state which might be detrimental to peace and tranquility to maintain public order and peace in the State.

“I tried to convince him (Home Minister) that this (MRSSA)is harmless and it will take care of the things which are already being taken care of by the Tourism App and therefore it should be given consent,” Malik said.

The MRSSA has not received the Governor’s assent so far since the time former Governor Tathagata Roy was in office. Roy had said that there are certain problems on implementing the MRSSA as there are clashes with other central laws. “The Home Minister (Amit Shah) has informed that he would first hold discussions with the ChiefMinister ( Conrad Sangma) and then take a decision,” Malik said.

Chief Minister Conrad Sangma, who is scheduled to leave for New Delhi on February 7 to meet the Home Minister, had met Malik on Thursday evening to discuss the issue. “The Chief Min-

ister had met me and I had advised him that he should first plead for the MRSSA. The Inner Line Permit (ILP) comes afterward. If MRSSA is passed a lot of things will be taken care of,” Malik said.

On the growing demand of the British-era ILP in Meghalaya, the Governor said, “Apart from pressure groups nobody is asking for it. Local leaders should think about whether the implementation of the permit isgoing to benefit the State or not.”

Malik however cautioned the pressure groups to place their demand for implementation of ILP in a “peaceful way” and not to threaten the government or people. “Kashmir has done it (threaten) and they have lost their Statehood, lost their Constitution, lost their flag and got nothing.

50000people were killed. So by confrontation you will not reach anywhere,” the former Jammu and Kashmir Governor said In fact, the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly on December 19, 2019 had adopted a unanimous resolution urging the Central Government to include Meghalaya under the purview of Bengal Eastern Frontier Regulation 1873 and implement ILP. ILP is a British-era regulation designed to preserve ethnicity and culture of the Northeastern tribals. It required all Indian citizens, not usually residents of the area, to secure a special permit for entering the border states and regions of the North-East.

Nagaland Post, Dimapur SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2021

Budget estimates of 2021-22 presented to Manipur Assembly Correspondent IMPHAL, FEB 5: Manipur deputy chief minister Yumnam Joykumar Singh who is in-charge of the finance department on Friday tabled budget estimates 2021-22 of the state government in the house of the state Assembly.

Presenting the budget estimates, the finance minister informed the house that the state’s total receipt was estimated at Rs 26,024 crores while revenue receipts were at Rs 21,520 crores and capital receipts at Rs 4,504 crores.

Total estimates of state’s own tax and nontax receipts assumed in the budget estimates 20212022 was Rs. 2,055 crores and Rs 388 crores respectively, while the receipt from the state’s share in Central taxes & duties was estimated at Rs 4,765 crores.

The finance minister proposed a total expenditure of Rs 28,824 crores

out of the consolidated fund of the state during the fiscal year 2021-22.

Total revenue expenditure was estimated at Rs 19,970 crores while capital outlay was estimated at Rs 5,526 crores.

The finance minister highlighted the likely fiscal position during the next year. Fiscal deficit was estimated at Rs 3,976 crores with 9.22 % of the GSDP and the total outstanding debt projected at 32 % of the GSDP during 2021-22 against revised estimate of 33 %.

The Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) for 2020-21 was estimated at Rs 37,682 crores at current prices.

In the next financial year 2021-22, the estimated GSDP at the current prices would have reached the level of Rs. 43,121 crores, the deputy chief minister said.

The finance minister also stated that post unlocking, the economy

has started showing signs of recovery and that the commencement of immunization programme against COVID-19 was likely to further improve confidence.

“The government is confident that the economy will not only recover but also show strong growth in the coming months,” he said.

While presenting the fifth budget of the present government, the finance minister said that the preceding years were a testimony to what the state government stood for and the actions of the government was a testament of the government’s focus for a people-oriented governance.

He said that 2020-21 was an eventful year and the COVID-19 pandemic has had an impact unlike any other events. The impact on the lives of the people of the state and especially their livelihoods has been unprecedented.

Tripura to get eight cancer screening centres soon Agartala, Feb 5 (PTI): The Tripura government will soon operationalise eight cancer screening centres across the state for early detection of the disease, an official said on Friday.

Six such units will be set up at medical facilities in Agartala, Dharmanagar, Dhalai, Udaipur, Kumarghat and Jolaibari, and location for two more centres has not been finalised as of now, he said.

An expert team has been formed to oversee operations of these proposed facilities.

Another team of health professionals was constituted to conduct a household

survey across all the eight districts of the state to collect data of high-risk persons, he said. The government has installed a PETCT scan machine at Atal Behari Vajpayee Regional Cancer Centre here at a cost of Rs 15 crore, and 16 patients have already been examined using the instrument, the official said.

The government has also appointed two surgeons – Dr Asish Kumar Gupta from Delhi and Dr Preetesh Rajib Singh from Mumbai - at the medical facility.

Tripura now has 60-70 cancer patients for every 1 lakh people as against the national average of 100, he added.

Akhil Gogoi snubs Cong-AIUDF-Gana Morcha ‘Mahajot’ Guwahati, FEB 5 (AGENCIES): Ahead of the Assam Assembly elections 2021, senior leaders of Aanchalik Gana Morcha, Manjit Mahanta and Lachit Bordoloi visited Raijor Dol president Akhil Gogoi at Guwahati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) on Friday (February 5) to discuss possibilities of Raijor Dal joining the ‘Mahajot’ or the grand alliance which was recently formed by Congress-AIUDF- Aanchalik Gana Morcha and Left parties to give a tough fight to BJP. After an hour-long meeting with Akhil Gogoi, Aanchalik Gan Marcha leader Manjit Mahanta said that they did not get a positive response from the KMSS leader who has been in jail since December 2019. “We called upon Raijor Dal to join our grand alliance but

Though we did not get a positive response, we are hopeful.” As days for the state elections is closing in, political alliances, launch of new political parties is taking place almost every other day. Earlier in the day, Raijor Dal formally announced its alliance with Asom Jatiya Parishad for the upcoming elections.

AJP President Lurinjyoti Gogoi and General Secretary Jagdish Bhuyan with Raijor Dal Executive President Bhasco De Saikia and other leaders. (PTI) we are yet to get a green signal from Akhil Gogoi.

We have been extending our invitation for Raijor Dal to join the alliance for a long time. Today we had a formal meeting face-to-face. One thing we have agreed on is that we have to together fight BJP. We regret that Gogoi

has been held for so long undemocratically, on false charges,” Mahanta said.

Lachit Bordoloi said, “We always invited Raijor Dol and Asom Jatiya Parishad to unite with us to overthrow communal BJP. We have to work to-

gether. We respect Gogoi and his party’s views and stand but we believe that we have to unite, stand together and fight together.

The public too has been hinting that we have to come together to fight BJP in the upcoming elections.

Ministry of Food Processing Industries Government of India

Financial Assistance to set up Mega Food Park under PRADHAN MANTRI KISAN SAMPADA YOJANA

INVITATION OF PROPOSALS DC-109

DECLARATION

Regd. No. 132/2021 Date: 05/02/2021 I, Smti. Helena Baa, W/o. Shri. Lt. Elias Maria Baa, permanent resident: Kawani Pathar, Dist. Golaghat, Assam and presently residing at Midland Colony, Dist. Wokha, Nagaland do hereby affirm an oath and declare as under;1. I am a bonafide citizen of India and a resident of the above mentioned address.

2. That my son name has been entered/recorded as Bijoy Victor without the surname i.e. Baa in all the educational certificates.

3. That however my Lt. Husband and my name has been recorded as with our surname as Lt. Elias Maria Baa and Helena Baa. 4. That this affidavit is sworn to suffix the surname i.e. Baa to my son Bijoy Victor.

5. That henceforth he shall be known by the name Bijoy Victor Baa, son of Lt. Elias Maria Baa and Mrs. Helena Baa. 6. That, this declaration is made to avert the above statements.

7. That, the statements made in the above paragraphs are true to the best of my knowledge and belief and nothing has been concealed thereof.

Declarant Solemnly sworn before me on this 05th Feb 2021 at Wokha Advocate & Notary, Wokha WC-30

DC-109 of Interest (EOI) are invited from potenProposals/Expression tial promoters/investors for setting up Mega Food Parks under the DECLARATION Mega Food Park Scheme of PRADHAN MANTRI KISAN Regd.(MFPS) No. 132/2021 Date: 05/02/2021 I, Smti. Helena Baa,country W/o. Shri. Lt. Maria Baa,modern permanent SAMPADA YOJANA (PMKSY) in the forElias providing resident: Kawani Pathar, Dist. Golaghat, Assam and presently infrastructure facilities for foodatprocessing along the value chain residing Midland Colony, Dist. Wokha, Nagaland dofrom hereby affirm an oath and declare as under;farm to market.

1. I am a bonafide citizen of India and a resident of the above

mentioned address.

The willing promoters/investors may submit their proposals online 2. That my son name has been entered/recorded as Bijoy only through the portal i.e.Victor http://without sampada-mofpi.gov.in/mfp/login.aspx the surname i.e. Baa in all the educational certificates. as per the Mega Food 3.Park Scheme Guidelines dated 21.07.2016.

That however my Lt. Husband and my name has been Last date for submission of application is 03.03.2021

by Baa 5:00 recorded as with our surname as Lt. Elias Maria and Helena Baa. PM. 4. That this affidavit is sworn to suffix the surname i.e. Baa to

my son Bijoy Victor.

For detailed operational guidelines of the scheme, Expression 5. That henceforth he shall be known by the name Bijoy Victor Baa, son of Lt. Elias Maria Baa and Mrs. Helena of Interest (EOI), requirement of EMD etc., Ministry’s website:Baa. www.

6. That, this declaration is made to avert the above mofpi.nic.in may be visited. statements.

7. That, the statements made in the above paragraphs are true

For clarifications, if any, please contact on Tel to the best of my knowledge and No.-011-26406547. belief and nothing has been Email: mfp-mofpi@gov.in.concealed thereof.

Declarant Solemnly sworn before me on this 05th Feb 2021 at Wokha Advocate & Notary, Wokha WC-30 davp 16101/11/0008/2021

Nagaland Post, Dimapur SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2021

Tikait welcomes support from international celebs

BKU leader Rakesh Tikait talks to media at Ghazipur border, in New Delhi. (PTI)

GHAZIABAD, FEB 5 (PTI): For all the global uproar the farmers’ movement against the new agri laws has caused, the man at its centre seems oblivious of the celebrity support he has been getting.

Rakesh Tikait, the 51year-old Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader from the hinterlands of Muzaffarnagar in western Uttar Pradesh, welcomed the support from international artistes and activists, including Rihanna and Greta Thunberg, but acknowledged he does not know them.

Talking to the media at Ghazipur on the DelhiUttar Pradesh border on Thursday, Tikait, who is credited with reviving the agitation that appeared to be flagging after the January 26 violence in Delhi, sought to know who these people were. “Who are these foreign artistes?” Tikait said exhibiting unawareness when

asked about the foreigners supporting the farmers’ movement. When informed about American pop-singer Rihanna, adult star Mia Khalifa and Swedish teen climate activist Greta Thunberg, the Sisauli-born Tikait responded: “They may have supported us, but I don’t know them.”

“If some foreigner is supporting the movement, then what is the problem.

They are not giving us or taking anything away from us,” he said.

Commenting on a futile attempt of 15 members of Parliament to reach Ghazipur and meet protestors on Thursday, the BKU national spokesperson said the MPs should have sat on the ground on the other side of the barricading where they were stopped by the Delhi Police.

“A barricading has been set up here. They had to come, but they should

have sat down there itself.

They would have been on the other side and we on this side (of the barricades),” he said. Tikait said he did not have any talk with the 15 MPs who had tried to come to Ghazipur to meet the protestors. They were also not allowed to speak to the protestors, he added.

The 15 MPs from 10 Opposition parties, including the SAD, the DMK, the NCP and the Trinamool Congress, wanted to meet protestors at Ghazipur.

Members of the National Conference, the RSP and the IUML were also part of the delegation.

Parliament member and Shiromani Akali Dal leader Harsimrat Kaur Badal, who coordinated the visit, said the leaders were not allowed to cross the barricades and reach the protest site, where thousands of farmers are camping since November with a demand that the government repeal the new agri-marketing laws enacted last September.

The farmers protest at Ghazipur, Tikri and Singhu at Delhi borders have now attained global spotlight with prominent international celebrities and rights activists talking about the stir. In its pushback, the government said the facts on the issue must be ascertained before rushing to comment on it, and asserted that the “temptation” of sensationalist social media hashtags and views is “neither accurate nor responsible”.

Anyone speaking truth dubbed as traitor, anti-nationals: Raut and for all,” he said.

The Sena member said even though they respected the prime minister, who has got a majority to rule, “but, the majority is not run by arrogance,” he said.

He said everyone was ashamed by the incidents of violence that took place on Republic Day and asked why those behind the incidents of disrespecting the national flag have not been nabbed so far.

“Why is Deep Sidhu, responsible for disrespecting the national flag, not been caught yet. At whose behest he is acting? “Over 200 farmers are lodged in jail after being booked for sedition and not Sidhu.

Over 100 youth are missing and whether they have been killed in encounters,” he asked.

Rihanna’s Fenty Beauty in Nails on roads will turn out to be nails in child labour complaint in India ‘political coffin’ of BJP: Jayant Chaudhary

New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS): After a news report by IANS highlighted the issue of Rihanna’s beauty company, a complaint has been lodged with the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) to investigate if the company sources mica from Jharkhand where child labourers work in dire conditions.

