January 15, 2021

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Nagaland receives first batch of COVID vaccine

Vaccine dispatched to all the districts

Vax flagged-off to districts by Principal Secy Health, Amardeep Bhatia, under security cover. (NP)

District wise allocation of Covishield vaccine Allocation in doses Mon 1,620 Dimapur 6,640 Kiphire 670 Kohima 5,240 Longleng 660 Mokokchung 2,980 Peren 1,140 Phek 1,860 Tuensang 1,650 Wokha 1,840 Zunheboto 1,670 Correspondent/Staff Reporter District

KO H I M A / D I M A P U R JAN 14 (NPN): Nagaland is all geared up to roll out COVID vaccine on January 16 as the first consignment of Covishield reached Dimapur by an Indigo flight from New Delhi Thursday.

Fuel prices rise for 2nd consecutive day D I M A P U R , JA N 1 4 (NPN): State-owned oil marketing companies increased the prices of petrol and diesel prices by 25 paisa per litre for second consecutive day on Thursday.

According to IOCL website, petrol in the national capital was sold at the new record high level of Rs 84.70 per litre while diesel prices increased to Rs 74.88 per litre.

After today’s rate revision, petrol price in Dimapur rose to Rs.87.09 per litre while diesel price increased to Rs.77.97 per litre. In the state capital Kohima, price of petrol was hiked to Rs.88.06 per litre and diesel price was raised to Rs.78.67 per litre.

The OMCs’ patience of holding back fuel prices was broken last week on Wednesday when they increased the retail price of petrol and diesel for the first time this year after over a month-long pause.

Oil companies executives said that petrol and diesel prices may increase further in coming days as retail prices may have to be balanced in line with global developments to prevent OMCs from making loss on sale of auto fuels, IANS reported.

This is it!

“Everything now is online.

That reminds me, I’ll need your card for online shopping today.”

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(From top) Health department officials briefing the media and boxes of Covishiled vaccines that were received on Thursday. (NP)

The vaccine was flagged off to the districts

by Health & Family Welfare (H&FW) principal secretary Amardeep Singh Bhatia at a brief ceremony at the H&FW directorate here later in the evening.

On the occasion, Bhatia disclosed that 26,500 doses of the Covishield manufactured by Serum Institute of India, in collaboration with Oxford-Astrazeneca, reached the State and was being dispatched to all districts, adding that the vac-

cine would be administered to over 12,000 healthcare workers after its formal launch on January 16.

He said the entire vaccination process would be closely monitored in order to ensure that there was very little wastage of the vaccine and in full accordance with the guidelines issued by the Centre.

He later demonstrated the level of safety measures followed in packaging the vaccines to preserve it and continue the cold chain

while storing and transporting.

As per the schedule, after Prime Minister Narendra Modi officially launches the vaccine on January 16, Nagaland, along with rest of the country, will follow suit and roll out the vaccine at government hospitals across the State.

In the first phase, the vaccine will be administered to healthcare workers, while the vaccine will be given to frontline workers in the second phase. The third phase will make the vaccine available to those aged 50 and above and the fourth phase will include people below 50 years of age and above 18 years who have co-morbid conditions, including diabetes, cardiovascular illness, cancer, infectious diseases, and dementia.

The vaccine will not be given to people below 18 years of age since it was yet to be tested on them.

Meanwhile, during a media sensitisation workshop on the vaccine held at Hotel Vivor, Kohima Thursday afternoon, H&FW principal director V. Suokhrie allayed various apprehensions doing the rounds in regard to the vaccine. (Cont’d on p-6)

100 beneficiaries to get vax in Dimapur Earlier, on arrival at Dimapur airport, the COVID vaccine was received by chief medical officer (CMO) Dr. Mereninla Senlem and other officials.

She said 100 beneficiaries would receive the vaccine at District Hospital, Dimapur in the first phase.

Mentioning that she was not sure about the arrival of the next consignment, Dr. Mereninla was hopeful that the State would receive more consignments. She claimed that the State had good storage facilities for maintaining the required temperature between 2 and 8 degree Celsius.

According to cold chain operations officer, the State currently had one walk-in cooler, five ice-line refrigerators and three deep freezers to carry out the COVID vaccine drive effectively.

Plane faces technical snag: The Delhi bound IndiGo passenger flight, that transported the vaccine, was grounded for few hours due to technical snag and took off only at around 7.30 p.m. from Dimapur.

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Donald Trump becomes first US President to be impeached twice WASHINGTON, JAN 14 (PTI): Donald Trump became the first president in US history to be impeached twice when 10 of his fellow Republican Congressmen joined Democrats in the House of Representatives to charge him with inciting an unprecedented insurrection at the US Capitol last week.

In a bipartisan vote, the Democratic-controlled House on Wednesday impeached Trump by 232 to 197 votes, exactly one week after pro-Trump rioters forced lawmakers to flee from the very chamber in which they cast ballots in during the fourth presidential impeachment in US history.

Ten Republicans joined all Democrats to impeach 74-year-old Trump for “incitement of insurrection” for his actions on January 6, when he delivered a speech inciting his supporters to storm the US Capitol.

The violence temporarily halted the counting of Electoral College votes and resulted in the deaths of five individuals, including a police officer.

Trump will now face a

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi displays the signed article of impeachment against President Donald Trump. (AP/PTI)

trial in the Senate, where if convicted he could face being barred from ever holding office again. The Senate is adjourned till January 19, a day before the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden as the 46th President of the United States.

The House went ahead with the move after Vice President Mike Pence on Tuesday refused to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove Trump from office.

Trump will not have to quit the White House before his term ends as the Senate is out of regular session.

The House voted after several hours of impassioned debate as National Guard

troops kept watch inside and outside the Capitol.

The article of impeachment stated that Trump “repeatedly issued false statements asserting that the presidential election results were fraudulent and should not be accepted”.

As the impeachment was in process in the House, Trump urged for calm as security agencies reported they had received inputs of a possible armed violence by his supporters here and across the country ahead of the inauguration of Biden.

Democrats need 17 Republican votes to impeach Trump in the 100-member Senate.

MHA extends validity of FCRA ‘Angh’ to represent India at Clermont Nagaland COVID tally 12035 registration of NGOs till May 31 Ferrand International Film Festival COVID-19 STATUS AS ON january 14, 2021 NEW DELHI, JAN 14 (PTI): Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has extended the validity of registration certificates issued to NGOs under the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, expiring between September 29, 2020 and May 31, 2021, till May 31 this year. It is mandatory for NGOs receiving foreign funding to register under the FCRA and the decision is expected to be beneficial for several thousand NGOs and other voluntary organisations whose registrations have expired since September 29.

In a notification, the MHA said it is mandated to administer the FCRA and section 12(6) of the act provides that the certificate granted shall be valid for a period of five years from the date of issue.

The act was amended last year and the amended law was notified on Sep-

tember 29, 2020. As per the amended law, providing Aadhaar number of the office bearer of an NGO has been made mandatory for registration of the organisation under FCRA. According to the rules issued after the amended FCRA, NGOs which intend to receive foreign funding must have an existence of at least three years and spent Rs 15 lakh in voluntary activities prior to their applications.

NGOs will also have to submit a specific commitment letter from the donor indicating the amount of foreign contribution and the purpose for which it is proposed to be given.

Over Rs 58,000 crore foreign funds were received

by NGOs registered under the FCRA between 201617 and 2018-19. There are around 22,400 NGOs in the country.

DIMAPUR, JAN 14 (NPN): ‘Angh’ a fictional short film from Nagaland has been selected to be featured at the Clermont Ferrand International Film Festival in France. ‘Angh’ written and directed by Theja Rio and produced by Theja Rio and Nancy Nisa Beso was the only film from India that was accepted.

The festival received tens of thousands of short films from around the world, with ‘Angh’ among the 77 short films that made it to the final cut of. The Festival will begin from January 29 till February 6, 2021. ‘Angh’ will be making its world premiere at the Festival on a date yet to be announced.

It may be mentioned that the Clermont Ferrand International Film Festival, held annually, is the biggest international festival dedicated to short films and widely considered to be the most

prestigious. All the short films accepted at the Clermont Ferrand Film festival automatically become ‘Oscar Qualified’ (qualified to be Oscar nominated) and hence lures the biggest filmmakers from across the globe.

The film, shot in Nagaland in 2019, is a story about a father and a son who were the last people

in their village to convert to Christianity. The entire post production phase of the film took place in Mumbai.

Despite the subject of the story being from and shot in Nagaland, the people who worked on the film were from diverse backgrounds like- Vincenzo Condorelli, an Italian cinematographer; Sagar Desai, an American/ Indian music composer (Death in the Gunj, Quick Gun Murugan) who composed the music for the film; Bhupesh Micky Sharma (Editor of Chauti Khoot, signed into the film as editor and Hassan Hassandost, an acclaimed Iranian editor was on board as the Editing consultant for Angh.

“We were also fortunate to have a lot of talented cast and crew members from Nagaland and the North East (Guwahati especially) who worked tirelessly on the film,” said Theja Rio.

Gurugram cops bust gang that sold stolen luxury cars in Nagaland GURUGRAM, JAN 14 (IANS): In a major crackdown on vehicle theft, the Gur ugram Police have nabbed a Nagaland-based illegal dealer of luxury cars that are stolen from Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan and other states.

After changing their engine numbers, chassis numbers and registration numbers, these cars were then sold in the remote North Eastern states and in Gurugram, the police said on Thursday. The arrested car dealer, who is the kingpin in the racket, was identified as Kikheto of Nagaland’s Dimapur district. He confessed before the police that he has sold 50 luxury cars after fabricating their engine, chassis and registration numbers.

The nexus was unearthed by police with the arrest of two culprits identified as Ankit of Hisar and Zalal

Accused under custody of Gurugram police (Pics: Nation Scoop)

of Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh on December 17, 2020 by the crime unit Sector-10 of the Gurugram police. With the arrest of the duo police claimed to have solved 9 cases of vehicle thefts reported in Gurugram.

The police seized 2 number plates, 1 tab (used to unlock vehicles), 3 sockets, 1 lead, 1 plate instrument, 1 device emulator and 1 master key from the duo.

While 1 tab, 4 fake engines/ chassis number plates and

4 fake number plates (of Arunachal Pradesh) were also recovered from the possession of the dealer.

The two accused revealed that they were part of a gang active in Gurugram and they had stolen two Fortuner cars from Gurugram and had sold it to Kikheto who is an illegal dealer of luxury cars in Nagaland.

According to the police, Ankit and Zalal were arrested on December 17 and were on eight days police

remand. During interrogation, the duo disclosed that they used to break open the luxury cars with the help of a tab (device). They had easily attached the luxury car software with their tab and unlocked the cars and after stealing the cars they took them to Dimapur, and sold the vehicle to the dealer.

“After their disclosure the crime unit Sector-10 led

by Sub-Inspector Dalpat Singh swung into action and with the help of technical support and lead inputs about the dealer of luxury car received from the sources the police team arrested him on December 21 and took him on six days’ transit remand after producing him in a Dimapur court,” said Preet Pal Sangwan, ACP (crime).

The car dealer was on December 26 was produced before a court in Gurugram which sent him to 13 days’

police remand and later on January 12 he was again produced in district court which again sent him on 4 days’ police remand.

“During questioning the kingpin Kikheto revealed that he used to buy stolen vehicles from various districts including Haryana, Delhi and NCR region, Rajasthan and other states on a large scale and then fraudulently changed the engine numbers and chassis numbers of those vehicles and after making fake registrations he then sold the vehicles.

“The accused confessed that around 50 such luxury vehicles have been sold in Gurugram. Further probe is underway,” Sangwan said.

A complaint had been filed by Umed Singh, a resident of Gurugram in September 2019. He stated that his Fortuner was stolen from outside his house.

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DIMAPUR, JAN 14 (NPN): Nagaland COVID19 tally rose to 12035 on Thursday after 32 new cases were reported-- 28 in Kohima, 3 in Dimapur and 1 in Mokokchung.

Further, the distribu-

tion across various categories include 4659 cases from the armed forces/police, 1849 returnees, 4955 traced contacts and 572 frontline workers. As on December 23, the state has 377 active cases.

PM to launch COVID vax drive on Jan 16

NEW DELHI, JAN 14 (PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch India’s COVID-19 vaccination drive on January 16 via video conferencing and adequate doses of the two made-in-India vaccines have been delivered to all states and Union Territories, the government said on Thursday. This will be the world’s largest vaccination programme covering the entire length and breadth of the country and all preparations are in place to initiate the programme on the principles of ‘Jan Bhagidari’, the Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement. A total of 3,006 session sites across all states will be virtually connected during the launch and around 100 beneficiaries will be vaccinated at each session site on the first day, the statement said.States and UTs have been advised to utilise a maximum of 10 days in a fortnight for the COVID-19 vaccination.

