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Rajnath speaks
NEWS
CAPSULE ULFA leader, accomplice to CM on
grenade attack
2 minors drown
DERGAON, May 16: Two
arrested in city blast case SPL CORRESPONDENT

NEW DELHI, May 16: Un-

minors – Nikhil Tanti and
Arjun Tanti – drowned in a
ditch of Daigrong tea
estate near here today.
The duo from the same
family was trying to cross
the ditch on their way
home. The local people
later retrieved the bodies.
– Correspondent
J&K encounter
SRINAGAR, May 16:
Three Jaish-e-Mohammad
terrorists, a civilian and a
soldier were killed on
Thursday in an encounter
in Pulwama district of
Jammu and Kashmir, police
said, adding, ammunition
were recovered from the
encounter site. – PTI
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Arms, ammo recovered from rented house ion Home Minister Rajnath
STAFF REPORTER tress’s residence. then. “He was operating at the Singh on Thursday spoke to
Joint Commissioner of Guwa- leadership level of the outfit,” the Chief Minister Sarbananda
GUWAHATI, May 16: hati Police Debaraj Upadhyay in- Joint Commissioner said. Sonowal regarding the gre-
Police today arrested ULFA Saikia, who has acted in a nade blast in Guwahati that in-
leader Pranmoy Rajguru number of television serials, jured 12 people last night.
and his alleged accomplice was in close touch with Rajgu- Sonowal apprised the Home
Jahnabi Saikia, a small-time ru and the latter frequented her Minister about the current sit-
actress, in connection with house quite often. uation. Singh wished speedy
the grenade blast that left Both Pranmoy and Jahnabi recovery of the injured, offi-
12 people injured in the city hail from Sivasagar and were cial sources here said.
on Wednesday night. arrested from the rented ac- Meanwhile, Rajnath Singh
Police also recovered a commodation on the Namghar also tweeted HM @rajnaths-
9mm pistol, 25 rounds of am- Path in the Panjabari locality ingh spoke to Assam Chief
munition, a grenade case, ex- Pranmoy Rajguru here this afternoon. Howev- Minister, @sarbanandsonwal
plosive of substantial quantity, er, neither of the accused has regarding the blast in Guwa-
incriminating documents re- formed The Assam Tribune that confessed to the crime till the hati. The Chief Minister ap-
lated to the ULFA, besides a Rajguru had joined the ULFA in time of filing this report. prised him of the situation. The
Police personnel checking vehicles in Guwahati on Thursday as security has been beefed number of cell phones, during 1986 and was carrying out activ- Police claimed that the attack police and other agencies are
up following Wednesday’s grenade attack. – UB Photos a raid conducted in the ac- ities for the banned outfit since (See page 7) (See page 7)
Assamese language teaching Paresh Baruah
included in KV curriculum contacting old
STAFF REPORTER mese language teaching in KVs.
It may be noted that the
mese, will be done during
school hours for about two to
ULFA cadres
GUWAHATI, May 16: Chief Asam Sahitya Sabha also ex- three periods per week. The R DUTTA CHOUDHURY es told The Assam Tribune
Minister Sarbananda Sonowal pressed its concern and submit- same letter has asked the Ken- that the ULFA(I) leader start-
today welcomed Kendriya Vi- ted a memorandum to the driya Vidyalaya Sangathan to GUWAHATI, May 16: ed frequently calling some old
dyalaya Sangathan’s initiative engage contractual teachers Commander-in-Chief of the cadres about a couple of
to include Assamese language CM hails initiative for teaching of Assamese. United Liberation Front of months back. “The interest-
teaching in the curriculum of A meeting was held in this Asom (Independent), Paresh ing fact is that some old cad-
Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs). Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan context which was presided Baruah has been contacting the res, who were not in touch with
In view of discontinuance or to include Assamese language over by Commissioner and Sec- old cadres of the outfit, who the ULFA(I) commander-in-
stopping of teaching of Assa- teaching in KVs in Assam. retary, Secondary Education, are either not involved with chief for 15 to 20 years, start-
mese or other regional languag- As a result of such commu- Preetom Saikia and attended by the peace talks or not satisfied ed receiving calls from him in
es in KVs in Assam, and the nications, the Deputy Com- Deputy Commissioner, Kend- with the progress of talks to recent times. It is a fact that
resultant direction of Chief missioner of Kendriya Vidya- riya Vidyalaya Sangathan, Re- win their sympathy. To deal (See page 7)
Minister Sarbananda Sonowal laya Sangathan, Regional Of- gional Office, Guwahati C with the issue, all the district
to the State education depart- fice, Guwahati communicated
ment to take up the matter with that as per Article 112 of Edu-
Neelap, and representatives of
the Asam Sahitya Sabha, among
Superintendents of Police have
been directed to keep a close
JOCOSERIOUS
the Kendriya Vidyalaya San- cation Code for Kendriya Vi- others, where the decision of the watch on the activities of the
gathan, the authority took the dyalayas teaching of regional Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan former militants.
decision to incorporate Assa- languages, including Assa- was communicated and shared. Highly placed police sourc-

Cong may support

regional party leader
SHIMLA, May 16: The
Congress is not averse to sup-
porting any regional party lead-
er for the Prime Minister’s
post even if it emerges as the
single largest party, Congress
leader Gulam Nabi Azad said
on Thursday.
“My party high command
has already made it clear that
the Congress is
not averse to PM post
making a Prime
Minister from any regional par-
ty,” Azad told reporters here.
He was asked if the Con-
gress will be ready to support
any regional party leader for
the PM’s post even if it emerg-
es as the largest party in a hung
Parliament.
Speaking in the same vein
in Patna on Wednesday, Azad
had said the Congress will not
make it an issue if the PM’s
post is not offered to it.
Azad’s remarks assume sig-
nificance as the Congress has
been asserting that it would be
the fulcrum of any non-NDA
government, which was seen
as its claim for the PM’s post
and had led some major re-
gional parties to maintain a dis- What the nation has pro-
tance from it. duced does not matter... the
“It will be good if there is a GDP must grow in paper!
consensus on Congress lead-
er’s name for heading the gov-
ernment at the Centre after
the Lok Sabha election results
are out but we are
not going to make
it an issue that we
(Congress) will not let any oth-
er (leader) to become the PM,
if it is not offered to us (Con-
gress),” Azad had said in Patna,
in an apparent mellowing of
Congress’ stand.
The Leader of Opposition in
Rajya Sabha had said the sole
objective of the Congress is to
stop the NDA from forming
the government at the Centre
and installing a non-NDA gov-
ernment. Taking a swipe at
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi, Azad said here that he
should prepare for installing
his own statue. – PTI

Probe in Bofors case

to continue: CBI
NEW DELHI, May 16: The CBI probe into the Bofors
case pertaining to the alleged Rs 64 crore kickbacks in the
purchase of the Swedish artillery guns will continue, offi-
cials said on Thursday.
“In view of certain revelations made by one Michael Her-
shman, CBI sought the permission of the trial court to con-
duct further investigation in the Bofors case,” CBI spokes-
person Nitin Wakankar said.
He said on May 8, 2019, the court had observed that when
independent right and power is available with the CBI to
further investigate the matter on their own, if in their wis-
dom it is necessary to do so then, why still such application is
being filed in the court.
“After obtaining legal opinion, CBI filed an application on
May 16, 2019 in the court of CMM, Rouse Avenue Courts,
New Delhi, stating that for conducting further investigation
under section 173(8) of CrPC, permission of the court is not
mandatorily required by CBI and an intimation to the court
in this regard will suffice,” he said, adding the probe in the
Bofors case will continue.
The CBI response came after it withdrew from a Delhi
court its application to seek permission to further probe the
politically sensitive Rs 64-crore Bofors payoff case. – PTI
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PIL over party names

NEW DELHI, May 16: A PIL has been moved in the Delhi High
Court seeking directions to the Election Commission (EC) to re-
Modi-Mamata clash over Vidyasagar,
view political parties having names with religious connotations or
using symbols similar to that of the National Flag and to de-register
them if they do not change them within three months. – PTI
Bengali pride as they go stumping
MAU/KOLKATA, May 16:
With ‘Bengali pride’ firmly
pitchforked into electoral dis-
course, Prime Minister
Narendra Modi and TMC su-
premo Mamata Banerjee on
Thursday accused each other’s
“goons” of vandalising the bust
of Bengal renaissance pioneer
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar’s
bust at a Kolkata college.
Days after the social reform-
er-polymath’s statue was
smashed to pieces, the echo
was felt in faraway Mau in Ut-
tar Pradesh where Modi de-
clared his government’s com-
mitment to the “vision” of Vi-
dyasagar and promised his
grand statue will be installed
at the very place where it was
vandalised.
He said Trinamool Congress
“goons” had committed a
“sin” by wrecking the statue
and alleged that the Banerjee
government was trying to de-
stroy evidence to save them.
Addressing rallies in Man-
dir Bazaar and Diamond Har-
bour in West Bengal, Baner-
jee rejected Modi’s offer for
installing a new bust of Vid-
yasagar and said ‘Bengali
pride’ was hurt by the incident.
“He should do squats hold-
ing his ears (as a mark of re-
pentance) for destroying the
cultural heritage of the State.
Media has shown how Vid-
yasagar’s bust was broken.
Bengali pride is hurt and peo-
ple will not spare the BJP. It
will not get a single vote in
Bengal,” the West Bengal Chief
Minister said.
The two leaders attacked
each other with vengeance as
they made a last gasp push to
shore up the prospects of their
candidates for the nine Lok
Sabha seats before the trun-
cated deadline for electioneer-
ing ends at 10 pm tonight.
Stakes are too high for Ban-
erjee in the last phase of poll-
ing schedule for May 19 as the
TMC had won all these nine
seats.
Modi addressed two rallies on
Thursday, while Banerjee also
held public meetings and a road-
show with thousands of party
supporters and workers, many
carrying framed photographs of
Bengali icons like Rabindranath
Tagore, Swami Vivekananda,
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
and Sri Aurobindo.
“Dedicated as we are to the
vision of Ishwar Chandra Vid-
yasagar, our government will
Will set up JPC to probe
demonetisation scam: Cong
MOHALI, May 16: A Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC)
will be set up to probe demonetisation if the Congress is voted
install a panchdhatu (an alloy to power at the Centre, former Union minister and Congress
of five metals) statue at the candidate from the Anandpur Sahib seat Manish Tewari said on
very spot and give a befitting Thursday. Demonetisation was a “scam” that ran into hun-
reply to TMC goondas,” Modi dreds and thousands of crores and responsibilities needed to
declared in Mau. be fixed for it, Tewari said here. The Anandpur Sahib Lok
In West Bengal, Banerjee Sabha constituency in Punjab goes to polls on May 19 in the last
went for Modi’s jugular, say- leg of the seven-phase parliamentary elections. “Demonetisa-
ing she does not want “alms” tion was not only a huge financial scam, it was like brutal mur-
from the BJP. “Bengal does not der of the economy and responsibility needs to be fixed for it
seek alms from BJP. We have and those guilty brought to book,” he said. – PTI
the money for a new bust of
Vidyasagar, who was part of
Bengal renaissance. Don’t you
feel ashamed for saying that
Bengal has been reduced to a
pauper State?”
Banerjee was referring to
a comment by BJP president
Amit Shah at a poll rally earli-
er this week where he had
said that under Banerjee “so-
nar (made of gold) Bangla has
become kangal (pauper) Bang-
la”. – PTI

UGC move for

inter-varsity degrees
HYDERABAD, May 16:
The University Grants Com-
mission (UGC) is proposing a
‘National Academic Credit
Bank’ in higher education and
if the proposal comes through,
inter-university degrees can
be a reality soon, a senior UGC
official said on Thursday.
UGC Vice Chairman Prof
Bhushan Patwardhan, speaking
on the sidelines of the ongoing
three-day Training of Teachers
(ToT) for Student Induction
Programme (SIP) here, said
the proposal was similar to
that existing in some foreign
universities.
The initiative proposed in
the place of the current sys-
tem of CBCS (credit-based
choice system) would allow
students to join in one univer-
sity, pursue it in another uni-
versity and earn a degree from
a different university, a press
release quoted Patwardhan as
saying. This would give a lot
of flexibility to the students,
the release further quoted him
as saying.
The UGC has appointed a
committee which met a cou-
ple of times to study the pro-
posal, the release said.
The proposal was made re-
cently in Pune and was still in
deliberation stage, he said add-
ing with the National Academ-
ic Credit Bank, inter-univer-
sity degrees can be a reality in
the near future in India.
“Once this goes through
proper deliberations and ac-
cepted, we would like to roll it
out on an experimental basis
or on a pilot project basis in
any one of the universities by
the academic year 2021, Pat-
wardhan said.
The current education sys-
tem is teacher and institution-
centric, which has to be
changed. It has to become stu-
dent-centric, he added. – PTI
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India-US shared vision opens way for Lankan Muslim leaders

future opportunities: US Naval chief
WASHINGTON, May 16:
US Navy chief Admiral John
Richardson has said that his
recent visit to India was a
“critical opportunity” to
strengthen ties between the
two navies and sharing views
on a multilateral approach in
maintaining maritime do-
main awareness in the stra-
tegic Indo-Pacific region.
Richardson, who was on a
three-day visit to India, met
his Indian counterpart Admi-
ral Sunil Lanba and other
senior officers and discussed
joint exercises between the
two navies amid rising Chi-
nese influence in the Indo-
Pacific region.
“This visit provided a criti-
appeal for calm
cal opportunity to strengthen
the partnership between the
Indian Navy and the US Navy,”
a US Navy press release
quoted him as saying after his
visit ended on Tuesday.
“The two heads of navy
also discussed the strategic
importance of growing the
two navies’ partnership and
the need to focus on infor-
mation sharing and exchange.
They also discussed their
shared view on a multilateral
approach in maintaining mari-
time domain awareness in the
Indo-Pacific region,”the re-
lease said.
“Our mutual commitment
and shared vision for a free
and open Indo-Pacific enables
John Richardson
even more opportunities for
the future. We took the op-
portunity during the visit to
discuss specific steps that will
set the stage for further co-
operation between our two
navies,” he said.
China has been trying to
spread its influence in the
resource-rich Indo-Pacific
region. To counter Beijing,
the US has been pushing for
a broader role by India in the
strategically important re-
gion.
India, the US and several
other world powers have
been talking about the need
to ensure a free, open and
thriving Indo-Pacific in the
backdrop of China’s rising
military manoeuvring in the
region, which is a large
swathe of land and sea
stretching all the way from
the west coast of the US to
the shores of east Africa.
Richardson also praised
Admiral Lanba’s vision and
said that the Indian Navy
chief, who is retiring later this
month, has been a strong ad-
vocate for a closer partner-
ship between our two navies,
and “we have made signifi-
cant progress.”
“We took the opportunity
during the visit to discuss
specific steps that will set the
stage for further cooperation
between our two navies,” he
said.
The US Navy said that
Richardson also met the US
Ambassador of India,
Kenneth Juster to discuss
how to further strengthen
relations between the two
countries and navies. – PTI
COLOMBO, May 16: At-
tacks against minority Muslims
only fulfils the agenda of ex-
tremist militants among the
community who want to divide
people, Muslim political lead-
ers said here on Thursday as
they appealed to the radical el-
ements to shun violence, amid
widespread communal riots
following the Easter blasts.
Anti-Muslim riots have
killed one person and caused
extensive damage to homes,
businesses and mosques in
Sri Lanka this week.
The communal violence is
a fresh backlash from the
Easter Sunday attacks where
nine suicide bombers, includ-
ing a woman, carried out a
series of devastating blasts
that tore through three
churches and three luxury
attacking them,” Ashraff said.
Responding to criticism
that Muslims have become
religiously more aggressive
living among the majority
Buddhist community, Kabir
Hashim, a minister said, “We
are not ashamed to do soul
searching, we may have made
mistakes in the past, but we
are ready to correct them.
We are ready to move for-
ward as one nation”.
Earlier, a group of opposition
legislators moved a motion in
Parliament for a vote of no trust
against Industry and Trade
Minister Rishath Bathiyutheen
who leads a small Muslim party,
a coalition partner in the gov-
ernment, for alleged complic-
ity with the jihadists.
The motion accuses
Bathiyutheen of applying pres-
mongering and violence car-
ried out by a few,” the UN
statement in a said.
“As a country, Sri Lanka re-
mains at a critical juncture
where a unified rejection of hate
is of paramount importance for
sustaining peace,” it said.
The Organization of Islamic
Cooperation (OIC) said it was
closely monitoring the anti-
Muslim attacks that have taken
place at various locations.
“The OIC calls on the au-
thorities in Sri Lanka to ensure
the safety and security of the
Muslim community in the
country and combat the rising
tide of violence, extremism and
hate speech, which is spread-
ing fear and mistrust among the
communities,” it said. – PTI

S African woman makes hotels, killing 258 people and

injuring over 500 others.
“Those who attack Muslims
sure to release the support-
ers of the jihadi group, supply-
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tremist militants. Terrorist
copper factory owned by one
of the suicide bombers and
KATHMANDU, May 16: A South Af- want other communities to being friends with the rich fa-
rican business executive reached the top target Muslims. They wanted ther of the two suicide bomb-
of Mount Everest on Thursday in what is to divide us,” Imtiaz Bakeer ers, a Muslim preacher who is
believed to be the first summit of the Markar, a senior Muslim poli- under arrest. Sri Lanka has
tician told reporters. faced condemnation for the
world’s highest mountain by a black Afri-
“We are not with them and recent anti-Muslimn violence.
can woman.
Saray Khumalo, 47, reached the top of a majority of Muslims do not “The United Nations wel-
the 8,848-metre (29,029-foot) mountain approve it (the Easter Sun- comes the unequivocal con-
after three previous bids were thwarted day attacks),” Ferial Ashraff, demnation expressed on
by bad weather, injury and tragedy. a former minister said. many occasions by political,
Khumalo’s Summits with a Purpose ex- She said the Muslim com- religious and other commu-
munity had volunteered to nity leaders towards the hate-
pedition organiser said she was the first black
African woman to reach the top of Everest. give information to security
Nepal’s Tourism Department con- forces in their operations to
firmed that Khumalo had made the sum- nab the extremists. NATIONAL HEALTH MISSION,
“Please do not push them
mit but had no record on whether she ASSAM
was the first black African woman. towards divisive groups by
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Saray Khumalo
forced Khumalo to give up on Everest,
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All Everest climbs were halted during Audit Cell/Appointment/State Level Concurrent Auditor/2019-20/3821/
“My dream is to go higher and go fur- 1312, dt. 24.04.2019 (uploaded in the website www.nhm.assam.gov.in)
her first attempt in 2014 when an ava- ther for as long as I breathe. To pave a it is for information to all the concerned potential bidders that the following
lanche killed 16 guides on the mountain. way for my children and other ordinary changes are made in the Advertisement & RFP documents.
Khumalo is on a quest to conquer the high- people, so we may realise and accept that 1. Last date of submission of proposal to State Health Society, Assam:
est peaks on each continent. ordinary people like us can achieve ex- 21st May, 2019 upto 2 PM.
She has already climbed Mount Kili- traordinary heights,” Khumalo says on 2. Date of opening of Technical Bid: 21st May, 2019 at 3 PM.
manjaro in Africa, Aconcagua in Argen- her website. 3. Under Section IV (D) of the RFP, the minimum audit fee is revised to Rs.
tina and Mount Elbrus in Russia. 3.33 lakh (excluding GST), which is indicative only for minimum fees.
Many Himalayan mountains – includ-
In 2003, South African park ranger All other terms & conditions of the RFP documents will remain unchanged.
ing Everest, the world’s highest – are at
Sibusiso Vilane became the first black peak climbing season with the window of Sd/- Director, Finance & Accounts cum Chairman,
State Audit Committee,
person to summit Mount Everest. good weather between late April and the
National Health Mission, Assam
Khumalo uses her expeditions to raise end of May. – AFP
Yemen still at ‘crossroads’
despite rebel pullback
UNITED NATIONS (US), The envoy delivered the forces that are to be deployed
May 16: The UN envoy for warning after the Huthis to those facilities.
Yemen warned on Wednes- pulled out of three Red Sea Griffiths acknowledged
day that despite a rebel with- ports, in line with a ceasefire that the first phase of the re-
drawal from key ports, the deal reached in Stockholm in deployment was incomplete,
country still faced the threat December. and that an agreement on the
of plunging into all-out war. The pullback from Hodeida, local security forces was still
“Despite the significance Saleef and Ras Issa marked under negotiation.
of the last few days, Yemen the first concrete step to im- Despite the complications,
remains at the crossroads plement the Stockholm Griffiths hailed “a new be-
between war and peace,” agreement, which was hailed ginning in Hodeida”, saying
Martin Griffiths told the UN as a breakthrough in efforts that “change is now a real-
Security Council. to end the war. ity”. Danish General Michael
Yemen’s government and The Huthis handed over Lollesgaard, who heads a re-
Huthi rebels must press on control of the ports to a deployment commission,
with further redeployments “coast guard”, but some gov- told reporters by videolink
of forces and return to the ernment officials said these from Hodeida that the Huthi
negotiating table for talks on forces were in fact rebel handover of the ports would
a broader peace settlement, fighters in different uniforms. be verified by all sides at a
he said. The pullback from the later stage.
“There are signs of hope,” ports had been delayed over “We are not sidelining the
he added, but there are also disagreements on the government of Yemen in any
“alarming signs” of war. makeup of local security way,” he said. – AFP
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NAIROBI, May 16: Animal
rights activists urged Kenya
on Thursday to ban the
slaughter of donkeys for Chi-
nese medicine, a practice
which has soared in recent
years, decimating populations
of the animal in Africa.
Donkey skins are ex-
ported to China to make a
traditional medicine known
as ejiao, which is believed to
improve blood circulation.
It was once the preserve
of emperors but is now
highly-sought after by a bur-
geoning middle-class.
People for the Ethical Treat-
ment of Animals (PETA) told
AFP that an investigation inside
Kenyan slaughterhouses
showed animals being cruelly
beaten by workers, or dead after
long truck journeys from neigh-
bouring countries.
“PETA is calling for Kenya
to join many other African na-
tions in banning the slaughter
of donkeys. There is simply
no need for this cruelty, (the
medicine) is not even some-
thing that has been shown to
be effective,” said PETA
spokeswoman Ashley Fruno.
China is increasingly look-
ing to Africa to satisfy de-
mand as its own donkey popu-
lation has nearly halved in
recent years.
Several African countries
have banned the export of
donkey skins and closed Chi-
nese-owned slaughter-
houses, meaning thousands
are now trucked long dis-
tances into Kenya from coun-
tries like Ethiopia, Uganda
and Somalia.
Engineering Colleges of Assam for the session 2019-20
through Combined Entrance Examination [CEE]-2019
conducted by the Assam Science and Technology University,
“There are virtually no Guwahati, please note the following instructions:-
laws against the abuse of ani- IMPORTANT:-
mals on farms or in slaugh- Candidates must apply against the seats reserved under
NCC and Sports Category at the time of Online filling up of
terhouses in Kenya, so none
form of CEE-2019.
of the violence captured in the
1. For Sports category: Candidates must have to submit a
footage is punishable from a
self attested photo copy of the certificate issued by the Director
legal standpoint,” PETA said of Sports and Youth Welfare, Assam.
in a statement. The govern-
2. For NCC category: Candidates must submit a self attested
ment has not responded to a
photo copy of certificate issued by the Authority not below
request for comment. the rank of Commanding Officer, National Cadets Cops.,
John Kariuki, the manager Ministry of Defence, Govt. of India along with the self attested
of a slaughterhouse where al- photo copies of camp attendance certificate.
leged abuse was observed, For the both category:
told AFP: “Whoever saw A] Candidates must submit the copies CEE-2019 Admit
donkeys beaten inside my Card and details particulars regarding their level of
participation.
slaughterhouse is a liar and
should look for something B] Last Date of Submission of the application along with all
else to talk about.” testimonials to the Office of the Director of Technical
Education, Assam, Kahilipara, Guwahati-19 on 24th May,
Alex Mayers of the UK-
2019 positively.
based animal welfare organi-
C] No applications will be accepted after the last date of
sation The Donkey Sanctu-
submission.
ary said stories about the
Sd/- Director of Technical Education, Assam,
trade first began emerging in
2016. – AFP Janasanyog/D/259/19 Kahilipara, Guwahati-19.
 FRIDAY, MAY 17, 2019
WEATHER
GUWAHATI
LOCAL FORECAST:
Partly cloudy sky with
one or two spells of rain/
thundershowers.
Maximum temperature
is most likely to be 32°C
on Friday.
TEMPERATURE:
Max 32.0°C
Min 22.3°C
GMC expedites
service delivery,
grievance
redressal work
STAFF REPORTER
GUWAHATI, May 16: The
Guwahati Municipal Corporation
(GMC) has expedited its serv-
ice delivery and proper redres-
sal of the grievances of the citi-
zens through various platforms.
It now has helpline numbers
for taking up public grievanc-
es or any kind of query related
to the GMC. For any services,
the citizens can call or What-
sApp at 8811007000/
7399003001/7399003002/
7399003003/7399003004 or
can also write to the corpora-
tion at gmcpgo@gmai.com, an
official release said.
The citizens of Guwahati can
post their complaints, sugges-
tions and feedback on the
GMC official Facebook page at
www.facebook.com/Guwaha-
tiMunicipalCorporation (@gu-
wahatimunicipalcorporation)
and on Twitter page at Guwa-
hati Municipal Corporation
(@gmc_guwahati).
For further information on
services, one can visit the
GMC official website https://
gmc.assam.gov.in, it added.
Buddha
Purnima
STAFF REPORTER
GUWAHATI, May 16: The
Guwahati Buddha Vihar Samiti
is going to observe the 2563rd
Buddha Purnima Festival with a
day-long series of programmes
on May 18 at the Buddhist Tem-
ple at Bamunimaidam here.
The event will start at 4 am
with the Sutra Path by Bhikkhu
Sangha, followed by Prabhat
Pheri at 5 am and the hoisting of
the World Buddhist Flag at 8 am.
Buddha Puja and acceptance
of Pancha Sila will be held from
10.30 am, followed by Pind Daan
to Bhikkhu Sangha at 11.30 am.
There will be Dharma Sabha at
3 pm and the Ranjita Memorial
Quiz Competition at 6 pm. A
cultural programme will also be
held from 8 pm onwards.
Toppers hailed
GUWAHATI, May 16: Bas-
ant Gogoi, president of the All
Tai Ahom Students’ Union,
Kamrup (M) District Commit-
tee, has congratulated all the
students who passed the
HSLC 2019 Examination.
In a statement Gogoi also
congratulated all the toppers,
especially Meghashree Borah
who created a record by scor-
ing 99 per cent marks in the
HSLC Examination.
Routes without sheds
W ith the advent of summer,
it is time for the Guwa-
hatians to prepare themselves
to face challenges like the
scorching sunshine and heavy
rainfall till the end of July. Al-
though the Smart City project
is being implemented, the
common people, especially
the city bus travellers, have
no respite from these prob-
lems as most of the city’s
routes have very few waiting
sheds for the commuters.
One such route is Deen
Citizens are requested to
express their Guwahati-
specific views within 100
words and mail the same to:
citizensvoice365@gmail.com
Dayal Upadhyaya Road from
Ganeshguri to Lalganesh via
Kahilipara (5 km). There are
many important Govt offices
CITY
Students from the ghettos soar high in HSLC exams
MANASH PRATIM DUTTA
GUWAHATI, May 16: They
are residents of nondescript,
poverty-stricken areas of the
city. Although their address is
a metropolis and one which is
touted as the future gateway
to South East Asia, yet, access-
ing even the basic civic amen-
ities remains a far cry for these
people. But the HSLC results
declared on Wednesday
brought in unadulterated joy
into their life of drudgery.
“The result was a totally un-
expected one for me. After the
examination I thought I would
score letter marks in three
subjects at the most. But what
I got was something beyond
Guwahati Commissioner of Police Deepak Kumar and other senior police officials during a security review/peace meeting
at the PWD Convention Hall, in Guwahati on Thursday. – UB Photos
SC ban on stone mining in
KNP surroundings hailed
STAFF REPORTER
GUWAHATI, May 16:
Conservation body Herit-
age Conservation Society
of Assam (HeCSA) has
hailed the Supreme
Court’s latest order on
banning all the stone
mining-related activities in
the Kaziranga-Karbi
Anglong landscape. It has
urged the State govern-
ment and the Karbi
Anglong Autonomous
Council (KAAC) authorities to
implement the apex court’s
order in letter and spirit.
HeCSA secretary Jayanta
Sarma told this newspaper
that the apex court’s
intervention in the matter is
going to help those who are
engaged in conserving
environment as well as
heritage in protecting the
unique environment and
heritage of the Kaziranga-
Karbi Anglong landscape.
Kaziranga National Park
(KNP), also a world famous
heritage site, is known for its
fauna and flora and it is
and banks on this route. Hun-
dreds of employees and visi-
tors come to the offices like
DPI, DTE, Director of High-
er Education, Mission Direc-
tor of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan,
Director of Geology & Min-
ing, School of Survey and many
offices of the police depart-
ment, besides banks. But, as
there are no waiting sheds on
this route, common people suf-
fer a lot of difficulties while
waiting for city buses,
Trekkers, etc, specially during
summer.
I would like to request the
authorities concerned to look
into it in the greater interest
of the citizens of Guwahati.
– D Narzary,
Kahilipara
Parking fee
Recently my husband and I
happened to park our bike near
the Time Square on the GS
Road and when we were about
to return, a man gave us a
printed receipt from a hand-
held swipe machine.
my expectation. This Wednes-
day was really a great day for
me, my family, and the entire
locality,” said Bikram Sarma,
son of a city-based carpenter
and resident of the slum area
at Bamunimaidan.
Bikram scored letter marks
in Hindi, Science, Social Sci-
ence, Mathematics and Eng-
lish, securing 85 per cent
marks appearing from Adar-
sha Hindi High School, Bamu-
nimaidam area.
“Preparing for the exams
was a challenge for me. Our
financial condition is pathetic
and the social environment of
our locality is also not a healthy
one, especially for studies. But
I tried to overcome all those
inalienably linked with the
natural environment of Karbi
Anglong for sustenance.
But stone mining and
other commercial activities
along the national park and
in Karbi Anglong hills have
been posing a serious threat
to this globally important
national park known for its
one-horned rhinoceros
population. Of late, Kaziran-
ga has also been recognised
as a tiger reserve. It is also
recognised by the
UNESCO as a World
Heritage site.
This national park, which is
an inseparable part of the
natural heritage of the
State’s people, has made
Assam proud and the apex
court’s order banning stone
mining-related activities
along this park in the Karbi
Anglong hills, is a welcome
development, Sarma said.
However, the decision
taken at a recent meeting of
the senior forest officials of
the State on the order of
the Supreme Court sounds
puzzling. The meeting, as
After going through the
contents of the receipt, we
felt there was no mention of
the fee on it! Ten rupees
were charged against the
parking time but we were
clueless as to whether it was
charged for half an hour or
one hour.
Parking fees must be allo-
cated according to specific time
periods. It does not matter
how high or low the parking
fee is! The authorities con-
cerned might be aware of this
but are not interested in en-
suring that the payable amount
is mentioned on the receipt.
They must sort out such in-
justices meted out to people.
– Manisha Das Sangma,
Chandmari
Hostel inmates’ woes
Regarding the excessive
violation of students’ rights
and privileges in private hos-
tels or PGs (paying guest sys-
tem), I want to draw the at-
tention of the vigilance and hu-
hurdles,” he said.
A member of Abhinandan
Foundation, a group of youths
working for the welfare of
children dwelling in slums,
Bikram said he wants to set
up his own business entity in
the city after completing his
graduation in the commerce
stream.
“Behind my success, two
teachers – Bikramraj Adhika-
ri and Deepak Upadhyay –
played a key role. At every
step, they guided and motivat-
ed me. World Vision India also
helped me financially on vari-
ous occasions,” Bikram added.
Mousumi Dhar, a resident
of Bhaskar Nagar slum area,
scored 82 per cent marks ap-
per newspaper reports,
suggested shifting of stone
mining activities and the
stone crushers located in
Dolomara areas to Parkup
Pahar or Kaliabor areas and
the stone crushers located
in the Eastern Assam
Wildlife Division to Der-
gaon area.
This suggestion of the
forest officials seems to be
contravening the apex
court’s order on the issue. If
the decision taken at the
forest officers’ meeting is
implemented, it will again
affect the natural environ-
ment of the areas situated in
Kaliabor, at a distance of
around ten kilometres from
the KNP. The Supreme
Court has not issued any
direction to the authorities
that they should shift stone
mining and stone crushing
activities to other areas. Its
direction is crystal clear –
stone mining and stone
crushing activities in the
vicinity of the KNP should
be stopped once for all,
Sarma said.
man rights bodies to the fact
that a PG near Adabari Tiniali
at Kamakhya Nagar is exploit-
ing the boarders in many
ways. In spite of charging Rs
5,000 each for three-seater
rooms and Rs 8,000 for a sin-
gle-seater room, they never
give any fee receipt nor pro-
vide any water purifying fa-
cility to the boarders, provid-
ing only a pathetic, unhygien-
ic water filter instead.
Interestingly, earlier this
month, the owner installed a
CCTV camera on the corridor
of the second floor, although it is
illegal to install such surveillance
cameras in the middle of a cor-
ridor where girls happen to stay.
Therefore, it is my request
to the human rights organisa-
tions to take up the cause of
such sufferers in order to cre-
ate a better environment for
girl students taking shelter in
private hostels and PGs in the
city of Guwahati.
– Rakhishree Lekharu,
Guwahati
pearing from the New Guwa-
hati Adarsha High School. Her
father is a driver and her moth-
er works as a part-time help
at some households in the city.
“Arranging all facilities for the
continuation of my studies was
a challenge for my parents. But
the HSLC results have boost-
ed my confidence. Now I will
enroll myself in the science
stream as I want to become a
doctor. Through this profes-
sion, I want to serve the poor
section of society,” she said.
She scored letter marks in
advanced mathematics, general
mathematics and social science.
The day was also an occa-
sion to celebrate for the fami-
ly of Reshma Khatun who
Dengue Day
observed in
Kamrup (M)
STAFF REPORTER
GUWAHATI, May 16: The
National Vector Borne Dis-
ease Control Programme
(NVBDCP), Assam observed
National Dengue Day at differ-
ent districts of the State today.
The day was observed at
the State headquarters in col-
laboration with the District
Health Society, Kamrup (Met-
ro) at the Hiteshwar Saikia
auditorium near Pandu FRU
with a daylong programme, an
official release said.
The programme comprised
cleanliness drives, rallies with
the ASHA, multi-purpose
workers, surveillance work-
ers along with the state pro-
gramme officer, NVBDCP,
joint director of health servic-
es, Kamrup (Metro) and oth-
er nodal officers.
In the coming days under the
supervision of State NVBDCP
IEC-BCC consultant Karish-
ma Sharma and district media
expert Smita Saikia, street
plays and miking activities will
be held at some of the impor-
tant areas of Kamrup (Metro)
to create awareness about
dengue.
Bamboo flowers blooming in Guwahati, as seen on Thursday. – UB Photos
scored 78 per cent marks in
the examination.
This time, her two sisters and
only brother – Jesmina Begum,
Reshma Begum and Farjul Is-
Mousumi
lam – had also sat for the exam- business entity and was a stu- teacher. I hope the dreams of
ination and passed with 50 per dent of a night school. Their my brother and sisters will also
cent, 42 per cent and 41 per mother is a housemaid. The come true one day,” she said.
16th foundation day of Ellora
Vigyan Mancha held
STAFF REPORTER
GUWAHATI, May 16: The
spirituality of a scientist lies
in his pursuing scientific proc-
ess to discover the truth and
to acquire knowledge through
experimentation. Scientific
temperament and endless
desire to acquire knowledge
help one know life and the
world in a correct manner.
The efforts made to enrich
the knowledge earned so far
through experimentations for
understanding the universe
more accurately may be de-
scribed as the spirituality of
the scientists.
This was the observation
made by renowned scientist
and popular science writer
Dr Dinesh Chandra Goswa-
mi. He was delivering a
speech on scientific temper-
ament and the spirituality of
the scientists on the occa-
sion of the 16th foundation
day of the city-based Ellora
Vigyan Mancha (EVM), an
organisation engaged in
spreading scientific temper-
ament in the State, here on
Wednesday, said a press re-
lease today.
It needs mention here
that the EVM was set up on
the occasion of the first
Ambitious project on
museum mapping
STAFF REPORTER
GUWAHATI, May 16: Sa-
hapedia, an open online ency-
clopaedic resource on art and
culture has embarked on an
ambitious museum mapping
project in India. On May 18
Sahapedia will celebrate Inter-
national Museum Day through
its ‘Museums of India’ and ‘In-
dia Heritage Walk’ pro-
grammes.
The aim of these pro-
grammes is to raise public
awareness about museums as
repositories of history and cul-
ture and as dynamic and inclu-
sive spaces for dialogue among
diverse communities.
The theme of International
THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI 5
cent marks respectively. family lives in Zoo (RG Baru-
Reshma Khatun is the
daughter of a single mother
ah) Road Tiniali area of the city.
“I managed my pocket mon-
and her elder sister Jesmina ey by giving private tuition.
works part-time at a city-based
Before the exams I mainly
studied during the night hours.
The HSLC results have
brought a ray of hope for us.
We want to go forward and es-
tablish ourselves in society,”
Reshma Khatun said.
Jesmina, who lost two aca-
demic years due to the fami-
ly’s financial crisis, termed her
results satisfactory, saying that
she could manage very little
Bikram time to study before the ex-
amination. “I want to be a
death anniversary of Ellora present vice-principal of
Raichoudhury on May 15, Gauhati Medical College and
2004. Ellora Raichoudhury Hospital, Dr Jaydev Sarma.
was the first person in the At the function, the second
State to donate her cadaver edition of the book Assamat
for the enrichment of medi- Vigyan Manaskatar Batkotia
cal research. Hemchandra Baruah, pub-
Dr Goswami cited the ex- lished by the EVM and edit-
amples of the renowned sci- ed by Dr Sivanath Barman
entists like Albert Einstein in and the booklet Vigyan Ma-
his speech to drive home his naskata, which contains two
point. He described these sci- anti-superstition articles
entists as the spiritualists to penned by Dr Narendra Da-
the true sense of the term. volkar and published by the
But, at the same time, he said EVM, were released respec-
these scientists never be- tively by scientist Dr Barin-
lieved in the soul or the met- dra Kumar Sarma and edu-
aphysical concept of the realm cationist Dr Indrani Dutta.
of the dead. Dr Chandra Mohan Sar-
Referring to the Article 51 ma regretted that at present
A (h) of the Indian Constitu- incidence of superstition
tion, which is connected with and evil practices are grow-
the duties of the citizens, in ing in the country under the
the context of spreading sci- tutelage of the present Cen-
entific temperament, Dr Gos- tral government. Only
wami recalled the unique con- through the spread of sci-
tributions made by the first
Prime Minister of the coun-
try Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru in
entific temperament, a pos-
itive change in the society
could be brought about, he
this connection. He stressed asserted.
the need to spread scientific
temperament.
The function presided over
The 16th foundation day of
the EVM was also celebrated
at many places of the State,
by EVM president Dr Chan- including Nagaon, Sivasagar,
dra Mohan Sarma, was also North Lakhimpur, Tezpur,
addressed by EVM secre- Biswanath Chariali, Doom-
tary Kamalesh Gupta, its dooma, Mangaldoi, Barpeta
founder secretary and Road and Pathsala.
Museum Day (IMD) 2019 is (experiences curated for per-
‘Museums as Cultural Hubs: sons with disabilities and un-
The Future of Tradition’. derprivileged children) and
Spread across a week, the baithaks (talks by experts).
events will be kicked off on May These events will be held in
17 with a heritage walk at the partnership with a number of
Archive of North Indian Classi- social, cultural and not-for-
cal Music at Jadavpur Univer- profit organisations.
sity in Kolkata. The celebration For the online audience, Sa-
will end with a baithak in Gu- hapedia will host a #MeraMu-
wahati on May 24 where ar- seum contest on Twitter, Insta-
chaeologist Sanathana YS will gram and Facebook till May 19.
speak on the subject ‘Temple “The primary role of a mu-
Walls as Exhibition Spaces: seum is to collect, preserve and
Symbolism in Indian Temple exhibit antiquities and arte-
Architecture’ at the Assam facts. Now, in a vastly glo-
State Museum here. balised world, museums have
Sahapedia’s programmes, also emerged as a dynamic
spanning 13 cities and to be space for cultural exchange and
held from May 17-24, include enrichment,” Vaibhav Chau-
museum walks, anubhutis han, secretary Sahapedia said.
 6 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI FRIDAY, MAY 17, 2019

