Catalonia Backs Away From Independence Referendum
A regional party leader has confirmed that the Catalan government has forfeited plans to hold a public vote on independence from Spain.
Catalan President Artur Mas announced the cancellation of the November 9 referendum at a meeting between the parties seeking Catalonia’s independence and the regional government. The cancellation is because of a lack of legal guarantees, El Pais newspaper reported. Instead, the government will hold a public participation process ? a series of town hall meetings and debates ? on the political future of the province.
“The (regional) government has determined that the consultation can’t take place,” Joan Herrera of the Initiative for Catalonia, a political party in the province, told reporters following the meeting.
In the meantime, while the participatory process is finalized, the pro-independence groups will seek to get the most out of the provincial laws on consulting the Catalan people, which the Constitutional Court failed to suspend when it originally blocked the non-binding vote at the end of September.
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(MENAFN) A commercial building in Scotland has been purchased for a worth of $60.4 million by Gulf Islamic Investments (GII).
The acquisition follows a deal that was revealed a month ago for roughly a 1 million square feet of logistics centres in Germany for Amazon at a valued of $144 million.
"We are delighted as GII continues to grow its portfolio in UK after it last acquisition in 2015," CEO and co-founder Mohammed Al-Hassan declared.
He continued "this transaction highlights the commitment to invest in modern and well-let assets to strong covenants, such as Total where they have operated historically for over 50 years."
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The State Capital recorded 745 Covid-19 positive cases yesterday.
Out of the fresh 683 Covid-19 cases in the State Capital, 107 cases have been detected from quarantined people, while 576 cases reported from local contacts.
With this, the Covid-19 tally of the BMC area has increased to 39,920.
The civic body also said that as many as 332 people of the city have been recovered from Covid-19 in the past 24 hours.
To date, a total of 34,534 Covid-19 patients of the BMC area have been cured while 252 people succumbed to the virus.
The active cases of the city currently stand at 5,113, said the BMC.


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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Resolve to Save Lives, an NGO, have stressed the need to strengthen public health at national and sub-national levels to boost emergency response.
The organisations said this at the Sub-national International Health Regulations (IHR) 2005 Legal Assessment Training of Legal Officers in Nigeria held on Monday in Abuja.
The event was organised by NCDC in collaboration with Resolve to Save Lives.
Deputy Director, Surveillance/IHR, NCDC, Dr. Oyeladun Okunromade, said that the need to overhaul public health had become imperative to tackle lingering challenges in the sector.
She reiterated the call to strengthen public health laws to ensure that policies were put in place on public health events to expedite emergency response to any health challenge.
Okunromade said, “There is a need to have an up-to-date legal instrument, the essence is to strengthen IHR implementation as well as core capacities of health security in Nigeria.
“IHR is to build a resilient health system that will prevent, detect and respond promptly to any public health event challenge; we need to ensure there are adequate resources to achieve all these.
“So, we keep advocating and ensuring we strengthen our public health laws to ensure that we increase the government’s allocations and the votes that are available for the implementation of our security.
“What informs the training is the need to strengthen the public health law generally.
“At the national, and not only at the national, we have realised that the laws do not even exist at the state level or there are no policies at the state level.’’
Okunromade said that there was a need to put policies in place in case of any public health emergencies to ensure that no particular person had such autonomy over the entire population within a particular space.
She said that legal practitioners were targeted to sensitise them to the need to strengthen the aspect of epidemiology.
“COVID-19 brought the public to the front on the need for legal epidemiology, which is to strengthen the public health law that guides prevention and detection as a response to public health events.
“So, we need the Ministry of Justice and legal practitioners to be part of the fight against these public health emergencies.
“This is in such a way that when there is an outbreak, each state would report to the next level on time.
“Also each state within its own space will be able to have policies that will guide the need to strengthen and build capacity to be able to respond within the state level.
“Also, each state will be able to vote enough resources within the capacity at the state level to health security to ensure that they prevent and protect the citizens within each state.”
Okunromade said that there was little that could be achieved as the country relied a lot on the international support for the implementation of IHR.
According to her, when the legal instruments and policies turn to advocacy around the percentage to be voted for health, security implementation can begin.
“So everything is tied to the legal instruments, the policies that are available, guiding the implementation of health security in the country.
“So we will keep advocating the governments to ensure that they vote enough resources for health security because it is like buying health insurance for the population,’’ she said.
Legal Adviser, Resolve to Save Lives, Mr. Cedric Aperce, said that the group is an international organisation working in the public health sector supporting cardiovascular programmes and the prevention of epidemics.
Aperce said that the organsiation supported NCDC by providing legal and technical expertise to them adding that a methodology to do a legal assessment at the national level was developed.
“Now we are going to dive into a sub-national view.
“Why we are doing this assessment is because of the international effort to get the international legal framework regulating the prevention and response to public health emergencies and other public health events.
“We do that to support NCDC to strengthen the public framework in Nigeria at both federal and sub-national.’’
Ms. Safiya Musa, Legal Advisor for NCDC, said that the objective of the workshop was to train legal officers from the 36 states and FCT.
This, Musa said, was on the toolkit NCDC developed with its partner Resolved to Save Lives on the assessment of state laws in compliance with international health revolutions.
“As you are aware, Nigeria is a signatory to international health regulation 2005 and NCDC is designated as a focal person for IHR in Nigeria.
“ So we are doing a legal mapping of all our laws, we have done the federal laws to see what are the impediments to compliance with IHR.
“Today we have gathered colleagues from the 36 states to train them on a toolkit developed on assessing the state laws to check for compliance with IHR 2005.”
According to Musa, this will impact a lot on health security as it is about international health regulations, a body of international laws specifically designed to coordinate response and respond to public health events.
She said that training the lawyers on the assessment of the laws would help in analysing and identifying the gaps in all the state laws.
She added that it would enable the beneficiaries to then find a way forward by developing a roadmap to bridge the gaps.


CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) president K S Alagiri on Thursday said that the Global Gender Gap Index clearly demonstrates the direction the country is heading in under BJP rule.
Referring to the index, which put India at 135 of the 146 nations in the list, Alagiri said that India’s backwardness in gender equality could be comprehended in comparison with neighbouring countries. Citing Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Maldives position in the list which put them in 71, 96, 110 and 117th positions, respectively, the TNCC chief said the ranking shows that the neighbouring countries fare well in comparison with India.
Comparing the economic forecasts of India and China, Alagiri said that while China was working to increase its GDP to 30% within 2023 by identifying potential growth areas and making coordinated efforts, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was making sweeping statements about achieving the US $ five trillion target to deceive people. Alleging that sexual offences against women have increased in the BJP regime, the state Congress president said that the BJP was a deterrent to gender euality. While the BJP claims that gender equality was its principle, the country has been shamed by the country ranked 135 in the global index.


Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao has announced that each flood-affected family will be given Rs 10,000 as a part of relief operations. And the compensation will be handed over to all the victims from the 20th of October
The Chief Minister said that the people in Hyderabad have suffered a lot due to the heavy rains and assured to provide all the support to the flood victims.
Announcing Rs 550 crore package for flood relief operations, the CM said that the government will provide Rs 50,000 to people whose house has been partially damaged and Rs 1 lakh for completely collapsed houses due to the rains. He said the damaged roads will be repaired on war footing and directed the authorities to ensure that normal living conditions are restored in the city.
Rao said that Hyderabad has received the heaviest rainfall after hundred years and ordered the party leaders to take part in the relief operations. The Chief Minister further made an appeal to the businessmen and industrialists to come forward and help the people in flood-hit areas.
It should be notified that the government has already announced ex-gratia of Rs 5 lakh each for the 33 people who lost their family members in the rain-related incidents.
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Amir Receives Phone Call From King Of Bahrain
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Doha, Qatar: The Amir HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani received today, November 17, a phone call from his brother HM King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of the sisterly Kingdom of Bahrain.
During the phone call, they discussed bilateral relations between the two brotherly countries and ways to support and develop them, in addition to discussing regional and international developments of common concern, especially current developments in Gaza and the occupied Palestinian territories.
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By MIRIAM ZARRIGA
Work on the K138 million for the four lane highway along Taurama has begun.
Residents who have been affected by the clearing according to the 40-metre corridor needed for the highway have said that the removal of their homes, businesses and markets have resulted in wide, curve and narrow sections.
The residents claim that when they approached the contractor who is working on the road, they were told that the contractors were working without a road plan but the National Capital District Commission engineering says the road plan is not available.
The residents are now demanding to know what was happening with the road plan and for the National Capital District Commission to provide one immediately.
The road construction work by Global Construction have started on the Taurama road two weeks ago and residents and their businesses at Vadavada, within the 40m road corridor have been removed.
National District Governor Powes Parkop is adamant that the four-lane Taurama Road will still go ahead as planned to cater for future expansion of the city.
He said the National Capital District Commission will not be intimidated or compromised now as this was part of the Commission’s 2010-2020 road master plan for the city valued at more than K400 million.
According to Mr Parkop, the Taurama bypass and link to Magi Highway, which is a three-kilometre four-lane and 9km two-lane project, will cost K119,490,500.
Other areas where the major road constructions are taking place are; the Nine-Mile to Laloki, Nine-Mile to 17-Mile, Nine-Mile to Bootless Bay, Six-Mile to Bautama, Koura Way to Tokarara via the Hanuabada Bypass.
The Magani Crescent to Gerehu linking up to the National Parliament as well as the Gerehu to Nine-Mile four-lane road that is nearing completion.
He has urged all the people of Taurama and other areas where these major road works were taking place not to be discouraged by the short term negatives.
However, the Governor urge people rather look towards the long term positive benefits they and their descendants would enjoy.


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2 parties allows the population to have a majority of the vote on whoever wins.
3+ means the majority of the people who have voted will have voted against the person who won the election.
and the other parties have a great effect, they provide special interest, and can sway the vote. (bush v gore)
its that simple.


Hyderabad: TRS MLA Srinivas Goud said that the state government’s decision to reorganize the districts was a historical one.
Speaking to media persons here, the TRS MLA said that every decision KCR is historic and is aimed at people centric. He said that the creation of new districts would boost development and would ensure speedy disbursal of services to the needy.
He slammed the Opposition parties saying that they were blaming the TRS government for the anomalies that took place during the last six decades.
Srinivas Goud said that the TNGOs representatives would tour 31 districts to learn about the issues confronting the TNGOs in the state.
He said that a comprehensive report on the issue will be submitted to the Chief Minister and the Chief Secretary for early solution. (INN)


Hailing from the Chinese city of Wuhan, the coronavirus pandemic has registered more than 239,000 new cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to more than 33.97 million infected and more than a million deaths, the balance sheet was released this Thursday by the Johns Hopkins University published.
A total of 33,978,492 people have contracted the virus, more than half of whom are in the three hardest hit countries – the US, India and Brazil – while the death toll is already 1,014,291.
In terms of recovery, more than 23.64 million people have already managed to overcome COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the virus. India tops the list with more than 5.27 million patients cured.
The United States remains the most pandemic-hit country in the world, with 7.23 million infected and 206,959 deaths, after adding 42,812 new cases from the previous balance.


Country is heading towards economic stability - President
April 20, 2017 09:06 am
President Maithripala Sirisena says that the country is heading towards a very positive and strong economic stability.
He made the observation while speaking to heads of media organisations in Colombo on Thursday (19).
The President added that the country’s foreign reserves have already exceeded US$ 5 billion and that more economic performances are expected soon.
He stated that these days nobody is talking about the increase in export income or the slashing of drug prices and that even the media are avoiding these topics.
He said that today the prices of several key pharmaceutical drugs have been reduced significantly in the market and that this is due to the efforts of Health Minister Rajitha Senaratne.
The President stated that when the incumbent government came into power, the EPF and ETF payments of CTB employees amounting to Rs 12 billion had not been made and that so far the government has now paid Rs 6 billion of that.
In response to accusations that the government is betraying state property and institutions to foreign countries, the President said that the government has done no such thing and will not do any such thing in the future.
He charged that the previous government’s Colombo Port City agreement was the “biggest betrayal in the country’s history” as they were preparing to hand over the outright ownership of 200 hectares of land to foreigners and that the unity government was able to revise these to more acceptable terms.
President Sirisena said that he is prepared to abolish or curtail the Executive Presidency and that there is no change to his January 8 pledge to the nation.
The President further stated that the South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine (SAITM) will be directed to be listed at the Colombo Stock Exchange, and that it will be governed by a separate council.
He said that according to students, SAITM’s biggest weakness was the fact that it was under sole ownership.
He said that the private medical college in Malabe will be removed from sole ownership and that it will come under a governing board to ensure standards of medical education.
Minister Rajitha Senaratne, also speaking on the topic, said that the allegations by certain groups that even students with three ‘S’ passes have been enrolled at SAITM is completely untrue.
The minister said that he can guarantee that there are no students with three S passes in SAITM although such students have been enrolled into government universities.
He said that there will be changes in state activities within the next two weeks, including changes in heads of state institutions in order to achieve the highest possible performance by the government.
When asked if there is a Cabinet reshuffle in line with these new improvements, he responded saying “see before Vesak Poya.”
While commenting on the tragedy at Meethotamulla, President Sirisena added that a retired judge will be appointed to investigate those responsible for the garbage dump issue and report within one month.
He said that legal action will be initiated against anyone who is found to be responsible for the tragedy.
He said that it would take at least 9 months to completely shift the garbage away from Meethotamulla.
The President stated that the 98 houses, each with a value of Rs 4.5 million, will be handed over to those who were displaced by the tragedy and that this will commence within the next 2-3 days. He also said that Rs 250,000 will be allocated for furniture for each home.
He also said that around sixty percent of resettlement in the North has been completed and that the rest is expected to be completed soon.
Responding to questions regarding the Audit Bill, another promise made by the president before elections, he said that the relevant officials have been ordered to take necessary steps to immediately table the bill in Parliament.