Power shutdown in Dimapur, Peren

DIMAPUR, JAN 14 (NPN): Power department has informed that there would be power shutdown on January 16 and January 18, 2021 under Dimapur and Peren districts for installation of new protection system at 2x100MVA 132/66/33kV sub-station. In a press note, executive engineer (Trans) Dimapur Er. SI Asangba Tikhir informed that consumers availing power supply from the following sub-stations—66/11kV Sovima, 66/11kV Chumoukedima, 66/11 kV Burma camp (Power House), 66/33/11kV Dairy Farm, 66/33/11kV Nito Farm, 66/33/11kV Ganeshnagar, 33/11kV Jalukie—would be affected from 6am to 1pm on January 16, 2021. Further, consumers availing power supply from the following sub-stations—33/11kV Supermarket, 33/11 kV Referral, 33/11kV Industrial Estate, 33/11kV Metha and 33/11kV Medziphema—would be affected from 6am to 1pm on January 18, 2021. In the light of the above, the department has requested all affected consumers to bear with the inconvenience.

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WEATHER FORECAST January 15

(Temperature in ºC)

Max Min

Agartala Hazy sun

25 10

Hazy sun

22 7

Guwahati Hazy sun

25 12

Hazy sun

24 7

Aizawl Imphal

Itanagar Mostly sunny and pleasant

24 12

Shillong Hazy sun

18 6

Mostly sunny

20 7

Dimapur Hazy sunshine

25 11

Kohima Mkg

Sunny to partly cloudy

Tuensang Mostly sunny and cooler

22 8 17 5

Hazy sun

21 10

Zunheboto Hazy sun

20 7

Wokha

AHoDs & HoDs meeting Dimapur: Chief secretary, Nagaland has in circular notified that the next administrative heads of department and heads of departments will be held on January 19 at the secretariat conference hall, Nagaland Civil Secretariat Kohima.

All AHoDs and HoDs have been informed to attend the meeting positively.

H. Haiying inaugurating the ITC Dan (Pangsha) to Shinnyu road at Shinnyu village on January 13. (DIPR)

DIMAPUR: Advisor of Prisons, Printing and Stationery, H. Haiying inaugurated ITC Dan (Pangsha) to Shinnyu road on January 13 at Shinnyu village, in the presence of advisor, DUDA N. Bongkhao Konyak.

According to DIPR report, during the inaugural programme, Haiying stated that the inter district road of Mon and Noklak, constructed under the Department of Under Developed Area was a milestone achievement of Tobu area of Mon district and Pangsha area of Noklak district. Since very long time, “we” have been longing for this road and today, “our” dream has been fulfilled, he said. Pointing out that this road will become the lifeline of the

region where connectivity between the neighbouring villages of Khiamniungan and Konyak was of paramount importance, Haiying said that this necessary as “our” ancestors have been living peacefully even in the past. For development in the most remote region, he sought cooperation from all walks of life to support the government in all developmental activities.

N. Bongkhao Konyak expressed sincere appreciation to the contractor and officers of DUDA department for the successful completion of road. He also thanked the villagers, NGOs and public from all walks of life for co-operation and requested them to continue their support to the government.

Khiamniungan Tribal Council, vice-president L. Buming in his short speech expressed appreciation to the advisors Haiying and Bongkhao for their efforts to complete the road and expressed hope that the road would be a lifeline of the region. Executive engineer, DUDA, Er. Imti Chang presented the technical report on construction of ITC Dan to Shinnyu village road.

Dedication of road was led

by Shinnyu village Baptist Church, pastor, Phonglei Konyak.

H. Haiying also inaugurated the football ground of Shinnyu village which was constructed under DUDA and also declared the Tobu Area Students Union sports meet open at Shinnnyu village.

Nagaland Post, Dimapur FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 2021

National level Kala Utsav online competition in Kma

Mmhonlumo Kikon urges COVID-19 warriors to avail vaccine opportunity

KOHIMA: Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Education, India and the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) New Delhi is jointly organising the Art Festival.

A press release by SAMAGRA assistant mission director, Liyalo Apon stated that, on January 14, Raj of class 9 from GHS Sarbura Dimapur and Sokulu Lohe class 12 from GHSS Chozuba, representing Nagaland participated in the instrumental classical music national level online competition Kala Utsav Art Festival at Highland Dawn Media near High Junction Kohima.

The online competition will continue till January 22. The visual art 2D, 3D and indigenous toys and games is scheduled from January 15 to 16 at RGHSS multipur pose hall Kohima, wherein 6 students (3 male and 3 female) will be representing Nagaland.

blessings for the village in the days ahead.

He further called on the COVID-19 warriors and frontline workers to shed sense of doubt and fear, and to avail the opportunity for COVID-19 vaccination. He said that Covishield vaccination is made available to the citizens after completing all the necessary clinical trials and steps for all round safety. Rev. Mhonimo Kikon, in his dedicatory prayer invoked God's presence and blessings in the programme chaired by Mmhonlumo at the inaugural of the newly constructed B. Longshi Odyuo.

SDPDB meeting Pughoboto Dimapur: Additional deputy commissioner & vice chairman, SDPDB Pughoboto, Thungchanbemo Tungoe has informed that the sub-divisional planning & development board meeting will be held on January 18, 11 a.m at the DB’s court Pughoboto.

All members have been asked to attend the meeting positively.

village gate at Bhandari village on January 14.

(DIPR)

DIMAPUR: Advisor of IT, Science and Technology and NRE, Mmhonlumo Kikon lauded the COVID-19 warriors and frontline workers led by the civil administration who worked closely with the medical, police and other support departments under his constituency, Bhandari, stating that their selfless service has earned recognition as the most efficient sub-division in COVID-19 prevention and management for public health safety.

According to DIPR report, he said this while inaugurating the newly constructed village gate which was funded under LADF 2019-3020 at Bhandari village on January 14. Appreciating the village for utilizing the allotted fund judiciously in constructing the landmark structure, he also wished that it may usher in more developmental steps and

OBITUARY

13/06/1961 – 26/12/2020 We, the bereaved families of our brother Lt. TALIMEREN AO (JAPU VILLAGE) would like to express our deepest gratitude & appreciation to all individuals, friends, well-wishers, churches and organisations, who stood by us during our most difficult times through spiritually, physically, materially, financially and unconditional moral support at his sudden demise.

We regret our inability to thank each and everyone individually. However, it is our honest prayer that our Almighty God bless you all abundantly.

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1st DEATH ANNIVERSARY LATE IZUTO ZHIMO

1st DEATH ANNIVERSARY

Loving Brothers, Sisters & Family Members.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

CNSA consultative meeting on Jan 20 Dimapur: Central Nagaland Students’ Association (CNSA) has convened its consultative meeting on January 20, 11 a.m at its office chamber, Dimapur.

All the executives of CNSA, unit presidents and gen. secretaries of AKM, LSU and SKK have been requested to attend the meeting.

One year has passed without you. Each passing day we hold your presence in our hearts. Your memories are missed with silent tears. You are forever in our hearts until we meet again.

Loving wife and sons DP-263

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT "God is in the midst of her, She shall not be moved; God shall help her, just at the break of dawn."

Psalm 46:5

Asheli K. Aye

14-02-1975 – 15-01-2020 Dearest Mom, in life we loved you dearly, the love for you remain the same though you are not here with us today.

Your memories, love and prayer will always keep us happy and strong.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Late W. Hekkei Konyak

A woman, mother and grandmother of Grace and benevolence for 94 years Lt. Chape Heniro born in 1927, left for Eternal rest on 07/01/2021.

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LT. YENTSAO MOZHUI BORN : 10-07-1944 – DIED : 10-01-2021 The bereaved family of Late Yentsao Mozhui, S/o Lt. Hayibomo Mozhui, Bhandari Village, would like to extend our heartfelt gratitude and thanks to every individuals, neighbors, friends, churches, relatives far and near ones who stood by us physically, financially, materially and prayer support during his illness till his last breath.

We would also like to extend our appreciation to: 1. Doctors, nurses & staff of M.H Hospital, Dimapur 2. Merapani Village Baptist Church 3. Merapani Village Council 4. A.G Church Merapani 5. Bhandari Village Baptist Church 6. Bhandari Town Baptist Church 7. Believers Eastern Church, Nahorjan, K/A, Assam We deeply regret and apologize for our inability to thank each and every person individually. It is our sincere prayer that the Lord will continue to bless you all abundantly.

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We, her most loved family members express our profound gratefulness to the pastors and members of MBC Kohima and Dimapur, officers and staff of NPWD Kohima, all friends, neighbours, relatives and well wishers far and near for your unconditional support, spiritually, physically, financially and prayerfully during the illness and sad departure of our dear mother. Your contribution in any way was greatly comforting and made our loss bearable. Please accept this piece of acknowledgement as our deepest and most sincere gratitude to each one of you.

May God Almighty bless you all in return.

Her bereaved loved ones Son, Daughter, In-laws & Grandchildren

Loving Wife, Children, Grandchildren, In-laws & Relatives

29/12/1993 – 08/01/2021 For if we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord.

So then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord's.

(Romans 14:8) We, the bereaved family members would like to express our profound gratitude and appreciation to all those who stood by us during the illness and the sad demise of our beloved Lt. W. Hekkei Konyak, who left us for his heavenly abode on 08/01/2021 at Civil Hospital, Mon. We cannot thank each and every person individually but we sincerely pray that the Almighty God bless you all abundantly. We shall ever remember and remain grateful to you all.

We convey our special thanks to: - Aboi Town Baptist Church - Pinkhong Youth, Aboi Town - Aboi Area Union, Mon - Youngster Club, Aboi Town - Counseling & Prayer Ministry, Aboi - Langmeing Union, Aboi - Langmeing Students' Union - YINDO Club, Langmeing Village - Mr. & Mrs. Temsu - Doctors and nurses of Civil Hospital, Mon - Naga Christian Fellowship, Mumbai Hekkei is dearly remembered by his friends far and near, for his upright character and close walk with God. He was a fine gentleman, well regarded by both young and old. His exemplary life will live on forever in our hearts.

‘Heartfelt thanks to our relatives, friends, neighbors & all well wishers’ Loving Parents, Siblings, Relatives & Loved Ones.

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Nagaland Post, Dimapur FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 2021

Drugs worth over Rs 34.12 crore disposed in Manipur

Manipur CM N Biren Singh setting fire drugs disposed by police in Imphal East district on Thursday.

Correspondent IMPHAL, JAN 14: Narcotics and Affairs of Border (NAB) of Manipur police on Thursday disposed off pretrial drugs and psychotropic substances worth around Rs 34,12,09,910 in the international market.

The narcotic drugs seized by NAB and various units of the state police were disposed off at Pungdongbam Chingmang in Imphal East district.

Chief minister N Biren Singh set the drugs on fire in the presence of ministers, MLAs, high ranking police officers, media persons, villagers and local leaders.

The contraband items consigned to flames today

comprised 2. 271 kg of Heroin powder, 273. 87 kg of Ganja, 5,80,853 pieces of WY tablets, 1,22,696 pieces of SP capsules and 530 N-10 tablets.

The items were seized

by NAB, Thoubal, Bishnupur, Noney, Senapati, Imphal West and Imphal East district police, according to the police.

After setting the drugs on fire, the chief minister warned police personnel from involving in narcotic drug trafficking in future.

He said, “Government would terminate the service if anybody from the Manipur police department is found guilty in drug and psychotropic substance related cases no matter whether he

or she is a relative or a family member.” He informed that around 40 departmental enquiries involving police personnel regarding drug related cases were going on.

The chief minister asserted that the ‘War on Drugs’ was not an idea conceptualised recently for him. He said he began to feel the need of an effective campaign against intoxicants in the mid-90s when he was the editor of a vernacular daily.

Urging different organisations to come up with a sincere mind in this regard, he said that the government would definitely consider all the valid points and suggestions.

He said that instead of making fun of the mission, the government’s efforts should be acknowledged.

The chief minister stated that travelling to most interior areas hiking difficult terrains to destroy poppy plants and convincing villagers to grow alternative cash crops in place of poppy is not an easy task.

“It needs efforts guided by true conviction,” he said, even as he lauded NAB, Manipur police, paramilitary forces and all those involved in the ‘War on Drugs.’

Former M’laya CM writes to SC on ‘illegal coal mining’ Correspondent SHILLONG, JAN 14: Leader of Opposition in the Meghalaya Assembly and former chief minister, Dr Mukul Sangma has written to the Chief Justice, Supreme Court of India about the “continuous illegal coal mining in the State and illegal transportation of illegally mined coal thereof ”.

In his letter dated January 13, 2021 sent through the Chief Secretary, Meghalaya, MS Rao and copies of which were also forwarded to Chief Justice of High court of Meghalaya, Chairman, National Green Tribunal, and Chairman of Meghalaya Lokayukta, the veteran Congress leader said that he had made a visit to Khliehrangnah, Shangpung, West Jaintia Hills, on the October 28, 2020 to verify the truth from the ground zero.

