Health officials say the number of deaths from the devastating January coronavirus outbreak in the U.S. is now more than 7,000, with most fatalities linked to a new strain of the virus.
At least 1,200 people have died since the outbreak began, including nearly 500 in New York City, where more than 100 people died, according to the New York State Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
It is unclear how many more deaths may have been linked to the new coronaviruses.
The new coronivirus strain is similar to the strain that led to a huge outbreak in 2009 in parts of Asia, including India and China.
It can spread from person to person, and some coronavires are found to be resistant to antibiotics.
The new strain is also much more contagious and can spread faster than the previous strain, which was also highly contagious.
The Department of Homeland Security has ordered a major public health campaign to educate people about the risks and potential complications of the new strain, officials said.
The department also has urged states to ramp up public health screenings and vaccinate as many people as possible.
The agency also has started sending letters to people who were previously tested for coronaviral illness and asking them to check their health records.
It has also urged people to report suspicious activity to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the state health department said.
The virus has also caused some families to abandon their children in droves, officials have said.
Some of the cases of people who have died from the virus have occurred in hospitals, where the death toll is still rising.


(MENAFN) Beijing Construction Engineering Group (BCEG) recently announced that it intends to invest a total of USD250 million in a project for making a hypermarket of construction materials in Iran.
Moreover, the Chinese firm added that It has inked a memorandum of understanding (MOU) alongside the Iranian Omran Holding Group in Tehran.
Never the less, sources posted that the MOU was agreed by the CEO of C.S.P.O Mahmoud Eslamian, the Managing Director of Iranian Omran Holding Group Amir Hossein Karimi, as well as a director from BCEG.
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The Mayor of Accra, Mohammed Adjei Sowah, on Thursday visited Accra Academy after a fire had gutted some halls in the school to ascertain the extent of the damage.
The fire which was said to have started at around 7 pm on Wednesday reportedly engulfed parts of some dormitories – Alema and Halm Addo halls whilst the students were in their classrooms during prep time.
The Mayor who was accompanied by the management of assembly expressed the worry over the unfortunate incident and assured the government's support to rebuild the damaged facility.
"Fortunately government has assured us that rebuilding the facility is going to be a priority project and that funds has been allocated to ensure that it is done as soon as possible,” he said.
He urged the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) to expedite investigation into the cause of the fire to make way for the reconstruction of the dormitories.
He also called on contractors working on the construction of additional dormitories in the school to speed up the process to ease the pressure of existing facilities in the school.
The Deputy Minister of Education, Dr Yaw Adu Twum who was also at the scene to inspect the extent of damage assured that the Minister was concerned about the incident and had directed that the reconstruction of the damaged dormitories began in earnest.
He also pointed out that enough funds had been allocated for the school's expansion project which was currently being undertaken across the country adding that contractors were working around the clock to complete all projects to help eliminate the ongoing double-track system.
The Assistant Headmaster of the school, Mr Ebo Sey explained that the cause of the fire was not known as it was detected in the ceiling and that the affected halls housed about 80 students.


Lockdown in Sindh, Sindh Chief Minister will announce the next course of action today
KARACHI: The Sindh government will work hard for further easing of lockdown in Sindh, after which Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah will announce the next course of action through a press conference today.
According to details, Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah has summoned important ministers to the Chief Minister’s House.
Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah has completed consultations with the party leadership while Bilawal Bhutto has given necessary instructions to Sindh Chief Minister. Sources said that the Sindh government has said that the lockdown will not be lifted but conditional opening of business can be allowed under SOPs.
The Chief Minister will announce the next course of action through a press conference today.
It may be recalled that the day before yesterday, Prime Minister Imran Khan had announced to end the lockdown from Saturday and said that the provinces should make their own decisions, it is time to become responsible citizens and fight against corruption.
Later, Sindh Information Minister Nasir Hussain Shah said that Prime Minister Imran Khan has decided today by consensus. In some matters, powers have been given to the Sindh government. The Sindh government will form its own SOPs and implement them.
The Chief Minister will take the people into confidence on the Sindh lockdown. The Chief Minister and the Cabinet agree that first the life of the people and then the business are working on SOPs to open the business in phases.
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Reacting on the Baghjan incident, Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said that 7-8 relief camps have been set up to shift the people from the nearby areas.
The chief minister said that the government is trying their level best to control the situation. “We have also requested the Centre to deploy air force to douse the flame. We will ensure the safety and security of the people. Two employees of OIL have also lost their lives while two others are injured and we requested the Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan to provide compensation to the families,” Sonowal said while interacting with the media persons.
He also said that the state government has also urged the Centre to provide jobs to one person of the four families.
Sonowal further stated that as per his direction, Industry and Commerce Minister Chandra Mohan Patowary has also visited the site for a ground investigation adding that it will take some time to control the situation but the government and the OIL authorities are doing their best to douse the flame.


New Delhi, Sep 15 (IANS) Delhi Capitals' Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje and Ben Dwarshuis have reached the team hotel in Dubai on Wednesday ahead of the resumption of the second leg of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021.
According to the information received here, all the players were tested for COVID-19 upon arrival. "Delhi Capitals' fast bowlers Kagiso Rabada and Anrich Nortje from South Africa and Ben Dwarshuis from Australia arrived at the team hotel in Dubai on Wednesday, 15 September 2021. All players were tested for Covid-19 upon arrival," Delhi Capitals said in a statement.
"Dwarshuis will be in quarantine for six days, meanwhile, the South African players have entered the Delhi Capitals bio-bubble directly from the bio-bubble set up for the recently-concluded ODI and T20I series in Sri Lanka," it said.
The Delhi Capitals will take on the Sunrisers Hyderabad on September 22 at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium.
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Saudi Arabia and Azerbaijan Sign Cooperation Protocol in Combating Crimes
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Riyadh, Jumada II 3, 1439, Feb 19, 2018, SPA -- Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Naif bin Abdulaziz, Minister of Interior, signed here today with Azerbaijan's Interior Minister Ramil Usubov a protocol for cooperation between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Azerbaijan.
The signing ceremony was held following a session of official talks held between the two sides.
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(MENAFN) U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris has embarked on her first official visit to Africa since taking office, kicking off the three-nation tour in Ghana. She was greeted by schoolchildren waving flags of both countries as she announced a new U.S. financial support package for Ghana and several other countries in the region.
During a bilateral meeting with Ghanaian President Nana Akufo Addo, Harris praised Ghana's leadership for making the country a "beacon of democracy" and announced $100 million in new support for Benin, Ghana, Guinea, Cote d'Ivoire, and Togo. The funding is intended to help address security, governance, and development issues in the region.
Harris emphasized the importance of the U.S.'s partnerships with African nations, stating that they are "guided not by what we can do for Africa, but with Africa and our African partners on this continent." She expressed enthusiasm for the future of Africa and its potential impact on the rest of the world, including the U.S.
The vice president's tour of Africa is part of the Biden administration's efforts to strengthen ties with the continent. She is the fifth top administration official to visit Africa this year, following visits by Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Secretary of State Antony Blinken. The trip is expected to focus on democracy, climate change, security, the economy, and the impact of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Harris' visit to Ghana marks the beginning of a nine-day tour of central African nations, during which she will meet with leaders, hold bilateral talks, and make announcements about U.S. support for the region. The tour follows the U.S.-Africa leaders' summit in December, during which President Biden announced a $55 billion commitment to the continent over the next three years.
The vice president's trip to Africa highlights the importance of the continent to U.S. foreign policy, particularly in areas such as security, economic development, and human rights. It also underscores the Biden administration's efforts to re-engage with the international community and strengthen global partnerships in the face of ongoing challenges such as the COVID-19 pandemic and geopolitical tensions.
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Unknown gunmen have kidnapped 18 passengers heading to Lagos in Ondo State.
LEADERSHIP learnt that the travellers were attacked and kidnapped along the Idoani-Ifira road in Akoko axis of the state on Wednesday evening.
The incident occurred at a failed portion of the Idoani-Ifira road in Akoko South-East local government area of the state.
It was learnt that there were sporadic shootings while the gunmen carried out their nefarious activities, causing other road users to run helter-skelter for their safety.
It was also gathered that the passengers were robbed of their valuables before they were taken into the forest.
Confirming the incident, the divisional police officer (DPO) for Isua Akoko, a Chief Superintendent of Police, Mr Hakeem Sadiq, said the case had been reported to the police and that the anti-kidnapping unit was already working with sister agencies to ensure that the travellers were rescued unhurt.
Meanwhile, a source close to one of the victims, has disclosed that the kidnappers had demanded N10million ransom for the release of the abducted passengers.
Meanwhile, an Ifira Akoko community leader, Chief Boboye Ojomo, has attributed the incessant robberies and kidnapping at the area to deplorable condition of the federal road from Ipele to Idoani to Ifira and Isua, which has been abandoned by the contractor handling the road project.
Ojomo called on the federal government through the minister of works, Babatunde Fashola, to look into all federal roads in the state as many are now in a state of disrepair.


