November 17, 2020

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Nagaland COVID-19 tally breaches Economic blockade on Nagaland from today 10,000 mark; 1 more death in Kohima ANOTHER BLOCKADE ON MOKOKCHUNG AT MARIANI LIFTED BUT TENSION PERSISTS

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DIMAPUR/DIPHU/ MOKOKCHUNG, NOV 16 (NPN): While the economic blockade on Nagaland, called by various Karbi Anglong-based civil society organisations, including Karbi Students’ Association (KSA), will begin from November 17, another blockade was imposed along Jorhat-Mokokchung border area on Monday, but was later lifted by evening. Though there were no untoward incidents, tension continued to persist in the border district of Mokokchung.

Various Karbi Anglongbased organisations have decided to impose an indefinite economic blockade on Nagaland to protest against alleged illegal encroachment inside Karbi Anglong Daldali reserve forest by people from Nagaland.

The indefinite economic blockade is being imposed

by Karbi Students Association and twelve other civil and students organization of Karbi Anglong. Vehicles carrying essential items will

ANTHN urge groups to refrain from threat, intimidation D I M A P U R , N OV 1 6 (NPN): Fourteen Apex Naga Tribal Hohos of Nagaland (14 ANTHN) have urged all stakeholders to respect the sentiments of the people and that no political group should indulge in threat, intimidation or aggressive behaviour that could vitiate the peaceful atmosphere thus far.

In a statement, 14 ANTHN maintained that as Naga people were anticipating a transparent political agreement that is honourable and acceptable, any threat, intimidation etc. could hamper the peaceful atmosphere.

Asserting that they would not tolerate any such act within the domain of “our ancestral land” at any cost, the apex tribal bodies warned that should any Naga political group or individual resort to violence and bloodshed, they would be considered as opposing people’s will and therefore treated as “anti Naga” and they would jointly condemn and initiate severe actions against such individuals and groups.

ANTHN also urged Government of India and Naga negotiating groups to come together and sign the agreement without further delay.

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“Everything sold here is organic whether true or not.”

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be prohibited from plying along the highway, a KSA leader stated.

Deputy commissioner Karbi Anglong, Ng. Chandra Dhwaj Singha informed Nagaland Post that a high level team of government officials will be visiting the disputed border and Daldali reserve forest on Tuesday along with Nagaland government officials to assess the situation. After the visiting the border areas, Singha said that a meeting will be held with his Dimapur counterpart.

DC Dimapur refutes encroachment claims

However, deputy commissioner (DC) Dimapur, R. Soundararajan denied of any encroachment from Nagaland side, while assuring that there would be no immediate impact as the State had adequate stock of essential items even as he has sought a meeting with his Karbi Anglong counterpart to sort out the issue.

Speaking to Nagaland Post, the DC said upon receiving information of some

work being carried out by Nagas in “disputed” area, he along with SDO sadar, police personnel led by ACP, SDPO and forest officials from Karbi Anglong visited the site last week. Thereafter, both parties were satisfied that the works were being carried out much within Nagaland only, he added.

He said the border was demarcated by a stream, which had been accepted by both the States as de facto border and several verbal agreements had been reached that no developmental activities would be initiated in the area.

Dismissing the allegation made by Assam-based organisations that encroachment activities by people from Nagaland had increased since October this year, the DC reiterated that mutual agreement had already been reached by both sides over demarcation. He said he had requested for an official meeting with Karbi Anglong DC to sort out the issue at official level and hoped that the meeting would be scheduled in a day or two.

Regarding safety and security of travellers from Nagaland, DC said he had requested his Karbi Anglong counterpart to ensure that there was no untoward situation during the blockade.

On availability of essential commodities, he said Dimapur Municipal Council (DMC) administrator Albert Ezung has been tasked to find out the status

of essential commodities.

Ezung asserted that there would be no immediate impact on prices of essential items like food grains, cooking oil, potatoes, onions, etc, even if the blockade persists, as the State had adequate stock.

He said he had spoken to wholesalers, who had confirmed availability of essential commodities.

Protestors block highway; DC Mkg issues travel advisory Situation along Nagaland-Assam border (Mariani area) remained tense after Adivasi Students’ Union of Mariani area staged a protest by blocking the road towards Mokokchung district on Monday. All vehicles travelling towards Nagaland were prevented from crossing the border area.

However, deputy commissioner Mokokchung when contacted informed that the blockade was lifted by evening.

With situation still volatile and also in view of the economic blockade by Karbi Anglong based organizations, the DC issued a travel advisory, asking all those travelling to and from Mokokchung to avoid travelling through Assam and instead take the route via Wokha-Tseminyu road till the situation improves.

It may be recalled that the All Assam Students’ Union Jorhat unit on Sunday threatened to launch an economic blockade against Nagaland in protest against alleged encroachment from Nagaland side inside Dissoi valley reserve forest under Mariani.

D I M A P U R , N OV 1 6 (NPN): Nagaland’s COVID19 tally breached the 10,000 mark after 140 new positive cases were reported on Monday-- 116 in Kohima and 24 in Dimapur. The tally as on November 16 stood at 10,025 cases.

Meanwhile, one more COVID death was reported from Kohima, taking the total death toll to 57. According to Health department’s data, 47 deaths were COVID related, 6 deaths not COVID related while 4 deaths were still under investigation.

Further, out of 10,025 cases, the distribution across various categories include 4128 cases from the armed forces/police, 1738 returnees, 3685 traced contacts and 474 frontline workers.

PTI: Meanwhile, India’s COVID-19 caseload mounted to 88,45,127 with 30,548 infections being reported in a day, according to data updated by the Union health ministry on Monday.

The death toll also climbed to 1,30,070 with 435 new fatalities. The number of active cases remained below 5 lakh for the sixth consecu-

COVID-19 STATUS AS ON november 15, 2020 ACTIVE CASES Symptomatic AsDeath MiympRecovunder Total Critical-ICU District Death grattomInvestiCases Mod- Se- With- With On ered ed atic Mild erate vere out gation Oxy- VentiOxygen gen lator Dimapur

545

9

6

4

0

0

1

4876

33*

4

61

Kiphire

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

23

0

0

0

5538 24

Kohima

351

2

7

5

3

0

2

2662

15

0

14

3061

Longleng

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

9

0

0

9

18

Mokokchung

6

0

0

1

0

0

0

109

1

0

3

120

Mon

41

2

0

0

0

0

0

520

2

0

9

574

Peren

8

0

0

0

0

0

0

306

0

0

0

314

Phek

3

0

0

0

0

0

0

37

0

0

0

40

Tuensang

12

0

0

0

0

0

0

155

1

0

0

168

Wokha

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

28

1

0

0

29

Zunheboto

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

135

0

0

3

139

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967

13

13

10

3

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3

8860

53

4

99

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*6 deaths not due to Covid-19 *4 deaths under investigation

tive day. There are 4,65,478 date which comprise 5.26 per active cases of coronavirus cent of the total caseload, the infection in the country as on data stated.

9th IR HQs sealed after 133 cases

In view of the detection of 133 COVID-19 positive cases, the Peren district administration has sealed the 9th NAP (IR) battalion headquarters, Saijang under Ahthibung sub division for 48 hours with effect from November 16.

In an order, the extra assistant commissioner (EAC) Jalukie C Wangan has stated that all movement of person/ vehicle in the sealed area was strictly restricted /prohibited.

Any person violating the order would be liable to be prosecuted as per the relevant sections of the law.

Further, district authority has advised all to follow safety precaution at all time to ensure public safety.

12,13,409 total electors in NPF slams CM’s ‘barking’ remark Nitish returns as Bihar CM for 7th time; BJP gets 2 DyCMs state: Draft electoral roll

DIMAPUR, NOV 16 (NPN): The State Election department has informed that draft publication of electoral rolls in connection with special summary revision of photo electoral rolls with respect to January 1, 2021 as the qualifying date, has been done by the electoral registration officers in all the 60 assembly constituencies in the state on November 16, 2020.

As per the draft published electoral roll, the total number of electors in the state stood at 1213409 (612429 male and 600980 female), which includes a total of 1205655 general electors (604758 male and 600897 female) and 7754 service electors (7671 male and 83 female).

In a press release, the chief electoral officer (CEO) Nagaland Abhijit Sinha stated that if, in reference to the qualifying date, there was any claim for inclusion of name in the electoral roll or any objection to inclusion of name or any objection to particulars in any entry, one could

lodge on or before December 15, 2020.

CEO stated that every such claim or objection should either be presented to the electoral registration officer or to the booth level officer (BLO) or sent by post to the office of the electoral registration officer. One could also visit www.nvsp.on or download voter helpline app from Google playstore for online registration and for submitting objections.

In addition, CEO said the special campaign dates for special summary revision 2021 have also been fixed on November 20 and November 21, 2020 and December 4 and December 5, 2020.

On those days, the respective BLOs would be present in the polling stations with the electoral roll and the various forms to facilitate any eligible citizens who want to enrol or correct one’s particulars or delete one’s name or submit objections to the inclusion of any name.

D I M A P U R , N OV 1 6 (NPN): Naga People’s Front (NPF), the principal opposition party in the state, Monday “strongly rejected” the chief minister Neiphiu Rio’s purported statement that likened the opposition party objecting to levying of extra tax on petroleum products as ‘barking’.

NPF through its press bureau asserted that chief minister’s comment was “nothing but a sheer sign of arrogance or maybe he is exhausted with other words to defend himself.”

NPF questioned “how can a chief minister of a state behave like a dictator and trying to shut the mouth of the opposition party for opposing his Government ‘cruel decision’ over the heavy tax levied on petroleum’?”

NPF reiterated its allegation that the state government came up with “new formula to extract the suffering public money” when it failed to drain the

public money by the name of ‘Covid-Cess’.

Pointing out that every state in the country was going through difficult times due to the pandemic, the opposition party, however, maintained that the government had no right to drain the public pocket at the cost of their livelihood. It stated that there were many ways and means where the government could regain its deficit, but not through “the right of the people to food and shelter.”

According to NPF, the Naga public cannot be carried away with chief minister’s statement that the petroleum prices in Nagaland were lower than other neighbouring states. When the neighbouring states like Manipur, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh, which covered more distance than Nagaland in transportation, were selling petroleum in cheaper rate, the NPF asked how can the chief minister

claim that Nagaland petroleum prices was still lower than other neighbouring states?

The opposition NPF has, therefore, reiterated its demand that the government immediately roll back the tax levied on petroleum.

It stated that “no amount of justification should be given by the government at the expenses of the public.”

It may be recalled that chief minister Neiphiu, when asked by a section of the media on November 13 to comment on NPF, terming the increase in tax as “cruel decision” by the government and demanding immediate rollback, the chief minister replied saying, “it is the duty of opposition to keep on barking”.

He maintained that decision to increase the tax on petrol and diesel as “normal hike” and claimed that fuel prices in the state were still lower than other neighbouring states.

PATNA, NOV 16 (PTI): Nitish Kumar was sworn in as the chief minister of Bihar for the seventh time in two decades on Monday, heading a 14strong council of ministers whose two BJP members were tipped to become his deputies reflecting the changed power Nitish Kumar dynamics in the state.

Kumar was administered the oath of office by governor Fagu Chauhan at a simple ceremony at Raj Bhavan. The 69-year-old is on course to becoming the longest serving chief minister of the state, surpassing the record of Shrikrishna Singh who held the top post since before Independence till his death in 1961.The swearing-in of Nitish marked the start of a tenure when his JD(U) stands enfeebled by an electoral setback.

The BJP appeared to have extracted its pound of flesh, walking away with seven cabinet berths, and also keeping for itself the post of the Speaker of the assembly. BJP has dropped as deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi. While the fate of Modi remains unclear, BJP handpicked two of its low profile MLAs Tar Kishore Prasad and Renu Devi for the Deputy CM’s post. Both took oath as ministers and sat on the dais alongside Kumar.

Since Dy. CM is not a constitutional post, their elevation will come into effect with a cabinet resolution and subsequent gazette notification.

NSCN (I-M) on Z-plus security by GoI to its leadership Petitioners highlight genesis of NCD imbroglio D I M A P U R , N OV 1 6 (NPN): Drawing attention to comparison made by WC, NNPGs over the issue of Z-plus category security provided by the government of India top leadership of NSCN (I-M), the MIP said this arose because of New Delhi’s seriousness of dealing its leaders who had arrived New Delhi at Centre’s invitation, to carry forward the Naga political talks and therefore, drawing any comparison was superfluous.

In a statement, NSCN(I-M) through its MIP narrated the sequence of events by recalling that once its collective leadership reached New Delhi they were provided Z-plus security with Intelligence Bureau (IB) quarter at their official residence.

MIP said the leaders were extended the high profile security because they carried the Naga political

mandate after the Centre signed ceasefire with NSCN (I-M) to pave way for solution. MIP said everything was done by the government of India which NSCN (I-M) leaders had not asked for.

NSCN (I-M) said “New Delhi knows too well who carried the Naga political issue and who required high profile security cover” and for which no group can mislead the Naga people on Naga issue.

Further NSCN(I-M) reiterated that who is doing what to defend the political identity of Naga struggle is already laid bare before the people and also what was delaying the peace process needed no further elaboration.

NSCN(I-M) reminded that the Framework Agreement of August 3, 2015 was the initiative of Prime Minister Narendra Modi

and was signed in his presence along with other high dignitaries of the government of India, including India’s defence minister, Indian Army chief and national security adviser (NSA) also witnessed by the whole world as it was telecast live. NSCN (I-M) emphasised that this was the political significance of the agreement that was mutually agreed upon and signed.

NSCN(I-M) said that after realising the futility military solution to the Naga political movement, the Centre came looking for NSCN (I-M)’s collective leadership who were based abroad that time. It said that Prime Minister PV Narashimha Rao had gone all the way to Paris in 1995 to meet NSCN (I-M) leaders– chairman Isak Chishi Swu and general secretary Th Muivah.

NSCN(I-M) pointed out that it had put a precondition that to start political negotiation, New Delhi should recognise Naga issue as “political” and stop terming it as “India’s internal law and order Issue”.

Ultimately, the ceasefire was officially declared on August 1, 1997 after NSCN (I-M) was convinced of the change of policy of government of India towards the Naga issue.

NSCN(I-M) said it was agreed that political dialogue would be held at the highest level, i.e. Prime Minister level, without precondition and outside India in a third country.

Accordingly, it said, the talks were held abroad in Paris, New York, The H a g u e, B a n g k o k a n d Chiangmai (Thailand), Zurich, Geneva, Osaka, Kuala Lumpur, Vienna and Mi(Cont’d on p-8) lan.

D I M A P U R , N OV 1 6 (NPN): Three new members of Naga Council Dimapur(NCD)– J. Walter Longchar, S. Mar Aier and Chovose Neinu- said they were constrained to highlight the genesis of the present NCD imbroglio in order to “maintain the integrity of the NCD for posterity”, in response to the statement of the Selection Committee “unconstitutionally formed by the outgoing NCD councillors from amongst nonmembers.”

The three pointed out that the tenure of the outgoing NCD team was to expire on March 6,2020 but it continued in office on the plea that their final report was yet to be completed.

They said the outgoing NCD again extended its tenure “unconstitutionally for another three months” on the pretext of ongoing construction of the new

cemetery but this was rejected by the Dimapur-based Tribal Forum. The three said the outgoing NCD then apologized and which was accepted by the Tribal Forum but on condition that the outgoing NCD complete the handing over by March 31,2020.

However, after expiry of the deadline, the three said the outgoing NCD team continued to hang on without any information.

This compelled the Tribal Forum to question the legality of the office.

The signatories said that during this period, the new councillors were nominated by their respective tribes. However, they said the new councillors were denied from being installed or allowed to occupy office while the outgoing NCD team went ahead in organising programmes despite the pandemic besides inaugura-

tion of the new cemetery.

The petitioners said they learnt that the outgoing NCD team appointed “some outsiders/non-councillors” as Selection Commission “without the knowledge of the new councillors” to select the new office bearers.

Terming it as “completely unconstitutional” they said it was nothing but an attempt to make the NCD a syndicate by the outgoing councillors. They accused the outgoing NCD team of having the audacity to assign non-NCD members to appoint new office bearers through whims and fancies.

The three said this was also highly objectionable , since selection of new office bearers without the knowledge and involvement of the new councillors from among whom a new team is selected, was unconstitu(Cont’d on p-8) tional.

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Zhaleo Rio urges people to plant more cash crops

Zhaleo Rio cuts the ribbon of the jubilee park at Luzheto Village Baptist Church on November 16.

DIMAPUR: Zhaleo Rio urged people to plant more cash/fruit crops which will be able to sustain villagers economically, while on the health front, he advised everyone to follow all SOPs strictly so that the pandemic was contained right from the local level.

A press release by NDPP 5 Ghaspani-II A/C media secretary, Thejangukho Yalietsu stated that, Zhaleo said this at his address during launching programme of golden jubilee celebrations and inaugura-

tion of jubilee park and monolith at Luzheto Village Baptist Church (LVBC) under Kuhuboto on November 16.

Extending his greetings to the people, Zhaleo called upon all to thank God as “jubilee is a time of thanksgiving” and that the monolith and the park would be testimony of the jubilee. Rio also expressed optimism that the legacy of benevolence would continue to favour the village.

Reflecting that jubilee was a time to forgive and restore

or reconcile beginning with oneself, he urged everyone to introspect with the ongoing celebrations. Stating that the village had achieved the landmark jubilee for all its remarkable deeds, he appealed that they uphold the tradition of being good Samaritans even in the coming days and continue to receive blessings.

The inaugural ceremony was chaired by Anita Pukhavi Yepthomi while Kanili Zhimomi pronounced the invocation and Khekiye Hekiye delivered the welcome address. Other highlights included a folk song by menfolk, presentations led by Pukhavi Yepthomi, former candidate Dimapur-1 A/C, and a special song by Elvina Kavito. Toka Kavito, head GB, who gave the vote of thanks also disclosed appreciation to Zhaleo Rio for repairing the village road and also the village gate while requesting him to further adopt the village for all-round development, especially in horti sector. Inakali Awomi, associate pastor, children, pronounced the benediction.