Mukul Sangma stated that upon arrival at the site, as led by the Deputy Commissioner, Jowai and Divisional Mining Officer, Jowai, coal dumped in a scattered manner in number of depot(s)/dumping ground were found and the site indicated recently that mined coal, apparently carried by siding trucks or dumper trucks, were

Free coaching for IIT-JEE aspirants

Sanjay K Singh and others at the coaching programme for IITEE aspirants in Dimapur on Thursday. (NP) Staff Reporter DIMAPUR, JAN 14 (NPN): Good news for IIT-EE aspirants as a reputed coaching institute has announced free coaching programme under the banner “Scholars Super-30” for the student of Nagaland, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh.

Announcing this at the press conference held here on Thursday, director for Scholars Super-30, Sanjay K Singh told media persons that 30 best students each from

the three states will be selected to undergo free coaching at TKC Campus-Tezpur. He said that 50% seats will be reserved for SC and ST candidates.

The director said candidates will have to pay only Rs. 100 at the time of registration and coaching will be conducted free under the mentorship of Super-30 fame, Dr. Y.S.Parmar, PhD-IIT Kanpur.

Once selected they have to pay only for the accommodation and lodging, which will be arranged

by TKC centre Tezpur, the direc-

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Students appearing class 10, 11 and 12 examinations from the recognised schools/institutions will be eligible for the coaching.

But students have to undergo written test and interview in order to be part of the Super-30, he said.

The institute is also planning to open the centre in Dimapur next year, Singh said.

The director announced that entrance test for the aspirants of Nagaland will be conducted on March 28, 2021.

Forms will be available at Edu-Care Montessori and Primary Teacher Institute, United Colony Ward no. 20, Nagarjan near DEO office, Dimapur. Necessary details can be contacted Scholars Super-30 incharge of Nagaland, Tsupan at 6901260484 and 9436432893.

It may be noted that Scholars Super-30 is a highly ambitious and innovative free coaching programme for deserving meritorious students that spans over 11-15 months and aims to prepare students for sure success in IIT-JEE. The campus for coaching programme is located at Goroimari (near Airforce station), Tezpur, Assam and will be managed by TKC Auberge, which is known for managing hostel service for students.

The programme is an initiative of CSAR Learning Solutions Private Limited in IIT-JEE coaching programme.

dumped in a scattered manner in number of depot(s)/ dumping grounds.

The letter said,“ The respective truck loads, which were dumped in a scattered manner, were counted jointly by the Deputy Commissioner, Jowai and Divisional Mining Officer, Jowai in presence of the team led by me and a manuscripted copy indicating the number of truck loads duly signed on the spot by both DC, Jowai and DMO, jowai, was handed over to me. The total quantity counted was 1064 truck loads and each truck loads must be in the range of 12 to 16 MTs.” “This reveals the fact that the actual quantity of coal at the site was less than 20,000 MTs, while the enquiry report of the DMO, Jowai, vide letter No. DMO-J/R/23/2019/57, Dated :Jowai, the 2nd June 2020, indicated is 1,41,000 MT (Approximately) as per the figure available in the copy of the replies to RTI enclosed in the representation submitted to you by Shri S.N.Marak,” Sangma claimed in the letter.

He said that illegal coal mining is still taking place in violation of MMDR Act 1957 and the “complete violation of the ban by the NGT on illegal coal mining”.

10 more Delhi-bound Rohingyas from Myanmar arrested Guwahati/Agartala, Jan 14 (IANS): With the arrest of 10 more Myanmar Rohingyas, a total of 45 Myanmarese, including women and children, have been detained in the past two months for illegally entering northeast India, officials said on Thursday.

Northeast Frontier Railways’s (NFR) Chief Public Relations Officer Subhanan Chanda said that 10 Rohingyas, including five children and two women, were detained in the New Delhi-bound Rajdhani Special train on Wednesday. They were immediately de-boarded from the train at New Jalpaiguri station in West Bengal by the railway security personnel.

Chanda said that during interrogation they disclosed that they belong to the Rohingya community and boarded the train from Agartala station in Tripura.

“The foreign nationals crossed over to India’s Tripura on January 10 from Comilla in Bangladesh and boarded a train from Agartala with the help of an agent. They had come from Kutupalong refugee camp located in Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh,” he said.

10 Rohingyas were detained in the New Delhi-bound Rajdhani Special train on Wednesday. IANS All the arrested persons were handed over to the Government Railway Police (GRP) in New Jalpaiguri. The Assam police, Railway Protection Force (RPF) and GRP troopers arrested 35 more Rohingyas, including children and a woman, in separate incidents during the past two months. They are now in jail.

The NFR operates fully and partially in six of the eight northeastern states, excluding Meghalaya and Sikkim, and in seven districts of West Bengal and five districts of north Bihar. Rohingyas from refugee camps in southeast Bangladesh often enter the northeastern states of India illegally in search of jobs or get trapped in human trafficking. Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB)

Director General Maj Gen Shafeenul Islam had said that the Rohingya refugees are a big problem and unless they return to Myanmar, the problem would remain for India and other countries.

After attending the five-day 51st Director General Level talks in Guwahati from December 22-26 with his Border Security Force (BSF) counterpart, Islam said that Rohingya Muslims are not only found in India, they are found across the world including countries like Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia.

BSF DG Rakesh Asthana, who led the Indian team in the meeting, said that Rohingya Muslims are being occasionally caught in different parts of the country by the state security forces.

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NH condoles demise Sainik School Punglwa XXIV LBA meeting held of Krurovi Peseyie DIMAPUR: Naga Hoho (NH) has expressed profound sorrow at the demise of Krurovi Peseyie, former speaker of NH on January 12. A condolence note

by NH general secretary, K. Elu Ndang stated that, late Krurovi was a dedicated leader and humble person, who had actively participated in various issues and contributed a lot towards strengthening the Naga Hoho.

NH stated that, Nagas throughout the length and breadth of Naga areas will always cherish his noble sacrifice and remember his deed in the annals of Naga history.

Naga Hoho conveyed deepest condolences to the bereaved family members and prays that the departed soul rest in eternal peace.

Maj. Gen. Pankaj Kaushik presiding over the meeting of LBA held on January 12.

Patton extends festival greetings

DIMAPUR: Deputy CM, Y. Patton has extended greetings to Chakhesang community on the occasion of Sokronye falling on January 15, the Yimchunger’s Tsungkamneo and Kuki’s Mimkut on the 16 and 17 respectively. Patton in a greetings note to the three communities stated, “On this festive season, let us explore the possibilities of bringing oneness and unity amongst brothers and sisters to make the festivals more memorable and meaningful”. On behalf of the state BJP legislatures, the Dy.CM wished the different communities peace and prosperity during their celebrations.

DIMAPUR: XXIV local board of administration (LBA) meeting of Sainik School Punglwa (SSP) was held on January 12.

A press release by SSP stated that, the meeting was presided over by chairman of SSPN, COS HQ 3 Corps, Maj Gen Pankaj Kaushik. Meeting elaborated major aspects pertaining to development of the school and academic standpoint.

Later, LBA chairman interacted with school staff and inspected various construction sites such as the newly constructed staff quarters, renovated

school gate and newly constructed gallery at the school ground.

The meeting was attended by BGS (Info Sys), Brig DCS Kanyal, Col GS (Edn) Col Nabarun Roy, deputy director and nodal officer, Directorate of Education, Emilo Patton and others.

Sainik School Punglwa Nagaland (SSPN) also observed “national youth day” by conducting a variety of online activities on January 12.

With the purpose of bolstering the knowledge and talent, Sainik School Punglwa organised virtual

slogan writing and drawing competition for classes 6 and 7.

Forty five cadets took part in the competition wherein Cdt Abhishek Kumar of class 6 C, Cdt Alok Kumar of class 6 C and Cdt Elitshe Naro of class 7 B stood first, second and third respectively.

Meanwhile, group captain principal of SSPN Prasun Basu encouraged the participants on intensive learning and preparation for forth coming examination and assured that such events would be organised more frequently once they joined the school.

District Task Force meetings held on COVID-19 vaccination roll-out

DIMAPUR: District Task Force (DTF) on COVID-19 meetings and training were held in Kohima, Dimapur, Mon and Mokokchung respectively.

Kohima: Kohima District Task Force (DTF) on COVID-19 held its meeting under the chairmanship of DC Kohima, Mohammed Ali Shihab A in the presence of minister incharge, Kohima district on COVID-19, minister for PWD (housing & mechanical), Tongpang Ozukum and advisor of Urban Development and Municipal Affairs, Dr. Neikiesalie Nicky Kire at DC’s conference hall Kohima on January 13.

According to DIPR report, ADC Kohima, Lithrongla Tongpi Rutsa highlighted the status of the district in regard to DTF activities. Meeting discussed on the agenda of official closer of quarantine K Y M C

centres at K Badze, ATI and IG stadium Kohima where CMO Kohima, Dr. Vezokholu informed that since second week of December 2020, no returnees were reported at quarantine centres as they had opted for paid quarantine or home isolation, however some blocks at K Badze were occupied by paramilitary forces. DTF meeting also deliberated on the roll out of COVID-19 vaccination where CMO, Dr. Vezokholu gave a powerpoint presentation.

DIO Dr. Rupert and Dr. Imli also presented on frequently asked questions on COVID-19 vaccine and related matters. In this regard, DC said proper micro plan was required, which needs to be sensitised to the masses. He called for a separate meeting to have proper planning and further sought for collective efforts of all section of stakehold-

ers and departments in this multiple challenges.

He also directed his administration officers to hold meeting in respective areas for planning in order to implement the vaccination successfully.

Dimapur: District Task Force (DTF) for Covid-19 vaccine meeting was held on January 14, chaired by DC Dimapur, Rajesh Soundararajan.

According to DIPR report, DC informed that the DTF for COVID-19 vaccine Dimapur was the first in the state to plan and successfully carried out the dry-run of the vaccination on January 2.

The details of the beneficiaries have been already uploaded in the CO-Win portal and on January 16, the first phase of vaccination will be launched in District Hospital Dimapur along with the rest of the country. The vaccination

drive will be carried out in a phase-wise manner with priority to health workers, frontline workers and those above 50 years of age. Dr. Rebecca, DPO, UIP/RCH presented an overview of disease and COVID-19 vaccine. She further informed that in the district, there will be a total of 21 vaccination sites and 54 sessions. A total of 4894 beneficiaries will be vaccinated in five days during the first phase. Rajesh K. Monsang, project officer, UNDP stated that the entire COVID-19 vaccination drive will be digitized using the CO-Win App. Rajesh Soundararajan in his closing remarks stated that all necessary logistics and infrastructure were in place for the first phase of vaccination and different plans will be made for different phases. He expressed his appreciations towards all stakeholders for their

continued support and co-operation and further urged all stakeholders to take collective responsibilities during the vaccination drive and also be prepared for manpower requisitions during the subsequent phases of vaccination.

Mon: Second meeting for District Task Force Committee (DTFC) for COVID-19 vaccination was held on January 14, at DC’s conference hall, under the chairmanship of DC Mon, Thavaseelan K. A press release by NHM Mon, media officer, Leeyan Chemshy stated that, DPO, UIP/ RCH, Dr Shasinle Tep announced the launching of the Covidshield vaccine on January 16 at District Hospital Mon and further highlighted on background of preparation for the first phase which was for health workers. She stated that there would be total 10 ses-

sion sites which included Mon DVS, Mon DH, Tizit PHC, Phomching PHC, Aboi CHC, Chen PHC, Changlangshu PHC, Tobu CHC, Wakching PHC, Naginimora PHC with 17 sessions and 95 vaccination team targeting 1397 beneficiaries. DC informed the DPO to furnish list of issues and requirements for the said phases so as to precede matters in order of time. The meeting continued with PPT on setting up and conducting vaccination session, monitoring and supervision, Covidshield factsheet and FAQs by DPO, UIP & RCH, Dr Shasinle Tep and DPM, Bonnie.

Mokokchung: Awareness training-cum-sensitisation programme on COVID-19 for the Home Guards, Women Home Guards & State Disaster Response Force personnel from the district was held at

the chief medical officer’s (CMO) conference hall, Mokokchung from January 11 to 13.

According to DIPR report, on the first day, Dy.CMO Mokokchung, Dr. Kibangkumba, welcomed the attendees and highlighted the importance of the sensitisation training. As part of frontline workers, they were made to understand the need to be prepared for any situation arising out of the COVID19 pandemic. Resource persons were Dr. Aonungdok, MMBS, PGDPHM, MPH (epidemiology & health systems), Dr. Tsipongchem Sangtam, MD (pathology) and Dr. Akumtemjen, district epidemiologist and Dr. Tiasunep.

A total of 51 participants attended the 3-day programme in 3 different batches from the district establishment of HGs, CD & SDRF, Mokokchung.

Meanwhile, Mokokchung District Task Force (DTF) meeting on COVID-19 vaccination was held at ADC conference hall on January 14, under the chairmanship of ADC Mokokchung, Shashank Pratap Singh.

A press release by CMO office stated that, CMO, Dr. R Chubala Aier informed the house about the launching of COVID vaccine on January 16 and hoped to work with collective efforts.

