Finance Minister Miftah Ismail addressed the nation on Thursday, assuring them that his team has saved Pakistan from bankruptcy by raising the prices of petroleum products.
He explained that by doing so, they have reached an understanding with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) over the budget’s measures.
He went on to say that the Chinese loan and ongoing talks with the IMF are crucial in ensuring Pakistan’s financial stability.
The minister said that he will give the winding-up speech for the general discussion on the federal budget for the fiscal year 2023 in the National Assembly and then they will close the budget.
“We have taken a historic step by neither increasing indirect taxes nor imposing taxes on commodities or consumption,” he added.
Finance Minister Asad Umar said that the PTI government had done a great disservice to the people by imposing heavy taxes on consumption, which have had a negative impact on the lives of the poor.
The previous government incurred four highest-ever budget deficits, he said, adding that Pakistan’s debt since the country’s inception had increased by 80% during the PTI tenure. He said that Imran Khan brought the country to the brink of bankruptcy.
He maintained that they only imposed taxes on the rich. “I have imposed taxes even on the companies of the prime minister’s son,” he added.
The finance minister, Mr. Ismail, said that the coalition government has imposed taxes on the rich.
He added that another 1% supertax would be imposed on people earning more than Rs150 million, 2% on income of more than Rs200 million, 3% on people earning more than Rs250 million and 4% on income of more than Rs300 million for a year.
The finance minister thanked China for re-rolling its safe deposits in Pakistan which were due in June and July.


Greece heads to the polls – and the political fringes
Today's national elections in Greece could see the end to a two-party monopoly over politics as discontent over the economic crisis generates interest in smaller parties.
Greeks are casting their votes today in national elections that could end a 40-year era of political stability as economic hardships drive voters toward fringe parties.
For more than four decades, two major political forces – the socialist party PASOK and the liberal New Democracy (ND) party – have been ruling the country, collecting more than 70 percent of the elector’s vote. This time, experts are saying that it’s possible that the two parties gather less than 45 percent of the votes.
“Historically, it’s the first time that the pillar of the political system, the bipartisanship, has been [shaken],” says Takis Kafetzis, professor of Political Science at the University of Peloponnese.
The continuous austerity measures and the sense that the political system of patronage has created a dysfunctional, corrupt state have led voters to look for something new.
"I wouldn't vote for the two parties that are primarily responsible for the Greek bankruptcy," says Aris Molfetas, a lawyer. "Their toxic governance cannot inflict change, since they have been addicted to ruling Greece through corporatocracy, bureaucracy, and corruption. They both belong in the past."
Polls show that for the first time, eight to nine parties will collect more than 3 percent of the votes, which is the threshold to enter the Parliament, but none of them will collect enough votes to form a government.
As the polls last released for the public two week ago showed, ND is expected to get 19 percent of the votes and PASOK 14.5 percent. But according to electoral law, the first party receives a 50 seats bonus in the Parliament, which might give the two parties together a marginal majority to form a government.


16th March, 2017
An outbreak of Cerebro Spinal Meningitis( CSM) has claimed five lives in Gada and Wauru towns of Gada Local Government area of Sokoto State.
The state Commissioner of Health, Dr Balarabe Kakale, in Sokoto on Thursday, said that the five died at the Gada General Hospital and Wauru Primary Health Centre.
He said:”Three of the deaths were recorded at the Gada General hospital, while two were recorded at the Wauru PHC.”
Kakale said that the state government had taken cerebrospinal fluid samples from the victims which were analysed at the medical laboratory in Sokoto and confirmed to be meningitis.
He said that the death was not due to “any strange or mysterious disease as widely speculated in some quarters.”
The commissioner said:” Other cases of high fever and cerebral fever were identified, but, the situation had been brought under total control.
“The situation had however subsided as only two persons were currently on admission at the Gada General Hospital and they were responding to treatment.
“The state government had since deployed a high-powered medical team, including an epidemiologist who conducts case definition, identification and contacts tracing.”
Similarly, Kakale stated that the state government had mobilised adequate drugs and medicament to the local government for the free treatment of the patients.
He said further that the state government has embarked on massive sensitization campaigns of the communities in the area.
According to him, the gesture is to end traditional beliefs making people to delay reporting the outbreak of such diseases to nearest health facilities.
“We are also sensitising them on the need to ensure that they allow their children to be immunised against polio and other child killer diseases like tetanus, whooping cough, diphtheria and pertussis, among others.
“They are also being sensitised on the need to ensure personal and environmental hygiene, as well as avoid sleeping in congested rooms.”
In a related development, the Director of Primary Healthcare in Gada Local Government, Hajiya Faiza Manu, said the local had dispatched medical teams and drugs to the affected areas.
“We have also set up five health zones in Kaffe, Gada, Dukamaje, Wauru and Kaddi, where the patients were being treated and given drugs free.
“We thank the state government for swiftly swinging into action and by the grace of God, the situation has been brought under control now.”


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Erdogan, Qatari Emir Discuss Bilateral Ties In Istanbul
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday received the
Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani in Istanbul's Vahdettin
Pavilion to discuss bilateral ties and regional issues, Trend reports citing
Emir's visit to Turkey will bring continuous coordination and
great rapprochement on bilateral relations and important issues,
Qatar's ambassador to Ankara said Thursday.
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Bahrain deplores Algeria blast
(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) MANAMA, Aug 31 (KUNA) -- Bahrain Thursday condemned the explosion that targeted a police station in Tiaret, Algeria, and left two policemen dead.
The Bahraini Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement that Bahrain stands by Algeria in fighting all forms of terrorism, violence and extremism and supports all measures it is taking to protect its citizens and maintain national security.
The ministry called for stepping up regional and global efforts to eradicate the serious phenomenon of terrorism that targets world security and stability.
It also voiced Bahrain's heartfelt condolences to the Algerian government and people as well as the families of the victims. (end) hmd.mt
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(MENAFN- Arab Times) Kuwait shooting team won on Monday three gold and two silver medals, in the second day of Arab Shooting championship, in addition to five medals in the first day of competitions.
Eman Al-Shamma won the Skeet women championship earlier today, bringing the total number of points to 51 in single women category. Meanwhile, her teammate Afrah Mohammad won the silver with 50 points, while Bahraini Maryam Hassani won the bronze with 37 points. Kuwaiti individual Men team saw Abdulaziz Al-Assad winning gold medal in Skeet, ahead of Qatari Hamad Rashed, and UAE's Saif Al-Mansour.
Kuwait's men team won five medals, in total 10 medals in the championship, among them four gold, three silver, and three bronze. Head of the Kuwaiti delegation, Adnan Al-Ibrahim expressed to KUNA his content for the results so far, expressing his gratitude for the support the players received from Kuwaiti political leadership, namely His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.
Earlier, Al-Shamma told KUNA following the event she was proud to have won the Skeet championship, and wished to achieve similar results in upcoming competitions. (KUNA)
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Tehran, Aug 30, IRNA – President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday that the the government will vindicate the nationˈs rights by intensive diplomatic campaign against the arbitrary sanctions.
In the meantime, the press conference reflects performance of the Government of Hope and Prudence.
President Rouhani said, ˈIn case of honesty, we can reach agreement in the remaining opportunity and the tyrannical sanctions must be lifted.ˈ
He said that the path is a little a bit complicated.
ˈWe hope that we will reach agreement in the continuation of the path and the tyrannical sanctions must be lifted.ˈ
On the economic policy of the government, President Rouhani said that government managed to curb inflation in the past one year and abide by its promise to bring the spiralling inflation to 25 percent.
He said that inflation rate will be 23.2 percent and less than 20 percent by end of the year.
He added that of course, government plans to ensure one-digit inflation in 1395 (2016-2017). ˈOur imagination is that God willing, we will meet the target and if the job is done that will be for the first ever in 40 years to have one-digit inflation.ˈ
He noted that the next point is recession, which is the most important economic issue.
ˈEfforts have been made to minimize negative growth in 1392 (2013-14) and in 1391 (2012-13) economic growth rate was minus 6.7 and in 1392 (2013-14) being minus 1.1 percent. We tried lower the negative growth to some extent.ˈ
He said that the statistics of the Central Bank of Iran which is a little a bit different with that by the Statistics Center and the minor differences have always been in place between the two statistics centers.ˈ
President Rouhani said, ˈWe will continue lowering inflation in the coming years.ˈ
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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that the PTI-led government would hold the previous rulers accountable for what he said their loot and plunders at any cost.
The government will not back down from holding them accountable for their corruption, Imran said while addressing a ceremony to unveil 100-day performance of Punjab government.
He said the country’s anti-graft body was insulated from the government. “We will let them [opposition] do anything they want, but we will never allow the accountability process be derailed,” he said. “The prospects of our future generations is at stake here,” the country’s premier added.
The former rulers ruined the economy of the country through corruption, he observed.
He said that the NAB cases against the opposition parties’ leader were instituted during the tenure of the previous government and PTI government has no role in it.
He vowed that the PTI government will work for the betterment and development of Punjab by ensuring the people are given their due rights and by utilising all available resources to uplift the living standard of the masses.
“Major reforms will be brought in various sectors to extend relief to the general public,” he said, mentioning that civil code procedure will be reformed in order to reduce the time involved in the disposition of cases. Khan said the courts will decide the cases within a year’s time after the introduction of these reforms.
“In the past, half of the provincial budget was spent on the development of Lahore city alone. Even funds for the labour community were diverted to Lahore,” the premier said as he promised to abolish that practice.
He underlined the need for agricultural reforms saying the sector is the backbone of the country’s economy.
The Prime Minister said that Punjab needed police reforms the most to depoliticise the department and make it a modern law enforcement force.
Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar along with several provincial and federal ministers attended the ceremony.
At the start of the event, Punjab Finance Minister Hashim Jawan Bakht gave a presentation about the achievements of the provincial government during the first 100 days.


