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China says Hong Kong protests ‘absolutely intolerable’

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Chandrayaan-2 successfully launched

SRIHARIKOTA (AP), JUL 22 (PTI): India on Monday successfully launched its second moon mission Chandrayaan-2 from its most powerful rocket with a plan to land the rover on September 7 in the unexplored lunar south pole, exactly a week after the liftoff was aborted due to a technical snag.

Carrying a “billion dreams” in a giant leap for the country’s ambitious low-cost space programme, the most complex and prestigious mission ever undertaken by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), if successful, will also make India the fourth country after Russia, the US and China to pull off a soft landing on the moon.

“We bounced back with flying colours after the earlier technical snag. Success is coming after a call-off,” said a beaming and visibly relieved ISRO Chairman K Sivan at the mission control room of the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, about 100 km from Chennai, as scientists broke into cheers, shook hands and exchanged greetings.

Sivan, who announced the success of the mission, was addressing the scientists

India’s second Moon mission Chandrayaan-2 lifts off onboard GSLV Mk III-M1 launch vehicle from Satish Dhawan Space Center at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh, Monday. (PTI)

shortly after the towering geosynchronous satellite launch vehicle GSLV-MkIIIM1, dubbed as ‘Baahubali’, lifted-off from the second launchpad at the spaceport

into cloudy skies at 2.43 pm and successfully placed the 3,850-kg Chandrayaan-2 into the earth orbit about 16 minutes later.

The Rs 978-crore

NTC welcomes Ravi’s 4-lane works: restriction extended appointment as gov DIMAPUR, JUL 22 (NPN): Dimapur district adminDIMAPUR, JUL 22 (NPN): Nagaland Tribes Council (NTC) has welcomed the appointment of RN Ravi as the governor of Nagaland. In a press release, NTC president Toniho Yepthomi and general secretary Nribemo Ngullie said that Ravi, who has been the interlocutor of Naga Peace talks for considerable years, has a wide-ranging knowledge about the issue of the people and political history of the Nagas. Congratulating Ravi on his new assignment, NTC expressed hoped that his posting as governor would usher in a ray of hope to strengthen the dialogue between the government of India and the Naga political groups for finding honourable and acceptable solution to the protracted Naga political problems at the earliest.

istration has informed that total restriction of all movement from Patkai Bridge to Pakala Pahar Bridge from 10:30pm to 5am has been extended for one month with effect from July 24, 2019 to August 24, 2019.

In a circular, deputy commissioner (DC) Dimapur Kevekha Kevin Zehol stated that restriction has been imposed as a preventive measure and sought cooperation of all responsible.

DC informed that alternative route from DimapurKohima/Kohima-Dimapur for light vehicles was available via 7th Mile-New DC Office-Shokhuvi-RazapheMhaikam-Pimla-Mhainamtsi-Jhornapani/Medziphema and vice versa.

KMC to issue car stickers

unmanned mission also brought woman power to the fore as it was helmed by two woman scientists of the ISRO--Ritu Karidhal and M Vanitha, the Mission and Project directors respectively.

Joined by President Ram Nath Kovind and leaders across the political spectrum, Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated the scientists and said every Indian is immensely proud today.

In a series of tweets, Modi referred to the indigenous systems used in Chandrayaan-2 and said the mission is “Indian at heart, Indian in spirit!...

“Efforts such as Chandrayaan-2 will further encourage our bright youngsters towards science, top quality research and innovation.” The prime minister also shared pictures of him watching the launch on a large screen and shared his audio message to the ISRO. “Chandrayaan-2 is unique because it will explore and perform studies on the south pole region of lunar terrain which is not explored and sampled by any past mission. This mission

NEW DELHI, JUL 22 (PTI): The ongoing session of Parliament is likely to be extended for at least three days as Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla may make an announcement in this regard in the House on Tuesday, sources said.

The extension of Parliament session was also discussed in the Business Advisory Committee where opposition made it clear to the government that they are not in favour of any such move, sources, who were present in the meeting, said on Monday.

During the Business Advisory Committee meeting chaired by Birla, the government conveyed to the opposition parties that it wanted to extend the ongoing Parliament session, the sources said.

According to government sources, there are more than two dozen bills, including the contentious triple talaq bill, which are pending and the government is keen to complete its legislative business.

The ongoing session is scheduled to conclude on July 26, but

Plight of Naga job seekers

This is it!

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BENGALURU, JUL 22 (PTI): In an unending battle of nerves, the Karnataka assembly was adjourned till Tuesday without voting on the confidence motion moved by Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy even after three days of debate, amid ruckus by Congress and JDS, which insisted voting can await the Supreme Court ruling.

As the House debated the motion with frequent scenes of pandemonium, Congress made its intentions clear right from the beginning that voting be deferred as the apex Court was seized of pleas by two Independent MLAs on the issue of trust vote.

The Supreme Court will hear on Tuesday a fresh plea of two Independent Karnataka MLAs, seeking holding of the floor test “forthwith” in the state Assembly on the trust motion.

The MLAs who withdrew support to the ruling coalition have sought a direction to the Kumaraswamy government to conduct the floor test on or before 5 PM on Monday.

Speaker K R Ramesh

Kumar adjourned the House at 11.45 PM after repeatedly reminding the government it should honour its commitment to conclude the trust vote proceedings Monday itself, but an unrelenting Congress created a ruckus towards the end of day’s proceedings.

Kumaraswamy and Deputy Chief Minister G Parameshwara were not present towards the end of proceedings, when Congress Legislature Party leader Siddaramaiah told the Speaker, “100 per cent...voting can happen tomorrow.”

The Speaker, who seemed perturbed over the prolonged proceedings, stated categorically that the discussion would end by 4 PM on Tuesday and by 6 PM, the voting process would be completed.

SC refuses urgent listing of 2 MLAs’ plea: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to urgently list a plea of two Independent Karnataka MLAs seeking holding of floor test forthwith, but said it may consider listing of the petition Tuesday.

A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi

Parl session likely to be extended for at least 3 days

KOHIMA, JUL 22 (NPN): Kohima Municipal Council (KMC) and Kohima Smart City Development Limited would be issuing a car sticker containing name of the owner and contact number for maintaining better traffic sense in Kohima town.

According to KMC, the car owners would now be required to write their name and contact number and paste it on their car for emergency calls. All 19 ward panchayats under Kohima municipal area have been made to engage the citizens in sensible car parking for assisting in reduction of traffic congestion and mismanagement in the city.

An update from KMC informed that the sticker of 300 each would be distributed to all the 19 wards, 500 DIMAPUR, JUL 22 (NPN): to secretariat, 200 each to DC and SP. A few hundred Coming out strongly in sup- will be given out to taxi, buses, traffic volunteers etc, it port of National Health stated.

Mission Employees Association Nagaland (NEAN), the district units of NEAN on Monday said that health personnel rightfully deserved Staff Reporter their salary to be paid on time every month. In a joint Dimapur, Jul 22(NPN): After the brutal murder of a Naga press release, presidents and who was employed in a restaurant in Chennai during mid-July, general secretaries of 11 the number of victims from Nagaland in the city has risen to district units have appealed five during the recent years. It was learnt that there are many to the responsible authority people from Nagaland working in various firms in Tamil Nadu to resolve the matter as early and many more across other cities. as possible.

In the most recent case, three persons involved in the murder of late Kaboto hailed from Assam. They were identified as - Jayanta Doss(19), Ranjith(19) and Aloke(19)- and had been sharing a room with the victim at AGD colony, Velacherry in Chennai. It was learnt that all of them were employed in a restaurant in Chennai.

It was reported that, the accused persons had murdered the victim due to some “misunderstanding” and were arrested when they tried to flee. The NCF Chennai performed funeral rites before the body of the victim was buried in Chennai .

Pastor Wapangtoshi revealed that lack of employment at home has driven hundreds of Naga youths to seek employment in other cities. He said most work under poor working conditions and also hardly earn enough as salary.

Highlighting the hardships and sometimes indignities faced by job seekers from Nagaland in other metro cities, Pastor Wapang informed all intending job seekers to get registered with NCF or Students Union in Chennai.

“If this union rivalry He pointed out that in almost all cases, the Naga comcontinues, we could have munity were unaware of the presence of the victims when they many union factions.” went to work outside the state.

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will offer new knowledge about the moon,” Modi said.

The ISRO is aiming for a soft landing of the lander in the South Pole region of the moon where no country has gone so far.

I m m e d i a t e ly a f t e r Chandrayaan-2’s separation from the rocket, the solar array of the spacecraft automatically got deployed and the ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network at Bengaluru successfully took control of the spacecraft, the ISRO said in a statement.

According to the statement, Chandrayaan-2, a three-module spacecraft comprising orbiter, lander and rover, will be subjected to a series of orbit manoeuvres using its onboard propulsion system to take it to the vicinity of Moon over the next few weeks with the rover soft landing planned on September 7.

The mission was called off on July 15 barely an hour before the planned post-midnight lift-off after scientists noticed a glitch in the three-stage rocket during the propellant filling phase in the indigenous cryogenic engine.

K’taka assembly adjourned till Tuesday without voting on confidence motion

the sources said the government was mulling to extend it till August 2 to ensure passage of all the bills listed for business.

The first session of the 17th Lok Sabha, which started on June 17, has been the most productive till July 16 in the last 20 years, with the Lower House registering 128 per cent productivity till Tuesday, according to think-tank PRS Legislative Research. Productivity means the number of hours the House actually functioned compared to the number of hours officially earmarked for it to work.

Lok Sabha passes amendment to RTI Act

Lok Sabha on Monday passed the bill amending the Right To Information Act, amid objections by the Opposition which alleged that it was an attempt to undermine the law and make the transparency panel into a “toothless tiger”.

The Right to Information (Amendment) Bill, 2019, takes away the stature of information

Illegal collection: PAC to come up with action plan DIMAPUR, JUL 22 (NPN): Public Action Committee (PAC) under the aegis of Naga Council Dimapur (NCD), which discussed the issue of illegal collection with all tribal hohos of Dimapur and civil society organisations at NCD hall on July 22, 2019, has said that it would soon come up with action plan.

In a press release, media cell PAC NCD said the meeting deliberated on the issue of taxation both by Naga political groups and state government agencies/departments, which have been going on unabated in spite of numerous representations to the concerned authorities.

The house resolved that Nagas cannot remain mute spectators and allow such rampant illegal collection to continue.

In this regard, the house appealed all the tribal hohos, civil societies, organizations and every concerned citizen to be prepared and join hands as and when called for.

commissioners from equivalent of election commissioners, with their salaries and service conditions to be specified by the government.

Rejecting the opposition’s charge that the Bill will weaken the Act, the government said it was fully committed to transparency and autonomy of the institution.

Replying to a debate on the Bill, Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh said the bill aims at institutionalisation, streamlining and ease of delivery of the Act. When the Minister sought consideration and passage of the Bill, several members of opposition including from the BSP and the TMC called for a division opposing it which was defeated 218 by 79 votes.

After this the leader of principal opposition party Congress, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, sought a clarification which was disallowed by the Speaker. Unhappy with this, members of the opposition parties staged a walk out. The Bill was later passed by voice vote.

Task force for JE surveillance Correspondent

KOHIMA, JUL 22 (NPN): Taking serious note of the outbreak of Japanese Encephalitis (JE), the department of health and family welfare has constituted a task force for JE surveillance in the state.

The task force was constituted Monday at a meeting held in the office chamber of the principal director, under the chairmanship of the principal secretary, H&FW. According to SNO (IDSP), Dr. Nyan Kikon, the meeting decided to set up task force under the chairmanship of H&FW director Dr.Vizolie Suokhrie for daily update. The meeting also resolved to scale up all vector control measures and put all the district surveillance units on high alert.

Further, control room

has been activated in the directorate for any inquires and immediate response. It may be mentioned that, one person was reported to have died of JE while nine persons have reportedly been detected positive and were undergoing treatment.

JE claims 3 more lives in Assam: Japanese Encephalitis (JE) claimed three more lives in Assam on Sunday, with the death toll rising to 107 in the state.

The three deaths were reported from Bongaigaon and Goalpara districts in lower Assam.

National Health Mission (NHM), Assam, in its daily bulletin, said that one person died in Bongaigaon district, while two other JE patients died in Goalpara.

The NHM bulletin further stated that from January this year, 469 people have been affected in the state.

said, “Impossible. We have never done this before. Tomorrow we may see to it.”

The bench’s remarks came when senior advocate Mukul Rohtagi, appearing for the two legislators -- R Shankar and H Nagesh, said he has filed a new petition in the Karnataka matter and sought its urgent listing.

Rohatgi said the floor test is being delayed on one pretext or the other.

He said when the Congress-JD(S) coalition can take orders for holding of floor test earlier, then same order can be issued now. To this the bench said, “We will see tomorrow.”

The two MLAs, who withdrew support to the Congress-JD(S) government in Karnataka, moved the top court seeking a direction to the H D Kumaraswamy-led government for conducting a floor test in the state Assembly on or before 5 pm on Monday. They said that the state has plunged into a political crisis after they withdrew their support to the government and 16 lawmakers of the ruling coalition tendered their resignations.

R.N. Ravi to be sworn-in on Aug 1 Staff Reporter

DIMAPUR, JUL 22 (NPN): Newly appointed Governor of Nagaland, R.N. Ravi would be sworn-in on August 1, reliable sources informed Nagaland Post. It was learnt that Ravi will arrive Dimapur either on July 30 or July 31 and then proceed to Kohima.

Ravi’s appointment as the Governor of Nagaland has taken many Nagas particularly the Naga Political Groups (NPGs) by surprise.

Ravi, who was the Centre’s Representative and Interlocutor to Naga Peace Process for over four years, was credited for signing the Framework Agreement on August 3, 2015 with NSCN (I-M) and then another agreement with WC of NNPGs on November 17, 2017. With his appointment as the next governor, there has been speculations that the ongoing peace process will soon be resolved as promised by Prime Minister, Narendra Modi.

It may be noted that current incumbent Governor P.B.Acharya had told Nagaland Post at a recent interview, that the Naga solution will be achieved within 2019.

170 dead, 1.07 cr affected in Assam, Bihar floods Patna/Guwahati, Jul 22 (PTI): Floods in Bihar and Assam have claimed 170 lives till Monday with 1.07 crore people still reeling under the effect of the deluge in the two states.

With two more deaths in Muzaffarpur, the toll in Bihar flood climbed to 104. In Assam, the number of deaths touched 66 with two deaths being reported form Dhubri and Dhemaji districts.

In Bihar, 76.85 lakh people in 12 districts of the state have been hit by the calamity while in Assam 30.55 lakh people are grappling with the deluge.

In the Northeastern state, the flood has also claimed the lives of 187 animals, including 16 rhinos in the Kaziranga National Park of Assam.

However, in another rhino habitat -- the Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary -- not a single animal has died in the flood.

Altogether 96,890 displaced persons are sheltered in 757 relief camps and relief distribution centres set up by district administrations, it said.

A total of 2,283 villages and 1.14 lakh hectare agricultural field are still inundated in the flood-hit districts.

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awareness programme Sensitisation on indigenous pig ‘Tenyivo’ onFarmers weather information in Kiphire

Resource persons and participants after the programme at NU-SASRD, Medziphema.

DIMAPUR: A one-day sensitisation on importance of indigenous pig, “Tenyivo” was organized

by ICAR-All India Coordinated Research Project on pig, Nagaland Centre, NU-SASRD Medziphema, at NU-SASRD,

Medziphema Campus, on July 17.

In a press release NUSASRD, stated that VAS, Zunheboto, Dr. Gwazenlo Tep, dwelled on the importance of rearing pig in healthy system.

Welcoming the par-

ticipants Asst. Prof. and incharge, ICAR-AICRP on pig, Dr. M. Catherine Rutsa, stressed on importance of conservation and propagation of ‘Tenyivo’ which is decreasing rapidly in numbers.

She further stated that

Tenyivo has been a recognised breed of Indian pig with unique morphological characters, adaptability, excellent mothering ability and meat quality.

Nagaland State technical executive incharge for Godrej Agrovet, Dr.

news in Brief

“Garbage to Gold” training on household level composting-cum-distribution of materials was conducted by Pro Rural in collaboration with Dimapur Municipal Council at Hill View Colony on July 20.

SVWD meeting: Satoi Village Welfare Dimapur (SVWD) has convened an emergency meeting on July 27 at 8:30 am at the banker’s residence.

All office beaters and executive members have been requested to attend the meeting without fail.

KMC informs: Kohima Municipal Council (KMC) administrator Kovi Meyase has informed all the street hawkers within KMC jurisdiction to produce medical certificate from the chief medical office while obtaining new permit/renewal of permit.

Rüüsalie Nakhro, presented advantages of feeding godrej pellet for pigs which is economical, less wastage and users friendly, while speech on low cost housing using locally available materials was delivered by Dr. M. Catherine Rutsa during technical session on housing and sanitation of Tenyivo pig.

Pro-vice chancellor, NU-SASRD, Medziphema campus, Prof. T. Lanusosang, in his exhortation, acknowledged the farmers for sharing their field experiences, adopting suitable management system, supporting time bound funded project to reduce poverty and hunger prevailing in the world.

Later, he released the booklet entitled “Tenyivo – An Indigenous germ plasm of Nagaland” authored by M. Catherine Rutsa and V.Rutsa.

Pure breed Tenyivoto were shown to the participants as breeding stock at subsidized rate, while concentrate pig feed samples were handed to participants by the Godrej Agrovet representative, the release stated.

The awareness programme in progress.

DIMAPUR: District Agro-met Unit (DAMU), Kiphire organised a oneday farmers awareness programme in Kiphire village on July 16. During the programme, the farmers were made aware on how the IMD (India Meteorological department) has come up in providing weather information to farmers by setting up Agro-met station (DAMU).

This will generate

products such as land surface water index, land surface temperature, leaf area index which will provide information about agriculture service like irrigation, sowing and fertilizer application to farmers through short message services in their mobile. Hence, the importance of registering their phone numbers, were also informed to the farmers.

According to DIPR,

the farmers were also lauded for taking management strategies measures during the invasion of Fall Army Worm (FAW) on maize.

Several questions made by the farmers were also discussed at the end of the programme. A total of 54 farmers attended the programme. The resource persons were Temjenna Jamir SMS (Agro-Meteorology) and Setsiba Sangtam AFA (DAO) Kiphire.

‘Awareness for social justice’ launched

DIMPAUR: Kohima law College (KLC) launched a campaign on “Legal Literacy & Awareness for Social Justice” on July 20 at its college premises.

In a press release media cell of KLC, stated that professor in charge, KLC and president, NVCO, Kezhokhoto Savi, officially launched the “Legal Literacy & Awareness for Social Justice”, and in his speech declared several topics to be conducted in the legal literacy and awareness campaign.

The awareness will be conducted in various institutions and colleges.

He further stressed on rights of Naga Indigenous Inhabitants of Nagaland in midst of state govern-

Professor in charge, Kezhokhoto Savi with the students at the launching programme “Legal Literacy and Awareness for Social Justice”. ment ongoing exercises need of the hour. Further, were allotted a specific time on RIIN and stated that the release also stated that to present a topic of their “social justice” was the each final year LLB student choice.

Lotha Eloe Hoho condemns

DIMAPUR: Lotha Eloe Hoho (LEH) has strongly condemned the action of Liyanbeni, wife of Tsenbemo Ngullie, of N. Longidang village, who was apprehended

by DEF Wokha Police on July 19 for possession of illegal drugs. In a press release LEH stated that such offence was a serious crime and appealed to law agencies not to show any mercy but award severest and exemplary action to the accused so that similar cases were not repeated in future.

LEH president, Zuchobeni R Ezong, further expressed shock stating that a person who was supposed to be responsible mother was involved in such anti-social activity.

LEH while lauding and acknowledging effort of DEF Assam Rifles Tang post donated two set of computers to Government Middle personnel’s in arresting the culprit, assured cooperation Zunheboto Battalion of Assam Rifles under the aegis of HQ IGAR (North) School, Tangnyu on June 22 for the welfare of the school students. (GMS in their determination to eradicate drugs menace from the conducted a lecture on “drive against extortion” on July 21. 20 locals Tangnyu head teacher, Vinod Kumar Rai.) district, the release stated. including village functionaries attended the lecture.

WCH holds leaders motivational talk

D I M A P U R : We s t e r n Chakhesang Hoho (WCH) held a leaders’ motivational talk on July 20, at Theja fort Dimapur.

The event was graced

by Apostle. Rev. Luoliehu Yimsung , Founder, Leaders Arise Nagaland (LAN) & Initiator, Overseas Naga Association (ONA) as resource person.

A press release from WC H j o i n t s e c r e t a r y Zasekhoyi Ringa stated that 101 leaders comprising WCH officials, village/unit chairman; GBs, VDB secretaries, WCH frontal leaders, pastors and youth directors, Unit level presidents/secretaries of women, youth and student bodies including leaders from State political parties and Naga National workers attended the programme.

Kuzholuzo Neinu, MLA; Nagaland Pensioners Association president, S.K.Kenye; Member, Collective Leadership NSCN (I-M), Nepfüpe Venue; Kilonsers from GPRN/ NSCN and former presidents of WCH also atK Y M C

Members of Western Chakhesang Hoho at the programme. tended the programme.

The programme was organised by WCH and sponsored by assistant director Rural Development, V.Pfukrulhou Koza.

WCH president, Dietho Rhakho in an introductory note said that reformation on work culture, family and society was the need of hour. “Corruption, mob culture, tribalism, degrading matrimonial & family values, abuse of power, easy living mentality etc has become or-

deal of the day” he said.

Rhakho therefore said that reformation must start with leaders and positive mindset needed to be installed.

Resource person, Rev. Luoliehu made presentation on the topic “Alliance - Biblical Perspective”.

While elaborating on good leadership roles, he encouraged for nurturing alliance/partnership within society, tribes, politics, work place, based on truth, vision, confidence, prayer, brotherhood and mutual

respect. He encouraged the leaders present to stick to Bible principles or Godly guidance.

Neipfupe also spoke at the programme. The programme chaired by WCH vice president, Neisalie Losou began with an invocation by CBC Bade village, pastor, Senokhape Losou; vote of thanks by WCH joint secretary, Zasekhoyi Ringa and concluded with a closing prayer by CRC Dimapur, pastor, Rev. Dr. Khape Ladu.

KDTODU flays unauthorised collection by KTP D I M A P U R : Ko h i m a District Truck Owner’s and Drivers’ Union (KDTODU) has condemned the unauthorised collection of money by Kohima Traffic Police (KTP) at landslide area (Kezhanu), Jotsoma on July 16.

In a press statement, the union president, KDTODU president, Rüvese Sokha and general secretary, Kvuethi Puro expressed gratitude to Jotsoma Youth Organisation (JYO) that these kinds of activities were recognised and caught at the right time. It further urged the concerned authorities or the department’s in-charge “to question and debate on whether these kinds of acts conducted are right”.

The union also thanked the Jotsoma Youth Organisation (JYO) for their firm action against the Kohima Traffic Police.

Meanwhile, the union affirmed to extend support to JYO in fight for justice.

NCC cadets annual training camp

The training in progress at Pilgrim School, Dimapur.

DIMAPUR: Annual training camp for No 1 Nagaland Air Squadron NCC, Dimapur, which commenced on July 17, is underway at Pilgrim School, Dimapur.

According to NCC Air wing, Third officer, Kakishe Shikhu, delivered a lecture on discipline, role of NCC and duty of good citizen

to Air wing NCC Cadets during the camp. He motivated cadets to become good citizens of India and inherit moral courage and encouraged to have respect for the country by obeying laws.

He further reminded them to be aware of both privileges and duties. He stated that a good citizen is

believably a boon, approbation to the society. The cadets were also imparted aero modelling training by Villar, which provided earnest approach to understanding of highly technical subject, aerodynamics. The aim is to increase the air mindedness youth of our country, the release stated.