Voices that make democracy vibrant

MESSAGE FOR TODAY
I think therefore I am.
– RENE DESCARTES
■ Manish Goswami or Bill to curb it. Strong arm tac-
ture of Mamata Banerjee is in no and mighty, take on the politicians
tics are being increasingly used to
way obscene. It in fact is a carica- without becoming their political

Dark clouds
As the process of updating of the National Register of
Citizens (NRC) draws towards a conclusion, dark clouds
appear to be gathering on Assam’s horizon, which portend
conflict and violence unless tackled. As revealed by Sar-
bananda Sonowal, some ‘evil forces’ are desperately try-
ing to create disturbance in Assam and destroy the age-
old bond of unity amongst the people. The violence which
gripped Hailakandi in the Barak Valley appears to be one
of the negative outcomes of such dastardly conspiracy.
There is no gainsaying the reality that the publication of
the final NRC might prove to be fraught with tension, since
a sizeable number of people of dubious nationality is ex-
pected to be excluded from it. If so far the process has
been proceeding relatively smoothly, it had been because
of the safety valves provided through allowing excluded
individuals to reassert their claims. However, the situation
might take a different turn once these safety valves are
removed and the final publication becomes a fait accompli.
Already, tensions are creeping in. For instance, as claimed
by the AASU, vested interests have been leaking out
names and addresses of individuals who had filed objec-
tions on some of the names which have been included in
the NRC. That the objectors have become victims of threats
to themselves and their families is a stark reminder that
the final NRC might become a bone of contention.
The State needs to start preparing for any situation
which may be created by mischief mongers who might
endeavour to rouse passions on communal lines centred
round the NRC. Unfortunately, the State at the moment is
reported to be confronting an acute shortage of security
forces which had earlier been deployed in NRC-related
duties. This has been because these forces were taken
away to be deployed elsewhere during the prolonged
Lok Sabha elections. It is imperative that the State Gov-
ernment put pressure on the Centre to not only bring the
forces back as early as possible, but also to augment their
numbers considering the potentiality for civil strife the
publication of the NRC might bring about. It must also be
noted that the social media has been playing an insidious
T
he way things are fast
unfolding in the country
makes one wonder
whether the freedom of
expression is just a sentence ador-
ing the statute books without any
practical applications. The freedom
of expression is a must to make or
keep democracy vibrant. But, un-
fortunately in the Indian context,
some of the elected representa-
tives holding high posts seem to
think otherwise. India is definitely
not a banana republic with tinpot
dictators. In a democracy like In-
dia, the elected representatives
must give consideration to all
shades of opinion. Having a point
of view and expressing it in the
public forum which goes against
the ideology of the party in power
does make one anti-national. It in
fact makes democracy interesting
and absorbing. Expression of a dif-
ferent point of view in fact also
helps those at the helm to enrich
their understanding on a particu-
lar issue of national importance.
But unfortunately, those wielding
power often label anyone oppos-
ing their line of thought as a dis-
ruptive element or worse, an anti-
national posing threat to the coun-
try. Those in power must appre-
ciate that ideologies differ and they
should not expect that everyone
must dance on their select tune.
And if everyone has the same
point of view, just imagine how
dull and boring will it be.
No matter how hard one tries,
Hypertension: need for awareness
■ Dr Shoiab Mohammed
voices of dissent will always be instil fear and curb one’s freedomture to drive home the point that adversaries and raise the issues
there. And instead of curtly dis- of expression. Mamata Banerjee is stressed as which affect the common man. Us-
missing it, those voices should be The arrest of a BJP activist onelections are on. ing this medium, one can launch a
carefully heard and analysed. It in
turn will help in making democra-
May 10 last in West Bengal for shar-
ing a morphed photo of Chief Min-
Every rule has exceptions. And
in this case, no political leader has
no holds barred attack on politicians
whose actions are rather com-
cy successful. ister Mamata Banerjee on the so- appreciated satire, cartoons and pounding problems instead of find-
It was different when India was cial media brings to the fore oncecaricatures like the way former ing a solution. Satire can be both
under the British imperialists. The again that the elected representa-Chief Minister of Assam Tarun vitriolic and humorous at the same
colonial masters suppressed the tives just cannot tolerate humour,Gogoi did. On the contrary, Gogoi time. It depends how one interprets
freedom of expression. When the let alone dissent. The activist Priy-
enjoyed it. Satires, humorous it.
Indian Tricolour replaced shows, cartoons kept The politicians as a class more
the Union Jack, it was ridiculing Gogoi, high- often than not try to impose their
expected that now the If the elected representatives lighting his idiosyncra- will on the masses without bother-
freedom of expression sies both in the print ing about the people who elected
would become a reality.
continue to suppress the and in the electronic them. Power makes the elected
But time and again the freedom of expression either media. But he never ob- representatives arrogant and pomp-
elected representatives jected. The humorous ous. Satire helps in making the peo-
of independent India tried covertly or overtly, a day will shows based on Gogoi ple laugh at the politicians. It also
their best to suppress the come when they would be didn’t lower his image. helps in making a mockery of the
freedom of expression. In fact it only made him absurd programmes and ludicrous
The proclamation of surrounded by their sycophants popular among the ideas projected as panacea to the
Emergency in 1975 saw and there would be no one to masses. voters. Politicians love satire as long
the freedom of expres- Satire is one of the as the target is their opponents, but
sion being curbed for 21 point out that ‘the emperor has forms of expression the situation gets reversed when
long months. In 1988, the no clothes’. used since time imme- they end up at the receiving end.
freedom of expression morial to point out at the Satire is a medium to give peo-
was sought to be curbed follies of the high and ple an opportunity to laugh at the
with the introduction of the Defa- anka Sharma is accused of sharing a mighty. Political satire specializes terrible events taking place all
mation Bill. In these instances an photo in which Mamata Banerjee’s in providing entertainment from around. It attempts to sugarcoat a
overt attempt was made to stifle face has been photoshopped on the politics. Political satire is not polit- bitter pill. But if the elected repre-
the freedom of expression. A lot of form of actor Priyanka Chopra. This ical dissent or political protest as it sentatives like Mamata Banerjee
opposition was raised to make the is not the first incident. In 2012, does not carry any agenda nor finds a sugarcoated pill bitter, than
powers that be aware that their Ambikesh Mahapatra, a professor seeks to influence the political proc- it can’t be helped.
actions are undermining democra- at Jadavpur University, was arrest- ess. While occasionally it may, but If the elected representatives
cy. Instead of taking lessons from ed for circulating an email with car- generally it aims to make people continue to suppress the freedom
the past, the present-day elected icature of Mamata Banerjee. laugh at the politicians. Political sat- of expression either covertly or
representatives still carry the same It’s hard to comprehend why the ire in a humorous way aims to overtly, a day will come when they
mindset to muzzle the freedom of elected representatives get jittery make people aware about the short- would be surrounded by their syc-
expressions. But the ways to if they are lampooned on the social comings of the system using meta- ophants and there would be no one
achieve it have changed. Now there media in the form of satires, car- phors. Satires can be sarcastic to to point out that ‘the emperor has
is no need of any proclamation, Act toons or memes. The morphed pic- the hilt, it can poke fun at the high no clothes’.
Hypertension which is common- parentages having hypertension. A tors support and participate in vari-
ly known as high blood pressure person may suffer from hyperten- ous activities organized on the occa-

and divisive role, with security sources admitting that
hate messages and postings had added fuel to the fire
during the Hailakandi violence, so much so that internet
services had to be shut down. The cyber crime branch of
the State police has to be kept on its toes so that there is
no misuse of web facilities. Vulnerable areas need to be
identified and appropriate security measures put in them.
Above all, the general public must remain on high alert to
prevent disruptive elements from spreading false ru-
mours. Though dark clouds might be gathering on the
horizon, preventive measures sagaciously implemented
can prevent a destructive storm.
HSLC results
The SEBA-conducted HSLC results are out, drawing
the usual media glare on the toppers and their institu-
tions. Amid the din, it seems none is putting much thought
on a crucial aspect having long-term implications for our
educational system. While we are making a lot of noise
over the ‘successes’, the disturbing fact stands that as
much as 40% of the students who had appeared in the
examination have failed to clear it. The number of unsuc-
cessful candidates is quite high at nearly 1.35 lakhs. This
is far from a happy augury for the future of education and
the overall human resource development process of a
society. Indeed, this is an area that calls for some serious
introspection by governments, policymakers and educa-
tionists. Add to those not making the cut the number of
those who barely manages to pass the examination – de-
spite a liberal dose of grace marks – it becomes apparent
W
ith the technologi-
cal advancement
and the rat race of
life, human beings
are suffering from a number of ail-
ments. The stressful workplaces are
adding fuel to it. These present sce-
narios of the modern lifestyle are
leading to cardiac issues, kidney dis-
ease and many more. And among
all these health issues, hypertension
is becoming one of the most sub-
stantial health issues and a lifestyle
disease that is commonly found in
almost every sphere of society. To
uphold the consciousness of hyper-
tension, to empower citizens to
avert and control this modern-day
epidemic, World Hypertension Day
was initiated on May 17 in 2005 by
the World Hypertension League.
And since its inaugural year, it has
turned into a yearly occasion.
Worth mentioning, the World
Hypertension League is an authori-
ty of 85 hypertension leagues and
societies across different nations.
The initial hypertension day was
focused on enhancing the awareness
about hypertension and it was in-
deed vital as at that point, there was
a privation of knowledge amid the
patients.
Ever since its inaugural year, the
day has been associated with a theme.
In its initiation year, the theme was
‘Awareness of high blood pressure’.
With the vision to keep control of
blood pressure, in the theme was
‘Treating to goal’. The international
and Canadian guidelines recom-
mended the level of blood pressures
for general as well as for the hyper-
tensive population. According to
these guidelines, for the common
people and hypertensive populace
without any further difficulties, the
cut-off level is 140/90 mmHg. The
population with diabetes mellitus or
chronic kidney disease, the level is
less than 130/80 mmHg.
The chief idea behind these pre-
cise themes is that the World Hy-
pertension League aims to advance
consciousness about hypertension
along with the causes that are add-
ing to the growth of this condition.
In addition, with the help of the
themes, WHL is also seeking meas-
ures to mitigate it. In 2018, the
theme of the day was ‘Know Your
Numbers’. This year also the theme
is ‘Know Your Numbers’ with the
objective of expanding high blood
pressure mindfulness in all popu-
laces around the globe.
during which arterial blood pressure
raises to a high level from the nor-
mal level (120/80 mmHg). This is a
medical condition which is regard-
ed as a silent killer because it hardly
shows any clear symptoms. But it
is noteworthy that if the state of
hypertension is severe, than the
sufferer may notice symptoms like
drowsiness, palpitation, obscured
vision, exhaustion, wooziness, per-
plexity, cerebral pains, ringing sen-
sation in the ears, breathing trouble
and the irregular heartbeat.
On the basis of the cause behind
it, hypertension can be divided into
two types – primary hypertension
and secondary hypertension. The
primary hypertension is common
and research is going on to get the
clear idea to know about its causal
factor. Secondary hypertension oc-
curs due to kidney damage, adrenal
gland over-activity, sleep apnoea
syndrome, tumours, recreational
medications, thyroid organ dysfunc-
tion, aortic coarctation. It can also
happen due to an overdose of med-
ication or wrong medications, preg-
nancy-related conditions, alcoholic
beverages, harmful diet and so forth.
It is additionally an inheritable ail-
ment which children acquire from
sion if there is a family origin of dia-
betes, excessive weight, smoking,
alcoholism, prolonged use of oral
contraceptive pills, etc. The com-
plications of hypertension include
atherosclerosis which implies a nar-
rowing of arteries, brain haemor-
rhage which implies blood coagula-
tion in the cerebrum, heart attack,
aneurysm, kidney and heart failure,
eye damage, etc.
As per the statistics, nearly 1.8
billion individuals are experiencing
hypertension around the world. The
global statistics have also shown that
three out of 10 individuals are pa-
tients of hypertension. The inter-
esting fact is that around half of the
population that is suffering from
hypertension is entirely unacquaint-
ed of their condition. While a small
section of people is aware but they
are ignorant towards taking any
medical action. Hence, World Hy-
pertension Day is observed to en-
courage the general populace to go
for the regular check-up of their
blood pressure and to have proper
treatment.
During the observance of the day,
various health professionals and
medical practitioners from the gov-
ernment and non-government sec-
sion. The activities for the yearly
celebration of the campaign incor-
porate health well-being screening,
free blood pressure check-up camps,
public discourses, debates, brisk
walk or run activities, etc.
To prevent hypertension, maintain-
ing a healthy lifestyle and healthy hab-
its for whole life is essential. To treat
the condition, beneficial living habits
like abstaining from smoking and liq-
uor, having a low-sodium, low-fat and
high-fibre diet, appropriate physical
exercise, maintaining weight, rou-
tine heartbeat and BP check, dimin-
ishing stress play a vital role. How-
ever, if the secondary hypertension
is an austere condition, a proper med-
ical action is indispensable.
World Hypertension Day is not
simply about observing blood pres-
sure; it is the duty of everyone to
join hands against mitigation this si-
lent killer, to make people medical-
ly aware, to encourage them to opt
for a regular health check-up and ap-
posite treatment. Also, to prevent
hypertension, both the government
and the non-government sectors
should take initiative to set up more
hospitals and health centres in the
vulnerable areas for the ease of com-
mon public.

