ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information Marriyum Aurangzeb on Thursday said that the current inflation was due to the tougher conditions of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that the previous government had accepted.
Addressing a press conference in Islamabad, the information minister said that Imran Khan had removed Asad Umar as finance minister after he raised questions about IMF.
More details in this story: Finance Minister Miftah Ismail meets IMF in Doha
She said that the nation suffered because of the incompetency of the previous government.
Lashing out at the then PTI-led government, the minister said they looted the country during their four years in power.
Speaking about the depreciation of the Pakistani rupee against the US dollar she said that dollar was at Rs. 115 in 2018, but during PTI’s rule it broke all the records and was at Rs 189.
She said those, who are questioning the performance of a four-week government, should be ashamed of this approach. “The PTI-led government gave unfunded subsidies on petroleum products to paralyse Pakistan’s economy,” the minister added.
She said that nation would have to render sacrifices for the revival of the economy of the country.
The minister said that the incumbent government’s focus was to reduce imports.
The minister said that the government has formulated an economic plan to take the country out of the current financial crisis, adding that this would impact the country’s foreign reserves.
The information minister announced that the government has banned the import of non-essential and luxury items to control inflation, stabilize foreign exchange reserves, strengthen the economy, and reduce country’s reliance on imports.
She said luxury imported items, including vehicles, mobile phones, home appliances, dry and fresh fruits, crockery, private weapons, decoration items, preserved and frozen food items, sanitary, doors and windows, beauty and confectionary items.
The minister said the government was working on an emergency fiscal plan and economic management, adding that the annual impact of these steps will be around six billion dollars. “It will also help reduce the Current Account Deficit.”
Aurangzeb said that the prime objective of these measures was aimed at reducing reliance on imports and introducing an export-oriented policy to promote the local industry in the country. She said a plan is also being prepared to promote local manufacturers so that people will be provided employment opportunities.
The Minister said Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif “is making efforts to provide relief to the common people.”
Marriyum Aurangzeb said the government is also taking measures to improve the energy situation in the country.
Speaking about the snap elections the minister made no one can give a deadline for elections, adding that the government, after consultation with its allies, would decide the date for elections.
Talking about Imran Khan’s march toward Islamabad, Aurangzeb said that anyone talking of a bloody march should keep in mind that the law would not spare such elements.


(MENAFN- Saudi Press Agency) Riyadh Rabi'I 18 1437 December 29 2015 SPA -- Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his accompanying delegation left Riyadh on Tuesday evening on his way to Jeddah.
At King Khalid International Airport the Turkish President was seen off by Minister of State and Cabinet member Dr. Musaed bin Mohammed Al-Aiban who is also the Accompanying Minister Saudi Ambassador to Turkey Dr. Adel bin Siraj Merdad and a number of officials.
23:37 LOCAL TIME 20:37 GMT
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Islamabad, March 20: Polio eradication drive in Pakistan, which was scheduled for Friday, has been postponed till Tuesday because of security concerns and lack of administrative preparedness, officials said.
The officials in the Sindh provincial government said the nationwide polio campaign was devised in two phases, Dawn reported.
In Karachi, the first phase started on Monday and was to end on Thursday, but the officials deferred the last day of the campaign.
They said in the first two days of the campaign in Sindh, more than 4.1 million children were vaccinated, which was 51 percent of the target of 8.1 million children.
They said the rest 49 percent of the targeted children would be vaccinated in the next phase, which has been rescheduled for Tuesday.
The Dadu and Qambar districts of the province have recorded three fresh cases this year. Another confirmed polio case was reported in Sukkur.


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roslyn, a powerful category 3 hurricane, was moving across
west-central mexico on sunday, dumping a life-threatening storm
surge with damaging winds in its path, the u.s. national hurricane
center (nhc) said, reports citing .
rosyln, which was downgraded from category 4 since saturday, hit
land at 5:20 a.m. local time (1120 gmt) near santa cruz in northern
nayarit, the nhc said, a pacific coastal state home to popular
tourist beaches like sayulita and punta mita.
by late morning, maximum sustained winds decreased to near 90
mph (150 km) with stronger gusts. rapid weakening was expected as
the hurricane moved farther inland, the nhc said.
video footage showed flooded streets and palm trees swaying in
strong winds as roslyn touched down in nayarit.
a hurricane warning was in effect for the coast from playa
perula to escuinapa. up to 8 to 10 inches of rain was expected in
jalisco, nayarit, southeastern sinaloa and southern durango.
at least 11 municipalities in nayarit and durango were under a
red alert indicating the maximum danger from the storm, officials
said. some areas of nayarit and jalisco had lost power and
officials said they were working to restore it.
mexican authorities opened emergency shelters along the coastal
areas of nayarit and bordering jalisco state, and warned people not
to trust moments of calm during the storm, but stay sheltered until
officials said the danger was over.
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We don’t know what we need to know to live in a happy world, because it isn’t. At the same time we think we know everything worth knowing, however those things that we now know best are things that we didn’t know before we realized that we knew them all along. So we actually do know what we think we don’t know, we just have to REALIZE it. Hmm, we don’t know that we know. Did you know that?


Chitradurga: Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said that the State Government will soon decide on appointing an Administrator for Murugha Matha and SJM educational institutions. He said that the decision will be made based on a report filed by the Deputy Commissioner (DC) to the Revenue Department.
Speaking to mediapersons, he said that the government had received a request for the appointment of a Murugha Mutt Administrator. “We have instructed the DC to submit a report, as there is a procedure the government must follow before making a decision,” said Bommai.
He also said that the allegations against Dr. Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru are before the court and it will be inappropriate for him to comment on the issue.


Former Chief Minister Dr Raman Singh has now targeted the incumbent Congress government in Chhattisgarh and asserted that he will continue to work for the deprived class even if it is seen as crime by those in power now.
He tweeted how his government worked for the benefit of those underprivileged and forced to remain hungry.
He said that he will continue to make efforts towards providing them with meals even if @INCChhattisgarh thinks of it as a crime.
It need be mentioned many a cases such as Civil Supplies scam, Jhiram Ghati massacre and others are under fresh probe under the current regime.
The latest tweet from the former CM is being seen in that context itself.
The politics of the state is also on the boil due to these many probes ongoing.


As reported by the Chronicle, Rafa Benitez has warned Brighton that they are under pressure, now that they have overtaken Newcastle at the top of the table.
Speaking about Brighton, Benitez said: “It will be a boost for them but also more pressure.
“We have seen a lot of teams playing against us when were at the top who give 100%.
“Now every team that will play against Brighton will see it as an opportunity to do something important and there will be more pressure on them.”
Benitez also spoke about tomorrows game against Nottingham Forest, adding: “It’s more for everybody who was involved and saw that game.
“They were surprised and afterwards we were proved right because the red cards were rescinded.
“For us this is an opportunity to put things right and get three points.
“Hopefully our fans will realise that they are still a key part of our success.”


ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that the people of Pakistan try forward to bid welcome President Xi Jinping to Pakistan.
He said that in a farewell dinner organized for Chinese Ambassador Yao Jing. The Prime Minister appreciated the place of the Chinese Ambassador in further strengthening Pak-China relations.
The Prime Minister said that CPEC entered the second part all through Ambassador Yao Jing’s Tenure.
In the second part, CPEC is focused on industrial, agricultural, socio-economic enchancment. The second part of CPEC will play a key place in promoting regional enchancment and prosperity.
Prime Minister Imran Khan said that the people of Pakistan try forward to welcoming President Jinping to Pakistan. Chinese administration has carried out a giant place in China’s socio-economic transformation and has realized moderately so much from the occasion of China’s monetary enchancment and poverty alleviation.
On the occasion, the Chinese Ambassador said that the Prime Minister’s imaginative and prescient and administration has a vital place to play inside the transformation of Pakistan.
He moreover Thanked the then Prime Minister to pay heed on CPEC. CPEC will current immense benefits to the entire space along with Pakistan, he added.
He said that the protection of wise lockdown on Coronavirus has been accepted globally, the thought could also be carried out to deal with the second wave of Coronavirus.