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Members of “Donthao” with their finished products. (NP)

They will be delivering the traditional items to Jaipur, Mumbai, Kolkatta, Bhopal, Hyderabad, Dehradun, Bangalore, Delhi and Bhubaneshwar within four months period.

They received the order on June 26 after Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India (Trifed), Guwahati inspected and was satisfied with their products.

The members of SHG stated that the group was

formed in September 3, 2013 comprising of 14 married members with an objective to extend support towards their families and to inculcate work culture.

They started the group by collecting Rs. 100 per month each as membership fee.

Their motive was not to stay idle but start working on traditional attires with a “unique and antique touch” so that the upcoming generation will

Training on disaster response skills

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Staff Reporter DIMAPUR, JUL 22 (NPN): A Self Help Groups (SHG) from Dimapur “Donthao” which means “To Grow” in Rongmai dialect has received a contract worth Rs. 13 lakh to deliver various traditional items to nine states.

The announcement was made by the members of the SHG at the media briefing here on Monday.

Members of DDMA Kohima and participants from different villages.

DIMAPUR: District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA), Kohima, conducted Community First Responder (CFR) training for sub-divisions of Sechü Zubza, Tseminyu and Chiephobozou from July 8 to 19, with an objective to capacitate and impart disaster response skills to community.

In a press release DDMA Kohima, stated that the training was conducted in collaboration with the department of Home Guards & Civil

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Defence, district administration Kohima and supported by Nagaland State Disaster Management Authority (NSDMA), Home Department.

Introduction to disaster management, Incident Response System (IRS), characteristics of community first responder, personal and scene safety and practical sessions include knotting, bandaging, emergency method of search and rescue, patient body assessment, triage and splinting, were some

of the theory sessions imparted during the course of training.

The release further stated that trainers of the training were from State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), Kohima and the whole training was coordinated by District Disaster Management officer, Kohima, Thejangulie Zao and District project associate Kohima, Victor Yhome.

In each of the training, about 50 members from different villages attended.

learn about the values and importance of their respective attires.

“Donthao” which also focuses on handloom, weaving, bags and ornaments making etc, at the initial stage, used to deliver their products within their locality, former secretary Peijai Kamei said.

Their hard work was recognised when they were introduced to Toka Multipurpose Corporative Societies (MPCS) Ltd.in Dimapur last year.

They received a loan at a low interest from Toka MPCS from where they bought raw materials. The group also received a sewing machine from Toka MPCS. It may be noted that Toka MPCS is a channelizing agency to support the initiatives and to enhance access to financial services by bridging gaps wherever there are missing markets.

In regard to time management, Kamei said that every month the members conduct meeting and distributes the work accordingly.

The group also believed that community participation was important to encourage each other to make a difference in the society.

skills education to students

Students during meal preparation workshop at GHSS Pfutsero.

D I M A P U R : G ove r n ment Higher Secondary School (GHSS) Pfutsero conducted a meal preparation workshop for students of class 12 as part of life skills education on July 19, at the school premises.

The students were divided in a group of five to seven members team where each team prepared full course meal and made presentations.

The school has been

regularly conducting this exercise annually since 2017.

Government Higher Secondary School Pfutsero vice principal, Kelhikha Kenye, who supervised the activity explained on the importance of cooking and encouraged students to take up cooking as art.

He also highlighted huge commercial scope of popularizing Naga cuisine.

He also exhorted the students that skills education is the only option to address the huge educated youth unemployment problem in the state and challenged the students to learn as many useful skills as possible while they are studying.

A team of teachers Vetolu, Wetekhro Therie and Rupfoto assisted the conduct of the event as supervisors.

Poshan Mela and advocacy programme at Wakching

DIMAPUR: Senior treasury officer (STO), Kohima South Treasury, has informed all pensioners, both life and family drawing pension from Kohima South Treasury, that annual physical verification for 2019-20 will be held from August 19 to 31 and from September 16 to 31 at the STO office, Kohima (South) during office hours.

All the pensioners have been requested to appear physically along with PPO book, renewed NPA ID card, life certificate and non marriage certificate.

A view of Poshan Mela at Wakching under Mon district on July 20. (DIPR) Failing which payment of DIMAPUR: As part of Renchano spoke about where vendors were given pension will be stopped.

Poshan Abhiyaan pro- the necessity of adequate awareness on health care gramme, Poshan Mela for diet with diversification and measures for preInformation Education of foods, intake of IFA vention of deficiencies DIMAPUR: Naga People’s & Communication (IEC) and vitamin A supplemen- by ASHA Coordinator Front (NPF) president, Dr. and advocacy programme tation, timely deworm- Wakching Block, MinchShürhozelieLiezietsu has in convergence with Social ing, immunization, hand ing. convened a central execu- Welfare, Medical, RD washing and sanitation Distribution of famtive council (CEC) meeting and Panchayat was held and poverty intervention ily planning aid and ORS on August 7 at 11 a.m at at Wakching under Mon which can reduce the inci- for diarrhoea control meacentral office HQs Kohima. district on July 20 under dence of malnutrition. sures were initiated by All the CEC members have the theme ‘Overall Health M e a n w h i l e, l o c a l BPM, Medical departbeen requested to attend and Nutrition’, product exhibition was ment, Shoiang. the meeting positively.

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tration for lactating mothers of first life-birth child was initiated by district coordinator.

Adjoining six Wakching Village Council, GBs, A n g a n w a d i w o r k e r s, ASHAs and hundreds of community members attended the event.

The programme was organised by Wakching Block Convergence Action Plan Committee.

GTK holds interactive session on waste management Awareness on ‘health benefit’

DIMAPUR: An interactive session on the issue of management of wastes and plastic pollution was organised by Green Team Kohima (GTK) under the 100 Days Smart City Challenge supported by Kohima Smart City on July 20.

Representatives of NSF, ASU, KVSU and KBYF attended the interaction programme and presented their views on the pollution caused by the wastes and plastic.

CEO of Kohima Smart City Development Ltd (KSCDL), Kovi Meyase welcomed the participants and said that the youth and students bodies have accessibility to the biggest population group and the power to impact the change in a big way.

Maintaining that young people were generally passionate and full of smart ideas, he invited them to envision and come up with workable plans and suggestions which can be implemented for a Smarter Kohima City.

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agement and challenged the members present to take up proactive initiatives.

The group deliberated on the ban imposed on selected items by the State government and discussed the need for individual and collective responsibility towards a successful implementation of the ban.

During the interaction, how the citizens can respond to the ban and

not dwelling on “what is the alternative” were highlighted.

The participants also discussed on how the youth organizations and units can take up initiatives on management of wastes by reducing single use plastics in their respective units/ environment. Some activities that can be taken up in collaboration with the Smart City initiative were identified such as - any

events, programmes or festivals. The possibility of youths taking up initiatives for making paper bags or promote bio degradable bags was also discussed.

T h e m e e t i n g wa s chaired by Kekhrienuo Meyase of GTK. The meeting concluded with the decision to have another round of meeting on August 22 to draw a concrete workable action plan.

Meanwhile, as part of

the 100 days Smart City special initiative campaign on sanitation, the Kohima Smart City Development Ltd in collaboration with Green Team Kohima, organised a training programme for volunteers and coordinators on waste management and plastic pollution on July 18 at KMC Hall.

The training focussed on how the wastes generated can be better managed from the household level.

The coordinators and volunteers were oriented on the importance of reducing wastes as well as take up composting at the locality level.

The training also deliberated on how each colony can monitor the activities carried out by the community.

The coordinators and volunteers have been given the task to mentor the colony groups, who will be interested to take up composting of wet wastes.

70 participants from all 19 wards of Kohima town attended the training.

The participants were also taken to the Solid Waste Management site at Lerie as part of the training programme.

DIMAPUR: Wokha Village Health Sub Center Management Committee and Wokha Village Council organised awareness programme on “Health benefit of Cleanliness and Hygienic” on July 20 at Sub-Center Wokha Village. NHM, Longshibeni

was the resource person.

She highlighted the importance of cleanliness and proper hygienic for a good personal health, social life and environment. She also spoke on body care for girls and women, sanitary home for environment, practice

daily bathing and washing hands and avoid open defecation habit etc. The programme concluded with vote of thanks by HSCMC chairman Mhonchumo Erui and free distribution of sanitary pads to all the women participants.

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New Indo-Bangla waterway Visa centre in Imphal from August 5 route to be discussed in October

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IMPHAL, Jul 22: Visa Facilitation Services (VFS) centre which will provide the facility of availing visa for 45 countries will be opened in Imphal in the first week of next month.

The VFS centre will be opened on August 5, chief minister N Biren Singh announced on Monday, during a function at chief minister’s secretariat in connection with loan distribution.

The to-be launched VFS centre will be first of its kind in the entire Northeast region, Singh added.

On the occasion, the chief minister disbursed a loan amount of Rs 2.58 crores to 155 self-help groups, 16 deserving individuals who have applied through Meeyamgi Numit and Hill Leaders’ Day and 38 fish farmers of the state.

In another occasion held at Manipur Press Club Imphal, the chief minister handed over the appointment order to Th Chinglensana, the husband of late Th Rabina who was one of two victims of infamous BT-Road broad-day-light

Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh at Manipur Press Club during the distribution of CMHT cards to journalists on Monday. (NP) fake encounter of July 23, 2009.

Manipur government appointed Chinglensana as an assistant sub-inspector in police department and posted at CID (SB).

The state cabinet in its meeting held on December 22, 2018 approved his appointment.

The chief minister was at the Manipur Press Club Imphal to attend a function related with distribution

of cards for Chief Minister-gi Hakshelgi Tengbang (CMHT) to working journalists of the state, organised

by All Manipur Working Journalists’ Union (AMWJU).

Speaking at the occasion, Singh said that it was the bounden duty of every government to fulfil the aspirations of the people and make its people happy.

To ease the hardships faced by the poor people for

getting medical treatment in hospitals, the government had launched the CMHT on January 21, 2018 and since then it has covered 3.5 lakh people belonging to about 67,000 families, said the chief minister.

The chief minister claimed that around 12,000 beneficiaries have already been treated for free under the scheme.

The government has received and cleared hospital

bills of about Rs14 crores so far, he added.

The chief minister said that apart from getting benefits in empanelled and public hospitals in Manipur, CMHT card holders will also get benefits at renowned hospitals like Narayana Hospitals, Global Hospitals located at different parts of the country soon.

Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in this regard will be signed between the government and the hospitals soon, he added.

Lauding the efforts and role of the media houses, the chief minister opined that media were playing a constructive role in creating awareness on the existing welfare schemes to the people.

He appealed the media houses to extend their help and support to the government to achieve inclusive development in the state.

On the occasion, the chief minister also assured increasing the maintenance amount of the Manipur Press Club building from the current Rs two lakh to Rs five lakhs from current year.

Agartala, Jul 22 (PTI): A new Indo-Bangla waterway route connecting Tripura’s Gomati river with the neighbouring country’s Meghna river would be discussed at the foreign secretary-level talks to be held in October, a senior state government official said here on Monday.

“Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb is keen to operationalise the new waterway project at the earliest as it could be a game changer in the state’s communication system. The issue would be discussed in the foreign secretary level talks to be held in Dhaka in October,” Tripura Transport department, principal secretary, L Darlong told PTI. The proposed new waterway route will connect Tripura’s Gomati river with Meghna river of Bangladesh to get access to Ashuganj port of the neighbouring country.

Presently ships and steamers ply from Haldia in West Bengal to Dawodkandi in Bangladesh, which is only 80 km from Tripura’s Sonamura sub-division in Sepahijala district.

“The Tripura government has requested the Central government to prepone the foreign secretary level meeting so that the issue is discussed soon,” Darlong told PTI. At a meeting of the Planning department recently, the chief minister was briefed about the report of the joint technical committee finding on the 15-km proposed inland waterway project, the Transport secretary said.

The report suggested dredging of a 15-km stretch to operationalise the proposed Indo-Bangla waterway.

“Of the 15 km, around 13 km need to be dredged on the Bangladesh side and the rest on the Indian side to allow small and medium sized vessels to ply,” the official said.

The report of the joint technical committee was based on the hydrographic study carried out on March 12 and 13, Darlong said.

The chief minister has asked the Transport department to hold a meeting with the Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI)

to give a push to the ambitious waterway project, he said.

The principal secretary said, he will take up the issue with the IWAI to get the project cleared “as early as possible”.

A technical committee of the Ministry of Shipping had visited Srimantapur area of Sepahijala district just before the Lok Sabha elections, to see the ground reality.

The state government wants construction of a jetty at Srimantapur Land Customs Station (LCS) to handle business through the proposed waterway project.

The cost of the proposed waterway is Rs 2,483 crore, he said.

Four inland water routes between India and Bangladesh are operational at present.

The four routes are Kolkata-Pandu (in southern Assam) via Bangladesh, Kolkata-Karimganj (in southern Assam) via Bangladesh, Rajshahi (in Bangladesh)-Dhulian (in southern Assam) and Karimganj-Pandu-Karimganj via Bangladesh.

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and the BSF acted like mute spectators. The border villagers still remember how Bangladesh Rifles intruded and captured Pyrdiwah for days. We don’t want to see that kind of incident again,” Mynsiang said.

Muktapur, which is about 20 km east of Pyrdiwah village, was occupied by the BDR in 2001 for days claiming it to be a part of Bangladesh, before they were forced to retreat.

Meghalaya shares a 443-km border with Bangladesh, part of which is porous, hilly and unfenced and prone to frequent infiltration.

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Shillong, Jul 22: Armed personnel of Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) intruded into Muktapur village in Meghalaya and threatened villagers to stop the construction of an internal road in the village on Saturday, villagers said on Monday.

The intrusion by the BGB troopers has created fear and anxiety amongst the residents of Muktapur village.

IG of BSF in-charge Meghalaya, Kuldeep Saini said that he has sought for a detail report on the development from his unit. He said the situation along the border is under control.

“We don’t understand how can BGB enter Indian territory and threaten us (villagers) to stop the construction of internal road carried out by Muktapur

Village Council,” Kmen Mynsiang, a resident of Muktapur said.

“We were more shocked to see when our BSF personnel acting like mute spectators when armed BGB forces intruded in our village and forced people to stop the construction of road,” the villager questioned.

Confirming the BGB men crossing the zero line and entering Muktapur village, Saini said, “They (BGB personnel) wanted to stop the villagers from constructing a road within the 150 yards from the zero line.”

Saini said all the Border Out-Posts along the 442-km long Bangladesh border are on alert and there is no more scope for intrusion.

However, villagers in Muktapur are worried that the BGB may intrude and terrorise them at night. “The villagers are living in fear after the BGB intrusion

NATIONALIST DEMOCRATIC PROGRESSIVE PARTY 8-Western ANGAMI ASSEMBLY Constituency Kohima, Nagaland 797001

CONDOLENCE MESSAGE The Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party, 8-Western Angami Assembly Constituency is deeply shocked and grieved by the sudden and untimely demise of Mrs. Khriezono Lhousa, President, 8-Western Angami Assembly Constituency Women Wing, NDPP, in Mumbai on 18th July 2019 after a prolonged sickness.

Mrs. Khriezono Lhousa was a cheerful, loving and kind hearted person, energetic, active and a dynamic woman leader. She has served the party with her heart and soul and an endearing personality. She has left us at a time when her presence and service is most needed by the party. The vacuum created by her demise may never be filled up again. We shall continue to cherish the memories of her presence and contributions in our midst while missing her so very badly. May the departed soul rest in divine peace.

We in the NDPP, 8-Western Angami Assembly Constituency, also convey our deepest condolences to Mr. T. Husie Lhousa, IFS, and children; and pray that God grant them grace and strength to bear the irreparable loss.

With deepest sympathy.

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Agartala, Jul 22 (IANS): Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb on Monday flagged off the 17-tonne consignment of exotic and juicy pineapple to Dubai. Besides pineapple, Tripura is also exporting lemons to Dubai.

Tripura exported 1.5 tonnes of the Queen variety of pineapple to Dubai last year as part of the initiative to popularise the tropical fruit globally.

“With the increase in pineapple production from the 1.26 lakh tonnes to 3 lakh tonnes by 2021, the fruit will be exported to more countries and all the states in India,” Deb said.

The Chief Minister said the consignment would reach Dubai in 9-10 days.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The family members of Late Nuhe-ü Clara Pienyü, wish to acknowledge the many expressions of sympathy and gestures of kindness shown to us during our sad loss, who passed away on the 12th of July, 2019. We offer our heartfelt thanks to the many friends, neighbours, church members and well wishers who supported us with prayers, and provided emotional and physical help at this difficult time. For those who telephoned, sent floral tributes, cards and messages of condolences, as well as those who made charitable donations, we are truly grateful. As it would be impossible to thank each and everyone individually, please accept this acknowledgement as an expression of our deepest gratitude. It is also our sincere prayer that our Almighty God bless each one of you abundantly.

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“After Tripura gets linked through the proposed waterway with Bangladesh, the time and cost of exporting pineapple, lemon and other items would be further reduced,” he said.

The production of the Queen variety of pineapples has increased 25 per cent.

The Chief Minister said all blocks had been asked to enlarge pineapple cultivation area. “In near future, the state would start earning more foreign exchange

and extend more benefits to farmers,” Deb said.

Pineapples are also exported to Bangladesh.

“Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s target to double farmers’ income by 2022 would be achieved in Tripura through the export of pineapple,” Deb said.

In Tripura, Agriculture and Transport Minister Pranajit Singh Roy said one pineapple fetched Rs 5-10, but for export purposes it was being procured at Rs

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15 per piece. Stating that one pineapple fetches Rs 20 in Dubai against Rs 5-10 in Tripura, Tripura Chief Secretary Usurupati Venkateswarlu said the juicy and sweet pineapples would make Tripura “familiar” to the rest of the world.

“It takes 15 days for pineapple consignment from the Philippine to reach Dubai. But from Tripura it takes only 9-10 days,” he said.

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ment official said many countries, including Israel and Bahrain, had expressed willingness to import pineapple from Tripura.

The Food Corporation of India (FCI) last year started procuring rice at a minimum support price, he said and added, “The FCI through the state food and agriculture departments has procured 14,000 tonnes of rice this year, which would rise to 100,000 tonnes in three years.”

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D.O.B : 12/02/1987 – D.O.D : 10/07/2019 We the bereaved family of Miss Late W. Longya Konyak would like to acknowledge our friends, neighbours, relatives, churches, fellowships, associations and every individuals who has generously contributed and stood by us physically, financially and morally during her brief illness and sudden demise of Late W. Longya Konyak.

We regret and apologize our inability to thank individually.

May the Lord bless you all abundantly. God bless you all.

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We the bereaved family members of Late A. Kuhozhe Shohe (Atoizu Town from Naghutomi Village) would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to each and every individual, union and well wishers who stood by us with prayer, physically, financially and materially during his illness and dismise on 12th July 2019.

We would like to convey our special thanks to: 1) Atoizu Town 2) Naghutomi Old/New Village 3) Lotisa Old/New Village 4) SBAK Aizuto/Nito Mount/CRC/Catholic Church Atoizu 5) Dimapur Abolomi 6) Kohima Akusami 7) Mechanical Department Zunheboto 8) Atoizu Area We deeply regret our inability to thank each and every individual personally, but we pray that our Almighty God bless you all abundantly.

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Died on : 14 July 2019 We the bereaved family of Lt. Nensile Kath (Mafila), D/O Mrs. Yala Kath, would like to express our heartfelt gratitude and sincere appreciation to all individuals, relatives, churches, organizations, friends and wellwishers who stood with us through prayers and financial help during her brief illness and untimely demise on 14 July 2019 at Guwahati.

We are deeply indebted for your support and love.

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(1958 – 2019) We the bereaved family of Late H. Zhewoto Chishi acknowledge the many expressions of sympathy and gestures of kindness shown to us following our sad loss.

We offer our heartfelt thanks to all the family, friends and well wishers for your support you have extended to our family during his illness till his last breath.

We deeply regret our inability to thank each and everyone individually but pray that Almighty God bless you all abundantly.

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IMPHAL, Jul 22: Hundreds of quarry workers Monday staged a protest against the ban on sand and stone mining at Sekmai in Imphal West district.

Thousands of workers whose livelihood were dependent on sand and stone mining in the river beds were now out of jobs due to the ban imposed by an order of the High Court of Manipur.

A division bench of Chief Justice Ramalingam Sudhakar and Justice Kh Nobin of the High Court of Manipur on July 2 last passed an order banning illegal sand quarrying and related activities that are polluting the rivers in Manipur.

Since the passing of the judgment in response to a PIL, workers who engaged in the mining activities have been protesting, demanding alternative source to earn their livelihood.

They had even threatened to launch intense forms of agitations if the state government fails to come with a positive response to address their grievances at the earliest possible period.

Joining the chorus demanding alternative livelihood source, hundreds of women and men in Sekmai area of Imphal West district

Quarry workers staging protest against ban on sand and stone mining. (NP)

who were engaged in sand and stone quarrying on the river beds of Sekmai River Monday staged a sit-inprotest at Sekmai Bazar.

“Don’t snatch the livelihood of workers, save the life of workers,” they cried.

They lamented that the closure of the quarries at Sekmai River took a toll on their livelihood.

They alleged that due to the closure of the sand and stone mining, their source of livelihood has been snatched and they were left jobless.

While demanding that the state government come up with a policy to address their grievances, they alleged that the ban on mining of sand and stone has totally contradicted with incumbent government’s commitment of poverty alleviation.

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amount to reducing the poor families to poorest and making the rich people richer, the protestors alleged while pointing out the import of sand and stone from outside the state was not covered by the ban.

They have no capacity to challenge the order of the court but the sudden closure of sand and stone mining works was highly condemnable, the protestors said.

They added that government should have made alternative arrangement before closing the quarries.

By remaining silent for such a long time without any positive measure to address the plights of the workers, government has shown its attitude of not taking the grievances of the poor workers seriously, they lamented.

Stating that the workers have also the right to live, the

protestors threatened that if the state government failed to come up with an alternative measures to address their plights, they will be compelled to take up intense forms of agitations.

Mention may made that the High Court of Manipur order a total ban mining of sand and stone from all rivers in Manipur after carefully study a submission

by Thoubal River Conservation Committee on the impact of the rampant sand and stone mining activities to the river.

The court had taken suo motto cognisance of the matter of causing the river pollution and making it unsafe for human consumption and other domestic purposes.

The High Court, however, exempted license holders and firms possessing lease agreements from the purview of the ban.

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Panel to discuss cultural safeguards for Assam GUWAHATI, Jul 22 (Agencies): A highlevel panel constituted by the Union home ministry to suggest ways to implement Clause 6 of the 1985 Assam Accord will have its first meeting on July 24 in New Delhi, ET reported Monday.

The ministry had to reconstitute the panel after four of the nine members named on the earlier panel refused to be a part of it.

The new panel is headed by former Gauhati HC judge Justice Biplab Kumar Sarma and has 12 other members. “We received a communiqué that the first meeting will be held on July 24 in New Delhi,” a member of the panel was quoted as saying by ET. The Assam Accord was signed between the Union government headed by then prime minister Rajiv Gandhi and All Assam Students Union and All Assam Gana Sangram Parishad to end the six-year-long anti-foreigner movement in Assam.

The panel will examine the effectiveness of actions taken since 1985 to implement the clause and to assess the appropriate level of reservation of seats in Assam’s legislative assembly and local bodies for the indigenous people.

Assam floods death toll reaches 66

Children use a boat to move across a flooded locality in Morigaon on Monday. (PTI)

Guwahati, Jul 22 (PTI): The flood situation in Assam remained grim with the toll touching 66 on Monday following the death of two more persons, as 30.55 lakh people is 18 of the state’s 33 districts were affected by the deluge.

The calamity has also claimed the lives of 187 animals, including 16 rhinos in the Kaziranga National Park. However, in another rhino habitat - the Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary - not a single animal has died in the flood.

