Kwara state AIDS Control Agency (KWASACA) has said that the transit nature of the state has made AIDS pandemic to be prevalent in most rural communities of the state.
Speaking with journalists on this year’s World AIDS day celebration in Ilorin on Wednesday, the programme director of the agency, Dr Seleem Alabi, said the state shared boundaries with South West states such as Ekiti, Osun, Oyo.
The AIDS programme director, who said that the state also shared an international boundary with the Republic of Benin, added that the development had made such rural communities in the Kwara North senatorial district like Kosubosu, Baruten, Gureh, Chikanda, among others prone to spread of the disease.
He said that members of the communities come in contact with immigrants who come and go out of the areas through agripreneurship and socioeconomic activities.
Dr Alabi, however, said that about 900 health facilities, located in rural areas of the state, had been resuscitated to offer AIDS services, ensure identification and administering of drugs to AIDS victims as well as ensure effective campaign against the disease.
He said also said testing to know the status of people is the most effective way to control the HIV/AIDS, adding that it would ensure those that are negative remain negative and those positive take their drugs, receive counselling and not spread the disease.
The programme director said that HIV/AIDS drugs had the capacity to extend the life of victims as long as 44 years, especially with adequate counselling.
Also speaking, the deputy governor, Mr Kayode Alabi, who is also the chairman of the agency, said the state has a one per cent HIV prevalence rate, even below national average rate of 1.5 per cent, adding that the feat would be a basis for more efforts, such as eradicating mother to child transmission of the virus and ensuring attainment of zero new infection.
The deputy governor, who talked on the theme of the celebration; Communities make the difference: Kwara state on HIV/AIDS response said it emphasized the direction of the state government in empowering all stakeholders in the fight against HIV pandemic in the state.
“We have tried to resuscitate moribund health system met on ground and also give strong support to critical interventions like curbing the spread of HIV pandemic in Kwara state”, he said.


Tuesday Mar 28, 2017
RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Bajwa on Tuesday visited Bahawalpur Garrison where he was briefed on the operational preparedness and external security operations, according to an Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) statement.
According to the army’s media cell, the COAS spoke to the troops upon his visit. He said that Operation Radd-ul-Fasaad will bring long-term stability and peace to the country.
The Army Chief said that the army pays tribute to those who gave sacrifices during security operations.
The COAS said that the war on terror better prepared the troops for conventional war, adding that the war also ‘toughened’ them.


The UAE has confirmed 491 new cases of COVID-19, taking the overall tally in the country to 68,511.
According to the Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP), more than 68,000 additional tests have been carried out across the Emirates.
The number of recoveries has gone up to 59,472 after another 402 people received the all-clear.
The ministry has also reported zero deaths caused by the virus in the last 24 hours, which means the death toll remains at 378.
This means that there are currently 8,661 active cases in the country.


Kathmandu: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ has received a vote of confidence in the House of Representatives.
On Monday, 172 MPs supported the resolution that the Prime Minister said that he has the confidence of the House of Representatives. 89 MPs voted against the proposal.
The prime minister had to take a vote of confidence for the second time within two and a half months due to the constitutional provision that the Prime Minister should take a vote of confidence after the party that had supported the government withdrew its support
Nepali Congress, CPN Maoist Center, Janata Samajwadi Party, CPN Yekikrit Samajwadi Party, Janamat Party, Democratic Socialist Party, Nagarik Unmukti Party, Rashtriya Janamorcha and Rashtriya Swatantra Pary and others gave vote of confidence to the Prime Minister in the House of Representatives on Monday.


Germany’s Social Republicans, Greens, FDP ink partnership contract
(MENAFN) To create Germany’s following administration, the country’s center-left, environmentalist, and liberal groups inked an alliance contract.
The good cooperation amid Social Democrats and alliance associates were honored by President-to-be Olaf Scholz, while he wished that they are going to carry on in the future in order to focus on Germany’s issues.
Scholz announced at the signature ceremony “As we’re starting to work, we have a difficult task to master, fighting the coronavirus crisis,” while underlining that the administration is going to enhance labors to curb the epidemic.
Scholz’s Social Democratic Party (SPD) barely succeeded in the September 26 polls over Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats, and planned to sign up an alliance agreement with the two smaller groups following weeks of talks.
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Vice President Kwesi Amissah-Arthur on Thursday affirmed that government under the leadership of President John Dramani Mahama is still committed to the structural transformation of the country’s economy.
He said the government is also working to develop the long-term vision of the economy.
[contextly_sidebar id=”B18SBvadIosyzAJjFEv0n4TQ7JlyJV63″]The Vice President was speaking at the Standard Chartered Africa Summit 2015 in Accra.
The conference, which is on theme: “The last frontier: Is Africa ready for transformation,” is to help Ghana benefit from panel experts assembled to review the global developments and how the country can take advantage of the opportunities offered in the international arena.
The one-day conference was attended by financial analysts across the globe, business groups, investors and the academia.
Vice President Amissah-Arthur stated that Ghana’s prospects in the medium-term are still bright with latent advantages in the oil and gas, agriculture and light manufacturing.
He said the country can maximize these possibilities “if we are able to reduce the vulnerabilities created by the fiscal imbalances we have experienced over the past decade.”
According to him, since the National Economic Forum at Senchi in May last year, the government has worked to create conditions for non-inflationary growth.
He further stated that despite the impact of the tightening monetary policies on emerging economies, Ghana still need to position itself to take advantage of the opportunities in the global economy.
The Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, Seth Terkper on his part gave the assurance that Ghana’s economy will rise again and return to strong growth in the next three years.
He said the current economic challenge facing the nation is due to budget overruns in the past few years.
He disclosed that government has been able to put the economy back on a sound footing ready to take off.
Mrs Mansa Nettey, the Executive Director and Head of Financial Markets, Standard Chartered Bank (SCB), Ghana, stated that, the Standard Chartered Summit is a flagship programme for the SCB global market event for the financial year.
She said the event is held annually in several key markets around the world including London, Hong Kong and Dubai.
She said the summit provides an opportunity for the bank to share its products and market research with clients, investors and stakeholders as well as discuss the “Africa rising narrative” intended to project the continent to the rest of the world.
Mrs Nettey also said over the past decade Africa has grown consistently faster than the rest of the world.
She added that on average growth for Sub-Saharan Africa is 5.6 percent in 2013, adding that, the continent is now a growing investment destination.


NHS Shetland has reported a further ten Covid cases today (Tuesday 5th January).
The total of confirmed cases for the current outbreak is now at 84.
Most are linked to the North Mainland cluster and all of their contacts have been traced.
The health board said they were still receiving a number of requests for tests, and more cases were expected.
Director of nursing Kathleen Carolan said that four people were now in the Gilbert Bain Hospital with Covid, although all were stable.


SANDAKAN, March 28 – Efforts to beef up the country’s defense in the eastern region of Sabah shows that the government makes appropriate decisions to look after the people’s safety from external threat. Former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad(Pic) said that the government had taken the incident as a lesson to protect the people from whatever threat.
“We can use it as a lesson so that we can always provide protection to the people and ensure that the country continues to be stable and can develop rapidly,” he said in an interview with Radio Sandakan FM which was aired today.
He said the country could handle the challenge posed by the incident because it had the experience in facing guerrilla warfare. Dr Mahathir said the security forces had fought against the communist terrorists previously and had defeated them although the world community had said that the guerrillas could not be beaten.
Commenting on the action by individuals using the social media to question the action of the government in tackling the incident, he said the people were now wiser and better trained to master knowledge at the tertiary institutions. Thus, he said, they were more mature in their thinking and the government should take into consideration the people’s maturity in political, economic and social matters.
“The government can use tools such as the social media to have dialogues and communications with the people. I am certain that the people’s achievements in terms of knowledge and efficiency as well as their professionalism can contribute towards national development,” he said.
Nonetheless, Dr Mahathir said the people should be given guidance so that they would not forget the aspiration to become a developed nation.


