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           Misinterpretation of the Naga                    COVID-19 detection in 30 seconds?
                  Political Settlement                 By Raju Vernekar                              India  has  got  support  from
                                                                                                     Israel  and  is  testing  four
                                                       Mumbai, Aug 2:
                                                                                                     technologies that  can  detect
          By - Pakinrichapbo  “achievement  of  Statehood  received for  the reasons best  The tests were conducted for  a coronavirus infection in  30
          Advocate       was a triumph of the people’s  known  to  those  (CSOs)  COVID-19   detection  seconds. The Israeli Defence
                         will (cited in Jimomi 2009: 49).”  demanding  the  details  of  using four Israeli technologies  R&D,  the Defence Research
          In order to understand why we  Its later political adversary, the  framework agreement.  with  an  aim  of  COVID-19  and   Development
          should build a safe atmosphere  United  Democratic  Front  Seeing suchunhealthy political  detection  in 30  seconds,  at  Organisation, and Council  of
          to facilitate meaningful debate  (UDF) disagreed: “People of no  environment where even CSOs  Indian  Council  of  Medical  Scientific  and  Industrial
          in  any  controversial  topics,  other state in India have made  are involved  in  taking  sides  Research, Delhi on Saturday.   Research(CSIR)  have  come
          what they meant to us, and why  sacrifices like  the  Naga,  so  onlyshows  the  days  ahead  Professor K Vijay Raghavan,  spectroscopy  provides  a  Consequently,   THz  together for this project.
          younger  generation  should  much  so  that  the  State  of  won’t be so pleasant. Taking  principal  scientific  adviser to  particularly powerful method  spectroscopy   on  Israeli Ambassador  to  India
          inculcate   the   habitto  Nagaland is not considered as  sides,  because  of  group’s  PM Narendra Modi, explained  in resolving  and  controlling  semiconductors is relevant in  Ron Malka said that  even  if
          examineour political  history  a gift, but as a State created for  hidden interests will not only  that the first  technology uses  individual transitions between  revealing   both   new  one  of the four  technologies
          with honesty, it is  prudent  to  a price dearly paid: a sacrifice  create political turbulence but  the terahertz spectroscopy. In  different  many-body  states.  technological  potentials  of  succeeds  in  noticing  the
          commence by examining two  of  over  ten  thousands  lives  also create chaotic atmosphere  this,  a  sample  is  taken,  By doing this, one gains new  nanostructures  as  well  as in  infection in less than a minute,
          turning points in the history of  (cited in Nibedon 1978ÿ282).”  just  as  it  happened  in  the  deposited on a chip, and then  insights  about  many-body  exploring  the  fundamental  then  it  will  be  the  biggest
          the Naga political movement  The  second  major  turning  past.CSOs, therefore, need to  examined  in  a  manner  that  quantum  kinetics  and  how  properties  of  many-body  breakthrough  the  world  has
          and their implications even to  pointis the Shillong Accord. As  seriously  study  if  taking/  specifically  detects  SARS-  that  can  be  utilized  in  systems  in  a  controlled  been waiting for.
          this day.      Abraham  Lothain  ‘The  choosing  sides  would  help  CoV-2  virus  that  causes  developing  new technologies  fashion.   As per the plan, nearly 10,000
          The first major turning point is  Hornbill Spirit:Nagas  living  bring  permanent  peace  COVID-19.   that are  optimized  up  to the  The  second  approach  is  people  will  be tested  twice,
          best explained with an extract  their Nationalism’states  that  andreduce  collateral  damage  T e  r  a  h  e  r  t  z  elementary quantum level.   named “isothermal test”  and  once  using  the  RT-PCR
          from  the  essay‘Exploring  the Shillong Accord, instead of  once the ongoing peace talks  spectroscopy detects  and  Different   electronic  the  third  one  detects  process,  the  traditional  and
          Democracy in Nagaland’ by  resolving  the  Naga  issue,  breaks  down  (which by  the  controls  properties of matter  excitations   within  “coronavirus-specific  poly  most effective way to judge if
          an  anthropologist,  Jelle  JP  created  a  divided  house,  way appears  inevitable).It  is  with electromagnetic field that  semiconductors  are  already  amino  acids”.  The  fourth  someone  has  been infected,
          Wouters.  He  states:  “In  splitting  the nationalists into  essential  for  us  to  realize  are  in  the  frequency  range  widely  used  in  lasers,  approach is  to  study  speech  and  then  using  the  four
          December   1963,   Dr.  NNC  and  National  Socialist  thatthe GoI have a long term  between  a  few  hundred  electronic  components  and  samples  from asymptomatic  technologies  to  judge  their
          Radhakrishnan, India’s  then  Council of Nagaland (NSCN).  plan to gradually bring an end  gigahertz and several terahertz  computers. At the same time,  and   pre-symptomatic  efficiency. If the technologies
          President, flew to  Kohima to  What  we  can  conclude  or  to   Naga   national  ( THz). In many body systems,  they  constitute an  interesting  patients, compare them with  yield favourable results,  they
          inaugurate  Nagaland  state.  gather from these two turning  movement,sinceending   a  several of  the relevant states  many-body  system  whose  others  and  see if the tools of  would  help  kick  start  the
          ‘Friends’, he began his speech:  points is that it is not only the  nearly hundred year old issue  have an energy difference that  quantum  properties  can  be  artificial  intelligence  can  be  economy faster and allow co-
          ‘I  have  great  pleasure  in  central government, but even  won’t be possible with a single  matches with the energy of a  modified,  e.g.,  via  a  used to identify those who are  existence  with  the  deadly
          inaugurating the new state of  the Nagas  themselves  were  accord (as demonstrated bythe  THz photon. Therefore, THz  nanostructure   design.  COVID-19 positive.   virus, feel experts.
