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CID to ask ED to probeDulal Bora’s assets

WADA for public hearingon Russia doping case

ULFA(I) in talkswith Govt

KALYAN BAROOAH

NEW DELHI, Feb 4: The

anti-talk faction of ULFA is in

talks with the Government of

India and a positive outcome

is likely, Prime Minister

Narendra Modi reportedly

told BJP MPs on Tuesday.

Addressing a meeting of

the BJP Parliamentary Board

here in the Parliament House,

the Prime Minister dwelt at

length on the North East, a

BJP MP told this newspaper.

Sources said that the Prime

Minister informed the BJP

MPs that the Government of

India was in talks with the

Paresh Baruah faction of the

ULFA and was trying to bring

them over ground. It will be

good if this faction comes on

board, the Prime Minister said

in the closed door meeting.

The elusive ULFA (I)

commander-in-chief Paresh

Baruah however has been

denying that his faction is

keen on talks with the Gov-

ernment of India.

Sources said that Modi fo-

cused on the recent Bodo Ac-

cord stating that the people

of Assam were initially ap-

prehensive over division of

the State but when the Ac-

cord was signed all doubts

were cleared.

“People were apprehen-

sive that Bodoland would be

given but after signing of the

Accord people of Assam

were satisfied,” he said.

He said that all Bodo

groups have now come over

ground. He said that around

4000 people have lost their

lives during the Bodo move-

ment.

The Prime Minister also

said that the Bru-Reang

Agreement signed by the

Government of India and

Governments of Mizoram,

Tripura, will provide relief

and succour to over 35,000

Bru-Reang refugees.

SEE PAGE 4

6 killed, 30 hurt in bus accidentCORRESPONDENT

GOALPARA,Feb 4: Six

persons were killed and 30

others injured when a speed-

ing bus in which they were

travelling overturned after

hitting an electrical pole and

fell into a roadside ditch at

Kothakuthi under Dhupdhara

Police station today around

7.30 in the morning.

According to the locals the

ill-fated night service bus

was carrying around 45 pas-

sengers and was travelling

at high speed from Dhubri

towards Guwahati. Accord-

ing to reliable sources five

died on spot while another, a

lady succumbed to her inju-

ries at the Dhupdhara PHC.

Police and army personnel

who were travelling in a ve-

hicle at that time and aided by

locals started rescuing the in-

jured from the site of the ac-

cident. All the seriously in-

jured passengers have been

shifted to the Gauhati Medi-

cal College Hospital. The rest

were admitted in the Bikali

Model Hospital at Dhupdhara

for further treatment.

SEE PAGE 4

Nirbhaya caseNEW DELHI, Feb 4: The

Delhi High Court will onWednesday pronounceorder on the Centre’s pleachallenging stay onexecution of four convicts inthe Nirbhaya gang rape andmurder case. JusticeSuresh Kumar Kait had onFebruary 2 reserved orderon the Centre’s plea afterholding special hearings onSaturday and Sunday. – PTI

CoronavirusBEIJING/WUHAN, Feb

4: China’s coronavirusoutbreak showed no signsof abating as the death tollrose sharply to 426 withmore than 20,000confirmed cases, amid ashocking report of Chineseofficials silencing a doctorin Wuhan who firstreported the presence ofthe deadly virus inDecember last year. – PTI

Public holidayGUWAHATI, Feb 4: The

State government hasdeclared February 7 aspublic holiday in view ofcelebration of ‘Bodo Accord’in the districts of BTAD –Kokrajhar, Chirang, Baksaand Udalguri – for enablingparticipation of people. AllState government officeswithin the jurisdiction ofthese districts will remainclosed on that day. – StaffReporter

Poll campaignNEW DELHI, Feb 4:

Chief Minister SarbanandaSonowal on Tuesdaycampaigned for the BJP inRohtas Nagar in the nationalcapital. Delhi goes to poll onFebruary 8. In the afternoon,he along with UnionMinister of State KirenRijiju met people from theNortheast at Union Ministerof State Rameswar Teli’shouse. – Spl Correspondent

Sabha sessionSUALKUCHI, Feb 4: The

next special session of theAsam Sahitya Sabha will beheld in Majuli next year,office-bearers of the literarybody said on the last day ofthe 75th session of theSabha here. – Staff Reporter

Ethnic leaders call toface challenges unitedlyAsam Sahitya Sabha session concludes

MANASH PRATIM DUTTA

SUALKUCHI, Feb 4: Lead-

ers of various organisations

representing different ethnic

tribes and communities of the

State today appealed to the

Asam Sahitya Sabha to de-

velop a common platform to

discuss various challenges

faced by the greater Assa-

mese society.

While making the appeal

during the Chandra Nath Sar-

ma Soworani Yuva Satirtha

Sanmilan on the last day of 75th

session of the apex literary

body at Jyoti Kshetra here,

they also called for a detailed

discussion on the matter of con-

stitutional safeguard to the

Assamese people.

The six-day-long 75th ses-

sion of the Asam Sahitya Sab-

ha concluded on Tuesday

with a colourful cultural

evening.

Speaking in the Satirtha

Sanmilan, All Assam Tai

Ahom Students’ Union joint

secretary Milan Burhagohain

said that due to various rea-

sons the unity among vari-

ous communities of Assam

has seen erosion in the past

few years. “In such a scenar-

io, the Asam Sahitya Sabha

can work for strengthening

the bond of unity among all

communities for the sake of

greater Assamese society,”

he added.

Dimasa Writers’ Forum

president Mukteswar Kem-

prai pointed out that every

problem faced by the great-

er Assamese society needs

to be solved in a political way.

“There is also need to

strengthen the Assamese

language teaching system in

every school of the State. For

this, the State government

should ensure supply of free

textbooks to every student,”

he added.

TMPK general secretary

Tilak Doley said the stage of

the Asam Sahitya Sabha is

the perfect place where the

definition of Assamese peo-

ple can be found. He also

emphasised on the need of

an economic movement to

strengthen the Assamese

society.

SEE PAGE 4

No decision yet toprepare NRIC: Centre

SPL CORRESPONDENT


Centre on Tuesday said that

it has not taken any decision

to prepare the National Reg-

ister of Indian Citizens

(NRIC) at the national level.

In a Lok Sabha reply, Union

Minister of State for Home

Nityanand Rai said that till

now, the government has not

taken any decision to prepare

the NRIC at the national level.

Though the question was a

starred one, discussion on the

NRC could not take place as

the Lok Sabha was adjourned.

In a separate reply to a ques-

tion by Abdul Khaleque, the

minister said the Citizenship

(Amendment) Act, 2019

came into force on January 10,

2020. Persons covered by this

Act can submit applications for

grant of citizenship after ap-

propriate rules are notified by

the Central government.

No specific instruction was

issued by the government re-

garding release of migrants

from detention centres after

enacting the Citizenship

(Amendment) Act, 2019.

However, in January 2016, the

Central government advised

the Assam government to ex-

amine the cases of all persons

covered by various court cas-

es filed in Gauhati High Court

and to release them from de-

tention centres if they satisfy

the conditions and require-

ments of the two notifications

issued by the Central govern-

ment on September 7, 2015.

SEE PAGE 4

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government will not compro-

mise the interest of patients

while handing over district

government hospitals to pri-

vate medical colleges through

public-private partnership

(PPP) mode, Health Minister

Harsh Vardhan said in Rajya

Sabha on Tuesday.

Such experiments have suc-

cessfully been implemented in

the last 25 years and even gov-

ernment think-tank NITI Aay-

og has taken note of this and

come out with draft guidelines,

he said during the Question

Hour.

The Minister asserted that

the step is permitted under

Sector 2(5) of the Medical

Council of India (MCI) Act

1999 and made it clear that it

is not being done to promote

the private sector.

Responding to a supplemen-

tary query, the Health Minis-

LUCKNOW, Feb 4: The US

said on Tuesday that India must

move towards defence sys-

tems that are interoperable

with those deployed by its se-

curity partners.

“It is critical that India

moves toward systems, not

just weapons, that are effec-

tive, agile, and resilient,” US

Ambassador Kenneth Juster

told reporters ahead of a five-

day Defence Exposition which

begins here on Wednesday.

“We believe that India must

ultimately move toward sys-

tems that are interoperable

with the equipment and net-

works of its security part-

INDORE, Feb 4: Doctors

at a government-run hospital

here in Madhya Pradesh have

saved the life of a three-year-

old boy by removing an ar-

row which pierced his head,

an official said on Tuesday.

An unidentified person

shot the arrow at the boy

from close range on Thurs-

day night in tribal-dominat-

ed Alirajpur district follow-

ing which its pointed end

got stuck four inches deep

into the child’s head, Maha-

raja Yashwantrao Hospital’s

(MYH) neurosurgeon

Rakesh Gupta told PTI.

After the incident, doc-

tors at a hospital in Alira-

jpur tried to remove the

arrow from the child’s head,

but could not succeed.

During the exercise, the

Probe intosedition caseagainst schoolin Karnataka

intensifiedBIDAR (Karnataka), Feb 4:

The police has intensified in-

vestigation into the ‘sedition

case’ against the management

and staff of a school here,

where children had allegedly

insulted Prime Minister

Narendra Modi and others, in

the context of CAA, in a dra-

ma they staged on January 21.

As part of the probe, the po-

lice visited Shaheen school on

Tuesday in plain clothes, after

their questioning of children in

uniform on January 28 drew crit-

icism from some quarters, a

school official said.

“Morning three police per-

sonnel came with two mem-

bers of Karnataka State Child

Rights Protection Commission.

Later, the Deputy Superintend-

ent of Police H Basaveshwara

joined them. The cops were in

civil dress,” he said.

Police have already arrest-

ed Nazbunnisa, the mother of

one of the children, who had

allegedly delivered the con-

troversial dialogue and their

teacher Fareeda Begum, who

oversaw the event. – PTI

Arrow stuck 4-inchdeep in boy’s head

removed after surgeryrear portion of the bamboo

arrow was broken, but the

pointed iron part remained

stuck in the boy’s head,

Gupta said.

“The child was brought to

MYH from Alirajpur in a

very serious condition. If the

arrow stuck in his head

would have moved even a

bit, it could have damaged the

delicate veins of his brain and

endangered his life,” he said.

An eight-member team of

doctors at MYH recently re-

moved the arrow from the

boy’s head after a complex

surgery, Gupta said.

The child is now out of

danger, he added.

According to police, local

tribals still attack each other

with arrows during disputes

and rivalry. – PTI

Won’t compromise patients’interest, says Vardhan

ter said: “We will offer district

hospitals to the private sector

without compromising the in-

terest of patients.”

A private sector can have

medical colleges but cannot

have hospitals with patients.

The government has many

district hospitals with pa-

tients. The private sector has

money to run the hospitals,

he said.

After seeing the successful

cases, the NITI Aayog also

deliberated on the issue and

has come out with draft norms

and plans to link existing pri-

vate medial colleges with func-

tional district hospitals through

the viability gap funding which

was announced in the Budget

2020-21 for aspirational dis-

tricts, he added.

The Minister also disagreed

with CPI member’s view that

the entry of private sector in

medical education was erod-

ing the quality of education.

“Some of the best medical

colleges in the country are of

international repute and pro-

viding better services,” he

added.

The government said the

Clause 2(5) of the MCIs Es-

tablishment of Medical Col-

lege Regulations, 1999, pre-

scribes that the appropriate

government may allow utili-

sation of facilities of a hospital

owned and managed by it for

establishing a medical college

by a person/agency/trust/soci-

ety/company by entering into

a memorandum of understand-

ing for this purpose.

The minister said that the

hospital to be transferred

would be of minimum 300

beds with necessary infrastruc-

tural facilities capable of being

developed into teaching insti-

tution for the proposed medi-

cal college. – PTI

India must build defence systemsinteroperable with partners: US

ners,” he said.

The ambassador said the

potential for industry partner-

ship between India and the US

on state-of-the-art defence is

“enormous”.

He said along the pathway

to a deeper industry-to-indus-

try relationship “there are, of

course, barriers that we must

overcome”.

“It is our goal to identify

obstacles to enhancing indus-

try-to-industry cooperation

and formulate solutions in con-

cert with the Government of

India as well as the US and In-

dian industry, so that we can

build a closer defence relation-

ship,” he said.

Juster, who is leading the US

delegation at the 11th edition

of the Government of India’s

defence exhibition, said visi-

tors were attracted to the

event as it offered an opportu-

nity to view defence technolo-

gy and the latest high-tech

gadgetry.

The theme of the DefExpo

this year is ‘Digital Transfor-

mation of Defence’.

He also said the “greatest

value of the occasion is it pro-

vides for our companies to fos-

ter closer industry-to-industry

ties in what is a key pillar of the

US-India relationship”. – PTI

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 20204 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI

NORTH EASTERN INSTITUTE OF

FOLK MEDICINE(An Autonomous Institute under the Ministry of

AYUSH, Government of India)

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bids for 5 nos of packages for roads and bridge projects

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INTERNATIONAL

(Contd from page 1)

In pursuance of the order

dated May 10, 2019 of the Su-

preme Court of India in writ

petition (civil) No. 1045/2018

Supreme Court Legal Servic-

es Committee vs Union of In-

dia and another, the Govern-

ment of Assam issued a notifi-

cation on July 29 last year pro-

viding for conditional release of

declared foreigners, who have

completed more than three

years in detention centres.

At this stage as sub-section

(3) of section 6B of the amend-

ed Citizenship Act, 1955 pro-

vides that any proceeding

pending against a person cov-

ered under section 6B of the

Act in respect of illegal mi-

gration or citizenship shall

stand abated on conferment of

citizenship to him/her.

The minister confirmed

that the government is aware

about anti-CAA agitation go-

ing on in the country, includ-

ing Assam.

In reply to another ques-

tion, Rai said the present le-

gal process of acquiring Indi-

an citizenship by any legal

migrant of any category

through naturalisation (Sec-

tion 6 of the Citizenship Act)

or through registration (Sec-

tion 5 of the Act) remains un-

amended.

Many migrants belonging to

majority religion in the neigh-

bouring countries have also

been granted Indian citizenship

whenever they have applied to

the competent authority and

have been found eligible. All

legal migrants into India, irre-

spective of religions, shall con-

tinue to get citizenship as per

the provisions of the Citizen-

ship Act, 1955 if they fulfil the

eligibility conditions.

Records of persons grant-

ed citizenship by registration

or by naturalisation are main-

tained as per the provisions

of the Citizenship Act, 1955

and rules made thereunder.

These records are not main-

tained religion-wise. Prior to

1986, the district collectors

had been exercising the pow-

er to grant citizenship under

sections 5(1)(a) and 5(1)(d).

Records of such persons are

not available centrally. How-

ever, year-wise data of for-

eigners, who have been grant-

ed Indian citizenship during

the last 10 years, is enclosed

as annexure.

The Citizenship (Amend-

ment) Act, 2019 aims to facil-

itate grant of citizenship to

migrants belonging to Hindu,

Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi and

Christian communities from

Afghanistan, Pakistan and

Bangladesh who have taken

shelter in India due to perse-

cution on grounds of religion

or fear of such persecution in

their countries, and have en-

tered India on or before De-

cember 31, 2014 and who

have been exempted from the

penal provisions of the For-

eigners Act, 1946 and the Pass-

port (Entry into India) Act,

1920 and the rules made

thereunder by amending the

Passport (Entry into India)

Rules 1950 and the Foreign-

ers Order, 1948 vide notifica-

tions dated September 7,

2015 and July 18, 2016. These

notifications mention a cut-off

date of December 31, 2014.

The Citizenship (Amend-

ment) Act, 2019 facilitates

grant of citizenship to the

same category of foreigners.

All non-citizens are equally

covered under the provisions

of the Foreigners Act, 1946,

the Registration of Foreign-

ers Act, 1939, the Passport

(Entry into India) Act, 1920

and the rules made thereun-

der. Besides as mentioned in

reply to part (a), the eligible

legal migrants can acquire cit-

izenship either through natu-

ralisation or registration.

Acquisition of Indian citi-

zenship is governed by the cri-

teria provided under the Cit-

izenship Act, 1955 and rules

made thereunder. Citizenship

of India can be acquired by

birth or descent or registra-

tion or naturalisation or incor-

poration of territory.

As reported by the Bureau

of Immigration, 804 Bangla-

deshi immigrants have been

deported in three years – 308

in 2016, 51 in 2017 and 445 in

2018, the minister said.

No decision yet to prepare NRIC ...

ULFA(I) in talks ...(Contd from page 1)

The surrendering of over 85 cadres of the NLFT in Tripura

stand testimony to the continued commitment and vision for

the overall development and peace of the North East.

Modi said that his government has given top priority to de-

velopment of the North East. “The earlier governments did

not give much importance to development of the North East,”

he observed.

Meanwhile, official sources on Tuesday confirmed that Modi

shall be visiting Kokrajhar to participate in the celebrations of

the signing of the Bodo Agreement on February 7.

More than 4,00,000 people are expected to attend the pro-

gramme. A cultural programme of ethnic groups of Assam is

being organised by the State Government, to showcase the

diversity of the State.

The Prime Minister will address the gathering to hail the

historic Bodo Agreement signed in January this year, by in-

cluding the leading stakeholders under one framework.

In a tweet from his personal handle, the Prime Minister

termed the day as “a very special day for India” and that the

accord, “will lead to transformative results for Bodo people,

ushering in a new dawn of peace, harmony and togetherness”.

The Prime Minister, in his tweet said, “Bodo Agreement

stands out for many reasons. Those who were previously

associated with armed resistance groups will now be entering

the mainstream and contributing to our nation’s progress.”

Ethnic leaders ...(Contd from page 1)

“This meeting is a step towards formulating the definition of

Assamese people for our constitutional safeguard,” Doley said.

Assam Tea Tribe Sahitya Sabha representative Manomati

Kurmi in her speech urged all sections of the public to prevent

any further division of Assam. She also appealed to the leader-

ship of the Asam Sahitya Sabha to play the role of guardian to

all other Sahitya Sabhas of Assam.

“It is time to strengthen the unity among all communities...

The Asam Sahitya Sabha should take the initiative to bring all

tribes and communities of Assam to one common platform,”

said Prem Tamang, president of the All Assam Gorkha Stu-

dents’ Union.

Gariya Mariya Deshi Jatiya Parishad president Hafizul Ahmed

emphasised on the need to detect all indigenous people of

Assam to provide constitutional safeguard.

Addressing the session, Sabha president Dr Kuladhar Saikia

termed the young generation as the ‘paper house’ of Assa-

mese society and urged everyone to strengthen the economy

of Assam.

6 killed, 30 hurt ...(Contd from page 1)

The passengers who lost their lives in the accident were

identified as Montu Sheikh,Abida Khatun, Handan Saha, Gokul

Roy, Abul Hussein Mia, Hafizuddin Sheikh.

BEIJING, Feb 4: The death

toll in China’s coronavirus rose

sharply to 426 with 64 deaths on

Monday alone, while 3,235 new

confirmed cases were reported,

taking the number of those in-

fected with the deadly disease to

20,438, Chinese health authori-

ties said on Tuesday.

The 64 people who died on

Monday were all from Hubei

province, the epicentre of the

virus, China’s National Health

Commission said.

Also, 3,235 new confirmed

cases of the novel coronavirus

infection were reported, a big

increase in a day.

Another 5,072 new suspect-

ed cases were reported on

Monday, said the commission,

adding that 492 patients be-

came seriously ill.

The commission said that

2,788 patients remained in se-

vere condition and 23,214 peo-

ple were suspected of being

infected with the virus, a point-

er that it is increasingly turn-

ing virulent.

The overall confirmed cas-

es on the Chinese mainland had

reached 20,439 by the end of

Monday, the commission said,

noting that a total of 426 peo-

ple had died of the disease.

A total of 632 people had

been discharged from hospital

after recovery, state-run Xin-

hua news agency reported.

As the virus spreads from

human to human, 2,21,015

close contacts had been traced,

with 1,71,329 others still un-

der medical observation.

By the end of Monday, 15

confirmed cases had been re-

ported in Hong Kong, eight in

Macao and 10 in Taiwan.

The Philippines reported

the first overseas death from

GENEVA, Feb 4: The World Health Or-

ganisation said on Tuesday that the outbreak

of the deadly novel coronavirus, which has

spread from China to two dozen countries,

does not yet constitute a “pandemic”.

“Currently, we are not in a pandemic,” Syl-

vie Briand, head of WHO’s Global Infectious

Hazard Preparedness division, told report-

ers in Geneva.

Instead, she said, “we are at the phase

where it is an epidemic with multiple foci.”

The disease has killed more than 425 people

China’s coronavirus toll jumps to 426;confirmed cases soar to over 20,000

the virus on Sunday while 148

cases have been reported from

abroad.

India has reported three cas-

es of the coronavirus. All the

three patients from Kerala

recently returned from the af-

fected Wuhan city.

Currently, 647 Indians and

seven Maldivians who have

been evacuated from Wuhan

and Hubei are in 14-day quar-

antine at a medical camp in

Manesar, near Delhi.

As the virus continued to

spread at an alarming rate,

Chinese President Xi Jinping

on Monday warned officials of

punishment if they shirked

responsibility in tackling the

virus outbreak.

On Monday, China has

opened a 1,000-bed hospital

built in record nine days in

Wuhan city and started trials

for new drug to contain the

virus and is set to open anoth-

er 1,300-bed hospital next to

it on Wednesday.

The ruling Communist Party

of China on Monday held its po-

litical bureau meeting presided

over by President Xi to review

the steps being taken on vari-

ous fronts to halt the spread of

the deadly virus. – PTI

7 dead, 25 injuredin Algeria mishap

ALGIERS, Feb 4: At least

seven people were killed and

25 injured on Tuesday in Al-

geria’s second bus crash in a

fortnight, a day after authori-

ties unveiled new road safety

measures.

The bus service from the

eastern town of Souk Ahras to

the nearby city of Annaba over-

turned not long after depar-

ture, the emergency services

said. On January 19, 12 people

were killed and 46 injured

when two buses collided, again

in the east.

According to the national

road safety commission, a gov-

ernment agency, last year

3,275 people were killed and

more than 30,000 injured in

some 22,500 accidents that

caused casualties.

The figures were down on

2018, but at a cabinet meeting

on Monday, Interior Minister

Kamel Beldjoud unveiled new

measures to cut road deaths.

They included more speed

checks and drawing up a list of

accident black spots that would

be a priority for improve-

ments. – AFP

World ‘not in a pandemic’ of China virus: WHOand infected a further 20,000 in China, nearly

all of them in Hubei province – the epicentre

of the outbreak – and spread to two dozen

countries since it emerged in December.

Briand said that while there is rapid spread

of transmission in Hubei, the cases outside

the province are mainly “spillover cases”

with sporadic clusters of transmission.

Authorities in China have taken dramatic

measures to halt transmission, while other

affected countries have also taken steps to

avoid the spread of the virus. – AFP

Paramilitary policemen wear face masks as they march in formation into a pedestrianunderpass next to Tiananmen Square in Beijing on Tuesday. – AP/PTI

Iran to executespy who gave

n-secrets to CIATEHRAN, Feb 4: Iran said

on Tuesday that its top court

confirmed a death sentence

for an Iranian man convicted

of spying for the CIA, with

state media alleging that he

had shared details of the Is-

lamic Republic’s nuclear pro-

gramme with the American

spy agency.

Judiciary spokesman

Gholamhossein Esmaili iden-

tified the purported spy as

Amir Rahimpour and said he

would be executed soon. Es-

maili did not elaborate on what

Rahimpour was accused of do-

ing, nor on his age or back-

ground. State media did not

immediately name Rahim-

pour’s lawyer.

However, a report by the

state-run IRNA news agency

alleged that Rahimpour re-

ceived money from the CIA

to share details of Iran’s nu-

clear programme.

While being in touch with

the spy agency, he earned a lot

of money as wages as he tried

to deliver some information

from Iran’s nuclear pro-

gramme to the American

agency, the IRNA report said.

Rahimpour had been identified

and prosecuted and sentenced

to death and recently the coun-

try’s National Supreme Court

confirmed the sentence and,

God willing, he will be pun-

ished soon. The CIA did not

immediately respond to a re-

quest for comment.

Esmaili said two other al-

leged spies for the CIA each

received 15-year prison sen-

tences – 10 years for spying

and five years for acting against

national security charges.

Esmaili did not name those

arrested, only saying they

worked in the charitable field,

without elaborating. – AP

ISLAMABAD, Feb 4: A Pa-

kistani lawyer has ap-

proached the Supreme Court

to set aside the verdict of a

high court that annulled the

death sentence of self-exiled

former dictator Pervez

Musharraf.

The special court in Islam-

abad on December 17 last

handed down the death pen-

alty to the 74-year-old re-

tired general, now based in

Dubai, after six years of hear-

ing a high-profile treason

case against him.

The Pakistan Muslim

League-Nawaz (PML-N) gov-

ernment led by former prime

minister Nawaz Sharif had filed

the treason case against the

former army chief in 2013 over

the imposition of an extra-con-

stitutional Emergency in No-

vember 2007, which led to the

confinement of a number of

superior court judges in their

houses and sacking of over 100

judges. – AFP

Pak SC moved againstverdict on Musharraf

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2020 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI 5CITY

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and partly cloudy sky later.

Minimum temperature is most

likely to be 10°C on

Wednesday.

TEMPERATURE:Max 25.1°CMin 8.3°C

Citizens are requested to

express their Guwahati-

specific views within 100

words and mail the same to:

[email protected]

Unscrupulousflower pot lifters

I wish to highlight the fact that some greedy and un-

scrupulous people, devoid of any civic and aesthetic

sense, every now and

then steal the beautiful-

ly decorated flower

pots placed on the

dividers of roads and

bridges, while the

newly painted roads and

dividers are covered

with stains of gutkha in

no time.

The government is spending lakhs of rupees to

keep the city clean and beautiful, but there is a section

of people who are not letting this happen. Through

this letter, therefore, I would like to request this

section of the public not to indulge in such acts which

are negating the idea of development.

– Kabir Chakraborty,

Cotton University, Guwahati

Nomads killing birdsGuwahati has been frequented by people of the

nomadic community, who are mostly seen near the

Cotton College hostel roads. It’s a pity that this

community has no permanent home to stay. The

absence of public conveniences also compels them to

litter all around the drains and footpaths.

However, what is a matter of great concern is that

these people have been killing birds of the city for

food on a daily basis, with sharp tools mounted on

bamboo sticks.

If such rampant killing of birds is not stopped

immediately, then very soon different types of birds

will go extinct in and around the city.