The complaint filed by Vinay Joshi of Legal Rights Observatory has asked the NCPCR Chairperson to check if the US pop star’s cosmetic product company, Fenty Beauty brand which procures mica from Jharkhand’s Koderma, Giridih and Nawada has Supply Chain Clearance Certification and if not, then the NCPCR should initiate action against the company.

Joshi attached the IANS report titled “Rihanna Fenty, Fenty Beauty and Blood Mica in India” in the complaint to NCPCR Chairperson and said that US pop star’s beauty product brand uses “blood mica” from Jharkhand in which child labourers work in dire conditions.

In the complaint, he said that to ascertain that mica is free of child labourers, there are certification agencies. “But media reports say that Fenty Beauty doesn’t have Supply Chain Clearance Certification (SCCC) from either of the two,” the complaint said.

“With this letter we would like to request you to investigate whether Fenty Beauty is using uncertified mica and if true, then please

start appropriate legal action against the company and its owners,” it said.

Rihanna Fenty’s @ fentybeauty has declared that it does not conduct mandatory audits in regards to Suppliers Code of Conduct under the Californian law for human trafficking, slavery and child abuse - a clever way of saying they might be using child labour, Indian intelligence sources alleged.

They added that Rihanna’s Fenty “had the guts to feign compassion for Indian farmers while knowing very well the beauty industry uses illegal child labour (mostly poor farmers’ children, the very farmers that the Government is trying to empower with the farm bills 2020) in India to mine mica - the most important ingredient of her beauty prod beauty products!”

Sources claimed that Fenty beauty is well aware, as all other companies, that most of this mica is mined by children of poor farmers in India, whose health and lives are endangered by their company’s unethical means to earn profit.

Not only is that a huge risk to @fentybeauty in India but this cheap publicity gimmick may actually put it out of business in India, sources said. A poor oversight of facts, or in this case, an ulterior motive to stall the development of farmers in India, so that the farmers remain poor and their children can be exploited by beauty companies like Rihanna’s Fenty for their gains, sources added.

NEW DELHI, FEB 5 (PTI): Asserting that farmers will not settle for anything less than the repeal of the new farm laws, RLD vice president Jayant Chaudhary on Friday said the government’s “strong arm tactics” will not work against the tillers and the nails being laid on roads for them would turn out to be the nails in the “political coffin” of the BJP. Chaudhary, who has participated in a number of ‘kisaan panchayats’ in western Uttar Pradesh and is campaigning aggressively against the Centre’s farm laws, said the government must immediately withdraw the legislations and draft them afresh after taking the consent of farmers.

In an interview with PTI, the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) vice president alleged that the current leadership of the country is far removed from sentiments and is not perturbed by riots, deaths or big agitations as it is “cocooned” in its own bubble.

“It is a totalitarian administration. They are not even listening to their own political people on the ground. If you speak to BJP MLAs or MPs off the record, they are not happy and they can feel the angst rising in the people of India, in the common man who voted for (Prime Minister Narendra) Modi,”

Jayant Chaudhary the former MP said.

Chaudhary said he has been to almost every ‘dharna’ site of the farmers, has sat among them, spoken to them at different levels, addressed ‘kisaan panchayats’, and feels that the farmers have formed an emotional connect cutting across different states like Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh.

“There is unity building, and I don’t think that these farmers are going to take anything less than what they have come this far for (which is repeal of the laws),” he said.

The farmers have left their villages, walked for miles, have faced so many hardships with “about 150 of them even losing their lives” and they are still not willing to back down even in the face of the government hardening its stance, the RLD leader said.

The farmers’ stance is very clear and they are saying that these laws are not made for them and they will not accept them, he said.

It is always the prerogative of the government of the day to make laws but ultimately it is the people’s will that must prevail, Chaudhary asserted.

Asked about the multilayered barricading and iron nails studded on roads at protest sites on Delhi’s borders, he said, “These are not nails being put on the roads going to Delhi, these are nails being put into the political coffin that is being made for the BJP.”

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New Delhi, Feb 5 (PTI): The Shiv Sena on Friday charged that anyone speaking the truth is dubbed as a “traitor” or “anti-national” and that cases of sedition have been slapped against those criticising the government.

Participating in the debate on the Motion of Thanks on the President’s address in Rajya Sabha, Sena member Sanjay Raut said farmers fighting for their rights have been branded as anti-nationals or Khalistanis. He said the farmers, who were known as ‘warriors’ when they fought the Mughals and the British, are now dubbed as anti-nationals when they are fighting for their rights on Delhi’s borders.

Raut said farmers from Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh, who are sitting on the borders of Delhi, are fighting for the peasants from across the country and demanded that their voice be heard and the farm laws be repealed.

“We heard minister Dharmendra Pradhan asking us to listen to the truth.

For the last six years, we have been listening to the truth, even the untruth dubbed as truth. The atmosphere in the country today is such that anyone writing the truth is dubbed as traitor and antinational,” he alleged.

“Cases of sedition are slapped on anyone asking questions from the government,” he charged, citing examples of MPs like Sanjay Singh and Shashi Tharoor and journalists and writers.

Raut said it seems that the government has changed the Indian Penal Code and replaced all its provisions with only those of sedition.

He charged that cases of sedition are being lodged against everyone these days and people are booked under the law even for domestic violence cases. The Shiv Sena member further said that the government is trying to defame anyone trying to say something.

“Defaming the farmers’ agitation is not a good thing for the country, for farmers

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Dated Kohima, the th February’2021 NO.DET-7/20/2001 (Vol-VI): The result of the 96th Trade Test under SCVT held in the month of November, 2020 at Government Industrial Training Institutes, Kohima, Dimapur, Mokokchung, Mon, Phek, Tuensang, Wokha & Zunheboto is hereby declared and the Roll Numbers of successful Candidates are given below: Govt. ITI Pattern SCVT Roll Numbers Km- 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, Annual (1 year) SCVT 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 114, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 140, 141, 142, 143, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165.

Annual (1st 1. Kohima SCVT Km- 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, year) Km- 32R2, 49R1, 142R1, 143R1, 144R1, 145R1, 146R1, 147R1, 148R1, 149R1, 151R1, 152R1, 153R1, 154R1, 155R1, 156R1, 157R1, 158R1, 159R1, 160R1, 161R1, 162R1, 163R1, Annual (1 year) SCVT 164R1, 165R1, 166R1, 167R1, 168R1, 169R1, 170R1, 172R1, 173R1, 174R1, 175R1, 176R1, Repeater 177R1, 178R1, 179R1, 180R1, 181R1, 182R1, 183R1, 184R1, 185R1, 186R1, 187R1, 188R1, 189R1, 190R1, 191R1, 192R1, 195R1, 198R1, 199R1, 202R1.

Conventional SCVT Km- 01P, 02P, 03P, 06PR1, 07PR1, 848R1, (Private) 888R1.

02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 14, 2. Dimapur Annual (1 year) SCVT Dm15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25.

Mk- 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, Annual SCVT 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 25, 27, 28, (1st year) 31, 33, 34, 38.

3. Mokokchung Annual (2nd year) Conventional (Private)

4. Mon

5. Phek

6. Tuensang

7. Wokha

8. Zunheboto

Mk- 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, SCVT 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88.

SCVT Mk- 01P

Mn- 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, Annual (1 year) SCVT 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 42, 43, 44, 45.

Annual SCVT Mn- 90, 91, 92.

(2nd year) Annual (1 year) SCVT Mn- 13R1, 41R1, 43R1, 45R1, 53R1, 68R1, Repeater Conventional SCVT Mn- 55R1, 77R1, 82R1.

Repeater 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, Annual (1 year) SCVT Pk14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24.

Annual (1 year) SCVT Ts- 01, 02, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14.

Annual SCVT Ts- 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21.

(1st year) Annual SCVT Ts- 43, 45, 46, 50.

(2nd year) Annual (1 year) SCVT Wk- 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17.

Annual SCVT Wk- 18, 19, 20, 21.

(1st year) st Annual (1 year) Repeater SCVT Wk- 30R1, 31R1, 32R1.

Annual (2nd SCVT Wk- 30, 31, 32. year) Annual (1 year) SCVT Zn- 01, 02, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11 Annual SCVT Zn- 34, 36 (2nd year)

Note: 1. Marksheet, Certificate, etc, for passed candidates will be issued from respective Industrial Training Institute, w.e.f 25th February, 2021.

2. For detail information candidates may contact their respective ITI. (CHIDEN YADEN) Director Issued by DIPR DC-110

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Nagaland Post Vol. XXxI NO. 61 Dimapur, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2021

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agaland Baptist Church Council(NBCC) has reiterated its commitment to uphold the Nagaland Liquor Total Prohibition Act.1989, some 32 years after it became a law. Further the Church at is recent twenty second triennial convention also urged upon the government to practically and strictly implement the Act, and on its part, it resolved to “sincerely carry out the ministry towards the alcoholics and related problems.” Since the time prohibition was imposed in 1989 -due to pressure from some organizations- every successive government has been put in a tight spot on whether to repeal or not to repeal it. There was an attempt in 1993 to take a hard look at the Act with the objective of getting all on board and decide on whether it should be lifted. Even sometime in 2014, the government had mulled some kind of “relaxation” but , in the end, it developed cold feet due to strong opposition from the church. The fact that prohibition has not been successful wherever it was enacted, is because it is believed that merely passing the law would do. Despite prohibition, consumption has not stopped nor number of consumers dropped. Quantity of liquor, both smuggled from outside and “manufactured” in illicit distilleries within the state, have mushroomed. A senior doctor with the government had earlier remarked, that the dry law in Nagaland was a farce and a total failure. The doctor said the government was unwilling to bell the cat but hiding under the shadow of the church and other organizations. Another educationist had maintained that alcohol consumption is a moral and not a legal issue. He believed that the church should be more concerned with the moral aspect of liquor by reaching out to its members. Of course, it is not possible to enforce “total prohibition” but when the dry state is among the wettest in the region; it takes some convincing to believe that the Act has been anything but successful. According to estimates, the approximate “turnover” of sale of liquor is worth nearly Rs.200 crore annually and the figure could even be higher. There are scores of ‘liquor barons’ both in and out of Nagaland, involved in this thriving trade. Tragically, there are many deaths that have occurred during the decades, mostly related with consumption of spurious alcohol. The cost in terms of deaths is a serious issue. Even some organizations which had spearheaded the demand for imposition of the dry law, today are not disinclined for a review. Their main concern, is that the ban has only opened the floodgates to a thriving black market where more than 90% of liquor is spurious and responsible for causing many deaths. It may be pertinent to note that the history of prohibition in states and nations across, has never been successful since it is not illegal in a majority of states and nations.

The previous Congress government in Mizoram, had relaxed prohibition despite the church’s strong objections and lost the election to the MNF when the latter promised to re-impose the law. Of course, on the flip side, prohibition has definitely impacted the public attitude to liquor if the saying “out of sight, out of mind” is true. Unfortunately, liquor may be out of sight but certainly, not out of reach.

Ultimately, it is the individual who has to decide and this is a challenge for society and church.

DailyDevotion Are You Ready To Be Poured Out As an Offering? (1)

If I am being poured out as a drink offering on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with you all. —Philippians 2:17

Are you willing to sacrifice yourself for the work of another believer—to pour out your life sacrificially for the ministry and faith of others?

Or do you say, “I am not willing to be poured out right now, and I don’t want God to tell me how to serve Him. I want to choose the place of my own sacrifice. And I want to have certain people watching me and saying, ‘Well done.’ ” It is one thing to follow God’s way of service if you are regarded as a hero, but quite another thing if the road marked out for you by God requires becoming a “doormat” under other people’s feet.

God’s purpose may be to teach you to say, “I know how to be abased…” (Philippians 4:12). Are you ready to be sacrificed like that? Are you ready to be less than a mere drop in the bucket— to be so totally insignificant that no one remembers you even if they think of those you served? Are you willing to give and be poured out until you are used up and exhausted— not seeking to be ministered to, but to minister? Some saints cannot do menial work while maintaining a saintly attitude, because they feel such service is beneath their dignity.

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What we really are matters more than what other people think of us. ~ Jawaharlal Nehru

Nagaland Post, Dimapur SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2021

Post-mortem

Measuring women’s unpaid work India must host global Lemonade Party T I n January, the Supreme Court directed an insurance company to pay a higher claim amount by taking into account the unpaid work performed by a deceased homemaker. This was a welcome step, but the question is: How do we measure women’s unpaid work?

Certainly, monetary value can be associated with the domestic and caregiving roles performed by women. When women put in the time to provide care or perform domestic chores, it takes them away from paid work, restricts their participation in social and political activities, and reduces their leisure time. Additionally, evidence from community-based organisations from around the world suggests that the burden of managing these responsibilities forces women to either take up low-quality jobs in the informal economy because they are parttime and allow them flexibility, or forces them to engage younger adolescents in such work — in India, various estimates suggest that approximately 94% women work in the informal, unorganised sector. Either way, unpaid work performed by women and girls fundamentally alters their life opportunities. However, there are at least five challenges to compensating women for their unpaid work. First, how does one accord value to such work?

One option is to use an imputed cost approach to capture value, based on market rates provided for such work, as the United Nations Human Development Report did in 1995. But this ignores the emotions that go behind providing such work.