DPO (UIP&RCH), Dr. Ayangla Saku highlighted in powerpoint the overall preparation of the district for COVID-19 vaccine. She also informed that 2546 beneficiaries were registered for the 1st phase and since COVID-19 vaccine was new and was to be introduced amidst ongoing pandemic, proper supervision and monitoring of the activity was essential.

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Post-mortem

Vol. XXxI NO. 39 Dimapur, FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 2021

A pyrrhic impeachment

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onald Trump’s political future suffered a grave blow on January 13,2021 after the House impeached him for a second time, an unprecedented rebuke that may result in the White House doors being forever shut to him. It was a moment to savour for house speaker Nancy Pelosi, who represents those who has a pathological hatred for Trump. Nancy should remember her February 4,2020 humiliation, when Trump abruptly turned away when she extended her hand for a handshake. Nancy and Trump are from two extreme ideologies and have no love lost for each other. For the record, under Pelosi’s leadership, the House of Representatives impeached President Donald Trump, first on December 18, 2019, and again on January 13, 2021. Donald Trump will be remembered for being the most controversial US president ever. The backlash against Trump in the wake of the January 6 insurrection at the Capitol has been swift, creating an unprecedented test of the vice-like grip he’s held on his party since his 2016 political ascendance. The Capitol riot the president was accused of inciting sparked a wave of reactions such as the Trump’s banishment from Twitter, a 24-hour suspension by Facebook, having his Youtube taken off and also prompted corporate leaders to suspend donations to Republicans. In office, Trump made more enemies than friends as he was uncompromising and did cared little for diplomacy and mending fences.

He forcefully attacked the liberal elites in politics, the media and academia who favored the secular over the sacred, the global over the local, the urban over the rural, the educated over the uneducated, and burgeoning minorities over the declining white majority.

Of all, perhaps, the liberal media that is all over the place, was Trump’s archenemy. The media contributed hugely to the anti-Trump feeling across America.

The majority liberal media mischievously accused Trump of being anti-Muslim when he suspended travel to and from countries which promote terror attacks on the US. His attempt to stem the tide of illegal immigration, especially from across the border with Mexico, earned him the ire of Democrats. He vowed to punish American companies who set up manufacturing units in China but reward those who returned back. He fulfilled the promise to shift the American embassy to Jerusalem which no president did. He promoted the American middle class business and the conservative God-centric values, opposed same sex marriage etc.

These made him the perfect enemy of a left-liberal Democratic party. Many Democrats consider him to be a megalomaniac, a xenophobe, a homophobe, an Islamophobe, a racist, and a misogynist. What is however, interesting and intriguing about Democratic hatred for Trump is that there is really no ideological basis for it. It is no secret that Democrats, whether they call themselves liberals, leftists, progressives, Democratic socialists, or just plain socialists, hate Donald Trump. While condemning Trump , Democrats ignore the fact that they have never allowed him to govern in peace. Even on his inauguration day, seventy House Democrats boycotted his inauguration while some of them declared Trump to be an “illegitimate president.” They incited crowds to violent protests nationwide against Trump but when he urged crowds to peacefully protest, it was termed as insurrection.

Donald Trump will certainly go down in history as the president who exposed the underbelly of American mainstream politics and the claim of being the world’s oldest democracy.

DailyDevotion Called By God

I heard the voice of the Lord, saying: "Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us?" Then I said, "Here am I! Send me." —Isaiah 6:8 God did not direct His call to Isaiah— Isaiah overheard God saying, “…who will go for Us?” The call of God is not just for a select few but for everyone. Whether I hear God’s call or not depends on the condition of my ears, and exactly what I hear depends upon my spiritual attitude. “Many are called, but few are chosen” (Matthew 22:14). That is, few prove that they are the chosen ones. The chosen ones are those who have come into a relationship with God through Jesus Christ and have had their spiritual condition changed and their ears opened. Then they hear “the voice of the Lord” continually asking, “… who will go for Us?” However, God doesn’t single out someone and say, “Now, yougo.” He did not force His will on Isaiah. Isaiah was in the presence of God, and he overheard the call. His response, performed in complete freedom, could only be to say, “Here am I! Send me.”

Remove the thought from your mind of expecting God to come to force you or to plead with you.

When our Lord called His disciples, He did it without irresistible pressure from the outside. The quiet, yet passionate, insistence of His “Follow Me” was spoken to men whose every sense was receptive (Matthew 4:19). If we will allow the Holy Spirit to bring us face to face with God, we too will hear what Isaiah heard— “the voice of the Lord.” In perfect freedom we too will say, “Here am I! Send me.”

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If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded. ~ Maya Angelou

Nagaland Post, Dimapur FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 2021

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People’s confidence is a must

he need of the hour is winning this battle that has drained us economically, socially and psychologically. That said, the decision to roll out the vaccine is a good start. Let’s keep our fingers crossed.

A good policy must fulfil four criteria — it must have clarity in objectives, strategic design, financing and outcomes, all in sync.

For example, the objective of the national roll out can be to stop infections, check current transmission and/ or reduce if not eliminate mortality, depending upon the efficacy of the vaccine. The polio vaccine, for instance, achieves all three for life while the flu shot can protect against infection only for a year.

Such characteristics then determine the strategies, funding and ways to measure outcomes. So, when eradication became an objective, the polio strategy was redesigned.

In the COVID vaccine roll out, there is no clear data for either of the two vaccines proposed for use in the programme. We do not know if they provide protection for life, for a year or six months, its efficacy among the elderly or the very sick or in stopping new infections. Getting such data requires at least three years and cannot be obtained in a few months.

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India also does not have any advance purchase agreements for vaccines that have some of this data due to the completion of Phase 3 trials. The two vaccines to be used in India, have not completed the Phase 3 that confirm safety and efficacy when tried out on a large sample.

Given these limitations, the government has drawn up strategic guidelines for implementing an ambitious vaccine programme covering 30 crore people by July. With meticulous attention to detail, the guidelines draw upon the knowledge of running national campaigns acquired over three decades of implementing the Universal Immunisation Programme that resulted in eradicating polio and protecting 75 per cent children against 14 vaccine preventable diseases. These guidelines detail the skills, roles and responsibilities of the required human resources, logistics for delivering vaccines at point of use, physical infrastructure, monitoring systems based on digital platforms and feedback systems for reporting adverse events.

The approach involves 19 departments, donor organisations and NGOs at the national, state, district and block level. The guidelines also mention the priority criteria — caregivers, front

line workers of the departments of health, defence, municipalities and transportation; persons above the age of 50 and those below 50 having diabetes, hypertension, cancers and lung diseases. In other words, the guidelines are a reference manual for what is to be done, by whom, when and how.

The guidelines are ideal but do not reflect the real world of the health system that is full of flaws, defects, inconsistencies and cracks. Of the 28,932 cold chain points, half are in the five southern states, Maharashtra and Gujarat.

The eight states in the North and Odisha that account for over 40 per cent of the country’s population have only 28 per cent of the cold chain points.

Combined with poor human resources — doctors, nurses, pharmacists — a weak private sector, poor safety and hygiene standards, frequent power outages, poor infrastructure in terms of physical space, the capacity to implement with the expected speed, quality and accuracy is daunting.

The immunisation can disrupt routine health service delivery — antenatal care, national programmes like those pertaining to TB or other immunisation drives and exhaust workers, particularly if we have yet another wave

There are challenges in Covid vaccination drive

of the infection or other outbreaks like the bird flu that is being witnessed in some states now.

While data for the above-50-year-olds is available in the electoral rolls (though there are complaints of exclusions making the Census a better option), line listing of the under 50s with comorbidities can be challenging.

Disease burden of NCDs’ is much higher in southern states that also have a higher proportion of the elderly. Not only are urbanrural variations substantial, but urban areas have weak public health infrastructure and a multiple number of private providers, mostly unregistered, thanks to the poor implementation of the Clinical Establishment Act, 2010.

Patient tracking can be problematic as many may not have been diagnosed, go to multiple providers, or have multiple addresses as in the case of migrants.

Fudging, false certification and siphoning off vaccines to private facilities in the event of vast price differentials cannot be ruled out.

The non-availability of efficacy data could also impact the procurement and supply of vaccines, result in huge wastage, and can introduce scope for errors and duplication.

Instead of rolling out the programme throughout

the country in one go and given the complexity of the line listing of priority groups, it may be useful to consider other options such as covering all at one time in an area, instead of sequencing them into different groups. The areas could be ranked on the basis of a vulnerability index built by triangulating data sets from disease burden, caseload of COVID infections, demographic profile, health-seeking behaviour and availability of infrastructure etc, block, district and state wise. Such an approach could enable having differential strategies to suit the health system capacities to organise, deliver and monitor.

But central to the success of the roll out will be the confidence of the people in the vaccines. Non transparency of data, needless haste and opacity with which the licenses were given, worsened by caveats and conditions, strident defence by the ruling party in its attempt to stifle healthy conversation that could result in allaying doubts and fears, clumsy attempts to politicise the discourse by media channels have only deepened suspicions. The worst outcome is the denting of our international reputation and respect built over years of adherence to scientific rigour. Coming out of this messy situa-

tion is necessary and one option — as adopted for the polio eradication programme — is to establish an independent team of experts under the aegis of the WHO to ensure adherence to recruitment standards, consent conditions, adverse event record management, compensation standards, conditionalities required in emergency authorisation and trial conditions.

This will create confidence in the community and international authorities as well.

Finally, it is important to understand that vaccination is an incomplete solution to ending the epidemic, since the virus is mutating.

Adopting safe behaviour is. Launching a nuanced communication strategy will be fundamental. The government can use its experience of controlling the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

Science, evidence and data analytics need to be the bedrock of the roll out policy, not politics and scoring brownie points for electoral advantages. The need of the hour is winning this battle that has drained us economically, socially and psychologically. That said, the decision to roll out the vaccine is a good start. Let’s keep our fingers crossed.

K. Sujatha Rao (Former Union health secretary)

To truly become self-reliant, invest in research and development

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ndia has always been found lacking in The initiative would provide lending at rates h e f i g h t a g a i n s t from the army in Arunachal with AEFI. terms of academia-industry linkages. lower than the prevailing repo rate, for 10 to COVID-19 is pos- Pradesh.

Six, at the same time, This is a bedrock in developed econo- 12 years, to finance investments that create sibly entering its fiThree, those who have whoever can afford these nal stages, with the Prime been vaccinated can poten- vaccines should be allowed mies. India has long had a reputation about technological and production capacity in Minister announcing the tially carry the SARS-CoV-2 to buy from the open mar- its ability to thrive on “jugaad technology” R&D-intensive sectors.

To further ensure greater access for the kick-off of the vaccination virus and unwittingly spread ket. For example, Pfizer has which can be loosely translated as innovadrive from January 16. This the disease to others, espe- sought permission to import tive solutions which get around the rules. R&D sector, the government can consider announcement precedes a cially to their family mem- the vaccine for sale and This needs to become a story of the past a sub-category under the priority sector herculean task ahead, in bers who are caregivers. The distribution in the country. now. For India to evolve into a self-reliant lending (PSL) which will boost access to which 300 million Indians government might consider Fiscal and logistical con- economy, the importance of investment in finance. However, there should be clarity on will be vaccinated in the vaccinating caregivers and straints may not allow India research and development (R&D) is critical the list of industries to be covered in order to ensure that benefits are not skewed to first phase of the drive. The family members residing to include Pfizer and Mod- in this new decade. first phase caters primarily with frontline workers and erna type vaccines in public Despite all efforts, the gross domestic select ones only.

India has always been found lacking to healthcare and frontline the elderly who will be vac- vaccination programmes expenditure on R&D as a fraction of Gross workers, the elderly, and cinated. This is along the immediately. But the private Domestic Product (GDP) has declined from in terms of academia-industry linkages. those with comorbidities. same lines as the point made health infrastructure should 0.8% in 2010 to 0.6% in 2018. It has been This is a bedrock in developed economies.

However, there will be above. At a time of shortage, not be inhibited from creat- hovering around this level for more than In fact, private-public partnerships aligned initial hiccups in carrying there must be some mecha- ing its distribution. This also two decades. This pales in comparison to with national innovation and industrial out this task. The problems nism for allocation beyond has a bearing on the costs R&D investment in developed countries strategies such as China’s Industry-Research in carrying out vaccination frontline workers — that of vaccination. There are such as Japan (3.2%), Germany (3.0%), the Strategic Alliances, Canada´s Strategic on this massive scale are ap- identification is presently no grounds for vaccination United States (2.8%) and developing ones Network Grants, the Netherlands´ Top parent, but not intractable. based on age and comorbidi- to be universally free, subsi- such as South Korea (4.8%) and China Sectors, Germany´s Innovation Alliances, One, states should be ties, regardless of place of dised by government.

(2.2%) in 2018. Most R&D expenditure in Israel´s Magnet Consortium, and France´s prepared for adverse events residence. Universal coverSeven, private sector India comes from the government and this Strategic Industrial Innovation Programme following immunisation age, in identified geographi- organisations and PSUs is unfortunate. are all worth looking into.

