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Imphal Times Supplementary issue 2 Editorial National & International News Friday, Feb. 2, 2018 Mary Kom strikes gold; Cuba, Uzbekistan halt men Satish Kumar (+91kg), however, Pollution pangs PTI settled for a silver, outwitted by No one could have put it more succinctly when the Chief New Delhi, Feb 2: M C Mary Kom Uzbekistan’s Bakhodir Jalolov in a Minister asserted that the most important factor for the claimed a gold in the women’s split 4-1 decision. worsening state of pollution in Manipur is the lack of civic sense competition but Indian men were Dinesh Dagar took the among the public- an admission of a problem bound to get out denied a complete sweep by welterweight (69kg) silver after of hand in the very near future. While the statement of the CM traditional powerhouses Cuba and going down to Uzbekistan’s Bobo- blaming the lack of strategic planning and long term vision of Uzbekistan on an exciting final day Usmon Baturov. In perhaps the the previous government may be construed as a political jive, of the India Open boxing most entertaining bout of the day, it also shows the intent of the present government to turn things tournament, here yesterday. the Uzbek turned on the style around. Mary Kom (48kg) got the better of against the gritty Indian. Things however are easier said than done, and going by the Filipino Josie Gabuco 4-1 in a battle With a smile on his face present standard of living and general awareness of the public, of attrition to come up trumps. throughout and a mostly non- it will need much more than a great plan or vision to get things In fact, women stole the thunder existent guard, Baturov was every going. Recognizing and admitting the existence of a problem is from men by picking up five gold bit a showman as he craftily got however a positive step towards efforts to finding a solution. medals after men were thwarted by the better of Dinesh in a The next logical step therefore is the drawing up of a pragmatic Cuba and Uzbekistan. unanimous verdict. waste management action plan taking into considerations the Pwilao Basumatary (64kg) was the To his credit, Dinesh connected a socio-economic conditions of the people in the state, followed first among them to fetch a gold. The few lusty jabs of his own but with a concerted and sustained awareness drive utilizing various former world and Asian bronze Baturov was never really troubled. forms of media. medallist claimed a 3-2 win over (51kg) registered a unanimous picked up India’s first gold of the Later, Devanshu Jaiswal (81kg) Waste management rules in India are based on the principles Thailand’s Sudaporn Seesondee. victory over Mongolia’s Jargalan day when he upstaged was up against Cuba’s David of “sustainable development”, “precaution” and “polluter The Assam boxer is a regular in the Ochirbat. Manisha (54kg) added Uzbekistan’s Sanjar Tursunov. Gutierrez. pays”. These principles mandate municipalities and commercial national camp and had claimed a to the gold rush for women by The Indian matched Tursunov Although the crowd favourite establishments to act in an environmentally accountable and gold medal at the 2015 Nation’s Cup claiming the top honours in the punch for punch in an engrossing gave a good account of himself in responsible manner—restoring balance, if their actions disrupt in Serbia. all-Indian final against M contest before getting a split 3-2 defensive tactics, the Cuban it. The increase in waste generation as a by-product of economic She hails from a small village in Meenakumari. verdict in his favour. connected enough with his jabs development has led to various subordinate legislations for Kokrajhar where several families But former world champion L National champion Manish to score a split 4-1 victory. regulating the manner of disposal and dealing with generated were displaced during the 2012 riots. Sarita Devi (60kg) settled for a Kaushik (60kg), who stunned world Former world silver medallist waste are made under the umbrella law of Environment Her family was among those silver medal after losing to and Asian medallist Shiva Thapa Saweety Boora (75kg) also had to Protection Act, 1986 (EPA). Specific forms of waste are the displaced by the violence but has Finland’s Olympic bronze- yesterday, didn’t have to step be content with a second place subject matter of separate rules and require separate since moved on. medallist Mira Potkenon. inside the ring to collect his gold. finish against Cameroon’s Essaine compliances, mostly in the nature of authorisations, Another Assam boxer, Lovlina Sarita gave her all in the bout but Manish was given a walkover by Clotilde. maintenance of records and adequate disposal mechanisms. Borgohain claimed the welterweight lost on a 2-3 decision after his Mongolian rival Battumur Each gold winner in the USD Although the Solid Waste Management Rules 2016, and Plastic (69kg) gold among