China: Increase 54 pct seen in cloud infrastructure service expenditure in Apr.-Jun. period
(MENAFN) An industry report showed that the Chinese spending on cloud infrastructure services soared 54 percent year over year during the April-June period of this year, enhanced by high local demand as digital transformation, artificial intelligence and smart sectors all stay on corporate and government plan.
Technology market research company Canalys stated that China’s expenditure on cloud infrastructure services hit USD6.6 billion in the cited period.
Figures from Canalys demonstrated that Alibaba Cloud continued to be the market leader with a 34-percent market share, whereas Huawei Cloud remained in second place, accounting for 19 percent of the market.
Pushed by wins in smart tourism, government and finance, Tencent Cloud witnessed rapid expansion in the second quarter, expanding 92 percent year over year and making up 18.8 percent of the market.
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GOVERNMENT will soon compensate the families that were displaced to pave way for the construction of a weigh bridge in Chongwe, says the Road Development agency (RDA). RDA director communications and corporate affairs, Masuzyo Ndlovu, said the people who were displaced from Chombwa village on the Great East Road would soon get their compensation. Mr Ndlovu stated that all the affected families would be fairly compensated.
He said Government was aware of the complaints by the remaining three families that appealed for the revaluation of their land and property. Mr Ndlovu said that RDA received the complaint and the re-evaluation process had already commenced through the Government Valuation Department. And Chongwe Member of Parliament, Japhen Mwakalombe, said that the resident engineer, Julius Njovu, had also assured him that RDA was in the process of compensating the three affected families.
Mr Mwakalombe, who is also Copperbelt Minister, said that the contractor had already made submissions to RDA. Meanwhile, Chongwe District Commissioner, Robster Mwanza, was pleased that Government was re-evaluating the land and property to ensure that the affected families were well compensated.


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(MENAFN) On Monday TEDPIX, Iran’s benchmark stock index at Tehran Stock Exchange, increased 20,192 points to reach 1.407 million. As announced, more than 6.11 billion securities that value 44.19 trillion rials (about USD1.052 billion) were exchanged at the stock market.
The index of the market increased 15,724 points, and the second market’s index rose 37,746 points. Moreover, TEDPIX jumped 58,000 points (4.1 percent) to hit 1.456 million in the previous Iranian calendar week (ended on Friday).
In last week, the largely followed indices were of Isfahan Refining Firm, National Iranian Copper Industries Corporation, Mobarakeh Steel Firm, Social Security Investment Corporation, Bandar Abbas Refining Firm, Iran Khodro Group, and Saipa Corporation.
Ehsan Khandouzi, Finance and Economic Affairs Minister stated during a conference on November 1 with the envoys of more than 30 main firms active in the capital market, to interchange ideas for settling issues and advancing the economy, that his ministry aims to make the economy more expectable and reduce pricing schemes that are damaging to the capital market and the stock exchange sector.
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Ex- Namibian vice president passes away aged 82
( MENAFN ) Namibian President Hage Geingob on Sunday declared that his ex- vice president, Nickey Iyambo, has passed away.
Iyambo was nearly 83 years old and stepped down in 2018 over health issues,he died on early Sunday morning.
Geingob expressed: "I announce with sadness the passing of my comrade, former Vice President, Nickey Iyambo. He leaves behind a rich legacy of loyal service to the Namibian people".
Iyambo was one of the longest serving cabinet ministers in the country's cabinet and was seen as a kind giant of Namibian politics.
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Srinagar: As coronavirus cases in this capital city continue to show an upwards trend, the Jammu and Kashmir Police on Tuesday warned to file cases against the people who are repeatedly found violating Covid-19 protocols.
The decision to slap FIRs against the offenders was taken in a meeting of police officers chaired by SSP Srinagar, Sandeep Chaudhary on Tuesday to discuss the measures for ensuring CAB (Covid Appropriate Behaviour) is observed by the general public, a police spokesperson said.
During the meeting, he said, a detailed discussion was held to create awareness about the necessary COVID-19 appropriate SOPs among the masses by engaging through public meetings. He further said that engagement with market associations, transport associations among others was underlined as paramount in the meeting.
“Various measures required to enforce the Covid appropriate behaviour were also discussed. These include imposition of fines on the violators as well as extending assistance to the teams of Civil administration. In cases of repeated violations of COVID19 protocol, FIRs will be registered against the offenders,” the police spokesperson said.
He further said that police have been at the forefront in the fight against COVID19 pandemic and will continue to deploy all measures for the safety and good health of every citizen in these challenging times.
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Party members and volunteers from across the country are flocking to the capital ahead of the ‘March for Change’ that aims to call for a change in political governance.
Flags and banners are currently being made at the party’s headquarters in Madrid to echo the people’s discontent regarding political scandals and corruption.
Cautious volunteer Francisco said: “Podemos isn’t going to fix anything, but it is all about the people and trying to make a change.
“I don’t think we are going to win, which is better as it will give us more time to organise ourselves and formulate what we want to do.”
On social media Podemos is trying to put across a strong message saying: “You can feel the enthusiasm in the streets and the desire to build an empowered citizenry that speaks up loudly to say that change is unstoppable.”
The party is advertising the rally as a march organised ‘by and for the people, built by all’ that will show that ‘there’s a new majority which knows that the time to act is now’.


Storey said that the second phase of the project will not take place until after the camping season is over.
"We will look to rebuild the area near the cabins in a terraced approach," Storey said. "That will be done post-campers."
Storey pointed to the work that was done at the boathouse as an example of who they will look to fix the current landslide, work that was also done by Sheehan's.
With parts of the camp still flooded, including flood point and the boathouse launch area, Storey said that they will be flexible during the camp season.
"We will have temporary places where we will be able to swim, boat and sleep," he said.
Storey said that, thanks to preparation, Camp Dudley is ready for the season.


