November 25, 2019

Nagaland Post www.nagalandpost.com

Vol XXIX No. 350

DIMAPUR, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2019 Pages 12 ` 5.00

Maha: Tone of disbelief, playing on puns

India thump Bangladesh to sweep series

Iraq unrest intensifies; 6 killed in protests

national, Page 5

sports, Page 12

international, Page 9

SC’s urgent Sunday sitting on Maha crisis

NEW DELHI, NOV 24 (PTI): Supreme Court on Sunday asked the Centre to place before it on Monday morning the letters of Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari inviting Devendra Fadnavis and of the BJP leader staking his claim to form the government in the state.

In an unprecedented hearing on a Sunday, the apex court, however, did not grant any interim relief to the Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress combine to direct the Fadnavis government to undertake floor test within 24 hours and rather said that this issue would be dealt with only after perusing the two letters on Monday.

A three-judge bench headed by Justice N V Ramana said the plea of postpoll alliance, ‘Maha Vikas Aghadi’, seeking a direction to the governor to invite them to form government under the leadership of Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray would not be considered at present.

The bench also issued notices to the Centre, Maharashtra government, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on the plea filed

BJP stalwart Kailash Joshi passes away

Kailash Joshi (File)

Bhopal, Nov 24 (IANS): Kailash Joshi, one of the tallest leaders in the state and former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister, who set a benchmark for political sagacity and probity in public life, passed away here on Sunday shortly before noon.

He was 90.

Joshi was ailing for some months and was admitted to a private hospital.

His death has cast a gloom in the political circles across parties in Madhya Pradesh and in Chhattisgarh, which was part of the undivided state he headed as the Chief Minister from June 1977 to January 1978. Both the states have declared a day’s mourning. Joshi was a founding member of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, the previous avatar of the BJP, in 1951. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Madhya Pradesh CM Kamal Nath and Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel condoled the demise of Kailash Joshi.

This is it!

“Sorry Sir. All rooms taken

by MLAs. You may get a room if one MLA defects to the other camp.”

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The numbers game

288

Present strength of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly

BJP’S claim

145 Number

needed for simple majority

167 Total

BJP - 105 *Based on Ajit *NCP - 54 Pawar’s letter to Independents - 8 the Governor

Sena-NCP-Cong claim

Notices issued to the Centre, Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari’s role under scanner SC asks Centre, Fadnavis to show letters of BJP staking claim SC to examine Governor’s letter inviting BJP

by the combine seeking quashing of the governor’s November 23 order inviting the BJP leader to form government.

“As adjudication of the issues and also the interim prayers sought by the petitioners to conduct floor test within 24 hours has to be considered after perusing the governor’s order as well as the letters submitted

by Devendra Fadnavis even though none appeared for the state government, we request Tushar Mehta to produce those two letters by tomorrow morning at 10.30

am when the matter will be taken up, so that appropriate order will be passed,” the bench said. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Centre, told the top court that he is willing to produce the relevant record, if necessary, from the governor also.

Senior advocates Kapil Sibal, who appeared for the Shiv Sena, said that the way President’s rule was revoked in the state at 5.17 a.m. was “bizarre” as no cabinet meeting was held and it was not clear as to on what basis the governor

Shiv Sena - 56 170 NCP - 49 Total Congress - 44 Independents - 8 Others - 14

recommended it.

Senior advocate A M Singhvi, who represented the NCP and Congress, said that the governor’s decision to invite Fadnavis to form the government was a “betrayal” and “annihilation of democracy” and pointed out that 41 out of 54 NCP MLAs were not with Ajit Pawar as they had already sent a signed letter to the governor clearly stating that Ajit was no more in the party and the support letter given by him to Fadnavis was “illegal”.

Mehta opposed the

plea filed by the combine and said political parties do not have fundamental rights to form government and the petition should be dismissed on this ground alone.

Senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for some BJP and two independent MLAs, said that the governor’s decision to call a political formation to form the government is part of his discretionary power under Article 361 which is immune to judicial review.

“But the governor cannot just invite anybody,” Justice Ramana observed.

Invest in research at varsities: PM to Govs NNC (PB) calls for

New Delhi, Nov 24 (PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said governors as chancellors of universities should ensure that institutions of higher learning invest in research that fosters start-up culture and leads to job creation.

The prime minister made these remarks at the concluding ceremony of the 50th annual conference of governors and lieutenant governors here.

Referring to the development of tribal areas, Modi pressed for an appropriate use of technology and adoption of progressive schemes in the sphere of sports and youth development.

He also pitched for a missionmode focus to be given to meeting the development needs of 112 aspirational districts, particularly those falling in the tribal areas of the country, and to ensure that they come up above the state and national averages on the relevant development indices at the earliest.

A statement issued by the Prime Minister’s Office said Modi told the gathering that the discussion on the Jal Jeevan Mission in the conference reflected the priority given by the government to water conservation and

water management techniques that were tailored to local conditions.

In their role as chancellors of universities, the prime minister asked governors to inculcate the message of good habits of water conservation amongst students.

On the New Education Policy and the higher education sector, Modi highlighted the important role governors could play to ensure that universities invest in high-quality research.

He was of the view that research should harness cost effective innovations and technology that uses platforms like hackathons to foster a start-up culture and lead to job creation.

Referring to the ease of living initiative, the prime minister observed that state institutions need to strike the right balance between cutting redtape and too much regulations on one hand and at the same time ensure that the primary needs related to basic sectors such as health care and education were met in an affordable manner.

On agriculture, the prime minister advocated for a focus on development of agrarian economy by following a cluster approach that offered nuanced solutions.

‘Naga national unity’

DIMAPUR, NOV 24 (NPN): NNC (Parent Body) calls for “Naga national unity” keeping the best interest of “our future for freedom”.

In a press note, NNC information & publicity wing said it was imperative for Nagas, particularly the national workers, to unite at this critical and crucial stage of a political solution with Government of India. There cannot be a political solution with fragmented opinion and self- interest agendas, it added.

NNC lamented that the most unfortunate part was internal hatred and division amongst the various political groups, which was destructive and jeopardising the entire Naga people’s future.

Therefore, NNC said the council “with an open heart appeal and urge to all the groups to sincerely come together for National Unity for the sake of our future if we truly love and stand for our Homeland and our future generation.”

Meanwhile, NNC reminded about its general meeting on November 28 at Lotha Region, and has invited all concerned people and NNC members far and near in particular to attend the meeting positively in the interest of peace and unity in the Naga homeland.

JAF to continue agitation; warns of intensifying if state govt fails to act Correspondent

KOHIMA, NOV 24 (NPN): Joint Associations Forum (JAF) will continue with its first phase of agitation of wearing black badges by members of the respective unions at their respective offices.

Comprising Nagaland Directorate Ministerial Service Association (NDMSA), All Nagaland District Ministerial Service Association (ANDMSA), Trained Nurses Association of India-Nagaland Branch (TNAI) and Prison Service Association Nagaland (PSAN), the forum launched the protest on November 20 for nonimplementation of ROP Pay Anomalies Committee (PAC) recommendation.

Speaking to Nagaland Post on the sideline of the NDMSA biennial conference-cum-44th annual general meet here on Saturday, JAF convener M Renthungo Tungoe said the forum would intensify the ongoing stir, if the State government did not respond positively.

He informed this correspondent that the second

KOHIMA, NOV 24 (NPN): With alcoholism still rife and spurious liquor flooding the State, posing a serious threat to the health of those consuming alcohol, many are now wondering whether prohibition introduced exactly 30 years ago had done Nagaland any good.

In the face of growing alcoholism and associated social evils, the church led by Nagaland Baptist Church Council (NBCC) and Naga Mothers’ Association (NMA) had started a massive campaign against liquor sale in the State in the 1980s. This forced the then Congress government to pass legislation in Nagaland Legislative Assembly – Nagaland Liquor Total Prohibition (NLTP) Act, 1989 – that legalised prohibition in the State. However, 30

years down the line and with spurious liquor flooding the State due to lax implementation of the Act and young people becoming alcoholic, it is becoming increasingly clear that the Act has failed to serve its purpose.

And perhaps nothing underscores the gravity of the problem than the fact that 500 cases of alcohol and seven drugs-related cases were registered between January 2018 and August this year in the State. This was revealed to Nagaland Post by a senior excise department official.

Also, unlike the popular perception, he said most of the liquor sellers were locals, some of whom were well-connected with VIPs too. He added that many shop owners selling such spurious liquor were single mothers as they had to take care of their children. Under

the circumstances, the official explained that the excise officials usually gave warnings to such owners first and excused them because of their situations. Claiming that the excise department was doing its best to stop alcohol sale and consumption in the State, the official admitted that the situation was getting worse, adding the department even did not posses enough staff to properly enforce the prohibition. For instance, he said Kohima district had 31 staff, of which 11 were attached to check gates, while the remaining 20 were attached to office, thus leaving no staff for carrying out raids.

The excise official was perhaps not speaking without basis. A bootlegger, who was a widow and had children, told this correspondent that she sold liquor worth about Rs 50,000 and

even more every week. She revealed that most of her customers were in the age group of 15-40.

She also explained that prices often varied even for the same brand as these depended on the quality of the alcohol. “Better the quality, more the price,” she added.

A senior doctor and heath & family welfare department officer remarked that Nagaland could no longer be called as a dry State as the prohibition had been a total failure. The official said the department was very concerned over consumption of spurious liquor as it often led to death.

Dr Senti of Naga Hospital Authority, Kohima (NHAK) claimed that 99% of the liquor, which normally flowed in from the neighbouring States, was spurious. He said the problem was accentuated by the

they were all part of the same family.

Earlier, the forum reminded the government that the associations had submitted individual representations expressing their grievances and claims of anomalies to Anomalies Committee on being invited to do so. Accordingly, the committee in its report of May 21, 2018 had recommended higher pay level for specific employees, it pointed out.

However, the forum alleged that the government had failed to implement the recommendation for no valid and justifiable reason.

Mentioning that a joint representation was submitted to the government on September 12 this year demanding implementation of the recommendation, Joint Associations Forum regretted that there was no positive response.

The forum explained that it was forced to launch the stir after its ultimatum to the government had ended on November 14 without any response from the government.

Security forces bust NSCN (I-M) recruitment bid in Mon district

Youths rescued by Army and Assam Rifles personnel in Mon district. (PRO-Defence)

D I M A P U R , N OV 2 4 (NPN): A joint team of Assam Rifles and Amy personnel reportedly busted a recruitment bid that was being carried out in Mon district.

In a press note, PRO (Defence) Lt Col Sumit Sharma said the covert recruitment racket of NSCN (I-M) was busted in Mon on November 21.

PRO said, based on specific input regarding

30 years on: The Nagaland Liquor Total Prohibition Act Correspondents

phase of agitation would be in the form of mass casual leave or pen down strike, though he hoped that the government would act on the demand soon. He also hinted of a meeting with the chief secretary by next week.

Meanwhile, science & technology, information technology and new & renewable energy adviser Mmhonlumo Kikon, who attended the NDMSA biennial conference-cum-44th annual general meet as a special guest, told the members that dialogue was the way forward on any issue.

He admitted that PAC had recommended upgrade of pay levels in respect of certain category of employees and, after being examined, the government did not accept this on account that no anomalies were created by ROP Rules 2017, while upgrade as recommended would result in similar demands from similarly placed employees.

He, however, assured to play the role of a facilitator and stressed that dialogue should be the way forward, especially since

fact that many did not have the will power to curb their drinking habits, nor bothered to do health check-ups from time to time, leading to more deaths, especially of alcoholics and druggies.

According to wellknown scholar and Northfield School administrator Peluopfhelie Kesiezie, drinking alcohol was a moral issue, so it should not have been banned in the first place. He said NBCC dealt with moral and not legal issues, while banning was a legal issue.

Mentioning that NBCC did suggest the ban and stood by its stand, Kesiezie pointed out that this was a legal issue and the State government should not put the blame on the church or any other organisation alone as it had the full authority to go about and take strong ac(Cont’d on p-7) tion.

group of youth being taken

by NSCN (I-M) cadres to Aopao camp from villages under Mon district for recruitment, army and Assam Rifles pursued a bolero pickup vehicle and intercepted it on Mon-Aboi road, foiling a major recruitment bid.

Two NSCN (I-M) cadres ‘crpl.’ Loajah and ‘sgt.’

Manza were apprehended and 32 youth hailing from Laokkun, Tizit Town, Jaboka, Nokzang, Hatothi

(Naginimora) and Chingphoi villages were rescued, PRO added.

It was also revealed that youth from local areas had been lured by various groups on the pretext of providing jobs post Naga solution, PRO stated.

Meanwhile, the apprehendees and the innocent youth were handed over to the Mon police station on November 22 for further investigation.

WB: Nagaland armed police to be withdrawn from Maoist hotbed GUWAHATI, NOV 24 (AGENCIES): Six companies of the Nagaland Armed Police deployed in Ayodhya hills in Purulia district of West Bengal will be withdrawn as the Naga-peacetalks between the Centre and the Naga groups have reached the final stage. This has been done to beef up Nagaland’s internal security.

A recent MHA order asked the West Bengal government to release the six companies as they would be re-deployed in Nagaland ahead of the signing of the Naga-peace accord.

MHA sources informed that the six companies will head back to Nagaland by December second week.

“The MHA has asked the CRPF to re-deploy in the Ayodhya hills in consultation with the state,” informed a senior MHA official.

On the other hand, the West Bengal Government has requested the MHA to reconsider its decision to withdraw the Naga troops from the Ayodhya hills, which is known as a Maoist corridor joining Jharkhand and Odisha.

The Ayodhya Hills was once the hotbed of Maoists and it housed a 34-member platoon of elite People’s Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA) members – the military component of CPI (Maoists).

As a part of Indian Reserve Battalion, the Nagaland Armed Police troopers were deployed in the Ayodhya Hills in 2009.

Joint operations were launched in 2009 in Junglemahal – Left Wing Extremism (LWE) areas of West Midnapore, Purulia and Bankura districts.

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CRC leaders conference in Bangkok

Nagaland Post, Dimapur MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Ten-day research training course ends at NU Kohima

DIMAPUR: Ten-day “research methodology training course for Ph.D students in social sciences” sponsored by Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) and conducted by department of teacher education, Nagaland University, Kohima Campus, Meriema which began on November 14 concluded on November 23 at NU Kohima Campus, Meriema.

A press release by the department stated that the main objective of the workshop was to give exResource persons and delegates from different countries during the CRCILC held in Bangkok. posure on research methDIMAPUR: The second church in Malaysia, which 9, 1962. He added that Church, Malaysia. The odology and data analysis Christian Revival Church is around 29 years old. Rev. NCRC celebrated golden house selected Rev. N. to research scholars and Inter national Leaders Rev. Woh, who travelled jubilee in 2012.

Paphino as the convener to create opportunities for Conference (CRCILC) around the world to preach Expressing his grati- and Rev. Tai Ete as the secwith the theme “I will give the gospel left his job in tude for choosing Bangkok retary for the CRC Internayou the nations” was held 1990 to work for God’s as the venue for CRCILC tional Fellowship 2020. at the Church of Christ, glory. Rev.Woh said he Rev. Israkul said that ThaiResource person of Bangkok, Thailand from had organized about 1800 land needed more mission- the conference, NCRC November 19 to 21. training events till 2018 aries and mission works mission director, Rev .Dr. A press release by Na- and has about 60 thousand where only one percent was Imcha Yanger spoke on DIMAPUR: Peer mediagaland Christian Revival churches under Explosion Christian out of 70 million the topic “Here we stand”. tion forum (PMF) of Alder Church (NCRC) stated Evangelism (EE). High- people.

The conference concluded College held its first meetthat, resource persons lighting the importance of Delegates from Africa, with group talk by Dr. ing on November 23 at for the conference were international preaching, China, Malayasia, Nepal, Komuni Tow on the top- college premises, facilitated NCRC mission director he said preaching within Nagaland, Manipur, Ar- ic “the recent trends of by Peace Channel district Rev. Dr. Imcha Yanger, own church or state was unachal Pradesh, Megha- CRC women’s role in the animator, Alino S Chishi.

A press release by NCRC president Rev Dr. not enough and said that laya, Punjab, Uttarakhand church”, “the challenges of N. Paphino and vice presi- “Gospel preaching outside and Uttar Pradesh attended youth” by Rev. Tai Ete and Peace Channel desk stated dent, For Asia Evangelism the church is a must”. the conference. “prayerful leader” by Rev. that, Alino pointed out that Explosion International Rev. N Paphino in Altogether 110 del- Vangpong. The three-day the goal of peer mediation Malaysia, Rev. Voon Yuen his message shared about egates participated in the conference was organized was to help individuals Woh. the existence of CRC in conference. The next con- by Nagaland Christian and institution to maintain Rev. Woh, a Chinese Nagaland, which came ference would be held at Revival Church (NCRC) healthy, positive and safe origin who migrated to Ma- into existence with God’s Kula Lampur, Malaysia with Rev Dr. Israkul David learning environment by laysia shared his testimony revelation in 1958 and which would be hosted by Thamungraksat as the local empowering students to become productive citizens. about how he started the its formation on January Full Gospel Tabernacle coordinator.

participants to interact and clarify doubts on research related issues from the resource persons.

The release stated that different topics of research methodology were taught through different pedagogical tools like lectures, hands-on training on computer software, assignments to write research proposal, designing instrument for data collection and field work for data collection.

The release informed that 33 candidates were shortlisted for the training out of 150 applicants from all over the country. The ten-day workshop had 19 resource persons.

PMF Alder College conducts first meeting

NCC Tsg unit foundation day DIMAPUR: National Cadet Corps (NCC) cadets of Tuensang unit celebrated its foundation day on November 24 at Government Higher Secondary School (GHSS) Tuensang campus.

A press release by the unit stated that in a short speech, ANO Loyem M High School, second officer Nurul Islam, highlighted the benefits of joining NCC and encouraged the cadets to participate in camps.

The programme was chaired by CTO, James Toppo and welcome addressed was delivered by associate NCC officer GHSS Tuensang, third officer, Chongshen and special numbers were presented by Girl cadets of 1 Naga Girls Bn GHSS Tuensang and LMHS cadets and skit by the NCC cadets of GHSS Tuensang.