women, getting Potkenon salvaged a rather rusty Misheelt, who pulled out owing to 100,000 event went home richer by Waste Management Rules 2016, encourage a decentralised the better of compatriot Pooja. performance with a final round a cut sustained on his forehead USD 2500. The silver and bronze approach to managing waste, it has really been implemented in In the evening, Commonwealth flourish. during his semifinal bout. medal winners were presented USD few cities, and has yet to take shape in our state. The state Games bronze-medallist Pinki Jangra In the men’s draw, Sanjeet (91kg) Asian Games bronze medallist 1500 and USD 500 respectively. authorities alone cannot be left to deal with the humongous task of managing waste and pollution. Therefore, the state government should look into ways to initiate, encourage and support private entrepreneurs and organizations to set up units Class 9 Delhi boy allegedly beaten to death inside a that directly or indirectly deals with waste management and pollution. Brainstorming and deliberating about reviving the night plaza is all well and good, however making efforts to reduce private school toilet by other students pollution and waste disposal should be given priority. Setting up of proper garbage collection sites with provisions for segregation FE Online by the police, the boy was found officer was quoting saying by India in the alleged murder and is currently of waste at source which is the most important and starting New Delhi, Feb. 2: A few months dead on Thursday morning at 11 Today. investigating them. point of ensuring a proper waste management system should after the murder of 7-year-old am by fellow students inside the He added that a case of culpable Last year, Pradyuman Thakur was be made available to the public. Pradyuman Thakur in Gurgaon’s toilet of Jeevan Jyoti Senior homicide has been registered not found dead in Gurgaon’s Ryan With an estimated 120 tonnes of waste being generated Ryan International School, another Secondary School in Karawal amounting to murder against International School. His throat had within Imphal city on a daily basis, the solid waste treatment similar case from the national capital Nagar. The boy was rushed to a unknown persons while adding that been slit twice and the school’s plant at Lamdeng is ill-equipped to effectively process the waste. has come to light where a class 9 nearby private hospital where he they are waiting for the postmortem teachers rushed him to a private It is the duty of every household to curb wastage, reduce student was allegedly beaten to was declared brought dead. report to ascertain the cause of hospital from where he was referred pollution and take up steps to reuse and recycle. death inside a private school’s toilet “During preliminary investigation, death. The school management, on to another hospital in Gurgaon where A strict implementation of the rules and imposition of stiff by a group of students in east Delhi. there were no visible injury marks the other hand, claims that the boy the doctors had declared him ‘brought penalties to the defaulters will definitely go a long way in The news was confirmed by the found on his body. However, the was suffering from diarrhoea, which dead’. The incident had led to protests enforcing the laws. But for it to happen, necessary facilities police which said that the boy was deceased’s family members alleged led to his death. However, a few from the parents and the school’s and provisions should first be made available to the public. identified by the family and they have foul play and said he was beaten students were seen entering the management was booked for cruelty alleged foul play behind the murder. up by some students inside the toilet in the CCTV footage. The against children under the juvenile UP govt transfers 26 IPS officers According to the details provided school’s toilet,” a senior police police suspect these students’ role justice act on September 10, 2017. PTI IG range JN Singh was replaced by Lucknow, Feb 2: In a major Sujit Pandey who was till now Vietnam jails blogger for anti-state propaganda reshuffle, the Uttar Pradesh posted as IG (Telecom), they said. government today transferred 26 Among those transferred were PV AP tarnished and slandered the and given prison sentences for International human rights groups IPS officers, including ADG zone Ramashastri, who was made ADG Hanoi, Feb 2: A court in southern country’s leaders, distorted spreading propaganda against the and some Western governments and IG range of the state capital. (Varanasi zone) after being on Vietnam has sentenced a doctor to government policies and instigated state over the past two weeks while have criticized Vietnam for punishing While ADG (Lucknow zone) Abhay waitlist, ADG CB-CID Dawa Sherpa, four years in prison for writing and people to boycott elections, it said.

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