Obamacare will play a major role in voters' decisions in the November midterm elections, and a majority say they are more likely to vote for a candidate who opposes the Affordable Care Act, the latest poll finds.
Fifty-four percent of registered voters said the new healthcare law will be one of the most important factors in who they decide to vote for in November, and 19 percent said it is the single most important factor, according to the Fox News survey
of 1,012 registered voters released Monday.
If the only difference between two candidates is whether or not one says he or she will fight for Obamacare or fight against it, 53 percent of voters said they would vote for the candidate who vows to fight against it.
Fifty-four percent of independent voters also said that they are more likely to support the candidate who is against Obamacare, with 39 percent saying they would vote for the candidate who supports it.
Both Republicans and independents say that Obamacare will play an important role in how they will decide to vote in November, and a majority of both Republicans and independents oppose the new healthcare law.
Eighty percent of Republicans say the candidate's view on Obamacare will play an important factor in how they will vote in the midterms, with 87 percent opposing the law. Seventy-two percent of independents say Obamacare will be an important factor in the candidate they choose in November, with 63 percent saying they oppose the law.
Sixty-seven percent of Democrats say Obamacare will play an important role in the candidate they choose, with 71 percent in favor of the new law.
Republicans have a slight edge with registered voters, with 44 percent saying they would vote for the GOP candidate in their House district, if the election were today, and 41 percent saying they would vote for the Democrat.
Fifty-six percent said that they oppose the new healthcare law altogether, with 39 percent saying that they support it. The survey was taken April 13-15 with a margin of error of 3 percentage points.
Former President Bill Clinton
has told Democrats they shouldn't run from Obamacare in their campaigns for the upcoming midterms elections, but embrace it. According to this poll, that strategy would work against them.
These results reflect other recent polls
which also found Obamacare will play an important role in which candidates voters will support in November.
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Delta lists gains of Asaba 2018, knocks critics
Mr Patrick Ukah, Delta Commissioner for Information on Monday blasted the critics of the state government for hosting the African Senior Athletics Championship, tagged Asaba 2018.
The commissioner who spoke to newsmen during a Ministerial Press briefing in Asaba, described as unfortunate criticisms of government investment in ensuring the construction and completion of the Stephen Keshi Stadium Asaba to host the tournament.
“Nobody must castigate us for hosting the championship because we were on track.
“We have great satisfaction with the Stadium. We know we have a few things to fix and we will continue to ensure that the facilities that needed to be put in place are completed,” Ukah said.
He said that the equipment for the score board and the flood light were already on the ground, adding that government would ensure that those things were fixed.
He lauded the local journalists for their disposition, adding that the stadium belongs to them and that more activities would begin to take place for them participate in and cover.
“Some personalities in the state have made derogatory comments but I sympathise with them because they know nothing about public administration”.
Ukah said critics who dismissed the stadium as a waste of money must have their heads examined, in view of the magnitude of the tournament and the economic benefits to the state.
According to him, government deserves commendation for completing the 22,000 capacity Stadium that was abandoned for over 10 years.
The commissioner also said that the medical equipment deployed in the stadium was better than what obtains in hospitals in the country.
“There is no hotel that was not fully booked in Asaba. Most people did not believe that the traffic will be controlled the way we did.
“For us who love sports and for us who love Asaba, the capital of the state, we all know that things have changed.
“Nobody believed that people in Delta can pay N1,000 to watch the event from day one to closing.
“Throughout the tournament we were happy, there was no injury, no casualty and the evacuation of the athletes was done smoothly.
“We take exception to people who will come out to tell lies to people. We are happy, the Asaba people and those who live and are from this territory are happy.
“We are happy as government that we have delivered that stadium and now a lot of people will show interest and come out to do sports,” the commissioner said.
He said that the government would soon roll out its monthly sports plans and activities for the stadium.(NAN)


News circulates on social media stating that Siddhika Senaratne, the Director-General of the Sri Lanka Standards Institution (SLSI) has given a statement during an interview to the Dharani newspaper on 14.04.2021 reading, “I do what the President tells me. I am against food poisoning”.
A technical investigation into the above news revealed that the newspaper headline from Dharani newspaper on 14.04.2021 reading, “Not a milligram, I’m against even one decimal of food poisoning”, has been distorted and published as a statement by Ms Siddhika.
Accordingly, the news spread on social media that Ms Siddhika Senaratne had made a statement to the Dharani newspaper saying, “I do what the President tells me. I am against food poisoning”, confirms that the news being spread on social media is false.


Finance minister expects growth as U.S. recovers
Says companies will start expanding, creating jobs
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OTTAWA (Reuters) — As the United States economy continues to grow, Canadian companies that have been sitting on cash will start expanding and creating jobs, Finance Minister Joe Oliver said on Wednesday.
He told the Senate Committee on National Finance that the U.S. recovery looked "very sustainable" even if growth south of the border was not as robust as it was before the recent recession.
"We're hopeful that our growth will continue to increase and... we see opportunities for the manufacturing sector as well," Oliver said.
Asked about the biggest risks facing Canada, he cited the possibility that Europe could go into a downturn.


Economic Minister Fayyaz Ismail has said that the government has decided to pay MVR 5,000 per month as unemployment benefits to those who lost their jobs due to COVID-19.
The spread of COVID-19 has caused has a toll on the global and the Maldivian economy. To reduce costs during this time, companies have started to reduce the salary of employees and sending some employees on no-pay leave. Some companies have even dismissed employees due to the COVID-19 crisis.
Hence, the government decided to provide unemployment benefits for three months to those who lost their jobs to COVID-19.
While speaking in the parliamentary Committee on National Security & Foreign Relations, Economic Minister that the government has decided to provide MVR 5000 per month for three months from April, May, and June.
Economic Minister highlighted that around 1,300 people have registered in the job center with cases of redundancies, wage cuts, and no pay leaves.