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Doha: The Ministry of Education and Higher Education yesterday concluded its activities that were held at its pavilion at the 31st Doha International Book Fair (DIBF), run until January 22, 2022.
The pavilion attracted larger number of visitors who took a glimpse of education journey in Qatar since the fifties of the last century to the modern education system that the ministry applies during the current era.
A number of prominent personalities visited the Ministry's pavilion where they briefed about the activities focusing on the history of education in Qatar.
The pavilion showcased education history including old textbooks, educational tools, classroom benches and pictures of a large number of students taking lessons in the past.
Head of the Learning Resources Department at the Ministry of Education and Higher Education Nawal Al Tamimi said that the Ministry's pavilion this year has done a great job in reviewing all the educational systems that Qatar has gone through during the past years.
She said that over 25 government and private schools participated in the Ministry's pavilion holding more than 77 events and screening 33 educational and historical videos, pointing out that an average each event was attended virtually by more than 60 students in all schools.
Al Tamimi said that the events included many online competitions and many stories from the old educational system, and a review of the history of a number of influential figures in the development of the educational process in the Qatar over the past years. She said that the new generations should know those personalities who contributed largely in the development of the educational process.
Al Tamimi said that the Ministry was keen that participants were not limited to government schools, but rather worked to attract many private schools to benefit from their activities and expertise in enriching the Ministry's pavilion at the Doha International Book Fair.
She stressed that this year's pavilion was a great qualitative leap in the Ministry's participation over the past years, pointing out that despite pandemic the ministry organised all its activities successfully – virtually or in-person following precautionary measures by reducing the number of attendance and taking all measures such as wearing masks and the social distancing.
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Senior BJP leader and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has said that opposition leaders are indirectly empowering Pakistan. Addressing an election meeting in Bhagalpur, he said the truth has also silenced the Opposition which had questioned the NDA government’s intent on the matter. Defence Minister said, Pakistan Minister admitting Islamabad’s involvement in Pulwama attack revealed the truth. Saying that the Pakistan minister’s statement has silenced many people, Rajnath Singh said opposition leaders are indirectly helping the neighbouring country. Defence Minister said, a Pakistani minister has revealed the truth in the Pulwama attack by giving a statement in the National Assembly. Pakistan has accepted that they were behind the Pulwama attack. Until now, they had been saying they were not involved in it.


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Algiers, Rabi'II 2, 1439, Dec 20, 2017, SPA -- Algeria strongly condemned, Wednesday, the ballistic missile launched by Iran-back Houthi militias from the Yemeni territory, and which targeted the populated areas of the city of Riyadh in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
In a statement issued today, Algeria underlines its full solidarity with the government and the people of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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MANILA -- In response to the call of the Department of Education (DepEd) for communities and stakeholders' participation to Brigada Eskwela 2018, Department of Health (DOH) in Calabarzon on Monday called on parents especially those who have children vaccinated with Dengvaxia to also take part and do their share.
"We are encouraging them (parents) to also join the annual Brigada Eskwela," DOH Calabarzon Director Eduardo Janairo said in recognition to DepEd's call for communities and other stakeholders to take part in the activity of preparing the public schools for the return of the students to the learning institutions.
Citing the importance of cleanliness in the fight against dengue disease, Janairo said that parents can also do their share by checking the school surroundings and ensuring that any possible breeding grounds of mosquitoes are cleared of water where mosquitoes may lay their eggs.
He added that the department's part, they will be putting up anti-mosquito screens to ensure that children are protected from dengue.
"We will also do spraying aside from putting (anti-mosquito) screens," he said.
The DOH also has deployed surveillance officers who will visit and monitor the children in the schools and in communities.
The efforts were part of the commitment in monitoring and taking care of Dengvaxia recipients who were inoculated with dengue vaccine through dengue school-based immunization program of the DOH in 2016.
There were a total of 171,276 vaccinees in the region who received the first dose, 141,075 have taken the second dose while 82,815 completed the three doses.
Calabarzon consists of provinces of Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal and Quezon. (PNA)


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Taxi services fares hit a record high in October 2019 and increased by 12.9 percent year-on-year in Georgia after introduction of the major part of new regulations imposed on taxis,Trendreports citing Georgian media outlets.
It should be noted that average cost of taxi trip in Tbilisi stayed almost unchanged through the recent years in 2012-2016 and was somehow stable, with changes in the range of 3-4 percent.
According to data of Georgian National Statistics Office's (Geostat) on annual price index, taxi fare was one of the fastest growing commodities and services in October 2019.
Taxi fare increased by 5.77 percent in October 2019 comparing to September 2019.
Moreover, it had been less volatile on the overall price change (inflation), which meant that its real value was decreasing.
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Maharashtra textile policy aims to attract investments worth 25k cr
Mumbai, May 31 (KNN) The Maharashtra cabinet on Tuesday cleared the new textile industry policy with the aim to create job opportunities for over five lakh people. It aims to attract investments worth Rs 25,000, an official said.
The state government also aims to increase cotton-processing capacity from 30 per cent to 80 per cent in the next five years.
“The objective is to provide incentives to traditional textile weavers. Festival allowance of Rs 10,000 will be provided to certified and registered male weavers and Rs 15,000 to female weavers annually. The policy aims to introduce a social security cover in the form of a pension scheme,” an official said.
As per reports, under the new policy, the textiles commissionerate and silk directorate will be merged to form the textiles and silks commissionerate.
The Maharashtra State Textile Development Corporation will be created by merging three corporations for the growth of the industry, reported TOI quoting official sources.
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Govt’s final decision on SAITM issue next week – President
October 19, 2017 05:02 pm
President Maithripala Sirisena says that the Government’s final decision on the South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine (SAITM) issue will be declared in the next week.
He made these remarks participated in the Annual Convocation of the Aquinas University College on Thursday (19).
The President further said that although the Government had taken many steps to resolve the SAITM issue during the past period, various ideas were presented regarding those solutions.
However, President Sirisena said that he thought that the final decision, which will be announced by the Government next week, will be sufficient for many people who were against the SAITM including the students protesting against the medical institution.
The President said that the responsibilities of creating intellectuals to meet the needs of the innovative economy will be lying with the State Universities as well as with the private sector.
He also said that all these institutions should safeguard the quality and standards of the education.


Jammu: Panun Kashmir an organization representing the displaced Kashmiri Pandits on Thursday called upon the world community to force Pakistan to dismantle its terror infrastructure.
"It is high time to tell Pakistan to reign in its terror machinery and dismantle the entire terror infrastructure including the training camps operating on the soil of Pakistan and Pakistan occupied Kashmir," Ashwani Chrungoo President Panun Kashmir said.
He said that the Kashmiri panidt community was the prime victims of the Pakistan sponsored terror in Kashmir, "We have suffered a lot and this is the right time that the issue of their relief and rehabilitation takes primacy in the politics of the state."
He said that the internally displaced people of Kashmir were yet to receive any compensation for the losses that they have suffered in Kashmir as a result of "ethnic cleansing and mass exodus."
The National spokesman of the organization Virender Raina said that the members of the community were facing problem on the issue of the release of the ten-month's earned leave encashment that was due to the displaced employees at the time of their retirement.
"We have taken up the issue at appropriate level. The issue will be followed up once the new government takes over in the state. As this was a blatant discrimination against a section of the government employees, it creates unrest among the people and also creates divisions among different groups of employees," he said.