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Algerian President receives Minister of Interior
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Algiers, Jumada II 17, 1439, March 05, 2018, SPA -- The President of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria Abdelaziz Bouteflika, received here today Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Nayef bin Abdulaziz, the Minister of Interior.
During the reception, the Interior Minister conveyed the greetings and appreciation of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, the Crown Prince, Vice President of the Council of Ministers and Minister of Defense, to the president and the people of the People's Republic of Algeria.
The two sides reviewed the bilateral relations between the two countries and discussed the latest developments on the regional and international arenas.
22:37 LOCAL TIME 19:37 GMT
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(MENAFN- Jordan News Agency) Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas Saturday asked the Palestinian observer mission at the United Nations to promptly act with Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to take "appropriate and necessary" measures for the absorption of Palestinian refugees on their land.
The Palestinian News Agency Wafa said the Palestinian presidency was holding contacts with the United Nations and European and other concerned parties to apply pressure on the Israeli government to allow the absorption of Palestinian refugees in their territory.
It said the presidency sought international help "to stop the Palestinians' plight of displacement, death and dispersal in world countries due to the current difficult conditions in the region".
"The Palestinian presidency deems this mission (taking in Palestinian refugees) not just a humanitarian mission, but a right of every Palestinian living in exile and refugee camps (to return)".
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Mercy Corps, Non Governmental Organisation (NGO) has organised a two-day training for media practitioners and information officers on management of ‘mis and disinformation’ relating to COVID-19 pandemic.
The Mercy Corps Acting Programme Manager, Mrs Kauna Sugabkya explained some of the objectives at opening of the workshop on Monday in Damaturu.
She said it was meant improve community leaders and health workers’ capacity, to provide accurate information and address misinformation around COVID-19 vaccines.
She added that the workshop was also meant increase community participation and accountability in the equitable access, distribution and administration of COVID-19 vaccines.
She said it would also strengthen community engagement in preventing and responding to COVID-19 among others.
Sugabkya said the 12 months programme was taking place in four local government of the state, which were Nguru, Bade, Damaturu, Potiskum.
Also speaking, Miss Dorathy Okaba, the Communication Assistant highlighted some issues caused by mis/disinformation and rumors.
She said it heightened fear, uncertainty, anxiety, stress, worries, increased distrust and exacerbated spread of the disease.
She explained that infodemic leads to mistrust in health authorities and undermined the public health response.
“An infodemic can intensify or lengthen outbreaks when people are unsure about what they need to do to protect their health and the health of people around them.”, he said.


Afghanistan- 14 Taliban killed, 20 injured in Zabul operation
(MENAFN- Pajhwok Afghan News) QALAT (Pajhwok): Fourteen Taliban
The operation in Ishaqzai area of the district was launched at about 1pm on Thursday and wrapped up at 8pm, said deputy provincial police chief Col. Ghulam Jilani Farahi.
He said 14 taliban militants were killed and more than 20 others were wounded in the operation that left only two policemen wounded.
He said one motor car, eight bikes, four guns, mines and a large number of bullets were confiscated during the operation aimed at securing the Zabul-Kandahar highway.
There has been no word from the Taliban about the operation.
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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said that the Delhi government will provide financial help to the families who have lost their earning members due to Covid-19 and will bear the education and other expenses of the children orphaned due to the pandemic . Kejriwal also said that the rate of infection in Delhi has come down to 12 percent, about 8,500 cases of Covid-19 have been reported in the last 24 hours.
The Chief Minister said, “I know that elderly citizens have lost their children. They were dependent on their earnings. The government will help all such families who have lost their earning member. We have to take the cases of infection to zero. We cannot relax, we have to follow the lockdown strictly


The number of parents being fined because their children skipped school without permission, has gone up.
In the 2011/12 school year 41,224 parents were issued fines because their children had played truant from school.
In the 2010/11 school year the number of £60 penalty fines given out was 32,641.
This means the number of fines have gone up by almost a quarter.
The Department of Education said more parents were failing to pay the fines too.
In the last school year 6,300 cases were taken to court because fines weren't paid.


Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], April 5 (ANI): Lauding the healthcare facilities of his state, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Tuesday said that the state has emerged as the biggest state in terms of its healthcare facilities.
Rajasthan Chief Minister highlighted that the state government is putting on heavy investments to ensure people have adequate facilities across the state.
Speaking to reporters today, Gehlot said, "Rajasthan has become the biggest state in terms of health. We are putting heavy investments, like in the IPD tower, health institute, and biology lab. We want people to have facilities across the state."
On April 2, the Congress government in the state said that it has taken exemplary decisions for the health and wellbeing of the people of Rajasthan.
"The Congress govt is taking exemplary decisions for the health and wellbeing of the people of Rajasthan. The Mukhyamantri Chiranjeevi Swasthya Bima Yojana has come as a ray of hope to lakhs of families brings smiles and security during the darkest of times. #RealGovernance," tweeted the official handle of the Congress party.
Notably, the Rajasthan Assembly elections are slated to be held in 2023. (ANI)


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Riyadh, February 27, 2021, SPA -- The National Center of Meteorology (NCM) foretasted the weather for today in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia as thunderstorms, accompanied by active winds on Jazan, Asir, Al-Baha, Makkah, Madinah,Tabuk, Al-Jouf, Hail regions, while active surface winds on eastern and central regions.
In its report, the NCM stated that the surface wind movement in the Red Sea is northwesterly to westerly at a speed of 16-40 km/h, on northern and central parts, along with westerly to southwesterly at a speed of 15-35km/h, while the surface wind movement in the Arabian Gulf is northwesterly at speed of 16-42 km/h.
11:11 LOCAL TIME 08:11 GMT
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Published: Fri 20 May 2022, 11:51 AM
His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE, has issued a decree to dissolve the tribunal related to the financial settlement of Dubai World and its subsidiaries.
The tribunal was formed pursuant to Decree No. (57) of 2009. All cases and claims filed after Decree No. (20) of 2022 comes into effect will be referred to specialised courts.
The new decree states that the tribunal will continue to review all pending cases and claims during a transition period.
All cases and requests that have not been resolved by a final judgement before December 13, 2022, will be referred to specialised courts, in line with judicial legislations in Dubai, without any new fees being charged.
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The schools in Ireland will reopen from Thursday as planned before, the Department of Education has confirmed. The move is followed by the advice of health officials which stated that there were no public health rationale to delay the reopening of schools.
Education Minister Norma Foley, department officials, unions and school managements met yesterday to talk about the reopening and all stakeholders agreed to carry on with the decision, the department spokesperson said.
There were wide concern from parents and teachers’ unions about the reopening as the Covid cases in Ireland surged to record high in recent days. The Omicron cases also increased significantly. But the health officials recommended reopening of schools with health regulations and the decision was subsequently agreed by all the stakeholders.
“Education stakeholders were briefed by the Minister and public health representatives on how the Covid-19 mitigation measures in place in schools have been reviewed by Public Health and will continue in place in the coming term,” the spokesperson said.


KATHMANDU: Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal informed that the government has released Rs 17 crores for the flood victims on Wednesday.
Answering the question raised in the Natural Resources Committee of the House he said that the government has already given Rs 17 crores to the affected people.
CA members had raised many questions and shown dissatisfaction over the ineffective step taken by the government for the people who were affected by the floods. They had also expressed concern to the PM about the disruption of the Highways which is creating food scarcity in those areas.
Laxman Ghimire, Lekh Raj Bhatta and other CA members raised the questions before the PM.
The PM visited the flood affected areas of the far and mid western development regions on Tuesday.