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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan has expressed condolences in connection with the collapse of the metro overpass in Mexico City (Mexico) on Twitter, Trend reports on May 4.
"We are very saddened by the news on the collapse of a metro overpass in Mexico City. We express our condolences to the families of the victims of this tragic accident, as well as to the Government and the People of Mexico, and wish a speedy recovery to all injured," the ministry said.
As a result of the metro overpass collapse in the city, 23 people were killed, and about 70 people were injured.
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As many as 303 Sri Lankans on board Myanmar-flagged fishing vessel LADY R3 have been rescued by the Vietnam Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Center (MRCC Vietnam) and other foreign forces.
MRCC Vietnam on November 7 received a mayday signal from MRCC Sri Lanka that LADY R3 fishing vessel got into trouble at sea and was in distress in the waters about 258 nautical miles off the southeastern part of the Vung Tau cape.
After receiving the news, MRCC Vietnam worked closely alongside international rescue agencies of both Singapore and Malaysia to verify the information and call international ships for help.
Discovering a Helios Leader ship of Japan was moving nearby, the center requested that the ship urgently change its direction and co-operate to rescue the people on board the LADY R3.
With the support of Vietnam MRCC, at 19:00 on the same day, all of the Sri Lankan people, including 264 men, 19 women, and 20 children, on board the vessel were brought to the Helios Leader. They were all in stable health condition.
The Japanese ship docked at a port in Vung Tau and handed over the rescued people to local border security forces. (VOV)
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Cass County Sheriffs Department meets with Backus Community
Backus residents were given the opportunity to get to know members of the Cass County Sheriff’s Department for the first time since the beginning of this year’s contract with the law enforcement agency.
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Azerbaijani musicians will give a concert in Egypt on November
The classical music concert will take place at the Cairo Opera
House to mark the 100th anniversary of National Leader of the
Azerbaijani people Heydar Aliyev, Azernews reports.
At the concert, the Cairo Symphony Orchestra and Cappella Choir
will perform music pieces by Azerbaijani composers under the
artistic direction of Ahmed El Saedi.
The classical music program includes Fikrat Amirov's "Azerbaijan
Capriccio" and "Concerto on Arabian Themes for Piano and
Orchestra", Gara Garayev's "Adagio" and "Seven Beauties" ballets,
Soltan Hajibayov's "Caravan", Niyazi's "Concert Waltz" and Tofig
Bakikhanov's "Good and Evil".
The musician will perform under the baton of People's Artist of
Azerbaijan Yalchin Adigozalov. The concert soloist is People's
Artist of Azerbaijan Yegane Akhundova.
The event is co-organized by the Azerbaijani Embassy in Egypt,
the Ministry of Culture of Egypt and the Cairo Opera House.
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State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan said Wednesday that the international situation in the new century and the development of Sino-US relations have proved that the common interests between China and the US have increased continuously and the two countries enjoy a new opportunity of development.
Tang, who arrived in Washington on Tuesday for a visit, made the remarks in a meeting with US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, according to a diplomatic source.
He said that cooperation is the mainstream though the two countries face some challenges that need to be handled properly.
Speaking highly of the progress made over the past years in bilateral ties, Tang said that the constructive relationship of cooperation between China and the US will continue to grow as long as the two sides actively implement the consensus reached between the leaders of the two countries, through increasing dialogue, building mutual trust, promoting cooperation and handling differences properly.
He said that the forthcoming mutual visits by heads of state of the two countries will be of great significance in pushing forward the healthy and smooth development of Sino-US relationship.
Tang said that it is in the interests of the two countries to oppose and contain the "Taiwan independence" force and maintain peace and stability in the Taiwan Straits, hoping that the US side will abide by its commitments it has made to China on the Taiwan issue.
Rice said that US-China relations are important and the US side will endeavor to make a success the mutual visits by heads of state of the two countries.
The US attaches importance to high-level exchanges and dialogue between the two countries, which is helpful for the two nations to have an in-depth exchange of views on major world and regional issues, Rice said.
She said that the US side will continue to abide by the one-China policy.
Tang and Rice also exchanged views on the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue and expressed the hope that the on-going fourth round of six-party talks held in Beijing would make substantial progress.
(Xinhua News Agency July 28, 2005)


(MENAFN- Emirates News Agency (WAM)) SHARJAH, 6th January, 2020 (WAM) -- The Expo Centre Sharjah said that preparations are underway to launch the 16th Steel Fab 2020, the region's premier steel and metal industry event, from 13th to 16th January, 2020.
"Our ongoing work and preparations for hosting the 16th Steel Fab 2020 indicate that the upcoming edition will cater to the needs of exhibitors who want to leverage the increasing demand from the primary sectors of this industry in the country and the region, to unveil their latest technologies and products and to place them on the market through this exhibition," said Saif Muhammad Al Midfa, CEO of the Expo Centre Sharjah.
The event will bring together leaders of the steel industry locally and regionally, as well as the world's leading manufacturers and those specialised in the steel industry.
Al Midfa pointed out that Steel Fab 2020 will be featuring new and key trends in this sector, special pavilions, live shows, and specialised seminars. This is in addition to revealing the latest machinery and equipment for the steel industry and modern technologies in the fields of metal forming, surface preparation, finishing, grinding, cutting, machinery manufacturing and other relevant engineering disciplines.
Al Midfa further said, "Steel Fab 2020 is being held at a time when the steel fabrication and metalworking industry in the country and the region have reported impressive results in the first half of 2019 on the back of new construction contracts valued at US$138 billion that were awarded in the GCC this year and the manufacturing industry that has witnessed a steady growth over the past few years."
The construction industry has a key role in backing the big infrastructure and commercial projects, supported by increased government spending.
According to data from the Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Authority, the manufacturing sector's contribution to the UAE's non-oil GDP grew 2.5 percent to AED122 billion ($33.2 billion) in 2018 from AED119.7 billion ($32.5 billion) in 2017.
The 16th Steel Fab 2020 will be focusing on several sectors, including power tools, welding and cutting, machine tools and piping machines, stainless steel, and steelmaking technology.
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PCB has decided to postpone PSL5 after suspected symptoms of the Coronavirus in a foreign player
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief executive Wasim Khan says PCB has decided to postpone Pakistan Super League (PSL) Season 5 after suspected symptoms of the Coronavirus in a foreign player ۔
He said that all the franchisors expressed their full support and confidence in the PCB decision.
Wasim Khan replied to a question that all the players were ready to play matches and when it was decided he left the hotel to play.
He said that earlier the district administration had made all arrangements, including spray and stadium matches, according to the advisory of the district administration.
Wasim Khan said that the decision to postpone the match was purely PCB's.
He said that the matches were postponed but did not cancel, they will reschedule the matches if conditions improve.
Responding to a question regarding rescheduling, he said that 'no consultation has been done yet which may take some time'.
The Chief Executive PCB made it clear that 'Corona strongly supports all government measures related to the virus'.
He said the decision to postpone the match also included the support and confidence of the franchisor.
Wasim Khan said that PCB has taken all decisions to protect fans and players.
Earlier, the PCB had said in a tweet that 'HBLPSL 2020 has been postponed'.
Both the semi-finals of today's event and the finals to be held tomorrow (March 18) were postponed by the PCB in view of the Corona virus.


The Government says there is no demand for a merged North and East through the new Constitution.
Higher Education Minister Lakshman Kiriella said the process to draft a new Constitution has obtained the support of Parliament, including that of the minority political parties.
Some groups have raised concerns the new Constitution will result in the North and East being merged and divided from the South.
Kiriella however said the Tamil political parties have asserted they will not push for the division of the county or the merger of the North and East.
“For the first time all the parties in Parliament are trying to draft a new Constitution. We need a new Constitution which gives justice and equality to everybody,” he said.
The Minister said once the Constitution is drafted it will be put forward for a referendum to obtain the consent of the public.
Rural Economic Affairs Minister P. Harrison said that the new Constitution is still at a discussion stage.
He said that nothing has been finalised and when the draft is prepared it will be put before the leading Buddhist clergy in the country for their approval.
Harrison said the government has made it clear the new Constitution will protect Buddhism. (Colombo Gazette)


Yemeni Government Welcomes Fresh Statements of the New UN Envoy to Yemen
(MENAFN- Saudi Press Agency)
Aden, Rajab 03, 1439, March 20, 2018, SPA -- The Yemeni government welcomed the statement made by Martin Griffith in Oman who is making his debut as the new UN envoy to Yemen, citing his confirmation on the importance of working hard to facilitate a comprehensive political process based on the GCC initiative and its executive mechanism, the outcomes of the National Dialogue Conference, and Security Council resolution 2216 in 2015.
Yemeni Deputy Prime Minister, and Foreign Minister Abdulmalik Al-Makhlafi told the Yemen News Agency that the Yemeni government welcomes the start of Griffith's mission, confirms its support for him and also pay tribute to his predecessor for the sizable gains so far restored in Yemen.
Makhlafi pointed out that the former envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh has exerted a lot of effort to achieve peace in Yemen but it is regrettable that he left his post before the fruits of these efforts are ripe.
18:30 LOCAL TIME 15:30 GMT
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The Gujarat Police has warned people to refrain from attacking frontline workers engaged in the battle against coronavirus in the state or be ready to face action.
Director general of police Shivanand Jha said six cases related to attack on frontline workers have been registered in the state during the lockdown and 22 people have been booked under the Prevention of Anti-Social Activities Act. Out of the six cases, four are related to attack on police personnel, and one case each has been registered for attack on a health worker and a revenue department official.
The DGP also said curfew violation in the state is also strictly monitored by the police and so far 418 cases of violations have been registered and 483 people have been detained. While 36 of these cases have been registered with the help of drone footages, six cases have been registered based on CCTV footages.
Notably, 164 cases of curfew violations have been registered in Ahmedabad and 157 people have been detained. In Surat, 147 cases have been registered and 166 people have been detained. And, in Rajkot, 107 cases have been registered and 119 people have been detained.
The DGP said 57,761 vehicles have been detained so far during the lockdown.