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It’s going to become what boxing is. It’s going to become that. It’s star driven…And when it’s star driven like that, guys like Conor who are legitimate stars, they have the leverage. And they’re going to manipulate that leverage. They’re going to utilise that leverage and we’re going to see what happens.


(MENAFN- Morocco World News) At least 28 civilians have been killed in shelling fired by Syrian rebels over the last 24 hours in south-western districts of the country's besieged capital Aleppo, head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights Rami Abdel Rahman said on Monday.
Six children and eight women were among those killed in two of the capital's government-controlled neighbourhoods, the source added. Syrian state news agency, SANA, said 20 civilians had been killed and dozens wounded since Sunday in shelling, rocket fire and sniper attacks in government-held neighbourhoods. It said nine people, including three children, were killed on Monday and 11 people died in attacks on Sunday. The development came a day after Syrian rebels launched the offensive to break up the government's siege of the eastern, rebel-held part of the city. Aleppo city has been divided between government control in the west and rebel control in the east since 2012. The UN estimates some 300,000 people are still trapped in the rebel section of Aleppo, with dwindling food and medical supplies With MAP data-ad-client="ca-pub-9546318280945074" data-ad-slot="9241175969">
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China Evergrande has committed “two cardinal sins” which have led to the debt crisis it’s now facing — and investors are “definitely sweating,” according to one portfolio manager.
The first “sin” is that the cash-strapped property giant has borrowed too much money, says Matthews Asia’s head of fixed income, Teresa Kong. Evergrande, the world’s most indebted property developer, has over $300 billion in liabilities.
The second is that the firm has “questionable corporate governance.”
“So when you have the two together, it’s like having a really dry forest and the tinder to really ignite,” said Kong, who is also a portfolio manager.
Problems at Evergrande have escalated in recent weeks.


(MENAFN- Trend News Agency ) The UAE has added 38 individuals and 15 entities to its terror designation list, according to state-run WAM news agency, Trend reports citing Al Arabiya .
The decision, WAM stated, comes within the framework of the UAE's efforts to target and disrupt networks associated with the financing of terrorism and its associated activities.
The UAE labeled four Emiratis, two Lebanese, eight Yemenis, five Syrians, five Iranians, six Nigerians, two Iraqis, one each from India, Afghanistan, Britain, Saint Kitts-Navis, Russia, and Jordan.
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Ready to conduct elections: Sajjala Ramakrishna Reddy
AMARAVATI: Andhra Pradesh government advisor Sajjala Ramakrishna Reddy said that they are welcoming the verdict passed by the Supreme Court and ready to conduct the elections. Addressing the media, Sajjala Ramakrishna Reddy said that the government is ready to conduct Panchayat elections and said that till now we opposed the elections after considering the peoples' health.
He said that they will approach the Centre over coronavirus vaccination drive and it is not possible to conduct the elections and vaccinations at the same time. He added that there are some hidden forces behind the SEC. Sajjala said that there is a chance of increasing Corona cases due to the elections and added that the elections will be conducted as per SEC


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Hungary’s Constitutional Court has rejected claims that the rights enjoyed by immunity certificate holders, but withheld from those without one, are unconstitutional, a decision published on the court’s website said on Tuesday.
The court received some 1,000 individual complaints in the matter since the pass was first issued. The claims argued that the immunity certificates, issued to those who have been vaccinated against or have recovered from Covid-19, ensured rights to their owners in a way that discriminated against those who could not receive the vaccine due to underlying health conditions. The court said that certain fundamental rights could be suspended during a state of emergency. Parliament reviews the state of emergency regularly to ensure those rights are not curbed longer than necessary, the ruling said.


Eighty-one militiamen have been killed by the Democratic Republic of Congo Army since the beginning of October, according to UN radio on Thursday.
It said that 63 were captured and 26 weapons have been recovered during operations launched against the coalition of CODECO and FPIC militias around Lipri, Ngongo, Petsi and Ritsi -- about 20 kilometers (12 miles) north of Bunia.
Army spokesman Lieut. Jules Ngongo said the army is pursuing the militiamen who are on the run.
“The fighting is also taking place in the villages of Bambu and Kilo, more than 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Bunia,” said Ngongo. “More than five villages that were occupied by these militiamen are now under the control of the national army which continues to hunt down these armed groups.”
He said the militiamen have taken refuge Nyangaray, 26 kilometers (16 miles) from their defeat.
UN radio said local area chief Claude Mateso hailed the army for a job well done.
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Mrs. Ezinne Otuka, the State Programme Coordinator (SPC), Abia State FADAMA III, says the state has attained self-sufficiency in rice production.
Otuka who spoke on Thursday in Umuahia, attributed the success story to the agricultural reform programmes of the Abia Government.
He said that the programmes encouraged the FADAMA User Groups (FUGs) and others in the state to go into commercial agriculture.
She said that there were over 34 clusters of rice fields across the state, supported by the programme as well as 188 registered FADAMA Community Associations (FCAs).
“In Abia, we have 188 FCAs and 2, 084 FUGs trained and fully funded by the programme. The Abia Federated FCAs which cuts across commodity and institutional lines have been duly registered,” she said.
She said that the governor recently opened up an additional 103 hectares of rice field to be cultivated in 2020, bringing the total hectares of rice field in the state under FADAMA programme to 1, 360 hectares.
Otuka said that the state government recently inaugurated a rice mill to serve as off-taker for rice production in Acha community, Isiukwuato Local Government Area of the state.
She said that the rice mill had the capacity to produce 24 tonnes of rice per day, adding that agricultural activities in the state under the programme had been very rewarding.
“Our farmers now produce the rice we use in the state and even sell to neighbouring states,” she said.
The SPC said that FADAMA programme had helped to boost food security and sufficiency in the state, adding that the Abia FADAMA Office had received commendations from the national office.
“We can conveniently say that Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu, has shown uncommon passion and zeal to ensure that the state achieves food security,” Otuka said.