How, for instance, can we assign a market wage to the care provided by a mother to her child? There is additional labour that goes into planning, supervising and budgeting for household tasks, which might be missed during such valuations. Second, while time-use surveys (TUS; measures time spent by individuals in different

activities) carried out in India in 1998-99, and then in 2019, have tried to make visible this unpaid productive work, some of these activities are not reported by women themselves as they do not think of it as work (since it is not paid).

Third, there is a continuum between unpaid and paid work that applies to women.

The (often) unpaid hours put in as family labour overlap intermittently with other household work — there are no neat divisions. Think of a woman taking care of her child while curing fish which can be sold by her husband in the haat. She would not be able to distinguish between the two when a TUS enumerator asks her. Fourth, there is a problem with announcing housework as a woman’s job. It runs the risk of stereotyping women as home-workers and men as breadwinners. In a situation where one of the most important policy concerns is the disappearance of women from the labour force, institutionalising such patriarchal constructs may not help. Data from the Periodic Labour Force Survey indicates that less than a quarter of women in India are available for work or are working, and if the latest Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy estimates are to be believed, more may have dropped off after the pandemic. Finally, there is the question of who should compensate for unpaid housework. A decade ago, there was a demand in a similar vein asking husbands to pay wages to their wives for the housework that they do. This was rejected by the ministry of women and child development then due to its infeasibility. A simple transfer of money from husband to wife within the household may not work; rather, a more carefully formed State-supported policy announcement may have to be

thought of.

So what can be done?

The first step is to think of methods to assign appropriate values to domestic and care work as a way of reclaiming women’s dignity of work. One way to do this is to use time as a valuing measure, and TUS can be used to assign market wages to the number of hours of work put in by women. This can help produce extended labour statistics, account for the millions of missing women in the labour force, help formulate labour market policies especially for women, and help the government account for the non-market household economy. Investments in data systems to enable regular time use surveys will help complement the labour force surveys and make women’s work visible. A State-supported genderneutral income transfer at the household level should also be considered. Such an announcement, however, needs to be bereft of stereotyping women into specific roles within the household. Indian women face an immense burden of care work, and they will not be able to move away from it unless India universalises maternity entitlements and childcare as a public good. While it is a welcome attempt to provide worth to housework, steps to reduce and redistribute such work are perhaps more important than asking for women’s unpaid work to be monetised, even notionally. They are important to ensure women’s rights and a sense of social justice.

Soumya Kapoor Mehta and Sona Mitra Mehta is head and Mitra is principal economist, Initiative for What Works to Advance Women and Girls in the Economy, associated with LEAD at Krea University (The views expressed are personal)

he Lemonade Party Movement, a newly formed global initiative which promotes the philosophy that “if life gives you a lemon, make lemonade”, has in a statement called upon India to convene a global meet of leaders and influencers to discuss various threats facing the world future.

“Celebrities play an important role in spreading world messages.

The recent controversy on tweets about India’s farmer protests by Rihanna, Greta Thunberg, Mia Khalifa, and some others have handed India a lemon. India must take this lemon, and make lemonade. There is much positive India can do,” teh statement said.

Nations and individuals are facing unprecedented challenges, including ugly social tensions, climate change, and stress of mind.

There is a lack of leadership by the United Nations, and no world leader is stepping up to provide a guiding hand to help navigate planet Earth in the 21st century.

Here is where India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi can and must play a generational role. India must refresh its storied wisdom and play the role of an honest broker, a Vishwa-Moderator, and earn global respect as a Vishwa-Guru. A digital lemonade party to discuss tangible steps to reduce global challenges and dangers is the crying need of the hour.

India must share and forcefully bring center-stage in world the principles of ahimsa, a middle path and peace of mind, and harmony between man and nature. These lighthouse principles must be spread across all nations, communities, and people in an urgent mission mode.

The lemonade get-together must discuss how to spread such lighthouse values globally, especially among children, so that our future generations are less prone to extremism, and learn to live and let live.

There is no Planet B. People, environment, and Mother Earth have to each live and let the other live. India can convene this global dialogue, share a vision and invite other nations, leaders, and voices to come together and make lemon-

ade, for a better world and future for all.

According to Wikipedia, “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade” is a proverbial phrase used to encourage optimism and a positive can-do attitude in the face of adversity or misfortune. This encouragement of optimism, and a positive can-do attitude in the face of challenges is a core principle of the Lemonade Party.

Lemons suggest sourness or difficulty in life; making lemonade is turning them into something positive or desirable. According to Wikipedia, the phrase was initially coined by writer Elbert Hubbard in a 1915 obituary he penned and published for dwarf actor Marshall Pinckney Wilder.

The obituary, entitled The King of Jesters, praises Wilder’s optimistic attitude and achievements in the face of his disabilities: “He was a walking refutation of that dogmatic statement, Mens sana in corpore sano. His was a sound mind in an unsound body. He proved the eternal paradox of things. He cashed in on his disabilities. He picked up the lemons that Fate had sent him and started a lemonade-stand.”

Although the expression was coined by Hubbard, many modern authors attribute the expression to Dale Carnegie who used it in his 1948 book How to Stop Worrying and Start Living. Carnegie’s version reads: “If You Have a Lemon, Make a Lemonade.”

Carnegie credited Julius Rosenwald for giving him the phrase.

The Lemonade Party Movement promotes a global culture to try one’s best in order to find a way to innovate, mitigate, and move ahead in a positive direction when engaging with the challenges in social, economic, and conflict resolution, for the peace of mind of we the people, and our communities, locally and globally.The Lemonade Party Movement is a program of the Live and Let Live sf global campaign.

Robinder Sachdev president of The Imagindia Institute, and founder of the “Live and Let Live sf ” global campaign

Are the Indo-Naga Peace Initiatives Exigency of honesty for Progress heading in the Right Direction? O

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ur society suffers famine of truth today. Like a leaky pot and a porous ground, our society will deteriorate with holes of dishonesty and fraud. Honesty is the need to thrive and bring success to our generation. Reliability is honesty while cunning and deception is dishonesty. It is Honesty when we speak the truth and do what we speak. It is Honesty when we do not manipulate and deceive others. It is Honesty when we are transparent and free from guilty conscience. It is Honesty when you are loyal to yourselves, family, company, school, church, society, and government. It is Honesty when you fulfill the oath and vow you have taken and promised at baptism, in marriage, swearing ceremonies, and pledges made in application for a job and employment.

Honesty has No Boundary: We are created in the image of God which is God’s character. God is honest.

And He wants us to be honest. Who are the honest people? They are the people who love God (not fear), love people, and love themselves. Where are the honest people? They are everywhere in honesty. They are the leaders in public affairs and political platforms, schools, marketplaces, families, churches, companies and social circles. They are the model of the world with influence of truth.

Honesty is inborn human quality beyond religious code. We are born with honesty, we must promote honesty and finish well in honesty, no matter whoever one may be.

Honesty has No Fear: There is no quarrel in honesty because fault cannot be found in honesty. There is no better antidote to heal and correct

our world except honesty. It is the yardstick that kept our forefathers and ancestors in peaceful coexistence and harmony. The root of the problem of the world is fraud. What will happen to our world without the principle of honesty? And, consequently, what will happen to those who cheat, deceive, manipulate, and rob others? Dishonesty is root cause of psycho-related sickness and slavery. A man of liar and deception is a slave to bondage of dishonesty. His guilty conscience is his jail. But honesty has no condemnation and is free from judgment.

Honesty brings peace and happiness, and freedom. If you are honest you are right. If you right, you are honest. Truth has no fear (Psalms 23:4; 91:5). The Bible says that true love has no fear (1 John 4:18). And true love means truthfulness.

Back to Honesty: It means repentance from a life of wrong practice at the cost of others. It is wrong to deprive the right of others, assassinate characters of others, and lie to benefit yourself, falsify in public affairs, extort others who work hard and sweat, and trouble others instead helping.

It is better to return from a life of dishonesty which is already doomed to condemnation even before judgment (2Cor 5:10). The world cries to honesty. And let us lead our toddlers and children in the direction of honesty. Let us make our world a place of truth and livable. Honesty is the backbone of a strong generation and nation. It is the principle of success beyond survival. Again, there is no fear in Honesty. God bless you!

Rev. Dr. Phuveyi Dozo, Naga United Village, Dimapur, Nagaland

t is rather unfortunate and this context, it is right to say to the Eastern Naga areas. Masunexpected of R.N. Ravi to that the Naga National Council sive operations were carried out ignore and distort the facts (NNC), especially under the to hunt down every surviving of history and label the Naga leadership of A.Z. Phizo, started Naga nationalist and to bring national workers as criminals, a new chapter of Naga history. the Nagas under submission. The outlaws, as those who have been It was he who ignited and took NNC as an unarmed peaceful poled astray, etc. and the Naga the fire of Naga nationalism to litical body found itself helpless National Groups as some extra both the literate and the illiter- against the military onslaught, constitutional entities. No one ate Nagas and also aggressively and the unabated violence of in their right sense and holding campaigned the Naga rights to the Indian armed forces on the the role and position as he would the Indian leaders. innocent Naga public backed by insult the honour of the Nagas Naga nationalism was origi- Draconian laws forced the NNC by distorting the Naga history nally a non-violent movement. To to organize itself into a govern(as Ravi did while delivering his recount some historical events, ment. The Federal Government speeches for Nagaland Statehood in 1947 the leaders of the NNC of Nagaland (FGN) was thus Day and India’s Republic Day) peacefully negotiated the “Hydari formed in 1956 (by merging if they desire to see peaceful Agreement”, met and talked with together the Honking Governsolution to the long protracted the Indian leaders like Gandhi ment representing the free Nagas Indo-Naga conflict. His speeches and Rajagopalachari who ac- and the NNC representing the were in direct contradiction to the knowledged the right of the Na- Naga Hills) to defend the rights Framework Agreement and the gas to be independent, conducted and honour of the Nagas. Thus Agreed Position; he is undoing the Naga plebiscite of 1951 Nagas out of necessity took up himself, and probably the his- democratically, boycotted the arms for defence and protection toric agreements for peace, as an first Indian General Election in against the barbaric and heinous honourable Interlocutor for the 1952, etc. However, Naga history crimes perpetrated by the invadGovernment of India. His recent took a new twist when Nehru, ing Indian armed forces. attitude and actions raises serious the first Prime Minister of India It must be noted that peace concerns about his acumen to and his Burmese counterpart, is not possible without regard look into the interests of both the U Nu, visited Kohima on 30th to truth and justice. If truth is Nagas and India. For instance, March 1953. Because of some respected, and the honour of harping on the “16 Point Agree- manipulative Indian bureaucrats, the people is safeguarded, then ment” as the historical truth of the NNC delegation was denied understanding and appreciation Naga aspiration is to nullify all an appointment with Nehru and of each other is possible. That is the recent peace initiative and even refusing them the request to how many of the conflicts in the developments. submit a memorandum; this was Naga society have been resolved.

History is the soul of na- in total disregard to the Naga When conflicting parties meet tionalism. There can be no na- traditional way of receiving/ to solve a problem, it is almost tionalism without the history hosting guests and so the crowd taboo to first speak about the inof a people. It is more than the left the public ground feeling terests and rights of the self or to records of what happened in insulted and infuriated. The ac- find fault with the other. Instead, the past; it tells us who we are tion of the public did not go well the parties would first admit their and why we are where we are with Nehru and that afternoon limitations and mistakes. This is today. The sense of who we are itself, the NNC leaders having done so as not to insult the wisdetermines the making of history no other option being hunted dom and honour of each other. and history informs and shapes and with death threats went It is a common thing to quote the identity and destiny of the underground.When it was made a traditional saying, “Humans people in turn. To distort or clear to India that the Nagas err, not stones and sticks”, and deny history, whether great or would not join the Indian Union, then overlook the faults of each obscure, is to deny the truth of India started sending thousands before proceeding to deliberate Sir, The road that connects Dhobinala to Signal Basti has been left untended one’s identity. of troops to occupy the Naga ter- on resolving the conflicting isfor years. Over a short period of time, a lot of pot holes have surfaced and not Modern Naga identity can- ritories. Rampant and inhuman sues. In this way, the process of only that, the maintenance department for the respective road have left the not be separated from Naga atrocities including torture and nationalism. Prior to it, Naga killing of innocent public were negotiation not only brings forth construction mid way that it has now hampered the commuting of vehicles identity was constructed by the committed by the Indian armed justice and peace but also healing around the area. Regardless of the many complaints posted, the designated others, especially the British forces. For example, Zasibito of and understanding. Is this Naga authorities are not taking any measures to mend the road, especially the colonizers. Though Naga nation- Jotsoma was shot dead on 18th traditional model too primitive entrance of Lhomithi village. Only the daily commuters who happen to be students and teachers know how painstaking it is to ride on a semi constructed alism, like the nationalism of any October,1952; two Mima village for exploring peace process in kacha road filled with so many potholes. Therefore, it is my earnest request the world today? other people, has been shaped elders were tortured to death and to the concerned authority to either repair or resume the construction of the Bendang Sangtam by the historical processes, the their bodies were dragged around said road or provide sanctions to the people of the concerned areas so that Joint Secretary, necessity to go for arm struggles Kohima town to instil fear in the they can complete the unfinished project of the government.

Naga National Council was not the choice of the people; minds of the people. Troops in Nilovi Chophi, Dimapur (NNC/FGN) it was rather imposed on us. In thousands were also deployed Reader’s note: Articles or letters published in any of the columns do not reflect the view of this newspaper nor that of the Editor in any manner.

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The state government asked the BJP to seek permission from the local district administrations.