The programme concluded with vote of thanks by sergeant, Pusha H of Loyem M. High School and singing of the NCC anthem.

ATBC guest house dedicated

Church leaders and others at the inauguration of ATBC guest house.

DIMAPUR: The newly constructed guest house of Aboi Town Baptist Church (ATBC) was dedicated by executive secretary, Konyak Baptist Bumeinok Bangjum(KBBB), Rev. M. Chemyuh Konyak on November 22.

The construction be-

gan on April 15, 2015 with the support from all the believers of Aboi town and the fellow Christians of Mon district.

The dedication programme chaired by ATBC fellowship pastor, Manpong Konyak began with an invocation by Rev. T.

Medical award for 6 Sumi women

Dr Toshevi Keditsu Sema (Centre) with parents of the award recipients.

DIMAPUR: Six women were felicitated at the 2nd annual Dr. Toshevi Sümi Totimi MBBS Award held on November 22 at Hotel De Oriental, Kohima.

T h e wo m e n we r e A l o k a l i Ye p t h o m i , Kumsutoli Assumi, Kivikali N Chishi, Ativi K Zhimomi, Tonoli Z Kibami and Bovikali V Chophi were felicitated at the award ceremony.

A press release by trustee, Dr K & T Keditsu Foundation, Keduovinuo Keditsu stated that, Dr Thejavinuo Kire, trustee, K Y M C

spoke on behalf of the Dr. K & T Keditsu Foundation, Kaheli Jakhalu, advisor KSTH & former member of NSCW Nagaland & Khevito T. Shohe, president KSH spoke on behalf of the Sümi Totimi Hoho & Sümi Hoho respectively.

Dr. Bokai Assumi spoke on behalf of the families of the awardees.

Aboli Chike, assistant professor Oriental College Kohima chaired the programme.

Dr. Toshevi Sümi To t i m i M B B S Awa r d was an initiative of Dr.

Toshevi Keditsu Sema, the first lady doctor from the Sümi tribe of Nagaland.

She completed her MBBS in 1977 from Guwahati Medical College. The award was officiated by Dr. K & T Keditsu Foundation in collaboration with Sümi Totimi Hoho, Nagaland, and presented annually to Sümi women who qualify to study graduate medical course (MBBS) though the National Eligibility-cumEntrance Test (NEET) in India. This award comprises of a certificate and cash prize of Rs. 1,00,000.

Wan-o Missionary Atlarge.

Word of thanks was delivered deacon ATBC, Maopong.

Meanwhile, the Aboi Town Baptist Church has thanked all individuals and organisations for their support and contribution.

Vaccination camp in Longleng DIMAPUR: A total of 87 pigs and 49 dogs were vaccinated at the animal health-cum-vaccination camp conducted by ICAR KVK Longleng at Oushok village, Longleng on November 22.

A press release by senior scientist and head KVK Longleng, Dr. K. L. Meena stated that, awareness of common disease in livestock and poultry birds and its treatment was delivered by Dr. Lily Ngullie SMS (animal science). Medicines like anthelminthics, antiseptic ointments, sprays, antibiotic bolus and powder, vitamin and mineral mixtures were distributed to the farmers.

Treatment of sick animals and vaccination of pigs with swine fever vaccine and dogs with anti-rabies vaccine were carried out during the camp assisted by the VFAs of district animal husbandry and veterinary services office Longleng. Chairman of the village, Shingmei thanked the senior scientist and KVK team.

She further emphasized on the importance of skill needed on dialogue and effective communication skills. While debriefing the session, Alino shared the concepts of dialogue and enlightened the forum members that dialogue is a structured conversation or facilitator that requires a commitment to listen and speak respectfully, a conversation with the centre and not side. The programme was chaired by president PMF, Y Lichamo Tsopoe.

news in Brief PAC meeting: Public Action Committee (PAC) has convened a meeting on November 25 at 9 a.m. at Western Chakhesang Hoho office, Chakhesang Colony Dimapur. All PAC members, president and secretary of all tribal and non-tribal apex bodies, all frontal organizations-BAN, DUCCF, DCCI, GB Union Dimapur Sadar, Naga Women Hoho Dimapur, DNSU have been requested to attend the meeting positively.

CUD annual general meeting: Chang Union Dimapur (CUD) has convened its annual general meeting on November 28, 10 a.m. at the residence of its treasurer at Lotha Colony H/No.249 opposite Kachari Baptist Church. All members have been requested to attend the meeting.

36 A/C NDPP inducts new office bearers: 36 A/C Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) has inducted new office bearers with Edward Muru as president and Er. Phutovi Zhimomi as the working president; Shikali K. Jimo as the president women organisation, Tokuho Muru as the president, youth organisation NDPP Satakha and Tokugha Zhimo as vice president, parent body NDPP, Zunheboto region.

CFD ‘call together day’; new office bearers: Christian Forum Dimapur (CFD) women wing held its first “call together day” on November 19 at Bethesda Higher Secondary School, Walford Colony Dimapur.

The new team was led by Nukshila Aying Doulo as president and J Rita Kikon Achumi as secretary along with seven other members.

UCD organises seminar on research methodoloy

DIMAPUR: Departments of Education, Economics and Sociology collaboratively organized a seminar on “Research methodology” on November 23 at Unity College Dimapur (UCD).

A press release by Unity College office assistant Pradip Mandal stated that, Dr Lichumo Enie, principal, Unity College exhorted the students about the importance of research work and its applicability. Resource person for the seminar Dr Temjenwabang, HoD, History highlighted the significance of the methods to be used during the course of their study or project work.

Women educated on peace building

Resource person with participants from SJPWS.

DIMAPUR: St. Joseph Parish Women Society (SJPWS), Chumukedima, Dimapur conducted training session on dialogue under the aegis of Peace Channel (PC), with Vitono Haralu project coordinator as resource person on November 21. A press release from Peace Channel desk stated that, Vitono emphasised on

how dialogue can create a positive change in the given situation, as an essential tool for breaking down barriers in the society.

She said the intention of dialogue was not to advocate but to enquire, not to argue but to explore, not to convince but to discover.

She also said that there was a great need for women

to get involved in the process of peace building and be part of the negotiating table in lobbying, facilitating and mediating for the larger interest of the women community.

Earlier, Emilo Martha welcomed the gathering, Sr. Rose said the invocation and the closing prayer by Agnes.

SCC Tuensang celebrates 45th cultural day DIMAPUR: Sao Chang College (SCC), Tuensang conducted its 45th annual cultural day on November 22 at the college campus under the theme, “Re-presentation of culture” with Deputy Commissioner Tuensang, Mohammed Ali Shihab as special guest.

A press release by SCC media cell convenor stated that, DC in his speech said that Tuensang has been inhabited by four major tribes, where every community has rich and unique cultural items.

He therefore reminded the gathering to value the culture of honesty, hardwork, sincerity and truthfulness practiced by the forefathers.

Further, lamenting that the young people were forgetting their culture, he reminded the students that

wearing the traditional shawl was not sufficient but as youngsters it was their duty to have proper knowledge of their own culture and to be equipped in all areas.

He also exhorted the students to have determination to promote and preserve the cultural values and also visualize their aims in life to become successful individuals in the society. He expressed Penthrill Publication House (PPH) publisher Rita Krocha and advisor, IT and C, appreciation to the college Science and Technology, Mmhonlümo Kikon with Nzan Kikon at the book launch of for adopting the culture “The unlikely Indian” by Nzan Kikon on November 23 at Hotel Ura, Kohima. (PPH) of wearing the traditional items and dresses every Wednesday in the college.

Tr a d i t i o n a l f o l k dances were performed by students from different communities, while also traditional attire show, cock fight competition and various other items were showcased.

GHSS Bhandari free coaching DIMAPUR: Government Higher Secondary School (GHSS) Bhandari will be offering free coaching to all the aspiring candidates under Bhandari sub-division, irrespective of schools, for the upcoming HSLC (class 10) examination 2020. Interested candidates have been Kuhoxu village under Niuland sub-division, Dimapur district celebrated its centenary requested to register their names at GHSS Bhandari on jubilee (100 years) under the theme, “Liberated” on November 23 with WSBAK or before December 10. executive secretary, Rev.Dr Hevukhu Achumi as its speaker.

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Nagaland Post, Dimapur MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Workshop on biodiversity conservation

Training on Permaculture concludes

DIMAPUR: A six-day training on “Permaculture Design Course” organized by Land Resources Department (LRD) came to an end on November 23 at Resource Centre, Ruzaphema.

According to media cell of Land Resources Department, 24 officers and staff of the department were trained by resource persons who had earlier undergone similar training outside the state.

During the course of the training, the trainees were introduced to the history, ethics and principle of permaculture. They were also trained on the various methods of permaculture

design such as sector analysis and zoning for designing farm ,keyholes kitchen garden, polyculture and guilds, Livestock management, water and soil management, waste management, farm infrastructure, food forest management etc were some other aspects imparted during the course.

At the closing programme, director LRD, T. Renben Lotha gave away training completion certificates to the trainees. In his brief address, Renben said he was fully convinced that the objective of the training has been achieved in totality and urged them to pass on

the knowledge to others.

He said sustainability in permaculture aspect has to address the need of present generation without compromising the needs of the future generation.

Renben also expounded on the need to address the subject of sustainability in

the right perspective at the right time.

Earlier, Dr. Sshiyangba Ao presented briefing about the course while State Programme Coordinator, SLNA, Inatoli Chishi and deputy director, LRD, Puvil also exhorted the gathering.

BSI team, resource persons, officials and participants in Wokha on November 22.

DIMAPUR: Wokha Forest division organised an awareness workshop on “Biodiversity conservation: issues & challenges” for the students at GHS Sungro under Sanis subdivision, Wokha on November 22.

A press release by DFO office Wokha stated that, DFO Wokha, Zuthunglo Patton in her

speech encouraged the participants to be responsible and bring about change to make a better place for environment and biodiversity.

Resource persons for the workshop were Lansothung Lotha, FR and Dr. David Baite, scientist Botanical Survey of India (BSI). Several issues on the topic were discussed

along with powerpoint presentations, quizzes and poster presentation by the BSI team followed by documentary.

Dr. N. Odyuo, scientist, BSI encouraged the students to be informed and adapt to a lifestyle for overall wellbeing of biodiversity even for the generations to come. He urged the students to adopt

a tree each and distributed tree saplings to all the participants.

The programme was chaired by Vivika A. Sema, FR. The workshop was funded by the Botanical Survey of India under the aegis of the National Mission on Himalayan Studies Project and was organized

by Wokha Forest Division (WFD).

Naga Heritage Village gate being renovated and decorated for the upcoming Hornbill Festival 2019 on November 24. The 10day festival will commence from December 1. (NP)

PHC Mopong inaugurated

DIMAPUR: Newly renovated Primary Health Centre (PHC) Mopong was inaugurated by mission director NHM Nagaland, Dr. Kevichusa Medikhru on November 22.

A press release by Mopong Hongkong Students Union (MHSU) stated that the dilapidated building was renovated under the initiative of MHSU during the early part of 2019.

MHSU stated that PHC was renovated with the contributions from individuals,

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WEATHER FORECAST November 25

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Aizawl

Brilliant sunshine and nice

Guwahati Clouds and hazy sun Imphal

Nice with clouds and sun

Itanagar Partly sunny and pleasant

26 11 27 18 25 14 25 15

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Clouds and hazy sun

19 10

Kohima

Sun and clouds

20 11

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Pleasant with some sun

Tuensang Cooler with sun and clouds

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Zunheboto Clouds and sun; not as warm

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organizations and surrounding villages and civil societies.

Inaugurating the PHC, mission director assured that a doctor would be appointed and

by December 2019 the PHC would run smoothly without any hindrance. He also spoke on the need of an ambulance at the PHC and assured to make it a reality at the earliest.

Host of dignitaries from district administration, villagers surrounding the PHC and others attended the inaugural session.

Nagaland to celebrate Constitutional Day Dimapur: Nagaland government will be celebrating the Constitutional Day on November 26, at 10:30 a.m. at the Capital Convention Centre to commemorate the adoption of the Constitution of India as well as launching of year-long state-wide campaign on constitution and fundamental duties. Government of India has directed all the state governments to run awareness campaign starting from November 26, 2019 to November 26, 2020 with special emphasis on citizens’ duties including fundamental duties as enshrined in the Indian Constitution. The campaign will begin with functions and events on November 26, 2019 to be carried out throughout the year by the stake holders department.

EIS Dimapur holds 8th annual day DIMAPUR: Euro International School (EIS), Dimapur celebrated its 8th annual day under the theme, “One world one dream” on November 23, wherein students participated and presented various performances. A press release by EIS Dimapur principal, Sandeep K Jain stated that, Naieem Mustafa Mansury, DCP-Zone I, Dimapur graced the occasion as special guest. The function commenced with a special message on saving the environment which was presented by two class 1 students.

Welcome address was delivered by school principal, Sandeep K Jain.

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COCOMI to meet Amit Shah on Naga solution

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IMPHAL, Nov 24: A delegation of Coordination Committee on Manipur Integrity (COCOMI) will be travelling to New Delhi on Monday to hold talks with Union home minister Amit Shah on the night of the same day.

The delegation may consist of 18 to 20 members of the CSOs in the COCOMI, said a source in the umbrella body of the major CSOs on alert campaign on Naga peace talks which could have possible outcome infringing Manipur’s interests.

Even though COCOMI accepted the appointment fixed by the Union home minister through the state chief minister on late Saturday, it did not consider lifting the boycott on the Manipur Sangai Festival which began today.

While informing that the Union home minister has given an appointment to leaders of CSOs of Manipur on November 25 at 10 pm, a release signed by PRO to CM, Ch Sanajaoba Meitei appealed the COCOMI to withdraw the boycott.

The release also informed that the state government had decided to convene the state Assembly session on December 20 to fulfil another demand of the COCOMI. Sources said that leaders of COCOMI have also held a talk with chief minister and cabinet ministers late last night in which the chief minister who returned to Imphal yesterday afternoon informed about the appointment with Union home minister and state government’s decision to convene the state Assembly session.

Talking on the sideline of a function in Imphal today, chief minister N Biren Singh claimed that COCOMI had agreed to lift the boycott call and appealed the people to join the festival.

However, a marathon meeting of the executive members and consultative group of the COCOMI convened today resolved not to withdraw the boycott.

“Lifting of the boycott will depend on the outcome of the scheduled meeting with home minister Amit Shah,” a leader of the CO-

COMI announced to reporters who were at UCM office in Imphal where COCOMI called a press conference.

The press conference was proposed at 1.30 pm but it did not convene till late this evening as the meeting reportedly discussed the scheduled appointment with the Union home minister.

Earlier in the day, confusion was created among the people when a release signed by COCOMI convener Sunil Karam that went viral in the social media announcing lifting of boycott of the Manipur Sangai Festival which commenced today.

According to the viral release, a meeting of the executive members and consultation group has decided to lift the boycott while accepting the appointment with the Union home minister.

It also acknowledged the state government decision to convene the Assembly session on December 20 while urging that the house of the Assembly must pass a fresh resolution objecting any agreement on the Naga talks that hurts the interests and integrity of the state.

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Makuiluangdi Festival from Nov 28 to 30 in Senapati Kohima, Nov 24: A history-cultural confluence called Makuiluangdi Festival 2019 is being organized by Luangdimai Citizens Forum (LCF) in collaboration with Indian Council for Cultural Relation (ICCR) and the North Eastern Council (NEC) on the theme “Malanwangbo” - Return of the Native” at Makuiluangdi Village under Senapati district of Manipur from 28 to 30 November.

Convener media and publicity committee for the festival, K Elu Ndang informed that Luangdimai, also called Zeliangrong (and Inpui) people who live in four different states of the country - Assam, Manipur, Nagaland and Mizoram trace their roots to a single common megavillage known as Makuiluangdi.

The term “Luangdimai” means people of the Makuiluangdi village, where their forefathers lived prosperously, liken to a “Golden Era” and they dispersed to different directions in search of better pastures and are now settled in the present Luangdimai/ Zeliangrong territory in the North Eastern part of India. The Makuiluangdi

Festival is being organized to create a platform where all Luangdimai village representatives, visitors and participants alike can relive the rich historical and traditional ways in the actual landscape as in costumes, arts, cuisines, craft, dances and music which are strongly kept alive throughout these days, the release said.

The festival intends to reflect on the journey and the progress that Luangdimai people have made since their dispersal from Makuiluangdi about 2000 years ago, the release added.

LCF has further requested all Luangdimai villages to bring a stone each to be used in the stone-piling ceremony as a symbol of the return to Makuiluangdi.

Ndang further said that apart from online registration, the organizing committee shall also accept registration at the festival venue. Concern person/village can send SMS or Whatsapp on or before November 25 to: +919599578162 mentioning name, village and no. of persons. Further details about the festival through website: makuiluangdifestival.com, the release added.

Nagaland Post, Dimapur MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2019

NEIPF organizes sit-in dharna

The Nagaland delegates along with the Chief Convenor of NEIPF and other delegates.

GUWAHATI: The North memorandum to the Prime The Dharna was atEast Indigenous People’s Minister of India demand- tended by delegates from Forum (NEIPF) organized ing that CAB should not all the state units of NEIPF. Nagaland was represented a “sit - in” protest (Dharna) be passed.

A copy of the memo- by the Nagaland Indigenous against the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) at randum was also sent to People’s Forum (NIPF) Chachal Dharna ground, the Chief Minister of the along with members from Guwahati on November seven Northeastern States the Naga Students’ Union, Guwahati.

22. The Forum submitted a of India.

AR recovers drugs worth over Rs 2 crore

KOHIMA , NOV 24: Troops of Assam Rifles recovered contraband drugs worth more than Rs 2 Crores at Mobile Vehicle Check Post, Tengnoupal, Manipur on November 22.