South Korean Suspected of Ebola Hospitalized in Berlin
(MENAFN- Saudi Press Agency) A South Korean health worker suspected of Ebola is admitted on Saturday to Berlin's Charite said Berlin Senate Department for Health and Social Affairs on Saturday.
A member of the South Korean medical team that was in Sierra Leone in action against Ebola has been admitted to the special isolation of the Charite University Medicine Berlin, Xinhua reported.
It should first be examined whether the person was infected with Ebola virus. The health worker is believed to have been infected by the virus while collecting blood from an Ebola patient.
However, so far, the worker has shown no disease symptoms and is thus not contagious, said Berlin Senate Department for Health and Social Affairs.
The worker will be monitored at an isolated unit for 21 days, the maximum incubation period of the virus.
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Microsoft has confirmed it has stopped making all Xbox One consoles.
The tech giant actually discontinued the Xbox One X and the digital Xbox One S before the launch of the Xbox Series X at the end of 2020, with a production of the standard Xbox One S also halted that year.
Cindy Walker, senior director of Xbox console product marketing, told The Verge:“To focus on the production of Xbox Series X / S, we stopped production for all Xbox One consoles by the end of 2020.”
The confirmation reflects how quickly the new generation can become old news in the world of gaming, with technology continuing to advance at a rapid rate.
Indeed, Sony is currently working on a virtual reality headset that will take virtual reality gaming 'to a whole new level'.
The PlayStation VR2 will work with the PlayStation 5 and will feature an ultra-high-definition 4K HDR display inside the headset.
A new set of controllers is also being created to go with the headset, while new sensory features including eye-tracking, headset feedback such as vibrations, and 3D audio are being introduced too.
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(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) Photo Feature by Hassan Al-Mraini
CASABLANCA, April 17 (KUNA) -- The Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca depicts Arab, Islamic and Andalusian construction arts.
It was built in the Atlantic waters on a 20,000 square meters plot, with a 210-m high minaret.
The mosque that was opened in 1993 lures tourists. In Ramadan, thousands of devotees gather in the mosque for worship and prayers. (end)
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The majority of people across the globe feel they are being misled by journalists, government leaders, and business executives, according to Edelman’s 2022 global “Trust Barometer.”
The survey found that 67 percent of people globally are “convinced” they are being “purposely” misled by journalists and reporters, which is up eight percent from 2021.
Additionally, 66 percent think their country’s government leaders “purposely” mislead them, which has risen nine percent from 2021, while 63 percent said business leaders “purposely” mislead them, which has increased seven percent from 2021.
When respondents were asked about trust, 46 percent said they do not trust journalists, which has risen one percent from last year.
Additionally, 42 percent said they do not trust the country’s government leaders, which has risen one percent from last year. 49 percent said they do not trust CEOs, which has grown one percent from last year.
However, 66 percent of the respondents said they trust their own CEO, which has risen three percent since 2021.
The survey also found that 76 percent “worry about false information or fake news being used as a weapon,” which has risen four percent since last year.
Edelman’s survey had 31,050 respondents globally, spanning 27 countries. The survey was taken between November 1 and 24 of last year and had a margin of error of plus or minus 0.6 percentage points.
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(MENAFN- Gulf Times) His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani congratulated Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on winning a new presidential term. In a tweet, His Highness the Amir said:“My dear brother Recep Tayyip Erdogan, congratulations on your victory. I wish you success in your new term, and that you achieve in it what the brotherly Turkish people aspire to in terms of progress and prosperity, and to the strong relations of our two countries further development and growth.”
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senior banker says no comment by Saudi, Emirati authorities on Tunisian banker's remarks
(MENAFN) According to a senior banker, Tunisia’s Central Bank is in innovative discussions with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to get financial resources.
The local Shams FM radio received the statement from Abdel Karim Lassoud, the bank’s general director of finance and external payments.
There were no marks from Saudi and Emirati authorities on the report.
It is important for the North African country to settle on agreement with the International Monetary Fund in order “to introduce important reforms to the Tunisian economy."
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Nara Prefecture and Nara City announced on the 1st that it was confirmed that 77 new people were infected with the new coronavirus in the prefecture.
This is the first time that more than 70 people have been newly infected since May 19, and the number has exceeded 50 for the fifth consecutive day.
It also more than quadrupled compared to last Sunday.
With this, the number of people confirmed to be infected in the prefecture is 8983.
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(MENAFN - Gulf Times) The General Directorate of Traffic has seized a driver, who was driving a car without a front wheel. The action was taken after a video clip went viral on social media on Wednesday. 'With reference to the clip that was circulated on social media showing a motorist driving a car without a front wheel, we inform you that the vehicle has been seized and legal measures are being taken," an official tweet said.
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Kuwait Amb. Submits Credentials To Venezuelan Pres.
(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) KUWAIT, Feb 21 (KUNA) -- Kuwait's Ambassador in Caracas Fadhel Al-Hassan presented his credentials on Wednesday to the President of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro.
In a statement to KUNA, Kuwait's Embassy said that Al-Hassan conveyed greetings of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Dr. Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah, and Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdullah Al-Yahya to the President of Venezuela and his people.
The statement added that during the meeting both sides discussed ways to strengthen their bilateral relations in various fields of common interest, noting that the two countries are preparing to celebrate 60 years of diplomatic relations in 2025.
It also added that President Maduro conveyed his heartfelt greetings to His Highness the Amir, remembering with pride his official visit to the state of Kuwait in June 2022.
He also welcomed Kuwaiti investors to seek investments in Venezuela, vowing to facilitate all procedures for them. (end)
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Solar energy hits a milestone in China, US
The United States and China are inching closer to reaching a milestone: the first 100 megawatts of solar energy have been installed in China.
In the United States, more than 2.2 million megawatts have been added to the grid since 2012.
That is more than twice as much as the same period last year.
More than 20,000 megawatts, or nearly 9 percent of the total, have been produced by the US.
China has also added more than 20 megawatts to its grid.
It added 2,200 megawatts last year and more than 3,100 megawatts in 2014.
That’s nearly two times more than the United Kingdom and Germany, both of which added 1,000 and 2,000 gigawatts respectively.
The United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and Oman have all added more megawatts.
China is also expanding its capacity.
The Chinese government has said it will add about 1.2 gigawatts of capacity by 2020, the first such increase in more than a decade.
In 2018, China surpassed the United Arab States as the world’s biggest energy consumer.
The UAE and Saudi Arabia were the next biggest, at more than 1,100 gigawatts.


For the first time since the beginning of the pandemic in early 2020, a majority of Americans dying from Covid were at least partially vaccinated, according to the new analysis of federal and state data.
At present, the RCC is receiving a lot of patients from the Maldives for cancer treatment. The Maldives government had approached the state government seeking help in providing support for cancer treatment in their country, said health minister K K Shailaja.
The MoU is being signed to strengthen the cancer care in the Maldives by providing training to the doctors.
The state health department and RCC will provide support in setting up cancer care centres in their country and also will provide expertise in organising cancer detection camps.
In addition to this, the state health department has also offered to provide doctors and nurses on deputation basis to the neighbouring country.
The RCC has also expressed their willingness to organise continuing medical education programme for the doctors in the Maldives.
Maldives health minister Abdulla Ameen had discussions with the state health minister on this. He will be singing the agreement with the state government on Monday in the presence of chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan.
The Maldives has also asked for the support of the regional cancer centre in creating a cancer registry in their country following reports that there has been an increase in the cancer cases there. The health minister said it is a rare recognition for the regional cancer centre which is foraying into the neighbouring country.


