Gulbarga, Aug 14 (UNI) Former Karnataka Chief Minister N Dharam Singh today alleged that the BJP led government has failed to tackle the grim flood situation in the State.
Addressing a press conference here, he said that Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa had neither visited the flood affected areas nor apprised the Prime Minister on the flood which has already claimed 9 lives besides causing damage to more than 1000 houses and more than 50 villages marooned.
Mr Singh said that the Chief Minister should request the Prime Minister to send a Centrel team and seek financial assistance.
Alleging that the Chief Minister and Energy Minister statements on power position were contradictory, Mr Singh demanded a "White Paper" on the power situation.
Replying to a question, he said that he was not in the race for KPCC President post.
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HYDERABAD : Sindh Minister for Information, Transport and Mass Transit and Focal Person for Rain Emergency in Hyderabad Sharjeel Inam Memon addressing at the press conference at Rawal House, Tando Jam today said that there was a significant development regarding Manchhar Lake and the government had decided to save the two towns Sehwan and Bhan Saeedabad and the irrigation experts decided to give cut and save Sehwan which had 3,000,00 population alone.
He said that five UCs Jafarabad, Wahur, Channa, Aarazi and UC Bubak would be affected by the cut in Mancher Lake and arrangements had been made to shift people from there while Chief Minister Sindh Syed Murad Ali Shah himself had reached Sehwan. ” We had to take this difficult decision and the population of 125,000 would be affected”, He said. He informed that 563 deathes and more than 22,000 injureds had been reported while more than 6,72000 people had been staying in the relief camps.
He said that more than 100,000 cattles had also been killed in the province. He said utility stores had been given order of 115,000 ration bags but only 8,000 ration bags had been received adding that as the utility stores showed their slowness to fulfill the orders it was decided to give orders to private vendors.
He said that the most affected areas were being given more focus in relief work and added that 23 districts were surrounded by water.
He informed that dispensaries in every relief camp were being established while pregnant women in the relief camps would be shifted to hospitals where emergency had been declared. He urged upon philanthropists, federal and provincial institutions to play their vital role in relief and rescue works. He said that people of affected districts were coming to the cities while 125,000 people affected by Manchhar Lake would also be shifted to tent cities where they would be provided food and medical facilities.
He said that rescue and relief was their first priority and resources were required for them. He said that if there had been given a cut somewhere, the concerned institutions had been taken into confidence while hard decisions had been taken to save the population.
He said that as a result of the cut in the Manchar, the Sindh Chief Minister’s own village and house would also be got submerged adding that the Chief Minister of Sindh also made a sacrifice to get the water released towards his village so that more population could be saved. Sharjeel Inam Memon said it was the huge natural disaster which they did not have training to deal with. He said that the data was being collected to estimate the losses and added that devastations were going on and not over yet.
He said that once the floods were passed, dewatering work would be started in the submerged areas. He that said that for the rehabilitation of affected people short-term and long-term policies were being made under which in the first phase, the infrastructure would be restored and in the second phase, affected people would be helped to rebuild their collapsed houses.


CARE Jordan distributes winterization campaign for 13,000 people
(MENAFN- Jordan News Agency) Amman, Jan.28 (Petra)-- CARE International in Jordan has successfully completed its 2017 – 2018 winter campaign helping vulnerable locals and refugees in the Kingdom.
According to CARE the winterization support is based on the humanitarian needs within the local community, and is a continued effort to support the refugees especially in the harsh winter season.
It pointed out that the total number of families who received winterization non-food items reached some 600 Jordanians and refugees, adding that around 689 Jordanian families and 1606 refugee families had received cash assistance to respond to their most pressing needs during the winter season.
The campaign is funded by the United Kingdom Department for International Development (UKAID), Neighbors in Need (NIN), and the Austrian Development Agency (ADA), and targeted families in Amman, Mafraq, Zarqa, Irbid, and Azraq City.
CARE International in Jordan is celebrating its 70th anniversary of working in Jordan and offering assistance to the Jordanians and Refugee community. It has also announced other plans to expand its work and launch new projects in the Kingdom .
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According to rescue officials, three people lost their lives on the spot, while more than 20 were wounded.
The injured and the bodies were moved to a nearby medical facility.
Confirming the death toll, Kohat District Police Officer (DPO) Suhail Khalid had said the dead included women and children also.
He said most of the victims belonged to Buner.
Rescue sources said the passenger bus was travelling from Buner to Karachi when this accident took place on Indus Highway.
Over 50 passengers were boarded on the bus.
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has declared emergency in the nearby hospitals.


(MENAFN- Gulf Times) A Dutch and a Belgian tourist were trampled to death by an elephant in Zambia as they got too close to the animal when trying to take pictures, police said on Sunday.
The holidaymakers, whose identities have not been released, were killed on Saturday while on safari at Maramba River Lodge in the tourist town of Livingstone.
"A lady from Belgium aged 57 and a 64-year-old man from the Netherlands were killed as they went close to the elephant trying to take photographs," police spokesman Danny Mwale said in a statement.
Mwale said police who visited the scene found the bodies lying on the ground with multiple injuries.
Cases of tourists killed by wild animals while on safari are often reported across southern Africa.
Some people have been mauled by lions while attempting to take pictures.
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Paris, March 17, 2023 (AFP) -Draw in full for the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals and semi-finals:
- Real Madrid (ESP) v Chelsea (ENG)
- Benfica (POR) v Inter Milan (ITA)
- Manchester City (ENG) v Bayern Munich (GER)
- AC Milan (ITA) v Napoli (ITA)
The ties are set to take place April 11-12 and 18-19
The semi finals have also been decided, with the winner of AC Milan (ITA) vs Napoli (ITA) taking on the winner from Benfica (POR) vs Inter Milan (ITA).
Real Madrid (ESP) or Chelsea (ENG) will play against the winner from the Manchester City (ENG) vs Bayern Munich (GER) matchup. The ties will be played May 9-10 and 16-17
The final is to be played on June 10th in Istanbul, Turkiye.
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The new Commissioner of Police of Niger state, Austin Iwero Agbonlahor has appealed on the people of the state not to relent in providing information that could lead to criminals in the state.
Agbonlahor made this appeal Friday when he resumed duties as the Commissioner of Police of the Niger state Police Command.
He stated that information is a key factor in policing adding that information would enable the Police to fight criminality in the state.
The Commissioner assured every one of his commitment to duty adding that, “I am going to improve on the performance of the outgone Commissioner of Police.”
The Outgone Commissioner of Police, Zubairu Muazu said in his one year tenure in Niger state, 1,627 suspects were arrested for various offences across the state with797 reported criminal cases.
He added that 2,501 cattle, 110 goats and 826 sheep were recovered during the period.
Muazu, who have been posted to be the Commissioner of Police in Akwa Ibom state, said that the people in the state have more confidence in the police which have yielded into massive increase on the supply of useful and credible intelligence to the Police adding that the gap between the Police and the public have been bridged.


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Occupied Palestine (QNN)- The spokesman for the Palestinian government stated that the government will take a new series of preventive measures to avoid the spread of coronavirus.
The spokesman Ibrahim Melhem confirmed four new cases; three of them are students in Ramallah while the fourth is for a doctor in Hebron, who works in the Israeli Hadasah hospital.
Melhem added that the total cases have reached 52, including 17 cases that were cured.
He also revealed that the measures taken by the Israeli Prison Service (IPS) indicate that something is going on inside the jails and that the lives of Palestinian prisoners are in danger. He held the occupation state responsible for their safety.
“We are not sure about the situation there but we urge the International Red Cross and WHO to provide us with information about the situation inside Israeli jails”, Melhem said.


