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11 Nagaland's one-day monsoon session on Thursday; oppn NPF decides to boycott 

KOHIMA, Aug 12: The one-day monsoon session of the Nagaland Legislative Assembly (NLA) has been convened on Thursday id surging Covid-1 9 cas-es in the state, but the only Opposition party in the House-Naga Peoples Front (NPF)- on Wednesday de-cided to boycott the ses-sion. The house which could not meet on earlier sched-uled date on July 30 after at least 6 assembly staff were found positive for virus a day before, has been con-vened on August 13. Speaker Sharingain Longkumer said during the day that the session is be-ing held in order to fulfil the constitutional requirement of holding the sitting with-in a six months period.

 The house will convene at 9:30 am. However, the opposition NPF having a total of 25 MLAs in the 60-member Na-galand house, on Wednesday informed the Speaker late is ;IN% are of the NPF de-about its decision to boycott cision to boycott the session for turning sion, which is a political is-down its proposal fora long- sue and the secretariate do er session to deliberate on not have any thing to do the pertinent matters of Nagaland with that but to only ensure political issue, SARFAESI that the quorum is there," Act, 2002 and the current the Commissioner Sear-COV ID-19 pandemic scenar- any• asserted. io in the state.. Earlier. Antony had said NPF Legislature Party that altogether 19 MLAs, in-spokesperson, Imkong L eluding those from the rul-Imchen, MLA, gave infor- in coalition as well as the mation about the decision opposition, have applied for not to attend the session in leave expressing their in-a letter addressed to the ability to attend the session speaker. due to varied reasons. On being contacted.

 The northeastern state galand Legislative Assem- has been witnessing a spike bly Commissioner and Sec- in Cov id cases with total retaty Antony confinned to positive patients rising to PT1 that the assembly has 3118 Wednesday, hile the received the boycott letter death toll stands at S. from NPF. A total of 1113 people Asked whether the se, have recovered from the sion would be held as disease so far. scheduled, Antony said Justif)ingthe decision to "the session will go ahead curtail the session to one day, because the quorum for the the speaker told PT!, "Earlier sitting of the assembly is too it was lived fora day and only 10 members". now also it will be a day-long "The assembly secretar- session only." ■PM 

Plantation association urges Piyush Goyal I not to reduce import duty on tea 

KOLKATA. Aug (2: The Consultative C.Anminee of Plantation Associations (CCPA), the apex body of tea associations in India, has urged Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal not to reduce imporkluty on tea as any move in that direc-tion will disturb the equilib-rium of the industry. CCPA chairman Vivek Goenka in a letter to Goel said that any such move will lead to erosion of domestic prices and subsequently affect the economic viabili-ty of the tea gardens and livelihood of lakhs of peo-ple. According to CCPA, reduction in import duty, now 100 per cent, will pave the way for cheap tea to flood the market which will have disastrous effect on prices. It maintained that Indi-an tea production over the last decade has increased rapidly primarily due to the emergence of small tea growers who contribute 

nearly 50 percent of overall Sri Lankan tea which production. competes with Indian ortho-The letter stated that dos tea in the international while annual production of market enjoys a concession-the beverage is around 1400 at import duty of 7.5 percent million kg.250 million kgare upto an import level under exported and domestic con- a trade agreement, CCPA sumption level is nearly 1100 said. million kg. Tea being imported for The comsumption level re-export are subject to nil has not grown as the pro- import duty in India. CCPA duction. said adding that inspection Tea imports into India structure should be from Nepal is governed by strengthened to ensure that a Free Trade Agreement al- the influx of teas through lowing such teas to be im- imports conform to the pre-ported without payment of scribed FSSAI quality norms import duty, the letter said. and compliances. (PTI) 

Don't let former players' expertise go waste: Dravid tells state units at BCCI webinar

Don't let former players' expertise go waste: Dravid tells state units at BCCI webinar Bombay, Aug 12: Use the experience of pertise won't go waste.' Asked regarding different kes' former players as bit as attainable within the topics, the trio of Dravid, Kaushik and drink state teams' cricketing set-up was one in every of Somasundar same that NCA planningatwo-in'?s the notable suggestion by NCA head Rahul phased coaching beginning -- virtual and r to Dravid whereas interacting with members of physical. related  units throughout a webinar organized 'Virtual coaching are going to be the means forward: racy by the BCCI. -- they same. 