‘A good deal’ for the NHS
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Health Secretary Leo Varadkar has said that he believes the Government’s health-care reforms will be a “good deal”.
Speaking at the launch of the Government plan for a health-service “reform” at a major Irish bank in Dublin, Mr Varadar’s comments come after it emerged that the Government has been warned to stop its plans to slash the number of health staff in its departments.
In the face of mounting criticism over the reforms, the Government is yet to provide a detailed cost-benefit analysis of its plan, which is expected to see the number and pay of staff at its departments cut from around 20,000 to just under 13,000.
The Government has faced calls to rethink its plans amid the fallout from the devastating Irish floods of 2017, which caused more than €100bn worth of damage across the country.
As well as slashing the number the number, the government is also planning to replace all the staff currently employed by its health departments, which will mean there will be an extra 4,000 staff on the job by the end of the year.
Mr Varar also said that it was a good deal for the country as a whole and he called for the Government to consider the impact on patients and staff.
The Health Secretary also announced plans to build a new hospital for the Irish Medical Corps (IMC), which he said had been “located in an urban area with the best quality of life” for the people who serve in it.
Mr Valenzuela said the new hospital was the first of its kind in the world.
“It will have the capacity to provide quality healthcare for the population, and the most advanced technology in the country,” he said.
“Its an incredible opportunity for the IMC to have the kind of hospital and the kind the hospital is built upon.”
Mr Valenzezuela also promised to provide an extra £4 million to the IMCs medical fund to help them cope with the increase in the number they will need to provide care.
He also pledged that the government will invest in a new research and innovation centre to ensure that the country continues to be a global leader in biomedical research.
Mr Vázquez said that the new centre will also be able to help develop “new technology that will allow us to do research in the field of regenerative medicine”.
In the future, the new facility will also offer support to other medical units of the IMCA, such as those that treat the brain, which are facing a shortage of staff in Ireland.
He said that “research will also become a part of the health service in the future”.
Mr Varas comments come days after it was revealed that the number for the Department of Health in Dublin has fallen to 14,000 from 17,000 in the first quarter of 2018.
He has also confirmed that the Department’s budget will be slashed to just over £20 million from its current level of £30 million, and he has promised to ensure there will not be any cuts in public spending.
Health Secretary Leo Varadkar has said that he believes the Government’s health-care reforms will be a “good deal”.Speaking at the…


Some 717 cases recovered from COVID-19 bringing the total number of recoveries to 156,302 according to the Ministry of Health (MoH) yesterday.
Meanwhile, the ministry said 9.5 per cent of the population has received the fourth dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, while 72.6 per cent has received the third dose.
The MoH said 73.1 per cent of children aged five to 11 have received two doses of the vaccine while 49.1 per cent have received the third.
No COVID-19 fatalities were reported in the last 24 hours.
The MoH said one case in Category 5 require treatment at the intensive care unit while two case in Category 4 requires respiratory assistance and is being monitored closely.


The Ghana Police have warned that the ban on alarmist new year prophecies is still active, saying those found culpable will be penalized.
Recall that the police had last year banned new year prophecies in churches, describing them as misleading.
The police said such prophecies were capable of causing panic and more likely to endanger lives.
However, a year after the ban, the police said it is still in place.
“As the year 2022 draws to a close, we wish to once again entreat the general public, especially faith-based groups, to ensure continuous compliance with the law as it relates to the communication of prophecies,” the police spokesperson, Grace Ansah-Akrofi said in a statement.


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KATHMANDU: The government has fixed the fee for the COVID19 antigen test at Rs 1,000.
The test fee has been fixed at Rs 1,000, said Dr. Jageshwor Gautam, Spokesperson of the Ministry of Health and Population.
The government has fixed the fee for the PCR test at Rs 2,000.
Similarly, Spokesperson Gautam said that only the laboratories allowed by the National Public Health Laboratory, Teku, can conduct tests.
Meanwhile, the government has said that the risk of the coronavirus is increasing and urged to comply with all public health standards.
According to the Ministry of Health, all the 753 municipalities across the country have been instructed to fully comply with the public health standards.


Chiranjeevi, who has attended as the chief guest for the final episode of 'Meelo Evaru Koteeswarudu' (MEK), has praised the show and Nagarjuna. He said that the show and stories of people have touched his heart.
When Nagarjuna asked about his 150th film, Chiranjeevi said that the film will be started this year itself. "If the story touches me and if has the potential to entertain the audiences we will start immediately".
When Nagarjuna asked if the film will be released next year, Chiranjeevi said 'yes'.


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SHILLONG, April 06: The Khasi Students’ Union (KSU) has demanded that the state government cancels the land allotment for the proposed construction of a guest house by the Nagaland government in Mawdiangdiang.
Meeting the Urban Affairs Minister Ronnie V Lyngdoh here on Thursday on the issue, the union said that it is not against giving land for state guest houses and however asked the state government to re-allot land to Nagaland government elsewhere.
Lyngdoh meanwhile has informed the KSU delegation led by its president, Lambokstarwell Marngar that the state government will examine the demand for the cancellation of the land allotment.
“The minister has assured the members of the union that he would examine the demand before taking a decision on the matter,” Marngar said after meeting the Minister.
He said that the minister had also revealed before the delegation that the land allotted to the state government of Nagaland at New Shillong Township was not done during his time.
“The land, which located near the super specialty health institute - NEIGHRIMS was allotted when the present Labour Minister Ampareen Lyngdoh was the then Urban Affairs Minister,” he said.
The KSU chief said that the union demands that the particular plot should be used for providing lodging facilities to the people coming from the various parts of the state for treatment in NEIGHRIMS.
According to him, people especially from rural areas who come to NEIGHRIMS for treatment are facing undue hardships in absence of lodging facilities.
On the other hand, KSU general secretary Donald V Thabah said, “We will continue to oppose this decision because the state government needs to understand that first preference should be for the people of the state, who have voted for them.”


LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Vice President Maryam Nawaz has said that after the results of the Senate elections, Prime Minister Imran Khan said that the members were sold out and tomorrow he will take a vote of confidence from the same sold out members.
Talking to media after the parliamentary party meeting, PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz said that the government has been defeated in the by-elections and Senate elections, now the PML-N should also win in Azad Kashmir. Yes, the culture of the Muslim League has changed, not everyone will listen with their hands tied.
Maryam Nawaz said that the opinion given by the Election Commission was given under the Constitution, neither the Election Commission nor the Supreme Court has the power to amend the Constitution, the Supreme Court recognized the same position that the Election Commission took,
the Election Commission Had taken a constitutional position in the Supreme Court.
The PML-N leader said that tickets were given to billions of people in Balochistan and KPK. If government members win there, the election is all right. If they lose one seat in Islamabad, the election is not good. Now the institutions have come to know. Who are the people mocking the institutions?
Maryam Nawaz further said that the President has written in the summary that the Prime Minister has lost the vote of confidence and it should be made public. The National Assembly session has been convened under Article 91 (7) of the Constitution. The Prime Minister said on the results of the Senate election that the people are sold out, and tomorrow the Prime Minister will take a vote of confidence from those sold out.