(MENAFN - UkrinForm) The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has decided to raise its key policy rate to 7.5%.
According to an Ukrinform correspondent, NBU Governor Kyrylo Shevchenko said this at a briefing on Thursday, April 15.
"The Board of the National Bank has decided to raise the key policy rate to 7.5% per annum," Shevchenko said.
He said this step was aimed at gradually slowing inflation in the second half of 2021 and returning it to 5% in the first half of 2022.
On March 5, the NBU decided to raise its key interest rate to 6.5% from 6%. The key rate of 6% has been in place in Ukraine since June 2020, and the NBU Board has kept it at the same level since last summer.
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Municipal Secretary Noor Ahmed Pirkani on Friday said that a special cleaning campaign has been started across the province, including Quetta city, which will continue till Nov 30.
He expressed these views while talking to a delegation of journalists.
Pirkani said Local Government Minister Sheikh Mehmoodul Hasan Mandukhel had issued orders to start a one-month special cleaning campaign across the province during which, along with cleaning in other areas of the province, including Quetta, the piles of garbage will be removed and disposed of.
He said that strict instructions had been issued to all chief officers and local councils to ensure a special cleanliness drive. During this campaign, measures should also be taken to highlight the importance of cleanliness among the people, he added.
He said that a spraying and special stray dog-culling campaign was also being started in Quetta to eradicate mosquitoes.
He said that the staff of the Quetta Metropolitan Corporation, including the Municipal Corporation, should ensure attendance .
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(MENAFN- Jordan News Agency)
Zarqa, Jan 24 (Petra) –– Deputizing for His Majesty King Abdullah II, Prime Minister Bisher Khasawneh Monday opened a Universal Group Company (UGC) paints factory in Zarqa Governorate, giving the green light for the full operation of the plant, which was built in 2020.
In remarks at the opening ceremony, the Prime Minister reiterated his government's support of national industries, which, he said, translate the private sector's contribution to the sustainable development process and creation of job opportunities for Jordanians.
He said the government endeavours to develop the investment environment in the Kingdom, boost local businesses and attract more Arab and foreign capital, referring to the new electricity tariff, which will reduce cost on a number of vital economic sectors, including health, tourism, agriculture, trade and industry, with the aim of raising their competitiveness and spurring growth.
Khasawneh expressed his pride in the national industry, whose quality products can compete in foreign markets.
The Prime Minister took a first-hand look at the production lines, and was briefed by CEO Shadi Anabtawi on the quality paints of the factory, a byproduct of 100 years of expertise by Jotun, the global Norwegian chemicals firm Jotun.
Anabtawi pointed out that the factory uses modern systems and can compete at the regional level through Jordanian manpower, noting the quest to reduce transport and storage costs that reflect on sales and training of local staff to keep pace with global developments in the paint industry.
Jotun President/CEO Morten Fon said he is proud to establish his company's first factory in Jordan, which will help support local industries, stressing the solid and strategic relations between Jordan and Norway.
The paints factory produces up to 15 million litres annually, and the capacity will reach 35 million litres by 2024.
The factory specializes in the production and distribution of quality water-based paints that meet parent company (Jotun-IS) standards and rely on up-to-date technical manufacture and automation specifications with Jordanian labour and expertise.
The opening ceremony was attended by Minister of Industry, Trade and Supply Yousef Shamali, Minister of Investment Khairy Amr, Minister of Labor Nayef Istitieh, Norwegian Ambassador Espen Lindback and local officials.
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The National, Wednesday 15th Febuary 2012
TWO students attending the Global Flexible Secondary School in Jiwaka have left for the United States and Australia to further their studies.
The students are Timothy Joseph and Mandarin Paul.
Joseph is from Minj in Jiwaka and Paul is from Dei in Western Highlands.
Joseph will continue his studies in northern Australia while Paul will study at Honolulu in Hawaii, US.
This is good news for the students, parents and the school to achieve their dreams.
Apart from these two students, 55-year-old Kuk Gole was also one of the pioneer graduates of the school in 2010 and he was accepted at the University of Goroka, completed his studies and Gole will further his studies in England this year.
Principal Ben Waks said that since the school started in 2010, these students had made their parents and the school proud with their achievements.
Waks said that he still had dreams to send students to school and universities because this what the school was aiming at.
He said apart from these students the school had also sent many to attend the Divine Word University, University of Technology, University of Papua New Guinea and other institutions throughout the country.
The school has the vision to develop the students who are outcast by the normal system, Waks said.
He said the school had opened two more branches at Banz, Jiwaka, and Kapupena, Southern Highlands.
Waks said since 2010, about 6,000 students had continued their studies at the school and many of them were now students in colleges and universities.
He said that these two students and Gole were the pioneers who would be studying abroad.
Waks urged students who were rejected by the system in the Education Department to continue their studies with the flexible school.
The school’s executive director Fr Gabriel Kura commended the students for achieving a higher goal when they were selected to study overseas.
Kura said this was what his teachers and the board members were aiming so that they could raise a student to become a very successful person in future.
He said education is the very most important area that can help and build a person to become successful.
Kura said many people are going around saying all sorts of bad things about the school but now that these students and others who were accepted in other universities and colleges.
Kura said this have proven to the people that they were wrong.
He said parents must sent their children to school because this where they will build them up and make them achieve their purpose in life.


Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain calls on Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani
Islamabad: Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani has said that the country needs political stability in order to ensure socio-economic development of the masses. He said that the external challenges facing the country also require that political forces across party divide craft consensus and put up a united front against these challenges.
The Prime Minister expressed these views while talking to Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, head of PML-Q, who called at him at the PM House this evening.
The Prime Minister said that the government tried to present a balanced budget in tight economic conditions. He said that it would welcome suggestions from the opposition parties.
PML-Q chief assured the Prime Minister that his party would contribute positively towards debate on budget and support the government in facing the challenges posed to country.
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JCI President, Algerian Minister Discuss Trade
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Amman, May 12 (Petra) -- Jordan Chamber of Industry (JCI) President Fathi Jaghbir on Thursday met Algeria's Minister of Trade and Export Promotion Kamel Rezig to discuss boosting two-way trade between the two countries.
Jaghbir said the JCI intends to organize a Jordanian industrial delegation visit to Algeria in June to discuss prospects of export to the country, stressing the importance of Algeria's market for national exports to tap into markets of the Morocco and other African countries and the European Union, according to a statement.
During the meeting, which took place in the capital Algiers, Rezig underscored the need to enhance trade exchange, especially for key commodities and services needed in the two countries' markets.
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Abu Dhabi Crown Prince visits India to boost economic, security ties
(MENAFN - Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) NEW DELHI Feb 10 (KUNA) -- Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces Sheikh Mohammad bin Zayed Al-Nahyan kicks off Wednesday a three-day official visit to India heading a high-level delegation to boost economic and security ties.According to a statement issued by the Indian Ministry of External Affairs the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi will meet during his visit with Indian President Pranab Mukherjee Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj. The meetings will focus on issues of bilateral importance.Regarding the visit UAE Ambassador to India Ahmad Al-Banna told the media in New Delhi that India and the UAE hope to sign 16 agreements during the visit. (end) atk.gta
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Kuwait Team Ranks Second In Arab Padel Championship
(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) DUBAI, Oct 1 (KUNA) - Kuwait's national padel team won the second place in the first Arab Padel Championship after losing the final to the Egyptian team in Dubai on Sunday.
The results of the highly exciting encounter came as follows 6-7, 2-6, 2-6 and 2-6 for the Egyptian team. The Qatari team came third.
Chairman of Kuwait Padel Club Omar Al-Zanki praised, in statements to KUNA, the performance of the Kuwaiti team who did their utmost throughout the championship to reach the final game unbeaten.
He thanked the UAE hosts and organizers of the championship, notably the honorary president of the Arab padel federatin Sheikh Said bin Maktoum, for their efforts to ensure the success of the pan-Arab event.
The championship was co-organized by the Arab padel federation and the UAE padel association between September 27 and October 1 with 11 Arab countries participating. (end)
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Gareth Southgate said that the FA should address the falling number of England players starting for their club. He said that it has fallen to a record low of 25% in recent weeks and he believes that this will hinder the England national team.
He believes that there should be a change in the culture as well as in the regulations to make sure that there is a minimum of England players starting in their club. He believes that this will cause problems in the long run and that will impact England’s ability to compete on the world stage.
He said that he does not believe that the England players are not good enough to start for their team. He said that there are some quality players that spend the majority of their time on the bench and that it is high time that they are given some playing style.
Gareth Southgate said that this is one of the most exciting generations of English players and it is important that they are given the chance to develop and become a better team. He said that the objective now is to qualify for the Euro 2020 and make sure that they arrive at the tournament in a good shape. He said that they will have to build on what they have achieved at the last World Cup and ensure that they go through the qualifiers. He said that they have got an easy draw and they need to use these matches to improve the team and try new things.


