Imphal Times Supplementary issue Page 3

IT NewsPune, June 30,

The Association of ManipuriDiaspora (AMAND) Puneformally launched ASHA(AMAND Shiksha Abhiyan)-an educational initiatives ofvoluntary coaching ofstudents, at the premises ofGolwalkar Guruji 54b EnglishMedium High School, Aundhyesterday.The inaugural function wasattended by Archana Musale,Corporator, Pune MunicipalCorporation as the Chief Guest,Vijay Shewale, Corporator,PMC along with Advocate(Dr.) Madukar Musale, VicePresident, BJP Maharastra(Legal) as Guests of Honour. Dr Huidrom Narendra Singh,President, AMAND, Pune alsograced the inaugural functionas the president of the functionalong with Maj KY Singh, ex-President of AMAND, Pune.Students of the schoolpresented a special songespecially composed for theASHA program. Dr MeitramNiraj Luwang, Gen Secy,

AMAND Pune launches ASHA

AMAND Pune highlightedabout the ASHA program andthe about AMAND to thegathered audience. About 50+students and their parentsattended the inauguralprogram. Dr Madukar speaksabout the importance ofquality education in the presentsystem of PMC schools andhow such noble approachfrom a community organisationlike AMAND is going to benefitthe students of thegovernments’ schools. He alsomentions that if the presentscheme is successful, it will bea model program which can be

implemented in all governmentschools and also gaveemphasis for other communitymembers to stand up and be apart of similar program. SmtArchana also wishes the teamof AMAND and the ASHAprogram to be a successfulprogram and also promise torender any support from herside. Dr Narendra enlightenedthe students about thedifferences in the facilitiesbetween the schools of todayand 50 years back. After adetailed deliberation about theASHA program, from thecoordinator from school side

by Madam Sonal Yadav, thefirst session was conducted byProf Kh. Somorendrao,Director, ICM, Guwahati, GoIon the topic “Motivational Talkcum PersonalityDevelopment”. Participatingfamily member of the studentswere highly enthusiastic aboutthe program and lookingforward for the chances it willbring to their wards career.AMAND, Pune alsoappreciated the able leadershipof the ASHA programcoordinator, Dr K Kiran Sharmafor initiating the program forthe session 2019-2020.

AgencyJamu Kasmir July 1,

At least 32 people were killedand 18 others were injuredwhen an overloaded mini busveered off the road and fellinto a deep gorge in Kishtwardistrict of Jammu and Kashmiron Monday morning.“Thirty two people have diedand 18 others were injured,while five of them are criticalwhen a mini bus bear ingregistration number JK 17/6787 met with an accident inKeshwan area Kishtwardistrict on Monday. Theaccident occurred nearSirgwari,” said Kish twardeputy magistrate AngrezSingh Rana. He said the exactcause of the accident remainsa subject of investigation butthe mini bus was overloaded.

32 killed after bus plunges into gorgein Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar

Helicopters have beenrequisitioned from Jammu toevacuate the seriously injuredfor specialised medicaltreatment at GMC Jammu, headded. Kishtwar is around 230Kms from Jammu.Locals were the firstresponders to the accident.The injured have been shiftedto District Hospital Kishtwar,the local added.

On June 27, 11 students fromPoonch died in a road accidenton Mughal Road when anoverspeeding TempoTraveller skidded off the roadand plunged into a gorge.Among the 11 dead, nine weregirls.The students were on anexcursion from Surankotetehsil in Poonch district toMugal road.

AgencyKohima July 1,

A notification issued by homecommissioner stated that theNagaland government is setto prepare a list o f allindigenous inhabitants of thestateAccording to the notificationissued by Nagaland HomeCommissioner RRamakrishnan the process forpreparation of Register ofIndigenous Inhabitants ofNagaland (RIIN) – the masterlist o f all ind igenous

State to set up register of indigenousinhabitants certificates

inhabitants of Nagaland fromJuly 10 onwards and the RIINlist will be prepared in 60 daysfrom July 10.The Gover nment ofNagaland has decided to setup th e Register ofIndigenous Inhab itan tsCertif icates of Nagaland(RIIN), with an objective toprevent issuance of fakeindigenous inhab itan tcertificates.The exercise wi ll becondu cted throu gh anextensive survey ofresidents in every village

and ward in the state and willbe based on existing officialrecords, it said. The surveywill t ake in to accountwhethe r an indigenousinhabitant is residing in his/her permanent residence orhas m oved elsew here.Aadhar numbers, whereverapplicable, will b e alsorecorded.The Home Commissionersaid that the StateGovernment’s decision to setup the RIIN is to preventissuance of fake IndigenousInhabitant Certificates.