– Abony Kanto Boro,

Kharghuli

CID to ask ED to probeDulal Bora’s assets

STAFF REPORTER

GUWAHATI, Feb 4: The

CID today engaged engi-

neers of the PWD to make

an assessment of the valua-

tion of Dulal Bora’s Koinad-

hora residence in the city.

An official source said the

CID is currently making an

assessment of the self-pro-

claimed RTI activist’s assets,

which are reportedly dispro-

portionate to his known

sources of income.

Bora has two residences in

the city, the other one being

at Rukminigaon, and is also

suspected to have amassed a

lot of benami property, a CID

official said.

“We will ask the ED to

take up the case. His has only

shown an electrical shop at

his residence as the source

of income. We are also ex-

amining his CA,” the official

added.

Currently, Dulal Bora is in

Diphu jail. He was taken to

Diphu in connection with an-

other blackmailing case filed

there by a senior officer of

the Irrigation department.

In his FIR, the Additional

Chief Engineer of Irrigation

department stated that

Bora, without filing any ap-

plication under the RTI Act,

obtained two official docu-

ments – work orders – is-

sued by him.

“He used these two doc-

uments for his ulterior mo-

tive. Using the documents,

he lodged a complaint

against a retired officer of

the Irrigation department

and later blackmailed him,”

the FIR stated, seeking an

inquiry as to how Bora ob-

tained the documents and

action against him for using

them unlawfully.

Meanwhile, the CID has

arrested two persons in con-

nection with Bora’s case so

far – one of his employees

and a deputy ranger. Two oth-

ers wanted by the CID –

ranger Pankaj Kalita and a

forester I – are on anticipa-

tory bail. These accused For-

est personnel reportedly

dealt with Bora’s unlawfully

acquired cash.

STAFF REPORTER

GUWAHATI, Feb 4: Former Speaker of

the State Legislative Assembly, Pranab Go-

goi, who breathed his last on Monday night

at a city hospital, will be cremated at Sivasa-

gar with state honours on Wednesday.

The mortal remains of Gogoi, a sitting

legislator from Sivasagar, were brought to

his residence located at Survey area of the

city last night itself. People from various

walks of life, including Congress function-

aries led by Bhupen Bora, paid floral trib-

utes to the departed soul. The mortal re-

mains were taken to the State Assembly

where legislators led by Speaker Hitendra

Nath Goswami offered their tributes.

Before being taken to Sivasagar, the

mortal remains were taken to the Rajiv

Bhavan in the city where senior Congress

leaders, including former Chief Minister

Tarun Gogoi, offered their last respects.

In a condolence message, Assam Gover-

nor Prof Jagdish Mukhi said that the de-

mise of the veteran political leader is a great

loss to the socio-political firmament of

the State.

“During his long political life and as a

minister of the State government, late

Gogoi worked for all sections of the people

especially the poor and under-privileged.

As the former Speaker of Assam Legisla-

tive Assembly, late Gogoi worked to en-

rich the values and tenets of parliamentary

democracy,” the Governor said, conveying

his heartfelt condolences to the bereaved

family members.

Expressing profound grief at the octoge-

narian leader’s death, Chief Minister Sar-

bananda Sonowal said that his contributions

in the State’s politics and society at large

will always be remembered. “He was a

value-based political leader throughout his

life. The contributions of late Gogoi in dif-

ferent spectrums of life are evident in the

State. An honest, mature and upright polit-

ical leader, late Gogoi always spoke and lived

for the rightful interests of the indigenous

people of the State. Moreover, as the Speak-

er of Assam Legislative Assembly, late

Gogoi always upheld the democratic tradi-

tions of the Assembly,” Sonowal said.

Offering his tributes, Speaker Hitendra

Nath Goswami recalled how Pranab Gogoi

had made an attempt to define “Assamese”

when he was the Speaker.

Recalling his association with the former

Speaker from the university days, Tarun

Gogoi said that his demise is a big loss to

the State. “He devoted his entire life to

social work and for the development of

Assam and its culture and language. He

carved out a reputation for himself by the

way he conducted the proceedings of the

House as a Speaker,” Gogoi said.

The Asam Sahitya Sabha, Industry Minis-

ter Chandra Mohan Patowary, State BJP pres-

ident Ranjeet Kumar Dass, State Congress

chief Ripun Bora and others also expressed

profound grief at Gogoi’s demise.

Rich tributes paidto Pranab Gogoi

City-based security researcherfeatured in int’l documentary

STAFF REPORTER

GUWAHATI, Feb 4: In-

drajeet Bhuyan, a Guwaha-

ti-based security research-

er, was recently featured in

an international documenta-

ry called Cyber Punkd by

Channel NewsAsia, Singa-

pore.

Previously, Bhuyan con-

tributed security to compa-

nies like Samsung, HTC,

Whatsapp, etc., and also

trained IT professionals in dif-

ferent government sectors.

His work on cyber secu-

rity got featured in various

national and international

news publications.

Bhuyan, who is the only

Indian hacker to feature in

the documentary, said that

he shared his knowledge

and work related to crypto-

jacking in the documentary.

“Being a security re-

searcher, it is our duty to re-

port the flaws that we find,

but, many a time either our

voice does not reach the peo-

ple concerned or mostly

gets ignored. At a time

when the internet is every-

thing, we cannot afford to ig-

nore security-related issues

while dealing with the digit-

al world. I thank Channel

NewsAsia for giving us the

opportunity to share the lit-

tle knowledge that we have

with such a big audience

worldwide and for making

our voices heard,” he said.

The documentary also

features many other securi-

ty experts and government

bodies from different parts

of the world like Russia, Es-

tonia, Singapore, Ukraine,

United Kingdom, Pakistan,

etc. Various experts from

different global companies

like Google, HackerOne,

Symantec, etc, also share

their knowledge in the doc-

umentary.

GRP ASI held forstealing gold fromtrain passenger

CITY CORRESPONDENT

GUWAHATI, Feb 4: Gov-

ernment Railway Police

(GRP) ASI Shraban Kumar

Jha was arrested on Tuesday

for allegedly stealing gold

from a train passenger at the

Guwahati Railway Station on

January 17.

An FIR had been filed with

the GRP in this connection at

the Guwahati Railway Station

on January 30. The passenger,

named Suresh Kumar, was

travelling to Faridabad by the

Dibrugarh-Delhi Rajdhani Ex-

press, when some railway po-

lice personnel checked his bag-

gage inside the coach. Howev-

er, some gold, which was in his

bag, was found to be missing

after the checking. The incident

happened when the train halt-

ed at the Guwahati Railway

Station, a GRP source said.

“During our preliminary

investigation, we’ve found

that Shraban Kumar was on

duty when the incident hap-

pened. Involvement of more

people in this case is also a

possibility,” police added.

2 held withdrugs, syringesCITY CORRESPONDENT

GUWAHATI, Feb 4: Jaluk-

bari police arrested two per-

sons with 2.88 gram suspect-

ed drugs from Maligaon on

Monday, police said today.

They have been identified as

Pranjit Das (36) and Raja Das

(22), both residents of the Ka-

makhya Gate locality. Two sy-

ringes were also recovered

from their procession.

Man lootedRs 1,52,000 inbroad daylightGUWAHATI, Feb 4: Mis-

creants looted cash worth Rs

1,52,000 from a man near the

Sixmile flyover here today.

“The incident took place at

11 am when the victim, iden-

tified as Basanta Hatimuria,

was coming back from the

Sixmile branch of the State

Bank of India after withdraw-

ing the cash. Two bike-borne

miscreants then snatched the

entire amount from him and

escaped. He was carrying the

cash in a bag along with some

documents. It has been sus-

pected that the miscreants

were following him for a long

time. They pushed him and fled

from the spot,” Officer-in-

Charge of the Dispur Police

Station Pradip Talukdar said.

A case has been registered

in this connection. – City

Correspondent

Women’s bodymeet on Feb 8GUWAHATI, Feb 4: A

general meeting of Dakshin-

Pub Guwahati Sanmilita

Naree Mancha will be held

at Bipanan Kshetra, Panjabari

Road, at 10.30 am on Febru-

ary 8 to discuss the forth-

coming International Wom-

en’s Day celebrations, a press

release stated.

OBITUARY

Kiron Ch BaruahGUWAHATI, Feb 4: Kiron

Ch Baruah,

a retired

additional

chief engi-

neer, As-

sam State

Electricity

B o a r d ,

passed away after a pro-

longed illness at his New

Guwahati residence on Feb-

ruary 3.

He was 73. He is survived

by his wife, two daughters

and a host of relatives.

Baruah had a brilliant aca-

demic career since his school

days. A man of mild and in-

quisitive nature, Baruah was

appreciated for his honesty and

sincerity in his department.

New chairman ofYoung IndiansGUWAHATI, Feb 3: Ha-

mad Berlashker, CEO, Tan-

gent, was elected chairman

of Young Indians, Guwahati

Chapter, for the year 2020-

21 here on Sunday. Young

Indians is the youth arm of

Confederation of Indian In-

dustry. – Staff Reporter

Rare heart operationconducted successfully

CITY CORRESPONDENT

GUWAHATI, Feb 4: A 15-year-old girl having heart-

related problems was operated upon successfully at

Narayana Superspeciality Hospital here recently, using

a percutaneous technique called Balloon Mitral Valvot-

omy (BMV).

The patient, Nayan Moni Gogoi from Lakhimpur, was

suffering from RHD/mitral stenosis (narrowing or tight-

ening of one of the valves in the heart). For over a year,

she had difficulty in breathing while walking or lying down.

Such patients are usually treated by valve replacement,

which requires an open-heart surgery, a press release is-

sued from the hospital stated.

The technique was successfully used on the patient by

cardiologist Dr Dipankar Das of the hospital, and her valve

was opened by inflating a balloon at high pressure. The

patient had immediate symptomatic relief.

BMV has a better and quicker post-operative recovery

and less mortality rate in comparison to valve replace-

ment. This procedure is not rare, but is not frequently

performed in the Northeast as it is considered cumber-

some and not entirely risk-free.

But, when performed successfully, it proves to be a boon

for such patients as it eliminates the need of open-heart

surgery.

Sam Stafford’skin asked toappear beforeprobe panel

CITY CORRESPONDENT


family of Sam Stafford, the

youth who died in police fir-

ing during the anti-CAA pro-

tests in Guwahati in Decem-

ber last, have been asked to

appear before the one-man

inquiry committee constitut-

ed to ascertain the causes

and circumstances leading to

the incident.

The Additional District

Magistrate (ADM), Kamrup

Metro district, in a recent no-

tification, directed the Offic-

er-in-Charge of the Hatigaon

Police Station to arrange for

the appearance of at least two

members of the deceased’s

family in the ADM’s office

chamber on Thursday, where

their statements would be

recorded.

Ace bodybuilder Mahadev Deka flagging off a World Cancer Day rally in Guwahati on Tuesday. – UB Photos

6 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2020

MESSAGE FOR TODAY

Only I can change my life. No one can do it

for me.

– CAROL BURNETT

Climate change, Bangladesh and CAA

Cancer careThe abnormally high incidence of cancer in the Northeast

warrants matching cancer care facilities in the region, which

unfortunately remains far from adequate. This causes a huge

exodus of cancer patients from the region to outside the

State seeking better treatment. Mumbai alone accounts for

some 10,000 cancer patients from the Northeast every year.

This also subjects the patients and their families to addition-

al financial burden in terms of food and lodging while seek-

ing treatment outside. While the B Borooah Cancer Insti-

tute – the sole cancer specialty centre in the Northeast –

has been catering to the needs of the region’s patients for

decades and of late it has added a number of several state-

of-the-art facilities, the burgeoning number of cancer pa-

tients in the region calls for more standardized cancer treat-

ment and palliative care centres in the region. Another curi-

ous aspect concerning the patients’ preference of cancer

treatment as also for various other serious diseases outside

the region has a lot to do with their lack of faith in treatment

within the region. Given that one often comes across wrong

diagnosis even in the well-known hospitals of the State, this

is something for our medical fraternity to ponder over so

that they can come up with the remedial measures and

restore the confidence of patients in them.

With the Northeast for long remaining the country’s can-

cer capital – something having a lot to do with the higher

prevalence of tobacco, areca nut, and alcohol consumption

in the region – the prevention aspect also merits a lot of

focus from all the stakeholders. Out of 39,000 new cancer

cases in the Northeast annually, Assam alone accounts for

29,000. At BBCI, over 12,000 new and around 85,000 old

cancer patients are seen every year, thus testifying to the

gravity of the situation. Apart from health-related inter-

ventions – a sustained drive to boost mass awareness is

another urgent need. This is because despite the abnor-

mal prevalence of cancer, awareness on the dreaded dis-

ease continues to be shockingly low in the region. In fact,

this lack of awareness has been a perennial bane in effec-

tive treatment of the disease, leading to rising cancer mor-

tality rates. Poor awareness as well as misconceptions and

myths associated with cancer invariably complicate the

situation. Cancer is very much a death warrant for many

even today, whereas the fact stands that cancer is totally

curable with early detection and treatment. This is more

widespread in the case of women suffering from breast

and cervical cancers, as ignorance, misunderstanding and

a sense of shame effectively debar the afflicted from tak-

ing recourse to timely medical intervention. The prevail-

ing situation reflects poorly on the efforts of the govern-

ment and voluntary agencies in disseminating information

on cancer. The Government should launch a sustained

campaign on cancer awareness with special emphasis on

reaching out to those in interior areas.

Settling an issueThat society in ‘new India’ continues to be male domi-

nated in matters of religion is the darkest blot on the post-

independent societal scenario. Women of every faith con-

tinues to be discriminated against, no matter that Shaktism,

one of the principal strands of Hinduism, glorifies the fe-

male principle, or that the Koran speaks of the equality of

women and men in the eyes of God. Thus women are

barred from entering numerous religious institutions

around the country under one pretext or another. Although

things are changing across the nation with women’s rights

activists, aided by the Judiciary, achieving notable victo-

ries, such as at the Sani Shingnapur temple in Maharash-

tra, some institutions are refusing to change, like Kerala’s

Sabarimala temple where women between 10 and 50 years

of age are barred from entering. The Board running that

temple had last year argued before the Supreme Court of

India for retaining ‘an 800-year-old practice’, contending

that judicial scrutiny of religious practices would open up a

‘Pandora’s Box’, the inference being that there were nu-

merous religious institutions in the country which too would

have to change their age-old practices to become equita-

ble. The Board had then cited the example that all mosques,

except those of the Dawoodi Bohra Muslim sect, did not

allow women to enter, and also submitted a list of religious

places where admission was restrictive.

It is in the context of such disputes regarding discrimina-

tion against women that a nine-member Constitutional Bench

is currently sitting to frame issues for deliberation regard-

ing discrimination against women in various religions and

religious practices. Its mandate is broad-based, not merely

confined to Sabarimala, but also on barring entry of Muslim

women into mosques, female genital mutilation in the Da-

woodi Bohra Muslim community and barring of Parsi wom-

en, married to non-Parsi men, in the holy fire place at an

agiary. In November last year the apex court had set seven

questions of law to be decided upon by the larger Bench.

Those included the interplay between freedom of religion

under Article 25 and 26 of the Constitution, need to deline-

ate the expression ‘constitutional morality’, the extent to

which courts can enquire into particular religious practices,

whether ‘essential religious practices’ of a denomination or

section thereof are protected under Article 26, etc. It is to

be hoped that the observations and directives of the nine-

member Constitutional Bench will settle once and for all the

question as to whether ‘tradition and faith’ can override con-

stitutional provisions which confer equal right and status to

men and women. In modern times, beliefs which had kept

women suppressed in other spheres are dissolving and

forbidding them from entering any particular place of wor-

ship is a disgraceful aberration which, hopefully, the apex

court would correct, and directives to that end be imple-

mented by concerned governments.

angladesh is one of the

largest deltas in the

world with a land area

of 1,47,570 sq km,

though not even twice the size of

Assam, but has a population of nearly

17 crores in 2019. One-fourth of its

total population live in the coastal

areas and with the rise of sea level

up to only one meter, Bangladesh

will lose up to 15% of its land area

under the sea water and around 30

million people living in the coastal

areas of Bangladesh will become

refugees.

The number of these climate ref-

ugees in Bangladesh is expected to

rise dramatically in the coming dec-

ades. Around 2 crore people are

predicted to lose their homes by

2050 because of the effect of the cli-

mate change and they will have no

place to stay in Bangladesh. The

people of Bangladesh are already

feeling the consequences of the cli-

mate change in dramatic ways.

Bangladesh is prone to cyclones, but

on November 15, 2007 the mega

cyclone Sidr swept the Bangladeshi

coastline with wind of about 155

mile per hour and tidal waves as

high as 16 feet, affecting 30 lakh

people and destroying tens of thou-

sands of homes.

The recent example of Australia

in which the unprecedented bush

fire devoured an area of 1,86,000 sq

km, nearly two-and-a-half times the

size of Assam, where millions of

species perished, is a testimony of

the fury of the climate change. In

2019 Australia had the hottest and

driest year on record all over Aus-

tralia. These effects were predict-

ed by the scientists through climate

change models, as early as 2008.

B

it is only logical and imperative

that Assam is kept out of CAA

and if it happens, then the illegal

post-1971 Hindu Bangladeshis

will have the incentive and drive

to relocate in other parts of our

vast country as refugees

citizens as per CAA, as they will

not otherwise have any status in

Assam. They will not be eligible

for state benefits, jobs, voting

rights, etc.

Lettersto the

EDITOR

Chaos during Section Assistant exam

Sir, – My exam centre for the

Section Assistant exam under the

State Irrigation Department was at

Assam Down Town University,

Panikhaiti, on February 1 last. The

first thing worth mentioning is that

the university charged Rs 20 per

bag/mobile. When a fellow

candidate asked whether the fee

was being charged by the depart-

ment concerned or the exam

centre, the invigilator tried to

ignore the question and asked the

candidate to question the exam

coordinator.

Secondly, when I went to collect

my bag, I saw hundreds of students

gathered to collect their belongings

and only two people giving away

the bags. There was so much chaos

and pushing and shoving all around.

After almost an hour of waiting for

the belongings and just a countable

number of persons getting their

bags, the students got agitated,

broke the barrier and started

Climate change is a reality now and

it is without a shadow of doubt that

Bangladesh will have huge number

of climate refugees, 2 crores or so

by 2050 as predicted by scientists.

The scientists predict that at least

2 crores people will be displaced by

the rising level of the sea and other

climate change effects by 2050, in

Bangladesh. Assam and the rest of

India will be the natural and only

destination of these homeless Bang-

ladeshis. Assam is always a favoured

destination of Bangladeshi

migrants. In the last sev-

en decades, since 1951,

one crore people from

Bangladesh have entered

Assam but in the next

three decades, the rate of

infiltration will be much

faster due to rapid climate

change. A large number

from this 2 crore climate

refugees will certainly

enter Assam and the

Northeast.

The Hindus of Bangla-

deshis know that they can

always manage to enter

Assam and to the rest of

India over the next decades

as persecuted minorities

and try to get Indian citi-

zenship as per the Citizen-

ship (Amendment) Act (CAA), as and

when the law is in place, even though

there is an arbitrary cut-off date now

of 2014 which can be deleted or ex-

tended by the government on hu-

manitarian or political grounds.

Over time, the Bangladeshi Hin-

dus will be pushed out by the Bang-

ladeshi Muslims to create room for

themselves and subsequently the

Muslim Bangladeshis will also move

out to Assam and India when the

living space will run out completely

in Bangladesh.

We are taking a very myopic view

now when we are quibbling about

how many Hindu Bangladeshis may

be given Indian citizenship in As-

sam through CAA, if implemented

– 3 to 15 lakhs being talked about –

but the final number, whatever it

may be, will pale into insignificance

by the huge number of climate ref-

ugees who will flood Assam in the

next three decades. Three decades

are only a dot in historic perspec-

tive of a nation or community.

The CAA is now before the Su-

preme Court where 144 petitions of

various individuals and organizations

including AASU has been filed and

the SC will only decide on the valid-

ity of the Act. The court may uphold

the Act as it is or with some modifi-

cation or may merely reject the Act

as unconstitutional. The people have

registered their protest against CAA

but the validity of the Act will be de-

cided by the Supreme Court on le-

gal, constitutional issues only.

Basically there are three possi-

bilities that Assam will face from the

CAA based on the judgment of the

Supreme Court:

If the Supreme Court rejects the

CAA on legal, constitutional

grounds, we will be back to where

we were before CAA was intro-

duced. Status quo will be maintained

and the Assam Accord 1985 will not

be violated. However, some of the

climate refugees out of 2 crores or

so will certainly enter As-

sam as illegal migrants,

but majority will possibly

prefer to enter West

Bengal and the rest of In-

dia to avoid the post-1971

Bangladeshi tag in Assam.

If the Supreme Court

upholds the CAA as valid

as the Act stands now, or

with some modifications

and Assam is part of it,

then the majority of the

1.5 crores or so Bangla-

deshi Hindus will enter

Assam and will seek In-

dian citizenship as perse-

cuted refugees within the

next three decades or so.

The climate refugees

of tomorrow will be the

poorest of the poor – they

will have no place to stay in Bangla-

desh and, nothing, no fence will stop

them from entering Assam and In-

dia as refugees.

But if the Supreme Court upholds

the CAA as valid as it is, or with

some modifications and keeps As-

sam out of its purview, it will be an

invisible all powerful barrier to keep

away the large stream of Hindu Bang-

ladeshis from the 2 crores or so cli-

mate refugees within 2050, who will

shun Assam and will enter West

Bengal and other parts of India and

apply to become Indian citizens as

per CAA. This is a saviour situation

for Assam for the coming decades

and the fabric of the indigenous iden-

tity of the State will be preserved.

While introducing the CAB, the

Central Government completely

ignored the status of Assam regard-

ing Bangladeshi infiltrators, that it

has already taken the burden of the

1951-71 stream of infiltrators and

is currently groaning under the

weight 70 lakh or so post-1971

Bangladeshis. Yet the Government

did not take any special provision

to keep Assam out of the CAA.

In the above context, it is only log-

ical and imperative that Assam is kept

out of CAA and if it happens, then

the illegal post-1971 Hindu Bangla-

deshis will have the incentive and

drive to relocate in other parts of

our vast country as refugees citi-

zens as per CAA, as they will not

otherwise have any status in Assam.

They will not be eligible for state

benefits, jobs, voting rights, etc.

Also if Assam is out of the CAA, it

will ensure that the Assam Accord

will not be violated as it is Assam-

specific only.

In these contexts, it is necessary

to press for keeping Assam out of

the CAA as it has very legitimate

grounds for its exclusion. Other

States of the Northeast will not es-

cape the onslaught of the climate

refugees, if Assam is not kept out

of the CAA. These climate refugees

would not be stopped by ILP or by

any other means; they will spill

over from Assam to other North-

east States over the decades,

changing the fragile demographic

structure of the region.

India and future technology developmentn this era of continuous techno-

logical upheavals, happening lit-

erally every single day, we non-

professionals hardly give any

attention to its fundamental scientif-

ic background. If we look back at the

past 500 years of human achievement,

we can observe that most of the sci-

entific accomplishments that oc-

curred in the field of fundamental

research later went on to the scale of

industrial applications, resulting in the

great industrial revolutions. Most

innovations of the 20th and 21st cen-

turies in the field of agriculture,

health, military industrial complex

and later space exploration, lay its

framework on fundamental research

and development (R&D) in science

and technology.

Once, while looking for chemi-

cal composition reference data on

some rare group of meteorites, as

part of research, this author was

surprised to find an old paper con-

taining the pertinent data with great

precision, published by someone

from Lockheed Martin. Why would

someone from Lockheed Martin be

interested in studying meteorites?

Lockheed Martin and their skunk

works have been utilizing material

research for cutting-edge aviation

technology development, and stud-

ies on meteorites open the doors

of opportunities for space mining

industries and other fundamental

research, in the future. See, that is

n Dipankar Pathak

vision! The kind of vision where

you see gold, even in a black liquid!

With the dream of double-digit econ-

omy that the citizens of India are

looking forward to in the next dec-

ades, India needs similar uprising

in the areas of fundamental R&D,

and thereby comes in this frame

the collage of multidimensional in-

novation in the form of collabora-

tion between universities and in-

dustries.

This author had applied for a re-

search in meteorite studies, in an

attractive novel project in Switzer-

land just because of the unavailabil-

ity of equivalent projects and the ad-

equate lab facilities in Indian insti-

tutes. Why was it so? Why despite

producing well trained IITians and

IIScians, we are not able to sustain

them? If you ask the NRIs, they will

tell you that they went abroad for

further studies or job, just because

they could not find one in India, which

serves their skills and talent. You

cannot expect all to be like Dr APJ

Abdul Kalam, after all! Why are we

not able to develop a simple instru-

ment to, say, analyse the basic chem-

ical constituents of a material? Some-

thing, for which research scholars

in India will be dependent on for-

eign labs through collaborations, and

end up sharing data, unconsciously

disregarding its long-term signifi-

cance. However, there is also no

dearth of such instruments in re-

search institutes across India, but

they are restricted to only few elite

institutes, and constrained to limit-

ed groups. These equipment are all

imported from the USA, Germany

and Japan, that require huge ex-

penditure, from procurement to

management. Therefore, given the

current investments in science,

making such expensive tools availa-

ble to every research institute is just

not economically viable. Also, one

personally believes such ‘spoon-

feeding’ removes the scientific tem-

perament of ‘how things actually

works’. Basic technology develop-

ment and its scientific application are

a symbiotic process. So, how can

this matter of developing basic tech-

nology be addressed? Let us look at

the possibilities.

Since the launch of Chandrayaan-

II, one has been observing the views

of people in India and around the

world. While some express happi-

ness on its successful launch, others

are expressing their pessimistic opin-

ion on the need for investments in

future space exploration, by a devel-

oping economy like India. If one looks

at the history of ISRO, one shall find

that most of its technology, although

in small scale, is indigenous. The im-

portant point to also note is ISRO

did that with minimum material re-

source, and maximum potential of

human resources available. Most of

ISRO scientists, including the chair-

person, have hardly obtained any de-

gree from a foreign institute. These

indigenous technologies developed

by ISRO have so far been used in

purposes of national interests, be it

weather forecast, agriculture, national

security or limited planetary science

research, but not directly in large

industrial scale applications. Only

recently, the commercial aspect of

satellite launching is considered. It is

a fact that ISRO labs are indigenous-

ly capable of designing and develop-

ing miniature sensors and instru-

ments on board their spacecraft for

the above-mentioned purposes,

which essentially is the same kind of

technology required to analyse the

chemical composition of a material

in a lab on earth. Therefore, the ques-

tion is: Can that same technology

developed by ISRO and its other

wings be used to build low-cost in-

struments, which can be distributed

to all relevant universities across the

country? This would greatly benefit

both the quality and quantity of sci-

entific research in India. Further re-

search using those instruments

would in turn improvise upgrading

those same technologies. R&D cen-

tres in the State and Central uni-

versities can be established, which

can collaborate with experts from

ISRO and others, to work on de-

veloping those technologies. If we

look at it from the commercial point

of view, some of the existing indig-

enous electrical and electronic

firms can lend their hand in supply-

ing the basic requirements and

even several new start-ups can be

encouraged to do the same. A shirt

manufacturing brand will not pro-

duce all A-Z materials necessary to

make a shirt. There will be many

smaller industries manufacturing

thread, buttons or dyes, which will

be associated with it. The same ap-

proach is necessary for basic tech-

nology development, technologies

that are crucial for indigenous ad-

vancement of science and technol-

ogy itself. This shall reduce the load

on buying limited technologies and

instead encourage the Government

to invest that same capital in sup-

porting platforms to build them.