“We have got permission from Nadia district.

The administration is permitting us according to the jurisdiction of police stations. The police have taken all the details regarding the route and rallies,” Banerjee claimed.

BJP state president Dilip Ghosh accused the state administration and the ruling TMC of dilly-dallying the matter.

“The Rath Yatra will be a game-changer in West Bengal politics. It will kick off a wave of support in favour of the BJP and act as the final nail in the TMC government’s coffin. The TMC has been trying to delay the permission just like it did the last time,” Ghosh said.

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year to restore the internet in a phased manner, first in broadband services, and then by lifting the restrictions on 4G mobile Internet services in Ganderbal and Udhampur. Elsewhere in the UT, people had only 2G Internet services on mobile.

Sources said the decision to restore services has taken into account the experience in Ganderbal and Udhampur.

“No major incident of terror or law and order has taken place in the five months since the restoration of the Internet in these districts. The whole idea of the trial run was this,” another government official said.

On Tuesday, the government told Parliament that terrorist attacks in the Valley had more than halved in 2020 compared to 2019. The number of terrorists killed by security forces in Kashmir went up by 41% in this period.

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sion to hold the campaign.

“GoWB has not denied permission to any Yatra, as claimed by @BJP4Bengal.

They are indulging in malicious propaganda with neither substance nor truth.

“BJP must show material evidence of GoWB denying permission to their Yatra. This is BJP’s attempt to claim victimhood,” the TMC tweeted.

State minister Bratya Basu said it would have been improper for the state government to accord permission for the events from a “single point”. The BJP was therefore asked to obtain permission for district administrations concerned.

“A PIL was also filed regarding the same in the High Court & the matter is now sub judice. We thereby clarify that AITC has nothing to do with this issue,” the TMC said.

A PIL was filed before the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday, praying for its intervention to prevent the BJP’s planned ‘rath yatra’ across the state, claiming that it would impact the COVID-19 situation and law and order in the state.

TMC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh said, “Rath Yatra symbolises hatred and fear”.

“Rath Yatras since the 1990s by the BJP have led to communal tensions. It is a symbol of hatred. In Bengal also they want to destroy the communal harmony,” he said.

Terming the allegations as baseless, BJP spokesperson Samik Bhattacharya said the TMC is afraid of allowing the saffron party from carrying out its political programmes.

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took the decision to restore services in Jammu and Kashmir based on reports by security agencies that restoration of 4G mobile internet services were not likely to cause any major security problem in the UT. “A meeting was held this morning by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, where the go-ahead was given for restoration of 4G services based on the recommendation of the local administration and security agencies,” a government official said.

Mobile internet services were suspended in Jammu and Kashmir on August 4, 2019, a day before the Centre announced the decision to strip the erstwhile state of its special status and bifurcate it into two Union Territories — Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.

Internet services had been suspended on ground of anticipated law and order situations as a result of the decisions, and intelligence inputs about possible attacks by terrorists infiltrating from across the border.

However, the government took the decision last

New Delhi, Feb 5 (PTI): The Supreme Court on Friday granted interim bail to comedian Munawar Faruqui in a case lodged at Indore in Madhya Pradesh for allegedly hurting religious sentiments.

A bench headed by Justice R F Nariman also issued a notice to the Madhya Pradesh Government on Munawar’s plea challenging the high court order refusing to grant regular bail to him.

In the proceedings conducted through video conferencing, the bench, also comprising Justice B R Gavai, also stayed the production warrant issued against the comedian in a separate case lodged in Uttar Pradesh for allegedly hurting religious sentiments.

Faruqui and four others were arrested on January 1 following a complaint by a BJP MLA’s son that alleged objectionable remarks about Hindu deities and Union Home Minister Amit Shah were passed by him during a comedy show at a cafe in Indore on New Year’s day.

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The high court, in its order passed on January 28, had refused to grant him bail noting that to “promote harmony” is one of the constitutional duties.

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S R I NAGAR , F E B 5 (AGENCIES): After 18 months of shutdown, the 4G mobile internet services will be restored in Jammu and Kashmir, the UT’s Principal Secretary of Power and Information Rohit Kansal said.

“4G mobile internet services being restored in entire J&K,” Kansal said in a tweet.

Former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah tweeted, “4G Mubarak! For the first time since Aug 2019 all of J&K will have 4G mobile data. Better late than never”.

The 4G internet services were shut down in the UT after the Centre abrogated the erstwhile state’s special status under Article 370 on August 5, 2019.

The 4G mobile internet services were available in only two of the 20 districts of Jammu and Kashmir until now. Services were restored in Udhampur in Jammu and Ganderbal in Kashmir on August 16 last year on a “trial basis”.

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as well. This unit will have a capacity of 270 thousand metric tonne per annum, and once commissioned, is expected to result in a saving of about US$ 185 million in foreign exchange.

Another project to be inaugurated by the prime minister is a four-lane ROBcum-flyover at Ranichak in Haldia on NH 41. It has been built at the cost of Rs 190 crore, the PMO said.

The flyover will result in uninterrupted movement of traffic from Kolaghat to Haldia Dock Complex and other surrounding areas, resulting in substantial saving in travel time and operating cost of heavy vehicles plying in and out of the port.

“These projects are in line with Prime Minister’s vision of Purvodaya, of driving growth of the eastern India,” it said.

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Kolkata, Feb 5 (PTI): BJP president J P Nadda is set to launch the party’s ‘Rath Yatra’ in West Bengal on Saturday to mobilise public support ahead of the assembly elections but confusion prevails over grant of permission for the march during which party leaders intend to crisscross the state.

Nadda is scheduled to kick off the ‘Parivartan Yatra’ from Nabadwip, the birthplace of 15th century saint Chaitanya Mahaprabhu in Nadia district. Union Home Minister Amit Shah is also likely to inaugurate two of the five proposed yatras later this month.

However, confusion prevailed till Friday evening over its prospects as Nadia district administration is yet to accord permission for the Rath Yatra.

Although the BJP claimed it has received permission, the district police insisted it is for a public meeting and not the Rath Yatra.

“We have provided no objection for the public rally of J P Nadda. But no permission has been given for the so-called Rath Yatra as the matter is sub-judice,” a senior police official said.

Earlier this week, the West Bengal BJP had sought permission from the state government for the monthlong event.

BJP state vice-president Pratap Banerjee, in a letter to Chief Secretary Alapan Bandopadhyay, said the party intended to launch five rallies at different places beginning February 6.

Several top BJP leaders are scheduled to arrive in West Bengal during the

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also dedicate to the nation the 348-km Dobhi-Durgapur natural gas pipeline section, which is part of the Pradhan Mantri Urja Ganga Project.

It marks an important milestone towards achieving ‘one nation, one gas grid’ project of the government, the PMO said.

Constructed at an investment of about Rs 2,400 crore, the pipeline will help revival of HURL Sindri (Jharkhand) fertilizer plant and in supplying gas to Matix Fertilizer Plant in Durgapur (West Bengal).

It will cater to the gas demand of industrial, commercial and automobile sectors, and the city gas distribution across all major towns in the state.

Modi will lay the foundation stone of the second Catalytic-Isodewaxing unit of the Haldia refinery of the Indian Oil Corporation

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launch ‘Asom Mala’, which is aimed at helping improve the state highways and major district roads network in the state.

The programme is unique for its emphasis on effective maintenance through continuous field data collection and its linkage with the road asset management system, the PMO noted.

‘Asom Mala’ will provide quality inter-linkage roads between the national highways and the rural roads network as well as facilitate seamless multi-modal transportation. It will interconnect economic growth centres with transportation corridors and improve interstate connectivity, it said.

The prime minister will also lay the foundation stone of two medical colleges and hospitals, which are being set up in Biswanath and Charaideo at a total estimated project cost of over Rs 1,100 crore.

Each hospital will have a capacity of 500 beds and 100 MBBS seats.

“The increase in the number of medical colleges and hospitals will not only mitigate the shortage of doctors in the state but also make Assam a hub for tertiary care and medical education for the entire northeastern region,” the PMO said.

NEW DELHI, FEB 5 (PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be in West Bengal and Assam on Sunday for inaugurating and laying the foundation stone of several development projects and will also address public meetings on these occasions in the two pollbound states.

His office said on Friday that Modi will lay the foundation stone of two hospitals and launch ‘Asom Mala’, a programme for state highways and major district roads, at Dhekiajuli in Assam.

He will later dedicate to the nation and also lay the foundation stone of key infrastructure projects at Haldia in West Bengal.

In Bengal, Modi will inaugurate an LPG import terminal built by the staterun BPCL that has been constructed at an investment of around Rs 1,100 crore and has a capacity of 1 million metric tonne per annum.

“It will cater to the growing requirement of LPG in West Bengal and other states in eastern and north-eastern India and is an important step towards realising the vision of the Prime Minister to provide clean cooking LPG to every household,” the Prime Minister’s Office said. He will

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Bengaluru, Feb 5 (PTI): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday said attaining self-reliance in manufacturing of defence equipment is a crucial factor for maintaining Indias strategic autonomy. The Minister also asked officials to increase the grants that the startups under iDEX (Innovations for Defence Excellence) receive.

“I spoke to Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat and he too expressed his worry that the amount our iDEX start-ups get is less. I ask our Secretary Defence Production and Secretary Defence to see that it is increased in some way. I feel that it is too less,” Singh said. Speaking at the “Startup Manthan” at the Aero India-2021 here, he said, attaining self-reliance in the manufacturing of defence equipment is a crucial factor for maintaining Indias strategic autonomy.

“The iDEX initiative stands out as one of the most effective and well-executed defence Start-up ecosystems created in our country. I believe it is a decisive step towards achieving self-reliance in the true spirit of the Aatma Nirbhar Bharat campaign,” he added.

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(From p-1) Supu said after NFRCC was constituted in the early part of 2013, the committee met with Rio, who was also chief minister then, on July 13 that year during which he assured full support to the project and termed the same as the road to Nagaland’s granary.

During that time, he said the chief minister assured the committee that the government would take care of all the funding and further directed the committee to coordinate with the concerned department for necessary technicalities.

In accordance with his assurance, Jamir said the chief minister initially sanctioned Rs 40 crore and later another Rs 30 crore for the project which helped in carrying the project this far.

Further, Jamir disclosed that during a meeting with deputy chief minister, Y Patton on December 5, last, the latter assured the committee that the project would be taken up on priority.

With these assurances from leaders, Jamir said the committee was hopeful that the project would see the light of day very soon.

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New Delhi, Feb 5 (PTI): More than 12,000 complaints were received with regard to misleading advertisements on television between 2017 and 2020, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting informed Lok Sabha on Friday. In written response to a question, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar said that a total of 12,187 complaints were received in the Grievance Against Misleading Advertisements (GAMA) portal during the period.

The portal where consumers can lodge complaints relating to misleading advertisements was launched by the Department of Consumer Affairs in 2015.

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He remarked that the primary objective of the conference was to deliberate important issues pertaining to grievances of NPS cadre officers and taking them up with the government for redressal.

The conference also discussed matters pertaining to ROP, allowances and other general interest of police force as a whole, he added.

Referring to the history of NPSA, Chakesang said the association was formed in 1971 and was formerly known as “Nagaland Police Gazetted Officers’ Association” occupying the position of “premier service” along with NCS under the State government. Having its own regular cadre and service rules, it was later amended as Nagaland Police Service, Rules 2006, regulating recruitment and conditions of service of persons appointed to NPS. He lamented that with the introduction of IPS cadre in the State in 1989 and due to faulty cadre management, service condition of SPS has been badly affected over the years.

He acknowledged the deputy chief minister for the recent NPS cadre review, and stated that it would not have been completed without his personal interest and active support throughout the process.

He assured full cooperation and solidarity to the government in service of the people.

The programme was chaired by NPSA general secretary Watichuchang Jamir, while invocation was offered by NPBCA executive secretary Rev Dr Hukashe Zhimomi and vote of thanks delivered

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RBI expects Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for next year to grow by 10.5 per cent, a tad lower than 11 per cent predicted by the government’s Economic Survey last week.

The growth compares to an estimated 7.7 per cent contraction in the economy during the current fiscal ending March 31.

The inflation forecasts are pointing to a decline from 5.2 per cent in March 2020 quarter (Q4) to 5-5.2 per cent in H1-FY22 and 4.3 per cent in Q3.

The outlook on growth, Das said, has improved significantly with positive growth impulses becoming more broad-based and the rollout of the vaccination programme in the country auguring well for the end of the pandemic.

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(From p-1) reposed on them by the government and prove to be worthy of such honour and serve the State and its people with dignity.

Addressing the gathering as a special invitee, director general of police (DGP) T John Longkumer said Nagaland police was respected wherever they went and hence reminded the police personnel, especially those recently inducted, of the legacy and responsibility to be shouldered by them.

The DGP acknowledged that the State’s police force shouldered responsibility during the most violent and turbulent days since Nagaland achieved Statehood, adding that NPS cadre has truly done a commendable job.

Speaking about administrative gaps, he stressed that it was time to review and look at all these to reform and rethink how to improve the service and condition.

Longkumer observed that the emphasis of policing has changed, and referred to cyber crimes and new challenges like mass protests, etc, and appealed all present to innovate for tackling every new issue.

He admitted that challenges would be unending, but one must be ever ready to face new challenges.

He also thanked the deputy chief minister for the support and cooperation rendered to the police force.

In his presidential address, NPSA president Vekhosa Chakesang said the general conference of the association provided an opportunity for serving NPS officers to congregate, share ideas for introspection and attain the benchmark to State Premier Service (SPS).