A press release by PRO (Defence) stated that during a routine search at vehicle check post, troops of Assam Rifles intercepted a suspicious white Maruti Alto Car driven by H Jangkhongam Mate of Kangpokpi District. After thorough check of the vehicle, the team recovered 50 packets of Heroin weighing approximately 641 gm valued at more than Rupees 2 crores.

The apprehended individual and the

The arrested drug peddler. recovered items have been handed over to police station at Tengnoupal for further investigation, the release added.

Destination NE Festival Day 2: Jitendra Singh interacts with participants New Delhi, NOV 24 (AGENCIES): The Union Minister of State (MoS PMO) for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) said at the Destination North East Festival in Varanasi on Sunday that the North East model of development and opportunity is now being replicated across India and this has been made possible by a concentrated effort to familiarize people, particularly youth, in different parts of the country about what North East could offer them, reports Indus Dictum.

Browsing stalls and interacting with participants

Jitendra Singh at Destination NE festival in Varnasi. and visitors, most of them been overwhelming. young, on the second day of Despite ongoing exams the 4-day Destination North in some departments of the East festival at BHU campus University, students in huge in Varanasi, Singh said that numbers were seen visiting the response to the event has the stalls and intermingling

with their counterparts from the North East till almost midnight, obser ved the DoNER Minister.

He said this is a vindication of the contention that he always held, that as soon as the enormous potential and avenues of the North East are made familiar to people living in other parts of India, there would virtually be a beeline of explorers and aspirants heading for North East India.

Making a particular mention of bamboo, Singh pointed out that this is for the first time perhaps that there was an extensive showcasing of the various aspects

of bamboo use, including a bamboo idol of Buddha and a bamboo-model depicting the holy Kamakhya temple.

The positive outcome of this, he said, has been that youth and Media persons in large numbers are visiting the venue to understand how best they could also take the benefit of bamboo in supplementing livelihood sources and bringing ease of living.

There are huge reserves of bamboo even outside the North East, including in Central India, but there was little awareness and knowledge about them, and

therefore they could not be how best they could use the further their entrepreneurput to optimum use, Singh North Eastern pattern to ship plans. remarked.

We have tried to educate the common citizens, particularly youth, about how best each one of them can introduce bamboo into Dear Roly, his life routine, particularly This is a very special day because on after Prime Minister Nar- this day the bitterness of this world was endra Modi amended the balanced by the arrival of a sweet person Indian Forest Act to exempt like you. HAPPY BIRTHDAY homegrown bamboo, he Always your bro added.

In addition to food outHello birthdae gal Rolia, lets and traditional cultural It’s an honor to be a part of the same performances, the B2B busiwork group that you’re also a part of. ness meetings attracted a You make everyday at office seem like a large number of youngsters family gathering. Happy birthday! who engaged themselves From khowskamei to explore and ascertain

Sangai Festival kicks off in Imphal amid boycott call was no state or country Sangai Festival, called on which does not have issues, state chief minister at Chief the chief minister expressed Minister’s Secretariat tohis firm belief that Manipur day. would triumph over all The chief minister welissues besieging the state comed the foreign delegates because the people, the and exchanged pleasantries state government and the and gifts with them . He Central government were also expressed gratitude equally concerned of these to them for visiting the issues. state and wished them for He also called for a a pleasant stay. collective effort to fight The delegates also these issues instead of re- thanked the state governmaining divided and blam- ment and people of Maing each other. nipur for their wonderful Similar run was also hospitality. The visiting organised at Keibul Lamjao delegates also had a photo National Park in Bishnupur session with the chief mindistrict, another venue of ister. the festival.

The ambassadors and Meanwhile, ambassa- high commissioners were dors and high commission- from Brunei Darussalam, ers of different countries Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao Manipur CM N Biren Singh inaugurating the Manipur Sangai Fesitval in Imphal along with their spouses, DPR, Malaysia, Myanmar, on Sunday. (NP) who are in the state capital Philipines, Singapore, ThaiCorrespondent annual tourism festival. tive Assembly by December to take part in the Manipur land and Vietnam.

Earlier in the morning, 20 adding that Union home IMPHAL, Nov 24: Ma- Singh flagged off ‘Manipur minister Amit Shah had GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND nipur Sangai Festival, the Sangai Run’ organised as given an appointment to OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE annual tourism extrava- part of the festival in Im- COCOMI leaders on NoPEREN :: NAGALAND ganza kicked off on Sunday phal’s Khuman Lampak vember 25 at 10 pm.

Dated: Peren, the 18th Nov'2019 “He (Amit Shah) gave NO.DEF/PRN/ESSTT-10/2019/1924 amid tightened security Sports Complex.

After flagging off the the appointment, despite measure in the wake of boyCALLING NOTICE cott given by Coordination run, the chief minister his busy schedules due to Regt.

No. :1031 Committee on Manipur urged the public to fully the ongoing Parliament sesRank :- AB Constable participate in the annual sion and political developIntegrity (COCOMI).

Name :- Anato Yeptho In view of the boycott tourism festival and not to ments in Maharashtra and S/o :- Lhonito Yeptho given by the COCOMI and trust any rumour which Chhattisgarh, acknowledgVillage :Zhekiye series of bomb blasts in the may create apprehensions ing the significance of the P/Add :- Ghorapatti Colony, Near Local Ground, Dimapur capital city in the last few in the minds of the peo- grievances and demands PO/PS :- Zunehboto raised by the people of days, tightened security ple.

District :- Zunheboto He informed that he Manipur,” Singh said. measures were in place in You have been found absent from your bonafide duty with Stating that Manipur Imphal and its outskirts, along with his cabinet minparticularly where events isters had a discussion with Sangai Festival is no more a effect from 15/08/2019 without any leave or permission from of the festival would be representatives of COCO- festival simply but a matter the competent authority. This office has issue Calling Notice held in the next six days, MI, the apex body that has of pride for Manipur and three times vide, 1. NO: DEF/ESSTT- 10/2019-20/1678 Dtd. 21/08/2019 called for a boycott of the also a platform to promote till November 30.

2. NO: DEF/ESSTT- 10/2019-20/1734 Dtd. 10/09/2019 the identity of the state to Chief minister N Bi- festival last night.

3. NO: DEF/ESSTT- 10/2019-20/1758 Dtd. 21/09/2019 He also infor med the world, the chief minisren Singh formally declared You are hereby given 7 (seven) days time to report back from the festival open at a func- those present that to ful- ter said that many delegates tion held at Bheiyachandra fil COCOMI’s demand, from different countries are the date of this publication, failing which you will be declared as Open Air Theatre (BOAT) the state government has participating in the festival deserter and dismissed from service without further notice.

Superintendent of Police in Imphal’s Hatta Kangjei- decided to call the winter this year as well.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The Western Sümi Hoho through this column would like to express our heartfelt appreciation to every individuals, organisations and well wishers who supported us financially, materially, physically and in prayers for the success of 8th Sümi & Chakhesang Brotherhood meet held on 12/11/2019 at Shokhuvi Village.

We convey our special thanks to: 1. Chakhesang Public Organisation 2. Western Chakhesang Hoho 3. Sümi Chakhesang Brotherhood Co-ordination Committee 4. Sümi Hoho 5. Tokheho Yepthomi, Hon’ble MP Lok Sabha 6. K.G Kenye, Hon’ble MP Rajya Sabha 7. Neiba Kronu, Hon’ble Minister, Planning & Co-ordination, Land Revenue & Parliamentary Affairs 8. Jacob Zhimomi, Hon’ble Minister PHED 9. Tovihoto Ayemi, Hon’ble MLA & Advisor Power 10. Azheto Zhimomi, Hon’ble MLA 11. Er. Shikato Jakhalu, Er-in-Chief Power 12. Er. Kahuto Zhimomi, CE Power 13. Joseph Hesso, IPS DIG (Hq.) 14. Ahoto Andrew, Proprietor LFHSS 15. Dr. Victo Wotsa, MD. Nikos Hospital 16. Atokhe Aye, PD DRDA 17. Alezo Venuh, Envoy to Collective Leadership 18. Isak Sümi, Ato-Kilonser NSCN(K) 19. Akashe Zhimomi, President DCCI 20. Jonathan Yeptho, Lhomithi Village 21. Kiyehe Yeptho, Brigadier Rtd. 22. Feroz Khan, River Belt Colony 23. Rev. Dr. Nüvocho Dzüdo, Chairman WCBCC 24. Rev. Dr. V.K Nuh 25. Rev. Dr. Phughoto Aye 26. All Frontal Organisations of WSH 27. East Dimapur Sümi Council 28. Padam pukhuri Sümi Council 29. Aqahuto Area STH 30. GB’s, Village Council and Public of Shokhuvi Village 31 Legislators, Ex. Legislators, Public Leaders, Church Leaders, National Workers and Public of Sümi & Chakhesang 32. Sümi & Chakhesang Cultural Troupes 33. All the participants, program officials & volunteers 34. Media Fraternity Dr. Kakheto Zhimomi H. Kisheto Chishi President General Secretary DP-8621

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Maha: Tone of disbelief, playing on puns how newspapers reacted to Maharashtra political shocker

NEW DELHI, NOV 24 (PTI): Front page headlines across the country on Sunday carried matter-of-fact tones as well as those of disbelief and sarcasm, a day after morning newspapers were caught on the wrong foot following an overnight change in the political developments in Maharashtra.

Newspapers on Saturday morning had carried headlines declaring Shiv Sena leader Uddhav Thackeray to be the next Maharashtra chief minister.

However, the political scenario in the state had already changed by the time the dailies arrived to people’s doorsteps, with BJP’s Devendra Fadnavis making a sudden come back as the CM. Given the previous day’s political shocker, Sunday’s front page headlines across the country played with words to describe the surprise element of the situation. While the headline of The Hindu used ample words to point out the coup in the NCP: “Fadnavis sworn in as CM after Ajit Pawar ditches uncle”, the Indian Express wrote across the page: “While you were sleeping” emphasising the odd nature of the early morning developments.

Hindustan Times’ story on the political twist ran with “Maharashtra drama continues: Fadnavis is CM, Ajit his deputy”. English daily Times of India drew a comparison with the ongoing India-Bangladesh daynight test match in Kolkata.

Copies of local newspapers fronted with headlines on Maharashtra government formation, in Mumbai, Sunday. (PTI)

“The real Day-Night test is in Mumbai,” the headline read. Shiv Sena mouthpiece Saamna covered the event with harsh words that read: “Height of shameless politics, Ajit Pawar’s revolt fizzles out”. A few newspapers including The Sunday Guardian, Mail Today, and The Pioneer mentioned the dispute in the Sharad Pawarled NCP. While The Sunday Guardian read: “Pawar outplays Pawar in Maha stunt”, the Mail Today ran “Maha coup - the inside story” as the headline, and the New Sunday Express carried the story with “Confusion after coup”. “Pawar coup unsettles Sena,” read the Pioneer’s headline. Vernacular dailies too grabbed the chance to run witty headlines. Hindi dailies Dainik

Bhaskar and Navodaya Times (NBT) played with the name ‘Pawar’. While Bhaskar’s headline read “Pawarful Politics”, Navoday Times carried “Pawar brake” on its front page.

D r ew i n g c o m p a r i son with a game of chess due to the surprising move by the BJP, Rajasthan Patrika’s headline read: “Shah...maat...phir shanshay (Check...mate...then doubt)”. Hindi newspaper Sanmarg also compared the news to a game of chess while making a pun on the word ‘Shah’. “Sha(a)h aur maat (check and mate),” it read. Bengali daily Anandbazar Patrika compared the surprise political move to India’s retaliation across the Line of Control in 2016.

The paper ran the story with “surgical strike” as

Now, coats for cows in Ayodhya

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AYO D H YA , N OV 2 4 (IANS): With winter setting in, the Ayodhya Municipal Corporation has decided to buy jute coats for the cows staying in different shelters of the holy city.

Niraj Shukla, Nagar Nigam Commissioner of Ayodhya, said, “We are in the process of getting the cow coats made. This scheme will be implemented in three-four phases. First we are starting with Baishingpur cow shelter, which houses around 1,200 cattle including 700 bulls and the rest being cows and calves.

We have initially placed order for 100 cow coats for the calves.”

Shukla further said that the first delivery will arrive in November end and each cow coat costs Rs 250-300.

“Three layer coats for the calves are being prepared. We have asked for the use of soft clothes for the calves in the innermost layer apart from the jute which provides warmth to the body.” The commissioner said the coats for the cows and bulls will have separate designs. The bulls will have coats made only of jute,

while cows coats will have two layers. “We thought of getting coats stitched for the cows as they keep falling off,” he added.

Shukla further said, “The cow shelter will also have a bonfire to save the cows from extreme cold.

Paddy straw will be put on the floor to provide warmth to the cattle if they choose to sit.”

Mayor Rishikesh Upadhyay said, “our focus is on the service of cows. We are developing other cow shelters also and will make them the best in the state.”

its headline. A number of newspapers focussed on the late-night nature of the political turnaround.

While Bengali daily Bartman carried the headline “BJP captures Maharashtra at midnight”, Ganashakti ran with “Big forgery at midnight”.

Tamil dailies Dinathanthi and Dinakaran also focussed on the midnight angle in their headlines.

“The nation was sleeping, a political earthquake happened, unexpected twist in Maharashtra, BJP forms govt,” wrote Dinathanthi. “(BJP) forms government in Maharashtra after splitting NCP at midnight,” read Dinakaran’s headline.

Malayalam daily Deshabhimani and Kerala Kaumudi carried the headlines “Midnight treachery”

2 held with Rs 17 lakh cash in MP BHOPAL, NOV 24 (IANS): Two persons have been arrested here by the Madhya Pradesh police with Rs 17 lakh cash, suspected to be hawala money, the police said.

According to in-charge of Hanumanganj police station, Mahendra Singh Thakur, police got a tip off on Saturday that two men on motorbike were moving with cash.

Two police teams were formed to nab the suspects.

They followed the motorbike and caught Dharmendra Singh Chauhan and Dhawal Kumar Parmar with Rs 16,89,500 cash kept in a black colour bag. Both the accused are from Gujarat.

After they were brought to the police station, they revealed on interrogation that they had collected the money from the businessmen in Bhopal and were taking it to Mumbai.

The duo could not produce any documents for the cash and also failed to give any satisfactory answer to the police. The police have informed the I-T department about the recovery of cash. Further investigation is going on.

and “Strike at dark, sabotage”, respectively.

Till Friday, political pundits as well as media houses remained focused on the then ongoing talks between Congress, NCP and Shiv Sena to form the government in the western state. Some front page headlines also carried an initial disbelief after Fadnavis was sworn-in as the CM. Telugu daily Sakshi and Andhra Jyothy carried: “Maha scene reverse” and “Maratha...Ulta-Pulta”, respectively. While the Hans India’s story ran with “Maha midnight stunner”, Hindi daily Hindustan carried a proverb depicting something that changes instantly.

“Maharashtra me pal me tola, pal me masha,” it read. As most newspapers remained in the ambit of being witty or even sarcastic, some went ahead and printed front pages with rather hard-hitting and unusual headlines.

“Chichen coop...government cackle at dawn after a midnight start,” read Telugu daily Eenadu’s headline. Known for its blunt cum catchy headlines, The Telegraph carried “We, the idiots” as the headline, hinting at the beginning of the Preamble to the Indian Constitution with “We, the people”.

Deccan Chronical and Asian Age, going a step forward, printed the Sunday paper with something readers don’t expect to find in daily newspapers: “WTFadnavis”.

5 Puri says Manoj Tiwari will be Delhi CM NEW DELHI, NOV 24 (IANS): Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Sunday announced that the BJP will contest the upcoming Assembly elections in Delhi under the leadership of its state unit chief Manoj Tiwari, adding he will not rest until the actor-turnedpolitician becomes the Chief Minister.

Puri, later clarified he only meant that the BJP will win the Delhi elections under Tiwari’s leadership. As the co-in-charge of Delhi BJP, Puri made the announcement while addressing the party workers here. “We are going to fight the elections under the leadership of Manoj Tiwari. We will ensure he will become the Chief Minister,” Puri said. The party workers welcomed the announcement with “Abki Baari Manoj Tiwari” (This time it will be Manoj Tiwari) and “Jai Shri Ram” slogans.

Later, in a tweet in Hindi, Puri said what he had meant was that the BJP will win under the leadership of Tiwari and that party has not nominated anyone for the post of Chief Minister, so far.

“The BJP is headed for victory in Delhi. The party has so far not nominated anyone for the post of Chief Minister. Manoj Tiwari is the president of the Delhi BJP. The party is working vigorously under his leadership. My statement meant that the BJP would win the upcoming elections under his leadership with a huge vote,” he tweeted.

Never had desire to enter politics: PM Modi

Narendra Modi (File)

New Delhi, Nov 24 (PTI): “I never had the desire to enter politics, but now that I am a part of it I give my best on how to work for the people,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday.

Interacting with a group of National Cadet Corps cadets during his “Mann ki Baat” radio programme, Modi also said that as an NCC cadet in his school days, he never got punished.

Modi admitted that “due to Google”, his reading habits have suffered as there is a shortcut available to find references.

When one of the cadets asked him “had you not been a politician, what would you have been,” Modi described it as a “difficult question”.

“Now this is a very difficult question because every child goes through multiple phases in life. Sometimes one wants to become this, sometimes one wants to become that, but it is true that I never had the desire to enter politics, nor I ever thought about it,” he said.

He said but now that he

is a politician, “I keep thinking how I can work for the welfare of the country.”

The thought that had he not joined politics, what would he be doing never crosses his mind, Modi said.

“Now, wherever I am, I should live life to the fullest and I should wholeheartedly work for my country ... I have now dedicated myself for this purpose only,” he said.

Responding to a question on whether he gets time to watch television and read books, he said he was always fond of reading. He had little interest in watching films and he watches very little TV. “I used to read books.

But these days I am unable to read and due to Google, the habit of reading has deteriorated because if you want to seek a reference, then you immediately find a shortcut. As is the case with everyone, certain habits of mine have also been spoilt,” he said.

In response to a question on his NCC days, he said he was never punished “because I was in a way quite disciplined.”

He said once a misunderstanding had crept up when he climbed a tree at an NCC camp to save a bird entangled in a kite string.