(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 10. The growth rate of
the nominal wage in Kyrgyzstan was the highest among the EAEU
(Eurasian Economic Union) countries from January through March
2023, trend reports.
During the reported period, the nominal wage in Kyrgyzstan grew
by 42.5 percent year-on-year, amounting to 30,000 soms ($354), the
Eurasian Economic Commission said.
Still, it is the lowest wage in the EAEU. For example, in
Russia, the nominal wage, which stands out as the highest, was
Kazakhstan recorded the second-highest nominal wage among the
members of the EAEU, with $749.
Meanwhile, the real wages in Kyrgyzstan increased by 24.2
percent year-on-year in the period from January through March
In 2022, the average monthly nominal wage in Kyrgyzstan amounted
to 26,620 soms ($304).
Last year, there was a noticeable rise in the growth rate of
average monthly wages across enterprises and organizations of all
economic sectors in the country. The highest wage was registered in
Kyrgyzstan's capital, Bishkek (32,229 soms or $368).
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The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar has assured Nigerians that the new strategy adopted by security agents to eliminate all types of insecurity bedeviling the country is working fine and that the result will soon become obvious.
Air Marshal Sadique, who briefed news men today, July 4, shortly after a security meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, confirmed that security strategy has since been changed to reflect the new realities.
“I think the strategy has already been changed and from what we are seeing, the current strategy is working. What we are going to do is to ensure that all hands are on deck and every Nigerian equally has a role to play by passing relevant intelligence to us.
“So far, the strategy that we have on ground is really working and that is the one we will continue to pursue.”
He said that the meeting, which lasted for about two hours was all about the security of Nigerians and Nigeria.
He said that the message coming out of that meeting is that the Armed forces and other security forces will continue to work much harder to ensure that every Nigerian is secure and the territorial integrity of Nigeria is not undermined by anybody.


(MENAFN) Egypt-based investment bank EFG Hermes was revealed to have launched a representative office in Bangladesh.
EFG Hermes Holding Group Chief Executive Officer Karim Awad stated "Bangladesh is a key market as part of our drive to expand our representation in high-potential frontier emerging markets."
Frontier operations' chief executive Ali Khalpey pointed out that the bank is proving its execution potentials within various markets that include Morocco, Nigeria and Vietnam.
Khalpey also explained the new office is to primarily be to "facilitate the investment of foreign portfolios and our direct investment clients who want to invest directly in the broader economy of Bangladesh in sectors such as financial services, pharmaceuticals and infrastructure."
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Government had observed that despite the transformation in police operations resistance to change is still rife among some police officers.
Copperbelt minister Bowman Lusambo noted that some police officers resist change because they don’t know it’s benefits.
Mr. Lusambo said that this resistant to change by some police officers has caused unnecessary loose of employment and to some extent loss of lives.
He has since urged the police command to develop and implement change management programs in the service and thereby sensitize the officers on its benefits .
ZANIS reports that Mr . Lusambo said this today when he officiated at the Zambia Police Open Day held at Kamfinsa police in Kitwe.
The provincial minister added that the open day creates an interface between the police and the general public.
And Coppetbelt police commissioner Charity Katanga noted that the Zambia Police will continue to strive hard by providing the much needed security in the province.
Ms. Katanga said that the police will also continue to work hand in hand with the community by providing the open door policy.


New York City is on track to enter phase two of Covid-19 reopening on Monday, according to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and spokesperson Freddi Goldstein.
The state continues to be “on the right path toward defeating the virus,” the governor said in a news release, noting that the state saw less than 1% positivity rate for the virus in the tests conducted Saturday.
"The Covid-19 pandemic isn't over, and as we reopen New York safely and incrementally, the state government will continue to provide timely information so that New Yorkers can make educated decisions for themselves and their families," the governor said.
New York state added 664 coronavirus cases, had 1,142 hospitalizations and 15 deaths across the state on June 21.


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KARACHI: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday said the federal government was making every possible effort to provide relief to the people in these testing times amid the pandemic.
Talking to PTI’s Central Vice President and Parliamentary leader of the Party in Sindh Assembly Haleem Adil Sheikh, who called on him in Islamabad, PM Imran said that together we will fight against the deadly virus.
He said that the Ehsaas Cash Emergency program is being run in the most transparent manner and on merit whilst rising above political affiliations.
In addition to coronavirus, coping with poverty is another big challenge, he added.
The prime minister said that the cooperation of philanthropists is also required to provide relief to the weak and poor segments of the society.
He said the political leadership should play its role to motivate the philanthropists to reach out the deserving families.


Arab FMs: Palestine will top discussions at the 29th Arab League summit
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Riyadh, Rajab 26, 1439, Apr 12, 2018, SPA -- The preparatory and ministerial meetings of the 29th Arab League summit began here today where senior Arab officials are discussing various political, security, and military developments facing the region.
Arab Ministers of Foreign Affairs stressed at their ministerial meeting that Palestine and the situation there will top discussions at 29th Arab summit.
They also said that Iran and terrorism are two sides of the same coin and called on to work together to stop Iran meddling in Arab affairs.
The agenda of the summit will be set out during the preparatory meeting where the foreign ministers of the 22 countries are meeting.
The Arab League summit will be hosted in Dammam, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on Sunday.
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Seventy-five percent of Israeli Arabs between the ages of 16 and 22 support voluntary national service, according to a poll released Wednesday.
The poll, conducted by the dean of Haifa University's social sciences department, Professor Sammy Smooha, was carried out among 910 participants. The study also polled 78 public figures from the Israeli Arab community, dividing them into two groups ? those who are identified with the Jewish establishment, and those who are not.
Smooha said the study shows that the government must launch a campaign challenging those Israeli Arab leaders who oppose the national service.
According to the poll, the vast majority of the Arab public is unaware of the national service, with 77.4 percent overall and 79.6 percent of youth saying they know little or nothing about the program. The lack of public awareness comes despite a vigorous campaign by Arab leaders against joining the national service as well as the service's recruitment efforts.
The poll found that, once given basic information about conditions in the national service and its goals, not only Israeli Arab youth were supportive of the idea, but so were 71.9 percent of all Arab men and 83.8 percent of all Arab women.
Support for the national service was also found to be high among supporters of Hadash (69.2 percent), Balad (77.6 percent), and other Arab political movements opposed to the project.
27.1 percent of Arab youth said they would volunteer even in the face of family members' opposition, while 35 percent said they would volunteer despite the opposition of town leaders. 42.2 percent said they would volunteer even if the majority of Israeli Arab leaders express their opposition.
68.1 percent of those who support the national service said they are in favor because it contributes to the country and Israeli society, while 89.7 percent said they support the project because it would lead to greater equality between Arabs and Jews.
74.5 percent said they are concerned that the national service will with time turn into compulsory military service in the Israel Defense Forces.


The impact of publishing tax practices on reputation remains an essential issue for multinational CFOs, according to global tax advisor group Taxand’s annual global survey 2015. Survey responders, multinational CFOs across Europe, the Americas, and Asia, said that such exposure of corporate tax planning can harm companies’ reputations. They also highlighted issues such as politics and public opinion, base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS), crossborder taxation, rising tax competition, and the fact that taxes are still a central point in their boards’ agendas.
“Our annual survey demonstrates that multinationals feel caught in the crossfire, as they prepare for the post-BEPS world. Companies have changed their corporate growth strategies due to increasing scrutiny and more than half have seen an increase in tax audits instigated by tax authorities in the past year,” said Frederic Donnedieu, chairman of Taxand.
When it comes to BEPS, the majority of multinationals said that global tax architecture reforms are welcomed and that the rising international tax transparency will boost the cost of compliance. About 76% of responders think that BEPS will help countries to be more competitive in terms of corporate tax rate, while 83% predict that there will be a rise in tax competition in the next five years.
The survey also finds that multinationals have notified more audits from tax authorities, during the past year.
“We are in an interesting environment at present where, while increasing competition between countries to attract investment is driving lower corporate tax rates, political leaders also remain anxious to maintain revenues. Often viewed as a popular target, this has culminated in the public naming and shaming of certain multinationals despite them remaining on the right side of the law,” said Mr Donnedieu.
The increasing trend of corporate inversion will lead to higher competition among tax regimes, the responders said. About 76% of them said that tax issues still remain a priority on their board agenda. “The survey also supports that tax authorities have continued to hone in on crossborder taxation issues such as transfer pricing and inversions,” said Mr Donnedieu.