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news in Brief Power disruption in Tuensang: Mokokchung transmission sub-division, SDO (Trans) has informed all consumers under Tuensang district that jungle cutting along 66KV MokokchungTuensang transmission line will commence from November 17 till 21. During this period, power supply will be disrupted occasionally and affected consumers have been requested to bear with the inconvenience.

Power shut down in Vihokhu village to Niuland town: EE, electrical division Chümoukedima, Dimapur, Er. Atoho Achumi has informed that due to new 33kV line construction work between Nito farm sub-station to Niuland sub-station of 2.5MVA, 33/11kV which is under construction, shut down of existing 11kV is necessitated. In this regard, power supply from Vihokhu village to Niuland town and villages drawing power supply from Niuland will be affected from November 17 to 26, 6 a.m to 9 a.m. Consumers have been requested to co-operate and bear with the inconvenience.

ANTA informs: All Nagaland Taxi Association (ANTA), Dimapur unit, has informed its members that ANTA raising day-cum-annual picnic, supposed to be held on November 18, will not be held, due to COVID-19 pandemic. ANTA Dimapur also informed that normal taxi service shall resume as usual on odd even basis.

PPO convenes general session: Podinakup Public Organization (PPO) has convened general session on November 21, 10 a.m at Pyangsa village. Office bearers, executive members and elders have been requested to attend the meeting and adhere to the government SOPs during the meeting.

Lost and found: An ATM Card belong to one Aremo Lotha, was found by vice chairman, Old Minister Hill Colony, Er. V. Nienu. Owner has been informed to collect the card from Nagaland Post Office Kohima, with ID or any other proof.

Fire outbreaks contained in Dimapur

DIMAPUR: Fire & Emergency Services Dimapur mobilised a quick response team from Fire Station Dimapur (central) and Fire Station Dimapur (West) to control fire outbreak at Purana Bazar, near Hollohon Petrol Pump, Dimapur on November 16.

A press release by RO (E) (F&ES) Kohima, Kenny Khing stated four fire tenders along with sufficient equipments & fire personnel were pressed into action.

Four kutcha houses were gutted in the inferno, leaving 14 families homeless. Property worth 40 lakhs approximately was lost in the inferno, where it took the fire team one and half hour to combat the fire.

However due to timely response from fire team, property worth 20 lakhs could be salvaged and prevented LPG cylinders from explosion and also from further spreading to the surrounding. There was no casualty. Cause of fire was Fire personnel dousing fire at Purana Bazar, near due to electric short circuit. Hollohon Petrol Pump, Dimapur on November 16.

The response team was led by duty commander, SI Kelesezo Tsükrü and ASI K. Hito Zhimomi.

On November 12, Fire & Emergency Services (F&ES) Dimapur contained free outbreak at Netaji Colony, Dimapur.

A press release by RO (E) (F&ES), Kohima, Kenny Khing stated that on receiving fire call, the F&ES Dimapur mobilised a quick response team from Fire Station Dimapur (central) to control the fire. Two

fire tenders along with sufficient equipments and fire personnel were pressed into action and could contain the fire from spreading.

One house was gutted in the inferno and property worth 3 lakhs approximately was lost in the inferno.

Property worth 1.50 Lakhs could be salvaged from the fire which broke out due to electric short circuit.

The response team was led by duty commander, inspector Y. Yohan Konyak.

Nagaland Post, Dimapur TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Official inspection for setting up of soil laboratories in Dimapur

DIMAPUR: Agriculture Production Commissioner (APC) Kohima, Y. Kikheto Yepthomi visited the district soil conservation office (DSCO), Dimapur to take stock of the setting up of 3 laboratories in Dimapur establishment under soil health management (SHM) programme, “National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture”, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare during 2019-20.

A press release by SHM state nodal officer and additional director S&WC, K. Khekiho Shohe stated that, one each of soil testing laboratory (STL), bio-fertilizer quality control laboratory (BQCL) and fertilizer quality control laboratory (FQCL) was to be commissioned by the end of the year. APC commented that successful establishment of these laboratories would revolutionize the agriculture trend in the state, towards a modern, vibrant emerging technology for sustainable traditional organic hill agriculture. While interacting with departmental officials, Kikheto was particularly concerned for the trained personnel available in the department, for handling of such sophisticated equipment like atomic absorption spectrophotometer (AAS).

He advised the officials to arrange intensive training programme from the Indian Agriculture Research Institute (IARI), Pusa, New Delhi and Indian Institute of Soil Sciences (IISS), Bhopal which can be taken up under RKVY programme, so that the young talented officers of the department should not be lacking in this scientific undertaking. With the setting up of the laboratories in all the districts, Kikheto said that the agri & allied departments would insist on soil health card (SHC) from the farmers to

Y. Kikheto Yepthomi being briefed with the working mechanism of AAS by the laboratory engineers. implement any schemes. He also said that government was planning to install mini STLs in all 74 blocks of the state so as to provide SHCs to the doorsteps of farming communities. In addition to static STLs, the government was also contemplating to procure 3 mobile STLs in the coming year to reach even the remotest and inaccessible villages, he added.

Elaborating that government will provide micronutrients to the farmers after getting the soil tested in the AAS, Kikheto also said that for the macronutrients, secondary nutrients and other amend-

ments, various measures were being taken care of. He further added that, in order to be self-sufficient, the government was anticipating to set up bio fertilizer production units in certain strategic locations to not only attend to the needs of the local populace but also export organic products outside the state.

As regards to the BQCL and FQCL, Kikheto said that in the future, all the fertilizers and biofertilizers crossing Dimapur should get tested from these laboratories to ascertain whether the prescribed quality content was fulfilled.

Words are inadequate to express our deepest feelings, when you left us for your heavenly abode on 16th of November, 47 years ago. Your ideals gives us a moral booster whenever we go for doing any charitable and social work.

Late Kanayalal Sethi, a simple man and always ready for helping needy people, was active throughout his life. He led a simple life and gave high education to his children, who are now active in various fields of business, political, religious, social and humanitarian works.

Although, Kanayalal Sethi never went for earning money like other businessmen, he had a different vision. He was the follower of all religions and worked for upliftment of temples, churches, mosques and educational institutions.

Late Kanayalal Sethi was born at Kohima in the year 1916. His father Late Hiralal Sethi first came from Rajasthan in the late 1880's. He settled permanently at Kohima in the then Naga Hills and established his business firm "M/s Hardeo Hiralal" about 130 years ago.

He and other Marwari families settled permanently at Kohima and obtained Patta land during British Raj. S.D. Jain Temple at Kezekie (Kohima) is still a living example of existence of Sethi and other Jain families in Nagaland.

We remember you!!

Gunmala Devi, Shreemati Devi Sethi, Chandmal, Premlata Devi Sethi, Bhagchand, Bimal Kumar, Dr. Bijoy Kumar, Nirmala Devi, all sons, daughters, grand and great grand children and family members of K.L. Sethi Cottage, Dimapur

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT PSALM 91:1 He who dwells in the shelter of the most high will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.

The family of Late R. Shilu (Longjang), wishes to acknowledge the many expressions of sympathy and gestures of kindness shown to us following our sad loss on 10.11.2020.

We express our heartfelt thanks to all the individuals, neighbours, churches and organizations who stood by us and provided practical and emotional support at this difficult time.

May God bless you all abundantly.

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Loving wife and family members.

R. SHILU (LONGJANG) Born: 20.06.1936 – Died: 10.11.2020

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(1) Members of the Kohima Press Club after the program at Kohima, Monday. (NP) (2) DPC members along with DC Dimapur, DPRO Dimapur and editors of various media at the National Press Day -cum-DPC foundation day. (NP) (3) A winning photo captioned, “The New Normal” by Zhovezo Resü (Nagaland Post) at the photography competition organised by Kohima Press Club (KPC) under the theme, “Journalism during COVID-19 pandemic”. The winners were announced on National Press Day 2020 programme held on Monday at Hotel Japfü Kohima. (KPC)

DIMAPUR: Along with to 40 percent. President the rest of the nation, the mentioned that print mething by not refusing National Press Day was dia which relied heavily the CM’s chair and observed by Kohima Press on usage of paper was now become a puppet?

Club (KPC) and Dima- going digital in Nagaland  Yes. pur Press Club (DPC) at also. The transition was  No. Kohima and Dimapur necessitated for survival respectively on Novem- and it has given a push  Can’t Say. ber 16, under the theme, for journalists to pull up “Role of media during the their socks and new chalWEATHER COVID-19 pandemic and lenge to media houses, he FORECAST its impact on media”. asserted.

November 17 KPC: Kohima Press Vibi Sophie, senior (Temperature in ºC) Max Min Club (KPC) observed the journalist at The Morung Agartala Hazy sunshine 30 17 programme at Hotel Japfu, Express said times have Aizawl Mostly sunny and comfortable 25 14 Kohima, wherein a panel changed but ethics remain Guwahati Hazy sunshine 28 17 discussion on “Journalism absolute, and journalistic Imphal Mostly sunny and comfortable 25 13 and journalistic ethics: ethics have become even Itanagar A p.m. shower in places 24 14 A relook” and “Role of more relevant in this digiShillong Mostly sunny 20 9 media during Covid-19 tal age and post truth era.

Kohima Lots of sun with a shower 20 11 pandemic” was held.

Sharing her experiences, Dimapur A couple of showers 26 16 During the discus- Emilo K. Konyak NaMkg 21 13 A t-storm around in the p.m. sion, Nagaland Press As- galand Post correspondent Tuensang A passing afternoon shower 15 6 sociation (NPA) president, stressed on the importance Wokha A shower in the morning 19 15 H. Chishi pointed out of getting factual report Zunheboto A thundershower in spots 18 11 that, due to the Covid-19 which was the cardinal pandemic, the concept of principle of journalism. readership have changed She encouraged the jourfrom hard copy in hand to nalists to continue to be online and will continue the voice of the voiceless, which would hard hit the without compromising print media, and also said journalistic ethical values, reading of newspapers principles and integrity. On DIMAPUR: Nagaland Con- have drastically dropped the role of media during tractors and Suppliers Union (NCSU), Zunheboto unit has discussed at length about the ongoing works of 2-lane Zunheboto-Chakhabama project during its meeting held on October 23.

A press release by NCSU Zunheboto unit president, Henito Kinimi has reminded all stakeholders and M/s Madhucon Project Ltd that Zunheboto-Chozuba road was the only life line of Zunheboto district. Pointing out that the road construction has been delayed for quite some time, causing difficulties for general mass, the NCSU Zunheboto appealed for quality and timely completion of the project. It Author N. Talitemjen Jamir’s book being released by pastor also urged for quality works N. Lipok Jamir in presence of relatives and friends. as per technical specification laid down by the depart- DIMAPUR: A book titled, was released and dedicated ment/authority. NCSU Zun- “The Anempong Leaves”, by pastor of Diphupar Ao heboto also appealed all the based on the story of Dr. Baptist Church, N.Lipok landowners and civil societ- E. W. Clark and Jongshi- Jamir at Dimapur on Noies to extend co-operation to nokdang, authored by N. vember 16.

Talitemjen Jamir (retd) A press release by the the concerned company.

Q: Did Nitish do the right

NCSU Zbto on 2-lane ZunhebotoChakhabama road

COVID pandemic, she said unreliable, unverified preprint report has made the journalists, media houses more challenging.

KPC advisor Kopelo Krome spoke on the importance of having pride and not ego through their own journalistic works and urged media persons to maintain integrity and also have balance in writing.

Senior journalist and PTI correspondent, Narayan B Sagar also pointed that balanced reporting without any bias was the hallmark of professional journalism. He also added that as the fourth pillar of democracy, journalists should be eyes and ears for the public as well as the voice of the voiceless.

Meanwhile, in commemoration of the day, the Press Club gave out an award to Sarah Konyak (Northeast Live) and Atono Tsükrü Kense (freelancer) “KPC Impact Journalism 2020” in recognition of positive journalistic work

during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Rita Krocha and Zhovezo Resu were adjusted the winners of article and photography competition conducted by the Club with the theme “Journalism during COVID-19” marking the occasion. The cash prizes for the competition and the awards were sponsored by KPC associate members from Doordashan Kendra Kohima (DDK). (Correspondent) DPC: Along with the National Press Day, Dimapur Press Club (DPC) also observed its foundation day at Tourist Lodge, Dimapur.

Speaking at the programme as guest speaker, de puty commissioner (DC) Dimapur, Rajesh Soundararajan said that credibility of media was unmatched and unparalleled and play an intangible part in shaping the collective consciousness of the people. On prevalence of fake news in the society,

‘The Anempong Leaves’ book released organisers stated that, the author highlights the dark period of pre-Christian era in Ao country and how God’s messenger, Rev. Dr. Clark worked hard to rescue the perishing souls in later part of 19th century in Ao region. It talks about how Dr. Clark met a godsend man from the Ongpang (upper range) village of Ungma, named Jongshinokdang. The two strangers met and developed friendship and agreed for Dr. Clark to vist Ungma.

As agreed upon, Dr. Clark reached Ungma, where Jongshinokdang, a prominent leader in Ungma village was observing Anempong on account of his pig farrowing a litter.

Anempong, in Ao, is a

period of self sacred isolation period when guests are not entertained for certain days.

However, Jongshinokdang cut and removed the Anempong leaves that had been tied to the door post and took in Dr. Clark and his team.

The author said that on this account, he had chosen the title of the book.

The author is 92 years old and said that the book would be the last publication in his life time and thanked prof. Akok Walling for his support in bringing out the book in English version.

The book was first published in Ao dialect in 2014.

DC mentioned that the media has an important role in containing such a menace. Besides fake news, negativity was seeping through the society called “doom-scrolling” where people were concentrated only towards finding negative news and this should be addressed, DC added.

DC appreciated the efforts that were being put by the state media professionals towards authenticating news from reliable sources.

Speaking on the theme, editor of Nagaland Page, Monalisa Changkija said that the fourth estate here has lived up to the roles and responsibilities and met the expectations of the people despite the constraints faced every day. She added that in the process, the media of the state has exposed the government’s lies about the quality of healthcare delivery system and enabled the people’s grievances and angst reach the state gov-

ernment’s ears. She, however, expressed that though much neglect and corruption were exposed, the media failed in its inability, or unwillingness, to further expose specific instances of neglect and corruption and hold the government, or those directly involved, accountable. She said that the collapse of the state’s healthcare delivery system occurred simultaneously with the exposure of defectiveness and incompetence of the overall civil and police governance, which not only threw light on various other neglect and corruption but also gross civil and human rights violations.

She called on for the need of social auditing by the media to ensure transparency and accountability in the public domain.

Addressing the issue of the impact of the pandemic on the media, Changkija said that local papers’ circulations and revenues have reduced drastically which has se-

verely impacted individual journalists and non-journalists working in the local media. She added that today the media houses were facing challenges and struggles that demand grit and ability to evolve into a stronger institution, without compromising on the core values of the fourth estate in a democracy.

Editor of Tir Yimyim, K.Temjen Jamir also suggested for the inclusion of the media personnel in the district task forces and on the need of investigative journalism in the state, calling it the best tool to fight corruption. Earlier, delivering a brief note on the foundation day of DPC, Dilip Sharma, treasurer and founding member of DPC said that the club was formed in November 1999 with the initiative of four members and narrated a brief history and list of activities that the club has carried out since.

(Staff Reporter)

Areas sealed in Dimapur, Kohima

DIMAPUR: DC Dimapur, Rajesh Soundararajan has ordered temporary sealing and disinfection of Post Office, NE-II region, Dimapur, H/No. 295 Landmark Colony, near NPF office, Dimapur and Geological Survery of India office, near Don Bosco School, Riverbelt Colony, Dimapur for 48 hours with immediate effect till further order.

In view of the detection of COVID-19 positive cases, the Directorate of Information & Public Relation (DIPR), Kohima has been declared as a sealed area from November 16 to 18 for a period of 48 hours, as per the guidelines on preventive measures to contain the spread of COVID-19 in workplace settings.

Fumigation of the premises is to be done and aggressive contact tracing will be initiated, following all health safety measures and SOPs of the government. The sealed area is mapped and cordoned off and the public and all concerned have been advised to follow all safety precautions to ensure public hygiene and personal safety within the proximity of the sealed area.

BJP state unit fetes individuals

DIMAPUR: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Nagaland state unit has lauded BJP national vice president, Dr. M. Chuba and national spokesperson, Mmhonlumo Kikon on being appointed as Meghalaya and Mizoram

states in-charge respectively.

BJP state unit through its media cell also welcomed Nalin Kohli national BJP spokesperson who has been appointed as in-charge for Nagaland state and look forward to working closely

with him.

State unit also expressed profound gratitude to the national BJP president, Jagat Prakash Nadda, for according responsibility to the two leaders from Nagaland state.

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at Mokokchung. A press release by Child Line 1098 Mkg., stated that “Childline Se Dosti” was a week long campaign to involve all general people to becoming stake holder, in creating awareness to keep our society child friendly. The campaign started on November 14 and will culminate on November 21.

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(1) Staff of MHBHSS along with students during a visit to the CSO Peren on November 13. (2) A little boy with his drawing illustrating the colourful joy of children on the occasion. (3) LCD members with children of Ebenezer Orphanage at the cake cutting ceremony.

DIMAPUR: Ministers’ Hill Baptist Higher Secondary School (MHBHSS), Kohima, Leo Club of Dimapur (LCD) with Leo Club of Gauhati Girls and Childline 1098 Mokokchung celebrated “Children’s Day” on November 14 with various activities.

MHBHSS Kohima: Ministers’ Hill Baptist Higher Secondar y School (MHBHSS), Kohima launched the official school website and MIS on November 14 and the school will now have its own portal for online exams, classes, admission & fees payments. A press release by MHBHSS Kohima stated that, the portal was developed and maintained K Y M C

by Oditangit Ozukum from Yellow Circle Inc., Dimapur.