Chamber to Honor Top Businesses, Supporters
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Cheyenne County businesses and community supporters will be in the limelight Friday, when the Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce hosts its annual awards banquet.
From the most influential new business to the citizen of the year, the Chamber will recognize those who have impacted the Cheyenne County community.
“This is an opportunity to honor everything that we as a county have accomplished,” said Chamber President Hope Feeney. “And, it give us the opportunity to highlight businesses and other community members have done to improve the community.”
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(MENAFN- Trend News Agency ) BAKU, Azerbaijan, Sept.21
The head of Azerbaijan's Mine Action Agency Vugar Suleymanov met with the French Ambassador Zacharie Gross, Trend reports citing the agency.
The meeting parties exchanged views on humanitarian demining operations carried out by the agency in Azerbaijani territories liberated from Armenian occupation [in the 2020 second Karabakh war].
Besides, the issues of financial support by France for demining activities in Azerbaijan and those issues which require support in this area were discussed.
In the near future, a document is envisaged to be signed between the parties covering areas such as support for demining operations, assistance to persons who suffered from mines, and implementation of projects to raise awareness of dangers from explosives.
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People arrested for multiple voting to face charges of breaching Electoral Act
Police said that more than 20 people have now been arrested for attempting to vote more than once.
PRETORIA - Police said that more than 20 people have now been arrested for attempting to vote more than once.
General Fanie Masemola said that they would face charges of breaching the Electoral Act.
Since the vote on Wednesday, police said that questions have been raised about those arrested in connection with attempted voter fraud.
The number has risen to 22.
Masemola: "There are those on social media still claiming to have voted more than once. We're still looking for them We've appealed to the public to assist us in identifying them."
IEC commissioner said that while it was theoretically possible to have voted twice, there was no evidence to suggest that people did so.
"Although attempts have been made, those places that have been concluded, the finding has been that there has not yet been any evidence of successful multiple voting."
Police said that the investigations were still ongoing.


Kuwait- Saud CP, Kerry meet on Mideast issues
(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) JEDDAH, Aug 24 (KUNA) -- Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Naif bin Abdulaziz Al Saud received US Secretary of State John Kerry late Wednesday to discuss the latest developments of the situations in the Middle East region.
The talks also dealt with the bilateral issues and other international issues of common concern, according to the Saudi Press Agency (SPA).
The meeting gathered Saudi Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz - the Second Deputy Premier and Minister of Defense, and other senior officials from both countries.
Kerry arrived at King Abdulaziz International Airport earlier today for talks with Saudi leaders and foreign ministers of the GCC member states on the challenges facing the region, including the need to end the conflict in Yemen. (pickup previous) nh.gb
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Intense clashes erupted between forces and students of Higher Secondary School Shopian on Thursday.
Locals said that Police resorted to tear gas shelling on the students who pelted stones on them.
They said that students came out and started raising slogans against the militant and civilian killings at Kakapora.
They said that the students tried to enforce a shutdown in the town. In the meantime two police vehicles reached the spot which were also stoned by the agitated students.
The policemen resorted to tear smoke shelling to disperse the students triggering clashes.


Chinese visitors to Morocco jump by 760pct
(MENAFN) Almost 3.8mn tourists visited Morocco between Jan and May this year, a 9 percent jump from the same period of 2016.
Moreover, the number of foreign tourists grew by 12.3 percent, whereas the number of Moroccans living abroad increased by 3.4 percent.
Additionally, Chinese tourists in Morocco grew by 760 percent; evidence the Moroccan tourism industry's broadening global pull.
Meanwhile, Japanese tourists increased by 45 percent compared to the same period of 2016, S. Korea by 42 percent and Brazilians by 35 percent.
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Pakistan will take action against terrorists, facilitators involved in Varsity attack: Qazi Khalilullah
ISLAMABAD (92 News) – Foreign Office Spokesperson Qazi Khalilullah has on Thursday said that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif both Saudi Arabia and Iran have given positive response to Pakistan for its initiative to defuse tensions between the two countries.
Addressing a weekly briefing in Islamabad on Thursday, Qazi Khalilullah while condemning yesterday’s attack on Bacha Khan University in Charsadda the said that Pakistan will take action against terrorists and their facilitators involved in the attack. “The investigation is under way and will be completed shortly,” he said.
The spokesperson said that Pakistan is in touch with both Saudi Arabia and Iran the two countries for the appointment of focal persons to advance process for easing tension, adding that Pakistan welcomes implementation of nuclear deal between Iran and six major world powers.
Replying to question, he said that Pakistan desires peace and stability in Afghanistan and the recent Heart of Asia conference in Islamabad was a big step in that direction, adding that the quadrilateral on Afghanistan will continue and all issues related to the reconciliation process involving the Afghan government and Taliban will be resolved within its framework.


Kuwait Condemns Houthi Militia's Terrorist Attacks on Saudi Arabia and UAE
(MENAFN- Saudi Press Agency) Kuwait, January 24, 2022, SPA -- The State of Kuwait has strongly condemned the cowardly terrorist attacks launched by the Houthi militia with drones and ballistic missiles against civilians and civilian targets in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
In a statement today, the Kuwaiti Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that the Houthi militia's continued targeting of civilians and civilian areas, its insistence on defying the international community, violating the rules of international humanitarian law, and deliberately destabilizing regional security and stability, confirm the seriousness of the behavior of this militia.
The ministry stressed the urgent need for the international community, especially the UN Security Council, to take action to put an end to this aggressive behavior in a way that preserves international peace and security.
It affirmed that the State of Kuwait stands by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the UAE, and supports all the steps they take to preserve their security and stability.
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KARACHI: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Sindh Women Wing President Nusrat Wahid said on Tuesday that large a number of people are joining the party and we will hopefully win the next general elections with a two-thirds majority.
She stated this while speaking to social and political activists during membership campaign of the party in the metropolis.
Wahid said that she was engaged in door to door campaign to convince the people for membership. She expressed her satisfaction over the response of the people in the campaign.
She further said that her party will give a tough time to Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) in the next elections in 2018.
She said that the sympathies of MQM-P for Karachi have been exposed and despite the mayor of the Municipality, the city has become unclean. The huge piles of garbage on the streets and the broken roads all over the city are the signs of PPP’s and MQM-P’s failure, she added.
Nusrat Wahid alleged that the MQM-P will spend the Municipality budget on the election campaign and the PPP has already started ‘Horse Trading’ in the Senate and for the coming elections, she concluded.


Jordan- Trade deficit rises by 9.9pct in 2017
(MENAFN - Jordan News Agency) Amman, Feb. 25 (Petra) -- Jordan's trade deficit increased by 9.9 percent in 2017 driven by a 3.5 percent decline in the total exports' coverage of imports, according to official figures released Sunday.
The data, by the Department of Statistics, indicated that total exports in 2017 amounted to JOD5.3 billion down by 1.1 percent compared with the figure recorded in 2016. National exports edged up 1.8 percent to JOD4.47 billion while re-exports shrank by 13.9 percent to JOD828 million.
The figures revealed that the Kingdom's imports during 2017 inched up by 5.6 percent to a total of JOD14.488 billion.
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Health Protection Agency HPA has reported another 124 new cases of COVID-19 in the country on Friday.
HPA said that out of the 124 new cases, 87 were confirmed from the inhabited islands while 20 were reported from the Greater Male' Area. HPA also said that 17 new cases were reported from operational resorts.
The Agency noted that the new cases have taken the total number of cases reported in the country to 90,464.
HPA also said that 2,084 COVID cases remained as active cases of the pandemic and that the number of COVID patients hospitalized for further treatment has now reached 16.
It said that 88,119 people have recovered from the COVID-19 illness.
The global pandemic has killed 248 individuals in the Maldives, mostly elderly locals with underlying health conditions.
HPA had also said that the total number of cases includes 13 deceased positives whose cause of death is not directly due to COVID-19.