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Minister of State for Defense Affairs meets Indian Minister of External Affairs
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Doha: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Defense Affairs HE Dr. Khalid bin Mohamed Al Attiyah met with Minister of External Affairs of the Republic of India HE Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, who is currently visiting the country.
During the meeting, they reviewed the bilateral relations between the two friendly countries and ways to enhance them, as well as the latest developments in the region.
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The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has stopped its national women’s team from going to India until it gets written security assurances and guarantees for the World T20 in India.
PCB Chairman Shaharyar Khan said that the women’s team was scheduled to leave for India on Tuesday afternoon.
“But their departure has now been put on hold as we are in touch with the government on the security issues in India,” he said.
Khan said that they were also still awaiting visas for the women’s team which will also take part in the ICC World T20 for women being held simultaneously with the men’s competition.
The PCB chief said that the women’s team departure has been put off until they get written assurances about the security provision for the Pakistan teams in India.
A three-member team constituted by the Pakistan government will depart for India on Monday to assess the security arrangements for the national team for the World T20 cricket tournament beginning next week.
The Pakistan men’s team was scheduled to depart for India by Thursday but they too have delayed the departure of their cricketers until the security delegation gives clearance.
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More than two million COVID-19 tests will be carried out over the next two months across the UAE.
That’s according to Dr Amna Al Dahak, the official spokesperson for the UAE Government, who said the new drive will target workers in the services and government sector.
It will include public transportation drivers, hotel staff, mall workers and government agency employees.
This comes after Dr Amna announced that there are 528 new cases of COVID-19, 424 recoveries and one death due to complications caused by the virus.
She also clarified that this means there are currently 11,023 active cases in the UAE.
Speaking at a press conference on Monday, Dr Amna added that irresponsible behaviour and violation of safety measures led to a spike in the number of cases over the weekend.
Residents are being advised to follow all precautionary measures and guidelines in order to keep moving forward.
Dr Amna clarified that authorities will also continue to take legal action against those who violate the rules and jeopardise the safety of others.


(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
Turkish Airlines has launched a program to hold weekly“medical
tours” from the U.S. that will cost $5,000, Trend reports citing Hurriyet
Türkiye is bidding to become a major destination in global
medical tourism. The local medical tourism industry generated more
than $1 billion in revenues in 2021.
As part of efforts to lure U.S citizens into the country, deals
have already been signed with a number of private hospitals in
American visitors, who arrive in the city, have their medical
tests at the hospitals there and then they will be offered
treatment if necessary.
“Health service costs are very high in the U.S. It also takes
time to have tests and people have to wait for months for tests. We
can offer quick solutions with the weekly tours,” said Ahmet Bolat,
chairman of Turkish Airlines' board and executive committee, noting
that tours will last one week and cost $5,000.
Patients from the U.S. prefer Türkiye because treatment expenses
are around 35 to 60 percent cheaper in Türkiye than in their
country, the Health Tourism Department of the Health Services
General Directorate said in a recent report.
Last month the flag carrier signed an agreement with the
Services Exporters' Association (HİB) to help the local medical
tourism sector meet its export service revenue target of $5 billion
Under the agreement signed on Aug. 18, the flag carrier will
cooperate with more than 700 member companies of the HİB operating
in the health care services industry.
In the first quarter of 2022, nearly 290,000 people arrived in
Türkiye to receive health services, and revenues from medical
tourism amounted to $332 million in the January-March period,
according to data from the International Health Services Inc.
The number of medical tourists visiting the country rose to more
than 302,000 people, with revenues from medical tourism increasing
to $436 million in the second quarter of this year.
The most preferred clinical branches by international patients
are gynecology, internal diseases, ophthalmology, medical
biochemistry, general surgery, dentistry, orthopedics and
traumatology, infectious diseases and otorhinolaryngology,
according to USHAŞ.
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ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs has said that the US is told that Pakistan could not cross the limit in war on terror. Talking to a private TV channel here on Sunday, he said that Pakistan told the US that Islamabad had its own limits in war on terror and it could not cross as it had concerns over the drone attacks; however, he said that there was some positive aspect of war on terror which were in the interest of the country.
He said that no foreign activity against the terrorist on Pakistani land would be accepted saying that the US had accepted the political solution of the issue along with military solution.
To a question regarding CCPO Lahore Pervaiz Rathor’s statement on Indian involvement in Liberty Chowk and Manawan attacks, he said that it was inappropriate statement and he should have consulted the higher authorities before issuing the statement as he did not know that how his statement would impact badly.
He said that President Asif Ali Zardari wanted peace in Swat and he would follow instruction of the parliament over the issue. The Foreign Minster said that the talks were being held with Friends of Democratic Pakistan to support of affectees of the war on terror.-SANA


PM will strongly present Kashmir case in UNGA: Dr Firdous
Dr Firdous said the premier will remind the UN its promises made to Kashmiris.
ISLAMABAD (Web Desk) – Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan on Friday said that Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan will strongly present the case of Kashmiris in the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).
In a series of tweets, the special assistant said Imran Khan as ambassador of the oppressed people will become Kashmiris voice at the world’s largest House.
She said the premier will remind the UN its promises made to Kashmiris.
Dr Firdous further urged the world to support the oppressed Kashmiris, adding that in the last seven decades, the most powerful voice in favor of Kashmiris is that of Prime Minister Imran Khan, which is being heard in close quarters today.
She said that the PM has apprised the world leaders and heads of human rights organization about grave human rights violations in occupied Jammu and Kashmir and threats to regional peace.


Abuja – The federal government has revealed its intention to launch the Skill Up project for internally displaced people in the country’s resettlement camps.
The Honorable Federal Commissioner, National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Displaced Persons, Ms. Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim dropped this allusion to the Kuchin Goro IDP camp in Abuja during the party to celebrate the New Year with the displaced children.
She said the project, which will be launched in the coming weeks, will build the skills of internally displaced people to ensure that they can also contribute to nation-building.
Sulaiman-Ibrahim said the commission will continue to prioritize the welfare of people of concern and work closely together to resolve critical issues.
She also said that the commission plans to strengthen the educational instrument in the existing IDP camps by launching a library project to improve the learning ability of children of displaced citizens.
“Children are our leaders and we come from all angles. We work with the whole of society and have partners and volunteer people working with us to make sure that we are going to do more for resettled citizens, ”she said.
The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq was represented on the occasion by the Director of Humanitarian Affairs Alhaji Ali Grema.
Grema, who spoke to reporters, expressed concern that many children in IDP camps were not attending school. He said the minister has already launched the alternative school program, which embraces all children in Nigeria.
He said the displaced people were budgeted for 2022 with plans for children to attend school while the vast majority of the displaced would return to their ancestral communities, particularly in Bornu state.


Houston Police responded to reports that two men were shot as they played dice in a southeast side neighborhood Saturday evening.
Police and EMS were called to Rosalie at Scott Street around 6:30 p.m.
The men were said to be in stable condition and were expected to survive as they were taken to the hospital.
The shooter is still on the run, according to police at the scene. No further information has been released.