MHBHSS also celebrated a very special Children’s Day for the first time in Nagaland where teachers had made all the programmes into a video and sent to the students. Teachers had put lots of efforts to make these videos for more than a month. The Youtube link for videos is MHBHSS and it can also be watched from the school website link mhbhss.in. Principal, staff and students also visited Christian Servanthood Orphanage (CSO), Peren on November 13 on the occasion of World Kindness Day. The visit was possible because of

the amount collected from selling paper bags prepared by the students during the lockdown period.

DMI SJGS Dimapur: DMI St. Joseph Global School (SJGS) celebrated the day virtually with interesting programmes for the students. A press release

by DMI SJGS Dimapur stated that, as prelude the school conducted online workshop on November 13 on the topic, “How to learn effectively during the pandemic”. Youth evangelist from Kohima, Meneseno, as resource person stressed that children should first take care of their health, body and mind and have positive attitude. He highlighted the

methods of effective learning and cautioned children from prey to various online gimmicks for the children to imbibe.

On November 14, the school virtually celebrated children’s day with prayer song followed by welcome address by Pali Aomi, dances and motivational numbers by the teachers.

A short film titled “The story of a school boy” was screened, talked about a student who loses interest in online classes, but finally realized the truth during the pandemic and mends his ways. Teachers presented action song, followed by principal’s address, wishes by teachers and campus superior

Rev. Sr. D. Stella. Vote of thanks was proposed by Chandeno Patton. Various online competitions were conducted for the students namely, drawing competition for class KGs, elocution competitions for class I-X and winners were declared and congratulated.

LCD Dimapur: Leo Club of Dimapur (LCD) along with Leo Club of Gauhati Girls jointly celebrated Diwali and Children’s Day on November 15.

A press release by PRO LCD, Sneha Jain stated that LCD visited the Ebenezer Orphanage and organised a cake cutting for the children in the

orphanage. There were 30 children and 6 caretakers in the orphanage. Diyas were also lighted and games were organised with the children in the orphanage.

Leo Club of Gauhati Girls went to Snehalaya Boys Home at Dhirenpara and also cut a cake to mark the occasion. The project was headed by Megha Kundalia (LCGG) and Rishab Chhabra(LCD) under the leadership of Nehal Jain (LCGG) and Vishal Patni (LCD).

Childline 1098 Mkg: To mark the first day of celebration, also coinciding with Children’s Day, Childline team Mokokchung with director, Imchawati Kichu, organised

a day out for children of Care and Support Children Home.Childline 1098 Mokokchung also observed “Childline Se Dosti” on November 15,

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Thousands bid farewell to Assam soldier killed in Uri Dhubri, Nov 16 (PTI): The mortal remains of soldier Haradhan Chandra Roy, killed in action at Uri in Jammu and Kashmir, were consigned to flames with full military honours in Assam’s Dhubri district on Monday.

Roy’s last rites were performed on the banks of the Gauranga river at his village -- Futukibari Medhipara – in Bilasipara sub division of the district.

Roy’s body arrived in Guwahati on Sunday and was taken to the Army Base Hospital where Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal paid tributes. His remains were then taken to his home.

Food and Civil Supplies Minister Phani Bhushan Choudhury, Social Welfare Minister Pramila Rani Brahama, BJP state chief Ranjit Kumar Das and district officials were among those who paid their last respects to the soldier. Several thousands of people participated in the funeral procession and bid a tearful farewell to the soldier. Roy, a havildar in the Army, is survived by his parents, wife and a twoyear-old son. He was killed on Friday in the Uri sector during heavy shelling by the Pakistani army.

The chief minister had announced on Sunday that the state government would provide financial assistance of Rs 20 lakh to Roy’s family.

Shutdown in Tripura’s Kanchanpur over Mizoram tribals’ resettlement. demonstrations in front of the government offices and markets.

JMC Convener Sushanta Bikash Barua said that they had earlier welcomed the state government’s decision to rehabilitate a small number of the tribal refugees in Kanchanpur.

He said: “Considering the area and demography of the Kanchanpur subdivision, we had urged the government, on a number of occasions, to rehabilitate not more than 500 refugee families here, but

the government unilaterally initiated the process to settle 5,000 tribal families in the area.”

Barua, accompanied by the other leaders of the JMC, said that on September 22, a 12-hour strike was observed demanding to alter the state government’s decision to rehabilitate the huge number of tribal refugees, but the state government remained firm on its decision.

The Nagarik Suraksha Mancha (Citizen protection forum) and Mizo Con-

vention, both representing the non-tribals and Lusai (Lushai) tribals are part of the JMC. The ethnic issue also spread and reflected in the adjoining sub-divisions of Kanchanpur.

An agreement was signed in January this year to end the 23-yearold crisis by rehabilitating over 34,000 refugees, from 5,400 families of the Reang community, locally called “Bru”, in different places of Tripura, including Kanchanpur, where they had migrated in 1997 from

Police taking inspecting the blast site near RIMS gate. (NP) Correspondent IMPHAL, Nov 16: A couple were injured when an IED exploded near the main entrance gate of Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) complex, Imphal on Monday.

A 40-year-old man, Papao Guite (42) and his wife Hoipi (40) who had went to the hospital for treatment were injured in the blast that occurred at around 9.30 am, police said. The couple sustained splinter injuries on their hands and legs. They have been admitted in the same hospital.

“We came to the hos-

pital for a health checkup to their ailing mother.

When we are trying to get their mother out from the vehicle the blast occurred,” the wife said. Doctors attending them said that both sustained minor injuries.

Soon after the blast, police rushed to the spot and launched a search operation near the area.

Top officials of the state police department also rushed to the spot and took stock of the situation.

State police DIG Themthing Ngashangva, who was among the top officials, strongly condemned the incident and told report-

ers that it was a cowardly act targeting innocent people at a place where medical treatments are being given.

He alleged that the blast was triggered while police were focussing in the enforcement of COVID-19 SOP at markets in view of the Ningol-Chakouba festival.

“Such a blast near a sensitive area of the hospital during COVID-19 pandemic and festival time is not expected by the police, ‘’ he said, and added that the perpetrator(s) will be arrested soon. No militant outfit has claimed responsibility for the blast.

National Press Day observed in M’laya, Manipur 61 new COVID cases reported in 3 NE states

Recipients of Manipur State Journalist Award 2020 with officials of DIPR on Monday. (NP) Correspondent Shillong/Imphal, Nov 16: Along with the rest of the country, the National Press Day 2020 was observed in Shillong and Imphal on Monday by maintaining the safety protocols on the theme “Role of Media during the Covid-19 Pandemic and its Impact on Media”..

In Shillong, the programme was organized by the Shillong Press Club and supported by the Directorate of Information and Public Relations, Meghalaya at the Shillong Club premises.

Minister of Information and Public Relations, James P. K. Sangma addressed the function through the virtual media from New Delhi.

Greeting the gathering on the National Press Day virtually from New Delhi,

Sangma said that an independent press is an integral element of democracy and it is a key stakeholder in every form of government by virtue of its duty to inform, communicate, educate and engage the public for the purpose of sustainable development and social unification.

“That is why, we all know, it is the fourth pillar of democracy,” he underscored.

Congratulating and acknowledging the immense contribution made by the media in these “difficult and uncertain times” in providing accurate information to the public by risking their lives during this global pandemic, Sangma underscored the importance of the media in providing reliable and accurate information about COVID-19 pandemic.

Stating that the govern-

ment has always believed that the media is its “accountability partner” to serve the people and the state for sustainable and responsible development, Sangma urged the media to adhere to the highest standards of journalistic integrity.

The programme was also attended by Secretary, Information and Public Relations Department Matsiewdor War Nongbri, Director of Information and Public Relations, B. S. Sohliya, Director, Meghalaya Editors and Publishers Association President, R.M. Shabong, Shillong Press Club President, David Laitphlang and members of the press fraternity.

Later, the members of the media join the webinar organized by the Press Council of India, New Delhi on the theme

IIT-G to transform wastes into valuable chemicals

Guwahati, Nov 16 (IANS): The Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IIT-G) on Monday said its researchers have formulated efficient ‘pincer’ catalytic systems that transform industrial/biomass wastes into valuable chemicals.

According to the research team, tiny amounts of these ‘pincer catalysts’ repeatedly convert large amounts of industrial waste such as glycerol into lactic acid and hydrogen.

Such catalysts also efficiently convert bioethanol, a low-energy density fuel, into high-energy density butanol.

“Pincer catalysts are c o m p l ex m o l e c u l e s i n which, an organic moiety holds on tightly to a metal core, much like the claws of a crab,” Dr Akshai Kumar Alape Seetharam from the Department of Chemistry and Centre for Nanotechnology, IIT Guwahati, said in a statement.

Mizoram following ethnic conflict.

The agreement was signed by the Chief Secretaries of Mizoram, Tripura and the representatives of the refugees in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah.

As per the agreement, which came after Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb had in November last year agreed to accept the tribal refugees, the Reang will settle in Tripura and will be given aid for their rehabilitation.

These tribals would also be included as voters in Tripura as per the agreement.

The Centre has announced a package of Rs 600 crore for the settlement of these tribals, recognised as a primitive tribe in Tripura.

Of the package, Rs 150 lakh will be given to the Tripura government for the land acquisition, and the rest of the money will be spent upon the welfare of these tribals, who traditionally follow the unscientific “Jhum” (slash and burn) method of cultivation.

Representational image The conversion of valuable intermediates such as glycerol and ethanol, produced during the processing of biomass, into industrially useful chemicals has elicited much interest worldwide, the team said.

Glycerol, for example, which is a by-product in biodiesel production, can be transformed into lactic acid and hydrogen, the former used extensively in food, pharmaceutical, cosmetic and polymer industries, and the latter in the energy sector. Likewise, ethanol obtained from biomass can

be converted into high quality fuel. While bioethanol has lower energy density than gasoline and corrodes engine parts when used directly, it can be transformed into higher energy butanol that is immiscible in water and non-corrosive in nature.

The conversion of glycerol and ethanol into such useful products hinges on the development of efficient catalysts that can bring about these transformations.

The research team rationally designed and tested a large library of “pincer catalysts” to be used for

these transformations.

The experiments were carried out under environmentally benign conditions without the use of hazardous reagents and solvents.

The most efficient “pincer catalyst” was found to be one that had least crowding around the metal centre.

Such an arrangement enabled easy removal of hydrogen from the starting materials, glycerol and ethanol, and their selective conversion into lactic acid and butanol, respectively.

The results of the experiments have been validated by theoretical studies.

Their findings have recently appeared in the Royal Society of Chemistry journals, Chemical Communications and Catalysis Science & Technology.

The research team plans to take these benchscale reactions to pilot-plant scale and ultimately to the commercial level with industrial collaboration.

“Role of Media during the COVID-19 Pandemic and its Impact on Media” held at New Delhi.

Meanwhile, in Manipur on the occasion, eight journalists were conferred with Manipur state journalist award 2020.

State department of information and public relations (DIPR) observed the day as a part of countrywide observance of the day dedicating to acknowledge and honour the Press Council of India (PCI).

Unlike the previous years, DIPR observed the day in a low key at its auditorium so as to ensure COVID-19 SOP is violated.

This year five of the eight awards conferred to journalists reporting in different fields including the best editor award went to ‘Sanaleibak’ daily.

Addressing as chief guest at the award distribution function, commissioner (IPR) M Joy Singh stressed on the importance of observing the day in commemoration of the establishment of the Press Council of India in 1966.

Earlier, Joy also administered a pledge to follow COVID appropriate behaviours during the function.

He said, “The observation of the day on November 16 is symbolic of the freedom of speech bestowed on a journalist and its importance in shaping a society.”

Correspondent/PTI

Shillong/Aizawl/ Agartla, Nov 16: Sixty one new COVID19 cases were reported in three Northeastern states of Meghalaya, Mizoram and Tripura on Monday.

In Meghalaya, another COVID-19 related death in West Garo Hills district took the number of fatalities due to the viral infection to 101, while 41 fresh cases took the active case count to 933, even as 78 more recoveries took the number of recovered persons to 9,672.

Director of Health Service (MI), Dr. Aman War informed that the new COVID-19 cases detected included 17 in East Khasi Hills district, 14 in West Garo Hills district, six in RiBhoi district, three in South West Garo Hills district and one in North Garo Hills district.

East Khasi Hills, including Shillong with 291 active cases and Ri-Bhoi with 281 active cases are the two most COVID-hit districts in the State.

Meanwhile, 24 more recoveries from the viral infection were recorded in East Khasi Hills district, 17 in Ri-Bhoi district, 13 in West Garo Hills district, nine each in East Jaintia Hills district and West Jaintia Hills district, four in East Garo Hills district and two in South West Garo Hills district. Meghalaya has so far registered 10706 confirmed COVID-19 cases,

IN THE COURT OF PRINCIPAL DISTRICT & SESSIONS JUDGE DIMAPUR::NAGALAND S/C NO. 552/20 NOTICE NOTICE INVITING CLAIMS/OBJECTIONS OF OTHER CLAIMANT(S) FOR ISSUE OF SUCCESSION CERTIFICATE UNDER PART-1 OF INDIAN SUCCESSION ACT 1925.

Whereas application under Succession Act 1925 for grant of Succession Certificate for the estate/pension benefits of Late Tiarenla has been applied

by Shri Lipoknen, S/o Longkummeren, R/o H.No. 47, Kuda Village, C-Khel, Dimapur, Nagaland for possession of; 1. Family Pension benefits etc.

2. SBI Account No. 10810704626 Notice is hereby given that any person having interest in the administration of the estate/pension benefits of the said deceased may if she/he so desire appear in this court on or before the said day of 16th December 2020.

Given under the hand and seal of the court on this the 16th Nov 2020 DP-5026

PRINCIPAL DISTRICT & SESSIONS JUDGE DIMPAPUR::NAGALAND

Regd. No. 1812 Date 10/11/2020 AFFIDAVIT I, Shri. Kedulhoupe Chakasang, S/o Sri. Mekhalo Chakasang, aged about 50 years by profession ATT in the Department of Telecom BSNL, Pfutsero, Dist-Phek, Nagaland, do hereby solemnly affirm and declare on oath as under:1. That, I am a bonafide citizen of India and the deponent of this affidavit.

2. That due to over sighted, I have inadvertently written and recorded my name different in my various official documents as Shri. Kedulhoupe Tsuzuh, in my Adhaar Card No. 6365 8910 7429, PAN Card No. AOFPT9929N, Service Identity Card No. 199509737 and bank account at SBI (Pfutsero Branch) bearing A/C No. 11842637508.

3. That, whereas my real name official name is Sri. Kedlhoupe Chakasang, S/o Mekhalo Chakasang and the same name has been reflected in my appointment order and service book/record. which is true and correct.

4. That, henceforth by the strength of this affidavit I hereby declare that my both name Kedulhoupe Chakasang and Kedulhoupe Tsuzuh, S/o Mekhalo Chakasang and Mekhalo Tsuzuh pertains to one and the same person i.e myself, however for my personal convenience, I shall be known and address by my official name i.e.

Sri Kedulhoupe Chakasang for rectification and correction of my name before the concern Authority/Authorities.

5. That, I am one and the same person with same identity and there is no dispute.

I, verify that the above mentioned statements declared by me are true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief and no material has been concealed on therein.

DEPONENT Solemnly swear and declare before me By the deponent on this 5th day of Nov. 2020 at Kohima 1st CLASS MEGISTRATE DP-5018

including 933 active cases, 101 deceased with case fatality rate at 0.94 and 9672 recoveries from the viraldisease. Mizoram reported three new COVID-19 cases, pushing the state’s tally to 3,396, a senior official said.

Two cases were recorded in Saitual and one in Mamit.

According to PTI, one of the new three patients is a jawan of the Indian Army,

the official said.

Mizoram currently has 516 active cases, while 2,876 people have recovered from the infection. Tripura also reported 17 fresh COVID-19 cases on Monday, pushing the state’s tally to 31,962, a health department official said. The death toll mounted to 361 after two more patients succumbed to the virus, he said.

Happy Birthday baby angel Nilokutu.

May Almighty God bless our miracle baby with Love, happiness and goodness in life. Keep showering your laughter to everyone!!

Love from mom, dad, amu Sachu, afo Liku, afo Nisa aza Kinishe, aza Onikhe.

Dear Manoj Shrestha Happy birthday to our founder leader of Chümoukedima Gorkha Youth, our pillar,our strength, our guide, and long serving 7 years leader of CGY our Inspiration. Our president on your precious Day we wished you good health and good life.

From, chümoukedima Gorkha Youth office bearers (2018-2020) Hello Sangti...

Glad to know that it’s your birthday today..so on this special occasion we wish you all the best. God bless you more. Happy Birthday!!

Nzanti

DECLARATION I, Vankhamo Nchumthung Tungoe, S/o.

Vankhamo aged 28 yrs, R/o. Wokha Village, Dist Wokha, Nagaland through an Affidavit Regd. No. 2374/2020, dated 12/11/2020, have changed my name to Nchumthung.

Deponent WC-259 IN THE COURT OF PRINCIPAL DISTRICT AND SESSIONS JUDGE

KOHIMA: NAGALAND NOTICE INVITING OTHER CLAIMENTS TO REPRESENTATION TO COME FORWARD (UNDER PART- OF SECTION 373 OF INDIAN SUCCESSION ACT 1925) Succession Case No 226 of 2020 Whereas an application under Succession Act 1925 for grant of Succession Certificate for the estate of Lt. Mary Belho has filed by Miss Visienuo Stephanie, D/o Lt. Mary Belho, R/o H.No-P.S/B-4 Ward No-3, North Block, Keziekie Colony, Kohima to dra/operate/close/transfer Service benefits, Pension benefit, SNI A/c No. 10276999251 at Main Branch, Kohima, Central Bank of India A/C no. 3025/29345 at Kohima Branch who expired on 04/10/2020.

Notice is hereby given that any person having interest in the administration of the estate of this said deceased may if she/he so desire appear in this court within 30 (thirty) days from the date of publication of notice.

Given under the hand and seal of the court on this 13th day of Nov. 2020 Principal District & Sessions Judge Kohima: Nagaland.

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FELICITATION

The Kohima-Sankiton Union felicitates & congratulates Shri. K. Etssorhomo Lotha, Deputy Director on being promoted to the post of Joint Director under the Directorate of Evaluation Nagaland.