84 more illegal migrants rescued off Aegean Sea
(MENAFN) Local security officials confirmed on Friday that the Turkish Coast Guard saved 84 refugees in the Aegean Sea.
According to the sources, theTurkish Coast Guard ship reacted to the distress signal and carried out a rescue mission offshore the coast of Ayvacik in Turkey's western province of Balikesir.
In a separate accident, a coast guard team rescued 19 asylum seekers, whose rubber vessel was guided by Greek coastal officials to Turkish disputed sea in the Aegean Sea, off the coast of Dikili in the western province of Izmir.
After regular checks, the immigrants have been referred to the provincial migration agency.
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Tata Group-owned Air India has issued a tender on Wednesday (July 27) to sell its three B 777-200 LR wide-bodied aircraft, which were manufactured in 2009.
In January of this year, the Tata Group, which took over Air India, is currently in talks with Airbus and Boeing to place a sizeable aircraft order.
The tender said that bids for three wide-bodied aircraft, powered by GE 90-110 engines, will have to be submitted by August 16.
Wide-bodied aircraft have larger fuel tanks that allow them to travel on long-haul international routes like between India and the US.
According to its website, Air India currently has a lot of 128 aircraft, including the aforementioned three B 777-200 LR planes.
The home ministry gave security clearance to Air India CEO-designate Campbell Wilson, paving the way for him to take over the airline.
The appointment of Wilson as the chief executive officer and managing director of Air India was announced by the Tata Group on May 12.
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United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday at the Summit for Democracy 2023 in Washington, once again criticized the Taliban's repressive policies against Afghan women.
While hosting the session, Blinken said despite the Taliban's efforts to completely erase women from public life, brave Afghan women have not stopped protesting against the Taliban's orders. He said these women are taking massive risks to come to the streets and fight for a better future in Afghanistan.
Blinken further added that women and girls are at the forefront of the struggle to achieve fundamental human rights and establish democracy around the world.
He specifically mentioned“brave Iranian women” who took to the streets despite serious threats and chanted the slogan“woman, life, freedom” for months, some whom had been imprisoned, and possibly faced heavy penalties for raising their voices.
Over the past two years, the Taliban regime has tried to curb women's dissatisfaction by arresting, harassing, and threatening Afghan women activists time and again. However, these brave women have not succumbed to the demands of Afghanistan's de fact authorities and kept protesting for their basic human rights.
On Sunday, March 26, the Taliban arrested a group of women during a peaceful protest in western Kabul, a predominantly Hazara-populated area. Fatima Mohammadi, Mlalayee Hasheemi, and Roqia Sayee are among the detainees.
Blinken said the United States is“committed to supporting women and promoting gender equality around the world through diplomacy.”
Since the Taliban seized power in August 2021, the group has deepened restrictions on women and girls' movement. The gender-based restrictions barring women and girls from education, work, and other activities are of major concern – the implementation of which has utterly erased Afghan women and girls from public life. Sharefacebook twitter whatsapp linkedin email print tumblr telegram
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OPEC Basket Price Down To USD 92.67 Pb
(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) VIENNA, Sept 26 (KUNA) -- The price of OPEC basket of crudes went down USD 2.84 to USD 92.67 per barrel (pb) on Friday, from USD 95.51 pb Friday, the OPEC Secretariat said on Monday.
The overall annual average in 2021 was USD 69.89 pb, the organization's bulletin added.
On August 3, the OPEC+ energy ministers agreed to boost the oil output by 100,000 barrels per day (bpd) by September in addition to the 648,000 bpd increase decided last month.
The latest decision came at the end of the 31st ministerial meeting of the 13 members and 10 partners of OPEC.
In its latest report, the organization forecasted an increase in demand next year by around 2.7 million barrels per day to reach a total of 103 million barrels, compared to the 100.3 million barrels of this current year. (end)
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Bin Laden’s Widows Charged in Pakistan
What will become of Osama bin Laden’s wives? The three widows, all of whom were with the former al-Qaida leader when American troops stormed his Pakistan compound and killed him last spring, have been charged with illegally entering that country and may be obliged to stay there for longer than they may have expected. –KA
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Interior Minister Rehman Malik said the women, reported to be two Saudis and a Yemeni, had been charged but did not say when the hearing took place.
The wives and about 10 children were taken into custody last May when US commandos raided their safe house.
The three women had been living in the compound in Abbottabad that Navy Seals attacked, killing Bin Laden.
Mr Malik said the women had entered the country illegally, and there were also “several incidents involving deception and forgery”.
He told reporters in Islamabad that “only the adults had been charged”, and the children were free to return to their native countries if their mothers agreed.
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J&K Pradesh Congress Committee Friday held a meeting in Srinagar to chalk out its future strategy in the state.
Congress legislators and party workers present in the meeting discussed various ways to strengthen the party in state. Several other issues were also discussed in the meeting including the need to improve the coordination between Council of Ministers and the Party.
Leaders present in the meeting also discussed the reasons for its failure in the recent parliamentary election. Congress leadership has emphasized its ministers to focus their attention on important issues that will prop up in the coming days.
Meeting was also attended by the President State Congress unit Proff. Saifuddin Soz besides Ghulam Nabi Azad also spoke to the party cadre present in the meeting.
Notably congress had to face defeat in all the three Parliamentary seats it contested in the state.
Both the coalition parties presently ruling the state have pressed the panic button trying to mobilize the public opinion in its favour as the state is scheduled to go for the assembly election in the coming months.


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KHARTOUM — Thousands of demonstrators from Sudan's Nuba peoples marched in the capital Khartoum on Wednesday to protest against recent deadly inter-ethnic violence in their southern home region.
Poverty-stricken Sudan has been mired in political and economic turmoil that deepened after a coup last year, and security forces have launched a deadly crackdown on near-weekly pro-democracy protests.
The northeast African country has also been torn by strife between Arab and ethnic minority groups — including clashes last month that killed at least 19 in the West Kordofan region where the Nuba live.
“No to the genocide of the Nuba,” proclaimed placards carried in the Khartoum protest by the indigenous group whose members live mostly as herders and farmers in the mountainous region.
Another sign read“the Nuba mountains are not Darfur” — the western region where 300,000 were killed and more than 2 million displaced in a civil war from 2003 under then-dictator Omar Al Bashir.
“We are demonstrating to denounce the killings and the displacement of our people in Lagawa,” one protester, Ahlam Ali, told AFP.
At least 19 people were killed in the city of Lagawa last month, according to the United Nations, in clashes between Nuba peoples and the Messiria Arab tribe.
“We are the indigenous people, so they want to force us to leave our lands,” said another protester, Said Issa.
“They use the force of the state and its weapons, but we will not be silent.”
Pro-democracy activists regularly accuse Sudan's military rulers of exacerbating the ethnic tensions.
This year, more than 600 people have been killed and over 210,000 displaced in inter-ethnic conflicts in Sudan, according to the UN.
The violence generally flares in disputes over access to scarce water and land in the arid and climate-stressed country where farming and livestock account for 30 per cent of the economy and 43 per cent of jobs.
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UK Finance has responded to the Chancellor’s Budget this afternoon, with chief executive David Postings reacting to the various outlined measures.
Postings said: “The Chancellor has set out a bold plan to support the economy in today’s Budget.
“The banking and finance industry has taken unprecedented action over the last year to support businesses and customers, and we will continue to work closely with the government to help the nation get back on its feet.
“This is a well-constructed Budget that positions the UK as an open and internationally competitive place to do business and we welcome the measures set out by the Chancellor to achieve this vision.”
Postings welcomes the certainty that the stamp duty holiday brings.
He added: “We welcome the certainty an extension to the stamp duty holiday and a phased approach to its ending brings for buyers and sellers.
“This will help prevent a cliff edge, reduce the risk of house sales collapsing and will prove beneficial for all parties involved in the housing market.”
Regarding the Mortgage Guarantee Scheme, Postings said that the banking and finance industry “supports innovation in the mortgage market”, particularly measures which enable borrowers “to realise their dream of home ownership through lower deposits”.
Postings added:“We look forward to working with the government and lenders on helping to implement the scheme which will help many more people get onto the property ladder.”
The budget laid out a number of taxation measures, and Postings emphasised that the industry is committed to continuing to work with government to “help the nation’s finances recover” from the impact of the pandemic.
He said: “As the UK looks to maximise opportunities for inward investment and growth, we need a taxation system that ensures the UK continues to be an attractive place to do business and enables financial services to support economic recovery.
“We welcome the Chancellor’s announcement that the bank surcharge will be reviewed, and would encourage HM Treasury to consider the banking sector’s total tax rate as part of this work to help ensure that the UK is more competitive internationally.”


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Andhra Pradesh’s act of raising the height of the check dam across the Palar river has been declared as an act impacting the fundamental rights of the people of Tamil Nadu, by the Supreme Court after Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa today said the government has filed a case against the same.
On July 18, 2016, the state government filed a petition in the Supreme Court, said Ms Jayalalithaa, in a statement issued on Saturday.
She said in the petition the state government has asked the apex court to declare Andhra’s action of raising the height of the check dam across the Palar river without Tamil Nadu’s permission as affecting the fundamental rights of the people of her state.
Ms Jayalalithaa said the petition also requested the apex court to order Andhra Pradesh to bring down the height of the check dam to previous levels.
The petition had also said the Supreme Court should order Andhra to ensure that the water from Palar and its tributaries reaches Tamil Nadu.