(AEFI). Although unlikely, cal areas, might be a better can be allowed to hold vacThe government should set up a A higher expenditure on R&D usually in some cases, untoward way to proceed and allocate cination drives for their own correlates with high technology exports. mechanism wherein the grants received by medical occurrences can a vaccine in short supply. employees, relieving some India’s share in high technology exports Central Universities and technology and follow vaccination. For inFour, as things stand, burden from public health stands at 9.1%, while for China and South management institutes are linked to their stance, in the US, several we do not know whether a authorities. This is being Korea, it is 31.4% and 36.3% respectively. To collaboration with the public and private people have experienced vaccine will have uniform done in the UAE. move up the manufacturing value chain and sectors and designed to produce concrete severe allergic reactions — efficacy rates and are not Eight, the United Na- enhance competitiveness, there is a need to outcomes, not just cooperation agreements also known as anaphylaxis yet aware of the efficacy tions has proclaimed De- increase R&D expenditure in sectors which on paper.

— after getting a different of these vaccines in dif- cember 27 as the Interna- are import-dependent.

Economies worldwide have graduated COVID-19 vaccine. States ferent populations such as tional Day of Epidemic Though hundreds of international com- in the production chain from low and middle should immediately ad- immune-immature infants, Preparedness. India should panies having set up R&D shops, utilising the technology exports and have been focusing dress this issue, otherwise children, pregnant women, also prepare itself for fight- talent pool at lower cost, Indian corporates on R&D-related high technology exports this will undermine public and immunocompromised ing with pandemics akin to have failed to keep pace. The heightened which bring in greater foreign exchange confidence in the vaccine. individuals and immunose- COVID-19. The nationwide need for R&D creates opportunities for fi- earnings. In fact, Samsung’s global R&D Therefore, a team of special- nescent individuals aged vaccination drive is mostly nancing its expansion. This will not only lead spending in the first nine months of 2020 hit ist doctors should be placed greater than or equal to 65 a decentralised process, to augmenting exports but also reduce the a record high of $14.3 billion and was equivaat every vaccination site years. Most likely, the same where state governments are country’s dependence on R&D-related prod- lent to 9.1% of its sales amid the Covid-19 to deal with AEFI. Also, vaccine will have different preparing the list of elderly, uct imports — something which can make pandemic. This clearly demonstrates the there can be legal issues efficacy rates in diverse people with comorbidities, the trade deficit more manageable. In fact, importance such firms give to R&D. of culpability arising out populations. Hence, based India needs to show flexibility and offer healthcare and frontline according to the government’s Invest India of severe adverse events. on the relevant data, our differential treatment to Indian companies report, each $1 million invested in R&D in workers. Having a nationThese issues yet remain to vaccination strategy will al health ID could have India per year by multinational corporations in the form of tax incentives, uninterrupted be addressed, aggravated by also have to change/evolve.

(MNCs) is likely to generate a demand for support, and stringent supervision. The the timeline of trials having As the efficacy data of phase made the task of identifying around eight to ten researchers. upcoming Budget in 2021 could possibly be people with comorbidities been compressed.

3 trials of various vaccines In this context, the Reserve Bank of just the right moment to support R&D in the Two, initially, states are released, they should much easier. This is prob- India (RBI) and the government may pos- backdrop of the government’s Aatmanirbhar should also prioritise vac- be included in the public ably the right time to push sibly consider setting up a credit facility Bharat initiative. cinating people with comor- vaccination programme for for a national health ID, so solely for investments in R&D in industries Rahul Mazumdar bidities and elderly residing those who cannot afford the that we are better prepared in which India requires import substitution. (Economist with EXIM Bank, India) in the future.

Nevertheless, in clusters affected most by vaccines. The inclusion of COVID-19. This can be a multiple vaccines from dif- data privacy concerns of more targeted approach in ferent manufacturers would various stakeholders should the first phase, especially enable the government to be addressed. The personal when the availability of the better negotiate prices with data should be anonymised before being made available vaccine will be scarce. Will the manufacturers. it make sense to vaccinate Five, there is also a to government agencies. The individuals in towns and need for involving the pri- patient’s consent should be villages where positivity vate sector in vaccine deliv- sought at every instance, rate is low? Shouldn’t states ery and administration. This even when her data is shared focus on clusters and locali- would reduce the burden with health departments for Sir, Happy New Year to all and warmest greetings particularly to all 80+ Nagas. Folties where the case fatality on public healthcare facili- public health interventions lowing the call issued to all 80+ Nagas on 17th March 2020 to scribble their concerns such as vaccination. rate is high or localities with ties. Doctors in the private high population densities? healthcare system can be a Bibek Debroy & Aditya and interests for future generations, the response has been very encouraging thus far.

This is to remind all 80+ Nagas who are yet to submit their articles to kindly do A young person in Mum- great asset in carrying out Sinha (Respectively chairman so before 31st January 2021. Please email your article along with a recent photograph bai, without comorbidities, a vaccine program at such and assistant consultant at the might be a more eligible a large scale. Their services Economic Advisory Council to rajuselielhousa@gmail.com Zapuvisie Lhousa Kuotsu to the Prime Minister.) beneficiary than someone can also be used to deal 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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Vol. XXxI NO. 39 Dimapur, FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 2021

A pyrrhic impeachment

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onald Trump’s political future suffered a grave blow on January 13,2021 after the House impeached him for a second time, an unprecedented rebuke that may result in the White House doors being forever shut to him. It was a moment to savour for house speaker Nancy Pelosi, who represents those who has a pathological hatred for Trump. Nancy should remember her February 4,2020 humiliation, when Trump abruptly turned away when she extended her hand for a handshake. Nancy and Trump are from two extreme ideologies and have no love lost for each other. For the record, under Pelosi’s leadership, the House of Representatives impeached President Donald Trump, first on December 18, 2019, and again on January 13, 2021. Donald Trump will be remembered for being the most controversial US president ever. The backlash against Trump in the wake of the January 6 insurrection at the Capitol has been swift, creating an unprecedented test of the vice-like grip he’s held on his party since his 2016 political ascendance. The Capitol riot the president was accused of inciting sparked a wave of reactions such as the Trump’s banishment from Twitter, a 24-hour suspension by Facebook, having his Youtube taken off and also prompted corporate leaders to suspend donations to Republicans. In office, Trump made more enemies than friends as he was uncompromising and did cared little for diplomacy and mending fences.

He forcefully attacked the liberal elites in politics, the media and academia who favored the secular over the sacred, the global over the local, the urban over the rural, the educated over the uneducated, and burgeoning minorities over the declining white majority.

Of all, perhaps, the liberal media that is all over the place, was Trump’s archenemy. The media contributed hugely to the anti-Trump feeling across America.

The majority liberal media mischievously accused Trump of being anti-Muslim when he suspended travel to and from countries which promote terror attacks on the US. His attempt to stem the tide of illegal immigration, especially from across the border with Mexico, earned him the ire of Democrats. He vowed to punish American companies who set up manufacturing units in China but reward those who returned back. He fulfilled the promise to shift the American embassy to Jerusalem which no president did. He promoted the American middle class business and the conservative God-centric values, opposed same sex marriage etc.

These made him the perfect enemy of a left-liberal Democratic party. Many Democrats consider him to be a megalomaniac, a xenophobe, a homophobe, an Islamophobe, a racist, and a misogynist. What is however, interesting and intriguing about Democratic hatred for Trump is that there is really no ideological basis for it. It is no secret that Democrats, whether they call themselves liberals, leftists, progressives, Democratic socialists, or just plain socialists, hate Donald Trump. While condemning Trump , Democrats ignore the fact that they have never allowed him to govern in peace. Even on his inauguration day, seventy House Democrats boycotted his inauguration while some of them declared Trump to be an “illegitimate president.” They incited crowds to violent protests nationwide against Trump but when he urged crowds to peacefully protest, it was termed as insurrection.

Donald Trump will certainly go down in history as the president who exposed the underbelly of American mainstream politics and the claim of being the world’s oldest democracy.

DailyDevotion Called By God

I heard the voice of the Lord, saying: "Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us?" Then I said, "Here am I! Send me." —Isaiah 6:8 God did not direct His call to Isaiah— Isaiah overheard God saying, “…who will go for Us?” The call of God is not just for a select few but for everyone. Whether I hear God’s call or not depends on the condition of my ears, and exactly what I hear depends upon my spiritual attitude. “Many are called, but few are chosen” (Matthew 22:14). That is, few prove that they are the chosen ones. The chosen ones are those who have come into a relationship with God through Jesus Christ and have had their spiritual condition changed and their ears opened. Then they hear “the voice of the Lord” continually asking, “… who will go for Us?” However, God doesn’t single out someone and say, “Now, yougo.” He did not force His will on Isaiah. Isaiah was in the presence of God, and he overheard the call. His response, performed in complete freedom, could only be to say, “Here am I! Send me.”

Remove the thought from your mind of expecting God to come to force you or to plead with you.

When our Lord called His disciples, He did it without irresistible pressure from the outside. The quiet, yet passionate, insistence of His “Follow Me” was spoken to men whose every sense was receptive (Matthew 4:19). If we will allow the Holy Spirit to bring us face to face with God, we too will hear what Isaiah heard— “the voice of the Lord.” In perfect freedom we too will say, “Here am I! Send me.”

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If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded. ~ Maya Angelou

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People’s confidence is a must

he need of the hour is winning this battle that has drained us economically, socially and psychologically. That said, the decision to roll out the vaccine is a good start. Let’s keep our fingers crossed.

A good policy must fulfil four criteria — it must have clarity in objectives, strategic design, financing and outcomes, all in sync.

For example, the objective of the national roll out can be to stop infections, check current transmission and/ or reduce if not eliminate mortality, depending upon the efficacy of the vaccine. The polio vaccine, for instance, achieves all three for life while the flu shot can protect against infection only for a year.

Such characteristics then determine the strategies, funding and ways to measure outcomes. So, when eradication became an objective, the polio strategy was redesigned.

In the COVID vaccine roll out, there is no clear data for either of the two vaccines proposed for use in the programme. We do not know if they provide protection for life, for a year or six months, its efficacy among the elderly or the very sick or in stopping new infections. Getting such data requires at least three years and cannot be obtained in a few months.

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India also does not have any advance purchase agreements for vaccines that have some of this data due to the completion of Phase 3 trials. The two vaccines to be used in India, have not completed the Phase 3 that confirm safety and efficacy when tried out on a large sample.

Given these limitations, the government has drawn up strategic guidelines for implementing an ambitious vaccine programme covering 30 crore people by July. With meticulous attention to detail, the guidelines draw upon the knowledge of running national campaigns acquired over three decades of implementing the Universal Immunisation Programme that resulted in eradicating polio and protecting 75 per cent children against 14 vaccine preventable diseases. These guidelines detail the skills, roles and responsibilities of the required human resources, logistics for delivering vaccines at point of use, physical infrastructure, monitoring systems based on digital platforms and feedback systems for reporting adverse events.

The approach involves 19 departments, donor organisations and NGOs at the national, state, district and block level. The guidelines also mention the priority criteria — caregivers, front

line workers of the departments of health, defence, municipalities and transportation; persons above the age of 50 and those below 50 having diabetes, hypertension, cancers and lung diseases. In other words, the guidelines are a reference manual for what is to be done, by whom, when and how.

The guidelines are ideal but do not reflect the real world of the health system that is full of flaws, defects, inconsistencies and cracks. Of the 28,932 cold chain points, half are in the five southern states, Maharashtra and Gujarat.

The eight states in the North and Odisha that account for over 40 per cent of the country’s population have only 28 per cent of the cold chain points.

Combined with poor human resources — doctors, nurses, pharmacists — a weak private sector, poor safety and hygiene standards, frequent power outages, poor infrastructure in terms of physical space, the capacity to implement with the expected speed, quality and accuracy is daunting.

The immunisation can disrupt routine health service delivery — antenatal care, national programmes like those pertaining to TB or other immunisation drives and exhaust workers, particularly if we have yet another wave

There are challenges in Covid vaccination drive

of the infection or other outbreaks like the bird flu that is being witnessed in some states now.

While data for the above-50-year-olds is available in the electoral rolls (though there are complaints of exclusions making the Census a better option), line listing of the under 50s with comorbidities can be challenging.

Disease burden of NCDs’ is much higher in southern states that also have a higher proportion of the elderly. Not only are urbanrural variations substantial, but urban areas have weak public health infrastructure and a multiple number of private providers, mostly unregistered, thanks to the poor implementation of the Clinical Establishment Act, 2010.

Patient tracking can be problematic as many may not have been diagnosed, go to multiple providers, or have multiple addresses as in the case of migrants.

Fudging, false certification and siphoning off vaccines to private facilities in the event of vast price differentials cannot be ruled out.

The non-availability of efficacy data could also impact the procurement and supply of vaccines, result in huge wastage, and can introduce scope for errors and duplication.

Instead of rolling out the programme throughout

the country in one go and given the complexity of the line listing of priority groups, it may be useful to consider other options such as covering all at one time in an area, instead of sequencing them into different groups. The areas could be ranked on the basis of a vulnerability index built by triangulating data sets from disease burden, caseload of COVID infections, demographic profile, health-seeking behaviour and availability of infrastructure etc, block, district and state wise. Such an approach could enable having differential strategies to suit the health system capacities to organise, deliver and monitor.