The union wish him grant success in all his future endeavor and may God continue to bless him abundantly.

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Agartala, Nov 16 (IANS): Life was crippled in northern Tripura’s Kanchanpur subdivision on Monday as the Joint Movement Committee called a shutdown for an indefinite period in protest against the government’s decision to rehabilitate thousands of tribal refugees, who fled adjoining Mizoram 23 years ago following ethnic strife in the area.

According to SubDivisional Police Officer Bikramjit Sukladas, there was no untoward incident in view of the indefinite shutdown, which began at 6 a.m., called by the Joint Movement Committee (JMC), comprising tribal and non-tribal leaders.

“Government offices, markets, shops and business establishments remained closed while all types of vehicles, except those of the security forces, health and media, remained off the roads,” Sukladas told IANS over the phone from Kanchanpur, adjoining Mizoram.

S eve r a l t h o u s a n d bandh supporters, including women and children organised protest rallies and

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umes about our inherent capabilities. Not just that, our social discipline was extraordinary - standing out in comparison with many developed economies.”

He pointed out that under Vande Bharat Mission, more than 24 lakh people were repatriated through flights and by land and sea. “From Air India to the Indian Navy, we pressed all our resources to achieve this goal. The intention was very simple - today’s India will not leave an Indian abroad in distress. After all, we are in many ways a unique economy that is heavily reliant on mobility and migration. Our cred-

JAIPUR, NOV 16 (PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday called upon people to continue to support the local economy like they did on Diwali and urged seers to also spread the message of ‘vocal for local’.

He also unveiled a statue of Jain seer Vijay Vallabh Surishwer on his 151th birth anniversary through video conference.

“The way the country gave a tremendous support to the local economy on Diwali and other festivals, it indeed gives a new energy and we have to maintain this,” Modi said while addressing a programme in Pali through the video conference.

The prime minister also appealed to seers to spread the message of ‘vocal for local’ among their followers.

“I would like to request our saints and seers that wherever they go and speak, the message of ‘vocal for local’ should be spread by them,” he said.

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said that Jainacharya Vijay Vallabh worked for education, women empowerment and other causes during his time. He said the country was also moving in the same direction and added that a law against triple talaq was made, while new sectors were opening up for women.

“Women today are getting opportunities in the armed forces and the new education policy will create new opportunities for them,” he said.

Modi said that the Bhakti movement led by seers pushed and strengthened the freedom movement

in the country, and now it was time to push the ‘vocal for local’ campaign.

He said that seers of India always showed the path of peace, non-violence and harmony to the world and humanity, and the world gets inspiration from these messages.

“Therefore, the world is once again looking at India,” he said.

Speaking on the life and works of the Jain seer, Modi said he was a visionary saint who had compassion for everyone and he visited different parts of the country to work for education and women empowerment.

Tweets against Thackeray: SC refuses Do you support anti-national views of NC, PDP: BJP to Cong to entertain plea of jailed person NEW DELHI, NOV 16 (PTI): The Supreme Court Monday refused to entertain a plea for bail of a man who was arrested from Gujarat for posting allegedly objectionable comments in his tweets against Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and his ministerson Aaditya.

A bench of Chief Justice S A Bobde and Justices A S Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian asked the counsel for Sameer Thakkar to approach the Bombay High Court with the plea saying that it can also uphold his fundamental rights.

“The High Court can also uphold your fundamental rights. It can also transfer the case and grant you bail.

Then why are you coming under 32 (under Article 32 of the Constitution, writ pleas are filed in the Supreme Court).

“You please go to the High Court,” the bench told senior advocate Mahesh Jethmalani who was appearing for Thakkar.

Jethmalani said that Thakkar has been arrested for “bailable offences” and this will “shock your Lordships” “We are quite immune from shock. We see it everyday. Nothing shocks us,” the

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bench observed and asked him to approach the High Court.

Meanwhile, the counsel for Maharashtra said the state will not oppose the bail plea of the accused in the magisterial court on Monday as the custodial interrogation of Thakkar was over in the case.

Jethmalani said that as many as three FIRs had been lodged against Thakkar for his tweets only and he was arrested on October 24 from Rajkot.

Then he was taken to Nagpur on transit remand and was quizzed in police custody for his tweets and moreover, his custody was extended as well.

“His neck was tied with rope and he was paraded on roads,” the senior lawyer said.

“What makes you think that we are approving all this. We are only telling you repeatedly that you can make these arguments before the High Court. Let us have the view of High Court,” the bench said.

Jethmalani then withdrew the plea of Thakkar, who besides seeking bail, had sought consolidation of three FIRs resgistered against him for the posts.

Thakkar, who has 59,000 followers on Twitter and is followed by some prominent gover nment functionaries on the social media platform, was arrested from Rajkot on October 24 over his posts.

He has been granted bail in one case by a Nagapur court and was arrested by Maharashtra police in connection with other FIR.

NEW DELHI, NOV 16 (PTI): The BJP on Monday hit out at its rival parties in Jammu and Kashmir, saying their stand on a number of issues, including the demand for restoration of Article 370, is the same as that of countries like Pakistan, and asked the Congress if it agrees with the “anti-national” views of the National Conference and the Peoples Democratic Party over its support to them.

Addressing a press conference, senior BJP leader and Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad cited a number of pro-people central laws that have been brought in force in the union territory following the 2019 repeal of Jammu and Kashmir’s special status, and asked if the Congress supports their annulment by bringing back Article 370.

“I want to ask Sonia Gandhi (Congress president) and Rahul Gandhi, do they want restoration of Article 370? Please tell the nation categorically and clearly does the Congress support annulment of pro-people laws?” Prasad asked, attacking the People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration, an amalgamation of various Jammu and Kashmir parties whose demands have drawn some support from the Congress.

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Ravi Shankar Prasad addresses a press conference on Article 370, in New Delhi, Nov. 16. (PTI)

Conference leader Farooq Abdullah, who had favoured China’s support for Article 370’s restoration, and PDP’s Mehbooba Mufti, who had said she would not raise the national flag if the separate flag of Jammu and Kashmir is not restored, and sought to know the Congress’ stand over them.

Prasad said women were earlier deprived of property rights in the union territory if they married outside and anti-corruption laws, reservation for the disadvantaged sections of society and various other “humanist” central laws were not implemented in the region and accused the Gupkar alliance of working to push Jammu and Kashmir towards “narrow conservatism”.

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girl from Jammu and Kashmir married a boy from outside, then she would have no right in the property of her father. We have changed it and restored her right to property,” he said.

The alliance of about 10 regional parties have demanded restoration of Article 370, a demand supported by some senior Congress leaders, including P Chidambaram.

Earlier, while targeting the Congress over its ties with the National Conference and the Peoples Democratic Party, BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra also had a go at its leader Rahul Gandhi over comments of the likes of former US president Barack Obama to RJD

leader Shivanand Tiwari and Congress’ Kapil Sibal.

When Obama got to know him (Rahul) in fourfive days, then it is obvious that those who interact with him almost daily would also have realised what he is, Patra told reporters.

Congress leaders were praising him while carrying a burden of “100 tonnes of stone” on their chest, and now they feel suffocated, he said.

“The BJP had been saying so for long. Now a friend of Congress like Shivanand Tiwari is saying that he is a non-performing picnicking president,” Patra said.

Tiwari had on Sunday questioned the campaign run by the Congress and also had taken a swipe at Gandhi for not spending much time electioneering in the state.

Sibal is part of a group of leaders in the Congress who have demanded an overhaul of the party’s organisation.

Targeting the tie-up of the Jammu and Kashmir parties, known as ‘Gupkar Alliance’, the BJP spokesperson described it as “unholy”, saying that it is aimed at opposing the implementation of laws duly passed by Indian Parliament.

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by Bharat Biotech is now undergoing phase-3 trials, Krishna Ella, Chairman and Managing Director, Bharat Biotech said on Monday.

Speaking virtually at a programme organised by the Indian School of Business, Ella said the company is also working on another vaccine for Covid-19 which would be in the form of nasal drops and can be ready by next year.

“We partnered with ICMR for Covid-19 vaccine as we speak it entered the phase 3 trials,” he said.

Bharat Biotech is the only vaccine company in the world which has BSL3 production facility (Biosafety level 3), he said.

Last month the vaccine maker said it had successfully completed interim analysis of Phase I and II trials of the vaccine and is initiating Phase-III trials in 26,000 participants.

Covaxinis being developed byBharatBiotech, in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) - National Institute of Virology (NIV).

The city-based vaccine maker had on October 2 sought the Drug Controller General of India’s (DCGI) permission to conduct phase 3 randomised double-blind placebo-controlled multicentre trial of its Covid-19 vaccine, sources said.

preparedness for such an enormous crisis responded in a way that should give us all confidence in our future.

A country where PPEs and ventilators were not made, where N95 masks were assembled in small quantities, where testing kits were not produced - and we should really ask ourselves why not earlier - today not only meets its national needs but helps beyond.”

“If we created 15,466 dedicated facilities with 1.5 million isolation beds, if more than a million are tested daily by 7,000 centres, if Aarogya Setu was devised to facilitate contact tracing - then it speaks vol-

than one lakh foreign residents were assisted to go back to their home in these difficult times. As demands for medicines - especially Hydroxychloroquine and Paracetamol - spiked, we stepped up production and supplied 150 countries, more than half at our own cost.”

He stated that transforming this crisis into an opportunity for nations to work together on the “big issue of our times is really the main challenge for diplomacy today”.

Jaishankar also observed that in the name of openness, India allowed subsidised products and unfair production advantages from abroad to prevail.

“It was quite extraordinary that an economy as attractive as India allowed the framework to be set by others. With the passage of time, our predicament became increasingly serious. The choice was to double down on an approach whose damaging consequences were already apparent; or to have the courage to think through the problem for ourselves. We chose the latter.”

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ibility depends on the assurance we provide to those abroad who contribute to progress at home.”

Jaishankar said he believes that the diaspora is not just an economic factor but they helped determine India’s branding in the world. “I was just struck yesterday at the range of Deepavali messages that I saw from politicians in different countries on the social media, underlining how much our community today matters to the world.”

He also noted that the Covid-19 crisis has really brought out the importance of international cooperation.

Citing the example of Vande Bharat Mission, he said that it would not have been possible if multiple governments had not standardised procedures on testing, quarantine, movement or on transit protocols. He noted that many governments, especially in the Gulf, went out of the way to expend their own resources for the welfare of foreigners.

“India also reciprocated in full measure. More

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India is at the heart of international and multilateral collaborations in rapid testing and reliable vaccines, he said.

“Prime Minister Modi has committed to the United Nations that we will help make vaccines accessible and affordable to all. And believe me, from the regular conversations that I have with so many counterparts, the world is counting on us to do so,” he told the Deccan Dialogue organised by the Indian School of Business (ISB) in collaboration with the Ministry of External Affairs.

The minister, who is a member of the Ministerial Group that was charged with monitoring the Covid challenge and coming up with a response, stated that the way India responded to Covid-19 pandemic should give confidence in its future.

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t is not for the first time that organisations from Karbi Anglong have imposed economic blockade(bandh) on Nagaland and the proposed indefinite bandh from November 17 is certainly not going to be the last. The imposition of economic blockade will certainly result in disruption of trade and commerce. Though there may be sufficient stock of edible food items, yet the immediate fall-out will be about stocks of much needed life saving drugs especially oxygen and other equipments needed to treat COVID-19 cases. It may be noted that COVID-19 cases in Nagaland are not decreasing but continue to at a high degree. The Karbi Anglong organisations have taken the extreme step of “punishing” Nagaland for alleged encroachment of land by some people from Nagaland. However, the fact of the matter is that alleged encroachment of land is not enough reason to impose an economic blockade. It should have been clear with the Karbi Anglong organisations that there are constitutional authorities both in Karbi Anglong district and Dimapur district.

Any such complaint of alleged encroachment has to be dealt with at the district level or state level.

Even if the alleged encroachment was true, yet it neither involved the people of the state nor did it have any official backing. A few people involved in alleged encroachment therefore, do not represent the district nor the state. To add insult to injury, the proposed economic bandh is to be ‘indefinite’; as if those organising it have the divine right to decide how long they must ‘punish’ the entire state for alleged encroachment by a few. For those in Dimapur, the bandhs in Karbi Anglong are nothing new.

These have occurred so many times in the past, especially when the festive Christmas season is around the corner. These bandhs have become a serious problem even if the means used have not resulted in any achievement except having an adverse impact on the normal life of the people.

The same method was used during the recent border dispute by Assam over Mizoram along the National Highway 306 which remained blockaded for nearly a week since the last part of October.

Blockading national highways is a clear act of declaring war on the affected state. No matter what the issue may be, no state can usurp the rights of the government of India, which has absolute authority over national highways. There is a clause in the National Highway Act 1956, sub-section 8 (1) which states: “whoever commit mischief by doing any act which renders or which he knows to be likely to render any National Highways refer to subsection (1) of section 8 (A) “impassable or less safe” for travelling or conveying property, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to 5 years, or fine with both”. The matter is clear so is the law and it is now up to the centre to put down such blockades once and for all. Neither illegal forcible encroachment nor unconstitutional indefinite bandhs are justified or legitimate. They are unacceptable in any way and therefore, both states need to seriously take up the matter to ensure peace and neighbourly relations among people.

DailyDevotion Still Human! …whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. —1 Corinthians 10:31 In the Scriptures, the great miracle of the incarnation slips into the ordinary life of a child; the great miracle of the transfiguration fades into the demonpossessed valley below; the glory of the resurrection descends into a breakfast on the seashore. This is not an anticlimax, but a great revelation of God. We have a tendency to look for wonder in our experience, and we mistake heroic actions for real heroes. It’s one thing to go through a crisis grandly, yet quite another to go through every day glorifying God when there is no witness, no limelight, and no one paying even the remotest attention to us. If we are not looking for halos, we at least want something that will make people say, “What a wonderful man of prayer he is!” or, “What a great woman of devotion she is!” If you are properly devoted to the Lord Jesus, you have reached the lofty height where no one would ever notice you personally. All that is noticed is the power of God coming through you all the time.

We want to be able to say, “Oh, I have had a wonderful call from God!” But to do even the most humbling tasks to the glory of God takes the Almighty God Incarnate working in us. To be utterly unnoticeable requires God’s Spirit in us making us absolutely humanly His. The true test of a saint’s life is not successfulness but faithfulness on the human level of life. We tend to set up success in Christian work as our purpose, but our purpose should be to display the glory of God in human life, to live a life “hidden with Christ in God” in our everyday human conditions (Colossians 3:3). Our human relationships are the very conditions in which the ideal life of God should be exhibited.

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Kapil Sibal slams Congress leadership after poor show in Bihar

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n the wake of the Bihar assembly elections results, Kapil Sibal said that the party was no longer seen as an “effective alternative” by the people of the state and was in a “sorry state of affairs”.

In a recent interview with the Indian Express, the senior Congress leader said that the party leadership was not addressing the problems besetting it. “Some of us put our pen to paper and said what should be done in the Congress on the road ahead,” he said. “Instead of listening to us, they turned their back on us. The results are for all to see.”

“We lost all the byelections in Gujarat. Even in the Lok Sabha elections we had not won a single seat there,” Sibal said and added that three candidates in Gujarat even lost their deposits. “So the writing is on the wall,” he said.

Sibal was one of 23 senior leaders who had written a letter to Congress chief Sonia Gandhi in August this year, calling for “sweeping changes” and a democratic overhaul of the party to counter the BJP’s preeminence over India’s polity.

The letter, which referred to the “steady decline of the party” and called for “collective leadership”, was perceived to be an affront to Sonia Gandhi’s authority over organisational mat-

ters.

Speaking about the letter, Sibal said that the Congress leadership had made “no effort” to initiate an intraparty dialogue.

“Since there is no forum to express my views, I am constrained to express them publicly,” he said. “I am a Congressman and will remain a Congressman and hope and pray that Congress provides the alternative to a power structure which has subverted all the values that the nation stands for.”

Sibal had previously said that not one of the requests or concern mentioned in the letter had been addressed in the CWC meeting. Sibal further noted in the interview that the time for “introspection” was over.

“If for six years the Congress has not introspected, what hope do we have for introspection now? We know what is wrong with the Congress,” he said.

The party was not willing to recognise what was wrong organisationally, he said. “Organisationally, we know what is wrong. We have all the answers. The Congress itself knows all the answers. But they are not willing to recognise those answers… then the graph will continue to decline…

The Congress must be brave and willing to recognise them.”

He also blamed the

party’s reluctance to address issues on the CWC’s status as “a nominated body”.

“Democratic processes must be adopted and embraced, even in the constitution of the CWC, which is reflected in the provisions of the Congress constitution. You don’t expect nominated members to start questioning,” he said.

On whether the party had considered its poor performance in Bihar as “business as usual,” Sibal said that he had not heard from the party’s leadership. “I only hear voices which surround the leadership. That is all I know. We are yet to hear from the Congress party their views on our recent performance in Bihar and in the by-elections,” he said.

The Congress, which had contested 70 constituencies in the state as a part of the Rashtriya Janata Dal-led Mahagathbandhan, won only 19 seats.

On whether democratic elections to the CWC and for the post of Congress president would solve the party’s problems, Sibal said that the culture of nominations had to be eliminated. “Elections through nominations will not lead to the desired results,” he said.

‘Nature of campaigning has changed’ On the changing landscape in Indian politics, Sibal said that, in the age of the communication

revolution, when “elections have turned into a presidential contest”, the Congress needed to adapt itself and recognise its shortcomings.

“The nature of campaigning has changed. There is a problem also structurally… in the sense that the mainstream media is controlled by the ruling party,” Sibal said and stressed that the party had to work out a new mechanism to reach out to the people.

Kapil Sibal, Union minister in Ministry of Science and Technology and Ministry of Earth Sciences in the Cabinet of India, at the 2007 World Economic Forum on Africa, June 1315, Cape Town The party need to have a conversation with people who “understand the political realities of India” he said. “We need alliances, we need to reach out to people.