Tista' taqra bil- Malti.
Labour Party’s European Member of Parliament, Alfred Sant stated that it is hard to understand the position and the language used by the Medical Association of Malta, MAM, in its response to the coronavirus developments.
On Facebook, the PL MEP questioned if MAM’s reaction was to humiliate the government and if this was the sole reason it was stupid to act in such a manner. Alfred Sant said that there are other honest ways and means to tackle the situation by health professionals.
He also said that both the government and health authorities have committed certain fouls that could have been avoided.
In his post Sant also criticised the Labour government and said that it hard for one to understand how the government gave the go ahead for massive parties to be organised in Malta when other European countries refused for obvious health reasons in connection to COVID-19.
Alfred Sant said that there needs to be a balance between safeguarding the economy and the health of the public.


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Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton beat Red Bull's Max Verstappen in a truly chaotic Formula 1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix which was restarted twice and in which the two title rivals collided with each other once again in the 2021 season, Trend reports citing Xinhua .
In one of the most dramatic races in living memory, Hamilton and Verstappen went wheel to wheel on several occasions at the Jeddah Corniche street circuit, with the Briton crashing into the back of the Dutchman at one point after a misunderstanding over yielding a position.
The two drivers are now level on points in the drivers' championship, setting the stage for a winner-takes-all season finale in Abu Dhabi next weekend.
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Municipal Administration Minister K T Rama Rao today informed the Assembly that the state government had built 22 flyovers and underpasses in the capital by spending Rs. 2,000 crore.
Replying to a question raised by the members in the house during the question hour, Rao said that the government had inaugurated 24 link roads as well in the city.
He said that the government had taken loans of Rs. 5,900 crore to build roads and flyovers in the city, and asked the members to consider the loans as investments for the future, as the infrastructure would help the state develop much more, and accelerate economic growth.
He said that the road infrastructure would also bring in revenues for the state government.
Commenting on the second phase of the SRDP works, he said that the government had completed the preparation of the plans for their implementation.
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Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan — the key government ally — Saturday called for early general elections in the country.MQM-P convener Dr Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui said that early elections should be held in the country.
He said that country was passing through a difficult phase and the scourge of high inflation has swallowed the prosperity of Pakistan.
“We supported the government for the sake of democracy,” he said and hinted MQM-P can part ways with PTI-led federal government if democracy can run without allies.
Earlier, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Shahbaz had said fresh elections should be held in the country immediately.
The PML-N President while talking to media along with Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief and Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) head Maulana Fazlur Rehman had demanded the federal government to hold immediate elections in the country.“
Only transparent and immediate elections can put the country on track,” Shehbaz Sharif added.
Launching a tirade against the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government, the JUI-F chief had said that “present government has ruined all state institutions”, adding that immediate elections should be held in the country to put the country on track.


(MENAFN) Airbus announced it had signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Iranian carrier Zagros Airlines to purchase 28 Airbus planes comprising 20 A320neo jets and eight A330neo aircrafts.
After the lifting of international sanctions against Iran, it had increased orders of planes.
The European plane maker said that the MOU signed with Zagros Airlines was reliant upon all necessary approvals.
However, the deal was signed at the Paris Airshow.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An outbreak of coronavirus in the United States and India has led to at least 19 deaths, and more than a million infections, according to new data.
India’s health ministry said on Thursday that the number of deaths rose to 8,700, while the United Kingdom said its figure had risen to 12,200.
In the United State, there have been 9,900 infections, the health department said.
That includes a 6,500 case death in New York City.
The United States recorded at least 5,500 new cases on Tuesday, bringing the total to 13,700.
There has been a steady rise in infections in the past two weeks, said Dr. Richard Cohen, the director of the Johns Hopkins University Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics and Prevention.
Cohen noted that most of the cases are in New England, but other states such as Florida and Texas are also seeing an uptick.
He said more than 6,000 Americans have been diagnosed with coronaviruses, a number that has declined by about 1,000 in the last two weeks.
Coordin said the latest increase in infections could signal that some of the people with coronavexploids will develop other types of the virus.
The U.S. has a relatively high rate of new coronaviral infections, about half that of Europe, with a slightly higher rate of deaths.
The new cases could be a sign that the United Nations’ global coronaviromission effort is struggling to keep up with the increase in deaths, said Daniel Kucharski, a virologist at New York University who has studied coronavire.
Cohens office said a person who has had a case of coronavextploids must stay hospitalized for four to six weeks.
The U.N. said more cases could result in an increase in global deaths.
The coronavivirus pandemic has killed an estimated 5.6 million people worldwide and caused more than $1 trillion in economic damage.
It has spread rapidly in the Americas, Europe, Australia, Asia and Africa.


Weeks of heavy rain have caused unrelenting floods, affecting more than 700,000 people across the country, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) representative, Arafat Jamal has said.
UNHCR and humanitarian partners are helping the South Sudanese authorities deliver much needed support to the most affected people, including hygiene items, food, emergency shelter and solar lanterns to provide light.
The floods have primarily affected four states. “In some areas, communities have not seen flooding to this extent since 1962,” said Jamal, who is also the interim UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in the country. Meanwhile, other areas have seen three years of consecutive flooding. Jamal said that climatic stresses can also provoke inter-communal conflict.
Flooding and drought sometimes occur within the same year, forcing communities to seek and share refuge in ever-shrinking patches of higher ground, while also trying to make up for lost income. Jamal said that “dialogue between host and displaced communities who share resources, will continue to be essential”.
With rains in South Sudan expected to continue for the remainder of 2021, Jamal said the number of people needing humanitarian aid is also expected to increase.


Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said that the Afghan Taliban is mediating peace negotiations between them and Tahrik-e-Taliban Pakistan.
Imran Khan in his recent interview with TRT confirmed that some groups in the Pakistani Taliban are willing to talks with Islamabad and added that the Pakistani government is ready to recon ciliate with the groups.
The Pakistani Premier has said since the talks between them and TTP are taking place in Afghanistan, thus the Afghan Taliban is mediating.
On the other hand, a TTP leader in Waziristan Gul Bahadar has said that they are willing to a ceasefire for three weeks.
In the interview, Imran Khan said that he is willing to release the detained leaders of TTP in case they agree on a ceasefire.
Imran Khan has emphasized on negotiations and has said that he was the anti-military solution and believed political dialogue was the way ahead.
The Pakistani Taliban has increased their attacks on the Pakistani security forces and the Chinese nationals who are working on the CPEC project.


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Tana River,KENYA: Tana River county government will spend two billion shillings to resettle persons displaced by floods in the county through a Cheap Housing Program.
Speaking to press on Friday, county governor Rtd. Major Dhadho Gaddae Godhana said his government came up with the program to help the affected to have permanent and safe villages.
According to the county boss, the government already identified four safer places in every sub-county where the housing is set to be done.
Flooding season affected residents in most parts of Tana North sub- County and Tana Delta Sub- County.
“We identified four points where the government is planning to build houses for the floods displaced people in the entire three Sub-counties,” the governor said.
“My government has introduced a program called Cheap housing program where we will build the houses in villages and those villages we shall also build ECDE centers, ablution block, dispensaries and water collection points. The houses will be just normal; a house with iron sheets and a floor,” the county boss continued.
Mr. Godhana was addressing the media in a function to celebrate one year since he took office where he said that since he came into power tribal conflicts have reduced in the county.
Despite the peaceful year, the governor stressed that cholera has been among the challenges that dragged the county government back which was against its will to development.
He mentioned the floods to be a gift to residents and also a disaster, saying many families have been in camps for long compelling the government to come with the program make them secure.
The governor said county special team had a sitting on how the IDPs would return to their normalcy, and that when the program idea was proposed.
As the program to secure the families is expected to be implemented, the county government is shaping its urbanization agenda to have a well-organized housing system.
The urbanization plans will lead to reshaping of the villages to IDPs who are still living in camps into a well – planned housing system.