Saudi- Costa Ricans vote for president
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San Jose, Jumada I 18, 1439, February 04, 2018, SPA -- Costa Ricans were heading to the polls Sunday in a tight presidential election, with a conservative Christian candidate in the lead but not expected to get enough votes to avoid a second round.
An opinion poll published four days earlier gave Fabricio Alvarado, a 43-year-old journalist and the only lawmaker from the evangelical National Restoration party, a predicted 16.9 per cent of the vote.
In second place was lawyer and wealthy entrepreneur Antonio Alvarez Desanti, who defines himself as a Social Democrat, with 12.4 per cent.
Other front runners among the 13 candidates include Carlos Alvarado from outgoing President Luis Guillermo Solis' centrist Citizens' Action party and conservative former justice minister Juan Diego Castro.
Solis, whose 2014 victory ended the Central American country's decades-long de-facto two-party system, is barred by the constitution from seeking a second consecutive term.
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Aleem Khan replies to ECP over false affidavit allegations
In a tit-for-tat response, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has also submitted a similar complaint against Speaker of National Assembly Ayaz Sadiq.
Aleem Khan has said that the complaint by Ayaz Sadiq against him is not maintainable and should not be taken into consideration. He said that affidavits were being declared as falsified without any proper investigation.
He also said that neither the ECP nor the election tribunal had listened to them regarding the affidavits and that they were submitted by voters in their individual capacity. He prayed upon the ECP to dismiss the complaint submitted by Ayaz Sadiq.
The PTI has also claimed that the affidavits submitted by Speaker Ayaz Sadiq are falsified, said MNA Shoaib Siddiqui while speaking to the media.
The affidavits submitted by Ayaz Sadiq do not have any signature or stamp on them. He was informed by the ECP that they have started an inquiry into the validity of these documents.
Shoaib Siddiqui also said that Ayaz Sadiq should stop lying and lamented that ECP has not provided the details about the transfer of votes despite the passage of more than six months.
In responsible PML-N members Daniyal Aziz, Maryam Aurangzeb and other lashed out against the PTI. While speaking outside the ECP, Daniyal Aziz said that Aleem Khan’s affidavits have been falsified from the onset. He said that the PTI had become a part of lies, conspiracies and fraud.
He accused Imran Khan of lying to the public and said that there was a difference between his sayings and actions. He claimed that they had resorted to backdoor diplomacy against the government.
He said that the public will not forget and will also take accountability against those who have misguided them and are involved in corruption and have their loans written off.


More than 20 remandees test positive for Covid-19
More than 20 remandees at Thika and Makongeni police stations have have tested positive for Covid-19, Kiambu County Police Commander Ali Nuno has said.
Mr Nuno on Sunday morning said that three cases were tested at Thika Police Station while the other 17 tested positive at Makongeni Police Station.
“The testing was conducted last week after two showed symptoms of coronavirus,” he said.
He also said that police officers within the county have been tested and are waiting for their results.
Mr Nuno said that six police officers in Kiambu County have tested positive for the virus since March 2020.
This comes just a day after the Ministry of Health reported 688 new positive cases which is the highest number to be recorded in a single day.


Gunmen operating around the Sokoto-Zamfara axis have reportedly taken over 40 persons hostage, including some wedding guests that plied the same route.
Speaking on the matter was Mr Muhammad Shehu, the Spokesperson of the Zamfara Police Command, who issued a press release yesterday, confirming that the incident actually happened.
He explained that the travellers, mostly comprising traders and those who attended a wedding and were already returning to their various destinations, were abducted from the Tambuwal Local Government Area, LGA, in the state.
Shehu further explained that an ambush was set along the roadside by the bandits and that the unsuspecting commuters fell straight into the trap returning to Zamfara around 6pm from when they were waylaid by the bandits who mounted a road block on the expressway.
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He also revealed that “The gunmen shot sporadically at the vehicles they were travelling in and abducted about 40 people, while around 20 managed to escape”, Shehu said.
Meanwhile, the police spokesperson hinted that the command has already commenced investigation and are closer to unravelling the whereabouts of the abducted victims.


The Gamdevi police investigating the protest outside NCP chief Sharad Pawar's residence have arrested five more persons including the driver of advocate Gunaratna Sadavarte, who was arrested for allegedly instigating the protest. The police on Tuesday produced a total of nine accused before the court including the five fresh arrests and four Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) employees who were arrested earlier.
A violent protest took place outside the Silver Oak residence of Pawar on Friday, the MSRTC workers pelted stones and threw chappals and shouted slogans outside the house. The protestors were angry at the leader for ignoring their demand of including the corporation in the state government.
Soon after the protest, the police arrested 109 MSRTC employees and Sadavarte. While the employees were sent to judicial custody, Sadavarte was remanded to two days of police custody which was later extended by two more days.


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(MENAFN- Jordan News Agency) Ramallah, Feb. 26 (Petra) - The Israeli occupation authorities Monday announced its decision to impose a security cordon on the West Bank and the closure of Gaza's crossings as of Tuesday midnight until Saturday midnight, on the occasion of Purim holiday. According to the Israeli Radio, Israeli crossings will be closed as the entry of all Israeli-issued permit holders will be banned.
During the closure, exceptions will be made for emergency humanitarian cases, medical permits and authorized people.
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ALBEMARLE COUNTY, Va. (CBS19 NEWS) -- The Charlottesville Police Foundation held its annual appreciation dinner for officers on Saturday.
More than 200 people attended the event at the Boar's Head Pavilion.
The dinner shined a spotlight on officers for their good work in the community.
Awards were also given out to those officers who provided exemplary service in the city.
Mindy Goodall, executive director of the Charlottesville Police Foundation, believes this event can help recruit more people to join the Charlottesville Police Department.
"What this event can do is help recruit new officers within the community by getting out the good word of the things that have happened at the department over the past year," said Goodall. "We will also have a number of officers who are currently at the police academy who are brand new hires who will get to hear and see the wonderful work of the department they are just joining."
The city has been dealing with a shortage of officers for more than a year. It is continuously looking to hire more officers.
Goodall said the police department remains committed to providing great service within the community for years to come.


The opposition accuses the government of burdening the public by imposing taxes on frequently used goods.
Speaking to media in Colombo, Parliamentarian JC Alawathuwala said the tax policy of the present government has severely burdened the people who are suffering due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
He said taxes have been imposed on goods such as sprats and dried fish that are consumed daily by average Sri Lankans.
MP Alawathuwala noted citizens who have been struggling to afford three meals a day, will now face difficulties in preparing a single meal.
He said the government is providing tax relief to powerful associates while imposing levies on goods that are consumed by the poor.
Parliamentarian JC Alawathuwala also noted that LP gas prices have been increased by more than Rs.300 adding queues to purchase domestic gas cylinders have also become longer due to the shortage.


Morocco economy see growth of 3.8 percent within 2017 third quarter
(MENAFN) According to the official High Commission for Planning (HCP), a 3.8% growth of economy has been seen in Morocco during 2017 third quarter following a 1.3% slow growth during 2016 of the same period.
The development has mostly resulted after the 14.5% increase in agricultural output during the third quarter, marking a major leap from last year's 13.6% decline, according to the planning commission.
A brutal drought in the autumn of 2015 has affected economy in Morocco, hitting 2016 agricultural production. Nonetheless, after late 2016 brought heavy rainfall, the economy witnessed major development within 2017.
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Today the German Parliament will vote on whether negotiations should begin to give Greece its €86 billion bailout.
Germany is one of the Euro Zone countries which needs to take a parliamentary vote before any type of agreement on a bailout is reached. Finland and France have already voted Yes.
The agreement is expected to be approved by the Bundestag despite the number of conservative MPs who are against giving further financial aid.
Meanwhile, Greek banks will be opened on Monday after the European Central Bank increased the banks’ liquidity to ‘€900 million. Greece said that it will gradually ease its restrictions on the amount of money which can be withdrawn.


Chanour/Indora: Under attack from the opposition BJP for closing over 900 institutions, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu has claimed that the state government will ensure budgetary provisions before announcing and implementing welfare and development schemes.
Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, after becoming the Chief Minister, closed over 900 institutions opened by the previous Jairam Thakur during its last six months of tenure. CM Sukhu, while addressing a public meeting at Chanour under the Indora assembly segment today, claimed that the institutions were opened without any budgetary provisions and all announcements were made to woo the voters just before the state assembly election.
The Chief Minister promised to fulfil all the 10 guarantees of the Congress Pratigya Patra-2022 after making the required budgetary provisions.
“We are committed to improve the fiscal health of the state and will ensure to boost the economy in coming times,” the Chief Minister said.
He also said that the government would have zero tolerance towards corrupt practices. The first nail in the coffin was the suspension of the Staff Selection Commission, Hamirpur which had become the hub of selling jobs.