We cannot anymore expect people to come to us. We are not the kind of force that we used to be,” Sibal said.

“Some of us put our pen to paper and said what should be done in the Congress on the road ahead.

Instead of listening to us they turned their back on us. ,” he said.

If the party leadership had paid heed to the advice, Sibal said, “we at least would be on the road to rejuvenating the Congress for the 2024 Lok Sabha

UNTABA on ‘Economic blockade of Nagaland’

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n the light of the Karbi Students’ Association (KSA) making noises against the Naga people and the unfortunate episode of their so-called ‘Economic blockade of Nagaland,’ perhaps it has become pertinent to impart some history lessons lest half-truths and insinuations continue to vitiate the atmosphere and break down the cordial relations Nagas have enjoyed with the Assamese people since time immemorial.

First of all, prior to the declaration of Indian independence, Naga people had no boundary dispute with any communities.

The NNC, in order to retrieve the areas under Naga Hills District created in 1866 and the total areas covered under it as notified in 1875, negotiated with the members of the then Constituent Assembly of India, Sir Akbar Ali Hydari and Gopinath Bodoloi, the then Governor and the Premier of Assam Province in June 27 to 29, 1947, at Kohima and brought about a political agreement called ‘The 9 Point Agreement.’ Some of the key points are; i) To bring back into the Naga Hills District all the Reserved Forests transferred to Sibsagar and Nowgong Districts in the past (those days Golaghat and Jorhat were small townships under Nowgong and Sibsagar) and ii) To bring under one unified administrative unit, as far as possible, all the Naga inhabited areas.

During the course of history, Naga areas covering an area of 4,974.16 square miles or an equivalent of 12,883.03 square kilometres was transferred out without the consent of the Naga people.

Lists of transferred Reserved Forests are: Nambor RF, Upper Daigurung RF, Lower Daigurung RF, Kaliani RF, Mikir RF, Diphu RF, Rengma RF, Daldali RF, Dhansiri RF, Langting Mupa RF, Lumding RF, Desema RF, Kaki RF, Geleki RF, Tiru RF, Kakadanga RF, Desoi Valley RF, Desoi RF and Doyang RF. However, the Government of India failed to fulfill the political agreement made with the Naga people prompting the NNC to conduct voluntary Plebiscite on 16 May 1951 with the phrase ‘Urra Uvie’ or ‘our land belongs to us’.

In short, the restoration of historical, ancestral and traditional Naga territories was the beginning of the Naga national movement.

Later on, the Government of India appointed an Independent Adviser K.V.K. Sundaram in August 1971 to oversee the boundary disputes.

The leaders of Mikir Hills presented a memorandum to the Adviser on 21/11/72 expressing the wishes of the people to join Nagaland. The KSA may be aware that the Karbi people were known as Mikirs then.

On 12th April 1972, the President of Mikir Hills Nationalist Organisation Shri Sarsing Terang submitted a memorandum to the Governor of Assam and Nagaland Shri BK Nehru expressing the desire of the Mikir people to join Nagaland considering this as the ‘simplest, best and final solution (sic)’ for the preservation and protection of their ‘lost identity through gradual process of assimilation and Assamisation (sic)’.

On June 12th 1972, in a joint meeting of the leaders of different political organizations namely Karbi-Riche-ADarban, the Progressive Party of Mikir Hills, the Mikir Hills Youth Congress Committee and the Karbi Students’ Association passed a resolution in support of the Mikir Hills Nationalist Organisation to the effect that they would jointly and unitedly fight for the liberation of the Mikir people.

Accordingly, on 21st June 1972, Sarsing Terang submitted a memorandum to the Prime Minister Indira Gandhi urging the Government of India for ‘Integration of Mikir Hills with Nagaland’ expressing this as the only hope for preservation of and protection of ‘identity language; social customs and tradition,…land, forests’ and also ‘a chance for realization of the hopes and dreams’ of the Mikir people.’

On the issue of the move by the Mikir Hills for joining Nagaland, the then CM Hokishe Sema made a statement in the Nagaland Assembly saying ‘we are happy to welcome this decision’ and praised this move as ‘in the right direction’ and made assurance as ‘we would assure them that under the provision of Article

371(A) of the Constitution of India, all rights and facilities of the Mikir people will be protected’.

Thus, the Mikir’s move to join Nagaland state was based on the legitimate ground that most of present-day Karbi Anglong and parts of Assam historically belonged to the Naga people, particularly the Rengmas. The Mikirs’ felt that their destiny was best secured if Mikir Hills became a contiguous part of Nagaland protected by Article 371 A. Therefore, the KSA trying to re-write history at this juncture is futile. It is easy to whip up false narratives for dubious reasons but at the end of the day it’s the written records which will speak for itself. The KSA should not allow itself to be misguided by nefarious elements but as a student body should act responsibly and be a bridge during these troubled times.

On the purported move of launching an economic blockade by the All Assam Students’ Union (AASU) against the alleged encroachment at Desoi Valley by the Naga people, it may be further reminded that the historical and traditional Assam-Naga boundary lies at Dhodar Ali/ Naga Bund (now Dhodar Ali Road) near Golaghat stretching upwards to the tri-junction of the boundary of AssamNagaland-Arunachal Pradesh.

History can never be altered.

On these issues, the UNTABA (United Naga Tribes Association on Border Areas) had submitted a Representation to the Prime Minister of India on 02/03/2016 and the copies have been made available to all the Negotiating parties including the NSCN/GPRN, WC/NNPG and the Interlocutor RN Ravi on various occasions. RN Ravi assured UNTABA that an ‘Independent and empowered Boundary Commission’ shall be constituted based on the Political settlement. It is hoped that the negotiating parties shall keep this perspective in mind while settling the Naga issue. The UNTABA reiterates that until and unless a complete restoration of Naga lands is fulfilled, there can be no final Indo-Naga political solution.

Hukavi T. Yepthomi, Chairman and Imsumongba Pongen General Secretary, UNTABA

elections”.

“What we are saying is that every organisation needs a conversation,” Sibal told the national daily. “In the absence of a serious — and I don’t say introspection because that time is over — in the absence of seriously recognising what the problem is, we will not be able to come up with any solution.”

Sibal’s remarks came on the heels of a scathing critique of Rahul Gandhi

by RJD leader Shivanand Tiwari who accused the Congress scion of not taking assembly elections in the state seriously. “When polls were in full swing here, Rahul Gandhi was having a picnic at Priyanka ji’s house in Shimla. This shows how seriously he took the Bihar election which was being watched by the entire nation with a hope of emergence of a new political force in the opposition. Is this the way to run a party?” Tiwari told the Times of India.

Holding Gandhi responsible for the alliance’s dismal performance in the polls, Tiwari said that Gandhi campaigned “only for three days in Bihar”.

“He [ G a ndhi] a ddressed only two election meetings per day (total six meetings in the state). PM Narendra Modi is very senior to him in age. But he had been addressing three

to four meetings per day” Tiwari, who is considered close to RJD supremo Lalu Prasad, said.

“They [Congress] had fielded candidates in 70 constituencies. But they did not hold even 70 election meetings. This again shows how serious they were about the Bihar polls,” Tiwari charged. “Even Priyanka Gandhi did not come for campaigning in Bihar election which was being watched by the entire nation with a hope,” he said.

Senior Congress leader and general secretary Tariq Anwar also lamented that the Bihar poll results were “definitely below” the party’s expectations and that a delay in finalising seat sharing arrangements for elections had negatively impacted the Mahagathbandhan’s electoral performance.

Anwar also acknowledged that there were shortcomings owing to which the party performed worse than other ‘Mahagathbandhan’ constituents.

“There was an environment of change with enthusiasm among the common people for it, but we could not exploit that. We had the expectation that with the Congress fighting on 70 seats, it would win at least 50 per cent of the seats,” Anwar said.

(Courtesy: The Wire)

Journalism during COVID-19

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he COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare many things. Things we have taken for granted, rights we should have fought for, issues that should have been addressed, and things that we were probably never aware of, before the pandemic.

It came upon us, as unprepared as we were as the rest of the world. And life, as we know it, was never going to be the same again.

In a closely knitted community that Nagaland is, journalism, at least for me, took a direction that is revealing of many ‘bitter feelings’ of citizens, that were perhaps accumulated over years and decades of corruption. The pandemic was revealing of the very system that has begun to grow deep roots in some, while for others, it has already seeped into their very being.

Above all things, it laid bare the poor health infrastructure in the state and the lack of even the most basic facilities especially in the remote areas of Nagaland. So much so, that questions, allegations, blame, distrust and hate for the government grew with such intensity. They were losing confidence and their faith in politicians. In the beginning, I almost felt sorry for the present-day government, who had to bear the brunt of the mistakes, both theirs and of all those made over the decades—and thought to myself, ‘well, the pandemic isn’t their doing.’

But as we slowly got used to another so called new system, I decided that everything falls back into a norm that already has roots of its own. With the pandemic, the world out there became hungry for information like never before. Even in our own little corner of the world, most of us were searching for information related to COVID-19. Our social media feeds were overflowing with stories from everywhere to a point that it became almost exhausting.

A decade of experience in journalism didn’t seem quite enough.

People were hungry for information and a large measure of what they consumed depended on journalists, many of whom, for me, are

storytellers at heart. But given the circumstances, it was, in no way going to be easy.

With things getting more sensitive than ever, “can I quote you?” became a common question asked during and after an interview. Those who knew the ground realities, despite wanting to share what they know, and sometimes, including hurtful experiences, did not want the world to know their names-a returnee, a health worker, an administrator, a government official is all we made do with. After all, it also meant ‘inviting trouble’ and nobody wants that, really.

The task of documenting news became a challenge, never felt or experienced before. Especially when it called for reporting from the field, knowing full well that there is every chance of contracting the disease. But despite the fear particularly for the wellbeing of our loved ones, I believe, as journalists, we did what we had to do whenever a story demanded an on-the-ground-reporting, just as we continue till today, to fulfill our task of providing information and writing stories, which, I sincerely hope, impact lives.

If there is one thing that the pandemic has taught me, then it is the resilient spirit of human beings.

I have listened to the harrowing experience of a returnee who waded through an international river in the middle of a night, just so she could get home;and been told to, the recovery journey of a COVID patient, who emerged stronger from the experience, even after enduring all the stigma and discrimination. Such stories have reaffirmed my belief that when the situation demands it, we will persevere.

Having said that, personally for me, journalism during COVID19 will remain an experience of a lifetime. I also know for a fact that history will remember the pandemic through the stories we have written and the photographs we have captured during these times of global crisis.

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During this festive season, the administration had issued order on ban of fire crackers. Nevertheless, in many pockets of Dimapur, fire crackers were burst. The good news is that, many defaulters were caught and perhaps fined so they do not repeat such defiance in future. Such orders should not be a onetime scare but must be consistently carried out as pollution is a major factor for health concerns.

Hotoli Sema, 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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Should not interfere in postings of Armed forces: SC

New Delhi, Nov 16 (IANS): Even as the 10member ASEAN bloc has signed the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) with five economies led by China, India is going to follow the policy of wait and watch till the new US presidency assumes office.

After eight years of hard negotiations, ASEAN (comprising Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam) signed the trade pact with five of its FTA partners -- China, Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand -- on Sunday.

The pact aims to reduce cost and time for traders of all the member states by lowering tariffs and waiving off requirements to export their products in a hassle-free manner anywhere within the bloc. RCEP’s members account for around 30 per cent of global GDP. The agreement is likely to come into effect next year.

India was to be a member too but it withdrew in November last year after RCEP did not address satisfactorily its outstanding issues. Although India can join the RCEP in future, but so far the government is not rethinking its decision, sources told IANS.

“The Centre will wait and watch the new US presidency’s approach towards China,” a source said.

The Congress-led opposition has been critical of the Modi government’s backing out from the largest trading arrangement in the Asia-Pacific region. In a couple of tweets, former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram had said that there are pros and cons to India joining RCEP. “But the debate has never taken place in Parliament or among the people or involving the opposition parties. It is another bad example of centralised decision-making unacceptable in a democracy,” he said.

Critics believe that India’s withdrawal from RCEP strengthened China’s geopolitical position in the region.

The conversation, according to Samir Saran, president of Asia’s most influential think-tank, ORF, “has been uninformed”.

Nearly all member countries have a trade deal that predate RCEP, he said pointing out that India has deals with ASEAN, Japan and Korea and will strengthen them. But India has none with China.

“Signing up now amounts to India rewarding China the champion of trade perversion,” he said.

MANDI (HP), NOV 16 (PTI): Seven labourers were killed when a vehicle in which they were travelling fell into a rivulet in Himachal Pradesh’s Mandi district on Monday, police said.

One labourer was also injured in the accident that occurred at around 2.30 am near Mandi town, they said. The Mahindra pickup vehicle was on its way to Sundernagar from Mandi when it fell into Suketi Khud (rivulet) at Pulghrat, Mandi Superintendent of Police Shalini Agnihotri said.

Six people died on the spot, while two injured were taken to a zonal hospital where one of them succumbed to his injuries, the police said. All the passengers were labourers from Bihar, Agnihotri said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed his grief over the loss of lives in the accident and conveyed his condolences to the bereaved family members.

In a tweet, he said the government is carrying out a rescue and relief work, and wished a quick recovery to the injured.

The police have registered a case under IPC sections 279 (rash driving), 338 (causing grievous hurt to any person) and 304 A (causing death by negligence).

NEW DELHI, NOV 16 (PTI): A free press is the cornerstone of democracy, Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Prakash Javadekar said on Monday.

Speaking at a webinar organised by the Press Council of India (PCI) on the ‘Role of media during the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on media’ on National Press Day, the minister said freedom comes with responsibility and asked news organisations to avoid sensationalism.

“Freedom of press is the soul of democracy. Freedom of press is very important but any freedom comes with responsibility. So, there has to be a responsible freedom and no sensationalism by the press,” the minister said in the video message.

“The news should not be to deliberately defame anyone. The way freedom of press is being attacked these days is not good,” he said.

Talking about the alleged Television Rating Points (TRP) manipulation by some news channels, the minister said a committee formed by the ministry will soon submit its report on the issue.

“To check the TRP manipulation and address the issue, we have formed a committee which will give its report very soon,” he

NEW DELHI, NOV 16 (PTI): The Supreme Court Monday said it should not interfere in postings, particularly in the Armed forces, as somebody has to go and serve in places like Ladakh, certain areas of north-east and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

The apex court stated this while hearing an appeal filed by an Army Colonel against the Delhi High Court order which had asked him and his wife, who is also a Colonel in the Army, to move to their newly assigned posts within 15 days. The petitioner, who is an officer in the Judge Advocate General (JAG) department, had moved the high court challenging the May 15 posting order and alleged that the decision to transfer him and his wife to far off locations has been taken as he had filed a statutory complaint against the JAG and others.

He had challenged his posting to Andaman and Nicobar Islands from Jodhpur in Rajasthan and contended that his wife was being posted to Bathinda in Punjab. During the hearing in the apex court on Monday, the counsel appearing for the petitioner told a bench headed by Justice D

Y Chandrachud that distance between Bhatinda to Andaman and Nicobar Islands is over 3,500 km.

Senior advocate Ranjit Kumar, appearing for the petitioner, said that both the officers have a four-and-halfyear-old child and they have taken charge at their respective places.

Kumar told the bench that the petitioner has to apply for voluntary retirement because of this transfer.

“If the Armed forces say they are opposed to joint posting in Delhi, it may be harsh but somebody has to go to Andaman and Nicobar also,” said the bench, also comprising Justices Indu Malhotra and Indira Banerjee.

“In matters of posting of Army officers, we should not interfere. In places like Ladakh, North-East and Andaman, somebody has to go,” the bench observed, adding, “In postings, particularly in Armed forces, we should not interfere”.

“These are very hard cases. It is very difficult for us to say that reconsider this,” the bench said.

After the top court observed that it is not inclined to interfere, Kumar said he would withdraw the plea.

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Rain, gusty winds bring improvement in Delhi-NCR’s AQI

Doors of religious places reopen Third wave of Covid has crossed its peak in Delhi: Jain for devotees in Maharashtra

Christian devotees offer prayers at a church that was reopened after closure at Mahim in Mumbai, Nov 16. (PTI)

MUMBAI, NOV 16 (PTI): After remaining shut for nearly eight months, places of religious worship reopened in Maharashtra on Monday with COVID-19 prevention protocols in place.

Devotees were seen visiting the famous Siddhivinayak temple and the Haji Ali Dargah in Mumbai, and some of the other prominent religious places in the state.

The reopening of the places of worship coincided with the Diwali ‘Padwa’, which is an important festival in the state.

Early in the morning, devotees were seen visiting Lord Vitthal’s temple at Pandharpur in Solapur, Saibaba’s shrine in Shirdi, Goddess Tulja Bhavani’s temple in Osmanabad and the Siddhivinayak temple and the Haji Ali Dargah in Mumbai.

The Siddhivinayak Temple Trust’s chairman Aadesh Bandekar on Sunday said only 1,000 devotees will be allowed inside the temple every day in staggered time slots to be booked through a mobile phone application.

Talking to PTI over phone on Monday, Bandekar said, “We have received good response today...we are letting in 100 people per

hour (to ensure physical distancing). Body temperatures and QR codes of devotees are being checked.”

“The temples access barrier is being opened only if a devotee is wearing mask.

A proper system is being followed, he said.

The temple trust will review the situation after two days and may allow more devotees to have darshan of Lord Ganesh based on the assessment, Bandekar said.

He also urged senior citizens, pregnant women and children -- considered as more vulnerable to novel coronavirus infection -- to take care of themselves given the situation.

“Senior citizens can download our mobile app, they can get darshan of Bappa live 24X7...hence, they should not hurry (into visiting the temple). Bappa is there to take care of you, but take care of yourselves,” he said. Bandekar also said the trust has not said “no” to senior citizens for visiting the temple. “But, it should be avoided given the pandemic situation,” he added.

Body temperatures of devotees were also being checked and their hands sanitised outside the Haji Ali Dargah.