Such industries when they reach a

profitable state can later also ex-

port such technologies to underde-

veloped countries, to help their sci-

entific atmosphere grow.

Another sector where R&D in In-

dia is lagging behind is that of reverse

engineering. Most of the technolog-

ical development in China, which we

see today, is because of investment

in reverse engineering they did per-

haps decades back. These same pro-

posed centres can also incorporate

reverse engineering of already avail-

able foreign technologies.

One often wonders if the IIT and

IISc graduates who migrate to for-

eign countries can contribute to-

wards industrial development

there, what prevents them to do

so in their own place of birth. Is it

the environment, poor infrastruc-

ture, available opportunities for

their future, or just the mindset?

I

collecting their own belongings. I

luckily found my bag, but I have a

serious doubt whether everyone

was so lucky. This raises a serious

doubt on the capability of the Assam

Down Town University to conduct

such competitive exams where

hundreds of aspirants appear in the

exams. Thirdly, when the syllabus

was mentioned in the website, it

was clearly mentioned that the

General Knowledge section will

have questions with special

emphasis on Assam, whereas in the

question paper, not a single question

was related to Assam. This kind of

misinformation causes lot of

problems to aspirants. Yours etc.,

TAPTI BORAH, Guwahati.

A logical hopeSir, – The Union Budget of this

year has revealed the goodwill of

the Government to develop five

sites of archaeological importance in

the line of tourism, and Sivasagar

from Assam has been able to grab a

place in the list which is a big

moment of pride for us. Assam has

a lot of such potential sites, some

famous for the scenic beauty and

some others for their archaeological

significance or religious purposes

which have to be developed and

beautified. Since the Government is

now focusing more on an all-round

development of ‘Rural Tourism’,

Assam having a rich diversity, each

village holding a vibrant culture and

heritage of its own bears huge

possibility to become country’s

most important rural tourism

centres. This will not only create

an ample amount of jobs in the

rural areas, improving the stagnant

rural economy, but will also make

an exposure of rural culture to the

outer world. But for this, the State

Government should have to work

on it to make Assam a targeted

cultural tourism, adventure

tourism and eco tourism spot.

Yours etc., PRONAMI GOGOI,

University of Delhi.

CorruptionSir, – Through your esteemed

daily, I would like to bring it to the

notice of the treasury officers of the

different treasury offices as well as

the authorities concerned of Assam

about the malpractices that are

going on in these offices. Last

November, a total of 60 candidates

were recruited to various posts

under the Department of Elemen-

tary Education (SCERT). We are

some of them. We have submitted

various documents that are

required to draw our first salary.

But it has come to notice that in

many districts, there have been

demands of money from the newly

employed ones in the treasury

offices to get the required work

done. In a time when our country is

talking of a complete corruption-

free system, I hope such actions are

dealt with strictly as soon as

possible. Yours etc., SOME

CONCERNED EMPLOYEES.

Betrayal of BJPSir, – It is now evident that

CAA 2019 has violated the

historic Assam Accord in letter

and spirit. The BJP in Assam

before the last Assembly election

promised in their election

manifesto that, if they form the

government in Assam, they would

implement the said Accord in

letter and spirit. They would

detect, delete and deport all the

post-1971 Bangladeshis from

Assam. The people believing in

their promises voted them to

power. Now the Chief Minister by

supporting CAA 2019 has acted

against the Assam Accord. Instead

of deporting such Bangladeshis

from Assam, he has now not only

supported them to stay in Assam

but also allowed fresh entry of the

Bangladeshis into Assam from

Bangladesh for any time to come.

Thus the BJP has betrayed the

people of Assam conspiring to put

an end to their identities forever

and to make Assam a second

Tripura within a short time. We

condemn such conspiracies. Will

the people of Assam make friends

with such betrayers? Yours etc.,

DHANESWER DAS, Survey,

Guwahati.

n Pradip Bhuyan

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Forum Against Citizenship

Act Amendment Bill today

said the dual nature of a sec-

tion of anti-CAA forces have

created confusion among the

general public, which is affect-

ing the pace of the move-

ment, mainly in urban areas

of the State.

The forum, with Dr Hiren

Gohain as president and Man-

jit Mahanta as convener, also

asserted that a concerted ef-

fort is required by all the CAA

protesting organisations, so

that the government cannot

create a divide among them.

“The intense anti-CAA

sentiments that united all

sections of the people of As-

sam against this controver-

sial Act is now somewhat

missing in some parts of the

State. In the absence of a

clear roadmap ahead and also

because of different stands

taken by different anti-CAA

forces, the government has

got an opportunity to desta-

bilise the people’s stir,” the

forum added.

Also commenting on the

speculations of a regional po-

litical party in Assam, it add-

ed that some leaders are keen

on floating a regional political

party over the issue and the

people, in general, are rather

confused about the entire sit-

uation, which has affected the

movement negatively. The

forum, however, stated that

anti-CAA stir in rural Assam

is still going on very strong,

which is a positive sign.

It also slammed the Asam

Sahitya Sabha for promoting

Bollywood-culture during its

most revered session.

“People are disheartened

to observed that at one end,

some organisations are vo-

cal against the government

and its decisions like CAA,

but on the other hand, they

lay red carpet for the leaders

who have been adamant on

bringing the amended Citi-

zenship Act, completely dis-

regarding the statewide dis-

contentment over the is-

sue,” added Manjit Mahanta.

The forum also strongly

criticised the selective action

against some of the CAA

protestors by the state forces,

police ‘atrocities’ on a section

of protestors, harassing peo-

ple like Professor Arupjyoti

Saikia in the name of interro-

gation by the NIA, and a selec-

tive approach in arresting

some anti-CAA protestors.

Anti-CAA forum expresses concern over slow pace of stir City hospital organisescancer awareness event

GUWAHATI, Feb 4: On the occasion of World Cancer Day

today, NEMCARE Hospitals organised an awareness pro-

gramme on cancer under the initiative of Dr Anjali Baruah,

senior consultant, Department of ENT, who delivered the

introductory speech on the disease, stated a press release

issued today. The other speakers on the occasion were Dr

Siddhartha Hazarika, Dr Jadu Nath Buragohain, consultants,

Department of Onco Surgery, and Dr Umesh Das, oncologist.

The speakers delivered their lectures on cancer and its

prevention and the lack of awareness in India for which the

death ratio is high compared to other countries. Many senior

consultants including Dr Hitesh Baruah, managing director,

Dr Mihir Kumar Baruah, medical director, and staff attended

the programme, added the release.

STAFF REPORTER

GUWAHATI, Feb 4: State Trans-

port Minister Chandra Mohan Pato-

wary reviewed the activities and

works of district transport officers

(DTOs) in a meeting held at the As-

sam Administrative Staff College,

Khanapara here today.

In the meeting, the Minister asked

the DTOs to render quality service for

the development of the transport sec-

tor in the State. He urged the officers

to work for creating a legacy in im-

proving their service to the people.

“Innovate, inspire and influence so

that people remember your good

Transport Minister reviews functioning of DTOswork,” said the Minister.

Patowary said all officers must

work to meet the objectives of the

department, which is to generate

revenue for the welfare of the public,

ensure safety on road and earn re-

spect for the department.

He said the department would soon

look into the matter of weighbridge

to check overloading vehicles.

He strictly directed the district of-

ficers to abstain from giving fitness

certificate without verifying the ve-

hicles, which may result in pollution,

road fatalities and other hazards. The

Minister stressed on using globally-

certified materials like retrofitters,

speed limiting devices, etc. to reduce

road accidents in the State.

Patowary asked the DTOs to take

all necessary measures to meet the

revenue target of the respective dis-

tricts during the financial year. He

directed the officers concerned to

go out of their offices for strict en-

forcement of the Motor Vehicle Act

and Rules and to fine the rule viola-

tors accordingly. He told that such

measures would ensure road safety

and also increase revenue. He

warned that stringent measures

would be taken against officials for

negligence in enforcing Motor Ve-

hicle Acts and Rules.

The Minister asked the DTOs to

take up with district authorities the

matter of speed breakers at critical

road junctions and conduct awareness

campaigns in educational institutions

on road safety.

The Transport Minister distributed

SIM cards among DTOs, which would

be the permanent numbers of their re-

spective district offices irrespective of

the officer’s posting and transfer.

The status of Mission Mode Na-

tional Transport Computerisation

Project, online services with the is-

sue of smart cards, permits and e-

challans was also reviewed by the

Transport Minister.

Murtaza Ahmed’sdeath mourned

STAFF REPORTER

GUWAHATI, Feb 4: Deeply mourning the death of former

AASU leader Ghulam Murtaza Ahmed, Save Guwahati Build

Guwahati (SGBG) has paid its heartfelt tribute to the de-

parted soul.

In a condolence message, SGBG’s founder president

Dhiren Baruah said Ahmed was the advisor of the SGBG

and the organisation sought his opinion and guidance while

taking up a range of social activities.

“A veteran leader and knowledgeable person, Ghulam

Murtaza Ahmed was a pioneer leader of the State, whose

life was devoted to the cause of Assam,” Baruah added.

Award to IIEGuwahati


Indian Institute of Entrepre-

neurship (IIE), Guwahati re-

ceived the ‘National Excel-

lence Award’ from Thawar

Chand Gehlot, Union Minis-

ter of Social Justice and Em-

powerment, for outstanding

performance in the imple-

mentation of National Back-

ward Classes Finance Devel-

opment Corporation

(NBCFDC) Technology Up-

gradation of Clusters scheme.

The award was presented in

New Delhi recently, stated a

press release today.

Vigil stepped upto check illegal

stone trade in cityCORRESPONDENT

JORABAT, Feb 4: Pulling

their socks up against illegal

stone trade in the city, the

forest officials have stepped

up vigil to check the rising

incidents of forest crimes.

To combat such crimes,

the Khanapara forest unit led

by beat officer (BO) Prahlad

Gayan has launched a crack-

down on the flourishing stone

syndicate in the city.

It may be mentioned that the

real estate builders in the city

are doing brisk business in the

area with an alarming rise in

illegal mining activities and

stone trade in the Meghalaya

hills, bordering Guwahati.

As per sources, contrac-

tors and traders take multi-

ple trips with a single challan

and carry excess load, there-

by causing huge revenue loss

to the government.

“Taking a serious note of

the matter, our team has suc-

cessfully seized five dump-

ers in the Khanapara area in

the last two days,” said BO

Gayan while speaking to The

Assam Tribune on the issue.

Dumpers bearing registra-

tion numbers – AS 01

KC0544, AS 01KC 5727, AS

01LC 2400 and AS 01JC 7162

– were seized on late Sunday

night, while another dumper

(AS 01EC 3104) was seized

on Monday night. The trucks

were carrying stone from the

adjacent Meghalaya hills with-

out necessary documents for

transportation. A source in the

know-how of the trade in-

formed that about 100 stone-

laden dumper trucks ply from

the Meghalaya hills daily and

enter Assam through NH-37

in Jorabat.

The trucks then enter Gu-

wahati through Khanapara.

Most of these trucks don’t

procure challan from the

source State and also don’t

procure ‘levy’ from the As-

sam Forest department for

the same.

Puja at Ayyappa MandirGUWAHATI, Feb 4: Like every year, the Purbanchal

Shree Ayyappa Mandir here is celebrating the ‘Prathistha

Dina Puja’ and other associated rituals from February 5 to

8, stated a press release today. As per information provid-

ed by the temple administration, there will be puja like

Mahaganapathi Homam at 5.30 am, Usha Puja at 7.30 am,

Udayasthamana Puja at 7.30 pm and associated rituals, puja

and Annadanam every day, added the release.

Autobiography ofDr DD Mali released

GUWAHATI, Feb 4: An

autobiography of eminent

economist and the pioneer

of entrepreneurship

education in the north-

eastern India, Dr DD Mali,

was released in the annual

programme of Conver-

gence 57 held at India Club

on Sunday, stated a press

release.

Written in Assamese, the

book, titled Khoj- Ek

Atmojibani, was released

by retired professors of

Gauhati University Anil

Goswami and Narendra

Nath Sarma, academician

Gangapada Choudhury,

initiator of Convergence 57

Darpa Bora and others.

In the autobiography, Dr

Mali has written almost all

important events and

people he confronted

during his lifetime. The

book has also presented his

complete service life,

including his important stint

as the founder director of

Indian Institute of Entre-

preneurship of Gauhati.

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AkhandaNaam yajnaat Kalaigaonfrom Feb 8CORRESPONDENT

KALAIGAON, Feb 4: The

51st Akhanda Naam Yajna of Sri

Sri Bhagawat Mandir will be

held at Kalaigaon from Febru-

ary 8 to 10 with various reli-

gious events. The programme

will be organized by Sankari

Kala Kristi Bikash Kendra,

Kalaigaon. The hoisting of

Dharma Dhawja at 8.30 am on

February 8 by Bandhu Ram Sa-

haria, president, reception

committee will mark the be-

ginning of the three-day pro-

gramme followed by homage

paying ceremony at 9 am by

Jibananda Bora, president, Sri

Sri Bhagawat Mandir, Ka-

laigaon. Competitions like Bor-

geet and Satriya dance will be

organized on the inaugural day.

On the second day on Feb-

ruary 9, a religious procession

will be taken out at 9:30 am

followed by the ‘Dharmalocha-

ni Sabha’ at 12 noon which will

be presided over by Purandar

Barua. Kushal Kalita, working

president, Loka Bhasa Prasar

Samiti, Assam will inaugurate

it. Bhagawat Path and a discus-

sion will be held on the con-

cluding day on February 10 at

8 am. The programme will

conclude in the evening with a

religious cultural programme.

Three heldSTAFF CORRESPONDENT

SILCHAR, Feb 4: Based on

secret inputs, Karimganj po-

lice arrested three youths and

seized 6000 Yaba tablets

along with a pistol from their

possession on Monday.

Karimganj SP Kumar San-

jit Krishna informed this cor-

respondent that the arrested

youths were arrested from

Malua under Badarpur PS and

the Yaba tablets with an esti-

mated market price of Rs

30,00,00 together with a pis-

tol were recovered from their

possession. The arrested trio

have been identified as Hasnul

Hussain Choudhury, Dilowar

Hussain Choudhury and Al-

imuddin Choudhury, all resi-

dents of Borkhola constituen-

cy in Cachar district. The SP

informed that a case has been

registered and police is in-

vestigating the matter.

India must claim tohost 21st edition of

IBC: Dr Gandhi

CORRESPONDENT

GOALPARA, Feb 4: Nes-

tle India in association with

the National Association

Street Vendors of India

(NASVI) and supported by

Food Safety, Assam organ-

ised a day-long training pro-

gramme here at the District

Agriculture Training Centre

recently with the objective

to educate and assist the

street food vendors of Goal-

para on issues related to

health and hygiene aspects of

handling street food.

Inaugurating the pro-

gramme, Deputy Commis-

sioner Varnali Deka while

praising the novel efforts of

Nestle India and all the stake-

holders as part of CSR activ-

ities, said that there are many

food safety challenges to-

wards providing nutritious

and healthy street food in the

district. She also said that the

street food provides an in-

expensive nutritious food

that meets the requirement

of middle and lower income

Noted physicist Dr AnshumanChowdhury feted

Int’l meet onnationalismfrom Feb 6GUWAHATI, Feb 4: The

Department of English, Bod-

oland University, Kokrajhar

in collaboration with the De-

partment of Political Science,

Cotton University, Guwaha-

ti, Department of Humanities

and Social Sciences (HSS),

CIT, Kokrajhar and GLC Col-

lege, Barpeta is organising an

international conference ti-

tled, ‘Re-configuring Nation-

alism: Protest and Acquies-

cence’ from February 6-8 , a

press release stated.

Around 80 participants

from India and abroad have

registered their names for

the conference. Dr Maya

Tudor from Oxford Univer-

sity will give the keynote ad-

dress on ‘Nationalism and

Democracy in Comparative

Perspective: Insights from

Asia’ at Bodoland University

on February 6 at the Bod-

oland University Campus.

Prof Sugata Bhaduri from

JNU, New Delhi and Prof

Susheel Kumar Sarma from

Allahabad University will ad-

dress the plenary session of

the conference. All the tech-

nical sessions are going to be

held at the Bodoland Univer-

sity on February 6 and 7.

The valedictory address

will be delivered by Dr Mau-

reen Waters O’Neill, Eakin

Visiting Fellow in Canadian

Studies, McGill University,

Canada on ‘Nationalism in

Multicultural State: A com-

parative perspective’ at Cot-

ton University on Feb 8.

Ringkhu Damsa Busu Dimacelebrated at Diyungbra

GUWAHATI, Feb 4: Assam

Bhawan, Mumbai which has

been rendering dedicated serv-

ice to cancer patients at Tata

Memorial Hospital, Mumbai

since 2004 was recognised and

honoured at a solemn function

held yesterday at the golden

jubilee hall of the hospital

premises, a press release stat-

ed.

The Assam Bhawan team,

led by Joint Resident Com-

missioner Devashish Sharma,

has been offering its dedicated

services at the Tata Memorial

Hospital not just to the patients

from Assam but to patients

from all over the country, who

come for assistance to their

help desk at the general OPD

at Tata Memorial Hospital.

Honour for AssamBhawan, Mumbai

Hangsadhar Goswami, retired Vice

Principal of Patharighat HS School in

Darrang district and a

resident of Hatimara village

in Nagaon, Darrang passed

away on January 26. He was

80.

He was a brilliant student

since childhood. As an award-

winning teacher, Goswami

always made his classes

more interesting for students.

His death has been widely condoled by

Dr TrailokhyaNath Sarma

GUWAHATI, Feb 4: Dr

Trailokhya Nath Sarma, an

eminent gynaecologist died

at his residence at Sankardev

Path, Pub Sarania here on

February 3 following cardiac

arrest. He was 76.

He was the Principal of

Tripura Medical College and

Dr RBRAM Teaching Hospi-

tal, Agartala. He also worked

at the Guwahati Medical Col-

lege & Hospital, Assam Med-

ical College and Birat Medi-

cal College in Nepal.

He is survived by his wife,

a son, three daughters and a

host of relatives.

BirajmoyeeMahanta

GUWAHATI, Feb 4: Bira-

jmoyee Mahanta, a resident

of New Sarania (Gandhi Bas-

ti) passed away on February

1 in a private hospital here.

She was 87.

She was the daughter of fa-

mous lawyer late Ganga-

narayan Choudhury, who

hailed from Barpeta district.

She was married to an Indi-

an Railways Officer, Munin-

dra Nath Mahanta and start-

ed living in New Sarania

(Gandhi Basti). She was a

simple, kind hearted and soft-

spoken lady. She was associ-

ated with Sankar Naamghar,

Paltan Bazar; Barpeta Naam-

ghar and Patbausi Satra.

She leaves behind a son,

two daughters and a host of

relatives.

Rita BorpuzariGUWAHATI, Feb 4: Rita

Borpuzari, a resident of Maya

Apartment, New Guwahati

Tiniali, passed away on Feb-

ruary 1. She was 87.

She started her career as

a teacher in Shree Bharati

ME School at Jorhat and lat-

er on, after her marriage,

joined the Paltanbazar Ben-

gali Girls’ High School, from

where she retired.

She leaves behind her hus-

band Prabin Ram Barthakur, a

daughter and a host of relatives.

various organisations including Darrang-

Udalguri Zila Brahman Samaj, Asom

Brahman Samaj, Darrang District

Freedom Fighters’ Associations

and Patharighat HS School

fraternity.

Today on the day of his adya-

sraddha, we pray to the Almighty

for granting eternal peace to his

departed soul. His loving

memory will remain in our hearts

forever.

– Binoy Ranjan Sarma

Hangsadhar Goswami: a tribute

Visitors browsing through books at the book fair organised on the occasion of 75th biennial session of the Asam

Sahitya Sabha at Jyoti Khetra, Sualkuchi on Tuesday. – UB Photos

STAFF CORRESPONDENT

SILCHAR, Feb 4: If the

words of Dr Kanchi N Gan-

dhi, Senior Nomenclature

Registrar and Bibliographer

at the Harvard University,

Herbaria, USA are to be be-

lieved, India must step up its

efforts to place its proposal

for hosting the 21st edition

of the International Botani-

cal Congress (IBC) sched-

uled for 2029.

On the sidelines of deliv-

ering the invited lecture on

‘Plant Nomenclature and Art

of Learning’ at the lecture-

cum-workshop organised by

the Department of Life Sci-

ence and Bio-informatics at

Assam University Silchar on

Monday, Dr Gandhi shared his

thoughts with The Assam

Tribune saying, “the 19th

edition of the IBC was held

in China back in 2017 and the

next edition in 2023 will be

held at Rio de Janerio, Bra-

zil. However, there has been

a spurt among the scholars

and enthusiasts of plant no-

menclature across India and

I feel that conditions are con-

genial for placing a proposal

to host the 21st IBC here.

The Botanical Survey of In-

dia (BSI) which would be cel-

ebrating its 130th anniversa-

ry on February 13 should take

the lead and along with uni-

versities and other research

institutes must come togeth-

er to strongly place its claim

before the regulating com-

mittee for the 2029 IBC.”

Dr Gandhi further men-

tioned that an event such as

the IBC shall bring botanical

experts from world over to

experience and explore the

diverse bio-geographic zones

across the country, which

shall develop botanical think-

ing and augment research in

the area in India and across

the globe as well.

The veteran botanical ex-

pert also gave vital inputs on

the art of naming plants to

over 50 participants attend-

ing the workshop from Gu-

wahati, Imphal, Agartala,

Kolkata along with the host

university and Cachar Col-

lege, Silchar.

Earlier, speaking at the in-

augural session, Vice Chan-

cellor Prof Dilip Chandra

Nath expressed his happi-

ness over organising the

workshop and said that such

activities must be organised

frequently at the university

to add to the spirit of re-

search activities among the

fraternity.

Prof Manabendra Dutta

Choudhury, Head, Depart-

ment of Life Science and Bio-

informatics amplified the ex-

pressions of Dr Gandhi say-

ing that Assam University

Silchar will extend solidarity

towards the objective of host-

ing the mega conference in

India for the larger benefit of

students and the academic

fraternity. Pro-Vice Chancel-

lor Prof Abhik Gupta, Dean,

School of Life Sciences Prof

Suprio Chakraborty also

spoke on the occasion while

Dr Debjyoti Bhattacharya,

the co-ordinator of the work-

shop expressed gratitude to

the dignitaries and partici-

pants for the successful com-

pletion of the workshop.

Training prog onhygiene for street food

vendors organisedpeople and at the same time

plays an important socio-eco-

nomic role by providing jobs

and livelihood to many peo-

ple. However, if their enter-

prises are not handled cor-

rectly, it may have an adverse

affect on health and hygiene

of consumers. It has been

observed that street vendors

are often illiterate, poor and

lack the knowledge of han-

dling safe and hygienic food.

She mentioned that the

training programme will

provide proper guidance to

all the street food vendors of

the district on health and

hygiene aspects of handling

food and customer care and

indirectly improve their busi-

ness and income.

Meanwhile talking to this

correspondent, Manager,

Corporate Affairs Surojit

Mukherjee said that the

project started way back in

2016 and the company has

been training street vendors

across the country with the

objective of providing hygi-

enic and nutritious street

food to people. He also in-

formed that the training pro-

gramme focuses on issues

relating to health, hygiene,

food handling, food safety

concepts , personal & cart

hygiene, environmental hy-

giene, pest control and gar-

bage disposal.

He added that Goalpara is

the 3rd district after Guwa-

hati and Jorhat where the

programme has been initiat-

ed, paying particular atten-

tion to educating the street

food vendors on handling safe

food, customer care, entre-

preneurship and environ-

mental hygiene which deals

in proper refuse disposal fa-

cilities. Mukherjee also in-

formed that a total of 73

street food vendors have par-

ticipated in the programme

where each of them were

provided an apron, a cap and

100 pairs of gloves free of

cost for ensuing personal hy-

giene and for preventing dis-

eases. The resource person

for the programme was

NASVI trainer Md Zubair.

OBITUARY

Dhrubajyoti Sharma, Administrative Assistant, Assam

Bhawan, Mumbai receiving the trophy from Dr CS Pramesh,

Director, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai.

CORRESPONDENT

DOOMDOOMA, Feb 4:

Noted physicist Dr Anshuman

Chowdhury, son of Nitya

Chowdhury and Nirala Chow-

dhury of Koliapani of Doom-

dooma town, was accorded

warm felicitation by Doom-

dooma Sakha Sahitya Sabha

(DSSS) and Doomdooma

branch of Elora Vigyan Man-

cha (EVM) in a solemn func-

tion held at DSSS Bhawan re-

cently for his excellence in the

academic field.

Anshuman was awarded

PhD degree recently by Uni-

versite Paris Saclay, France for

his thesis ‘Statistics of disloca-

tions at low temperature in

pure metals with body centred

cubic symmetry.’ He carried

out his research at the French

Atomic Energy Commission

(Government of France) un-

der the supervision of senior

research scientist Dr Laurent

Proville.

The entire research work

was fully funded by French

Atomic Energy Commission.

Though three years period

was fixed for the research

work, Anshuman completed it

in 35 months.

An alumni of Don Bosco

School, Doomdooma, Anshu-

man completed his MTech

from the University of Petro-

leum and Energy Studies,

Dehradun with a silver medal.

The felicitation function was

chaired by DSSS president Bi-

mala Baruah. In reply to the

felicitation, Anshuman thanked

the organisers for holding such

an inspirational programme.