Economic Minister Fayyaz Ismail has said that the government was targeting to repatriate 20,000 undocumented expatriates in the Maldives by the end of the year
Economic Minister Fayyaz Ismail has said that the government was targeting to repatriate 20,000 undocumented expatriates in the Maldives by the end of the year.
The Minister was speaking in the Parliament regarding the emergency issue involving expatriate protests presented today when he said that 62,000 undocumented expatriates were living in the Maldives according to Immigration records. However, the Minister said that the true figure could be as high as 80,000-100,000.
Under the government-initiated regularization program, 43,000 expatriates had become regularized. Around 4,000 foreigners were repatriated as part of the COVID-19 operations of the government. The Minister said that around 3,800 of those repatriated were undocumented.
“I am hoping, by the end of the year, 22,000 will be good, but the target is to repatriate 20,000 expatriates who are willing.” Said the Minister.
The Minister said that the government was not at all trying to repatriate migrants against their will.
"Worse than the MMPRC scandal"
He said that the “business” of undocumented migrants were the worst that the Maldives has seen, even worse than the MMPRC scandal.
“This is certainly a grotesque business conducted in the Maldives with the sale of humans. I have not seen this in my time. The MMPRC scandal is not as bad when I see this.” Said the Minister.
Unfair advantage taken from the illegal business had caused a lot of pain to many that ripped into the social and security of the status of the nation, said the Minister.
“No matter what anyone says at me, as a Maldivian, I am ashamed of how they have been treated in the Maldives.” Said the Minister.
The Minister said that the protests by expatriates trending nowadays were being used by some as political leverage.
“It will be done so in that manner, politics is like that. We have to act intelligently on this. Citizens also have to be patient in this. This did not happen overnight.” Said the Minister.
The Minister said that during the regularization program, a large number of expatriates that wished to return home but couldn’t were identified by the authorities.
“When they come to go back, they are unsure whether they will be detained, or jailed. They flee due to fear of that.” Said the Minister who added that a lot of support was received for the regularization program.
The Minister also said that there were efforts by many to impede the government initiative to repatriate undocumented expatriates. If it had not been for COVID-19, major strides to resolve the issue would have been taken by the government.
The Minister said that the issue had gripped the country hard, however, it was an issue that had built up over 30 years which would take time to be addressed.


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The EU representative office in Jerusalem said it was appalled by the violence in the St Joseph Hospital compound and the level of unnecessary force exercised by Israeli police throughout the funeral procession of Al-Jazeera journalist, Shireen Abu Akleh.
EU and like-minded partners attended today the funeral of Shireen Abu Akleh in occupied East Jerusalem, who was killed by Israeli forces in Jenin on May 11.
“Such disproportionate behavior only fuels further tensions. Shereen still received an honorable farewell in the St Andrew's Church and the Mount Zion Cemetery. May she rest in peace,” said the statement.
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The club, which has only two registered players and will play in League Two next season after back-to-back relegations, invited fans to watch potential players when it hosted its first team trials at Huish Park at the weekend.
Manager Paul Sturrock decided to ask the fans to vote on which of the players they favoured as he seeks to build a new side.
“The fans are the Yeovil Football Club; a lot of people forget that,” said Sturrock. “The fans are the key to the football club and the key to the standard of player that goes out onto that pitch.
“At the end of the day it’s going be interesting to see who the fans choose.”
More than 40 players without clubs or contracts were put through their paces at the trials at the weekend.
Fans are now being invited to vote on the club’s websites on which players they want Sturrock to sign – and he’s promised to take their views into account.


Ranchi: A united opposition has called for a statewide shutdown on Monday to protest the changes the state government has proposed to two land legislations and the police firings that have taken place over the last two months.
The shutdown has been jointly called by the Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik), Congress and the Rashtriya Janata Dal, and is being supported by the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha and the Communist Party of India and the Communist Party of India-Marxist.
The parties are opposing the amendments Chief Minister Raghubar Das`s government has initiated through ordinance to the Chhottanagpur Tenancy Act (CNT) and the Santhal Pargana Tenancy Act (SPT). They are also voicing anger over the three police firing incidents, including at Barkagaon of Hazaribagh district.
The parties have asked the chambers of commerce, and business and social organisations to extend their full support to the shutdown on Monday and keep their business establishments closed.
The shutdown is taking place only two days after the latest round of police firing took place in Khunti district on Saturday, in which one tribal was killed. The strike has also been called to protest police firing at Barkagaon of Hazaribagh district on October 1, in which four villagers were killed.
The villagers in Barkagaon have been protesting the NTPC coal block mining in their area. They allege that the land is being acquired forcibly and proper compensation is not being given to them.
The state government has made elaborate security arrangements to ward off any unpleasant incident during Monday's shutdown.


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Abuja – The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, has called for the collaboration of stakeholder to enable the ministry achieve the agenda of the President Muhammadu Buhari on health.
Adewole made the call when he addressed newsmen shortly after he assumed duty with the Minister of State for Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, in Abuja on Wednesday.
The minister, who held brief meeting with the directors, said “for the apex policy on health to be achieved, we need to work together and working together means we can make a huge difference.
“We have been described as a generation that enjoyed better health when we were young than now and our aim is to bring back the health care system we enjoyed when we were young.’’[pro_ad_display_adzone id=”70560″]
Adewole said a number of restructuring would be carried out for the present administration to achieve its target on health.
“There are quite a number of restructuring that we need to do to ensure that the next generation enjoy something better.
“We will need to look at how we can work with other tiers of government, the secondary and primary health care system.
“This means that we need to work with the state and local government, but the leadership will rest in the ministry and we will provide the direction,’’ he said.
The minister also said that the women and child health care would be given adequate attention.
He said this would be achieved by equipping the Teaching Hospitals and setting targets and roadmap in the next four weeks to enable us tells what had been achieved.
Ehanire, on his part, said the aim of the present administration was to deliver health care services from the grassroots level to the federal.
He said that the ministry had enormous challenge since health was important for everybody.
The minister of state said that the ministry would work with what was on ground because of paucity of funds, adding that “the essence of efficiency is being able to manage things prudently’’.
The new Permanent Secretary of the ministry, Dr Amina Shamaki, pledged that the staff would give the ministers all the support they needed to succeed. (NAN)


Economic Affairs Secretary Subhash Garg has said that the reforms initiated by the government like demonetisation and Goods and Services Tax (GST) have been biggest growth contributors. He also indicated that the economic slowdown that the Indian economy is going through has bottomed out and the country's GDP is poised to grow from here on. Talking about the recently flashed inflation numbers, he said that it has consistently come down since 2014 and will not cross 4 percent in the financial year 2018.
On fiscal deficit, Garg further said that the government is committed to sticking to the target of 3.2 percent of GDP for this fiscal but a review would be done in December. Adding further, he noted that the government has already spent Rs 11.47 lakh crore on capital expenditure, more than half its target for the fiscal year. He also stated that the increased government spending has been targeted in a manner, which will bring in more investment and spur growth.
Pointing at effective and targeted spending, Economic Affairs Secretary has said that quality infrastructure is a main priority of the government. He also said that government will spend Rs 7 lakh crore in road infrastructure over the next five years and also mentioned that construction of new roads under the BharatMala programme will take place along with entail construction of 34,800 km of roads.


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Local nursing homes take in evacuees, hospital ready for emergencies
For health care providers around the area, the emergency in Fargo-Moorhead started Thursday, when Ecumen decided to evacuate a large nursing home and residential living center.
"I was worried we were going to have people on the floor with mattresses," said Janet Green, executive director of Emmanuel Community and regional director of Ecumen.
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Economic development strategy in the pipeline
A strategy is being developed to invigorate the Port Macquarie Hastings economy.
A business and industry steering committee has been set up facilitated by the Port Macquarie Hastings Council.
The Economic Development Steering Group aims to help coordinate economic development activities across the local government area.
Committee members represent a range of industries and business groups and the committee has started developing an economic strategy for the area.
It will target areas of the economy which has been identified as needed specific focus in the coming three to four years.
The region's strengths and weaknesses have also been analysed.