Bahrain: "Persian Gulf" error on school textbooks calls for reprinting
(MENAFN) Bahrain: "Persian Gulf" error on school textbooks calls for reprinting
State news agency BNA confirmed that due to political outlawed action of addressing the water spaced area around the Arab island kingdom as the "Persian Gulf", Bahrain ordered to reprint 17.000 of English school textbooks.
Alongside Bahrain, many Gulf Arab countries were offended by this term, of which often stands for, in English, the gulf which great amounts of oil shipped through.
On the other hand, Iran, the non-Arab known as Persia located on opposite site of the sea lane, is being accused by the Gulf Arab countries of pursuing control over region.
Gulf Arab states are still persistent on the term "Arabian Gulf" when referring to the area.
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One of the two women whose photos was posted by police on social media as “wanted” in a criminal case has been charged with stealing from a jewelry shop.
The second woman, according to police will be their key witness in the case.
This was confirmed by Police Commissioner Auapa’au Logoitino Filipo in response to our questions.
He said the two women visited the police station yesterday and the alleged “stolen ring” was returned and which led to criminal charges against one of the women.
The other woman will testify against the accused who allegedly stole the ring.
The woman who agreed to testify visited Radio Polynesia yesterday and confirmed the comments by Auapa’au, but she lamented against the Police for posting her photo on social media making it seem like she was involved in the theft case when she was a bystander.
The Police Commissioner said they made the post on social media when they were unable to track down the two women after the complaint was lodged by the business, hence the photos, which had since been taken down.


Gujarat, which is seeing a sharp rise in its daily Covid tally, saw the number surpass 700 with 715 new cases taking its total to 2,76,622.
The state also recorded two more deaths — one each in Ahmedabad and Surat — taking its toll to 4,420, according to the Health Department.
With 495 more patients recovering during the day, the tally of discharged cases now stands to 2,68,196, while the state has 4,006 active cases.
Surat registered 183 new cases, the highest in the state.
Meanwhile, 18.38 lakh people have received their first dose of Covid-19 vaccine and 4.61 lakh have received their second dose.


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Yenagoa – Bayelsa has recorded 54 new cases of COVID-19, the Deputy Chairman of the state COVID-19 Task Force, Dr Inodu Akpoku, has disclosed.
Akpoku, in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Yenagoa, described the latest figure as the highest confirmed cases in a day so far.
He said that the new cases had brought the total number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the state to 86.
Akpoku, who is also the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health, said that eight of the confirmed cases were health workers.
He further disclosed that the new confirmed cases were recorded from 76 samples sent to test laboratories located in the South-South zone.
The deputy chairman added that the state had, in the last two weeks, had over 300 pending samples of suspected COVID-19 cases in various laboratories across the South-South zone.
He said that the laboratories were having issues with reagents and supplies, hence the delay in returning the results.
He said: “Yesterday, we received results from 76 samples; 54 returned positive for COVID-19. This brings the total number of confirmed cases to 86 in the state. We are expecting more test results from today as well.
“Eleven of these positive cases are contacts of previously confirmed cases; eight are healthcare professionals.
“All the positive cases are being reached and counselled for evacuation to our isolation facilities.
“Also, all their contacts are being line-listed and adequately followed-up, while necessary environmental decontamination is also being done.
”Samples have and are still being collected from their high-risk contacts, while they have all been counselled on the need for self-isolation.”
Akpoku, who said that risk communication and community engagement were ongoing, added average of 40 samples were being sent daily to the UPTH reference centre and other laboratories across the zone.
He said that the core of the state’s COVID-19 mitigation strategy was to test aggressively, isolate, treat and conduct robust contacts-tracing, adding that it was now apparent that the state was dealing with community transmission.
“We are leaving no stone unturned to ensure that we have our own molecular laboratory in the state, following the donation of a new RT-PCR machine by the Shell joint partners to the state,” he said.


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BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 15. Kazakhstan wants
to sign an agreement on trade and economic cooperation with
Azerbaijan, Trend reports citing KazTag.
'To approve the attached draft agreement between the government
of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the government of the Republic of
Azerbaijan on trade and economic cooperation,' the draft resolution
of the government of Kazakhstan said.
It follows from the draft agreement that 'each of the parties,
on the territory of its state and in accordance with the
legislation of its state, creates favorable conditions for
cooperating economic entities and refrains from actions that could
harm the interests of the other side.' In addition, the parties
'contribute to the establishment of direct contacts between
business entities, regardless of the legal form and form of
'The agreement between the government of the Republic of
Kazakhstan and the government of the Republic of Azerbaijan on
trade and economic cooperation is a framework document that lays
the foundations for cooperation in such areas as: trade,
investment, entrepreneurship, protection of the balance of
payments, and is concluded in order to further develop and
strengthen existing bilateral trade and economic relations between
the parties', stated in the explanatory note to the document.
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Heavy industrialized countries have admitted that they are to be blamed for the effects of climate on small island developing states like Dominica.
And Environment Minister Dr Kenneth Darroux says he is pleased these countries have come to that realization.
Darroux attended the 21st conference of parties in Paris earlier this month.
He says several important agreements were crafted at the Sustainable Innovation Forum – the largest business focused event held during the annual summit.
Dr Darroux says there was also some battering at the forum.
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BHOPAL: Chief Minister Kamal Nath seems to have put his seal on the talks of horse-trading of legislators in the state.
Nath told journalists that he agreed with what his former counterpart Digvijaya Singh had said about the horse-trading.
Legislators themselves are telling that they have been offered money to join the BJP, Nath said.
Nath said he had told the party legislators that if they were getting money they should accept it.
He said that the BJP was scared, because the scams that took place during their 15 years’ rule would soon come to light.
The BJP is doing everything with the help of money, he said, adding, he wanted to know the source of money.
There is nothing to worry about the stability of the government, Nath said.
Nevertheless, it is clear from Nath’s statement that efforts are on to topple and to save the government.


Finance Ministry: 3.6 million EPF contributors have less than RM1,000 in their accounts
Umno activists still want EPF to allow more withdrawals when 6.1 million members have less than RM10,000 in their accounts and 3.6 million have less than RM1,000
(MMO) – The Ministry of Finance (MoF) today said that there are 3.6 million Employees Provident Fund (EPF) contributors who only have less than RM1,000 in their accounts.
In a parliamentary written reply to Pandan MP Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail today, MoF said that based on the assessment as of September 30, contributors had been withdrawing some RM101 billion through i-Lestari, i-Sinar and i-Citra programmes which were set up by the government during the Covid-19 pandemic.
“Some 6.1 million members have less than RM10,000 in their accounts.
“From that number, 3.6 million contributors have less than RM1,000,” said the reply.
Dr Wan Azizah had asked the government to reveal figures of active EPF contributors having savings less than RM50,000.
MOF also highlighted that EPF savings among Bumiputeras have also dwindled as they estimated around 78 per cent of them had applied to withdraw their money.
The ministry noted that 4.4 million or 54 per cent of Bumiputera members currently have less than RM10,000 in their respective accounts.
“Two million, or 25 per cent, have less than RM1,000 in their savings,” MoF said.
In the same answer, EPF also said that about five million B40 community contributors have seen their savings reduced to an average of RM1,005.
On October 31, the EPF had said that RM101 billion has been disbursed to over 7.4 million members — about half its total members — to cope with the pandemic, following the introduction of the special withdrawal facilities of i-Lestari, i-Sinar and i-Citra.
The three exceptional withdrawals have left 73 per cent or nearly three-quarters of EPF members in a serious state of having inadequate funds to retire above the poverty line, it had said in a statement.
EPF also estimates that members will need to work an extra four to six years to rebuild savings that have been used during the pandemic, which has also led to a significant drop in the percentage of members meeting the Basic Savings threshold (RM240,000 at age 55) from 36 per cent in 2020 to an estimated 27 per cent by the end of this year.