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as long as it is necessary to revive growth and mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on the economy while ensuring that inflation remains within the target.

Signalling rollback of pandemic-era policies, the RBI announced a gradual increase in the Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) -- the amount of deposits lenders must set aside as reserves -- to 3.5 per cent by March and to 4 per cent by May. The cash returning to the central bank can be used by it for open market operations and other liquidity measures.

To absorb higher government borrowings, the central bank provided retail investors a direct option to invest in government securities.

Acknowledging the strengthening signs of recovery, the RBI applauded the Union Budget 2021-22 for providing a strong impetus

“Given that inflation has returned within the tolerance band, the MPC judged that the need of the hour is to continue to support growth, assuage the impact of COVID-19 and return the economy to a higher growth trajectory,” he said. “The RBI stands committed to ensure the availability of ample liquidity in the system and thereby foster congenial financial conditions for the recovery to gain traction.”

The 27th meeting of the rate-setting MPC with three external members -- Ashima Goyal, Jayanth R Varma and Shashanka Bhide -- began on February 3.

This is the first meeting of the panel after the Budget 2021-22 earlier this week projected a nominal GDP growth rate of 14.5 per cent and fiscal deficit of 6.8 per cent for the financial year beginning April 1, 2021.

The MPC has been given the mandate to maintain annual inflation at 4 per cent until March 31, 2021, with an upper tolerance of 6 per cent and lower tolerance of 2 per cent.

On inflation, Das said it has eased below the upper tolerance level of 6 per cent for the first time during the COVID-19 period.

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MUMBAI, FEB 5 (PTI): The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday kept interest rates on hold for the fourth time in a row but vowed to support growth as long it is needed even as it began withdrawing some pandemic-era policies.

While the Union Budget 2021 earlier this week laid out an expansive fiscal strategy over the medium term to strengthen the growth engine in the economy, the RBI affirmed its support to such a plan through appropriate monetary tools.

The six-member Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) kept the repurchase or repo rate unchanged at 4 per cent, Governor Shaktikanta Das said.

Consequently, the reverse repo rate will continue to earn 3.35 per cent for banks for their deposits kept with the RBI. The central banks had last year cut borrowing costs by 115 basis points before hitting the pause button in mid-2020 over inflation worries.

All six members of the MPC voted to continue with the accommodative stance

contracted by 23.9 per cent in the April-June period of last year and by 7.5 per cent in the following three months. “... going forward, the Indian economy is poised to move in only one direction and that is upwards,” Das said while unveiling the bimonthly monetary policy.

“Although the RBI did not tinker with the policy rate in its meeting held on February 5, 2021, there was expectation that the RBI may unwind some of the regulatory relaxation given to the banks earlier to overcome the COVID-19 impact,” India Ratings said in its comments on the monetary policy decisions.

The developmental measures announced by the RBI included the inclusion of NBFCs in the on tap TLTRO (Targeted Long Term Repo Operations) scheme, the incentive to banks to lend to new MSME borrowers through a lower CRR requirement and further deferment of capital conservation buffer.

The RBI Governor said the economy’s growth outlook had improved and that inflation was expected to remain less than the central bank’s upper target of 6 per cent over the next few quarters.

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to ensure UNSC’s statement China downplays Biden’s vow to confront it onIndia Myanmar was not ‘condemnatory’

Says both countries can do ‘ big things’ together

BEIJING, FEB 5 (PTI): China gave a muted response to US President Joe Biden’s twin policy approach of confrontation with Beijing on challenges it posed and cooperation to further American interests, saying both countries can achieve “big things” together and their common interests far outweigh their differences.

In his first foreign policy address, US President Biden on Thursday described China as the “most serious competitor” to the US and vowed to confront Beijing on various fronts, including human rights, intellectual property and economic policy.

Biden said his administration would, “take on directly the challenges posed [to] our prosperity, security and democratic values by our most serious competitor: China”.

“We will confront China’s economic abuses, counter its aggressive, coercive action to push back on China’s attack on human rights, intellectual property and global governance,” Biden

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said in his address to State Department employees at its Foggy Bottom headquarters in Washington.

“But we are ready to work with Beijing when it is in America’s interest to do so. We will compete from a position of strength by building back better at home, working with our allies and partners, renewing our role in international institutions, and reclaiming our credibility and moral authority, much of which has been lost,” he said, giving a glimpse of his administration’s policies on China.

Outlining his eagerly awaited China policy, Biden said, “that is why we have moved quickly to begin restoring American engagement internationally and earn back our leadership position to catalyse global action on shared challenges.”

Reacting to Biden’s comments, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin told a media briefing here on Friday: “As two major countries China and the US share broad common interests and special major responsibilities for upholding world peace stability and prosperity”.

“It is natural that we have differences but our common interests far outweigh our differences. Our cooperation can do big things conducive to the two countries and the world,” Wang said.

China heaved a huge sigh of relief over the defeat of former US president Donald Trump by Biden in the US presidential election.

Trump’s four years in power are regarded as the worst phase in China-

US relations as the ruling Communist Party of China (CPC) headed by President Xi Jinping struggled to deal with what China’s officials say was the most elusive and unpredictable American leader ever.

During his tenure, Trump pushed aggressively on all aspects of US-China ties, including with his relentless trade war, challenging China’s military hold on the disputed South China Sea, its constant threats to Taiwan and describing coronavirus as “China virus” after it emerged from Wuhan in December 2019, as well as on Xinjiang and Tibet issues.

Wang in his response skirted Biden’s comments related to challenges Beijing posed but stuck to highlighting the traditional Chinese approach of win-win cooperation.

“China is committed to developing relations with theUS featuring non-conflict and non-confrontation, mutual respect and win-win cooperation. In the meantime, we will continue safeguarding our national sovereignty, security and development interests,” he said.

Biden’s foreign policy approach was keenly awaited in Beijing as during his campaign he identified Russia as the main problem for

the US, a former President Barack Obama era foreign policy during which Beijing firmed up its position politically, economically and militarily around the world by launching its most ambitious trillion-dollar Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).

On February 2, senior Chinese diplomat Yang Jiechi asked President Biden to reset the China-US ties damaged by Trump. Yang said that normal China-US interactions need to be restored, and “China should be seen as it is.”

The Trump administration pursued some misguided policies toward China, said Yang, a member of the Politburo of the ruling Communist Party of China, noting that the root cause for it was a strategic misjudgement by some in the US. “They view China as a major strategic competitor, even an adversary. That, I am afraid, is historically, fundamentally and strategically wrong,” he said at a meeting here.

It is a task for both China and the US to restore the relationship to a predictable and constructive track of development, and to build a model for interaction between the two major countries that focuses on peaceful coexistence and win-win cooperation.

Myanmarese refugees in India participate in a protest against the ousting of Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi, in New Dehi. (PTI)

UNITED NATIONS, FEB 5 (PTI): India engaged constructively and acted as an “important bridge” during deliberations over the UN Security Council’s statement on the situation in Myanmar, ensuring it strongly underlined the importance of the democratic process and transition while not being “condemnatory” in nature, sources said.

In a press statement, agreed by consensus, the 15-nation Council expressed “deep concern” at the declaration of the state of emergency imposed in Myanmar by the military on February 1 and the “arbitrary detention” of members of the Government, including State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and President Win

Myint. The Council, the most powerful organ of the world organisation, issued the press statement on the situation in Myanmar on Thursday, three days after the military seized power in the Southeast Asian nation in a bloodless coup and detained top political leaders.

The Council members called for the immediate release of all those detained.

India, into the second month of its tenure as non-permanent Council member, engaged “very constructively” during deliberations over the press statement.

Sources told PTI that India played the role of an “important bridge”, bringing together various views and wanted to ensure an outcome which was bal-

anced. It also wanted a statement which was not “condemnatory” in nature, but one which helped the process and not become counter-productive.

Sources pointed out that India engaged actively with all the parties, a role that has been appreciated by the UK and others.

India’s articulated positions on the situation, stated publicly as well, have been taken on board in the press statement.

In the first reaction after the coup, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) had said in New Delhi that India noted the developments in Myanmar with “deep concern” and has always been steadfast in its support to the process of democratic transition in Myanmar. “We believe that the rule of law and the democratic process must be upheld,” the MEA statement had said.

Sources said that the important focus on democratic transition and process has been kept in the UNSC press statement. India had also emphasised on dialogue and reconciliation, release of detained leaders, and on commitment to the sovereignty, political independence and unity of Myanmar — all of which the press statement underlines.

Trump won’t testify voluntarily Patron of Suu Kyi’s NLD Russia expels EU diplomats, at Senate impeachment trial party arrested: Police ignores bloc’s call to free Navalny

26 killed in Afghan clashes KABUL, FEB 5 (IANS): At least 26 people were killed during clashes between security forces and Taliban militants in Afghanistan’s Kunduz province on Friday, a top official confirmed.

“In the clash 16 progovernment militiamen including their commander Abdul Hakim and 10 Taliban rebels were killed and nine others including five rebels were injured,” the official told Xinhua news agency.

Villagers said hundreds of Taliban militants launched massive offensive on pro-government militiamen in Tepa Akhtar area of Khanabad district early morning triggering heavy fighting which lasted for three hours.

Mohammad Yusuf, head of Kunduz provincial council, also confirmed the clash, saying that delay in dispatching reinforcement led to the death of 16 progovernment militiamen.

zen,” Xinhua news agency quoted the lawyers as further said in their response.

Schoen later clarified by text message that Trump did not plan to testify voluntarily, according to a New York Times report.

“I don’t think anyone being impeached would show up at the proceedings we firmly believe are unconstitutional,” Schoen said.

The House managers could still attempt to subpoena testimony from Trump during the trial, but doing so would require support from a majority of the Senate, said the NYT report.

Earlier on Thursday, House Democrats asked Trump to testify under oath as early as February 8 and no later

NAY PYI TAW, FEB 5 (IANS): U Win Htein, patron of former Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) party, has been arrested in the wake of the military coup in the South Asian country, a top official said on Friday.

The 80-year-old patron, who is believed to be one of Suu Kyi’s trusted confidants, was taken to a district police station in Nay Pyi Taw on Thursday night, Xinhua news agency quoted Kyi Toe, a member of the party’s information committee, as saying in a social media report.

Meanwhile, former President U Win Myint and Suu Kyi have been remanded in custody for violating

MOSCOW, FEB 5 (AGENCIES): Russia on Friday expelled diplomats from three EU member states it accused of attending illegal protests in support of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, and pointedly ignored a public call by the EU’s top diplomat to free the opposition politician. The expulsions, which affected diplomats from Germany, Poland and Sweden, appear to have wrecked an EU attempt to re-engage with Moscow being spearheaded by Josep Borrell, the EU’s foreign policy chief, who was in Russia for talks on Friday.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel called the move unjustified and a further step away from the rule of law in Russia, while Poland summoned the Russian ambassador over the decision. Navalny, President Vladimir Putin’s most prominent critic, was jailed this week for almost three years for parole violations he calls trumped up, a move the West condemned.

Russia announced the expulsions after Borrell used a joint news conference with Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to call for Russia to free

America is back again, says Biden US police officer shot dead

WA S H I N G TO N, F E B 5 (PTI): Declaring that “America is back,” President Joe Biden has said that his administration will “repair” the country’s strained relations with its allies during the previous Trump administration and engage with the world once again.

In his first major foreign policy address as president, Biden said America cannot afford to be absent any longer on the world stage.

“We will compete from a position of strength by building back better at home, working with our allies and partners, renewing our international institutions and reclaiming our credibility and moral authority, much of which has been lost,” Biden said on Thursday as he visited the State Department for the first time after being sworn in as the 46th US President on January 20. “We cannot do it alone,” Biden said, putting particular emphasis on the need to rebuild the country’s moral standing after four years under his predecessor Donald

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Trump, who often rebuffed America’s traditional alliances.

“I want the world to hear today: America is back.

America is back. Diplomacy is back at the centre of our foreign policy,” Biden, who was accompanied by Vice President Kamala Harris, said.

“We will repair our alliances and engage with the world once again, not to meet yesterday’s challenges, but today’s and tomorrow’s.

American leadership must meet this new moment of advancing authoritarianism, including the growing ambitions of China to rival the United States and the determination of Russia to damage and disrupt our democracy,” Biden said.

The US, he said, must meet the new moment accelerating global challenges -- from the pandemic to the climate crisis to nuclear proliferation -- challenging the will only to be solved by nations working together and in common.

“We must start with diplomacy rooted in America’s most cherished democratic values: defending freedom, championing opportunity, upholding universal rights, respecting the rule of law and treating every person with dignity. That is the grounding wire of our global power. That is our inexhaustible source of strength.

That is America’s abiding advantage,” he said.

Though many of these values have come under intense pressure in recent years, even pushed to the brink in the last few weeks, the American people are going to emerge from this moment stronger, more determined and better equipped to unite the world in fighting to defend democracy, because they have fought for it themselves, Biden said.

SANTA FE, FEB 5 (IANS): A police officer was shot dead by a gunman in the US state of New Mexico, leads to a 40-mile chase and shootout, according to authorities.

The incident took place on Thursday at the eastbound interstate highway 10 near Las Cruces, reports Xinhua news agency. After killing the victim, identified as Officer Darian Jarrott, the suspect took off down the interstate highway heading east, police said.

Then a Las Cruces police officer was shot when trying to stop the suspect, identified as Omar Felix Cueva.