LAHORE: Chief Minister Usman Buzdar Sunday said that the opposition is staking national interests by engaging themselves in an agenda that does not make sense to weaken the country.
In a statement issued here, the chief minister said that the opposition should recognize that the public has rejected their treacherous stance, adding that the opposition, from day one, had questioned their reputation by engaging in negative politics.
He said, corrupt people were helpless in front of Prime Minister Imran Khan. He said those who shout hollow slogans today have emptied national finances in the past and such elements can no longer deceive the nation because their incompetence and corrupt faces have been exposed to the public. CM says that Pakistan is going through a critical phase; Therefore, the preference of the opposition party should be in the national interest, not negative politics. However, CM regrets, they still prioritize their personal interests.
He said these parties had no agenda of Pakistan’s progress and prosperity, adding that the rejected elements were not even loyal to one another.
He said this was not the time for negative politics but to promote a consensus of unity and harmony, adding that opposition parties urgently needed to reconsider their behavior. He said the alliance of the opposition parties was made only to protect personal interests and protect the looted money.
He said Prime Minister Imran Khan corrected the shortcomings of the previous regime and put the country on the path to progress. He said these elements were confused to see the country moving in the right direction, adding that the people knew the same party destroyed the national economy when they came to power; Therefore, these elements seek to create obstacles in Pakistan’s development and progress.
He said that Pakistan faced both internal and external challenges. CM said that Prime Minister Imran Khan made wise and courageous decisions in the national interest. The era of looting and looting will never come again and under the leadership of Prime Minister Imran Khan Pakistan will find its purpose.
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Qureshi said the case of coronavirus in Pakistan has declined due to smart locking strategies
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Sunday called Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud.
During the telephone conversation, matters relating to the common interests and the coronavirus situation were discussed.
The foreign minister on behalf of the Prime Minister and Imran Khan asked about the health of King Salman bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia.
Qureshi said that the case of coronavirus in Pakistan has decreased significantly after the smart locking strategy adopted by the Pakistani government of Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).
The foreign minister told his Saudi counterpart about effective action taken by Pakistan to prevent the spread of the Corona epidemic, including the Smart Lockdown policy. He said smart locking strategies by Prime Minister Imran Khan not only reduced the spread of the pandemic, but also significantly reduced the country’s death rate.
The Saudi Foreign Minister said that the Corona situation in Saudi Arabia also improved.
He also strongly condemned Houthi militia missile attacks on Saudi defense installations, and added that Pakistan would continue to expand all possible cooperation to maintain the territorial integrity of Saudi Arabia.
The two foreign ministers also discussed the upcoming UN General Assembly session.
They agreed to continue mutual consultations on important regional and bilateral issues including the global pandemic.


UAE has announced the recovery of seven more individuals, including of a Filipino national.
The new recoveries are from various nationalities, including two each from India and the UAE, and one each from Italy, Britain, and the Philippines,
Currently, there are 38 patients who have already recovered from coronavirus.
Yesterday, UAE has also reported its first two deaths in the country due to coronavirus.
“The Ministry urges the general public to cooperate with health authorities and adhere to the precautionary measures announced — particularly social distancing — to prevent the further spread of Covid-19 and ensure the overall health and safety of the UAE community,” Dr. Farida Al Hosani, the official spokesperson for the UAE health sector, said in a WAM report.


(MENAFN) The monkeypox virus has undergone some name changes recently, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). The WHO stated in a statement on Friday that this is done to avoid offending any cultures or social groups.
The WHO gathered a group of international experts who chose the new names.
Experts will now refer to the former West African clade as Clade II and the former Congo Basin clade (group of variants) in Central Africa as Clade I. The latter has two sub-clades, Clade IIa and Clade IIb, the latter of which had the majority of the variants circulating during the 2022 outbreak.
The new names for the clades should be used right away, according to WHO.
WHO further stated that newly discovered viruses, associated diseases, and virus variants ought to be given names that don't offend any cultural, social, national, regional, professional, or ethnic groups and that lessen any detrimental effects on trade, travel, tourism, or animal welfare.
When the monkeypox virus was first discovered in 1958, it was given that name. Major variants were classified according to the geographical areas in which they were believed to be prevalent.
The current multi-country monkeypox outbreak was formally deemed an international public health emergency late last month by WHO.
In 89 countries and regions worldwide, there have been 27,814 laboratory-confirmed cases of monkeypox, with Europe and the Americas being the most severely affected, according to the WHO's situation report on the outbreak, which was released on Wednesday.
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Ranchi: National vice president of the BJP and in charge for its national membership drive Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that the BJP government was working on the mantra of Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas and Sabka Vishwas due to which for the second time with another massive mandate Prime Minister Narendra Modi has managed to come to power.
Addressing a state-level membership drive campaign in the state he said that the party has its roots among all the caste, society, religion and its strong on very booth due to which it was the world’s largest party having more than 11 crore members and has created history by bagging 303 seats alone and with NDA got 353 seats to serve the people which has been mainly achieved due to the popularity of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and strategies and planning of Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
He said that the victory in the Lok Sabha election has wiped out dynasty and family politics and pseudo-secularism in the country however the golden era of the BJP is yet to come as the party still needed to come into power in Bengal, Odisha, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. Calling on the party men to work harder he said that on the occasion of birth anniversary of Shyama Prasad Mukherjee the party will be launching from July 6 nationwide membership drive.
The former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister said that there should be only target for the BJP workers that in every home members should be formed and reach to all the rich and poor, women, workers, farmers, dalits, students, sportspersons and teachers and said that apart from the Prime Minister, national president, Chief Minister’s and respective MPs and MLAs along with office bearers will be starting membership drives in their respective areas and achieve the target which has been set for the state.
Heaping praise on the Jharkhand Government he said that things are changing fast here and under the leadership of Chief Minister Raghubar Das a new Jharkhand has been built and many welfare schemes have been realized on the ground and basic amenities and infrastructure has increased in the state. He also congratulated the state government.


Jordan- Royal Decree Appoints Smadi Head of Sharia High Court
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AMMAN —AlGhad— A Royal Decree has issued today, Thursday, the appointment of Judge Dr Kamal Ali Smadi as Chairman of the Sharia High Court, effective next Wednesday.
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Yangon, April 8 (IANS) Myanmar's Health Ministry announced that it will issue electronic Covid-19 vaccination certificates in English for international travel.
According to the Ministry's, the electronic vaccination certificates containing QR code will be issued online and can be used on any mobile phone or tablet, reports Xinhua news agency.
People who have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19 and have a Myanmar version of vaccination record containing QR code and Check ID issued by the Vaccination Management Information System can apply for an electronic vaccination certificate on the Ministry's official website, the statement said.
It added that the ministry will grant it in five working days.
According to the Ministry, the number of Covid-19 infections in the country has increased to 612,132 with 19,434 deaths.
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Poll: D.C. elites rate Congress higher
Asked whether they were following the scandal “very closely,” only 9 percent of the general populace said yes, compared with 20 percent in Washington.
Despite the fact that Washington was following the scandal, only 19 percent of D.C. elites said it will “greatly affect” their vote come November, compared with 38 percent who said it will affect their vote “somewhat” and 39 percent who believed it won’t affect things at all.Continue Reading
The rest of the country seems more concerned about what the recent ethics scandals said about the party in power as 27 percent said it will “greatly affect” their vote. Nineteen percent said it will “not affect” their vote, while 34 percent said it will affect their vote “somewhat.”
Just as Washington had a higher opinion of Congress, it had a more favorable view of Congress’s record.
Fifty-six percent of Washington elites thought the $787 billion stimulus package is “necessary for national economic recovery,” while only 40 percent of the rest of the country thought the same.
Forty-three percent of the general public believed the stimulus is a “waste of money.” Only 36 percent of Washington had the same view.
One action that did not make Washington happy was the decision by the Senate to drop the climate bill that would have capped carbon emissions. Forty-seven percent of D.C. elites said they were “frustrated” by the decision. Twenty-nine percent were “relieved” the bill was dropped.
The decision didn’t seem to register with the rest of the country: 45 percent of those polled said they didn’t know what to think about it, 31 percent said they were “frustrated” that the bill was dropped, while 24 percent were “relieved.”
Just like July’s survey, the first in the Power and the People series, the new poll shows the Washington elites have a vastly different view of the state of the country that the rest of the public.
Forty-five percent of D.C. elites thought the country is headed in the right direction, while 49 percent believed we are on the wrong track. Among all Americans, there was a much starker view: only 32 percent thought the U.S. is heading in the right direction, while 57 percent believed the country is on the wrong track.
Asked how much the economic downturn has affected them, only 8 percent of D.C. elites said “more than most of America,” while 64 percent believed the downturn has affected them less, and 28 percent said “about the same.” But in the general population, 24 percent believed the downturn has affected them more than the rest of the country, 26 percent said less and 48 percent said it had affected them “about the same.” One area where Washington and the rest of the country converged was the belief that the political system is “broken.”
In July, 72 percent of the general population and 64 percent of D.C. elites believed the political system was broken. But in Monday’s survey, the share of Washington that believed the system is broken jumped 9 percentage points to 73 percent, placing it nearly equal to the 72 percent of the general public who said the same.
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NR Congress has extended its support to UPA's presidential candidate, Pranab Mukherjee. The decision was made at an internal party meet that took place at Puducherry on Sunday. The party's top leadership has said that the party decided to unanimously support Pranab Mukherjee as dada himself telephone the party members and sought their request over the same.
Addressing the media, Puducherry chief minister N Rangaswamy has said that the party has respect for Sonia Gandhi and that was one of the reasons behind their party deciding to support Pranab. It may be noted that almost all regional parties have extended their support to Pranab Mukherjee and analysts said Pranab is likely to become the next president.