The COVID-19 response teams discussed student accessibility toward student services and how to keep students informed through an online Zoom meeting on April 15.
Director of the Student Health Center Beth Benne discussed Team A’s update by stating that they received 2,000 masks, but the masks were not the ones that Benne expected to receive.
Benne also said she is concerned about the growing number of students receiving help for their mental health because they are worried about their privacy.
“They have family members who don’t know they’re in counseling,” Benne said. “They’re having trouble finding a private place or going on a walk.”
Vice President of Academic Affairs Sheri Berger from Team C explained that Pierce classes should follow distance education guidelines, rather those of correspondence education.
“The fact is that we don’t have correspondence education and that we need to maintain regular effective and substantive contact,” Berger said. “It needs to be instructor initiated and we need to have student to student interactions.”
Faculty must launch their Zoom classes from within Canvas, rather than sending links to the meetings, according to Berger.
“If you’re going out to some other publisher-based site, it has to be done from Canvas,” Berger said. “There has to be some way that we can document these things that are required by the U.S. Department of Education, in terms of our accredited status.”
Berger also said faculty will receive an email on how they can report students that have been unresponsive or not participating on Canvas.
“We have a process to set up an email that will go to student services,” Berger said. “Some peer mentors will be reaching out to some of those students, as much as they would if they were on campus face-to-face to help direct them to the appropriate resource on campus.”
The Enrollment Management Committee recommended Team D on how to communicate engaging and supportive information to students, according to Juan Carlos Astorga, Dean of Student Engagement.
The recommendations include creating concise messaging, developing information that has a date and ensuring that the information is important to students.
Public Relations Manager Doreen Clay said while monitoring social media, she has noticed that many students are anxious about the future.
According to Clay, students want to know about things such as when commencement is going to take place or when the summer session schedule is going to come out.
Vice President of Administrative Services Rolf Schleicher concluded the meeting by advising team leaders to list essential tasks and adjust them throughout the week.
“I’m hopeful that we get some of the questions we had last week and maybe look through those,” Schleicher said. “We can have the teams maybe answer out and some of those questions that probably are things we’re already covering now.”


MINGORA: Civil society members have threatened to take to the streets if the federal government shifted the regional ombudsman office from Malakand division.
They told journalists that the federal government had decided to shift the regional ombudsman office to Manehra from Malakand.
They said that presently the regional ombudsman office was functional in Swat. They said the office was facilitating people of the entire Malakand division.
“We have learnt that the federal government has decided to shift the office to Mansehra on July 30 but we will stand against the decision as it is injustice with the people of Malakan division,” said Arshad Ali, a civil society member, in Mingora.
The local people said that the ombudsman office used to take action against the federal departments following public complaints. They said that the residents of Swat, Buner, Shangla, Dir Lower and Upper, Chitral and Malakand districts were satisfied with the performance of the office.
“People lodge complaints with the regional ombudsman office against the poor performance of federal departments and it solves their problems. I was shocked to know the office was being shifted to other region. It shows that people of Malakand division are not important for the federal government.” said Ifthikhar Ali, another civil society member.
The members of civil society said that instead of opening ombudsman office at district level in Malakand division, the federal government was shifting the sole regional office from the region. They said that it was not acceptable to them.
“We expected that the federal government would establish an ombudsman office in each district of Malakand to provide relief to the people,” said Shakeel Khan, a resident of Mingora.
MNA Ayesha Syed also criticised the decision and said people of Malakand division would oppose the decision and would never allow the department to shift the office. “I will also raise the issue on the assembly floor,” she said.
Published in Dawn, May 21st, 2018


Sinn Fein MLA Órlaithí Flynn has welcomed the additional £6.2m for mental health community services.
The party’s spokesperson for mental health said:
“I welcome the additional £6.2m to the mental health support fund to provide community-based counselling and mental health services.
“It is vital that the department of health continues to be supported to further increase the overall mental health budget.
“The health service requires the three year budget, blocked by the DUP’s reckless decision to collapse the Executive, to tackle waiting lists, to recruit more doctors and nurses, to fund cancer and mental health services and to transform the health service.
“Our health service is much more important than the electoral difficulties of the DUP.
“They should get back to work and ensure health workers have the resources needed.”


QUETTA: (Web Desk) The PTI-led Balochistan government on Saturday presented a RS465.528 billion budget for the upcoming fiscal year, with Rs38 billion allocated for the health sector.
Balochistan Finance Minister Zahoor Ahmed Buledi, presenting the budget, said that Rs309 billion have been allocated for non-developmental expenditures, while more than Rs156 billion have been allocated for developmental expenditures.
According to Radio Pakistan, Buledi said that a deficit of Rs87 billion was present in the budget.
The provincial finance minister said that more than Rs63.5 billion have been allocated for the uplift of the education sector.
The Rs38 billion sum allocated for the health sector aims to provide modern medical facilities for the poor people residing in the providence.
Earlier in the day, Chief Minister Jam Kamal while chairing a meeting of the provincial cabinet, had approved the provincial budget proposals for the fiscal year 2020-21
Kamal, addressing the provincial cabinet meeting, said the budget had been drafted after consultations with all the relative stakeholders.


At least 11 complaints, including the latest from Colombo 7, amounting to more than Rs.3 billion in financial fraud has been lodged against Thilini Priyamali, the owner of Thico Group Private Ltd as of today, police said.
Police Spokesman SSP Nihal Thalduwa said a businessman from Colombo 7 who lost Rs.750 million allegedly to Thilini Priyamali was the latest victim to complain against Priyamali.
It was reported that the businessman, who has a doctorate, has business deals in Malaysia as well.
Sources said that the suspect had obtained money from businessman by promising high returns.
Meanwhile, SSP Thalduwa said so far the CID had received 9 complaints while two complaints were received to police stations in Negambo against the Thilini over financial fraud while running her office on the 34th floor of the World Trade Centre.
Sources said that Thilini had allegedly contacted some people directly to commit the fraud while other people had been contacted through third parties.
It was reported she was also running an institute that gives doctorate degrees to various people, and had also given honorary degrees to famous people of the country, including actors, through that institute.(Darshana Sanjeewa Balasuriya)


The Petite Savanne community is among the first to benefit from a water conservation campaign which is being organized in light of drought conditions affecting the island.
The campaign began in the community on Wednesday night and is being organized by the Dominica Water and Sewage Company, DOWASCO.
Public Relations Officer of DOWASCO, Edward Registe, said the current drought conditions have affected the water levels at the company’s intakes and “DOWASCO, recognizing that, has seen the need to conduct community sensitization meetings towards water conservation”.
He said in some communities, there has been an acute reduction in water, and Petite Savanne is one of them.
“In the last few weeks, we had to truck water to that community and there have been a lot of interruptions in the supply,” Registe said.
According to him, leakages in pipes and the abuse of standpipes are some of the areas to be addressed.
“These practices are really affecting the ability of the company to supply water and we want to raise that awareness. There is a lot of investment taking place in the water sector in Dominica, however if we continue to waste water, then it is likely that we continue to deplete the resource,” he said.
Grandbay and other communities around Dominica will also be included in water conservation campaign.


Nigerian Construction company, Julius Berger, has revealed that the Sagamu-Lagos end of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway project will be completed by 2021.
The Operations Manager, Julius Berger, Thamm Olaf, told the Senate Committee on Works, led by its Chairman, Senator Kabiru Gaya, on Sunday, that the project, which was to be completed in 2017, was stalled due to paucity of funds and the recent expansion.
Gaya and other members of the committee, who were on an oversight visit to road projects in Lagos, however, stated that they were not happy about the slow pace of the work, despite the efforts and funds that had been put into it.
He said the Federal Government had spent a lot of money on the road and others across the country and had moved cost of road infrastructure from N500bn to 600bn in the 2019 budget to accommodate more road construction.
“The project is good as it will take care of traffic but we are not happy with the speed and so we expect the contractor to increase the pace of work, even though there were amendments on the road,” he said.