Addressing the gathering,

Tinsukia Zila Sahitya Sabha

president Arjun Baruah, re-

tired professor of Doom-

dooma College Ramesh Gos-

wami, Manoj Dutta, paediatri-

cian, among others, spoke on

the versatile qualities of An-

shuman, who has already trav-

elled to 12 countries in the

world. He is also a travel blog-

ger and a poet. The academi-

cians present in the function

interacted with Anshuman on

nuclear energy

Activists of Lakhimpur unit of AAASA staging a dharna in demand of ST status for the Adivasi community, in Lakhimpur

on Tuesday. – UB Photos

CORRESPONDENT

HAFLONG, Feb 4: With an

objective to protect, promote

and preserve the rich culture,

tradition and history of the

Dimasa community, the Diy-

ungbra Ringkhu Damsa Cul-

tural Committee celebrated

Ringkhu Damsa Busu Dima

at the JB Hagjer College play-

ground at Diyungbra, about

90 kilometres from Haflong

in Dima Hasao district with

traditional fervour recently.

The day-long programme

was attended by Monjit

Naiding, Chairman of Haf-

long Municipal Board as the

chief guest, while Dr Uttam

Bathari, Associate Professor

in the Department of Histo-

ry, Gauhati University along

with his colleague from Na-

galand attended as guests of

honour. All the gaonburhas

of the surrounding villages

were also present as special

guests.

The festival was declared

open with the inauguration of

phangsla, a majestic gate

made of bamboo without us-

ing any nail or wire.

The day’s programme

started with hoisting of the

insigne by the president of the

committee. Traditional games

and sports, including dances

were performed by people of

all age groups.

In order to showcase the

traditional household items, a

mini museum was also set up

at the venue where hundreds

of age-old items used by the

Dimasa community were dis-

played.

Prompt initiative byEducation dept hailed

CORRESPONDENT

UDALGURI, Feb 4: Ac-

tivating the state govern-

ment’s transperancy in

functioning, the Inspector

of Schools of Udalguri dis-

trict circle on Monday hand-

ed over the grants of provi-

sional pension to three as-

sistant teachers of three dif-

ferent high schools of

Udalguri district in a sim-

ple function.

The function to this effect

was chaired by Bhaben

Deury, Inspector of Schools

of Udalguri district where

grants of provisional pension

were handed over to Nabin

Chandra Brahma, assistant

teacher of Bhergaon Uccha

Vidyapeeth, Bishnu Thaku-

ria, assistant teacher of no. 2

Nalbari High School and Im-

rajul Hoque, assistant teach-

er of Lailongpara High

School, all under the juris-

diction of Udalguri district.

All the three teachers re-

tired on Saturday. The meet-

ing also felicitated Santoram

Kachary, Deputy Inspector

of Schools, who retired on

January 31 last.

The Inspector of Schools,

on the occasion, felicitated

the retired teachers and the

DI with arnai and phulam

gamusa and wished their

long healthy life and appealed

to them to look after their

respective schools as guard-

ians even after retirement in

the form of social service.

THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI 9WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2020

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CINEMA PROGRAMME

No. MRS.78/2018/20

ADVERTISEMENTIn accordance with the approval received from the Director of Land Records and Surveys Etc., Government

of Assam vide their letter No.DLR/LR-42/Pt-1/2012/167, dated 20/01/2020, Applications are invited from the

intending candidates for filling up of the following posts in the office of the Circle Officer, Ujani Majuli Revenue

Circle, Majuli. The Application should be submitted in the Standard Form of Application as published in the

Assam Gazettee in Part-IX on or before 25th February, 2020 up to 5 p.m. in the office of the Deputy

Commissioner, Majuli, P.O. Garamur, Pin-785104.

SI. Name of No. of Post Educational Qualification Scale Pay

No. the Post

1. Junior No of Post. 01 A) Graduate or equivalent in any Rs,14,000 - to

Assistant (one) discipline from any recognized 60,500/- Grade

[unreserved] University . pay Rs. 6,200/-

B) Candidates must have P.M. PB-II.

proficiency on basic Computer

Applications like MS Office, MS

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C)Certificate/diploma for

06(Six) Months in Computer

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(one) 37,500/-


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Note:

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2. The applicant must not less than 18 years and more than 44 years of age on 1st January, 2020. The upper

age limit is relaxable for the Candidates of SC/ST/OBC/MOBC etc as per the existing rules enumerated by

Govt. O.M. No.ABP.06/2016/4; Date: 03.03.2016.

3. Candidates already in service should apply through proper channel.

4. Incomplete application will be rejected and no applications will be entertained after the scheduled date.

5. The reservation, if any, will be followed as per standing Government norms as amended from time to time.

6. The selected candidate will submit an undertaking to appointment authority that they will abide by new

pension rules of Government issued vide Finance Department letter No.B/W-3/03/Pt-I/1, date. 25.1.2005.

1. No TA &DA is admissible for appearing in the Written and other Test to be called for.

2. If the number of candidates applying for the post is too large, then the authority may decide to have a

qualifying criteria in order to issue admit cards for the written test.

3. (A) Eligible candidates for the post Junior Assistant will have to appear in a written Test Examination, to

be followed by Computer Test of qualified candidates only.

i) General English (including General knowledge & Arithmetic) 150 marks.

ii) Language skills in Assamese/English 50 marks.

iii) Knowledge of Computer Theory 50 marks.

iv) Computer Test 50 marks

(B) Eligible candidates for the post copyist will have to appear in a written Test Examination, to be followed

by Handwriting Test of qualified candidates only.


(C) Eligible candidates for the post of Driver will have to appear in a written Test Examination, to be followed

by Driving Test of qualified candidates only.


(D) Eligible candidates for the posts at Sl. No. 4,5,6 &7 will have to appear in a written Test Examination

comprising of 50 ( Fifty marks).

4. Call letters of eligible candidates for appearing in the written test will be uploaded in the website

www.majuli.gov.in and the notice for written test will be published in newspaper. However, the candidates

may collect the hard copy of the Admit Card from the office of the Deputy Commissioner, Majuli during

office hours.

5. All information pertaining to the written test results and the final results will be intimated through 02 (Two)

news paper and notice board in this office and the website www.majuli.gov.in only from time to time. The

candidates are therefore advised to refer to the website from time to time in their own interest.

6. Address for submission of Application form:

THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER, MAJULI,

OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER,

MAJULI, GARAMUR-785104.

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conditions of the advertisement at any stage without assigning any reason thereof.

8. Canvassing directly or indirectly shall disqualify a candidate.

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Sd/- Deputy Commissioner

Janasanyog/D/9848/19 Majuli

GUWAHATI, Feb 4: Not-

ed filmmaker from Assam,

Rima Das is part of the jury

for the Generation 14plus

competition of the Berlinale

festival, a

press reela-

se stated.

The Ber-

lin Interna-

tional Film

F e s t i v a l

( G e r m a n :

Internation-

ale Filmfest-

spiele Ber-

lin), usually

called the

Berlinale, is a film festival held

annually in Berlin, Germany.

The competition for Gen-

eration 14plus will take place

on February 28 next at the

Urania and the awards for the

Generation Kplus competi-

tion will be announced on Feb-

ruary 29.

“Being on the jury of the

Rima Das in

Berlinale juryBerlin International Film Fes-

tival is a huge honour and re-

sponsibility. I feel blessed that

I have got this opportunity at

an early stage in my journey.

It’s only last

year that

Bulbul Can

Sing was

part of Gen-

e r a t i o n

14Plus. This

is even

more special

since Gen-

eration sec-

tion show-

cases films

for children and youth, which

are very close to my heart. I

hope more filmmakers in In-

dia as well are inspired to

make films for children and

youth,” Rima Das said in a

statement.

The other members of the

14plus international jury are

Abbas Amini and Jenna Bass.

CORRESPONDENT

KOKRAJHAR, Feb 4: Preparations are

on in full swing to welcome Prime Minis-

ter Narendra Modi to observing the his-

toric Bodo peace accord celebration,

scheduled to be held on February 7 here

near the new Railway flyover.

Talking to mediapersons here today at

the venue, State Finance Minister Dr

Himanta Biswa Sarma said that prepara-

tions have been almost completed. All the

four factions of the NDFB, ABSU, UBPO,

BTC and the State Government are also

engaged in organising the programme

Sarma also said that around seven to

eight lakh of people are expected to gath-

er on the historic day at Kokrajhar add-

ing that the North East Frontier Railways

has already been requested to provide

four trains from Udalguri, Batasipur are-

as to reach the venue at Kokrajhar.

The State Government has already de-

clared a local holiday for the four districts of

BTAD in view of the Prime Minister’s visit

and the matter has also been communicat-

ed to the BTC administration in order to

Brisk preparations on towelcome PM at Kokrajhar

make attendance of people at the venue.

At the same time, he informed that he

has already requested the Koch Rajbong-

shi leaders and other organisations not to

call any bandh during the PM’s visit but to

join and encourage people to attend the his-

toric day in the better interest of the State

of Assam. He also assured the organisa-

tions from the non-Bodo communities who

are confused with the Bodo peace pact, that

they will be consulted and given the scope

to discuss the matter with the Assam gov-

ernment on February 12 and 13 next for

clarification of doubts or resentment or any

apprehension regarding the accord.

He said that he has further invited lo-

cal Lok Sabha MP Naba Sarania to join

the programme at Kokrajhar during the

visit of the Prime Minister.

Dr Sarma also revealed that the Prime

Minister was scheduled to visit the ven-

ue by 12 noon and he will be received

from the helipad to the stage through a

cultural dance from across communities

while a slot of 10 minute has been allot-

ted for a Bodo traditional dance ‘Bagu-

rumba’ before the Prime Minister.

Along with the BJP workers, support-

ers of ABSU, BPF, UBPO along with the

four factions of NDFB will on their own

way make sure of a large gathering at the

venue, he said. Dr Sarma further revealed

that at Kokrajhar town before the day of

the PM’s visit, the whole Kokrajhar town

will be lit with one lakh earthen lamps on

the evening of February 6 to welcome the

Prime Minister.

Meanwhile, today ABSU general sec-

retary Lawrence Islary thanked the effort

of the Prime Minister for his leadership in

bringing permanent peace to the BTR for

initiating and finalising the peace accord.

He requested people across caste,

creed and religion to join in the celebra-

tion of peace accord and appealed to those

to withdraw any bandh call during the day

of the PM’s visit and to discuss with the

Government for solution of any unre-

solved matter of interest.

On the other hand, the people of BTR

at large are waiting for the day of arrival

of the Prime Minister on the occasion of

celebrating the peace accord and to hear

from the Prime Minister of India.

CORRESPONDENT

SIVASAGAR, Feb 4: The demise of former Speaker and

former Minister for Law, Handlooms &Textiles, Pronob Go-

goi , who died of a massive cardiac arrest yesterday, was

mourned by a host of socio-cultural organisations of Sivasagar

today as his mortal remains arrived at his Sivasagar Red Cross

Road residence in the evening from Guwahati.

Thousands of mourners thronged his residence. Among

them Debabrat Saikia, Leader of Opposition in the Assembly,

paid his homage to the departed leader and said that Pronob

Gogoi was a close friend and both the families worked togeth-

er while his father Late Hiteswar Saikia was alive.

He also said that Pronob Gogoi’s death is a great loss to the

Congress and he served the State as a Speaker of the As-

sembly with dignity. Sivasagar Deputy Commissioner Dr

MS Laksmipriya, former MLA Thowra, Sushanta Borgo-

hain, senior Advocate Lohit Prakash Dutta, ADC Junmoni

Sonowal and a host of socio-cultural organisations including

the Sivasagar district administration, Zila Parishad, Jila Ma-

hila Samity, Sivasagar Bar Association, Rongpur Sahitya Sab-

ha, Rongpur Byobasayik Santha, Sibsagar College, Sivasagar

Girls’ College, Zila Sahitya Sabha, Nagarik Santha, and many

others paid tributes.

His body will be taken to Sivasagar Rajiv Bhawan and then

his ancestral village Hanchora Jathipatiya for the last rites.

Pronob Gogoi’s deathwidely mourned at

Sivasagar

Journalists urgedto be neutral

Journalists awarded at the 75th biennial session of the Asam Sahitya Sabha being held atJyoti Kshetra, Sualkuchi posing for a group photograph on Tuesday. – Photo: SamarendraSarma

STAFF REPORTER

SUALKUCHI, Feb 4: Therecent advancement in sci-ence and technology hasposed a number of challengesbefore the journalist commu-nity, especially the newly-in-troduced social media plat-form, that has changed theentire scenario.

This was observed by theformer Vice-Chancellor ofGauhati University and notededucationist of the State, DrMridul Hazarika while inau-gurating the Mayaram Tamu-li Sangbadik Sanmilan held onthe last day of the 75th bien-nial conference of the AsamSahitya Sabha here.

In his speech, Dr Hazarikaalso urged the journalist com-munity to be neutral and avoidall kind of personal biases inreporting.

Speaking in the session, thenewly elected president of theAsam Sahitya Sabha Dr Ku-

ladhar Saikia said, “Ensuringthe reliability in every newsis a major challenge for everyjournalist. Moreover, a jour-nalist should maintain hones-ty at every step.” Saikia as-serted that in this world eve-rything is changeable exceptthe power of honesty. He alsoemphasised on the need topublish good and positivenews on the front page of anewspaper.

In the same event, the Sab-ha today gave away the Laksh-minath Phukan journalistaward to senior journalist Pras-anta Rajguru, Kirti Nath Haz-arika award to Bedabrata DevaMisra and Bipul Deka and theParag Kumar Das youth jour-nalist award to Basistha DevPhukan, Tapan Kumar Boraand Manoranjan Bari.

Accepting the award,Prasanta Rajguru said that tobring back the people’s reli-ability on journalism, thereis a need to strengthen the

democratic system.“Today both the Assa-

mese society and Assamesejournalism are facing anumber of different threats.In such a situation, the AsamSahitya Sabha has a majorrole to play. It should workto eliminate all these chal-lenges,” Rajguru said.

In the session, chaired bysenior journalist Prakash Ma-hanta, the Sabha felicitated anumber of journalists fromacross the State includingKamal Talukdar from Tinsu-kia, Prakash Sarma from Gola-ghat, Bhairav Sarma, Jogen-dra Bharali and Samin Kalitafrom Kamrup district.

Today the Sabha also con-ferred the Asam Kesari Am-bikagiri Raichoudhury awardon poet Anubhab Tulasi andshort-story writer Dr Apur-ba Kumar Saikia and the Ka-laguru Bishnu Prasad Rabhaaward on Dr Prayag Saikia andNilotpal Barua.


Council for Teacher

Education Foundation-

Assam under the leader-

ship of its chairperson, Prof

Nilima Bhagabati, launched

a teacher development

programme in Kokrajhar

district recently by

organising a one-day

workshop for the first

batch of secondary school

Teacher devp programmeteachers at Kokrajhar BEd

College, a press release

stated. All the districts of

BTR will be covered in a

phased manner within a

targeted period. The

workshops are to be

conducted all over the

State on a given content

and method based training

on Mathematics and

English teaching.

The Workshop was

inaugurated by the Director

of Education, BTAD, Ravi

Shankar Borgoyary in the

presence of the chief

resource person Prof

Nilima Bhagabati, Jagadish

Brahma, Principal,

Kokrajhar BEd College,

resource persons Gautam

Deb Sarma and Norul

Alam.

OBITUARY

Hangsha NathChakraborty

GUWAHATI,

Feb 4: Hang-

sha Nath

Chakraborty,

former as-

sistant regis-

trar of Gauhati University and

a resident of Nijorapar, Jaluk-

bari passed away on Febru-

ary 3. He was 84.

He leaves behind four

daughters and a son, besides

many relatives.

One among four dacoits

nabbed, another drownsSTAFF CORRESPONDENT

DIBRUGARH, Feb 4: In a

sensational turn of events fol-

lowing a daring daylight rob-

bery by a gang of four dacoits at

Desam under Naharkatia PS

last evening, police managed to

apprehend one dacoit while an-

other drowned in a river while

trying to escape, informed Ad-

ditional Superintendent of Po-

lice Padmanabh Baruah.

Giving an account of the

whole incident, ASP Baruahtold newsmen here today thata four- member gang of daco-its had robbed some four la-khs rupees at gun point fromone Airtel distributor nearDesam under Naharkatia PSat around 4 pm. After collect-ing the money, the dacoits es-caped towards Sasoni area.“After receiving the com-plaint from the victim, withintwo hours the police team ledby Naharkatia OC BhaskarSaikia managed to nab one ofthem while another drownedafter he jumped into the near-by river. We could not re-

trieve all the looted money astwo others managed to es-cape. However our efforts areon to nab the two other daco-its,” said ASP Baruah.

Baruah said that those in-volved in the act are ‘veterancriminals’ of that area and haveseveral criminal cases. Thedeceased who died due todrowning has been identifiedas Tarun Gogoi of Kapouhua,Tingkhong and the nabbedperson has been identified asKaruna Gogoi of Balimara,Naharkatia. Police also recov-ered one Italy made 7.65 pis-tol and 3 rounds of ammuni-tion from Karuna Gogoi.

CRPF jawan killedSILCHAR, Feb 4: One CRPF jawan was killed and another

injured in a brawl at the 147 Bn CRPF camp in Kashipur on the

outskirts of Silchar. According to police, the deceased jawan

has been identified as Bimalesh Upadhyay. The scuffle between

three jawans at their barrack on Monday around 8:30 pm in-

cluding Bimalesh, Dharampal Yadav and Surendra Kumar, all

in havildar rank in the force led to the incident. While Bi-

malesh died after he was taken to Silchar Medical College and

Hospital, Surendra Kumar is undergoing treatment at the

hospital, police said. – Staff Correspondent

10 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2020NORTH EAST

No ASOM.93/2019-20/1/87

NOTICE INVITING TENDERThe Mission Director of Assam Silk Outreach Mission

Society, Khanapara, Guwahati-22 invites tender in 2-bidsystems from the intending Manufacturers/ AuthorizedDealers/ Distributors/ Registered Contractor/Firm/ Suppliersetc.to supply of Green House Net in different Govt. SericultureFarm/Centre/VGR located in different Districts of Assam underthe Project of “Assam Silk Outreach Mission (Muga)” for theyear 2019-20.

Detailed bid documents along with Terms & Conditions maybe obtained from the office of the undersigned w.e.f 06.02.2020to 18.02.2020 during office hours on working days on paymentof Rs.1000.00 (Rupees One thousand) only as the cost of biddocuments in the form of Demand Draft (DD) from ScheduledNationalized Bank payable at Guwahati pledged in favour ofMission Director, Assam Silk Outreach Mission Society,Khanapara, Guwahati-22.

Last date of submission of Tender Documents bothTechnical Bid and Price Bid at the Office of the Mission Director,Assam Silk Outreach Mission Society, Assam, Khanapara,Guwahati-22 is 20.02.2020 up to 1:00 PM. and the Tender willbe opened on the same day at 1:30 PM in presence of theBidder or their authorized representative in the office Chamberof the Mission Director, Assam Silk Outreach Mission SocietyKhanapara, Guwahati-22. If the last date of receiving Tendersis notified as Govt. holiday the tender will be received in thenext working day up to 1:00 PM and the Tender will be openedon the same day at 1:30 PM.

The Bidder shall affix court fee stamp of Rs. 8.25 (Rupeeeight and twenty five paisa) on the Technical Bid only.

Sd/- Mission DirectorAssam Silk Outreach Mission Society

Janasanyog/CF/3919/19 Khanapara, Guwahati-22

No. MC/268/2013/Pt-II/234-A

TENDER NOTICE

Sealed tenders affixing court fee stamps of Rs 8.25/-

(Rupees Eight and Twenty Five paisa only) are invited from

recognized registered and resourceful bidder for Renovation

of BSL III Laboratory with an estimated budget of Rs 14,80,320/

- (Fourteen Lakh Eighty Thousand Three Hundred and Twenty

Only) under the DHR-ICMR funded project title “Setting up of

State Level Viral Research & Diagnostics Laboratory (VRDL)

under the Scheme entitled “Prevention & Control of Disease-

Development of Tools to prevent Outbreaks of Epidemics” in

the Department of Microbiology, Gauhati Medical College.

Last Date of receipt of tender is 24th February, 2020, upto

3 pm.

Detailed specifications, scope of the work and terms &

conditions can be obtained from the Office of the Nodal Officer

cum Principal Investigator, State Level VRDL, Department of

Microbiology, Gauhati Medical College during office hours on

all working days.

Sd/- Nodal Officer cum PI

State Level VRDL

Department of Microbiology

Janasanyog/C/10105/19 Gauhati Medical College

Notice Inviting e-TenderThe Additional Director General of Police (CID), Assam,

Guwahati invites open tender through e-Tendering process

for supply of Servers, All-in-One Desktop, Laptop, Online

UPS etc. under CCTNS Project.

To participate in the tender process through the e-

procurement portal, the bidder should have a valid Digital

Signature Certificate (DSC) of Class-II (minimum) and will

have to register in the portal https://assamtenders.gov.in

themselves.

The bidder who have downloaded the tender schedules

containing the tender details, terms and conditions, from the

portal shall submit their tender online on the portal

https://assamtenders.gov.in with proof of payment of the

non-refundable tender fee of Rs. 1,500/- (Rupees One

Thousand Five Hundred) through Net Banking only. The tender

should be submitted online, as per the date and time of

submission, prescribed in the schedule.

Sd/- Special Superintendent of Police (CID),

Janasanyog/C/10075/19 Assam, Ulubari, Guwahati

No. SE/JRC/SOPD(FDR)/3367

PRESS NOTICE INVITING TENDERThe Superintending Engineer, P.W.D. Jorhat Road Circle,

Jorhat, Assam on behalf of the Governor of Assam invite

bids for 1 package for roads and bridge projects under

SOPD(FDR) for the year 2019-20 for the following LAC of

Assam from approved and eligible contractors with APWD

amounting to Rs. 59.15 Lakhs (Approx.).

Details of the bids may be seen at e-procurement portal

website: www.assamtenders.gov.in Amendment/

Addendum to the SBD if any and further notifications shall

appear in this website and also in the office of the undersigned

during office hours. The contractors/bidders must be enrolled

in www.assamtenders.gov.in for participating in the bidding

process.

TABLE

Sl. Name of Scheme/ No of works Approx. value of work

No. LAC (Rs. in Lakh)

FDR

1 Sarupather 1 59.15

Sd/- Superintending Engineer, P.W.D.

Janasanyog/CF/3889/19 Jorhat Road Circle, Jorhat

PRESS NOTICE / IFBNo. CS/EGTRD/AD/2019-20/705/

The Superintending Engineer, PWD (Roads), GuwahatiARIASP Circle, Ghy-21 on behalf of the Governor of Assaminvites 2 (two) nos. item rate Bids from approved and eligibleContractors registered with Assam PWD (Roads) orContractors registered with other State/Central GovernmentDepartments, Institutions, undertakings and Authorities forthe work. Details may be seen at website http://assamtenders.gov.in and also at the office of theundersigned during office hours.

Schemes are not yet sanctioned by the competent authority.In the event of non-sanction of the schemes, the bids may becancelled and no claim what so ever on this account shall beentertained from the bidders.Sd/- Superintending Engineer, PWD (Roads)Guwahati ARIASP Circle, Guwahati-21Janasanyog/CF/3893/19

AS-CFMS

(A Registered Society under Finance Department)

Assam Society for Comprehensive Financial

Management System

F Block, Assam Secretariat, Dispur, Guwahati-781006

(Assam, India)

No.: ASPIRe/ 103/2019/30

Notice for Applications

Assam Society for Comprehensive Financial Management

System (AS-CFMS) invites online applications for the position

of Data Engineer on contractual basis within the World-bank

funded ASPIRe project. The eligibility criteria, job requirements,

how to apply and other details can be found at https://bit.ly/

31hFbFE. Last date for submission of applications is up to

1700 hrs on 11/02/2020.

Sd/- Additional Project Director,

AS-CFMSJanasanyog/D/9830/19

WEATHERNORTHEASTForecast for NE: Rain/thun-dershower is very likely tooccur at isolated places overArunachal Pradesh withsnowfall in higher altitudeand weather is most likelyto remain dry over Assam,Meghalaya, Nagaland, Ma-nipur, Mizoram and Tripura.Shallow to moderate fog isvery likely to occur at isolat-ed pockets over Assam,Meghalaya, Nagaland, Ma-nipur, Mizoram and Tripura.

Temperatures

Max (°C) Min (°C)Dibrugarh 25.0 7.7Tezpur 25.1 10.0Silchar 24.3 9.6Dhubri 22.6 11.0Jorhat 23.3 8.5N Lakhimpur 25.0 8.1Shillong 14.7 3.1Cherrapunjee 17.2 4.9Aizawl 17.3 8.0Kohima 15.6 6.7Pasighat 23.0 12.0Itanagar 25.1 9.5Imphal 21.4 3.1Agartala 26.0 7.8

CORRESPONDENT

AIZAWL, Feb 4: Cancer

kills an estimated 725 peo-

ple every year in Mizoram,

making the tiny North East-

ern State the “cancer capital

of India”.

Addressing a World Can-

cer Day function at the As-

sembly Annexe here today,

State Health Minister Dr R

Lalthangliana stated that

2,176 people died due to can-

cer during the last three

years. “On an average, the

disease kills 725 people eve-

ry year,” he pointed out.

The minister said that Mi-

zoram would soon have a

cancer speciality hospital at

Zemabawk on the eastern

RAJU DAS

JOWAI, Feb 4: Meghalaya

Chief Minister Conrad Sang-

ma today appealed to all agi-

tating groups to sort out dif-

ferences over the issue of the

inner line permit (ILP) regime

through talks as the State

Government is taking all steps

to implement the entry per-

mit system in the State.

Briefing media persons af-

ter holding a Cabinet meet-

ing at Jowai, the headquar-

ters of West Jaintia Hills dis-

trict, Sangma said that the

725 cancer deaths in Mizoram every yearoutskirts of Aizawl to tackle

the problems faced by can-

cer patients in Mizoram. The

proposed hospital will be set

up at the site of the existing

cancer hospital, he added.

“We have signed an agree-

ment with the Japan Interna-

tional Cooperation Agency

for the Rs 500-crore project,

which will hopefully be one

of the best of its kind in the

North East,” he said.

The Government will ex-

ecute architectural plans con-

forming to international

standards, Dr Lalthangliana

said, adding that the construc-

tion is likely to begin in two

or three months, he said.

According to the minister,

Mizoram has been facing

immense problems in treat-

ing cancer patients due to

lack of facilities in the exist-

ing cancer hospital at Zema-

bawk, which is equipped

with less sophisticated ther-

apy machines.

“We have purchased ma-

chines worth Rs 10 crore for

treating cancer patients and

we are planning to establish

one of the best cancer speci-

ality hospitals in the North

East,” he said.