The chief of executive, Abdullah Abdullah has said that work has begun on amendment of the constitution.
The chief of executive meets separately with the tribal leaders of eastern, northern and southern provinces on Tuesday and emphasized that they have taken steps to bring reforms and changes in the electoral commissions.
Abdullah said that the country is in dire need of reform and fundamental changes and they will take action to what has already been promised to people.
He assured Afghan people that the government of national unity will seriously work on solving people’s problems and their demands.
According to the agreement between the two political teams, the government of national unity should work on amendment of some articles of the constitution after the swearing ceremony.


(MENAFN- Jordan News Agency) Kenya, Nairobi , Dec. 5 (Petra)- An economic delegation, headed by Minister of State for Investment Affairs, Muhannad Shehadeh, will begin a working visit to Kenya tomorrow, as the second leg of its three-nation African trip, that kicked off in Tanzania and will wrap up in Ethiopia.
He said the delegation's two-day visit is a bid to explore the " true opportunities" for Jordanian products to enter the African region.
Jordan, he added, pays due attention to the Kenyan market, which could be a gateway to the African peninsula.
During the visit , a Jordanian-Kenyan Business Forum will be held and 40 business leaders from Rwanda and Uganda will attend its deliberations, he pointed out.
The Kingdom's Chamber of Industry will sign memoranda of understanding with its Rwandan and Ugandan counterparts on the sidelines of the event's activities, he noted.
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(MENAFN- Trend News Agency ) BAKU, Azerbaijan, Sept. 14
Value of Turkey's export of electrical goods to Uzbekistan has surged from January to July 2021, the Turkish Ministry of Trade told Trend .
According to the ministry, this indicator amounted to over $86 million, which is 2.5 times more than in the first seven months of 2020.
In July 2021, the value of export of electrical goods from Turkey to Uzbekistan soared by 99.2 percent compared to the same month of 2020 - up to $9.7 million, the ministry said.
Turkey's export of electrical goods to world markets has increased by 38.5 percent from January through July 2021 year on year up to nearly $7.9 billion.
The country exported electrical goods worth $1 billion in July 2021, which is two percent more compared to July 2020.
Export of the goods from Turkey has totaled $13.2 billion during the past 12 months (from July 2020 through July 2021).
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Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety Faisal Karim Kundi on Sunday said the beneficiaries of Benazir Income Support Program (BISP) would get 25 per cent increase in quarterly installments from March as per the government efforts to extend relief to the masses of the country. Addressing a press conference, the SAPM said that Benazir Income Support Program (BISP) is providing relief to 8.9 million people across the country and decided to increase the number of quarterly installments keeping in view of the suffering of people of Pakistan owing to the current inflation. He said that the government is also providing subsidies on essential food items through Utility Stores Corporation to the beneficiaries of BISP aiming to extend the maximum relief to the vulnerable segment of the society.
Talking about the Dynamic Registry survey, Faisal Kundi said that survey has been inaugurated in all districts across the country including Gilgit-Baltistan and Kashmir to identify and register more deserving beneficiaries living below the poverty line. He said that all the people who do not have BISP cards can visit Dynamic Registry offices adding that it is not a door to door survey and intended beneficiaries have to visit survey offices for the registration”.
Faisal Kundi said that the present government is fully cognizant of the suffering of the people of Pakistan and has serious concerns about inflation which is effecting the downtrodden segments mostly.
He at the outset also lauded the efforts and working of BISP team and said that in case of any grievance the beneficiaries could register their complaint in the district offices and we are committed to resolve the issues within 24 hours. About Pakistan Tehreek-e-insaf (PTI) resignations, he said that resignations of the PTI members of the National Assembly (MNAs) were accepted at their own request but later they went to court and said they were not serious.


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More than 1.3 million Ethiopian students are going to benefit from the national school feeding program during the first half year of 2018, the country’s Ministry of Education disclosed on Wednesday.Minister of Education Dr. Tilaye Gete said the government has allocated over $10.5 million for the program that aimed to help students stay in schools and reduce the burden of parents.
The Minister said that students who are displaced from their villages due to the drought and the recent clashes will get special attention.
In addition to students affected by the drought and clashes, the program will be implemented in areas where education coverage is low.
Noting that primary students were the major focus groups of the program, Tilaye said this year, the program will embrace secondary school students as well.
Ethiopia has been implementing the national school feeding program at schools as part of the National School Health Nutrition Strategy since 2016.
The program being implemented in collaboration with partner organizations is targeted to minimize school dropout rate, absenteeism and poor academic performance.
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The Centre has for the first time disclosed that the NSCN-IM has dropped its original demand for sovereignty, and that, this, and other major issues, have been recorded in the 2015 Framework Agreement between the rebel group and the Union Government. Both the Centre and the NSCN-IM have been silent on the content of the Framework Agreement until now.
Union Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju told reporters in Guwahati on Saturday that the NSCN-IM has dropped its demand for sovereignty and “some more serious issues” that were part of its agenda.” These and other such understanding that had been reached led to the signing of the Framework Agreement.
Rijiju said it was also made clear in the Framework Agreement that the Naga peace talks would progress within the framework of the Constitution of India and that it was agreed that the unique history of the Nagas was to be recognised. He also mentioned that the talks were progressing smoothly and that a solution would be found during the current tenure of the Narendra Modi government.


The number of people in the UK who have tested positive for coronavirus has increased by another 2,621, official figures have revealed.
The tally is slightly lower than Sunday's 3,330 cases, and brings the country’s total to 371,125.
There were a total of nine deaths recorded on Monday, up from five on Sunday, bringing the official number of lives lost to 41,637.
Separate figures published by the UK’s statistics agencies show there have now been 57,400 deaths registered in the UK where COVID-19 was mentioned on the death certificate.
Cases have been gradually increasing since the start of the month as the virus spreads more noticeably, with the number of new infections now regularly topping 2,000 – comparable with the levels seen towards the end of May.
At the peak of the pandemic in March, there were upwards of 5,000 cases each day – though it is now widely believed that a lot of infections went undetected at the time due to far fewer people being tested for the virus.
In order to counter the spread of the disease, the government introduced the new ‘rule of six’ – which came into effect on Monday – making it illegal for people to meet in groups of more than six people.
These new rules allow the police to be able to disperse groups of more than six people and fine individuals up to £3,200 for repeat offences.
The government has warned this has been partially driven by a rise of infections in young people.
Policing minister Kit Malthouse on Monday said people could report neighbours to the police to ensure people followed the new guidelines.
In an interview with BBC Radio 4, he said: “We are in discussions about what reporting mechanisms there might be, but there is obviously the non-emergency number that people can ring and report issues they wish to.”
However, in a statement likely to weaken the impact of the government’s new legislation, the prime minister’s official spokesman said police were unlikely to enforce fines over the coming days at least.
He said: “What we want people to be focused on is following the new rules and ensuring that they, themselves, help again as they have in the past to slow the spread of the virus.
“What you have seen in recent weeks is some egregious flouting of the rules, such as the holding of large illegal parties, and members of the public have been contacting the police about those because they have been concerned about the risk to public health.”
In one particularly serious incident on Friday, a 19-year-old man was fined £10,000 for hosting a party with dozens of guests at his home, breaking the COVID-19 government guidelines.
On Sunday, the World Health Organization announced a further 307,930 new coronavirus cases, a record increase since the outbreak began.
The countries driving this sharp increase are India, the US and Brazil.
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WINCHESTER — Republican Les Taylor recognizes the importance of the city sheriff’s current duties, but wants to move the office forward.
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Islamabad Sep 15(TNS):Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi will lead Pakistan delegation to the 72nd Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York from Monday.
Foreign Office in a statement in Islamabad on Friday said the Prime Minister will hold bilateral meetings with a number of world leaders and the Secretary General of the United Nations on the sidelines of the General Assembly Session.
It said the Prime Minister will address the Council on Foreign Relations and will interact with the United States Pakistan Business Council.
The Prime Minister will also have extensive interaction with the international media.
There will also be a meeting of the OIC Contact Group on Jammu and Kashmir.