On Monday, police arrested another 25-year-old man for his involvement in the violence near the Jamia Millia Islamia complex in Delhi, the country’s capital.
According to the report of news agency PTI, the police officer said that the accused Asad Ansari was arrested from Kalka ji area. According to police, the man, a resident of Jamia Nagar, was involved in a case related to the Arms Act earlier. They were identified through videography and technical surveillance.
A senior police official said Ansari was found involved in violence and stone pelting outside Jamia Millia Islamia. A total of 11 people have been arrested so far in the case of violence near Jamia Milia Islamia.
Earlier, Delhi Police arrested 10 youths in a ruckus that took place outside Jamia Millia Islamia University on the night of 15 December. Police had said that the youth have criminal records. Police had said that no students were among the arrested people. However, the police had said that the students have not yet been given a clean chit and the matter is being investigated.
Significantly, the 10 youths who have been arrested by the Delhi Police are accused of involvement in the ruckus that took place on the night of 15 December. Explain that Delhi Police had registered two cases related to the violence in Jamia.


Governor of Plateau State, Simon Lalong has revealed that his administration has spent N366.5 million in the fight against COVID-19.
Lalong revealed this at the COVID-19 engagements with local government chairmen and traditional rulers at the Government House, Jos.
He, however, pointed out that the money includes donations from well-meaning individuals and organizations.
He revealed that the state government got about N123. 3 million, as well as other food and medical items valued at about N155m from donations.
Lalong hinted that the World Health Organisation also recently donated N100m to the state government, which has greatly helped the state to treat those infected by the virus.


Last year, more than 8,324 people in China suffered from food poisoning and almost 137 of them died because of it, reveals a report.
According to a report by China's Ministry of Health, the number of sickened people increased 13 percent last year as compared to 2010 figures.
The report posted on the ministry's website, however, said that the number of deaths dropped 26 percent, Xinhua reports.
According to the report, a total of 189 food poisoning cases were recorded last year, registering a 14 percent drop from that of 2010.
The report said that the period from July to September (called the Q3 period), when 39 percent of the food poisoning cases and 45 percent of related deaths occurred, was the most dangerous quarter in 2011.


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China in food fraud move
China has taken action against 48 government officials as part of its crackdown on food fraud.
According to Xinhua News Agency, the Ministry of Supervision confirmed last week that eight officials have been arrested, while a further 46 have been punished for “neglect of duty”.
Ministers said the punishments related to five separate food safety incidents, including a case where 25,000kg of pork from sick pigs was bought, cooked and sold in China’s Annui Province. They added they would continue to crack down severely on food-related crime.


Congress will fight the Lok Sabha elections in West Bengal alone and will represent their candidates in 42 seats.
Congress leader Shankar Malakar who came to Coochbehar on Saturday said this during a press conference. Today, Congress leader Shankar Malakar held a meeting with party workers in Coochbehar District Congress office. After the meeting, he did a press conference in which he said that Congress workers want to stand on their feet. He said that they know that they will not win every seat but party candidates will definitely be standing for the elections. He said that all the districts and block level are being worked into.


On April 6, local time, US President Trump said at the White House epidemic briefing that 1.79 million people in the United States have conducted new coronavirus testing. He also said that New York and New Jersey will start using medical boats to treat patients.
Trump stated that he believes that the United States "(more than other countries) have more (new coronary pneumonia) cases because we have conducted more tests."
The latest statistics of the new crown epidemic situation released by Johns Hopkins University in the United States show that there are more than 360,000 confirmed cases and more than 10,000 deaths in the United States. The United States is currently the country with the most confirmed cases worldwide. (Editor Xiao Zihe)
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Kuwait- 'CBK' Mulls Strict Procedures Over Guarantees To Obtain Loans
(MENAFN- Arab Times) The Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK) will soon implement strict procedures in the evaluation of guarantees submitted by loan applicants to local banks, reports Al-Jarida daily quoting sources.
Sources clarified the abovementioned step is one of the anti-money laundering measures being taken by the Central Bank, especially after discovering that some people deposit money in the banks to be used as guarantee for loans to obtain money from the Kuwaiti stock market, away from the control of CBK. Sources said loans are usually used for the purchase of shares, which will be sold later to make them appear 'clean' without legal impurities. Sources added this is just one of the complicated methods utilized by those involved in money laundering.
Meanwhile, sources revealed the CBK has taken strict procedures against many individuals and institutions, such as freezing their accounts due to suspicious operations. Sources confirmed the CBK has instructed the banks to get details of money transactions, along with the ceiling of the amount that can be remitted.
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Argentina receives USD150m loan for energy projects
(MENAFN) Argentina announced on it received a loan from the Development Bank of Latin America (CAF) for USD150 million for energy related works, Xinhua reported.
The loan aims to help strengthen the South American country's energy sector, through expanding its natural gas transportation and distribution systems which it already has.
According to the Minister of Planning and Public Investment, these expansions will bring new homes into the country's natural gas network and increase the number of users.
The energy projects to be finaced by the CAF loan were already included in the framework of the National Energy Plan 2014-2019, which is currently being implemented by the Argentinean government.
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The Taoiseach has said that the Minister for Justice will present a memo to the Government as soon as possible concerning yesterday's United Nations report into the Magdalene Laundries.
The report recommended that the Government should set up a statutory investigation into allegations of torture of women at the institutions.
In the Dáil today, Sinn Féin's Mary Lou McDonald said now is the time for women to get an apology, an acknowledgement and compensation.
Ms McDonald said that the State had failed these women and asked when the Government would act on the UN's recommendations.
She said that the women were prisoners in the laundries.
The Taoiseach said that the Government was entitled to take time out to study the report and said the laundries were not 'state run institutions' in the way the Sinn Féin TD made out.
Earlier, Minister for Justice Alan Shatter has said that he has been preparing proposals for the Government on the question of Magdalene laundries.
Minister Shatter said that his proposals were substantially completed last week and a draft Memorandum for Government had been prepared.
The Minister has said that the memo has been circulated for consideration by his Cabinet colleagues at the next appropriate Government meeting either on 14 June or if that is not possible, the meeting the following week.
Mr Shatter said that the issue affects a number of Departments and he cannot make any comments that would prejudge the Cabinet's decision on the matter.
The Department has said that it would be premature for the Minister to appear on any programme before the Government has made its decision on the matter.


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Srinagar- A two-storey residential house was gutted in a massive fire mishap in Devar area of Lolab in north Kashmir's Kupwara district, last night.
News agency GNS reported that a fire broke out in a house belonging to one Nazir Ahmed Khan at Kakkad Pati Lolab at around 4 AM.
Even as the Fire and Emergency Services Department reached the site on time, the raging flames engulfed the whole structure in no time. After intense efforts, the blaze was finally brought under control, however it already had nearly gutted the whole structure.
The cause of the fire was not immediately known.
Meanwhile, the locals of the area have urged district administration to compensate the affected family amid ongoing weather conditions.
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Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed has landed in Qatar and will represent Pakistan in an international event in Doha today (Monday).
As per the details, the 13th three-day international event for Homeland Security and Civil Defence, Milipol Qatar 2021 will begin today in Doha.
Sheikh Rasheed will represent Pakistan at the international forum today. In addition to this, he will also visit the international expo and will visit the Pakistan stall there.
Moreover, sources say that he will also meet the Prime Minister of Qatar and will hold negotiations to enhance bilateral relations.
Apart from that, negotiations will also be held to promote trade between Pakistan and Qatar. Leaders from both countries will also discuss development in the export of Pakistan’s manpower to Qatar.
Above all, he will give a special letter to Qatar’s PM on behalf of Prime Minister Imran Khan.
International leaders and officials will take part in the international event too.


Health Department extends public comment on health regulations by seven days
Health Minister Joe Phaahla said that the regulations were essential in preparing the country from any future outbreak and managing the current pandemic when the state of disaster lifted.
CAPE TOWN - Health Minister Joe Phaahla said that his department extended the deadline for public comment on new health regulations by seven days to 23 April.
He said the department had "no desire" to control people's lives by publishing the regulations.
Phaahla said that the health regulations were essential in preparing the country for any future outbreak and managing the current pandemic when the state of disaster lifted.
He was briefing Parliament's health committee on the regulations that are out for public comment.
The health regulations have come under some heavy criticism for trying to control South Africans beyond the national state of disaster.
Some MPs called the new regulations "draconian" and will require South Africans to be quarantined should they get infected with a list of "Notifiable Medical Conditions", including COVID-19.
But Minister Phaahla said that the regulations were not to control people and they were not a replacement for the state of disaster.
"We just want to assure the honourable members and the public that there is no desire for myself, as the minister, and my team from Health, to want to continue to control people's lives unnecessarily," he said.
Phaahla said that the regulations were not new and had been in existence for some time.
"It's basically an amendment on regulations which actually have been in existence for the last five years, from 2017," the minister said.