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(MENAFN- UkrinForm) Deputies of the Zaporizhzhia City Council allocated 5 million hryvnias for the purchase of drones for the military.
Acting Mayor of Zaporizhzhia, Anatoliy Kurtev, reported this on Telegram , as reported by Ukrinform.
"We allocated 5 million for drones for the military. The funding volume for the defense program in 2023 already exceeds 276 million hryvnias (of which more than 32 million is allocated for the purchase of drones)," he wrote.
According to Kurtev, the issue of drones is one of the main decisions made at the 21st session of the city council.
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Furthermore, in collaboration with the state, the repair of protective structures in 5 medical institutions is ongoing (21.5 million hryvnias allocated from the city budget, with a total co-financing amounting to 95 million hryvnias). As part of this co-financing, 5.3 million hryvnias are allocated for the repair of shelters at "Vodokanal" facilities (the total co-financing amount from the city and the state is almost 21.3 million hryvnias).
In total, more than 90 issues were processed.
It was previously reported that the Zaporizhzhia regional authorities allocated 1.2 billion hryvnias in assistance to the military in the first 10 months of this year. Last year, this amount was 476 million hryvnias.
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(MENAFN- IANS) New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) MoS Defence Ajay Bhatt on Friday inaugurated two-day National Conference on 'Millets for Military Ration and Specific Nutritional Requirements'.
The conference was organised by Defence Food Research Laboratory (DFRL), the Mysuru-based laboratory of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).
The conference will deliberate on the scientific facts for the adoption of millets-based food for the services, exploring millets for sustainable agro-processing practices at terrains of troop deployment, identifying and resolving the challenges in millet processing, preservation and storage for sustained nutritional and food security.
The Ministry of Defence said that conference will identify innovative ways to integrate millets into the diet of the Services for improved health and endurance and facilitate discussion on millets-based enterprises among research organisations, government agencies, policy makers and supply chain managers.
The MoS said that the DFRL is not only spreading awareness among the public but also working towards ensuring the supply of millets to the armed forces personnel to meet their nutritional requirements.
The ministry of defence said that the major technical themes of the conference include nutrition and health benefits of millets, millets in military ration issues, challenges, opportunities, recent advances in millet processing and value-added products, networking of supply chain management among stakeholders and policy interventions in the promotion of millets.
Ajay Bhatt also inaugurated the exhibition organised by DFRL, wherein 17 industries are participating.
He also launched the first biodegradable water bottle in the country developed by DFRL.
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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Range IGs have been asked to look into the complaints regarding the ‘black sticker scare,’ Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan informed the Assembly on Wednesday.
After Opposition Leader Ramesh Chennithala raised the issue through a submission in the Assembly, the Chief Minister said black stickers were found on several houses in four districts including Thiruvananthapuram. The Chief Minister, however, said the reports, especially those appearing on social media platforms that the stickers were pasted by child-trafficking and robbery gangs, were triggered by ‘’misunderstanding.’’
‘’A similar situation was reported in northern Kerala, especially Malappuram, a year ago. Senior police officers in the districts were alerted and a preliminary investigation proved that there was no basis for such concerns,’’ he said.
According to the Chief Minister, the recent incidents regarding the ‘black sticker scare’ were reported by a few houses in Thiruvananthapuram, Ernakulam, Idukki and Alappuzha districts. State Police Chief Loknath Behera had issued prompt instructions to all police stations in the state, control rooms and the cyber cells to be on alert.
Steps have also been taken to check the spread of messages that spread fear, the Chief Minister said. ‘’Instructions have also been issued to initiate investigations and follow-up action on complaints,’’ he said.


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Doha: A donation drive to support victims of the earthquake in Turkiye and Syria has been launched at Qatar Foundation, in cooperation with Qatar Charity, with people from across Qatar playing their part to help those in need.
Members of Qatar's community have donated large amounts of warm clothes, blankets, and food to the donation drive, with volunteers from the Qatar Foundation (QF) community and beyond supporting the collection process.
Nora Al Jaouni, a student at QF partner university Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q), believes that volunteering instills a sense of humanity in people, saying: 'It has been wonderful to see members of the QF community and others come together to prepare the donations and send them to victims of the earthquake.
'And if we do not have much to give, we can give our time to volunteer, which makes this time more valuable. The large quantity of donations indicates the level of awareness among people in Qatar of the importance of donating.'
Adam Khoder, a volunteer at Education City and a student in Turkiye, said images of the aftermath of the disaster 'hurt our hearts, especially considering the extreme cold, and it was necessary to take action'.
'It is impressive to see the large amount of donations, especially winter clothes and foodstuffs,' he said. 'Just thinking that these materials will reach people who desperately need them, and that they will warm them and alleviate their suffering, gives us a feeling of gladness.'
The donation campaign for the victims of the earthquake was launched in Education City last Thursday and collected about 2.5 tons of donations in less than 24 hours.
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GOVERNMENT has secured US$110 million for the construction of a university in Northern Province.
Northern Province Minister Brian Mundubile said in an interview yesterday that the university will be built in Chief Nkolemfumu’s area in Kasama.
Mr Mundubile said the institution will have all the faculties and will accommodate about 1,500 students.
“It will be a fully-fledged university. It will have all faculties and it is expected to accommodate about 1,500 students once the works are completed,” he said.
Mr Mundubile, however, said the university will focus more on training students in agriculture, tourism and sciences to boost development in the area.
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Italy embraces statement from Azerbaijan, Armenia over peace agreement
(MENAFN) On Saturday, Italy's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani expressed that his country embraced a statement from Azerbaijan and Armenia outlining progress toward a peace agreement.
“Azerbaijan and Armenia decided to open a new chapter in their relations. Italy will stand by these two friendly nations,” based on a declaration from the Foreign Ministry.
“With an agreement that Italy has warmly endorsed, the two countries, long in dispute, are decisively embarking on a path we hope will soon lead to a comprehensive and final resolution, bringing peace. This marks a determined step that will bring them closer to Europe and open new avenues for collaboration, allowing Europeans to expand their areas of cooperation,” it continued.
Tajani additionally highlighted that the agreement, once signed, offers a chance for the "exchange of war prisoners," underscoring its pivotal role in building trust between the two nations.
He extended congratulations to Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov and Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan for their dedicated efforts.
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The Zambia Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has charged that government should stop threatening labour leaders with arrests over the industrial crisis in the health sector because it is responsible for the strike that has since led to the dismissals of more than 200 nurses.
ZCTU president Leonard Hikaukmba has said accusations of subversion and threats of arrests against labour leaders would not resolve the industrial crisis that had hit the health sector following the dismissal of more than 200 nurses by the Patriotic Front (PF) government.
Hikaumba told the Daily Nation that government had triggered the second strike by nurses with its promises and should therefore take the blame rather than accuse trade unions of inciting the workers to go on strike.
Minister of Labour and Social Services Fackson Shamenda has accused ZCTU secretary general Roy Mwaba of inciting nurses to go on strike and has warned that the labour leader could be arrested if he continued with his acts of subversion.
But Hikaumba said it was wrong for the PF government to begin to branding the labour movement as an enemy of the Government because trade unions existed to assist government to make the correct decisions on matters that involved the welfare of the citizens.
Hikaumba said ZTCU would soon be releasing a comprehensive statement on the threats and accusations by Shamenda that the leaders of trade unions would be arrested for allegedly inciting nurses to go on strike.
He said while ZCTU was ready to negotiate with government over the crisis in the Ministry of Health, to was important for Shamemnda to know that threats of arrests were nothing more than an act of intimidation against the nurses and the labour movement.
Hikaumba said there were pronouncements and promisses that the PF government had comitted itself to but which they had not and this had caused the strike stating that it was politically unacceptable for Shamenda to claim that the unions and some opposition political leaders had instigated the work stoppage by the nurses.
He said the health sector was in a sjambolic state and has called the government to exercise a general amnesty on the nurses so that the y could all be reinstated unconditionally.
Hikaumba said ZCTU was still calling for dialogue with government on the crisis the health sector because the drastic decision taken by government had far fetching consequences both on the part of government and the general citizenry.