Unhygienic toilets in schools

that something is drastically wrong in which education is
being imparted in our schools. There is no harm in laud-
ing the rank holders, more so when many of them have
overcome debilitating odds in the form of poverty and
lack of proper educational and other amenities. But the
broader picture of an overall uninspiring school educa-
tion is what should concern us all.
The depressing educational scenario cannot be looked
in isolation of the performance of the government-run
schools, once the very pillars of the State’s educational
foundation. Even those institutions that had assumed icon-
ic status until a couple of decades back are struggling to-
day to put up an average performance. More than anyone
else, the Government is responsible for this sorry state of
affairs. Of the 4,234 government-run schools in the State,
only 65 have secured 100% success. This is disquieting
and the Government cannot abdicate its duty of looking
seriously into the fiasco and putting things back in order. In
Delhi, the Government has done a remarkable job of re-
vamping government-run education to the extent that
people are now increasingly approaching government
schools to have their wards admitted. Therefore, if the will
is there, effecting a turnaround is not impossible. On the
positive side, this HSLC results have shown the Assa-
mese-medium Sankardev Shishu Niketans to be doing a
good job. The Assam Jatiya Bidyalay has already estab-
lished as an ideal institution and the need is to expand its
movement further. The Assamese society in general can
support such a cause. The Government, too, can take a
leaf out of the functioning of the Jatiya Bidyalay to infuse
some dynamism into the dying government schools. Also,
the results are getting more representative in character,
with students from across the State figuring among the
performers. Although the earlier dominance of Guwahati
has waned considerably, still four girls from two city schools
have been among the rank-holders. In the CBSE-conduct-
ed HSLC and HSSLC too, there were rare national top-
pers from Guwahati this time.
Letters
to the
EDITOR
Sir, – Through your esteemed
daily, I would like to bring to
everyone’s notice the fact that the
toilets in most of the schools in
Guwahati and in other parts of
Assam are very unhygienic, and are
kept very dirty. The administrative
authorities in most schools look the
other way, when it comes to certain
basic facilities that need to be
provided by the school authorities.
When my school-going child told
me about the pathetic condition of
toilets in the school, and I pointed
this out to the school authorities,
they were very abusive, and went
on to say that they would be forced
to take corrective steps against the
child, if we complained about such
‘trivial issues’. My point is that the
private schools invariably charge for
these basic facilities, and provision
for basic facilities like drinking water,
clean toilets, clean classrooms,
adequate water supply in toilets, etc.,
are part and the very essence of any
school, government or private.
Neither do these cost much.
Many students and their parents
and guardians are forced to remain
silent spectators for the threatening
attitudes of the school authorities.
The PTMs (parent-teacher meets)
mostly remain a farce, as it is the
school authorities that list out what
needs to be done by the students
and guardians and parents.
The education/child welfare
departments, municipalities, district
administration, etc., should take
cognizance of these issues, and
sensitize the schools to ensure that
the basic facilities are provided and,
at the same time, provide a forum
to bring such issues to focus so that
the schools and educational
institutions take corrective action.
Yours etc., A CONCERNED
PARENT, Zoo Road, Guwahati.
Prejudiced views
Sir, – Jharna Gogoi has been
extremely prejudiced in her article,
titled ‘Terrorism, threat and fake
nationalism’ (AT, May 15). While
the author pours vitriol on the BJP
for fielding Pragya Thakur in the
Lok Sabha elections, she is
deafeningly silent about Sonia
Gandhi running to Imam Bukhari to
seek Muslim votes and Dr
Manmohan Singh’s infamous
declaration that the Muslims must
have the first claim on resources.
Conveniently brushed under the
carpet is Digvijay Singh’s inaugura-
tion of the book 26/11: Ek RSS ki
Sazish by Aziz Burney, spinning a
conspiracy theory to shift the blame
for Mumbai terror attack from
Pakistan onto the RSS.
The BJP must be pulled up for its
acts of omission and commission
but it is manifestly unfair to ignore
the so-called secular parties’
support for people like Kanhaiya
Kumar, Umer Khalid, Shehla
Rasheed and Anirban Sarkar. The
author’s complete silence about the
monumental corruption indulged in
by the ‘secular’ parties and
overarching obsession with the
BJP’s ‘communalism’ is an old trick
to mislead voters. However, this
strategy is unlikely to work because
of the law of diminishing returns,
and the intelligent voters will not
get swayed by such obvious
skulduggery. Yours etc., AJAY
TYAGI, Silpukhuri, Guwahati.
Food adulteration
Sir, – It is reported in your
esteemed daily (May 11) that
Guwahati city and other parts of
Assam are flooded with the
adulterated foods, vegetables and
fruits consumed by the common
people. These adulterated items
are either produced in the fields or
manufactured in factories artificially
and are sold in the market for
earning a quick and hefty profit. The
farmers use chemical fertilizers,
pesticides and insecticides supplied
by the government agencies in the
field to produce more and more
crops, vegetables and other
products to meet the growing
demand in the market. They
seldom use organic fertilizers.
Similarly the fish traders rear the
fish using urea in the fisheries and
injecting artificial hormones so as to
make their growth and weight gain
quick. The fish thus reared and
grown in fisheries become soft, lack
in taste and putrefy soon.
These days, the local variety of
chicken has become a costly item in
the market due to its low rate of
production. Consequently, the
markets are flooded with the
broiler chickens containing high
amount of artificial hormone, biotic
and chemical properties resulting in
abnormal increase of their weight.
One who consumes such broiler
chickens regularly is sure to suffer
from health issues, especially
obesity. If the people are thus
compelled to consume adulterated
foods and vegetables, is there any
meaning to spend huge amounts of
money by the government in the
health sector every year? Yours
etc., M ABDUS SAMAD, Ambari,
Dhupdhara.
Fruits you eat
Sir, – With the summer day sun
steadily turning hot, people are
eying on fruits to cool off the heat.
But beware as all fruits are not
naturally ripened. Artificial ripening
of fruits by using acetylene gas or
calcium carbide is prohibited under
the Food Safety and Standards
(Prohibition and Restriction on
Sales) Regulations, 2011. When
calcium carbide comes in contact
with moisture, it produces
acetylene gas, which accelerates the
ripening process of fruits. The use
of calcium carbide or acetylene gas
in ripening of fruits poses serious
threat to the health of consumers
due to the presence of traces of
arsenic and phosphorous.
This may cause vomiting,
diarrhoea with or without blood,
burning sensation of chest and
abdomen, thirst, weakness,
irritation, difficulty in swallowing,
skin ulcer, etc. In this context, the
Government should conduct
awareness campaigns regarding the
ill effects of use of artificial ripening
agents. Yours etc., MOWSAM
HAZARIKA, Kumarpara, Guwahati.
Poll scenario
Sir, – We find that the politicians
have never discussed their manifes-
tos in public discourses. But they
accuse each other in public meet-
ings. The public need to boycott
such meetings because this is waste
of public money and time. No
seriousness in nation building is
reflected in the elections. The whole
affair has been turned into a
personality cult and glamour.
Elections have become a game of
money, muscle and publicity stunts.
The time has come for the Election
Commission to set national or state
agenda for every election and the
candidates must follow the same
strictly. Hope some positive steps
will be taken soon. Yours etc.,
NIRMAL AGARWAL, Guwahati.
Articles (within 1000-1100 words) and
Letters to the Editor for publication in
the editorial page may be sent to the
email ID: editor@assamtribune.com.
 FRIDAY, MAY 17, 2019
A goose frolicking in the waters in Guwahati on Thursday.
– UB Photos
Festival of design,
technology and art of
NE from May 19
STAFF REPORTER
GUWAHATI, May 16: The
Department of Design, IIT
Guwahati is organising the in-
augural edition of ISHANYA
’19 – Festival of design, tech-
nology and art of North East
India – from May 19 to 21.
Stated to be the first-of-its-
kind event to be organised in
the North East, the event
marks the hundred years of
Visva Bharati Kala Bhavan and
Bauhaus, Germany, and fifty
years of IDC School of Design,
IIT Bombay. This also coin-
cides with the two decades of
Job fair
CITY CORRESPONDENT
GUWAHATI, May 16: The
Round Table India (RTI), an
NGO, is organising a job fair
on May 18 at Natun Fatashil
High School premises from 10
am till 1 pm for unemployed
youths of Assam.
CITY THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI 7
Opp blames govt for
security failure in State
STAFF REPORTER ous Congress government. people and the defacement of the AASU
“The very same police officials who are office at Bongaigaon. And now, the gre-
GUWAHATI, May 16: Citing yester- now working in the State were also here nade blast in Guwahati. All these incidents
day evening’s grenade blast in the city during the 15-year period of our govern- point to total failure on the law and order
and the recent communal clashes at ment. At that time, they functioned very front. It also reveals the lax attitude of
Hailakandi, among other incidents, the effectively and showed good results. So what the government. Despite intelligence
opposition parties today blamed the State has happened now that there is so much reports, the authorities failed to take pre-
government for what they termed as “all- failure on the security front? There were cautionary measures. If the grenade blast
round failure” on the law and order front. clashes at Hailakandi. Then the AASU office had taken place at Fancy Bazar, Panbazar
On the other hand, the ruling BJP ac- was defaced at Basugaon. There have been or Ganeshguri, the toll could have been
cused the opposition parties of indulging frequent thefts and robberies at temples, much higher,” said Haidor Hussain Bora,
in politics over the recent incidents and including one which is located very near the general secretary of AIUDF.
called for all sides of the political spec- official residence of the Chief Minister. Where He claimed that the government is func-
trum to stand united. are the CCTVs in Guwahati for which the tioning without a “sense of direction”.
“The government machinery has vir- government claims to have spent crores of Meanwhile, the ruling BJP accused the
tually ceased to function. There is a total rupees?” said the Congress leader. opposition of trying to gain political mile-
failure on the law and order front. All these He added that the State police force is age over yesterday’s grenade blast and
recent incidents, including yesterday’s demoralised. “The police are being used other recent incidents.
grenade blast in Guwahati, amply dem- by the present political masters to carry “This is a serious issue. The opposi-
onstrate the failure of the Home depart- out unscrupulous activities related to syn- tion should not politicise it. Innocent peo-
ment which is headed by none other than dicates and it has demoralised the force. ple have got hurt. Let us not do politics
Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal him-
self,” said Assam Pradesh Congress Com-
Even a serving MLA of the BJP has made
such an allegation. Mere review meet-
on such a matter,” said State BJP spokes-
person Rupam Goswami.
mittee (APCC) secretary and spokesper-
son Rhituporno Konwar.
ings are not enough. The government
must take responsibility. All talks about
“Terrorism does not differentiate among
its victims on the basis of their political
“The government is functioning with a zero tolerance are nothing but mere affiliation or ideology. Now the time is for
very casual approach on all matters, includ-
ing with regard to the NRC update process
talks,” said Konwar.
The All India United Democratic Front
all of us to stand united and fight against
those forces which are seeking to create
design education and research which has now reached a very sensitive (AIUDF) accused the BJP-led govern- disorder in society,” said Goswami.
programmes in the Depart- stage. The state of affairs has reached such ment of failing to ensure security to com- Goswami refuted the allegation re-
ment of Design. a point where even junior officers are no mon citizens of the State. garding the government’s failure on law
It is also being celebrated as longer following the orders of the Chief “First, there were the events at and order front. He also alleged that
part of the institute’s celebra- Minister,” said Konwar, claiming that the Hailakandi. Chaos relating to NRC up- some elements have been trying to
tion to commemorate the sil- law and order situation had witnessed con- date process is still going on. False objec- destabilise the government since the day
ver jubilee of IIT Guwahati siderable improvement during the previ- tions are being raised to harass some it assumed office.
(1994-2019).
“ISHANYA ’19 will mark
the significant landmark of dif-
ferent institutes and their ex-
Grenade blast injured recount their
emplary contributions to de-
sign, technology and art edu-
cation in the country. It will be
horrific experience
host to multiple design-relat- CITY CORRESPONDENT injuries in the incident and has Guwahati. His elder brother are Lala Yadav (16), Edward
ed activities. since been discharged from the is a student of degree fourth Hmar (18), and Kalyan
The occasion will witness GUWAHATI, May 16: For GMCH where he was admit- semester in the Arts stream Baishya (25).
presentations by leading de- budding shuttler Alvir Hasnain ted. Fardeen is now undergo- in DR College, Golaghat. “Lala and Edward are still
sign visionaries, educators, en- Rahman, who emerged suc- ing treatment at the ICU of the Their father is an employee in shock after the incident.
trepreneurs, technologists,
artists and creative profession-
cessful in the HSLC examina-
tion on Wednesday, the joy was
GMCH. He is stable but not
out of danger, sources at the
of State Soil Conservation de-
partment and resides at Juro-
We are trying to facilitate
special post-trauma psycho-
als besides exhibitions on de- pretty shortlived! hospital said. ni Path near the Zoo. logical counselling for them.
sign, technology and art; work- Barely a few hours after the “My father and brother both “My brother accompanied Their health condition is
shops on innovation and crea- results were announced yes- went out together to buy some- me as he wanted to videograph quite good, otherwise,” Dr
tivity for school students and terday, life took an ugly turn thing to celebrate the occasion my performance in the tour- Goswami said.
teachers; and felicitation of pi- for Alvir, whose elder sibling as I managed to secure the first nament. But, the fateful Sources at the city-based
oneers in education, industry, and his father both sustained division in the HSLC exam. Wednesday evening turned Namcare Hospital, meanwhile,
practice and service for their grievous injuries in the gre- They were initially looking for into a curse for us,” Alvir said. informed that the condition of
contributions to design, tech- nade blast that rocked Guwa- fresh fish but later decided to Dr Nivedita Goswami of Amit Kumar and Riya Kher-
nology and art. hati last evening. buy tandoori roti. So, they the city-based KGMT Hospi- sa, undergoing treatment in
The blast took place near went near the shopping mall tal, where altogether five per- the hospital after sustaining in-
ULFA ... the State Zoo and left as many and were unfortunately in- sons injured in the blast were juries in the blast, is stable
as 12 persons injured. jured in the blast,” Alvir said. admitted, said, “Already, two though not out of danger.
(Contd from page 1)
Alvir’s elder brother Far- Alvir, a State-level badmin- persons injured in the blast Riya, who sustained multi-
might have been planned and deen Hasnain Rahman sus- ton player, had come to Gu- have been discharged. Three ple injuries, is still in the ICU,
executed from the house, which tained severe injuries in his wahati from hometown Gola- others are undergoing treat- and Amit, who suffered a se-
was taken on rent only ten days abdomen, hand and left eye, ghat on May 13 with his elder ment. Their condition is sta- vere injury in his eye, is un-
back. The owner of the house while their father, Sultan Jahi- brother to participate in a tour- ble but not out of danger.” dergoing treatment in the gen-
currently stays in Dehradun. dur Rahman, received minor nament currently going on in Those undergoing treatment eral ward of the hospital.
Sources said that the secu-
rity forces have intensified
search operation in and around
Guwahati and more arrests are
likely. Close circuit television
camera footage collected from
various locations is also being
analysed and a specialised fo-
rensic team is on the job. “The
call detail record of the accused
too is being assessed,” sourc-
es divulged.
Upon being arrested, Ra-
jguru told media persons that
such incidents would recur till
the revolution achieves its
purpose.
Both Rajguru and Jahnabi are
being questioned on their in-
volvement and the modus op-
erandi, and the duo will be pro-
duced before the Court of
Chief Judicial Magistrate,
Kamrup tomorrow.
Investigators are likely to
Minister Pijush Hazarika visiting those injured in the grenade blast at the GMCH in Guwahati on Wednesday evening. – UB Photos
seek a 14-day police custody
of the accused.
Meanwhile, the condition of
one of the 12 injured in Paresh Baruah contacting old ...
Wednesday night’s blast is still
(Contd from page 1) are not happy with the the former militants.
stated to be critical.
he is not asking them to rejoin progress of talks. “We have Meanwhile, there were in-
the outfit and in most cases, learnt that some cadres told puts that the ULFA(I) was des-
Baruah only asked them what Baruah that they were not perate to indulge in acts of vi-
they are doing now and en- happy with the peace proc- olence to make its presence
quired about their families and ess. Some even went to the felt and all the district police
their condition. But the sud- extent of saying that only the forces were alerted. But there
den move to call up old cadres leaders were benefitted from is no input of any action group
after so many years is a mat- the peace talks and the low- of the outfit entering Guwaha-
ter of concern,” sources ad- er level cadres were facing ti city. Police and security forc-
mitted. hard time to survive,” sourc- es are aware that a few small
Sources said that after re- es said and admitted that the groups of ULFA(I) are mov-
ceiving such calls, some old ULFA(I) may try to win the ing around in Assam-Arunach-
members of the ULFA may sympathy of such disgruntled al border areas, but there was
get motivated to work for elements. no information of any group en-
the outfit in different ways Sources said that all the tering the city, sources added.
like providing shelter to cad- pro-talk group members of
res of the outfit. In fact, on the ULFA are not staying in
the ULFA raising day on the designated camps. It is a Rajnath ...
April 7, some old cadres were fact that the leaders of the (Contd from page 1)
involved in hoisting flags of pro-talk faction would not try investigating the incident. The
the outfit and one person who to help the ULFA(I) but the HM prays for the speedy re-
left the outfit more than two possibility of lower level cad- covery of the injured,” the
decades back, was arrested res helping out the militant Home Ministry Office tweeted.
in Nagaon for hosting a flag outfit cannot be ruled out, The case, meanwhile, is like-
of the ULFA. sources added. All the dis- ly to be taken over by the Na-
Police admitted that all the trict SPs have been directed tional Investigation Authority
old cadres are not involved to keep watch on the desig- (NIA), though the notification to
in the peace talks and some nated camps and activities of that effect is yet to be issued.
 8 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI
STATE FRIDAY, MAY 17, 2019

Massive erosion by Pagladia artisan

posing threat in Nalbari dist Gadadhar
Anti-erosion work in progress at Pub Bar Shiral village in Nalbari district. – Photo: Nalbari Correspondent
CORRESPONDENT
NALBARI, May 16: Mas-
sive erosion by the Pagladia
river is posing serious threat
to several villages in Nalbari
district, as the anti-erosion
work initiated by the Water
Resources department is yet
to be completed.
The department had initi-
Terracotta
Dhiren
Violation of Fish Seed Act
Paul wins
Award
going on unabated in Barpeta
by the river and is now pos-
ing a threat to 20 nearby vil-
lages.
The department con-
structed a new embankment
and used geo bags to prevent
erosion. However, the mon-
soon is knocking at the door
and the pre-monsoon rains
have led to a critical situation.
When this correspondent
bags at vulnerable points has
not yet been completed, and
concrete porcupines were
still lying unused at the spot.
Talking to this correspond-
ent, the engineer at the site
said that the delay in sanc-
tion for the project and con-
tinuous pre-monsoon rains
have badly affected the work.
However, workers at the
rikuchi, Thanpatkuchi, Ama-
ra, Maju Shiral, Mariadanga,
Sadhnapara, Akna, Nonapar,
Gobradal, Samatiyapara,
Bistupur and Shialmari are-
as.
When contacted, Nalbari
Deputy Commissioner
Bharat Bhushan Dev Choud-
hury said that he has direct-
ed all the officials concerned
CORRESPONDENT
GAURIPUR, May 16: The
Gauripur unit of the All As-
sam Students’ Union
(AASU) has conferred the
prestigious Gadadhar Award
2019 on known terracotta
artisan Dhiren Paul.
The award was presented
during the Bohagi Samaroh
held on May 14-15 at the Ma-
hamaya playground.
The programme began
with flag-hoisting by Shah
Alom Sheikh, president of
the Gauripur AASU unit, fol-
lowed by swahid tarpan by
Bishal Kanti Roy.
Various competitions like
Bihu Maina, Bihu Pari and
Bihu Konwari were held. A
cultural evening organised on
the first day was inaugurated
by social activist BK Jain.
An art competition held on
the second day was inaugu-
rated by Gauripur Town
Committee chairperson Jimli
Dutta. The theme was
Swachh Bharat Mission.
A Goalparia folk song com-
petition, based on the songs
sung of Padma Shri recipient
Pratima Baruah Pandey was
also held. A fashion show was
also organised among chil-
dren.
CORRESPONDENT
BARPETA, May 16:
Unabated fishing of brood
fish in Barpeta district has
now led to a decrease in the
number of indigenous fishes
and is even pushing several
species towards extinction.
It has been observed that
provisions of the Assam Fish
Seed Act, 2005, are not
being followed in many
places, including fisheries
belonging to the Assam
Fisheries Development
Corporation (AFDC). The
Act clearly prohibits the use
of nets with mesh size of
7cm x 14cm from April 1 to
July 15 every year, and use
of nets with mesh size of
1x2 cm throughout the year.
Besides, catching of egg-
laden fishes belonging to
certain species is also
restricted within this period.
Certain fishes below 9 cm or
10 cm in size cannot be
caught as per the Act from
August 1 to October 31.
The Act also prohibits
bamboo-made obstructions or
Contest on child health
traps of less than 7 square cm
from April 1 to July 15 in any
river, small or big ponds and
any other notified fishery.
These provisions were
incorporated to ensure
natural breeding, propagation
and growth of indigenous
fishes. But it is a matter of
regret that there is minimal
impact of such a law in the
field for reasons best known
to the department con-
cerned.
With the advent of the
monsoon rains, indigenous
fishes bearing eggs begin an
unusual movement. They
come out in large numbers
from their original habitats
so that they can lay eggs in
safer places. But some
unscrupulous elements have
been trapping these brood
fish in several areas of
Barpeta district.
Incidents of illegal fishing
are common in interior
areas, some even take place
in areas easily accessible by
car or bike.
The eastern part of
Barpeta district has several
natural fisheries. Kapla,
Tabha, Hablakhowa, Barkana,
Salmara and Silla Beel are
situated in the area. Except
Silla, all the others belong to
the State government-
owned AFDC. Most of them,
including Kapla Beel, are
known to be breeding
grounds for fishes like
Kawoi, Goroi, Sol, Magur,
Singhee, Pabha, Bhakua, Rou
and many more.
But due to unabated
fishing, many species of
indigenous fish are facing
extinction in this area. Once
abundant, people nowadays
do not find Pabha, Gachi or
Lachim in this area, while
Rou, Bhakua, Mirika, etc.,
are reared artificially in
closed ponds only.
The fisheries department
seems to be indifferent to
this issue. Police is also
reluctant to intervene in
matters of illegal fishing
without receiving specific
complaints. As the supply of
fishes dips, the price of local
species of fishes have
become very high.

ated anti-erosion measures at
an estimated cost of Rs 1.35
crore under the State Disas-
ter Relief Fund.
Around 300 metres of the
left embankment of the river
has been completely eroded
visited the erosion site at Pub
Bar Shiral village under
Ghograpar revenue circle, it
was seen that the anti-ero-
sion work was progressing
very slowly.
Work on setting up geo
site are trying hard to com-
plete the anti-erosion work
as soon as possible.
It may be mentioned here
that massive erosion by the
Pagladia and Nona rivers is
posing serious threat at Na-
to complete the anti-erosion
work in various places of the
district.
He has also asked officials
to submit plans for clearing
drains and channels for the
flow of storm water.
Meet on
organised at Tinsukia
CORRESPONDENT
e-governance
DOOMDOOMA, May 16:
held in As a part of the silver jubilee
Sivasagar celebrations of the All Assam
ANM & AHS Service Associ-
ANN SERVICE
ation, the Tinsukia district
committee of the organisation
SIVASAGAR, May 16: A
arranged a competition on
Champa Konwar, president of
the Tinsukia district commit-
tee of the organisation, secre-
tary Rubi Chaliha and adviser
Anjali Changmai also attended
the programme.
World Red Cross Day ob-
served: The Indian Red Cross
Society’s Sadiya unit ob-
chairman of Sadiya unit of the
IRCS Biswajit Phukan. Ad-
dressing the meeting, eminent
psychiatric Dr Ranjit Singh and
social activist Mon Mout illus-
trated the ill effects of using
various intoxicants.
Sadiya Superintendent of
Police Debojit Deori, Sadiya

55.22% students pass HSLC meeting of the Sivasagar Dis-

trict e-Governance Society
was held in Sukapha Bhawan,
Sivasagar on Wednesday.
‘Child Health’ at Doomdooma
FRU Hospital recently.
The purpose of the compe-
served World Red Cross Day,
2019 recently.
On the occasion, an aware-
College Principal
Haragovinda Borkakoty and
several other distinguished
Dr

exam in Tinsukia district Presided over by Junmoni

CORRESPONDENT
DOOMDOOMA, May 16:
Altogether 55.22% students of
Tinsukia district passed the
HSLC Examination-2019 as
per the results announced on
Wednesday by SEBA.
Among 11, 426 candidates
who appeared in the examina-
tion, 6309 candidates passed the
exam. Among the successful
candidates, 1629 secured first
division, 2263 second division
while 2417 candidates secured
third division. The result of the
private schools is better than
the result of the government
schools in the district.
Among the three examina-
tion centres of Doomdooma,
the pass percentage of Doom-
dooma-A centre is 42.6% ,
Doomdooma-B centre is
65.4% and Doomdooma-C
centre is 77.91%. Among the
government schools of Doom-
dooma, pass percentage of
Doomdooma Bangiya Vidya-
laya is 86.7% , Hoonlal HS
School is 70.5%, Doom-
dooma Girls’ High School is
65.07% and Jawahar Hindi
English High School is 60%.
Among the private schools
here, the pass percentage of
Modern Academy, Rupai Jati-
ya Vidyalaya and Shankardev
Sishu Niketan is 100% while
the pass percentage of Don
Bosco School is 94.52%, of
Learners’ High School is
93.79% and of Doomdooma
Jatiya Vidyalaya is 80%. Jatin
Kalwar from Don Bosco
School secured 95% marks in
aggregate while Anurag Gupta
and Progyan Deka of the
school secured 100% marks in
General Mathematics. Jatin
Kalwar is the topper among
the three examination centres
of Doomdooma.
The pass percentage of other
examination centres of Doom-
dooma circle are : Borhapjan-
62.79%, Saikhowa-86%, Dan-
gari-48.94%, Phillobari-55.41%,
Kakopothar-8.79% and Dirak-
72.44%. Bijit Sahu of Saikhowa
centre and Anamika Dohutia of
Kakopothar Shankardev Sishu
Niketan secured 100% marks
in General Mathematics while
Dhananjay Burhagohain of Dirak
HS School secured 100% marks
in Self Defence (Elective).
The pass percentage of Sadi-
ya Government HS School
centre is 57% while 61% stu-
dents passed out in Kundil HS
School centre.
Sonowal, DDC, Sivasagar, the
meeting discussed issues re-
lated to strengthening of the
e-governance system for
speedy and effective disposal
of government works such as
issuance of PRC, birth regis-
tration certificate, caste cer-
tificate, income certificate,
Bakijai clearance certificate,
certified copies of electoral
rolls, creamy layer certificate,
next of kin certificate and sen-
ior citizen certificate.
OBITUARY
Madhabi
Lata Das
GUWA-
HATI, May
tition was to create awareness
among the masses on mother
and child healthcare.
Medical Officer of FRU Dr
ness meeting was held at Chapa-
khowa to generate awareness
among the masses, especially
among the younger generation,
persons attended the meeting.
Students and teachers from
various educational institutions
of Sadiya and Gaonburhas of
Ashma Ghaznavi, health edu- against the growing use of drugs several villages participated in
cator Basanta Bharali and LHS and other intoxicants. the meeting, which was an-
Anju Sonowal were members The meeting was chaired chored by IRCS Sadiya branch
of the jury for the competition. by Sadiya SDO (Civil) and the secretary Gunin Chutia.
Bid to streamline health
services in Cachar
STAFF CORRESPONDENT gence would be strictly dealt with, she
maintained. Moreover, medical representa-
SILCHAR, May 16: In a bid to streamline tives should not be allowed to enter
health services in Cachar district, the hospitals for their professional purposes
district administration held a review during the hospital hours, the Deputy
meeting on Wednesday. Commissioner said.
In the meeting, Deputy Commissioner She also issued instructions to the
Laya Madduri expressed concern over the hospital in-charges to strengthen the in-

Both govt, private schools of 16: Mad-

habi Lata
Das, a resi-
cleanliness quotient of the hospitals in the
district. “The Bio Medical Waste Manage-
ment Protocol should be strictly adhered
house laboratory services so that patients
get the minimum assured services in the
hospital.

Kalaigaon show good results in HSLC dent

CORRESPONDENT
KALAIGAON, May 16: Stu-
dents of both provincial and pri-
vate schools in and around Ka-
laigaon have performed well in
the HSLC Examination, 2019,
the results of which were an-
nounced on Wednesday.
Parents and guardians of stu-
dents of Kalaigaon expressed
satisfaction, especially for the
better performances of the stu-
dents of provincial schools.
According to information, re-
sults of some provincial schools
are: Kalaigaon HSS (2 distinc-
tions, 6 star marks, 22 first divi-
sion); Dolongghat HSS (2 distinc-
tions, 9 star marks, 23 first divi-
sion); Borbagan HSS (1 star
mark, 5 first division); Tangla
Model HS (1 star mark, 8 first
division); Ronthali HS (82 per
cent success); Pachim Silpota
HSS (86 per cent success);
Bholabari HS (2 distinctions, 2
star marks, 18 first divisions);
Tengabari JG HS (3 distinctions);
Parikhit Narayan HS (3 distinc-
tions); Uttar Borpuphuri HS (1
distinction). Private schools
which excelled in the HSLC Ex-
amination 2019 are Arunodoi
Academy of Tangla (12 distinc-
tion, 9 star marks, 42 first divi-
sions with 96.5 per cent success,
Sumit Barman secured the high-
est marks with 92.1 per cent);
Lokapriya Bordoloi Public
School (1 distinction, 4 first di-
visions with 100 per cent suc-
cess; Bright Life English HS (2
star marks, 3 first divisions with
100 per cent success); Vivid
Academy (1 distinction with 94
per cent success); Pride Acade-
my (1 distinction)
Deuripara, Azara and a retired
BSNL officer, died on May 13
of
at a city nursing home after a
protracted illness. She was 71.
A lady of amiable disposition
and religious mind, she was
loved and respected by one
and all. She leaves behind her
husband, a son and a daughter
besides a large number of rel-
atives and admirers.
to. Also, the Infection Control Measures
should be given priority by the hospital in-
charges. Re-orientation of all health
workers including cleaning staffs of each of
the hospital on Bio Medical Waste
Management should be done within May
17,” the Deputy Commissioner told the
departmental officials.
Further, the Deputy Commissioner also
made it clear that the doctors and paramedi-
cal staff should remain present in the hospital
as per the roaster. Any absence or negli-
Later, she informed that she will under-
take Kayakalp assessment of all hospitals to
assess the cleanliness and standard of service
very shortly. She also took stock of the
health service delivery in the hospitals.
The meeting was attended by Dr SJ Das,
Joint Director of Health Services, Cachar, Dr
Abhijit Swami, Superintendent of Silchar
Medical College and Hospital Rahul Ghose,
DPM, NHM. Suman Choudhury, DME,
NHM, SDM and HOs in-charges of BPHCs,
i/c Urban FW Units.