The injured officer was taken to a nearby hospital and was in stable condition, authorities said.

The suspect was killed in the subsequent gunfire with the security forces, the police added.

Law enforcement from multiple departments, including officers from NMSP, US Border Patrol, Dona Ana County Sheriff ’s Office and Las Cruces Police

Department, participated in the chase.

New Mexico governor Michelle Lujan Grisham ordered all flags lowered to half-staff in the state from Friday to February 9 in mourning for the deceased officer. “I am shocked, heartbroken and enraged by the loss of this public servant,” the Governor said in a statement.

Navalny immediately.

Lavrov did not respond directly to the appeal but complained about what he described as human rights abuses in the EU and called the 27-nation bloc an unreliable partner.

Borrell had earlier said that the Navalny case was a low point for ties between Russia and the EU. He said there was not yet a formal proposal for new EU sanctions on Russia but that the 27-member bloc would have a discussion next month about relations with Moscow. “I have conveyed to Minister Lavrov our deep concern and our appeal for his (Navalny’s) release and for the launch of an investigation over his poisoning,” Borrell told the news conference. “Over the last years our relationship has been marked by fundamental differences and a lack of trust.”

Navalny was arrested on Jan. 17 on his return from treatment in Germany, where he was flown in August after falling ill from what German officials concluded was poisoning with a military-grade nerve agent.

The Kremlin has questioned

whether Navalny was poisoned and denied blame for his illness. Lavrov said it was up to Brussels if it wanted to impose sanctions on Russia, but that the EU was behaving more and more like Washington in its use of unilateral sanctions.

“We share the view that a further deterioration of ties is fraught with negative and highly unpredictable consequences,” Lavrov said.

A few hours after the talks, Russia announced the expulsion of the diplomats, saying they had taken part in illegal protests last month against Navalny’s jailing.

The foreign ministry said Moscow considered their actions unacceptable.

Despite close trade ties and energy interdependence, Russia’s political relations with the European Union soured after Moscow annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014. Navalny was back in court on Friday for another trial, accused of slandering a World War Two veteran who took part in a promotional video backing changes last year that let Putin run for up to two more terms.

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WASHINGTON, FEB 5 (IANS): Former US President Donald Trump will not testify under oath voluntarily at his Senate impeachment trial set to begin next week, his legal team said, calling the House Democrats’ request a “stunt”. “We are in receipt of your latest public relations stunt,” Trump’s attorneys Bruce Castor and David Schoen wrote in a response on Thursday.

“As you certainly know, there is no such thing as a negative interference in this unconstitutional proceeding. “Your letter only confirms what is known to everyone: you cannot prove your allegations against the 45th President of the US, who is now a private citi-

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the National Disaster Management Law and ImportExport Law until February 15, according to a senior military official.

The President and the State counsellor were detained by the military, along with other NLD officials early Monday mor ning just ahead of declaring the coup.

The NLD had posted a statement on its social media page demanding the release of the detained leaders, acknowledge the results of 2020 general elections and stop any disturbances which are hindering the process of convening the third parliamentary session.

After the militar y seized control of the country, the President’s Office declared a one-year state of emergency and the state power was handed over to Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Sen-Gen Min Aung Hlaing.

The coup was staged over the disputed results of the November 8, 2020 parliamentary polls in which the NLD obtained more than 80 per cent of the seats and increased its parliamentary majority.

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than February 11. Lead Impeachment Manager Jamie Raskin, a former constitutional law professor, wrote in a letter that Trump’s response to the article of impeachment had denied what managers called “incontrovertible facts about the president’s conduct on and leading up to” the January 6 Capitol riots leaving five people dead.

“In light of your disputing these factual allegations, I write to invite you to provide testimony under oath, either before or during the Senate impeachment trial, concerning your conduct on January 6, 2021,” Raskin wrote to Trump. “If you decline this invitation, we reserve any and all rights, including the right to establish at trial that your refusal to testify supports a strong adverse inference regarding your actions (and inaction) on January 6, 2021,” he added. In the wake of the Capitol riots, the Democrats-controlled House voted to impeach Trump over “incitement of insurrection” in a 232-197 vote on January 13, making him the first US sitting US President to be impeached twice.

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Was misguided, Sonu Sood tells SC allowed to withdraw plea

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ollywood actor Sonu Sood on Friday informed the Supreme Court that he was given wrong advice in the matter pertaining to illegal construction, and it allowed him to withdraw the plea challenging the Bombay High Court order, which junked his case on alleged illegal construction at his residential building in Juhu area.

Senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, representing Sood, urged withdrawal of this petition as also the the civil suit pending before the Bombay City Civil Court at Borivili Division, Dindoshi, in view of the application for regularisation filed pursuant to the notice on October 24, 2020 under Section 44 of the Maharashtra Regulation and Town Planning Act, 1966.

A bench headed by Chief Justice S.A. Bobde allowed this prayer.

The bench, also comprising Justices A. S. Bopanna and V. Ramasubramanian, in its order, said: “We direct the concerned Authorities to consider and decide the said application on its own merits and in

Alice Cooper releases free single

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lice Cooper has released a free single to mark his birthday.

The 73-year-old singersongwriter has unveiled a track called 'Social Debris' as a "gift to Detroit, to his fans and to himself" to mark 73rd birthday on Thursday.

He said: "The single 'Social Debris' is a gift to Detroit, to my fans and to myself. The track was written by the original Alice Cooper band. We never thought that we would ever fit in; the Alice Cooper band didn’t fit in with anybody, because we were doing things that no other band did. We didn’t fit in with the folk scene, we didn’t fit in with the metal scene, we really didn’t fit in with anything that was going on at that time. We just always felt like we were outsiders. We felt like we were social debris, we were in our own little world. So 'Social Debris' was just the original band writing a song about us, essentially. And it came out sounding like it belonged in 1971. That’s just the original band – you can’t change that, it’s great." The track will be available for free for 24 hours from the artist's website.

And Alice has revealed his upcoming album, 'Detroit Stories', will be a celebration of Detroit rock.

accordance with law. Accordingly, the special leave petition and the civil suit being L.C. Suit No.1368 of 2020 are dismissed as withdrawn.”

During the hearing, the top court orally observed that no coercive action should be taken against Sood until the civic authorities take a decision decide on his application for regularisation.

At the outset, Rohatgi submitted before the bench that he had advised his client to withdraw the plea, and instead seek the liberty that BMC should take a decision on his application for regularisation.

At this, the bench told Rohatgi: “That is good advice”. The Chief Justice emphasised that he had given the right advice to

his client.

The Chief Justice said the court does not want to seem sarcastic, but this appears to be the rare occasion when, by way of correct advice, it sees litigation getting resolved.

Rohatgi said his client is a Bollywood actor. “He has no knowledge about all this. He was misguided,” he submitted.

The bench replied: “No, no, we don’t mean any disrespect to anyone.

We are only saying that your advice was absolutely right.”

In a lighter vein, the bench said that “the script has been written well”.

On January 21, the Bombay High Court’s Justice Prithviraj Chavan, dismissing Sood’s plea, said law helps only those who are diligent.

The plea, filed by the actor and his wife in the apex court, said: “The petitioners have already stopped the work of internal renovation which requires no permission as per the provisions of Section 43 of Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act, 1966, therefore, the respondents may kindly be restrained from demolition of the renovation work already done in the building.”

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om Holland has described ‘Spider-Man 3’ as the “most ambitious standalone superhero movie ever”.

The 24-year-old actor will reprise his role as the web-slinging hero in the film and feels that the project is “really impressive”.

Tom said: “I can say that it’s the most ambitious standalone superhero movie ever made. You sit down, read the script, and see what they’re trying to do, and they’re succeeding.

It’s really impressive.

“I’ve never seen a standalone superhero mov-

ie quite like it. And I’m just, you know, again, that lucky little s*** who happens to be Spider-Man in it.”

Holland explained that there is still more filming to be completed but he is very “excited” to see the finished film.

He told Variety: “We got a lot more shooting to do. We started before Christmas and shot for like seven weeks. We stopped for the Christmas break, and then we’re starting again. I’m just as excited as everyone else to see it, let alone be a part of it.”

The ‘Avengers: End-

game’ star revealed that he is keen to direct a movie and is keen to bring a script he has been working on with his brother Harry to the big screen.

Asked if he was tempted to get behind the camera, Tom said: “Yes, absolutely. I’ve been trying to scratch that itch for a really long time. And my younger brother Harry and I have been writing a script together. We managed to acquire the rights to a book series that we loved as kids.

So we’ve been sort of chipping away at that.

“I now have so much more respect for writers because it’s so difficult, man, I mean, trying to put something on the page is really, really quite difficult.”

He continued: “I’d love to direct one day.

We’re not rushing anything because I think the project we’re working on is amazing and can be quite powerful. So we want to make sure we get it right.

“But hopefully, within the next five years, you’ll see Harry and I sitting in the director’s chairs shouting action.”

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The paradigm shift at the launching programme of their first music video Friday, at Saramati hotel, Dimapur. (NP)

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ctress Emma Corrin will star opposite singer-actor Harry Styles in upcoming romantic drama, My Policeman.

Michael Grandage directs the screen adaptation of the Bethan Robert novel of the same name, based on an adapted screenplay

by Ron Nyswaner, reports hollywoodreporter.com.

Styles and Corrin will star as Tom and Marion in the film, set in the late 1990s. The story starts with the arrival of elderly Patrick into Marion and Tom’s home, which triggers the exploration of events from 40 years prior -- a passionate relationship between Tom and Patrick at a time when homosexuality was illegal.

Corrin is best known for her role as Lady Diana Spencer in the fourth season of The Crown, which has earned her Golden Globe, SAG and Critics Choice nominations. Last year, she made her debut film appearance in Misbehaviour, a historical drama in which she starred alongside Keira Knightley, Keeley Hawes and Gugu Mbatha-Raw. (IANS)

Taylor Swift responds to lawsuit from Evermore theme park in Utah

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aylor Swift is being sued for trademark infringement by a Utah theme park that shares the same name as her latest album, ‘Evermore’.

The Evermore theme park alleges that the singer’s album title has confused guests and detrimentally affected its page ranking on internet search engines.

The lawsuit, filed earlier this week in a US District Court in Utah, also alleges that Swift’s album infringes on the theme park’s merchandise designs and artwork for the original soundtracks it has released.

Following the record’s release in December, Evermore park management claims its guests were asking whether Swift and the theme park had collaborated on the album. The lawsuit is seeking millions in damages, in addition to legal fees.

Swift’s legal team has responded to the lawsuit, dismissing it in a statement as “frivolous” and pointing to the various lawsuits that are currently underway against the Evermore group and its founder Ken Bretschneider.

Describing the lawsuit as “baseless … frivolous and irresponsible”, Swift’s

representatives added: “It is inconceivable that there is any likelihood of confusion between your client’s theme park and related products and Ms Swift’s music and related products.”

In a letter filed in court, the singer’s representatives also said that the theme park’s sale of “small dragon eggs, guild patches and a small dragon mount” are not similar to the merch items being sold on Swift’s website.

“According to Utah Business, ‘As of June 2020, at least five lawsuits have been filed against Bretschneider and the Evermore group by major construction companies like Sunroc, AGC Drywall and Construction, Geneva Rock, Mountain

Point Landscaping, EME Mechanical, Kreativ Woodworks, and NFH Distributing (Beehive Brick and Stone)’,” a spokesperson for Swift told Pitchfork.

“The companies claim ‘they are owed between $28,000 and $400,000.’ Utah Business says, ‘he owes millions of dollars in construction, mechanic, and landscaping fees to workers across the valley who have yet to be paid’… with ‘a collection of more than 20 construction liens on the Evermore property.’ The true intent of this lawsuit should be obvious.”

‘Evermore’ arrived in the last few days of 2020 as Swift’s second surprise album of the year.

(NME)

‘New Spider-Man most ambitious is the Night-time cardiac arrest higher in women than men standalone superhero movie ever made’

‘The paradigm shift’ launches new video

or the first time, young artistes from the band “The paradigm shift” launched its first music video “From the Ashes” on Friday, at Hotel Saramati, Dimapur.

The video was launched by singer, producer, song writer, director and first solo artist, Sunep Lemtur.

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The band “The paradigm shift” comprises of five members, Chechamo Odyuo on the vocal, Razo Tenenu on the bass, Atsa Sangtam in the drums, Zajamo Kithan and Arepsen Aier on the guitar.

Mentioning about the band, Chechamo Odyuo said that the band was formed in

the year 2019, with the motive to bring a change in the music scenario.

The band is basically an alternative pop rock.

With regard to the music video, the band expects to have positive outlook from the viewers saying that “we need to encourage each other when it comes to

music, for music bonds our relationship”.

The band also encouraged the upcoming band not to give up but follow their dreams.

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omen are more likely than men to suffer sudden death due to cardiac arrest during night-time hours, a new study suggests.

The study, published in the journal Heart Rhythm, says 25.4 per cent of females studied suffered cardiac arrest at night as compared to 20.6 per cent of their male coun-

terparts.

“Dying suddenly during night-time hours is a perplexing and devastating phenomenon. We were surprised to discover that being female is an independent predictor of these events,” said researcher Sumeet Chugh from the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in the US. Medical experts are

Flu vaccine may lessen Covid symptoms in children

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hildren who receive a seasonal flu shot are less likely to suffer symptoms from a Covid-19 infection, researchers say.

The findings suggest that Covid-19 positive children who received the influenza vaccine in the current flu season had lower odds of experiencing symptoms, respiratory problems or severe disease.