Dr Lalthangliana said the

new cancer hospital, when

completed, would benefit

people from both within and

outside the State.

The World Cancer Day

has been observed in Mizo-

ram by the Health and Fam-

ily Welfare Department

since 2014.

The high prevalence of

cancer in Mizoram is attrib-

uted to the rampant con-

sumption of tobacco and un-

hygienic food habits. Accord-

ing to data available, a total of

5,888 cancer cases were de-

tected during the past five

years. As many as 2,695 pa-

tients were women and 3,137

people, including 1,290 wom-

en, died of the disease dur-

ing this period.

Since 2001 when the first

cancer data was compiled for

the State, Mizoram has had

the highest per capita inci-

dence of cancer in the coun-

try. The first cancer data also

revealed that six out of the

State’s eight districts ranked

among the top ten cancer-

prevalent districts across In-

dia. With 209 people out of

every one lakh residents of

Aizawl district alone suffer-

ing from various forms of can-

cer, it is one of the most af-

fected districts in the country.

Dr Eric Zomawia, princi-

pal investigator under the

State Health Department,

said that the most common

cancer among men is stom-

ach cancer, while among

women it is lung cancer.

Six districts of Mizoram –

Aizawl, Champhai, Kolasib,

Lunglei, Mamit and Serchhip

– are among the ten districts

of India with the highest can-

cer incidence among men.

Four Mizoram districts –

Aizawl, Kolasib, Mamit and

Serchhip – are among the top

ten districts in India with the

highest cancer incidence

among women.

At present, Mizoram has

the dubious distinction of be-

ing the highest tobacco-con-

suming State in India, accord-

ing to the National Family

Health Survey. Tobacco con-

sumption is also highly prev-

alent among Mizo women

with about 62 per cent of them

consuming tobacco in various

forms. Besides, food habits

like regular diets of ferment-

ed and smoked meat are the

main cause of Mizoram’s un-

enviable position in the Na-

tional Cancer Registry.

Students of the Tripura Institute of Paramedical Science taking out a rally to mark the World Cancer Day in Agartala on Tuesday.

– Photo: Correspondent

Conrad appeals for talks overILP implementation issue

agitating groups “should be

happy” that the State Gov-

ernment is making all efforts

to implement the ILP sys-

tem in Meghalaya.

“But there are things not

directly under our control,”

the Chief Minister said, add-

ing that the Centre has to

give its nod to implement the

ILP system in the State.

Sangma said that he held a

fruitful meeting with Union

Home Minister Amit Shah in

New Delhi recently and the

latter had assured that he

would look into the resolu-

tion passed by the Meghalaya

Assembly, urging the Centre

to implement the ILP sys-

tem in Meghalaya.

The Chief Minister added

that Shah had also assured that

he would meet a State dele-

gation on the issue of imple-

mentation of the ILP regime.

“They (agitating groups)

should realise that the Gov-

ernment has taken steps and

there are different mecha-

nisms to stop influx into the

State,” Sangma maintained.

Earlier, the Chief Minister

along with seven of his Cabi-

net colleagues held the Cabi-

net meeting at the Soil and

Water Conservation office

here as part of the State Gov-

ernment’s decision to hold

Cabinet meetings at different

district headquarters. The de-

cision has been dubbed “Cab-

inet on the Move”, aimed at

bringing the administration

closer to the people.

Meanwhile, the walls of

the Soil and Water Conser-

vation office were painted

with graffiti such as “No ILP,

No Cabinet” early this morn-

ing by unidentified persons.

An embarrassed district ad-

ministration had to white-

wash the walls before the ar-

rival of the ministers.

At the same time, the Con-

federation of Meghalaya So-

cial Organisations, a group of

12 NGOs, held a sit-in dem-

onstration in the State capi-

tal Shillong, demanding ear-

ly implementation of the ILP

system in Meghalaya.

The Chief Minister said

that even if there is discon-

tent among these groups, they

should come forward and hold

talks with the Government.

Nagaland Assembly

Speaker’s post

NPF candidatefiles nominationKOHIMA, Feb 4: Former

Speaker of the Nagaland As-

sembly, Imtiwapang Aier, to-

day filed his nomination for

the post of the speaker of the

House, election to which will

be held on February 7.

The name of Aier, a Naga

People’s Front (NPF) legis-

lator, was proposed by MLAs

Chotisug Sazo and Khriehu

Liezietsu, who belong to his

party, before Assembly Sec-

retary PJ Antony.

With Aier filing his nomi-

nation, the election to the

post of the Speaker will be a

straight fight between him

and incumbent Deputy

Speaker Sharingain Long-

kumer, who is the consensus

candidate of the ruling Peo-

ple’s Democratic Alliance.

Longkumer had filed his

nomination on Monday.

A candidate can withdraw

his name between 1 pm and

3 pm on Wednesday.

The post of the Speaker of

the Assembly fell vacant af-

ter the death of incumbent

Speaker Vikho-o Yhoshu on

December 30 last year fol-

lowing prolonged illness.

In the 60-member House,

the functional strength of

ruling Nationalist Demo-

cratic Progressive Party

(NDPP) is 20, while that of

its ally, BJP, is 12. – PTI

CORRESPONDENT

AGARTALA, Feb 4: The

Tripura Government has de-

cided to create altogether

11,800 new posts in the So-

cial Welfare and Education

departments, ostensibly to

accommodate the 10,323 ad

hoc teachers facing the axe

on April 1 this year.

The ruling BJP, which had

promised in its pre-election

‘Vision Document’ that the

case of the ad hoc teachers

would be considered sympa-

thetically, has finally taken a

major initiative to save their

jobs with the autonomous

district council election

knocking on the door.

Earlier, the Left Front Gov-

ernment’s initiative in 2017

to create 12,000 non-teaching

posts was stalled by the Su-

preme Court as an attempt

to skirt the apex court’s judg-

ment on March 29, 2017.

Education Minister Ratan

Lal Nath took the lead in

CORRESPONDENT

AIZAWL, Feb 4: The Mi-

zoram Government today

commenced the screening

for coronavirus at Zokhaw-

thar, an Indo-Myanmar bor-

der town in Champhai dis-

trict. A medical team com-

prising doctors and staff of the

State Health and Family Wel-

fare Department is conduct-

ing medical check-up of trav-

ellers across the border on

the basis of their health sta-

KOHIMA, Feb 4: The 33

people who came to Naga-

land recently from corona-

virus-affected countries did

not show any symptoms of

the deadly virus, a senior

official of the Health and

Family Welfare Depart-

ment said.

However, those coming

from China have been quar-

antined in compliance of the

protocol set by the Centre,

the department’s Principal

Director, Dr Vizolie Z

Suokhrie, said.

The department has tak-

en all precautions to moni-

tor such persons and initi-

SOBHAPATI SAMOM

KHUMBONG, Feb 4:

With the motto ‘Save River,

Save Water’, the residents of

Khumbong area in Imphal

West district conducted a

two-day river cleaning camp

along the Maklang river on

February 1 and 2.

The camp, which covers

the Khumbong sector of the

river measuring more than

one kilometre, was organ-

ised under the aegis of the

Imphal West Students’ Club

(IWSC) and the Developing

Farmers’ Association (DFA).

“The idea of holding the

cleaning camp is to save the

Maklang river from pollu-

tion,” said IWSC secretary

Tripura Govt to create11,800 new posts

pleading for creation of the

new posts for saving the jobs

of the teachers on humani-

tarian grounds. Nath was not

available for comment, but

official sources indicated that

the jobs of the ad hoc teach-

ers would be secured and all

posts would be filled up on a

contractual basis.

Out of the total posts pro-

posed to be created, 1,200

jobs will be available in the

Elementary Education De-

partment. As many as 5,600

posts of programme assist-

ants, 3,400 posts of student

counsellors, 1,500 posts of

library assistants and 1,200

posts of academic counsellors

will be created.

Although there has been no

official confirmation as to when

the recruitment process will

begin, it is expected to start

before March 31. This will

give the much needed relief

to the 10,323 ad hoc teachers

working in various schools of

the State, sources said.

Coronavirus screeningat Mizoram border town

tus and travel history.

Representatives of the dis-

trict administration were also

present to oversee the

smooth and proper conduct

of the screening.

Meanwhile, the Myanmar

Government has started the

screening process since Jan-

uary 27. Till date, no patient

has been detected and the

State Government has ad-

vised people not to believe

in rumours and refrain from

spreading misinformation.

No coronavirus patient inNagaland: Health Dept

ated measures adhering to

the Centre’s guidelines to

face any untoward event,

Suokhrie said in a state-

ment here.

The number of confirmed

deaths from China’s corona-

virus outbreak reached 425

on Tuesday.

Nagaland Health and Fam-

ily Welfare Minister S Pang-

nyu Phom has held a meet-

ing to review the prepared-

ness of the department to

meet any exigency in case of

coronavirus outbreak in the

State, Suokhrie said. He

urged the people not to pan-

ic about the virus. – PTI

Volunteers cleaning the Maklang river at Khumbong village in Manipur on Sunday.

– Photo: Correspondent

Volunteers clean Maklangriver in Imphal West dist

A Samarendra. “The river

plays an important role in

meeting our daily water re-

quirements as no piped wa-

ter is available in our locali-

ty,” he added.

The nearly 3,000 popula-

tion of Khumbong village, lo-

cated about 15 km west of

the Manipur capital, depends

on the Maklang river, which

originates from the hill rang-

es behind the Sangaithel area,

for daily use and irrigation

purposes as well. The small

river also plays a vital role

for other villages like Mak-

lang, Ngairangbam, Khum-

bong, Khaidem, Heigrujam

and Nambol before flowing

down to the Loktak Lake.

During the river cleaning

camp held for the first time,

around 50 volunteers collect-

ed plastic waste and other

forms of garbage generated

from the Khumbong market,

the DFA president said. The

efforts of the volunteers have

been appreciated by the

elders of Khumbong.

Earlier, people residing un-

der 12 Imphal municipal

wards located between Ir-

oishemba and Heirangoithong

areas in Imphal West district,

participated in a cleanliness

drive of the Nambul river,

considered one of the most

polluted rivers of the State.

The drive was initiated by the

Directorate of Environment,

along with other line depart-

ments, last year.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2020 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI 11BUSINESS & ECONOMY

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman during Confederation of Indian Industry post budget meeting, in New Delhi on

Tuesday. – PTI

NEW DELHI, Feb 4: Thegovernment on Tuesday in-troduced a bill in the Lok Sab-ha to amend the Aircraft Actwherein the fine amount forviolations will be hiked fromRs 10 lakh to up to Rs 1 crore.

A few other provisionswould also be made part of thelaw that will also help in com-plying with the InternationalCivil Aviation Organization’s(ICAO) requirements.

The Aircraft (Amend-ment) Bill, 2020 also pro-vides for keeping “aircraftbelonging to any armed forc-es of the Union, other thannaval, from military or airforce outside the purview” ofthe Aircraft Act, 1934.

Rupee settles 11paise up at 71.27against US dollar

MUMBAI, Feb 4: The In-dian rupee on Tuesday appre-ciated by 11 paise to close at71.27 against the US dollar,tracking heavy buying in do-mestic equities and easingcrude prices.

However, concerns overfiscal slippage and rising coro-navirus outbreak fears stillremain, forex traders said.

The Reserve Bank of In-dia’s monetary policy out-come could be the next trig-ger for the domestic unit, asits commentary on inflationand growth forecast will befollowed closely by the in-vestors, they added.

At the interbank foreign ex-change market, the local cur-rency opened at 71.24. Duringthe day, the local unit saw a highof 71.09 and a low of 71.29. Thedomestic unit finally settled at71.27, up 11 paise from its pre-vious close. – PTI

NEW DELHI, Feb 4: Withan aim to optimise utilisationof its resources, capital mar-kets watchdog Sebi is plan-ning to modify its policy on‘difficult to recover’ cases byincluding dues from ‘untrace-able individuals’ and thosebarred by parallel proceed-ings in this category.

This separate ‘difficult torecover’ category is for caseswhere recovery of penaltiesand other dues from default-ers proves to be virtually im-possible and the amount in-volved is not found to be worthan attempt beyond a point.

However, Sebi can initiateor continue its prosecution

New Delhi, Feb 4: Bankfrauds have sharply comedown on an annual basis toRs 5,244 crore in the firstthree quarters of this fiscalon account of improved de-tection and reporting, Min-ister of State for FinanceAnurag Thakur said in RajyaSabha on Tuesday.

Bank frauds reduced signif-icantly from Rs 38,548 crorein the 2016-17 fiscal to Rs16,084 crore in 2017-18 fiscal.

Frauds rose slightly to Rs18,893 crore in 2018-19 butstarted declining again to Rs5,244 crore in the first threequarters of 2019-20 fiscal, hesaid during Question Hour.

“Bank frauds, which stoodat 0.58 per cent during 2009-14, have come down to 0.16percent in the last two andhalf years. In the first six

MUMBAI, Feb 4: Indianmarkets on Tuesday madeup for the losses it incurredon Budget day supportedby a sharp decline in globaloil prices. Sensex added 917points during the day’strade led by index-heavy-weights like Reliance Indus-tries, HDFC twins, ITC andICICI Bank.

Indian equities were alsosupported by a rebound inChinese and other Asianmarkets. After falling asmuch as 8 per cent on Mon-day, the Shanghai CompositeIndex on Tuesday gainedover one per cent.

Brent, the global oil bench-mark, on Tuesday fell asmuch as $53.95 a barrel, astraders weighed the impacton global demand from thespread of coronavirus, which

CHENNAI, Feb 4: Theproposed new income taxslab rates – a lower rate with-out any tax deductions - mayput some money in the handsof taxpayers but would affectthe agents selling life or gen-eral insurance policies andpost office saving instruments,said a top leader of the state-run LIC agents’ association.

“In India, a life insurance

India can create100 million jobs:Tata Sons chiefBENGALURU, Feb 4:

Tata Sons Chairman N Chan-drasekaran has said that In-dia can create 100 millionjobs with necessary policychanges and by tapping somelow hanging fruits.

“See, there are certainlow hanging fruits which canbe tapped. The interventionof solving these problemsdoes not require a lot of mon-ey,” Chandrasekaran said atan event on Monday night.

He said policy changes arenot capital intensive expendi-ture, citing the example of howbuilding platforms is inexpen-sive in a place like India.

“We are not talking abouta capital expenditure of $10billion, we are talking aboutmuch less money,” said theChairman of the Tata Group,a salt to software conglom-erate with a combined mar-ket cap of $160 billion.

He reflected upon multi-ple topics during the launchof his book “Bridgital Na-tion”, written in collaborationwith Roopa Purushothaman.

He said creating 100 millionjobs and formalising a goodnumber of them will increasethe consumer base of India byvirtue of increased income tothe employees. – IANS

LIC staff union tohold walk-out

strike against IPOMUMBAI, Feb 4: The em-

ployees’ union of Life Insur-ance Corporation (LIC) willstage an hour-long walk-outstrike on Tuesday to protestagainst the government’smove to sell its stake in thestate-run insurer through aninitial public offering.

The walk-out will takeplace at all offices of the in-surance behemoth acrossthe country.

In the Union Budget an-nounced on Saturday, Fi-nance Minister NirmalaSitharaman announced thatthe government, whichholds 100 per cent stake inLIC, will sell a part of itsholding through an initialpublic offering (IPO). – PTI

Markets reclaimpre-Budget levels

has probably cut China’s oilconsumption by 20 per cent,according to analysts.

“Market witnessed a V-shape recovery post theoverreaction on the budgetday, as the expectation wastoo high.

“Market is focusing on theearnings growth and globaltrend, Q3 has provided a pos-itive trend to earnings whilethe global market is posi-tive,” said Vinod Nair, Headof Research, Geojit FinancialServices.

The benchmark Sensexclosed 917.07 points higherat 40,789.38 while the Nif-ty settled at 11,979.65, high-er by 271.75 points. Thebroader markets- BSE-Midcap and BSE-Smallcapunderperformed the bench-mark but closed over 1 per

cent higher.Gains were seen across all

sectors led by manufacturingsector stocks. Nifty metalindex jumped 3.32 per centfollowed by auto, banks andfinancial sector stocks.

On February 1, the Sensexhad plunged 987 points as in-vestors were disappointedover the lack of a major stim-ulus package in the UnionBudget announced on that day.

“Post budget, the markethas shifted its focus back tofundamentals and earnings.With strong PMI data, in-lineJanuary auto sales numbersand decent Q3FY20 earningsseason so far, the sentimentshave turned positive,” saidSiddhartha Khemka, Head -Retail Research, Motilal Os-wal Financial Services Pri-vate. – IANS

Sebi mulls modifying policyon ‘difficult to recover’ cases

proceedings against the de-faulters even after such a seg-regation and recovery proce-dure can be reopened in casethere is any change in theprevailing parameters re-garding the defaulter.

The regulator is now con-sidering a modification to itspolicy on ‘difficult to recov-er’ dues to include the crite-ria of ‘untraceable’ for indi-viduals and ‘parallel proceed-ing barring recovery’, a sen-ior official said.

A proposal in this regard isexpected to be discussed bySebi’s board at its meetinglater this month.

The regulator’s board will

also discuss ‘regulatory sand-box framework’; amend-ments to rules governingdelegation of statutory andfinancial powers at Sebi; andproposed changes to regula-tions governing Real Estateand Infrastructure Invest-ment Trusts (REITs/InViTs).

The Securities and Ex-change Board of India (Sebi)has got powers to recovermoney from various entitiesby way of passing orders forrefund of money to investors,disgorgement of funds to bedistributed to investors, andalso collect fees and penaltieslevied by it.

Since getting the recovery

powers in 2013, Sebi has in-itiated recovery proceedingsagainst a large number ofdefaulters, but it has experi-enced difficulties during theexecution of these proceed-ings in certain cases.

According to officials, diffi-culties mainly arise due to thedefaulter being insolvent or fi-nancially unsound without hav-ing any attachable assets, orbeing a company whose assetsor directors/ promoters arenot traceable, as also individu-al defaulters being untraceable.

In some cases, the duesremain unrecovered evenafter executing all modes ofrecovery. – PTI

Govt introduces bill toamend Aircraft Act

Once the amendments arepassed, the government wouldhave the power to issue direc-tions to review, if necessary inpublic interest, any orderpassed by Directorate Gener-al of Civil Aviation (DGCA),Bureau of Civil Aviation Secu-rity (BCAS) and Aircraft Acci-dent Investigation Bureau(AAIB), as per the bill’s State-ment of Objects and Reasons.

A key proposal is to increasethe fine amount from Rs 10 lakhto Rs 1 crore for violations.

Other proposals includeempowering BCAS or anyauthorised officer to issue di-rections, having designatedofficers for adjudging penaltiesand introducing a provision for

Bank frauds declining sharply annually: Govtmonths of this year, fraudswere only 0.04 per cent. Thishas happened because ourgovernment has taken rightsteps towards fraud report-ing and detection,” Thakursaid in the Upper House.

A declining trend in bankfrauds is observed in respect ofpublic sector banks (PSBs) aswell with the amount involvedby year of occurrence of fraudreducing sharply, he said.

It reduced from Rs 35,578crore in 2,043 cases in 2016-17to Rs 12,234 crore in 1,949 cas-es in 2017-18, increasing slight-ly to Rs 15,575 crore in 1,250cases in 2018-19, and decliningagain to Rs 3,781 crore in 436cases in the first three quartersof 2019-20 fiscal, he added.

To check frauds, the minis-ter said, “We came out with aframework for improved de-

tection and monitoring. We alsoreviewed the quality of assets,cleaned up the bank balance, andrecapitalised banks.”

To a supplementary query byCongress member MotilalVora if the government has ar-rested anyone involved in fraud,the minister said, “The mem-ber has shown right concern.But frauds took place in casesof loan that were sanctionedduring that time (2009-14).”

“Loans were taken at thattime and frauds were of thattime. When our governmentcame to power, we broughtthe Fugitive Economic Of-fenders Act for attaching as-sets of offenders who ran awayand stayed abroad,” he said.

The government alsocame out with the Insolven-cy and Bankruptcy Code(IBC) through which about

Rs 4 lakh crore has been re-covered so far, he added.

Responding to anothermember Narendra Jadhav(Nominated)’s query why thegovernment has not createda separate agency for moni-toring banking frauds, theminister said, “We need tonote the year of occurrenceand we started reporting now.We have made many changesin the banking sector and re-forms will continue in future.”

To Shiv Sena member AnilDesai’s query whether re-ports of National FinancialServices Authority matchwith declining trend of fraudsshared by the government,the minister reiterated thegovernment has taken vari-ous steps to bring in moreaccountability and transpar-ency in the system. – PTI

compounding of offences.Generally, compoundable

offences are those which canbe settled by paying certainamount of money.

Further, the bill seeks toempower the central gov-ernment to constituteDGCA, BCAS and AAIB un-der the Act as well as specifytheir responsibilities.

It would also bring regula-tions of all areas of air naviga-tion services under the Act.

The Act has provisions forsecuring the safety of aircraftoperations in India and car-rying out civil aviation oper-ations as per standards, pro-cedures and practices laiddown by ICAO. – PTI

New income tax rates will impactinsurance agents’ incomes

policy is sold and not bought.It is a social security product.The new tax rates give theoption to the tax payer to paytax without opting for tax sav-ing measures such as buyinginsurance policies like life,health, or investing in publicprovident fund (PPF) and oth-ers,” PG Dileep, GeneralSecretary, LIC Agents’ Or-ganisation of India.

According to him, Asian in-surance giant Life InsuranceCorporation of India (LIC) hasabout 11.89 lakh agents.

“Bulk of the policies sold arewith a sum assured of Rs 1 lakhto Rs 5 lakh. The proposed taxslab rates may leave somemoney in the hands of the tax-payer and he/she may not buya life insurance policy to saveon tax,” Dileep said. – IANS

MCCI Senior Vice President Aakash Shah (R) felicitates Consul General of Japan Taga

Masayuki during a special session on ‘India-Japan Partnership for Peace & Prosperity of

Indo-Pacific’, on Chamber premises in Kolkata on Tuesday. – PTI

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 202012 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI NATIONAL

No. HSFW/RE/132/2019/305

NOTICE

This is for information of all concerned that the candidates who appeared in the

Computer based Skill Test held from 04/01/2020 to 05/01/2020 for the posts of LDA/

Computor/Field & Evaluation Worker under this Directorate as per this Directorate

Notice No.HSFW/RE/132/2019/2152 dated 21/10/2019 are directed to appear for

document verification and submission of option for post in case a candidate is

shortlisted for multiple posts, at the following Venue as per Date and Time given

below.

Venue Name of Post Date Time

Office of the Computor 12/02/2020 10 AM onwards

Principal, Health &

Family Welfare L.D. Assistant 14/02/2020 10 AM to 12:30 PM

Training Centre,

Sixmile, Khanapara, Field & Evaluation Worker 14/02/2020 1:30 PM to 4 PM

Guwahati-22.

The candidates are required to bring all documents and certificates in original

along with a set of self attested Xerox copies of these documents and certificates, list

of which is given below :

1. Original Admit Cards of Written Examination and Computer based Skill Test

2. HSLC Admit Card or Birth Certificate as proof of age.

3. Mark sheets and pass certificates of all Examinations from HSLC or equivalent

onwards.

4. Caste certificate (where applicable) from competent authority.

5. Permanent Residential Certificate/ Domicile Certificate from competent authority.

6. Employment Exchange Registration Certificate.

7. Diploma Certificate, wherever applicable.

No TA/DA will be admissible.

Sd/- Directorate of Health Services (FW),

Assam Swasthya Bhawan,

Hengrabari, Guwahati-36Janasanyog/DF/2768/19

EXTENSION NOTICEIt is for general information to all concerned that the last

date for receiving tenders against the following works VideTender ID: 2020_KAAC_15820_I under Dokmoka RoadsDivision and Tender ID. 2020_KAAC_15821_I,2020_KAAC_15824_I, 2020_KAAC_15825_I,2020_KAAC_15828_I, 2020_KAAC_15829_I,2020_KAAC_15830_I, 2020_KAAC_15832_I,2020_KAAC_15843_I under Borpathar Roads Division arehereby extended up to 14.00 Hours of 05.02.2020 due toAdministrative reason.

All other terms & conditions will remain unchanged as peroriginal notice inviting E-tender vide this office No. DPU/ASOM/01/2020/3763, Dated 8th January, 2020 and No., DPU/ASOM/01/2020/3764, Dated 8th January, 2020.

Sd/- Superintending Engineer, PWD (R&B)

Janasanyog/CF/3924/19 Diphu Circle-I, Diphu

No. CE/STBR/NAB/ RlDF-XXV/17/19-20/Pt/09

PRESS NOTICE RE-INVITING TENDERChief Engineer P.W.D.(Roads), Assam on behalf of

Government of Assam re-invites bids for Roads & Bridge

projects in – Gohpur, Jorhat,BilasiparaWest,Howraghat,Sonari

LAC’s of Assam from eligible Contractors for 4 (Four) Nos. of

Packages under Mahabir Lachit Chilaray Setu Nirman Abhijan

under RIDF-XXV of NABARD for 2019-20 for a total amount

of Rs. 1623.22 Lakhs (approx). Details may be seen at website

http://assamtenders.gov.in and also at the office of the

undersigned during office hours.

Sd/- Chief Engineer PWD (Roads),

Janasanyog/CF/3913/19 Assam, Chandmari, Guwahati-3

No. AGRI/ENGG/BID/13-M/SOPD/4809/Pt/2019-20/46-A

PRESS NOTICE

The Chief Engineer, Agriculture, Assam, invites bids for the work stated in the table below with a validity

of 90 (ninety) days from the date of opening of the bids from registered Contractor/Firm/ Pvt. Limited Co. of

Agriculture Department Details of the bids and Detail Notice Inviting Bid vide No. AGRI/ENGG/Bid/13-M/SOPD/

4809/2019-20/46, Dated. 04/02/2020 may be seen in the portal assamtenders.gov.in. The Bidders must be

registered with the E-tendering system (ETS) of the Govt. of Assam.(Website: http//assamtenders.gov.in).All

terms and conditions will be as per the Bidding Documents.

Sl. Name of work. Estimated value Bid security/ Earnest Money Cost of Period of

of work (in Rs.) Deposit (in Rs) document completion

For Gen For in Rs. in days

SC/ST/OBC/

MOBC*

1 Construction/ Extension of office Rs. 1,46,25,000.00 2,92,500.00 1,46,250.00 1000.00 365 days

building of Engineering Section at

Directorate of Agriculture campus,

Khanapara.