But central to the success of the roll out will be the confidence of the people in the vaccines. Non transparency of data, needless haste and opacity with which the licenses were given, worsened by caveats and conditions, strident defence by the ruling party in its attempt to stifle healthy conversation that could result in allaying doubts and fears, clumsy attempts to politicise the discourse by media channels have only deepened suspicions. The worst outcome is the denting of our international reputation and respect built over years of adherence to scientific rigour. Coming out of this messy situa-

tion is necessary and one option — as adopted for the polio eradication programme — is to establish an independent team of experts under the aegis of the WHO to ensure adherence to recruitment standards, consent conditions, adverse event record management, compensation standards, conditionalities required in emergency authorisation and trial conditions.

This will create confidence in the community and international authorities as well.

Finally, it is important to understand that vaccination is an incomplete solution to ending the epidemic, since the virus is mutating.

Adopting safe behaviour is. Launching a nuanced communication strategy will be fundamental. The government can use its experience of controlling the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

Science, evidence and data analytics need to be the bedrock of the roll out policy, not politics and scoring brownie points for electoral advantages. The need of the hour is winning this battle that has drained us economically, socially and psychologically. That said, the decision to roll out the vaccine is a good start. Let’s keep our fingers crossed.

K. Sujatha Rao (Former Union health secretary)

To truly become self-reliant, invest in research and development

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ndia has always been found lacking in The initiative would provide lending at rates h e f i g h t a g a i n s t from the army in Arunachal with AEFI. terms of academia-industry linkages. lower than the prevailing repo rate, for 10 to COVID-19 is pos- Pradesh.

Six, at the same time, This is a bedrock in developed econo- 12 years, to finance investments that create sibly entering its fiThree, those who have whoever can afford these nal stages, with the Prime been vaccinated can poten- vaccines should be allowed mies. India has long had a reputation about technological and production capacity in Minister announcing the tially carry the SARS-CoV-2 to buy from the open mar- its ability to thrive on “jugaad technology” R&D-intensive sectors.

To further ensure greater access for the kick-off of the vaccination virus and unwittingly spread ket. For example, Pfizer has which can be loosely translated as innovadrive from January 16. This the disease to others, espe- sought permission to import tive solutions which get around the rules. R&D sector, the government can consider announcement precedes a cially to their family mem- the vaccine for sale and This needs to become a story of the past a sub-category under the priority sector herculean task ahead, in bers who are caregivers. The distribution in the country. now. For India to evolve into a self-reliant lending (PSL) which will boost access to which 300 million Indians government might consider Fiscal and logistical con- economy, the importance of investment in finance. However, there should be clarity on will be vaccinated in the vaccinating caregivers and straints may not allow India research and development (R&D) is critical the list of industries to be covered in order to ensure that benefits are not skewed to first phase of the drive. The family members residing to include Pfizer and Mod- in this new decade. first phase caters primarily with frontline workers and erna type vaccines in public Despite all efforts, the gross domestic select ones only.

India has always been found lacking to healthcare and frontline the elderly who will be vac- vaccination programmes expenditure on R&D as a fraction of Gross workers, the elderly, and cinated. This is along the immediately. But the private Domestic Product (GDP) has declined from in terms of academia-industry linkages. those with comorbidities. same lines as the point made health infrastructure should 0.8% in 2010 to 0.6% in 2018. It has been This is a bedrock in developed economies.

However, there will be above. At a time of shortage, not be inhibited from creat- hovering around this level for more than In fact, private-public partnerships aligned initial hiccups in carrying there must be some mecha- ing its distribution. This also two decades. This pales in comparison to with national innovation and industrial out this task. The problems nism for allocation beyond has a bearing on the costs R&D investment in developed countries strategies such as China’s Industry-Research in carrying out vaccination frontline workers — that of vaccination. There are such as Japan (3.2%), Germany (3.0%), the Strategic Alliances, Canada´s Strategic on this massive scale are ap- identification is presently no grounds for vaccination United States (2.8%) and developing ones Network Grants, the Netherlands´ Top parent, but not intractable. based on age and comorbidi- to be universally free, subsi- such as South Korea (4.8%) and China Sectors, Germany´s Innovation Alliances, One, states should be ties, regardless of place of dised by government.

(2.2%) in 2018. Most R&D expenditure in Israel´s Magnet Consortium, and France´s prepared for adverse events residence. Universal coverSeven, private sector India comes from the government and this Strategic Industrial Innovation Programme following immunisation age, in identified geographi- organisations and PSUs is unfortunate. are all worth looking into.

(AEFI). Although unlikely, cal areas, might be a better can be allowed to hold vacThe government should set up a A higher expenditure on R&D usually in some cases, untoward way to proceed and allocate cination drives for their own correlates with high technology exports. mechanism wherein the grants received by medical occurrences can a vaccine in short supply. employees, relieving some India’s share in high technology exports Central Universities and technology and follow vaccination. For inFour, as things stand, burden from public health stands at 9.1%, while for China and South management institutes are linked to their stance, in the US, several we do not know whether a authorities. This is being Korea, it is 31.4% and 36.3% respectively. To collaboration with the public and private people have experienced vaccine will have uniform done in the UAE. move up the manufacturing value chain and sectors and designed to produce concrete severe allergic reactions — efficacy rates and are not Eight, the United Na- enhance competitiveness, there is a need to outcomes, not just cooperation agreements also known as anaphylaxis yet aware of the efficacy tions has proclaimed De- increase R&D expenditure in sectors which on paper.

— after getting a different of these vaccines in dif- cember 27 as the Interna- are import-dependent.

Economies worldwide have graduated COVID-19 vaccine. States ferent populations such as tional Day of Epidemic Though hundreds of international com- in the production chain from low and middle should immediately ad- immune-immature infants, Preparedness. India should panies having set up R&D shops, utilising the technology exports and have been focusing dress this issue, otherwise children, pregnant women, also prepare itself for fight- talent pool at lower cost, Indian corporates on R&D-related high technology exports this will undermine public and immunocompromised ing with pandemics akin to have failed to keep pace. The heightened which bring in greater foreign exchange confidence in the vaccine. individuals and immunose- COVID-19. The nationwide need for R&D creates opportunities for fi- earnings. In fact, Samsung’s global R&D Therefore, a team of special- nescent individuals aged vaccination drive is mostly nancing its expansion. This will not only lead spending in the first nine months of 2020 hit ist doctors should be placed greater than or equal to 65 a decentralised process, to augmenting exports but also reduce the a record high of $14.3 billion and was equivaat every vaccination site years. Most likely, the same where state governments are country’s dependence on R&D-related prod- lent to 9.1% of its sales amid the Covid-19 to deal with AEFI. Also, vaccine will have different preparing the list of elderly, uct imports — something which can make pandemic. This clearly demonstrates the there can be legal issues efficacy rates in diverse people with comorbidities, the trade deficit more manageable. In fact, importance such firms give to R&D. of culpability arising out populations. Hence, based India needs to show flexibility and offer healthcare and frontline according to the government’s Invest India of severe adverse events. on the relevant data, our differential treatment to Indian companies report, each $1 million invested in R&D in workers. Having a nationThese issues yet remain to vaccination strategy will al health ID could have India per year by multinational corporations in the form of tax incentives, uninterrupted be addressed, aggravated by also have to change/evolve.

(MNCs) is likely to generate a demand for support, and stringent supervision. The the timeline of trials having As the efficacy data of phase made the task of identifying around eight to ten researchers. upcoming Budget in 2021 could possibly be people with comorbidities been compressed.

3 trials of various vaccines In this context, the Reserve Bank of just the right moment to support R&D in the Two, initially, states are released, they should much easier. This is prob- India (RBI) and the government may pos- backdrop of the government’s Aatmanirbhar should also prioritise vac- be included in the public ably the right time to push sibly consider setting up a credit facility Bharat initiative. cinating people with comor- vaccination programme for for a national health ID, so solely for investments in R&D in industries Rahul Mazumdar bidities and elderly residing those who cannot afford the that we are better prepared in which India requires import substitution. (Economist with EXIM Bank, India) in the future.

Nevertheless, in clusters affected most by vaccines. The inclusion of COVID-19. This can be a multiple vaccines from dif- data privacy concerns of more targeted approach in ferent manufacturers would various stakeholders should the first phase, especially enable the government to be addressed. The personal when the availability of the better negotiate prices with data should be anonymised before being made available vaccine will be scarce. Will the manufacturers. it make sense to vaccinate Five, there is also a to government agencies. The individuals in towns and need for involving the pri- patient’s consent should be villages where positivity vate sector in vaccine deliv- sought at every instance, rate is low? Shouldn’t states ery and administration. This even when her data is shared focus on clusters and locali- would reduce the burden with health departments for Sir, Happy New Year to all and warmest greetings particularly to all 80+ Nagas. Folties where the case fatality on public healthcare facili- public health interventions lowing the call issued to all 80+ Nagas on 17th March 2020 to scribble their concerns such as vaccination. rate is high or localities with ties. Doctors in the private high population densities? healthcare system can be a Bibek Debroy & Aditya and interests for future generations, the response has been very encouraging thus far.

This is to remind all 80+ Nagas who are yet to submit their articles to kindly do A young person in Mum- great asset in carrying out Sinha (Respectively chairman so before 31st January 2021. Please email your article along with a recent photograph bai, without comorbidities, a vaccine program at such and assistant consultant at the might be a more eligible a large scale. Their services Economic Advisory Council to rajuselielhousa@gmail.com Zapuvisie Lhousa Kuotsu to the Prime Minister.) beneficiary than someone can also be used to deal 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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‘3 lakh health workers to get vaccinated’

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The vaccine will be administered at session sites identified by district taskforces under the chairmanship of deputy commissioners and involving various departments and community organisations in the respective districts. Strict protocol will be ensured in carrying out the vaccination.

The vaccination drive will start on January 16 in district hospitals of Wokha, Dimapur, Mokokchung, Tuensang, Mon, Zunheboto, Peren and Phek and Naga Hospital Kohima.

The first phase of vaccination will cover healthcare workers registered on Government of India’s COWIN portal and two doses will be administered to each beneficiary 28 days apart. The beneficiary will get maximum protection from the vaccine 14 days after receiving the second dose or 42 days after receiving the first dose. During the period after receiving the vaccine, the beneficiary is expected to follow COVID appropriate behaviour.

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was likely to remain even after vaccination and therefore urged people to continue following the standard operating procedures (SOP) that have been in effect since the pandemic began.

He also urged the general public to confirm any news by validating it through websites of WHO, UNICEF, Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Indian Council of Medical Research, Centre for Disease Control, etc.

Meanwhile, a State government statement claimed that Covishield has gone through all preclinical and clinical stages as with any other vaccine development and has been evaluated to be very safe for use in general population

by Drug Controller General of India.

The vaccine has been found to have more than 70% efficacy from the clinical trials with good levels of immunogenicity (meaning it creates sufficient antibodies against COVID-19).

called upon all to celebrate this beautiful festival observing all Covid-19 protocols.

On this significant occasion, Ravi also prayed that God bless all with good health, happiness and a prosperous life.

CM: State chief minister Neiphiu Rio also greeted the Chakhesang community of Nagaland on the occasion of Sökrönye.

Taking to twitter, Rio prayed that the festival would

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has to be properly maintained until 70% of the population has been vaccinated and herd immunity is developed, which is as important as getting vaccinated,” he stressed.

While the vaccine for the first two phases will be available free of cost, more information on the later two phases will be revealed in due course of time as the Centre is yet to take a decision on whether to give it free of cost.

However, Suokhrie remarked that he was hopeful that it might also be given for free.

UNICEF’s State consultant Dr Longri Kichu shared a PowerPoint presentation at the workshop on the vaccine rollout strategy, landscape and advocacy, communication & social mobilisation.

He said the safest way to get back to a normal life was through mass vaccination and people should not spread rumours that could affect the vaccination process.

Based on reports given by scientists, Kichu said the pandemic

DIMAPUR, JAN 14 (NPN): Governor of Nagaland RN Ravi has extended warm Sökrönye greetings to the members of the Chakhesang community and to the people of Nagaland.

In his message, Ravi said that the essence of Sökrönye, a harvest festival, was sanctification of the Chakhesang community.

“Rituals involved are meant to purify the souls, and the children also learn the rich spiritual and cultural practices,” governor said and

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(From p-1) He said the vaccine was totally safe as it had passed all the pre-clinical and clinical stages as was done in any other vaccine development, and that the safety and efficacy of the vaccine was given utmost importance.

Regarding its transportation, Suokhrie said that the department was adequately prepared to safely transfer the vaccine that required storing at 2 to 8 degree Celsius. He said 1,206 sites across the State had been identified for administering the vaccine for the first two phases and around 50,000 beneficiaries were expected to be vaccinated.

Suokhrie admitted that, as witnessed in other vaccination drives like polio or hepatitis, there could be a mild fever or slight swelling.