AgencyTura July 01,

In an unfortunate incident, aBSF jawan from the55th Battalion of the BSF isfeared to have drowned in theGanol River near Pelga Dareon Sunday evening.Dharamveer Singh (32) hadgone along with friends to thetourist spot for a picnic whenthe unfor tunate incidentoccurred at about 5 pm this

Picnic turns tragic for BSF jawan;feared drowned in Ganol River

evening, June 30.He is feared to have drownafter he was swept away bythe strong current of the GanolRiver. The p lace of theincident is about 7 kms fromTura in West Garo Hills. Immediately after he was sweptaway, police sources wereinformed and a rescueoperation was put underwaywhich included the emergencyservices team as well as theState Disaster Relief Force

(SDRF). However searchoperations for the jawan hadto be abandoned due to failinglight. “Rescue operations willresume in the first ligh ttomorrow, July 1. The body ofthe victim was not recovereddespite the search and had tobe postponed due to light. Wewill continue looking firstthing tomorrow,” confirmedsuper intendent of police,WGH, Dr MGR Kumar.

AgencyNew Delhi July 1,

Chief ministers from fiveCongress-ru led states aregoing to call on Rahul Gandhion Monday to persuade himto stay as the party’spresident, par ty insidersfamiliar with the matter said.After Gandhi quit from his poston May 25 at a party’s CentralWorking Committee takingresponsibility of the party’sdebacle in the generalelections, the party has facedmass resignations with asmany as 200 leaders andworkers stepping down fromtheir positions.

Congress CMs to meet RahulGandhi today, urge him to not resign

On Monday, Punjab CMCaptain Amarinder Singh,Madhya Pradesh CM KamalNath, Rajasthan CM AshokGehlot, Chhattisgarh CMBhupesh Baghel andPudducherry CM V

Narayansamy will meetGandhi at his house persuadehim to stay.Karnataka deputy CM GParameshwara and Rajasthandeputy CM Sachin Pilot arelikely to be present.

AgencySeoul (South Korea)July 1,

The new White House presssecretary, Stephanie Grisham,got into a brawl with NorthKorean officials on Sundayoutside a meeting room whereUS President Donald Trumpand North Korean leader KimJong Un were talking privatelyin the demilitar ized zonebetween North and SouthKorea on Sunday.

White House press secretary left all bruised afterbrawl with North Korea officials: Report

CNN reported citing a sourceat the scene saying, Grishamgot in “an all-out brawl” withNorth Korean officials.Grisham was bruised a bit inthe scuffle, the source added.Trump met Kim in thedemilitarised zone betweenNorth and South Korea,making him the first sitting USpresident to set foot in theformer enemy territory.“This is a historic moment,”said Kim after Trump entered

North Korea, crossing themilitary demarcation lineseparating the two Koreas.“Stepping across that line wasa great honour,” Trump said,adding that his and Kim’s wasa “great friendship,” CNNreported.After a handshake with Kim,Trump walked 20 steps intoNorth Korea. He also invitedKim to the White House.It may be noted that no NorthKorean leader has visited the

US so far.“I’ll invite him to the WhiteHouse right now,” Trumpsaid, shortly after becomingthe first sitting US Presidentto cross into North Korea.“It’s good to see you again. Ididn’t expect to meet you atthis place,” said KimThis was the third time thisyear that the two leaders arecoming face to face, the lastmeeting being in May atHanoi.

AgencyNew Delhi July 1,

As the Supreme Court reopenson Monday after a six-weeksummer vacation, there is alikelihood that verd ictsreserved in crucial cases suchas the Rafale case, theSabarimala case and bringingthe office of the Chief Justiceof India (CJI) under right toinformation act, would bepronounced soon.The most keenly awaited oneis the Rafale case. A bench ledby Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoion May 10 had concluded it’shearing on petitions asking fora review of the Court’sDecember 14 verdict, declininga probe into the corruptionallegations in the Rafale deal.The review petitions were filedby advocate Prashant