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KATHMANDU: Two traffic police working at the Metropolitan Traffic Division Kathmandu have tested coronavirus positive.
According to SSP Bhim Prasad Dhakal, two traffic police working at the Metro Traffic Division have tested positive and the internal management of them has already been initiated.
He informed that the Division has arranged to send to them to the Armed Police Force Hospital.
Earlier, 53 police including those of Kathmandu and Police Head Quarter were found coronavirus positive by Thursday.
Coronavirus cases in the valley and among the security forces have alarmed the public about the possibilities of community level transmission soon.


After Boraie Development was able to make New Brunswick a better place than it had ever been, the company knew it was time to help out a new city. Atlantic City was a place for people to go and was somewhere people could feel good about while they were working on different things. It was also something that gave Boraie Development the ability to try their best with the business and with the things they were doing. Thanks to Boraie Development, New Brunswick was able to continue working hard and they were able to see the crime rates they had decrease.
Atlantic City did not have the same crime problems as New Brunswick, but their crime rate was just as bad as what it had been in the past for New Brunswick. In fact, it was actually worse than what other people had learned about the different things that were going on. Omar Boraie wanted to help Atlantic City and the city needed Boraie Development to help them increase the things they were doing. They knew they would have to try and help people through the different things that were going on if they wanted Atlantic City to get better than what it was before. For more details visit Crunchbase.
As long as there was hope for decreasing crime and increasing population, Boraie Development had the ability to make sure they were giving the most positive experiences possible. They knew their business was a great influence on the city and on the things that were available for residents of the city but they also wanted to make sure they were giving the tourists something they could do to change the way that things were going to work for everyone in the city. Things worked in their favor and they were able to make Atlantic City better. Check out State Theatre New Jersey to know more.
While Atlantic City still has a long way to go, so did New Brunswick. The city had struggled for a long time and there were many issues people would have to overcome if they were going to reach certain levels on their own. New Brunswick saw changes in the way things were going and so did Atlantic City. Boraie Development played a big role in each of these things and that’s what gave them the motivation they needed to keep going and working toward a better future for the city and the people who lived in each of the cities.


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New York: Between nine and 15 per cent of active Twitter accounts are autonomous entities known as social bots, new research has found.
The micro-blogging site has a little over 300 million monthly active users and that would mean nearly 27 million to 45 million accounts are actually not controlled by humans, according to the study.
The researchers from Indiana University and University of Southern California in the US wanted to find out how much of the content on Twitter is generated by bots.
"Our estimates suggest that between nine per cent and 15 per cent of active Twitter accounts are bots," the researchers said.
To detect bot accounts on Twitter, the researchers analysed publicly available data about user's friends, tweet content and sentiment, network patterns, and activity time series.
"Characterising ties among accounts, we observe that simple bots tend to interact with bots that exhibit more human-like behaviour," the study said.
The Twitter bot detection framework that the researchers developed leverages more than one thousand features to evaluate the extent to which a Twitter account exhibits similarity to the known characteristics of social bots.
"Our models yield high accuracy and agreement with each other and can detect bots of different nature," the researchers said.
According to the researchers, many bots also "perform useful social functions such as dissemination of news and publications and coordination of volunteer activities" -- but there is a dark side, too, as they can support "malicious applications" like promoting terrorist propaganda and recruitment, Cbsnews.com reported.
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In conformity with the approved training plan for 2022, the Land
Forces held a competition to determine the Best Operations Commando
Company, Azernews reports, citing the Azerbaijani Defense
The commandos competition met requirements for drill training,
physical training, fire training, and tactical training.
The commandos successfully fulfilled the tasks assigned during
the stages of the competition designed to improve the knowledge and
skills of the servicemen.
Azerbaijan periodically holds drills to improve its military
personnel's combat readiness.
The drills also aim to improve interaction and combat
coordination between the servicemen during operations, as well as
to develop commanders' military decision-making and unit management
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AVA- Gen. Waziri made the remarks during a visit to Chaparhar district on Thursday which the local officials are saying has been fully cleared of the ISIS militants.
He said the ISIS militants have suffered heavy casualties in the past two years and around 700 militants of the terror group were killed only in the past three months during the Hamza operations.
According to Gen. Waziri, the ISIS militants had launched a psychological war in Chaparhar and Pacher Agam districts in a bid to keep the security personnel but he emphasized that all the attempts by the terror group have been foiled and they have been hardly hit during the operations.
Gen. Waziri further added that the Afghan security forces launched a join operation in Chaparhar district on Wednesday and as a result the areas where the ISIS militants were active have been cleared.
He also added that the security check posts will be established in the areas cleared of ISIS militants in order to prevent their return.
The commander of the 201st Silab Corps also added that the ISIS militants are being trained on the other side of the Durand Line and are deployed to Nangarhar for the insurgency activities.
Gen. Waziri said the ISIS militants managed to flee area after the operations were launched and one of them has been arrested, two were killed, and four others were wounded in the past 24 hours.


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Srinagar- Jammu and Kashmir recorded 418 fresh Covid cases on Wednesday that took the infection tally to 4,74,690, officials said.
Of the new cases, 90 were reported from Jammu division and 328 from the Kashmir valley, they said.
The death toll stands at 4,779 as no fresh fatality was reported, officials said.
There are 3,466 active cases while the overall recoveries has reached 4,66,445, they said.
There were 51 confirmed cases of mucormycosis (black fungus), they added.
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African National Congress (ANC) President Cyril Ramaphosa has told supporters that the party will be deploying people who are fit and proper into government after the 2019 General Elections. Ramaphosa delivered the ANC Election Manifesto which coincided with the party’s 107th anniversary celebrations in Durban on Saturday.
He conceded that the party had missed stepped in the past and was ready to self-correct – and has asked South Africans to give the ANC another chance to govern.
Ramaphosa says the ANC national and provincial lists will reflect its renewed commitment to serve.
“We will soon release the list of those who are going to represent you in our parliament, who will also represent you in our provincial legislatures. These will be men and women who will dedicate themselves to go and work hard to see to the attainment of the ideals of the national democratic revolution,” says Ramaphosa.


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He said that the last century was spent discussing poverty and seeking help from the world. It is for the first time, world trusts India's resolutions.
The Prime Minister said that there are positive sentiments about the country across the world because the world has recognized that India is putting its might to good use.
Taking a dig at the former UPA government, the premier said that the country previously had to deal with corruption and scams only. He said that the money for the welfare of the poor was corrupted.


Jammu, Feb 25: Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbag Singh on Thursday termed Handwara and Kupwara districts as the gateways of nefarious designs and the success achieved for the peaceful atmosphere cannot be disturbed.
The DGP visited north Kashmir's Handwara police district where he inaugurated facilities for soldiers, chaired a security review meeting and also chaired a darbar of jawans and officers at district police lines in Handwara.
During the meeting and also while addressing the darbar, the DGP said that Jammu and Kashmir Police has earned a name and respect for itself with the sacrifice, dedication, commitment and hardwork done by its officers and jawans.
He said the success achieved for the peaceful atmosphere cannot be allowed to be disturbed and added that the police and security forces will work further to consolidate the gains.
Singh said that Handwara and Kupwara districts are the gateways that have been used during the past for nefarious designs.
He said that a lot of responsibility is on the shoulders of the J&K Police and added that we have to continue our services to maintain the peaceful atmosphere in our Union Territory.
The DGP said the police in the UT has seen very difficult times in the past and added that the dedicated and committed efforts of the Jammu and Kashmir Police along with other forces today has helped the civilians and are working for strengthening the peaceful atmosphere in Jammu and Kashmir.
While appreciating the sacrifices and achievements of the force during the tough times, the DGP said one should develop the habit of introspection and do self-assessment after their day comes to an end.
He advised the personnel to take proper care of their health and urged them to stay away from any ill habits, if any.
The DGP exhorted the officers and jawans to keep going with their good work with sincere efforts and be conscious while performing duties to thwart any evil designs.