French President Emmanuel Macaron said he would cut income tax “significantly”.
“He will reduce public spending and make people work more,” the French president said in a speech commenting on the “yellow jackets” protests, quoted by France 24 on Thursday. “He noted a lack of confidence in the elected officials.”
“Many French feel they are forgotten,” he said. But he said that “the policies of the government during the last two years were correct, France needs to take place from its economy.”
In mid-January, Macaron launched the “Great National Debate,” an unprecedented formula in the country, aimed at defusing the worst crisis since he came to power – the “yellow jackets” protestors since mid-November protesting his tax and social policies.
It is noteworthy that President Macaron participated in these discussions, but without leading to significant results.
The first demonstrations of the “yellow jackets” broke out last November; to protest against the imposition of taxes on fuel prices.


The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) says it has registered no fewer than 21.4 million Nigerians into the National Identity Database and issued them the National Identification Number (NIN).
The Managing Director of the commission, Aliyu Aziz, gave the figure on Monday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja.
Mr. Aziz said that the new enrolment figure was reached at the close of work on Sept. 6.
According to him, the commission has also set up more enrolment centres across the 36 states of the federation and the FCT, bringing the number of such centres to about 805.
He said that with the deployment of additional enrolment centres, NIMC was currently active in 556 local government areas.
Mr. Aziz said that the commission was also working to activate the dormant centres in the remaining 218 councils to expand the enrolment coverage.
He said that this was in line with his goal to register 28 million Nigerians into the database by the end of December, 2017.
The managing director of NIMC said that the commission has continued to record exponential growth in the population of the database, in spite of the challenges facing the commission.
He recalled that the commission had little above seven million NINs in the database when he took over the mantle of leadership in November, 2015.
Aziz said that in spite of the challenges and constraints, he remained undaunted.
The NIMC chief said that he had continued to manage the scarce resources to ensure that the database was populated before the enforcement of the mandatory use of the NIN for all identity-based transactions.
He said that the commission had issued a token for the citizens and legal residents to assert their identities.


Openings available on state boards, commissions
Rep. John Ward, DFL-Brainerd, is encouraging area citizens to apply for an appointment to a number of councils, committees, boards and commissions.
"It's important that our communities are represented on these boards and commissions," Ward said. "I strongly encourage constituents to apply for the openings that fit their qualifications."
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Minister for Energy Hammad Azhar on Wednesday said five per cent economic growth would be achieved in next fiscal year.
Criticising the Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly and former finance minister Dr Miftah Ismail in a televised message, he expressed the hope that the economic growth would be 6 percent in 2023.
Alluding to the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) leaders, he said those, who were leveling baseless allegations had ruined the national economy during their own tenures in government.
There was huge current account deficit while the country exports had declined during their governments, which, however, was in surplus after a decade, he added.
Hammad said the government had put the national economy on right track despite various challenges while the economy of neighboring had shrunken by 7.8 per cent.
The minister said the agriculture and services sectors were booming while the country’s exports witnessed sharp increase, besides 9 per cent growth in large scale manufacturing.
It was a real growth in the economy, he said, adding the government was also taking steps to control inflation.


The Office of the Ombudsman has given the Ombudsman Excellence award to the interpreters in the presidential elections case.
Five interpreters from the Judiciary have received the award which is given to public officers who have performed well.
Writing on Facebook, Ombudsman Martha Chizuma said the presidential elections case story was an important story in 2019 and the men who interpreted from English to Chichewa allowed millions of Malawians to follow the proceedings in the local language on their radios.
“In the past few months, millions of people across the country even those in the remotest areas were hooked to the radio because of them. Through their work they have upheld many rights including the right to information. We are proud of their service to their nation. They deserved the Ombudsman Excellence awards,” said Chizuma.
On Friday, Healey Potani, one of the five Constitutional Court judges hearing the case, also congratulated the interpreters saying the court was proud of their work.


(MENAFN- The Peninsula)
NEW YORK: The State of Qatar participated in the ministerial meeting of the GCC member states with the Russian Federation, on the sidelines of the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. The State of Qatar was represented in the meeting by Minister of State for Foreign Affairs H E Sultan bin Saad Al Muraikhi.
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Ralf Heckner says patients had access to good health services
Swiss Ambassador Ralf Heckner met Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal at the Delhi Secretariat on Tuesday, and praised the various steps taken by the Delhi government to deal with the COVID-19 situation, said officials.
They added that Mr. Kejriwal spoke about how the government didn’t allow a bed shortage crisis even when the pandemic was at its peak in the city.
The Chief Minister also said they [the government] launched a mobile application to identify bed availability in hospitals.
Mr. Kejriwal further spoke about how the government will soon implement a Health Information Management System (MIMS) through which every Delhi citizen will get a health card detailing their entire medical history.
The government officials stated that the Ambassador said the Delhi government not only succeeded in dealing with COVID-19 but also provided good health facilities to patients.
Mr. Kejriwal said the Delhi government adopted a method to deal with COVID-19 under which only critical patients were admitted to the hospital, while others were provided treatment at home.
He added that the same method was adopted in other States and countries.
According to the government, Mr. Kejriwal said that to provide immediate health facilities to patients, required steps were taken by taking both private and government hospitals.
The Chief Minister also discussed in detail with the Ambassador the measures being taken to tackle pollution in the city, including the implementation of a progressive EV policy.
The Delhi government is also taking the support of IIT-Kanpur, IIT-Delhi and TERI in this direction, the Ambassador was informed.
Mr. Kejriwal told Mr. Heckner that the Delhi government was taking various steps to promote the tourism industry in the city and working on a number of schemes.
The possibility of Swiss firms working and investing in the tourism sector in Delhi was also discussed, the government added.
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(MENAFN- IANS) Panaji, Dec 8 (IANS) Taking note of a surge in crime against children, the Goa State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (GSCPCR) on Friday asked the government to deploy of women sub-inspectors (SIs) as child welfare police officers in the critical police stations.
In his letter to the Chief Secretary, GSCPCR Chairman Peter F. Borges said that there is urgent recommendation for prompt augmentation of women SIs deployment as child welfare police officers in the critical police stations.
He said the stakeholders in the child protection system have strongly advocated the need to deploy women SI's at the critical police stations.
“This recommendation aligns with the mandates outlined in the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015,” Borges said.
“The urgency of this recommendation is emphasised by the current unsatisfactory and insufficient deployment of women SIs as child welfare police officers, particularly in the police jurisdictions where crimes against children are visibly of concern.
"Recent times have witnessed a notable surge in reported crimes, especially those falling under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. To effectively address and investigate such cases, the stakeholders firmly assert that the deployment of women SIs, specifically trained as child welfare police officers, is imperative,” the letter read.
“Child victims necessitate a nuanced and empathetic approach, considering the psychological and emotional impact of the crimes they endure. Women SIs, equipped with specialised training, can play a pivotal role in creating a safe and supportive environment for child victims during investigations.
"Their understanding of the unique needs of children will significantly contribute to ensuring justice and the overall well-being of child victims,” it added.
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South Africa has also introduced a lockdown and that for five weeks now. It’s especially affected the country’s poor, including the homeless. President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the country would look after these people. In Cape Town that means that a number of them are being taken from the street against their will – and put into a camp.
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SHIMLA: State BJP president Suresh Bharadwaj claimed that the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections had proved that in just one year of power, an anti-incumbency factor had begun to build against the Congress government in Himachal Pradesh and its popularity graph was on a downward slide.
Talking to newspersons here he said, that in the last Vidhan Sabha elections the BJP had won a mere 16 of the 68 Assembly seats in the state, but in the recent Lok Sabha elections its candidates had got more votes than the Congress in 23 Assembly segments.
Asserting that the votes polled by the BJP also indicated that the popularity of chief minister was also going down and there was an apathy towards the programmes and policies being followed by the state government, he said that this was evident from the fact that the vote percentage of the party had increased in 59 assembly segments, and gone down only in nine.
The state BJP president said that the party had also broken the tradition that the party in power in the state also won all the four Lok Sabha seats. "Though there is a Congress government in the state, it could not win all the four Lok Sabha seats, as the BJP won the Hamirpur parliamentary seat", he added.
Alleging that the Congress had fared better than imagined, he said that it was because of misuse of official machinery and pressurising the people to vote for the Congress, or face the wrath of the government that it would be in power for the remaining four years.
"Pro-BJP pradhans were suspended, government employees having a soft corner for the party were threatened with transfer and the rural masses told that the EVMs could pin-point the exact number of votes received at a particular booth, and if it went against the Congress, developmental works in the region would come to a standstill", he claimed.
Bharadwaj said that meeting of the office bearers was held today which was attended by all the four candidates from the different parliamentary constituencies, the election observers and the BJP legislature party office bearers, to review the results of the recent Lok Sabha elections, and it was decided that office bearers and other leaders would fan out and not only thank the people for their vote and support, but also strengthen the party organisation.
He refuted that there was any infighting in the party because of which former union minister and two times chief minister of Himachal Pradesh had lost the Kangra Lok Sabha seat, adding that no one present at the meeting had raised the issue of in-fighting within the party, or else it would have figured.
Infact, he said that the party's performance was laudable in as much that during the 1999 elections when BJP was in power in the state the Congress had over 30 legislators, but it lost all the four Lok Sabha seats and got leads in only four assembly segments, whereas the BJP though having a mere 16 legislators had got a lead in 23 assembly segments.