The two fresh deaths were reported from Dhubri and Dhemaji districts, the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) said in its evening bulletin.

Altogether 96,890 dis-

placed persons are sheltered in 757 relief camps and relief distribution centres set up by district administrations, it said.

A total of 2,283 villages and 1.14 lakh hectare agricultural field are still inundated in the flood-hit districts.

In the Kaziranga National Park in Golaghat district, the animal death toll due to drowning include 15 rhinos, 103 hog deer, one elephant, six swamp deer, 12 sambhar, two water buffaloes, 13 wild boars, three porcupines, a Forest and Environment department release said on Monday.

Another rhino and 10 hog deer also perished due to other reasons, the release said adding 64 animals, including two rhinos, were

rescued.

State Forest Minister Parimal Suklabaidya said the personnel and volunteers at the Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary have done an impressive job by keeping the number of animal death toll at zero this time.

“Their hard work and dedication should be inspiration for the whole society,” Suklabaidya said after visiting Pabitoral in Morigaon district and chairing a review meeting.

Meanwhile, the mighty Brahmaputra river is flowing above the danger level at Neamatighat in Jorhat district and Dhubri district, Jia Bharali at N T Road Crossing in Sonitpur district and Kopili at Dharamtul in Nagaon district, the ASDMA said.

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IMPHAL, Jul 22: Manipur education minister Th Radheshyam on Monday stressed the need for a good education policy to realise the dream of a new and strong India.

Speaking at the oneday discussion session on Draft National Education Policy (NEP) 2019, the minister said Discussion of the education policy was the means to refine and redefine the education policy of the country to pave way for better education system in the country.

The discussion was jointly organised by Directorate of University & Higher Education, Manipur and Intellectual Forum of North East (IFNE) held at Classic Royale Hall, Imphal.

Citing survey reports, the minister said that every hour one student committed suicide in the country

because of the pressure and system for education adopted. The issue of high rate of suicide case in the country was due to parental pressure and from peer groups, he observed.

“Education is not just to get jobs but to live and to let others lead a good life,” he said.

The main player in education are the teacher who will bring out the best and weaknesses in the education and its system, he said and urged the gathering to retrospect on how amendments can be made to strengthen the education policy and the system.

Director of university and higher education department, W Malemnganba Chenglei said that drafting of a new education policy was the need of the hour.

“It is imperative to know the roles and contribution of India so that India is not left behind but is propelled

IIT-G plans to set up extension centres in NE

New Delhi, Jul 22 (PTI): The IIT-Guwahati is planning to set up extension centres in northeastern states and run programmes to bring Class 12 students from state-run schools for exposure visits at its campus. “We plan to expand the reach of the institution to other parts of the northeast by opening extension centres with necessary approval from the HRD Ministry,” Director, IIT Guwahati, TG Sitharam, said.

Sitharam took charge of the top post at the prestigious engineering institute earlier this month.

“We also plan to run programmes to bring several Class 12 students from 12 government-run schools of northeastern states to the

IIT-Guwahati campus for exposure visit,” the director said. Sitharam said students will visit research facilities and interact with the faculty at the institute.

“Besides this, the institute plans to create awareness and training for the rural masses about rural technologies which IIT-G is working on,” he said.

Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ had recently visited the IIT-Guwahati campus.

“The minister identified some key focus areas for the institute wherein he mentioned IIT-Guwahati to collaborate with other esteemed institutes in the country along with institutes of the northeast region,” Sitharam said.

Heavy rain triggers landslides in Arunachal

Itanagar, Jul 22 (PTI): Incessant rain in the past couple of days has trigered landslides in several districts of Arunachal Pradesh, the Met Department here said on Monday.

The state capital alone has received 119.4 mm of rainfall in the past 36 hours, even as moderate to heavy rain is forecast across the state for the next few days. The landslides have affected transportation and power supply in various parts of the state, officials said. Power supply to five districts has snapped after a 132-KV transmission tower collapsed, they said. Several vehicles are reportedly stuck on National Highway-415 for hours, the officials said.

Despite the downpour, the state has recorded an average rainfall deficit of 33 per cent, Met office said here.

forward. The draft National Education Policy, 2019 defines the different aspects to improve the educational landscape of the country,” he said.

He added that the draft emphasises on critical thinking, communication skill and understanding India’s social, moral and ethical values.

Chairman of NIOS, Union ministry HRD, Prof CB Sharma said that the draft policy needs to have more diverse views to be able to change and shape the country towards positivity.

He further added that draft education policy need to bring a policy to curb the mushrooming of coaching centres and migration of university professors to higher paid institution.

The session was attended by deans, professors, teachers and students of various universities, college and schools.

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Aizawl, Jul 22 (PTI): Mizoram officials have re-identified 26,128 Bru refugees belonging to 4,278 families lodged in six relief camps in North Tripura district, state Home Secretary Lalbiakzama said on Monday.

The re-identification of the bona fide residents of Mizoram, as part of the repatriation process of the Bru refugees lodged in the relief camps, was completed on July 20, Lalbiakzama said.

The figure was not final as scrutiny would be held after a meeting with the officials, the home secretary said.

Officials from Mamit, Kolasib and Lunglei districts conducted the head count to figure out who are willing to return to Mizoram, from where the Bru community people had fled to Tripura in 1997 due to ethnic unrest.

Lalbiakzama told PTI that the officials under-

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I, Smti. L. Tongpangla Pongener, D/o Limajungba of Chuchuyimlang Village in the District of Mokokchung do hereby sworn on oath that 1. Smti. L. Tongpangla Pongener and Smti. Tongpangrepla are one and same person.

2. That henceforth on the declaration of this Affidavit the name L. Tongpangla Pongener shall be used officially for all purposes.

Solemnly affirm and declare the above mentioned are true to the best of belief and knowledge, this day the 26th July 2002 Anno Domino.

Deponent Magistrate 1st Class DP-5678

BEFORE THE JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE FIRST CLASS DIMAPUR : NAGALAND Regd. No. 242/19 Dated 04.07.2019 AFFIDAVIT I, Shri. L. WATI WALLING, S/o Late Lanutemjen, resident of Peren, PS-Peren, Dist- Peren, Nagaland do hereby Solemnly affirm and declare as under : 1. That I am a bonafide citizen of India residing at the above mention address.

2. That in my Appointment Order No. IND/APPT/96/78, Dated Kohima the 5th Feb/85, my name has been entered/recorded as "L. WATI WALLING".

However, in our Office Seniority List bearing Order No. IND/ESTT/47/85 (Pt-II)/782, Dated 28th July 2008, my name has been inadvertently entered/ recorded as "I. WATI WALLING".

3. That henceforth my name shall be corrected as "L. WATI WALLING" as entered in my Appointment Order and not as written/entered in our Office Seniority List.

4. That the above statement made by me is all true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief and nothing materials is concealed therein.

And I sign this affidavit on this 4th day of July, 2019.

DEPONENT MAGISTRATE DP-5664

IN THE COURT OF Smti. Y. Longkumer, Principal Judge FAMILY COURT DIMAPUR : NAGALAND SUMMON FOR SETTLEMENT OF ISSUE (ORDER - V, RULE - 1, 5, 20)

CASE NO Divorce Case No. 25/19 PETITIONER Shri. Shilutemjen RESPONDENT Smti. Imonenla To, Smti. Imonenla D/o Rarenbenba aged 24 years R/o Ungma Village Mokokchung, Nagaland Whereas the above named petitioner has instituted a case against you for Divorce U/S. 10 (i) (vii) (ix) of the Indian Divorce Act, 1869.

You are hereby summoned to appear before the Court in person or by pleader duly instructed and able to answer all material questions relating to the case on 29th July 2019 at 10:30 A.M. without fail.

Take notice that in default of your appearance on the date mentioned the case will be heard and determined in your absence.

Given under my hand and the seal of the Court, this 17th day of July 2019.

JUDGE DP-5670

took the second phase of identification from July 3 and completed the exercise within the timeframe of July 20.

In the previous head count conducted in November last, 32,876 Brus belonging to 5,407 families were found in the relief camps in North Tripura district.

Of them, only 33 families had returned during repatriation in 2018 and 5,374 Bru families were estimated to have been remaining in the relief camps.

The re-identification was necessitated as there is a possibility of change in the number of people in the camps due to births and deaths, and availability of proper documents, official sources said.

The state government was making preparations for the final round of repatriation of the Bru people from Tripura to Mizoram which Regd. No. : 258/19

is scheduled to begin in early September, the home secretary said. “It will depend on the weather, and of course the preparedness of the Ministry of Home Affairs as well as Tripura government, as coordinated efforts of all the stake-holders are crucial,” he said.

All the identified families expressed their willingness to return to Mizoram though opposition from hardliners and anti repatriation elements could not be ruled out, he said.

The Centre, in association with the governments of Mizoram and Tripura, had been repatriating the displaced Brus in phases.

The Centre, state governments of Mizoram and Tripura and the Mizoram Bru Displaced People’s Forum (MBDPF), the apex body of the Bru community in the relief camps, had on July 3, 2018 signed an

AFFIDAVIT

Date : 04/06/2019

I, Miss Sahayba Surab Ali daughter of Surab Ali, age about 22 years resident of House No 122, Neisatuo Colony, District Dimapur, Nagaland do hereby solemnly affirm and declare as follows : 1. That I am a Bonafide Citizen of India and resident of the above stated address.

2. That in my academic records my name has been recorded as Saheba Khatun and my fathers name as Surab Uddin and where as in my Aadhaar Card No. 260361520350 my name has been recorded as Sahayba Surab Ali and my fathers name as Surab Ali. 3. That Saheba Khatun and Sahayba Surab Ali are one and the same person and there are no discrepancies between the above names.

4. That this affidavit is to be treated as a piece of evidence before the authority concerned as and when necessary.

5. That the above statements are true to my knowledge and nothing has been concealed thereof.

DEPONENT Solemnly affirm and declare before me on this 4th of June 2019.

Notary Public DP-5659 AFFIDAVIT No-HNA-581/2019 Dt : 13.03.2019 I, Smt. Ganga Limbu, W/o: Harka Bahadur Limbu, aged about: 50 years an inhabitant of vill: Hawaipur No. 2, P.O: Hawaipur, P.S: Kheroni, in the District of West Karbi Anglong, (Assam), do hereby solemnly affirm and declare an oath as under :1. That, I am citizen of India and permanently resident of the above noted address. This is true.

2. That, my actual and correct name and title is Smt. Ganga Limbu wherein NRC (Application Receive Number ARN) wherein my name has been recorded as Ganamaya Limbu instead of Ganga Limbu. This is true 3. That, in same documents my title has been recorded as Subba. This is true 4. That, Ganga Limbu and Ganamaya Limbu is the name and title of one and same person ie my name. The title Limbu and Subba belong to same caste and community.

This is true 5. That, this affidavit is made for the purpose to declare that my correct name and title is Ganga Limbu and further this affidavit may be produce before a lawful concern authority to remove any suspicion if a ride and further it may be used a piece of evidence if when required.

VERIFICATION I, Smt. Ganga Limbu, do hereby solemnly affirm and declare that the contents of this affidavit are true to the best of my knowledge, belief and information and in verification thereof I put my signature on this 12th day of March, 2019 at Hamren Court.

Deponent Solemnly affirmed by me by the deponent.

Magistrate : Hamren.

DP-5653(B) No-HNA 2214/2019 Dt : 11.07.2019 AFFIDAVIT I, Sri Simion Limbu, aged about : ..... years, son of Sri Harka Bahadur Limbu, resident of Village: Hawaipur, P.O. Hawaipur, P.S: Kheroni, in the District of West Karbi Anglong, Assam, by Religion: Hindu, do hereby solemnly affirm and declare as follows :1. That I am a bona-fide citizen of India by birth and permanently resident at the above mentioned address. This is true.

2. That my actual and correct name and title is Sri Simion Limbu which recorded in my all educational documents and Elector Photo Identity Card etc.

3. That in some documents my nick name & title has been recorded as Simion Samba.

This is true 4. That Sri Simion Limbu and Sri Simion Samba is the name and title of one and same person i.e. my name.

5. That this affidavit is made for the purpose to declare that my correct and title is Sri Simion Limbu and further this affidavit may be produce a lawful concern authority to remove any suspicion if arise And further it may be used a piece of evidence if when required.

VERIFICATION I Sri Simion Limbu, do hereby solemnly affirm and declare that the contents of this affidavit are true to the best of my knowledge, belief and information and in verification thereof I put my signature on this 11th July, 2019 at Hamren.

Deponent Magistrate, West Karbi Anglong, Hamren.

DP-5653(A)

agreement for repatriation of all the Bru refugees from Tripura before September 30 last.

Meanwhile, the Bru refugees recently demanded that Mizoram government resettle them in southern Mizoram due to “shortage of land” in Mamit and Kolasib districts where majority of them were to be resettled, the sources said. The state government rejected the demand saying that the July 3

agreement should stand.

According to the pact, the families would have to be resettled in those districts where they used to stay before fleeing to Tripura.

The Brus are in Tripura since late 1997 in the wake of a communal tension triggered by the murder of a forest guard inside the Dampa Tiger Reserve on October 21, 1997 by Bru National Liberation Front militants.

Dear Thsidi, Your birthday is a very special day for it reminds us that you came in this world on this day to bring joy in our lives. Happy birthday!

From. S. Litingse Sangtam, Cana and Victoria Sangtam

No HNA-1710/2019 Dt : 11.06.2019 AFFIDAVIT I, Sri Harka Bahadur Limbu, aged about : ..... years, S/O: Lt. Dambar Bahadur Limbu, a resident of Village: Hawaipur, P.O. Hawaipur, P.S: Kheroni, Dist. West Karbi Anglong, Assam, do hereby solemnly affirmed as follows :1. That I am a bonafide citizen of India and permanent resident above noted address. This is true.

2. That my son's actual and correct name and title is William Limbu and his nick name is William Samba. This is true.

3. That in my Service Book Record his nick name namely William Samba has been recorded instead of his actual and correct name namely, William Limbu. This is true.

4. That William Limbu and William Samba is the name and title of one and same person, i.e. my son's name. This is true.

5. That this affidavit is made for the purpose to declare that my son's correct name and title is William Limbu and his nick name is William Samba and both name is one and same person.

And further this affidavit it may be produce before a lawful concern authority to remove any suspicion if arise and further it may be used a piece of evidence if when required.

VERIFICATION I Sri Harka Bahadur Limbu, do hereby solemnly affirm and declare that the contents of this affidavit are true to the best of my knowledge, belief and information and in verification thereof I put my signature on this 11th July, 2019 at Hamren.

Deponent Magistrate, West Karbi Anglong, Hamren.

DP-5653(C) Regd. No. 134/19

DECLARATION

Dated : 19/07/19

I, Shri. Moses Kikon, S/o Nchubomo Kikon, aged about 27 years, a permanent resident of D.C Court Colony, under the District of Dimapur : Nagaland, do hereby solemnly affirm on oath and declare as follows : 1. That, I am a bona fide citizen of India, belonging to Lotha Naga Scheduled Tribe in the state of Nagaland.

2. That, my name has been recorded inadvertently as Shri. Moses Ngullie and my father's name as Pichamo Ngullie in my birth certificate, and the same has been used in all my academic and other documents.

3. That, this affidavit is sworn to correct name and title of mine and my father's.

4. That, this affidavit is sworn to make it known to one and all, that the name Moses Kikon and Moses Ngullie subscribe to one and only PERSON i.e.

Moses Kikon, S/o Nchubomo Kikon and the same shall be used in all future correspondence/ reference hereinafter.

5. That, this declaration is made bona fide without prejudice to mislead any authority, institution, agency whatsoever.

DEPONENT

Sworn before me by them deponent on the 19th day of July, 2019.

Oren Humtsoe Advocate & Notary Public Nagaland

DP-5646

Regd. No. 133/19

DECLARATION

Dated : 19/07/19

I, Shri. Ekonthung Kikon, S/o Nchubomo Kikon, aged about 24 years, a permanent resident of D.C Court Colony, under the District of Dimapur : Nagaland, do hereby solemnly affirm on oath and declare as follows : 1. That, I am a bona fide citizen of India, belonging to Lotha Naga Scheduled Tribe in the state of Nagaland.

2. That, my name has been recorded inadvertently as Shri. Ekonthung Ngullie and my father's name as Pichamo Ngullie in my birth certificate, and the same has been used in all my academic and other documents.

3. That, this affidavit is sworn to correct name and title of mine and my father's.

4. That, this affidavit is sworn to make it known to one and all, that the name Ekonthung Kikon and Ekonthung Ngullie subscribe to one and only PERSON i.e. Ekonthung Kikon, S/o Nchubomo Kikon and the same shall be used in all future correspondence/ reference hereinafter.

5. That, this declaration is made bona fide without prejudice to mislead any authority, institution, agency whatsoever.

DEPONENT

Sworn before me by them deponent on the 19th day of July, 2019.

DP-5647

Oren Humtsoe Advocate & Notary Public Nagaland

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OPINiON/EDITORIAL

Nagaland Post Vol. XXIX NO. 226 Dimapur, TUESDAY, JULY 23, 2019

Community or Citizen

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hen the National Register of Citizens(NRC) was first prepared after the 1951 Census of India, it was believed that it would be critical for Assam where the foreigners’ or illegal migrants issue has been so much talked and written about. This apprehension stems from the fact that the influx of illegal immigrants from Bangladesh has led to a humungous growth of Muslims across the state. Assam minister Himanta Biswa Sharma had recently admitted that a total of nine districts out of 33 in Assam are now Muslim majority. As per the census, Dhubri district has 79.67%, Barpeta 70.74%, Darrang 64.34%, Hailakandi 60.31%, Goalpara 57.52%, Karimganj 56.36%, Nagaon 55.36%, Morigaon 52.56% and Bongaigaon 50.22% Muslims. In order to tackle the “unabated influx” the NRS is being updated in Assam to include the names of those persons (or their descendants) who appear in the NRC, 1951, or in any of the Electoral Rolls up to the midnight of March 24, 1971 or in any one of the other admissible documents issued up to mid-night of March 24, 1971, which would prove their presence in Assam or in any part of India on or before March 24, 1971. This also includes any admissible documents issued, which would prove or link their Assamese or Indian origin.

The update process of NRC started in the year 2013, when the Supreme Court of India passed orders for its update. Since then, the Supreme Court (bench of Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi and Rohintan Fali Nariman) have been monitoring it continuously.

In order to aid and assist the public in enrolling themselves in the NRC update process ICT (Information Communication Technology) enabled Help Desks named as NRC Seva Kendras (NSKs) were set up across the state. NRC Seva Kendras (NSK)were set up in each district of Assam; each NSK covering an approximate of 2,500 households.. The entire project is headed by the State Coordinator of National Registration, Assam; under the strict monitoring of Supreme Court of India. According to a statement issued by the state coordinator of NRC, the list has been published as per provisions of Clause 5 of the Schedule of the Citizenship (Registration of Citizens and Issue of National Identity Cards) Rules 2003.

The draft published on July 30, 2018 included the names of 2.9 crore people out of total applications of 3.29 crore. Forty lakh people were left out in the draft. On June 26, 2019, the state added another 1 lakh names to the list of those who have been left out of the NRC. Those who did not make the draft list were allowed to make one last claim for inclusion before the publication of the final consolidated list at the end of August. Authorities also allowed objections to be filed against people included in the final draft. The NRC in Assam is scheduled to be released on July 31 but the state has sought for extension of time from the Supreme Court. This confirms that the exercise besides being a mammoth task, also brings with it, the bitterness of lakhs being declared aliens in a land where they have lived since many decades just because they don’t have documents. It is also a tragedy that the issue is being communalised by politicians and turning the exercise from citizenship to community.

DailyDevotion Sanctification (1) This is the will of God, your sanctification…

—1 Thessalonians 4:3 The Death Side. In sanctification God has to deal with us on the death side as well as on the life side.

Sanctification requires our coming to the place of death, but many of us spend so much time there that we become morbid. There is always a tremendous battle before sanctification is realized— something within us pushing with resentment against the demands of Christ.

When the Holy Spirit begins to show us what sanctification means, the struggle starts immediately. Jesus said, “If anyone comes to Me and does not hate…his own life…he cannot be My disciple” (Luke 14:26).

In the process of sanctification, the Spirit of God will strip me down until there is nothing left but myself, and that is the place of death. Am I willing to be myself and nothing more? Am I willing to have no friends, no father, no brother, and no self-interest— simply to be ready for death? That is the condition required for sanctification. No wonder Jesus said, “I did not come to bring peace but a sword” (Matthew 10:34). This is where the battle comes, and where so many of us falter.

We refuse to be identified with the death of Jesus Christ on this point. We say, “But this is so strict. Surely He does not require that of me.” Our Lord is strict, and He does require that of us.

Am I willing to reduce myself down to simply “me”? Am I determined enough to strip myself of all that my friends think of me, and all that I think of myself? Am I willing and determined to hand over my simple naked self to God? Once I am, He will immediately sanctify me completely, and my life will be free from being determined and persistent toward anything except God (see 1 Thessalonians 5:23-24).

When I pray, “Lord, show me what sanctification means for me,” He will show me. It means being made one with Jesus. Sanctification is not something Jesus puts in me— it is Himself in me (see 1 Corinthians 1:30).

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When I was a newspaper reporter, and later a television writer, I really felt my co-workers became a second family. ~ Jill Davis

D

o people really understand climate change and global warming?

A few days of unseasonal chill brings back the sceptic in everyone – if the earth is getting hotter then why are we experiencing low temperatures, is a common question.

That the earth is getting hotter is no longer a moot question. It is. But will the heat kill you? Yes. But not directly. You can still walk barefoot on the grass without getting your feet burnt!

You will get killed by the viruses, the insects, the tsunamis and cyclones, the jellyfish in the oceans, the lack of water.

The new kings of the earth are getting ready to take their thrones: mosquitoes.

Just as birds flock to warmer areas when winter settles in, wild creatures seek out weather that suits them.

But a changing climate is moving that comfort zone for many animals, including disease-carrying mosquitoes.

Mosquitoes are the deadliest animals in the world.

Their ability to carry and spread disease to humans causes millions of deaths every year. The worldwide incidence of dengue has risen 30-fold in the past 30 years, now infecting as many as 400 million people a year, with a quarter of them sick enough to be hospitalized, and more countries are reporting their first outbreaks of the disease.

Zika, dengue, chikungunya, and yellow fever are all transmitted to humans by the Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes, to name just two species. (Malaria spread by the Culex mosquito needs a whole article to itself).

And, global warming is letting them take over the world.

Published in Nature Microbiology in March 2019 , Scientists from Boston Children’s Hospital, Oxford University, University of Washington, London School of Hygiene

and Tropical Medicine and the Universite Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium) have combined all the available data using climate, urbanization, migration and human travel and made prediction models of the likely spread of two key disease-spreading mosquitoes -- Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus. The models forecast that by 2050, 49 percent of the world’s population will live in places where these species are established, if greenhouse gas emissions continue at current rates. “We find evidence that if no action is taken to reduce the current rate at which the climate is warming, pockets of habitat will open up across many urban areas with vast amounts of individuals susceptible to infection,” The team gathered data on the distributions of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus over time, in more than 3,000 locations, starting from the 1970s. They mapped current locations which they considered suitable as mosquito habitats, then projected their suitability in 2020, 2050 and 2080, based on various climate models, projections of urban growth and other variables. They included human migration and travel patterns, using census data and mobile phone records.

Their findings : Aedes aegypti has spread north at a relatively constant rate, about 150 miles per year. Aedes albopictus spread most quickly between 1990 and 1995. In Europe, Aedes albopictus has spread faster, advancing from 62 miles per year to 93 miles per year in the past five years.

Aedes aegypti is predicted to spread not just within its current tropical range, but also in new temperate areas in the U.S. and China, reaching as far north as Chicago and Shanghai, respectively, by 2050. Aedes albopictus, is forecast to spread widely throughout Europe over the next 30 years. It’s also expected to arrive in northern

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Understanding climate change U.S. and the highland regions of South America and East Africa. If climate change isn’t curbed by 2050, the spread is predicted to be even greater.