Over 16 million students started the new school year in 110 thousand classrooms across the country.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi rang the bell of a school in the capital Tehran, marking the start of the new school year throughout the country.
The in-person education was given the go-ahead after the number of coronavirus cases and deaths receded during the past months.
Over 80 percent of students have received the vaccine for the infectious disease, according to official figures.
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(MENAFN- Trend News Agency ) Washington should cooperate with Moscow and Beijing, although they are rivals and competitors for the American side, said US President Joe Biden on Wednesday, Trend reports citing TASS .
Biden said that it is necessary to work in partnership with countries like China and Russia, which are rivals to the United States, as he spoke in front of the staff of the National Intelligence Director Avril Haines. As an example of areas where the interests of all countries might overlap, Biden mentioned the fight against climate change.
This common threat affects all countries, he said adding that climate change challenges are already driving instability in the country and around the world. "This is important. It is a strategic issue as well as an environmental issue," Biden said.
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Veep counsels business community over new tax regime
By Staff Reporter
Vice-President Inonge Wina has urged the business community not to be apprehensive following the transitioning of the tax regime from Value Added Tax (VAT) to Sales Tax.
Zambia is abolishing VAT and replacing it with a non-refundable sales tax coming into force on 1st April, 2019, a move likely to help the government boost revenue collection.
Speaking during the Vice-President’s question time in Parliament yesterday, the Vice President said Minister of Finance would take to parliament a bill to address the transition from VAT to Sales Tax.
Meanwhile, the Vice-President said that the Zambian government was mobilizing resources to help Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi, following the devastation incurred by Cyclone Idai that had affected more than 1.5 million people.
Vice-President Wina said that climate change had come with devastating effects and hence the need to help each other.
She said the government was also promoting agriculture practices in the country that responds well to the changing climate change.
And Vice-President Wina said the government would pay the agro-dealers that participated in the e-voucher programme and farmers who had supplied their crops to the Food Reserve Agency (FRA).
She said the Ministry of Finance was mobilizing resources and was likely to pay the agro-dealers and farmers next week.


Facebook has announced that the media in Australia will be able to republish news on their Pages on the social network, and that users in the country will again receive informative content (both from the Australian and international media, which were not shown to them either) in the coming days.
Australia will allow Facebook to negotiate directly with the media
The social network has confirmed that it will once again allow the publication of news after reaching an agreement with the Australian government, which will introduce changes in the law that obliged Internet companies such as Google and Facebook to pay the media a fee for publish their news, understanding that they were profiting from that content. Before the entry into force of the legislation, Facebook last week banned the publication of news on the social network.
However, after 11 hours of debate on the new law, the Australian Senate agreed to introduce some modifications to the text, which would benefit companies such as Facebook, to which the law would not apply if they are able to demonstrate that have signed enough agreements with the media to pay them for their content. They will have to show that they have made ‘a significant contribution to sustaining the Australian news industry, as the deal now states, which may benefit the large media conglomerates, but leaves smaller, independent media outlets.
In addition, another of the novelties introduced in the law is that when one of these companies has to comply with the legislation -for, for example, having broken some agreements with the media- it will be notified one month in advance of the obligation to pay rate.
Facebook’s head in Australia, Will Easton, has expressed his compliance with the changes introduced by the government of the country and has indicated that the ability to publish news will arrive “in the next few days” after the fruitful meetings between the company and the government, which have led to the changes approved by the Senate.
Of course, Facebook assures that if in the future the government forced them to comply with the legislation, they would be “forced” to withdraw again the possibility of publishing and reading news on the social network.
Meanwhile, the company has already begun to make agreements with some of the main communication groups in the country to pay them to include their content on the social network. For example, the communication group Seven West Media, which has the television network Seven TV and the West Australian newspaper, has already signed an agreement with the social network. It has also been signed by the local media network Nine.


(MENAFN- AFP) Malawian President Peter Mutharika pleaded Sunday with the World Bank to consider resuming aid to the poor southern African nation, saying it was in "desperate need of donor support".
Donors who provide about 40 percent of Malawi's budget, pulled the plug on aid of around $150 million (110 million euros) after a report by British auditors showed that at least $30 million had been swindled from the government over a six-month period in 2013.
"The country is facing numerous economic challenges and it is in desperate need of the donor support to fasten its social economic development," Mutharika said in a statement at the end of a two-day visit by top World Bank directors.
Mutharika, who came to power in May last year after defeating Joyce Banda in an election, said the decision to cut aid due to the scandal dubbed Cashgate in Malawi, had contributed to the country's economic hardship.
"We took leadership of this country nine months ago and for your information we inherited a number of problems... the government was almost bankrupt because most of our donor partners left after the Cashgate scandal," Mutharika told the World Bank officials.
Malawi's plight worsened in January when severe floods left more than 170 people dead and 200,000 homeless.
The president said his country, one of the world's poorest, "needed support from donors to continue with the goal of an improved economy."
He assured the officials that his administration was reforming the management of public finances "to avoid a repetition of the Cashgate".
"We have seen the economic consequences of the Cashgate and I promise that nothing of that nature will ever happen in this country," he said.
Alinter Smith, the leader of the top-level delegation which met Mutharika in Lilongwe, told state television the Bank's support would only resume if changes were made to the way public finances were handled.
"We have made it clear that the bank is ready to support only upon implementation of the financial management systems," Smith said.
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The police raided a brothel operating in Warakapola and arrested eight people, the police media unit said today.
The police said that the brothel had been operating in Ambepussa, along the Kandy road.
A police team had raided the premises last evening and found 6 women who were involved in prostitution.
The police said that the women were residents of Matara, Kandy, Beligala and Ganewalpola.
The police arrested the women as well as two other suspects and will produce them in court today. (Colombo Gazette)


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Three people injured in firing between political parties workers in AJK
Muzaffarabad (Dunya News) – Three people were injured in a scuffle and firing between the workers of two political parties at Garhi Dupatt area of Azad Jammu Kashmir (AJK).
The police said that the political workers have blocked the Srinagar highway during a protest against the incident, while the injured have been shifted to a hospital for treatment.
According to the Dunya News, local Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Arif Mughal and his son were among the injureds.