2 Construction/Renovation of office Rs. 68,25,000.00 1,36,500.00 68,250.00 1000.00 365 days

building of District Agriculture,

Kamrup, Ulubari, Guwahati-7

The Press Notice will be a part of the Bidding Documents.

Sd/- Chief Engineer. Agriculture

Assam, Khanapara, Guwahati-22Janasanyog/CF/3905/19

No. ASOM.90/2019-20/1/87


Society, Khanapara, Guwahati-22 invites tender in 2-bidsystems from the intending Manufacturers/ AuthorizedDealers/ Distributors/ Registered Contractor/Firm/ Suppliersefc.to supply of PVC Coated chain link fence for cattleprotection in different Govt. Sericulture Farm/Centre/VGRlocated in different Districts of Assam under the Project of“Assam Silk Outreach Mission (Muga)” for the year 2019-20.




Sd/- Mission Director“Assam Silk Outreach Mission Society


No. ASOM.91/2019-20/1/85


Society, Khanapara, Guwahati-22 invites tender in 2-bidsystems from the intending Manufacturers/ AuthorizedDealers/ Distributors/ Registered Contractor/Firm/ Suppliersetc.to supply of Poly Tube for Preparation of Seedlings indifferent Govt. Sericulture Farm/Centre/VGR located indifferent Districts of Assam under the Project of “Assam SilkOutreach Mission (Muga)” for the year 2019-20.






AS-CFMS

(A Registered Society under Finance Department)

Assam Society for Comprehensive Financial

Management System

F Block, Assam Secretariat, Dispur, Guwahati-781006

(Assam, India)

No.: ASPIRe/12/2018/46

Notice for Applications

Assam Society for Comprehensive Financial Management

System (AS-CFMS) invites online applications for the position

of Legal Consultant on contractual basis within the World-

bank funded ASPIRe project. The eligibility criteria, job

requirements, how to apply and other details can be found at

https://bit.ly/2tto8UE. Last date for submission of

applications is up to 1700 hrs on 11/02/2020.

Sd/- Additional Project Director,

AS-CFMSJanasanyog/D/9833/19

No. ASOM.92/2019-20/1/88


Society, Khanapara, Guwahati-22 invites tender in 2-bidsystems from the intending Manufacturers/ AuthorizedDealers/ Distributors/ Registered Contractor/Firm/ Suppliersetc.to supply of Water Polymer Tank and Agri-Implements indifferent Govt. Sericulture Farm/Centre/VGR located indifferent Districts of Assam under the Project of “Assam SilkOutreach Mission (Muga)” for the year 2019-20.






NEW DELHI, Feb 4:

Hitting out at the Congress

and the Aam Adami Party for

giving “moral support” to

Shaheen Bagh stir, the ruling

BJP on Tuesday said in Rajya

Sabha that young minds

were “poisoned through

hate-filled speeches” in the

name of freedom of expres-

sion during anti-CAA

protests.

Initiating the debate on

Motion of Thanks on

President’s address in the

Upper House, senior BJP

leader Bhupender Yadav also

lauded the government for

multiple initiatives to take

India ahead globally while

being rooted to its values

whether on digital front,

agriculture, health or national

security.

NEW DELHI, Feb 4: The government on

Tuesday made it clear that no document will

be collected during the updation of the Nation-

al Population Register (NPR) and providing

Aadhaar number during the exercise is only

voluntary.

The government is in discussion with the

States having concerns with regard to the prep-

aration of the NPR. The demographic and oth-

er particulars of each family and individual are

to be updated/collected during the exercise of

updation of NPR.

Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand

Rai also said an instruction manual for updation

of NPR 2020 for enumerators and supervisors

has been prepared and the people will have to

provide information for the NPR to the best of

their knowledge and belief.

“No document is to be collected during the

updation of NPR,” he said replying a written

question.

The minister also made it clear that during

the NPR updation exercise, no verification will

be done to find individuals whose citizenship is

doubtful. The NPR exercise will be carried out

across the country along with the house listing

NEW DELHI, Feb 4: Inves-

tigation into the incident of vi-

olence at Jamia Millia Islamia

during the anti-citizenship law

protest is at a crucial stage, the

Centre told the Delhi High

Court on Tuesday.

The submission before a

bench of Chief Justice DN Pa-

tel and Justice C Hari Shankar

was made by Solicitor Gener-

al Tushar Mehta while seek-

ing more time to file a report

regarding the probe.

Taking note of the submis-

sion, the bench granted the

Centre time till April 29 to file

a reply.

During the hearing, senior

advocate Colin Gonsalves, ap-

pearing for some students of

Jamia, said 93 students and

teachers filed complaints about

alleged attacks on them by

police but no FIR has been filed

against the agency till date.

The other lawyers for the

petitioners alleged that the

government has not complied

with the court order to file a

response within four weeks of

the last date of hearing on De-

cember 19.

The bench, however, declined

to pass any interim order and

granted time till April 29 to the

6,819 onlinebanking frauds

NEW DELHI, Feb 4: Alto-

gether 6819 cases of online

banking frauds were regis-

tered in the country in 2017-

18, the Lok Sabha was in-

formed on Tuesday.

Union Minister of State for

Home G Kishan Reddy said

with the rapid increase in use

of cyber space, the number of

cyber crimes is also increasing.

“As per data maintained by

the National Crime Records

Bureau, 3,466 and 3,353 cases

of online frauds were regis-

tered in 2017 and 2018, re-

spectively,” he said replying to

a written question. – PTI

BJP targets Cong, AAP overanti-CAA protest at Shaheen Bagh

As in Lok Sabha, the BJP

launched a frontal attack on

Opposition parties specially

Congress for their stance

against the amended Citizen-

ship Act saying they were

trying to divide the nation.

Congress leaders like

Shashi Tharoor and Digvijay

Singh have gone to the

demonstration against the

Citizenship Amendment Act

(CAA) at Shaheen Bagh

besides AAP leader Amanat-

ullah Khan.

“Congress and AAP are

giving moral support” to the

agitation and the “minds of

small children are being

poisoned”, Yadav said,

pointing out that a girl there

spoke of violence against the

Prime Minister and the

Union Home Minister while

a “crowd was applauding”,

and the video was widely

shared online.

He said unfortunately none

of the leaders or parties

going there have raised

issues of atrocities against

minorities in Islamic nations

and were busy politicising

the issue for petty self

interest.

Yadav alleged that by

passing resolutions against

the CAA, States ruled by

non-BJP parties were

hurting the Constitution.

Lauding the government

for Citizenship Amendment

Act, Yadav also said that

there has been improvement

in national security ever

since Bharatiya Janata Party

has been voted to power.

Yadav quoted a statement

by Trinamool MP Derek

O’Brien on how his relatives

who went to Pakistan had to

migrate and how those who

came to India prospered.

“We have got the citizen-

ship law so that O’Briens

remain O’Briens and are not

forced to convert to other

religions,” Yadav said.

The ongoing anti-CAA

protest at Shaheen Bagh since

December 15 had figured

prominently in the debate in

Lok Sabha on Monday, with

the BJP and Opposition parties

trading charges.

Yadav also appreciated the

move to appoint a Chief of

Defence Staff for better

coordination between the

three wings of the armed

forces – Army, Navy and Air

Force. – PTI

No document to be collectedduring NPR exercise: Govt

phase of the Census 2021 from April 1 to Sep-

tember 30, 2020.

“The NPR updation will be undertaken

through house-to-house enumeration for col-

lection of specified particulars relating to each

family and individual.

“The respondent has to provide the infor-

mation true to the best of his knowledge and

belief. Aadhaar Number is collected voluntari-

ly,” he said.

Rai said population register is a register con-

taining details of persons usually residing in a

village or rural area or town or ward or de-

marcated area within a ward in a town or urban

area.

“The NPR was first prepared in 2010 and

updated in 2015. In pursuance of Sub-rule (4)

of Rule 3 of the Citizenship (Registration of

Citizens and Issue of National Identity Cards)

Rules, 2003, framed under the Citizenship Act,

1955, Central government decided to prepare

and update the population register during

April to September, 2020 throughout the coun-

try except Assam for collection of informa-

tion relating to all persons usually residing in

village or town,” he said. – PTI

Investigation into Jamiaviolence at crucial stage,

Centre tells Delhi HCgovernment to file a reply.

The high court had on De-

cember 19 asked the Centre,

the AAP government and the

police to respond to several

PILs seeking setting up of a ju-

dicial commission to look into

the violence at Jamia Universi-

ty protests against the Citizen-

ship Amendment Act (CAA).

The court was hearing six

petitions, moved by lawyers,

students of JMI, residents of

Okhla, where the university is

located, and the imam of Jama

Masjid mosque opposite Parlia-

ment House. They also sought

medical treatment and compen-

sation for the students. Besides,

they sought action, including

registration of FIRs, against the

erring police officers.

In the petition filed by advo-

cate Rizwan, it has been con-

tended that according to med-

ical reports of the injured stu-

dents treated at AIIMS, one

of them almost lost his life and

another has lost his vision.

The petition had alleged

that treatment provided to the

injured students was “inade-

quate”, FIRs have been

lodged against them and they

were being hounded like crim-

inals. – PTI

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2020 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI 13LEISURE & LIFESTYLE

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THE PHANTOM ® By Lee Falk

HAGAR THE HORRIBLE

BLONDIE

Know your DAYBy JACQUELINE BIGAR

HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020:

This year, many people in your life have an unpredictable qual-ity. They act like quicksand – here today, gone tomorrow. As aresult, you develop a strong sense of direction and can adjust

quickly to new facets or circumstances in your life. If single, youcould meet someone in a most peculiar manner. If attached, thetwo of you experience a great deal of excitement in your l i fe,

especially around your home and family. TAURUS knows how toshake up the status quo.

The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive;

3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult.

ARIES (March 21-April 19)HHH Dynamic ideas seem to pop up out of nowhere, but they could

impact your work and how you approach a boss or higher-up. You might

be stunned by others’ reactions. People finally seem to break out of the mold.

Tonight: Count your change.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20)HHHH The unexpected seems to walk hand in hand with you. You

could be frustrated trying to grasp what another person is saying, and

he or she may have difficulty making sense of your words. Try different ways

of verbalizing your ideas. Tonight: Speak your mind.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20)HHH You might feel that someone is not giving you the full story. This

person might not have all the details. Stay open to more information.

You could be stunned by what you hear. Tonight: Get a good night’s sleep.

CANCER (June 21-July 22)HHHH You feel energized. Use this moment to clear out as much as

you can. You have a sense of what someone wants even though he or

she may not verbalize it. Do not make assumptions about this person. Tonight:

Whatever makes you smile.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)HHHH You could be close to a major change in how you handle a

personal matter. Go within, relax and you will sense what to do. Do not

push yourself. Tonight: Someone you look up to does the unexpected.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)HHHH Reach out for a loved one who often takes you down an

interesting path. He or she draws eccentric people who seem to live in

another world. You enjoy these flights of fancy but choose to remain grounded.

Tonight: Where your friends are.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)HHH Be aware of your ability to lead but also your ability to trigger a

commotion. You might need to clarify your priorities, which would help

others understand where you are coming from. Tonight: Count on being up till

the wee hours.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)HHHH You might want to read between the lines to get past a problem.

A more direct approach would bring the clarity needed. If necessary,

find someone with more expertise in dealing with such issues. Tonight: Listen

to live music.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)HHHH You make a big difference in the outcome of various projects,

conversations and interactions. Your energy is erratic; be aware of that

fact as you might need to move from one project to another. Tonight: No matter

what, you will have a great time.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)HHHH A child or loved one could pop up out of nowhere. A loved one

senses what you need. The unexpected adds zing to your creativity

and ideas. Be open to different energy. Tonight: Choose which invitation you

would like to accept.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)HHHHH You could be more exhausted than you realize. You might

experience a sudden change on the homefront, which might not be

serious but demands your attention. Listen to what a loved one shares. He or

she means it – for now! Tonight: Be spontaneous.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)HHHH Your emotions take you down a wild path with a child or loved

one. The empathy you share might be unusually high. At the same

time, you seem able to sense what others want. Tonight: Test out a dreamy idea

but expect a twist along the way.

H H H

Thought for the day

The tongue should express what is in the heart.

– DAYANANDA SARASWATI

The most ineffective workers are

systematically moved to the place where

they can do the __ ___. – Scott Adams (5,6)

Words: Eared, sauna, deftly, making.Answer: The most ineffective workers aresystematically moved to the place wherethey can do the least damage. – Scott Adams

Given below are four jumbled words. Solvethe jumbles to make proper words and movethem to the respective squares below. Selectthe letters in the shaded squares and jumblethem to get the answer for the given quip.

JUMBLED WORDSHEALTH CAPSULES®

by Bron Smith

Health Capsules is not intendedto be of a diagnostic nature.

CROSSWORD - 6811

Across: 1 Endow, 4 Whither, 8 Traipse, 9 Error, 10 Tax,12 Coop, 15 Finn, 16 Indict, 17 Damn, 19 Edgy, 21 Luxury,22 Bart, 23 Eden, 25 Sty, 28 Nehru, 29 Outside, 30 Obliger,31 Rates.

Down: 1 Enticed, 2 Draco, 3 Wept, 4 Whet, 5 Ilex, 6Hurried, 7 Re-ran, 11 Accrue, 13 Pin, 14 Adjust, 18 Mar-shal, 19 Eye, 20 Yankees, 22 Banjo, 24 Drift, 25 Sung, 26Your, 27 Stir.

SOLUTION

13:00 Adventure: Primal Survivor

15:00 Science: Street Genius

15:30 Science: Science Of Stupid


17:00 Airport Security: Colombia

18:00 Science - Superstructure

19:00 Science: Science Of Stupid

20:00 Wildlife: Animal Fight Club


23:00 Airport Security: Colombia

13:25 Jaws & Claws

14:10 Swimming With Monsters

14:55 Ivory Wars

15:55 Spy In The Wild

16:55 Survival Games

18:00 How Do Animals Do That?

18:30 The Cute Ones

19:00 Animal Planet Exclusives

20:00 The Daredevils

07:00 Breakfast Live08:00 Live at 809:00 Good morning Assam10:00 Assamese news11:30 Kotha Barta (R)12:00 Mid Day Live13:00 Assamese Telefilm14:30 Afternoon Prime17:30 Guwahati Bisesh18:00 Guwahati Live18:30 Breaking @ 6:3019:00 Assamesse Prime Time20:00 Discussion Show21:00 Super Prime Time22:00 Live at 1022:30 Noixo Guwahati

23:00 Noixo Batori

1700 Xopun1730 Barala Kai1830 Xopunor Aasutia Rang2000 Jonaki Kareng2030 Xopun2100 Oi Khapla2130 Bah Amarawati Bah2200 Borola Kai

12:00 Match Point

12:30 NZ vs Ind ODI HLs

13:00 Follow the Blues

13:30 Game Plan

14:00 VIVO IPL – Themed HLs

15:00 PBL Pre Show Live

15:15 PBL Live

22:00 Cricket Countdown


23:00 Game Plan

23:30 Hero ISL HLs

09:15 Ranji Trophy Live

16:30 Match Point

17:00 Memorable Match HLs


18:30 Hero ISL Countdown


19:30 Game Plan


21:00 VIVO IPL – Themed HLs



22:30 Match Point


23:30 Game Plan

10:30 Sportstar Aces

11:30 Olympic On the Record

12:00 WWE Raw

15:00 Kick-Off!

15:30 Australian Open

16:00 WWE Raw

19:00 On the Line

20:00 WWE Raw

23:00 Serie A HLs

11:00 Australian Open HLs

12:00 UFC Fight Night

14:30 Kick-Off!

15:00 Serie A

17:00 Australian Open HLs

18:00 NBA HLs

18:30 ESPN FC Show

19:00 UFC Main Event

11:10 The Adventurers13:40 Starship Troopers: Invasion15:30 Predators17:50 The Hobbit: The Battle of

the Five Armies21:00 Earthastrophe22:50 Night at the Museum:

Battle of the Smithsonian

13:10 Shola Aur Shabnam

17:00 Housefull 3

20:00 Tumko Na Bhool

Paayenge

23:15 Mr Bechara

11:00 Saving Private Ryan

13:45 Ocean’s Eight

15:40 A Quiet Place

17:10 Mission: Impossible III

19:25 Annabelle

21:00 GI Joe: The Rise of

Cobra

23:10 Justice League

10:45 Spy Kids

12:20 Out for Justice

13:50 Winter’s Tale

15:45 Drop Zone

17:30 London Fields

19:10 The School of Rock

21:00 Cradle 2 the Grave

22:40 Carriers

10:40 Black Panther12:50 Speed 2: Cruise Control15:00 Ferdinand16:50 Undisputed III:

Redemption18:40 Predator20:50 The Expendables 323:20 The Expendables 2

STAR GOLD

22:40 Tezz

STAR MOVIES

23:20 The Expendables 2

WB

22:40 Carriers

11:40 Ajay

14:40 Mera Badla Revenge 2

17:30 Main Faisla Karunga

19:50 Raja Hindustani

23:50 Police Aur Mujrim

10:00 MLA No. 1

12:20 Nela TIcket

15:30 Poster Boys

18:15 Ghajinkikanth

20:50 Yevadu

13:00 Yehh Jadu Hai Jinn Ka!

13:30 Kasautii Zindagii Kay

14:00 Kahaan Hum Kahaan Tum

14:30 Nazar

15:00 Diya Aur Baati Hum

16:00 Saath Nibhaana Saathiya

17:00 Sasural Genda Phool

18:00 Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai

18:30 Yeh Hai Chahatein

19:00 Kullfi Kumarr Bajewala

19:30 Sanjivani

20:00 Kasautii Zindagii Kay


21:00 Kahaan Hum Kahaan Tum

21:30 Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai

22:00 Yeh Rishtey Hain Pyaar Ke

22:30 Yeh Hai Chahatein

23:00 Nazar


14:00 The Chef’s Line

15:00 The Titan Games

16:00 Charmed

17:00 The Chef’s Line

18:00 Star Trek: Discovery

19:00 Rules Of Engagement

20:00 BattleBots

21:00 The Titan Games

22:00 Star Trek: Discovery

23:00 The Late Late Show With...

13:00 Kundali Bhagya

13:30 Tujhse Hai Raabta

14:00 Guddan Tumse Na Ho Payega

14:30 Dil Ye Ziddi Hai

15:00 Choti Bahu

16:00 Pavitra Rishta

17:00 Kumkum Bhagya


18:00 Haiwaan


19:00 Yeh Teri Galiyaan

19:30 Dil Ye Ziddi Hai



21:00 Kumkum Bhagya


22:00 Ishq Subhan Allah

22:30 Manmohini


23:30 Kumkum Bhagya

13:00 Choti Sarrdaarni

13:30 Vidya

14:00 Bigg Boss


16:25 Shubharamabh

17:00 Naagin Bhagya Ka...

18:00 Shubharamabh

SOLUTION TO TRIBUNE CROSSWORD – 6811

12:10 Shivam15:10 Loveyatri: A Journey of

Love18:00 Wanted21:00 Bindi23:10 Lingaa

10:45 Ready14:00 Dumdaar Khiladi16:40 Hungama19:50 Raid22:40 Tezz

Across

1 Provide with

funds (5)

4 To what place

? (7)

8 Walk wearily

(7)

9 Fallacy,

mistake (5)

10Burdensome

charge (3)

12Poultry

building (4)

15Helsinki chap

(4)

16Charge (6)

17Swear or

curse (4)

19Irritable (4)

21Opulence (6)

22Homer’s son

(4)

23Biblical garden

(4)

25Pig-pen (3)

28India’s first P.M.

(5)

29Exterior (7)

30One doing a

favour (7)

31Classifies or

ranks (5)

Down

1 Attracted or

lured (7)

2 Constellation :

The dragon (5)

3 Shed tears,

cried (4)

4 Sharpen (4)

5 Holly (4)

6 Hasty (7)

7 Showed the

movie or play

21:00 Evan Goes Wild

22:00 Around The Wild In 80 Days

23:00 Snake Squad

23:30 Animals Unleashed

12:55 Pawn Stars

13:50 Storage Wars

14:20 Food Tech

15:15 OMG! Yeh Mera India

16:10 Forged In Fire

17:10 Storage Wars

17:35 Shipping Wars

18:05 Modern Marvels

19:00 Car Jackers

19:30 Pawn Stars

20:00 OMG! Yeh Mera India

21:00 Jesus: His Life

22:00 Pawn Stars

22:30 Storage Wars

23:00 Forged In Fire: Knife Or Death

13:00 Survival Of The Fittest

14:00 Wild 365

15:00 The Wild Side

16:00 Trials of The Wild

16:30 Animals Gone Wild

17:00 Hostile Planet

18:00 Wild 365

19:00 Survival Of The Fittest

20:00 Trials of The Wild

20:30 Animals Gone Wild

21:00 Wild 24

22:00 The Wild Side

23:00 Wild 365

20:00 Serie A HLs

21:00 UCL

21:30 ESPN FC Show

22:00 Kick-Off!

22:30 Serie A HLs

23:00 UFC Main Event

09:00 NBA Regular Season Live

11:30 Pak vs Bangla T20I HLs

12:00 Australia vs India T20I HLs

13:00 Australia vs NZ Test HLs

14:00 England vs India T20 HLs

15:00 KFC BBL Weekly

15:30 SA vs England Test HLs

16:30 SA vs England ODI Live

again, in a

way? (2-3)

11Amass (6)

13__ drop silence

(3)

14Accommodate

(6)

18Arrange in

order (7)

19An organ of

sight (3)

20Americans (7)

22Musical

instrument (5)

24Go aimlessly

(5)

25Warbled or

intoned (4)

26___ Highness :

King’s title ? (4)

27Whisk, agitate

(4)

18:30 Shakti Astitva Ke Ehsaas Ki

19:00 Vidya


20:00 Shakti Astitva Ke Ehsaas Ki

20:30 Ram Siya Ke Luv Kush

21:00 Shubharamabh

21:30 Bahu Begum

22:00 Bepanah Pyaarr

22:30 Bigg Boss

13:00 Best Of Crime Patrol

19:00 Mere Sai - Shraddha Aur...

19:30 Vighnaharta Ganesh

20:00 Isharon Isharon Mein

20:30 Patiala Babes

21:00 Beyhadh 2

21:30 Tara From Satara

22:00 Mere Dad Ki Dulhan

22:30 Crime Patrol Satark

23:30 Best Of Crime Patrol

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

8 9

10 11

12 13 14 15

16

17 18 19 20

21

22 23 24

25 26 27

28 29

30 31

Limiting the riskof Alzheimer’s

Researchers have found that regular

aerobic exercise not only improves

physical health but also improves

cognitive functioning, which might protect

against Alzheimer’s disease.

“This study is a significant step toward

developing an exercise prescription that

protects the brain against Alzheimer’s disease,

even among people who were previously

sedentary,” said lead investigator Ozioma C

Okonkwo from the University of Wisconsin in

the US.

For the study, published in the

journal Brain Plasticity, researchers investi-

gated 23 cognitively normal, relatively young

older adults with a family history or genetic

risk for Alzheimer’s. All patients had a

sedentary lifestyle.

They underwent a battery of assessments,

including cardiorespiratory fitness testing,

measurement of daily physical activity, brain

glucose metabolism imaging (a measure of

neuronal health), and cognitive function tests.

Half of the participants were randomly

assigned to receive information about

maintaining an active lifestyle but no further

intervention.

The other half participated in a moderate-

intensity treadmill training programme with a

personal trainer, three times per week for 26

weeks.

Compared to the participants maintaining

their usual level of physical activity, individuals

assigned to the active training programme

improved their cardiorespiratory fitness, spent

less time sedentary after the training pro-

gramme ended, and performed better on

cognitive tests of executive functioning (but

not episodic memory).

Executive function, an aspect of cognition

that is known to decline with the progression

of Alzheimer’s, comprises the mental

processes enabling individuals to plan, focus

attention, remember instructions, and juggle

multiple tasks successfully.

The participants’ improved cardiorespiratory

fitness was associated with increased brain

glucose metabolism in the posterior cingulate

cortex, an area of the brain linked to Alzheimer’s.

This research shows that lifestyle behaviour

- regular aerobic exercise - can potentially

enhance brain and cognitive functions that are

particularly sensitive to the disease.

(Source: IANS)

HBO

23:10 Justice League

Aerobic exercise improves cognitive functioning, which

might protect against Alzheimer’s disease, says study

14 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2020

INTERNATIONAL

N.I.T. No. ACE/Z-1/2019-20/4

NOTICE INVITING SHORT TENDERSealed percentage rate tender affixing court fee stamp of Rs. 8.25 (Rupees eight and paise

twenty five only) eventually drawn in A.P.W.D. F-2 form is invited from registered contractor

under Irrigation Department for the mentioned works under Pathsala Division

(Irrigation) Pathsala.

Group Name of scheme Amount (in Time of

No. Lac. Approx) Completion

1 Protection & restoration of damaged CC. falls of 7,00,000.00 45 days

canal MRD1 & MRD2 and Repairing of canal bed

from Ch. 4000.00 m to Ch. 5040.00 m of MRD 2

canal of Dekadong Irrigation Scheme under M&R

for the year 2019-20

2 Raising and Strenthening of canal MRD1 from Ch. 8,00,000.00 45 days

1400.00 m to Ch. 1800.00 m of Dekadong

Irrigation Scheme under M&R for the year

2019-20

3 M&R to Dekadong Irrigation Scheme (Repairing 15,00,000.00 45 days

of MLD1 canal Embankment in between ch.

100.00m to Ch. 534.00 m) for the year 2019-20

4 M&R to Dekadong Irrigation Scheme (Repairing 17,00,000.00 45 days

of MLD1 Canal Embankment in between ch.

2240.00m to Ch. 3400.00m of MLD1 Canal) for

the year 2019-20

5 M&R to Moradiya FIS (Repairing of Main and 10,00,000.00 45 days

Branch Canal with earthwork in filling and

repairing of brick lined water course) for the

year 2019-20

6 M&R to Bhumki Irrigation Scheme (Repairing of 8,00,000.00 45 days

Branch Canal 1 in between Ch. 510.00m to 930.00m)

for the year 2019-20

7 M&R to Bhumki Irrigation Scheme (Protection of 5,00,000.00 45 days

Breach at afflux bund of U/S of Headwork) for the

year 2019-20

8 M&R to Bhumki Irrigation Scheme (Repairing of 9,85,000.00 45 days

main Canal in between ch. 1500.00 m to ch.

1740.00m) for the year 2019-20

Earnest Money : 2% against work value for general category and 1% for SC, ST, OBC,

MOBC etc.

Issue of tender document : Up to 3.00 pm of 10-02-2020

Receipt of tender: Up to 1.00 pm of 11-02-2020 in the O/o the undersigned.