Govt to consult parliament on Kashmir solution
By Mohammad Imran
ISLAMABAD: The government on Thursday assured the Special Committee on Kashmir that parliament would be taken into confidence before resolving the Kashmir issue.
“The government will take the cabinet and the parliament into confidence before resolving the issue of Kashmir,” Raja Pervez Ashraf, secretary general of the Pakistan People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPPP), told reporters after an in-camera session of the Kashmir committee.
Ashraf said Khurshid Kasuri, the foreign minister, gave the committee a four-hour briefing on the government’s Kashmir policy. “Without the consent of parliament and the Kashmiri people, the government will not accept any solution of the Kashmir issue,” Ashraf quoted Kasuri as saying.
The in-camera briefing was arranged by the government to brief parliamentarians about the latest developments on the Kashmir dispute. Ashraf said the committee had decided to observe ‘Kashmir Solidarity Day’ on February 5 with various programmes. The Kashmir committee condemned a recent statement from the Indian foreign secretary in which he said that the Kashmiris living in Indian-held Kashmir were citizens of India.
He said that a sub-committee of the Kashmir committee had proposed that the government summon a joint session of parliament to debate the issue of Kashmir and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz should brief parliament about the government’s Kashmir policy. He said the committee had decided that all political parties should adopt a “national stance” on the Kashmir issue because of its sensitivity. Atiya Anayatullah, member of the National Assembly, said that the members of the committee agreed that the Kashmir issue should be resolved according to the wishes of the Kashmiri people.
She said the Pakistan would never accept the Line of Control (LoC) as a permanent border. She said that it was also decided that on January 5, the members of the committee would present a memorandum to the United Nations office in Islamabad.
She said that Pakistan was sincere in wanting a just solution to the Kashmir dispute, but the intentions of the Indian authorities were “dubious”.
Kasuri, talking to journalists, said that Pakistan wanted to resolve the issue of Kashmir peacefully. He said that Pakistan would not accept any solution which was not acceptable to the people of Kashmir.


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Some 29 dump truck drivers were detained during road closures on the Cinta Costera in Panama City on Thursday, June 1.
The drivers were placed under the orders of the Justice of the Peace; while their vehicles were towed with a crane to clear the tracks and taken to various yards.
The National Police inform that in the face of the closure of streets, roads, avenues, and accesses to the different sectors of the capital city, the police units remain alert at various points to protect the comprehensive security of all users and guarantee free transit.
Thousands of people, including workers and students, were trapped for several hours on the Centenario highway after dump trucks closed the streets and the accesses to the North and South corridors in protest of overdue payments.
The closure caused a domino effect that affected several alternative routes that were overwhelmed and collapsed.
Several students who were going to their universities found it necessary to start their way on foot since the dense traffic was paralyzed.
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Kenya’s ministry of health on Tuesday confirmed 15 new cases of coronavirus, raising the total number of infections across the country to 715.
Rashid Aman, chief administrative secretary in the ministry of health said that the cases were discovered from 978 samples which were tested in different government laboratories across the country.
Aman said the latest cases are 14 Kenyans while one person is a Rwandese, noting that two Tanzanians tested positive at the Isebania border post in southwestern Kenya but were referred back to Tanzania for treatment.
The official said that medical personnel has discharged eight patients from hospitals, bringing the total number of recoveries to 259.
Aman disclosed that three patients succumbed to the deadly respiratory disease in the coastal city of Mombasa, bringing the total number of fatalities to 36.
Aman said that the government has dispatched a high-powered delegation to Kajiado County in southeastern Kenya following the increased number of positive cases along the Kenya-Tanzania border.
The official said that the pandemic and response mounted against it has disrupted life worldwide and placed people under stressful conditions.
“It is important therefore that we all strive to maintain sanity under these difficult circumstances,” he added. Enditem


Apple has confirmed the news that its Mac OS had been hit by scarewares and has also promised that it is going update Mac OS X and would also be going ahead and deleting MacDefender fake security software.
The announcement which came was a part of the new support document that was posted by the company and it is for the first time that it has recognized the fact that there is a threat and it has posted security threats to the systems of Apple.
In a document the company also said that Apple is soon going to deliver the updates. These are going to be the ones that would be protecting the systems against the malware and any other kind of threats that would be put later on the system.
Besides that Apple has also outlined steps that are going to be used by the users for saving infected Macs and remove the scarewares. This kind of declaration has sent shock waves across analysts and other people related to the industry. They also believe that the so-called update is going to be a breaking ground.


PM’s special assistant for National Security Minister Moeed Yousaf has said that we have evidence of Indian involvement in terrorism in Pakistan.
“The purpose of the interview yesterday was to show the face of India to Indian citizens and we have evidence of Indian terrorism,” Moeed Yousuf told Hum News.
He said that only when we have evidence against India do we speak and against India we will keep on exposing India where ever it will be needed because India is involved in human rights violations in occupied Kashmir.
Moeed Yousuf said that the Prime Minister had rightly spoken of India’s involvement in the assassination of Maulana Adil and the United States was praising Pakistan for its role in fighting terrorism.
He said that articles against India were also being written in foreign journals while the Prime Minister Imran Khan will keep on speaking against Indian atrocities in Kashmir.
Moeed Yousaf also gave interview to Indian journalist in which he mentioned that India is involved in terrorism in Pakistan and Pakistan can provide evidences of that .


Managing Director of Assam Tourism Development Corporation Bhaskar Phukan said that 150 crore rupees will be spent to develop these locations under Axom Darshan.
MD Bhaskar Phukan said that toilet, waste management, drinking water and waiting shades to be built or develop across the state in important locations. He also said that stress has been given to generate employment opportunities in the tourism sector.
MD of Assam Tourism Development Corporation Phukan added that river tourism is one of the sought after sectors in Assam and the state government will utilise the mighty Brahmaputra to develop the sector.
He mentioned that trainings are also being given to those who are involved with the sector for skill development.


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Afghanistan is currently experiencing“one of the worst humanitarian crises” ever, according to a report by the Islamic Relief Organization.
Afghans, particularly women and children, are suffering the most from an economic collapse, as a result of the combined effects of years of violence, maladministration, drought, natural disasters, and international sanctions.
In a report released on Saturday, the 13th of August, the Islamic Relief Organization stated that due to Afghanistan's recent political and economic breakdown, a humanitarian disaster has become a reality.
At least 24 million Afghan people, or more than half the population of the country, immediately require humanitarian assistance.
The number of Afghan people who go to bed hungry every day is 19.7 million, which is one of the greatest figures ever recorded for a single country, according to the report.
The majority of all rural households and more than a quarter of urban households have now used all available resources, and they are turning to ever-distressing and dangerous measures.
That includes beggaring on the streets, selling their homes, selling their body organs, looking to take on increasingly risky work, or marrying off their young daughters to get a dowry for survival.
This occurs as the previously acknowledged former government in Afghanistan has been overthrown by the cash-strapped Taliban, and as international sanctions, including the freezing of the country's foreign reserves, worsen the country's already precarious economic situation.
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By Hassan Umar Shallpella, Adamawa
The Adamawa state government has confirmed receipt of 59,000 doses of the Aztrazeneca coronavirus vaccine from the federal government through the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 Tuesday night.
Mallam Bashir Ahmad, Secretary to the state government (SSG) while briefing newsmen in his office Wednesday evening said the vaccines have been stored at the storage facility of the Adamawa State Primary Health Care Development Agency.
The state has concluded plans to kick-off the vaccination on Monday 15 March 2021; it will begin with a health worker followed by the governor.
Basir said the state government has created a portal for residents who are interested in taking the vaccine to register before being vaccinated.
Bashir assured that the state government will ensure equitable distribution of the vaccine across the state.