As per the standard operating procedures (SOPs)

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released by the state government, religious places located out of COVID-19 containment zones have been allowed to reopen as per the timings decided by authorities, and devotees will be allowed inside in a staggered manner.

Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday announced reopening of the places of worship, but also cautioned people, saying it cannot be forgotten that the “demon of coronavirus” still persists and called for following discipline.

The opposition BJP in the state had been seeking reopening of the places of worship and earlier questioned the Thackeray governments decision to not reopen temples at a time when bars were allowed to reopen.

The chief minister, however, had defended his decision saying it was difficult to follow physical distancing at the places of worship.

The issue had also led to a stand-off between Thackeray and state Governor B S Koshyari, who reminded the Shiv Sena president of his Hindutva credentials and asked if he had turned secular.

Koshyari’s letter to the chief minister was criticised by constituents of the Maha Vikas Aghadi government.

Thackeray had said that after places of worship are reopened, rules and safety protocols have to be followed strictly, and laid stress on wearing masks.

NEW DELHI, NOV 16 (PTI): Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Monday said there is no chance of reimposition of lockdown in the national capital since the third wave of coronavirus has peaked out in the city. Talking to reporters, he said the virus cannot be contained through lockdown and that people should protect themselves by wearing face masks.

Delhi has witnessed a spurt in coronavirus cases since October 28 when the daily rise breached the 5,000-mark for the first time and it crossed the 8,000mark on Wednesday.

On Thursday, 104 deaths, the highest in over five months, were recorded in the city. Asked whether the lockdown would be reimposed in Delhi, Jain said, “No chance.”

“I can tell you that the peak of the third wave is gone,” he said.

“Positivity rate is the main indicator in assessing the COVID-19 situation and it had to be observed over a week’s time. First peak was in June, when it

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stood at nearly 37 per cent, in September when the second wave happened, it was 12-13 per cent, and in the third wave, it was at its high, at 15 per cent few days ago and then falling. Yesterday, also it was around 15 per cent. So, I can say, the peak is gone,” Jain said. Jain’s remarks come a day after the Centre announced a slew of steps including making available 300 additional ICU beds, doubling the number of daily RTPCR tests and a house-to-house survey in the national capital to check the spiralling numbers of cases in Delhi.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah said some of the hospitals under the municipal corporations of Delhi

said. Javadekar also touched upon the issue of absence of a regulatory body for TV channels and said a decision may be taken on bringing a code of conduct for them.

“The Press Council of India is a self-regulatory body which has representations from various media houses as well as parliament.

There have been discussions on giving more power to the PCI,” he said. “But for TV channels there is no selfregulatory body like PCI. We are getting suggestions to make a code of conduct for all TV channels but we are yet to take a decision on it,” the minister said, adding that the government doesn’t want to interfere but “press should present responsible journalism.”

Javadekar further said just like TV, there is no regulatory body for over-the-top (OTT) platforms and the government is receiving suggestions on how to regulate its content.

tionately increased as “we are conducting tests on a massive scale”.

On the large number of COVID-19 deaths, including 95 recorded on Sunday, he said “the average number of deaths in last ten days is still a little above 1 per cent, which is fine as per WHO standards” On challans being imposed for COVID-19 safety norms violations, he said penalties worth about Rs 45 crore have been imposed in the last several days on people who have violated the guidelines, like not wearing masks or not observing social distancing. He said observing rituals of Chhath Puja has been banned on ghats owing to “scientific reasons” as 4-5 infected people can spread the virus to a large number of people through water bodies, so “we can’t risk public health”.

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will be converted into dedicated COVID hospitals.

The National Centre for Disease Control, in a report drafted recently, had warned that Delhi needed to be prepared for about 15,000 fresh COVID-19 cases per day, taking into account the winter-related respiratory problems, a large influx of patients from outside and festive gatherings.

Asked about availability of beds, he said, about 50 per cent of the over 16,000 beds are available, and the issue is only of ICU beds, even in private hospitals.

“We had requested the Centre to augment ICU beds in Centre-run hospitals here.

And, it has been assured that about 750 ICU beds in such hospitals will be arranged,” Jain told reporters.

The Delhi health minister reiterated that the number of cases have propor-

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2. State Merit Scholarship: Institutions are asked to submit the verified eligible State Merit Application Forms and documents along with the compiled list and a covering letter from the head of the Institution on or before 11th December 2020.

3. Before submission of Annexure IV and State Merit Forms to this Office, Institutions are to mandatorily display the list of the verified eligible/rejected application forms of the respective Scheme for any claim/correction by the students in order to avoid any undesirable issue/complaints arising after submission of Annexure IV/ Forms. No claim/submission will be entertained after the last date of submission and the Department will not be responsible for delay/non-receipt of scholarship For queries: contact -7005405552, query.hescholarship@gmail.com Sd/(Dr. APENI LOTHA) DIRECTOR HIGHER EDUCATION NAGALAND: KOHIMA DC-

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NOTICE It is hereby notified that Mr. Z. KEPFELHOU KOZA of 7th Mile Village, Dimapur, Nagaland, has been expelled from the village with immediate effect for being violation of village council rules and regulations under Council Article No. 5, clause (a) and (b) in an emergency meeting held at 7th Mile Village Council Hall on 11-11-2020. This expulsion is absolute and final binding upon the aforesaid defaulter.

Violation of Article No.5: Clause (a) :- Any villager shall be expelled, if he/she is found against the 7th Mile Village further any claims, relationship, whatsoever of titles, entitles, certificate platforms or privileges etc shall not be entertained by the village council.

Clause (b) :- Anyone expelled from the village shall barred/banned from holding any post in the future.

In accordance to the Council Article No. 5, any villager shall be expelled if he/she is found against the 7th Mile Village Resolution or village administration. Henceforth, the defaulter his legal heirs, successors, representatives, executors, administrators or assignees if found creating unnecessary problem(s) or causing harm or injury to the council members than the land so allotted by the village will be seize/confiscate and become the property of the village and so also impose fine against the defaulter as deem fit by the council.

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New Delhi, Nov 16 (PTI): Delhi’s air quality improved “significantly” on Monday due to light rain and favourable wind speed and was recorded in the ‘poor’ category after a 15-day spell of ‘very poor’ and ‘severe’ air days.

The city’s 24-hour average air quality index (AQI) improved to 221, which falls in the ‘poor’ category. It was 435 on Sunday and 414 on Saturday (Diwali).

The last time Delhi’s AQI was recorded in the ‘poor’ category was on November 2.

The AQI reached the ‘moderate’ category by 6 pm.

The central government’s Air Quality Early Warning System for Delhi said AQI improved “significantly” after Diwali owing to rainfall and strong winds and is likely to remain in the ‘moderate’ category on Tuesday.

The air quality is likely to deteriorate marginally and hit the ‘poor’ category on Wednesday.

In Delhi-NCR, the levels of PM2.5 – which is about three per cent the diameter of a human hair and can lead to premature deaths from heart and lung diseases – were 88 microgram per cubic meter (µg/ m3) at 6 pm.

The safe limit is 60 µg/m3.

PM10 level stood at 135 µg/m3 at 6 pm.

PM10 levels below 100 µg/ m3 is considered safe in India and 500 µg/m3 is the emergency threshold.

The last time Delhi recorded such low PM10 levels was on September 28.

counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner, seeks the permission of the court to withdraw the Special Leave Petition so as to enable the petitioner to pursue independent proceedings in regard to his request for withdrawing the application for voluntary retirement,” the bench noted in its order.

“In terms of the above request, the Special Leave Petition is dismissed as withdrawn leaving it open to the petitioner to pursue available remedies,” it said.

The high court, while dealing with the petition, had said that the Army has given reasons in its order rejecting the officer’s request/ representation for a spouse coordinated posting and no ground of mala fide or violation of any rule has been made out for the court to interfere in the matter.

The Ar my had informed the high court that the two senior officers can only be posted together in New Delhi, but it cannot be done as the JAG department has 23 Colonels only as against the authorized strength of 40 and static headquarters (HQs) like New Delhi are at lower priority than field formations when postings are being considered.

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New Delhi, Nov 16 (Agencies): Gold prices Monday struggled in Indian markets while silver rates edged higher. According to Livemint, On MCX, gold futures fell 0.12% to Rs.50,925 per 10 gram while silver futures rose 0.22% to Rs. 63,941 per kg. In India, trading on commodity ex-

change MCX started from 5 pm today. MCX remained closed for the morning session today on the occasion of Diwali Balipratipada.

On Saturday, in the special one-hour Muhurat trading session, gold futures on MCX had ended flat while silver rates edged lower.

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New Delhi, Nov 16 (IANS): Oil marketing companies did not affect any revision in retail price of petrol and diesel across the country on Monday giving respite to consumers during festival season as rising global crude prices in last week had started talk of a possible price rise of auto fuel.

So, petrol prices in the national in capital continues to remain at Rs 81.06 per litre. In Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata, the fuel was sold for Rs 87.74, Rs 84.14 and Rs 82.59 per litre, respectively.

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(From p-1) The three said they petitioned the court over the issue, since there was no other option left for the new councillors in order to seek legal remedy against the autocratic functioning of the old NCD team. They said the court had even stayed the appointment of the Selection Commission by the outgoing councillors on merit. They reiterated that the entire issue revolved around the selection of office bearers for the new term, without the involvement of duly nominated councillors. They said that since the matter was still subjudice, before final judgment , it was unwise to debate it in the media so as to preserve the sanctity and neutrality of the court to judge on the merit of the case.

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ated a turnover of about Rs 72,000 crores and gave China the expected loss of Rs 40,000 crore,” it said in a statement.

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New Delhi, Nov 16 (IANS): Traders recorded sales of around Rs 72,000 crore this Diwali across major markets in the country, said the Conferderation of All India Traders (CAIT).

According to the traders’ body, the business was carried on during this year’s Diwali with no Chinese goods on sale amid CAIT’s call to boycott Chinese goods.

“As per reports gathered from 20 different cities which are also considered to be the leading distribution centers of India, it is expected that Diwali festive sales gener-

in late-stage testing around the world, four of them in huge studies in the US. Both Moderna’s shots and the Pfizer-BioNTech candidate are so-called mRNA vaccines, a brandnew technology. They aren’t made with the coronavirus itself, meaning there’s no chance anyone could catch it from the shots.

Instead, the vaccine contains a piece of genetic code that trains the immune system to recognize the spiked protein on the surface of the virus.

The strong results were a surprise. Scientists have warned for months that any COVID-19 shot may be only as good as flu vaccines, which are about 50% effective.

Another steep challenge: distributing doses that must be kept very cold.

Both the Moderna and Pfizer shots are frozen but at different temperatures.

Moderna announced Monday that once thawed, its doses can last longer in a refrigerator than initially thought, up to 30 days.

Pfizer’s shots require longterm storage at ultra-cold temperatures.

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The institute will provide courses on cutting and tailoring certificate from on Monday to Friday for three months.

broke the code to examine 95 infections that were recorded starting two weeks after volunteers’ second dose — and discovered all but five illnesses occurred in participants who got the placebo.

The study is continuing, and Moderna acknowledged the protection rate might change as more COVID-19 infections are detected and added to the calculations. Also, it’s too soon to know how long protection lasts. Both cautions apply to Pfizer’s vaccine as well.

But Moderna’s independent monitors reported some additional, promising tidbits: All 11 severe COVID-19 cases were among placebo recipients, and there were no significant safety concerns.

The main side effects were fatigue, muscle aches and injection-site pain after the vaccine’s second dose, at rates that Hoge characterized as more common than with flu shots but on par with others such as shingles vaccine.

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training institute to strictly adhere to the guidelines laid down by the ministry.

IWSN president, Azungla Imsong appraised that IWSN is an NGO, running for 13 years, with its head office in Dimapur and had been accorded five stars from skill India.

She said that the institute in Kohima will initially provide cutting and tailoring

alone that solves this problem. It’s going to require many vaccines” to meet the global demand, he added.

A vaccine can’t come fast enough, as virus cases topped 11 million in the U.S. over the weekend — 1 million of them recorded in just the past week. The pandemic has killed more than 1.3 million people worldwide, more than 245,000 of them in the US. Still, if the Food and Drug Administration allows emergency use of Moder na’s or Pfizer’s candidates, there will be limited, rationed supplies before the end of the year.

Both require people to get two shots, several weeks apart. Moderna expects to have about 20 million doses, earmarked for the U.S., by the end of 2020. Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech expect to have about 50 million doses globally by year’s end.

Moderna’s vaccine, created with the National Institutes of Health, is being studied in 30,000 volunteers who received either the real vaccination or a dummy shot. On Sunday, an independent monitoring board

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Director Urban Development, Takatuba Aier inaugurating IWSN training institute Kohima branch. (NP)

CAMBRIDGE, NOV 16 (AP): For the second time this month, there’s promising news from a COVID-19 vaccine candidate: Moderna said Monday its shots provide strong protection, a dash of hope against the grim backdrop of coronavirus surges in the US and around the world.

Moderna said its vaccine appears to be 94.5% effective, according to preliminary data from the company’s still ongoing study.

A week ago, competitor Pfizer Inc. announced its own COVID-19 vaccine appeared similarly effective — news that puts both companies on track to seek permission within weeks for emergency use in the US. Dr Ste phen Hoge, Moderna’s president, welcomed the “really important milestone” but said having similar results from two different companies is what’s most reassuring.

“That should give us all hope that actually a vaccine is going to be able to stop this pandemic and hopefully get us back to our lives,” Hoge told The Associated Press.

“It won’t be Moderna

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KOHIMA, NOV 16 (NPN): To impart skill development training in cutting and tailoring, director Urban Development, Takatuba Aier inaugurated Incessant Welfare Society Nagaland (IWSN) training institute, Kohima branch at Officer’s Hill here on Monday.

In his address, the director pointed out that every year around 3,000 graduated in the state and that the government cannot accommodate all the graduates but imparting skill development training will help them to acquire suitable employment opportunities.

He highlighted on the few training institutes in Kohima and encouraged expansion on providing training on other applicable trade. In addition to the facilities provided by the Urban Development department to start training institute, he also highlighted on the facilities provided by other departments. The director further cautioned the

(From p-1) The peace process further changed for the better with the signing of Amsterdam Joint Communiqué on July 11, 2002, giving official recognition to the “unique history and situation of the Nagas”. This was considered as the first realistic step forward in the political negotiation.

In order to further boost the peace process, it said government of India then invited NSCN (I-M) leaders to come to New Delhi and gave full commitment to take care of their security concern.

Accepting the invitation, it said Swu and Muivah reached New Delhi in December 2002.

Prior to this, a memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed on November 18, 2002, in Milan to formalise their travel to New Delhi, even as government of India took the “conscious decision” decision to discontinue its ban on the organisation under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, the statement added.

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silent on Pak’s allegations Scientists sound warning on UK mass-testing China against India on terrorism LONDON, NOV 16 (AGENCIES/IANS): British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s plans for mass COVID-19 testing that might re-open large parts of the economy, known as “Operation Moonshot”, are likely to be ineffective and expensive, scientists concerned about the scheme said on Monday.

The scientists said that the gover nment’s plans signalled a change in strategy from the “test and trace” scheme that has been plagued by difficulties, but that screening the general population regularly would throw up new problems.

“The evidence for screening is not there. The evidence around the tests is poor and weak at the moment, and needs to be improved,” Professor Allyson Pollock, Clinical Professor of Public Health, University of Newcastle, told reporters “We’re arguing the moonshot programme really should be paused, until the cost effectiveness and the value for money of any of these programmes is well established.”

Pollock, along with colleagues from universities in Birmingham, Warwick and Bristol, warned that ineffective testing

Johnson self-isolates after Covid-19 contact

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strategies and inaccurate tests could endanger confidence in testing more generally.

The scientists said that the priority should be improving the test and trace system, adding that a lack of accuracy in the rapid tests could give false reassurance to people that they weren’t infectious.

The government last week published results of an evaluation of an Innova rapid test, which it said detected around 75% of positive cases, rising to 95% of individuals with high viral loads.

Jon Deeks, Professor of Biostatistics at University of Birmingham, said

that analysis of the results showed that it might miss between 25-50% of positive cases, giving false reassurance to people who test negative.

He also said that the higher proportion of people testing positive with larger viral loads did not mean that the most infectious people could be reliably identified by the test.

“The arguments that we’re hearing, and these have been said by the Prime Minister, that this test can tell the difference between infectious and non-infectious is not substantiated by any data,” Deeks said.

“There is no data out there to show this.”

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who had tested positive for the novel coronavirus earlier this year, on Monday announced that he was self-isolating after “being in contact with someone with Covid-19”.

Taking to Twitter, the Prime Minister said: “I’ve been instructed by our NHS Test and Trace scheme to self-isolate for two weeks, after being in contact with someone with Covid-19.

“I’m in good health and have no symptoms, and will continue to lead on our response to the virus and our plans to #BuildBackBetter.”

In a video, also posted on the micro-blogging platform, Johnson said that he was “pinged” by the NHS Test and Trace on Sunday and was asked to self-isolate as a precautionary measure.

“We have got to interrupt the spread of the disease and one of the ways we could do that now is by self-isolating for 14 days when you get contacted by NHS Test and Trace,” Johnson said in the video. “I am absolutely confident

that together we can beat this disease. Don’t forget hands, face, space, get a test if you have symptoms,” he added.

According to a BBC report, the Prime Minister on November 12 spent about 35 minutes with Conservative MP Lee Anderson, who lost his sense of taste the next day.

On Sunday, Anderson announced that he was self-isolating with his wife after they both tested positive for the virus.

In April, Johnson spent three nights in intensive care after contracting the disease.

He later said it “could have gone either way” and thanked healthcare workers for saving his life.

The development comes as England is currently under a national lockdown, the second of its kind since the onset of the pandemic in the UK, aimed at curbing the resurgence of new Covid19 cases.

As of Monday, the UK’s Covid-19 caseload and death toll stood at 1,372,884 and 52,026, respectively.

BEIJING, NOV 16 (PTI): China on Monday evaded a direct response to Pakistan’s allegations that India was behind some of the terror attacks in that country, as Beijing put the onus of providing effective security for the USD 60 billion China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) on Islamabad.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian told a media briefing here that “China opposes all forms of terrorism and calls on the international community, especially regional countries, to cooperate in fighting terrorism and safeguard collective security.”