Opening of tender : At 2.00 pm on 11-02-2020

Detailed tender document can be obtained from the office of the undersigned on all working

days during office days as mentioned above against an application and on payment of Rs.

500.00( Rupees Five hundred ) only by I.P.O. duly pledge the Additional Chief Engineer

Zone-I Irrigation Barpeta / by cash for each group. If for any reason last date of receiving or

issuing tender paper is declared as holiday / bandh tender will be received and opened on the

next working day.

The tenderers or their authorised representative may remain present at the time of opening

of tenders if they desire to stay.

Special Clauses:

1. The contractor will have to submit the copy of up to date Registration certificate /VAT

clearance / Labour licence / PAN.

2. The payment of the work is subjected to availability of fund and no claim will be entertained

for interest /delayed payment in future thereof.

3. This NIT will form a part of the contract agreement in addition to A.P.W.D.F - 2 forms.

4. All other terms and conditions as per rules and procedures followed in Irrigation Department,

Assam from time to time are also applicable.

5. The concerned Authority reserves the right to accept/ reject any or all tender without

assigning any reason thereof and is not bound to accept the lowest tender.

Sd/- Additional Chief Engineer

Janasanyog/CF/3926/19 Zone-I, Irrigation, Barpeta

SHORT TENDER NOTICESHORT N.I.T. No. DD/02 for 2019-20

Sealed tenders in prescribed form to be eventually to be drawn up in A.P.W.D form of H/F-2 ( as

the case may be) affixing non-refundable court fee stamps of Rs.8.25 [Rupees eight & paisa twenty

five] only in single group is hereby invited frorn the current years registered contractors/firms of

Water Resources Department, Assam with 2% earnest money ( 1% in case of S.C./S.T./O. B.C./M.O.

B.C.) in form of Bank Fixed Deposit (Nationalised Bank only) duly pledged to the Executive Engineer,

Dibrugarh W.R. Division, Dibrugarh for each group separately. The tenders will be received by the

undersigned in his office up to 2.00 P.M on 14/02/2020 and will be opened on the same day, same

place at 2.30 P.M. in presence of the contractors or their authorized representatives. If the date of

opening tenders happened to be a holiday/bandh or it is not possible to receive on stipulated date

for any unforeseen reason, the next working day will be considered as the last day of receipt/

opening of the tenders at the same hour.

The detailed N. I. T., specification of works Group list etc. may be seen in the office of the

undersigned during office hours on all working day from dtd. 11/02/2020

Tender papers may be obtained from the office of the undersigned during office hours on all

working days on payment of Rs 500.00 (Rupees Five Hundred ) only in the form of IPO drawn in

favour of Executive Engineer, Dibrugarh W.R. Division, Dibrugarh up-to 2.00 P.M. of 14/02/2020.

Sl Jurisdiction Name of the Work Nature of Approximate Time Earnest

No. Work estimate allowed Money

value for

Completion

1 Doomdooma “Survey & Survey and Rs. 30 2% of

W.R. Sub- investigation works Instigation 9,25,000.00 (Thirty) the

Division including preparation work (Rupees Nine days value

of DPR for design of including Lakhs of

hydraulic structure to preparation Twenty work

augment water intake of detailed Five (1%

from Tirap river including project Thousand) in

design of sluice report only case

culverts at etc of ST/

Lekhapani SC/

Military station.” OBC/

MOBC

Sd/- Executive Engineer,

Dibrugarh WR Division,

Janasanyog/C/10096/19 Dibrugarh.

No. GMC.3/2020/3

PRESS NOTICEThe Chief Engineer, P.W.D. (Buildings). Assam. on behalf of the Governor of Assam invites bids for the following work havingexperience of similar nature of work from APWD Registered contractors.Details ol’the bid may be seen at e-procurement portal website i.e. www.assamtenders.gov.inThe bidders must be enrolled in www.assamtenders.gov.inSl State/ Approx. Time of E. M. D. E.M.D. to be TenderNo. Pakage Name of Work Value of completion drawn in CostWork (Rs. favour of (Rs.)In Lakh)

Mother & Child Hospital (500 (2% for E.E., PWD.bedded) at Gauhati Medical 24 General Guwahati1 GMC/ College & Hospital at 19863.71 (twenty (1%fior Building, 12,500/-M&CH-1 Guwahati under SOPD-ODS four) Reserved Division-II,for FY 2019-2020 (Including months category) Dispur,internal electrical works) Guwahati-6N.B. - (i) Value of work may be varying according to final BOQ which may be seen in the detail NIT.

Sd/- Chief Engineer, PWD (Building),Janasanyog/C/10072/19 Assam, Chandmari, Guwahati-3

No. CE/DEV/TB/199 /2019-20/6

PRESS NOTICE FOR INVITING TENDER

The Chief Engineer, PWD (Roads) , Assam, Chandmari,

Ghy-3 on behalf of the Governor of Assam invites Bids online

from approved and eligible registered Contractors of A.P.W.R.D.

for the following works under S.O.P.D. (Signature Project) for

the year 2019-20.

Details can be seen at website-

www.assamtenders.gov.in from 10-02-2020 and also at the

office O/o the undersigned (Development Branch), Chandmari,

Ghy-03

Note: 1. The Scheme is being sanctioned from competent

authority. In the event of non-sanction of the scheme, the bids

may be cancelled and no claim what so ever on this account

shall be entertained from the bidders.

2. The approximate N.I.T. Value is inclusive of GST, L.C. etc.

Sd/- Chief Engineer, PWD (Roads)

Assam, Chandmari, Guwahati-3.Janasanyog/CF/3894/19

No. CE/CC/WR/NIT/2019-20/1003/22 PRESS NOTICE FOR BIDChief Engineer, Water Resources Department, Chandmari, Guwahati-3, on behalf of Governor of Assam invites Tenderfor the following worksSI. Name of Name of The Scheme Amount FUNDNo. Division (Approx.in lakh)1 Barpeta Reconstruction of public cut on embkt. at Gagalmari including improvement 1611.002W.R. Division of R/B embkt. along river Morachoulkhuwa from Ch. 0 Km to 5.6 Km alongwith A/E measures in different reaches2 Barpeta Recoupment of breach like damages of B/dyke from Bahari to Baghbar at 594.054W.R. Division different reaches (at Fulbari, Dokreswar, Chesra and Dighirpam) from.Ch. 41700m to ch. 42700m, ch. 44800m to ch. 45800m & ch. 58240m toch. 61240m3 Barpeta Protection of Barapeta cattle farm and its adjoining area from the erosion 495.049W.R. Division of river Beki on its L/B.4 Dibrugarh Reconstruction of Buridehing bund R/bank from Kotoha to Bhogamur from 1176.531W.R. Division ch. 1st km to 8th km along with a/e measures at 5th km near Bhogamur.5 Nalbari Reconstruction of breached like damage embkt. at Bhagabatipara 886.828W.R. Division area along with improvement of R/B embkt. of Nadla along with A/Emeasures at different reaches6 Nalbari Reconstruction of breached like damage embkt. at U/S & D/S of Rly. Line 534.146W.R. Division along with improvement of Noona R/B embkt.along with A/E measures atdifferent reaches SOPD-7 UAID Restoration of NR dyke Ph II at Neolgaon area from flood devastation of 786.689 FDRW.R. Division river Brahmaputra.8 Diphu Protection of Neparpatty and Naojan areas from the erosion of river 744.554W.R. Division Dhansiri in Karbi Anglong district9 Dhakuakhana Protection of Bhati Kekuri and its adjoining area from the erosion of river 365.791W.R. Division Charikoria on its left bank.10 Tezpur Protection of Gangmouthan and its adjoining areas from the erosion of 337.587W.R. Division river Borgang on left bank. Ph. – II11 Silchar Reconstruction of breached embankment at Roypur including protection 1860.018W.R. Division works on “Dyke alongL/B of Borak from Masimpur to Katakhal”12 Silchar Reconstruction of almost breached embankment at Manikpur including 647.119W.R. Division protection works on “Dyke along L/B of Borak from Masimpur to Katakhal”13 Tezpur Anti-erosion measures to protect Biswanath Ghat, Sanyashi Gaon and its 399.787W.R. Division adjoining areas from the erosion of river Brahmaputra. Ph. – I14 Tezpur Anti-erosion measures at Dipara Dani Gaon (Model village) to protect Kalyani 1354.295W.R. Division Than and its adjoining areas from the erosion of river Brahmaputra.Details may be seen at website- httplassamtenders.gov.in1. This invitation for Bids is open to all registered WR Contractors/ firms of class I Category.2. In Case of JV (Joint Venture), one partner of JV should invariably be registered Class I contractor of WRD ASSAM. Theother partner may be a registered class I contractor of APWD/ Assam Irrigation/ Assam PHE/ CPWD/ Railway/ NHIDCU NHAIor a registered Class I contractor of WRD Assam and the bidder/JV partners should register their Digital Signature in thename of JV itself.3. The interested bidder may obtain the SBD which can be downloaded from the website http/assamtenders.gov.in.Amendment/Addendum to the SBD, if any, and further notifications shall appear in this website.4. The Contractor/bidder must be registered with the Electronic Tendering System (ETS) of the Govt. of Assam (website http/assamtenders.gov.in Contractors can download documents free of cost. Contractors have to necessarily down load thebidding document from the ETS using their own ID(Digital Signature Certificate). Bid documents not procured (downloaded)through the ETS/not using the contractor’s own user ID will be considered invalid and summarily rejected. Contractorssubmitting bids online have to submit copy of the documents of technical bid required to be submitted manually before theexpiry of the sequence ‘Online Bid Preparation & Submission’ in the tender schedule . The last date and time for submissionof the Technical Bids manually is the same as the expiry of the sequence ‘Online Bid Preparation & Submission’ in thetender schedule. Bid will be rejected/ cancelled if Financial Bid submitted off-line hard copy.5. All the interested bidders are requested to read the Bid Document carefully before submission of their bid6. Issue of Work order is subjected to the accordance of Administrative Approval from Government.7. For any,e-tendering related quarries please mail to [email protected]/- Chief Engineer, Water Resources DepartmentAssam, Chandmari, Guwahati-3Janasanyog/C/10094/19

No. JD(I)/M/18/PT-1/2019-2020/

TENDER NOTICESealed Tender in prescribed form eventually to be drawn in APWD ‘F’-

2 form affixing nonrefundable Court fee stamp of Rs. 8.25 (Rupees Eight& twenty five) only are hereby invited from Govt. Contractor/Farmsunder Irrigation Department for the under mentioned works which will bereceived by the undersigned up to 2.00 P.M. on 14.02.2020 and will beopened on the same date & time in the Office of the undersigned.

Rates should be quoted on percentage basis, i.e. as per/above/belowthe estimated rate. Detailed of works, tender paper and terms & conditionsmay be obtained from the Office of the undersigned during all workingdays up to 14.02.2020 depositing non-refundable crossed I.P.O. for Rs.200.00 (Rupees Two Hundred) only for each group duly pledged to theundersigned.

In case the last day of receiving tender becomes a holiday due tounforeseen reason, the tender .will be received on the next working day& will be opened accordingly.NAME OF WORK : FDR for Sluice Gate at Kharjan in Kakorikata

Arjunguri Area (Raising of Guidebund) underFDR works, Grant No-49 for the under JORHATDIVISION (IRRIGATION), JORHAT for the year2019-2020.

HEAD OF A/C : “2702-00-800-0160-142-17-05-SOPD-FDR-V-GA”.

ESTIMATED VALUE : Rs. 10.00 Lakh (Rupees TEN Lakh) onlyTIME OF COMPLETION: 25 (Twenty Five) DAYS.EARNEST MONEY : 2% FOR GENERAL (1% FOR S.T/S.C./O.B.C.

ETC.)Sd/- Executive Engineer,

Jorhat Division (Irrigation)Janasanyog/C/10070/19 Jorhat

GOVERNMENT OF ASSAMPUBLIC WORKS ROADS DEPARTMENTOFFICE OF THE CHIEF ENGINEER (EAP) CUMPROJECT DIRECTOR WORLD BANK AIDED PROJECTSARR&TI COMPLEX FATASIL AMBARI GUWAHATI-25 ASSAMEmail: [email protected] No: CE/APART/128/2019/12 REQUEST FOR BIDS (RFB)E-PROCUREMENT NOTICE(One-Envelope Bidding Process with e-Procurement)The Government of India has received financing from the World Bank towards the cost of the APART Projectand intend to apply part of the proceeds to the eligible payment under the contract. Bid. are invited online fromthe eligible bidders from India for the following works as detailed below in the table below:

TABLESl. Package no. Name of the work Approx. value Bid Cost of CompletionNo. of work security document period(Rupees (INR) (INR)in Lakh)1. APART/NOCP/ Renovation of official building ofDICC/C-01 District Industries and Commerce 28.36 56,720 2000 6 monthsCentre in the Cachar District2. APART/NOCP/ Renovation of official building ofDICC/DNG-01 District Industries and Commerce 30.00 60,000 2000 6 monthsCentre in the Darrang District3. APART/NOCP/ Renovation of official buildingDICC/KAR-01 District Industries and Commerce 29.17 58,340 2000 6 monthsCentre in the Karbi Anglong District4. APART/NOCP/ Renovation of official building ofDICC/JH-01 District Industries and Commerce 28.03 56,060 2000 6 monthsCentres in the Jorhat District5 APART/NOCP/ Renovation of official building of 2000 6 monthsDICC/LKR-01 District Industries and Commerce 27.90 55,800Centres in the Lakhimpur District6 APART/NOCP/ Renovation of official building ofDICC/GLT-01 District Industries and Commerce 27.68 55,360 2000 6 monthsCentres in the Golaghat DistrictThe bidding documents are available online on http://www.assamtenders.gov.in from 06.02.2020 to 07.03.2020.Bidders will be required to register on the website which is free of cost. For submission of the bids, the bidder isrequired to have Digital Signature Certificate (DSC). Bids must be submitted online on http://www.assamtenders.gov.in or before 14:00 on 07/03/2020. Other details can be seen in the bidding document.Sd/- Chief Engineer, PWD (EAP)Assam, Fatasil Ambari, Guwahati-25Janasanyog/CF/3931/19

LOS ANGELES, Feb 4:

Shift workers are at a signifi-

cantly higher risk of sleep dis-

orders and metabolic syn-

drome, which increases a per-

son’s risk for heart disease,

stroke and type 2 diabetes,

according to a review of stud-

ies led by an Indian-origin re-

searcher.

The study, published in The

Journal of the American Oste-

opathic Association, noted that

the risks increase even more

for those who work irregular

or rotating shifts.

“The strength of our econ-

omy and safety of our society

depend heavily on night shift

workers,” said Kshma

Kulkarni, from Touro Univer-

sity in the US, and lead author

of the study.

“It is critical we address the

health issues facing people in this

line of work,” Kulkarni said.

She said that shift workers

are central to the travel, hospi-

tality and e-commerce indus-

tries, as well as the 24-hour

support needed from nurses,

physicians and first-responders,

like police and firefighters.

One study found 9 per cent

of night-shift nurses developed

metabolic syndrome, com-

pared to only 1.8 per cent of

day shift nurses, the research-

ers said. Other studies have

noted that risks gradually in-

crease with accumulated years

of shift work, they said.

Working nights disrupts in-

dividuals’ circadian rhythm, the

body’s internal clock respon-

sible for neural and hormonal

signalling, according to the re-

searchers.

Once a person’s circadian

rhythm is desynchronised

from their sleep/wake cycle,

they will likely experience dis-

turbances in hormonal levels,

including increased cortisol,

ghrelin and insulin, and de-

creased serotonin, among oth-

ers, they explained.

The cascade of hormonal

changes is what prompts the

development of metabolic dis-

orders, and causes people to

develop multiple chronic con-

ditions, the researchers said.

Kulkarni recommends the

first essential step for night

shift workers is to establish

consistent sleeping hours.

Employers can help by elim-

inating rotating shifts that dis-

rupt sleep patterns even fur-

ther, she said.

They can also schedule shifts

to start before midnight and

last no more than 11 hours to

help workers adjust and stabi-

lise their new circadian rhythm,

according to Kulkarni.

Exposure to light promotes

wakefulness in general, so re-

searchers recommend night

shift workers increase their

light exposure prior to and

throughout their shifts.

Previous studies have

shown shift workers are more

likely to eat snacks higher in

sugar and saturated fat while

consuming less protein and

vegetables, and more likely to

skip meals. – PTI

Shift workers at higher riskof heart disease, diabetes

WASHINGTON, Feb 4: US

President Donald Trump on

Monday won the Iowa Caucus

with the members of his Re-

publican party standing solidly

behind him.

While the focus of this year’s

Iowa Caucus, which formally

kicks off the 2020 presidential

season has been on the tough

race among the over a dozen

odd Democratic presidential

aspirants, Trump, according to

the local Des Moines Register,

garnered the support of more

Trump wins Iowa Caucus

than 95 percent of his party

votes on Monday night when

the reports last came in.

“President Trump recap-

tures overwhelming Iowa Re-

publican support,” the Des

Moines Register said.

“Republicans in Iowa go out

and Caucus today. Your great

Trade Deals with China, Mex-

ico, Canada, Japan, South Ko-

rea and more, are DONE.

Great times are coming, after

waiting for decades, for our

Farmers, Ranchers, Manufac-

turers and ALL. Nobody else

could have pulled this off!

Trump had said earlier in the

day.

In the US presidential elec-

tions system, the political par-

ties have to undergo a demo-

cratic exercise in each of the

50 States either through cau-

cus or primaries to elect their

presidential nominees.

The winners of the prima-

ries are finally declared as nom-

inee by both the Republican and

the Democratic parties held

late summer, who then fight out

in the November presidential

elections. – PTI

WASHINGTON, Feb 4:

Taranjit Singh Sandhu, a career

foreign service official, arrived

here on Monday as India’s

ambassador-designate to the

United States.

“Ambassador of India to the

United States, Sandhu arrived

this morning and assumed

charge,” the Indian Embassy

said in a tweet soon after his

arrival.

He was given a warm wel-

come by the Deputy Ambas-

sador Amit Kumar and other

senior officials at the Indian

Embassy here.

A 1988-batch Indian Foreign

Service Official, Sandhu has had

two successful stints at the In-

dian Embassy in Washington

DC – the last one being as

Deputy Ambassador from July

2013 to January 2017.

He succeeds Harsh Vardhan

Shringla, who has been pro-

moted as the Foreign Secre-

tary. Sandhu till last week was

India’s High Commissioner to

Sri Lanka.

Sandhu is soon expected to

present his credentials to the

US President Donald Trump

at the White House.

One of the most experienced

Indian diplomats on US affairs,

Sandhu was Deputy Chief of

Mission here from July 2013

to January 2017. Earlier, he was

First Secretary (Political) at the

Embassy of India, Washington

DC, responsible for liaison with

the United States Congress

from 1997 to 2000. He has also

been at the Permanent Mission

of India to United Nations, New

York from July 2005 to Febru-

ary 2009.

Born on January 23, 1963 in

a family of educationists, Sand-

hu studied at The Lawrence

School, Sanawar, and graduat-

ed with History Honours from

St. Stephens’ College, Delhi.

He pursued a Master’s Degree

in International Relations at the

Jawaharlal Nehru University,

New Delhi. Sandhu is married

to Reenat Sandhu, who is Am-

bassador of India to Italy.

In a distinguished career

spanning over 30 years in the

Indian Foreign Service since

1988, Sandhu started his dip-

lomatic career from former

Soviet Union (Russia) where

he worked as Third Secretary

(Political)/Second Secretary

(Commercial) in the Indian

Mission from 1990 to 1992.

Following the breakup of

Soviet Union, he was sent to

open a new Embassy in

Ukraine. He served as Head

of Political and Administration

Wings in the Indian Embassy

in Kiev from 1992 to 1994.

Sandhu was Consul General

of India in Frankfurt from Sep-

tember 2011 to July 2013. He

has worked in the Ministry of

External Affairs in various ca-

pacities: as Joint Secretary

(United Nations) from March

2009 to August 2011; and later

as Joint Secretary (Administra-

tion) heading the Human Re-

source Division. – PTI

Sandhu arrives in US asambassador-designate

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2020 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI 15SPORTS

Originating from Japan,

‘su do ku’ is a mind game

and a puzzle that can be

solved with proper

reasoning and logic. Fill

the grid with digits in such

a manner that every row,

every column and every

3 x 3 box accommodates

the digits 1 to 9 without

repeating any.

Solution of last problem

SU DO KU

HAMILTON, Feb 4: Opener Prithvi Shaw on

Tuesday made a comeback into the Indian Test

team for the two-match series against New

Zealand while Mayank Agarwal replaced injured

Rohit Sharma in the ODI squad for the series

beginning here on Wednesday.

Shaw, who last played for India in October

2018, returns to the Test side after Rohit was

ruled out of the series due to a left calf muscle

strain. The two-Test series begins in Wellington

on February 21.

With Rohit also ruled out of three-match ODI

series beginning here on Wednesday, Mayank

Agarwal replaces Rohit in the side and is in line

to open alongside Shaw, provided KL Rahul

continues to bat in the middle-order.

“Vice-captain Rohit Sharma sustained a left calf

muscle strain during the fifth T20I against New

Zealand at Tauranga on Sunday.

“He underwent an MRI scan in Hamilton on

Monday. The opening batsman has been ruled out

of the upcoming ODI and the Test series and will

be referred to the National Cricket Academy for

further management of his injury,” said the BCCI

in a statement.

Shaw, who had made a century on Test debut

against the West Indies in October 2018, had last

Shaw makes Test comeback, Agarwal replaces Rohit for ODI seriesmonth received a maiden ODI call-up for the

New Zealand series.

After serving an eight-month doping ban last

year, Shaw showed no signs of rustiness and was

instantaneously amongst the runs in domestic

cricket with the double hundred against Baroda

being the highlight.

Shaw has already been in New Zealand for

more than two weeks with the A side and

smashed a 150 against New Zealand XI in his first

innings on the tour.

His India U-19 team-mate Shubman Gill has

expectedly retained his place in the Test squad

following a match-saving double hundred for

India A against New Zealand on Sunday.

Both Shaw and Gill are openers but the former

is expected to open alongside Agarwal in the first

Test at Basin Reserve. Gill, who smashed the

double ton batting at number four, can also make

the eleven as a middle-order batsman.

Gill, who has played two ODIs, was part of the

Test squad in the home series against South

Africa and Bangladesh but did not get a game.

Kuldeep Yadav, who did not make the eleven

in the five T20s against New Zealand, has been

dropped from the Test squad with the selectors

going for two specialist spinner options in

Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin.

The Chinaman played his last Test during the

tour of Australia in January last year and during

the home season, Ashwin and Jadeja were the

preferred choice.

KL Rahul, who played his last Test in the West

Indies in September, was ignored despite a

prolific run in limited overs cricket.

Among the pacers, Navdeep Saini has made

his way into the Test side following impressive

performances in limited overs cricket. Saini had

received his maiden Test call-up for the one-off

Test against Afghanistan in 2018 but is yet to

make his debut. However, he has gone on to play

three ODIs and 10 T20s for India.

Senior pacer Ishant Sharma, who had twisted

his ankle during a Ranji Trophy game last month,

has kept his place in the side but his participation

in the series is subject to fitness.

India’s Test squad: Virat Kohli (captain),

Mayank Agarwal, Prithvi Shaw, Shubman Gill,

Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane (vice-captain),

Hanuma Vihari, Wriddhiman Saha (wicket-

keeper), Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), Ravichan-

dran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Jasprit Bumrah,

Umesh Yadav, Mohd. Shami, Navdeep Saini,

Ishant Sharma (subject to fitness clearance). – PTIPrithvi Shaw, who last played for India in October 2018, returns to the Test side after RohitSharma was ruled out of the series due to a left calf muscle strain.

MILAN, Feb 4: Diego

Demme and Eljif Elmas scored

their first Serie A goals as Na-

poli followed up last weekend’s

win over champions Juventus

with a 4-2 victory at Sampdo-

ria on Monday.

Gennaro Gattuso’s side

claimed back-to-back league

wins for just the second time

this season to move 10th, two

points off the Europa League

berths.

But a return to the Champi-

ons League remains a distant

hope as Napoli, who also

dumped holders Lazio out of

the Italian Cup last month, re-

main nine points behind fourth-

placed Atalanta and Roma.

“We’re back,” declared cap-

tain Lorenzo Insigne following

a hard-fought game in which

Sampdoria came from two

goals down to level at 2-2.

Demme, Elmas help resurgentNapoli beat Sampdoria

“We’re giving continuity to

the work we do during the

week with the coach. This is a

victory for the group.

“The Champions League is

feasible but we have to think

game by game. We’ve done a

lot of damage, but now we have

to recover and get our season

back on track.”

Arkadiusz Milik struck early

for the visitors, nodding in the

first after just three minutes off

a cross from fellow Pole Piotr

Zielinski, as a flare on the pitch

in Genoa distracted the Samp-

doria defenders.

North Macedonia interna-

tional Elmas tapped in a second

after quarter of an hour for his

first goal in Italy’s top flight.

But Sampdoria halved the

deficit with Fabio Quagliarella’s

powerful volley on 26 minutes.

Gaston Ramirez had the ball

in the back of the net before the

hour mark with a spectacular

overhead kick, but VAR ruled

that Manolo Gabbiadini’s arm

touched the ball in the build-up.

Gabbiadini pulled Sampdo-

ria level from the penalty spot

with 15 minutes to go after

Kostas Manolas tripped

Quagliarella in the box.

Demme, who arrived last

month from RB Leipzig, re-

stored Napoli’s advantage sev-

en minutes from time with

Dries Mertens sweeping the

fourth into an empty net deep

into injury time.

Claudio Ranieri’s Sampdoria

sit four points above the rele-

gation zone.

“We must continue to be-

lieve,” said Ranieri.

“Quagliarella is playing well.

We hope to see other similar

pearls to his goal today.” – AFP

Eljif Elmas of Napoli celebrates after scoring against Sampdoria during the Serie A match in Genoa, Italy.

HAMILTON, Feb 4: New Zealand’s stand-in

skipper Tom Latham is banking on fresh faces to

turn around the fortunes of his injury-hit side

against a seemingly invincible India in the ODI

series starting here on Wednesday.

New Zealand were hammered 0-5 in the T20

series, which concluded on Sunday. Latham said

the Black Caps, playing their first ODI since that

infamous World Cup final loss to England on

boundary countback, are hopeful of bouncing back.

“We had guys who sat and watched it (the

World Cup final) over again. It was an experi-

ence for us where we didn’t quite come out

on the right side. But you know it was an

unbelievable game,” Latham said in a press

conference here on Tuesday ahead of the

three-match series.