By OLIVER SAMBOKO
THE Chinese government has donated another one million COVID-19 vaccines to Zambia as part of that country’s corporation in the fight against the deadly pandemic.
Health Minister, Sylvia Masebo and Chinese Ambassador to Zambia, Li Jie received 400, 000 of the one million vaccines doses yesterday at the Kenneth Kaunda international Airport.
And speaking at the KKIA , the Chinese envoy said Zambia and China have agreed that the one million vaccines pledged last year will be dispatched in three batches.
He said China will mobilize more resources to help Zambia tackle the COVID-19 pandemic as a demonstration of the cordial relations that have existed between the two countries over the years.
Mr Li Jie, said the current donation was in addition to another 100, 000 doses donated last year.
He said the two countries have collaborated in the fight against the pandemic since the first case was announced in March 2020 and thanked Zambia for the support rendered when China recorded its first cases in 2019.
And Ms Masebo said thanked China for the donation, saying the donation is a mark of the cordial relations that have existed between the two countries.
She said the arrival of the vaccines was timely as it comes at a time when the country has started administering booster vaccines as well as the introduction of the vaccines for children aged 12 years and above.
Ms Masebo said the Zambian government has targeted to vaccinate about 70 percent of the eligible population by June this year, adding that Chinese vaccines will go a long way in helping the country meet the target.
She said the friendship between the two countries was centered on people-to-people basis despite a change of governments, adding that the mission of the current government was to continue building on the cordial relations laid by the leaders of the old generation of the two countries.Ms Masebo also said the new dawn government is thankful to China for the support rendered over the years in various areas of the health sector, including infrastructure development


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The state of Oregon has more food stamp recipients than students enrolled in the state’s public schools, according to a Breitbart News analysis of state and federal data.
Oregon currently has 725,307 people enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the program in charge of doling out food stamps, according to the latest U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) statistics on food stamp enrollment.
According to the Oregon Department of Education, enrollment in the state’s K-12 public schools for the 2016-2017 school year totaled 578,947.
In other words, 146,360 more people are receiving government assistance than getting an education in K-12 public schools in the state.


President of Republic of Congo Brazzaville arrives in Riyadh
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Riyadh, Rajab 7, 1439, March 24, 2018, SPA -- President Denis Sassou Nguesso of the Republic of the Congo arrived in Riyadh today.
Upon his arrival, he was received by Prince Faisal Bin Bandar bin Abdulaziz, Governor of Riyadh Region, Minister of State, Member of the Cabenit, Dr. Essam bin Saad bin Saeed, and a number of senior offiicials.
21:11 LOCAL TIME 18:11 GMT
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The WA recorded another drop in COVID cases overnight, but the number of people in hospitals with the virus has increased.
There were 11,557 new cases of infection against 14,245 the day before.
However, the number of hospitalizations increased from 301 on Saturday to 326 on Sunday – 11 people in intensive care.
Data on Sunday brings the total number of active infections in the state to 90,651.
Of these, 7,756 were self-recorded through RATs and 3,801 from PCR tests.
Nearly 10,000 new infections have been reported in the Perth metro area, bringing the total to 72,865.
More than 900 have been recorded in the southwest, where there are 7,249 active infections.
Currently, the WA has registered 650,198 cases of COVID.
This comes a day after Australians were urged to disguise themselves before going to the polls to vote in the federal election.
There were some fears that voting booths and democratic sausage stations could become potential super-spread events.
COVID figures in the coming days will show whether the vote affected the spread of the virus.


Pan American Health Organization Director, Carissa Etienne, says COVID-19 has severely impacted the mental and physical health of children and adolescents in the Americas.
She urged countries to take several specific measures to protect them, including safe reopening of schools.
Dr. Etienne said over 1.5 million cases were reported in the region last year, while more than 1.9 million have already been reported in the first nine months of this year.
Dr Etienne said while children and young people generally experience mild or no symptoms, they can also develop severe illness.
Sexual and reproductive health services have been disrupted in more than half of countries in the region, and lockdowns and economic disruptions have increased the risk of domestic violence that can make home unsafe for children and adolescents.
Dr. Etienne also emphasized the negative impact of not attending school in person.


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Alberta has eased its restriction on holiday gatherings for those who live alone.
For the next five days, single people will be able to join another household’s holiday celebration, the province said Wednesday.
The change comes as hospitalizations in Alberta continues to climb to record numbers.
As Heather Yourex-West reports, what people do over the holidays will have a huge impact on the health system in the new year.
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(MENAFN- UkrinForm) On the night of September 29, 2022, Russian invaders struck the city of Mykolaiv, causing damage to a number of civilian objects.
The relevant statement was made by Mykolaiv Mayor Oleksandr Sienkevych on , an Ukrinform correspondent reports.
“Experts are examining the impact area. Therefore, I will report the details later. Now I can only note that civilian objects have been damaged,” Sienkevych wrote.
Sienkevych also posted a photograph, showing the fragments of the Russian missile.
A reminder that, on September 27, 2022, a total of 56 civilian and infrastructure objects were damaged in Russia's shelling of Mykolaiv.
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BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 21. The number of joint
ventures have increased four time, President of the Republic of
Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev said during the meeting in an
expanded format with President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham
Aliyev, Trend reports.
'Of course, we have significantly intensified our trusting
dialogue and contacts in recent years. An important political
document will be adopted today – the Declaration on the deepening
of strategic partnership and comprehensive cooperation. We have
established close coordination within the framework of the United
Nations, the Organization of Turkic States, the CIS, the OSCE, the
Non-Aligned Movement and other international organizations. We are
observing dynamic growth in trade, industry and cooperation. We
spoke critically and seriously about this today, about the fact
that the turnover has increased six times, but we should think
critically about this. We have analyzed these issues very
seriously. The number of joint ventures have increased four times.
Among the successful landmark projects, one can note the launch of
a joint production of cars in Hajigabul and cooperation in the
field of sericulture. However, the indicators are still very modest
and point to the need for maximizing the existing huge potential of
our mutually complementing economies,' the president said.
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After almost three months, 85 percent of healthcare workers have been vaccinated against COVID, the Department of Health said.
Health Undersecretary Myrna Cabotaje said 1.34 million health care workers have been given COVID jabs and almost 582,000 of them have completed the two doses.
Cabotaje noted, “A majority of those vaccinated are what we consider priority A1. Almost 85 percent of the A1 or the masterlisted health care workers got their first dose.”
She said most of those vaccinated are in the National Capital Region with 97 percent.
She stressed the need to convince frontliners in the provinces, including barangay health workers and emergency response teams, to have themselves immunized against COVID.
When it comes to the A2 priority group or the senior citizens, a dismal 12 percent received the vaccines. DOH data show only 1.17 million senior citizens have received their first doses while 196,000 got two doses.