World Bank spends USD300m on Turkey's green schemes
(MENAFN) IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has invested USD50 million in the green and sustainable bond issue of the Industrial Development Bank of Turkey (TSKB).
In accordance, TSKB is the country's first privately-owned development and investment bank, plus the issue size of the bond is USD300 million, based on the latest reports.
Specifically, the proceeds will be basically used for private sector investments in renewable energy, energy efficiency, and other areas that reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
The World Bank Group has pledged to step up its investments in climate to 28pct of annual commitments and leverage an additional USD13bn of private sector co-financing by 2020.
Additionally, Turkey is the 3rd-largest nation exposure for IFC worldwide, and IFC has invested an overall USD4bn in private segment projects in the country thus far.
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Iran: 4.7-Magnitude Quake Injures 25 People In Zahedan City
(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) TEHRAN, Nov 21 (KUNA) -- A 4.7 earthquake hit the city of Zahedan, southeast of Tehran, injuring 25 people, Iranian health authorities announced on Tuesday.
According to the Iranian Students' News Agency (ISNA), Director of Khatam Al-Anbiya Hospital Mohammad Redha Miradi said that the 25 injuries were minor and were treated immediately.
Miradi also stated that the injuries occurred while civilians were fleeing their homes and have been treated by hospital staff. (end)
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(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 6. Amendments
to the law "On the State Budget of the Republic of Azerbaijan for
2023" were discussed at today's special meeting of the Milli Majlis
(Parliament), trend reports.
According to the amendments, the revenues of the state
budget of the Republic of Azerbaijan for 2023 will amount to 33.7
billion manat ($19.8 billion), expenditures - 36.5 billion manat or
$21.4 billion (including centralized revenues - over 33 billion
manat ($19.4 billion), local revenues - 764 million manat ($449.4
million), centralized expenditures - 35.7 billion manat ($20.9
billion), local expenditures - 777 million manat or $457
The amendments were put to the vote and approved in
the first reading.
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KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has increased thepolicy rate by one percent, from 16% to 17%.
In a press conference in Karachi, SBP Governor Jameel Ahmad announced that the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has increased the interest rate from 16% to 17%.
He stated that there has been some moderation in inflation in the last two months, but core inflation has continued to increase.
He said that the current account deficit still exists, as new funds that were expected have been delayed, putting pressure on foreign exchange reserves.
Governor Ahmad said that the recent forecast of global economic growth by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank is showing a decline, which will have an impact on Pakistan’s market due to uncertainty in the international market.
He also stated that the MPC decided to increase the policy rate after a detailed analysis of the external and financial position of the country.
Ahmed said, “In the real sector growth, the SBP had predicted 2% in its monitoring policy last month, but at this time there is a risk due to the external deficit, and there may be some downward pressure.”
He also said that initially, they thought the current account deficit would be up to 10 billion dollars, but despite a slowdown in exports and remittances.
The Governor said that the MPC also conducted a detailed analysis of inflation and monetary policy, and the committee was of the view that a 1% increase in interest rate is necessary to reduce inflation.
He added that the SBP has already paid off some foreign loans, but some are still outstanding, which has decreased the reserves.
In a press release, the SBP stated that the MPC has noted that the pressure of inflation has persisted, so it has decided to increase the interest rate to 17%.
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BENGALURU: A day after the Cyber Crime police stopped filing FIRs due to a technical snag in their software, senior police officers have instructed the City Police (Law&Order) to take up these cases in their jurisdiction. There is only one cyber-crime police station in the city which has registered 9,999 cases have till date. Since the system is not equipped to register more than the given number of cases, officials have asked people to register cyber complaints in their jurisdictional police station, where an FIR will be filed.
Kuldeep Kumar Jain, DCP (Crime) told TNIE, “The system software is being upgraded and the regular process will restart soon. We have instructed all police station officials to take up these cases. They can transfer the case to the cyber crime police for further investigation as well.”
A police officer from the Cyber Crime police station said, “We are not registering new cases since people have been asked to approach local police. More than 50 people came to the station on Thursday and Friday and we asked them to go to their jurisdictional police stations.”


Armed Forces understand their responsibility in fight against Covid-19: CDS Gen Bipin Rawat
General Bipin Rawat, the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) says that the armed forces understand their responsibility in the fight against coronavirus disease (Covid-19) and have to ensure that they remain safe to support the people of the country.
“As armed forces, we understand our responsibility that at this time when the nation is fighting against Covid-19 menace, the defence services must operate beyond the mandate and come to the support of our people and government in whatever way we can,” General Rawat told ANI in an exclusive interview on Sunday.
He added that for the forces to support the country, they have to first ensure that ‘we remain safe from Covid-19.
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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday said that past rulers not only enslaved themselves but the whole nation at the hands of some “super powers”, ARY News reported.
Addressing students belonging to Balochistan in the federal capital, the premier maintained that individuals and nations can’t survive without ideology, self-belief and self-reliance but the past rulers failed to understand the fact.
“Now, we will not fight any other country’s war and put our interests first,” said the PM.
He maintained that he always proposed a peaceful and negotiation-based solution for Afghanistan but was ignored.
“Now those who always said ‘do more’ are now demanding cooperation for talks in Afghan peace,” said the PM.
He said that Pakistan’s founder Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah sacrificed everything during his struggle for the creation of Pakistan.
“He was opposed even by some Muslims back then but today, as we see India and the deplorable condition Muslims are living there, even Quaid-e-Azam’s opponents can see that the demand for Pakistan was justified,” said the premier.
The premier urged the youth to educate themselves and the future generations about the ideology of Pakistan.
About government’s efforts for development in Balochistan province, the premier said the federal government was working with Balochistan government for the uplifting of facilties in the province.
“Our government’s prime focus is uplifting the poor and giving due share to underprivileged areas of the country,” said the premier.
He maintained that past governments only spent money and resources on their strongholds but the PTI government is focusing on areas which were neglected in the past.


Imphal, Mar 20:
Union Minister of State for External Affairs and Education Dr. Rajkumar Ranjan stated that the implementation of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) is necessary for the state of Manipur.
Talking to senior journalist Dr. Seram Rojesh, Dr. RK Ranjan said that implementation of the NRC has been a major programme of the Government of India. He said that the NRC has already been tested in the state of Assam.
Appreciating the students’ bodies for bringing up such issues Dr. Ranjan said that every now and then when the society is in need of changes, the students’ bodies have always been playing a major role in the state of Manipur. The Minister said that the implementation of NRC should be based on the 1951 census.
Dr. Ranjan said that the state government of Manipur under the Chief Minister N. Biren Singh had urged the government of India to issue identity cards to the Indian citizens at the border of India and Myanmar in Manipur side so that illegal migrants can be checked as done in Mizoram. He also appealed the Chief Minister N. N Biren Singh to take up adequate measures for issuing I-card to the border villagers. He also stated that strict measures have been taken up to ensure that no illegal Adhaar cards were issued. Birth certificates have been made mandatory for issuing Adhaar cards, the Minister said.


By Innocent Atuganyira
Wetland encroachers in Kakumiro district have been given a grace period of six months to vacate before they face the wrath of the law.
The directive from the district comes at a time when several wetlands are under heavy encroachment by people who have depleted them to grow crops.
The LCV Chairperson Kakumiro district, Joseph Sentayi says the grace-period is meant to give space to those who have already planted crops to harvest them.
He adds that the district will also use this period to sensitize people on the importance of wetlands.
He says many areas in the district are already facing water shortage as a result of environment degradation.
The Kakumiro RDC Daniel Kikoola says local leaders have already been engaged on the matter adding that leaders should sensitize their people on protecting the environment.
Three people were last week arrested for encroaching on wetlands in Bugangaizi East County.
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The participants also condemned the alleged police atrocities against the community members who were protesting in Delhi and Chandigarh where they were cane charged a couple of months ago. “We have decided to form a seven-member committee which will look into the matter and take up the issues with relevant authorities,” he added.
The Mahasabha also thanked the Haryana government for providing 10% reservation to the economically backward Rajputs, among others, and urged that other governments should also follow suit. He further said, “Elections are near and we have decided that the community would support the political party which will talk about welfare of the Rajputs.”
The meeting was presided over by former union minister Digvijay Singh. The Mahasabha exhorted the community members to actively participate in elections of panchayats, civic bodies and other forums to strengthen the community.


Botswana on Friday launched a survey to assess public perception of its interventions to contain the spread of coronavirus as the country aims to recalibrate its response to the pandemic.Presidential Coronavirus Task Force coordinator Kereng Masupu said the COVID-19 Public Perception Study of Disease, Response and Socioeconomic Impacts would enable the government to establish what Batswana know about the coronavirus and how to feel about the measures put in place to contain its spread in the country.
“This will help us identify topics that require more attention,” Masupu said.
Botswana has put in place a number of measures to contain the spread of COVID-19, including stringent stay-at-home regulations and closures of businesses and schools between April and May.
The measures have been successful in keeping the number of coronavirus cases low. The country had recorded 89 cases of the virus as of Friday.
Masupu said it had become necessary to establish the extent of knowledge about the virus and public perception about measures taken so far following the recent decision by the government to lift some of the restrictions that had been put in place over the past two months.
Limited economic activity is now allowed, with a number of businesses opening and public transport allowed to operate.