Udalguri Press
Club to observe
death anniv of
Parag Das
CORRESPONDENT
UDALGURI, May 16: The
Udalguri Press Club is going
to observe the 23rd death an-
niversary of journalist Parag
Kumar Das at the Press Club
premises on May 17.
Apart from paying floral
tributes to the late journal-
ist, the Press Club would hold
a memorial lecture on the du-
ties and responsibilities of the
government for the security
and protection of journalists.
The Udalguri district com-
mittee of the Assam Press
Correspondents’ Union
(APCU) is also going to release
a biography of scribes of
Udalguri district edited by Naba
Kumar Deka. It would be re-
leased by District Information
and Public Relations Officer
(DIPRO) of Udalguri, Rijendra
Nath Brahma Choudhury.
More than 50 young, old poets
enthral people in Barpeta dist
CORRESPONDENT
BARPETA, May 16:
Sarukshetri Kabi Sanmilan,
a unit of the Asom Kabi San-
milan, organised a poets’
meet at Baniyakuchi in Bar-
peta district on May 12
which was attended by more
than 50 poets.
The meet was conducted
by veteran poet Jugajyoti
Das.
Pinu Barman, president of
the Sarukshetri Kabi Sanmi-
lan, said there were hun-
dreds of new poets in Barp-
eta district but most of them
have not yet been introduced
to readers. The readers of
the region have also been
deprived of the scholastic
writings by the veterans.
The Sanmilan has been try-
ing to introduce both these
groups by providing a com-
mon platform.
The programme started
with lighting of lamps by
Baikuntha Pathak, social
worker and former vice pres-
ident of the Bharati Adhyay-
an Chakra, the Sarthebari unit
of the Asam Sahitya Sabha.
A chorus “Ami Asomiya
Nohou Dukhia”, the popular
patriotic poem written by Sa-
hityarathi Lakshminath Bez-
baroa, was presented by a
group under the guidance of
music director Dibakar Deka.
More than 50 poets includ-
ing veterans like Prashanta
Kumar Das, Pranabjyoti
Goswami, Kamlesh Baishya,
Jugjyoti Das, Dhiman Bar-
man, Tafikur R ahman,
Leeladhar Pathak, Babita Sar-
ma, Anupam Aniruddha
Talukdar, Mina Talukdar, Bin-
oda Pathak Deka, Babul Ban-
ikya, Pinu Barman, Dipankar
Deka, Diplina Dutta and Lak-
shi Pathak recited their self-
composed poems.
Bhargis Barman, a seven-
year-old child, recited a
poem by Nabakanta Baruah.
Dr Madhurjyamandit
Baruah, head of Assamese at
Krishnaguru Adhyatmik
Visvavidyalaya and an expert
in literature and literary his-
tory, said that poetry was the
translation of senses of the
poets. He said that many po-
ems of great poets that have
not been published have the
potential to set a mark in the
history of Assamese litera-
ture. Terming the poets “an-
gels”, Baruah said that po-
ets only can see the three
domains – heaven, earth and People celebrating Charak Puja to pay obeisance to Lord Shiva, at Bakaliaghat in Karbi Anglong on Wednesday.
hell. – UB Photos
 FRIDAY, MAY 17, 2019
Peace rally held in Hailakandi
CORRESPONDENT
HAILAKANDI, May 16 :
A peace rally was taken out
on Thursday in Hailakandi
town with participants chant-
ing slogans of peace and unity
and requesting everyone to
maintain communal harmony.
Organised by the District
administration, the ‘Peace
Rally’ was taken out from
Deputy Commissioner’s of-
fice premises at around 3.15
pm and after passing through
different localities of the
town, including Bata Point, SS
Road, Old Hospital Road, Ka-
libari, Sirajpatty and Marwari-
patty, concluded at Deputy
Commissioner’s office.
A security cordon was
thrown around, as the rally
traversed through the main
thoroughfares of the town.
Prominent citizens, repre-
sentatives of political parties,
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officials, besides civil society
members from different
communities took part in the
rally. Hailakandi MLA, Anwar
Hussain Laskar, Algapur
MLA, Nizam Uddin Choud-
hury and Katlicherra MLA,
Suzam Uddin Laskar, former
Minister Gautam Roy, Depu-
ty Commissioner, Keerthi
Jalli and Superintendent of
Police, Mohneesh Mishra
participated in the rally.
The participants took a
pledge to maintain peace and
communal harmony at all
costs. Some of the banners
and posters read “Peace,
brotherhood and communal
harmony – the crying need of
the hour”, “ Hindu-Muslim
bhai bhai”, “The greatest
service we can render is lov-
ing our fellow men”, “United
Policemen displaying a rifle, which was seized by forest guards from poachers, in
Samaguri, Nagaon , on Thursday. – UB Photos
Essay, drawing competition held
STAFF REPORTER
GUWAHATI, May 16: The
Dima Hasao Forest authori-
ties today organized essay and
drawing competitions as part
of its programmes for the
State-level celebration of the
International Day of Biologi-
cal Diversity scheduled for
EPCH holds workshop
for artisans
CORRESPONDENT
NORTH LAKHIMPUR,
May 16: A day-long work-
shop was organised by the
Export Promotion Council for
Handicrafts (EPCH) in asso-
ciation with Women Develop-
ment Centre, at Mori Dirgha,
under Kadam Revenue Cir-
cle, Lakhimpur on Monday.
The workshop was aimed at
providing training on modern
designing.
At the beginning of the
workshop, Bhagyavati Bhuy-
an of Women Development
Centre explained the objec-
tives of the workshop. Bhuy-
an explained that clusters of
artisans would be formed with
proper guidance from the
EPCH. She said that after for-
mation of a cluster it would
be linked with designers, en-
STATE
we stand, divided we fall” and
“Let us join hands together
to defeat the sinister forces
once and for all”.
The rally assumes signifi-
cance as it came almost a
week after clashes broke out
on Friday afternoon that left
one dead and several injured.
The administration clamped
curfew immediately to bring
the situation under control.
“The majority of the citi-
zens are peace loving and do
not want conflict or commu-
nal tension, as peace is imper-
ative for development of the
backward district”, Niranjan
Ghosh, a participant, said.
Enamul Laskar, another
participant, said conflict often
makes people forget the real
issues being faced by them.
“Only when we have peace
May 22.
Today’s event was held at
the Cultural Institute Hall,
Haflong. The theme of the
competitions was ‘Our Bio-
diversity, Our Food, Our
Health.’ The prizes for the
contests which were held in
two categories – junior and
senior – will be awarded at
trepreneurs and exporters.
The associates would place
the prototypes developed
during the training in the mar-
keting events. Based on the
buyers’ response, the prod-
ucts would be developed in
the cluster. Designers, entre-
preneurs and exporters asso-
ciated with the clusters would
act as coordinators who
would communicate and ne-
gotiate with the buyers.
The trained artisans would
be provided Skill Grade
Cards where the rates would
be mentioned based on their
skill levels. The cards could
also be used as a mode to iden-
tify the beneficiary for differ-
ent state and Central Govern-
ment schemes for skill devel-
opments, loans for start-ups.
The workshop would help
the master to identify and hire
in the region, we can actually
move on to fight for issues that
matter like better education
and healthcare”, he said.
Aminul Islam, a trader, said
it was heartening to see peo-
ple from all walks of life tak-
ing part in the rally and
thanked the administration for
organising it at a time when
the situation is fast returning
to normalcy.
Meanwhile, Amir Hussain
Tarafdar, brother of late Jamir
Hussain Tarafdar of Narayan-
pur village of Hailakandi dis-
trict filed an FIR against six
police personnel in sadar po-
lice station. It may be men-
tioned here that Jamir died in
police firing in Hailakandi dur-
ing the clash of two groups on
Friday last in Jumma’s Namaj
at SS Road mosque.
the main function of the cel-
ebration at the District Li-
brary auditorium, Haflong on
May 22.
The event is being organ-
ized for promotion of biodi-
versity issues and to in-
crease awareness under-
standing of and awareness on
biodiversity.
artisans as per their require-
ment. The artisans would also
get a minimum bench mark
wages for his or her skill sets,
said Bhuyan during delibera-
tions.
Participating in the work-
shop, Bhaskar Borah of
EPCH appealed to the arti-
sans to apply modern design
in order to compete with the
international market. He also
stressed the importance of
using organic dyes. He add-
ed that the cards issued to
the artisans would help in
identifying the potentiality of
skilled artisans who could be
further encouraged by facili-
tating the loans to set up their
individual production units.
Leading textile designer
Dhrubajyoti interacted with
the participants on various
designs.
AASU activists stage road
blockade in Dibrugarh
STAFF CORRESPONDENT
DIBRUGARH, May 16:
Several loaded trucks, tank-
ers, passenger vehicles and
even private cars remained
stranded on the road for about
two hours in the morning fol-
lowing blockade by members
of the All Assam Students’
Union (AASU) near Dibru-
garh University.
The students’ body
blocked NH-37 in protest
against arrest of some 25
AASU activists including its
district general secretary
Sankarjyoti Baruah and cen-
tral executive member Udip-
Six injured
CORRESPONDENT
MANGALDAI, May 16 :
Six health workers of Dar-
rang District Health Depart-
ment sustained injuries when
a sizeable portion of a concrete
floor of the training hall of Dis-
trict Family Welfare Bureau
(DFWB) suddenly collapsed
on Thursday during a train-
ing session. Talking to media
the health workers said that
the incident occurred at
around 12-30 pm during the
lunch break . They were ad-
mitted to a hospital and were
released after providing treat-
ment.
Cultural exchange
programme held
CORRESPONDENT
UDALGURI , May 16: In
a bid to imbibe the essence of
brotherhood and promote in-
tegration and bridge the gap
among the ethnic communi-
ties of the state, a two-day
cultural exchange pro-
gramme, which was hosted by
Cultural Affairs Department
of Bodoland Territorial Coun-
cil (BTC), concluded here in
Tangla on Wednesday.
Cultural Development
Officer, Udalguri, Juganta
Bayan while inaugurating the
session, said that the BTC
authorities are now planning
to extend every possible
help to the artisans of the
region so that they can es-
tablish themselves in the
global market.
He praised the colourful
cultural integration of various
communities of BTC and
hoped that such efforts would
go a long way in uniting the
people.
Renowned artiste Gyanen-
dra Chaliha while delivering
his speech as chief guest laud-
ed the efforts of the BTC au-
thorities for taking initia-
tives for exchange of culture
of various ethnic communities
through such events. He re-
sented that the young gener-
ation was swaying away from
the roots and origin.
Various cultural troupes of
Garo, Bodo, Rabha, Deuri,
Mishing,Santhal communities
presented cultural pro-
grammes.
A large number of senior
citizens and invited distin-
guished persons including of-
ficial of Cultural Affairs de-
partment of BTC,Deveshwar
Phukan attended the event.
OBITUARY
Pushpa Gogoi
ANN SERVICE
SIVASAGAR,May 16: Not-
ed educationist and writer
Pushpa Gogoi died at his
Sivasagar Banmukh residence
on May 14. He was 75. Gogoi
authored Katha Srimadbhaga-
wat, Amrit kumbh (two vol-
umes), Dhritarastra, Druna-
charjya and Prakachita Pra-
bandhawali besides many ar-
ticles and won accolades from
different organizations. He was
associated with Sri Sri Nity-
ananda Than Management
committee, Sivasagar district
Motok Sanmilan, Adhi Bidya
Parishad,Adarsha Siksha
Bhawan,Banmukh Girls HS
and Holy Church Academy. He
leaves behind his wife, two
sons and a daughter. His death
was widely mourned.
THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI 9
jyoti Gogoi in Duliajan after meeting with OIL and Kavin
the AASU members sought Engineering and Services
to stage protest against one Private Limited. They also
‘Kavin Engineering and demanded unconditional re-
Services Private Limited’ lease of the AASU workers.
engaged by Oil India Limit-
ed. It is learnt that AASU had
placed certain demands be- 3 poachers
fore the Kavin Engineering
and Services Private Limit-
arrested
CORRESPONDENT
ed but the Company report-
edly ignored it. MANGALDAI, May 16:
Blockades were also Darrang Police in association
staged near Convoy road in- with staff of Orang National
tersection here and in Naha- Park arrested three poachers
rkatia. The students’ body in Silbori area and recovered
called off their protest after a .303 rifle and a huge cache
district administration as- of ammunition from their
sured them of facilitating a possession.
Ex-Minister Gautam
Roy asked to prove
citizenship
CORRESPONDENT
HAILAKANDI, May 16: Senior Congress leader and
former Minister Gautam Roy and his six-year-old grand-
son Himabrata Roy received a notice from NRC official
in Hailakandi to prove their citizenship. It has created a
sensation throughout Barak Valley because Roy was the
member of Assam Legislative Assembly and Minister
for more than thirty years. His father late Santosh Ku-
mar Roy was also an MLA from Katlicherra constituen-
cy of Hailakandi district in 1972. His wife Mandira Roy
and son Rail Roy were also MLAs. Himabrata is the son
of Rahul Roy.
One Johirul Ali Choudhury of Hailakandi district raised
doubt over the citizenship of Gautam Roy and his grand-
son and submitted objection to NRC authorities. Ac-
cordingly notices were issued to them for attending the
NRC Seva Kendra located in Nazrul Sadan of Hailakandi
town on May 15 at 1 pm. Roy family received it on May
14 lately and it was not possible him to attend Hailakandi
from New Delhi, sources said. He later applied for fixing
another day for hearing. He reached Hailakandi today.
Expressing his reaction, Roy alleged that this is the
glaring example of harassment of genuine citizens in the
name of NRC. He said that he will maintain formalities
but threatened to take the legal help in this regard.
Five Biometric
centres opened
STAFF CORRESPONDENT been opened up with a view to
expedite the biometric enroll-
SILCHAR, May 16: The ment process for those NRC
Cachar District Administra- claimants whose hearings had
tion has opened five biometric already been done but they are
enrollment centres(BME) , all yet to enroll in the biometric
inside the premises of the enrollment system."
court of Chief Judicial Magis- She informed that the cen-
trate here on Thursday. tres have been opened at the
According to sources, peo- district headquarters to ease
ple who have filed their claims the quests of the claimants who
for inclusion of names in the would otherwise hop around
National Register of Citizens the GP offices looking for the
(NRC) need to bring their BME centres. Depending on
claim letters with photographs the rush, more machines will
attached along with proof of be increased,she said.
identity can come to get their "Besides, manual and walk-
names enrolled between10am in pattern of appointment
to 5pm. across the five windows in the
Talking to The Assam Trib- CJM campus for BME enroll-
une on Thursday, Deputy ment, we are will also intro-
Commissioner Laya Madduri duce online mode of taking
said, "there is a lot of backlog appointment for the enroll-
and hence these centers have ment," Madduri added.
Dengue Day observed
CORRESPONDENT the meeting was addressed by
Dr Samir Baidya, Dr MS Ul-
GAURIPUR, May 16: Un- lah and Dr MQ Laskar. They,
der the auspices of Dharmasa- in their speeches appealed the
la Block PHC, the National people to be cautious in re-
Dengue Day was observed spect of prevention of dengue
today at the premises of Gau- and they were advised not to
ripur CHC. In order to create
awareness among the general
public, a meeting on advocacy
keep tub, tube, coconut shell
at the premises of their dwell-
ing houses. They also advised
inter-sectoral meeting on den- the people to use mosquito net
gue was held. The objectives while sleeping even at day
of the meeting were explained time. Leaflets were also dis-
by Ali Hussain, SI, Malaria and tributed among the people.
State level meet of Sai
Seva organisation held
GUWAHATI, May 16: A spoke on various aspects on
day-long, state-level office Baba's philosophy.
bearers meet of Sri Sathya Sai Tapan Changkakoty re-
Seva Organisation was held in leased a book titled “Sathya
Bongaigaon on May 12, a press Sai Aru Yogi Hokol” . State
release stated today. president Satyen Sarma ap-
The inaugural function be- pealed to the members to
gan with the hoisting of flag by work for development of the
the state president Satyen society.
Sarma, followed by lighting of Rupak Sharma, prsident of
lamp by the state trust mem- Sri Sathya Sai Alumni of As-
ber, Dr Gokul Chandra Das. sam and Gauri Bhattacharyya
Samarendra Brahma, state enthralled the audience with
vice-president, delivered the Sai Bhajans. A chorus per-
welcome address. Dr Dhar- formed by girls of the Bon-
mendra Sarma, Rajib Borgo- gaigaon and Kokrajhar Bal Vi-
hain, Dinesh Raja, Deepali kas received a rousing ap-
Changkakoti and Meena Das plause.
 10 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI
WEATHER
NORTHEAST
Forecast for NE: Rain/thun-
dershower is very likely to oc-
cur at many places over As-
sam, Meghalaya, Nagaland,
Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura
and at a few places over
Arunachal Pradesh.
Warning: Thundersquall with
windspeed reaching upto 50-
60 kmph is very likely to oc-
cur at isolated places over
Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur,
Mizoram and Tripura. Thunder-
storm with gusty wind speed
of 30-40 kmph and lightning is
very likely to occur at isolated
places over Nagaland. Heavy
rain is very likely to occur at
isolated places over south
Assam and Meghalaya.
Temperatures:
Max (°C) Min (°C)
Dibrugarh 30.0 20.6
Tezpur 29.6 22.7
Silchar 31.2 21.2
Dhubri 29.3 23.4
Jorhat 29.9 21.0
N Lakhimpur 30.4 21.2
Shillong 23.4 14.8
Cherrapunjee 23.7 16.4
Aizawl
Kohima
Pasighat
Itanagar
24.5
22.2
31.1
29.6
18.2
15.5
20.9
21.5
Imphal
Agartala
26.3
33.0
19.3
25.4
Meghalaya
Govt urges
HNLC to come
to ‘mainstream’
SHILLONG, May 16: In the
wake of the proscribed Hyn-
niewtrep National Liberation
Council (HNLC) indulging in
killing yet again, Meghalaya
Deputy Chief Minister Prestone
Tynsong has made an appeal to
the outfit’s rank and file to join
the ‘mainstream’ like former
HNLC general secretary, Cher-
isterfield Thangkhiew.
“The doors of the govern-
ment for the HNLC cadres to
come overground are always
open,” said Tynsong on
Thursday. On the govern-
ment’s response to tackling
the HNLC indulging in crimi-
nal activities, he said that the
law will take its own course.
It may be mentioned that
Romeo was killed by two
HNLC cadres at Lapalang vil-
lage near Pynursla on May 12.
The outfit has claimed respon-
sibility for the killing while
branding Romeo as a police
informer. – Newmai News
Girl complains
of sexual assault
TURA, May 16: A 17 year-
old minor from Dalu in West
Garo Hills, has finally com-
plained against her tormentor,
two years after she was first
sexually assaulted by him.
The shocking incident
came to light after a complaint
was filed by the victim against
her assaulter on May 14 in the
Dalu Police Station. The case
was later forwarded to Tura
Woman’s PS. According to the
FIR, the accused first commit-
ted the crime when the vic-
tim was 15 years-old and con-
tinued to sexually assault her.
The victim further alleged
that after the incident, the ac-
cused, who is a government
employee, had mentally tor-
tured the victim in an attempt
to push her to end her own
life. Incidentally, the accused
has gone into hiding since the
day the complaint was filed
against him. – Correspondent
Brown sugar
IMPHAL, May 16: The As-
sam Rifles has apprehended an
alleged drug smuggler carry-
ing brown sugar worth Rs 1.16
crore at the Permanent Vehi-
cle Check Post, Khudengthabi.
According to Assam Rifles
sources, the check post is lo-
cated about 100 km south of Im-
phal along Imphal-Moreh road
under Tengnoupal district of
Manipur bordering Myanmar.
On Tuesday, a team of As-
sam Rifles stopped an autor-
ickshaw, without registration
number, which was moving
from Moreh to Khudengthabi,
Assam Rifles said in a release.
On carrying out a check of
the vehicle, 42 packets of or-
ange-coloured powder sus-
pected to be brown sugar and
weighing approximately 582
gms was found hidden inside
the body of the autorickshaw.
The approximate cost of the
brown sugar is Rs 1.16 crore,
it added. – Correspondent
NORTH EAST
Meghalaya-Assam CMs to
resume talks on border dispute
STAFF CORRESPONDENT
SHILLONG, May 16: Chief
Ministers of Meghalaya and
Assam are slated to resume
stalled talks over the disput-
ed boundary between the two
States after the Lok Sabha
election results are declared.
Briefing the media after a
Cabinet meeting here today,
Meghalaya Deputy Chief
Minister, Prestone Tynsong
said, the stalled talks over the
boundary dispute is likely to
be held in early June.
Periodic talks were held
between the two States over
the decades-old boundary dis-
pute. Following talks between
the two Chief Ministers, Chief
Secretaries of the two States
held bilateral talks a few years
International Nurses’ Day
celebrated in Manipur
CORRESPONDENT
IMPHAL, May 16: International Nurs-
es’ Day was celebrated here under the
aegis of Trained Nurses Association of
India (TNAI) and Student Nurses Asso-
ciation of India, Manipur State Branch
on Friday. This year’s theme of the cele-
bration was ‘Nurses: A Voice to Lead –
Health for All’.
Manipur Governor Dr Najma Heptul-
la along with Principal Secretary Vum-
lunmang Vualnam of Health & Family
Welfare,Director(Health & Family Wel-
FAW: Scientists asks
Mizoram farmers not to panic
CORRESPONDENT
AIZAWL, May 16: Scientists
from ICAR who are visiting
Mizoram in the wake of Fall
Armyworms (FAW) attack on
maize farms across the eight
districts have assured the farm-
ers not to panic as the pests will
not attack other crops.
Dr JC Sekhar, principal sci-
entist at All India Coordinated
Research Project (AICRP) and
principal investigator (Ento-
mology) at ICAR-Indian Insti-
tute of Maize Research (IIMR),
Hyderabad, talked of how Fall
Armyworms attacked maize
crops in Telangana and Andra
Pradesh in 2018.
“Despite reports that FAW
can cause damage to 80 dif-
ferent crops, it was found that
the pests did not attack other
crops like sugarcane, rice, etc.,
Mizoram Governor yet to give nod to NRC-like Bill
CORRESPONDENT
AIZAWL, May 16: Mizoram
Governor Prof Jagdish Mukhi
seems to be not in a hurry to give
his consent to Mizoram Mainte-
nance of Household Register Bill,
2019 (MMHRB) passed by Mizo-
ram Assembly on March 20 last.
Akin to Assam’s National Regis-
ter of Citizens (NRC), the MM-
HRB aims to create registers con-
taining the names, details and pho-
tographs of every resident of the
State, on a household basis, in an
effort to detect illegal foreigners
FRIDAY, MAY 17, 2019
Khasi students seek NCST help
in safeguarding tribal rights
NEWMAI NEWS Bangladesh and Nepal and also
from other parts of the coun-
habits, language affiliations,
cultures, adding even the as-
back to resolve the issue. Recently, Assam police ar- adding, the State Government SHILLONG, May 16: Bat- try, the KSU leader said that pirations of tribal communi-
Meghalaya on its part has rested a Meghalaya resident has sanctioned Rs 2,000 crore ting for a mechanism to pro- such uncontrolled influx of ties in North East India are
handed over maps and other at Balakhowa village, Ri-Bhoi for development of roads in tect and safeguard the rights “outsiders” threatens the less similar to those of the
documents to the Assam district following differences the State during 2018-19. of the tribal communities of very existence of the micro- mainland tribal groups.
Government staking claim over building a PMGSY road Meanwhile, Tynsong in- the Northeastern region, the scopic tribal communities of “The Union is of the opin-
over the disputed area. Little in “Meghalaya’s territory.” formed that in this particular Khasi Students’ Union (KSU) North East India. ion that it is high time for the
development has taken place “The area belongs to Meg- case where a Meghalaya resi- has sought the intervention of The KSU also asked the regional office (of NCST) in
after handing over these doc- halaya, but the Syiem of Hima dent was arrested by Assam the National Commission for Commission to intervene into Shillong to be fully upgraded
uments to Assam by the Nongspung has given the police, the Chief Minister and Scheduled Tribes (NCST) in the ongoing stalemate in the into a full-fledged Directorate
Meghalaya Government. NOC to Assam PWD to con- the Home Minister took up the this regard. premier North East Indira Gan- so as to cater to the require-
“These documents are be- struct the road leading to a matter with the Assam Chief A delegation of the KSU dhi Institute of Health and Med- ments of the tribal populace
ing studied by the Assam skirmish in the area,” the Dep- Minister to secure his release. led by its president Lambok ical Sciences (NEIGRIHMS). in the NE region,” he said.
Government. So talks would uty CM said. Asked if neglect “Earlier, there was a commu- Starwell Marngar submitted Due to the stand-off be- After the bifurcation of the
resume sometime in June,” of the border villages is a fail- nication gap,” he added. a memorandum to the NCST tween two high ranking offi- National Commission for
Tynsong said. Due to the dif- ure of the Meghalaya Govern- Attacking the Opposition chairman, Nand Kumar Sai cials of the Institute, two pre- Scheduled Castes and Sched-
ferences at the border, there ment, Tynsong avoided giving Congress of acting irrespon- during the latter’s official tour cious tribal lives were uled Tribes into two different
have been skirmishes at dif- a direct reply and said any sort sibly on the sensitive bounda- to Meghalaya on Wednesday. snatched away because the entities in 2004, the NCST
ferent areas. On several oc- of development is good. ry dispute, the Deputy CM “The KSU implores the required equipments for their office in Shillong has been en-
casions the Meghalaya Gov- “We will not let develop- said the erstwhile Congress Commission to prevail upon treatment are unavailable, the trusted with the overall juris-
ernment has taken up with its mental activities to stop. Governments in Meghalaya the Central and the State Gov- memorandum said. diction of the States of Meg-
Assam counterpart about Moreover, PMGSY is a Cen- and Assam did precious little ernments to formulate steps The KSU further request- halaya, Assam, Arunachal
highhandedness of Assam po- tral scheme and is not of the over the years to resolve the and mechanisms to protect and ed the inclusion of members Pradesh, Nagaland, Mizoram,
lice at these areas of dispute. Assam Government,” he said, festering boundary problem. safeguard the rights of the trib- in the Commission from the Manipur, Tripura and Sikkim.
al communities in the region eight States of the North East. The KSU also urged the
including their survival and To justify this demand, Commission to fill up all the
dignity,” Marngar said.
Pointing out that the region
is plagued with unabated mi-
Marngar said the tribal com-
munities from mainland India
differ conspicuously from the
posts that are lying vacant in
the regional office to ensure
smooth functioning and effi-
gration of “outsiders” from
the neighbouring countries of
tribes of North East India in
terms of origin, geography,
cient performance of the
NCST in the State.
100 deaths at NEIGRIHMS
Cardiology dept since Jan’18
STAFF CORRESPONDENT unknown reasons, while there has been sev-
eral deaths in the department.”
SHILLONG, May 16: More than 100 deaths He further said, “some people because of
have occurred at the North Eastern Indira their ulterior motives misguide the people”,
Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Med- which he said, “should not happen.”
ical Sciences (NEIGRIHMS) since January According to reports, the Cardiology de-
2018 till May this year. partment, which is at loggerheads with the
This figure was given out today by NEI- Director, had sought a high costing device for
GRIHMS Director, Dr DM Thapa who quot- the patient in the present case.
ed medical records and said, “more than 100 Dr Thapa added, “the device costing around
deaths have occurred in the Cardiology de- Rs 25 lakh demanded by the department of
partment” since January 2018. Cardiology was never used by the department
This suggests that on an average, six pa- before, although many patients expired in the
tients have died every month at the Cardiolo- past of similar diagnosis.”
gy department of NEIGRIHMS from January The Director has earlier accused that stents
2018 till May 2019. and pacemakers were being asked to be pur-
The deaths occurred in the Cardiology de- chased by the Cardiology department from
partment of “either same diagnosis or similar private vendors, which should be provided by
diagnosis.” “Every death is an unfortunate event the Amrit Pharmacy at a low cost.
for us, and as Head of the Institution it is my Amrit Pharmacy at the Institute was estab-
responsibility to ensure that no patient dies, lished in 2016 with the sole purpose of making
fare) Dr K Rajo Singh, Head of Depart- portance of this profession to the develop- who otherwise could be saved,” Dr Thapa said. the drugs and devices available to the patient
ment Prof L Jaichand Singh of Radiother- ment of the country. Commenting on the death of a 52-year-old at a reasonable cost.
apy, RIMS and President N Tangbi Devi She said that the Government is mak- patient at the Cardiology department for which “Most of the drugs and disposables are pro-
of TNAI, Manipur State Branch also at- ing serious efforts to improve primary the Director was blamed by the NGOs here, vided free of cost to the poor patients, howev-
tended the Celebration function. healthcare as much as originally envisaged. he said: “It is unfortunate that some people er, certain costly items, patients need to pur-
Addressing the gathering Governor Dr Principal Secretary Vumlunmang Vual- are highlighting the death of this patient for chase,” he informed.
Najma Heptulla stated that for the progress nam said that there are 40 Health and
of a society it is imperative for its citizens
to remain healthy and the nurses play an
important role in providing healthcare serv-
Wellness centres and there is plan to
open 100 more in the coming years in
the State. The Government of India has
Meghalaya Govt to implement
ices. The Governor stated that the TNAI,
established in 1908 and recognised by the
taken up the initiative of Health and Well-
ness Centre under the Ayushman Bharat
Free Drug Policy
Government of India as a service organi- Scheme giving top most priority to NEWMAI NEWS was also attended by Health ple of the State.
sation since 1950, is indicative of the im- healthcare. and Family Welfare Minister He also informed that the
SHILLONG, May 16: In its AL Hek, besides officials of formulation of a monitoring
Condemnation
DIMAPUR, May 16: Naga-
land Deputy Chief Minister Y
bid to provide free medicines
to every citizen in the State,
the Meghalaya Democratic
the department.
“We are still working out
the modalities and once this
system for the distribution of
medicines from the level of
the DHS to the DMHO down
Patton on Thursday con-
demned the grenade blast in
Alliance (MDA) Government
held a review meeting on
Wednesday to gear up for the
is done, we will introduce the
Free Drug Policy for the ben-
efit of the people at large,”
to the CHCs and PHCs was
also discussed during the
meeting. Hek said the govern-
which grew next to maize of Rs 6.74 crore. Guwahati on Wednesday. implementation of the Free Hek said after the meeting. ment will have to spend Rs
crops in the two States. On Wednesday, the scien- In a condemnation note, Pat- Drug Policy. He said a total of 72 es- 100 crore annually for imple-
Therefore there is no reason tists conducted a State level ton said while the overall law Chaired by Chief Minister sential medicines will be mentation of the Free Drug
for farmers to panic,” he said. training programme on scien- and order situation in the Conrad Sangma, the meeting made free of cost for the peo- Policy in the State.
He added that there are dif- tific management of Fall Ar- whole of North East is peace-
ferent pests in India that at- myworm in Aizawl. It was fol- ful, such cowardly acts by some
tack maize crops all of which lowed by a visit to the FAW- disgruntled elements have
can be prevented. FAW is just hit maize farms near Aizawl. caused panic and fear psycho-
one of them. The Govern- Dr Kesavan Subaharan, sis in the minds of the people.
ment of India has recommend- principal scientist, ICAR-Na- He urged the law enforce-
ed insecticides – plant ex- tional Bureau of Agriculture ment agencies to bring the
tracts, biological control Insect Resources (NBAIR), perpetrators to book at the
agents. If farmers precisely Bengaluru, stressed the im- earliest. He also prayed for
follow the government’s rec- portance of maintaining eco- speedy recovery of those in-
ommendations, FAW can be logical balance while combat- jured in the incident.
avoided, he said. ing pests that attack crops. He Patton, who is also the Home
The scientists were speak- said ICAR-NBAIR has differ- Minister of the State, alerted
ing during an interaction with ent types of pesticides and the Nagaland police to be vigilant and
Mizoram Agriculture depart- know-how to combat the pests take pre-emptive measures,
ment officials today where and is extending every possi- particularly in public places, to
they chalked out strategies to ble assistance to Mizoram. avert any such subversive ac-
combat the pests which dam- The scientists were satis- tivities in the State. He also di-
aged 3,082.50 metric tonnes fied with the rapid response rected the police and other in-
of maize in 2,055 hectares of teams formed by Mizoram telligence agencies in the State Hmar Martyrs’ Day being observed at Sakawrdai village in Mizoram on Thursday.
land, causing an estimated loss Government. to be vigilant. – Correspondent – Newmai News
staying in Mizoram. For the Bill to “As we know, the Bill is akin to got assimilated among the people through which it will arrest slippage the registering authorities.
become an Act, the Governor the Assam’s NRC. Our Governor, of the State by taking advantage of of benefits of development schemes Once the information prescribed
needs to give assent, which is yet who has witnessed the consequenc- the mistaken identity and of diffi- to those who are not entitled. by the State Government is re-
to take place almost two months es of NRC in Assam as a Governor culties in detecting them,” Chief President of village councils, ceived, the concerned registering
after it was passed in the House. there, might be cautious about it,” Minister Zoramthanga, who intro- town committees will be the reg- authority will compile the details
“We await the Governor’s as- the Law Minister added. duced the Bill, said. istering authority. They will main- in two distinct registers – one for
sent. Once he gives the nod, we As Mizoram shares borders with Large scale influx of foreigners tain two registers – one will list the citizen residents and another
will immediately pursue the need- Myanmar and Bangladesh, influx of and their malafide assimilation with the residents and another non-res- for non-citizen residents of a vil-
ful,” said Parliamentary Affairs and foreigners into the State through the the permanent residents in the vil- idents. The register will be updat- lage/town. The law provides that
Law Minister TJ Lalnuntluanga. porous borders has remained a se- lages of Mizoram has led to an “ab- ed every three months. for offence committed under this
The Law Minister said they rious concern for several decades. normal increase in the population” The Bill makes the responsibility Bill a citizen may be punished with
learnt that the Governor wanted “In many cases the benefit of and poses a law and order threat. of every householder as well as eve- imprisonment for a term which
to study the Bill in detail, its possi- development and welfare pro- Under the law, a comprehensive ry member of household in the may extend to one year or with fine
ble consequences and whether or grammes are found eaten away to data base of residents will be main- State to furnish information, partic- of Rs 3,000 for willfully making a
not the matter is under the pur- a large extent by such foreigners tained. The government wants to pro- ulars and passport-size photographs false statement or destroying the
view of the Central Government. who clandestinely stayed back and vide individual identification system of the members of the household to whole or any part of the form.
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Finance panel discusses fiscal management with Finmin