However, he assured that these were considered normal and should not be misconstrued otherwise.

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According to the Health Ministry getting vaccinated for COVID-19 will be voluntary.

Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan had said on Tuesday, “At many places in the world more than one vaccine is being administered. But, presently, in no country vaccine recipients have the option of choosing the shots.”

According to the government, the shots will be offered first to an estimated one crore healthcare work-

DIMAPUR: Extending solidarity to the ongoing protest being carried out by the farmers across the country, the Naga People’s Front (NPF) farmers’ wing has expressed hope that the government would soon hammer out the crisis and work out for the betterment of the farmers of the nation.

In a statement, NPF farmers wing welcomed the intervention and decision of the Supreme Court. It hoped that the com-

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sion sites that would be operational every day in a progressive manner as the vaccination process stabilises and moves forward.

“Around 3 lakh frontline healthcare workers will be inoculated at 2,934 sites across the country on the first day of January 16,” a source said.

The government on Tuesday hinted that vaccine recipients for now will not have the option to choose from the two vaccines -- Oxford COVID19 vaccine, Covishield, manufactured by Serum Institute of India (SII) and indigenously developed

Health Ministry officials said that there will be a gap of 28 days between two doses of COVID-19 vaccines and its effectiveness can be seen only after 14 days, and urged people to keep following COVID appropriate behaviour.

The ministry, which has listed series of frequently asked questions (FAQs) on COVID-19 vaccine, also stated that it was advisable to receive a complete schedule of the anti-coronavirus vaccine irrespective of past history of coronavirus infection as this will help in developing a strong immune response against the disease.

On whether a person with an active COVID-19 infection be vaccinated, AIIMS Director Dr Randeep Guleria said a person with active and symptomatic COVID-19 infection may increase the risk of spreading the same to others at the vaccination site and thus infected individuals should defer vaccination for at least 14 days after the symptoms are resolved.

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ers, and around two crore frontline workers, and then to persons above 50 years of age, followed by persons younger than 50 years of age with associated comorbidities.

The cost of vaccination of healthcare and frontline workers will be borne by the central government, officials had said.

All 1.65 crore doses of COVID-19 vaccines -- 1.1 crore of Covishield and 55 lakh of Covaxin -- procured by the Centre have been allocated to all states and UTs in proportion to their healthcare workers database, it said.

According to official sources, most of the 1.1 crore Covishield doses from Pune-based SII have been shipped to 60 consignee points across India from where they will be sent to smaller centres.

Of the 55 lakh doses of indigenously developed Covaxin of Bharat Biotech ordered by the Centre, the first tranche of 2.4 lakh doses has been dispatched to 12 states.

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New Delhi, Jan 14 (PTI): Around 3 lakh healthcare workers will be inoculated at 2,934 sites across the country on the first day of the massive nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive which is set to begin from January 16, official sources said.

Each vaccination session will cater to a maximum of 100 beneficiaries and the Union Health Ministry has advised states not to organise “unreasonable numbers of vaccination per site per day”.

“States have been advised to organise vaccination sessions taking into account 10 per cent reserve/ wastage doses and an average of 100 vaccinations per session each day.

“Therefore, any undue haste on the part of states to organise unreasonable numbers of vaccination per site per day is not advised,” the ministry said on Wednesday.

It also said that states and UTs have also been advised to increase the number of vaccination ses-

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LISBON, JAN 14 (IANS): Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa has announced a new nationwide lockdown as a measure to stem the exponential growth in new Covid-19 cases.

With the start of the new “state of emergency” starting on Friday, Costa noted that “the rule is to stay in a home-based retreat”, as it happened in March and April 2020 early in the pandemic, reports Xinhua news agency.

“The only relevant new exception” is that schools will remain “in full working order,” Costa announced in an official statement.

Only trips to purchase essential goods and services, professional activities that cannot be performed at a distance and brief physical activities, as well as assistance to family members will be allowed.

Costa pledged that the government will provide financial assistance to companies and their employees for closing their activities during the state of emergency, which lasts 15 days and should be renewed for the same period.

Restaurants and the like may operate exclusively for home delivery or takeaway, while fairs, food markets and supermarkets are allowed to operate without time restrictions.

This is the ninth state of emergency decree since the beginning of the Covid19 pandemic.

It is the highest civil protection classification in Portugal, allowing the suspension of rights, freedoms and guarantees.

Po r t u g a l r e p o r t e d 10,556 new cases in the last 24 hours, the highest daily figure since the beginning of the pandemic, bringing the total to 507,108.

Late P. Hokiye Swu 01/07/1947 – 17/12/2020 We, the family members of Late P. Hokiye Swu (Lazami) convey our heartfelt gratitude to all who stood with us through physically, spiritually, financially and materials throughout his brief illness till he breath his last.

We convey our special thanks to: 1. Dr. Sukhato A. Sema 2. Doctors and Nurses of Referral Hospital Dimapur.

3. Lazami Welfare Dimapur 4. Lazami Welfare Pughoboto 5. Pughoboto Town Baptist Church 6. Lazami Baptist Church We deeply regret our inability to mention each and everyone of you yet your good deeds will always be treasured in our hearts. We pray that our Almighty God bless you all abundantly.

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OF LT. ZEHONOLE PUCHO WIFE OF SOLENGOL PUCHO 15/01/2020

One year has passed since you left us for your heavenly abode but those special memories always bring a smile. You have always kept the family tied with love, care and affection.

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eyes of the general public,” the report said. The report recommended forfeiting one-year regular service of 33 police officials. The officer also recommended writing to the Superintendent of Police, Frontier Reserve Police, Kohat for minor punishment to the remaining 28 personnel.

The 12 police officials dismissed include the station house officer (SHO) and assistant sub inspector of Terri Police Station.

The report said that the mob, under the supervision of Maulana Shareef, assaulted the Hindu Temple in Terri, wherein the mob burnt the said temple and damaged it without any interruption as a result of which a complaint under various sections was filed in the Terri police station.

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ing our policies for inciting violence,” YouTube said in a statement.

“As a result, in accordance with our long-standing strikes system, the channel is now prevented from uploading new videos or livestreams for a minimum of seven days — which may be extended,” it said.

“We are also indefinitely disabling comments under videos on the channel, we’ve taken similar actions in the past for other cases involving safety concerns,” the platform said.

Tr u m p ’s Yo u Tu b e channel has 2.68 million subscribers.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

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WASHINGTON, JAN 14 (PTI): YouTube has temporarily suspended the account of United States President Donald Trump, preventing all video uploads by the channel for the next seven days, amid concerns over “ongoing potential for violence”.

T h e m ove f o l l ow s Twitter and Facebook’s permanent suspension of Trump’s accounts.

“After careful review, and in light of concerns about the ongoing potential for violence, we removed new content uploaded to the Donald J. Trump channel and issued a strike for violat-

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(Investigation Wing) Zahir Shah as enquiry officer to probe the incident and submit its report within a week’s time.

Shah conducted the probe against 73 police officials and recommended to dismiss 12 of them from service on charges of negligence and irresponsibility in the discharge of their official duties.

“Keeping in view of the available record and facts on file, perusal of enquiry papers and the recommendations of the Enquiry Officers, they are found guilty of the charges. They show cowardice, negligence, and irresponsibility in the discharge of their official obligations. They failed to protect the Hindu Temple which caused disrepute for the Police department in the

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process blocked the two delegation members from boarding their plane to the central Chinese city of Wuhan after both tested positive for COVID-19 antibodies in blood-based serology tests during transit in Singapore” the report said.

In Beijing, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman, Zhao Lijian defended the denial of permission to the two scientists saying that “relevant epidemic and

PESHAWAR, JAN 14 (PTI): The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial government in Pakistan has dismissed 12 police officials following an enquiry report that found them guilty of “negligence” in protecting a Hindu temple in the province, which was torched by a mob led by members of a radical Islamist party.

The government also forfeited one-year service of 33 police officials in connection with the incident.

The temple in Terri village in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Karak district was attacked on December 30 by the mob after members of the Hindu community received permission from local authorities to renovate its decades-old building.

The mob demolished the newly constructed work alongside the old structure.

Deputy Inspector General of Police, Kohat Region, Tayyab Hafeez Cheema had appointed Superintendent of Police

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“They were tested again in #Singapore and were all negative for PCR. But two members tested positive for IgM antibodies.

They are being retested for both IgM and IgG antibodies”, the WHO said.

The two experts failed to clear the screening procedures and were blocked from travelling to China, the Wall Street Journal reported. “Chinese officials involved in the screening

The United States and Australia have led the charge in criticising China’s handling of the initial stages of the pandemic, accusing Beijing of downplaying its severity and preventing an effective response until too late.

Outgoing US President Donald Trump has repeatedly blamed China for the global pandemic. The US has also said that China had not properly reported information it had about the coronavirus and had pressured WHO to mislead the world.

China has denied the charges and maintained that it has fully cooperated with the WHO in combatting the disease.

Officials of the China’s National Health Commission (NHC) told the media in Beijing on Wednesday that the WHO experts will communicate with Chinese medical experts by video conferencing during their quarantine period.

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Members of the WHO team investigating the origin of Covid-19 arrived in Wuhan on Thursday.

control requirements and regulations will be strictly enforced”.

“We will also support and offer convenience to WHO experts’ travel to China,” he told a media briefing replying to a question about the denial of permission to the two scientists and referred the media to competent authorities for details.

China requires passengers flying from Singapore to take a nucleic acid test and an IgM antibody test up to two days before boarding China-bound flights.

The 13 WHO experts would go through a 14-day quarantine. They are set to interview people from research institutes, hospitals and the seafood market linked to the initial outbreak.

The WHO team includes virus and other experts from the US, Australia, Germany, Japan, Britain, Russia, the Netherlands, Qatar and Vietnam.

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Pak: 12 police officials dismissed for negligence in protecting Hindu temple

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13 scientists in Wuhan to probe Covid origins BEIJING/WUHAN, JAN 14 (PTI): Thirteen international experts of the WHO arrived in Wuhan on Thursday for the long-awaited probe into the origins of the deadly coronavirus pandemic, while two others did not board the flight from Singapore to the central Chinese city after they tested positive for COVID-19 antibodies.

“The inter national team of 13 scientists examining the origins of the virus that causes #COVID19 arrived in Wuhan, #China, today. The experts will begin their work immediately during the 2 weeks quarantine protocol for international travellers,” the World Health Organisation said in a tweet.

“Two scientists are still in #Singapore completing tests for #COVID19. All team members had multiple negative PCR and antibody tests for COVID-19 in their home countries prior to travelling”, it said.

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Born on : 10/05/1959 – Died on : 08/01/2021 We, the bereaved family of Late Tongpangmeren, would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to the doctors and nurses of CIHSR, Dimapur and to all individuals, groups, churches, villages communities, neighbours, friends and wellwishers who stood by us in prayers, physically, materially, financially and morally during the brief illness and sad demise of our beloved on 8th January 2021.

We deeply regret our inability to thank each and every individual but it is our sincere prayer that the Almighty God bless you all abundantly.

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LISBON, JAN 14 (IANS): Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa has announced a new nationwide lockdown as a measure to stem the exponential growth in new Covid-19 cases.

With the start of the new “state of emergency” starting on Friday, Costa noted that “the rule is to stay in a home-based retreat”, as it happened in March and April 2020 early in the pandemic, reports Xinhua news agency.

“The only relevant new exception” is that schools will remain “in full working order,” Costa announced in an official statement.

Only trips to purchase essential goods and services, professional activities that cannot be performed at a distance and brief physical activities, as well as assistance to family members will be allowed.

Costa pledged that the government will provide financial assistance to companies and their employees for closing their activities during the state of emergency, which lasts 15 days and should be renewed for the same period.

Restaurants and the like may operate exclusively for home delivery or takeaway, while fairs, food markets and supermarkets are allowed to operate without time restrictions.

This is the ninth state of emergency decree since the beginning of the Covid19 pandemic.

It is the highest civil protection classification in Portugal, allowing the suspension of rights, freedoms and guarantees.

Po r t u g a l r e p o r t e d 10,556 new cases in the last 24 hours, the highest daily figure since the beginning of the pandemic, bringing the total to 507,108.

Late P. Hokiye Swu 01/07/1947 – 17/12/2020 We, the family members of Late P. Hokiye Swu (Lazami) convey our heartfelt gratitude to all who stood with us through physically, spiritually, financially and materials throughout his brief illness till he breath his last.

We convey our special thanks to: 1. Dr. Sukhato A. Sema 2. Doctors and Nurses of Referral Hospital Dimapur.

3. Lazami Welfare Dimapur 4. Lazami Welfare Pughoboto 5. Pughoboto Town Baptist Church 6. Lazami Baptist Church We deeply regret our inability to mention each and everyone of you yet your good deeds will always be treasured in our hearts. We pray that our Almighty God bless you all abundantly.

Loving wife, children and relatives K-84

OF LT. ZEHONOLE PUCHO WIFE OF SOLENGOL PUCHO 15/01/2020

One year has passed since you left us for your heavenly abode but those special memories always bring a smile. You have always kept the family tied with love, care and affection.