Moderate Weather Conditions Forecast For Today, As Autumn Equinox Enters
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Amman, Sept. 23 (Petra)-- Today marks the autumn equinox, as the sun became vertical over the equator, the Jordan Meteorological Department (JMD) said in its daily report.
Moderate weather conditions, the JMD added, prevail in most parts of the Kingdom, with northwesterly moderate winds, picking up at times.
Temperatures in the capital Amman will range between a high of 27 degrees Celsius and a low of 16 degrees.
Highs in the port city of Aqaba will hike up to 37 degrees during the day, sliding to 24 degrees at night.
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SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) on Thursday urged the people to rise to the occasion to oppose the wrong policies of the Centre towards J&K.
The Party also demanded time bound judicial enquiry into the Hyderpora encounter.
JKPCC President Ghulam Ahmad Mir has said that it was the high time when people should come out and seek explanation from BJP Govt over the current situation and losses caused to people due to its’ wrong polices towards J&K
Mir made these comments while addressing a public meeting in Awantipora area of Pulwama District, which was part of Party’s Jan Jagran Abhiyaan and slammed the Centre for the current situation in Jammu and Kashmir.
It was the right time when people should come out and seek positive response to their concerns, apprehensions and the miseries they have been facing due to the policies adopted by the BJP Govt at Centre towards J&K, Mir added and said that Centre should work to win the hearts of the people, who are living in fear due to the human losses.
“J&K is marred with misrule and mismanagement of things on the part of Centre Government, which will continue to remain responsible for the current security situation, rising unemployment, economic crisis fear in the hearts and minds of people to be seen amongst the people due to the killings of civilians, security and police personnel,” JKPCC President said.
Mir told the Central Government to come out of the deep slumber and change its policy towards J&K people, besides addressing the concerns of people on account of security, economic crisis, highest rate of unemployment and various other issues confronting people in Kashmir as well as in Jammu.
“How long people of J&K would suffer due to the Centre’s wrong policies, when will the democratic rights will be restored in J&K,” Mir questioned and said people have realized that the BJP Govt at Centre was least bothered about the rights of people and have taken advantage of its brute majority to punish the people, which was not acceptable and tolerable.
On this occasion JKPCC President reiterated that government should order time bound judicial enquiry into Hydepora encounter and deliver justice to the slain innocent civilians.
JKPCC Vice President Haji Abdul Rashid Dar, Spokesperson Bashir Ahmad Magrey, Gulzar Ahmad Wani (Former Legislators) Gen Secretary Surinder Singh Channi, DCC President Umer Jaan, Mahila Vice President Shameema Raina, Javed Magrey and various other leaders addressed gathering and urged the people to join Congress Party in the fight against the injustice, discrimination and restoration of democratic rights in J&K.


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LAHORE -- Dismissed as a power transformer blast initially, the explosion near the venue of the second Pakistan-Zimbabwe ODI cricket match was a terror attack but the tourists have decided to continue with the series, which ends tomorrow.
The incident occurred last night near the Gaddafi stadium -- the venue of the second ODI here.
Federal Information minister Pervez Rasheed confirmed on Geo News that the blasts heard around 9.00pm during the match were the result of explosives planted in a rickshaw.
Rasheed said the explosion in the rickshaw took place near Kalma Chowk which is around one kilometre from the Gaddafi stadium.
Initially, the Pakistan Cricket Board and police officials had said that the blasts were caused by an explosion in a power transformer near the stadium that was packed for the one-day international.
A PCB spokesman confirmed to PTI on Saturday that steps were taken not to cause panic among the people last night.
"The blasts were heard and word spread around but the people who came to watch the match remained orderly and there was no incident," Agha Akbar said.
"The main thing is that the Zimbabwe team is continuing the tour and will play the last ODI as planned on Sunday," he said.
Akbar said the tickets for the match were sold out like the first four games of the tour.
"They were scheduled to go shopping today which they will do and the foreign broadcasters are also fine and showed remarkable spirit," he said.
DIG Operations Punjab Police Dr Haider Ashraf told the media that at least three policemen were killed in the rickshaw blast including a sub-inspector and several injured.
A source in the Punjab police said the blast in the rickshaw was meant to be a distraction while another terrorist waited to take advantage but because the security was so impenetrable, he could not get into the inner cordon of the cover around the Gaddafi stadium and was killed.
"The blast took place one kilometre from the stadium and there was panic and the policemen and rangers handled the situation smoothly and we are investigating and collecting evidence from the blast site," Ashraf added.
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Ms Smith, speaking about the latest victim, 11-year-old Rhys Jones, said witnesses needed to feel confident to be able to give evidence.
Speaking on Channel 4 News, Ms Smith called on the public to help police catch the killers and said she felt "terrible" about his death.
She said: "I am willing to consider anything that will help us to get the information to put people away."
Ms Smith said: "Can I say how terrible we feel about what has happened to Rhys and how obviously our hearts go out to the family and the local community."
She added: "We need the community to help in catching these people and we will hunt them down and we need the evidence to be able to put them away for what they have done."
She went on: "One of the issues, of course, as the Chief Constable made clear in Liverpool, is that we need people in local communities to be willing to firstly stand up against gun crime, but also to give information to the police to be willing to come forward.
"That doesn't always mean that they will need to act as witnesses but we need people to feel confident about that."
She pointed to recent examples in Manchester and Birmingham where, she said, witnesses had been protected so they felt more able to give evidence.
Ms Smith also said areas of Britain where gun crime was high needed to have more resources targeted at them.Reuse content


(MENAFN- The Peninsula) Farmers clear rain water from their flooded wheat crop field on the outskirts of Amritsar yesterday. Heavy rains and strong winds have hit large areas of the northwestern state of Punjab.
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Remove dust from people's hearts: Farooq tells India, Pak
Srinagar, Apr 7 (UNI) National Conference (NC) Chief Patron Farooq Abdullah today urged India and Pakistan to make serious efforts to remove the ''dust settled on hearts'' of the people of Jammu and Kashmir which will go a long way in resolving the vexed issue.
He also welcomed the recent steps taken by India and Pakistan to resolve the contentious Kashmir issue.
Addressing a public meeting here, the former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister said the two countries should fix a time-frame to resolve the Kashmir issue.
He claimed that attempts were being made by vested interest to divide the people of Jammu and Kashmir ''But, the people should defeat the evil designs of the vested interest and unitedly press for their demands,'' Dr Abdullah added.
He said several hundred youth have been killed and the people have suffered immensely since the onset of militancy in 1989-90.
''Those responsible for deterioration of situation in the state have now changed their roles and claim to be the messiahs of the people,'' the NC leader added.
Dr Abdullah said he had offered to step down from the Chief Minister's post in 1989 and 1996 to silence the guns and work for restoration of peace and normalcy in the state.
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The National Orientation Agency (NOA) in Ebonyi has commenced a week-long campaign on identifying political parties and its symbols as well as other enlightenment activities in the state.
The NOA Director in the state, Dr Emma Abah said that its target was to ensure that eligible voters understood how to thumbprint and identify political party symbols.
Abah told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Sunday in Abakaliki that the voter education was part of preparations for the forthcoming general elections.
The director said that the sensitization would focus on voter apathy and void votes which had characterised previous elections.
He said that the agency was also engaging security agencies to train their personnel on the need to avoid intimidating the electorate, while campaigns on war against electoral violence and manipulations would continue.
He also said that politicians, tertiary institutions, youths, parents and churches were also targets to ensure peace.
“All these were to allow internal democracy to reign.
“In the area of PVC collection, we were able to mount serious campaign for its success as we engaged INEC to decentralise the distribution.
“The effort brought huge success in the collection and it is still ongoing.
“In identifying parties and symbols, we want the people to see the sample ballot papers and how to thumbprint inside the box.
“We are also making them understand the effects of wrong thumbprinting and implications on our electoral process,” Abah said.
Abah said with the presence of its offices in the 13 local government areas, development centers and community mobilization committee, such activities would be felt at the grassroots.
The director encouraged those who felt sidelined to come forward and be part of the system to participate and remain committed to peaceful election.