CAPSULE
BoI posts Rs 252-cr
profit in Q4
NEW DELHI, May 16:
State-run Bank of India
today reported a profit of
Rs 251.79 crore for the
fourth quarter ended
March 2019 owing to
reduction of bad loans.
The bank had reported a
net loss of Rs 3,969 crore
in the same quarter of the
previous year, Bank of
India said in a regulatory
filing. Total income in three
months to March grew to
Rs 12,417.08 crore, as
against Rs 9,596.86 crore
in the same period of
2017-18. – PTI
Bajaj Finance net up
NEW DELHI, May 16:
Bajaj Finance today
reported a 50 per cent
jump in its standalone net
profit at Rs 1,114 crore for
the last quarter of the fiscal
ended March 2019. The
company had registered a
net profit of Rs 743 crore in
the corresponding quarter
a year ago. Total income
during January-March
quarter of 2018-19 rose to
Rs 4,887.76 crore from Rs
3,424.99 crore in the year-
ago period, the company
said in a regulatory filing.
The company’s board has
recommended a dividend
of Rs 6 per equity share or
300 per cent of face value
of Rs 2. – PTI
New IndiGo flights
NEW DELHI, May 16:
Budget passenger carrier
IndiGo will launch six new
daily flights to and from
Kolkata, effective July 20.
According to the airline, it
will operate daily non-stop
flights on Shillong-Kolkata
and Raipur-Kolkata routes
with its ATR-18 aircraft.
Furthermore, Kolkata-
Shillong-Kolkata will be
IndiGo’s next route under
the Regional Connectivity
Scheme (RCS). – IANS
Redmi 7 launched
GUWAHATI, May16:
Smartphone brand Xiaomi
here today announced the
launch of Redmi 7, which
brings the Kryo architecture
to the Redmi series for the
first time in the State.
Speaking on the occasion,
NEW DELHI, May 16: The Fi-
nance Commission has held dis-
cussions with the Finance Minis-
try on fiscal and economic manage-
ment as well as rationalisation of
expenditure related to Centrally-
sponsored schemes, an official
statement said today.
During the meeting, which hap-
pened on Wednesday, the 15th Fi-
nance Commission observed that
the GDP numbers suggest contin-
ued high growth over the medium
term even though there have been
fluctuations within the overall glo-
RBI asks large NBFCs
to appoint CROs
MUMBAI, May 16: The
Reserve Bank today asked
NBFCs with asset size of over
Rs 5,000 crore to appoint
board-approved Chief Risk
Officer (CRO) with adequate
professional qualification and
a fixed tenure.
This is being done to aug-
ment risk management prac-
tices in view of the increasing
role of non-banking financial
companies (NBFCs) in direct
credit intermediation, the
RBI said in a notification.
“While boards of NBFCs
should strive to follow best
practices in risk management,
it has been decided that
NBFCs with asset size of
more than Rs 50 billion shall
appoint a CRO with clearly
Reliance-BP makes 1st bid
for oil block in 8 yrs
NEW DELHI, May 16: Reli-
ance Industries and its British
partner BP plc have made their
first bid for an oil and gas explo-
ration acreage in over eight
years by bidding for one of the
32 blocks up for auction in latest
licensing round that saw mining
major Vedanta putting in as many
as 30 bids while state-owned
ONGC vying for 20.
Bidding for 14 blocks on of-
fer in the Open Acreage Licens-
ing Policy (OALP) round-II and
another 18 oil and gas blocks
and 5 coal-bed methane (CBM)
blocks on offer in OALP-III
closed on Wednesday.
Official sources said Vedan-
ta, which had walked away with
41 out of the 55 blocks offered
in OALP-I last year, bid for 30
BMW launches all-new X5 SUV
BUSINESS REPORTER
bal trend. taxes are healthy though on indi- murthy Subramanian, CBDT Chair- The economic development in the parative picture of tax growth and
“On the expenditure trend, rect taxes, there have been peri- man PC Mody, and CBIC Chairman last 5 years was analysed in detail buoyancy. The expenditure projec-
there were discussions with regard odic fluctuations. PK Das. with specific focus on growth, invest- tions made by the ministry includ-
to rationalisation of the Centrally- “The Commission held consul- The 15th Finance Commission, ments, industrial production, bank- ed expenditure classifications and
sponsored schemes in sync with the tations with senior officials of the chaired by NK Singh, has also held ing and payments, inflation and mon- requirements; expenditure of the
new life cycle, they being co-ter- Ministry of Finance yesterday on discussions over the last few etary policy, external sector, medi- Centre during the tenure of the
minus with the finance commis- the overall economic situation and months with the ministry on the um-term outlook, among others. Commission.
sions,” the statement said. key economic variables,” it added. issues related to UDAY and 7th Pay The ministry made its projec- “The ministry and the Commis-
Centrally-sponsored schemes are The ministry officials who at- Commission, particularly in the tions for 2019-20 before the Com- sion had a detailed discussion on fis-
schemes that are implemented by tended the meeting included Fi- context of the finances of the States. mission along with its projections cal management in which the min-
State governments but are funded nance Secretary Subhash Chandra The ministry presented before for the tenure of the 15th Finance istry put up a number of sugges-
by the Centre with some portion of Garg, Revenue Secretary Ajay the Commission some preliminary Commission (2020-21 to 2024-25), tions for consideration of the Com-
funding being borne by States. Bhushan Pandey, Expenditure Sec- views of the government on the fi- the statement said. mission. Discussions were also held
The Commission also noted that retary Girish Chandra Murmu, nancial terms of reference of the The ministry’s resource forecast on GST issues, local body grants
the revenue projections on direct Chief Economic Adviser Krishna- Commission. included tax projections, and a com- and population data,” it added. – PTI
specified role and responsibil- independence of the CRO.
ities,” it said. In this regard, RBI said the
As per the RBI, the CRO CRO should have direct re-
shall be a senior official in the porting lines to the MD and
hierarchy of an NBFC and shall CEO/Risk Management Com-
possess adequate professional mittee (RMC) of the board.
qualification/experience in the “The CRO shall not have
area of risk management. any reporting relationship with
“The CRO shall be appoint- the business verticals of the
ed for a fixed tenure with the NBFC and shall not be given
approval of the board,” it said any business targets. Further,
and added that the officer can there shall not be any ‘dual hat-
be transferred/removed from ting’, i.e., the CRO shall not be
his post before completion of given any other responsibili-
the tenure only with the ap- ty,” the RBI added.
proval of the board. Also, all credit products (re-
In case the NBFC is listed, tail or wholesale) should be vet- 15th Finance Commission Chairman NK Singh chairs the 3rd meeting of the Advisory Council of the 15th Finance
any change in incumbency of the ted by the CRO from the angle Commission, in New Delhi on Thursday. – PTI
CRO should also be reported of inherent and control risks.
to the stock exchanges. The CRO’s role in deciding
Further, the board should put
in place policies to safeguard the
credit proposals shall be limited
to being an adviser. – PTI Issuing 5G trial spectrum
on DoT’s 100-day agenda
NEW DELHI, May 16: India wants to
keep her date with the global 5G roll-out
in 2020. With Lok Sabha elections enter-
ards bodies, regulatory policy and appli-
cation and use case labs,” the source said.
The plan also pushes for early giving
riod, which would be scalable to six to 12
months on special cases for further ex-
perimentation.
areas. Oil and Natural Gas Corp Mukesh Ambani-owned ing its last phase, the 100-day action plan away of licences for 5G spectrum trials The panel, which deliberated on the
(ONGC) bid for 20 blocks while RIL had on its own bid for six prepared by the Department of Telecom along with use case experimentations. quantum and duration of the spectrum
Oil India Ltd (OIL) bid for 16. blocks in the ninth round of (DoT) has put 5G technology trials and “Simplifying the process of obtaining trial, has recommended 5G spectrum to
Indian Oil Corp (IOC), GAIL New Exploration Licensing its experimentation with spectrum on top experimental licences and establishing the incumbents Airtel, Vodafone Idea and
(India) and SunPetro bid for two Policy (NELP) but did not win of the agenda of the new government. regulatory sandboxes like simplifying and Reliance Jio initially for three months,
blocks each, they said. any block. The new government at the Centre fast-tracking approvals for products and which can be scaled up to one year in
RIL-BP made an offer for NELP has since been re- will have the task of issuing 5G network services for experimental purposes case they need more time for network
one block in the Krishna Go- placed by Hydrocarbon Ex- trial licences to the telcos along with the through delicensing and other mecha- stabilisation.
ploration Licensing Policy spectrum. nisms and promoting establishment of The three equipment vendors who have
Vedanta bids for 30, (HELP) under which OALP The allocation will take place as soon test beds, incubations and innovation cen- got the green signal from the panel are Sam-
ONGC 20, OIL 16 bids round has been held. as the new government takes charge, tres in collaboration with the industry sung, Nokia and Ericsson, sources said.
Sources said the block RIL- which could be in June, and depending and the academia are on the agenda,” As of now, Jio is likely to partner with
davari basin. BP bid for is the same which BP on their readiness, the telcos could start said the 100-day action plan document. Samsung, Nokia with Airtel and Vodafone
This is the first time that BP had demarcated during the ex- the initial 5G run in the same month. As the DoT is getting ready for the Idea with Ericsson for the trial. The DoT
is bidding for an exploration pression of interest (EoI) stage. The network trial licences will be issued government with continued action plan has so far not taken any call on whether
acreage in the country. It had India had in July 2017 al- before that, said an official source. and fast-track implementation scheme, Chinese firm Huawei will be a part of the
entered the country by buying lowed companies to carve out “In the ‘Enabling 5G in India’ pro- the much-awaited network trial for 5G trial for any telecom services company.
30 per cent stake in RIL’s 21 blocks of their choice with a gramme, the 100-day action plan of the services in the country is slated to start 5G technology is being used for func-
oil and gas exploration blocks view to bringing about 2.8 DoT includes 5G technology trials, poli- from June itself. tions such as remotely-performed robot-
in 2011 for $7.2 billion. All but million sq km of unexplored cy on experimentation and trial spectrum A Telecom Ministry panel has recom- ic surgeries, remote operations of mine
a couple of blocks have since area in the country under ex- for technologies, policy on participation mended spectrum for the test run to the equipment or cars driven by someone
been relinquished. ploration. – PTI in standardisation and international stand- incumbent telcos for a three-month pe- sitting hundreds of miles away. – IANS
Hyundai launches
vehicle leasing
1 lakh Indian traders sell

GUWAHATI, May 16:

Sunil Baby, Director, Offline
Operations, Xiaomi India,
said, “We’re excited to offer
our ultimate all-rounder,
Redmi 7... Powered by the
Qualcomm Snapdragon
632, Redmi 7 embodies the
beautiful Aura Smoke design
combining several great
features including a dual rear
camera, making it a well-
rounded device.” Redmi 7
will be available for Rs 8,299
for the 2GB+32GB variant
and Rs 9,299 for the
3GB+32GB variant, a
company statement said. –
Business Reporter
OYO Lite app
NEW DELHI, May 16:
SoftBank-backed OYO
Hotels & Homes today said
it has launched OYO Lite
app, which occupies less
space on phone and
consumes lesser data for
Android users globally.– PTI
German luxury car-maker
BMW today launched its 4th
generation X5 SUV in India
at a starting price of Rs 72.9
lakh for diesel variants.
The all-new BMW X5, which
was launched in Mumbai today
by legendary cricketer Sachin
Tendulkar in the presence of Dr
Hans-Christian Baertels, Presi-
dent (acting), BMW Group In-
dia, demonstrates a fresh mod-
ern design with refined interi-
ors and authoritative driving at-
tributes, according to a state-
ment by the auto-maker.
Produced locally, a diesel
variant of the all-new X5 will
be available at BMW dealer-
ships from today onwards
while the petrol variant will
be available later in 2019, the
statement said.
“The BMW X5 has been the
best-selling car in this segment
(R-L) Dr Hans-Christian Baertels, President (acting), BMW
Group India and Sachin Tendulkar with the all-new BMW X5
during its launch in Mumbai on Thursday.
for many years and has become
one of our most successful
models. The fourth generation
embodies this model’s typical
characteristics – versatility, sov-
ereignty and luxury. The all-
new BMW X5 is bound to add
another chapter to this success
story by introducing a new in-
terpretation of the letter ‘X’,”
the statement quoted Dr Baer-
tels as saying about the SUV.
The all-new X5 exhibits
versatility by offering custom-
ers a choice of vehicle that ex-
presses who they are and con-
forms to their personal pref-
erences and lifestyle, the
statement claimed.
The all-new X5 is available
in two diesel models – BMW
X5 xDrive30d Sport and BMW
X5 xDrive30d xLine while the
petrol variant – BMW X5
xDrive40i M Sport will be
available later in ther year.
service
NEW DELHI, May 16:
Hyundai Motor India Ltd
(HMIL) today announced the
launch of its vehicle leasing
service in partnership with
ALD Automotive India.
‘Hyundai Leasing’ will offer
all of the company’s entire mod-
el line-up for leasing with no
upfront and maintenance costs,
HMIL said in a statement.
“The Indian automotive in-
dustry is at the cusp of trans-
formation... The vehicle leas-
ing business is rapidly picking
pace in India and offers great
prospects,” HMIL Executive
Director (Sales and Market-
ing) SJ Ha said.
As a smart mobility solu-
tions provider, he said, Hy-
undai understands the needs
of evolving customers and is
committed to making ‘Shared
Mobility’ accessible. – PTI
products online: Amazon JV
BENGALURU, May 16:
Amazon-Catamaran joint
venture Prione Business
Services Ltd today said it has
enabled one lakh small and
medium businesses (SMBs)
to sell a variety of products
online in 100 cities across In-
dia and leverage digital pay-
ments for growth.
The global e-tailer had set up
Prione in 2014 with Catamaran,
promoted by Infosys Founder
NR Narayana Murthy, to en-
courage Indian SMBs to sell
their products online from the
unorganised offline market to
the organised digital platform.
“We have helped about
100,000 SMBs across the coun-
try to sell online apparels, elec-
tronics, home and kitchen ap-
pliances among 20 product cat-
egories and benefit from digit-
al payments,” said the city-
based JV in a statement here.
The Indian digital payments
industry is estimated to touch
$500 billion by 2020, with
SMBs in tier-1 and tier-2 cit-
ies making major contribution.
“The Indian e-commerce
market is projected to reach
$84 billion by 2021. About 50
million SMBs across the coun-
try will be a key driver of its
growth,” said Prione Chief
Executive Sandeep Varaganti
in the statement.
With domain experts in 25
cities and a franchise network
in 30 cities, Prione helps
SMBs start online business
without heavy investment
required in traditional retail.
“We organise sessions with
SMBs across the country to help
them manage and grow their
business online by identifying the
right products, manage inven-
tory, improve delivery and offer
the best price to customers,”
said the statement.
With benefits like cashbacks
and offers on products, the
SMBs are able to tap into a
larger customer base and en-
sure customer retention.
“The swift transactions
come with a 24/7 merchant
and customer support, to an-
swer queries through e-mail
and phone, ensuring seamless
functioning of businesses,”
added the statement. – IANS

India to benefit from US-China trade war: Experts

NEW DELHI, May 16: The on-
going trade war between the US and
China will help India tap export op-
portunities in both the countries in
areas such as garments, agriculture,
automobile and machinery, accord-
ing to trade experts.
Professor at Indian Institute of For-
eign Trade (IIFT) Rakesh Mohan Joshi
said the US has broadly targeted in-
termediate components from China,
particularly machinery and electron-
ics, whereas China is targeting Amer-
ican automotive and agricultural prod-
ucts including soybean.
“These areas offer huge opportu-
nities for India. Strong opportunity
is unfolding for India in apparel and
readymade garments as after Chi-
na, India is the only country in the
world to match the scale of opera-
tions and integrate its supply chain
for global customers,” Joshi said.
He added that India needs to make
use of this opportunity to significant-
ly enhance its exports, especially in
information and communications
technology (ICT) and the automo-
tive sector.
“To effectively harness the
emerging opportunities, India needs
a carefully crafted strategy and its
meticulous implementation at the
grass-roots level,” he said.
Sharing similar views, the Federa-
tion of Indian Export Organisations
(FIEO) said the trade war between
the US and China is benefitting India.
FIEO President Ganesh Kumar
Gupta said India’s exports to the US
went up by 11.2 per cent in 2018,
while to China it rose 31.4 per cent
in the same year.
“China is also more willing than
ever before to provide better mar-
ket access to India on a wide range
of agriculture and processed food
products. India would be getting
better access to Chinese market as
China would like to prove to its cit-
izen that the tariff war has little or
no impact on it,” he said.
The US and China are significantly
raising import duties on each others’
products. In international commerce
parlance, trade war means increas-
ing import duties by trading partners.
Recently, the US increased im-
port duties from 10 per cent to 25
per cent on $200 billion worth of Chi-
nese imports. The US is demanding
China to reduce the massive trade
deficit which last year climbed to
over $539 billion.
FIEO Director General Ajay Sahai
said it is a “God-send opportunity”
for India to seek huge investments
from companies located in China.
“All investments in China with
prime focus on the US market may
seek relocation and India would def-
initely be the option. There is a need
to move aggressively to woo such
investors before they are lured by
others,” Sahai said.
Assistant Professor and expert on
agri economics, Chirala Shankar Rao,
said India should work on tapping
export opportunities in the agricul-
ture sector in both the countries.
“Indian exporters have all the po-
tential to increase agricultural ex-
ports in both these countries,” Rao
added.
Echoing similar views, Ludhiana-
based exporter and FIEO former Pres-
ident SC Ralhan said enormous oppor-
tunities are there in the engineering
and machinery sector in both the coun-
tries and “we have to tap that”.
Council for Leather Exports
Chairman PR Aqeel Ahmed said the
trade war will help India increase
footwear exports to the US. “India’s
footwear exports to the US current-
ly is about $300 million and Chinese
exports to the US is $11 billion. Even
if we get 10 per cent of this, our
exports to the US can grow four
times,” Ahmed said. – PTI
 12 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI
NATIONAL FRIDAY, MAY 17, 2019

Rahul will play

‘central role’ in
new govt
formation: RJD
NEW DELHI, May 16: A
coalition of progressive parties
will come together to form the
next government and Con-
gress president Rahul Gandhi
will play a “central role” in the
formation of the new dispen-
sation, RJD leader Tejashwi
Yadav said on Thursday.
Asserting that the BJP has
failed to deliver on its slogans,
including ‘achche din’, ‘kala
dhan vapsi (return of black
money)’ and ‘beti bachao beti
padhao’, he alleged that the
party has intensified its “hate-
filled politics” to avoid being
questioned on its promises.
Yadav, whose Rashtriya Jana-
ta Dal is fighting the polls in Bi-
har in alliance with the Con-
gress, Rashtriya Lok Samta Par-
ty, Hindustan Awam Morcha and
Vikasshil Insan Party, also
claimed the ‘mahagathbandhan’
will sweep the polls in the State.
“Those who colluded in
flouting people’s mandate will
be defeated. Uttar Pradesh and
Bihar have always been key to
forming central governments,
that will not change,” he said.
“I recognise that there is a
strong anti-incumbency wave
across India and each State will
count,” he said. – PTI
Snippets
Regional parties’ govt will be ‘Rahul was mum
when Aiyar
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smaller parties heading the ties forming government with government cannot be stable, tion is who would unite all the Shah said. qualification, age, caste, three copies of recent passport
government – whether it was the Congress supporting it, the it has never remained stable; regional parties. – PTI Aiyar had stirred a controver- size photpgraphs duly signed by the candidates and a sefl-
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5. The candidatures should be submitted in the establishment
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ment made against Modi in
of the District & Sessions Judge, Lakhimpur, North
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this Advertisement.
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“Can anyone tolerate abusive
6. No. TA/DA will be paid to the candidates for appearing in the
Written Test and Viva-voce.
NEW DELHI, May 16: The Congress day invoked Article 324 of the Constitu- Should it only remain an appendage to Sd/- District & Sessions Judge.
words against the Prime Minis- Janasanyog/D/253/19 Lakhimpur, North Lakhimpur
on Thursday accused the Election Com- tion to end campaigning in nine West the ruling dispensation or is it a constitu- ter,” Shah asked voters. – PTI
mission of losing its credibility and inde- Bengal constituencies at 10 pm on Thurs- tional body which is so intrinsically im-
pendence and said time has come to re- day, a day before its scheduled deadline, portant to our democracy that its appoint-
view the process of the poll panel’s ap- following violence between BJP and TMC ment requires to be mandated and ta-
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waste discharge into Yamuna’ alibi’ for poll defeat: Jaitley (Sunday) & Public Relation
Officer under
to
12.00 Noon
NEW DELHI, May 16: The Central Pollution Control Board NEW DELHI, May 16: Call- “Except in the last few days, intimidate judges, Jaitley said Information & Public
(CPCB) has asked the Delhi Jal Board to penalise defaulters ing the attack on Election not one political analyst had adding that the electorate won- Relation Department,
indulging in illegal activities leading to release of waste water Commission by Opposition foreseen the velocity of this ders, if such as Opposition can Assam
into Yamuna and set up a vigilance system to stop such dis- parties an advance alibi for de- groundswell even in a State like ever provide a cogent alterna-
feat, Union minister Arun Jait- Bengal. The largest size of the tive. Past history belies the lon- Select/Reject list will be uploaded in the Website of the Commission on 2005-2019.
charge into the river. The CPCB has also sought an action plan
ley on Thursday said the aspi- Prime Minister’s public rallies gevity of such opportunistic and The Candidates should verify their names in the lists before downloading the
and a compliance report from the Delhi Jal Board in the matter
rational India wants a better has been in Bengal,” he said. fragile combinations, he said. intimation letters. The intimation letter shall be uploaded in APSC’s website
by May 20. The CPCB, in its notice to the CEO of the DJB
tomorrow and will not make It is on this day five years The Election Commission (www.apsc.nic.in) on 22-05-2019. The candidates shall have to download their
earlier this month, said an inspection by a CPCB team found
scattered habitations between Palla to Wazirabad on the flood suicidal choices by voting for ago, the BJP-led NDA got an is their next target, Jaitley own intimation letter from the aforesaid website, Any query in this regard shall be
plain of Yamuna. – PTI “highly corrupt” and “tem- absolute majority in the 15th said. “The attack on the EVMs entertained over telephone No. 0361-2363117 during office hour’s w.e.f. 23.05.2019.
peramental mavericks”. Lok Sabha elections. It was af- and the Election Commission No intimation letter to the eligible candidates shall be sent separately by post.
605 private schools in Delhi Fractured Opposition has no ter three decades that a single is an advance alibi for defeat
Sd/- Deputy Secretary.
agreement on either a leader party had won absolute major- on the 23rd May, 2019,” the
may lose recognition or programme, the senior BJP ity ending the era of coalition minister noted.
Assam Public Service Commission
NEW DELHI, May 16: At least 605 private schools in the leader said in his blog ‘The governments. Several Opposition parties, Janasanyog/D/267/19 Jawaharnagar. Khanapara, Guwahati-22
National Capital may lose their recognition if they do not de- Frightening and Scary Scenar- Terming Opposition parties including TMC, have criticised
posit Rs 5 lakh environmental compensation for failing to in- io of India’s Opposition’. as “institution wreckers”, he the Election Commission for
stall rainwater harvesting system mandated by the National Jaitley further said as the said their leaders represent curtailing election campaign
Green Tribunal (NGT), according to Delhi government offi- seventh phase of election ap- “temperamental mavericks, period in West Bengal follow- ADVERTISEMENT
cials. The NGT had in 2017 directed all Delhi government proaches to closure, the some highly corrupt and many ing violence between BJP and Applications in Standard Form are invited from Indian Citizens as defined under Articles -5
and private schools as well as colleges to install rainwater groundswell in favour of Prime – a governance disaster”. TMC workers in Kolkata dur- and 6 of the Constitution of India for filling up the following vacant posts in the establishment of
harvesting systems in their premises within two months at Minister Narendra Modi is These leaders do not allow ing a roadshow by the saffron the Principal Judge, Family Court at Dhubri.
their own cost. The green panel had stated that any institution becoming stronger. Parliament to function, attack and party chief Amit Shah. – PTI Sl. Name of the Number Scale of Educational Reservation
that fails to install the rainwater harvesting system within the No. Posts of Posts Pay qualification category
stipulated period shall be liable to pay environment compensa-
1 Record 1 Rs.14,000/- to Class-VIII Unreserved
tion of Rs 5 lakh. – PTI Arranger 60,500/-, + GP passed
SC to hear plea of Muslim Rs. 5,200/-
2 Process Server 2 Rs.14,000/- to Class-VIII Unreserved
woman against talaq notices 60,500/-, + GP passed
NEW DELHI, May 16: The Supreme Court on Thursday Rs. 5,200/-
agreed to hear a Muslim woman’s plea challenging the two 3 Peon/Attached 2 Rs.12,000/- to Class-VIII Unreserved
Talaq notices given by her husband and sought direction for Peon 52,000/-+ G.P. passed
registration of FIR against him. A bench of Justices Indira Rs.3,900/-
Banerjee and Sanjiv Khanna said it will hear the plea on 4 Chowkidar 1 Rs.12,000/- to Class-VIII Unreserved
Friday. Advocate MM Kashyap, appearing for the woman, 52,000/-+ G.P. passed
said that her husband after nine years of marriage has given Rs.3,900/-
her two notices for Talaq in March and May. He said the
General Eligibility Criteria:
woman got married on February 22, 2009 as per Muslim
rites and customs and has two children of nine years (boy) 1. Candidate must possess educational qualification of Class-VIII standard; and those who
and six years (girl). – PTI have passed HSSLC (Higher Secondary) or above shall not be eligible to apply for the said
post/s. Candidates possessing special skill or experience shall be given preference on
Spotted deer missing from need basis.
2. Candidates must have registered their names in the Employment Exchange and the
Odisha sanctuary traced Registration number along with the date must be mentioned in their application/s.
BHUBANESWAR, May 16: In a major relief to forest offi- 3. Candidates must not be less than 18 years or more than 43 years of age as on 1.5.2019.
cials and nature lovers, many spotted deer that went missing The upper age limit is relaxable as per Govt. norms for the candidates belonging to SC/ST
from Balukhand-Konark sanctuary during cyclone ‘Fani’ have and persons with disabilities.
been traced, a forest official said on Thursday. About 4,000 4. The application/s should be accompained by self attested copies of all testimonials regarding
spotted deer were missing from the sanctuary located in Puri Educational Qualification, Age, Caste, valid Employment Exchange Registration Card etc.
district of Odisha. Separate herds of the spotted deer were along with 3 (Three) copies of recent passport size photographs duly signed by the
noticed near water bodies inside the sanctuary on Wednesday candidate on the reverse side.
and their pictures have been captured on camera, said Divi- 5. Candidates must enclose one self addressed envelope of 11 cm x 25 cm affixing postal
stamp of Rs. 5/- (Rupees Five) only along with their applications.
sional Forest Officer Harshvardhan Udgata. Efforts were on to
6. The last date of receipt of application is 14.6.2019 till 5.00 PM for which a "Drop Box" will
trace all the other missing spotted deer, he said. – PTI
be manintained in the Office of the undersigned. No application will be entertained after the
Man gives ‘triple talaq’ to wife 7.
last date.
A candidate applying for more than one post shall have to submit separate application
via WhatsApp, booked against each post.
THANE, May 16: A 28-year-old man and his parents have
been booked by Thane Police in Maharashtra after he allegedly
divorced his wife by sending a ‘triple talaq’ message on her
Govt to come out with format to 8.
9.
10.
The Departmental candidates shall have to apply through proper channel as per procedure.
Incomplete/defective applications shall be rejected without any intimation.
All the documents submitted along with the application/s should be mandatoriiy self-attested.
mobile phone, an official said on Thursday. The 25-year-old
woman, in her complaint lodged last week, said she got mar-
ried to a man from Kalyan town here on May 18, 2014 and that
lodge complaints with Lokpal 11.
12.
Canvassing directly or indirectly will lead the candidate for disqualification.
Concealment of educational qualification, age, date of birth etc. will lead to automatic
disqualification of the candidate, even if provisionally selected, without any intimation.
NEW DELHI, May 16: The central govern- accordingly,” it said, without giving details of 13. Dates of written test and interview/viva-voce shall be published in the official website in
they have a four-year-old son. The woman further alleged that ment will soon come out with a format for lodg- the complaints. addition to intimating the candidates through call letters.
she on March 12 this year, she received a ‘triple talaq’ message ing a complaint with anti-corruption ombuds- The website – lokpal.gov.in – was inaugu- 14. No TA/DA will be admissible for appearing in the interview.
on WhatsApp from her husband. When she tried to call him, he man Lokpal, officials said on Thursday. rated by Lokpal Chairperson Justice Pinaki
refused to speak to her, the official said. – PTI As per norms, a complaint shall be filed in Chandra Ghose in the presence of all the eight SELECTION PROCESS:

Books on PM Modi in demand the prescribed form to be notified by the cen-

tral government.
members of the anti-corruption ombudsman.
As per the website, the office of Lokpal is at
The selection process for the aforesaid categories of posts will consist of two stages:
1. WRITTEN EXAMINATION (70 marks)&
in Varanasi: Booksellers “The form will be made public soon,” a sen- ‘The Ashok’ hotel in Chanakyapuri in the Na- 2. INTERVIEW/VIVA-VOCE (30 marks).
VARANASI, May 16: Amid election fever in Varanasi, Prime ior Personnel Ministry official said. tional Capital.
Although the form for filing a complaint has President Ram Nath Kovind had on March 1. WRITTEN EXAMINATION: There shall be a written examination of one paper (70 marks) of
Minister Narendra Modi’s popularity in this holy city can be 2 (two) hours duration, The Board reserves the right to fix the cut off marks in the written
seen from streets to stands, with booksellers saying titles writ- not yet been notified, Lokpal decided to scruti- 23 administered the oath of office to Justice
examination.
ten on him are flying off the shelf ahead of the polls in his nise all the complaints received in its office till Ghose as the Chairperson of Lokpal.
constituency. Among the books doing well are “The Real Modi” April 16, 2019, in whatever form they were Justice Ghose, 66, retired as the Supreme 2. INTERVIEW/VIVA-VOCE: Candidates shall be called for Interview/Viva-voce in the ration of
and “Narendra Modi: Ek Sakaratmak Soch”, according to book- sent, according to the anti-corruption ombuds- Court judge in May 2017. He had last served 1:10 against the existing vacancies according to merit list on the basis of marks obtained in the
sellers in the temple town. Printed by publisher Apurva Shah man’s website which was inaugurated on as a member of the National Human Rights Written Examination.
of Ahmedabad, “Narendra Modi: Ek Sakaratmak Soch” is an Thursday. Commission.
“After scrutiny, complaints that did not fall The Lokpal’s eight members were ad- Sd/-Principal Judge, Family Court, Dhubri
unusual book as it is shaped like a cutout put up during election
-Cum-
rallies. Varanasi, the ancient city know also by other names, within the mandate of the Lokpal were dis- ministered the oath by Justice Ghose on
posed off and complainants are being informed March 27. – PTI Janasanyog/D/255/19 Chairperson, Selection Board
Banaras and Kashi, will go to polls on May 19. – PTI
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INTERNATIONAL FRIDAY, MAY 17, 2019

US restrictions infringe
on our rights: Huawei
US blacklists Huawei, places it on Entity List
WASHINGTON, May 16: a “threat” and asked allies not to announced that it will be adding “This action by the Commerce US of information and commu-
BEIJING, May 16: Huawei on
President Donald Trump has buy equipment for the next-gen- Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd and Department’s Bureau of Industry nications technology or serv-
Thursday said “unreasonable restric-
barred American companies eration 5G networks from the its affiliates to its Entity List. and Security, with the support of ices that are subject to the ju-
tions” by the United States infringe on
from using foreign-made telecom world’s largest provider. The Department of Com- the President of the United risdiction or direction of foreign
its rights after President Donald Trump
equipment posing a national se- Under the order that will take merce alleged that Huawei was States, places Huawei, a Chinese- adversaries augments the abil-
barred US companies from using foreign
curity threat, a move aimed at effect in the coming days, Huawei engaged in activities that are owned company that is the larg- ity of those foreign adversaries
telecoms equipment – a move that
banning Chinese giant Huawei will need a US government li- contrary to US national security. est telecommunications equip- to create and exploit vul-
appeared aimed at the Chinese firm.
from US networks amid an esca- cense to buy American technol- As a result, sale or transfer of ment producer in the world, on nerabilities in information and
“Restricting Huawei from doing
lating trade war between the ogy. Soon after the executive American technology to a com- the Entity List,” Commerce Sec- communications technology or
business in the US will not make the
world’s two largest economies. order – “Securing the Informa- pany or person on the Entity retary Wilbur Ross said. services and that can have po-
US more secure or stronger; instead,
President Trump signed an ex- tion and Communications Tech- List requires a license issued by Ross added that it has been tentially catastrophic effects,
this will only serve to limit the US to
ecutive order on Wednesday nology and Services Supply the BIS, and a license may be done at the direction of the and thereby, constitutes an unu-
inferior yet more expensive alterna-
which did not directly name any Chain” – was signed, the Bureau denied if the sale or transfer President. In the order, Trump sual and extraordinary risk to
tives,” the telecom giant said in a
country or company, but officials of Industry and Security (BIS) of would harm US national secu- determined that the unre- US national security, foreign
statement. – AFP have previously termed Huawei the Department of Commerce rity or foreign policy interests. stricted acquisition or use in the policy and economy. – PTI

Iran vows Eiffel Tower celebrates

to defeat US
‘economic war’
TEHRAN, May 16: Iran’s
Defence Minister Brigadier-
General Amir Hatami vowed
on Wednesday to inflict the
“bitter taste of defeat” on the
United States in its “economic
war” on the Islamic republic.
Hatami was speaking to
Revolutionary Guards vet-
erans in Tehran with ten-
sions riding high a year after
President Donald Trump
withdrew the US from the
Iran nuclear deal, leading to
renewed economic sanc-
tions on Tehran.
The relations between the
two countries have deterio-
rated even further in recent
weeks as the Trump admin-
China warns
retaliation against
Trump’s move to
ban Huawei
BEIJING, May 16: China
on Thursday warned of retali-
ation against US President
Donald Trump’s order that
effectively barred Chinese
telecom giant Huawei from
the US market, saying Beijing
will take “necessary meas-
ures” to safeguard rights and
interest of its business firms.
Escalating the bruising
trade war with China, Presi-
dent Trump signed an execu-
130th birthday
PARIS, May 16: The Eiffel Tower has celebrated its 130th
birthday in Paris, with the city marking the anniversary with a
light show at the famed monument.
Built for the 1889 World’s Fair, the tower – which soars to
324 metres in height and weighs 7,300 tonnes – still attracts
nearly seven million visitors every year.
Despite calls for its demolition in the years after the exhibi-
here that China will take meas- tion, it soon became the most iconic feature on the Paris sky-
ures to defend the interests line and is France’s most visited monument.
of Chinese companies. “The Eiffel Tower is a must,” said Laurie, a tourist from
“We have noted the US de- Canada. Christophe Girard, overseeing cultural affairs at Par-
partment of Commerce deci- is’s city hall said the recent fire at Notre-Dame Cathedral –
sion. China always asks its busi- which destroyed its spire and most of its roof – had awakened
people to “the importance of our heritage”, and that it “can
ness to comply with laws and
regulations in export control disappear or be damaged”.
The tower was the tallest structure in the world for 41
and fulfil their international
obligations. We always ask years until the construction of the Chrysler Building in New
A light show illuminates the Eiffel Tower for its 130 year anniversary, in Paris, on York in 1930. A section of stairs from the tower sold for al-
them to abide by other coun- Wednesday. – AP/PTI
try’s laws regulations in their most 170,000 euros last year. – AFP
overseas business,” Lu said.

Thor actor Isaac Kappy

istration ratchets up pres-
sure on Iran over alleged
threats from Tehran.
“The proud nation of Islamic
Iran will once again... Pass this
sensitive period of time with
its head held high, and force
the bitter taste of defeat onto
the American-Zionist alli-
ance,” Hatami said, referring
to the US and its ally Israel.
Washington said on Satur-
day that in response to the al-
leged threats from Iran, it was
deploying an amphibious as-
sault ship and a Patriot mis-
sile battery to bolster an air-
craft carrier and B-52 bomb-
ers already sent to the region.
President Hassan Rouhani
later condemned the US sanc-
tions on his country. – AFP
China formally
arrests Canadian
ex-diplomat
BEIJING, May 16: China
has formally arrested two
Canadians who have been
detained for months on na-
tional security grounds, a
Canadian newspaper re-
ported on Thursday, in a case
that has inflamed tensions
between Ottawa and Beijing.
A Canadian government
source told The Globe and
Mail that neither Michael
Kovrig, a former diplomat,
nor Michael Spavor, a China-
based businessman who or-
ganised trips to North Korea,
have been formally charged.
“Canada strongly con-
demns their arbitrary arrest
as we condemned their ar-
bitrary detention on Decem-
ber 10,” the Canadian for-
eign ministry said in a state-
ment to the newspaper.
Though no link has been
officially made, the detention
of Spavor and Kovrig is
thought to be in retaliation for
Canada’s December 1 deten-
tion on a US extradition re-
quest for Meng Wanzhou, a
top executive of Chinese
telecom giant Huawei who is
accused of violating Iran sanc-
tions. – AFP
tive order on Wednesday bar-
ring American companies
from installing the foreign-
made telecom equipment
posing a national security
threat, a move apparently
aimed at banning Huawei
from US networks.
Trump’s decision risks es-
calating tensions with China
as the world’s two largest
economies clash over
whether Huawei - the world’s
largest provider of telecom-
munications equipment -
poses a spying risk to West-
ern infrastructure networks.
The US and China are al-
ready locked in a trade battle
that has seen mounting tar-
iffs, sparking fears the conflict
will damage the global
economy. Reacting sharply to
Trump’s move, Chinese For-
eign Ministry spokesman Lu
Kang told a media briefing
Students take part in a nationwide education strike in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Wednesday. Federal education officials this month announced Budget
cuts of $1.85 billion for public education, part of a wider Government effort to slash spending. – AP/PTI
“But we are against other
countries’ unilateral sanctions
based on domestic law and
practices that abuses export
control measures. We urge
the US to stop such practice
and create favourable condi-
tions for business cooperation.
China will take necessary
measures to safeguard Chi-
nese business’ legitimate
rights and interests,” he said.
He, however, parried ques-
tions over what measures
China would take, saying the
commerce ministry would
come out with a response.
Asked whether China
would now target US firms in
retaliation, Lu said, “as for the
foreign firms, so long their
operations are lawful, they
should not be concerned. In
international trade, the basis
is mutual respect and mutual
benefit”. – PTI
2 Indian climbers die on Mt
Kanchenjunga in Nepal
KATHMANDU, May 16: Two Indian
climbers have died in Nepal due to high
altitude sickness near the summit of Mount
Kanchenjunga during an expedition to the
world’s third tallest peak, an official said on
Thursday.
Biplab Baidya (48) and Kuntal Karar (46)
died on Wednesday night above Camp IV
after they were unable to continue their
descent from near the 8,586-metre peak
due to hypothermia and snowblindness.
“Biplab made it successfully to the sum-
mit point while Kuntal fell sick on his way
and could not make it to the top. The In-
dian duo died while climbing down from
the peak,” Mira Acharaya,” liaison officer
at Nepal’s Ministry of Tourism team de-
ployed at the base camp, told PTI.
According to fellow climbers, the incident
occurred when the duo were being brought
commits suicide
to Camp IV from an altitude of 8,400 metres
through a herculean rescue operation carried
out by Project Possible team leader Nirmal
‘Nims’ Purja along with the fellow members.
“They succumbed to high altitude sick-
ness,” said Pasang Sherpa, Director of Peak
Promotion Ltd, that carried out the expedi-
tion. They were part of a five-member team
of climbers from West Bengal, Sherpa said.
“Two Indian climbers and a German moun-
taineer who also suffered from serious frost-
bite will be evacuated from the high altitude
camp as early as possible,” he said. Another LOS ANGELES, May 16:
climber from Chile is missing from above Camp
Actor Isaac Kappy, best
IV of Mt Kanchenjunga since last evening.
known for his role in Thor,
Rodrigo Vivanco from Chile went missing
died after he committed sui-
on the descent after he reportedly made it to
cide by jumping off a bridge.
the summit late on Wednesday, Sherpa said,
adding that a team has already left for Camp
He was 42.
The actor reportedly
IV to conduct a search operation. – PTI “forced himself” off a bridge
on Monday onto the highway
in Arizona.
Two teens even attempted
to stop the actor from jump-
ing but it was of no avail as he
was hit by a passing vehicle.
The news broke after the
Arizona Department of Pub-
lic Safety officials confirmed
to USA Today that Kappy
died on the scene.
The actor posted a string
of ominous messages on his
Instagram account before his
death, with “Beware the man
that has nothing to lose, for
he has nothing to protect.”
“Over the course of the
last week, through introspec-
tion that should have hap-
pened MANY years ago, I
BTS transforms
into The Beatles on
Colbert’s show
LOS ANGELES, May 16:
Popular Korean pop band,
BTS channelised “The
Beatles” spirit and stepped
into the shoes of the iconic
music group in their first ap-
pearance on “The Late Show
with Stephen Colbert”.
have come to some stark
revelations about my charac-
ter. I believed myself to be a
good guy. I HAVE NOT been
a good guy. In fact, I have been
a pretty bad guy throughout
my life,” Kappy wrote.
In the post, he also opened
up about his protracted
struggles with alcohol and
drug abuse. He went on to
apologise to Jesus, President
Donald Trump and “the
MANY people I have acted
abusively toward.”
Kappy was allegedly refer-
encing to his public feud with
actor Seth Green, whom he
accused of being a paedophile.
The actor, who originally
hailed from New Mexico,
starred in various small roles
in major films. He played the
role of a pet store clerk in the
2011 superhero film, Thor.
He also appeared in Ter-
minator Salvation and cult
AMC series, Breaking
Bad. – PTI
music legends John Lennon,
Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr
and George Harrison’s mem-
orable “Ed Sullivan Show”
performance, back in 1964.
The K-pop sensations
were dressed up in match-
ing suits for a black-and-

Britney Spears’ manager says singer

The BTS, who have risen white broadcast at the Ed
to become an international Sullivan Theater. The host
sensation, are frequently put his best foot forward as
compared to The Fab Four the late show presenter

may never perform again thanks to the similarities in

LOS ANGELES, May 16:
Britney Spears’ longtime man-
ager Larry Rudolph has said the
singer may never perform again.
Rudolf, whose association with
the singer goes back as far as her
debut album “Baby... One More
Time”, in 1999, said he wants her
to find a “peaceful, happy” place.
“I’ve been with her for two-
thirds of her life. I look at her
almost like I look at my own
daughter. It’s very emotional for
me... And really rough. Person-
ally, I want for her to just find a
peaceful, happy place – whatever
that means for her. It’s not about
a career anymore – it’s about
life,” he told Variety.
Spears, who recently post-
poned her Las Vegas residency
in the wake of her father’s Jamie
Spears’ recent treatment for a
ruptured colon, is scheduled to
undergo psychological evaluation.
She reportedly told a judge
that her father forced her to en-
ter a mental health facility and
take medication against her will.
The 37-year-old singer had
checked herself into a 30-day
programme in March in the
midst of her father’s ongoing
health issues.
Rudolf said the decision not to
go ahead with the Vegas resi-
dency stemmed from the fact that
she is “taking time to regroup
and get her head together”.
“She’s putting herself ahead
of everyone else, and I’m proud
of her for that. If she never
works again, she never works
again. My role is to handle her
career when she wants a career.
If she comes back strong and full
of desire and passion and wants
to do it, great. If she takes off six
their graph as the new torch-
bearers of pop genre. The
Sullivan himself.
While introducing the band
members, Colbert said they
months or six years, it’s totally seven member Korean were a fine group of young-
fine. To me, it’s about her find- group, which consists of Jung- sters and can also be called
ing her happy place,” he added. kook, Jimin, V, Suga, Jin, RM “fab seven”, adding “it’s got
Last month, fans protested and J-Hope, paid tributes to a nice ring to it”. – PTI
Spears’ hold in a psychiatric fa-
cility with “Free Britney” ban-
ners, chanting slogans such as,
“Hey, ho, Larry Rudolph has got
to go,” claiming it was her man-
ager’s decision to put the star in
the facility.
A day after the protest, the
singer went on social media to
comfort worried admirers, say-
ing she will be “back very
The BTS
soon”. – PTI
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Lazio end Atalanta’s dream as Premier League set to splash the

violence mars Coppa Italia final cash as transfer window opens
ROME, May 16: Lazio lift-
ed the Coppa Italia for the
seventh time on Wednesday
after late goals from Sergej
Milinkovic-Savic and
Joaquin Correa guided them
to a 2-0 final win over Ata-
lanta on a night in Rome
dogged by fan violence.
Milinkovic-Savic’s fine head-
er set Lazio on their way with
eight minutes left at the Stadio
Olimpico, seconds after com-
ing on as a substitute, before
Lazio players and staff celebrate after winning the final of the Coppa Italia against Atalanta in Rome.
Correa sealed victory in the
closing moments of the match.
The victory books Lazio a
ticket to next season’s Europa
League, much-needed for Si-
mone Inzaghi’s side as they
are eighth in Serie A, four
points off the European berths
with two games left to play.
“We really wanted this
Cup,” said Inzaghi.
“It was a beautiful evening
in our stadium with our fans.
“It’s a great satisfaction, we
deserve it because we’ve
come a long way.”
His side’s win was marred
by clashes outside the stadi-
um between Lazio’s hardcore
“Ultras” supporters and po-
lice before the game.
Fans threw projectiles at
officers as a police car was
burned near the Ponte Mil-
vio bridge not far from the
Stadio Olimpico.
According to Italian me-
dia, two police officers were
injured, one in the ear by a
projectile, and five fans were
arrested.
Atalanta had eliminated
holders Juventus in the quar-
terfinals and has been bidding
to win their second Coppa Ita-
lia and their first major hon-
our since they won the com-
petition in 1963.
For the side from Berga-
mo – who are still in the run-
ning to qualify for the Cham-
pions League for the first
time – it is their third defeat
in the final after missing out
in 1987 and 1996.
Gian Piero Gasperini’s side
head to Serie A champions
Juve on Sunday looking to
keep hold of fourth place, with
AC Milan and Roma both
three points back.
“It’s a pity, but finals are like
that,” said Gasperini. “The
decisive moment of the match
arrived in the second half and
we lost on a corner kick.
“We now head to Sunday,
because there is a place in the
next Champions League to de-
fend. We’ll overcome this dis-
appointment, even if our run
in the tournament was a great
experience.” – AFP
LONDON, May 16: Manchester City
have not yet held their victory parade after
edging Liverpool in a thrilling Premier
League title race but already they are plot-
ting for next season.
The champions are not alone.
A huge summer splurge on transfer fees
is likely after Premier League spending
fell last year, in part due to a short window
for clubs to complete their business be-
tween the end of the World Cup and a new
transfer deadline, which fell before the sea-
son began.
The Premier League’s transfer dead-
line will again come before most of the rest
of Europe, on August 8, meaning clubs can-
not afford to waste time.
The window for domestic deals opens on
Thursday. International transfers can be
completed from June 11.
AFP Sports looks at where each of the
top six are set to strengthen.
The champions may have claimed a re-
markable 198 points over two title-winning
campaigns, but Pep Guardiola promised they
will come back stronger next season and
are likely to invest heavily for a variety of
reasons.
A potential transfer ban due to a FIFA
investigation over the recruitment of for-
eign minors and third-party ownership
means this may be City’s last chance to
sign players for at least 18 months.
City could also face a season’s ban from
the Champions League by UEFA over fi-
nancial fair play irregularities. If imposed,
the sanction would likely be enforced for
the 2020/21 campaign, giving City anoth-
er chance next season to win the competi-
tion for the first time.
Atletico Madrid’s Rodri, who has a 70-
million-euro buyout clause, has reportedly
been targeted as the long-term replace-
ment for 34-year-old Fernandinho in the
holding midfield role.
A centre-back is also thought to be a pri-
ority, with City among clubs chasing Ajax
wonderkid Matthijs de Ligt. Nicolas Ota-
mendi and, perhaps, captain Vincent Kom-
pany could depart.
Liverpool were the biggest Premier
League spenders by a distance last sum-
mer and their 170-million euro investment
was richly rewarded with the third-high-
est Premier League points tally ever and a
return to the Champions League final.
No such splurge is expected at Anfield
this summer as Klopp fine-tunes to dis-
lodge City.
Alberto Moreno and Daniel Sturridge are
set to leave on free transfers and cover is
needed for Andy Robertson at left-back and
up front as a back-up for Roberto Firmino.
Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochetti-
no has worked wonders to get his side to
the Champions League final and back into
the competition next season despite not
signing a single player since January 2018.
The Argentine, though, has been putting
pressure on the famously frugal Tottenham
board to back him this summer now that
the club have moved into their new 62,000-
capacity home, which cost more than 1 bil-
lion euro and has slowed Spurs’ spending
in recent seasons.
Fulham’s Ryan Sessegnon is a target as
competition for Danny Rose at left-back,
while the club needs a more potent back-
up to Harry Kane than Fernando Llorente.
The club has also been linked with a
number of midfielders, including Barcelo-
na’s Andre Gomes, Youri Tielemans, who
shone on loan at Leicester from Monaco,
and Aston Villa captain Jack Grealish.
But they could be replacements for Chris-
tian Eriksen who is out of contract in 2020
like another key player Toby Alderweireld.
Chelsea may not be able to do any busi-
ness at all as they are currently banned
from signing players for the next two win-
dows by FIFA.
The club plan to appeal to the Court of
Arbitration for Sport and hope to have the
ban suspended until the judgement.
Eden Hazard finally looks set to land his
dream move to Real Madrid, leaving the
Blues without their best player in recent
seasons. Christian Pulisic was signed in
January to fill that void and will arrive from
Borussia Dortmund, but Chelsea may be
forced to rely on talented youngsters cur-
rently out on loan.
Arsenal’s summer business will depend
largely on whether they beat Chelsea in
the Europa League final to seal a return to
the Champions League.
An ageing defence that conceded 51
goals in the Premier League cost the Gun-
ners a top-four finish and reinforcements
are needed across the whole backline.
The departure of Aaron Ramsey also
leaves a big hole in midfield.
United face by far the biggest rebuilding
job after a disastrous season. They fail to
qualify for the Champions League and fin-
ish as close to the relegation zone as to City
in the league. – AFP

Injured Jeje to miss Kings Cup as
Stimac names 37 probables for camp
NEW DELHI, May 16: In-
jured striker Jeje Lalpekhlua
along with four others have
been left out of the national
team’s probables’ list for the
Kings Cup football tournament
in Thailand next month.
India’s newly-appointed
head coach Igor Stimac on
Thursday announced the list
of 37 probables for the pre-
paratory camp ahead of the
Kings Cup to be held in Bur-
iram, Thailand from June 5-8.
The camp will be held in New
Delhi from May 20. Jeje is suf-
fering from a knee injury and
didn’t play during Chennaiyin
FC’s AFC Cup loss to Abahani
Dhaka Ltd on Wednesday. He
is set to undergo a surgery in
the third week of May.
Besides Jeje, a host of other
players who will miss the Thai-
land campaign are Halicharan
Narzary (knee injury), Mandar
Rao Desai (hamstring injury),
Ashique Kuruniyan (knee inju-
ry), Narender Gehlot (knee in-
jury) and Jerry Lalrinzuala.
“I respect the choice of the
squad which represented India
in the AFC Asian Cup UAE
2019. The rest of the players
have been added post my re-
search watching Hero I-League
and Hero ISL matches. I found
some players quite interesting,
and have summoned them to
the camp,” Stimac was quoted
as saying by an AIFF statement.
“I congratulate all the play-
ers, and wish them good luck.
I am eagerly waiting to get
on the task immediately. I
have always cherished new
challenges, and I am looking
forward to coaching the Blue
Tigers,” he added.
PROBABLES
Goalkeepers: Gurpreet Singh
Sandhu, Vishal Kaith, Amrinder
Singh, Kamaljit Singh. Defenders:
Pritam Kotal, Nishu Kumar, Rahul
Bheke, Salam Ranjan Singh, Sand-
esh Jhingan, Adil Khan, Anwar Ali,
Subhasish Bose, Narayan Das.
Midfielders: Udanta Singh, Jack-
ichand Singh, Brandon Fernandes,
Anirudh Thapa, Raynier Fernandes,
Bikramjit Singh, Dhanpal Ganesh,
Pronay Halder, Rowllin Borges, Ger-
manpreet Singh, Vinit Rai, Sahal
Abdul, Amarjit Singh, Redeem
Tlang, Lallianzuala Chhangte,
Nandha Kumar, Komal Thatal,
Michael Soosairaj. Forwards: Bal-
want Singh, Sunil Chhetri, Jobby
Justin, Sumeet Passi, Farukh
Choudhary, Manvir Singh. – PTI
China to host 2023 Marriott at the double as Lampard’s
Asian Cup after Korea Derby down Leeds in play-offs
withdraw bid
SEOUL, May 16: South Korea have abandoned their bid to
stage football’s Asian Cup in 2023, authorities said, leaving the
sole other bidders China with a free run to become hosts.
The Korea Football Association (KFA) said in a statement it
had pulled out to “strategically focus” on a joint bid with North
Korea to host the Women’s World Cup in the same year.
The KFA announced the joint bid in March, but diplomatic
contacts between Pyongyang and Seoul have since dwindled
with North Korea-US nuclear talks deadlocked.
“For the Women’s World Cup, FIFA and the South Korean
government will provide active support so that the joint hosting
by South and North Koreas can be materialised,” the KFA’s head
Chun Han-jin said in the statement late on Wednesday.
Seoul’s Asian Cup withdrawal means that China should on
June 4 be confirmed by the AFC (Asian Football Confederation)
as hosts of the nations championship finals for the second time.
China staged the tournament in 2004 when the hosts lost 1-3
to Japan in the Beijing final. The KFA announced Seoul’s bid to
host the 24-nation 2023 edition two years ago, saying it hoped to
“host the most prestigious football tournament in Asia” 63 years
after holding it for the first time in 1960. – AFP