Tanzania is set to construct three major ring roads in Dodoma in the next financial year to ensure that they reduce the current congestion that has gripped the town. Government officials have said that all logistics needed are being put in place before work on the Ring Roads in Dodoma can kick off.
Briefing journalists yesterday shortly after meeting with the Public Accounts Committee, the Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office (Policy, Parliamentary Affairs, Labour, Youth, Employment and Persons with Disability), Jenista Mhagama said that the decision came after they held consultative meeting to ensure that they agree on one thing and that’s development in the transport sector.
She added that currently Dodoma has started facing various challenges that include traffic jams and that will be athing of the past.
She also added that the ring road project see the road go by the city and would pass through Kikombo area to link the Iringa-Dodoma, Dar es Salaaam-Dodoma, Dar es Salaam-Singida and Dar es Salaam-Babati roads.
“We have already decide to construct the three ring roads and we believe that it will help the residents and the country’s economy at large” she added.
She also said that they will ensure that the roads are constructed with the latest technology that will ensure that they reach the world standards.
She explained that renovations of Prime Minister‘s residency was on good footing, noting that the inner fence was almost done and other small works including water, electricity were almost done.
The minister said that in the next few weeks they will be able to announce the cost of the project that will be highly waited by the residents.
She explained that CDA Board has already viewed a plan to survey and issue 100,000 plots in phases which will provide a clear picture of how much will be needed for compensation as well as ensuring there is no land conflicts.


West agricultural condition improves
October 28, 2014 1:00 am
Rain over the past week has brought some relief to farmers in the western division.
Acting Agricultural Officer West Viliame Mainawalala says farmers had stopped cultivating their land due to the dry spell of weather.
“Even though we have received substantial rainfall in the last two weeks, conditions continue to be dry. And we are hoping that we are going into this rainy season, we are hoping more rain so that farmers will be able to cultivate the land that are idle right now which needs to be cultivated.”
Mainawalala says grass has started to grow and livestock health has improved.
However, farmers who need water for livestock and water purification units have been urged to contact the West Agriculture Office.


Member of Parliament for Eydhafushi constituency, Ahmed Saleem said that the government used the unsolved deaths and disappearances just for political gain and had no intention of solving them.
Debating on the issue presented to the parliament on the increasing number of disappearances and sudden deaths, the minority leader Saleem said that the government cashed out on deaths and disappearances to come into power and have not investigated the cases further than that done by the previous administration.
Saleem said that “the government spoke of Rilwan’s death, Dr. Afrashim’s murder, Yameen’s murder” when they campaigned in 2018.
Saleem argued that the government did not parade their sympathies with the intention of solving these crimes and giving closure to the victims’ family and friends but to deceive the public and trick them into putting them in power.
Saleem said that the increasing number of deaths and disappearances were alarming and it must be investigated as to why the numbers continue to rise. Additionally, he said that the law enforcement’s investigative tactics must be assessed and refined.
Saleem declared the government’s talk of disappearances and deaths to be a political ploy to gain the public’s favor. He also accused that the government itself was being led by the same people who funded these deaths and disappearances and asserted that a government with their party’s name on it can and will find the real perpetrators.


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Local legislators talk recent legislation, upcoming sessions
Area legislators stopped by the Park Rapids Enterprise office last week to talk about new legislation passed during the 2013 session and preview upcoming sessions.
Dist. 2A Rep. Roger Erickson, DFL-Baudette, said he was proud that the Legislature fully funded all-day, every day kindergarten.
“Before, many districts were offering it to compete but had to pay,” he said.
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Nine of the 50 persons who were kidnapped by bandits from the Madaka Market in the Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State are said to have died.
In addition to the 22 people who were slain in the aftermath earlier, nine additional people who were kidnapped have now died.
The majority of the victims were women who had been kidnapped last Thursday and were en route to the nearby forest in the Allawa area when the bandits carried out their heinous murders.
Seven people were killed in Kukoki village while moving into the jungle, and two more people died on the way, according to Isah Bawale Madaka, the district head of Madaka.
“They killed seven people in Kukoki village while they were entering the forest around Shiroro local government area in Niger State, and they killed two more people while they were moving towards the forest,” he claimed.
Madaka added that more than thirty bodies had already been buried, which begged the question of the bandits’ intentions given that they had not sought a payment for the people they have kidnapped.
He said he had been trying for the past three days to monitor the bandits’ route and figure out how to keep the people who were being kidnapped safe.
Support and condolences were extended to the injured victims by Hon. Modibbo, the representative of the Rafi/Shiroro/Munya Federal Constituency, and by the Emir of Kalgara, Alhaji Ahmed Attahiru Gunna.


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An Egyptian Air Force fighter jet fell to the ground during
training while its crew survived the accident, the Egyptian army
announced in a statement on Sunday, trend reports citing xinhua .
The incident took place due to 'a technical malfunction,'
causing no damage in the area where it fell, according to the
A similar incident occurred in June and the pilot also
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The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Saturday that the rate of infection with the new coronavirus had reached a record high, affecting almost 300,000 people a day. </p><div> <p>In 24 hours, 294,237 people became infected with the coronavirus, but the previous record was on July 31, when the number of infected people increased by 292,000 during the day.
As a result, more than 21 million people have been infected with the new coronavirus since the start of the pandemic, and more than 755,000 people have died.
In absolute terms, the United States, Brazil and India have been hit hardest, with more than 100,000 people infected in each of the last seven days.
Experts believe that the actual number of infected is much higher.


Punjab Wildlife and Parks Director General Khalid Ayaz Khan has said that three lionesses have given birth to three cubs each at Safari Park.
Talking to media at his office on Friday, Khan said that after the birth of these cubs, the number of lions in Safari Park has reached 23.
He said the lionesses who gave birth to these cubs were Kaloo, Kajil and Rani. He further said that Kajil and Rani had also born at Safari Park.
Khan said the Wildlife Department was looking after the lionesses properly, adding that the cubs were healthy.
According to Khan, at present there are 12 lions in Lahore Zoo, eight in Bahawalpur Zoo, two in Dera Ghazi Khan, three in Loi Bher, two in Vehari and two in Kamalia Wildlife Parks.
He said that the total number of lions in Wildlife Parks and Zoos of Wildlife Department has reached 52 which was appreciable as the lions in such a large number are not available in any other province. He said that the lovers of wildlife would be able to see these cubs during the next month.


In June, House Speaker Joe Straus ordered the committees to study two key provisions of the state’s school finance system ahead of the 2017 legislative session, including the state’s “use of local property taxes to fund public education and its effects on educational quality and on Texas taxpayers.” The interim assignment came weeks after the Texas Supreme Court upheld the complex methodology as constitutional while also deeming it “byzantine” and urging state lawmakers to make improvements.
Straus asked the committees to focus especially on “ways to reverse the increasing reliance” on payments that wealthier Texas school districts send to the state each year under its Robin Hood plan to help buoy the state’s poorer school districts. The number of schools required to make “recapture” payments has ballooned as property values have skyrocketed across the state. Recapture payments — expected to total more than $2 billion in 2017 — have made up an increasing share of what the state spends on public education and contributed to a trend of local communities footing a larger share of the public education tab than the state.
The state hasn’t just benefited from recapture, though, but property value increases in general, Aycock noted.
As property values have spiked in many school districts, allowing them to raise more tax revenue locally, the state doesn’t have to send them as much money. Last year was the only time in recent memory that state lawmakers passed along that “savings” to public schools, Aycock said, pegging it at about $1.8 billion.
“Every time a new building is built and the tax appraisal goes up, it saves the state money,” he said. “So instead of that money going to schools, it actually goes to a savings to the state that they spend on other things.”
What those other things are exactly is nearly impossible to say, according to school finance experts, but it’s safe to assume that other state services — even non-education-related ones — have benefited.
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(MENAFN- UkrinForm) Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council has imposed personal special economic and other restrictive measures (sanctions) on former Ukrainian MP Vadym Novynskyi, a vicar of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra monastery, Petro Lebid, and a number of priests of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate.
A respective document has been published on the website of the head of state, Ukrinform reports.
According to the document, sanctions and restrictive measures have been imposed for five years on businessman and cleric of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church Vadym Novynskyi, vicar of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church Petro Lebid, and other priests of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
There are ten people on the list to whom sanctions have been applied. Read also: zelensky enacts nsdc decision to sanction moscow patriarchate
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CHICAGO — Two people are being questioned following a SWAT incident on the Northwest Side.
The incident began about 8:55 a.m. Saturday when police responded to a call of shots fired near a “private social club” in the 3400 block of West Peterson Avenue, the Chicago Police Department said in a statement. SWAT officers were called to help clear the area.
The incident was resolved by 1:20 p.m. Saturday and all streets had reopened to the public.
One weapon was recovered, police said. Two people were detained for questioning.
No injuries were reported.
Police said there is no risk to the public.