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'Incredible India' at Hospitality Qatar
(MENAFN- Gulf Times) The Indian embassy and the Indian Business and Professionals Council Qatar (IBPC Qatar), in association with the Indian Travel Professionals Forum (ITPF) is currently participating in Hospitality Qatar 2021.
The participation aims to promote 'Incredible India' as a '365-days year' tourist destination, and to showcase various regions, destinations, and activities for holidaymakers. The stall was inaugurated by Indian ambassador Dr Deepak Mittal.
Indian participation assumes larger significance as Indian tourist visas are set to open from November 15, 2021 and the first 500,000 tourists will be issued visas free of charge.
India is fully prepared to welcome back tourists, with all key stakeholders in the tourism sector fully-vaccinated and robust protocols put in place. India has done extremely well with the vaccination programme with more than 1bn doses administered.
Visitors can find more details on 'Incredible India' at the India Stall, Booth C82, inside the Doha Exhibition and Convention Centre until November 11.
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Riyadh, February 10, 2021, SPA -- The National Center of Meteorology (NCM) foretasted the weather for today in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia as active surface winds on the regions of Madinah, Makkah, Riyadh and Eastern, while thunderstorms, accompanied by active winds on the regions of Jazan, Asir and Najran.
In its report, the NCM stated that the surface wind movement in the Red Sea is northwesterly to northerly at a speed of 16-44 km/h, on northern and southeasterly to northeasterly at speed of 15-35 km/h on southern and central parts, while the surface wind movement in the Arabian Gulf is northwesterly at speed of 15-38 km/h.
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(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) EDEN, Sept 11 (KUNA) -- Kuwait NAMAA Charity started on Monday building a 50-unit housing project for the displaced in the Yemeni governorate of Marib, as part of (Kuwait By Your Side) campaign.
Namaa Director of the Relief Department Khaled Al-Shamri said the housing project includes, in addition to the 50 units, a health clinic, a school with all its facilities, a mosque, an artesian well, and a public garden.
He added that the project aims to shelter 50 displaced Yemeni families, improve and stabilize their living conditions, and provide education for their children.
NAMAA has also launched its first medical and surgical camp in the area last week where 500 patients were treated for several conditions, pointed Al-Shamri.
On his part, Deputy Director of the Executive Unit for Displaced Persons in Marib, Ali Abu Rakb expressed his gratitude and appreciation towards Kuwait for providing humanitarian aid for Yemen in all different crisis, affirming the deep brotherly feelings shared between the two countries. (end)
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The meeting involved the ministers in charge of economic affairs and representatives of the business and banking sectors.
Finance Minister Zdravko Maric said after the meeting that it had been agreed that preserving jobs was of paramount importance. He recalled that it had taken a lot of time to restore the number of jobs to the level before the 2008 downturn.
Maric also emphasised the need to ensure the flow of goods, adding that specific measures in that regard would be discussed in the coming days. He said that the businesses were trying to maintain cash flow and their operations.
The finance minister said that the government was not considering increasing taxes, adding that pensions and wages paid from the budget were not questionable.
The Director-General of the Croatian Employers' Association (HUP), Davor Majetic, said that employers met with sympathy on the part of the government and that they would analyse the situation together.
Since the measures are mostly aimed at preserving jobs, Majetic said that the employers would have to be provided with money for wages and liquidity.


More than 90 people who have fully recovered from COVID-19 have been tested again, according to health officials in Seoul, South Korea.
The Korea Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) revealed on Friday that 91 people who tested for quarantine tested positive for a new corona virus.
KCDC Director General Yong Yong Kyong confirmed that the virus test would be carried out in such cases, the results of which were expected to take at least two weeks.
“We are isolating viral cells from respiratory organs of those who have tested positive for COVID-19 again,” Jeong told reporters.
Health authorities have said that the virus was highly likely to have been reactivated, instead of the people being reinfected.
Virologists and epidemiologists also said the positive results from the retesting, might have come from the virus reactivating and not from wrong diagnoses.


SINGAPORE — PRovoke Media's Asia-Pacific Summit and SABRE awards will take place on Thursday 13 October, returning to Singapore for the first time since 2019.
The ninth PRovoke Asia-Pacific Summit will be held at Hotel Fort Canning, including a lunchtime showcase of 2022 IN2 SABRE Award winners, focused on digital and social media, data and analytics, and content creation.
The same venue will play host to the 12th Asia-Pacific SABRE Awards, recognising campaigns and agencies across the region that demonstrate the highest levels of strategic planning, creativity and business results.
As well as announcing winning campaigns, the SABRE Awards ceremony will reveal the Asia-Pacific Consultancies of The Year, celebrate the region's Best Consultancies to Work For, and honour this year's Individual Achievement SABRE recipients.
The Asia-Pacific SABRE Awards shortlist is due to be released on 22 August, while Consultancy of the Year finalists are revealed on 5 September. Tickets and tables will be available from 22 August.
This year's Asia-Pacific Summit and Awards will focus on the theme of 'Mission Possible' — reflecting a complex environment that has been accompanied by a shift in societal expectations, increasing demands on companies, brands, and CEOs to take a stand — and in many cases take the lead.
As ever, the events will feature and celebrate next level speakers from across the in-house, agency, media and academic worlds. The Summit also takes place in partnership with APACD, the region's premier association for in-house communicators.
In addition, the Summit and Awards have already attracted nine further partners: Ruder Finn, Weber Shandwick, Archetype, FleishmanHillard, BCW, Sandpiper Communications, Hill+Knowlton Strategies, Zeno Group and Redhill Asia. For more information on sponsorship, please contact Kim Cataldi.
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Jordan impose JOD200 on Hajj
(MENAFN) The Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs in Jordan stated that people, who want to perform Hajj, are obligated to pay JOD200.
The ministry explained that that this move is for worshipers to gain their place in Mecca and permit the ministry to count the precise number of people who are serious about performing the religious duty in 2018.
Hajj 2018 will begin in the evening of Sunday, August 19 and end in the evening of Friday, August and online registration in Jordan will start from 10am Sunday morning and until the evening of January 28, according to the ministry.
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Meeting Between Azerbaijani, Armenian FM Starts In Geneva (PHOTO)
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BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 2. The meeting
between the Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Jeyhun Bayramov and the
Foreign Minister of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan has just started in
Geneva, Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry wrote on its Twitter page,
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ADDIS ABABA: Ethiopia’s police and security forces have confirmed to Bikyamasr.com that they have taken control of illegal weapons that had been smuggled into the East African country from Sudan.
Police said that hundreds of illegal weapons were seized on Saturday in what they said were being smuggled in for the purpose of being used in the Eastern part of the country.
“Police have seized a total of 481 pistols and 13,000 bullets,” Fekadu Berhe of the Ethiopia’s Federal Police Media and Communication Department told Sudan Tribune.
Another police officer, who said he was part of the raid, told Bikyamasr.com that most of the smugglers have been arrested.
“We don’t know exactly the purpose of the weapons, but there are early reports that they were heading East to help rebel groups,” he said on condition of anonymity.
The smuggling has heightened fears among the Ogaden community that the seizing of the weapons could spark new violence in the eastern part of the country.
Residents in Eastern Ethiopia told Bikyamasr.com on Sunday that they are worried over the future, despite recent peace talks between the rebel groups and the government.
“Violence hasn’t really stopped and this report of weapons could be a reason to start more attacks on the area,” said one resident.