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KATHMANDU, June 10: Finance Minister Dr Yubaraj Khatiwada has said that the inflation would be below five per cent in the coming fiscal year.
Responding to queries raised by MPs at the National Assembly today, he said the economic growth rate would be above seven percent in the current fiscal year, with all the States likely to record more than six percent of growth.
Stating that the matter of distribution of natural resources was yet to be concluded, he said that many integrated programs have been introduced in agriculture sector.
The finance minister also said that the concessional foreign aid should be utilized and spent well to decrease the dependency by increasing revenue. The National Assembly will meet again on coming June 17.


Colombo: Sri Lanka’s health officials have said that the dengue outbreak in the island nation has reached epidemic proportions with the deaths of 120 people, adding that over 10 districts were affected by the rapidly increasing spread of the disease.
Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) Secretary, Haritha Aluthge told the Daily Mirror on Saturday that while Colombo, Gampaha and Kandy were the worst affected districts, with 50 per cent of the total of over 87,000 number of cases reported, for the first time an outbreak of dengue was also reported from the Jaffna.
In Jaffna alone, 7,000 dengue cases have been reported.
Haritha said that last year, the GMOA had put forward a proposal to control the spread of dengue which was implemented temporarily by the former health minister. However, it was neglected months later.
The GMOA now calls for the full implementation of the proposals and hope to discuss it with all stakeholders including the presidential task force which was appointed by the former government to tackle the spread of the disease.
Director of the National Dengue Control Unit, Aruna Jayasekara told the Daily Mirror that a higher number of people were affected by the disease this year due to the continuous rains.
A fresh national dengue programme will be launched in the high-risk areas next week, he said.
According to official statistics from the Epidemiology Unit, over 17,900 cases have been reported from Colombo, over 13,700 cases have been reported from Gampaha and over 7,600 cases have been reported from Kandy.


Henderson: Two people were killed and multiple were injured in a shooting at a homeless shelter in western Kentucky.
One suspect has been arrested in this connection, police said.
The Henderson Police Department said in a statement on social media that authorities acted on Thursday evening on information about the presence of a shooter at the Harbor House Christian Center.
Henderson City Commissioner Robert Pruitt said that the shooting took place at around 7:40 p.m. and about 15 people were inside the center at the time. Police identified the suspect as Kenneth R Gibbs and he has been taken into custody.
Henderson Police Chief Sean McKinney said Gibbs was identified as a shooter by witnesses at the shelter home and was carrying a weapon when he was found.
Henderson Police Lieutenant Stewart O’Nan said on Friday that the condition of the injured people was stable. Gibbs is being held in Henderson County Prison, he said.


KATHMANDU, Sept 24: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has said that the government has a plan to vaccinate everyone against COVID-19 by mid-May.
Speaking at the Hem-Sunil Risky Television Journalism Award Ceremony on Thursday, Prime Minister Deuba lamented that the dangerous form of COVID-19 pandemic had its presence in Nepal but some people were still unaware of it.
PM Deuba said that the government was ready to work toward making Nepal's journalism world more developed, professional and prosperous. Stating that there is freedom of press in Nepal, he said that the government wants all media to be independent based on investigative and factual information.
PM Deuba also said that the government was ready to provide necessary assistance to make the world of journalism more developed, professional and prosperous while protecting the freedom of press and ideas guaranteed by the constitution of Nepal.


Cabinet is to review the $422 million that was allocated for the marketing campaign that will accompany the upcoming vaccination drive.
According to Prime Minister Andrew Holness, the decision on spending that amount of money was taken to convince Jamaicans that the vaccine is safe while ensuring that the supply to the island will be fully utilized.
Holness said that had the vaccines arrived and not used quickly, there is a risk of spoilage because of the expiration date.
He stated that he believes that Jamaicans are now buying into the concept of taking the vaccine, which is a part of the reason the government will refocus the marketing campaign. He said Jamaicans are now convinced about the measures that were taken to select the vaccine to the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) standards.
The Prime Minister stated that another factor that has lessened the concerns of Jamaicans is that vaccines are currently being administered all over the world without any adverse effect. He said Jamaicans also have family members overseas who have taken the vaccines.
“So the cabinet is therefore going to reconsider the allocation that was made for the public education and promotion programme that was previously announced and you will hear shortly what that reallocation of those resources will do,”
According to Holness, the government will have a reduced budget for the marketing campaign as there is still a need to educate about the logistical deployment of the vaccine and communicate with citizens about the time, place and availability.
The expected scaled-down marketing campaign will also inform about the effectiveness of the vaccine and the possible side effects.
The Prime Minister was speaking, during a groundbreaking ceremony in his West Central St Andrew constituency Friday afternoon.


Thompson City Council met last night for the first time since August 14th.
The meeting started out much the same as the last meeting, with four certificates of appreciation being handed out to individuals.
The agenda also included a letter from Minister Stefanson regarding the City’s request for provincial funding for the CSO program. Stefanson said that she was currently assessing the program’s impact on public safety and policing resources.
The City also received a letter from Minister Eileen Clarke. The letter informed the City that the land the new water treatment plant is on has officially become a part of the City of Thompson, rather than the Local Government District of Mystery Lake.
The next meeting of council will take place on September 18th.


Bullet points about mental health by Brad Frost.
The world has suffered through a global pandemic for the last several years. The pandemic isolated people from one another and forced everyone to behave in ways that go against basic human nature. This led to collective suffering. While everyone’s suffering is different, it’s important to recognize that everyone suffered. It’s important to recognize that shared suffering continues to impact society today.


Rural Development and Panchayat Minister Punjab Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa today said that the state government was fully prepared for holding the Panchayat polls before the end of this month.Interacting with the media persons here on sidelines of annual function here at St. Anthony’s High School, the Minister said that the notification for conducting these polls before December 31 has already been issued adding that the state government has already made the required administrative arrangements for these polls.He said that though the program of these elections would be issued by the State Election Commission (SEC) but its part the state government was committed for organizing these elections in a smooth, fair and transparent manner.Later on addressing the gathering, the Minister said that the state government was firmly committed for restoring pristine glory of education sector in the state. He said that the Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh was laying special thrust on two core sectors of Health and Education adding that strenuous efforts were being made to ensure that Punjab emerges as front runner state in the country in these two sectors. Bajwa said that no stone would be left unturned for accomplishing this noble mission.
Lauding the Christian community for rendering marvelous services in the field of Education, the Minister said that the community was serving the masses especially from weaker and underprivileged sections with true zeal and commitment. Mr. Bajwa said that he was highly grateful to the community for making stupendous efforts to serve the poor and needy adding that the state government would extend fulsome support and cooperation to the community in this noble cause. He said that the firm commitment and dedication of the Christian community inspires every individual to serve the mankind in real sense.Giving a clarion call to the parents, school management and faculty, the Minister asked them to make the students aware of the drug menace, so that they could not fell prey to this curse. He said that the under the dynamic leadership of the Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh, the Punjab government has already snapped the supply line of drugs. Mr. Bajwa said that the need of hour was to ensure that no fresh youth becomes victim of drugs in the state, for which active support of parents and school management was must.On the occasion Senior Superintendent of Police Mr. Navjot Singh Mahal, District Development and Panchayat Officer Mr. Ajay Kumar, Assistant Commissioner of Police Mr. Dalbeer Singh, Principal of School Sister Anita, Father Joseph, Mr. Roshan Joseph, Mr. Rajan Chopra, Congress leader Mr. Manoj Arora and others were also present.