People first though he would be punished for indiscipline but his action later earned him praise, he recalled. During the programme, the PM also talked about the significance of Armed Forces Flag Day on December 7.

BJP running away from proving majority: Cong

Senior Congress leaders Randeep Surjewala and Prithviraj Chavan address the media at Supreme Court, in New Delhi, Sunday. (PTI)

NEW DELHI, NOV 24 (PTI): Demanding a floor test immediately, the Congress on Sunday alleged that the BJP is “running away” from proving a majority in the Maharashtra Assembly as it does not have the required numbers.

Congress leader and former state chief minister Prithviraj Chavan in a joint plea by the Congress-NCPShiv Sena said they have sought the Supreme Court’s intervention to order a floor

test immediately.

C o n g r e s s ’s c h i e f spokesperson Randee p Surjewala said the current government in the state is “illegitimate” and a floor test is the only solution.

In a dramatic development on Saturday morning, Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Devendra Fadnavis took oath as the chief minister and Ajit Pawar of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) was sworn-in as the deputy chief minister.

The move jolted the the Congress, NCP and Shiv Sena who were giving final touches to government formation in the state but rattled the NCP the most due to Ajit Pawar’s rebellion.

NCP president Sharad Pawar had snubbed Ajit Pawar for taking decisions unilaterally.

The BJP and Ajit Pawar are running away from a floor test as the CongressNCP-Shiv Sena combine

has the majority, Surjewala claimed.

“Our demand is simple.

Let us have a floor test and whoever has the majority will be established. BJP and Ajit Pawar are shying away and running away from proving majority on the floor of the House.

“The moment a floor test is ordered, our majority will be established and it will be proved that BJP in a surreptitious midnight operation using the office of the governor constituted an illegitimate government,” he said.

The Supreme Court on Sunday asked Solicitor General Tushar Mehta to place before it on Monday morning the letters of Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshiyari recommending revocation of President’s rule in the state and inviting Fadnavis to form government.

In the special hearing on a holiday, the apex court also issued notices to the Centre and the Maharashtra government on the petition filed by the Shiv Sena-NCPCongress combine against the governor’s decision to swear in Fadnavis as the chief minister.

LU C K N OW, N OV 2 4 (IANS): Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has expelled five-time MLA Ram Prasad for indiscipline and antiparty activities.

The party also suspended three former MLAs from Basti-- Rajendra Chaudhary, Doodh Ram and Jitendra Kumar from the party on Saturday. BSP Basti district president Sanjay Dhusia said that the leaders had been involved in anti-party activities for the past several months and had been given several warnings.

Sources said that the expelled leaders would now join the Samajwadi Party.

Ram Prasad Chaudhary, a former MP and a minister in the Mayawati government, told reporters that he had not yet made up his mind about it.

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Cash for votes

hatever is happening in Maharashtra is pointedly related to the huge financial prowess of the nation’s commercial capital-Mumbaiwhere political parties want their share of the cake and what more than being in power? The current political wrangling in Maharashtra between the BJP and the new combination, the Shiv Sena, NCP and Congressis also about getting their hands on the cash-rich state.

The financial aspect for political parties come through the now controversial electoral bond which has been on the news. On January 2, 2018, the government had notified the Electoral Bond Scheme 2018. It was touted as an alternative to cash donations and to ensure transparency in political funding. Only political parties registered under Section 29A of the Representation of the Peoples Act, 1951 and has secured no less than one per cent votes in the last Lok Sabha elections are eligible to receive electoral bonds.The electoral bonds are available in denominations from Rs 1,000 to Rs 1 crore. The bonds remain valid for 15 days and can be encashed by an eligible political party only through a bank account with the authorised bank within that period only.Every donor has to provide his/her KYC detail to the banks to purchase the electoral bonds.

The names of the donors are kept confidential.ADR's findings reveal that the scheme brought a windfall for the ruling BJP. According to audit reports and income tax reports submitted by parties to the Election Commission, the BJP has been the biggest beneficiary.The opposition has alleged that the ruling party bypassed the RBI and the Election Commission to amass a total of ` 6,128 crore worth of electoral bonds since March 2018. The Congress leaders cited documents accessed through RTI to assert that an extra window for sale of electoral bonds was created on two occasions - before the Karnataka Assembly elections in May 2018 and once again before the Assembly elections in Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram, Rajasthan and Telangana in November-December 2018, to garner funds from corporate houses. The bond system was introduced by the Modi government to check black money. Whether lack of transparency is achieving that or not is the question. The EC and central government have taken contrary stands. The EC told the SC that electoral bonds, contrary to government claims, wreck transparency. This however does not ensure the argument that it has become transparent.

It remains opaque and allegations of manipulations through “open” system are rampant.This is what needs a review, which the EC apparently also wants but the constraints are that willy-nilly all political parties are on the same page. When in power they behave in the expected known fashion and when not they raise similar “concerns”. The people now have to be serious and act for results. It is not easy. If not checked, the subversion of the system would continue. The electoral bond issue is in need of strict scrutiny and that will have to be done by the Supreme Court. Parliament will not do it since the ruling party enjoys unbridled majority in both houses of parliament. It is ironic that the electoral bond which was supposed to be meant to check black money flowing into political parties itself does not seem to be transparent. It is ironic that the party that boasts of being a party with a difference and against corruption, does not see the opaqueness of the electoral bond as a tool for donation of black money.

DailyDevotion Direction of Focus

Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their masters…, so our eyes look to the Lord our God… —Psalm 123:2 This verse is a description of total reliance on God. Just as the eyes of a servant are riveted on his master, our eyes should be directed to and focused on God. This is how knowledge of His countenance is gained and how God reveals Himself to us (see Isaiah 53:1). Our spiritual strength begins to be drained when we stop lifting our eyes to Him. Our stamina is sapped, not so much through external troubles surrounding us but through problems in our thinking.

We wrongfully think, “I suppose I’ve been stretching myself a little too much, standing too tall and trying to look like God instead of being an ordinary humble person.” We have to realize that no effort can be too high.

For example, you came to a crisis in your life, took a stand for God, and even had the witness of the Spirit as a confirmation that what you did was right. But now, maybe weeks or years have gone by, and you are slowly coming to the conclusion— “Well, maybe what I did showed too much pride or was superficial. Was I taking a stand a bit too high for me?”

Your “rational” friends come and say, “Don’t be silly.

We knew when you first talked about this spiritual awakening that it was a passing impulse, that you couldn’t hold up under the strain. And anyway, God doesn’t expect you to endure.” You respond by saying, “Well, I suppose I was expecting too much.” That sounds humble to say, but it means that your reliance on God is gone, and you are now relying on worldly opinion. The danger comes when, no longer relying on God, you neglect to focus your eyes on Him. Only when God brings you to a sudden stop will you realize that you have been the loser. Whenever there is a spiritual drain in your life, correct it immediately.

Realize that something has been coming between you and God, and change or remove it at once.

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Whenever I think of the past, it brings back so many memories. ~ Steven Wright

Nagaland Post, Dimapur MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Modi needs to invent new Economic mode

Neither the government nor the private sector can manage economic affairs Airfaresbound to create new records

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he latest privatization of five government entities is a move to raise Rs 1.05 lakh crore by diluting government equities.

Simultaneously the private gasping telecom companies are given two more years to pay Rs 1.47 lakh crore government dues.

The state finance ministers of Kerala, West Bengal, Delhi, Rajasthan and Punjab have sent SOS as they say they are facing “acute pressure” on their fiscal situation due to the delayed payment of GST share.

The RBI initiates insolvency proceedings action against DHFL. It has liabilities close to Rs 84,000 crore of which Rs 19,000 crore was diverted to its related DHFL’s related entities, notes forensic audit

by KPMG. It is one of the largest swindling after the IL&FS in less than two years.

The DHFL is responsible for one of the worst financial crisis leading to the crash of PMC bank.

The SEBI tells listed firms to disclose default within 24 hours from the 30th day. It also raises portfolio management sechemes (PMS) to Rs 50 lakh from rs 25 lakh. It indicates that the

sector has more to spill out than apparent.

This all has hit the growth of different sectors and jobs are not easy to find. The government’s own data and the latest Care Ratings study on employment growth show the slowdown is affecting the jobs. It has come down to 3.9 percent in 2017-18 and 2.8 percent in 2018-19 as the core industries witnessed virtually a negative growth in hiring. Even the booming secondary sector of services and IT now appears to be gasping as packages are reduced.

Consumption as per data is coming down.

Certain experimentations like note-ban have not apparently helped. The year of the ban saw 16.9 percent growth in jobs. The following years show critical trends.

The NITI Ayog vice chairman now has second opinion about the shaking event.

Does it mean that black money is really not that dark as it is painted?

The Narendra Modi government should see it as an opportunity and not a problem. The economy has never been easy for any government to understand.

Is there something

amiss in the financial sector? Has the 1991 promise of liberalisation and a new finance model, euphemistically called Manmohanomics, not succeeded? No one answers it. Neither anyone tries to look for a new model or initiate a discussion.

In the face of it another spree of disinvestment even in bluechip companies like Bharat Petroleum, Concor of Indian Railways, Tehri Hydro (THDC), North east Shivaji Power Corporation and move to transfer management control of a few is not easy to understand.

The government departments often say that it is not its job to manage business. If that is correct it tells volumes.

It can even lead to a question whether there should be a government or not.

Are the private corporate efficient? The answer is again a no. Does it mean that neither the government nor the private sector can manage economic affairs?

The nation needs to find the right model to come out of the morass that is leading to rising prices, large swindling, larger extortion by banks like SBI and higher rate of

failures of the private and systematic move to hand over the navratnas – people’s jewels – to the same private player.

The nation has seen that conspiratorial mergers of Air India and Indian Airlines led to momentary profits of some private sector giants like the Jet but ultimately they failed the nation.

Now Spicejet is in a billion dollar crisis. Other airlines may not be Sarkar in ship shape.

As it is developing airfares are bound to create new records.

The recent mergers of banks have shaken public confidence. People feel their deposits are in unsafe hands.

They are questioning the “success” of the largest SBI that earns more from levying illegal and unethical charges on depositors than from its core business.

Thet PMC bank failure may not be an isolated incident in the cooperative sector. Montioring of 1542 urban coop and thousands of rural coop banks is weak.

Else it would not have been possible for the RBI to ignore the links between DHFL’s chief Variam Singh and HDIL. A whistle-blower

sing alert was ignored! This failure is leading to an untold crisis of confidence in the finance sector.

The GST also needs a relook. Levying it on small units has led to closure of units – a reason for job losses.

It has also forced many entrepreneurs to turn traders – may be a reason for slowdown in many sectors.

In a situation like this the rising fees in the education sector is setting not an ideal model. It is throwing capable people out as they cannot afford an oppressive model. The private education is in a financial and ethical mess.

The governments are more into window-dressing, including the latest, supposedly one of the largest, disinvestment in an era where private and public are not succeeding. That is the most critical question. The Nobel foundation can give awards for poverty studies but they have not given one award for suggesting the right financial model to rescue the world since the fall of the Soviet Union. The following decades have only seen looting of the public sector across the world – the most glaring being the 1997 collapse

Post-mortem

Case for prioritising investment in human capital in Nagaland

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echnology today is disrupting the lives we lead in many ways. One common apprehension is job security particularly of jobs as we know today. The assumption generally is that automation will lead to loss of jobs. While there is some truth in it, there is yet another dimension that is not widely known. Whiletechnology will eventually replace low skilled, semi and unskilled jobs,the age of technology willusher ina host of innovative jobs whose nomenclature we may not yet know. According to a Research firm Gartner, more jobs will be created than lost by automation - Though 1.8 million jobs will be eliminated by 2020, but 2.3 million new jobs will be created by then.

(STAMFORD, Conn., December 13, 2017).However, it is clear that the skills required for the new jobs will demand newer skill sets. A research report by Mckinsey Global Institute titled “Jobs Lost, Jobs Gained: workforce transition in a time of automation” says that by 2030, 75 million to 375 million workers (3 to 14 percent of the global workforce) will need to switch occupational categories. Moreover, all workers will need to adapt, as their occupations evolve alongside increasingly capable machines.

In this context, the World Development Report 2019by World Bank is an interesting read. It alerts us to the urgent need for policy makers to prioritise investment in human capital as rapid uptake of automation will peg the premium on high-order cognitive skills across countries.

Human capital is the asset that is created through building knowledge, skills enabling people to be productive members of society. The report points out that automation is reshaping work and the skills demanded for work and the demand for advanced cognitive skills and socio-behavioral skills is increasing, whereas the demand for narrow jobspecific skills is waning. The World Bank has come up with a Human Capital Index (HCI) in the said report. This HCI measures how much human capital can a child born today expect to acquire by age 18, given the risks to poor health and poor education that prevail in the country where she was born - how current health and education outcomes will shape productivity for the next generation of workers.

So what are the ingredients to building human capital? The HCI lists three ingredients that reflect build-

ing blocks of the next generation’s human capital, namely , Survival (Will kids born today survive to school age - under-5 mortality rate), Education (How much school will they complete and how much will they learn? - Quality adjusted school years that is focused on learning outcomes as opposed to mere school enrolment /attendance)and Health (adult survival rate and the prevalence

of childhood stunting).The Report advocates for strong skill foundation aimed at developing advanced cognitive skills, sociobehavioural skills, and skills predictive of adaptability. It alsoillustrates that the architecture of the brain forms from the prenatal period to age 5, and so this is an important stage for developing cognitive and socio-behavioral skills.

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The short point is that humans would need to acquire higher cognitive skills and sociobehavioral skills that cannot be replicated

by Machines or for humans to interact with advanced intelligent machines.Thus, access to effective quality healthcare services, nutrition and quality education beginningespeciallyat early years is the key.

The followingstatistics raises a red flag forboth State Policy makers and Implementers: - Under 5 Mortality Rate for Nagaland is 37 (NFHS-IV) - Prevalence of stunting in children under age five in Nagaland is 29%. (Children in India,2018)Stunting is associated with cognitive and educational deficits in late adolescence.

- Nagaland is among the top 7 states carrying the disease burden attributed to malnutrition in children.Of the total deaths in Nagaland, deaths of children between 0-14 years account for 11% out of which 31.8% is attributed to nutritional deficiencies (“India: Health of the Nation’s States — The India State-Level Disease Burden Initiative” ICMR, PHFI, Institute for Health Metrics

and Evaluation ) - The literacy rate in 2011 stands at 79.6 (Office of RGI). However, this figure is for aged 7 years and above.

There are many prog rammes/inter ventions in place that have beenlaunched and supported

by Government of India to address these challenges on the health and nutrition front.So the task is more their effective implementation backed by close monitoring. Apart from targeted inter ventions in Health and Nutrition, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has also released “Journey of the First 1000 Days” under the Rashtriya Bal SwasthyaKaryakram (RBSK) which is available at https://nhm.gov.in/images/pdf/programmes/ RBSK/Resource_Documents/Journey_of_The_ First_1000_Days.pdf. However, one critical area that is probably not so much in focus as it shouldbe is, perhaps, ensuring quality education. While Nagaland has improved one position, it ranks 7th out of 8 Small States in overall Performance and Rank in School Education Quality Index 2019 recently released by Niti Aayog.

Centre on the Developing Child, Harvard University also illustrates that much of the cognitive brain development in a child happens in the early years of life.

The emotional and physical health, social skills, and cognitive-linguistic capacities that emerge in the early years are all important prerequisites for success in school and later in the workplace and community.

of Asian tigers and 2007-08 western giant banks. India unfortunately has gone into the IMF-World Bank trap of privatization. It has failed the world. India claiming to be vishwaguru needs to devise a new model and junk it.

The Modi government has the opportunity to call for an open and structured discussion on the failure of the private sector across the world. The country needs an effective solution and sustainable new economic and financial model.

Successive failures for three decades of the private are not cause for celebration.

It definitely calls for looking at the era of building public sector and nationalization of the 1950s and 1960s. That was the era when private loot was stopped. Post-1991, the same loot model was reinforced and to justify even people-oriented banks were forced to become exploiters. Piecemeal steps by the government would not solve the most critical problem of public welfare.

Let the people and government come together for new economic model. If that means selective closure as the nation did in case of RCEP let it be so.

Climate change is affecting people’s ability

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nd when that happens, it is children who suffer the most. Because they are still growing, children are at greatest risk of injury, disability and death caused by the impacts of climate change. They are less equipped physically, mentally and emotionally to cope with life-threatening conditions. The greatest killers of children – malnutrition, diarrhoeal disease and malaria – will get worse because of climate change. Children living in developing countries face the greatest risks of all, not because climate change effects will be any worse there than in other countries, but because poverty limits their ability to respond.

The world's poorest children struggle to survive every day. Because they don’t eat enough nutritious food, children get sick and they can’t go to school. When they don’t get an education, their chances of escaping poverty are greatly reduced.

These children's own children will likely be born into poverty. This is how the cycle continues.

Across the world, many children are constantly hungry because their families can’t provide them with the food they need. There’s an urgent need to help their environment and improve their lives.

In Kenya, children like Imuse cry from the pains of hunger. His mother says, "I cry too. I cry for my children when they plead for food I don't have."

In Ethiopia, Bilku worries about her baby Nesredin who is very weak. Almost all of Bilku's crops died because of an extended drought. Even her animals are struggling to survive.

Climate change is changing Bilku's and Imuse's homes for the worse. Extreme weather and natural disasters continue the cycle of food shortages, bringing along with them political instability, sickness and violent conflict.

Imuse's and Bilku's stories are sadly not unique. To break the cycle of poverty and instability, World Vision is working with communities around the globe on lasting solutions.