Cloquet City Council: Parks plan passes
It’s been a two-year process, but the Cloquet Parks and Recreation System Master Plan is finished.
Yet, it’s still a work in progress.
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"We are protesting against the State Education Minister Suresh Kumar because he has declared that Dr B R Ambedkar alone has not written the constitution. They are spreading the wrong message among children. So we all have gathered here to protest against the minister. Dr B R Ambedkar has made the constitution for the people of India and has given equal rights to everyone," said state president of the Samiti Bhanu Prakash.
"The government should take action against the state education minister and the secretary. The government has to disqualify them from their post," he demanded.


Kabul, Jan 31 (IANS) Four persons were killed and 18 others injured after the roof of their house collapsed in Afghanistan's Balkh province.
The incident took place late on Monday in the mountainous Qoriq village of Charkent district, killing four members of the family including two children, and injuring 18 others including women and children, with some in critical condition, provincial police spokesman Mohammad Asif Waziri said on Tuesday.
In a similar incident, three children were killed and six others including the victims' parents injured after the roof of their house collapsed due to heavy snowfall in Shigal district of eastern Kunar province on Sunday, a provincial government official Ehsanullah Ehsan has confirmed, Xinhua News Agency reported.
People in war-torn Afghanistan's rural areas are mostly living in mud houses, which are vulnerable to snowfall, heavy rain and natural disasters in general.
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2.How have college students’ needs and interests related to college attendance changed in recent years?
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Previously, it was being highly anticipated that Apple will launch the iPhone 8 on September 12 which now has been confirmed by Apple. Today, Apple has sent out invites to the media for an event they will be holding in their own Steve Jobs theatre in Cupertino. The event will be held on September 12 at 10 AM, it will also be livestreamed directly on Apple’s own website. It is expected that the company will be launching various devices alongside the much anticipated iPhone 8. As per our previous experiences, it is extremely difficult to speculate as to what the company will launch, but this time there have been reports stating that due to the difficulty in the production of the iPhone 8 the company will also launch iPhone 7S and iPhone 7S Plus alongside with it.
This is the first time ever that the company will be hosting the event at their new Apple Park campus situated in Cupertino, also to be noted that the event will be held in the Steve Jobs theatre which has its sentimental values.
What is expected?
People have been speculating this launch for some time now, and it might be safe to say that the company will be launching the Apple iPhone 8 at the event. Also to be noted that various reports have said that the company might also launch the iPhone 7S and the iPhone 7S Plus. It is also being expected that this might be the most expensive iPhone ever priced at $1,000. Many reports have also said that the iPhone 8 will come sporting a bezel-less display and will get rid of the home button and the TouchID sensor in favour of gesture control and 3D facial recognition.
What else can be announced?
It is also expected that the company will also showcase the newer generation of AirPods along with a newer generation of Apple TV. It is also expected that the company will showcase more new content that will be available with the next generation Apple TV.


KARACHI: Sindh Governor Imran Ismail Sunday said that injustice is being done to the people of Karachi in the name of Supreme Court decision on illegal encroachments on government land, media reported.
“Waseem Akhtar should take action against the influential,” said the governor Sindh. He further said that the traders in the city have played an important role in the progress of the economy.
The governor Sindh said that the traders have shown trust at the policy of the government. Earlier, The governor met with Prime Minister Imran Khan. Matters related to political situation and ongoing development projects were discussed during the meeting.


'Listening session' on school building project is tonight
Detroit Lakes School District holds its second of two spring listening sessions tonight (Tuesday, April 1) on how to proceed with the proposed building project that failed to pass a vote last November.
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(MENAFN- UkrinForm) President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine had a phone call with his Georgian counterpart Salome Zurabishvili.
The head of state wrote about this on Telegram , reports Ukrinform.
"I had a phone call with the President of Georgia, Salome Zurabishvili. I received congratulations from her and congratulated the friendly Georgian people on the positive assessment by the European Commission of our efforts on the way to the European Union," the president wrote. Read also: Zelensky
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He thanked Georgia for the participation of its representative in the meeting of national security and foreign policy advisers in Malta.
In addition, Zelensky raised the issue of access to proper treatment conditions for Ukrainian citizen Mikhael Saakashvili.
As reported by Ukrinform, the presidents of Moldova and Georgia welcomed the decision of the European Commission regarding the prospects of both countries joining the EU.
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Patterson Twp. police seek information about shots fired
PATTERSON TWP. — Police are seeking information after gunshots were fired Friday night at a graduation party.
Police Chief Rich Cindrich said officers were called to a fight outside the township fire hall about 10:50 p.m. Officials do not believe anyone was shot.
Cindrich said the graduation party was supposed to end around 10 p.m. but got "out of hand" prior to the police being called.
The police department, on its Facebook page, noted that the fire department is being "proactive in trying to prevent future incidents."
Police are asking anyone with information about the incident to call them at 724-846-8400.


Zambia’s new government has revealed that the country owes Chinese lenders more than $6bn (£4.4bn).
Since the defeat of President Edgar Lungu in August there has been a lot of speculation around the country’s debts.
The new President, Hakainde Hichilema, told the BBC last month that he had inherited an “empty” treasury and that the debt situation had not been “fully disclosed” by the former government.
For the first time since 1998, Zambia plunged into a recession last year. It also defaulted on a debt repayment.
A recent study by the US-based China Africa Research Initiative suggested that the amount owed to China was nearly double what had been revealed by the Lungu government.
That has now been confirmed by the Zambian authorities themselves. Overall, the country now owes a total of $14.5bn to its creditors, the AFP news agency quotes Finance Minister Situmbeko Musokotwane as saying.
The country has been talking to the International Monetary Fund about restructuring the debt, AFP reports.
Watch BBC presenter Lukwesa Burak’s interview with President Hichilema:


Saudi production market investment surpasses USD4B
(MENAFN) According to SPA reported quoting the minister of industry and mineral sources, the investment capacity in Saudi manufacturing goods has surpassed SR15 billion (USD4 billion) towards the end of September last year. Bandar Al Khorayef said that industrial amenities in Saudi Arabia have hit 230.
Based on the report of the National Industrial Information Centre, with a 27 percent localization rate, the country’s industrial facilities have supplied almost 10,000 work opportunities in different technical, mechanical and supervisory sectors.
Saudi production industries involve an extensive range of goods, and that involves jewelry, medicine equipment, contact lenses, bikes, toys and others.
The report demonstrated that the capacity of exports for the Saudi output industry surpassed SR436 million (USD116.1m), with gold bars and garment sectors on the top of the exports list.
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PrioritiesIn the future, Anoatubby said, education and economic development will continue to be important issues. The water situation in southern Oklahoma also will continue to be a high priority. “Water is an issue which will have a long-term impact on all Oklahomans,” he said. “Because tribes have long-standing water rights, we believe it is vital that tribal leaders and state leaders work together to develop a mutually agreeable plan for the sustainable management of the water resources.”
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Panaji: Goa Tourism Minister Rohan Khaunte inaugurated an exhibition titled “Partition Horrors Remembrance Day” on Sunday at Mapusa.
The exhibition organised by State government displays the pictures clicked during the partition. Deputy Speaker of Goa Legislative Assembly Joshua De Souza was also was also present on the occasion.
Khaunte said that the exhibition is a part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav initiative which is celebrated across the country. He said that while celebrating our Independence, it is also important for us to remember the horrors that people went through during partition.
This exhibition was to share information about the partition, he said adding that the people were divided on religious ground during partition, he stated.
We need to pay homage to those people who went through pain and horror during the partition, Khaunte said.
“In the 75th year of Independence, we need to propagate the message of communal harmony. We need to pass on the information about partition to the next generation,” the tourism minister said.