Shopworkers Trade Union USADW were in the Scottish Parliament last week promoting their campaign to help workers balance their work and caring responsibilities. USDAW received the support of local MSP Neil Findlay who met reps at an event in Parliament.
Neil Findlay MSP said:
I was pleased to meet USDAW reps in the Parliament last week and support their campaign to help workers balance caring responsibilities with their job. It is increasingly difficult to this with all the demands people have and I welcome the campaign by USDAW to help and advise those workers who also have to balance caring responsibilities.


POLICE are investigating claims around 30 people ran amok in a village and caused hundreds of pounds in damage.
Peterlee Police took the rare step of going into an East Durham secondary school to arrest four teenagers believed to have been involved in carnage in the Shotton Lane area on Bonfire Night.
Three other people have since been arrested, and police have identified more than 20 others they want to speak to in connection with the incident, which saw cars, homes and fencing belonging to 10 victims damaged.
Inspector Dave Coxon, of Peterlee Police, said: “We are investigating an incident which occurred on Bonfire Night in Shotton Colliery where there was damage to several people’s properties.
“We identified several juveniles we wanted to speak to so we took the step to go and arrest them at school.
“About 30 people were involved in the incident, which saw them running around Shotton Colliery causing damage. This had a significant impact on the local community and we are doing everything we can to prevent it happening in the future and to bring those responsible to justice.”
All those arrested have been bailed pending further inquiries. Police are appealing for anyone with information to call them on 101.


Bahrain and Kuwait on Monday confirmed the first cases of the new coronavirus.
In a statement, the Bahraini Health Ministry said a national returning from Iran was suspected of having contracted the virus.
Kuwait also said three people, including a Saudi national, returning from Iran were infected with the virus, according to the health ministry.
Iran has already reported 12 deaths from the virus, which has spread to more than 25 other countries including the U.S., the UK, Singapore, France, Russia, Spain and India.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the outbreak an international health emergency.


US carrier strike factions to come under NATO order for Mediterranean implementation
(MENAFN) According to the ruler of the association, The USS Harry S. Truman carrier strike faction is going to come under NATO order for the Neptune Strike exercise in the Mediterranean.
Jens Stoltenberg shared in a Twitter post "A strong sign of transatlantic unity," and wrote "NATO will always do what is necessary to protect and defend all Allies”.
Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby stated the exercise is going to start as of Monday and till February 4.
Kirby added the carrier strike group is going to be at the center of the exercise, that was scheduled for a long time and said that in the exercise, synchronized activities like naval planned exercises of NATO associates, training against submarines and long-range assault training is going to be started.
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UK's BOE bank to hit 2 percent inflation target
(MENAFN) The Bank of England (BOE) said it anticipated its 2% inflation target to be reached within two years.
The UK's preliminary estimate for gross domestic product (GDP) growth reported 0.1% in the first quarter of 2018, which is 0.3% lower than expected in February, the BOE said.
"This is likely in part to have reflected adverse weather in late February and early March. Survey indicators suggest that growth was somewhat stronger in Q1 than implied by the preliminary estimate," a report by the BOE said.
For Q2-18, the UK's central bank reduced its forecast to 2.4% from 2.7%.
Consumer price index (CPI) inflation fell to 2.5% in March, coming in lower than forecasts.
"The MPC continues to judge that the UK economy has a very limited degree of slack. Hiring intentions have remained strong and, over the past three months, the unemployment rate has fallen slightly further," the BOE said in its report.
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KARACHI: The security measures for the minorities in the province are being further beefed up.
This was stated by the Sindh Governor, Dr. Ishrat- ul- Ebad Khan, on Thursday.
He was talking to a representative delegation of the Christian community at the Governor House here.
The delegation included Reverend father Benny Travas and Bishop Sadiq Danial.
The Governor said on the occasion that the two blasts at the Church in Peshawar were very tragic and painful and that this has saddened the entire nation and every segment of the society vehemently condemned this.
He termed the incident as a conspiracy against Pakistan and aimed at weakening it.
Dr. Ishrat- ul- Ebad Khan said that the people of Pakistan along with the Christian community are determined that such incidents of terrorism cannot harm their unity and resolve.
He also pointed out that the Christian community has rendered appreciable services in all sphere of activities especially education and health.
Governor further said that they are true Pakistanis and that the entire nation is proud of them.
He said that at this critical juncture the Ulema have also played a very important role and contributed their part towards maintenance of inter-faith harmony.
Dr. Ishrat- ul- Ebad Khan said that through inter-faith harmony we can defeat such a mindset.
He said that we have to communicate the message that the unity and cohesion can not be harmed.
Bishop Sadiq Danial thanked the Governor on behalf of the Christian community.
He said that the Christians are a peaceful community and mostly perform task of human service.


(MENAFN- UkrinForm) President Petro Poroshenko has stated that Ukraine is making every effort to release all Ukrainians illegally held in Russian prisons, including Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov and Ukrinform journalist Roman Sushchenko.
He stated this at the airport in Kharkiv where he met with the released Ukrainian soldiers, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.
"Ukrainian hostages are still held captive in the country-aggressor - Russia. And we will fight to ensure that both Sushchenko and Sentsov, and all the others who are being kept in Russia and occupied Crimea be released as soon as possible. International solidarity and our determination are a guarantee of this," Poroshenko stressed.
The president also promised that other Ukrainians that are being held captive in the so-called Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republic will be released, and a "museum of occupation" will be created in the places of their detention after the liberation of Donbas.
As Ukrinform reported, on Wednesday, a total of 74 Ukrainian captives who were held in captivity in the uncontrolled areas of Donetsk and Luhansk regions were released. The Ukrainian side handed over 233 rebels and their supporters.
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Providing a major relief to mid-day-meal (MDM) workers and other staff, the Punjab government has given its nod to provide them maternity leave benefits in accordance with the Maternity Benefit Act.
While confirming the development, Punjab School education minister Vijay Inder Singla said that mid-day-meal is purely government funded scheme and all female employees under this scheme will be eligible to avail the benefits of maternity leave. The cabinet minister said that though the nod has been given by the government but the beneficiary employees will remain bound by the conditions and guidelines so issued by the union or state government from time to time.
Singla said that government schools have witnessed around 15 percent increase in registrations. He added that amidst the outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic, the government school teachers were regularly taking online classes of students with the help of the internet. He said that the school education department has also been broadcasting classes with the help of TV channels including Doordarshan. He said that apart from online classes, the department has also launched several online competitions and students were regularly being encouraged for active participation.


ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: Brushing aside all rumours, the Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has categorically said that Pakistan is not facing any pressure to recognize Israel.
In a statement on Tuesday, the minister said that Pakistan’s stance on Israel is clear, and we stick to it.
The foreign minister said that Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have deep, historical, and fraternal ties.
Shah Mahmood Qureshi said that a high-level Saud delegation including the Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud will be visiting Pakistan soon which reflects that Pakistan-Saudi Arabia relations are further strengthening.
Turning to neighboring India, Qureshi said that India is using its land against Pakistan. He said that India is training terrorists and sponsoring banned organizations. He said that the EU DisinfoLab has unveiled India’s nefarious designs about Pakistan.
Referring to the opposition’s protest campaign, the minister said that the opposition’s narrative to bring the government under pressure has become ineffective.
The minister said that Prime Minister Imran Khan enjoys public support; therefore, why he should resign on the desire of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM).