(World Vision)

The dual strategy for Nagaland for fostering strong skill foundation must be – (i) Introducing and stressing on quality education in the early years particularly at pre primary school level and (ii) improving learning outcomes at primary and secondary levels.Earlier, in line with the thrust of governments across states toimprove“access” to education, the emphasis was on school enrolment and atten- Sir, dance. However, now States It would be of great help towards keeping increasingly are shifting the focus on improving learn- our towns and cities clean, if mass social work ing outcomes. Har yana was conducted at least once every month. The Government’s ‘SakshamG- moment Hornbill Festival is about to start, one hoshna’ programme, Delhi notices all the heavy social work being conducted Government’s Chunauti to keep our towns spotless clean. Rather than wait 2018,Mission Buniyaa- for such occasions, it would be more expedient disetc are such initiatives. for the citizens to collectively keep their coloNagaland must also pro- nies clean through monthly social works. This actively come up with a way, the towns will wear of look of cleanliness workable strategy to im- throughout the year instead of only at the tail prove and measure learning end of the year. Social work can also be taken in turns even within the colony where a roster can outcomes.

This because the State be maintained. This way people can be delegated Policy makers and Imple- the task during certain days of the week or on a menters owe it to the future weekly basis. We talk about clean Nagaland but generation to properly equip unless there is a proper system of regulating the them so as to prepare them task it would be all in vain. Once or twice a year to face the challenges of clarion call for mass social work is not really ideal as people tend to slack in maintaining the tempo. their times.

Social work needs to be on a regular basis and (Limatula Yaden, can involve children’s group as well. This way, Additional Director they can also make social work a routine in their General, DGHRD, growing years and thereafter.

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‘No power can stop Ayodhya Ram temple construction’ PANDU (JHARKHAND), NOV 24 (PTI): Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said no power in the world could get in the way of construction of a “grand” Ram temple in Ayodhya.

Addressing a poll meeting here in Bishrampur assembly constituency, the minister also noted that the Rafale fighter jets, acquired by the country from France, were capable of destroying terror camps across the border.

Amid “Jai Shree Ram” chants, he said, “A grand Ram temple will be built in Ayodhya and no power in the world can stop that from happening. The path for construction of the temple has been cleared by the Supreme Court.”

Talking about the abrogation of Article 370 in Kashmir, the veteran BJP leader said, “In 1952, Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee (founder of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, the predecessor to the BJP) had said that there cannot be two Constitutions, two prime ministers and two flags in one country. We have fulfilled his dream and lived up to the promise made in our poll manifesto.”

Condemning the Maoist violence over the past two days in the poll-bound state, he said, the BJP governments at the Centre and the state would give a befitting reply to those responsible for the attack. “I have seen

a couple of incidents happening in Jharkhand. You should be rest assured that the BJP governments at the Centre and the state will not allow anybody to use guns.

A befitting reply will be given to them,” he insisted.

Left-wing extremists killed four state police personnel in Latehar district and gunned down two persons, including a local BJP leader, in Palamu district in separate ambushes on Friday and Saturday.

Slamming the Congress, Singh said that the party’s efforts to taint the reputation of the central government with corruption allegations failed to bear any fruit. “The allegations of corruption in Rafale deal were aimed at maligning the government’s image. The Congress tried hard... but its efforts were futile. I visited France to receive the fighter jet and also flew a sortie in one of the aircraft,” the defence minister asserted.

He said the country had sent out a clear message that it would not cower in

Filing review petition will harm Advertise post Govs, LGs are ‘most important Hindu-Muslim unity: Hasan Rizvi vacancies by link’ between Centre, states: Prez

Ghayorul Hasan Rizvi NEW DELHI, NOV 24 (PTI): Filing a review petition challenging the Supreme Court’s Ayodhya verdict will not be in the interest of Muslims and will “harm” Hindu-Muslim unity, National Commission for Minorities chairperson Ghayorul Hasan Rizvi said on Sunday.

The minority panel chief said filing the review petition would send a message to the Hindus that they were trying to put roadblocks in the way of building the Ram temple.

He also urged the Muslim side to accept the fiveacre alternative land to be given for a mosque, saying they would be respecting the judiciary by doing so.

In an interview to PTI, Rizvi said the NCM had held a meeting after the Supreme Court verdict and all its members in one voice had said the verdict should be accepted.

The NCM chairperson said Muslims should help in building the temple in Ayodhya, while Hindus should help in the construction of the mosque. He said it would prove to be a mile-

stone in strengthening the social harmony between the two communities.

According to Rizvi, filing of the review petition would send a message to the Hindus that the Muslim community wanted to put roadblocks in the way of building of the Ram temple in Ayodhya, which he said would “harm” Hindu-Muslim unity.

“Review petition should not be filed at all because all sides, including the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) and the Jamiat Ulema-i-Hind, had promised that the verdict given by the Supreme Court will be respected,” Rizvi said.

He alleged that Muslim bodies like the AIMPLB and the Jamiat were going back on their word after making the proclamation that the apex court’s verdict would be respected.

“Not just now, for years they have been saying that they will accept the verdict by the Supreme Court, then what is the need for review?”

Rizvi asked.

He wondered what was the point of the Muslim bodies in filing a review petition if they were also saying the review petition would be rejected “100 per cent”.

“The common Muslim of this country is not in favour of a review petition because he or she does not want that matters which have been settled are again raised and the community gets caught up in such things,” the NCM chief said.

2019: ANTPEUU

D i m apur , N ov 2 4 (NPN): With no positive response from the responsible authorities, the All Nagaland Trained Physical Education Unemployed Union (ANTPEUU) during its general meeting resolved to pressurise the authorities to advertise the post vacancies by this year (2019) itself.

In a press statement, the union president Kivilu K Kiba and general secretary Imchatsung stated that rounds of deliberations were initiated by ANTPEUU with responsible authorities wherein it was resolved that advertisement for filling up the existing vacancies shall be published in local paper by second week of November 2019. However, no advertisement for the post of physical education trained was published or initiated till date. Therefore, the members resolved to strengthen their demand and reaffirmed to stand united in order to ensure that justice is delivered.

Stating that many of the trained unemployed physical education trained cadres were on the verge of becoming overage, the union asked the concerned authority, “who will take responsible for the over-aged graduates that arises due to delay in advertisement?” It further asked the government where would all the trained unemployed go or do if proper platform was not given to qualified candidates since it was the government responsibility to tackle the issue.

30 years on: The Nagaland Liquor Total Prohibition Act

And looking into the reality of the issues being faced today, he said reviewing the policy should be the first priority of the government now. He alleged that the government was hiding in the shadow of the church and other organisation because it was scared to face the public.

Stating that the church played a big role in a Christian State, Kesiezie, however, alleged that it was not doing enough in Nagaland.

The church should do more and put forward the gospel and spread the word that God loved even the alcoholics without condemning them, he added.

Meanwhile, when

contacted, NMA adviser Rosemary Dzüvichü explained that the association, along NBCC, had campaigned for prohibition as alcoholism and drug abused had become a social menace then.

However, seeing the current situation, she said the association was in favour of reviewing the legislation. And each time the State government held consultation, NMA insisted that NBCC too should be made part of it, which the former was yet to act upon as the church body was not invited to the two such consultations, she added.

Dzüvichü mentioned that NMA’s main concern was spurious liquor and alcoholism, even among

women.

She alleged that spurious liquor was readily available in roadside shops selling cold drinks, pan, photo chips, etc, yet these places were rarely raided as the government agencies, including the police, had turned a blind eye towards them. She said she felt that there was a nexus between the bootleggers and law enforcing agencies.

Pointing out that it was an open secret that alcohol was readily available at government functions and parties, she wondered who would enforce the law if the law enforcers themselves behaved like this.

Stating that it was time to renew and review the NLTP Act, the NMA ad-

PM thanks people for showing maturity after Ayodhya verdict

was impacting their health often leading to death.

Wanting the health & family welfare department to also take up the problem in right earnest and make people aware about the hazards of alcohol consumption, she also questioned the silence of public voice despite the issue concerning the future of youth.

On behalf of NBCC, its general secretary Dr. Z Kehyo admitted that the council did propose the Act, but stressed that the government should have come up with a strong mechanism to implement it.

Admitting that NLTP Act had not been a success and that it had failed to

help the people, he said the council was now looking forward to come up with practical solutions. He said NBCC was always open to go discussions on the issue.

While stressing that blaming each other would not help, he said the situation had become so bad now that “we need to start helping the people and come up with a better solution”.

Kehyo asserted that NBCC was ready to hear and discuss the issue, but regretted that the council could not send its representatives to the last two consultations held by the government as it had received the invite at the eleventh hour.

Ram Nath Kovind people and representatives of different organs of the state.

While referring to the gubernatorial post as having the “colonial legacy of inaccessibility” with common people, the president urged governors to make conscious efforts to connect with them and dispel any perception of the Raj Bhavan being beyond the reach of the people.

The conference laid emphasis on tribal welfare and issues related to water, agriculture, higher education and ease of living.

During the meeting, five groups of governors submitted their reports on these issues, and deliberated and identified actionable points in which governors can play a facilitating role.

The conference took a keen interest in the tribal welfare issue and pointed out that policies for tribal uplift had to be tailored in accordance with local requirements.

Kovind said that the discussions held by Governors and Lt Governors proved to be a fruitful exercise.

NEW DELHI, Nov 24 (Agencies): Petrol prices rose for the third consecutive day in the national capital on Sunday. The price of diesel, however, declined for the second straight day following the daily revision of fuel rates.

According to Livemint, petrol price rose by 10 paise in Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai and by 11 paise in Chennai while diesel became cheaper by 6 paise in delhi and Kolkata and by 7 paise in Mumbai and Chennai.

In Dimapur, petrol was retailing at Rs. 72.42 a litre up by 10 paisa and Rs. 73.22 a litre in Kohima up by 9 paisa while diesel became cheaper by 11 paisa and is being sold at 63.55 a litre in Dimapur and Rs. 64.18 a litre in Kohima.

According to the website of the Indian Oil Corporation, petrol was available in Delhi at Rs.74.54 per litre, in Kolkata at Rs. 77.22 a litre, in Mumbai at Rs.80.20 a litre and in Chennai at Rs. 77.49 a litre on Sunday.

Similarly, diesel prices across the four metropolitan cities are – Rs 65.73 per litre in Delhi, Rs. 68.14 a litre in Kolkata, Rs. 68.94 a litre in Mumbai and Rs.69.47 a litre in Chennai on Sunday.

As per the daily pricing mechanism, the retail prices of petrol and diesel are dependent on the global crude prices and the rupee-US dollar exchange rate as India imports almost 80 per cent of its crude oil requirements.

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NEW DELHI, NOV 24 (PTI): The patience, restraint and maturity displayed by the people after the Supreme Court delivered its verdict in the Ayodhya case proves that there is nothing bigger than national interest for Indians, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday.

He also said that after the “historic verdict”, the country has moved ahead on a new path, with a new resolve.

“The resolve … full of new hopes and aspirations.

It is my hope and wish that New India imbibes this feeling and forges ahead in a spirit of peace, unity and goodwill,” he said in the latest edition of his monthly “Mann ki Baat” radio programme.

Settling a fractious issue that goes back more than a century, the Supreme Court in a historic verdict on November 9 backed the construction of a Ram temple by a trust at the disputed site in Ayodhya, and ruled that an alternative five-acre plot must be found for a mosque in the holy town.

In his last Mann ki Baat address on Diwali, Modi had referred to the

viser admitted that people would not stop drinking if the prohibition was lifted, but added that this would put a stop to adulteration as the department concerned would be able to freely check the alcohol quality.

“You will not find any mother openly demanding lifting of the prohibition and letting everyone drink.

But we are also concerned about adulteration and bootlegging, besides the government’s source of revenue,” she stressed.

Dziivichii said the Nagas were caught in a bind – while being taught that consumption of alcohol was immoral, yet a section was pushed into alcoholism due to easy availability of spurious liquor, which

NEW DELHI, NOV 24 (PTI): Governors and Lt Governors are the “most important link” for ensuring better coordination between the Centre and states, and efforts should be made by them to shun the common perception that gubernatorial posts have a “colonial legacy of inaccessibility”, President Ram Nath Kovind said on Sunday.

In his concluding remarks of the two-day 50th conference of Governors’ and Lt Governors’, the president also asked them to ensure that Raj Bhavans become people friendly.

The president said that on Tuesday, the nation would be celebrating 70th anniversary of the Constitution.

“On that day a campaign will be launched to create awareness about fundamental duties among the citizens,” he said, expressing hope that all Raj Bhavans will celebrate the Constitution Day in an effective manner and governors will play a major role in creating awareness about the fundamental duties.

“The post of governor is the most important link in our federal system.

Governors have a role in ensuring better coordination between the Centre and states,” Kovind was quoted as saying in an official release.

The president also made suggestions to governors to make their Raj Bhavans more interactive and accessible to ordinary

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the face of terrorism.

“Rafale fighter jets are coming to India. We do not need to cross the borders now. We can use Rafale from our own territory to target terror camps across the border. That is the power India has achieved under the Narendra Modi government,” the veteran BJP leader contended.

Accusing the Congress of “hoodwinking people” for votes since independence, Singh claimed that “the country would have been this powerful 30 years ago”, had the erstwhile governments kept the promises they made to the people.

“When we formed government at the Centre in 2014, there was a deficit of trust in the country’s political system... We took it up as a challenge and successfully overcame the trust deficit, implementing whatever promises we had made,” Singh said.

Listing the Centre’s welfare schemes, such as Ayushman Bharat Yojana, Krishi Ashirwad Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, the Union minister said every house would be provided with piped water by 2026. Assembly elections will be held in Jharkhand in five phases. Bishrampur goes to polls during the first phase on November 30.

The BJP has fielded sitting MLA and the state’s health minister, Ramchandra Chandravanshi, from the seat.

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the coming months, among other factors, is making them “hesitant to invest full throttle”, he added.

Himanshu Srivastava, senior analyst manager research at Morningstar Investment Adviser India, said the buying broadly indicates that FPIs continue to build conviction on the Indian equity markets since “positive domestic and global environment has ensured that FPIs are hooked to the Indian equities”.

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6,557.8 crore in September into the domestic capital markets (both equity and debt).

However, some experts said FPIs are still wary of increasing their allocation to the Indian markets.

Umesh Mehta, head of research at Samco Securities said, “FPIs have become relatively cautious on India given the high valuations and Nifty hovering near its all-time high levels. Huge divergence between the large and small/ midcaps is making them weary to commit further in a big way to the Indian bourses.”

Also, the expectation of weaker GDP numbers in

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New Delhi, Nov 24 (PTI): Continuing their buying spree, foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) infused a net Rs 17,722 crore into the Indian markets in November so far amid encouraging domestic and global cues.

According to depositories data, overseas investors pumped in a net sum of Rs 17,547.55 crore into equities and Rs 175.27 crore in the debt segment during November 1-22, taking the cumulative net investment to Rs 17,722.82 crore.

FPIs were net buyers in the preceding two months as well. They infused a net Rs 16,464.6 crore in October and Rs

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Chennai, Nov 24 (IANS): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said the government is looking at the methodologies used by credit rating agencies in rating corporates.

She also said the Narendra Modi government decided against joining the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership as the offer did not match India’s expectations and aspirations.

and Bengaluru.

“We currently do not have any immediate plans to grow in terms of adding flight capacity,” Ettiyil said. “We have seen a continuous growth over the past four years of India’s share on our aircraft. We are trying to grow by allowing more Indian-origin passengers on our aircraft.

We have no other plans of any other further flights for 2020,” he added.

Stating that the Bengaluru-Munich flight operations would be the airline’s focus next year, Ettiyil said, “Promising cities are always on the radar. Hyderabad is always something that is there. But one has to always look at profitability.”

The Lufthansa group currently operates only wide-body aircraft for its long-haul operations between India and Europe.

However, till January, it had flight operations from Frankfurt to Pune using narrow-body planes. “It was a wet-lease agreement with an operator known as PrivatAir. They unfortunately went bankrupt and we could not find an alternative,” Ettiyil said.

A wet-lease agreement is a renting agreement, where one airline provides an aircraft, its crew, its maintenance crew etc. to another airline.

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Delivering the sixth G. Ramachandran Memorial Lecture organises by the Southern India Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Sitharaman said she had met some rating agencies to understand how they rate a company, its assets and how far it is in line with the happenings in the economy.

The Finance Minister, without mentioning any names, said corporates have gone bust soon after getting AAA rated, thereby making people wonder.

She said a churn is happening in the way banks are assessing their asset quality and also the manner that credit ratings are done.

According to Sitharaman, the government plans to further strengthen the powers of financial sector regulators like Reserve Bank of India, and the Securities and Exchange Board of India.

Citing the reduction in corporate taxes, she said the government is fast responding to the needs of various sectors.

have the desire to actually strengthen partnerships with other Indian airlines also. So, Vistara is an obvious choice.”

The European carrier has a codeshare agreement with Air India, which allows one airline’s passenger to book a ticket on the other airline, using the first one’s ticketing system.

The Indian government is planning to sell Air India to a private player by March next year. For 2020, the Lufthansa group “will be trying to strengthen our Indian partnerships” so that Indian carriers “can bring passengers from second and third-tier cities to our four gateways”, Ettiyil said.

Two brands of the group - Lufthansa and Swiss - operate flight services to India. Swiss has daily non-stop flights connecting Zurich to Delhi and Mumbai.

Lufthansa operates daily non-stop flights connecting Frankfurt to Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Chennai, as also daily non-stop flights connecting Munich to Delhi and Mumbai. From April 1, 2020, Lufthansa will start a five-days-a-week flight service, connecting Munich

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NEW DELHI, Nov 24 (PTI): With Jet Airways shutting down in April, the Lufthansa airline group is planning to “strengthen” its partnership with Indian airlines like Vistara and Air India in 2020, the top Indian official of the largest European carrier said.

Moreover, apart from launching a Munich-Bengaluru flight service in April, the airline does not plan to start any other flight service in 2020, George Ettiyil, Senior Director, South Asia, Lufthansa Group, said.

Currently, the Lufthansa airline group has an interline agreement with Vistara, which allows a passenger to check-in his luggage at the first airport itself for the whole journey consisting of flights of both airlines.

“With Vistara... we are strengthening our relationship in the weeks to come.

Jet Airways was one of our partners here in India and with them having left the scene, we are looking for Indian airlines to partner up with,” Ettiyil told PTI. Asked if Lufthansa was planning to convert its interline agreement with Vistara to a codeshare agreement, he said, “We are trying to strengthen it. Let us see what the future holds in store. We

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after the Supreme Court’s ruling on statutory dues.