Rafale to Sabarimala, SC to hear key casesas it reopens after 6 weeks today

Bhushan and former unionministers Arun Shourie andYashwant Sinha who reliedupon documents leaked by themedia to assert that thegovernment had suppressedcrucial material informationregarding the deal during theearlier round of litigation. Thethree had also pressed aperjury application against thegovernment for allegedly

misleading the court.Review petitions in theSabarimala case also await thefinal decision of the court. It had reserved it’s verdict onthe pleas on February 6 .A constitution bench led by theCJI had heard the argumentsfor one full day on the bunchof petitions that challengedCourt’s September 28, 2018judgement , which declared

that women of all age groupshad the r ight to en ter thetemple, striking down decades-old practice that barred womendevotees in the menstrual agefrom offering prayers at theshrine dedicated to LordAyappa.The top court is also expectedto deliver a verdict on thecrucial question of whether theright to information act isapplicable to the office of theCJI’s.A constitution bench led by theCJI had on April 4 reserved it’sorder on the matter afterhearing an appeal filed by thesecretary general of theSupreme Court against theJanuary 2010 verdict of theDelhi high court, which said theoffice of the CJI was within theambit of the RTI .Besides, the court will also takeup some crucial matters forhearing, including the onerelated to sexual harassmentallegations against the CJI.The Justice AK Patnaik panel,constituted to probe theconspiracy angle into thesexual harassment allegations,is likely submit its report to thecourt. The probe panel was setup by a special bench headedby Justice Arun Mishra after apetition was filed by anadvocate claiming he wasapproached by disgruntledformer employees of the topcourt and corporate lobbyiststo frame the CJI.The top court will so take up abatch of petitions on theconstitutional validity of article370 granting special status toJammu and kashmir. Petitionerswant the “controversial”provision to be held invalid asit restricts parliament’s powersto frame laws for the state.

AgencyNew Delhi July 1,

US President Donald Trump’stweet seeking the withdrawal ofnew trade tariffs imposed byIndia on the eve of G20 did notappear to have affected PrimeMinister Narendra Modi whobatted on the front foot whenthe two leaders met thefollowing day, with the resultthat bilateral ties between theworld’s two largest democraciesremain on an even keel.According to diplomats basedin New Delhi and Washington,while there have been nobreakthroughs in bilateral ties,back-to-back meetings of PMModi, first with Secretary ofState Mike Pompeo andPresident Trump have ensuredthat both sides know where andhow the perceived differenceson trade or third-partyrelationships have to beaddressed.Indeed, after the bilateral withModi, Trump said he expecteda trade deal with India soon.“The humongous Lok Sabhamandate of PM Modi wasrecognised by the other leaderswith US President Trump

Bilateral ties between India andUS remain on even keel

specifically mentioning that inhis bilateral. During the two-daysummit, PM Modi had one-to-ones with 18 out of 20 globalleaders present with veryconstructive results f romengagements with the US,Japan, South Korea, Australia,Vietnam, Singapore andIndonesia,” said a senior Indiangovernment official, who askednot to be namedHowever, the most positiveresult came out of bilateralmeeting with the US given thatboth sides were circumspect inthe run-up to the Modi-Trumpbilateral.Trade interlocutors on bothsides have decided to sit downand chalk out a mutuallybeneficial resolution under theguidance of the leadership onboth sides with Union externalaffairs minister S Jaishankarbringing added heft to Indiannegotiations.The divergence over Indiabuying five units of the S-400missile system from Russia willbe sorted out between NationalSecurity Adviser Ajit Doval andhis US counterpart John Boltonas both the US StateDepartment as well as the

Pentagon understand theIndian position, the officialadded.Doval has already offered atechnical solution to ensurethat the security of US platformswith India are not compromisedon account of the induction ofthe S-400 system. And India isalso on the verge of issuing aletter of agreement for thepurchase of 24 US helicoptersand a surface to air missileshield for capital New Delhi.Negotiations on purchase ofarmed drones is yet to begingiven the high cost of theplatform and questions overtheir survivability in heavilycontested air space like PakistanOccupied Kashmir. A number ofother hardware acquisitionsfrom US are in the pipeline andit is for the Modi governmentto prioritize its purchases withthe available capital.India and US were on the samepage as far as terrorism wasconcerned with both sidespinning the blame on Pakistanbased terror groups who underprotection of the state were benton de-stablising Indian statesof Jammu and Kashmir, Punjaband Afghanistan.