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Dec 21, 2007 (DVB), A team of government officials who have been visiting villages in Hmawbi township to find out how they can meet the needs of villagers has been met with suspicion by locals.
Villagers said that the team, one of two that has been set up for the campaign, was led by the Rangoon division northern district police chief and the Hmawbi township chairman.
The team included police officers, legal advisors, immigration officials, township Peace and Development Council members, engineers and district-level agricultural officials and Union Solidarity and Development Association members.
They visited Ma-au Bin, Htan Pin Chaung and Myogon villages on 18 and 19 December, and are due to visit other villages in the Hmawbi area.
One villager said the officials came to ask about people's needs and see what they could do to help.
"They come to the village and give advice and promises about repairing bridges and issuing ID cards to those who still haven't got them, helping farmers with their agricultural work and giving legal advice to people facing court trials," he said.
The officials said that their campaign was intended to help the development of the area and to help villagers with their basic needs.
However, the villagers were suspicious about the genuine intentions behind the campaign.
"Even though they are saying these things, we can figure out the real reason they in doing this; as part of a propaganda campaign to get support for the basic constitution," one villager said.
The villager said that people were initially suspicious when the officials arrived in the villagers because they had previously faced harassment by the authorities.
"Instead of being happy to see these officials coming to the village, people were really worried and were wondering what they had done wrong," he said.
Reporting by Aye Nai


(MENAFN) According to state media, Chinese President Xi Jinping visited an exhibition in Beijing on Tuesday, his first public appearance since returning to China from an official trip to Central Asia in mid-September, debunking unconfirmed rumors that he was under house arrest.
Xi has been out of the public spotlight since returning to China from a conference in Uzbekistan, fueling baseless talk in Beijing about military coups.
Despite a stagnant economy, the COVID-19 outbreak, and rare public demonstrations, as well as escalating frictions with the West and tensions over Taiwan, Xi is poised to achieve a third term in power, allowing him to continue his lofty goal of "rejuvenation of the Chinese nation" for years to come.
Since becoming party general secretary, a decade ago, Xi has progressively consolidated authority and removed space for dissent and criticism. China has also grown significantly more forceful on the world scene as an alternative leader to the post-World War II system established by the United States.
The 69-year-old president's likely ascension to a third five-year term, and maybe more, was established in 2018 when he abolished the presidential term restriction of two terms.
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Punjab information minister Fayyazul Hassan Chohan has said that the provincial government will reopen shopping malls as a part of lifting the lockdown in phases from Monday. Fayyazul Hassan Chohan said that the overall situation across Punjab is satisfactory after the government allowed people to go on about their daily businesses while ensuring the implementation of Standard Operating Procedures. The minister said that the decision to either ease or ramp up lockdown restrictions will be taken keeping in view the public response during the coronavirus pandemic. The Punjab minister expressed hope that the public will not take undue advantage of the ease in curbs and act responsibly. He said the transport industry has also been allowed to resume inter-city travel with the already-agreed SOPs. Earlier today, Chief Minister Punjab Usman Buzdar urged citizens to follow the Standard Operating Procedures laid out by the government in order to remain safe from the coronavirus.


Four alleged target killers among six nabbedJuly 12, 2014
KARACHI: Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIGP) East Zone Munir Ahmed Sheikh on Sunday claimed to have arrested six criminals, including four target killers, in East zone. The criminals are accused of killing police officials including SP and Inspector.
DIGP said that East Zone police arrested four target killers Ejaz Ahmed alias Kalla Muna, Liaq Ahmed alias Moni, Yasir Bilal and Muhammad Nasir.
He said that the accused were involved in 27 murder cases, including police officers. He said that the arrested accused had confessed the killing of Superintendent of Police Shah Muhammad, Inspector Anwar Jaffari and Constable Muhammad Asif.
Sheikh said that East Zone police had also arrested two criminals, the names of whom had been kept secret for investigation purpose. He said that the arrested accused were involved in the killing of two persons and looting Rs 16 million.
He said that Rs 6.5 million were recovered from their possession. Further investigation was under way.


The Osun government has approved easing of lockdown imposed on four local government areas in the state to contain the spread of coronavirus.
A statement by Mr Wole Oyebamiji, the Secretary to the State Government in Osogbo, on Monday, said the ease would take effect from Monday midnight.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the state government had on July 7 announced a total lockdown in four local governments in the state to contain the spread of the virus.
The affected local governments were Ilesha East, Ilesha West, Atakumosa East and Atakumosa West.
Oyebamiji said assurance received from traditional and religious leaders as well as civil society in the affected local government…
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed that a total of 154,225 patients have recovered from Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) since its outbreak in the country in 2020. The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Tuesday.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that 1,661 people who recovered from the disease, were discharged between April 4 and April 10, which showed a reduction when compared to the 2,417 patients who recovered in the previous week. The NCDC said that the 154,225 recoveries from COVID-19 was about 94.1 per cent of the known cases.
The public health agency said that there were 7,599 active cases spread across the country. It also disclosed that 74 new cases of COVID-19 were registered in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 163,911.
It said that the new cases were reported across eight states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The NCDC said the new cases registered on Tuesday included 30 in Lagos, Enugu 11, FCT 11, Akwa Ibom eight, Osun five, Kaduna four, Ebonyi and Rivers two each and Ekiti, one.
It added that a multi-sectoral National Emergency Operations Centre (EOC), activated at Level Three, had continued to coordinate the national response activities in the country.
NAN recalls that the country has also tested 1,803,177 people since the first confirmed case of COVID-19 was announced on Feb. 27, 2020.


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Minister of Finance, Mr. Ibrahim Ameer remains hopeful that the island nation’s economy will continue to progress at a fast pace in future.
Moreover, the minister claimed that according to the latest statistics from International Monetary Fund (IMF) the country will have the fourth fastest economic progress prospectively. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Finance estimates the country will be the second fastest economy in the world to progress.
Furthermore, the minister had made the comments while speaking about the progress made in the financial industry collectively over the past three years.
During the speech, he also highlighted on the planned initiatives in the field in the upcoming years.
According to Minister Ameer, the significant achievements made by the government in the financial sector is resultant from the responsible state policies amid the Covid-19 global pandemic.


(MENAFN- Arab Times) KUWAIT CITY Aug 8 (KUNA): Kuwaiti athletic team players Saleh Al-Hadad and Abdulaziz Al-Mandeel won the first place in the long jump and the 110 meters hurdles competitions in the European athletics grand prize held in the Netherlands. Al-Hadad won in the long jump category after jumping a distance of 7.85 meters while Al-Mandeel finished the hurdles race in 13.66 seconds head of the Kuwaiti delegation to the tournament and member of the Board of Directors of the Kuwaiti Athletics Association Khalid Khalifa told Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) on Friday. Athletes from the USA Cuba and Europe are participating in this event said Khalifa noting the level of expertise Kuwaiti players have reached in such international tournaments. Participating in international events is a step taken by the Association to prepare Kuwaiti athletes for the upcoming Asian athletics tournament to be held in South Korea next September.
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More police officers are to hit Coventry's streets to increase visibility and reassure the public.
They will be among 61 recruits taken on across the force to help free-up colleagues from time-consuming jobs to focus on more pressing duties.
The police community support officers will spend as much time as possible on the beat and be split between six operational command units, including Little Park Street in Coventry.
The jobs have been advertised and the new staff will undergo training next month and start work in October. Assistant Chief Constable (Intelligence) Nick Tofiluk said the community support officers will help police work as effectively as possible.
He said: "Understandably, the people of the West Midlands want a highly visible police presence, which is often difficult to achieve due to the increasing demands placed on us.
"These new police community support officers will be an important addition to the force, helping us make the West Midlands a safer place to live, work and visit.
"As well as providing a high-profile presence, they will allow police officers to be used as effectively as possible, freeing them up from time-consuming jobs to concentrate on more pressing duties."
The officers can help to protect the scene of serious crimes, an assignment which can last several hours, allowing colleagues to deal with more pressing matters.
They have limited powers but include the ability to confiscate alcohol being consumed in designated places; the power to remove abandoned vehicles and the power to require the name and address of anyone behaving anti-socially.
Mr Tofiluk said: "They will be involved in the prevention of crime and helping to reduce the fear of crime.
"They will be there to free-up officers from a lot of duties they would otherwise have to do themselves."