Commission favors property tax exemption
West Fargo City Commissioners granted a five-year tax exemption to Scott Steffes of Steffes Auctioneers on Monday night, for the Fargo Tractor building he purchased and renovated at 2000 E. Main Ave., West Fargo.
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ISLAMABAD, July 20 (Xinhua) -- Pakistani army said that the security forces killed 28 more militants during the military operation in North Waziristan tribal region on Sunday.
A military spokesman said that the terrorists eliminated include foreigners during the operation codenamed 'Zarb-e-Azb.'
He said six hideouts of the terrorist were also destroyed.
The military started the much-anticipated offensive in the region on June 15 as the Taliban had increased attacks following the collapse of the peace talks.
The army said that nearly 450 local and foreign militants have been killed so far and dozens of their hideouts destroyed.
A Pakistani Taliban leader Ehsanullah Ehsan told the media on Sunday that the security forces have exaggerated the figure of Taliban casualties.
The military said that the forces have cleared most of Miranshah, the headquarters of North Waziristan, and are now carrying out house-to-house search in Mirali, a main town and a stronghold of the Pakistani and foreign militants.
Defense Minister Khawaja Asif said that the command and control system of terrorists has been destroyed in North Waziristan during the ongoing military operation.
The defense minister said in a statement that the militants were fleeing from their hideouts in the area as their network has collapsed.
Pakistani and foreign militants had turned North Waziristan into their biggest sanctuary for their planning attacks across Pakistan and across the border into Afghanistan.


(MENAFN- AzerNews) Hong Kong's stock market ended lower on Thursday with the
benchmark Hang Seng Index down 1.93 percent to close at 18,746.92
points, Azernews reports, citing Xinhua.
The Hang Seng China Enterprises Index fell 2.23 percent to end
at 6,333.63 points, and the Hang Seng Tech Index lost 2.25 percent
to close at 3,691.16 points.
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United National Party (UNP) Deputy Leader Sajith Premadasa today admitted that he was offered the post of Prime Minister by President Maithripala Sirisena.
Speaking to reporters at Temple Trees, Premadasa said that he had declined the offer from the President on principle.
Speaking at a public rally this week, President Maithripala Sirisena revealed that he had offered the post of Prime Minister to Sajith Premadasa and Speaker Karu Jayasuriya.
The President said that both Premadasa and Jayasuriya had turned down the offer as they were scared of Ranil Wickremesinghe.
However Premadasa insisted that he was not scared but he felt on principle he could not accept it.
He said that his main focus at the time was to ensure both the President and Prime Minister work together to address National issues. (Colombo Gazette)


Pakatan Rakyat has challenged BN to a public debate on the viability of the former's election manifesto.
The coalition said that its policies will save RM49.5 billion, which will be used to finance many expensive plans outlined in the election pledge.
They said that the savings will come from curbing corruption, prudent spending and increasing government revenue by spurring economic development.
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Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) had issued more than 800,000 visas to recruit foreign workers during the year 2021.
The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development revealed that, it has witnessed the entry of 6,600 domestic workers and the exit of 6,400 domestic workers.
As per media reports, the ministry said that the total dispute cases that were handled through the Wudiya platform exceeded 144,000 cases, and workers were beneficiaries of money that are entitled to them, totaling 444.6 million Saudi Riyal.
More than 73 percent of labor cases were solved through amicable settlement.
The ministry pointed out that through the Qiwa platform, 74 new services were launched, while 95 percent of customers’ needs were covered through the platform.


Those provoking youth have kept their children in safe havens: MoS PMO
There is a need to educate youth in Kashmir against those working with vested interest to harm the country's unity, Union Minister Jitendra Singh today said, observing that those instigating the youth for so called 'Jihaad' have kept their own children in safe havens.
He also said that those who have lost their lives in the current turmoil in Kashmir valley belong to the poorest of the poor sections.
"And those who provoked these poor people to come forward and lay down their lives in the name of 'Jihaad' have ensured that their own children and family are lodged in safe havens," Singh, who represents Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur constituency in Lok Sabha, told PTI here.
He said the Centre is committed to take action against those inciting violence.
Singh said there is absolute coordination between the Centre and Jammu and Kashmir government to resolve the situation in parts of the state.
He also attacked Pakistan for provoking turmoil in the Valley.
"The common man in the streets of Srinagar does not approve of violence but there are a handful of people sponsored by Pakistan who are provoking youth and creating trouble in Kashmir Valley," Singh said.


Panaji, Feb 5 (IANS) Goa Police arrested three persons for attacking and robbing a businessman of Rs 40 lakh in Gujarat's Gandhidham.
The three were handed over to their counterpart at Kutch, said the Goa Police.
North Goa Superintendent of Police Nidhin Valsan informed that on January 29, three accused persons had attacked a businessman from Apna Nagar, Gandhidham-Gujarat and during the commission of dacoity caused grievous injury to businessman due to firing by pistol. Thereafter, the accused persons had decamped with Rs 40 lakh from the possession of this businessman.
An offence was registered at the Gandhidham Police Station under section 120-B, 394, 397, 447, 307 and Sections of the Arms Act.
After receiving information about these three accused persons present in Calangute, the Goa Police formed a team and initially apprehended Manu Singh Thakor near Candolim, in North Goa, and later other two accused persons, namely Chatrapal Singh and Surat Singh were arrested from a Casino ship.
Team headed by Sub Inspector S.S. Varu of Crime Branch Kutch (East) along with their staff took custody of all three accused, the Goa Police said.
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Jammu: Holding a protest rally here, activists of Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNPP) on Saturday accused the BJP-PDP coalition in the state of discriminating with the people of Jammu.
"The people of Jammu Pradesh have been subjected to discrimination, insult, humiliation and ruthless serfdom of the Kashmir rulers who have always picked up some opportunist elements of Jammu to govern, loot and squeeze the people of Jammu Pradesh," JKNPP chief Prof Bhim Singh said while addressing the rally.
A large number of people participated in the protest rally that started from outside the gates of Raj Bhawan here and culminated at Dogra Chowk after passing through various parts of the Jammu city.
Singh said that the people of Jammu region have been suffering in the hands of the Kashmiri leadership for the last over six decades.
"For the past 67 years, the Jammu people have been suffering in the hands of the Kashmiri leadership who have always adopted a discriminatory approach against the people here. The Dogras, the Paharies, the Gujjar-Bakerwals, Gaddies and all who have suffered for six decades must unite to show their strength to such leaders," Singh said.
He said that the issue of the difference in the B.Ed session in the two parts of the state was a glaring example of the discrimination with the Jammu region.
"While the B.Ed session is for only one year in the Kashmir Valley, it is of two years for the students of Jammu region," he said.
Further accusing the BJP of betraying the people and not sticking to the poll promises, Singh said: "The saffron party has struck a blow to the people of Jammu region after it came to power. The promises it made to the people of Jammu during the parliamentary and assembly elections were just eyewash and all the agendas were used to befool the people of Jammu."
He said the issue of reported shifting of the proposed AIIMS from Jammu to Kashmir was another specimen of the extent to which the BJP has sold itself to the PDP for the sake of power.
"Caring two hoots for the problems and issues of the people of Jammu region, the saffron party has sold out its ideology to PDP for the sake of power, the shifting of AIIMS from Jammu to Kashmir is another blow to the trust of the people of Jammu who voted for the BJP," he said.


NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked the information technology industry to support the government’s Digital India program by increasing IT innovation and addressing global challenges related to cyber security.
Speaking at an event, Modi said: “The government tends to work in silos. This continues to be the case in the digital world.”
He added that the IT industry could help synchronize and interpret existing digital data and processes within government departments.
Building IT infrastructure would adopt innovations by the industry and initiatives such as ‘Digital Locker’ would increase the need for ‘cloud godowns’, as a result people would be able to store and access their documents and information on the move.
Digital India is a Rs 1.13-lakh crore program of the government that promises to connect the entire country.
He also sought the IT industry’s active participation for conception and execution of ideas for the Prime Minister Office’s mobile app, which is being developed in collaboration with Google.


KARACHI (News10) – Governor State Bank Reza Baqir has said that ever since the coronavirus started spreading, we have been constantly monitoring the situation and our economy will stabilize once the coronavirus is overcome.
In an exclusive interview with Dunya News program “Dunya Kamran Khan Kay Saath”, he said that they are constantly monitoring the economic situation of the country and that the exchange rate dropped due to uncertainty in the market.
The Governor SBP said that the G20 countries have made an important decision to provide loan relief to countries including Pakistan while the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is also supporting us fully.
Reza Baqir also said that our program with the IMF is on track and the road ahead is not as tough as before.
Answering a question, he said that SBP has reduced the fee on interbank transfer to zero. He said that banks carry out central bank schemes and they are fully cooperating to move the schemes forward.