(MENAFN- Gulf Times) At least 13 people were reported dead as a result of the more than 150 wildfires burning across Chile that have destroyed homes and thousands of acres of forest while the South American country is in the midst of a scorching heat wave.
Four of the deaths involved two separate vehicles in the Biobio region, around 560 kilometres (348 miles) south of the capital of Santiago.
'In one case they were burned because they were hit by the fire,' Interior Minister Carolina Toha said. In the other case, she said, the victims died in a crash, 'probably trying to escape the fire.'
The fifth victim was a firefighter who was run over by a fire truck while combatting a blaze in the area.
As of midday Friday, 151 wildfires were burning throughout Chile, including 65 declared under control. The fires had blazed through more than 14,000 hectares (34,595 acres).
The heat wave hitting Chile is set to continue with high temperatures and strong winds that could make the wildfires more challenging.
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By Moses Ndhaye
The Uganda healthcare Federation has underscored the need for the government to formulate a policy through which private health facilities can administer the COVID-19 vaccine to the community.
The executive director for the Uganda healthcare Federation Grace Ssali says 98% of the health facilities in Uganda are privately owned and therefore, involving them in the fight against the COVID-19 Fight will be crucial.
She says, the move will also help to back up the government’s efforts to improve on the quality of health service delivery being rendered to the public.
Ssali made the remarks, while officiating at the launch of a new telemedicine innovation introduced by Rocket health care which helps communities living in remote areas to access treatment with easy.
She also asked the government to embrace new innovations in the health care services to improve on the quality of health care service delivered to the community.


QUETTA, July 20 (APP): Chief Minister Balochistan, Nawab Sanaullah Khan Zehri appreciated and paid tributes to Prime Minister, Muhammad Nawaz Sharif on his political and moral support to people of Indian-held Kashmir on their struggle against India.
In his statement issued in connection with observing black day in protest against Indian atrocities on people of Indian-held Kashmir, the Chief Minister said: “Hundred of thousands of people of Indian-held Kashmir including men, women and children had lost their lives while fighting for their rights”. He said that Pakistan had adopted a principal stand on issue of Kashmir.
“The political and moral support of Premier Nawaz to people of Kashmir has proved that Pakistan would not withdraw its support to people of Kashmir,” he said.
He said that Indian government should come on dialogue table to resolve Kashmir issue as saying several issues of the world had been resolved through dialogues.


Tragedy struck in Ejioku town in Lagelu local government area of Oyo state as four secondary school students and an Okada rider were crushed death.
The secondary school students and the Okada rider met their untimely death when they were crushed to death while on Okada on their way to school along Ibadan – Iwo road.
Eye witness account said the driver of the truck was trying to avoid hitting some sheep said to be on the highway when he lost control and crushed the motorcycle and the five people on it.
The eye witness account said the four secondary school students and the Okada rider died on the spot.
The development sparked up protest in the town as students took to the streets to protest the killing of the four students by the truck.
Confirming the accident, Oyo state Police spokesman, CSP Lawrence Fadeyi, stated that the Police DPO in charge of Ejioku division has sent the signal to the state command on the accident.
“It is true. The DPO told me that the incident happened when the driver of the truck was trying to avoid killing sheep and rammed into the students on okada. Police moved to the area to ensure life and property were not vandalised by the angry students,” he said.


National human rights commission says that the police has the authority to call military assistance to preserve peace in certain circumstances.
However, president of the commission, former Supreme Court judge Priyantha Perera told BBC Sandeshaya that the commission has decided to hold an inquiry on whether the the Army had used excessive force in suppressing the protest in Waliweriya.
He said that the commission has to find out whether there was any actual necessity for the police to call military assistance.
He further told the media that the army and the police have been ordered by the commission to produce the relevant reports within 2 weeks.
However, Mr. Perera accepted that no one is legally bound to execute the recommendations of the commission.
The secretary of the HR commission Mr. Nimal Punchihewa (AAL) told that the commission has also decided to investigate whether the Heyleys factory in Rathupaswala actually pollutes the drinking water in the area.
Mr. Punchihewa is a person who has also been appointed by the President as the chairman of Land reform commission.
Meanwhile, the dean of the law faculty in KDU, HR commissioner Dr. Prathibha Mahanama Hewa said that they too have decided to hold an inquiry on the Thursday shooting and that 26 ministries including the defence ministry will be summon to it today (05).
He said that the water problem of the Rathupaswala residents will also be discussed there.
He also said that the initial on the field report prepared by 5 senior investigators of the commission will be presented in the discussion.


Telangana Minister Talasani Srinivas Yadav has alleged that all the parties in Andhra Pradesh are corrupt and further alleged that they have been playing the sentiments of the innocent people for the last four years. Speaking to a media channel, the TRS Minister has alleged that the ruling party in AP has been frequently changing their versions on the various aspects of the state and its demands. Talasani Srinivas Yadav has made it clear that nobody will support the party which is not firm in its decision. Watch the video for more insight.
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Advisory Committee set up under MSME Ministry to interlink NCS, E-Shram, Udyam and ASEEM Portals
New Delhi, Aug 4 (KNN) To facilitate the integration of the National Career Service (NCS), E-Shram, Udyam and ASEEM Portals an Advisory Committee has been set up under the Ministry of MSME, said Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma, MoS MSME in a written reply to the Lok Sabha on Thursday.
During the budget announcement this year, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had announced that Udyam, e-Shram, National Career Services (NCS) portal and Aatmanirbhar Skilled Employees Employer Mapping (ASEEM) portals will be interlinked.
She said that their scope will be widened to support the MSMEs.
Sharing its progress details, MoS MSME said that Ministry of Labour & Employment has informed that an Advisory Committee has been constituted under the nodal Ministry, MSME, to facilitate the integration of the National Career Service (NCS), E-Shram, Udyam and ASEEM Portals.
The integration between NCS Portal and E-Shram Portal has been completed, he said.
The interlinked portals will now perform as portals with live, organic databases, providing Government to Citizen (G2C), Business to Customer (B2C) and Business to Business (B2B) services.
These services will relate to credit facilitation, skilling and recruitment with an aim to further formalize the economy and enhance entrepreneurial opportunities for all. (KNN Bureau)
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(MENAFN- EIN Presswire) Monster Hunter has been an endearing franchise for the video game industry. As such, we are pleased that we can provide a convenient way for customers to purchase the game via a Steam Key.” — said Alfred Lee, Business Director of OffGamers.SINGAPORE, January 14, 2022 /EINPresswire.com / -- The newly released Monster Hunter Rise PC version is now available at OffGamers ' official store.
The Monster Hunter Rise standard and deluxe editions are both available as Steam keys. The Steam keys for the new Monster Hunter Rise versions are global, meaning that the keys can be activated through Steam accounts from any country.
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The intensive training was organised by Mobee Gambia mental health project in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare and MRC.
The training was designed for 25 participants from MRC, Mobee Gambia mental health project, Ministry of Health, and AFg UK.
The training was meant to offer the trainees knowledge and skills about mental illness, and how to help and support an individual experiencing mental health problems.
The capacity building was also geared towards promoting general awareness about mental health challenges such as stigma, social isolation and lack of support for people with mental health problems.
Speaking on the occasion, Bakary Sonko, programme manager for mental health at the Ministry of Health, said the ministry alone cannot provide all the training needs in terms of service delivery.
Therefore, he said, Mobee Gambia mental health project’s stepping in will help in addressing some of the misconceptions about mental health.
He said the participants will be exposed to clinical diagnostic, legal framework and group approach to mental health.
The director of Mobee Gambia mental health project, Salifu Manneh, said they offered the training for the participants to better understand mental health and ways to manage people with the disorder.
He added that the training would further help participants to have some basic understanding about issues surrounding mental health.
Mr Manneh said his organisation has been conducting such trainings; the first one was conducted in West Coast Region for security personnel.
“In a bid to reduce stigma, we feel it is important that we train people to know more about mental illness,” he said.
The director of Mobee Gambia said the impact of the training could be great in the sense that most of the participants work in the frontline in terms of mental health.
“So [after the training], they will be in good position to conduct an assessment and refer people to the appropriate services,” he said.