While coronavirus cases have been rising in India amid the second wave, the National Vice President of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) Dr. Navjot Dahiya called Prime Minister Narendra Modi a "super-spreader" of COVID-19.
Dr Dahiya told The Tribune that the medical fraternity has been trying hard to make people understand the COVID-19 norms but PM Narendra Modi did not hesitate to address big political rallies tossing all COVID-19 norms in the air.
A few weeks ago, a large number of people gathered at the election rally during a campaign in West Bengal. PM Modi had said that there was a huge crowd of people and that he witnessed such a rally for the first time.
"You have shown your power and now the next step was more important - go and vote and take others also," he had said.
The IMA national Vice President further said that the rallies and Kumbh Mela in Haridwar took place despite the major health crisis in India.
The impact of the second wave of coronavirus in India was visible across the country with increased deaths and long queues of ambulances outside hospitals, he said.
On Thursday, India recorded over 3.74 lakh new COVID-19 cases and more than 3,500 new deaths.
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Jammu: Asserting that the days of the present NC-Congress coalition are numbered now, BJP MP and J&K Incharge, Avinash Rai Khanna on Monday said that with each passing day the BJP is getting closer to forming the government.
"Each passing day, the BJP is getting more and more closer to forming the government and the days of the present coalition are numbered now", Khanna said addressing a rally.
Khanna, who addressed public rallies at Hira Nagar, Khour, Akhnoor & Raipur Domana Assembly constituencies to seek support and vote for BJP candidates, said that the Prime Minister Narendra Modi wave which had swept the Lok Sabha elections, brought victory of BJP in state assemblies and the trend is now going to be witnessed in Jammu and Kashmir, where Congress, NC and PDP will be shown the door.
It will be the BJP government in the state as the people here have made up their mind that they stand for development, peace and prosperity, he said.
Khanna said that the plight of the people in the reserved constituencies in particular is even more worse than the others as the successive governments always gave step motherly treatment to them and exploited during the elections.
He said it is most unfortunate that the state has a Deputy Chief Minister who belongs to a scheduled caste, it also had a scheduled caste as Chief Secretary but unfortunately for SCs neither the deputy CM or the bureaucrats ever expressed any concern.
He said that BJP works on the principle of 'Sabka Sath, Sabka Vikas' and we will prove it on ground after forming the government in the state.
Khanna said that BJP will fight for the justice of common man in the state. He said that under the able leadership of Narendra Modi, Jammu and Kashmir is marching ahead for change and freedom from dynasty rule of NC, PDP and Congress. Khanna appealed to the people to vote for BJP for real development.


New York City health officials are recommending a $50-a-pill flu vaccine, after finding some children are showing more signs of flu and other symptoms after taking the vaccine.
The recommended vaccine will be given to about 5 million people in the U.S. by the end of September, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
It’s the first time the city has recommended a flu shot in the United States.
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said in a statement on Tuesday that the vaccination was necessary “given the pandemic.”
The city’s department of health said the shots will go to children ages 6 months and older.
“It’s important for children to get the shot because of the pandemics’ impact on them,” Dr. Eric Lander, the health department’s director of infectious disease and immunization, said in the statement.
It was also announced Tuesday that Gov.
Andrew Cuomo has also ordered a flu vaccination.
The governor’s office said he had been informed about the outbreak.
Cuomo’s office did not immediately respond to CNNMoney’s request for comment.
“The governor is aware of the outbreak, has been briefed on the situation, and is actively taking steps to help the public get the flu vaccine as soon as possible,” his office said.
In addition to the vaccine, New York state health officials will also distribute an additional 300,000 doses of the flu shot, which is the first step in giving the vaccines to those who are already eligible.
They will distribute the flu shots to about 4.5 million people, the state health department said.
The state also announced that a new vaccine will go out on Wednesday.
The plan also includes a new flu shot for the first few weeks of the season, according the governor’s website.
“These shots are designed to prevent serious illness and to help prevent the spread of the disease,” Lander said.


Two rumors mongers arrested: Muneer Khan
SRINAGAR: Two persons were arrested by the police on thrusday who according police were spreading the rumours in Kashmir.
ADGP law and order Muneer khan has confirmed and said two persons were identified who were spreading the rumours in Kashmir has been arrested and those who be found spreading the rumours in Kashmir valley will be dealt strictly.
He said the rumour mongering will not be accepted and all the District commissioners have been advised to keep the vigil on the rumours mongers and take the strict action against them.
Khan further said these people don’t want peace in Kashmir and they will be punished as per the law .
It is to pertinent to mention that several rumours are agog in Kashmir valley from last couple of days.


(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) Na'a July 18 (QNA) - Three soldiers were injured this evening in an attack carried out by unidentified militants on a government building in Al-Baida province in central Yemen.
An official security source in the province said in a press release that unidentified gunmen riding a car opened machine-gun fire in the direction of the education office in the town of Radaa injuring three soldiers guarding the building.
The source added that the soldiers returned fire in the direction of the militants forcing them to flee noting that security forces started investigation into the incident.
Yesterday unidentified militants attacked a security checkpoint in the province of Al-Baida killing two soldiers and wounding others.(QNA)
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New York has recorded more than half a million COVID-19 cases since the beginning of the pandemic.
The state, which was once the epicenter of the virus, is seeing a recent surge in cases.
According to Reuters, New York is reporting 80 percent more cases over the past four weeks than the previous four weeks.
It's recorded more than 2,000 new cases twice over the past week.
More than 33,000 people in New York have died from the virus in the state.
California, Texas and Florida have all already passed half a million cases.
Texas and California each have recorded more than 900,000 infections.


Prayagraj: As many as 34 people were tested positive for Covid-19 infection in city on Monday.
Officials of health department said that a total of 3,956 samples were collected for testing on Monday and 34 of them were tested positivefor the infection. Moreover, 23 patients patients undergoing treatment at SRN level3 hospital.
Officials also said that two patients were discharged from the hospital and four others have completed their home isolation.
Officials also informed that as many as 10,031 people were also vaccinated at 97 sites on Monday. While 6386 people were given first dose of vaccination, 3,389 people were given second dose of vaccination. Besides, 256 people were also vaccinated at private hospitals.
A senior health official said that department has intensified the exercise of sample collection and testing at three static locations including Bamrauli airport, Cheoki junction and Prayagraj junction where natives were returning to their homes in the city ahead of the Holi festival.
“We have set a target to collect around 4,000 samples every day to check the spread of the infection in the city,” said the official, adding that health teams, apart from these three static spots, have been told to collect samplesfrom urban, semi urban and rural areas of the district; he added.