Zika virus started two years ago in South America and has already spread very fast, despite border control measures.

Climate change is the next great health threat, says Prof Paul Auerbach co-author of the book Enviromedics: The Impact of Climate Change on Human Health. As the globe warms, mosquitoes will roam beyond their current habitats, shifting the burden of diseases, like malaria, dengue, chikungunya and West Nile virus, to temperate and colder regions Stanford biologist Erin Mordecai, and her colleagues from Stanford Medical School have also forecast how climate change will alter where mosquito species are most comfortable, and how quickly they spread disease. Economic development and cooler temperatures have largely kept mosquito-borne diseases out of wealthier Northern Hemisphere countries, but climate change will tip the scales in the other direction.

Their findings: malaria is most likely to spread at 25 degrees Celsius (78 degrees Fahrenheit) while the risk of Zika is highest at 29 degrees Celsius (84 degrees Fahrenheit). Carriers of dengue need the warmest climates, so will continue to plague hot regions such as sub-Saharan Africa. Mosquitoes that carry the West Nile virus, however, prefer a more temperate climate, so will migrate to

cooler regions as the climate warms.

According to a study

by Dr Soeren Metelmann et al of the University of Liverpool, almost all of England and Wales could be warm enough for the aedes species by the 2060s. Metelmann and colleagues created a model that combines knowledge of the life cycle of the mosquito with UK climate predictions from NASA for the period 2060–2069. So far tropical mosquitoes come with travellers to the UK in warm summer months and survive – and even breed – for a few weeks before disappearing in the winter. But his team’s research shows that in the near future such introductions could lead to the establishment of resident populations that survive the winter.

An international team, including Moritz Kraemer at the University of Oxford, has done an independent study that predicts that the mosquitos will spread throughout Europe over the next 30 years.

Originally from East Asia, the insects have been spreading across Europe since the 1970s and are now found as far north as Germany and south-east England. In the last decade there have been outbreaks of chikungunya in Italy, showing that the spread of such mosquito-borne viruses within Europe is possible. By 2080 they predict that the mosquito will be in 197 countries worldwide, with 20 of those detecting its presence for the first time.

The mosquito seems to operate like a heat-driven missile of disease. Scientists say

the hotter it gets, the better the mosquito is at transmitting a variety of dangerous illnesses.

Mosquitoes live 10-12 days and that is how long it takes a virus to grow in its gut, making it infectious. Warmer air incubates the virus faster in the cold blooded mosquito, so the insect has more time to be infectious. Higher temperatures speed up larval development, increasing the number of adult populations, the autumnal development of the immature and consequently the increase of eggs over winter. Warmer temperatures make the mosquito hungrier, so it takes more blood meals and spreads more infection.

Warmer temperatures also increase the mosquito population.

Zika, for instance, has been declared a global public health emergency after being linked to brain deformities in babies in South America.

Zika outbreaks depend on temperature and drought.

Recife, Brazil, the largest city in the Zika-struck region, saw its hottest SeptemberOctober-November on record, about 1.2 degrees Celsius (2.2 degrees Fahrenheit) above normal, according to NASA data.

Aedes albopictus, the vector of a known vector of chikungunya virus, dengue virus and dirofilariasis, has undergone a dramatic global expansion facilitated by human activities, in particular the movement of used tyres and ‘lucky bamboo’ (single reason for its spread in Belgium and the Netherlands)– those horrible sticks they put in glasses of water and give to chief guests. It was first reported in Europe in 1979 in Albania. In 1985 it was first reported in Texas, USA . Now it is in 32 US states, including Hawaii. In Latin America it was first reported in Brazil in 1986. In Africa, it was first detected in 1990 in South Africa. It is now listed as one of the top 100 invasive species by the Invasive Spe-

cies Specialist Group. This mosquito is already showing signs of adaptation to colder climates, which may result in disease transmission in new areas. It has already caused outbreaks of chikungunya in Italy and France and dengue in France and Croatia.

Its not just the spread of disease. Aedes albopictus is currently considered a serious biting nuisance for humans, where it is significantly reducing the quality of life.

Adult females bite aggressively, usually during the day, both indoors and outdoors. Its prevalence has been linked to a reduction in children’s outdoor physical activity time, a factor contributing to childhood obesity .

Traditionally the aedes albopictus needs a mean winter temperature of 0 degrees C to permit egg overwintering, a mean annual temperature of 11 degrees C for adult survival and activity, and about 500 mm of annual rainfall. A summer temperature of 25–30 degrees Celsius is required for optimum development. There are now reports of populations establishing in areas with lower mean temperatures (5–28.5°C) and lower rainfall (290 mm annually).

Aedes albopictus can be the vector of at least 22 other viruses, including yellow fever virus, Rift Valley fever virus, Japanese encephalitis virus, West Nile virus. So, its spread is significant to human survival.

Can a mosquito carry more than one disease at the same time? Can someone get more than one disease from a single bite? Studies done in Gabon and India show that humans can be infected with chikungunya and dengue at the same time. Coinfection poses a challenge for accurate diagnosis, particularly when symptoms, such as fever and aches, can be similar.

Remember this every time you eat meat or allow a tree to be cut – the two biggest reasons for climate change.

Post-mortem Is RIIN the real answer to tackle Economic remedies for water crisis the menace of illegal immigrants? W

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aving the RIIN may help create a data base of some sort but it is certainly not the real answer to tackle the menace of illegal immigrants or even of fake indigenous certificates. The solution lies in ending all forms of corruption and improving our governance. Bringing the RIIN at this juncture may also complicate the situation and further delay the implementation of the ILP as suggested by the Abhishek Singh committee.

The fact that the government notification dated 29th June, 2019, to give effect to the Register of Indigenous Inhabitants of Nagaland (RIIN), has yet to take-off, instead seeking public consultation on what is an intricate matter of identity, rights and customary law, the best course would be to defer the idea of RIIN for now or atleast make sure that any delay in completing the RIIN should not come in the way of putting in place the new proposed system and ensure that no illegal migrants can enter.

One argument being put forward in the ongoing public debate is that the RIIN is required to enforce the Inner Line Permit (ILP) and that its implementation would be meaningless without the RIIN. However this may not necessarily be the case. We believe the two can be delinked. The ILP was always there from before but could not be strictly enforced and monitored by the government.

Previous to the Abhishek Singh Committee, we had two other committees in 2016 and 2017 headed by knowledgeable Naga IAS officers.

They were the Sentiyanger Committee and Kesonye Yhome Committee.

Both committees did not go into the subject of having the RIIN but nevertheless gave strong recommendations to strengthen the ILP system.

However the government never cared enough to implement these.

It is unfortunate that the priority and initial focus on strengthening the ILP system has been unnecessarily diverted by the contention over RIIN. Without wasting time, the other substantive part of the Abhishek Singh Committee report should be implemented. This includes the recommendation for a robust online system to issue, monitor and track ILPs and also a permanent ILP committee in the Home Department.

Further, the views of Commissioner, Nagaland (made to the Abhishek Singh committee) is worth revisiting.

According to the Commis-

sioner, if at all ILP is extended to cover the whole of Dimapur, one of the mechanisms that could be considered is to “first identify the Non-Naga indigenous inhabitants and issue them with special cards or by whatever nomenclature it may be termed… “ It is obvious that the commercial hub of Dimapur is the real problem when we talk about the threat posed by illegal immigrants.

So instead of undertaking a long and sensitive exercise that may lead to more question than answers, if the problem area of Dimapur can be first targeted and tackled on an emergency basis.

The Joint Committee for Prevention of Illegal Immigrants (JCPI) has been urging the Government to notify extension of BEFR, 1873 to cover the entire administrative jurisdiction of the state including Dimapur immediately. Even if the RIIN goes ahead, the work on a robust online system to issue, monitor and track ILPs should start without delay.

The government should also take note that an important consensus seems to have emerged. That an exercise like RIIN, to determine citizenship of the indigenous inhabitants, is best left to the wisdom, knowledge and tradition of the respective village republics.

One idea is to let every village in Nagaland, under the supervision of their respective tribal hoho and apex church body, list out the names of all its citizens. Based on this first draft list, further steps can be taken to compile the main register.

In fact, each village, irrespective of tribe, has its own register of indigenous inhabitants. Even outside the village, the respective village union/s in places like Kohima, Dimapur, Tuensang, Mokokchung, Zunheboto, Wokha etc maintain a register of members.

To conclude, the recent discourse over the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB), Article 371 (A), the proposed exercise of creating the Register of Indigenous Inhabitants of Nagaland (RIIN) or even the Naga peace talks, cannot be seen in isolation to each other. All of them are linked somehow to the bigger picture of safeguarding the time tested culture, tradition and rights of the Naga people.

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hile contemplating our natural resources, past conversations often centered around fossil fuels and them becoming scarce due to overuse.

However, recent conversations have stirred our attention to another natural resource that is available in abundance but is still causing a crisis in many parts of the world.

Water!

Water covers approximately 70 per cent of the earth, but only 2 per cent of it is fresh water of which 1.3 per cent is in the form of glaciers and polar ice caps. Many developing countries are struggling with ensuring that this basic resource is safe and accessible. Nowhere is this more obvious than in India.

The country has 16 per cent of the world’s population and only 4 per cent of the world’s water resources at its disposal. The situation is made worse by the fact that 70 per cent of its water is contaminated. As a result, India ranks 120 among 122 countries on the Water Quality Index released by WaterAid. According to the Composite Water Management Index (CWMI) report released by the NITI Aayog in June 2018, 21 major cities including Delhi, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad are racing towards zero groundwater levels by 2020, affecting access for 100 million people.

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which came into effect from January 1, 2016, aim to ensure Clean Water and Sanitation availability and sustainable management of water for all (Goal 6) by the year 2030. This is a basic human right which needs to be given the highest priority over other demands, considering the impact of a water crisis on food supply as well. The northern states at risk of water scarcity as per the CWMI report also account for about 20- 30 per cent of the country’s agricultural output, which indicates the associated food

security risk for India.

One of the major reasons for this water crisis is groundwater depletion. Many states like Delhi, Haryana, Punjab and Rajasthan have an annual groundwater consumption much greater than annual groundwater recharge. Moreover, this is only increasing with time.

According to a study, India’s rate of groundwater depletion increased by 23 per cent between 2000 and 2010.

India also uses the largest amount of groundwater - 24 per cent of the global total - which is even more than China. This has resulted in overexploitation and contamination of groundwater.

Another problem is the neglect of local water bodies which are being encroached or have dried out.

Over-reliance on monsoons with water management systems have led to this predicament. The World Health Organisation (WHO) states that an individual requires around 25 litres of water daily for meeting his/her basic hygiene and food needs. The rest is used for purposes like mopping and cleaning. This shows that for purposes other than drinking, non-potable water can be supplied. Thus, for economic efficiency and environmental sustainability, water must be supplied according to usage.

Looking at the gravity of the problem, the Union Government has formed a Jal Shakti Ministry, which has launched a targeted water conservation programme that emphasises on specific interventions like rainwater harvesting and watershed development. While this is a step in the right direction, India cannot fight this problem without changing the dystopian reality of its agriculture and irrigation system.

To ensure complete utilization and maintenance of irrigation assets, states need to implement robust participatory irrigation management measures. There is a need to

modernise the irrigation methods and adopt newer technologies while also switching to less water-intensive cash crop.

Additionally, states also need to drop the practice of supplying free and subsidised water. Marketbased solutions through pricing of water supplied to urban homes can encourage efficient usage of water.

Equity can be ensured through consumption slabs for the same.

Delhi government, for instance, is making laudable efforts to address the water crisis by initiation of water harvesting plans on the Yamuna floodplains and installation of rainwater harvesting structures in all government buildings and existing structures. But these efforts need to be supplemented with elimination of free water supply to households that can very well afford to pay for it. To develop long-term solutions, state governments can incentivize entrepreneurs in designing decentralized technologies for measuring and improving water quality and recharging groundwater.

They also need to renovate existing infrastructures, such as water treatment plants, water networks and reservoirs. The idea is to supply water to more people using the same capacities, rather than waiting for new infrastructures to be built.

Public-private partnerships can be the way to go, where the public sector must retain ownership on the assets and set tariffs ensuring that these resources are affordable for all. Lastly, emphasis on behavioural change should also be made. As local citizens and beneficiaries, we need to have the realization of our responsibilities and face the consequences of our actions. We need to keep our own usage and actions in check to overcome this issue before most of our cities are parched.

(IANS) Amit Kapoor

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Catastrophic for the Nagas

Very interestingly and in a surprising manner, the situation in Nagaland may be changed within no time.

The change may not be as expected by the Nagas as a whole. It is anticipated that weather may be a little rough and get disgruntled. How far we can trust the present incumbent interlocutor from GoI who is going to be the Governor of Nagaland as designated? It is totally disarray for the Nagas at this juncture. The interlocutor seems to be very expert for the GoI to flatter the Nagas as well as the other side of the hedge trying to prolong the Naga political talks, so called the very popular Framework Agreement of 3rd August, 2015. Whereas Nagas suffered a lot all because of the present political scenario in Nagaland. In view of the uncertainty as to the day and the hour, men ought to watchout. If someone know his house is going to be broken into, he will be ready, even if he does not know the exact time. Now it is high time for the Nagas to understand the ground reality.

Y.L. Jami IAS (Retd), Kishiabill, Dimapur

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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Plea in HC for equal status to ‘Vande Uttar Pradesh bill for reintroduction of Remark on militants to kill Mataram’ as that of national anthem anticipatory bail gets president’s assent corrupt made in anger: Malik S R I NAG A R , J U L 2 2 (PTI): Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik on Monday expressed regret over his remark that militants should stop killing innocent people and target the corrupt, saying it was made in a “fit of anger and frustration”.

Malik said he should not have made the comment as constitutional head of the state but it did reflect his feelings and he will say the same thing when he is not governor.

“It was in a fit of anger and frustration due to rampant corruption here.

Wherever I dig, I find their corruption. I should not have made such comments as I am the constitutional head but what I said is my feeling on the issue. Once I am not the governor, I will still say the same thing. I am ready to face the consequences for it,” Malik told television channels.

On Sunday, Malik stoked controversy during his address at a function in Kargil in Ladakh region.

“These boys who have picked up guns are killing their own people, they are

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killing PSOs (personal security officer) and SPOs (special police officers). Why are you killing them? Kill those who have looted the wealth of Kashmir. Have you killed any of them?”

Malik had asked.

National Conference leader Omar Abdullah was quick to respond.

“Save this tweet - after today any mainstream politician or serving/retired bureaucrat killed in J&K has been murdered on the express orders of the Governor of J&K Satyapal Malik,” Abdullah said on the microblogging site.

The former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister said the governor should check

out his own reputation in Delhi before sanctioning unlawful killings.

“This man, ostensibly a responsible man occupying a constitutional position, tells militants to kill politicians perceived to be corrupt.

“Perhaps the man should find out about his own reputation in Delhi these days before sanctioning unlawful killings & kangaroo courts,” Reacting to Abdullah’s criticism, Malik said the former chief minister is behaving like a political juvenile who tweets on everything.

“Ask the people about my reputation and his reputation as well. I am here because of my reputation in Delhi and you are, where you are right now, because of your reputation,” he said.

Malik said he neither had the name of his father or grandfather to fall back up on nor the wealth.

“I have come here from a one-and-half room house and I guarantee you that I will leave after exposing their corruption,” he added.

NEW DELHI, JUL 22 (PTI): A plea was Monday filed in the Delhi High Court seeking directions to the Centre to frame a policy to equally propagate the national anthem and the national song -- ‘Vande Mataram’.

The plea, filed by BJP leader and lawyer Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, has sought that ‘Vande Mataram’, written by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, be given the same respect as the national anthem -‘Jana Gana Mana’, penned

by Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore.

In his plea, which is likely to be heard on Tuesday, Upadhyay has said that the national song played a vital role in the Independence movement and was first sung in a political context by Rabindranath Tagore at the 1896 session of the Indian National Congress.

“Both the ‘Jana Gana Mana’ and ‘Vande Mataram’ have to be equally respected. The sentiments expressed in ‘Jana Gana Mana’ have been expressed keeping State in view.

“However, the sentiments expressed in ‘Vande Mataram’ denote the na-

tion’s character and style and deserves similar respect,” the petition contends.

It seeks a declaration that ‘Vande Mataram’ shall be honoured equally with the song ‘Jana Gana Mana’ and shall have equal status with it.

Apart from that, the petition also seeks a direction to the central government to frame a national policy to promote and propagate both the national anthem and the national song.

It also urges the court to direct the government to ensure both songs are sung in all schools on every working day.

This is not the first time such a petition has been moved in the high court. In October 2017, a PIL was filed in the Delhi High Court seeking a direction to treat the national song at par with the national anthem.

The court had dismissed the petition after the central government had opposed the plea saying ‘Vande Mataram’ occupies a “unique and special place” in the psyche of Indians but it cannot be treated at par with ‘Jana Gana Mana’.

NEW DELHI, JUL 22 (PTI): President Ram Nath Kovind has given assent to a key bill of Uttar Pradesh that will pave the way for reintroduction of the provision of anticipatory bail, revoked during the Emergency in 1976, officials said Monday.

Barring Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, all other states in the country have the provision of anticipatory bail.

“The president has given assent to the Code of Criminal Procedure (Uttar Pradesh Amendment) Bill, 2018,” a Home Ministry official said.

With the presidential assent, the provision of applying for an anticipatory bail in Uttar Pradesh has been restored after over four decades.

T h e b i l l p r ov i d e s amendments for Uttar Pradesh in Section 438 (anticipatory bail) of the CrPC. As per the amendments, it will not be necessary for the accused to be present during the hearing for the anticipatory bail.

It also provides for certain mandatory conditions or riders to be im-

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posed by the court before considering granting the anticipatory bail, including not allowing the provision in case of serious crimes.

Besides, there will be no anticipatory bail in cases where the punishment is death sentence and also cases under the Gangster’s Act, the official said.

In 2009, the State Law Commission had also made a recommendation for re-introduction of a modified bill.

In 2010, the then Mayawati government had cleared a bill in this regard and sent to the central government for approval.

However, it was put on hold. Later, it was sent back with suggestions for some modifications.

Before clearing the fresh bill, the Yogi Adityanath government had set up a committee, headed by the principal secretary (Home), which included the director general (prosecution) and officials of the law department, to study the shortcomings of the past and utilisation of the provision in other states.

Under Section 438 of the CrPC, imposing conditions or riders before an anticipatory bail has been left to the discretion of the court. However, in the UP amendment, certain riders have been imposed.

These include the accused would have to be present for interrogation whenever required by police, the accused will not threaten anyone directly or indirectly involved with the case and that the accused will not leave the country without the permission of the court, another official said.

Another amendment is that the court would have to decide on the application for an anticipatory bail within 30 days.

West Bengal has this provision, the official said.

Nadda pulls up Pragya Singh Thakur for her toilet remarks Opposition no to extending Parl session Addressing a meeting of BJP workers in Madhya Pradesh, Thakur, an accused in the 2008 Malegaon bomb blast case who is currently out on bail, said the job of an MP is to work with MLAs, corporators and public representatives to ensure development.

“So keep this in mind... We are not here for cleaning a drain. Is it clear?. We are absolutely not (here) for cleaning your

toilets. The work which we are supposed to do and elected for, we will do it honestly. This we had said in the past, saying it today and stick to it in future as well,” she said.

Thakur had won her maiden election from Bhopal Lok Sabha seat by defeating Congress leader Digvijay Singh.

Her comments were embarrassing for the BJP as Modi has has made the

‘Swachh Bharat’ (Clean India) programme a centrepiece of his government’s agenda.

But this is not the first time she has left the BJP red-faced.

During the Lok Sabha poll campaign, she had hailed Mahatma Gandhi’s killer Nathuram Godse as a “patriot”.

She was forced to apologise after he comments triggered an outrage,

and Modi went on to say that he would not be able to forgive her despite the apology. She was issued a showcause notice as well.

Thakur had also claimed that Maharashtra ATS chief Hemant Karkare was killed in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks due to her “curse” as she was “tortured” by police in custody. Even then she was forced to tender an apology.

NEW DELHI, JUL 22 (PTI): The opposition parties told the government on Monday that it was against extending the ongoing session of Parliament, sources said.

During a business advisory committee meeting chaired by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, the government conveyed to the opposition parties that it was considering to extend the ongoing Parliament session, the sources

said. The government said that there are several bills which are pending and other legislative business which they would like to complete during the ongoing session, the sources added.

Leaders of various opposition parties then categorically told the union min-

isters present in the meeting that they were against extension of the session. The ongoing session is scheduled to conclude on July 26, but the sources said the government was mulling to extend it till August 2 to ensure passage of all the bills listed for business.

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NEW DELHI, JUL 22 (PTI): BJP working president J P Nadda Monday “pulled up” Bhopal MP Pragya Singh Thakur for her remarks that she was not elected to the Lok Sabha for cleaning up toilets, comments that were seen to be mocking Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Swachh Bharat’ campaign.

She was summoned to the BJP headquarters, where Nadda conveyed to her the party leadership’s displeasure with her comments made at Sehore in Madhya Pradesh on Sunday, party sources said.

Thakur was pulled up and asked to refrain from making statements that go against the party’s programmes and ideology, they said.

The BJP MP declined to speak to reporters as she left the party office.

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Acceptance letter may be submitted to this office within 30 days from the date of issue of this Notification. Waiting list will be maintained for a period of 6 months wef the date of issue of this result.

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The messaging app has been working closely on its business platform.

Launched in January 2018, the WhatsApp Business app was developed to improve SMBs’ communications with the customers.

In India, 84 per cent of SMBs think that WhatsApp helps them communicate with customers, and 80 per cent of SMBs think that WhatsApp helps them grow their business.

Cathcart would also visit Mumbai to interact with the SMBs, discussing how to mentor them while sharing his own journey as a developer to leading WhatsApp. Facebook-owned platform is also planning to soon launch its digital payments service which would also enable MSMEs in the country.

The country’s digital payments industry is estimated to hit $1 trillion by 2023.

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New Delhi, Jul 22 (IANS): After picking 5 Indian startups who would receive nearly Rs 35 lakh ($50,000) each to develop country-first products, Facebook-owned WhatsApp is now set to further empower the 50-million plus small and medium businesses (SMBs) in the country.

Will Cathcart, who became the new head of WhatsApp after Vice President Chris Daniels quit in March, would announce some key features for the SMBs on Thursday.

“WhatsApp helps connect friends and families but it has fast become a driver of economic growth in India. Join Will Cathcart, Global Head of WhatsApp for an engaging event, ‘Gateway to a Billion Opportunities’, on how technology enables digital inclusion, in the presence of Amitabh Kant, CEO, NITI Aayog,” the company said in an invite.

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which gauges the greenback’s strength against a basket of six major currencies, moved up by 0.09 per cent to 97.23.

Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) remained net sellers in the capital markets, pulling out Rs 950.15 crore Friday, provisional data showed.

Meanwhile, the 10year government bond yield was at 6.42 per cent on Monday.

Going ahead, global cues are expected to dictate terms to the Indian rupee, traders said.

“The ECB meeting on Thursday, the US Q2 preliminary GDP print on Friday and the FOMC meeting on July 31, wherein market participants expect a rate cut, would be the focal points of currency traders,” said Rajesh Cheruvu, The Chief Investment Officer of Validus Wealth.

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portfolio investors (FPIs) to overseas investors who wish to be part of the Indian stock market without registering themselves directly after going through a due diligence process.

According to the latest data from the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi), the total value of P-note investments in the Indian markets - equity, debt, and derivatives - fell to Rs.81,913 crore till Juneend. Out of the total invest-

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bonds fell after the Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das said further rate cuts will depend on incoming economic data.