(MENAFN- Trend News Agency ) India will on Friday engage in the 21st meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), which is being held in a hybrid format at the Tajikistan capital of Dushanbe.
While Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lead the Indian delegation and join the summit of heads of state virtually, minister of external affairs S Jaishankar—who is already present in the Tajik capital—will represent India at the summit. This is the fourth such summit where India will be participating as a full-fledged member of the SCO, and it assumes a special significance in light of the rapidly evolving situation in the war-torn land of Afghanistan following the Taliban takeover.
Ahead of the SCO summit in Dushanbe, foreign minister Jaishankar met his counterparts from Iran, Armenia, and Uzbekistan on Friday and exchanged views on the ways to boost bilateral ties and the recent developments in Afghanistan. Tweeting from his official handle after the meetings, Jaishankar indicated that the leaders“positively reviewed” the strengthening of bilateral cooperation, as well as discussed the Afghanistan situation and challenges of combating terrorism and fundamentalism.
Now, Modi will participate virtually in the key SCO summit on Friday and take forward the talks on the recent developments in Afghanistan as well as the overall regional security scenario. Jaishankar will on the same day represent India at a meeting on Afghanistan with the heads of state of SCO and the Russia-led Collective Security Treaty Organisation (SCTO).
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PM Sucuoğlu says it’s important to end political uncertainty
Prime Minister Faiz Sucuoğlu has highlighted the importance of ending political uncertainty and achieving continuity through the January 23 elections.
He said failure to do so will result in the continuation of the downward slide in the country.
Speaking on BRT on Friday morning, Sucuoğlu said that this issue was the focal point of his recent visit to Ankara.
The prime minister added that his meetings had also focused on the new 2022 cooperation protocol being drafted which will be finalised after the elections at the end of the month.
Reminding that the government had taken a decision to raise the salaries in the public sector by 37.2 per cent to reflect the rise in the cost of living, Sucuoğlu said that they also supported the increase in the minimum wage.
“We will also complete work on the contributions to be made to employers as soon as possible so as to minimize the impact the increase of the minimum wage will have on their payments,” he said.
“We chose to keep the names of these companies a secret for ethical reasons,” he added.


In a hard hitting press briefing yesterday, President Dervis Eroglu said that the government should stop focusing on non- important matters and instead concentrate on issues that are troubling the citizens of the TRNC.
He said that the two sides in the Nicosia Council dispute were further away than ever from agreement and that the government needed to resolve this dispute. Mr Eroglu said that he had information that the Nicosia council workers union BES had contacted the Greek Cypriot administration, to ask for help. He felt that this was the wrong tactic and that the dispute should be settled internally.
The President said that he had offered his personal services to help but that this had not yet been taken up


Lahore: Sardar Usman Buzdar, Chief Minister of Punjab Province, stated that Punjab Province has achieved its 2020-21 taxation target for the previous fiscal year.
He stated in a statement that the income of the Punjab Taxation Bureau increased by 24.7% and the consumption tax increased by more than 18%.
The Chief Minister stated that Punjab is the only province with tax revenue exceeding the established target.
The Chief Minister said that the government has provided special incentives to businessmen to limit the economic impact of COVID-19.
He said that the PTI government has inherited the hard-hit economy in 2018 and is working day and night to stabilize the economy.


LAHORE: Pakistan Industrial and Traders Associations Front (PIAF) has welcomed Prime Minister’s decision to increase supply of gas and electricity to the industry and expressed the optimism that it would give boost to economic activities in the country.
In a statement issued, PIAF Chairman Malik Tahir Javaid said that the energy crisis in the past had ruined the industrial sector that was now fast gaining ground only because of business friendly policies of the present government. He said that private sector wanted to play its role for economic revival of the country in larger interests of its people.
He said that the private sector was happy that the present government was strengthening its liaison with the business community instead of depending upon the bureaucracy. He said that the Prime Minister had already won many hearts by announcing to constitute Business and Agriculture Advisory committees.
The PIAF Chairman, however, urged the government to encourage alternate resources of power generation to bridge the shortage of electricity that would again hit the manufacturing sector as soon as the consumption goes up in summer season.
Malik Tahir Javid said that the government should pave the way for generation of cheaper electricity by developing consensus on Kalabagh dam that could ensure cheaper power to the industrial sector.
He said that Kalabagh Dam could add up 15 billion units annually to the national grid besides giving boost to agriculture production but it was very unfortunate that this mega project of national importance could not be materialized.
He said that the Prime Minister Mian Nawaz Sharidf should convene a meeting of all the provinces where the energy and water experts should be asked to clear misgivings of those who are coming in the way of Kalabagh Dam.
Malik Tahir Javaid said that the neighbouring India was fast building dams to ensure cheaper electricity to its industry and agriculture sectors but the pace of work in Pakistan in yester years was alarmingly slow that caused undue damage to entire economy.
Meanwhile, the PIAF Chairman said that the business community was of strong hope that the economic situation would take a positive turn because of the GSP plus status granted by the European Union.
He said that if the industrial sector gets required gas and electricity, not only the graph of unemployment would come down while the new investment would also come into Pakistan


At least 45 insurgents were killed in clashes with security forces in northern Balkh province on Wednesday, local officials said.
In addition, dozens of insurgents were injured.
Gen. Abdul Razaq Qaderi, a police official in Balkh, said that clashes took place in Chamtal district of the province in which Mawalwi Gulabuddin, Taliban’s shadow district governor, was also injured.
Qaderi said that clashes have been ongoing for more than five hours. In addition, a policeman was also killed in the clash.
However, officials said that the insurgents were being driven back from the area.


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Odisha has become the first Indian state to extend the ongoing lockdown. In a statement on Thursday, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said that his government has decided to extend the lockdown period in Odisha till April 30.
The Odisha government today announced it has extended the lockdown over the COVID-19 pandemic till April 30, becoming the first state to do so as the number of patients infected by the novel coronavirus continue to rise across the country.
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has asked the centre not to start train and air services till April 30. “Odisha cabinet decides for extension and also recommends to union government to do the same,” the state government said in a statement.


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Baku, Azerbaijan, Jan. 29
By Anvar Mammadov - Trend:
The Association for Azerbaijan-Arab Countries Cooperation (AACC) has signed an agreement on cooperation with Qatar's Daru `l-Arab media group.
The agreement was signed by Chairman of AACC Elshan Rahimov and Jaber Salim Al-Harami, executive director of the media group.
In accordance with the agreement, Daru `l-Arab will be covering activities of the AACC in the Arab press. The media group also undertakes the commitment to publish information on the development of tourism, industry and trade in Azerbaijan in order to attract Arab businessmen to the country.
In particular, attention will be paid to the publication of articles on the tourism potential of Azerbaijan with the aim of attracting Arab tourists to the country.
Speaking at the event, Rahimov noted that the agreement will make it possible to significantly expand the activities of the AACC.
The agreement will make it possible to ensure a dialogue among potential business partners, improve awareness of investment prospects, prepare various business projects and in general, strengthen relations between Azerbaijan and the Arab countries, Rahimov said.
The AACC has been operating since 2017.
Azerbaijan's trade turnover with Arab countries amounted to $324.53 million in 2017, and $259.72 million of this amount accounted for the export of Azerbaijani goods, according to the State Customs Committee of Azerbaijan. In particular, Azerbaijan's trade turnover with Qatar amounted to $4.75 million in 2017.
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