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President Ram Nath Kovind has said that India supports a democratic, stable and prosperous Maldives. Welcoming the Maldives President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih at Rashtrapati Bhavan last evening, Mr Kovind said, the nation is honoured that Mr Solih has chosen to visit India on his first State Visit. He said India attaches the highest importance to its relationship with Maldives.
He said Maldives can always count on India as a steadfast partner in its progress as a nation. Mr Kovind said that along with strengthening the bilateral relations, both the country must also enhance the partnership on global issues. The President said India has taken the lead to fight Climate Change through the International Solar Alliance.
He invited Maldives to become a member of the Alliance and strengthen its efforts. India and Maldives signed four agreements on various fields yesterday after delegation-level talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Solih. The Maldivian President arrived in New Delhi on Sunday on a three-day visit to India.


Egyptian Ministry of Environment: Another woman died because of shark attack
(MENAFN) The Egyptian Ministry of Environment stated on Sunday that a second woman had perished in a shark attack off the Red Sea coast close to Hurghada.
The declaration read, “immediately upon receiving information on the shark attack on two women swimming near the resort of Sahl Hasheesh in Hurghada, Environment Minister Yasmine Fouad gave the directive to establish a working group of specialists of the Red Sea nature reserves.”
After hearing that a 68-year-old Austrian woman had perished in a shark attack, news of a second death broke. On the other hand, the man, who had seemingly lost a leg and an arm, died shortly after being taken to the exclusive Nile Hospital in Hurghada due to nervous shock.
The ministry expressed its sympathies to the departed families, “experts are reviewing the circumstances of the incident to accurately determine why the shark behaved the way it did and killed two persons.”
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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday that economic indicators have begun to look encouraging and the recovery is going to be ‘faster than expected’. He said this while addressing the annual convention of industry body Ficci.
Modi said that the government is working on increasing the farmers’ income and defended the new agriculture bills. He said, “Ethanol production would increase the income of the sugarcane farmers and generate employment. Government has focused on blending 10 per cent ethanol in auto fuels. It has helped to clear payments to cane growers by millers.”
“The farmers were earlier having the option of production of sugar or jaggery from the sugarcane. Now they have one more alternative of producing ethanol from cane which will help them increase their income. This will also help in generating more employment,” he further added.
Though farmer unions are agitating against the new farm laws, he strongly defended the laws stating that it will help farmers multiply their income and will boost the Indian economy.


(MENAFN- Asia Times) As Beijing, on a near daily basis, conducts
near Taiwan and seeks to
deter outsiders from the area ,
modernizes its armed forces and
bolsters its relationship
with Moscow, Washington seems to be paving the way for a meeting between President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping sometime soon.
However, the fact that the leaders of the two most powerful countries in the world
– ones who are billed as each other's
not spoken in nearly a year
contradicts the basics of diplomacy and threatens to do more harm to both sides than good.
US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi's
meeting in Malta
and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's
meeting with Chinese Vice President
Han Zheng on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly are steps in the right direction, but a regular process is needed.
At the very least, the US president and Chinese paramount leader should meet annually to press forward realistically achievable objectives, obtain clarity and stability in the relationship, and reduce the risk of military escalation.
An annual sit-down between the US president and Chinese leader has the greatest chance of resolving realistically solvable issues and moving forward on objectives of mutual interest.
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IT Minister K T Rama Rao on Sunday said that his party would solve the issues of Gujaratis after coming to power
Hyderabad : IT Minister K T Rama Rao on Sunday said that his party would solve the issues of Gujaratis after coming to power.
The TRS leader was addressing a gathering of Gujarati Samaj, who joined TRS at Telangana Bhavan on Sunday. Rama Rao said that few people raised doubts that non-locals will be targeted after the formation of Telangana but there was no curfew even for four minutes.
He said that the Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao was giving priority to maintaining law and order in the state. He further said that five Lakh CCTV cameras were fixed in the city and five Lakh more CCTVs would be fixed after coming to power.
The command control to be brought out by the government was best in the country, he added.
The Minister further said that the water woes of the denizens would be solved soon as the government was constructing two more reservoirs in the city.
The Minister said that Telangana government was having better industrial policy TS-IPAS than Gujarat government. He called up on the Gujarati industrialists to ask their employees to vote for TRS candidates.


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(MENAFN- Asia Times) China has unveiled a new long-duration surveillance and precision strike drone, known as the KVD002, an aerial weapon that could have significant implications in the event of a conflict over Taiwan.
State media outlet China Daily reported that the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Ground Force has unveiled its first combat drone that can cooperate with helicopters in combat operations, provide battlefield intelligence and fire support, guide attack helicopters to their targets and make short takeoffs and landings on a plateau.
The KVD002 can carry two AR-1 air-to-surface missiles under its wings and reconnaissance devices beneath its main body, according to the China Daily report published earlier this month. The new drone is based on the CH-4, China's bestselling unmanned combat aircraft.
China Daily notes that the CH-4 model can stay aloft for 30 hours, has a maximum speed of 230 kilometers per hour and can carry nearly 350 kilograms of weapons and equipment, including missiles, bombs, radars, cameras and civilian payloads. It also notes that the CH-4 has accumulated over 20,000 hours of flight time worldwide.
Global Times, a Chinese Communist Party-run publication, reported this month that the KVD002 has likely participated in patrols and exercises around Taiwan since 2022 but was previously misidentified as the CH-4. The report suggests that the KVD002 is a CH-4 variant specially customized for the PLA Ground Force.
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Neither the PLA Ground Force nor the Aerospace CH UAV company has officially commented on the relationship between the KVD002 and the CH-4, according to Global Times.
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BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 30. Polish Adamed
Pharma S.A. supports development of Uzbekistan's healthcare, PR and
CSR Manager of the company Martyna Strupczewska told trend .
According to her, Adamed Pharma has been operating in Uzbekistan
through its representative office since 2020. Recently, on 10
October, the company opened its new office in Tashkent.
'Currently, the company has 11 medicines in its portfolio in the
Uzbek market,' she said.
Strupczewska added that there are several more projects to be
dealt with by 2026, in particular in cardiology and other
'The plans will also eventually result in the hiring of around
30 locals,' Strupczewska said.
According to Strupczewska, through its presence in Uzbekistan
with top-quality products that comply with GMP (Good Manufacturing
Practice) standards, the company ensures supply of medicines
important to the health and lives of Uzbek patients.
'At the end of 2020, Adamed Pharma signed a Memorandum of
Cooperation with the Uzbekistan's Tashkent Medical Academy. Thus,
the company funded eight academic scholarships for the brightest
among the Academy's students. Further joint projects are planned
for 2023 and beyond,' Strupczewska said.
Adamed Pharma is a Polish family-owned pharmaceutical and
biotechnology company that manufactures more than 500 products
offered to patients in nearly 80 countries around the world.
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