This had marked the second highest loss posted by any Indian corporate till date, after Vodafone Idea Ltd’s Rs 50,921 crore losses.

During July-September 2019, RCom set aside Rs 28,314 crore on account of provisioning following the Supreme Court order on calculation of annual adjusted gross revenue (AGR) of telecom companies.

The apex court, last month, upheld the government’s position on including revenue from non-telecommunication businesses in calculating the annual AGR, a share of which has to be paid as licence and spectrum fee to the exchequer.

RCom’s total liability includes Rs 23,327 crore licence fee and Rs 4,987 crore spectrum usage charges.

The company is going through insolvency pro-

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“There are examples where authorities have been very helpful but there are situations where there are actually no remedies either because of system related issues or the problem is unique,” he added.

Tax experts, however, hope that the government will not penalise taxpayers for their genuine mistakes.

A senior executive of a chartered accountancy firm expressed worry over so many red-flag reports being sent to assessees, saying the possible reason for this could be year-on-year decline in GST collection.

“Since the collection has dropped, the department wants to scrutinise more cases. They have probably developed a system under which red flags would be immediately developed after a mismatch between GSTR-3B form and GSTR-1 or maybe mismatch between e-way bill and GSTR 1,” he said.

With GST collection remaining tepid, the government has directed its focus on compliance. Acting tough on non-filers, the Mumbai zone of the indirect tax department recently asked field officers to cancel registration of firms for not complying with return-filing requirement.

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ceedings following an application filed by Swedish telecom gear maker Ericsson. The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) has handed over control of the company to an insolvency resolution professional.

Sources estimate that RCom Group’s total secured debt is around Rs 33,000 crore. Lenders had submitted claims of around Rs 49,000 crore in August.

RCom has put all its assets for sale, including spectrum holding of 122 MHz that the company before insolvency proceedings estimated to be around Rs 14,000 crore, towers business for Rs 7,000 crore, optical fibre network Rs 3,000 crore and data centres worth Rs 4,000 crore.

RCom is under insolvency resolution process under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016.

With effect from June 28, 2019, its affairs, business and assets are being managed by, and the powers of the board of directors are vested in, the Resolution Professional Anish Niranjan Nanavaty, appointed by NCLT, Mumbai.

Ambani got charge of RCom after property division between him and his elder brother Mukesh Ambani in 2005.

New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS): Many GST taxpayers, especially small firms, are a worried lot these days with authorities sending system-generated red flags in their online return forms.

A Delhi-based GST practitioner said that taxpayers are given very little time to respond to the red flags, creating panic among the assessees.

“The assessees are always scared of any communication coming from the tax authorities. The red-flag reports are so detailed and long that any person would get panicked,” said Rajat Mohan, Senior Partner, AMRG & Associates.

Sources said that the red-flag reports are very detailed and highlight discrepancies across various parameters. The reports highlight unreconciled items, non-compliance and deficiencies in the digitallyfiled documents.

Now that businesses have started filing their annual returns and reconciliation reports, the number of red-flag reports for the assessees have jumped.

“Our experience is that wherever such incidents have occurred and assessees have approached the authorities, they have been ver y responsive,” said Amit Bhagat, Partner,

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New Delhi, Nov 24 (PTI): NEW DELHI: Reliance Communications on Sunday said its lenders have rejected the resignation of Chairman Anil Ambani and four other directors, and asked them to cooperate in the ongoing corporate insolvency resolution process.

Ambani along with four directors - Ryna Karani, Chhaya Virani, Manjari Kacker and Suresh Rangachar - had resigned from the company earlier this month.

In a BSE filing, RCom said its Committee of Creditors (CoC) had met on November 20. “...(the committee had) expressed a unanimous view that the resignations cannot be accepted,” it noted.

The filing further said: “...it is being duly communicated to the aforesaid directors of RCom that their resignations have not been accepted and they are advised to continue to perform their duties and responsibilities as the directors of RCOM and provide all cooperation to Resolution Professional in the corporate insolvency resolution process.”

RCom had posted a consolidated loss of Rs 30,142 crore for the September 2019 quarter due to provisioning for liabilities

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Iraq unrest intensifies; 6 killed in protests

NASIRIYAH (IRAQ), NOV 24 (AFP): Six protesters were killed on Sunday in Iraq’s south, where resurging anti-government demonstrations turned up the heat on paralysed politicians facing the country’s largest grassroots movement in decades. Three demonstrators were killed and around 50 wounded in clashes with security forces near the key southern port of Umm Qasr, the Iraqi Human Rights Commission reported.

An AFP correspondent said security forces had fired live rounds at protesters trying to block access to the port. Since October 1, Iraq’s capital and majority-Shiite south have been swept by mass demonstrations over corruption, lack of jobs and poor services that have escalated into calls for an overhaul of the ruling system.

Top leaders have publicly acknowledged the demands as legitimate and promised measures to appease protesters, including hiring drives, electoral reform and a cabinet reshuffle. But the rallies have continued, waning on some days but swelling when demonstrators felt politicians were stalling. On Sunday, protesters in the southern city of Nasiriyah blockaded five main bridges, shut down schools and burned tyres outside public offices in anger.

They blocked access to oil fields and companies around the city, torching as

Smoke billows from burning tires during a demonstration in Nasiriyah, the capital of Iraq’s southern province of Dhi Qar on November 24.

well its Shiite endowment centre, a government body that manages religious sites.

Medical sources said overnight three protesters had been shot dead and at least 47 others wounded by security forces in the city, some 300 kilometres south of the capital Baghdad.

An estimated 350 people have been killed and thousands wounded since October 1, according to a tally compiled by AFP as authorities are not providing precise or updated figures.

That makes the protests Iraq’s deadliest grassroots movement in decades, but also its most widespread.

The rural and tribalistic south has carried the torch of the movement for weeks, with students and teachers leading rallies outside schools and public offices.

In an attempt to resume classes, the education ministry issued a directive for schools to open normally on Sunday, the first day of the work week in Iraq.

But protesters in Nasiriyah defied the order and shut down schools anyway, AFP’s correspondent said.

In the oil-rich southern city of Basra, demonstrators blocked main roads just before dawn, including those leading to the ports of Umm

Qasr and Khor al-Zubair.

The ports, which bring in food and medicine to Iraq but also export fuel products, have seen some delays in loading and offloading due to the unrest in recent weeks. Clashes also pitted protesters against security forces overnight in Karbala, one of Iraq’s two Shiite holy cities. The two sides lobbed Molotov cocktails at each other from behind barricades set up in small alleyways. “They’re throwing Molotov cocktails at us and at midnight, they started shooting live rounds,” one demonstrator said.

The streets were lit only

by fires from the exploding makeshift grenades and green laser pointers used by demonstrators to disrupt the riot police’s vision.

“Our demands are clear: the downfall of this corrupt government,” said another demonstrator, his face wrapped in a black scarf.

Iraq is the 12th most corrupt country in the world, says Transparency International, and many protesters say the current political class is to blame. They accuse elites of awarding public sector jobs based on bribes, nepotism or sectarianism, leading to an unemployment rate of 25 per cent.

Iraq’s cabinet is currently discussing the 2020 budget before it is submitted to parliament and government sources say it is expected to be one of the country’s largest yet.

Sunday’s violence came a day after the surprise visit of United States Vice President Mike Pence to Iraq, where he dropped in on American troops stationed in the country’s west and met top leaders in the Kurdish region in the north.

He did not, however, meet officials in Baghdad for “security reasons”.

The US and Iraq have been close allies since the former led the 2003 invasion that toppled ex-dictator Saddam Hussein, but ties are now at their “coldest”, officials from both countries have said.

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Johnson unveils manifesto for Brexit London, Nov 24 (AFP): British Prime Minister Boris Johnson unveils his Conservative Party’s manifesto on Sunday, pledging to move on from Brexit and austerity in a bid to secure a general election majority.

Having taken over a minority administration in July and been unable to speed his EU divorce deal through parliament, Johnson is seeking a clear victory at the December 12 snap election.

He sees Britain’s third general election in four-anda-half years as the only way to break the Brexit logjam.

Having got the Brexit date delayed three months from October 31 to January 31, opposition parties backed his call for an early general election. Johnson is promising to bring back his Brexit deal to parliament before December 25 if the centre-right Conservatives are returned to power.

“As families sit down to carve up their turkeys this Christmas, I want them to enjoy their festive-season free from the seemingly unending Brexit box-set drama,” Johnson said ahead of the launch. “The Conservative manifesto, which I’m proud to launch today, will get Brexit done and allow us to move on and unleash the potential of the whole country,” he said.

The main plank of the Conservative manifesto is the Brexit deal Johnson negotiated with Brussels in October. He claims the

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treaty is “oven-ready” and good to go -- as long as he can get a majority.

He insists the deal will allow Britain to regain control over its laws, money and immigration policy.

Johnson’s chief rival, left-wing Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, wants to renegotiate a new, softer Brexit agreement within three months and then put that to a referendum alongside remaining in the EU by the end of June. Corbyn would stay neutral during the process. Johnson has blasted Corbyn for his strategy in refusing to recommend either his own proposed Brexit deal or staying in the EU. Johnson tweeted: “It’s time to turn the page from the dither, delay and division of recent years, and start a new chapter in the incredible history of this country.

“We have achieved amazing things together in the past, and I know we will achieve even more in the future -- if only we choose the right path at this critical election.”

The party is pledging it will not raise the three main taxes -- income tax, sales tax and national insurance contributions to state benefits -- in what it branded a triple tax lock.

Other measures being unveiled Sunday include more money for childcare support, energy efficiency measures, skills retraining and road upgrades.

Hospital car parking charges would be axed for certain patients and National Health Service (NHS) staff.

The Britain Elects poll aggregator puts the Conservatives on 42 per cent, ahead of the Labour main opposition on 29 per cent, the antiBrexit Liberal Democrats on 15 per cent, the Brexit Party on six per cent and the Greens on three per cent.

The Conser vatives have seen their popularity surge since Johnson took over from Theresa May four months ago.

Despite the poll advantage, commentators urge caution, mindful that May had a huge percentage lead in the 2017 general election which rapidly melted.

Johnson has his weak spots, especially after the years of austerity imposed

by Conservative governments since 2010. He promises to end the years of reining in the budget deficit by pumping billions of pounds into public services. Johnson has pledged to make the streets safer by recruiting 20,000 police officers.

6 dead in light plane crash at DR Congo city ‘Turkey to seek alternative Rohingya case matter of ‘high if F-35 jets not acquired’ national interest’: Myanmar

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The Dornier-228 aircraft was headed for Beni, 350 kilometres (220 miles) north of Goma when it went down in a residential area near Goma airport.

Goma (DR Congo), Nov 24 (AFP): At least six bodies were recovered on Sunday after a small plane believed to have been carrying 19 passengers and crew crashed on takeoff into a densely populated area of Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

An official at Goma airport, Richard Mangolopa, told AFP no survivors

were expected. “A number of bodies have just been recovered. The (rescue) teams are continuing to search,” added Goma mayor Timothee Muissa Kiesse.

The Dornier-228 aircraft had been headed for Beni, 350 kilometres (220 miles) north of Goma when it went down in a residential area near Goma airport.

“There were 17 passen-

gers on board and two crew members. It took off around 9-9.10 am (0700 GMT),” Busy Bee airline staff member Heritier Said Mamadou said. Busy Bee, a recent company, has three planes serving routes in North Kivu province. One of the company’s maintenance workers at the site quoted by news site actualite.cd blamed a “technical problem”.

A n k ara , N ov 2 4 (IANS): Turkey would seek alternatives if it could not acquire US F-35 fighter jets, Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar has said.

“All should be aware that Turkey will have to look for alternatives if F-35s cannot be acquired for any reason,” Xinhua quoted Akar as saying during an interview with Al Jazeera.

T h e Ru s s i a - m a d e S-400 missile defence systems Turkey recently procured would not be integrated into the NATO systems within the Turkish defence system and

Massive turnout in Hong Kong district polls

There are 4.1 million people eligible to vote in an election to choose 452 councillors out of 1,090 contesting candidates from the 18 districts of Hong Kong.

Hong Kong, Nov 24 (IANS): Voters on Sunday flocked to polling booths in large numbers for the district council elections, in which a record participation is expected after five months of protests. Long queues were witnessed at polling stations before the voting officially began at 7.30 am.

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The number of registered voters has increased by one million compared to the 2015 elections; 392,600 of them were added in the last year, coinciding with the protests, and 58 per cent of them are aged between 18-20. Although the position of councillor has little political relevance, Sunday’s elections are seen as a ba-

rometer to gauge the political leanings of the city in the wake of the pro-democracy movement that has led to prolonged protests on the streets in recent months, as well as determine the support enjoyed by the promainland Chief Executive Carrie Lam. Alex, 24, who was on his way to vote for a pro-democracy candidate and who has actively participated in the protests that started in June, told EFE that Hongkongers still had the freedom to choose and these elections would be an expression of their preferences.

Alex cast his vote early in the morning in South Horizons, an upper-middle-class district, the same district that Joshua Wong -one of the most visible prodemocratic leaders and the only candidate to have been banned from running in this election -- hails from. “Even if they censor me out from the ballot, lock me out in prison, it will just encourage me to continue to fight for the future with even stronger determination,” Wong told the media before voting.

would instead be part of a “stand-alone system,” Akar stated.

“That’s what we have been saying since the beginning (of the dispute with the United States) ... We are not going to integrate this with the NATO systems in any way,” he said.

Akar emphasised that Turkey has fulfilled its responsibilities as one of the partner countries in the F-35 programme, and the US should do its part, accordingly.

He recalled that Ankara previously tried to acquire a US-made Patriot defence system but that attempt was rejected by Washington, before Turkey decided to buy the S-400 system.

Turkey’s procurement of the Russian S-400 missile defence systems prompted the Trump administration to suspend Ankara’s participation in the F-35 fifth-generation joint strike fighter programme in July.

Yangon , N ov 2 4 (IANS): Myanmar has said the case, filed by Gambia against the country at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) concerning the alleged violation of the provisions of the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, is a matter of “high national interest”.

U Kyaw Tint Swe, Minister of the Office of the State Counsellor, and U Kyaw Tin, Minister of International Cooperation, made the remarks during a briefing in Nay Pyi Taw on Saturday.

Myanmar has retained the services of top most legal experts to contest the case, submitted by Gambia, and a strong legal team has been formed, Xinhua reported.

State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi will act as an agent, who will represent Myanmar in all aspect of the case before the ICJ and

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Rohingyas fleeing Myanmar.

U Kyaw Tint Swe is appointed as alternate agent, the two ministers told the briefing.

The government has announced on Thursday

that Aung San Suu Kyi will lead the Myanmar legal team to Hague, Netherlands to defend the country’s national interest at the ICJ concerning Rakhine issue.

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Tzutilepdang (Khar) 01-10-1926 to 12-11-2019 We would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to each and every individual, organizations, societies and churches, friends and well wishers who stood by us physically, materially, financially and in prayer during the illness and sad demise of our beloved uncle. Our immense gratefulness of Mangkolemba Unit Aloba semchirtem.

Our sincere prayers goes to each and everyone and may God Almighty bless you abundantly.

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LATE KHETO V YEPTHO Born : 10/05/1987 – Died : 21/11/2019

We, the bereaved family members of Lt. Vilhoutsü Semou, Ex.Pastor of Nerhema Village express our heartfelt gratitude and sincere appreciation to each and every individual, friends, neighbours, churches and well wishers who stood by us and supported us physically, financially, materially and spiritually at the sudden demise of our beloved father on 11 November 2019.

Though we are unable to thank each and every one of you individually, it is our humble prayer that our Almighty God bless each and everyone of you abundantly .

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We the bereaved family express our heartfelt gratitude to all who stood by us through, physically, financially, morally and spiritually during brief illness and demise.

We convey our special thanks to:1. Dimapur Range Students Union (Marumi 2. Zunheboto Range Students Union (Marumi) 3. 13th NAP (IR) Yajang & Union Church Commandants & all ranks 4. CISHR Referal Hospital Doctors and Nurses 5. D-Coy 13th NAP (IR) (Zunheboto) 6. Zunheboto Town Sumi Baptist Church General & Youth Fellowship for their support and Co-operation 7. D.C. Hill Yough Fellowship We deeply regret our inability to thank everyone personally.

However, it is our humble prayer that our Almighty GOD bless you all abundantly.

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Clout Connect to launch ‘Espérance’ Fall/Winter 2019

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ohima based advertising agency “Clout Connect” is all set to launch ‘Espérance’ Fall/Winter 2019 on December 14 at De Oriental Grand, Kohima from 5:30 p.m. onwards.

This fashion show will feature eight designers, which includes Neisavonuo Riipreo, Rokholii Rose Puro, Kezose Tsiirho with Shannon Kire, Japuno Zinyii with Kedorovino Punyii, Rokozono Nagi (Jewellery designer) and Atsi Yhoshu.

This was informed

by Clout Connect founder Kevingutuo Yhome and cofounder Teisovituo Zecho at The Hive Restaurant Kohima on Saturday.

Theja Sekhose, who will be the choreographer and show director, was also present at the interaction.

Aleno Keditsu & Christina Jemu will assist the show as make-up artist, Kilangyala Longkumer as hairstylist while Shahilo Kent of Rinyu Studio will be the official photographer.

Ticket for the show will be available in two categories at Rs. 1000 and Rs. 500.

Clout Connect is a Start Up based in Kohima.

Clout Connect members with fashion designers during interaction with media persons on November 23.

It was formed with the primary goals of working with leading local personalities and brands in the northeast to help them achieve their business objectives through social media advertisement, marketing and live events. ‘ E s p é r a n c e ’ Fa l l / Winter 2019 aims to open platform for designers to animate an idea, as models highlight their creativity,

and the audience embrace the personality of each artist in the grand gallery of fashion.

The event is dedicated to celebrate an assemblage of the young creative minds possessing a drive and passion to create a variance of art forms seeking catharsis through careful craftsmanship.

Clout Connect hope

to create a platform where young artists could showcase their art, be it a design manifesting in the mind of a creator or a concept waiting to be exhibited.