The CPEC connecting China’s Xinjiang province to Pakistan’s strategic Gwadar port in Balochistan is an “important pioneering project of the Belt and Road (BRI) initiative,” Zhao said in response to a question on Pakistan’s claims that India was behind some of the terror attacks in that country, including causing disruption to the CPEC projects.

India on Sunday mounted a hard-hitting attack on Pakistan for accusing it of involvement in some of the terror strikes in that country and said the socalled claims of ‘proof ’ are figments of imagination.

External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Anurag

Zhao Lijian

Srivastava said Pakistan’s “desperate attempt” will find few takers as the international community is aware of its tactics, and proof of Islamabad’s terror sponsorship has been admitted by none other than its “own leadership”.

“This is yet another futile anti-India propaganda exercise. The so-called claims of ‘proof ’ against India enjoy no credibility, are fabricated and represent figments of imagination,” Srivastava said in response to media queries on the allegations.

Responding to another question, the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said: “It (CPEC) is important for the common development of China and Pakistan, it’s also beneficial to regional connectivity and common prosperity.

“We are confident that with the support of the inter-

national community, China and Pakistan can ensure the success of CPEC. We also believe that Pakistan will continue to take effective measures to ensure the safety, security of the CPEC.” Pakistan has formed a Special Security Division comprising 15,000 troops, including 9,000 Pakistan Army soldiers and 6,000 para-military forces personnel to provide security to the CPEC projects.

India has protested to China over the CPEC as it is being laid through Pakistanoccupied Kashmir.

In his media briefing, Zhao, on Pakistan’s allegation of heavy firing by India along the Line of Control (LoC) resulting in four deaths, urged Pakistan and India to exercise restraint, resolve differences through dialogues and work together to safeguard regional peace and stability.

“India and Pakistan are major countries in South Asia. Their peaceful coexistence is of paramount importance to regional peace, stability and development,” he said.

“China is a neighbour to both countries, we urge both sides to exercise restraint, resolve differences through dialogues and work together to safeguard regional peace and stability.

Why does ‘fake media’ assume Biden SpaceX rocket launches 4 astronauts to space station will ascend to Presidency? asks Trump

Peruvian President resigns amid widespread protests LIMA, NOV 16 (IANS): Peruvian President Manuel Merino, who was appointed last week following his predecessor Martin Vizcarra’s impeachment, has resigned amid protests that broke out across the country after he assumed the post.

“I want to inform the entire country that I presented my irrevocable resignation ... and I invoke peace and unity of all Peruvians,” Xinhua news agency quoted Merino as sayingin a televised address to the nation on Sunday.

He made the announcement after the Peruvian Congress held a crisis session on Sunday and asked him to resign amid the social protests, which killed at least two people, according to local media reports.

After Vizcarra was removed from office November 9 for alleged bribery when he was governor of the southern department of Moquegua between 2011 and 2014, thousands of people across the country staged some of the largest protests in decades.

The week-long rallies descended into chaos on November 14.

At least 112 people

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were injured, some after inhaling tear gas, and 41 were still missing, according to Peru’s National Human Rights coordinator.

At least nine had suffered gunshot wounds, health officials said.

“Nothing justifies that a legitimate protest should trigger the deaths of Peruvians,” Merino said in his address, adding that “these events should be thoroughly investigated by the corresponding authorities to determine all responsibilities”.

“My commitment is to Peru and I will do my best to guarantee the constitutional succession that Congress determines,” the 59-year-old politician and businessman added.

Merino became the third president of Peru to

serve during the 2016-2021 presidential term, following Pedro Pablo Kuczynski and Vizcarra. Prior to Merino’s announcement, Luis Valdez, Peru’s president of Congress, announced that the Legislative Board of Directors would be renewed to begin the process of choosing a new president.

Members of the Purple Party, who largely voted against Vizcarra’s removal, presented a proposal for his

return to office. “ Vi z c a r r a a n d h i s cabinet will resume their positions immediately to continue with the efforts against the pandemic and the economic crisis. We Peruvians cannot wait,” the party’s proposal stated.

The ousted leader said on Sunday that “a big step has been taken to restore democracy in our country”, which has been mired in protests in recent days.

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I, Shri H. Pitoho Awomi, do hereby tender my Resignation from the position and post of President, NPF Kiyezu Unit of 4 Ghaspani - I A/C and NPF party structure and henceforth I have no any association with NPF overtly or covertly. This statement is for information of all and particularly for the office bearers of NPF as well with request that it is a decision taken as final to quit from both Active member and the position held under NPF with effect from the release of this Resignation letter.

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NASA astronauts on their way to launch pad 39A for the SpaceX Crew-1 mission to the International Space Station at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP/PTI)

using American private industry,” NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said in a statement.

“This is an important mission for NASA, SpaceX and our partners at JAXA, and we look forward to watching this crew arrive at station to carry on our

partnership for all of humanity.”

The Crew Dragon spacecraft, named Resilience, will dock autonomously to the forward port of the station’s Harmony module about 11 pm EST on Monday (9.30 am Tuesday India time), NASA said.

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The Ungma Senso Telongjem Dimapur expresses its heartiest congratulations to its esteemed member Dr. M. Chuba Ao (National Vice President, BJP) for being appointed as the BJP State In-charge for Meghalaya.

The Union further wishes the best and success in his future endeavors.

Takanungba Longkumer President, USTD

Lipokmeren Longkumer Gen. Secretary, USTD

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This very plot of land measuring in total 9975 sq ft. is the sole property of Shri.

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“I could not be more proud of the work we’ve done here today,” said Gwynne Shotwell, President and Chief Operating Officer of SpaceX. “Falcon 9 looked great, Dragon was dropped off into a beautiful orbit about 12 minutes into the mission,

YILOW HUMTSOE G.H.S.S COLONY WOKHA TOWN, NAGALAND

CHANG STUDENTS' UNION CHÜMOUKEDIMA FELICITATION

The Chang Students' Union and the Chang U n i o n C h ü m o u ke d i m a takes immense pride in congratulating Miss.

Sangla, D/o Shri Imli Chang (Asst. Commandant) for securing top 6 th Position in B.A (Political Science Honors) from Don Bosco University Manipur.

Further, the Unions wishes and prays to the Almighty God to grant her success in her future endeavours.

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appeared to grudgingly acknowledge that Biden won the closely-fought race for the White House, but indicated that he would not concede and would keep trying to challenge the “rigged” election outcome.

His declaration comes as he and his administration continue to accuse the Democrats of election fraud without evidence and impede the transition. According to the schedule, Biden will be inaugurated as the next US President on January 20. As per the latest count of the electoral college votes coming from all the 50 states, Biden has 306 of the 538 electoral college votes, which is well above the halfway mark of 270.

Trump, who has 232 electoral college votes, has challenged the election results in various states including Pennsylvania, Nevada, Michigan, Georgia and Arizona. He had demanded a recount in Wisconsin.

and we’ll get more data as we go.”

The Crew-1 mission is the first of six crewed missions NASA and SpaceX will fly as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Programme.

This mission has several other firsts, including: the first international crew of four to launch on an American commercial spacecraft and the first time the space station’s long duration expedition crew size will increase from six to seven crew members, which will add to the crew time available for research.

Hopkins, Glover, Walker, and Noguchi will join the Expedition 64 crew of Commander Sergey Ryzhikov and Flight Engineer Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, both of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, and Flight Engineer Kate Rubins of NASA. The crew will conduct science and maintenance during a six-month stay aboard the orbiting laboratory and will return in spring 2021.

FELICITATION

The Mopungchuket Senso Telongjem Dimapur (MSTD) takes immense pride and congratulates Mr. Angumsuba (S/o Rev. Z. Yapang Aier and Mrs. Alemtsungla) for his hard work achievement, and being conferred Ph.D at University of Hyderabad, Department of Anthropology with thesis topic"Economic Empowerment of women in Matrilineal Society: A case study of Khasis in Meghalaya, Shillong".

We wish and pray that the Almighty God continue to grant you more wisdom and guide you in all your future endeavours.

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campaign. “Why does the Fake News Media continuously assume that Joe Biden will ascend to the Presidency, not even allowing our side to show, which we are just getting ready to do, how badly shattered and violated our great Constitution has been in the 2020 election,” Trump asked in a tweet on Sunday. “It was attacked perhaps like never before!

The World is watching!”

Trump said. Earlier in the day, Trump said that many of the court cases being filed all over the country are not his, but rather those of people that have seen horrible abuses.

“Our big cases showing the unconstitutionality of the 2020 Election, & the outrage of things that were done to change the outcome, will soon be filed! We won’t let a RIGGED ELECTION steal our Country!” he said in another tweet.

For the first time earlier on Sunday, President Trump

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WASHINGTON, NOV 16 (PTI): President Donald Trump has accused the mainstream American media of taking sides and not reflecting on his side of the story, asking as to why does the “Fake News Media” continuously assume that President-elect Joe Biden will ascend to the presidency next January.

Last week, the mainstream media declared Democratic presidential candidate Biden as the winner of the November 3 presidential election and said that Trump has lost.

President Trump, however, has refused to concede the election, asserting that he has won. He has filed several lawsuits alleging massive electoral fraud.

Media and state officials have said that they do not have any evidence of large-scale voter fraud.

Trump, meanwhile, accused the media of supporting Biden during the election

WASHINGTON, NOV 16 (IANS): Tech billionaire Elon Musk’s private aerospace company SpaceX reached another milestone when its Falcon 9 rocket propelled the Crew Dragon spacecraft with four astronauts into orbit, becoming the first NASA-certified commercial human spacecraft system in history.

The SpaceX Crew-1 mission lifted off at 7.27 pm EST on Sunday (5.57 am on Monday India time) from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

The mission launched NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, and Shannon Walker, along with Soichi Noguchi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) for a six-month science mission aboard the space station.

“NASA is delivering on its commitment to the American people and our international partners to provide safe, reliable, and cost-effective missions to the International Space Station

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ollywood star Will Smith and K-pop stars BTS emerged as fan favourites at the E! People’s Choice Awards 2020, where artistes from the world of music, movies, TV and pop culture are voted by the audience.

Fans cast over one billion votes this year, to decide who was the best of the best in 2020, reports eonline.com.

Hosted by singer Demi Lovato, the ceremony was held on Sunday in the US.

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During her opening monologue, Lovato poked fun at her eventful year, which included calling off her engagement to actor Max Ehrich in September.

“I am so excited to be here tonight because honestly this year has been the longest three years of my life,” the singer said as she reflected on some of her biggest moments from the start of the year.

“Don’t get me wrong, it started out amazing. I performed at the Gram-

mys and sang the national anthem at the Super Bowl.

But then, Covid hit, and everything shut down.”

“So I did what everyone else did, I went into lockdown mode, and got engaged,” she quipped.

Among winners, Will Smith took home Movie Of 2020 (for Bad Boys For Life) and Male Movie Star of 2020.

Top TV honours went to Grey’s Anatomy for Show Of 2020 and its lead actress, Ellen Pompeo, won

Female TV Star of the year, reports ew.com.

In music, BTS nabbed Group, Song, and Music Video of 2020 with Dynamite, and Album with Map Of The Soul: 7.

Actress and singer Jennifer Lopez received the People’s Icon Award. Actor Tyler Perry was honoured with the People’s Champion of 2020 Award, and actress Tracee Ellis Ross was presented with the Fashion Icon Award.

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Anil Kapoor starts shooting for ‘Jug Jugg Jeeyo’

Saif Ali Khan in talks for Netflix film, says it’s a ‘wonderful script’

eteran Bollywood actor Anil Kapoor has started shooting for his upcoming film, Jug Jugg Jeeyo, directed by Raj Mehta.

The film is backed

by Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions. The filmmaker took to Twitter and shared the film’s clapboard.

“Every elders blessing ....for a long and prosperous life #JugJuggJeeyo ...the jour ney begins today...with your blessings....” Karan wrote.

Anil re-shared the picture and wrote that nothing matches the first day of shooting.

“Nothing matches the happiness, nervousness & excitement like the first day of shoot!!! #JugJuggJeeyo We are ready! #firstshot,” Anil wrote.

The film also stars Neetu Kapoor, Var un Dhawan and Kiara Advani. Other details related to the films are still under wraps.

(IANS)

ctor Saif Ali Khan has revealed he is currently in the final stage of signing a Netflix film. Khan was one of the first mainstream Bollywood stars to enter the digital medium with Netflix’s “Sacred Games” in 2018.

The new film, details of which are under wraps, would mark Khan’s return to the streaming platform.

“I recently heard a wonderful script for a Netflix movie. I absolutely loved the script, the idea and the director. We are trying to sort out the dates before we lock. We are almost there,” Khan told PTI. The 50-year-old actor has a packed line-up of releases ahead. He recently finished filming “Bunty Aur Babli 2” co-starring Rani Mukerji. Touted as a “rebooted sequel” to 2005 original, the film also features actors Siddhant Chaturvedi and Sharvari.

With “Bhoot Police”— currently being shot with actors Arjun Kapoor, Jacqueline Fernandez and Yami Gautam—the actor will

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delve in horror-comedy for the first time. Khan would then feature as Lankesh in the multilingual period saga “Adipurush”- an onscreen adaptation of the Indian epic Ramayana.

The film, also featuring “Baahubali” star Prabhas as Lord Ram, marks his second collaboration with director Om Raut after the hit “Tanhaji”.

On the digital space, Khan would feature in filmmaker Ali Abbas Zafar’s “Tandav” as a politician.

The Amazon Prime Video show is already set for a season two, Khan said.

“I am excited with my lineup. I feel ‘Bhoot Police’ and ‘Adipurush’ need to release on the big screen.

They are large screen family entertainers. I want both films to be 3D, ‘Adipurush’ definitely will be. In ‘Adipurush’, I play Raavan and it’s just so exciting.”

Khan said even though he has deep dived into his role in “Adipurush”, he is looking forward to how the character will be brought to life on-screen.

“Apart from being one of the deadliest roles in mythology and our culture, it’s also how will he be interpreted and presented.

Will he have ten heads all the time, how do you show it, bring in state of the art computer graphics. That’s am exciting area. We are working on those things,” he added.

(PTI)

Sonu Sood named Billie Eilish shares behind-the-scenes clips from ‘Therefore I Am’ video shoot state icon of Punjab

navirus pandemic.

He also helped people by giving them face shields, food, mobile phones and more. A few days ago, Sonu announced that he is all set to come up with his autobiography titled I am No Messiah.

On the fi lm front, Sonu will next be seen in the Akshay Kumar-starrer in “Prithviraj”.

(IANS)

have affected her writing and recording plans this year. “I mean, we would have made something, but it would have been completely different,” she said.

“It’s not like we’re making songs about quarantine, we’re just in a different mindset than we would be otherwise and that’s just how everything is. It’s the butterfly effect.

“It’s like if you hadn’t done this three years ago, maybe you wouldn’t be doing this three years later. It’s Eilish is one which sees how the circumstances of just the way that it is. At the the singer and a friend at- the coronavirus pandemic same time, this is the most tempting the ‘Try Not To Sing or Dance’ challenge from TikTok. Speaking to Apple Music’s Zane Lowe last week, Eilish explained

horror flick ‘Come Play’ in India on November 27

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American Music Awards on Sunday (November 22), where she is nominated for ‘Favourite Artist – Alternative Rock’ and ‘Favourite Social Artist’.

OFFICE OF THE URRA AREA VILLAGES YOUTH ORGANISATION Dimapur, Nagaland FELICITATION Achieving Academic milestone on securing the state rank 5th in NEET Exam 2020, the Urra Area Villages Youth Organisation (UAVYO) with great pride and honour conveys our indebted congratulations to MR. Bonoto P. Zimo, S/o Shri. Phukuto Zimo of Kiyeto Village for bringing recognition to the URRA Area with his outstanding performance.

We wish him success in all his future endeavours.

Müdozhoi Shijoh President UAVYO

Ghukiye Zhimomi General Secretary UAVYO

OFFICE OF THE DIMAPUR CHAKPA SENSO TELONGJEM FELICITATION

The Dimapur Chakpa Union, Dimapur Chakpa Fellowship, Dimapur Chakpatsür Telongjem, Dimapur Chakpa Students' Union. with immense pride and joy, would like to extend our heartiest congratulations to Ms. SANGLA, D/o Mr. Imlitemjen and Mrs. Adaphro for bringing laurels to the union by securing Top Six in B.A Political Science (Hons) under Manipur University Canchipur 2020.

May the Almighty God bless and guide your future endeavours.

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he Gillian Jacobs, John Gallagher Jr., Azhy Robertson, and Winslow Fegley-starrer horror movie Come Play will release in India on November 27.

The film follows two parents as they attempt to protect their young son from getting abducted by a villainous humanoid creature. Newcomer Robertson stars as Oliver, a lonely young boy who feels different from everyone else.

Desperate for a friend, he seeks solace in his phone and tablet.

It is then a mysterious creature uses Oliver’s devices to enter the world, following which Oliver’s parents (Gillian and Gallagher Jr.) must fight to save their son from the monster.

Directed by Jacob Chase, Come Play is from the house of Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Partners and Reliance Entertainment.

“For me, it appealed to me greatly to do a genre that I haven’t done much in the past. I’ve done a few things. I was in a Blumhouse movie, and I did something that was more of a horror comedy, this movie Bad Milo, but I haven’t been in a movie quite like this,” Gillian told collider.com while talking about the film.

“And so, as an actor, I’m always looking to do something that I haven’t done recently. And then, I met Jacob (Chase), the writer/director, and I thought he was so smart and such a nice person.

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time off I’ve ever had in my life, first of all. And especially since this all started like five years ago.”

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“I am overwhelmed and extremely grateful for this honour. Having been born in Punjab, this appointment means so much to me, emotionally. I am happy to have made my state proud of me and I am motivated to keep working hard,” Sonu expressed his happiness.

The decision of honouring Sonu Sood with the title comes after he earned laurels for his humanitarian work during the lockdown.