Police in Chibombo district have arrested two people for allegedly tampering with two graves at the traditional graveyard located in Chiyuni area in chief Chitanda.
Chibombo District Commissioner Felix Mang’wato told ZANIS that both the police and chief Chitanda have confirmed to him the tampering of the two graves and the arrest of the two suspects.
Mr. Mang’wato named the suspects as Kebby Chapusha and Martin Kasenge both males and of chief Chitanda’s area.
He said the tampering of the graves occurred between Wednesday and Thursday last week.
Mr. Mang’wato narrated that some people were spotted re-digging the graves in the traditional graveyard by some members of the community who later reported the matter to the chief retainer for chief Chitanda.
He said the chief’s retainer then informed chief Chitanda who also immediately reported the case to the police in Chiyuni.
Mr. Mang’wato said upon realizing that the police and some community members were aware of their actions, the suspects abandoned the digging of the two graves, which they had even managed to open.
He said one of the suspects however left a coat on the scene which helped the police to identify him and later apprehend him.
Mr. Mang’wato said after further investigations, the police arrested another suspect.
He said police have also recovered the tools which are suspected to have been used in desecrating the graves.
He said police have continued with investigations to establish how many people were involved in the digging of the graves and the motive behind the act.


(MENAFN- IANS) Amaravati, Feb 24 (IANS) Declaring that they are battle-ready against ruling YSR Congress Party, Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and Jana Sena on Saturday announced their seat sharing deal for the forthcoming elections to Andhra Pradesh Assembly and Lok Sabha.
While TDP will contest 151 Assembly seats, the Jana Sena will contest remaining 24 seats.
The TDP has also left three out of 25 Lok Sabha seats for Jana Sena.
Elections for the 175-member Assembly are slated to be held along with Lok Sabha polls in April-May.
The seat sharing deal was announced at a joint press conference by TDP national president and former chief minister N. Chandrababu Naidu and Jana Sena leader and actor Pawan Kalyan at the former's residence here.
N. Chandrababu Naidu also announced the first list of 94 candidates of TDP. Pawan Kalyan announced the first list of five candidates.
Both the parties have not announced candidates for Lok Sabha elections and have also kept the doors open for BJP.
N. Chandrababu Naidu and Pawan Kalyan said that if the BJP comes forward to join them, they will hold the talks and take appropriate decision at an appropriate time.
Both the leaders said they have decided to have the alliance for the future five crore people of the state.
"It's a historic day. This is the first step for a good cause," he said, adding that the two parties came together to save the state and to ensure a good future for the coming generation.
The TDP finalised its candidates after taking the opinion of more than 1.03 crore people.
Naidu said that for the first time in his four-decade-long political career, he finalised the candidates after such an extensive exercise.
"The former chief minister claimed that YSRCP gave up the day when they announced their alliance. He alleged that Andhra Pradesh suffered more because of YSRCP's rule than the state's bifurcation.“It destroyed the brand of Andhra Pradesh. Both common people and leaders suffered under YSRCP rule," he said.
Naidu urged the cadres of both TDP and Jana Sena to work together to ensure vote transfer.
"By embracing crowdsourcing, the TDP-JSP alliance aims to decentralize power, placing the aspirations and voices of the people of Andhra at the forefront of their political agenda. This historic initiative marks a turning point where TDP-JSP looks more confident and election ready before the final battle," said a joint statement.
"Unlike the incumbent ruling YSRCP which has blatantly given out names through camp offices, TDP-JSP list is not only inclusive but also revolutionary to its core," it added.
Pawan Kalyan said they joined hands to avoid a split of anti-YSRCP votes. He said instead of experimenting with a large number of seats, his party is contesting a limited number of seats for the sake of the state.
The Jana Sena leader selected the candidates who have 98 per cent strike rate. He said some leaders within the party are of the view that the party should have demanded 60-70 seats. Pawan Kalyan said that if Jana Sena had won 10 seats in the previous elections, it could have demanded a higher number of seats.
YSR Congress party had wrested power from TDP in 2019 with a landslide majority, bagging 151 seats in the 175-members Assembly. TDP, which contested on its own, could win just 23 seats.
Jana Sena, which had an alliance with Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and the Left parties, won a single seat.
YSRCP had also bagged 22 Lok Sabha seats while TDP had to contend itself with three seats.
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Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has demanded the immediate removal of the Inspector General (IG) of Police Punjab after showing dissatisfaction over the police behaviour.
PTI senior leader and former federal minister Fawad Chaudhry has said that PTI’s advisory meeting was held at Shaukat Khanum Hospital under chairman Imran Khan. He said that the decision regarding the long march continuation has been taken and will be announced later.
Fawad speaking in a press conference said that the meeting of senior PTI leadership was held in which doctors had briefed the participants on the party chairman Imran Khan’s medical condition.
He said that attempts have been made to turn the heinous incident into a religious tragedy. He further added that as per initial reports there was more than one armed attacker.
He also told that PTI Chairman Imran Khan will address the nation (today) and will take the people into confidence. He said that Imran Khan will announce further strategies.
According to Fawad Chaudhry, Imran Khan will talk in detail about the attack on him.
Earlier, Imran Khan had called a meeting of the senior party leadership over the tragic incident of yesterday that took the life of one PTI supporter while 13 including Imran and senior PTI leaders were injured.
According to media reports, PTI Chairman Imran Khan received four injuries in his legs as a result of the incident.


KOLKATA: West Bengal reported two more COVID-19 fatalities, raising the death toll due to the disease to 50 in the state, officials said on Sunday.
A total of 41 fresh COVID-19 cases have emerged in West Bengal, according to a bulletin issued by the state health department.
Till Sunday afternoon, there were 927 coronavirus cases in the state, it said.
The Union health ministry, however, has put the figure at 922. The number of active cases in the state stood at 663, the bulletin said.
The officer-in-charge of the Pragati Maidan police station in the eastern parts of the city and a senior state government official have tested positive for the disease and have been admitted to a private hospital, officials said.
A total of 22,915 samples have been tested for the novel coronavirus in West Bengal so far, they added.


The Padubidri police have booked cases against two who were Covid-19 positive for not revealing their primary contacts and hiding the travel history.
P-10186 and P-10187 from Hejamadi in Padubidri were siblings and tested positive for Covid-19 recently. After shifting them to the hospital for treatment, when the officials were collecting information on their primary contacts and travel history, the patients furnished false information.
When the officials were collecting information from various sources, they realised that the duo had travelled to Bantwal, Kasargod, Ullal and other places in Dakshina Kannada, said DHO Dr Sudhirchandra Sooda. Hence the district administration decided to file cases against them.
It was learnt that the family members and primary contacts of the infected have also been suffering from Covid-19 symptoms, which is yet to be confirmed officially. Officials said that the throat swab samples of the infected and primary contacts have been collected and sent to the laboratory for testing.


ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that uplift of the people of Balochistan is among top priorities of the government.
The government has prioritized the development projects according to their impact on the livelihood of the people of Balochistan, he added.
The Prime Minister was chairing a meeting to review the progress of development projects in Balochistan.
He said that infrastructural development, development in agriculture, fisheries, power sector and subsidy on basic amenities including Ehsaas programs were gradually gaining pace.
The Prime Minister further said that industrialization and establishment of processing plants was being expedited for the economic uplift of locals.
Protection of local fishermen by curbing illegal trawling activities was being ensured, he added.


Srinagar, Jan 12: Jammu and Kashmir Wednesday reported one death and 1,695 new positive cases of COVID-19, thus taking the number of total active cases to 6,242.
With one more death, the death toll in J&K has reached 6,242 and 1,695 fresh positive cases reported on Wednesday have pushed the tally of positive cases to 348,201.
Of the exact number of 348,201 cases, 218,240 are from Kashmir division and 129,961 from Jammu division.
Officials said that among 1,695 new cases, 883 belong to Kashmir division while as 812 are from Jammu division, adding that the total number of positive cases in Kashmir division have reached to 218,240 including 213,010 recoveries and 2,336 deaths while as total number of positive cases in Jammu division have reached to 129,961 including 124,402 recoveries and 2,211 deaths.
The officials said that the total number of active cases in Jammu and Kashmir are 6,242 including 2,894 from Kashmir division and 3,348 from Jammu division.