Clout Connect aim to provide a platform for artists to showcase their products and services on the main stage and through its innovative marketing ideas complimenting the

show.

It will print QR Code on each artist’s banner portfolio for easy access to their business information through a quick and seamless scan with a smartphone.

Also to feature designers and makeup artists as sponsors of the event with their logos in the banner, and Clout Connect‘s social media platform.

Clout Connect announced that in future it will continue to involve in events and functions that are hosted in promotions of fellow young and ingenious minds.

“Our commitment in promoting young bold ideas stretches far beyond the spectrum of the fashion industry, we intend to setup various digital marketing platforms sticking to our philosophy of making exchanging information quick and easy, with future plans of creating digital advertising platforms compatible with various operating systems and other mobile platforms keeping in mind the core idea of integrating promotions of local businesses and brands on large scale platform,” Clout Connect stated.

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Top 3 Naga chef -7 display culinary skills

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Chief Secretary Temjen Toy with the top three cooks and judges of Naga Chef Season-7.

ith three top cooks remaining in the Naga Chef Season 7 competition, the sixth day witnessed the contestants displayed their Culinary Skills and knowledge of Naga indigenous cuisine.

The three finalists Hechuba Chang, Peteneilhu Kulimbe and Chungmei Phom prepared an array of scrumptious local delicacies to celebrate the rich diversity of ethnic cuisines from different tribes of the Nagas on November 23 night at Mhachaki, Kohima. The dinner was attended by Chief Secretary, Temjen Toy along with a host of special guests who continue to support and promote our local cuisine.

Toy congratulated the finalists and mentioned that food is the indicator of their

civilization and they need to evolve in their cooking techniques to promote their Naga cuisine. He lauded Synergy Group Enterprise for taking the initiative to promote their food and adding value to the simple Naga cuisine. He also mentioned that over the years, the quality of food that the Naga Chef Contestants cook has been improving and hope that the participants of Naga Chef will take this cooking experience and turn it to an enterprise.

One of the judges of Naga Chef, Rovi Chasie shared that people in general tend to take cooking for granted and many times do not appreciate and accept it as an art. The title “Culinary Art” in its definition should be more than enough to convince even the most sceptical that cooking

is an art. Cooking, in fact, is a very versatile art form, unlike other art medium; it has the capacity to engage all senses. Any Chef knows that presentation is as important as taste, aroma and texture of what is served.

Culinary art has the physical quality of music and dance; something is being made/performed to be consumed later. In fact, some say that cooking is the original art form coming even before music and visual art- quoted from www.closet.com.

The Naga Chef competition organised by Synergy Group Enterprise and supported by Department of Tourism, Government of Nagaland, is an important platform in promoting and conserving the Naga Cuisine in particular and our culture in general.

R.Kelly’s girlfriend opens up about the singer

J The formal certificate distribution of Miss Mokokchung 2019 contest-cum-dinner was held at the residence of Mokokchung District Art and Culture Council (MDACC) vice president, Temsu Jamir. Deputy Commissioner and president MDACC, Limawapang Jamir handed over the certificates to all the 2019 contestants. Miss Mokokchung 2019 was organised by Forerunners. Miss Mokokchung 2019 will represent Mokokchung district at the Miss Nagaland 2019 contest.

Lotha Baptist Church Dimapur (LBCD) Youth Department organised “Coffee November” on November 24 with an aim to glorify God’s name through music. The event witnessed performances from musicians such as Abigail Odyuo, Mharhoni Humtsoe, Yansaromo Mozhui, Tsunglamo Murry and Zubon. Senjano also presented a message through art and dance by Trionix were other highlights of the programme.

oycelyn Savage, one of singer R. Kellys girlfriends, who has been living with him since she was 19, says she is “a victim” of his sexual and psychological abuse.

Kelly has been incarcerated since July on multiple allegations of sexual abuse in three states.

Until recently, Savage was one of Kelly’s defenders. In her first post to a Patreon page created to share her testimonials, Savage, 24, explained that after meeting the 52-year-old singer, who she refers to by his given name, Robert, at a concert in 2015, he flew her and a friend to California, promising her that he’d help her realise her dreams of becoming a model and singer, reports variety.com.

“Robert would always look at me in a sexual way the first couple of times we met occasionally,” she wrote.

She continued that after she gave him her CD, he said he could help her become like the late R&B

Old newspapers can be used to grow carbon nanotubes

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ld newspapers can be used as a low cost, eco-friendly material to grow singlewalled carbon nanotubes on a large scale, says a study.

Carbon nanotubes are tiny molecules with incredible physical properties that can be used in a huge range of things, such as conductive films for touchscreen displays, flexible electronics, fabrics that create energy and antennas for 5G networks.

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cost stackable 2D surface to grow carbon nanotubes,” said lead researcher Bruce Brinson from the Rice University in the US. However, not all newspaper is equally good - only newspaper produced with sizing made from kaolin, which is china clay, resulted in carbon nanotube growth, said the researchers.

The study, published in the Journal of Carbon Research, details the research experiments carried out in producing carbon nanotubes which could have the potential to solve some of the problems associated with their large

scale production such as, the high cost of preparing a suitable surface for chemical growth and the difficulties in scaling up the process.

The research team discovered that the large surface area of newspapers provided an unlikely but ideal way to chemically grow carbon nanotubes.

W h i l e t h e r e h ave been previous research that shows that graphene, carbon nanotubes and carbon dots can be been synthesised on a variety of materials, such as food waste, vegetation waste, animal, bird or insect waste and chemically grown on

natural materials, to date, this research has been limited, according to the researchers.

“With our new research, we have found a continuous flow system that dramatically reduces the cost of both substrate and post synthesis process which could impact on the future mass manufacture of single walled carbon nanotubes,” said Andrew Barron, Professor at Rice University.

“Many substances including talc, calcium carbonate, and titanium dioxide can be used in sizing in papers which act as a filler to help with their levels of absorption and wear,” said Indian-origin researcher and study co-author Varun Shenoy Gangoli.

“However it was our observation that kaolin sizing, and not calcium carbonate sizing, showed us how the growth catalyst, which in our case was iron, is affected by the chemical nature of the substrate,” Gangoli added.

The study revealed that the large surface area of newspapers offered an ideal way to chemically synthesise carbon nanotubes.

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artiste Aaliyah, who Kelly allegedly married in 1994 when she was 15.

Savage explained that all her expenses were covered by Kelly, and that she recorded a few songs in his studio that have “never seen the day of light”.

She wrote that in 2015, she fell in love with Kelly, but after a few months, Kelly began telling her to always address him as “master” or “daddy”.

“It star ted getting worse by day by day, he would raise his voice at me if I didn’t call him by those two names,” the post reads.

“If Robert called me I would have to reply with ‘Yes, daddy’ or ‘Please daddy’ he was so controlling.”

Savage’s accounts are similar to other girls and women who have claimed Kelly abused them, particularly in the Lifetime docuseries “Surviving R. Kelly”. Kelly has denied all claims of physical or sexual abuse and domestic violence.

(IANS)

Shalom Bible Seminary’s annual concert event “Young & Christian” was held at the Shalom amphitheatre on November 22. The message is to proclaim that it is perfectly alright to be young and be a Christian still. In a world riven by so many extraneous “noises” and “distractions,” Shalom wants to stem the tide of confusion and dissipation challenging Christians. The eight editions has four bands; Purple Fusion, City Music, LC Sekhose, Kekhrie Ringa, besides Shalom students presenting diverse items like Gospel Rock, Choreographies and Beat Box.

Daniel Craig confirms his time as James Bond is ending

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o l ly wo o d a c t o r Daniel Craig, who has been playing the fictional spy James Bond in the popular film franchise since 2005, is “done” essaying the role.

The actor confirmed it during an appearance on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” on Friday, reports people.com.

“Are you done with Bond,” asked host Stephen Colbert, to which Craig, 51, replied, “Yes.” “It’s done,” he added.

Earlier in the week, Craig also opened up about moving on. “Someone else needs to have a go,” he told German outlet Express,

according to Esquire.

Craig’s last outing as Bond will be in the forthcoming movie “No Time to Die”, which is set to release in April 2020.

Earlier this year, after wrapping up the film, Craig discussed his complicated relationship to the franchise.

“This may be hard to believe,” Craig told The Sunday Times, “but I love the fact I’m Bond. We’re in rare air, making Bond movies. It is one of the most intense, fulfilling things I’ve ever done, but it takes a lot of energy and I’m getting old. I’m getting creaky.”

(IANS)

SÜMI GAMES & SPORTS ASSOCIATION

The Sümi Games & Sports Association (SGSA) would like to convey our heartfelt gratitude to all the individuals and organisations for your benevolent support during the recently concluded State Level Men's Open Volleyball tournament. We the SGSA, would like to thank the President, Sümi Hoho Inno. Hekhushe Shikhu and colleagues for having faith in us and for approving the Sümi Team to participate in the 1st Dr Imkongliba Ao memorial trophy organised by Japukong Youth Organisation from 20-22 Nov'19. With your support, the SGSA Team lifted the 1st Runners Up Trophy and in the individual category, Inno. Kito V Zhimomi was awarded the best player of the tournament. We would also like to thank the Council Members and G.Bs of Shoxüvi Village for availing the play ground to be used prior to the tournament.

The executives of SGSA would like to acknowledge our President SGSA, Inno. P. Akihito Zhimomi for bearing the food and lodging expenses during the practice and course of the tournament and for his unconditional support in all aspects.

We acknowledge the sacrifice and effort of all the players and wish them the best in life. The SGSA remains indebted to the following persons in particular.

1) Mughato Aye, Adviser SGSA - Rs 5000/2) Brg Kiyehe Yeptho, NSCN/GPRN - Rs 5000/3) Samuel V Zhimomi, Diphupar - Rs 6000/4) Kiyeghü Sema, fin.secy SGSA - Pig (110kg) 5) Kuhuboto Ghakhu Sports Association - Rs 5000/6) Aphuyemi Football Club - Rs 3000/7) Tali, P.A to Minister Imna Along - Rs 2000/It is our humble prayer that the Almighty God bless you all abundantly.

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Real Madrid beat Sociedad 3-1 in La Liga Aus thrash Pak by innings and 5 runs

Players of Real Madrid and Real Sociedad fight for the ball during their La Liga match at the Santiago Bernabeu.

Brisbane, Nov 24 (IANS): Australia thrashed Pakistan by an innings and five runs on the fourth day of the first Test of the twomatch series on Sunday to take a 1-0 lead.

Babar Azam (104) slammed his second Test ton while Mohammad Rizwan contributed with 95 runs to stall Australia’s march to victory however, Pakistan was later bundled out for 335. The Green Brigade were reeling at 64/3 at the end of the third day with Shan Masood and

Babar at the crease.

After their departure, Babar and stumper Mohammad Rizwan showed a fightback as their sixthwicket partnership fetched Pakistan 132 runs. Enroute, Babar completed his century during the stand to become only the third Pakistani batsman to score in triple figures at the Gabba before becoming a victim of Nathan Lyon just before the tea break.

Rizwan kept the fight going and stiched a 79-run partnership with with Yasir

Shah (42), before falling 5 runs short of his maiden Test hundred. After their departure, Shaheen Afridi (10) and Imran Khan (5) fell soon as Australia registered a victory in just 84.2 overs.

For the Aussies, Josh Hazlewood picked four wickets while Mitchell Starc scalped three and Pat Cummins got two.

Earlier, Marnus Labuschagne (185) and David Warner (154) had guided Australia to 580 in reply to Pakistan’s first innings score of 240.

in touch with leaders Barcelona, who also have 28 points after 13 games but top the standings due to their superior goal difference.

Real captain Ramos made a calamitous backpass within the first two minutes, allowing Willian Jose to calmly round keeper Thibaut Courtois and pass the ball into the empty net to put the visitors ahead

Olympics: India clubbed with GB in women’s hockey

Wilder knocks out Luis Ortiz Spain to face Canada in Davis Cup final in WBC heavyweight rematch

Las Vegas, Nov 24 (Agencies): Deontay Wilder wiped out Luis Ortiz with a monstrous right hand on Saturday night in Las Vegas, sending a brutal message through the heavyweight division.

Wilder had lost every round but, out of nowhere in the seventh, he hammered Ortiz with one shot that ended their rematch in a flash to retain his WBC belt. His latest explosive knockout comes two weeks before Anthony Joshua plans to regain the IBF, WBA and WBO titles from Andy Ruiz Jr on December 7.

Wilder, now undefeated in 43 and with 10 title defences, next plans to fight Tyson Fury in February but has kept hopes alive of an undisputed title fight

in 2020, as attention turns to Ruiz Jr vs Joshua.

But for half of Wilder’s rematch with Ortiz, his unbeaten record and his belt dangled precariously.

He was being comprehensively out-boxed until finding a brutal finish.

Ortiz, 40, came close to claiming Wilder’s WBC title last year in their first fight when he badly hurt the champion until succumbing in the 10th round but this time he threatened by slowly accumulating the rounds on the judges’ scorecards.

Wilder was unable to find any rhythm in the first few rounds. Ortiz’s movement was more educated and, wary of the challenger’s left hand, Wilder became hesitant to throw his own punches until the

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Saina Nehwal

last seen in action in the Hong Kong Open where she had to face a first-round exit from the tournament after losing to China’s Cai Yan Yan 13-21, 20-22.

World number nine Nehwal has had a troubled run in this year as she has now faced exits from a tournament in the first round five times. Earlier this year, Cai Yan Yan had knocked out Nehwal in the first round of the China Open.

D i m a p u r , N ov 2 4 (NPN): Nagaland Football Foundation (NFF) will be conducting football trials on December 5 and 6 for age group of 6-12 years, under-15, under-18 and open senior category.

Selected players of 6-12 years will be provided free coaching.

Outstanding players of under-15, under-18 and open senior category will be selected to train with Minerva Punjab FC, Mumbai FC and Nagaland Football Academy.

For more information, interested players can contact 8787883848

fourth round. Even then, he missed and Ortiz did not. Wilder, by the fifth, had a concerned expression on his face. The round duly ended with Ortiz landing his right hand then his left.

B u t w h e n Wi l d e r landed his first meaningful punch of the entire fight in the seventh round, Ortiz fell backwards and was unable to beat the referee’s count.

Ortiz’s only two defeats in 35 fights have come against Wilder.

Earlier this year a vicious first-round knockout

by Wilder against Dominic Breazeale was swiftly followed by Joshua losing to Ruiz Jr. Joshua now finds himself again following an impressive Wilder stoppage.

Mad r i d, N o v 2 4 (Agencies): Rafael Nadal fired hosts Spain into the Davis Cup final as he joined Feliciano Lopez to win a thrilling late-night doubles and seal a nail-biting 2-1 victory over Britain on Saturday.

The world number one sent a capacity crowd in the Magic Box wild as he almost single-handedly hauled his country home and set up a final with Canada in the inaugural edition of the revamped competition on Sunday.

With the semi-final on a knife edge at 1-1 after the singles were shared, Nadal and veteran Lopez came through an electrifying doubles clash against Jamie Murray and Neal Skupski, winning 7-6(3), 7-6(8) to take five-time winners Spain into their first Davis Cup final since 2012.

Just as on the previous night against Argentina in the quarter-finals, Nadal first had to win his singles to drag his team level after Lopez was outplayed 6-3, 7-6 by Kyle Edmund.

Nadal completed that task with a 6-4, 6-0 win over Dan Evans, which extended his incredible run of Davis Cup singles wins to 28 since 2004, and, just like 24 hours earlier, he bounded back on court around half an hour later for a doubles decider.

In a match of gutwrenching tension played in front of a frenzied soccerstyle crowd in the 12,500seater stadium, Nadal, 33, and Lopez, 38, squeezed out the first set on a tiebreak

in which every single point felt like a drama.

With the clock ticking well past midnight yet again, the inspired British pair kept their noses in front on serve in the second set and when Lopez made a horrible mess of a smash on the Nadal serve at 5-6 they had a set point.

Nadal saved that one with a nerveless forehand winner down the line but there was more trouble for Spain in the tiebreak.

After an angry Nadal clashed with the umpire Britain led 6-4 but Lopez saved the first set point with a big serve and then Nadal produced miracles to flick a lob over Murray before putting away a smash as the Scot replied with a lob.

It felt like Nadal was tackling Britain on his own as he saved a fourth set point with a monstrous forehand that whistled past Murray. Three-time Grand Slam champion Andy Murray, sitting at courtside after being left out, could not look.

Spain then had a match point which Nadal miscued, but when Skupski bunted a volley long it meant Lopez had a service point to seal it, and he delivered.

Canada reached their first Davis Cup final after Denis Shapovalov and Vasek Pospisil beat Russian duo Andrey Rublev and Karen Khachanov as their semi-final also went to the wire.

Pospisil’s run of three straight singles wins here came to an end in the open-

CHRISTIAN FORUM DIMAPUR WOMEN WINGS 1ST CALL TOGETHER PROGRAMME HELD The Christian Forum Dimapur Women Wings 1st “Call Together Day” Program was successfully held on 19th November 2019 at Bethesda Higher Secondary School, Walford Colony Dimapur. More than 150 women attended the program from different denominations. Through this release the Christian Forum Dimapur Women Committee would like to thank all the participants and members who attended the programme. The “Call Together” Service was led by Mrs Nukshila Aying Duolo President CFDWC and Bible reading & Prayer was done by Mrs Caroline Rongmei, Executive Member CFDWC. Special Song was presented by NCRC Sumi Women, Introduction & Installation was done by Rev Moses Murry Chairman CFD, Short Sharing was delivered by Rev Dr Fr Anto Secretary CFD, Nagamese Song was presented by Women Pastor’s NBCA and Offertory Prayer was done by Mrs Sentiyungla Women Pastor Ao NCRC. Moreover, Nepali Gospel Dance was presented by Bethesda AG Church Women Association. The Ushers were Mrs Caroline, Mrs Tolibo, Mrs Marina & Youth of AG Church.

We convey our special thanks and appreciation to Mrs Kaholi Piketo who sponsored the fellowship meal & Mrs J Rita Kikon Achumi for Program Printing.