This statement has turned down the expectations of large easing in upcoming monetary policy,” said V K Sharma, Head PCG & Capital Markets Strategy, HDFC Securities.

Brent crude futures, the global oil benchmark, rose 1.49 per cent to USD 63.40 per barrel.

“Brent crude prices heading for its biggest gain in more than a week, after Iran’s seizure of a British tanker fanned concerns of a confrontation that could disrupt Middle East supplies,” Sharma added.

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New Delhi, Jul 22 (PTI): Investments through participatory notes (P-notes) in the Indian capital market slipped to Rs.81,913 crore in June after posting growth for the previous four months.

In the previous four months, cumulative investment of Rs.73,428 crore was made till the end of February, Rs.78,110 crore till March-end, Rs.81,220 crore till April-end and Rs.82,619 till May-end. P-notes are issued by registered foreign

ments made till the end of June, Rs.56,664 crore was invested in the equities segment, Rs.24,428 crore in debt and Rs.821 crore in the derivatives market.

There is a decline of 0.85% in the total value of P-notes investment from the previous month when the total investment stood at Rs.82,619 crore.

“The use of P-notes has been on a decline since 2017 because of gradual measures taken by regulatory bodies to curb its usage. A healthy number of people have been seen shifting from P-notes to FPIs in the last few months as the process has been made easier,” Ishan Bansal, cofounder of Groww, said.

In July 2017, Sebi had notified stricter norms stipulating a fee of $1,000 on each instrument to check any misuse for channelising black money. It had also prohibited FPIs from issuing such notes where the underlying asset is a derivative, except those that are used for hedging purposes.

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Mumbai, Jul 22 (PTI): The rupee depreciated by 12 paise to close at 68.92 against the US dollar on Monday tracking heavy losses in the domestic equity market and a spike in crude oil prices following Iran’s seizure of a British tanker.

Forex traders said a stronger US dollar against major currencies overseas also weighed on the rupee sentiment.

Besides, market participants are not very hopeful about large-scale easing by the Reserve Bank, following RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das’s statement, wherein he said a change in monetary policy stance effectively equates to an additional 25bps rate cut, traders said.

At the interbank foreign exchange (forex) market, the domestic currency opened lower at 68.95 per dollar, and further lost ground to touch the day’s low of 69.06. The rupee finally settled at 68.92, down 12 paise over its previous close.

The rupee had settled at 68.80 against the US dollar on Friday.

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of its balance sheet, volume of operations, governance practices and credit behaviour, he said.

T h e r e h ave b e e n some instances of governance lapses and “we are dealing with it,” Das said, without naming any company. “But there are a large number of others who have encountered business failures and certain external factors which impacted their business model.”

Das said lenders which haven’t been diligent in their lending practices “will have to pay a price for it.”

The Indian government earlier this month threw a lifeline to some of

challenge to the RBI’s efforts to clean up from an earlier bad loan crisis - mostly due to excessive lending to large energy, steel and other industrial companies - and to encourage more lending to boost the economy.

“We are constantly in touch with the large lenders to such NBFCs including housing finance companies where we see some signs of fragility,” Das said.

Mortgage lenders had outstanding loans of about Rs.9.3 lakh crore ($135 billion) as of 31 March 2018, according to RBI data. Repayment of some of the loans maybe at risk as the cash crunch among non-banks has raised questions around solvency of real-estate companies, and threatens to push 70% of them out of business in the next two years, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. said in a note earlier this month.

Das, however, said the central bank wants non-bank companies to recover, adding that their business model is viable.

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the better-rated NBFCs by agreeing to backstop some of the assets that banks purchase from them, thereby improving their liquidity. The RBI, which is now a regulator of the housing finance companies, also eased liquidity ratio rules for banks to encourage refinancing for shadow lenders.

However, the RBI has resisted calls to provide a separate liquidity window for the struggling NBFCs, and Das reiterated his opposition saying that a NBFC “refinance window is a misnomer.”

“We are monitoring the NBFC sector ver y closely,” Das said in his office adorned with two replicas of Lord Jagannath, a form of the Hindu god Vishnu, revered in his native Odisha state. “There have been improvements but challenges still remain.”

India’s cash-strapped NBFCs are closely interconnected with the banks, either through loans or purchases of NBFC bonds. That poses a new

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that any failure among the largest of the NBFC or HFCs could cause losses comparable to a major bank collapse.

“Not a day has passed over the last several months when internally we have not had a review or some discussion on the NBFCs, either on the sector, or on the individual NBFCs,” Das said in an interaction at his office in the RBI building overlooking the Mumbai skyline and the Arabian sea.

A year after a series of defaults by Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services Ltd. (IL&FS) forced the government to intervene and exposed weaknesses in the sector, the problems of India’s NBFCs are entering a new phase. Some lenders such as Dewan Housing Finance Corp. (DHFL) and tycoon Anil Ambani’s Reliance Capital Ltd. are struggling, putting the loans they received from regulated banks at risk.

The central bank selected the non-banks to monitor based on the size

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New Delhi, Jul 22 (Agencies): India’s central bank is seeing “signs of fragility” in some of the 50 mortgage lenders and other shadow banks it is monitoring to prevent the spread of a crisis that followed the collapse of a non-bank lender last year.

“It is our endeavour that there is no contagion,” central bank Governor Shaktikanta Das said in one of his first media interviews on Saturday. ‘We are constantly in touch with the large lenders.

Such non-banking finance companies (NBFC) including housing finance companies (HFC), where we see some signs of fragility.’

Just as they emerge from the worst bad-loan problem in two decades, India’s banks are staring at another potential surge in soured debt as a result of their exposure to troubled non-banking finance companies. In its latest Financial Stability Report, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) warned

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UK PM race enters final phase

LONDON, JUL 22 (PTI): Britain’s prime ministerial race entered its final phase as voting closes on Monday evening for counting to begin before Theresa May’s successor is unveiled on Tuesday.

The frontrunner throughout the contest has been former foreign secretary Boris Johnson as the Conservative Party’s over 160,000 members up and down the UK filed in their postal votes to decide between him and the current foreign secretary, Jeremy Hunt.

They have until 1700 local time to ensure their ballot papers have been submitted in the election after which the counting process is set to begin, with the party’s influential 1922 Committee in charge of the election of the new Tory leader who will take charge at Downing Street.

In terms of timeline, May will carry on as caretaker PM for a few days still as she is set to address her final Prime Minister’s Questions session in the House of Commons on Wednesday after which she will head to Buckingham Palace to formally offer her resignation to Queen Elizabeth II. The 93-year-old monarch will then meet the newly-elected Conservative Party leader and invite him

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to form a new government.

The new PM then traditionally makes a statement on the steps of 10 Downing Street before taking official charge before Parliament’s summer recess is set to kick off from Friday until early September.

In one of final major prime ministerial acts, May is chairing the government’s emergency Cobra meeting on Monday after a British-flagged tanker was seized by Iran in the Gulf last week.

She will receive updates from ministers and officials on the crisis since the vessel and its crew, including Indian nationals, was seized. It will be one of the first big international issue to address for any new PM as well.

With just hours to go before the vote closes, Johnson used his weekly newspaper column in the

‘Daily Telegraph’ to compare the Brexit negotiations and meeting the October 31 deadline for Britain to leave the European Union (EU) with the same “cando spirit” behind putting a man on the moon 50 years ago.

He called for optimism in the approach to resolving the controversial Irish backstop issue, the controversial insurance policy insisted upon by the EU but seen as a means of keeping the UK tied to European rules even after Brexit.

The conundrum had resulted in May losing repeated parliamentary votes over her Brexit agreement, ultimately leading to her forced departure as British prime minister.

“If they could use hand-knitted computer code to make a frictionless re-entry to Earth’s

atmosphere in 1969, we can solve the problem of frictionless trade at the Northern Irish border,” writes Johnson.

“It is time this country recovered some of its cando spirit. We can come out of the EU on October 31, and yes, we certainly have the technology to do so. What we need now is the will and the drive,” he said.

He has come under severe criticism from leading politicians, including former British Prime Minister Tony Blair from the Opposition Labour Party, who warned against the prospect of a chaotic nodeal Brexit – something Johnson has refused to rule out on several occasions.

Blair writes in ‘The Times’ to warn that “crashing out without public endorsement would be a gargantuan risk” and “no one knows with certainty the impact of no-deal”.

“It could be merely very difficult or it could be catastrophic,” he said.

Meanwhile, senior UK Cabinet members – Chancellor Philip Hammond and justice secretary David Gauke – have declared their intention to resign if Johnson is the one elected as party leader and Prime Minister, in line with their firm opposition to a no-deal Brexit.

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Cambodia denies secret naval base deal with China Phnom Penh, Jul 22 (IANS): The Cambodian government denied on Monday the signing of a secret agreement with Beijing to allow China to use a naval base on the Gulf of Thailand. Quoting unnamed US and allied officials, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported that Phnom Penh and Beijing signed an agreement this spring that would guarantee China exclusive access to part of the Cambodian Navy’s Ream base in Sihanoukville province.

This would mark China’s first naval outpost in Southeast Asia and comes amid tensions between the Asian giant and several countries over the militarization of and sovereignty disputes in the South China Sea. Cambodia’s leader, however, refuted the report, Efe news reported. “It was the worst distorted news against us. No such thing happens. Foreign military base is against Cambodia’s Constitution,” Prime Minister Hun Sen told the government-aligned Fresh News. “We have never discussed such matter with Beijing, so it is needless to say an agreement (was) reached,” he added. While the WSJ said some details of the final agreement were unclear, a draft said China could use the facilities for a period of 30 years and it would be automatically renewed every 10 years.

Russian air strikes on Syria market kill 23: Monitor MAARET AL-NUMAN (SYRIA), JUL 22 (AFP): Russian air strikes on a market in northwestern Syria killed 23 people on Monday, a monitor said, in the latest violence to plague the country’s last major opposition bastion.

Moscow, however, denied it was responsible, calling the reports “fake”.

The jihadist-run Idlib region, home to some three million people, is supposed to be protected by a months-old international truce deal, but it has come under increased bombardment by the Syrian regime and its ally Russia since late April.

The spike in violence has killed more than 650 civilians and damaged or knocked out of service two dozen health facilities.

More than 330,000 people have fled violence in the area over the past three months, according to the United Nations.

On Monday morning, 19 civilians and four people still to be identified were killed in raids that hit a vegetable market and surrounding areas in the town of Maaret al-Numan in Idlib province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

At least a further 45 people were wounded, according to the monitor,

Members of the Syrian civil defence look for survivors amid the rubble. (AFP)

which said the death toll could rise as many of those injured were in a critical condition and people were still trapped under rubble.

The Britain-based Observatory says it relies on a network of sources inside Syria and determines whose planes carried out air strikes according to type, location, flight patterns and munitions involved.

Men drenched in blood were carried away from the site of the attack by residents and rescue workers, who used mattresses as makeshift stretchers, an AFP photographer said.

He saw the corpse of one man sprawled on the ground near a motorcycle, rubble surrounding his lifeless body.

With his eyes closed

and his face covered in dust, another man clutched the arms of two people helping him out of the area, the photographer added.

The White Helmet’s rescue group said that one of its volunteers was killed in the raids.

At least six rescue workers have been killed since April.

On Sunday, air strikes on Idlib killed 18 people, including a young citizen journalist.

Anas al-Dyab, a photographer and videographer in his early 20s, was a member of the White Helmets who also contributed to AFP. He was killed in Russian air strikes in his hometown of Khan Sheikhun on Sunday, rescuers and the Observatory said.

PM Ranil Wickremesinghe to lead new China says Hong Kong protests ‘absolutely intolerable’ broad alliance for SL presidential polls

will contest the presidential election later this year in a major alliance based on national security, democracy and the economy, party General Secretary Minister Akila Viraj Kariyawasam told the ColomboPage on Sunday. An agreement will be signed with the partner parties on August 5, he said. Health Minister Rajitha Senaratne speaking to media on Saturday said the new alliance has been named as the Democratic

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the actions of the protesters were “absolutely intolerable”, according to China’s official Xinhua news agency.

Protesters have vowed to sustain their movement until their core demands -- including universal suffrage and the resignation of

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Radical protests have “insulted the country and the nation”, Communist Party mouthpiece People’s Daily declared in a frontpage article.

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COLOMBO, JUL 22 (PTI): Sri Lanka will introduce new laws to prevent terrorism as the existing ones are not adequate to deal with terror attacks like the massive Easter Sunday bombings, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has said.

Recalling that three months have passed after the country’s worst terror attacks that killed 258 people at three churches and three luxury hotels in Colombo on April 21, Wickremesinghe said after the suicide bombings, everyone feared that the country would collapse. “There was a great fear among people. That’s why we first decided to detain all terrorists by police and prosecute them.

Secondly, we need to bring a new system to ensure the country’s security so that this does not happen again,” he was quoted as saying by the ColomboPage. Speaking at an event held in Matara to mark the 97th International Cooperative Day, the premier said even before two months after the attacks, for which police have blamed a local jihadi group, all the living suspects linked to the terrorist attacks including the ones living abroad have been arrested.

the city’s pro-Beijing leader Carrie Lam -- are met.

So far, Beijing has refused to budge. Officials and state media have accused the protesters of playing into the hands of foreign powers who seek to harm China, and backed the Hong Kong government. Beyond agreeing to

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National Front, the daily reported.

“The main work of our alliance is finished. The constitution of the alliance and the symbol have been finalised. The manifesto is being prepared now. It will be presented to party leaders and presented to the public at the auspicious time of 10 am on August 5 at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium,” he said.

“We will bring this programme in a new form in the history of Sri Lanka.

We will present a massive programme to build the future of the country’s people. We hope to win all future elections through this. We will present a presidential candidate. He will be the next President.

We will join hands with the people to win any election based on that,” Senaratne told the daily.

times violent, protests initially organised to oppose a now-suspended bill that would have allowed extraditions to mainland China.

It has now morphed into a wider and sometimes violent movement for democratic reforms.

“These (acts)... have seriously damaged the feelings of all Chinese people including seven million Hong Kong compatriots,” Wang Zhimin, China’s top envoy to the city, told reporters, calling on authorities to pursue the “rioters”.

Another unnamed official from the office said

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Sri Lanka has been wracked by political divisions since an unprecedented constitutional crisis last year, when President Sirisena sacked United National Party (UNP) leader and Prime Minister Wickremesinghe and appointed former strongman Mahinda Rajapaksa.

Wickremesinghe was reinstated in December after the intervention of the Supreme Court, but the government remains deeply divided. The UNP

BEIJING, JUL 22 (AFP): China reacted furiously on Monday to anti-government protesters vandalising the walls of the Beijing representative’s office in Hong Kong and defacing the national emblem, branding their actions “absolutely intolerable”.

Thousands of masked pro-democracy demonstrators briefly occupied the road outside the office in the semi-autonomous city Sunday night and targeted the building with eggs, projectiles, laser lights and graffiti in a stark rebuke to Beijing’s rule.

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Queen’s ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ becomes oldest ‘Avengers: Endgame’ is officially the highest-grossing film of all time music video to break 1 billion views on YouTube

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hree months after its release, Avengers: Endgame has dethroned Avatar to become the highest-grossing film of all time.

James Cameron’s scifi epic reigned supreme for a decade, setting a £2.2312 billion ($2.7897 billion) benchmark at the global box office. On Saturday (July 20), Aveng-

ers: Endgame had grossed £2.2316 billion ($2.7902 billion), and after weekend ticket sales were tallied on Sunday, the estimate had crossed the £399,950 ($500,000) gap in global sales it needed to beat Avatar, Variety reports.

Mar vel Studios president Kevin Feige announced the news on Saturday at San Diego Comic

Con. Alan Horn, co-chairman and chief creative officer of Disney, issued a statement: “A huge congratulations to the Marvel Studios and Walt Disney Studios teams, and thank you to the fans around the world who lifted Avengers: Endgame to these historic heights.”

Horn also paid tribute to Cameron and Avatar:

“Of course, even with the passage of a decade, the impact of James Cameron’s Avatar remains as powerful as ever, and the astonishing achievements of both of these films are ongoing proof of the power of movies to move people and bring them together in a shared experience.

The talented filmmakers behind these worlds have

much more in store, and we look forward to the future of both the Marvel Cinematic Universe and Pandora.”

Cameron had been similarly g racious after Avengers: Endgame overtook his 1997 classic Titanic in May, saluting Feige and Marvel for their “amazing achievement” on social media.

The Russo brothers, who directed Avengers: Endgame, marked the milestone with a short yet grateful tweet yesterday (July 21).

Avengers: Endgame was re-released last month in theatres with extra footage. Per Time, the additional footage included a tribute to Marvel Comics co-creator Stan Lee (who didn’t manage to see the film before his death last November) and a postcredits scene from the nowreleased Spider-Man: Far From Home movie.

Marvel had a field day at Comic Con this past weekend, unleashing update after update on their upcoming movies. Marvel revealed that Mahershala Ali has been cast as iconic vampire hunter Blade, and unveiled its jam-packed Phase Four slate of films, including Black Widow, The Eternals, a fourth Thor movie and more. (NME)

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Easy come, easy go” — that’s a phrase that has never applied to “Bohemian Rhapsody,” one of the most enduring recordings of the 20th century. The Queen classic just set a record by becoming the first music video released in the 1970s, or any time prior to the ’90s, to cross the billion-views mark on YouTube.

To commemorate the milestone, the two remaining original members of the group, Brian May and Roger Taylor, have teamed up with Universal Music and YouTube/Google for some fresh iterations of the 44-year old single and video. One is a newly digitally remastered version of the original clip, which premiered on “Top of the Pops” in England in November 1975.

That vintage video polish job is being supplemented by the promise of three new “user-generated” videos to be made for three different Queen tracks, to be collated from submissions at the YouAreTheChampions.com website.

“We are honoured that ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ has just hit one billion views on YouTube,” Brian May and Roger Taylor said as part of the announcement. “We want to thank you all and celebrate with our amazing fans all around the world by creating three new music videos to our songs, all featuring you! Whether you are a musician, singer, dancer, visual artist or you just want to have some fun. Go to www.youarethechampions.com to find out more and we’ll see you on the

road somewhere.” (Queen + Adam Lambert are on a long world tour that just included stops at the Forum in L.A.) Dancers are being asked to submit their interpretations of “Don’t Stop Me Now” after watching an instructional video from Polly Bennett (who served as Rami Malik’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” movement coach). Visual artists get to offer any kind of take on lyrics or even individual words from “A Kind of Magic.” Singers and musicians aren’t being left out — the request directed at them is to reinterpret (surprise) “Bohemian Rhapsody.” The three videos resulting from this campaign will be release later in the year, according to YouTube.

(FoxNews)

‘The Lion King’ has a 65.19 cr weekend in India Bollywood congratulates ‘supergirl’ Hima Das

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imba and Mufasa are having a gala time in India. Disneys new production of “The Lion King” opened to a weekend collection of over Rs 65 crore at the domestic box office.

Jon Favreau has recreated the 1994 Disney classic of the same name, to bring back the adventures of Simba, the lion cub who is to succeed his father Mufasa as King of the Pride Lands. Favreau’s film updates the classic tale with photo-realistic and computer-generated animation. The filmmaker had earlier helmed the 2016 global blockbuster, “The Jungle Book”.

The film is about how Simba rises up to the occasion despite several attempts to bring him down by his villainous uncle Scar.

It opened in India across 2,140 screens on July 19 in English, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu.

The three-day gross box-office collection for the Disney film stands at Rs 65.19 crore.

While, the film’s opening day gross was Rs 13.17 crore, nett figures for day one stood at Rs 11.06 crore.

The second day gross collection figure was Rs 22.8 crore.

With the upswing in numbers, “The Lion King” has scaled the third all-time opening record in India, after “Avengers: Endgame” and “Avengers: Infinity War”. “’The Lion King’ sets the box office on fire...

Trends much, much better than ‘The Jungle Book’,” tweeted trade analyst Taran Adarsh, adding:

“The Lion King: is the only non-Avenger film to have a great opening weekend in India. Top three opening weekend business of Hollywood films in India -- ‘Avengers: Endgame’ -- Rs. 158.65 crore (2019); ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ -- Rs. 94.30 crore (2018); ‘The Lion King’ -- Rs 54.75 crore (2019).”

The star-studded voice cast of the original Hollywood version includes Donald Glover, Beyonce Knowles, Seth Rogen, Alfre Woodard, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Billy Eichner, John Kani and John Oliver. Actor James Earl Jones reprises his role of Mufasa from the original.

The Hindi version has Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan voicing Mufasa and his son Aryan as Simba.

(IANS)

ctors Anil Kapoor, Rajkummar Rao, Bhumi Pednekar, Anushka Sharma and filmmaker Shekhar Kapur were among numerous Bollywood celebrities who congratulated ace sprinter Hima Das for clinching five gold medals in Europe over the month of July.

The 19-year-old athlete’s latest gold medal win came on Saturday in Prague, where she clocked a season-best timing of 52.09 seconds, to win the gold in the 400m race at the Nove Mesto nad Metuji Grand Prix. Her personal best is 50.79 seconds, which she recorded at the 2018 Asian Games.

Actress Anushka Sharma said Hima is a “huge inspiration to young girls”.

“19 days, 5 gold medals, 1 golden girl! Congratulations Hima! You are an exemplary example of solid grit and determina-

tion and a huge inspiration to young girls,” Anushka wrote.

Anil Kapoor wished Hima more success in the more.

“Congratulations on winning the 5th gold, Hima.

Yo u r a c t o f kindness towards Assam is an inspiration to us all. A great athlete with a heart of gold.

Wishing you all the more success! India is proud of you,” he tweeted.

Actress Taapsee Pannu sent best wishes to Hima with a twist of humour.

“Now Hima is gonna make a gold mine of her own. Kudos girl,” wrote Taapsee. “Mr India” director Shekhar Kapur called Hima a “supergirl”.

“Supergirl. She just will not take impossible for an answer,” wrote Kapur.

B h u m i Pe d n e k a r called Hima “unstoppable” while RajKummar Rao, congratulation the athlete and saying how exctremely proud we all are about her feat, tweeted that she was “an inspiration”. (IANS)

ADC Tuli, Imsongmeren (middle) and Director Community Educational Centre Society (CECS) Dimapur, Subonenba Longkumer (second from left) after launching the Arju Autumn Fest 2019 tickets on July 22. The two days event will be held on October 10 and 11 at Rajeshwari Karuna School Tuli campus. The fest will feature artists such as Incipit, Dreams Unlimited, Sunep Lemtur, Zuchobeni Tungoe, Mengu Suokhrie, Toshimoa Jamir, Imli K Imchen and many more. (CECS Dimapur)

Cotton Country band members with Music Task Force (MTF) advisor, Theja Meru during its 15th years anniversary concert on July 20 at RCEMPA, Jotsoma.

Chicago festival cancelled due to presence of endangered birds Champion dance troupe to

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Chicago music festival has been cancelled due to endangered birds being present on the site.

Due to take place August 23-24, Mamby on the Beach had a line-up boasting the likes of Brockhampton, Troye Sivan, Flying Lotus, and T-Pain.

Now, it’s been confirmed that the event has been scrapped, with organisers citing “circumstances beyond our control” as the reason.

In an official statement issued on Friday (July 19), the festival added: “These unforeseen issues include significantly higher than average waters of Lake Michigan eliminating the beach portion of our intended site. Additionally, our original footprint was affected by the presence of the Great Lakes Piping Plover shorebirds, a federpiping plovers – a feder- festival site of Montrose the first to be hatched in ally protected species.”

According to The ally protected species – Beach. Three chicks have the area in over 60 years.

Chicago Sun-Times, two have been nesting on the now hatched, which are Organisers explained to

ticket-holders that they attempted to secure an alternative site to host their event, but were ultimately unsuccessful with the festival fast-approaching.

“Despite working tirelessly with the Chicago Park District and US Fish and Wildlife Services to find a new location, moving the festival at this late a date, while still providing a superior beach event experience, would be impossible and a disservice to fans and artists alike,” they said.