“It is known that the growth of one virus can be inhibited by a previous viral infection,” said researcher Anjali Patwardhan, Professor at the University of Missouri in the US. “This phenomenon is called virus interference, and it can occur even when the first virus invader is an inactivated virus, such as the case with the flu vaccine,” Patwardhan added.

For the study, published in the journal Cureus, the researchers reviewed records from 905 paediatric patients diagnosed with Covid-19 to determine each patient’s influenza vaccination history. The team found that children with Covid-19 who received the pneumococcal vaccine also had lower odds of experiencing symptomatic disease.

“Research on the paediatric population is critical because children play a significant role in influencing viral transmission,” Patwardhan said.

“Understanding the relationship and co-existence of other viruses alongside Covid-19 and knowing the vaccination status of the

paediatric patient may help in deploying the right strategies to get the best outcomes,” Patwardhan added. Patwardhan said it will also be important to explore the connection between vaccinations and Covid-19 symptoms in a larger geographical-multiracial study.

(IANS)

mystified, the researcher said, because during these late hours, most patients are in a resting state, with reduced metabolism, heart rate and blood pressure.

Sudden cardiac arrest - also called sudden cardiac death - is an electrical disturbance of the heart rhythm that causes the heart to stop beating, the researcher said.

For the study, the team of investigators looked at the records of 4,126 patients, with 3,208 daytime cases of sudden cardiac arrest and 918 night-time cases.

Compared with daytime cases, patients who suffered from night-time cardiac arrest were more likely to be female.

The team also found

that the prevalence of lung disease was significantly higher in those who had a cardiac arrest at night compared with those who had cardiac arrest during the daytime.

“The prevalence of chronic obstructive lung disease and asthma were found to be significantly higher in sudden cardiac arrest cases at night compared with daytime cases, regardless of gender,” said Chugh.

“Brain-affecting medications, some of which have the potential to suppress breathing, were also found to have a significantly greater usage in night-time compared to daytime cardiac arrest,” Chugh added.

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Tuchel plays down his impact as Chelsea beat Hotspur 1-0

50th anniversary CAGSA meet 2021

Defending football champs K Basa in qtr finals DIMAPUR, FEB 5 (NPN): Three times defending champions Khulazu Basa registered their empathetic win over Kikruma 1-0 in men’s football to enter the quarterfinal round on the fifth day of the ongoing 50th golden jubilee of Chokri Area Games and Sports Association (CAGSA) at Phüsachodü village under Phek district on Friday.

Playing in Group A matches, defending champions K Basa got off to a flying start when Lutuzo scored the first goal in the 10th minutes. With the goal, the team bought the game into their hands and enjoyed the ball possession in the first half.

Kikruma tried to regain their momentum in the second half but were undone by their strikers finishing. They got their share of chances to find the equaliser but didn’t break through as the match ended in favor of the K Basa team. The win puts K Basa on top of the Group A table with six points. Despite the defeat, Kikruma will qualify for the next round with a win and a loss.

Thipuzu came from a goal down to overcome North Kikruma by 2-1 in a thrilling encounter. VerhakhoTunyi scored a penalty in the 12th minute to bring the game in favor of North

Players of K Basa (black) and Kikruma (blue) seen in action during a football match at Phüsachodü village on Friday.

Kikruma during the first half. However, the goal was cut short in the second half when CuzotaChuzho and SevozoRhakho two successive goals to secure their victory in favor of Thipuzu team.

Thenyizu and Chesezu match ended in stalemate, with both teams failing to breakthrough. Thenyizu struck the wood work twice but failed to find the back of the net. The draw means Chesezu will be out of football.

In the quar terfinal

match, K Basa will play against Thipuzu, while Thenyizu will clash against Kikruma to decide the outcome of the top two teams in Group A. In Group B matches, Rukizu team beat Chikri Nasa by 3-0. VekroTetseo, ZhokhoThingo, Vetsuzo scored a goal each in the second half for Rikuzu team.

The defeat for Chikri Nasa ended their saga for men’s football.

While, a brace from M e r i t o N ye k h a h e l p e d Chetheba team win over

All-Star Game proposal a ‘slap in the face’, says Lakers’ James

LeBron James

LOS ANGELES, FEB 5 (AGENCIES): Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James said the NBA’s bid to stage an All-Star Game amid the COVID-19 pandemic was like a “slap in the face”.

U.S. media reported that the league and its players union had agreed to hold the annual exhibition event in Atlanta on March 7, with an official announcement expected this week.

“I have zero energy

and zero excitement about an All-Star Game this year,” James told reporters after Thursday’s 114-93 victory over Denver Nuggets. “I don’t even understand why we’re having an All-Star Game, but it’s the agreement.

“Coming into this season, we were told that we were not having an All-Star Game, so we’d have a nice little break ... an opportunity for me to kind of recalibrate for the second half of the season.

Jehan Daruvala tops Asian F3 standings after flawless round 2

Jehan Daruvala

ABU DHABI, FEB 5 (IANS): Jehan Daruvala climbed to the top of the 2021 Asian Formula 3 Championship standings by winning the second race and finishing second in the third race of the second round on Friday. Daruvala, racing for all-Indian outfit Mumbai Falcons, had earlier won the first race of the round as well.

The Mumbai resident had a near perfect launch from pole position and held his position into the first corner. Behind him, IsackHadjar of France also held onto second, while championship leader Guanyu Zhou dropped a position to allow Dino Beganovic into third.

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had a much more challenging Race 2 than he did on Thursday, even momentarily losing the lead in a three-car battle with Evans GP's IsackHadjar and Abu Dhabi Racing's Dino Beganovic. However, a late breaking maneouvre helped Daruvala to surge ahead and stay on the track in the process. Jehan somehow managed to stay on track and held the lead.

Jehan fended off more challenges from Hadjar to take the race.

Daruvala started the last race from third on the grid but quickly moved to second place and did well to hold on to the position.

The championship format allows only two sets of tyres per round, to be used and Pinnacle Motorsport's Pierre-Louis Chovet was on a fresher set of tyres, while Daruvala and Hadjar were on an older set, and therefore unable to challenge Chovet, who comfortably won the race. The Mumbai Falcons' racer was second, ahead of Hadjar.

The victory meant that Daruvala displaced Guanyu Zhou from the top of the championship table.

“Then they throw an All-Star Game on us like this, it’s pretty much kind of a slap in the face. We’re still dealing with a pandemic, with everything that’s been going on, and we’re going to bring the whole league into a city that’s still open.”

James, a 16-time AllStar, was among the leading vote-getters in the first round of fan voting and said he would be there in body.

“I’ll be there physically if I’m selected. I’ll be there physically, but not mentally,” the four-times NBA champion said.

Sacramento Kings guard De’Aaron Fox said it was “stupid” to try to hold the game.

“If we have to wear a mask and do all of this for a regular game, then what’s the point of bringing the All-Star Game back?” he said. “Obviously, money makes the world go round, so it is what it is.”

K Bawe 2-0 during the encounter. Nyekha scored in the 40th minutes and 54th minutes for Chetheba team.

In the quar terfinal round, host village Phüsachodü will play against Chetheba and Rukizuwill take on K Bawe in their respective matches.

In men’s volleyball, Chetheba won the first match of the day to progress through the semi-final round.

They outclassed Chikri Nasa by 25-15, 25-6 in the encounter. While Phüsachodü team better off Rukizu by 25-21,

1,097 players register for 2021 IPL player auction New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS): As many as 1,097 players have registered for the 2021 IPL player auction, which is scheduled to be held on February 18 in Chennai. Among these, 814 are Indians, and 743 of them are uncapped players who have never played in the IPL while there are 50 uncapped players who have played in the league before, said the Indian cricket board said in a statement. There are 283 overseas players. West Indies have entered the highest number of players among foreigners (56), followed by Australia with 42. Twentyseven players have come from associate countries, the USA, the UAE, Scotland, the Netherlands, and Nepal.

As many as 139 players have been retained by the eight IPL franchises whereas 57 players have been released from their existing squads.

SRH have retained the most number of players -- 22 -- while RCB have only 12 players in the squad.

25-15 to progress to the next round. Chetheba will now play against host team Phüsachodü in the semifinal round for Group B. For Group A, KhulazuBawe defeated Kikruma by 25-21, 25-13 to register their successive win. They will now play against Thenyizu in the second semifinal match.

In women’s volleyball semi-final matches, Phüsachodü will play against North Kikruma and Chesezu takes on Chetheba in their respective matches.

For women’s basketball, Rikuzu won against Chesezu but lost their second match against Chetheba during the match to end their saga. Up next, with the win, Chetheba will play the semifinal round against Phüsachodü team While, Thenyizu won against K Basa by 11-6 points to progress through to the next round. They will now play against Kikruma in the semis.

For men’s basketball semi-finals, Chetheba will take on Thipuzu and Thenyizuwill play against Rikizu in their respective matches.

On Saturday, sporting activities such as football, volleyball, archery, arm wrestling competitions will take place.

LO N D O N, F E B 5 (AGENCIES): Newly-appointed Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel showcased modesty when he said it’s not about his methods at the Stamford Bridge but the talented squad is always willing to learn and that he sees more potential in the side.

Thomas Tuchel’s comments came after Chelsea clinched their 2nd successive win in the Premier League, this time over Jose Mourinho’s Tottenham Hotspur. Chelsea sealed a 1-0 win on the road via Jorginho spot kick in the 24th minute after which they held their composure to retain the lead till the final whistle.

Since Tuchel took over, Chelsea have drawn against Wolverhampton Wanderers, beat Burnely 2-0 and beat Spurs 1-0.

Thursday’s result also saw them move from 7th to 6th in the Premier League table with 36 points, 11 less than leaders Manchester City.

Chelsea threatened to add more goals to their tally against Spurs but it remained 1-0 at the final whistle.

Young English duo Reece James and Callum Hudson-Odoi caused havoc down the right, Ger-

Chelsea team players celebrate their winning goal against Tottenham Hotspur on Friday night.

man striker Timo Werner looked dangerous again and Mason Mount, given a new role as a false nine, showed the kind of tactical flexibility Tuchel loves.

“We are super happy about the result. It’s not about my methods. I’m happy with the attitude, the squad, the potential. They are fine guys, it’s a nice group and they are open.

It’s a pleasure to be around them,” Tuchel said.

“We have a lot of support in the whole club. It was a quick start but an easy one because I feel very welcome.”

On the other hand,

Tottenham Hotspur have slipped to the 8th spot on the Premier League table after their third straight defeat. Spurs were on top of the league table in December but pressure is mounting on Jose Mourinho who needs to find a way to stop the slide at the North London side.

Mourinho though backed his team to bounce back, saying: “Confidence levels are very, very important to play football.

When a team doesn’t have good results, a period when results are not good, you need that click back to go back to normality.”

Olympics facing major issue after Mori’s sexist remarks TOKYO, FEB 5 (AGENCIES): Japan’s Olympic Games faced a “major issue” after the head of the local organising committee made sexist remarks, Tokyo’s governor said on Friday, sending a clear signal the deepening controversy risked tarnishing the global event.

Yoshiro Mori, 83, set off a storm on social media both at home and abroad this week by saying that women talked too much, in remarks made in a meeting with the Japan Olympic Committee (JOC). He later retracted the comments and apologised but refused to resign.

The incident has cast another dark shadow over the Games, postponed for a year due to the coronavirus pandemic, with just months left before the opening ceremony.

The I nte r na tio na l Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Thursday Mori’s apology had settled the issue, but criticism of the octogenarian former prime minister only grew on Fri-

day.

“The mission of the metropolis and the organising committee is to prepare for a safe and secure Games, and we are facing a major issue,” Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike said.

She said she’d heard the Tokyo government was fielding complaint calls from city residents.

“I myself was struck speechless by his comments, which should not have been made.”

Later, she said Mori had called and apologised directly. But she sidestepped questions about whether she thought he was qualified for the job.

“The IOC is a big organisation that is steeped in history and requires a lot of negotiating, and in that sense, the question of who is qualified for the top job is one that requires a decision by the Tokyo 2020 organising committee,” she said.

Anger over Mori’s comments is likely to further alienate a Japanese public wary of the government’s attempts to hold the Games

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during the pandemic. Nearly 80% of the public opposes holding the Games in July, according to the most recent poll. Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said he didn’t have the authority to demand Mori’s resignation, the Jiji news agency reported.

Yasuhiro Yamashita, head of the JOC, said Mori’s comments went against the Olympic spirit and were inappropriate, a view cabinet ministers echoed.

Angry and frustrated Japanese athletes, activists and ordinary women see Mori’s remarks as a clear signal that gender equality in Japanese sports, and society as a whole, remains a distant dream. “This is the reality

of what women in Japan are facing every day. Old guys with outdated mindsets continue to hold power and are making decisions,” said a female staffer at the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee, who declined to be identified because she was not authorised to speak to the media.

“Unfortunately in this country, social pressure prohibits women from speaking out about inequality - which makes yesterday’s sexism row even more significant for Japan.”

Japan persistently trails its peers in promoting gender equality, ranking 121 out of 153 nations surveyed in the 2020 global gender gap report of the World Economic Forum.

“I felt anger for the first time in a while,” pro soccer player Shiho Shimoyamada said in a tweet.

“It’s absolutely meaningless to retract remarks already out in the open. Unless you actually acknowledge prejudice and take steps against it, the same thing will just happen again.