Dilip Ghosh threatened to shoot those involved in damaging public property in the state of West Bengal
Dilip Ghosh threatened to shoot those involved in damaging public property in the state of West BengalThe passage of the Citizenship Act witnessed a row of violent protests across the nation, including West Bengal. Indian Railways had said that property worth Rs 90 crores were lost in the ten-day-long protests. Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh, while addressing a public meeting in Nadia district of West Bengal, referred to the extent of damage and issued a threat that they would shoot people involved in arson and damaging the public property in the state. He accused Mamata Banerjee of not taking any action against rioters due to vote bank politics. He said that the BJP government in Assam and Uttar Pradesh had taken strict action against those miscreants and had done the right thing by open-firing on the anti-national elements.


Topps Tiles has said they have taken a hit a in the month since the general election was called, said chief executive Matthew Williams.
Williams said in the first eight weeks of their financial year that started in October, sales had dropped by 7.2%.
In the last financial year, the tile retailer’s revenue rose by 1.1% to £219.2m and pre-tax profits fell by 1.6% to £12.5m.
Williams said, “At the start of the new financial year, trading conditions have become more challenging, with consumer demand weakening further since the general election was called in late October.
“Whilst we expect external events will continue to weigh on consumer confidence for the immediate future, we remain confident that our market-leading retail offer and growing commercial operations give us a strong platform.”


(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) ISTANBUL, Nov 20 (KUNA) -- Turkiye announced on Sunday its 'Claw Sword' air operation in northern Iraq and Syria resulted in killing many gunmen and demolishing 89 strongholds.
The operation targeted the gunmen hideouts in Qandil mountains, Asous, Hakurk in northern Iraq, Ain Al-Arab, Tal Refaat, Al-Malkiya and Al-Jazira in the north of Syria, the ministry of defense said in a statement.
Up to 89 positions for the gunmen, including shelters, caves, trenches, ammunition warehouses, offices and training plots were destroyed, adding that 'leaders of terrorist organizations were neutralized,' alluding to anti-Turkish Kurdish groups, namely the outlawed Labor Party of Kurdistan (the PKK). (pickup previous)
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Kolkata, Oct.14 (ANI): Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday made it clear at a press conference at the WBPCC headquarters here that Arunachal Pradesh was an integral part of India and that the assembly elections held there under the Indian Constitution on Tuesday proved it beyond doubt.
He also rejected China's objection to the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, visiting the state, saying it was absolutely appropriate for the Indian Prime Minister to visit the state for campaigning as the leader of the Congress Party.
Mukherjee was responding to reservations on the Prime Minister's visit to Arunachal, as expressed by China.
Mukherjee said just a few months ago the people of Arunachal had sent their representatives to the Indian Parliament under the Indian Constitution.
Therefore, it was quite appropriate that the Prime Minister of the country, as the leader of the Congress Party, visited the state for campaign.
Mukherjee pointed out that he too had visited the state for campaigning.
He said recently West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya and Home Minister P.Chidambaram had had a detailed discussion on the Maoist situation in the state.
He said the Maoist movement was not confined to just West Bengal, but was an all India problem.
Earlier, Mukherjee presided over a meeting of the West Bengal Pradesh Congress at the party office in Kolkata.
Mukherjee said that just a few months back people of the state had sent their representatives to Parliament under the Indian constitution. By Ajitha Menon (ANI)


Switzerland has been top of the index for over a decade. © Keystone / Gaetan Bally
Switzerland is the most innovative country in the world, ahead of the US and Sweden, said the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) on Thursday.
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It's the 12th year in a row that Switzerland has topped WIPO's , which is based on dozens of indicators in over 130 countries. The report examines areas such as patents, advanced technology and the complexity of production and exports.
According to the Keystone-SDA news agency, a WIPO official said the combination of strong research, the ability to finance innovation and the rapid application of private sector technology in economic markets were factors of the Swiss success.
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Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Sunday sought fulsome support and cooperation of the people to strengthen 'politics of work so that the state can become number one in the state.
Addressing the gathering during Sarkar Vapaar Milni here today, the Chief Minister said that the state government is working tirelessly for changing the face of the state by giving impetus to development of Punjab. He said that they are doing 'Politics of work', rather than indulging in mudslinging, for the welfare of the people and the growth of the state. Bhagwant Singh Mann said this should have been done much earlier so that people could have been benefitted from it.
The Chief Minister solicited fulsome support and cooperation of people to strengthen arms of AAP for bringing the agenda of welfare and development at the national centre stage. He said that the credit of bringing common people at the centre stage of Indian polity goes to Arvind Kejriwal adding that he has brought paradigm shift in politics by introducing value based politics by rejecting the divisive politics. Bhagwant Singh Mann said that people of Punjab should support the AAP in coming polls to ensure that its strength is enhanced at national level so that they can raise the issue of Punjab vehemently.
The Chief Minister said that the residents of the border region are the real patriots as they serve the country by all means. He said that this is not the backward region but this is the first area of the state which combats the enemies of the country in a befitting manner. Bhagwant Singh Mann said that when the terrorist attack had taken place in this town he was Member of Parliament and he had opposed the move of Government of India to demand Rs 7.5 crore for para military force.
The Chief Minister said that they had asked the Union government to deduct this amount from his MPLAD fund after which the centre government had taken this decision back. He said that it is unfortunate that the Military on rent was being sent to a state which produces the maximum number of soldiers in the country.


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President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday explained why he withheld assent to the Electoral Act Amendment Bill, which he has returned to the National Assembly.
In a letter read on the floor of the House, he said Section 87 of the Bill which require political parties to conduct only direct primaries is an infringement on the rights of the political parties to make their own choices.
The President also said in the December 13 letter that the law could lead to significant increase in the cost of conducting elections.
He also said that the process of direct primaries is open to manipulation and could increase the level of corruption in the country as those willing to contest elections may deep their hand into public funds to mobilise even non-members to vote for them.
He said opposition parties could also sponsor people to vote against popular candidates in an election to pave way for them.


Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker was confirmed as the CSV’s top candidate in the upcoming snap elections at a party conference on Thursday evening.
The CSV thus confirmed speculation that they would remain loyal to the Premier. During the debate in parliament on Wednesday, parliamentary group head Gilles Roth had said that the CSV stands behind Juncker.
This was reiterated by the party on its website on Thursday. CSV President Michel Wolter also commented to various media ahead of the evening conference that Juncker would “of course” stand for election again.
At the congress Roth said that what had happened at the Chamber of Deputies had been “unfair”, adding that the other parties had not responded to the defence and explanations put forward by Juncker during the debate.
Roth finished his speech by saying that the party would tackle the next stage together.
Juncker wants to lead party into a new beginning
When the Prime Minister arrived after running late because he was stuck in traffic, he was greeted with applause.
Juncker said that the CSV would fight for the trust of the Luxembourg population.
The Premier also addressed accusations that he did not spend enough time in Luxembourg and was too active on a European level, saying that Luxembourg also held a stake in his work for the euro.
Juncker said that Luxembourg is facing difficult economic times and that the right decisions need to be made. He also addressed issues such as unemployment.
Finally, Juncker said that the work of the government had been made nearly impossible over the past 12 months and that the country could go a lot further in addressing issues of the future.
Thunderous applause followed the speech of the Prime Minister as he demanded respect and decency from the country’s politicians and said that he would like to lead the CSV into a new beginning.
Following Juncker’s speech, Wolter took to the stage, accusing the LSAP of having made up their minds before the debate, before declaring the Premier the top candidate of the CSV.
The LSAP meanwhile has convened a press conference for Friday morning, and it is expected that the party will announce its top candidate and further plans for the coming months.
Elections are expected to take place on October 20.