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WINCHESTER — What a difference four years makes.
In 2008, nearly $40,000 was spent on a hotly contested city mayoral race.
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Shift to Health and Wellness Brings Post-Pandemic Advantages
By: Ali Hernandez
One thing we learned pretty quickly during the pandemic was that while healthy people were just as likely to contract COVID-19, they often handled the illness much better and recovered quicker than people who had underlying health conditions. For that reason, many people have made getting healthy a priority, and they’ll be looking to the workplace to help them further that goal. Read more here.


Hyderabad: Former Union Minister S. Jaipal Reddy said that if early elections are held to the state Assembly, it will ensure early defeat of the TRS. He said the Congress party would come to power after the elections. Speaking to media on Tuesday at Delhi, he said the Congress welcomed early elections to Telangana Assembly and the party was sure that Mr Rao would meet the same fate as faced by AP Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu in the past.
He said that despite the differences among some party leaders, the state unit would work according to the high commands directions to bring the party into power. He said the party's Chief Minister candidate would be decided by the high command after the elections. Mr Reddy said the TRS government wants early elections due to growing dissatisfaction among the people about its rule.


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Amman, Dec. 19 (Petra)--Under directives from His Majesty King Abdullah II, a Royal Jordanian Air Force plane on Monday airlifted two Jordanians, who were injured in separate traffic accidents in Riyadh and Tabuk in Saudi Arabia.
The Jordanian embassy in Riyadh coordinated with the consulate in Jeddah and Saudi authorities to transport the injured to King Hussein Medical Center for treatment.
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Pole winner for Bushey
Harrow Council’s planning committee has unanimously approved an application for the erection of poles and wires on five sites which will complete the boundary for the Bushey eruv. Hertsmere Borough Council had previously given planning consent for the poles and wires in the majority of the eruv area.
However, observant Bushey Jews will have to wait a while before they can reap the benefits, according to Dan Blake, the Bushey Synagogue board member overseeing the project. “Further legal requirements need sorting out, we need to do more fundraising and we also have to have some dialogue with the local wider community before we can even contemplate going out to tender,” he said.


More than four-fifths of Russians believe their country is currently in a state of economic crisis, according to a poll by the independent Levada Center.
The poll released this week found that 21 percent of Russians believe the economic crisis will be last "many years," while another 23 percent believe it will last at least two years.
Forty-seven percent of respondents blame the crisis on falling global energy prices, while 33 percent blame corruption, 27 percent blame Western sanctions, and 26 percent blame "excessive" spending on defense and the bureaucracy.
In addition, more than half of respondents said the crisis had forced them to economize on spending for food and other necessities.
Fifty-eight percent said they have cut back on daily spending, compared to 37 percent a year ago.
Forty percent of respondents said spending on food accounts for more than half of their total household income.


Police officials said the operations were conducted in 43 villages of Wardoj district.
Provincial police chief Gen. Imamuddin Mutmaeen said the operations launched three days back by Afghan security forces and ended on Monday evening.
Mr. Mutmaeen further added that the roads blocked due to instability have been reopened and the remaining militants have fled to mountains.
In the meantime a local security official speaking on the condition of anonymity said around 80 militants were killed and over 110 others were injured during the operations.
In a separate statement Afghan defense ministry announced at least 9 militants were killed during military operations by Afghan national army soldiers during the past 24 hours.
Defense officials further added that the operations were conducted in Ghazni, Helmand, Kandahar, Logar and Paktika provinces of Afghanistan.
Anti-government armed militant groups yet to comment regarding the reports.


Abu Dhabi Public Health Centre is running a new month-long campaign to raise mental health awareness during the pandemic.
The drive puts the spotlight on the importance of mental well-being with organised workshops and targeted social media messages to reduce stigma.
The Centre said it has witnessed the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of those who contracted the virus, their families, first-line responders, children and society as a whole.
It commends the UAE government's prominent role in instructing sectors on the provision of psychological support for the community and to frontline workers.
The campaign aims to help people request support and seek advice, in addition to offering virtual sessions providing psychosocial aid to many groups including students, mothers and the elderly.


Chennai, July 16(BPNS)
Tamil Nadu BJP state president, K.Annamalai has said that the BJP is not for a separate Kongunadu and that the party has asked for an explanation from the leaders of Western districts of the state who had passed a resolution for the same.
Annamalai said that the BJP is a political party that does not believe in emotions and emotional politics.
The BJP leader was speaking to reporters after assuming office as the state president of the party at the state headquarters “Kamalalayam” on Friday. Annamalai who is a former IPS officer from the Karnataka cadre said that the Tamil Nadu unit of the BJP is totally opposed to the construction of the Mekedatu dam across the Cauvery river.
BJP leader said that NEET will bring up social justice for the students of Tamil Nadu and that the party would campaign in all the villages of the state to convince the people on this.
Union Minister of state, L.Murugan who was the former state president of the party, and National General SecretarytAMI of BJP C.T. Ravi who is in charge of Tamil Nadu were present among other leaders while Annamalai assumed office as state president.


Saudi farms business-to-business online marketplaces announce fundraising
( MENAFN )Two competing Saudi business-to-business virtual marketplaces reported fundraising, a sign of the increasing interest in the region’s startups.
During a press release, Sary stated that Sary raised USD30.5 million in a Series B round managed by VentureSouq and joined by new investors US-based Rocketship.vc and STV. Existing shareholders Ra’ed Ventures, MSA Capital and Derayah also added to the funding round.
Retailo declared that Riyadh-based Retailo increased USD6.7 million in a seed round managed by existing investor Shorooq Partners and UK private equity shop Abercross Holdings. Retailo, founded by former Careem executives, now increased USD9 million after being in operation for just nine months.
The two companies represent a platform to link small businesses with wholesalers and fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) companies, as Sary is the more mature business having being founded in 2018.
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Saturday Mar 21, 2020
MULTAN: Pilgrims from Taftan who were quarantined at a camp in the city on Friday complained of inadequate facilities, saying that they were not screened for coronavirus.
Nearly 1270 pilgrims, earlier in the day, had reached Multan from Taftan, while 433 have reached Dera Ismail Khan.
The pilgrims said that there were inadequate facilities at the camp due to which they were facing problems.
A pilgrim said that in some of the blocks basic necessities such as electricity and water were not available. He said that the washrooms of the camp were in poor condition.
The conditions of the beds provided by the government were in poor condition, the pilgrims said, adding that they wanted authorities to take immediate action against the inadequate facilities.
Meanwhile, the city's assistant commissioner Tayyab Khan refuted the claims, saying that the pilgrims had been screened and that officials were present at the camps.
Yes, there are a few problems in some of the blocks but we will solve them soon, he said.
Today was the first day, he said, adding that they would resolve all the issues faced by the pilgrims in future.
Earlier in the week, former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi had slammed the government, blaming its mismanagement at the Taftan border for the spread of the virus throughout the country.
"Sindh government's response compared to other governments was much bette," he said. "According to our information, 500 pilgrims from Taftan were sent to Iran."
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He said that the entire country will bear the brunt of the government's mismanagement at the Taftan border. Abbsai said that today, Punjab needed Shehbaz Sharif as Chief Minister Buzdar was incapable of solving the crisis.


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BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 24. An impartial and
transparent investigation on the cases of those who suffered from
protests in Iran should be launched immediately, Wopke Hoekstra,
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, said at the 35th
special session of the Human Rights Council on the deteriorating
human rights situation in Iran, trend reports.
According to him, a wave of protests in Iran, caused by the
death of Jina Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old girl that was arrested on
September 13 for wearing a hijab incorrectly, remain peaceful,
however, Iranian government has been violently suppressing the
“The brave people of Iran are standing for their freedom, pride
and dignity. They should be heard, and not beaten. We call for a
transparent investigation of the death of Jina Mahsa Amini and
others, who died during the protests in Iran,” he said.
Hoekstra noted that, along with the investigation, the
Netherlands urge an immediate release of all arbitrary prisoners,
as well as the end of imposing the death penalty.
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Officials in the Ministry of Interior are saying that the Afghan security forces foiled 35 attacks during the three days of Eid Al-Fitr.
Nasrat Rahimi, a spokesman for the Ministry of Interior said the militants planned to carry out 35 attacks in Kabul city during Eid days.
Rahimi further added that the security forces successfully thwarted the militants bid to conduct terrorist attacks.
He also added that the security forces also confiscated a Vehicle-borne Improvised Explosive Device (VBIED) or car bomb in Kabul city.
Rahimi also added that the security forces foiled at least 70 attacks across the country during the three days of Eid.