“Now for us it is important that we refocus on

the job in hand. We have played India a lot over

the last couple of years. So, there shouldn’t be

too many surprises. For us it is about trying to

focus on the series rather than looking back to

that World Cup game,” he added.

New Zealand are battling an injury crisis,

which includes regular skipper Kane William-

son. The Black Caps will, however, be reju-

venated by the inclusion of all-rounder Jim-

my Neesham and Colin de Grandhomme in

the ODI squad.

Keeper-batsman Tom Blundell and lanky pac-

er Kyle Jamieson are the ones who don’t have an

ODI cap to their name.

“The T20 results were disappointing for

the T20 side. (But) It is nice that a slightly

new group has come in for this one-day

team, a few new faces and a different for-

mat,” he said.

“So it is important that we don’t try and rein-

vent the wheel to try and change our style of play.

Obviously it is hard but as I said there is a new

group now. Fresh faces in a different format, which

will pose challenges in a different way.

“So, fingers crossed and we can switch into

One-day mode and start getting those results,”

he added.

Latham said Williamson, who will miss the

first two ODIs thanks to a shoulder injury, is a

big player for his side. India will also be miss-

ing Rohit Sharma, who is ruled out owing to a

calf injury.

“It is disappointing to lose people like Kane.

But again it presents an opportunity to someone

else to come in and stake a claim. Fingers crossed,

he (Williamson) will back as soon as possible.

“With Rohit it is similar to Kane situation.

He is a massive player for India. But again, it

presents and opportunity to someone else.

We know what depth Indian cricket has and

we are certainly not going to take them light-

ly,” he added. – PTI

Stand-in skipper Latham hopes fresh faces will turn it around for Kiwis

New Zealand’s stand-in captain Tom Latham addresses a press conference ahead of the 1st ODIagainst India at the Seddon Park in Hamilton, on Tuesday.

MONTREAL, Feb 4: The World Anti-Doping Agency

(WADA) said it has asked the Court of Arbitration for Sport

(CAS) for a public hearing on its case for Russia’s exclusion

from international sporting competitions.

At stake in the hearing will be the fate of Russian ath-

letes hoping to compete in such events as this year’s To-

kyo Olympics and the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics and

2022 football World Cup.

WADA director general Olivier Niggli said his group made

the formal request for a public forum to resolve the dispute

would ensure the world hears the case from both sides and

understands how punishment, if any, is administered.

“WADA’s investigations on Russia, and this latest case of

non-compliance, have generated huge interest around the

world,” Niggli said on Monday.

“It is WADA’s view – and that of many of our stakehold-

ers – that this dispute at CAS should be held in a public

forum to ensure that everybody understands the process

and hears the arguments.” WADA sent its case against the

Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) to CAS, the

world’s highest sport court, last month.

It will be a CAS panel that must decide whether to con-

firm the four-year ban WADA imposed on Russia last month

after considering Russia’s case against the epic sanction.

In December, WADA imposed a four-year ban on Russia

over what it considers a state-sponsored doping scheme –

prohibiting Russia from participating in such events as this

year’s Tokyo Olympics.

WADA says Russia “manipulated” data from an anti-

doping laboratory in Moscow in the latest move in a long-

running scandal that began with the 2015 revelation of

long-term institutional doping involving senior Russian

officials, secret agents and trafficked urine vials.

Under the sanctions, Russians would be allowed to com-

pete in the Tokyo Olympics only if they can demonstrate

they were not part of the doping network – the same

situation Russian athletes faced at the 2018 Pyeongchang

Winter Olympics. RUSADA disputed the WADA execu-

tive committee ban on December 27, setting the stage for

WADA to send the case to CAS.

WADA investigators retrieved data from the RUSADA

Moscow laboratory last year, but in analysing the data, WADA

and independent investigators confirmed the data had been

manipulated and some data had been deleted. – AFP

MELBOURNE, Feb 4:

Australia has recalled all-

rounder Mitch Marsh and

Glenn Maxwell for the

One-day International and

Twenty20 tour of South

Africa.

Marsh last featured in an

Australian side in the Ashes

series last September. He

hasn’t played an ODI since

January 2018 or a T20 inter-

national since October 2018.

Maxwell last played for

Australia in October be-

fore taking a break from

cricket, cit ing mental

health issues. He returned

to action in the BBL for the

Melbourne Stars.

On Tuesday, Marcus Stoin-

is was named the Big Bash

League’s domestic player of

the tournament, but he was

left out of both squads.

“Marcus Stoinis is a stand-

by player for each squad and

was unlucky to miss out due

to the make-up of the cur-

rent top order,” selector

Mitch Marsh back for Australiain ODI/T20 squads for S Africa

Trevor Hohns said in a state-

ment on Tuesday.

“It is terrific to have a

back-up player of his calibre

in such good form.”

Pacemen Sean Abbott and

Jhye Richardson were

named in the T20 squad and

Matthew Wade was includ-

ed in both.

Australia will play three

T20s against South Africa on

February 21, 23 and 26 before

three one-dayers on February

29, March 4 and March 7.AUSTRALIAN SQUADS

ODI: Aaron Finch (captain), AlexCarey, Pat Cummins, Ashton Agar,Josh Hazlewood, Marnus La-buschagne, Mitch Marsh, GlennMaxwell, Kane Richardson, SteveSmith, Mitchell Starc, Matthew Wade,David Warner, Adam Zampa.T20: Aaron Finch (captain), AlexCarey, Pat Cummins, Sean Abbott,Ashton Agar, Mitch Marsh, GlennMaxwell, Jhye Richardson, KaneRichardson, Steve Smith, MitchellStarc, Matthew Wade, David Warn-er, Adam Zampa. – AP

Mitch Marsh

WADA asks CAS forpublic hearing on

Russia doping case

MADRID, Feb 4: Alvaro

Romero had just scored the

biggest goal of his life, against

Real Madrid in the Copa del

Rey, when he asked for a

change of career.

“I’m actually a journalist so

if there are any newspapers

out there that want to hire

me, I am available,” said

Romero, the 23-year-old for-

ward of third tier club Union-

istas de Salamanca, who had

briefly looked capable of

knocking the 13-time Euro-

pean champions out of the cup.

Romero’s goal, a curved

finish at the end of a slalo-

ming run through Madrid’s

multi-million-euro midfield,

remains perhaps the stand-

out moment of a reformed

and revitalised Copa del Rey

that has provoked a joyous

response in Spain.

Unionistas hosted Real

Madrid at their 4,000-capaci-

AUCKLAND, Feb 4: Skipper Rani

Rampal struck the solitary goal as the

Indian women’s hockey team record-

ed a 1-0 win over Britain in its fourth

match of the ongoing tour here on

Tuesday.

Rani scored the goal in the 47th

minute to give Indian the lead and even-

tually seal the match.

After winning their opening match

of the tour against the hosts’ develop-

ment squad, India had suffered two-

Reformed Copa del Rey shows theway for pure drama of domestic cups

ty Las Pistas, last month, only

six years after the club

formed out of the ashes of UD

Salamanca, who had just gone

out of business.

“I was surprised,” said

Unionistas coach Jabi Luaces

after Madrid won 3-1.

“When I saw their team, we

saw they respected us and it

made me feel proud.” Rome-

ro was asked which Madrid

player’s shirt he wanted. “I

would take them all,” he said.

Unionistas had the chance

to play at home against the

most famous club in the

world not because of luck but

a change in the rules that says

any lower division team now

hosts automatically.

Second legs have been

scrapped too, except in the

semifinals, and there are no

replays, with matches decid-

ed on the night through ex-

tra-time and penalties.

It means the likelihood of an

upset is increased, as bigger

clubs with deeper squads are

denied the opportunity to field

youngsters before finishing the

job at the second attempt.

It also ensures close contests

go the distance. Mirandes, sit-

ting 11th in Segunda, will play

Villarreal at their Anduva sta-

dium on Wednesday after beat-

ing Celta Vigo after extra-time

and then Sevilla.

“It is a format in which

nobody can be complacent

and those that are brave

enough to gamble can win

the trophy,” wrote Madrid

newspaper AS.

Mirandes will be the only

team outside the top flight in

the last eight but those that

have advanced have survived

the kind of contests full of

emotion and atmosphere that

made the result almost feel

secondary. – AFP

Rani’s strike helps India beat Britain 1-0back-to-back losses to New Zealand.

However, on Tuesday, India played

with full gusto as they began the match

with a strong attack. The efforts paid off

early as the team earned a PC but could

not convert. But the team continued to

play with a structured defence and tight

passing, which ensured little room for

Britain to counter attack or create chanc-

es to score.

“We created enough chances and

now we need to keep working on con-

verting those chances but our defence

stood strong through the match which

was a good thing,” India chief coach,

Sjoerd Marijne said.

Ending the first half in a 0-0 stale-

mate, India made another PC attempt

in the third quarter but could not make

the opportunity count.

However, the team kept a good line

of defence and continued to carry on an

aggressive attack. It was not until the

47th minute when skipper Rani creat-

ed space in the circle, netting a power-

ful shot past Britain’s goalkeeper. The

1-0 lead put serious pressure on Brit-

ain who eventually could not recover.

“Towards the end of the match, we

were under pressure but the team han-

dled it well and even ensured a goal.

The win is good for a morale boost but

for me it’s all about the performance

and I see we can grow and become

more dominant and calmer on the ball,”

Marijne said. – PTI

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HAMILTON, Feb 4: Injuries to key players has

opened the door for exciting youngsters such as

Prithvi Shaw to make an impression in the Indian

line-up against a low-on-confidence and depleted

New Zealand in the three-match ODI series start-

ing here on Wednesday.

This is India’s third ODI assignment after the

World Cup last year, having previously beaten West

Indies (away) and Australia (at home).

The Black Caps, on the other hand, play their

first ODI since that infamous loss at Lord’s in the

World Cup final against England.

The last time these two sides met in the 50-

over format, New Zealand had knocked India out of

the World Cup with an 18-run win over two days in

the second semifinal at Manchester.

India extracted revenge with a 5-0 T20 white-

wash that concluded on Sunday.

In the current context, stakes aren’t that high as

both sides prepare for the T20 World Cup later in

Australia this year. In fact, the upcoming two-Test

series later this month bears more significance than

this ODI clash. In the ODI series, neither side will

be at full strength as a string of first-team players

will be missing due to injuries.

India were dealt a major blow when Rohit Shar-

ma was ruled out of the remainder of this tour

owing to the calf injury he picked up in the final

T20I. The Men in Blue are already missing Shikhar

Dhawan, Hardik Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and

Deepak Chahar.

Injury-hit India look for context in ODIbattle against subdued New Zealand

For New Zealand, inspirational skipper Kane

Williamson has joined the long list of injured along

with the likes of Trent Boult.

Mayank Agarwal was named as Rohit’s re-

placement for the ODI series on Tuesday after-

noon. And skipper Virat Kohli outlined that they

will stick to the strategy adopted against Aus-

tralia in Rajkot, where KL Rahul kept wickets

and batted at number five.

Kohli had more or less confirmed Shaw’s ODI

debut in that scenario, and now India will probably

have two openers debuting.

The last time such a situation arose was 2016,

when KL Rahul and Karun Nair opened for India

on their debuts in Zimbabwe.

Sunil Gavaskar and Sudhir Naik (1974) against

England and Parthasarthy Sharma and Dilip Veng-

sarkar (1976) against New Zealand are the other

previous instances.

Such a move would set up India’s batting line-up

with Kohli at number three and Shreyas Iyer at

number four.

In the nets on Tuesday, Manish Pandey batted

along with Kohli and Iyer, ahead of Shivam Dube,

Rishabh Pant and Kedar Jadhav.

If Pandey plays, the lower order will be a curious

mix with Dube, Jadhav and Ravindra Jadeja vying

for the all-rounder’s spot.

In the bowling department, three pacers will

probably be the norm once again.

Kuldeep Yadav, who sat out the entire T20I se-

ries, is slated for a comeback given his perform-

ance against Australia at home.

New Zealand will have some re-think before fi-

nalising their playing eleven too.

Tom Latham will lead the side ahead of Tim

Southee who was stand-in skipper during the last

two T20Is. In Williamson’s absence, they will look

towards Ross Taylor for batting leadership.

The Black Caps will be rejuvenated though with

the inclusion of all-rounder Jimmy Neesham while

Colin de Grandhomme returns to the squad as well.

Ish Sodhi is only there for the first ODI and the

hosts could opt for a two-spinner attack given the

slower surface at Seddon Park.

Keeper-batsman Tom Blundell and lanky pacer

Kyle Jamieson are the only ones who don’t have an

ODI cap to their name. – PTI

TEAMSIndia: Virat Kohli (capt), Prithvi Shaw, Mayank

Agarwal, KL Rahul (wk), Manish Pandey, RishabhPant, Shreyas Iyer, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jade-ja, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Moham-med Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Shardul Thakur,Navdeep Saini.

New Zealand: Tom Latham (capt and wk),Martin Guptill, Ross Taylor, Colin de Grandhom-me, Jimmy Neesham, Scott Kuggeleijn, Tom Blun-dell, Henry Nicholls, Mitchell Santner, HamishBennett, Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee, Kyle Jamieson,Mark Chapman.

MATCH STARTS AT: 7.30AM IST

HAMILTON, Feb 4: India

captain Virat Kohli on Tues-

day said that his team is not

looking to strengthen its T20

World Cup preparations in

the ODI series against New

Zealand as the upcoming IPL

is the “right platform” for it.

However, head coach Ravi

Shastri had last month said

that the ODIs India play

against New Zealand and

South Africa (in March) could

be a preparatory ground for

the T20 World Cup in Aus-

tralia in October-November.

“We have had five T20s al-

ready, it’s not that we don’t

have a lot of T20 cricket. We

have IPL as well which is go-

ing to be a month and a half of

T20 cricket. So we will proba-

bly utilise that, I think, because

last year (for ODI World Cup)

you did not have much oppor-

tunity to prepare yourselves

apart from the games that

were in front of you,” said

Kohli on the eve of the first

ODI here on Wednesday.

“But T20s is very differ-

ent, as I said. IPL is probably

the most competitive tour-

nament you can ask for as a

‘Not looking at NZ ODIs aspreparation for T20 World Cup’

collective and guys will look

to get into that frame of mind

in that tournament and not

this early in a 50-over for-

mat because you don’t want

to play in a different manner.”

The skipper feels it is im-

portant to give equal respect

to each format.

“You have to respect the

format, you have to play ac-

cording to the pace of the 50-

over game and as I spoke of

the combination as well. It’s

about guys getting settled in

their roles and repeating that

game after game so that they

know I played this in this for-

mat, I have to play this in T20s

or similarly in Test cricket.

“These things are all about

creating good habits for differ-

ent formats and then being able

to switch between them. So no,

we are not looking at this se-

ries as preparation for T20

World Cup. IPL is going to be

the right platform for that.”

India go into the three-match

series high on confidence, hav-

ing whitewashed the Black

Caps 5-0 in the T20 series.

Kohli’s team had also beaten

New Zealand 4-1 in ODIs last

year before going down in T20s.

“The last time around,

when we played here, we

dominated the first three

games. Lost the fourth and

came back in the fifth one again.

We felt we had more time to

work out our plans in the ODIs

actually. The T20 format was

something that suited New

Zealand more as they could

play some explosive cricket

and really did come after our

side but in one-day cricket, we

have played some really hard-

fought series.” – PTI

Kohli

HAMILTON, Feb 4: India captain Virat Kohlion Tuesday said the death of NBA legend KobeBryant in a helicopter crash has impacted hisoutlook towards life, which he feels, is some-times taken for granted in pursuit of controlover the future.

Bryant, a two-time Olympic gold-medallistand one of the most decorated basketball play-ers of all time, died in a helicopter crash lastmonth along with his 13-year-old daughter Gi-anna, who was also a budding hoopster.

“Firstly, it was a shock to everyone. I grewup watching those NBA games in the morningand watching what he did on court. But whensomeone that you have looked up to in someways, passes away like that, it does put thingsin perspective,” Kohli said on the eve of thefirst ODI against New Zealand here.

“...at the end of the day, life can be sofickle. It’s so unpredictable. I think a lot of

Kobe Bryant’s death put lifein perspective for me: Kohli

the times we get too caught up in the pres-sures of what we have to do tomorrow... wereally forget living life and enjoying life andjust appreciating and being grateful for thelife we have,” he added.

Kohli said a tragedy like this makes onerealise that nothing can be more importantthan enjoying every moment of existence.

“...it did put things in perspective for memassively. It just makes you feel like not want-ing to have control of things in front of you allthe time, and just embracing life and appreci-ating it.

“You start looking at things from a differ-ent point of view suddenly and you want toenjoy every moment you’re going through.You realise that what you’re doing at theend of the day is not the most importantthing. The most important thing is life it-self,” Kohli signed off. – PTI

Haryana bundle outAssam for 97

SPORTS REPORTER

GUWAHATI, Feb 4: Assam’s dismal batting show in thisRanji Trophy season continued as they were bundled out fora paltry 97 runs in the first innings against Haryana.

On the opening day of the four-day Elite Group C match atRohtak today, put into bat, Assam batsmen were in troublesince the beginning of the innings and could not recover tillthe end. Rajjakuddin Ahmed was the highest scorer with 35while Kunal Saikia (17), Gokul Sharma (15) and Rishav Das(13) were the only other batsmen to reach double figures.

Left-arm spinner Tinu Kundu came out with a five-wickethaul as medium pacer Harshal Vikram Patel chipped in withfour wickets. These two bowlers were enough to skittle outAssam batsmen who miserably failed to apply themselves again.

In reply, the hosts were 198 for nine in 46.3 overs. RPSharma was their leading run getter with a knock of 59 whileMali, Mukhtar Hussain and Sidhant Sarma scalped threewickets each.

SCORECARDAssam 1st Innings: Subham Mandal c HJ Rana b Patel 2, Kunal

Saikia b Kundu 17, Rishav Das lbw b Kundu 13, Gokul Sharma b Patel15, Riyan Parag lbw b Kundu 0, Saahil Jain lbw b Kundu 0, RajjakuddinAhmed run out (Patel) 35, Ranjit Mali st Sharma b Kundu 1, MukhtarHussain b Patel 3, Sidhant Sarma not out 1, Arup Das c Rohilla b Patel4. Extras: (lb 3, w 3) 6. Total: (All out in 37 overs) 97. Fall ofwickets: 1-2, 2-29, 3-44, 4-44, 5-44, 6-72, 7-73, 8-89, 9-90, 10-97.Bowling: HV Patel 10-3-32-4, AH Hooda 7-2-12-0, A Chahal 6-1-13-0,T Kundu 11.3-5-35-5, J Yadav 2.3-1-2-0.

Haryana 1st Innings: SG Rohilla b Mali 3, Ankit Kumar c KN Saikiab Mukhtar Hussain 31, HJ Rana c Sharma b Sarmah 24, ShivamChauhan c Sharma b Mukhtar Hussain 4, RP Sharma c AK Das b Mali59, J Yadav c Parag b Sarmah 0, C Bishnoi c KN Saikia b MukhtarHussain 46, HV Patel st KN Saikia b Sarmah 28, A Chahal not out 1,AH Hooda b Mali 0. Extras: (lb 1, nb 1) 2. Total: (For 9 wickets in 46.3overs) 198. Fall of wickets: 1-3, 2-52, 3-63, 4-64, 5-65, 6-141, 7-197,8-197, 9-198. Bowling: Arup Das 6-0-32-0, Ranjit Mali 8.3-1-34-3,Mukhtar Hussain 13-2-38-3, Sidhant Sarma 16-4-65-3, Riyan Parag 2-0-17-0, Rajjakuddin Ahmed 1-0-11-0.

Brig Bardoloi memorialcricket tourney

GUWAHATI, Feb 4: Santipur outfit Raju XI clinched the title inthe 15th Brig Dhirendra Nath Bardoloi Memorial Cricket Tourna-ment defeating NN XI, Machkhowa by 33 runs in the final playedat the Machkhowa Iddgah Field on Sunday before a big crowd.

The chief guest of the closing function was Brig ParagDeshmukh, Commandant, 151 Base Hospital, Basistha andthe guest of honour was Anurag Singh, Chief Conservator ofForests. Eminent citizens like Pronoti Bordoloi, Bolin Bord-oloi and Dr Neil Bardoloi, son of Brig Dhiren Bardoloi alongwith the office bearers of the Machkhowa Cricket Club werealso present on the occasion.

Brig Parag Deshmukh said, “This tournament is a fittingtribute to the spirit of Late Brig Dhirendra Nath Bardoloi(VSM) who besides being a fine officer and physician wasalso an excellent sportsman.”

Altogether 72 teams participated in the tournament, or-ganised by the Machkhowa Cricket Club.

Apurba lifts silverGUWAHATI, Feb 4: Apurba Chetia

lifted two silver medals in the SeniorNational Weightlifting Champion-ships which got under way at Kolkatayesterday.

Apurba, contesting in the 67kg cat-egory, cleared 125kg in snatch and147kg in jerk.

GU kho-kho endsGUWAHATI, Feb 4: Dakhin Kamrup College emerged

champions in both boys and girls categories in the GauhatiUniversity Inter College Kho-Kho Championship.

In the finals played at the Dakhin Kamrup Girls College inMirza today, the Dakhin Kamrup boys team defeated MorigaonCollege. Abhiruchi Institute of Physical Education came third.

In the girls final, Dakhin Kamrup College beat Dakhin

Kamrup Girls College.

Ankur bags double crownGUWAHATI, Feb 4: Ankur Baruah

bagged double crown in the Veteran

Inter District Badminton Champion-

dhip held in Diphu on February 1 and 2.

Representing Guwahati, in the 40

years age category Ankur won the sin-

gles title defeating Jagat Jyoti Rajkumar

of Silchar while pairing with Ajanta

Choudhury, he downed the duo of Ankur

Brahma and Longhup Rongpi of Karbi Anglon.

HYDERABAD, Feb 4: The

North Eastern Warriors edged the

Chennai Superstarz 4-3 to grab the

top spot in an exciting face-off be-

tween two of the most in-form

teams at the Premier Badminton

League at the GMC Balayogi In-

door Stadium here in Hyderabad

today. With both having qualified

for the semifinals, it was the final

league match for both as they

looked to boost their confidence

ahead of the knock-out stages.

With the two teams being tied

on 22 points, North Eastern War-

riors inched ahead by virtue of hav-

ing 13 wins while Chennai has 10

wins against their name. For the

Warriors, 2020 Indonesia Masters

semifinalist Lee Cheul Yiu, Kaush-

NE Warriors take top spot in PBLal Dharmamer, and the mixed

doubles pair of Lee Yong Dae

and Kim Ha Na contributed the

wins to take them to victory.

With the two locked at 3-3 in

the overall score, it was left to

the former Olympic champion

Lee Yong Dae to do the need-

ful for the North Eastern

Warriors along with former

World No. 1 Kim Ha Na. The

two did not disappoint as they

came back from 4-6 down in

the first game to grab a 15-

11, 15-9 win against Chen-

nai’s Dhruv Kapila and PBL5

debutante Sanjana Santosh.

Earlier, the in-form Lee

Cheuk Yiu won his third match

in a row when he beat the

youngest player of PBL5, S

Sankar Muthusamy 15-8, 15-

11. The 16-year-old did im-

press with his shotmaking skills

but Lee’s experience and con-

fidence proved too much for the

teen, who definitely has a bright

future ahead of him. Lee’s win

being a Trump victory put the

Warriors on course for a victo-

ry. Kaushal Dharmamer, win-

ner of the Maldives Interna-

tional Challenge and the My-

anmar International Series last

year, ran away to a command-

ing 15-3, 15-11 win against

Korea Junior Open semifinal-

ist K Sathish Kumar to give a

good start to the Guwahati-

based franchise. – Agencies

Yashasvi, bowlers help India crushPakistan by 10 wickets, enter 7th final

Yashasvi Jaiswal in action during his match winning unbeaten knock of 105.

SCORECARDPakistan: Haider Ali c Ravi Bishnoi b Jaiswal 56,Mohammad Huraira c Saxena b Sushant Mishra 4,Fahad Munir c Ankolekar b Ravi Bishnoi 0, RohailNazir c Tilak Varma b Sushant Mishra 62, Qasim Akramrun out (Ankolekar/Dhruv Jurel) 9, Mohammad Haris cSaxena b Ankolekar 21, Irfan Khan b Kartik Tyagi 3,Abbas Afridi lbw b Ravi Bishnoi 2, Tahir HussaincDhruv Jurel b Kartik Tyagi 2, Aamir Alic Siddhesh Veerb Sushant Mishra 1, Mohammad Amir Khan not out 0.Extras: (B-1, W-10,NB-1) 12. Total: (all out in 43.1overs) 172. Fall of Wickets: 9-1, 34-2, 96-3, 118-4,146-5, 156-6, 163-7, 169-8, 172-9, 172-10. Bowling:Kartik Tyagi 8-0-32-2, Sushant Mishra 8.1-0-28-3, RaviBishnoi 10-0-46-2, Akash Singh 7-0-25-0, AtharvaAnkolekar 7-0-29-1, Yashasvi Jaiswal 3-0-11-1.India: Yashasvi Jaiswal not out 105, Divyansh Saxe-na not out 59. Extras: (lb 2, w 10) 12. Total: (For nolose in 35.2 overs) 176. Bowling: Tahir Hussain 6-1-17-0, Qasim Akram 8-0-37-0, Mohammad Amir Khan5-1-20-0, Abbas Afridi 7-0-50-0, Aamir Ali 5.2-0-38-0,Fahad Munir 4-0-12-0.

POTCHEFSTROOM (South Africa), Feb

4: Yashasvi Jaiswal batted like a man among

boys while Kartik Tyagi reminded Pakistan of

Waqar Younis’ toe-crushing yorkers as de-

fending champions India walloped their arch-

rivals by 10 wickets to enter their seventh

ICC U-19 World Cup final here on Tuesday.

The gulf in class between the two sides

was evident as Indian bowlers collectively

choked Pakistan to a paltry 172 in 43.1 overs.

Left-handed opener Jaiswal then showed his

class with an unbeaten knock of 105 off 113

balls, with an equally graceful Divyansh Saxe-

na (59 not out off 99 balls) supporting him in

an easy chase completed in only 35.2 overs.

“It’s a dream come true for me. To be able

to do this for my country is a great feeling. To

score a hundred against Pakistan in a World

Cup semifinal is something I can’t put into

words,” Jaiswal, who hit eight fours and four

sixes, said after winning the ‘Player of the

Match’ award. – PTI

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