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J&K govt grants Rs 1,840 crore financial assistance to 53,299 entrepreneurs in FY23
Srinagar, Sept 23 (KNN) To boost spirit of entrepreneurship in Jammu & Kashmir, the UT government has granted around Rs1,840 crore to 53,299 aspiring entrepreneurs this fiscal year.
For J&K's entrepreneurial ecosystem to thrive the government has devised a two-pronged plan as various reputable investors are investing here and assisting new entrepreneurs in becoming job suppliers.
In the last three years the J&K administration has hired 29,806 people and it was estimated that 5.2 lakh jobs have been created through self-employment programmes.
The government has introduced a variety of self-employment programmes during the last three years to aid young people in starting their businesses.
One of the J&K administration's most successful initiative has been the Mission Youth programme.
About 30,000 jobs have been provided to the youth in the government sector in the last three years. (KNN Bureau)
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New movie "Legend of Deification" to hit Chinese cinemas
"Legend of Deification," a Chinese animated movie that follows the story of Jiang Ziya, a mythological figure that shares the same god world with Nezha, its scheduled to hit the Chinese theaters on the 25th of January in 2020, according to the official Weibo account of the movie on Wednesday.
The movie goes by "Jiang Zi Ya" in Chinese, it's based on the story of a genius strategist from the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) novel "Fengshen Yanyi," or "The Investiture of the Gods," the same book that inspired "Ne Zha," the Chinese animated.
According to the China Movie Data Information Network, "Ne Zha" has made total box office revenue of over USD690 million in China since its July 26 debut.
It came on the 2nd spot on the box office chart behind "Wolf Warrior 2".
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Niger State Governor Abubakar Sani Bello has banned the sale of motorcycles in the state due to security concerns and the need for gunmen to deliver motorbikes instead of ransom money for hostages.
The Secretary to the Government of Niger State, Ahmed Ibrahim Matane, said in a statement that the banned vehicles included Bajaj, Boxer, Qiujeng, Honda, ACE and Jingchen with engines up to 185cc.
The secretary to the state government also said that these measures were created to prevent militants from infiltrating the state.
Matane also said the state government was aware of the public outcry as a result of these measures but they were taken for the protection of the state where he called on motorcycle dealers to cooperate.
He also called on the people of the state to join hands with the government to put an end to the militant activities that have plagued the state.
Niger State is one of the northern states in Nigeria that has been overrun by militants.
This year, the militants carried out a series of atrocities, including kidnapping Kagara school students and Salihu Tanko Yakasai Islamist students.
They also kidnapped and killed many people and looted their property and livestock in various villages.


Four people have died while three others have suffered injuries after being struck by lightning at Kasimu Trading Centre in Mangochi district.
Confirming the development was Mangochi police deputy public relations officer Amina Tepani Daudi who indicated that the accident happened on Saturday evening January 30, 2021 in the area of Traditional Authority Chowe in the district.
Tepani Daudi said lightining struck when the victims were closing their businesses which they were doing at the trading center.
It is further reported that the seven were all struck by the lightning and upon being rushed to Mangochi district hospital, four amongst the casualties were pronounced dead.
“The other three victims escaped with minor wounds and were treated as outpatients.
“Meanwhile, postmortem for the four conducted at the hospital revealed that death was due to cardiogenic electric shock,” said Daudi.
The deceased hailed from Kasimu Village in the area of Traditional Authority Chowe in Mangochi districts.


Hamad Azhar has said that the country’s economy has sunk.
According to the details, the leader of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf, Hamad Azhar, said in a statement on the social networking site Twitter that human rights have been violated in the country, and a leading journalist has been killed.
He said that the country’s most popular leader has been assassinated, the economy has sunk and businesses have been destroyed.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Hamad Azhar further said that thieves have become rulers and they have only got a faradia to talk about.
Human rights were violated in the country, a leading journalist was killed, the country’s most popular leader was assassinated, the economy collapsed, businesses were destroyed, thieves became rulers. Got it.
— Hammad Azhar (@Hammad_Azhar) November 15, 2022


Kuwait- EP calls for new strategy on Africa
(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) BRUSSELS, Nov 16 (KUNA) -- The European Parliament (EP) called Thursday for a new EU-Africa strategy to give more impetus to cooperation between European and Africa.
In a resolution adopted by 419 votes to 97, the EP said economic, migratory and social problems, coupled with protracted crises, require new responses and better cooperation between the African Union and the EU.
It caled on the EU to step up European peace and security actions, in close cooperation with African and international partners.
A high-level conference on Africa, hosted by the European Parliament, will take place in Brussels on 22 November, in the run-up to the Africa-EU summit at the end of November in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. (end) nk.mt
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Chennai, July 20 (BPNS)
The principal opposition party of Tamil Nadu, the AIADMK conducted protests across the state against the failure of the government of the state to control escalating prices of essential commodities.
AIADMK state organizing secretary and former minister for Fisheries ,D. Jayakumar while inaugurating the demonstration at Rajarathinam Stadium in Chennai said that the ruling DMK did not honour its electoral promises. He charged that the Chief Minister MK Stalin was oblivious to the happenings in the state.
The former minister said that the government of the day was indulging in corruption and charged that it was vindictive towards the opposition.
Jayakumar said that other than the opposition, the government was also vindictive and opposed to the media in Tamil Nadu.
The senior AIADMK leader urged the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to probe on the facilities being extended to the state minister without portfolio Senthil Balaji in Puzhal jail. He asked the premier investigating agency to probe the matter using the services of a former judge.
The AIADMK conducted protest marches across the state against the rising prices of essential commodities as well as the failure of the DMK government to contain them.
Sources in the AIADMK told IANS that the party will be conducting more such agitations against the antipeople policies of the government.


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Governor of Plateau State, Simon Lalong has signed the N147 billion 2021 budget into law.
According to reports, the budget was jerked by the Plateau State House of Assembly from the initial N133 billion presented to the Governor.
“The adjustment in the figure was done by the lawmakers to accommodate more interests before passing the bill which has now been signed into law by the governor,” the Governor’s Director of Press and Public Affairs, Dr. Macham Makut told newsmen in Jos on Friday.
He disclosed that the governor signed the 2021 budget on Thursday night including the state anti-kidnapping law.
HE stated that the 2021 bill consists of N90.19 billion as recurrent and N57.34 billion as capital expenditures.
He stated the governor pointed out that the budget will focus on areas that will stimulate economic growth and recovery, particularly as the year begins under the second wave of COVID-19 which has affected the economy adversely.


Pretoria – Gautrain is threatening to take the City of Tshwane to court if its water and electricity at the Hatfield Station are not restored immediately.
It said its accounts are up to date and the City disconnected their power illegally.
Tshwane officials have been disconnecting supply to companies and government facilities which have not paid their utilities.
Those who have defaulted on payments are also being named and shamed on social media in the campaign, which started a week ago.
Gautrain is accused of owing R10-million. However, operations have not been disturbed.


The demand is being made by the companies from both within and outside the state. The companies would also be offered concession on land.
"Apart from TCS and Infosys, other companies like Wipro and Oracle have also evinced interest in investing in Indore and the project reports of these companies is also positive," said Kailash Vijayvergiya, Industry Minister.
The minister further said that Prabhat Parashar, Divisional Commissioner, has been directed to check the property.
Vijayvergiya further said that the state government was thinking over the issue as smaller units of the state demanded concessions for their project.
Raghvendra Singh, Collector said that companies like Suvi and Impetus have also contacted the MP government for their projects.
Sources reveal that the Indore Development Authority would develop a new scheme and the hub would later be handed over to the states IT department.