Ajax seal title to complete double after Euro heartache
DOETINCHEM, May 16:
Ajax were crowned Dutch
champions for the 34th time on
Wednesday after they cruised
to a 4-1 win at De Graafschap
that completed a domestic dou-
ble a week after their crushing
Champions League exit at the
hands of Tottenham Hotspur.
Goals from Lasse Schoene,
Nicolas Tagliafico and Dusan
Tadic, who bagged a second half-
brace, saw Erik ten Hag’s side
win their eighth league match
on the bounce and formerly win
the title after effectively seal-
ing the deal at the weekend.
Ajax came into the final match
of the season three points clear
of closest rivals PSV Eindhov-
en with a 14-goal higher goal
difference after they beat
Utrecht 4-1 and the defending
champions lost 1-0 at AZ Alk-
maar on Sunday. Those results
made a first double in 17 years
– Ajax won the Dutch Cup on
May 5 – a near-certainty, and in
the end made PSV’s 3-1 win
over Heracles irrelevant.
However the flamboyant
Amsterdam outfit, who cap-
tured hearts as their scintillat-
ing football took them to the
brink of a first Champions
League final in more than two
decades, nonetheless turned on
the style in their final game
before their stars are sold off in
the summer.
Midfielder Frenkie De Jong
will leave for Barcelona in the
summer for an initial 75 mil-
lion euros (USD 89 million),
while centre-back Matthijs de
Ligt, who sent Juventus pack-
ing with a bullet header in the
quarterfinals, could follow his
team-mate to Catalonia.
After knocking out Real Ma-
drid in the Champions League
last 16, coach Franck De Boer
admitted that forwards Hakim
Ziyech and David Neres would
also all be targeted by Europe’s
biggest clubs come the end of
the season.
Ajax players celebrate after winning the Dutch league in Doetinchem, Netherlands.
Their thrilling European ad-
venture, which also saw them
dump out Cristiano Ronaldo’s
Juventus, came to an end in gut-
wrenching style last week
when Lucas Moura’s 96th-
minute strike for Spurs saw
Ajax throw away a 3-0 aggre-
gate lead and miss out on a trip
to Madrid on away goals. – AFP
Derby County manager Frank Lampard celebrates with his players after the English Championship
play-off semifinal second leg against Leeds United at the Elland Road in Leeds, England.
LONDON, May 16: Jack
Marriott scored twice as he
started and finished a dramatic
revival that saw Derby County
beat Leeds United 4-2 on
Wednesday to complete a 4-3
aggregate comeback win and
reach the English Champion-
ship play-off final.
Former Chelsea and England
midfielder Frank Lampard is
now one game away from tak-
ing the Rams back into the lu-
crative Premier League in his
first season as a manager, with
Midlands rivals West Brom-
wich Albion their opponents at
Wembley on May 27.
Leeds, already 1-0 up from
the first leg, scored first in front
of their own fans at Elland Road.
But Marriott’s first goal sec-
onds before half-time got the
Rams back into contention and
he settled a match which end-
ed with both sides down to 10
men by scoring again five min-
utes from full-time.
Derby’s victory was all
the more impressive given
Lampard’s sixth-placed side
had only just scraped into
the play-offs.
Wednesday’s match be-
tween two of English football’s
leading clubs of the early 1970s
came after Leeds’ defeat of
Derby in January was over-
shadowed by the ‘spygate’ af-
fair that saw manager Marcelo
Bielsa admit he had sent a
member of his staff to ‘spy’ on a
Rams training session before
the game. Leeds took a 24th-
minute lead on the night
through Stuart Dallas after
Kalvin Phillips’ free-kick came
back off the post. Derby though
equalised on the night just be-
fore half-time when substitute
Marriott capitalised on a mix-
up between Leeds defender
Liam Cooper and goalkeeper
Kiko Casilla moments after
coming on.
They draw level on aggre-
gate straight after the break
when Harry Wilson played in
Mason Mount, who cut inside
from the left and beat Casilla.
Derby then went ahead in
the tie for the first time in the
58th minute when Cooper
needlessly conceded a penalty
following a pull on Mason Ben-
nett in the area, with Wilson
scoring from the spot.
Derby’s 3-2 aggregate lead
did not last long, however, with
Dallas scoring his second goal
of the game when he struck a
precise shot into the far corner.
Derby’s winner arrived in
the 85th minute when Marri-
ott charged through on goal and
dinked the ball over Casilla just
before the keeper could get to
the ball. – AFP

Kenyan runner Wambui fears testosterone rules will end career SU DO KU

NAIROBI, May 16: Kenya’s Olym-
pic 800 metres bronze medallist Mar-
garet Nyairera Wambui can feel her
career slipping away from her, with
no idea when, or if, she will be able to
compete internationally again.
The 24-year-old is one of several
star female athletes affected by an In-
ternational Association of Athletics
Federations (IAAF) ruling this month
that requires women with high levels
of testosterone to take medication to
suppress it. Seated at a dirt-track sta-
dium at the foot of the Ngong Hills
outside Nairobi where she trains,
Wambui has just returned from a dis-
appointing sixth-place finish in the
800m at the Doha Diamond League.
She was meant to leave for the
IAAF World Challenge athletics meet-
ing in Nanjing next week, but now
her future is one big question mark.
“I am very disappointed, I don’t feel
even like going on with the training
because you don’t know what you are
training for,” she told AFP.
The new IAAF rules took effect on
May 8 after South Africa’s two-time
Olympic 800m champion Caster Se-
menya lost a legal challenge against
them. For about a decade Semenya
has been the symbol of a furious de-
bate worldwide about questions of
gender, women with elevated testo-
sterone, and physical advantage.
However other athletes such as
Wambui, who finished third behind
Semenya in the 800m at the 2016 Rio
Olympics, and the silver medallist
from Burundi, Francine Niyonsaba,
are also affected.
The IAAF has maintained that the
rules are necessary for fair compe-
tition, arguing that athletes with high
levels of testosterone benefit from
increased bone and muscle strength
similar to men who have gone
through puberty.
However critics highlight that the
very nature of elite athletic success is
down to one physical advantage or an-
other, such as swimmers with dis-
proportionately big hands or feet, or
basketball players who are taller than
the average person.
“Why, when you have a high level
of testosterone in men, you are like-
ly to perform well and we celebrate
that? But when it comes to women
we have to tell them to lower it and
we draw them out of competition.
Why?” asked Wambui.
“Why don’t we take maybe men
with low testosterone and categorise
them as women?” The new rule ap-
plies to distances from 400m to a mile,
and includes the heptathlon, which
concludes with an 800m race.
Wambui said simply switching to
another distance like 5,000m was not
possible, with different skills and train-
ing needed that would take years to
reach elite level.
“I am not going to take medication
because I am not sick. Those are
chemicals you are putting in your body,
you don’t know how it will affect you
later,” she said.
She said that maybe the idea of hav-
ing different categories of runners –
comparing it to boxing, where heavy-
weights don’t fight flyweights – might
be “a good idea to make it fair.”
Wambui grew up in Kenya’s cen-
tral highlands in the town of Nyeri,
and began running in primary
school. She was thrust into the spot-
light when she won a gold medal at
the 2014 IAAF World Junior Cham-
pionships and has since established
herself as one of the world’s top
two-lap runners.
Running is “something in me, in
my blood, it is something I cannot do Solution of last problem
without. Now they are telling us we
Originating from Japan,
can’t compete, we just feel rejected. ‘su do ku’ is a mind game
“We are just natural, we did and a puzzle that can be
not dope.” solved with proper
Wambui, who is tall and muscular, reasoning and logic. Fill
the grid with digits in such
with braided hair and a shy smile, said a manner that every row,
she had never faced questions about every column and every
her gender or appearance until the 3 x 3 box accommodates
IAAF began cracking down on wom- the digits 1 to 9 without
repeating any.
en with elevated testosterone. – AFP
 16 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI
SPORTS FRIDAY, MAY 17, 2019

Ashwajit, Tania clinch AITA titles

Kohli gave me freedom to attack: Kuldeep
KOLKATA, May 16: Star India wrist spinner Kul- IPL disappointment behind with a spectacular perform-
deep Yadav believes he wouldn’t have been successful ance in the upcoming World Cup beginning on May 30.
at the world stage had it not been for skipper Virat “IPL is very different than World Cup. There are
Kohli, who gave him the freedom to attack. players who have done well in IPL but have struggled
“You need a skipper who backs you and believes in to make a mark for the country. I’ve matured as a bowl-
your ability to shine on the big stage. You think we could er and by no means it will affect my performance in the
have been so successful if Kohli bhai had not given us World Cup,” Kuldeep said. “It’s (T20) such a format,
the freedom to attack? I don’t think so,” Kuldeep told you may have a bad day where you’re hit for runs. I’m
PTI in an interview. not a magician who will do well in every match. You
Kuldeep, who played for Kolkata Knight Riders, was cannot say I will take so many wickets.”
badly let down by the batting friendly conditions at Eden By his own standard, an average of 71.50 in IPL is
Gardens in this year’s IPL as he returned with just four something he would look to forget.
wickets from nine matches before being dropped by his “If I’m not getting wickets it does not mean I’m not
franchise in the business end of the tournament. bowling well. Now I play as a mature cricketer and
The 24-year-old said he is looking forward to put the think more about the team,” Kuldeep said.
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GUWAHATI, May 16: Ashwa-
jit Senjam of Manipur lifted the
boys U-14 singles title by defeat-
In the boys U-14 semifinals,
5th seed Ashwajit Senjam of Ma-
nipur defeated 7th seed Assam
Final results: (Girls U-14) Tania
Kumari (AS) bt 3rd seed Namrata Das
(AS) 6-4, 6-2 (upset); (Boys U-14)
Kuldeep also spoke about the recent controversy 5th seed Ashwajit Senjam (MN) bt
about his comments on Mahendra Singh Dhoni that ing state-mate Shanker He- boy Harshad Borah 6-0, 6-4 while 6th seed Shanker Heishnam (MN) 6-1,
ishnam in straight sets 6-1, 6-1 in in the other semifinal 6th seed 6-1; (Boys U-14 doubles) Harshad Borah
sometimes the former skipper “goes wrong” with his Shanker Heishnam of Manipur
the AITA Championship Series (AS)/Aman Buragohain (AS) bt Anta-
tips. “How can a youngster like me make such com- Tennis Tournament which con- trounced 8th seed Sagnik Mitra riksh Tamuly (AS)/Pritam Baruah (AS)
ments on a senior member of the side? My comments cluded today at the All Assam of West Bengal 6-2, 6-0. 6-4, 6-4.
had been misinterpreted by media to create a contro- Tennis Association Complex in
versy,” he said. Chachal here.
“There is no doubt that his tips have been invaluable In the girls U-14 singles final,
not only for me but for the entire team. His presence unseeded Tania Kumari of Assam
behind the stumps makes our job easy and nobody can upset her State-mate
3rd seeded Namrata Das 6-4, 6-
change that fact. We wouldn’t have been half as effective 2. Boys doubles title was clinched
without his inputs.” by Assam duo of Harshad Borah
Andre Russell was a terror in the IPL with his batting and Aman Buragohain.
exploits and single-handedly turned KKR’s fortunes
before they failed to make the playoffs. – PTI
Symposium
on knee injury
Sacheti hopeful over GUWAHATI, May 16: The Gu-
wahati Sports Association (GSA)
boxing inclusion in Tokyo will organise a symposium on
‘Knee Injuries in Sports’ in asso-
KAUSAV BARUAH The IOC has frozen boxing’s ciation with SPORTIFIT, an or-
preparations for next year’s ganisation working in the field of
GUWAHATI, May 16: At a Games as it seeks proof that the sports injury.
time when inclusion of boxing AIBA has cleaned up its act suf- The symposium will be held at
in the Tokyo Olympics still re- ficiently after allegations of the conference hall of the Assam
main uncertain, Boxing Feder- bout-fixing at the Rio Olympics Olympic Association on May 18
ation of India (BFI) executive in 2016. The inquiry also cov- from 5.30 pm. Eminent sports in-
director RK Sacheti is quite op- ers AIBA governance and its jury specialist from Mumbai Dr
timistic regarding the sport fea- anti-doping programme. Nagraj Shetty will be the guest
turing in the biggest sporting On the other hand BFI is aim- speaker in the symposium while
spectacle to be held next year. ing high from the second edi- he will be assisted by Dr DA Phu-
The International Olympic tion of India Open Boxing tour- kan and Dr PK Bhattacharya.
Committee (IOC) is due to de- nament which gets underway
liver its verdict on May 22 on here from May 20. Sacheti said
whether to allow amateur box- that they are also sending the In-
ing’s world body – AIBA to or- dian pugilists for special training
ganise the Olympic competition. programme in Europe.
“If you can recall, the IOC “Our coaches Santiago Nieva
president in Sydney has al- and Raffaele Bergamasco have
ready mentioned that boxing been doing fantastic work and
will be there. Only what they they are working hard. Apart
are looking is the management from the training, we are get-
part for which the IOC will de- ting good competitions which
cide on May 22 in the execu- help the players to assess them-
tive board meeting. But he has selves. Right now our main fo-
clearly said that boxing will be cus is the India Open where we
there. So, we are hopeful that have four teams,” he said.
boxing is happening in Tokyo “Our team is going to Italy and
2020,” Sacheti added. then Ireland for combined train-
ing programme. Apart from that,
we also have an event lined up
in Romania before the World
Championships. So, that way, we
are moving ahead,” he added.

Sarala Birla,
Nichols win
matches
SPORTS REPORTER

GUWAHATI, May 16: Sarala

Birla Gyan Jyoti outwitted Pur-
ba Bhasa Vidyaniketan by nine
wickets while Nichols High
School posted a 62-run victory
against Kendriya Vidyalaya Gu-
wahati in the 15th Dhan Sena
Sinha Memorial Inter School
Cricket Tournament.
In the River Rine Cricket
Coaching Centre organised
tournament at the Latasil
playground here, in reply to
Purba Bhasa’s 69 all out, Sar-
ala Birla notched up 72 for no
loss in the first match. In the
other one-sided affair of the
day, Nichols HS piled up 151
for nine and later Kendriya
Vidyalaya managed to score
89 for seven.
Brief scores: Purba Bhasha 69
(Hirak Kalita 3/6, Subham Agarwal
2/14). Sarala Birla 72 for no loss
(Prajit Dewriari 33, Tanuj Sharma 27).
Nichols 151/9 (Uday Rao 47, Pra-
bhat Singh 31, Shivani Bishnoi 17;
Rishabh Gupta 4/30, Subhojit Seal
3/26). Kendriya Vidyalaya 89/7 (An-
suman Das 21; Kishan Basfor 3/12,
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The good, the bad and the ugly
GUWAHATI
T
wo friends travelling by train.
Both intensely glued to their
smartphone screens. For a
change, one looks outside and
comments:
“This social media thing can really
take us far away.”
“What makes you say that?” asked
the other.
“Look, we were to get down two sta-
tions earlier!”
Yes, sadly the overuse of social media
is increasingly driving us far away: away
from healthy family bonding, away from
sincere relationships and even from
happiness!
This statement must have already hit
the hornet’s nest pricking social media
advocates and addicts. True, in modern
times, these are very powerful tools to
remain connected with our friends, real
or perceived, whom we do not have
time to meet often, and some we would
possibly never meet in life, especially a
large number of our Facebook friends.
They definitely keep us informed about
many happenings and mishaps around,
provide some entertainment and help
us form social or political views, opin-
ions, etc. But problems start brewing
when instead of being connecting con-
veniences, they turn into stalking tools.
Many follow ‘friends’, or rather stalk
them, to find out what they do, where
they go or even where they dine! For
some strange reason, everybody seems
to be happy on social media sites! Be-
cause, only the happy times of a per-
son are reflected in the posts, rarely the
bad ones. Remember, a person is not
as hideous to look at as seen in his/her
passport photograph, nor as great as he
or she appears in social media pictures!
People jump into a rat race with so-
called friends, compulsively, and try to
emulate to be, at least, at par, if not one
up. This attitude actually takes us no-
where. The more we are in the race,
the more unhappy we become and
it starts becoming a habit to compare
our lives with that of others. This OCD
(Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) finally
Chandana Deka
n the age of Indian mainstream
I music being ruled by Bollywood
and the new rage of hip-hop,
there are some musicians who are
following their passion and not
surrendering to the common trends.
The Indian music space has been ever
evolving and there is no stopping
it. With EDM coming to saturation,
followed by collaborations with pop
artistes, it is natural that it’s not just the
people, but the artistes who need some
sort of experimentation with their
music base.
In such a scenario comes a band
from Bengaluru, where all the
members are from different corners of
the country and from different musical
backgrounds. Called Coma Rossi,
the band’s music falls somewhere in
between Post Rock-Progressive and
Rock-Psychedelic Ambient, all fused
together, which makes them extremely
unique in their musical space.
The band was formed in the year
2014 when Gaurav Govilkar (guitarist)
shifted from Pune to Bengaluru and
met Udayan Kashalikar (bassist). After
a few line-up changes, Juby Thomas
(keyboardist) joined in, along with
Anupam Panda (drummer), and Tom
Borah (vocalist), who is from Assam.
FEELINGS
The FOMO
phenomenon
PARAG PHUKAN writes about a 21st century
‘disease’ that seems to be spreading rapidly.
leads them to the dreaded 21st century
psychological ‘disease’ called ‘FOMO’
or the ‘Fear of Missing Out’. As per
experts, FOMO is ‘a pervasive appre-
hension that others might be having
rewarding experiences from which one
is absent’. In 1996, Dr Dan Herman
drew the attention of psychologists to
this emerging phenomenon. In 2004,
Patric McGinnis coined the abbreviat-
Playing Prog!
The musical background each one has
added to the music they created which
brought in an organic new sound.
Coma Rossi released their self-titled
debut album in December, last year.
And immediately after the album
release, the band got signed by an
Irish record label – Progressive Gear
Records. The album is being very well
ed term to popularise it and it officially
got added to the Oxford Dictionary in
2013. A feeling of relatedness or con-
nectedness is our fundamental psycho-
logical need that dictates and influences
our psychological health. But FOMO is
a self-inflicted mental dystrophy.
FOMO has become so prevalent, es-
pecially among young adults, that some
experts believe that it’s turning to be a
received across the globe and has
bagged good publicity in the Prog
music community. They are also
getting good international airplays
across Prog stations abroad and
have earned some brilliant reviews.
They have been touring since March
2019 to promote this album and
have covered significant parts of the
MIND MATTERS
Weddings, marriages and true love
mental health epidemic with pervasive
syndromes. Severe social media addic-
tion is the root cause of this unique dis-
ease. One gets addicted to social media
when one fails to control the usage to
the point when it starts interfering with
one’s personal, social and emotional exis-
tence. FOMO exerts negative influences
on humans, irrespective of age groups,
may contribute towards extreme dissat-
isfaction and have detrimental effects on
our physical and mental health, like mood
swings, loneliness, feelings of inferiority,
reduced self-esteem, extreme social anxi-
ety and increased levels of negativity and
depression. A 2013 survey reveals that
56 per cent of people, particularly millen-
nials, who spend an average of 24 hours
a week online, suffer from FOMO of vary-
ing degrees without their realisation.
But ask any youngster to slow down
a little and be less dependent on social
media, he or she would immediately
retort back saying, “How can one be
away from FB? It keeps me connected
to my friends and the world at large.
How can a modern person even think
of surviving without social media?” But
they don’t realise that Facebook was
launched only about 15 years ago and
prior to that it’s not that people were
grossly unconnected and unhappy.
Many people are still out of FB today
and they are probably happier. Any out-
er facility or convenience can give you
only pleasure, never happiness. Happi-
ness has to come from within.
Because of the social media pressure,
youngsters feel that they have so much
to do, so much to achieve with so little
time in hand. First, life is not a rat-race,
because we are not supposed to be rats!
It’s also not a race with others. We are
all unique with different stories. So it can
only be a race with ourselves, to outshine
ourselves. Since the race is captive, why
panic? Let’s run at our own pace, we are
the winners, eventually!
(paragphukan13@gmail.com)
country. The ongoing Northeast tour
started at HRC Kolkata on May 16,
and has now come to Guwahati, for a
gig at Café Hendrix on May 17 (today).
The last leg of the NE tour is at The
Evening Café, in Shillong on May 18.
This tour is extra special for them as
the vocalist of the band, Tom Borah
is from Guwahati. The band is thrilled
about the tour as they have never
played in this side of the country and
have only heard great things about
it. “It is going to be surreal to see my
friends and family under one roof
and playing our songs to them. It is
emotional for me to be playing a gig in
my hometown, but I am equally excited
at the same time. I can guarantee it is
going to be a party,” said Tom Borah.
“We believe people are still discovering
our album and we are eager to see
how people from the Northeast react
to our music. We know they are fond
of their folk and of course rock ‘n’
roll, but everyone has emotions, I am
sure our music will tickle them in some
strange way,” said founder member
Gaurav Govilkar.
The course ahead for the band is
to keep working on the new material,
get the second album out, work on a
UK-Europe tour, keep the momentum
going and be one of the bands to take
India to the international charts.
FRIDAY
MAY 17, 2019
Wear the old
coat, buy the
new book!
Plabita Baruah
or a person whose idea of a perfect holiday is a
F date with a string of words woven together into the
perfect book, the thought of a new world filled with
people who don’t like to read can be close to, if not
a nightmare, a big disappointment. The advent of
electronic gadgets like the cellphones and laptops adorned by
high-speed internet, and the popularisation of social media
and video games has given a makeover to human civilisation.
These gadgets, especially the mobile phone has become such
an inseparable part of our lives that in the present world, it
is impossible to even imagine life without the mobile phone.
Although one cannot deny the immense benefits of having
a cellphone, it is also debatable what sort of life it is creating
for the new generation which is happy being forever hooked
to their screens. Among the things that electronic media has
kicked out of our lives like playing outside, socialising with
people, the lost art of reading books is a liability one cannot
simply ignore.
Taking a look around and pausing to think, we realise that
the two-decade-old familiar image of the little kid engrossed
in some vividly illustrated book has been replaced by another
kid breaking his fingers away trying to win some on-screen
game; the girl waiting with the latest bestseller in hand, in
some park, which was the perfect conversation starter for the
gentleman nearby has been replaced by people who have no
time to glance up even once from their cellphones, so much
so that they wouldn’t even notice if the Queen of England
took a seat next to them. It is sad that so many people
are now missing out on the simple pleasures of drowning
in the magical world that words can create. Although the
virtual world of internet is taking over the imaginary world
of books, no director can make a movie equivalent to what
J K Rowling weaved with words in her Harry Potter series.
From flipping through the colourful illustrations of Tinkle and
then growing up with Enid Blyton’s world of caves, rivers and
ancient buried treasures, to nail-biting mysteries of Sidney
Sheldon and the Mills and Boon-induced butterflies in the
stomach, every bookworm who has been raised by books
has carved out a special fantasy world for themselves since
childhood. Whether it is the depiction of the effortless yet
beautiful figments of life by Ruskin Bond and RK Narayan
to the bestsellers of Dan Brown, Paulo Coelho and Khaled
Hosseini, there is a thing to reading that can never be
substituted by anything else.
Reading transports our minds to other realms and makes
us feel and experience life in new and different ways. It
gives us a chance to live thousands of lives in one mortal
lifetime, which otherwise would not have been feasible.
Reading instils in us a sense of belongingness and helps us
understand lives that other people live; which in turn helps us
connect with people in the real world. Apart from boosting
one’s social and behavioural skills, researches have proved
that reading even prevents cognitive decline by keeping the
brain engaged and active. The practice of reading books
creates conscious engagement that improves lots of things,
including vocabulary, thinking skills, concentration, empathy,
social perception, and emotional intelligence. Apart from
that, reading is also a great stress reliever. In today’s over-
competitive world, reading gives us an escape from the daily
troubles that bother us.
Not only is it a medium of relaxation and an act of
pleasure, reading also helps us evolve into better and
successful individuals in unimaginable ways. If we take a
peek into the lives of successful people
we will notice that the thing that they
have in common is that they all
read books. Whether it’s the man
who presented Microsoft to the
world – Bill Gates, who reads
50 books a year, or Warren
Buffet who devotes 80 per
cent of his time to reading,
to Mark Zuckerberg, Oprah
Winfrey, Elon Musk and Mark
Cuban, they all believe that
books are the gateway to
learning and knowledge,
and to becoming
successful.
If reading is an
addiction, I would forever
wear it like a badge of honour. In
the deepest corners of my book-
loving heart, I still hope for the day
when conversations will go from
“What is the latest smartphone
you are using” to “What is the
latest book that you read?”
(plabs11@gmail.com)
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O’ Mother Earth
Our North Star O’ Mother Earth, what a wonder you are!
So bright and majestic
B aideu,
You are the only one
In this whole universe,
Corporate walls Life is like a river,
In which we must swim together,
To give life to so many
Worlds, bewitching and diverse.
10 am to 6 pm, a bond unbreakable
Life is judged by a pay scale
Your guidance is like the sun,
Which removes darkness from our lives,
Forests, mountains, oceans, rivers, deserts
Teeming with animals, birds, fishes and insects,
East or west, north or south, All appear to be a testament of your eminence.
An engineer and an MBA Your knowledge always inspires us, Among all your heavenly sisters,
The good, the Two degrees but no job to be found
The knife gets blunt
No strength to break through the walls
Your thoughts always guide us.

Baideu, when we lose faith,

O’ Mother Earth, what a wonder you are
Nurturing the human beings,

bad and the ugly No wings to fly from the cocoon

Hardcore professionals in an air-conditioned room
It’s like doomsday
Your blessings give us courage,
You are the true idol in our lives,
You are the true heroine of our epics,
And endowing them with intelligence.
But oh! Have you not
Committed a blunder?
hile most parts of India are bearing the Is this species grateful?