Sonu has been helping migrant workers reach their hometowns amid the coro-

illie Eilish has shared a number of behindthe-scenes clips from the filming of the video for her latest single ‘Therefore I Am’.

The LA singer followed up July’s ‘My Future’ last week with the new track, which was accompanied by a clip that was filmed in the deserted Glendale Galleria shopping mall.

Eilish shared a number of behind-the-scenes glimpses of the ‘Therefore I Am’ video on her Instagram last night (November 15), with the musician saying that the video shoot “was so chaotic LMFAO we had so much fun”.

Among the behindthe-scenes clips shared by

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CELEBRATION OF 5TH AYURVEDA DAY CUM HEALTH AWARENESS CAMP AT KEZO TOWN ON 13TH NOVEMBER 2020.

The Soyim Shuttlers, Ungma, Mokokchung would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to honourable leader Shri. Sharingain Longkumer, Speaker, NLA, under whose leadership the long cherished dream of having a Badminton Court inside Babu Tzubu Amphitheater was constructed, and was then inaugurated on 13 Nov by Mr Imtisungkum Longkumer Tatar Ungma Council Secretary. We would like to express our sincere thanks to all individuals and groups who have contributed in all ways possible for the successful completion of badminton court in our village. Our special thanks goes to the Ungma Village Council, Ungma Baptist Arogo and the Landowners for consenting the construction works and for the financial aid and unending support from so many well wishers. Last but not the least, Soyim Shuttlers as a badminton associated club would like to thank Dr Watizulu Süzümeren, Joint Secretary Badminton Association of India & Sr. Vice President Nagaland Badminton Association for his advice and guidance in making the two badminton court fully equipped till the end. May God continue to shower His blessings upon you all unceasingly.

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The 5th Ayurveda Day was celebrated at Kezo Town, Kohima District on 13th November 2020 on the Theme: “Ayurveda for COVID- 19 Pandemic”. The Programme was chaired by Dr. Seyiekhrietuo John, State Nodal Officer, National AYUSH Mission, Nagaland, followed by invocation prayer by Shri. Adi, Pastor, Kezo Town Baptist Church. Welcome address by Shri. Kechongol, Head GB, Kezo Town. Followed by a special no. from Shri. Zadewheto Zecho. Dr. Khonuo Mary Belho, Medical Officer AYUSH, NHAK gave a Speech on “Ayurveda for COVID-19 Pandemic”. Briefing on Ayurveda which is derived from 2 Sanskrit word “Ayur” meaning Life & “Veda” meaning Knowledge. Ayurveda has 3 Pillars that is Healthy Diet, Proper Sleep and Rest & Good moral character maintaining the balance of Body, Mind & Soul and thereby attaining Health. Ayurveda is giving a big role in treating Chronic and NonCommunicable Diseases such as Diabetes, Arthritis, Asthma etc. Speaking on the Theme “Ayurveda for COVID-19 Pandemic” there is no cure but advice on how to boost our Immune System. Some Medicinal plants for boosting immunity are- ginger, tulsi, turmeric, cinnamon and black pepper, they can be cooked in curry or can be boiled as a daily drink. They help in Flu, Cough, Fever, Sore throat, Asthma, Digestion and most important for boosting immunity. The Programme ended with Distribution of Ayurvedic Immune Boosters.

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Mane goal sends Senegal to Afcon finals Johannesburg, NOV 16 (AFP): Liverpool star Sadio Mane scored as Senegal won 1-0 in Guinea-Bissau on Sunday to become the second qualifiers for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) finals after hosts Cameroon.

The reigning African Footballer of the Year struck after 82 minutes against opponents reduced to 10 men by the red-carding of Jorge ‘Bura’ Nogueira midway through the second half in Bissau.

It has been a memorable five days for Mane, who scored the first goal and created the second when Senegal beat GuineaBissau 2-0 in Thies near Dakar last Wednesday.

The two victories lifted Senegal, currently the top ranked national team in Africa, to a maximum 12 points from four matches in Group I, and they qualified with two matches to spare.

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Determined to stage safe Olympics: Yuriko Tokyo, Nov 16 (IANS): Inter national Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach, who is on a four-day visit to Japan, on Monday met Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike who stated that Japan is “strongly determined” to stage “safe and secure” Olympic Games next year.

Bach arrived in the Japanese capital on Sunday for a four-day visit to review the preparations for the postponed Olympic Games with top Japanese officials, including Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga.

“Governor of Tokyo Yuriko Koike meets President Bach: We are strongly determined, together with the IOC, to stage safe and secure Olympic Games.

We will not only achieve cost reductions but leave a new model for future generations of how the Games can be organised,” IOC Media tweeted on Monday.

Earlier in the day, Bach also awarded the Olympic Order to former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the Japan Olympic Museum. “Former Japanese

On this day: Tendulkar bid adieu to international cricket

M u m b ai , N o v 1 6 (IANS): It was on this day in 2013 when Sachin Tendulkar brought an end to his illustrious 24-year journey in international cricket during which he featured in 200 Tests, 463 ODIs and one T20I. Tendulkar, who made his debut as a 16-year-old in 1989, played his last international game against West Indies at the iconic Wankhede Stadium, a Test match which India won by an innings and 126 runs inside three days. The ‘Master Blaster’ managed 74 runs before he became the priced scalp of Narsingh Deonarine in the first innings.

In his stellar career, Tendulkar scored 100 cen-

PM, Abe Shinzo, receiving the Olympic Movement’s highest award, the Olympic Order in gold. Abe helped win the Games for Tokyo in 2013. He later made a surprise appearance at the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games Rio 2016, dressed as Super Mario,” International Olympic Committee Media tweeted.

The Inter national Olympic Committee chief is scheduled to visit the Olympic village and the Olympic Stadium on Tuesday afternoon, as per Tokyo 2020 organisers.

Senegal complete their schedule between 22 and 30 March by travelling to Congo Brazzaville and hosting eSwatini, and Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp will probably request that Mane be rested. Congo have six points, Guinea-Bissau three and eSwatini none in the struggle to qualify with 2002 and 2019 runners-up Senegal.

A win for the Congolese in eSwatini on Monday would put them in pole position to reach the finals after missing out on the 2019 tournament in Egypt.

Another Liverpool star who scored was Guinea midfielder Naby Keita, but Ahmat Abdaraman levelled just before halftime for Chad, who forced a 1-1 Group A draw in N’Djamena for their first point.

Guinea top the table with eight points from four matches, but Mali can over-

take them by winning in Namibia Tuesday.

Comoros need one point

The Comoros, an island nation off the coast of Mozambique with a population of 875,000, moved within one point of reaching the finals for the first time after a 2-1 home win over Kenya.

Serbia-based Ben – full name El Fardou Mohamed Ben Nabouhane – put the Comorans ahead and Cliff Nyakeya equalised before half-time.

French Ligue 2 forward Faiz Mattoir put the home side ahead a second time four minutes into the second half with what proved the match-winning goal.

Boasting an unbeaten record in Group G, the Comoros have eight points, record seven-time African champions Egypt five, Kenya three and Togo one.

Lahore Qalandars beat Multan, to meet Karachi in PSL final K a r a c h i , N ov 1 6 (IANS): Superb all-round performance by David Wiese steered Lahore Qalandars to a 25-run win over Multan Sultans in Eliminator 2 here late on Sunday night, and into the final of the T20 Pakistan Super League (PSL).

Lahore Qalandars will clash with Karachi Kings in the final on Tuesday. The final will throw up a brand new title winner, as neither team has won the title in the short history of the tournament. Karachi Kings had earlier qualified for the final after beating Multan in a Super Over tie-breaker on Saturday.

On Sunday evening, after Multan won the toss and asked Lahore to bat, Wiese top scored with a rapid-fire 21-ball 48 not out (5x4s, 3x6s) to propel his team to a competitive 182

for 157 in 19.1 overs. Opener Adam Lyth was the top scorer with 50. Fast bowler Haris Rauf captured three wickets while Dilbar Hussain and Shaheen Afridi, both speedsters, took two wickets each.

Wiese won the Man of the Match award for his allround performance. He also took a good catch, of Rilee Rossouw off Rauf, under the floodlights.

BRIEF SCORES: Lahore Qalandars:

David Wiese bats against 182 for 6 in 20 overs (David Multan Sultans.

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for six wickets in 20 overs at the National Stadium. For Multan, veteran Shahid Afridi bagged two wickets.

And when Multan batted, South African Wiese captured three wickets for just 27 runs in four overs with his medium pace bowling to help bowl out Multan

Zaman 46, Tamim Iqbal 30, Samit Patel 26, Shaid Afridi 2/18) beat Multan Sultans: 157 all out in 19.1 overs (Adam Lyth 50, Khushdil Shah 30, Shan Masood 27, David Wiese 3/27, Haris Rauf 3/30, Dilbar Hussain 2/29, Shaheen Afridi 2/36) by 25 runs

Five ISL clubs fail to secure license from AIFF New Delhi, Nov 16 (PTI): Five Indian Super League clubs have failed to meet the AFC and national licensing criteria and will now have to either appeal against the decision or seek exemption from the AIFF in order to take part in the cash-rich event starting on Friday.

Odisha FC, NorthEast United FC, Kerala Blasters, Hyderabad FC and new entrants Sporting Club East Bengal are the five clubs which were not handed licenses by the AIFF to be able to take part in AFC

and national competitions this season.

FC Goa, ATK Mohun Bagan, Bengaluru FC, Jamshedpur FC, Chennaiyin FC and Mumbai City FC have successfully secured the AFC and National licences for the 202021 season.

These five clubs which failed to secure licenses can either appeal to the Club Licensing Appeals Body of AIFF against the decision of the Club Licensing Committee (First Instance Body) within a stipulated time or can apply for an

exemption to the Club Licensing Committee.

“These five clubs will have to appeal against the decision or will have to

Nadal eases to opening win at ATP Finals

L o n d o n, N ov 1 6 by beating the Greek 7-6 (IANS): World number (7-5), 4-6 and 6-3. two Rafael Nadal advanced Tsitsipas led 5-3 in into the second round of the tie-break of the first set the ATP Finals by disbut then lost four points in patching Russia’s Andrey a row to put himself at a Rublev 6-3, 6-4 in one hour disadvantage. and 18 minutes.

“That was the silliest “It’s important to start thing that ever happened well, of course, for the to me,” Tsitsipas said of his confidence, and winning play while leading 5-3. “I straight sets helps,” said had a ball over the net, and Nadal on Sunday as per I decided to play forehand Rafael Nadal Xinhua news agency. “I instead of a smash. I don’t runner-up Dominic Thiem know what kind of deciplayed solid with my serve. added.

Sachin Tendulkar (File) The first match of and winner Stefanos Tsit- sion that was, but it was not I didn’t suffer much, and turies across Tests and ODIs that helps to play more Group London 2020 was sipas. Austrian third seed sure enough. It didn’t take -- a record which still re- relaxed on the returns,” he played between last year’s Thiem avenged that defeat time. Just rushed.” mains unbroken. In 463 ODIs, Tendulkar scored 18,426 runs including 49 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT tons and in Tests, he has We, the bereaved family members 15,921 runs to his name, of Late Kikrulhoulie (Akru) including 51 centuries. In his Ringa, S/o Lt. Dutsoyi Ringa would like to express our sincere gratitude lone T20I appearance which to every individual, churches and came against South Africa organisations who stood by us in 2006, he scored 10 runs. through prayers, physically and emotionally during the prolonged illness and his sad demise at Mon town.

We regret our inability to thank each of you in return, however, we pray that Almighty God bless you all abundantly.

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seek exemption from sanctions if they want to take part in the ISL,” Sunando Dhar, the AIFF CEO of Leagues, Sunando Dhar told PTI. Any club which failed to secure AFC License will not be able to take part in continental tournaments likes AFC Champions League and AFC Cup even if they qualify from the ISL. Every year, some club or the other failed to secure these licenses but they seek exemption from being sanctioned.

Nineteen clubs have applied for National and AFC club licences for the 2020-21 season, out of which eight are from ILeague.

The AIFF said that a decision on the club licensing applications of eight ILeague clubs will be taken soon.

For clubs to get licenses, they need to fulfil five main criterias -- sporting, infrastructure, personnel and administrative, legal and financial. Each division has further subdivisions.

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Born : 01/02/1965 – Died 11/11/2020 Words fail to express our heartfelt gratitude to each and every individual, relatives, friends, neighbours, churches, various organizations, well-wishers, Commandant and all Ranks of NAP Training Centre, who stood by us physically, financially and spiritually during the illness and sad demise of our beloved father Lt. TEBU RENGMA on 11 November, 2020.

We regret our inability to thank every individual in person, though we remain forever indebted to you all, it is our humble prayer that the Almighty God shower His blessings upon you all abundantly.

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04/06/2005 – 09/11/2020 We, the family members of Late H. WANGPA KONYAK would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to each and everyone who helped us physically, mentally, financially and prayerfully during the prolonged illness and demise of our beloved son.

We convey our special thanks to:1. Konyak Baptist Bumeinok, Dimapur 2. KU, KNSK, KSUD, Dimapur 3. Industrial Estate Colony, Dimapur 4. Nagamese Baptist Church Dimapur Industrial Estate Colony 5. Zion School, Kacharigaon, Dimapur 6. Chen Union, Dimapur 7. Chaohnyu Nokden, Dimapur We deeply regret our inability to thank each and everyone individually for your support and contribution, but it is our prayer that Almighty God bless you all abundantly.

“It is more blessed to give than to receive”.

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1927 - 2020 The family members of LT. SÜLÜLHÜ SWÜRO sincerely express our heartfelt gratitude to all those who stood by us spiritually, physically, financially and materially during the untimely demise of our beloved father on 06.11.2020.

We would like to offer our special thanks to; 1. Chakhesang Baptist Church Kohima 2. Chozuba Village Baptist Church 3. Thüvopisü Baptist Church 4. Prayer Fellowship, Nphiecha, D-Khel, Kohima Village 5. Officers & staff of NSDCF Ltd. Kohima 6. Village Council & all frontal organizations, Chozuba 7. Chozubami Welfare Forum Kohima 8. Makhunumi Krotho, Chozuba Village 9. Neighbors, Relatives, Friends and all Well-wishers Words are inadequate to thank each and every one of you but we hope and pray that the Almighty God bless you abundantly.

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Belgium end England Floyd Mayweather comes out of retirement again Nations League hopes L o n d o n , N ov 1 6 (Agencies): Floyd Mayweather is set to make a sensational return to the ring next year with a fight lined up in Tokyo for February 28.

The boxing legend will temporarily come out of retirement again to headline an event dubbed ‘Mega 2021’ in the Japanese capital, according to La Provence, but an opponent is yet to be named.

Mayweather, 43, hinted last week on an Instagram video that he would be

fighting again in Japan - but it may not be boxing as the show he is set to be on is a new MMA event.

‘Tokyo, Japan, I will be back in 2021... Me and my team are going to do something big at the Tokyo Dome.

Japan, I’m on my way.’ The former multi-weight world champion called into a press conference on Monday to announce he would be competing on the MMA show.

Floyd Mayweather. (File) The undefeated boxer wowed the Japanese fight- defeated their kickboxing earned him £7million ing fans on New Year’s Eve hero Tenshin Nasukawa in in just two minutes. Mayback in 2018 when he easily an exhibition fight - which weather, who also has a

number of business ventures in Japan, is widely regarded as one of the greatest boxers of all time and has repeatedly ruled out a return to the ring unless he was offered the right opponent for the right money.

The American’s last professional fight was a money-spinning showdown in 2017 with UFC star Conor McGregor, which he won via a 10th-round stoppage and took home a pay cheque worth $275m (£200m) for his night’s work.

London, Nov 16 (AFP/ Agencies): Belgium ended England’s hopes of reaching the Nations League finals as goals from Youri Tielemans and Dries Mertens earned the world’s number one ranked side a 2-0 win in Leuven on Sunday. A second consecutive defeat in Group A2 leaves England down in third, five points adrift of Belgium, with just one game remaining.

Denmark’s late winner over Iceland means Belgium still need a point when they host the Danes on Wednesday to secure their place in the Nations League semi-finals in October 2021.

England dominated for long spells after conceding twice in the opening 24 minutes but failed to make it count with questions sure to be asked of Gareth Southgate’s insistence on a 5-3-2 formation.

For the first time since Belgium’s victory in the third-place playoff between the sides at the 2018 World Cup was followed by a Nations League defeat to Spain

over two years ago, the Three Lions have suffered back-toback competitive defeats.

Despite the absence of Marcus Rashford and Raheem Sterling through injury, Borussia Dortmund’s Jadon Sancho was left on the bench in favor of Jack Grealish and Mason Mount.

Grealish shone on his first competitive start, but England lacked the pace in the front three to trouble the hosts.

Belgium had gone in front early when the sides met at Wembley last month only to be pegged back and lose, but England could not repeat that trick after Leicester midfielder Tielemans’s deflected effort went in off the post after 10 minutes.

Romelu Lukaku had scored 15 times in his last 12 internationals, but it was at the other end that the Inter Milan striker made his most significant contribution with a fine header off the line to deny Harry Kane an equalizer on his 50th cap.

Midway through the half, the visitors had a mountain to climb. Declan

Rice was harshly punished for a challenge on Kevin De Bruyne just outside the area and Mertens curled the resulting free-kick perfectly over the wall to give Jordan Pickford no chance.

Belgium were then happy to sit on their lead and could have been punished with better finishing from Southgate’s men. Mount turned Grealish’s dangerous cross well over before Kane was denied from a narrowangle by Thibaut Courtois.

Chances continued to come and go for England after the break as Kane fired too close to Courtois, while Mount and Kieran Trippier wasted similar free-kick opportunities to the one Mertens dispatched.

RESULTS Slovakia 1 -0 Scotland Netherlands 3-1 Bos-Herze Georgia 1-2 Armenia Albania 3-1 Kazakhstan Belarus 2-0 Lithuania Turkey 3-2 Russia Bulgaria 1 -2 Finland Wales 1- 0 R. of Ireland Italy 2-0 Poland Moldova 0-2 Greece Slovenia 2- 1 Kosovo

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