ISLAMABAD, Aug 14 (APP): Minister for Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage Senator Pervaiz Rashid Sunday congratulated the nation on Independence Day that was celebrated in a peaceful manner with zeal and fervor.
Talking to PTV, he said the nation welcomed 70th
Independence day with fireworks and decorated buildings.
It showed that Pakistani nation is alive and loved its
independence, he said, adding they also knew how to protect their land.
The minister said while the nation was welcoming
Independence day, some elements were busy in protesting, but the people of Pakistan had rejected their baseless protest demonstrations.
The nation had told such elements that they were not
supporting the negative politics but rallying behind Prime
Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif and his team, who were working for the development and prosperity of the country, he added.
He said the people has improved their living standards with
passage of time after Independence and living happy and enjoying their way of life.
He said the country was producing electricity to meet
growing energy demands and work on various hydel, gas and coal power projects were underway.
Pervaiz Rashid said Pakistani women were playing active role
for the progress and uplift of the country and they were serving in every sector.
Commenting upon Indian Occupied Kashmir’s situation, he said Indian atrocities and barbarism were on the rise against the innocent Kashmiris.
Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif has highlighted Kashmir issue at every fora including the United Nation General Assembly (UNGA) and demanded an end to Indian brutalities against the innocent Kashmiris.
Replying to a question, he said UN Secretary General Ban Ki-
moon and international human rights organisation strongly
condemned the Indian atrocities against the Kashmiri people.
He said Pakistan would continue its moral, political and
diplomatic support to Kashmiris. Sacrifices of Kashmiri people for their basic right to self determination will not go waste and would help achieve the goal of freedom from India.
Replying to a question, he said war against terrorism was
In the past, the issue was neglected but the Prime Minister
has focused to eliminate terrorism from the country and initiated effective steps in this regard.
He said,”Our valiant armed forces are rendering supreme
sacrifices in the war against terrorism. Incidents of terrorism
had declined in the country immensely due to efforts of civil and military leadership.”
He said the National Action Plan (NAP) was being implemented and there was need to intensify efforts in this regard.
He said the provincial governments were playing role in the
eradication of terrorism while the Federal government was
providing all kind of support.
Punjab government has constituted a force comprising 5,000 personnel while Sindh government formed a force of 2,200 personnel to counter threats of terrorism, he added.
Pervaiz said the international community has lauded
Pakistan’s unprecedented sacrifices in the war terrorism.
To another query, he replied the accountability institutions
were fully functional in the country and advised the elements
levelling allegations against government to approach the Election Commission.
He observed that such elements were merely doing politics of allegations to keep them alive. The PTI had formed government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa but failed to deliver anything for public welfare.
The minister said a number of cases against PTI chief Imran
Khan were filed by his own party members in the Election
Commission and not by the government.
Pervaiz Rashid said there were allegations against Imran
Khan regarding charity in Britain and the charity commission was investigating the matter.
He questioned Imran Khan which kind of accountability he was demanding from the Prime Minister.
The Prime Minister had launched several mega projects during his previous tenure which were investigated by the Pakistan People’s Party and Musharaf’s governments but none of the allegations regarding corruption were proved.
He said Motorway was a gift of the Prime Minister and the
critics of such project also preferred to travel on it and wished to construct similar motorways in their areas as well.


Fifty-six violations were committed by the Egyptian authorities against journalists and media workers during the third quarter of 2017 across various governorates in Egypt, the human rights organisation Journalists Against Torture (JAT) has announced.
Almesryoon quoted JAT as saying that there are other violations which the organisation was not able to document.
The report detailed 22 cases that were covered in the press, nine who had to pay fines, six verbal threats, four false indictments, three cases of torture, three prison sentences, three temporary suspensions of work, two arrests and indictments, a printing ban case, and a harassment.
The report detected 29 violations against workers.
Twenty other violations reported were committed against Egyptian private newspaper staff, two against news and electronic media workers, three against the employees of Egyptian government channels, and two others against employees at Egyptian national newspapers.
Government bodies and officials have topped JAT's violators list. According to the report, government officials have committed 20 violations against journalists, 19 of which were committed by government judicial bodies.
"There are eight violations that were committed by civilians against media workers, six by the Egyptian interior ministry, one by press organisations and institutions, and others by security forces," the report said.


(MENAFN) The head of the province’s customs department said the value of shipments from Hamedan district increased by 70 percent in the first five months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-August 22), compared to the same period last year.
Javad Mohammadi also mentioned that the five-month shipment from the province jumped 22% in terms of mass.
He said the products have been shipped to 24 countries such as Iraq, Turkey, Pakistan, Russia, Bulgaria, Italy and Belgium.
As Ahmad Shanian, the head of the region’s industry, mining and trade department, previously stated, goods worth $21 million were shipped from Hamedan district in the first 3 month of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-June 21).
The official said that of the figures shown, $7.242 million were shipments from the province’s industrial sector, with an expansion of 112% on an annual basis.
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The federal government has announced it will phase out its rural development program.
“The Rural Development Board has made it clear that the program will no longer exist,” the federal government announced Wednesday in a statement.
The Rural development Board has now been dissolved, meaning that the federal department that oversees rural development can no longer administer the program.
But it will continue to make recommendations to the federal agencies responsible for rural development, such as the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U,S.
Some rural development board members expressed concerns in a letter to the Trump administration.
One board member, for example, said the board members did not have enough time to prepare the rural development plan that was approved in December, and had not fully considered it before the Trump Administration came to office.
Another board member said she was disappointed that the Trump Office of Rural Development had not prepared the plan for its review.
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Read more about rural development.
The RES said it had been tasked with overseeing the nation’s rural education systems and promoting rural jobs.
In the statement, the department said it was “confident” that the rural program would be able to continue as long as the board exists.
For more information, visit ruraldevelopment.gov.


President Maithripala Sirisena and the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) met today and had talks on key issues.
The President’s office said that they discussed the need for a political solution to address the issues faced by the Tamils and also development projects in the North.
Meanwhile, TNA Parliamentarian M.A. Sumanthiran told reporters that the issue on Tamil political prisoners was also discussed.
He said that further talks are expected to take place on the Tamil political prisoner issue next week.
TNA leader R. Sampanthan led the TNA at the meeting with the President.
Meanwhile, a delegation from the Tamil Progressive Alliance also met President Maithripala Sirisena today.
Attention was drawn to the salary issues of the estate community and the further regulation of the development activities in those areas.
Leader of the Tamil Progressive Alliance, Minister Mano Ganeshan and Ministers Pallani Digambaram and Radhakrishna were also present at the meeting. (Colombo Gazette)


FOUR further Covid-19 deaths have been reported in Northern Ireland.
Another 263 positive cases have been detected in the region, the Department of Health has said.
Since the outbreak, there have been 110,979 cases in the North.
The death toll is now 2,033.
There have been 2,140 positive cases over the last seven days,
Northern Ireland’s hospitals are said to be at 93 per cent occupancy with 335 Covid-19 patients receiving hospital treatment.Tags:


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BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 24 . The
European Union (EU) pays special attention to cooperation with
Azerbaijan's civil society, said Head of the EU Delegation to
Azerbaijan Peter Mikhalko during his speech at the 'Cooperation for
Regional Stability and Development' conference, trend reports.
According to him, the EU has already taken significant
steps toward the development of Azerbaijan's civil society.
'Our fruitful cooperation with Azerbaijan, which was
developing together with the Eastern Partnership, continues to
develop at an accelerated pace. Together we can achieve a lot in
the creation of a healthy and sustainable society,' said
The head of the delegation noted, that in recent
years, the EU has been supporting Azerbaijani civil society
organizations through programs of capacity building in all priority
'The EU is going to support this partnership in such
spheres as politics, economy, environment, and many other areas
through an inclusive dialogue,' he added.
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Mumbai: A senior official said that Meghalaya on Wednesday registered 872 new COVID-19 cases, reaching 25,744.
Director of Health Services Aman War said that twenty-four more deaths increased the death toll to 379.
The senior official said that since Tuesday, 411 people have recovered from the infection, which has increased the total number of healthy people to 19,596.
There are currently 5,769 active cases in Meghalaya. He said that so far a total of 5.98 lakh trials have been conducted in the state.
According to the war, a total of 4.15 lakh people have been vaccinated in the state, of which more than 78,000 people have received both doses of the Covshield vaccine.


JAMMU, Oct 31: Shiv Sena Jammu and Kashmir unit today launched a campaign “Jammu Bachana Hai, Barbad Karne Walo Ko Sabak Sikhana Hai” with a pledge to restore Jammu’s prosperity, cultural identity and rights.
The Shiv Sainiks led by president Manish Sahni gathered at Press Club Jammu and held strong protest by holding placards regarding treachery and injustice being done with Jammu and announced that they will go door to door to make the public aware about the discrimination with Jammu region.
Sahni said that the interests of Jammu are being severely violated during the rule of those who seek public support on the voice of discrimination from Jammu division and claim that the Chief Minister will be from Jammu. “Outsiders have been placed on all important posts including the Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, Advisors and officials,” he alleged.
“Due to the increase in the number of non-local people in Jammu division day by day, the incidents of crime and theft have started rising,” he said.