          Nagaland.  It  takes  an  rendering   their   own  two   past   agreements/
          hounoured place today as the  interpretation and  version  of  agreement  and  the Shillong Over 11,45,000 people recover from Covid-19 so
                                        accords,i.e.  sixteen  point
          Sixteenth State  of the Indian  the  terms  of   thefinal
          Union…(our)  attempts  to  settlements   vis-à-vis  accord,that greatlyreduced the
          secure you the fullest freedom  statehood  and  the  Shillong  spirit of Naga Nationalism).  far; Case fatality rate further declines to 2.13 pc
          to  manage  your  own  affairs  accord according to their self-  Remarkably   lots   have
          have culminated in the creation  interests,  thereby  fueling  happened  since the  incidents
          of Nagaland State… May I also  political  instability. While, on  of political drama of statehood  Agency  65.43  per  cent.  The  case  number of cases to 17 lakh 50  63  thousand 172 tests  were
          express the hope that, now that  the  other  hand,  the  GoI  and Shillong accord. Back in  New Delhi, Aug 2:  fatality  rate  of  coronavirus  thousand  723.  Presently,  the  conducted   by   various
          the wishes of the Nagas have  considered  the  creation  of  those  days,  we  sawas  the  has further  declined  to  2.13  total number of active corona  laboratories within 24 hours.
          been  fully  met,  normal  Nagaland state to be the final  aftermath  of  these  two  A  record  51  thousand  255  per cent.  cases  in  the country is  five  So far, one crore 98 lakh 21
          conditions will rapidly return to  settlement  to  Naga  issue,  watershed events,thousand of  recoveries  from  Covid-19  The  Health  and  Family  lakh 67  thousand  730.  In  a  thousand 831 tests have been
          the State, and those who are  whichsomeNagas, through the  frustrated  Nagasjoined  the  have been registered today in  Welfare Ministry today said,  single  day,  853  deaths  have  conducted in the  country. At
          still  unreconciled  will come  NNOand  few  succeeding  Naga militants groups to fulfill  the  country.  This  is  the  a total of 11 lakh 45 thousand  also  been reported taking the  present,  one  thousand  344
          forward to participate in the  political  parties  and  state  its   political   goals   of  highest number of recoveries  629 people have recovered in  nationwide  toll  to  37  laboratories across  India are
          development of Nagaland.’”  politicians,  considered  or  establishing  Naga  Nation.  in  a  single  day  since  the  the country so far. In the last  thousand 364.  conducting  Covid-19  tests
          Members of the NPC agreed  interpreted the same.  However,going by thepresent  COVID-19  outbreak in  the  24 hours,  54  thousand  735  Meanwhile,  the  Indian  that includes 913 government
          with this statement  made by  Another note worthy remark of  scenario in Nagaland context,it  country.  With  this,  the  new cases of Covid-19 have  Council of Medical Research  laboratories  and  431 private
          then president  of India. S.C.  the  speech  during  the  is  highly  unlikely  to  see the  recovery rate has improved to  been reported, taking the total  said  that a total of four  lakh  laboratory  chains.