W
The sunlight blocked by the black windows Who gives us courage to fight the darkness.
brunt of rising mercury levels, relentless Day or night, no one has a clue Demolishing mountains, cutting down forests,
rains have brought down temperatures in The only light from the computer screen Polluting oceans, eradicating other species’,
Baideu, the name itself is so dear to us, Threatening even your own existence.
Upper Assam. But while most of us are Shines all blue and green You are the most caring person in our lives, Why have you bestowed them
enjoying the exceptionally pleasant weath- 13th floor above the ground You are the greatest person in our lives, With so much power and knowledge?
er, the excessive downpour has created challenges of its Strangers all around Thank you, Baideu, for everything. Which has only made them selfish and deceptive!
own. The daily wage earner who relies on good weather An engineer and an MBA
to get jobs has been badly hit by the wet weather. Low Judged by the pay scale Manoj Kumar Das, Do you not regret
lying areas are struggling with water logging and the Bhangagarh. That your most unique creation
All set in search for life
threat of floods has started to create panic in villages in In a concrete, soulless building... Human beings – are their own mother’s destructors?
close proximity to the river. So, a cause of comfort for Nabamallika Bhattacharjya,
Uttaran DS Kakoty,
some has become a reason for agony for another set of
people.
Guwahati DesolaƟon
In our early school days, when we had learnt about
S ome feelings, I say, are so immensely personal,
deserts, the impression that was formed in our minds
was of a hot and arid wasteland of sand that spread end- A monsoon romance They echo in us in the loudest volume possible.
Outside, all appears calm and quiet,
lessly towards the horizon. However, scientific reports
suggest that deserts are not merely wastelands; they, in T he clouds light up with thunder
As the rain comes crashing down,
Inside, the winds of desolation blow swiftly.
their own unique way, add to the rich biodiversity of the Jyotishmita Kalita,
planet. Domesticated cam- Swords of lightning shatter the sky, Via e-mail
els in the deserts of Asia As raindrops fall to the ground,
and North Africa have been The trees dance to the rhythm so strong,
reliable pack animals for Surrounded by banshee screams, the silence is broken,
thousands of years. Desert Lovers wrapped up under the blanket,
Sipping from the same cup of coffee...
Tridiv Hazarika plants such as the date are
an important food source in The rain has its own silent charm,
North Africa and the Middle East. According to an arti- The soul frees up to dance,
cle in the Science Daily in April 2008, desert sands are As you get lost in romance.
an important carbon sink on Earth. Scientists discovered Nischal Kumar Das,
that bacteria living in the sands of the Kalahari Desert in Via e-mail
Africa help gather and store carbon dioxide from the air.
Since carbon dioxide is one of the prime causes of glob-
al warming, these desert sands may play a critical role in
preventing additional carbon dioxide from entering the
atmosphere. According to United Nations statistics, over
50 per cent of the world’s copper comes from deserts in
Erratic climate
Mexico, Australia and Chile. Other minerals and metals
like bauxite, gold and diamonds can be found in large
quantities in the deserts of China, the United States and
can be a killer!
ncient South American populations declined

Namibia. Desert regions also hold 75 per cent of all
known oil reserves in the world.
We would all want to live in an ideal environment
where it is neither too hot nor too cold, but we cannot
overrule Mother Nature. We cannot prevent an earth-
quake nor tame a severe cyclone. We also cannot quite
influence rain patterns. At best, we can improve our
systems to anticipate and predict weather patterns and
in the process, limit damage to life and property. For
people living in harsh areas like Greenland, the Chang-
tang region in Tibet, the Sahara Desert, the poverty and
drought-affected African counties like Chad and Sudan,
these areas are their home and home is home, irrespec-
tive of the natural or socio-economic challenges. In fact,
very advanced nations like the USA and Japan continue
to face terrible earthquakes, flash floods, devastating
storms, cyclones, forest fire, you name it. In India, we
have seen how in recent years, excessive rains have
created catastrophic floods in God’s own country, Ker-
ala. Parts of states like Odisha and West Bengal are still
struggling to recover from the severe impact of cyclone
Fani, which has left a trail of devastation in its route.
Life like Nature will continue to throw at us the good,
the bad and the ugly. We cannot expect that only the
good will come our way. Loved ones will die, the stock
markets will misbehave, relationships will go sour, and
we may be at the receiving end of an examiner in a
terrible mood. On many occasions, just like the forces of
Nature, things will not be in our control. We can at best
accept the inevitable and minimise possible damage.
Like weather experts, we have to make the best use of
our expertise to predict the inevitable and take cover.
(tridivh@gmail.com)
A
sharply as rainfall became increasingly unpre-
dictable starting around 8,600 years ago, re-
searchers say. But hunter-gatherer groups from
the Andes and the Amazon to the continent’s
southern tip bounced back quickly once rain returned to
a relatively stable pattern about 6,000 years ago, report
archaeologists Philip Riris and Manuel Arroyo-Kalin,
both of University College London.
During that roughly 2,600-year intervening period,
bouts of unusually wet or dry conditions that disrupted
local food sources occurred frequently, every five years
or so on an average, the scientists reported. To estimate
Unpredictable population changes from around 12,000 to 2,000 years
ago, the researchers analysed 5,450 radiocarbon dates
and extreme from nearly 1,400 South American archaeological sites.
rainfall patterns Statistical estimates of when substantial population ups
and downs took place, based on changes over time
might have been in numbers of archaeological sites, could not assess
one reason absolute numbers of people living in South America at
why ancient various times. Climate records compared to ancient pop-
ulation patterns were divided into 100-year stretches.
South American The greatest rainfall fluctuations and largest human
hunter-gatherers population declines were seen in northern, tropical parts
of South America. The new findings built on research-
started to ers’ previous observations that people abandoned many
domesticate South American sites around 8,200 years ago. Unpre-
and cultivate dictable and extreme rainfall patterns might have been
one reason why ancient South American hunter-gather-
plants, perhaps ers started to domesticate and cultivate plants, perhaps
as backup food as backup food sources, the archaeologists suggest.
sources... – Agencies

ndia and Bangladesh will jointly produce a film on the life and works of Bang- 9. Tom Skerritt is Dallas and Sigourney Weaver is Ripley in which 1979 classic

I abandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, and also a documentary on the Bangla-

desh Liberation War. He was the founding father of Bangladesh. The movie
will be directed by the acclaimed Indian filmmaker Shyam Benegal and will be
written by Atul Tiwari. The decision was taken after a Bangladeshi delegation
led by Dr Gowher Rizvi met Information and Broadcasting Secretary, Amit Khare.
The Bangladeshi delegation assured full cooperation in ensuring smooth logistics
for shooting the movie in Bangladesh. It was mutually agreed upon that the direc-
tor of the documentary would be from Bangladesh, who would be assisted by a
co-director from India. Prasar Bharati has decided to carry Bangladesh TV on the
DD Free Dish platform without charging carriage fees. As a reciprocal gesture, the
Bangladeshi delegation announced that a Doordarshan channel will be adopted on
the soon-to-be launched DTH platform of Bangladesh.
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MASTER’S CHOICE
1. The first known mention of this African capital city was in a letter from Jonker
Afrikaner to Joseph Tindall, dated August 12, 1844. Name the city.
2. What was the name of the building where the rulers of the six emirates met to
establish the UAE?
3. Who played the role of Gareth Mallory in the James Bond film Spectre?
4. The male of which species of parrot is the most accomplished user of human
speech?
5. In Tintin comics, Marshall Kurvi Tasch is the dictator of which country?
6. Brent Crude, used today as a standard price of comparison for crude oil, was
originally extracted from which sea?
7. How many points are a blank Scrabble tile worth if it is placed on a ‘triple score’
square?
8. What would you call a tropical cyclone occurring in the Northwest Pacific?
Sailen Baishya
directed by Ridley Scott?
10. Which iconic plane made its maiden flight in March 1936 and entered service
with 19 Squadron of UK’s Royal Air Force in 1938?
READERS’ CHOICE
11. Which 21st century object made an accidental appearance in the latest epi-
sode of Game of Thrones? (Dr Hemanga Kumar Kalita, Barpeta Road)
12. Who is the youngest ever to receive the Padma Shri Award at the age of 20?
Picture Clue: (Pritirekha Baruah, Pub Kamrup College)
13. Who became the first woman umpire to stand in at a men’s One-Day Inter-
19. He became the national cricket match? (Maharnab Kashyap, Guwahati)
first Lokpal of India 14. The invention of which device encouraged more women to drive?
recently. Just (Rim Baruah, North Lakhimpur)
identify him. 15. Essel Mining and Industries Ltd (EMIL) is a leading iron ore mining producer
(Bhaswati Sharma, with mines in Odisha. To which group does EMIL belong?
Guwahati) (Shajid Khan, University Law College, Gauhati University)
16. Under whose leadership did the Santhals get united in 1856 and rise in revolt
against the British government for their economic exploitation, inhuman torture
and oppression? (Subrata Dutta, Tangla)
17. Which company has launched the world’s highest-resolution image sensor for
smartphones? (Amrita Nath, Guwahati)
18. She was a naturalist and conservationist, best known for her efforts in pre-
ANSWERS serving the Alaskan landscape. She began by studying ‘caribou’ and ‘elk’. She
worked for the establishment of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, a 19 million
1. Windhoek, 2. Guest Palace, 3. Ralph Fiennes, 4. African
acre expanse that now conserves 250-plus wildlife species. Who is she and what
Grey Parrot, 5. Borduria, 6. North Sea, 7. Zero, 8. Typhoon,
is she fondly known as? (Jayanta Topadar, Dhemaji)
9. Alien, 10. Supermarine Spitfire, 11. It was a disposable
coffee cup, which was spotted on a bench next to Daenerys QUESTION OF THE WEEK
(Emilia Clarke) during a banquet scene, 12. Pusarla Venkata 20. The name of this well-known term in astrophysics was derived from a small prison
Sindhu (P V Sindhu), 13. Claire Polosak, 14. The self starter, or dungeon in Fort William, Calcutta, where troops of Siraj-ud-Daulah, the Nawab of
15. Aditya Birla Group, 16. Sidhu Manjhi, 17. Samsung Bengal, held British Prisoners of War for three days during June 1756. The prison
Electronics, 18. Margaret Murie, the grandmother of the became notorious as a place where people entered but never left alive and came to be
Conservation Movement, 19. Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose, known by a nickname which was used in astrophysics to refer to a cosmic region from
20. Black hole. where nothing could escape. Identify the term. (Dr Jayanta Kumar Sharma, Guwahati)
 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE
GUWAHATI, FRIDAY, MAY 17, 2019
Mehnaz Farooque
itting in an open area with
S some 300 guests at a wed-
ding, I wondered how im-
portant it is to have so many
people at the wedding. There
were beautiful decorations and
mouth-watering dishes to serve
everyone. The groom and the
bride looked happy and, of course,
burdened with the heaviness of
designer ensembles. Next to me
was my mom, trying to decipher
the colour of a lehenga.
While coming back from the wed-
ding, I tried to have a conversation
with my mom. I told her that I would
never want these overly crowded
weddings and I won’t invest so
much money in mine. To this,
she exclaimed that we have been
attending other people’s weddings
and we will have to invite them all
when it’s our turn. I would have
tried arguing on that, however, I
let it go.
For a country that is still sup-
porting a huge BPL (below poverty
line) population, investing in big fat
weddings sounds irrational. For the
rich, it is still understandable. But
the people who can’t really afford
it should rather look forward to the
marriage, instead of an embellished
wedding ritual that may wreck up
their lives with debts. I see people
Weddings,
marriages
and true love
taking loans, selling properties to
abide by the so-called norms of the
society just to be on the accepted
side of it. Why can’t we be on our
side, instead of society’s and be
happy? Why can’t marriages be
just about two people and their
families and close friends? Why
do we always need to blow the
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sometimes cost fortunes. There
are parents who pay loans for over
a decade to payback a wedding’s
expense and live life with limited
savings just for the sake of the ex-
travagant wedding. We live in a
world where we are supposed to
look good, we are supposed to do
well and then, we are also supposed
to display our economic strength to
be in an unseen competition. And
in the middle of all these acts of
social conservatism, we ignore the
importance of love and marriage.
We are people who would prefer
a community-driven concept, in-
stead of inter-caste marriage and
we don’t even make any effort to
change it.
The problem is, we are part of a
place that gives value to traditions
Celebrating
more than human connections and
that’s why we are looped in an
infinite circle of being a part of
the society and then following the
society. We are so engrossed with
things that don’t matter, that we
the marksheet
Shravanee Baruah
t is that time of the year again when
just passed?
I have seen my cousins cribbing over scor-
ing 70 per cent, dissatisfaction on their faces.
trumpet so loud to make ourselves
feel relevant in the eyes of a crowd
that doesn’t even matter?
I am not against celebrating wed-
dings or making that special day
hardly get time to look outside and
make changes. So, as I try to un-
derstand the forgotten meanings
of weddings, marriages and true
love, I hope, someday, we all get
to be on the other side, the side
of changing histories.
I anxiety and distress will take over your
mind just because you haven’t lived
up to expectations. I see the feeds of
almost all my social media handles,
filled with posts of appreciation and “feeling
proud” captions.
Having passed through these phases, I
And their parents tauntingly saying, “Pass
korile aru…” I ask, what is this “aru”? Your
child has just passed an exam with some
decent marks. It is okay that he didn’t be-
come a topper, but that won’t stop him from
being his best self in the future in whatever
field he chooses, if he does it with sincerity.
big, I am just trying to comprehend (farooquemehnaz@gmail.com) somewhere feel the need to say this to all the Please stop pressurising your child in direct
the necessity of such celebrations. younger ones out there, that, “Life is beyond or indirect ways, parents. Help them enjoy
A bride’s lehenga goes up to lakhs numbers”, and the older ones around, that, the moment and guide them towards best
and a groom’s “wedding gifts” “Your child/sibling/cousin (the candidate) is possible options for the future. Let them
much more precious than his or her marks.” know that their families acknowledge their
We all want to see our dearest ones prosper, efforts, when the world might not. Encour-
but not at the cost of their lives. Having a age them for the next big step. Celebrate
good percentage doesn’t fetch you a job in his/her being.
today’s world. A 55 per cent is made to feel And to all the juniors, this is not the end.
just as equal as a 99 per cent when you have Please own your marksheet. It’s what you
to sit together for an entrance exam to get have earned. I don’t ask you to kill your
admitted into an institution. So, what’s the hunger to be better, so take good lessons
point? from it but don’t mourn on the day you need
I see my friends celebrating 95 per cent to celebrate. This big “Result Day” is never
and “feeling proud”, but another friend shying coming back again. Revel in your share of
away by saying “letter mark in two subjects” the experience. Strive to be better but be at
but not revealing the exact percentage, which peace with yourself. Trust me, you have a
is 65 per cent. I ask, why? Why has our social lot to see. Just don’t give up. What’s done
conditioning made us believe that a 65 per cannot be undone. Accept the truth and
cent is not worth anything? Isn’t it enough celebrate yourself every day.
of a reason to celebrate, that the candidate (shravanee4427@gmail.com)

o one knows in which direction our society is

N headed, against the backdrop of the AI revolution

sweeping across the world. The AI, along with
biotech, is propping up ideas so far seen only
in movies. The first to have a lasting impact on
the minds of many among us was Robocop; then came
the Terminator series, the iBot, etc. These movies gave
us a fair idea about what the future
The future is here!

holds in store for us. It’s no longer

a matter of if, it’s only a matter of
when, and some of the signs of the
future are already emerging.
All major scientifically advanced Devol Nath
countries in the world are working
in this direction, even India. It’s, however, our eastern design, engineers are now looking at how millions of years’
neighbours who seem to be getting closer to a society worth of evolution refined a creature’s biology to best suit its en- GRAPEVINE
managed by artificial intelligence. Last Sunday, South vironment. They are attempting to replicate that natural creation GRAPEVINES are complex intertwined
Korea’s Defence Acquisition Programme Administration with modern materials, building a robot tailor-made to navigate mazes. In the present context, it is used to elicit
(DAPA), which is tasked with acquiring the nation’s military the real-world conditions. DAPA is planning to deploy robots some important or classified information about
weapons, published a document announcing plans to incor- inspired by humans and insects by 2024, after which it will an organisation or some secret event through a
porate “biomimetics” equipment into military operations look towards biobots that draw inspiration from birds, snakes, complex system where such information is getting

A study on by 2024 – another sign robots will play an integral role in and various marine creatures.
future military operations. Biomimetics or biomimicry is According to a news report by a UK-based newspaper, South
the imitation of models, systems, and elements of Nature Korean military will use the flying and swimming bots to carry
transmitted without the knowledge of the source.
But etymologists say it has something to do with
the telegraph lines. Some 15 years after Samuel
Indian gay for the purpose of solving complex human problems. out reconnaissance missions, while snake-like biobots might
According to DAPA, such robots will be a game-changer navigate constricted areas.
in future warfare. Moreover, its related technologies are The use of robots, particularly autonomous ones, in the
Morse transmitted his famous message, “what hath
God wrought”, a long telegraph line was so crudely

men expected to bring about great ripple effects throughout military is currently a highly controversial subject. Interestingly,
the defence industry. the report on South Korea’s plans does not mention use of
strung from Virginia City to Placerville, California,
USA, that people jokingly compared it with a
sagging grapevine. By the time of the Civil War,
here are certain unique stressors for the The idea of turning to Nature for inspiration is not a new bots to deploy weapons.

T
lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT)
community. These are nondisclosure of their
sexual orientation, relationship dissatisfaction,
thing. Rather than starting from scratch on a new robot
he lizard remained unmoved, stuck in the glue
a report by the grapevine telegraph was common
(devolnath@hotmail.com)
slang for a rumour. Perhaps it was meant to reflect
the telegraphic speed at which the rumour-mongers
can transmit canards with their mouth-to-mouth
for geckos of this region has reached such a level that

T
social isolation, and low self-esteem. In India, we
have scarce data regarding this community, for fear of
discrimination and abuse.
Geeta Soohinda, Prabhleen Singh Jaggi,
Harshavardhan Sampath, and Sanjiba Dutta from
Gangtok aimed to describe the pattern of sexual
orientation, relationships, social connectedness, and
disclosure in men and assess their self-esteem and its
association with ‘coming out’. Participants were Indian
men who use a gay dating website. Their work has been
published in the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied
Sciences (OJPAS®) as an original article.
A majority of the 277 respondents were salaried
and were highly educated and unmarried. Seventy-two
per cent of the subjects expressed their orientation as
either exclusively or predominantly homosexual and 18
per cent identified
as being bisexual.
Among those in a
relationship, an equal
number reported
being satisfied with Dr Shyamanta Das
the relationship
(40 per cent) and felt socially connected (53 per cent).
Seventy to 80 per cent of them misssed ‘companionship’
and felt ‘left out’. Sixty-one per cent were not open
about their orientation at all times. Eighty per cent of the
subjects were not open at the workplace and with family.
The average age of coming out of the closet was
around 20 years. There was no association between age
of coming out and self-esteem scores. Self-esteem scores
were significantly lower in subjects who were in the closet
and those who had negative coming out experiences.
Authors conclude that there is a need to address the
sexual minority stress faced by this community due to
social isolation and concealment which affects their self-
esteem.
(dr.shyamantadas@gmail.com)
and it was difficult to ascertain whether it was
dead or alive. As we waited for the veterinarian
to arrive, I could not but wonder at the working
of that evil mind behind the predicament of the
tiny creature! I have heard about
glue traps but this was the first time
I actually came across one. A team
The gecko’s
from the State Zoo brought or rather
rescued the Tokay Gecko from the plight
premises of a bank last week. Glue
was sprayed on the bottom of a
plastic basket and cockroaches or
may be grasshoppers were used
as baits to attract the gecko! The
perpetrators told the rescue team
that the gecko had fallen into the
glue trap meant for rodents! Not
many people would buy this story
in the present scenario, when illegal
wildlife trade has been shifting
towards online markets and digital
platforms offering lucrative prices for
wildlife parts and even the humble
gecko fetching “unbelievable” prices,
depending on its weight and size.
Mubina
This has made the nocturnal Asian lizard more vulnerable.
The Tokay Gecko (Gecko gecko) belongs to the
Gekkonidae family and is found extensively in Northeast
India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Indonesia, Philippines
and Western New Guinea in Melanesia. A native of the
rainforest habitat where it can be found on trees, the
gecko is also attracted by insect prey to rural human
habitations which is now considered a fatal attraction.
Not only the Tokay Gecko but the Golden Gecko is
also considered equally vulnerable. Encouraged by the
astronomical prices, illegal trafficking of the lizard has
seen a spurt in the region in recent years. The craze
transmitting system.
there has been undercover gecko breeding centres
operating in the State.
Many hundreds of cases have been detected across
the Northeastern states, where locals are found to be
selling Tokay Geckos to international
wildlife traffickers, who in the process
smuggle them into Chinese medicine
Bibekananda Choudhury
hubs across Asia for its reported
medicinal value.
Rampant smuggling of the
gecko has taken it to the category CHAUVINISM
of “threatened” species in a list NICOLAS Chauvin of Rochefort got wounded
prepared by the Assam State 17 times during his service in the France Grande
Biodiversity Board under Section Armée before he retired, incapable of holding the
38 of the Biological Diversity Act, sword. For his wounds and valour, he received a
2002. Although the gecko has medal, a ceremonial sabre, and a modest pension.
been listed as a protected species Chauvin turned such an idolator of Napoleon that
under the Wildlife Protection Act, even after Waterloo and Napoleon’s exile, he was
legal protection for the species eulogising his infallibility and the glory of France,
remains inadequate. The State and became a laughing stock. His antics attracted
Forest Department as well as the Charles and Jean Cogniard and they portrayed
Wildlife Crime Control Bureau him as a character in their comedy – La Cocarde
tricolor in 1831. It was so popular that soon
has failed measurably to curb the
four more comedies by other authors followed,
trade. Violators of the Act mostly go
Akhtar unpunished. As a result, trafficking caricaturing Chauvin. As a result, the French word
‘chauvinisme’ or chauvinism became synonymous
of “lesser” wildlife species’ has soared.
While the Northeastern states have been battling with fanatical, unreasoning patriotism or all such
blind aggressive worship.
increasing wildlife crimes, neighbouring Bhutan has
shown commendable progress when it comes to
curbing illegal trade of geckos. Sonam Wangdi, a
forest official of the Bhutan Government, told me that
with strict implementation of the law, a flourishing
trade in the Indo-Bhutan region could be brought
under control. Local sellers found with the lizard
were fined heavily. This has shown results and illegal
trading has gone down.
(newildflowers@gmail.com)
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Page 4 GUWAHATI, FRIDAY, MAY 17, 2019

Lakshadweep
The gift of Seuj Saikia
A diver’s haven
the gab
o effectively communicate, we must

“T realise that we are all different in the

way we perceive the world and use
this understanding as a guide to our
communication with others”.
I, as a communication trainer, strongly agree that a
person exhibits her/his feelings and emotions through
words. Communication, to put it precisely, is the
effective translation of one’s thoughts into speech.
The correct word, choice of vocabulary, construction
of sentences, and voice plays a pivotal role in verbal
communication. But a wider dynamic lies beneath,
beyond the power of communication. It’s about how
a person speaks rather than what she/he actually
says. The lines might appear paradoxical, but it isn’t.
Ramzan
80 per cent of communication is about how one’s
thoughts are expressed; only 20 per cent of it is
about content. Your facial gestures and proper use
diaries
city, it has often been said, owes its vibrancy

A
of voice modulation enhances the acceptance of your
he popular saying that it is always of the sea waves soothed my ears, and wood. Finally, when I successfully to festivals and festivities. Its joie de vivre ra-

presentation of the topic. Not all people are bestowed
with the gift of
the gab. Only
a few excel at
it. But there is
another cate-
Anjan Chowdhury gory of speak-
ers who do
not know where to stop. This is where the problem
starts with regard to communication. You have to
remember that the audience, at many times, may
start paying heed to the advice that you have given.
Words that we choose and utter should be thus picked
with utmost care, for people will hear them and be
influenced by them for good or worse.
A strong knowledge of the topic at hand and an
ability to understand the mood of the audience to
whom the talk is being addressed is essential. A pow-
erful speaker also emphasises a lot on the objective
of the talk, else the essence of the meaning of the
speaker can be lost. A convincing way of speaking
is also required for a public speaker. It’s important to
take advantage of opportunities to practise communi-
cation skills, so that when important occasions arise,
you will have the gift, the style, the sharpness, the
clarity and the emotions to influence other people.
(anjanchowdhury74@gmail.com)
Jennifer Lawrence stuns
in pastel gown
JENNNIFER Law-
rence and Cooke Maroney
celebrated their love with
a glamorous engagement
party in New York last Sun-
day. The 28-year-old and
her art dealer fiance,
T
about the journey and not the
destination could be completely
reversed in the magical mirror
that the turquoise green waters
of Lakshadweep creates.
I was fortunate to visit this place during
my training as an Indian Revenue Service
(IRS) officer in February 2019. Though
the literal meaning of Lakshadweep is
‘a hundred thousand islands’, the only
airport is at Agatti which can be easily
reached from Cochin. Our itinerary in-
cluded Kadmat and Bangaram. Once
we landed, we started our speed boat
journey to Kadmat. Even if everything
was happening at breakneck speed,
love at first sight best describes what
was about to come.
As oxygen is necessary for survival, so
is coconut water when one is in Kadmat;
the resort welcomed us with fresh coco-
nut water, rejuvenating our souls. In the
evening, I was greeted by one of the best
sunsets of my life; the colour of the water
keeping pace with the changing colour
of the horizon. The next day, the sound
or those who had watched the
added to my experience of the place.
No sooner had I opened my window, a
picturesque view of the beach filled my
canvas of dreams. I felt like the bird that
had seen the kaleidoscopic light of dawn
and wanted to fly. Kadmat is famous
for its marine life, which I witnessed in
my first snorkelling experience. Before
this, my failed attempt as a scuba diver
did dishearten me, but once I saw the
colourful clown and tiger fish shoals
drifting through the transparent waters,
I was awestruck and paused awhile to
appreciate the beauty that Mother Na-
ture has blessed us with.
After spending two days at Kad-
mat, we reached Bangaram. I think
Nature is always ahead of us when
it comes to creativity, Bangaram a
small atoll which can be encircled on
foot is a sparkling example of this.
The grandeur of the white talcum
powder-like sandy beaches surround-
ed by the green lagoons was simply
breathtaking. The resort is dotted
with beautiful cottages made out of
DIRECTOR: PUNIT MALHOTRA
STARS: TIGER SHROFF, TARA
SUTARIA AND ANANYA PANDAY
substance.
With kindergarten-level writing, the
movie becomes highly predictable within
the first half-an-hour and director Pu-
nit Malhotra never manages to get the
monkey off his back. In fact, the movie
irritates by its sluggish tempo and the
screenplay simply lacks urgency. Predict-
dived into the water, my excitement
reached its zenith, I wanted to shout
out loud but could not, as I had the
breathing apparatus in my mouth.
However, my eyes did not even blink
for a second as they were witnessing
the amazing view of the corals and
its life forms. I even tried my hand at
kayaking and went snorkelling on a
shipwreck. All these physical activities
require energy, which the amazing
food at Bangaram provides. The icing
on the cake was the candlelight dinner
by the beachside, creating a romantic
atmosphere. What followed next was
an offbeat adventure, a walk on the
shallow waters to a nearby sandbar,
the playful waves soothing my feet.
Leaving this heaven was sort of a
forced exile to one’s day-to-day melan-
choly. Even if everything good comes to
an end, this is just the beginning of an
umbilical bond that has been cemented
for life.
(seuj.saikia90@gmail.com)
ability is something that the movie seems
to have inherited from its last edition.
Unlike its previous instalment though,
the race to glory, this time, extends to
an inter-school event.
There is this school for rich brats and
another one for middle-class children.
The rivalry between the two sects, with
elements of romance and friendship,
is what forms the crux of the plot. Re-
member Aamir Khan’s cult movie Jo
Jeeta Wohi Sikandar? The director at-
tempts to replicate the same trajectory
and edge-of-the-seat thrill with SOTY2
but strains to attain conviction.
Worse, there are forced and clichéd
diates out of its gaily clad humanity basking
and brimming with joy and jubilation – its
citizens immersing themselves ‘knee deep’
and then ‘neck deep’ into whatever the city offers – a
reverie of rejoicing.
The city of Guwahati these days is in the grip of
Ramzan – the holy month of fasting and abstinence
that ends with the celebration of Eid-ul-Fitr (or sim-
ply Eid), most probably on June 6 this year. From
markets to mosques, from alleys to arches, from
the seviyyan to Sehri – all seem to be marinated in
a ‘Ramzan coating’. No sooner had the holy month
began; it ushered in a sort of robust outpouring of
brisk activity. The evenings in the Muslim localities
of Guwahati like Lakhtokia, Kumarpara, Aathgaon,
Islampur, Machkhowa, Hatigaon, Hedayatpur, etc.,
are a time when Iftaar is served just at the stroke
of dusk. People mostly from these localities stay
indoors from the moment just before the Magreeb
Azaan (call for evening prayer from the mosque),
first to break their fast (Iftaar) and then to offer their
(firstly) Magreeb Namaaz (evening prayers) and then
the all-important Tarawih Namaaz (special prayers
performed at night, after Isha prayers during the
holy month of Ramzan).
An age-old tradition in certain localities of Guwa-
hati city, especially with a significant Muslim popu-
lation, is the tradition of waking up people for Sehri
(a meal eaten before dawn during Ramzan). Boys
and young men go on a door-to-door visit, calling
out loudly to the faithful. Zerine Wahid, a city-based
short story writer
and poet, talks
about Ramzan:
“The holy month
of Ramzan has
a special place
Sk Md Sabah Al-Ahmed in my heart. I
love to prepare delicacies and invite my friends and
relatives over for Iftaar or dinner. The month also
provides me with ample opportunities to let my pen
flow with creativity.” Reminiscing her good old child-
hood days spent at Hojai, Nagaon, Zerine Wahid,
pours her heart out: “I miss the good old days spent
at Hojai, my native place. It was a small and sleepy

F
sequences of a father hating his daugh- town and every other household knew each other.
33, were spotted
maiden edition of the Student I still remember gorging on the mouth-watering
arriving at the ter because the mother passed away
celebration in lower
of the Year (SOTY) franchise, Sanjoy Ray while delivering her. For how long will
delicacies that my mother used to prepare for my
you know it’s a different world father for Iftaar. As a matter of fact, the Iftaar table
Manhattan. The Os- the industry harp on such old-school
that you are embarking on. The was the epicentre of all happiness for us.”
car-winning actress wore references and soulless drama, more
students here are dressed in ultra-lim- Pirouetting back to Guwahati and its Ramzan
a plunging $2,3000 L so when there was very little ref-
ited edition clothing and seen driv- fervour, one can see shopkeepers and vendors selling
Wells dress with nude erence to the context? Tiger
ing swanky cars, and they do all kinds of ‘Ramzan-items’ like seviyyan (vermicelli),
Casadei shoes. Shroff who stars as Rohan aka
everything except study, and skull caps of variegated colours and shapes, dates,
Her stylists shared a Ro is amazing with his acro-
believe me, there is not even raisins, dry fruits, et al, especially in the markets of
snap of the star enjoy- batic skills but is hard done
a passing reference to books Fancy Bazar, Paltan Bazar, Ganeshguri, etc. This
ing the party: “Here she by a weak script. Despite his apart, city folks, with their hectic lifestyles, take it
comes! We couldn’t be happier and or exams! Wow, it would
limited acting prowess, he easier during this month. Office goers make it a point
more excited for #jenniferlawrence to become have been fun to be part
is the only silver lining in to reach home on time so that they can break their
a #MRS...” of such an education-
the movie. As far as the fast together. It is an opportunity for families to share
al set-up! But the
food and love as well as express their devotion to the
Kendall Jenner’s feeling is quite the
opposite when it
newcomers are con-
cerned, the nervous Almighty. It provides an opportunity for hosts to invite
energy, I thought, neighbours and friends across religion and culture to
new fringe comes to expe-
riencing things
worked more in showcase the best of Islamic food, rituals and hospital-
KENDALL Jenner showed favour of Ananya ity.
unfold on cellu- While some people prefer to share Iftaar with
off her supermodel good Pandey and Aditya
loid. Very sadly, family and friends, there are those who have it at the
looks and a brand new Seal than probably
while the movie local mosques. Iftaar is even delivered and distribut-
fringe at the NBC Upfronts Tara Sutaria who
rides high on style ed by the privileged at the mosques and madrassas
in New York City, recently. looked flat with
and grandeur, in (Islamic seminaries) for the underprivileged sections of
The 23-year-old Calvin Klein her expressions.
the bargain, it finds society.
spokesperson looked sensational in itself bereft of any (sanjoyray10@gmail.com)
a strapless leather dress that made (sabahalahmed@gmail.com)
the most of her Vogue cover girl
good looks. She also revealed a dis-
tinctive fringe after tying her hair into
a tight bun ahead of her appearance at
the annual event.

GOT prequel has the

working title Bloodmoon
THE much vaunted Game of
Thrones prequel reportedly has the working
title Bloodmoon, with principal photography
already well underway. It’s understood that
filming began in Belfast two weeks ago for the
new series, which will follow the story of early
Westeros inhabitants, the Chil-
dren of the Forest, according
to The Sun.
Naomi Watts was con-
firmed as the leading
role in the series, set
5000 years before
the original
HBO show.

– Agencies