The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Friday in a press briefing said that the vast majority who were wishing to return have been evacuated. The MEA spokesperson, Arindam Bagchi, said that some more Indians are likely in Afghanistan, but they will soon be evacuated.
He also said that MEA was able to bring out some Afghan nationals as well as nationals from other countries. Of these numbers, he said that many were Sikhs and Hindus. Bagchi also said that India’s major focus is on evacuating Indian nationals, but India will also stand by Afghans who stood by India.
Bagchi also talked about the number of people that were evacuated recently. He said that India has evacuated over 550 people in 6 separate flights, some were from Kabul and some from Dushanbe. He also mentioned the number of India and said that over 260 were Indians. Bagchi further said that the government of India also facilitated the evacuation of Indian nationals through other agencies.
As people were facing difficulty reaching Kabul airport, Bagchi said that the last flight on August 25 had to fly without some people as around 40 people were not able to make it to the airport and thus the flight had to come without them.
E-emergency Visas for Afghans
Arindam Bagchi also said that the MHA has announced e-emergency visas for Afghans who are coming to India. These visas will be six-month visas. He further said that the Afghans who are coming now will be here under the six-month regime.
Why was a particular Afghan National denied entry to India?
Bagchi said that after the security situation deteriorated in Afghanistan, the reports started coming in that a group of people raided one of the outsourcing agencies where Afghan passports with Indian passports were there.
Bagchi further said that all of this created confusion because of which an unfortunate incident took place in which a particular Afghan national was denied entry.


Hyderabad: The GHMC has decided to intensify its anti-larval operations across the 7,600 government schools spread across the city. The corporation officials including zonal commissioner, deputy commissioners, assistant medical officer of health, and entomologists will visit schools on a regular basis to educate the children.
The awareness campaign also will highlight the need to drink boiled and cooled water and to avail the medical facilities provided at Urban Health Centres. Emphasis will also be laid on areas where most number of malaria and dengue cases were reported last year.
Every Friday will be observed as dry day, and publicity campaign would be conducted about the same.
Officials said that the corporation has started a special drive along the Musi river to clear the hedges on the banks and to spray herbicides....


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A boy has been confirmed dead in Kajola area of Oda in Akure South local government area of Ondo when a truck hit a motorcycle.
It was gathered that the truck hit the motorcycle while trying to avoid potholes.
An eyewitness told thenewstrack that two others who were on the motorcycle sustained varying degrees of injuries in the accident.
He said the two victims have been rushed to the hospital .
Many people blamed the accident on poor condition of the road and urged the state government to mobilise the contractor handling the project back to site.


Sanaa, Sep 13 (IANS) At least 20 Houthis were killed in airstrikes carried out by the Saudi Arabia-led coalition forces on the militia group's positions in Yemen's Marib province, a government military source said.
"The airstrikes targeted the reinforcements on Saturday evening at the frontline of Rahabah district, destroying four pick-up vehicles and killing more than 20 people," the source told Xinhua news agency on Sunday.
Meanwhile, the Houthi-run al-Masirah TV on Saturday reported 17 airstrikes on frontlines of Marib's western districts of Rahabah, Jabal Murad and Sirwah, without providing further details.
Last week, the Houthis advanced into al-Kulah, the centre town of Rahabah district, after deadly fighting with the government troops.
The Iran-backed Houthi militia launched in February a major offensive on Marib in an attempt to seize control of the oil-rich province, the last northern stronghold of the Saudi-backed Yemeni government.
The UN has warned that the offensive on Marib, which hosts nearly 1 million internally displaced people, could lead to a major humanitarian catastrophe.
The world body's recent peace proposal to end the war was publicly rejected by the Houthi group.
Yemen's civil war flared up in late 2014 when the Iran-backed Houthi group seized control of much of the country's north and forced the internationally recognised government of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi out of the capital Sanaa.
The Saudi-led coalition intervened in the Yemeni conflict in March 2015 to support Hadi's government.
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40 arrested for Swellendam violence
The 40 people arrested face charges of public violence, police spokesperson Andre Traut says.
CAPE TOWN - Western Cape police on Friday confirmed that 40 people were arrested in connection with violent protests in Swellendam.
Officials have recorded nine injures.
Several businesses were looted and damaged when angry residents went on the rampage overnight.
The unrest is thought to be linked to a court case which the Democratic Alliance (DA) won against opposition parties in the local municipality.
Police spokesperson Andre Traut said the 40 suspects would appear in court once they had been charged with public violence.
He says the situation there is still tense and that police officers have been deployed to the area to maintain law and order.
Traut said officers were also monitoring surrounding areas, including Villiersdorp and Citrusdal, where protest action had also been reported.


President Cyril Ramaphosa and his party, the African National Congress (ANC), have won reelection in South Africa, maintaining its control of government.
The ANC, which has led South Africa’s government since the fall of apartheid in 1994, was expected to prevail in the elections. But corruption and the country’s stagnant economy tested the party’s standing.
In the end, it won slightly more than 57 percent of the vote — the first time in 25 years the party has failed to win at least 60 percent in national elections.
Even though the ANC still has no serious challengers — the main opposition party, the Democratic Alliance, came in second place with just 20 percent of the vote — its dip in support is notable.


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(MENAFNEditorial) PRETORIA, South Africa, April 4, 2018/APO Group/ --
The South African government strongly condemns the latest act of violent aggression carried out by Israeli armed forces in Gaza, which has led to the deaths of about 17 Palestinian citizens, with scores of others reported injured.
South Africa reiterates its view that the Israeli Defence Force must withdraw from the Gaza Strip and bring to an end the violent and destructive incursions into Palestinian territories.
South Africa maintains further that the violence in the Gaza Strip will stand in the way of rebuilding Palestinian institutions and infrastructure.
Minister Lindiwe Sisulu said: "The actions of the Israeli armed forces present yet another obstacle to a permanent resolution to the conflict, which must come in the form of two states, Palestine and Israel, existing side-by-side and in peace."
"South Africa aligns itself with those members of the United Nations calling for an independent inquiry into the killings, with a view to holding to account those who are responsible."
Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Republic of South Africa: Department of International Relations and Cooperation.
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JOHOR BAHARU — Parti Pejuang Tanah Air (Pejuang) fully accepts the decision made by the people in the Johor state election, said its president Datuk Seri Mukhriz Mahathir.
Muhriz said the party will also work on its weaknesses and admitted that other parties were more prepared to face the election as they have been in the political arena longer than Pejuang.
“Maybe we don’t have enough time to make preparations, promote the party, explain to voters about our struggles and introduce our candidates.
“We have to show the people our struggles so that our party is better understood and accepted in the country’s political landscape,” he told a press conference at the party’s operations room today.
Mukhriz said Pejuang will begin making preparations for the General Election tomorrow.
“We will formulate strategies and measures to win the hearts of the people. We have learned a number of things in this election…Insya-Allah,” he said.


Maine’s adult-use cannabis sales surpassed $9 million in July, a 45% increase over June, according to a CentralMaine.com report.
Maine’s 44 licensed adult-use retailers reported 124,004 transactions last month that totaled $9.4 million, which generated $943,500 in tax revenue for the state.
Adult-use cannabis sales launched last October, and July marks the first month that adult-use sales have matched medical sales in the state, according to CentralMaine.com.
Maine’s adult-use market has reported about $38.7 million in total sales since the market launched last fall, the news outlet reported, and the state has raked in more than $3.8 million in total tax revenue.]]>


Parliamentarian Kavinda Jayawardena claims citizens including farmers and professionals are taking to the streets since the government has failed to provide solutions to their issues.
Speaking in Parliament today, during the debate on the second reading of the 2022 Budget, MP Jayawardena said although members of the government are painting a rosy picture, the public is severely burdened by the unbearable cost of living.
He said the government has stated protests are being staged for political reasons.
MP Jayawardena requested government members to visit their constituencies to seek the opinion of the people instead of making statements while remaining in their offices.
The Parliamentarian questioned as to why long queues can be witnessed at present to purchase, gas, cement, milk powder and various other products, if the government has provided solutions to the issues faced by the public.
He also dismissed claims made by government MPs that solutions have been given to issues faced by farmers and to those part of the tourism industry.
MP Kavinda Jayawardena also claimed the very same people who voted for the present administration, will overthrow the government if an election is called now.


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PM LILO HOPES TAIWAN COULD HELP SOLOMONS WITH MALARIA
The Prime Minister says he hopes Taiwan will include the fight against malaria in their cooperation with the Solomon Islands.
Prime Minister Lilo made the statement during his meeting with Taiwan’s Foreign Minister in Taiwan this week.
In their meeting, Mr. Lilo said that there are a lot more areas in the health sector that the two countries can cooperate in – one is the fight against malaria.
He said malaria remains a major problem in the Solomon Islands, and he hopes the cooperation in the health sector between the two countries can also take that into consideration.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Lilo has assured Taiwan that Solomon Islands will continue to support their endeavour for international recognition.
Taiwan was the Prime Minister’s third stop after Cuba and Palau in the Pacific.
He leaves Taipei today for Indonesia to open the country’s newest mission in Jakarta.