Pak reduce SA to 106/4 after Australian Open players cleared of COVID-19 Nortje’s 5-wkt haul on Day 2

South Africa’s Anrich Nortje (C) celebrates after taking the wicket of Pakistan’s Babar Azam, in Rawalpindi. (AP/PTI)

RAWALPINDI, FEB 5 (IANS): South Africa lost four wickets on the second day of their second Test against Pakistan after fast bowler Anrich Nortje’s fivewicket haul helped them dismiss the hosts for 272 runs on Friday. Visiting captain Quinton de Kock’s quickfire 24 off 11 balls helped them

end the day on a positive note and they will resume the Day 3 on an overnight score of 106 runs for four wickets.

Fast bowler Hasan Ali struck twice off consecutive deliveries, dismissing opener Dean Elgar (15 off 21) and No.3 Rassie van der Dussen for a first-ball

duck. He failed to complete a hat-trick, but Pakistan continued to trouble the South Africans. Faheem Ashraf, who scored an unbeaten 78, struck with the wicket of Faf du Plessis after which spinner Nauman Ali got opener Aiden Markram. de Kock then hit five fours, three of which came in the second-last over of the day off Yasir Shah, to push South Africa past the 100run mark. Earlier, Ashraf and captain Babar Azam put up a 123-run stand for the fourth wicket to help Pakistan bounce back from being 22 for the loss of three wickets. Azam fell to Nortje after which Ashraf and Fawad Alam looked set for putting up another big partnership before the latter was run out on 45, thanks to a brilliant direct hit from Temba Bavuma.

Ashraf then batted with the tail to push Pakistan past the 250-run mark.

Brief scores: Pakistan 272 all out (Faheem Ashraf 78 not out, Babar Azam 77; Anrich Nortje 5/56) South Africa 106/4 (Aiden Markram 32, Quinton de Kock 24 batting; Hasan Ali 2/29)

MELBOURNE, FEB 5 (AGENCIES): All 507 Australian Open players and staff who stayed at a quarantine hotel where a worker contracted COVID-19 have tested negative and been cleared to participate in the Grand Slam, tournament director Craig Tiley said on Friday.

“Everyone that tested, tested negative,” Tiley told reporters at Melbourne Park on Friday. “So that’s a really good outcome not only for the community but also for the playing group.”

Health officials said on Wednesday that a worker at the Grand Hyatt hotel had contracted the virus, prompting the testing and quarantining of 160 players, as well as coaches and Australian Open officials. Warm-up matches at Melbourne Park were called off on Thursday but re-

sumed on Friday. Of the more than 1,200 players, coaches and officials flown in for the tournament, there have been eight COVID-19 infections.

Spain’s Paula Badosa, the women’s world number 67, was the only player to contract the coronavirus. She was released from hotel quarantine on Wednesday.

Victoria state, of which Melbourne is the capital, reported no new cases of community transmission on Friday.

Authorities have approved 30,000 fans per day, about 50% capacity, at the Australian Open, which starts on Monday.

“Spectators will continue to be allowed in the site, and we are still selling tickets,” Tiley said on radio station 3AW. “The site will be an extremely safe place.”

The “5th Master Shield Trophy 2021”, under the aegis of Mokokchung District T20 Cricket Federation(MDT20CF), was unveiled on Friday at the Circuit House Conference Hall by the Mokokchung SDO Civil, Temsuchuba, as the special guest of honour.Altogether, 10 teams are vying for the coveted trophy, which will commence from the February 8 to 15 at the Imkongmeren Sports Complex. (NP) K Y M C

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Root scores 3rd consecutive ton; B’luru FC, Chennaiyin FC play out goalless draw England take upper hand in 1st Test M A R G A O, F E B 5 (AGENCIES): Bengaluru FC and Chennaiyin play out a goalless draw in an Indian Super League (ISL) clash on Friday at the Fatorda Stadium in Goa. It was yet another frustrating night for the Marina Machans who despite having several chances to score could not find the back of the net.

Bengaluru started the game strong, attacking from the get go and looking for an early lead, with their first chance coming as early as in the 2nd minute. Paartalu tried to pick Chhetri with a pass over the Chennaiyin defence, but Enes Sipovic managed to shield the ball for Vishal Kaith to come off his line and collect.

Minutes later, Gurpreet Singh Sandhu was tested at the other end when Esmael Goncalves won the ball in the midfield, ran towards the box and took a shot from distance that the Bengaluru custodian parried away.

Rahim Ali’s effort from the rebound was straight into the ’keeper’s gloves.

The Blues’ best chance of the half came in the 34th minute when Erik picked out Harmanjot

he got his fingertips to it and pushed the ball onto the crossbar and out of play. He was the busier ’keeper on the night, and made two more saves in as many minutes around the hour mark. First, he got a strong hand to push away Germanpreet Singh effort from outside the box and then Esmael, one-on-one with Gurpreet, saw his effort blocked.

Spanish midfielder Xisco Hernandez came on for the final quarter hour and almost made an immediate impact when his lob over the Chennaiyin defence was headed home by Fran Gonzalez but the assistant had his flag up for offside.

At the other end, Gurpreet made another fingertip save to deny Lallianzuala Chhangte after the winger was played through by Esmael. His saves helped the Blues take one point from the Esmael Ruti Tavares Cruz Da Silva Goncalves of Chennaiyin FC tackles Parag Satish game, and in the process Shrivas of Bengaluru FC during the ISL match, at Fatorda Stadium, Goa. (PTI) saw him overtake Subrata Paul to an ISL record 29th Khabra on the right flank. only five minutes before to clear. clean sheet.

The Bengaluru right-back the break when LanzarThirty seconds into cut it back to Chhetri at ote’s attempted cross for the second half, he made Saturday’s Match the near post and the skip- Ismael Goncalves needed another fantastic save to Odisha FC per’s shot was blocked by his attention. The Blues’ keep the Blues in the game.

Vs a diving Eli Sabia. number one managed to Lanzarote’s delivery from ATK Mohun Bagan Gurpreet was called get his gloves to the cross a free kick was sneaking Time: 7:30 PM into action once again and Bengaluru managed into the top corner before

Zverev, Struff seal Germany’s spot in ATP Cup semis

MELBOURNE, FEB 5 (IANS): Alexander Zverev bounced back after a tough singles defeat to world number one Novak Djokovic on Friday to help Germany seal their spot in the semi-finals of the ATP Cup for the first time.

Zverev partnered JanLennard Struff to register a 7-6(4), 5-7, 10-7 win in the deciding doubles rubber against Djokovic and Nikola Cacic.

Struff was Germany’s hero, having earlier won the No. 2 singles against DusanLajovic, before teaming with Zverev to seal the tie for Germany 2-1, knocking out the defending champion.

Germany advances to face Russia, the Group D winner, in Saturday’s semifinals, with the final to be played on Sunday. Team Russia is led by the double threat of Daniil Medvedev and Andrey Rublev, who are both ranked inside the Top 10 in the ATP rankings.

In a dramatic doubles, the Germans won six straight points from 2/4 down in the match tie-break, freezing out

Germany's Alexander Zverev, second right, and JanLennard Struff are congratulated by teammates. (PTI)

Djokovic at every opportunity and directing as much traffic as possible to the more inexperienced Cacic.

In last year’s ATP Cup final, Djokovic backed up from his singles win over Rafael Nadal to partner Viktor Troicki in the deciding doubles, which earned Serbia the inaugural title.

In the No.1 singles match, Djokovic extended his record at the ATP Cup to 11 straight wins after winning a three-set thriller against Zverev 6-7(3), 6-2, 7-5 to keep defending Serbia alive in the tie.

“I thought we both played well,” Djokovic said on court. “He definitely had

a big serving match. It was so difficult to play against him today. Missiles from the other side of the court, both first and second serve.

He was going for it, not too many double faults. You’ve got to give him credit for being courageous and trying his best... Overall it was a very enjoyable match.”

There was little to separate between Zverev and Djokovic throughout a tense opening set under the roof in Rod Laver Arena. There were no break-points on offer as both players leaned on big first serves to take control of the rallies. Zverev pulled away in the tie-break and closed out the set with an ace.

The Serbian adjusted his return position to deal with Zverev’s powerful second serves, the German gambling with first-serve levels of speed and power.

Djokovic took a step back and was rewarded with his first break of the match. He reeled off three games in a row to take a 5-2 lead with a perfectly placed lob landing plumb on the line.

CHENNAI, FEB 5 (IANS): England captain Joe Root’s third consecutive Test century (128 batting) and his 200-run stand for the third wicket with opener Dom Sibley helped the visitors reach 263 for three wickets at stumps on the first day of their first Test against India at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium on Friday.

Root became the ninth batsman to slam a century in his 100th Test.

Fast bowler JaspritBumrah dismissed Sibley on 87 off the last ball of the day to help India end it on a positive note for themselves. However, Sibley and Root’s partnership, coupled with a 63-run opening stand between the former and Rory Burns helped England take the upper hand on the first day of the Test.

England won the toss and chose to bat at the Chepauk Stadium. India opted to play three spinners in Ravichandran Ashwin, Washington Sundar and Shahbaz Nadeem along with two fast bowlers Ishant Sharma and Bumrah.

Burns and Sibley almost saw England through to lunch without losing

England’s Joe Root plays a shot during Day 1 of the first cricket test match between India and England. (PTI)

a wicket in an attritional first session of the match.

However, Ashwin got the breakthrough for the hosts as Burns mistimed a reverse sweep off the spinner. The ball lobed up into the air and wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant completed a simple catch.

Just two overs later, Bumrah dismissed Dan Lawrence, who came in at one down, on a duck to force Root to walk in for the last over of the session.

Root and Sibley then ensured that England did not lose a wicket in the next session and almost repeated that in the final session of the day. However, Bumrah trapped Sibley

in front of his leg stump with a delivery that was pitched high. The umpire raised his finger and Sibley reviewed the decision, only for it to be confirmed by the replays. The umpires called stumps with the fall of that wicket.

Root walked back to the pavilion having scored his 20th Test century. He had scored 186 and 228 in England’s last two Tests against Sri Lanka. He has hit 14 fours and one six thus far in the innings.

BRIEF SCORES: England 263/3 (Joe Root 128 batting, Dom Sibley 87; JaspritBumrah 2/40) vs India.

Copa America may allow fans at stadiums

BUENOS AIRES, FEB 5 (IANS): This year’s Copa America is likely to be played with the presence of fans at stadiums, the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) has said. The competition is due to be held in Colombia and Argentina from June 11 to July 10, having been postponed by a year because of the Covid-19 pandemic, reports Xinhua

news agency. It will be the first time that the world’s oldest continental football tournament will be played in two countries. “I am very optimistic after speaking with the sports ministers of the two countries. There is a high probability that there will be fans,” CONMEBOL president Alejandro Dominguez said in an interview broadcast on Argentine

television. “Both countries have very ambitious vaccination policies and they expect to reach almost 50 per cent (of the population) before June.

And to that, one adds the (herd) immunity that is generated.” Last December, Dominguez said the Copa America would be “impossible” without fans because of the competition’s dependence on gate receipts.

Williams withdraws from semis against Barty

Serena Williams

MELBOURNE, FEB 5 (AGENCIES): Serena Williams has withdrawn from her Yarra Valley Classic semi-final against world number one Ashleigh Barty with a right shoulder injury.

Williams had earlier beaten fellow American Danielle Collins 6-2 4-6 10-6 in the last eight in Melbourne.

Australian Barty, who won 7-5 2-6 10-4 against American Shelby Rogers, has received a walkover into the final.

Williams will be seeking a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam singles title at the Australian Open.

The first Slam of the

Ashleigh Barty

year begins on Monday and all six ATP and WTA warm-up events are being held at Melbourne Park.

Williams, 39, won her last major title at the Australian Open in 2017.

She missed the 2018 competition and reached the quarter-finals in 2019, but fell in the third round last year.

Barty will play either Garbine Mugur uza or Marketa Vondrousova in the final.

Spain’s Mugur uza thrashed Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin 6-2 6-2 in a rematch of last year’s final.

America’s Kenin made 28 unforced errors and left

the court in tears after the 77-minute defeat.

Czech Vondrousova beat Nadia Podoroska of Argentina 3-6 6-3 10-4.

Third sets in the WTA are being played over a 10-point super tie-break following the delay to the tournaments because of Covid-19 testing.

Azarenka through but Halep out Victoria Azarenka saved two match points in her first match of the year to beat Kazakhstan’s YuliaPutintseva and reach the Grampians Trophy quarter-finals.

The Belarussian, who is a two-time Australian Open champion, overcame

a dreadful second set to win 6-4 1-6 11-9.

She will play Estonia’s AnettKontaveit next after the sixth seed beat Bethanie Mattek-Sands 7-5 7-5.

Angelique Kerber, a former world number one and the 2016 champion at Melbourne Park, beat OnsJabeur 6-4 6-4 to set up a quarter-final against Maria Sakkari.

However, top seed Simona Halep appeared to struggle with a lower back problem as she lost her Gippsland Trophy quarterfinal.

Two-time Grand Slam champion Halep won the first two games of the match against Ekaterina Alexandrova before the Russian breezed past her 6-2 6-1.

Halep received medical attention after the first set and was given a lower back brace but her movement and power was lacking throughout the match.

Alexandrova will play Kaia Kanepi of Estonia in the semi-finals.

Japan’s Naomi Osaka, who is one of the favourites for the Australian Open title, advanced with a 7-5 6-1 win over Irina-Camelia Begu of Romania.

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