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TORONTO, Aug. 05, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ontario workers will mark the return of the Ontario Legislature with an action at Queen's Park on Monday, August 8 at 12:00 p.m.
As Ford's PC government sets their priorities for the months ahead, workers will meet outside to hold a press conference and demonstrate what the Ontario government's priorities should be. These priorities include addressing the cost-of-living crisis, and re-building public services like our public health care system.
Date: Monday, August 8, 2022
Time: 12:00 p.m.
Location: Queen's Park, South Lawn
- Ahmad Gaied, Secretary-Treasurer, Ontario Federation of Labour
- Layla Staats, Indigenous Filmmaker/Activist
- Shelly Ormsby, Registered Nurse, ONA Member
- Cory Knipe, Bargaining Chair, OPSEU/SEFPO Local 546
- Jennifer Scott, President, Gig Workers United
- Willy Noiles, Injured Worker Advocate, Ontario Network of Injured Workers
For more information, please contact:
Ontario Federation of Labour
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(MENAFN- Trend News Agency ) BAKU, Azerbaijan, Sept. 12
The value of Turkey's export of cars to Italy has increased from January to July 2021, the Turkish Ministry of Trade told Trend .
According to the ministry, the showing amounted to nearly $1.4 billion, up by 10.6 percent on annual basis.
In July 2021, Turkey exported cars worth $130.9 million to Italy, which is a decline of 26.5 percent compared to the same month of 2020, the ministry said.
In the first seven months of 2021, Turkey increased the export of cars to the international markets by 26.1 percent compared to the same period of 2020, up to $16.3 billion, the ministry said.
Turkey's car exports to the global markets in July 2021 totaled nearly $2 billion, which is 9.3 percent less compared to July 2020.
In the past 12 months (from July 2020 to July 2021), Turkey's car exports abroad totaled over $28.9 billion.
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FARMINGTON -- Since the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary, school systems including Farmington have been working to increase security.
The Farmington school system will have an additional school resource officer, according to officials. The school previously had one school resource officer and a youth officer, both of whom have similar duties.
With the new school resource officer, the youth officer will continue to be based at the high school and the school resource officers will split the responsibilities of covering the six other schools in town, according to Lt. Marshall Porter of the Farmington Police Department.
The town will also have seven school security monitors, none of whom will be armed, with one monitor being assigned to each of the schools that will monitor the overall security of the school and work with the school resource officer and the principals and staff, according to Superintendent Kathy Greider.
The school system at the recommendation of law enforcement has decided against disclosing some of the specific upgrades to security and equipment being made, Greider said.
On Monday, the first day of school, Farmington Police Department Chief Paul Melanson said that there were officers at every one of the schools welcoming students. Melason welcomed students and parents at Noah Wallace School.
Read more about what other districts in the state have done.


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SAN JUAN Puerto Rico Rajab 06 1437 April 13 2016 SPA -- Authorities in Puerto Rico say they have seized $13 million worth of cocaine and arrested four men after a chase off the island's southeast coast according to AP.
Police said Wednesday that some of the cocaine was seized from a boat located near the town of Patillas. Police said two Dominican men aboard the boat threw a portion of the drugs into the ocean and were arrested. They said another two Dominican men apparently waiting for the shipment on land also were detained.
Police Chief Jose Caldero told reporters that authorities are investigating whether the cocaine was shipped from Venezuela.
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Dhaka: Low-cost airline Air India Express plans to launch services to Bangladesh, reports cited an airline spokesperson saying on February 28.
The carrier plans to commence flights to Nepal and Sri Lanka as well as part of its target of operating 40 per cent more flights in the next financial year, added reports.
Air India Express, owned by the Tata Group, is expanding its fleet and expects to complete the acquisition of 50 Boeing 737 Max aircraft by December 2024, further mentioned reports citing the airline officials.
At least 13 of the 50 planes have already been inducted into the airline's fleet, they added.
Currently, AI Express operates 350 daily flights and has a fleet of 69 planes.
More number of flights and services to new destinations will be introduced during the upcoming summer and winter schedules, also informed the reports.
At present, the airline has around 1,300 pilots, including 400 from AirAsia India while about 400 pilots are under training, they added.
It may be mentioned here that Tata Group is in the process of merging AIX Connect (formerly known as AirAsia India) with Air India Express. Reports cited group officials saying, the merger is expected to be completed by the second quarter of the next financial year.
Once the merger is fully complete then all the planes of AIX Connect will be under the air operator permit of Air India Express, said reports, adding, currently, three A320neo planes of AIX Connect are under Air India Express' air operator permit.
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FAISALABAD: Excise and Taxation department anti-narcotics branch has collected Rs60.326 million from July 2016 to January 2017 of current fiscal year and achieved its annual target of Rs 89.251 million.
Sources told Customs Today that excise department collected Rs 45.245 million from Faisalabad during the first seven months of current fiscal year against the assigned target Rs82.614 million while Rs2.850 million were collected from Jhang against the assigned target of Rs 4.683 million during the seven month.
Excise Chiniot generated Rs1.588 million tax by achieving its target of Rs 0.756 million. Moreover Toba Tek Singh also generated Rs642,250 against the assigned target Rs1.19 million.
Meanwhile Excise and Taxation Department has collected Rs5.568 million in terms of entertainment duty during the first seven months of the fiscal year 2016-17. Sources said that excise collected Rs5.369 million against the assigned annual target of Rs 9.113 million.
Sources said that Excise and Taxation Department already expedited their efforts to recover outstanding amount from defaulters. Sources said that stern action will be taken against those who will found involved in tax evasion.
It is necessary to mention here that Excise and Taxation department already issued tax notices to defaulters warning them to clear the outstanding tax amount at the earliest. Sources said that those defaulters who will fail to clear pending dues will have to face stern action which will led to seizure of their movable and immovable taxes and attachment of their banking accounts also.


Audit: California pays $ 4B in protest against Madi-Cal
From 2014 to 2017, more than 450,000 people have had the opportunity to go to Medi-Cal in states that were considered unworthy in the system, according to the California auditor. Half of the
These unusual events lasted for two years.
"Who are you?
Some people who deserve to be faced with unfair problems and have ignored their jobs, "said a brief summary of the report.
The Ministry of Health, who works on the Medicaid California program, said in a statement that he adhered to the recommendations of the audience, and took steps to reform.
At least 170,000 people have been filed their names to gain access after the number of years they were eligible for entry, "which could provide revenue to the state," said the statement. Some residents have spent more than three years after they are eligible, the report has been obtained.
Reporters have suggested that the department regain funding if possible and "implement the protocols to ensure compliance and conflicts."
Also, the sector has been asked to help countries cope with problems.
The ministry said in a statement that "implementing a systematic framework that will identify the system of conflicts, and will work to ensure that the areas have the resources and technologies needed to combat disruption." -rikice. " It will also report to the report of its report on its development in June 2019, according to the department.
More than 13 million Kenyan people have been involved in Medi-Cal, which provides housing for employees with services, including human health, emergency services, dental and mental health and pharmaceuticals.


Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Thursday has announced that the Dokmoka mob attack case would be tried in a fast track court.
The chief minister also said that attempts are being made to politicise the killing of Nilotpal Das and Abhijeet Nath from Guwahati by “some forces”, but the government will not allow that to happen.
“The culprits should get exemplary punishment as soon as possible. That is what the people of Assam want. So, we will give priority to the fact that the trial should take place in a fast track court”, said Sonowal.
The main accused and several others who had been allegedly involved in the incident were taken into custody and more arrests are likely, he added.
Sonowal said that the people of Assam should come forward and cooperate with the government in tackling disturbances in the society.
Altogether 63 people have been arrested in connection with the incident and spreading rumours and hate messages on social media.
On Wednesday, Director General of Police Kuladhar Saikia said that Alphajoz Timung also known as Alpha allegedly had an argument with the two men, following which he spread the rumour that they were child abductors to instigate the villagers who then stopped the vehicle and attacked them.