Purchased tickets will be refunded within five to 10 working days. Last year’s Mamby on the Beach welcomed performances from Cold War Kids, TuneYards, Oh Wonder, and more. Meanwhile, wouldbe headliners Brockhampton recently announced that their new album ‘Ginger’ will arrive next month.

The group debuted one of its songs during a festival appearance last weekend.

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star in patriotic music video

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umbai’s hip-hop dance crew, The Kings, winners of the American reality television show “World Of Dance”, will feature in a music video, before a film inspired by them hits the screens.

About two months after producer Shailendra Singh announced that he had acquired rights to the

group’s inspiring story for a film, he is all set to feature The Kings in a special dance video.

The troupe will feature in the video of a song titled “Ek Bharat. Mera Bharat (Anthem4Good)”, sung by singer-composer Mithoon, Sukhwinder Singh, Jubin Nautiyal and Godswill.

“The Kings have made India proud by becoming

world dance champions.

It is hugely exciting that they have come together to make this video in celebration of the anthem.

They have shared an incredibly emotional story that I think many people can relate to,” Shailendra said.

The song was created and produced by Shailendra and Mithoon. (IANS)

Mumbai MTNL building fire; 84 rescued

MUMBAI, JUL 22 (PTI): A massive fire broke out Monday in MTNL building here, leaving 84 people stranded on the terrace of the nine-storey structure all of whom were rescued by fire brigade personnel, an official said.

A firman, Sagar Salve (25), inhaled smoke during firefighting operation following which he was admitted to Bhabha Hospital, he said.

The 25-year-old is stable and his condition is out of danger, he said.

A search was on to locate people who may have been trapped on the fireaffected third, fourth, fifth and other floors of the telephone exchange building in suburban Bandra, he said.

Armed with searchlights, other equipment and donning fire protection suits, fire brigade personnel searched these floors, the official said.

For the first-time, a newly-introduced robot, Robofire, was used to control the blaze, the official said.

The blaze started at around 3 pm at the MTNL building, which incidentally, is located near a fire brigade

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she added. A woman, who was rescued using an aerial ladder, was seen shooting the scene around with her mobile phone even as she was being lowered to the ground.

Visuals on TV showed smoke billowing from the building and people on the terrace trying to signal those below.

The incident comes a day after one person died and two others were injured in a four-storey residential building located behind the iconic Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in south Mumbai.

This is latest in a series of fire incidents in the metropolis in the last few years.

There have been over 49,000 fire incidents in Mumbai in the last one decade, killing more than 600 people, the Maharashtra government had told the assembly in November 2018.

A massive fire in two pubs located in the Kamala Mills Compound here had claimed 14 lives on December 29, 2017.

Besides, 12 people were killed in a blaze at a snack shop in Saki NakaKurla area on December 18, 2017.

NEW DELHI, JUL 22 (IANS): Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari told the Lok Sabha on Monday that over five lakh road accidents occur in the country annually in which one lakh people die.

“It is sad that India is on top in the number of deaths due to road accidents,” the minister said while taking up the Bill seeking amendment to the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 with increased penalties for several offences such as driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs.

The Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 provides for grant of licences and permits related to motor vehicles, standards for motor vehicles and penalties for violation of these provisions.

The Minister said the Central government would facilitate a scheme for cashless treatment of road accident victims during ‘golden hour’. The Bill defines ‘golden hour’ as the time period of up to one hour following a traumatic injury, during which the likelihood of preventing death through

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Acharya Devvrat takes oath as new Gujarat Governor

tions from common people and also seek sponsors to organise the ‘pujas’.

They don’t do it from their earnings. So, where is the question of filing IT returns?” she asked.

“I condemn this attitude of the Centre to bring puja committees under the income tax net. This is an insult to the pujas. This is not a commercial function but a social one and the government has social obligations. We have a social compulsion towards the society,” said Banerjee.

The Forum, which comprises Durga Puja committees, has been asked by the Income Tax department to file returns on its expenses during the festival.

“The Durga Puja committees also generate thousands of employment opportunities during this time. I feel so bad the manner in which they are being harassed by the IT Department. I feel devastated,” said the chief minister.

Gandhinagar, Jul 22 (PTI): Acharya Devvrat was on Monday sworn in as the new Governor of Gujarat.

D ev v r a t , 6 0 , wa s administered the oath of office by Gujarat High Court’s acting Chief Justice Anant S Dave at a function held at the Raj Bhavan here.

Devvrat, who is the 20th Governor of Gujarat, took the oath in Sanskrit.

Outgoing Governor O P Kohli, Chief Minister Vijay Rupani, Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel, state Assembly Speaker Rajendra Trivedi, several Cabinet ministers, MLAs and senior officers were present at the function.

Before assuming charge as the Governor of Gujarat, Devvrat held the gubernatorial post in Himachal Pradesh.

Devvrat, who has been associated with the Arya Samaj, earlier served as the principal of a ‘gurukul’ (traditional school) at Kurukshetra in Haryana.

Fire personnel attempt a rescue after fire broke out at the MTNL building in Bandra, Mumbai, Monday. (PTI) centre in suburban Bandra.

As it was a working day, many persons, mostly employees of the state-run telecom firm, were present inside the building, he said.

As the fire started on the third and fourth floors, panic-stricken people started running out of the building.

People who were on upper floors went to the terrace to save themselves, the official said.

All the 84 people stranded on the terrace were safely evacuated, he said.

At least 14 fire engines, newly-introduced Robofire, an ambulance, aerial lad-

ders and other firefighting equipment were deployed to douse the flames and rescue people, he said.

Due to strong winds and thick smoke billowing out of the building, fire brigade personnel faced difficulties in dousing the flames, he said, some nearby buildings were also affected.

People trapped on the terrace were seen screaming and frantically seeking help as they used handkerchiefs to avoid inhalation of smoke.

The cause of the fire was not yet known.

“We came down from

the fifth floor via lift. We saw fire brigade personnel bringing out some people from a smoke- filled floor,” a woman said.

Another woman, who also managed to come out of the building, said, “When we came to know of the fire, we searched for the staircase, which had become partially invisible due to heavy smoke.”

“We had closed the windows and doors of our office. Fire brigade people came and rescued us,” she said. There were still six to seven persons on the floor from where she was rescued,

NEW DELHI, JUL 22 (PTI): The Z+ category ‘black cat’ commandos security cover of former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav is set to be withdrawn by the central government, official sources said on Monday.

They said a comprehensive review of the VIP protectees, under the umbrella of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs), was conducted by the Union Home Ministry after which it was decided to take away the cover of the Samajwadi Party (SP) president, provided by the elite National Security Guard (NSG).

It was not immediately clear if Akhilesh will be accorded a scaled down security cover by some other central force or his central security has been taken off completely.

A similar NSG ‘black cats’ cover of Yadav’s father and SP patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav will continue, they said.

Akhilesh was accorded the top category VIP security in 2012 during the UPA

regime at the Centre.

A team of about 22 NSG commandos, armed with sophisticated weapons, had been deputed with Akhilesh as part of his security cover, who are now expected to be called back soon after the orders in this context are issued.

The Home Ministry took the decision on the basis of threat perception reports prepared by central and state (Uttar Pradesh) intelligence agencies, the sources said.

The security cover of at least two dozen other VIPs has also been either withdrawn or scaled down, they said. The official orders will be issued soon, officials said.

The federal counterterror force NSG, at present, has 13 prominent politicians under its cover, including Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, former UP CM Mayawati, current UP CM Yogi Adityanath, Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, ex-CMs Chandrababu Naidu and Farooq Abdullah among others.

Don’t use 303 to massacre spirit of RTI: Karti

Don’t reply to queries of absent MPs: Speaker

KO L K ATA , J U L 2 2 (PTI): Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday lashed out at the BJP-led central government for tax notice issued to the Durga Puja Committees Forum, an apex body of the worship organisers in the state.

She argued that the ‘puja committees’ must not be put under the income tax net.

Accusing the BJP of doing politics in the name of Hindu religion during elections, the chief minister rued that the same people were seeking to tax Durga Puja organisers after the polling.

“During the elections, they (the BJP) talk of the Hindu religion and then they try to collect income tax from organisers of the Durga Puja, the greatest festival of the Hindus. This is not right,” said Banerjee.

The BJP is perceived in the state to be trying to gain control of the well-known Durga Puja committees in a bid to reach out to more

New Delhi, Jul 22 (PTI): Demanding withdrawal of a bill proposing changes in the RTI Act, Congress MP Karti Chidambaram on Monday took a swipe at the government in the Lok Sabha, saying it should not use its “303 to massacre the spirit” of the transparency law.

Participating in the discussion on the Right to Information (Amendment) Bill, 2019, he said it undermines the autonomy of information commissioners and there has been absence of public consultation.

He expressed hope that the government will not use its 303 MPs in the House to give a “death sentence” to the spirit of RTI. Stating that ‘303’ has many connotations, Chidambaram said IPC Section 303 refers to death sentence.

“I hope the government will not use its ‘303’ to give a death sentence to the spirit of RTI. 303 also refers to the standard issue rifle used by the constables today. The 303 rifle was also used by the brutal Gen Dyer to commit the horrendous massacre at Jallianwala Bagh.

“I hope the govern-

Mamata Banerjee (File) people.

The income tax notice to the Durga Puja Committees Forum was reportedly sent last week.

The chief minister argued the puja committees in the state organise Durga Puja with donations from the common people and the sponsors, and accordingly, cannot be brought under the income tax net.

She said the festival is a social function and not a commercial one while the government too has some social obligations.

“The Durga Puja committees collect dona-

Karti Chidambaram (File) ment will not use ‘303’ to massacre the spirit of RTI. I request you to withdraw the Bill,” Chidambaram said, referring to the BJPs strength in the Lok Sabha.

Echoing similar sentiments, BSP MP Danish Ali alleged that through, the Bill the government was trying to dilute the Right to Information and block information, and made an appeal to the government to take back the amendment Bill.

He said there was unanimity when the RTI Bill was passed and the government should ponder why the Lok Sabha is now divided over the amendment bill. He alleged that the government wants to conceal information from

general public otherwise it will be exposed.

AIMIM MP Asaduddin Owaisi was equally scathing in his criticism as he alleged that the government was “afraid of the Rs 10 request of a garib chowkidar” through which it can get information about its functioning.

Owaisi was referring to Rs 10 application through which a person can apply for RTI. He said the bill’s aim is “Modi-fication of RTI”.

Describing the introduction of the bill in the Lok Sabha as the “blackest day” in the history of Parliament, RSP MP N K Premachandran said it is an insult to the House.

“The legislative su-

premacy of Parliament has been taken over by executive,” he alleged.

Premchandran said the bill was brought in haste and not enough time was given to the MPs to study it.

Trinamool Congress leader Saugata Roy termed the bill as “regressive”.

He also questioned as to why the government was “in a hurry” to get the amendment passed.

Raghu Rama Krishna Raju (YSRCP) urged the government to give clarity on the status of chief information commissioner and information commissioners.

He claimed the power of this House was being taken away by the executive.

“Executive can’t take away the power of legislature,” he said.

Supporting the bill, he said the state autonomy should be retained.

Raju said that a number of RTI activists have been killed and there was a need to ensure their protection.

B Mehtab (BJD) alleged that the bill was an assault on the idea on federalism and asked, “Why are we weakening the RTI architecture?”

NEW DELHI, JUL 22 (PTI): Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Monday directed ministers not to respond to queries and objections raised by members if they are not present in the House during the reply.

Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh, while replying to debate on Right to Information (Amendment) Bill, 2019, referred to comments made

by All India Majlis-e- Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) member Asaduddin Owaisi who was not present in the House. Taking note of his absence, the Speaker passed a ruling that Minister will not reply to any query or objection raised by member if he or she is not present in the House to listen to the reply.

“Sadan mein (member) bol kar chale jate hai unka javab bhi kyu do... galat to nahi hai baat. Unko javab bhi sunana chahiye,” Birla said. The Speaker, who is considered a stickler for Parliamentary procedures, said this is not an observation but “nirdesh” (instruction) that from now onwards the members should listen to the reply.

To this, the Minister said, “It will ease our burden of replying to all objections”.

Nitin Gadkari (File) prompt medical care is the highest.

The central government may also make a scheme for providing interim relief to claimants seeking compensation under third party insurance. The proposed Bill increases the minimum compensation in hit-andrun cases. In case of death, there is a provision for Rs 25,000 to Rs two lakh, and in case of grievous injuries, it is between Rs 12,500 and Rs 50,000.

The Bill proposes to increase penalties for several offences under the Act. The maximum penalty for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs has been raised from Rs 2,000 to Rs 10,000. If a vehicle manu-

facturer fails to comply with motor vehicle standards, the penalty could go up to Rs 100 crore, or imprisonment of up to one year, or both.

Besides, if a contractor fails to comply with road design standards, the penalty will be a fine of up to Rs one lakh.

The government may increase the fines mentioned under the Act every year by up to 10 per cent.

The Bill provides for a National Road Safety Board, to be created by the Central government through a notification. The Board will advise the Central and state governments on all aspects of road safety and traffic management such as standards of motor vehicles, registration and licensing of vehicles, standards for road safety, and promotion of new vehicle technology.

The Central government may develop a National Transportation Policy in consultation with state governments. The policy will establish framework for road transport, develop a framework for grant of permits, and specify priorities for the transport system.

With Pak airspace reopened, Air India to resume flights NEW DELHI, JUL 22 (PTI): With Pakistan reopening its airspace, national carrier Air India will resume flight operations on the Delhi-Kabul and the Lucknow-Najaf routes from August 5 and October 28, respectively, said Air India chief on Monday.

“As Pakistan airspace is now open, we will start the flights on the DelhiKabul route from August 5. The flights would run five days per week and we would open the ticket booking for them within one or two days,” Air India Chairman and Managing Director Ashwani Lohani told PTI. “As the demand of flights on the Delhi-Kabul route is very high, we would make it a daily flight in the winter schedule,” he added. Pakistan had shut its airspace on February 26 due to the Balakot air strike by the Indian Air Force, which resulted in a significant rise in Air India’s operating costs on flights connecting north Indian cities and regions eastward

of Pakistan. Consequently, in March, Air India had suspended flights on the Lucknow-Najaf, DelhiAmritsar-Birmingham and the Delhi-Kabul routes.

Pakistan opened its airspace on July 16.

Lohani said, “Flights on the Lucknow-Najaf route will start from October 28 this year. We will be operating A320 aircraft on this route.”

The tri-weekly DelhiAmritsar-Birmingham Air India flight would resume its services on August 15, Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri announced last week.

Lohani said the national carrier would start operating a wide-body B787 aircraft on the Delhi-Singapore route in the winter schedule. Currently, the airline operates narrowbody aircraft A320 on this route. The national carrier lost Rs 491 crore till July 2 due to the closure of the Pakistan airspace, according to data presented by Puri in the Rajya Sabha on July 3.

Kin of killed BJP workers in WB to hold ‘public tribunal’

33 jt. secretaries appointed by Union govt

Kolkata , J ul 2 2 (PTI): In a bid to counter the TMC Martyr’s Day rally, the BJP leadership in West Bengal will take family members of party workers killed in alleged political violence in the last one year to New Delhi for a “public tribunal”.

The kin are also likely to meet Union Home Minister and BJP national president Amit Shah and request him to get the family members justice, BJP sources said.

According to a senior state BJP leader, the 23 victims’ families will speak on the issue of ongoing violence and undemocratic atmosphere in the state during a program christened “Public Tribunal” organised by a think tank, considered to be close to the saffron camp.

“We are also trying to arrange a meeting with Amit Shah-ji. The family members are very keen on meeting Amit-ji and request him to ensure the families get justice. The state government has only tried to hush up those cases,” the senior BJP leader said.

In May, families of

the deceased BJP workers were invited for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s swearing-in ceremony.

The invitation to these families irked West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who later decided not to attend the swearing-in.

According to another senior state BJP leader, the “public tribunal” is being organised to expose Banerjee and her politics of annihilation of political opponents in front of the national audience.

“Yesterday (July 21) she was observing Martyrs’ Day rally. But the fact is she herself is practising the same politics of annihilation of her opponents.

So we want to expose this duplicity,” another senior BJP leader said.

The BJP made inroads in Bengal in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, winning 18 of the 42 Lok Sabha seats in the state.

In 2014, the BJP had won just two Lok Sabha seats in the state.

Since the Lok Sabha poll results, the BJP and TMC have engaged in a political battle with an eye on the 2021 Bengal assembly polls.

New Delhi, Jul 22 (PTI): The government on Monday appointed 33 new joint secretaries in the Centre out of which only seven are from the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) and four from the Indian Revenue Service (IRS).

Living up to its promise, the government has brought officers from other services like the Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers, Indian Post and Telecommunication, Accounts and Finance Service and Indian Defence Accounts Service.

The officers were empanelled as joint secretaries in February during the previous Narendra Modi government.

The government initiated the process after assumption of a fresh term in May and made the appointments on Monday.

The other service officers brought to the Centre as joint secretaries include those from the Indian Audit and Accounts Service, Indian Railway Accounts Service, Indian Railway Service of Signal Engineers and Indian Statistical Services.

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Government presents 50-day report card

NEW DELHI, JUL 22 (PTI): Presenting a report card after completing 50 days in office, the Modi government on Monday said it is already “walking the talk” on the promise of rapid development and the pace of reform in its second term has increased as compared with the previous tenure.

Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar presented the report card and achievements of the government, asserting that “speed, skill and scale” have been manifested in the first 50 days of its second term.

He said that the government has hit the ground running for the welfare of all sections of the society, including farmers, traders, small businesses, unemployed youth and middle class.

Javadekar said the country has felt assured that the pace of reforms, welfare and justice to all has increased as compared to the first term.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi was sworn-in on May 30 after the BJP won 303 seats -- the first time since 1971 that an incumbent government returned to power with such a thumping mandate.

The target of USD 5 trillion economy is not just a dream but a roadmap has been given for it, Javadekar told reporters.

He asserted that the first 50 days have shown that Modi government’s second term will be more effective and will build on the success of its previous tenure.

Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting Prakash Javadekar addresses the media at his residence, in New Delhi, Monday. (PTI)

The government has taken historic decisions which shows a clear roadmap of faster development in infrastructure, social justice and education, he said.

Javadekar expressed confidence over the successful launch of Chandrayaan-2 and added that India’s manned mission to space, Gaganyaan, will be launched in 2022.

The prime minister’s presence on world forum has made a difference to India’s influence over world politics, the minister said.

“With Rs 100 lakh crore of investment to be made in roads, railways, ports, airports and other infrastructure, the formation of Jal Shakti ministry, the mission to reach out to every house by 2024 with assured water supply, we are walking the talk with speed and many historical decisions,” he said.

Citing the setting up of a national research foundation, giving labour, particularly unorganised labour, and small and medium-sized enterprises required help for

Two men threatened, forced to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’ in Maharashtra

Victims talking to media in Aurangabad on Sunday .(ANI)

AURANGABAD, JUL 22 (PTI): Two men were allegedly threatened and forced to chant “Jai Shri Ram” in Maharashtra’s Aurangabad city by some unidentified persons, the second such incident here in the last four days, police said Monday.

The incident, which took place on Sunday night at Azad Chowk, triggered tension in the area, follow-

ing which police stepped up security.

Police have registered a case and a search is underway to nab the miscreants, an official said.

Shaikh Amer (24), a delivery boy with food ordering app Zomato, and his friend Shaikh Nasir (26) were waiting to hire an auto-rickshaw when four to five men in a car allegedly intercepted them, abused

8 children die in vehicle collision in UP; 15 injured HAPUR (UP), JUL 22 (PTI): Nine persons, including eight children, were killed and 15 others were injured when a pickup van collided with a mini truck in Uttar Pradesh’s Hapur district, police said Monday.

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath expressed grief over the incident and directed officials to provide all possible help and treatment to the injured.

The accident took place around 11 pm on Sunday near Sadikpur village under Hafizpur police station limits. The victims were returning to their village Salepur Kotla in the pickup van after attending a marriage on Bulandshahr road, they said.

The mini truck coming from the opposite di-

rection collided with the van which was carrying 20 children. The impact of the accident was so severe that the van was torn apart and its occupants were thrown out on the highway, police said. The truck driver fled the spot after the incident, they said.

T h e i n j u r e d we r e rushed to a hospital where doctors declared nine people, including eight children, dead, police said.

The 15 injured are undergoing treatment, they said. Six of the deceased children have been identified as Aksha, Sufiyan, Anas, Gayyur, Shifa and Abdul Rehman, they said.

Police said the children were in the age group of 8 to 14 years, while the other deceased is a 20-yearold man.

flourishing, he said these efforts will not only increase the employment opportunities, but also ensure justice and welfare for all sections of the society.

He also expressed confidence that the government will achieve its dream of becoming a USD 5 trillion economy in the period in which it has decided to achieve the target.

In the coming five years, new investment opportunities will be provided, Javadekar said.

“Investment will come from across globe. In 50 days so much has been done for all sections of the society that people are assured of what Modi had said after assuming power that ‘sabka saath, sabka vikas, aur sabka vishvas’ (with all, development for all, with everyone’s trust) and fast-paced development,” he said.

“People have seen action on this vision. Speed, skill and scale have been manifested in the 50 days.

Farmers, soldiers, youth, labourers, middle class, traders, taking India forward, taking India’s relations with neighbours forward, investment, development of resources, fight against corruption and social justice, have been the highlights of 50 days,” he said.

Listing the achievements of the government in the first 50 days in office, Javadekar said important developments were Rs 6,000 assistance to all farmers, increase in Minimum Support Price of several crops by two-three times, and 10,000 farmers organizations being

Govt-empanelled lawyers not to attend judge’s court

formed.

He said changes in labour code will benefit 40 crore informal sector workers through wage and labour security.

The minister also highlighted steps taken to boost investment in the country such as Rs 70,000 crore provided for Public Sector Banks (PSB) recapitalisation and a separate TV channel for start-ups to be launched.

He also underlined the success of steps taken by the government in reducing the impact of separatists in Jammu & Kashmir.

The prime minister’s first decision after assuming office for the second term was for children of slain military and police personnel, giving scholarship to them.

Among other achievements of the government, he cited pension for traders, tax benefit for the middle class, and benefits of home loans interest and the GST. The minister said there is a massive push in the direction of making India a 5 trillion economy, with several measures announced in the budget from assistance to banks to corporate tax benefits.

Javadekar also highlighted government’s crackdown on economic offenders and efforts to bring back those who are wanted, but have fled the country. He also talked about the government bringing a bill to crackdown on ponzi schemes.

The resolve of reform, welfare and justice for all has been the driving force for the government, he said.

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Over 10 detained for ‘lynching’ 4 tribals in J’khand G U M L A (JHARKHAND), JUL 22 (PTI): Over 10 people were detained for allegedly lynching four elderly tribals, including two women, on the suspicion of practising witchcraft in Gumla district, police said Monday.

Suna Oraon (65), Champa Oraon (79), Fagni Oraine (60) and Piro Oraine (74) were beaten to death by a group of 10 masked men in NagarSiskari village on Saturday night, they said.

However, nobody in the village is willing to talk about the incident, police said.

“Over 10 villagers have been taken into custody since Sunday for interrogation. Locals used to visit the deceased, who were suspected of performing witchcraft, with the belief that they could cure diseases,” SP Anjani Kumar Jha said.

He said the victims were not involved in any land dispute, which many experts believe becomes the reason behind accusing people of practising witchcraft.

“Branding a person as ‘witch’ is one of the tactics to usurp his or her properties. Majority of the incidents occur in tribal areas as sorcery is widely practised there,” said Premchand, chairman of Free Legal Air Committee, which works towards the eradication of witchcraft.

Major rejig in Army, Manoj Naravane appointed vice chief

Manoj Mukund Naravane

NEW DELHI, JUL 22 (PTI): In major rejig in the Army, Eastern Army Commander Lt Gen Manoj Mukund Naravane has been appointed the next vicechief of the force, official sources said on Monday.