But although you have left this world you’ll stay within our hearts, guiding like an angel even though we are apart for love is everlasting and so are memories, Your legacy and blessings that’s always there to light the way for us.

Loving husband & children K-80

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Venue : Community Hall, Pongidong Date : 29/01/2021 Time : 9:00 AM Rachamo Humtsoe Council Secretary Pongidong Village Council Wokha : Nagaland

W. Yama Humtsoe Chairman Pongidong Village Council Wokha : Nagaland

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eyes of the general public,” the report said. The report recommended forfeiting one-year regular service of 33 police officials. The officer also recommended writing to the Superintendent of Police, Frontier Reserve Police, Kohat for minor punishment to the remaining 28 personnel.

The 12 police officials dismissed include the station house officer (SHO) and assistant sub inspector of Terri Police Station.

The report said that the mob, under the supervision of Maulana Shareef, assaulted the Hindu Temple in Terri, wherein the mob burnt the said temple and damaged it without any interruption as a result of which a complaint under various sections was filed in the Terri police station.

1ST DEATH ANNIVERSARY

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Contact No. 8787585395/ 8415957666

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ing our policies for inciting violence,” YouTube said in a statement.

“As a result, in accordance with our long-standing strikes system, the channel is now prevented from uploading new videos or livestreams for a minimum of seven days — which may be extended,” it said.

“We are also indefinitely disabling comments under videos on the channel, we’ve taken similar actions in the past for other cases involving safety concerns,” the platform said.

Tr u m p ’s Yo u Tu b e channel has 2.68 million subscribers.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

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WASHINGTON, JAN 14 (PTI): YouTube has temporarily suspended the account of United States President Donald Trump, preventing all video uploads by the channel for the next seven days, amid concerns over “ongoing potential for violence”.

T h e m ove f o l l ow s Twitter and Facebook’s permanent suspension of Trump’s accounts.

“After careful review, and in light of concerns about the ongoing potential for violence, we removed new content uploaded to the Donald J. Trump channel and issued a strike for violat-

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

(Investigation Wing) Zahir Shah as enquiry officer to probe the incident and submit its report within a week’s time.

Shah conducted the probe against 73 police officials and recommended to dismiss 12 of them from service on charges of negligence and irresponsibility in the discharge of their official duties.

“Keeping in view of the available record and facts on file, perusal of enquiry papers and the recommendations of the Enquiry Officers, they are found guilty of the charges. They show cowardice, negligence, and irresponsibility in the discharge of their official obligations. They failed to protect the Hindu Temple which caused disrepute for the Police department in the

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process blocked the two delegation members from boarding their plane to the central Chinese city of Wuhan after both tested positive for COVID-19 antibodies in blood-based serology tests during transit in Singapore” the report said.

In Beijing, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman, Zhao Lijian defended the denial of permission to the two scientists saying that “relevant epidemic and

PESHAWAR, JAN 14 (PTI): The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial government in Pakistan has dismissed 12 police officials following an enquiry report that found them guilty of “negligence” in protecting a Hindu temple in the province, which was torched by a mob led by members of a radical Islamist party.

The government also forfeited one-year service of 33 police officials in connection with the incident.

The temple in Terri village in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Karak district was attacked on December 30 by the mob after members of the Hindu community received permission from local authorities to renovate its decades-old building.

The mob demolished the newly constructed work alongside the old structure.

Deputy Inspector General of Police, Kohat Region, Tayyab Hafeez Cheema had appointed Superintendent of Police

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“They were tested again in #Singapore and were all negative for PCR. But two members tested positive for IgM antibodies.

They are being retested for both IgM and IgG antibodies”, the WHO said.

The two experts failed to clear the screening procedures and were blocked from travelling to China, the Wall Street Journal reported. “Chinese officials involved in the screening

The United States and Australia have led the charge in criticising China’s handling of the initial stages of the pandemic, accusing Beijing of downplaying its severity and preventing an effective response until too late.

Outgoing US President Donald Trump has repeatedly blamed China for the global pandemic. The US has also said that China had not properly reported information it had about the coronavirus and had pressured WHO to mislead the world.

China has denied the charges and maintained that it has fully cooperated with the WHO in combatting the disease.

Officials of the China’s National Health Commission (NHC) told the media in Beijing on Wednesday that the WHO experts will communicate with Chinese medical experts by video conferencing during their quarantine period.

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Members of the WHO team investigating the origin of Covid-19 arrived in Wuhan on Thursday.

control requirements and regulations will be strictly enforced”.

“We will also support and offer convenience to WHO experts’ travel to China,” he told a media briefing replying to a question about the denial of permission to the two scientists and referred the media to competent authorities for details.

China requires passengers flying from Singapore to take a nucleic acid test and an IgM antibody test up to two days before boarding China-bound flights.

The 13 WHO experts would go through a 14-day quarantine. They are set to interview people from research institutes, hospitals and the seafood market linked to the initial outbreak.

The WHO team includes virus and other experts from the US, Australia, Germany, Japan, Britain, Russia, the Netherlands, Qatar and Vietnam.

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Pak: 12 police officials dismissed for negligence in protecting Hindu temple

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13 scientists in Wuhan to probe Covid origins BEIJING/WUHAN, JAN 14 (PTI): Thirteen international experts of the WHO arrived in Wuhan on Thursday for the long-awaited probe into the origins of the deadly coronavirus pandemic, while two others did not board the flight from Singapore to the central Chinese city after they tested positive for COVID-19 antibodies.

“The inter national team of 13 scientists examining the origins of the virus that causes #COVID19 arrived in Wuhan, #China, today. The experts will begin their work immediately during the 2 weeks quarantine protocol for international travellers,” the World Health Organisation said in a tweet.

“Two scientists are still in #Singapore completing tests for #COVID19. All team members had multiple negative PCR and antibody tests for COVID-19 in their home countries prior to travelling”, it said.

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FC Goa beat Jamshedpur 3-0; jump to 3rd spot

M A R G A O, J A N 1 4 (AGENCIES): FC Goa have jumped to third spot in the Indian Super League points table with an impressive 3-0 win over 10-men Jamshedpur FC at the Fatorda Stadium in Goa on Thursday. Jorge Ortiz scored a brace while Ivan Gonzalez added one in the dying minutes to complete a dominant result. Their dominance can be understood from Goa’s 63 per cent possession.

From the early exchanges, Goa looked a constant threat while going forward and got their fair share of chances on goal.

They were also helped by Jamshedpur, who were not tight on the Gaurs thus plenty of time and space on the ball. With the Gaurs growing further into the game, they managed to break the deadlock with Jorge Ortiz finding the back of the net in the 19th minute.

Few minutes later, Nerijus Valskis almost levelled it for Jamshedpur, only to

Peter William Hartley of Jamshedpur FC and Ivan Garrido Gonzalez of FC Goa during the ISL match at the Fatorda Stadium in Goa, Thursday. (PTI)

be denied by goalkeeper Naveen Kumar, who did well to stop a close range shot. Though it was Goa with majority of the possession, Jamshedpur looked a threat at times, especially from set-pieces in the first 45 minutes.

Things started on a bright note in the second half as Juan Ferrando and his men doubled their lead with Ortiz scoring his second of the night in the 52nd minute, making matters difficult for Jamshedpur to stage a comeback. Jamshed-

pur did bring in some fresh legs, including Jackichand Singh, William Lalnunfela and others but it was all about Goa. They looked even more threatening after the second goal. Everytime the Gaurs attacked the opposition half,

a third goal looked more likely. Ortiz missed some wonderful opportunities to complete his hat-trick, but the Spaniard just could not find that all-important goal.

Jamshedpur upped their game with around 20 minutes to go, but Goa’s Kumar was having a good game. He did well to come up with a twin save in the 78th minute to preserve that clean sheet. Things got worse for Jamshedpur as Alexandre Lima was shown a second yellow, leading to a red card in the 86th minute.

And Goa took advantage of the situation and Gonzalez made it 3-0 after a wonderful solo run from his own half. He played a quick one two with Alberto Noguera, who passed back to him and Gonzalez finished well to complete a wonderful goal in the 89th minute.

Friday’s Match SC East Bengal Vs Kerala Blasters Time: 7:30 pm

Nagaland Post, Dimapur FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 2021

Thailand Open: Saina, Srikanth out as Indian challenge ends

BA N G KO K , J A N 1 4 (IANS): Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal crashed out of the Thailand Open in the second round while Kidambi Srikanth forfeited his match with an injury as the Indian challenge came to an end on Thursday.

Mixed doubles pair Ashwini Ponnappa and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy were the last Indian contenders to be knocked out of the tournament, losing 21-12, 21-17 to Hong Kong’s Tak Ching Chang and Wing Yung Ng. Saina lost 23-21, 14-21, 16-21 to local Busanan Ongbamrungphan in a match that lasted for 68 minutes to bow out of the Super 1000 tournament.

Saina started the first game well but she squandered some chances and conceded a 9-11 lead at the mid-game break. However, the Olympic bronze medallist came back strong and

Saina Nehwal

Kidambi Srikanth

used all her experience to take the first game 23-21 in 26 minutes.

Ongbamrungphan then staged a stunning comeback and didn’t let her Indian opponent rule the next game, winning it 14-21 and taking the match into the decider.

In the final game, the Thai upped her game by a notch and won 21-16 to enter the quarterfinals.

In the previous round, Saina had registered a comfortable 21-15, 21-15 win over Kisona Selvaduray of Malaysia.

With Saina’s loss, In-

dia’s challenge in the women’s singles event has come to an end at the tournament.

Sixth-seeded PV Sindhu had lost her opening round match 21-16, 24-26, 13-21 to world No.18 Mia Blichfeldt on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, in men’s singles, Kidambi Srikanth also pulled out of the tournament before the start of his second-round match due to a calf muscle strain.

Kidambi was slated to face Malaysia’s Lee Zii Jia but the latter will go through with the Indian pulling out and offering a walkover.

1st swimming competition held at Shelloi Lake Mongsenbai FC clinch 1st 27 Mokokchung

D I M A P U R , JA N 1 4 (NPN): Commemorating the 50 years golden jubilee, Phokhungri Area Sports Organization (PASO) organized the first ever swimming competition at Shelloi Lake (LUTSAM) on January 11 hosted by Phokhungri village under Phek district. The event was witnessed by overwhelming crowd of more than thousand people.

The programme for swimming competition was graced by NPP president Nagaland state, Dr. Andrew Ahoto Sema as the special guest. Addressing the gathering, he emphasized that the present youth

Special guest Dr. Andrew Ahoto with participants and other officials at Shelloi Lake on January 11.

should take utmost cognition about sports, skills and true leadership with integrity, then only one can see true development in future to come.

He also reminded

that the road has become deplorable and pathetic compared to when he visited last 17 years back. He maintained that development should not have any hue or bias approach, but

should reach out to every nook and corner irrespective of areas which may fall under ruling or opposition party. “Development should be the prime focus in every leader’s mind and it should stand above personal interest”, he added.

The one week sports programme included various activities such as football, volleyball, badminton, athletics etc for both men and women under the theme “One Team, One Dream”.

The organizing committee was headed by Ashelo as the president and Tvusetsu Thuviri as vice president of the PASO.

Town Assembly Constituency Football Tourney

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MOKOKCHUNG, JAN 14 (NPN): The Mongsenbai ward has clinched the championship title of the ‘1st 27 Mokokchung Town Assembly Constituency Football Tournament’, organized by 27 Mokokchung Town Assembly Constituency, NDPP youth organisation, on Thursday, at the Imkongmeren Sports Complex by defeating Aongza ward 2-0.

Delivering a speech, the final match patron, CEO Nagaland Minerals & Mines, Temjenmoa expressed his happiness

towards the NDPP 27 Mokokchung Town AC youth organisation for ‘nurturing the spirit of unity amongst the people’ through football.

He described that the game of football is the perfect example of unity, united in spirit to score a goal. Temjenmoa said that such noble initiative is an encouragement to the party (NDPP).

‘The party exist to serve the community and the people’, he said.

Temjenmoa further highlighted that, in his capacity as the CEO of Nagaland Minerals &

Mines, the department was en-route towards giving a major facelift to the Imkongliba Memorial District Hospital.

Individual Awards: Player of the Tournament: Yangersosang (Mongsenbai ward) Highest Goal Scorer: Imnatoshi (9 goals) (Mongsenbai ward) Most Promising Player: Temjenwapang (Aongza ward) Best Goal Keeper: Rohit (Kumlong ward) Discipline Team: Kichutip ward Best Defender: Yusang (Salangtem ward)

Andy Murray tests positive for COVID19, says STV

LO N D O N, JA N 1 4 (AGENCIES): Scottish tennis player Andy Murray has tested positive for COVID-19, STV said on Thursday, adding that he is still in good health.

The Scottish broadcaster said Murray was self-isolating and still had hopes of competing in the Australian Open next month.

Murray is a former world number one and three-times Grand Slam champion who has slipped in the rankings in recent years following hip surgery.

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