          Jamir (2016: 96) remarks: “It is  inauguration of the Nagaland  repeat  of  the  past  events,
          still a baffling  proposition as  statehood  was  that  he  where  youths  joinedthe  Contd. from Page 1
          to  how  a  tiny  district,  the  addressed the audience as the  movementwith  the  object  to
          district of the Naga Hills  of  Nagas,notNagas of Nagaland.  achieve  the  aims  of  Naga
          Assam province at first became  It  is  fair  to  assume  that  the  Nationalism. The sentiments of  Modi Cabinet expansion..............
          Naga Hills-Tuensang Area and  President  thought  all  the  nationalism, especially among
          then a full-pledged state.’ The  unreconciled   Nagas,  the Nagas of Nagaland,have
          NNC, and its loyalists, however  irrespective   of   state  reacheda   pointof  But  the  point  is, the  state is  important  role  in  the  National People’s Party leader  charge  of Northeast,  may  be
          mourned  the  new  state  as  a  boundaries,  would  soon  exhaustiondue to the repeated  going to polls in early 2021 and  formation  of  the  BJP-ruled  Agatha Sangma, who is also  removed   from   his
          divisive ‘sell-out’ and instantly  reconcile, but  fourteen years  failures  to  achieve  any  it  is  not likely  to  be  smooth  governments   in   the  the sister of Meghalaya chief  organisational responsibilities
          rejected  the  new  state’s  later,  the rising  tide of Naga  substantial breakthrough. This  sailing for  the party  because  Northeast.  minister Conrad K Sangma, is  in the region, said sources.
          legitimacy  to  govern.  Phizo  nationalism  forced  GoI  to  is made worse when we include  of the massive protest against  Sarma   expressed   his  another contender for a berth  “It is almost certain that Ram
          himself was unequivocal in his  impose  another  accord,  the  the   problems   and  the  CAA.  So  we  need  him  willingness to contest the last  in Modi Cabinet.  Madhav will be removed from
          judgment  of NPC members:  Shillong  Accord  of  1975,  growingissues   of  here too.”  parliamentary polls, however,  Sangma is the Lok Sabha MP  the  responsibilities  of  the
          ‘They are traitors. Every one  hoping that would be the final  multipleparallel-governments,  Sarma, who is the North East  his wish was turned down by  from Tura constituency.  Northeast,” the report quoted
          of them. They have betrayed  settlement.However, the  GoI  tribal   rivalries,   and  Democratic Alliance (NEDA)  the central party leadership.  Meanwhile, Ram Madhav, the  a source close to the RSS as
          us  and  dishonoured  the  was  proven  wrong  again,  regionalism.In  case  similar  convenor,   played   an  Former  Union  minister  and  BJP  general  secretary  in  saying.
          martyrs who died for our cause  leading to the present  tense  arrangement  (similar  to  the
                                        creation of statehood and the
          (cited in Steyn 2002: 118).’  situations,  even  after  the  Shillong  Accord)is  made ATSUM warns government of facing the
          In  modern  Naga  political  signing  of  the  Framework
          history, few events remain as  Agreement (in August  2015)  between  Central  Gov’t  and
          controversial and contested as  and  17th  November  2017  NNPGs,disagreementamong  wrath of tribal people .........
          the creation of Nagaland state.  Agreed Position.  Nagas  is  bound  to  emerge
          It divided Nagas politically into  Fast  forward  from  the  givensome   sections   of
          two  different  camps—the  catastrophicdays  of  post-  Nagaswithin  Nagaland  and  Such  outlandish  act  and  issues  but  we  have  never  therefore  she  should  start  is the lone  sagacious  person
          people of the new state and,  creation   of   Nagaland  Nagasoutside  Nagalandwill  contemptuous  utterances  commented  on  the  court  learning to shut her mouth and  in Manipur and the rest of us
          the  other,  those  supporting  statehood  and  theShillong  continue  with  the  struggle  with the intent to demean and  proceedings or verdict except  behave like a police officer.  are fools to swallow such lie!