Lt Gen Naravane succeeds Lt Gen D Anbu who retires on August 31.

Lt Gen Naravane will be in contention for the Army chief ’s post as he will be the senior-most commander when incumbent Gen Bipin Rawat retires on December 31, sources said.

In his 37 years of service, Lt Gen Naravane has served in numerous command and staff appointments in peace, field and highly active counter insurgency environments.

He has also commanded a Rashtriya Rifles Battalion in Jammu and Kashmir and an Infantry Brigade on the eastern front.

In another key appointment, Director General of Military Operations Lt Gen Anil Chauhan will be new General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Eastern Command.

Sources said Lt Gen A S Kler has been appointed General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of South-Western Command, succeeding Lt Gen Cherish Matheson. Lt. Gen Matheson retires on August 31.

Lt Gen I S Ghuman has been appointed General Officer Commanding-inChief of the Central Command. He will succeed Lt Gen Abhay Krishna.

Lt Gen R P Singh has been appointed head of the Western Command. He succeeds Lt Gen Surinder Singh who retires from service on July 31.

Lt Gen Singh is currently serving as commander of the 21 Strike Corps.

Shelter home head held for sexual abuse BHAWANIPATNA (ODISHA), JUL 22 (PTI): The superintendent of a shelter home for HIV-infected children in Odisha’s Kalahandi district was arrested on Monday for allegedly sexually abusing an eightyear-old inmate.

Saroj Das, the superintendent of the shelter home ‘Prayash’, was apprehended after a complaint was lodged by the district Child Welfare Committee (CWC), Bhawanipatna police station’s Inspector In-Charge Satya Nanda said.

CWC Chair person Rajesh Nayak said the shelter home has been sealed and all the nine inmates, including five girls, have been shifted to another place in Bhawanipatna.

A probe into the incident had been launched on Sunday by police, the district administration, CWC and the district Child Protection Unit (DCPU) of Kalahandi following reports of the alleged sexual abuse of the HIV-infected girl. The girl’s mother had accused the home’s su-

tor in-charge said, adding medical examination of the girl has been conducted and further probe is underway.

The shelter home’s superintendent, who was summoned and grilled by the police since Sunday, denied the allegation and said it was a conspiracy to defame him. Das said he was prepared to face any investigation into the matter.

On Sunday, senior officials made a surprise visit to the shelter home, examined documents and interacted with its employees and the nine inmates, a police official said.

The incident triggered an uproar in the state Assembly during the day with opposition BJP and Congress coming down heavily on the BJD government.

The opposition accused the Odisha government of failing to check increasing incidents of rapes and demanded the resignation of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. They also demanded discussion on the issue in the House.

their religious identity and threatened to kill them if they did not say “Jai Shri Ram”, he said.

The two men, out of fear, then chanted “Jai Shri Ram”, the official said, adding that later, on seeing some passers-by, those in the car fled.

Based on a complaint filed by the two men, police registered a case under Indian Penal Code sections 153 (wantonly giving provocation with an intent to cause riot) and 295-A (deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings), the official said.

The incident was captured on a CCTV camera and the footage is being examined to identify the car, the official said, adding that it was not clear if the miscreants were armed.

Commissioner of Police Chiranjeev Prasad told reporters that “a complaint has been received of two youths intercepted and forced to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’ by four to five men in a car.”

KOLKATA, JUL 22 (PTI): In a rare move, governmentempanelled lawyers at the Calcutta HC Monday told Justice Samapti Chattopadhyay that they will henceforth not attend her court. Additional Government Pleader Bhaskar Baishya told Justice Chattopadhyay, soon after she entered the courtroom for holding hearing of cases, that government-empanelled lawyers have resolved not to attend her court. “The way the judge is heckling government lawyers during hearing of various cases, it is not possible for us to attend her court,” Baishya, also the chairman of Trinamool Congress Lawyers’’ Cell, told outside the courtroom.

Justice Chattopadhyay had made some caustic comments against the West Bengal government last week over conducting of confidence votes in some civic bodies in the state.

Baishya said that the government-empanelled lawyers have written to Advocate General Kishore Dutta for forwarding the letter about their resolution not to attend Justice Chattopadhyay’’s court to the Chief Justice of Calcutta HC.

Two more die in Bihar floods, death toll reaches 104

Soldier killed as Pak violates Main accused of Sonbhadra ceasefire along LoC in J-K clash has SP links: Adityanath

PATNA, JUL 22 (PTI): With two more deaths reported from Muzaffarpur district, the death toll in Bihar floods increased to 104 on Monday with 76.85 lakh people affected by the deluge, Disaster Management Department officials said.

The water-level is receding in the 12 flood-affected districts - Sitamarhi, Madhubani, Araria, Sheohar, Darbhanga, Purnea, Kishanganj, Supaul, East Champaran, Muzaffarpur, Saharsa and Katihar, the officials said.

Though the number of people affected by flood has increased to 76.85 lakh on Monday, the number of relief camps and people taking shelter in camps besides the number of community kitchens has gone down as the water-level is receding, they said.

JAMMU, JUL 22 (PTI): An Army personnel was killed Monday as Pakistani troops targeted forward posts and villages with mortar shells and small arms along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district, officials said.

This was the second ceasefire violation by Pakistan along the Line of Control in Jammu region in the last three days.

A soldier, who was manning a forward post, was critically injured in the Pakistani firing in Sunderbani sector and was immediately rushed to the military hospital where he succumbed to injuries, the officials said.

Earlier, a defence

spokesman said the Pakistani troops targeted the sector in the early hours, prompting retaliation by the Indian Army.

The cross-border firing started around 6.30 am and continued intermittently for several hours, causing panic among the border residents who have been advised to take necessary precautionary measures for their safety, the officials said.

On Saturday, during the visit of Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to different parts of the states, Pakistani troops has targeted Mendhar sector of Poonch district causing bullet injuries to a civilian in Balnoi village in Jammu Kashmir.

File photo of Saroj Das with children.

perintendent of sexually abusing her daughter and other inmates of the shelter home, Nayak said.

The girl had been staying in the shelter home from August 2016 on the recommendation of the Balangir CWC and the District Child Protection Unit, the police official said.

The woman claimed that she was forced to take her daughter back to Balangir in March this year after the alleged sexual assault.

However, there was no complaint from the

LUCKNOW, JUL 21 (PTI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday reiterated that the main accused of the Sonbhadra clash had links with the Samajwadi Party and promised to take stringent action against him.

Replying to a question raised by SP’s Amit Yadav during the Question Hour in the UP Legislative Council, Adityanath said the law and order situation in the state has been strengthened and there should be no doubts about it.

“The encouraging results which have come in terms of investment in the state are a result of better law and order situation,” he said. To Yadav’s question about incidents of crime in the state from March 1 to

girl’s mother at that time, the police said.

An FIR was registered based on the statement of the girl and her mother, which was recorded by the child welfare committee and on an inquiry report given by the Balangir CWC, the said.

A police team brought the girl and her mother from Balangir to Bhawanipatna late on Sunday night as part of the investigation and the CWC recorded their statements before filing the FIR, the inspec-

Yogi Adityanath

March 15, Adityanath said, “We have not even completed two-and-half years in power, but in this duration, communal amity has been its best.”

He also made a reference to the Sonbhadra clash saying, “As far as the deaths of 10 people in the clash are concerned, it gives me immense pain to share that the evidence which has emerged dates back to 1955.”

“At that time, a Congress leader had grabbed the land of forest dwellers and tribals by registering it in the name of a public trust. Later in 1989, the land was registered in the name of family members,” he alleged.

Adityanath said the land was then purchased by village pradhan Yagyadutt Bhotia, who is the main accused in the clash.

“The murderer is linked to Samajwadi Party, and we will take stringent action against him,” he said.

On this, Samajwadi Party members protested and the party’s Shatrudra Prakash said the chief minister has no right to speak about the incident as it is the Question Hour and only questions and answers are allowed.

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Imran Khan focuses on Pak problems in US speech New York, Jul 22 (IANS): Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan turned introspective, stressing his country’s problems in his speech to the Pakistani diaspora here, with no references to contemporary India.

Khan, who is in Washington in a bid to reset relations with the US, stayed away from international issues except for a brief mention of Afghanistan while speaking to his supporters on Sunday at a sports arena.

Mention of India was notably absent as that could backfire in his other dealings or coverage in the US by bringing up issues like terrorism to the fore.

Khan dissected some of Pakistan’s ills blaming a lack of meritocracy, accountability of leaders and corruption in a speech that sounded more like a Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) campaign.

But a glaring omission was the role of terrorism in disrupting the country’s development.

As he was starting to speak about his meeting with US President Donald Trump scheduled on Monday and Afghanistan towards the end of his speech, people calling for indepen-

Imran Khan (File)

dence of Balochistan stood up and shouted slogans.

His speech was cut out and songs in praise of Pakistan and Khan came over the public address system in a bid to drown out the protesters.

Khan said that when meeting Trump, he would emphasise that a military solution was not possible in Afghanistan and he had maintained that always.

The diaspora meeting was in the style of India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s meeting with people of Indian descent.

But Khan’s speech was completely partisan with digs at the opposition aimed personally at Jamiat Ulemae-Islam-F leader Fazalur Rahman, Pakistan Peoples Party head Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, and Pakistan Muslim League-N leaders, the Sharifs - Nawaz, Asif and

Maryam.

He said that he was ending airconditioning and other privileges for Nawaz Sharif in prison.

Khan said that his country had lagged behind the world in development because of cronyism and corruption. Except for Mohammed Ali Jinnah and Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, who were charismatic, there was a leadership vacuum because leaders were foisted on either because of family ties or because of the military in the case of Nawaz Sharif, he said.

And there was no accountability for the leaders, he said, without mentioning the role of the military that has ruled Pakistan for most of its life with an iron fist.

His only mentions of India or Hindustan were from the eras of Muslim rule to make his point about meritocracy and the curse of nepotism. He asserted that Hindustan was a “superpower” with the biggest economy under the Mughals until the successors of Aurangzeb, who came to power through family ties, ruined it through their incompetence.

He also mentioned the Slave Dynasty of Qutab-uddin Aibak as an example of meritocracy.

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International Iran says CIA spy ring busted; Trump calls it false claim TEHRAN/WASHINGTON, JUL 22 (IANS): Iran on Monday said that it has detained 17 people and sentenced some of them to death after dismantling a network of the US’ Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) spies, a claim rejected by President Donald Trump as “totally false”.

Iranian Intelligence Ministry’s Director-General for Counter-Intelligence said that the 17 “professional spies” were working on behalf of the CIA throughout the last year, Fars news agency reported. “The spies were employed in sensitive and vital private sector centres in the economic, nuclear, infrastructural, military and cyber areas where they collected classified information,” the official said in a statement cited by the Iranian media.

Refuting the claim, Trump tweeted: “The report of Iran capturing CIA spies is totally false. Zero truth.

Just more lies and propaganda (like their shot down drone) put out by a religious regime that is badly failing and has no idea what to do.

Their economy is dead, and will get much worse. Iran is a total mess!

The Iranian official claimed the CIA had recruited them by mainly contacting them over the Internet.

17 die in Somalia bomb blast; 24 injured

MOGADISHU, JUL 22 (AFP): Seventeen people were killed and more than two dozen wounded when a car bomb exploded in Mogadishu on Monday, the latest deadly attack on Somalia’s capital claimed

by Al-Shabaab militants.

The blast, near a security checkpoint on the main road to the international airport, reverberated throughout the city and sent massive plumes of black smoke into the air.

Witnesses described scenes of carnage as a car veered out of traffic and detonated outside the main gate of a hotel with tremendous force.

“I could see several people lying (on the ground), some of them dead in a pool of blood,” said Abdikarim Mohamed, a witness to the attack.

“The blast was huge.

It did damage to several nearby buildings.” Suado Ali was walking out of a travel agency when she “was forced to the ground by the shockwave”.

“I saw nearly ten people lying on the ground, some motionless and others screaming for help”, she told AFP. Medina Hospital, the main trauma facility in the Somali capital, was inundated by the dead and wounded.

“The bodies of 17 people killed in the blast were taken to the hospital

An injured person being rushed to the hospital in Mogadishu.

mortuary while 28 others were admitted for various wounds,” said Mohamed Yusuf, the hospital’s director.

Another witness, Abdullahi Ahmed, said at least two government security personnel manning one of the checkpoints on the road were killed in the blast.

Al-Shabaab, an AlQaeda-affiliated militant group waging a deadly insurgency in Somalia, claimed responsibility for the bombing.

“The martyrdom operation was carried out using a vehicle loaded with explosives which targeted a checkpoint along the air-

port road,” the group said in a brief statement.

The attack comes just over a week after 26 people were killed and 56 injured in a 12-hour attack by AlShabaab jihadists on a popular hotel in the southern Somali port city of Kismayo.

In that attack, a suicide bomber rammed a vehicle loaded with explosives into the Medina hotel before several heavily armed gunmen forced their way inside, shooting as they went.

The attacks are the latest in a long line of bombing and assaults claimed

by Al-Shabaab, which has fought for more than a de-

cade to topple the Somali government.

The militant group emerged from the Islamic Courts Union that once controlled central and souther n Somalia and is variously estimated to number between 5,000 and 9,000 men.

In 2010, the Shabaab declared their allegiance to Al-Qaeda.

In 2011, they fled positions they once held in the capital Mogadishu, and have since lost many strongholds.

But they retain control of large rural swathes of the country and continue to wage a guerrilla war against the authorities.

India strongly rejects Pakistan’s references to Kashmir SL President extends state of Emergency

never was and never can be a platform for pursuits aimed at undermining the territorial integrity of a State by another State,” the Indian envoy said. Akbaruddin did not name Pakistan but his comments were aimed at Islamabad raising the issue of Kashmir at the multilateral forum. Pakistan’s Parliamentary Secretary

to attain our development goals. Unfortunately, all our talk about combating the scourge of terrorism has not been matched by actions,” he said.

As terrorists have collapsed borders, Akbaruddin said the collective response at countering terrorism must transcend from ad hoc and crisis-orientated reaction towards building standing structures intended to be durable and insulated from rhetoric. “We, as NAM countries, need to take the lead as it is our citizens that stand to lose the most from the lack of coordinated and coherent responses,” he said. Underscoring the serious challenges of an interdependent world, he said threats that respect no borders confront everyone

and transcend capacities of every nation to surmount them. “Climate Change has become a pressing emergency; environmental challenges are an urgent reality; pandemics threaten the accrued gains of global health; terrorism has expanded alarmingly; humanitarian nightmares are playing out repetitively,” he said.

C O LO M B O, J U L 2 2 (IANS): Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Monday extended the state of Emergency by another month due to the security situation in the country.

Sirisena signed an extraordinary gazette notification which said the emergency was in effect

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

We the bereaved family members of Lt. Atum Nriame of Nzauna Village would like to express our indebted heartfelt gratitude to each and every individual and well wishers who stood by us with prayer, physically, financially and materially at the sudden demise on 28th June 2019.

We would like to convey our special thanks to :1. Mr & Mrs. Tarie Zeliang, Ex. MLA, 6 Tening A/C 2. Mr & Mrs. Benjamin Newmai, Legal Consultant, Assembly Secretariat Kohima, Nagaland.

3. Mrs. & Children of Lt. Haideu Anthony, Retired Jt. Director, Social Welfare.

4. Mr & Mrs. Volie Renta, SDO P.H.E. Tening 5. Shri. Ekengai, SIS, Mbaulwa Range.

6. Zeliangrong Heraka Association, Nagaland 7. Zeliangrong Heraka Paileu Baudi, Nagaland 8. Zeliangrong Heraka Youth Organisation, Nagaland 9. Heraka Leaders Council, Nagaland.

We deeply regret our inability to thank each and every individual personally but assure our prayer that Almighty God bless you all abundantly.

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for public security, the preservation of public order and the maintenance of supplies and services essential to the life of the community, the Daily Mirror reported.

The President declared the state of emergency on April 22, a day after Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka killed over 250 peo-

ple and injured hundreds.

He then extended it by one month on May 22 and then again on June 22, as security forces continued to conduct nationwide raids to hunt for suspects linked to the attacks.

The police said over 100 suspects had been arrested over the terror attacks so far.

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"Lord I'm Ready To Go Home" We the bereaved family members of Late K. Hokishe Shohe of Toluvi Village would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to each and every individual who stood by us physically, spiritually and financially during the prolonged illness and demise of our beloved who left for his heavenly home on 13/07/2019 at Eden Hospital, Dimapur.

We convey our special thanks to :1. Doctors & Staff of Eden Hospital, Dimapur.

2. To l u v i G h a m i B a p t i s t Akukuhou.

3. Toluvi Village Council.

4. NCRC, Toluvi.

5. Home Guard & Civil Defence Baptist Church, Toluvi.

6. Staff of Weavers Service Centre, Toluvi.

7. Imlomi Union Dimapur 8. STH, Toluvi.

9. Toluvi Ghami Kiphimi Kuqhakulu 10. Liu-u SHG, Toluvi.

11. The Legends.

12. Friends & Well Wishers.

We deeply regret our inability to mention and thank each and every individual but it is our earnest prayer that your good work and deeds will be rewarded by our Almighty God.

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for Foreign Affairs Andleeb Abbas, in her statement at ministerial meeting, raked up the issue of Kashmir and made references to the recent UN Human Rights report on the situation in Jammu and Kashmir.

India has slammed the UN report as a continuation of the earlier “false and motivated” narrative and violative of India’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.

In his statement, Akbaruddin said that while terrorists continue to “operate with great impunity and greater inhumanity,” the international community’s actions to combat the scourge have fallen short.

“Terrorism not only kills our citizens, but also seeks to disrupt societies by undermining our ability

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UNITED NATIONS, JUL 22 (PTI): India has strongly rejected Pakistan’s references to Kashmir during the Non Aligned Movement (NAM) Ministerial Meeting in Venezuela, saying the global forum can never be a platform for a “selfserving narrative” that aims to undermine the territorial integrity of one nation by another State.

The NAM needs to be in the vanguard of those addressing the primary issues of our times that cry for global cooperation, rather than become a platform for venting bilateral grievances between members, India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Syed Akbaruddin said Sunday in his address to the NAM Ministerial Meeting in Caracas, Venezuela.

Akbaruddin emphasised that individual members need to ponder before “turning upon” fellow members by raising issues, in global fora, which are not on the agenda, are not part of the discussions of ?the outcome document in any manner, find no resonance in the wider membership and those that contravene NAM traditions. “Regrettably, one delegation attempted this yesterday. That no other member is responsive to such a self-serving narrative is a telling rejoinder that NAM

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An Eternal memory of our Beloved

LATE N. CHUBA PHOM On his 1st DEATH ANNIVERSARY Born on: 01/07/ 1970 Died on: 23/07/2018

‘’For if we live, we live for the Lord; and if we die, we die for the Lord. So whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord ‘’

(ROMANS 14:8)

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A year has passed since you left for your heavenly abode, yet the influence of the cheerful memories of you still guides us. And we still feel you near. For love is eternal and so our memories. Your legacy will always be there to light the way for us.

YOU WILL FOREVER REMAIN ALIVE IN OUR HEARTS AND MEMORIES Loving Mom, wife, children, sisters, brothers, in-law & family members.

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Sindhu eyes Japan Open title Tokyo, Jul 22 (IANS): After missing out on her first title of the year and the first Super 1000 title of her career at the Indonesia Open, ace shuttler P.V. Sindhu will look to bounce back and end her 2019 title drought when she leads India’s challenge at the Japan Open BWF World Tour Super 750 starting here on Tuesday.

Sindhu was beaten in straight games by Japan’s Akane Yamaguchi in the final of the Indonesia Open on Sunday.

She lost 15-21, 16-21 in less than an hour to suffer her fifth defeat to Yamaguchi. This was the 15th meeting between the two players and Sindhu still holds a 10-5 head to head lead over the Japanese shuttler.

The girl from Hyderabad will look to put her best foot forward in the opening match here, after which she will face either Scotland’s Kirsty Gilmour or Japan’s Aya Ohori in the second round.

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The Indian shuttler will also aim to avenge her final defeat to Yamaguchi as she is likely to meet the World No.4 Japanese in the quarter-finals.

Compatriot Saina Nehwal, who gave the Indonesia Open a miss, will

begin her sojourn against Thailand’s Busanan Ongbamrungphan.

In the men’s singles, it will be an all-Indian opening round battle between HS Prannoy and Kidambi Srikanth.

B. Sai Praneeth will

face Japan’s Kenta Nishimoto.

Sameer Verma will take on Denmark’s Anders Antonsen.

In the doubles draw, the men’s pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will square off against England’s Marcus Ellis and Chris Langridge.

Manu Attri and B. Sumeeth Reddy will take on Malaysia’s Goh Sze Fei and Nur Izzuddin in another men’s doubles match.

The women’s doubles pair of Ashwini Ponnappa and N. Sikki Reddy will face the Korean pair of Kim So Yeong and Kong Hee Yong in the opening round.

The mixed doubles pair of Pranaav Jerr y Chopra and Sikki will face top-seeded Chinese combination of Zheng Si Wei and Huang Ya Qiong.

Satwiksairaj and Ashwini will open against German pair of Marvin Seidel and Linda Efler in another mixed doubles match.

Aussie midfielder Vidosic joins ATK Ko l k ata , J u l 2 2 (IANS): Croatia-born Australian footballer Dario Vidosic on Monday joined twotime ISL champions ATK to strengthen their midfield.

Vidosic is an attacking midfielder who also doubles up as a winger. He started his career in the A-League, signing a two-year contract with Queensland Roar for the 2006-07 season.

After this, he had a stint with German club 1. FC Nurnberg in the Bundesliga.

In 2017, Vidosic joined Wellington Phoenix for a couple of months, before moving onto Melbourne City.

In 2009, Vidosic made his debut for the national team in their last World Cup qualifier against Japan.

In 2006, he was selected in the Australian Under20 squad and competed in the 2006 AFC Youth Championships in India.

He played for the Australian Under-23 team in 2007 in an Olympic qualifier in Adelaide, scoring the 11th goal in Australia’s 11-0 win over Chinese Taipei.

Ashes: Smith ready; Khawaja to be fit

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Sydney, Jul 22 (Agencies): Sixteen months after leaving Test cricket in disgrace over the ball-tampering furore, Steve Smith’s preparations for the Ashes have gone up to a manic level as the former Australian skipper looks to return to red ball cricket in top form.

Australia captain Tim Paine said Smith had given batting coach Graeme Hick long and taxing work-outs in the nets as he looks to hone his formidable game ahead of the Ashes opener in Edgbaston on Aug. 1.

Renowned for his obsessive approach to train-

ing, Smith is back in the test squad along with David Warner and Cameron Bancroft, the other two players hit with long bans for their involvement in the Cape Town scandal in March, 2018.

“You don’t become one of the best players in the world and average 60 in test cricket if you don’t have some sort of a mission,” Paine told reporters of Smith at the team’s training base in Southampton.

Australia are bidding to retain the urn and erase the disappointment of their oneday World Cup campaign.

Australia will play a four-day intra-squad match starting July 23, with two sides padded out by Australia A players.

With the final Ashes squad to be named after, Paine said it would be no gentle hit in the park.

“Both sides will be looking to win and both sides will have individual players wanting to do really well to press their final case for Ashes selection,” he said.

“At the moment it’s a fair dinkum game of cricket and that’s been made really clear. We’re looking at it as a real opportunity to test each other’s skills so when we get to the first test we know exactly where we’re at and everyone’s had a perfect preparation, and everyone’s been put on pressure.”

Top order batsman Usman Khawaja, who suffered a hamstring strain during the World Cup semi-final, is being rested for the unofficial match but Paine said he was expected to be fully fit and available for selection for Edgbaston.