Not Secretaries and ap- cricket operations heads of varied state units joined a webinar that ,in, was attended by Dravid, at- BCCI-NCA head of Edu-cation Sujith Somasundar ye (also a former Asian country ODI '55 opener) and trainer of Ashish Kaushik. whereas the discus-, sions were totally on js numerous elements of fitness information assortment and beginning of fitness I, coaching in COVID-I nine g world, Dravid enlightened the administra-y tors with numerous things and effective h ways that of bother shooting mechanisms. e 'Rahul ne'er same that it's a compulsory factor however his suggestion to states was that we must always attempt to use former players in - their space of expertise; a secretary of 1 of the state units, United Nations agency attended the webinar told PTI on conditions of obscurity. 'If they will be integrated within the cricketing set-up, their expertise and ex-

'In current circum-stances, it'll be difficut that twenty five or thirty players wit be coaching along. therefore state team's trainers and phsyios can need to facilitate players just about and section some a couple of will come back and train physically,' he said. Kaushik spoke regarding however there ought to be bal-ance between strength coaching and skills train-ing. 'He spoke however strenth coaching ought to be less once you do skilLs coaching and the other way around,' the official same. conjointly there ws suggestion that there ought to be stress on assortment of 'di-verse data'. 'They instructed that state team physios ought to attempt to collate the maximum amount as various physical information with regards to player in order that it helps in future throughout rehabilita-tion programmes,' he said.

2nd Test: European nation face powerful Islamic Republic of Pakistan challenge in Ben Stokes absence 

SOUTHAMPTON,Aug, england to be it his Matches with the gloves. European nation might have won the unwell father. European nation do have the op-series opener against Paki- A quad injury meant that tion to recall mountain Foakes, gan however the absence of mountain the cnd of England's 2-Ise- wide thought to be an improved Stokes leaves them with ar- ries French person over the West keeper. and play Buttler as suably the larger choice Indies last rnonth — a cam- a specialist hitter. headache going into paign that marked intern- however Root appearethvary Thursday's second check at Ilona' cricket's come back from of that suggestion once he Southampton. the coronavirus imprisonment - praised fellow World Cup mi.,' were a lot of the - and also the initial check against winner Bunter's innings by higher facet for a lot of of last Islamic Republic of Pakistan saw vice-captain saying: .1 suppose it'll pro-week's initial check at previous Stokes effectively deployed vide him with a large quantity Trafford and, despite a as a specialist hitter by of confidence all told aspects second-innings collapse, skipperJoe Root. of his game and he ought to were still favourites to win Stokes. however, still take that fonvard for the remainder once they reduced En- took 2 necessary wickets of the series.

" secreter to 117-5 in pursuit of on the third evening against Root himself may do a target of 277. however a sixth- Islamic Republic of Pakistan. with an enormous score having wicket partnership of 139 managed only 1 check hun-between Chris Woakes (84 "Confidence" unreal in eighteen months. not out) and Jos Buttler the apparent rnove for En- European nation area unit within the (75) turned the tide as En- secreter would be to recall middle of a sequence of six secreter went 1-0 up in an exceedingly hitter Zak Crawley, World Health Organization Tests in seven weeks, a gru-three-match series on Sat- has ignored on the last el I ing schedule that has urday. 2 matches whereas an additional seen them adopt a policy of Since European nation won bowler has been deployed rotating their quicks. with quite on a daily basis to owing to Stokes' injury James Anderson,

 spare in Manchester, it's issues. England's incomparable  leading been declared that star manufacturer underlined his check wicket-taker prickly at all arounder Stokes can ability in an exceedingly run-chase last week speak he was considering re-miss the remainder of the series however the wicketkeeper, by his tirement when a exiguous as a results of travel to possess admission, had a poor match haul of 1-97 at his 

Lancashire horn. fp... Islamic Republic of Pakistan captain Mbar last week meant the Ah. criticised for his ways drunk previous has taken ii,usit six wick- throughout Buttler and Woakes* f, average decisive stand. has created st. .astts000Ttst8Oa 555 050 fifty in ten innings th son. since turning into skipper in He may currently build., Novanto., a for left-arnier guided missile Curran. however he denied situation t World Health Organization has won all his eight was atTecting his batting. home Tesu. or quick bowler.

 "When I bat, i am not Mark Wood. pondering the cap-min, whether or not or not ass "Deal with pressure bet- out Of kind. ter" "And once rm captain, Islamic Republic of Pakistan coach Misbah-ul- one do not accept my bat-Hag insisted his facet may ling in the least." live through Associate in Nursing excruciating ought to Islamic Republic of Pakistan have loss as they struggle to avoid a considerations regarding the fitness defeat that may condemn of their pace trio of them to a primary series defeat Mohammed Abbas, by European nation in an exceedingly decade. Shaheen Afridi and Naseem "We have to be compelled to improve ten Shah, they may herald to fifteen % and trot out another fast like pressure things a touch Sohail Khan. higher however we tend to should not be Islamic Republic of Pakistan compete twoleg mentally down," he said. spinners at previous Trafford with Islamic Republic of Pakistan denied the with Shadab Khan backin usual vocal support they up Yasir Shah, however the fancy in European nation when may currently deploy a four COVID-19 turned this cam- seamer if they feel metal paign into a behind closed Ageas Bowl pitch woi doors series. take the maximum amount flip. (AFP)