Union urban development minister Venkaiah Naidu said the schemes will be an important milestone for urban development in the country. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch Smart Cities mission, Atal Urban Renewal Mission and Housing for all schemes tomorrow.
He also said that the Prime Minister is very keen to transform India in every sense.He added that urban transformation is the need of the hour.He also said that the selection of smart city will be done purely on the basis of their infrastructure and capability.
The Cost of these three projects will be more than 3 lakh crore rupees.It is likely that 20 cities might be shortlisted for the Smart City project in the first phase.
Countries such as Singapore, Japan, France and the United States have shown interest in partnering with India on Smart City project.


TÁNAISTE JOAN BURTON says it is always “sad” when Cabinet members have to go and new people come in.
Speaking on RTÉ’s nine o’clock news about the departure of Pat Rabbitte from the Cabinet she said that losing people is always “difficult”.
She spoke highly of Rabbitte’s long political career, but said that there were a lot of people in the Labour Party with talent and it was time to give them the opportunity.
Burton said she had given the opportunities to those members in their 30s and other new members following five weeks of discussions with the party’s members, where she said the message from the hustings was that they wanted to see new talent.
She said the new appointees will allow them to “work afresh”.
Burton added that she hoped “it is good mix” of those that have been there longer and those that are newcomers.
She said that in order for all the “talented” members of the party to have a role to play, they will have to ensure that they are the majority party next time round so that they will “have more places for all our talent”.
Speaking about the new ministries for Labour, she said she was very happy and that they were the ministries they wanted.
She said that the Environment portfolio was critical in getting housing going, stating that they will be focusing on building social housing and tackling the issue where young couples are finding it difficult with the escalation in house prices.
She said having a Ged Nash as Super Junior Minister for Business and Employment will help in the growth of SMEs around the country.


(MENAFN- UkrinForm) The first 39 railway cars loaded with coal have arrived at Ukraine's thermal power plant (TPP) from Australia.
The relevant statement was made by the Ukrainian Energy Ministry , an Ukrinform correspondent reports.
Ukrainian Energy Minister German Galushchenko visited a power generating facility of Centrenergo PJSC, which had been unloading the first 39 railway cars with Australian gas coal.
Generally, Ukraine is expected to receive 79,000 tonnes of coal provided by the Government of Australia as part of humanitarian assistance.
“We are grateful to the Australian Government for their support and contribution to Ukraine's reliable energy supply this heating season, which will be the most challenging in recent decades,” Galushchenko stressed.
Galushchenko also expressed gratitude to Polish partners for their assistance with the delivery of Australian coal, as Ukrainian ports were blocked due to the Russian armed aggression.
According to Galushchenko, preparations for the autumn and winter period are being made as scheduled. Coal stocks are being accumulated in accordance with the approved schedule.
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Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das today inaugurated the land bank web portal, jharbhoom.Nic.In, that would help investors know land-related information in the state .
He told officials to complete the work related to digital mapping to enable information on available land, an official release said in Ranchi.
The Chief Minister said that setting up of land bank would help investors get information through district-wise nodal officers and added that their mobile numbers and email ID would be available on the website.
Directions were also issued to make land available through the land bank to those industrialists who were allotted coal blocks, the release said.


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Suraya Parlika, one of the first Afghan women's rights defenders died of cancer disease in Switzerland at the age of 75.
Suraya Parlika was the head of Afghan women democratic organization when the People's Democratic Party was ruling Afghanistan.
Parlika's effort for women's rights caused in changing the pregnancy leave period from 40 days to 90 days and then to 180 days in Afghanistan.
Her advocacy had also helped in establishment of kindergartens at work places during the People's Democratic Party times.
Parlika was jailed in late 70s for advocating for the women's rights and civil liberties.
Suraya Parlika was born in Bagram district of Kabul city in 1944.
Sahra Karimi, the head of Afghan Film Authority and Afghan filmmaker has made a documentary movie featuring Parlika's life. The movie received the best documentary award at the 16th Dhaka International Film Festival in 2018. Sharefacebook twitter whatsapp linkedin email print tumblr telegram
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Hyderabad, Feb 9 (UNI) Andhra Pradesh Agriculture Minister N Raghuveera Reddy today said the state government has taken steps for marketing and processing agriculture produce in a big way.
Addressing a press conference here, he said the government has decided to make the food processing department, presently under the Ministry of Industries, into Ministry of Marketing and Food Processing to give a big boost to the food processing industry. The new ministry will establish branches of food processing department in every district and it will function in coordination with horticulture, agriculture, fisheries, animal husbandry and industries departments, he said.
He said the Centre will provide subsidies to the food processing industry and the state government will utilise the opportunity to create more employment, the minister added.
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Chennai, Feb 22 (BPNS)
The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin has said that the farmers in the state who have lost their crops during the sudden unexpected rains will receive their compensation within a week.
The Chief Minister was speaking to media persons at Tiruvarur on Wednesday. Stalin said that the crop loss data has been collected and was under processing.
He said that the government has taken measures so that the compensation amount will be credited in a week’s time to the account of the farmers.
Stalin said that he has undertaken field visits to meet people and also to ascertain on the problems faced in the implementation of DMK poll promises. However, the Chief Minister said that more than 85% of the poll promises were implemented and added that the remaining will also be implemented soon but delayed due to a shortage of funds.
The Chief Minister said that he has already undertaken two such meetings and added that on March 5 he will be covering Dindigul, Theni, Madurai, Virudhunagar, and Sivagangai districts and added that he would be visiting the Delta districts also soon.


The cases of coronavirus in India jumped by another 96,424 infections in the past 24 hours.
As cited News24xx.com from India Times, the health ministry of India recorded 1,174 more people died in the past 24 hours, for a total of 84,372 fatalities.
India is expected to have the highest national total of confirmed cases within weeks, surpassing the United States, where more than 6.67 million people have been infected.
According to Johns Hopkins University, more than 30 million people around the world have been diagnosed with the coronavirus.
Some 20.4 million people have recovered and 943,515 have died.


Arsenal right-back Hector Bellerin believes Arsenal must start the season aggressively if they are to have any chance of keeping up with Manchester City and Chelsea.
Last season the Gunners got off to a shaky start managing just two wins from their first eight games and the 20-year-old Spaniard who has now established himself in Arsene Wenger’s team is warning his teammates that they cannot afford another slow start to the season.
“We are all really excited, especially after the way we finished last year by winning the FA Cup,” the Spaniard said. “It was such a big boost for us to keep doing well.
“We didn’t do that great at the beginning of last season but we showed by the end how we can perform, that we have great players and we were really doing well as a team. So we just need to keep that momentum up for the new season and start on the right foot.
“It will be really important to start strong, to let people know that we have the same way of playing last season and can get the same results.
“We want people to know that we will be aggressive and that we are coming to fight for the title.”


Ranchi: JPCC chief Dr Rameshwar Oraon said that the Congress party will campaign in the Madhupur bypolls with full strength.
Dr Oraon who himself will be leaving on Wednesday for a three day visit to the area for campaigning said that the party will establish a control room and will involve people with the booth committee of the JMM to work together.
He said that there are many leaders in the party including three time MLA from Madhupur and former minister Krishnanand Jha who will be involved in the bypolls. He said that the manner in which Mahagathbandhan had got victory in bypolls of Dumka and Bermo same will be repeated here.
Dr Oraon said that Madhupur has an important place in history of Santhal Pargana. He said that while campaigning the leaders will place before the people the works which have been so far done by the state government.