The following are the Office Bearers: Mrs Nukshila Aying Doulo (DBWU) : President Mrs Esther Murry (AG) : Vice President Mrs J Rita Kikon Achumi (Catholic) : Secretary Mrs Mhabeni Ngullie (NBCA) : Joint Secretary Mrs Kaholi Piketo (NCRC) : Treasure Mrs Nini Sekhose (NCRC) : Publicity & Information Secretary Mrs Caroline Rongmei ( Catholic) : Executive Member Mrs Tolibo Swu Murry (AG) : Executive Member Mrs Hukali Pienyu (DBWU) : Executive Member Mrs. Mhabeni Ngullie Joint Secretary, CFDWC. DP-8624

Spain’s Rafael Nadal and Feliciano Lopez during their Davis Cup doubles match against Great Britain.

er against an inspired Rublev, the Russian winning 6-4 6-4.

Shapovalov levelled

the tie when he beat Khachanov 6-4 4-6 6-4 before the Canadian duo edged the doubles 6-3 3-6 7-6(5).

PRESS NOTE The twin 25th Anniversary Celebration of the Veda Sporting Club (VSC) and Eastern Gospel Band (EGB) of Chenwetnyu Village District Mon, Nagaland is scheduled to be held from 30th Nov. 2019 - 1st Dec. 2019. As a part of celebration.

Penalty shoot out will be held on Day 1 and singing competition will be held on Day 2. Rev. R. Phowang Konyak, Pastor Hongphoi Baptist Church will be the Main Speaker of the event.

All the Veda Sporting Club members/players and Eastern Gospel Band office bearers (Past and Present), members, Brass Band and all the alumni of the EGB Music School residing in Towns and Cities are requested to come and join us to celebrate the 25th Anniversary.

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Night Carnival Location: The Garden - Saramati Hotel Exit Gate

WINTER CARNIVAL Date: 1st – 3rd Dec. 2019 Contact: 7005651901 | 8787889506

ZUTOI VILLAGE STUDENTS UNION Date: 4th – 6th Dec. 2019 Contact No. 8575269190 | 8787381085

SEASON CARNIVAL Date: 7th – 9th Dec. 2019 Contact No: 9383024826 | 7005372736 Stall Booking: The Garden, Supermarket, Dimapur

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Deontay Wilder lands a jab on Luis Ortiz during their WBC heavyweight bout in Las Vegas.

Saina pulls out of PBL Season 5 Football trial

NEW DELHI, Nov 24 (Agencies): Shuttler Saina Nehwal on Sunday announced that she would not be participating in the upcoming fifth edition of Premier Badminton League (PBL).

She revealed that she has not been well throughout the year as pancreatitis and injuries have troubled her so she would like to take some time off the game.

“Hey everyone, I won’t be part of the PBL Season 5 . I haven’t been well most part of the year due to pancreatitis and injuries and I would like to take time during the PBL to prepare better . I want to say sorry to all my fans and I hope to be part of the next season of PBL,” Nehwal tweeted.

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zema met a free kick from Modric and guided the ball into the net with his chest.

Zinedine Zidane’s side took the lead early in the second half with a deflected shot from distance by midfielder Valverde and extended their advantage in the 67th minute when Modric thrashed a bouncing ball home from inside the area.

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Australia celebrate winning the first test against Pakistan during their cricket test match in Brisbane, Australia on Sunday. (AP/PTI)

M ad r i d, N ov 2 4 (Agencies): Real Madrid overcame an early howler from Sergio Ramos to beat Real Sociedad 3-1 at home on an eventful Saturday at the Santiago Bernabeu, where Gareth Bale was loudly booed by his own supporters and Luka Modric returned to his very best form.

The victory allowed second-placed Real to stay

New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS): The Indian women’s team has been placed in Pool A along with defending champion Great Britain and world number one Netherlands for next year’s Tokyo Olympic Games. Germany, Ireland and South Africa are the other teams in the pool.

Ranked ninth in the world, the Indian women’s team had qualified for the Olympics after beating US 6-5 on aggregate in the qualifiers held at the Kalinga stadium in Bhubaneswar earlier this month.

Australia, Argentina, New Zealand, Spain, China and host Japan form the Pool B. Meanwhile, the Indian men’s hockey team have been clubbed alongside defending champion Argentina and world number one Australia in Pool A. The other three teams in India’s pool are Spain, New Zealand and Japan.

Ranked fifth in the world, India had qualified for the Tokyo Olympics after beating Russia 11-3 on aggregate in the qualifiers earlier this month.

Pool B comprises of Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Great Britain, Canada and South Africa in the groupings announced by world governing body FIH. The Olympic hockey tournaments will be staged in the Oi Hockey Stadium from July 25 to August 7 next year.

and stun the home fans into silence.

Real, however, were back on level terms thanks to Karim Benzema after 37 minutes before running out winners with secondhalf goals from Federico Valverde and Luka Modric.

The hosts took a while to find their composure after the nightmare start but equalised when Ben-

came from a cross by substitute Bale, who was initially greeted with a chorus of boos after celebrating Wales’ qualification for Euro 2020 with a flag showing the words ‘Wales. Golf.

Madrid. In that order’.

Bale seemed unaffected by the hostile reception, however, and began to win the crowd over with an energetic display, nearly scoring in stoppage time with a shot from a tight angle after a thrilling run down the wing.

Real coach Zidane urged the real fans to refrain from booing their joint-record signing again.

“It’s not about whether I understand the boos or not, we need our fans on our side and so does Gareth, just like every other player,” he said.

“If that happens we can move on from this. We want the fans to applaud him, like they did after the goal.”

The Frenchman was also pleased with how his side responded to their awful start to the game.

“What I liked most was our attitude. We made a bad start to the game and gave the ball away a lot, we struggled for the first half an hour but then we produced an excellent performance against a top side.”

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India thump Bangladesh to sweep series

Indian team captain Virat Kohli and his teammates with the trophy after winning the day-night Test series against Bangladesh at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Sunday. (PTI)

Ko l k ata , N ov 2 4 (IANS): Virat Kohli and his quick bowling trio trampled Bangladesh by an innings and 46 runs to clean sweep the series 2-0 in their maiden pink ball Test at the iconic Eden Gardens here on Sunday.

This was India 12th consecutive home series victory as they also became the first team ever to complete four successive innings victories in the five-day format. India had won the first rubber by an innings and 130 runs.

After India declared their first innings on 347/9

on Saturday, Bangladesh slumped to 14/3 by the seventh over and risked losing the match inside two days.

But Mushfiqur Rahim and Mahmudullah, who made 39 before a hamstring injury forced him to retire hurt, forced a third day’s play as they went into stumps at 152/6.

It then took India less than an hour to wrap up proceedings as Mushfiqur top-scored with a fighting 76 before holing out to Ravindra Jadeja at covers off Umesh Yadav who returned figures of 5/53.

All other batters fell around

Kohima open volleyball tourney from today

‘Man Utd not to spend big in Jan’ CSA informs

KOHIMA, NOV 24 (NPN): The 7th Kohima District Open Volleyball Tournament (Men & Women), organised by Kohima District Volleyball Association, will be held from November 25 to 28 at Kohima local ground.

Alun Hangsing, secretary, Youth Resources & Sport will grace the opening ceremony as the special guest at 1:00 PM. The welcome address will be delivered by Visasielie Suohu, president, KDVA. Mhalevilie Kere will administer oath to the participating teams.

The champions in men’s category will get Rs.40,000 while runners-up will receive Rs. 20,000.

The prize money for women category stand at Rs.30,000 and Rs. 15,000 for champions and runnersup respectively. The losing semi-finalists will get Rs. 5000 each.

All participants have been asked to report at the Kohima local ground by 12.00 Noon.

L o n d o n, N ov 2 4 (Agencies): Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said there is little hope of Manchester United being able to make significant additions to their under-performing squad in the January transfer window.

United have been linked with a long list of potential new recruits as Solskjaer seeks to improve after an inconsistent start to the season.

Names like England winger Jadon Sancho, currently with Borussia Dortmund but reportedly keen to return to English football, Leicester playmaker James Maddison and Salzburg striker Erling Braut Haaland, one of the most sought after young talents in Europe, have all been linked with United.

A possible move for Haaland appears particularly plausible, given that Solskjaer worked with the forward while at Norwegian side Molde.

But, given the constraints presented by the mid-season window, Sol-

him as Mahmudullah could not come out to bat.

Ishant Sharma, who claimed 5/22 in the first innings, was the wreckerin-chief in the second as well, returning 4/56 with an impeccable display of seam bowling.

Bangladesh were shot out for 106 in the first innings and trailed their hosts by 89 runs. They resumed the third day at 152/6, still trailing by 89 runs. Ebadat Hossain walked out to bat with Mushfiqur but it took Umesh little time to have him caught by Kohli at slips.

Rahim was next to go as he tried to be aggressive and up the ante. Al-Amin Hossain was the last to go as he was caught behind

by Wriddhiman Saha off Umesh.

E a r l i e r, Ko h l i slammed a magnificent 136 and added 99 runs with his deputy Ajinkya Rahane who fell for a fluent 51. On Day 1, Cheteshwar Pujara also struck a similar 55.

Kohli equalled former Australian great Ricky Ponting’s record of 41 international centuries as captain. With the century, the 31-year-old also sur-

members on jubilee souvenir

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer

skjaer insists that talk of a wholesale injection of fresh blood in January is fanciful.

“It is not about ‘x’ amount of money, it is about who do we think will be good for the club in the long-term, not just three or four months,” he said on Saturday.

“Not many clubs want to sell players that they would otherwise want to keep in January. Maybe one or two could be a loan deal but that is not a big money thing, it is just to help the team. But we are getting players back and we are looking at what can be available for us.”

D im a p u r , N ov 2 4 (NPN): The Chakhroma Sports Association (CSA) is scheduled to host its 50th anniversary celebration in January 2020.

In this connection, Chakhroma Sports Association has formed a souvenir committee to facilitate the history of Chakhroma Sports Association and its present affairs and has invited members of Chakhroma area to contribute to the 50th anniversary souvenir in the form of articles, history, poems, songs etc.

It has also invited sport persons who have participated in state, national and international level in any discipline to submit a copy of their certificate for publication in the souvenir.

The last date of submission is December 15.

For more information, contact Sitso Terhüja , convener (8974881222) or Rokovito Nagi, secretary (8787629824).

passed Ponting’s tally of 19 Test tons as skipper.

Kohli shifted gears after getting to his hundred and hit Abu Jayed for four consecutive fours before Ebadat removed him with Taijul moving from deep square leg and hurling himself into the air to take a stunning catch.

Kohli hit 18 fours in his 194-ball vigil, which was more than the entire Bangladesh team who had folded in 30.3 overs in their first essay.

In Bangaldesh’s first dig, opener Shadman Islam was the highest scorer with 29 as only three batsmen crossed double figures.

Ishant ran amok as Umesh grabbed three and Mohammed Shami snared two.

Bangladesh have had to call two concussion substitutes after Liton Das and Nayeem Hasan sustained nasty blows to the helmet in the first innings and Mohammad Mithun also took a knock due to visibility being an issue under lights.

Mushfiqur too was hit on the helmet.

Brief scores: Bangladesh 106 & 195 (Mushfiqur Rahim 74; Umesh Yadav 5/53, Ishant Sharma 4/56; India 347/9d (Virat Kohli 136, Cheteshwar Pujara 55, Ajinkya Rahane 51) won by an innings and 46 runs.

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Odisha FC and ATK play out goalless stalemate in ISL

Players of Odisha FC and ATK fight for the ball during their ISL match on Sunday.

Pune, Nov 24 (Agencies): ATK registered their first draw of the season as they were held 0-0 by Odisha FC on Sunday at the Balewadi Stadium in Pune.

Josep Gombau made four changes in the Odisha starting XI as he brought in Arshdeep Singh, Carlos Delgado, Martin Guedes and Daniel Lalhimpuia.

Antonio Lopez Habas named an unchanged ATK starting XI. The first half was evenly contested where both the teams had their fair share of chances to break the deadlock but failed to make an impact in the attacking third.

Daniel Lalhimpuia

Players of Manchester City and Chelsea fight for the ball during their EPL match.

Liverpool victory made for a subdued atmosphere ahead of kick-off, but a pulsating first half of football brought the Etihad to life.

De Bruyne came within inches of firing City

into the lead when he was released in behind by Sergio Aguero inside four minutes, but that was all the champions could muster in their bright opening spell before Chelsea took

charge.

In the seven minutes leading up to the quarter-hour mark, Willian whistled a shot past the post, Tammy Abraham scooped an effort wide and

way into the pitch in the 62nd minute and could have broken the deadlock in the very next minute. The former East Bengal striker attempted a header from Javier Hernandez’s cross which that nearly went in but for Nandhakumar Sekar’s goalline clearance.

It was a drab affair in the second half as neither team could create proper goal-scoring chances. Habas tried his luck by bringing in ‘Super Sub’ Edu Garcia in the final 15 minutes but the Spaniard could not weave his magic wand.

Today’s match Time: 7:30 pm Chennaiyin FC Vs Hyderabad FC

Eliud, Dalilah named athletes of the year M o nac o, N ov 2 4 (IANS): Kenyan marathon runner Eliud Kipchoge and Dalilah Muhammad of the US have been named the male and female world athletes of the year .

The World Athletics Awards 2019 ceremony took place at the Grimaldi Forum here on Saturday evening.

Kipchoge, the winner of the award last year, added to his phenomenal marathon CV in 2019.

In April, he captured his fourth victory at the London Marathon with a 2:02:37 course record, the third fastest performance of all time.

The 35-year-old Kenyan followed up in October by blasting through the distance’s two-hour barrier with a 1:59:40.2 performance at the Ineos159 Challenge in Vienna.

Muhammad, 29, broke the world record in the 400m hurdles twice this year, first with a 52.20 performance at the US

Eliud Kipchoge

Championships in July to eclipse a mark which had stood since 2003.

Muhammad broke it again at the World Athletics Championships Doha 2019, clocking 52.16 in one of the championships’

Manchester City come from behind to beat Chelsea 2-1 L o n d o n, N ov 2 4 ( Ag e n c i e s ) : M a n chester City returned to winning ways with a morale-boosting 2-1 victory over Chelsea at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday night.

A fortnight on from their damaging defeat at Anfield, City found themselves 12 points behind leaders Liverpool following their dramatic win at Crystal Palace, and their title challenge looked set to receive another blow when N’Golo Kante put Chelsea into a deserved lead midway through the first half.

But a deflected equaliser from Kevin De Bruyne hauled the champions level against the run of play before a brilliant solo goal from Riyad Mahrez completed the City comeback before half-time.

The victory sees City leapfrog Chelsea into third in the Premier League and brings the gap to Liverpool back down to nine points, while a third defeat of the season brings Chelsea’s six-game winning run to an end.

Another dramatic, late

could have broken the deadlock in the 17th minute after he went past three ATK defenders inside the box with some silky touches but his final shot at goal was too weak to test Arindam Bhattacharya.

For ATK, Roy Krishna missed the easiest chance of the game at the stroke of halftime when Michael Soosairaj floated an inch-perfect cross across goal. The striker failed to connect properly with an empty net in front of him.

Habas handed young defender Sumit Rathi his debut as he replaced Anas Edathodika at the beginning of the second half.

Jobby Justin made his

Fikayo Tomori thought he had given Chelsea the lead when he instinctively lashed the ball towards goal when City failed to deal with a corner.

Chelsea finally made the pressure tell on 21 minutes as Kante outmuscled Benjamin Mendy to gather Mateo Kovacic’s lofted pass, and the Frenchman bundled the ball over the on-rushing Ederson.

But just when it seemed Chelsea would add to their deserved lead, City drew level. Fortune favoured the champions as deflections off both Chelsea centre-backs sent the ball into the path of De Bruyne and, after he cut inside onto his left foot, a second deflection off Kurt Zouma turned his shot past the wrong-footed Kepa.

City hit the front for the first time thanks to a moment of brilliance from Mahrez. The Algerian gathered a cross-field ball on the right, weaved in between Emerson and Kovacic before firing a shot through Tomori’s legs and past the unsighted Chelsea goalkeeper.

An encouraging first half threatened to unravel for Chelsea when Kepa’s aimless pass out from the back fell at the feet of Aguero, but the Spaniard’s blushes were spared by the crossbar.

The intensity of the first period transferred to the second, with both sides peppering each other’s goals at will.

Chelsea substitute Mason Mount flashed a freekick inches wide from 30 yards late on and City then thought they had finally put Chelsea to bed deep into stoppage-time when Sterling’s shot breached the defences of Kepa.

But another contentious VAR decision ruled the effort out with the England forward adjudged to have been millimetres offside. The return of the Champions League sees Manchester City host Shakhtar Donetsk on Tuesday, while Chelsea travel to Valencia on Wednesday.

City then travel to Newcastle in the Premier League, before Chelsea host London rivals West Ham on Saturday.

Dalilah Muhammad

most eagerly-awaited finals to claim the world title for the first time. Muhammad also won world gold in the 4x400m relay and won five of her seven races.

Ukrainian Yaroslava Mahuchikh, who earned

world high jump silver with a world U-20 record of 2.04m, took the female rising star award, and Ethiopian long-distance runner Selemon Barega was named the male rising star.

NWA wrestlers leave for National C’ship

The wrestlers along with Nagaland Wrestling Association officials in Kohima.

Dimapur, Nov 24 (NPN): Nagaland Wrestling Association (NWA) wrestlers are all set to take part in the 64th Men Freestyle, Greco Roman Style and 22nd Women Senior National Wrestling Championship schedule to be held at PAP Complex, Jalandhar, Punjab from November 28 to December 1.

The Championship

is being organised by the Punjab Wrestling Association (PWA) under the aegis of Wrestling Federation of India (WFI).

The four wrestlers, Keduovilie Zumu (97 Kg), Megosier Khate (92 Kg), Thechamo Murry (65 Kg) and Kaisiwang Nring (61 Kg) will be joined by Vikieto Kapu (57 Kg) and coach Chisazo Dawhuo who are already in Delhi.

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