Pogba should stay at Utd: Mata WI Test call a double-edged sword for Saha

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the first choice wicketkeeper in the Windies Tests. And with Pant delivering in the last Test series in England and Australia, chances are bleak that Saha will find a place in the playing XI in the two Tests against the Jason Holder-led side.

However, as the BCCI

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GENERAL INFORMATION (A REMINDER) This is in reply to a release by Shri Yantsow Murry and Shri Vandan Murry under the caption ‘REPLY TO THE ITEM ‘GENERAL INFORMATION’ which appeared in Nagaland Post at page 9 on 20/07/2019.

The undersigned hereby once again informed that the plot over which the abandoned District Agricultural Office and the Chief Medical Officer Office was sold by their ancestors in the year 1948 duly signed by their ancestors and all the then GBs of Wokha Village. All the documents relating to the plot, the original copies of which were duly attested by the then District & Session Judge Wokha and are in the record of the Hon’ble Gauhati High Court, Kohima Bench and the Hon’ble District & Sessions Judge Wokha.

That a property sold by their ancestors being claimed by them after a lapse of 61 years is in violation of the Lotha, Naga Customary Law. This was the reason why Shri Yantsow Murry and Shri Vandan Murry were compelled to withdraw their Title Suit Vide Civil Suit No. 1/2009. It is also advised that such trend should be condemned by the society as a whole in order to avoid any such occurrences in future.

That the original documents related to the plot in question being with the undersigned rightful land owners, the undersigned Land Owners did not find any reason to file a ‘Title Suit’ as stated by them.

Therefore, the General Public, Individuals and the Government Departments are once again advised to take note of this information and avoid dealing with the Self Styled Land Owners Shri Yantsow and his party even in the days to come.

Shri AKHYOW KITHAN & PARTY R/o Old Agri Office Compound, Wokha : Nagaland.

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TUMKA – AUDIT YIVON ZOTAV Humtso yanchungi VDB etsüng etsü chi thakthako chi tsukona tsungon 27/07/2019, 9:00 Am lo Village Community Hall chilona Audit yivon chi nzontsü thyutasanta zochantav oyani evan tsovo haphoe evan tsovo topvuna mmyanta oro thetana mhona.

Rabenthung Shitiri Chairman, HVC

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OFFICE OF THE CHANGKIRI KIDONG, CHUMUKEDIMA CENTER.

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With great honour and pride, the DIMAPUR HUMTSO UNION would like to congratulate Miss Gifty Shitiri, D/o Y. Yanrenthung Shitiri, IGP, demonstrating great achievement in academic excellence for securing top 11th position in the Dept. of Bachelor of Mass Communication in the recent Graduate Examination.

We are proud of you and wishing you all the best even in your future endeavour.

Mr. Thungzamo Humtsoe Chairman, D.H.U

Mr. Orans Yanthan General Secretary, D.H.U

With great honour, we the Viswema Students Union along with Rachü Students Union acknowledges and congratulates Dr. Kikrokhol Kraho, s/o Lt. Tepun Kraho on being conferred Ph. D in Complex Predicates in Tenyidie from the University of Hyderabad.

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

Ahel Vitsu Metol Neikha President (V.S.U) President (R.S.U) Vimeto Kin Zhopovito Kweho Edu. & Statistical Secy. (V.S.U) Gen. Secy. (R.S.U)

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OFFICE OF THE VISWEMA STUDENTS’ UNION FELICITATION

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

OFFICE OF THE HUMTSO VILLAGE COUNCIL

The Englan Range GBs Union would like to appreciate Shri. Y. Patton, Dy. Chief Minister, and Home, Govt. of Nagaland for his guidance and support towards the Union.

The Union pray Almighty to grant him good health and wish him all success in his endeavour.

Nyimshamo Kithan Limhathung Odyuo President General Secretary

Indian Test set-up following M.S. Dhoni’s retirement in 2015 was the wicketkeeping skills he possessed.

And even now, one can be rest assured that his wicketkeeping skills are superior to that of Pant.

However, what the team requires at the moment is not just a wicketkeeper but a wicketkeeper-batsman, someone who can score at a brisk pace and take on the opposition and provide thrust to the batting unit.

And Pant is someone who Virat Kohli wants in his mission to make India, not only a formidable Test side at home, but also on foreign soil.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The Dimapur District Veteran Football Association would like to extend our sincere gratitude and appreciation to the following individual and organisations for their kind contribution and physical presence during the Friendly Football Match between the Diphu Veteran (Chirinti Aterank) Karbi Anglong and Dimapur District Veteran Football Association on 20/07/2019 at DDSC Stadiumm, Dimapur.

1. Shri Kevekha Kevin Zehol, Deputy Commissioner, Dimapur 2. Shri Moa Sangtam, Administrator, Dimapur Municipal Council 3. Shri Tsenthungo, Vice President, Dimapur District Sports Council, Dimapur 4. District Public Relation Officer, Dimapur 5. Diphu Veteran (Chirinti Aterank) Karbi Anglong 6. Dimapur District Football Referee Association 7. The Nagaland Post, Morung Express & Eastern Mirror 8. All well wishers (Toshi Jamir) (G Apan) President Secretary DDVFA DDVFA

The Changkiri Kidong Chumukedima takes immense pride in congratulating Shri Temsunochet Changkiri NPS, S/o Late J. Changkiri IPS (Retd.

DGP, Nagaland) on his promotion to the rank of Deputy Commandant. We further wish him good luck and abundant God's blessing in all his future endeavours.

Yangrosangba Changkiri President, CKCC

Chuchangtemsu Changkiri Secretary, CKCC

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hamstring during the 2018 Cape Town Test ruled him out of the rest of the entire South Africa series. Then he suffered from a thumb injury during 2018 IPL and then a shoulder injury that required surgery.

The right-handed batter, however, would not be

chief selector said, Saha will come into the picture only when the team management decides to rest Pant or when he suffers from an injury. Therefore, the tour to the Caribbean Islands doesn’t guarantee the Saha a chance to represent the country. But, with K.S. Bharat doing well, this could be the last opportunity for Saha.

Saha, a veteran of 32 Tests in which he has scored 1164 runs at an average of 30.63, is now 34. The batting record is not something which could guarantee him a place in the Test XI. However, what made him a permanent member of the

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With immense pride and appreciation, the Yongnyah Hongnyü Union Dimapur would like to extend our heartiest congratulations to : 1. Miss Esther Moithei Phom, D/o Bomben for being selected to pursue MBBS. 2. Miss Moidan K Phom, D/o Konlong for being selected to pursue a degree in Civil Engineering.

3. Mr. Langnyei B Phom, S/o Lt. Bauei for clearing NET Exam 2019.

4. Miss Lejoi C Phom, D/o Lt. Chingmong for being selected to pursue degree in Biotechnology.

5. Mr B. Moitan Phom, S/o Lt. Bongsha for being selected to the post of Accountant cum Data Entry Operator.

6. Miss B. Lijoi Phom, D/o Lt. Bongsha for selection to undergo B.Sc Nursing at CIHSR. The Union wishes and pray that our Almighty God bestow His blessing upon you all.

(Y. ONGSHAM PHOM) General Secretary Y.H.U. Dimapur

(C. BANGNYEI PHOM) President Y. H.U. Dimapur

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New Delhi, Jul 22 (IANS): Six I-League clubs, Minerva Punjab FC, Mohun Bagan, Quess East Bengal, Churchill Brothers Goa, Aizawl FC and Gokulam Kerala FC, have written to FIFA chief Gianni Infantino asking him to intervene and save Indian football.

Minerva owner Ranjit Bajaj signed the letter which has urged FIFA to help the clubs as they fight for survival.

The letter contains 35 points/reasons citing what is going on with Indian Football and how All India Football Federation (AIFF) has ruined everything that was good when they made a deal with Reliance and FSDL. This letter also contains how many teams and tournaments were abandoned due to the negligence and stepmotherly treatment of AIFF towards them.

Minerva Punjab raised the issue of “One Nation, One League” in this letter and expressed their intention on what will happen to the I-League clubs and the league itself and wants help for their sustainability.

Finally, Minerva Punjab FC requested Infantino to set up an enquiry to probe the manner in which AIFF is functioning and also requested him to kindly look into this matter and provide a roadmap for Indian Football.

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to stay and help the club win trophies.

The Spanish midfielder, said, “We all know Paul and he is a fantastic midfielder, and a very good guy, very positive, and a good influence for everyone.”

“I think he is happy and brings everyone together, but I cannot speak for other people - I speak for myself. As a team-mate and a friend I would like him to stay and be happy because he is a very good player for us.”

Mata is close friends with United goalkeeper David De Gea, who is understood to be on the verge of signing a new long-term

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L o nd o n , J u l 2 2 (Agencies): Juan Mata says Paul Pogba is a positive influence in the Manchester United changing room and has called on him to stay and help bring trophies back to Old Trafford.

Pogba has been linked with a return to former club Juventus. Pogba also revealed last month he is ready for a “new challenge” after three years at United, while his agent said earlier this month his client wants to leave the club.

However, Mata, who recently extended his contract at Old Trafford for one more season, wants Pogba

New Delhi, Jul 22 (IANS): While announcing the squad for the upcoming West Indies tour, BCCI chief selector M.S.K Prasad made it very clear that left-handed wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant is the future wicketkeeper of Indian cricket and will play in all the three formats of the game. But old warshorse Wriddhiman Saha has also been given a go in the Test series as the second keeper.

Saha has been brought back into the Indian set-up following his full recovery since suffering an injury during the tour of South Africa in 2018.

“We have an unwritten norm when a senior cricketer is injured, he should get a comeback opportunity. That’s what we have given to Saha,” Prasad said explaining the thought process about bringing in the Kolkata batsman for Windies Tests.

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contract with the club that will make him the best-paid goalkeeper in the world.

De Gea has been United’s player of the year on a record four occasions since arriving from Atletico Madrid eight years ago, and Mata believes it is vital he remains at Old Trafford.

The 31-year-old, said, “David (De Gea) is the best goalkeeper in the world and one of my best friends so I want him to stay. On a professional level, it would be great if he stays because he will give us many points over the next season, so I’m very happy if he stays.”

Mata believes United must improve on last season where they finished in sixth place in the Premier League, which was 30 points behind champions and bitter rivals Manchester City.

“This club has won more trophies than any other club in England and we want to win again big trophies. That is what the history of this club and the fans deserve,” added Mata.

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Liverpool fall 2-1 to Sevilla in Boston Isner wins fourth Newport title

with Mohamed Salah and alive by Nat Phillips, the Sadio Mane, both missing ball falling to an unmarked due to the African Cup of Divock Origi who swept in from close range in the Nations.

As in a 3-2 defeat to 44th.

Both teams made Borussia Dortmund on Friday in Indiana, there wholesale changes at halfwas some shaky defending time, but even a match that was just one more step in from Liverpool.

Nolito’s powerful shot both team’s pre-season in the 37th minute past preparations there was Liverpool starting goal- nothing laid back about keeper Andy Lonergan Sevilla. A foul was called on Ever Banega for a hard was Sevilla’s reward after a tackle in the 12th minute half-hour of pressure. and when he slammed the It needed a sprawling ball to the ground in protest save from Lonergan in the he was shown a yellow 13th minute to deny Luuk card. de Jong after Liverpool lost Liverpool midfielder possession in their own Harry Wilson took a smack territory and de Jong was to the face just before halfjust wide with a header in time - an infraction that the 23rd. paled in comparison to Liverpool’s equalizer that of Gnagnon - who was Players of Liverpool and Sevilla fight for the ball during their pre-season friendly came off a scrappy set arguing with the referee football match in Boston. piece as Trent Alexander- as Larouci received treatB o s t o n , J u l 2 2 him to the pitch where his Champion Boston Red Arnold’s corner was kept ment.

(Agencies): Alejandro head bounced hard on the Sox. Both Liverpool and Pozo delivered the late dag- ground. the Red Sox are owned ger in 10-man Sevilla’s 2-1 Even with the La Liga by groups led by John W. friendly win over Liverpool outfit reduced to 10 men, Henry.

Sevilla’s Joris Gnagnon has apologised for an in Boston Sunday, a defeat however, Liverpool were Players were granted “heinous” tackle on Liverpool youngster Yasser Lamade worse for the Eu- unable find a way ahead, water breaks in the hot, rouci during a pre-season friendly in Boston. ropean champions when and Pozo sealed it in the humid conditions, and The 18-year-old was carried off the pitch on a they saw Yasser Larouci 90th minute as he smoothly even the pitch created on stretcher in the 80th minute of the 2-1 defeat with stretchered off. collected a pass from Mu- the baseball diamond re- Jurgen Klopp stating the youngster was “lucky” not Liverpool manager nir El Haddadi, rounded ceived extra water during to have suffered a more serious injury in Boston.

Jurgen Klopp was furious Liverpool keeper Simon the match.

After the match, Gnagnon apologised for the at Joris Gagnon’s outra- Mignolet and knocked the The pro-Liver pool “heinous” tackle. Posting on Twitter, he wrote, “I geous kick at an on-rush- winner into an unguarded crowd weren’t treated to would like to publicly apologise towards Liverpool, ing Larouci in the 76th net. many of the club’s stars the family of the player and its supporters.” minute. Gnagnon was Sevilla had enjoyed by as Brazilian internationals “It was a heinous act on my part. Whatever the shown a straight red card far the majority of scoring Roberto Firmino and Alis- reason, it’s not what should be seen on a football after sweeping one of the chances on a sweltering son were both absent for the pitch. All my prayers are with the player and his Frenchman’s legs out from evening at Fenway Park -- Reds following their Copa family.” underneath him, toppling home of the World Series America campaign along

Gnagnon apologises for ‘heinous’ tackle

N e w p o rt, J u l 2 2 (Agencies): American John Isner captured his fourth title at the ATP grasscourt tournament at Newport, Rhode Island, on Sunday, beating Alexander Bublik 7-6 (7/2), 6-3.

Isner, who was sidelined by a stress fracture in his left foot for three months after reaching the Miami final in March, was the top seed in the tournament that he also won in 2011, 2012 and 2017.

Bublik, the seventhseeded 22-year-old from Kazakhstan who was playing in his first ATP final, double-faulted on break point to fall behind 3-2 in the second set, and that was the only opening the big-serving Isner needed.

The 34-year-old American — who produced only a modest five aces but put 79 percent of his first serves in play — finished off the match with a forehand winner even as he slipped on the grass and sprawled forward.

He converted all three of his break points in the game, including on match point when the Kazakh failed in his bid to catch Isner out with an underarm serve on the final point.

While that didn’t pan out, Isner urged Bublik to continue to pursue his “quirky” game.

“It was a lot of fun to

John Isner defeated Alexander Bublik in the final to win his fourth Newport trophy.

play against you today,” Isner told him. “You’re very quirky, but I mean that in a very sincere way. You’re fantastic for the game and we all hope you continue to have great results in the future because guys like you are important to keep tennis exciting.”

The towering American also had words of thanks for his team, especially his physical therapist.

“It’s not easy keeping a guy like myself healthy,” said Isner, who is slated to

appear next week in Atlanta, Georgia, in search of a sixth title in the BB&T Open.

Bublik, who has toiled largely on the ATP Challenger Tour, is assured of reaching a career-high ATP ranking on Monday, when he will break into the top 75 for the first time.

Bublik had earned the first break of the match at 5-5 in the opening set, but he double-faulted on break point in the next game as it went to a tiebreaker that Isner dominated.

N Kenguruse FIFA’s CAF takeover plan set for court challenge Hima promises more medals for India CaptCricket Cup

Hima Das

New Delhi, Jul 22 (IANS): Ace Indian sprinter Hima Das, who has been on a golden roll in July, has assured Prime Minister Narendra Modi that she will continue to work hard and bring more medals for the country.

On Sunday, Modi took to Twitter to congratulate Hima and said: “India is very proud of Hima Das’ phenomenal achievements over the last few days. Everyone is absolutely delighted that she has brought home five medals in various tournaments. Congratulations to her and best wishes for her

future endeavours.”

To this, Hima responded: “Thank you Narendra Modi sir for your kind wishes. I will continue to work hard and bring more medals for our country.”

Earlier, President Ram Nath Kovind, legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar and various other politicians and personalities showered praise on the 19-year-old after she won her fifth gold medal inside three weeks in Europe.

The “Dhing Express” had revealed she got a congratulatory call from Tendulkar on Sunday evening.

“Today evening was like a dream come true for me, have got a call from the god of cricket and my inspiration Sachin Tendulkar sir. Thank you sir for your good wishes and inspirational words. I will leave no stone unturned for my mission.”

Hima’s fifth gold of the month came on July 20 in Czech Republic where she clocked a season-best time of 52.09 seconds to win the gold in 400m at the Nove Mesto nad Metuji Grand Prix.

On July 17, she won her fourth gold in 200m at the Tabor Athletics Meet.

Before that on July 13, she won her third 200m gold at the Kladno Athletics Meet in Czech Republic with a time of 23.43 seconds.

On July 8, she won her second 200m gold at the Kutno Athletics Meet in Poland. And in her first competitive 200m race of the year on July 2, Hima clocked 23.65 seconds to win gold at the Poznan Athletics GP in Poland.

begins in Jalukie

Dimapur, Jul 22 (NPN): Capt N Kenguruse Cricket Cup, organised by Peren District Cricket Association, got underway Monday at Government Higher Secondary School ground, Jalukie.

The tournament is a tribute to the national hero who laid down his life during the Kargil War in 1999.

In the inaugural match, ARC, Ahthibung defeated 9 IRB, Saijang team by 5 wickets. Altogether, 10 teams are participating in the tournament.

Earlier, Commandant of Jalukie Battalion along with Fr. Francis S Cheerangal, principal, St Xavier College and Alum Zeliang, president, Peren District Cricket Association unveiled the tournament trophy.

The tournament will conclude on July 26.

CAPE TOWN, Jul 22 (Agencies): FIFA’s plan to take over the running of African football is set to face a possible roadblock with an executive committee member of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) saying he will challenge the decision in court.

Hasan Bility, who is from Liberia and a CAF executive committee member for last two years, said he will ask the Swiss-based Court of Arbitration for Sport to declare invalid the agreement by which FIFA secretary general Fatma Samoura will be sent on a secondment to overhaul the African governing body.

Bility said he also wants to ask the court to compel CAF to start a forensic audit of its finances, which he said the executive committee had previously agreed to but CAF president Ahmad Ahmad then stalled.

CAF is in crisis following corruption allegations against Ahmad which he has denied.

Ahmad was reported in March to FIFA’s ethics committee for alleged corruption and harassment by CAF general secretary Amr Fahmy.

Fahmy was then fired.

He was detained in June by French police in Paris where he was questioned over a sportswear deal between CAF and a French company in which the African body is said to have paid exorbitant prices for equipment it could have got much cheaper directly from the manufacturers.

In a statement released to the media on Monday, former Liberian Football Association president Bility said Ahmad must resign and the proposed FIFA takeover be cancelled.

“In an attempt to salvage CAF from imminent implosion and irreversible reputational damage, FIFA proposed a poorly conceptualised and worse executed agreement,” Bility said.

“Logically, and in a sane world, the acquiescence by the CAF leader-

ship that they have been unable to manage their own affairs ought to have been followed by quick resignation of its top leaders. It is clear to me and many others that the agreement as currently structured has the sole purpose of shielding and cleansing CAF President Ahmad from the crimes he has committed – financial impropriety, sexual harassment and nepotism.”

FIFA has confirmed there is an ethics investigation into Ahmad, although he was yet to be sanctioned.

Ahmad has not responded to Reuters’ requests for comment on the specific allegations against him.

Bility also claimed FIFA President Gianni Infantino has seized on the opportunity to get rid of his secretary general. “Infantino has thus seized this opportunity to offer Fatma a ‘golden parachute’ into a confederation job to pave the way for her eventual replacement at the helm of FIFA,” he said.

Australia draw England; retain women’s Ashes PTCSU inter-school tourney concludes Tau n to n, J u l 2 2 (Agencies): Australia have retained the Women’s Ashes after securing a draw in the only Test of the multi-format series in Taunton.

Ellyse Perry struck an unbeaten 76 as the Southern Stars batted out 64 overs on the final day to take an 8-2 points lead in the series, and with just six points available from the remaining three T20Is, ensuring they kept hold of the trophy once more.

Heather Knight’s side had declared 24.1 overs into day four on 275-9 with a deficit of 145, Nat Sciver top-scoring but falling 12 runs short of a maiden redball century, as England looked to set up a chance to push for an unlikely win in Somerset.

Spinner Laura Marsh claimed Australian openers Alyssa Healy (13) and Rachael Haynes (1), the latter promoted up the order in place of the injured Nicole Bolton, in the first over after lunch.

However, Perry’s exceptional defence removed any worry of a complete

Australian cricketers celebrate after retaining the Women’s Ashes in Taunton.

collapse as the teams shook hands at with 17 overs left to bring an end to the match to the delight of Meg Lanning and her side.

There was a clear change in the hosts’ mindset on Sunday, England scoring 11 boundaries in the 24.1 overs they batted in the first session of the last day.

The loss of Sciver, bowled by Jess Jonassen having looked to play a length ball down to third

man but only succeeding in bottom-edging the delivery from the spinner onto her stumps.

With England still 19 runs away from avoiding the follow-on, Marsh smoked Sophie Molineux for back-to-back boundaries and then chopped the spinner through the covers for four more to take them past the 272 they needed to force Australia to bat again.

Sciver (88), Anya

Shrubsole (11) and Marsh (28) put on 76 runs in 24.1 overs before Knight declared with 15 minutes to bowl before lunch.

After making the declaration with 81 overs left in the day, England enjoyed the ideal start to the afternoon session when Marsh bowled Healy with the second ball after lunch and then trapped the promoted Haynes plumb in front.

Captain Lanning looked to settle in for the

rest of the day, making 21 off 58 balls, before she struck a terrible full toss from Kirstie Gordon straight to Georgia Elwiss at cover - with the all-rounder taking a fine leaping catch to send the Australia skipper back to the pavilion.

Perry could not be moved, although the 28year-old was lucky to escape not being given out lbw to Sophie Ecclestone to on 20 with replays showing the ball would have hit the wickets.

With plenty of time left in the day to bat, Beth Mooney (25), Jonassen (37) and Molineux (41) all made fine contributions, but it Perry that was the star, yet again, of the visitors’ second innings as she became just the second Australian player - after Jill Kennare - to score a hundred and a half-century in a Women’s Test match.

And, with the door firmly shut on any chance of any result other than a draw - Lanning declared to close the match with the star of the series Perry the last to walk off the pitch.

Additional Superintendent of Police, Tokavi Achumi along with the players and PTCSU officials.

Dimapur, Jul 22 (NPN): The Phek town inter-high school tournament, organised by Phek Town Chakhesang Students’ Union (PTCSU), concluded Monday at Phek town local ground with Additional Superintendent of Police, Tokavi Achumi, DEF Phek as the guest of honour.

Speaking at the closing ceremony, Achumi said that games and sports are an essential part of education and indispensable component of everyday life.

Besides promoting a sound mind and body, games and sports also teach discipline,

respect and acceptance of defeat with grace. He congratulated to all the participating teams and Phek Town Chakhesang Students Union (PTCSU) for providing such a platform to the students to display their talents.

Government Higher Secondary School defeated Holy Care School with a score of 2 to 1 to emerge as the champions in men’s football. In women’s voll e y b a l l , G ove r n m e n t Higher Secondary School bagged the champions trophy while Government High School Phek bagged the runner-up trophy.

In women’s penalty shootout, Christian Mission Higher Secondary School emerged as champions while in men volleyball, Government Higher Secondary School emerged victorious after defeating Holy Care School in the final.

The programme was chaired by Kewetso Khape, general secretary, PTCSU and a special number was presented by Salome Lasuh. The vote of thanks was delivered by Er. Pohuto Nienu and closing prayer was pronounce by Vesivo Chizo, pastor, District Jail, Phek.

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