Bosnia-Herzegovina receive Turkey’s support
(MENAFN) On Monday, Nov. 29 Turkey backs Bosnia and Herzegovina’s security in addition to its endeavors to become stronger as a nation and enhance the improvement of its economy, stated its foreign minister.
Faruk Kaymakci mentioned after finishing a formal trip to the capital Sarajevo, “Turkey is a country that always supports stability in Bosnia and Herzegovina, strives to strengthen it as a state, and advance its economy towards development.”
He reported that he made a formal trip which lasted for two days to emphasize Turkey’s backing to the territorial integrity, independence and political truth of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
He further said, “Turkey is an important trading partner, an investor, and a country that makes significant investments in Bosnia and Herzegovina.”
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The Niger Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA) has said that 66 communities in Mokwa Local Government Areas of the state have been ravaged by flood.
The Acting Director-General of the agency, Garba Salihu, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna on Wednesday that the incident which occurred on Tuesday, ravaged farmlands, houses and livestock.
He said that Tuesday’s heavy down-pour rendered many people homeless in the communities including Ketso, the state deputy governor, Ahmed Ketso’s village.
Mr. Salihu said that the agency had gone to the area for on the spot assessment, adding that displaced persons were being evacuated to a safer-land.
He said that the report of the assessment would be forwarded to the state government.
He said further that the state government was already making plans to re-settled communities in flood prone areas to safe places.
Mr. Salihu called on the Federal Government to intervene by sending presidential committee on flooding to the state to access the level of damage.


Asked if the Prime Minister was concerned that major firms have refused to sign up to food labelling, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) said the government continued to work closely with industry and that this was the right approach. Questioned on whether the Prime Minister is in favour of naming and shaming firms that haven’t signed up, the PMS welcomed the good progress that was being made with industry.
Care Quality Commission (CQC)
Asked what the Prime Minister’s reaction was to the CQC report, the PMS said that what had happened was deeply disturbing and appalling. He made clear that the CQC had gone through radical changes under this government, as part of a wider drive to improve the culture of care. The PMS reemphasised how disturbing the report was, and the importance of change within the NHS in putting care at the heart of services. Asked whether the Prime Minister had faith in the current system, the PMS said that the independent report published that day showed the importance of reform in driving forward changes. Asked if the Prime Minister was concerned whether staff who had been dismissed could take other jobs within the NHS, the PMS made clear that action had been taken by the CQC. Asked about individuals working outside the NHS carrying out inspections, the PMS said the main focus for the Prime Minister and the Secretary of State was working towards ensuring all parts of the health service and the CQC had clear measures and procedures in place that provided the highest standards of care. Asked whether those who had been dismissed should be named, the PMS said that David Prior had explained the situation clearly and reemphasised the importance of having a new leadership team in place focused on embedding a culture of care in the health service.
Asked if the Prime Minister supported the banking commission, the PMS said that details were being considered so that changes could be implemented.


(MENAFN- The Peninsula) Tunis: Libyan authorities released some 78 Tunisians jailed in Libya over attempted illegal emigration from the coast of the Libyan city of Zawyia.
According to a statement released by the Tunisian Foreign Affairs Department, the release of these Tunisians comes after a series of contacts with the Libyan authorities, the Libyan prosecutor's office and the Libyan Consulate General in Tunis.
The Tunisians released had arrived at the border crossing of Ras Jedir.
"Such cases can be settled only through official channels," said the Foreign Affairs Department, noting that contacts are ongoing with the Libyan authorities on the situation of Tunisians in Libya, especially those who are in Libyan prisons for various reasons.
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US attempts to impose Russian payments
(MENAFN) On Tuesday, the US Treasury Department declared that it would not expand the restriction waiver that permitted Russia to make independent debt payments to Americans, in an attempt, officials earlier stated that would cause Moscow to be in technical default of its debt duties.
The general permit waiver, which is set to end at 12:01 on Wednesday, is not going to be expanded, a notice published on the Treasury website stated that.
It was extensively estimated move, mentioned in a report as likely by numerous US outlets last week and all but confirmed by Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen.
Washington had stopped Russian accounts around the war in Ukraine, but distributed a debt waiver because Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo debated that such payments would divert funds from the armed.
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(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) Kuwaiti General Consul in Dubai and Northern Emirates Thiab Al-Rashidi claimed here on Saturday Kuwait's participation in the second edition of the Dubai World Hospitality Championship held here.
Hailing the championship, Al-Rashidi said, in statements to KUNA, that he was eager to partake in the event which was held at ZaØ¢'abeel Palace Hospitality and attended by Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai.
The second edition of the Dubai World Hospitality Championship kick-started in Dubai on October 30 and winds up later today.
The Kuwaiti Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor has provided all types of help and support for a Kuwaiti team partcipating in the hospitality championship in Dubai, Dalal Al-Azmi, a team member, said to KUNA.
The delegation joining the event under the ministry's umbrella consists of 10 efficiently productive families who partook in several activities of the championship, mainly food creations and kitchen utensils, she added.
The Dubai World Hospitality Championship featured programs, activities and competitions highlighting the authentic cooking style that represents the true Emirati culture.
The championship is designed to introduce the UAEØ¢'s culinary traditions on a global level and to promote the GCC hospitality culture among future generations.
The championship included competitions in Food Creations, the Gulf Products Competition, and the Hospitality Sector Competition, among others.
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A northern issue has made it’s way to the Manitoba Legislature.
Chuck Davidson, the president of the Manitoba Chambers of Commerce, recently met with the Minister of Sustainable Development to discuss the possibility of extending the camping season.
Davidson said that the meeting with Rochelle Squires, which also included Deputy Minister Rob Olsen, also included a discussion on creating more flexibility when it comes to obtaining a fishing licence.
Davidson said that the two-hour meeting included some exciting possibilities, as well as an agreement on the importance of creating flexibility.
Extending the camping season and flexibility when it comes to fishing licenses are both issues that were raised by the Flin Flon and District Chamber of Commerce.


Public health must engage the social, political, and economic foundations that determine population health (Box 1). The conditions that make people healthy often are outside what have historically been considered the remit of the health professions: health improvement now requires participation in politics and social structures. Such engagement is much more perilous than traditional efforts to maintain population health such as sanitation, food safety, and response to epidemics. Operationally, engaging issues such as racial segregation in housing and education requires clarity of advocacy by the public health professionals who must, to be effective, work with media, business, and academia, as well as in the governmental public health infrastructure. This will require a boldness on the part of public health, and the reliance on agents of public health action, such as universities, that are less beholden to political pressures in establishing their budgets and their educational and research agendas.


Turkish Cypriot PM resigns on Wednesday
(MENAFN) On Wednesday, Oct. 13 the premier of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) submitted his resignation to President Ersin Tatar.
“As I observed that the government is no longer sustainable, I just submitted my resignation,” stated Ersan Saner while addressing reporters after his gathering with Tatar.
Saner further said: “early elections should be held as soon as possible."
Ersan Saner is the head of the National Unity Party (UBP). The tripartite coalition of UBP, the Democratic Party and the Rebirth Party was endorsed by President Tatar in the past December.
Cyprus has been stuck in a decades-long disagreement between Greek and Turkish Cypriots, regardless of a string of diplomatic attempts by the UN to reach a inclusive settlement.
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Mr Suryaprakasam told the court that children are fed milk because of its purity and nutritional value, and adulteration is dangerous for public health.
As the government was responsible to safeguard the health of citizens, it has to discharge its statutory duties against those adulterating food, Mr Suryaprakasam said in his plea.
Even the dairy development minister had said private milk suppliers added chemicals to extend shelf life of their product, he said. It was unfortunate that the authorities, despite concrete proof available with them, have allegedly not taken action against those involved in milk adulteration, he said.
The court posted the matter for further hearing on June 19.


Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav said on Saturday that his party will contest the upcoming assembly elections in Assam by tying up with like-minded parties. Tejashwi Yadav said during his first visit to Guwahati that he had already spoken to Congress and would later negotiate with the AIUDF to formalize the alliance. “We are talking to parties with similar ideology,” he told a press conference here.
The RJD leader said that apart from the Congress and AIUDF, the RJD is also in touch with other smaller parties. He said that about five percent of Bihar, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Odisha, and Chhattisgarh are Hindi-speaking people. “We have a large number of such people in 11 seats, but we will fight only where the chances of winning are high”, Tejashwi further said that he would also visit other contested states West Bengal, Kerala, and Puducherry to campaign against the BJP and its allies.


Turkish DM says NATO more effective than ever
(MENAFN) The Turkish national defense minister stated that NATO is more active than ever ahead of naming it "the most successful defense alliance in history."
Hulusi Akar at the 3rd Corps Command in Istanbul, announced that NATO was the supporter of European safety ever since World War II.
Akar added that Turkey was effectively achieving all responsibilities and tasks assigned to it ever since 1952, while repeating that this year indicates the 70th anniversary of Turkish approach to NATO.
He as well reminded that he ordered NATO Rapid Deployable Corps Turkey (NRDC-T) amid 2009 and 2011.
The association, which was established on April 4, 1949, has now 30 members and is headquartered in Brussels.
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(MENAFN- Jordan Times) GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories — Dozens of Palestinians and employees of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) demonstrated outside the UNRWA's Gaza headquarters on Thursday to protest planned reductions to the agency's services.
Established in 1949, UNRWA provides essential services to Palestinian refugees in the blockaded Gaza Strip, the occupied West Bank, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria, who have been displaced by Israeli occupation and conflict.
'We are protesting today... to send a message to UNRWA that its plans to dispense with some employees is unacceptable,' Amal Batch, deputy head of UNRWA's employees' union, which helped organise Thursday's demonstration, told Anadolu Agency.
'UNRWA's downsizing plans will not solve its ongoing financial crisis,' she said.
Batch went on to point out that UNRWA Commissioner General Pierre Krahenbuhl had earlier promised to maintain the agency's staff and the many services it provides to Palestinian refugees.
She urged Krahenbuhl to keep his promise and refrain from sacking agency staff members, especially those involved with crucial relief programs.
In an earlier statement, the employees' union asserted that the agency had cancelled one of its emergency programs last month, threatening the food aid provided to some 1.3 million refugees in Gaza.
The union also said that the UNRWA had terminated the temporary contracts of 'dozens' of its engineers within the last four months.
Earlier this year, the US suspended $65 million of $125 million in planned funding for the UNRWA after the Ramallah-based Palestinian leadership rejected any US role in the Palestine-Israel peace process.
The move by Ramallah came in retaliation for US President Donald Trump's decision last December to unilaterally recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
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Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah has directed top police officials in the state to maintain discipline and warned that the state government would not tolerate any indiscipline in the department. The chief minister issued the directives in the light of growing tension within the police department after the Bangalore police booked a criminal case against senior IPS officer Additional Director General Police (ADGP) Dr P Ravindranath who was heading the Karnataka State Reserve Police.
The case against the senior IPS officer had resulted in KSRP men blocking traffic and staging protests in the city on May 28. “The government will take stringent action against anybody violating discipline,” Siddaramaiah said in a media interaction.
Siddaramaiah said that there was no failure on the part of the police in handling the situation that arose following the filing of a criminal case against the ADGP for clicking ‘obscene pictures’ of women at a cafe and the officer’s subsequent allegations of conspiracy against Bangalore police commissioner Raghavendra H Auradkar. Siddaramaiah said that the government had not failed in handling the situation. “We have ordered a CID probe into the case and we will take action as soon as we get the probe report,” he said.
The chief minister also said that there was not question of transferring the city police commissioner over the incident. A complaint filed against the Bangalore police commissioner by Dr Ravindranath will also investigated by the CID, he said. “We are sure the CID will investigate the case impartially,” he said.


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Super typhoon “Odette” has not only devastated Negros Occidental but it also affected the province’s vaccination program against COVID-19.
Provincial Health Officer Dr. Ernell Tumimbang said the vaccination drive had slowed down with the province only inoculating about 55 percent of the target population.
Tumimbang said they should have nearly reached 70 percent by the end of this month.
Despite the setback, he said the vaccination drive continues even in areas that were hit hard by the typhoon.
No less than Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Francisco Duque said that President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the COVID-19 vaccination to resume in areas affected by the typhoon.
Tumimbang also pointed out that the COVID-19 vaccination in the province’s affected areas has even become more important as social distancing had been sacrificed when the typhoon hit last week.
Tumimbang said the one shot Johnson and Johnson vaccines are now available in all localities throughout the province./WDJ


PML-Q chief Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain has said that the budget speech of the finance minister was very positive and easy, 24 News HD TV channel reported.
Reacting to the Federal Minister for Finance’s Budget 2021-22 on Friday, the PML-Q chief said that the government had presented a budget to address positive issues and issues pertaining to the people. He said that the speech was not a minor political speech like in the past. He said that the increase in taxes affected the wage earners while the business community adjusted its losses by increasing the prices of their goods.
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The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna says the government will continue to work with the government of Pakistan to take all necessary steps for the future of the children and family members of Priyantha Kumara, who was murdered by a mob in Sialkot, Pakistan.
Speaking during a media briefing today, Foreign Minister GL Peiris said the government is committed towards their future well-being.
Minister Peiris said they are in constant communication with the Pakistani government pertaining to matters including obtaining financial compensation.
The Minister said the Pakistani government has assured it will provide daily updates on investigations.
He said remains of Priyantha Kumara will arrive in the country this evening adding SriLankan Airlines, the government and the Pakistani government are coordinating matters.
Minister Peiris said this was an unimaginable incident adding such incidents pertaining to a Sri Lankan has not been reported previously.
The Minister conveyed the government’s condolences to the family members of the deceased.


Shillong, July 21: The Congress-led government has approved the Meghalaya Road Maintenance Policy.
Addressing reporters after a cabinet meeting here on Friday, Chief Minister, Mukul Sangma said that the policy has been scripted as a mechanism for ensuring complete road maintenance and management in a much more professional way.
“It will be identification of all projects to be taken up under the routine maintenance and emergency maintenance in the event of natural calamities,” he said.
He said that the policy would also facilitate better approach in respect of maintaining road infrastructure.
The chief minister said that the state government was investing in creating infrastructure with a special focus to ensure the most needed and important access to villages especially those considered the remotest and most difficult areas of the state.
“Besides the fund available with the state plan, we also have the fund dedicated for constructing rural roads under the PMGSY,” he said.
Sangma also underlined the need to sensitize contractors to be more professional, while referring to challenges being faced while implementing projects including PMGSY.
“One of the focuses of the government is to build the capacity of contractors and sentisise them to become more professional and provide all support systems to them,” he said.
Sangma also said that the government has also directed the PWD (Roads) to groom potential contractors and identify new contractors who can demonstrate quality and dedicated services.
Asked about punishing contractors who compromise quality when they construct roads, the Chief Minister said that under the policy, there is an empowered committee for monitoring road projects including quality management and quality evaluation.


James Clapper hit back at Trump over FBI criticism
( MENAFN ) Early Monday, President Trump received a comeback over his attack on the FBI by ex-director of national intelligence James Clapper as he stated that the FBI "is the premier law enforcement organization" around the globe.
On "New Day" of CNN, Clapper said "apart from the ridiculous substance of the charge, the FBI is the premier law enforcement organization, not just in this country, but in the world."
He continued saying "and it is not in tatters. It is a superb organization with tremendous men and women who are dedicated, and - many of whom put their lives on the line every day for the safety and security of this country."
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