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Kashmir and Pakistan are like body & soul, says JI ameer Sirajul Haq
LAHORE (92 News) – JI ameer Sirajul Haq has said that Kashmir and Pakistan are like a body and soul for each other.
Addressing a rally on Thursday, he said that even children in Occupied Kashmir are fighting against the Indian army.
“The Occupied Kashmir will become a graveyard for the Indian army,” he said.
The JI ameer said that Pakistan was not fulfilling its duty over the Kashmir issue. He condemned the statement of Federal Information Minister Pervaiz Rashid in which he had stated that they would not let anyone play politics in the name of Kashmir and Islam.
He said that the Pakistan government was playing the role of a spectator. “We will continue to support the Kashmiris,” he said.


'While they're being replaced by people who ensure security, something important, that can't replace what the socio-therapists are doing.'
Montreal’s Philippe-Pinel Institute has abolished 37 posts held by socio-therapists, who are tasked with the re-education and rehabilitation of patients.
The union representing the psychiatric hospital’s 700 employees — 200 of them socio-therapists — warned last week they had heard that the cuts were coming, and received confirmation late Thursday that the jobs would be eliminated.
The reductions mean that on weekdays the number of socio-therapists will drop from three to two per ward, and on weekends, one instead of two. Meanwhile, the number of nurses and security personnel will be increased.
“All the staffing structures elsewhere at the Institute have been increased,” said union president Sylvain Lemieux. “There have been 37 socio-therapist positions cut but the number of (security) agent jobs have been increased by 37.
“So, it’s re-education and rehabilitation that are getting undermined. And while they’re being replaced by people who ensure security — something important — that can’t replace what the … socio-therapists are doing.”
Lemieux was more pleased with the increase in nursing staff, saying it was needed.
Management at the Institute said last week that its “consolidation” of resources will result in “an improvement in the care and services offered to patients.” However Lemieux said he’s puzzled by the staff cuts coming at a time when the hospital — which provides mental health care for patients who are violent, aggressive and have committed criminal acts — recently saw a $12 million increase in its financing.
The union hopes Quebec Health Minister Danielle McCann will rethink the staff cuts before they are carried out in April.


The Malaysian Association of Bumiputera ICT Industry and Entrepreneurs (NEF) has urged the government to place greater emphasis on local tech companies. The statement, which was made by the President of NEF, Khairil Iszuddin Ismail has also listed several recent ICT projects that the government has assigned to foreign companies.
Among the most notable project in the list is the MySejahtera app which is currently being heavily promoted by the government as the main federal-level COVID-19 contact tracing app. The group said that that MySejahtera was developed by a company based in the United States called KPISOFT which also has offices in Singapore, UAE, and Austria.
The statement has also mentioned the Digital Educational Learning Initiative Malaysia which was just launched by the Ministry of Education a few weeks ago. The new platform which received support from Apple, Google, and Microsoft, has been accused to overlook contents made by local companies.
NEF pointed out that there are plenty of local tech companies that are capable enough to come up with innovative solutions that can cater to large scale government projects. As a comparison, NEF highlighted several local ICT projects in its statement including CoronaTracker, Datang.my and Pandai App.
However, NEF said that local tech companies are being forced to compete with foreign companies that have much larger resources than them. Hence, the group believe that the government should implement a more thorough procurement process that prioritizes Malaysian tech companies and establish this as a national policy.
In addition to that, the group also insist that the government should engage with local companies right at the beginning of the project development, instead of having them as an afterthought. NEF also suggests the establishment of open source policy within government agencies themselves that could help cultivate local ICT talents.
The group is now working to highlight this issue to the masses through its new #MalaysianTechFirst campaign. It is going to be interesting to see how the government react to the statement made by NEF, just as it embarked on the road to economic recovery after being hammered by the global COVID-19 pandemic.
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To uplift the living standards of marginalized and neglected people, central government has launched the "Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra" from today under which benefits of centre government schemes will be provided across the district.
While presiding over the meeting at the District Administrative Complex, Joint Secretary, Government of India IAS Sarita Chauhan said that the central government has started a campaign on November 15 to reach the beneficiaries of the major schemes and programs of the center government in rural and urban areas and this journey will culminated on January 25.
She said that as a nodal officer, she will monitor the campaign "Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra- Hamara Sankalp Viksit Bharat" and awareness vans to be sent to the villages where camps will be organised. Cultural programs will also be conducted in these camps to reach out to maximum people.
Joint Secretary, Government of India said that the beneficiaries who have not been covered till now should be guided so that the benefits of the schemes which have not reached, can also avail to them. On this occasion, the suggestions and success stories of the beneficiaries will be shared so that every scheme can be benefited by motivating every neglected person.
She further pointed out that the need of the hour is to provide equal rights to the people in the cities as well as in the villages by giving them the benefit of every scheme.Deputy Commissioner, Rupnagar Dr. Preeti Yadav said that a district level committee has been constituted for the implementation of the "Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra" and the nodal officers of the schemes have also been appointed.
She also said that the district administration has already organized "Jan Sunwai camps" in the villages and where hundreds of people have benefited.


During a press conference at Parliament on Tuesday, Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said that teachers would no longer have to key data into the online system.
“The teachers will keep the information in the school for their own reference and for the parents to see,” said Muhyiddin.
The amount of data to be collected will also be reduced.
The workload reduction will ensure that teachers have more time to concentrate on teaching and learning.
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Faisal Khawer Butt Sialkot
The District Police Officer (DPO) Sialkot Abdul Ghaffar Qaisrani on Wednesday, while paying tributes to the martyred police officials, has said that valuable sacrifices offered by the police officials during their fight against criminals, terrorists and anti-social elements would always be remembered with pride.
He said that while addressing a ceremony at the Police Lines Sialkot in connection with the ‘Police Martyrs Day’.
The Superintendent Police (Investigations), the Deputy Superintendents Police and other police officials and the several families of the martyred police officials were also present on the occasion. DPO Abdul Ghaffar Qaisrani further said that the police officials who had given their lives in the line of duty had become immortal.
He said that the entire department of the police was highly proud of such brave cops who valued their duty over life. He stressed upon the police officials to do their duty with full honesty and be ready to offer their lives for the safety and security of the country and the citizens.
Later on, the DPO gave away gift packs and flowers to the families of 67 martyred police officials. Earlier, a police contingent presented the guard of honor to the ‘memorial of the martyrs’ and the DPO put a floral wreath over there and offered ‘fatiha’.


Inova partnership to boost SU’s Leesburg campus
WINCHESTER — Shenandoah University is partnering with one of the largest health care systems in the state to expand three of its medical education programs into Northern Virginia.
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Bhalla said this while addressing a gathering at Anti-Obesity Day function in Jammu.
Bhalla said obesity and overweight has become a major health issue across the world, adding that now it has dramatically risen even in the developing and underdeveloped nations, especially in urban pockets. He said at least one third of the world’s population is overweight and one-fifth of the world’s people are obese.
The Minister said that according to National Family Health Survey data, more than 11 percent of urban population in India was overweight and about 3 percent were obese, adding that the number has risen significantly day by day.
The Minister said Government was making all out efforts to construct recreation cum health centres and multi play centres across the State for making the people physically and mentally fit.


The Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbannaya Onu, on Monday in Lagos inaugurated a N500m Tier 3 Data Centre to support the activities of the Nigeria Stock Exchange.
He said that the centre had the potential to help the NSE compete favourably with some of best exchanges in the world, if performed well.
Onu said that the government’s effort had always been geared towards ensuring that the country stopped growing the economy in a particular direction, particularly from being a mono commodity-based.
The minister also said that the particular direction had made the nation to feel the effect of the changes in the oil market but assured that the government was ready to change from that direction.
According to him, there are collaborations with relevant establishments that can contribute to the success of the centre.
Ogbonnaya said that the government had engaged in relationships and interactions with research institutes through the Federal Ministry of Technology and Science to come up with researches that were market-driven to create more jobs and wealth.
He said the centre was necessary because of the relevance of the stock exchange to the development of the economy.
The minister urged the NSE to consider listing of more the Small and Medium-scale Enterprises, which he described as agents of growth in any economy.
The Chief Executive Officer of the NSE, Mr. Oscar Onyema, said that the centre would help the eco-system that would want to co-locate with the hosting services to the exchange.
He said the centre was a modular designed data centre with state-of-the-art facilities for vision monitoring activities.
The NSE boss said that the centre would only focus on its constituency, primarily only on brokers activities but might later expand to quoted companies and others.


(MENAFN- Morocco World News) Rabat - Clear skies and heat waves will continue as temperatures will reach 47 degrees Celsius in several regions of Morocco on Sunday, according to the National Directorate of Meteorology(DMN).
High temperatures will range from 43 to 47 degrees on the plains of Tadla, Rhamna, Tensift, the interior of Sous and Chiadma, the eastern provinces to the south and the extreme southeast of the kingdom.
Temperatures between 39 and 43 degrees Celsius are forecast for Saiss, Oulmes, the southeast and the interior of Loukkos, Gharb, Chaouia, Doukkala, Abda and the southern provinces.
In the Rif, Oriental and the Atlantic lowlands and the west of the southern provinces, temperatures will range from 34 to 39 degrees Celsius. Temperatures between 29 to 33 degrees Celsius are forecast for the Atlas mountains and near the coast.
The sea is likely to be calm in the Mediterranean, while moderate to just a little rough in Tangier and a little agitated to agitated between Tangier and Rabat, as well as between Tarfaya and Lagouira.
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Limpopo health MEC, Dr Phophi Ramathuba, has made her fight against President Mnangagwa personal.
Dr Ramathuba announced that she will now be “billing Mnangagwa” for Zimbabwean women who are crossing the border to deliver their babies in Limpopo province.
She was speaking to a Zimbabwean woman who had been ferried by ambulance across the province to attend Ante-Natal clinics.
Dr Ramathuba said Pregnant Zimbabwean women are even registering on their Zimbabwean hospital cards that they will be delivering in South Africa.
Dr Ramathuba has became popular for her public antics which have gone viral on social media over the past weeks.
She has received support across the country from South Africans who believe that Zimbabweans are putting undue pressure on the health services across the country.
Please watch the video of Dr Phopi Ramathuba saying she will be billing Mnangagwa below.


Saudi citizens must have two COVID-19 vaccine doses for travel abroad
(MENAFN - Trend News Agency ) Saudi citizens will need two COVID-19 vaccine doses before they can travel outside the kingdom from Aug. 9, state news agency SPA reported on Monday, citing the ministry of interior, Trend reports with reference to Reuters .
The decision was made based on new waves of infection globally, new mutations, and the "low efficacy of one vaccination dose against these mutations," the statement said.
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DESPITE the tertiary institutions that have heard the plea of their children protesting parents will continue with their legal proceedings against the Ministry of Education.
Protesting group representative Rajesh Lal said they had already approached a legal firm to have their grievances heard in court.
Mr Lal said their children and parents have been humiliated by the stances taken by the ministry labeling it as stubborn and unfair.
"Our children have been labeled by radio stations as a bunch of drama queens and we need the ministry to come clear as to the foundations of their findings that they have decided to remain tight lipped about," said Mr Lal. "We feel that the rights of our children have been violated and that they've been victimised."
Permanent secretary for Education Doctor Brij Lal refused to comment on the matter when approached yesterday.


Laleye Dipo in Minna
The strike called by Labour in the country to press home their demand for the reversal of the new pump price of petroleum received cold reception in Minna, the Niger state capital, which is the hub of the civil service.
The state secretariat was open with majority of civil servants seen at their duty posts though not much work was going on as the workers were seen in groups discussing the issue of the strike.
The local government secretariat was also open to its workers who came out for the day’s job.
Medical doctors, nurses and other medical staff were also seen at the various health institutions performing their duties while other categories of workers on essential duties, including water board staff, also reported for work.
Other segments of the society especially commercial motor drivers and artisans were also seen going about their normal duties.
Officials of state chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, were seen moving from one place to the order to see the compliance with its directives and in all the places visited workers ignored the officials.
Comrade Yahaya Ndako, when contacted, expressed disappointment that workers and members of the public have failed to join the strike.
Ndako told ThisDay that the public ‘think it is a national strike so they are not concerned’.
‘It is sad that some people have ‘religionise’ and regionalize the strike they think that we are fighting Buhari’.


Police in Kuria West Sub County are investigating two people over theft of several hospital beds from Kehancha Sub County hospital.
Kuria West sub county police commander Mr. Cletus Kimaiyo said the duo were arrested on 8th August 2020 while carrying six hospital beds from the facility claiming that they bought them during the recent auctioning exercise in Migori County.
The police boss said one of the locals who spotted the vehicle leaving the hospital facility carrying beds which were in good condition and informed the police before he mobilized the locals who stopped the vehicle. He said the police officers rushed to the scene and arrested the two people who claimed that they purchased the beds legally.
The sub county police commander said the auctioneer who was involved in the recent auctioneering exercise denied auctioneering any items from Kehancha sub county hospital.
Mr.Kimaiyo said the matter is still in court and they are still doing further investigation to establish the truth. Before their arrest, sources indicated that two vehicles carrying un-identified items were also spotted leaving the hospital.
The theft of hospital beds comes amid fears of increasing cases of covid positive cases and the few hospital bed in the county.
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Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Sunday directed the administration and the police officials to conduct a verification drive to identify illegal intruders—especially Bangladeshis— living in the state and also collect information about their activities.
The chief minister was interacting with the district officials through video-conferencing from Lucknow regarding law and order and preparations for the Diwali and Chhath puja. According to a press communique from the government, the chief minister CM aid illegal intruders were threat for law and order.
According to sources, CM said that involvement of Bangladeshis had surfaced in recent incidents of loot and burglery in the state capital. Sources said that Adityanath expressed displeasure over the reports that Bangaldeshis were living near a police station but the staff did not bother to conduct their verification. ENS


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Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said on Saturday that the Afghan issue was being discussed on all national forums, whereas, regional powers were also being engaged by Pakistan to find a durable solution.
Shah Mehmood Qureshi, while addressing a press conference in Multan, said that Pakistan will hold consultations with the regional countries for establishing durable peace in Afghanistan.
He detailed that Pakistan is in contact with the Afghanistan government and will contact Taliban leaders in a bid to unite the stakeholders for establishing durable peace through negotiations.
Qureshi said that Islamabad wants a peaceful Afghanistan as any crisis will also affect the regional countries.
He added that Prime Minister Imran Khan will participate in a summit where consultations will be held with the neighbouring states.
The foreign minister said that PM Khan had given his stance that there was no military solution to the Afghan issue and now the United States has also admitted the fact.
“We want Afghan people to come into Pakistan through legal routes. We are serving more than three million Afghan refugees, however, we cannot bear the burden of more refugees.”
The foreign minister said that he briefed the Senate body regarding the latest developments in Afghanistan and he took the committee members in confidence during an eight-hour-long sitting.
Qureshi said that China is a close ally of Pakistan that also wants peace in Afghanistan. He added that the Doha conference was underway and it will be continued.
He reiterated that Afghan people will have to decide their fate after the withdrawal of US troops, however, Pakistan will continue playing its role on the Afghan issue.
Regarding the development work in South Punjab, Qureshi said that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government has made visible efforts for the uplift of the region.
He detailed that 3G facility is available in some areas while the consumers will be provided 4G technology in South Punjab.
“The government approved 28 projects for South Punjab besides approving a financial package worth Rs6.47 billion for the uplift.”