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Ahmed gave the assurance during a visit to the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) in Lagos on Monday.
She noted that government had in the past, worked with the NSE in various forms to ensure market growth and development.
“Given the need to accelerate reforms to attract the capital available for real estate development across the continent, we have worked very closely with the SEC, industry groups and the Capital Markets Master Plan Implementation Council for several years, to reform our tax laws.
“We have asked the NSE to continue to work with us so that we can encourage Nigerians to invest more in the Nigerian capital market.
“We have a lot of resources locally and we are working with the NSE to ensure we mobilise resources through the market.
“Any policy that government needs to put in place to enable the growth of the market, we will do that,” Ahmed said.
She assured the capital market community that the next Finance Act would make provisions for incentives that would make the market more attractive to investors.
Ahmed said the Finance Act of 2019 had taken care of some incentives, adding that, every appropriation bill going forward must come with finance bill on yearly basis.
Responding to the capital market operators plea to defer the planned recapitalisation exercise in the market, she stated that the exercise would make them stronger and more competitive.
She explained that with the demutualisation of the exchange, stockbroking firms would have more businesses to embark on and therefore needed to recapitalise to operate better.
Also, responding to comments by stockbrokers that many ministers had in the past come to the NSE with many promises without fulfilment, Ahmed assured the market operators that her visit would be a different one.
She assured the brokers that she was committed to ensuring that the capital market was used to unlock the economic potential of the country.
Onyema said the initiative was one in a series of the NSE’s renewed government relations, where key government stakeholders interacted with the capital market community on important issues that affected the market.
He said that the issues ranged from Nigeria’s economic management and policy reforms to ease of doing business, foreign and local investment attractiveness, among others. (NAN)


(MENAFN- Gulf Times)
The Syrian embassy recently organised a friendly football tournament on the occasion of National Sport Day with the participation of the embassies of Turkey, France and Yemen.
The tournament concluded with the crowning of the Yemeni embassy team as the champions after they won the final against the Turkish embassy. Chargé d'affaires of the Syrian embassy Dr Bilal Turkiye honoured the teams occupying the top three places, alongside the participation of Turkish ambassador Dr Mustafa Goksu and Yemeni ambassador Rajeh Hussein Badi.
The ambassadors and representatives of the communities expressed their thanks for the initiative by the Syrian embassy and for organising the sports tournament, which contributed to assembling the staff of the four participating embassies and urging them to engage in sporting activities in a friendly atmosphere.
Dr Turkiye thanked all the attendees and participants, led by the ambassadors of Turkey, France and Yemen, and expressed happiness at the hosting of the activity. He also thanked Qatar Sports Club and its entire management for providing all the facilities and services needed for the success of the tournament, as well as the participating teams, and stressed the importance of promoting participation in such events.
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The U.S. Department of Justice has awarded $98,495,397 to 179 law enforcement agencies to hire 802 officers under the Community Oriented Policing Services COPS Hiring Program, the department announced. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said that 80 percent of the grantees had agreed to cooperate with federal immigration authorities in their detention facilities. Chicago received the same $3.125 . . .
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Karachi: Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah said Thursday that a task force has been set up to control the spread of the corona virus in the province.
CM spoke to the media and said that two coronavirus-infected individuals in Pakistan have been isolated and data on 1,500 people from Iran have been collected.
He said that the authorities will monitor this extensively.
The minister also told reporters that schools in the province were closed due to the virus. He said that people should not be afraid of the precautions the government has taken.
Pakistan confirms two cases of coronavirus
The Health Minister said that Pakistan has confirmed two cases of coronavirus, the first recorded case of the virus in the country.
“Both cases are being taken care of according to clinical standard protocols & both of them are stable,” Zafar Mirza, tweeted. “No need to panic, things are under control.”
According to Sindh Health Department, 22-year-old Yahya took a flight to Karachi from Iran. Patient and his family were immediately placed in quarantine at a hospital.


Rick Perry Says He’ll Send National Guard to Secure Border
The Texas governor says he is calling up 1,000 troops to help police the border with Mexico.
CBS News reports the deployment will cost the cash-strapped state $12 million a month. Perry says he expects the feds to reimburse him.
The U.S. Border Patrol already has 18,611 agents deployed in the Southwest sector.
An influx of refugee children fleeing violence in Central America has taxed the government’s ability to cope, but Perry says his planned deployment has more to do with drug cartels. It also probably has something to do with his low approval ratings and GOP politics.
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MULTAN, Feb 19 (APP): Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Kamal Khan said that Balochistan International Squash League (BISL) will help to portray the soft Image of the country at international level.
He congratulated the BISL administration over conducting a successful event and said that international squash players came first time in Pakistan.Jam Kamal expressed these views while addressing the concluding ceremony of BISL 4th edition and media talk here on Friday.
CM said that he has special affiliation with South Punjab as he visited there time to time.Jamal Kamal said that he has special love with this area due to interest in jeep rally.He said that Multan is the city of peace and city of saints and thanked Multanites for making the event successful. He said that the local squash players have also learnt a lot from international players and hoped that the players of Multan will be the champion next time.
Squash legend Jan Sher Khan said that BISL was golden opportunity for local talent. He said that a good image of the country will go to the world through this event.
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Minister of Finance, Dr. Mohammad Al-Ississ discussed, over the phone, with U.S. Treasury Secretary, Janet Yellen, the latest economic developments, especially the Covid-19 pandemic-induced repercussions worldwide.
During the phone conversation, Al-Ississ praised the “continuous” support provided by the United States to Jordan, and reviewed the government’s measures to address the pandemic and alleviate its health and economic costs.
Al-Ississ also reviewed the most prominent features of Jordan’s structural reforms program that the government is committed to implementing to achieve economic recovery.
Al-Ississ said the “high unemployment rates is the government’s “biggest concern,” adding that “Jordan should continue to implement measures that will expedite growth and reduce business costs on the private sector to create more jobs.”
In turn, Secretary Yellen referred to the importance of joint cooperation between the two countries, adding that she is looking forward to “stronger” partnership in relation to the common interests.
Yellen stressed the need to address important challenges, such as how to end the Covid-19 pandemic, relaunch economic recovery and other pressing issues.
Yellen stressed the importance of continuing the “strong” relations between the United States and Jordan, including support for the Kingdom’s economic development and reform efforts.
Source: Jordan News Agency


Services to support people to foster have adapted so that they can continue to recruit vital foster carers through the coronavirus outbreak.
More than 150 foster carers and their families have come together to share experiences and celebrate their work to support vulnerable children and young people across Stoke-on-Trent.
A new film has been launched to raise awareness of the importance of fostering.
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UConn Athletics might need to make some big changes to its department soon.
Chief Financial Officer Scott Jordan told the Board of Trustees during their May meeting that athletics is looking at ways to cut up to 25 percent of its institutional subsidy, which was more than $40 million last year, per the school’s 2019 fiscal report to the NCAA. That means the department needs to trim $10 million and that could mean cutting some programs.
While the school has not said which programs are in jeopardy, if any, some teams are taking a proactive approach. In just over a week, alumni from the Men’s Golf team have raised more than $200,000 for next season and more than another $700,000 pledged for the next five years.
John Bierkan, who played on the team from 1997 to 2000, said the university has approved their fundraising efforts.
“We want to make sure that the university knows that there are a lot of people that support a lot of the programs,” said Bierkan. “We understand the climate that we're in right now and so we just want to do things in a positive, productive and supportive manner.
The team has nearly 80 years of history in Storrs and alumni want to show UConn that there’s a lot of support for the program.
“Really all we can do is just reach out and hopefully help fundraise and raise money and show the university and the athletic department that there's a lot of people that are behind this,” said Zach Zaback, a 2016 UConn graduate who recently qualified for the Korn Ferry Tour. “Hopefully that translates into many more years of UConn golf.”


KARACHI: President Mamnoon Hussain says a number of mega projects have been launched for the development of the country.
Talking to the people from various walks of life in Karachi, he said the projects include power generation and infrastructure development.
He said these would help create job opportunities for the youth and will improve living standard of people.
The President said China Pakistan Economic Corridor is an important project that will usher in economic prosperity in the region.
He said the government is taking the Water, Power and transport problems of Karachi city seriously and would provide every possible assistance to address them. – Samaa


Srinagar, Dec 30: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday said there was no need for special laws like Lokpal as the state already had such provisions.
“What Anna Hazare is demanding today, our state has already enacted such laws long back,” he told a public meeting in Ganderbal district.
Jammu and Kashmir was the first state in the country which had implemented the Public Services Guarantee Act, Omar said.
Many departments including Revenue, Transport, Housing, Power, Department of Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution and Public Health Engineering were brought under its ambit, he said.
“In case, the officers of these departments fail to provide service to the people in a time-bound manner, they become liable to cash penalties which will be deducted from their salaries,” the Chief Minister said.
The Accountability Commission was also functioning in the state, he said.