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TOKYO: Japan has decided to downgrade its classification of COVID-19 to that of a less serious disease on May 8, revising its measures against the coronavirus such as relaxing guidance that people wear masks in public indoor places, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Friday.
The government last revised coronavirus measures in May 2022.
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Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today expressed hope that the Centre and his government will work out a mechanism to improve the financial health of cash-strapped Kingfisher Airlines.
“I am hopeful that the Centre and state government together will work out some mechanism (to improve the financial health of Kingfisher),” he told reporters on the sidelines of a function in Magam,20 km from Srinagar.
“The state has an interest in the financial health of Kingfisher as its leading bank – Jammu and Kashmir Bank (J&K) is also a lender to the airline. Therefore,any distress suffered by Kingfisher will impact the bank as well,” Omar said.
The state government owns 51 per cent stake in Jammu and Kashmir Bank.
On the Centre refusing a bail-out to the beleaguered Kingfisher,unlike Air India,Omar said there was a difference between a “flag carrier and a regular carrier”.
“Kingfisher is not the only airline in distress,” he said.


(MENAFN- Saudi Press Agency) Riyadh 15 Rabi'II1437 AH 25 January2016 SPA -- The regional laboratory in Riyadh participant in the Program of External Quality Control to test standard samples received from World Health Organization (WHO) by the Department of Laboratory polio to examine polio measles and rubella virus for the year 2015/2016 has won the final score of 100% in the standard samples evaluation.
The polio laboratory of Riyadh regional laboratory is accredited to the World Health Organization to examine measles rubella and mumps viruses.
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THE tourism sector recorded dismal performance last year and failed to attract the targeted one million tourists while its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) contribution was below par, the Tourism Council of Zambia (TCZ) has said.
The TCZ said the sector attracted about 800,000 tourists as opposed to the one-million target for the year.
TCZ chairperson Felix Mulenga said the failure in 2012 could be attributed to as it failed to critical changes in the economy.
He said little was achieved in terms of contribution to the country’s GDP considering that the council wants the sector to be contributing up to $500 million income per year.
Mr Mulenga said in an interview that the council was concerned that the industry was still struggling with about 800,000 visitors coming into the country per year.
“We expected about a million visitors in 2012, but we only received about 800,000 of the critical changes in the economy, the SI 33 and the minimum wage among others which made tourism operators slow down
on their businesses,” Mr Mulenga said.
He said that the industry did not grow in 2012 because most investors held on to their investment because they were not sure of what would become of the investment due to change of Government.
Mr Mulenga said another contributing factor to the sector’s poor performance in 2012 was that of taxation which he said was on a higher side in Zambia as compared to other countries in the region.
He advised the government to make drastic measures and reduce the cost of doing business in Zambia and make the prices of goods and services competitive, a situation which would result to more visitors coming
into the country.
Mr Mulenga said the Government has challenged the industry to provide 300,000 jobs, noting that the number of jobs can increase when the industry grows.
Mr Mulenga expected the sector to this year improve because Government had given players some tax holiday on imported materials critical for its operations.
He said the council anticipated that the industry would grow as there would be more visitors coming into the country because of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) conference.


Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], January 26 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh reported 13,618 new COVID-19 cases during the last 24 hours, said the state health department on Wednesday.
With this, the total COVID-19 cases in the state have gone up to 22,22,573, including 1,06,318 active cases.
During the last 24 hours, 8,687 people recovered from the infection, taking the total recoveries in the state to 21,01,685.
Nine people lost their lives to the deadly virus during the last 24 hours. With the addition of new fatalities, the death toll in the state mounted to 14,570. (ANI)


SHIMLA: Himachal Pradesh chief minister Virbhadra Singh today gave clean chit to Youth Congress workers in the BJP office attack case and said that the Saffron party activists provoked the peaceful protesters.
"Vikramaditya had informed former Chief Minister P K Dhumal about the programme to stage demonstration at BJP office and that afforded time to the BJP workers to collect rods and stones which were used for attack", he said while talking to Media persons.
Vikramaditya, son of chief minister, had led the Youth Congress demonstration on January 29.
He said that youth Congress workers were demonstrating peacefully and Vikramaditya repeatedly asked them to remain peaceful.
He said that demonstrations outside the office of political parties was a routine affair and the Congress had planned agitations across the country on that day against the Land Acquisition ordinance.
Rejecting BJP's demand for a CBI probe into the incident, Chief Minister said that the state police was fully competent to probe the matter.
He said that the media blew up the issue beyond proportion and there was no report about three Congress workers whose legs were fractured and the focus was only on one BJYM worker, who sustained eye injury.
Meanwhile, the Deputy Commissioner had also ordered a magisterial enquiry into the incident and directed the Additional District Magistrate (ADM),law and order, D K Rattan to submit the report within a week.
The BJP has rejected the magisterial enquiry and demanded a CBI probe into the incident.


Navua Police recover stolen bicycles
10 August, 2020, 11:14 am
Navua Police have recovered nine bicycles that were reported stolen last week.
Police said a complaint was received from the victims who reside and operate businesses in the Navua area that a number of bicycles and personal belongings were allegedly stolen.
It said a team was formed last Friday and the officers managed to recover nine bicycles.
Five suspects are now in custody.
“Four of the suspects are juveniles and continue to be questioned as investigations continues,” Police said.


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Amman, June 23 (Petra) -- Jordan is a Middle East trailblazer in the switch to clean energy with 20 percent or 3.2 gigawatts of its power output coming from renewables, Secretary-General of the Arab Renewable Energy Commission (AREC), Mohammed Ta'ani told the Arab Green Summit (TAGS) recently held in Dubai, the UAE.
According to an AREC statement released Thursday, Ta'ani said at the high-profile event that the Kingdom has the highest transition rates to renewable energy sources and electric vehicles.
He urged Arab nations to develop their own renewable energy industries rather than importing foreign technology and to modernize electrical connections and power transmission by utilizing smart electricity grids.
He indicated that more than USD 1 trillion in investments are projected in Arab nations by 2035, highlighting the need for a strong infrastructure to support large-scale initiatives like Saudi Arabia's NEOM project and electric interconnection with Europe.
He noted that a new power strategy for Arab nations had been approved, relying on green hydrogen, smart cities, electric vehicles, and sustainable energy to ensure a bright future for the next generation.
The summit discussed strategies for laying the groundwork for coordinated climate action to achieve the Paris Climate Agreement's objectives of net zero emissions by 2050.
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Decision on lifting of lockdown after Centre’s final call: Pinarayi Vijayan
Thiruvananthapuram: Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday said that Kerala will decide on lifting the lockdown after the Centre lays out its decision.
He was speaking to the media at a press conference after the COVID-19 evaluation meet.
“The 21-day lockdown in the country was imposed by the central government. Their decision on lifting the lockdown is yet to be known. Kerala will then decide on whether to act according to Centre’s plan or to decide on our own,” CM said.
Answering another question, CM said that the report submitted by the government-appointed task force, to prepare guidelines for the post-lockdown situation, is not for the state government to consider.
"The Prime Minister had instructed to send the report to the union government which has been done," he added.


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Guwahati: As youth continue to join the banned United Liberation Front of Asom-Independent (ULFA-I), Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that most of the youth joining the outfit nowadays are primarily cowards who are scared of taking care of their families.
The Chief Minister while speaking about the ULFA-I situation in the state said, “Those who have joined the outfit are not even getting proper meals. If a meal is given to them at 3 PM, they will have for another meal till the next day.”
He added that these youth who have access to mobile phones are now calling their families and explaining how big of a mistake it was to join the ULFA-I.
He further added, “Earlier, the youths who joined the outfit were most the ones who loved their country, land and community. Even though the path was wrong, they joined the outfit. But now the case seems to be something else.”
He added that ones who now fail to take care of their families or are unable to afford the costs of their families join the ULFA-I. “These youth are mostly cowards”, he added.
The Chief Minister further added that as the peace talks between the ULFA-I and the government continue, some of the people joining the outfit think that once the process is done, they would get a lot of money.
On Monday, Eastern Army Commander Lt Gen RP Kalita said that a lot of the people who have been joining the ULFA-I in the past few months or years have some criminal backgrounds.