Meta Oversight Board publishes its first annual report
(MENAFN) The Oversight Board for Meta has released its inaugural yearly report. It explains the work the board has done in respect to how Meta, the business previously known as Facebook, treats its users and their content as well as the work that has to be done. The report covers the period from October 2020 to December 2021.
The board is an impartial organization created and supported by Meta to examine Facebook and Instagram's content and content-moderation rules. It takes into account issues brought up by Meta as well as by users who have used all of the corporation’s internal appeals procedures. It has the authority to make decisions that supersede those of the corporation and suggest strategy changes.
The board heard over a million appeals during the reporting year, handed down 20 verdicts, 14 of which reversed Meta's own decisions, and made 86 recommendations to the corporations.
Director of the Board Thomas Hughes spoke to Arab News, “through our first Annual Report, we’re able to demonstrate the significant impact the board has had on pushing Meta to become more transparent in its content policies and fairer in its content decisions.”
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Arab Media Ministers Affirm The Need To Provide Media Support To Palestinian Cause
(MENAFN- Saudi Press Agency) Cairo, Sep. 23, 2022, SPA -- The Council of Arab Media Ministers held its 52nd session yesterday in Cairo.
The Kingdom's delegation to the meeting was headed by the Kingdom's permanent representative to the Arab League Ambassador Abdul Rahman bin Saeed Al-Juma.
The Council approved the recommendations and proposals issued by the Executive Office at its 15th regular session, including the need to provide media support to the Palestinian Cause.
The Council of Arab Media Ministers also recommended the adoption of the report and recommendations of the research seminar on the role of the media in combating terrorism and extremism and the importance of cyber security in addressing the phenomenon of terrorism.
The council also reviewed a number of issues pertaining to the media field among Arab countries.
15:12 LOCAL TIME 12:12 GMT
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Bhopal, March 31 In the wake of the report that 107 people of Madhya Pradesh attended the religious Tablighi Jamaat's international headquarters Nizamuddin Markaz in southwest Delhi, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday directed the police officials to identify those people and keep them in quarantine centres.
During the day, the Chief Minister chaired a high level meeting with the state government officials and also spoke to the senior police officials asking them to identify the people of the state, particularly from Indore who attended the religious congregation in Nizamuddin West earlier this month.
Speaking to Indore range DIG, Chouhan said, "We have got the information that 107 people attended the programme at Nizamuddin Markaz in Delhi. Identify them and put them in the quarantine centre to stop the transmission of the Covid-19."
He also pointed out that several people from across the country attended that programme and out of which there are reports that over 200 people have been tested positive. "Even six people lost their lives in Telangana. Thus it is time to remain alert," he said.
He asked the officials of the state government that in such critical time, the state needs to remain alert and identify those people at the earliest and bring them to quarantine centres for proper treatment. The Chief Minister also asked the police officials to prepare the list of the people associated with the religious bodies, who are moving in the state and also gather their travel history.
On Monday, Covid-19 woes returned to haunt Indore after Sunday's breather as seven out of eight patients tested positive. City-wise break-up of the positive cases in the state indicated that with 27 positive cases Indore was the worst hit city followed by Jabalpur with eight cases, Ujjain with five cases, Bhopal with three cases and Shivpuri and Gwalior both with two each cases.


Pakistan People’s Party Parliamentarian (PPPP) Vice President Senator Sherry Rehman on Monday criticised the authorities for the 1.5 percent hike in the interest rate and said that given the trends, one could expect further increase in the interest rate and inflation in the next six months.In a statement, the senator said that the increase in interest rate would also drive unemployment further up in the months to come. “The interest rate has been increased in accordance with the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) demands,” she said, adding that the rate was increased by 50 basis points in March, and just two months later, the authorities raised it again by 150 basis points to an eight-year high of 12.25 percent. Sherry said the government was implementing the IMF terms before the deal was even signed. “This is also evident in the unabated increase in dollar rate, which has seen the rupee plummet to Rs 152 in the open market.”She said the devaluation of rupee was going to make paying back the debt an onerous task. “It appears that the government is nothing more than a silent spectator in front of the IMF. Every step it is taking seems to be an effort to please a few. Its haphazard decisions are wrecking the economy,” she added. Sherry also slammed the incumbent rulers, saying that it seemed as if the poor people of the country were not the government’s priority at all. She said the IMF programme would continue until the last quarter of 2022, leaving less than three quarters for the government to generate jobs.“We hope that the government has not lost track of its promises of providing 10 million jobs to the people – so far the opposite has been the case,” she regretted. “So far, all the economic indicators are flashing red,” she said, adding that the per capita income in the country had dropped by 8 percent and revenue targets were being missed consistently.


Last week Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza announced the first payment for Illinois college’s and universities in seven months in the total of 700-million dollars.
327-million is going to the needs-based Monetary Award Program, or MAP grant, for 110-thousand students who were owed the money from the past school year.
Carl Sandburg Colege’s Director of Financial Aid, Lisa Hanson, says the school received the authorization for the payment, but didn’t know a time table for payment and the school has yet seen the funds, and that the state also budgeted money to the MAP grant for the 2017-18 school year.
Hanson said that the school is expecting MAP reimbursement of 60 and 700-thousand dollars for about 500 students who were awarded the needs based grant.
She said the state budget allocated money for to fund the MAP grant for the 2017-18 school year as well as the 2016-17 school year.
Hanson said that many students had to take out student loans to cover the costs for last year and it made it difficult to attend.
She also said that the state was putting a rush on the payment and that when Sandburg receives payment, they’ll process refunds as soon as possible.


Azerbaijani FM meets with President of ICRC (PHOTO)
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency ) BAKU, Azerbaijan, Sept. 25
On September 24, 2021, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov, within the framework of the 76th session of the UN General Assembly, met with the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross Peter Maurer.
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Mob vandalises Ahmadi place of worship in Sargodha – 19 Apr 2023
Community spokesperson says police were present at the scene but did not interfere
A mob stormed a place of worship belonging to the Ahmadi community in the Sargodha district of Punjab and demolished parts of it on Monday.
According to Amir Mehmood, a spokesperson for the community, local police personnel were present during the incident “but could not control the angry crowd”.
District Police Officer (DPO) Sargodha Faisal Kamran stated that a case was being registered against the attackers after the police received a request about the matter. He added that the police would ensure strict implementation of the law.
The community’s place of worship was built in 1905 in the Ghoghyat village of the Bhera tehsil in Sargodha and no untoward incident had occurred to date.
Local police maintained that during April 16-17 around 11:00 pm, approximately 200 to 250 people arrived outside the place of worship. They stated that some members of the mob had their faces covered and were sloganeering.
A few agitators went to the roof and desecrated parts of the building, including the dome.
The community’s spokesperson lamented that the “saddest thing” was that the place of worship was desecrated in the presence of the police. He said that the worship place was “very old” and the relations between Ahmadis and other local residents had always been exemplary.
He maintained that the community was requesting the police to take legal action against the attackers but feared that their plea would not be heeded and no action would be taken.
Before this incident, Imam Qari Khalilur Rahman of the local mosque in Ghoghyat had informed the police that the children inside the Ahmadi place of worship were being taught the Quran, which they could not legally do.
A spokesperson for the Sargodha district administration said that the matter was a sensitive issue that had already been discussed in the district peace committee meeting.
The committee had unanimously approved the installation of a board outside the place of worship which indicated that the site was an Ahmadi place of worship.
DPO Kamran says that all cases were being examined legally and legal action would be taken against whichever party had violated the law.
He said that the police, understanding the sensitivity of the situation, did not want to do anything that would make the situation tense. He added that a case was being registered against the workers of the religious group that vandalised the Ahmadi place of worship.
“They will be brought under the law and all the attackers will be arrested,” he said.


Afghanistan seeks humanitarian help without ‘political prejudice’Alina Hashmi
On Jan 7, Afghanistan’s Deputy PM Abdul Ghani Baradar said that the weather has aggravated the hardships of the Afghan people. He also said that the Taliban were preparing to help with the distribution of foreign aid across the country. “In various places right now, people do not have food, accommodation, warm clothes, or money,” the country’s Deputy Prime Minister Abdul Ghani Baradar said. Global aid agencies have notified that more than half of Afghanistan’s 38 million people are anticipated to face hunger.