Mangochi — Mangochi has attained 97 percent COVID-19 recoveries and the district has for the past month recorded no local transmission cases.
The district's Chief Preventive Health Officer, Dr. Kondwani Mamba, disclosed this on Monday in the district's weekly update on the pandemic.
According to Mamba, out of the 146 COVID-19 cases that the district has cumulatively recorded since the outbreak hit the district, there has been 142 recoveries, one death and three active cases only.
"The three active cases are all from the six cases that the district imported recently and we have had no in-district cases lately; which means if we had not received these cases the district would have had zero active cases," explained Mamba.
He said the two active cases are in Senior Chief Chowe's area while one active case is in Senior Chief Katuli's area.
Mamba described the lowest rate of active cases as encouraging especially at the time schools have just opened, a development many feared would accelerate the spread of the disease.
He has since urged the public to remain vigilant in fighting the pandemic by following all preventive measures.
"Parents should continue to sensitize their children on the pandemic and its preventive measures while teachers, on the other hand, should also ensure that they observe the same," he said.
Meanwhile, Mangochi district council and development partners working in the district continue to implement various interventions, including vigorous public announcement through community radios and mobile vans, in response to COVID-19 pandemic.


(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, Nov. 9
Ninety three Azerbaijani civilians were killed, and 407 wounded as a result of the provocations of the Armenian armed forces from Sept. 27 till Nov. 9, Trend reports citing the Azerbaijani General Prosecutor's Office.
Some 504 civilian facilities, 3,326 private houses, and 120 apartment buildings were damaged as a result of intensive artillery and missile shelling.
Armenian Armed Forces launched a large-scale military attack on positions of the Azerbaijani army on the front line, using large-caliber weapons, mortars, and artillery on Sept. 27. Azerbaijan responded with a counter-offensive along the entire front. Currently, Azerbaijan continues the liberation of its territories from Armenian troops.
Back in July 2020, the Armenian Armed Forces violated the ceasefire in the direction of Azerbaijan's Tovuz district. As a result of Azerbaijan's retaliation, the opposing forces were silenced. The fighting continued the following days as well. Azerbaijan lost a number of military personnel members, who died fighting off the attacks of the Armenian Armed Forces.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. As a result of the ensuing war, the Armenian Armed Forces occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.
The 1994 ceasefire agreement was followed by peace negotiations. Armenia has not yet implemented four UN Security Council resolutions on the withdrawal of its armed forces from Nagorno Karabakh and the surrounding districts.
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ISLAMABAD: China’s ambassador to Pakistan, Yao Jing, has expressed hope that Pakistan will soon control the COVID-19 outbreak.
In his message for the citizens of Pakistan during Ramadan, Yao Jing wished the people of the country on the holy occasion. He further said that the entire country is fighting against the novel COVID-19 in this challenging time.
Ambassador Yao Jing said China is Pakistan’s close friend and steadfast colleague and Islamabad had also extended great support to China during the coronavirus epidemic.
He appreciated the relief package announced by the government for the people and business community of the country.
Yao Jing underscored that the two countries are all-weather strategic partners and have preserved the finer tradition of standing by each other through thick and thin.
He also thanked the prime minister for Pakistan’s support to China and underlined that the Chinese government and leadership remains firmly committed to supporting Pakistan in combating COVID-19.
The ambassador also paid rich tribute to the efforts of the government, doctors and paramedical staff in the fight against COVID-19.
He expressed belief that under the leadership of Prime Minister Imran Khan, the government and the people will control the coronavirus crisis immediately.


How to stop the Zika virus outbreak in New Orleans
New Orleans is getting ready to celebrate the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, with people and businesses preparing for a weeklong celebration of the city’s heritage and culture.
New Orleans has not seen any pandemic since it was struck by the virus in October 2015, and the mayor, Mitch Landrieu, said Sunday that there is no need to rush to end the citywide celebration.
Landrieo has ordered that public events and events in New Orlesian restaurants, stores, parks, churches, museums, and community centers will be closed for at least the next three days to give people time to prepare.
The mayor also said he has instructed state and federal agencies to work to reduce the number of cases in the region, which has been hit by several dozen cases of Zika in recent days.
But New Orleans has had a significant number of infected people, some of whom have died, and authorities are working to identify the individuals who may have been exposed.
A total of 1,096 confirmed cases and 14 deaths have been recorded in the city since October 15, when the first cases were found in a local nursing home.
There have been a few other major outbreaks in New York City, New Jersey and Connecticut.
In all, there have been 1,079 confirmed cases in New Jersey, 1,068 confirmed cases among New York state residents, and 1,034 confirmed cases nationwide.
In Connecticut, 1.5 million cases and 5,735 deaths have resulted.
New Orleans, however, has had its fair share of recent infections, with 2,908 confirmed cases across the state.
The state has had some of the worst transmission in the country, with more than half of the confirmed cases occurring in the greater New Orleans area.
The governor has ordered all public health workers to wear masks for the duration of the celebrations.
The city has a number of restrictions on public events including closing off the roads to vehicles, shutting down streets and sidewalks and limiting the use of amplified music.
It also said that people attending a parade will be asked to stop wearing masks for a period of 30 minutes.
Landriou also said on Sunday that all schools, libraries, parks and other facilities must stay open for the entire month of September.
In an effort to reduce infections in the coming weeks, the governor said it will also ask residents to wear face masks for 10 minutes during the week.
Landry said that the state and local officials will work together to help educate the public about the virus, as well as help the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the federal government figure out a way to help those in the U.S. who are infected.
“We’re in the midst of a pandemic and we have a responsibility to help people in the states and territories to protect themselves, to make sure they are getting the proper protective equipment and to ensure that they get the necessary care,” Landrieus said on ABC’s “Good Morning America.”


Coronavirus restrictions across Australia will remain in place for at least another four weeks.
Following a National Cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced today that there are three things the country needs to achieve before the rules are revaluated by the national cabinet.
Before examining the possibility of rolling back restrictions, the government will first move to mass testing, including those without symptoms, improve contact tracing and increase ability to lockdown local outbreaks, the prime minister said.
"So beyond those who are symptomatic, if we are to move to a different phase when it comes to the restrictions, we need an even broader testing regime than we have at this point," Mr Morrison said.
"We have one of, if not, the most extensive testing regime is in the world today. But we need to do even better than that to make sure that we can have greater confidence that when we moved to a lesser restriction environment, we can have confidence we can identify any out breaks very, very quickly and respond to them."
Mr Morrison reiterated his six-month timeline, confirming that some restrictions will need to stay in place until September.
"I have always considered the six months, the period in which we have been operating and will operate these lifeline measures in the economy, which is JobSeeker with the JobSeeker supplement, and JobKeeper, they run for the six-month period, we have bought that time to find the road out."
There are currently 6,457 cases of coronavirus in Australia, Chief Medical Officer Professor Brendan Murphy said, with a daily increase of less than 50.
"But as the prime minister has said, if we relax the distancing measures that are stopping or reducing that community transmission, that will inevitably lead to some more outbreaks of community transmission," Prof Murphy said.
"We can't afford to do relaxation until we have a public health system which is so finely tuned that it can detect and respond to any outbreak."


VENTURA (CBSLA.com) — Six people were injured when a car and trolley collided in Ventura Saturday afternoon.
The collision occurred just after 4:30 p.m. at the intersection of Oak Street and Santa Clara, according to authorities.
The Ventura Police Department responded to the scene alongside Ventura City Fire.
Officials said six people were injured — four from the trolly and two from the vehicle — and transported to Ventura County Medical Center.
All of the injuries were minor, said authorities.
The collision is under investigation.
Anyone with information related to the crash is asked to call the Ventura Police Department at (805) 339-4309.


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