          Naga   independence—  Accord, we now face similar  even  if  the  framework  is  demonized the tribals will not  keep our fingers crossed. This  Her   conducts   are   so  If she’s true to her accusations
          although  the  distinctions  situation   where  signed, which will be viewed  be condoned not now, nor in  is not out of fear but reverence  egregious  and absurd that if  why not bring out evidences-
          between  them  (and  have)  misinterpretation  of  the  as a  “sell-out.” And in  such  the future.  to that halo character item its  the government does not put  phone call records, witnesses,
          overlap on various dimensions  impending final settlement, to  scenario, as the  saying  goes  Of late, this person an on grata  as  it  is  the  last  resort  an  a  plug  on  her  it  will  send  written documents to support
          and they seem  to share more  be made between central govt.  that  a  manis  at  his  worst  has gone berserk and lashing  individual   citizen   can  wrong message to the people  her claims instead of trying to
          common characteristics than  and  NPGs,is likely to  occur  whenbetrayed  by  his  own  out  at  every  one that comes  approach when they are under  and   the   government  churn public emotions.
          differences.  Most  Naga  again.Not  long  after  the  kind, it willbe difficult to find  her   way.  The   state’s  the impression that their rights  employees.  What  if  every  Now that the skeletons in the
          ‘overground’ politicians tend  signing  of  the  framework  a m i d d l e g r o u n d a n d t o  legislature, the executive, the  had  been  sabotaged  and  all  government  servant  started  cupboard have tumble out, of
          to  nourish  sentiments  of  agreement, each of the parties  startanew.  judiciary came under fire from  other options for justice had  coming  out  and  publicly  her complicity in demanding
          sympathy towards the larger  involved  hascreatedits  own  The pressing question now is  her  invectives.  Everybody  fail. So,  Brinda  is above the  chasten  the government and  hush-money   from   the
          Naga  political  cause,  while  versionsor  interpretations  of  how to bring different armed  respects  and  revered  the  Judiciary.  judiciary! Won’t  this lead  to  accused   family   the
          Naga  undergrounds,  or  what the framework is, which  factions  to  acomprehensive  judiciary inspite  of its  many  She  even  started  poking  her  ferment  and  chaos? And,  no  government  should  take
          ‘national  workers’  as  they  are  often  contradictory even  agreement  for  the  sake  of  short  comings  and  lapses  nose where she  should have  wonder  the  governments  prompt action and punish her
          became known, routinely seek  though  the  threegroups  are  creating  a safe  future  for all  respect but she did not. Brinda  really kept off.  currying  is  for cover  instead  as per the laws of the land.
          access to  the  treasures  and  referring to the same accord.  the Nagas.To restart the work  must be the only person in the  She was acting as if she is the  of chastising her.  Lastly,  there’s  something
          benefits the new state puts on  Not  surprisingly,  Nagaland’s  of  bringing  different  armed  entire world  who has openly  leader of the opposition in one  Without  providing  an iota of  called  ‘Rule  of Law’ which
          display.       leading intellectuals and Civil  factions  to  an  agreement,  challenges the judiciary in the  of  her  face-  book  post  just  evidence  she  dragged  two  binds  all  citizens  to  act and
          Divergent political positions  Society Organizations (CSOs)  CSOs  and  the  mass  public  conduct  of  its  business  and  before  the  Rajya  Sabha  tribal officers in the in famous  perform  their  respective
          on  the new state  were  also  had  only  questioned  the  have  to  be  honest  in  their  calling it as entirely corrupt.  election of  Manipur  lashing  drug-haul case of June, 2018  duties with in its ambit. Brinda
          articulated  in  the  post-  framework agreement signed  approach.In  conclusion,  the  Even   the   executives,  out  at  the  King.  If  she’s  in  the  affidavit  that  was  should  not  be  under  the
          statehood democratic domain.  between GoI and NSCN IM by  Naga  Nationalism  runs  the  desperados, civil societies and  interested in politics and doing  submitted to the hon’ble court  fallacy  that  she’s  above  all
          The  Nagaland  Nationalists  asking its contents to be made  risk of becoming  one  of the  students’   organizations  what   the   elected  which was craftily  leaked to  these  democratic institutions
          Organization  (NNO),  the  public.  While  the  agreed  greatest  farces  of  the  21 st  refused  to  comment  on  any  representatives  should  have  both national and state medias  after all she’s just as peck in
          political party  that swept the  position  signed between GoI  century if it  continues to be  matter  after  it  reached  the  done  why not resigned from  which  she later  ludicrously  this  momentous  circle  of
          first  post-statehood elections  and  NNPGs  did not receive  on  the  same pagefollowing  court but she did not. We also  her  service and  join politics.  claimed that it was given for  democracy’s big wheel. And,
          in  1964,  emphasized  in  its  the same treatment of attention  the  existing  degenerating  had  approached  the  hon’ble  Her  actions  and  public  ‘reading  purpose’.  Is  she  she  should  start  by  learning
          manifesto   that   the  the  framework  agreement  method.  court many times on relevant  utterances  are untenable and  under the impression that she  to keep her mouth shut.
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