The JVP has accused the current administration of following the governance and economic policies of former President J.R. Jayewardene.
JVP parliamentary group leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake addressing the National Student Heroes’ Day organized by the Socialist Students’ Union said the Jayewardene administration’s economic policies depended on foreign investments and also amended the Constitution in a manner that threatened democracy.
He said the failures experienced in several sectors like health and education in the country were also experienced during the Jayewardene period.
Dissanayake noted that the government has understood the strength of student movements and added that the state also considered those who fight to win the rights of the people are misfits.
According to him, the government felt threatened by the undefeatable nature of students’ movements.


Jordan- Rise in temperatures today, dry conditions until Monday
(MENAFN- Jordan News Agency) Amman. Sept. 9 (Petra) -- Temperatures, on Saturday, are set to rise by six to eight degrees above their annual average, according to the Jordan Meteorological Department (JMD).
A JMD report said dry and hot conditions will prevail in all areas of the Kingdom, while wind will be northeasterly to northwesterly moderate.
Weather in the next two days will be dry and hot and wind will be northwesterly moderate in all areas of the Kingdom, the report added.
Temperatures for today will reach a high of 39 degrees Celsius in Amman, dropping to 21 at night. In northern areas, they will range between a high of 36 and a low of 20. In southern areas, they will range between a high of 35 and a low of 18. In Aqaba, maximum temperature will hit 42 degrees Celsius, dropping to 29 at night.
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Ireland international defender Jonny Evans believes that the Ireland national team can have a great future. He said that there are plenty of young players that are coming through the ranks and that they should be the backbone of the team in the near future.
Jonny Evans said that he was amazed at the quality of the new players that have come into the Ireland team and that he is sure that they will be able to bring the team forward.
He said that the young players are all quick and that they bring a new sense of excitement into the team. He said that as a team you want to have some exciting forward players and he feels that Ireland has plenty of them at the moment.
He said that most of these young players are now playing regularly with their clubs and this means that they will be becoming even better in the future. He said that this will bring some more experience into the team and help boost the national team.
Jonny Evans said that the future looks exciting and that it is important that the players keep working hard. He said that Michael O Neill is an experienced manager and he will know how to get the best out of these players. He said that fans should be excited as this is an interesting era for the Ireland team and that he is sure that they will get some positive results soon.


(MENAFN- Colombo Gazette) The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) has filed a writ application in court against the deal between the Government and New Fortress Energy.
The writ application was filed in the Court of Appeal against moves by the Government to transfer shares of the Yugadhanavi Power Plant to the US-based company.
US based New Fortress Energy and the Sri Lankan Government had recently signed the controversial deal.
New Fortress Energy said that they had executed a definitive agreement for New Fortress' investment in West Coast Power Limited (“WCP”), the owner of the 310 MW Yugadanavi Power Plant based in Kerawalapitiya, along with the rights to develop a new LNG Terminal off the coast of Colombo.
As part of the transaction, New Fortress said it will have gas supply rights to the Kerawalapitya Power Complex, where 310 MW of power is operational today and an additional 700 MW scheduled to be built, of which 350 MW is scheduled to be operational by 2023.
New Fortress will acquire a 40% ownership stake in WCP and plans to build an offshore liquified natural gas (LNG) receiving, storage and regasification terminal located off the coast of Colombo. New Fortress will initially provide the equivalent of an estimated 1.2 million gallons of LNG (~35,000 MMBtu) per day to the GOSL, with the expectation of significant growth as new power plants become operational.
Earlier, the Samagi Jana Balawegaya and the Archbishop of Colombo, His Eminence Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith had also challenged the deal in court. (Colombo Gazette)
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According to the World Economic Forum, water scarcity ranks first among all long-term risks worldwide. Australia, brazil and the United States are only a few examples of where droughts have affected everything from agriculture, hydropower and those everyday tasks most of take for granted. California’s annual snowpack this year was only 12 percent of normal — which has had a huge impact on the state’s skiing industry as well as its growing dairy sector. Finding solutions has proven to be a political minefield.
Meanwhile more businesses are starting to grasp the impact that the global water crises will have on their businesses, especially the financial sector. Recent announcements by both Wells Fargo and Bank of America indicate that banks are starting to take a larger interest in the threats that global water shortages will long have on society and the global economy.
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Traverse City DDA Expands, Will Cover Part of Eighth Street
The Traverse City Downtown Development Authority is expanding, taking on more projects including an area already going through a makeover.
The DDA boundaries now extend to Eighth Street from Lake Avenue to Barlow, including the North Boardman Lake District.
Eighth Street remains under construction and will look much different in a few months.
So the DDA said this was really the right time to look at bringing businesses around here into the mix.
They unanimously approved beginning the process of expanding their boundaries.
The board also talked about some of the strengths and challenges that will come with a new 8th Street.
A study that was presented said Eighth Street is designed to support the development of Traverse City and the DDA hopes that by expanding their reach Eighth Street becomes a gateway to downtown.
“We don’t have all the other pieces we have to pay attention to when it comes to running a city, so to have an organization that really focuses on strategies and missions that we can do that implementation on behalf of the city itself,” said Jean Derenzy, Traverse City DDA CEO.
It could take about four months to finalize the boundary expansion by the DDA.


(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 5. The
Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA) has released
weekly data on landmine clearance activities on the country's
liberated lands, trend reports citing the
According to ANAMA, 18 anti-personnel landmines, 33
anti-tank mines, and 49 unexploded ordnances were found and defused
in Tartar, Aghdam, Khojavand, Fuzuli, Shusha, Gubadli, Jabrayil,
and Zangilan, as part of the de-mining process from May 29 through
June 3, 2023.
A total area of 531.4 hectares was cleared of mines
and unexploded ordnances, ANAMA added.
Following the liberation of its lands from Armenian
occupation in the second Karabakh war, Azerbaijan from Nov. 2020
started carrying out operations on clearing its lands of mines,
booby traps, and various weapons left behind by the Armenian
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According to the WHO an infodemic is the phenomenon where there is too much information including false or misleading information in digital and physical environments during a disease outbreak. It causes confusion and risk-taking behaviors that can harm health. It also leads to mistrust in health authorities and undermines the public health response. An infodemic can intensify or lengthen outbreaks when people are unsure about what they need to do to protect their health and the health of people around them. With growing digitization – an expansion of social media and internet use – information can spread more rapidly. This can help to more quickly fill information voids but can also amplify harmful messages.


Mr. Speaker, we know that we need to improve on service delays.
Since our government came to power, we have hired more than 460 front-line workers. We have also reopened 11 clinics that were shut down by the Conservatives. We have also hired a lot of mental health clinicians and have continued to work with more than 4,000 professionals.
There is still work to be done, but we will do it.


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Banks need to understand savers better
Banks are living in the past when it comes to the way they segment their customers, according to Westpac’s chief strategy officer Jon Nicholson.
Speaking at the Australian Retail Deposits conference in Sydney yesterday, Nicholson said segmentation had traditionally focused on how customers borrowed but banks didn’t know enough about how customers saved.
As the industry worked through the aftershocks of the global financial crisis, Nicholson said banks needed to spend a lot more time understanding the economics of deposits and savings behaviour.
“I don’t think we really understand those as well as we might,” he said.
Nicholson said the war for deposits would continue for some time and banks would have to change their culture to focus more on that part of their operations. We have tended to look at savings as a balance sheet item.
“I think people will come much more to realise that their liabilities are poorly named and that actually being custodian of people’s savings and their investments is a very, very valuable thing,” he said.
He said this could mean a greater focus on segments like retirees and young people saving for their first home which, until now, had been undervalued.
“The segmentations we have now are really directed for the decades behind us, not the decades ahead,” Nicholson said.


FAA clears city for takeoff
WINCHESTER — The city has taken a big step forward regarding its need for an emergency communications tower.
Lynn Miller, Winchester’s emergency management coordinator, said federal officials have…
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